THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1896.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
THH I1AM.KH. -'
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Published in two parti, on Wednetdays
and Saturday.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
BY MAIL, rOSTAOB PREPAID, IN ADVAHCZ.
09 tbia item, also volunteered the in
formation " that it waa one of Mark
Henna's schemes of. class legislation
giving the farmers plenty of enow and
leaving the stockmen, who don't want
it, withont.
One year 11 SO
111 mont 75
Three months ..A... 50
Advertising rates reasonable, and made known
on application.
' Address all communications to"THE.CHRON
ICLE," The lalles, Oregon.
Very light and dry, and will not inter
fere with railroad traffic unless the wind
et a chance at it. If it does, we are
liable to be shut off from communication
with Portland nntil the rotary snowplow
ia sent through.
If it had not been for Thanksgiving, ',
and it being a legal holiday, the Regula- ;
tor wonld have been this side of the
i locks instead of the other and conse
' queptly the Dalles City wonld not have
' been wrecked. So that after all it was
i . . , , ... . .. ! dent of Hood Eiver valley :
the locks that was responsible for the j ..f ..- .
wreck. Traced further back, the wreck I . . . .
Blown to Atoms. -
I Mr. - H. C. Lovering, writ'ng to the
Hood Eiver Glacier from Il)ocillewaet,
British Columbia, under date of -Nov.
; 9th, gives the following acconnl of the
death of Chas. Berger, formerly a rest-
Telephone No. 1.
LOCAL BUKTIT1BS.
Saturday's Dally.
License to marry was issued yesterday
evening to Mr. F. Osbnr Crevlingand.
Miss Adelia F. Milligan, both of this
county.
November has broken the record for
fall to the I5th, the highest winds ever
know there, and the eldest weather
ever known in that month, and only
lacking a few degrees of bping as cold as
the record, two below in 18S8.
Mr. Henry Daniielle received a tele
gram this morning announcing the
death Of Nellie, the 12-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Feeney at Port
land. Mrs. Feeney is a sister to Mr,
Darmelle and he went to Portland this
afternoon to attend the funeral.
The Eegnlator arrived at the Cascades
thia afternoon at 1 o'clock, but found
the canal frozen solid. Ice was forming
very rapidly along the lower river, and
in consequence she did not atop long,
but steamed back to Portland, where
ehe will remain nntil the weather mod
erates, aa it is quite likely the Columbia
will be solid by tomorrow.
Dr. J. C. Lannerberg arrived here yes
day and has opened an office in the
rooms recently occupied by Dr. Kane.
The doctor is a graduate of the Spencer
Opthalmic college of New York city, and
makes a epecialty of diseases of the eye.
lie was at Heppner for some time, and
has some very fine recommendations
from Editor Patterson and other leading
citizens of that place.
William Shearer, aged 35, was
J , II.. 1 -. U f. l
QruwD&i ill me pool at iud iuul ui tu
flume at Cook's Landing, on the Colum
bia, November 19 h. He war a good
swimmer, and his friends that were with
him thought it a good joke when he fell
in the water. But their mirth was
changed to consternation when they saw
him sink with cramps, and drown be
fore he conld be rescned. He leaves a
wife and several children. Glacier.
Monday's Daily.
The ice today carried away the wharf
at Rockland.
The west-bound passenger arrived at
8 o'clock this morning.
The skating is excellent, when yon
get down through the snow to it.
Items today are like the proverbial
angel's visits, few and very far between.
The weather for tomorrow if it ar
rives according to samples ordered will
be snow and warmer.
Lost. Either on Second or Washing
ington streets, a child's for cape. Finder
please leave at this office.
Leave orders at The Dalles Commis
sion Co.'s store for dressed chickens.
Telephones 128 and 255. Ring 'em
np. all-dim
The local ia aide-tracked at Bonne
ville. The rotary is on the way np and
will come in ahead of the local about 6
o'clock. -
Mr. John E. Forbia of Wasco, Sher
man countv, waa in the city today and
- , . J Li. 1. . i on
cunipieieu iiib wtaii cutty -uu aa ncrca ui
Sherman county's fine wheat lands.'
The skating jesterday was fine on the
Columbia below the D. P. & A. N. Co.'s
wharf, ani the ice was covered with
lovers of that slippery sport most of. the
day. ; v.-? ; -. . : '- "
Up to 2:30 this afternoon seven cash
entries, four final homestead proofs and
one - homestead application had been
made. Over $1600 paid in to the gov
ernment therefor.' . "?'"' "
The primary school of the Misses Tay
lor held in the lecture room of the First
Baptist church has been changed from a
morning to an afternoon school on ac
count of the bad weather. School be
gins at 1 o'clock.
Money will be more plentiful in this
neighborhood when all the government
lands are bought and paid lor. It is
really wonderful that we manage to get
Ion at all and pay cash when we send
ont of the country for land over a hun
dred thousand yearly.
Tb- weather moderated last night in
a small degree, and by daylight there
waa an inch or two of snow. Snow con
tinned falling nntil about 11 o'clock, np
to which time between 4 and 5 inchea
had fallen. The indications are for
more of the "congealed element," .and
the weather prophet in Portland saya we
are entitled to more tomorrow. , ,'
From the way the snow comes down
todav, there is liable to be plenty of it
by thia lime tomorrow. However, it is
can be placed
pilgrims who caused Thanksgiving day.
. Mr. Johnson, the. ferryman,' came
across the Columbia yesterday morning
about 10 o'clock on the ice. He wore a
pair of long Norweigan snow-shoes, and
carried a long pole. After he started
the ice broke loose above and came down
against that already blocked, but John
son climbed ovor into the ice as it
jammed and came across in a few min
utes. This morning several . parties
crossed from this side, and the jam
seems to be pretty solid. However, we
would not advise anvone trying it for
fun.
Wednesday morning, while Colonel
Hartley waa absent at The Dalles, his
wife came down stairs to build a fiie in
the stove, and returned upstairs to drees
the children. Little Howard came
down in his night dress, and while
standing by the stove, his dress canght
fire. He ran screaming upstairs and
was met on the stairs by his mother and
sister, who succeeded in putting out the
blaze before tiie boy was much burned,
but their hands were burned quite
badly, Mrs. Hartley's finger tips were
burned and swollen in a frightful man
ner. Gladys escaped with alight bnrns.
Glacier.
The Goldendale Agriculturist of the
28ih says : - A. L. Dilley, sheriff of Yaki
ma connty, arrived in town this week
and on Wednesday was nnited in mar
riage to Mies Ora Dastin, daughter of
Mr. Hiram Dustin. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Orchard, of Zillah,
in the presence of the family and a few
invited guests. After the wedding Mr.
and Mrs. Dilley left for North Yakima,
where they will reside in the future.
The sheriff is one of Yakima county's
most highly esteemed citizens, and is to
be congratulated on getting one of Klick
itat's fairest and most amiable daugh
ters. Tuesday's. Dally
The Si Perkins show is to be here
Saturday night.
The Commercial club elects ita board
of directors tonight seven of them.
According to the Oregonian, I. N.
Taffe of Celilo is in Portland trying to
hire a gang of men to go to Celilo and
cut ice. Mr. Taffe expects to put up
800 tons a day.
Bishop Cranston of Portland, Or.,
resident bishop of the M. E. church for
the Pacific Northwest, will preach next
Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the
M. E. church. Everybody cordially in
vited to attend.
Superintendent A. J. Borie of the O.
R. & N. came down from Pendleton this
morning. tie reports the road across
the Blue mountains as in good shape,
and that the storm waa not nearly so
Berger, met a swift and awful death.
'Mr. Berger and Chris. Miller went ont !
about nine miles from here to do some
work in a mine which is being opened
np. They were laet seen on Monday,
Nov. 9:h. There wan then three boxes
of dynamite in the cabin. A heavy shot
waa heard that evening at dusk.- On
Wednesday the cabin waa blown to
atoms. Search parties have been out
almost all the time since and have
succeeded in finding parts of the body of
Miller, put nothing has been fonnd that
can be identified as part of Mr,
Berger. .
"The family ia with na here and they
are bearing np bravely in their terrible
tronble. Mr. Berger was respected by
all who knew him here, and his wife
and children have onr aincerest - and
pathetic sympathy."
A Dalntv Artist.
Jack Frost was abroad last night, and
while the ennning rogue may have done
considerable mischief in the way of fool
ing with water-pipes and simitar tricks,
it is quite certain that the artistic in
stincts of the little scamp caused him
to do some ornamental work on the big
plate glass windows of our business
houses. Some of the windows were in
deed beautiful, there were landscapes
and waterscapes, icebergs, trees, birds
and bees, fountains and monntaine, del
icate traceries of figures irregularly reg
ular, suggesting a design, yet leaving it
incomplete, but satisfactory; a faint to
the imagination that like a half forgot
ten dream, left memories of things beau
tiful, yet indistinct, or like remembrance
of our childhood fairy tales, where each
saw for himself the wonderful gardens
of Aladdin's cave, and yet none saw
alike, As an artist and fresco painter
Jack Frost has no equal, and he certain
ly left some of his masterpieces with as
last night.
A Serpentine Jmg.
severe there as here,
Little Addie Favart of the Spanish
Students is the most bewitching 10-year-old,
"of her age that ever kicked a
skirtlet. Some of these ditvs she will
run np against the bov preacher" aelat
bo, and the two may marry..
At the stockyards quite a lot of stock
accumnlated awaiting shipment, among
them three carloads of ' cattle for Trent-
dale and one for Port Townsend, and
1500 sheep for " Eastern markets. Be
sides these 100 hogs were received this
morning for the Columbia Packing Co.
They were hauled in sleighs from Dnfur
and vicinity. .
The water in the Columbia is falling
quite rapidly since the cold weather set
in, and it ia possible it may go down
enough, to permit the examination and
repair of the hull of the Dalles City.
She, by the way, ig said to be resting on
an even keel on the sand, and it is bare
ly possible she may yet be saved. The
officers and crew, eleven in all, are still
on board.
It is probable the big ice honses at
Hood River, holding 12,000 tons, are
being filled now. It has been seven
years since they, were filled before, but
if the present weather holds for a week
or ten days ' they will be filled again.
The company has a splendid plant and
every convenience for handling the ice
cheaply, it being taken from the pond
by an endless chain operated by steam.
The new postoffice is a daisy sure.
The boxes are arranged to suit the con
venience of the postmaster, as well as
the public, with the delivery window
facing and nearest the door. The
money order window is on the right as
yoa enter. The room is large, thor
oughly warmed and is far ahead of any
office heretofore used in The Dalles.
Indeed, it would be difficult to find a
better room for the office, even though
the city had 60,000 inhabitants instead
of 5,000.
A gentleman in from Antelope last
night, ' says the snow storm' did not
reach that neighborhood and that' the
ground the other side ot Bake Oven is
practically bare. Stockmen are not yet
feeding, stock 8'ill doing well ou the
range. Connty Clerk Keleay, who gave
The Telegram of last night contains
an article about one Amos Cro4ey, said
to be of that city, ana a sheep-shearer
by occupation, who blew in his money
there and a day or bo since found him
self at the end f his sack, and conse
quently at the eamn end of his spree.
Some friend fonnd him, and seeing his
nervous condition, asked hun to take a
drink. While in the saloon a peddler
shewing a burglar alarm, sprung the
thing, exploding a cartridge. - This was
too much for the ehattered nerves of the
Dalles man, and he imagining someone
was shooting at him, took refuge nnder
the bar, from which place he was dragged
in all the full enj ivinent of a serpentine
jag. He was sent to the hospital.
A Fire Alarm.
SPECIALTIES FOR THIS 1EK.
Ladies'-Fine-ribbed, Fleece-lined Underwear,
Vests and Pants to match .......1...... 50c per piece
Children's Heavy "Wool Bicycle Hose,
( Just the thing for cold -weather 20c and 35c pair
Ladies' All Wool Hose, plain and fine ribbed, ; .
Extra good quality ....,... 25c per pair
Ladies' Ostrich -Ruffs, fine quality,
- Black only ....J..::..............::. ....... $1.75 each
Gentlemen's Extra Heavy Ribbed Underwear, v , '
Fleece Back, special value ........ ............ ...$1.00 per suit
Gentlemen's Heavy Overshirts, -
Extra value . ..... .....75c, $1.00, $1 25 and $1.50
Gentlemen's Heavy Sanitary Wool, ;.',
Finest Australian, double carded ...$1 50 per pair
Gentlemen's Outing Flannel Nightshirts,
Something to keep you -warm... .".....$1.25 each
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PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS
SHE IS A TOTAL LOSS.
Particular of the Sinking; of the Steamer
- Dalles City.
An alarm of fire this morning about
o'clock sent the boys ekurrying np to
the Bast End with the engine and hose
carts, but the fire was ont before they
arrived. The cause of the alarm was
small blaze in the basement of the
building belonging to Mr. Mrliierny and
occupied by Mr. Frank Gabel. The lire
started in some empty sacks, how, no
body knows. Mr. Gabel grabbed the
burning sacks and carried them ont,
burning his bands and facequite severely
iu doing so. He also cnt a bad gash in
the back of his thumb, probably from a
piece ot broken glass. Outside of the
damage to Mr. Gabel,. no harm was
done.
It Beats Oars.
At Pendleton the weather is decidedly
cold, the thermometer dropping down
to 23 and 23 degrees below zero. The
East Oregonian ia responsible for the
following concerning it:
The pipes at the mills were all frocen
and (this is no fairy story) the big pump,
wnicn stands within six teet of the bat
tery of boilers in the brick engine room
of the scouring mills, was frozen solid,
with 65 to 70 pounds of steam on and
the pump running at full force. Today
the mills are chock ablock with ice in all
the . pipes. It is thought bv tomorrow
the mills can be in operation again.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
- Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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CREAM
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Most Perfect Made.
4o Years the Standard.
The wreck of the steamer Dalles City,
is probably complete, and all that will
be saved of her ia the machinery.- The
hull and skeleton of the good little craft
that has done each splendid service on
the lower river will remain where it lies
nntil high water carries it away. Prom
Mr. Charles Stone, one of the passen
gers on the ill-fated boat, we gather
some of the particulars of this wreck.
Mr. Stone has been engaged in fishing
ou the Columbia for several years and
says the night was the worst and the
river the roughest he ever saw it. He
says there was no blame to be attached
to anyone for the . accident, and
ascribes it to the boat making lee way
in the terrific gale.
She left the Cascades about 5: 30 and
ploughed through the heavy seas all
right until about 6 :30, at which time she
struck. The night was intensely dark,
and Capta'ns . Johnson and McNnlty
were both in the pilot house.
Mr. Stone is not positive, but thinks
the boat struck on the port side, and
that she had made lee way enough to
get between the sandbar and the rock.
Almost instantly after she struck, one
of the deckhands called to the captain to
head her for chore, as ehe wasainking,
bat in two minutes from the time she
struck she was on the ' bottom, Mr
Stone thinks with the rock on which she
str uck still nnder her. As soon as she set
lied the crew took soundings, finding that
she was resting safely in about seven
feet of water. The boiler deck aft was
under water about a foot, ami the cattle
on board, two carloads, were standing in
eix to ten inches of water. Some of the
passengers were at first, quite- badly
frightened, but were soon reassured by
the officers and crew. The fire box was
nearly two-thirds full of water, but the
crew fished . wood ont of the hold, and
floating it into the fire-box, managed to
keep the fire going and. to keep np
steam pressure of from 25 to 50 pounds,
the high wind creating draft enough to
permit this being done. Had it not
been for this the passengers would have
had a very cold night of it. As it was
it seemed a long time till daylight. Offi
cers and crew did everything possible
to make their passengers comfortable,
and it was only owing to their indefati
gable efforts that there was no suffering.
At daylight Purser Truman Butler,
with two of the crew, took a small boat
and went to the Cascades for help, risk
ing their lives in .doing so.' At 10:30
one ot the hog-chains parted and the
bow of the boat settled, bot fortunately
the boat did not careen, and shortly
after the steamer . Maria, belonging to
the Days, which bad been seenred by
Mr. Butler, came alongside and took off
the passengers . and cattle The hogs
which formed part of the carge are still
on board, bnt will be gotten off the first
opportunity. . .
Agent Allaway is at the scene of the
wreck, and will do everything possible
to save what can b saved of the wreok.
Ti.e Dalles City was boilt in the fait
of 1891, the hull was jnsti finished when
purchased by the D. P.: A A. N , who
completed her and put in the machinery.
She proved to be just what was needed
for the lower river, handling easily in
the swift waters below the Cascades,
and being a phenomenal climber of that
rapid enrreut. She , cost altogether
about $2-1,000, . - -
The company has not yet decided on
what will be done, nor can it decide
nntil the exact condition of the boat is
determined. If ehe proves a total liss
arrangements will be made at once for
building another and a faster boat to
take her place. "
The officers and crew are still on
board, and cannot itet off until the river
either clears of running ice or freezes Ui.
ont as they nave pleutv of wood and
water, with fifty boxes of pears, plenty
of potatoes and pork, and someoihr
things, they can stand a pretty long
siege.
SOME TYPICAL DALLESITES.
Old, Middle Aged and Toons; Folks, and
all the Right Sort.
The Dalles, compared to Eastern
towns, is not yet old. yet it has a history
or rather is a part of the hlstorv of the
road. In the earliest days an Indian
trading point, then the supply town for
the vast mining regions of Southern
Oregon. Always a great shipping point
and of late years depending for its steady
prosperity on the products shipped out,.
and the merchandise shipped in and di
vided among the four or five counties
tributary to her. Consequent on her
favorable situation, there are more well-
to-do men who here laid the foundation
ot their fortunes, than any other town of
its size on the coast can show. Many
have gone away, had gone before our
time, and many have gone oyer to the
majority, but of those here, The Dalles
may well fell proud. They are of that
energetic, thrifty, industrious class,
who saw their opportunities and took
advantage of them. We venture to
name a few, and point them out as
t-Xtinples worthy oLthe consideration of
the generation growing np, as showing
what may be accomplished by thrift
and application, and pointing ont the
fact also, that all these men started here
with very small means, and many of
them with nothing but stoat hearts and
willing hands.'
Robert: Mays, onr present county
judge, and one of the leading stockmen
of the state, as well as one of its leading
business men. The Frenchs', Dan,
Smith and Josh, whose bank is one of
the soli deft on the coast, and its money
backing stock, agricultural and mercan
tile interests through a large section of
Eastern Oregon. Z. P. Moody, banker
and warehouse owner, who filled the
governor's chair. Ben Snipes, at pres
ent of Yakima, who, while here was a
veritable cattle-king. Jndge Liebe, who
won a competence at the anvil; Col
Sinnott of the Umatilla, who time im
memorial has made his bouse a home
for the traveling public, and who is one
of the widest known men in the state;
Emil Schanno. brewer and real estate
owner; Max Vogt, owner ot tne nana
some Vogt block, the opera bouse and
buildings and ranches innnmerable; A.
H. Curtis, owner of the Diamond Mills
and prouder of the reputation of hie
flour than all his other possessions;
Angnst Buchler, whose beer is sold in
half a dozen counties; VV. Lord, man
ager of the immense Waeco warehouse ;
B. F. Langhlin, one of the originators of
the boat line; Hugh Glenn, contractor
and builder, now building the Gobet-
Astoria railroad : and we might add to
the list, to ' show that women too are
capable of doing business, Mrs. Win
gate, who retired from business with a
competence.
Of a later class the names are legion
T. Peters, L. E. Crowe, E. C. Pe ise,
Ed Williams, H. Herbring, J. H. Cross,
8. Fish, L. Borden, Judge Blakeley,
F. L. Houghton, Orion Kiueraly, J. 8.
Schenrk, H.' M. Beall, J. P. Mclnerny,
J. Worsley, M. T. Nolan, N. Harris,
Maier & Benton, W. A. Johnson, D
W. Vause,.C. J. Crandall, C. F. Steph
ens, E. Jacohsen, M. Donnell, and a host
of others, represent the mercantile pur
suits, while Judge Bennet, E. B. Dulur,
B.' 8. .Huntington, W. H. Wilson,
H. H. Riddel!. Frank Menefee and
Drs. Shackelford, Logan, Doane,
Hollister, Sutherland and Evhelman
represent the professional. And it may
be seen that the yonnger generation.
have not lost the example set the in by
their elders. In store and office the
bright Dalles boys are laying the founda
tion for future wealth and honors. In
deed, while we take pride all of ns in the
AnIMitv and rpmilatinn rtf IhA ntiiMiii ! .
ready mentioned, we all have ' still
greater pride in the young folks just en
tering the portals of life's labors. They
are almost too numerous to mention,
and yet we cannot refrain from naming
a few who, ia the near future, will be
shining examples to the generation fol
lowing them Siunott Sc. Sinnott, Nick
and Roger, are at the law, and with
them we have Fritz Wilson, Bert Phelps,
Ned Gates and D. H. Roberts, while be
hind the counters of bank and store we
have Frank French, just starting in busi
ness for himself with a fine store, the
Vogt boys, Viv French, F. W. Wilson,
Ed Wingate, the Xlarke boys, Harry
Liebe, and a hundred others whom we
would like to name If space permitted,
or if it were possible to 'remember at
once all the bright-eyed healthy, yonng
fellows who are growing into niautiood,
and whom it is a pleasure to kuow.
The Figures Won't Lie.
If yon want to awnee yourself, make
your friends believe 7011 are extraoi
dinarily gifted, and do a Utile practicing
in mentai arithmetic, get familiar with
doing the following, and yon will never
fail to discover the age of a person and
month In which he was born. - First,
yon ask him to go to the other 'end of
the room, to prevent your seeing what
be is going to rite. Then you ask him
to put down the number of the month
in which ho waa born, and multiply it
by 2, then add 5 to the sum, and multi
ply that by 50, add his age to the quo
tient, then deduct S03, and then add 115
to the difference. Suppose be is 49
years of age, and was born in February,
the computation would stand thus: Two
times 2 equals 4, plus 5 equals 9, multi
plied by 50 equals 450, plus 49 equals
499, minus 365 equals 134, plus 115
equals 249. The last two figures indi
cate the age, and the first figure Feb
ruary, the second month of the year.
Ton simply ask the person to state the
result of the calculation and then declare
he was born in February and ia 49 years
of age. ',
Weather Prophets.
Foster: Strm wave or the country
west of the Rockies, 28th. Cold and
Btormv December.
Huks. Closing etorm period of the
month, 27th to SOtb. Look for hard
winter storms, ending in very cold wea
ther. Prepare for a hard December.
Mottee.. r
All parties are requested to e'ean their
sidewalks of snow within ten hoars
from the date of this notice.
The Dalles, Dec. 1, 1896.
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