THE DALLES WEEKLY CHROlflCLS. WEDNESDAY. JAUTJAR'S? 13. lQ?.
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LOCAL BKEYIT1KS.
Saturday's lMilv.
There is only an "em" difference, said
the old married printer, between 'hy
menial" and "hyenial."
Mrs. Mary E. Golden, for whose hus
- band the town of Goldendale was named,
died at Fort Wayne, Indiana, Christmas
day.
W. C. Creede.the Colorado millionaire,
and his wife have parted. She receives
$20,000 aa her share of the common
plunder.
The commissioners court expected to
adjourn at noon today, bnt bavins re
ceived the assessment rpll as equalized
bv the state board, continued in eeseion
this afternoon, to make the tax lew,
Mr. John Gray, who has the contract
for erecting the buildings at the Warm
Springs, arrived from Salem lust night,
and leaves to complete his contract Mon
dav. The work will take about three
weeks yet.
The funeral cf the late Mrs. S. C
Wilson took place from the residence of
Hon. B. S. Hantington this afternoon,
Eev. W. C. Curtis conducting the ser
vice. A large number of sorrowing
friends paid their last tribute of respect
by attending at the interment.
Professor Kanematz' silkworm colony,
comprising more than 80,000 worms, at
Coquille, Or., has concluded its cocoon
spinning. The professor says the work
has been acme much quicker and better
this season than before, and, if any-
tiIilU, LUC UKUUUD HI D UCbld 1CV.
We stated yesterday that the county
court bad ordered a bridge bujlt across
Hood river. The statement was rather
premature, as all the county court did
was to ask for plans and estimates for
the same, so that they might act intelli
gently on the matter. The bridge will
have to be built as it at present in a dan
gerous condition.
Last week Mr. Anderson was held up
between Canyonvllle and Bollenbaugh'e
residence, in Douglas county, by three
men. It was dark, and he, in the scuffle
which ensued, etabbed one of them.
They went through his pockets, but got
nothing, as he .had left his money at
Canyonville. He asserts positively that
be knows who his assailants are.
It has been suggested that while the
city charter is being amended, provi
sion be made for having the city build
the crosswalks. The proposition seems
only fair, since the owners of the corner
lots have from two to four times as much
expense as the others for street improve
ments and sidewalks. The street'cross-
ing is of no more benefit to the property
owner on the corner than any other,
and is really a part of the street im
provements. Monday's Daily.
Men's sweaters, 50 cents and up at A,
M. Williams & Co.'s.
A dispatch from Salem says the senate
was organized this afternoon, with Joe
Simon as president.
The Elks will give a grand ball the
evening of January 22nd, the proceeds
of which will be devoted entirely to char
ity. This is an assured fact, so be ready
to go at that date.
bee A. M. Williams & Co.'s window
for new effects in colored bosom Bhirts
at the popular price of $1.25 each.
From present indications Hood Eivor
will have a splendid crop of strawber
ries, and next June will see them
shipped from that point at the rate of
three carloads a day.
The county commissioners fixed the
tax levy Saturday afternoon at 22 mills.
The valuation is $174,000 less than for
1895, the rate 1 mill higher, which
makes the tax about the same in both
years.
Wasco county, according to the Ore
gonian, leads the list in the Third bouse.
In writing up the prominent members
of that branch of the legislature, it gives
first place to Fete Isenberg of Hood
River, and s- cond to Farmer Cooper of
The Dalles.
Jackson Engine Company will give a
masquerade ball the evening of Febru
ary 12tb, the prrcjfds of which will be
given to one of the best and most fearless
firemen ever in the city, John Crate,
who is now lying helpless in the hospi
tal at Portland.
Henry M. Templeton of Oregon City
wants to learn the address of Eugene
W. Garlick that he may place him in
commanicatian with his mother. He is
supposed to be in the vicinity of The
Dalles. If you know him, drop us or
Mr. Templeton a line.
For a while it was thought the cold
snap in November had done great dam
age to froit trees, they being fall of sap
at the lime, but it is now claimed the
damage will be small In some localities
the damage is considerable, while in
others, it is trifling.
The fight is on down at Salem and if
the old Willamette hotel is no better
now than when it first changed its name
to hide its identity, it should not last
long. The old brick caravansary then
bad none of the home comforts of the
Denitentiary. and not even the bill of
fare of a Robinson Crusoe.
Tuesday's. Dally
The sturgeon catch continues good,
but is not up to what it was a month
Ward, Kerns & Robertson has a choice
lot of wild hav at their barn on Second
street. Just the feed for cows.
As the house did not organize yester
day, the first ballot for United States
senator, will not be taken until Tuesday,
the 26th. .
This would be beautiful weather in
which to be sending a diamond drill
down into the earth in search of coal.
Wonder if. the committee that had the
matter in charge has forgotten all
about it.
Mr. G. D. Snowden has accepted the
position of purser on the Regulator in
place of Truman Butler, resigned. Mr.
Snowden is an affable and obliging gen
tleman and will make an ideal officer.
We understand that Mr. Butler resigned
to accept a position in French & Co.'s
bank.
. The Commercial club' is having the
bowling alley re-lighted, the fixtures be
ing put In place today. It will be so
light when everything is completed, that
the members can eee there way borne,
the bowlers can see and raise each other,
and the directors can see the funds of
the club increase.
The funding bill, providing for re-ar-ranging
tbe Pacific railroad debts, failed
to pass congress yesterday, the opposi
tion having a majority of 66. President
Cleveland has Intimated that if congress
did not do something, he would, hence
it may be expected that steps will be
taken at once towards foreclosing the
lien.
The gentleman mentioned in yester
day's issue as .creating a row over some
one else escorting bis wife, who has ap
plied for a divorce from him, to her
home, desires us to state that be has not
interfered with, nor does be intend to
interfere with his wile's actions, but
says the trouble occurred over bis chil
dren. .
Baby Bora on a Fash-Car.
Since tbe blockade on the Monte Cris-
to, the wite of a Monte Cristo miner was
confined, and the doctor having left
Monte Cristo, she was placed in charge
of some Other women, who had been un
able to come out of the mountains, while
her husband set out on foot for Snoho
mish for medicine, says the Snohomieh
Tribune. The nurses became frightened,
and had their charge put on a push-car,
and started down the railroad track with
her, hoping to get where medical assist
ance could be procured. Shortly after
they started on his novel journey, the
babe was born, and, with its mother,
was taken back to its mountain home.
This patient and others in similar con
dition, who could not come out when
the blockade was started, have been in a
serious predicament with no doctor with
in 50 miles.
Want Thets Old Places.
The mere rumor that President-elect
McKinley has stated that, in making his
appointments,- he would not favor any
one who held office under the Harrison
administration has started the cold
shivers down the back of more than one
office-seeker in Oregon. Colonel Milton
Weidler wants his old place as collector
of internal revenue, and has now his
agents out securing names to the peti
tion. John P. Ward, who served as ap
praiser under the Harrison and Arthur
regimes,expects to get his old place back
soon after McKinley's inauguration.
Lon Cleaver wants his land office back,
and, in fact, there is hardly an excep
tion among the ex-office-holders who
are willing to sacrifice themselves on the
altar of the federal treasury.
The Case of Marion County.
The county judge and commissioners
of Marion county, at their tegular meet
ing Wednesday, made an order to the
county court to ignore the pretended
equalization made by the board of equal
ization. This is nothing but just, as
the board exceeded their jurisdiction in
the matter, and it was a case of flagrant
petty spite work. This action may
bring the county into a contest, but if it
does it will only be one more reason for
killing off the unnecessary state board of
eqnalizatioc. We commend our county
court for its prompt and vigorous man
ner of disposing of tbe matter. Gervais
Star.
: Electric Bitters.
Electric Bitters is a medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gener
ally needed when tbe languid, exhausted
feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid
and sluggish and the need of a tonic and
and alterative is felt. A prompt use of
this medicine has often averted long and
perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medi
cine will act more sureiy counteracting
and freeing the system from the malar
ial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con
stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bit
ters. 50c and $1.00 per bottle at Blake
ley & Houghton's drug store. 1
ROSY FOR WHEAT GROWERS.
Views
of Secretary Morton on
World's Crop for 1897.
. J. Sterling Morton, secretary of agri
culture, writes as follows to the San
Francisco Examiner regarding the wheat
outlook for tbe year 1897: .
"While it is, of course, impossible at
this early day to predict as to -the size
and quality of the crops, there are good
grounds for believing that t'e demand
for some of the products of American
agriculture, to be harvested next aut
umn, will be exceedingly strong and
active, with prices correspondingly high.
This is especially (,rue as regards wheat.
Tbe past year has witnessed a shortage
of unusual extent in wheat crops in sev
eral of the chief wheat crowing coun
tries of the world. Tbe great Russian
empire, which ranks next to tne united
States in importance as a country of
wheat supply, has produced this season
largely diminished crops, while India
and Australia, the other leading sources
of supply, have actually changed from
exporting to importing countries. The
next wheat crop of Australia will be
harvested in January, and indications
now point to a product far below the '
average. The same is true of the com
ing crop of India, to be gathered in
April.. The reports received from Ar
gentma and several other counties are
also unfavorable. These unusual short'
ages, occurring simultaneously in differ
ent countries, have caused a scarcity 'in
the wheat supply not experienced for
years, and tne result is a marked aa
vance price of this important cereal. As
tbe amount of wheat at present avail
able in the world is so far short of the
probable requirements, it is fair to pre
sume that the reserve stocks that would,
under normal conditions, be carried over
into next season, will.be very much di
minished. This will undoubtedly create
an increased demand upon tbe forth
coming crop, to the great 'benefit of tbe
farmer. One of the natural results of
the present wheat stringency is the
heigthened demand for other breadstuff's
The high price of wheat is largely cans-
ing a more liberal use of such cereals as
may be substituted for it, among them
that great American grain, Indian corn
According to report, a cargo of 140,000
bushels of corn was shipped the present
month from Philadelphia to India, tbe
first cargo ever sent to that country from
the United States."
DUFUR DEEDS ALL RIGHT.
How Temperance Was Knocked Oat In
Glen brook.
A number of exchanges have com
mented on the clause in a deed to a
church, of lots in Dufur, it containing a
clause that the property should forfeit if
intoxicating liquors were ever allowed to
be sold on the premises. It is not at all
likely the church will ever start a sa
loon on the lots, but the clause is a good
one just tbe same.
The town of Glenbrook, Nevada,
situated on tbe eastern shore of lake
Tahoe, was laid out by a man named
Pray, usually known as Cap Pray. He
was a radical temperance man, and as
he owned all the land on that side of the
lake he thought he had a dead shot to
prevent the sale of liquors. Every deed
to lots contained the clause forfeiting
the land upon the sale pf liquor thereon
That is every deed but one contained
that clause, and that deed was to a
church. The old captain did not like to
put that clause in a deed to the church,
and in less than a month after the deed
was made a man named Pbilo Rice
traded church lots with the church peo
ple, giving them $2,000 to boot, and then
he started a saloon. Tbe result, was he
had a picnic, it being a mill and lumber
ing town, as well as a summer resort.
Then when Pray found he could not
stop Rice from selling liquor, he deter
mined he should not profit by his
shrewdness, and so he cancelled the
liquor clause in all his deeds.
Thus Glenbrook from being a strict
temperance town became one of tbe
most dissipated places in the whole
state, and all through the captain's
neglect to make the church deed like all
others. j
A Sad Accident.
Richard Pool, 11 years of age, son of
E. J. Pool, of Lost ltiver Gap, accident
ally shot himself Fnday afternoon, and
died from bis injuries . Sunday after
noon. He and a younger brother were
snapping caps on an old gun barrel and
at the time the load, which was unknown
to be in the barrel was discharged, . he
was holding tbe muzzle against bis thigh.
The shot blew off one of his little fin
gers, mangled tbe third finger of the'same
band and tore a frightful hole in
his thigh, severing the femoral artery.
He was carried to the house by his father
and the wound bandaged after which
Dr. II. A. Wright was summoned and
the wounds dressed. The boy was en
able to bear the pain and loss of blood
and died Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Tbe funeral took place Monday morn
ing, interment being made in - the
Klamath Falls cemetery. Tbe family of
Mr. Pool have tbe sympathy of the en
tire community in their sad bereave
ment. '
'., She Used Her Umbrella
There was a lively little scrimmage on
the sidewalk in front of the Columbia
hotel Saturday night, caused by a ' jeal
ous husband objecting, to another 'man
walking home with bis wife. The man
ipecials in
Bargain No. 1.
Ladies'
riDDea;
Bargain No. 2.
Bargain No. 3.
Children's Woolen Underwear. To make a
clean-up of this line of goods, vre -will allow a
discount of nKS&- . ,
25 per cent, off the sellingr price.
We offer our complete stock of the celebrated Peerless Muslin Underwear
at a reduction of 25 per cent, for this month only.
GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
and wife are decidedly not one, the
woman having brought suit for a divorce,
which will probably be decided within
tbe next week or two. Under the cir
cumstances she does not feel that her
former liege lord has any control 'over
her, and aa she works hard to support
herself and little child, and does so, and
is permitted do so by him, she is about
right. The irate husband fell on his
wife's escort, and whacked him one on
the jaw, knocking him off tbe sidewalk.
Before be could follow np his advantage
the woman fell on him with her umbrel
la, and thumped bim diligently. Then
the other fellow got in his work and be
tween two he came to grief. The sym
pathy of the crowd was with tbe woman
and it wonld not have taken much urg
ing to have caused it to give the husband
a ducking in Mill creek.
ELOPED WITH A MARRIED MAN.
An
Episode Which Has Created a Sen
sation In Walla Walla.
A sensation of moderate magnitude
was created in this city yesterday, says
tbe Walla Walla Union, by the rumor
that an elopement had occurred in
which a young married man and a young
lady who has been quite prominent in a
yonng people's church society, were the
principals.
The rumor, when traced down by a
Union reporter, proved to be based on
the truth. The man is in the employ
of the O. R. & N. railwav, and last No
vember took his wife East, returning
alone. The young lady was a near
neighbor, but their friends did not sus
pect that the relations between them
were other than friendship. Last Sat
urday nieht both disappeared from
Walla Walla and were next heard from
at Starbuck, where the man is employed.
The young lady wrote her brother-in-
law to send her trunk to Pomeroy,
where she was to be married to a young
man from Spokane. Her relatives did
not believe her story, and upon, investi
gation discovered the true situation.
Her brother left on yesterday morning's
train for Starbuck with the intention of
shedding some gore should the facts jus
tify it, but it is said that the runaways
were informed of the movement and got
out ot the wav.
Means Business.
'A Mother" writes to the Goldendale
Sentinal as follows : "What are school
directors elected for, anyway? I think
it would be a good thing to send some of
our teachers (?)off to a reform school,
so thev can learn bow to control them
selves and their scholars. This habit of
sending little ones up to the principal's
room is getting ridiculous and monoto
nous. As it is,' the principal has all he
can attend to, especially when' he sends
a great portion of his time prancing up
and down the room . pawing his hair.
After be has worked himself up to such
a frenzy, he wreaks his ire on the little
ones.-. Any so-calld teacher that is not
able to conduct the affairs of his own
room had better resign; or be caused to.
For my part, the next time my child is
manled by any one, excepting its teacher,
I'll go down to that school and clean out
tbe whole outfit. I mean business."
. DIED.
At his home on- 5-Mile creek, January
12, 1897, Mr. G. Wagenblast, aged 84
years. .
A short funeral service will be held at
the family residence Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, after which the body
will be interred in Odd Fellows' ceme
tery In this city.
Hosiery and
Black All? Wool Hose, in plain and fine
iormeriy sold for 25c,
All of otjx better grades of Cashmere and
Wool Hose; regularly sold for 45c and 50c,
. . . ' Sale Price, 33 1-3 Cts.
PEASE
This store-closes at 7 p. in. sharp.
Concerning School Elections
The state- superintendent a year or
two ago issued a circular defining what
constituted a legal voter at school elec
tions. The- law applies to all districts
in the county except The Dalles, and is
as follows :
1. They musk be citizens of . this
state.
2. They must be twenty-one years of
age.
3. They must be residents of tbe
district.
4. They muBt have resided in tbe
district thirty days preceding the school
meeting".
5. They must be taxpayers, or must
have children of school age to educate
within the district.
Second It will be seen from tbe above
general statements that the following
perspns may vote under tbe first sub
division of Seceien 43 aa above men
tioned: a. A singleVoman who is a taxpayer.
b. A married woman who is a tax
payer. c. A single man who is a taxpayer.
d. A married man who is a taxpayer.
e. . A married man who has children
to educate, whether he is a taxpayer or
not. Tbe same is true of married women,
single women, single men and widows
who have children to educate in tbe
district, if they be parents or gnardlana
of the children, whether they be tax
payers or not.
Commissioners Coart.
The county commissioners court at its
regular term last week, besides passing
bills, took action as follows :
Road district 29 was established. It
was ordered that ou payment of $57 by
Mr. Herrick, that tbe sheriff issue him
a receipt in full for taxes for year 1895.
H. . Lake was appointed justice of
tbe peace tor Wamic precinct.
The bid of M. M. Cushing for taking
care of the poor was accepted. It is the
same as last year, $125 per month for
county charges, $4 per week for non-resi
dent paupers.
The tax levy was for state purposes,
4 mills; for school, 5 mills; special road,
1 mill ; G. A. R. relief, one-tenth of a
mill and for county purposes, eleven and
nine-tenths mills, making a total of 22
mills. ,
Road supervisors were appointed as
follows: . "
District No. 1, C. A. Stewart; No. 2,
J W Forbes; No. 3, J Purser; .No. 4,
Chris. Dethman ; No. 5, W F Jackson ;
No. 6, 8 D Fisher; No. 7, J W Marquis;
No. 8, J P Aeidius; No. 9, Andrew Ur
quhart; No. 10, A Fraser; No, 11, G W
Riddell; No. 12, E K Russell ; No. 13, j
J C Egbert; No. 14, J B Havely ; No. 15,
Eli Hinman ; No. 16, Alex M Loud ; No.
17, John End; No. 18, Herbert Powell;
No; 19, Ike Hixon ; No. 20, Frank Flem
ing; No. 21, Geo W Smith ; No. 22, W
R Winans; No. 23, Geo M Wishart; No.
24, Van Woodruff; No. 25, Joel Koontz;
No. 26, J P Watson ; No. 27, J -F Mar-
qnam; JNo. 2b, a. u Kooper; jno. u
&Crapper.
To Vote School Taxes.
Office of County School Scpt.)
' The Dalles, Or., Jan. 11, '97. J
To School Boaeds :
Those school districts desiring to vote
a special school tax this year, will ob
serve the following:"
1 Directors should call a special
school meeting, giving;ten days notice.to
be held January 25th, 20th' or 27th and
Underwear.
Sale Price, 18 Cts.
& MAYS.
report result of meeting in writing, to
A. M. Kelsay, county clerk, on or be
fore Feb. 1, 1897. (See School Laws pp
62-64.) .
2. The district clerk need not make
application to the county clerk for the
amount of assessable property in the
district, as it will be mailed to each and
every district clerk on or before January
20tb, in ample time to reach you before
your school meeting. '
As the time is limited, promptness is
absolutely necessary.
Yours Verv Truly,
C. L. Gilbert,
'School Supt.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Two License Ordinances Considered and
Both Failed to Fass.
iucio noo a special meeting oi tne
city council last night to consider peti
tions, and take action on the matter of
passing two ordinances, one licensing
the sale of tresh meats, and the other
licensing liquor sellers, the ordinance
being framed to include drugstores in
the list.
The ordinance licensing the sellers
of fresh meats provided that all persons
TL... , . , '
selling meats in quantities less than the
whole carcass should pay a license of
$25 per year. This had been referred to
tbe finance committee, which made a
verbal report suggesting an amendment
that beef might be sold in quantities not
less than one-qnarter, and recommend
ing' the passage of the ordinance aa
amended. Messrs. Phirman and Chris
man, representing tbe butchers, each at
the request of the council, made a state
ment concerning tbe matter, as- did also
Councilman Wood. The amendment
being carried, tbe petitioners -asked
leave to withdraw their petition, which
was granted, and further consideration
of the ordinance was indefinitely post-
,
puueu. . -
The ordinance licensing the sale of
liquors was then read, and being placed
upon its final passage, the petitioners
appeared by counsel,. A. S. Bennett, and
the remonstrators by H. S. Wilson.
The latter took the position that under
tbe charter the city council had author
ity only to license bar-rooms, tipplinc
bouses, and drinking shops, and could
not regulate the sale of liquors in drug
stores or anywhere else where it was
sold by tbe bottle, and not drank in the
house. He also argued that under the
terms of .the license to saloons or drink
ing shops, no minors or women could be
allowed in them, and that the drug
stores, if licensed, would fall under this
prohibition. Judge Bennett presented
the other side of the case, claiming that
under the charter of 1895 the city could
regulate tbe sale of any commodity. .
Un going to a vote the council stood four
for and four airiiinst, so tbe ordinance
failed to pass.' The recorder was then
on motion instructed to draw up an or
dinance, licensing tbe Bale of liquors by
the bottle or in quantities less .than one
gallon, where it was not to be drank in
the place where sold, and fixing the
amount at $150 per vear.
There being no further business, tbe
council adjourned.
To Contractors.
The county court requests contractors '
to submit plans and estimates for
bridge across Hood .river, at the town of
Hood River. Plans will be considered
at the adjourned meeting to be held
February 8th at 1 o'clock p. m. The
court reserves the right to reject any and
all plans. If a plan is selected, bida
will be asked for the building of the
bridge. By order of the court.
jan9 4t A. M. Kelsay, Clerk.