THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24,-1897.
The Weekly
THE DALLES.
' OBKGON
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Published in two part,
' and Saturdays. .
on Wednesday
; . . SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
. , , BT KAIL, FOatAGS rUPAID, IX ADVAKCI.
Oneyeur 11 80
Six months . 76
' Three months " M
- AdTertlsinK rates reasonable, and made known
on application. ...
Address all communications to "THE;CHRQN-
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
Telephone No.
' LOCAL BltKVITlKS. '
- Saturday's Dally.
"Nobody will nse otber peoples' ex
perience," said Hawthorn, "Nor has any
of his own until it 5s too late to use it,
Tne local leaving this afternoon is the
" '- first train in months that has not car
rled away one or more ladies ; bat today
there were none. .
-' Science now states that there are over
. 2,000,000 bacteria in a grain of butter,
No wonder batter srets to tasting, bad
when they all die.
Rehearsals for the minstrel show are
steady thing now, and the local gags
.' are ripening fast.. It will be the boss
affair of the kind ever given in The
; Dalles.
'. A few more days like today and spring
will bean assured fact. SuriBhine has
been such a rarity during the winter
that it doesn't take much of it to excite
comment.
- Joe Bonn broke the bowling record
last night with a score of 64. Judge
jraasnaw nas neiu luu vuampiuiiBuip
for quite a while, with a score of 63, and
we expect to see some fery heavy judi
cial bowling until that 64 is bsaten.
. Over $150,000 will be paid through the
Arlington National bank for cattle and
eheep within the next' .four months.
' That amount of money ought to be suffi
cient to relieve any financial pressure
-Gilliam county might be subjected to,
v" says the Arlington Record.
. -Thetown of Wilber, Wash., and others
t along the soutn half of the Colville - ree
' ervatlor, are' filled with strangers, await
" ibg a proclamation opening that section
'' to mineral enteries. There are a unm
: ber of men on the reservation and they
have located mineral claims and in some
cases have been prosecuting work there-
on.: . ...
The dwelling-house and drug store of
Dr. Karten, at Viola, near Oregon City,
burned yesterday, entailing a loss' of
41KfW TK a nrnnnrfv vna inanrpjl fnr
$750. Dr. Karten was also postmaster,
flnd thn nnntAl tirtnrefl and fmnnliea and
. mail matter were the only property
eajrad. The fire started from a defective
.floe..-.
A" fruit growers' institute will be held
at Hood Biver, Tuesday and Wednesday
March 16 and 17. Hon. H. B.. Miller,
' president of the state agricultural col-
lege, TJ. P. Hendricks, professor of - hor
ticultnre, and A. B. Cordley, professor
-entomology, will be present. Prof. Cord-
ley will, give an illustrated lecture by the
aid of electric lights, which will be fur
nished by W. J. Smith, and the institute
will ww.n rtv lha TC ff P Kali ailirtin
ing the box factory, for one night.
I hA iiinlTona aci tAPtii i nm An c will rnat
. 25 cents, end will certainly be worth the
n n TAn'f (ka onan Snna?
v Thursdayggd Friday. -
The evenings with Dickens will com-
manoa nn tha an A n r f V, f an1 fKa
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succeeding 'evening about ninety of the
. characters of that celebrated writer will
appear on the stage. "-..'.
of Duncan McBae at his home on the
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4uub. itj, omuruay, idu. iota. XX e
leaves four children. ' His wife about
four months oft tecame insane and is
t - m.1 1 - . r- l
iiuw.m iub asyium at oaiem.
The Elks, to the number of twenty
eight, attended the services at the Con
gregational church Sunday evening, and
were highly pleased, with Bev. Curtis'
ermon, illustrating those traits of char
acter that m.deJVashineton the idol of
11 lovers of freedom. .. .
. ... " A Tuesday's. Dally
The weather forecast for Inn icr hi in
fa for tomorrow, rain and warmer.
. V Hon 5L A. Moody, who made a trip
.a rHntf)- flan 'Tnn tin Mt TTfwft a tarn
Mtiye ago, arrived home last night.., . .
- ,,T ri , I TIT -1 1
- ; iw- ureen. m ouiiir iruiu j il: K w u'lt
. 'natters, and one of the few of Dickens'
-poems set to music, will be sung Friday
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-entertain meit. ; . ; . , . . -
t. i .&x i .u r.ii- r: :n v.
ra3v to rennms her nlac on the river
- if-
' soon .after' March let.' She . will, be' a
mncn oecier ooat man wnen new.- as
her repairs have been thorough and her
. ball has been made much stronger.
6fakiDg of steamboats reminds us
mat yuej. r-. a a.. 11. jo. uas always
' eiven "good ' service, that it solved the
freight problem, and has saved this sec
tion several hundred thousand dollars.
Its record suggests that it is a good line
vto stay with. ' ? . c -- j
, . When t the minstrel troupe gets' ready
to show, yoQ will see a show, one that
wiU make you laugn;
i..
one that will
shake the doldrums ont of your crani-
nms, and make you feel glad to think
yon are alive. . Watch out for the date,
and get your tickets early. ... :.
The K. of P. celebrated the . 34tn an
niversary of the order- last night in
befitting manner. There was a good
program and a brief, but eloquent, ad
dreass by W. H. Wilson, .after which
dancing was the order of the evening,
and kept op until about midnight.
The Dalles is having a surfeit of enter
tainments. XeMelatare tonight, debate
at the Congregational church tomgnt,
Evenings with Dickens" Thursday and
Friday. Hext Company Monday1, lec
ture at the Congregational church Tues
day, and Senter Payton Company nearly
all ol next week and then comes the
minstrels.
The steamer, Pilgrim, made her first
ran between Portland and this city yes
terday, arriving here at 7:10 last night.
The' Pilgrim is a small propeller, and
while - comfortable . enough for a Bhdrt
run, will, we minx, prove very wean.
some for a ten or twelve hours' ride. - In
these days of rapid transit, slow boats
and slow trains are not in it, and we
fancy the Pilgrim will not stay on the
route long.
. The Salvation, Army was out in a
blaze of patriotism last night, American
flags being numerous, and one -of the
men was togged up in bunting until he
looked like a matador at a Spanish bull
fight. The street services were unuau
ally fervent, and the invitation to visit
the hall quite liberally responded t
The work of cleaming the mud from
Second street, between Washington and
Federal, is about completed and it is
really a pleasure to see that portion of
the highway showing here and there a
few dry spots. It wouVi be a g-eat im
provement if the whole street could re
ceive the same treatment, and it would
also be appreciated nxt summer when
what is now mud will be dust, and dis
seminated promiscuously. , .
The ' Eastern Oregon session of the
legislature meets at the Vogt this even
ing at 8 .o'clock. There is going to be.
whole lots of fun, and those - who do not
ttend will regret it. Arrangements
were completed this morning for the
session, wnicn will oe called to order
promptly. A special . attempt will be
made to get "Mr. Jones," the gentleman
from Wasco, to occupy- his eeat, a com
mittee of six - being appointed to show
him the way. - T
George' Shaub, a 12-year-old boy, was
kicked in the bead by a horse at Coburg
Thursday, his skulF being crashed.
His folks were all away from home, ac
cbmpanying the boy's sister, who was
departing for" California, to the depot
It is supposed he went to the stable
about 5 o'clock to do the chores, and
was- kicked by what had always been
supposed to be a gentle horse. He was
found lying unconscious on the stable
floor when his folks returned, and will
die.
r Instead of diminishing the area of the
Cascade Forest Reserve, the president
yesterday issued thirteen proclamations
establishing thirteen additional forest
reservations, with a total acreage of 21,'
739,000. Heretofore sixteen reservations
have-been made, with a total acreage of
17,500,000. So that yesterday the reser
vations made were of gseater area than
all made . before that time. There was
one made for each of the original colo
nies, a patriotic arrangement, but per
baps foolish .. . .
It is undoubtedly true that the fralt
trees in this county were injured to
some extent by the' cold weather of No
vember. How much damage has been
done it is impossible to tell, the only
test being to let the trees alone until
late spring: Mr. F. Laughlin tells ps
that in -1861 the fruit trees were injured,
and many,; thinking they were ruined,
cat them down. When spring came
Bfost of those left were late about bud
ding, but came ont all right. It is the
part of wisdom on those having fruit
trees to let them alone until, they are
proven beyond doubt to be killed.
Mr. Owen Williams,' a resident of The
Dalles for many years, is a patient at
Good Samaritan hospital, suffering from
cancer, or - the. stomaco ; lie is hardly
expected to live daring the week, bat
the patient ' Is making a heroic effort to
vert 'what apparently seems inevitable,
and insists that he isgetting better. Mr.
Williams is well known' to ' many in
Portland,; being a prominent member of
the Elks and other secret, orders. --He is
reaeiving every attention at the hands
of his friends' and the hospital attend
apts ' bat they all realize that he has
pnlj- ..a few more days to live. Ore
gonian. ' :'
'-' Jl ' : To Anaweii Bolt Call.'-: ;
: is.j-.lt I-'y.f !. " . I ..; . -
The following . gentlemen .- will., take
part in the organization ot the legisla
ture at the Vogt this evening:
Hons'W.-'L.' Bradshaw, A. S.- Ben
nett, J. B. Condon, W; H. Wilson,' Hugh
Gourlay, W. H. Biggs, A. M. Kelsay,
S. VanVactor, John Cradlebaugh, G. B.
PhelpB, A. S. Mac Allisler, J. F. Moore, J,
W. Condon, J. A. Donthit, Seth Morgan,
G. J. Farley, E. N. Chandler, ChaS.
Hilton, E. O. McCoy, E. Jacobsen, D.
Dufur, N. H. Gates, D. W. Boberts, N.
J. Sinnott, Koger Sinnott, A. B. Thomp
son,' W.' B. Meyers, Menefee, B. F.
Laughlin", C. L. Phillips, Capt.' J.'.W.
Lewis, Adjatant H. H.' Eiddell, Col. J.
M. Patterson, Manager W. Lord.
THE MEN'S SOCIAL.
The Chowder Was Fine, and the Cake
. Did Sot Baa-
The entertainment given by the "men
folks" at the M. E. church last- night.
was a decided success. - 1 oe program
was a very interesting one, and held the
audience nntil nearly 10 o'clock without
it getting impatient. I4may be that it
had no -spontaneous desire to be in
hurry to tackle the cakes. Iat we prefer
to believe that it was pleased with the
numbers of the program in its en
tiretv. ' .-
The best received number was the trio
by Dr. Lannerberg, Professor Landers
and Mr. Parrott. entitled "The Short
Wife." Professor Landers sung loudly
for a short wife, Dr.. Lannerburg sung
with as much fervor- for a' tall wife,
while Parrott was so puffed np with
pride about the success of his cake that
he proclaimed that he would ' have no
wife at all'. The high school quartet
sang well, and received and responded
to an encore. Clyde Biddell read a love
letter which he claimed had ' been
written to bis sister, that wast model of
its kind. The recitation of Charles
Campbell was excellent, as was that by
Walter Beavis. The latter is peculiarly
gifted in that line, and his selection of a
subject was well made. We forgot to
mention that "The Short Wife" caused
a vigorous encore, but the trio insisted
that was all they knew," but Pro
fessor Landers suggested that Dr. Lan
nerburg had a song composed by him'
self, and the audience would listen to
nothing else until they heard it. This
was 'followed by an euphonium olo by
Mr. Guy Miller, whose well-known
ability makes '- comment unnecessary,
Mr: George E. Stewart gave a recitation
choosing for his subject .' Tbackery's
poem, showing Canute when he rebuked
his courtiers after vaiuly commanding
the tides to recede. We arrived a trifle
late, only in time to hear the last half of
Bev. Wood's eloquent address of wel
come, but we got there in time be in at
the close, and make everybody glad to
seek the refreshment room. We feel
this morning that some of our state
ments last night were a .trifle exagger
ated, and are willrng to modify them in
a degree to suit any not willing to be
lieve them in their crude state. We are
moved to make this correction because
we are led to believe some doubted our
statement about the dog.' A solo .by Dr
Lannerburg completed the program. It
was a very beautiful thing and 'the audi
ence would not be satisfied nntil be re
sponded to an encore. . ' :
' On the conpletion of the literary pro
gram' the audience repaired to the base
ment, where was an array of good things
innumerable. The cakes-were certainly
as good as if made by the ladies, even
the angel food was all right, at least
it agreed with ns. The feature of the
supper though was the clam chowder
made under the supervision of Mr. B. F.
Laughlin. There were more than seven
gallons of it, but the supply was ex
bausted.
Taken all in all, the men's social was
a decided success, equaling anything of
the kind given here in a long time.
Thank You.
The ladies of the Good Intent Society
join in expressing their heartfelt thanks
to an concerned in tne sociaoie given oy
the gentleman at .the M. E. church last
evening. . iney appreciate tne prompt
ness and willingness with wnicn you re
sponded to their request, and are very
proud of your success. If In the future
they should again call upon you to help
them, they hope that you will attribute
it to the fact that thev do not feel cer
tain of being successful without your as
sistance, and they also hope that you
will be just as hearty in your response.
The above acknowledgment is so very
prettily made that for those who took
part we l.ft our tile and say in the lan
guage of the poet .
"Without a smile from lips of beauty won,
uni wnac were man? a worm wiuqui ran.''
Jones' Letter.
Following is a copy of,a letter written
by Representative F. N. Jones of Wasco
Wanty, before the election. It explains
itself: .:'
. Sheeab'b Bridge, May 26, 1896.
H. A. Leaven, Esq., Cascade Locks, Or.:
Dab Sib: Yours of .6-23 to hand.
In regard to what you say. concerning Mr.
Mitchells! wisb to say that X entered
this campaign absolutely unpledged or
instructed for anyone, and have rather
made a point of that fact, and, whereas.
I. do not care at this stage of the game to
go on record as being pledged, yet I
want to say mat l.nave nothing bat the
mo9t friendly regard for Hon. J. H.
Mitchell, and it has never 'entered my
bead to do anything bat support him,
and certainly expect to vote for rim if
I am sent to Salem,' and I can. do so
cheerfully and . consistently. Further
more, 1 have found the majority of the
people in Sherman and Wasco counties
to be with Mr. Mitchell, and I have no
doubt at all about his re-election.
I do not think Mr. Mitchell personally
doubts my loyalty in the least. His son,
Hir:iiriw was my gaect last winter, hav
ing tcaveled to The Dalles and forty:five
uiiea from there , by stage, simply to
spend a few days with me at my. ranch-.
inere are many of our people who do
not know me. personally, and I want to
say this for myself.: I am a rancher in
Wasco county, have been in the sheep
business . here ; the past eight years. I
have been. a resident of Oregon for thir
teen years, was born iri New York state,'
my father having been born in Ohio and
his father in- Connecticut. - So I am a
pretty good Yankee descendant from a
long line of good Republicans, and. be
ing in the sheep business, you can guess
my ideas on protection.
..very Xruly lours,
(8igned) . ; , ., F. N. Jons.
Advertise in Tax Cheoniclb. . .
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"We wish to inform oiir customers that we now
have our Departments in such shape that we can
attend to the wants of all.
Although our extensive improvements are hot
completed, we are so situated as to make it comfort
able for our patrons. . -. " ,
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ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGUWES.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
Mr.
Banting-ton Expresses Bis View an
the Situation.
The Oregonian having for the second
time published a statement of Repre
sentative Huntington concerning the
interference of Senator Mitchell's friends
with a plan to test the legality of the
Benson hoase, a representative of -The
Cheoniclb obtained from- Mr. Hunting'
ton a statement of the matter referred to
and an expression of opinion as to who
responsible for the "hold-up." Mr,
Huntington said; -
. . .
The matter referred to by me upon
the floor of the House in the discussion
of the resolutions to unseat the un
qualified members, was thiB:
A few days after the organization oi
the House, a caucus of the members
was called to consider, among other mat
ters, the advisability of compelling the
attendance of absent members. It was
suggested that if we should can Be their
arrest they would institute habeas corpus
proceedings, and, being the moving par
ties in the legislation, might delay the
final hearing indefinitely. Many of the
members were very anxious that the
question as to the'legalitv of our organ
ization might be brought before the
courts immediately, several of the stay
ers-out having expressed a willingness
to come in whenever our organization
was declared legal. The senate had re
used to recognize the organization, and
no business could .be done while the
situation remained as it then- was. ' The
matter was referred to the seven attor
neys of the House. This committee
met and I was by it requested to ex
amine the subject. After a careful con
sideration, a plan was formed ty which
the legal 'status of the Benson house
could be speedily: determined. The
attorney-general was consulted and con
sented to institute the desired proceed
ing. I then saw the chairman and one
of the members of the committee and
requested , that a meeting ' be called. I
was told that the managers of Senator
Mitchell's campaign bad been consulted
and they had objected to the matter be
ing taken into the court because it
might interfere with Senator Mitchell's
election. I protested that the organiza
tion of the Houee was of greater conse
quence to the people of the state than
any one's candidacy, but no meeting of
the committee was ever called and the
attempt to have the question tried was
suppressed. ' I afterwards .called the at
tention if the House caucus to the mat
ter, but nothing ws done. ; For this I
am satisfied Senator Mitchell's man
agers were responsible. .''. ' '::y
' But as to who is most responsible for
the hold-up, opinions differ widely. I
think the opposition to Senator Mitchell
should have been made on the floor of
the House. The senatorial caucus vote
was . not a fair expression of ' opinion.
Many of its members were under the
restraint of a pledge exacted under
threats emanating from the same in
fluence which "elected Bourne and some
other: Populists; ; When the joint as
sembly met no' vote ; was taken, as the
law directs, for the reason, as I believe,
that Senltor-Mitchell'8 managers feared
that some' of these pledged members
would be relieved if a ballot were taken
and ; would not continue to vote for
Mitchell when the requisite number to
declare an election should go into joint
OPEN
BlJSIilESS!
for
BUSIN
PEASE
assembly, and I am satisfied if a ballot
had been taken at each ' session, as the
law directs, the .blockade would have
ended long ago. ' ,
Upon the other hand, the Simon Re
publicans in the house and senate would
never make any concession unless the
Mitchell men would force their candi
date to surrender unconditionally. Last
Thursday morning they were requested
to sign the following: . . .
The undersigned Bepublican members
of the House of Representatives, hereby
express our willingness to go into a con
ference of the Bepublican members of
the house for the purpose of considering
the present situation relative to the sen
atorial controversy and with a view, if
possible, of ' coming to an agreement as
to a candidate, it-is expressly under
stood' that such conference shall not be
in the nature of a caucus, and shall not
be binding upon any one.
Many, of the Mitchell men agreed to
sign this if the Simon men would assent
to it. The Simon men wanted to "con
sider the matter," and soon sent word
from the. senate chamber that they
would not sign- it. Afterwards they
signed -a paper saying they would vote
for any sound money Republican; but
they stated at the same lime that the
candidate mu'st not be a member of the
"Mitchell push." They, of couse, re
served the right to determine' whether
the' proposed candidate was from "the
push" or not.
l am satis ned mat neitner side is
without fault. The Populists, under
the leadership of Bourne, have violated
all their, pledges nd have allied them
selves with the most radical gold-standard
element in the Bepublican party to
enable the lattei to gain a political vie
tory. They claim that in consideration
of their aiding the Simon men to defeat
Mitchell, the ' latter is to aid them in
electing Bourne speaker. Mr. . Simon
claims he never agreed ' to. support
Bourne, but simply agreed not to oppose
him. As to what this trade actually was
I have no information other than what
each side claims. .If the Populists had
left the Bepublicans to settle their own
differences, and had done their duty by
taking their seats and qualifying, the
legislature would not have failed (or
forty days to transact the business it was
elected to do.
To Talk About Frnlt.
Arrangements have been completed
for holding a meeting at Hood Biver on
March 16 and 17, - which will be ad
dressed by President Miller of Corvallis
college, and a lecture on the subject of
fruit, illustrated with stereoptican views.
will be one of the features of the occa
sion. Mr. Scuanno tias received a letter
from Mr. Miller stating that he would
like on the close of the Hood Biver meet
ing, to meet those; interested in , fruit
growing ,nere, ort the, evenings of tne
18th and 19th. The first evening to be
devoted to the subject of fruit, and the
second to the general work of . the. agri
cultural college. To accomplish this, all
that is required is that a hall be fur
nished, and Mr. Simnno will see what
can be done in the matter. The Agricul
tural college is one of the first in the
Ucited States, and the wonder is that
it is not more generously patronized.
. Unknown Stflclde.
While out hunting near . the Cascade
Locks Thursday, a resident of that place
found some . rather rare game, in the
shape of a dead man hanging in a tree.
He reported bis find and 'the body was
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cut do wn an i taken to the Locks. The
deceased was recognized as a stranger
who had been doing odd jobs about the.
Locks, for a few days, but no one knew
his name or whence he came. He had
nothing about him whatever that wonld
give any clue as to his identity. The
last seen of him previous to the dis
covery of his body was the Sunday
morning before, when he cut some wood
for a lady, receiving his breakfast in
payment therefor.
A Frightful Accident. .
Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock
while assisting in, running toe steam,
wood saw in the rear of P. Baeche'a
warehouse, Mr. Kelly Taylor, a young
man about 25 years of age, met with a
frightful accident which will render him.
a cripple for life.
He was sawing a stick of wood that
was nearly split in two and in some un
accountable manner his right hand was
thrown in contact with the rapidly re
volving saw;, which severed his first
finger at the last joint, the second finger
at the second joint and badly lacerated
the other two fingers and thumb.
The unfortunate young man was as
sisted to Dr. O..M. Dodson's office where
the injured hand was dressed. Baker
Democrat. .
On Feb. 21st, at . Mosier, Or., Axel
William Johnson infant son .of William
and Bertha Johnson, aged 3 months, 19
days.
Funeral on Wednesday from the fam
ily residence at i o'clock.
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plished with the Bean Spray Pump than '
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With this pomp one man can charge
the recentahle and leave it to direct the
spray jnst where it is wanted, and thus
with somcient nose pass trom tree to -tree.
, The solution is delivered in a fine
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