THE DALIiES WEEKLY CHEOinCLE,; SATURDAY. "APRIL 3, 1897. The Weekly Ghf oniele. THUS DALH8,,- - - OREGON OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY. Published in two part, on Wednesday! and, Saturday. -,-',:. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. -,. BY KAIL, POSTAGE FKBFAID, III ADVAKC. One year ,,.....;..... ?1 50 Six months 75 Three months 60 Advertising rata reasonable, and made known on application. ' Address all communications to "THECHRON- xKjir, -xaexraixesruregou. - Telephone No. 1. WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Wednesday Daily. . Four cars of cattle will be shipped to . morrow night to Troutdale.- , Wamic school -' district has been divided, and the' new district will be ,' numbered 63. The East End is as dull as a sermon ' and quiet as a woman's conscience, - hence there is nothing in 'the shape of ' news in that part of town. - ' ' Mr. W. Lord is to build a warehouse at Arlington, and his nephew, Charles Lord, will open 'a general merchandise ' store there at the same time: . Fern Lodge, Degree of Honor, will , celebrate its birthday one week from to night, and has invited Biversfde lodge of Hood River to assist in the festivities. Mf. Malcolm 8. Jameson, who for . r some time has been night clerk in' tne Hotel Imperial, in Portland, where his Dalles friends were always glad to meet him. has accepted' a 'position in the Hotel Portland. His many friends in this city will be pleased 'to learn of his Buccess in securing such a desirable place of employment. The case of the State against Clabe Cooper, charged with the - larceny of gold nugget from the Columbia hotel, was tried before Recorder Phelps yes- terday, but some questions of. law arising .it was continued nntil this afternoon, when the attorneys will present some authorities. Mrs. Cooper testified that '' she fonnd the nngget on the parlor floor and gave it to her husband. The disolav of millinerv at Mrs iSriggs parlors yesterday afternoon was a very handsome one, and .that it was 'appreciated was shown by the large somber of ladies present. The regular EaBter opening will be given Friday, April 9th, at which will be shown the largest and most fashionable stock of millinery ever brought to The Dalles. With one ot the most artistic trimmers on the coast, there is no room ior com petition. The log drives in the fa louse are mak ing some progress, although the river is too mgn ior speeay arwing. xne raiouse Lumber Company's drive has arrived in Palotfse, and is tied up, waiting for the Elberton and Colfax drives to pass. On account ot the lack of snow during the - winter the necessary logs could aol be banked, hence each drive is short, one of -them 1,000,000 feet. However, enongh will reach the mills to keep them busy most of the summer. . Mrs. H. W. French entertained a few of the most intimate friends of Miss Daisy Beall. at her home, on Fourth street, from 4 till ' 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The parlors looked very - pretty in their decoration of yellow, with large bouquets of rock lilies placed where they looked the most, artistic. Conver sation was the rule of the afternoon, and of course there was not an exception to .the rule, unless it may have been when , they were seated around the table and, u possiDie, more Dusuy engaged aoing ' justice - to the exceptionally tempting , lunch there spread. . This has been the dullest and hardest ;' day for the Chronicle reporter that he ...,.: i : .l- : . mi . . was an absolute famine in the matter of J locals, the market being as bare of an item as the front row in a pedal opera is of hair, the senate of courtesy,' the Ore gon ian of consistency, or Mitchell's seat ' in the senate of an occupant. We can , -manage somehow with a little some thing to work on, but taking nothing as ' a raw material, we have to pass. The poet who desired to "give to airy noth ing a local habitation and a name" would call it The Dalles, if he wrote here todav. ' '.'..'! ":. The silver service for the battle-ship Oregon, at a cost of almost $4000, which turn was raised throughout this Btate by pnDiic contrtDution, arrived bere from - tne n-asi wis morning,. ana is now in the custody of Mr. Albert Feldenheimer, 1 the jeweler, to whom the contract for its manufacture was awarded. It is a gor geous service, and said to be the most "' massive and beuutifnl in design in the United States. , It consists of a punch ". bowl, of 10 gallons' capacity, with ladle and 21 glasses in silver holders ; a toddy bowl, of 12 pinte, with ladle, and a grand massive salver. TJ to noon the service had not been placed on exhibition, as at .- that time it had not vet been formally matter in hand. Telegram. - Thursday's Pally .'".. If the program is carried out as ar ranged, that good' old stand-by, the Regulator, will be here Saturday night. The Degree of Honor held one of its most harmonious meetings last night. Arrangements have been made for cele brating the . third anuivereary of the lodge next Wednesday, at which time Riverside lodge, of Hood Eiver, will be the guests of Fern lodge. " - - 'A drove of 100 calves was brought up on the , Dalles Citr last night, coming from th Willamette valley, and destined to crop the grass from the buncbgrass bills down towards Prineville. ' By the dropping of a letter s yester day we inadvertently sent Mr. George Boss to Cheney. - Now the truth is that George is. at the old -stand in the freight depot, and Mrs. Boss is in Cheney.- . .. ' . There will be a business meeting of the Ep worth League tomorrow (Friday)' evening t 7:30 o'clock; All members "are rtqoested to be present, as officers will be elected at this meeting for the ensuing six months. - , . Dr. Lannerberg went lo Goldendale thia morning to remain a week. The doctor is a first-class oculist, and Klicki cat peonle who have any trouble with their eyes, will do well to take advan taee of his visit to have him examine them. Three more nersons have come for ward in the feelings at the Christian . . . . a . church and will be baptized this even insr. Fridav night Evangelist Pierce will give bis reasons for leaving the Bap tist and joining the Christian church. Preaching Saturday and Sunday. The warm spell which prevailed re cently around the bead waters of the Columbia, and sent that lordly sVrcaui on the upward grade, struck here this morning and it really seemed uncom fortably warm after our long spell of cold and eloomv weather. It was en tirely unexpected, and being so was a really pleasant April fool. John Bollinger left Albany last Mon day oh foot for The Dalles. He is by no means broke, as he has accumulated some few thousand dollara-by industry and economy. He said that he bad a job of work at shearing sheep near The Dalles, and, having plenty of time to walk there, concluded to save the cost of a ticket, and at the same time take a little healthful exercise. A trapper, of the name of Powell, who has been hunting and trapping on the Malheur river south of the agency valley this winter, reports to the Vale Advo cate one of those prodigies of nature known as a wild man. The Advocate says the biped is of giant stature, being at least seven' feet high, having long and massive arms that reach' to its knee, while the whole body is covered with curly, glossy hair. There is a sequel to the kissing bee held at the Umatilla House the other night, a veracious account of which ap peared iri these columns. The parties to that hugging match left here in the morning, with a four-horse team loaded with household furniture, and managed to do their kissing without stopping the team, and so they arrived at Moro about 4 o'clock. A deputy eheriff was at once dispatched after Justice of ' the 'Peace Hunting,. who at once tied them tight and fast, and they climbed up on the furniture again and drove on home. This, was St. Folly's day and the April fool joke has. been worked on many un suspecting persons. We acknowledge having done duty on several occasions tdday, for which the kind perpetrators have our sincere and heartfelt thanks. If our mild perambulations have added anything to their pleasure, we are really glad, because being a soldier of fortune, with nothing but a borrowed lead pencil and a dull pair of strop shears for a stock in trade, we feel i hat we are a sort of eleemosynary institution, fit Bubject for other people's amusement, football of Chance, and only bappy when making others happy. J The trout season opens today, and those who want to . catch them, can, provided they can. The weather here has not been such as to give the lovers of the art piscatorial any . ardent desire to seek' the banks of their favorite streams.' Instead, the comfortable room and the warm stove outweigh all desire to tackle the nnderbrush on the creeks, and practice np on the ' spring . ran of profanity. This afternoon the -gentle zephyrs whirled around in such a man ner as would have made an angler wild, and a fly could no more have been cast than an Ethiopian can cast bis skin. With a few warm days, the spring crop of lies will batch, and nntii that time what nse is there of the fishermen going out at all. ' : . Friday 'sDaily. Mr. C M. Grimes shipped four cars of cattle to Portland this afternoon. A tea train of seventeen cars passed through today bound for New York. Mr. Rhea, of lone, brought in a car load of cattle this morning for the Port land market. t. ' The city recorder's court was rather lonesome this morning. Not even a D. P. cast bis shadow across the door. This is an "Age of Soap." Why nse any bat the very best. Best soap means Hoe Cake. Sold by Pease & Mays. u2-3m An army of collectors is on the street today gathering in the eheckels. The collectors report that collections are ex ceedingly good. - ' ' . .Mr. Welsh and A. Brown have several horses in training at the race track, and they are expecting to have several more placed in their charge. The town of Fossil is considerably ex cited this week over the discovery of gold about one mile from town, on top of the . hill above Squire Donaldson's ranch. 1 . . , Yellow , washing powder will make your clothes the same colon Avoid this by using Soap Foam. It's pure white'. ' ' " a2 3ua Mr". Max Vogt has a force of men working on the Chapman block.. ' He expects to remodel some of the officeB and make repairs wherever they are seeded. .' Harmony Juvenile Temple will post pone their entertainment, which was to take place tomorrow afternoon, for one week, on account of one of its members, Roy White. ' , . Marshal Lauer, with the assistance of the gentle zephyrs, has put our Btreets in good condition for driving and wheel ing. A -number of our enthusiastic wheelmen have been sampling our roads and pronounce them in excellent condi tion for this time of the year. ' John Fiester, Dick Fiester and William Eotid are in jail in Grant's Pass, charged with burglary in having broken into Janes Devaney's smokehouse in Martin, This makes three members of the Fiester family in charge of Josephine county, as the father of the two Fiester boys is in jail, under sentence of death, for killing his wife. Yesterday Mrs. T. J. Seufert again won the ladies bowling medal at the club. This is the third time Mrs. Sen fert has carried o,ff the coveted prize, The following' ladies have carried the medal for a week or more : Miss Alma Schahno, Mrs. C. Stephens, Miss lone Ruch, Mrs. J. S. Fish, Miss C. Martin and Mrs. Hobson. Mr. B. F. Sensheimer, W. J. Clark and Dave Ackeman, three traveling men from Portland, retured yesterday from six weeks trip in tne interior, iney went as far as Burns and report that in spite of the unfavorable weather, sheep and all kinds of stock are doing well The sheepmen expect to creak all rec ords with the clip this year. ; Mr. A. A. Bonney received a telegram today announcing the death of bis mother, Mrs. B. Bonney, at Woodbnrn Mrs. Bonney was $5 years old today, death having overtaken her on birthday. She was an Oregon pioneer, crossing the plains in 1847 and settling in the Wil lamette valley, where she has since re' sided. Mrs. Bonney leaves three eons and five daughters. A tramp at Arlington last week asked a woman for something to eat. She said she would famish it if the tramp would saw some wood: The tramp agreed to the proposition, was fed and shown the wood pile. The woman went out in the yard an hour later to see how the fellow was getting along, and fonnd the follow ing note on the eawbnck : "Just tell them that you saw me, but didn't see me saw." heep are finding better market this spring than for some time, says the Fossil Journal. . Yearling and 2-year-old wethers find a ready at $1.50 and $2 per head, respectively. W. S. Brown of Fremont, Nebraska, has. come out to Oregon this spring in quest of a band of sheep. He will purchase a large band of 2-year-old wethers. Lat-y & White, sheepbuyers, have returned to Fossil, after spending a week in the interior. They purchased wethers from Messrs, Iremonger, Trosper and others in the Caleb country. ' .. , . . , Mrs. Addie Hostetler, wife of Edward Hostetler, died at Sajem on Wednesday. The Statesman eavs": "The sad and sudden death of Mrs. Hostetler leaves three motherless' daughters, Lillie, aged 9 ; Nellie, aged 7, and Lou, aged 5 years, Besides these mourning little ones, the grief occasioned by her demise is shared by her devoted .husband, parents and only sister, Mrs. A. C. Geiger of The Dalles, all of whom, as well as J. C. Hostetler of The Dalles, were with the deceased at the sad climax of her five weeks of Buffering." About 6 o'clock" yesterday, Roy, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. White, died of spinal- meningitis.' He had been ill for the past three weeks, but not nntil the last week has his life been despaired of, the parents hoping against hope that their oldest son might be spared them. He was a bright boy, and a pupil in the room of Miss Ball at the public school. The funeral will take place from the family residence on Fif teenth street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. C. .Baker, formerly of the Baptist church in this city. -. ' . Messrs. O'Reiley and O'Brien of the O. R. & N., accompanied by E. E. Lytle and T. A. Hudson of The Dalles, came up Saturday and spent . the day looking over .the proposed route of Columbia River & Southern Railway. They also toek a run out to the top of Gordon Ridgein order to get a good yiew of the enrrounding country. They were highly pleased with their trip, and returned fully satisfied that, the railroad project would be a paying investment. They gave out the positive assurance that the road Would- be finished bv the time wheat begins to move this fall. Wasco News. " At the Stabling Greenhouse you will find ' strong, ' well-rooted geraniumB, fuchsias, white and yellow marguerites and . heliotropes, from five eents up. Roses in bloom, 15 cents, or two for 25 cents; calls lilies in bloom, 25 cents; pansies 25 per dozen. ' , Appropriate floral 'designs, furnished on short notice. 24 dlw-wlm ' AN UNENFORCED LAW. Compulsory Education Required . ' Oregon Statutes. by : Thk Cheoniclb is requested to pub lish the following circular letter from State Superintendent Jrwin and urge all school directors to heed the law here cited: Salem, Or., March 24, 1897, To County Superintendent and Board' School Director: me attention ot tne county snoerin tendent, and through him, the attention of the boards oU school directors. called to the following law pertaining to compulsory education: - Section 65. Every parent, guardian or other person in this state having con trol or cuarge or a cniid or children be tween the ages of 8 and 14 years shall be required to send sued child or children to a poblic school for a period of -at least 12 weeks in every school year, of which at least eight weeks school thall be con secutive, unlees the bodily or mental condition of such child or children has been such as to prevent, his or her or their attendance at school application to study lor the period required, or unless child or children are taught in a private ecnool, or at dome in such branches as are asually taught in public school : pro vided, in case a public school shall not be taugnt tor the period of 12 weeks, or any part thereof, during the year, with in two miles bv the nearest traveled road of the residence of any person with in the school district, he or she shall not" be liable to the provisions of this act Section 66. Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any child or children failing to comply with the provisions ot this act Bhall be liable to a fine of not less than to nor more than $25 for the first offense, nor less than $25 nor more than $50 for the second and each subsequent offense, be sides the cost of the prosecution. section 67. It shall be the duty of the directors and clerk of , each school district to make diligent effort to see that this law is enforced in their respec tive districts. Section 68. Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in all prosecutions under this act. This office has become aware that but little or no attention is paid to the law compelling children to attend at least 12 weeks during the year. To look over the statistics one is impressed that- there must be many chfldren of -school age wno do not attend . our - public schools. This law was enacted for a purpose, and it is apparent that the purpose contem plated was to have the children attend the public schools in order that illiteracy and ignorance may be reduced to a mini mum. - The safety and welfare of the country largely depends upon the efficiency of our public schools, wherein not only knowledge of .books and literature is considered, but where good government loyalty, and love of country is incul cated. . The law is on the statute book, and should not remain a dead letter. The duty of eeeing it enforced rests with the boards of school directors, and the clerks of the several schools districts. The clerks of the several districts hav ing the number of pupils on the statis tical roll, and the teacher or teachers of the district having the ages and number -enrolled as in attendance at school, some knowledge may ,be gained as to now nearly this law of school attendance is observed. . This is also one of the duties of the county superintendent, that he should acquaint himself with the attendance at school and give direction to the board of directors in regard to the matter ot school attendance. Bring the law before the rJeople, ac quaint them with its requirements and penalties, and it is believed that there will not be so many children, of the age included under the law, who do not and will not attend the public school. The state doeB not get near the value it de serves for the support of the common schools, because of the fact that so many do not avail themselves of the privilege, The state cannot afford to allow this eglect and indifference of . the public schools to exist, but must, in some way, e that the children have some edu cation. . Yours Truly, G. M. Ibwin, State Sup't Public Instruction. Bosa Peach Han Governor. Max Pracht, Ashland's greatest peach cultivator and authority on orchard pests, will be the , governor of Alaska. is Senator Mark Hanna's dictum. Thus saith a personal friend of Pracht's, not as an addition to his boom, bat as confirmation to the report that the ap pointment had all been arranged and settled in the private Councils of the powers that be, and are, months ago. The information comes from a man who haB been in Alaska and knows the poli tics np there, v. It is said that Pracht was positively promised the place long ago by Senator Hanoa, McKinley's manager, and the announcement is expected at any time. Max himself has always had the great est assurance that this plum would fall to Oregon. As governor of Alaska he will get about $4,000 a year, and then he will have a juicy little plum to hand out to one of his friends in the shape of a pri vate secretaryship with an ordinary sal ary attached, but extraordinary perqui sites that makes it worth scram bling for. The Alaska spoils will be pretty well divided in East Portland, if 'reports count for anything. Judge Hannum ss his eyes on the United States district ttorneyship and there are others all heduled for federal, jobs. One advan tage enjoyed by the East Portlanders is that they got in on the ground floor early, and more than that they are at Washington urging their claims and en dorsements while the other candidates are doing their skirmishing at long dis tance. Telegram. . The Dalles-Fossil Road; Chas, McKenzie was around this week paper . taking subscriptions for with a the road from Fossil to The Dalles. Up B1 i EST with a blsr D. Blacbwell's 'Genuine BnU Durham is in a class by Itself. You will find coupon inside each two ounce bast, and two pons insldo each four ounca iackweil's Isiiiiliiilirl! Smoking Boy abagof this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon Which gives a Ustof valuable precosts and bow to get them. wards of $300 was subscribed and work has been commenced. The Butte Creek Land, Live Stock and Lumber Company has subscribed 15,000 feet of lumber for bridges, and the owners of the ranch where the road runs into the John Day have placed an order with that company for lumber for a ferry boat, which will do duty until a bridge can be built. It is the intention to have the road in good condition to the county line ere wool hauling ommences, and whether or not The Dallas will get Gilliam county wool this year depends on the people of that town, who must complete the road on the other side of the river (a small job compared to the work on this side), in order to get the wool, as well as con siderable wheat and stock shipments. JLiast year a great deal of wool was hauled from this section to The Dalles, by way of Leonard's bridge, a much longer route than over the road now be ing made, but the bridge went down, and freighting can't, be done that way this year. And we would remind The Dalles that every wool team that went there last year from this section brought back a load of goods, not one returning empty. FossilJournal. It is undoubtedly time that the city that wants trade must reach out for it, must be wide awake to grasp every op portunity offered to extend her trade, must count costs, only in comparison with results. The southern portion of Gilliam county wants to trade here, and wants to bad enough to expend money in building roads to get here. We must meet them half way. . Dalles City School Bonds. An advertisement in this issue invites bids for bonds in the Bum of $20,000. flie bonds are issued by The Dalles school district, which has property as sessed at $1,200,000. The bonds may be redeemed in ten and mast be redeemed in twenty years. The Dalles is one of the most thrifty and prosperous towns in the state, and her bonds should prove gilt-edged. The district already has two fine brfck schoolhouse.s and three frame ones, and the money received from the bonds is to be used in erecting another handsome brick. This fact alone is the strongest possible proof that the investment is a good one, for it shows that, the district is steadily grow ing. . . .... . ' Two years ago the academy building was purchased on account of the rooms all being crowded, and it was thought then thia would serve for. five or six years at least. Instead . of that it, was long since filled, and again the rooms are orowded. It is thought the proposed building will meet all demands for eight or ten years ; but if the next few years show a growth proportionate to tha past two, in less than five years still another building will be required. - By that time, however, the taxable property will have doubled. la Grande Getting; There. The beet sugar factory at La Grande seems to be In a fair way to materialize, and we sincerely hope it may. . Speak ing of the matter the La Graude Chron icle of Tuesday says : Messrs. . Spaulding and Calhoun of New Haven, Conn., who are the owners of a tract of real estate north of town, M Price on Farm' wagons Has Dioppea; That is, the price on some wagons has fallen below our price on 'OLD HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Because no other wagon on the market will sell alongside of the "OLD HICKOKY" at tho same prices. It is the best ironed best painted and lightest running, and we guarantee every bit of material in it to be strictly first-clrss. If you want the CHEAPEST Wagon on the market, we haven't got it; but we have got the BEST, and solicit comparison. . MAYS & one V con- bat OI" Tobacco and who recently donated $10 to the ex pense fund for the raising of the sugar factory subsidy, have how come forward with a cash subscription of $500, the same having been received by the Com mercial Club, as tnibtee, from the mail which arrived yesterday evening. This is very encouraging, and it certainly cannot be said that the donors are not doing their full share toward the success of the enterprise. The exact status of the subsidy at thia ' time may be put down as follows : Sub scriptions of land aggregating 2,200 acres and cash subscriptions of about $7,000. This is something in excess of 75 per cent of the required amount. These facts are published-for the purpose ot showing that the work is progressing; favorably, and that it is within the range of possibilities - to secure the entire amount within a short time. . - . Water Commissioners' Meeting;. The water commission met yesterday afternoon, all present but Commissioner Robt. Mays. The minutes were read and approved. The monthly reports of treasurer and superintendent were read and placed on file. . - . . , In the matter of a coupon lost in transmission for which payment is de- ' manded. It was ordered that the same be paid upon the filing of an indemni fying bond by the Btate treasurer and the insurance company. The bonds are ' deposited with the state treasurer by the insurance company, it being a foreign company, and the coupon was lost by the state treasurer. On motion thji . petition for a water main on Ninth street was granted. Claim of Erwin Hodaon & Co. for $30, was laid on the table.- ' ' Claims were allowed as follows : I J Norman, salary .... ......... $75 00 W S Norman, Assistant 55 00 GW Phelps, clerk. r 10 00 Maier & Benton, mdse. . 70 Mays & Crowe, mdse 2 85 C W Fouts, moving building..... 10 00 DW Vause, mdse 70 - teeasuber's ekpobt. , Yearly statement from. March 31, 1896, to March 31, 1897, to Dalles City waier commission : . BILLS BBCEIVABLK ACT. '. 18SS -March 31 To Bal ..' f 773 17 March 31 Sale city lots 75 00 . .... county warrants.. 25 50 "By '-ash : " "By balance.,. 809 72 563 95 . I 873 67 $ 873 67 CASH ACCOUNT. - 1896 : March 31 To Bal ....$ 1008 76 1897 ' March II From water rents.. 12657 60 - , "Bills receivable.... . 309 72 " "Interest 213 45 " "Sale city lots .... .. ISO 00 " March 31 By int. on bonds.. 6300 CO ' " "Redeemed: bonds . . 5000 00 " "Redeemed war'nts. 1892 93 " "---Balance ....... 114460 14337 53 1 14337 53 f 1144 60 ... . . 1708 55 1897 March 31 To Bal ..... . " Resources .. - . Bntklss's anius ssIts. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevet sores, tetter, chapped hands, cbilblaine, corns, and al! skin eruptions, and. posi tively . cures piles, or no pay required It la guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. , Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Blakeley and Houghton, druggists. ' . The merchant who tells you he has something else as good as Hoe Cake soap is a good man to keep away from. a2-3m. CROWE, The Dalles, Or."