THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. MAY 5, 1897. - - o S MEE FOH THE BilliflWCE THI ipring SEE OUR FURNISHING GOODS' WINDOW. - ALL GOODS MARKE D IN PLAIN FIGURES. The Weekly Gteoniele. THI DALLIES - OKEOUS OFFICIAL PAPEE OF WASCO COUNTY. Puhlithed in two parlt, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. T MAIL, POSTAGE FKlrUD, IV ADVAUCS- One year W SO Six month! 75 Three month o Advertising ratea reasonable, and made known on application. Address all communications to "THEICflBON- ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon. . Telephone No. 1. LOCAL BREVITIES. Saturdays Dally. A carload of smoking tobacco from through the city today, consigned to a Portland firm. ' Rev. Mr. Wycoff, who was announced to preach in the Congregational church tomorrow, will not be here until the 16th, two weeks from tomorrow. The Dalles City towed the big barge, ' Wasco, across to the Washington shore, where it will be loaded with rock, which will be used in weighting the D. P. & A, N. incline. ; The piledriver, which has been used here for patting in some extra piles alnnir thn r.uiiwav wan nnloaded Tester- day on the flat between the incline and the Umatilla house. -. . A. J. Brigham was in town today, but in reply to a question concerning Dnfar, only had time to reply: "Big picnic next week. That's all we know or care about out at Dufur until it is over," .The coroner's jury, examining into the cause of the death of the persons killed in the electric car accident at Portland, brought in a verdict to the ef fect that the accident was caused by the car being ran at a great speed. ' The sheriff undertook to sell some real property east of town today to satisfy a judgment in favor of Mays & Crowe against John and William Wood, but there being no bidders, the sale was postponed until 1 :30 o'clock next Satur day afternoon. ' . Edison's animatoscope tonight. Mr. Wilbur will exhibit his entire collection of moving life-like pictures tonight, commencing at 8 o'clock. Don't fail to see Edison's most wonderful invention. It is marvelous. At the old Vogt store, opposite Chronicle office. - Admission 25 cents. Pease & Mays tables, which are given away with purchases of certain amounts, are very handsome, showing some beau tifully grained oak. iney are giving these away now, and wben our reporter asked what they were going to do next, the reply was, "See the announcement next week." - J The river dropped five points last night, standing at 2S.4 this morning. : It bas been above the . 20-foot stage tor nearly two weeks," and for ten days of that time bas bad an average height of 28 feet. It will be seen from this that a vast quantity if water has been carried away, and the chances for extreme high water have been greatly lessened. The members of the graduating class of this year, or most of them, took a trip down' the river this morning on the Dalles City, some of them going to Hood Biver, and some to the Cascades. Weather Quite a number of young friends, by special invitation, accompanied tbem. The day was a little breezy on the river, but when once ashore, the weather was delightful. -'". The Southern Pacific baa changed Us time card, the change going into. effect today. The overland - express leaves at 6 p.m. instead of 2:50, and arrived at 9 :30 a. m. The Salem train is with drawn, and there are other alight changes, which can be found in their regular ad. Persons desiring to visit Willamette valley points will do well to consult the new time card. -. : Monday's Daily. The Artisans organized . a lodge at Hood Biver Saturday night. The new lodge starts in with twenty-four charter members. ' ... Riverside Lodge of the Degree of Honor of Hood Biver initiated four can didates into the mysteries of that order, at their regular meeting Saturday night. Merrill, son of 'Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Davidson, of Hood Biver, aged .three months and four days, died Saturday night, and was buried In Idlewilde ceme tery yesterday. ' , Will Yates, wbd was appointed post master at Hood Biver, took possession of the office vesterday. Miss Teressa Morse, daughter of the former post master, will remain in the office as as' sistant. Col. Beebe, Hi Mitchell and four others were at Hood Biver Friday, ar riving on the .evening train. Eph dinger, Hood River's celebrated Jehu, took them out through the ' valley They were looking for a place to bold a etate encampment. This morning a telegram was received that Mrs. W. H. Creighton, only siBter of M., D. M., J. W. and S. French, was dangerously ill at Denver. A later dis patch brings news of her death this morning. The remains will be shipped here for interment.' Wiley Parker, a former resident of Oregon, who has been miningon McKin ney creek, near Buckeye bar, Klamath river, was killed recently while working alone on his claim, a large boulder roll ing down from a bank into wbicb be was digging, killing him instantly. He' waB 69 years of age. , Mr. Louis. Comini bas just finished setting up a monument at, the grave of Owen Williams that ia one of the most beautiful in the cemetery. It is of handsome blue ' marble, stands on a doable column and contains the emblems of the Odd Fellows, Elks and Knights of Pythias. ' The monument is ten feet six inches in height, and the finish is perfect. Mr. Stabling, who had the monument erected, is highly pleased with the work, and has ordered a stone curbing boilt around the grounds. It is a piece of work that wonld be a credit to any place, and which commends Mr. Comini's skill in a manner that words could not do. ''''..-'-..' . .' i The river is stationary this morning at 27.4, with indications of a slight rise. Since the middle- of April tbe stage of the water this year and in 1894, have been practically about tbe Bame. . That is, about the same amount of water bas been carried down in that time.- The weather conditions have also been very similar. Whether there will be high water depends entirely on tbe weather conditions. ' If It remains steadily warm the result will be seen in a big flood, bat we do not anticipate it. As a. special attraction on Taesday Special In Clothing. ''-." We have. some swell up-to-date suits, correct in style, fit and workman ship. We might sell you one of these suits and the effect be spoiled by a pair of shoes purchased elsewhere.. . We wish to avoid this. -We have some shoes that are also strictly up-to-date. With one of our suits and a pair of these shoes any man.wo.uld be well dressed, j We realize that the cost would be more per haps than you would want to stand. - We ate going to make it easy for you, and for the balance of this week we will give you a ' . FIFTEEN DOLLAR SUIT OF CLOTHES and a $3.50 FAIR of SHOES FOR. .v... All we ask of you is that you bring Fifteen Dollars with you, either in gold, currency, silver or bank check, we are not particular. The cor rect amount is all that we care for. evening (ladies' night) The Dalles Com mercial Club has secured' Edison's ani matoscope. Mr. John Wilbur will ex hibit bis entire collection of animated pictures, with a brief descriptive lecture on the method of photographing and re producing on canvas the natural moving life-like figures as produced by Edison's masterpiece the animatoscope. ' This is scientific, entertaining and amusing, and is worthy of a full attendance of the members of the club and their ladies. Wonderful, marvelous, startling, is the verdict of all who have seen the machine and its results. Don't miss it. Tuesday's. Dally Mr. Wm. Smiley has put new ma chinery in the steam laundry, and will assume charge of it. County court is in session attending to probate matters,, and the commis sioners court will meet tomorrow. Bev. Jenkins was called by telephone to Hood Biver, to preach a funeral ser mon, but we were unable to learn the name of the dead; Those desiring to go to Dufur Friday, can ride in Ward & ; Kerns wagonette the round trip for $1. Reserve your seats at Ward & Kerns stable. -. m4-2t White, the sick man from up the country, is getting better, and hopes in the course of a couple of . weeks to be able to proceed to his home in Califor nia. ' ' . ' Mrs. Mary French is making arrange ments to build a cosy little cottage on her, lot adjoining the cottage now occu pied by her eon. Work will be begun at once. ; ' "The Emperor William II.," "Falla cies Concerning Prayer," "Was Poe a Plagiarist?" and other articles, make the - May Forum an interesting and timely number. . .' . . The city council has ordered the street lamps taken down, the contract having expired May-1st. We mention this fact for fear our good people would not know that the lights are so longer burning. At the Umatilla ' Hoase tbe weather bulletins are posted daily each evening, showing the weather forecast for tbe twenty-four boars following. " These bulletins are sent Jrom Portland each afternoon. A man named Meeks was arrested at Hood River yesterday, charged with stealing a horse. He had bis prelimi nary, examination today, Hon. John Michell representing the stale, and G. W. Phelps appearing for tbe defense.. ' i The new bowling alley was opened last night, and the rooms were crowded with enthusiastic bowlers, anxious to try the new alleys. One game was bowled with fourteen on a side, and tbe alley was kept open until nearly mid night. ' "' ' . The first strawberries of the season wero ohipped from here yesterday by Mr. Aud Winans. The shipment con sisted of one box, or one pound, and went to Portland. They were grown on the Winans' Bros.' place two miles east of town, and were fine, luscious fellows.. They will be abundant in another week. Mr. Winans tells us he would have had quite a number ere this, bnt his patch being by the side of the railroad, tbe great American tramp had feasted on them, getting , what money could not buy, berries in April. The shipment ia a remarkably early one. The river at noon today was at the 27 2 mark, a tall of about ' three inches since yesterday morning. Tbe weather bas, turned quite warui again, and it ia probable that the next rise will continue its upward course until the high mark is reached. . Dufur is to have a grand picnic Fri day, and it is unnecessary to add those who attend will have a delightful time in that pleasant little town. Among the other features of the day will be a base ball game between tbe Champions of this city and the Dufur club. ." Owing -to the animatoscope being at the Commercial Club tonight, Mr. Wil bur, by special request, has concluded to r-remain another night, and those desir ing can see tbe beautiful animated pic tures Wednesday night at the rooms op posite The Chbokicle office. A very fine line of ladies' and chil dren's BUnbonneta and shaker bats just received at M. E. Briggs' milliner store. Prices from 35 cents to $1.25. Also a new and complete line of a tamped linens. Prices from 50 cents per dozen to 75 cents per piece. Call and see new goods. , . - ' m4-3t A Salem paper mentions the fact that a one-legged robin ia hopping around the lawns of. that city, and that it re mained in tbe city all ot last winter, We suggest that that fact probably ac counts for its condition. It isn't the only bird that had a leg pulled in. that city last winter, as Corbett could testify - The land office here has received in structions from the secretary of the in terior, to the effect that tbe petition of tbe Eastern Oregon Land Company, ask ing that all action on lands within the limits of their road be suspended until the supreme court passes upon the cases of Messinger and others, has been al lowed. .. In consequence, no more filings will be received on odd eections within the primary limit of the company's grant, nor on indemnity lands selected by them, nor will final proofs be taken on any such lands until after tbe de decision of the supreme court ia ren dered. '""' The Salem Statesman says: "The Seattle Post-Iatelligencer ef Thursday gives an account of the meeting of .the board of regents of the Washington state university, held on Wednesday night, at which time the committee on instruction submitted a report severing tbe connection ot several from the fac ulty of the university after August' 1st, among them two instructors well known in this city. . They are Thomas M. Gatch, professor of political and social science, and Mies Ellen J. Chamberlain, professor of English language and liter ature, and two others. Under the new regime the board of regents is composed of , Populists, and tbev are naturally weeding out people employed in public institutions who are not in accord with the powers that be on free silver, fiat money, treasury potato mortgages and a thousand other issues advocated by the reform' party." . - ": The fore9t reserve matter, in which Senator Wilson has interested himself, is being held up awaiting the action of congress relative to an., amendment which the public lands committee will offer to tbe sundry civil bill, which al lows the president to modify an order in regard to, forest reservations, so as to permit mining and prospecting, as well as the use . or umber tor mining pur poses upon the reservations. ..This amendment by being general in its char acter will allow the president to reduce the areas which have been set apart and make them conform to what is thought to be reasonable dimensions by tbe rep resentatives of Western states. .- PBASB & MAYS. MAY DAY'S CELEBRATION And Some Idle Thonchta It in,n,t, For One to Think. May day is not kept in this country as in many others, and yet it is of sufficient importance to cause every American youngster at least, a desire to have a hol iday and to spend it in the woods or by the stream. It ought to be a national holiday, for it comes at the time of year when everybody feels the necessity of an -out-doonng.'' One reason that the day attracts little attention is that it is strictly a country dar, for a May-day celebration in the city is an undreamed of thing. It needs tbe shade of the' big trees, the fresh green grass that delights the eye and stains the dainty white frocks of tbe May Queen and all her sub jects. It requires the pole garlanded with wild posies, the butterflies and birds, ants and bugs, and all those de lightful things that go to make spring. tor another reason it should be made national holiday, and that is that it is the children's day, and the pleasant days of childhood, about which we all grow reminiscent, were , few and far enough between in reality.. We think they were all right, because we remem ber the high spots in them and we for get the woodshed and the bucksaw that always overwhelmed us, just when our best; chum wanted us to go fishing. - There are other reasons, but why name them. Childhood's days are fleeting al most as those of old age, and if they were our happiest, what benefit if we did 1 not V;now it? Let us make our children understand it by ' making tbe high spots that they will always remem ber just a little more plentiful, and what will hang longer in one's memory than the remembrance of a spring day spent in the woods in childhood? We know of nothing. And what flower-be-laden, ; sun-freckled,' garment-boiled lit tle tot will not come borne from such an expedition into the woods, too tired to more than tell half of all the delights of the day before the eyes close uncon sciously, and mamma must unlace the shoes that little fingers are too- a-weary to touch. The pleasure of life, after all, is in making (others happy, and it is double happiness if those are children, whose innocebt hearts permit them still the fall measure of joy. May day is all right, and the children should enjoy it while they can, for "they will be grown folks by and by, and then May day will be no more for tbem forever. It is moving day then. ' '-.: -;' A young woman once remarked that she disliked boys from the time one quit kissing them as babies, until it was time to begin kissing tbem: as men. The same might be said of girls, only the line of demarcation is so indistinctly drawn that one never knows just when to drop off in tbe one character and commence in the other. - Perhaps the best plan under these circumstances, is to just continue the osculatory pastime heedleed of the capacity in which the kissee stands, and let the question just sort of settle itself. That's the way we feel about it. .Now, for instance, this morning at the wharf when the -boat palled oat, there were three' remarkably pretty (or would be so considered outside of .The Dalles) young ladies, who were watching the xcur sionists depart. ' They were, we judge, between the ages of 18 late falls, and 21 early springs, and they looked to us as $15.00 aMi'L"iMaiisWl muialmmai in - , r ,-- - .-- .. . asst iiiS)' ' ' though they were just at that age when a fellow might have kissed tliero.aa children or grown folds, and he wouldn't . (that is if we were the he; have cared two cents which period' it was charged up to. It would hare been a very pleas ant May-day tecollection, bat such was not to be. : ------ When one sees a lot of dainty girls so demure, yet saocy, so innocent looking, yet so bright-eyed. 8o all together I lovely, and too good for anything this side of Paradise, one easily tmaglnee with what fever and trepidation a young man approaches one of tne dear crea tures with ideas of annexation, or of es tablishing a protectorate over ber. One can easily understand that when he thinks of broaching the subject his " heart would be right in his mcutb, at the idea of asking for so great a bundle of femi- nine loveliness. But if she accepts him. which tbe chances are, she will, he will recover from, his earlier-conceieved no- tions. Now we know an old fellow who had been married for twenty-five years. Before we made up our mind, (being somewhat diffident) to ask the fateful question, we consulted him. - "Huh !" said he witb a shrug of the shoulders, "Don't be' afraid. Why, I felt that way myself, but wben I asked Mary for ber hand, she pat both of tbem in mine bo qaick : it staggered me, and, though I did not know it then, I learned after wards that she included a corn-crib full of lip that I hadn't counted on." SOMETHING OF AN EXPLANATION Concerning; the (Saturday Plento, Hood Slver Going Dry. and We received yesterday it communica tion from Hood River roasting some of the young people who went from here on a picnic to that pretty little town, . Saturday. .. The cause of the article was the break- ' ing down of tbe flume leading from the spring to the reservoir that supplies the town with water, about 150 feet of flume being knocked down and the boxes broken. The result was that the town was left without a drop of water from about 3 o'clock in tbe afternoon until , after 9. Our correspondent lays tbe blame of this on the young people who took their luncheon and spent the day in the beautiful grove at the spring, and supposes this was done maliciously. If this were true, we could find no fault with the harshness of bis com ments. We have examined into thev matter and find that the breaking of the flame (according to tbe statements of the young folks who were there, and whom we believe implicitly) was an ac cident pure and simple., Tbe young people, or some of tbem. were climbing over the flume when it fell. They did not know tbe spring sup plied water to tbe town, but supposed it led to some of the berry patches and was U9ed for irrigating purposes. Had they . known it supplied the town they would have at once informed the reople thereof of tbe accident, but as ' they did not ' know where the water went, they could -not inform the parties whom it belonged . to. In . conversation with : the writer hereof they expressed deep regret that . they bad inconvenienced the Hood River people, and the hope that' their expla nation will prove a sufficient excuse. - They had a delightful day, and wonld not have the recollections of it marred with the thought that tbey had incurred the ill will of Hood River'B good people.