THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. MAY 8, 1897.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
. '.' .. " Wednesday s Daily.
Ons hobo was arrested vesterdav. but
' discharged.
County conrt is in session, and is
wrestling with a large batch of bills
; Two hundred and fifty sacks of wool
" were received at the Wasco warehouse
Monday and Tuesday.
' ." The examination of S. M.-Meeks at
Hood River yesterday resulted in the
. discharge of the defendant. The charge
against him was the larceny of a horse.
Quite a number of ladies, members of
the W. C. T. 17., went to Hood River
- this morning to attend a meeting of the
county convention of the society, which
;'- is, or was, held there today. They will
- remain until tomorrow evening.
The strawberries shipped by the
WinanB Bros, yesterday to Portland
were the first. Oregon berries to reach
that city this year. The Dalles is easily
the earliest section in the state with
these berries, and should raise more of
them.
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X 1J U XLV.U UlWkJ U A.Uia.WU IIUU4
land to this city, which takes place one
week from Sunday, promises to bring
the biggest crowd ever assembled here.
We are told that more than 3,000 tickets
have been sold, and ten days yet remain
. 1, . ! 1
iu bwbm int) nuinurr.
Pease & Mays have added an elegant
set of canisters to their tea department
- They are finished in black and gold, and
were made to . order in San Francisco,
The addition of these fixtures makes
their tea department one of the prettiest
portions ot their immense store.
The Foresters are having .a beautiful
banner painted, to be carried in their
parade. One side is of white silk, on
i which is painted in gold the emblem of
the order, with the motto, "Liberty,
Unity, Benevolence, Concord" and the
words "Foresters of America." The
other side is of red silk, containing the
words "Court The Dalles, F. of A
also in gilt. .
The merry-go-round, which has made
life for the young folks here one joyous
round of pleasure for some time past,
was taken down today and will be put
up on the picnic grounds at Dufur. In
this connection it might be remarked
that that same Dufur picnic takes place
Friday, and promises to be, like all
other Dufur picnics, a most pleasant
affair.
We would rather sell our - stock of
ladles' capes and jackets at cost than
carry them over. Pease & Mays make
this statement, and have suited the
action to the word, having marked their
entire line at cost to close. They are
displayed in the center window.
. . xne river at noon stoou at zt.v, a rise
of .7 of a foot since yesterday morning.
reports from up river points are that the
rise in the next twenty-four hours will
be not less than 2 feet, and possibly
more than that. .The vjeather bulletin
last night says: "The Columbia will
rise more ranidlv than ' formerly." bv
. - .
suppose it was intended to eav that it
would rise more rapidly than in did dur
ing the first rise this year.
Stephen B. L. Penrose, president of
r the Whitman college, at Walla Walla, is
now confident of being able to raise the
necessary sum which will give the col-
' lege an endowment fund? of $200,000.
D. D. Pearsons, of Chicago promised to
. give the sum of $50,000, in the event of
i En nw i ; ' ! j i . i i
. Walla Walla. Of this amount only
. $1,600 remainB to be raised. The pros
pects for the college were never brighter
than at the present time, said Rev. C.
T. Whittlesey, while in Pendleton. The
coarse of studies has been greatly im
proved during the last few years, and
. the number of students is gradually in
. creasing. .- ' .
In a private letter received from Dr.
Logan, after speaking of bis satisfaction
with the work accomplished while there,
' and the knoweldge gained, he mentions
. having met two Dalles young ladies who
have been in New York City for some
time, and whom, the doctor says, are
a credit to our city. Miea Gertrude
Meyers, having finished the course of
training as a professional nurse, is now
most successful, as her friends in The
Dalles predicted. Dr. Gertrude French
is now assistant to one of the leading
: oculists in that city, and those who
know Gertrude's Btrength of character
and application, need not this knowl
edge to assure them of her succes.
Thursday's Dally
Ernest Jensen has been awarded the
contract for making the excavations for
the Lutheran cburcfi. . . ' '
Members of The Dalles Commercial
Baseball Club are requested to meet at
the city recorder's ofEce at 8 o'clock to
night. ' ;
A. K. Isenberg, aged about 60 years,
died at Hood River Monday and was
buried Tuesday. He was a brother of
M. P. Isenberz of Hood River and had
been out from the East but a short time
The remains of the late Mrs. W. H,
Creighton are expected on the midnight
train. Funeral services will be held at
the residence of her brother, D. M
French. Friday at 2 p. m.. Friends of
the family invited.
The seventh annual convention of the
Grand Court of Oregon, Foresters of
America, will, be held ire, ; beginning
Tuesday next. The delecauoii will come
up on the steamer Dalles City, leaving
Portland at 6:30 Monday morning. The
local lodge here will give them a royal
welcome. '.
Howard Marshall, the Goldendale
stage-driver, tells us that Mr. Darcb,
who was accidentally shot Monday
night, is getting along nicely and will
recover. It was a very close call, and
we congratulate him on his escape,' as
well as Mr. Presby not having the eter
nal regret of having cau'ed the death of
bis partner, on his mind.
The Columbia is again on the rise, be
ing at the za.B mars mis morning, a
rise of 1.2 since yesterday morning. The
weather bulletin yesterday says: The
temperature and weather conditions
this year are similar to those of 1894.
More than ordinary caution should be
exercised by all who may be affected by
the river. Much warmer weather pre
vails over the country drained by the
Columbia and Snake rivers.
Fern lodge, Degree of Honor, had a
very pleasant meeting last night, wind
ing rip with a little surprise in honor of
the 12th anniversary of the wedding of
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stephens. . Refresh
ments in the shape of ice cream and
cake were served and congratulations
were ehowered upon - them. , It was a
pretty compliment, neatly paid, and
thoroughly appreciated.
The rainfall last night was .08 of an
inch here, and probably much more
than that in the surrounding coun
try. Across the river in Klickitat
there was a heavy thunder storm about
10 o'clock, undoubtedly accompanied by
a good shower, and the same conditions
seemed to prevail in Sherman county.
At Hood River there was quite a shower
yesterday afternoon. ,
Friday'sDally.
The river this morning was at the 30.6
mark and riBing steadily.
There will be a business meeting of
the Epworth League this evening at
7 :S0 at the M. E. church.
The Spokane flyer came in this morn
ing with a red-hot box, and, as a result,
one of the cars bad to be left here,
' The high school graduating exercises
will be held at the Vogt opera house on
the evening of Saturday, May 29th.
A telephone message from Dufur, re
ceived at 3 o'clock, stated that two inn
ings bad been played of the ball game,
the score being Champions 6, Dufurs 3.
Frank Kloss, who was banged at San
Quinten the other day, said: "Durrant
told me that he murdered Blanche La
mont and was a guilty man." I say
this in the presence' of death, and it is
as true as that I shall be hanged within
the next ten minutes. '
The funeral of the late Mrs. W. H.
Creighton took place from the residence
of her brother, D. M. French, this after
noon, the services being conducted by
Rev. W. C. Curtis, and the interment
being in Sunset , cemetery. The body
arrived from Denver, Colo., on the 1 :20
train this morning.
Quite a number of Dalles people went
to Dufur today to attend the picnic,
among them being a dozen or more
young folks who rode their bikes. The
Champions crossed bats with the Dutur
nine, but up to the hour of going to
press we had not learned the result of
the game. ' The day has been rather
cool and cloudy here,' but at Dufur the
weather has probably been perfect.
Salmon are still running rather light,
but a change is expected soon, as the
.best run usually occurs about the 9th of
May. The officers at Tillamook light
house report that the water outside is
still fresh and muddy, probably owing
to the high water in the river,, and this
undoubtedly keeps the fish outside as
yet. What fish are being caught are
from the north side, where the water is
clear, the muddy water going out along
the jetty on the south side. Old-timers
predict that If a sudden warm spell oc
curs in the upper Columbia river
regions and the heavy snow comes out
in a lump, that there will be a great
flood in the Columbia and small chance
of a heavy run of fish. Astorian.
. Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for May 7, 1897. Persona, call
ing for the same will give date on which
tbey were advertised :
Albany Steam Dye Akin, Grace
Works, ' Barchus, Ira
Densmore, Edward Forrester, Melissa
Goble, i G Hays, Mary J .
Hanson, Miss r.A, Heller, .h J
Lane, Joe
Morganson, E G
Patterson, Willie
Raymond, Mr
Richardson, C W
blocum, F M
Wilson. Bert
Pyburn, Aaron -Reese,
Wm
Shields, Geo W
Tappan, Mrs LB
Wright, Mrs L G
Williams.Mrs A (2) Welch, Edw
Wetmore, Miss Uattie .
J. Ai Cbosskn, P,
M.
City Council Meeting.
The city council met Monday evening
May 3d, Mayor Menefee and Council
men Nolan, Wood, Roes, Clough, Kuck
and Saltmarshe being present. '
The following proceedings were held :
The minutes were read and approved.
Verbal protest was made by Geo. L:ebe
regarding the cow pound. Ou motion
the matter was referred to committee on
health and police.
'' The monthly reports of officers were
received, and on motion claims per mar
shal's report, .and the officers salaries
were ordered paid. ;sv;j;;-
' On .motion a special license was au
thorized to be issued by the recorder to
Dilberger & Lucas for $3 .per week for
two weeks after April 20, 1S97, to run
merry-go-round.'
On motion the engineer of fire com
pany was authorized to notify the Ore
gon Telephone Co. to remove the tele
phone from the engine house.
Motion that property owners be noti
fied to remove trees in the middle forty
feet of proposed opening of Fourteenth
street, within ten days, and if not re
moved in that time that the marshal
cause the same to be done.
On motion the committee on fire and
water was authorized to purchase at
least three fire plugs.
On motion the council recommended
to water commission that it lay a four
inch -main . on Fourth street as far as
Laughlin street.'
Bills were allowed as follows :
C F Laner, marshal .$75 00
Geo C Brown, engineer 75 00
J J Wilev, night watch bO 00
G W Phelps, recorder. 50 00
CJ Crandall, treasurer. ........ . 20 00
Walter Norman.work on sewers. . . 16 00
Jim Like, " " " ... 48 00
J WHealey, " " " . . . 2 40
J L Darcy, " " "... 6 On
FS Smith, " " " ... 11 70
Mrs Frazier, meals to prisoners 6 70
Dalles Lumber Co, lumber.... ... 12 57
Mays & Crowe, mdse... 1 15
Maier&Benton. " 9 00
M T Nolan, ... ........ 3 85
Ike Perry, labor, .. '160
Henry Clough, labor. 7 50
Dalles City Water Works, water. . 32 00
J Harper, street lights 40 45
Dalles Electric Light Co, lights. . . 37 -30
JW Blakeney, hauling. . 150
J h, Ferguson, . " 7o
Wm Michell, " : ' 75
Wm Henzie, " , 1 00
D W Mann, " - 50
E Benjamin, sawing wood 100
Grant Coorty Bridges Damaged.
The high water last week did con
siderable damage (to the bridges along
the middle fork of the John Day riyer,
though not eo much damage as would
have been done bad the water not been
checked by the cool weather, says the
Long Creek Eagle. The bridge on the
road to Susanville is reported as gone,
This structure was put in by Ed. C. AU
len years ago during a mining excite
ment at Susanyille, and has been ot
great service to' the people of that lo
cality. ' Report from Granite creek is to
the effect that the north approach of
their new bridge across the middle fork
was washed out, but was saved with the
exception of a few timbers. At the Rit
ter crossing, where a new bridge was
being constructed, one abutment was
washed out. ' The McDuffee bridge, the
old condemned structure near the Mc
Duffee hot springs, is high and dry, al
though it bad a close call. At Monu
ment for a time it looked as though
much damage would be done. Since the
water has receded, the grade to the steel
bridge is washed out in two places, and
will soon be repaired in order that travel
over the bridge may proceed. All the
ferry-boats and bridges below on the
John Day river are reported as gone.
William Daren Shot.
Last night Mr. George Darch, of this
city, received a telephone message from
Mr. W. B. Presby of Goldendale, saying
that Mr. Darch's son, Will, who is prac
ticing law with Mr. Presby, had , been
accidentally but not fatally shot, and re
questing him to come at once to Grant,
where a team would meet bim. It is
feared that the accident is more serious
than the message implied. Mr. Darch
left on the 1 :20 train, and should have
arrived at Goldendale about 5 o'clock
this morning. . " .
Further- particulars of the shooting
show that it was done by Mr. Presby,
who was examining a pistol. The bul
let struck Darch in the chin, shattering
the lower jaw, and was supposed to
have, passed back into the neck.. The
doctors' probed vainly for it, but at
an early hour this morning Mr. Darch
was seized with an attack of vomiting.
and the lost bullet was ejected. The
wound is a bad one, but is not consid
ered dangerous. .
The Dalles National Closed.
It was a genuine surprise to most of
on i- citizens this morning when a notice
was posted on the door of The Dalles
National bank announcing that it was
taken in charge by the bank examiner,
Mr. Clary. . Just what the trouble is
cannot be learned, as Mr. Clary, acting
under instructions from the 'department,
refuses to make any statement concern
ing the matter, other than that he bad
received orders to close the bank. Mr.
Moody, the' cashier, in response to in
quiries - said he baa no statement to
make, only that the bank had plenty of
assets and that every depositor would be
paid in full. There is some city and
some county money in . the bank, but
those who put it there are giving tbem-
selves no uneasiness, feeling that it will
be paid in a short time.
It is a very unfortunate thing for the
city, and caueea almost universal regret,
The Dalies has always bad a pride in
the soundness of her institutions, and
was especially proud of the showing
made by her banks during the panic of
1893-4 The whole matter will be made
plain in a few days, but for the present
the bank officers, following the example
of the bank examiner, are silent.
The officers of .the bank are Ex-Gov
ernor Moody, president; Hou. Chas.
Hilton, vice-president, and Hon. M. A.
Moody,. cashier. There was no run, and
apparently la plenty of money on hand
to meet any ordinary or usual demand.
THE MAY IRWIN KISS.
It Lacks Beauty, Grace, Selene, Art,
. Skill Everything Bnt Mouth. .
Among the pictures' shown by' Mr.
Wilbur's animatoscope is one entitled
"The May Irwin Kiss." Let it be pre
mised that May Irwin is an actress, and
a celebrated one, and from the fact that
her kissing is' made the subject of the
photographer's art, it Is presumed she
lias a reputation in the enele bust as a
kisser from Kisserville. She may be,
but if so, the divine art has sadly dete
riorated since we took even our first
lessons. In the first place, May Irwin,
(judging by the picture) is not a kissa-
ble woman. Her ' smile has too great
breadth of beam, and is brigantine
rigged. Byron wished that womankind
"were all one rosyjnoutb, that I might
kiss them all at once from north to
south." May Irwin would have suited
him, all except the cardinal points, for
in her case be would have to kiss from
east to west, her month being built that
way. Her mouth is too, too large. It
lacks shape. Her under lip has
droop like that of a government mule
accustomed to scooping. its barley from
a nose-bag. It is thick, gross, slobbery,
Her upper lip lacks that delicate Cupid's
bow that in osculation adds the delicate
gustoso., It is not prehensile enough,
not pregusttint.
These are but few of the faults in the
scene. . Oce cannot well kiss the mouth
of the Missouri, yet it is not much
larger or muddier or more shapeless than
the mouth of Miss Irwin. She is, how
ever, not to blame for these things, tbey
are simply the misfortune- of the man
unfortunately condemned to kisB her.
Then she has no coyness, no please
.don't, please-do expression; no grace of
manner. Her neck is not flexible, her
bead is held stiffly and refuses that back'
ward tilt so necessary to the perfection
of the art. Her eyes are cast down, a
fatal mistake, for they should look tow
ards the sky, not staringly, but just at
an angle of forty-five degree, taking in
the eyes of the other party, and gazing,
at the same time, dreamfully into the
beyond as though she saw, as Jacob did
at night, the ladder down which the
angels came. Then the other party is
handicapped ; he is compelled to do the
act ungracefully. He has to herd that
mouth together by. placing a band at
each of its extremities and pressing it
together so as to kiss its job-lots.
Then instead of attacking, as a humming
bird does a flower, with tremulous wing,
ana dainty touch, May goes at it as a
hog does to war, sidewise. It makes
one weary to con tem elate it, therefore
why prolong the dismal criticism. As a
kissing scene it can be discounted by the
veriest tyro. Why, we. can recollect
when we used to kiss a little divinity
aged 9, to. our 11, when we had to
go wandering into the roseate depths of
a pink sun-bonnet to find at the other
end what was there. The Bun-bonnet
bad a tendency to bring two little pug
noses in contact first, but when once
thev touched their freckled tips, the
subsequent turning of two little beads
in opposite directions produced the most
satisfactory results. May Irwin is, was.
and always will be a back number com
pared to it, .. .'
THE SITUATION JMPROVINC.
Sheep 'Will Probably Be Allowed on the
Reservation.
A great many telegrams have been
sent within the past forty-eight hours to
our delegation in Washington concern
ing the pasturing of eheep on the reser
vation.1 The sheepmen have been in desperate
straits, for the season is near at hand
when their flocks must be moved. The
only place for them is the mountains
and as these old pasturage grounds were
closed, there seemed to be nothing for it
but to let the sheep starve or ship them
clear out of the country. The situation
caused all classes and pursuits to unite
in urging on the department the neces
sity of some action that would afford re
lief. . v
Last night and today telegrams have
been received from our delegation, that
from Tongue being the most explicit and
hopeful. Ellis - telegraphs that every
thing is being done that possibly can be,
and he hopes to make a good report in a
day or so. Tongue says -in substance
that he thinks it safe for sheepmen to
take their flocks into the reservation,
that he expects the departments will
instruct officers to stop all interference
pending legislation, and departmental
action.
The forestry crank b of down East are
the men who are the hardest to fight,
but it looks now as though they will b9
1 - mm -very
J J :: :afa) Smoking
1 tsiN.; J?.- -' - - - made. '
Blackwell's
Ton will and ono coupon Inoldo each a ounce bag and two cod pons inside each 4 onnoe bag.
Buy a bag, road tho coupon and see how to set yoar share of 1336,000 in presents.
downed. As the sheepmen will have to
take their sheep on the reservation dr
lese them it strikes us they might as
well lose them by taking them on as
otherwise. ' ; . .
A letter from. Senator Mitchell also
shows that he is taking a deep interest
in the matter, and at the time he wrote
anticipated a favorable solution of' the
matter. ' .
JUDGE M'ARTHUR DYING.
The
Well-Known Jurist Will Not Re
corer He is'ln Walla Walla.
In a conversation over the telephone
today, the East Oregonian learned from
Levi Ankeny that Judge Lewis L. Mc
Arthur's death may be looked for at al
most any time. The East Oregonian
called Mr. Ankeney to the telephone and
requested Buch information as could be
obtained. Mr. Ankeney said in reply :
"Judge Mc Arthur's condition today is
a slight improvement over, yesterday
and there may be some variations from
from day to day, but there seems to be
but little hopes that Judge McArthur
will recover. Heart failure, with grad
ual sinking, ia the simplest diagnosis of
the case."
Judge McArthur has been at Mr
Ankeney'a home in Walla Walla for four
weeks, but the trouble that seems to
be about to take his life has been of sev
eral months standing. . He was removed
from Portland to Walla Walla .four
weeks ago.
His law partner, E. C. Brona'ugh, is
now with Judge McArthur. '
Judge McArthur was once a resident
of Umatilla Landing on the Columbia
river, where Umatilla town now stands,
on the Columbia river, fortv-four miles
from Pendleton. He lias resided for
several years in Portland, where 'he has
an extensive practice and stands as
highly as any citizen of that city. East
Oregonian.
W. C
T. U. CONVENTION.
Sleeting;
at Hood Klver Wednesday the
First In the County,
The first annual session of the Wasco
county convention of the W. C. T. U.
convened in the Methodist churchat
Hood River May 5, 1897, at 10 o'clock a.
m., Mrs. Louise BiBhop, county presi
dent, in the chair. The following offi
cers and delegates were present :
Mrs. Narcissa Kinney, state president
W. C. T. U., Astoria; Mrs. Louise Bish
op, county president. Hood River ; Mrs.
Ursula Dukes, county corresponding sec
retary. Hood River. Delegates Mes
dames E. M. Reynolds, J. E. Dean, M.
E. Biggs, C. T. Donnell, Rebecca Wil
son, Mary .Nichols, The Dalles: ' Airs.
L. O. Stuart, Cascade Locks ; Mesdames
G. E. Bartmess, N. J. Mercer, Hershner,
Martin Nickelsen, Flagg, G. P. Crowell,
E. L. Smith, O. L. Stranahan, Flora
Hartley, Miss Crowell, Hood River.
The entire morning session was occu
pied in the work of organization, ap
pointing various committees and adopt
ing the constitution for county organiza
tion. The afternoon session waa taken up
with reports from different 'superintend
ent, and the question box, conducted by
Mrs. Kinney. The questions related to
nearly every phase of W. C. T. U. work,
We Sell
" Buckeye Mqwers,
Acme Mowers,
'McCormick Mowers,
McCormick Reapers,
Hodge Headers.
Also a stock of extras for above machines. We
are the leading Hardware
This
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best
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genuine
and Mrs. Kinney's remarks were perti
nent and instructive.
In the evening the session opened
with a qnartet by Hood River musicians,
and several beautiful and appropriate)
numbers were rendered. After a cor
dial address of welcome by Mrs. E. L.
Smith of Hood River, and a response
from Mrs. M. E. Biggs of , The Dalles,
the chairman of the convention intro
duced the distinguished speaker of the
evening, Mrs. N. R. Kinney of Astoria.
Her. address was eloquent, practical and
waa followed with the closest interest by
a large and attentive, audience. The
session closed with singing the Oregon
state song of the W. C. T. U., composed
by Mrs. Kinney.
The closing session of the convention
on Thursday morning was occupied in
election of officers, reports -of commit
tees, etc. Convention adjourned at 12.
Hood River was a delight and a reve
lation to those who had never seen it
ireshly dressed for its Bummer outing.
The big oaks were just fairly in leaf,
showing all gradations ot color, from
almost a yellow to the deepest green,
and everywhere were flowers, freshness
and fragrance. The church was hand
somely decorated, and Hood River peo
ple vied with each other in extending
hospitality to the visitors. . Besides be
ing the beginning of the county conven
tions, and thus marking a new era in
the society, it waa all occasion that will
be long remembered by all who visited
the beautiful little town.
County Court.
fVtnnfir nrnv mat Wodnoailav anil
acted upon road petitions as follows,
there being no" further businees except
the examination of bills :
Petition of G. Gessling and'othera for
county road. G. Ri Castner, H. H.
Bailey and R. Howell appointed viewers
ana j. d. vjoio Burveyor, to meet may
25, 1897. - ., ,
Petition of H. W. . Wait and others,
passed, road. being on reservation.
'. Petition of George P. Crowell and
others, read first time.
Petition of J. B. M.' Gill and others.
H. W. Patterson files claim for damages.
I. D. Driver, A. A. Bonney and B. Sav
age appointed appraisers, to meet June
1,1897. " . -y
Petition of Peter Kopke and others,
read first time. Claims for damages
filed, and B. S. Tucker, Peter Jochim
aon and John Hinricks appointed ap
praisers. . ' '
Petition of V. Winchell and others,
read first time.
Petition of W. F. Jackson and others,
read first time. . .
Petition of N. C. Evans and others.
Claims for damages filed, E. E. Savage,
C. J. Hayes and Joseph Wilson ap
pointed appraisers, to meet Wednesday,
May 12, 1897. - - ,
Petition of Troy Shelley and others.
John Hinrichs, Hans Lage and S. M.
Baldwin appointed viewers, J. B. Goit
surveyor, to meet May 26, 1897.
G. E. Johnston and others, petition
not allowed. li
Charles H. Wallace was appointed
nnnetaKIa fn. I ntalnna nrAitinttt
Wanted.
A gill for general housework. Must
be a good cook. Apply at the residence
of W. Lord on Saturday , morning be
tween 9 and 11. a5-tf
and Implement dealers.
MAYS & CROWE,
THE DALLES.,