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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. MAY 15. 1897.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
THK DALLES. - - - - - OKKGOS
OFFICIAL PAPEE OF WASCO COUNTY.
Published in two parts, on Wednesday
and Saturdays.
- i, SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
BY MAIL, POSTAGE rUPAID, IB ADVAKC.
One year ..... '. 11 SO
Six months . 78
Three months . 50
Advertising rate! reasonable, and' made known
on application. - "
Address all communlcaHous to "THEICESON
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
Telephone No. 1.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday s Daily.
License to marry was issaed yesttrlay
to Peter Oleson and Sigrid kelson.
- One carload of hogs, shipped from
Colfax, were fed here last night and
shipped to Troutdale this evening
A traiuload of stock cattle passed np
the road last night, bound for Montana
T,hey were purchased in the Willamette
valley. ,
The fall in the river last'nieht let the
Baker settle in the mad, and this morn
ing it took some energetic tagging on
the part of the Regulator to float her.
Parties who have recently been in
CM . n , Ka n.nn RaMa a a
in splendid shape, and the prospects for
- an abundant harvest were never better,
A. B. Jones came np from Hood River
last night. He is one of the big straw
berry growers, and reports the vines in
fine condition, with berries just begin
ning to ripen. Shipments will begin
- this week. '
The Wasco County Christian En-
- deavor Union holds its annual conven
tion at Hood River Thnrsday and Fri
day of next week. May 20th and 21st.
AH Endeavorers in this and adjoining
counties invited. Entertainment free. .
The alarm of fire this afternoon about
3 o'clock was caused by a .small blaze in
the Red Star laundry. We were some
what uneasy for a few moments, as our
other shirt was in the building.' Fortun
ately the fire was put out before any
damage was done. ,
The' regular quarterly examination of
teachers began this afternoon. There
are twelve young lady applicants for
certificates and two gentlemen, and one
applicant for state diploma. The exam
ination this afternoon was in penman-
ahm an A frpncrrnnhv.
A special telegram from B. S. Pague
to Mr. Brooks this morning says : "On
Friday the Columbia will rise rapidly
and warm weather will prevail on
Thursday and Friday over that portion
' ftf tKa TOnWw an1 TOiftol PAnt mnnnfalna
drained by the Columbia."
This is one of those days that you read
about, but which produces nothing to
read. A visit to the East End disclosed
the fact that several loads of wool and
several more of wheat came in from
Klickitat county this morning, and some
wool from the conntry south.
Daggett, the man who attempted sui
cide af Rufus Monday night, was to have
been brought here for treatment on the
morning train, but a telephone message
received at 8 o'clock stated that his con
dition was sucn tbat ne could not be
moved and tbat his wounds would prob
ably prove fatal.
The body of Wesley Williamson was
found among the embers of his burned
eabin on Rock creek, Klickitat county,
this morning. He was in Arlington
yesterday and sold a bunch of cattle,
taking the money received therefor home
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wiiu mm. if, is euspecieu wai suuie
one cognizant of the facts followed him
Lome, murdered and robbed him, and
burned the cabin to conceal the crime.
The river this morning at 8 o'clock
was at the 31.9 mark and falling slowly.
According to the weather report, it will
continue to fall nntil Thursday, when a
sharp rise may be expected. The wea
ther throughout the Northwest is re
ported as unusually warm, and the
upper Columbia's flood can be expected
to commence between now and Satur
day. It is thought the fall in the Snake
will prevent any unusually high water.
- Taffe was arraigned in the United
States court Tuesday, charged with
"embracery," or trying to influence a
jury. Carey & Mays appeared for him
as his attorneys, and on their motion he
was 'given ten days in which to plead.
Mr. Taffe came home last night, but did
. rv i t;-m t . 1 1 : .
not Stop Pu uore. ji.iiiKni.ucr, wuu is in
dicted with him. demands an immedi
ate trial, asserting his ability to estab
lish bis innocence without any trouble.
The Redmen's excursion next Sunday
promises to be the largest affair of the
kind ever coming to The Dalles. We
have it from reliable authority that
more than 1,000 tickets have been sold,
and it is expected that from 1,500 to
2,000 Portland people will visit us. It
strikes us that the local lodge here should
be taking some steps in the matter to
see that this vast throng is cared for.
Unless preparations are made before
anV anma nt that prnvd will mi hnmn
UBUU V
hungry.
- Last week J. W. Dykes plowed up a
relic of bygone days in Mrs. Mary Will
iams' orchard, near Milton, in the shape
of a rifle of a decidedly ancient manu
facture. The weapon is of the pattern
that has the hammer nnder the breech,
instead of on top. and it must have been
lost during a battle that took place be
tween n band of hostile Indians and a
party of white men in thai locality about
fnrtv.fi ve tears aoro. and all this, time it
has been buried in the ground until
plowed up by Mr. Dykes.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany's tax on its track in Benton county
was paid Thursday. It amounted to
$1,018.10 and was paid in gold coin.
The same company has to pay the taxes
on 40,000 acres of land it owns in the
county, amounting to $857.60, payment
of which is expected this week. The
total tax the company pays in. the
county is $2,042.70, a little more than
one-thirteenth of the entire taxes of the
countyi
. .In a divorce case in Waterville last
week, the judge granted, the wife's mo
tion to compel the defendant husband to
make final proof on his homesteaa
claim' it appearing that-the full five
years' residence and cultivation had been
complied with. It is said the case will
be appealed to the supreme court. It
was alleged by the wife that the hus
band, with intent to deprive her of her
community interest in the land, was
about to relinquish the land to the gov
ernment. Thursday's Daily
It is plenty hot enough for us, how is
it for you?
The examination of teachers will end
tomorrow afternoon. ,
One prisoner before the city recorder
this morning, fine $40.
Three sturgeon were brought in to the
express-office this morning, the first for
nearly a month.
Circuit court begins here one week
from Monday. The docket is of about
the average length.
Wmana Bros, are shipping straw
berries to the Montana .market. They
bring 40 cents a. box.
Thirty-nine dogs have received certifi
cates of good character up to date, and
in the next few days ttie scarcity of dogs
is going to increase unless the license is
paid.
Daggett, the man who attempted sui
cide at Rufus, was brought here this
morning and is nnder the care of Dr.
HoIIister. He is doing nicely and will
get well.
A trip into the East End this morning
showed tbat usually bustling portion of
the city phenomenally quiet. A few
loads of wool were received, but that
was all.
The New York World is responsible
for the statement tbat the state capital
at Albany is yet unfinished, but has cost
more up to date than the capital build
ing at Washington.
A letter from L. L. Hill receiyed this
morning says there is from one to five
feet of enow In the country around
Robinsonville, and tbat no prospecting
can be done for a month yet.
From present information it seems
probable that more than a thousand
visitors will be with us next Sunday.
They will most of them be Redmen, and
we should see tbat they are also fed
men.
A telegram received at Hood River
announced the death of Mrs. Homer
McFarland at Los Angeles, Calif., May '
11th. Mrs. McFarland was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Potter of Hood
River. She leaves a little baby aged
two weeks. '"
Sheriff Gray arrived from Prineville
at noon today, bringing two prisoners,
Walker and Mulgrave, who were sen
tenced at the recent term of court to
the penitentiary for cattle stealing. The
former goes for two years, and the latter
for eighteen months.
A dispatch received from General
Passenger Agent Hurlburt this after
noon states that the Redmen excursion
train next Sunday will leave Portland at
8 o'clock and arrive here at noon. It
will consist of ten coaches and carry
about 1000 persons. The train will leave
about 5 o'clock, and reach Portland
about 9.
The lecture by Professor Cooper, the
blind phrenologist, given at the Baldwin
opera house last evening, was quite well
attended and very interesting. The
lecturer thoroughly understands his
subject, and has the happy faculty of
interesting bis audiences in his subjects.
The lectures are free, and those who go
to hear him will find that he presents
the subject of phrenology in a different
light from tbat in which they have ever
before viewed it.
A few days ago a man with so many
names tbat anything will fit him, hired
a team and hack in Rufus and proceeded
at once to sell them. With the proceeds
he came to The Dalles and picked np a
pneumatic widow named Newsotue, and
with her and her progeny, took passage
on the boat for Portland. His pluuder
was marked for Rossland. A warrant
was sworn out for his arrest, and a tele
gram sent to Portland this morning, but
the officers there have failed to locate
him. . -
The house refused by 8 very decided
majority to accept the senate amend
ment to the sundry, civil bjll. This
amendment provided for revoking Presi
dent Cleveland's forestry reserve order,
and indicates that the reserves are to be
maintained. A little light from the de
partment of the interior would now be
very acceptable. Oar' congressmen eay
they think there will be no more prose
cutions; but that is a rather slender
reed on which to lean. If the depart
ment would say whether sheep were to
be permitted' on the range or not,, it
would be doing not only its duty, but
would give evidence of good faith.
The Weekly . Oregonian, containing
complete coast news, as well as the gen
eral news of the country, is one of the
most valuable, papers the farmers can
possibly receive. ' It gives full market
reports, and is filled , with matter pecu
liarly adapted to the wants of the farm
ers of this section. We have made
special clubbing rate with it, and will
furnish the twice-a-week Chrohicl
and Weekly Oregonian for the very rea
sonable price of $2.25 per year. You
get 156 paperB for $2.25.
We wish to call especial attention to
the lots in The Dalles military addition
advertised in this issue. They are very
desirable in every respect. No expense
of grading, piping, and sewerage easily
established with scarcely no expense.
Their location is admirable, is
high enough for drainage and low
enough for plenty of water pressure to
take it upstairs. They will be sold at
half their value, and there is no better
time for one to supply himself with a
cheap and desirable home. .
The Moro Observer thinks high water
is coming as in 1S94. We cannot agree
with it, though the rivermay crowd up
toward the 50-foot stage. The reports
this morning from up-river points show
the Snake down nearly seven feet, but
at a stand. The upper Columbia is ris
ing, and will probably continue to do so
steadily and rapidly until its greatest
height is reached. The-weather on the
upper Columbia and around the head ot
the Snake' is nnusually warm, and the
Columbia here will begin to feel the ef
fects of it tomorrow. The rise should
be four feet by Sunday night.
. Friday'aDally.
The regular quarterly examination of
teachers closed today.
Deputy Sheriff Kelley haB so far re
covered from his illnees as to be again
on duty.
We advise our sheepmen to interview
Mr. Langley and Mr. Buckley concerning
the Montana ranges.
The ladies captured the Moody bowl
ing alley, on Front street, this morning,
and in consequence the gentlemen had
to find some other amusement.
Jackson county has a Woman mail
carrier, Mrs. Vol Stickel, of Eagle Point,
who will carry the mail between that
point and Big Butte this summer.
Miss Alma Scbanno yesterday won
the medal in the bowling contest. This
is the second -time she has won it con
secutively, and one more winning en
titles her to keep it. '
-: An alarm of fire last evening called
out the engines, but their services were
fortunately not needed. The alarm was
cansed by a burning Sue at the Sisters'
school. No damage was done.
Rev. Eli' Fisher, of Medford, has
turned loose eight Chinese pheasants,
one cock and seven bens, near Phoenix.
Sportsmen are requested not to molest
them, but to allow the species to in
crease.
For the first time in several seasons a
large number of blnebacks is being
brought into Astoria, by the fishermen.
This is said by old fishermen to be a
sure indication ot an extraordinary run
of ealmon.
By permission of the game warden, Mr.
Chris Vandran has shipped twelve pairs
of Chinese pheasants to California. The
captain of the steamer Homer will take
them from Portland and use them for
breeding purposes.
The band has reorganized, nearly all
the old members joining it. . Those who
stay out will, however, assist at times,
and all will take part Sunday in fur
nishing music on the occasion of the
Redmen's excursion.
The river has started up again, being
at the 81.4 mark this morning and 31.6
at noon. The Snake and Clearwater are
rising rapidly, and the rise here for two
or three days will be at the rate of from'
eighteen inches to two feet a day. '
The body of Judge Mc Arthur was
taken from Portland to Derry yesterday,
where the interment took place. Gov
ernor Lord, Judj-e Bellinger and ex-Attorney-General
Williams were among
the honorary pallbearers. Quite a large
delegation from the Portland Bar Asso
ciation attended the funeral.
Target . practice at the O. N. G. rifle
range has' been, changed to Saturday.
Acting Rapge Officer Keller will be at
the range on Saturday from 7 a. m. to
5 p. m. The members of Co. G will re
port to Lieut. Bartell between the
hours mentioned properly uniformed,
armed and equipped for practice.
A federal court has enjoined the en
fotceuient of the 3-cent street-car fare
law in Indianapolis. But the state su
preme court intends to have a hand in
the case also. If it decides the law to
be constitutional, which is said to be
very probable, what will become of the
federal injunction or the state court?
Already the latter court in effect says
that federal injunctions '"don't go here."
It is reported tbat E. Jennings has
sold his ranch in Table Rock district,
Jackson county, for $50,000, condition
ally to California and Eastern capital
ists, says the Jacksonville Democrat.
Mr. Jennings has been prospecting for
some time for coal on the premises, and
has discovered favorable indications in a
number of places. He has already been
paid $1,000 down and a sum has been
deposited to cover expenses of sinking a
shaft, which will be sent down 800 feet
on one of the veins. If coal is not found
at the depth above named, Mr. Jennings
is to receive bnt the $1,000' mentioned;
but if coal is there, the balance of the
$o0,000 will be paid at once.
Last evening as Dr. HoIIister was pre'
paring for a visit to a conntry patient,
an accident occurred that postponed his
trip temporarily. He had a livery team
and bad stopped at his house for a mo
ment for the purpose of taking his little
daughter with him for the ride. He
had to get out of the buggy for a mo
ment, and as he did So, the tot said:
"Papa, I don't like the way the horse is
looking at me, take me out." The doc
tor lifted her out. while be went in the
house, and in a moment the horse had
struck out, upsetting the buggy and
went flying down the street. He ran
about a block when a tree refused to get
out of bis way, and there was a decided
wreck. The horse was not hurt, but the
buggy is demoralized. '
Bnrgeaa-Ashby.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. U.
Ash by, No. 212 Fourteenth street, Salem,
Oregon, on Monday, May 10. 1897, at
high-noon, Miss Marie Ash by to Mr. J.
N. Burgess, Rev. W. E. Copeland, D.
D., of the Church of the Unity, offi
ciating. '.-' ,
The bride is a niece of Mr. George U.
Aebby, at whose home she has spent
the past winter while she pursued ber
studies in school and, incidentally, won
a host of admiring friends in the Capi
tal City. :
The groom is a prosperous young mer
chant of Wasco county and very popular
in all circles in wtr.cn be moves there.
After the ceremony, at which only the
family and a few intimate friends were
present, a delicate wedding lunch was
served, and at 2 o'clock the young people
left for their trans-mountain home.
Salem Statesman.
Everybody here knows "Newt" and
the best wishes of his hundreds of
friends are his. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. Wm. Ashbv, and a
niece of Mrs. Steers of this city. The
young couple are expected here on the
evening train.
Jury List May Term.
T Burgees, hotel keeper, Bakeoven;
Gee Mcintosh, farmer, The Dalles.
Geo W Rice, farmer, The Dalles.
John Cates, carpenter, The Dalles.
L S Davis, tarraer, The Dalles.
J. B. Crossen, auctioneer, The Dalles.
Wm Bennett, farmer,' The Dalles.
A Cram, merchant, The Dalles.
A Bolton, farmer. The Dalles.
W F Helm, insurance agt, The Dalles.
Mark Fleming, farmer. The Dalles.
G R Castner, farmer, Hood River.
J E Hanna, merchant, Hood River.
J J Gibons, farmer, Hood River. '
C E Mark ham, farmer, Hood River.
M P Anderson, farmer, Hood River.
Chris Dethman, farmer, Hood River.
Frank Caddy, farmer, Hood River.
Warren Miller, farmer, Hood River.
B R Tucker, farmer, Hood River.
J D Belle, farmer, Boyd.
Albert Allen, farmer, Boyd.
Wm Heisler, capitalist, Dufur.
W H H Dufur, farmer, Dufur.
Henry Hudson, farmer, Dnfur.
Henry Menefee, farmer, Dufur.
F S Gordon, merchant, Wamic. .
J P McGill, farmer, Wamic.
Geo Carter, farmer, Wamic.
W H Butler, farmer, Nansene. .
L Davis, farmer, Kingsley..
That alleged show next to the post-
office, with its barkers and its noise, has
gotten to be a nuisance to all persons
who live or have business in that vi
cinity. When the outfit first came here
it tried to get one ot our carrier boys to
be the "human spider," but there was
not enough in it to transform an every
day pewsboy into an araneiform speci
men. The contrast is too great, for car
riers and messenger ooys are not sup
posed to have legs at all, but to travel by
alternate sinuosities of their sluggish
systems. The mermaid who, which, or
tbat, according to the barker's stale
ment, "can be seen on the inside for 10
cents," is also a Dalles production, we
are told, and not worth seeing on the
outside for nothing. The fake has been
put up with "long enough, and it is time,
high time, for it to take its mermaids
and its spiders into some other place.
It Did Not Paaa.
Many stockmen have gotten the im
pression that congress has passed a bill
setting aside President Cleveland's order
establishing forest reservations. The
truth is the senate tacked an amend
ment on the civil sundry appropriation
bill and passed it, but the house refused
concur in the amendment by a de
cisive majority, and so it failed to pass.
The senate amendment was as follows:
That to remove any doubt which may
exist pertaining to the authority there
to, the president of the United States is
hereby authorized and empowered to
revoke, modify or suspend any and ail
such executive orders and proclamations
designating forest reserves, or any part
thereof, from time to time, as he shall
deem best for the public interest ; pro
vided, that the lands embraced in such
reservations not otherwise disposed of
shall, nntil the surveys of such reserva
tions are completed, be subjected to
such ordera as the president may make
in reference to the same, so as not to
disturb the rights of any actual settler or
claimant now residing upon any of the
lands embraced in such reservation."
T-EST with a big- B. Blackwell's Genuine Bull
Durham is In a class by itself. Yon will find
coupon Inside each two ounce bag, and two
pons inside each, four ounce bo of
. -
BSaokwellV
Hnfl
Smoking Tobacco
Buy abasr of this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon
Which give allatof valuable presents and howto get them.
PASTURAGE FOR SHEEP.
The Great Northern Railway Partially
Solves the Problem.
The Great Northern railway furnishes
possible solution of our sheepmen's
troubles, and one that is well worth ex
amining into. It will provide for such
sheep as are to be marketed only, but it
will furnish pasturage for that many
and relieve the pressure to that extent.
Mr. B. H. Langley, traveling agent for
the company is in the city, will remain
here for two or three days, and it will be
well for our sheepmen to interview him.
The proposition he makes is this.
The Great Northern will bill sheep
through to Chicago at the regular rates,
with stop over privileges of lour, five or
six months. In Northwestern Montana,
between Williston and Minot, on the
line of the road, a distance of 125 miles,
is a fine stock country which is practi
tically unused. It is a magnificent sum
mer range, but the long and severe
winters prevent stockmen settling in it,
and it has never been pastured. The
Great Northern will haul sheep to this
range, allow them to stop until the own
ers are ready to move them this fall,
when they will be taken on to Chicago.
. Mr. Buckley, of the firm ot Kerr &
Buckley, has just returned from a visit
to this section and we understand will
ship 10.000 head there as soon as shear
ing is over.
Mr. Langley can be found at the Uma
tilla House, where full information of
the country can be procured. The mat
ter is well worth looking into'
Since writing the above we have in
terviewed Mr. Buckley, and find that he
is enthusiastic over the find. He starts
one week from Monday with 10,000 head
of his own, and says he would like to
have 15,000 more to take care of. He
describes the country as being a vast
rolling prairie, covered with fine grass,
which was four inches high when he
was there. Mr. Buckley goes out to his
home at Grass Valley this evening on
the 6 o'clock train, but will be pleased
to give sheepmen all information possi
ble concerning the new pastures. He
says there is room for all and plenty to
spare. -
The Wound Proved Fatal.
The death of Mrs. Pearl Rith.ihe un
fortunate young woman .who, in a fit of
melancholy, sent a bullet -crashing
through her breast, at her home in Ba
ker City Saturday afternoon, occurred
Monday at 4 o'clock a. m. By . the
death-bed 'were a sister and three broth
ers, beside a number of friends, and all
that loving hands could do was admin
istered during the sufferer's few linger
ing hours. 1
Coroner Snow empanelled a jury, end
after examining a number of witnesses,
returned the following verdict:
"We, the undersigned jurors, sworn to
inquire of the death, of Pearl Ritb, on
oath do find tbat she came to her death
by a gunshot wound, inflicted by her
own hand, on May 8tb, and that death
resulted on May 10, 1897, at 4 o'clock a.
m." .
It is stated that the cause of the deed
was separation of Mrs Rith and her hus
band, the latter being now in Calif
ornia. La Grande Chronicle.
We Sell.
B ne eye Mowers,
Acme Mowers,
McCormick Mowers,
McCormick Reapers,
Hodge Headers.
Also a stock of extras for above machines. We
are the leading Hard-ware and Implement dealers.
MAYS & CROWE,
THE DALL.ES.
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- Stockholders meeting;.
Notice is hereby given that a meeting
of the stockholders of The Dalles Chron
icle Publishing Company will be held at
the county court rooms on Tuesday, the
25th day of May, A. D., 1897, at 2
o'clock p. m., for tho purpose of adopt
ing suplimentary articles of incorpora
tion, increasing the capital stock of said
company and transacting such other
business as may come before, said meet- .
ing. By order of the Board of Directors
The Dalles, Oregon, April 9; 1897.
A. S. Mac Allistkr,
. President.
R. G. Davenpobt, ,
, Secretary. .
Cb In Your Check.
All county warrants registered prior
to Dec. '1, 1892, will be paid at my
office.. Interest ceases after May 7.
1897. . C. L. Phillips,
Conntv Treasurer.
Barb Wire.
Barb Wire (Glidden) .! ..$2.35
per 100 pounds.
Cook Stoves.
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No.
7 Woodland Cook Stove,
$6.50.
No. 8 Woodland Cook Stove,
$8.50.
No. 8 Wood Michigan Square
Cook Stove, $10.00.
No. 8 Wood Michigan Square
Stove and reservoir, $17.50.
No. 8 Home Michigan Square
$15.00.
No. 8 Home Michigan Square
and reservoir, $23.00.
No. 8 Home Garland Square,
$23.00.
No. 8 Home Garland Kange,
Square, without 8heu, $28.00.
Be sure and see the Garland Stoves
betore buying. As yon will note from
above prices they are very low, and it
will not- pay you to buy second-hand,
stoves when you can get new ones at the
above prices.
MAIER& BENTON'S
167 Second Street.