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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1897.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
- - Saturday's Daily.
License to marry was issued today to
John Henry Matthews and Mrs. T
. Coven. . "
' ' Doctor Lannerburg arrived home from
Crook county Thursday night, and is
' ready to attend to all persons needing
glasses.
Claude Gatch of Salem is now grand
master of the Oregon Odd iellows, hav
ing been elected at the recent meeting
of the grand lodge.
The trial of Frank Castile for the mur
der of Beck at Cleveland, will begin at
. Goldendale nest Wednesday. Hunting
ton & Wilson will defend him.
Five disconsolate and-' masterless dog-
: gies were enclosed in sacks this morn
ing, and then ruthlessly dumped into a
barrel full of water, and held under-
. neath until their bark slipped. ..There
are others.
, The ladies of the Christian church
will serve- ice cream - and cake, and
strawberries and cake next W edneeday
evening in the Bunnell building next to
the land office. The small 'sum of 15
cents will purchase either combination,
and the proceeds go for cburcb'work. -
Mr. Frank Davenport, the Hood Rivrr
mill-man, is in the city. He has. - the
contract for building the big irrigating
flume and' ditch on the west side' of
Hood River valley, 'and is one of the
principal stockholders. He tells lis the
ditch will be completed about the middle
of July. It will cost (26.000 and furnish
: 2,000 inches of water.
A dispatch to Local Weather Observer
- Brooks, received at 9 o'clock this morn
ing, says: "The Snake in last twenty
fonr hours rbse .4 at Weiserand fell .2 at
Lewiston.' The Columbia at Umatilla
rose .7 and at Wenatcbee .8. The river
will rise here .8 a day until Monday
' noon, when it will rise slowly for forty
eight hours.. .Warmer weather will pre
vail on headwaters of Columbia, begin
' ninggunday." .. ; , ' :
There was almost an accident in the
. yard this morning near the depot. ' Mr.
Gahgor was driving across the track with
:' bis single-standard colored borBe' and
little cart, just as the Spokane flyef
' pulled out. The horse, instead of stick
ing to the middle of the road like a good
Populist, made up his mind that it
would be a good thing to fuse, and so
turned and started np the railroad track
' ahead of the train, which, had to stop to
keep from scattering the foolish animal's
remains at the front door of the Herrick
cannery. Several years ago this same
' animal did the same trick at the railroad
crossing on the road to Klindt's, and
that time made a successful fusion, as
Mr. Gangor, the horse and cart were all
You 'need it now. Don't spoil your appearance by a seedy top
piece. Look like prosperity if you would have folks think you
are . prosperous. " '.
PEASE & MAYS
piled in the ditch,
mohshed, but the
The cart was de
horse and master
were unhurt. ".
Monday's Daily.
Hood River is well represented on the
jury panel, nine out of sixteen being
from that neighborhood.
; Mr. William Darcb, the Goldendale
attorney who was accidentally shot
about three weeks ago, is recovering
rapidly and is now able to be out.
The grand jury at 2 o'clock returned
a true bill, but against whom the news
paper man not' knowing, is nnaDie to
say. When the warrant -is served, the
knowledge becomes public, not before.
The city jail this morning contains
one- remnant left over from the Red
men's excursion ; one d. d., who was
fined $35, but $30 was suspended during
the good behavior of the defendant, and
a "lady," who' was also d. d. and who
was fined $10. '"'.'
. Y. Judd and J. R. Russell returned
from a fiBhing trip to Tront lake yester
day. They had no Bucces, the fish
stubbornly refusing to rise to any fly.
The fishing has been quite good, but it
was an off day and the fishermen came
home without a single tront.
A curiosity is owned bv D. H. Smith,
at Diamond, Harney county. It is the
bead of a rabbit which has eight horns,
ranging in length from one and.a half to
two and a half inches. One of these
horns sprouts from the nose and the
others around the jaw, at least so the
Canyon City News says. '
Are we to have a 4th of July celebra
tion? If so, it is time the matter was.
taken in hand. If we are not, we should
say so, and let the smaller .and more-
patriotic towns of the country cave.a
chance. . We think The Dalles should
celebrate ' and that . in a style that will
cause all our neighbors to join, with us.
The attention of the Commercial Club
is invited to this subject.
The river situation this morning is
much more cheerful, and is adapting
itself to the lines marked out for it by
Thb Chronicle. Sunday morning it
was at the 42.5 mark, this morning at
the 42.7. Reports from up country show
a rise in tne uoiumDia, out a sugnt lau
in the Snake and Clearwater; The rise
in the Snake is aboot over and a speedy
and rapid fall may be looked for. .-'
The reports by the weather bureau
show that the Snake fell yesterday at
Weiser .1,. at Lewiston .6 The upper
Columbia rose at Nortbport 1.2, at We
natcbee .2. At Umatilla the river bad
fallen np to 8 o'clock this morning .3
The river will fall here slightly until
Thoreday, when there may be a slight
rise. It id quite probable though that
the flood mark has been reached for the
vear. ' . ' ''..-"''': '
Mr. Charles Brown was married Sun
day at. the residence of' the brlde'e
father, to Miss Nellie Underwood,
daughter of Ed. Underwood, Justice
Fisher performing the ceremony. The
bride is one of the prettiestand bright
est girls -in. Skamania county and the
groom is a thrifty 'and energetic young
man. . The young coupie passed up on
the tram last night to Castle Rock, and
will make their home in Washington,
opposite that point. . .
Superior Judge Miller' came up from
Vancouver yesterday and went oyer to
Goldendale this' morning to open the
regular term "of court, which begins to
morrow. The trial of Frank Castile for
the murder of Beck at Cleveland last
spring is set tor Wednesday. Hunting-
ton & Wilson will defend him. Prose
cuting Attorney George Stapleton, - a
former Goldendalite, came np on the
boat last night. The case promises to
' a very strongly-contested one.
Hood River is the livliest place on the
railroad just now. When the east
bound flyer pulls in there are hundreds
of people at the depot, and one would
think the town' had 50,000 inhabitants
The reason is that the berry pickers are
through their work by that time and
amuse themselves by going to the train.
There is a bevy of Portland girls there
picking berries. The shipments are
steadily increasing, and next week will
see them about at their best when, per
haps, 3,000 crates will be shipped per
day. . .
Richard L. Kelling, who war arrested
May 16th on a charge of embezzlement,
preferred by his employers, the Graton
& Knight Manufacturing Company, yes
terday waived examination before Mu
nicipal Judge Sweet and was held to
the grand jury in $3000 bail. Selling
has worried a great deal over his arrest,
and looks several years older than he
did when he was arrested. None of bis
relatives have thus far come to hie' res
cue, although several of his friends are
taking an interest in his case and are
endeavoring to secure bonds for bim.
Oregonian.'
Fen Batty walked borne the other
night, carrying the remains of a wrecked
bicycle. " We know how the accident oc
curred, but refuse to tell, because Fen
was just exercising on the bridge, and
and the young lady and he were riding
In. "' opposite directions in a circle.
Whether it was the attraction of one
body 'or another 'or what, we do not
pretend to say, but the wheel the lady
was riding came head ' on Into Fen's
bike, blowing out,, the cylinder- head,
smashing the' spokes, puncturing the
tire and demolishing things generally,
and all because Fen didn't know better
than to be traveling contrarywise to a
woman.
Mrs. Sarah P.' Cartwright, a pioneer
of 1853, died in this city May 12th, at
the residence jof her daughter, Mrs. L.
O. Dodge, at 384 Park street. She was
the widow of Theodore Cartwright, and
was well known throughout the state,
having lived in Salem, Albany,' The
Dalles and Portland. She leaves a fam
ily of three daughters and one son Mrs.
Dodge and Mrs. Jerome C. Bridges of
Portland,' and Mrs. J." W. Taylor and
Jay Cartwright, both of Eastern Ore
gon. . She was 68 years of age, and a
very . estimable woman. The funeral
services . took place under the Ruspices
of the Christian Scientists. . The inter
ment was at Lone Fir. Oregonian.. -
". Tuesday morning .about 10 o'clock
smoke and flames were seen issuing from
Rev. T. H. Grant's house, at Rimrock,
says a correspondent of the" Prineville
Ktrvicw. Neighbors hastened to the
place, hut before they arrived the house
was almost entirely burned, with almost
all the contents.' Rev. Grant was away,
Mrs. Grant and the younger children
only being at ' borne. Mrs. Grant was
sewing and beard a slight noise np
stairs, but thinking it was a cat paid no
attention nntil the roaring of the flames
warned her that the bouse was on fire.
Catching np the baby, who was asleep,
in the cradle, she carried it and the
other children to a place of safety, and,
returning, managed to get out the sew
ing machine, a little bedding and some
meat. Then she turned her attention
to - Mr. Grant's library, but only suc
ceeded in saving a few volumes when
the flames and heat drove her from the
house. The library, valued at $500, was
burned, together wjth their clothing and,
furniture. Mrs. Grant's hands . were
severely burned and her ' hair singed.
There aaa no insurance on the house or
contents. The neighbors are taking
thmgs to the stricken family and they
wiil camp out until another bouse can
be built.
' Tuesday's Daily.
One victim before the city recorder
this morning, a "lady", fine $10.
License to marry was issued yesterday
to John H. Noyes and Anna Boban
Decoration day next Monday, me
morial services Sunday at M. E. church
Sermon by Rev. J. H. Wood.
In the United States court at Portland
yesterday the case of I. H. Taffe, charged
with embracery, was called. Taffe en
tered a plea of not guilty.
The Good Intent Society will meet
with Mrs. Haight Wednesday afternoon
A full attendance is requested, as im
port ant business is to be transacted. "
Governor Lord yesterday appointed
Hon.' George C. Blakelev a member of
the state board of pharmacy. The ap
pointment is for five years, and the se
lection as good a one as could have been
made. .
One thousand ebeep were taken over
to the Washington side this morning,
and another thousand will go over to
morrow. They belong to the Crofton
brothers and will be taken to the Mt
Adams ranges.
Owing -to the heavy up-stream wind
the ferry boat was obliged to lay np an
hour or so this afternoon. The crossing
could be made all right, but there was
danger of losing the apron at thajand
ing on the Washington side. . .
The man who won the prize offered by
an English paper for the best definition
of money put it thus: ' "An article'
which may be nsed as a universal pass
port to everywhere except Heaven, and
as a'nniversal provider for everything
except happiness. ,
Last Sunday this section of the count?
was treated to a rainstorm which in
some places amounted nearly to a water
spout. The rain did a large amount of
good to the country and has made all
the stockmen and ranchers happy.
Prineville Review.
Yesterday evening Leslie Butler's
horse, which was tied in front of bis
bonse, managed to get its bridle off and
then to tali a spin all by its lonesome,
taking a trip out across Mill creek. Out
side of breaking the shafts of the bnggy;
no damage was done.
Wana Miller, the little daughter of
Hon. M. A. Miller, fell out of an up
stairs window at home in Lebanon one
day last week. She fell about fourteen
feet and struck on a board walk, but,
strange to say, received no injuries,
aside from a few bruises.
The case of Moody against Richards
is on trial before a jury of four this
morning. The action arises over some
wheat transaction, the principal dis
pute, as we gather from listening to, the
testimony for a few moments, being as
to the quality and grade of the wheat.
Both trains from the East this morn
ing were late, No. 1 coming from Hnnt-
ington and due at 1 :20, arriving at 7 :30,
and No. 3 from Spokane being an hour
behind time. The trouble, with No. 1
was on tne Union Pacific, there being
nothing to cause delay on the line of the
O. R. & N. . '
Joe Teal of Portland caught a trout in
Meacham creek recently which he not
only says was thirty-one inches long and
weighed 7 pounds, but he certifies to
the truth of the statement in writing.
This ought to convince the most skep
tical that it is just as easy to lie one way
as another.' . - . '
The big ' placer claims owned by the
Grant Mining Company of Salt Lake
City, situated on the north fork of the
John Dav and consisting of about 2000
acres, all covered 'by water rights and
ditches, have been started up for the
season's run, and nnder tcobt favorable
conditions. '
Hamilton, the man who had his back
hurt by being caught by a brakebeam
about two weeks ago, is at tbe county
poorhouse, and will probably be a charge
upon. charity the balance of bis days, as
his body and limbs are paralyzed below
the injury, with . no hope of any im
provement. " '
Collia ' P. Huntington, the Southern
Pacific magnate, passed through on a
special yesterday, presumably going
down to Ogden. He did not stop here
long, consequently no property has been
missed ; and yet there is not anything
large enough to tempt the old man in
this neighborhood, unless he took the
county. ; . '-".'."
Mr. Benton Killin has been appointed
a special commissioner of the depart
ment of agriculture to visit Alaska and
examine into the agricultural resources
of that country. Killin is a lawyer and
owns a farm, but there is no doubt but
that be is qualified for the job that has
been given him. The principal crop of
Alaska is moss, and Killin is a Mchenous
lichenographist thaf s what he Is.
A. J. Crigler, of . Union county, be
lieves there is a subterranean : river un
der his farm, north of Athena. The
reason of this belief is that live peri
winkles are daily drawn in the water
from a well on his place. Believing that
periwinkles do not propagate only in
iresn running water is the main sub
stance for Mr. Crigler'; theory regarding
the underground stream, says the Athena
Press. .
The river this morning was at the 42.3
mark, a fall of.3 since yesterday morn
ing. It is falling above, and by night
will be considerably below the 42 mark
The Snake baa passed its flood, and will
fal steadily, while the recent cool wea
ther will have a tendency to check the
Columbia. It can ' now be safely pre
mised tbat tbe high water mark for 1897
was reached yesterday morning at 42.7,
and that it will not again reach .that
stage. -
' Mr. H. M. Roberts has at his home in
the eastern part of Harnsburg, says the
Review, a tree which he believee to be a
genuine Ohio buckeye. The flowers
bang in a spiral cluster in cone shape
and are most beautiful in color, shading
from delicate cream to pink and deep
canary. The tree is about fifteen feet
high, with dark green foliage. The
lower branches are- kept well trimmed,
a its foliage is poisonous to stock.
Several young men have recently, and
during tbe very warm weather, taken, a
blanket apiece and passed the night in
the academy grounds. A night or so
ago several Dalles hoodlums visited the
grounds and indulged in considerable
loud" conversation ' and profanity.
The boys who have been sleeping on the
grounds desire us to make this state
ment in their behalf, as they do not want
to be blamed for the bad " conduct of
others.
Kerr & Buckley will ship seventeen
carloads of Bbeep tonight, taking them
to the pastures on the Great Northern.
These pastures are undoubtedly the 'very
finest, and as they are only two days'
run from market, they furnish a con
venient and cheap feeding ground, and
permit the arrival of sheep in the mar
kets in the best of condition. It is prob
able that all or nearly all the sheep des
tined for. the Eastern markets this fall
will be fattened on these new pasturee.
It will relieve the Cascade ' pastures and
giye more room for stock sheep.
Iaat Day of School.
Last Friday, the 14th inst., witnessed
the closing of the Antelope public
schools for the present term and a large
number of the parents and other pat
rons of the school wer,e present to hear
the exercises rendered by tbe pupils.
Every one . of the pupils performed his
or her part in a very creditable manner.
and the program was an interesting and
instructive one in every particular. The
brass band boys were also out in full
force, and rendered several of their best
selections.
Remarks were also made by Rev.
Leech, and the writer, both of whom
called attention to the fact that Miss
Lewis was deserving of great credit for
the able manner in which she had con
ducted the school under so many ad
verse circumstances. Miss Lewis also
thanked the parents and pupils for the
kind treatment they have given her, and
on Monday morning following she de
parted for her home in The. Dalles, to
which place she carries the best wishes
of her pupils and their parents. An
telope Herald. "
Thirty Tons of Strawberries.'
Thursday night Hood River shipped
about 500 crates of Strawberries, last
night over 600 and tonight the ship
ment will reach the 1,000 mark, and yet
the season is only begun. Next week
shipments will probably amount to
thirty, tons a day. Just think of the
number of epoonsfull of deliciousness
that would make. How many a young
fellow those red berries will tempt, to
blow in his money just .to see his beet
girl drop them down inside of her corset,
while she smiles, languishly at him, and
thinks with every swallow what a sucker
he is. Well, Hood Riyer people will
get $60,000 out of it, one-half of which
will be paid by the aforesaid suckers,
but Hoed River doesn't care. The fel
low gets the worth of bis money watch
ing the girl, not, counting the berries
he eats, which are clear profit, and Bhe
has her share free, which is all profit to
her.
First Woman In the Camp. .
Mike Flahertey . returned yesterday
from. the North Fork of Salmon river.
While he was at Craigtown, which is
seven mites back of the railroad, the first
ady made her appearance in camp. She
is Mrs. Augusta Beaton, and tbe boys
gave ber a great reception. An ever
green arch was erected over the bridge
across the river and she was ' presented
with a big wooden key and the freedom
of the city on her arrival. In tbe even-
ng a banquet was given by Mr. Bingold
in bis new hotel, and Mr. Uraig. tne
father of the town, delivered the address
of welcome. Bossland Miner.
Wheat 4roecls.
The crop reports this week show a de
cidedly poor condition of wheat in In
diana, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin,
the percentage of the usual yfcld being
estimated for those' states in the order
named at 61, 37, 65 and 54. The foreign
reports show average wheat prospects in
Russia, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Aus
tria, Italy and Sweden. .The viceroy
cables to London that India will have
no wheat for export this year. In
France it is estimated the crop will fall
at least 20,000,000 bushels below the
average. v
CONVENTION.
The
Fourth Raid in the County Met a
Hood River Thursday.
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The fourth annual convention of tbe
Wasco county Christian Endeavor Union
met in regular eession Thursday and
Friday in tbe Valley Christian church,
and proved to be the most interesting:
and profitable session yet held. Over
fifty delegates were present from various
parts of tbe county, many of whom ar
rived in Hood River on Thursday morn
ing's boat from The Dalles and vicinity,'
from whence they were conveyed to the
place of convention, three miles distant
from town. '-' ...
The session opened at 10:30, with E.
H. Merrell, president, in the chair, and
after a short song service Rev. J. L.
Hershner, of Hood River Congregational
church, delivered tbe address of wel
come, which was responded to by the
undersigned in behalf of the visiting
delegates. After an anthem by one of
Hood River's choirs', and tbe apuoint-
ment of various committees by the pres
ident,- "all ' bands" participated in a
bounteous luncheon, consisting of about
everything tbat is good in the way of
eatable tbat that beautiful valley is ca
pable of producing. '
In the afternoon the time was occu
pied first by a devotional service, led by
Curtis Egbert of The Dalles, followed by
the president's annnal address, tbe re
ports of.the secretary abd treasurer, and
short addresses on committee work, H.
C. Bateham of Hood River having in '
charge the lookout committee confer
ence; A. G. Hoering, Tbe Dalles, that-
ol the prayer meeting committee ; F. A. '
Erqst, The Dalles, the social commit
tee, and . Mrs. Wilson, The Dalles, the
missionary committee. ; The latter was
especially interesting, tbe speaker giv- .
ing a most interesting account of Hawaii,
its natives and their characteristics.' .
The afternoon session closed with an
other anthem by the choir, very credita
bly rendered. '
In tbe evening the convention listened
to a most eloquent and instructive ad
dress on the life of Christ by Rev. J. A.
Wickham of Portland.
On Friday morning at 6:30 there was
sunrise prayer meeting, led .by Mr.
McCoy of Hood River valley. The ces
sion resumed at 9 :15, and after a short
devotional service, the business matters
of the convention were discussed and
considered. The report of the nominat
ing committee brought forth the follow
ing nominations of officers for the ensu
ing year: For president, Misa, Alice
Cleaver, Hood River; first Vice-preB.,
W. T. Hibbard,- Hood River; Second -vice-pres.,
Jas. Powell, Dufur; secre
tary, F. A. Ernst, The Dalles; treasurer,
Salina Phirman, The Dalles; Junior
supt., Mrs. Hershner, Hood River.
These were all elected by acclamation.
Other business of minor importance was
attended to.
At 10:30, being the Junior hour, Mrs.
W. D. Palmer of Portland took charge
and . conducted , a service, assisted by'
about thirty Junior Endeavorers, which
would fairly discount similar gatherings
of senior, endeavorers with which the
writer has had experience.
Another repast was spread in the -grove
near the church at 12 o'clock, and
it is needless to say that ample justice
was done thereto. . . ,
The last hour or two of tbe conven
tion was devoted to sundry matters of
business, the appointment of a commit
tee Yo look into tbe work of organization
of new societies in tbe counties, and the
closing consecration service, led bv Mas
Cleaver, being a quite helpful and im
pressive service.
: Tbe Dalles delegates returned on the
Regulator last evening, and can all tes
tify to tbe generouB boBpitality and ex
ceeding, kindness of tbe good people of
the city and vicinity of Hood River, who .
seemingly spared no pains to see' that
we were all royally welcomed and en
tertained during our short visit among
them. - G. E. 8. .
Memorial Day.
In comflianca with national and de
partment general orders, J. W. Nes
mith Post No. 23, G. A. R., will observe
tbe day so dear to all soldiers, Memorial
day.
Tbe Post will assemble at their ball on
Sunday, May 30, 1897, at 7:30 p. m.,
and proceed to the M. E. church, where
tbe memorial sermon will be delivered
by tbe pastor, Rev. J. H. Wood.
Invitation is extended- to neighboring
Posts G. A. R., to all thonorably dis
charged soldiers, sailors and marines
who served in the Union army during
tbe late war, the W. R. C. Third bat
talion, O. N. G., The Dalles City band
and all citizens to attend memorial ser
vice Sunday and to participate in the
ceremonies of decoration on Monday,
May 31, 1897. .
Business houses are requested to ob
serve Monday as the legal holiday and
to close their places of business on that
day at 12 o'clock noon.
The Post will assemble at their ball
on Monday, May 31st at 1 :30 p. m., and
proceed, under escort of Company G, 3d
battalion, O. N. G. and The Dalles City
band, to tbe G. A. R. cemetery, there to
participate in the ceremonies of tbe day.
. H. H. Learned,
Post Commander.
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