C3)
THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. JUNE 12. 1897.
The Weekly Gbioniele.
TRK DALLES. -
OBEOOS
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Published in two parts, on Wednesdays
and Saturday.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
BY Kill., POSTAGE FBXFAID, IN ADVANCE.
One year 1 W
Six months 75
Three mouths SO
Advertising rates reasonable, and made known
on application.
Address all commonicatioiis to "THElCHBOtf
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
Telephone No. 1.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday s Daily.
The firemen's tournament met at
Baker Citv vesterrtav. The races come
off tomorrow.
Circuit court adjourned last night
until Saturday morning.- Most of the
business of the term has been com
pleted.
Don't forget the moonlight excursion,
to be eiven bv the hose teams, for the
purpose of raieing funds for the tourna
ment here this fall.
- Forty carloads or cattle were shipped
Ifrom the Saltmarshe yards last night,
Koing East, and two carloads of hogs
were shipped to Troutdale.
" . Mr. Connelly came up from. Hood
'River last night and btought this office.
a box of delicious Triumph strawberries,
grown and presented by Mrs. R. Pealer,
Frank Whiting of Burns, Harney
county, while catching a horde last week,
had hold of a piece of rope that broke.
The end of the rope flew back and struck
Whiting in the left eye, injuring him so
badly that he will probably lose the
eight of the eye.
Saturday in Astoria Superintenden
Shields had the new reservoir cleaned
out, and when the water bad nearly all
been taken out of the big tank, the bot
tom was found to be filled with beauti
ful mountain trout of all sizes and colois.
Mr. Shields had all the fish carefully
preserved, and will replace them in the
tank after the water is turned in again.
John Porter's residence, near Dora, in
Coos county, burned last week. Mrs.
Porter was at home at the time with
her baby, which she carried about thirty
feet from the burning building, and then
went to a neighbor's for aid. When she
returned, she found the child's clothes
on fire, and the little one so badly
burned that it is thought the injuries
will prove fatal.
Heep Stone, a Chinese, married in EI
lensburg last Monday Maggie Dalson, a
white woman. The ceremony was per
formed in the laundry parlors, and
Judge Boyle, chief justice of the Ellens
burs justice court, tied the knot. The
bride was becomingly attired in a cos
tume of some material not known to the
reporter, says the Ellenaburg Localizer.
The groom faced the ordeal in his shirt
sleeves.
The directors of the Second Eastern
Oregon District Agricultural Society, or
words to that effect, have determined to
hold the annual fair as usual, despite
the fact that the legislature failed to
meet and appropriate money for any
purpose. The law is very plain in its
provisions and there seems to be no
doobt but that the $1500 provided by law
for paying premiums will have to be
paid. The meeting will begin Tuesday,
October 12th and will last five days.
Dufur is always progressive, and al
ways in the van when it comes to cele
brations, picnics and patriotism, and it
is, therefore, not surprising that arrange
ments are already being made for a 4th
of July celebration in the shady groves
of that pretty town. The celebration
will last two days, beginning on the 2d,,
but the big picnic, orations, etc., will be
held on the 3d. The arrangements are
not yet all completed, but one thing is
certain, and that is that there will be a
barbecue, superintended by that chief in
the art, Professor Frasier. The program
will be given in a few days.
Mr. M. J. Anderson came in from
Dufur this morning, and reports the
crop conditions in that neighborhood as
being excellent. There was some fears
for a while that the grasshoppers, which
were quite numerous, would do con
siderable damage, but all danger from
this source has passed. He tells us the
hoppers have literally "got it in the
neck," being attacked by a parasite in
the shape of a small red louse that
fastens itself to the hopper's neck and
feeds on him until death ensues. We
note also in this connection the Pendle
papers mention the same conditions as
existing in Umatilla county. . Pests of
innumerable klndb are the bane of the
farmers' lives, and it is a genuine pleas
ure to know that occasionally the pests
themselves have pests.
Thursday's Daily
One carload of cattle and one of hogs
were shippea to Troutdale today.
Winans Bros, brought in 1200 pounds
of salmon this morning. The run is
light, but the fish of excellent quality.
Fifteen carloads of cattle from the
valley points paesed through on their
way- to Dakota and Montana pastures
last night.
The Dalles bowling alley will be open
Fridays from 9 to 12 for ladies and their
escorts, and on Tuesdays for ladies only,
between the same hours.
The only Tony Noltner, of the Port
land Dispatch, is in the city, and yet he
has hard-heartedly neglected to give us
any information concerning Corbett.
The Regulator last night brought op-a
cargo of Indians returning from the berry
patches of Hood River. Quite a number
of them went across the river this morn
ing, on their way to Yakima.
The Herrick cannery, now owned by
Mr. Ferrell, has made three short runs,
but they were only enough to put the
machinery in motion. This morning
1200 pounds, received from the Cas
cade?, were handled.
The air all afternoon has had a sultry
and oppressive feeling indicating rain.
As A. S. MacAllieter starts for his ranch
tomorrow, and as it always rains while
making the trip, it may be a hopeful in
dication that the sign is in aquarins.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will serve ice cream and cake at the
church Wednesday evening next. It
will cost only 15 cents, and it's worth
more than that to have the privilege of
paying over the money to such hand
some ladies.
J. F. Richards writes us from Cross
Keys that he had received a letter a few
days before from his father, S. W. Rich
ards, who lives near Dayton, Yamhill
county, saying that two of his ewes had
distinguished themselves ; one by giv
ing birth to three lambs, and the other
to four.
At the firemen's tournament at Baker
City yesterday seven hose teams en
tered the speed race. The La Grande
team lost by one-fifth of a second. Pen
dleton and Walla Walla ran a tie in 23
and three-fifths seconds. The tie was
run off last night, but after the dispatch
containing the above was sent.
About a week ago an Indian at the
Warm Springs reservation, who had
been suffering from a- severe case of
measles, got out of bed in the night and
going outside nangea mmseit rrom a
beam. It is not often a suicide occurs
among Indians, and when it does it is
still 'more rare that the rope route is
taken.
Professor Landers leaves Portland to
morrow lor ban irancisco, ana mis
morning we received a postal from him,
asking that The Chboniclb be sent him
there, as he could not get along with
out it. Professor Landers every day ex
hibits the most discerning judgment and
refined taste, the culmination of which
is reached on this occasion.
We understand that at the next G. A.
R. encampment, which will be held at
Independence on the 19th, an effort will
be made to have the next meeting of
the old veterans held here. The citizens
generally would be glad of the oppor
tunity to show their respect for the
boys," and it is to be hoped the repre
sentatives from the post will present an
urgent invitation to the encampment to
honor us with a visit.
Everybody attending the Woodmen's
entertainment last night was presented
at the door with a small wooden ax,
with the name and number of the lodge
and the compliments of said lodge
printed thereon. That is, everybody
but the editor, ot The Chboniclb got
one, but those charged with the presen
tation of these souvenirs, realizing the
Washingtonian characteristics of the
editor aforeeaid and knowing that he
had a hatchet of his own, very properly
refrained from tendering the Woodmen's
token.
John Samuelson, a young man who
has been employed in a saw mill at
Sumpter, met with a frightful accident
at that place yesterday afternoon. While
engaged in the performance of his duties
bis left hand came in contact with a
circular saw, almost severing it, and
mutilating it in such a manner as to
necessitate amputation of that member,
The unfortunate man was brought to
this city last evening, where Drs. Hayes
and Snow amputated the injured band.
Mr. Samuelson had worked only two
days when the accident occurred. Ba
ker City Democrat.
Friday'sDaily.
Tay payers are requested to read the
notice in this issue, and profit thereby.
Costs will be made after July 1st.
Two Indians and a white man faced
the city recorder this morning, and re
ceived the usual impartial attention.
Moonlignt excursion on the 15th for
the benefit of the hose teams, and the
tournament this fall. Do not -fail to
patronize the boys.
Up-to-date Hood River has shipped
about 18,000 crates of strawberries, or
225 tons. . Just think of tackling that
pile with a teaspoon.
The Ramsey school, near Dufur,
taught by Miss Annie B. Thompson, are
going to give a picnic in the grove near
the Echoolhouse two weeks from today.
Circuit; urt meets tomorrow for the
purpose of considering several equity
cases. A final adjournment for the
term will probably be taken next week.
Don't forget the sale of city lots,
which takes place on the grounds to
morrow aflernoou at 2 o'clock. Now is
the time to get a piece of . residence
property, and get it cheap.
The Warrendale cannery is said to be
blocked with fish. .They are coming
very slowly here, and our canneries can
easily take care of a hundred tons a day
for our friends down the river. All they
have to do Is to furnish the fish, The
Dalles canneries will do the rest.
The ladies of the Lutheran church
will give a grand ice cream social on
iVednesday, June 16th, in the store
building adjoining the land office. All
are cordially invited to attend.
Governor Budd of California has re
preived Dorrant until Jnly 9th, for the
purpose of having the legality of his
appeal decided. It is not probable this
can be done within thirty dajs, and a
further repreive is not only possible, but
probable.
Harry Luckey, brother of J J. Lnckey
of Hood River, committed suicide while
in a fit ' of despondency, at Tekoa,
Wednesday. He had been employed on
the railroad and being discharged be
came discouraged and put an end to his
existence. It was expected the body
would arrive at Hood River this morn
ing on the Spokane flyer, and the funeral
would take place this afternoon. Harry
was of a remarkably j ally temperament
and the last person on earch one would
suspect of giving way to deepondency.
Mr. King of San Francisco, accom
panied by his son, came up on the Reg'
ulator yesterday. Mr. King's son was
the young gentleman who was organist
in Emanuel church, San Francisco, at
the time of the murder of Blanche La-
mont, and who testified to seeing Dnr
rant come down from the belfry. He
also testified as to Durrant's condition,
he being pale and apparently sick, and
saying be was overcome with gas, as he
bad been fixing the burners. King
went out and got Dorrant a dose of
bromo seltzer and was in the church at
the latest, only a few moments after the
murder.
All the plans for the High Jinks are
fully completed, and it promises to be
one of the events of the year, in the way
of rolicking fun. The ekirt dance by
Miss Pet-cran-shan-fish has never been
excelled before Dalles footlights, and the
song and dance by a creole beauty and
her picininny is immense, besides many
other specialties. All the yoqng ladies
in town are to be there, and, of course,
all the young men will be on hand and
cheerfully pungle up their little quarter
of a dollar at the entrance at Miss Lays
gate, Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock.
Refreshments are to be served without
ajEtra charge.
Cocked Bat Tournament.
The following is the score of the
Dalles participants in the individual
tournament now being bowled by mem
bers of the Northwest Cocked Hat Asso
ciation. The first column gives the
number of games bowled ; the second
the average score :
V C Schmidt
.100 37.22
. 64 35.59
. 69 35 26
.100 3423
. 31 33.48
. 93 33.57
. 44 32.07
. 54 31.50
. 36 31 08
. 57 30.95
. 40 30.68
. 17 30 01
. 82 29.88
. 25 29.44
. 45 27.47
. 3 22
F L Houghton .
J C Hostetler.
GeoC Blakele.
H Lonsdale . .
A J Tolmie. . .
F A VanNordei
B F Laughlin.
John Hampshi
P W DeHuff..
Tbe Virtue's Cleanup.
Along with the many other things of
interest that are down on tbe program
for tournament week tbe hundreds of
visitors from abroad will be given an
opportunity to see more gold in its
native state than was ever their lrt'to
behold before coming to Baker City.
At the First National Bank yesterday
the retorts from the Virtue mine for tbe
month were received and displayed on
tbe counters to admiring crowds. The
value of the bullion was $20,000 or
more.
This is only one instance of the many
offering proofs of the great mineral
wealth lying almost within the gates of
our city and is sufficient evidence of the
substantial foundation of the Denver of
Oregon. Democrat.
High Jinks.
Under the above title comes a de
scription of a most happy time to be
spent Saturday evening on the combined
lawns of Miss Lay and Mrs. Peters.
Mrs. Bradshaw, chairman, backed by
St. Paul's Goild, has prepared a draw
ing entertainment for that time and
place, and as the gate receipts are to go
to a worthy cause, it is to be hoped tbe
public will give the ladies a liberal pat
ronage. The finest local talent of the
city has been engaged, and the very
mention of the above names insures an
enjoyable time.
Pay Your Taxes.
The county court is determined that
the taxes shall be collected closely and
that the delinquent list'vhall practically
vauish. To accomplish this tbe court
has. made an imperative order, acting
under which the sheriff in collecting
taxes will be compelled to add all costs
of collection on and after July 1st.
Steps will be taken to enforce collections
as rapidly as possible after July 1st, and
those who wish to avoid costs will do
well to pay up before the date named.
' ' jll-jiyl
Cash In Your checks.
All county warrants registered prior
to Dec. 1, 1892, will be paid at my
office. Interest ceases after . May 7,
1897. C. L. Phillips,
County Treasnrer.
THE BICYCLE WALK.
The Kenalssance of the It ns tied Grecian
... .'.': Bend. ." f"
" - Have you caught on to the new walk
that the young ladies have been inoch
lated with? If not, you want to keep
your eyes open, and it will not take you
long, to discover it, even in its incipient
stages. When it first arrived it was in
a very mild form ; but as it beame more
nniuerons it also became more acute.
In the incipient stage the young victim
can easily be distinguished. The nat
ural, .upright, independent, swinging
walk, natural to tbe springy instep of
youth is wanting, and instead is a mincing
gait, suggestive of tight shoes. . Tbe
body is bent slightly forward from tbe
hips, the chin necessarily thrown for
ward, in order to give the eves a chance
to sweep the horizon, and to balance the
forward lean of the upper story the
foundation is necessarily projected in an
opposite direction.
The firet impiession conveyed by
glancing at tbe female figure in this
position is that the said female is suffer
ing from a slight attack of colic. It is
simply the renaissance of the ''Grecian
bend," so popular and so ugly twenty
five years aao. As style always goes to
the utmost extremes of absurdity before
it takes a tumble to itself, it ia fair to
presume that the present bicycle walk
will be no exception to the rule, and
that all of its points ot ugliness will be
accentuated before it gives way to some
thing else. Among tbe points of em
phasis will undoubtedly be a revival of
the bustle. The walk is so ungainly
and so ongaceful that it is almost cer
tain to become the rage, just as did tbe
toothpick shoes and balloon sleeves, tbe
baby stare and photographic grin.
During the height of the Grecian bend
fad someone paraphrased Goldsmith's
immortal lines to suit the occasion, and
they will bear repetition now:
When lovely woman stoops to folly
And rues the ruse lilas! too late,
What charm shall soothe her melancholy?
What art shall set her back up straight?
The only thing for her disaster;
The only thing her woe to end,
Is to apply a mustard plaster.
If she won't do it, let her bend.
A HARD-HEARTED EDITOR.
He Would See the Descendant of a No
ble Bouse Die Enalded.
He drifted into tbe Times-Mountain
eer office yesterday with a woe-begone
look upon his countenance and a woe
begone suit of clothes upon his system.
behind which he was only partly suc
cessful in hiding, for in places patches
of unwashed bide peeped through the
only rents that he collected. Casting
hiB mixed intoxicant gaze on the genial
gentleman who shoves - the editoral
pencil on our contemporary, and re
moving his tattered hat involuntarily in
that august presence, he said :
Sir, behold a waif of fortune, a relic
of other days, a remnant of what was
once a gentleman, but what is now,
alas ! the decaying wreckage of an ill-
spent life. Sir, you have it in your
power to grant me an inestimable fayor.
to do an act of charity that will make
the angels flutter their white wings, and
tune up their harps in joy at the-re-in-
carnation of charity in the human
breast. Sir, I am in need, I need 10
cents, one dime, or in the Anglo Saxon
of you Westerners, a bit. I will be
frank with you. I am hungry, but I
can stand that. I want the money to
buy just one drink of whiBkev. I was
drunk yesterday. I am in torture today,,
for the dead and dying embers of a de
bauch add the stings of conscience to
the pangs of an outraged and reyengeful
stomach. . I ask nothing more, and I
trust you will feel that I ask nothing
much just relief temporary surcease
from my sorrow. Ten cents will do it.
Will yon give it? Then up spake
Douthit ift one brief word, "Nary."
'What! You would let a man die on
your door step for lack of 10 cents worth
of liquor?" "Y ep," said the imperturb
able and unsympathetic editor. "In
fact, you would make a forty-line item
if you should die here, and as you will
have to die sometime, and have each a
good opportunity, why not just etep out
side and pass in your checks. Items are
scarce, and the graveyard is anguishing
for you anyhow."
With one agonizing and reproachful
look, the visitor turned away. While
the editor hunted up another editor and
the two smoked up just twice tbe money
it would have taken to have brought joy
to the relic aforesaid.
It's a cold, a cruel, a selfish and an
unfraternal world.
THE "P1ZEN" OAK CLUB.
Tbe Small Boy Tackles the Problem of
Fraternity. .
What a' boy, assisted by more boys,
will not think of and then do, as long as
it is not something he is wanted to do,
is past all finding out.
A number of youngsters here have
caught-on to the abundance of fraternal
secret societies, created and patronized
by grown folks, and becoming imboed
with the idea that it was absolutely ne
cessary ' for the protection of their in
terests to have something of the kind all
their own, have perfected an organiza
tion with the the suggestive name of
"The Poison Oak Club."
Tbe club has neither written constitu
tions nor by-lawe. "It has no rituals, no
regalias, no jewels, no odes, no nothing.
Its ceremonies are simple, consisting
only in the application of poison oak to
1 -J ll Vgd - articles to smokers of -
I fi f:J &Q BEackwell's
h. , i$h$jj Genuine
1 tSSSS tfBT Durham
i LJrj Tobacco
The Best
$ SmoklngTobacco fVSada
the face of the candidate. The boy ap
plying for admission into tbe mysteries
of the order is at once informed
of the ordeal he must (literally) face.
If he expresses his willingness to under
go it, his face is well robbed with poison
oak and be is a full fledged member in
all the decrees. The selection of officers
is also simplified, for the boy who gets
the sorest face becomes by reason thereof
president, until some more fortunate kid
gets a worse dose of the oak, when he
becomes president. It is also provided
that such candidates as tbe poison re
fuses to take on, shall be marked on the
backs of the wrists with indelible ink,
so that all he has to do to prove his
membership is to turn np his shirt
sleeve.
The club is growing,, despite the or
deal, but fortunately the poison oak is of
poor quality or the boys are not well
posted and get something else, but at
any rate, there are so far, few faces on
which the poison "took.""
Owner Please Call and Prove Property.
Last evening a gentleman brought to
this office a letter he found upon tbe
street, thinking it might be of import
ance to the loser.
There were no names either of the
party addressed or the- writer, hence we
hardly know how to advertise it in such
a manner as to attract the real owner's
attention. It is a delicate subject always-
to be dealing with other people's
love letters, or for that matter, with
your own. This one shows a wealth of
affection, that comes tumbling in cas
cades from the deep fountains of her
love,, over the precipices- that separate
that altitudinous country where pnppy
love has its being from this lower world,
where tbe cabbage and hash of every
day life fill tbe female corset to the ex
clusion of dreams and visions of things
unattainable.
The' letter starts in with the wealth of
affection, effervescing in the underscored
bubbles, "My dear darling." It is sad
to note that she was not bis capital
"Dear" or capital "Darling," just both
with a small "d" and: for brevity it
might be written, "My d d."
Now we are not going into the sub
stance of that letter because we think
the writer or the writee should recog
nize it from the above, if not, and either
of them will call we will permit a pe
rusal of tbe letter, to- aid in its identifi
cation.
A Horse on H'urfsoa.
Tom Hudson yesterday was getting
ready for bis regular summer trip down
along the Canyon City road to look after
the Eastern Oregon Land Co.'s business.
For these trips he keeps a span of horses,
one of which is a gray. The horses were
in a pasture a mile or so from town, so
yesterday' Tom went out, caught the
horses and brought them into town.
Then he Droceeded to bitch them np and
give them a spin around town, just to
get them used to it.
, When thus engaged, he was hailed by
Emil Scbanno, who asked, "Where did
you get my norser lorn, ot course,
denied ever having seen Schanno's
horse. "But that's my gray horse yon
Be Not Alarmed
By the so-called "WARNING" of our competitors. Tbe threat
made to our customers, is nothing mare nor less than a big bluff of a,
would-be monopoly.
Our Baker Barbed Wire was purchased from one of the largest
concerns in the United States ; each spool is branded "Genuine Baker
Warranted," and we invite comparison with any other make of Wire.
' We have bought nearly 100,000 pounds of this wire for SPOT
CASH, at the right price, and propose to give our customers the benefit .
of it. We are not holding it for a fancy price, and claiming it to be the
best Wire on earth. It is worth no more than any other good Wire,
but is as good as any, and we are selling it as low as any. Compare
our so-called "Spurious" Wire with the ONLY Baker PERFECT, be
fore buying, and get oar prices. We are making prices that should get
your trade.
MAYS & CROWE.
You will find one coupon in
side each a-ounce bag, and two
coupons inside each 4-ounce
bag. Buy a bag, readthe-coupon
and see how to get your share.
are driving," said Schanno, ' Then Tom
looked at the horse and sarcastically'
asked if Schanno really ever owned an
animal of tbe equine race. Schanno
said he did, and that he owned that gray
one. Tom gave him what might appro
priately be called the "horee laugh,"
but Schanno smiled serenely and in
sisted it was a horse on Tom. Then the
latter gentleman offered to back his
opinion with $10 single standard money.
Schanno didn't care to bet on a dead
thing. What was your animal,.inquired
the patient Schanno, a horse or mare.
She was a mare, of course,, was tbe
reply. "Well, the horse you are driving
is a horse and my horse at that," and
then, but not till then, did Hudson give
it up.-
TOURNAMENT AT BAKER.
The Time
Made by
Teams.
the Coaa-petlBC
Early Wednesday forenoon several
thousand people assempled at the Har
rison street racing course to witness the
races. The speed contest, was first on
the list aud the teams ran in tbe follow
ing order :
Speed contest Waitsburg, 24: Pen
dleton, 23 3-5; Huntington, 25;. Baker
No. 5, 24 ; La Grande, 23 3-5 ; Baker No.
3, 25 2-5; Walla Walla, 23 3-5.
Three teams being tied for first place,
it became necessary to run off the tie.
which resulted as follows :
Pendleton, 23 3-5 ; La Grande, 23-4-5;
Walla Walla, 23 3-5.
It was decided to run the race-off after
tbe wet test in the afternoon.
In the afternoon the crowd bad: in
creased to about 4000. Tbe time in tbe
wet test was given as follows : .
Waitsburg, 43; Pendleton, 35 1-5;
Huntington, 47 2-5; Baker No... 5, no
time; La Grande, 36 2-5 ; Walla Walla,
34.
Then came the run-off between Pen
dleton and Walla Walla with, the-following
official result :
Pendleton, 23 3-5 ; . Walla Walla ,. 2S
1-5.
Then came the hook and ladder con
test with the following result:-.
Baker City No. 1, 214-5,-; Waitsburg,
24.
Stands at the Bead.
Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La., says : ; "Dr. King's
New Discovery is the. only thiag that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of
Safford, Ariz., writes; . "Dr. King's New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it ; it
never fails, and is a sore cure for Con
sumption, Coughs, and Colds. I cannot
say enough for its merits." Dr. King's
New Discovery, for. Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment. '
It has been tried .for a quarter of a cen
tury, and today stands at the bead. It
nerer disappoints. Free trial bottles at
Blakeley & Houghton's drug store. 1
For the old reliable MeCormiek reap
ers and mowers go to J. H. Filloon.
- m28-tf
Extras for Standard mowers and rakes
at J. H. Fillaon's. ' m28-tf
Subscribe for The Chronicle.