TELE DALLES WEEKLY-CHRONICLE SATURDAY. JULY 24, 1897.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
.' U'Mnnklnr s Itallv.
. . There is one good thing about the
Baker, the passengers get to- see all the
scenery.
'The Earl fruit company expects to
ship 300 cars of fro it from Oregon to the
eastern markets this year.
One individual, who had imbibed too
freely, was before the city recorder this
morulas, and was prescribed for in the
nsaal manner.
The steamer Baker arrived last night
, abont 9 o'clock, after a fourteen hours
- ran from Portland. The Baker is a fine
boat, bat unnecessarily slow.'. . She
brought np, among other freight, two
big threshers.
The Wolff & Zwicker iron works of
Portland has secured the contract for
building another torpedo boat for the
government. The new boat is to have a
I on i t 1 j : 1 1 l-
: wonder of marine engineering.'
- t r " a i ;i,
aicijiure s magazine lor august win
contain a dialect poem by James Whit
comb Riley ; a characteristic poem of the
"rail" by Cy Warman; and a poem on
. what is perhaps the greatest of the ques
tions of. the hour, by Albert Bigelow
Paine.
If Hon. T. T. Geer's statements con
cerning the trans-Mississippi congress
held at Salt Lake contain as much truth
aa bis statements concerning Bryan's
speech here, to call the whole affair, a
lie would be to insult Ananias, and bring
the blush of shame to Baron Munchau
sen. .
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worst condition possible. Whoever Iras
charge of it should see that some work is
done on it. and that at once. And while
we. are abont it, it might be added that
Union street is full of rocks, and a tew
dollars expended there would not be
wasted. 1
The weather bureau, we are glad to
state, was mistaken concerning the wea-
' tber yesterday and today. According to
the forecast, yesterday was to bave been
a. scorcher and todav was to he much
- worse. ' Instead, the day has been aim
ply delicious, or at least that is what a
young lady told us. We credit the im
. proved weather conditions to Patricio
McNeal, the young gentleman who is
now running the weather department of
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me vommerciai iwuo.
Word has been received at Baker City
of an accident at the Union-Companion
mine, at Cornucopia. Blasting with
giant powder was proceeding, and be-
; tween the blasts a great volume of smoke
poured from the shaft. This' smoke
overcame William Broomhall, a miner,
and th nnfnrtnnntfl mnn iaiI nnvn tho
shaft a distance of 75 feet. His left arm
was broken in two places, and his
shoulder was dislocated. . At last ac
counts he was living, and it is thought
that he will recover.
The Dalles can boast one home indus
try at least, and its owner says it is a
success." A man nampd Johnson looking
over the situation concluded it was just
as easy for home talent to start a knife
and scissors grinding business as for an
outsider to do eo, rigged op a wheel and
treadle on a wheelbarrow and is doing a
good business. He made the grindstone
from the fragment of a large one. aud
everything; abont the machine was made
by himself. As a result of his first three
hoars' work he earned (1.15. ,'-
The Dalles just now presents a rather.
deserted appearance, though business is
good. The regular Bummer outing to
the coast or mountains is on, and every
body is away, except : printers and
other public benefactors, who have to
remain at the post of duty at all times.
Notwithstanding the regular inpour of
wealth, the newspaper man gets weary
and lonesome on each occasions," and
even wishes, as bis slippered feet press
the velvet carpet in his private office,
that he owned a claim in the Clondyke,
and was running it himBelf. ' V
This morning some men who are en
gaged in packing supplies to the sheep
camps, tied three of their horses to the
awning poets in front of the Times
Mountaineer office. . They stood quietly
for a time, but one of them happening
to glance up, saw the big eign, and real
ising that in front of a Democratic news
paper office was a very poor place -for a
sheep-owner's horse, he gave the alarm,
and all three of the animals began tug
ging theif best to get away. The rejult
was that all the posts were palled oat
and the sign torn down before the
frightened animals could be secured. '
- Mrs.. J. E. .' Andrews . was ' knocked
down by a biker of the variety known
as scorchers; last night on the street
crossing in front of Blakeley & Hough
ton's drug store.' One of the pedals
caught in her leg and lacerated the flesh
so that eight stitches were required to
close the wound. Second street has be'
come a favorite racing ground for some
of our young folks, and they will do well
to make a ehanee in the program. The
bicvcle has come to stay, and nobody
objects to the use of the streets by those
who like to ride, bat at the same time
there are always some addle-pated peo
pie who bring disrepute on everything
they engage in, and the bicycle has pro
duced a phenomenal crop of this kind
all over the country. . ' ' '"
' Thursda) Daily
One carload of sheep was fed at the
stock yards last night. '
The Wool market is a trifle dull, with
prices a trifle lower than a week ago.
There were a few sales yesterday at 10 to
10 cents, but the lots were email.
California wheat for the first time is
being shipped to Brazil', two ships being
now loading at San Francisco for Bio,
The cargoes will amount to more than
4000 tons. ' ' i ' '.
It - is sad news to many office-seekers
that congress is about to adjourn. Most
of those who are really : on the anxious
seat must bave their appointments con
firmed by the senate, and if there is no
office. '. ".',',
Quite a number of the Christian En
deavorers arrive every evening on the
boat, and leave for home on the 1 o'clock
train. AH are delighted with their trip
np the river, which will be one of their
most pleasant recollections.
King, the young man arrested at
Baker City for running away with a girl
under the age of 16 years and taking ad
vantage of her, when arraigned Tuesday
entered a plea of guilty. The minimum
penalty for the offense is three years in
the penitentiary, which King will surely
get. " . , ' .' ;
A. F. Haynes has purchased a new 28-
inch cylinder case separator and a trac
tion engine, which he will put at work
in the grain fields of the Tygh section.
Andrew Douglas has also purchased a
new threshing outfit, with' traction en
gine. His separator has a 3Z-incn cyi-
nder. .
Hon. W. B. Ellis, writing to a friend
here under date of July 15th, expresses
the opinion that "Congress will adjourn
in ten or twelve days.'.' From this it
seems likely that as soon as the tariff
question is settled congress will ad
journ. It is expected the senate will take
action this week.. .
The latest flying machine has been
made by an inventor at Los Vegas, New
Mexico. The dispatches say that It flies
all' right at night. -Strange what
night biidst these flying machines be,
If some fellow will make one that can
ny by day, he can secure a lortune in
the Clondyke passenger trade, v
The examination of Budd Bobbins,
charged with larceny by bailee in keep
ing possassion of a . horse belonging to
W. G. Spencer, was set for 2 o'clock this
afternoon. At that hoar the defendant
was brought in, and . B. Dufur ap
peared for him, filing an affidavit for a
continuance for the purpose of securing
a witness.
The members of the hose team have
arranged for giving an entertainment
one week from Friday evening for the I
purpose of raising money for the use of
the team in preparing for the tourna.
ment. Members of the Commercial
Club minstrels have volunteered their
services, several ladies will assist with
vocal and instrumental music, and
others will take part. It will undoubt
edly be a very pleasant affair, and will
be, or at least should be, well patronized.
Roland D. Grant and party, consist
ing of twenty-one ' persons in all, ar
rived on the Baker last night, and, an'
der the guidence, of Rev. O. D. Taylor,
are examining the points of interest
about . our city. Among other things
they visited the Indian village of Wish
ram, on the other side of the river, and
amused themselves ." by hunting arrow
heads. ' The party was not expected
here until tomorrow, and Rev. Grant
was billed to lecture in the evening.
This part of the program will probably
be abandoned.
The London Times of a recent date
say s : " 1 be prospects of the harvests in
Eastern Europe are disquieting indeed.
In Austria and Hungary and along the
whole line of the Danable the harvest
will be bad. Immense tracts of corn
fields in Servia, Bulgaria and Roumania
bave been laid under water by destruc
tive floods, and what water has spared
rust has greatly injured.. So bad, in
deed, is the prospect that Austria and
Hungary, instead of exporting wheat,
will have to import it. At any rate it is
clear1 that the wheat supply from the
Danube is likely to be exceedingly small,
if not altogether wanting, this season."
' Walla Walla possesses' two young per
pendicular animals . that only lack of
brains .prevents . being men. Recently
they dressed up in ragged clothes and
held op and robbed two of their friends.
Of coarse had one or both of them been
shot or beaten to death, their ' relatives
would have mourned with an exceeding
great mourn the. loss of Bach bright!
family material, but in the recesses of
his gloomy cave the fool-killer would .
have laid aside his club, while the smile
of joy that spread over his countenance
would bave illuminated his cavern with
a ray as bright as a shaft of sunshine
through a knot-hole in a wall. - It is
really a pity the robbed did not have a
gun, for there never was such an oppor
tunity to use it to a good purpose.
A child about 2 years oM had a re
markable escape last Sunday, near New
port, Wash. During the abience of its
mother, the child leaned out of the win
dow of the-westbound Great Northern
train, and fell out on the trark just as
its mother , was .returning. The train,
which was running about 25. miles an
hour.was stopped a mile further on, and
crew and passengers returned in search
of the lost one, the mother in the mean
time being almost distracted with grief.
The child had rolled down the embank
ment', but was found in the act of crawl
ing np to the track, crying lustily for its
mother. It was not injured except for a
slight scratch on the nose. -. ;
... ' " Friday'sDally. ' .
License to marry has been issued to
Lewis S. Isenberg and Cora Fuller. '
A strorjg west wind has prevailed all
day, bnt as it keeps the temperature
down thsre is no kick coining.
Harvest has begun, and returns from
the fields indicate that the yield is going
to be greater evon than was anticipated.
The examination . of Budd Robbins
charged with larceny
UP MOUNT HOOD.
Dr. Slddall and Others Make
' . With W. A. Lang-llle.
the
Trip
R.
yesterday continued until next Tuesday,
in order to allow him to get his wit
nesses.' ; - ; '.'.' ' . .'
And still the Christian Endeavorers
come and go. Seeing, as we do, but the
ragged edges of the crowd, it seems as
though all the East must' have been in
San Francisco. . .
The examination of. Frank Heater is
being held before City Recorder Sinnott
Heater is accused of stealing a horse,
The case will probably occupy the day
tomorrow, or at least until noon.
By existing arrangements with the
publishers of the Weekly Oregonian, we
are enabled to club that excellent paper
with the Twice-a-Week Chronicle at
the low rate of J2.25 per 1 year. Now , is
the time to send in your names.
The O. R. & N. Co. has arranged for
putting a line of steamers on the Alaska
route. The first steamer to sail from
Portland will be the George W. Elder,
which will sail lor Juneau, Sitka and
Alaska points July 30th. For informa
tion as to tickets, etc., apply at the O.
& N. offices. . . '
The farmers of .Sherman county are
getting ready to harvest the largest crop
ever known in the history of this county.
There has, at the least calculation, been
twenty headers sold here this season,
while more traction engines and thresh
ing outfits have been sold in Moro the
last two weeks than for two seasons
past. The big crop and fair price is now
before us. Moro Observer.
We suggest in all earnestness, and not
in.a spirit of levity, that the Portland
Mining Exchange broaden its views and
also take Alaeka and the Clondyke un
der its ' protecting wings. .' With that
body looking after Alaska's interests, the
possibility of hundreds of millions being
taken oat in a year or two would become
an assured fact. In the interests of all
the people let the exchange include
Alaska in its list. "
Some young calf boy 8, or would-be
cowboys of the lurid literature style,
rode through town this morning on the
hurricane deck of a cay use. At the cor.
ner of Washington and Second streets,
one of the brntal and cowardly wretches
struck an unoffending Chinaman with
his cattle whip, and then rode at break
neck pace down Washington street, pre'
sumably seeking the ferry. The China
man picked up a rock and threw at them,
but unfortunately his aim was bad and
he missed them. If found they should
be given 90 days in jail, and then be ran
out of town for all time. ' ,
Dr.Siddall of this city,. Mrs. W. F.
Hume, and T. Brooke White, ex-secretary
of the Muzanias, made the ascent of
Mount Hood from Cloud Cap Inn July
20th. The day was perfect and the trip
one of which the doctor will never tire
of telling, as he- is perfectly delighted
with it. . The start was . made from the
Inn at 7'o'clock, and the -party arrived
at the summit at 1 :30, having stopped
just short of it to eat their lunch. ; The
climb from Cooper's spur was made in
three hours and thirty minutes. ; The
party was in charge of W. A. Langille,
manager of the Inn and one ot the most
careful as well as the most expert moun
tain guides in the world. It was Mr.
White's 8th ascent of the mountain, Mr.
Langille's 48th. In the book of records
left by the Mazamas Mr. Langille wrote
"The most pleasant and easy ascent of
Mount Hood ever made." Langille is a
mau of 28, of powerful build and Iron
constitution, keen of eye and sure of
foot,' quick to grasp a situation and
quicker to act upon it, and absolutely
without fear lor himself. .He knows
the mountain as well as a mother knows
by" bailee, was I her baby, and apparently the mountain
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knows and respects him. It is safe to
say that anyone making the ascent who
will place full reliance in him and do as
he tells them, will make the trip to the
summit of Mount Hood and back in per
fect safety, r ;
A thousand ' feet , of rope has been
placed along the steepest part of the
trail to assist in climbing and guard
against accidents. ' In coming down is
where the fun is, as all lie on their backs
with the rope under one arm and alpen
stock under the same arm for a brake.
Then Langille starts the crowd down,
following them and checking their speed
when it becomes too great, by means of
a rope which he hae tied to them. Dr.
Siddall, speaking from experience, ad
vises those who wear sweaters to put
them inside of their pants before start
ing down. lie tried it the other way,
and the way that sweater scooped up the
snow and sent the ice-water permeating
his other garments was a terror. The
trip is a delightful one, and no Oregon
ian can afford to miss it, for it is part of
our products. Eastern people' can take
their choice, but they can be ' assured
that they will find something new under
the sun if they will climb Mount Hood,
and something thai neither New ; York
Boston nor Chicago can furnish them.
Just Fair of Bocks. .
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side each 2-ounce bag, and two
coupons inside each 4-ounce .
bag..Buyabag, readtheconpon
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A Cool Little, Head.
Philip Hammond, the 6-year-old son
of George V. Hammond of Tacoma, fell
into an open cistern half full of water
last week. His 9-year-old sister, June,
the only other person nearer than two
blocks, called to her brother to keep
kicking, and cloee bis mouth and that
she would get him cat. She got a small
ladder, dragged it to the cistern, and let
it down carefully. Meanwhile the little
fellow had been kicking and keeping bis
month shut. . The ladder proved too
Bhort to reach the struggling boy, but
June lay down firmly on the ground,
holding the top of the ladder even with
the mouth of the cistern. Philip could
just grasp it, and June, telling him to
climb up, held on with a tenacious grip
until the lad bad, clambered oat, badly
frightened, but none the worse for his
etting. The weight of the boy greatly
strained the little girl's arms, bat, after
a brief rest, both she and' the boy were
as well and playful as ever. The first
thing Jane said after Phillip bad es
caped from the cistern was: "Don't
tell n.amina ; she would faint.", . . -
Fire Department Election. .
Tbe annual election ot The Dalles fire
department will . take place Monday,
Augnst 2d, at the engine house, onThird
street, between Court and Union; for
the election of chief and assistant engin
eer. ' Polls open from 5 to 7 o'clock p. m.
By order of board of delegates. s '
. ; ; C. E. Dawsen, Secy.
' Yellow washing powder will make
your . clothes the eame color.' , Avoid
this by using Soap Foam. It's pare
white. , . ; a2-3m
William Henrick is in jail at Pendle
ton, with a fine of $75 and tbe alterna
tive of lying tnirty-one days in jail
banging ever bim, and all on account of
a pair of socks, and a pair of nndarned
socks at that. William resides at Mil
ton, and the other day when became
home he asked his better half for a pair
of socks. These, were cheerfully fur
nished, but when William put his tril
bies inside of them he discovered that
besides his feet there were boles in tbem,
He pulled them off and commanded his
wife to darn them. . Being engaged in
getting supper, she declined for . the
time being to do bo. - William was a dis
ciplinarian, besides be was the head of
the family and his word was law. He
didn't' propose to have the Sockless
Jerry racket played on him, and so he
proceeded to lay violent hands on Mrs,
William Henricks, and be administered
punishment as be thought commensa
rate with tbe crime. Then Mrs. Will
iam . placed - the matter before' tbe
minions of the law, resulting as above.
We are inclined to think William act
ed too' hastily and harshly. Had it
been his golf stockings or his bicycle
bloomers that the wife refused to mend,
the case would have been different and
tbe beating justifiable, but a pair of
six-for-a-qnarter socks, the punishment
was a trifle severe. '
Teachers' Institute.
The programme yesterday was as fol
lows: . '".''..; ,
Grammar Person number and gender
of noons.
English Iiteratnre Hawthorne and
his works. ' , , :'.'"
Physiology Study of the skin. . 1
Arithmetic Problems in interest.
Book-keeping Entries in journal-day
book. ' . ' '
Spelling Chart of elementary sounds
of letters. : . - :
Geography Climate and products of
Oregon. . '.'-'"'''
General history History of Switzer
land. - f
Writing Value of a good movement.
AFTBSNOON. .V;-'
General discussion Dalies of county
school superintendents. : V
Theory Reason. -
Physical geography Rain, snow and
hail.. -. '.- '-.. ' " ...
Algebra Simplifying fractional ; ex
pressions. : ' ;
' A copy of the school ' law has been
placed in the bands of each teacher, and
the study of the law is a pleasing fea
ture ot the institute. :
A Street Preacher.
A street " preacher has been holding
forth here for a day or two, bat does not
seem to be making many converts to
his belief, which seems to be that every
body should be poor. ; He discoursed in
front of Maetz & Pundt'a this afternoon,
and our reporter straggled along in time
to hear him say : '-There is no relig
ion in the churches, they bad fallen
lower and lower, until now inetead of
taking in the common, every-day people
no church considers it haa its full com
plement of sinners until the larger por
tion of its congregation consist of law
yers, doctors, bankers and other wealthy
people." His harangue lasts for half an
hour, and it is safe to say that in that
time he does not advance an idea or
suggest a thought. He is posseesed. of a
foamy cascade of language, tbe words
falling over each other and not reaching
beyond bis toes. He undertakes to
build op his creed, whatever it is,' by
attacking .all denominations and all
churches. ' . ' .
1 J. Appreciated.
. Monday the Regulator took 270 Chris
tian Endeavorers from Portland to tbe
Locks. It is perhaps needless to say
that all were delighted with the grand
scenery. On the return trip the crowd
gathered in the cabin and the following
resolutions were passed : i
Whebeas, The young people of Port
land have sent several of their number
to accompany tbe excursion to look after
tbe comfort of our people, call oar atten
tion to points of interest, and in every
way to make our trip as pleasant and
profitable as possible; therefore be it '
Retolued, That we, Pennsylvanians
and . Wasbingtonians,: hereby exprtss
our hearty appreciation of this great
kindness and declare that we , will , ever
hold the people of Portland and their
unsurpassed hospitality in grateful remembrance;
Resolved, . That our hearty thanks be
given to Mr. Alloway, tbe manager of
the boat, for the excellent attention and
sptendid dinner given the Endeavorers.'
Mr. Hawes was called upon to reply,
Then Mr. Alia way was brought out. Af
ter this, D. G. McKay, D. D., of Green
ville, Pa., gave expression in a neat
speech. All in all, it was a day lorfg to
be remembered.
after his prune orchard in Polk county,
which is located near the Wallace fruit
farms. He expects to have 5000 bushels
of fruit from his orchards this year, and
will build a dryer to properly cure the
fruit and prepare it for the market.
Prof. Smith is now located at Grass Val
ley, Sherman county, where he holds the
position of superintendent of the county
schools, having the supervision of twenty-two
teachers. Ed H. Jackson, tbe
clothier, formerly in business on State
street in this city, is also located in
Grass Valley, conducting a similar store
to the one he bad here, and Prof. Smith
reports him as doing a good business.
The professor left for bis home yester
day afternoon. Salem Statesman. ,
'-..A. Speculative Youth.
A young gentleman with a specula
tive turn of mind has figured out that an
Alaska squaw can carry 200 pounds on
her back, from tide water across the
portage to the head of Lewis river, mak
ing tbe round trip, 62 miles, in a a week..
He thinks a good ' looking white man
might be able to marry a herd of ten of
tbem. These would pack a ton a week,
and would earn in the aggregate $800 a
week, or in ' round ' numbers $3000 a
month. As their lord and master he
could and would pocket the earnings
and clean up $20,000 during tbe season,
without going any further than Chilcat.
There is one element he has left out of
bis calculations, and that is he never
saw a Yukon squaw.
... . . Advertised Letters.
Supreme Court July 31st.
Clerk Lee Moorhouse, of tbe Oregon
supreme court, Pendleton, received word
this morning from Chief Justice Frank
A. Moore that the supreme court ius-
tices will be in Pendleton on Saturday,
July 31st, to band down decisions in
cases argued and submitted at the Mav
term m Pendleton. i
It bad been expected that tbe court
would not be ready to hand down de
cisions In the cases heard in Pendleton
before August 15th, and, perhaps, not
before September 1st. But tbe court
has hastened in the matter, and rapidly
as possible consistent , with thorough
work, has completed the arduous ' work.
Even now the handing down of deci
sions will be considerably later than in
previous years. .; i '
Clerk Moorhouse desires . that other
Eastern Oregon and Washington papers
make tbe announcement that supreme'
court will be in session in Pendleton for
banding down decisions on Saturday,
Julv 31st. 1
Blar fruit Crop. ,
. Following js the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called tor July 24, 1897. Persons call
ing for tbe same will give date on which
they were advertised ; - -Andrew,
Mrs M . Beacon, Miss Amia
Burnett, Mrs M Caspar, Mrs Ora
Davis, W A Fayle, W H .
Harrington, Mrs H Harris, G A
Hendry, Josephine Hendrv, Mrs A J
Hentan, Carl
May, Dan
McKirnney
Ray, Cbas' " '
Sutton, ChasE
Wike, C8
Lane, E -
Miur, Jas
Person, Cora
Stoner, Eld A J
.. Smith, Frank .
J. A. Cbossen, P. M.
Grain Prices.
.' Wheat is going up all over the world.
Dispatches from Liverpool show a rise !
of three cents a bushel within the past '
two days. At New York the market is
reported as strong, with prices at 78 to.
At Chicago tbe price is 72, while
at San Francisco it is given as 1.38 per
cental, or 82 cents a bushel. ' Reports-
from Pendleton, where the harvest is in
full blast, say that some wheat had been
sold at 55, but that it was now held at
60 cents. Portland prices yesterday-
were 65 for Eastern Oregon, 68 for valley..
' -- ' At The Institute.
Prof. M. W. Smith, who was superin
tendent of the reform sehool five years
ago, wbb in Salem over Sunday to look
Miss May A. Sechler of The Dalles be
gan institute work today." :
The following were visitors yesterday:.
Miss Mary V, Wynkoop, principal of
the high school at Maqnoketa, Iowa
Miss Antoinette B. Hollister, of the
Chicago schools. :. ,'
Miss Grant of Wallace, Idaho.: '
"The Recitation" was the subject for
general discussion today, and many val-:
uable hints were giveu by the leader.
It Don t Seem Like the
Same Old Smile.
Say husbands, you will not have : occasion
to hum the above song, if you will come to -r
Mays Crowe's and buy your wife one of
those elegant .'. ; : , :
BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES
, They will 'do the work of any ; Cast Iron
: Stove or Steel Eange, and just the thing for
warm weather. The universal verdict of
those who have tried them is, "We would
- , not be without it." , '.-', : - ; ,
MAYS & CROWE.