THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1897.
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We have just received a carload of Header Gears,
and are showing a very complete line of Hacks
and Buggies. We have enlarged our storage fa
cilities, and now have a large and commodious
Warehouse at the corner of Second and Laughlin
Sts.,which will be devoted entirely to these goods.
DO IT BUY
Drop us a postal and we will
and prices..
All Goods Marked
in Plain Figures.
COR. SECOND AND FEDERAL STS.,
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday s Daily.
The fair ia a good thing. Tush it
along.
Mr. S. L. Brooka is having an excava
tion made for an addition to his resi
dence. The police court has fallen into innoc
uous desuetude, and refuses to famish
any items.
The Dalles Lumbering Company are
moving their stock today to their new
quarters in the Wingate building.
Fishermen say that most of the fish
are being canght by seines, and that the
water is too low for many of the wheels
to be operated. - -( - - -
Geo. Ruch is having his bake oven re
paired and put in first-claba condition.
He will probably re-open the bakery in
the near future.
The little child of Mr. and Mrs. D.
Hock man, died yesterday morning of
meningitis. The funeral ' took place
. from the Catholic church this afternoon.
The East End was crowded with
'wheat teams this morning.moet of the
wheat being delivered for storage. Mer
chants are feeling the revival of the fall
trade, and every store-keeper reports
good sales.
Tacoma real estate must be very valu
able these days. The Cbbonicle was
recently offered a city lot for a few
months advertising, but the prospect of
paying the worth of the property every
year in taxes was enough to make the
buainess manager dialike the proposi
tion. Congressman Ellis is expected to ar
rive in The Dalles shortly, to remain a
couple of days. The exact date of his
arrival has not been determined. While
here he will listen to recommendations
; about the various local appointments to
be made.
- The Dalles City took on 400 sheep at
' Lyle this morning for Troutdale.. Ow
ing to the boat leaving earlier than
' usual this morning several passengers
. miesed connection. One man driving
four loose horses was seen hurrying
' down Second street this morning and in
a few minutes he came back at a more
leisurely gait, having got ia there in
time to see the boat well started from
. the dock.
The Chicago wheat market was steady
and the price in The Dalles did not
change from the ighty-cent mark.
Yesterday's government report gave the
European deficiency. at 113,000,000, and
' says little help is to be expected trom
India, Argentina or Australia for months
to come. There is .not .the utmost con
fidence in the crop reports issued by the
government, ae it is claimed the work
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is loosely done; but people who watch
the situation all agree in saying that
those who have wheat cannot lose by
holding it.
The Salvation Army is preparing for a
grand "Harvest Festival," to be held
next Saturday, Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday evenings. A harvest ship will
be prepared, loaded with all manner of
good things. Tuesday evening the vari
ous articles will be sold. Meetings will
be held all day Sunday. The members
of the Army are going to considerable
trouble to armnge the festival, and have
asked the farmers and merchants to
contribute some articles for the sale. It
is hoped the request will meet with a
generous response.
Judge Bennett received word this
afternoon that the supreme court of
Washington had rendered a decision in
the case of Walker vs. O. R. & N. Co.
giving judgment for the plaintiff in the
sum of $25,000. Walker was an engineer
living at Colfax, and was killed two
years ago in a wreck. His widow sued
the company, Judge Bennett conducting
the case, an,d obtained a judgment for
$40,000. The case was appealed, and
the supreme court affirmed the judg
ment after' reducing it $15,000. Judge
Bennett is well pleased over the outcome.
President E. E. Lytle, of the Colum
bia Southern, arrived home from Biggs
last night. He reports that the road
will be completed to Wasco not later than
September 25tb, and possibly by the
20th. Yesterday the wind blew furious
ly up the Sherman county canyons, and
the. men were compelled to quit work
ing. The dust flew in clouds, so that
the drivers could hardly see the horses.
The depot grounds at Wasco are covered
with piles of wheat awaiting shipment.
When the whistle of the locomotive is
first beard in Wasco the joy of its citi
zens will be past description.
Thursday's Dally. -
A. S. MacAllister is buying wheat at
the Regulator dock.'
Colonel Sinnott is reported better to
day, and his friends expect to have him
out in a few days.
' The fruit shipments from The Dalles
this season greatly exceed the amount
of any previous year.
The Regulator took one thousand
sacks of wheat to Portland today, be
sides a large consignment of wool.
Is The Dalles going to let the fair
slide? If we are not, something bad
better be done, and that right qnickly.
The . new wharfboat for. Lyle. was
towed to its quarters this morning. It
will make a very commodious Ending.
The Chicago wheat market was
sl:ght!y off yesterday, but the price in
The Dalles is still unchanged, the price
paid being eighty cents.1
The endeavor society of the Christian
church are preparing a splendid musical
and literary entertainment to be given
in their church Friday evening, Oct. 1st
A carload, ot the celebrated Stnde
baker waeons was received this morning
at Pease & Mays. This makes the sec
ond carload received by them during the
past month.
Receiver Wilson of The Dalles Na
tional bank announces that all receiver
certificates numbering from 125 to 200
inclusive will be paid upon presentation
at the bank.
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Work has begun stretching the wires
on' the telephone poles from The Dalles
to Goldendale, and it will be but a short
time till these neighboring cities are in
quick communication. The enterprise
WAGONS, HACKS, BUGGIES.
The BEST ON WHEELS.
ave Seen Qnr Goods.
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MAYS,
THE DALLES, OREGON.
ot building this line is a very commend
able one, and will work to the advan-
iSon. George W. Barnes joined the
Elks last night, and goes back to Prine
ville with a new lease on life. He will
hare some things to tell the boys out
there that will interest them.
Moro is to have a first-class iron
foundry. Articles of incorporation have
been filed , with the county clerk. The
incorporators are William Henrichs, Dr.
J. M Smith and D. C. Ireland. The
capital stock is $4,000.
tage of both places. We trust the pro
r motors will make a lot of money oat of
the venture.
Walla Walla is to haye a fruit fair, so
is Hood River. Pendleton is to have a
race meeting, so is Prineville. Gather
ings of tbis sort are to be held in nearly
eyery Eastern Oregon town. How about
The Dalles?
. L. P. Jensen, captain on The Dalles
ferry boat for more than a score of years,
passed through tbis city yesterday with
his family to locate on bis farm in Yaki
ma. Thus Yakima gains another of our
time-honored citizens. Goldendale Sen
tinel. Mr. J. H. Cradlebaugh has been in
vited to repeat his address on "The
Hatching of the Sage Hen" at the state
fair on press day, October 4th. Mr.
Cradlebaugh, while feeling compli
mented at the consideration shown, has
not signified his acceptance.
.- If you suffer with headache or pain in
the eyes, if print blurs when reading,
you should have your eyes examined.
Possible detective vision is th'e cause of
the pain and if corrected will relieve
the pain. Dr. Lanaerberg, eye special
ist, office in the Vogt block, will examine
your eyes free of charge.
, Win Curtis has been offered and has
accepted the position of assistant to the
professor in Biology in Williams college'.
This position is usually given to recent
graduates of high rank in the stndy who
are desiring to pursue Biology as a pro
fession, and affords fine opportunities
for the study and good chances for ad
vancement. F. A. Carle, for eight years managing
editor ot The Oregonian, has retired,
left the state. Carle is a ' "pretty"
writer; but his ill-nature produced more
enemies than friends. Oregon never
needed him. People in this latitude
prefer good humor. They despise crab
bed, crusty, churlish, sullen austerity.
Moro Observer.
In a short time Joseph Shannon will
open a saddlery and harness shop in
the Columbia feed yard building, oppo
site Saltmnrshe & Co. 'a stock yards.
Mr. Shannon has worked at the Sad
dlery business in The Dalles for the past
twenty-five years, and his well-known
ability as a first-class workman will
draw to him the patronage of many who
desire good goods and honest work. He
will otrry' a full and complete line of
everything pertaining to tbe business.
The ladies of the Episcopal church are
contemplating giving a rendition of the
opera "Pinafore" some time in October,
for the benefit of the church. Some
excellent voices have been secured and
all the preliminary arrangements are
made. The chorus will begin drilling at
once, and tbe leading performers are get
ting ready for their parts. It is the in
tention to produce tbe opera on an elab
orate scale, and we are confident the
entertainment will be one of tbe finest
ever given in The Dalles. "Pinafore" is
one of Gilbert & Sullivan's greatest suc
cesses, and there is no one in The Dalles
who will want to miss this pleasing re
production. ', , . . '
A new scheme is now on the tapis a
steamboat landing and wharf at Me ma
loose on the Washington shore about
three miles below the Lyle landing. A
large number bave .become tired of wait
ing fir a duck at Lyle and are preparing
to have a landing that will be accesea
ble at all stages of the Columbia. A
Portland party has made a liberal cash
offer to further the project, and qnite a
number in the viciuity of Lyle offered
to contribute money and labor in fur
therance of the project. Lyle had better
ba uo and doing; procrastination is tbe
thief of time, and some times gets away
with other things. Sentinel.
Frlday'sDally.
Wheat is still quoted at eighty cents.
which allows a slight margin on the
Portland price. ,
One carload of hogs was shipped from
the stock vards todav to the Pacific
Meat Co., at Tacoma.
Sumpter has a distinguished citizen
named Cupid. This . is another proof
that Sumpter and heaven, or at least
the old Grecian heaven, are synonymous.
Roy Sheliey, of -Eugene was killed
Tuesday while driving in a barn with a
load of sheaf wheat. He was caught
between the load and the top of the
door, and his back was broken.
A gentleman just returned from
Wasco, says that the, depot site of the
Columbia Southern is crowded with
wheat, there being nearly half a million
bushels piled up awaiting the coming of
tho cars.
Just received by The Dalles Com. Co.,
new mackeral, whole codfish, smoked
herringtWbite fish, salmon bellies, pickle
pig pork, hams and breakfast bacon.
New stock of nuts. - Your orders will re
ceive prompt attention el6-3t
Captain Hosford, of the lower river,
was in tbe city last night and completed
arrangements for putting the steamer
lone on the. route between this city and
Portland. Later he expects to put an
other boat on to run with the lone, giv
ing a daily service.
Tbe Oregon Press Association meets at
Baker City October 18th and remains
three days in that beautiful and enter
prising' town. The pencil-pushers can
rest assnrred that they will have the
world to choose from, for when' Baker
opens its doors it provides like Monte
Christo. ' ,
The steamer Excelsior arrived in San
Francisco Wednesday from St. Michaels,
Alaska, with a crowd of Alaskan miners
and one million dollars. The miners,
most of them, bad from $20,000 to $30,
000 each.
The run of salmon is quite good, and
the canneries here are putting .up fish
enough to make tbe catch at this . point
worth mentioning. Tbe spring catch
was light, Seufert Bros, putting np only
about 6000 cases.
Tbe John's lumbering company is
moving its stock of lumber to the
Wingate building on Second street. Tbe
move being caused by the leasing of the
building by the Commercial Club. The
building is being overhauled and put in
shape for the Club.
Do not fail to attend tbe social o be
given by tbe Good Templars at the K.
of P. hall, tomorrow night. A program
will be rendered, after which refresh
ments will be served. The small price
of admission, 15 cents, ought to bring
everybody out.
Bonanza is having a really serious
time in getting a post office. It has at
least 300 persons getting mail. A man
named Cannon was appointed post
master, bat before his bonds arrived
moved away. The Oregon . delegation
can do a needed piece of work by having
the office established. . .
J. W. Stamper, one of the pioneers of
Umatilla county, is in his 73d year, but
notwithstanding he raised 13,000 bush
els of wheat this year with the aid of a
boy, who worked for him three months
only. . Mr. Stamper disposed of his
wheat at seventy-six cents a bushel, and
finds himself in very good shape pbsic
ally as well as financially. Mr. Stamper
has resided for 26 years near Athena.
The abundant fruit crop this year
has caused a jar famine in Eugene, and
glass jars cannot be had for love or
money. The usual orders for jars were
placed eariy in tbe season by dealers,
who did not foresee the great demand
for tbis ware that followed. One firm
in Eugene has sold over 300 dozen glass
jars this season, and could bave sold
many more it it bad bad them. Many
other firms have made as large or large;
sales. Being unable to get glass jars,
many people are now buying stone jars
and will preserve their fruit. ..
Speakinit of - Sumpter in another
column, we neglected to state that tbo
North Pole ore is so rich that it is being
shipped to tbe Tacoma smelter without
being milled ; that .the E. & E. mine is
producing $25000 per month ; the Colum
bia paying about the same; the Bonanza'
is paying $25,000 to $30,000 Der month ;
the Don Juan with 10 stamps is produc
ing more than $10,000 per month ; the
Red Boy mine more than $20,000 and is
putting on 20 more stamps that will in
crease its output to more than $40000
every 30 days, and that besides these
mines, all tributary to Sumpter, there
are dozens of hydraulic claims that are
turning out big money. -
Nebraska corn for sale at tbe Wasco
warehouse. Best feed on earth. . m9-tf
The highest
tobaccos is "Just as
good as. Durham."
Every old smoker
knows there 13 rone just
as good as .
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You v?iH find one
eacfl tv.'0 draco
pons in-,clo cacii tor.r cunci
bag cf BfackwclTs puiiain .
Bay a bag of this cele
brated tobacco end read the
coupon vbidi River, n list
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f of valuable presents isiid Vow
'- to get tUcaz. , - .
EE. SiDDALL RETURNS
ARRIVES IN SEATTLE ON HIS WAY
HOME FROM SKAGUAY.
VI via Description of the Scenes Attend
ing tbe KlonkIKe Travelers
Enough to Deter Anyone
From the Jonrnej.
The news was received Tuesday that
Dr. Siddall had arrived at Seattle on
his way home from Skaguay and the in
telligence created much excitement and
interest among, the .doctor's friends.
The details be gives in the letter pub
lished below fully warrant his decision
not to attempt what in all reason is a
hopeless task, and all the doctor's ac
puaihtances are glad he baa turned from
what will be a distressing winter. He
is now in Ellensburg, but will be in The
Dalles within a few days. The letter was
written to a friend in The Dalles and
furnishes a graphic and truthful account
of the terrible circumstances surround
ing tbe gold-seekers : '
Skaguay, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1897.
AIy Dear Friend:
I have done everything in my power
to get to Bennett lake and I cannot
without paying more than I think I
ought to. The party I contracted with
to put us to Dawson City for 20 cents a
pound failed, and now they charge 50
cents on each trail and the trails are in
such terrible condition that not five per
cent will ever see the lake this fall and
not one per cent will ever see Dawson,
as after they get to the lake they then
have to pay from $350 to $500 for a boat.
With -the ice already fornnng every
niitht at the lake, old timers say it
looks like an early winter and I cannot
tbitk of enK miles on ice and pay
such awful prices, and think tbe only
common-sense way is by St. Michaels.
This route I will take next spring and
be just as far ahead as if J could go in
now. I have sold all my outfits and made
a bargain for a seat in a boat for Dawson
City for $200, but when we get in there
we would not bave any grub and the pa
pers are full of reports about possible
starvation.
I shall sail for Seattle on the steamer
Seattle today at 5 p. m'. and it makes me
jast sick, as it is tbe first time in my
life that I have run up against a snag
and had to turn back. Just think, 50
cents a pound to tbe lake would be
$1000! We don't want to buy Alaska
to get to Dawson City particularly, as
there are no new strikes reported.
I have seen several from there who
came through this way, four who left
Dawson City on the 4th of July and one
on the 30th the very day we left Port
land. There is no doubt but that the
Klondike is awful rich, but anyone go
ing in now will have to hunt for some
thing that may be there. It was just
that way in Cariboo.
Neither of tbe parties bave got all
their outfits to the lake yet and many
bad a splendid lot of horses, but tbe
trail is so bad pen cannot describe it.
There are some 1500 hexd of animals
1,000,000 People
IN the United States now enjoyinz food cooked in the MA
JESTIC affirm that the half has not been said in its
praise. The manufacturers of this Range pledge them
selves that all parts of the MAJESTIC except the firebox
and the new series N03. 201 to 212, are made of steel and mal
leable iron, and purchasers are aseured that it is .19 good and
as honest as skilled labor and money can produce. If the parts
now in malleable iron were (as in other so-called steel ranges)
'made of cast iron, the price could be greatly reduced ; bat the
MAJESTIC is not made with a view' to furnishing extra
parts for repairs.
MAYS & CROWE,
- Sole Agents.
claim for other.
cotipou ansida -
bag, anil vzro cou
now on tbe trail and thousands of men,
some coming back and going by Dyes,
while others come from Dyea to try it
over this hell on earth of a Skaguay.
This is the worst place for rain you ever
saw and I wish yon could just take one
look on such au awful and miserable lot
of men. It is pitiable to look. at their
sad faces.
We bad the first funeral here on Son
day. . He was an old man 59 years and
dropped dead from heart failure. His
nrtfn ma bprA anrt returns tn hop hAma
in Snohomish, Wash. It was a sad af
fair to see us lay him to rest in tbis
miserable Alaska. They were ' trying to
get through to Dawson. The wife was
a Rebekah, and appreciated our kind
ness so much. D. Siddalt.. ,
New Flooring- Mill. :
F.S.Gordon has completed airange
ments for the erection of his flour mill
at Tygh Valley, instead of Wamic, as
he. originally contemplated. This is
evidently a very judicious move, as
Tygh Valley is more centrally located.
The establishment of this, up-to-date
Case Co. mill by a thorough and pro
gressive business man, is one of tbe best
things that has fallen to the lot of that
already prosperous valley for a long
time.' Every dollar's worth of flour
made and sold through the mill will add
proportionately to the profits of farming
throughout the entire section io reach
of tbe mill.
There is no reason why Mr. Gordon
will not be in a position to compete suc
cessfully . for , the flour . trade in any
market, for it is a remarkaole fact that
the Case Co. has never placed a mill in
operation that has fallen ehort in any
way from their guarantee as to class of
machinery or quality and flow of flour;
and tbeir mills bave in every instance
proven a source of profit to the owners
in various places throughout the north
west. They . have aleo added to . tbe
prosperity and general wealth of . every
part of the country in which tbey are
being operated. No. 1 flour is as good
as gold anywhere . : ...
The Kw Wlit.
The newest creation in silk waists are
now on display at A. M. Williams &
Co.'s. They are strikingly handsome.
Made of a plain changeable check, or
fancy plaid taffetta silk ; eome with linen
collar and others with silk stocks. All
made with a fitted lining. A very choice
varietv and no two alike. Prices range
from $6 to $12. - ; . .