THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1897. The Best for the Least Money Nothing has place in our stock but what we know to be good; and when you spend a dollar with us you get one hundred cent's worth of the best there is. Compare these Prices. With what' you are now paying, and learn' what Low Prices really mean. PRINTS. Standard dark colors - hc I yard Indigo Blue and Blue and Gold ..' 5c Oil Red, Red and White, Red and Black 5c Fancy Prints, best made ........ .: '63c " Long Cloth, plain or twilled 12c UNBLEACHED MUSLINS. Aurora C, 36 inch .: 4Jc per yard Lawrence LL, 36 inch 5c " . Iron Clad, 36 inch 6c Cabot W, 36 inch '- ' " Cabot A, 36 inch 6c House Lining, 36 inch -. hc BLEACHED MUSLINS. Bric-a-Brac XX, 36 inch :': 5c Rutledge, 36 inch 1 6c . " Forrest Mills, 36 inch , -. 7c Hope, 36 inch c Lonsdale, 36 inch : : 9c " Fruit of the Loom, 36 inch .-. 9c OUTING FLANNEL. In dark colors 5c per yard CANTON FLANNEL '...6J, 8, 10, 12J and 15c per yard SHIRTING..... 5, 8, 10 and 11c per yard GINGHAMS 5c per yard LADIES' HOSE 5c per pair LADIES' UNDERWEAR : .'. 50c per suit I ALL GOODS MARKED IN I PLAIN FIGURES. PEASE & MAYS The Weekly GtooMele. IHK DALLI8, ... - - OBKGON OFFICIAL PAPER OP WA8CO COUNTY. Published in two parts, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. BY KAIL, POSTASB FKZF1ID, IX ADVAKC. One year 1150 Six months '5 Three months SO Advertising rates reasonable, and made known on application. Address all communications to "THE CHRON ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon. Telephone No. 1. LOCAL BREVITIES. Wednesday s Daily. Mr. Al Everding wil have charge of the Moody bowling alleys, commencing this evening. W. S. Byers announces that he will re-build the roller mills recently de stroyed at Pendleton. The third annual meeting of the North west Mining Association will be held at Spokane October 7th, 3th and 9th. Licenses to marry were issued today to Jared S. Pinter and Ameda G. Davis ; and Alex. McLennan and Myrtle Perrin, all of Antelope. A carload of fresh salmon will be shipped from Seufert's tonight going to New York. This will be the fourth car shipped this fall. Two cars of cattle were shipped to Trontdale last night, and four more were received at the stock yards today and will go out tonight. - T . :i 1 . 1 . I m. .1 rt xi wui wko iwu weeiLB yci lur tiie x a- lonse farmers to finish harvesting, but then the Palouse fellows never think harvest is over until their header beds fill with anow. Miss Laura Thompson, who has been in Portland for a year or more, has ac cepted a position as stenographer for Mays & Crowe, and will enter upon her duties Monday. The city council meets - tomorrow sight, an adjourned session, to consider matters left over from the regular ses sion, and some new matters that have come up since that time. Mr. Harrr Morse, who for a time was in charge of the shoe department for A. M. Williams & Co., is at present in charge of the store of the Geiser Mer cantile Co. at Bonanza, Baker county. At the East End everything is lively, but everything is wheat. The Wasco warehouse has an immensity of it, and more coming, and every sheltered nook and corner is being filled with the gol den grain. Col. Sinnott, who has for some time been suffering from hernia, went to Portland this morning on the Spokane flyer, and will be treated at St. Vin cent's hospital. Mrs. Sinnott accom panied him. We are requested to say that Worthy Matron Madaline B. Conkling, of the Eastern Star, will be in the city this evening, and all members ot the order are requested to be at the Chapter room this evening at 8 o'clock to meet her. A. M. Williams & Co. have secured the services of Mr. A. L. Gude of Los Angeles, Calif., to take - charge of their shoe department. Mr. Gude, who ar rived in the city last night, is a compe tent shoe man, understands his business thoroughly, and will no doubt make a success of his present undertaking. . Missionary efforts among the cannibals of the New Hebrides show promising re sults, the Rev. John Pa ton, stationed there, reporting 1122 converts during the last year, the correction of their dietary habits being complete and possibly - per manent. One million and fifty thousand dol lars' worth of wheat was the output of the soil in Whitman county last week. There is no better gold-producing soil anywhere than this soil of the North west ; but no special hardship attends money making here. Conductor Bice was somewhat bruised in the wreck near Arlington last night. The wreck was caused by a broken axle and Mr. Rice was thrown from one side of the oar to the other as it bumped along over the ties. His injuries are only bruises and these will soon heal. The. delayed overland train passed here at noon today, and among its other passengers had the detail of twenty-five regular soldiers, who will leave Portland by the next steamer for St. Michaels, Alaska. The men were selected for the service, and are a hardy, fine looking lot, apparently capable of standing lots of hardship. The west-bound passenger trains, due here from from Baker City and Spokane at an early hour this morning, passed through about 11 o'clock, having been detained by a freight train two miles the other side of Arlington. The freight, which was an extra in charge of Con ductor Bice, in some way got two cars and the caboose off -the track. The damage was trifling. The salmon run is better than the average fall ran, both in quantity and quality. Seufert Bros, have shipped four carloads of freeh fish to New York, and besides these their cannery is run ning to its utmost capacity. Yesterday thirty-five tons were put up. At Tafia's place everything is rushing, and yester day one wheel captured twenty-eight tons of as good fall salmon as ever came out of the Columbia. W. D. Hoffman, one of the largest sheep-owners . of Diamond, Harney county, has been in Huntington for the last week, looking after the sale of his wool, and wan successful, through the efforts of the O. C. Company, in selling his entire clip of 70,000 pounds to J. Koahland & Co. of Boston, for the hand some price of 12 cents, being the high est piice wool has been sold for this season at any point east of The Dalles. B. S. Lowe brought into town today a big porcupine, which his 12-year-old boy caught about a month ago. The boy bad gone to the pasture after a horse, and finding the fretful porker, managed to drive it home and into a box. The animal has been confined so long and teased so much, that it has lost all its quills by fighting its tormentors. It proved to be quite a curiosity to many, it being in a box with a wire netting nailed over it, so that it could be seen plainly. ' "Grant Ledford, a young man en gaged in herding sheep for J. H. Sberar, near White river, while attending to his duties carries a small rifle for the pur pose of killing coyotes and game. Mon day, when stopping for a few moments as the sheep grazed, be Bet the butt of the gun on a log, when be slipped and the hammer striking the log, was dis charged. Ledford had hold of the gun with his left hand clasped over the muz zle. The result was that the little finger was shot entirely off and two or three others badly injured. He was forced to walk from White river to Tygh, a dis tance of twenty-eight miles, to get his wound attended to. . A bona fide spook is now sojourning in Astoria, according to the statements of several persons. The apparition was first noticed by a young man residing in West Astoria. While talking to a young lady the vision, which is described as being a woman seven feet in height, en veloped in a white robe and wearing a bonnet, appeared. The man . attempted to interview her, but she jumped over a railing into the river and disappeared. Last evening Thomas Traskker, another West Astorian, met the spook. As be fore, she jumped . into the river. The spook, or lady, walked out of No. 3 engine house last night and frightened two persona half to death. John Clark, who owns the Baker City-Baisley-Elkborn stage line, tells a curious incident, which happened at the other end of the line, says the Baker City Republican. The stage team was bitched in the barn for the eight.- Sqme time; after one of the horses sot loose from" his fastenings, and,'' going" to the further' end of .the, barn,' where there was a sack - of . oats leaning against a barrel of the same grain, the - horse picked np the sack of oats, with bis teeth, carried it to its mate, and, placing it in front of him, went back and satiB fled his own hunger from the barrel There can be no mistake about this. says Mr. Clark, for the oats were spilled all along the line of travel from the barrel to the horse that was hitched, ' Thursday's Daily The D. P. & A. N. Co. boats are carry ing out lota of wheat. Look at Pease & Mays' ad. They are making it hot for hard times. ' Anyone wishing premium catalogues of the district fair can procure them at the Chronicle office, as there is a' large number on hand. Patrons of the Stubling greenhouse will be pleased to learn that Mrs. Stub- ling is home again, and ready to fill orders for plants or fbwers. George Dufur's genial smile illumin ates the recorder's office today, he look' ing after the business of the office dur ing the absence of Recorder Sinnott. Nigbtwatchman Wiley now wears a regular helmet, that makes him look like Captain Byrnes, or the chief of-po lice of London. The handsomest thing about the hat is what it has under it. Through the kindness of Pease & Mays The Chronicle wil1 be sent to non-subscribers of Hood Rfver and vi cinity for 'the next three months. All they ask in return is that you peruse their ad. each week. The p. P. & A. N. Co. have put a flume from the mouth of the "Court street sewer across the alougb, and are ground-sluicing the sandbar above the wharf. The object is to remove the high point, which is in the way during high water. Mr. F. S. Gordon of Wamic expects tbe. machinery to arrive soon for the 40-barrel mill he ia building at that point. The building is going up rapidly and Mr. Gordon expects to have tbe mill in operation by the middle of No vember. A demented man of the name of Woods, who has been roaming in the timber near Jenny creek, in Jackson county, was found by Sheriff Fitch, of Klamath county, and a posse in search, and taken to Klamath Falls, last week Tbe man was nearly starved, was a Frenchman, and 34 years of age. Sheriff Fitch and Deputy B. T. Tiffany are to conduct the unfortunate man to the insane asylum at Salem, where be has committed by the Klamath county au thorities. The grand reunion of tbe soldiers and sailors of Southern Oregon closed at Gold Hill on Friday after a most sue cessfol and enjoyable time. The attend' ance was the largest in the history of the organization. On the last day Gov ernor Lord, Adjutant-General B. B. Tuttle and General Beebe made . ad dresses. The next reunion will be held in Medford, during tbe month of Sep tember of next year. John Carter, a freighter, while on his way from Heppner to John Day, met with an accident Monday that will in all probability cost him a leg. One of tbe front wheels of his wagon broke while going down a steep hill. He was thrown under the wagon, which passed over bis leg, crushing it in a frightful manner. The team ran away. The wagon "was a total wreck, and part of the load was ruined. One horse was killed. Tbe managers of the fair have done their part in arranging tor the fair ; the citizens of The Dalles have done tbeir's in subscribing liberally for the purses for the speed contests, and all that re mains to be done to make tbe fair a suc cess is that tbe farmers should display their products and the, citizens take an interest, and the fair will be a grand success. We suggest that on this occa sion such farmers as have grown any sugar beets bring them in and exhibit them, and that arrangements be made for shipping tbe lot to San Francisco and having them tested. Friday'sDaily. - Hood River is to have a baby show in connection with ita fruit fair. . There are fifty more pupils attending the public schools in this city than there were last year. Hood River has 116 pupils attending ita public schools, a gain of sixteen over last year. Three teachers are employed. Tbe crossing on Second street from the Mclnerny to the' Harris corner ia in bad shape and should be repaired with a new one. . The overland, due here at 4 o'clock did not arrive until 7:30, the passengers taking breakfast at the Umatilla. The delay was caused on the Short Line. Tbe board of equalization will meet tbe first Monday in October, at which time all who are dissatisfied with their assessment, will be given the opportun ity to correct any error. s7-d&wtf. Hood River people who have been working in tbe harvest fields of Sher man county, are going borne, several passing through town every day, and all happy, even if it wasn't a Klondike. Malty Dukes, aged about 19, who is employed in tbe planer at Hood River, - .n.mi. .1, ..ri.n,. ,-. ,n ,.,, nmiKinni ""V ' t T-kEST with- s big B. Black-well's Genuine Boll J- Durham Is In a class by Itself. You will find a- coupon inside each two ounce bug, and two pons Inside each four ounce bas or Black well's nuino uumo Smoking Tobacco Bny a bag of tb Is celebrated tobacco and read the coupon wamd gives a lis tor valuable presents and no w to get them. one X x m ) in some manner got the little fineer of bis left hand in contact with a saw, and in consequence lost the first two joints thereof. Mrs. Sarah Randall of Baltimore, died few days ago, aged 103. her remarkable longevity she ascribed to the fact that ehe had never loved. The New York World tersely remarks that she mieht just as well have reached 200 or 300 years, or never died at all. because, she had never lived. Mr. P. T. Sharp waa called to Stock ton, California, Saturday, on account of tbe serious illness oi bis brother, P. G. Sharp, an old resident and prominent farmer of that place. A telegram re ceived yesterday evening stated that the brother had died, Mr. Sharp being with him only two days. Conductor Mike Rice ia out of luck. His train waa the one wrecked near Ar lington by the breaking of an axle a day or two ago, and last night the pony wheels nnder tbe engine that waa pull ing his train, broke near Turn water and his train had to be sidetracked there until another engine could be procured. Willie Wand, the 6-year-old boy ran over by the cara at Mosier Wednesday, and who was operated upon yesterday, never recovered from the shock and died this morning at 3 o'clock. Poor little fellow ! His sufferings were brief, and tbe little mangled body freed from pain, will find rest in tbe bosom of the kind, old earth from whence it came. Mrs. Madaline D. Conkling, worthy matron ol the Eastern Star, visited the lodge here Wednesday evening and Thursday went on to Wasco. Mrs. Rus sell, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Erhart and Miss Bertha Glenn accompanied her. The party went up to Grant on tbe evening train, thence by carriage to Wasco, had a delightful visit and arrived home this morning. The many Salem friends of Rev. Earl Wilbur, of Portland, will be pleased to hear that formal announcement has been made of his betrothal to Miss Dorothea Eliot, daughter of Rev. E. T. Eliot, D. D., pastor of the Unitarian church of that city. They will be married this fall. Salem Statesman. Miss Eliot will continue to give instruc tion in music to her pupils here until tbe holidays. Her many friends here congratulate Mr. Wilbur, and yet at the same time the engagement brings to the mind of each the sentiment so beauti fully expressed in Hood's poem, "Fair Inez." let Us All Prosper. things be can get along without. As a compensation for this the newspaper should be the first to feel the easing np of money and the returns from bounti ful cropa. Let The Chbonicli, which has cheer fully waited for ita pay through the years of adversity, be able to rejoice; with you in bounteous crops, good prices and improved conditions. , Crops have been good and prices are high, and we are glad indeed to note that most of our farmers are in prosper ous condition. It puts them in position to lift the mortgage from the farm, to settle up old store bills, and to once more be relieved of the worry attending hard times. One of the smallest bills they owe is that to the country news paper, and this is one they should be first to pay. There is no business that so quickly feels the existence of hard times as the newspaper.' Much as 'the farmer may desire to keep the paper visiting him every week, it is one of the Gems From the Pilot House. The Regulator carries in her pilot house a book for visitors to register their names in, tbe book being also provided with e Daces for the visitors to recoid their impressions,' Some very pretty things have been recorded therein. Mr. Allaway, in examining it a . few days ago, ran across two. which be kindly copied for us. Tbe first is from the facile pen of one of tbe best story writer in existence, Mrs. Ella Higginson of Whatcom, and is a little gem ; tbe other, "To a Salmon," is subscribed simply Carrie Shaw Rice, Tacoma-, Wash :. FOUR-LEAP CLOVER. I know a place where the sun is like gold. And the cherry blooms burst with snow; And down underneath is the loveliest nook Where the four-leaf clovers grow. ' One leaf is for Hope, and one is for Faith, And one is for Lore, you know ; And God put another in for Luck If you search, you will And where they grow. But you must have hope and you must hare faith; You must lore and be strong, and so If you work, if you wait, you will find the place Where the four-leaf clovers grow. TO A SALMON. Prince, in silvery coat of mail : r Salmon of the gleaming tcale. Flashing up the silvery i-tream. With thy dazzling glint and gleam. Wonderful thou art to me, Salmon of the sapphire sea. Cats and Km. Here it a sort of perpetnal motion affair. A firm of moneyed men in New York have bought a piece of land and will stock it with 1,000 black cats and 5,000 rats. It is estimated that the cats will increase to 15,000 in a year or two, and black cat skins are worth $1. The rats will multiply five times as fast as tbe cats, and the rats will be caught, skinned and tbe bides sold to kid glove manufactures, while their carcasses will feed tbe cats. On the other hand, the carcasses of the- skinned cats will be fed. to tbe rate. This is one of the best self supporting; schemes we ever heard of and there is a gold mine in it. Tbe cats will be allowed to increase until tbe 100.000 limit is reached, when the income will be enormous, as no feed, will be necessary after tbe first year. Taxpayers. Attention. This is my last and final call to yon, as tbe county court haB issued an im perative order. By virtue of a warrant to me directed, issued, by tbe clerk oi the county court of the state of Oregon for the county of Wasco, commanding me to collect tbe delinquent, county, state and other taxes. I will, on the 1st day of October, 1897, without further notice, levy upon and sell all property upon which taxes remain unpaid. T. J. Dkivek, bberin. 1,000,000 People . . . ,.. . the MA- , I J ESTIC affirm that the half has not been said in its praise. The manufacturers of this Range pledge them selves that all parts of tbe MAJESTIC except the. firebox and the new series Nos. 201 to 212, are made of Eteel and mal leable iron, and purchasers are assured that it is b good and as honest as skilled labor and money can produce. If tbe parts now in malleable iron were (as in other So-called steel ranges) made of cast iron, the price could be greatly reduced ; but the MAJESTIC is not made with a view to furnishing extra parts for repairs. MAYS & CROWE, Sole Agents.