THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 27, 1898.
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t I Hunting, $
t If you are going Fishing,
$ Picnicking, 2
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t California Loose Muscatel Raisins; -5
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wednesday's Daily
The contract for tbe building of Peaee
and Maya' warehouse was let yesterday
evening to Hanson & Thorn sen, their
bid of (1137 being tbe lowest bid made.
Today F. S. Gunning let tbe contract
for his new blacksmith shop which will
be erected on the lot occupied by the
farnitare store. The lowest bidder be
ing H. B. St. John & Co. they eecored
the contract.
Henry Hndson, of Dnfar, is in the
city. He reports that farmers are tak
ing advantage of the pleasant weather
at present, and are getting their grain
threshed as rapidly as possible, fearing
that tbe fall rains are about due.
This morning Wallace Fargher loaded
3215 bead of fine mntton sheep for the
Chicago market. Tbe train left at 1 p
m and will go by way ot the Northern
Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway.
Mr9. P. G. Daut, returned yesterday
morning from a trip to Iowa, where she
bad been summoned by a telegram to
Iter father's bedside. Although tbe old
gentleman was very ill when she went
East, she left bim in a fair way to a
speedy recovery.
Two carloads of fruit will be shipped
east tonight by the Stadleman Com mis
sion Company. They are loading a car
load of apples at Hood River while they
are engaged in loading peach plums in
this city. This company ia shipping
more fruit east at present than any
other in Eastern Oregon.
Today the Inland Flyer of the D. P. &
A. N. line, will be steamed up and the
machinery tested. As the boat is al
most completed in a few days it will be
ready for the tiial trip. As many hopes
and fears are entertained concerning
speed of the ' new craft everyone is
anxious to hear the report of the trial
trip.
The Dalles has numerous bicycle
riders who could make a splendid show
ing on the track if they would but go
into training. Tbe fair will open Octo
ber J8th, which gives plenty of time for
them to get in trim, and as valuable
prizes will be offered, they will find it to
their interest to compete and will also
add much to the attractiveness of tbe
program.
Owing to the nrgentdemands of many
of Mr. Stadelmans friends and custom
ers who delt with him when formerly in
the retail business' in this city he has in
conjunction with bis wholesale Com
mission house opened a retail business
and in the future will be able to supply
all patrons with the best fruits, vege
table?, dressed chickens, melons and in
fact anything in this line that ia in. the
market. Since they grow their own
fruits and vegetables on their faru near
this city they can furnish the best and
freshest at as low a rate as they .can be
secured anywhere. Mr. Stadelman has
proven himself to bo honest upright and
reliable business man and for this reason
baa many friends. That this movement
on his part will be a profitable one cau
not be donbtefl. He extends an invita
tion to everyone to call and look over
his stock.
Last night the watchman had a lively
time arresting an individual who
was drunk and disorderIy." He ap
peared to be bent on hurting some one
and as he was provided with a handful
of rocks, he seemed to be fully capable
of carrying out his purpose. He resisted
arrest and it was necessary for the night
watchman to call assistance to lodge him
in jail and give bim' an opportunity to
sober np. '. '
Owing to some trouble on the O. R.fdc
N. between here and Portland the local
did not arrive in tbe city until after 2:30.
As far as we could learn the trouble was
caused bw a landslide somewhere this
side of the locks. It ii thought the
slide was caused by the blasting that is
going on where they are straightening
the track. Outside of the delay no
damage was done.
Mays and Crowe are once more com
fortably located in the Bunnell building
on Washington street and are busily en
gaged in patting in their stock and
getting it in order. Although- their
present location has not tbe splendid ap
pearance of their former store still they
will pat in a latge stock immediately
and conduct business on their former
straightforward basis until such time as
their new building is completed.
Francis Xavter Paquet, a pioneer res
ident and ship-builder of Oregon, died
yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at 393
Union avenue, Portland, at the borne of
his son, Louis Paquet, at the age of 87
years. In tbe early history of steam
boat navigation on the Willamette river.
Mr. Paquet was a well-known and
prominent boat-builder, having con
structed at Oregon City some of tbe
first craft that plowed tbe waters .of tbe
Willamette.
Although the men's bowling team of
Tbe Dalles Commercial & Athletic Club
met with defeat in the recent tourna
ment at Astoria, still the ladies appear
to be holding up their end, judging from
the following clipping from the Evening
Telegram, which says: "Among the
best lady bowlers at Long Beach and
Ilwaco alleys are Mrs. Jud Fish, Miss
Edna Glenn, Mrs. T. J. Seufcrt, Mrs.
Geisendorfer and Mrs. Ly tie.' -
The Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Press Association, will meet in annual
session at Spokane, Thursday, August
25. The Oregon members will leave
this city today at 5 :30 p. m., over tbe O.
R. & N. Those who will go from The
Dalles, as far as we can learn, will be
M'. and Mrs. G. C. Blakeler Mr. and
Mrs. Doatbit, Miss , Rose Micliell and
Miss Annette Michel!. II. S. Turner, of
the Dufur Dispatch, went np yesterday,
while the representatives from western
Oregon will go through on the Spokane
local this afternoon. , .,
The small pack of salmon on the
Pacific coast at every point , from the
Colnmbia river to Alaska has caused a
rise in the price of canned salmon, and
it is going op daily. " Those who have
salmon unsold are ' not patting any
price on it at present, and those who
oversold early in tbe season are in a
bad row of stumps and . bound to lose
money. Fall fishing will be prosecuted
in the various bays and streams along
the coast this season with more vigor
than usual.
A rather touching incident occurred
at the. Umatilla House this morning.
A Vancouver Indian who is said to be
110 years old and b tone blind from age,
came np on the boat with his daughter
yesterday. This morning he was led
to the hotel and immediately inquired
for Colonel Sinnott. When told that
the Colonel was dead, the old man broke
into tears and cried like a baby, express
ing his sorrow in his simple way and
eaying, "Colonel Sinnott was a "great
man," andfdded that in early days tbe
Colonel was a warm friend of bis. As
there was no one in. The Dalles who he
cared to see, the old white haired man
was led to the ferry and left for the
Yakima reservation.
Thursday's Daily.
. La Grande may soon have an iron
foundry as well as a beet-sugar factory.
W. J. Dowling, of Dayton, Wash., is
taking ot moving his plant to the Union
county town. .
The Dalles Commission Company are
loading a car of fruit for the eastern
market which they will start east to
night. It ia their intention to send
another tomorrow evening.
' The directors of school district No. 10
have engaged Mrs. Alice Provin to teach
a term of school commencing September
5th. This will make seven months of
school for that district this year.
We understand that Julius Wiley ha9
pnrcbased tbe City Hotel, at Moro, and
will leave Tuesday to take charge of it.
Mr. Wiley has many friends and he will
cereainly be successful in this venture.
The employes of the Wasco Warehouse
are exceptionally busy today . unloading
a large consignment of freight about
twenty tons for Silver Lake. Teams
from that place will arrive today with
about ten tons of wool, and return with
the above mentioned consignment.
Three carloads of mutton sheep ' were
shipped out this morning to Seattle.
They were bought from Kelsay and Don,
whose ranch is located near the head of
Buck Hollow in Wasco county-. Charles
Butler, of Seattle, was the purchaser,
but tbe average price per bead could
not be learned. ..
The front of Farley T Frank's harness
snk saddle store bids fair to be one of
the most artistic in the city. - Tbe artis
tic work is being done by Will Frank,
who proves himself a painter of no mean
ability. He is certainly making his
mark in bright colors, and heisn't paint
ing that end of town red, either.
Wolff & Zwicker, of Por land, were
prominent bidders at the opening of tbe
sealed propoeals to build torpedo boats
and destroyers, in Washington City
Tuesday There are to be twelve tor
pedo boats and eixteen torpedo boat de
stroyers. It will take some time for the
officials to decide who tbe successful
didders are.
Hon. E. B. Dufur made a flying busi
ness trip to Portland yesterday return
ing on tbe overland last eveninz. He
reports business lax inthat city and at
tributes it to the fact that so many Port
land people are at present oat of town at
the different summer' resorts. He
states that the weather in that city was
very warm and sultry even more so than
in Eastern Oregon. '
August Grievette.an aged Frenchman,
was Monday found dead ia bis bed in
his lone cabin four miles north of Col
ville by William Hull, a neighbor.
Grievett was over SO years of age, and a
cook by trade, bat had spent the last
half century in the mining camps of tbe
West. He went to CoJville seven years
ago and lived a hermit's life. Death re
sulted from Strychnine taken with sui
cidal intent, it is though.
The dentists who are in convention in
Portland at present, bad an excursion
to Cascade Locks today on tbe steamer
Sarah Dixon, of tbe D. P. & A. N. line.
Many from all over tbe Nortwest have
taken advantage cf this splendid oppor
tunity to view the scenery that cancot
be equalled anywhere in the ..West, that
of the Columbia between Portland and
the Locke, and will also enjoy the
splendid accommodations' offered by tbo
D. P. & A. N. line to their patrons.
It is a question in the minds of
many ot Dalles people why the G. A.
R. arch is left standing as long as it has.
It has served its pnrpose at the G. A. R.
encampment and also on July 4th and
should have been removed after the lat
ter celebration. It is a bar to traffic on
the principal street, and as it was only
a temporary structure the wind and
weather have made it anything but or
namental, and the sooner it ia removed
the better.
An addition to the list of names of tbe
soldiers killed and wounded at Manila,
as furnished the war department by
General Merritt and published in Tbe
Telegram Tuesday, was since issued by
the department. It contained the
names of three members of the Second
Oregon, all of whom were reported as
having been wounded. They were Ed
gar J. Johnson, Co. D, of La Grande;
Rofus K. Holbrook, company C, of Eu
gene, and Edward C. Young, company
A, of McMinnville.
Tbe wool market at present is ex
ceptionally dull, the bnyera being not
overly anxious to make any purchases
while the producers are satisfied to wait
in hopes that the price will raise. The
present quotations are satisfactory, bat
it is thought the producers may tiro of
holding for better offers and sell, which
may have a tendency to lower the price.
The, indications are, however, that tbe
price will raise, rather than drop, if the
producers are not in a harry to dispose
of their clip. '
The frnit growers in different parts
of tbe state are making every effort to
establish fruit canneries, so that much
of the product that is at present going
to waste could be turned into cash, and
thus thousands of dollars would go into
the pockets of the farmers for the frnit
that ia now rotting on the ground. There
is no place where such an industry is
needed worse than in Tbe Dalles, al
though much fruit is shipped to Eastern
markets as well as disposed of at borne,
still these demands are inadequate to
use the fruit of Eastern Oregon, and
nothing but a large canning establish
ment will fill the bill. This will not
only be a benefit to the producers of
fruit, but also to some enterprising man
or men who will build each a plant.
- Gus Smythe stayed in Fossil over
Monday night on his way home from a
sheep-buying trip to the interior, says
the Journal. He bought over 6000 head
and started 5000 of them from Mitchell
to Heppner for shipment east. He
would have bought many more, but re
ports that Grant and Crook counties are
overrun with buyers, who are offering as
high prices are are being paid in some
eastern states. Johnson & Sons have
contracted their lambs at $2.50 per head.
This is, we believe, as high a price as
has ever been paid in Eastern Oregon.
Mr. Smythe says $2.00 is being treely of
fered for lambs, but that owners are
I'olding for more and hold other classes
high in proportion. A Montana buyer
offered him $2.75 per bead for 200 year
ing ewes.
Walter Dye, of Marion county, has just
arrived in San Francisco from Manila,
where he was invalided out of Company
K, Second regiment, Oregon Volunteere.
Talking to a San Francisco press repre
sentative a day or two ago said, in re
lation to his trip out: "Instead ot be
ing treated like men and soldiers we
were treated like eerfs and slaves. Con
victs in prison fared better than we did.
I did not expect luxury, but what we
did get ' was horrible in the extreme.
We bad plenty of provisions on board,
but only got two meals a da hardtack,
coffee and a beastly mesa for change un
der the name of bash ; we called it 'slum
gallecn.' Tbe coffee was like bilge
water, and sometimes had cigar butts in
it. I would not go through that trip
ngain for all the money or glorv in the
world." " .
Neither of the parties to the circuit
judgeship contest of P. H. D'Arcy vs. R.
P. Boise, set for hearing at Tillamook,
appeared there yesterday, they agree
ing to try tbe case on stipulation. By
tbe terms of the stipulations the county
clerk received the tally-sheets and stubs
from the several precinct election judges
for the June election and certified that
they were securely kept. " Plaintiff of
fered the ballots in evidence and de
fendant objected, upon tbe ground that
it had not been shown whether they bad
been securely kept before they came
into tbe custody of the clerk, and . be
cause the ballots were - incompetent
evidence. The court sustained the ob
jection and plaintiff excepted to the
court's ruling, and the exception was
allowed. This closed the case, so far as
the taking of testimony was concerned,
and the matter was taken under advise
ment. This winds np tbe trial part of
the contest in the circuit court.
Friday's Daily.
A fine lot of beef cattle were brought
from the interior lor Wood Bros, yester
day evening.
A large force of laborers are engaged
in excavating for the foundation of
Pease & Mays' warehouse, and in a few
days more it will be in shape .to begin
the wood work.
The popular O. R. N. Sunday excur- j
s'ona are certainly appreciated by
Dallesites, judging from the number of
onr citizens who take advantage of them
for a day's outing.
. Last night one carload of fine beef
cattle were shipped to the Union Meat
Co. at Trontdale, they were purchased
by Monroe Grimes from different small
er stockmen in the interior. ..
The little town of John Day was vis
ited by burglars again Monday night,
the second time within a fortnight. The
burglars attempted so enter three differ
ent buildings but at each attempt were
unsuccessful.
Tomorrow night.Auguat 27th, the Sal
vation Army will have a musical festi
val at their hall on Washington street.
Captains Collins and Singerberger will
lead the meeting. Everybody is kindly
invited to be present. After the meet
ing Ice cream and cake will be served
for ten cents.
The work of cleaning the debris out
of the Mays & Crowe lot is almost fin
ished, and it is in a shape to begin lay
ing the foundation for the new building.
As soon as the plans are completed the
contract will be let and the building fin
ished as soon as possible.
Mr. and Mrs. Story left last evening
for Union, where they will reside in
the future. For a number of years they
have made The Dalles their home, and
while here have made many warm
friends who are sorry to see them leave.
Mr. J. W. Blake, of Condon, will occupy
the Louse left vacant by their leaving.
It was the intention of the D. P. & A.
N. Co. to launch the steamer Regulator
this afternoon, but up to 3:30 no newB
has reached the city concerning it and it
is thought that something happened to
prevent her from taking tbe plunge.
Ways.havn been placed under the boat
and it is expected they will be able to
get her into the water without any great
amount of trouble.
Frank Menefee, Thomas Ward and
Edward Baldwin returned yesterday
from a trip of several weeks in the
country north of Mt... Adams. They
heard nothing of the fire until Thursday,
when they were on their return trip, and
although Mr. Ward was a heavy loser,
he says he is satisfied that tis family
escaped without any accident.
Last Saturday Mies Rosemary" Bald
win, of this city, made the phanomenal
score of seventy on tbe Clatsop beach
bowling alley. Considering tbe ehort
time she has practices bowling she has
done remarkable work, and, as far as we
can learn, she now holds the ladies rec
ord for tbe coast, and at any rate she
holds first place among the bowlers of
The Dalles.
The East End had the liveliest appear
ance of any place in tbe city today. At
least a dozen loads of grain as well as
several of wool were waiting for their
torn to onload. But few sales of wheat
have been made as yet and no wool sales
have been reported . for several days.
The wheat market is opening np at 50
cents, but tbe majority of the producers
are determined to bold for higher prices.
. Reports of the yield of wheat all over
the county are very satisfactory. . We
are informed that many Wasco county
farmers find it necessary to send for
more grain sacks when thev come to
thresh, as tbe supply they have on hand
is inadequate to bold the unusually large
crop, since they made too low an esti
mate of the amount of wheat they would
have in their stacks. Money will be no
object with tbe grainraieers this fall.
A harrowing exemplification of tbe
Indifference of certain human beings to
the sufferings of dumb brutes was fur
nished at Pendleton the other day. Ten
Clearance Sale
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stock cars loaded with horses were
bolted there, and it was observed that
from two to five horses in each car were)
being trampled beneath the feet of the
others. The man in charge of the
horses, one McCarty, made no effort to
relieve the animals, and the train polled
oat.
Shortly after sunrise this morning it
became evident that the people of The
Dalles were destined to spend another
unusually hot day. By 9 o'clock it was
exceptionally sultry and scarcely a per
ceptable breeze was ttiiring to make it
more comfortable. As the day wore on
it becime much warmer and tbe only
conclusion we can form is that we have
to suffer another spell of extreme heat
and feel envious of those who are so for
tunate as to be at the sea coast or in the
mountains at present.
One of the biggest buck sales ever
made on the Pacific coast took place at
Hay Creek Inst week, when a sheepman
from Montana purchased practically all
the bucks that the Baldwin Sheep and
Land Company had left for sale this
year about 700 bead. The bucks will
be shipped to Montana from Tbe Dalles.
The price is private, but it could not be,
if any, under $7,000 a tidy sum to come
from another state to one man for bucks.
This company has sold altogether about
2500 bucks this year.
Tbe Oregon boys are still at Camp
Merritt and it is not definately known
whether they will go forward to Manila
or be mustered out at this point. Fri
day 120 of them received orders and
were prepared to go on board the Arizo
na with tbe Eighteenth, but when the
rejoicing was at its height the order was
countermanded. There were some-'
rumors afloat to tbe effect that all the
recruits would sail next week on the
Scandin, but little credence is being
placed in the report until the boys are
on board.
Mr. Olney, of Portland, maker of in
snrance rates for tbe northwest, is in
tbe city for the purpose of lookinz np
rates of insurance in Tbe Dalles. His
mission is principally to see if the pres
ent rates can be maintained, or if there
is any possibility with the present facil
ities for fighting fire of reducing the in
surance rates on property in the city. A
meeting of tbe water commissioners
will be held this afternoon, when thjjT
subject of tbe present facilities for put-
ting out fire will be thoroughly discussed
and a better idea gained of tbe danger
to property from fire.
The hop growers of Yakima county
are again calling upon the people of the
surrounding country who desire a -month's
easy and profitable work in tbe
bop fields, to come to their aid to har
vest one of the largest crops that baa
been grown in the county for many a
year. Many who will read this item
have availed themselves of this opportu
nity in past years, and know the con
ditions and opportunities presented to
families and individuals in the way of a
month's outing coupled with the ability
to earn a sufficient sum of money to
materially aid in providing the neces
sities for winter.
D. R. Cooper returned last week from,
a trip to List Lake, where he was in
camp ten days, says tbe Hood River
Glacier. He says dog fish are plentiful
in the lake, and are eating the spawn of
the trout, and it is only a question of a
short time when the trout will be exter
minated. These dog fish are very easily
killed, and he thinks something ought
to be done to rid the lake of their pres
ence. The party he was with killed
thousands of them. . Tbey come to the
edge of the water to feed and can easi'j
be killed with clubs. It is in order fcr
someone to circulate a subscription pa
per to raise the means for sending a
couple of men to the lake to kill dog
fish.
Thousands are Trying It.
In order to prove the great merit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective euro
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
:. ELY BROS., 5G Warren St, N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since a boy, and I never hoped for
cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do
even that Many acquaintances have naed
it with excellent results. Oscar Ostrum,
45 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm ia the acknowledged
core for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price,
60 cents. At druggists or by mail.
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