THE DALLES WEEKLY -CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1898
we onau uive
Beginning Monday next, and as long as they last, we shall give with every
five-doll ar--or more cash purchase, in our Dry Goods, MenVFurnishing and
Shoe Departments, one Yale Camera, complete with developing and printing
outfit. This Camera takes a picture 2x2 inches, and can be used either for
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The Dalles.-Oregon. -.'. ,
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terests of all. camera craze Is now at its heiaht. and we believe the time is ripe for using a camera as an .
advertising or premium offer. We are prompted in making this offer by the phenomenal success which a
cumber of the largest merchants in the East have had using our camera in this manner. Each outfit is
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OB BOOM
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LOCAL BBEV1TIES.
" . Wednesday's Dally.
The Heppner Times says: "Mies Lena
Snell is quite 'sick,, at her home near
Olex, Or. During ber absence from
school Mrs. J. D. Brown is teaching ber
room." -
Fire, which broke out in a show win
dow of Lipman & Wolfe' dry gocds
store in Portland Monday, caused dam
age to the extent of $500. A -defective
electric wii e was the cause of the blaza.
In stormy as.well as fair- weather, the
county clerk and his deputy do business
at the old stand. Today a marriage
' license was issued to A. Davenport and
May Colleary, formerly of Klickitat, but
now of this county.
Still the showers continue, and the
streets of the city are in a muddy con
dition; but we promised not to complain
if only the rains would descend, and
we'll not break our promise. Up to this
. morning we have had 2.13 inches of
rain this month. '.'
' Today the Sarah Dixon made her last
Crip on the regular run - between this
city and Portland. The Inland Flyer,
which has been repaired and is now in
excellent condition for service, will make
the trip up tomorrow and alternate
thereafter with the Dalles City.
A Blue mountain postmaster is said
to have' written the . following letter to
the postmaster-general : "Sar i wish to
notify you that on next wensday this
office will be hhet as I am gone a bare
hunt. You kin fire me if yon see fit but
' i'll give you a pinter that i'm the oanly
man in the nayborhood than kin rede
and rite." '
The brother . of Huffin Donnelly, the
runaway boy from Portland came up
last evening and this morning returned
having in custody the prodigal. So anx:
ions was the latter to return that he
did not question as to whether thefatted
calf had been prepared for his reception,
but dutifully trotted along with " bis
brother. The other runaway boy named
Harrison, who was seen with Donnelly
Sunday evening, returned home yester
day. --.
"The Poise ot New York?' with Mies
Emyline Barr, the Baltimore belle, is
now on its eighth annual tour and will be
presented at the Vbgt opera house, Mon
day, Dec. 5th. Since last season this
favorite comic play has been entirely re
written, nothing remaining of the old
performance ; in fact it has received a
surprising transformation from a melo
drama to a musical farce, depicting the
fanny side of city life.
' The memorial services of the order
, of Elks, which takes place next Sunday
afternoon in their ball, is to be the
most impressive and appropriate yet
Leld. With masloafurnished by the recently-organized
male quartet and the
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visit.
They'll not last
READ THIS LETTER.
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PEASE & MAYS,
eulogy delivered by such a famous orator
as D. Solis Cohen, beside the other ex
ercises which are in themselves very
beautiful, it will be an occasion to be re
membered by those who attend.
K. J. Gorman, accompanied by Con
tractor Robinson, arrived in the lity last
night from Kiugsley, where they have
been engaged in constructing the Sen
fert & Condon telephone line. Work
has necesearily been slow on account of
the bad weather. Poles have been set
'as far as Kingsley, and ft force of men
will leave Saturday to put in the wires.
The weather has compelled them to
cease operations for the present, so that
the line will not be extended farther
tt)an Kiugsley this fall. 1 ;
Checks were received today by L. P.
Hanawalt, of the Massachusetts Mutual
Life Ins. Co., for the full amount of the
insurance of Philip Brogan", deceased, in
this company. The amount was $10,000
and $130 in dividends. Five thousand of
this Mr. Brogan took bnayear ago, and
the remainder only six weeks . before bis
death. Five hundred dollars from the
New York Mutual was already in the
hands of the administrator, being re
ceived this morning. This is a striking
example of the beneficence of life in
surance. " - .
Mrs. Rf V. Short is reported seriously
ill at her home in Portland. She has
been a sufferer tor more than a year past
with heart trouble, and last Toesday
morning was taken sick with . an un
usually hard attack, and at the same
time suffered a stroke of partly sis,
which affects the entire left sidet - She,
has been gradually failing ever Bince,
and there seems no hope of her recovery.
Mrs. Short, whose husband was former
ly captain of the Regulator, is well
known here, and her friends will regret
to learn oi her serious illness. ' s
The Christmas Ladies' Home Journal
prints the first of a series of page illus
trations by W. L. Taylor, picturing some
of the most potable people of Longfellow.
Minnehaha and Hiawatha are given in
the current issue, illustrating Longfel
low's famous ' poem, "Hiawatha." No
other illustrator is so well equipped as
Mr. Taylor to give form and color to
Longfellow's splendid creations. The
picture in the December Journal is re
markably interesting and entirely satis
fying, and gives assurance that the ser
vices will be a really great achievement
in illustration. - '.
Today about noon an individual, who
bad imbibed so freely of the flowing
bowl as to be unable to account for his
conduct, was making himself extremely
obnoxious to residents upon the hill,
when a gentleman who was on bis .way
home to dinner, took it opon himself to
straighten him out. A tussle ensued, in
which he of the jagged appearance not
only got the worst of the bargain, but
lost bis skull, or the upper, crust of it,
for tie wore a wig. Failing to improve
after the lesson taught the marshal ran
8CT083 him later, and now he's sorry
that he spoke, for he was taken to the
county jail, where he pineth.
Walter Dickey an ived in the city last
night and has been the center of attrac
tion today, especially to his former
schoolmates, who were all overjoyed to
greetbimwben.be called at the school
house. Walter looks much bettet than bis
friends expected he would after under
going such a spell of sickness. It has
been two months since he left Manila
and, barring the time spent in traveling,
be has been an inmate of the hospital at
Huiay
Cameras.
long, and if you want one
CHICAGO, IllOctober 3, 1898.
The Dalles, Or.
San Francisco,- where- he says be was
given the best of care by the nurses and
members of the Red Cross Society. He
has been granted a thirty-day's furlough,
a good part of which time will be epent
in The Dalles.
Thursday's Dail?.;
The connty clerk has collected ' fees
amounting to (332.50 during the month
of November. " ; - '
' The steam laundry, which is now in
running order on First street, has great
ly improved quarters, and the building
is to be replete in everything -that goes
to make a first-class laundry.
Mr. Daniel Leedy, - the pioneer who
died at his home in Albany Sunday at
the age of 80 years, was the father of Mr.
John Leedy and Mrs. Sarah Baltimore,
who formerly resided in this city.
A number of the citizens of The Dalles
who are musically inclined will Kfeet at
the home of Mr. ' C. J. Crandall' this
evening to organise a Philharmonic so
ciety, for the purpose of promoting the
music interests of the city. '-'
Last evening Constable Traverse ar
rived from the Cascade Locks, having in
cusdody George Denny, who bad been
sentenced to ten days in the county jail
for breaking wondows and demolishing
property belonging to Traverse. He is
now nnder care of Jailer Fitzgerald. '
A cipher may etand for nothing and it
may stand for a great deal. Yesterday
its omission in speaking of the life in
surance of Philip Brogan, which was
received from the New York Life Insur
ance Company, meant $4500, for instead
of the payment being $500, it was $5000.
From encouraging news received Tues
day by Mr. J. E. Barnett in regard to
his nephew, George Rice, it was hoped
that be would recover. However a
telegram was receiyed. by Mrs. D. W.
Mann last evening saying that physi
cian had given him np and that there
is no hope for his recovery..
The steamer Hattie Belle will leave
Portland today for Gray's harbor. She
will proceed as far as Astoria, and lay
for a streak of fine weather in which to
make the ocean voyage, which it is ex
pected can be done in ' four hours from
Astoria, when the east winds smooth the
sea a bit. The steamer . has been pro
vided with a stout mast, on which a
boom will be placed for hoisting cargoes,
as the tides of Gray's harbor are un
usually high.
- This morning Cbas. Miller, formerly
of Lipman & Wolfe's dry soods store in
Portland, accepted a position with Pease
& Mays. We regret to learn that Mr. A.
J. Tolmie resigned some time Bince' and
will in the near fature leave our city to
start in business for himself in some
city where be may find a good opening.
Encouraging news of the rain storms
0 )ffies from Milton. .. A gentleman from
that section says: "Several fields that
were lying dry - and with- thVseed on
sprouted, have begun to grow and look
green and thrifty. Farmers are gen
erally plowing and seeding, moisture
having come in sufficient quantity to
render the ground fit for cultivation."
; What's the matter with the married
men? Such was the question asked last
night at the club; and the answer came,
"Sure they couldn't stand np on their
pins," being nineteen pins short in a
bowling game against the single men,
whose team was composed of Messrs.
Schmidt, Sinnott, Ballard, Stadelman,
Mays and Baldwin. The following, who
have always been "termed the "better
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half,". set np the oysters: Messrs. Brad-
sbaw, Houghton, Tolmie, DeHuff, Nolan
ana rmuips.
The Star flouring mills is perhaps the
scene of the most activity to be found in
all the country round Tygh Valley. Hav
ing started the fall run on September
14tb, they have been runn'.ng constant
ly ever since, Sundays not excepted.
One hundied and three days and nights
without stopping is a very remarkable
record for . any line of machinery to
make, and especially so for a flour mill,
when the vast number of seemingly
complicated machines that must be kept
in perfect adjustment is considered.
This is one of the best equipped mills on.
the coast, and; its location is a good one.
" Mr. J. P. Lucas is in receipt of a letter
from his friend, Harvey C. Condon, well
known to all Dallesites. He has recent
ly returned to Seattle from the Klon
dike region, and expects to start back in
the course of a month perhaps going all
the way in on the ice. Harvey seems
perfectly satisfied with his success while
there, saying that be did much better
than the average of last year's Klon-
dikers, making more than he ciuld have
possibly made by remaining at home,
selling the bench claim which be bad
traded for more - than double what . it
cost. Beside he regained his health and
would not take anything for the ex
perience he gained., He says : -"While
there are a great many opportunities of
making money, yet I would scarcely like
to advise a man to leave a position and
take the chances, especially if he. has
any one depending on him.'
This morning, about 8 o'clock a tele
gram, wnich arrived during the night,
was received by Mr. Smith French, an
nouncing.the illness of his daughter, Dr.
liertrnde 1-rencn. at Portland, and re
questing that the family come on the
first train. Later a telephone message
was received from Dr. Ford Warner say
ing that her ailment was throat trouble
and that as the tonsils had been opened,
it was hoped she would get along all
right. As the telegram was received too
late for either west-bound train, a train
was at once chartered and Mr. and Mrs.
French and Frank left about 11 o'clock
for Portland. Much anxiety Is felt as
her disease seems to be the same as that
of her sister, Mrs. Condon, who died ten
days ago. As many feared .it might be
diphtheria, Dr. Hollister telegraphed to
Portland regarding the nature . Of the
case, receiving word that physicians
there pronounced it tonsilitis. No fur
ther word has been received, bat it is
hoped it will not prove so serious as was
anticipated.
. " Friday's Daily. ''
Mr. Wm. Van Bibber is laid, up today
with a lame foot, having stepped on a
small fork used in the store for dishing
up saner, kraut, end causing a painful,
wound. ; . . ' '" --' -
There will be . a Christmas tree and
basket supper at the Endersby school
house on Dec, 24th, at 7 o'clock in the
evening. All are cordially invited to be
present. - ' '
Mr. John Graham, an old and re
spected resident of Sherman county, has
purchased the I. J. Norman property,
on the hill, and has moved his family to
this city. ... ' . '
Coyotes are' becoming very' plentiful
again. : It. begins to look as though the
country will be taken by these pests if
something is not soon done to extermi
nate them. Globe. -
W.H.Hendricks, of Fossil; Walter
Sinclair, of Coquille City, and J. Doher
ty, of The . Dalles, ' were commissioned
notaries public yesterday at the state
department. Statesman.
It may be muddy under foot, but the
skies above are clearing, and instead of
suffering from the disastrous results of
a storm such as eastern people are hav
ing, we are reveling in the sunshine of
the state of all states Oregon. "T-;
In spite of the. bad roads' and rainy
weather we have been having, load after
load of freight goes out from The Dalles
every day intdthe Prineville section and
other places in the interior. These peo
ple are getting ready for winter. '
The body of John Grant, who died at
Antelope on November 2, 1897, and was
buried here a few days later,' was ex
humed Wednesday, and tonight, will be
shipped ' to Tilbury, - County ' Kent,
Ontario, Canada. ..His brother, James
Grant, who lias spent about six months
in Antelope, will : accompany the re
mains. . The meeting of the High School Liter
ary Society this evening will be for mem
bers only, when a reception will be given
to Walter Dickey, who was a member
of this year's graduating class, but en
listed with the . volunteers . to fight for
his country. An open door meeting of
the society will be held on Friday even-,
ing, Dec. 16tb. ; .
Who said we were going to have elec
tric lights? ' It seem 8 as if we heard
something in regard to the light shining
out of the darkness. ' If any one has
seen anything of fifteen arc lights, which
started for the streets of The Dalles some
time since, they would confer a favor
npon the residents by Informing them
where about s at they are. If no one has
seen them, we'll get out a search -light
and see if they can be discovered. -
We have conferredwith several lead
ing sheepmen of this county lately and
learn that sheep are beginning to look a
trifle thin already. The cold nights
bare prevented the recent rains from
benefiting the -grass materially, and
many of the sheepmen have already be
gun to feed their bands. Sheen will re
quire more careful attention this year to
prevent deavy loss. Times.
That time-tried success, "The Pulse of
ew York" with its special vaudeville
annex and a cast of BDeeial farnritP
headed by Miss Emyline Barr, the Balti
more belle, will be the attrnotinn of th.
Vogt opera house Dec. 5th. Among the
special favorites of last season are still
retained - the Thompson tote. Madra
Maitland, the Polee -Quartette and
Thomas Hill, the trans-oceanic comique.
We have heard much about the life
in a grain of mustard seed and what
a grain of wheat will brine forth :
but if there's any life in the wheat
grains now, some of the farmers who
have so much on hand would be triad to
see a little of such manifested. From
appearances it is dead, that is as far an
any movement is concerned. This week
56 cents is being paid at our warehouses,
bat it'll take more than that to mnlrn
that article "get a move on itself." .
Articles of incorporation of tha Waa,
River Transportation and Boom Com
pany were filed for record with the
county clerk today. , The capital Btock is
$10,000 and the incorporators are : F.
H. Button. E. Jj. Smith. Rnhf r.ri
Geo. P. Crowell, C. A. Bell, D. "McDon
ald, (j. D. Woodworth, A. 8. Blowers,
and fi. E. Bartmess. Its object is to
widen, deepen-, straighten, remove ob
stacles from, build dams and booms, and
to otberwiee improve the stream of Hood
river. . - .-
Lieut. Bartell. informs us that onlv
about five names more are necessary to I
complete the' list, required for the new
militia company to be organized here,
and be is of the opinion that these will
be obtained by .tomorrow, evening. It
is not surprising that there is a little
hesitancy on the part of the men in re
gard to placing themselves in a position
where they may be called upon to starve
for their country instead of fightirfg for
it. Brave men do not hesitate to die
for their country,-but when it comes
to starving for no reason except the
neglect of officers, it is a different ques
tion. And stiil the town cow regales herself
on the choicest of morsels, clipped from
lawns, flower beds, vegetable gardens
and everything green in sight. She has
forsaken her haunts in the country,
where she was wont to spend the day
and no more does the festive herder con
cern himself as to her welfare. Conee
quently she must root cow or die, and
regardless of the damage done she satis
fies her hunger. And who can blame
her? If those whose property she is
do not provide for her care, she should
be cared for by our authorities and put
in the pound, instead of. being allowed
to ran at large.
A letter received from Portland this
morning in regard to the condition of
Dr. Gertrude French is encouraging,
saying that hopes are now entertained.
for her recovery. Her case is a very
serious one, and night and day physi
cians and nurses worked over her in the
effort to stimulate the vaction of ber
heart, which the disease had so taken
hold of as to make it almost impossible
to keep life in the patient. It is sincere
ly hoped that she will now recover. The
shock of ber iilness has been extremely
hard for her parents to bear, coming as
it did so soon after their bereavement
over the death of Mrs. Condon. -
Yesterday afternoon' during the gale,
which continued for a short time, the
new ferry boat "Klickitat' -decided to
spread her wings and see if her old
friend the Columbia would recognize
her in her new toggery.' She according
ly began dancing a regular "rag time
rag," much to the disgust of her owners
and their neighbors thereabouts, who
considering her rather previous, began
to tie her down with ropes. . Not to be
outdone she challenged the D. P. & A.
N. dock to a cake walk, but the dock
walked away with the cake. 'Her es-
capade'eaused her owners some concern
for fear she might take it in ber head to
sail down the Columbia before she was
equipped for. the trip, which she will
hardly be for two weeks yet.
Two Pointed Questlans Answered.
What is the nee of making a better
article than your competitor if you can
not get a better price for it?
Ans. As there is no difference in the
price the public wilfbay only the better,
so that while our profits may be smaller
on a single scale they . will be ' much
greater in the aggregate. ' " .
How can you get the public to know
your make is the best? . -
If both articles are brought prominent
ly before the public both are certain to
be tried and the public will very quickly
pass judgment on them and use enly the
better one.' - - - . -'
This explains the large sale on Cham
berlain's Cough remedy. The - people
have been using it- for years and bave
found that it can always .be depended
npon. Tbey may occasionally take op
with some fashionable novelty put forth
with exaggerated claims, but are certain
to return to the one remedy that they
know to be reliable, and for coughs,
colds and croup there is nothing equal
to Chamberlain's Cough. Remedy. . For
sale by Blakeley & Houghton. -
DeWittV Witch Hazel Salve
Cores Piles, Scalds. Barns.
WHAT HE THINKS OF REMAINING
A Dalles Boy Enters a Protest, and Q1
tlons Why.
A letter received from one of oar
boys at Manila, has the following con
cerning the feeling of the Oregon volun
teers in regard to remaining in that
country:
"Some of those who have bad so much
to say regarding the patriotic ardor of as
Dalles boys, ought to be here existing oa
canned salmon, hard tack .canned horse.
coffee ( ?;, and mess pork. It has taken
the vim and life out of the boys of the
Oregon regiment, and all the others, it
the truth were known. '
"New duck uniforms have been issued
to the volunteers. If we were to be
taken home oar blue ones wonld do aa
well, for we go into a cold climate then.
Each of the volunteer companies have
been issued a steel range. What does
that mean? We are made to drill twice
a day now, whereas when the prevailing .
opinion was that we were going home.
we drilled only once a day, and then
very seldom over twenty minutes. What
does that indicate? All the troop ships
have left the bay, and the Sydney, Pek
ing and Australia (the first expedition)
have been returned to their owners.
General Aguinaldo, of the insurgents.
was given until this evening to bave hia
troops outside the vicinity of the city.
A plot has been unearthed between the
Spaniards and Filipinos to murder all .
the Americans in Manila, but of coarse
this is absurd.
"Sbould we have to stay here until
the peace commission has decided its
business, and then congress has to rati -
fy their work, when that peace commie- .
sion knows at the date of this letter what
it intends to do? Up to that time
there can be no hostilities between'
Spain and America, and after that time
you well know that Spain cannot carry
on the war, for she has nothing and so
backing to carry out such a' plan. ' All
that can be expected up to that time is a
guerilla warfare with the natives, and
let me once more tell you, we did not
enlist to fight any other nation or na
tions than those who sided in with Spain,
and these insurgents certainly do not
come under that class."
Forgetting for a time his grievances,
the correspondent says :
"I heard an amusing story on Major
Eastwick the other day. It was as fol
lows: .
"Major Eastwick was field officer of
the day.' At 10 o'clock of this particular '
evening ho was making his usual
round. Of course it was the duty of the
sentry at1 every poet to halt, challenge "
and call the corporal of the goard. Well,
on post No. lj the sentry yelled oat, ,
'Halt! who goes there?' Just "then the
major slipped and fell into a mud paddle
and in a fit of anger he exclaimed : 'Je
sus Cbristl' (not a very appropriate
name.) The sentrv called out : .'Cor
poral of the guard, turn out the twelve
apostles!'"' m
WATER COMMISSIONERS MEET-
Bills Allowed and Keports Submitted
Last Night.
At the call of the president the water
commissioners met last evening, when
the following members were present tT.
J. Seufert, president ; S. Bolton, secre
tary; E. B. Dufur, M. Randall, E. TJ.
Phirman and J. B. Crossen. .
After the minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved a few
minor matters came up for disposal, but
no business of special import was trans
acted. '
"The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid:
Wm Morganfield, labor .$ 2 00-
J BCrossen, salary superintendent 75 00
C A Borders, salary helper. ; .... . 65 00
S Bolton, salary secretary 10 00
D S Dufur, ins. premium . , 11 00 .
I C Nickelsen, supplies. . ... .. 1 85
J W Blakeley, expressage 25.
Schenck & Beall, ins. premium. .. 7 50
E Benjamin, eawing wood... - 60
Dufur and Menefee, legal eer . . 5-00
On motion the secretary was ordered "
to draw a warrant on the treasurer in
favor of C. J. Crandall for the sum cf
$2500, and the latter was instructed to
forward the same to the Pacific Bridge
Co., being approximately ninety . per
cent of the amount doe.
tbeasuber's beport.
. The treasurer submitted the following
report:
Cash on hand last report $3142 03
Cash ree'd during month. ..'.... 1252 35
Total!......... .......$4394 33
By warrants redeemed. . . . .. . . 183 9$
Bal. on hand. ................. .$4210 45
The superintendent's report was as
follows :
Total book account. ..... . . .$1410 4&
Totalcollections. . . . . . .'. . . . .'; . . . 1177 45
Total delinquency............. .$ 233 00
THK, MODKBN MOTHER : '
Has found that her little ones are Im
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs, when in need of the laxative effect
of a gentle remedy, than by any other..
Children enjoy it and it benefits them.
The true remedy, Syrup of Figs,' is
manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co. only. -.--' ' ' ' .
Why Did We Beat SpaloT . . ..
Becaase we are as strong as Sampson;
Schley as a fox ; we possess Merritt r w
are Miles long; we are Hobion'e choice
what more Dewey want?