THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. MARCH 11, 1899 fill Things Gome to Those Who Wait. We have waited patiently for ALL REMNANTS OF EMBROIDERIES "left from last week will be closed out at SALE PRICE. Ofi JWOflDflY, the 13th, We will offer a special in It Waist As we have just received our first invoice of , NOVELTIES in these lines. They are pretty and will give a wonderful variety to select from. Be on hand early, as the demand for these goods is great and those who come first always get the cream. PEASE & MAYS. All Goods Marked in Plain Figures. jThe Weekly .Chronicle. t iTHK IIALLKt, - UKKUOM OFFICIAL P.'. PER OF WASCO COUNTY. I'uUithtd in two varii. on Wednetdaxit .and Saturday. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. T MAIL, POSTAGE rREPAID, III ADTAMCt. "neyear , 1 w Hlx months , , 7f Three mouths 60 Advertl-im rates n.mi ti a K 1 n a n i m.Hit knnwn on application. communications to "THF OH RON illc., 1 he Dallei, Oregon. LOCAL BREVITIES. Wednesday's Daily. Elijah F. Frum has been appointed postmaster at Arlington. Read the report of storms In the East. and then be thankful yon live in such a favored clime. We are sorry to learn that Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Fowler are to change their place of residence. Thev leave this evening for Pendleton, where they will remain for a time at least, Mr. Fowler's Plans not being fully settled. The A. L. P. 8. ntlftrier. irprn orppfn large audience last night at Dufur, no seemed to appreciate their visit to the iittln Kiln Tk.. ...... .l .!.! - ... aiict iciuruou nun morning, and having decided not to mke their tour at the present time, the jabbers from Albany aud Heppner will J onn for their respective! ' homes. TheT will he heard at the birthday party to"ight. Tomorrow niArnlhs t- Mrm t Hertz, accompanied bv Mrs. Hertz' '", Miss Bemardl, will leave for Salem. ve have not yet learned where Mr- "erU intends to go Into business, "Jt regret very much loslnir him as 'tir.ti of The Dalles. He Omnuht ti m mrmm liavn tint ilia at v " i n ih.ii, iiiiv vnv l0 letters of bis name, spoiled his c"nccs of linin lams in that line. I'l fO K. I)eWBr f()utJ)1 Mmwt JHi) st ninl,t because too much flre-nater caused ,im to engage in a battle. This ""fning Recorder Gates fined him $5, bt,on condition that he wonld leave J0n, suspended the fine, and he made '-rce in the city limits.' K. McFarland and family wete out Sunday, on Belmont street, and ''"'t Twenty. seventh the horse be frightened at the breaking of the . dragged the carriage to one l,,e f the street, throwing the inmates 001 'n the gmt,r. The horse, freed pops And now we have them in the great est profusion. Everything that ia late and pretty is to be found in our store today in tins line. This announcement does not affect our sale for balance of the week on from the carriage fortunately, ran some distance northward from Belmont, bu was finally secured. Only one boy of the family was injured by the upset, and be sustained a cut on the bead, which was not very serious. The others sustained slight bruises. Oregonian. The April Ladies' Home Journal will contain the first article of series tell ing"Howtobe Pretty Though Plain." The author, who has verified all her Statements, insists (hat it is within easy possibility for the plainest woman to be pretty, and she thinks it not an on worthy ambition. Good common-sense forms the basis of this author's advice to all women who wish to be pretty. The rolling piniias always been con sidered one of woman's best weapons, and tonight that particular article is to decide the esse of the ladies of the club vs. the gentlemen, and those who desire to see the trial should be at the club rooms at 3 o'clock, when the contest begins. The games will be dispatched with haste, and those who wish to at tend the birthday party afterward may do so, reaching there in time for the program. The new coat of white paint being pnt on the Columbia Hotel will not only add much to the appearance of the building, but to the general effect on passengers going through the city. The train passes the most dilapidated looking part of the town, anyway, and to see clean-looking buildings along the route will do much to offset the otherwise bad impressions formed. This hotel is be ing fitted up in splendid condition and is much improved in every way. Judge K. C. Bronatigh, one of the ahlest attormysin the Northwest, died at his home in Portland Monday night. Aliont three months ago he was taken ill and in January contracted the grippe, which hastened the end, although he had recovered sufficiently to walk about three blocks Sunday to the home of his son. Judge Bronaugh was 08 years of age, and at the lime of his retirement from the leg.il profession was of the firm of Fenton, McArthur A Bronaugh. The funeral will take place h! f'-rr.ooii at the Presbyterian church in Portland. From C. M. Grimes, who has Just re turned from Southern Idaho, we learn that the loss of stock throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho, although bad, is not nearly so severe as was reported. The loss Is principally among ramie horses, whi!h the settlers do not feed, having only enough feed for their vain able stock. Many of them deem that it Is Laces ol Oils. Was Fa .. . . i and better class of stock. It seems like cruelty to animals to reason thusly, bnt j they say it is merely a question of the : survival of the fittest, i X. C. Evans, one of the county cum. 1 miesioners. in speaking ol Hood River's fruit crop bays: "The papers have j greatly exaggerated our los, being in formed perhaps by those who look on ! the dark side. While many if the j peaches are killed, a few of the apricots and a very few prunes, we still have a fairly good crop of each, and our apple, j pear and strawberry crop will be ex cellent." He also says: "Bring all the visiting editors down tmd we'll skow them what good fruit is." Mr. Evans knows whereof he speaks , being inter ested in fruit raising in Hood Kiver. Thursday's Daily. School Clerk Schmidt is very busy making out the list of legal voters for District No. 12, preparatory to the elec tion Monday. Next Monday evening the Nobles Dramatic Company will appear at the Vogt in "Our Strategists," and play week's engagement. The members of the Ratbbone Sisters are planning to give a dance on St. Pat rick's night, a week from tomorrow night, in the K. of P. hall. In the commissioners' court petition of Wm. R. Head for road of public ease ment was granted and 11. Fargher, Chas. Davis and Leon Rondeau appointed viewers, to meet April 3d. W. R. Winans has located four new settlers on government lands within the last few days, and they get their choice of some of the best land In Hood River valley. Who'll be the next? Last night H. II. Riddell received a telegram from Washington confirm ing the announcement in yesterday's Telegram that his appointment bad not been confirmed by the senate. Nothing further regarding the matter has been teamed, and The Dalles still remains without a new postmaster, much to the regret of those who felt assured the matter wag settled. Yesterday afternoon F. L. Houghton mashed the second fingerof his left hand very severely while moving some boxes at the drugstore. He was not only un able to take part iu the bowling contest last night, but unable-to rest during the night. It is a very painful, though not serious bruise. H. Edesen was arrested yesterday by the marshal for begging, and after pass ing the night in the city jail called up on the recorder and was fined $2 or one day in jail.' He was taken op to where a gang of men were working on the Union street grade, and there worked out his sentence. Among the number of those to w horn the state board of education has furnished teachers' diplomas and certificates we notice the following from The Dalles: For life diplomas, Miss Anna Lang; al so Miss Mary Frazier, formerly of The Dalies schools, Miss Miche.II having previously been granted a like diploma. State diploma, Mrs. Kate Roche. State certificate, Miss Catherine Martin. Tomorrow night after the play In Port land the Elks lodge will give a reception to Frederick Warde and Louis James. The affair is to be up to the top notch of perfection such as Elks only could make of such an occasion. An address is to be made by Frederick Warde, re sponded to by D. Soils Cohen, either of which will certainly be worth a trip to Portland to hear. Portland lodge, No. 142, has extended an invitation to Cas cade lodge to be present, and many will leave tomorrow morning for that purpose. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when Fred Snipes was standing in Giger & Co. 'a store he suddenly fell to the floor in R dead faint. The doctor was called and after a half hour spent in working over him, te was sufficiently recovered to 1 carried to Mr. Schmidt's room in the Chapman building, al though he did not regain consciousness for several hours. .It is thought to be neuralgia of the heart, as Fred has had some such trouble before. He is some what improved today, and will be taken home this afternoon. Noble's Dramatic Company, that excellent organization, opened Tuesday night in the very funny farce comedy "Our Strategists," and we are glad to note that they a-e receiving so liberal patronage. They are certainly giving the people of Heppner a rare treat In the way of good plays, artistically produced, and fine music by their band and orches tra. This Is the best company the amusement loving people of our city have had the pleasure of witnessing in years, and during the remainder of their engagement merit packed houses, Heppner Gazette. In Portland the price of divotcs I as been reduced from $10 to ", and they are now having a bargain sale in that city, one in which both the women and men are interested. Would it not tie a better Idea for clergymen.justices of the peace, and all who have the authority to perform the "tie act," to increase the price of the ceremony, and also that the price of the license be placed at such a notch that it is a more difficult matter to get into tlio matrimony muddle, In stead of reducing the price of extricat ing one's sell from its clnlcl.ee. As It Is now, the cost of both getting in and out of the "blissful state" is but about best to allow these hones to die, so that the grass may be saved for the sheep f 7 00 and a sack of potatoes or a squash I or two 2.00 for the license, potatoes for the clergyman (oltner nothing) and f5 i for divorce. It sill be good news to those who are wont to drive during the summer months to hear that the grade rn Union street, at the southwest corner of the Academy park, is being improved so that instead of encountering the steep hill there, it will t-e an easy grade. The road is also being worked on, and trees have been cut oat preparatory to cutting the street through on Liberty from Twelfth to Fourteenth, and down Four teenth to Mill creek. No better move could be made, nor one which would be more appreciated unless it be that the same amouut of work be done on various other city roads leading out of town. The handicap bowling contest between the ladies and gentlemen at the club alleys last night drew large crowd, and great excitement prevailed as game after game was played, particularly among the ladies who seemed to bave their innings last night. Indeed Its seldom that The Dalles ladies fail to have the best of the bargain, tor we have some fine bowlers among the ladies of the club. The teams were compote 1 of Mrs. Seufert, Mrs. Fish, Mrs. Houghton, Mrs. Blakeley, Misses Anna Lang and Alma Schanno; Messrs. Bradshaw, Hostetler, VanNorden, Mays, Kurt and Schmidt. In the first game there were 27 points to the credit of the ladies; in the second 13, and in the third 2. ' In the last the gentlemen came to the front with 25 ahead. When it was announced that the ladies had won by seventeen pins, there was great rejoicing, and the "gal lery gods," who always stand in with them, were enthusiastic in the extreme. The highest total score for the ladies was that made by Miss Scbanno, 143; that of the gentlemen, 159, won by Vic tor Schmidt. Mrs. Houghton held the highest single score for the fadies, 48; Ed Kurtz for the gentlemen, wich was aleo 48. The winning team had refused previous to the games to put np any wager: but no doubt they did not refuse a treat at the close of the contest. Friday's Daily. Max Lueddeman, of Antelope, has been appointed administrator of the es tate of Thomas Coghlan, deceased. The legal age limits for original enlist ments in the army are now eighteen and thirty-five years, by order of the secreta ry of war. ' A heavy frost covered the ground this morning, and for fear of losing the more tender plants which bave recently been uncovered, it would not be amiss to shield them a little at nights. A circular letter will soon be issued by School Superintendent Ackerman instructing county superintendents to require that a 60-cent revenue stamp be placed on the bond of each district school clerk. Peter Limmeroth 'was in from bis farm near Nansene yesterday. H9 says that the recent winds bave caused the soil to dry up very quickly. They have light frosts nearly every night now in that vicinity. Mr. Hugh Fraser, who has been con fined to bis bed for some time with grippe, we are sorry to say is much worse, and it is feared the disease is developing into pneumonia. Mays A Crowo are already begin ning to move some of their hardware in to the new building, and last night the store was lit with electric lights. They will be fully settled in their new quarters next week. V. Mansfield, an exponent of the "art preservative of all arts," is in the city. Mr. Mansfield was formerly located in the Willamette valley and later in The Dalles. He is in this section for the benefit of his health. Baker Democrat. Tomorrow afternoon and evening Mrs. Phillips will have a display of spring hats, principally those for street wear. Having au immense Btock suited to ladies, misses and children, it was found impossible to make a display of her entire stock at one time, so her Easter opening will be some weeks later. 10 2t Tonitfht Mrs. Geo. Rowland and family will leave The Dalles for Missoula, Mont., where they expect to make their home in the future. It is alw'ays with regret that we notice the removal of residents who have been with us so many years. At the same time we wish Mrs. Row'and and her family success in their new home. Next Monday afternoon from 2 till 6 o'clock an election will be held at the city recorder's office in The Dalles, for the purpose of electing a school clerk and one director for district No. 12. To morrow we will again publish a notice which will give all needed information as to who are eligible to vote at this election. J. t). I.ee, who was appointed by Gov. Geer to the position of superin tendent of the state penitentiary, was for a time a resident of The Dalles, hav ing come here for the benefit of his daughter's health. During that time lie named the respect of Dalles people for his integrity of character, and all are glad to learn of his good fortune in securing such a position. Private advances from Los Angeles are to the effect that the e iiiiinurd dry sen sons in California have prevented the raising of barley ami oats this year, and as the supply of these commodities will have to be obtained from Oregon and Washington, the writer advises the Northwest farmers to sow heavily to bar ley and oats. The commission men -till also find hint in this to them. Ttia morning about 11:30 o'clock, Mrs. Caroline Rose died at her home on Eiuhtti street,!! ween Court and Union. No particulars as to her death have been obtained, other than thai she bad been suffering from la grippe for some time, which was the primary cause of her illness. She was about 42 years of ae. The funeral will take place from the Catholic church Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Yesterday was the closing day of very successful meeting of the Wool Growers' Association at Pendleton. The society now numbers sixty-four mem bers, and has been instrumental in securing needed legislation beneficial to not only its members, bnt the entire state. The officers of the previous vear were re-elected as follows: President, Geo. Young; Secretary, F. W. Wilson: Treasurer, D.'M. French. On March 6h two more Oregon boys were wounded near San Pedro Macati. They were Harry L. Stanton and Al bert E. Eide, the latter severely. The former was a Portland boy, and the latter enlisted there, though his home is in Kansas. Now that our boys are really in the encounters, the dispatches are watched carefully by all, whether they are personally interested or not u-r sister state seems to De surierins !. . . . most from the ravages of war, which it is hoped will soon be ended. Warren S. Chipp and Mrs. Anuetta Klingensmith, bothof Arlington, Gil. liam county, Or., were united in mar riage at the Perkins hotel yesterday, Rev. Henry A. Barden officiating. Mr and Mrs. Joseph A. Braden and others of the bride's friends were present The bride was handsomely attired. After the ceremony the company re paired to Watson's restaurant, where a sumptuous dinner was served. Tele gram. Mr. and Mrs. Chipp will return to Arlington Monday, where they in tend to make their home. A very bright and exceedingly humor ous serial treating of student life and of social life in a college town will begin in the April Ladies' Home Journal. I) is by Mrs. Charles Terry Collins, a novice in fiction, who has written with charming freshness, cleverly picturing student h e, the students' games and sports, their social diversions, etc. iDto the deliciouely droll story Mrs, Collins has subtly woven a most interesting, happy romance, from which the story takes its name "A College Courtship." Wasco has never bad the pleasure of witnessing so good a dramatic company as it did last week in the Noble company and it will doubtless be a long time ere it does again. It was the first time we have ever had a six-day entertainment, and the boys are all "busted," for they couldn't stay away; but they are satis fled, nevertheless. Crowded houses every night greeted the company, whose sole thought was to give the people their money's worth. And they did. Every member of the company is good, from Mr. Noble down, and it is with delight that we listen to the orchestra. In addition to the many other accomplish ments, they are ladies and gentlemen in the fullest sense of the term. They go from Moro to The Dalies next week, where they will no doubt receive an ovation. Wasco News. Geo, Young, state president of the Wool Growers' Association of this state, has in his possession a paper of which he is justly proud. While in Boston, Mass., Mr. Young, who by the way has just returned borne from an extended visit in the East, visited the office of the Revolutionary war archives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and secuied an abstract of the war record of his grandfather, Daniel Nutting, .who was one of the first patriots to take up arms in the grand struggle for American independence. Mr. Nutting volunteered in 1775, and the abstract shows that he served with distinction and credit to himself and his native state. Mr. Young expresses himself as highly pleased to be at home again, and says that although he was accoided every courtesy while in the East, he did not at any time feel really satisfied until he agiiu set loot in Eastern Oregon. East Oiegonian. Contqilaaionera' Court. The county commissioners are now in session and have transacted the follow ing business: Petition for liquor license wai granted to Thomas Badder of Cascade Locks. A petition of Christian Wys, cf Mosier, for a road of public easement was granted. Wallace Husbands, Louie Davenport anil Adolph Godberson were appointed viewers, and J. B. Goit sur veyor. To meet March 23th. A. A. Bonney, et. al., petition for county road at Tygh Valley; granted. W. C. Adams, J. W. Moore and Polk Butler, viewers; J. B, Goit surveyor. To meet April 3rd. A. I. Mason et. al., petition for change In county road at Hood River, reducing it from sixty to forty feet; granted. Boat of All To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly beneficial manner, when the springtime comes, use the true and per fect remedy, Syrup of Figs. Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the Califor nia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale by all druggists, at 50 cents per bottle. NEW SEWER SYSTEM- A Great ! to H 8Ulic - H,lp In Along. I At the last council meeting a special omuiittee on sewers was appointed, compured of Council men Kuck, John and Stephens, and a meeting called for laat night, when their report waa to be received and acted upon. Accordingly, Mayor Nolan and the fol low ing council men met last night; Kuck, Keller, Clough, Johns, Gunning, Stephens, Michel bach and Johnston. No business ouiing up except that for which the meeting was especially called,, their report was at once read, the lab stance of which was as follow s : That a complete new sewer system bo put in below the bluff and on Union street above the blr.tT. Nothing bnt terra cotta pipes are to be used, the main sewer being on Union street, into which all other pipes empty. Instead! of turning the corner at Second street, as it now does, and emptying into the creek at the foot of Liberty street, it will extend straight down Union, emptying into the river below the Umatilla Hons. This will be a great improvement, aa much difficulty has been caused by the present drainage of the sewer on Liberty street. The committee recommended that the cost of said sewer be paid by an assess ment on all lots below the bluff and on lots in the blocks bordering on Union street on the bluff as far upas Twellth street. Such assessment is to be a cer tain uniform per cent on the valuation of such lots, regardless of all improve ments on the same. , The council practically adopted the report as offered, and in a few days The Ciiboniclc will give the location of the sewers, and more definite information regarding them. Many property owners will no donbt consider that their assessment is already more than it should be, and criticise the action of the council in this regard. We cannot think,' however, that such wili be the case when the matter is properly considered. No matter in connection with the city's interest is more im portant than is that of a good sewer sys tem, and nothing is so detrimental to the growth of that city as the fact (which is always bound to be looked in to when a person is contemplating tak ing np their residence in a place) that the sewerage is poor. For some time past our residents bave been aware that something must be done in this regard, the wooden troughs in use causing no end of trouble and expense, and now that the council has taken the matter in hand it is to be hoped that they will have the co-operation of every citizen. In other words that the kicks of a few will not be allowed to overturn the whole system. WHO MAY BE DIRECTORS. Tha Question Answered by Buperfm- tendent Ackerman. A question that has been propounded to the state superintendent with a great deal of persistency is that of the qualifi cations of school directors. In response to a demand for information upon this point, Mr. Ackerman has issued the following ciicular of instruction : "The question has been asked whether, or rot persons who have the requisite qualifications to vote for school director or school clerk, only, have the requisite qualifications for holding the office ol school director or school clerk. Reply ing to said question I will say that, in my opinion, if a person has the requisite qualifications to vofe for school director or school clerk, only, said person bsa the requisite qualifications for school di rector or school clerk. "You will notice by a careful reading of the law covering qualifications of voters that it makes provision for two classes of voters ; one ot which can vote at any school election or school meeting upon any question; the other being composed of women who are widows aud male citizens over 21 years of age who have children in the district of school age, and who shall have resided in the district 30 days, as aloresald, shall be entitled to vote at any school meeting, for the election of school di rectors or school clerk. That is to say, this latter class can vote for school di rector or school clerk, only, and hence are qualified, according to this ruling, to hold the office of school director or school clerk. I have based this opinion upon sections 81 and S2, page 43, of the Oregon school laws, which reads as fol lows: ' " "Section 81. Any person, male or female, who is a qualified voter at school elections, shall lie eligible to the office of school director iu such districts. " 'Section 82. At such general or special elections, in such districts, the only officers voted for shall be that of directors and clerk.' " Sloakholilera Meeting. Notice is hereby given that there mill be an annual meeting of the stockhold ers of The Dalles, Portland A Astoria Navigation Co. at their office Saturday, April 1, 181H, ai 2 p. m., for the pur pose of elesiing seven directors, and transacting such other business as may properly come before said meeting. By order of the president. The Dalles, March 6, IS'.iO. L. E. Crowe, Secy.