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About The Dalles weekly chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1947 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1899)
THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. AUGUST 12. 1899 i i - - - r t- Bight p onl Welcome," This is our motto We will receive you at our store as we pro. to receive the "Forty Fighters on Saturday, and there shall be nothing too kxxl for you and our prices are always the lowest. J CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Surprise Sale. Nothing like making a good beginning impressions go a long way. We mined to make these sales a success. are First deter- SEE WINDOWS. For a Starter. Your cholceof our elegant neck- CCD tS SEE WINDOWS. Regular price 75c, $1.00 and f 1 .23. Of course vou raut be r in mind there price hoid good for tomorrow, Saturday, only. W e have a good full line of medium weight nnder wear thai we have decided must go, Shirts or Drawers, 6J cents. Regular price 30c, 73c, 1.00 and f l.L5. We carry the largest and beet selected stock of men 8 youths' and boys' clotbiDg in Eastern Oregon. Our White Goods Sale will continue during the balance of the week as the weather has not been as favorable for these goods as we had anticipated. The lino is very complete and we invite your attention. Special Sale of Ladies' Muslin Garments. Ladies' muslin night gowns, tucked and embroidered yoke, regular price : $1.00; sale price OQC. Ladies' muslin and cambric skirts, embroidered flounce, regular price l $1.00: sale price... OQC. Ladies' muslin and cambric drawers, lace and insertion trimmed, regu- lar price 75c; sale price 53 Ladies' muslin corset covers, embroidery trimmed, regular price 35c; sale price 2iC All Goods Marks I In Plain Figure. Pease & Mays. The Weekly Ghroniele. TDK lALl.K8 ORKGC1N OFFICIAL PAPER OP WA8CO COUNTV. Publuhed in two parti, on Wednetdayt and Saturday SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ST MAIL, FOBTXOI PltBPAID, IK ADVANCI. 0n yeiir II M Mix mont'ia " Three month! 80 Adverting rates reasonable, and made known On a?liciitiiri. AUdnwa ll communications to "THF OH RON (CLE," The Uullua, Oregon. LOCAL BREVITIES. Wednesday's Dully. The right party can secure steady employment by applying at the Singer sewing machine office in this city, on Secjnd street, near Union. aug9 3t F. C. Sex'on has moved Into his new residence on the hill. It is in a most desirable location, commanding a splen did view of the river and tcenery along its bank?, and conveniently constructed. Two women, or rattier girls, for they were younar, were arrested this morning for inhabiting bawdy house. Ttiey were fined (10 each and te'ng unable to pay, were placed in jail, where they are now onfined. Fifteen young ladies are today teing eximined for rointy teachers' certifi cates at the superintendent's office in the ciurt honse. The txamination for today is in penmanship, history, spell ing and reading. Company D will not mnke the trip to Portlnnd in a body to greet the boys, but many will go down of their own accord. Capt. Bartell leaves on the arly morning train. He informs us that forty will be about the number of returning Dalles soldiers, including, of conrse, those who enlisted from the country tributary. Sinclair Bros., assayeri who are here 'ur a short time, claim that several rich Mmples ol gold-bearing ore, taken from Points within the city limits and further, have been brought in to them for assay. Theyssy that out of eight different lots tested yesterday, In five go'.d was found ; 'wo samples yielding gold values .'U.40' nu fi-).R0. Torpbory ore is also said to have been taken from a well on the northwest side of town, giving out gold "J platlna over (100 per ton. Should "is when further investigated prove to be substantial, no little excitement will h caused here, and these gentlemen claim a company may be formed .to 4r'ct a smelter and work same on eimlom work. It had been planned and advertir J that the Dalles City would leave Porf lnd at 8 o'clock this morning with a Party 0f tourists from New York, reach ing here early in the afternoon, and tarting hack at 4 o'clock, thus giving hose who desire an opportunity to take vantage of the excursion rates to Portland, rearhlnir lt,ara at 10 nVlnrk. Presumably on account of the rainy trip, and therefore the Dalles City stayed in Portland and the afternoon trip was abandoned. Many who had planned to go down were much disappointed. The Oregon Short Line, it is an nounced from an authoritative source, has decided to begin the erection of permanent locomotive and repair shops at Focatello, Idaho, and the work upon the new buildings wiil begin before the close of the present rear. It is stated in this connection that the Short Line shops of Shoshone, Idaho, built many years ago by Charles Francis Adams, when he was connected with the Union i'aciflc, and long ince. abandoned, will le torn down and the material brick and stone used in their construction moved to Pocatello for use in the new buildings there. Thousands of Ooiiars are being paid each year on these vacant shops at Shoshone, nnd by using the material at Pocatello this item of ex pense will be saved. Nothing could be more welcome (unless itjis the soldier boys) than the delightful shower which made its appearance dur ing the night, settling the dust, clearing the atmosphere and making everyone glad. Io the city we had .04 of an inch ; and have been hoping all day that the threatening storm would materialize, but only a few drops have deigned to fall. From all reports the storm is gen eral throughout the country, and more copious, extending out beyond Sherar'a Bridge and Bakeoven. No damage can result from the rain, and a day or two more of it would not inj.' j the grain, unless it was too heavy. The campers along the river received their share and at Cascades all the spare can vas was brought into play, doing good service as canopies. It will probably not continue, but just come to take pity on us after the dreadful dust storm we have experienced. Tomorrow the closed season for fish ing begins and continues until the 10th of September. As lar as fishing along the river here is concerned it might as well be a continued closed season this year, for virtually no catch has been made. At Seufert's there has been about a fifth of the usual catch, while others have done simply nothing in that line. The fishermen along the lower river complain that there is also a shortage there, and that the combine Is 100,000 caees short of what they ex- prctt d. They claim the long-continued high water is partially the cause, and also that seals and sea lions have anni hilated the salmon. They have, how ever, had a fair catch there. At the CaM-adeethe catch has bren abmt as usual. We on the middle Columbia claim that we have worse than sea lions to contend with, our enemy being the leads put out at and near the Cascades, which will not admit of the fish passing. This, our fishermen aver, is unlawful and our legislature should protect us against them, by prohibiting Iheir nse. If not, the fishing industry is a dead letter along this part of the river. ThurmUy's Dully The wind bloweth where It listeth todar, and soon the quieting, again ather the excursionists gave np the cleaning effect of our nice littl rain storm will be overthrown and we will again return to dust. The Wasco warehouse received the first loads of new wheat today. From now on it will come in at a lively rate: John Parrent, who attempted to com mit suicido by shooting himself seems to suffer no serious result from the wound, ajthough he has been so weak that phy sicians dare not probe for the bullet. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Cooper, Dr. G. E binders, David Lmison and Capt. Kartell went down on the boat to meet the returning volunteers this evening. It is planned to reach that city about 4 o'clock. A rumor was current yesterday that Chas. Evans, the injured engineer, was much worse. However, we learn from the doctor that such is not a fact ; and he is resting as easy as can be expected in such a case. Superintendent Ackerman has decided to make a four-weeks tour of the state, visiting county institutes. During the week beginning Sept. 3d, he will visit Condon, Fossil and tbis city, where in stitutes will be held. Evidently the Shaw Company is as much appreciated in Pendleton as they were in The Dalles, and more so. The East Oregonian speaks very highly of them and in writing to a friend here Mr. Allen, the business manager, says: "We were compelled to stop selling seats so crowded was the house." That we must go away from home to learn the news, has again been verified, when the Oregonian tells ns that Con ductor Maber has been suffering and is now laid up with a badly mashed foot, which was caused by a heavy trunk fall ingonitat Biggs. His father-in-law, Mr. Butts, tells ns he will be unable to make his usual run for some weeki yet. The management of the Spokane In dustrial Exposition Is to be congratu lated on having secured the Grand Army "San'1, of Canton, Ohio, for its exposition in October. Many people heard of this fine band, which was with President McKinley when he was nominated at St. Louis in 18:)0, and there are many people In the northwest who were present at that time and heard its splen did music. It Is estimated that between 8,000,000 and 10,000,000 people in the United States take a vacation every summer. They spend between (400,000,000 and $500,000,000 yearly in pursuit of pleasure. There are in the United States 23,000 summer hotels, and 300,000 persons ate employed in them. At least 1,000,000 people attend the various Chautanqua a semblies, of which there are seventy three branches. The boys have already discovered the "watermelons swinging on the vine," and Joe Stadleman yesterday in turn discovered the boys, whom be turned over to Marshal Hughes. There were about a half-dozen and things were lively In police headquarters for a short time. They were let off easy, however, and the watermelons in that vicinity will probably be given the "go by." Jack Lwler, who some time since made himself famous in bis old home, , Th Dalles, by assaulting Kalph Gibons, without the slightest provocation, seems ; to have been up to his old tricks, havirj ; been arrested Tuesday in Portland for a similar offense striking a total stranger who gave hint no reason whatever. !jack will soon get to the end of his ' string, with a black cap over his eyes, if he continues at his present rate. A rich body of gold-bearing ore was I struck in the south side of town before j 7 o'clock this morning, so the Sinclair I Bros, inform us. The ledge is j sixteen feet wide and runs from norlh ! west to southeast. Two men are work j ing on it today. The exact locality has not been made public, but it is said to be within the city limits. The ore can be seen at Drews barber shop, Second street. It was assayed by Messrs. Sin clair and gave S per ton in gold. Henry Villard, of railroad fame in the Northwest, accompanied by his family, came up in his special car, which was attached to the evening tr.tin, and re mained in the city until the night train, taking supper at the Umatilla House. When spoken to by a reporter he said his visit had no special significance, and that thev were simply on a pleasure trip. He has made the trip through the Sound country and has been in Eugene and other valley towns, stopping in Portland a few days. Winter and summer is just the same to Dalles bowlers when It comes to rollln' 'em to win, as was proven by tho game at Astoria Monday night. From Fred Houghton, who returned last night, we learn that Messrs Bradshaw, Houghton, Ogden and Baldwin met the Astoria team on their alleys on that evening and beat them four straight games. While they had been practicing up for the game, our team were all out of practice and had no idea of standing any show at all. This fact makes the result all the more flattering for our bowlers. The proof of the fruit crop is in seeing and tasting It, and we confess after hearing so much about the failure of the prune crop this year, we were not a little surprised when John Taylor brought to the office this morning a branch of Italian prunes, raised at their place on Dry Hollow, so heavy with fruit that it could scarcely bear ti e weight. It certainly doesn't look much like a failure, and the fruit has the ap pearance of being healthy. Mr. Tnylor says that while the conditions regarding that fruit are the same as that of others, a tree here and there being injured, on an average they will have over two thirds of a crop. The peach plums have about all been disposed of and in most sections were a good crop. Lieutenant Lewis, the officer who has been in The Dalles for the past ten days for the purpose of obtaining recruits for the Thirty-fifth regiment, lias received orders to leave for ("Jem tomorrow, where he will open a recruiting station. He will, however, he in Tho Dalles oi Friday and Saturday of each week, when any who may desire can enlist. During his stay here he has accepted fourteen, five of whom stood examinations here. They were Adotrh Sattertbwaite, John L. Pound, Ernst Hite, J. C. Emmet and E. C. Gordon, all strangers in the city. Lieutenant Lewie expresses himself as perfectly satisfied with the resnlt of his work here, and is much pleased with our city, especially from a business point of view. Most of the recruits In various cities visited are from a class who have no special line of business: young men whose parents are well to do or who have no desire to enter business circles. In The Dalles he has found none of this class, and he has made up his mind that the people here aro nimsually indus trlousand business-I ke. Friday's Dally. itev. U. Kushing tias moved into one of Mr. John Bonn's houses between Seventh and Eighth streets on Wash ington. When yon feel inclined to enter a pro- i?st concerning the new sewer system, stop ana think how much the old one costs in repairs. They are to have an electric light plant at Warm Springs agency which will be in running order by October 1st. The contract has been let to F. R. Anson, of Salem. Last evening about 5 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. C. Nelson, on Third street, Rev. Poling united in marriage M. B. Palmater and Mrs. B. A. Wing, both of Tygh Valley. Remember the excursion on the boat tomorrow to the Cascades. Dalles City leaves dock at 8 o'clock. The round trip Is (1. This will be a delightful trip and a chares to join in the first ncep tion given the boys. No one seemed to know that yester day had been declared a legal holiday until the Oregonian came up at 5 :3d and told us about it. Then it was too late; but it was not generally observed throughout the state. The campers along the river have had their share of rain, as for two or three nights and a portion of the days the rain fell alike npon the just and the unjust, the former Including Dalles people, and the latter their neighbors. James Buche, the balf-brred Indian who for a time was one of the faithful soldier In the Salvation Army, has deserted, and cow finds that "the way of the transgressor is hard ;" at least his is a rocky way at present, he being employed on a rock pile working out a 10 fine Imposed opon him by the re corder this morning. He seemed to hate an affiuity for rocks last night about 9 o'clock, when he was found by Pbirman in a drunk and disorderly con dition throwing rocks up on to Nolan's porch. So af:er being arretted and fail ing to produce fine, it was thought btt to let hi ui WO'k off hi furplus energy on the streets for the next four days. It is too bad Company D, of this city, did not go down to meet the soldier boys at Portland. It would have teemed more fitting had they done so, and it was generally supposed they would. The reason for there not doing so we h tve not learned. In spite of the reports concerning the damage to the crops, from the rolling lands in Dry Hollow cjmes the report that on Win, Taylor's ulaea the snrinu wheat will yield twenty-three bushels to! the acre and the oats forty bushels to the acre. We call this a pretty good failure. Two more soldier boys came up lust night David Bonner and Frank Price. The former claims he had pressing busi ness a compelled him to come ahead ot the rest; and we had a gentle hint that in the "pressing" business mother was the other party most con cerned, and when a knock was heard at her door during the night, Mrs. Arm strong was not a little surprised to find one of her three soldier boys asking admittance. Suffice to say he got in. I he truth is, when he reached Portland and found his mother not f hpra l a haeteued home to get her and have her enjoy the reception there with them. Dnriug their absence the love of mother has been characteristic of these three eoldier boys, who Dever failed to write and always sent gjine little token to her. Bonner returned to Portland todai , accompanied by his mother, and will come up with the boys tomorrow. Price's home Is at Tygh Valley, and we have not learned as to his reason for returning in advance of his comrades. Just as everyone was going home to dinner today an alarm of fire sounded and from the cloud of smoke which could be plainly seen it was evident the fire was on the bluff in the vicin ity of the high school building. It was soon determined that it was Wm. Nichols' house, a few feet from the top of the Union street grade-. Mr. Nichols is building a new residence on the lot and was living in a small house udjoin ing. Mrs. Nichols had built a large fire with which to cook dinner and was out side washing. When sho entered the kitchen the room was all ablaze, and it is difficult to tell just how it Ignited. It was but a short time until :the struc ture was ablaze and although the Mt. IT I S . . noou nose company got there as soon as possible, having a steep hill to c'.iinb, they were not in time to render much aeeistance except to the new building, which, with the assistance of JackBon engine company, they succeeded in sav ing, although there was some damage to it. The fire plug near Prof. Gavin's residence was used, but the firemen worked nnder difficulties as the force of water was poor. So intense was the heat and so small the house that it was impossible to save anything and Mr. and Mrs. Nichols lost everything in the way of furniture and clothing. HOW WE RECEIVE THEM. With 0b Arm. oly raaaoaa. Mail. tittckx aa( a Uraa4 Mall. Use Clarke & Fulks Rosofoara for the teetn. tf The 4th of July won't be la it witb thai day the buys come marching home, and that day, or evening, will be Saturday, nd the hour, is near as we can tell, U 5;30AI vk. Mr. Allaway will bend every energy to have the boat her no later thtu that. A uceting of the general committee was held last eveuiog at the club rooms, with Mayor Kink presiding, when the entire plan for the reception was re viewed and arrangements made coucrrn ing it. While these have not as yet taken definite shape, they will be about as follows, and it is especially desired that each citizen co-operate to carry them out in every detail: A coniurittee of reception will meet mem at tne Cascades, and as soon a the Regulator Is sighted from this city the tiring of anvils, tooting of wbiotlee. ringing of bells, and in fact every means of announcing their coming will he em ployed, and continued until the landing is made. The committee has no desire to interfere with the reception and wel come which w ill take place on the dock, that will take care of itself, other than the ladies have arranged that a parade ot little children will be on hand with flowers, and the band will also welcome them with music. As soon as possible the purade will take place, ending at the armory, where a banquet will be given immediately afterward, followed by general reception. In the evening the reception con tinues, including a few very short speeches, music by the band and two vocal selections. The exercises will close with a ball, for which the best of music will be engaged. The ball will be given in deference to a request from tho boys, who say they have danced to keep out of the reach of the bullets, and would enjoy a change of program in the dancing line. This would indicate that they have not left their arms lj San Francisco after all. There are many minor details In con nection with the reception which will add greatly to its effectiveness; but those mentioned are the principal features. The committee has telephoned and also written to prominent men In oar neighboring towns requesting them to Invite their citlzem to join us in our cel ebration. Word has also been sent to relatives of the boys. 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