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Saturday' Daily
Slugger Jeffries defeated Slugger Cor
bett yesterday at Coney Island, puttinjr
bim to sleep in the 23J round.
A email puree wa left at Pease &
Mays' store on Saturday last. Owner
can hare the same by calling at their
office.
Smith Bros, have received another lot
of work horses from Sherman county,
which tbey have for sale at their ranch
louth of town.
Fred Benzer and Phillip Willig, form
er subjects of the Gsrman Empire, were
this morning admitted to full citizenship
before Judge Mays.
Mrs. Phillips is offering the greatest
bargains in millinery ever known.
Pattern hats, etreet hats, children's hats
and bonnets all at cost prices. Call at
once while the assortment is complete.
Voting booths for the ADtelope pre
cinct, to take the place of those burned
in the fire at that town a year or so ago
and for the new precinct on Dutch Flat
were received today at the court house.
Yesterday's daily river bulletin says
the Columbia river will continue to
slowly rise for several days. The Snake
river is now rising, and it will also con
tinue to rise during the remainder of
the week.
Ned Wicke, of Mill creek, was in town
today for the first time in three months'.
Ned is almost blind from cataract in
both eyes that refuses to ripen so that
it could be safely removed by the sur
geon's knife.
Miss EIU Donaldson, of Kingsley,
was a passenger on the Reliance this'
morning for Portland, where Bhe goes
to resume her work as nnrse in St. Vin
cent's hospital after a week's vacation
spent at her old home.
The Indian war and scalp dance at the
Vugt opera house last night was not a
howling success, from a financial stand
point. After the warriors and scalpers
bad paid the ball rent and other ex
penses tbey had just fifteen cents left.
Hereafter the forest rangers must pass
an examination, but it will be as to
their fitness for the position in connec
tion with their knowledge of the coun
try, ability to ride and take care of a
horse, etc., and they won't have to have
a knowledge of Latin and trigonometry.
T. S Hamilton, of Upper Trout, has
raised 122 per cent of lambs this spring
and like reports come from all over the
county. This Is accounted for by the
unusually favorable winter and spring
and the consequent fact that a large per
cent of ewes have raised twin lambs.
Crook County Journal.
At 4 o'clock this morning the fire bell
rang out one clear, hard tap. Three or
four of the fire boys jumped out ot bed
and put for the engine house, where
tbey found Engineer Brown poking
among the glass jars trying to find on t
the cause of the alarm. Some defect in
one of the jars had caused the fall of the
bell hammer.
The Spokane Chronicle of last Wednes
day has the following personal, which
will be real news to as Dalles folks, for
Dr. Logan has so carefully concealed his
connection with the hardware business
that nobody here ever suspected it :
"H. Logan, a prominent hardware mer
chant from The Dalles, is registered at
tbc Grand with hie wife."
Wesley Wachake, a young buck of 19,
from the Yakima reservation, who came
over here yesterday with the horses for
tile Linnton cannery, got full of fire
water last night and found himself in
the Hotel de Hughes this morning with
a bill of $5 charged op ngainst htm. His
Indian companions paid the fine, and
lie was discharged, a soberer, if not a
ier Si wash.
John Doe does not believe this is a
free country any more. Full of some
thing a good deal stronger than "Ne
braska wind" ho insisted last night In
"inking his boudoir in the middle of the
railroad track on Front street; but an
imperialistic nlghtwatchman compelled
hi in to make his couch on a pine bench
In tho city bastile and the Imperialistic
d;ik of that institution fined him 5
tliis morning for the accomodation.
At 1 :30 this afternoon a boy was en
etting a lighted match to a box of rub
hih in the alley near the Chronicle
office. In a fow minutes the blase at
tracting the attention of tha employes
in Maiir & Benton's tin shop. The fire
had extended to other rubbish and ths
hoy bad carlessly fled. An alarm was
turned in, but a couple of small streams
'mm the tin shop rendered the services
the lire department unnecessary.
An exohango lays down the following
co1 of morals by saying: Let your
nintlo be, "Lie, Steal, Drink and Swear."
"I'en you He, et U be down to pleas
H dreams. When you drink, let It be
nothing but pure, cold water. When;
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associates. When ou swear, swear
that you will patronize vour home
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A frenk of nature in the shape of an
apple tree one year old bearing fruit this
years is reported from White Salmon.
Capt. II. C. Cook informed the editor of
the Glacier last Saturday that among
the seedling apple tree he budded last
August is one that bloomed this spring
and now has one wtll-foriued and good
sized apple upon it. He planted the
seed in tLe spring of 1S99, and in August
of the same year budded the tree with a
cion from the Bismark apple, a variety
noted for bearing early and which ori
ginated in Australia.
The Crook County Journal rallies the
faithful against the forces of Bryanism
and bankruptcy thuslv : "All voters
of Crook county who believe in Hanna
lain, Algerism, Imperialism, coming
under the head of McKinleyism or any
other "isrj," that showers the blessings
of unbounded prosperity upon all the
people of these United States, are re
quested to meet at their place ot voting
on every election day as long as time
shall last and cast your votes against
starvation and depression, such as pre
vailed four years ago under perverted
democracy, which is another name for
bond Issue foi revenue only."
The unconscious humor of the Irish
man still lives. Lat week, says a cor
respondent of the London Daily News,
a friend of mine was sitting in Phoenix
park, when to him appeared ragged
old chap, most gloriously intoxicated-
"God save the queen, scr!" said be to
mv friend. "Certainly," was the reply.
"God save Queen Victoria 1" reiterated
the old fellow. "By all means. Send
her victorious, happy and glorious!"
"That's right, sort I wish she came to
Dublin eve'ry year, every month, every
day, sorl Think ol what she has
done for the country; think of all the
good she does to people. Why look at
me inhere am I, as drunk as blazes, and
never paid a penny for it I"
The following is the list of jurors
which have b;en drawn to serve at the
May term, which opens May 28th:
Chfls Fraley and John Ilix, of Kingsley ;
S. I. Everett, P. VV. Knowles, Win,
Bennett, Alex. Ileisler and J. W. Mor
rison, ot Dutur; ti. targner, j. m.
Mathews, H. Brown and W. C. Adams,
of Naneene; J. B. Haverly, J. B. Han
na and J. Park Bolton, of Boyd ; George
Anderson, J. C. Egbert, J. P. Agidius,
Chae. Dietzel, T. F. Grey and J. C. Gal
bretb, of Tbe Dalles; Robert Dunstnore,
ofMosier; William Frlzzel I, of Cascade
Locks; L. Henry, Charles Chandler and
W. J. Baker, of Hood River; James
Grev, of Victor; B. L. Foreman, of
Wapinitla; W. F. Chastin and S. A.
Broyles, of Tygh Valley ; E. N. Chan
dler, of Wamic; Ed. Harriman, of En
dersby. Monday Dally.
The Columbia River Ice Company to
day unloaded a car of ice irom the Blue
mountains.
Strawberries are beginning to come in
freely. They started out this morning
at 12,1,,' cents a box.
Jnst received. Rough Rider suits, just
the thiDg for boys. Tbey are wear-resisting.
Pease & Mays.
Tbe catch of salmon has been very
light for nearly a week. Quite a num
ber of the wheels have had to be elevated
out of the water to escape destruction
by drift wood.
M. Rind, the hot tomales man, has
opened np a first-class lunch counter at
tbe Umatilla House and will furnish
lunches and meals at all hours from
8 p. in. till 5 a. m.
A certificate of nomination by petition
was filed today by Harry Liebe as dem
ocratic candidate for the legislature for
the 21st district, including Wasco,
Crook, Klamath and Luke counties.
The little girl stood on the etreet cor
ner sobbing as if her heart would break.
On the stone flagging were the bits of a
broken pitcher. "There, there, little
girl," said the benevolent man, don't
cry, don't cry, littlo girl; 'never cry
over spilt milk. But it isn't milk,"
sobbed the girl, "it's beer."
Oregon is second of all the states in
the union now in the production of
wool, although not second in number of
sheep owned. Montana is first in wool
and sheep, having clipped In 1809 over
22,000.000 pound of wool and having
over 3,000,000 sheep. Oregon's clip was
more than 20,000,000.
There will be a big republican rally
and public speaking at Antelope next
Thursday, commencing at 11 o'clock a.
in. Among the speakers will be Hon.
J. N. Williamson, candidate for joint
senator, and F. W. Wilson, of this city.
The same speakers will be at Duff r on
Saturday, the l!)th instant.
Charles Hindman Informs the Prine
ville Review man that he recently came
across the monntains on the 8ntiam
route. He encountered but little snow
and it was not over four feet deep in
any place. Crossing has now set in and
the work on the west side Is being
pushed along. This Is very early for
crossing these mountains.
The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs.
Al Bettingen, agirl of about five month,
died yecterday and was buried this fore
noon. The peculiarly distressing fea
ture ol this death is that only about a
month has passed since the ehlest child
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of this family, a fine boy, was laid in th'e
grave. The bereaved parents have the
deep sympathy of the people of this
community.
Hive yon teen those Rough Rider
suits at Pease & Mays,' made frum the
genuine kiki cloth, an exact fac simile cf
the uita worn by Roosevelt's Rough
Riders, made in ages from 4 to 14 ; just
the thing for the boys.
W. S. Meyers today moved his office
furniture and library into the Masonic
building from the office he built him
self and has occupied for twenty-one
years. The old office building has been
rented to the lestaurant folks next door.
Petitions in favor of eleven new
county roads were presented btfore
the last county court and acted upon
favorably. This large number of peti
tioua is the direct result of a steady if
not rapid increase of settlement and
population.
Two young bloods, who had spent
Saturday night at a dance somewhere,
loaded themselves with booze yesterday
morning and were about to make a
viscious cubblo-stone attack on an ac
quaintance when the marshal arrested
both and kept them in the calaboose
till they had sobered np.
A young man named C. W. Davib,
from Wasco county, who was en route
to the Butte Creek sawmill with a view
to procuring employment, fell through
a manger bole in the Fossil livery barn
on Wednesday night, and when an in
ventory of his injuries was taken it was
found that one leg and bis nose were
broken. He was conveyed to tbe Me
Kenzie hotel, where Dr. Shaw did a
good job of repairs' on him, and he is
now getting along nicely. Fossil Jour
nal. Mrs. Otis Patterson left today for
Heppner where she goes to attend the
funeral of Mrs. C. A. Rhea, wife of the
president of the first National bank of
Heppner. Mrs. Rhea's death occurred
yesterday mornicg and her funeral will
take place tomorrow. The lady's maiden
name was Adkins. She was a highly
respected and beloved Oregon pioneer
and had lived in and around Heppner
for the past thirty years.
The Y. M. C. A. will hold their first
business meeting in the council chambers
tonight. It is of the first importance
that all who have signed the roll of
membership should be present. The
meeting will settle the question of its
permanent home, elect five directors, an
advisory board of three members and ap
point permanent committees. All who
are interested in this work should be
present tonight and help to give the as
sociation a good start.
The oil factory on Tongue point,
which manufacturers a superior grade
of refined fish oil from the heads, tails
and entrails of the salmon, is working
night and day, says the Astorian. The
launch Rowena is in the service of the
factory and delivers the fish offal from
all the canneries along the river. It is
stated by parties in a position to know
that tbe refined oil from this factory
commands not only ready sale but at a
good figure. It is probable the capa
city of the.factory will be enlarged.
Tbe young people of the Methodist
church are making arrangements for a
musical entertainment to be given in
the church next Friday evening. A
fine program is promised, and some of
the best musical talent in the city has
been engaged. A special feature of the
evening will be musical selections
played on glasses by Archie McCully.
The full program will be published
later.
Judge Bennett closed a week's cam
paign in Lake county by speaking at
Paisley Saturday night. The judge will
doubtless explain to the wool men out
that way how it was that they only got
six cents for their wool nnder the last
democratic administration and have got
good grounds for expecting threo times
six cents for tbe present clip. The
judge's railroad, plank will fool nobody
out in Lake county.
Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli, apos
tolic delegate to the United States, will
arrive here from the East tomorrow on
the 12:35 passenger. He will be met by
a committee of prominent cliuichmen
from Portland, consisting of Rev. C.J.
O'lieilly, J. F. OShea, Mark O'Jueil,
Hon. J. M. Gearing, Henry E. McGinn.
R. M. Dooly and Fred Dresser. The
Reliance will bold over till 1 o'clock p.
id. and take the parly to Portland.
Senator Teller's resolution is the least
offensive expression of sympathy yet
effured in behalf of the Boers; but it
should not pass, says the Spokesman
Review. We shall do well in these
matters to heed the good old injunction,
"mind your own business." That, in
deed, is the essence of the Monroe doc
trine. O.ir business is with the Ameri
can continent and the commerce ,of the
Pacific, and we are in no wise concerned
with the political affairs of South Africa.
Pro-Boer resolutions would do us no
good, and they could not help the Boers.
An anti cigarette league has been
formed at Washington to combat the
sale ol cigarettes to minors. Willis
Brown, of Chicago, founder of the
league, advances some startling states
ments ai the result of a two-weeks In
vestigation. In one pnblic school in the
national capital, located in the most
fashionable section, he found, l.e tays,
that out of 27 boys and 10 girls in the!
eighth grade, 21 boys and six girl were
smokers. In the fifth grade, composed
maiuiy of children from 8 to 10 years of
age, out of S3 pupils, nine boys and
three irlsweie cigarette sun kers.
Frofessor J. C. Meriiam, of the Uni
versity of California, and H. W. Fur
long, a student in that institution, ar
rived here yesterday and are fitting
themselves out for a three months
search for fossils iu the region of the
John D.iy. Judge Davis, of this city,
will accompany them, and there will be
six persons in the party when they all
get together. They need seven horses
for the trip and are trying to prcure
them here. They want a moderately
heavy span of draft horses and five head
of good saddle horses. Parties having a
surplus in this line might find a cus
tomer by calling on Professor Merriam
or Mr. Furlong at the Umatilla House.
After Timothy Brownhill had passed
a successful examination last week at
Pendleton for admission to the bar,
Judge Moore examined certain creden
tials of the applicant which testified in
particular to Mr. Brownhlll's "truthful
ness aud honesty." Tbe judge scanned
the credentials with a merry twinkle In
his eye and then assuming a look of se
verity said : "Young man, truthfulness
and honesty are not generally consid
ered the qualities that commend an ap
plicant for admission to the bar." But
Tim got his certificate, just the same.
The Columbia river bad reached 31
feet above low water at this place this
morning. The Regulator will today
transfer her freight and passengers at
the locks to the Dalles City, as she is
not able to climb tbe rapids below the
locks at the present stage of water. The
Reliance and Dalles City can make the
trip at any stage when it is possible to
get through the locks. The daily river
bulletin says the Columbia and Snake
rivers will continue to rise slowly for
several days. Till the Regulator is able
to resume her through trips she wiil
leave here at 7 a. m.
J. H. Jackson was recently appointed
by the authorities to collect the poll tax
In Tbe Dalles precincts, and it will be
readily believed that delinquents are
not at present particularly anxious to be
on speaking acquaintance with bim.
The other day a clerk in one of the
stores who had not paid bis poll was
busy erecting a . big stack of bottled
goods in one of the show windows when
Jackson hoved in sight on the sidewalk
outside. Supposing the collector was
after him, tbe clerk made a dash for tbe
back of the store, and in the hurry up
set the stack of bottles, breaking enough
of them to have paid his poll twice over.
If there is any moral iu this story it is
that it does not always pay to run away
from tbe poll tax man.
Tuesday' Dally.
Wanted Good starch ironers at The
Dalles Steam Laundry. 12 3t
The ferry boat now makes its landing
at the foot of Washington street.
The Yukon river opened on May 8th
and is now navigable for steamers.
The Yakima Indians today brought
over another lot of 300 cayuses for ship
ment to the Linnton cannery.
The ladies of the Episcopal guild are
requested to meet at the residence of
Mrs. Hugh Logan tomorrow afternoon.
The weekly crop bulletin of May 14th
says wheat and rye have headed out in
Hood river valley and are ready to be
cut for hay.
At 9 o'clock this morning 1,003 per
sona bad registered from tbe several
Dalles precincts, against 950 votes cast
at the election of 1808.
Uncle Johnny Graham has been con
fined to bis bed for some time with tbe
grippe; but has improved so far as to
be able to be around the house.
Mrs. E. Julian has bonght the office
of W. S. Myers, next door to her res
taurant, and will ose it for roomers, and
probably enlarge it in the near future.
D. VV. Vause, of this city, yesterday
declared his intention to become a citi
zen of tbe United States and renounce
allegiance to the queen of Great Britain.
Campbell & Wilson will sell their line
of millinery, trimmed and untrimmed
hats, flowers and children's hats, at
greatly reduced prices for the next
thirty days. Please call and get our
prices.
The height of the Columbia river at
The Dalles this morning was 31.7 feet.
The river may rite a little higher during
the next twenty-four hours but the
belief is that It has nearly reached its
maximum height for the year.
Senator McBride, of Oregon, has In
troduced a bill in the sonate amending
the law which allows state soldiers'
homes f 100 a year for the care of each
veter.tn of the civil war, so as to admit
the Indian war veterans and veterans of
the Philippine and Spanish wars at the
same rate.
The Portland party of Catholic clergy
men and churchmen met Apostolic
Delegate Martinelli here today and
promptly lett on the Reliance for Port
land. A number of prominent Dalles
Catholics accompanied the party down
the river till they met the Regulator,
when they returned.
There will be a meeting of the mem
bers of the public library at the litrary
Thusdny evening, May 17th, at 8 o'clock.
As a matter of importanca will be dis
ciiBscd, all wha are IntercsteJ in the
MAY 16, 1000.
welfare of the library, patrons and
friends, as well as members, are re
quested to bo present.
Abraham Lincoln djes not seem to
have lvn very nau-'i impressed with
the dignity or value of oflu-ialism. On
j ouf occasion, btii)k' informed of the lots
j of a number of mules and a colonel, he
said: "Well. I'm sorry about the
mules; but I can make another colouel
just as good in five minutes."
A representative from M. Born A Co
the famous Chicago merchant tailorsT
will be at the New York Cash Store
May 17th and ISth. We will be pleased
to see you all in our store and show you
their full line of samples. Remember
the place and date. The New York
Cash Store, May 17ib and IS.h. 17-3t
Work on the new steamer, which is
being built for service on the upper Co
lumbia and Snake rivers for the Central
Navigation Company, is being pushed
with all possible speed, says the Tele
gram. The boat is being built under
the supervision of Liuis Paquetan l wiil
be one of the finest crafts ou the upper
river. It is the intention to have the
steamer finished and in operation by
July let.
Hon. William Smith, fusion candi
date for congress for this district, made
a speech at Arlington last Friday night.
three lourths of his speech was devoted
to expansion and imperialism, the re
mainder of his talk being devoted to a
condemnation of the use of the flag in
political campaigns by the Republicans,
with a brief allusion to the initiative
and referendum, closing with a IV min
ute discussion of the money question.
The ladies aid society of the Congre
gational church will meet tomorrow
(Wednesday) afternoon with Mrs. Frank
Taylor, who lives on Three Mile. Ward
& Robertson's wagonette will be at the
church at 2 o'clock sharp. All the
ladies who expect to take the trip are
urged to be there a5 least ten minute
before 2 o'clock. Those who have theii
own conveyances are asked to drive to
the church, so that all may go together.
At the meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
held in tbe council rooms last night, a
base ball team was organized, with Roy
Emerson as captain and Rev. D. V. Pol
ing manager. Funds were raised for a
complete equipment and cardinal red
was adopted for colors. President
Brownhill was authorized to appoint a
committee to confer with The Dalles
Commercial Club and ascertain on what
terms the use of the lower floor of the
club rooms and its equipments could be
obtained for the j int use of the associa
tion, and also ascertain the approximate
cost of renting and fitting up tbe Schan
no hall, next to the A. M. Williams
store on Second street. The meeting
adjourned till next Monday night, when
the report of the committee will be con
sidered and final action taken as re
gards a home for the association.
Near Hope Bros.' old ranch, about
two miles from Vale, says the Vale Ga
zette, are some very interesting cliffs of
sandstone. They are interesting first
from the fact that there are no other
walls of rock like them within a long
distance, and, second, from the evi
dences of early history that are found
on them and about them. Evidently
the early Oregon immigrant trail has
passed near them, for on the rocks are
carved names and dates of quite early
times. The name of Paul Rosser bears
the date of 1852. R. A. Gray, 18G4, ap
pears on the face of the rock considera
bly beyond the reach of a person stand
ing on the ground below. But below
this is a name which takes one back to
the time when the First Oregon Volun
teers were fighting Indians in this part
of the country. It Is "S. Pepoon, Lt.
let O. V., 1864."
Memorial Kay.
Hdqrs. Dept. or Okkgos, G. A. R.
Portland, Or., April 14, 1900. )
To Comrades of the Grand Armv of tbe
Republic, Dept. of Oregon :
At the meeting of the council of ad
ministration of this department held at
Grand Army ball, Portland, Or., Feb
ruary 20, 1900, the following resolution
was offered by Department Chaplain C.
E. Cline and was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the council of adminis
tration of the department of Oregon,
G. A. R., respectfully request all civic
and fraternal organizations in this state
to give, unmolested, to the Grand Army
of the Republic, May 30th, as Memorial
Day, and that the press of the state be
requested to aid in keeping sacred this
day, devoted to the nation's honored
dead,
11. V. Gates, Dept. Com.
Official :
J. E. Mayo, A. A. Gen.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that there will
be an annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Golden Eagle Mining Com
pany at the office of French & Co.,
bankers, on Thursday, May 31, 1900, at
7 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of elect
ing seven directors and transacting such
other business as may properly coino be
fore said meeting.
By order of the president.
J. C. IIomteti.kr, Secy, and Treas.
The Dalles, Apl. 27, 1900. a27-td
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CELEBRATED INDIAN DEAD.
II Wa Over loo Year Old and Bad
Knuwa Sheridan.
! Wankukas, ons of ti e t est known and
f.imiiiir of Klickitat's Indian people,
died i n Sti-.d y last at his home at the
j Waukakas ,iring, on the Big Klickitat
river. He was over 100 years old and
had taken an active part in most of the
stirring events conmcted with the)
earliest history of the Northwest. Ilia
remains were interred near the river
where he had resided since 183J.
Dr. R. E. Stewart was quite intimate
w'.th th aged Indian, who had on
various rcvasions related many interest
ing episodes of his long life to the doctor
al! in the abrupt manner peculiar to
tha Indian. He claimed to have seen
the first vessel come up the Columbia
river, a large three or four masted ship;
io have seen tho first white meu ; the
first fire arms, and the first fire water.
Ho was sure of the latter! To those
with whom years of acquaintance bad
brought him into close friendship, b
was talkative; but to I ho stranger rather
silent and reserved.
fie was acquainted with Sheridan at
the time ho was statiooed at the Cas
cades and undoubtedly participated in
many of those battles with the whites,
which were quite numerous, along the
river from that place up to and beyoud
The Dalles. Indeed, he admittod to tha
doctor that in the baitles and forays of
'57 in this and the neighboring county
of Yakima, he had taken a conspicuous
and active part.
For years, the number of which no
white man now living in this section
can tell, Waukakas has lived where be
passed away. To the doctor he insisted
he had come there in 1830. He had no
fa'iiily.all having died or else departed
for other parts, except two grand
children who resided with and took
care of him. On his place was a famous
mineral or soda spring, said by those
familiar with the water to be the beet
along the river. Sev ral parties have
endeavored to obtain possession of it for
commercial purposes but were never
successful. Their opportunity may now
come in tbe early future.
So, by the side of the turbulent Klicki
tat whose waters had murmured music
in his ears for seventy years ; by the
rocks over which his footsteps had trod
for more than the alloted span of life; by
the trees under which he had eat for
shelter during the summer's heat; and
amid the fl iwers and shrubs, Waukakas
the aged Indian was placed for bis long;
last sleep. May he rest in peace.
Agriculturalist.
Concerning Military Ituad Land.
A Washington diBpatch says 'Senator
McBride yesterday offered an amend
ment, favorably reported by tbe public
lands committee, appropriating $5000
for making an investigation with a view
to adjusting the claims of persons who
entered lands within The Dalles military
wagon road land grant. Congressman
Moody has been working for some time
along the sam lines as Senator McBride,
and The Chronicle expects any day to
bear that Mr. Moody has introduced a
similar measure in the house. In a
private dispatch received here yesterday
Mr. Moody (aid: "The bill prepared
by the wagon road settlers, if introduced,
would prejudice or defeat ultimate relief.
The interior department has repeated
ly reported against such measures.
Through the sundry civil bill I hope to
secure authorization of an investigation
for relief along the line of congressional
precedent." .
Mr. Moody Las adopted tbe policy of
the shrewd business man that he it.
The settlers referred to have been deep
ly wronged, but the title of tbe road
company is absolute and no relief from
the government is possible on tbe
ground of legal right. If relief is ever
obtained, end The Chronicle devontly
hopes it may, it will be along the lines
on which Messrs. McBride aud Moody
are working.
Sunday School Knlhualasm,
Probably no Sunday school conven
tion ever held in our state has been so
much talked about as the one to be held
in tbe city of Portland, June 13-15. A
magnificent program has been prepared,
and ample local arrangements have
been made. In addition to prominent
speakers from our own state, there will
be present five distinguished Sunday
school workers from the East who are
making a tour of the Northwest under
the auspices of the international execu
tive committee. Mr. Marion Lawrence,
general secretary of the international
Sunday school convention, Is In charge
of the party, which includes rmong
others Prof. E. O. Excel), whose reputa
tion as a publisher, singer and conductor
of music is national.
Reduced railroad rates have been
secured, and free entertainment is pro
vided. For further particulars address
A. A. Morse, Portland, Oregon.
Miotic.
Owing to the retirement of Frank
Chrisman from the firm of Chrisman
Bros., and his intention to leave the
state as soon as possible, all debts due
the firm must be paid Immediately. All
having cl.iims against the firm will
please present them at the market for
payment.
(u4-tf Chrisman Brothers.
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