The Dalles Daily Chrohiele.
THURSDAY.
MARCH'S, 1891
METEOEOLOGIOAL BEPOBT.
Pacific Kcla- D.t'r so State
4kui8t BAR. S tlve of 2. of '
Time. . ? Hum Wind a Weather.
A. M. . -4 SO.IO 21 East .03 USnnw
3 P. M. .... I 30.17 34 NE Cloudy
Indicates below 0.
Maximum temperature, 35 : minimum tem
perature, X.
, Total precipitation from Jnlv up to date. 6.3.";
average precipitation from July- to date, 12.13;
average demciency from July lnt to date, 5.78.
WEATHER PKOB ABILITIES.
The DalleS, March 5, 1891.
Weather forecast till 13 m.,
Friday; fair. Followed by light
. rain, snow in tfit mountains.
- Slightly. wanner.- . . . -
LOCAL BREVITIES.
FAIR
H. C. Condon, of Arlington, came to
. town last evening.
The Diamond Flouring Mills are shut
down for a few days.
Cram & Williams received fourteen
more far loads of ice today.
Miss Gorgie Smith of Hood River is
in the city visiting friends.
James A. Easton of Dufur called today
and subscribed for the Chroniclk.
.1. B. Colville, agent of the Georgia
Minstrels is registered at the Umatilla
House.
The afternoon west Ixmnd freight has
lieen abandoned today. It goes out to
night at 1 o'clock.
Thomas Burgess, of Bake Oven, is in
the city He reports stock in fine con
dition and plenty of feed.
Mrs. C. II. Haynes, of Hood River, is
in the city and is the "guest of Mrs. S.
L. Brooks.
Wm. Odell has just returned from the
Willamette Valley with a car load of
stock sheep which he will take to his
sheep ranch in a day or so.
The CnaoxicLE is pleased to hear of
the recovery of Miss Ettie Story, daugh
ter of Mr. J. L. Story,' who was taken
suddenly sick a few days ago.
Mr. Geo. Filloon, of this city, considers
the outlook for good times .during - the
ensuing year,' for' this 'section,' were
never brighter than they are today.
Some one, we are told, put salt on the
Methodist church hill, so as to stop
coasting. Was this action designed to
"starve out the .T.-M., special? We
hope not. '
Mr. Grant Mays is in from Antelope
and reports all kind's of stock in fine
condition, and there is no suffering of
stock in that section or elsewhere as far
as he knows.
The Chbonic-lk regrets to hear that
Col. Houghton has been under the
weather for the past few days, with la
jtrippe. We hope to see him around
oon again. ,
A very pleasant gathering of young
people was held Tuesday evening, at the
home of Miss Bagley, in honor of the
visit of a Portland friend. A very pleas
ant evening was reported.
Mr. O. L. Phillips, secretary- of the
lioard of water commissioners, received
this morning from Secretary of. Sta
MoBride, a certified copy of the Dalles
amended water bill.
Charlie Richmond has- a team that
left for the Prineville country on the 9th
of laft month. It is in responsible
hands, and lie supposes the depth of
snow in that region has delayed its re
turn. The occasional correspondent of the
Oregonian, " who signs himself "Rabe
lias," is a former Walla Walla man and
is known as R. W. : Mitchell. He is at
present employed as secretary and aimer-
intendent of the Portland exposition
.wt. W ' -
At the East End today our reporter
had the honor of shaking the hand of
Prof. Hazel. "King of the clouds"' who
contemplates, as soon as the weather
jiermits, 'making a jump from, a para
chute 5000 feet above The Dalles. If
the Chboniclk man ever gets up so high
as that, farewell earth ! he's going on
. There is a rumor that . there is some
difficulty between the train men on the
U. P. road and the company. A com
mittee of one from each western division
of the road is at- present at Portland
conferring with the superintendent.
"The trainmen have given the company
till today to give them an answer.
,v Our reporter-observed several, new
I jsigns today, at the East , End.'' One is
that of ' E. Karcher, tailoring, cleaning
and repairing." Mr. Karcher is from
YftatcE, Wash., and has come here to
stayJother new comer,, whose 'sign
is over the Skibbe restaurant, is "George
Roberts,- ornamental sign painter." Mr.
Roberts is also a new comer, and from
the evidences we have seen, is an excel
lent and skilled workman. We heartily
' iiid them welcome.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Johnson came
down from Arlington this morning, where
he has been investigating matters per
taining to the recent robbery of the nnsr.
office at Blalock, on the night of the 25th
nit. A number of tramps' broke into
the store and post office building and
opened a number of letters arid abstract
ed from the till seven or eight dollars.
Five menhave been arrested and now in
jail in Arlington. Mr. Johnson will re-
ai;,, rr.i. r.w.., A
for their appearance before Commissioner i)afur school : "The Verb," Waldo Brig
Huntington of this city. ; ; , ham ; "The Indian and Hie Wars," Eva
Held at "Dufur, Oregon, on February
Slat and 33d 1891.
The institute was called to order by
Supt. Troy Shelley, and after appropriate
singing, and a prayer, the usual com
mitsees were appointed, Rov Hadlev
acting as secretary.
In the absence of Miss Merrill. P
Underwood was called upon to introduce
the subject of penmanship. During the
half hour he occupied the floor, he showed
the importance of teaching this branch
tnorougiy ; ana insisted that it had been
neglected. Too little interest seemed
manifested in this important, practical
branch of education.
' The subject of history was introduced
by E. C. Hinnian who read a carefully
prepared paper in which he treated of
its importance and divisions. His claim
that too much stress is given to heroes,
and a sort of hero worship, by moBt his
lonans, was well presented. He was
supported in this view -by Mr. Under-
wood who urged that history oiiwht. tn
give fuller accounts of manners, customs,
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arts, sciences, etc. Mr. T. Browuhill
spoke ably in defence of the present
course. In answer to the question, how
to create an interest in the study of his
tory, this was given : VLet the teacher
be alive to the importance of his work,
and to the importance of this study
Miss Cronin remarked that teaching
early in lite made little patriots a con
sideration of great importance.
Owing to the absence of Mr. Atkinson,
the subject of physiology was postponed.
and the subject' of geography taken up,
oy airs. x,. juenefee in a well written
paper, setting forth the importance of
the study and alluding briefly to method
01 teaching. Hie general discussion waB
carried on in an animated manner for
sometime. Miss Cronin spoke of hav
ing much trouble in teaching direction.
Another teacher called attention to the
fact that it was easy to teach geography
here because of the proximity of moun
tains and rivers, and showed how to
make use of water and a dusty floor o
give correct ideas of the natural divis
ions of land and of water.
In presenting the subject of lessons in
English, P. P. Underwood urged the
great importance of devoting more time
and pains to teach children to readily
and accurately express-, their thoughts,
both orally and with the pen.
The speaker insisted that pupils should
be so instructed and drilled that' thev
could readily write a receipt, bill of sale,
advertisement, petition, minutes of a
meeting, credentials, etc.
The method of teaching grammar was
illustrated by Prof. Frazier and class at
me Doard.
J. his was followed by a short drill in
the use of the globe, bv Prof. Frazier
In the evening Supt. Shelley addressed
the institute at length, urging all to
greater and more united effort to advance
our educational interests, and advising
school boards to pay higher wages in
order to secure a better class of teachers
thereby co-operating with the ' state
board.
The opinions of those present regarding
the law compelling districts to expend
all public funds each year, led to several
speeches condemning the law, but few
words being said in its favor.
A. J. Dufur made some well timed re
marks, taking the position that teachers
like poets, are born, not wholly made by
book learning, thereby showing the in
sufficiency of our present system of ex
animation to determine who are best
qualified to teach. His remarks met
with hearty approval.
me nrst suhject tor discussion on
Saturday was school government being
introduced by 1 A,' Frazier,1 who com
plained of his inability to tell how he
governed, or how others might ' govern
neverthelsss he gave some excellent
thoughts on the necessity -of thorough
Preparation, unflagging zea and activity
earnestness, honesty and fairness,. joined
preparation, unflagging zeal and activity
to an abiding taitn in Humanity and an
earnest desire to improve its condition
Other teachers enlarged upon these
points and mentioned firmness, kind
nesa, simplicity and love as controlling
elements of prime importance.
' In discussing fractions arid- percentage
Mr. H. ..Pitman formed a class 'Of the
teachers and! good naturedly ; and fully
answered their " searching questions,
thereby'explainine difficult points with
more than -usual clearness. - '
Miss Kate Cronin presented the sub
ject of reading in a well composed essay,
the leading thought of which was that
reading should express thoughts rather
than words. Reading tones and talking
tones were discussed with some diversity
of opinion. - Word, phonic and ortho
graphic methods of teaching reading
were discussed at length.
The subject of physiology as presented
by T. W. Atkinson led to a lively- enter
change of views on bathing and ventilation.-
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In discussing the subject of Methods
of Teaching, P. P Underwood spoke of
the old school-master in contrast with
modern teachers, and claimed that two
object should be kept constantly in view
to store the mind with useful facts and
principles, and to so develop the powers
of the mind that it will be able to readily
acquire correct knowledge. , Prof. Frazier
strongly insisted that we were all guilty
of too much teaching; that we did not
incite the children to put forth enough
energy and perserverance.
During the institute creditable sRsavB
as follows were read by students
as follows were read by students of the
anderpool; "The Noun and Pronoun."
Agnes Thomas r . "The Races of .Man
kind," L. B. Thomas ; "The Colonists
and Their Customs," Lena Hadley
"The Constitution and Its Aims,"
Henry Bolton.
On the last evening A. J. Dufur read
a very interesting paper full of instruct
ive thoughts. The Dufur choir greatly
enlivened the , audience with: choice
music from time to time. The Dufur
Cornet band played several pieces the
first evening; at other times music was
mrnished by the Dufur school
At the close, a number of resolutions
were passed, thanking the superintend
ent for holding the institute, the good
people of Dufur for their hospitality and
interest, Prof.'T. C. Neece and class for
music, also the coronet band for like
favor.
The following teachers were present
Esther Menefee, E. C. Hurman. A
Frazier, T. W. Atkinson and H. M. Pit
man, Dufur; P. P. Underwood, Mrs. A
Rice and Kate Cronin, Boyd ; Chris
tine Rintoul, Louise Rintoul. Marv
rrazier and Nannie Cooper, The Dalles
THE HUNT SYSTEM.
Will be Continued Sown the Columbia
to Portland.
The general impression among railroad
men is that the Northern Pacific will
extend the Hunt system which thev
have purchased, down the river past The
JJalles to Portland. A prominent gentle
man in railroad circles has been inter
viewed by the Portland Evening Telegram
and explains his opinion as follows
about it :
'The Hunt Rvntpm will ho ovtoniliul i
jrurtuiiiu. ana sooner r.nan t.nm ntv nwr
T .1 l 1 ... ..
expected.
"WhvY"
'Because, bv hiiilHinor ahnnt 9fin inHoo
of rood at a. nmhHi onat , jfu" nrm
the Northern Pacific can save a ruu of
I " - wwv V 1 IVU.UUU.
justzuu miles by connecting this city
vv 1 1 ii if h in h. .inncrinn tv i-imri rum
they are already constructed, and thereby
ov. bJidA.UUUlbUUa 1UU L UV WttJ Ol 18-
coma, a nis latter route is not only a
very roundabout way for the run toPort-
uiuui ltul il ia liik runirnpRT nnmnn ntrha
iiuimcni racmc b entire svstem. and.
XT . 1 T - I' ' . -
bv makincr the ahnrf lino nnnont.v .
o ..." uu-.I.Lllfllj
thev Will have, not onlv ft nn inter nm
put a very much easier one."
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.men, xoo, oy constructing about
- . i . . xj n T t.Jll
LewiSton. the entire nrnHnM nf Waalaim
TlTf.V mi PA At moH hatnrAan Tloi.fnn 1
Idaho could be -brought to Portland
direct, effecting a saving in distance of
over 4UU miles, or a train leaving Lewis
ton, Idaho, by. that route would arrive
here about twentv-four honrs enrlier
tnan it it came around by the Sound.
uyine ownership- ot the Hunt sys
tem Passing to the Northern Pnr-ifir. on
uiiuouDiea Denent -wiu be received bv
Portland, for the new lines will be con
structed without delay." .
New Ice Factory.
. There is a whole lot of business alwavs
going on at the East End. It is full of
young life and is bound, one day, to be
ana indeed already is, an important busi
ness center. It is constantly making
additions to its population and .trade
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Our reporter, this morning was conducted
by the genial Charley Richmond through
the extensive blacksmith and wagon
shop of F. L. Skibbe. At the extreme
northwest corner of a long building full
of tools and wagons and other things we
were pointed out Mr. Skibbe's new ire
factory, for the manufacturing of natural
ice, irom ine peiucid waters of Dog river
Like many other great inventions the
discovery of the process, in vogue at Mr
cKiDoe s iactory, was the result of an
afterthought. Mr. S., some time ago
built himself a nice ice house; After it
was finished he sat down to wait for cold
weather, but the cold weather didn'l
come ; at least it didn't come in time.
When the thermometer fell below zero
lately, a happy thought struck him. He
would make his. own ice, and he would
make it in the ice house to save the cost of
handling. .' He got a long rubber hose
and attaching it to a faucet, turned the
city water into the ice house. He let
the water run for two days, and then
went to look for results : but ulna ! fi-
his lack of forethought the floor was an
earthen one, and he bad forgot to plug
it up.
Surprise Parties.
. Two pleasant surprise parties were held
on the bluff last night, and a jolly good
time was had. The first was at the
house of Mr. Alf. Kennedy and Wftn in
honor of his youngest daughter, sMisa
Manen. -After playing havoc with the
larder of Mr. Kennedy the voung folks
adjourned, and made a like raid on that
of Mr. L. L. Hill. It was the birthday
of Miss Hattie Hill. The vonntr folk.
after having thoroughly enjoyed them
selves, and partaken of twosauare meals
to boot, separated about one o'clock this
morning. '-
The Minstrel's Coming.
Richards & Pringle's famous Georgia
minstrels with the immense Billy Ker
sands as the leading feature will be in
The Dalles on Saturday the 14th inst.
Barton Colville is . m advance of the
combination, which itf a guarantee of its
excellence for he will not travel or a
poor show.
Killed a Worthless t Husband.
Port Gibson-, Miss., March 5. This
morning Dottie Gibson killed her hus
band," Dave Gibson near Rocky Springs.
The pair had separated since Christmas
and Dave tried to effect a" reconciliation..
Failing in this he attacked her with a
club when she grabbed a meat knife 'and
plunged it into his neck, killing him in
stantly. She is in jail. ."
BOKN.
This forenoon, to the wife of A, R.
Thompson, of this city, a son. Mother
and child doing well.
CHRONICLK SHORT STOFsC
For coughs and colds use 2379.
o there? "I should
BUIUO. , O. X.
a.. .Uunham. will cure vour head
ache, cough or pain for 50 oenls. S. B.
. For a cu bruise, burn or scald, there
t? cuai to unamberiin's Paint
f,"1"1- neais the parts. more quickly
inan any other application, and unless
uijurv is very severe, no scar is Jeft.
For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
Get your land papers prepared bv J.
, 't?.a.lnTon & Co- Opera House
xjiwk., wasmngton St.'
J. E. McCormick is organizing a s'iri-
mg school in the city. Parties wishing
"J ;' "in please can on Mr.
Thos. McCoy at McCoy Bros.' barber
BUUp. -
Snipes & Kinersly are anxious to cure
iuur fieauacne ior oo cents. B. B.
Sliced hams, boneless hams, ham sau-
ntts B"u urusu nsn at uentral Market.
2379 is the cough syrup for children,
Get me a cigar from that fine case ' at
raiiiyts jymersiey's.
' Xoi need not congh! Blakeley &
laqugnion win cure at for 50 cents. S. B.
As the weather has been so bad for the
past few : davci tho oiat it t?...l
8a',eryj has .concluded to . continue the
reduced prices for Paris panels one week
" '1 vom u.juMWUiiau H
iitiureaumen until March 7th
ai. uaii price.
Those f'HHV Mioira mala K-i, T
u-juiuicno.-nre tuts neatest tning 01 the
kind ever made. They are just the thing
try 1. 1 ... . i
- X . . . ... u.l. DU1UU1C1,
tuiu are as comfortable and env na an
oia snoe. jall and see thera at 77 Court
oireei.
rhere - are nir eTtAnin.- nr.a :
: " . . . . v.....ij pajiQ ill ltW3
state wnicn publish the Associated Press
neW8. Thev are the Pnrtlonfl TV.7-,
The Dalles Chronicle, the : Baker City
viie oaiem uapuai journal, the
Astoria Columbian and the East Oregon
inn . . I Kere ore .nl.r f.. :
..... wm, iuur xuuriiiuif
h"'" u me owit wnicD puonsn Asso
ciated Press news. These iro tha ft,
yvmu.ii, nie aaiem. otaiemnan, the Albany
Hetald and the A
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a. 6""-"
ui me pant. two years continues the even-
rhlrthenewsKv
are fast movinc tn the (rnnt The
ni. .1, . ;. r.- . '".t
wmtuu me iicwo ji xAJuixjf not me i
ZrZ
on , Hand.
J. M. HlinHllfftin Ar rVv annnnr.no
that they are prepared to make out the
necessary papers for parties wishing
w vti bki uineu ruiiroaa ianu. Appii.
cants should have their papers all ready
before goine to the land office so as' to
avoid the
omce is in Opera Honse Block next to
w lillllVt X11D11
mam en trance. , . . .
City Treasurer's Notice.
JUiy t, I88 are now due and payable.
iiiiererji, ceases on ana. alter (late.
- J. B. iflSH.
February 7, 1891 . City Treas.
For Sale.
Houiaehnln Fiimitiire C.amLa !
iuc loaiueiiix ill. Aim. Knnnprwiii v n
210, Second street.
Mrs. Allen who has for some time
fulfilled the duties as operator for the
Western Union at this place with great
satisfaction, left this morning to assume
a like position in ban Francisco. Mr.
Turner, an exceedingly gentlemanly and
ODligmg young man, who was Mrs.
Allen's predecessor and ia well known
here, is also her successor.
The friends of the Chronicle will be
pleased to learn that its circulation has
nearly doubled during the past three
weeks.' Nearly everv postmaster in the
county, has been sending in large lists.
The Chronicle has come to stay.
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J. O. Mack is todav movinc into the
Robert May's stone building.
Water for !;.
The fact' that bees in 'the breeding
n-Hsun are Kept -ic m tne hive
for
flays by : cold' or storm and yet
the
lireecling goes on m full force, contra
dicts" the assertion that "liees ran
not rear brood without water. Yet that
bees heed water, and most when Imsiest
is .very arnarent: else whv tin thev-
Ra
iner, orten by tUonsands, nbont
the
pool, spring: or brook? 'That they pre-
fer fresh water, an some assert, is not sn
certain: teps often pass the pure spring
brook, and sip. for', hours " about
foul 1XK)1p. . Everv :eekTi,.i
not .water bsml-by the aniarv shonld niv
ply it. Shallow puns, fined with gravel
and water, are excellent for this pur
pose, If suit is a cure for tbe "nameless
bee disease. " which.
more common,, men it were well to
add a little salt to the .water. Beea seem
to like this. This may account for their
presence about urinals. Professor A.
tjooit,- xuicn.
-. Especially do bees reanire a constant
supply of water in the dry regions of
ims coast;, some or wnicn are the very
oesc pee territory, in such locations
especially so if elevated, evaporation
goes on rapiaiv; ana tlie nectar of
flowers' becomes too dense for the bees
to lick it but. and thev must ranrr mnio-
ture with which to reduce it. The evap
oration -or moisture from the bee itself,
and from honey already stored
i.nen if water is not' within easy access
mere is great loss. Again in dry regions
if the bees are not furnished with water
m plenty near by their home, they will
resort to fruit iuicen for TTloiatnre un.l
inereDy become nuisances about fruit
trees. It is a well
cannot cut through the skins of fruit to
get ai meir juices, Dut other insects do,
and the bees follow such up persistently
uu epoii tne rruit. it is believed by
gooa apiansts tnat fruit juices cause
trouble with the honey by causinar fer
ment. Then see that your bees always
nave pienty 01 water near their hives.
, Beneficent RmltuL
The February rains came at just the
ngnc time. j.ne result or tne downpour
ia to be seen in the splendid condition of
crops au over the coast.
BOBT.MAYS.
MAYS &
: i .:, (SnecMsors to ABRAMS i STEWART.) ";
Hardware, - Tinware, - pteware, - Wfloflenware,
blLVERWAEE;; ETC.
AGENTS
"AcorH," "Charter dak" "Argand"
o iuvLa AINU RANGES;
i umps, . Tine. PhiTribftrs'"
i aeicing, lJuilcims Paper.
A1 sash; doors, shingles.
Also a conmletfi Kt,nrl-
Farmers Tools and Fine Shelf
The Celebrated R. .T. rarttutu w
Tableware the "Twt vr n V-. i- c. ullery JVleriden Cutlerv and
-laDieware, tbe Quick Meal" Gasoline Stoves, "Grand" Oil Stoves '
". and Anti-Rust .Tinwarei--
All Turning, Plumbing,
will be done
174, 176, 178. 180 SECOND STREET,
fiOSTH DflLtLiES, Wash.
In the last two weeks large sales of lots
have been made at Portland,
throve, McMinnville and the Dalles. All
are satisfied that
North Dalles
'
nic uiitut; ior liiVHST.niPiit.
. ,
are to be dded and
I mania rrt . .
mviira juaue. j.ne next yu
ones for this new city.
Call at the office of the
Interstate Investment Co.,
rn a VT f' PORTLAirD, Or.
TAYLOR, THE DALLES, Or:
Or
O. D
: DEALERS IN :
Staple and Fancy
Hay, Grain
Cheap Express Wagons flos. 1 and 2.
Orders left at the Stcrejwilljreceive prompt
Trunks and Packages delivered to any part of the City.
Wagons always on hand when Trains or Boat arrive.
No. 122 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts.
NEW FIRM!
Hosooe 8t Gibons,
DEALERS IX ' ,
CHOICE
V STAP LE ".' AND
Canned Goods, Preserves, Pickles, Etc.
Country Produce Bought and
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
4lCrNICKELSEN
DEALER IN
STATIONERY, NOTIONS
BOOKS AND MUSIC.
Cor. of Twill and Washington Sts,ZThe Dalles, Orepn.
H. C. NIEES6N
Clothier
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;J?at5 ar,d
Boota and
CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON STS., THE DAI.I.K, OREGON
Xi. IB- CBO'WE.
CROWE,
FOR
THE :-
siiw? 'SfiioU,-
Fitters' Supplies,
Hardware. "
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Pipe , Work and Repairing
on ghott.yotice:
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THE DALLES, OREGOK.
The Largest
in the West.
The New
Boot and Shoe
FACTORY.
Fnrnitnre Wli
Wire Works'
Tacoma, Forest
New
Man- Chemical .
mclh-
large improve-
-
LaDorawrj.
NEW BRIDGE:
; Several . ,
Fine Maps.
Necu Railroad
(lavs w h0 m
and Feed.
attention.
TO STfwrrr
'." FANCY V
Sold.
Groceries,
Goods delivered Free to any part of tfie City.
Court Streets, The Dalles, Oregon.
t r t
Shoes, Etc.
Tailop