The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
Published Daily &unday Excepted.
BY
THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.
Corner Second and Washington Streets, The
Dalles, Oregon.
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STATE OFFICIALS.
Governoi . .8. Pennover
Secretary of State G. W. McBride
Treasurer Phillip Metwhan
8upt. of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy
enators
Consressmun B. Hermann
State Printer .Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. C. N. Thornbnry
Sheriff D. L. Cates
J. N. Dolnh
J J. H. Mitchell
Clerk . .
Treasurer.
...J.
CommiHsinuers .
B. Crossen
Geo. Ruch
( IV A. Leavens
I Prank Kincaid
Assessor John E. Barnett
Surveyor E. F. Sharp
Suierlntendent of Public Schools ... Troy Shelley
Coroner William Michel!
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches. .
It ia with feelings of profound grati
tude to the kind-hearted people of Port
land that we record the fact that
ur mayor, jir. Aiays, received a
telegram- yesterday, just as we were
going to press, announcing that a thous
and dollars were on the Way from that
ity to help the necessities of The
Dalles.
its own will. An examination has since
been made of the cistern at the corner of
Second and Madison. It was found to
be leaky and the one and a half inch
lead pipe that supplied it with water
from the main was found so completely
filled wfth rust that no stream of water
much larger than a lead pencil could
pass through it. The lead pipe has since
been taken out and a new and larger
one put in its place. The old one can
be seen by any one anxious to inquire
into the matter, though a liberal offer
was made for it by a Portland plummer
who wanted to take it home as a natural
curiosity. The disaster of Septem
ber 2d did not occur" then because
of a defective water supply but, if from
any avoidable cause, because of the
criminal negligence of the paid servant
of the city whose duty it was to inspect
the cisterns and keep them in repair.
It is true the wind was blowing a stiff
gale nnd the fire might haue spread in
spite of the best efforts of the fire de
partment, but the bare possibility that
the fire might have been confined within
reasonable limits if the cistern at the
corner of Second and Madison had been
in order, makes it imperative that the
fire department, so far as the chief
engineer is concerned, must be recon-
! armorrl
A CITY PARK.
It is undoubtedly not a time to talk of
The Dalles spending money for a public
park but one cannot help suggesting that
the time may never come again when a
block could be more easily procured for
mis purpose man it could at present.
One of the burned "blocks, in a central
position, turned into a city park and
properly improved would be a thing of
beauty and a joy forever. It would not
only add to the beauty of the town, as
nothing else could, but in case of another
devastating fire it would greatly conduce
to the city's safety. Is it possible that
public spirit or , private beneficence
would at this time, be equal to the pro
curement of a block for a city park?
BItlEF STATE XKWB.
THE WATER SUPPLY DURING
THE GREAT EIRE..
AVhen a true history of the great fire
that has laid our city in ruins shall have
been written one thing will be recorded
which at the present moment may take
many outside The Dalles by surprise,
and that is there was never a half . hour
from the time the fire first started till it
was conquered when the water did not
flow out of the waste gate of the reser
voir on the bluff. There was" never a
moment durincr ' all time, u hon 4k
draught made upon the reservoir by the
fire engines seemed to have an effect
on the supply. The reservoir at the be
ginning of the tire lacked eighteen inches
of being full. In twenty-five minutes
the water was running out at the waste
gate. After pumping from the mains
for twelve solid hours the supply had
JJ9t diminished an inch the reservoir
'was still overflowing. This is a simple
statement of facts and the Chronicle
defies any man on earth ts contradict it.
We ask those papers that have so freely
tendered us aduice about our water sys-
tern to maKe nous ui tins. a ud , reser
voir and mains were full of water all the
time. Ten thousand pumps forcing
water into the same reservoft from. the
Columbia or elsewhere could not have
filled the reservoir and mains fuller than
they were. This is our answer to those
who, while ; bewailing our raisfortur(
- ouggcok " adopted
the pumping Bystem we ould have had
plenty of water. 0ulde crrtica might
well believe th 'flve councilmen, whose
honor had never heen tarnished by a
suggest1 Q corrUr)tion were as likely to
a'"Jw what water system was b est
" adapted to the needs of the city as one
mayor. The system adopted by the
council is not yet complete. Till that
time comes it is idle to blame it for in
adequacy. ' It is worse than idle to say
that if tne pumping system had been
adopted the city would have been spared
destruction. Did we desire to recrimi
nate we might truthfully say that at one
man's door alone lies the whole blame of
the fact that the water works tfere not
completed months ago. For nearly a
year ex-Mayor Moody held in his pos
session, and used in his bmk business,
over 100 ,000 of borrowed money belong
ing to the water fund, while he success
fully frustrated every effort of the coun
cil to spend it in the work for which i t
was borrowed? The pumping system
never contemplated a higher water pres-
sure than that adopted by the gravity
system,' now nearing completion; but
the crowning disaster of the late fire was
not caused by the adoption or rejection
of either svstem. The fire began in a
small, one story frame building. The
nearest cistern is only about 100 feet dis
tant at the intersection of Madison and
Secohd. The hand pump was brought
up to this cistern while the steam en
gine was stationed at another two or
three blocks distant. The hand engine
t could not be made to work on account
of a broken suction and the men
were left helpless. By this time
the old Grimes' feod stable wa a
mass of flame, the fire was beyond con
junction City is to have a bank. -
The dam across Rogue river will be
completed within a week, after which a
large force of men will be put to work
siuicing tne river bed lor three miles.
Fifty wagon loads of immigrants have
passed throcgh Prineville during the
past week. They are on the way to the
Willamette vally, from Kansas and the
Dakotas. -
TheSiuslaw' country is settling rap-,
idly.' .The hill locations of Lane county
are numerous and the land is rich and
profitable for fruit, vegetables, and every
product oi the soil.
The residence of Arthur Cloake, three
miles below. Kosebnrg, caught fire from
a defective floe ' and burned to the
ground. Mr. Cloake was away from
home at the time, and his wife and
children having no assistance succeeded
in saving but very few articles from the
names.
George W. Atchison, of Baker City,
aged seventy-five years and possessed of
considerable wealth, has been adjudged
insane. He has been gradually losing
his mind for some time and the other
day, after having attacked his house
keeper with a knife, he was taken into
custody.
The news-from the Koeeburg-Coos Bay
railroad is encouraging. During the
present month 'the tracklaying from
Marshfield to Goquille City, a distance
of twenty .awles. will- docdtless be com
pleted and the- ears running regularly
that distance- This will be a great step
in the onward: progress of the road, and
every indication is that the road will be
pushed on to Myrtle Point ten miles
from Coqaflle before the rainy season
sets in.
B. M. Huston, who has the contract'
of taking the machinery into the San
tiam mines for the Albany Mining and
Milling company, has five yoke of oxen
and eight horses now at work hauling in
the company's new ten-stamp mill.
Nearly a month will be required to take
all the machinery into the' mines. Two
shifts of men are at work in the tunnel.
The lower level is 215 feet and the upper
one 280. feet. The character of the ore
grows constantly better as the work
proceeds.
There is likely to be litigation at Ash
land over the water in Ashland creek.
The fruit growers use so much of it as to
subject the mill's in town to serious in
convenience. ' The peach growers argue
that the peach crops bring in from $50,
000 to $75,000 a year to that place, an
ttTGount far exceeding that realized from
any otner one source,- ana tney nave
made up their minds that they will en
courage peach culture to the utmost ex
tent, even if it takes every drop of water
in Ashland creek to give ft the necessary
fostering care.
length figure in marble of the butter
model of the "Sleeping Iolanthe," which
attracted wide attention at the Centen
nial exhibition in Philadelphia.: Mrs
Brooks has had a studio in New York
and prefers butter to clay for modeling!
Alexander Hudnut ia now an Euro
pean hxture, having sold for a large
sum his well-known estate on Orange
Mountain, near the residence of General
Mcdelian and Dr. E. E. Marcy. He
owes his prosperity to his early friend
James Gordon Bennett the elder. They
jvere fellow Scots and the latter became
much attached to the genial druggist
Christian Reid, the southern novelist
lives in an old-fashioned gray house near
Salisbury, N. C. It is a relic of before-the-war
architecture, with its big Greek
columns supportfng the portico at the
entrance, and is in a somewhat dilapi
dated condition. Surrounding the man
sion is a grove of old oaks and cedars.
Christian Reid is the daughter of Colonel
Charles Fisher, who fell at the battle of
Manassa, and she was married three
years ago at the age of 45, to Professor J.
jm... Herman.
rred anderbilt took his money to
British carpenters and got his yacht
built $34,000 cheaper than it would cost
him in-his own country. Fred is a free
trade iellow, and he is disgusted at the
action of the treasury in appraising his
yacht at $34,000 more than he paid for
it. Fred has great financial weight, but
his soul weighs less than the faintest
conception of a pm-feather picked from
tne unrenaDie taie ot Job 8 turkey.
An incident worthy of mention, and
one probably without a parallel in this
elate, happened in Astoria last Friday
morning, says the Dispatch. Thirteen
editors, representing different sections of
uregon, wanted into the Parker House,
and after registering, the proprietor said,
"Gentlemen, if any of you are thirsty,
follow roe, and I think your thirst will
be quenched." Strange as it may seem,
not a man morea.
The Russian fleet has gained entrance
to the Dardanelles, the insurgents have
taken Santaigoy Emin has retaken the
equatorial provinces and tbe American
hog haa captured Germany. "Peace
bath her victories- no less renowned than
war. Spokane Jtewieic.
The assessed value of property in the
last ten years as shown by the last cen
sus report, seen m- our dispatches to-'
day, shows Oregon second in the list of
increase. Our increase is $113,504,000.'
All states showing a respectable increase
are factnc coast states.-
Health is fleaM !
. It. . C. .West's Nirvi ass Bunt Teeat
jifBNTi, a pruaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi
nesB, Convulsions, Fit, Nervous Nearalgia,
K readache; Nervous Prostration caasedby the use
alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental De
pi ssin, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in
sa nlty and leading to misery, decay and death,
Pi emature Old Age, Barrenness, Lass ol Power
in either sex,. Involuntary Losses audi Bpermat
or. rhcea caused by over exertion of tbe-braii, self
ab use or over Indulgence. Each bo contains
one month's-treatment. 91.00 a box, or six Boxes
for (5.00, sent by mall prepaid on receipt of price.
WEGUABANTKE SIX BOXBS
To cure any case. With each order received by
us ft r six boxes, accompanied by $5.08, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee- U re
fund the money if the treatment does not eSect
a cure. Guarantees Issued only by ... :
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175ScoBdSt. 1st DilleOr.
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B
GESEHAL PERSONAL MENTION.
William. Howard Miller, of the Johns
Hopkins university of Baltimore, has
been amjointed instructor in mathe
matics in the Leland Stanford, jr., uni
versity. -
Census Superintendent . Porter is
spoken of as ' a reserver and retiring
man. Queer, considering how exten
sively he figures in'every branch of the
country s anairs.
Secretary Blaine's residence in Wash
ington is being put in order for his re-
t.nrn. orders bavine been received to
have it ready for occupancy not latei
than October 15.'
The Marquis of Aylesbury has the be
stowal of eleven ecclesiastical "livings
as they are called, and the equally no
torious Lord Lonsdale has the bestowal
of forty-three.
John Fitzgerald , the president , of the j
Irish national league in America, is the
riehest man in ' Lincoln, Neb., having a
fortune of $1,000,000.- He began his
career as a laborer with pick and shovel
on a western railroad.
r.-. Thomas Hughes, who made himself
the friend , of L every schoolboy . in. . the
country by writing his . famous - "loin
Brown," is a barrister in quiet chamber
practice in London, earning , some $3000
a year and living quite within its limits.
Lady Tennyson ;pre6erves with relig
ious care every pipe her husband smokes
and everv oaken stick he carries. In
the years to ' come the : people who
poeeese authentic relics of the poet will
mitnuniDer me Doay servant
ington. . . .. - . . : ,
Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, of Missouri,
CtiBTELAKD, Wa8h.,
June 19th, 1895i
S. B. Medici Co.,
Gentlemex Tour kind favor received,
and in reply would say that 1 am more
than pleased with tbe terms offered me
en the last shipment of your medieines,
There is nothing like them ever intro
duced in this country, especially for La-
grippe and kindred complaints. I have
had no complaints so far, and everyone
is ready with- a word of praise for their
virtues. Yours, etc.,
M F. Hacklxt.
The Dalles
IfWVVA
i'itiST STEEET.
A NEW
Undertaking Establishment !
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
j DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to oar business a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
the Undertakers' Trust our prices will
be low accordingly.
Remember our p'ace on Second street,
next to Moody's bank.
Building
piaterials i
Having made arrangements with a
number of Factories, I am pre
pared to furnish
Doors, Windows, Mouldings,
STOKE FRONTS
And all kinds of Special work. Ship
ments made daily from factory and can
fill orders in the shortest possible time.
Prices satisfactory.
It will be to your interest to see me
before purchasing elsewhere.
Wm. Saundefs,
Office over French's Bank.
W. E. GARRETSON.
Jeweler.
Lean,
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second 8-. The slles. Or.
D. P. ThomfboiP," J.
President.
S. Schbsc, . H. M. Bbiu,
Wee-President. Cashier
First latienal Baul
THE DALLES,
- OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
JJeposits received, subject to Bight
, . Draft or Cheek.!
Collection made and proceeds promptly
ii tr
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
isew x otk, Ban ran Cisco and 1'ort
. larwL.
DIRECTORS. ' .
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Scbknck.
T. W. Sparks. Geo. A. Liebb.
H. M. Bai-LL.
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERALBANKrSU BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Siirb.t ' Exchange and Teleeranhir.
lransierssoiaon JNew xorK, unicago, fct.
jxuis, san urancisco, irortland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
FACTORY TfO. 105.
trolamlfroin'then onward it wrought will exhibit at Chicago, in 1893, a full-
fT( A T? G of the- Best Brands
vyXVJTx.XLO manufactured, and
orders from all parts of the country Ailed
on the shortest notice. . '. .-..
The reputation of THE DALLES CI
GAR has become firmly established, and
tne demand tor the home, manuzaeturea
article is increasing every day.
A.! ULRICH & SON.
Fot Sale at a Barqain,
A GOOD
-F Traction Engine
Has only been run sixty days.
Buffalo Pitts Thresher
Only used two months. " -
- Chopping Mill,
Capable of 15 to 20 tons per day "; eost
. The above will be sold on easy terms.
W. L.. WARD, "
The Dalles, Or,
SUMMER GOODS
' ' ' : . ' : -;!:! ' '
Of Every Description -will be Sold at
FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS. .
dall Early and Get Some of Our Gen
uine Bargains.
Terms Chsh,
H. Herbring.
J. H. CROSS
ffii, Grail,
-DEALER IN-
I
r.
HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATOES.
Cash Paid for fes ani Chickens. . . All Goods Delivered Free mi Prnmntto
TERMS STRICTLY CHSH.
Cor. Second & Union Sts.,
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
General Merchandise,
Successon to BROOKS- 4c BEERS, Dotlers-in
my uvi :!aWe an ney Dry Goods,.
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc.
G-roceries,
. Provisions,
Hardware,
, t FIoTir, Bacon,
HA Yt GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all Kinds at LoAvest Market Rates.
Free Delivery to Boat and1' Curs and all p&yts- ef the City.
E. Jacobsen & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL -
ROQKSELLERS AND .STATIONERS.
' ' , , . i-t- .-. -r. -i- j - ' . '
Pianos and Organs
Sold on EASV -INSTALLMENTS1..
Notions. Toys, Fancy Goods and Musical Instru-
. , . ments of. all Kinds. . .
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn nas iemoved his
office and the office of .the
Electric Xight Co. ' to 72
Washington St.
Phil Willig,
124 TTNION . ST., THE DALLES, OR
' ; " Keej).on hand a fall line of
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S
Ready - Made Clothing.
Pants and Suits '
MADE TO ORDER ;
. On Reasonable Terms.
390 and 394 Second Street
162 SECOND' STREET,
Fill oca.
omprtly.
THE DALLES, OKEGON.
Great Bargains !
Removal! Removal!
On. account of Removal I will sell
entire stock of Boots and Shoes, Hats
and. Gaps, Trunks and Valises, Sliel"sr-
ings, Counters Desk, Safe,. Fixtures,
at a Great Bargain. Come and see
my offer.
GREAT REDUCTION IN RETAIL.
J.
125 Second Street,
.The Dalles.
L. RORDEN & CO.
-raith a FtU of-
Cockef y and Olassixtare
Fothe present mill be foand at
"ArBcttihgcn's Tin Stoie.
CU and see mjr Goods before
Durcliaaing elsewhere.
$20 REWARD.
t ' ' , -; ' . . . . : ; ' : - -. - i'i ; .
WILL BE i-JLiu TOE ANY INFORMATION
leadioif to the conviction of parties cutting
the ropes or in any war Interfering with the
wire poles or -lamp of Tos Gucctbic Light
Co. H. GLENN,
Manager
TO RENT.
A Union Street Lodging House. For
terms apply to
. ; . Geo. Williams,
Administrator of the estate of John.
MicUelbaugh. dtf--2