The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
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STATE OFFICIALS.
Govemot S. pennover
Secretary of State G. W. MeBride
Treasurer Phillip Metschau
Bupt. of Public Instruction E. B. McKlroy
tors... frM&ell
Congressman B. Hermann
State Printer Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge C. N. Thorabary
Sheriff I. L. Cates
Clerk J. B. Crosneii
Treasurer Geo. Knch
r.iti I U' A. Icavens
Commissioners Frank Kincaid
Assessor John E. Barnett
Burveyor r E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools ... Troy Shelley
Coroner William Michell
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
The fact that Governor Pennoyer has
signed the Dalles board of trade circular
urging our congressmen to work for a
portage railroad at the dalles has en
couraged the friends of the measure to
send blank circulars to the governor of
Washington and Idaho for their signa
tures also. The Chkonici.e Buggests
that a circular be sent to Senator Allen
to see what he would do with it. The
people of Oregon have observed with re
gret that while the .Senator has always a
good word to say for any purely inter
nal or sea coast project in which Wash
ington is interested, if he has ever said
a word in favor of an open river it has
never been loud enough to reach Oregon.
The biennial crop of candidates for
state and county offiVes is beginning to
bud and in some instances put forth
leaves. As an exchange says we cannot
all agree as to which party we can act
with but we do all agree as to the neces
sity of good government. Good govern
ment begins at the bottom. T "leave
the primaries to a few local workers who
generally take their cue from the party
bosses is a mistake. The best element
society affords is none tco good for a
primary. If the people want good gov
ernment and clean candidates they
must guard the primaries above every
thing else.
Members of The Dalles board of trade
have gathered statistics from thoroughly
reliable sources upon which they base
the estimate that the people of Wasco,
Sherman and Klickitat counties have,
since the opening of the Cascade port
age, on the wheat crops of last season
alone, received the sum of $100,000 for
their crops over and above what they
wonld have received had the Cascade
portage not been In existence.
Senator Chandler, of New Hauirjahire,
has introduced a proposition to amend
the constitution of the United States by
adding to it the following:
K person of foreign birth, not a citi
zen of the United States, Shall be allowed
to vote for any officers, f?tateor National.
The proposition is in the interest of
gcod government but politicians of the
Tammany stripe to whom anythiug
that can handle a prepared ballott is a
voter, win never permit to a pass.
An exchange of very pronounced dem
ocratic proclivities, which strongly de
nounces David B. Hill, says the party
has need of him, under present condi
tion, because of his superior shrewdness
and ability to cope with the "other
rascalft" in thet finnncitinn nnrtv Poli
tics have come to a pretty pass w hen a
racai ' oecomes inaespensible to any
The Union Pacific company has failed
to file its annual report with the board
of railroad commissioners as required by
law and the board has notified the gov
pernor accordingly. We hope the gover
nor may show the company that there
is a bigger man in Oregon than Jay
Gould. '
The Union Pacific is reported to have
discharged one half of the breakmen be
tween Pendleton and Hunt'ngton and it
is said the crews between Pendleton and
Portland ' will a!so be reduced. The
company is evidently preparing for the
annual winter killing so auspiciously
started the other day near La Grande.
Morrow county has "only $11,425 in
rtful KtMtt? Itloltrfltrng nn 5f nHueamdn f
roll. That's a mighty good showing for
Morrow county. .
A New Colorado Mining Camp.
Flamssant, Colo., Jan. 9. Excite
nient over the rich discoveries of gold in
the Cripple creek district is on the in
crease, and thousands- of gold-hunters
are daily passing through this place into
the gold. fields. The new mining enmp
is but eighteen miles from here, and is
easy of ncces . " Stage undTreinht lines
over ho'h! roads are in operaf.ion 'between
.Fiarisf-nm ami the gold district. The
ramp -already i:;iuilers a (Kipuhition of
. oow tirfcOi.ni. ami I'u!.- fair to outstrip
ine marveiou trrowtu or l.-aavilie.
T! e n'.lhiisrc 'mowHirnt' :n t'hi
country is a "ti.orn in Si.e f'esh" to the
pr.rtUii. - politician.' - Partisan clitics
means linji rule. .Partisan politics fs on
the di".VT:vrd trend.
,Ieath of Old Pitcairn Islander.
A Norfolk island correspondent reports
the death, at the age of ninety -four, of
jMr. Buff ett, an old and innch respected
member of the island community. He
;had been connected with the Pitcairn
community for the long period of nearly
seventy years.
Early in the twenties (1822) the Eng
lish whaler Cyprus, on her way home'
after an extended and successful cruise,
and before starting on the then lonely
and perilous passage around the Horn,
called at Pitcairn island for fresh provi
sions and to recruit. Just at that time
'the island elders began to feel the want
of a school teacher for the young com
munity fast growing up, and expressed
their wishes to that effect to the captain
of the Cyprus, who, without hesitation,
willingly agreed to help them, if possU
ble.
The result was that Buffett, then a
young man on board, of fair education,
was sounded, and he gladly fell in with
the wishes of his captain and the com
munity, went ashore with all his belong
ings and thenceforward threw in his lot
with the islanders. . Hg was not long,
however, a schoolmaster, as on the ad
vent of Mr. Nobbs, some few years later,
a majority of the parents wished for a
change, and of course Buffett had to ac
quiesce. Mr. Buffett's residence, even on peace
ful Pitcairn, was not without its excit
ing episodes. In 1831 occurred, at the
instance of the English government, the
exodus to Tahiti, and the. community's
return, some months later curtailed
through sickness of many of its mem
bers. Then again, in 1836, during the
"reign" of Mr. Joshua Hill, Buffett and
his two compatriots, Nobbs and Evans,
together with their families, were for a
short period banished to the Gambier
islands by this arbitrary gentleman,
where the exiles were kindly treated, and
remained until the storm blew over.
Lastly, the final . departare from loved
old Pitcairn to the new home at Norfolk
island, 8,000 miles away. "
Buffett was an ingenious worker in
wood, and his handiworks in the shape
of cabinets and such like are widely dis
tributed, the old familiar legend, "made
from the wood of John Adams' house,"
being always kept up and no doubt add
ing attraction to the goods. UntiLthree
or four years ago Mr. Buffett had the full
use of all his faculties, but for the last
eighteen months he has been totally
oblivious to; passing events. Chilian
Times.
A Soldier's Bible. . ..,
While Miss Winter, of Emmittsburg,
was overlooking her childhood's treas
ures, she came across an old Testament
which she found on the site of a soldier's
camp near there duriDg the war, after
the soldiers had left for the field of Get
tysburg. On examining rim rlr Vm.
eyes fell on the name "Samuel Wolcott,
urnmn s uu3, turiQ county, jn. Y., and
Miss Winter decided to trrit tr iha, ad
dress, thinking the owner would like to
recover tne dock. -
In a few days she received a reply
from Mrs. Weaden. of fllift-nn w T
stating that she Was a sister of the soi-
J a . ...
tuer am me oniy living member or a
laxtre family. She said hr lrnfVi-
returned home from the army in 1863,
ana aiea in ishu, ana Miss Winter's let- .
ter had been forwarded to her as bis
nearest of kin. Mrs. Weaden seemed
much Dleased at the idea nf
this long lost memento of her dead
brother, and Miss Win tor a Ant fliA Too.
tament to her. Baltimore Sun
A Chapter on Oysters.
"Oysters are fatter thin vpar than T
ever saw them before," said a restaurant
oyster opener. "I don't know why, but
usually the fatter an oyster is the poorer
the flavor. This is because the fat oy
ster has generally been out of the water
too Ion or and has been fori. That is
wholly the reason this year. They are
taiter anynow. -
"An nvntar is Ivwfc nn f no half oKaII
about twenty-four to forty-eight hours
aircr ne is out or sail water, iaten be
fore that time thev art ant ts oriro
cramps. Yes, the male oyster is the
oeei, out we aon t come across a male
more than an average of once in fifty
times." jxew xovic ueraia.
Why the Opening Was Delayed.
The opening of the recent church con
gress at Rhylin,. Wales, was delayed for
half an hour by the nonappearance of
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and every
body wondered what had happened. The
archbishop had lost his crozier. This
emblem was locked up in a leathern case,
and was carried off by a servant, who
thought it was a gun, and locked it up
in a room full of breechloaders and car
tridges. Whether the congress would
have been adjourned if it had not been
discovered is a question which does not
call for immediate reply. Christian
World. :
' Drain Boarded a Hand Car.
A section man was coming into Colum
bus, Ind., on a hand car on the Pennsyl
vania road, when he was attacked by a
largo bear. A terrible storm was in
progress at the time. The man and bear
had a terrific struggle, but -the man
finally struck the bear over 'the head
with an iron crowbar, and as the animal
rolled from the . car -the man got it in
motion and escaped. He was badly
scratched and bruised,' but not seriously
injured. Cor. Philadelphia Record.
niew Open an Unlocked Safe.
Cracksmen played a singular joke on
themselves in blowing open the safe in
L. G. Blair's store, Rio, Ills. 'Mr. Blair
has been the victim of so many robberies
that he has been -leaving the safe open
and sending the money to Galesburg.
The burglars drilled into and blew open
the empty unlocked safe. Cor. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. "
Raising Tea In North Carolina.
- The result of the recent attempt to
i raise tea in North Carolina indicates
that the soil and climate are favorable
to such an industry, but that, owing to
the expense of picking and coring, norie
but the highest grades could be produced
profitably. New York Times.
One Way of AdTertising. .
One of the meanest and most heartless
of advertising tricks consists in sending
round to people's houses, and especially
to ladies, advertisements in "telegraph
envelopes, or in envelopes, which imitate
them so closely thtft ho one supposes that
they are anything else "until- they are
opened. Saturday evening it was in the
evening, let it be noted, when ordinary
messages are hardly expecteda lady of
the Listener's acquaintance, who had
been very ill,-received one of these mis
sives. She is weak and broken, and
being summoned to receive what she
supposed to be a telegraphic message
gave her a severe shock. A worse case
than this is an actual one of a sea cap
tain's wife who lives in an outlying por
tion of the city. -The captain's ship has
been lfing overdue, and all the people of
the neighborhood sympathized with the
wife in her agonizing suspense. There
came a call to the door " for a message,"
and the lady answered it with her heart
in her mouth.
She tore open the supposed telegraph
envelope, only to read the message, "You
areVanted immediately at Tre'mont
street to test the merits of the new
sewing machine." Naturally everybody
in the neighborhood is indignant, and
such an advertisement is certainly bad
policy, for there is not a family there
about who would purchase a sewing ma
chine of the make advertised if any
other kiud was to be had. Perhaps a
like feeling of indignation, stirred up in
many neighborhoods, will have the effect
to put an end to this offensive and
mischievous kind of advertising, which
no reputable firm, it would seem, would
engage in. Boston Transcript.
CllUlie lf lllA Chlllfln Tmnl.ln
, - : :. " "
oecrei societies extend all over the
Chinese empire, and their name is legion.
They are semireligious, and have, as a
rule, the power of life and death over
their members. The Triad society is one
of the strongest, ft was the cause of a
great rebellion in northwest and middle
China at the beginning of this century,
and its object then was to overthrow the
government. . This rebellion lasted eight
years. It caused the devastation of the
provinces in which it went on, and there
was much bloodshed.
The secret societies were mixed up in
the Tai-Ping rebellion, which very nearly
resulted in the overthrow of the Manchu
emperor. It is said that the present
troubles are larcelr due to tlmsa nt
! societies. Some of them have their
members in every province of the em
pire, and they embrace the Chinamen
living at Singapore, San Francisco and
all other parts of the world. Every one
has heard of the Highbinders of San
Francisco, who have their courts and
punishments, and are . the terror of the
Celestial colony there. Frank G. Car
penter in National Tribune.
A Hoary 1 Slant.
One of the most terrific and effective
j blasts ever made in the extensive stone
quarries at utien aims, Westchester, Pa.,
was made the other day. - In the face of
that portion of the quarries which is ,
opened about eighty yards in length nine
holes twenty-five feet in depth were
drilled at equal distances apart. In these
500 pounds of dynamite were placed, and
all responded to the touch of the electric
button at the battery, several hundred
yards distant.
. Hundreds of thousands of tous of stone
were raised and broken by the explosion,
.many of the pieces being as large as a'
freight car. The arrangements for the
blast being generally known in that sec
tion hundreds of people assembled to
see it. The amount of stone loosened by
the explosion will be sufficient to keep
busy the several large crushers for many
weeks. Cor. Philadelphia Ledger.
Kapid -Transit for the Farmer.
A practical illustration of the benefit
to the farmer of the proposed system of
freight service will soon be given in
Maryland, where an electric road eight
een miles long is being run through a
first class ' farming country that the
steam railroads have not touched. This
road will not only be used for passenger
traffic, but will he equipped with freight
cars that will have a capacity of five tons.
No matter how muddy the highways are
or how stormy, the weather, the motor
trucks upon which the farm wagons are
wheeled will always be ready to carry
their loads to the nearest market, and to
bring back their return load when re
quired. Pittsburg Dispatch.
His Trap Carried Off by a llozzard.
A boy living at . Lewes missed one of
his muskrat traps, the chain of which
was broken, indicating that the trap had
been carried away by something stronger
than a muskrat. Two weeks afterward
he fooad the trap in Russell's woods,
and caught in it was a large turkey buz
zard fastened by the leg. The trap was
opened and the vulture - flew away.
Alongside of the bird while it was in the
trap were two eels, which are supposed
to have been brought to the captive by
other buzzards. Wilmington News. .
A Monumental Yarn,
Of all the Muncliausenlike stories that
are going the rounds, this one is by no
means the most trifling: "Eight years
ago H. H. Bowles, of, Cherryfield, Me.,
planted in his garden a small flowering
shrub. Near the strub grew a green
gage and a cherry tree. Last year the
shrub put forth cherry blossoms, but
bore no fruit. This year it produced
luscious fruit of the green gage variety.'
Philadelphia Ledger. -
The superintendent of the Pine Ridge
agency in South Dakota was staggered
the other day when a little Indian boy
very timidly asked him if there was
danger of another uprising of the white
people soon.
In Camden one Sunday afternoon re
cently a twoyear-old child sucked its
father's old clay pipe and died within an
hour in strong convulsions. 1 .
Two Englishmen have just returned to
London after walking around Europe, a
journey which occupied fourteen months.
SOCIETIES.
ASSEMBLY NO. 4827, K. OF L.Meeta in K.
oi p. hall the second and fourth Wednes
days of each month at 7 :30 p. m.
WASCO LODGE, NO. 15, A. F. & A. M. Meets
nrst and third Monday of each month at 7
." " ' i - ...
DALLES BOYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6
. Meets rn Masonic Hall the third Wednesday
of eanh mouth at 7 P. M, . r
MODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
- Mt Hood Camp No. 59, Meets Tuesday even
ing of each week in the K. of P. Hall, at 7 :30 r. M.
QOLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, I. O. O. F. Meets
every Friday evening; at 7:30 o'clock, in K.
oi P. hall, corner Second and Court streets,
sojourning brothers are welcome.
H. Clough, Sec'y. H. A. Bills, N. G.
I7RIEJTDSHIP LODGE, NO. ., K. of P. Meets
1 every Monday evening at 7:90 o'clock, in
Schanno's building, cqrner of Court and Second
streets. Sojourning members are cordiallv in
vited. W. S. Cam.
D. W.Vause, K. of R. and S. c. C.
WSSS. CHRISTIAN TEMPERENCE
, . Pi01" will meet every Friday afternoon
at 3 o clock at the reading room. All are invited.
TEMPLE LODGE NO. 3, A. O. V. W Meets
at K. ef P. Hall, Corner Second and Court
Streets, Thursday evenings at 7:30. -,
,r , , John Filloos,
W. 8 Myebs, Financier. . W.
TA8. NESMITH TOST, No. 31, U. A. R. Meets
tf every Saturday at 7:30 r. M., in the K. of P.
Hall.
B.
OF I.. E. Meets every Sunday afternoon in
the K. of P. Hall.
G
i ESANG VEREIN Meets even- Sunday
T evening in the K. of P. Hall. . '
I OF L. F. DIVISION, No. 167-Meets in the
im K. of P. Hall the first and third Wednes
day of each month, st 7:3) p. m.
THE CnCECHES.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH Rev. Father Baovs
gerst Pastor. Low Mass everv Sundav at
J a. ji. High Mass at 10:30 a. jc. Vespers at
STV.SAJIIj? CHURCH Union Street, opposite
Fifth. Rev. Eli D. Sutcliffe Rector. Services
j every Sunday at 11 a. h. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
I School '.: A. M. Evening Praver on Fridav at
i 7:80
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. D. Tat
lob, Pastor. Morning services every Sab
bath at' the academy at 11 a. m. Sabbath
School immediately after morning sorvices.
Prayer meeting Friday- evening at Pastor's resi
dence. Union services in the court house at 7
1 . M.
CONGREGATIONAL CHCRCH Kev. W C
Cubtis, Pastor. Services everv Sunday at 11
i. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday School after moming
crvlce. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free.
ME. CHURCH-Rev. A. C 'Spencer, pastor.
Sen-ices every Sunday morning. Sunday
Rehool at. 12:20 o'clock P. M. A cordial invitation
is extended by both pastor and people to all.
A. A. Brown,
Ki-eps a full assortment of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
and Provisions.
which he offerr at Low Figures.
SPECIAL :-: PRICES
to Cash Buyers.
Hifihest Cash Prices for lm M
other Produce.
170 SECOND STREET.
-amar made arrangements with a
nnmoerof Factories, I am pre
pared -to furuish
Doore, Windows, Mouldings,
storefronts;
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. Saundeirs,
Office over French's Bank.
W. E. GARRETSON
Leafling Jeweler.
.SOLE AGENT FOB THE
3- S?
-ihh.Vi r-triiiiii Tiff I arrw.r mi u
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to . Order.
I a it Second St.. The lallea. Or.
FLOURING MILL TO LEASE.
rpUF. OLD DULLES ' MILL AND WATER
.J Company's I lour Mill will be leased to re
sponsible partier- For information applv to the
. WATER COMMISSIONERS,
1 lie Dalles. Orecron.
Fonml.
i A couple of safe or padlock keys, tied
i together with a string.. The owner can
i find them at this office. ,
A email surgical instrument.; The
owner can 'have it by-calling at this
EOBT. 7r a -y-g
MAYS &
SALE AGENTS FOR
"flcopn-'and V Chatte i Oak 9
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STOVES AND RANGES.
Jeietf s Steel Banps, and Richardson's ani Boyntoa's Furnaces. . ,
We also keep a large and complete stoek of
HardwareTinware, Granite, Blueware, Silverware, Cutlery,:
Barbed Wire, Blacksmiths' Coal, Pumps, Pipe, "
Packing, . .Plumbers Supplies, Guns,
Ammunition and Sporting Goods.. . . -
Plumbing, Tinning, G-nn Repairing and Light
Machine Work a Specialty.
COK. SECOND A3D FEDGKAL 9TS.
G re a t Bargains!
Removal ! Removal I
On account of Removal I will sell my
entire stock of Boots and Shoes, Hats
and Caps, Trunks and Valises, Shelv
ings, Counters, Desk:, Safe, Fixtures,
at a Great Bargain. Come and see
my offer.
GREAT REDUCTION IN RETAIL.
125 eeond .Street,
HEW FULL ID
COMPLETE IN" EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Glothing, Gents' Famishing Goods, Hats, Gaps,
,mL ;. Boots and Shoes.
Full Assortment of the Leading Manufacturers.
Cash Bayers mill save money by examining oar stoek
and : ppiees before purchasing elsewhere.
H, Herbring.
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Successors to BROOKS & BEERS, Dealers Id
General Merchandise,
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc. "
Groceries, Hardware,
Provisions, Flour, Bacon,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates.
Free Delivery to Boat and Curs and all parts of the City.
390 and 394 Second Street
H O. NIELSSN,
Clothier and Tailor,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Hats and Caps, Trunks and Valises,
Lts' 37u.ir-ri i
COKNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON STS., THE DALLES. OREGOl
PAUL KREFT & CO..
-DEALERS IX-
Paints, Oils, Glass
And the Most Complete and the Latest
Patterns and Designs in
Practical Painters and Paper Huntcers. -None
bnt the best brands oi the Sherwin-William
Point used In alJ our work, mid none but the
most skilled workmen employed. All ordeis
promptly attended to - ,f - . - 10-17-d
SHOP Adjoining Krd Kront Oroccrr. :
THIItI STftEKT.
-CjI E. CBO W.f5
CROWE,
THE CELEBRATED.
THE DALLES, OICKGON.
The Dalles;
MUTER DBY ROODS
fTi lng GkodLs,
The Old Germania Saloon.
JOHH DOtfflVOJl, Proprietor.
The beet quality of Wines, Liquors and .'
Cigars, Pabet Milwaukee Knicker
bocker and Colombia Beer,
Half and Half and all kinda . ' i
o . Temperance Drinks. ,
ALWAYS ONHAND.
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