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STATE OFFICIALS.
Governoi
Secretary of State. . . .
""Treasurer
Supt. of Public Instruction.
natore
Congressman .......
State Printer
, S. Peimoycr
O. W. McBrlde
..Phillip Metschan
E. B. McElroy
J. K. Dolph
" j. H. Mitchell
B. Hermann
Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Count;
Sherid
Judge... C
N. Thorabury
D. L. Cates
Clerk
Treasurer
Commissi oners .
Assessor
J. B. Crossen
Geo. Ruch
!H' A. leavens
Frank Kincaid
ohn E. Barnett
Surveyor
DUrTDVIIT b. A .
Superintendent of PubHc Schools . . .Troy Shelley
Coroner ...William Michell
.E. F. Sharp
A MUCH NEEDED IiEFOliU.
The final report of the grand jury oi
Multnomah county, tiled on the 16tli
inst., charges that the county assess
ment rolls haje been tampered with
while in the hands of. the county clerk
to be copied, so that the "taxes of cer
tain persons have been reduced." This
is quile a serious charge but the grand
jury was unable to bring it home to the
perpetrators becausc."parlie3 would not
give evidence to criminate themselves."
The g.and jury, however adds a para
graph that will find an echo outside
Multnomah caunty. It says "We think
that all the laws creating and regulating
our county offices should be, revised as
quickly as possible." It is simply an
outrage on the taxpayer that.the sheriff
of a county like Multnomah should
have an income equal to half of the sal
ary of the president' of the United
, States or a clerk or a sheriff oL
a county like Wasco should ' have
an income so large that a hundred
men in the county as good- and efficient
as ever filled these offices could be found
at five minutes notice willing to under
take them at one third the income of the
present incumbents. It is, with no
thought of invidiousness that the
Chronicle makes the broad assertion
that it is by no means an uncommon
occurrence that men - are elected to
offices and salaries of the character de
scribed who are unfit to earn fifty dol
lars a month in any clerical capacity in
the world. It is time these conditions
were altered for others more in harmony
with reason and common sense. The
governor of the state, who must be a
man of intelligence, education, business
capacity and social standing gets $1500 a
year. A representative who ought to
be equally endowed get $3 a day. A
sheriff or clerk whose .only capacity it
may be is his ability to command votes,
gets 15000 or $6000, or, as in Multnomah
-county, $20,000 to $25,000 a year. Here
is work for the grange and alliance.
The Chronicle does not believe in
cheese paring, but it does not believe in
a foolish wasteful and criminal extrava
gance. -
The democratic majority in the lower
. house of congress has passed Mr. Hol
.wan's resolution pledging congress to a
rigid rejection or all appropriations not
-eseeutial to the carrying on of the gov?
-eminent. The resolution if strictly en-
forced will work a decided hardship in
many places, especially in the North
west, where so many public improve-
- ments are needed. It will most likely
, be interpreted to exclude all apirjpria-
tions for the improvement of the Coluui
. Tbia and this would be nothing less than
-. calamity to the people of the Inland
Empire. However from a purely deiuo
vrucic standpoint tbe resolution is right.
The democratic majority was elected on
a p'atform of retrenchment in public ex
penditures and rigid economy. It is
manly, and honorable . for the party to
carry out its pledges, though the minor-
: ity may seriously question the wisdom
of confining appropriations within the
limits of necessity; ... However if the
people want it that way they will have
a chance to say bo before many moons.
The Hood River Glacier . say a it. has
. frequently heard the name of Captain A
S. Blowers mentioned in connection with
the legislative ticket in the next election
and adds that it knows of no one in that
section Letter -qualified to fill the
otnee tnan the . captain, nor one
who would ' make a better -. . run
Hood River is. entitled to be recognized
when ' the time. comes to make up
. county tickets, and if the legislative
lightening should happen to fall in that
precinct it could hardly strike a better all
round man there or any where else than
Captain Blowers.: ' . -. ,
The Salem Journal is an earnest ad
vocate of the portage railway around the
dalles obstructions, but in , view of the
.fact that Hoi man is chairman of .the
committee on appropriations-and that
his resolution, limiting appropriations
, bv the " present congress to tlie actual.'
1 necessities of tiie government, has passed
,'the house by the large democratic major
ity the oma? thinks there is. not "the
- ghpstpf a chance" for an appropriation'.
. It- thinks the only relief for Eastern Or
egon lies in an extra session of the legis-
lature. It can be assembled, by March
let. In a two week's session it can pro
vide for a portage railway . at the dalles
and it can be built for the next fall's
crop. The Journal thinks there is no
doubt such a bill would pass the legisla
ture almost unanimously. We have a
profound dred that the Journal is right
as regards what may be expected from
the present congress and should be de
lighted to think that the governor would
take the matter in his own hands.
Multnomah county has rejected all bids
for voting booths and will now buv its
own lumber and have the supervisors
make plain, cheap booths, that, it is be
lieved, will answer all the purposes of
the new election law equally with the
more expensive kinds. r ,
W. Lair Hill was expected to return
from Washington to his' home in Seattle
on the 16th but his friends do not think
lie will return with the circuit judgeship
in his pocket. ...... ' "-'
Ieniucrs.tt; Determination. .
. There is a determination on the part
of the democrats cf the house to fix the
rules so that riders will be allowed, on
appropriation bills. This is done for
the purpose of securing the repeal of
some of the legislation enacted by the
last .congress. Of course any such at
tempt to legislate in tbe appropriation
bill will be met.iu the senate with a
negative. There may then be a dead
lock, but it is believed that the republi
cans in the senate will prolong the ses
sion of congress indefinitely before they
will allow any such - appropriation bills
to become laws. Of course it is known
that if the appropriations for the various j
departments of the itoverninent are not
passed until alter the last of June, that
the government will be practically with
out the means of carrying on its busi
ness. These things have leen at
tempted before, and generally ended
disastrously to the party which insists
upon legislating on general matters in
appropriation bills. The items intended
to be' attacked are .the subsidy and
suar bounty acts passed by the last
congress. . . .
Worshiping Medicine Bottles.
An eminent lady missionary in Bur
mah recently gave Dr. A. J. Gordon an
instructive bnt somewhat startling chap
ter from her experience. In one of her
tours, she said, she came upon a village
where cholera was raging. Having with
her a quantity of a famous painkiller
she went from house to house admin
istering the remedy to the invalids and
left a number of bottles to be used after
she had gone. Returning to the village j
some months after, the missionary was
met by the head man of the community,
who cheered and delighted her by this
intelligence: "Teacher, we have come
over to your side. : The medicine did us
so much good that we have accepted
your God."
Overjoyed at this news, she was con
ducted to the house of her informant,
who, opening a room, showed her the
painkiller bottles solemnly arranged in
a row upon a shelf , and before them the
whole company immediately prostrated
themselves in worship. Modern Church.
Bowery Pawnshops.
The pawnbrokers' sales shops have held
me before their windows many and many
an hour since childhood, and today when
I pause before one I feel a keener touch
of the impulses of youth than anything
else can bring back to me. There is much
humbug in the Bowery, but there is no
humbug in what these stores-display. Pa
thos and tragedy are constantly exhibited
and enacted on every block of that throb
bing avenue, but it all seems to me as
nothing beside the' tragic and pathetic
tales that are told by the goods in these
store fronts. The vanity of man. is felt
by every poor stranger who is knocked
about and jostled by the crowds that
throng the pavement, but for a sermon
upon vanity I know no text in all ' New
York like the contents of one of these
windows. Julian Ralph in Century.
Fossil Shells Near Boston.
Twenty-one specimens of fossil shells
have been found in the vicinity of Bos
ton. Some ' of these fossils were found
in the Muddy river, on the border of
Brookline; some have been found in the
dredging of the Charles river near the
Back Bay.: Some of the oyster shells
are ten inches long. Other, specimens
come from South Boston, midway be
tween City Point " and Castle island.
If one of these are now existing ' north of
Cape Cod . and ; but few north of New
Jersey, except . in rare ' cases.r Phila
delphia Ledger.. ,
.' Japanese Festivals "
The Japanese festivals are easily re
membered: First - of first month, the
new year; third of third month, feast of
dolls, for girls; Fifth of . fifth . month.
feast of flags, for boys; seventh of sev
enth month, the day for the god and
goddess of love, Tonabota; ninth oi
ninth month, the "escape to the moun
tain," the feast of chrysanthemums. The
latter is not now generally observed.
Philadelphia Ledger. -' -
. Few trades Jiave increased so much of
late ;years as that of the secondhand
clothes dealeri-r A. short time ago. - there
were not above one or two in each town;
Now they may almost be counted 1y
dozens. - ' ' ' J y y
The development of the cotton seed
industry lias been so great, and the
many articles now made from it are so
useful, that it has supplanted the famous
olive tree products in a majority of
cases. -
"Electric headlights of about 2,500 can
dle power are now in general use on the
railroads in Indiana.' They are very fa
vorably spoken of by engineers. . j ,
s In nailing oh heels by the use of ma
chinery one ui:ui and u boy can heel 800
pairs of shoes per day. It would require
five inen to do this by hand. - : -
BUYING WEDDING KINGS.
Most Young People Are Vary Matter of
Fact When Choosing, the Band.. . .
Just think of it! , One jewelry store on
the Bowery claims to sell over 400 wed
ding rings a year. , And yet we hear the
cry that "men .are not . marrying.?, ;If
one out of the many stoves that supply
these golden fetters of matrimony can
dispose of such a number within a year,
what must the sales amount to when all
those that are supplied by other firms
are" added?
Surely somebody's getting married. -Down
on the .Bowery, near Grand
street, there hangs a golden hoop large
enough to marry all the brides on that
side of town. It is hung above a jew
elry store, and can be seen aa well from
the elevated road as from the sidewalk.
It was from the window of a down town
train that I first caught sight of it. A
young country looking couple that sat
near by also noticed the giantlikeemblem
of wedlock, and I heard the girl whis
per, "Oh, Willie, there's where we -got
our ring." Bnt "Willie didn't look until
the car had passed tbe 6tore; then he
raised his eyebrows a little and said, "I
see," indifferently, and turned again to
the paper he had been perusing. The
girl bit her lips and looked down at the
gold band upon her ungloved hand.
At the next station I. left the train and
visited the store where Willie had
bought the ring. One of the salesmen
said, in answer - to a question, ""There
isn't as much sentiment in - the business
as one might suppose. By the time the
happy couple arrive here they have got
beyopd the blushing stage of heart
disease, and they buy the ring in the
most matter of fact way. Sometimes
the man and woman come together, but
usually the gentleman comes alone to
get the ring.
"Do women ever select and pay for
tneir own wertrtm!? rinm? rinf. wrr
often, although there was a lady here
i last week who did so. When a couple
j come in together the man picks out a
ring and asks his 'friend' if it will do,
and she invariable answers 'Yes.' Then
he pays for it, and that's all there is
about it."
. "What size of ring is usually re
quired?". I asked. - "In this part of the
city," replied the practical salesman,
"from six and a quarter to seven are the
usual sizes; but they , run smaller up :
town on Broadway."
Upon the counter he then placed two
trays containing'wedding rings. Some
of them appeared too large for any finger '
but that of a giant; yet it happens some
times that these are not large enough for
a would be pnrchaser. It is customary
among the Germans for both the man
and woman to buy a ring and make a
mutual gift on the wedding day.
The price of 'a wedding, ring on the
Bowery ranges
from eight to twenty-
five dollars, the average price beinir ten
or fifteen dollars. In style, the old fash
ioned plain round circle is generally pre
ferred, because it is as comfortable in
the dishpan its in the drawing room, and
the sentimental little wife need never
take it off for fear of its being spoiled.
: When asked how long it usually toot
to purchase a wedding ring, the sales
man laughed and answered that in his
fourteen years' experience it had never
taken a couple longer than half, an hour
to select one, usually ten minutes. The
woman seems to think it's best to hurry
in the buying, or her escort's mind may
change on the subject. -
"We have never," said he, "had a ring
that was bought- returned because th
marriage tjidn't come off. Sometimes a
gentleman orders a ring made that is too
heavy for the slender finger that is tt
wear it, and then he brings it back and
we take off some of the gold. Frequent
ly, too, people bring us old rings to-be
melted and made over, but this we re
fuse to do." .
"Why?"-1 asked. "Because we can
not promise to give them back the same
gold that they brought us," he answered.
"Of course we send the article to be
made over to. the workmen, bnt it is
thrown into the same crucible as all . the
other gold, and who knows after that
which was 'grandma's ring' or the 'baby's
spoon ;' not we, surely." New York Ad
vertiser. :
r'rajjrant Wood. '
Few of our native trees have odorifer
ous wood like the sandal wood of the
islands in tbe Indian ocean; but a few of
the conifer on the Pacific slope .have
sweet scented "woods.'. The fine church
at Metlakatla, built by the civilized In
dians of Alaska, is as fragrant as if in
cense was continually floating through
the air, from the wood of the great arbor .
vitae (Thuja gigantea) of. which it is
built. labocedrns . decurrens found
farther south, is known as "incense :
cedar" from its fragrance ..The yellow;
cypress (Cnpressns nutkaensis) and the
Monterey cypress .(Cnpressns- macrocar
pa) have also scented 'woods. -.. In the At
lantic states red cedar aud arbor vitse
have scented wood. Meehan's Monthly.
Different Sizes or Kset.
, "Did you ask what would be consid
ered a small ' foot?" said, a pretty shop
girl in a big establishment, as, kneeling
before a customer, she deftly fitted on a
pair of india rubbers. , "Well, I should
call No. 3 a email size, and Si even.:
The . average- is : about 5; 1 is large, al-
though, I . have seen very nice looking'
t feet that were Ts. I have one customer
who wears- 0's and another who wears
I'a. Quite a contrast, isn't it? The
smallest foot on a grown person I ever
saw belongs to one of our customers; she
wears 13's, ; child's size, r but it ' isn't
pretty a bit; it looks so tottering." New
York Tribune. , . .. , , . . . ' '
-... Good Covering; for Closet If-loor.
A good nse of marbled cloth is for the
floor of closets. It is easily put down
and fitted. Many ' closets are seldom
6tepped into, and as there is hardly any,'
or at least but triCing, wear, its durable
qualities are not tested. - CIoii.'t floors
so covered iaay le easily wipt-d over with
a damp cloth every morning, t5! - .Ki. - crir
iiig all loose dust and preventing any in -
jury from it to the clothes that mav be
piled or hanging within. New York
Times. ' -; -
SOCIETIES.
ABSEMBLY NO. 4827, K.
of P. hall the fieeond
OF L. Moot n IT
of P. hall the second and fourth Wednes-
days of each month at 7:30 p. m.
YXTASCO LODGE, NO. 15, A. F. & A. JM.-
.Vh
first and third Monday of each month at 7
YVALLES ItOYAL AP.CT CHAPTER NO, 6.
JL Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesday
Of each month at 7 P. M.
"VTODEEN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
l'A Mt. Hood CampNo. 59, Meets Tuesday even
ing of each week in the K. of P.Hall, at 7:30 r. jf.
COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, I. O. O. F. Meets
every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in K.
of P. ball, corner Second and Court streets.
Sojourning brothers are welcome. ,
H. Clocgh, See'y. - H. A. Bm.s,N. G.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 9., K. of P. Meets
every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in
Bchanno's building, corner of Court and Second
streets. Sojourning members are cordially in
vited. Y. 8. t em.
p. W.Vause, K. of R. and S. c. C.
TTrOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPEREXCE
UNION will meet every Friday afternoon
at S o'clock at the reading room. All are invited.
TEMPLE LODGE NO. 8, A. O. U. W. Meets
at K. of P. Hall, Corner Second and Court
Streets, Thursday evenings at 7 :30.
. JOHN rILLOON,
W. 8 Myers, Financier; M. W
TAS. NESMITH POST, No. 32, G. A. R. Meets
every Saturday at 7:30 r. m., in the K. of P.
Hall.
BOF L. E. Meets every Sunday afternoon in
the K. of P. Hall.
CI ESANG VEREIN Meets everv Snndav
T evening in the K, of P. Hall.
B.
OF L. F. DIVISION, No. 107 Meets in the
K. of P. Hall the first and Ihirri WaH...
day of each month, st 7:91 p. m.
THE CHURCHES.
CT. PETER'S CH
tCH Rev. Father Beons-
W Mass fVPTV RnnHnv n
O okest Pastor.
7 a. M.
7 r. M.
High .Mass at 10:30 A. M. Vespers at
A DVEXT CHRISTIAN' CHURCH. Preaching
- in the Y. SI. C. A. rooms everv Sundav at II
a. in. and 7 p. ni. Sunday school" immediately
after morning service. J. A. Orchard, pastor.
ST. PAUL'9 CHURCH Union Street, opposite
tilth. Rev. Eli D.Sutcliffe Rector. Services
every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School 9 :4.j A. M. Evening Prayer on Friday at
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Rer. O. I). Tay
ior, Pastor.: Morning services everv Sab
bath at the academy at 11 4. m. Sabbath
School immediately after moraine services
Prayer meeting Friday evening at Pastor's resi
dence. Union services In the court house at 7
COSGREGATIONA-I, CHURCH Rev. W. C.
Cuktis, Pastor. Services every Sundav at 11
a. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday School after morning
service. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free.
M.
E. CHURCH Rev. A. C. Spencer, pastor.
Services everv Sundav inonilntr Kinirim-
School at 12:-i0 o'elock p. K. A cordial invitation
is extended by both- pastor and people to nil. - -
A. A. Brown,
Keeps n full assortment of
nes,
and Provisions.
which he oft'err. at Ixw Figures.
SPEGIAli :-: PRICES
to Cash Buyers.
Hitat Casi Prices for Ens anJ
" '- other Prota.
170 SECOND STREET.
.tvine made arrangements with a
numoer of Factories, I am pre
pared to furnish
D()flK,WiDiws;iloaiMi
STORE FRONTS
And all .kinds -of Special work. Ship
ments made daily from factory ' and enn
fill orders in the shortest' possible time!
Piices satisfactory.
It will be to vour interest to see rae
before purchasing elsewhere.
Wm. Saundeps,
- " Office over French's Bonk.
W. E. GARRETSON.
Jeweler:
SOtE AGENT FMttEE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelrv Made to Order
'- 2 3ft MC4ind Kt.. Th IlJes Or. -.
FLOURING MILL TO IEASE. .
fPHE OI.I I4LLES MILL
AND WATER.
- J
Co:niianv floor Mill win be leased to re-
r4insible parties. For Information apply to the
' 1 he Dulles. Orecim.
- ! -Taken Up
1 One small sorrel mare, branded 55 on
! left shoulder, two white feet and white
face, the owner can have the same by
I paying for advertising and feed. 'Address
m i in n
OTieanarancywoee
Leaainq
'Trtrr-':". .. . j
Amos poo t, Mosier, Oregon.
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EOBT. -MTA.-3Z-S-
MAYS &
SALE AGENTS FOR
9 9
C 6
STOVES AND RANGES.
Steel Ranges, and Richardson's ani Bopton's Furnaces.
We also keep a large and complete stock of -
Hardware, Tinware, (jrranite, Blueware, Silverware, Cutlery,
Barbed Wire, Blacksmiths' Coal, Pumps, Pipe,
. Packing, Plumbers Supplies, Guns,
Ammunition and
Plumbing, Tinning,
Machine Work a Specialty. ...
COII. SECOND AND FEDKHAL STS.,
(Erre
at
B
Removal! Removal!
On account of."Removal I will sell m;y
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 otter.
GREAT REDUCTION IN RETAIL.
JvFREIMHN,
125 eeond SJbtreet,
- JEW F0LL P WUflEH DRY GOODS
COMPLETE IX EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Glothing, Gents' furnishing Goods, Hats; Gaps,
Boots and Shoes.
Full Assortment of the Leading Manufacturers.
Cash Buyers mill save money by examining oof stock
and prices before
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Successors to BROOKS & BEER8, Dealers in
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
390 arid 394
H. O. NIELS6N,
Glothier and
BOOTS AND SHOES;
ts and Gaps; . Truiiks and Valises;
G-exxts F-curxxlTi1tig Goods,
CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON, THE DALLES, OREGON .
PAUL KREFT & CO.,
' - --DEALERS lS--; ' -..
Paints, Oils, Glass
And the Most Complete nnd the Latest
Patterns and Designs ill
it.t. PAF'En.
Practical Painters and Tuper HniiKers. None
but the best brands of the Sherw in-Williams
Paint used in all our work, r.nd none Tut the
most skilled workmen employed. : All- orders
promptly attended to . . 10-17-d
Stole ana Faint Shop corner Third and
.Washington Streets.
SLi- OEOWJal.
CROWE,
THE CELEBRATED -
99
Sporting Goods.
G-un Repairing and Liffht
THE DALLES, UICKGOM.
argains !
The Dalles.
purchasing elsemhepe.
H. Herbring.
Curs and, all parts of the City.
Second Street
The Old Germania Saloon.
JOHN DON AVON, Proprietor.
The best quality of Wines. Liquors and
Cigars, Pabst Milwaukee Knicker
bocker and Columbia ' Beer,
Half and Half and all kinds f
of Temperance Drink9. -
ALWAYS ON KfAND. '
Tailor