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-The Dalles My Chronicle.
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TIME TABLES.
The Dalles, Portland & Astoria flay. Co.
Qoxr i-:jlttt in.
"The boats of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria
Navigation Co. will commence running on Mon
day, April 4th, and until further notice under
me ioiiowing scneauie.
Steamer "DALIES CITY" leaves .
Wharf foot of Yamhill St., PORTLAND, daily
. (except Sunday), at 6 A. M : -Connecting
with str. Regulator at the cascades,
Arrives at The Dalles, 6 p. m.
Steamer "BEGTJLATOB" leaves -.
Wharf foot of Union ct., THK DALIES, daily
(except Sunday), at 6 A.M.;
Connecting with str. Dalles City at the cascades,
Arrives at Portland, 6 p. m.
B. F. LAUGHLIN, General Manager.
Railroads.
AST BOCND. - .
No. 2, Arrives 12:01 a.tt. " ' Departs 12:08 A. K.
" 8, ' 12:30 P.M. " 12:50 P.M.
- - - WBST BOUND. - ...
No. 1, Arrives 4:25 A. u. Departs 4 :S0 A. M .
" 7, " 6:00 P. M. " 6:20 P. M.
Two locai freights that carry passengers leave
one for the westat 7:00 A. u., and .one for- the
east at 9:15-a.m. - - . . ,.r -
STAGES
Prineville, via. Bake
For
Oven, leave daily
at 6 a. u.
For Antelope,
Mitchell,
Canyon City, leave
uauy at o a. m.
For Duf ur. Kineslev. Wamic. Waninltia. Warm
Springs ffnd Tj'gh Valley, leave dally (except
Sunday) at 6 A. u.
For Goldendale, Wash., leave every day of the
week except Sunday at 8 A. M. -
Offices for all lines at the Umatilla House.
Fost-Offlce. '.'
OFFICE HOCKS
aneral Delivery Window 8 a. m. to 7 p. m.
tfoney Order 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday i D - " - 9 a. m. to 10 a. m.
CLOSING OF MAILS
trains going East 9 p. m. and 11:45 a. m.
" " West 9p.u. and 5:30 p. m.
Stage for Goldendale .7:30 a. m.
" Prinevillo 6:30 a.m.
" Dufuraud Warm Springs 6:30 a. m.
" t Leaving for Lyle 4c Hartland. .5:30 a. m.
" " "J Antelope 5:80 a.m.
Except Sunday.
iTri-weekly. Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
" Monday Wednesday and Friday. .
MONDAY
MAY 16, 1892
r. s.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU.
Thb Dalles, Or., May 16, 1892.
Altitude 110 above sea level.
Pacific H Rela- D.t'r W State
Coast- bas. tive of 2. of
Time. ? Hum Wind ? Weather
S A. M 30.08 55 77 West .00 Cloudy
P. M 80.16 63 60 NW .00 "
Maximum
erature, 4U.
temperature, 67 ; minimum tem-
Heightof River, 8 p. m T...16.4 feet;
Change in past 24 hours 0.0 foot.
Total precipitationfrora July 1st to date, 11.55;
average precipitation from July 1st to date, 13.63;
total deficiency from July 1st, 1891, to dale, 2.08;
Inches. . ; .
WEATHER PROBABILITIES.'
San Fbakcisco, May .16, 1892.
Weather forecast till .8 p. m.
RAIN
-Tuesday ;
Xam, j generally
cooler.'
FlNLEY.
. LOCAL BREVITIES.
. If you want the news,
You want Thb Chronicle.
If you are not a subscriber, please read
this and hand in your name. ' .
Mr. B. F. Langhlin is in the city
todav. ' -
J. H. Middleton, of Hood Eiver, was
in the city today
J. W. Hayes and F.'M. French of
Grass Valley paid The Chroncle a
visit today. . .
A telephone line is being placed be
tween the Dalles National bank and the
Moody warehouse. '
Mrs. F. M. Aunks and daughter Bes
sie, of Mendon, Michigan, are the guests
of Mrs, C. H. Browne at the Umatilla
house. .
Ella Higtrlnson, in the Bellingham
By Express, very earnestly urges the
adoption of clover as the state flower of
Washington. - "
Amos Gregg and George, Nolan, of
Dufur were passengers on the Regulator
this morning as delegates to a meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows to be
held at Astoria during the present week.
C. J. Bright, candidate for congress on
the prohibition ticket, writes to the
Northwest Progress that he confidently
believes that three-fourths of the voters
of Sherman - county- have signed the
milllion voters' agreement. ' '
The city assessment roll will remain
In the hands of the assessor till May 17th.
On that day the board of equalization
will set and no changes will be made in
assessments after the board hag ad
journed. Taxpayers will govern them
, selves accordingly." ; .
v J. Jenkins, a minor, was indicted this
morning in the recorder's court for be
ing drunk and disorderly. He confessed
the crime but pleaded as an extenuating
circumstance that he had not killed any
body. The recorder fined him $10 and
costs, which for lack of collateral he will
have to work out on the streets. .
- v r 1T i. - r -.
Al. ju. nswrmsa oi rive Aliie gave
2 Ths Chronicle a pleasant call today.
Mr. Waterman simply reiterates what
everybody else says that the crop pros
pects were never so ' good.' He says he
has fifty acres of wheat on a piece of
ground. " purchased - lately for pasture,
which is the second crop of volunteer,
and it stands, .by actual measurement,
Tery nearly three feet high. 1
Special Correspondence From Wasco
and Sherman.
Wasco, May 13. The convention
opened this morning with a large at
tendance. Frank Lee of the Northwest
Farmer read a paper which .contained
some excellent practical suggestions on
."Business Methods - on the Farm.
farmers as a ciass, eaia Jr. .Lee, are
sadly deficient in business methods. In
no other avocation could men afford to
lose, as farmers do, from sheer , lack of
business methods, and yet live. .; How
much is lost by sowing foul wheat, by
.neglecting to select the best seed, by not
preparing fruit, butter, etc., in a proper
manner for market.. He recommended
that farmers should plan their work
ahead. Each should keep -a diary or day
book in which entries should be kept as
to yield "of 'crops, when .planted, how
much they, tealized. Not one farmer in
a hundred can tell how much it costs to
raise- a pound of i.heef. . . He' strongly
urged the adoption of the cash system
in the purchase of all supplies needed
on the farm. - Better far if possible bor
row money and purchase for cash than
buy on credit. - -r No farmer should buy a
threshing machine unless he is a prac
tical mechanic. .. He had seen threshing
machines that ate up horses, hogs, cat
tle, crops, and even -farms. Machinery
should be carefully housed at the end of
the season and put away ready for use
the coming season.. Method and regu
larity are laws of nature. : Let the
farmer cultivate them. 1 ;, ;'.; ,
Mr. Lee's paper was followed by a
short essay by Mrs. Hattie Andrews on
"How to lighten the work of the farm
housewife." -' The husband should rise
early, said Mrs. Andrews, light the fire,
set on the kettle and potatoes, and
sweep the kitchen floor. Then wake up
the wife and she will do the rest. -- At
noon he should come in early from the
field, cut plenty of wood and pack water
where necessary. The supper she will
prepare without his help. Finally, she
urged the married farmer to be a man
and to eschew cards and wine and every
other pleasure he could not share with
his wife. ' '
.. This was.followed by Professor Wash
burn, in a paper on "Insect Pests of the
Farm and Orchard.." ' The nature and
habits of various pests were described
with the most approved methods of their
extermination. x
A. B. Craft followed on "Co-operation."
. Unlike any other business the
farmer has nothing to say about the
price of what he buys or sellsi He must
take what he can get "and pay what is
asked: . Farmers should pool .their in
terests in the matter of buying and sell
ing. He did not believe in farmers get
ting poorer all the time while others all
around them are getting richer. Farm
ers have the power of benefiting them
selves if they will only use it, We can
not get along without some middle men
but one man between the manufacturers
and the buyers is enough. Wh'y should
three or four middlemen each reap- a
profit off everything the (farmer .'has to
buy. Co-operation has not always been
a failure. Farmers should ; be more
united in everything in which their own
interests are concerned and especially
should they co-operate at the polls. '.;.
As the hour of noon had now - arrived
discussion was deferred till the afternoon
session and the meeting adjourned.
On reassembling .Mr. John Smith
ropened the discussion on co-operation
by a general statement as to the success
of the farmers' warehouse which he had
managed for a short time last year. The
warehouse had handled about one-third
of the grain crop of Sherman county.'
Besides this it had dealt in lumber,
wood and coal and while successful in
itself had greatly aided in furnishing, a !
genuine competition, - C. J. Bright
claimed there was not enough money in i
circulation. The national banking svs-1
tern was the . worst in the world. If
there was plent of money in. circulation J
the credit system would die. Then the
old straw about the per capita circula
tion being only $5 instead oi nearly $24
was threshed over attain, thoturh fast
what this had to do with co-operation
was not apparent. A. S. Roberts called
attention to the succes that had at
tended a co-operative farmers' associa
tion in Texas, which started 11 years
ago with a capital- of $265.00 and was
now worth $80,000. ; - !
Professor French followed with a paper
written by Wallis Nash on "Transporta
tion" which' stronely depreciated such
legislation against railroad corporations
as would cripple them or binder the
building of new and competing lines. -
V. C. Brock followed on the same sub
ject. Carrying wheat by wagons from
Wasco to Grants, a distance of 20 miles
was worth $3 a ton. This was 15 cents
per ton per mile. The Union Pacific,
high as its rates were between Sherman
county and Portland, carried wheat for
4 cents per ton per nine, in is was a
difference of 11 cents in; favor of the
railroad. The average Sherman county
farmer exported 2,000 bushel, equal to
60 tons of wheat annually. " The excess
of cost. by wagon over that of rail for
twenty miles is $2.20 per ton and the
excess of cost on 2,000 bushels is some
thing like $132.00 for each farmer who
ships that amount. This shows the
vast importance of railroad connection
with the Columbia river. Last year we
exported 600,000 bushels of grain and
the crop is not all yet sold. In 1884
man at grants collected all the gram
that was shipped ont of the county and
It amounted to just half a car load. Not
more than half of the county is under
cultivation and our need for a railroad
is already imperative'. ,- ..
James McMillen followed. He. held
that the worst enemy of the farmer is
not the railroad but the wagon road. ". It
cost as much to haul' grain 10 miles to
the'etation as it did to haul it 180 miles
by rail at average rates.. Wheat had
been carried from Duluth to New York
for five cents, per bushel, yet we . are
compelled to pay 11 cents per bushel
for the 108 - miles between Grants and
Portland.,' We pay $3.80 a ton while the
average rate is 65' cents. " He reckoned
that 500 farmers of Sherman county were
practically defrauded out of $140 each in'
exorbitant charges. . .: . j '. '
H. E. Moore spoke of what the Cas
cade portage had done for the farmers of
Wasco county and declared,' if elected to
the legislature, he would' do everything
in his power to secure the dalles portage.
' This was the signal for the chairman
to call on' other legislative candidates
present to express themselves and
Messrs. Smith, Coon and . McDaniela re
sponded briefly pledging, themselves t in
the same manner. ' ' . -
A. S. Roberts gave an incident -of his
own experience with the Regulator. He
required to ship a bunch of sheep to
Portland.., The regular rates' by rail
would have been $70. He had them
carried by the Regulator and landed . in
every way in better shape for $36. He
was told that thecost of running the
Cascade portage did not exceed $4,500
per annum and the cost of running the
dalles portage need not greatly exceed
this sum. .' ' ..'.'
A reference by Mr. Brock to the action
of the Portland chamber of commerce
in connection with the Norton survey
brought Hugh Gourlay to his feet who
said" that it was evident that Portland
did not want an open river. When the
Regulator company asked Portland to
assist in putting a boat on the lower
river, nineteen persons contributed the
munificent sum of $2,200.. This was the
extent of Portland's interest in the op
position boats. The merchants treated
the new company with coldness, indiflV
erence and in one case, at least, with ab
solute rudeness. Allen and Lewis, one
of the largest wholesale houses, a house
that has made thousands of dollars from
the farmers and ' merchants of Eastern
Oregon practically showed the collectors
the door, and the work of collecting the
$10,000 promised towards the enterprise
had to be abandoned. If the Regulator
has benefited the. people in any way
they owe it to The Dalles' merchants
and capitalists and not to those of Port
land. While Eastern Oregon is a unit
for the dalles', portage and no one sus
pects any candidate now before us for
legislative honors of not being f rien dly
to the scheme it would not be the least
surprising if Portland would yet oppose
it unless we make such a united demand
for relief as will sweep everything before
it. . "'" - ' . '-; .
, After a song by Mrs. Frank Pike, A.
C. Haff spoke on . "Farm Fences," tak
ing the ground that the present law was
a nuisance and there was probably not
a yard of legal fence in the county.'
The last' paper was "on "The Educa
tion of the Farmer;" by H. Tyree. This
was a really excellent paper, ..The
speaker paid a fine tribute" to the value
of pur public schools ; to the necessity of
education as an indespensible means of
maintaining our free institutions, and to
the importance of- educating every
faculty and power of . the human mind
so as to make all round enlightened and
intelligent men and women of the future
fathers and mothers of this great nation.
An instrumental duet followed and the
meeting adjourned for supper.
The night session was opened by a
song from the choir after "which. Profes
sor r rench read a . paper on "Green
Fall owing and Green Manruing." The
thirteen . elementary - substances were
described and the absolute .necessity of
retaining in the soil or giving back to it,
the most important, namely, potash,
phosphorus and nitrogen. In the ab
sence of any one of these in the soil
there can be no vegetable life. Green
manuring had been practiced by the
Romans. In Belgium no green thing is
allowed to go to waste. The farm should
be cultivated as if the farmer intended
to live forever and your children will, in
that case, rise up and call you bleseed.
The - discussion that followed dealt
largely with the .value of Weeds,
wild mustard and volunteer wheat
turned under in summer fallow.
the professor insisting that - they en
riched and gave back valuable' proper
ties to the soil." ;The question box: was
tpen opeueu ana-many questions Of, in
terest and importance discusssed till the
clock admonished the audience that the
time for parting had arrived. A vote of
thanks to the people, of Wasco for their
generous hospitality, was offered by A.
b. Roberts, and " carried unanimously,
Another vote was carried in favor of the
choir. ' Professor - French 'congratulated
the institute on being, one of the best,
if not the best .ever held in the state,
and best of all, it was' got up by the
farmers themselves. "A vote oi thanks
was passed -in' favor of the professor.
and on motion the institute adjourned
sine aie.
' Mr. Jas. A.; Johnson, of Buffalo.'N;
x ., who Is here in the interests of his
business, is taking quite a lively place
alongside the active spirits of progress
in The Dalles.
Mr. Patrick Fagan has returned from
an enjoyable bqsiness trip to Prineville
Summonses are beine served on inrors
for the next term of Circuit court";"'' v
, Milkshakes and lemonade at R. C.
Fleck & Co's, No. 80 Second street.
- Among those who took in the cruisers
at Porcland yesterday and returned on
the night passenger, were Mr. D. M.
French, Editor Michell and Mr. I. N.
Campbell. :' "
Fred Claussen; of Dufur, was in town
today making proof on his timber cul
ture claim. Mr. ,Claussen says the
heaviest rain fall he ever saw in Eastern
Oregon.,, fell at his place yesterday.
. BOBN. : t
In this city, May 12th, to the r wife of
H. H. Driscoll, a son, 10 M pounds. All
getting along finery. .
MARRIED.
Sunday May loth, by Rev. Father
Brongeest, at the residence of the bride's
parents, Mr. Zenas A. Moody to. Miss
Kate Doherty. - - - '
Attention -Carpenters 1 ' .
The Dalies local union of the car
penters and joiners of America will meet
tonight in the hall over the Chbonicle
building, at 8 o'clock. All members are
requested to be present. - 5-16-lt
NOTICE TO ICE CONSUMERS
As manager of The Dalles Ice Co. I
wish to contradict the statements that I
was only acting as agent for an outside
company. " I own one half interest in
the company, and will sell -ice this year
and for years to come.and should a crop
of natural ice come in this, locality we
will put up enough to Bupply this city
for three or four years and Spokane com
panies will then have to withdraw their
agents from here. Respectfully, "
W. S. Ceam, Manager. .
Children Cry for Pitcher's CastorfalJ
When Baby was olek, ire gare her Castoria.
When she waa a Child, she cried for Castoria, -When
she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gare them Castoria,
ICE! ICE! ICE!
Having on hand a large supply of ice
we are prepared to furnish our custom
ers with ice in any quantity at a reason
able rate. We guarantee we will supply
the demand without . advancing prices
throughout the season. Leave orders at
x. j.au er s score, second street.
5-2tf Catbs & Allison.
COLUMBIA
CANDY FACTORY
Campbell Bros. Proprs
- (Successors to s. Cram.) '
Manufacturers of the finest French and
Home Made '
o a nsr d i e s ,
ast of Portland.
-DEALERS IN-
Tropical Frails, Nais, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish any of these (foods at Wholesala
or Retail
Id Eyerjr 8trle.
Ice Cream and Soda Water.
104 Second Street. The Dalles, Or.
C. ,FV STEPHENS,
DEALER IN
jp Clothing
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Ete.
Etc., . Etc., Etc.
134 Second St., next to Dalles National
Bank, Dalles City, Oregon.
W. E. GARRETSOH.
SOCK AGENT JOB THE
All Watch Work Warranted. ,
Jewelry Made to Order.
Dry
Goods
138 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
Jos. T.
-DEALERS "IN-
and a full line of Builders Supplies, all of which
are carried constantly in stock.
Call and see us at our new store, southwest corner
of Second and Jefferson Streets, before buying else
where. Our prices are as low as the lowest, and on
many things below' all competitors.
ANNA PETER 5 CO..
Pine iVIil linery !
112 Second street,
JSlEW BOOT AJD SHOE STOtE !
t SXONEMAN & FI EGE,
- 114 SECOND STREET.
We have just received a large assortment of C, D and H
widths of Ladies' fine'shoes and a full stock of lawn
: tennis shoes with perforeald inner soles.
: Leather and findings for sale. .
- Repairing Neatly and Expeditiously Done.
SPRING
-ARRIVING
B. Jacobsen & Co.'s.
Largest Line of Baby Carriages, Books, Stationery
-r and Musical Instruments.
162 Second Street,
PAUL KR
-DEALERS IN-
PAINTS, OILS
"-.-', And the Most Complete and the
CVPractical Painters and Paoer
Sherwin-Williams and J. W. Masarv'a
the most skilled workmen employed.
chemical combination or soap mixture.
orders promptly attended to.
Store and Faint Shop corner Third and
WHOLESALE
IvIQuor
Finest Wines
171 Second Street,
Frenchs' Block,
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S3 ..ft ' '&M?4''fllS'iS ''fgS.3'.. 2
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Brassed Lumfiei,
THE DALLES, OR.
STOCK
DAILY AT-
;THE DALLES, OREGON.
EFT & CO.,
AND GLASS,
Latest Patterns and Designs in "
Hancrers. None but thu heat hrandn rf th
Paints nsed in all onr work, and none hnt
Agents for Masury Liquid Paints. No
A. first class article in all colors. All
Washington Sts., ' The Dalles, Oregon
AND RETAIL
Dealer.
and Liquors.
The Dalles, Oregon
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