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VOL. IV.
THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1892.
NO. 1.
"Look at the Bargains!
100 Dozen TOWELS.
Worth 25 Cts., going for 12 1-2 Cts.
OLD AND
: AT THE:
WELL KXOWN
STAND,
Alwaijg to the Froqt !
REGULAR
Clearing OUT Sale !
My Entire Stock, Cpneieting of
Clothing
Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Gaps,
eeiits' Furmsning goods,
Laces 0
Butteries
SOW-GOING AT BARGAIN
And the Sale will be eon
tinaed until all is disposed
of. A special opportunity
is here afforded for small
stores to replenish their
stock.
Call and Price tliese Goods,
AT THE-
OLD
KNOWN . STAND.
AND WELL
. ;
H S
x z
Fills 1 NO
If yon take pills it 1b because you have never
mea ine
S. B. Headache and Liver Cure
. It works so nicely, cleansing the Liver and
Kidneys; acts as a mild physio without causing
pain or sickness, and does not stop you from
cm Dg ana wowng. ,
To try .It Is to become a friend to It.
For sale by all druggists. .
young & us&;
macksmitD & wagon shod
General Blacksmithing and Work done
promptly, and all work -.
. Guaranteed.'
Horse Shoeeirig a Spciality
TMri Street, opposite tie old Liebe Stand.
MRS. C. DAVIS
Has Opened the
REVERE RESTAURANT
In the , New .Frame Building on
SECOND STREET, Next to the
Diamond Flouring Mills.
First Class Meals Furnished at all Hours,
Only White Help Employed.
Just Received an Immense Shipment
of the Celebrated
loyal Uoreester Corsets
IN EVERY
STYLE and PRICE.
IIUUd
NATIONAL SENTIMENT.
Gates of the Columns Fair to tie Closed
...
on Sunday.
SO FAR AS THE GOVERNMENT SAYS,
Congress in Touch With the Country
Chicago Pent np. in Ideas,
ACTIVITY IX THK CLOSING MOVE.
The
Election
It is over and the votes have been
counted, and it is found that those 15c
Past Black Hose at Pease & Mays' are
the best that were ever . offered for the
money. We have a fine line of them dis
played in our window.
PEASE
& MAYS
ORUGS
Snipes Kinersly,
-THE LEADING-
Wine ii Mi Drogsis
"'IF XT DE2-33 XT GS
every Sunday the fair is to be in opera
tion. A specimen declaration was
voiced in resolutions adopted at the an
nual convention of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers held at Atlanta,
Ga., May 14th. With 500 delegates
present,' the convention asked unani-
inonalv that the fair be closed on Sun
day, and the resolution was seconded in
a strong speech by the delegate from the
Chicago district, an official of the
brotherhood.
Great Secular and Religions Meetings,
Legislatures, etc. Sunday . Clos
ing Other Notes.
.. ...... Handled by Three Registered Druggists.
i ": ,:; .' " Y ;- AIJSO ' ALIi THE : .LEADING .- ; '' v ,
Patent (Dedieines and Druggists Sundries,
HOUSE PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS. ;
Agents for Murphy's Fine Varnishes and the Only agents in
the Uity lor The Sherwin, Williams (Jo. s Paints.
-WE ARE-
1 1 TKe). Largest Dealers in Wa41 Paper.
Finest Line of Imported Key' West and Domestic Cigars
Agent for Tansill's Punch.
129 Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon
LETTER FROM THE DALLES.
on His
' Chicago, June 15. From this day
forth the worlds' fair gates will be closed
to visitors on Sunday. Such is the final
decision of Congress, the National com
mission and worlds' fair directory.
Concerning this fact, Mr. E. F. Cragin,
perhaps the most active organizer of the
association, in an interview yesterday
said :' "Undoubtedly the vast majority
ot tne-people of the United eta'es are
anxious to see Sunday observed at the
fair. Our association has been studying
the drift of opinion for two years. It is
easy to give the results. So far, it is
evident that in Uhicago ana within a
radius of say 200 miles, the people want
a Sunday fair. Outside of that, except
in communities where the foreign ele
ment predominates, there is bat one ex
pression, and that is for sabbath observ
ance. Chicago does not realize ' the
strength of the sentiment-of the country
at large. They seem to me to be in a
good deal the same fix the New Yorkers
were when they were after the fair.
They made fun of the idea that the
country would think differently from
them. They laughed at what they called
the great noise Chicago was making be
fore congress voted. And yet when the
vote came they found congress was in
touch with the country and the nation
wanted Chicago to have the fair. So it
is with our citizens on this question.
.Because the general opinion here seems
to be for a wide-open Sunday the people
of Chicago appear to take it for 'granted
that it must be so everywhere else
Answers to our letters show, however,
that this ia a great mistake, and that
congress knew what ft was about when
it pnt itself on record by closing the gov
ernment exhibit." We . are. informed,
furthermore, that the senate will be
even more pronounced for Sunday-closing
when the question comes before it'.
Rarely if ever has there been such .ac
tivity in behalf of a moral movement as
has been shown in this campaign .for
Sunday observance. Nearly every great
secular and religious meeting or conven
tion in this country, has adopted resolu
tions and forwarded them to congress,
the national commission and the worlds'
fair directory. . . ,
"Another significant fact, that seems to
have been overlooked by the Chicago
directors, is tbatvery state' legislature
where any action : has been taken has
been in favor of closed gates on Sunday.
There has not been one. exception.
More than that : We have looked up
the rules governing state - and county
fairs. With scarcely an exception all
such institutions are closed on the sab
bath. Why? Because the people of
the states and territories believe in res'
on the sabbath ; .. they believe in ob
serving the civil law : that governs the
states and territories, and that law
everywhere . forbids, desecration of the
sabbath. -.;
"Another, and d very' "important"sug-
gestion, added Mr. Cragin, "is that " of
the strong pleas made for Sunday open
ing in that' the poor laboring man can go
to the exposition no other day... We
have' canvassed among the employers' of
labor and find very few instances where
the business managers and proprietors
would refuse to give Saturday- half-holi
days for their workingmen and working
women.- There seems to . be no good
reason why the laboring people should
not ask and expect to get half-holidays
during the exposition. Labor has been
making a long fight for the Saturday
half-holiday in addition to the eight-
hour day. It would seem to be an op
portune time next year to get an ex
pression on the suoject. - The railroad
employes of the country are taking the
deepest interest in this . movement
They want the fair closed on Sunday be
cause if it is open it means no rest for
them, but, on the contrary, would en
tail double duty on every engineer.
brakeman, conductor and fireman for
MOVING ON CHICIAGO.
Keport of Mr. Clark C. Foster
Observations Here.
We have been permitted to copy the
following from a letter to Mr. Wm. Hen
derson, of Saginaw, Mich., from Mr.
Clark C. Foster, who is here on a tour
of observation. 1 Mr. Foster says:
"Remembering my promise to write
you a few lines while on the Jracinc
coast, I may state that I arrived at The
Dalles about two weeks ago and have
since had a very pleasant time in seeing
and visiting places that are . both novel
and interesting to me. On arriving here,
we were received by the Rev. Mr. Tay
lor, who has been so thoughtful of our
entertainment that I think we shall
often find ourselves recalling places and
scenes that would certainly be incom
plete were not the kindly presence of
Mr. Taylor the central figure of them.
"I have spent several days in visiting
the beautiful orchards and vineyards of
the Columbia river fruit company, and
although my expectations ran high, I
was not pee pared for the very agreeable
surprise that Was in store for me, as the j
vast yield of fruit this season and the
rapid progress which the vines are mak
ing on those sunny hillsides is simply
marvelous. The climate, the soil and
the locality are all that could be desired
for a great enterprise like that which
this strong company is rapidly bringing
to a successful development, and I
have no doubt but that the time is not
far distant when many of the states in
the union Will receive largely of their
fruit supplies from this much favored
section. I could write , you page after
page on such industries as salmon fish
eries, wool growing, stockraisingandthe
fine . agricultural - country surrounding
this place", but I feel that they would be
too voluminous . for me to undertake to
tell yon of, in a letter, and I therefore
prefer to wait Sntil we can draw our
chairs together and talk them over at
onr leisure.
"One of the things which gives Ine
great faith in this place, and Grand
Dalles, on the opposite side of the river,
is that they are the key to the gate-way
of the whole country for it distance oj
about 200 miles back on both sides of j
the Columbia, and all of its product and
supplies nre either, or must be, shipped
or received at these two points.' The
Interstate improvement company, by
wise foresight, has recognized this fact
and' is now offering inducements on
Grand Dalles property that are far be
yond the ordinary, to manufacturers and
those who mean business. .. In my, opin
ion, The Dalles ana Oranu Dalles are
destined to become cities ot great com
mercial importance, and those who now
invest in either of these places will nave
invested wisely and - well. . I am well
acquainted with the gentlemen of the
interstate company and can speak of
them as men of honor and great business
ability. .
"Hoping this will find you well, and
with. ; kind regards to friends at home, I
remain, ' . Yours very truly,
" '. Claek C. Foktjek.
Tne Wigwam is Abont Completed and
. in Readiness.
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE WORK.
Each State on The Committee by a
Chicago Representative.
HKADQUAETEKS IN THE WIGWAM.
Members of Th National Committee Kx
pected Tomorrow Speculation
Commenced.
Galva, a town in Illinois, 45 miles
north of Peoria, was wrecked last Tues
day evening by a cyclone. Several per
sons are known to be killed. The town
is entirely cut off from telegraphic com
munication with the rest of the world,
and the information cojnes from " train
men. They reported the Burlington and
Quincy roundhouse, Rook Island depot
and many other buildings destroyed.
All the churches .were more or., less
wrecked, and Hoyes' pump and planter
works badly damaged.
'A Day of Retribution.
Astoria Herald. It is probable that
on judgment day,, when planets are
colliding in epace and the sun is rapidly
cooling off and Gabriel is wetting his
lips to btow "lights - out," some of the
Astoria property owners will regret that
they refused to contribute a few dollars
to assist Astoria in becoming a great
city. ' . . ...''.''
Chicago, June 15. Members of the
democratic national committee are ex
pected to arrive in this city tomorrow
and will hold a conference with the local
committte on arrangements on Friday.
The meeting for the selection of tem
porary chairman of the convention, will
not be held before the close of the week,
at the earliest. Senator John M. Pal
mer's friends in Illinois hope to have the
solid vote of the state delegation to the
national convention next week cast
for him for president. Instructions
given at the state convention at Spring
field six weks ago can be interpreted, it
is claimed, in no other way, that unless
Grover Cleveland is to be the man, the
vote of Illinois is to go to Senator Pal
mer. The Morrison element of the
party is alert as well, and claims con
sideration for the author of the horizon
tal tariff bill, but it. concedes Senator
Palmer's prior claim.
An important meeting of the reception
committee was held at the Palmer house
yesterday afternoon. Nearly all the
members were present to receive from
Chairman Black instructions as to their
duties during the ennvention. Each -member
was notified of the state to
which he bad been assigned, and was
told that he must place himself in com
munication with his delegation and he
prepared to devote his entire time until
after the close of the convention to en
tertaining his guests. Headquarters for
the reception committee will be in a
room at the Wigwam, set apart for that
purpose, and in one of the parlors of the
Palmer house a general informations
bureau will be conducted by the com
1 1 f fno Trio mnrnnora nf t Vn rAfortrinit '
" 1 . - . . . i 1 . .L . .
are: R. J. -Smith, Charles Coukery,,
Washington ; E. E. Brown, Oregon ; Dr. .
F. J. Todd, Wyoming; Thomas Gahan,
California; William Loeffler, Idaho;
Dennis Constdine and Frank X. Brand
decker, jr., Arizona.
The Worst Yet.
"Waitsburg Times : Since our advent in
the newspaper business we haveeneount-
ortul manv olvofaitioe anma nf f 1 orrv
sorely trying; 'almost 'intolerable. We
bave had the misfortune on more than,
one occasion to have forms pied; have
had onr roller melted by a careless devil ;:
have had our engine "go off" on us ;
ffcave had belts to break and governors -
to fly off, and once a sow came along and.
bit off the end of our roller just after we
had carefully washed it, and while we
were waiting for it to dry. The latest
and the worst was the destruction of onr
copv bv the mice, after the paste upon
it. "
- Klamath Star. The ticket-fixer is as
badly broken np as . the tail of a dog un
der a cart-wheel. ' He howls no more at
the polls, nor does he "fix" your ticket
any more. The Australian ballot law
has run over him, and what there is left
of him wouldn't be noticed by a hen on
a manure pile. ' His whiskey-laden
breath, like himself, is down in the
mouth, and his' "pull" is n tug at the
oars on the Salt river ferry boat. The
precincts are now as orderly and peace
ful as a ladies' auction, and the people
go and vote in secret and iu the pres-
Hurrah for the
ence of their God only.
Australian ballot law.
Highet.of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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