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VOL. IV.
THE DALLES. OREGON, SATURDAY. JULY 30, 1892.
NO. 39.
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Harris.
: AT THE":
WELL KNOWN
OLD AND
STAND.
Alwa$ to the Foqt !
REGULAR
My EntiroStocfc, Consisting of
Clothing,
Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Gaps,
EEI1TS' FUfGiStliEg GBQDS.
Laees ana
iipniiileiies
. SOW GOIHG AT BARGAINS.
And the Sale will be con-.,
tinned until all is disposed
of. A special opportunity
is here afforded for email
stores to replenish their
stock. ' ;
Call and . Price tliese Goods,
H- HARRIS.
AT THE
OLD AND WELL KNOWN STAND.
If you take pills it is because you have never
v . . tried the - -' . v -
S. B. Headache and Liver Cure.
It works so nioely, cleansing the Liver and
Kidneys; acts as a mild physic without causing
pain or sickness, and does not stop you from
rating and working.
To try it is to become a friend to It.
?or sale by all druggists. .
Young & Kass,
EMiltl & wap SHOD
' General Blacksmithing and Work done
promptly; and all ;
' . Guaranteed. .
work
flofse Shoeeing ; a - Speiality
Wirt Street opposite the oli Lietie Stand.
MES.iC. DAVIS
Has Opened the
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.
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look at tne rap
v 100 Cozen
Worth . 25 Cts., going for 12 1-2 Cts.
Just Received an Immense Shipment
of the Celebrated V ' ' '
loyal Uoreester Corsets
. . - IN EVERY
STYLE and PRICE.
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DRUGS
Snipes &KinersLy.
-THE LEADING
Wiesi aii Mi Imps
Handled by Three Registered Druggists.
- ALSO ALL. THE LEADING - '
Patent fltedieines and
HOUSE PAINTS, OILS AMD GLASS . v
Agents for Murphy's Fine Varnishes and the only agents in
- the City for The Sherwin, Williams Co.'s Paints.
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The Largest Dealers in Wall Paper.
Finest Line of Imported Key West and Domestic Cigars.
' Agent for Tan sill's Punch. ' -t-,:
129 Second Street, v!Xhe Dalles, Oregon
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J. O;
WHOLESALE
Finest Wines
Liquor
171 Second .Street,
Frenchs' Block,
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- GHBLE F?"ifl Es 13 ST" IB R
PIANOS AND ORGANS
' Sold on Easy Payments.
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Musical Instruments and Music.
j Booksellers and Stationers
CL . U ACOBSEN r.SL VO;,
TtLe Xjea-ders,
162 SECOND STREET.
TQWEI&
Druggists Sundries,
AKE -
MACK,
AND RETAIL
and Liquors.
; The Dalles, Oregon
The Dalles, Or
Dealer
TO CLOUD CAP INN.
Tfes Breotoig Solemnity HoieriM Otet-
Titantlc - Scenery.
THE GREAT DIVIDEND OF REST.
A Vestibule to the Universal Palace of
Everlasting Beauty.
VACATION SPENT IN REFLECTION.
An
Inkling of Bow Magnificent tne
World i "Bosomed In Beauty."
aft Emerson mw it. '
In tljoRe .good old easy days,, when
men hada whole week in which to earn
six doliafejd all men were practically
gentlemenof leisure, there was no neces
sity for vacations. But today, when
men are so driven by the inexorable
modern demon of Kush that many- are
obliged to earn six dollars in a hali a day
or less, vacations have become a neces
sity. As the tyranny of circumstances
is a kind that cannot b- easily thrown
off, it becomes us all to Enbmit to the
inevitable, and take a vacation whose
length shall vary in an inverse ratio to
the shortness of the time in which we
are compelled to earn our money. The
editor of a daily paper in The Dalles has
but limited time for the vacation which
is recommended to his friends, hence to L
us was allotted but 27 honra for the visit
to Cloud Cap Inn a week ago today.
That we made the most erf our . vacation
goes without saying. .'. . .
When the mountains are looked upon
as the vestibules to the universal palace
of everlasting beauty', men got a greater
dividend from them th an they can by
working" them as granite quarries or even
as ; eilver jnines. . The sunset banners
flung about the mountain peaks, the
brooding solemnity of night hovering
over the titantic scenery, convev impres
sions to the mind and bear tides of strong
emotion in upon our hearts, whose value
is ng-measurable by the dollanQjnit
.Lack 01 tune prevents us from making a j
detailed statement of the trip 'to Cloud i
Cap Inu, hence we gladly embrace the j
opportunity to lay before the readers of
The Chronicle the following inresting
account, by one of the party :
Special to The Chiionicle.
The Dalles, July 29. To Mount
Hood" and return,' in the short space of
one day seems a feat scarcely ' credible.
But where it is further stated that not
only .this grim hoary sentinel of the Cas
caie mountains was reached in one (lay,
without any -special effort on the part of
man or beast, and also that the moun
tain was ascended to within speaking
distance of the summit, the credulity of
the skeptical must necessarily receive
a severe strain, ana tney are very
apt to respond in language 'reflecting
somewhat on the veracity of the author
of euch a seeminglv increditable asser
tion... . " ' .. " '. '" " C
This was the exploit of a party of
pleasure seekers from .Tle Dalles who
made the round trip from Hood River,
spending five hours, oil the glaciers of
Mt. Hood and returning to The. Dalles
the same day. " Our' party consisted "of
Professor Liscombe, D. C. Ireland, N. J.
Sinnott and Chief Judd S. Fish.
We remained over .night at. Hood
River with mine, host, George - Herbert
whose .hospitality . to the guests at his
caravansary is proverbial, .Arrange
ments having been made previously the
commodious thoroughbrace stage of Epb
Olingerwaa ready at a early hour. Eph
himself held the ribbons, a sufficient
guarantee for a pleasant and safe jour
ney. '
Then begau d 'drive ovf r one of the
most picturesque of mountain roads,
whose enchanting ecenery seems to en
ticeone to forsake forever the haunts of
men and revel in-its sylvan beauty.
The breaking of a whiffle-tree caused a
momentary delay,' during which- Judd
opened a box of his Umatilla House,
favorites ' " ' " "
Soon, we were ' off again, and the
marvelous beaut jof ; the valley of the
Columbia began to Unfold as -we drove
up the grade from"" Hood, river. The
scene when the- summit was reached
was one never to be forgotten, and if
painted on canvass it would never be
looked upon as jl reality, but only as
some fanciful i3ea of Ai over imagina
tive artist. The calm waters' of. the ma
jestic Columbia rippling gently on the
white sands that line its shores, formed
a mirrored foreground, reflecting a bark-
ground which must ever be the delight
and despair of .both poet and painter.
The'lower mountains bristling with their
forests of pine and- fir, green with the
foliage of this fertile region, contrasted
strangely with the snowy whiteness of
Mount Adams t'mged here and there
with the crimson tints of the precursor
of the coming day.
But we must quit this scene, power
less to but inadequately portray . its
much less grandeur. Leaving the im
mediate vicinity of the Columbia, and
ascending to .the higher altitudes, an
ever varying landscape meets the view
and irapeiB one to advance, and witness
with what a lavish band Nature has ie
etowed upon cs her charms. The ever
changing aspect seems to rival the va
riety of shapes assumed by the tinted
bits of glass in the revolving kaleido
scope. The mountains themselves "ap
pear eager to furnish the most wierd and
fantastic features possible. At every
turn of the road a different version of
mountain eplendor comes into -view.
The perpetual roar of Hood river is heard
in the distance. Xow we are descending j
to the bridge which spans this mountain
stream. We marvel at the milky white
ness, a characteristic -of numerous
streams feeding in the regions of Mt.
Hood, said to be caused by a deposit of
light ashes when Mt. Hood .was an active
volcano.
Our temperaments-were not suffi
ciently poetic to render . us spell-bound,
magnificent as the scenery was. -The
jokes of Judd furnished us with a diver
sion, and a song from the professor added
to the pleasure of the drive, ltns was
the professors first trip to the wilds of
the west,. and .to his anxious inquiry,
Judd sudSenly discovers a striking sim- j
ilaritv between the" noise made ; by the" I
rubbing of two trees and the yell of the
mountain lion. Eph,,trueto the traits.
of the typical stage driver, also fancied
that the caw qf a crow was the fierce
yell ' of - some denizen , of the woods.
While enjoying the prbiessors discomfit
ure we drove in sight of the "half way
house," where a stop is made to change
horses? Here we met an old friend Mr.
L. D. Brown ot Portland, and Mrs. Mid
dleton and daughters of Vancouver, who
had wisely, chosen the fresh health re
storing mountain air in. preference to
the doubtful weather at tfte beach.
Our hardest climb is now before us as
the grade to the mountain is exceedingly
steep. Here some of -the' more portly
occupants of the stage,, realizing that
they must Bustain- their reputations as
members of the Humane .society, sug
gested that we descend totera firnia and
walk op the sharp ascent. . With the
assistance of a fence . rail 'placed where
the surface area was especially expan
sive. Judd aided one of the party to main
tain his allegiance and standing as a hu
manitarian. . . ' . '
As we ascended to lllgher altitudes,
strange to say, the flora- became more
numerous. WTenoticed great numbers
of the lily : family, - and other beautiful
flowers. Mr. Johnson, the Astoria bo
tanist, gathered here some 2,000 differ
ent plants during the present month of
July. ., ; ' .
Before arriving in sight of the Inn we
drove past a large bank of snow lying by
the road. Suddenly emerging from the
dense woods through s which we were
driving we came in view- of Cloud Cap
Infi, a very appropriate name indeed,
since large ff'eecy clouds often entirely
engulf the Inn! The building is made
of hewn w;hite pine logs, and the.re is an
air of comfort and stability' axub the
27 Difference ;
The "Royal" the Strongest and
Purest Baking Powder.
Whether any other bakingpowder is equal to,
"Royal," let the 'official reports decide. . When
the different powders were purchased on the open
market and examined by Prof. Chandler, of the
New-York Board of Health, the result showed that
Royal Baking Powder contained twenty-seven
per-cent, greater strength than any other brand.
When compared in money value, this difference j
would be as follows : .
If one pound of Royal Baiing Powder sells -for
50 cents, : " . . '
One pound of. no other powder is worth over ,
36 cents. ' ' :J, i
If another baking 'powder is forced upon you .
by the grocer in place pf.the -Royal, ee that yo;i
arc charged the correspondingly: 1 owe? price.
structure: Mr. . Bone, who had ifck
the reins from Eph when we. ohanged "
horses; informed us that an ancient lady
who had long since decided that "mar
riage was a failure," had been rustica
ting at the Inn to avoid the gaze of the '
sterner sex.' The vision of loveliness saw '
us as we drove before the door, and re
alizing that her fancied-retirement was
at an end, said - peremptorily, "Mr. .
"Driver, I want to leave tomorrow after
noon." Her tone was such as to leave
no doubt aboQt her pleasure at our ar
rival. . v --
We entered the Inn and found it not -at
all in harmony with the rather rough
exterior. We were surprised to see
many . of the ' comforts .of the most
fashionable -seaside - resorts. Hot and
cold baths were prepared for us, . and
many other modern conveniences were
at hand. . - v
After partaking an excellent dixmer,
we were shown to the observatory to
feast our eyes on a panorama whose at,- '
tempted description would only expose
the poverty of onr diction. No pen in
the hand of man could ever picture the
soleum majesty of this wondrous work
of the Almighty. One hour in meditat
ing on the probable cause of such a
sublime scene would render the skeptic
and infidel a firm believer in the divine
origin of things.
The . surrounding mountains form a
vast amphitheatre through, which flow
the mighty waters of the .Columbia iu
its tortuous channel. Tlje various enow
peaks rise colossus-like, suggesting gi
gantic marble pyramids, commemora-.
tive of nature's early triumphs. Here
and there through the green foliage of. -the
woods, as if in an emerald setting,
sparkle, diamond-like, the pure waters . .
of the. mountain -lakes. Alqve us are
snow drifts and the blue ice of Mt.
Hood's glaciers, .whose coolness make us
pity the sweltering "many footed multi
tude" toiling in the hot cities of the east.
The guide announces that all is ready .
for the ascent to the glaciers. We all
choose good stocks and begin the ascent.
Suddenly we were startled by a blinding
flash of light which makes us fancy that
the old mountain has arisen from ite
long dormant state. But the guide .in
fprmed us that two tourists were climb
ing to the summit, and had with them
a mirror to signal their ' success to the
Inn.
- After a great amount of hard climbing;
through soft sand, and over old lava-.,
beds, we reached the glacier. We were -then
obliged to proceed very cautiously, v
the guide testing the surface continually
lest some hidden crevice be in our path. -:
Nick and the professor strikingly dis
covered that shoe leather had very little
hold on the affections of the ice of the
glacier. . .
. Of course the ubiquitous camera was
often brought into action, and many
snap shots were taken. . ..
The glaciers of Mt. Hood have too
often been described to affordjus any new
matter to write about. We examined
the crevases and threw rocks into their
apparently bottomless depths, thesouricl
of the dropping stone, at first loud, .
gradually becoming fainter and . ceasing
entirely told of the dreadful fate' await
ing a false step on the .slippery ice. ' '
Finding a steep ascent free of crevases
we were soon coasting down a slide that
would have made the youthful possessor- .
of the idle sled in the wood shed green
with envy. Judd began the sport and
I broke all previous records for the dis-
tance. Nick followed; a vision of cir
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