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VOL; V.
THE DALLES. OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1892.
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SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, FURS and. MUFS, .. y.
SILK MITTENS, ETCHING S ROPE SILKS
SILK UMBRELLAS, Fancy SILKS SATIN, :
SILK NECKTIES, RIBBONS, every shade,
SILK MUFFLERS, GLOVES, etc., etc.
Large Assortment of Stamped Articles for Fancy Work.
All at Prices in Reach of Everyone.
SEE OUR BKRCR1N THBL6 OF SHOES.
A. M . VVI LLI A M S &, CO.
Ul, H- Young,
BiaGksmitu & wagon shod
Central Blacksmithing and Work done
promptly, and all work
(uaranteed.
Horse Shoeing a Speciality
TMri Street, opposite tbe old Liele Stanl
UAH. HTUBUNG.
OWEN W I I.I .IAMB.
Stubling & Williams.
The Gepmania,
. SECOND ST..
THE DALLES, - . OREGON
JECDealers in Wines, Liquors and
Cigars. Milwaukee Beer on Draught.
"Tie Regulator Line"
The Dalles, Portland; anil Aitoria
Navigation Co.
THROUGH
Freigni ana P-ssenser Line
Through daily service (Sundays ex
cepted) between The Dalles and Port
land. Steamer Regulator leaves The
Dalles at 7 a. m. connecting at Cascade
Locks with steamer Dalles City.
Steamer Dalles City leaves Portland
(Yatnhill street dock) at 6 a. in. con
necting with steamer Regulator for The
Dalles. -
PAHSBNGKb ATK8. j '
Oneway ........ .JiS'OO
Round trip -. . 3.00
Freight Rates Greatly Reduced.
A,.. ...
Shitments received at wharf anytime,
day 0r night, and delivered at Portland
on arrival. Live stock shipments
solicited. Call on or address. :
W. C.ALLAW
OeaeraliA(nt.
B. F. LAUGHLIN.
THE DALLES,
OBECON
Ghpistmas
DRUGS
i if, .
Snip es & K i ne r sly.
-THE LEADING
TT1 - 1... 1 .. 1
wine ai n uroiu
M - - H .
Handled by Three Registered Druggists.
ALSO ALL THE LEADING
Patent ffledieines and Druggists Sundries.
HOUSE PAINTS. OILS AND GLASS-
Agents for Murphy's Fine Varnishes and the only agents in
the City for The Sherwin, WilJ..ams Co.'s Paints.
WE ARE :; :' -t
The Largest Dealers in Wall Paper.
Finest Line of Imported Key West and Domestic Cigars.
.... .. Agent for Tansill's Punch.
129 Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon
Dress-Making Parlors
. ..
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Fagrrioijable Die
Cutting and Fitting a Specialty.
Room 4 over French A Co'b Bank.
J. O.
FlflE WlMEg
DOMESTIC
And KEY WEST
CIGARS.
FRENCH'S
171 SECOND STREET; ;
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and l1Ioa-Malpng'
MRS. GIBSON, Prop .
sf - t;
MACK,
and LiqOOI$ fl
THE
C E LEBRATE D
PABST BEER.
BLOCK. ' " '
; THE DALLES, OR.
WORLD'S COAL SUPPLY
CMcap lias Awakened on tlie Subject of
(My Days.
SCARCITY CAUSES THE HIGH RATE
Tbe Soot and Smoke Nuisance Caused
bj Having Cheap Coal.
TBI'HIKU UtALITT MOT XU KKK
Tkuaght That the supply of the World
hu a Limit Which Some lay '
Mast be Keaehed.
special to THi CHiumcu. "
Chicago, Dec. 19.- That this city is
on the" verge of a big coal famine will no
longer admit of doubt, it is next to in.'
possible to secure a ton of hard coal, and
tbe soft," cheap sooty Bluff, so roundly
denounced, is about alt the consumers
hare to warm their gratea. The ques
tion of a better 'supply has evolved
itseli to this : The coal pit is not inex
haustible. The bottom may not be in
sight nor its future cleaning up be of
any immediate coucern, but its event
uality is none the lees a predetermined
fact. It may or may not be of any ap
preciable concern when its last contri
bution to huiuau service is xlumped' in a
eoal bin, as in the unseen process of its
manufacture and storage it has evi
denced a creative design, in which the
provision of fuel for man's use was not
limited' to an exhaustive article."' The
formation of fuel was not arrested when
anthracite and bituminous coal ' became
a mineral fact, nor was the process of
formulation stopped " w heu "what is
known as the creative week had its Sat
urday uight. This may qualify but it
does not annul the fact of a limit to fu
ture coal supplies. The world's "annual
output of eoal has, ' it is estimated,
reached a total of 482,000,000 tons.
During the last 20 years there has been
a marked increase iu the consumption of
coal, which was, no doubt, commensu
rate with increased industrial activity.
Thus,' comparing " European countries
alone, tbe average annual output for the
period of 1890-91 was upward of 62,000,'
000 tons greater than during the previ
ous decade, and that the interest bade
fair to be maintained, so that the world8
consumption .of coal would soon reach
500,000,000. Ons per annum, if it had
not already done : eo. In an investiga
tion made by a royal commissioner as to
the ascertainable sources of coal in
Great" Baitain, it was ascertained that
not more than 146,773,000,000 tons were
available at depths not exceeding 4,000
feet from the surface, a reserve which at
the present rate of increase of popula
tion and' of coal consumption would be
practically exhaused in less than , 300
years. '
The law of limit in this as in all other
mineral products is, of course, without
exception. It is simply a difference in
tonage. . Industrial activity, to which,
under present conditions, the use of coal
is indispensible for steam and power
purposes, is not only multiplying tbe de
mands of consumption, but lias a widen
ing area of use, to which the map of the
two hemispheres is the only limit. We
cannot-add a pound of coal to nature's
deposit or build an addition to the i
planetary cellar, but it is possible to !
economize a product in the use of which j
civilization has been ignorantly wasteful. ;
- Assistant Postmaster-General. ,
- Albany. N. Y.," Dec. 18. The Argus j
will say tomorrow that there' is reliable i
authority for the . statement that the
position of assistant '"postmaster-general
under the coming administration will be
filled by the Hon. Robert A. Maxwell, !
of Genesee. .' !
Racing; with Wolves.
.Many a thrilling tale has been told by
travelers of a race with wolves across
the frozen teppesf. Russia. Some
times only the picked bones of the hap
less traveler are found to tell dthe tale.
In our own country thousands are en
gaged in a life-and-death race
against Tthe wolL.consumptionln.TBe
best weapon with which to fight
the foe is" Dr.' ' Piercev8 Golden
Medical.,Discovery.; ;Thto renown-j
eq ,( remedy has cured .myriads of.
cases when all other medicines and doc
tors had failed. . It is the greatest blood
purifier and restorer of strength known
in the world." For all forms of scrofulous
affections (and consumption eia one " of
them;, it is unequaled as a remedy.
LOCAL BKKVITIKS.
Additional Beeord of Cnrrent Rvents in
The City.
The Columbia at this point today
measures one foot and 7-lOths above
zero. ' :
License to wed has been issued to Mr.
Jefferson IX Hockman and Miss Katie
Caseburger. -
A colony of beaver in Hood river will
probably be exterminated this winter,
as trappers are on their trail.
l Capt. J. E. Lombard of the Portland
ice company, is at Hood River today
arranging for a crop of ice to be delivered
on board cars at the station.
Work on the Oak' Grove writer ditch
has been suspended for the wiirter, and
the outfit of the Celestial camp hauled
in to The Dalles for shipment to Port
land.. Senator Steiwer 'will introduce a bill
to amend the charter of Fossil, greatly
increasing the powers of the common
council in the matter of street improve
ments and levying taxes. ; "
A good lauding at Palmers has been
sounded out by the Regulator. - A road
is to be built up the side of the bluff,
and a . hotel and livery stable at that
point is proposed, as a means of accom
modating the Trout lake travel
.Dnfur claims the largest and best. hall
in the county, it being 40x100 feet.' Our
good friends up 'Dnfur way," "evidently
overlooked Hood river-save the Glacier,
which has in its Armory building a hall
48x100 with a mortgage in addition.
J.. ' ' . ' 'gnamflM.
The U lacier says Win ianguTTfewas
at Cloud Cap' last week, - and found
everything snug and safe. He traveled
on snow shoes from the 9-Mile post, and
found the snow at the Inn from five to
ten feet deep. It is probably very much
deeper today.
; Judge Rradshaw adjourned court in
department No. 2 in Portland, Saturday
afternoon anil left on a trip up the valley.
He 'will return Wednesday, and will sign
the journal , but will not hear any cases.
He is expected home Thursday, morning
of this week. c .
Hon. H. S. Wilson has returned fro
his official visit . to ,. Goldendale- The
contested, election cases in which he was
retained turned out very satisfactory to
his clients..' In some respects' the Aus
tralian ballot in Washington differs from
that of Oregon. . ..
Jameson's detachment , of Indians
created a furore in social circles. They
appeared on the streets "admired by all
admirers" in all their glory , of ' striped
blankets. Blanket Indians are becom
ing so rare in the metropolis now that
they attract considerable attention. . "-
A conference of Inland Empire stage
managers is being held at The Umatilla
today. , .Members of the conference are
A. W. Branner of Nansene, A. H.
Boomer of Boise ,City, J, D. Parish, of
California, and J. B. Keenev of ' Pendle
ton ; all old veterans in' the business,
and closely connected with tbe lines of
tlie Oregon, California and Idaho Stage
company. -
; Looking out upon the streets today,'
one can see with what earnestness Dalles
city people avail themselves of the de
lights afforded by "a streak of winter."
Snow-balling, sleighriding, coasting,' in
all styles "and , to order," prevail on
every hand. The Dalles can turn out
some nice rigs in a short time for gliding
over tne snow, and the plug-ugly puts
in its appearance aoout as readily.
Mayor Mays was seen wending his
way homeward Saturday evening with a
beautiful Plymouth rock rooster under
his arm. It is supposed to have come
from Pbirman's hen roost. At all events
it may be taken as a fact thatou worthy
mayor has decided to branch out in' the
stock business and no longer confine his
operations to came ana .sweep, .it is
understood . Phirman . raises no ob
ject io nn. i 1 1
Following is tbe list of members of the
state board of equalization in session in
this city today : ' 1st Judicial District
V. Dunlap; comprising Lake, Klam
ath, Jackson and Josephine counties.
2d," A. C -Woodcock,'. Eugene"; Curry, I
Coos, Douglas, Lane, and Benton. 3d. i
S. D. Gibnon, Salem ; Tillamook, Yam- j
hill, Polk, Maripn and Linn." 4th, J. P. i
O. Lownsdale, Multnomah county. 5th, j
G. Wingate, Astoria ? ' Clatsop, Colum
bia, Washington and Clackamas. 6tb,
W. G.-Hunter, Island City Harney,
Malheur, Baker, Union, Grant, Wallowa
and Umatilla. 7th, J. L. Lucky, Prine
ville; Crook, Wasco, Morrow, Gilliam
and Sherman. ' - - -
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Iatjfst U. S-jGovt Report.
JBBQlMTE12t FUSS
OUR CAPITAL LETTER.
Sports Enjoyed ly tbe President Elect,
Beats the Ayerage.
PREFERS BLUE FISH TROLLING.
And Would Rather Hunt Deer by a
Night Light Than Day Stalk.
NO ' WfilTB HOLISM BBCIPTIOH. ,
The "trsddler - AeUvi Consreaa Very ;
tiet Harrlty Sneaeeded in
Bis Mission.
Bpeslal to Tun Cnumicu.
. .Washington, . ,Dec. 16. President-
orough-going sportsman who baa ever ,
cupied the presidential office. At' the .
me time the methods of hunting and
suing which he prefers are not such as i
re regarded with the highest annrnha.
tiou by experts in the ' use of rod and
gun. He does not care to cast the fly
for trout, but prefers to troll for blue.,
fish. Quail, which afford the finest
sport in the neighborhood of Washing- "
ton, have never served as game for him,
success with them .requiring putient.
walking and .great quickness.. He has '
found it more amusinir to shoot ducks ,
from behind a blind in the Chesapeake,,
or to kill deer with a night light in the
Adirondacks rather than to stalk them
by day. , . ' . ,
Regret at the announcement that:
President Harrison has decided not to.
hold a New Year's reception i? general i
at the capital, as the custom has . for ;
years been an event of peculiarly local ;
interest to people oi an classes oi society -here..
To a large contingent of foreign-
ers, the diplomatic corps, it is also re- r
garded as especially cordial, a fitting,
opening of the new year, when they as-;
nem Me in a body in the red parlor for a.
general interchange of greetings before
entering , the blue room to extend the
compliments of the season to the chief;
magistrate. .The president, cognizant of
this, debated the question very seriously
before finally deciding in tbe matter.
Undoubtedly if the usual order of events
was observed at the White House, even.
though .Mrs..., McKee and Mrs. Russell
Harrison, his daughter and daughter-in-
law, took no part in the reception, it.
would prove too great a strain upon the '
president's feelings. t
The term straddler is quite commonly ,
heard in the government departments,
at present, and every appointment clerk- ';
knows what it means. The straddlers
are now worried about the papers that
are on file with their applications for ap-
pointments. During the past four years"
tney have derived a great deal of satis--
faction from the fact that munv recom- '
mendations of republicans accompanied;
their applications, but now an effort, is.
ing made by many to withdraw these
And substitute letters from democrats.' -
uuiim i uuuiuer, it is saiu, nave aireauy.
.. . . . ... . . .
one this, though, as a rule, people.
olding places secured by republican in-,
nenca are r.fntf.nt. with otttt no r.Kcii.
papers out of the files, hoping after
March 4th to secure democratic en-.
dorseinents sufficient to guarantee their
nnflitiAna
r """" . . r. (
Congress Is .keeping so quiet that it
would scarcely be noticed that the body
is in session. .The holidays are now sq
near . at hand that scarcely a start
toward work can le made before an ad-,
journment over Christmas and New
Year will be taken. When congress re-r
assembles only six or seven weeks will
remain before the term of . the body will
expire, and all of this time .will proba
bly be required in which to get in shape
and pass tbe appropriation , bills. It is .
now generally conceded that all leglslar
tion on the tariff, the currency and the
government revenues will be left for the
new congress to formulate. . Bates.
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