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VOL. V.
TT1E DALLES. OREGON; TUESDA Y; DEOEMBER 20, 1892j
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, FURS and
SILK MITTENS,
SILK IJMBRELLAS,
SILK NEGKTIESr
SILK MUFFLERS,
Large Assortment of Stamped Articles for Fancy Work.
All at Prices in Reach of Everyone. )
SEE. OUR BARGAIN THBL9 OF SHOES.
A. M.WILLIAMS &, GO.
XXI. 8. Young,
Blacksmiin & wagon Sod
tteneral Blacksniitbing and Work done
promptly, and all work
iiaaranteed.
Horse Shoeing a Speciality
TLari Street' opposite the old Liebe Stani
HAS. STUBLJNa.
OWES WILLIAMS.
Slubling Williams.
The Gefmania,
SECOND ST.,
THE DALLES, - OREGON
i9 Dealers in Wines, Liquors and
Cigars. Milwaukee Beer on Draught.
"The Regulator Line"
Dalles, Portlani and Astoria
Navigation Co.
THROTJGH
FieigntanQ' Passenger Line
Through dally service (Sundays ex
cepted) between The Dallee and Port
land. ; Steamer Regulator leaves The
Dalles at 7 a. m. connecting at Cascade
Locks with steamer Dalles City.
Stfeamer Dalles City leaves Portland
I Yamhill street dock) at 6 a. m. con
necting with steamer Regulator for The
Dalles.
PASBBNGStl ..ATMI
Oneway
Hound "trip . . . J
...-..$2 00
3.00
rfeighr Rates Greatlf Reduce!
Shipments received' at wharf any time,
Jay or night, and delivered at Portland
sm arrival, . Lfve stock.: shipments
ohcited. Call on or address" ,
W. CALLAWAY,
Ocniiml Atnt.
B. T." LAUGHLIN,
General Manager.
THE DALLES. - OREGON
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DRUGS
Snipes & Kinersly.
' THE LEADING
Wlolesale anil Retail Droicists
PURE T3RTJGrS
Handled by Three Registered Druggists.
ALSO ALL THE LEADING
Patent ffledicines and Druggists Sundries.
HOUSE PAINTS. OILS AND GLASS.
Agents for Murphy's Fine Varnishes and the only agents in
the City for The Sherwin, Will ams Co.'s Paints.
-ws
Th e Largest Dealers in Wall Paper.
Finest Line of Imported Key West and Domestic Cigars.
. . ' Agent for Tansill's Punch.
129 Second Street,
Dress-Making Parlors
Faghioijalile M$$
Gutting and Fitting a Specialty.
Room 4 over French & Co's Bank.
J. O. MACK,
j FIpE WlHEp and LIQUO
DOMESTIC " '.'.
KEY WEST
CIGARS.
- FRENCH'S
IT! SEOOWD STREET, :
MUFFS,:
ETCHING ROPE SILKS,
icSILKS f S ATIN,
RIBBONS, every shade,
GLOVES, etc., etc!
a r 14-
The Dalles. Oregon
and filoa-Maing
MRS. GIBSON. Prop.
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PABST BEER.
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: THE DALLES, OR.
NOTES OF -A TOURIST
i. s 1 i J t a t
A DeliguiTnl, Trip 4m . tie Columbia
EiYertiy Regniatar LiBB. - :
CAPT. SHORT S BAPT1 ST CHU RCH
The Beastifal Falls of Multnomah
.' Flask Like Diamonds. -
LUHI BOCK IS ICVOVNTIO FOB
OaeonU ears and tne le vll. Oate-
wax Giant Portals of Dark bray
"' Stone Castle Rock.
Prom the boldwater, Mich., Republican.)
; .. part oh.
: ' In ' Portland we ' decided to take the
"opposition line" . and had no reason to
regret our choice.. Leaving Portland in
the morning on the steamer Dalles City,
we reach the cascades at noon, where
we connect with the steamer Regulator
and reach The Dalles in the .early
evening. As the steamer leaves Port
land about daylight, those who desire
can find pleasant state rooms on the
steamer and avoid early rising. ' " We
take advantage of this privilege. It
seemed quite romantic as. we went on
board" the little' steamer moored at the
foot of Yamhill street. It was a beauti
ful moonlight night. "We 'sat. on deck
enjoying the scene nntil all was quiet
along the shore .and a distant, clock
cnimed the midnight hour. We were
told of our departure from the shore the
following morning at daybreak by the
screeching whistle of the steamer. At
seven the breakfast bell rings.1 - We find
the Dalles City a neat little river
steamer, the tables supplied with every
thing to tempt the appetite and the
officers and employes most obliging and
attentive. The early morning is gray
and foreboding, but soon a bright patch
of sky is seen in the east and before we
are aware of it the clouds, mist and 'fog
disappear and a more beautiful autumnal
day could not be imagined.
Through the kindness of the captain
and pilot we are invited to - ride in the
p:lot house and the journey throughout
nas one of inexpressible delight. Cap
tain Short is a merrv, good natured gen
tleman, full of jokes and although pass
ing over this same route' so many days
in the year he does not seem to be weary
of the green clad mountains, the gray,
Bom be r rock s . or the cool , d ark-e h ado wed
canons. As we glide along over the
quiet water ; he calls our attention to
many points of interest and tells of
many Indian legends in regard to cer
tain localities. As we near Cape Horn
we notice the queer shape of the 'rocks,
rising hundreds of feet in the air.' Those
near the shore have separated from- the
main rock and resemble gigantic fingers
pointing upwards. As we round the
cape the pilot says : ' "There is the cap
tain's Baptist church." I looked and
saw that Nature had chiselled iir the
rock; the ' exact . shape of a church.
"Why is it a Baptist church?" said I.
The captain said "I call it a Baptist
church because it is convenient-to the
water." The mountains are many of
them covered with tile green fir trees,
intermingled with shrubs and trees,
brilliant as the' autumn tints'," while
often there is nothing but the gray, bar
ren rock cut into the form of turrets and
castles and towers, looking like the ruins
of woi ancient city. Over these, rocks
in many places tiny mountain streams
come tumbling into the river and again
the water . pours . down from dizzy
highte, a giant stream-" carrying every
thing before it.
Multnomah falls is the most beautiful
of any along the river. The mountains
here rise to the' hight of two thousand
feet and from the midst Multnomah falls
rushes down eight hundred and -forty
feet,' an immense body of water flashing
in the sunlight like millions of diamonds.
From the steamer the falls seem like a
narrow ribbon in comparison with the
broad mountains by theirside, but we
are told the stream is fully forty feet in
width., A huge boulder in- "the midst' of
the river has been called Lone Rock.
The captain tells us the Indians think
that one of their giant warriors tried to.
ford the stream with this rock on his
head and let it drop, before; he "reached
the opposite shore. ;.-After . passing
Multnomah falls the mountains are-very
beautiful. Deep, Mark gorges and can
on where the sunlight never penetrates,
speak to us of the home of the bear, can
ning wolf and wild eat, and the captain
I points',':, out the place where but a few
, days before a shy deer was seen darting
in and out among the pine' trees.
OneOnta gorge is a charming glimpse
of mountain wildness with Qneonta falls
at the entrance, murmuring of the cool,
shady retreat in the gorge beyond. The
captain informs us we are soon . to pass
what he has named the Devil's gateway,
thinking it a most appropriate name;
Two gigantic portals of dark ' gray stone,
exactly the same shape, on either side of
a dark abyss, seem to form an . entrance
to a more Wild and blacker region. We
pass Columbia peak and Castle rock, the
latter i,?00 feet high, looks as thodgb it
might have been the home of some giant
race in ages past. Bradford's island is
an bid Indian burial" ground."" "Moun
tains 3;500 feet in hight over-shadow it ;
on three , sides the ; peaceful waters kiss
its shores. It seems so quiet and still
here, the profound silence only broken
by the occasional passing of a steamer
or the row boat of a. lonely fisherman.
The" shore varies as we advance, forming
almost innumernble delightful pictures.
Perpendicular , lines, of rocks that an
sa in e the forms of battlements, majestic
ramparts, columns, shafts and castle
walls rise with more than the grace of
modern architecture. A. L. 8.
xne -nnaings oi tne state Doard o
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board
equalisation in this county yesterday
respecting assessments, may be summed
up about as follows; . In the xnatter of
stock, sheep are assessed about' twenty
five cents. per head lower' in. Wasco than
in other counties of . East rn Oregon :
cattle $2:00 to $2.50 per head less than in
Crook, which may probably be- an over
assessment 111 the latter county. Horses
are lower here than the ..average. . Oh
city property they find that Dalles city
nas a lower assessment than Baker city,
which baa the highest assessment of any
city in Eastern Oregon. They came to
no material understanding respecting
hind and . railway: assessments, which
will be treated extensively in the com
iug report to be submitted to the assem
bly. ..They propose to make some very
important recommendations, particu
larly in the matter of ' deductions for In
debtedness. They find that it is the al
most unanimous expression of the peo
ple that the clause in the law requiring
indebtedness deductions should, be re
pealed, and all: property .be assessed
where ever it is found..
A short time since an unknown' boy,
aged about twelve years, appeared in
The Dalles and stopped at Skibbe's
hotel. He was ' seemingly- anxious to
work, and finally went to Mrs. O'Barr's
boarding house where he stayed a while.
Mrs. O'Barr heard of a place for him out
on 15-Mile, with the family of Mr. J.
McReynolds. He went there, and was
employed ' at chorine Last Saturday
night he took a horse and was sent out
to drive the milch cows up to the place.
He failed to return, and as the horse
was found in the large . pasture Sunday
morning, search was instituted to find
the. boy, which we are informed had
been unsuccessful up to vesterdav at
least. It is feared that he has met with
an accident, and may have ' perished", as
be left his coat at the bouse, with all his
earthly possessions, presumably, con
sisting of a few pieces of small coin. ' It
is barely possible that he became tired
of the' position and concluded to again
take to the road or he - may be an es
cape from the state reform school, as we
understand there are two boys from that
institution somewhere abroad in the In
land Empire. He seems to have care
fully avoided revealing his identity.
Racing- with Wolves.
. Many a thrilling tale has been told- by
travelers of a race with wolves across
the frozen steppes, 'of j Russia. Some
times only the picked bones of the hap
less traveler are found: to tell the talf.
In our own country : thousands are en
gaged in a" life-and-death race
against the wolf consumption. The
best weapon with which . to . fight
the foe" " is ' Dr. , Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. This - renown--
ed remedy has cured myriads of i
cases when all other medicines and doc- '
tors had failed. c It i: the greatest blood- !
purifier and restorer of strength known
in the world: '"For all' forms of scrofulous
affections (and consumption is one of
them), it is uneqoaled as a remedy.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest .U. S. Gov't Report, ,T
I.
'S CONDITION.
His Physicians TMnt There is m Im--'
mediate Danger. ; :t ;
MUCH, REFRESHED YESTERDAY;
Dr. Loom's Agrees in Every Particular
, With Johnson and Hyatt.
POSSIBLY BLAINB ' MAT BITIVC,
Sufficiently for him to b Removed to
Some More Congenial Climate.
' Otner News.
Washington, Dec 19. At 9 o'clock
this morning a reporter, who called at
Blaine's residence and was told the exj
secretary was awake, and. his condition
no worse than yesterday afternoon.
The physicians had not yet visited him
this morning. , The statement given out
that he is ho worse , seems to preclude
the possibility that he' shows any
marked improvement. Not since Presi
dent Garfield lav mortally wounded bv
uruiteau s nuuet nas mere Deen sucn a
display of public interest in the condiT
tiou of a sick man as manifests itself in
ihe case of Blaine. The room in the
historic house on Lafayette Square, in
which the sick man lies, is one in which
an attempt was made to assassinate
Secretary Seward. . ,
Dr. Loomis, of New York, arrived thia
morning "and went at once to the Blaine
Tnunaifin : . Ffa wont into onnunHaflin
with Drs. . Johnson' and Hyatt: ... He
agreed in every particular with them as.
to the diagnosis and treatment.. At. the;
close of . the consultation the doctors
gave out the following: ; "Although
Blaine's condition durine the last week
has given serious , anxiety, yet at the
present moment be is decidedly better.
and in no immediate danger,. It is im-
occur, but .his condition this morning
gives a more hopeful feeling' as to the
progress of his disease."' The doctors
will not say, however, that Blaine is
anything like but of danger; still, one
of them said he had very strong hopes
that Blaine might improve-so it would
be possible for bim' to be removed to
some more congenial climate, presuma
bly California, where the change would
HtJ VL'UUgllb, U) U7I11?11V1KI, 11 It U1U UUlf
work a complete cure. ;
'Latest Concerning Blaine..''
v Since the dispatch was placed in type,
which came last night concerning the
i:: t 1 r 1 , r '
uuuuiuuu 01 -Ti r . Dmiue, late iniormar
tion is to the effect that the family have
reluctantly given up hope, and realize
that death may come at ; any ; time.
When the physicians state that Mr,
Blaine is. better they simply mean tba(j
he is alive, and that is about the .true
statement of his condition. Cordials of
a, stimulative nature "and other liquid '
nourishment are given him at frequent
intervals, and those alone keep him
alive, He lies helpless on his bed and
caunot .change bis position without the
aid of his attendants. . Mr. Blaine may
nof live twelve hours, aud be may 8UT7
vive . three or four days, but this is
doubtful.
Kansas Fuel Famine.
Kansas, uitt, Dec. zu. A fuel famine
is almost certain in Kansas. The set
tiers cannot burn corn because thev did
not raise enough last season to feed the
stock. " They are remote "from any sun- '
ply of fuel, and storms have made it im
possible for railroads to haul enough to
supply the demand. There' have been
several hard snnw fltnrmfl and twn hliz
sards. -- The entire state has been cov
ered with snow for three . weeks, and
range cattle, which gennerally forage .
until January, are deprived of grazing
and suffering for 1 food and shelter..
Many head will perish before-spring. ,