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About The Dalles daily chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1894)
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MONDAY, - MAR. 5, 1894 The Daily and Weekly Chronicle may . be found on tale at I. C. Nickelsen's store. MARS' MONTH. A Record of ' Lesser Events for the Thirty-one Days. The auction of jewelry at W. E. Gar ret son's (A. R. Thompson) waa discon tinued for the present. Circuit court was in session this morn ing and arguments made upon various motions. The February term will prob ably end today. A business meeting of the Christian Endeavor will be held Thursday evening. Special business on hand. A full at tendance is desired. County court was in session this morning, it is understood to inquire into the sanity of a resident of Celilo, but up till 1 :30 no witnesses had appeared. Today is "blue Monday." It began snowing early this morning on a temper ature of 34 deg., and has kept- at it quite Bteadily all day, melting as fast as it fell, making a precipitation of .54 of an inch. , Armory hall is full to overflowing every Saturday night. This is soiree night and the attendance reaches into the hundreds. The large floor space is always crowded with dancers, and great pains is taken to admit none of questionable charactor. As a . conse quence the soirees are attended by people of all ages, and it is a pleasing sight to see couples of little girls here and there flit through the maze of dancers which fills the floor on soiree night. MARKIKD. At the residence of the bride's par ents at Fairfield, March 4th, Miss Lillian Richards to Mr. R. E. Haworth. The bride and groom will make their home at University Park. " - '.WKD. . In The Dalles.March 3d, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Sandrock, of membranous croup. ' . , Mrs. Emily Thorne, who presides -at Toledo, Washington, says she has never been able to procure any medicine for rheumatism that relieves the pain so quickly and effectually as Chamberlain's Pain Balm and that she has also used it for laine back with great success. For oale by Blakeley & Houghton, druggists. Ask your dealer for' Mexican Silver Stove iolish. DEADLOCKED. The Mayor and the Council Lock Horns, Resulting In Adjournment. An extraordinary meeting of the city council occurred Saturday night, which will pass down to history as the shortest regular meeting on record, and perhaps the most animated. Mayor Kreft called the meeting to order .at 8 o'clock, present Councilmen Hudson, Eshelman, Jolea, Butts and Crowe. Messrs. Jolea and Butts were seated at the recorder'B table and were going through the bills during the read ing of the minutes. The minutes of the regular January meeting were passed without comment, at were the special meeting of Feb. 8th. The recorder had just started out with "City Hall, Feb. 19th, a special meeting of the common council was held Feb. 17th " when the mayor interrupted the recorder's mono tone by a vigorous rap with the gavel. It was ominous and startling. As the gentlemen of the council elevated an in quiring 'glance to the presiding officer they saw a countenance bearing a hard, set look, and heard the words :' "Gentlemen, these minutes are not a matter of record. I declare them out of order and they will not be read." ; There was a" momentary silence, broken by Aid. Hudson stepping to the recorder'B desk, inquiring for a charter. He read therefrom a section, which did not quite fit the case in handand said he would look further into the matter as soon as he had a little leisure time. He said he supposed the meeting was regu lar, that he had been duly notified by the marshal, and presented himself in accordance with the summons. Aid. Jolea, who had been perusing the bills, said : "In looking over the bills I discover a bill for 267 meals for prisoners during the month of February, and, as far as I am concerned, there will- be a bill for 300 meals in March for feeding the council unless these minutes in question are' read." . Mr. Jolea was evidently prepared for a long siege, but a motion later to adjoqrn removed the necessity of the city feeding him-and the other councilmen during a protracted deadlock. . . ' Aid. Hudson next tried to break the deadlock by moving that the minutes be read. It was duly seconded, and again the sounding gavel struck the bench. " "The motion is not in order, and will not be put," said his honor. "Then I move to adjourn." . It was seconded by .Mr. Jolea and the motion put, when Aid. Butts quickly arose and said in a deprecatory way: "Gentlemen, this is no way to do busi ness, at all. It is only boys' play. - Let's get to work and do the business the city expects us to do. There are people here' waiting for their money, bills that ought to be paid, and we ought to pass upon them." v "Question," was the response, and the motion to adjourn was carried: Harry Liebe, PRACTICAL All work promptly attended to, . and warranted. v Canbe found at Jacobsen's Music store, Ko. 162 " . - i Second Street. Watchmaker Jeweler THE SCHOOL MEETING. A Larger Attendance Turns Out than for Many Years. A Schoolhonse for ISO Pupils Will Be Built In, Thompson's Addi tion Three Grades. Will ' 1 Be Added. The annual school meeting; of. District No. 12 convened this afternoon at 2 o'clock. As it was generally understood this was to be an important meeting, a larger number were in attendance than for several years. Other matters of a public nature are sometimes slighted, but when anything touching upon the welfare of ,the children comes up, par ents generally exhibit the true interest and . brave every inconvenience to be present. . The meeting was opened by a reading of the call by Mr. H. S. Wilson, followed by a reading of the clerk's report by Mr. E. Jacobsen. .This was very full, con taining besides a financial statement, a report of ' the several classes and the number of pupils in each class. . Election of a director to serve three years was next declared in order. Mr. S. B. AdamB nominated Mr. Orion Kin- ersly, and Mr. Geo. Runyon' nominated Mr. Jack Elton. In answer to an in quiry as to what constituted a legal voter, Mr. Wilson replied one who was a resident of the state for one year and of the district thirty days, who was over 21 years of age, and had any taxable real or personal property in the district. The ballot resulted in Kinersly 82, Elton 47, and Mr. Kinersly waa declared duly elected. " . . ' For clerk Mr. C. L. Phillips nominated Mr. E. Jacobsen. Mr. FitzGerald nom inated I. C. Nicholsen, and Mr. Wiley nominated 1. 1. Burget. Mr. Nicholsen declined. The vote resulted Jacobsen 74, Burgett 69. . - The next question considered waa the one providing for additional school room, whether to buy,' lease or build. An offer was read from the academy direc tors to lease two rooms in the basement for $40 per month, or one room for $20. In this connection a statement was read from Prof. Gavin that if but one grade was added, one room extra would be all that was needed. .' Mr, L. L. McCartney then addressed the house in reference to a petition for the construction of a school building in Thompson's addition. Mr. Jack Elton presented a written motion, which after it was amended read aa follows : That, the school directors be empowered to construct a school building within 400 yards of Mrs. Fish'B brick dwelling house, suitable for 150 children, and that it be finished and furnished by the first of September, 1894. . School Clerk Jacobsen read a supple mental report of population, showing that there were . 175 school children in Thompson's addition. Mr. McCartney said that in his neighborhood the chil dren would have to walk two miles to school, and. being bo small they could not go that distance. That when they grew larger they would have to enter the struggle for existence, and hence they would be deprived of schooling." The. motion was carried ' The next question was that of increas ing the number of grades. Mr. Bayard moved that the grades be raised up to and including the eleventh grade, this being an addition of three grades to those at present. He supported - the .motion in a short speech, saying that while his children were not old enough to attend, they would be some time and he - did not want to send them to Celilo or Hood River to acquire the finishing touches of on education. Mr. Adams was then called for. He said this was the only subject that had been brought up which he felt deeply interested in. He referred to the hard times, and was as much in favor as any yody else in reducing taxation or in debtedness. "The present stringency affects every induatry from Maine to California," said he, "and we must pro ceed yery carefully, or else we will be swamped. But there are two indus tries in The Dallea I might mention which have been exempt from the gen eral depression. : These are the infant industry and the rock crusher. And the administration or any other authority is powerless to cope with them. When I went in. aa school director: there were only about .500 school children in the district. Now there are 1,060." A voice in the house said, "Good for Adams." The laughter that followed this witticism was deafening, and all ef forts to restore order were powerless. Mr: Adams continued: "I was , in formed that today's meeting would, be a warm one and I can afford to furnish a little fun. J3ut to be serious, this question of increasing the grades ap peals to me strongly. The benefits are these: We have got to have more school room, and it makes but little dif ference as to that, whether the pres ent grades-are added or not. We must have two more teachers. ,. Raising the grades will not add any more room. The only difference is the class of teachers. The higher grade teacher will have to . be paid $25 more per month, or $225 for the school year. I will take the Outside tuition money that will be paid, consequent upon raising these grades and give bond, to pay this $250 extra with no added expense to the district. ' I have received applications from ten or fifteen families outside the district, which cannot be provided for. I have had to tejl them no. Why, if we had these grades, there would not be a vacant house in town. I do not say anything against the present school. It is good as far aa it goes, but that is not enough. "Again, there ib no less than 25 or 50 children-going out of school this year who should remain, but who are going ont at 12 to 15 years of age. Some children are going over the course again, reviewing because parents want to keep them in school. And the parents don't want to se nd them to Dnfur or Hood River to be educated. This ia a matter that appeals to our patriotism. It is humiliating to go to Dufur and Bee them spreading out, while we are not doing our duty at home. I say it ia a matter that should be considered by every pa triotic citizen." The motion was then' put and unani mously carried ; and shortly after the meeting adjourned. Financial Report. The following financial report for School District No. 12 is kindly : fur nished us by Mr. E. Jacobsen : On hand at beginning of BChool year..' f 556 05 Amount of delinquent taxes collected. 1,002 87 Reo'd from county school fund 1,S?8 00 Rec'd from state scho-1 fund . 3,335 80 Rec'd from tuition 258 95 Rec'd from all other sources 7 05 Total amt. rec'd dm ing the year. .... S 7,018 72 ; DISBURSEMENTS. Paid teachers salaries $4,710 00 Janitor's salary ... 900 00 District clerk s services.. . 283 50 Interest on Mrs. Gray's note. 210 00 Water rent 63 25 Insurance 52 25 School furniture 63 30 Repairs On school houses and premises 251 77 Fuel .' 224 50 Apparatus, maps, tablets, etc 143 86 Other incidentals 91 35 Balance on hand 24 94 $7,018 72 LIABILITIES. Mrs. Gray's note $3,000 00 Interest on same. 175 00 Outstanding warrants. 730 00 . Salaries, other incidentals.. 852 75 Total liabilities $4,757 75 RESOURCES. Cash on hand. $24 94 Special school tax due from ' 1893 assessment 5.653 73 $5,678-67 PERSONAL. MENTION. Mr. O. Kinersly ia in Portland. Mr. T. A. Hudson took a trip to Mosier today. . ; Mr. J as. Pearson of Waterville, Wash., is in the city. - - Mrs. Jas. Brown of Mosier waa in the city visiting frienda yesterday. - Mr. '. Elmer Haworth of Portland' is visiting his brother, Mr. J. F. Haworth. Mr. W. F. Soesby of Hood River is in the city and gave this office a pleasant call today. .. ... r -. - :: ' Mr. C. C. Hobart was with his family over .Sunday and returned to Cascade Locks this morning. ; Mrs. J. R. Warner was visiting friends in the city and returned to her home at White Salmon this morning. - Mrs. A. C. Phelps came np from- her home at . Collins Landing - Saturday evening and is visiting frieuda in the city. ; . ' . Mr. Ed Maya departed- for Portland this morning, where he-will join Hon. F. P. Mays and family and visit the Midwinter Fair at the bay city. . 1 Mr. C. E. Haight and - wife have juet returned from a month's : absence in Sherman county; He finds the snow is deeper up -there and the people gener ally -are engaged in talking about the Wilson bill. . t . : : Unnecessary Misery Is endured by bilious and dyspeptic sufferers who rfeglect to take Simmons Liver Regulator.' Headache, constipa tion and indigestion are cured by this pure, vegetable ren.edy. SEEDS I SEEDS! SEEDS I IN PACKAGE OR BULK. We have a Complete Assortment of Seeds, both Timber and s Garden, at Wholesale Prices. , f 'frqfo )qssortmBi?t Just Ieeeiu?d I NEVER MIND HARD TIMES, Buy your Garden Seeds of Joles, Collins' & Co., and raise . - your own Garden Truck. JOLES. COLLINS & CO., Successors to The Dalles Mercantile Co., 390 to 394 Second St. OF vIO! Winter Dry Closed Great We especially offer Great Bargains in Dress Goods, Jaolcets, -Underwear, Blankets, Clothing, Boots and. Shoes. .; TERMS STRICTLY CHSH. , ' What? Where ? One Result of the "Change." 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