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One Week, Gommencing1 Monday, May 13th.
The beautiful Irish Comedy in 4 acts,
to be followed by the laughable farce,
"DODGING FOR A WIFE."
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And a First-Class Company. A Change of Program Every Night.
ADMISSION, 25c, 35c and 50c.
Matinee Saturday, "EAST LYNNE."
cents; Children, 10 cents.
Admission, Adults, 20
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HLDMIN
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The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
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ICLC," The Dalles, Oregon.
FRIDAY 7Z - MAY, 17 1895
OLD WASCO COUNTY.
AIBW BB1EF FACTS COHCBEKING
- ITS BESOCBCES.
FinlU, Flh, Farm and Forests Bha
Has Them All. sod Unlimited
VPater Power.
TBAN8PORTATION FACILITIES.
One of the most vital questions to
erery community is its transportation
facilities. Wasco county has settled
that. Up to three years ago the only
transportation company was the Oregon
Railway & Navigation Company, oper
ating a line down the south bank of the
Columbia. Forty four miles below The
Dalles this great river is obstructed by
impassable rapids, there belng-a fall of
26 feet in a quarter of a mile. As the
O. R. & N. had no opposition, both
freight and passenger rates were high.
Owing to this, a corporation was formed
know as The Dalles, Portland and Asto
ria Navigation Uompany, which put a
fine steamer on the middle Columbia,
plying in connection with the Dalles
City, a fine boat on the lower river. Of
course there was a transfer to be made,
but the state generously stepped in and
constructed a portage railroad about
three-quarters ot a mile long, so that
freight could be'transferted cheaply and
quickly. As a result, freight rates were
reduced one-half and passenger rates
almost as much.
The government several years ago be
gan the construction of a canal and locks
to overcome the obstructions. Two
years ago the completion of the work
was let by contract, and in less than a
year this grand work will be completed
so that steamers from the lower river
can reach n. These works have cost
$3,600,000. and are pronounced by engi
neers the finest piece of work of the
kind in the United States. The com
pletion of this work will make Ttie
Dalles a "terminal point," giving us the
benefit of through rates from the East,
and will thus put our city in a position
to compete wirh Portland for the whole
sale trade of a large territory. At the
same time it will give us very low rates
on our wheat and other products to the
. seaboard. As it is, The Dalles is now
the best market of any place in Eastern
Oregon. Wheat brings ten cents more
a" 'bushel, simply because the freight
rates' are that much lower, and they are
that much lower owing to the opposi
tion line of boats. They will be lower
still when the canal and locks are fin
ished and cargoes can be shipped with
out the expense of re-handling at the
portage.
WATBB POWER.
Waeco county has unlimited water
power, not to speak of the rapids of the
Columbia, which has a fall of 70 feet
in nine miles ending, three miles east
of us, but which would require consid
erable capital to control. Deschutes,
a tine river 200 miles long, which drains
the eastern slope of the Cascades, has a
rapid fall, and Hood river, a stream ris
ing in the glaciers of Mount Hood, falls
6,000 feet in thirty miles, and for the
laet twelve miles of its course falls
seventy-five feet t J the mile, and is of
volume sufficient to furnish 2,500 horse
. power for each twenty feet fall. These
streams will eventually be used to bring
the timber from the mountains, and at
the same time will furnish the power to
manufacture it into lumber. And wh 1
speaking of the timber it may not be
out of place to add that the immense
forests of hemlock on the heads of these
streams will furnish unlimited quanti
ties of bark for tanning purposes.
, " - . . MANUFACTORIES.
The immense amount of wool received
here naturally suggests that it would be
a fine place for a scouring mill, which it
undoubtedly would ; and this is an in
dustry that will soon be established
here, as the opportunity is too good to
long remain open. There is, bee i-lee,
room for numerous other factories. A
woolen mill ought to have been running
long ago, and only the great difference
in wages between the Pacific and 'Atlan
tic coasts has prevented it. As wages
are gradually equalizing themselves
throughout the country, this objection
is not now tenable. We already have a
fine roller mill, producing 100 barrels of
flour daily, if run to its full capacity ;
but there is room for more, as the snp-
p y of wheat is unlimited and the local
market utilizes the bran and shorts. A
cannery is another necessity, to use no
the surplus fruits and vegetables ; and
a soap factory would find plenty of ma
terial and a good market. We have a
fine packing establishment, its prod
acts ranking high and not beginning to
supply the demand.
A flame from the mountains brings a
large portion of the wood supply and
lumber for the local market. At its
bead are vast forests of hemlock, the
bark of which is the very finest for tan
ning purposes; and as there are hun
dreds of dry bides shipped from here
East and brought back again in -the
shape of manufactured products, it is
evident that a tannery, and with it a
shoe and harness factory, would be
profitable investments. " Indeed," the
field is a promising one, aud the above
are only suggestions in the line of what
might be done here.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
' Our educational facilities are good, the
public schools ranking with those of any
city in the state. We have in The
Dalles 1,240 children of school age, and j
an average attendance of about 800, and
sixteen teachers are employed. The
city owns two fine brick school houses
and three wooden ones. ' Besides these
the Catholics have here a fine boarding
school for girls.
The religious denominations are well
represented. The CongregationaliBts,
Methodists, Episcopalians, Catholics and
Lutherans all have fine church build
ings, and the Baptists two. In tbise
lines the city is ahead rather than be
hind the great majority of cities of its
size.
CLIMATE.
The climate is delightful, the seasons
Deing distinctly marked, but running
neither to the extremes of beat nor cold.
The west wind, sweeping down over the
Cascades, reaches us laden with ' the
odor of cedar and pine, making it of
peculiar benefit to those who are
troubled with weak lungs. Generally
the climate is considered a remarkably
healthful one. It is not true that we
had to import a corpse to start a grave
yard, but it is true that persons do not
die oft an not more than once. Many
who find life unbearable in the wet cli
mate of the coast, find ' relief at once on
coming to the dry climate of Eastern
Oregon. Another peculiarity is that
diseases absolutely refuse to become
epidemic. Diphtheria comes: It is an
isolated case. Scarlet fever it claims
seldom more than two' subjects, and
neither is often fatal. Several times
within the past thirty years smallpox
has found its way here, but in nearly
every case it was confined to the person
who brought it, or, at the worst, to
those who were in the bouse with him.
The death rate shows that the percen
tage is as small here as any where in
the United States. The -nights are al
ways, as elsewhere on the coast, cool
and conducive to refreshing sleep.
TEMPERATURE.
The climate is equable for the latitude,
the thermometer seldom going be ow
zero or above 94. In either case the ex
tremes are very short. Our extreme
co d weather seldom lasts more than
three or four days, and the same may be
said of the heat. The reason for this is
the prevailing wt winds coming from
the warm Japan gulf current, and famil
iarly known here as "Chinook winds."
In the summer this wind is moist and
cool, and blows almost steadily a gentle
breeze full of moisture, and beneficial
to all vegetation, almost taking the
place of rain. In winter . it is compara
tively a warm wind, cutting the snow
rapidly, preventing any long period of
cold. There is little or no rainfall after
the 1st of June, and consequently there
is no rush in harvesting. The grain is
stacked unprotected in the fields until
such times as it is convenient to thresh
it. Light rains in the fall start the
grass, and stock generally find plenty of
good pasturage until Christmas, and
many years go through the entire winter-without
being fed, but depending
entirely on what can be found on the
range.
CONCLUSION.
What we have presented are the sim
ple facts, told in simple language. We
ask yon, if you are a honie-seeker, to
consider them, and consider them well,
and in the light of their application to
you. We ask you to cast your lot with
us; and bete on the banks of the graud
Columbia, in the shadow of snow-capped
Hood, to make your home. The time
is propitious, . the opportunity ripe.
There is yet abundance of unimproved
land to be had almost for the asking.
The west wind yet waves the bunch
grass on the hills, where ere many
years busy hands will have made happy
homes. Let yotirs be of them. In a
short time it will be too late. - Soon our
fields and our hillsides will in the spring
te masses of orchard bloom, and the
air, now spicy with the healthful odor
if cedar and pine, will be redoleut of
blossom, and in the fall fragant with the
odor of ripened fruit. Embowered cot
tages, the homes of a happy, prosper
ous and contented people, will be on
every side; while white-winged Peace
and golden-robed Plenty shall be our
tutelary goddess.
Jos. T. Peters & Co. have cord wood,
which is desirable in all respects, and
respectfully solici' your orders.
Fifteen Day's JCxtenslon.
Rosebubo, Or., May 16. The county
court, after being in session all the week,
adjonrned tonight. The time for pay
ing taxes has been extended from May
15 until June 1, 1895, after ' which time
the sheriff is ordered to make out the
delinquent roll, and 2 per cent will be
charged on all unpaid taxes. No war
rants will be accepted in payment from
this date. -
WE
GIVE AWAY
A Sample Package (4 to 7 doses) of
Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets
To any one sending name and address to
us on a postal card.
QNCB USED THEY ARE ALWAYS IN PAYOR.
Hence, our object in sending them out
broadcast
-ON TRIAL.
They absolutely cure
SICK HEADACHE,
Biliousness, Constipation,
Coated Tongue, Poor Ap
petite, Dyspepsia and kin
dred derangements of the
Stomach.Liver and Bowels.
Don't accept some substitute said
to be " just as good."
. . The substitute costs the dealer
less.
It costs you ABOUT the same,
HIS profit is in the "just as
good." .
. XVHERB IS YOURS?
Address for Free Sample,
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
No. 663 Mmla St, BUFFALO, N. Y.
Cfclebeatrrs EuIUh TTI.injit Bi
ENNYR0YAL PILLS
Arc, sJwmja reliable, la Dies uk
unaulrt tor C3UcJtstr Mntiah Dim-
Brmm4 in Kt sum Gold. atsKalli.'
svsOed with bin ribbon. Tab Sjf
' tiMU sna i.r firms. AtDrHgiMt,trsSB44i
in strap for MrttowUra, tetisUJ mI
RUf tor tmAlmmJ s uur, try ntom
BblIL 1LM ITaau fW
It
StuiQi Greennouse
Everything for the Garden
we can furnish Floral Designs and
Bouquets second to none in Eastern Ore
gon at very reasonable prices.
. nee onr assortment of flants, Button
hole Bouquets, and display in M. Z.
Donnell's Drugstore and Keller's Bak
ery. Orders can be ielt at either ot the
above places.
The Hyacinths are now in foil bloom.
: All are cordially invited to come and
see onr assortment .of Flowers and
Greenhouse Plants.
Soipes-Kinercly Drug ' Co.
Drugs,
Paints,
Wall Paper,
Window Glass.
129 Second St.,
THE DALLES, - - OR.
BEFORE!
could eet reliefH
from a most horri- S
ble blood disease. I a
had SDent hundreds
i of dollars TRYING various remedies!
t and physicians, none of which did me j
s any good, fflv fineer nails came off. !
(and my hair came out. leavinc me 2
j penecuy Daia. i men went to
HOT SPRIFJCS
i Hoping to be cured by this celebrated
treatment, but very soon became?
disgusted, and decided to TRY!
ine effect wasj
truly wonderful 1
commenced to re
cover after takinc
the first bottle, and oy the time i had
taken twelve bottles I was entirely cured
cured by S. S, S. when the world-renowned
Hot Springs had failed.
WM. S. LOOMIS. Shreveport, La.
Our Book on the Disease and Its Treatment
mailed tree to any addrvMk
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
E. JACOBSEN BOOK and MTSIC CO.,
THl LKADBBB lit -
Pianos aod Organs, Books,
NOTIONS, STATIONERY.
Call and eet' their nrlces. Sell PIANOS on
eas; monthly iavmei.t, and is prepared to meet
any cOMrBtlllUN.
162 Second SL THE DALLES, DR.
Caveats, and Trade-M arks obtained, and all Pat- j
ent business conducted tor modch arc Fees. i
oun omer t o.pnmTr II e. patent Ormtl
and we can secure patent in less time than those j
remote from Washington. J
Send model, drawing or photo with deserfp-j
tion. We advise, if patentable or not. free of i
charge. Our fee not due till patent ts secured. J
cost of same in the V. S. and foreign countries j
a PMMtrr. "tiowtououm rateuis. wnn
sent tree. AaoTess,
c.A.srjow&co.
Op. PTTirr Office, Washington, D. C
Don't Forget
THAT TBS
Crow Photo Co.,
(Formerly Crow A Lutnier, of Portland)
Will sooa have their Kaw Fhatofrsph
Gallery at The Dallas flmafcael
asd ready for buslaeas.
Wait until yam see samples of work and prices
before having pietares taken. . - sprtt
Bring m Your Family.
Come in Yourself,
And see how cheaply we can dress all of you.
Men's Suits, Boys' Suits, Silks, Satins,
LACES, WOOLENS, COTTONS, LINENS,
Everything from Hat to Shoes, for everyone. All new stock.
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C. IT. STEPHENS,
Closing Out Sale
of DRY GOODS
CLOTHING-. FURNISHING- GOODS,
. BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and CAPS.
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Past or present values cut no figure, as goods
MUST be SOLD
The C. P. and P. D., French Woven, Hand-Made, Dr.
Warner's Health, Coraline, French Model and other makes
of Corsets will be closed out at extremely low prices. Call
and be convinced. You will be surprised at our low prices.
J. P.
Hi There !
P
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Largest Assortment in the
ROBERT E.
Blue Front Store,
Tillir;ery.
ALSO A FTJLI LINE OF-
Ipfapts' furT))T)
MRS. M. E. BRIGGS,
RUPERT & GABEL,
Wholesale and retail manufacturers and dealers ip '
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
TENTS and WAGON COVERS,
And all Articles Kept in a First Class Harness Shop.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DOVE.
X' sHC w a
LESS than COST.
McINERNY.
Men's Straw Hats,
Boys' Straw Hats,
Misses' Straw Hats,
Ladies' Straw Hats.
City.
WILLIAMS,
Opposite Diamond Mills:
Having secured the services of
a first-class trimmer from the city,
I can assure my patrons perfect sat
isfaction as to style and- finish.
. Call and see the large variety
of Hats on display in window.
Qoods QIoaI5,
Successor to Anna Peter St Co.,
112 8econd Street.
Adjoining E. J Collins & Co.'s Store,
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