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Lace Curtains.
For this week we will offer our stock of Nottingham. Lace Curtains at a
price that will convince you that you are getting a bargain. The designs are
for the most part small and well-chosen, in Fleur-de-lis, Ferns, sprays of Forget-me-nots,
Daisies, Coin and Polka spots.
Regular Price.
$1.25
2.00
2.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
6.00
7.00
We have also in stock a choice line of Point
Curtains at the reduction in price.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
ntered a the Postoffice at The Dalies, Oregon
as second-class matter.
THUESDAY,
JANUARY 16, 1896
BRIEF MENTION.
Learea From tbe Notebook of Chronicle
Reporters. '
McXinley club meeting tonight.
The weather bureau says we are going
to have colder weather tomorrow, with
'occasional pnow.
Don't forget the meeting of the Mc
Kinley club at the council chambers
this evening at 8 o'clock.
. In the list of officers enstalled
TaeEday evening in the order of the
Eastern Star the name of Mrs. Blakeley
appeared .as marshal. It should have
read Mrs. T. A. Hudson, as the was the
lady elected to that office.
Examinations are in progress in the
city' public schools, and for a time the
life of a scholar is not altogether devoid
of trouble; Tomorrow the tests will be
over, and the results will determine the
progression of the students. s.
Afer creating the new precinct nea
Dufur the county court bad almost de
cided to call it Venezuela, but an in
quiry from one of the officials as to how
it was spelled suggested some obstruc
tions to the plan which had not before
been considered, and so Ramsey was de
cided upon.
The opportunity for Bleighing was
taken advantage of last evening by quite
a number of yoana'people. The jingling
of sleigh-bells wm heard till a late hour
and loads of yoking people made the air
resound with merry voices. It looks as
if Bleighing would continue good for
quite a period.
Among the actions done by the county
court court this morning was one de
claring Hood river a public highway.
A petition to this effect was presented to
the court and was readily granted. This
declaring of Hood river a public high
way gives to anyone the right 'to float
lumber, logs, telegraph po!es,etc,down the
river, thereby destroying any monopoly
of this privilege, which might be cre
ated. To all- intents and purposes
Hood river is a navigable strea a, ex
cepting that its waters are .not deep
enough nor its banks sufficiently wide.
Being a public highway is the nearest
to a navigable river it can attain.
Judge Blakeley and County Commis
sioners Darneille and Blowers decided
upon the tax levy this morning for the
ensuing year. The county levy was
placed at 21 mills. A special road tax
of 1 mill was levied, the proceeds of
which will be applied towards making
needed repairs upon county roads and
especially upon the lower 5-Mile road
leading out of The Dalles. The neces
sity of improvement has long been ap
parent. The dividing of the Dufur pre
cinct made some changes necessarv in
the list of judges and clerks as published
Tuesday. For Ramsey precinct, James
LeDuc, F. M. Thompson and K. p.
..per pair
per pair
per pair
per pair
per pair
per pair
per pair
per pair
Special Price.
j .80 per pair
1.35 .......per pair
1.60 per pair
2.60 ; .. .per pair
2.70 . ..per pair
3.10 per pair
4.10 .. per pair
4.60 per pair
PEASE
O'Brien were appointed judges and J.
W. Nolin and Frank Chase clerks. As
the first two named had been appointed
for Dufur precinct but the division
throwing them into Ramsey, Monroe
Heisler and Edward Bohan were named
in their stead. A new road district, No.
27, was created today.
The non-commissioned officers gave a
smoker last evening to the members of
Co. G and the field and 6taff officers.
After the drill was over the militiamen
gave themselves "over to having a pleas
ant time. Refreshments were served
and pipes, and tobacco provided in
abundance. During the evening an im
promptu tug-of-war was arranged and
much intereet occasioned in the contest.
The interest taken bv the members of
the national guard in the organization is
continually increasing, and the militia
here was never in better condition. At
a meeting of the non-commissioned offi
cers, held this week, nine were present.
From interviews with several stock
men we gather that the snow is not un
welcome. The coming of winter now
means that the cold weather will proba
bly not continue late and the approach
of spring will not be delayed. An early
spring is what the stockmen and farm
ers want, and as long as we are going to
ave some winter, it had better come
tow than later. It is also said that it
a easier to feed stock with snow on the
round than it is when mud abounds.
The days of trusting to luck for the feed
ing of stock are over in Eastern Oregon,
and every good stockman is provided
with feed for his stock. .Unless the
weather is unusually severe the. stock is
expected to go through the season in
good shape. :
Tbe Dalles Is All Klgkt.
People who live in one towo all the
time have no fair conception of the sort
of a place in which they are spending
their existence. It is necessary to go
beyond the shadow of your own house
to find out what kind of grass plats your
neighbor's have, and the same thing is
true of towns and cities. Persons who
make a business of traveling from one
place to another, learn to form quick
judgments of the towns that come under
their observations and unless the In
spection is too superficial, tbe conclusion
is generally a correct one. In this con
nection, a Chko::icle reporter heard
some testimony today of a pleasant sort.
Mr. W. F. Pinkham, of the Oregon
Fruit Union, was in the city yesterday
and a portion of today, and in a conver
sation said that he believed The Dalles
to be the most prosperous town in the
state. Mr. Pinkham was manager of
Fruit Union business in Tbe Dalles last
summer and for the past few months
has been acting in the same capacity at
Rosebnrg. His business baa called him
from place to place in the state and he
has noted the conditions of business and
the piospects in the towns he has visited.
In ' speaking of fruit ' shipments, Mr.
Pinkham said that Wasco county fur
nished one-third of the fruit which was
shipped from .'Oregon last season 'and
the highest priceB paid in the eastern
D'Esprit and -Irish Point
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markets were for fruit from this vicinity.
Our fruit made a name for itself in the
East", and there will be a demand for it
next Bummer that will'give our shippers
an advantage over those from other lo
calities. '
As compared with Eoseburg, Albany,
i-.ugene and other valley towns, The
Dalles is much livlier in a business way.
Mr. Pinkham was of fche opinion that in
none of them is the amount of daily
business transacted eo large as in The
Dalles. The importance of this place as
a fruit shipping point has become so es
tablished that it is probable the union
will build and operate a large warehouse
here for the better handling of- Wasco
county's fruit. '
A Decision Kendered.
A decision was rendered this morning
in the matter of dividing Dufur precinct.
The afternoon yesterday, as well as the
morning, was taken up with hearing the
arguments of the opposing sides. The
debate was quite acrimonious, and the
disputants were not at all averse to ex
pressing themselves in forcible language.
The tilt of eloquence was greatly en
joyed by the spectators and some side
lights were thrown upon the play of
politics in Dufur precinct. MeBsrB. T.
H. Johnston and M. J. Anderson, who
appeared as against the granting of the
petition, left for their home last night,
and this morning members of tbe court
received several telephone messages ask
ing that nothing be done until they
could return, as it was declared new
evidence had been discovered. The line
to Dufur was kept "pretty hot," in the
language of one of the courthouse offi
cials, but the judge and commissioners
decided that they had spent enough
time with the matter, and declined to
prolong the agony further. This morn
ing the court decided to grant the peti
tion asked for, which was championed
by W. H. H. Dufur and J. M. Hoi in.
The new precinct will be called Ram
sey, and will embrace school districts 27
and 36, with a portion of 37. The area
mentioned will poll about seventy-five
votes, but it is probable that a portion
of Kingsley precinct will be added to the
one just created, which will give it a vot
ing population of about 125. The end
of the matter is not reached yet, and the
echoes of the precinct division will be
borne on the winds around Dufur town
for some time to come.
Mr. Dufur and Mr. Nolin departed for
home this morning in a happy frame of
mind. - ' - ' .
Republicans Getting Ready.
Republicans In Wasco and Sherman
counties are getting in line for the be
ginning of club work for the campaign.
The state executive committee has called
for a convention of clubs, to be held in
Portland, February 4th. Tonight the
McKinley club of The Dalles will choose
delegates. The Columbia Precinct Re
publican club will meet for the same
same purpose at the Fairfield school
house, Friday, January 24th, and the
McKinley club of Moro will meet the
evening following. We are not, as
yet, advised of the meetings of other
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clubs in the two counties, but are as
sured they will all be in' line. The club
work is getting to be an important fea
ture of the campaign, and a great deal
depends upon the enthusiasm Bhown at
the - Portland meeting. Every club
Bhoald send its full quota of delegates
and see that its best men are chosen.
Oregon is in the foreground of politics.
and it 3 election next year will be indi
cative of the political feeling every where.
The matter of choosing delegates should
not be left in the hands of a few inter
ested people, but a large number should
be present and a general expression given
in making the choice. Remember the
meeting of the McKinley club this even
ing in the council chambers.
The Klickitat bond case is being heard
today before the supreme court of Wash
ington' at Olympia. This is a case in
which a great deal of interest is being
taken in The Dalles, since of the war
rants which efforts are being made to
redeem, over $60,000 worth are held in
this city. Klickitat county is making a
strenuous effort to improve her financial
condition, and the outcome of this case
will have an important bearing on her
future credit. There are Beveral points
at issue, chief among them being the
contention whether or not bonds can be
issued to take up warrants where the in
terest added to tho principal exceeds
the amount of indebtedness allowed by
tbe constitution. In this case the prin
cipal itself nearly equals the constitu
tional limit and when the interest of
the warrants to be taken up is added,
exceeds it. The case has already been
decided in the superior court of Klick
itat county and goes on appeal to the
supreme court. H. S. Wilson, of Hunt
ington & Wilson and C. H. Spaulding,
prosecuting attorney of Klickitat county,
are appearing in the case for The Dalles
warrant holders and tbe county, while
the other side is represented by some
Seattle attorneys. The suit is a friendly
one, and its decision will settle one way
or the other Klickitat's present attempt
to bond a portion of ber indebtedness.
IV anted
To trade ,160 acres in Hood River val
ley for property in The Dalles. Inquire
at this office. jl6-dwlw
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Removal Notice.
Nolan's Book Store now located at
No. 54 Second Street, near Union.
TO GET READY
LARGE SPRING
I am now selling Men's and Boys' Clothing,
Fancy and Dress Goods, Cloaks, Capes, Shoes,
and everything else found m a first-class dry
goods store. ; -
C. F. STEPHENS.
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FOR
PRICES.
OFFICE and SCHOOL SUPPLIES,
Sk
sites,
Pianos Organs.
For Low Prices, go to the
Jacobsen Book & Music Company,
162 . : 1 Feet,
Holiday Perfumes-
Buy a nice, clean, sweet Perfume or Toilet
Water, elegantly put up. It makes a hand
some and much appreciated present.
Prices to "tickle"
"Long" or "Short" Purses.
Do not fail to read the ad. of J. H.
Cross, which will appear tomorrow.
for a
STOCK.
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