TO 5 - - Bifi 1 Hosiery - - Snom Shovels, SKATES, Lot No. 1.: Mm toll I 35c I Ladies' Black, Full-Fashioned Seamless Hose, Plain and Ribbed Tops. Regular, price, 25c. Closing out price, 15c. Lot No. 2.ss Ladies' Black and Grey Extra Fine Wool Hose, Regular price, 30c. Closing out price, 20c. Lot No. 3.3 Ladies' Extra Fine, Full-Fashioned Hose, in Plain Black and Grey. These goods are all Wool and of superior finish. Regular price, 35 and 40c. Closing out price, 25c. Lot No, Children's Fine Ribbed Cashmere Hose, Full Length, with Cotton Heel and Toe. Reg. 25c. Closing, 15c. LOt NO. 5.SSK2SS5 Children's Extra Heavy Ribbed Bicycle Hose, in Black and Dark Grey. This is an extra good Hose for Boys .Regular price, 30 and 35c. Closing out price, 20c.- ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. PEASE & MAYS. ? MAIER & BENTON. Rem oval Notice. Nolan's Book Store now located at No. 54 Second Street, near Union. The Tygh Val ley Creamery Is Delicious. Ask Vanbibber & Worsley for it. 40c. Every Square is Frill Weight. CREAMERY Tygh Valley A. A. B. XTEQXiSi'noasrs nsro. so. The Dalles Dafly Chronicle. ntered a the Fostoffice at The Dalles, Oregon as Becond-class matter. TUESDAY, - JANUARY -28, 1896 BRIEF MENTION. Leaves From the Notebook of Chronicle Reporters. Remember Effie Ellsler la coming this week. Fair and cooler weather le predicted for tomorrow. Remember Hon. D. P. Thompson's lectnre this evening.' , E. E. Lvtle is haviirsa barn bui near the depot for the acdbhynodation of his racing stock. ' Wheat was strong in the Chicago mar ket yesterday. The closing prices were, January, 61, Jane 64: Four cars of cattle and one car of hogs from Grant passed through town today on their way to Troutdale. Work on the Regulator is progressing rapidly, and if occasion required, the boat could be put in condition for ser vice in a week or ten days. The paint ing remains yet to be done. Some interesting school statistics, which were read at the meeting last night, must wait till tomorrow for their appearance in print, as a rush of work prevented their composition. One homestead filing was made in the land office today. James M. Cameron entered an application for the nnj of nwj (or lot 1) sec 19, tp 4 s, r 20 and e of ne and aw of ne, sec 24, tp 4 8, r 19 e. This week will provide various enter tainments for the people of The Dalles. Tonight will occur Hon. D. P. Thomp son's lecture in the Congregational church and a dance at the opera house. Thursday and Friday evenings Effie Ellsler will appear at the Baldwin. The work of the carpenters in fitting up the commercial club is completed. The partitions are all up, and all thilt re mains before the gymnasium andtlliard rooms are ready for occupancyjCjs for the' furnishings to be put in. jfhfHjil .liard table will probably be in place to morrow. The gymnastic appliances have not yet arrived. Those who have any travelling to do in the country are loud in complaint of the roads. Deputy Sheriff Butts re turned today from serving some papers near Deschutes. The roads, he says, are in the worst condition he ever saw them, while the creeks are full of water, so the conditions of travel are about as bad as generally found. While United States minister to Tur key Hon. D, P. Thompson had excep tional opportunity for observing matters of historic and scientific interest. Mr. Thompson is a close observer and has a happy knack of imparting to others the results of his observations. The sub ject this evening will be "The Holy Places of Palestine," and the lecture cannot fail to be of interest, both to those who are well acquainted with the biblical history and those who are not. The doors will open at 7 :30 and the lec ture begin promptly at 8. The promo ters of -the winter course hope to see a large attendance present this evening. Two deeds were filed in the county clerk's office today. One was from E. and F. Spicer to A. S. Bennett for an undivided one-fifth interest in the NEJ, NW Sec 5, lots 3, 6, 7 ; Sec 5, Tp 1 N R13E; consideration $200. The sec ond was from Bruce L. Carr to Nate Cecil for lots 13 and 16 in block 4, Hood River Park Addition to the town of Hood River. The Orcheetra Union will be at the Baldwin opera house on Thursday and Friday evenings, when it will furnish choice selections between the acts of the play.' Effie Ellsler made her appearance at the Marquam Grand in Portland last evening and received with an enthusiastic welcome. The Oregonian in speaking of the performance of "As You Like It" said : "The enthusiasm was undoubtedly genuine, and the favorable impression made by Miss Ellsler was attested .by earnest rounds of applause and repeated curtain calls at the close of every act. The play is peculiarly French in its ac tion, and the characters of Camille and Armand make demands on the vital powers of those representing them that are possessed by but few. English-speaking professionals. The play well pro duced always fires and affects an audi ence and in this Miss Ellsler and Mr. Holbrook Blinn last evening succeeded so well that they were honored with a double curtain-call at the close of the fourth act." Among the many plans for the im provement of the river between The Dalles and Celilo, the most novel we have heard was one expressed by a busi ness man this morning. His scheme is to have the penitentiaries of Oregon and Washington located on the shores of the Columbia and for the convicts to be put to work building whatever it was de cided to build canal or boat railway. By these means, the projector of the plan argued, the convicts of the two states would be kept at employment which would keep their hands from growing soft, and at the same time be hastening on the good work of opening the Columbia river. If the convicts of Tennessee work upon the roads and those of other states do work requiring them to be without the prison walls, why shouldn't the inmates of the Oregon and Washington penitentiaries roll away the rocks that bar commerce npon the Co lumbia? In the season - when the salmon were running food would be cheap and a few guards Eitting upon the basaltic cliffs that line the Columbia, with their feet hanging down (we mean the guards' feet) could, by their Win chesters, prevent any attempt at escape. Solomon's saying, "There is nothing new nnder the Bun," is proved erroneus and here we have a scheme that beats Alex ander Kerns' grain donation party all hollow. More Than Six Million Pounds. X. Some time ago The Chronicle pub lished the statement that over $500,000 had been received in The Dalles for wool during the past summer. These figures were based on an estimate of 6,000,000 pounds as the product which had been shipped from the producers of the coun try tributary to The Dalles through the city warehouses. The Pendleton Tri bune was disposed to look upon these figures as inaccurate, and in an article upon the respective merits of The Dalles and Pendleton as wool markets said : "Conservative estimates place the amount of wool handled at The Dalles at about 5,000,000 pounds. This is in ex cess of the number of pounds shipped from Pendleton last year by about one million." Although the first figures quoted were an estimate, The Chronicle believed them substantially correct, but in order to settle all doubt has taken the trouble to verify them. Access was given to a record kepn of all the wool shipped through The Dalles warehouses in re cent years and the result of the inquiry shows that the figures given by this paper were not one whit too high, but that 6,000,000 was an under-estimate. The following table taken from authentic records, shows the amount of wool shipped from The Dalles for the past four years to be as follows : In 1892, 4,161,547; 1893, 4,691,548; 1894, 4,995, 412; 1895,6,215,093. Between the first two years mentioned the increase was 500,000. Between '93 and '94, 300,000, the latter being the flood year when the transportation of wool was interfered with for a time. The increase which '95 shows over '94 is 1,219,681 pounds, vhich at an average of 10 cents per Round or even less is no Inconsiderate sum itself. The reasons for the increase in the amount shipped through The Dalles is not due to any great stimulation of the wool growing industry, but because this city became the shipping point for sec tions which, in former years, sent wool to other places. Many teams came here that before went to Heppner, Arlington and points similarly situated with re gard to the railroad. The higher price paid in this market was the magnet that drew these shippers here. The price ranged in The Dalles from 3 to 4 cents higher than in Pendleton or the towns mentioned. Next year the warehouses expect to see another large increase an wool receipts. Buyers have recognized this place as the largest market, and will be here to do their buying. The wool will be here to meet them. Already the warehouses are planning for additional room to handle the expected clip. It is not thought improbable that wool from the Yakima country will be hauled here, as with the opening of the locks, or without it, such rates can be secured that will make-The Dalles the best point of consignment on the coast, from the grower to the Eastern consumer. These figures are given with pride. They are weighty with meaning, since the steady increase from year to year shows that the advantages of this mar ket are not trarisient. What the figures will be for the coming summer, there is no guessing, but it is safe to say all pre vious gains will be surpassed. The JOallea Public Schools. I A meeting of the board of school di rectors was held last evening at which were present Directors S. B. Adams, O. Kinersly and O. D. Doane. The meet ing was called to consider matters which would be laid before the meeting of the taxpayers next Friday. The directors had asked and obtained from Principal Gavin some statistics relative to the at tendance, present and past. The figures which are published below, show that the present classes are crowded to their full capacity, and that the corps of teachers has about all it can do in caring for the pupils that crowd' the rooms. The statement for the- last four years of the value of school buildings and prop erty owned by the district is as follows : 1892,28,200; 1893, 28,250; 1894,29,000; 1895, 53,000. The increase between '94 and '94 is due to the purchase of the academy building and grounds. The at tendance by rooms and grades is shown by the following table of figures : The present enrollment, Monday, Jan. 27, 1896: BY DEPARTMENTS- East Hill Primary Miss N Cooper, 44; Mrs Roche, 46; total, 90. Academy Park Miss Phirman, 46; Miss Flinn, 52; Miss L Rintoul, 47; Miss T Rin toul, 50; total, 195. Union Street Miss Rowe, 43 ; Miss E Cooper, 53; Miss Snell, 45; Miss Cheese, 46; total 187. Union Street Annex Miss Ball, 45. Court Street Miss Michell, 55; Miss Hill and Mr. Stratton, H S, 102; total, 157. All schools, grand total, 674. BY GRADES. First grade, 119; second grade, 83; third grade, 69; fourth grade, 69; fifth grade, 80; sixth grade, 65; seventh grade, 57; eighth grade, 58; ninth grade, 55; tenth grade, 10; eleventh grade, 9; total, 674. Pupils enrolled in the fall term of '95, 725. - New pupils enrolled from Jan. 20 to 27, '96, 20. Total number of different pupils attending Sept '95 to Jan 27, '96, 745. BLiANK Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. mm ft CREAK! Most Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. OFFICE and SCHOOL SUPPLIES, SRcites Pianos Organs. For Low Prices, go to the Jacobsen Book & Music Company, 162 Second Street, THE DALLES, OR. 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: Parses. flOSflEMfS DtytfG STOtyE. 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