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Lot No. 1.:
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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.
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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
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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.
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