In Wat limes These Men's Shoes "we are no-w talking about -would cost about Four or Six Dollars. Even now most dealers get from $2.75 to $3.00. We bought them right and -we intend to sell them for $2.50, and will do so later. There is plenty of wear in them, they look well, fit well and are up-to-date shoes for gentlemen. We say now For them, because this price is less than cost, is no more reason why they are not'a bargain and why you should not have some. You will see them m .our show windows as soon as' we get the painters out of the windows, meanwhile step inside and take a look at them. ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. PEASE & MAYS. noariers lor Pruning Shears, Pruning1 Knives, Budding Knives, Pruning- Saws, Tree Pruning Shears, Bean Pumps. Myers Pumps, Sulphur, Liime,Salt, Dunne's Solid Sprays, AT PER BEITOJI 'S Bicycles Bicycles Bicycles Bicycles ., Bicycles Removal Notice. Nolan's Book Store now located at No. 54 Second Street, near Union. The Tygn. Val ley Creamery Is Delicious. Ask Vanbib"ber & Worsley for it. 40c. Every Square is Full Weight. CREAMERY Tygh Valley A. A. B. The Dalles Baity GMoni&e. ntered i the Postoffice at The Dalles, Oregon as second-class matter. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1896 BRIEF MENTION. Leaves From tbe Notebook of Chronicle Reporters. A TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. Will Be Held at Dnfar, Beginnings February 27th. there, mostly Montana sheep. Mr. Kohler writes that the weather is very cold and windy there and that it ia really not very pleasant for an Oregonian to experience a cold wind of forty miles an Chiefly through the efforts of Prof, hour. Aaron Frazier, the progressive princip Work commenced this morning on thel of the Dufur Pablic schools, an institcte bowling alley of the Commercial Club. I will be held at that place on February This healthful diversion of most an- 27th, continuing three days. Prof. Forecast Rain tonight; fair tomor row. Mr. Robert Irvine, who has been jan itor of the Corvallis agricultural college for 24 years, died on the morning of the 21st at the college. Rev. E. K. Taylor, who was announced to fill the pulpit at the Christian church tonight, will'notdo so, word having been received that he will not be here. Tbe improvements now being made to the dock at Stevenson will advance it thirty-five feet further out into the river and give a depth of fifteen feet at dead low water. Through the kindness of the Good Templars Lodge, the Elks will be given the use of K. of P. hall next Saturday night, when they remove from Cascade Locks to The Dalles. s Sheriff Driver left this morning for Portland with Ed. Sheer and G. P. Bradley, sentenced to one year each in the; penitentiary, and John Osborne, who will be placed in the reform school. Tbe large .store buildings soon to be erected in The Dalles do not comprise all the building to be done this season. A dozen or more new residences on the bluff are contemplated, in- many cases the contracts having been let. The Red Men's ball was quite an en joyable affair. They proved themselves to be capital entertainers, and being met with genuine willingness to help entertain themselves, everyone present bad a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Goldendale may soon experience a mining boom. Recent asefya from the mines, recently disco leiud near that city, reach as high as $72teer ton. The Homestake of South Dakqta has profita bly worked thousands of tons of ore . yielding but fl.oU per ton. . I . A verv nlpusant nartv was Eriven tha yonng folks of the M. E. church-by Mre. Smith French Friday evening last. Suit- aDie ana entertaining games were i played and a nice lunch served and the hours sped all too quickly for those for flinftf.A Anmioh tr Kqtta rinon nrAOAnf--- I Seven men who were in the land office this morning mutually discovered that they were all Democrats, and the thought occured to them that here was the first chance they might have this season to hold a democratic convention and nom inated candidates a bigger representa . tive gathering than would likely occur again. Mr. Otto Kohler has reached New Brighton, Mian., with a trainload of sheep and intends to feed them for about sixty days on wheat screenings. They are feeding about 4,500 head of sheep cient origin, is yet aiyKwill undoubtedly forever be a permanent favorite. The old time sport is immortalized in "Rip Van Winkle," by tbe jolly dreamland com panions of that hero occupying the great er share of his twenty years' sleep in that pastime. The bowling alley will com plete the most thoroughly-equipped gymnasium in the Northwest, if all re- nort.H am t.rnf. c A great many religiously-inclined stat isticians are figuring it out that the end of the world will come in May, and Rev. Hazel, who has taken up the interpreta tion of tbe prophecies leading to this interesting event, announces that be will not be through before August. However, considering the thousand years of the milleninm, Mr. Hazel's au dience might.' be induced to extend his time, if he would pYomise to get through in two or three hundred years. The graves of the defenseless dead are being robbed of the loving ttibutes of the living at the Odd FellowB cemetery, and a committee appointed ' by that order is authorized to offer a reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone caught stealing flowers from the graves. Shameful and disgraceful are words hardly fitting the total depravity of the individual who traduces human kind by such an act. The bare neces sity ot publishing this item, acknowledg ing in public the existence of some one who robs graves of Sowers, is demoraliz ing to human nature. The Great Tobacco War. The head of one of the largest St. Louis manufactories of plug tobacco said to day: About two years ago we put on the market a brand of plug tobacco, and when we figured it out, we found we bad lost just seven cents a pound. Battle Ax Plug Tobacco, I am told, Sells for one cent per pound less than our brand, which would make tbe loss on it nine cents per pound. "Battle Ax," how ever, is superior to tbe one we put out, And must cost more. to manufacture. Twenty million pounds of Battle Ax p'ng tobacco were sold, on which I be- believe there must have been a loss of at least ten cents a pound, so on this item alone tbere seems to have been a loss of $2,000,000. From the above statement of a large plug tobacco manufacturer, who eviden tly knows what he is talking about, it would seem to us that the only one who is benefiting by the Tobacco War is tbe man who chews "Battle Ax," for he is certainly getting the fall worth of his money every time he buys it. . . ' New York Herald. Sunday night, Feb. 3d, to the wife of Martin Donnell, a daughter. IShelley has signified his willingness to o-operate in the plan and wilt lend his aid and presence in making it a success. Teachers and all others interested in educational work should try and be present. There is always a plenty of instruction and ' entertainment to be gained at these institutes. The follow ing program has been prepared, but is subject to additions or changes : THURSDAY 7 :30 P. M. Song of Greeting Dufur school. Declamation Hattie Sternweis. Essay Maud Peabody. Declamation Arina Moore. Song "Golden Days," School. The work of our schools, oast, present and prospective, Troy Shelley. FRIDAY 9 A.M. Opening exercises, 15 minutes. Methods in primary work in reading JNeiue Hudson. Tbe institute will then be conducte by W. L. Harrington, treating on arith metic, geography and physiology AFTERNOON. Song "Song of All Songs," School. Methods in Teaching O. K. Butler. The institute will then be conducted by P. P. Underwood how to teach lan guage and mental arithmetic. evening 7 :30 p. M. Song Fairy voices. Reading Inez G. Thomas. Declamation Amy Johnston. Duet Jennie Moore and Blanche Emerson. Reading Eva L. Shisher. 8ong "The Hillside of Life." Declamation Nettie Sternweis. Declamation Florence Brown. ' Address "Education." bv P. P. Un derwood. Song "She's My School Marm." bv the school. Declamation Maud McLeod. Essay Nellie Hudson. Declamation Roy Butler. Duet I. G. Thomas and Ed. L. Shisher. SATURDAY 9 A. M. Opening Exercises. Faults of teachers from a student's standpoint J. M. O'Brien. Spelling lessons, how to give them and how to hear them Hattie Sternweis. School Experiences To be engaged in by teachers and all that will talk. Closing remarks by Aaron Frazier. Taxes Nearly Due. heart: h- t, The tax roll is about completed, and will be placed in the hands of the sheriff for collection tomorrow. The law pro vides that the roll shall be completed by the county clerk by March let, but Mr. Kelsay is oftener a little ahead than be hind time. A glance over it showed it to be of unusual excellence, as regards descriptions, so much so that the data from it ' would be sufficient to convey title, without legal aid. Taxpayers will all be notified within three or four days of the amount of their taxes, which rray be remitted by mail, in case the payor has not the time or inclination to make a trip to town for the purpose. Taxes will become delinquent by April 1st, and a disposition is apparent this year not to extend tbe time. Women's Relief Corps. A patriotic entertainment by the Womens Relief Cerps was civen in Hoed River Saturday evening, which several friends of The Dalles attended. Suita ble music of patriotic airs was furnished by the Belmont band. The hall was decorated profusely with flags, flowers and evergreen, and so beadtifully as to be an inspiration in itself. - After the program, refreshments were served and a general social good time was had. The following was the program : Music ". Belmont Band Recitation... Florence Phelps Music .Mrs. Jackson and Methodist choir Recitation Miss Bess Isenbere Solo. .Mrs. Woodward, necom by Miss Ann Smith Heading "Battle of Uod". . Mrs. K. L. Smith Music "The SleiRh Ride" Dr. Watt .Messrs. Nichelsen, La Franco and Rand, accomnanivd bv Miss Ann Smith Rec. "The Slave that Saved St. Michaels Soy Shoemaker Chorus "Mt. Vernon Bells". Class of Girls, trained bv Miss Smith Address; Mr. M. P. Isenberg In response to a cordial call Mre. W. S. Myers of The Dalles spoke briefly of tbe work done by the W. R. C, and at the conclusion ot her remarks she was heartily applauded. EOOiS, onored Washington's Birthday. The Dalles Lodge, No. 2, I. O. G. T., held an interesting session Saturday ' eve ning in the K. of P. hall. Washington's birthday was celebrated in a manner pleasing to all. Tbe hall was appropri ately decorated. Under an arch formed by the Stars and Strips hung the portrait of the immortal Washington. Several essays in honor of him were read. The listeners, were carried from his boyhood days, through that memorable winter at Valley Forge where our independence bung In the balance, to the surrender of tbe British at Yorktown ; until he had obtained the nation's highest honors and was laid to rest, the nation's benefactor wbose name will go sounding down the annals of time. Real Estate Transfers. A. J. Mcllaley to' Mary A. McHaley, sw qr ne qr, w half se qr, e half sw qr sec 16, and nwqr sec 21, tp 1 south range 13 east W. M. $4,000. Awarded , Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. CHEAT, '2 Most Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. OFFICE and SCHOOL SUPPLIES, Sit sites, 3 5e Pianos Organs. For Low Prices, go to the jacobsen Book & Music Company, 162 Second Street, THE DALLES, OR. Try a Bottle OF- Atwood's Syrnp of Tar, Horehound and Wild Cherry for that Cough. DOtfJiEIiLi'S DRUG STORE. 3 Seed Wheat, Seed Oats, Seed Rye, Seed Corn; Afalfa Seed, Clover Seed, Timothy Seed and other Grass Seeds; Northern Grown Seeds, Garden Seeds, Early Minn esota Corn, Dakota Yellow Dent Corn and StoweLVs Evergreen Corn. Yellow Dan vers Onion Sets, Choice large, Mealy Bur- bank Seedling Potatoes. 1 Poultry and Eggs Bought and Sold. Chofce Assortment of Groceries Sold Cheap. Terms Positively Cash or Produce, at Ej D J. H. CROSS' FEED and GROCERY STORE , DS3 :