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limes
These MenVShoes we are now 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 -
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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. t
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS.
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rters i
Pruning Shears,
Pruning1 Knives,
Budding1 Knives,
Pruning Saws,
Tree Praoing Shears,
Bean Pumps.
Myers Pumps,
Sulphur, Lime, Salt,
Dunne's. Solid Sprays,
We have the largest assortment of Bicycles that ha3
ever been, carried in. this city, and to reduce our stock, have
decided tnat to all CASH buyers we will sell at greatly re
duced prices far t.To ,Mm .
NEXT TEN DAYS ONLY. -
Prices made now will only hold good for wheels already
on hand. Call and see our display, ' " '
SECOND-HAND BICYCIiES for sale cheap. Bi
cycles rented at 25c per' hour. Bicycles repaired.
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Removal Notice.
Nolan's Boot Store now located at
No. 54 Second Street, near Union.
Tho Tygrh Val
ley Creamery
Delicious.
Ask Vanbi'b'ber & Worsley for it.
40c. Every Sqiiare is Full Weight.
CREAMERY
Tygh Valley
A. A. B.
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The Dalles Daily CMonieie.
ntered a the I'ostoflice at The Dalles, Oregon
as second-class matter.
FRIDAY.
- FEBRUARY 28. 186
BRIEF MENTION.
Leaves From tlie Notebook of Chronicle
Reporters.
Forecast Tonight rain; tomorrow
fair and cooler.
The long-distanceNlepbone is now in
at Ruiua, connectiojlVaving been made
this morning.
School Clerk Jacobsen has finished h
enumeration and finds 12S2 school cbil
dren. Last year 1212.
is oiiua
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Over twenty-hundredths of an inch
rain fell yesterday, which is am Die for
&
the rjresent needs of vegetation. I i Mr,
X 1
Contractor Glenn has a force of about 7
A. M. Kelsay will commence
ork Monday on an artesian well on bis
thirtv mnn wnrkino- on th vnt v,.,n,i- place, west of town. The location of the
oft I ... i . , ,
ing, and every day shows rapid improve-
ment. S V1
Mr. John Michell will speak on polit
ical issues at a monster Republican
meeting to be held at Grass Valley
March 7 th.
jsiarcu isc arawa men. win trie
Dalles City pass through the locks into
the middle river on that day? Wasco
News. Nit. j
Rev. E. B. Sutton has made a new
date for his A. P. A. lecture in this city,
and will speak in the Baptist church,
the evening of March 3d.
The late rains and melting snows have
caused a tremendous freshet of the
Klickitat river, loosening a jamb of
logs a few miles up from the mouth, and
causing their loss by floating away.
Thousands of logs have gone into the
Columbia and down into the sea. They
were owned by Mr. F. H. Rowe, the
mill man, and involved a loss of several
hundred dollars.
The government plant for the im
provement of the Snake river between
Huntington and the Seven Devil coun
try was sold at Huntington Tuesday.
The plant consisted of two dredges, one
can-opener, three skiffs, one grater,
three scows, one pair of tongs, 850 feet
of rope, one elbow of stovepipe, 67 feet
of hose, two pie plates, 27 oars, three
mirrors, one cnair, one docs, six tin
cups and a lot of miscellaneous plunde:
it is reported today that the purpose
of fixing the old incline of the O. R. &
N. is to use it in connection with lumber
interests at White Salmon. The fine
body of timber around Trout lake is to
be converted into lumber and placed
aboard scows for shipment to The Dalles
It is an enterprise of great magnitude.
Thousands of dollars of capital will be
invested, and the lumber onfcnnt at
White Salmon is to be something enoryl
jurney to the infinite. The Chinese
carry the material a little farther toward
the immaterial than do the Caucau
sians that is all. The grave presents a
fehr to further inquiry against which the
wines of love or friendship beat in vain.
.Lin Choy is as dead as TJ. S. Grant' or a
dog, and all three are now on an equal
ity before the living.
Carpenters are engaged on the new
bowling alley of the Commercial club.
There will be two runs three feet wide
by sixty feet long. These runs are made
of 1x4 stuff eolidly bolted together and
will present a surface as true as a
,rd table.
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ARTESIAN WELLS.
Kelsay Will Try to Kstablish'One
on His Farm-.
N
ell will be in the old orchard, where a
ttle white house stands near the road.
he well-borer is Mr. P. T. Kretzerr and
e engine and apparatus arrived on the
oat last night.
Mr. Kelsay has no idea of how deep
fie will have to drill to strike flowing
vfater, but he has all confidence in find
ing it. This belief is inspired by his
observation of the numerous running
springs which exist, all the way from
The Dalles to Chenoweth creek, particu
larly along the base of the sand mount
ain behind the cemeteries, and is further
strengthened by the fact that Mr. T. T.
Nicholas really struck a flowing vein of
artesian water of great force about two
years ago in the same shaft where he is
now boring fCr coal. This is about a
mile above Mr. Kelsay 'a farm. At the
time Mr. Nicholas struck the water the
stream eixjuted out of a two-inch hole
several feet up in the air. As the hole
progressed in depth, the water was par
tially lost, but to this day a fair-sized
rivulet of .water finds its way from this
hole down to Chenoweth creek. The
hole to be bored by Mr. Kelsay will be
four inches wide, and if the same force
of water is struck as was done by Mr.
Nicholas it w'll be ample for all re
quirements of the 320 acres owned by
Mr. Kelsay.
The work is of course largely experi
mental, but it seems there are good
hopes of success. The expense of exper
imenting is shared by Messrs. Snipes,
ohns and Anderson. If artesian water
found, these men, and others in that
deighborhood, propose to drill for the
valuable flow of water.
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
Detailed Information Regarding the
Working of tbe Chemical Engine.
mons.
Lin Choy was buried today. Lin was
a Chinaman, and there are few to do
him reverence. The hearse was followed
by an express wagon loaded with his
poor effects, which will be turned at the
grave, some savory chicken and pork,
and some rice for his use in the mvstic
"Ah!"
The strong-minded woman surveyed
tier home-made bloomers with pardon-
ible pride.
' "At last I can say"
, A glance assured her her four-in-hand
tie matched her low-cut vest. -
"I'm a self-made man 1" '
Bat- for all that she crossed the room
and scratched the match on the door
jamb. ' ' ' '
Kaffir corn for sale at J. H. Cross'.
Subscribe .
get the news.
tor The Chronicle and
A reporter called upon Councilman
Lauer this morning to ascertain hia
views'ftnd the views of the city council
as regards securing the much-talked-of
chemical engine for The Dalles. Mr.
Lauer said there was an unanimity of
sentiment in favor of the engine by the
council, providing it could be secured by
popular subscription among those who
pay insurance. Whether or not its ac
quisition would be an added measure of
safety in case of fire does not enter into
the question, so long as the insurance
companies believe it will, and support
that belief by a willingness to reduce In
surance rates 5 par cent.
Mr. Lauer estimates that- Second
street alone could pay for a chemical en
gine with the insurance money saved in
one year by ita location in the city. The
plan is to secure enough subscriptions to
guarantee its purchase, then before buy
ing it exact a guarantee from the board
of underwriters that by its purchase and
placing it, the reduction will be made.
If all citizens under the bluff subscribe
the amount of their insurance saved in
this way, the engine would cost lees than
5 per cent, or less than they would have
to pay out as an insurance premium tbe
next time it ia due. After it ia estab
lished there ia no further expense and
5 per cent reduction would apply yearly
for all time to come.
There is another advantage of the
chemical over water. In case of fire the
loss occasioned by water in damaging
goods or household effects, in tearing off
plastering, lath and shingles, in flooding
floors and ruining carpets, is often
greater than that done by fire. The
chemical needs but little water for its
operation. ' A tank and engine is
mounted on a four-wheeled cart of light
construction. It is wheeled rapidly to
the location of the fire by horses or men,
and a light hose leading from the tank
is unreeled. The hose ia 200 feet long,
but ordinarily not half that amount is
required, and can be handled by one
mn. The tank has a capacity of 100
gallons of water, and ordinarily a very
small share of this is needed. The
water is charged with the chemical and
turned on '.the blaze. It acts like choke
damp in.a mine. The product is turned
into fumes of carbonic acid gas which
smother the fire instantly. A stop cock
in the nozzle can be operated and the
hose can be taken in this manner from
room to room, 'only a few quarts of water
being used, and which can do no appre
ciable damage. By use of the electric
alarm boxes, the chemical could be ap
plied to a blaze in most cases within two
minutes from ita observation. In fact
tbe efficacy of the chemical depends on
prompt action. When a fire begins to
assume proportions of a conflagration it
is of little avail.'
Compare this system with the one at
present in .use. A fire breaks out. The
alarm bell is rung in from one minute
to five. The alarm causes men to run
from various places to the hose house,
consuming from two to five minutes
more. Another minute or two is lost in
deciding which way to run, possibly
they will head the wrong direction. Ar
riving at the hydrant, the hose is un
reeled, some un practiced hand tries, to
attach and fumbles, and another minute
or more is lost. By this time tbe fire
is burning fiercely, and if there is not a
general conflagration, the building and
contents are often as good as a total loss.
The chemical engine would have been
there, put out the fire while it was in
cipient, and been back to the fire bouse,
before a stream would have been play
ing upon the fire by the ordinary hose
company.
It is not to be supposed that our hose
companies are to be of no further service
with the advent of the chemical engine.
The chemical ia of no avail unless it
can be used at once. Whenever for
some cause the chemical is delayed,
finds difficulty in locating the fire.or the
discovery of fire has not been communi
cated quick enough, causing it to spread,
the chemical must withdraw from the
field, and let the hose companies con
tinue the battle. This is the way it is
done in all the larger cities. The fire
men respond at every alarm, and are
ready to take charge if the chemical ia
inadequate.
As an instance of how a chemical en
gine in The Dalles would save insacauce,
the Umatilla house would be taxed $75
lets yearly. Fifteen men paying this
amount would bny the engine. More
than all this, exists the comfortable se
curity that the town is vastly better pro
tected than it ever waa before.
Close Reason for Cows.
Ail owners of cowa are notified that
they must keep them up or put them in
the herd after March 1st, and that any
cow found running at large after that
time will be impounded.
. - James Blakeney,
" City Marshal.
W. J. Moore, the practical candy
maker, ia now located at 114 Second
street. This is the only place in the
city you can get the favorite marsh
mellow taffy and carbonated nut candies.
The best of sugar used. All colors non
poisonous. Giye him a call.-
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. .
V- CflEAM
MEWS
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iLLA
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
BOOKS,
OFFICE and SCHOOL SUPPLIES,
Skates, 3
5c
Pianos Organs
For Low Prices, go to the
Jacobsen Book & Music Company,
162 Second Street,
THE DALLES, OR.
Try a Bottle.
OF-
Atwood's Syrup of Tar, Horehound and Wild
Cherry for that Cough.
DOtfriEIill'S DRUG STORE.
Seed Wheat, Seed Oats, Seed Rye, Seed
Corn; Afalfa Seed, Clover Seed, Timothy
Seed and other Grass Seeds; Northern Er"n
Grown. Seeds, G-arden Seeds, Early Minn
esota Corn, Dakota Yello-w Dent Corn and
Sto-well's Evergreen Corn. .Yello-w Dan- m
vers Onion Sets, Choice large, Mealy Bur
"bank Seedling Potatoes.
Poultry and Eees Bon eh t and Sold. Chofce Assortment of
Groceries Sold Cheap., Terms Positively Cash or Produce, at
J. H. CROSS' FEED and GROCERY STORE
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