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Collars
Cuffs
represent the
Highest Degree of Excellence.
We have
just
Opened Up
a Large
Shipment
of
these Goods.
PR A SIR Rr MAYS
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
MAIER & BENTON
Are now located at 167
Second Street, opposite A.
M. Williams Sz Co., with
a complete line of
Hardware,
Stoves and Ranges,
Groceries,
Cord Wood,
Cedar Posts,
Barbed Wire,
Rubber
Garden Hose.
Plumbing" - .
and Tinning
a specialty.
Also agents for the Cele
brated Cleveland Bicycle.
by Smooth-Tongued Peddlars
Into paying $70 or $75 for a Steel Range when you can
buy a better Range right at home for $15 to $20 less.
We will sell you a better Range, the " SUPERIOR,"
with copper reservoir, for $55, and we guarantee it to bea3
good as any, and better than many.
We do not come around once in 5 or 10 years. Welive
here, do business here, and are here to stay.
TJIILTTS S CE5.0TJITE3.
Wall Paper.
Latest Designs,
New Combinations,
Harmonious Colorings.
At Very Low Prices.
Call and see otir samples before buying.
JOS. T. PETERS & CO.
The Dalles Daily Ghfonieie.
WEDNESDAY. -
APRIL 22. 1896
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
Random Observations and Local Events
of Leaser Magnitude.
Darnielle's feed
iafter operat
air22-d3t-wl
the most skillful buyers of wool on the
coast. Mr. Davis died at a resort near
Bakersfield, whither he had gone for the
benefit of his health. He was the main
representative of Koshland & Co., a
heavy wool concern of Boston and San
Francisco.
Mr. Gourlay and Dr. Grant.
Forecast Tonight and tomorrow light
rain and cooler.
See us on bicycle goods this week.
Prices on sweaters cut in two at J. C.
Hertz' . 2t
Mr. F. C Sexton has! purchased a hal
interest in Mr. R,
yard and the two will
it jointly.
k The ladies of the Guild desire to thShk
those who contributed to the entertain
ment at the sociable Monday evening at
Mrs. DeHufTs residence.
The citizens' meeting last night wal
sparsely attended, and little enthusiasm
was manifested by those who did attend
for or against the chemical . engine
After a tew desultorv reinards the mee
ing adjourned.
Prof. John F. Graf, scientific optican
and eye specialist, will be at the Euro
pean House until April 28th. Office
hours from 9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 5 p. m.
Pafanina Hi. Sitlloll nOO
Dr. H. W. Sturdevant, the dentisV
wishes it distinctly understood thar
he does not intend changing his place
of residence to Astoria or elsewhere.
The' report is abroad owing to the1
change of residence of T. F. SturdevajtffT
Engineer Eastman took a little stroll
across the river into Rockland yesterday,
and among the curious things he saw
was a large rattlesnake which measured
about four inches through the body and
was only about four feet long and had
ninteen rattles and a button.
An attempted burglary was made oh
too siue oi van uuyn, Adams x jo. a
Tygh Sunday night. The attempt t
blow open the door was a failure, and
they left without obtaining any money.
A little merchandise abstracted from the!
store was the only loss, barring the
juries to the safe. No clue is known
to the burglar's identity,
Dr. Grant and party left this morning!
on the Regulator for Portland. Mr.
Grant's photographer will take views
along the river of the several points of
interest, among them a precipitous rock;
on the Washington side, which hasi
been termed "Dr. Grant's castle," aboutu
twenty minutes' run from The Dalles.
The viewa are to adorn a valuable
lecture on Oregon which Dr. Grant will
deliver throughout the East, and whichfl
will doubtless do much to induce immi
gration to this Btate. S
Several wool buyers are again in the
city, looking; after their yearly business.
The names of J. W. Russell, Portland,
and E. Judd, Pendleton, are inscribed
on the Umatilla bouse register. One
face will be missed this season, owing to
the death of George F. . Davis, known
throughout the states of Idaho. Wash
ington, Oregon and California as one of
Dr. Roland D. Grant, who was in the
city yesterday, desires us to make the
following statement: "Mr. Gourlay
misquoted me on the occasion of my
first lecture in Baying that I asserted
that Washington said : "Put none but
Americans on guard tonight." I pre
ceded the statement with the words "It
is said" Washington gave that order,
whereas Mr. Gourlay claims Washing
ton said not only that, but adds another
statement, "because we shall need the
Irish in the morning." Speaking of
Mr. Gonrlay's communication in yester
day's Chronicle, Mr. Grant said : "He
condemns me for not what I said, but
something I didn't say something he
wanted me to say ; but I never get
caught in that kind of a trap. I as
sert nothing but what I can prove. The
statement about the 104,000 Catholic
desertions first appeared in a New York
daily newspaper, and was copied by the
A. P. A. press. The paper which orig
inated the story later corrected it, but
not all the papers which reprinted the
original article saw the correction. It
, is of such material Mr. Gourjay makes
out his case. He doesn't attack our
fortress."
Mrs. Kinney's Lecture.
he inJ
iwn at
Mrs. Narcissa White Kinney enter
tained a large audience last night on the
subject of temperance. She spoke in
glowing terms of the work accomplished
by the W. C. T. TJ., which is now 21
years old, the largest hand of women
ever organized for any purpose. It
numbers 400,000, distributed in forty
different nations and comprising fifty
languages. Its work has' been apparent
in legislation on many lines. The or
ganization has raised the age of consent
from 10 and 12 years to 14, 15, 16 and in
three states as high as 18 years of age.
In Oregon it has prohibited the selling
of cigarettes to minors.' Mrs. Kinney
spoke of many other reforms of like ex
cellence that were attributable to the in
fluence of the W. C. T. U. Speaking of
the progress of temperance, she said that
while the liquor traffic was apparently
BITUMINOUS COAL.
"Blossoms" DIseoTered Sear the City
as Large as Lard Falls.
"The orchestra disbanded ni
carried on to as large an extent as everThere was a reorganization of th hand
before, there never was a time whenU perfected
tnere were bo many total abstainers as
now. She then continued, with argu
ment, example and precept leading to a
full conception of the importance of the
work of the W. C. T. D., and at the close
of the lecture many ladies signed a
pledge and membership cards of the or
ganization, re-establishing on a firm
foundation a branch order in The Dalles.
The speaker was pleasantly introduced
by Mrs. Smith French, Rev. Wood read
a scripture lesson, and Rev. Hawk of
Goldendale, who was present, made a
shoitprayer.
Am
A VALUABLE QUARRY.
Inexhaustible Ledge of the Stone
the Looks Are Made Of. .
Mr. E. B. Burns is the name of a man
who has been in our citv for about three
weeks, and in that short time has ac
complished what others who have been
here for many years would have been
glad to find. Such is the irony of fate.
He has discovered the best specimen of
bituminous coal ever found 'in this
region of country. It is soft coal, the
specimen being aa large as a 5-pound
lard pail, broken from a piece much
larger. He made the discovery about a
week ago a few miles down the river
from The Dalles on the Oregon side.
The specimen was accompanied by an- j
other, showing the colors of "peacock
coal," a quality second only to an
thracite.
Mr. Burns claims to be a prospector of
twelve years experience in Colorado,
Wyoming and the southwest territories,
and he certainly talks coal very famil
iarly. He has been in Oregon since
January, principally in the Baker City
country. He was laid off the Virtue
mine, and came to Wasco county, as he
had heard there were recent coal dis
coveries here. He says everything in
dicated the presence of coal. The base
ment being dag by A. M. Williams &
Co. shows carbonates, but they have
been burned and are lifeless.
Ir. his walk of a week ago he dis
covered familiar signs, known only to
coal prospectors, and digging down pro
cured the specimens tie exhibited to a
Chronicle reporter today. He claims
that every coal region has faults and the
fault of this is that the veins are not
fiat, but pitch at various angles from 20
to 45 degrees, caused by past ebullitions of
nature. Therefore coal is harder to find,
and when found may be broken off un
expectedly and the vein lost for a time.
Mr. Burns does not know whether the
land upon which he found the coa! is
still government land, and will not tell
its exact location until he ascertains. It
is, however, on the mountain which lies
between Cbenoweth and Mosier creeks.
Our people need not" be skeptical over
the existence of coal. Everything reads
coal, and the opinion once expressed of
our state geologist, Mr. Condon, is en
titled to considerable weight. II" paid
that The Dalles was built ov-r a vUi
able bed of coal, but be coutn't tv
bow deep it was.
night
Mr. W. R. Winans was in town yes
terday, having in his possession a hand
some specimen of the building stone of
which the main wall at the Cascades is
built. Mr. Winans has been developing
an immense ledge of this valuable stone
which exists on his homestead about 20
miles from the mouth of Hood river. It
has a mile of front, and is about thirty
feet deep, an inexhaustible supply. It
is the only known natural quarry of this
valuable stone in the country. The im
mensb amount that has been used at the
locks of this same kind of stone has been
float, existing as bowlders in a creek bed
mixed among othtr kinds of rock and
debris, and probably glacial.
This stone is more durable than gran
ite, some kinds of which are subject to
considerable erosion. Mr. Winans'
building stone partakes of a fine polish,
when it shows a uniform bine color of
very handsome shade. It is very com
pact, therefore capable of immense pres
sure. It splits uniformly, and the action
of centuries of weather does not make it
crumble. It is an ideal rock for the con
struction of the locks, for it will not
wt ar a quarter of an inch in a thousand
years by the action of the water. , The
locks are therefore as permanent as the
pyramids of Egypt.
Mr. Winans has taken no steps to de
velop his quarry, but he has a property
more valuable than a gold mine, if he
could get the stone to market.. This
wonld necessitate the construction of a
railway to Hood River, when the entire
United States would be tributary as a
market. -
After m Murderer.
Jacobson Book & Music Go.
and Harry Liebe
have moved in the old Vogt Store
on Washington Street, opposite
The Chronicle Office.
Mr. J. H. Law, a Pinkerton detective
is in the city en route to Heppner. He
is trying to locate the murderer, Wolf,
who killed bis sweetheart something
over a year ago, while she was going to
church in Mt. Tabor. The shot was in
stantly fatal. She fell to the sidewalk
dead. The murder was done through
jealously. Wolf escaped and there is a
reward of $1,000 for his capture., Mr.
Law believes he is now at Heppner.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Qold Medal, Midwinter Fair,
auu
Far Sale.
. Three Jerseys, a cow-and two yearling
heifers. Inquire of H. A. Bills, at
Maier & Benton's store.
Betray.
From the ranch of the undersigned, at
Hood River, two bay mares, both in
poor condition. One has long curly
mane, and is branded with a heart on
right hip. The other branded with cir
cle and baron left shoulder. Take them
up and notify H. C. Coe,
a22-2t Hood River.
Subscribe for The Chronicle.
CREAM
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Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
GEORGE RUCH
PIONEER GROCER,
Successor to Chriaraan & Corson.
1 FULL. LINE OF
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES.
Again in business at the old stand. I would be pleased to
see all my former patrons. Free delivery to any part of town.
Try a Bottle.
Atwood's Syrup of Tar, Horehound and Wild
Cherry for that Cough. V
DOtfflELili'S DRUG STORE.
Tne Ty-n Val
ley Creamery-
Is
Delicious.
Ask Vanbibher & Worsley for it.
45c. Every Square is Full Weight.
CREAMERY
Tygh Valley
A. A. B.
1 n;-r.-iT!-F3Trc-TEs asro- so.
Live and let live.
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I You are invited to FRED. FIS1- XL'S
New Grocery Store, -where you will find al
the Lowest Prices. Goods delivered to any
part of the city.
n -Telephone 270.