What's the Matter with your Tire?
DU-SOO Will Make It Hold Wind.
Cord
Wood,
Remember that the schools re-open Sept. 7th, and now is the
time to buy your FALL SHOES. We cany nothing but the
best stock that money can buy. Have you tried our '
We have on hand
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a large stock of
Steel Shod School Shoe.
EVERY PAIR
GUARANTEED.
n
SGmOOIi
SHOES!
Closing" Out
, Several dozen pairs of CHILDREN'S SHOES that have ac
cumulated in our stock from lines we do not handle any
more. These Shoes formerly sold for $1.50 to $2.25;
Sale price, $1.00. Sale price, $1.00.
We will continue our sale of LADIES' TAN BOOTS and
OXFORDS for another week. We expect to see them all
gone by Saturday next. V - ,
Our WASH GOODS Sale Talks for Itself.
0
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS
DRY
FIR
100D
That we are selling1
at resonable price.
Leave your order
with us.
MAIER & BENTON
The Dalles.
One can of Du-Sock;
Tire full of air;
No more blue talk
No more swear.
MAYS & CROWE.
Sole Agents
Keep Oat the flies
SCREEN WIRE,
SCREEN DOORS
WINDOW SCREENS.
No-w in Stock. New Styles and LiOwPrices.
- Odd Sizes made to order on Short Notice.
JOS. T. PETERS & CO
The. Dalles pally Gbromeie.
Weather Forecast.
Portland, Sept. 8, 1896.
For Eastern Oregon Tonight lair; tomor
row warmer. , Paouk. Observer.
TUESDAY.
- SEPT. 8, 1896
WAYSIDE CLEANINGS.
Random Observations and Local Events
of Lesser Magnitude.
It Is of Vermont Marble For Pierre
Grimaud Xatlve Stone.
The Sadie B was taken through the
Locks yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Hinckel of Antelope shipped sev
eral cars of cattle to the Union Meat Co.
today.
Li Hang Chang went into Canada
yesterday. Hang Chang Li anyway.
He is getting monotonous.
The mercury fell to 47 early this morn
ing. In this neighborhood that degree
of temperature indicates frosts in various
places on Mill and 8-and 15-Mile creeks. J
Judge Bradshaw was elected a dele
gate to attend the gmnd lodge K. of P.
at their meeting last evening, and C. L.
Phillips alternate; John Michell hold
oven Wanted A young man or woman of
good address and small amount of cap
ital can secure permament employment
by applying at The Dalles Employment
Agency, over Mclnerny's store.
The Sunday concerts will continue.
Arrangements are being made .by the
band to secure a band leader, who will
also lead the orchestra. ' Even if this
plan cannot be consummated, the band
believe they are-able to continue as an
efficient musical organization.
The grape market is badly demoral
ized, caused'by the unusually abundant
crop in 'the East. It is reported the
bulk of the crop has been disposed of to
tbe winemakers, the price of fruit in the
large centershaving fallen to 5 cents a
pound, thus knocking the bottom out of
the market. .
The German class of Rev. Grey or
ganized last evening. For the present
lesson will be given Tuesday .and Fri
day evenings at 7 o'clock at the Lutheran
chapel. Those who were not present
last night who have promised te take
lessons are requested to be present to-
night, in order that the others may not
be put back. -
Messrs. Archie McCully, Henry Bill
and F. H. Van Norden were out riding
on their bicycles Sunday, crossing the
river and riding to Goldendale, then to
the old block bouse and return. They
.covered a distance of 70 miles, walk
ing 13 miles of the way. While riding
down a grade they frightened a horse
standing hitched in front of a bouse, the
first the other side of. Crawford's place,
belonging to a young man who was out
visiting. The horse became frightened
at the bicycles, jerked loose from the
bitching post and ran down the bill with
tbe buggy. The animal ran into
barbed wire fence, smashing the vehicle
into kindling wood, and freeing itself
ran on out of sight. ; . ,
Fresh oysters at A. Keller's. s7-dlw
A HANDSOME MONUMENT.
Mr. Comini, tbe marble cutter, has
ust finished a handsome monument' for
Pierre Grimaud, who died several
months since. It is of Vermont marble,
a very enduring and handsome stone
standing about eight feet high. j
Mr. Comini is now working upon a
stone coping and posts " of the fine
building stone of which the locks , are
made, tor use in Mr. Kelly's lot in the
Catholic cemetery. This 6tone possesses
qualities of endurance, also, which make
it admirable for the purpose intended;
though of a different origin than all
other stone for these uses. The stone
at the locks is of volcanic origin. Though
an immense amount of it has been used
in the great government work at the
locks, it does not come from an original
deposit, but is found plentifully as float
in enormous bowlders several miles dis
tant. Mr. Winans claims, to have an inex
haustible ledge of the same kind of rock
at bis homestead ' twenty-five miles
above Hood River. This rock, as stated
betore, possesses qualities of endurance
equalling or surpassing the finest mar
ble. The action of tbe elements for cen
turies does not dieentegrate or rot it. It
has great specific gravity. It is there
fore a good enough rock for cemetery
purposes or building stone.. It will cer
tainly last 4,000 years, without visible
diminution, and that is long enough.
It has not been so long since Cleopatra,
in all her virginal beauty, dazzled the
world with her. loveliness, and we read
today of her mummy 'preserved in the
British mnsenm. No one living now
feels a sense of loss or a' pang of sorrow
move their heart as they gaze upon the
crumbling dust that - once formed her
rose-hued lips. The decayed bunch of
wheat that she holds in -her pulseless
hand remind the observer only of tbe
mutations of time, notwithstanding the
most powerful efforts of man to preserve
.unchanged in appearance tbe product of
organic life. The stone coping that en
closes tbe Kelley lot in the Catholic
cemetery of The Dalles will therefore
.last long enough to satisfy the builders,
for it will outlast all memory of the oc
cupants it may chance to enclose.
Mr. Comini has a granite stone, also,
of more value than that of vhich the
locks is made. It if a handsome granite,
capable of a high polish, and as lasting
as Italian marble. He finds it near The
DalleB, but this also is float. If a mine
of it could be found it would make the
discoverer independently rich. A big
bowlder of it has lain far untold centu
ries on the county road about a 'mile
past the California wlnehonse on: the
edge of town. - Several bowlders of it
are- on the top of the bald mountain
southeast of town. Other specimens
are four miles up Mill ' creek, and it is
frequently found in various portions of
tbe county. Jt nas most proDabiy. been
left by glaciers. .
' Employment Office. .-
terprising town such as this there should
be a medium of this kind between em
ployer and employe, and we wish the
new venture permanent success. We
understand The ' Dalles Employment
Agency, as it will be known, will be lo
cated over Mclnerny's store, and that it
is a branch of the Portland house of the
same name, working in connection with
the Portland office. The Dalles branch
will be prepared to furnish male and
female help on demand.
The Dalles is to have an .employment
agency or intelligence office. In an en
Comparative School "enrollment.
'GUILTY OF NON-SUPPORT."
44
61
75
17
14
Our schools show a most satisfactory
rate of growth from year to year. The
number of scholarswho were enrolled
yesterday were 575a gain of 53 over the
previous yearKbich in turn was a gain
of 67 -over 1894. The number of high
school pupils yeyerefcay was 75, a gain of
14 over 1895, which wasNt gain of 17 over
1894. The figures given for this year are
taken the first day of the term, whereas
for the years 1894 and 1895 they were
taken at tbe end of the first week. The
following is a summarized table, show
ing the steady growth :
Total Gaiu H. 8cb. Gain
September 1894 455
" 1896 575 53
Prof. Gavin has .been considerably
worried as to how to place this increase
of scholars, without an additional in
crease of school room. He succeeded in
doing so yesterday, however, but the
limit has about been reached and next
year more floor space and teachers must
be employed, if tbe ratio of increase con
tinues as in the past. The schools this
year will be crowded, for additions will
constantly " be made throughout the
season.' "
Miller's Board Bill.
Hans Miller was arrested last night at
Cascade Locks by Constable Hill, who
went down on purpose to attend to
'that official errand. The charge is
obtaining money ' under false pre
tenses, and was preferred by Mr. F. W.
L. Skibbe. Miller boarded at the Skib
be hotel and in payment thereof gave
Skibbe an order on Mr. Peetz, for whom
Miller had worked. Miller was in Mr.
Peetz' debt allright. The only trouble
was that he got around and collected tbe
amount subsequent to giving the . order
to Skibbe. There is a chance for legal
contention on the part of the defense
that at the time Miller gave the order,
the amount was rightfully due and that
consequently Miller did no wrong. How
ever, we are uninformed on what will be
the line of defense. The trial 'will 'oc
cur at' 3 o'clock ' this afternoon. Mr,
Skibbe has given bonds for the payment
of costs.
Attention Co. O.
Armory of Co. G 3d Battalion O. X. G
Orderfqk You ' will report .at the
Armory tomorrow evening (Wednesday)
at 8 o'clock sharp, for regular weekly
drill. By order of : -.
Levi C. Chrisman, Capt. ;
The oyster season ia now opened at A.
Keller's. Oysters in any style.' s7-dlw
Subscribe for The Chronicle.
Xe Prove It Mrs. Brown Charges Bur
glary and Bigamy.
The oflicer8 of the city have had a ter
rible tale of woe poured into, their ears
today by a woman calling herself Mrs.
Martha Brown, who is anxious to swear
out a complaint charging her husband
with "failiDg to support her." She hails
from New Haven, Conn., and while the
charge may be legal and punishable by
a fine or imprisonment, or both, in Yan
keedom, it doth not appear as a crime
on the Oregon statute. There are many
men in Oregon who not only fail to sup
port their wives, but are often supported
by them. The sheriff upon listening to
Mrs. Biown's troubles secured a hearing
for her before the recorder, but he un
feelingly would not issue the desired
warrant of arrest, and she was sent to
Justice Filloon. Soon afterwards she
tried to get Attorney Story to do some
thing for her, but she must have failed,
for shortly again, she was around at the
place of beginning, and nothing had
been accomplished toward punishing
ber recreant husband.
Her etory is that Mr. Brown had been
persuaded to came to Oregon through
the letters of some women living near
the city on a farm, be claiming to her
they were bis sisters; that shortly after
arriving be became strangely familiar
with ' them, considering the alleged sis
terly relation, and that his affections for
ber correspondingly decreased. He had
not been the most faithful of husbands
even in New Haven, where he pursued
the trade of a shoemaker, but she would
have lived with him here if he had be
haved himself. Now she-wants him ar
rested for non-support, and to prove it,
she asserts that hwwas a burglar in Con
necticut, has served a sentence of eight
years in states prison, and has another
wife . in Kentucky, and is therefore a
bigamist.' She has been married to him
29 years and has a grown daughter. He
hail threatened to cut her throat if she
told all these things, but she concluded
to chance it. "
Up to the hour of going to press, Mrs.
Brown had not procured her coveted
warrant, though it will readily be con
ceded that if her story is true, she ought
to have jt.
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When yog mact to fray
Seed Wheat, Feed Wheat,
Rolled Barley, Whole Barley,
Oats, Rye, Bran, Shorts,
Or anything n the Feed Line, goto the
WASCO : WAREHOUSE.
Our prices are low and our goods are first-class.
Agents for the celebrated WAISTBURG "PEFRLESS" FLOUR. .
Highest cash price paid for WHEAT. OATS and BARLEY.
GEORGE RUCH
IEERJGJROCE
. Successor to Chrisman & Corson.
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.
School
Books
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. No. 174 Second Street, -
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