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Our stock of Boys' Knee Pants Suins is very large, with, all the choicest goods of
the season, and a complete line of sizes. Our special price is
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33 1-3 per cent. off the marked price.
BARGAINS
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Iiadies' Cloths and Broadcloths
In order to reduce our stock still lower, we will make some tempting prices.
Our regular 35c Cloth 25c yard
Our regular 50c Cloth ...35c "
Ourregular 65c Cloth 45c "
Our regular 75c Cloth .....55c yard
Our regular 85c Cloth 50c "
Our regular $1.00 Cloth 72o "
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PEASE & M AYS.
All goods marked in plain figures.
9
The Dalles Daily Ghronicie.
TUESDAY.
DEC. 15, 1896
Weather Foiecast.
Portland. Iec. 15, 1896.
Fob Eastern Oregon Tonight and tomor
row fair and cooler.
Paguk. Obserrer.
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
Random Observations arm Local Events
of Lesser Magnitude.
Good, fat hogs aie in demand here at
3 cents.
The A. O. U. W. have a social on
hand, to take place Thursday evening.
The 'river is coming up quite rapidly.,
owing to the heavy rains and melting
snows.
A large consignment of hay just re
ceived and on sale bv Ward, Kerns &
Robinson.
The latter part of last week 300 hogs
were shipped from Grant to Trout dale,
and 200 to Seattle.
Mr. Arthur K. Fuller made final proof
on bis cash entry in Sherman county, at
the land office today.
Katie Putnam tomorrow night. Se
cure your tickets and reserve your seats
at the Snipes-Kinersly drugstore.
Twenty carloads of sheep were shipped
from Grant last Thursday to Ellensburg,
Wash., where they will be fed lor the
winter.
Mr. Rolando, G. Brooks and Eli Hos
tetlar made homestead entries on some
of the forfeited railroad lands in Sher
man county today.
The ground is surely getting a thor
ough soaking this winter, and it does
not seem possible that the soil can dry
out before next July.
Out on 15-Milesall the farmers are
busy plowing. TheSvfitround is in
splendid condition, anda very large
area ia being turned over.
The regular Christmas vacation of the
public schools will last two .weeks,
school closing Friday of this week, and
beginning again the Monday after New
Years.
Two applications were made today to
have land ordered into market, for sale.
This is under the law providing for the
sale of isolated tracts, and we believe
these are the first ever made in this
office.
The sturgeon catch is getting quite
good again. Yesterday sixteen of the
big fellows were shipped away, the five
larger ones of the lot averaging 250
pounds each. Eight were shipped today,
all about the same size and weighing
nearly 200 pounds each.. , ,
The Regulator will be in tonight and
will make her regular rnns hereafter.
The people along the river on the Wash
ington side will be rejoiced to -see her
again, as they have practically been cut
off from communication with the out
side world ever since the ice blockade.
Mr. Led better, representing the Ore
gonian, ia in the city and looking after
matters connected with the Cascade
edition, which is to be published within
the next few. days. The title page is
Jithogra'phed, and is an artistic piece of
work in five colors. Enormous expense
"has been incurred in getting out the
edition, but it will be worth all, and
much more than all, it cost.
The alarm of fire this morning was
caused by a burning flue in Mf a. Hand
ley's house on Third street. There were
two stovepipe boles in the flue, the
lower one being Btopped with the ordi
nary tin arrangement made for the pur
pose. It seems the soot had accumu
lated and caught fire from the sparks
dropping down on it. The blaze came
out a foot or more .into the kitchen, but
no damage was done, other than making
a little dirt.
Speaking of the run of Balmon with
Fish Commissioner McGnire yesterday,'
be remarked that next season would be
a good test of the benefits of the hatch
eries. According to the accepted theory
of the fish coming back the fourth year,
the ran next summer, if it depends at
all on the hatcheries, will . be a very
light one. In 1893 no fish were turned
out of the hatcheries, so that the run of
1897 will depend entirely on the result
of natural propagation. In the mean
while the legislation we epeak of edi
torially should be looked after and the
means provided for carrying on the
hatcheries. Washington already has a
good law of this kind, and is now main
taming a fine hatchery on the little
White Salmon in Skamania county,
about seven miles below Hood River.
How
Lively in Morrow.
Henry Blackman, collector of internal
revenue for this district, returned yes
terday from a visit to his former home
in ;Heppner, says the Oregonian. Mr.
Blackman says that times are decidedly
better in Morrow county. Heavy rains
have prevailed, the snow has all gone,
and with another week of the present
weather, new grass will be four inches
high, which will insure plenty of range
feed. Last week 35,000 pounds of wool
were sola at lleppner for 8 cents a
pound, said Mr. Blackman, and a sheep
buyer named Sherlock, from Illinois,
bought 2500 sheep for shipment, and
Sam Palmer of Nebraska is now there on
the same mission. The farmers are get'
ting from 62 to 63 cents a bushel for
wheat, and a far better feeling now pre
vailB in all parts of Morrow county.
Beautiful Windows.
The big show windows of A. M. Will
iams & Co. are certainly things of beauty
today. Window decoration has grown
to the dignity of a fine art, and whoever
arranged the display spoken of is an
artist of undoubted merit. It is i tripos
sible to give any description that would
do justice to the artistic grouping of
beautiful things. The only way to get
an adequate conception of the work j.s
to take a look at it yourself. Word
painting will not fill the bill.
1 Wanted.
A young lady desires housework in
family. Apply at this office.
GOLD BY -THE YARD.
the Gliding Used In Ornamental
Decoration Is Prepared.
The beating of the innumerable .little
square pieces of gold .which are used to
cover domes and signs and so forth,
forms 'a distinct industry in the gold
trade, which employs a large number of
hands and requires no small amount of
skill.
The long, low building in which the
work ja carried on is filled throughout
the day with the sound'of hammers.
On every side little boxes containing
tiny rolls of gold are to be seen, which
although only measuring an inch and a
half in length, are worth each about 10.
The gold is received in bars one-eighth
of an inch in thickness, an inch in
width, and weighing 240 pennyweights.
This is rolled into a ribbon thirty yards
n length.
It is then given to the workmen in
strips measuring seven "yards, each of
whidh is cut- up into 120 pieces. These
are now ready to be beaten out by hand.
They are placed (protected by fine
Bkins) in a tool known as the clutch,
nd are thoroughly pounded out on a
great granite block Bet in the ground in
Buch a way that there is absolutely no
vibratory movement. The process is
repeated several times, the gold as it
spreads being continually subdivided
until it ia of the exact dimensions required.
The skins in which the gold is beaten
are so, delicate that they -will tear as
easily as paper; nevertheless they will
withstand the continual hammering for
several years. The gold, which is
finally , beaten down to - .200 of . an
inch, is rubbed with "brine" before be
ing placed in the skins, in order that it
shall not adhere to them.
Easy as this work of beating out the
gold may seem, it is in reality an art of
a very delicate description. The work'
man must know to a nicety exactly bow
hard or gentle the blows of his hammer
must be, and also the exact Bpot on
which they should fall. Accordingly, a
very superior class of men are employed
in the business. Pearson's Weeklv.
though he exercised good judgment in
doing so. Judge Bellinger and Attorney
Murphy were not satisfied with the
verdict, and agreed to leave the matter
to a jury to decide. After doing so and
getting left they kicked, and both went
back on their implied agreement to stand
by the verdict. Unfortunately they
bave the game in their bands and can
keep on trying the case until Taffe's
money is exhausted. The second jury
probably took into consideration the
extra expense Taffe was put to in law
yers' fees, etc., ia fixing the second ver
dict. Of course Taffe will have to go on
spending his money until he is broke.
He can't help himself, but suppose the
new juries should go on indefinitely
raising the verdict each, time, what
would his honor, Judge Bellinger, do
then? The case will be re-tried.
To Down Taffe.
Judge Bellinger, according . to the
Telegram, was quite wrathy at the last
jury in the Taffe case, because it gave
Taffe a larger verdict than the first jury.
The United States attorney was not
satisfied with the first verdict, and with
all due deference to the statement of
Judge Bellinger, neither was Taffe,
True he consented to accept the amount.
in satisfaction of all damages, but he
never even intimated that he thought
the sum sufficient to cover all damages
Judge Bellinger might aB well try to
bold a party who offered to take 50 cents
on the dollar in payment of a claim as
bound by that offe; after it was refused
and suit brought. Mr. lane was never
satisfied with the judgment, but con
sented to accept it rather than be kept
in litigation for monthB and at great ex
pense. With a United States judge and
attorney both against him, it looks as
The Army at Work.
Up till the present, quite a number of
families have been found by the Salva
tion Army in actual want of food and
and cjothing. They, the army, expect
to solicit donations during the next few
days, any one not called upon, who de
sires to assist, may address
Ensign R. Stevens,
Box 309, City.
Refrigerator Line.
Attention of shippers is called to the
new refrigerator line operated Dy tne
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
between Portland. Huntington. Spokane
and intermediated points, leaving Port
land on train 22, Wednesdays and Satur
days. j. i.. Lytle, Agent.
Do not fail to call on Dr. Lannerberg,
the eye specialist, and have your eyea
examined free of charge. If you suffer
with headache or nervousness you un
doubtedly bave imperfect vision that, if
corrected, will benefit you for life.
Office in the Vogt block. '
Anyone desiring their chimneys
cleaned can have it done bv calling upon
or addressing Mr. Ike -Peary or James
Hogan, The Dalles or telephone to : No
89. - ol7-tf
There's more '"clothing destroyed by
poor soap than by actual wear as the
free- alkali - rots them. Hoe cake is
pure. Iy24-ij
' Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard,
All-Steel
Clamp Skates
50e Pair.
MAYS & CROWE.
School Books
Supplies.
Jacobson Book & Music Co.
No. 174 Second Street,
New Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon.
GEORGE RUCH
PIONEER GROCER.
Successor to Cbiisman & 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.
Remember-
We have strictly First-class
FIR, OAK and
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MAPLE
WOOD
To sell at LOWEST MARKET RATES.
Phone 25. JOS. T. PETERS & CO