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About The Dalles daily chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1896)
T A ... . , 5 3NT SUITS. '9 7 9 PRICES TOM BOYS 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 33 1-3 p0P cent, off the marked ptdee. 9 o V BAEGAINS liadies' Cloths and Broadcloths. In order to reduce our stock still lower, we will make some 'tempting prices. 9 Our regular 35c Cloth 25c yard Our regular 50c Cloth 35c " Our regular 65c Cloth 45c " we still Coaiiaue our sale or snocs ana iiass. Our regular 75c Cloth 55c yard Our regular 85c Cloth , 50c " Our regular $1.00 Cloth 72c " PEASE &. MAYS. All goods marked in plain figures. i 1 The Dalles Daily Chronicle. THURSDAY. DEC. 17, 1896 ' Weather Forecast. Portland, Dec. 17, 1896. For Eastern Orkoon Tonight and tomo tow rain and warmer. Fagub. Observer. WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Random Observation and Local Events of Lesser Magnitude.' week, probably the 23d, and will carry quite a number of passengers on that occasion. Two complaints were filed with the county clerk yesterday with tLe object of severing the ties of matrimony here tofore and now existing between the parties therein named. One was the suit of Ernest Morgan against Nettie Morgan ; the other Frank Meyers against Annie M. Meyers. It Should be Finished Early ext Season. . Last Night's Flay. The diamond ring raffled last night, was won by Joe Batty. Dr. Lannerberg. the eye specialist, lo cated in the new Vogt block. The Regulator is tnakingher regular runs, consequently will be in tonight. The Eathbone Sistere meet tonight, and every member is requested to be present, as business of importance will be transacted. The ladies of the Good Intent Society will have on sale Wednesday and Thurs day of next week, pies, cakes and dough nuts ; also kitchen aprons. We have coal and iron in abundance and with an open river, what's the mat ter with The Dalles becoming the 'Pittsburg of the Pacific." The Woman's Christian Temparance Union will meet tomorrow CFriday), the 18th ak the residence of Mrs. W. H. Biggs, at 3 o'clock. A fall attendance of members and friends of the cause is re quested. Mrs. M. E. Herrin has a large assort ment of Columbia River views suitable as Christmas presents fr friends in the east, which she will dispose of at 12 cents each, between now and January 1st. decl6-4t Stubling & Williams have some choice brands of cigars, put up in lots of 25, which make very suitable Christmas presents. They also wish to state that all their goods are delivered free to city customers. We understand th4 attempt to have Ellen Beach Yaw sing here has not been aDandoned, but that the arrangements will probably be completed for her ap pearance here after she sings in1 Port land, sometime about the last of the month. ' Teams are busy hauling: wheat from the warehouses to the Regulator wharf, and from present indications that good little steamer will have all the cargo she can carry, at least until her running mate, the Dalles City, is again ready for business. The argument in the Steeves case was - concluded today at noon, and perhaps by this time a verdict has been reached. There seems to be a etrong impression at Eillsboro that the jury , will either . hang or acquit, and that there is no probability of a conviction. - The Monmouthshire, the big Asiatic Oregon liner, arrived at Astoria yester day and at Portland today. She brings 2,500 tons of freight and several passen ger, besides forty Chinese. She will leaye for Hong Kong some time next Katie Putnam has been here and is gone, leaving very pleaeant recollections of her visit. Nothing that can be said in praise of the little lady will do her justice, for she is perfect. The curtain went up promptly at 8 o'clock, as it should, and the ultra-fashionables, who drift in at all hours, lost a goodly portion of the play. Owing to the fact that the company had to get away on the evening train, due to leave here at 10 :15, the two last acts of the play were cut, and then they only got away by having the train held for twenty minutes. The tickets were 75 cents and. $1, which is pretty steep for these bard times, but in spite of this there was quite a good house.' Owing tp the present time card on the O. R. & N., every show we have this winter will have to put the curtain up at 8 o'clock, or before, in order to avoid re maining here a whole day after the show. This being the case, theater goers should see to it that they are there on time. Militia Notes. From orders recently issued by Lieut. Col. Patterson, we glean a few notes on the militia. There will be quarterly muster and inspection of the subdivisions of the bat talion at the last meeting in December, except G company, which will be in b pec ted by Col. Patterson at the ar mory Dec. 28th. D. H. Roberts has been appointed battalion sergeant-major, and E. B Kerns company quarter master sergeant of company G, to rank as such from Sept. 23, 1896. 'The Holidays. Tomorrow the public schools will close until the Monday after New Year's, Thb' Chronicle sincerely hopes that every pupil may have just the most de lightful Christmas vacation. One that iney may all look back to many years from now as a green and- pleasant mem ory. And it hopes further that they will be back at their desks at the end of their vacation with a keener desire to master their studies and to fit them selves for the positions later life will bring them. '' Tyh Valley Roller Flour Mills. xyga v aney toiler riour mills are running full time on No. I wheat. Flour equal to the best always on band Prices to suit the times. . Also mill feed in quantities to suit. ' W.'M. McCoeklb & Son. aug8-6mw Proprietors A NEW GRADE NEEDED. We understand a committee has been appointed by the Commercial Club to look after the matter of laying out and building a new grade from the free bridge across the Deschutes. The grade is badly needed, and should be built just as soon as the weather permits. The grade in Sherman county is said to be first-class, but on this side it is in bad shape, being irregular and running at all the way from seven to twenty-two inches to the rod. ' A preliminary es- aminition of the proposed route has been made, and it is thought a grade can be made with not to exceed fifteen inches pitch to the rod. The new grade would not follow the old one, and so ode great difficulty would be obviated that exists now, as soon as it was made passable. At present in the summer when the wool teams are using the trade and coming this way it is impos sible to get down it on account of their being no turnouts. While the new grade should be well provided for in this respect, it would not be necessary to make them at once, as the old grade could be used for a while by teams going down. We understand money was donated by Sherman county people to fix their part of the road, with the understanding that Wasco countv would build and maintain a good grade on 'this side. A9 the ground gets in good condition to work, the surveys should be completed, so that the work can be pushed to an early completion, and while the ground is still moist enough to pack. ' The grade should be finished in time for use by next spring's wool teams. Basinets Increasing;. The Circulating Library. The circulating library, started some time ago by Miss Henrietta Owen, is not receiving the patronage it deserves. The idea in starting the library was to place within the reach of all the very best modern literature. Old standard works are not kept, but the latest .and best novels, as well as more solid read ing, are kept. Books that one is com pelled to read to keep up with the times, yet Buch as one does not care to pur chase at the prices charged when first issued, are of the class most largely se lected from. We suggest that the long winter even ings may ' be passed pleasantly and profitably by the perusal of books from the circulating libry. The life member ship coats only $1.50, and the dues are 25 cents per month. This is surely cheap enough for anyone. We feel cer-, tain that if our people once begin to patronize the library and realize the wide scope of first-class reading materia at their disposal, the library will be pat ronized as it deserves to be. Eugene, Ashland md the towns of Southern Ore gon where the system under which thfs library is run is in vogue, have very large memberships, and there is quite a rivalry as to who shall have the first chance at the new books. It might be well to add that a paid-up' life membership would make a very ac ceptable phristmas present. Somewhat Treacherous. Already business is improving In the retail line, caused largely by the demand for holiday goods. The Dalles stores are well supplied with everything in that line, from dress goods to cantoe flannel, and from diamonds to soap. There Is not a better place to purchase, substan tial tokens in the shape of clothing and groceries than this; and in the line of jewelry, curios, artistic products of pencil and brush, and the thousand trinkets that go to make up the average Christmas presents, few places of its size can show so large or so varied an assortment.' A.B we have said, trade in these lines is already good, and would be better if it were not for the vast sums being sent out daily to pay for railroad lands. 'With a good crop next year, an open river, and the drain caused by land purchases stopped, business will be better hare than it has since the days when this was the outfitting town for all the mining region east and south of us A new era of business prosperity has already begun for as, but its magnitude will not be realized until next summer The folding chairs in the New Vogt are amusing things, lor as Artemus Ward says, "You never know just what they are going to do." - They have a faculty, wanting in some people, that is they can shut up eo easily. ' If a person leans forward the least bit, down they go, shutting up like a pocket comb, and landing the recent occupant on the floor- It gives one such a delightful feeling of uncertainty that it does not matter much what ie going , on on the stage. However, we have no kick com ing, and would much prefer taking the chances of a dumping at a good ebow to having a couch of rose leaves at a poor one. If the management will just con tinue to give us as good companiea as Katie Putnam's, we will all forget about the danger behind us. fill-Steel Clamp Skates 50e Pair. MAYS & CROWE. '.- Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. Female Help Wanted. Wanted Red-beaded girl and white horse to deliver premiums given away with Hoe Cake Soap. Apply to any where. " CHEATJ - Most Perfect Made. -, 40 Years the Standard. School Books Supplies. Jacobson Book & Music Co. No. 174 Second Street, ITe-w .Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon. GEORGE BUCH PIONEER GROCER. Successor to Cbrisman 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. 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