,x1 YOU 9 WILL (? US OAs "yEKY JIUCH ALIVE in all that means busi ness; and business that will be your business is what we are going to talk right along. Before this season is over, this column will be eagerly road by folks who "take no stock'' in advortise-.ments. 5 Grocery Department Special. NEW O-OODS. Cocoanuts, whole, three for 25e Pine Nuts, per pound 12ic Chestnuts " ll)c Golden Dates " 10c Smyrna Figs " 17ic California Black Figs, per pound. .Ooc California White Figs .074c Oranges, Navel, per dozen 25c Lemons, per dozen lfc ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. PEASE & MAYS. i Ths Dalies Daily Chronicle. THURSDAY, - APRIL 1, 1S97 WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. has been huntins: and trapping on the 1 Malheur river south of the agency valley this winter, reports to the Vale Advo cate one of those prodigies of nature known as a wild man. The Advocate I says the biped is of giant stature, being at leaet seven feet high, having long and ! massive arms that reach to its knee, ! while the whole bodv is covered with The weather forecast for tonight and ! curly, glossy hair, toiuonow is fair. There is a sequel to the kissing bee lithe program is cariied out as ar-! held at the Umatilla House the other raDged, that good old stand-by, the night, a veracious account of which ap Regulator, will be here Saturday night. ' peared in these columns. The parties A drove of 100 calves was brought up , . . . . , , , B f mnrmnrr trifn o fnnr.hnrca foam nflnon Random Observation and Local Events of Lesser Mnpnitude. on the Dalles City last night, coming from the Willamette valley, and destined to crop the grass from the bunchgrass hills down towards Prineville. Mrs. Anna Morris, in the Krause bailJing on Fifth street, near the Court street school, is prepared to do all kinds of dressmaking. Suits from $3 up. mch22-2w By the dropping of a letter s yester day we inadvertently tent Mr. George Ross to Cheney. Now the truth 13 that Genres iq nt h nlri ctand in the freight depot, and Mrs. Ross is in j "da-v' for vyhih the,nd PPetrators Iiave our sincere; tuiu ueurueit luau&e. If our mild perambulations have added morning, with household furniture, and managed to do their kissing without stopping the team, and so they arrived at Moro about 4 o'clock. A deputy sheriff was at once dispatched after Justice of the Peace Hunting, who at once tied them tight and fast, and they climbed up on the furniture again and drove on home. This was St. Folly's day and the April fool joke has been worked on many un suspecting persons. We acknowledge having done duty on several occasions Chenev There will bs a business meeting of the Epworth League tomorrow (Friday) evening at 7 :30 o'clock. All membere ate requested to be present, as officers wi.1 be elected at this meeting for the ensuing six months. Dr. Lannerberg went to Goldendale tLis morning to remain a week. The doctor is a first-class oculist, and Klicki tat people who have any trouble with their eyes, will do well to take advan tage of his visit to have him examine them. The Degree of Honor held one of its most harmonious meetings last night. Arrangements have been made for cele brating the third anniversary of the lodge next Wednesday, at which time Riverside lodge, of Hood River, will be the guests of Fern lodge. Three more persons have come for ward in the metings at the Christian courch and will be baptized this even anything to their pleasure, we are really glad, because being a soldier of fortune, with nothing but a borrowed lead pencil and a dull pair of sheep Ehears for a etock in trade, we feel that we are a sort of eleemosynary institution, fit subject for other people's arausement( football of Chance, and only happy when making otbere happy, The trout season opens today, and those who want to catch them, can, provided they can. The weather here has not been such as ,to give the lovers of the art piscatorial any ardent desire to seek the banks of their favorite streams. Instead, the comfortable room and the warm stove outweigh all desire to tackle the underbrush on the creeks, and practice up on the epring run of profanity. This afternoon the gentle zephyrs whirled around in such a man ner as would hiyve made an angler wild, and a flv could no more have been caet Fridav night Evangelist Pierce ! than an Ethiopian can cast hie skin "'I give his reasons for leaving the Bap tist and joining the Christian church, breaching Saturday and Sunday. j Th warm spell which prevailed re- cently around the head waters .of the Columbia, and sent that lordlv stream With a few warm days, the spring crop of lies will hatch, and untii that time what use is there of the fishermen going out at all. At the Stubling Greenhouse you will - - - mm ("IT UJ5 CUM UWWU gvi mm w tne upward grade, struck here this fUCD6M white and vellow marguerites morning and it really eeenied uncom. 'an(i heliotropes, from five cents up. lOrtably warm affr nnr lnnif Bfifill of .. i.i ie ,.-,. or. . ItOBBS IU UltUUI, lu ccuig, ui mu iui It was en- -uk. i-lla lilies in Lloom. 25 cents ; wia and gloomv weather. reiy unexpected, and being so waa a 1 rantie8 25 per dozen. Appropriate really pleasant April fool. ' florai designs furnished on short notice. John Bollineer left Alhunv lnt Mon. day on foot for The Dalles. He is by no means broke, as be has accumulated some few thousand dollars by industry and economy. He said that he bad a i? ii0' Wrk at 8nearin8 eheeP near The ua lee, and, haviog plenty of time to wa,k there, concluded to save the coet a ticket, and at the same time take a "tile healthful exercise. A trapper, of the name of Powell, who 24 dlw-wlm Schilling's Best tea colfee toda bakine powder flavoring extracts and tpices are all good; but of course some are better than others. 40 For sale by W. E. Kahler Water Commissioner' Meeting. The water commission met yesterday afternoon, all present but Commissioner Robt. Mays. The minutes were read and approved. The monthly reports of treasurer and superintendent were read and placed on file. In the matter of a coupon lost in transmission for which payment is de manded. It was ordered that the same be paid upon the filinir of an indemni fying bond by the state treasurer and the insurance company. The bondB are deposited with the state treasurer by the insurance company, it being a foreign company, and the coupon was lost by the Btate treasurer. On motion the petition for a water main on Ninth street was granted. Claim of Em in Hodson & Co. for $30, was laid on the table. Claims were allowed as follows: I J Norman, Ealary $75 00 W S Norman, assistant 55 00 G W Phelps, clerk 10 00 Maier & Benton, mdse 70 Mays & Crowe, indie 2 85 C W Fonts, moving building. .... 10 (JO D W Vause, mdse 70 TEEA&UKElt'.S KKI'OKT. Yearly statement from March 31, 1806, to" March 31, 1897, to Dalles City water commission : BILLS l'.Kt'KIVAULK ACT. ISM March 31 To Ilul $ 773 17 16U7 March 31-Sale city lots 7. 00 " "County warrants.. i jjy eulj 309 72 " "By balance '.fa y5 f)73 07 I fc"3 07 CAM! ACCOUNT. IMG March 31 To Bal f 1000 70 lb'J- March 01 From water rents. . 12G.1" CO " "Hills receivable.... VMTi " " Interest 'J13 40 ' "Sale city lots l&o 00 March 31 By Int. on bonds.. $ 0300 00 " " Redeemed bonds . . um 00 " "Redeemed war'nts. WJi 93 " "Balance 1111 00 $11337 03 $11337 03 Mareh31-To Bal $ 114! 00 " " Resources 170S M Dulles City School JSondK. An advertisement in this issue invites bide for bonds in the sum of $20,000. The bonds are issued by The Dalles school district, which has property as sessed at $1,200,000. The bonds may be redeemed in ten and must be redeemed in twenty years. The Dalles is one of the most thrifty and prosperous towns in the state, and her bonds should prove gilt-edged. The district already has two fine brick schoolhouses and three frame ones, and the money received from the bonds is to be used in erecting another handsome brick, This fact alone ia the strongest possible proof that the investment ia a good one, for it shows that the district is steadily grow ing. Two years ago the academy building was purchased on account of the rooms all being crowded, and it was thought then this would serve for five or six years at least. Instead of that it was long since filled, and again the rooms are crowded. It is thought the proposed building will meet all demands for eight Bieyeles, Bieyele Sundries, Fishing Taskle, Steel Ranges. Also a Scow-load of DRY FIR WOOD JUST ltKCKIVKI) AT MAIER & BENTON'S or ten years; but if the next few years show n growth proportionate to tho past two, in less than live years still another building will be required. By that time, however, the taxable property will have doubled. Tlie Ilallea-FuHHll ltuari. Chas. McKenzie was around this week with a paper taking subscriptions for the road from Fossil to The Dalles. Up wards of $300 was subscribed and work has been commenced. The Butte Creek Land, Live Stock and Lumber Company has subscribed 15,000 feet of lumber for bridges, and the owners of the ranch where tho road runs into the John Day have placed an order with that company for lumber for a ferry boat, which will do duty until a bridge can be built. It is the intention to have the road in good condition to the county lino ere wool hauling commences, and whether or not The Dallas will uetGilliam county wool this year depends on the people of that town, who must complete the road on the other side of the river (a small job compared to the work on this side) in order to get the wool, as well as con siderable wheat and stock shipments. Last year a great deal of wool was hauled from this section to The Dalles, by way of Leonard's bridge, a much longer route than over the road now be ing made, but the bridge went down, and freighting can't bo done that way this year. And we would remind The Dalles that every wool team that went there last year from this section brought back a load of goods, not one returning empty. Fossil Journal. It is undoubtedly time that the city that wants trade must reach out for It, must be wide awake to grasp every op portunity offered to extend her trade, must count costs, only in comparison with results. The southern portion of Gilliam county wants to trade here, and wants to bad enough to expend money in building roada to get here. Wo must meet them half way, I.a Grande (jkUIiik There, The beet sugar factory at La Grande seems to be in a fair way to materialize, and we sincerely hope it may. Speak ing of tho matter the La Grande Chron icle of Tuesday eaya: Messrs. Spaulding and Calhoun of i New Haven, Conn., who are the owners of a tract of real estate north of town, 1 and who recently donated $10 to the ex j pense fund for the raising of the sugar I factory subsidy, have now come forward I with a cash subscription of $500, the same having been received by tho Com mercial Club, as triibtee, from the mail which arrived yesterday evening. This U verv encouruging, arid it certainly cannot bo said that the donors are not doing their full share toward the success of the enterprise. The exact status of the subsidy at this time may vs put down as follows : Sub scriptions of land aggregating 2,200 acres and cash subscriptions of about $7,000. This ia something in excess of 75 per cent of the required amount, These facts are published for the purpose ot ehowing that the work is progressing favorably, and that it is within the range of posslbilitieH to secure the entire amount within a short time, Subscribe for Tjik Ciikonici-k, Wo have secured tho services of an experienced hicyelc repairer from San Francisco, and aro better prepared to do this class of work than wo havo evor been before. Wo will guaranteo all bicycle work done by us to bo first-class, and satisfactory to our patrons. We have on hand about 25 wheels, '0G pattorns, of different makes some now and some second hand. To close them out, to make room for '97 wheels, we havo decided to offer them for sale at very low prices, many of them away below cost. This is your chance if you are not particular as to whether you ride a '90 or '97 wheel. They aro all good wheels, and in good shape. MAYS & CROWE. Remember We have strictly First-class FIR, OAK and MAPLE WOOD To sell at LOWEST MARKET RATES Phone 25. JOS. T. PETERS & CO Northern Grown Seeds. Fresh Garden and Grass Seeds in Bulk, Seed Wheat, Seed Rye, Seed Oats. Seed Barley, Seed Corn, Flax Seed. Alfalfa Seed, Tlinothv Seed. Red Clover Seed, Millet Seed. Crimson Clover Seed, Blue Grass Seed. Whito Clover Seed, Orchard Ghibh Seed. Bee Supplies. Fertilizers, Oil Meal Caku. May. Grain, Feed and Groceries. Early Roso Potatoes. Poultry and Eggs bought and sold at J. H. GROSS' Feed and Grocery Store. Goods Sold at Bedrock Prices for Cash. Store open from Tit. m. to 9 p. in. GEORGE RUCH PIONEER GROCER. BuccchMir to UlirUiiuui A: Corson. 111 FULL LINE OF STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES. Again in business at the old Htainl. I would be pleased to see all my formet patrons. Free delivery to uny part of town. Z. DONNELL, PESCftfPTIOfi DRUGGIST TOILET ARTICLES AND PERFUMERY. Opp. A. M. Williams cfc Co., TilE DALLES, OR. Jetyool Bools, Stationery, o MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, tx ,.AT. Jacobson Book & Music Co. No. 174 Second Stroot, New Vogt Blook, The Dalles, Oregon. Lumber, Building: Material and Boxes Tradedjor Hav. Grain, Bacon, Lard, &c. ROWE & CO.. The Dalles, Or