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In hot, sultry times like these, it is only the unusual bargains that
don't go a-begging. Values, and big ones at that, alone possess the
power to interest.
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A discount of 25 per cent will be allowed on all purchases of Lace
on Saturday.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS
The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
FRIDAY. - -
JUNE 11, 1897
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
Random Observations and Local Events
of Leaner Magnitude.
There will be a buainesa meeting of
the Epworth League at the MethodiHt
church this evening at 7 :30.
Tay payers are requested to read the
notice in this issue, and profit thereby.
Costs will be made after July lat.
Two Indiana and a white man faced
the city recorder this morning, and re
ceived the UBual 'impartial attention.
Moonlignt excursion on the loth for
the benefit of the hoBe teams,. and the
tournament this fall. Do not fail to
patronize the boys.
Up-to-date Hood River has Bhipped
about 18,000 cratea of strawberries, or
225 tons. Juat think of tackling that
pile with a teaspoon.
The RamBey school, near Dufur,
taught by Miss Annie B. Thompson, are
going to give a picnic in the grove near
the schoolhouse two weeks from today.
Circuit court meets tomorrow for the
purpose of considering Beveral equity
cases. A final adjournment for the
term will probably be taken next week.
Don't forget , the Bale of city lota,
which takes place on the grounds to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Now is
the time tb get a piece of residence
property, and get it cheap.
The ladies of the Lutheran church
will give a grand ice cream social on
Wednesday, June 10th, in the store
building adjoining the land office. All
are cordially invited to attend.
Governor Budd of California has re
preived Durrant until July 9th, for the
purpose of having the legality of bis
appeal decided. It is not probable this
can be done within thirty days, and a
further repreive is not only possible, but
probable.
The Warrendale cannery is Baid to be
blocked with fish. They are coming
very slowly here, and our canneries can
easily take care of a hundred tons a day
for our friends down the river. All they
have to do is to furnish the fish, The
Dalles canneries will do the rest.
Harjy Luckey, brother of J. J. Luckey
of Hood River, committed suicide while
in a fit of despondency, at Tekoa,
Wednesday. He had been employed on
the railroad and being discharged be
came discouraged and put an end to bis
existence. It was expected the body
would arrive at Hood River this morn
ing on the Spokane flyer, and the funeral
would take place this afternoon. Harry
was of a remarkably jolly temperament
and the last person on earch one would
Buspect of giving way to despondency.
Mr. King of San Francisco, accom
panied by his son, came up on the Reg
ulator yesterday. Mr. King's son was
the young gentleman who was organist
in Emanuel church, San Francisco, at
the time of the murder of Blanche La
mont, and who testified to seeing Dur
rant come down from the .belfry. He
also testified as to Durrant's condition,
he being pale and apparently sick, and
saying he waB overcome with gas, as he
had been fixing the burners. King
went out and got Durrant a dose of
bromo seltzer and was in the church at
the latest, only a few moments after the
murder.
All the plans for the High Jinks are
fully completed, and itpromises to be
one of the events of theA'ear, in the way
of rolicking fun. The skirt dance by
Miss Pet-cran-shan-fish has never been
excelled before Dalles footlights, and the
song and dance by a creole beauty and
her picininny is immense, besides many
other specialties. All the young ladies
in town are to be there, and, of course,
all the young irren will be on band and
cheerfully pungle up their little quarter
of a dollar at the entrance at Mies Lays
gate, Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock.
Refreshments are to be served without
extra charge.
The Virtue's Cleanup.
Along with the many other things of
interest that are down on the program
for tournament week the hundreds of.
visitors from abroad will be given an
opportunity to see more gold in its
native state than was ever their lrt to
behold before coming to Baker City.
At the First National Bank yesterday
the retorts from the Virtue mine for the
month were received and displayed on
the counters to admiring crowds. The
value of the bullion was $20,000 or
more.
This is only one instance of the many
offering proofs of the great mineral
wealth lying almost within the gates of
our city and is sufficient evidence of the
substantial foundation of the Denver of
Oregon. Democrat.
St. Joseph's School Program.
The following is the program for the
closing exercises at St. Joseph's school
this evening at 8 o'clock :
Our Hqpps Home Solo nnd Chorus
llondo-jerc Vima (Solo
Free Stumps.
The Laughing Boy The Minims Number
Select Reclamation.........
Dumb Bell Drill.
Golden Rule ,
Angel's Dream ... ..Orchestra
Our flog By the Juniors
DerDieb ;otul
Obedient Servants Dialogue
Comic Song
Farce , .
Farewell Chorus by the School
Awarding of Class Honors.
Children under 14 not admitted.
Yuy lour Taxes.
The county court is determined that
the taxes shall be collected closely and
that the delinquent list shall practically
vanish. To accomplish this the court
has made an imperative order, acting
under which the iberidf in collecting
taxes will be compelled to add all costs
of collection on and after July 1st.
Steps will be taken to enforce collections
as rapidly as possible after July 1st, and
those who wish to avoid costs will do
well to pay up before the date named.
jll.jlyl
BRAVE EDITH FRENCH.
With IJofB and lievolver fche PlghU
Throe liurglnrs.
A dark face at the window awoke
Edith French, aged 10, at 2 a. m. Thurs
day morning, June 3d, savs the New
York World.
It was a chilling sight. The young
girl, with two friends scarcely her
seniors, bad come down to the hand
Bonie old homestead in the outskirts of
Port Republic on Monday to open it up
and prepare it for the coming of the
family. It ie a lonesome house, sur
rounded by broad meadows and groves
and cultivated land, for the Frenches
are the richest family in the county and
have a farm to be proud of.
The only persons in the houBe Inst
night were the three young girls and a
hired man. who slept far away in the
rear.
Amid such circumstances as these the
girl was awakened by the face at the
window. It was only there for a mo
ment. It disappeared as the burglar
softly crept aiong the roof of the porch
that fronted her window, seeking a
means of entrance.
For a moment she was as one para
lyzed. It was only for a moment, how
ever. Ab her faculties grew clear the
innate courage of the girl returned. She
remembered that in a certain drawer
there was a fine, big navy revolver,
while out iii the barn was a pack of flue
bounds.
She stole out of bed and crept softly to
the bureau. The pistol was there, its
five chambers loaded, and her hand
grew steady as she raised the hammer.
Stealing into the room occupied by
her girl friendB, she quietly waked them
up and whispered for them not to stir or
cry out, no matter what they heard.
They were glad enough to cower be
neath the bed-clothes and let her do all
the fighting.
Heart m mouth, but courage still un
dimmed, th" young girl stole softly
downstairs. Every creak made her stop,
and her heart was thumping loudly
against tier ribs as she descended into
the darkness. But she kept on.
She opened a back door softly and
listened. No sound came to her ears.
She crept out. There was a long shad
ow on the line to the barn, She kept in
it, thankful that the moon had not yet
grown old enough to furnish any light.
She reached the barn In safety, and
the big dogs sprang on her, wild wit
pleasure at the unexpected visit of their
mistress. She bade them to Btay down.
Three men came round the corner of
the house. They stopped aghast as they
saw the white-robed figure coming tow
ards them. Two men with a muttered
command ran in at the door she bad
left open behind her. The other one
came towards her.
With mounting courage she went out
to meet him. A real man was not half
so terrible as the imaginary ones she
bad been carrying in her mind. She
thrust her revolver into bis face.
"Sick him I" she cried. And the
faithful dogs sprang at the intruder, who
Our attention Jtas ffeen called to the advertisements of a Dalles linn, other
than our Agents, ottering Maker Barb Wire.
Pease & Mays have been our Exclusive Agents
At The Dalles for many years for tho sate of our linker Perfect Barb Wire.
Genuine Baker Wire Can be Bought Only of Them.
This Wire is manufactured under dur patents; tho name is copyrighted,
and our attorney is now preparing to bring suits against the manufacturer
of this spurious' Wire, and we desire to givo notice that all,
SELLERS and PURCHASERS ALIKE, are LIABLE.
Cheap, undesirable articles of no merit are never imitated.
The great superiority of our wire has cavised other wire to be stamped Baker.
You buy Baker Wiro, not on account of tho name, but because of tho su
perior excellence of the wire which bus been tested to your on tiro satisfaction.
Then Purchase Your Wire of PEASE & MAYS,
Our Accredited. Agents at The Dalles,
For no other firm there has or can secure Bakor Perfect Barb Wire.
205 Oregonian Bldg., Portland, Or.
BAKER DEPARTMENT,
CONSOLIDATED STEEL & WIRE CO.
H. J. McMANUS, Manager.
turned and fled, while they snapped at
his heels.
The other men dashed out. One of
them aimed a vicious blow at the bend
of the young girl. She answered it with
a shot. Then came the shrieks of tho
girls upstairs, unable longer to contain
themselves. And then tho burglars
ran, the dogs tearing at them as they
went.
At daylight blood was found upon tho
ground, but whether it was drawn by a
bullet or the teeth of the dogs can only
be conjectured. A full kit of burglar's
tools was found on the place. Mies
French is the hero of Port Republic.
TOURNAMENT AT BAKER.
The Time Jtlude by the Competing
Team.
Early Wednesday forenoon Eevoral
thousand people assempled at the Har
rison street racing course to witness the
races. The fpeed contest was first on
the list aud the teams ran iu tho follow
ing order :
Speed contest Waltsburg, 24;, Pen
dleton, 23 3-5; Huntington, 25 ; Haker
No. 5, 24 ; 'La Grande, 23 3-5 ; Baker No.
3, 25 2-5; Walla Walla, 23 3-5.
Three teams being tied for first place,
it became necessary to run oil' the tie,
which resulted as follows :
Pendleton, 23 3-5; La Grande, 23 4-5;
Walla Walla, 23 3-5.
It was decided to run tho race of!" after
the wet test in the afternoon.
Ia the afternoon the crowd had in
creased to about 4000. The time in the
wet test was given as follows :
Waitsburg, 43 j Pendleton, 35 1-5;
Huntington, 47 2-5; Baker No. 5, no
time; La Grande, 30 2-5; Walla Walla,
34.
Then came the run-oir between Pen
dleton and Walla Walla with the follow
ing official result ;
Pendleton, 23 3-5; Walla Walla, 23
1.5.
Then came the hook and ladder con
test with the following result :
Baker City No. 1, 21 4-5; Waitsburg,
24.
Cocked Hut Tournament.
The following is the score of the
Dalles participants in the individual
tournament now being, bowled.by mem
bers of the Northwest Cocked if at Asso
ciation. Tho first column gives the
iiumber oi games uowieu tue seconu
the average score :
O Schmidt ...100
W Wilson 64
L Houghton 69
W LBradshaw 100
Joe Bonn 31
J O Hontetler 03
GeoO Blakeley.. 44
H Lonsdale ..., 64
id f'u
A J Tolrale 30
FAVanNordei .57
B F Laughlln 40
John Hampshire 17
P W DeHuffT. 82
H H Riddejf 25
A D McCuly 45
Leo Schan&o 3
37.22
35.59
35 20
34.23
33.48
33.57
32.07
31.60
31.08
30.05
30.08
30 01
20.88
20,44
27.47
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Be Not Alarmed
By the so-called "WAHN1NG" of our competitors. The threat
mndo to our customers is nothing more nor less than a big bind" of a
would-be monopoly.
Our Baker Barbed Wiro was purchased from one of tho largest
concerns in tho United States; o.ich spool is branded "Genuine Baker
Warranted, and wo invito comparison with any other mako of Wire.
Wo have bought nearly 100,000 pounds of this wire for SPOT
CASH, at the right price, and propose to give our customers the benellt
of it. Wo are not holding it for u fancy price, and claiming it to bo tho
best Wiro on eurtii. It is worth no more than any other good Wire,
but is a good as any, and wo are ee.lliug it as low as any. Compare
our so-called "Spurious" Wire with tho ONLY Baker PKBFKOT, be
fore buying, and get our prices. We are making prices that should get
your trade.
MAYS & CROWE.
Baby Carriages
JUST AMUVED AT T11H
Jacobson Book & Music Co.
Where will also bo found tho largest and most com
plete lino of Pianos, and other Musical Instruments
in Eastern Oregon.
Complete Line of FISHING TACKLE,
Notions, Base Ball Goods, Hammocks, Books and
Stationery at Bedrock Prices.
New Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon.
GEORGE RUCH
PIONEER GROCER.
(Kuccwwor to ClirUmun iSi Coreon.
'" FULL LINE OF
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES.
Again in business at the old stand. I would be pleased to
see all my former patrons. Frt;o delivery to any part of town.
Lumber, Building1 Material and Boxes
TradedorHay, Grain, Bacon, Lard, &c.
ROWE & CO..
The Dalles Or