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Talking About Shoes
We have decided to close out our entire line of
Ladies' Ox-Blood and Tan Itaee and Button Shoes,
That sell regularly for from $3 to $5, at
$2.50 PER PAIR
Until sold out. They will not last long at this price,
and first comers have first choice. Displayed in
center window.
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Traveling Bass Grips &.
A Complete X.lne of Leather
and Wicker Grips,
Traveling Bags and Telescopes
Leather Grips at from $1.50 to 7.50
Wicker Grips at from 50 to 1.25
Wicker Telescopes at from 30 to 75
These goods are displayed
in our furnishing goods
window.
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ALL GOODS MARKED IN
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PEASE & MAYS
Th3 Dalles Daily Chronicle.
SATURDAY,
- AUGUST 14, 1897
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against The
Dalles National Bank, of The Dalles,
Oregon, mast present the same to H. 8.
Wilson, receiver, with the legal proof
thereof, within three months from the
date hereof, rhev mav be disallowed.
WashingtbnTrvt!., Jane 5, 1897.
. - James H. Eckels,
yj Comptroller.
IDE GLEANINGS.
Bandana ODservations and Local Kventa
of Lesser Magnitude.
"Ob, hear my plea!" the lover cried,
"And, If yon do not yield,
I'll pull my freight direct and straight
For Klondike's frozen field.
Mayhap in that bleak atmosphere,
. I'll perish with the cold,
Or yet 1 may come back some day,
With barrels full of gold!"
"Go Ret the gold," she said, "and when
You s got it, tackle me again "
Denver Post.
The telephone to Goldendale was com
plete this week. --
Wheal took a jump in Chicago Thurs
day from 81 toy84J. ,
It is ramored that President Chap
man, of the state university, baa re
signed. Senator McBride is not in Portland,
as has been reported, but is under his
physician's care in New York City.
Umatilla county will send an exhibit
to the Spokane fruit fair. Wasco connty
would be benefited by following this ex
ample. s
Tomorrow the Lutherans will bold
their last service at the court house as
the basement of their new church wiH
be ready for use by the following Sun
day. The funeral of the late Mrs. Christina
Gosser will take place from the family
residence tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock, Rev. L. Gray conducting the
services.
The city recorder's office, that can
usually be depended on for a small local
or two, has gone back on the newspaper
fraternity, and, lke every other source
of news, has run dry.
The Populists of Ohio, by an over
whelming vote at their recent state con
vention, refused to fuse with the De
mocracy, and nominated a full state
ticket with "Keep off the-Grafs" Coxey
for governor. The Ohio Populists are
getting particular about their associates.
Cbauncey Depew has written a
"poem." As one peruses its halting
lines, doubt is forced into ones mind
concerning bis ability as an after din
ner speaker, but perhaps Chauncey
wasn't full of champagne when he wiote
the poem. He certainly wasn't full of
ideas.
A Boodly number of tickets have been
Bold for the excursion tonight, but there
is room for all. The Regulator leaves
the wharf at 9 o'clock, and will run
down below Memaloose island, arriving
home at midnight. The evening on the
river will be delightful, and the trip one
long to be remembered.
It would be interesting as an experi
ment to hold one of the D. P. & A. N.
steamets here all day, just to see at what
hour the last passenger would go trot
ting down the incline with a grip in one
hand and a wildly waving handkerchief
in the other. We have nickles that say
the last straggler would not be at the
dock before dark.
Three families arrived at Eugene Mon
day evening, having come all the way
from Nebraska by the wagou route.
They left their old home May 5th, and
hence made the drive across the plains
in three months. Their horses and
wagons showed the effect of their long
journey across the plains. These people
have come to cast their lot in Oregon,
and expect to locate west of Eugene,
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Mr. Ezra Campbell, of Columbia
county, has invented a device to fasten
on the thresher by means of which all
weeds and wild oats are completely re
moved from grain. The arrangement is
said to work to perfection, and eaves a
great deal of labor as well as money.
It is a very simple contrivance, and he
has had a large cumber of them manu
factured and sold during the past two
weeks.
John Thomas, the prospector who en
gaged in a pitched battle in a crowded
street at Spokane with the police Tues
day afternoon, died at 9 o'clock Thurs
day night from bullet wounds received
in the fight. Ole Oleson, one of his vie
timp, lies in a precarious condition with
a fighting show for life. C. A. Dayis,
who received one of Thomas' bullets in
the shoulder, is doing well, and will be
but in a week.
The ladies of St. Peters church will
ve a moonlight excursion on the
steamer Regulator this (Saturday) even
ing, leaving here at 9 p. m. and return
ing at 12. The profits arising from this
excursion will go into the fund for the
new church, and being a worthy cause,
should be liberally patronized by the
people of The Dalles. Music for the ex
cursion will be furnished by the band.
Tickets 50 cents.
A Mrs. Davis of Virginia, whose first
child was puny and died, vowed she
would spend her life in devotions if an
other child should be spared to her.
Upon its birth she began to pray for it
to grow, and her prayers were so power
ful that in two months it weighed fifty
pounds, in two years 103 pounds, and at
13 rears 584 pounds.- A sinter aged 9
weighs 380. and another dainty little
Bister, aged 7, weighs 286 pounds."
And now comes a man named Webb,
who has been up to Dyea and insists
that the name of the new landing near
that town is Shkagway and not Skaguay.
We have patiently followed the vagaries
of the Klondike spell, bnt we do not
prop se to Btand this spelling by ear of
every man anxions to see his name in
print. Skaguay it was and Skaguay it
shall remain for us. We knew a girl
back in Illinois whose name was
Swigart, bat her parents spelled it
Schweigckhardt and she stuck to it,
until she married a banker named
Faaenansen. Plain Skaguay is worth
staying with.
The first consignment of winter wheat
from Latah, Idaho, was made Monday
by J. G. White & Co. A portion of the
consignment, 1935 bushels, was grown
on the A. A. Bell farm, one mile east of
Latah. The wheat was grown on thirty
five acres, and yielded over fitty-five
bushels to the acre. This wheat is
known as the Jones Winter Fife, and
veraged 143 pounds to the sack. Local
rain merchants say it is the finest qual-
ty they ever saw.
John Crow, a prominent farmer on
e Umatilla reservation, met with a
d accident Wednesday morning at tbe
harley Warner ranch, five miles from
endleton. He was driving a young
horse, which was wild and restless, and
finally ran away with its mate. The
wagon went into a ditch and upset,
throwing Mr. Crow beneath the wheels.
They ran over bis shoulders and face,
breaking his collar-bone in two places.
His face was badly scratched and peeled.
If advance in the price of property is
an indication of approaching good times
then prosperity is advancing with giant
strides upon Skamania county. Before
the Board of Equalization, Wednesday,
agents of the Oregon Lumber Company
insisted that the eaBt eide flume at
Chenowith was practically of no value,
and induced the Board to cut down the
assessment from $1500 to $700 but tbe
very next day the price of that same
flume jumped to $4000, as evidenced by a
letter from them to a would be purchas
er. Surely prosperity ia coming. Ska
mania Pioneer.
or Interest to A. o. l. W. Men.
At tbe late meeting of the Oregon
grand lodge, A. O. U. W., some very
important changes were made in the
method of levying assessments, by
adopting a graduated system already in
force in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky,
New York and Illinois and seven or
eight other states. The new arrange
ment goes into effect January 1, 1898.
It is estimated that eight assessments a
year will be required to meet the de
mands of the beneficiary fund. Pro
vision is also made for the creation of a
permanent contingent fund for which
an extra assessment is required, making
nine in all. Under the graded system
members will be required to pay as fol
lows: 1 Assessment 9 Assessments
18 to 24 veara $1 20
25 to 29 " 1 30
30 to 34 " 1 44
1 66
2 02
2 62
3 56
A new feature was adopted by the
Oregon grand lodge that is distinctively
its own, whereby members over 50 years
of age having been connected with the
order twenty yeara are placed upon a re
tired list and required to pay not less
than two nor ' more than five assess
ments per year.
35 to 39 "
40 to 44 "
45 to 49 "
50 and over
$10 80
11 70
12 96
14 94
18 18
23 68
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"The Delft"
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Enameled
Ware. -
Mixed Blue and White out
side and White inside.
"The Delft" is . the latest
ware out in cooking utensils.
Prices are ahout the same as
granite ware, and a great deal
cheaper than the aluminum
waro, and prettier than either
of them. Call and see the
goods at
MAIER& BENTON'S
167 Second Street.
FROM SKAGUAY TOWN.
John Parrot Writes His Opinion of
Existing Conditions.
Iiyea, Aug. 7, 1897.
Editor Chronicle :
No pen or language can describe the
excitement of the two mining camps,
Skaguay Bay and Dyea. There are
thousands of wild excited men rushing
to and fro, each one trying to get ahead
of the other. We had to organize and
put out guards before we could get our
ship crew to work unloading. Every
man wanted his goods first, and no one
could get anything. It ia simply im
possible for over fifty per cent to get
over the pass before winter. Dr. Sid-
dall and myself expect to reach Lake
Bennett in about three weeks. It will
take us until winter, if we have good
luck, to reach Dawson City.
Men are making $20 per day here
with a wheelbarrow. Only one man has
a team at Skaguay Bay. He makes
from $100 to $150 per day.
The George W. Elder cast anchor at
Skaguay Bay at 8:30 o'clock yesterday
evening. There waa a question as to
which would suit better, the Skaguay
Bay and White Pass or Dyea and Chil
coot Pass. Chilcoot is about 3500 feet
above sea level and White's is about
2400 feet. The latter haa a good pack
trail for horses, while the former haa
only a foot trail, and is very steep and
difficult to cross. The majority of this
crew will go the Skaguay. The distance
is about thirty-three miles from water
to water. One horBe can pack 150
pounds and make the round trip in four
days.
The-shorea here are shoal and our ship
ia anchored about half a mile from land
and ia unloaded by lighters. Tbe horses
are pushed overboard and have to swim
ashore. The Cascade mountains are as
potato bills compared with the scenery
between Jueneau and Dyea. The num
erous glaciers can only be described by
seeing them. There are several tourists
on board that have been in Switzerland
and the Yosemite and all other noted
places in the world and they say this far
surpasses anything they ever saw.
I do not think we are going to have
any difficulties in getting across, only
we will be delayed some. This is Sun
day morning and we are still on the
ship, but expect to get off today. Some
outfits are not going to try to cross the
pass until winter and then go over in
sleighe. There has been two men
drowned since we landed here, on ac
count of carelessness on their part.
I will close byad vising my friends who
wish to come to the Klondike to wait
and start about the 1st of March and
come by the way of Skaguay bay and
White's pass. John Pabrott.
Wanted Two unfurnished rooms or
small house, below the bluff preferred.
Inquire at this office.
A good gentle Jersey milch cow for
aale cheap. Call on J. A. Warner,
White Salmon, Wash.' all-diwlt
Creamery butter, sweet potatoes,
lemons, etc., at Maier & Benton's, al-tf
Bi3 Drop ir; priee5
of Bieyels.
The season is getting late, and to close out
our stock now on hand we have marked them
down to
lj3S5 tfyap QD8t .....
MAYS & CROWE.
Jos. T. Peters & Co.
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DEALERS IN
Agricultural Implements, Champion
Mowers and Reapers, Craver Headers, Bain
Wagons, Randolph Headers and Reapers, ,
Drapers, Lubricating Oils, Axle Grease.
Blacksmith. Coal and Iron.
Agents tor Waukegan Barb Wire.
2nd Street, Cor. Jefferson, . THE DALLES.
SPECIAL SALE!
PIANOS
and ORGANS,
For ONE "WEEK ONLY at
Jacobson Book & Music Co.
Bed-Rock Pries and terms to suit purchaser.
New Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon.
Wasco Warehouse Company
Headquarters for Seed Grain of an kinds.
Headquarters for Feed Grain of an kinds.
Headquarters for Rolled Grain, ail kinds.
Headquarters for Bran. Shorts, mTed
Headquarters for "Byers Best" Pendle-
-y- TT'lonT This Flour is manufactured expressly for family
Lt-J. . use: every Back is guaranteed to give satisfaction.
We sell our goods lower than any bonse in the trade, and if you don't think bo
call and get oar prices and be convinced.
Highest Prices Paid for Wheat, Barley and Oats.
GEORGE RUCH
rONEERGROCERT
Successor to Chrlsman & 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.
who
has the best Dress Goods
has the best Shoes
has everything to be found in a
first-class Dry Goods Store.
C. F. STEPHENS.