V
Tte Dalles Daily Ghrcte.
"faems almosfreeT
Email Homesteads in Pennsylvania
Very Cheap.
Deserted Homci with Good Aecoi
aodatlons That May Be HsKl
for One Dollar m
Month.
' A traveling1 man who returned from
a business trip by wag-on through east
Pennsylvania said to the Sun corre
spondent: "There isnoneed for any eastern man
to go west for a free farm. In my trav
els just ended I passed more than a
dozen deserted homes in the country
good homes and stables, with not a
sign of an occupant. Some of these
homes have a dozen fertile acre's each,
a good spring, some woodland, and
fences still in fair condition. At other
places the acreage was not so large. At
one place there were 15 acres.
"In the northern part of Berks coun
ty, where the soil is dark and good, I
came across a two-story frame house
with five rooms and an out kitchen, a
bake oven, pigsty, and a small frame
barn. There was a garden, too, all over
run with weeds. No one had lived there
for two years." I asked the owner of a
big farm near by what the matter was.
He said there was nothing the matter
with the place, only the right man had
not come along yet. It had ten acres,
and the farmer was working those acres
along with his own rather than let
them be overgrown with weeds and
Canada thistles, to spoil his own land1.
The owner gets no rent. The house and'
barn are nailed shut and everything is
going to decay. 'They have a good well
of water, too, and a good spring down,
there under the willow trees,' said the
farmer. 'The man who lived there last
moved to town, saying he could not
make a living and pay the rent of. $24
a year. Think of a nice country home
like this for $24 a year, and yet not
rented! Any good man and wife can
get along on such a place, yet people
are not renting it. They ought to be
able to make ends meet on ten acres.
A man could keep a horse, a cow or
two, chickens or ducks, and could raise
a good many things on ten acres. It's
a slow man who can't pick up odd jobs
in the country to make his rent and
have a little besides.
"Notwithstanding all that the farmer
said, the fact remains tliat dozens of
such little country .homes in eastern
Pennsylvania are entirely deserted and
nailed shut. I have now in my mind a
very nice house with a front yard, grape
arbor, garden with picket fence, bake
oven, outhouse, stable, and nine acres
of ground, located on a hillside over
looking a beautiful valley. That place
has been deserted for two years. The
man who last lived there got a job in
the city and now pays ten dollars a
month rent, whereas he couldn't pay
$1.50 a month in the country. It is a
puzzle to me why men can't get along
on ten good acres like that. I can only
conclude "that they are too lazy to work.
"The other day I doubled' the roacfc
and noticed that a formerly desertedi
house near Churchtown was occupied.
It surprised me. I stopped and learned
.that a city family on a vacation had
.taken the house for two weeks, and
were having a picnic in the country.
The housewife said it was a shame that
such a nice house should be tenantless
and deserted. Twenty dollars would
fix up the kitchen and chimney, and a
smart man could make the ten fertile
acres blossom like the rose, but the
great trouble is to find the smart man
who wants to leave the city and live
in the country as a small farmer.
"The other day a good house, new
frame stable for two cows, 12 acres,
good garden, fruit trees, good well of
water, grape arbors, bake oven, and all,
sold for $150. The buyer paidi$25 cash,
and gave his note for a year for the bal
ance. The place had- rented for one
dollar a month, and the tenant cheated
.the landlady out of a year's rent, so
phe sold the farm rather than have it
among the deserted.
'An able-bodied man with a few hun
dred dollars can buy a good little home
at many nice' places in eastern Penn
sylvania, and if he makes up his mind
to pitch in, be saving, and work when
it doesn't rain, he can live comfortably.
.The trouble seems to be that so many
men would rather loaf than earn a liv
ing." N. Y. Sun.
The Hindoo Funeral.
IWhen a Hindoo dies the services of an
(undertaker are not needed, as word is
immediately sent to the relatives and
friends of the deceased, who meet at
the house and. attend to all the details
of the funeral. Some of them buy at
the bazar the articles necessary for
the ceremony, such as a piece of linen,
copper pots, pieces of sandalwood, one
earthen pot, some "ghee," or clarified
butter, rice, a few split chips of bam
boo and two strong bamlboo poles for
the bier. In rainy weather some oil
and resin to revive the flames are added
to the stock of necessaries. A sacred
grass, the "durbhasr," and some "tulsi"
leaves are spread oyer the bier. It is
very necessary that the son of the de
ceased should perform the ceremony.
If he is absent at the time of the death
the father or brother of the deceased or
some other male member of the family
may take his place. When there is no
on in the family one is adopted for the
purpose, Chicago Inter Ocean.
SUMMONS.
IS THE CIRCUIT COURT of the State of Ore
gon for Wasco County. .
The Oreiron Railroad & Navigation Company, a
corporation organized under the laws of the
State oj ! Oregon, Plaintiff, -
va I
Thomas J. Bulger and Bnler, bis wife,
whose given name is unknown to ntift';
It. L. Catea. George Gurd:uer and Fanule E.
Gardiner, Defendants.;..
To Thomas J. Bulger, - Bulger, whose given
name is unknown to pluinuil, George Gardi
ner and Fannie E. Gardiner, defendants.
IX THE NAME OF THE STATE Ob' OREGON
you and each of you are hereby required to ap
pear a d answer the complaint filed against you
in tho above entitled action on or before the
iirt day of the term of the above entitled court
following the expiration of the time prescribed
in the order for the publication of this sum
mons, to wit: on or bef.ir the 8th day of No
vember, 1897, that being the first day of the next
regular term of said court, and if you fail to so
appear and answer the complaint of the plain
tut; for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the judgment prayed for in said
complaint, towit: 1-or the condemnation and
appropriation for a right-of-way for a railroad of
a strip of land one hundred feet wide over and
across the following described lands: Commenc
ing at a olnt 11S0 fett north from the southeast
comer of the southwest quarter of section six,
towm-hip two north, range eight east, in Wasco
county, Oregon, thence north 70 feet to a point;
thence north Sti degrees 34 minutes east, 280 feet
to.'a point in the 1 brth boundary of the right-of-way
of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany, now oregou Railroad and Navigation
Company's right-of-way; thence southwesterly
along said north boundary of said right-of-way
to the place of beginning, containing 22-11.0 acres.
Al-so another tract of laud si'uated in said sec
tion six, described as follows, to-wit: Com
mencing at a point in the south boundary of the
rigi i-of-way of the said Oregon Railroad and
Navigation Company, which poiut is 1175 feet
north and 290 feet east of the southeast corner of
the uthwest quarter of section six, township
two uoitli, range eight fast: thence north 86 de
grees and S4 minute east, 815 feet to a point on
me south boundary of the said right-of-wav ;
ihence on a curve to the lelt with and along the
said boundary of said right-of-way in a westerly
course to the place of beginning, containing
47-100 acres; said land to used for the re-location
of the railway of said plaintiff's across said
premises as provided by section 3241, Hill's An
notated i aws of the State of Oregon. And plain
till' will alto take judgment for its cos's and dis
bursements in this action.
this summons is served upon the defendants
above named by pnb:ication thereof iu The
1i ali.es Cjirokjclb by order of Hon. W. L. Brad,
shaw, Judge of the Seventh Judicial District. of
tlie State of Oregon, made at chambers in Dalles
City, uiegon, this 25th dav of September, 1807.
W. W. COTTON,
J. M. LONG and
W. H. WILSON,
sept25 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
A LEARNED HERMIT.
WUe Country Folk Are Huh Inter,
eated In Rim.
In the edge of Wise county, Va., not
far from Pound Gap, lives one of the
most scholarly men in the south. He is
a hermit, living in a mountain cabin,
with no companion save his dogs, says
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Forty years ago Henry Lewis was a
leading society man of Baltimore, but
the girl whom he loved proved false.
He fled to the old world, hoping to
drown his love amid the gay scenes of
Paris, London and Rome. Later he
went to Egypt, passed through Asia
and returned to America the day after
Port Sumter was fired upon.
He joined the confederate army and
served with distinction to the close of
the war. After the war Lewis bought
his mountain cabin. and has been liv
ing the life of a recluse ever since. He
has a fine library, of which he makes
good use.
Once a month he goes to the neigh
boring village and lays in his supplies.
He is a fine linguist and is well versed
in geology, mineralogy, -ornithology,
but never talks upon these subjects un
less requested to do so by those who
visit him.
Lewis is nearing 70 and is growing
feebler every day and it can't be long
before he passes away. It is the opinion
of the country folk that Lewis is only
an assumed name and that on his death
bed he will reveal his identity.
Jr. King's New IUcovery fur Cosninp
tlon. This is the beet medicine in the world
lor all iorins of Coughs, Colds and Con
sumption. Every bottle is ganranteed.
It will care and not disappoint. It has
no equal for Whooping Cough, Asthma,
Hay Fever, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, La
tirippe, Cold in the Head and Consump
tion. It is safe for all ages, pleasant to
take, and, above all, a sure cure. If is
always we'.i to take Dr. King's New Life
Pills in connection with Dr. King's New
Discovery, as they regulate and tone the
stomach and bowels. We guarantee per
fect satisfaction or return money. Free
trial bottles at Blakeley & Houghton's
Drug Store. Regular size 50 cents and
$1.00. . (6j
&. SPECBALT YSsysiK
mtsji&vjix permanently
cared In 16 to 35 days. Yoc can be treated at
oome for Bam e price under same gruarau
fcy. If you prefer tocomaiiere we wilicon
trflft.tnnnVMllmar) t.nl J
Eocbaree, If we tail to cure. If you have taken mer
mv,uiu? uauisc, una etui nave acnes and
pains. Mucous Patches in mouth, Sore Throat.
Simples, Copper Colored Spots, Ulcers on
any part of the body, Klair or Eyebrows falling"
out, it is this Secondare vtf.orr Pnisna
i we guarantee to etire. We solicit the most obsti
I rnita naua una hallAn& i
.no wvui-au iur em
2!SSEan.0.t.0,ir.eJ Tnis """ease has always
baffled the skill of the most eminent n'.ivsl
cian. SoOO.OOO capital behind our uncondt.
tlonal guaranty. Absol ute proof s sent sealed on
application. Address COOK. REMEDY CO.
A NEWMARKET.
FRUIT, VEGETABLES
POULTRY, -.' V : V
FISH ; AND G-AME.
Chickens Dressed to Order.
Promt Delivery to. any part
' of the city.
A. N. VARNEY,
Phone 12. Tbird and Washington Ste.
LODD POISON
NOTICE-SALE OF CITY LOTS.1
Notice- ia hereby given jthat.br au-;:
thoritjr of ordinance No 292, ' which .
passed the Common Council of Dalles
City April 10th, 1897, entitled, "An or
dinance to provide for the sale of certain
lots belonging to Dalles City," I will, on
Saturday, the 15lh day of May. 1897;
eelr at public auction, to the highest
bidder, all the following lots and parts
of lots in GateB addition to Dalles City,';
Wasco county, Oregon, to-wit:
Lots 9 and 10 jointly, in block 14; lots
7, 8, 9 and 10, jointly in block 15; lots
7, 8, 9, and 10, jointly in block 21.
known as' bntte; lots 10, 11 and 12, in
clock 27 ; lot 9 iu block 34 ; lota 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in block 35;
lots 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, in block
36; lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and
12, in block 37; lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
9, 10, 11 and 12, in block 42 ; lots 1, 2, 3,
4, 5 9, 10 and 11, in block 43; lots 1. 2,
3, 7, 10, 11 and 12, in bloeU 41, and lots
1, 2, 3, 4, O, 6, in block 4b.
The reasonable value of sa. lots, for
less than which they will do, no eold,
has been nxed snd deter mi neu by the
Common Council of Dalles City as fol
lows, to-wit: '
Lots 9 and 10, iu block 14, $150; lots
7, 8, 9 and 10, jointly in block 15, $200;
lots 7. o, a ana 10, jointly in block zi,
$200; lot 10, in block 27, $225; lot 11, in
block 27,' $225; lot 12, in block 27, $300 J
lot 9, in olock 34, $100; lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 8,
9, 10 and 11, in block 35, each respect
ively. $100; lots 6 aDd 7, in block 35,
each respectively $125; lots 2, 3, 4, 8, 9,
10 p.nd 11. in block 36, each respectively
$J 00 ; lot 1 2, in block 36, $125 ; lots 3,4,
5, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in block 37, each re
spectively $100; lots 6, 7 and 12, in
block 37, each ' respectively $125;
lots 2, 3, 10 and 11, in block
41, each respectively $100; lots 1,
7 and 12, in block 41, each respectively
$125; lots 3, 4, 5,8,9, 10 and 11, in
block 42, each i espectively $100 ; lot e ,
6 and 12. in block 42, each respectively
$125 ; lo.s 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11, in
block 43; each respectively $100; lotl,
in block 43, $125; lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, in
block 46, each respectively. $100; lots 1
and 6, in block 46, each respectively
$125.
Each of these lots will be eold upon
the lot respectively, and none of them
will be sold for a less sum than the value
thereof, as above stated;
One-fourth of the price bid on any of
said lota shall be paid in cash at the
time of sale, and the remainder in three
equal payments on or before, one, two
and three-years from the date. of said
sale, wilh interest on snch deferred pay
ments at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum, payable annually; provided
that the payment may be niade in full
at any time at the option of the pur
chaser. The said sale will begin on the 15th
day of May, 1897, at the hour cf 2
o'clock p. m. of said day, and will con
tinue from time to time until all of eaid
lots snail be sold.
Dated this 13th day of April, 1897.
Gilbert W. Phelps,
Recorder of Dalles City.
NOTICE.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
By order of the common council of
Dalles City, made on the 19th day of
September, 1897, and entered of record
in the records of Dallps City on the 20th
day of September, 1897, notice is hereby
given that the following cross walks
have been declared dangerous by said
council on said 19th day of September,
1897, and the eaid council will proceed
to make the improvements as herein
after stated, on said streets, or parts of
streets declared dangerous, after fourteen
days after the first publication of this
notice, to-wit, September 30th, 1897,
and the costs of such improvements of
all such cross walks, and of each of
them, will be charged and levied upon
the property abutting, as by charter
provided.
The cross walks declared danzerons
and about to be built are as follows, to
wit :
1. To build a cross walk on the aet
side of Federal street, across Second
street.
2. To build a croes walk across Jef
ferson street on the north side of Second
street.
3. To build a cross walk across Court
street on the north side of Second street.
4. To build a cross walk across Wash
ington street on the south side ot Fourth
street.-
5. To bnild a cross' walk across Jef
ferson street on the south side ot Second
street.
6. To build a cross walk . across
Laughlin street on the north side of
eecond street.
7. To build a cross walk across Second
street on the east side of Court street: ..: .
8. To build a cross walk across Third
street on the east side of Federal street.
- All of eaid cross walks will be built
and constructed in accordance - with the
provisions of the charter and ordinances
of Dalles Citv. .
Dated this 28th day of Sept., 1897. .'
Roger B. Sinnott, . '
s30-ol3. Recorder of Dalles Ci ty.
J. 8. SCHENK.
. President. .'
H. M. Beall, -
Cashier,-
First Kational Bank:
THE DALLES - - - OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remitted on day of collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
i New York, San Francisco and Port
land. DIRBOTORS.
D. P. Thompson. Jno. 8. Scbbnck.
Ed. M. William8, Geo. A. Llkbb.
H. M. Brall.
WANTED.
Upright and faithful gentlemon or
ladies to travel for responsible estab
lished house in Oregon. Monthly $65
and expenses. . Position steady. Refer
erence. Enclose self-addressed stamped
envelope. The Dominion Company,
Dept. H., Chicago. o5-15
i if .
0 llll rj''
f: TWICE 'X'
FOR THE I fl J FOR THE
And reap the benefit of the following
CLUBBING RATES.
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CHRONICLE and N. Y. Weekly Tribune :
CHRONICLE and Weekly Oregoriian-.
CHRONICLE and S. F. Weekly Examiner
WORLD
TRIBUNE
OREGONL&N
EXAMINER
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We now have for. sale at our ranch, near Ridgeway, Wasco
County, Oregon, 260 head of
THREE-QUARTER-BREED : SHROPSHIRE : BUCKS.
Also fifty bead of THOROUGHBRED SHROPSHIRE
BUCKS.. The above Bucks are all large, fine fellows, and
will be eold to the sheepmen of Eastern Oregon at prices
to snit the times. The thoroughbreds were imported by
us from Wisconsin, and are the sires of the three-quarter-,
breeds. Any information in regard to them will be cheer
fully furnished by applying by letter to the owners, '
RIDGEWAY, OREGON".
C. W. PHELPS & CO.
-DEALERS IN-
Agricultural
Drapers Manufactured and Repaired.
Pitts' Threshers. Powers and Extras.
Pitts' Harrows and Cultivators.
Celebrated Piano Header.
Lubricating Oils, . Etc.
White Sewing- Machine and Extras.
EAST SECOND STREET.
BLAKELEY
175, Second. Street
ARTISTS MATBEIAIiSt M -
Country and Mail Orders will receive prompt attention.
.$2 00
. 1 75
2 25
. 2 25
FOUR GREAT POPERS
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The Dalles .Oregon
THE
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XjIM-X
FROM THDAllES TO TORTLAND.
PASSENGER RATES.
One way.. $1.50
Round trip 2.50
FREIGHT
RATES
ARE
DOWN".
The Steamer IONE leaves The
Dalles on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays at 6 :30 a. m.
Office in the Baldwin Bnildinsr. foot of
Uniod street. For freight rates, etc, call
on or address
J. S. BOOTH, Gen. Agt.,
The Dalles, Oregon.
Sleeping Cars
Dining Cars
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POINTS EAST and SOUTH
For Information, time .cards, maps and tickets,
cal on or write to
W. C. AIXAWA.Y. Agent, ,
The Dalles, Oregon
A. D. CHARLTON. Asst. G. P. A.,
2S5. Morrison Cor. Third. Portland Oregon
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EKST!
GIVES THE CHOICE OF ; : "
TWO Transcontinental ROUTES!
GREAT
NORTHERN
RAILWAY.
OREGON
SHORT LINE.
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Salt Lake -Denver:-Omaha
Kansas City;
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Low Rates to all Eastern Cities
OCEAN STEAMERS . Leave . Portland .
EverT Fire Days for
SAN FRANCISCO, C Ali.
For rail details call on O. R A Co.'s Agent at
The Dalles, or address
W, H. HURLBURT, Gen. Pass.'Agt -Portland.
Oregon
TIME CARD. .
No.' 4, to Spokane and Great Northern arrives' ",
at 6 p. n., leaves at 6:06?. m.' No. 2, to Pendle',.
ton, Baker City and Union Pacific, arrives at 1:15 . r
a. m., depart at 1:20 a. m.
' No 3, from Spokane' and Great Northern," !"
rive at 8-30 a. m., departs at 8:85 a. m. No.l,
from Baker iCity and Union Pacific, arrives
8:55 a. m., departs at 4:00 a. m. . . . ....,
' Nob. 23 and 24, moving1 east of" The Dalles, will" '
carry ' passengers; No. 2S grrives at 6:80 pJm",V
departs at 12:45 p.m.
Passenrers for Heppner will take train leaving '
here at 6:05 P. m.
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