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Marching Orders
Just issued to the following Goods:
-Wf
ill Hi-i
PRINTS, in fancy and Indigo Blue,
all bright now patterns. Forward,
March at
3 I -4c per yard.
SNOW FLAKK OUTING FLANNEL
in dainty stripes and checks for
4c per yard.
FANCY RIBBONS. We have gotten
together a special collection of Ribbons
in 35c, '15c, and 50c values. You may
have your choice for
25c per yard.
Jleekuieaf fop
Artistie Dressers.
The kind that looks dillbrent from
the ordinary run.
The kind that has style, and snap and
art in it.
The kind that a Gentleman should
wear.
That's the kind of neckwear we offer
at.
15c to $1.25.
We are specialists in Men's wear -shirts,
gloves, hosiery, etc., and exclusive sel
lers in The Dalles of the famous Rufus
Waterhouse & Co. neckwear.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS.
The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
SATURDAY
JUNE -I, I89S
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
Tonight
At tho Vogt.
Hear Hou. Geo. Williams.
Forecast for today, fair.
A Ur6t class milcti cow for sale. Apply
at this office.
Go to the Columbia Candy Factory for
your ice cream sodas.
CORONERS INQUEST.
0. O. F., its members were happily eur- j
prised when their brothers of Coliiinbia i
Lodge, No. 99. I. 0. O.F.,preEented them Hi c.use or Ui Death
with a eet of officers regalia and ban
ners. This )odje is growing steadily,
and itP meetings are alsvavs well at-
tided.
Iv.iet evening at the regular meeting
of Court Ibe Dalles. Sn. iQ.V.nt
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing term: C. R Dio Wilder:
j. j. it. . .u. a. ijnsnini?: ifen. socv
ol Indian Sam
Inquired Into.
Yesterday Coroner Butts held an in
quest over the remains of Indian Sam.
Ttie following is the verdict rendered :
"The Dalles, Or., June 3, 1S98.
We, the jury called and sworn to in
quire into the cause of the death of an
niuian wnose oouy now lies neiore us
J5urgett; S. W., L. F. Pickens; j a'ter uearnK the evidence of tho differ-
B., Lee ' eiu wllIe8ses calleil and sworn find as
t follows :
'That the name of said deceased
Don't forget thit Kellar keeps the
best Ice cream soda in the city. tf
Ice cream soda, ice cream and etrow
berries at the Columbia Candy Factory.
The Jucobson Book & Music Co., have
some benutiful (lower baskets. Call and
see them.
11. M. ltyan, teacher of Mandolin,
Guitar and Bunjo. Headquarters at
Jucobseu's. tf
A new lot of oranges and lemons di
rent from growers, at the Dalles Com
mission Co.
Leave orders for ice with the Stadel
maii Commission Co. Oflice cold storage
building. Phone 49. tf
Dewey keep ice cream soda'.' No, we
tell it, the best in tffe city, at the Co
lumbia Cnndy Factory.
Wonted, competent jrirl to do general
housework. Applicant address "B,"
care Chhomci.u otlice.
Today being the ISJ is the regular col
lection day. Untie your purse strings
and get ready for the collection.
Furnished rooms to rent, also suits of
rooms suitable for housekeeping. Apply
to 19 and 20, Chapman Block. 17
A Sunday school was orgauized at
Erskineville, Sherman county, Sunday,
with Mrs. L. M. Iiust, superintendent.
Quite a number of children will be
continued at St. Peter's church in this
city by Archbishop Gross on Sunday
morning at 10:30 o'clock.
There will be services in the Congre
gational church tomorrow, conducted by
Bev. 11. L. Hopkins, pastor of the Pen
dletou Congregational church.
George Manns, the engineer on the
switch engine in this oity.left on Thurs
day morning's boat for an outing in the
Cascades in the vicinity of the Lock 6,
Last evening a wagonette load of the
members of the Ta'ne class left the city
at 7:30 for the home of Miss Melissa
Hill, on Dry Hollow, where they were
delightfully entertained.
Everyone should endeavor to hear
Judge Williams at the Vot tonight.
He is cue of the most able talkers jn the
state and will tell the truth concerning
the political parties ot Oregon.
The sixth annual reunion of the Ore
gon pioneers of Uraatillacouuty is being
held at Milton. JudgtS. A. Lowell de
livered the address owelccnie on Wed
nesday. A short ajtureee was delivered
by 8. A. Miller, nfcyor of Milton.
Articles of incorporation of tho Moro
Water Company, were unanimously
adopted at the meeting of the flr com
pany and citizens of Moro, Monday
evening. W. 11. Moore, William Hold
er, L. W. Hunting, J. M. Parry and J.
b, Hoeford, are the incorporators, Cap
ital stock, 17,000.
Thursday evening at a special meet
ing of Azalea Rebekau Lodge, No. 99, 1.
j. ivm. Hoering; ijr
Cover; Jr. P., David King.
Fishermon in n.U !,,!, .- ,,.r.rt v, , AIiai wlu 3lne oi said deceased was
the nin of fish yesterday "was the beat ! !)a"1' l"a P,acB of rt"61unce being Rock
of the season. June is the month 0J1 ' Cfeek-" nd being a member of the
which thev depend for their rich liar- ! Rock Creek tribe of Inuians; that he
vest, and it is encouraging to see that , f"" t0 h,s ,,eal" 0,1 June 2d' 1S98' b-v
: they will not be disappointed. The fish ' beUU: run over lu DaIIeB City b-v 8Vvitdl
j are.at present large end in fine shape, No 12 beloi!ing to the O. R. &
i so that the Columbia river salmon can . wh'dl wasat the ti,lie in ubar8e
i be put in competition with thoe of any ' of hntaeer c- A- Brown and II. Wilier-
nice in wie urmeu fctatea or AUekr. , 7 " " w
Wednesday evening II. S. W son, of : t,. : , , ' , ,
Ti,.n,n ,11 ur m . u j ! 1)19 death waa due t0 uuavo dable
I he Dalles, and J. W. Morton, of Hood i ,. , , , ,
,,., ... .... . ..' . ' causes and no blame attaches to anyone
Liver, held a political Meeting at the j tuerefor
1 metllim dm tuuil uUeT as tile house
i was crowded and everyou teemed to be
j well impressed with the candidate for
j circuit judge and joint representative
i for Wasco and Sherman counties, as
well as with the nominees on the entire
Republican ticket.
The finance committee ... .ias been
soliciting funds for the celebration of
the fourth of July, have met with
marked success,' and there can be no
doubt that the celebration will be in
proportion to the success this commit
tee meets with. This celebration, we
hope, will not be for The Dalles alone,
out ue also trust ttie iieiglifooniig com- i
munities will take part in the observ
ance of the nation's birthday. I
j Ual. unamuers, a larmer residing on
I Slide creek, a few miles from Long
j Creek, says that a few nights ago some
one with murderous intent came to iiis
much at a lote hour and i:al'"d for him.
G. W. MlJ.LLK,
C. F. Jones,
John M. HtiiNEn.
G. A. Phiuman,
A. Anueuhon,
D. S. Dvfvu,"
Yesterday Sam's friends sunk a grave
a short distance the other side
.ui o-.une, wuere jus remains win
be placed until Euch a time as the river
goes down so that they can be interred
on Metnaloofce island, near the foot of
the Teniuo rapids.
J'KKSONA L M K.N T I ON
J. L. Story went to Portland yesterday
. on busiuess,
D. B, Gaunt, of Centerville, is at the
Umatilla House.
STATE SCHOOL BOOKS
A STATEMENT FROM THE AMERI
CAN BOOK COMPANY.
OroM Ami. nut of the litilni. r rler
nuil Other lufiu.
lint Iiiii .
Pouti.a.vi), May 27. To tho editor.
Murh has been published of lute regard
ing tho American Book Company and
of the cost of school books furnished by
that company to the people of Oregon.
Interested persona have persistently cir
culated misstatements. I feel that the
public should bo told the truth, and,
therefore, beg space in your paper for
the following briof statement, w hicli may
throw some light upon the much-mooted
and grossly misrepresented test-book
question.
The American B 10k Company invites
the clotest investigation of the school
book question, knowing that'tivery per
son who investigates candidly 'in id with
out prejudice will be convinced thattt
has dealt with the people of Oregon in a
straight-forward, business way, and that
it has endeavored to serve the people
laithfully and'n promote the beat Inter
ests of their schools. We could r.ot hope
to retain the good will and business ot
the people in any other way. We ob
tained our contract four years aco against
heavy competition, and'the prices of our
publications were us low, if not lower,
than those of any other concern oiFei ing
standard text books to the state.
The ofilcial records ehow there were
about 100,000 pupils enrolled in Oregon
in 1897. .Our total sales of books of all
kinds in Oregon for the year 1897, in
cluding all books sold to dealers, private
sehoolp, colleges, academies, pedagogical
works and miscellaneous works, as well
as all books for public schools, includ
ing high schools, were $18,911.89. Of
this amount $-J2,G04.'J2 was for books for
ttie public schools. More than one-half
these were purchased by tho people at
catalogue prices, and the ballauce at
the dealer's contract retail price 10 per
cent above list so that the total amount
paid by the people for the books could
not hare exceeded $47,994.75. There
fore the total cost of the books to the
' people was les than 50 cents per pupil
i attending school, and the total amount
I received by us for the same was less
I than 43 cents per pupil. These are ac-
t" 'i Juey demonstrate that
ti. school books in Oregon is not
ext e. They also show the utter
abs-n -ity of the statements published
by tome of our more ignorant detract
ors, lat our annual busiuess in Oregon
iimo mts to $500,000, and that we sell
books amounting to $100,000 a year in
the city of Portland. There are but two
states in the Union Arkansas and Ala
bama where the cost of school books
per pupil is less than in the state of
Oregon.
Enemies of the American Book Com
pany are attempting to confute the pub
lic mind by publishing tables of the cost
of books In other states purchased under
different systems, and comparing them
with the retril or highest prices at which
books adopted for use in the public
schools of the state may be sold by the
retail dealers. The "net wholesale or
contract price in Chicago or New York,
which is unitorm to all states, is taken
as a basis of comparison with the maxi
mum retail price allowed by the contract
to be charged in Oregon : and, disregard
ing the relative merit of the books, the
cost of a worthless or inferior book used
in some states is compared with the
price of a standard book used in this
state. It is a well known law of pro
duction and sale that un article can be
purchased at a less figure nt first cost
from the manufacturer at the place of
production or manufacture than at some
place removed thousands of miles and
when sold at retail. Tne cost of the
transportation must be added to the cost
of manufacture, as well as the profit
made by the middle man or retail
dealer.
Our assailants have asserted that Ida
ho purchases our school publications
cheaper than does the state of Oregon.
This is not true in fact. In Oregon the
people buy the school books from the
retail dealers in their several localities.
In Idaho the state purchases the books
in bulk in Chicago at the net wholesale
contract price, and pavs tho freight
from Chicago to Idaho end the addition-
C. L. Gilbert returned last evening
from a trip to Hood River.
f Mrs. Smith French returned on tho
i:20 train last evening from Borland.
i
i Receiving no answer tht 'lied a j SherHl" Driver returned on tho Regu-
'bullet through the window. No harm JUil umu,, fr0ui fip down the
I was done, though the window was de-'
I ' " ' I II. -l Ci. ....... H I. . . .....
fnolishrd. Though Mr. Chambers sins I . ' ul. VU"' anm, is vihu-
iiiK urn uiuiiier, vciae. muujuwip, in iiil-
Dailes.
He ClevelaDH
I he recognized his midnight visitor's
I voice, he refuses to difdose his identity,
j Mr. Chambers is at a loss to account for
j the action, us he has had no trouble
with anyone.
Yesterday arternoon the new ferry
I made her trial trip, running quito a
I distance up the river against the strong
curi en t, then turned and run down1
stream and back to the landing. Every
thing about the new craft worked to I
Mr. Kruemer, who is a prominent
sheepman ol Rutledge, Sherman county,
is in the city.
Win. Lauder, who has been visiting
in this city, left for his home at Bake-
veil yesterday.
uven yesterday. t
1 Kx-GovernorjutOl. A. Moody
I paseengersrPurt!and on vest
VmorningV'trairi.
This morning
for uoldendale,
were
esterday
Raymond
where he
Logan left
goen for a
perfection, and the ferry company de- short visit with friends.
serves to be congratulated on the ' 'eti-f Mies yrull.i0 Van Vactor of Golden
did new boat. The steam launch . xhldale, is the guest of her sister, Mts.
has heeu used for towing the ferry baek Chas. Johnston, in this city,
and forth across the river, will bo taken J H. Jocohson left last evening lor
to the Locks today, and as toon as the i points in the Interior, where he goes in
..i ,i...f ...., no,, ., I ttie interest of the
through, will go to Porland. Our Dalles,; '
young people will uiiss the genlul cap
tain and the little craft, as thoy will not
have an opportunity to enjoy any more
of those delightful moonlight excursions.
htjia veu
From the range near Hood River.
Mnre with grey uittue and tail, branded
R on left hip, and weighs about 900 lbs.
Anyone giving Information ba Un to
recovery will be snltably rewarded.
Raimi S, Smelly,
junc4-2k Hood River, Or.
Jucobson Book and
James Kelly, a prosperous and enter
prising farmer of Kiugsley, In this coun
ty, is in the city for u short business
trip.
Ux-United Stales District Attorney
Dan Murphy was in the city yesterday
on business and culling on his many
friends.
Send ue your order for a bicycle. Vic
tors $50 ; Wnverlys $30 ; Creecent, chain
less, $75. Mays it Crowe. tf
LEMP'8 i On draught at the White
ST. LOUI8 house Saloon. Charles
BEER. Mictielbtch, Prop.
i
Has tan Bprwell detuchahle
Tire, The best thing yet.
Hasn't a single, drawback,
The weight of the
BUHWELL Ti
Js less than that of any oth
er detachable tire now on
tlm market.
Ladies' and Gents' (Kneels for Rent.
OJheels Repaired.
I
ntap.rftRp.nnn
at expenses of handling and distributing
the books to the various school districts
as they may bo required. If the amounts
paid by Idaho for freights and other ex
penses in distributing the bookx be
mMed to the priced paid for tho book in
Chic 'o, it will be found that the hooks
actually cost the people of Idaho more
than tliey d tlie people of Oregon. The
total cost of school books in Oregon lut
year, as shown above, was less than 50
cents per pupil. Idaho last year paid
for its school books in Chicago more
than 410,000, not counting freight or ex
penses of distribution. Their school en
rollment was about 20.000 pupils. There
fore, fhoir scliooT books cost them nt
Chicago moro than 75 cents per pupil.
Freights and expenses of distribution
make the total cost still higher. The
maximum discount from the trade list
of publishers received by Idaho (the
books being delivered in Chicago) is 20
per cent. In Oregon the discount to the
retail dealers fwu delivering the books
in Oregon), is 10 per cent from the list.
The cost of frt-ights and distribution,
in fact, exceeds the dlllurtiifu between
these discounts, and we would nioku h
larger profit on our Oicgoti bnsinets if
the state bought the books from us ui
our wholesale prices in tho east, and
shipped and distributed them at its own
expense, as Idaho does, than we make in
Oregon under the pren'iit system. In
Idaho the state purchases tho" nooks in
Chicago at the net wholesale price, 20
per cent from the list, and the books are
paid for out of a special fund and reim
bursed by each euhool district out of tho
general school fund. The districts fur
nish tliu books to tho pupils free. The
cost of freights and distribution is paid
by the school districts from their school
apportionment, The system is so coin
plicated that it is impossible to ascertain
exactly the total cost of the books de
livered to the pupils. Since the new
text-hook law went into effect in Idaho,
in 1S93, the consumption of books has
increased nearly 1U0 per cent. There is
much greater waste of books under a
free text-book system than where the
books are purchased and owned by the
pupils, as in Oregon. It is a case, in
Idaho, of getting something for nothing,
and there is always extravagance where
someone else, generally the taxpayer,
pays the bill.
it has been elated that the contract re
tail prices of school books in Oregon
(that is, the maximum prices which can
be charged by ttie retail dealers? are 10
per cent above the catalogue or list
prices. This is true of most of the books.
It is also true that the bid of every other
publisher for standard text-books at the
adoption four years ago provided for the
Continued on fourth pope.
Royal nak'es the food pare,
wholesome and delicious.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL DAKINO f0DtR CO., MW VORK.
Dt'Lln.iii Ciiini.t l tlurpil
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that ib by conclitntional remedies.
Deafness Is cium! by an inflamed con
dition of the inui'iu lining of the Eus
tachian Tu bo. When tlti tube is in
flamed yuii have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it Is en
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, anl
unless -the inflammation can be taken
out mid this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will bo destroyed for
ever; nine cns?3 ont of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused ty catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars; free.
F. J. Chunky & Co.. Toledo, O.
SJTSold by Druggists, 75e. 6-10
A torpid liver robs you of ambition
and ruins your health. DeWitt'a Little
Early Risers cleanse the liver, cure con
stipation and alt stomach and liver
trouble. Snipes Kinersly Drug Co.
Cleveland wheels are selling in spite
of all the cheap wheels that are offering.
Call and see our '98 models. Maier &
Benton.
CITY LIVERY AND FEED STABLE
Northwest Cor. Fourth and Federal Streets.
Special Attention to Feeding Ti'ansient Stock.
tfiini Hack Day or Night.
PRICES REASONABLE;
Tom A. Ward and Jos. T. Robertson, Paps. THE DALLES, OR
REMOVAL NOTICE.
J. H. CROSS hus removed his store to the Vogt
Block, next door to the PosfoHioe, where lie will be pleased
to greet his many iormer patrons and a liberal sharo of new
ones. For CHOICE FAMILY G-ROCERIES, HAY,
GRAIN and FEED, SEEDS and FRUITS, &c. - un
orders will receive prompt attention, and will bo sold v r p
ular prices. Call and see him.
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i
Jtev You ST) Our ladies'
'Ivanhoe'
Price only $35.
Up-to-Date in livery Respect.
Adjustable Steel ii audio Hars.
Oeiobratod G. & .1. Detachable Tires.
MAYS & CROWE.
Wo hnvu upt lied our routlnu department with n
line of new wheels.
REMEMBER
We have .strictly Firsl-Ultisa
Fir, Oak and
i
Maple Wood.
To be sold at the Lowest Market Rates.
Phont 25.
J. T. Peters & Co.