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Old
Time
Clothing
Sale.
This salo is vastly different from the general run
of clothing sales, inasmuch as all the sale suits and
overcoats are positively new goods, embracing all
The Newest
and Latest Styles
in single and double breasted suits and overcoats.
Commencing with n. "Broken Line" of Men's round cut snck
suits, embracing tweeds, worsteds and cbcviots in nil the latest pat
terns; usiuil prices for Uicho suits from &8.50 to 810.50, during this
sale
$5.95
Another lot of broken lines, comprising black cheviots, black
worsted, fancy chocks nnd stripes, in both round cut and double
breasted sack suits. Sold heretofore at prices ranging from
10.50 to $15.00, during this sale
$8.95
Tho above two items represent only a very small portion of
our stock. See window.
In Overcoats
we nre making enormous reductions. Cost price and original sell
ing figures arc entirely eliminated from our vocabulary; they do
not affect us in the least. Now is ihe time, and it must be done
quickly, for our piles of clothing must bo reduced. .
India Silks.
For this week we will offer nil of our India Silks at epecia! prices for
tho benefit of all who are preparing for.
Christmas.
Our line is very completo, but wo advise you not to delay in making
your choice, as they arc always in great demand at this time of year and
will not last always. You can find them in three width,
20-inch, 24-inch, 32-inch.
Drapery Silks.
A choice line will be on sale from now until after the holidays, at
prices that will meet with the approval of all purchasers. Call early and
get the best.
Iiadies' Jackets
andjjput Gapes.
Black KerRpy Jackets mndo in the lateBt stvle of short hack and new
dip fiont, ranging in price from $3 50, $4.2-5, $5.00 and $C.OO each.
Fttf Collarettes
and Scarfs
In great yarietv of Prime Bpaver, Stone Martin, Sable Moufflou, Electric
Seal, etc., ranging in price from !?2.50 to $10.50 each.
Infant's (Hear.
BARGAINS.
Infant's knit drawer leggings $1.00
Infant's eiderdown sacques with crotchet edge, all colore 1.00
Infant's long bedford cloth cloaks, deep cape collar, braid trimmed,
price $1.05, $2.15 $2 50, $2 75. $3 00
Infant's white silk cape, lined from 35c tip.
Infant's short eiderdown coate, colors red, white and tan, fur
trimmed 1.95 up
Infant's clotfi coats, large collar, braid trimmed, raniring in price
from 2.00 to $10.00 each
A Shoe Hint
For winter eet shoes that are made of winter leathers. "Queon
Quality" shoes for winter are weather proof, without being clumsy or
heavy. The Pnx Calf, foxed Kangtuoo top, heavy Bole, laee, also a plump
Vici kid lace, kid lined, heavy soles are as Fentiblo us they are stylish,
handsome und perfect fitting. All styles $3,00.
stagger in their tracks. Birds will not
fly over it, and a man who lost a horse
, and buggy has asked permission of the
city council to drag the streets."
It has been charged that some of our
city council men object to putting in the
' fire alarm system and are rendy to back
down on tho question now that the
money has been subscribed and the ap
paratus ordered and on the way. Feel
ing that some mistake had been made,
we have consulted some of our council
men regarding tho mattor and aEcertaln
that our supposition was right, and
that tho council is unanimously in favor
of the system. The report arose from
tho fact that when tho proposition
of the telephone company was intro
duced at their meeting Monday evening,
a number of tho councilmeu objected to
MORE ABOUT THE "MOHR" ROAD
Spohnon Pfluptn urn Rlnch Interested In
the I'Ihiia nftlin Cutnpniijr.
An article In tho Spokane Uevlew gives
further light on the doings of the Central
Navigation and Construction Company,
now buiidingtlto portage railway on tho
north side of the river, and by way of
introduction says:
"A transportation line, built, owned
and controlled by Spoknno men, a lino
that will give this city and the Inland
Empire a new route to the eeacoast and
which will have the effiet of giving this
city that for which tho merchants havo
so long longed lower freight rates
such are I he plans of the Central navi
gation and Construction Company as
announced yesterday by Paul F. Mohr,
it. Tho proposition was to put in the' who Id tho promoter of ;he company.
system and maintain it for (12 50 a
month, the contract to be enteied into
for ten years. Believing this too high,
and particularly objecting to a contract
for so long a period of time, they remon
strattd, and after some discussion the
matter was put into the bauds of the
fire and water committee that an investi
gation might ba made to determine,
whether or not a more reasonable offer
cannot be obtained. A report will be
made at the meeting tomorrow night,
and we understand a better offer has
already been secured, so that there need
be no fear regarding the alarm system.
It has the support of the council, and
we'll have it, and that right early.
(Jumbling.
All Goods Marked
In Plnln Figures
PEASE & MAYS.
Vhe Dalles Daily Chronicle,
Telephone JS'u. 1.
;niUKSDAY
- DEC. 7, 18f9
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KELLER .
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
Were wo as sure of street lights as wo
aro of the flro alarm system, it would bo
a relief to those who paddlo thiough the
mud in tho blackness of night.
Roport says that ,work on tho portago
railway will bo so far advanced that
boat connections could bo mndo from
bowlston to tho sea in ninety days.
Remember tomorrow's (lab day at
the Commission Company's. Salmon,
halibut, smelt, catfish, hard sholl and
razor' olama in abundance. Call and get
Home.
From 2 to 4 o'clock Saturday after
noon Prof, Sandvlg will give instruction
In dancing to lady beginners. It will be
a splendid opportunity to learn. Be on
hand at the Bald in, O td
This afternoon Dr. fiels-ndorfTer re
celved a telephone message from Mrs.
H. A, Taliaferro saying that alio is now
able to be about and will be here rendy
for work Monday. It will be remem
bared that the lady is a professional
uurse, and toon after arriving here from
Chicago, took ill with pneumonia and
has since been in tho hospital at Port
laud. On Friday evening of this week the
ladies of the Christian church will givo
a carpet rag social. Each lady is es
pucted to bring a ball of carpet rags with
her name attached thereto; also a bos
of lunch.
i2url, tho young son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Swain, is again suffering with an
attack of appendicitis. Five weeks ago
he had a similar attack only less severe.
Dre. Logan and Geisondorfl'er are the
attending physicians.
J. H, Forsyth, who was hurled in
Portland Tuesday afternoon, formerly
lived at Lyle, and was a member of tho
Masonic lodge in this city. A few
months since ho wao granted a domit,
having moved to Portland.
The injury received by Conductor
Chas. Hansen yesterday in tho slight
collision which occurred at the Summit,
did not prove to bo serious. When tho
j ir came bo waB thrown against the
stove in tho caboose and received a two
inch cut on tho back of tho head.
Half the young ladies in town aro busy
as bees preparing for the business men's
i imfval, which will be elven Tuesday
night at the Vogt. Somo very unique
costumes will bo worn and the adver
tising program Ib very catchy, consisting
of parodies, Bongs, recitations, etc.
The Barbora' Commission board will
bold lis next meatlng in The Dalles on
January tjth, at Pendleton on tho 0th,
Li Grande tho 10th and Baker City the
llth. II. G. Myers, of Salem, Is secre
tary, and tho other members of the
board aro Sam H. Howard, of Portland,
and F. T. Rogers, of Oregon City.
The students' literary club of The
Dalles will apain meet at the council
chambers on Friday evening, December
8th, at 7 o'clock. Tho usual debate will
bo dispensed with and a mock trial
will he held insteud, trying the case of
Hugh Gourley, plaintiff, vs. J. S. Land
ers, defendant, in a civil action for the
recovery of damages for the loss of an
overcoat and hat I'y said plaintiff, while
j eating supper in the defendant's restau
rant. Stark and Brownhill will act as
attorneys for plaintiff, and Gavin nud
Cuitis for defendant.
The new board of directors of tho club
held its initial meeting last night, and
as a result the following excellent list of
officers were chosen for the ensuing year :
L. E. Ciowe, president; M. T. Nolan,
vice president; Frank Menefee, secre
tary; O. L. Phillips, treasurer. 'The
president chosen has alreadv proven his
adaptability to such a position and the
energy ho displays in the peiforuiance
of tho duties imposed, and with the
support of men so well suited to assist
In tlie maintenance of the affairs of the
club, it surely will be a prosperous year.
A letter received in Salem from Watt
Shipp, who passed through Tho Dalles
on a bicycle some weeks ago, was dated
Prlnevllle Dec. 2d, and says: "I ar
rived bore on the 4th of last month after
a very enjoyable rido from Tho Dalles,
I found everything in Eastern Oregon
In a flourishing condition; business is
good in all lines, I have traveled
through Eastern Oregon, covering a dis
tance of 1575 miles. I arrived here last
night from Bums and surrouudlng.coun-
try, making a 000-mile trip. I expect to
ride the balance of my 2000 miles in tho
next week and will be in Salem in about
ton days."
At tho very suggestion of smallpox a
perfect furor is created and all over the
roountry is heralded the newB that such
a place is affected with smallpox and
quarantine is at once instituted. This
is as it should be; and yet there is a
disease which apparently does not cause
half so much consternation, but to our
mind is much more to be dreaded. We
refer to ttmt awful disease, diphtheria.
Last week in Baker City a young lady
died of what was supposed to bo
toneilitis. A public funeral took place,
which was largely attended. A day or
two afterward the two children of the
nurse who had attended the "tonsilitis"
case, took ill and died the same niuht.
Then it was decided tho case was diph
theria. Too much caution cannot be
used in such cases.
for ino ueneut ot those who can i
imagine nothing iu the mud line worse
than our streets at tho present, we pub-
j Ueb thie dispatch from Lewiston, which
says : "Virtuous indignation now poetess
es the souls of the citizens of LewUton
regarding the mud problem, The streets
ewim in mud, and there is no relief iu
sight. Mothers are afraid that their
children, in going to school or returning, '
will fall Into the quagmire and he
smothered. With each additional rain
and the constant mixing of the mud, it
grows thinner, and a passing horse will
splatter U bait way across the street.
To make matters worse, there is a kind
of fermentation taking place, and tho
aeceuditig gases cause cayuee ponies to
In regard to the prevalence of gam
bling no vadays, the Oregoniaii aptly
ea s :
"There is no vice that so completely
undermines the moral nature as gam
bling. Dr. Lyman Abbott says tbo
gambling spirit that prevails bo exten
sively nowadays does infinitely more
harm than strong drink, and he further
remarks that it makes no particular dif
ference whether the gambling is done
with cards, dominoes or stocks. Dr.
Abbott insists that when a man tries to
get something for nothing he is dis
honest, whether he does it bo as to
render him liable to imprisonment or
not. The habit destroys moral dis
tinctions and the power to make them.
Yet gambling has been rife in all ages,
and in all conntiies. Tho savage in
dulges in it more generally, if not more
eagerly, than the civilized man. It
seems strange that culture has put no
more check upon this vice. But the
prospect of getting something for noth
ing, or, at least, a great deal for a very
little, presents so strong a temptation to
many minds that they cannot resist it,
and it is likely to flourish as long as our
acquisitive faculties do.
Tlio Modern Mother
Has found that her little ones aro im
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs, when m need of the laxative efl'ect
of a gentle remedy, than by any other,
Children enjoy it and it benefits them.
The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only.
All persons wishing to take children,
either boys or girls, for legal adoption or
on indenture, should write, to W. T.
Gardner, superintendent of the Boys'
ami Girls' Aid Society of Oregon, at
Portland, who can procure for them de
sirable children of all ages. All applica
tions must be filed in advance. tf
The company was ornniiis,.'d in this city
about a year ago and greats effortB havo
been made to keep all its movements
secret.
" The officers of the company are Will
iam J. Harris, president ; W, J. C.
Wakefield, vice-ptesident, and Frank
II. Graves, treasurer; the directors being
W. .1. Harris, Senator Geo. Turner, F.
H. Gnyes, I. N. Peyton and W. J. C.
Wakefield."
Among its many plans for 1900 the
article refers to the railway between
Columbus and Crates point, and further
remarks:
"The line will be completed iu Juno,
and the company proposes to put a line
of e tea mere from the up river terminus
of tbo line to ply on the upper Columbia
and Snake River, while from the down
stream end of the railroad other steam
ers will carry freights to Portland and
Astoria. It is expected next year, to
handle 300,000 tons, and this amount
will be largely increased when the Spo
kane railroad and other lines of feeders
are constructed. Modern methods of
river transportation will be made use of.
Mr. Mohr claims that the cost of trans
fers of freight, one from the boat to-cars
at Columbus, and the oilier from cars
to boat at Crates Point or the Big Eddy,
will not exceed 5 cents per ton for both
transfers, so that in the through rate
this item will be almost negligible.
"Mr. Mohr says that tho Central
Navigation & Construction Company
has the capital in bank for the comple
tion and tquipment of the pottage rail
way, and has definite contracts in Lon
don for tho remainder of the capital
necessary to fully and completely equip
both the upper and lower Columbia and
Snake rivers with first-class fleet of
tow bostB and barges. The completion
and equipment of the portage railway
will cost $500,COO, and the completion of
the steamboat and barge lines about
$500,000."
A Good Opportunity.
Any boy or girl, about 12 or 15 years
i of age, desiring a place to hoard and go
to school, can secure a goou uomo uy ap
plying at Ibis office. Wanted for a
companion. -l-lwd&w,
Mies Annie E. Gunning, Tyre, Mfair
says, "I suffered a long time from dys
pepsia; lost tlet-h nnd became very weak.
Kodol Dyspepsia Curu completely cured
mo." It digests what you eat and cures
nil forms of stomach trouble. It never
fails to uiva immediate relief in the.
worst cates.
life Clarke h Falk'fl quinine hair tonic
to keep dandruff from tho lioad.
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