SATURDAY... MARCH 7, 1896 ITEMS IN BRIEF. From Wednesday's Daily. Mr. J. W. Barnes, of Eight Mile, is in thecty today.- : The .mercury registered 17 . degrees above Zero this morning-. ' Mr,' and Mrs. Sewell returned on the afternoon train to Portland. -,' . Ten tons of feed and flour were ship- pel to Drano by the Regulator this rnorning. ' , 'Today, March 4th, is the anniversary f the id arty red Irish patriot Robert Emmett. Misses Jennett and Pearl. Williams returned to their home at Portland : this morning. - Dr. Randall, representing the Seat tle Building and Loan Association, was in the city today. Mr. T. W. Badder, of Cascade Locks, . was in the city today attending to ' business before the county court. Trains are moving resnlarlv the en- - tire lenirth of the O. R. & N. line to day, all obstructions having: been re- moved. Mr. Chas. Riggs, of Maxburg, Or. who has been visiting his brotner in I. this city for several weeks, returned to his home on the Regulator this . Mr. Wm. Wolf has started to build "" his fine residence on Third street, un- : der the supervision of Mr. Anderson, the contractor, which promises to be a fine addition to that part of the city. . a reuei corps wiu oe organized at Hillsboro tomorrow. The deportment officers, Mrs. Mary Scott Myers, Mrs. ' M. E. Briggs and Miss Jennie Russell, left here this moraine to assist in the ' . Commissioners' court met at 1 o'clock today, all officers of the court be'.ng present. Consideration of the ; noted Sequi road, which has been in ' the county, circuit and -supreme court at different times during the past two . years, was the first matter of impor tance taken up. " Mrs. M. E. Urig'gs has gone to Fort land for the DurDosa of attendinsr the spring opening of millinery goods, and ' wtkfla t.hava will nnwhtaa on alamnl: line . of lates designs in millinery ; conda for hor store in this citv. held at Umatilla Junction for two days An AAmnnt n f)iA t.rarlr rial no MTAraH with sand between Willows and Ar . lineton, arrived here at 5 o'clock last avnninir. fcrin track h ft vine been cleared. , Deputy u. s. marsnai iiumpnrey : arrived on the local from ' Portland to day. He is here to serve papers in the suits recently bee-un in the U S.'court Tor tne xorieiture 01 tne grant 01 ne , Dalian Military Wa?on Road comnanv. Mr. Whorton West representing the r . 1 1 - . vassed the city yesterdoy taking orders ' M r i . .1 T" wA Ta.V... , drinks. He left, for Portland, this morning, alter spending an evening- .. at nlaaanre in. this city.. , At the annual school meeting, held Monday afternoon, the board of direc- (AMnf thta rllar.in.r. - waa nnt nWinnw. ered to have plaos and specifications drafted for a new school house, but this matter was postponed until the next annual meetin?. ' - .Mr.'jonn now, or uuiur, came id town this morning, bringing in a large load of hides and pelts which were sold to R. E. Saltmarshe & Co. He says they are having fine weather out there, there being hardly as much snow in that vicinity as there is near The Dal les." .- - ' '.. " i ' ' At a regular meeting of the board of directors for this school district held last night, M. Randall, Geo. . A. TJnbe and J. Staniela were anDointed iude-es. and Hue-h Chrisman and Rob ert Rowland clerks to serve at the spe cial election to be held next Monday for the election oi director ana ciern for the district. , ' ' Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Brooks last even ing received from Mr. Brooks' aunt in Ohio, a lady 88 years of age, an heir loom which is most highly prized. ... It is a tray cloth made of linen that was woven by her some seventy years ago, colors. The linen is of exceeding fine texture, equal in quality and fineness to that woven in the factories of today. A gentleman who visited Cascade Locks yesterday states that work has been suspended there several days on account of the high winds that have continued blowing down stream- mak ing it impossible to operate the dredger and derricks. He thinks from ap- .i . .i Av i J ; the upper entrance to the canal can be jj : . 1 vi i m .1.. weather is favorable. Fiom Thursday's Daily. - Mr. E. Schanno went to Portland this morning.. " , TXT TT A. . 1 ' . ar. j. w . nuoir, one rouxoa-i coxi a . i .1 t . i tt . : 1 1 tractor, is registerou au yius u uiauua. Miss Bessie Isenberg returned this morning to her home at Hood River. The force in the sheriff's office re port taxes coming in .lively the past few days. . . The Florence West will suspend this week and the material will be shipped at once to. Baker City. ' At 7 o'clock this morning the mer cury registered 27 degrees above zero, indicating that . the- cold snap-has endel. . Assistant Supt. A. J. Borie, of the O. R. & N. Co., arrived in his private car. No. 03, on the local from Portland today. '.' ' Judge Bennett left this morning for Darton, Wash., to attend to the trial of ' some important cases in the courts of that place. The chopping machine at the Wasco Warehouse is again running at full capacity, turning out an immense quantity of chop feed. . Mr. F. T. Esping, the stairbuilder, is busy making the stairway, which leads tn tha oral 1rv in Mpasra. Rnnp.rfc Sl Gabel's Harness Shop. ' ' . License to sell liquor in less quan tities tnan onogauon in tascaae jliocks precinct was granted by the county court today to T. W. Badder. ; Mr. D. B. Kelly, of Summit Prairie, nas sola yo ueau ui uud. uq w iuq Union Meat Co., of Portland. The sattle were shipped this ''afternoon. . It was feared that the recent cold spell would do considerable damage to early fruit, but fruit growers generally state that nothing except very early peaches has been injured thus far. .. A San Francisco man swallowed ten cent piece and a cathode ray was turned on him with the expectation that the coin would -be located. But the coin was not located by the ray and now some people more suspicious than others are saying the inner man absconded with the coin. Mr. Thomas Varwig, of Portland, is in the city today interviewing prop erty owners on the subject of introduc ing steam and hot water heating ap paratus in different buildings in the city. Work has been resumed on the Rat tlesnake road, and will be continued until the road is completed. Those in charge of the work are desirous of se curing fifteen more laborers to work on the road. Mr. Ben Glisan, who arrived from Antelope yesterday, reports that city flourishing and farmers in surround ing county prosperous. They have sustained very light loses during the past winter. In the Seattle election Tuesday 7064 votes were cast for mayor,'as follows: Frank D. Black, 3604: J. Eugene Jor- den, 2496; A. M. Gilman, 964. Two demo-populists, one of them an alder man and the other a delegate, were elected. All of the other officers elec lad were republicans. Railroad men say the recent sand storm along the Columbia east of the mountains was the worst that has been experienced since 1882. Hand power is the only method of removing the sand and this requires a great deal of time, as shoveling sand is slow work. Yesterday Lieut. Col. J. M. Patter son took command of the Third bat talion, Q. N. G. Headquarters for the battjion will be continued at The Dalles, the same as were the head quarters of the Third "regiment under the command of CoL Thompson All but three of the laborers who came up Monday to work on the Mc Coy ditch have returned to Portland. There is some misunderstanding be tween the contractors and owners of the ditch, hence work will not be com menced for some time to come. Today the county court granted the petition of Wm. Endersby and others for a change in county road. James Wingfield, M. Doyle and Chris Cum- mings were appointed viewers, and W. E. Campbell surveyor, to meet on March 25 to locate and view out the road. Mr. S. B. Adams, present chairman of the board of directors of this school district, and Mr. E. Jacobsen, the pres ent clerk, have each consented to be come candidates for re-election.' Both gentlemen have proven efficient offi cers in uhe past, and, we understand, have giyen general satisfaction in their management of the affairs of the dis trict. - - '- - The D. P. ' A. tf. Co. have found that the speed of the Regulator can be increased by reducing the size of the buckets on the wheel, and will have eighteen-inch buckets put on " next Sunday. Tho .Regulator has always been noted for her speed, and the com pany are determined that she shall maintain her record. Portland has responded to the appeal for a fund for immigration purposes and subscribed $30,000 to be expended in one year in making Oregon known. This is an .act on the part of Portland which should be appreciated by the land owners of the state who will re ceive' tne lion's snare oi tne benefit arising from the expenditure of this sum. .'- ' The storm the first of the week is re reported to have- been quite severe south of here. At Bakeoven there was considerable snowfall and a heavy wind, drifting the snow badly. In the grade leading out of Bakeoven canyon there is said to be a drift eight feet deep, which has had to be shoveled out. Mr. P. B. Po index ter, of Prineville, arrived here from Portland on the Regulator last night. Mr. Poindexter recently took to Astoria the carcass of a white deer, one of the curiosities of Crook county, to have it' mounted. When the work of mounting is com pleted, Mr.' Poindexter may place the deer on exhibition in this city. A large audience assembled at the First Baptist church last night to lis ten to the lecture of Rev. E. B. Sut ton, on the aims and purposes of the American Protective Association. Mr. Sutton spoke for two hours and twenty- five minutes, and received frequent ap plause. According to his statements, the prime objects of the A. P, A. are to oppose the connection of church and state, and to prevent the elevation of any Roman Catholic to an elective office. ... Mrs. Z. F. Moody of Salem, Oregon, wife of ex-Governor Moody of that state, is in the city. Mrs. Moody and her. husband were among the early Oregon pioneers. They came all the way from Wisconsin overland in a heavy wagon drawn by oxen. . For some years prior to becoming governor, as well as since, Mr. Moody has been engaged in wool-buying and banking at The Dalles, Or. One of the sons has, for some time, been district attor ney at Port Townsend, Wash. San Francisco Call. Here is a diamond, here a piece of charcoal. Both : carbon; yet between them stands the mightiest of magi cians Nature.- The food on your table, and your own body; element ally the same; yet between the two stands the digestion, the arbiter of growth or decline, life or death. : We cannot make a diamond; we can not make flesh, blood and bone. No. But by means of the Shaker Digestive Cordial we can enable the stomach to digest food which would otherwise fer ment and poison the system. In all forms of dyspepsia and incipient con sumption, with weakness, loss of flesh, thin blood, nervous prostration the Cordial is the successful " remedy. Taken with food it relieves at once. It nourishes, and assists nature to nourish. A trial bottle enough to show its merit 10 cents. Laxol is the beet medicine for chil dren. Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil. ' From Fridays' Daily. Judge Liebe arrived home last night from a visit to Antelope. Mrs. Wm. Johnson returned this morning to her home at Mosier. Capt. J. W. Lewis is still quite ill, not being able to leave his room. . License to wed were issued today to Mr. A. J. Rand and Mrs, Jennie Rand, both of Hood River. ' Mr. Julius Wiley has bo far recovered from his recent illness as to be able to appear on the street. County Commissioner Blowers re turned on the afternoon train to his home at Hood River. : : Mrs. B. S. Huntington went to Port land this morning to remain two weeks visiting friends in that city. The new Vogt block will be heated with the latest improved hot air ap pliances, the contract for putting in the heating apparratus having been awarded yesterday to Mr. Thomas Varwig, of Portland. A number of loads of chop feed were shipped from the Wasco warehouse to i iterior points this morning. County court will adjourn this even ing to reconvene on April 6th for the purpose of receiving the tax roll. The half inch of snow that fell last night was only a gentle reminder that winter has not yet deserted us. Mrs. J. H. Wood was a passenger on the Regulator this morning, going to Portland for a few days' visit. The hungry are fed and the weary find rest at the Skibbe hotel cheaper than at any other place in the city A lone hobo, one of the starved class with an appetite like a threshing ma chine, was a tenant of the city bastile last night. Mr. Wm. Ketchem, a buyer for the Union Meat Co., who was in the city last night, returned to Troutdale this morning. St. Arnold & Schoren have recently made some material changes in their blacksmithing establishment in the East End. Mr. Clayborn Hill returned yester day from Canyon City, where he has been the past winter looking after bis mining interests. Miss Anna Moore gave a pleasant dancing party at the Baldwin last night. Music was furnished by the Orchestra Union. , Hon. John Mich ell took the train this morning for Biggs, from which place he goes to Moro to attend the Republican rally tomorrow. Next Monday Assessor Wakefield will commence making the as sessment of taxable property in Wasco county for the year 1896. Every voter in school district No. 12 is interested in the result of next Mon day's election, hence they all should be present and exercise their right of suffrage. Mr. J. Folco returned last evening from Portland, where he had been buy ing stock for his soda factory. Among the stock is an invoice of 150 pounds of English soda. ' Mr. Chas. Schutes was over on the Washington side yesterday making a survey of a tract of state lands that have recently been selected with a view to purchase. Messrs. Jones & Griffith, prominent sheep raisers residing near Clarno's Ferry, arrived here yesterday with 1,800 sheep which they are taking to pastures south of the city. Judge Bennett returned this morn ing irom Dayton, Wash., and will leave on tonight's train for Washing ton. D. C, to try two cases before the United States supreme court. Mr. W. N. Wiley is expected to ar rive here in a few days from Cold Camp with 2,500 head of sheep. The sheep will be pastured on the prairie conn try south of this place until they can be taken into the mountains. The Oregon Woodman, a monthly paper devoted to the interests of the order of Woodmen of the World, has been started at Dallas by V. P. Fiske. It is an eight-page edition, filled with matters of interest to Woodcraft. Plumbers are busy repairing damages done to side pipes in different parts of the city that were damaged by the freeze the first of the week. None of the water mains in the city were damaged, but a great many side pipes were burs ted by the frost. Misses M. A. and Annie Thompson, of Oakland, Cal., came up on the Reg ulator yesterday, and after spending the night in the city, started on their homeward journey this morning. The Misses Thompson are making a tour of the Northwest for health and pleas ure. The democratic county central com mittee will hold a meeting at the court' house at 1 P. M. tomorrow. The meet ing however will not be confined to the members of the committee alone. All democrats who feel an interest in the welfare of the party will be wel come. . . . The report of Assayor Flak on the Goldendale quartz, published else where, is not enconrging to those who bava built up their hopes on the hid den treasures the mine was supposed to contain. Still they neel not be thoroughly discouraged., They may find good paying mines in that locality yet. The worst storm of the season visited Antelope Sunday night and Monday. There wa3 a continuous fall of snow for several hours, accompanied by a strong wind that caused it to drift badly, The storm caused a slight loss of stock, a few poor cattle that had been turned on the range haying suc cumbed to the rigors of the storm, A subscriber at Ogden, Kansas, writes inquiring if the locks - at the Cascades are open, and if not, he de sires to know when they will be. The Times-Mountaineer is unable to answer the latter part of his query, however much it would be pleased to do so, and possibly not even the engin eers in charge of the work are able to fix the date, not knowing what action congress will take in regard to the ad ditional appropriation asked for .by them. Last August Messrs. Geo. Munger, Joe Crate and Chris. Brown left this place on a trapping expedition in the Cascade mountains north of Mt. Ad ams. They returned last night with a large supply of hides and furs, the re sult of their winter's work, Messrs, Crate and Brown also each brought home with him a handsome beard, grown during the sojourn in the moun tains. They report a heayy snow fall in the mountains during the vt inter. Mr. Hugh Gourley of this city will, in a few days deliver a lecture in the First Baptist church on the subject of "Civil and Religious Liberty vs. A. P. Aism." From the standpoint of a Protestant American citizen. Mr. Gourley proposes to discuss the ques tions: What does American history teach regarding the loyalty of our Catholic fello citizens? and what do Catholic authorities teach regarding the civil or temporal power of the Pope? The lecture will be free and no collection will be taken at its close. The date will be announced early next week. A number of engineers arrived here on the Regulator last night, en route to Oak Grove to commence operations on the large irrigation ditch leading from Clear Lake to that place. A force of 200 men and 20 teams is expected to arrive tonight to work on the ditch. We understand the contract for the construction of the ditch has been let to responsible parties, and that it will be completed this season. This ditch when completed will cover a large area of rich agricultural lands, and will make of Oak Grove one of the richest valleys in Eastern Oregon. THE COMMON COUNCIL The Trespass Ordinance Paused and Other Important Business Transacted. The regular monthly meeting of the common council of Dalles City was held at the recorder's office on the evening of March 3, 1896, Hon. F. Menefee.i mayor, presiding. Council- men present, Wood, Lauer, Nolan, Crowe, Saltmarshe, Ross and Johns. The following proceedings were had Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Petition of Stubling & Williams read and on motion ordered that the prayer of petition was granted. Petition of B. S. Huntington and others for an alley through block 14 read and referred to committee on streets and public property. The report of the judiciary com mittee that deed be executed to Joseph Grant on payment of fee for same was adopted, and the recorder and mayor were ordered to execute the deed in the name of the city. The report of the committee on streets and puplic property, that action on the the improvement of roads in the eastern part of the city be deferred until Mr. Seufert make his report to the next grand jury, was adopted. Monthly reports of marshal, re corder and treasurer read, and ordered that the amounts recommended in the marshal's report be paid. The following ordinance, entitled an ordinance "to prevent and punish trespass upon real and personal property" was put on its final passage and carried: "Sec. 1. If any person or persons shall trespass upon or damage any real or personal property belonging either to Dalles City, or any public or private corporation, or to any individuals, they shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and upon conviction thereof before the city recorder shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned in the city jail not exceeding thirty days or both, at the discretion of the court. "Sec. 2. Any person or persons tres passing upon any railway train, engine, car or cars within the limits of Dalles City, whether the same be in motion or not, or whether any damage be done thereto, or not, shall be punished ac cordingly." Committee on streets and public prop erty authorized to appraise valuation of all unused lots in Gate's Addition belonging to Dalles City. The committee on fire and water was authorized to investigate the mat ter of renewing contract with Electric Light Co. for lighting the city. On motion the council adjourned to meet on March 17. The following claims against the city were allowed and ordered paid: J H Blakeney, marshal $ 75 00 Geo Brown, engineer Geo Phelps, recorder C J Crandall, treasurer Frank Connelly, nignt watch... Mays A; Crowe, merchandise... 75 00 50 00 20 00 60 00 1 80 60.00 T A Hudson, insurance Dalles Electric Light Co, lights 191 80 P F Burnbam, hauling. 50 E Beck', labor Henzie, hauling. Ralp Gibons, labor. . . ." Columbia hotel, prisoners meals 6 75 1 00 6 00 11 25 THE DCFUB INSTITUTE. Report of the Last Day's Proceedings of the Institute. Dufur, March 2, 1896. Editor TorES-MorNTAlNEEB? , In my report of the institute at this place you make m say that Miss Hattie Stein wise sang solo, Miss Steinwise is not a soloist she, simply declaimed a ! piece and did it well. Also you report that Mrs. Nellie Hudson did thus and go. Miss Hudson has been in our school here for some years and is not married. On Friday afternoon the pupils in the Dufur school sang two or three selections after which P. P. Under wood took charge of the institute. First presenting the subject of how to teach language. The substance of his remarks was that the pupil must use language, and teachers, parents and all interested in children must see that they use correct forms. A few teachers expressedjthemselves in much the same view. Mr. Frazier advocated the teaohing of such nomenclature as would enable the child to converse understanding about the sentence. Spoke of the sub ject, predicate and the four general forms of predication. And insisted that it constituted the basic knowledge of composition. Mr. Joseph O'Brien's faults of teach ers, from a student's standpoint was somewhat scathing, but as Jo is a good natured fellow and was not personal all forgave him; except perhaps a few ladies that looked a little worried at his alluding to lady teachers being cross next day after entertaining the company of one, until a late hour of the previous night. On Friday evening the exercises were well attended and well received. P. P. Underwood's address on educa tion was full of meaning, and delivered in a manner that showed great earnest ness, and must have done much good. A. F. A. O. U. W. The Lowest. Notwithstanding all the foolish clamor about the danger of fraternal orders being overwhelmed by an in creased death rate, the last national fraternal congress reported that the average death rate for 1894 was 10.42 per cent., and that of the A, O. U. W., the oldest of them all, was only 10.11 per cent. What better showing could be desired? From the date oi its or ganization to the present time, over $64,000,000 have been disbursed by the A, O, U. W. Every dollar of this money has gone into the homes of the brothers' families. No order oan pay the death losses for less than the ac tual cost, but theAr. O. U. W, does pay losses at actual cost. The death rate of the A. O. U. W. is below the aver age according to the figures of the fra ternal congress. Gold is gold in any condition we may find it, but the stamp plaoed upon it fixes the value for the world. So with a man, He is a man, but he needs the stamp of fraternal friendship and brotherly love upon his soul to make him a congenial spirit among his kind. .An Interesting Lecture. Dr. Kantner's lecture entitled, "Move On," delivered at the Congre gational church last evening, was one of the most interesting of the series that has been delivered by different able and learned orators in this city during the past winter. Dr. Kantner is a pleasant and forceful speaker, pos sessing the happy faculty of retaining the attention, of ha hearers, and his subject wag one whioh embodied many gems of thought. "Move on," the speaker illustrated, was the incentive that impels every action in life to high and worthy accomplishments. It was the foundation of , every important achievement, the motive that caused the world to advance in the progress ! civilization, knowledge and wealth In short, "mow on" is the secret to all success, while failure is the result of neglecting to observe this command The lecture throughout was inter spersed with pleasant anecdotes illus trative of theone principle,-'moveon Kenneth Clair Again. The little waif left on Mr. Farley's door step some time since is becoming one of the most important personages in the city. The ladies go to see and gaze upon him with bewildering in quiry; the children tilk of him, and the local poets dedicate verse to his honor. Last week the Times-Moun taineer published a poem on the young stranger, ana today it gives another which the author dedicates to the youthful enigma. ' I have neither father nor mother, Nor can I claim sister or brother. Relatives to me I cannot claim; I am a child without a name. Indeed, they call me Kenneth Clair, But that I think is hardly fair, I will adopt it just the same, ' Until I find my own true name. Lying in a basket snug and neat. Clothed in garments from head to feet. On a door-step one frosty morn, I found myself after I was born. Abandoned by those who ought to protect. Yet I was so young, I could not object. Like a spear cast by a Roman hearld, I was cast to the mercies of the world. What was I, such a youn?chlld. to do? I could not think for I never knew. I:. thought much better it would have been. If this world I never had come in. Within the house 4here was no light; The stars outside were shtnin? bright. Soinewhat chilled by the frost of the sky. I could not help it I had to cry. The good people came and took me in. And there ever since I have been. And now the folks at me do stare, And kiss and call me Kenneth Clair. But it is not to me a surprise. That folks don't say of my hair and eyes. That they are like his father's or mother's Or that he resembles his sisters or brothers. For they know not who gave me birvb, I am a stranger to all the earth, I am to the world a little waif. Yet I am here quite snu; and safe. When I get older I will some day, Get on my knees and to God I'll pray, To send to me my own lost mother, Who has thus cast me upon another. Hun Hunson. Rehearing: la Denied. On Monday before the supreme court in Salem a brief response to the peti tion for a hearing in the branch asy lum case was nanaed down, denying a rehearing. It is a per curium denial, and the full text is as follows: "Since delivering the opiiion in this case, an elaborate petition for rehear ing has been filed. We have carefully examined it, and, while some of the points made at the hearing are present- in a new light and with much force, there is no new question made not con sidered by us in the former . opinion. We see no reason for changing the conclusions then reached, hence a re hearing is denied." This will settle the branch asylum case until some ingenuous balemite discovers a new cause for enjoining the state authorities from proceeding to construct the asylum at Union. But that this discovery will be made and a new suit begun is almost a foregone conclusion. Struck Artesian Waters. i The workmen who have been en gaged boring for water on County Clerk Kelsay's place two and one-half miles from the city 'struck a fine flow of water yesterday at a depth of 30 feet. The water rose in the casing to the height of seven feet above the surface, and is pure, cold and sparkling. This is indeed an important strike, as it de terrains the fact that artesian water can be had in this vicinity, and will result in the reclamation of thousands of acres of valuable agricultural land. The well is so situated on Mr. Kelsay's place that water from it will cover about 200 acres of land, affording an abundance of water to irrigate the en tire tract. Mr. Kelsay,' however, is determined to make ' further1 develop ments made in this line, and will cause another well sunk to the depth of 100 feet. Annual School Meeting:. The annual school meeting for dis trict No. 12 was called to order at 3:30 P. M. yesterday by Chairman S. B. Adams. The call for the meeting was read by Clerk Jacobsen, after which the annual financial report of the clerk' was read and ordered placed on file. The matter of erecting new school buildings was brought up and discus sed at some length, and it was ordered that the directors be empowered to se cure plans and specifications for addi tional school buildings, together with estimates of cost of the same, to be submitted at the next annual meeting. After discussing the. question of ad mitting tuition pupils into the school the meeting, adjourned. ; It Snowed Sand. The snow which fell here Monday was something more than the ordinary congealed water which philosophy tells us snow is. It was heavily , charged with sand. All plain surfaces on which it fell and from which it was allowed to thaw without being disturbed, show a thin covering of alkali sand. . The thoery advanced by those who have ob served the phenomenom is that during the heavy wind that prevailed Sunday night the sand was carried high into the heavens, and fell with the enow Sunday night and Monday forenoon. Land Transfer. Kittie and H. C. Coe to It- V, South Blowers lot 5 section Wacoma, $800. A, J. B. Ashby and others to Mary B, Steers lots 9 and 10. block 3 Laughlin's addition, quit claim need, 81, Annie and W, E. Sylvester to D. Siddell two feet in width off the east side of lot 5 in block 8, Bigelow's ad dition to Dalles City, $1.00 . Emma B, Everson to John J. Morley lots 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 blook 9, Er- win and Watson's addition to Hood River, $600, Helen J, Smith to Lyman Smith lot 6 and nwi swi sec 35, t 3 n, r 10 e. $1 T. R. Coon and wife to Lyman Smith lots 3 and 4 and the south 37 feet of lots 1 and 2, block 8, Winan's addition to the town of Hood River, $200. : r Aged Wedded Couple. Park precinct, Union county, says the La Grande Qhro.nicle, lays claim. to haying the couple that have lived the longest in married life, and their combined ages are 173 years. Samuel W, South was born May 2, 1809, Next May he will be 87 years, old, Rpxey Maher South was born April 9, 1810, aud wW be. 86, her next birthday, Tbey were married April 28, 1,831, being married next April 55 years. They had born to them seven children, six living, one dead; 25 grandchildren and only two dead;, 42 great-grandchildren. Who can beat it? Dr. Price's Cream Baking PowJer . Awarded. Cold ffledd Midwinter Fair, gag Fcaoctica. of TUB CONGRESSMAN'S WOKS. He Is Beseiged on all Sides by Those Who Want Office and Position. Most people suppose it is great fun to be a congressman, to draw sfo.uuu a year salary, stationary at $125 a session, clerk hire at $100 a month, and mile- ago at 10 cents a mile with a railroad pass in your pocket. But there are members of congress who often pause to wonder if the game is worth the candle. For instance, Mr. Meredith, a congressman from Virginia, is in great doubt whether he cares to con tinue a statesman or whether he would do better to end his troubles by step ping down and out. He represents the district which lies directly across the Potomac river from Washington, and about one-third of the population of his district is trying to get a job un der the government in the city. Mr, Meredith lives at Brentsville, Va., being- one of the few men who can be a congressman and stay at home, too. He comes to Washington every morn ing by train and goes home in the eyen ing. In the morning he has his man drive him to the station, but not al ways to the same one. Sometimes he goes to Brentsville, sometimes to Suithsville, sometimes to Jenkinsville, Arriving in Washington, he executes another flank movement by leaving the train sometimes at the navy yard and sometimes jumping off at Mary. land avenue while the train is in motion, several squares from the sta tion. The crowd of whites and colored men and women wait for him in vain at the depot. During the day Mr. Meredith secludes himself in the cloak room and doorkeepers with cards hunt for him in vain. His luncheon is brought in. When he leaves the capitol it is still another flank move ment through one of the numerous basement or terrace exits, where he has a closed carriage waiting to con yey him to the depot. Despite all these expedients and artifices Mr. Meredith is sore pressed by needy place hunters, and he has not yet decided that life is worth living. DUFUR NOTES. The recent freeze has stopped all plowing and seeding but it has done but little damage to fruit. Mr. Frank Peabody, of Dufur, is painting for Mr. Godfrey pt 5-mile. Mr. Ed. Hmeman -leaves on Friday for Rufus, to teach a term of school. ine w. u. x. u. will give an open temperance meeting on Saturday the 14th. The pupils of the Dufur school are enjoying a week's vacation. At the annual school meeting, W. L. Vanderpool and M. Heisler were elected directors and G. W. Johnston clerk. A social hop was given in the Odd Fellow's hall last Saturday night. Tne t(ob wnite quails, wnich were imported from Illinois, were turned loose near Dufur and are doing fine.; Sam Edmonson was kicked on the. leg by a young horse that he was work ing, and will be compelled to walk with a cane for some time. . Bummer. Coldest in Twenty-Five Tears. The Oregonian says that Monday morning Portland experienced tne coldest March weather that has been recorded since the establishment of the weather bureau in ld71, when ob servations were first taken in this state At 4 o'clock the thermometer register ed 20 degrees above zero, which is also the . top notch of cold weather reached this winter. At 8 o'clock the thermometer registered 22, and at 2:30 in the afternoon, 24, having risen but four degrees since 5 A. M. The coldest weather this year prior to this cold snap was on January 16, when the ther mometer registered 23. During Novem ber the coldest reached was 27, and during December 30. Much damage was done through the bursting of water pipes, and it is .believed that fruit trees, shrubbery, etc., also have sus tained considerable injury. A Portland Wedding. One of the pretty events of the week was the wedding of Miss Nettie Pen nington, of Kansas City, to Mr. A. H. Follett, of this city, at the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. A. N. Clark, 263 Cherry street, East Side, last Wednesday night. The house was tastefully decorated. The bridal couple stood under the marriage bell of white roses. The ceremony, was performed by Dr. Charles Edward Locke. The bride was handsomely attired in white silk, with natural orange blossoms, and oarried a bouquet of bride's roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Grace Laird, was attired in pale blue silk, with a boquet of pink La France rosebuds. The best man was Mr. -Arch Follett. A flash light was taken of the bridal couple immediately after the ceremony. One hundred and fifty guests witnessed the ceremony. Oregonian. Both the con tracting parties have a number of friends at Dufur whq will be pleased to learn of their happy union. Mot Even a Trace. - Some time since S. L. Brooks sent a quantity of rock from the Goldendale quartz mines to the chemical labratory and assay office of J. H. Fisk in Port land for assay, and yesterday received the assayor' s certificate, showing that not even a trace oi gold or silver was found in either of the two assays made, Mr. Fisk, in a letter accompanying the certificate says; ' ' "I have made a very careful assay of your ore, also a thorough test by the cyanide process, and am unable to de tect the least trace of gold. The ore is not a good gold rock, it is tufa, com posed largely of voloanio ash. ' I have made other assays from the same sec tion of the country of similar ore, but it was very red with the oxide of iron, which had a very low per, cent of gold, but it was of more permanent forma tion than this seems to be," The Body of Mrs. Cody Found. A dispatch from Tacoma says: The body of Mrs. A. B. Cody, missing for a month, and for whom the coast has been searched, was found Monday morning in the brush near North Ninth street and water front by P. H. Goodrich, the woman's father, and A. R, Upright, a warm friend of the fam ily, who never relaxed their search. The body was found in a kneeling posture with a. bullet hole in the right temple and a revolver In the right hand. It was a olear case oi suicide. The woman was temporarily deranged. Sep husband gave np the search Fri day and started for his home in Chi cago. j .. Connty Court Proceedings. In the matter of the road petitioned for by F. H. Staniels et al, petition granted. D. A. Turner, John Ward and F. M. Jackson appointed viewers and p. J, Hayes surveyor, to meet at commencement of road on Mar. 16. t In the matter of the road petitioned for bv P. P. ITnderwnnrl t. 1 mul first time, and continued until Apr. 6, for want of bond. In the matter of the road petitioned for by A. L. Peterson et al, petition defective, returned to petitioners. In the matter of the road petitioned lor Dy seguie et al, continued to April 6. Mr. E. Gralmund, of Mosier, is in the city today, having came to town by means of a sleigh. He says there is four inches of snow in that vicinity, and if the weather does not change soon there will be quite a loss of stock, as the farmers are out of feed. Mr. Godfried Lahel arrived yesterday from Australia, and is visiting friends in this city. Mr. Lahel says outside of the wheat crop, which was a partial failure, the output from Australia will be good this year. The wool clip, he says will be np to the average. Mr. Lanel contemplates remaining in America for several months. W. H. Hurlburt, general passenger agent of the O. R. & N. Co., returned bunday from Chicago. In an inter view with a Telegram reporter he says: Considerable travel was reported to the Cripple Creek mining district. This, it is believed, will give a great impetus to the mining interests throughout the entire northwest, and Oregon will get her share of the bene fits accuring. Many of the Cripple Creek enthusiasts will no doubt come to Oregon, and our mining interests, especially in Eastern Oregon, will re ceive such a lift as they have not had for years. Were the resources of our mines as well advertised as those of Colorado, there would probably be as much of an Oregon fever in the east as there now is a Cripple Creek fever." BORN. PEDERSEN In The Dalles, March 4. to the who 01 1. r. reuerson, a son. Should be Looked Into. THOROUGH INVESTIGATION REQUESTED. 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For sale by all Dngglstv or sent to any address oa receipt of price. FOR SALE BY BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON THE DALLES, OREGON. STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING. 'A meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of The Dalles will be held at the office of said bank on Monday, April 6. lbSfl, for the election of directors for the ensulnir year. 1. M. PATTERSON. March 7. 41. Cashier, MEETING OP STOCKHOLDERS. D. P, 4 A. N. CO. Turn Dalus, Or., March 6. 1898. Notice Is hereby Riven that there will be a stockholders' meeting of The Dalles, Portland and Astoria Navigation Company at their office) Bau - y. April 4, 1ID6, at t P. at., for the pnr- e u electing seven directors, ana transact such other- business as may properly come before said meeting:. By order of the President M. T. NOLAN, Secretary. March 7, 4w. Ifime, 8 1 7 i esmmssssssssssssssssssssssswB Having boughtt the entire stock formerly carried by Mr. J. B. Crossen, I desire 'to announce to the public that I am prepared .1. . to cater to their wants in all linea of - - . - Groceries and Provisions. Telephone 62. Fresh Vegetables, Eggs FARMERS W. H. JOHNSTON n The Cash Grocer Is agent for the Benicia Clipper Plow, , Jackson Benicia Gang Plow, the lightest draft and lowest priced gang plow on the market; the Eureka Junior Gang, a ' " favorite among farmers; Rolling Harrows -v and Spring-Tooth Cultivators. ' 1 I n 113 Washington To Boat Builders and Marine Engineers ; IN PARTICULAR Oar exclusive specialty Is designing and building (to order) eosupleU oatftts of genuine MARINs) machinery la email and medium sizes (foar to twenty Inch cylinders). HIGH PRIISSimEH;OMPOUlTI--TEIPLE EXPA1TSI01T and PADDLE WHEEL OUTFITS. v EITHER WOOD OR COAL BURNING MARINE BOILERS. ' (Ne Stationary or "Trade" Machinery.) i MARINE IRON WORKS, OLVBOURN AND SOUTHPORT AVI CHICAGO, Ujtf When You Want to Bay mm-mmsmmmm-mmmmmm-mm , Seed Wheats Feed WHeat, Rolled Barley. Whole Barley, Oats, Rye, Bran, Shorts, Hay; : Or anything in the Feed Line, go to the, : WASCO - WAREHOUSE . ' . Our prices are low and our goods are flrstrclass. Agenta for the celebrated WAITSBURG "PEERLESS," and BYERS' BEST PENDLETON MILLS FLOUR. Highest cash price paid for ' . WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY. MT PACIFIC R U N S PUYLMAN SLEEPING CARS ELEGANT DINING CARS TOURIST SLEEPING CARS MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL GRAND FORKS DTJLTJTH TO VAnan CROOKSTON WINNIPEG 1 HELENA and BDTTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO CHICAGO WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK BOSTON and all POINTS EAST and SOUTH. For Information, tlire cards, maps and tickets, call on or write. W. C. ALLAWAY, Agent Or A. D. CHARLTON, Assistant General P&a sener Agent. No. 8S6 Morrison Street, Cor ner 1 Third Street, Portland, Oregon. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice Is hereby (riven that the undersigned has been duly appointed by the Hon. County Court of the State of Oregon, for Wasco county, administrator of the estate of Ca. 1 Barlcentln, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are notified to present the seme to me properly re rifled, by mall at Hood Ktver postoffloe. or at my residence at Viento. Wasco county. Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated this 18th day of February. PAUL BARKENTIN, Administrator of ht estate of Carl Barkentln, Sxhwott SnntOTT. aU'ysforadm'r. Feb.2Z.6w . HERN Sulphur, Bean Spray Nozzles, Bean Spray Pumps, Cyclone Nozzles, Vennoral Nozzles, F. E. Meyer Bros. Spray Pumps, hL FOR SALE BY MAI3R & BENTON THE DALLES, 0HEG0K. '. CROCKERY. ETC. ' - W. E. KATTLER, Mnnritf Riiililnef and Fruit- ATTEHTIOH St., The Dalles HARRY LIEBE, Practical AND PCALEB 15 Cloch, Watches, Jewelry, - Etc. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. 162 Second Street, next door to A. M. - Williams & Co. 'a. THE DALLES, - - - OREGON R. E. Saltmarshe -AT THB East EHII STOCK YflBDS, WILL PAY THE HighestCashPrice for Hay and Grain. DEALER IN LIVE STOCK NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING. SCHOOL Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. It. of Wasco county, state of Oregon, that the annual school meeting for tne said School District for the election of Directors and Clerk, will be held at the office of William Mlcnell.oo Third Street. In The Dalles, Oregon, to begin at the hour of two o'clock la the afternoon, and continue until o'clock In the afternoon of the 9th day of March, IHOe. Tne meeting is oalled for the purpose of elect ing one director for said District for the term of three years and one Clerk for the term of one year. Said election to be by ballot and the polls will remain open from two o'clock p. at. until six r. u. of said th day of March. A. D, ltM. Dated this 27lh day of February, U0A. a B. ADAMS. Chairman Board of Directors. Attest: E. fxxns, Clerk,