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About The Dalles times-mountaineer. (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1896)
1 SATURDAY . ... . .OCTOBER 17, 1896 . ' ; ; . ' ITEMS IN BRIEF. . Prom Wednesday' ally. ; R. C. Craven, the leading merchant of oro, Is in the city. "Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Norval, of Tygh Valley, were in the city today. m- riA Mra. H. HerbriDS went to Portland on the afternoon train. Mr. and Mrs. C. VT. Myers went to Portland today for a week's visit. W. A. Campbell has gone to Salem -' to spend a week in the capital city, Mrs. J. B. Condon went to Portland this afternoon for a few day s visit. Judge Bennett left this morning for Dayton, Wash., where he goes to at tend court. All members of the Bryan club are requested to attend the meeting at the . Baldwin tonight. Mirch and family have moved from John Day to The Dalles : and will make this their future home, " The trrand lodee. K. of P. convened in Portland yesterday. Suprem Chancellor Colerove was in attend ance. ' Speaker Read is coming to thi . pnnat. in famnaip-n for McKinley. His first speach will be at Los Angeles on . Oct. 27. - Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smith went to Portland today to attend the reception . of the Knights at the exposition this evening. s At the the raffle for the handsome -oil painting, the horseshow, last night. - Judge Blakeley held the wini number. Hon. N. Li Butte arrived on the train from the east this morning, and will speak in the Baldwin opera house tonight; - . . ' Misses Bertie Glenn and Ada Folton - went to.Portland this morning. Miss Folton . will visit in the metropoli: several weeks. About 200 saloon-keepers of Port land, have paid their quarterly license, - City Treasurer Hacheney took in $10, O00 in license money. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, who have been ; viaiting-their daughter, Mrs. T. T. Nicholos, in this city, left this morn ing for their home at Kanimo, B. C. About 30 sheep.with a brand thought ' to be that of J. Ayres, of Butter Creek, were shot and killed near thn head Of Meadow creek, in Grant county, last - week. . , Mrs. Theodore Liebe returned today to her home in Portland. Mrs. Liebe has been hero the past week helping care for the sick in Judge Liebe's family. Probably the best flavored late peach is the Salevay, some handsome sam ples of which, from Dr. Sanders or chard, were displayed at the Americtn market, today. . Charles Merwin, of Cascade Locks, was in the city today.' Mr. Merwin said he expected to see the north wall ' of the canal completed by the middle . of next week. "" School on Mill creek will be closed for a few days, Miss Foss, the teacher, having been called to' Portland this morning to attend her sister, who is dangerously ill. - The city of Eugene has contracted with the electric light company of that reity for streetlights at the rate of $8 a light. . Why should not The Dalles get lights at a like rate? ; Late additions to" the ranks of Bry aoism in Oregon are Judge Seneca Smith, John M.Gearin, W. H. Effin eer, ex-Senator J. H. Slater and ex Governor L. F. Grover. Mrs. T. W. Ayer and Mrs. Lacy,, of Heppner, are in the city as delegates from Heppner to the Baptist conven tion. Mrs. Ayer is the guest of her daughters Mrs. Van Luyn and Mrs. Forwood. ' - ' Heppner was full of politics yester day.. Senator Mitchell and Hon. Chas. Fulton spoke for McKinley in the after noon, and Hon. N. L. Butler presented the Bryan side of the question in the evening. Both meetings were well attended. . . The wheat market here remains firm and blue stem is in demand at 60 cents at the Diamond mills. . In Portland yesterday 62 .cents was offered for Walla "Walla club and 64 and 65 cents for valley. In Chicago wheat was quoted at 741. Yesterday, H. B. Martin, editor of ! the Knights of . Labor, Journal, gave out the statement that the reports he had received from Michigan,. Minne sota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio justi fied the belief that all those states are certain for Bryan. Tomorrow, the month during which pheasants, grouse, quail, etc., may be sold on the markets, begins, and those who have been longing for "bird on toast," can have their longings gratified, their appetites sated, and their purses depleted. That the people take a deep interest in politics at present was evidenced last evening when a discussion was begun at the corner of Second and Court street, - and in less than five minutes 50 or 60 "voters had congre gated to listen to the debate. - The heavy weights among Wasco county's officials prove disastrous to the chairs in the 'Vogt opera house. Not long since one went down under the pondrous form of Representative Jones, and at the Wizard Oil concert last night one of them proved too frail for Sheriff Driver. - , - -,Koontz store in Halsey, Linn county, was robbed some time after Closing last Saturday night and Sun day morning it was' discovered that two suits of clothes, an overcoat and some jewelry were gone. No money was taken. The burglars left their old clothes in a sidetracked car. A few evenings since there was a joint political discussion at Rock Creek, Gilliam county.at which Messrs. Johns, Foster, Davis, and Dr. Geisen- dorfer presented the gold side of the . question and - Messrs. Snell, Wood, Moore and Settleniire the sliver side before a large audience. The judges were one republican, one democratand one noncommital, and their decision was that the silver speakers produced ' by for the ablest argument. (From Thursday's Daily.) . Alex. Fargher, of Portland, is in the city. A Bettingen sr., returned last night from a visit to-Portland. Tomorrow night Hon. N. L. Butler will speak at Cascade Locks. - One of the latest fads in a politica campaign is a lecture illustrated by : stereopticaa views. Mrs. Elizabeth Strong Washington entertained the people of Portland at the Marqu.im last night. The burden of the lecture was an argument in which she endeavored to show why people should not vote for Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fulton returned on today's train from Portland License to wed have-been issued to Howard Pearcy and Jennie Waterman Mrs. J. W. Condon and son went to Portland today to attend the exposi tion. Alf. Allen, of Prineville, is in the city, returning home from a visit to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Urquhart were passengers ou the Regulator today en route to Portland. Just arrived from New York at H. Herbriog's a beautiful assortment of ladies capes and jackets. Ten prominent republicans of The Dalles accompanied Senator Mitchell and Mr. Fulton to Dufur today. Today Johnston bros., of Dufur, de livered 100 head of fine porkers at the stockyard. They were shipped to Troutdale. The burning out of a flue in French & Go's bank building brought out the fire department in good shape at 7:30 last r.igi.t. . Hon. N. L. Butler went to Hood River this morning on the Regulator, and will address the Bryan club at that place this evening. J. B. Mowery, of Moro, and C. H. 'urtis and son of Klickitat county, were passengers on the Regulator this morning. They, were en route to Portland. One lone drunk appeared in the police court as a defendant this morn' ing. He was lined So and allowed to go on his way to repent and promise himself to do so no more. A fine horse and buggy belonging to Frank Gable was given away at raffle last night, and O. Kinnersley was the fortunate holder of the winning num ber, which cost him only six cents, a pretty fair return on the money in vested. Rev. O. B-. Whitmore left , on the Regulator this morning for Portland. Next Monday Mr. Whitmore starts to Chicago where he will present his il lustrated lecture on the Northwest. He contemplates touring the east with his lecture. The Bryan drum corps did excellent service last night in drawing a crowd to the Baldwin opera house after the building had bee (5 emptied by the ring ing of the fire bell. There is nothing like the music of the fife and drum to call people together and arouse their patriotisn.. As some of our gold standard friends seem to actually believe that Mr. Bryan has boms, and is in other res pects a terrible bug-a-boo, it may in terest them to know that a lady resid ing in Thompson's addition has known the family for years, was at the mar riage or Mr. Bryan's parents and will vouch for them as being good, .sensible and christian people, r Last night Senator Benjamin Till-" mun addressed an audience of about 15,000 people, who assembled in an open-air meeting at the intersection of Sixth and Pine streets in Portland. It was by far the biggest demonstra tion yet had in Portland, said a Port- lander who arrived here on the noon train. . Senator Tillman is billed for The Dalles on the 20th. The Baptist convention for the Northwest coast convened at' Calvary Baptist church - at .10:30 A. at.- today with 44 delegates present. Permanent organization" was effected in electing Eld. J. E. Horn president;. Eld. J. H. Miller, vice-president; and S. S. Johns, auditor; E. B. Waltz,' secretary. The convention today has been devoted principally to enrolling members and. appointment ofcommittees. The grand lodge .Knights of Pythias concluded its two days' session In Portland yesterday afternoon. The officers elected for, the ensuing year were: - Grand . cbancallor. Turner Oliver, of La-Grande; grand vice chancellor, Ottis Patterson, of Hepp ner; grand prelate, William M. Cake, of Portland; grand master-at-arms, J. Kennedy;, grand' inner guard, I. R. Beegle. of St. Helens; grand outer guard, Charles Fellows, The illustrated lecture delivered at K. of P. hall last night by Rev. Q. B. Whitmore, was indeed interesting to all residents of the Northwest coast, but not nearly so fili of interest to them as it will be to those before whom it will be presented east of the Rocky mountains.. It comprises views of some of our handsomest scenery, re sources and products, and when pre sented in the East "will be a grand advertisement for Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho. Pythian night at the fair will long be remembered as the greatest of the order nights of the 1896 exposition, and yesterday will always be a red-let. ter day in the annals of the Oregon domain of this fraternal organization. The attendance of other niphts during the big fair m ly possibly have been larger, but at none of them was dis played the enthusiasm that character ized the Pythian assemblage at the ex position," says the Oregon ian. The street parade of the Knights of Pythias was a grand affair, nearly 2,000 mem bers being in line Six years ago, when D. P. Thomp son was a candidate on the republican ticket for governor of Oregon, in the eyes of the Oregonian, he was the per sonification of republicanism. Now, since Mr. Thompson has found by tray; eling through Japan, that a people can be prosperous without a gold standard, the Oregonian says be "is simuly a populist politician, who sees every thing with the populist's glass eyes." Only a few years ago, according to the same authority, President Garfield was one of the wisest men of the nation, now, because the dead president's brother has declared for Bryan, ''Gar field wasn't very wise himself." From naay 'a Daily District Attorney A. A. Jayne is in the city. The Misses Weikel left this morning for Portland. F. M. Hunsaker went to Hood Riyer this morning. ' W.- H. Alexander and wife went to Vancouver today. E. A. Myers, who has been visiting his brother here, went to Lyle this men ing. Mrs. H. S. Wilson returned on the Regulator yesterday from a visit to Portland. The Workmen will have a grand parade in Portland this evening, this bting their night at the exposition. E. Schanno returned last night from attending the Portland exposition and state fair. Mr. Schanno had charge of Wasco county's fruit exhibit at both plac, and served the county well in displaying its products. Mrs. O. C. Stevens and Mrs. C. B. Stevens were passengers on the Regulator this . mornin? en route to Portland. The Palace hotel at Heppner was recently sold at public auction to Wm Penland for $10,000. The building and lots originally cost $30,000. A number of farmers in this county have determined to hold their wheat until the middle of next month antici pating a rise in the price. Bluestem wheat from Klickitat is eagerly sought by local buyers in this market, and as high as 62 cents was paid for two loads this forenoon. Judge Bradshaw and District Attor ney Jayne leave lor frinevme to morrow to hold atrm of circuitcourt Court convenes there next Monday. Farmers should bear in mind that W. A. Johnston is solo agent in The Dalles for McSherry drills and seed- eiv. whicn are recognized oy ail to oe the best, -y Mr. and Mrs. Funk, Mrs. Thorn bury and Mrs."Doutbit, all of whom have been visiting in .Portland, re turned home qn the Regulator last eveniog. Yesterday the Multnomah county grand, jury returned an indictment against Mrs. Nellie C. Jones who was caught in the act of picking pockets at the exposition. v Mr. and Mrs. Joe Marsh, of Wasco, and Judge and Mrs. W. L. Bradsbaw, arrived on today's local from Portland, wne they have been attending the ex position and K. of P. demonstration. Hon. W. H. Dufur, who is one-of the most hopeful and enthusiastic repub licans in Dufur prccint, Is in the city today, and says that precinct will give McKinley a small majority on Nov. 3. On the 20th a delegation from. The Dalles Commercial Club will meet a like delegation from Astoria and Port land in that city to arrange for cele brating the opening of the locks at the Cascades. It is reported on the streets this afternoon that 18 members of the McKinley club at Dufur caused their names to be stricken from the roll after hearing Senator Mitchell's speech, and sent to The Dalles for Bryan badges. Wheat continues to go upward in Portland. Yesterday Walla Walla went up to 66 cents, while valley was ouoted at 69. The buyers estimate that. 250,000 bushels . have changed hands in Portland within the past three' days. One of the handsomest displays that will be on exhibition in the paviliion during the fair will be Mrs.' Herrin's babies. She has secured the photo- graohs of 50 of the prettiest little tots in The Dalles and will exhibit them as samples of work from her gallery. W. H. Milliorn, a prominent cattle raiser of Crook county, is in the city today buying supplies. Mr. Milliorn says the reports that McKinley will carry Crook county are without founda tion, and that Bryan will surely have a majority of from 100 to 150 in Crook. The Dalles Lodge, No. 2, 1. O. G. T.. will give a genuine leap year party in the K. of P. banquet hall, Saturday at 8 P.. M. The management extends this invitation: "Come all ye bashful young men and crusty old bachelors, and join in the fun of one of the jolliest affairs of this year, which combined with coffee and cake, you can have for 10 cents." We live in a country of which", the principal scourge is stomach-trouble. It is more wide-spread than any other disease, and, very nearly, more dangerous. One thing that makes it so danger ous is that it is so little understood. If it were better understood, it would be more feared, more easily cured, less universal than it is now. So, those who wish to be cured, take Shaker Digestive Cordial, because it goes to the root of the trouble as no other medlcinedoes. The pure, harm less, curative herbs and plants, of which it is composed, are what render it so certain and, at the same time, so gentle a cure. . It helps and strengthens the stomach, purifies and tones up the system. Sold by druggists, price 10' cents to $1.00 per bottle. A Drug Factory. The proposition- agitated by the druggists of the st ite some time ago, having for its object the establishment of a co-operative factory for the manu facture of proprietary medicines was discussed at some length at the meet ing of the state pharmaceutical assocta tion held in Portland last week. Sev eral such factories being in successful operation in the. pastern states, most of the druggists present favored the project, and a committee of three was appointed to further look into the feasi bility of such an undertaking. Under the proposed plan it is intended to keep at home the thousands of dollars that annually go to the patent medi cine barons of the east. The plan is for all the druggists in the state, to be come stockholders in the establish ment and thereby jointly share the profits. The Treasury Report for September. The following is a statement of the public debt and of the cash in the treasury at the close of business Sen teraber 30th, received from Secretary Carlisle: ' Interest, bearing debt, $847,364,260; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity. $1,021,790.26; debt bear ing no interest, $372,471,635.64; certifi cates on treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury, $564,524,323 00 aggregate of debt, $1,785,982,008.90. Compared with the statement issued August 31st, the figures show an increase of certificates and treasury notes amounting to 88(57, 350.00 and a decrease of the aggregate debt of $385,910.50. The cash In the treasury at the date mentioned was: Gold $162,771,311.21; silver. $510,665,; 844.07; paper, $158,055,373.39; bonds minor coio-ractional currency, etc , $18,171 J; aggregate, $849,624, 772.44. The cash balance in the treasury August 31 was $240,346,400 53. and on September 30th, $241,154,455.10, showing a decrease of $2,191,945.48. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets moves the bowels gently, relieves the cough, cures the feverish condition and the headache, making it the best and quickest remedy for coughs, colds and la grippe; cures in one day. "No cure no pay." Price 25 cents. For sale by Blakeley & Houghton. Wakeless Squirrel Poison at Blake ley & Houghlon's 30 cents a can; $3 a dozen. . Call at The Snipes Kinersly Drug Co. - " an Able argument. The Financial Question Clearly Presented by Mr. Butler. The most logical argument yet pre' sen ted to the people of The Dalles on the financial Question during ibe campaign was contained in Hon. N L. Butler's speech at the Baldwin opera house Wednesday. Mr. Butler is by no means a sensational speaker but presents facts In a plain, cool and deliberate manner that carries convic tion. " In his opening remarks, Mr. Butler dwelt at some length upon the re sponsibility of the voter in determining questions of national policy, holding that each individual was a sovereign in himself, and whether government was good or bad depended upon the in tellig'ent, honest or patriotic exercise of the right of suffrage by the indl vidual voter. Commenting on the ar guments adduced by the supporters of Mr. McKinley, the speaker said they were appeals to the prejudice and greed of classes, not a patriotic appeal to the masses, or a promise of legisla tion that would be beneficial to the whole oeople. Entering into a discussion of the money question, by a clear and con vincing source of reasoning he proved that the prices of the products of labor were governed by the volumn of basic money in circulation, as this is contracted, prices must necessarily fall, and as it increases prices will rise, That the volume of basic money was contracted by the demonetization of silver, he thought there could be no question, and that silver was demone' tixed he showed from the. wording of the coinage law which says the "stand ard silver dollar shall be a legal tender for all debts public and private except when otherwsse specified," which gives the creditor the right to desig nate the class of money in which his security shall be paid. Thus to the creditor is extended a power that the constitution delegates exclusively to congress to "coin money and regulate the value thereof." Extending to the creditor the riptit of specific contract, whereby be could refuse the tender of any class of money issued by the gov ernment is, he said, a destruction of the legal tender powers of that money, makes it only a token, removes from it its powers as a measure of . value, and sends it out to circulate and perform functions which it does not possess, therefore this ban placed upon all of our silver and paper issue left gold a'one the bassic money of the country and contracted the money of ultimate redemption down to the actual supply of gold in stock. . Therefore tho only real money there is in the United States today or at any time si ace 1873 is the gold coin, hence1 it is that the supply of real money has been dimin ished, the demand for it has become great, consequently the price of all other commodities measured in the metal that is both scarce and in great demand, has fallen and will continue to fall as the demand for gold Increases. This contraction of primary money, the speaker held was the cause of the depressed state of business today, and not the changes that have been made in the tariff by recent legislation. Were this not true there should have been no increase of business failures in 1892 over those of the two succeed ing years. 1 Were this not true the woolen mills of America should all be running on full time today instead of lying idle, for they are given free raw material and a protection on their finished goods of from 20 to 40 percent, thus giving to them .the markets of the worldas a field in which to sell their products.- The reason they are not running today is that they have been deprived to a great extent of the home market, by the producers of the country not being able to buy their products.. Because of the fall in prices of the products of labor through a contrac tion off the currency, the real pro ducers, the farmers and labors, are no longer able to buy. This Mr. Butler held was tne cause of present depres sions, and could only be remedied by an increase in tho real money of the country, and since the production of gold was inadequate to the demand, in order to effect this increase we must look to silver In answer to the contention that sil ver will not be accepted, the speaker Insisted that any money to which the government had given full legal tender powers in the past had been accepted, and in the light of history there was no foundation for the claim that it would not be accepted today. Mr. Butler's speech was attentively listened to by the large audience that was present, and the telling argu ments he-produced bad a marked effect upon those who heard him. A Chica go sheep buyer -who was among the audience, said after the meeting had dispersed, that it was the fairest and ablest presentation of the silver ques tion he bad ever heard, being stripped of all superfluity and confined to real and undispuiable facts. Land Transfers. Caleb R. Hill to James Elliott, i in terest in 62 acres land in sec 30, tin, rloe$l. T. A Hudson and wife to Fred Fisher, lots 1 and 2, in block No. O In Bluff addition to Dalles City, $275. W. S. Myers to Peter Godfrey, sei sec 20, 1 1 n, r 14 e, $800. Mary J. Orchard and husband to A. J. Hendry, lot 11 and 111 feet off the east side of lots 3 and 12 and all of lot 4 except 16 feet off the north side of said lot, block 4 in Tackman's addition to Dalles City, $350. A. J. Hendry and wife, to J. A. Simonson, all of lot 11 and Hi feet off the east side of lots 3 and 12 and all of lot 4 except 16 feet of the north side of said lot, block 4 Tackman's addition to Dalles City. $688.63. John Russell and wife to James Pridu, lot 4 block 2 Hood Riyer, $50. J. A. Simonson, to Frank Monefee lot 11 and 141 feet off the east side of lots 3 and 12 and all of lot 2 except 16 feet off the north side of said lot, block 4, Tackman's addition to Dalles City, $350. Charles Craig to Fen Batty, nwl nej nei nwi tec 31, 1 2 n, r 13 e, $40. Edwin C Pool to "Geo. Van Barstel and Theodore Van Barstel, nwi sec 24, t 5 s, r 16 e, $400. Wm. H. Pool to Marie Van Barstel, sec. 5, t 6 s r 17 e. $1,000. Wm. H. Pool to George and Theo dore Van Barstel, sei sec 3. t 5 s, r 17 e, $400. " ' ' atcKlnley'a Prayer. Our father, - who art in England, Rothschild be thy name; thy kingdom come to America,' thy will be done in the United States as it is in England; give us this day our bonds in gold, but not in silver; give us plenty of labor ing men's votes tc keep monopoly in power and its friends in office. We know, our father, that we have done many things that were wrong; we have ' robbed the honest poor and brought distress to many a poor man; we know that It was wrong- to refund the bonds and make them payable in coin; We know it was wrong to water our raiL road stock, but thou knowest we made money by that. Now, my father, tbou knowest that we are above politics. It is the same with us, whether demo crats or republicans rule, for thou knowest we are able to sway all par ties in our favor. Lead us not in the way of strikers, and, above all, deliver us from the Knights of Labor. Thus shall we have the kingdom, bonds, interest, power aud gold, until the re public shall end. Amen. CATCHING AT STRAWS. Oar Republican Contemporary Trie to Work np a "Boomerang.' When argument fails, an appeal to prejudice is resorted to by at least some of the managers of McKinley's campaign. As evidence we submit the follow! rg from yesterday's Chronicle: The Hon. F. X. Schoonmaker of New Jersey, who speaks in The Dalles on the 20th, is looked upon as the ablest exponent of the financial ques tion who is likely to appear on the Pacific coast. Ue has gone deeply into the matter and is a specialist up on tnat question, ine repuDiicans who have carried on a perfectly fair campaign up to date, are deeply grieved that the other side has seen fit to at tempt to draw the people away from him by putting up on the same night one of the most sensational speakers, Pitchfork Tillman, of South Carolina, who for curiosity .alone, to see and hear a genuine anarchibt, many would naturally go to see. The effort ought to prove a boomerang. . We believe that the fair-minded and thinking public will see this scheme in its true light, and choose to bear wisdom in stead of the fiery words of anarchy." What an awful "boomerang" this will prove when tho facts are investi gated. Here they are: When Senator Tillman was billed to speak in The Dalles, on October 20, that date was not taken by Mr. Schoonmaker or any other republican speaker so far as the Bryan campaign committee was in formed. In fact all of his dates had been declared off in. Oregon, as is shown by the following announcement which appeared in The Dalles Chron icle of the 13th: - "Schoonmaker' a Dates Cancelled.' The following telegram is self-ex planatory: "Pobtlbnd, Oct. 13, 1896. M. A. Moody, The Dalles, Or.: "Regret cancellation by the national committee - of all ' scboonmakei s Oregon appointments. SOL Hiksch. "Nothing further is known than the mere announcement stated in tho telegram." . Acting upon this information, the local committee here notified the committee in Portland that a date could be made for Senator Tillman in The Dalles on the 20th, and on the morning of the 14th the date was fixed for Senator Tillman. The local Bryan ommlttee had no - information that Mr. Schoonmaker would be in The Dalles on the 20th until 3 o'clock P. M. on tho 14th, when a . prominent re publican of this city brought to the Times-Mountaineer office the follow ing announcement and requested that it be published: "Hon, F. X. Schoon maker, an eastern speaker sent out by the republican national committee, will speak at The Dalles on Tuesday, Oct. 20th at 8 P. M." . ' Many hours had elapsed between the making of the date for Senator Till man and the receipt of information that Mr. Schoonmaker would be here; in fact, when his date was made it was supposed all of Schoonmaker's' dates in Oregon had been cancelled,' so if there is any attempt to "draw people away" it is on the- part of the republi can managers in supplying a date af tec they had cancelled it. However, people who live in "glass houses" should not be too ready to throw stones. tIf they are conducting such an immaculately fair campaign and would under no circumstance at tempt to run one of their speakers in on a date taken by' the other sideshow does it occur that Hon. Rufus Mallory is billed to speak here on Nov. 2? On Sept. 23 an advertisement was inserted in the Times-Mountaineer announc ing that H. L. Barclay would speak in The Dalles on that date, and this ad vertisement has. appeared in every usue of both the daily and weekly since Sept. 23. Wonder if the fair minded voters won't see a little "scheme" in this? The District Fair. From the preparations being made for the district fair which opens here on Tuesday of next week it is evident that this meeting will be more interet ing than any yet held. The exhibit of agricultural and horticultural products at the opera bouse will certainly be ex tensive, since many farmers and orchardists have signified their inten tions to make exhibits, and a number of' The Dalles merchants will make displays of their wares in the hall. The stock exhibits at the grounds will also be good, as a large number of animals both from this and Crook county will be entered. As to the racing it will be such as to attract the attention of all admirers of fine horses. Some of the best runners in tho country will contest for the purses. However, while the success of the ftir is assured, ' it can be made the more attractive by farmers and fruit raisers from all sections bringing in large quantities of their products, as there is no possibility of the exhibit in these lines being too great. ... - " Mitchell at Dnf nr. The I. O. O. F. hall at Dufur was filled to its utmost capacity yesterday afternoon with an audience, divided about equally between supporters of Bryan and McKinley, to listen to Sen ator John H. Mitchell advocate the cause of republicanism. It is scarcely necessary to report what the senator said at Dufur, since his address there was almost a reproduction of his speech delivered in The Dalles on the 2d. The senator was interrupted a nunvber of times by questions, and displayed some anger when asked how he would vote on a free coinage measure if he should be returned to the senate, re plying that it was McKinley, not him self, who was the issue at present. Whether the senator made any con vers at Dufur for the cause of McKin ley cn be judged from the fact that shortly after his meeting closed three members of the McKinley club re signed and declared their intention to vote for Bryan. . The oyster season nas opened once more and the Oregon Bakery is sup plied with a .fine slock of fresh bay oysters, - - - Fruit jars and cans at Maier & Benton's. Letter AdrertUed. The following is the list of letters re' malnlng in The Dalles oostofflce un called for October 10, 1896. Persons calling for these letters will pleaso give date on which they were ad vertised: Allen, C A Aruel, A J Brennan, Mrs. J Bredeman, S O Bitting, J L Constantino. H Coolev. Frauk Cole, W B Davis. Silas M Cloquet, Gus Allen, Albert Bradford, Walter B Bulkes, Emma Beyers. Ed. Caudell, Flora Cozul. Geo Campbell. O Dixon. Chas Donnelly. H Great, E S Hull, Edgar B Henderson. I H Gunther, A Hayulting, S B Haagu. Bob Hilderbrand. A Joslyn, Miss Delia Johnson, B F Jones, A F Kelxay, Wm Lewellyn, E Monahan. S Moellar, Hans Little. Jno M.:Donald. J M Nelson. Lina Mis: ONen, Peter Roberson, Mrs M Reader. E (2) White, Jas Mrs Orchard, J A Parodi. B . Ruhburg, Julius Stroube, Emil J. A. Crossen , P.. M. REPUBLICAN MEETINGS. Mr. J. W. Ivey will speak at Hood River on Saturday, October 17, at 3 P. M. Hon. Dinger Hermann will speak at The Dalles Friday, October 30lh at 8 P. M. Hon. Rufus Mallory will speak at ine Dalles Monday evening, .Novem ber 2nd at 8 o'clock. Hon. F. X. Schoonmaker, an Eastern speaker sent by the Republican National Committee, will speak at The Dalies on Tuesday, October, 20th at 8p.M. Hon. T. T. Geer will speak in Wasco county on the 21st and 22d of this month. Times and places will be given at a later date. CoiumlMSloner Hlsgtos Comlns;. The Salvation Army people are mak ing elaborate preparations for the re ception of Commissioner Higgins in The Dalles on October 26. He is a di rect representative of the headquarters in London, and is in earnest and ef fective worker for the Army. The Seattle F ost-Intelllgencer speaks in high praise of the work the commis sioner is doing on this coast, and com mends him to all Salvation Army peo ple. " An Infantile Crook. Chicago. Oct. 15 Dennis Myron is only 11 years old, but he has been ar rested 14 times and is now under sen tence to the reform school as a bur glar. He grew up w.in that unsavory neighborhood known as "Little Hell," and about as soon as he wore trousers fell into the companionship of thieves and toughs. He helped a woman in shoplifting, and then took up thieving on his own account. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets do not affect the head or produce nervous ness like the sulphate of quinine. Messrs. Blakeley & Houghton are authorized to refund money in every case where it fails to cure coughs. colds, and la grippe. Price 25 cents. 1IED. HADLEY la this city on Oct. 14. Harold Clark, son or Mr. ana Mrs w. u. uaaiey, agea nine montbs and sis days. -TO THB- OIVE3 The Cboice of Twa T ansco&ttnenta Routes VIA VIA DENVER OMAHA AND KANSAS ' SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS AKD ST.PAOL Low Rates to All Eastern Cities OCEAN STEAMERS leave five days for Portland every SAN FRANCISCO. ClA For full details call on tne O. R. & N. Agent at THE DALLES, or address E. McNEILL, President and Manager. W. H. HTJKLBUBT, Gen. Pass. Agt., " Portland, Oregon Mew o; B. N. Schedule. Train No. 1 arrives at Tb9 Dalles 4:50 A. M., and leaves 4:55 A. M. Train No. 2 arrives at The Dalles 10:40 P. M-, and leaves 10:45 P. M. Train No. 8 arrives at The Dalles 12:5 p. m., aDd west-bound train No. 7 leaves at 2:30 p. M. Train 23 and 24 will carry passengers between The Dalles and Umatilla, leaving The Dalles at 1 P. M. daily and arriving at The Dalles at 1 P. M. daily, connecting- with train Nos. 8 and 7 from Portland. . E. E. LYTLE, - Agent. mmnnnumn Lnmannn THE DALLES National Bank. OF DALLES CITY, OR. - President '.Z. F Moody Vice-President . .C. F. Hilton Cashier M. A. .Moody General Banking Business Transacted. Sight Exchanges Sold on New . York, Chicago, San Fran-v- cisco and Portland. mm nnrrra Fruit Jars Down to Bedrock It, order to dispose of our im mense stock: of Mason Fruit Jars we make the followfhg prices per dozen for the next ten days: : : : : 1-2 Gallon ; . . 90 cents I Quart .... 70 cents 1 Pint ..... 60 cents E. J. Collins & Co. For Sale. Lots well situated. No ex- pense for grading or sewer. Inquire of Wm. SHACKELFORD. jpnwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmf Our Object is to Clean up Stock In our Shoe Department we find different lines of Shoes, all 5 styles and grades, in Infants, Childs, Miss' and Ladies, rJ some remnant lots, others slightly out of date, etc., which 3 we are determined f Must GO j If Frice. Cutting can irove them . . . 3 Ladies Genuine French Kid, j..luiu tot-, hand turn, reg. $5.00, now .$1 50 Ladies Kid, fancy scallop tip, welt, reg. $5 50, now 2 50 - Ladies French Kid, welt,-regular $5 00, now .. . ... . 2 00 Ladies Cloth Top, patent tip, French toe, reg. $4.50, now. 2 00 Ladies Cloth Top, patent tip, Pickadilla toe, welt, reg. $4.00, now 2 50 Ladies Cloth Top, patent tip, square toe, welt, reg. $4.00, "now 2 40 ' Ladies Kid Top, patent tip, squaro or opera toe, turn, reg. $3.50, now 2 00 Ladies Kid Top, plain toe, wlt, reg. $3.50, now v. . . . . 2 25 3 An assortment of Miss' Kid Shoes, pat. tip and plain, reg. $1 50 to $2, choice. .$1 00 35 Assortment of Childs Fine Shoes, reg $1.25 to $1.75, choice 75c and 90c Assortment of Infants Fine Shoes, reg. $1.00 to $1.50, choice 75c Mens Buff Congress, all sizes, reg. $2.00, reduced to w $1 00 Boys Full Stock Congress, sizes 3, 3 and 4, Teg. $2.20, reduced to. . 1 00 Odd lines of Boys Lace, reg. $1.25 and $1.50, reduced to 1 00 $1.25 and $1 50 Mens Buckle aud Congress, heavy, reduced to 1 00 ZZZ $1.25 Boys Buckle, heavy, reduced to : .... . 1 00 $2 50 Mens Grain Boots, sizes 9, 10 and 11, reduced to 1 50 Boys Full Stock, Veal Kip Boots, sizes 9, 10 and 11, choice , 1 00 Womeiis Calf Slippers, regular 75c aud 90c, choice : . 25 Childs " Buckingham & Hecht " Lace Calf Shoes, 7, 8 and 9, choice. . . 50 335 Sale ta Commence Honday, Oct. 19th 3 H. m. MILLIHTCS & GO. THE DHLLES iiiiuaiiiiuimaiuiuiiiiiiiaiuiaimaauaiuiiiiaiiiiiiaii smmmmmmmnmimn Hurrah! ITILLHAN ji . The South Carolina Senator f H . will be in The Dalles on . . H Tuesday Evening, Oct. 20th j 1 . EVERYBODY INCITED f D W. VAUSE 4norwKr to P. KBRPT OO. t- Itaftor lb MM J flp?r, ., . Oils anlf .... (JfiSS Artists' Material and Painters' Sup- plies. Agent for MASURY'S LIQUID PAINT. All orders for painting, pap er in g and kalsomining promptly at- tended to. . . ueave Your Orders - For" Dressed Chickens, Fish, Fine Dairy But ter, Eggs, Fruits and Vegetables of all kinds, Coal and Ice, at . . The Dalles Commission Go's STORE Office corner Second and Washington. FDOHED 1X8 AMD t5 HENRY LKHCK, -Mmanfaetarar of am! iUlt la Harness and Saddlery, 8nd Shnou MoooVa Wanbooaa, THB DALLES. ORB B All Work O teed to (Satisfaction Job . . Printing: Of all kinds done on short notice and at reasonable rates at this office. ' '? " ''"? IS This great advocate of Free Silver will address the people of Wasco County at Baldwin Opera House on the above date. . . . llf 1 '111 i B' EST with m hie D. Blaokwea's Genalna BaU Darbain la In oiuaa by ItaelC Yon will And coupon inRkle earn two ounce bag, and two pons Inside ooch four ounce bag of . Blackwell's Oenuino Ourtai Smoking Bn v bae of Hi ) celebrated tobaooo which gi vea allstof raiuobla preaeota and bo w to got them. When You Want to Buy Seed Wheat, Feed Wheat, Rolled Barley, Whole Barley, Oats, Rye, Bran, Shorts, Hay, : Or anything in the Feed Line, go tothe :' WASCO - WAREHOUSE Our prices are low and our poods are 6rst-clas8.n Agents for the celebrated WAITSBURG "PEERLESS," and BYEBS' BEST PENDLETON MILLS FLOUR. Highest cash price paid for WHEAT. OATS, and BARLEY. Fruit. Boxes or vm& pme AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. Teach Boxes $5 00 per 100 Cantalope Crates $9 50 per 100 Lumber and Building Materials at proportionate prices. RO WE & CO. 7 (. HurrahL j COMING ! 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