SATURDAY...... JUNE 5. 1897 , ITEMS IN BRIEF. - . (From Saturday's Doily.) Mrs. Otto Birgfeld went to Portland . today fo medical treatment. Otto Birgfeld holds the record at The Dalles bowling alley, having made . a Bcore of 58. Workmen have begun excavating fr the residence which Hon. E. O. . MdCoy will build on the lots he recently bought on Washington street. The Oregon Trading Co's. new store '. building at Wasco is about completed, - and the company will begin putting in a stock of goods next Monday. The grand jury returned not a true bill in the case of Charles Knapp, who was brought up from Hood Hirer by - Constable Olint-er Thursday night. At 1:30 today Yen z Bauer, indicted for rape, and J. V. Howland, indicted ' for larceny of sheep, were arraigned in the circuit court and each plead not guilty. Frank La Pier, of Mosier, was in the city today. Mr. La Pier reported that farmers in the vicinity of Mosier are blessed with good crops and a prospect ' for an abundant harvest. Notwithstanding the inconvenience of transferring by wagon around the Cascades, the U. P. & A. N. Co is hand ling a larere amount of freight, the boat coming in every evening loaded There is already stored in The ' Dalles about 3,000,000 pounds of wool, but no sales have been made. Both '' buyers and sellers are holding off to see what congress will do with the twiffblll. A Klickitat county freighter this morning had the misfortune to upset a - load of wool and dump it into Git , more's Lake, on the north side of the river. The wool was fished out and : ' brought to Moody's warehouse where -' it is being dried. . ; . . With the annual encampment of the O. N. J. at Hood River the last of Jun e, and the firemen's tournament here '.' during the second week in September, Wasco county will have considerable - amusement this year to break the dull monotony of humdrum life. ' ' The foundation of the new Lutheran church to be built on Union screet is now completed, and the wood work '.' will be commenced in a short time. ; The building will be 34 by 56 feot, and will be supplied with all modern ap- . pliances for beating and lighting. Geo. Crossfield Is down from Sher- man county and says the crop outlook is the best he has ever'- seen there, . The wheat promises to make a splen did yield, being now beyond all danger of damage from drouth, and nothing but hot east winds can prevent it being first cla98. The Winquat Literary Society of The Dalles high school held th6ir last meetlner for the " present year at the Court street building last night, and then adjourned to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. Glenn where they - were entertained by Misses Edna Glen n and Media Osmus. , . Sherman county farmers are looking - forward to an immense crop this season and are making extensive preparations ' to care for it. Three combined bar- - vesters, with capacity for heading and threshing40 acres a day, have recently been sold in that county, besides a large amount of other agricultural machinery. About 10 o'clock this morning Sher iff Driver raided The Dalles bowling alley, and stopped a friendly contest " verv abruptly. The Sheriff was in structed by the court to summons a special jury and when he appeared, in the alley and made his business known the alley was cleared as if by magic, but not until he had secured what jurors he needed. The G. A. R. has requested that all business houses be closed next Mon .day and that the day be devoted to rjavine tribute to the dead. In com- ' plience with this request about all the stores will close, and the newspapers have also determined to observe the. - day; hence there will be no paper is - sued from this office next Monday evening. From Tuesday's Daily . L. Samuel, of Portland, spent yes terday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Mac Allister went to Portland today for a few days' visit. Co. G, O. N. G., will hold regular drill on "Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Coming soon, the noted lecturer, Geo. F. Hall, of Decatur, HI. Watch these colums. .... : 'v. Miss Emma Van Duyn left yesterday for Cosmooolis. Wash.,- to visit rela tives at that place. A train of 31 cars of cattle passed here this morning en route from Wil lamette valley to Idaho. ' Hon. E. B. Dufur returned yesterday from Oregen City, where he had been settling up some cases in court. The jury before whom Jack Andrews was tried returned a verdict of guilty, An appeal will betaken to the supreme court. A magnificent chlnook salmon was - taken at Stone & Lonsdale's wheel this morning. It was four feot long and weighed 50 pounds. A. Clemens, convicted of ' simple larceny last Friday, was sentenced this morning to one month's confine ment in the county jail. , A gold breastpin was found on the walk in front of the Catholic church last Sunday. Owner can recover the , same by calling at this office. Today I. V. Howland, indicted for killing sheep, plead guilty to the in dictment and was fined $50. Sentence ""was' suspended during good behavior, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cosey, of Prine ville, arrived here yesterday,- and Mrs. Cosev left this morning for Portland ' to spend" a few days visiting relatives, . The past month has been almost a record breaker for heat. Only four times before in the past 20 years has the temperature averaged as high dur ing May. - - Colins Elkins.of Albany, was In the city yesterday, having arrived on a wheel from Prineville. Mr. Elkins' is lvkin? for a' location to engage in merchandising. Hamilton, theman who had his back broken while attempting to get off a . brake beam in front of the Umatilla- house some time ago, died Sunday at , the poor farm. The trial of Frank Castile for mur der at Goldendale concluded yesterday by the jury returning a verdict' of not ntv. ' Castile was defended by H. S. Wilson of this city. Tbe river here rose three-tenths lasi night. At Umatilla and Northport it is stationary, and at all points above Is falling. It will begin falling grad ually here tomorrow. A. Sherneco, of Astoria, is visiting in the city. Mr. Sherneco reports times rather ' dull in the city by the sea, owing to there having been very few fish caught on the river this sea son. Last Saturday at noon the sisters of St. Mary's Academy together with a number of young lady boarders of the school, each laid a brick in the new church, on which was engraved the name of the one laying it. It is slated that large numbers of salmon bare entered the mouth of the river within the past few day?, and M. Herrick sends word to his friends here to get the fish wheels in readiness for a big catch within the next few weeks. Last Saturday Marshal Lauer ar rested three men on suspicion of being connected with robbery of Geo 3and mann on Friday evening. Saudmann recognizes Wm. Kinney as being one of the robbers, but could not identify the other two, hence they were re leased. Tomorrow from 3 to 10 P. M. the ladies of the Catholic church will give an ice cream and strawberry festival in the hall next to the land office, the proceeds to go toward aiding in the construction of the new church. Music and other entertainments will bo fur nished. The Society of Christian Endeavor of the Christian church will hold its semi annual business meeting this evening at 7:30, in the vestry of the church. Officers will be elected to serve during he coming six months, All members are requested to be in attendance. Yesterday afternoon, an old fellow. who was very much under the influence of liauor. was taken into one of the back rooms of the Germania and robbed of $5 45. Five young men of the town have been arrested for the offense and will have their examina tion before Recorder Phelps tomorrow, Increasing business has forced Pease & Mays to add to their already large force. Miss Maybel Mack has been engaged for the office and Mr. C. E. Corson for their grocery department. Twenty-one people are now required to conduct their immense business An idea of the increase in their busl ness may be had when we state that they employed only five people in 1892, HONOR TO TUB DEAD, Fitting Tribute to tbe Memory of Cltl sens anf Soldiers, Memorial day was doubly observed in The Dalles. Memorial services were conducted at the M. E. church Sunday evening, where Rev. J. H. Wood de livered a patriotic address, doing hon or to the departed citizen and soldier alike, and Monday afternoon the G, A. R. and W. R. C, under the escort of Co. G, O. N. G., proceeded to Sunset cemetery to place garlands upoa the graves of those who have gone to the beyond. The exercises at the cemetery were brief but singularly impressive.- A large number of citizens were in at tendance and the throng which gath ered around the soldiers monument showed by their deportment how deep ly significant the day was to them ill The ritualistic exercises were con ducted by H. H. Leonard, commander of tbe local G. A. R. post, and the beautiful language and sentiments of the service, lent a solemnity to the proceedings which few occasions cre ate. The exercises were intersperced with sinking by the High School quar tete. As it had been requested in tbe gen eral orders that Lincoln's oration at Gettysburg should be " given a promi nent place in theday's observance, Col, J. M Patterson stepped to the front and read that matchless production Among all the heritages which orators have left to succeeding generations the words of tbe martyred president uttered on . the day of dedicating the Gettysburg cemetery will occupy. front rank. At the conclusion of this part of the program tbe old soldiers filed in line around the monument, each one de positing a floral tribute as he spoke the name of the company and regiment to which he belonged. It was an im pressive and instructive sight to see tbe veterans thas honoring their fallen comrades and it was a privilege which our boys and girls could well esteem. that though removed from the active scenes of deadly war they were able to see the peaceful commemoration of the nation's triumph participated in by men who bore the brunt in those awful days After the soldiers had finished their exercises the Womans Relief Corps took up the program and passed through a beautiful and touching rit ualistic service. There was an abun dance of floral tributes, and ere the close of the proceedings the soldiers' monument was hidden in a bank of roses. At tbe close "America" was sung, soldier and citizen, veteran and youthage and innocence all joining in the words of that grand old song. Many of the graves were appro priately decorated and after the conclu sion of the exercises a detail of Na tional Guardsmen placed tributes of commemoration on the resting places of those of their comrades who have heard the last tattoo. - Although the day was blustery the memorial services lacked nothing to make them appropriate, and as the silent throng filed out the cemetery gate it was with a feeling that the lessons of patriotism cannot be too deeply learned. Choked and Robbed. Abort 10:30 Friday evening G. Sand man n, a carpenter who rooms in the east end, was overpowered in the alley next to the Times-Mountaineer of fice, and was robbed of $5.55 in coin, his tobacco and a few other articles he had in his pockets. He was passing south on Court street, and when opposite the alley, was overtaken by two men, one of whom, a large, powerful fellow, threw - his arm around .Sandmann's neck and dragged him off the sidewalk and into the alley. While the big fellow held and choked him into insensibility, nis companion, who was smaller, went through Sandmann's pockets and re lieved him of his possessions. The citv authorities believe thev have the robbers spotted, and arrests will nrob- aoiy De maaesoon. Endersby School Report. Report of Endersby school, district No. 57, for month ending May 28th: No. days taught......... fl No. days attendance 325 No. days absence, ... s.;.-... 38 No. times tarfy. o Total number pupils enrolled . 20 Average number belonging. ' 19 Average daily attendance 17 Pupils neither absent no tardy 6 Bessie N. Hastings, Teacher THE PRIDE OF THE DALLES. Our Schools and Their Graduates are the Pride of the City. Friday of last week closed a very successful school year In this city, marked advancement having been made in all departments, and a class of thirteen bright young men and women graduated from the high school, who are a credit to the city in which they reside. The graduating exercises were conducted at the Vuart opera hcuse Saturday evening, and were attended by fully 1000 people, all of whom were attentive listeners to the orations and essays. The exercises were opened with an anthem by the high school chorus, fol lowed by the class history, in which Miss Frances H. Fonts gave a brief sketch of the life of each of the thir teen graduates. This was followed by an oration entitled "Whom Does the World Owe a Livingr" With this as his subject, Victor E. G. Schmidt took the position that first of ali, the world owed aliving to the agriculturalist who goes into the fields and produces food for the rest of humanity, then to those who toil with hands and minds to cre ate necessities, to the followers of pro fessions. to teachers and to those who make our laws and those who defend them, but that it does not owe a living to the droan or sluggard, who neither exerts himself mentally nor physically. His wa3 indeed an able address, and evidenced a most careful study of the subject. Miss Trudie Rowland then rendered a pleasine little song, "I Have a Little Doll, Dears." "Looking Forward" was the subject chosen by Miss Beulah B. Sterling, and tbe idea advanced and very ably maintained was that looking forward to the possibilities of the future was tbe incentive which spurred tho human mind to deeds of valor and ail high at tainment. Following this oration Miss Ethel B. Deming read a carefully pre pared essay entitled '-Music and Its In fluence." Miss Deming showed a high appreciation of the beautiful and of the refining influence of music, dis playing much tact in rounding sen tences together to convey her ideas of the art which she was discussing. After the high school quartet had rendered the "The River of Time" Arthur Stubling. president of the 1897 class, delivered a masterly oration, the subject of which was "If Washington Should Return." The patriotism of the fathers of the republic were re cited in glowing terms, and a compar ison was drawn between their love of country and that shown by the states men of today, rather to the discredit of the latter. Mr. Stubllng's delivery is perfect and his oration throughout was well worded. "The Love of Our Na tive Land" was the subject of an ora tion delivered by Miss Maie Elanor Elton. Scarcely could a more fitting subject have been chosen, and few in deed could have handled it more ably. The cation was a gem throughout, and was delivered in a manner that showed the young lady fully conver sant with her subject and perfectly at ease before an audience. Misses Clara Nickelsen and Florence Hilton ren dered a splendid piano duet, after which Miss Georgia Bonny read an es say "Wasco County in 1997," in which she gave a brief history of the early settlement of the country and then pictured a future for it one hundred yqars hence, Which if realized will re sult in many changes for the better-' ment of those who come after this gen eration. Carlton Earl Sanders took the subject "Problems America Has Solved," and from it drew many valu able thoughts. He recited the achieve ments that have been accomplished by Americans in founding aiid maintain ing the most liberal government ever known, and the advancements they have made in science, literature and art, and from this drew the conclusion that anything is possible with the American people. His oration was re plete with valuable thought, and meri torious conclusions. To Miss Harriet A. Marden had been assigned the task of drawing back tbe veil which obscures the future, and telling what was in store for each of the members of the class, and the car eer which she read for all except her self, it is hoped will be realized in the fullest extent. After the- rendering of 'Morning Chorus" by a double quartet, Dr. O. D. Doane, chairman of tbe school board, presented the diplomas, at the same time extending a hearty congratulation to the class for the at tainments they have thus far reached. The exercises were concluded with the song "Hark, They Come," by the high school chorus. Four of the class, Misses Emma Bon- ney, JLlva May Ureighton, and Ketta Olive Taylor, and ,V!r. Orson Dayton Taylor bad each prepared an oration for the occasion, but had kindly given way to the others, allowlug their ora tions to be omitted in oraer that the exercises should not be too long. C LOSING EXERCISES. How They Were Conducted Btreet School. at Court The Dalles, May 29, 1897, ED. TlMKS-MOtJNTAINEEB: Thinking that your readers might like to hear from one,' who spent pleasant hour in attendance upon tbe closing exercises of the Court street school,! send the following: The three schools under the leader ship of their teachers, Misses Cheese, Ball and Snell united in the exercises holding them in the large upper room of the brick building. The exercises at the close of the school year are always interesting; and to the children mark one of the most enjoyable days in school life, and in these exercises at this building they truly did seem to enjoy themselves. The program began with "A Song of Spring," It was sung by eight little girls (dressed in white); and their voices blended in unison and their happy faces showed the joy thatepring brings to their lives. Eva Bagley recited a cornicle selec tion entitled "Getting an Early Start, which was well received. Lulu Hoyle's recitation "Back to Griggsby" was nicely recited and en joyed. The vocal solo by Lulu Nicholas described the arrival , of little baby brother "who came to stay" and the troubles experienced by the four-year- oli In consequence. ' They say" and its effect on us all. was what Luella Nelson told us about in her recitation. Dean James recited a pathetic little poem entitled "Papa's Letter." It was nicely delivered. The instrumental selection by the little ladies, Una Wilson and Madge Varney, was appreciated. Hugn Frazier delivered the recita tion "The Dying Soldier" in Hugh's best style. The Calesthenic drill by ten girls was one of the marked features of the exercises and showed what patient drill can accomplish. Roy Hill recited "Johnny's Solilo quy." It described a boy who wanted a little encouragement and who didn't like the old song, "I did better than that when I was young." "The Birds Song" sung by twelve girls was very nicely rendered. Hazel Waud's recitation "Little Black Eyed Rebol" was nicely recited and received merited applause. The instrumental solo by Emily Crossen was appreciated. The Cantata entitled "Queen of Good Gifts" by forty-eight pupils caused the most applause and really was "a crowning , success," in which all entered with enthusiasm it should be seen to be appreciated. Music by tbe school quartet entitled "Good-bye" with its echoing refrain, was the last but not least on the pro gram. We believe that these exercises should be encouraged and that parents should show their regard for the schools by attending them. An Ex-Teacher. THE WAVE OF PROSPERITY. It is Not Jleing Realized In Any Class or industry In the Country. Editor Timks-Moustaiseer : Last fall the republican papers and campaigners warbh-d sweetly of Mc Kinley and prosperity. The promise was, that prosperity would date from the moment it was known thatMcKin ley was elected. That would restore confidence, and confidence was the only factor needed. Money was plen tiful, and would seek investment iu a thousond channels that would demand labor. . But what do we see industry half paralyzed, trade stagnant, values depressed and still shrinking, enter prise stilled and the productive' power of labor palsied, our commerce idle upon the sea, our immense resources useless in cur hands. . Business reporters like Dun & Co. or Bradstreet's report a gloomy out look. In a recent report Bradstreet's says: "The unexpected falling off in the request for staple goods within a month results in a period of compar ative calm at a time when a general revival in demand had been looked for." This calm is paralysis: this calm is stagnation, brought -about by enforced idleness. Again, Bradstreet's says: "Interior merchants continue to buy for near-by wants." That is, they buy a supply for only a few days, a sort of band to mouth trade, a lack of confidence or a lack of money that's not cowardly. Dun says: "Nothing can be said rf the cotton manufacture, which still lacks demand enough to lift prints above the lowest point ever known, and prices of other grades of cotton do not improve." These reporters are probably not politicians, but giveaus the solid facts as they exist. Again, the American Federation of Labor, in a memorial sent to the president, his cabinet and to congress, a few days ago, declare, that destitution among laborers is in creasing until it is already appa'line. In this memorial they state that three million workers are idle. Well may these toilers in the language of their memorial ask: "Whether the interests of trusts and syndicates, mon opolies, corporations and moneyed men, is of more importance than the welfare of the toilers." Thus it is that business and organ ized labor speak of the promisad pros perity, promised not in faith of full- fillmeut, .but for the purpose of giving advantage to the money kings in their great effort to debase and subjugate labor. Organized labor is sweating under its load of keeping up wages, and ere long that, sweat of blood will flow, to scorch and dry up the little selfish prosperity that gold has brought to a few. Zsno. DUdK rol.ll'KRS. The Doings of That City Told by a Regr- ular Correspondent. Messrs. Nolin, Douglas and a few others have returned fro n a sheep shearing tour and report good luck in general and a fine clip of wool. The weather has been qnite change able for a few days, now and then threatening rain, now beat, now cold, now calm, now blowing. Last Friday evening the Artisans organized here with quite a respecta ble membership. Wo heard the titles of office and those chosen but they were so new and strange we have for gotten, (the titles.) They are i.11 highly pleased, as men ever are when they have ladies with them. . The Sunday school had a children's day last Sunday, and from all accounts must have had a very fine time. The church was tastefully and elaborately decorated for the occasion. A fortune-teller has been reading the fortunes of a number of our young people, and of a few not so young, as the act would indicate, fleecing them to the ordinary tune of a half dollar. Whe'her the fortune-teller is a gipsy- queen or some other queen. . we were not informed. Many of our farmers are now en gaged in getting in their supply of wood, even Sherman county is repre sented among the wood haulers that go through our town. The weary fisherman may now and then be seen wending his way to the mountains, but no great fish stories have a later date than last year. Mr. Schanno, of your city, came out here fishing with a sort of red, yellow bait, that he called worms, but which was found to be salmon eggs, and created something of a sensation by tilling his basket along the places where our youth had worn Itself out in vain at tempts. I am inclined to thins some one lied on Schanno. Q. R. X. or Over Fifty kears. An Old and Well-Tried Rem edy. Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup "has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their . children while teething, with perfect success It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug gists in every part, ot the world, Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind. . . Coun'y Superintendent Nowlin, of Umatilla county, is in the city. Mr. Nowlin states that arrangements are being made for holding an institute in Pendleton, beginning June 14 and lasting three weeks. Prominent edu cators from California, Idaho and this state will assist in conducting the institue, and it bids fair to be a profit able meeting for teachers. Mr. Now lin extends a general invitation to the teachers of Wasco county to attend. Send your orders for barbed wire to Mays & Crowe, The Dalles. They are making red hot prices when cash ac companies tbe order. Two pointed Glidden wire, at $2.35 per 100 pounds, and Genuine Baser $2.43, uymKii A CHIEF. Weird Scones at the Funeral of Mcjavo Indian. An Occasion of Feasting Among the Hungry Children or the Desert Strange and Itevoltln Ceremony. Dan Murphy, who owns the greater part of all that is valuable in the town of .Needles, was in ban J; rancisco re cently. "A short t:nie ago," he said to an Ex aminer reporter, as he leaned over the counter and pulled his big soft hat thoughtfully over his eyes, "I took part in one of tho btrangest funeral ceremonies that was ever seen in the west. The corpse was that of Capt Joe, the old chief of the Mojaves, and who was one of the best known Indians In the west. Joe v.-as one of my friends for years, and while just a plain every day sort of a buck in life, lie was some thing of a philosopher and an all round good fellow in his way, although tie was inclined to drink a little too much when he could get it. A couple of vears aco Jce came to me, and, in one of his bursts cf confidence, told me that, ns he was growing old, and he realized that his strength was fail ing, he had deckled to prepare for death. lie had told his relatives, he said, that when he died he wanted me to take charge of the body and give him the best send-off I could. He wanted the thing- done up in regular Indian stvl, but he wanted 'it to be about the finest tiling, of the kind that could be arranged. " 'Me hcup hi? Injun, Dan,' he sug gested. 'Heap hoes, heap cow, heap sheep, llvurabydie. You fix um.' "I promised to do the best I could, and thought no more about it for a long time. One night, however, some weeks ago I was aroused from a deep sleep by a noise in my room, and when I awoke I discovered a number 'of bucks and equaro standing about my bed, They had an old-fashioned tin lantern, such as our grandfathers used, with holes punched in it to let the litrht shine through from a tallow candle that burned dimly inside. Thev told me that the chief was dead and that they had come as requested to have rae arran're for the funeral. They vero bent on having it take place at once, but I persuaded them to wait until raormurr. "On the following- day we burned Caot. .Toe on tho banks of the Colora do, about two ini'es from town. The Indians came for miles and gathered by hundreds to rec their chief started on his long- journey to the happy hunt ing grounds. Bundles of mesquite wood were brought by willing hands, and when they had been formed into an enormous heap the body of Joe was placed on tho ton and a match applied at the bottom. As the flames caught the dry wood and licked their way up ward the Indians formed a great circle about the fuicrr.l p; re, and with the most-fantaslio pyrations of the body wailed a funeral dirge go weird that I actually felt the cold chills chase each other un mv t-uinal column. This con tinued for hours, but at last the pyre burned out and the body was reduced to ashes. These thev covered with a heap of dirt, and then the feast began.. "Nine horses, cizz COW3 and seven sheep were slaughtered in quick order, and while tho flc.Ui was still quivering they cut the carcasses into huge sec tions and throw them into steaming pots that hung over great fires built in pits 'dug' for that purpose. While this was going- on the Indians stood about eager for the feast, and the mo ment tho CerJi was cooked through there was a scrr.ir.ble. A buck or a squaw Would Jceie a chunk of half- cooked horseilesti, and, eating it with the avidity of a wild animal, would make a raid on the beef, following it with an attack on the mutton. In this way they would cat until they were completely gorged, and would crawl off inthc iuLh and rleep only to awake and feast afresh. For three days and nights this continued until every mouthful of meat was eaten and the bones picked clean. During the entire time the widow of the chief -was not allowed to cat, but, with her face painted black with grease taken from the box of a railroad car, was com pelled to sit alone and mourn with all the weird wails she could command. When it was all over the Indians went back to their old lazy life to await an other feast." . It should be made a matter of p lblic knowledge, that De'itt's Witch .Hazel Salve will speedily cure piles of the long est standing. It is the household favor ite for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and scores of alt kinds Snips Kineis Drug Co. BACTERIA AND TOBACCO. A. Theory That Inoculation May Improve tbe Flavor of the Leaf. . .It would hardly be imagined that there was much connection between bacteria and tobacco, but the progress in the science of bacteriology, which is now making such rapid strides, has shown that such is tbe case. Although some bacteria are so deadly, others are found to be of the greatest possible service to mankind. It has been dis covered that these minute organisms play an important part in determining the quality of tobacco. The leaves of the tobacco plant before they are worked up into cigars and finally handed over to the public undergo cer tain fermentative changes. It was formerly supposed that the alteration in their condition thus brought about was due' to purely chemical changes, but some experiments recently made arc regarded by the Louisville Courier Journal as going to show that these important results are brought about by Lpecial micro-organisms. In .a pa per read before the German Botanical society, Suchland gives an account of his investigations on the bacteria found in different kinds of tobacco, fte ha3 examined fermented tobaccos from all-parts of the world, and found, that they contain plenty of micro organisms, although but few varieties, as a rule, but two or three different spccie3 in any particular brand, and but rarely micrococcus forms. He finds that pure cultures of bacteria ob tained from o::o kind of tobacco and inoculated on to another . kind gener ated ia tba latter a taste and aroma re callinjr tho last a and' aroma of the originr-l tobacco from which the bac teria had been in the first instance ob tained. This discovery suggests great possi oiiitics. T hus, it is hinted that in the future it may be possible to raise ihe quality of German tobacco, not so much by carefnl ctlture and judicious selection of varieties, which has so far proved comparatively unsuccessful, as oy inocuiatm? with pure cultures of bacteria f-ur;d ia some of the fine for- cm tfT-a?-;o. whereby corresDondiniT fermentative changes may be induced in Ccstaaa' raw material, and the qv;a'y inM-oved accordingly. It will be l:.-jy interacting to watch the ru-;--ra rr-i:H j ox this transplanting of eac-.-.-r:: n successful they will lead to nio ::,.t-aUii:-i and improvements in many i- "iu.rlc-. - K, port of Grand Jury. In the circuit court of the state oi Oregon for Wasco county, May term, 1S97. .We the grand jury in tbe above en titled court of said term, respectfully submit the following for our final re port: We have been in session five day? acd have returned into court six true bill and four not true bills, and have examined several other matters which we have not deemed of sufficient im portance to report. We have examined the county build ings, including tbe county jail and poor farm, aud find them all in good condition and well cared for. We have examined the clerk's, sheriff's, treas urer's and other county offices, with t ie books, records and papers tboreiu, and all are properly and correctly kept in so far as we are able to judge. We find the county poor all well provided for at the county farm, and we commend the county for the man agement of such county farm. We have no special recommencla- tions to make as to the affairs of the county, and believe that they are properly and economically managed. W. H. H. DUFER, Foreman. Unconditional surrender, is the only terms those famous little pills known at- DjWitt's Little Early Risers will mak-. wan con-uiDatien. sick headache ar.o s'omach troubles. Snipes Kincrsly Dii; Co. THE DALl.li.S PCRLIC SCHOOLS. Report for the Qnarter (ft Wepks) Ending a c e ; H H . Grades. East Uill Primary i. uoopcr 1st and 2 A Mrs. Kocnc Acad :my Park Miss Pbinnan. . 3 A 4 A nnO 5B 1st Mrs. Baldwin and Miss Flinn -A and 3 It Miss L. Kiiituul... 6tti Miss T. Riutoul.. Unioa Street Miss Rowe Miss E. Cooper.-. Miss Hiill Miss Cheese Union St. Annex Miss Snell Court Streel Miss Miehell 1st 2d 4th Btl 8 B Miss Hill I Mr. Landers ( 8 A, 9, 10, 1 Totals. 5 514 No. of days of school, 5. Percent of attendance, Sxi. Avercpe number belonging and average daily attendance about 7h below normal because of sickness in the district. JOHN GAVIN, Prin. For Sale or Rent. A fine fruit farm of 90 acres, plenty of wood and running water, situated within five miles of The Dalles, will be rented or sold on easy terms. This is one of the most desirable bargains in the county. For particulars inquire at this office or at the home of J. A. Fleck. from CJJourval ef JTaJfeBM Proi'. 7. E. Peeks, who makes a speoiulty o Epilepsy, has without doubt treated and cur ed more casus than anv lirir.jf Physician; his access is astonishing. V have heard of cases ei to years' standing cured cy him. Ho publishes a valuable work on this dis ease, which he sends with a larce bot tle of his absolute cure, free to any sufferers who may send their P. O. and Express address. We advise anv one wishing a care toaddreso PratW. H. FEESE, F. 4 Cedar St., rev York Ranch For Sale Eleven Miles Southeast of The Dalles. NWM S. 1. EV4 NEW SW of NEV. NWH of SEX Sec. 2. 1 S of 14 E. ; also S H of SEX of bee. 30. township 1 N. of range II E. : Consideration, 2,100. One half down and balance in five yearly par merits, with interest ut 6 per cent. Nearly all enclosed, with 13) acres under cultivation : eocd bearing orchard, house, barn and other small buildings; plenty of water and shade, and 1ft acres of bottom land suitable for fruit of nil kinds. For further particulars call on s. w. MASON, a3m3 On the ranct Farm For Sale. A Stock Farm of 320 acres deeded land, having alltogether about 400 acres under good fence, with comriiodious hous2 and outbuildings. This farm is situated near Bridge cretk.-no miles southeast of The Dalles, on The Dalles ana t anyon City road t'lenty of run ning water. gooJ erowintr orchard, and 80 acres in cultivation. Terms easy. Enquire at the Times-Mouktaeer office, The Dalles, Or. A. A. BROWN - Keep FULL ASSORTMENT 11m m mm AKD PROVISION?, Specie! Prices to Gish Buyers 69 TELEPHONE 69 FOR YOTJB Fruit and Vegetables POULTRY and FISH GA3E IN SEASON AHERICAN flARKET 74 Seconrl Street.- HARRY LIBBE, Praotlcsl MiM.il ANDDEALERJ-IN 'lock Watches, Jewelry, Etc REFAfRING A SPECI.'LT. TOOT BLOCK, THE DALLES. - - - OREGON Leave Your Orders For Dressed Chickens, Fish, Fine Dairy But ter, Eggs, Fruits and Vegetables of all kinds, Coal and Ice, at . . The Dalles Commission Co's STORE Office corner Second and -Washington 'PHONES 188 AND 885 ?A"S"irOI If O. REDUCED S" m " mm iromifto251t less tre&tmflnt b nran. fir". fcVS Irtnff Physician of 20 rears' emefleuoa. JfV V A So teul etrectsordPteutlon from uu&lnetta. y jrs iu starring, wnnsiea or nabblaeas. " , ?mm ffeoenu DeSilD ami bf-autifiM rnmn ntnn. Phv. alciaas and society ladles Indorse IL Thousand eured. PATIENTS TREATED BY MAIL nonfldcntlallr. For particular! address, wltu stamp. nn CIMVnCD nekn'i nmir, Chicago. UtXm On I UC.IV. sr Sin bntoir, U XOKK i mi 01 J'lj 1 Siooo for those who find it. What is the missing word in the following sentence : Schillings Best tea is not only pure but it is because it is fresh-roasted. Get a package of Schillings Best tea at your grocers ; take out tbe Yellow Ticket; send it with your guess to Schilling's Best Tea, San Francisco, by August 31st One guess allowed for every yellow ticket. If your guess reaches us before July 1st, you are entitled to two guesses for each ticket. If only one person finds the word he gets $1000. If several find it, the $1000 will be divided equally among them. Every one sending a yellow ticket will get a set of cardboard creeping babies at tbe end of the contest Those sending three or more in one en velope will receive a charming 1898 calendar, no advertisement on it In addition to the $1000 offered who send in the largest number of 15th- Cut this out. two weeks. San Francisco 38 SEMIANNUAL STATEMENT Of the Connty Treasurer of Wasco County, Oregon, for the seven months ending on the 30th day of April, A. D. 1897, of received and from what source, and AMOUNTS RECEIVED, To amount on hand from last report To amount received from Sheriff, taxes To amount received from bherin, UalleB City taxes.. . . To amount received from Sheriff, road fund taxes To amount received from Sheriff, penalty To amount received from Connty Clerk, eundry fees .. To amonnt received from County Clerk, liquor license To amount received from Badder, liqnor license Amount balance on hand Received from Sheriff, taxes Criminal, fiuea AMOUNTS PAID By amonnt paid ont on connty warrants By amonnt paid Out on school bupt s By balance general fund on band By balance nchool fund on hand By Dalles City warrants redeemed 1,1 iu By road warrants redeemed " 30 00 $31,071 81 SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX FUND. By balance special school iund Kreeived from taxes By warrants redeemed . Balance Statk of Oregon, County of Wasco 88. J, C Li. rliililpp, do lierehy certify statement of the amounts received, paid rreafiurj of said county for the seven months ending on the Smix day 01 April, a. u. 1897. Witness my hand this 30th day of April, A. I. 1897. . C. L. PHILLIPS. Connty Treasurer. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT Of the amount of Money and Warrants received for Taxes, and Money paid to the County Treasurer by the Sheriff of Wasco C-mnty, Oregon, for the eeven months ending on the 30ih day of April, A. D. 1897 : . To amount received in coin and currency during October, lt90 $ 1.174 83 to amount received in coin and currency during November, 1K5I6 . . . 1,624 26 To amount received in coin and currency To amount received in coin aud currency To amount received in coin and currency To amount received in coin and currency By amounts paid to County November, 1896 .- December " " January, 1897 February, 1897 i April, 1897 - t Amount of $24,914.76 received in months of March and April was turned over to the Connty Treasurer April 5tb. State of Oregon, Countv of Wasco es. I, T. J. Driver, Sheriff ot said connty, do hereby certify that the foregoing statement is correct and true. Witness my band this 14th day of May, A. D. 1897. T. J. DRIVER., Sheriff of Wasco Connty. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT. - Of the County Clerk of Wasco County. and number of claims allowed by the warrants drawn, and amount of warrants outstanding and unpaid, from the nrst day of October, 1896, to the 30th day of Oa What Account Allowed. For salaries of County Judge, Commissioners, Clerk, Sheriff, District -. Inspector and Janitor For road and bridges- For paupers and county hospital For jurors in Circuit Court and Grand For witnesses Circuit Court and Grand For fees in Justice Court I For stationery, office supplies and printing For court house and jail -- For bounty on wild animals For bailiff's. Circuit Court- IiYir Riiiwrviqnrs account Fnp inaAnA nr-enn n t r For coroner's inquest- For fuel and electric For expense of electio For armory rent, O. N. G., and G, A. Total amount of warrants drawn (jatttandina Warrants TJnvaid. Outstanding unpaid warrants, May 1, Estimated accrued interest State op Oregon, County of Wasco ss. T. A. M. Kelsav. Countv Clerk of the harebv certifv that the foreoinsr is a and amount of claims allowed by the on the 30th day of April, A. D. J8a7, on what account trio same was anowea ana the amount of warrants drawn, and the amount of warrants outstanding and unrmid as the same aDDears UDon the records of mv office and in my custody. Witness my nana ana tne Seal. this 4th day of May, SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY STATEMENT ' Of the financial condition of Wasco County, State of Oregon, on tbe .33th day i of April, A. D. 1897 : liabilities. Amount of warrants unpaid October 1st. interest thereon Amount of warranto issued from Oct. 1st, Bt amount of warrants paid from Oct. ... . . . i , , i wltn interest inciuueu as per report on file Total liabilities RESOURCES. Bv funds in hands of County Treasurer Countv warrants Bv amount of funds In bands oi snerifl County warrants Bv estimated amount of real estate bid the years 1890, 91, 92, 93 and 94 Bv amount of taxes due on roll of 1896. iwunty warrants Excess of liabilities over resources State op Oregon, County of Wasco ss. - I. A. M. Kelsav. County Clerk of the hereby certify that the loregoing is a true cial condition of said county, as the same said county, in my office and custody, and urer and Sheriff nied Herein. Witness my band and seal Seal. day oi May, A. v. f.mi. we will pay $100 each to the two persons Schillings Best yellow tickets before June You won't see.it again for A Schilling & Co?njany money received and paid out, from whom on wbat account paid out : AND FROM. WHAT SOURCE. General Fund. School Fund ,.$ 3.632 78 . 21,264 43 ,. 1,710 43 . 1,330 45 9rt (J2 . 2,185 10 600 00 200 00 $1,530 8G 6,670 17 171 20 $31,07181 $8.372 21 OCT, General Fund. ..$25,167 37 School Fund. $4,337 45 4,034 70 -. warrants 4,10-i ut $8,372 21 $ 269 02 o,o .' $5,871 55 152 24 $ 6,023 79 $6,023 79 that tbe loregowig 13 a iruo nno correct out and reiiiaeniuK on hand in the county during December, 1896 6,946 3 dnring January, 18117 1,749 25 during February, 1897 250 00 during March and to April 3,'97 24,914 0 Treasurer as per receipts $ 1,174 83 1.024 26 5,940 73 1,749 2 5 24,914 ;6 By kobekt Kklly, ueputy, State of Oregon, showing the amount County Court of said County, amount of April, 1897, both days inclusive: Amount Allowed 8 8,410 14 843 57 1,390 91 Jury 358 93 Jury 533 8J 518 90 692 10 148 45 521 00 05 0J 2,128 13 4 UU EEEEEEEEEEE II R. relief 307 65 17,111 23 Principal Unpaid. Interest. 1897 $73,666 09 915,00) 00 Countv of Wasco, State of Oregon, do true and correct statement oi the number County Court, for the six months ending j seaioi tne uiuntyuuuri, 01 buiu. vjuuuj A. D. 1HU7. A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk. By Simeon Bolton, Deputy. A. D. 1896, with estimated f 81,722 18 A. D. 1896, to May 1st, 1807, 17,U 1 28 $ i)8,8:& 4d i 1st, 1896, to May 1st, 1897, -1 r . m oi vouuiy treasurer, now 2."i,167 -$ 73,66(5 09 applicable to payment of 4,164 01 applicable to payment oi 3,809 50 in by County at tax sales for 9,500 00 applicable to tbe payment of h,uoj 4a S53.5G0 96 35,105 13 County of Wasco, State of Orerron. do ana correct statement oi tne finan appears of record from the books of from the reports of the County Treas of the Court of said County, this 4th A. iu. n.i,iiOA i r vvounty vierK. By Simeon Bolton, Deputy. PACIFIC R V N S PULLMAN SLEEPING CAriS ELEGANT DINING CARS TOURIST SLEEPING CARS MINNEAPOLIS ST. 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