SATURDAY ... ...... JULY 17, 1897
-. ITEMS IN BRIEF.
(From Saturday's Daily.)
- W. E. Sylvester returned yesterday
from a visit of two weeks in Portland,
- This " morning D. P. Ketchutn ship
- ped two car loads of sheep to Trout
. dale. - -
- Mrs. Dan Baker went to Portland
todav for a brief visit with friends in
: that city.
I Bishop O'Day, of Vancouver, Wash.,
is in the city, the gueBt of Father
Bronsgeeat.
Misd Anna Patterson left today for
-Portland to spend a few weeks visiting
friends there.
' - Henry Deltzel left today for Ellens
burg, Wash., to Degin prospecting in
the mines he has near that place.
'.".'A. B. Niles, the Walla Walla marble
man who has been in the city the past
' two days, leaves tonight for his borne.
. County court adjourned last evening,
and Commissioners Blowers and Kin
ney left for their respective homes this
"morning. ...
Mis9 Anna Stubling accompanied by
. Esther Beck, were passengers on the
r Dalles City this morning going to
Collins' Landing.
Some repairs are badly needed on
the brewery grade, there being several
places on the grade that are really
dangerous to heavy teams. (
' , ' Wash Moore, a prominent farmer of
Sherman county, is in the city today,
and says they will begin beading fall
. grain the last of next week.
Ned Gates went to Portland today
intending to take the steamer for San
Francisco tonight. Mr. Gates will be
' absent from the city about two weeks.
The highwayman Bob Hinman. who
was recently brought - back to Rose
hnnr from Colorado, has been con-
" vioted and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary.
::;Matt Biiaic, of. Warm Springs, was
in the city yesterday. Like all others
from that section he reported crops
looking finer than syer before seen at
this season of the year.
- M. Randall and family and Mrs.
Isaac Joles were passengers on the
Dalles City this morning. Their des
tination was Wind river, where they
. go for a summer outing. ; . ' - ' -:
At noon today the thermometer rpg
: istered 97 in the shade, but by 2 o'clock
had fallen to 95, the fall of temperature
being occasioned by a slight north
easterly breeze.
"" County Treasurer Ward, of Clatsop
county, has turned up as a defaulter,
his firm.Howard & Ward.haying failed
for $40,000, a considerable amount of
' .. which was county funds. - ----- --
Last night The Dalle9 Commission
Co. shipped a car of peach plums to
Cleveland, O., and tonight will start a
car to Milwaukee. This is the first
shipment of plums for the season.
A mistake was made in these col
c umns a few dayB since In' mentioning
the price at which the contract was
' let for building the Lutheran church.
It should have been 81,190 instead or
H.435.
Gilford, the photographer, ha9 gone
to Portland to prepare for the opening
of an establishment in this city. . Mr.
- GIfford has leased the gallery formerly
occupied by Herren, and expects to re
open it about the 2oth.
Any town with a fire department
that gets out on such short notice as
' did The Dalles department today when
' an alarm was sounded, should feel
. proud of its protectors, and . show its
appreciation by patronizing the fire
men's excursion tomorrow.
Archbishop - Gross has -announced
that he will oe in The Dalles, on Sun
day, July 25, to assst in the laying of
' the corner stone of the Catholic church,
and at the same time will deliver a
sermon. Elaborate preparations for
observing this event will be made by
the Catholics of this city.
' John Catea, one pi Wasco county's
staunch old democrats and unrelenting
free silver advocates, started to Port
land this morning for the purpose of
hearing W. J. Bryata's speech. Mr.
Cates proposes to engage a front seat
and sit in it all Sunday night that be
may be sure! of hearing the great silver
advocate's address.
This morning Recorder Sinnott was
called upon, for the - first time to pass
. sentence upon an unfortunate violator
of city ordinances. The offender was
a dusky maiden of the forest who had
imbibed too freely, and Judge Sinnott
pronounced the penalty, a fine of $5,
with as much deliberation and coolness
as if he had served a li retime on the
bench.
The work begun by Mrs. L. M. Mil
ler, of Eugene, to -publish an Oregon
magazine', devoted to Western liters
ture and jthe. preservation of Indian
tradition and historical data is meet
ing with more than the anticipated
success, and she has ' decided to issue
the publication at Portland instead of
Eugene, says the Guard. The first is
sue will probably be out about Septem
ber 15.
to be gone two weeks. At Seattle
they will be joined by Mr. and Mrs. F.
A. McDonald, who will take them in
their naptba launch and ppend several
days cruising on Puget sound.
A stranger was arreateo. in Milton,
Monday for trying to pass two forged
checks and for having forged a letter
of recommendation. When arrested,
he made a hard fight, and chewed up
the letter of recommendation before it
could be taken from him.
A Chinaman by the name of Pete,
who owns two fish wheels on the
river above town, was arrested today
for allowing his wheels to run on
Sunday, and was arraigned before
Justice Filloon this afternoon. The
case was continued until 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
Last week was not remarkable for
high scores on the club alley. The
highest records made were: Monday,
H. Fredden, 45; Tuesday, Miss Myrtle
Micbell, 49; Wednesday, Judge Brad-
shaw, 48; Thursday, Miss lone Ruch,
40; Friday, Vic Schmidt, 47; Saturday,
F. Houghton, 56.
The first week at tho Umatilla bowl
ing alley was notable for some fine
bowling. The highest scores made
during the week were: Monday, C. E.
Porter, 4t; Tuesday, C. Rath, 5(5; Wed
nesday, H. Fredden, 49: Thursday, J.
Robison. 50; Friday. J. Unger, 59; Sat
urday, Joe Erhart, 60.
Today we were shown samples of
oats grown on Henry Williams' Eight
Mile farm that were about as fine as
could be grown any where in the world.
The stalks were about six feet long,
and the heads were well filled. They
were from an 8-acre field that is ex
pected will yield 75 bushels to the acre.
Some heartless creature has turned
an old blind horse out to starve near
Cbenowith creek. The poor old brute
is very thin, and being unable to see
has got into barb wire fences and is
severely out in a number of places.
The party who turned him out would
have been more merciful had he killed
him.
Wind River. is the favorite . resort
for Dalles pleasure seekers this sum
mer. A number went there last week
and today a party consisting- of Mrs. I.
J, Norman and children, Mr. and Mrs.
J.-E. Barnett and children Mrs. Roe
Grimes and daughter. Miss Mabel
Riddell, Mrs. M. Hicks and daughter
and Fred Hill, started for that place to
spend two or three weeks.
Last week E. Schanno visited the
orchards of Sherman county, and ex
presses himself surprised at the appear
ance of the fruit trees in that country.
It has been the general supposition
that fruit could be raised only in specially-
favored'' locations - In Sherman
county, but Mr. Schanno says from
what' he saw there, he believes every
farmer can raise fruit. All the trees
the train for the city of the saints, and
Mr. Barnes' Crook county friends need
not be surprised when he returns to
their midst to hear him making 16 to 1
speeches.
Last evening Leopold Myers and
Mrs. Bertha Vieira were married at
the residence of the bride in this city,
Rev. L. Gray, pastor of the Lutheran
church, officiating. After the wedding
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Meyer were
called upon by a large number of their
friends, who were rather noisy in their
demonstrations of approval of the
wedding; in fact, who treated them to
a regular old-fashioned charivari.
After the noise was over Mr. and Mrs.
Meyer left for a wedding tour to Port
land. On account of the Catholics having
selected Sunday, July 25th, as the date
for laying the corner stone of their
church, the Lutherans have determ
ined to change the date of the laying
of their corner stone to next Sunday,
July 17th. The ceremonies will be
conducted by Revs. Jos. Forest, rector
of the Episcopal church, Rev. W. E.
Curtis", pastor of the Congregational
church, and L. Gray, pastor of the
Butheran church. Music for the occa
sion will be furnished by the Congre
gational choir.
This morning a man wearing a mask
over his face was seen skulking about
the brush on Judge Benett's place,
and Sheriff Driver was called to the
farm to look after the intruder. After
scouring over the place for some time
Mr. Driver located the fellow in the
brush, and telephoned to town for as
sistance, but before help arrived the
mysterious individual escaped over the
hills in the direction of Cbenowith
creek. Mr. Driver tracked him some
distance, but was unable to overtake
him. What the fellow is after no one
knows, though it is thought he is crazy.
Geo. Ellick, the Indian who had be
come so imbued with civilization as to
demand a marriage ceremony per
formed by a white magistrate a few
days ago, is accused of having fallen
victim to a little more civilization and
having stolen a number of revolvers
from W. H. Arbuckcl's store. Ellick
was in the store yesterday examining
a number of revolvers, and last night
the store was burglarized and tho
pistols stolen. As Ellick left on the
boat this morning for Hood River he
is suspected of. being the thief, and
was arrested on his arrival at Hood
River today.
A TK1CMPHAL TO UK.
Mr. Bryan Was Greeted With Enthusiastic
Audiences Wherever Be Stopped.
The tour of Wm. J. Bryan through
Oregon has been one continuous ova
tion. Never before has a man passed
through the state who has attracted
more attention or to whom more uni
versal respect has been shown. From
AN UNCOMFORTABLE
MAN. '
ad
Hundreds Witness His Writhing
Show Mo Pity.
On a narrow platform, close to the
glass roof of Hammerstein's Olympia
roof garden, may nightly be seen, says
theNewYorkHerald.oneof the most un
comfortable men in New York. He is
the man who operates the calcium
ci op.,
From Tuesday's Daily.
Hal French went to Portland
From Mondays, Dally.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Hinton, of Bake-
oven, are in the city. . . .
H. Herbring went to Stevenson on
the boat this morning. - 7
City expressmen today took out li
censes for the ensuing six months.
Judge Bennett went to Portland to
day to listen te W. J. Bryan's speech
In that city.
Mrs. J. H. McKibbon, of Portland,
spent yesterday in the city visiting
Mrs. S. M. P. Briggs.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Seufert went to
Kintraley today to visit Mrs. Seufert's
x mother, Mrs. R. Gorman. -
. The present hot spell seems about at
an end, since Prof. Pague has prom'
ised us cooler weather tenight and to
morrow. -
Bishop O'Dea, of Washington, is in
the city, having arrived bere this af-
- ternoon returning from a visit to Cen-
: terville.
Wool sales today were light, not to
exceed 40 bales having changed bands.
It is understood prices were the same
aa last Saturday, from H to llf centr.
President James J. Hill of the Great
Northern and party passed up the road
' on a special at 3:15 this afternoon
Mr. Hill has been on a visit to the
coast, and is now en route to Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Dufur'a two little
girls have been afflicted with diphthe
ria the past ten days, Due under the
treatment of Dr. Doane have fully re
covered. "Their residence -was disin
fected today, and all danger of the dis
ease spreading is past.
Mrs.
today.
Rev. A. Horn, pastor of the Lutheran
ohurch of Goldendale. is in the city.
Rev. J. J. Kern, of Portland, is visit
ing in the city the guest of Rev. L.
Gray.-
; - The Commission Co. shipped a car
load of plums to Milwaukee last nigb't
and will ship another car load tonight.
" A number of large lots of wool were
sold today. The prices obtained were
9i to Hi cents, some very choice lots
bringing the latter figure.
John P. Wood and a number of
other 'Dalles people took the train
last night for Penflleton to hear
Bryan's Bpeech at that place this afternoon.
Today Peter Lemerath brought in
ten fine beeves for the Columbia Pack
ing Co. and parties from Wapintla
also delivered a choice lot of beef to
Wood Bros.
Next Sunday C. P. U'Ren will make
another shipment of ten cars of sheep
to White Earth, Mont. The sheep
will be summered there and taken to
Chicago for mutton next fall.
Five wagons loaded with Crook
county silver men arrived, at Lebanon
last- Friday, the men having gone all
the way from Prineville to Lebanon, a
distance., of about '130 miles, to hear
Bryan's-speech. " ""' "
Judge Bennett, who returned from
Portland last night, beard Mr. Bryan's
speech t Gladstone .Park yesterday
afternoon, and states that it was the
clearest and most convincing discus
bion of the silver question he ever
listened, to.
Editor D. C. Ireland, of the Moro
Observer, was in the city this morn
ing en route to Portland. Mr. Ireland
stated that Sherman county farmers
were feeling very jubilant on account
of crop prospects, which are the best
ever known in that county.
Earnest Shearer is again . in the city
having arrived here from Huntington
yesterday. For the past four or five
months Mr. Sherer has been buying
sheep in the range country south of
here, and has most of them now mov
ing over the trail toward Kansas and
Nebraska.
Editor Ireland, of the Moro Observer,
estimates the wheat crop of Sherman
county, taking the banner year, 1894,
as a basis. His figures give one-fourth
greater area and one-fourth greater
yield. - As the crop of 1894 was 2,250,-
000, this would make it this year 3,400,-
bushels.
Estimates put on the wheat crop of
Eastern Oregon are Xhat there will be
in the neighborhood of 15,500,000 bush-
harvested this season. Umatilla county
is put down for 5,000 000 bushels, Union
for 3,000,000, . Sherman , for 3,500,000;
Wasco for 1,000,000, Morrow and Gil
liam for 1,500,000, while Baker, Wal
Iowa and Crook will probably yield
1,500,000. .
Last night Coroner Butts received a
telephone message from Cloud Cap Inn
stating that the body of a man had
been found dead near the Inn. Mr.
Butts left on the 4:30 taaia for Hood
River, and from there will take the
stage for the Inn where an inquest will
be held.' The man had been about
Cloud Cap several days acting strange
ly, and it is supposed he suicided.
Tho Christian Endeavor meeting at
San Francisco closed yesterday, and
the 35,000 who attended, most of them
from states east of the rocky moun
tains, will spend a week visiting points
of interest in different portions of
California, Oregon and Washington.
A large delegation vof them are ex
pected in Portland next Saturday, and
possibly some of them will visit The
Dalles. "'
Hon. Geo. W. Barnes, the Palmer
andBucktw leader, of Crook county,
was so Impressed with the appearance
of W. J. Bryan when be appeared in
this city last night, that he concluded
to'aocompany him. to Salt Lake. He
lights which rIav upon the stage. He
are thrifty, and bid fair to yield a good : has barely room to stand up, so be
kneels most of the time and stares at the
stage before him.
Below are persons trying to look so
cool and comfortable that the sight of
them must be a perpetual aggravation
They sit and laugh and talk, and take
no notice of the uncomfortable fellow
perched high aloft and yet in full view,
lie is there for four hours every night.
He shifts about and occasionally stands
up in his endeavor to get the kinks out
of his legs. He sits, kneels end some
times leans back against the big iron
pirder behind him. He sees the show
over and over again. He listens to the
endless splash of ihe water on the crys
tal roof and sees the same little come
dies nightly enacted around the round
tables beneath.
Sometimes a. sign of human interest
is shown in a bending forward as some
woman with a more towering hat than
usual, or a boy-with a more resplendent
hat band than common parades through
the garden.
SMALL PROFIT IN CIGARS.
Dealers Complain That They Stake Very
L.lttle Money.
"There is not a large percentage of
profit in cigars, said D. B. Talbert, ol
Baltimore, a cigar salesman, at the
Metropolitan, to a Washington Star re
porter. "And there is probably no line
of goods in which customers swindle
the dealers with so little compunction
of conscience. There are 50 cigars in
n box of ordinary goods, but the dealer
seldom gets paid for 50, even though
he credits none and gives pone away,
"A man buys a cigar, taking it out of
the box with his thumb and forefinger,
at the same time closing his other fin
gers over another which rests in the
palm of his hands. He gives the dealer
a dime and almost invariably receives a
nickel in change. Or he may buy a quar
ter's worth and gets one too many in
the same way. This has caused some
dealers to ask how many are wanted
and to give out just what are called
for, but it is doubtful if this is wise, a
a customer likes to help himself, and
goes where he can do so.
the time he crossed the state line he
was received wim outstretched bands
by people who considered it an honor
to entertain the distinguished orator.
At Ashland he was listened to by
thousands of people who came from all
sections to hear the great young com
moner. At Eugene he addressed a
large audience from the car platform
Sunday morning. At Albany he was
met by a delegation of prominent silver
men who accompanied him to Lebanon,
where Monday forenoon he addressed
and audience of 15,000 people. His
next stop was at Gladstone Park, near
Oregon City, where it is estimated 25,
000 people listened to his address, and
it is said to have been the largest and
most enthusiastic meeting ever held in
the state. In the evening he made an
hour's speech at Multnomah field in
Portland, where he was again greeted
by an audienoe of about 18,000.
From Portland he started on his
homeward journey, arriving at The
Dalles 00 the 1 o'clock train. Despite
the unseasonable hour Mr. Bryan ap
peared on the rear platform of his car
while the train stopped at the depot.
Having made three speeches during
the day, he was unable to address the
people who bad assembled, though he
stood on the platform and shook hands
with 500 or 600, while The Dalles con
cert band played a number of national
airs. The fact of Mr. Bryan being un
able to speak was a sore disappoint
ment to many, however they felt re
paid for having staid up half the night,
by being privileged to meet and shake
hands with the illustrious gentleman.
When the train left for the east a rous
ing cheer went up for ' Bryan, the
next president of the United States."
Mr. Bryan was accompanied to Pen
dleton and Walla Walla by Chairman
F. A. E. Starr, of the democratic state
central committee, and Sam Wolf,
another prominent Portland democrat.
Judge Condon, S. S. Jobns and J. M.
Huntington, Deputy Sheriff Kelly act
ing as chief sponsor, having invited in
a few guests to the wedding.
This is EUick's third venture in the
matrimonial neld. Mis first two mar
riages were executed in accordance
with Indian customs, but neither
proved binding, both his first wives
having broken their vows to ever
cherish and obey, so he concluded to
have his third wife tied to him by
more lasting bonds.
SIAM tiAPPHIRE MINES.
Beport of City Recorder.
The Dalles, Or., July J, 1897.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of Dalles City, Oregon
I herewith submit to you my annual
repo-t of all business transacted in the
recorder's office for the fiscal year, be
ginning July 1, 1896, and ending
June 30, 1897. as follows:
Warrants issued on general fund. I 8.-C09 84
w arranis ouusianmnv J my i, jam.gen.
eralfund
Warrants outstanding July I. 1!96.
SIJIO A, 1UOU J,83B (3
Total....
Warrants redeemed to July 1.
style A fund
Warrants redeemed to July 1,
general iuna 8,11
Value of Their l'rmlnct Is In the Quantity
Not Quality.
The Pailin mines ore spread over an
irea six miles by two, and consist of 13
nining villages, the chief of which are
Baw Tiika and Baw Dineo. The two
irs more than four miles apart, but
i hey are joined by an excellent road cut
through the forest and well drained,
Sapphire?, s.nys the London TimcSiBre
found all over this district; the whole
countryside is riddled with holes sunk
in the red soil down to the sapphire
layer. Formerly the stones were found
quite near the surface, but those places
have long since been exhausted, al
though the Burmese still continue to
turn over the old heaps in the firm con
viction that precious stones grow. Now
the stones are found at a depth of from
15 to 25 feet, in a reddish, gravelly layer
of varying thickness up to 18 inches.
The pit sunk is usually some five feet
in diameter and either square or cir
cular. Soil is raised in bamboo bask
ets, attached to the end of a balanced
lever, and when the sapphire layer is
reached the stratum is carried to the
nearest water and washed carefully for
stones. Not more than one shaft in
three pays for its working expenses, but
when the sapphire layer is struck the
profits may be large indeed. It is all
a question of luck. To dig and work out
one shaft occupies two or three men
one month. Two or three Burmes-i gen
erally go into partnership and hire
Laos miners to work for them and sink
the shaft at the rate of two ticals (two
shillings eight pence) per 18 inches. Oc
casionally sapphires of considerable
value reward the miner, but tho sap
phires of Pailin are of more commercial
value because of their quantity than be
cause of their intrinsic excellence.
A NEW
Deepest Spot
RECORD.
239.50
.$10,185 K
i 38
1 8,148 15
t g.039 41
..$ 153d 39
.. 607 05
Leaving; outstanding, style A fund. .
uenerui lund
Cash received from all sources:
Fines and liceu&es,not including liouor
licenses, t 1,636 B0
Taxes 3,Ml 13
Liuuor licenses 4,7UD 00
Miscellaneous 80 CO
Boad tax..,., ,. 20 00
Total cash received 8 9,757 63
Cash on hand July 1, 1896 8,496 95
Total $18,254 58
Warrants redeemed during year 8,146 15
Cash paid for int. on city bonds for
which' no warrants has been drawn.. 1,710 CO
I 9.8SH 15-
cash on nana June so, l97 8.3V8 43
Total decrease In expense, 189 over
1MB ; 65 08
Respectfully submitted,
Gilbert W. Phelps,
Recorder of Dalles City.
Didn't Fay to Be Funny.
M. Cleif tie, prefect of the department
of the Bouches du Rhone, has just lost
bis place for trying to be funny official
ly. At a meeting in Marseilles the
mayor of the city, who is a socialist,
made a speech in which be declared that
no one in Marseilles could have any con
fidence in the Meline ministry. The pre
fect in answer said that he was pro
foundly touched by this evidence oi
respect for the ministry. -
The Way to Reduce Weight.
The Oregonian gives the following
recipe for losing a-pound a day: A
"man about town" who has been liv
ing on the fat of the land and doing
nothing, found himself taking on too
much adipose tissue. Concluding there
was no royal road to getting rid of this
incumbrance, he struck out for the
country, chopped brush ten hours a
day, and every evening bathed in the
creek, and at the end of eighteen
days found he bad reduced bis weight
eighteen pounds. He slept like a log.and
was cured of snoring,and has come back
to town feeling line a new man. To
all who are overburdened with fat he
says, "Go thou and do likewise." It
Is safer, better and more effective
than anti-fat or any other nostrum.
Jfor Over Fifty I ears.
An Old and Well-Tktjed Rem
EDY. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used ior 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 Qrug-
glsts 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. ...
The Fuvipea'a Excursion.
bunaay was a aeugntiui day on
the river, there being just enough
breeze to create a ripple on the water,
and no merrier crowd ever boarded the
steamer Regulator than the 115 who
went from bere to Multnomah falls,
nor did that vessel ever make a pleas
anter trip on the river. At 7 o'clock
in the morning the boat left her dock
with banners flying and band playing,
and seemed to fairly fly down the river,
while the passengers enjoyed the mag
nificent scenery on eithor bank. The
locks were passed at 10 o'clock and at
11 the falls were reached. When
the people were once ashore they
scattered through the cooling shades
near the falls and lunched under the
spreading firs within hearing of . the
music furnished by the roaring cateract
as the waters from Multnomah dashed
down the cliffs. - Capt. Waud, Mate
Alden and a few others climbed to the
bead of the falls from whence they
oould view the happy throng below,
while the majority of the excursionists
contented themselves with enjoying
the shades of the valley. At 2:15 the
boat weighed anchor and started for
home, arriving here at 7. It was
pronounced by all as one of the pleas-
antest outings they had ever bad, and
was a perfect success every, way ex
cept that it did not materially swell
the tournament fund, one of the ob
jects for which the excursion was
given.
The Cartridge Exploded.
At. T.nna Pyuilr In 1 IT H .. m
la the Ocean Nearly Six
Mileo.
For 20 years or more the deepest spot in
the ocean has been supposed to be to the
northeast of Japan, says the New York
Journal. There the bottom lies 4,055
fathoms down, or more than five miles
beneath the surface of the waves.
In the latest hydrographer's report of
admiralty surveys, made by the British
government, this ocean record, which
has stood 60 long, is beaten, for there is
official information of a deeper souud
!ng than has hitherto been made. The
deepest spot in the ocean, so far as
known at present, has been found to be
in the neighborhood of the Friendly and
Kermadee islands, in the Southern Pa
cific Here the maximum depth is
(5,155 fathomi, or close upon six miles.
The observation, made by the officers
on board the British ship Penguin, is all
the more interesting for the fact that it
bears out the result of previous re
searches, showing curiously enough as
it does that the deepest parts of the sea
are not far from land.
Deep-sea sounding has come of late
years an exact science in itself. One cu
rious feature of it, and one which is lit
tle known, is that the "leads" used have
to be constructed with especial strength
in order to withstand the enormous
pressure of the mass of water which
bears down upon them when they lie
upon the bottom. So great is this pres
sure that the sounding apparatus in
ordinary use would be crushed, -
' BEST WOOL MSBSET IN O BEGUN.
Wool Bates Higher in The Dalles Than at
any Other Place In the state.
Pendleton, Heppner and Baker City
have been attracting attention as wool
markets this season, but they must
stand aside when compared with The
Dalles. Already there are in the
neighborhood of 6,000,000 pounds
stored bere, and the prices prevailing
at present are from one to one and one
half cents higher here than at any
other place east of the Cascades, A
large Quantity of wool changed hands
here yesterday at prices ranging from
10i to 1H cents, and holders anticipate
still higher prices before the season
shall close.
These high prices are attributed to
two causes, the quantity of wool stored
here, affording buyers a large range of
goods to select from, and the low
freight rates obtainable from this
point. These causes will always make
The Dalles the best wool market in
Oregon, and will consequently induce
wool raisers to tartng thiir product here;
and that now en route to The Dalles
will amount to considerably more than,
8,000,000 pounds that will be bandied
this season by the different warehouses
which at an average even of 10 cents a
pound will distribute yery nearly
$1,000,000 in this vicinity for wool.
THE TEACHERS' INSTITL'TK.
Twenty-Two Teachers in Attendance the
First Day.
Monday the following persons as
sembled at the high school building
for study and improvement. John
Gavin, J. S. Landers, Mellissa Hill,
Louise Rintoul, Lena Snell, Catherine
Davenport, Curtis Egbert, Francis
Fouts, Minnie Elton, Nona Rowe, Em
ma Roberts, Maggie Flinn, Salina
Phirman, Tena Rintoul, Mrs. James
Wilson, Clarence Gilbert, Cora Stan
ton, Kattie Cooper, Ella Cooper, Nan
Cooper, Mrs. Roche and C. L. Gilbert
After a short, appropriate talk from
Mr. Gilbert, the instructors assigned
lessons, and work began iu earne.-t.
Physiology class discusned the value
of the study to the young and analyzed
tae (skeleton, borne problems in pro
portional parts in Brooks mental aril'
metic were discussed. Arrangem nts
were made in the book-keeping c) lSS to
takeuoa thorough discussion of the
principles of the study, and to work
out as may sets as tima perrruts.
Spelling.geography, gent-i al history,
scnooi i.iw. tneory, physical geography
aca u. t. nisiory classes v i-.re or-
Kam.eu, ana some work done iu each
class.
Today Nellie Hudson of Dufur, and
W. H. Walker, of Wamic were en
rolled. Supt. Gilbert intends to pre
sent each person who attends the in
stitute with a certificate of attendance
THE STORY OF
Bald to Deposit
THE SALMON.
In Its Native
Its Eg-gs
Biver.
In the autumn time, and onward to
the beginning of the next year, the
mother salmon ascends the rivers to de
posit her eggs, and thus to secure the
continuance of her race. In connection
with this periodical visit or visits to the
river must be mentioned, says Cham
ber's Journal, a very curious fact. The
idea is entertained very strongly by
some authorities that a salmon invari
ably returns to its native river or that
iu which it is bred. It has even been as
serted by Cshermen that, when several
rivers enter the sea in ons stream (as
at Bonar bridge, for example), the sal
mon bred in eneh, river will pass back
into their own water and will avoid the
strange streams. Tho laie Frank Buck
hind, a strong believer in this instinctof
the fish, regarded the sense of smell as
that which led it to its-native river. Per
haps the truth is that for the most part
salmon do return to their own river, but
the practice and habit arc not necessari
ly invariable. We know the fishes cer
tainly swim great distances along coast
lines where they are captured in stake
and bag nets, end it may well be the
case that now eud then a fish will turn
into a river that is near, in preference to
seeking its own and distant water.
Arrived in ber river, the mother sal
mon begins to scoop out a kind of trench
in the gravel of the stream. This she ef
fects by plowing into the gravel with
ber body. This trench is to be. the
nursery of her voung. The eggs are laid
in the furrow, and are duly fertilize3by
the male sahnon. Then the trench is
filled in by the efforts of both parents,
the eggs are covered with gravel, "and
the mound thus formed is called, in fish-
era language, a "reda. llow many
eggs a mother salmon will deposit is, of
course, adifficultquestion to determine.
but a stock calculation maintains that
the producesi about 900 eggs for every
pound she weighs. Each egg in its di
ameter measures about a quarter of an
inch, and it is estimated that 25,000 rjs
go to a gallon.
Everybody Bays So.
Casoarets Candv Cathartic the mnnt wnn.
tferful medical discovery of tha
ant and refreshing to the tasle, act gently
ouu iu.iu,uijr ub &Muey, jiver ana noweis,
cleansing the entire svstem, dispel colds,
oure headache, fever, hahitual constipation
and biiionsDefts. Please bnv and try a box
ui kj. j. v. iu-iihy; ju, Jn, :a cents. HOW and
guaranteed to cure by ail druggists.
Catching" Snakes For Money.'
It is reported that four or fiv China
men who are employed on the ranch of ;
Pleas Bounds, on the Selah valley,
nave discovered a unique way of ad.
ding several dollars a year to their
wages, says the Yakima Republic.
There are many rattlesnakes in the
vicinity of the ranch, and the celestials
capture all they can of them by means
of a slip-not and a short stick, - catch
ing the reptiles around the throat.
When caught, they are dropped into a
bottle containing alcohol, and then
shipped to China in quantities. They
say their net gain on eaoh snake ap
proaches $5, which makes the narra
tive take front rank among the usual
snako stories. Chinese doctors buy
tha snakes and extract a medicinal oil
from their bodies.
County Court Proceedings. -
The following matters were disposed
of by the county court at the July
term:
Petition of G. J. Gesling et al for
county road granted, and W. H. Bai
ley, R. Howell and C. R. Caatlner
appointed viewers to meet August 2.
Petition of J. R. McGill, et al for
county road granted on condition that
petitioners pay the claim of H. W.
Patterson for $25 damages.
Petition of Ptter Kapkie et al for
county road, granted on condition that
Cheeked In Us Infancy.
At 2 o'clock last Saturday a general
fire alarm was rung, calling out the
entire " department below the bluff.
1 he fire was at the rear of G. J. Far
ley's barn on the alley between Third
and Fourth streets, and was burning
quite lively when discovered by Mrs.
T. Baldwin, who telephoned an alarm
to Jackson Engine Go's, house. Al
though the department responded
promptly, getting to the scene of the
fire in a remarkably short time, oon- j
siuering mat it was five blocks awav.
John Hartnett was too rapid for the
firemen and put out the blaze by the j
tiu vi siu oucKet ana garden hose
before the hose companies or engine
srnvoui '
New Goods !
BARBED WIRE
: NAILS :
GRANITE WARE
TIN WARE
New line
of Stoves
from
to arrive
$6 up to $60 Sieel Eanges
Don't be deceived by buying
second-hand goods. We have
nothing but new goods and up
to-date stoves.
MAIER & BENTON
167 Second Street
HHRiZeSTING
...MACHINERY...
c.
Light running Jones Reapers, Mowers, Binders,
and Headers. Best Harvesting Machinery made.
For sale by . .
TXT-." PHELPS
SOLE AGENT, THE DALLES, OR.
Correspondence regarding prices and terms solicited.
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PULLMAN
ELEGANT
TOURIST
SLEEPING AilS
FINING CARS
SLEEPING CARS
TO
MINNEAPOLIS
ST. PAUL
t RANDJ FORKS
DILCTH
rj EGO
CROOKSTON
WINNIPEG
HELENA and
BCTTE.
THROUGH TICKEUS
TO
CHICAGO
WASHINGTON ,
PHILADELPHIA
NEW YORK
BOSTON and all
POINTS EAST and SOOTH.
For Information, time cards, man and tloketa
eall on or write. W. O. ALLAWA Y, Agent
Or A. D. CHARLTON. Assistant General Paa
sen ger Agent. No. 226 Morrison Street, Cor
ner o( Third Street. Portland, Oregon
Ifpil All ths H
fj2!j . World loves
I' ' a Winner-" i
jm. . Complete Line of w
jjjj are the w
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Retail Salesroom: raj
j 15a Dearborn 87-89 Ashland Ave. my
Children Cry '
for FlTOHZB'B
Castor. a
" Cactoria I as well adapted to children that
I recommend it aa supariur to aujr prescription
known to me." H. A. ARcaaa, H. D
111 South Oxford bt., Brooklyn, J. T
" f use Caatoria la my practice, and Bnd it
tpecialljr adatnej to affections of children.
iux RoBcmoa. JL D.,
10M Sd Are., Hew Yoriu
From persons.) knowledge I ean sat shut
i button la a piost excellent medicine for ouii.
Iran." ba. O. U Oanoon,
Lowell, liasa,
Caatoria p remote IMftMtlon, and
overcome Flatulency, Consultation- Sour
Stomach, DiarrtKBa, and fevariahnesa.
Thus the child is rendered healthy and Ua
sleep natural. Caatoria contains no
Korphina or other narcotic property.
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THE CELEBRATED
Columbia
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop.
This well-known brewery is now turning; out the best Beer
and Porter east of the Cascades. The latest appliances for the
manufacture of good healthful Beer have been introduced, and
only the nrst-class article will be placed on the market.
1 . ' '
East Second Street
The Mies, : Oregon;
The Winner
petitioners pay the claims of Scobe of one of those $IOO prizes got
Bros, and D. G. Boardman amounting I U ii " i .. . ,. 5
tp $18 50 damages. J "wis in mis way
Lumber! Lumber!
For Sale or Bent.
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 tnis omce or at tne noma ot J. a.
Fleck.
yesterday forenoon, Charles Stevens,
formerly a resident of this city, met
with an accident that came near caus
ing him to lose his left hand. He was
loading' a metalic shotgun cartridge
when the thing exploded in his hand,
lacerating and burning it fearfully.
He sent to Condon for Dr. Howard,
but the physician was not at home, so
Mr. Stevens, accompanied by his wife,
started for The Dalles. They drove all
night, and reached Arlington just in
time to catch the Portland express, ar
riving here at 8:30, and had his wounds
dressed by Dr. Logan. ' . " .
The road petitioned for by N. C.
Evans et al was declared a public high
way.
Consideration of the petition of Troy
aneuy et ai ior county road was con-
tinned for the term.
Petition ' of John H. Koberg for
abandonmenTof county road grandted.
Assesson W. H. Whipple was grant
ed until Oct. 4 to file assessment roll
with the county court.
Petition of W. M. McCorkle, et al
for county road granted and A. A.
Bonney, A. C. McCowan and John
Van appointed viewers to meet July 2G.
J. M. Huntington appointed deputy who keeDS a boardino- hnnc. ,r
aaaaaaAW tnv Ya 1 aa f tr A a at vist- a a I . O .
"I. iiy using the tea herself.
2.
who use the
their tickets.
3. By inducing some friends
to try the tea and give her their
tickets.
One of her friends kept
boarding house, and sent her
lots of tickets,
Haven t you some friend
Mr, and Mrs. B. S. Han tint! ton and
Ma started this morning for Seattle. '.hnrrjedly packed his. grip and boarded
Dost Tobacco Epit and Sssoke Tear life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be ma?
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that weak men
strong. A U druggists, 60c or II. Core giiaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Bemedy Co.. Chicago or fTew York,
Harried Like White Folks.
In the sheriff's office at an early
hour this morning, Justice J. M. Fil
loon performed a wedding ceramony
that was a little out of the ordinary.
Geo. Ellick, a Hood River brave, bad
won the affection of Nellie Arqui, a
dusky maiden, also of the classic
shades of the riverside city, and had the
knot tied according to the laws of the
white man. ' Besides the attache- of
salary of S3 per day.
The county clerk was autnorized to
make such Improvements in the clerk's
office as will more safely preserve the
records of the county.
There being a vacancy in the office
of stock inspector, A. S. Roberts was
appointed to fill i the same. I
If you want to buy a new bed lounge
for $7 or a bedroom suit for $8 and up,
wards, or a cook stove from 9-5 up, or
in fact anything in the line of new or
second-band household goods at the
lowest possible prices, call on W. H.
Arbuckle, half block east of postoffice
opposite Mays & Crowe's, The Dalles,
Oregon. wlm
f5r;! AEE YOU GOING TO BUILD ?
v C v V, al I - - '
If so, call on Jos. T. Peters
& Co. and get prices on all
kinds of Building Material,
Paints, Oils, Glass and Wall
Paper. . . . .
Corner Second and Jefferson Streets
in
or
a restaurant, or who has
fluence in some hospital
other public institution ? They
need good tea there.
Rules of contest in large advertisement
tbout first and middle of the month. 44
the court house, there were present ' Qo
W. B. Johnson, Newark, O., says:
"One Minute Cough Cure saved my
only child from dying ' by croup." It
has saved tnousaDtia 01 otbera 8'ifferiot'
from croup, pneumonia, brnnchitb.
and other serious throat and lung
troubles. The Snipes Kinersiy Druk
Ms UA-Joral ef WYiff Am
Trot. W. H. Feeke, who
maxea a specialty ot
EniletMT. haa without
. doubt treated and car
ed more cases than any
1 Hvtaar Physician ; hi.
I success la astonishing.
. We have heard of cases
of so rears' standing-
enrea Dy
I him. He
publishes a
valuable
work on
I thla dis
; ease, which
he sends
kwlth a
e of his absolute cure, free to an jr suffererc
bo may send their P. O. and Express address.
;o aivis anv one -wishing? a euro to addresi
rcf-W. H. IEEEE. Tf. .. 4 Cedar St.. -w Tori
Bdneata Tour floweU With Caaeareta.
Candy Cathartic, core constipation forerer.
10c. S3o. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money
MUNN A CO., '
361 Braaaway. Mew York.
COAL! COAL!
-tat
Wellington, Eock JSprings,
and Boslyn Coal
12, sacked -and delivered- to ny part
of the city.
At Moody's Warehouse
AMERICAN and EUROPEAN PLAN
Seventh and Wash ngtor Sta.
PORTLAND, - . OREGON
PRR , HftTR ,
Thos. Gtjinean,
Pkoprietor
BATES
rtraona.a'PT.AR
11.00 11.60 Z0O
ABTSBTGABT flab
12.00 fc.50 tS-W
MADE ME A MAN
AJAX TABLETS POSITIVELY CUBH
aiAAAtrwitt jf asms Avail lag MHi
WTi 1 m pww vr, ni pi o , WC
bj Abua or othsr KxoMaaa and
ratlDDav Ty anient mn mwmif
ntot Lost Vitality in old or yoanc a&4
ft main fnr at nl 1 ai.rrl.M
ll'nvent Inaanily and VonmvmxMoniZ
naniana
Thairana ahows lmmadlata ImMaia,
affaoU a CUliE whera ail other fail I.
Mil hssaili than BMiBlnat A War TahLaat. Tka
uovej vurva UOOaaOOJ and Wl 1 1 OUT JTOO. V V a POa-
lUva wriUoo ffnarantaa toaffaotaoara pf AT 1
aefeeaaaor rafucd tha moacr. prloa WV Uli mt
twkim or i pkava (foil traatmann for (QJSU. PT
u. in plain wrapper, upon raoalpt of prlea. Cinmlzr
mail.
una.
. In plain wrapper, nrton raoalpt Of prieaMjratilr
For sale la Tbe Dalles by Snipes Klnnerily
Drug Co. and Blukely at Hoiucbum.
Z. F.
Genera! Commission
MOODY
ai d Foi warding Mental
391. 393 HND 395 SECOND STRE6T.
(Adjoining Railroad Depot.)
Consignments Solicited
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Job Printing:
Of all kinds done on
short notice and at
reasonable rates at
thla office.
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Chicago, ftecre. "
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j CoxrajfT, for Information
j f regarding Accident Injur
iiyA anca. ateatioa this paper.
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membership fee. Baa paid over taOOJXKLCD lot
accidental injuries.
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IVanted-An Idea
Wbe eaa think
of soaa. simple
thin latalMitl
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it or, two haadrad lasaauaaa waaijT