SATURDAY.
.AUGUST 21, 1897
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
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From Wednesday's Dully.
' K. D. Cameron, of Wblle Salmon,
was in Iho city lust night.
T. P. Crum returned last evening
from Aloffett spriner where he has
been rusticating tbe past five weeks.
Mrs. W. P. Boyd, of Seattle, (nee
Henley) with her son and daughter,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Brooks,
in this city. r
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Ketchnm were
passengers on the Regulator this morn
ing ea route to Camas prairie for two
week' outing.
Mrs. Frank Sampson and daughters
and Miss Georgia Sampson left today
for Bonneville where they will spend
two weeks camping.
N. Whealdon and Fred Wilson left
this afternoon for Mitchell, hoping to
find a cooler climate, but they will be
woefully disappointed.
Walter Ott. butcher for Wood Bros.,
cut his hand quite eeverely several
days ago, and at present is threatened
with blood poisoning.
Lark in Weaver, formerly of this
city, died at the home of his mother in
Arlington on August 12th. Deceased
leaves a wife and one daughter.
The hot wind which blew this after
noon raised the temperature to 105 in
the shade, while in the sun therraone
tora registered only 108 degrees.
Fred Fisher went to Moffett springs
todav.4 Mr. Fisher is suffering from
rheumatism, and hopes bathing in the
water of those springs will improve
his health. -
J . There was not a quorum present at
the special meeting of the city coun
- ' cil last night, hence consideration of
tbe sewerage question ,was postponed
to the regular meeting in September.
A team belonging to Charlie Sandoz
' displayed considerable speed coming
down Second street. "By tbe assistance
of an expert rider Mr. Sandoz checked
the - runaway ; animals before aBy
damage was done.
" jpnglne No. 1 for tbe Columbia Soutfi
ern arrived from below this morning,
and was taken to Biggs this afternoon.
.- Two miles of track on the road is now
laid, and construction work is being
. pushed as rapidly as circumstances will
. permit.
The Rev. Dr. Orlando Osborn ar-
rived in the city last evening frpm
Portland, and will preach onight at
the Calvary" Baptist church. Dr. Os
born is from Florida, and was for six
years missionary in Indian territory.
Come out and hear him.
Dan Maloney, who was shot yester
day, has spent a comparatively com
fortable day, and there is at least a
possibility of his recovering. At 3:30
his physician bad not yet located the
- - ball, but indications are that it has
lodged in hi; right kidney.
v . Fruit- shipments are being made
daily to various points east, and con
siderable activity is noticed along the
track wliere tbe cars are being loaded.
Today the Commission Co. loaded two
cars with prunes, one of whioh goes to
Chicago and the other to New York,
and tomorrow -will load two cars that
will be shipped into Montana. " -
Several of the tournament com mi t
teea ' met. . Ia9t evening, and among
.' other arrangements for the tourna-
meat authpnzed i.jS...Glbban8, G. W.
" Phelps'and C. E. Dawson to arrange
the program, employed The Dalles
concert band to furnish music for the
tournament, and instructed the com-
-c mittee on-advertising to arrange for
"advertising, etc.
About all hope of finding , Mr.
:': Sklbbee, who wandered away from the
residence of his son in-law, Wm.
Brune, on tbe north aide of the river
last Sunday, has been abandoned.
His tracks' were -found at a spring
on the mountain about five miles from
Mr. Bruno's, but no further- trace
could be discovered. It Is feared the
old gentleman has wandered off and
perished. ,
. Wm. Kelsay, one of the oldest resi
dents of the Antelope country, was in
the city yesterday, and says during his
44 years residence in Oregon, he has
never seen a time when people were
more hopeful' than at present. Mr.
Kelsay does not attribute all ' the
blessings that are bestowed upon tbe
farmArsat present to the change of ad
ministration, although he is an ardent
republican, but says most of our good
fortune Just now is due to the kindness
of Providence. '.
rates when buyer?, 214 miles from tide
water can afford to pay 73 cents. The
rinllna will have to look to its laui els
or they will fall to Washington's big
wheat center-
Charles Riley and family arrived
here yesterday from Hay Creek, and
left today for Salem. Mr. Riley haa
been bookkoeiMjr for 1!. -S. A- L.
Co. at Hay Crock, but will hoou return
to take a like position with W. Bolton
& Co., at Antelope.
Those who have examined Dan
Moloney's wounds say that he is shot
almost exactly in the same place that
President Garfield was, the ball enter
ing the left breast and ranging down
ward,' lodging either in or near the
right kitlupy.
Since the cluli has determined to
make extensive improvements to the
club house, why would it not be well
to put in a swimming pool? It would
be an admirable thing for such hot
weather as has been experienced here
the past few days. '
The first load of new wbeat from
Centerville was brought to Moody's
warehouse today by C. H. Curtis, and
was sold for 75 cents a bushel. Tbe
wheat from that section is No. 1, and
tne yield is reported good, though the
average there is not as great as it was
last year.
Rd Thorp, well known all over East
ern Oregon, writes from Klondike to.
friend in Seattle saying that he had
cleaned up $130,000 mining ' in eigh
weeks, ar.d is coming back to Seattle
on the Portland with his fortune. He
is evidently one of the few who struck
it rich in Klondike.
to
; Dan Moloney is still resting comfort
:'. ably, nd may yet recover .from his
injuries"
1Mrf fl.ntn loff. ttita mAin'lnar for
Portland to meet bis family who are
returning from the coast.
'""'"JTMTHuntington and family went
' to Cascade .Locks today and . will . re
,. turn on the boat this evening.
' One drunk and disorderly appeared
in Recorder SinBOtt's court today and
- donated. $3 to the city treasury.
, ; Fruit jvas considerably injured by
the beat. yesterday, some kinds being
fairly cooked 6d; the aide exposed to
-'the Hot wind'.'" ' , , ;
Last evening adc Praarl was rt
- leased from'lh custody of the sheriff
on giving S500 bail for his appearance
. before Justice Ftlloon for examination
today! -. ,:. ' ; '; yy-
Last night train of 13 ears Of stock
left Saltmarshe & Co, 'a stock yards for
vTroutdale. ' There were 10 cars of
cattle from here and three of hogs
from La Grande. " '
-Leonard Ireland, of the Moro Ob
server, is in the city today. He re
ports harvesting progressing nioely in
Sherman county, though it will require
two weeks to complete heading."
At 1 'o'clock" today thermometers
registered 104 degrees in the shade,
but by 2:10 o'clock tbe temperature had
fallen to 98. .Then by 3:30 the mercury
jumped up to 107, by odds tbe highest
temperature ever recorded here.
Walla Walla is to have a tustte with
the nieicel-in-the slot machines, the
council having authorized the city at
torney to draft an ordinance prohibit
"ipg gambling by any device, includ
ing the innocent looking little ma
chines. -
Wheat is being received at all points
On tne raiiruau u wuuvj.
says Hon.iFi O. McCoy, who came
down, fron -.Grants this morning,
though very little is being sold, the
farmers preferring to wait for better
prices. . " - '
'.Walla Walla still holds the record
as the high wheat market of the In
land Empire. Wheat sold there at. 76
cents day before yesterday. Walla
Walla must bo getting, good freight
1 A number of young ladies have
taken in hand the entertainment for
the benefit of The Dalles hose team,
mentioned some time since, and will
be in readiness to appear" in the Vogt
some evening before Sept. 6. A splen
did program is being arranged, and
as tbe local talent always acquit them
selves with credit, The Dalles can del
assured of being well entertained.
Some sort of fatal disease has broken
out among the horses in Sherman
county that is interfering considerably
with harvesting. S. B. Adams, who
came in from Moro yesterday, says the
horses after being taken out of the
harness in the evening begin cough
ing and by morning they are dead. He
attributes it to the heat and feed, they
being fed principally on dry wheat. '
Wheat is entirely too valuable this
season to take chances on its being
spoiled by rains after it is threshed,
therefore farmers should exert every
possible energy to get it under shelter,
either at home or in warehouses, as
soon as it is harvested. They cannot
afford to allow it to rot in the fields
this year as they did a few years ago
when it was worth . only 25 cents a
bushel.
Hon. W. E. Morrow, clerk of Mor
row county, came down from Heppaer
this morning, and while in the city
was the guest of his old friend, W. A
Johnston. Mr, Morrow says times are
pretty good in and about Heppner, the
farmers having realized fair prices for
everything they have to sell, and are
harvesting an unusually large crop of
wheat for. which they will -get batter
prices than for a number of years past.
A woman out In Sakuache, Col., re
cently gaye birth, to triplets and the
evidence of prosperity. was received in
'such high glee by the community that
the commissioners met and awarded
her 925. It is queer that no f .us was
made over the husband. He is - tbe
fellow-who ought to have received the
rewauL Any one who is so unfortu
nate as to get them three at a time
needs all the substantial sympathy he
can gather in.'
. The ' temperature yesterday - was
something phenomenal. There was
but three degrees difference in the sun
and atmosphere temperature, thofcocn
e tiers registering 105 in the shade and
108 in the sun.' Mr. Brooks, who has
kept a record of the weather here for
3ffyears, says he never before saw such
strange conditions of the elements. In
ten minutes the temperature raised 13
degrees, and remained at 100 until 5
o'clock. .
It is going to require an immense
amount of money ' this .fall to han die
.the wheat crop of Wasco and Sherman
counties, probably three times 'as
much as ever before. The two counties
will harvest in the neighborhood of
5,000,000 bushels, and this will com
mand nearly three times as high a
price as any former 'big crop has. It
is safe to say 75 cents will be the lowest
figure paid for, wheat, and at this price
$3,750,000 will be required to move the
crop. :
. Pendleton is 230 miles from Portland,
the wheat distributing point for East
ern Oregon; The Dalles is 88 miles
from Portland.' Pendleton . has- only
railroad transportation; The Dalles
has both river and railroad transpor
tation. In Pendleton yesterday wheat
was worth 75 oents. a . bushel; in The
Dalles it was worth the sains- What
benefit have the wheat raisers of Was
co county derived frpm 'the expendi
ture of $3,000,000 by the government
to give them an open river to the sea?.
Last night Fern Lodge, D. of H.,
gave another of its ' delightful . enter
tainments. The occasion was a wel
come to Mrs. M. E. Briggs, one of its
members, who was recently elected
Grand Chief of honor of the jurisdic
tion of Oregon, and who just recently
returned from a visit to her parents at
Chehalis. After lo3ge. was closed, a
number of guests were admitted to tbe
hall to listen to a pleasing program
and feast tipon ice cream. Addresses
wore ntada byv Mr. Cradlebaugh and
Mrs. Briggs, also short speeches by a
number of other members. V ; ' "
The old high railroaiT bridge across
Mill creek leading out of TUeJDalles is
soon to be supplanted by a new one,
the engineering work for the pew
structure having been made and sub
mitted to the chief engineer. The
bridge will be run direct from tho
west end of First street to tbo rooks
beyond the creelr, and will Co away
with the curve that now causes so mupb
trouble in getting heavy trains out of
town. The O. R, k N. line is being
improved from one end to tbe other,
and this is one that will greatly faoilU
tate the handling of trains.
sumed to bo tho hottest place in Wasco
county.
G. W. Phelps and mother have gone
to Moffett Springs. They expect
stop at that place a week.
A heavy forest-fire U raging back of
Wind mountain, and hundrodsof acres
of fin; timler land is brine liurnnd
over.
Alex Kirchciuior.of Antolopc,loft ou
the Regulator this morning for Port
land, . where he expects to engage in
business.
W. H. Wiseman, Harry Hampshire
Cbas. lones and Rocky Chenowith left
today for a week's fishing at Collins'
Landing.
' One ear-load of hogi was received
from La Grande last night. '1 hey
were reloaded and whipped to Trout
dale today.
Mrs. W. O. Hadley, Miss May En
right and mother and Mrs. Levi Clarke
returned last night from a visit of two
weeks to the Sound.
H. S. Turner, editor of the Dufur
Dispatch, is in the city, today, and re
ports a slightly warm spell at Dufur.
The mercury yesterday reached 110 in
the shade and and 125 in the sun.
Some half dozen hose teams have
signified tbeir intention to take part
in the forthcoming tournament, and it
is exDected there will be from six to
seven teams enter in every contest.
A gentleman who-came from Dufur
this morning stated that he saw five
threshing machines running between
Dufur and Eight-Mile, which is evi
dence that the farmers are busy taking
care of their golden harvest.
: J. P. Abbott, of Wapinitia, is in the
city today. Mr. Abbott" is somewhat
taken with the Kloudike excitement,
and is contemplating sending one of
his herders, an experienced Australian
miner, to Alaska next spring on a
prospecting tour.
This morning Sadie Anderson was
arrested, charged with larceny from a
dwelling, and will be given a hearing
before Recorder Sinnott at 7 o'clock
this eveninsr. It is alleged that she
stole a watch out, of Joe Kohler's room
in the Chapman block.
W. H. Wiseman came in yesteaday
from Mt. Adams, where he has been
buying sheep. He says the range in
the Cascade mountains is getting very
dry and owners of sheep that are being
herded in that section aie kept busy
finding sufficient feed for their flocks.
Analysis of sugar beets is under way
at the experiment station of the O. A
C. in Cprvallis. One object thereof is
to discover at what time the saccharine
matter is: fully developed, and to tbi
end experiments on young beets in the
station plats will be made every ten
days.
Wheat went up with a hop and a
jump in New York and Chicago yes
terday. In New York it . jumped from
91i to 95, and in Chicago from 83 to
DANGEROUSLY WOITNDEO. .
Dan Maloney Sbot by Jack Prawl on the
Strrrta of Tbe Dalle.
afternoon tbo
About 3:45 yesterday
people oa First and Second streets
were startled by hearing three pistol
shots fired in quick succession, and it
wh soon learned that Dan Malonoy,
ox-uiarshal of Dajlcs City, had been
shot. The circumstances of the shoot
ing as near as can be learned are as
follows:
Maloney and Frank Heater met
Prawl and a companion nameti Henry
Metzsen in front of tbe Baldwin res
taurant, when Maloney struck Prawl
in the mouth, knocking him down and
kicking him as he fell. As Prawl rose
to his feet he picked up a rock, and
warned Maloney to keep away from
him. This warning Maloney failed to
heed, advancing on Prawl who was
backing away, continually saying keep
back. When Maloney had advanced
to within about six feet of Prawl tbe
latter shifted the rock from his right
to bis left band, and drawing a revol
ver from his hip pocket fired three
shots in quick succession, one ball
striking Maloney two inches below the
left nipple, ranging back and dowc
ward, passing two inches below tbe
heart. At first it was thought all
three of the bullets bad taken effect in
Malonev's breast, but on Dr. Hollister
making an examination of the injured
man it was found that he had been
struck by only ono ball.
Constable Frank Hill was in a build-
in s across tbe street from where the-
shooting occurred, . and following
Prawl up Court street to Second placed
him under "arrest, Prawl throwing
down his pistol and the rock he was
carrying, ana surrendering nimseu to
tbe officer.
It appears that the trouble grew out
of an old grudge arising over a horse
race near Glenwood . in Klickitat
county last July. Prawl and Metzsen
both of whom are.engaged in herding
sheep near Glenwood, came to town
yesterday, and about 1 o'clock met
Maloney in a saloon, when the latter
started a quarrel, but was prevented
by the proprietor of the house from
creating any serious disturbance, while
Prawl retreated, insisting that he did
not want trouble. Later Prawl went
to a hardware lutablishment and
bought tbe pistol with which he did
the shooting. As far as is known the
combatants did not meet again until
the time when the shooting occurred
It is impossible as yet to determine
how serious Malaney's wounds are, his
physician being unable to definately
locate the ball, though it is believed
to be lodged in the vicinity of the right
kidney.
Prawl is in the custody of the sheriff,
and his examination will not be held
until the result of Maloney's wound is
ascertained.
Jack PrawLthe man who did the
shooting, is a native of Germany, 23
on she performed in a circus, where,
she gained a training that enables her
to take high dives into the water with
out any danger of being drowned until
so mo one rescues her.
Last winter she aroused tbe sympa
tbies of the people of Hay wards by try.
ing to hang hcrsdf. and secured enough
njoniw Logo to Ios An(.reios. Then it
wax discovered that under the nainu
of Crosby she had previously played
the same trick and taken up a collec
tion at Redding. Next she appeared
at New Orleans and leaped into tbe
Mississippi, but was rescued by a fire
man, and sympathetic people sent her
on to her starving children in New
York. -
rOUMlTTKK'S ACTION KNDOBSKD
Tbe Datlea Commercial and Athletic Clob
Will Kent tlioUraut Hollaing.
At a meeting of the club Thursday,
the action of the committee appointed
to negotiate a lease of the Grant build
ing was ratified by an unanimous vote,
and preparations will commence at
once for carrying the plans of improv
ing the club rooms into effect. Tbe
Dnuding is rented lor a term of six
years at a rental of $75 per month, the
club getting rent free for 13 months in
return for improvmenta to be made on
the premises.
It is the purpose to reanangetbe
entire building, so that the first flnor
will be used for bowling alleys and
gymnasium, and tbe upper floor for
social purposes. Tbe improvements to
be made and tbe new furniture to be
bought will cost in the neighborhood
of 93,000. The club has, in its treasury
some $2,000 and can negotiate a loan
for another $1,000 to be expended oa
the improvements, bo that it will hare
sufficient funds at its 'command to fit
up the rooms second to none in the
state. - . '
Members of the club are enthusiastic
over the changes that are to be made,
all considering the outlay of funds
justifiable, as they have a pride in
making their club rooms attractive
and comfortable, and a place wbere
every member may feel a pride in talc
ing his friends when they visit the
city. .
Klndnena Appreciated.
Mr. Skibbe and Mrs. Brune desire to
thank all those who so kindly as
sisted in . searching for their father
after be was lo&t and perlsbeU in tbe
beat last Sunday, and who kept up the
search until his remains were found
on Wednesday. Those to whom thov
feci esjicoially grateful for their un
tiring efforts in searching for the de
ceased are Charles Butler and son, of
Port Townsend, who staid over one
day at Mr. Brune's to search for the
remains, Dr. V. T. Jook, L. Hillery,
W. N. Crawford, W. A. Crawford,
Fritz Smith, J. Van Andy, Chris
Lewe, Henry Stacks and son. Leo
Brun, William Gilniore and numei-
ousjothers.
Search was instituted for Mr. Skibbo
Sunday afternoon and waa kept up
nearly all night by Wm. Brunn, Dr.
Cook and Cbas. Butler, jr., and not be
ing able to discouver the missing man,
Mr. Brune aroused the neighbors Mon
day morning, also sent word to Fred
Skibbe that his father was lost. Mr.
Skibbe was in the mountains at tbe
time, and did not return until Wednes
day, when he went across the river and
instituted a systematic search, which
resulted in finding the body about 1
o'clock in the afternoon.
Ferdinand Ludwig Skibbe was born
Dec. 16, 182-3, in Cosemiihl in Stolper
Kreise, Germany, and came to America
in 1876 with his family, living in As
toria two years, whoa ho came to Tho
Dalles, residing with his son F. W. L. j
Skibbe since that time.
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WEARABLES
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884. In Portland the .market was
somewhat steadier, though -86 was of
fered for Valley and S3 for Walla
Walla.
heavy
' Prom Tiay'a Dally
Tresspass notiees printed on
card board for sale at this office.
The Commission Co. is loading two
more cars with prunes for shipment
tonight. .
' Hon. A. A. Jayne and family re
turned last evening from a visit to San
Francisco.
License to wed was issued today to
Wm. E. Kemp and Miss Nettie Gllsan,
both of Antelope -
Yesterday tbe mercury registered
112 in tbe shade at Chris Englisbe's
place to Ranch Hollow, which is pre-
Reports from Sherman county are
that since threshing is under good
headway grain has turned out better
than was expected. Considerable
wheat is threshing out from 25 to 30
bushels to . the acre where 18 to 25
bushels would have beeB considered a
fair yield.
The Portland Tribune of the 16th
gives an Illustrated account of the
mining in the Klondike, showing how
. the work is done in the Arctic region,
from which the reader may ain a
good idea of the trials which the gold
hunters encounter while searching for
precious metals.
W. D. Pugh and son came . up from
Salem last nigbt and left for Warm
Springs this morning. Mr. Pugh, who
with Mr. Gray has the contract for put
ting in tbe waterworks for the n ew
school buildings at tbe agency, 'says
the water system will be completed
within two weeks. .
The first wheat to be received at
Wasco was received Monday by the C.
C. Co. They took in 90 sacks. Wheat
will come in rapidly from this time,
and when the railroad is in operation
it will find it has no small job to tran
sport the Sherman county crop to the
market. Wasco News.
Mrs, Ella Cathcart, of this city, de
serves much credit for the energy she
displayed ' in searching .for her old
friend, Mr. Skibbe,.. wbdn it was re
ported that he was lost.' She left here
Monday morning, and with her sister
rode over tbe bill in tbe scorching sun
searching for tbe missing man until
bis remains were found Wednesday
afternoon.
The Moody alley wa open for ladles
this forenoon, and Mrs. G. C. Blakeley
made a record that" no lady and few
men have been able to beat in this city.
The score made by Mrs. Blakeley was
65, and was made as follows: First
frame one, second strike, third spare,
fourth and fifth strikes, sixth spare,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
strikes, with two pin9 extra on the
last frame.
The Huntington quartz mill belong
ing to Z. A, M0pdy4Jf Talent, and Dr.
Flanagan-, or Grant's-Pass,-together
with tbe buildings surrounding, were
destroyed by fire ona night last week.
The machinery had not been operated
for some time, and it is supposed the
fire either originated from combustible
cbemicale stored therein or was of in
cendiary origin. The' loss Is about
$3-500, with no insurance. Jackson
ville Times.
The O. R. &. N. will try tho experi
ment of running a special fruit train
from' Portland to points east. The
first train will pass here tonight pick
ing up two or three cars of fruit here.
It is intended to put this special
through on passenger time, and if suf
ficient fruit can be bad to make up a
train of 13 cars this" train will be run
each week. This arrangementwill make
a difference of from one and one-talf
to two days in reaching eastern. points
and will bean immense saving fo fhe
shippers in ice, besides "getting the
fruit to market la better pmdlipn. .
- There is an old saying that a heavy
acorn crop foretells an uncommonly
hard winter, and if there is anything
in tbU saying, Wasco county wilj ex
perience a singer tbe coming winter.
Al. Bettingen, J. H. Jaoksop and
W. H. H. Dufur are authority for tho
statement that oak trees are fairly
breaking down with thfl weight of
acorns hanging pn .them, many of
which they assert are as largB as goose
eggs. To consume this wonderful
crop of acorns, Mr. Jackson wants to
buy 1000 hogs, and if sricoessful will
employ a hundred men to bold tbe
bogs up in tbe trees while they gather
the. fruit.
A Great Bargain.
From now on until all are sold, 950
cash will get a large sized, fully guar
anteed Chicago cottage organ at Jacob
sen Book and Music Co., The Dalles,
Oregon. . , - tt
or 24 years of age, and came to this
country about 10 years ago. He has
followed sheep herding for different
parties in Klickitat county the past
seyen or .eight vears, and bears tbe
reputation of being a peaceable and
quiet citizen.
- SHIPPING
GREEK FRUIT.
A Sew York Dealer Makes Some Valuable
Suggestion A boot Packing:.
A fruit dealer of New York, bas ad
dressed a letter' to tbe editor of the
Oregon Agriculturalist, and Rural
Northwest in which he makes the fol
lowing suggestions regarding the pre
paration of fruit for shipment that
would be well for Wasco county fruit
growers to heed:
Referring to the editorial note on
the first page of your issue of July 15,
we can not resist the temptation to
write and request, you to urge all" in
tending shippers to eastern markets,
of green fruit, to be more careful in
their selection and packing of .the
same. The trouble we have had in the
past' with, we may say, three cars out
of five that have come here, has been
that the fruit was not selected nor
packed with the care that should have
been taken to insure a satisfactory sale
of tbe fruit. Thousandsmpf crates of
Italian prunes have been thrown on
this market which were most unattract
ive to tbe eye because they bad that
dull, dark,' heavy appearance which
makes them undesirable. The other
two cars have come in here .showing
the fruit well packed, regular size,
with that blue blush so much to be de
sired. : Not only that, but many of the
packers would send fruit irregular in
size in the different crates but all un
der one mark, and, as luck would have
it, when we opened a crate to show tbe
game to a buyer wa would certainly
strike tbe smaller fruit. It is certainly
easy to put a lettey, A or B, on the
crates to designate' the difference in
size. Our buyers want the best
quality, the full, regular size, careful
packing, and the blue blush on all
Italian prunes coming here. .
The letter that one of your Salem
correspondents wrote for the same is
sue, meets our approval with the ex
ception that none of tbe plums or
prunes should be put in 20-lb. boxes,
but always in five-pound baskets, four
Iijiacrate. Do not let your people
I wraplhe- prunes. He writes: "In
picking, pick only'.the -fancyf ruit; do
not ever send any rmair, imperfect -or
undeveloped specimens or any you
would not eat ' yourself. A few poor
specimens of fruit In a box would spoil
the sale in any market?' These are
true words and we trust every man
who is going to ebip will remem
ber them. It costs just as much
freight on a crate of ordinary fruit as
it does on one of high grade, and while
the latter stands a good chance to
make money, the former never does,
at least in New York. Remember we
have 5,000,000 people within 100 miles
of our city hall but they all want a
fine grade of fruit. Remember also
that California bas a pretty ' good crop
of plums and prunes, and that receipts
are likely to continue heavy. Under
tbe circumstances common fruit can
not do well, so do not send it. Throw
it away rather than pack it for ship
ment to the eagt. ,
1 SCIpfUNU AS A. BUSINESS. -
Peculiar Prj ' Wawaa Who Uvea
by Attempting fo pip." , ,
Mabel Crpsby, who attempted to
commit suicide near Lambertville, N. .
J., a few days ago, is well known in
California. She is known in . Oakland
as Mrs. Pearl Price, and threatening
suicide is her profession. Whenever
she becomes financially embarrassed,
she permits somebody to prevent her
from committing suicide. Then she
takes up a collection, has betielf pho
tographed in a living picture pose, and
goes to another town. In .this way
Mr. Price has been quite successful
in gaining a livelihood.
Mrs. Price used to be on ths stage,
which gave her a knowledge of elocu
tion and effective posturing.
PROGRAM ARRANGED.
Liberal Pnraea Are Offered for tbe Com
ing Tournament.
The executive committee in whose
hands was placed the arranging of tbe
program for the tournament have de
cided upon the different attractions
for the occasion, and the program de
cided upoa .will be one that will at
tract the attention of visiting firemen.
The purses are sufficiently large to
cause contesting teams to do tneir
best, and it is expected some records
will be broken at this meeting of the
association.
Following is the program adopted by
the committee:
MONDAY SEPT. 6.
Grand parade 10:30.
) Banquet at Vogt Opera House 12 M.
Welcome to visiting firemen, by
Mayor M. T. Nolan.
Address, by Nicholas J. Sinnott.
Trial heat hub-and-hub race 2:30 p. M.
Delegate meeting at court house 8
P. M.
TUESDAY SEPT. 7.
Wet test 9:30; first prize $100, second
prise 50.
Dry test 2:30; first prize $100, second
850.
'- 'WEDNESDAY SEPT. 8.--
Fiaal hub-and-hub race 9:30; first
prize $75,' second prize $50. , v ' '
Championship race- 2:30; first prize
$150, second $50 and cbampion-ehip
Grand ball at Vogt Opera house
9. P. M.
Perished on theMonntaln.
Last Sunday morning Ludwig Skibbe
left the house of his son-in-law, Wm
Brune, who lives a few miles from tbe
river in Klickitat county opposite The
Dalles, for the purpose of shooting
birds.. Not returning Sunday night,
searching parties were sent out early
Monday morning, and kept up the
hunt until about 1 o'clock Wednesday
when the remains of Mr. Skibbe were
found about three miles from Mr,
Brune's. He was lying with bis head
upon a rode, and bis gun beside him.
evidently having been overcome with
beat. Justice Rorick, of Rockland,
was notified, and held an inquest over
the remains. The body was in such a
4tate of decomposition that it could
not be removed, therefore was burled
near where it was found.
Mr. Skibbe was a German by birth
and was about 7'5 years of age. De
ceased leaves six children, F- W. L,
Skibbe, of the Dalles, Mrs, Br Men, of
Klickitat county, one daughter re
siding in Oregon City, two sons in
Portland and one in Astoria.
Gteat Klondike Scheme.
A party of -Pendletonites have form
ed a co-operative ' scheme for the
purpose of going to Klondike. The
man who luted himself by means of I
-
his bootstraps is not in it with the
Pendleton fellows.
The scheme is worthy of Colonel
Sellers, the only tangible thing about
tho whole business being that each
member of the party must have $500.
They are going to buy a small steamer
and when the Yukon is reached will
explore "all of its promising tribu
taries." Ice and frozen ground offers
no obstacles to this wonderful party,
for they will drill holes into the ground
and then force steam into the holes,
when tbe ground will at once loosen
itself to an exteatpermitting work.
When all the available men are landed
and at work, tbe steamer will act as a
sort of "camp tender," keeping them
in eupphes. It will be used for river
traffic also, and is expected to pay for
itself m a short time. Union Scout.
The balance, about Fifteen Suits, of our stock of
EE Men's Summer Suits m 5VSE 50c on the Dollar; 3
SZZ Just one-half tbe regular price. Only fifteen splits left. 33
5: Sizes from 35 to 47. We sold seventv-five suits at the
former advertised sale, July 21 ; therefore do not delay, 3
but make your selection today. . . ... 2
$10 Suits'for $5. $12.75 Suits for $6.38. -'" $15 Suits for $7.50 ;E2
riUSLIN UNDERWEAR
the good kind, to close at reductions that astonish. -
40c garments for 20c
50c garments for. . . :. v, . . .30c
75c garments for. .."..;-.... .38c
$1 garments for. 69c
And better grades at proportionate. rates. '
rr Summer Wash Goods, Reduced
Sic, 10c and 12c Dimities
15c and 16$c Dimities, etc.,
reduced to 6c a
reduced to 10c a
yard,
yard.
Bellea of Pioneer Daya.
In the office of the secretary of state
Monday morning relics of pioneer days
were added to tbe collection already
oi display in tbe glass showcase in the
department of the capital. They were
as follows: '
A braid of hair of Mrs. Whitman,
wife of the pioneer, Marcus Whitman,
and one of the victims of the Whitman
massacre.
A lock of hair and a piece of scalp of
Chief Egan, an Indian war chief, who
annoyed tbe pioneers very much in
Eastern Oregon, and who was finally
killed by another Indian.
An Indian arrow, with a small steel
point, supposed to be poisoned, used
by the Indians during -Jibe pioneer-
days. . . ,
An Indian or pioneer- garment made
of dressed skies, and bound with
scarlet ribbon. -
field to 9160 Bonds.
Thursday Jack Prawl, who shot
Dan Maloney last Tuesday, was given
a preliminary bearing before Justice
Filloon on a charge of assault with in
tent to kill. Hon. John Mlchell
appeared for tbe state and Judge Ban-
nett for - the defense. The evidence
produced on the examination was sub
stantially the same as the account
published in these columnar After
the testimony for the prosecution, the
defense submitted the case without in
troducing any evidence. ' After hear
ing the argument of counsel, Justice
Filloon held Prawl in bonds of $750 to
appear at the next grand jury. Bail
was readily furnished aqd the defend?
ant has gqne to his home in Klickitat
county.
qenqinp Hapt fenc.
A man out in Nebraska mortgaged
his farm to buy his wife a pair of dia
mond earings. The wife took in wath
ing to pay tbe interest on the mort
gage, but tbe first lob she did she; lost
one of the sparklers ii the suds and
tried to hang herself io the barn, but
the rope broke and she fell on a Jersey
oow worth $150, breaking her back.
Her husband then undertook to shoot
the oow to end its misery, but the gun
burst and destroyed his eyes and his
wife ran away iti a lightening rod
peddler. Tbe mortgage is the only
Later thing that U left intact: ' -
Harvest Mote.
Threshing has not yet begun in the
best wheat belts in Wasco County,
though considerable grain .has been
harvested on- tbe low lands, wbere the
yield is generally light.
Al Bettingen 's place on Three-Mile
yielded a little over 12 bushels to the
acre of fine clean wheat, where ordi
narily tbe grain is cut for hay.
Between Three-Mile and the mouth
of Deschutes most of the wheat has
been threshed and has' yielded from
12 to 13 bushels per acre.
In the vicinity of Dufur wherever
grain has been threshed the yield has
been very satisfactory, the grain hav
ing gone from 20 to SO bushels to the
acre.
Threshing has not yet commenced
on Tygh Ridge and tbe vicinity of
Kingsley, but from all appearances it
is thought tbe yield in those localities
will be over 30 bushels to the aore and
some will go as high as 45.
Land Transfer.
Nicholas Billen and wife to Mrs.
Emma Brosius 171 acres in sec 22, t 2
n, r 10 e, $525.
C A Allen and wife to W. D. Rich
ards, nwi sec. 35, 1 1 n, r 14 e, $1,200.
Dalles City to P. A. Johnson, north
30 feet lots 1 and 2, block 18, Gates ad
dition to Dalles City $60.
. P. A. Tohnson and wife to Nettie
McNiel, lots I and 2, blk 18, Gate's ad
dition to Dalles City, $1 .
J. A. Hamilton and wife to O. R. &
N. Co., parcel land in sec 5, 1 2 n, r 8e,
$900.
Mary E. and Geo. C. Blakeley to E.
C. Pease, 22 feet off east side lot9 7 and
8 feet off west side of lot 6, block 7, in
Dalles City, $600.
.
After "Peaky" Fruit Dealers.
The following from tbe Moro Ob-.
server will be of interest both to fruit
raisers and dealers;
An enthusiastic meeting of the Sher
man county horticultural aoolety was
held in Moro Saturday, Vioe-Presi-
denWHuff presided and D. C. Ireland
acted as temporary secretary.
It having came to tbe knowledge of
the oom mittee on pests that diseased
apples, wind falls, etc., were being re
tailed to farmers at tha price of good,
healthy fruit, it was resolved that tbe
committee secure evldenoe of tbe fact
sufficient to prosecute venders of such
stuff at the October term of circuit
court. . . - '
People who buy any such fruit are
requested to make a record of it to
gether with day and date of purchase
and the name of the person or persons
from whom such diseased fruit was
purchased.
Organ for Sale.
A second-hand organ in good repair
for sale cheap by Charles Schutz. It
is an excellent instrument for a school
room, and school directors will find it
a bargain., , tf
X 9?. Wi Wams d Co.
ZfAe Dalles, Oregon
to. "
We Want Mof e Subscribers
And Are Going to Have Them j
BQBM.
THOMSEN p this city, August 15, to Mr. and
Mrs. J. f . Tuomsen, a son.
WILLIAMS On Three-Mile', August 18, to
Mr. ana Mrs. B. E. Williams, a daughter.
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Board and Tuition per term. 40. Entrance
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Only State School in Eastern Oregon.
Located on tbe O. R. & N. Rallwai. mldwar
between Pendleton and Walla Walla ,
Students admitted at all times of tbe year.
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Dalles-Moro
Antelope Stage Line:
Through by daylight via
Grass Valley, Kent ' and
' Cross Hollow. 1
Leaves Umatilla Bouse Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. Stops made at all points for com
merciai travelers.
All White Work. No Chinese.
All goods left at our Laundry or delivered to our wagon will
receive prompt attention and be laundried in first-class style.
Work collected and delivered to any part of the city. Bates
reasonable; reduction made on family wash.
Goods not laundered to entire satisfaction will be relaund
dered free of charge. '. '
SMILEY & GLAZIER, Proprietors.
Tie Dalles Distilling & Carbonating Works
& NHC6L, Props.
Manufacturers of Carbonated Drinks, Cream Soda,
Lemon Soda, Ginger Ale, Sarseparilla, Champagne
Cider, Orange Cider, Sarsaparilla and Iron, Mineral y
Waters, etc., and all kinds of bar syrups. . .
RESIDENCE TRADE SOLICITED
Free: delivery to any part of the city. :
Retail dealers in Candies, Nuts, Tobacco and Cigars:
. : PHONE NO. 35 :
New Goods
Arriving.
HENHILKUCK,
Manufacturer of-and. Dealer In
Harness and Saddlery,
East End, Two poors West of Diamond Flour
ing Mills- seoono street.
THS DALLES,
CRKOOK
Alf Work Guaranteed to .Qftw
Satisfaction, - -
Spokane
For mining stock
q notations, and
facts - concerning
British Columbia
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Spokane, Washington.
Ppring opening of the richest and choicest selection
of Imported Dress Goods, "Wash Goods, all new de
signs, shades and materials, Homespun Linens,
Scotch Zephyrs, fancy and figured Organdies, Black
Brocade Poplins, etc. . . . .
A fine line of Gents, Ladies, Misses and Children's
Shoes, in lace and button.
A very large stock of dressy and desirable Clothing
at bedrock prices. . . . . .
A new line of samples for spring and summer from
the largest custom clothing manufacturing com
pany in the United States. A fit guaranteed. ;
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