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SATURDAY MAY 20, 1899
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesday's Dolly-
Walter Laidler, of Goldendale, ia in
too city.
Charles Gu other, of Wasco, is regis
tered at the Umatilla House.
Marriaee license was issued today to
A. P. Estabrook aud Miss Ella White.
H. T. Murchie. of Wasco was in
town yesterday, and left last night for
La Grande.
Harrv Hampshire went to Portland
by boat today to have his eyes treated
by a specialist.
-. Mrs. Fallng. who has been visiting
Mrs. W. H. Moody, left this morning
lor her home in fortland.
Miss Emma Ulrica left on the boat
this morning for Albany accompanied
by ber aunt, Mrs. Kate Becur and
children.
Tom Glavey was a passenger on the
Regulator this morning, going to
: Cook's Itmdlng with a span of horses
. he had sold to a lumbering firm.
Mrs. Tackman has added two more
green houses to her floral establish
ment, so that she will soon be able to
supply all varieties of flowers, bulbs,
etc.
Today Judge Mays shipped 1500 head
of stock sheep by boat to Cook's land
ing. From there the sheep will be
taken into the Cascade mountains for
summer pasturage.
Yesterday H. J. Maler received a
dispatch notifying him of the deatb of
bis father at nelleveue, lowa, at noon.
Mr. Maier was 76 years of age and a
German by birth.
Today the river stood at 20.4, a fall
of .8 ot a foot since yesterday morning
B. S. Paeue. foracast official at Port'
land , predicts that the river will con
tinue o lau suirubiy uurio: mo re
mainder of the week.
The Commercial Club manufacturing
committee has sent invitations to the
heaviest real estate owners of the city
to meet with them Saturday to disenss
measures for raising subsidy lunas,
After a meeting with the property
owners 'on Second street the com'
mittee will begin canvassing among
business men for donations.
At a meeting of the board of fire
delegates held at the city hall last
night, an order was made that all
companies belonging to the depart
ment drill once a month during June,
July, August and September. Ibis is
an 'excellent ruling as by frequent
drills tne firemen will become more
expert in handling the apparatus.
The O. R. & N. Co. has had built in
Portland what promises to be the
swiftest sternwheel boat in the world.
It is the Hassalo, which is 186 feet
long, 30 feet beam and 8 feet deep.
On a trial trip the other day it devel
oped a speed of 26 miles an hour,
and will run much faster when in
perfect running trim. The boat is
intended for the run between Port
land and Astoria.
Already The Dalles is beginning to
feal the good effects of the meeting
held at the club rooms last Saturday
night, all kinds of enterprises being
talked off that will help increase the
business of the town, and a move is
already on foot to establish a fruit
cannery and evaporator with local
capital. The club bas appointed a
committee consisting of D. M. French,
E. Schanno, F. A. Seufert, W. H.
Taylor and B. S. Huntington to meet
with the frultraisers next Saturday
and arrange for incorporating a com
pany to take bold of the proposition.
From Thursday's Dally.
Malcom McLenon, of North Yakima,
' is in the city.
Receiver Patterson went to Port
land this afternoon.
John Riddle, of Antelope, came
up
last night from Portland.
C. M. Cartwright,of Portland,
is
here looking after the wool market.
J. P. O'Brien, superintendent of the
O. R. & N. line, passed through on a
special today.
Mrs. Thornbury and Mrs. Hudson
were passengers on the afternoon train
for Portland, where they go for a few
day's visit.
Norris Bros.' big animal show is
billed to appear here on the 24th.
Tbey will put up their tents just east
of Roe's store.
Mr. Butts is recovering rapidly
from the injuries he received several
weeks ago, and is now able to sit up a
few hours each day.
Messrs. James Cunningham and
Sam Sinclair, two prominent sheep
raisers from the Bickleton country,
are in town today, having brought in
a lot of wool to be stored in the ware
houses here.
The north fork of the John Day is
reported very high and rising rapidly,
and it is feared much damage will be
done to farms and bridges along its
course before all the snow leaves the
mountains. . a
The report reached here this morn
ing that Frank Forrester, who killed
Phil Brogan in Antelope last fall, had
killed a man on Trout creek ye sterday.
Whether there was any truth in the
report could not be ascertained.
Superstitious persons in the Lane
county jail, solemnly aver that the
"ghost" of Claud Branton, who was
hanged last Friday, haunts the jail.
Tbey say that tbey heard "footsteps"
last Saturday night.
This year's encampment of the re
organized Oregon National Guard will
be held at the state fair grounds about
July 10th. Ten companies of infantry
and one battery of artillery will par
ticipate in the encampment which will
last ten days.
There is no use kicking against the
inevitable. The Dalles must go ahead
and will go ahead if the residents will
....Headquarters for....
Farmers' and Miners' Tools.
Powder, Fuse and Giant Caps.
Rubber and Cotton Uose.
Aermoter Wind Mills.
Shot Guns and Revolvers.
Garden Tools.
Barb Wire and Nails.
Bicycle Tires.
Crawford, Cleveland and
Delft Blue aud White Enameled Ware. K::
A Complete Line of Spraying
Dunn's No. 1 Spray, also
Garland Stoves and Steel Ranges.
In addition to the above we run
Bicycle Repair Shop and General Machine Shop.
Our Grocery Line is complete in every respect
Give us a call before buying elsewhere.
MAIEB & BENTON.
but stand together and work as one
individual to encourage manufactur
ing industries. If thev do not there
will be a standstill and probably ret
rogression.
Rav Lo?an. of this citv. who is tak
ing a course in medicine at Portland,
has been appointed one of the bouse
surgeons in St. Vincent's hospital, a
position that allows him to assist in
all surgical operations. Ray is a close
student, and when he enters the prac
tice will certainly be able to take first
rank among the men of his profession.
Sherman cauntv Is to have a new
court house constructed either out of
wood or brick. Advertisement for
bids for buildis? same appears in this
issue, and plans and specifications can
be seen at this office. Few counties in
thn state are better off financially than
Sherman, and it certainly is in condi
tion to build a temple of justice that
will be a credit to the county.
Homer Williams the veteran rep
resentative uf Yerba Buna bitters and
Warren's ginger brandy, is in the city
and bas established an agency with J.
J. Stubline. Mr. Williams is a vet
eran of the road, having traveled over
this country for the past 30 years
selling his medicines, and counts
himself among the old settlers, for
while he never settled down in any
place, yet he was among those who
helped subdue the wilderness dispen
sing his bealtb-giving tonics.
From Friday's Dally.
D. A. Copple, of Hood River, is in
the city.
Judge Bradshaw returned last night
from Portland.
Hon. O. P. King and wife, of Grass
Valley, are registered at the Umatilla
house.
S. Redman, of Billings, Montana, is
here looking after the purchase of
StOCK.
E. A. Griffin was in from Deschutes
Yesterday and reported a nice little
snow storm on Tygh Ridge Wednesday
night.
Mrs. A. M. McLeod, of Goldendale,
and Mrs. Nel St. John and daughter,
of Tacoma, are visiting their mother
Mrs. Lusher.
There is no truth whatever in the
report that Frank Forester had killed
a man on Trout Creek. How the
rumor got started is not known.
The wood cornice is being taken off
the Chapman block and replaced by
metal. Bi this change the insurance
on the building is reduced 10 per cent.
Mrs. Weindeobol ter and Miss Pattie
Kreibohm, who have been visiting the
family of Judge Liebe, left by boat
this morning for their home in Astoria,
Col. Ormsby will be hore next Wed
nesday to meet with the woolgrowers,
and consider the proposition for per
mitting sbeep to range on the timber
reserve the coming summer.
A sale ot d.wo pounds of th's year's
cup was made at Gervaise the other
day, the price ranging from 13 to 14
cents. Wool growers here would
smile all over if they were offered such
prices.
Dr. Fluno, of Oakland, Cal., a mem
ber of the board of lecturers of the
Christian science society, will deliver a
lecture in the court house tonight, be
gin nine at 8 o'clock. Admission free.
All are invited.
On Wednesday evening of next week
the Degree of Honor will give a social
dance to which an admission fee of 25
cents will be charged the gentlemen.
Music for the oci-asion will be furnish
ed by Prof. Birg field.
The Dalles today might be termed
an illustrated town, Norris Bros. ''and
RingllngBros 'having put up pictures
on every available space in the city,
and windows everywhere are filled
with thetr advertisements.
Mrs. S. P. M. Briggs passed through
on the morning train en route to
Portland, Sbn leaves there next
Monday for Chicago, and will attend
the meeting of the supreme lodge of
the V. of H. oefore returning.
John Hunsaker, a well known stage
man and mail contractor of Prineyille,
arrived here this morning. He says
for the last two weeks it has been
freezing almost eyery night at Prlne
ville, and consequently crops are not
growing at ail.
The rendition of "A Summer's
Fancy" by local talent at the Vogt
last night was an improvement on the
first evening's' entertainment, a num
ber of specialties having been introduc
ed, including some Irish characters by
John Hampshire.
Prof. Pollman gave a splendid ex
hibition of ventriloquism and hypno
tism at the Baldwin last night, in
which he displayed rare ability in both
lines. The professor is certainly a
good ventriloquest and his power in
hypnotism is recognized to be first
class.
J. A. Crossen writes from Union
that be and J. L. Story will soon start
out from there on a prospecting tour
in the Blue mountains. Their many
friends here hope the Fickel Goddess
will smile on them and that tbey will
discover a mine that will, prove a
bonanza.
Mrs. Cooper has received a letter
from her, son John Cooper, who is in
the Oregon regiment in the Philip
pines, and in It he states that Earl
Sanders, who was wounded on March
25th, has recovered, and Is again with
his company on the fighting line, well
and hearty.
The proposition to bond Baker City
for $60,000 to build a new water system
and for $20,000 to improve the present
system, which was submitted to the
voters of that city at a special election
last Monday, was defeated, the former
by a majority of three and the latter
by a majority of one.
Henry Spicer came in today from
Antelope. Mr. .Spicer says crops in
the vicinity of Antelope are showing
but little growth, the weather having
been so cold of late that nothing could
grow. Several nights last week there
were heavy frosts, though no mater
ial damage was done thereby.
The Roseburg Soldier's Home is now
filled to its utmost capacity, there
Poultry Netting.
Fruit Netting.
Carpenters' Tools.
Wrought Iron Pipe.
Plumbing Goods.
Marlin and Winchester Rifles.
Fishing Tackle.
Bicycle Sundries.
Golden Eagle Bicycles.
Material for Fruit Growers,
Lime, Sulphur and Salt
a Tin and Plumbing Shop,
beta? 90 members in that institution,
The proposed laundry and chapel will
not be built this year on account of the
Shortage of funds. The reduction of
the appropriation from $12,000 to $10,000
by the late legislature eeriously
hampering operations.
Vic Treavitt's Cabin Native Sons
will bold a regular meeetiogon Thurs
day eveniug of next week at wnich
time a larere class will be initiated.
The members of thecabin aredeslrious
of swelling their membership to 100
before the meeting of the grand Cabin
next month, hence they Invite all na
tive Oregonlans to get their applica
tions in before the abovt date.
Farmers say fall grain throughout
the county -is looking splendid, but
spring sown grain, in many places is
hardly through the ground. There is
plenty of moisture in the ground and
all that is needed to bring the spring
grain out is a spell of warm weather,
The German residents of The Dalles
are making elaborate preparations for
entertaining the Sons of Merman,
from Portland, whose excursion will
arrive here at noon next Sunday. The
Portland visitors will certainly be
convinced before the day is closed
that their friends in The Dalles are the
most hospitable people on earth
This morniner Bartell & Munger
shipped to Lebanon a splendid
thorough brace stage coach which
they built for a mail contractor al that
place. The coach was perfect in every
respect, and sneaks well for the manu
facturing ability of The Dalles. Tt is
unfortunate that there is not more of
the same kind of work done here
Mrs. Pettruolla Durham, of Chicago,
bas begun suit against Wilson t.
Stubbings in the circuit court at Salem
to recover $164,919.14. The action is
to enforce a judgment obtained against
Stubbinsrs bv Mrs. Jjurnam in Illinois.
Stubbing- has about $35,000 worth of
property in Marion county, which will
be attached. Ten years ago be was a
prominent real estate dealer in Salem,
WORLD'S GREATEST SHOWS.
Ringling Bros.' World-Famoua Big; Clrcua
to Exhibit Here. 1
Ringling Brothers' popular Worlds'
Greatest Shows will exhibit in this
city Saturbay, June 10.
It is needless to say that this wilt be
an amusement eyent of the first impor
tance. . Rlngliner Brothers' circus is
not only the largest arenic institution
in the entire world, but It Is also the
most colossal travlelng exhibition ever
organized either in ancient or modern
times. In ' novelty, in up-to-date
uniqueness, in the sumptuousness of
its displays, in the beauty of its match
less horses, in the number of its high
priced performers, in the wealth of its
pageantry and in the generosity of
everything that goes to make up a
superlatively great exhibition, it has
no equal on earth. Other shows have
endeavored to imitate it, but never
with success. It bas an individuality
all its own a distinctiveness that
gives it a recognized character for
originality all over the land. It has
repeatedly been said and with truth
that Ringling Brothers' have founded
a new school of American showmen.
but it is a school that has no successful
pupils. To announce the coming of
this great show is sufficient to insure
public attention The pictured pre-
sentmen of the five famous Ringling
Brothers upon an advertisement is an
absolute guarantee of perfection in
arenic amusement. Unlike other
circus managers Ringling Brothers
are never content to rest upon their
laurels. The present season has wit
nessed a notable increase in the mag
nitude of the show as well as a most
unprecedented gathering of American
and old-world novelties. The three
rings, double stages, aerial spaces, and
huge fourth-mile track are fairly alive
with diverting performances, of a
character never before seen with any
arenic exhibition. The most thrilling
of mid-air exploits, the most graceful
of lady and gentlemen riders, the most
astonishingly expert acrobats, vie in
interest with the most sensational
and wonder-creating exhibitions of
trained animal intelligence. Surely
the world has never seen anything to
compare with the marvelous Lockbart
elephant actors, Marchand's pugilistic
proboscidians of Herr Souder's ele
phant braas band. Any one of these
aewly-imported great features would
be sufficient to stamp a show with
merit and distinotion. Equally re
markable is O'Brien's sixty-one borse
act over three-score high-bred
equines all performing in one ring at
one time under the direction of a
single trainer. . A superb menagrie
and a most exciting reproduction of
the exhilarating sports and racing
contests of imperial Rome are impor
tant incidents of the great show, while
all the new free street parade which
inaugurates circus day is the most gor
gously resplendent gratuitous display
ever giyen in any land or age. '
Talk about Reed or Roosevelt for the
republican nominee next year is idle.
There is but one man who can oe the
logical candidate of the republican
party in 1900, and that man is William
McKinley. For the republicans to dis
card him would be to denounce his ad-
mtnlstratiod, and to do this would be
to renounce all their principles. Presi
dent McKinley has given them a high
tariff and a foreign policy to their
liking. Therefore they cannot put him
aside without denouncing the tenets
they have followed. ' McKinley will be
the next republican nominee.
Vages of laborers in the trust factor
ies have been advanced 10 per cent,
and the republican press is making a
big blow about it. But when investi
gated it amounts to nothing. The
trusts have raised the price of their
output 100 per cent. By so doing they
have doubled the price of nearly every
thing their employes are compelled to
buy, and they have given them an ad
vance of 10 per cent. The laborer who
worked -for two dollars a day has had
his wages increased 20 cents, but what
he buys, if a trust product, is doubled
ia price. How beneficient the bene
ficiaries of protection are.
Ex-United States
Senator W. A.
has been quite a
Peffer, of Kansas,
of the founders of the populist party,
and for a long time has been one of its
chief leaders, but he has returned to
the republican fold, and says he has
"always been a republican except on
the money question." If he isn't a
pretty fair joker, he has been an awful
hypocrite the past ten or twelve years.
It is stated that Hon. John J. Lentz
will probably be the next democratic
nominee for governor of Ohio. If be
is nominated he will probably be
elected, for he is one of those who
never knows defeat, besides he is one
of the brainiest men and best cam
paigners in the nation.
Parties desiring flowers for the
graduating exercises of the public
school should place their orders early
with Mrs. Tackman, as flowers here
are very scarce this season, but if or
ders are in early they can be filled. -
mJ7-6d
CONDITION OF CHOPS.
I .
Encouraging Beport. Are
Bocelved at the Portland Bureau.
Following is a synopsis of the report
made from the crop-weather buraau in
Portland, dated May 15:
WESTERN OREGON.
The reports indicate that injury has
been done to the prune crop, especial
ly to the Italian variety. From some
sections the reports indicate an abso
lute failure: from others, that a fair
crop will mature. The bloom was as
full as usual, but when the fruit began
to set it also began to fall from the
trees. The Italian is the principal
varietv of prunes grown, and a short
crop in that variety means a shortage
in the entire crop. The actual condi
tion cannot be determined for a week
or two more. The injury is supposed
to have been done by the February
freeze, assisted by the cold rains of
April and May. The peach crop now
promises to be good in the southern
counties, but not an average in tne
northern counties. Cherries are set
ting fairly well; while dropping pre
vails, a good crop Is expected. Apri
cots and quinces are undoubtedly in
jured and a shortage will result.
Pears and apples appear to be in about
normal condition
The grain crop is in good condition;
fall and winter sown grain are making
slow, but strong, growth. Spring
plowing and seeding continue. Much
of the low land is yet too wet to plow.
Unless adverse conditions prevail
during June, the grain crop will be as
good as it usually, is, the spring acre
age being greater than in normal
years.
EASTERN OREGON.
The grain crop is in nearly normal
condition Stooling continues and a
healthy upward growth has com
menced, Barley was injured to some
extent by the frost on Friday morning.
Spring grain is generally above the
ground. The soil is very moist, and
unless hot winds prevail about July
1st, the grain crop will be nearly an
average.
The fruit crop continues in an un
certain condition. The fruit bloom
was quite full, but fruit dropping sets
in after the bloom falls. The reports
from Hood river valley indicate that
the apple crop will be better than was
anticipated. All sections report fruit
conditions unsatisfactory. Bloom is
commencing in the Grande Ronde
valley and over the plateau. The
actual fruit prospects cannot be de
termined for several weeks more.
A GATHERINU OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
The Meeting: of the Christian Endeavor
Will Be of Vast Importance.
Among the many conventions to be
held in Portland this year is one which
is attracting the attention of young
people in almost every town in the
state. The Christian Endeavors of
Oregon are looking forward with great
eagerness to the state convention,
which is to convene in the metropolis
May 25th., and continue until the 29th.
The committee appointed some time
ago to look after the preliminary ar
rangements for the convention, report
'fll things ready" and a general en
thusiasm throughout the .state. The
program committee has arranged an
attractive program, covering the
three days of the convention, and
promising the delegates some rich
treats. It is announced that "Father"
F. E. Clark, the founder of the organi
zation, will be presence alone is suf
ficient to insure a large gathering of
Endeavors, and the' convention is for
tunate in securing him. Rev. Herbert
S. Johnson, of Pittsfield, Mass., will
also be present and address the con
vention ; President Newlin, of Pacific
College,. Newberg; Rev. H. A. Ketch -um,
D. D., of Salem; Prof. P. L.
Campbell, of the Normal school, Mon
mouth, and several prominent pastors
of Portland will also take an active
part.
The committee in charge is putting
forth every effort to make this the
most successful C. E. convention ever
held in this state, and judging from
the program as already arranged, the
talent secured,' and the general en
thusiasm throughout the state, their
expectations will be fully realized.
Railroad and steamboat lines have
been interviewed, and yet y low rates
secured from all points. All societies
heard from to date express their inten
tion of sending large delegations.
Delegates will be provided with lodg
ing free of charge, and special rates
for meals have been secured at hotels
and restaurants.
SHEARING 8HEEP BV MACHINERY.
A Contrivance That Promises to do Away
With Band Hhearlnjc
A Pendleton dispatch to the Ore
gonian says:
.Twenty sheepshearing machines are
in operation on the ranch of N. H.
Cottrell, on Birch creek, near this
place. . These machines are removing
on the average 2000 fleeces of wool each
day, or about 100 to the machine.
Power is furnished by the use of a
horsepower turned by six horses. This
is the first season these machines
have ever been operated in this'coun
try, and sheepmen are inclined to be
lieve that the days of sheep shearing
by hand have , passed, and that all
sheep in the future will be sheared by
machine. . The machines are operated
on the Cottrell ranch, jind the bands
of sbeep are driven there for shearing.
The advantage is not so much in the
shearing of a large number of sheep
than by the old method, but in the
better manner in which the fleece is
taken ' off the sheep's back. By the
hand-shearing method, the shearer
was apt to cut the fiber and thus in
jure tne selling quality ol tne wool.
By machine-shearing, the fleece comes
from the sheep's back in perfect con
dition, and it is claimed that each
fleece is worth 5 cent more on the
average thao when Rheared by hand.
Charles Cunningham, the heaviest
grower of sheep in Eastern Oregon, is
having his immense bands sheared by
the ' machines, and says now that the
utility of the new method has been
demonstrated, sheepgrowers will re
fuse to allow their sheep sheared by
band even though the shearers offer
to do the work for notthlng. Mr.
Cunningnam was the man who was
chiefly instrumental in bringing the
machines into this country, and feels
satisfied that the innovatian will
proye to be permanently beneficial to
the sheep interests.
G. A. B. Resolutions.
At a regular meeting of Jas. W.
Nesmltb Post No. 32, Dept. of Oregon
G. A. R. the folio wing resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That the members of this
Post do most heartily thank our gov
ernor, Hon. T. T. Goer, for his action
in. regard to asking for the return of
the Oregon e volunteers now in the
Philippine islands. The piomineat
i
part taken by the Oregon regiment in
the recent battles around Manila en'
tirely refutes the idea that these brave
young men are not ia the right place.
We do not belie-e for a moment that a
single member of that regiment wishes
to shirk his duty, or to return home
without the honor of having been in
at the death" of the insurrection.
Resolved, That this resolution be
published in the local papers, and a
coov sent to Governor Geer. The
Dalles Or. May 13th 1899.
R. C. Aiken, Sen. Vice Com.
J. C. Meins. Adjutant.
ANOTHEK BOLD ROBBER.
Frank Murphy Relieved of His Pnrse by
Highwaymen.
Tuesday, near 10:30 p. m., Frank Mur
phy, a blacksmitn woo works In tne
O. R. &. N. shops, was going to his
room at Mrs. Burger's, in the East End,
and just as he passed the club rooms a
fellow stepped up to him and said a
man had just been run oyer by a train
and had both legs cut off a short dis
tance up the track. A train had just
passed, and Mr. Murphy thought the
fellow was telling the truth, so he
hastened along, expecting to give a
poor sufferer relief, and when he
reached some box cars back of Pease
& Mays' warehouse, he was confronted
by two masked men with big revolvers'
and told to throw up his hands. Being
caught unawares, there was no other
alterative, and his hands went up.
While the two men with guns made
him stand pat, the one who had in-
ticed Mr. Murphy into the darkness
went through his- pockets taking a
purse that contained $42.90, also a gold
ring worth six or seven dollars. Tbey
took his watch, but returned it to him
with the remark that they did not
think it would be of any value to them.
After they had relieved him of his
valuables, they told Mr. Murphy to
move back down the track the way he
came, and as tney empnasizea toeir
command with pistols, he obeyed.
Owing to the darkness Mr. Murphy
was unable to recognize his assailants
or to five any description oi tnem
more than that-they wore masks. It
is probable the robbery was done by
local talent, as Tuesday was pay day
on the O. R & N., and it was generally
known that the employes of, the com
pany had received their pay for the
past month. Knowing this the robbers
probably were laying for any railroad
man that might be out after dark.
The matter is being investigated by
the authorities, though it is not likely
the thieves will be intercepted, as
there is no means of gaining a clew to
their identity.
AGAINST OUTSIDE SHEEP.
Grant County Sheepmen Have Formed a
Pool to Keep Them Out.
Sheepmen of this county are great
ly interested in the attitude assumed
by the sheepmen of Grant county with
reference to sheep belonging to out
side owners ssys the Pendleton East
Oregonlan. There has always been a
determined effort to keep ontside
sheep from going into that county, and
various devices have been resorted to
to effect this object. One of the means
utilized was the collection of a toll at
the bridge across the north fork of the
John Day at Monument, and now this
toll will be collected with care.
But, this is not the most effective
moye looking toward the exclusion of
outside sheep, for the sheepmen of
Grant county have quietly been get
ting hold of a large quantity of land
situated so as to enable them to
prevent the driving of sheep across the
country feeding as they go, and by the
securing of these lands It has become
necessary for the outside sheepmen
to drive the bands along the publio
highway for a long distance. This
makes it not only . inconveinent to
driye sheep into the high mountains
of that country, where they have al
ways been ranged in the summer, but
it becomes almost impossible to take
them in without any range as tbey go.
Grant county sheep men are said to
have secured contr ol of an immense
quantity of the lanub in question, and
in some localities absolutely control
the mean of ingress and egress from
this county and Morrow county.
It is claimed tbat"laods have been
acquired by entry, purchase and lease
located so as to control the roads and
trails leading Into Grant county over
the Deer Creek and Round Basin
country, and that to far as possible,
the means of ingress from thie side
over the north fork of John Day at
Dale having been monopolized by the
Grant county sheep men.
MORE HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Bert Lynch .Believed of His Parse by
ThOKS.
Another highway -robbery occurred
on our streets; Wednesday night,
this time on the principal business
street, and only a short time after
stores had been closed. The boldness
of the robbery indicates that there is
a gang of thieves in town who are des
perate, and if they are not cleaned out,
nobody will be safe traveling the
streets after dark.
After closing his father's barber
shop about 9 o'clock Bert Lynch
walked down to the soda factory in
the East End, and hot finding any
body there started to-return. When
he reached the agricultural implement
shed of J. T. Peters & Co. op the south
side of Second street, two masked men,
one with a pistol in his hand, ordered
him to stop, and wblle one stood in
front of him with a gun the other step
ped behind him and went through his
pockets, taking out $7.70, all the mon
ey he bad . They then ordered him to
move down the street as rapidly as he
could, and he obeyed orders. Mr.
Lynch saw is little of them that he
could not giye a description of the
robbers that would lead to their de
tection.
. To Whom It May Concern.
Having given up the agency for the
sale of the McCormack reaper and
mowers, at The Dalles, in fayor of J.
T. Peters & Co., I cheerfully recom
mend them as being well qualified to
take care of the requirements of the
trade.
In future, will be pleased to receive
an occasional call at Moro, Ore., from
any of our old friends who may be in
that neighborhood.
ml3-2m J. M. Ftlloon.
. Iror Over Fifty Years.
An Old and W ell-Tried Rem
edy. Mrs. Winaiow'8 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 of the world
Thenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow'g.
A SUMMER'S FANCY."
This Pleasing Drama Was Well Presented
by Local Talent.
Again the people of The Dalles have
been placed under obligations to a
number of ladles and gentlemen of the
city for a most delightful evening's
entertaiument, the rendition of "A
Summer's Fancy," at the Vogt opera
house Wednesday night.
The play is a pleasing one, beginning
with a camp scene, where a party of
cultured people from New York are
spending their summer vacation. Near
the romantic spot is the home of a
plain, blunt farmer, Jethro Baxter,
who bas a charming little daughter.
Mercy, with whom one of the pleasure
seekers fails desperately in love. The
romantic youth is Jack Henderson,
whose mother disapproves of her son's
fancy, yet despite maternal protesta
tions the youth marries the maiden,
tnougn sne is illiterate, ana nas no
conception of the world, being entirely
wrapped up in her love for Jack.
There is a marriage and life in a cot
tage, with the love all on the side of
the innocent young wife, a quarrel, the
wife flees to a seminary where she
acquaints herself with the require
ments of society, and finally wins
back the affections of her bad tempered
husband.
In the cast Mr. Levin took the part
of Jack Henderson, and right well did
be personate tbe character of tne pas
sionate lover and crabbed husband, who
by his ill temper drives his wife away
from him. "Miss Rose Michell person'
a ted Mercy most charmingly. She was
perfectly as home in the role of the
innocent and trusting girl and wife,
and did some splendid acting when
she fled with ber father, Jethro Bax
ter, personated by Harry Lonsdale,
from the home of her tryanical hus
band, and again appeared as a most
charming society woman after four
years in Professor Potts' seminary.
And as a father whose idol was the
girl Mercy, Mr. Lonsdale was perfect
ly at home, so much so that many in
the audience remarked that Harry in'
stead of leading a life of single blessed'
ness should be the indulgent father of
some charming young girl. Mr?. Ed'
don, as Emma Watson, a single lady
of uncertain age, was perfect and her
makeup was admirable, while Will
Frank representing Prof. Potts, very
much in love with Emma, was fully
her equal both in acting and makeup,
Miss Myrtle Micholl was perfectly at
home in the character of Edith Hen'
derson. a daughter of wealth and cul
ture, whom Harry Woodthrope, per
sonated by Ernest Lueddaman, adored.
Mr. Lueddaman made a most enthusi
astic suitor, finally winning the hand
of Edith. -In the role of Mrs. Baxter,
a dignified matron, with three way'
ward children, Mrs. G. C. Blakeley
appeared to an excellent advantage.
The-dual characters of Walley Hen
derson, a vivacious school boy, and
Jake Baxtor, a boy raised on a farm,
was admirably taken by Will Crossen
who threw his entire soul into the play,
displaying prominent features of a
trained actor.
The entertainment throughout was
most pleasing, the acting being much
better than is often done by profes
sionals, and the music between acts
supplied by Messrs. .Blrgfeld and Ben
tonand Miss Alma Schmidt helped to
make the evening pass so pleasantly
that few realized time was flitting so
rapidly until the curtain fell for the
last, time, and it was noted that the
play Lad lasted over two hours.
PORTLAND HAS A MAYOR.
Story Caught the Opposition Mapping and .
Slid In.
Hon W. A. Story, president of the
common council of Portland, was
elected mayor Tuesday evening, thus
breaking the dead-lock that has been
on ever since the death of Mayor Ma
son.
A meeting of the council was held
Tuesday afternoon, attended by all tbe
councilmen, and an adjournment was
taken to 7 o'clock. At that hour the
''solid six" were all in their seats but
one of the "solid five" Martin, under
stood the meeting was called for 7:30
and failed to put in an apperance. Mr.
Story readily saw his advantage, cal
led Councilman Baker to the chair,
and quietly disappeared, thus leaving
only nine councilmen present. This
being a quorum and five being a ma
jority, a ballot for mayor was at once
taken. Five votes were counted for
W. A. Story and four for H. S. Rowe,
watch gave the election to the former.
Then there were lour very angry
councilmen, and they adjourned to go
in search of their truant confederate.
Mr. Story was elected to the coun1
ell of Portland last June, and upon the
organization of that body he was
chosen president. Since the death of
Mayor Mason he has been acting
mayor, and! his administration has
been generally approved.
Notice To Contractors.
Sealed bids will be received by the
county court of Sherman cojqty, Ore
gon, until 11, o'clock a. m. on June
5th, 1899, for the erection and comple
tion of a brick, also a frame court
house according to plans and specifica
tions prepared by Chas. H. Barggraf,
architect at Salem, Oregon. . .
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check for $400.00, payable to
Sherman county, Oregon, as a guar
antee that the bidder will furnish an
approved bond to the full amount of
the contract within tea days after con
tract is awarded.
Separate contracts will be accepted
from bidders for excavating and foun
dation, all brick work, concrete,
cement, lath and plasterwork, includ
ing placing of steel cell in jail room,
and earth to be packed against wall as
per specifications, in one contract.
All carpenter work, painting and
tinning in -one contract, or for the
complete building in one contract, as
may suit the bidder, and all bids must
be according to plans and specifications
on file at the county clerk's office in
Moro, Or., and at tbe Times-Mountaineer
office in The Dalles, Oregon.
The county court reserves the right to
reject any and all bids. By order of
the county court.
Attest, Wm. Henhichs
ml8j3 County Clerk.
Oregonlans are Fighters.
Roy Ballard, corporal in Co. L,
writes to his father from Manila under
date of April 13th, giving an account
of the part the Second Oregon took in
tbe light at Malaban on March 25th
that shows tbe Oregon boys to have
suffered severely, for they were in the
hottest of the fight. Mr. Ballard says:
"The Oregon .regiment had the
worst place on the field, and Co. L
the hardest place in the line. We
were on the extreme left, down
where we were fired on from three
sides at once. Three of our company
were killed on the field and 11 wound
ed inside of two hours, and one man,
Rubart, died on the operating table in
the hospital, making our loss four
killed and 10 wounded. Altogether
the regimentlost 68 killed aud wound
ed in the battle. Our regiment fought
as far as Polo, about 5 miles up the
bay, where we were held several days."
Mr. Ballard then gives an account
of a lively little skirmish as follows:
"On April 10th our first lieutenant
asked tor volunteers to go out with a
scouting party of 14 men. He led us
toward the mouutains east of here.and
when we got out some nine miles we
were surrounded on three sides just
after we had crossed a small stream on
a rait that could only carry two sol
diers. The natives began firing on us
and we had to retreat. We made a
running fight all tbe way back to
camp, and got in at 5 p. m. J was sent
out on post guard at 5:J0, and at SidO
next morning the natives got through
our outposts and attacked our camp.
I was cut off from tbe camp, but made
a good run and got in safe. Several
bullets hit pretty close to me, .but I
was lucky enough not to get hit. We
fought them for an hour and a half and
drove them away. Our company did
not lose a man, but Co. M had three
men killed and one wounaea in tne
skirmish."
NORRIS BROS.' BIG SHOW.
This Year
it Larger and Better Than
Ever Before.
Norris Bros' big trained animal
show will exhibit in The Dalles, Wed
nesday, May 24, under their large
water-proof tents. Two performances
will be given at 3 and 8 p. m. A spec
tacular street carnival and parade will
be given at 11 a. m.. The show is
twice larger than ever before, and
many new features have been added,
prominent among them being Fargo,
the smallest trained elephant in the
world, and Ajax, the only trained
African zebra in existence. So fa
miliar has the public become with the
fact that each year sees enormous new
augmentations, magnificent improve'
ments and the addition of newly
originated features, that the return- of
the Norris Bros.' show always means
that something new and different is to
be presented. Professor Norris will
drive Ajax the . trained zebra, in the
street parade. Heretofore the zebra
has been considered untrainable, but
Norris has proven this to be erroneous.
The animal fire department, in which
dogs and monkeys act as firemen, and
tbe McGinty family, will be well and
favorably remembered by all who see
the show.
Now it is Soap,
Chicago, May 18. A special to the
Chronicle from St. Louis says: The
leading soap manufacturers of New
York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Kansas
City and Nashville are organizing a
gigantio combine. Plans were prac
tically completed at recent meetings
held in St. Louis and Chicago and will
be finally clinched at a session to be
held in Cincinnati next week. It is
said that the new combination will
have a capitalization of $50,000,000 one
half of which will be 6 per cent pre
ferred, and the balance common stock.
It will be incorporated under the laws
of New Jersey.
Prominent Politician Arrested.
Tacoma, May 18. George Hazzard,
democratic politican, known all over
the West, was arrested today on an
indictment found by the United States
court at Butte, Mont., for violating
the ciyll service law by collecting
funds on Indian reservations in the
campaign of 1896. Mr. Hazzard was
released on his own recognizance by
Judge Hanford, for appearing in Mon
tana in June.
Salesman wanted to carry seasonable
line of (free) samples, with exclusive
territory, good for $25 weekly cash,
from the old established high rated
factory. P. 0. 1371, New York.
Ask your grocer for Clark & Falk'e
flavoring extracts.
America's greatest
1000 People .
500 Horses
300 Performers
5 Big Arenas J
I Aerial Enclave
J-4 Mile Race Track.
A MAJESTIC, HP0SI5B, DEAL, PATRIOTIC SPECTACLE,
LAST DATStheGENTURT
OR, THE LIGHT OF LIBERTY 1
OVER lOOO PEOPLE AND HUNDREDS OF HORSES IN THE CAST.
LOCKHARTS DANCIN8,
ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW
OF THC TREMENDOUS
SENSATIONAL I
'BRIEN
EQUINE
SENSATION
HERR SOUDER'S WONDERFUL FUNNY ELEPHANT BRASS BAND.
sU W sit.eet&
ONE 50c. TICKET ADMITS TO
CHILDREN, UNDER 12 YEARS OLD,
TWO COMPLETE EXHIBITIONS DAILY, AT AND 8 P. M. . . . DOORS
THE ACKNOWLEDGED GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.
THE DALLES,
OBeserT0d numbered
THE SAME OLD
CHESTNUT
Peace About to Be De
clared in the Phil
ippines. Washington, May 18. General
Otis cabled the war ' department today
as follows:
"Manila,May 15. Adjutant-General,
Washington: Representatives of the
insurgent cabinet and Aguiualdo, who
are in the mountains 12 miles north of
San Isidro, which was abandoned on
the 15th intstant, will send a com mis
sion tomorrow to seek terms of peace.
"The majority of the force confront
ing MacArthur at San Fernando has
retired to Tarlac, tearing up two miles
of railway, and the force has decreased
to about 2000. Scouting parties and
detachments are moving today in
various directions. Kobbe is with
the Columbia on the Rio Grande. A
great majority ot the Inhabitants of
tbe provinces over which tbe troops
haye moved are anxious for peace, and
are supported by the members of the
insurgent cabinet. The aspect of af
fairs at present is favorable.
Otis."
Great satisfaction was expressed by
the war department officials with the
news contained in the foregoing dis
patch of General Otis. The belief was
expressed that the end of tbe insur
rection was at hand. The wisdom of
refusing any terms to the first com
For uniformity in baking, per
fection in roasting, immensity
in water heating, greatness in
fuel saving, simplicity of con
struction, ease of management,
cleanliness in use, strength in
parts,' certainty of no repair
bills, makes the best authorities
unanimous in their declara
tions that the
Me
stic Steel Range
is the very best
exclusively by
Mays fc
Circus coming to The Dalles June 10!
WORLDS GREATEST SHOWS
THE ONLY EXHIBITION IN
John O'Brien's
Famous Equine
Show, the ...
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cheap L EXCURSIONS
HALF PRICE.
-WILL EXHIBIT AT"
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1899,
seats sod admissions show day without
the Snipea-Klnersly Drug Company.
mission, and impressing the insur
gents is everywhere commended.
On this acoount no doubt is expressed,
that the new commission, which is oa
its way to Manila, will be ready to
accept the favorable terms which
General Otis has been ready to grant
upon the actual surrender and cessa
tion of hostilities. The 'dispatch of
General Otis was at once sent to the
president at Hot Springs, Va.
Secretary Alger said that the situ a- '
tion was most encouraging, and t hat-
It was apparent that the Filipinos re
alized the strength of the United
States, and saw that resistance would
mean extermination for them if they
persisted in defying authority.
I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge Officers.
Salem, Or. May 18. The new of
ficers of the grand lodgeof Odd Fel
low;', elected this morning, are J. K.
W: atherford, Albany, grand master;
James W. Welch, Astoria, deputy; J.
H. Nelson, McMinnvllle, grand war
der.: E.'E. Sharon, Portland, grand
secretary (re-elected); Dr. Byron E.
Miller, Portland, grand treasurer.
The new officers of the Rebekah as
sembly were also elected this forenoon
as follows: Mrs. Sarah Clevenger,
Roseburg, president; Mrs. Minnie
Holman, Salem, vice president; Mrs.
Nellie J. Gustln, Portland, warden;
Mrs. Ora Cos per, .Dallas, secretary
(re-elected); Mrs. Clara Boyle, Leban
on, treasurer (re-elected). - .
W. B. C. attention.
All members of the Woman's Relief
Corps are requested to attend their
next regular meeting, Saturday even
ing, May 20th, at 7:30 sharp, to make
preparation for the Memorial day ax- '
erclse. By command of
Mrs. Lizzie Ulrich,
Mrs. Ella Grimes, Pres.
Secretary.
BEST ODE
flBTD
on earth,
,
Sold
Crowe.
THE INVINCIBLE
MONARCH OF THE
AMUSEMENT WORLD.
65 Railroad Can j j
25 Elephants j j
100 Dens and Cages
12 Acres of Tents J
$3,700,000 Invested" j
$7,400 Daily Expenses.
THE WORLD PRESENTINQ
1 - HORSE ACT.
IN ONE RING, AT ONE TIME,
PERFORMED BY ONE H1H.
OVER S-SC0RE PIROUETTINO,
POSTURING, PYRAMID-MAKING,
I EQUINES.
EVERY
MORNING AT
10 O'CLOCK.
ON
ALL
RAILROADS.
OPEN ONE HOUR EARLIER.
uj advanoe in price at
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