The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-17
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Mr.. Henry Steers, OF Antelope, is in
the city.
Messrs Leon Rondean, Charles Payette
and Ezra Henson of Kingsley are in the
city.
A letter has been received from Mr..
Geo. Blakeley conveying the informa-
tion that his father is little better and
may possibly recover.
Miss Eta French of San Francisco,
came to the city yesterday and is the
guest of her uncle, D. M. French, Esq.
She will remain during the summer.
Mr.. D. Harrington, from lower Fifteen
Mile Creek, came into the city this
morning. He says they had a fine show
er in his neighborhood. He. also informs
the CHRONICLE that he learned from
Mr.. Holder that they had enjoyed
huge rainfall on the ridge of the Des-
chutes six miles above Mr.. Farrington's
place.
Fine rains have fallen throughout this
section in the last 4S hours, and the late
spring grain is vastly benefited. The
early sown, likewise the volunteer was
too far gone to be restored. The high
attitudes have not suffered for want of
moisture as rain has visited those local
tiles while lower lands were passed over.
The timely rain has rendered the crops
certain.
There came very near being a runa-
way this morning, but the gel.tleness
and good sense of the horse concerned
spoiled newspaper item. The horse of
Mr.. Vanbibber, while standing in front
of Mr.. George Ruch's store, on Wash
ington street, got one shaft of the wagon
around post which supported the
awning, and the post giving way, the
horse started to run with one end of it
between the shaft and his breast. He
was caught before he had got any dis
tance away and was easily quieted.
The Dalles can feel pleased that Port
land succeeded in electing Mr.. W. s..
Mason as mayor. That gentleman is a
friend to an open river. A short time
ago he told one of our prominent bust
ness men that he was thoroughly in fav-
or of opening the Columbia at the earli-
POCoA0AO
that lay in his power to bring it about.
AS we can expect no help from the big
Portland paper it is good thing to have
as prominent an official as Mr.. Mason to
aid us in obtaining that long desired OBJ
ject-an open river to the sea.
1t is practically of little moment what
the organ of the defunct reminiscence
says about anything but we cannot allow
the statement, twice repeated in its issue
of Yesterday evening to go uncontradict-
ed. 1t is charged that we have Sat
tempted to besmirch every candidate
with mud, filth and lies.'' The state
ment is without grain of truth in it..
On the contrary this journal has gone
out OF its way to speak good word for
the candidates on the defeated ticket
and not line was ever written that
threw the shadow of reflection on the
character of one of them.
Last night, little after nine O'Clock
the third regiment band started on a trip
around the city for the purpose of sere-
nading the candidates elected last Mon
day to city offices. The boys first gather
ed in front of the CHRONICLE Office and
made the welkin ring with happy joyous
music. From here the band proceeded
to the residence of mayor-elect, the
Hon. Robt. Mays. After two pieces OF
music had been played and Mr.. Mays
had briefly thanked the serenaders, three
cheers were called for our next mayor.
They were given with will, and lone
cheer more" The band then proceeded
to the residence of Mr.. Frank Menefee,
the successful candidate for city recorder
Here the same programme was enacted
after which they proceeded to TIE house
OF Mr.. I. G. Nelson who, however, was
not at home, and thence to the dwelling
OF treasurer-elect Kinersly. A piece OF
music having been played Mr.. Kinersly
came to the gate and announced that he
was not built to make speeches but in.
vited the boys to a rejection of lemonade
and ice cream and cake. Before separat-
ing three cheers and zone more- were
given for our next treasurer, and given
with hearty good will. Meanwhile 8
crowd of citizens had gathered in front
of the Monogram cigar store and sent ur
into the night number of fire balloons
accompanied by the bursting of bombs
and the firing of rockets and darts and
s'double-headed Dutchmen,'' and the
glare of Roman candles and Bengal
lights. And thus the peoples victory
was celebrated.