The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-10
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches. - '-'
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
Today is arbor day.

handsomest craft on the Columbia river.
The funeral of Mrs. Henry Gardner of
Dufur, aged about As years, took place
there yesterday.
G. A. Williams late of Wamic, is in
the city on his way to Portland which
he may make his future home.
DIR. Logan went out this morning to
Shearer's Bridge to visit one of the
Smith brothers who, we regret to hear,
fs very ill.
The election for determining the ques-
ton of bonding the city for $25 900 to
finish the water works comes off on next
Monday. - a64z
The weather is beautifully bright and
glorious, but the air is so cool that the
grass is not growing as rapidly as it is
wont to do at this season OF the year
PrineUiLLe NeWs.
Chas. E. and II. w. Malette, sons of
Governor Malette, of South Dakota,
and formerly in the master mechanics
Office in this city, are in the city.
George Herbert has rented the Hood
River hotel from its owner Robert Rand,
and will take charge beginning of next
month. The CHRONICLE, wishes him
abundant success.
s3 j: Nj Huntington & Co., have just
added to their list of bargains in real
estate, beautiful residence with three
lots in Gates addition. rare chance
to get good house for very ylittle,money.
Washington at the worlds fair, with
her $lO0, 900 appropriation, her 420 foot
flagstaff and her higher hopes, will tow
ef aboye Oregon like the most elevated
Fourth of-July. bunting above 8 pair of
Sreddannel drawers onfas bean+pole -
Klamath Star.
= Net many years ago the Portland
chamber ofcommerce passed "a. solemn
resolution that the government appro-
priation for opening the Cascade Locks
was aeuseless waste of the public funds.
The whirligig of time brings many a
change. ~ sas s.S ss3s
Long Ward today presented the editor
of the CHRONICLE with beautiful Irish
shillaly which he says ! he imported flor
this purpose direct from the ould dart.
Mr.. Ward has our prefoundest thanks
Transgressers of all kinds viii therefore
beware. Thia4 particular shillaly ist a
dangerous thing to monkey with >, f
- Mr. 6. J. Farley returned from Port
land this morning, He informs us that
tine contract for the steamer is let to
Joseph Pacquett, the machinery to be
furnished by the Willamette Iron works
The total cost Of the boat swithouts fur
niture is $25, 900. She will be built in
The Dallee and is contracted to- be fint
ished in one hundred days. ....-.---.
The operetta of Po Peep, tomorrow
evening, viii close with the turning oi
the May Pole by twelve young ladies
and gentlemen. The Grecian Tabieaux
will follow after short programme
Seats should be reserved at once, al
Snipes & Kinersly's, in order to get q
good siewaof the different features of the
.Tsbleaux.. II EllGis aiE1k.Es aE
The Dalles delegation to the Portland
chambers of commerce meeting have had
conference with Governor Pennoyer and
Hon Phil Metchan, and were informed
by those gentlemen that the gconstruc-
tipni of the Cascade portage road will
commence at once. The first work done
will be one of the approaches so as to
have them finished before high water
BY the time they are finished OF soone,
twill be known whethera the road will
be built at the, expense of the general
government or not. The governor and
Mr. 1etchan assured our, delegation
how ger, that the road would certainly
be finished and equipped inside of one
hundred days. an 49,
The. Union Pacific rents the o. r. &
N CO. line at an annual rental, it is
said, of an guaranteed six per cent or
$40 100000. Or in other words the I'm
ion Pacific pays $240, ,oooS yearly to the
OR. &lNs Co., ,sfor the use of the road
Add to. this sum the state, county,
school and roadstaxes which the u. p. has
to pay and the aggregate cannot fall ia,
short of $400, 900 and maybe more. This
sum the producersSof the inland empir.
have to pay annually intoathe Golfers O
Jay Gould, in addition to the cost of re
pairs running expenses. and the littl,
slice of profits that such modest mar
only requires. 1t follows, therefore, tina
noroads built at such an outlay of scapi
tai can ssucetssfully compete with an
open river.