The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-01
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


Four hundred sacks of wool were re-
ceived at the Wasco warehouse today
up to early this afternoon.
The barge Julia is unloading a cargo
of timothy hay, from the Klickitat land
ing, for Joles Brothers.
Lost-A bunch OF ten or eleven keys
The finder will be rewarded by return
ing them to this office.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
serve their friends with ice cream and
cake on the Fourth of July.
On Decoration day DIR. Hollister wore
a surgeons sash that had been worn by
his father during Sherman's famous
march to the sea.
The regular annual election of the
Eastern Oregon Cooperative Association
will be held next Wednesday in the par
lors of the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
The Kings Daughters will meet at
Mrs. S. l.. Brooks residence tomorrow
afternoon. A full attendance is re-
quested as work is to be done.
usual good taste, had one of his show
windows tastefully dressed on decoration
day with swords, guns, bayonets, flags,
and evergreens.
Before man can know anything there
must be a sort of preparation for it. As
Amiel says: ga man only understands
that of which he has already the begin
nings in himself"
Yesterday was good day for WOO:
men if it was Sunday. Seventeen loads
arrived in the city, sixteen of which are
being unloaded at the Wasco warehouse
this morning.
The Dalles Ice company received yes
terday two carloads of Lake Cocolalla
ice, which is superior in quality and
thickness of any ice that has ever been
brought to The Dalles.
Ex-senator Biggs and Mr.. Clark Dun
lap, of Sherman county arrived in town
this afternoon. They have come to con-
fer with our citizens to see what meas
ures could be taken towards building a
Sherman county.
In the store of Joles Broehers we saw
last Saturday a box containing thirteen
strawberries which weighed pound.
They were raised by John Klint on Mill
Creek. Who can beat this? Where is
Hood River?
The reports of committees of the state
grange showed that the membership OF
the order had doubled in Eastern Oregon
during the past year. During that time
ten new oranges were organized in the
state.
Messrs. Murdock Mcleod, Tom
Glavey and John Russell from Kingsley
yesterday brought into this city sixty
head of live hogs which weighed an
average of 1sO pounds each. They were
shipped to the Sound market.
Judge ]. H. Bird was fortunate enough
to have been the possessor of a policy OF
$4,000 in the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance company and as that COM
pany is one that always pays its LOSSES
promptly, his mother will soon be in re-
ceipt of the money.
railroad bridge, little east of Hood
River was set on fire last night or early
this morning, as is supposed by the
sparks from a passing locomotive and be-
fore it could be extinguished eight bents
were destroyed. Word was Immediately
sent to this city and the west bound pas
sengers on the 4.40 train were transferred
to the D. S. Baker, which will continue
to run till the bridge is repaired.
A gentleman who was present at the
memorial services Saturday remarked tc
the writer that there was a wide differ
ence between the action of the o. N. G
boys last Saturday and that of two oil
three years ago, on which occasions the
members of the o. N. g., on arriving al
the grounds, broke ranks and went, one
time to a base ball game ON the reserva.
ton grounds, and the other, to target
practice, instead of remaining for the
ceremony. and escorting the G. A. r
boys back to the city. The change under
new command was as marked as it was
pleasing to the members of the G. A. r
to all loyal citizens and we have nc
doubt, to the o. N. G.. boys themselves
A Kansas woman boasts that she nev.
er appeared on the street twice within
the same week in the same dress. Her
husband is wearing a suit this spring
which he bought four years a 20, ard a
hat of the vintage OF 1885. =,
Headquarters for choice straw berries
at Maier & Benton's.