The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-10

Robt Rand, of Hood River, is registered
at the Umatilla House.
VIII. Fiske, of Portland, an old resi-
dent of this city, is in town.
Arbor day was observed by the schools
of this city today with appropriate exer-
cises.
Sherman county is the first county in
Eastern Oregon to send in it's full quota
of state tax for the year 1890.
H. Herbring, the dry goods man, to-
day removed his stock of goods into
store in the French, block opposite. /
Hon. A. c. Malette, governor of South
Dakota, is registered at the Umatilla
House. The governor is an old resident
of this CITY,. ~ -,.s.s-s.4s 1854
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Booth
took place from the Baptist church to-
day at 2 O'Clock p. m. and was quite
largely attended. Rev. o. D. Taylor
officiated.
H. Herbring commenced this morning
to move into his new store in the French
block, nearly opposite his old stand.
Next Monday or Tuesday he intends to
be open for business again.
Mutton sheep are selling freely at $2.75
head and sheep men4hold out for
higher price. The Baldwin Land & Live
Stock Company sold band the other
day for $500 a head. These are good
prices and indicate prosperous times for
flock masters.
The Times -Mou,tairseer says:
There is no possible benefit to be de-
rived in holding a post-mortem examin-
alton over the old charter bill: 1t has
been very meritorously dead for many
months, and the autopsy will not st1mu
late enterprise in the city or tend to
stop factional fights.
Perhaps so. But then the publishing
of the document will have the tendency
| to show that the men who framed it are
not ashamed of their record. Besides it
don't cost the Times-M Molmtaineer any
thing and pleases the CHRONICLE. Be
sides too, Mr.. Michel need not read it if
he does not want to. In fact the CHRoN-
IcLE recommends him not to read it.
| No critic who wants to be in the fashion
ever reads anything he criticises.
There is nothing in Heaven or earth
can equal the slowness of q Washington
government official. "The mills of the
gods, grind slowly" it is said, but the
| burrs would be worn out before Wash
ington official would fairly get started.
Five months ago congress. passed the
forfeiture act. L Amy intelligent land
clerk. might have formulated between
two any-suns thesneeessary instructions
for the local land offices, yet for five
/. cary nonths the secretary of state and
the assistant secretary and the land COM
missioner and the assistant land COM
missioner and 4thes Encouragement and
all the assistant attorney generals and
1 judge advocates and land commissioners
and goodness knows how many more
have failedsto give the local land offices
such instructions as are required to put
the-law into effect. 1t is little wonder
that the people get impatient at these
delays. ''-'S~.''','s --
Two local business men made wager
regarding the payment of local postage.
"A said he could send a:letter through the
Astoria postoffice that would be delivered
to B, who would return an answer to him ,
and neither A nor R,would pay any pos
ftage, nor would any be required. b ac-
cepted the wager. A and b exchanged
tenyelopea bearing their respective bust
ness cards thereon and agreed on q ficti-
tipns address, John Jameson, Portland,
Or. A wrote a letter to B using the en-.
fvelope with B's business card, addressed
it as agreed and dropped it into q street
letter. box without affixing a postage
stamp. In due time the carrier returned
the letter to B marked "held for post
i agess b opened and read the letter and
replied enclosing his answer in AS en-
I received his lstter ri similarly marked, and
won the cigars, All letters and packages
i bearing thesnsme ofithe sender and hav-
ing no stamps attacked are returned to
the sender to Be stamped. x TOOK adVaH-
tage of this rule, and by using BIS envel-
ope the letter was returned to B, the
i supposed sender, and BIS letter reached
him ior the same reason.-AstoriGn.
/ Surprise Party.
pleasant surprise party was given
last night in honor of Master George
\ Arnold at the residence of his parents.
4 There were ten couplesin attendanceand
after a social hour they marched into a
nice supper, to which they did ample
justice. The balance of the evening till
i 10 clock was passed in games etc.
i Those present were, the Misses Ida
!. Mulligan, Iens Thompsona Pearl VIII
liams, Lena Jackson, Grace, Glenn ,Bes-
] sic French Lena .Leibe,- Tillie Leibe.
Laura Thompson and Annie Thompson
and Masters Willie ,Sechlar,i Leo New
man, Victon Sampson, George Arnold,