The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-12-21
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/ PEASE & MAYS

Residents of the county are generally
preparing for Christmas. Their visits
to the city are usually for the purpose of
making suitable purchases for holidaf
remem brances.
w. E. Garreston made hasty trip tp
the metropolis this morning, expecting
to return tonight. He NAV do so unless
Old Boreas gets in his work and lays an
embargo upon any further travel by
rail between the points TO day.
]. L. Gilmore of Goldendale is in the
city. Mrs. Cochran and too children
arrived from Prineville last evening
They found it long chilly ride by stage,
but were made very comfortable by the
attentive manager and drivers.
The American Nation is fake adver-
tising scheme coming from Boston,
which is smuggled through the mails at
pound rates as a newspaper. Postmas-
ter-Gen. Wannamaker should get on to
it as he has Rowell's Printers Ink Z
Snow plows will be found useful be-
tween The Dalles and Portland seem
inglv soon; if not sooner. We under
stand they have been considered useless
appendages to the operation of this
division. and were exported long time
ago.
w. Hampton Smith of Astoria, is, in
The Dalles, looking about with a view of
placing some of his fire clay, brick and
water pipe, manufactured on the historic
camping ground of Lewis and Clarke,
made famous by their winter sojourn in
1903 4.
Miss Clara Story will finish her work
as teacher in china painting at Pen
there that evening for her home in The
Dalles. The Tribune says Miss Story
has made host nf warm friends during
her stav in Pendleton.
German services will be held at the
Lutheran chapel on Ninth street Christ
mas day at 80 a. m. and Z. p. m.
Monday. Dec. 26th, at O'Clock D. m.,
there will be a children's service with
an illuminated Christmas tree. A COR
dial welcome to young and old by pastor
and people.
Mr.. G. A. Borders, formerly of The
Dalles, but now a resident of La Grande,
is in thes city today He informs us
that the question of the removal of the
county seat of Union county is again
agitating the peoplesaRnd they expect
that special eleetfon Aill be callsH for
some time in JGne next to settle the
matter. III
R. G. Gathsrgood of Long SsrekA re
Gently droys s>nand of eightysESe Thead
of hogs to gehdleton, eightYdnii2s hich
he sold fsF FIVE cents per 80, on foot
The hog averaged zoo lbs Achs HSwas
eight eAvs on the road md the weather
was terribly stormy. The wind blew
witt great force. trees Hing ON every
hafd and making it dangSfsps to travel
TIE snow was four inche deep on q
portion of the rcpte.
D We. are pleas% d 10 learn that Capt. J
To' BrjAR formerf>AtIthe Premier, whose
lice4 4seE Eas Ie\pked as result of the
atraA ding ofthS wkaleback wetpore al
Coos hay. hasv4ssed a2nexafninatior
for neSlicene, and lnf6bably bs
given the co,phand of the 4 emier wher
repaired, as e has the full Confidence a
lCapt-l1Qha11rving. The CHRoN1oLEDe
lieves with Capt. Geo. Pope, thatStht
scurrilousp press illusions to the pfisfor
tunes of CApt O'Brien were unuferited
He is wortfk at any tisneNto befcalled s
true seamanA His bility kknown tt
every residenApf<fhis coast The pact q
years. In saving the Umatilla hi
heroism was equal to the bravest. Bu
we do not endorse Capt. Pope's ideai
with reference to the whaleback class o
vessels.