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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
RITUMINoUs COAL.
Blossoms" Discovered Near the City
as Large as Lard Pals.

Mr.. E. B. Burns is the name of a man
who has been in our city for about three
weeks, and in that short time has ac-
complished what others who have been
here for many years would have been
glad to find. Such is the irony of fate.
He has discovered the best specimen of
bituminous coal ever found in this
region of country. 1t is soft coal, the
specimen being as large as 5-pound
lard pail, broken from a piece much
larger. He made the discovery about a
week ago few miles down the river
from The Dalles on the Oregon side.
The specimen was accompanied by an
coal,'' a quality second only to an
thracite.
Mr.. Burns claims to be a prospector of
twelve years experience in Colorado,
Wyoming and the southwest territories,
and he certainly talks coal very famil-
iarly. He has been in Oregon since
January, principally in the Baker City
country. He was laid off the Virtue
mine, and came to Wasco county, as he
had heard there were recent coal dis
coveries here. He says everything in
dicated the presence of coal. The base
ment being dug by A. NJ. Williams &
Co. shows carbonates, but they have
been burned and are lifeless.
In his walk of week ago he dis
covered familiar signs, known only to
coal prospectors, and digging down pro-
cured the specimens he exhibited to a
CHRONICLE reporter today. He claims
that every coal region has faults and the
fault of this 1s that the veins are not
fiat, but pitch at various angles from 20
to 45 degrees, caused by past ebullitions ol
nature. Therefore coali is harder to find,
and when found may be broken off un-
expectedly and the vein lost for time.
Mr.. Burns does not know whether the
land upon which he found the coal is
still government land, and will not tell
its exact location until he ascertaIns. II
] is, however, on the mountain which lies
between Chenoweth and Mosier creeks
Our people need not be skeptical over
the existence of coal. Everything reads
coal, and the opinion once expressed o.
our state geologist, Mr.. Condor, is en-
titled to considerable weight. He sale
that The Dalles was built over a valu
able bed of coal, but be couldn't say
how deep it was.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
A VALUABLE QUARRY.
An Inexhaustible Ledge of the Stone
the Locks Are Made OF.

Mr.. w. R. Winans was in town yes
terday, having in his possession hand
some specimen of the building stone of
which the main wall at the Cascades is
built. Mr.. Winans has been developing
an immense ledge of this valuable stone
which exists on his homestead about 20
miles from the mouth of Hood river. It
has mile of front, and is about thirty
feet deep, an inexhaustible supply. 1t
is the only known natural quarry of this
valuable stone in the country. The i'm
mense amount that has been used at the
locks of this same kind of stone has been
float, existing as powders in creek bed
mixed among other kinds of rock and
debris, and probably glacial.
This stone is more durable than gran
lite, some kinds of which are subject to
considerable erosion. Mr.. Winans'
building stone partakes of fine polish,
when it shows a uniform blue color of
very handsome shade. 1t is very COM
pact, therefore capable of immense pres
sure. It splits uniformly, and the action
of centuries of weather does not make it
crum BILE. 1t is an ideal rock for the con-
struction of the locks, for it will not
wear quarter of an inch in thousand
years by the action of the water. The
locks are therefore as permanent as the
pyramids of Egypt.
Mr.. Winans has taken no steps to de-
velop his quarry, but he has property
more valuable than gold mine, if he
could get the stone to market. This
would necessitate the construction of a
railway to Hood River, when the entire
United States would be tributary as a
market.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
MRS. Rinney's Lecture.

Mrs. Narcissa White Kinney enter
tained large audience last night on the
subject of temperance. She spoke in
glowing terms of the work accomplished
by the W. Q. T. u, which is now 81
years old, the largest band of women
ever organized for any purpose. 1t
numbers 100000, distributed in forty
different nations and comprising fifty
languages. Its work has been apparent
in legislation on many lines. The or
ganization has raised the age of consent
from 10 and II years to IA, 15, 16 and in
three states as high as Is years of age.
In Oregon it has prohibited the selling
of cigarettes to minors. Mrs. Kinney
spoke of many other reforms of like ex-
cellence that were attributable to the in
fiuence of the W. G. T. U. Speaking of
the progress of temperance, she said that
while the liquor traffic was apparently
carried on to as large an extent as ever
before, there never was a time when
there were SO many total abstainers as
now. She then continued, with argu-
ment, example and precept leading to a
full conception of the importance of the
work of the W. G. T. o., and at the close
of the lecture many ladies signed a
pledge and membership cards of the or
ganization, establishing on a firm
foundation branch order in The Dalles.
The speaker was pleasantly introduced
by Mrs. Smith French, Rev. Wood read
scripture lesson, and Rev. Hawk oi
Goldendale, who was present, made q
short prayer.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
wAYsIDE eLEANINes.
Random Observations and Local Events
of Lesser Magnitude.

Forecast-Tonight and tomorr ow light
rain and cooler.
See US on bicycle goods this week
Prices on sweaters cut in two at ]. G.
Hertz 2t
Mr.. F. c. Sexton has purchased halh
interest in Mr.. r. H! Darnielle's feed
yard and the two will Hereafter operate
it jointly. apr22- -d3t-w1 i
\ The ladies of the Guild desire to thank
those who contributed to the entertain
ment at the sociable Monday evening at
Mrs. DeHuff's residence. -
The citizens meeting last night vas
sparsely attended, and little enthusiasm
was manifested by those who did attend
for or against the chemical engineI
After few desultory remards the meet
ing adjourned. -
Prof. John F. Graf, scientific optican
and eye specialist, will be at the Euro
pean House until April 29th. Office
hours from 9 to II a. m. and to p. m.
Reference, DIR. Siddall. a22.
DIR. H. W. Sturdevant, the dentist,
wishes it distinctly understood that
he does not intend changing his place
of residence to Astoria or elsewhere
The, report is abroad owing to the
change of residence of T. F. Sturdeva4f.
Engineer Eastman took little stroll
across the river into Rockland yesterday,
and among the curious things he cav
was large rattlesnake which measured
o1o Al i
was only about four feet long and had
ninteen rattles and button.
An attempted burglary was made on
the safe of VanDuyn, Adams & Co. at
Tygh Sunday night. The attempt to
blow open the door was failure, and
they left without obtaining any money.
A little merchandise abstracted from the
store was the only loss, barring the in
juries to the safe. No clue is known at
to the burglars identity. II
DR.. Grant and party left this morning
on the Regulator for Portland. Mr.
Grants photographer will take views
along the river of the several points o.
interest, among them precipitous rock
on the Washington side, which has
been termed 'tDr. Grants castle,'' about
twenty minutes run from The Dalles
The views are to adorn valuable
lecture on Oregon which DIR. Grant viii
deliver throughout the East, and which
will doubtless do much to induce immj
grafton to this state. u
Several wool buyers are again in the
city, looking after their yearly business
The names of ]. W. Russell, Portland
and E. Judd, Pendleton, are inscribed
on the Umatilla house register. On,
face will be missed this season, owing t,
the death of George F. Davis, knowl
throughout the states of Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon and California as one O
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22

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Estray.

From the ranch of the undersigned, at
Hood River, two hay mares, both in
poor condition. One has long curly
name, and is branded with a heart on
right hip. The other branded with cir
Gle and bar on left shoulder. Take them
up and notify H. @. Coz,
a22-2t Hood River.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22

the most skillful buyers OF wool on the
coast. Mr.. Davis died at a resort near
Bakersfield, whittier he had gone for the
benefit of his health. He was the main
representative of Koshland & Co., a
heavy wool concern of Boston and San
Francisco.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22

The orchestra disbanded last nightA
There was reorganization OF the band
perfected.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
Don't be Bamboozled
by Smooth-Tongued Peddlars

Into paying $40 or $75 for Steel Range when you
buy better Range right home for $15 to $50 less
We will sell you better Range, the ''SUPERIOR,"
with copper reservoir for $685. and to be
good any, and better than many
We do not come around in or 10 years Weyive
here, do business here, and are here to stay.
MAYS & CRoWEs.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
For Sale.

Three Jerseys, COW and two yearling
heifers. Inquire of II. A. Bills, at
Maier & Benton's store.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
Cheap Nitrogen.

The best way to supply nitrogen TO the
soil is to plow in clover. The mechanical
condition of the soil furnished by a great
amount of humus is a great advantage.
on a bare soil without sufficient humus a
tree does not do a well apart from the
fertilizing. We can supply a concentrated
fertilizer having a large percentage of
potash and sufficient quantity of phos-
phoric acid and supply the nitrogen by
blowing in clover. l never seed down an
orchard except with red clover that should
be plowed under when 1t gets to its very
best DO not apply any stable or barnyard
manure at all to the orchard. 1t can be
better furnished by blowing in heavy
crop of clover and the other ingredients
supplied by ashes.
Some years ago such advice as the above
would be assumed to apply only to the
northern section of our country but since
the introduction Of the Bur and Crimson
clovers, 1t is just as applicable to our own
farmers.
The only pity is so few of our farmers
know the value and adaptability Of these
splendid plants. AS rule 1t is much better
to use winter-growing plants for supplying
vegetable matter than the summer grow
ing. The crop is surer, more easily made
as a general thing We wish we could per-
suade even ten per cent of our farmer
readers to give these clovers good trial.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28

Teosinte is a grand plant. The more
we know of it the more we like it. 1t
should become the standby of thousands
of farmers in the south. For making
fodder it is superior to common corn or
sorghum of any description. The advan-
tage of Teosinte is it never gets hard and
tough. Stock eat up every particle of the
stalk. There is no waste. A ton of
well-made Teosinte fodder or hay is equal
to 1900 pounds of the best Bermuda or
timothy hay. Devote one acre of your
richest soil to Teosinte another year and
you will agree with us that there is Moth
ing that equals it, whether for soiling or
for fodder.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
HENRY CLEws ON THE MARKETS.
The stock Market still in the Hands
of the Professionals.

New York, Sept. 26.-The course of af-
week, has been devoid of any special fea-
lures of interest. Confidence in conserva-
tive result of the November election still
continues to strengthen, and the success
of the sound money cause has become vir-
tually a foregone conclusion. Still, the
composition and temper of the market are
not such as to produce any immediate
speculative BOOM" Investors are Undue
ed to employ their funds temporarily, I'M
der the present high rates of interest in
the open market, until money becomes
easier and prices show a stronger upward
tendency; when that source of demand
may be expected to act as sharp stimu-
lus to an advance For the most part,
therefore, the market is in the hands of
professional spectators, who, until the
actual result Of the election is realized,
prefer to pursue a hand-to-mouth policy
and follow the momentary changes in
small circumstances. Thus it comes about
that, whilst the conditions legitimately
affecting values are every day improving
and show an immense recovery as COM
pared with a month or six weeks ago,
prices have not risen in proportion to the
bettered aspects Of the situation. But even
If II might be best that, for the time
being, matters should take this strictly
conservative course, 1t is not to be lost
sight of that there is a balance of proba-
bilty almost amounting TO certainty that
six weeks hence we shall be launched upon
a situation that will surprise the country
by its promise and its inspiration.
For the last twelve months, we have
been discounting every element affecting
securities at it's very worst possibilities;
but when the silver agitation has receiv-
ed its quietus the situation will be relieved
Of the danger in which all these distrusts
have centered. The enterprise which has
been held in suspense by that danger will
resume its usual confidence, and will find
no lack Of profitable employment. Ever
since the panic Of 1898, production has been
held in restraint, with the result of un-
precedently low stocks of merchandise.
OUTLAWS Of capital upon large undertakings
have been postponed, and much merito-
rious enterprise has been deferred until
confidence returns The chief cause OF
all this has been a monetary disturbance
and when that obstacle is removed II
needs no prophet to foresee what measure
of revival of business will result. All this
is foreseen and calculated upon as all but
a realized certainty, and hence the under
lying confidence among holders of secur-
tiles and the inability Of room bears" to
make any impression on prices. II Is,
however by no means unlikely that there
may be some early abatement Of the dis
position to defer buying operations until
after the election Speculation is simply
buying or selling upon probabilities; and.
with the probabilities of a safe outcome
OF the election gaining strength as they
are daily Il seems only reasonable to ex-
pect that this growing confidence should
some day soon get the better Of the pres
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
Home Made Ricc Will.

Until recent years there were no rice
mills in Southwest Louisiana, and the
small farmers, who only planted an acre
or two of rice for their own use, made their
own mills for milling the rice for home
consumption These primitive mills con-
sisted of a block of some hard wood, in
which a cavity was excavated that would
contain two or three gallons. This was the
neither milestone. The upper" mill
stone was a pestile Of wood two or three
feet long, with an enlargement at each end
about the size of mans fist. In operat-
ing this MILL the power used was human
muscle. The rice to be milled was put
into the cavity In the block, and the OPP
orator, grasping the pestle by the middle
pounded away, sometimes with one and
and sometimes with the other, until the
outer chaff was pounded loose. The rice
was then taken out and wnnowed to re-
move the chaff, and all the trains that had
escaped the action Of the pestle, picked
out, and the rice was then ready for the
pot Rice prepared in this way lacks
the nice polish put on by the present meth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28

having his own great fund of experience
and that of his neighbors to draw from.
But the average farmer does not take a
special journal of that industry, cannot
and will not fuss over his hen coops con-
tinually, and yet desires to make his
chickens a source of profit. And it is the
average farm which supplies mankind
with most of its eggs. What the farmer
needs is a breed of hens which will at
tend to business without much oversee
ing
Concerning this matter George o. Brown
writes sensibly to the California Cultiva-
tor. He says that there is no denying
that the continual tinkering of the stan
dard and the insistence on unnecessary
fancy points at the expense of utility
have been the direct means not alone of
lowering the egg record of many of our
pure breeds, but has also greatly lessen
ed their vigor." We believe it. We have
not had much experience, but we have
had some; and whenever we have pur-
chased a particularly beautiful chicken
we have invariably found that 1t had no
vigor and no sense. We DO not mean to
apologize for our lack of experience. We
learn easy, and once or twice taught us.
We cast no reflections on the fanciers
trade 1t Is an honorable one, minister
ing to the wants of that no small portion
of humanity which seems to find its
chiefest delight in cleaning UP after
chickens, making sure that their feathers
lie straight, and that they don't take cold.
But what we want, and what we think
the average farmer wants is a breed of
Wide-awake, thorough going, rustling
birds, that need no coddling, will tear up
our gardens if we do not fence them out
well, and who, having fulfilled the years
of their lives with duty and with useful
ness, make n glorious ending in the fra
grant pot-Exchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28

The mint officials" of the Malayan
peninsula claim the distinction of "coin-
ing" the most unique piece Of money now
in use in the world, says an exchange.
This curious coin is simply a thin disk or
wafer of hardened vegetable gum, the.
original source of supply being the bola
tree and a bluff of emery sand. Dozens
of trusty officials are constantly employed
in collecting bola gum and Sitting and
pounding the sand which is TO be used az
"alloy." The coins so struck are not only
unique and curious on account of the
material used In their composition. but
because they have the least exchange
value Of any medium, unless we except
the shell money Of the west coast OF
Africa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
Have Roses and Grow Them On
Their Own Roots.

Farm and Home says: For amateurs,
the most satisfactory of all methods for
increasing rose trees is by cuttings. Roses
on their own roots are like a house found
ed on a rock; contingencies which destroy
choice roses on other roots leave them
comparatively unframed If you remem-
Der, within the last few years we had a
winter which destroyed roses to such an
extent, by killing down the tops, that it
raised the price of tree roses nearly 200
percent. That year 1 did not lose any
that were on their own roots An in
tensely severe winter has comparatively
little mischievous influence over such
plants Violent winds may destroy a bud
ded standard, but in case of one on it's
own roots you always have the root left
TO put out again and to produce it's own
kind. On account of the stability of a
rose on its own roots, / would especially
recommend amateurs to increase all roses
which can be grown by cuttings. Certain
ly the tree least subject to contingencies
ought to have the highest money value.
1t requires time and care to make tall
standard roses from cuttings, but it may
be done, and when it is successful the
time and care are we'll paid for. A rose
which has not stability of character to
make its own roots must be satisfied to
use the root of another, and roses differ
as much in character as men and women.
Many very good varieties may be raised
from cuttings planted under a hand glass
on a north border in summer. Dig out
a space 11a feet deep and rather larger
than the hand glass. Put in crooks for
draining to the depth of 6 inches then 6
inches of manure, and fill it with good
compost of leaf mold and sand. Plant the
cuttings so that they will not touch each
other, never removing the glass except
for necessary watering. In this way
have grown the following useful roses,
which will grow rapidly from cuttings
and make handsome bushes, and with
the necessary training standards can be
made of them: General Jacqueminot
Geant des Batailles, Souvenir de la NAL
maison, Gloire de Dion, Safrano, Will
lam Jesse, Madam Planter, William
Griffith, Mrs. Basanquet, Napoleon and
many others Of smaller habits. This is a
good collection for a garden of modest
pretensions. It is not difficult to raise
roses from seed as some kinds seed
abundantly, but careful hybridfzing or
crossing is troublesome.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
Upland Rice-ThreshIng and Milling

After rice has been put in the shock,
if the weather is dry, it will be ready
for the thresher in a week or ten days.
Sometimes the threshing is done with
out any preliminary stacking, the sheaves
of rice being hauled from the shock and
passed through the machine from the
wagon. But usually the rice is stacked
and left in the stack until grain and
straw go through a sweating process.
This requires some weeks. The appear
ance of a rice stack yard is similar to
that of a wheat stack yard.
Rice is threshed with a common grain
thresher, just such as is used in thresh-
ing wheat or oats. Most, if not all, the
threshers used in Southwest Louisiana
are run by steam. Those who are
familiar with the process of threshing
wheat need not be informed as to the
process. The separator is located con-
venient to the stacks, and the engine
placed in position, steam is raised and
the machinery set in motion, and then
the bundles of rice are pitched to the
apron of the machine, the band cutter
cuts the Irvine and the bundles are fed
into the machine by the feeder. The
straw is carried off by the straw carrier
and stacked, while the rough rice
which somewhat resembles barley, IS
sacked as 1t flows from the machines,
in sacks holding about 200 pounds of
rough rice. The rice is then
ready for the market or for the mill.
Just as wheat has to be milled, before it
is ready for human food, so does rice
have to be milled in order to be ready
for the table. The screenings and light
rice, and rice that has been injured by
sprouting or heating in the sheaf, is
generally utilized for chicken feed or
stock feed. Our farmers are rapfdly
learning that it does not pay to market
inferior rice that only brings 81 per
sack when they can use it to most
excellent advantage for such feed. There
is nothing that will put fat on a hog
more rapidly than rice. Before feeding it
should either be ground or soaked, and
when thus prepared rice makes the very
best Of feed for hogs, horses or cattle
Rice is splendid feed for milch COWS. 1t
causes a fine flow of milk, and Is also
good for producing a large quantity and
fine quality of butter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
According 10 the New yor,, rr,,,,,,,,

According to the New York Tribune
the congress of Costa Rica has adopted
a new military measure. Formerly the
regular army of the country consisted OF
800 men; 1t is hereafter to consist Of !. 900
ana the government is empowered to in
crease 1t to 5000 in case Of rebellion, or to
enlarge 1t yet more in the event Of a for
eign war. 1t Is doubtless the design of the
new law that the militia shall be drafted
into the regular army In case of necessity
All citizens over IS years of age are Iiable
to militia service. AS the population OF
the country is not over 10000, the govern
ment ought to be able to maintain peace
both at home and abroad. more especially
as only those people who may be declar-
ed respectable" are allowed to vote.