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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
Christmas Was a Joyous Occasion In The
DaIleS

Christmas Was a Joyous Occasion In The
With mild, solf weather, no snow on
the ground, and everybody feeling that
it is "more blessed to give than to re-
ceive," The Dalles spent very pleas
ant though rather quiet Christmas.
There were Christmas trees at the
Methodist, Congregational, Christian
and Lutheran churches, also at St.
Mary's Academy and the Salvation
Army barracks, which were we'll at
tended, and many a heart was made
glad by the receipt of tokens of love
and generosity. But the pleasantest
trees of all were those that were
erected in private residences, where
the little folks were given free access
TO the "best rooms" and as present
after present fell from the well-ladened
trees, there was where real joy and
happiness prevailed.
The business streets of The Dalles
presented the appearance of 'de.
serted village" Christmas afternoon,
the stores having been closed at noon
in order that proprietors and employees
might enjoy quiet afternoon, par
taking of Christmas dinners and gen.
eral good cheer that comes but once a
year. While the public demonstra-
tions were by no means startling, they
were pleasant, and Christmas, 1896,
will long be remembered as a pleasant
and happy day in The Dalles.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
THEY DRINK RED INK.
Nez Perce Indians Use Red Ink as n Sub
stItutc for Liquor.

Nez Perce Indians Use Red Ink as n Sub
stItutc for Liquor.
The Nez Perce Indian is not averse to
n little fun in his stolid way, says the
Spokane Outburst. The prevailing idea
as to just what fun means held by a
great many of these Indians IS getting
filed up with white mans whisky. OF
course the government does not allow
the sale of liquor to the Indians, but all
the same the Indians find ways of get
ting liquor, and when they can't get it
they resort to lemon extract and red
ink
The Indian who discovered the lemon
extract was good to drink and intoXi-
eating is now looked upon by his fellows
as hero whose cnly rival is the Siwash
who found out that red ink contained
90 per cent. alcohol and ten per cent.
medicine to make .iun sick The In
dian agent has seen fit to warn store
keepers against selling more than one
bottle of lemon extract or four bottles
of red ink to any one Indian, and the In
dian who tried an admixture of alkal
water and squirrel poison is now hunt
ing buffalo with his forefathers.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02

member was called before the chair
man and was fined for offenses both
real and imaginary. After all other
m 'mbers had been duly punished. d.
F. Lonsaale, who had acted as marshal
ring the evening, was called 10 the
t'ira of the exalted ruler, and was
ntenceh 10 pay rhe renalty of giving
an exhibit of his eloantionary abilities.
and failing 10 meet the approval of the
chairman. was fined for not having re
cited better.
About 10 o'clock the hall was cleared
and dancing was in order fJr AL hOar
when the E ks and thair ladies' r..
paired tn the Unatila house where ao
elegant banquet wes spr-ad.
At t..e 'rt"qne, Judge Bradshaw va
assigned the duties OF to i,tm :ste:, :.da
after the viands had been duly dis
crssed, called upon Hon. John Niche;
to respond To the toast Cascade Lode :.
No. 303." In his response Mr.. SIic'l u
gave brief history of the lodge. its
crganiz ltion at Cascade Locks, re-
moval 10 The Dalles, and its l.. esent
personnel.
The toast "Our Absent Bor; hers"
was responded to by J. A. Douthit, tho
briefly expressed the wish OF the lodge
that all absent bro5hers were that
evening as happily situated a, those
who Uafs q aSSem blad around the fAstul
board in The Dalles. Fl. Il. R;ddell
responded 10 ''The Dalles. the Pride Of
Us ALL aad eloqusnly proposed Il
bumper to the Queen City OF the In
land Empire. The Benevolent ard
Protective Order of Eiks' was re-
spoade to by q. w. phelrs, who in
words of eloquence paid beautiful
tribute TO the order,
The concluding toast, THE Deers,"
was responded to by Hon. w. II. Will
son who anticipated that the "dears" or
rather the fair sex were what was in
tended that his remarks should be Goa
fined 10, therefore he confined himself
to eulJgi2ing woman, and did indeed
pay Il pleasing rihute to the daughters,
sisters, wives aud mothers of the land.
Some 80 Elks and as many ladies' par
ticipated in the session making of it
perfect success in every respect, and
convincing all that the social feature
of the order is one of its most com
mendable envoirments.
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guilty, were brought in By Constable
Hill, and lodged in Jail.

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Hill, and lodged in Jail.
Milt Harlan returned last night irom
Pendleton where he has been canvass
ing for the Chatauquan writing board
and also working on the New Year
edition of the Easv Oregonian. NJ.
Harlem was very much pleased with
Pendleton, and outside Of The Ddlles,
cousi i.-r> it the best town in the Tn
land Empire.
The small folks of the city and a
p,nt many older ones were greatly
amused by the appearance OF the 81
Perkins 'hayseed band" on the streets
this afternoon. The musicians con-
gregated from all directions, clad in
garbes that indicated they were just in
f. r.arv. - lid, and performed
as only ST Perkins band can.
The Salvation Army officers wish, in
behalf of those assisted to thank the
people of The Dalles for their liberal
ity in helping the poor on Christmas.
Twenty families wee assisted accord
ing to their reeds in the way OF food,
clothing and toys. Some OF the merch
,nts gave very literally among the
number they especially wish to mention
the splendid donation of A. NJ. Will
liams & Company. There was also a
quantity of partly worn garments sent
in, of which few remain that will be
given out when ever any in need are
found.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
woMEN's DoINGs ABROAD

Miss ALICE GooDALL is the only
woman filling an editorial chair in
India. She conducts the Simla
Guardian.
MILE. SARAH BERNHARDT is about to
publish her memoirs, which will prob
ably fill two volumes.
Miss GREEN, a young lady from
Cardiganshire, is the present English
governess to the emperor of Ger
many's children.
NINE. SCHLIEMANN is fulfilling the
promise made to her late husband, and
is personally experimenting the work
of excavations at Troy, for which his
name is so famous.
Miss EDITH SIMcox has for several
years been employed on an important
work which Messrs. Swan-Sonnen-
schein, of London, are to publish the
present year. 1t is entitled ''Primi-
tive Civilizations" and is said to break
new ground.
LADY CONSTANCE LYrTON Is among
the most able lady journalists of the
day. She inherits her literary quail
ties, as her father was the late earl of
Lytton, formerly viceroy of India and
afterward English ambassador in
Paris.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
NOTES F5oM THE COLLEGES.

Work on the Fogg Museum of Fine
Arts at Harvard will commence soon.
It will be the largest of the college art
museums.
The new Waterman gymnasium at
Ann Arbor will not be completed for
this college year. The building fund
is exhausted and the students have
raised six thousand dollars by SUBJ
scription.
PROF. FARNUM, of the Sheffield Scien.
tific school at Harvard, announces two
prizes to juniors of the select course
for extra reading in medieval and
modern history. The object of the
offer is to encourage outside work.
CORNELL will unite with the Uni.
versity of Pennsylvania in the forma
tion of dual debating league. Repre-
sentatives of the literary societies of
the two universities met in New York
the other day to perfect the arrange
ments.
THE new twenty-seven hundred-dol-
lar organ has been placed in the Frieze
Memorial hall of the University School
of Music at Ann Arbor. 1t is the same
organ that was in the Michigan build
ing at the worlds fair. The first pub
lie exhibition of the instrument was
giYen RECENTLY.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02

Some one with taste for historic re
search has been compiling a list of ap.
pellatiors by which Oneida lake, as IL
is now known. has in the past been dis.
tinguishcd. The Cnordaga tribe of In
dams called it Seughka, signifying that
it was striped with blue and white lines
an Interpretation that can best be ap-
preciated from commanding position
on one Of the surrounding hills. Jesuits
knew it as Lac Techtroguen des On
neionts, while Charlesoix called it
Kanoalolla, and Maclieu termed it On
idahogo. In 1861 IGreenhalgh christened
it Tsisoqui, and on an old map in the Sec
retary of states Office it is designated
as Cahunghaoe.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
Circzit Court.

In the circnit court tolay the follow
ing cases were disposed of:
Katie KizeI VS. Henry Kizer, contin
ued.
j Spencer VS. w r Windens, de
fault and Judgment.
Assignment of l. and M Hendricks
son, order to sell personal property.
Davenport Bros Lumber Co vs. c P
Healb, dismissed.
K L. Barrell vs.. w. c. Barrell,
agreed and submitted.
Mays & Grove VS. John Wood, referred
to II n Riddell.
A NJ Williams & Co vs E McCor-
mack, demurrer overruled.
VIM Rune vs F w L Skibbe to an
swer on first day of next term.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
THE ELKs IAr TABLE.
The Order Entertained Its Lady Friends
Saturday Evening.

The Order Entertained Its Lady Friends
Saturday Evening.
The social session of Cascade Lodge
No. 303, B. P. o. Elks, given last Sat
urday evening, was one of the most
enjoyable events of the season, and
indeed it has been many day since a
merrier crowd assembled in The Dalles
than that which congregated at Elks'
hall on that occasion.
Promptly at o'clock Judge Brad
shaw, as chairman of the session, was
escorted to the station of authority in
the hall, and after a rendition by the
orchestra, Exalted Ruler John Michel
delivered brief and happy address of
welcome, followed by a calrenditiUn
by John Hampshire. Then the jolity
of the evening began, as member after
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02

Frances Power Cobbc, in her "Life,
gives amusing illustrations of the Dub
lin brogue in which Irish Protestant
clergymen, educated at Trinity college,
used to preach fifty years ago. One,
concluding sermon on the Fear OF
Death" exclaimed: me brethren, the
doying Christian lepps into the arrurns
of death, and makes his hollow jaws
ring with eternal hallclujahs!" There
was chapter in the acts which Miss
Cobbe dreaded to hear read by a GER
tain clergyman, so difficult was it to
help laughing when told of ''Pertheans
and Mades, and the dwellers in Meso-
potemia and the part of Libya about
Cyraine, streengers of Roum, Jews.
Proselytes, Crates and Arabians."
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
From MoudaYs, Daily.


Hon. John ]. DAILY, of Lincoln
county, is in the city.
Pat Bolen, of Cascade Locks, is
spending the holidays in the city.
The Skibbe hotel is undergoing i'm
provements, a new Office being erected
in the bar room.
J. P. Van Houten came up from
Portland yesterday, en- route to his
home at Hay Creek.
Miss Lennah Balm, of Portland, is
spending a few days in the city visit
ing Miss Anna Roberts.
Hon. e. B. Dufur went to Salem yes
terday to attend to some matters be-
fore the supreme court.
Mrs. AL Webster and family leaye
tonight for Pennsylvania where they
will reside in the future.
Misses Anna and Nellie Roberts are
home from Portland spending the
holidays with relatives and friends in
the city.
J.C. Lewis came up yesterday from
Portland, accompanied by his two
daughters, who are attending school
in the metropolis.
After travelling all over the country
in search of a good location, A. l..
Chapman, an experienced scene painter
and all around artist, has determined
to locate in The Dalles.
Today Walter Klindt had the mis-
fortune to run a sturgeon hook through
the fieshy part of his right thigh in
ilicting painful wound. DIR. Logan
removed the hook by cutting off the
end to which the cord is attached.
The Dalles hose team, the winners
of the championship cup at the Astoria
tournament last fall, have had a pic
ture of the team enlarged and will
present it to the Commercial Club.
The picture was enlarged at Mrs. Her
rims gallery.
ASt. Louis drummer, who is making
his first trip to the Pacific coast, was
entertained ct the Umatilla House
last evening, and was filled full of the
early history of Oregon. When he
gets back to Missouri he will have
some wonderful narratives to relate.
Last Friday evening the residence
of w. II. Calvin, on Chenoweth creek. |
was burglarized and number OF ar |
ricles were stolen. A warrant was is |
sued from Justice Filloon's court Satur-
dav for the arrest of Orchard Roe'
and "John Doe," at least two of
,be pal ties who are supposed to be I
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
THE oALLEs COMMERCIAL CLUB.
A Correspondent makes Some Inquiries
Concerning 1t.

A Correspondent makes Some Inquiries
Concerning 1t.
ED, TINES -MoUNTAINEER
Please inform me through your col
umns the policy in the existence of
| The Dalles Commercial Club. l fear
I have mistaken the purpose for which
| it was organized and the true policy OF
| its existence. INQUIRER.
The writer of the above possibly has
not been close Observer, else his in
uuiries would not have been made.
The club was organized for two dis
tinct purposes. First, to encourage
every commercial interest that would
tend to improve The Dalles and vicin-
ity. Second, to furnish reading roon,
athletic sports and other amusements
that tend to improve its members men
tally and physically.
The second object of the club has
certainly been accomplished to the
satisfaction of all, since the club sup
plies it's reading r Dom with all the best
vi VIC Joy ohA
attractions that tend to draw its mem
bers from the allurements OF more OBJ
jectionable haunts. And as to its first
purpose, while the club possibly has
not accomplished all that some might |
desire IN the way of advancing the
commercial interests of this section by |
building roads to every locality. re-
ducing freight and passenger rates to |
the metropolis, ETC., still it has accom-
plished things that individual citizens
could not have accomplished working
only as individuals, and is in a position
to accomplish much more in the
course of time. For instance, the open
ing of the locks at Cascades last No
vember was largely due to the efforts
of the club, and the interest its COM
mittees are taking in the matter of
encouraging manufactures and the de-
velopment of coal mines will result
beneficially not only to the city but to
the surrounding country. The club
may not be filling the expectations of
all, still it is accomplishing good in
the community, and the policy of its
existence is, plainly stated, to upbuild
every worthy interest.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
ARTISTIC m ALL THINGS.
Showed Taste Even When Painting His
Wife with Iodine.

Showed Taste Even When Painting His
Wife with Iodine.
A famous landscape painter had to
call in doctor to see his wife, who was
suffering from bronchitis. After he
had examined the patient, says Tit
Bits, the doctor recommended the hus-
band to take small brush, dip it in
tincture of iodine and slightly paint the
lady's back with it.
The artist took up the brush and,
after dipping it in the tipcture, pro-
ceeded to carry out the doctors pre-
scriPtion. But his artistic tempera-
E2ent soon got the better of his sick
nursing qualities.
Mistaking his wife's bacl, for a can
vas, instead of simply applying the
lotion he sketched out a landscape, and
gradually peopled it with figures and
put iii all the details complete. The
patient, finding the operation a rather
lengthy cne, asked her husband if he
had finished. And the latter, receding n
few steps to examine hisworll, replied:
'.Another dip or two and then can
put it in the frame"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
For over Fifty Years.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REM
EDY.-Mrs. WInsiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success S
1t soothes the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part OF the world.
Twenty-Five cents bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
UNDER SNOW TWO MONTHS.
Winter Experience of -Four Men In a Hut
In Montana.

Winter experience or 1 our Men In q Hut
In Montana.
lived under the snow for two
months, said prospector to Cincin-
natl Enquirer man recently. Talk
about the present snow being deep
one! 1t is nothing to what l encoun-
tered in 1868 in what were then the
wilds of Minnesota, near Albert Lea.
Four of us had built hut in order to
hold a homestead claim, and fortunate
ly had laid in a supply of provisions
sufficient to last two or three months
during the winter. One night it COM
menced to snow, and large flakes con-
stantly fell for two days and nights.
Then the wind began to blow, the snow
continuing, and the next morning we
could not open the door. The windows
were completely bloclzaded and we
could not tell that it was daytime ex-
cept by our watches. We built big
fire and stayed in the house, supposing
that it would pass off in a few hours,
but the weather turned intensely cold.
On the third day we tunneled out
the window, but found it i'm
possible to remove the drift, which
covered the hut. The cold
weather continued without a break for
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
A Natn-aI Rridps.Pier.

One of the oldest bridge ''bents," Oh
piers, in this country is to be found in
Sonoma county, Cal. Two large red
wood trees growing side by side sup
port the timbers and rails of bridge
which crosses a small ravine or creek
at place where the roadbed is IS feet
above the water. Californians refer to
it as ''the only natural wooden bridge in
the world"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
''For Charity Suffereth Long, .

"MGtrOss Of q Benevolent Home
and knowing the good DR.. Miles, Nervine
has done me. my wish to help others, over
comes my dislike for the publicity, this
letter may give me. in Nov. and Dec, 1893,
The inmates had the "LaGrippe,o
and was one Of the first. Resuming duty
too soon. with the care of SO many sick, I
did not regain my health. and in month
Ibeca1sae SO debilitcted and NERVOUS
from sieepiessness and tho drafts made on
my vitality. that it was question If could
go on. A dear friend advised me to try
DR.. Miles Restorative Ees-vsne.
took bottles and am happy to say, am
I'm better health than ever. still continue
Hts occasional use, as q scesUe food,
as my work is very trying letter ad-
dressed to Milwaukee, Wis, Will reach me-"
June 6, 1894. MRS. LAURA G. PHOENIX.
DR.. Miles Nervine is sold on positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit :
ALI druggists sell it at 81. 6 bottles for S., or
tt viii be sent prepaid, on receipt of price
BY the DE-. Miles Medical Co.. Ekhart. Ind.
DR.. Miles Nervine
Restores Health
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
e SWALLOWED HIS BATON.
French Drum Major Who Introduced q
New Act.

A decidedly unique variation of a
drum majors usual performance when
on review occurs in one of the French
regiments of the line-or, rather, did
occur-for the colonel of that regiment
has now put down his foot and issued a
positive fiat that his subordinate shall
henceforward confine himself to ortho-
dox tricks.
The musical leader in question, saw
the New York World, had at one period
OF his life been mountebank, and evi-
IDENTIFY good one, for, after practicing
in secret number of times, he aston
ished the regiment, drawn up in review
one day, by suddenly throwing his
stick high in air, catching it in his
mouth upon its descent, and swallow.
ing fully half of it. Having accom-
plished this gastronomic diversion, he
stood for moment while the specta.
tors gazed in awed amazement, and
then disgorged the half of the baton
which he had swallowed and continued
his march down the line.
He repeated this trick Il good many
times and the regiment was very proud
of him, but it brought it such an un-
enviable reputation that the colonies
finally had to stop him. Now his per.
torrance is thoroughly conventional.
The old lady was right when she said
that child might die if they waited for
the doctor. She saved the little ones
life with a few doses of One Minute |
Cough Cure. She had used it for Group !
before. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02

two months. 1ne top Of the snow be-
came hard enough to bear our weight
and we would go out by the window,
returning at night, but it was two
months before the snow thawed sufi-
GENTLY to uncover the hut.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-02
WHERE, THE MONEY IS.

THE worlds money forms very
small part of its wealth. The amount
now in use is estimated by Mulhall as
e7sO, 900. coo of gold, esO1 ,O00, 900 silver,
es46, 900, 900 paper; total, e., ,437, ,O00, 600.
In Denmark the value of real estate
has increased e192, Zoo, 900 in thirty
seven years. This result is due to the
breaking up of the large estates of the
nobility and their purchase by the
peasantry.
STATTsTICIANs estimate that in Great
Britain there are 700 millionaire fam
lilies, $3.50 ''very rich," 14S,250 rich" ="
100000 in moderate circumstances"
2,OOs,OOO struggling to keep up" and
1916, 300 poor"
The value of land in Great Britain
rose enormously during the Canadian
and American wars of the last century,
and increased still further during the
French wars, owing to the demand for
grain and its advanced price.
THE official classification of French
houses in 1868 showed that las, 900 were
inhabited by the nobility and gentry,
5s3, 900 by merchants and commercial
people, 2,167,O00 by ''tradesmen" and
4, 453, 900 by laborcrs and operatives.
yt Cnfa., ~,.,-- ,,,@ $780,.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-23
They Will Compromise.

The Butte owners of two conflicting
claims in the vicinity of the celebrated
Mayfiower mine near Whitehall, says
the Butte 1ntermountain, are attempt
ing TO adjust matters so that work
can be resumed without any more de-
lay. The claims are the Clear Grit and
the Celebration which adjoin the May
Hover and upon which a great deal of
work has been done. a shaft was de-
Veloped about so feet on the Celebra-
uon, several tunnels were run and dur
ing the past summer a lengthy tunnel
was run on the Clear Grit, in expecta-
ton of striking the Mayfiower ledge.
After puncturing the big limestone
reef on both sides for several hundred
feet, the rival claimants quit work firm
IN the belief that they were TOO high
up on the mountain side to catch the
rlch Lodges of the Mayfiower Now
they are talking of agreeing upon a set
tlement of the suit instituted in the
courts to determine the legal ownership
OF the Celebration and Clear Grit. The
suit will not be determined for a year
or more and then would more than
likely be carried to the supreme court.
which would take two years more to
decide. 1t Is for this reason that the
owners are apparently anxious to ad-
just their differences and secure the
immediate benefits of any rich ore
bodies that may be found. 1t is said
today that o. Chevrier has offered IS. 900
Tor a half interest in the Celebration.
lode as 1t stands now, with clouded
title.