The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-13
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their hall. Initiation will be the order
of the evening.
Telephone your orders direct to us for
coal oil. Our oil wagon in the future
will deliver oil only one day in tt week
during the summer months. MAIER &
BENTON. a12-1w.
A number of our Democratic citizens
we're much disappointed today, the late
ness of the afternoon train preventing
their going to Portland to attend the
banquet tonight.
McMinnville has had siege of re-
viyals, John Naegle. the Methodist
evangelist, and Elder Boltz, formerly of
the Christian church in this city, having
just closed series of meetings there.
1t begins to look as if the river is rising
from appearances at the D. P. & A. N
dock. The wharfboat has already been
moved to the east of the dock, and the
lower part of the slip is being taken up
and piled near the office.
Word was received yesterday, by her
! friends in The Dalles, that MISS Bessie
Rowland is dangerously i'll with pneu-
monia at her home in MIesoula. We
hope, however, that the next news
received will be that she is improving.
Browning & Garrett, mining men of
| Spokane, WASH, are In town talking
mines. They are largely interested in
the Syndicate Gold Mining Company
whose claims are located in Idaho. Both
parties are gentlemen and seem to
understand mining.
The passengers from yesterday after
moons train arrived in the city about 6
O'Clock this morning, the wash-out at
Rawlins having caused the delay. To-
day No. has been annulled, and the
passengers who should have reached
here at 2 :55 this afternoon will probably
not arrive until tomorrow about noon.
The difficulty today is caused by wash
out on the Platte river at Laramie, on
the Union Pacific.
i Now A. M. Williams & Co. is coming
to the front with another Improvement.
They are taking out the old fashioned
glass doors in front OF their shoe depart
ment and putting in large plate glass
windows. We learn G. F. Stephens is
soon to put large show windows in his
dry goods store. These make an entire
ly different appearance to a building.
Who'll be the next? Let the good work
go on.
Captain John w. Lewis, who recently
delivered an interesting lecture at the
o. N. G. armory, in response to an in
vitation from the school board, yesterday
afternoon gave a brief talk to the pupils
of the high school. The lecture wal
largely devoted to personal experiences
during the civil war, and life in Libb,
prison. The closest attention was paic
to the speaker, and all who had tn.
privilege of hearing him considered tn,
lecture a rare treat.-Telegram.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Schanno returned
last night from Salem, where the forme
| went to attend a meeting of the horti
cultural board. Mr.. Schanno reports
good meeting. It is intended, he says
to move the Office of the board frou
Salem to Portland. While the con
tinued showers during his stay prevente
much investigation of the fruit orchard:
Mr.. Schanno thinks from all he gleane
while there that the injury to the frui
in the Valley is more serious than il
Eastern Oregon.
The latest scheme to swindle farmer
being worked is the collection of "ws
tax" from the ignorant class of agri
z culturists. The swindIers travel singl,
\ and when they have selected the
3 victim they present their authorit,
consisting of printed blanks, recei.o
e and a printed copy of a purporte
4 revenue law requiring farmers to pa
= certain per cent on the value of the
y property for war tax purposes, aft
which they proceed to collect whatev
amount they are able to get from Il
r. farmer. @ a5
4 There is one sort of rubbish whi'
z even the long sweeping dress trains ca
y not succeed in Kidding our streets I
u and that is the scraps of paper which a
CONTINUALLY thrown broadcast threug
out them. As We have repeatedly sai
= it is these small matters which give