The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-02-22
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Two second hand Feather stone wheels
for sale cheap at Maier & Benton's.
Those who have waited so patiently
for 'sW. B." corsets will now find their
size at Pease & Mays.
Lime, sulphur, salt and No. winter
spray for San Jose scale, and cure leaf of
the peach at Maier & Benton's.
Three of our little friends, Leslie and
Herbert Clarke, and Graham Ruark,
reminded US that spring is really here
by leaving on our desk today bouquet
of the early blue bellsI Thanks, boys,
call again.
Everyone who has seen the horse show
which will be here Thursday. Friday
and Saturday, speaks well of it. 1t is
no doubt we'll worth seeing. To see the
animals alone is worth the price OF ad-
mission-15, 25 and 80 cents.
The ladies of the Congregational
church are arranging to give an Irish
concert on the evening of st. Patrick's
day. A we'll prepared program will be
rendered at that time, consisting of
solos, trios, quartets and choruses. Don't
fail to RENE mber the date.
Through a mistake some lady ex-
changed "fascinators'' at the Elk's party
last week. If any one finds in her
possession a new white ice-wool fascina-
tor, which Is not her own, she will
greatly oblige the owner by leaving it at
this Office and receiving the one belong
ing to her. f2O-3t.
The board of fire delegates met last
evening, but the new board was not or
ganizsd, all the new members not being
present and the secretaries of the diff :
ferent com panies were dilatory In send
ing in their reports. The different in
surance companies in the city have signi-
fed their Willingness to furnish fire
patrolmen with proper badges.
A number of Antelope people who
have been attending the Forester trial
here, many being sum moned as wit
nesses, and others through an interest
in the case, returned to their homes to-
day. Others will leave tomorrow. Ante
lope must haye been almost depopu-
lated, from the number of it's citizens
who haye been here during the week
past.
The soldiers monument committee is
doing we'll at this place. The history
of the United States that they give is
keep the fun besides. Some of the books
| will be left with men bers of the COM
mittee here, or with Mr. Gilbert, the
county school superintendent, and if
you haye not bought book 60 down and
get one. The monument will be built.
Today has been an idealld for holi-
day, regular summer day, making it
all the harder to settle do Mn and imagine
we're hayin' birthday party. The on
ly way we can tell it isjA holiday at all
is because the schools are closed, the
blinds at the bank arg down with little
notice telling us it's Ia 'legal holiday
and few stores closed their doors this
afternoon. The CITY seems somewhat
deserted after thefexcitement which has
prevailed during the past week.
State Superintendent Ackerman will
in a few days, issue pamphlet COD
tanning all the legislation affecting TIN
echools of the state passed by both the
special and the regular sessions of the
twentieth legislative assembly. Thii
will be distributed throughout the state
each county superintendent receiving
sufficient copies to supply all the officers
of all the districts in his county, SO as tt
give the public an opportunity to be
come acquainted with the new laws af
fecting the public school system.
Glen o. Holman, OF Pendleton, 81
we'll known all over the state. and whc
has been attending the legislature, is il
the city today, on his return home H,
stopped over in the interest OF tn.
soldier'e monument. soon to be erected
: in memory of our heroes who died dur
\ ing the recent war with Spain, and ha
spent the day in selling the book .sUncl,
: Sans Own Story, Colum and Me-,
Mr.. Holman is the writer and pub
Usher, and the price of the book, whicI
is % cents, will go to the monumen
fund. He has been very successful il
I. disposing of a number of books.
n From many fruit-raisers in and in tn
III vicinity of the city we learn that tn
:. outlook for q part of this years frui