The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-05

have yet been received. He was very
well known throughout Wasco county.
They are busy at Mays & Crowe's
store today unloading carload of iron,
containing SO, 5,0OO pounds, direct from
the Colorado mills. A carload of water
pipe-95, 900 feet-is expected on TO-
nights boat.
Press G. Thompson, a well-known
stockman of Morrow county, died at the
Good Samaritan hospital Monday morn
ing, after short illness. He was a
native of Missouri and was ~ years of
age. The remains were taken to Heppner
for interment.
DIR. Ford Warren and DIR. Gertrude
French arrived in Portland Monday
evening from New York. DIR. French
is much improved in health, and will
resume her practice at once. Mr.. and
Mrs. French will remain in the East for
time visiting friends.
Yesterday afternoon Indian Jack, who
is sup posed to be the murderer of the
Indian boy at Cello, was arraigned be-
fore Justice Bayard and committed for
examination, which will probably be
held tomorrow, providing the witnesses
reach the city by that tie. Constable
Hill left for Cello last night TO secure
them.
The battleship Iowa having been
ordered to proceed to Manila to relieve
the Oregon, and the latter to San Fran
cisco as soon as the Iowa appears, Port
land people are now planning to have
the Oregon there for the celebration on
the Fourth. What drawing card that
would be. That city is to haye cele-
bration this year W hich IS celebration.
j. II. Richardson, the old gentleman
who has been al inmate at the poor
house for some time and wandered away
Mays and DIR. Shackelford, when he
was ad judged insane. He is wretched
! looking old man, but is not violently
insane as yet. Officer Phirman will
leave with him this afternoon for Salem.
There can be no doubt now that we
are to have play Monday evening
which is exceptionally fne. Everyone
has read Henry Ibsen's ''Doll's House,"
| but they have not heard it played by
Clara Thropp, who appeared in it six
| hundred times in the Duke of York'e
theater in London. Our people should
be sure this time and not miss a good
thing.
"It'll all come out in the wash" sure
ly now that the laundry is fitted out so
completely. The latest improvement
was its enlargement. Finding that the
room in the center. was too dark to be
used as an ironing room, the building
on the east has been added and fitted
up, SO that there are now three apart
ments. There is not particle of reason
now for sending laundry away from the
city, as it can be fully as well done at
| home.
Prof. and Mrs. Tb6s. Condor, of
tEugene, arrived in /the city on last
nights train to visit for few days with
M. and Mrs. j. B. Condor. Their old
friends will be glad to again greet them
in The DAlles, where nearly thirty wears
ago Prof. Con don was stationed as
pastor of the Congregational church. To
them, no doubt, the city will be changed
almost beyond recognition, as years
have passed since even visit has been
made; but among the sea of strange
faces, here and there will be recognize ed
that of a friend of days lang syne.
R.C. Judson, the industrious industrial
agent of the .. R. & N. Co., has secured
of the Carmen Island Salt Company, OF
San Francisco, a quantity of their
crystal rock salt, to test in some of our
wheat fields as to it's value as fertilizer
as we'll as it's power to draw moisture.
Mr. Judson will experiment with the
salt in the Umatilla and Walla Walla
counties. The salt will he sown broad
cast upon the grain at different stages
of its growth, and a record of the con-
ditions under which it is applied and
the effect of the application, will be kept
as guide to future use. 1t is thought
that the evil effects OF drought may be
measurab'y prevented by judicious use
of salt.
An expressman found out yesterday
that the bed of the Columbia river wal
as "soft as downy pillows are,'' and
little bit stickier, for, attempting t.
navigate it with a team of horses anc
a wagon, he got stuck-not ''on it, bu