The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-15

DIock, Whlch is just what should be done
on all such buildings in the city.
For acme time past Absalom Bolton,
of 15-Mile, has been very i'll. and his
physicians at length advised that he be
taken to the hasDital in Portland. Ac
cordingIy he was brought to the city
this morning and will be taken to that
Mecca for all physical ills, where we
trust he may recover, though his case is
said to be serious one.
At noon today the open season for
fishing began and while the river is
/ hardly high enough as yet for the
stationary wheele to be lowered, the
scows are plying the waters of the
Columbia enticing the salmon to walk
in.o their parlors. WeIonlY trust that
the hopes of the 6sheymen, which are
decidedly sanguine, viii be realized, and
that the ''little fshes'f will be suckers
enough to make Themselves numerous.
The o. R. & Ne new di9lng- car to be
put on between this cityZs snd UmatilIa,
is expected to arrive shortly from Day
ton, o., where it was built. 1t is modern
in every respect, aFd will be fully
equipped with every facility for furnish
ing frst-class meEls, even the chef
having been impotted from Paris. The
coach will be in Charge of Conductor F.
S. Kelly, and when running Will enable
passengers to obtain their dinner with.
out stopover at Grants station, as at
present. The cost of the car is $l2, 900.
Paul F. Mohr is in The Dalles today.
There is always more or less conjecture
when these famous railroad men are in
our midst, especially during these times
rife with railroad rumors. We under
stand Mr.. Mohr is on his way to attend
to his interests in the north side road.
1t is said that should the road be a 'sgo,'
there will be some work to be done over
on the section built by Mohr and his
company several years since. During
the time intervening, the Indians, and
some who are not aborigines, have come
to the conclusion that railroad ties make
the best of fire wood, and therefore in
place OF ties, the track in many places
now has for a foundation loose rock.
which has been substituted for the
original ties.
That was fine tribute to the Oregon
boys in the Philippines, paid by an
officer returned from service there, as
reported by S. A. Clarke from Washing
ton. The officer is one of discriminating
ability. He spoke in terms of praise
for all the volunteers helping to uphold
the dignity end authority of their
country in the islands across the Pacific.
Someone asked him his opinion of the
Oregon boys, His reply was the finest
attestation words could give: "Ah!
There is regiment of gentlemen !"
And they are a regiment of fighters,
too. They are men who esteem it
matter of "extreme good fortune" as
one of them writes, to be chosen to go to
the front, into the thickest of the fight,
onto the firing line.
Horace Knight, who for the past
twenty years has been resident of The
Dalles, passed away this morning at
o'clock at the Coventon place three
miles from the city. For years he has
been q sufferer, but not until few
weeks ago would he give up, at which
time he was taken to the country where
he might be cared for. His niece, Mrs.
johnson, of John Day, and nephew,
Henry Knight, OF Providence, R. L,
were with him when he died. He was
born. in Rhode Island SO years ago,
and when young man went to Cali
fornia during the mining excitement,
afterward coming to Oregon and mining
near Canyon City, where he became
quite wealthy. Mr.. knight was bach
elor, and his only relatives here, are his
nephew and niece. He was quiet
man, and one whom those with whom
he associated grew much attached to.
His nephew will leave for Providence,
Rhode leland, tomorrow, taking his
uncle's remains there for burial.
The Dalles City breasted the waves
proudly this morning as she left the
dock having on board such an inteIlI-
gent array of good looking school
marms, ehaperoned by Supt. Gilbert,
dressed in his best suit of clothes, and
looking as wise as though he were in
wardly humming to himself the air of
''A Charge to Keep Have" By the
way, the Hood River Glacier has the
superintendent down for Music" and
if that is actually what the teachers had