The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-13

to be at an end, for while deaths hand
cannot be stayed even around our own
firesides, there is at least the satisfaction
are with us in the last hours. Yester-
days report adds two more Oregon boys
to the list of honored dead, that OF Ralph
O'Dell of company A, and ]. j. Choe,
company 6.
The Dalles Commercial Club has
challenged for the FeIdenheimer trophy
and the contest will take place at the
Road Cluballeys next Saturday evening,
at $3.50 O'Clock. The Dalles team is COM
posed of expert bowlers, and will make
a great effort to capture the trophy.
The home team will be handicapped
from the fact that couple of it's regular
team will be unable to bowl, as it is i'm
possible to leave business Saturday even
ing. The contest will in all probability
be close and exciting, and will undoubt-
edly draw large crowd of spectators
Oregonian.
For time this spring the fate of our
roses seemed to hang in the balance, the
severe winter having nipped them so
that we feared for their lives but, while
there are not now so many as in former
years, many gardens are filled with
them, and beautiful ones too. This
morning we were shown by Carey Jen-
kins the king of roses as far as size is
concerned, It grew in the garden at
Mrs. W. S. Meyers and measures 61l
inches across and I719 in circumference.
Its front name is Paul, but it's sir name
we do not remember. However, what's
in name? 1t would probable smell as
| sweet by any other name as its own.
Shortly after noon today Judd Fish
received word that his mother, Mrs.
Catherine Fish, had died at Hillsdale,
near Portland, short time before noon.
Mrs. Fish, who was about 76 years old, /,
formerly lived in The Dalles, and moved
from here to Lafayette. A short time
ago she was taken to Hillsdale in hope
OF benefiting her, for she has been very
Ill for many months. Several times
have Mr.. and Mrs. Fish been called to
her bedside when it was thought every
moment would be her last but the end
came go gradually that they could not
tell when to telegraph for her son. Mr..
and Mrs. Fish will leave on the after
noon train to be preseni at the funeral.
Sunday evening B. Campbell general
freight agent for the o. R. &. N. and a
party of others, accompanied the boys,
among whom was his son, Hamilton, OF
1 hio oif for E1oua1 fhasr
journey on the Monmouthshire. When
the steamer docked at Flavel they started
to go ashore. All the party landed safely
excepting Mr.. Campbell and his little
son. When they started down the gang
plank it slipped, throwing both over
board. A strong tide was running at the
time, and both would have undoubtedly
been drowned but for the second officer
and steward of the steamer, who jumped
over board and held them until fishing
boats which were lying close at hand
picked them up.
We clip today an editorial from the
Oregonian in regard to the unnecessary
display and strain caused by the gradu
ating exercises of today which we con-
cider contains. number Of suggestion:
which are worthy of careful study hy al
concerned, although the reference 10 tht
training of young women, mentioned il
the first paragraph, does not seem t.
apply to the average American CIR
of today. Not that we do not cor
slider that graduating time should L
! one of especial moment and be made al
auspicious occasion; but is it not true
as the Oregonian says, that it is becom
} ing rather more of a burdensome than
, joyous time, especially to the parent
: whose means will not permit of the ex
, peneive dresses, class pins, programs an
2 what not that are the adjuncts of th
modern graduating exercises? Man
f parents can merely afford by self eacri
: fee to let their cons and daughters finis
J., the public schools, and could rot con
e sider for moment adding to their bul
!; den the unnecessary expenses. Shoul
;. there not be a rule, in our public schoo
}, at least, governing these minor mattei
d SO far as the class collectively is cor
cerned, let the individual presents, etc
n given at home be what they may.
: It is hardly probable now that the
:. is a mistake about the boys havir
: started homeward bound, for dispatch
: state that they sailed from Manila We