The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-01

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stage. This is one of tire strong evil
dences which might be brought against
the elevating influence of the modern
stage-the fact that every criminal who
| escapes justice Immediately airs his
| crimes upon the stage, and the deeper
the crime the more Is he sought after by
the people. Twas great mercy which
spared the people of the United States
having Durrant as one of the leading
stars of the profession.
Today at noon the trout season began,
and now the festive angler will be eu-
premely happy until September. The
new law provides that all trout under
five inches in length shall be thrown
back into the stream. This feature of
the law will be obeyed-perhaps. Some
anglers, however, may have to provide
themselves with rule or tape measure
in order to be on the safe side, as four
inch trout sometimes seems to be foot
long. His attention is called to the
fact that there is place where oxag-
geration ceases and lying begins. Just
where the limit is, newspaper people
are not in a position to know.
Superintendent Gardner of the Boys'
and Girls Aid Society came up from
Portland last night, having in charge
boy for whom he has secured a gocd
home with family named Drummcnd,
who lives on Smile. He informs US
that at present they have about 600
children under their supervision, and
very nearly the limit of forty in the
society. The little Gibson girl, he SAYS,
has one of the best homes Portland af-
fords, and the lady who has adopted
her claims she is one of the brightest
children she ever knew. The Wolfarth
children also have been taxen into good
homes, the youngest being adopted by a
family in Southern Oregon.
1t has long been custom for eggs to
be used as a prominent feature in the
celebration of Easter; but for the eggs
themselves to take time by the forelcck
and celebrate ahead of time is something
out of the usual order, and yet such was
the case with an egg which occupied
prominent place in a setting in the barn
yard at D. M. French's home this morn
ing. The aforesaid egg broke the bonds
which bound it and to show that it, was
what it was cracked up to be, a four
legged chicken made it's eggsit there
from. Two legs are shorter than they
really ought to be, and the chicken is
now looking for someone to pullet. Il is
April fool; but nevertheless the chicken
is reality.
The Walla Walla Statesman has "gone
to gettin' funny" and has the following
concerning something it knows little
about: ''They are drilling for coal down
near The Dalles and are already down
475 feet. What the promoters consider
lod indications have been struck, but
we never yet knew a prospect hole but
was as full of good Indications as
certain place is said to be paved with
good Intentions for they generally
turn out the same way" Dalles people
having failed to prospect where the
pavements are of good intentions, are
not so competent to judge as to the
result as is our friend of the Statesman;
but when 1t comes to our coal deposits
we could state coal facts were we SO
inclined. Just hold on, brother, and
you'll hear thing or two, and perhaps
three or four, at no very distant date
John Graham, who has been spending
some time in Sherman county, returned
home yesterday. He says everything
looks very prosperous in that county,
and that, in spite of drawbacks, the
wheat crop will be immense. While at
Blalock he met John Smith, one of the
incoi porators of the new company which
it is reported have on hand a echeme to
put on a line of boats on the Columbi
river, to ply between Astoria, Portland
and the foot of the rapids of the Colum-
bia, construct portage railway to trans
port freight around the rapids, and have
also boat to ply from the rapids to
points farther up, at least as far as
Umatilla. He assures Mr.. Graham that
the project is now foregone conclusion
and that work will be commenced in a
short time, and that Russell Sage is
furnishing financial backing. Like
many others. Mr.. Graham has grow u
little ekepiical in the matter from Oft
repeated rumors of a like nature which
failed to culminate in any substantial
manner.