150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE’S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 2 HEPPNER TROUNCES THE DALLES HAD A GOOD TIME – But Couldn’t Play Ball Worth a Cent This Time. The Dalles football team returned yesterday from their trip and report having had a most enjoyable time. At Heppner they were well received and generously treated. Nothing was omitted for their pleasure, and all departed with the idea that Heppner was truly the biggest little town in Eastern Oregon. ¶ The game was a hot one, but Heppner won, 16 to 0. The Dalles organization was seriously weakened by the loss of three of its best players, and especially by losing “Fatty” Brown and its captain, Max Bartell. Of the original lineup that met Heppner last October less than half remained. As the game had been arranged and printing and advertising done by the Heppner players, the Dalles boys were in honor bound to meet them, even if they knew certain defeat awaited them. In fact The Dalles boys were compelled, under the circumstances, to go to Heppner with a remnant of the first organization, but principally with the high school line-up, headed by their captain, Johnny Cooper. In justice to the latter, for his first game as captain he did remarkably well. ¶ Heppner earned one touch-down by work and playing, one was the result of a fluke, and caused by the Dalles captain mistaking the remarks of one of the Heppner players for those of the umpire, and the second one, The Dalles boys claim, should not have been allowed. In all, however, Heppner displayed excellent team work, the result of having a hired coach, while The Dalles played the poorest ball in the history of the organization. The latter clearly outclassed the former in condition and despite Heppner’s knowledge of the game and splendid executive work, if The Dalles had possessed the same organization and had played the game they did on Thanksgiving with Pullman, there would have been a different story. December 21, 1890. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE’S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 2 SHOOTING AT BALDWIN CORNER Photo [text only] The Baldwin Saloon pictured with owner Dr. Charles Allen and Hy Henderson tending bar. The saloon was originally built in 1876 by James and John Baldwin. During the ownership by Dr. Charles Allen, the saloon had a small frame brothel attached to the back of the building. DAN MALONEY SHOT – Attacked Jack Prahl the Second Time, and the Latter Shot to Kill Yesterday afternoon about 3:45 three pistol shots, fired in quick succession, drew a crowd to the corner of Court and First streets, where it was learned that Dan Maloney had been shot by a young fellow 21 years of age, named Jack Prahl. Maloney was taken into a room back of the Baldwin saloon, and Dr. Hollister was called to attend to his injuries. An examination disclosed that one bullet had struck him about two inches below the left nipple, ranging downwards. The wound is identical with that that killed President Garfield. He was taken to a room in the Bettingen building, where he is being cared for. Dr. Hollister informs us that the bullet probably lodged in the right kidney. His pulse has been at 130 all night, but he shows wonderful vitality and has a fighting chance for his life. ¶ The trouble, it seems, began at Camas Prairie, Wash., last 4th of July over a horse race, and was renewed yesterday by Maloney when he ran across Prahl, words leading to blows, the latter being given by Maloney, who struck Prahl. This being over, Maloney again ran across Prahl at the Baldwin corner and knocked him down. As Prahl got up he picked up a rock and warned Maloney not to come any nearer. The latter continued to advance when Prahl pulled his pistol and fired, with the results stated. ¶ After the shooting, Prahl walked up Court street to the Wiseman corner, followed closely by Constable Hill, who called upon him to surrender. Prahl replied that if he was an officer he would do so, and Dick Gorman, who was looking out of the window from Bennett’s office, and who knew Prahl, called out to him to surrender that Hill was an officer. Prahl threw his pistol down and walked quietly to the city jail. The pistol was a new one purchased yesterday after the first trouble from Mays & Crowe. It is a 38, Ivor-Johnson Arms & Cycle Co. Works of Pittsburgh, Pa. make, and is of the hammerless style. Prahl at the jail seemed somewhat excited, but very wisely refused to make any statement concerning the affair. August 8, 1887. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Front page Part 3 WORK OF FIRE BUGS THE CITIZENS' MEETING "We your committee appointed to adopt some measures to protect the city from loss of life and property, do hereby recommend that. 1st. We have the utmost confidence in our mayor and city council in conjunction with the county and city officers and do suggest the following: 2nd. That there be a police force appointed immediately sufficient to protect our property. And that an ordinance be passed to close all places of business excepting eating houses on the first alarm of fire, and that no intoxicating drinks be dispensed, either in public or private during said conflagration, be it large or small. That any dealer violating the ordinance shall forfeit his license. That all business houses be closed at twelve o'clock midnight, each night hereafter and remain closed until five o'clock a.m. We further recommend that the extra police force at once proceed to clear this town of all persons who can not give good and sufficient account of themselves and their business here." E. Schultz G.S. Liebe D.M. French S.L. Brooks J.O. Mack, Committee The resolutions were unanimously adopted. A resolution offered by B.S. Huntington was passed authoring the meeting to appoint a committee who shall inquire into the causes which led to the late fires and the truth and falsity of certain rumors concerning their origin and their findings be published in city papers. A motion by Col. Lang was carried constituting each citizen a committee of one to report a committee of three any matters coming under their observation in any way connected with danger to the city. The chair appointed B.S. Huntington, George Watkins and Col. Lang. A resolution by C. Phillips was also carried requesting the mayor to call a special meeting of the council this afternoon in order to take proper steps to carry out the purposes of this meeting. The meeting then adjourned. September 7, 1891. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Front page Part 2 WORK OF FIRE BUGS FIRE AT THE FAIR GROUNDS Another fire broke out in the stables at the south east corner of the fair grounds, on Saturday evening last, about 8 o'clock which resulted in the destruction of thirty-four speed stables, four of which had to be wrecked to save the fifteen that are left, and considerable harness, blankets, hay, clothing, etc., the property of the owners of the numerous horses that are in training for the coming fair. Three horses perished in the flames. One of these was the promising three year old trotter owned by McDonald Bros. of this city and valued at $500. Another was a spotted mare work about $75 and the third was the horse Smoke owned by Chas. Stone and valued at $150. The only persons near the fire at its commencement were A.J. Swift, Tom Strickland and E.L. Boynton. These gentlemen did everything in their power to save the horses which were confined in the stables and deserve very great credit for their work but they were all under the impression that Rexford was the last horse on the east else they might have been able to save them also. As there was no water it was only by hard work that the entire row of buildings and sheds on the south side of the grounds were saved. There is a very strong impression that this fire was the work of an incendiary and a man has been arrested who has by all accounts none too good a record to exempt him from the crime. All the property destroyed, amounting in value to perhaps $2500 was a total loss to the owners, excepting only an insurance of $600 on the building. THE CITIZENS' MEETING The impression that the city has been for the past few days almost completely in the hand of thieves and incendiaries has taken such a deep hold on our citizens that they called a mass meeting at ten o'clock for the purpose of devising means and ways of driving them out of town. Upwards of two hundred of the leading citizens responded and the meeting organized by appointing G.J. Farley chairman, and George P. Morgan secretary, Emil Schutz moved that a committee of five property owners be appointed to draught rules and make suggestions for future conduct in the present emergency. The following gentlemen were appointed to the committee: Emil Schutz, George Liebe, J.O. Mack, D.M. French. The name of Mayor Mays was afterwards added under protest who, however, consented to act in an advisory way. The committee submitted the following report. To Be Continued Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE’S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Front page Part 1 WORK OF FIRE BUGS THEY TRY TO BURN DOWN J.T. PETERS’ PLANING MILL – THREE HORSES BURNED TO DEATH. AT 3:00 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING FIRE WAS STARTED IN THE REAR OF DUNHAM’S DRUG STORE. A MEETING OF CITIZENS CALLED AND COMMITTEES APPOINTED FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Still another fire started last night at about 6:50 o’clock in the barn of J.T. Peters’ and Co., on the river front, about 200 yards from the U.P. passenger depot. Among the first to observe it were the men belonging to the Forepaugh circus and from that moment till the fire was hopefully conquered, these men, tired and weary as they must have been with their own labors, fought like heroes to subdue the flames and save the threatened property. For a time it seemed as if the planing mill, belonging to the same establishment, must succumb to the flames and it was only by the hardest kind of work that it was saved. In the barn were three work horses, a lot of hay and grain, sash material, tools, oil, etc., and everything went up in the flames; besides several thousand feet of lumber, the whole involving a loss of about $1500, partially insured. The circus boys broke in the doors of the building, which were securely locked, only to find that the fire had taken possession to such an extent that it was impossible to reach them. It is impossible to account for the origin of the fire also. No one had been in the building, so far as we have been able to learn, for hours before, and if it was the work of an incendiary and it was his intention to destroy all that is left of the East End, he certainly showed good judgment in his selection of the place to start the fire. As it was, had the wind blown in the prevailing direction it would have been impossible to have saved the planing mill, and with it would have gone the passenger and freight depots, the Moody warehouse, the Curtis flouring mills, and everything left of Wednesday’s fire in the east end. ¶ Scarcely had the weary citizens of The Dalles laid themselves down to snatch a little well earned rest from labor and anxiety, when a fourth alarm broke the stillness of the night. It was a little before three o’clock this morning and this time the fire was located in the west end, at the rear of the Michaelbach building, corner of second and Union. The fire started in a large wooden porch and caused great excitement among the lodgers in the building, nearly all of whom had been victims of last Wednesday’s fire. Charley Graham promptly closed the iron shutters at the back of the building and to this as well as the prompt action of the fire department, assisted by the company’s hose is due to the fact that building is not now a mass of ruins. Again fortune favored us with still air, and the fire was soon under control. The loss this time is only trifling, but it might have been the complete ruin of the west end of the city and all the business houses that are left. We do not wish to anticipate the results of the investigation which the council proposes to make as to the origin of this last fire, but if the statement of Mrs. Brittain is true, and we have no reason to doubt it, it was certainly started by two unknown men whom she alleges she saw, and then in their efforts to escape dash past her so closely that they almost touched her. Mrs. Brittian had seen them three or four hours before the fire was started and suspecting their intentions was diligently on the watch, but in spite of everything, they made their way over the yard fence and the first thing she heard was the noise of their fleeing feet accompanied by the hissing of the fire. But she saw the men so distinctly that she was able to see that one had no shirt collar while the other wore a dark neck tie, and she believes she would know the men if she saw them again. Mrs. Brittian immediately screamed an alarm and the men hastened to search for the criminals but without avail. To Be Continued. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE’S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Front page NEWS SHORTS A feature of unusual short stories from around the world that appeared in The Dalles Chronicle. The most startling bit of news that has been wafted westward by the wires for many a day is to the effect that John L. Sullivan is sober. The cause of Mr. Sullivan’s sobriety is not given, but something awful must have happened to his throat. A singular disease has just been called to notice by a prominent physician. It is a form of recession of the gums of the superior molars, which is said to be due to the use of tomatoes as food. Great sensitiveness is manifested along the line of recession, similar to that of an exposed nerve. The only remedy has been found to be abstinence from tomatoes. If the disease continues the teeth fall out; not usually more than one being lost in a season. A very amusing incident occurred at the city hall a few days ago. A couple of men while in a state of cheerfulness, became boisterous in their wordy warfare and were taken before Judge Caven. ¶ S friend of the two belligerents, who had also been looking upon the wine when it was red, appeared as counsel for them. The self constituted attorney had talked but a moment, however, when Judge Cavin said, Discharge the prisoners and lock up their attorney. The order was complied amid an outburst of laughter. – GALVISTON NEWS. An apiculturist has commenced training bees for letter carrying purposes. After a few preliminary trials, he says, he took a hive of them to the house of a friend four miles distant. After some days, when the bees had become familiar with their new surroundings, some of them were liberated in a room, where they soon settled on a plate of honey which had been specially prepared for them. While they were busy eating it their trainer placed on their backs the tiniest of dispatches, fastened with the thinnest of thread, and so arranged them as to leave the head and wings absolutely free. They were then thrown into the air and soon arrived at their home with the letters on their backs. The writing was magnified and quite legible. Here, then, says the LONDON TELEGRAPH, is an opening for a new industry. In time of war bees would have the advantage over pigeons of invisibility, and might go through the enemy’s lines with impunity. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 10 TIMELINE February 18, 1885 Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published. February 21, 1885 President Chester A. Arthur dedicates the Washington Monument. March 3, 1885 American Telephone and Telegraph is incorporated in New York. March 14, 1885 The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan opens at the Savoy Theatre in London. April 30, 1885 New York State legislature sign a bill forming Niagara State Falls Park. June 17, 1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. July 23, 1885 Ulysses S. Grant dies in Mount McGregor, New York. 1885 First Wasco County Fair held east of Kelly Avenue between East 12th (Bluff) and 14th Streets in The Dalles. November 11, 1885 George S. Patton, Jr. is born in San Gabriel, California. December 1, 1885 The soft drink Dr. Pepper is served for the first time. March 17, 1886 20 African Americans are killed in the Carrollton Massacre in Mississippi. May 8, 1886 Dr. John Stith Pemberton invents the carbonated beverage Coca-Cola. June 2, 1886 President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House. July 16, 1886 The Dalles National Bank is chartered. September 4, 1886 Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson Miles. October 28, 1886 U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 10 TO PREPARE A WOODEN PAIL - If a common wooden pail receives three coats of common copal varnish on the inside before being used, it will never become water-soaked, nor will it give any disagreeable flavor to the water that may be allowed to stand in it for any length of time. Thus its usefulness and durability are greatly increased. January 17, 1874. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 10 OCEAN TO OCEAN WHEELBARROW RACE A CURIOUS CONTEST - At No. 23 West Third street, in the hallway, is a quaint looking wheelbarrow, marked "From San Francisco to New York." This little vehicle has a story, and is regarded with considerable interest by pedestrians. Last year Lyman Potter wheeled a barrow from Albany to San Francisco, arriving in the latter place in October last. He challenged any one to wheel against him on the return for a purse of $1,500, the route to be by way of San Jose, Virginia City, Reno, Ogden, Cheyenne, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Elmira and Albany to this city. The ferries were to be crossed and the wheelbarrow was to be trundled the entire distance. This challenge was accepted by Mr. Leon Pierre Federmeyer, and the return journey was begun on the 8th of December, 1878. Mr. Federmeyer is a Frenchman and forty-one years of age. The wheelbarrow weighs 123 pounds and the wheeler about the same. He arrived in this city at five o'clock on Thursday morning, having accomplished the distance from San Francisco in seven months and sixteen days. The start was made at a quarter to four o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of December. Both men started together. On the first day they made six miles. They were cheered on their journey by parties of spectators, and at Santa Clara doubts were expressed by those who saw them as to their ability to cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was half-past four o'clock P.M. on the 22nd when they crossed the California State line and entered Nevada. Virginia City was reached at six P.M. on the 24th. The Frenchman arrived at Battle Mountain January 12, ahead of Potter, who began to show signs of weakness. For the next few days they struggled through the mountains. It snowed frequently and on the 16th the thermometer was sixteen degrees below zero. On the 14th Federmeyer says that Potter was a little weak and sleepy, and on the 16th saw nothing of him. On the 11th of April he reached Kansas City and made arrangements there for a walking match. He left there on the 20th. Reached Jefferson City on the 30th of April and St. Louis on the 8th of May. Left St. Louis on the 10th and arrived at Cincinnati on the 26th of May, and was received by a number of reporters, who nearly talked him to death. Pittsburgh was reached on the 17th and a month later he was in Albany. He arrived in this city on Thursday morning. - N.Y. HERALD. November 18, 1879. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 10 NEWS OF RECORD Father L.B. Demers, the Pastor of St. Peter's church in this city, will open a select school for boys on the 1st of September next. He has just completed an elegant room in the basement of the church for that purpose. We hope our Reverend Father will succeed in his undertaking, and that it may be the beginning, in the course of time, of a large school. ----- We have set up in our office, for exhibition, one of Rev. S.C. Adams' Chronological Charts of the history of the world from its creation down to the present time. It is gotten up in excellent style and is a perfect wonder in itself. Any one wishing to examine this interesting work of art, we will show it to them with pleasure. Price of the chart is $20. ----- Mr. Hardin Corum, proprietor of the bridge at the mouth of the Deschutes river, authorizes us to say that persons living on the east side wishing to come to The Dalles, can cross his bridge and back by paying the usual fare but one way - He also says that the new road built to avoid the heavy grade known as "Fulton's Hill," will be ready for travel soon. ----- A young man by the name of John Hunter stole a horse and saddle from the ranch of Thomas Angel on Eight Mile Creek, on the 8th instant. He went over to the John Day river where he sold the horse and took passage on the Overland Stage for Umatilla, where a telegram found him and he was locked up to await the arrival of Sheriff Schutz, who left last evening for Umatilla. ----- Mr. Thomas Smith and family left on Tuesday for Salem. Mr. Smith has leased the Chemeketa Hotel at that place and will take charge on the first of September. He is one of the best and most experienced hotel men in the State and is sure to give satisfaction. We wish our old friend success. ----- Mr. F.G. Bochow, who has been in the employ of Messrs. Blumauer & Co., for some time, left on Thursday for Salem where he has accepted the situation of book-keeper at the Chemeketa Hotel under the new proprietor, Mr. Thomas Smith. ----- The Academy of Mary Immaculate will commence the first term of the scholastic year on August 24th. This has become a very popular institution of learning with our people, and we should be pleased to see it prosper as its merits truly deserve. ----- We have no marriages, births or deaths to announce this week. Our town is comparatively healthy, considering the amount of green fruit and cucumbers that are now being eaten. In the matter of marriages we learn there are several about to be consummated. ----- Two boys arrived here Thursday from Umatilla country, on horseback leading a pack mule. They were seeking their fortunes. A telegram requested Sheriff Schutz to bring them back. He did so. ----- Mr. Samuel Creighton has sold his ranch on Three Mile Creek to a gentleman by the name of Hait, from Ochoco, for $1,200. ----- Mr. Thomas Smith requests those who have been sending their newspapers to the Empire Hotel in this city will change the address to the Chemeketa, Salem. ----- Mr. Fred Liebe, of the firm of Liebe Bros. of this city, left for Portland Thursday morning on business. August 15, 1874. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 7 TIMELINE 1882 Second court house construction begins at Third and Union, The Dalles. September 14, 1882 Zenas F. Moody of The Dalles inaugurated seventh governor of Oregon. 1882 Hudson Insurance established by Hudson, Caleb and Thornberry in The Dalles. 1882 Klamath and Crook Counties divided from Wasco County. 1882 Completion of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. rail line from Portland to The Dalles. January 16, 1883 The United States Civil Service is established. February 16, 1883 The Ladies Home Journal is first published. May 24, 1883 After 13 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge is opened. August 26, 1883 The volcano Krakatau erupts killing 36,000 people. October 4, 1883 The Orient Express starts service. November 28, 1883 Whitman College becomes a four-year college in Walla Walla, Washington. August 5, 1884 Corner stone of Statue of Liberty is laid. October 6, 1884 United States Naval War College is established. 1884 Seth Thomas clockwork installed in Second Courthouse. December 6, 1884 Washington Monument completed. January 4, 1885 Dr. William W. Grant performs the first successful appendectomy on Mary Gartside. 1885 Gilliam and Morrow counties divided from Wasco County. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 7 TO-MORROW IS AN ANNIVERSARY WE'LL NEVER FORGET ONE YEAR AFTER THE FIRE - Part Four Second street, south side - MRS. MOABUS two-story glass front frame building, occupied by M.L. NEWMAN, bakery and lodging house above. A. BETTINGEN, one-story glass front, occupied by WALLA WALLA restaurant. MAX VOGT & CO., three one-story, glass fronts, occupied by MERWIN'S saloon, lately occupied by CHAS. COOPER, general merchandise, and S. KAHN, merchandise. M. MATHIAS, one-story glass front, occupied by ED. WICKS' saloon, and E. LARSEN'S broker office. MRS. HUMASON, two-story, fire-proof brick, occupied by I.F. POWERS, furniture store, and GEO. ANDERSON'S gun store. MAX VOGT & CO., two-story block of five stores, with basement below, and sleeping rooms and offices above, occupied by DUNHAM & HOLBROOK, drug store, JOHN OGILBIE, groceries, JOS. LEVY, variety store --, saddlery and harness, MRS. EDGAR, gents' and ladies' furnishing goods, and A. GEHRES, Columbia candy factory. Court street - east side - A. BETTINGEN, one-story, glass front, occupied by CHAS. BAUER, San Francisco bakery. JOHN MICHELL and W.S. MYERS, one-story law office. F.J. GEHRS, one-story photograph gallery. J.B. CONDON, one-story law office. Beside these, which are all the buildings on the burnt district proper, MESSRS. FRENCH & CO. have put up a fire-proof brick block of six stores, on Second street above Washington, occupied by BLUMAUER & SON, general merchandise. F.G. BOCHOW & CO., wholesale liquor store, J. SELLING, general merchandise, L.D. FRANK, harness and saddlery, CHAS. COOPER general merchandise, and FRENCH & DO. Commission warehouse. E. WINGATE & CO. have built a one-story glass front wooden building occupied by NICHELSEN & FREDDEN books and stationery and general variety store. LEWIS KISS, Pioneer Hotel on Second street above Federal, with accommodation for 100 guests. MAX VOGT & DO. Are not building on Washington street above Second, a two-story fire-proof brick. A. BUNNELL is laying foundation for a two-story fire-proof brick adjoining the building last mentioned. In addition to which we might note a large number of private residences, shops and other buildings in various parts of town, among them the elegant new residence of T.W. MILLER, on Third street, a description of which was given in the MOUNTAINEER a short time ago. These buildings are, without exception, in style and general appearance, a credit to our city, and to the enterprising spirit and good taste of the men who have expended so much money and effort in restoring the heavy losses occasioned by a terrible conflagration. To say that the disastrous effects of the fire have been wholly recovered from in the rebuilding of these streets, would be going too far. Of necessity those who have undertaken this work have had to shoulder heavy responsibilities in doing so, which must be borne for some time to come, but the indomitable spirit which has carried them forward to present results is abundant assurance of their final success and prosperity. The efforts of these men to build up the general interests of The Dalles is appreciated by all, and in their business they merit and should receive the hearty support and generous patronage of our citizens. May 20, 1880. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 7 TO-MORROW IS AN ANNIVERSARY WE'LL NEVER FORGET ONE YEAR AFTER THE FIRE - Part Three Main street, south side - WILLIAMS & MARCHBANKS have one of the largest livery and sale stables in the State, a two-story, wooden building, with carriage house and yard. P.J. MARTIN three one-story buildings, glass front, occupied by POTTER & KERRISON'S saloon, a cigar store, restaurant and J.B. CROSSEN & CO's auction rooms. ALECK SMITH, two buildings, glass front, one-story, occupied by barber shop and saloon. TIM BALDWIN, one-story glass front, wooden building, occupied by J. O'NEIL'S tailor shop. ROBERT EARL, three buildings, one-story, glass front, occupied by a saloon, FREIMAN BROS., cigar store, and a restaurant. RUDOLPH LUSHER has a one-story, glass front wooden building, which he occupies as a shaving saloon and bath rooms. BEN KORTEN, one-story, glass front wooden building, occupied by HENRY CLERISH, Philadalphia Brewery. F. DEHM, glass front, one-story, occupied by a saloon. B. WOLF, one-story, fire-proof brick building, occupied by JOS. FRIEMAN'S shoe store, and F. DEHM, watchmaker and jeweler. J. MORAN, one-story fire proof brick, occupied by Columbia Brewery depot. MAX VOGT & CO., fire-proof brick, one-story, while they occupy with a stock of general merchandise. MAX VOGT & CO., one-story, glass front wood, occupied as a wholesale liquor store by J. McCLELLAND & CO. BOGT & CALLENBERG, on Washington street, two-story wood, with glass front.millinery. GEO. ALLEN, two-story frame building, occupied by JACKSON saloon, and a hall above. MR. GILGARD, one-story glass front for two occupants, not yet finished, to be occupied by cigar store and dress-making shop. JOHN MORAN, one-story glass front, occupied by ARCADE RESTAURANT. CHARLES KRON, two one-story glass front buildings, occupied by LIVE OAK shoe store and HYDE'S boarding house. M.L. NOLAN, on Union street, one-story, glass front, news room. MOORE, on Union street, one-story, glass front, saloon. MRS. WILSON, on Union street, two-story residence and post office. To Be Continued Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 7 TO-MORROW IS AN ANNIVERSARY WE'LL NEVER FORGET ONE YEAR AFTER THE FIRE - Part Two Such a widespread destruction of property and business was of necessity a fearful blow upon all the interests of our city, and occurring in any other place of the same size on the coast, would hardly have been recovered from in a series of years, but such has not been the case in The Dalles. A cheerful spirit, notwithstanding the severity of their losses was apparent on every hand and while the ruins of their property were yet smoldering in their ashes, the business men of The Dalles were taking steps to immediately resume business. Money was borrowed, material quickly brought together, and men engaged, and within a very few hours the work of rebuilding the burnt district commenced. Those who had owned small buildings built larger and better, wooden structures in some cases being replaced with brick, and all summer the streets of our city were resounding with the sound of the saw and the hammer, and teeming with life and the work of reconstruction. A year has now passed and hardly a vestige is left to tell the stranger of the terrible ordeal through which we passed. The burnt district has been almost entirely renewed with a neater and better class of buildings than before, and in itself quite a little city, is to-day active with life and business. Such achievements in retrieving their losses are in the highest degree creditable to the sufferers from the fire, and are at once sufficient to stamp them as men of true metal, and alive with enterprise and pluck. We have all reason to be proud of such a record. In looking over the blocks that were swept by fire last May, we find the list of buildings erected since to be as follows: Main street-north side-HANDLEY & SINNOTT have erected the new Umatilla House, a solid three-story wooden building, 95x120, containing 130 sleeping rooms, with large and commodious billiard room, office, sample rooms, dining hall and kitchen, with store-rooms and wood yard, a basement, in all accommodating for 400 guests. SULLIVAN, one-story, glass front saloon. M. MATHIAS has four one-story wood, with glass fronts, one restaurant, two saloons, and one vacant. A.K. BONZEY, saloon, one-story wood, glass front. SUNSHINE fruit store, one-story wood, glass front. E. SCHANNO, two one-story glass fronts, occupied by saloon, F.G. GRUNOW'S tailor shop, and a shoe store. O.S. SAVAGE, is now building two two-story fire-proof brick stores, ware-rooms in basements, offices and rooms in second story. WM. SNYDER, two-story frame building, restaurant and lodging house. THOMAS SMITH, Cosmopolitan Hotel, with 115 feet front, three-story frame building, 90 rooms with office, bar and billiard rooms, sample rooms, dining hall, kitchen etc., accommodation for 300 guests. To Be Continued Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 7 TO-MORROW IS AN ANNIVERSARY WE'LL NEVER FORGET ONE YEAR AFTER THE FIRE - Part One One year ago to-morrow, May 21, 1879, The Dalles was visited by a conflagration which laid in ashes the greater portion of the business part of the city. The fire had its origin in the lamp room of the Pioneer Hotel on Second street, about half-past four o-clock in the afternoon, and before effective measures could be taken to prevent, it had burst through the roof and sides of the hotel, and was quickly beyond all human power to check or control. A west wind which sprang up about the time the fire started, speedily drove the flames up Second street to Washington, and then veering toward the south, turned their course down Washington street to the river front; from thence the wind still changing till it came from a southeast quarter, the conflagration was rapidly driven down the stream to the bridge of the O.S.N. Co., sweeping everything in its course, and with such rapidity that but little opportunity was given to save the contents of the buildings that lay in its track. The area burned extended from Washington street on the east to the bridge on the west, and from the river front across First and Second streets, and on one block extending to Third street, in all seven blocks on which but four buildings remained standing, and these in a more or less damaged condition. Thus, in a few short hours was swept away property to the amount of $325,000, in which there was insurance to the amount of about $100,000, comprising the main business port of the city, and many of the most prominent and substantial business houses of The Dalles, including the Umatilla House, Empire, Pioneer and Walla Walla Hotels, with their contents, the stores and merchandise of Nickelsen & Fredden, Max Vogt & Co., I.X.L. Store, Blumauer & Son, California Store, Jos. Frieman, Renfro & Ball, Vogt & Callenberg, Geo. Ruch, A. Baum, F.G. Bochow, Jos. Diamond Cohen & Cooper, O.S. Savage, A. Bellingen, C.T. Williams, M & L. Newman and others, the livery stable of Williams & Marchbanks, and a large number of saloons, restaurants, barber shops, markets, offices, shops and other buildings. The losses in some of these instances were very heavy, and nearly all fell upon men who had their whole means invested in business, and frequently not protected by insurance. To Be Continued Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 6 TIMELINE November 4, 1880 James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio patent the first cash register. January 25, 1881 Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison start the Oriental Telephone Company. February 19, 1881 Kansas bans all alcoholic beverages. April 30, 1881 Billy the Kid escapes from jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. May 21, 1881 Clara Barton establishes the American Red Cross. July 2, 1881 Charles Julius Guiteau shoots President James A. Garfield who survives. September 19, 1881 James A. Garfield dies. Vice President Chester Arthur becomes 21st president of the United States. September 24, 1881 Knights of Pythias founded, Friendship Lodge No. 9. October 26, 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. January 2, 1882 John D. Rockefeller combines his oil holdings into Standard Oil trust. February 3, 1882 Jumbo, the elephant, is purchased by P.T. Barnum. March 22, 1882 Polygamy is outlawed by the U.S. Congress because of the practice by Mormons in Utah. March 29, 1882 Knights of Columbus are established. April 3, 1882 Robert Ford kills Jesse James, with a shot in the back, for a $5,000 reward. August 5, 1882 Standard Oil of New Jersey is established. August 20, 1882 Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuts in Moscow. September 5, 1882 The first Labor Day parade is held in New York City. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 6 LOCAL PRUNES BEST IN WORLD BEATS THE WORLD - The prunes raised by Mr. W.P. Watson on his place on Mill Creek, near town, mention of which we made some weeks ago, have been tested by drying and found to loose less than fifty percent. Thirteen ounces were placed in the drying machine, and after being thoroughly cured, were taken out and found, to weigh 8 1/8 ounces. Mr. Watson has but one young tree of this variety, from which, however, he will be able to propagate a large number. It is a luscious fruit and if properly managed this young tree is worth a fortune to its owner. Mr. Watson has named it "Watson's Honey Dew Prune," because it contains a large amount of honey or sugar, requiring no sweetening in preparing it for the table to make it palatable as it does in using the ordinary prune of commerce. Mr. Watson had struck it big, and we hope he will live to realize something substantial to retire on in his old age. November 13, 1879. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 6 FRUIT CREAMS - Dissolve half an ounce of isinglass in warm water enough to cover it; add this to a pint of cream sweetened with four spoonfuls of sugar, and boil it. When cool lay some apricot, raspberry or peach preserves in a glass dish and pour the cream over it. Date unknown Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 6 COL. JOSEPH L. MEEKS DIES COL. JOSEPH L. MEEK - In the death of Col. Joseph L. Meek, who departed this life Sunday morning last, at his residence near Hillsboro, Washington county, one of the landmarks of Oregon pioneer days disappears. He came to western Oregon in 1840, from the Rocky Mountains, where he had spent the previous fifteen years as a trapper and hunter. In 1847 he was chosen to represent to the government at Washington the condition and wants of the infant settlements in this country, and made the trip across the continent in the winter of 1847-8. If his performances at the national capitol are narrated correctly in Mrs.. Victor's "River of the West," of which he was the hero, he was such a representative as no other community ever had. Upon the organization of the Territorial government by act of congress, Meek was appointed U.S. Marshall. He had been an influential man in the provisional government, and he was prominent in the early Territorial days. But in later years he has been known only as a private citizen. OREGONIAN July 3, 1875

150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 6 BIBLE PLACED IN CORNER STONE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH - On Wednesday morning, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, a number of our citizens congregated together on the corner of Washington and Third streets to witness the ceremony of laying the corner stone for the new Baptist church it is intended to erect there. The ceremony commenced with reading a few passages of scripture by the Rev. Mr. Van Dersal. Then a few remarks by Rev. E. Fisher, introducing the Rev. G.J. Pierce of Portland, who addressed the congregation for about twenty minutes, in an able manner, upon the subject of religion and the occasion of laying the corner stone. He was followed by Rev. Mr. Butcher in a few well chosen words, after which the choir sang an excellent hymn. During the singing the corner stone was put in its place. A prayer was then offered by the Rev. Father Fisher - the doxology was sang, the benediction spoken, when the large congregation adjourned. The following articles were placed in the corner stone: Bible, presented by Col. James Fulton; card of the First Baptist Church of Portland; a notice of the event-written by Mr. H. Whitmore, the stone mason; photographs of Mr. Joseph Beezley and wife; MOUNTAINEER of September 5th, 1874; PACIFIC BAPTIST, September 3, 1874; Walker's Vinegar Bitters circular; minutes of the 26th anniversary of the Baptist Association held at Forest Grove, June 26, 1874; articles of Faith of the Baptist church and calendar of exercises of the McMinnville College for 1874 and 1875. September 12, 1874. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program