TJieleeidy unionieie
Enteral at the Postofflce at The Dalles, Oregon,
u recona-cuua matter.
8UB8CBIPT10N SATES.
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" months. a S 00
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Address all communication to THE CHBON
llll.h,," The Ualles, Oregon.
expectation that it would pass easily,
Ine most adverse opinion by those not
in favor of appropriatfng so large a sum,
was "I'm afraid it will . pass." To say
that Senator Kaley did not wish it to
pass is simple nonsense. To say . that
the democrats killed the bill is just as
untrue as it would be to sav that the re
publicans killed it. It is sad to say it,
it is humiliating to confess it, but our
belief is that E. O. McCoy backed by
Miller of Josephine did more to defeat
the bill than any other man. Why did
he do so? Alas ! We wish we knew.
MOraraEl).!ABO0T DA1BV PRODUCTS
C. T. U. COLUMN
We herewith, present our profoundest
" obeisance to the readers of The Dalles
Chkonicls, - Full many a time have we
acted the part of a guerilla in the field
of Journalistic warfare - but never till
this "moment have we found ourselves
the regular commendent of a section of
that great army of which the devil is the
inevitable subaltern !"
' Had it been our lot to succeed a less
facile pen than that of our esteemed pre-
. decesaor Mr. CradlebaUgh more confl
. dence might be ours, as it is, we have
only the deep consciousness of an honest
intention to do the best we can. A
change of editor makes no change in the
policy of the paper. It is the organ of
no party, the exponent of no creed the
vehicle of no political or social faction,
Begotten and conceived to subserve the
best interest of the people of The Dalles
of Wasco County and of Eastern Oregon
when it ceases to subserve these inteiest,
. iU promoters will gladly consent that it
should retire .into the obscurity from
which it sprang. Meanwhile, on all
questions that relate to the social, moral
' and financial well-being of the people it
will give no uncertain sound.
Most gladly will it approves every per
son and thing, every, agent and policy
; conducive to the best interests of the
people while it reserves to itself what it
Brants to others the right to judge of
their wisdom and prudence.
Its columns will be ever open to the
discussion of all questions and all sides
of all questions inline with the objects
of its existence. For so long or short
time as these columns are in charge of
the present winter, on every question
.relating to their highest and best inter
ests! the agricultural and laboring classes
. with which he has been so' long identi
fied may rely on his heartiest sympathy
. and most cordial support, but if, amid
the changes of a corrupt and corrupting
age the Cbkokiclx or the editor should
step down from this lofty pedestal and
become the pander of avarice and cor
ruption then may both sink into a com
mon grave, "unwept, unhonored and un
sung.". ' Hugh Gocblay,
The unfortunate disaster at or near
Wyeth Station yesterday afternoon is
the first serious accident to a passenger
train which has ever happened on the
line between here and Portland. The
road is probably the most difficult of any
on the coast to maintain and keep in re
pair and by reason of the overhanging
cliffs and mountains is subject, during
the winter season, to enormous slides
and washouts ; yet, with the exception
of the bridge disaster last winter near
the Cascades, it has never had a serious
accident resulting from imperfect track.
It has received much severe criticism
one time and another from the press of
this city and if all that has been said of
its track is true it is a great miracle that
it has continued for ten years to carry its
passengers safely over the line. The
particulars at hand are too meager to
enable us to express an opinion as to
whether or not the company is responsi
ble in this instance and in any event,
this is a question which the courts alone
can determine,' and we consider the court
and not the press the proper tribunal to
try their case. We believe the public
in a case of this kind should reserve their
judgment until a careful investigation
has been had. It is time enough to con
demn when, after a careful investigation,
the company or its officers are found
blame-worthy.
The State Commissioners are Making
Arrangements to Secure the Port
age Right of Way at Once.
AN AMATEUR COW DOCTOR'S EXPC
1 RIENCE WITH ACOMITC
, For God and Home and Native Land
THE
EDITED BV-
IIAI.I.KS W. C.
T. CSIOX.
Great Storms in the Eastern States
General Freemont's Heirs Make
a Ten Million Claim.
GwUrwii wtth a Wtmm Bead mr- J
ays TJea This Drag t Cam Qnt, j
moA It Katoeks It Kiy Tli Tn mty
Drape the Tlmtari tbe Doa. !
I
I.08SKS.
Salem, Or., Feb. 25. The Board of
Portage commissioners have wired the
Oregon delegation to secure the right of
way at the Cascades.
Geo. W. McBride,
Secretary of State.
THE EASTERN STORM.
All
ECHOES OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The people of this country now look to
The Dalles, Portland and Astoria Navi
gation company to proceed with its or
ganization and the construction of a
steamer. The portage at the Cascades
will be built notwithstanding the asser
tion of its enemies and the skeptical gen
erally that it will never be completed.
We understand that over $30,000 have
already been subscribed, and if this be
true, the boat can be built. The boat
built for the upper Snake river, to run
from Huntington to Seven Devils mine,
cost about $23,000 and is as large as is
needed here. The same boat could be
built here for less money. The stock
books' of the company ' are still open and
every property owner and business man
in the city ought to have his name there
It is a matter in which all are deeplv
interested.
the Principal Rivers Kliilor 'o
Considerable Damage yet.
Washington-, Feb. 25. The signal
office furnishes the following bulletin:
High water is impending in the Mississ
ippi river below Cairo. The highest
water, fifty-seven feet and three inches,
occurred at Cincinnati today, there hav
ing been a rise of sixteen feet in the past
six davs.
The Kanawha and the Big Sandy rivers
are falling. The Arkansas river in sta
tionary at medium stages. The Tennes
see is at a stage of twenty-nine feet.
At Chattanooga there has been a rise of
thirteen feet in the past four days. The
Cumberland at Nashville is twenty-four
feet four inches, a rise of three feet in
three days. '
At St. Louis the rise was five feet- in
one day.'
At Cairo the stage of water is 44 feet
3 inches and still rising.
A cold wave is sweeping over' the
country from the west and it is not
likely that rain to any considerable
amount will follow in Ohio Valley with
in the next few days.
THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAR.
and
The City of Iqnolque Captured
Sacked by Rebels.
Br knob Atbks, Feb. 26. Additional
advices received here from Chili state
that the bombardment of Iquoique by
the insurgents resulted in great loss of
life and heavy damage to property.
After the surrender of the tity the rebels
entered and attacked the stores and res
idences on six of the principal squares
and completely wrecked them. It is
known two hundred women and child-f
ren perished.
WANTS BIRI ISLAND.
nothing more absurdly false was ever
. hatched in the brain of malice than the
effort to besmirch the legislative reputa
tion of Senator Watkina by charging him
with being a party to the defeat of The
Dalles and Celilo portage railroad bill
It is well known the bill was introduced
' in the senate by Senator Kaley of Uma
- una. we were present when it came
before that body on its final passage and
much to our surprise and delight it
nnnnirl mif tinnf si rltnoantSnii Afa arran
Senator Veach, "the watchdog of the
treasury," made it stirring speech in its
favor.- Such was the temper of both
houses on all questions relating to the
. opening of the Columbia river, that the
. friends of the bill, with whom we were
' id mnnini mmmnnirsnim. wfra niiRti
: with .constantly increasing hopes of its
ancreftH till f.K mnmnnt it von nlorad nn
its final passage in the house. Mean
while a joint committee of both houses
met a like committee from the Washing'
ton legislature in Portland. Senator
Watkina was chairman of this commit
tee. It was instructed to report on the
; "feasibility, practicability, possibility
' and probability" of concurrent action of
doiq states, me constitutional dim cul
lies were found to be such that an ad'
verse report was imperative. ro con
current action was Dosaible and Senator
Watkina bo reported.
This report written and completed lay
on the desk of the writer who was acting
as clerk of one of the senate committees
at 10 o'clock of the morning of the day
' U was called up finally in the house.
, auv ffiiicr mw ii aim xicarei ifa lull y read,
It dealt only with the question of con
current action and never tinted at any
possible difficulty that might lie in the
way of the road's being built by this
state on the Oregon side of the river.
After the noon recess, when the bill was
put upon its final passage, Miller of
Josephine, chairman of house commit
tee on railroads, on the floor of the house
reflected on the clerk of the ioint com
tnlttee, Col. E. W. Nevius, charging him
with sinister objects in withholding the
committee's report. When the colonel
heard of this, he had Mr. Miller called
out into ine loooy, nanded rum the re
port, told him it had been ready for the
previous four' or five hours, and up-
k I .J 1 L I W . . ... .
unuun uiiii tor nis nasty ana lH-sa
versed remarks. Mr. Miller returned to
his place and on the floor of the house
made ample apology. The next act in
that Mrwrtmma was tVio intMitnAtfAn vr
Miller of the amendment that prompth
killed the bill as it was undoubtedly in-
- tended to. The scheme was hatched in
the house committee on railroads of
which E. O. McCoy was a member, and
Miller, as we have said, was chairman,
Both supported the amendment by long
speeches. Both speeches were crimi
nallyable, McCoy's especially is. We
never heard him talk so and we have
beard him try to talk often. He was
eloquent. His neck swelled. He
vociferated. He pawed the earth. He
carved the air. His voice rose and
Cell tn MtmM miImm EV
"--J w mm.,umj - A ll 1, U4ftt
purpose? To get the legislature
to appropriate $125,000 to build a
eow to be used as a transfer boat, in the
year 2001 when the general government
hall have built a portage railroad
around the Dalles, which it never in-
f Anfla fr ruiflsl Itm ... t l 1
- fHiuJjt:u UKU Uy
both Miller and McCoy was that the
losses caused by frequent handlings of
grain were bo great as to rended a port
sure railroad nracticallv valnelmra u;iw
stated and McCoy echoed the sentiment,
that while the losses through waste by
one or two handlings, increased these
losses in "geometrical progression," and
that therefore a transfer boat (that
would save one handling) was just the
thing. They insisted that the road
could not be built on the Oregon side,
lor anything like the money appropri
ated ia the bill.. These were the men
that defeated the Dalles portage railroad.
In 1889 the railroads of Russia paid
the government a net surplus of $77,500-
000. Taking this as a basis the railroads
of the United States would pay all the
state and national taxes. India has 16,-
000 miles of government railroads, mag
nificent depots and iron telegraph poles.
The poor working people of India average
only seven cents a day. . The railroad
fare is only one-seventeenth of a cent
per mile. So they can ride 119 miles for
the price of a day's labor. The average
price per day in the United States for
labor is about $1.50. There is a wide
difference between seven cents and $1.50 ;
yet the American laborer can only ride
about fifty miles for a day's work. The
citizen of India can ride sixty-nine, miles
further for the price of a day's work than
the American citizen.
Secretary of State .McBride yesterday
telegraphed that the portage commis
sion had wired the Oregon delegation at
Washington to secure right of way over
the government reservation at the Cas
cades.. This action was suggested by
the board of trade. If congress adjourns
without this matter being settted the
prophecy of the enemies of an open river,
that the portage road would not be built
before the next session of the legislature,
would be fulfilled. One gentleman who
has occupied a prominent state office
offered, at Salem immediately after the
passage of the bill, to' wager that the
road would never be built. He was a
member of the lobby working against it
and probably knew whereof he was
wagering. . . -
While the legislature was in session the
venerable Judge Williams, of Portland,
delivered a very able lecture in one of
the Salem churches, one Sunday evening
proving, from natural phenomena, the
existence of an Almighty Creator. Re
ferring to the modern Darwinian craze
he used these words : "If an ambitious
monkey in some of the remote ages of the
past, and in some obscure corner of the
earth evoluted himself into a man, is it
not marvelous, that amongst the millions
of monkeys that have existed since then
not one has ever repeated the experi
The Indian warriors who have recently
been feasted and flattered at Washington
are returning home and from Chicago
newspaper reports are still dissatisfied,
Suppose these leaders, instead of an ex
cursion to Washington, at the expense
of the government against which they
have been in rebellion, were treated to
a little prison life; would not the effect
be quite as salutary? It would cost less
at any rate.
The Heirs of General Fremont Make a
Ha Ite Claim.
Pittsburg, Feb. 25. Rev. W- R.
Covert of Findlay, Ohio, has retained
counsel to press the claim of himself
and the heirs of General John C. Fre
mont to the ownership of Bird island in
the bay of San Francisco. The amount
involved is estimated to be over $10,000,
000. Gen. Fremont, when military gov
ernor of California, purchased the island
from Mexico, Uncle Sam repudiated the
purchase and declined to either buy it
from the pathfinder or reimburse him.
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, Feb. 26. In the serate
today among the papers presented and
referred were numerous protests from the
northwest portion of Nebraska against
the neglect of the government in the
matter of disarming the Indians and ask
ing protection from Indian depredations.
Shoup, of Idaho, has been appointed
on the territorial committee in place o
Pierce, excused. ,
The Storm In Indiana.
Jeffersonville, Feb. 25. A tornado
passed over here at midnight. No dam
age in the city except blowing down the
bell tower at Howard shipyard. Houses
rocked like cradles. A fertilizer factory
two miles north of here, miles of fencing
and entire orchards were devastated.
The greatest damage was done at Utica,
where many houses, barns and other
buildings were demolished and cattle
killed. The damage will reach many
thousand dollars.
I have thirty Jerseys, aad aa I depend
trpon them largely for my bread as well
as batter I very naturally watch them
very closely, and read very closely to
learn all I can that will help roe to make
the most oat of them. I hare had con
siderable trouble ever since I first milked
a cow with garget or caked udder,
sometimes in one teat and sometimes
more, and lasting one, twx or even more
days in some instances. One yearago
last November I lost a valuable thorough
bred Jersey. I am fully satisfied, from
no other cause.
I never foond any help for the diffi
culty until last March, nearly a' year
ago, when I read an article from the pen
of Smith B. Morrison, of Port Atkinson,
in which be stated that be used in such
cases fifteen or twenty drops trnctare of
aconite,' given on an ear of earn. I also
saw it recommended frequently by
others in different places. At a drown
ing man graapa at straws, I hurriedly
procured a vial of "the rank poison."
and administered a dose to the first eow
that was affected, when, lo and behold!
at the next milking she was all right.
Soon another was affected. I gave an
other dose, and at the next milking all
was well. In a little while another cow
was troubled badly. She required two
doses, twelve boars apart, when she was
welL ' Mind you, I dent say it eared
her, for I dont know. I am telling' what
I know now, and not what I guess.
Soon a neighbor came over aad said
she had a cow with a very bad odder, so
bad in fact that it was feared she coold
not recover. I gave her a foil' doae of
twenty drops, and told her to give an
other dose in the morning. She retaraed
the next day and said the cow was very
mneh better and wanted to know the
name of the wonderful medicine. I told
her, and she got some and the eow was
soon weU. I could enumerate many in
stances if it were necessary, bat I for
bear. I keep a small bottle of it ia the
barn all the time, and so confiiVmt of its
efficacy have we become m oar "igno
rance" that we administer a dose when
ever occasion requires, jmd seldom give
the matter a second thonght, for it is a
rare case that requires a" second dose.
E. A. Hallett in Hoard's Dairyman, t
Loss of money follows drinking
Lobs of time bring bitter thinking:
Lues of butincfi follows these.
Loks of strength and loss of ease:
I j8 of health, rexpect, and lore.
Los of hopes and heaven above.
Loss of friends who once admired.
Loos of mind by frenzy fired;
Lotus of usefulness, alHK!
Ixws of life's goal for the glsKs!
Loss of life and loss of soul
crown bin loss who loves the howl.
Thought on Washington and f.tncnln.
The fact that those who have lived
before us have, in the face of poverty and
discouragements, striven and worked and
won praises and encomium from their
fellow-men is cause for encouragement
to everyone who is just at the threshold
of life.
This month, though the shortest in
the year, brings the birthdays of two
men whose lives have hod more influence
in the history of our country than others,
that of George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln. George made good use of his
school opportunities when a boy. He
was industrious, accurate and obedient.
report on the county printing bill. The
house printing committee reported
I against the bill to have all new. laws
! printed in the newspapers, and in favor
' c i 1 l.: 11 . : l
-' Ul uro unuiucc Ulkl U ill L BC?41UU 1HWB
in pamphlet form, one for each voter,
j The press committee withdrew the bill
i to print the law's, as they did not wish
' to antagonize the friends of the Gam lice
' ' bill, but secured their aid. i
j The county bill passed the house by a
; large vote, and went to the senate, where j
i it lav with some two hnnrirprl nr.hnr hills '
! until the railroad, tax, ballot, assessment. '
! iw..iiD rvi u: i .i . ;
i " j .v. o uui, vuiuiuum iici ttliu mucr
j important measures were taken up, de
bated and disposed of. On the 20th of
Feb. at 10 p. ni., house bill No. 169 was
i reached. and passed by the constitutional
majority and not a vote to spare. It was
anxiously followed back into the house,
sent to the enrolling committee, reported
back to the bouse five minutes before the
final adjournment, 6igned by the speaker,
messaged to the senate, signed by the
president ; messaged back to the house,
message read and the bill-was sent to the
governor to receive his signature. That
there might be no mistake about this
law being correctly passed the clerks com-
Eared the enrolled bill with the original
ouse bill, and the chairman of the legis
lative committee was shown the signa
tures of the presiding officers. This is
the history of the passage of the new
Oregon newspaper law, that requires the
proceedings and list of claims allowed by
county courts to be published at county
expense.
The new law will go into effect May
21st. It provides for selection of one
newspaper in each county, and two
Gibons, JVfaeallistei7 &Gd
D
Dealers in
GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
-AN
FARM IMPLEMENTS
WALTER A. WOOD'S
REAPERS arid MOWERS.
Hodge and Benica Headers, Farm Wagons, Hacks, Buggies, Road Carts. Gang
and Sulky Plows, Harrows, Grappling Hay Forks, Fan Mills, Seat Cush
ions, Express and Buggy Tops, Wagon Materials, Iron and Coal,
etc. etc.
Agents for Little's Sheep Dips.
Lime and Sulphur, etc.
Had it. not lwpn for this lntfpr trait in
- j
his character Yre might never have had ( newspapers in counties of 10,000 or over,
bim to Ipnf) mir nrmips in tha ufir
fnp i having the largest circulation in the
our country's freedom. He ol)eved his K
to publish the proceedings of
the county court. The nnc allowed hv
mother and did not go into the British ! W ia fifty cents ner sauare of ten lines
Batter Extractor m4 Push Separator.
At the Wisconsin agricultural experi
ment station Profeeear Babcockhaa been,
testing a new machine for extracting
batter. The cream separating . and bat
ter ' extracting machines - are chiefly
Swedish and Danish invention, and
they are being adopted slowly in Amer
ica. The creamery man ia conservative,
like the farmer, and justly no. Mis
takes are costly.
The machine tested by Dr. Babeock
was one that could be need both as a
cream operator and butter extractor.
For producing butter it fed milk at the
rate of 1,200 pounds an. boor aod turned
out a fine article. It was steam power
machine. But the hatter made by it
was Bweet" that ia to say, the milk was
sweet when the witter was extracted.
The batter fat is extracted ao closely
from the milk that in one ease not more
than 18-100 of 1 per cent was left in.
The batter extractor would work with
perfect satisfaction if only Americans
would buy butter made from sweet
milk, of which the people of Sarope are
so fond. But it will not act on soar,
thick cream. - Cream of any ripeness can
be made into batter by first mixing it
with twice its quantity of water or akim
mxlk and raising the temperature of the
mixture to 00 dega then running it
through the machwe.- The batter that
results is of the "ripened" cream flavor
in demand in America, and it is ex
tracted by the machine very thoroughly.
Will Dispense With Joe's Herrlees.
. rOHTLASD, eD. zb. Application was
made in the U. S. court today for the
discharge of Joseph Simon as receiver of
the Oregon Improvement company,
Judge Deady took the application under
advisement and will make an order in
the case tomorrow.
The great state of New York has been
compelled to take Oregon's medicine on
the census question. New York City
carried the matter into congress and has
just obtained the adverse report of the
committee to which it was referred,
New York will perhaps be able to stand
it when it hears of Oregon's sympathy
ine fennoyer presidential boom is
gaining considerable recognition in the
East. Pennoyer may yet become a
prominent figure in national politics,
Of course all patriotic Oregonians hope
he may, and there is one thing certain-
if he does, he will be a credit to the
party which puts him to the front.
John L Wilson, Washington's con
gressman, wires from the national capitol
that he is sincerely in favor of an open
river. His father defeated D. W. Voor
hees in Indiana, for congress. He de
feated Voorhees'f son for congreps in
Washington. - -
Some people seem to think the
Farmer's Alliance a mushroom organisa
tion, and yet it has just held its eleventh
annual national convention at Omaha.
Settlers Inrade at tbelr Own Peril. '
Arkansas City, Kansas, Feb. 25.
People still continue to go into the Cher
okee strip in small numbers. The
following dispatch has been received
from Washington. "Settlers in the
Cherokee strip are there at their peril,"
signed, George Chandler, acting secretary
of the interior.
Parnell Will Collect Funds Too.
. Losdok, Feb. 25. Parnell in view o
the fact that the McCarthyites are send
ing deputations to the United States to
collect funds is -considering the propo
sition to also send a delegation for the
same purpose.
Believed to be a Hoax.
Portland, Feb. 29. The report that
three men have been killed in the coun
ty seat fight, between Burns and Harney
is believed by federal officers here who
say that they liave not been notified of
any trouble yet.
Treasurer Houston Resigns.
NkwYobk, Feb. 26. A Washington
special says: "United State Treasurer
Houston has again tendered his resigna
tion and that it is very probable that it
will be accepted. Ill health is ptated to
be the reason."
WteSer XHstrytnc.
The advantages of winter dairying
over summer are many. A cow will
give mare milk and batter in the year,
to be fresh in October, than she will to
come in in April or Hay, and she ia do
ing her best at a seaacoof the year when
her product is worth most, when hired
help is cheapest and yoohave more time
to devote to her welfare. It ia a well
known fact that mHk ia richer in batter
fat during the winter months than atatry
other time in the year. My cows, that
were making one pound of bottsr to
every twenty-four pounds of Bulk in May
and June, are now prodacnig the poand
from nineteen pounds of milk -
Better calves can be raised in winter
than during the summer months, and
when tbey go on grasB in May yrm awva
the skimmed milk for the pigs that
should be carried in connection with the
dairy; but it would be folly, in nry Judg
ment, to undertake winter dairying
without warn cow stables, warn water,
proper and liberal feeding and the beat
of care. Cows like a variety; and wUl
do better than when fed continually on
the same feed. Western Fanner.
navy.
AVanlungton was born into the best
society the country afforded at that early
period and his life was worthy of his
birth. Lincoln's early life in the beech
woods of Indiana was very different.
His thirst for knowledge as a means of
rising in the world was innate in him.
His studies were his delight. ' '
Do you know when Lincoln's birthday
comes? The twelfth of February; he
was just as true and brave a boy as
Washington was, and loved his mother
just as devotedly. He had no rich and
influential' friends as Washington had;
liis home in Kentucky was a very poor
one, but even ac a child he showed those
traits which won for him. iih a man, the
tille of "Honest Al-e." 1 wish you
wonM all read the Ptory of his loyhood,
and see what a true, loving, noble fallow
he was. 1 can never rf;id the story of
his mother's death and his walking so
many weary milo afterward to have a
minister come and preach the funeral
sermon, without crying.
Do you know that the firnt speech
Lincoln ever made was a temperance
address? It was, and a grand one.
Next week we will give you parts of it.
He never would drink even wine, nor
have it in his house. When he was
nominated for president and a committee
of great men were coming to his house
in Springfield to notify him of it, his
friends thought it would not be polite for
him not to have any -wine to offer the
committee, so they bought some and
brought it to the house. But Lincoln
would not tonch it; he thanked his
friends for their kindness, but sent for
pure, cold water, in which he drank to
their health.
I of brevier or its. equivalent. .The bill is
non-partisan, non-monopolistic and if
any ' unfairness is shown in making
selection of official county papers, the
aggrieved publisher has a right of appeal
in court. The law will prove a good
investment for Oregon as a measure of
economy and the legislative committee
of the. Press Association feel well satis
fied with the result of their labors.
A Complete Line of OILS. GRASS and GARDEN SEEDS.
The Dalles, - - - . .. Oregon..
THK POltTAOK ROAD.
Cong-i-os
. Worfcnsc
In cold Weather temper the water for
washing batter to 58 to 58 degSi and
warm .the salt and batter worker, and
hold the batter before final working two
or four boars in a tank of water, box or
closet, at a temperature of 60 toMdegs.,
then tiie streaks will show at the aeoood
working. In packing in winter, rnrrtrad
of nang the ooareptional j,! taati stir k for
striking off the top of the tub, try a fine
brass wire or linen thread, after filling
the package rounding fall, and yon will
be surprised to see how plainly, any im
perfections in the batter appear on 'the
smooth cut surface upon rolling off the
surpius butter.
Salting and massing butter while ia
the churn is very satisfactory in a cold
room, but requires considerable jndg
ment and experience, and any mistakes
have to be corrected on the worker.
Creamery Journal. - '
. Foster Ready for Duty.
Washington, Feb. 25. The president
has signed the commission of Chas.
Foster as secretary treasury and it is
expected that he will assume his new
duties tomorrow morning.
Soldiers Hare Ll Grippe.
Denver, Col., Feb. 25. La Grippe
has taken complete possession of Fort
Logan, . eighty soldiers being in the
hospital.. Four deaths have occurred
this week.
Indians Dancing- In the Territory.
Atoka, Ind. Ter., Feb. 26. Letter re
ceived from Ardokato state that about
one thousand Indians are still dancing.
The situation is considered serious. .
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 26. Wheat,
easy; cash, 932g94; May, 96i3m?i;
July, 92(592$. - ' - '
, 8an Franelseo Market.
Ban Fbancisco. Cal. Feb. 26. Wheat
buyer '91, 1.49. , . : . i
The best temperature for a cellar ia
about 8 degs. above the freezing point.
A level teaspoonful of the best white
sugar added to a poand of batter, im
proves the flavor of it greatly.
And now, heaven help ; ns! we have
got microbes and germs into the butter.
Dr. Starch, of Copenhagen, gives it as
the result of : scientific- research that
white specks in butter are caused by a
"certain land of bacteria.
What the Children Should he Taught.
Ms. Editor : Our wise Miss AVillard,
with her usual prudent forecast and
judicious planning has urged a school
house on every hill top and a national
flag on every school-house. .
Why? That the questioning minds of
childhood may learn the value of Ameri
can institutions and the great principles
that insure their perpetuity. Believing
it the duty of our American schools to
instruct our youth in the grand and
broad truth of our national constitution,
"That all men are created equal ; that
they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights ; that among
them are life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness."
That in each little heart should be
rooted the great thoughts of our noblest
statesman, "That if we would preserve
the union the people must be educated,
not simply in reading, writing and
arithmetic, but in American politics
and economy and in that higher thought
that American laws and institutions rest
on God's laws and their careful observ
ance."
They, must be taught the freedom
symbolized by the national flag, is not
license to practice selfishness, lawless
ness, anarchy, socialism and vice but on
the contrary frugality, industry, patriot
ism and virtue.
That every child should prepare him
self for any position of trust in the gift of
the nation and an intelligent use of all
the privileges of a citizen of America. "
The local W. C. T. U. is thinking of
securing a flag .for our public schools
some time in the near future for we de
sire our little ones to take rank with the
foremost of the nation in patriotism, in
telligence and virtue.
. . ....... Skc. W. C. T. U.
Dr. Coventry; of Detroit,' says that
75 per cent, of the milk sold in that city
is adulterated. This is enough to keep
strangers from moving to Detroit.
A plentiful supply of salt actually in
creases the flow of milk from a cow.
Irish and Danish batter dealers are
flying into each others' hair over the
counterfeiting of batter trade marks
from their respective countries. . The
Irishmen declare the reputation of the
best Irish batter is seriously damaged by
having the Danish grease labeled Irish,
while on the other hand the red headed
Danes affirm that their , trade will be
ruined if the vile stuff shipped from Ire
land continues to ' be put in,to firkins
trout JJenmaric j
Nobody's Business.
"It's nobody's business but mine ; I
hurt no one but myself," said one Alfred
Dana, when reproved for intemperate
habits. v , ..
Was it nobody's business? . ..What of
the lad of fourteen employed in the
same store, who began to smoke cigars
just because VAif. Dana did," and a few
months - later drank bis first glass of
liquor at the request of the same friend?
Was it nobody's businees when this lad
continued to accept the proffered drinks,
-until an insatiable thirst fastened upon
him, and bound him in the destroyer's
grasp? Alfred had been strong but he
is weak. Was it nob idy's business that
at twenty-five this same young man died
a sad death, with drink the cause of it ;
and his mother, an accomplished and
lovely woman, was bending in awful
agony of soul above the pale dead face?
Was no one hurt but Alfred Dana?
It is true of liquor drinking that it
loves company. Therein lies its great
snare. Hence the danger of the saloon
with its appointments for sociability.
There is not a drinker moderate or im
moderate, but has an influence in lead
ing some other soul toward destruction.
He cannot say in truth, "It is nobody's
business." Royal Road. .
The New County Printing; Law.
Salem Capital Journal.
This bill was presented by the State
Press Association. At first it had no
friends, there being not a newspaper
man in either house or senate. Mem
bers of the press legislative committee
besought members in vain to introduce
the bill. It had to make its debut as an
orphan, introduced under the royal pre
rogative to every citizen -.aae rrom nis
representative Armstrong, of Marion,
fathering it "by request-" Thus labell
ed it went upon the calender under a
cloud, for few; bills "by request," ever
see the light of day. It is but just to
Speaker Geer to say that he appointed
an intelligent committee on printing, to
whom the bill was referred. Members
of the-press appeared - and made argu-
7 mentr in its behalf, securing a favorable
Oregon's Senators Again Say
Will Do Kothln.
Washington, Feb. 23. Senator Dolph
received today an official telegram, ad
dressed to the delegation, from the sec
retary of the state of Oregon. It em
bodies the house concurrent resolution
adopted by the legislature of Oregon the
18th inst.,' requesting the senators and
representatives of Oregon to present to
congress the appeal of the people of the
state for a sufficient appropriation at the
present session of congress for the con
struction of a portage railroad at The
Dalles, to be maintained until the com
pletion of a permanent improvement to
overcome the obstructions at said point.
The resolution also requests them to use
their utmost efforts to secure . at the
present session such an appropriation,
and a further appropriation for a perma
nent improvement at The Dalles bv
means of a boat railway. Senator Dolph
said that he understood from this tele
gram that the bill which had been intro
duced in the state legislature to appro
priate a sum sufficient to construct a
portage railroad at The Dalles had failed,
and he was very sorry for it. The state,
he said, should have undertaken the
work, and the fact that the people of
Oregon were making efforts to help t hem
selves would have helped the delegation
to secure a liberal appropriation from
congress for a permanent improvement.
He is afraid the members of the legisla
ture had not understood the situation in
congress, and the difficulties which em
barrassed) any effort to induce congress
to enter upon the new work of construct
ing portage or other railroads. After
consulting with Senator Mitchell, there
being but one copy of the resolution,
they concluded that the resolution should
be presented in the house bv Mr. Her
mann. They said the senate had al
ready done all and more than was asked
for bv the legislature, and all that it
could do in the premises. It had passed,
bills making appropriations of the whole
amount rejmreu ior ine wneinicuun
and completion of the boat railway and
the completion of the canal and locks at
the Cascades, and of the improvements
at the mouth of the Columbia. Every
thing, he said, now depended upon the
action of the house, which had all these
bills before it and could modify tnem in
any manner desired. It had the identi
cal proposition for a portage railroad
before it bv an amendment of the boat
railway bill. Both senators said that
thev had repeatedly presented to the
members of the house committee on
rivers and harbors the necessity for im
mediate relief of the people of Oregon bv
opening the Columbia river, and urged
action upon the senate bills. I hey had
sought an opportunity to- present the
matter to the committee formally, and
they would continue their efforts to se
cure the consideration of the bills now
in the house. Should the house pass
any one of the senate bills now before it,
modified as to the amount, or so as to
provide for a portage road, they would
do their utmost to secure favorable, con
sideration . in the senate. The whole
matter rested with the house, so far as
this congress was concerned.
Representative Hermann says that he
has secured a favorable report upon the
portage railway bill, and that the diffi
culty in the way now is the short time
preceeding adjournment. It is utterly
impossible, he says, even to obtain
recognition from the speaker, as appro
priation bills are crowding for the right
of way. The fact is there has been little
possibility of securing any action in the
house this session on improvements for
the Columbia river. No other section of
the country has secured any money . at
this session, except for those improve
ments authorized in the last river and
harbor bill. It is believed that the com
mittee which authorized Hermann to re
port the portage railway bill would have
opposed its passage on the floor. The
whole sentiment of the house was, and
is. against any river and harbor appro
priations at this session, and .the com
mittee so decided early in the short session.
Eastern. Oregon's Kesourees.
Dr. O. M. Dodeon, state senator from
Baker and Malheur counties, in speak
ing of his section of the country, said :
"Comparitively few people in Portland
realize the enormous resources of our
district. Being 358 miles from this city,
our place naturally does not attract
much attention ; but it. would surprise
many who have never been there to pay
us a visit. What is most- needed at
present is a wagon road from Baker Citv
to Seven Devils mines,' a distance of
seventv-five miles, and an appropriation
of $9,000 would not only benefit that
section of the country, but the state at
large. It will, if built, open up a rich
mining county and draw trade from
Idaho. It will strike the Snake river
about fifteen miles from Baker City, and
will pass through Eagle valley and Pine
vallev on that river. The mines in the
Seven Devils are rich in gold, silver and
copper, and placer mining is also good.
The country is wild and so difficult of
access that it was given the name it now
bears. The land is rich, and, with
proper irrigation, will produce excellent
crops. ' ' '
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
(Successors to BROOKS & BEERS.) ; : ' ' "
The Dalles, Or. . .. '
JOBBERS AND DEALERS IN";
STAPliEandFAflCYGHOGEHlES,
Hardware, Flour, Bacon, Etc.
X "
Headquarters for T:as, Coffees, Dried" Frtuts,
Canned Goods Etc. . New Brands ' of Choice Qro-.
ceries Arriving Daily. ' c
Hay Grain and Produce.
Car
D
Of all Kinds Bought, and Sold at Retail or in
Load Lots, at Lowest Market Hates. Free deliv
ery to Boats and Cars and all Parts of the City.
3GO AND 394 SECXIND STREET.' ' ' -'
Harky Clouoh.
Andrew Larsrx.
Pacific Fence
Corner of Second and jfiaughlin Streets, The Dalles, Or. i
MannTactnrers of .Comlinatioii Fences, C .-. .
Tie Best Stock, Chicken and Rabbit Fence Hafle.
- ' Also Manufacturers of
Strong and Durable Wire Mattresses. -
CLOUGH & LARSEN, PROPRIETORS.
Leading Drug
ists
Snipes &, Kinersly,
Dealers In .; ' ' ' :
Paints, Oils and Uliodoui Glass,
COAL and PINE TAR,
Artists Material,
Imported I(Bi We and Domestic (Jigai.
12 Second Street.
The Dalles, Oregon.
CHAS. STUBLING,
-PBOPBIETOB OV THE-
G E RMHNI M, m
"Nevr Vogt Block, Second Street.
WHOLiESAliE and $ETAIIi LtlQUOf t)BAIiE$.
Milwaukee Beer on Draught.
THE DALLES LUMBERING CO.,
INCORPORATED 1886.
67 Washington Street. . .
No.
The Dalles.
. Mortgages in the United States.
Washington. Feb. ' 22. Superintend
ent Porter, of the cenena bureau, has pre
pared the introduction to the bulletin on
private indebtedness of individuals and
corporations in the United States. In it
Porter says the agents ot the census
office have overhauled the records in
every state and territory, and now have
on file in Washington, as the result of
their labor, about 9,000,000 mortgages.
The tent in Iowa and Alabama show that
the motive for the great bulk of incum
brances, from 68 to 95 per cent, was the
purchase, of incumbered and other real
estaCf ; and for improvements in business.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Manufacturers of
Building Material and Dimension Timber, Doors, Windows,. Moldings, Hoose Furnishings, Etc. .
Special Attention given to the Manufacture of Fruit and Fish
Boxes and Packing Cases.
Paotory st.xxX Irumber "5T.i-d a.t Old. Xt. X3s.llea.
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak and Slab WOOD Delivered to
any part of the city,
New - Umatilla- House,
THE DALLFS, OREGON.
HAND LEY & SIIMNOTT, PROPS.
LARGEST : AND : FINEST : HOTEL : IN : OREGON.
Ticket and Baggage Office of the O. R. fc N. Company, and offiee of the Western
( - Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel. .
Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables.: