II
VOL. 1.
THE DALLES, OliEGON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1891.
NUMBER21
THE ESCAPED VESSEL
The Policy of our Government is Still
Kept a Secret With Regard to
the Etatata.
Heavy Floods Threatened Along the
Rio Grande Germany Will Come
. to" the World's Fair.
AMONG THE STRIKERS.
Washington, May 8. The policy of
the government with respect to the es
caped Chilian vessel Etata is still an
official secret. Secretary Tracy and the
other officials this morning refused to
discuss the matter.
There can be no doubt of the fact that
the government is extremely anxious to
exhibit all possible ze;.l in its efforts to
recapture the' vessel in order to avert
any unpleasant consequences that might
arise through the presentation of a
chum for damages in behalf of the Chil
ian government. It is not possible to
get an authoritive answer to the ques
tion whether the Charleston be sent
after it or not.
The Importation of Labor Into the Coke
Regions Still Continue.
Scottdalk, Pa., May 7. The monot
ony was broken today by the burning of
a coal tapple at the mutual plant of the
Frick company, which crippled its oper
ations. The officials charge the strikers
with starting the fire. Tonight the re
port reached here that a deadly explo
sion occurred in the Adelaide shaft, but
this the company denied. The evictions
today were uneventful. The sensational
stories that the new men at Morewood,
who refused to work, were being impris
oned and guarded, was denied by the
officials of the company, and no verifica
tion can be had.
A MURDEROUS AFFAIR.
and
FOREST FIRES.
Doing Much Damage In Various Part of
Wisconsin.
Ashland, Wis., May 8. The city is
enveloped in a dense smoke from the
surrounding forest fires- The depart
ment was busy all day in the outskirts
of the city fighting the flames.
At Washburn a large force of men are
at work trying to save the town which
is in great danger.
Several lives are reported lost at Mar
engo. The woods along the Omaha road
is one of flames.
The Northwestern road lost several
hundred cords of wood at Ashland, and
the Ashland Steel and Iron company
lost over fifty thousand cords at High
Bridge.
THERE WILL BE A FLOOD.
MORE FOREIGNERS ARRIVE.
Great numbers of foreigners, princi
pally Italians, continue to arrive every
day. It Is estimated there are nearly
4000 men working in the different plants.
The strikers,, however, still insist they
will win. The operators say they were
unwilling to use the last and most
deadly weapon against the strikers, i
labor importation, but that once begun i
they will carry it through, and unless
they return to work it looks as if the 14,
000 "men, still idle in the region, will be
forced from their work, homes, and even
the region. The aggregate loss of the
strike is estimated beween $2,500,000 and
$3,000,000 so far.
OUR AVAILABLE NAVY.
An Old Man Marries a Young Wife
tlie Trouble It Canned.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 11. The de
tails of a murderous affray which oc
curred on Wolf creek near the North
Carolina line have been received here.
Jonathan Bell, an old and well-to-do
man, lost his wife by death six weeks
ago. After two weeks he married a girl
seventeen years old, greatly to the- dis
gust of his family. As time passed they
grew more dissatisfied and finally they
went in a body to the old man's home,
and taking the young wife out, stripped
her and gave her one hundred lashes.
On the following day, upon the com
plaint of Elder Bell and one John
! Ballew the whippers were arrested, but
released on bonds. Then they went to
Ballew's house to punish him for inter
fering. Ballew resisted and in a battle
which followed John Bell was killed.
"Big" and "Wild" Bell, Perham
. . T 1 T 1 il .1
aiorion, jju-k jounsoii, uiree ihiii-it, i
were fatally shot, Johnson and "Big"
Bell since died and it is said others are
dying. There has been no arrests.
Both sides are armed for warfare.
HOOD RIVER.
Hood River has justly obtained.
WHO IS TO' ML A HE.
BAD FOR THE LYNCHERS.
Deep Snows in the Rio Urand Will Melt
asd Inundate the Country.
Saht Fk, N. M., May 8. Parties re-,-QTrntng
from the Sierra Amiellas say
that a flood must soon sweep down the
Rio Grande. At Ambress Hill, Colo
rado, the snow stands up beside the
Denver and Rio Grande section six feet
and thence it extends for miles, cover
ing the whole range as far as Belted
Gorge and ranging in depth from four to
twenty-five feet. All the streams are
overflowing their banks. Thus far the
weather has continued cool in that
region. . At Valpero, above the San
Martial, much land is under water and
there ia also trouble in Lajara bottom,
The Mobbing not a Serious Affair.
Boston, May 8. A cablegram received
from the American consul at Florence at
Hie office W. W. Jacques of this city
states that the reported mobbing is not
aa serious as at first supposed. Jacques
and family were out riding and happen
ing to drive through a street where an
arrest was being made, they were hit by
stones thrown at the arresting party.
A National Bank Suspends.
Philadelphia, May 8. The Spring
Garden National bank closed its doors at
11 o'clock this morning.
Among the stock holders and de
positors a strong feeling prevails that the
closing' of the bank will prove but
temporary, and that they will receive
their money.
Did Not Alter the Record.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 8. GeorgeC.
Baker, formerly clerk in the appraisers
t-tores here was acquitted in the United
States district court of the charge of
altering the records of poladiscopic test
of sugar consigned to Claus Spreckels by
which it was claimed the government
lost thousands of dollars.
The President in Idaho.
Boise City, May 8. The presidential
party entered the state about two this
morning and arrived here at seven. The
visitors were received at the depot by
Governor Willey, Mayor Pinney and the
general committee and escorted through
the city to the stand opposite the Capi
tol, where a formal reception was held.
A New Railroad to the Coast.
Salt Lakx, TJt&h. May 8. Articles of
incorporation of the Salt Lake, Hailey &
Puget sound railroad have been filed.
The capital stock is $3,750,000. The line
in to be along the south shore of Salt
' Lake via Grantsville, Skull valley and
Cedar mountain to Lucen, on the Central
Pacific, thence to the Idaho state line.
Je) Closed Ont of Sympathy.
Philadelphia, May 8. The Pennsyl
vania Safe Deposit and Trust Co., which
has its office in the Spring Garden Na
tional banc building made an assign
ment this afternoon. The company is
aid to be solvent. The assignment was
imply for protection against ruin.
Schooner Premier Wrecked.
San Francisco, May 8. A Dispatch to
the Merchant's Exchange from Port
Angeles says that the schooner Premier
"was wrecked of the coast of Alaska April
6th.' The crew was saved.
Five Vessels Now Waiting Orders at the
Mare Island Yards.
San Francisco, May 6. At Mare Is
land navy yard, of the serviceable vessels
that are lying at safe anchorage, may be
mentioned the Charleston, Mohican,
Marion, Alert and Thetis. The former
vessel has bad placed on board her a
cargo of coal and lists of stores, and to
morrow she will probably come to this
city on her way to sea, for the purpose of
testing the new eight-inch guns and
drilling the crew in target practice. She
will then return to this city and await
orders from the navy department.
Where she will be ordered to is not
definitely known.
The Thetis will most likely leave the
yard after the Charleston. The vessel is
ready to depart and has been for some
time, but the delay in starting her off is i
due to the fact that she lacks her com
plement of officers and men. How soon
the department at Washingten will make
the necessary order for transfer of men
to the vessel is not known. The Thetis,
on leaving the yard, will proceed to the
coast of lower (Jaufornia ana engage in
survev work. The Marion and Mohican
are both ready for a cruise, but it is more
than likely that the latter will get away
nrst. ro orders have been received as
to what dutv will be assigned either
vessel, but in all liklihood one of them
will relieve the Ranger, which is now at
San Jose de Guatemala.
President Harrison Gives Orders to In
vestigate the Outrage by Soldiers.
Washington, May 9. The following
has been sent out as instructions of the
president that no stone le left unturned
to discover the soldiers who participated
in the lynching of the citizen who killed
a fellow soldier at Fort Walla Walla,
Wash., last week. The acting secretary
has appointed the following court of in
quiry to investigate the affair : Brigadier
General Kantz, Colonel Carlin, 4th In
fantry, Colonel Anderson, 14th Infantry
and Captain McClure, 18th Infantry.
The judge advocate's court will con
vene at Walla Walla on the 12th instant.
far
beyond the boundary of the state, an
enviable notoriety for one class of in
dustry that is capable of immense devel
opment and profit; we refer to straw
berry culture. During the season Hood
River etrawperries are shipped in all
directions, but the larger towns of Mon
tana Territory afford the largest market
The variety chief! v cultivated is the
Clark's Seedling and there cannot be a
doubt that this strawberry attains great
er jerfectioii there, in everything rela
ting to quality and flavor, than it does
in its native home in the Willamette
Valley. The Clark's Seedling is an ex
cellent shipper. This will be readily
believed when we say that Hood River
strawberries have been shipped as far
east as Illinois and then turned out of
the box fresh and nice. The quality
may be judged from the fart that they
have been known to sell at 25 cents a
box in the Portland market when straw
berries raised at Mount Tabor brought
only 15 cents. The fame of Hood River
strawberries has reached as fur as Cali
fornia and an order came some time ago
trom JNew Castle m tuat state lor some i
of the plants. i
oonie iaea oi me prouts oi straw oerry industrious
j raising may re gatnerea wuen we lnioriu
j the reader that it is estimated that 2000
cases of 24 boxes each will be required
to ship this season s crop while the en
tire area devoted to strawberrv culture, !
in the whole valley cannot much exceed j
15 acres. The lowest
Three months ago the Oregon legisla
ture passed a bill appropriating $tK),(KX)
for a portage railway at the Cascades.
Three days after, congress passed a
bill granting the right of way. This bill
was prompt fy signed by president Har
rison and is now a law. Since that time,
practically nothing has been done
they may have it is impossible to tell
but if their success was only equal to
their capacity the results would be sim
ply stupendous. The united capacity of
these wheels is altogether problematical
With the largest run of salmon some of
them would catch few while others
might be catching by the thousand,
All depends, or at least nearly all, on
the location, and first class locations are
few in number. It may give our readers
some idea of what one of these wheels is
able to accomplish when everything is
towards building the road. Whose
fault is it? We propose to find out. I t ii i . . " , ,
luvumuie iieu we suy mat one wneei
iawi, year caugui inree tons or nsn in
m e init linn out aim we clon t care a
picayune who it is the people shall
know who is to blame.
RESTRICTOX A DOUBLE
ESS IT Y.
NEC-
The time is rapidly approaching when
this country mnst pass rigid restrictive
measures against the importation of
European paupers and criminals. There
is scarcely a reason given for the exclu
sion of a Chinaman that does not apply
with tenfold intensity to thousands that
are yearly landed on our shores. In
many respects the Chinaman is vastly
superior. He is sober, quiet, peacable,
He organizes no incendi-
I ary strikes, seldom resorts to violence i
or destroys property, and never assists a
! corrupt politician or party to ride into
' power over the decency and intelligence
of a community or nation. On the other
twenty minutes, when it had to be
stopped because the receiving box was
run. twenty tons a jaT is no uncom
mon record for one wheel, while at least
one in a desirable location last year ran
as high as fifty tons. Such runs as
these, however,, are like angel's visits.
few and far letween, and when they do
come they last but a short time. The
means of disposal of large catches has
been the great difficulty heretofore, but'
the fishermen are better fixed in this re
spect, ior mis season tnan they ever
were before. During a good year the
profits are enormous, notwithstanding
the low prices of 450 to $60 a ton.
UNEQUAL TAXATION.
WON'T SEND ARMS.
A LUNATIC UP A TREE.
Efforts to Dislodge Him Unsuccessful,
and He Finally Dropped Out.
Santa Rosa, May 6. Great excite
ment prevailed here yesterday and last
night over the presence of a lunatic on
the top of a tall poplar tree. It was
Zolezzi, a Swiss, who was brought here
to be examined and sent to Napa. He
escaped from his friends at 12:30 p. m.
and shinned up a tree like a squirrel,
and took a position on a small limb fifty
feet from the ground.
Every effort was made to get the de
mented, man down and thousands of
people were attracted to the spot. Lad
ders were obtained from the fire depart
ment and raised to the tree, but no one
could set near enoueh to throw a rone
around his bodr. As night approached
raiu began falling heavily and the poor
fellow kept his perch till 4 o'clock this
morning when he fell to the ground fifty
feet below, haying been in the tree four
teen hours. Canvas had been stretched
below, and that saved his life. He
bounded off to the ground. His arm
and shoulder were fractured besides re
ceiving internal injuries.
Mrs. Blaine, Jr., Wants Her Child. -
Sioux Falls, S, D., May 6. The pur
pose of the visit of Mrs. James u.
Blaine, jr., to New York was learned to
day. She went to consult with her law
yers as to the advisability of holding a
conference with her husband and en
deavoring to ecure his consent to relin
quish all claim to the 3-year-old son.
Young Blaine's mother is Very anxious
to secure the custody of the boy, while
the wife is doing evervthing in her power
to get the child. Mrs. Blaine, jr., ex
pressed herself, to her friends in this city
that she did not care so much for a
divorce as she did to gain possession of
her child, which she feared -would be
taken from her.
A San Francisco Firm Denies that they
Will Send Monitions of War.
San Francisco, May 9. A statement
to the effect that the steamer Mori tzerrat
had been engaged by the firm of W. R.
Grace & Co. to transport a cargo of arms
and ammunitions of war from San Fran
cisco to some port in Chili, was denied
this morning by Wm. Halloway who is
connected with the firm. Said he, "Not
so much as a toy pistol shall be put on
board the vessel. The cargo will consist
of wheat, barley, cracked wheat, potatoes,
wine and hay and nothing else.
Not Anxious to Catch the Itata.
Washington, May 9. It was not ap
parent this morning that the navy de
partment was exercising itself to recap
ture the Chilian steamer Itata. There
is reason to believe that there is some
hope entertained by the government
officials that the Itata did not start at
full speed for Chili. There is a strong
suspicion that she is lurking somewhere
in the neighborhood of San Diego.
The President in Colorado.
Leadville, Col., May 11. The Presi
dential party arrived this morning and
was given a most enthusiastic reception.
Judge Goddurd delivered an address of
welcome and presented a brick weighing
nearly seven pounds to the president.
It is learned today that some of the
party were robbed of small sums of
money while at Portland, Oregon, last
Tuesday night.
hand we are admitting vast hordes of
average price re- , fieree seditious. Quarrelsome, ignorant
ceived last year, by any one person that and vjcious paapersand criminals,
we talked with was 13 cents a box and ! utterlv bevond the moral energv of the
the highest 14?4'. A two and a halt j imtion to abHorb, civilize or restrain,
acre patch of land on a eteep elope on j No free institmion8 ou oarth CIU1 eubs;9t
the bank of Hood River, admirably adap- where thege ,.Iasses predoniinute. 0ur
ted to strawberries however, but which, j 8alvation and stability depend upon the
a few years ago, before it was improved, education( civilization and patriotism of
would scarcely have brought the govern- : citizens, and the Qualities are all
wanting in the class to which we refer.
But this is not all. A great army of
j intelligent, educated and patriotic men
and women are constantly forced into
i practical starvation by the overwhelm
i ing competition of ignorant and vicious
ment price of a dollar and a quarter an
acre last year produced 333 crates of
strawberries, which sold at 13 cents a
box, and brought the owner the next
j sum of $1038.90 or over $-100 an acre,
j With an irrigating ditch on either side
oi uie river, wnicn ine people win un- : imniigrants whose mode of living would
oouoieaiy nave in ine near nuure mere. put to the blush a respectable ground
are thousands of acres that are capable hog it i8 in vain that the products of
of producing equally with those of Mr. i our ,abor are protected from toreign
Coon. Indeed the case of Mr. Coon is j t.ompetition when we admit without
only that of several others. His neigh-j restriction the pauper labor of Europe
bor Mr. N. C. Evans is equally success- j t0 compete with our laborers in their
ful with a similar patch which is well j own ueld There is no argnment in
worth going 20 miles to see, and his story j favor of protc0tion to our products that
is practically a repetition ana conunna- : does not appv wilh equal force to the
Hon of the other. Mr. Locke whose place j protcCtion of our prodUcers. If the
principle of protection is right, and we
There is trouble over in the state of
Washington through the discovery that
the late legislature has passed an assess
ment law that excludes from taxation
all credits such as accounts, prommissory
notes and mortgages, -and the attorney
general of that state has rendered an
opinion that these are not taxable under
the provisions of the law. The state
auditor has therefore notified the county
assessors to govern themselves according
to this decision. In Oregon no such law
could be passed without an amendment
to the constitution but we shall watch
with interest what effect it will have on
the finances of Washington. It is very
certain that the law will be extremely
unpopular among the producers, but
their interests don't seem to have been
much thought of in the last legislature
any how. ' It is very questionable if the
measure will make money any cheaper
or have any. other . tendency than to
make the rich richer by exempting them
from taxation and the poor poorer bv
compelling them to pay the taxes of the
rich.
Hon. W. 1. Bradshaw.
. Ochoco Review.
Governor Pennoyer has certainly made
no mistake in filling the oflice of judge
of the Seventh judicial district, made
vacant by the resignation of Judge Bird,
in appointing Hon. W. L. Bradshaw, of
.ine uaiies, as Judge Bird's successor.
Judge Bradshaw held his first term of
court in this county, he having been ap
pointed on Friday of last week, and op
ened court here on Monday last. In his
charge to the grand jury, his methods of
disposing of business ond his readv de
cisions on points of law, he has demon
strated tnat he is a Iawver of ahilifv.
and one well fitted for the high position
of honor and trust which he holds. One
sitting in his conrt would conclude from
the methodical wav in which he 1 is noses
of business that he was a judge of many
years practice, and not that he was
holding his first term.
Judge Bradshaw is thirty-three years
of age, and is a Missourian "by birth, but
may almost be considered an Oremnian.
having come to this state at an earlv
age. riis early education was obtained
J. M. HUNTINGTON '& COr
Abstracters,
Heal Estate and
Insurance Igeiits.
Abstracts of. and Information Concern
ing Land Titles on Short Notice.
Land for Sale and Houses to 'ResL
Parties Looking for Homos in
at the State Agricultural college at Cor- POTTNTTT? V CX "iTTfV
vallis, after which he attended the law U ll A XV I KJlX jl I ,
OR IN SEARCH OF '
school at St. Louis, Mo., where he gradu
aieu in iooi, since WD en ne has prac
ticed his profession at Lafavette and
The Dalles. ' ""
Adrertised Letters.
The following is the list of letters re
maining in xne uaues postomce, un
called for Friday, May 8, 1891. Per
sons calling for these letters will please
give date on which they were adver
tised :
Baker, J B
Bryant, H M
Estes, James, (2)
Getse, Frank -
Gun, Jas K
Jackson, W R
Martin, J B
Steiner, Jacob
Smith. G E
Thompson, Jas
W ard Marry,
Bowers, George
Chittenden, W E
Fair, M D
Guvton, A H
Hayden, Mr (Black
smith)
Speakman, John
Smith, Mrs Ella
Thomas Ben
Warner, Wm (2)
Wrieht. B D(4)
Winters, Mrs Sainantha
M. T. Nolan, P.
M.
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of . ,
Leaiii Fire InsirilK
And Will Write Insurance for
-A.3snr .A.:M:oTj-:rrT,
on all
Correspondence Solicited. AH Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
J. M. HUNTINGTON x C6T
Opera House Block, " The Dalles, Or.
SHIMS WT,
Another Account.
Pittsburg, May 11. A special corres
pondent savs that a train with two car
loads of men on Moore's run was ditched
between two burning skidways and
superintendent Badger of the S. V. rail-
were fatally burned and many danger- Wholesale and M Dimti
nsly injured. The whole train burned.
The men scattered and the full extent of
the loss of life and the number injured
. .... . - i
has not yet been learned.
iil;i.5 V;
-DEALERS IN-
aeraaaay Comlna; to the World's Fair.
Berlin, May 8. The Reichstag bud
get! committee has approved the grant
of $25,000 to enable Germany to make a
suitable participation in Chicago's
world's fair.
The Charleston Ordered in Porsolt-
San Francisco, May 7. The Alta
California has positive information that
the United States ship Charleston will
sail for San Diego tomorrow in pursuit
of the Chilian ship Itata. Secretary
Tracy telegraphed special orders and the
Charleston left Mare Island today, and
anchored off San Francisco. - Instead of
taking her usual anchorage, she went
behind Goat island, out of sight. Her
ostensible purpose in coming down is to
go outside and try her guns. The officers
and men have been ordered to be on
board at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.'
The Jackson Abduction Case.
London, May 6. The statement given
to the public by Mrs. Jackson, regarding
the brutal conduct of her husband while
she was a prisoner at Blackburn, has
turned public sympathy in favor of the
lady, whereas it has been strongly in
favor of the husband. It is now recog
nized that a reconciliation between the
pair is impossible, and the rase will not
probably be carried any higher. L'ion
Mrs. Jackson 8 death her huslaml will
succeed to a considerable income should
he survive her.
Have Kot Got Inosrh of It Yet.
Scottdalk, Penn., May 8. A meeting
of the executive board was held last
- night and it was resolved by the strikers
to continue the fight six weeks longer.
' . Oona On a New Surrey.
Washington, May 8. Professor Jul
fj E. Hilgard, late superintendent of
Cue United States coast survey, died at
his home here this morning.
Silrer Purchase.
Washington, May 8. Four hundred
and fourteen thousand ounces of silver
was purchased today at prices ranging
from 88.15 to 93.40.
Cltisen Train at His Startingr Point.
Whatcom, Wash., May 7. George
Francis Train is here. He lectures Fri
day night and starts on his trip around
the world Saturday morning. He will
take the Premier here and will overtake
the Empress of India in the Straits dc
Fuca. He will reach Japan in ten davs
and New York on Julv 4. tiftv-five davs
being taken . for the entire " trip. The j
people of Vt hatcom will pay bis expenses
to demonstrate that this city is the
nearest to Asiatic markets.
Ought to be Averag-ed Up.
Portland, May 9. The weekly bulle
tin of the Oregon weather bureau shows
that the rain fall in Western Oregon was
in excess of the average of from one to
two inches. More rain is needed east of
the Cascades to insure good crops. AVest
of the Cascades everything is growing
remarkably well.
A Serious Explosion.
London, May 11. An ' explosion of
gas ocurred today in the hold of the
British steamer Tancarville, which is under-going
repairs in the dry dock at New
port. Five men were killed and thirteen
others injured. The steamer is badly
damaged.
Oil 'Wells and Forest Fires Bnrainr.
Oil City, Pa., May 11. A message
just received from superintendent Strong,
of the Oil City Fuel Co. from Pine Grove
township says this far thirteen oil wells
have burned. The fire is still burning.
The Fuel company is in receipt of mess
ages today from Elk and Blearfield coun
ties announcing serious forest Cres - hicb
are spreading.
The Charleston Going- Kunth.
Sax Pedro, Cal., Mav 11. Thecruiser
Charleston, which arrived off here last
evening at 7 o'clock, remained until 5
o'clock this morning at which hour she
left going south. I
After the Itata at Last.
San Francisco, May 11. The fact is
no longer concealed in even official na
val circles that the cruiser Charleston is
now off on hot chase after the Chilian
transport Itata. ,
Soldiers Arrested at Walla Walla.
Walla Walla, May 11. Six soldiers
belonging to D troop have been arrested
for complicity in the recent lynching of
Hunt, the gambler. It is thought that
the soldiers were arrested on information
furnished by Corporal Arnold, who was
arrested a few days ago. :
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, 111., May 11. Wheat firm;
cash 1.02; July 98.1.
San Francisco Wheat Market.
San Francisco, May 11, 1891. Wheat,
buyer '91, after Aug. 1st, 1.64'.-
The Surrey Finished.
Mr. R. II. Norton writes to Mr. Hud
son of this city from Fossil that he has
finished the survey, and he and the boys
are all safe at Fossil. They are some
what tired, and, as Mr. Norton ex
presses it, will loaf around the mines for
a few days and rest. Mr. Norton, how
ever, writes that he will be in The Dalles
on Thursday of this week, and will re
port what he has accomplished.
Hie numerous friends in this county
were pleased to learn of the appoint
ment of W. L. Bradshaw as judge of the
7th judicial district. We confidently ex
pect that Judge Bradshaw will fill the
position with firmness, impartiality and
ability. He has been engaged in the
practice of law for ten years, having
graduated from the St. Louis law school
in 1881 and in the same year was ad
mitted to the bar of this state. The
new judge started on Saturday last for
Prineville to hold a terra of court there.
He was accompanied by District Attor
ney, W. H. Wilson. Jl'asco Ohterver.
is on the Columbia bottom, below what
known as Hayne's Spur, either through is
natural modesty or because he was
afraid to tell an old assessor how rich he
was getting, would only say that his
strawberries averaged him last year 14?4
cents a box ; but as Mr. Loche ia one of
the most intelligent farmers in the whole
Hood River Valley we have a profound
suspicion that his last year's profit were
in no way inferior to the others.
The Hood River strawberries come
earl-." Last year they beat Southern
Oregon by 4 days, and this is their com
mon record.
Replying to a question aa to the gross !
believe it is, it must be an all round
protection that applies to the laborer as
well as the manufacturer. Any other
is a delusion and a sham. For the sake
I of our laboring and industrious poor,
the bone and sinew of the nation as well
as for the sake of our common heritage
of freedom and civilization we must in
sist on "America for the Americans,"
noi in the narrow and restricted sense
of a Buwrcilious and vulgar knownoth-
I ingism but in the broad and generous
I sense of including all who manifest the
! fitness and worth of American citizen
ship, and forever shut our flood-crates
profits per acre to be derived from this j against the class of immigrants whose
industry Mr. Evans said : "With ordi- ony mSirk npon civilization is that of
j the dynamite bomb, the bludgeon and
. the stiletto.
culture $800 an acre, without water
nothing." Replying to other questions,
he said: "Without help a mail can at
tend to three acres, with spending $100
for help, 5 acres. The cost of picking
and getting ready for market is about
)4 of the gross receipts." When-we add
that unlike the tenderer fruits straw
berries are a sure crop every year we
shall proved as far as words and facts
can prove the truth of what Mr. Abeten,
a Virginian of 9 years' residence in the
valley 6aid to us, "A man can make a
living here on a smaller piece of land,
I ana nave taoie luxuries oi mis own rais
ing all the year round, than in any place
I have ever been."
In reply to a letter written by the edi
tor of the Waxco Observer to H. N. Copp,
the well known land attorney of Wash
ington D. C. as to the status of settlers
on the lands comprised in the Dalles
Wagon Road grant, Mr. Copp gives it
as his opinion that the said grant is de
feated by the grant tothe Northern Pa-
ciOc and as a consequence thereof that
the lands in question passed to the gov
ernment under the act of September 29
1890. Mr. Copp advises settlers to make
homestead applications for these lands
and upon rejection thereot to appeal to
the commissioner of the genera: land oi
fice.
HE IS HIGH-TONED.
THE
CHRONICLE'S QUESTION
NOT ANSWERED.
County Court
Proceedings,
1801.
Indians are all over the mountains
slaughtering deer, while the law prohib
its white men from providing their hun
gry children with a mess of venison. It
should not be thus, but white men must
m-in and bear it. we suppose, until the
S short time when deer will be no more.
In the matter of road No. 198, it was
ordered that when parties pay damages
as assessed that the road be ordered
opened.
Road 199. Ordered opened.
Road 205. Adverse report. Ordered
that petitioners pay expenses, if any,
and the matter be dismissed.
Road 200. Alex Anderson, C. V.
Champlinand Emil Schanuo appointed
viewers.
Road 201. Ordered that the road be
opened if petitioners pay what damages
may be assessed.
Road 202 ; ordered opened.
Road 203 ; ordered opened.
Road 204 ; petition granted and road
ordered opened.
Koad 199 ; ordered opened.
The petition of A. Kalman and others
for a change in Buck Hollow road laid
over for further information.
The bonds of the Cow Canyon toll
road were approved.
The report of supervisor M.Doyle ap
proved and $60 allowed.
In the matter of the communication in
reference to the Roger girl, a pauper, it
was ordered that if the Sisters of the
hospital send their bill to the county it
will receive consideration.
Liquor license was granted to N. An
derton of Antelope.
Liquor license was granted to Dial &
Russell of Anteloie.
In the matter of the petition of S.
Myers for relief of indigent soldiers G.
A. R. it was ordered that $22.00 be drawn
on the proper fund as per section 2,of the
laws of 1889.
W. R. Cantrel was appointed road
supervisor of road district No. 17.
A. G. Hall was appointed justice of
the peace for Falls precinct.
A liquor license was granted to James
Ryan, Falls precinct.
The change in school districts Nos. 24
and 25 on petition of Troy Shelly, was
granted.
Liquor license was granted to Oscar
Baker on condition of his complying
with the law in the matter of filing an
acceptable bond.
The letter nf Mr. Thompson which
appears in another column leaves the
question of the Chro.vicle still un
answered. Single tax men commend
their theory to the farmers tnd produc
ers on the ground that it would lessen
the amount of their taxes. Indeed the
writer has heard one of them, who is an
otherwise intelligent and educated Port
land lawyer, at a public gathering in
that city make the statement that under
the single tax svstem many of the poorer
May Term, formers would have no tax to pav at all !
The point the Cilbokicle makes is this :
A certain amount of taxes must be rais
ed to run the county government. If
the levy from this amount is made on
real estate only, the levy must of neces
sity be higher. No sane man can argue
that raising the rate of assessment uni
formly will lower the taxation on a
given piece of property. It is quite true
that the actual value of the real estate of
Wasco county is much higher than that
placed upon it bv the assessor, but the
raising of the assessment from a million
and a half to five millions would make
no change in the amount required to be
raised to run the county government.
Mr. Thompson asks: '.'Why should you
or I not pay to the community something
for holding personally what the com
munity creates?" Whv not indeed?
j Theoretically we do this very thing. A
piece of land at the mouth of the Wil
lamette, fifty years ago, was practically
worth nothing. ' Let us suppose that
the man who owned it never, to this
moment, did a'stroke of work on it to in
crease its value. The "community"
that has settled and improved lands all
around it have made its present value.
In such a case would not the owner pay
a tax on what the community has creat
ed ? Most undoubtedly this is the theory
of our present system, bad as it is.
Some of the blocks in Portland are today
worth more than all Multanomah county
was worth fifty years ago, and if the
owners do not pay a tax in such a case
on the value which the community has
created, it is not the fault of our assess
ments laws. The Chronicle repeats
that it will gladly adopt the single tax
theory when it is convinced that the
system will lighten the burdens of the
poor, and make taxes more equal and
uniform.
The East Oregonian thinks that a man
who writes for a newspaper on a salary
cannot possibly know anything about
our national financial system. That
the way it accounts for the blundering (?)
financial articles of the Oregonian. The
writer of these works for a salary. How
high-toned some fellows get to be when
by some inscrutible providence they be
come owners of of a newspaper?
Reciprocity has already become so
popular that the admirers of President
Harrison have been digging up some of
his old campaign speeches delivered be
fore his election in 1888, in which he out
lined the policy of reciprocity that has
since been incorporated in the McKinlev
bill.
FISH WHEELS.
There are some sixteen to eighteen
fish wheels between The Dalles and
Celilo, all or nearly all waiting to be
turned by the rising river and their own
ers longing for the spring run that has
scarcely yet commenced. What success
Noble's Decision.
Stripped of its' verbiage and reduced to
simple language me decision oi oecreiary
Noble in cases of contests on homestead
entries amounts to this :
First In- all cases arising hereafter
contests must be filed within two years
after the receiver s receipt had been
eiven on final entry, or they will not be
recognized and a patent will issue as if
no contest had been instituted.
Second The law has a retroactive
effect also to this extent suppose the
receiver's receipt bears date May 1, 1889,
and no contest is filed before the 1st of
May, 1891 ; in such case the two years
count and no contest will therefore be
recognized, although part of the
limited period is thus made effective be
fore the passage of the late law. It is
required, however, that the expiration of
the two years shall occur after the date
of the act, which is March 3. Thus, if a
receiver's receipt ia dated March 1, 1889,
and a contest is begun March 2, 1891,
the secretaav holds that it must be en
tertained as "pending contests," and
made an exception by the terms of the
law.
Single Tax Talk.
Portland, Or., May 7, 1891.
Editor Chronicle : The Oregonian re
prints your article and heads it as fol
lows, "A Question for Single Tax Men."
The answer to your querry, "Will some
advocate of the single tax theory tell us
how a $62,500 tax can be raised off
$1,500,000 worth of real estate with a
smaller levy than 25 mills wbeu it takes
25 mills of every dollar of two and a half
millions of both kinds of property to
raise $62,500," probably cannot be done
so long as you allow your assessments to
be made at one-fourth to one-third of
the value. Let the assessment be made
upon the actual land value, that is that
value which the community has placed
upon it by reason of its presence. Make
the value $4,500,000 or $5,000,000, which
is nearer the actual value than $1,500,-
000, and then see how many mills will
be required to raise $62,500. Why
should you or I not pay to the com
munity something for holding personally
what the community creates?
R. H. Thokpson.
Funny, isn't it that after a man has
once given his word he should try so
hard to keep it.
PKOFESSIONAL CARDS.
DRoi
O. D. UOA.NE-PHYSICIAN AND SUR
GEON. Office: rooms 5 and 6 Chauman
Block. Residence over McFarland & French's
store. Office hours K to la A. M., 2 to 5 and 7 to
s r. 31.
Fine Imported, Key West and Domestic
CIO-ARS.
S. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
2.m flee in Hcbanno'8 building, up stairs.
Dalles, Oregon.
Of-
Thel
DR. O.
MCI.
C. E8HELMAN Homoeopathic Phy
sician and fci'RGKON. Office Hours : 81
to 12 A. M , 1 to 4, and 7 to 8 p" x. Calls answered I
promptly dy or night' Office; upsudra In Chap-1
SIDDALL-
-Dkntiht. Gas given for the
extraction of teeth. Also teeth
owed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of
Ls m painless
set on flowed aluminum pi
the Golden Tooth, Second Street
A R. THOMPSON AWorney-at-iw. Office
I.m In oiiera House Block, n axhlngton Street,
ine iranes, Oregon
T. f. HATS. B. S. UDNTINOTON. H. S. WILSON".
AYS, HUNTINGTON fc WILSON Attor
ne Y8-AT-LA w. offices. French's block over
nrst rationai uaiuc, i ne Dalles, Oregon.
B.B.DtTFUR. OKO. WATKINS. FRANK MKNKPEK.
DO FUR, WATKINS di MENEFEE Attor
NB ys-at-law Rooms Nos. 71, 73, 75 and 77,
v ogt biock, eecona street, ine uaiies, Oregon.
TTT H. WILSON Attorney-at-law Rooms
IT . 52 and 53, New.Vogt Block, Second Street,
ine uaues, uregon. r
PAINT
Now is the time to paint your ' house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the
Shentin, Williams CoVs Paint
For those wishing to see the, qualltr .
and color of the above paint we call their,
attention to the residence of 8. L. Brook
Judge Bennett, Smith French an. others'
painted by Paul, Kref t.
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for th
above paint for The Dalles. Or. .. r
S. L. YOUNG,
llumeuof to E. BECK.
C. N. THORNBURY, '.
iie nee, u. a. uejxa umce.
T. A. HUDSON.
Notary PuUUo
Jf- V-'K-JwuV i--"-
iti.N '- ".'..5-fa'
' 4Ai'-'i5' '?.Jr:r -xjv'-y I
-DEALER IN-
WBTI
CLOCKS
Jewelry. Diamonds,
SmVERWflP,E,:-:ETG.
I0POBI IWW, '
ROOMS 8 and 9 LAND OFFICE BCILDDf8,
roitofflo Box 9m a,
THE DALLES, OR
Filings, Contests,
And all other Business in tlie U.S. Land Office
Promptly Attended to.
Entries and the purchase : Of Railroad
Lands under the recent Forfeiture Act,
which we will have, and advise the pub
lic at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. Look for advertisement
in this paper. :,,, a ouni nr.
TnornDunf & huqsm.
Health is Wealth !
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
FRENCH 8t CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sieht Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on hew York, Chicago, St.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
$500 Re-ward!
We will pay the above reward for any cae of
ver Complaint. DvsDeosia. Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costivenesa we cannot
cure with West's vegetable Mver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fall to give sotisfac-
aon. sugar iroaieu. uire uoxe. i-uuuuitmg
Puis. 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
ILLINOIS.
SLAKELET nOUGHTOW,
Preset-lotion Drnsrrtsta,
17S Second St. The Dalle. Or.
$20 REWARD.
TTTILL BE i"Ail XR ANY INFORMATION
t T leading to the conviction of parties catting
the ropes or In any way interfering with the
wires, poles t Umps of Tu Electric Light
Co. H. GLENN.
, Unagr.
Db. E. C. Wert's Nkrvi anb Bbaih TssaT-. ,.
xknt, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, ' Busi
ness, Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,;. .
1 1 i 1. V" ...! n nYw th. 1 1 M
of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness. Mental D- -
pression, Softening of the Brain, re.ulting4n.ln-.
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death, , ,.
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
in either sex, Involuntary- Losses an Bpetnaat-.'.-orrbcea
caused by over exertion of the brain, self-., ,
abuse or over Indulgence. Each bos; contain
one month's treatment : Jl-00 box, or six boxes"
for (5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of prloa.-
WE GTJAKANTKB SIX BOIM K
To cure any case. With each order received by., ,
us for six boxes, accompanied by 15.00, wa will . .
send the purchaser our written gnarante to re
fund the money if the treatment does not eftest
a cure. Guarantee, issued only by : - ; ,
BLAKELEI t HOUOHTOV, i
Prescription Drartriste,
176 Second St. .. The Dalies, Or.
D. P. THOMrsoH"
President.
J. S. Schxnck, H. If. BCAIX,
Vice-President Cashier.
First naUoiir Bant
THE DALLES,
- OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to bignt - '
Draft or Check. -
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remmeu on uay m cuuecuun.
. .. , . . - I 1 - !
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
Hew York, ban Francisco and JPort
DIRECTORS. ,
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Scbbkck,
T. W. Sparks. Geo. A. Ltxbs,
H. M. Biau,