THE DALLKS,
- OREGON
FRIDAY,. - - - - OCTOBER 16, 1801.
LOCAL AMD PERSONAL.
J. D. Whitten of Kingsley is in the
city.
J. Harvey Smith of Sheror's Bridge
was in town today.
The Baker arrived today from the
Cascades at 3:40 p. in. . "' .'
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hudson of Dufur
came into town yesterday.
Mr. George' Johnston, of Portland, is
visiting relatives and friends in the city.
Ed. Williams ay s he bought his goods
as low as anybody in The Dalles and he
will sell them as low as anvbodv can af
ford to. .- - ', . .
The Dalles,. Portland & A9toria Navi
gation company have commenced the
work, of building a wharf to- accommo
date the Regulator. . , '.. . J. "
Joe Knebel who was stabbed last Sun
. day night in this city is reported im
proving. Yonng Moreton his assailant
will have his examination before Jus
tice Shntz next Friday.
John Paahek the tailor is still in the
wim'. " He has a fine line of samples as
can be Been any where wliich . he will,
make to order at prices us low as any
body. Besides he is prepared to do all
' kinds of cleaning and repairing.
It it with very great pleasure that the
friends of the' Regulator note that the
- good people of Sherman county show
their good will towards that boat by
liberally patronizing it at every oppor
tonity. It is said that iu the neighbor
hood of fifty passengers from that county
left on the Regulator this morning.
N. Harris will commenccah auction
sale of his entire stock of dry goods and
clothing next Saturday. J. B. Crossen
is the auctioneer and the people will
have a good chance to purchase goods at
their own price. Mr. Harris assures us
the sale is bona fide aa he has deter
mined to go out of business.. ;
An effort to purchase from" George
Smith 2000 sacks of wheat now lying at
' Rockland failed yesterday, because Mr,
gmith' wonld not sell it without the
eiDress condition that it should be
hipped by the Regulator.-. The would
be purchaser wanted the grain for the
U. P., hence, no sale. Z. F. Moody has
today placed a pair of scales at the
" Rockland landing and is buying wheat
to be shipped by the Union Pacific. He
got one load already. ' " '
Superintendent Farley came up from
the Cascades last night and will go
down again this evening. He says the
new locomotive has been tested and she
answers - .fully all expectations. He
thinks thev have not enough cars to stall
her on the inclines. The portage is now J
able to handle easily all the freight the
two boats can possible bring to it and
more , besides. The inclines are .. suffi
ciently low to make fairly good landings
' and they will be completed as soon" as
the work can be profitably done.
- Thomas Ryan, who was brought up a
few days ago from Hood River charged
with housebreaking is likely to. have a
double charge of the same kind preferred
against him. Some time ago the honee
of John Buskirk was broken into and a
number of articles carried off. Several
f the stolen atticles have been found
amoung Ryan's household goods at Hood
River, since his incarceration. Among
these is a valnable overcoat,- while
ring has been found in the hands of an
other party who alleges that he got it
from Ryan. A sixty dollar shot gun is
till missing with hopes that it too may
be recovered.
From a letter recently received by his
parents, it is learned that Mr. Frank A
French a, graduate of Wasco academy,
was admitted to the classical course in
Oberlin college, Oberlin, Ohio, oncertifi
cate of the principal of the academy
without examination, and that be has
three points ol the course to his credit.
'This is an extremely creditable showing,
Iwth for the rounz man and for the
hool at which he prepared for college ;
jhe more so, as the requirements for ad
mission to-Oberlin are much higher
tlian those of the colleges on the Pacific
coast. ' We have--Jio doubt that this
auspicious beginning will be the means
of bringing the young man additional
laorels in the college of his choice. He
hi our best wishes for success.
The Sane Old Game.
J'. T.' Cnopp of this city ordered lately
Irons 8a em a number of . boxes of dried
fruif eMnz positive-instructions that
hey should be shipped by the Regula
tor. They came by the Baker notwith
standing that the address was all right,
qd the charges were $13.98. and now
Ht. Knopp, wonld like to know . who is
rgojng to pay him' the five or fix dollars
"incurred by somebody's mistake. -A
similar occurance happened to Chris
man Brothers yesterday. They had or
dered a lot of paper to be shipped by the
Emulator. - It came by the Baker, and
yet the address on very package was as
plain; as ink could make it. To an or
dinary mortal it is a , little siagnlar that
great corporation should stoop to acts
low as these. - We venture to say
that the agent of . the Dalles Portland
and .Astoria Navigation, Company at the
Portland end of the line would never
stoop so long as to ship by his line good?
consigned nd plainly addressed in care
of the Union Pacific. .The ways of Jay
Could are mysterious.
A (Jood Ro'dd Constructed for the "6o,
ooo Appropriation Can Handle
mh Tons Ever)- Day.
over forty miles and he has to climb the
Deschutes hill to boot. He brings in
about fifty bushels a trip. In answer to
the question "How are yon getting
along, Mr. Manly?" that gentleman an
swered substantially in "these words : "A
little over, five vears ago my wife and i!
were dumped off a wagon into a 'en ' Superintendent Fark-v Says That the
corner on the Wapinitia flat. Each of j .
us had a trunk and a grip sack and Ii Opposition to Him Conies From the
iTiad $80.50 in money, We had no team, j Moodv Faction at Dalles Citv.
... . . , i . "
no ran p no room, no nmiHP. no iiome.
We pre-empted eighty acres of govern
ment land for Jwhich I have now" a
title and scratched for a living as best
we could. I could not say that we!
worked extra hard, we kept at it of
course and always had plenty to eat and
wear. Today I have 400 acres of good
level prairie land under fence, with
about eighty-five acres in cultivation.
I have four good young horses, a few
head of cattle and some of the fattest
hogs in Eastern Oregon. I have a good
comfortable dwelling house, a good barn
and other necessary farm buildings and
the only corn crib on the flat and it is
full of corn besides, of last year s crop.
I have just paid off a mortgage ol $250
that I borrowed to pay for my pre-emption,
and I have gram enough to pay
every dollar I owe in the world, and
plenty left besides. I have a good
reaper, sulky plow, new Bain wagon and
every tool I need for running the place.
Sone people are complaining that farm
ing don't pay. I cannot say so. I have
a good farm that I have acquired by the
labor of my own hands during the last
five years, without any very hard work,
and have hd a good living all the time
besides." . ...
Oregoniun.
All of Eastern Oregon has been talking
about the state portage road at the Cas
cades since the letter signed "One of the
People" was published in the Oregonian
on September 23rd. - That letter has
stirred up the liveliest kind of a row at
Dalles City, and the air is filled with
criminations and recriminations. It
charged Superintendent Farley with in
competency; that none bnt disrated
railroad men could get employment un
der him ; that the state's funds had been
wasted in various ways, and that the
purchasing officer, Superintendent Far
ley, had received large commissions.
Accompanying the communications was
a private note to the editor. Since the
authorship of the communication has
been denied by the man whose name is
signed thereto, it is interesting. It
follows :
TFASCO ACADEMY NOTES.
The geometry class has just issued in
vitations to a unique social gathering
next Hallowe'en.
The number of pupils in attendance is
constantly increasing. People in the
surrounding country seem to be awak
ng to the fact that there is a first-class
academy at The Dalles where their
children can receive the very best in
struction at reasonable rates.
The literary society is at work on a
new basis. The young men are taking
up the work of debate with a great deal
of real enthusiasm. .
Instruction is now being given earh
morning in vocal music. Miss Krehbiel,
the preceptress, is an accomplished mu
slclan and the exercise is sure to prove
both pleasant and profitable to all.
Base-ball is the leading sport this sea
son. Tnree games nave ueeu urraugeu
with The Dalles nine ; the first of the
series to be played next Saturday at the
fair grounds. Many of the best players
in last year's nine ara not now attending
the academy, but their places have been
filled by newcomers and an interesting
game is assured if the city nine do not
show the white feather and refuse to
play at the last moment.
Cascade Lockm, Sept. 20, 1891. Ed
itor OnEGOxiAX. Noticing the article
referred to, and being upon the ground
here, in position to see and learn of the
operations of building the state portage
railway, have written the inclosed in
hope to call attention of the board to the
; incompetency and rottenness of the
present officers constructing the roaa.
Unless different men are placed in charge
no benefit can accrue to us of Eastern
Oregon, They have already engaged
officers whose salaries will amount to
more than the road can expect to earn.
By what authority they engage officers
is not known, as their appointments
were only for construction. Respect
fully yours, TraxER F. Leavens.
' X i.o ' i .r":;;.;,i:.ff ";o "".n.xvfu est
j built and equipped. It is seven-eights
! of a mile long, Forty-pound steel rails
j are used and the ties are hewed and
were originally made for a standard
j gauge road. They cost the state 222'
: cents each. The inclines are made of
j six pile bents, and are double tracked.
! There are eleven stringers in the work,
j two under each rail, one between the
two tracks and one on each side.
' The bents are sway-braced with 6x8 tim- j
' bers. The bent timbers are 12x12 and
; down at the Cascades the state paid
$9 87 ! per 1000. which is very ciieap.
The west side wharf boat, 130x40 feet,
will cost when finished $0000. and the
one at the east side, 100x30, $4,000.
When the water goes down 120 feet will
be added to the east incline at a cost of
$200 or $300. The rolling stock consists
of a 202 ton Baldwin locomotive, and
four box and twelve flat cars.
Among the things Superintendent Far
ley intends to add to the state's railway
are these : Wharf-boat at the end, $4,
000 ; car house, $2500 ; crib at west end
incline, $500 ; furniture and fixtures for
office, $150 ; caboose car for passengers,
$700; total, $7850.
Superintendent Farlev savs he has be
tween $8000 and $10,000 of the appro
priation left. His estimates of the cost
of the road when he makes the additions
referred to is :
Enst incline I 9,000
West incline 7,000
Enst Wbarfbont. 4,000
West Wharfbnat .000
Water supply (gravity) 1,300
Locomotive 500
Cars 6,000
Ties 700
Rail, bolts and washer - 7,000
Lumber 6,000
Ibor and salaries. .. ..".'-' . 6,4.j0
Bnudinits , 750
Frank Menefee, city recorder So far
as I know there is no great canse, if any,
to criticise Superintendent Farley. It
may be that some mistakes have been'
made in the construction of the road,
but they are trivial. Our people were
surprised to see the road completed and
in operation within such a small appro
bation. Senator Watkins, the father
of the bill, providing for the road, did
not think it could be built for the
money.
J. Si. Huntineton. ex-demitv county
clerk I used to be in the railroad busi
ness and know that you cannot build
much of a road for $00,000. I think
Suyerintendent Farley has done a good,
economical job.
Thomas N. Joles, of Joles Bros,, gen
eral merchandise So far as I know
Superintendent Farley has done good
work, and the merchants generally take
his part except two or three who are do
ing their best to oust him. It is more
of a political dispute than anything else.
My belief is that if the road could be got
into other hands it would be worked for
the benefit of the railroad company.
There is no complaint about the rates
over the new line in Portland. We have
often paid the Union Pacific from forty
five cents to $1.35 per 100 for what the
new company carries for thirty cents.
1uLUMAY, oclobec li, Ihlll.
' Considerable wheat is now arriving at
the warehouses and mills and the
market is weak at quotations.
So much inferior wheat is beingoffered
that prices take a wide range. We
quote No. 1 at 75 cents while inferior
grades range all the way from 70 cents -
to 50 cents. "- ' r
Bags Calcuttas,),"-" by bale with
an upward tendency.
Oats The oat market is in good sup-
ply. We quote 90 cents to $1.00 per
cental. Market is very weak. j
Barley The barley supply is fairly
good with a limited inquiry. Brewing !
$1.00 per cental. Feed barley at 70 '
to 80 cents per cental.
Flour Local brands, $4.25 wholesale
and $4.50$4.75 retail; extra, $G.00
$6.25 per bbl.
(Successors to BROOKS BEERS.) ' . . - '
The Dalles,
Oregon.
Jobbers and Dealrs in
FINISHED WITniN TFIE APPROPRIATION".
"V. STe SO Per Cent.
M. Sichel & Co., inform us they have
received the freight schedules of The
Dalles, Portland A Astoria Navigation
Company for conveying freight from
Portland to The Dalles, and that the
. rates of the new company are 50 per
cent lower than the Union Pacific has
been charging. Messrs. Sichel & Co..
have ordered all their freight consigned
. - to. the care of the new' transportation
company, and will withdraw their pat
: " ronage from the U. - P. Co., which here
. tofore has had a monopoly of the carry
ing trade on the Columbia, and has
- - charge most exorhitant rates. -
What has been accomplished in lower
ing freight rates between Portland and
T1 v. . T t J l v. u: 1 :
an idea of w'hat the rates would be all
'along the -river if - the obstructions to
- navigation were removed from the Cas-
t cades to Lewiston. OchocoBevietr. '
A Successful Parmer.
J.B. Manly of Wapinitia ia hauling
what all the wav from his ranch on
I'nsolleited .Kindness.
The followine letter has been handed
us for publication, but it does not tell
the whole story of this little band of
kind-hearted ladies. They have also
raised a subscription of $10 for the Con
gregational church and $10 for the M. E.
church. The Chroxicle on its own be
half and voicing the sentiments of the
relief committee and the whole people of
The Dalles sincerely and heartily thanks
the ladies pf Antelope for their kindness,
and devoutly hopes that the unsolicited
generosity may return in ten-fold bles
sing on their own heads.
Antelope Or., Oct. 10, 1891.
To the President of Uie Relief Committee,
The T)nlU-
Ladies: Iu behalf of the members of
the Ladies Aid Society of Antelope we
extend to you our most heartfelt sym
pathy in your great loss by the recent
conflagration in your beatiful little city,
and as a token of our esteem and as e
are but a small band of workers we offer
yon our little donation.
Trusting ft will make glad the hearts
of some little children, we remain,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. C. Dcrbin,
Mrs. W. Bolton, President.
Secretary-
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A Mere Snfj-estion.
The DeoDle of The Dalles have done a
practical thing toward opening the river.
They built boats to connect, above and
below, with the portage road built by
the state. They have shown that they
not only want an open river, but they
have done something toward making it
such. Meanwhile Portland has done
nothing but talk. And it seems
as if the talk was all 'through
its hat." The chamber of com
merce has shown that either it doesn't
want to do anything or else that it
doesn't know how. Now we suggest
that it appoint a committee, not of its
own members, but of the schoolboys of
The Dalles, to make a plan to open the
river. Those boys would go at it hon
estly, earnestly, and with some suggest
ions from their parents, intelligently,
which is more than anybody in Portland
seems capable or else willing to do.
Pass a resolution turning over the
whole matter to half a dozen bright boys
of The Dalles, iney couldn't do worse ;
the chances are that they would
better. Telegram.
leavexs denies the letter.
Superintendent Farley got on the track
of Mr. Leavens and aked him to sub
stantiate bis statements. He says that
Leavens assured him that he did not
write the letters and that the handwrit
ing was not - his. Farley has now
come to the conclusion that the
article was written "or inspired by En
gineer S. P. Lovell, with whom he has
had trouble.' A reporter went to the
Cascades the other day to look at the
portage, and the first one he saw was
Mr. Leavens. . He lives in a little house
not far from Superintendent . Farley's
office. He is a tall, slender man about
35 years old, has small features and has
not the appearance of being a strong,
positive man, to put it mildly. When
the visitor stated why he had called Mr.
Leavens motioned him to a seat and
went on to say he did not care to add
anything to the statements he had al
ready made, but would be heard from at
the proper time.
" Ait vsu rcailv tit onrtatonrinto triA
charges in your letter of Sept. 20 to the
Oregonianf" Mr. Leavens was asked.
"I know nothing about it," he replied.
, "Did you write it?"
"No."
"Sign it?"
"No."
"Did you authorize any one to write
it or sign your name to' it?"
"No." "
- "Did you see it before it was sent?"
"No." - -
Total 160,000
On this property $22,000 insuraneehas
been placed.
could handle six hundred tons a day.
Since it was opened on September 28,
the portage has been handling about
ninety tons of freight a day sixty from
Portland and thirtv from The Dalles.
With the new Baldwin locomotive in
service the road can handle 600 tons
daily, so the superintendent says. It
arrived last Thursday and is guaranteed
to pull six loaded cars up the incline.
The little eight-ton engine, loaned to the
state by the government, did not an an
swer tile purpose. As much as it could
do was to push an empty boxcar up the
incline and then the train had to be
started with pinch bars.
superintendent rarley lias an idea
that the portage will pay for itself in
three years. He estimates the monthly
receipts at $1801 and expenses at $1000
as follows :
Superintendent s Salary, per month I 10O 00
Conductor's 100 00
Kngincer's ' " ' 100 00
Fireman's " " ' Co 00
One Brakeman " " " 05 00
One Brakeman " " " 75 00
Wharf boat Care-taker and Sailor 70 00
One Night-watch Salarv, per montn 65 00
Wood, per month .. 125 00
Insurance, per month 40 00
Incidentals -V) 00
Oil for Engine, Cars, Whnrf boats, lamps, a) 00
do
To the Public.
About November 1st I will again open
out witfi & large stock of goods in the
large commodious store now occupied
by Messrs, Mays & Crowe. Large in
voices of goods ire now on the way from
importers and manufacturers, and my
aim snail be to serve everyDoay, wiiu
the lowest prices for the newest, best
and largest assortment of all kinds of
stationery, books, toys, musical instru
ments, notions and novelties, ever dis
played in this citv. I shall spare no
effort to merit the good will of old and
i , ' 1 T Al -..lit
uew customers, which i nopu uitjy in
bestow on me. At present located next
door to W. Cram's confectionary store.
I am prepared to fill orders for all staple
goods. For the kindness and sympathy
expressed on all sides with me in the
severe loss by the late fire, I tender my
sincere thanks. Very respectfully, .
10-13-2t . I. C, ICKELflEX.
An Old Adugm.
There is an old adage : "What every
body says must be true." Henfy Cook.
of New Knoxville, Ohio, in a recent let
ter savs: "Chamberlain's Cough Kern
ed v has taken well here. Everybody
likes it on account of the Immediate
relief it gives." There is nothing like it
to loosen and relieve a severe cold. For
sale by Snipes & Kinersly, druggists, dw
Tile Best Physle.
St. Patrick's pills are carefully pre
pared from the best material and accord
ing to the most approved formula, and
are the most perfecjb cathartic and liver
pill that can be ptoduced. We sell
them. fcxiPEA & jiiXERLy,
d-w - Druggists.
90BN.
On the 12th inst.: to the wife of F.J.
Chase, of Three Mile, a ten-pound boy.
It is nearly ten years since Mrs. Chase
surprised her liege lord in this fashion.
LEAVENS EXOXEBATE8 LOVELL
Mr. Leavens when here told that
Superintendent Farley had expressed
the opinion that the author of the letter
was engineer Lovell, and that he ( Leav
ens ;had been made a tool of in the use
of his name, and that if the statement
was not true, he owed it to Engineer
Lovell to deny it. To this Leavens said
be did not know who wrote the letter,
but did not think that Engineer Lovell
did. "By the way," said Leavens, "did
you read my other letter in the Oregon
ian a few day ago?"
In that letter he simplw said that the
charges made in the letter with his
name signed to it were true, but did not
say that he wrote the first letter.
Leavens was then asked if he would
substantiate the charges made in the let
ter published September 23. They were
repeated to him one by one, and he said
he could offer no proof then, but might
at some future time. Finally he made a
direct charge that the east incline had
not been properly built. A great deal
of questioning elicted the answer that
the fender posts were not high enough,
and that in high water the boats would
be in danger of colliding with cars stand
ing on the incline, and that the piling of
the incline had not been driven deep
enough. He wound up by admitting
that the road had been pretty well built
and the state had a good pice of property
fcr $60,000. This was in answer to a
point blank question.
Superintendent Farley says that he
found Leavens checking lumber one day
not long ago, and asked Engineer Lovell
who hired him. The engineer replied
that he had, whereupon, according to
Farley's story he (Farley), said he was
superintendent of the road, and proposed
to be, and did not want him (Lovell) to
hire men who were not needed, The
result was the discharge of Leavens,
who was afterwards put to work on the
incline, nnder Bridge Superintendent
Walsh. Superintendent Farley says
Leavens was discharged from that posi
tion for incompetency.
A TRIP OVER TnE ROAD.
While at the Cascades the reporter
made a trip over the portage from the
foot of the east incline to the foot of the
west incline. Governor Pennoyer and
Sate Treasurer Metechan made a simi
lar inspection and reported that they
thought the work bad been, well done.
Conversations with responsible men em
ployed on the government works in dif
ferent capacities also corroborate this
idea. Being government employes they
declined to figure in state business, but
said confidentially that mistakes had
been made, not serious ones, and that
in the long run the state will find that
it has obtained its money's worth.
The most serious and costly mistake
appears to be in the location of the east
incline. It runs over a rocky piece of
shore land where it was extremely diffi
cult to drive piles. At one plae piles
could not be driven and a trestle bent
had to be put in and it will have to be
rip rapped to hold it in place when the
river ( high and the current swift, Had
the incline been located a short distance
further south better ground for pile
driving would have been found and tpere
would have been just as much water and
boat room at the foot of the incline.
The way the incline is located it is po&
sible for floating ice to accumulate ber
tween it and the shore and make the
safety of the incline n matter of guess
Total tioon 00
Peaches .40.75 V box.
Grapes .02.03 per pound.
Watermelons Plentiful ,at .751.00
per dozen.
FARLEY AND ANTI-FARLEY
At Dalles City it is all Farley and anti
Farley, bnt the superintendent seems to
have a tight grip on the long end of the
rope, being backed by the mayor, the
president of the board" of trade and the
majority of the prominent merchants.
Those opposed to him sav he is not fitted
for the position he holds and should
never have been appointed, and that his
mistakes have cost the state a great deal
of money. Farley answers that this op
pusition was caused by the position he
took in regard to the water question last
June, and his opposition to the Moody
faction of the republican party at the
polls. ' The other side reply tha't while a
member of the council Farley voted to
purchase a useless water-works system,
in which D. P. Thompson, ol Portland,
was interested.
IXTERVIEWS WITH BUSINESS MEN.
The business men of The Dalles were
intrrviewed about the portage road and
Superintendent Farley with this result :
A. S. Mcallister, manager of The
Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation
Company, and president of the board of
trade The portage road is just what
The Dalles wanted, and we are satisfied
that it will do us a great good. If it had
been built ten years ago our citv would
now have 25,000 or 30,000 people. We
supply a large district, and the portage
road not only enables us to hold our
trade, but to extend it, as freight rates
to Portland are 33) per cent less than
on the Union Pacific. I made a trip
over the road and am confident the state
got a good road for $60,000. The com
plaint against Superintendent Farley is
purely personal, and arose out of the
part ha took in the municipal election
last June. He is a capable roan and our
people have the utmost confidence in
him.
Mayor Mays was not in town, but his
friends authorized the statement that he
endorsed Superintendent Farley, and be
lieved that the road was a good one and
had been economically built,
Hugh Gourlay, editor of the Chron
icle, says : It is the opinion of a large
majority of the merchants that no money
has been squandered on the Cascades
portage. Whatever Superintendent
Farley would do would do would not be
satisfactory to the Moody faction, but
you cannot find a leading merchant in
the city who has not confidence in the
superintendent. While in the council
he opposed the Moody faction, and that
is the cause of all the trouble. Moody
wanted to supply the city with water
pumped from the river, and " ninety per
cent of the people favored the gravity
system. The question was the principal
issue in the municipal election last June,
when the Moody faction was overwhelm
ingly defeated.
DUE TO POLITICS.
E. B. McFarland, of -McFarland &
French, general merchandise Superin
tendent i arley has done his work faith
fully, and there is no complaint coming
from the people of The Dalles.. On ac
count of the active part Mr. Farley took
in matters before the last legislature,, he
incurred the displeasure of certain par
ties, who, I think, have done everything
in their power to reflect on the manage
ment. Our business men have confi
dence in Superintendent Farley, and are
satisfied that he built the road as expe
ditiously and economically as possible.
It was at the request of .the merchants
that he took hold of the work. ' A dozen
of us went' before Governor Pennoyer
and Treasurer Metschan and urged "his
appointment. Among them were D. M.
French, banker; W. Lord, capitalist; J.
H. Cradlebaueh, editor; O. Kinerelv. !
druggist; A. S. Mcallister, president of
the board of trade ; jj." &leiin, contrac
tor: Emil Schanno, property owner i B,
T.1 Tannklin .anitalict , f-ntwrrn TiaKa
capitalist; A. A, Bonney, butcher; and
L. E. Crowe, of Mays & Crowe, hard
ware The road was economically built
and we were all glad to see it finished
within the appropriation. The opposi
tion to Superintendent Farley is doubt
less due to the active part lie has taken
in politics. All our freight is being
shipped by the new line.
George A. Liebe, ex-county judge
Superintendent Farley UBed the state's
money as economically as any one could
and completed the road to the entire sat
isfaction of our people. Our people are
aware now ana win patronize tne new
line. The Union Pacific are getting very
little freight. Now if we could only have
a portage between here and Celilo with
feeders to Wasco and Grass valley wo
would be well off. Nothing would be of
more benefit to Portland and The Dalles,
Portland especially. v
Will Garretson, jewlei1 There is not a
squarer man in the state than Georze
J. Farley. I knew him twelve years
ago, when he was foreman of the black
smith shop of the O. K. & N. Co. I
have been over the portage road, and
can say without fear - of contradiction
that it has been well and economically
built. Nineteen people out of twenty
think the same way. Only the -Moody
faction is opposed to Superintendent
Jcaney.
F. L. Houghton, of Blakely & Hough
ton, druggists I made a trip over the
road Thursday, and know it was well
built. I cannot see where the state is
going to lose money on the investmet.
George C. Blakely Superintendent
Farley is competent. I was a member
of the city council when he was and
know that the trouble orignated there
and was caused by the water question.
We propose to stand by the new com
pany, even if the Union Pacific boats
carry freight for nothing.
READJUSTMENT OF RATES;
B. F. Laughlin, manager of The
Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation
Company I have never' heard any one
who has been over the road say other j
than that it was well built. I have been
over it. The incline is not completed
yet and cannot be until the water eoes
down. superintendent .r arley was
recommended for the position he holds
by the principal property owners and
business men of Dalles and indorsed by
the board of trade, aud I do not believe
any of us have changed, our opinions aa
to his fitness. A good many think the
portage tariff is too high, but Governor
Pennoyer and the superintendent have
. . . . r
promised to readjust it upon the proper
showing, which will be made when our
company settles with the state for the
first time, on the loth of this month
Then we will meet with the governor
and snow wnat cnanges are needed.
The principal trouble is too much classifi
cation. We shall ask that there be not
more than four classes. It seems to be
the plan of the state to make the income
nav for the plant. We claim that the
charges should be no more than neces
sarp to pay the running expenses of the
portage and keep up the plant.- Such, I
believe, Was the intent of the bill. Our
rates are 33J4 per cent less than the
Union Pacific.
A. M. Williams, general merchandise
The portage road is a mighty good
thing for The Dalles. - We save money
on ireight, and are consequently able to
sell goods for 20 per cent, less than ever
before. For example we used to sell a
100-pound sack of Liverpool salt for
$1 40, and now we sell it for $1 10. I do
not bother my head about the question
of Superintendent Farley's competency,
so long as I get business.
THE FARMERS SATISFIED.
E. N. Chandler, manager of the
Grange store I want to see the road
meet with success. The farmers are
George Blakeley, druggist. We repre- J
sen tea tne poara oi iraae,
H. M. Beall, cashier of the First Na
tional bank The general opinion here
is that Mr. Farley is the best roan for
the position. He has neglected his own
business since his appointment to do
what ha cqh14 for rne 8d of ' the people.
There is only one opinion in The- Dalles
about the effect of the building of the
road, and that is that it will be of great
benefit, Jn fact it ias already resulted
so. The pnee of wheat in H asoo and
Klickitat counties has advanced about t)
cents a bushel since the opening of the
road. This enables Dalles to capture
the wheat of Klickitat county, which, in
stead of being .shipped to Columbus,
then ferried across the Columbia to
Grant's, and billed to Portland on the
glad it is completed and say, "Stay with
it." I think Superintendent Farley's
work was well done.
N. B. Sinnott, proprietor of the Uma
tilla House The people think the port
age road a good thing for (his section.
The opening of the Columbia in any
way is a big thing for the settlers east of
tne mountains,
WTIAT THE OPPOSITION SAY.
Ex -Mayor Malcolm A. Moody, who is
credited witn being tne- leader ot tne op
position to Farley, is the son of ex-Gov
ernor Z. F. Moody. He is a binker.
"I tnink Mr. arley knew be was in
competent when he took the place,"
said Mr. Moody, "bo far as politics is
concerned, -it does not figure in the mat
ter at all. J. nere was no strife last J une,
and if there had been, Mr, Mays would
not have been elected,"
State Senator Charles Hilton : "As I
know nothing about engineering, I can'
not pass on the question of Superinten
dent Farley's competency.' I know that
when he was in the council he voted to
buy D. P. Thompson's old water works
for $50,000. -By the way. we had the
same works when the town burned down
recently."
John Michel!, editor of the Times
Mountaineer 1 can give you nothing
except heresay, as I am not a practical
railroad man. My idea is that the road
could have been built for less than $60,;
000,according toreports received. If what
Mr. Leavens has said in articles pub
lished in The Oregonian is true ana he
says he believes that a great - portion of
the public fund devoted to the enter
prise has been unnecessarily expended,
in common parlance squandered then a
serious condition of affairs exists. - The
road should have been in operation some
time ago. ' As regards Superintendent
Farley, I was not aware that he had any
practical engineering knowledge until
some articles to that effect were pub?
ished in The Dalle Chronicle. I have
known of him about eleven years prin
cipally as liejper or b'apksinith in the
potppany's shops fn this city; also as
proprietor of a saddlery and harness
store, I walked over the portage at the
Millstuffs We quote bran and short
$17.00 per ton. Retail $1.00 per 100 Bs.
Shorts and middlings, $20.00(ff 122.50
per ton.
Hay Timothy liay is in good supply
at quotations $16.00 to $17.00. Wheat
I hay is in market at $10.00 per ton loose,
and $10.00I2.50 per ton, according to
quality, baled. Wild hay is nominally
quoted at $10.00 to $12.00 per ton, ac
cording to quality. Alfalfa $12.00,
baled.
Potatoes Abundant at5065 cents
a sack.
Butter We quoto Al .60 .75 cents
per roll, and scarce.
Jboas scarce at 30 cents a
dozen.
Poultry Old fowls are in less de
mand at $3.003.60. Young fowls are
easily sold at $2.00(23.00 per dozen
Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
.06 per pound. Culls .0405. Green .02
.03. Salt .03j.04. Sheep pelts .25
bear skins $4$5 ; coyote .60 ; mink, .50
cents each; martin $1.00; beaver, $2.00
3.50 per lb. ; otter, $2.005.UO each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, $2.50 to $4.00 each.
Wool The market is quite steady.
Wool is nominally quoted at .1316
per ll. ; .'
Beef Beef on foot clean and prime
02), ordinary .02,; and firm.
Mutton Choice weathers $3.50; -com
mon $3.00.
Hogs Live heavy, .04J-.05. Dressed
.06M-07.
Country bacon in round lots .10a ""
Lard 51b cans .11M.13; 101b
401b .09ail
Lvmber The excessive demand since
the fire has reduced stocks. Prices re
main unchanged. We quote, rough
$10,00 to $12,00 per M. Portland floor
ing No. 1 $30.00 per M. Portland rustic
$30.00 per M. No 1 cedar shingles $2.75
per M. Lath $3.25 per M. Lime $2.00
per bbl. .
staple groceries.
. . Coffee Costa Rica is quoted at 22?
cents by the sack ;
SuGARs-7-Colden C in half bbls, h
cents.
Golden C in 100ft sacks, 5 cents. . ,
Extra C in half bbls, 5)4 cents. .
Extra C in 100 lb sacks, 5 cents.
Dry granulated in half bbls, 6s cents.
Dry granulated in 1001b sacks, 6V
cents.
Sugars in 30 tb boxes are quoted:
Golden C $1.90; Extra C, $2.00; Dry
Granulated $2.15.
Syrup $2.25 to $2.75 per keg. .
Rice Japan rice, 66- cents; Is
land rice, 7 cents.
Beaks Small white, 45 cents;
Pink, 4J4 cents by the lOOlbs.
Stock Salt Is quoted at $17.00 per
ton. Liverpool, 50ft sack, 70 cents
100 ftsack, $1.35; 2001b sack, $2.30.
Apples .40.75 box.
Pears .601.10 box.
Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, carrots
and onions, li cent per pound.
quilBi'ai iHKruumjuifiB,
Staple and Fancij Dfij (foods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Caps. Etc.
wiupiu 1 uuuj uiuuQiico, iiaiuwaiG, riuui, uauull,
Headauarters for
Teas, Cofiies, Dried Fruits, Canned Goods, Etc. -
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all kinds Bought and Sold at Retail or in Car-
load Iots at Lmvost. MarL-of Tin too " -
Free Delivery to Boat and Cars and all parts of the City.
X
390 394 SECOITD STEEBT. : . " .
MAIER & BENTON,
Successors to A. Bettinger, Jobber anjl Eetailer in . v
Tinware, ' Woodenware and Granitewrae,-
Have also a Complete Stock of -., . ;
Heating and Cookstoves, Pomps, Pipes, Plumbers and Steam Fitters
Supplies. Carpenters' and Blacksmiths' and Farmers -:
Tools, and Shelf Hafdmare. - : .
All Tlrinlnar, Flumbllng and Pipe Work done on Short Notice.
SECOND STREET,
COM
STOCK OF
A Great Lirer Medicine.
Stoves, Ranges, Tinware, House Furnishing Goods. -Carpenters,'
Blacksmiths' and Farmers' Tools. Fine"
Shelf Hardware, Cutlery, Shears, Scissors, Razors,
n 3 m T 1 TTT -1 nil '.
oarvoiis axiu -Lttuio ware, ana Hitverwarp Mn-mna
Pipe, Plumbers' and Steam Fitters' Supplies, Pack-
mg, uuuoing .paper, "Sasn, Doors, Shingles, ; Terra -Cotta
Chimney, Builders' Hardware, Lanterns and
Lamps. -
Special and Exclusive Agents fdi
Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges, Acorn Stoves and
Ranges, Belville - Stoves and Ranges, Boynton
Furnaces, R. J. Roberts" Warranted" Cutlery,
Meriden Cutlery and. Table Ware, the "Grand" Oil-
Stoves. Anti-Kust TiTrnrn.rfi
Gould's and Moline Power and Hand Pumps.
All Tining, Plu mbing, Pipe Work and Repairing .
will be done on Short Notice.
(Successors to ABRA MS & STEWART.) ;
174, 176, 178, 180 - -- - SECOND STREET.
i arcs
LKJ UU
ftork. Superintendent Farley admitted i Union Pacific conies direct to The Dalles
that a eerioui mistake has leen made j and is forwarded to Portland. Ourmer
here and savs it is the fauty of JJnjjineer chants to a man will patronize the new
Lovell, who' located the line. He gays service. Thpv make no complaint about
the tete It out nd injured fcMOO bv the I the rates, and yhy houl4 they? Th
Cascades in company with a practical
engineer ana was shown many places
where money was unnecessarily ex
pended. M. T. Nolan, bookdealer The por
tage road is a burden on the boat line.
The rates are too high. The company
ought to carrv freight for 40 cents a ton
SlJ around. J(s lowest rate is 40 cents
and the highest $1.50, I think the por
tage has ' been fairly well done. Air,
Walsh is a good woikman in his own
j Uno, and Mr, Hobart has no superior.
it is claimed that tne superintendent is
a railroad builder, but I never heard of
it until he was appointed. But this is
immaterial, so long as he had good men
Under him. I worked In the shops
with him, and he wa? considered a
second-rate blacksmith. He was never
a boss blacksmith.
: A span of work horses for sale cheap,
four and eight 'years pld', weight about
I0$qach, Apply at thlsoffiee, dw9-28-lm
Dr. Gunn's Improved Liver Pills are a
sure cure for sick headache, bilious com
plaints, dyspepsia, indigestion, costive
ness, torpid liver, etc . These pills in
sure perfect digestion, correct the liver
and stomach, regulate the bowels, purify
and enrich he blood and make the skin
clear. They also produce a eood appe
tite and invigorate and strengthen the
enure Bysiem oy meir ionic action.
They only require one pill for a dose and
never gripe or sicken. Sold at 25 cents
a box by Blakeley & Houghton.
A Sure Core for Pile.
Itching Piles are known by moisture
like perspiration, causing intense itch
ing when warm. This form as well as
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding, yield at
once to Dr. JtSoeanko'a l'ile Remedy,
which acts directly on parts affected,
absorbs tumors, allays itching and ef
fects a permanent cure. 50 cents. Drug
gists or mail. Circulars free. Dr. Bo
sanko, 329 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Sold by Blakeley & Houghton.
. Tfiey Speak From .Experience.
"We know from experience In the nse
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy that it
will prevent croup," says Messrs. Gad
berry A Worley, Percy, Iowa. They
also add that the remedy has given great
satisfaction in this vicinity, and that
they believe it to be the best in the
market for throat and lung diseases.
For sale by Snipes & Kinerslv druggists.
Unnecessary Sufferings.
There is little doubt but 'that many
persons suffer for years with ailments
that could easily be cured by the use of
some simple remedy. The following in
cident is an Illustration of this fact:
My wife was troubled with a pain in her
side the greater part: of the time tor
three years, until cured by Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. It has, I think, per
manently enred her. We also have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy whenever
needed and believe it to be the best in
the world. P. M. Boston, Pennville,
Sullivan Co., Missouri. For Bale by
Snipes s Jiwersly Druggists,
Bayed from Death by Onion.
There has no doubt been more lives of
children saver from death in croup or
whooping cough by the use of onions
than " Rny other known remedy, our
mothers used to make poultices pi them,
or a syrup, which was always effectual
in breaking no a couch or cold. Dr.
Gnnn's Onion Syrup is mode by combin
ing a few simple remedies with it which,
make it more effective as a medicine and
destroys the taste and odor of the onion.
50c. Sold bv Blakelev & Houghton.
The .Wasco warehouse is supplied with
grain sacks which will be sold at the
lowest market figures, nuHwtf
Lost.
A Iady'8 cold watch. Waltham, with
riverside movement, attached to a black
silk fob. ' Twenty dollars reward will be I
paid for its return to the - Chronicle i
office or to Mrs. T. Baldwin,.-'
14-tf.
" For Sale. J
f 1 9 ti ci 1 ri ' )
For description or particulars inquire 1
of - ' A. A. Bonnet, SECOND STREET.
oct-23w The Dalles or Tygh Valley.
Snipes & Kinersly,
Dealers In ' .
Paints, Oils and Hlindom Glass,
, m7UmstTl Paper, 1
COAL and PINE TAR,
Artists Material, V
Imported Wegt and Domestic Cigars
129 Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon;
THE DALLES LUMBERING CO.,
INCORPORATED 1886. '
-No. 67 Washington Street. ; . ' The Dalles.
-:.-- ,.'-.- . v- -',.:- -- - ' -. . . ;
- . Wholesale and Retail Dealer and Manufacturers of . -
Building Material and Dimension Timber, Doors, Windows, Moldings, House FnniisMngs; Ele. v
Special Attention given to the Manufacture of Fruit and Fish
Boxes and Packing Cases. .
I"aotory .xaol Xruixxxlaexr "Va,rX vt Old 3?M. JJalloa.
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak ajjd Slab WOOD Delivered to
any part of the city, ; V
Clearance Sale !
Iadis' ai?d Qjildrei
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR
HT COST I
To Make 1'oom for a New Stock of Millinery. -
MRS. PHILLIPS,
8i THIRD ST,
ipcluieis
Farley c3 Franls.,
(SueoflHsors to L. 1). Frank, deceased.)
OF AI.L
0"F :
- . - A General Line of
Horse Furnishing Goods.
E.EI'-AJCiailsra- PROMPTLY nd rETIELA.TIr '
WhDlesaieanfl Retail Dealers in Harness, Briflies, thins, Horse Blaiets, Etc. .
: M Assortment of Mexican Saipery, Plain or Stamped. : : '
- - - THE DALLES. OR.