THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, PRIDAT, FEBRUARY Id, 1892.
The Weekly GhroMele.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Entered at the Poetofflce at The Dulles, Oregon,
as secoud-clnes matter.
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FREE SILVER COINAGE.
la an" article on "Bank Circulation
and FreeCoinage.'in the February Fo
rum, Mr. John Jay Knox, Who was for
years Comptroller of the Currency makes
it very clear why free coinage of silver is
not desirable. He says :
"Not far distant is our neighbor the
Kepublic of Mexico. Xt issues a silver
dollar. A few years ago it was in circu
lation here. Every bank in the country
held these coins during the war and be
fore the resumption of gold payments
Have we anv of them now? The silver
dollar of Mexico is a full legal-tender in
all payments in the Republic of Mexico.
The silver dollar of Mexico is w orth more
intrinsically than the four-luimlied-and
twelve-and-a-hiilf-grain dollar of the
United States. Why is it not worth a
gold dollar, less the cost of transportation
to Mexico? Mexico is enjoying the
blessings of the free and unlimited coiu
age of silver! Why then do we not re
ceive this Mexican dollar at par 6ver our
counters? How long after we have had
the benefits of the free coinage of silver
will our silver dollar of four hundred
twelve and a half grains Le received in
the capitals ofthe Old. World ut its face
value in gold, at one hundred cents on
the dollar, less the cost of transporta
tion? How long will it be received at
our bank counters at par in gold after
free coinage has been authorized? I need
not reply to that question. All financial
men know that when ree coinage is au
thorized, our silver dollars here and
abroad will lie worth only its intrinsic
value. Thev kuow what a credit this
great United States has built up; they
know what credit the great Republic of
France eniovs ; they know what credit
the German Empire, the Em pire of Great
Britain, and the Bank of England has
Back of their one-cent pieces, back of
their centimes, back of their plennigs,
back of their half-crowns, and of their
subsidiary silver c6inage, is the credit of
the country, the promise to redeem these
coins in gold. That is the answer to the
questiou why the silver dollar today is
worth more than its intrinsic value in
the hands of foreign dealers in bullion
It is because these coins are redeemable
in cold, it is because we are upon the
gold, not upon the silver standard.
When free coinage of silver comes, the
promise of this country, with its great
credit unsurpassed anvwhere in the
world is withdrawn, and'onr silver dol
lar, like the Mexican dollar, becomes
worth its intrinsic value only at home
and abroad."
The silver men have eight or ten peti
tions in circulation on the democratic
side of the house urging that the silver
bill be made a special continuing order,
and they have secured about 100 signers.
There are doubts entertained as to the
expediency of the movement, but. the
silver, men mostly believe it may ad
vance the consideration of the bill, and
are doing what they can do to bring the
matter to an issue early in the session.
The anti-silver men are urging delay,
and working to that end in the. hope
that there may be developements which
will aid their cause and enable them to
find some way out of the difficulty. The
free-coinage men are in favor of speedy
action, and say that on political grounds
alone, aside from monetary principles,
the sooner the issue is met the better.
The rules committee has not yet taken
np the subject. The people's party in
the house have joined withrthe free
coinage people in demanding prompt
consideration of the Bland bill.
The democratic members of the ways
and means committee held another con
ference vesterday on the Springer wool
bill, but, like the previous conference
ended without an agreement being
reached. Members of the committee
now in the city are nearly evenly di
vided on the question as to whether or
nor there should be a further reduction
made in the duties than that proposed
by the special committee. The arrival
of Shively, of Indiana, is awaited.
Members of the committee believe then
a conclusion will be speedily arrived at,
as the views of Whiting, the only other
absent member, are known.
The Portland Telegram, commenting
upon the statement that a portage road
at The Dalles, on the Oregon side,
"would benefit the town of The Dalles
only," very significantly inquires:
"Why would not a road on the Oregon
side eerve the country above as well as
on the Washington side? It is imma
terial to the people above or below,
which side of the river the road is built
on, hut we do know that in all probabil
ity the state will have to do the work,
and it can make" no appropriation for
work in Washington."
Country papers that have not been
able to secure the county printing under
the new law that grants it to the one in
each connty having the largest circula
tion are nearly all engaged in denounc
ing the lawas a needless expense to the
taxpayers. They forget to say however
that there is far more glory, than profit,
in 'being the "official county paper
and very little profit.
We have it on the very best authority
that a lobbyist working in the interest
of Paul Mohr, is doing his best with the
committee that baa charge of the dalles
nortnm bill to defeat tbfet measure. The
committee has been assured that the
Paul Mohr road will be built during the
coming summer. Of course in that
case, the committee will say the people
don't need another road.
Following the announcements of
Blaine and Stanford that that they will
not be candidates for the presidency
comes John Sherman who eays "I have
been bought and sold in convention til
I am sick of it. Senator Sherman's
name has therefore been marked off the
list of presidential candidates. Next I
During a recent drouth in Maine there
was such a scarcity of water, it is said,
that one farmer was obliged to give his
cattle cider to di ink. Guess they must
keep a supply on hand larger than they
have in Oregon, where a good, pure glass
of cider is a luxury seldom found.
The L'ispatch says we shall be "in it
next year. Farmers from all sections
report the fall-sown grain and the grass
in good condition. There are ho signs
of anv beine winter-killed, and the
Drosnect for eood crops will never be
better.
Tjitli Hill Grade No Veto tnis Time
The citizens of Pufur, Kingsley, Tygh,
Wamic and Wapinitia held a. very en
thusiastic and numerously - attended
meeting at Wamic last Saturday after
noon to consider matters relating to the
building of a new grade up Tygh Hill,
now that such an undertaking has come
within the range of possibility through
the action of the county court in adding
two mills to the tax levy for the im
provement of our public high ways,
Promptly at 2 o clock the meeting was
called to order by M. J. Anderson, who,
in a few appropriate words, stated the
object for which they were gathered to
gether, and earnestly urged concerted
action and harmony in the one main ob
ject of procuring a grade, .wherever it
might be judged wise to put il. The
meeting then unanimously elected Hon.
W. McD. Lewis as chairman and M. J.
Anderson secretary.
A motion was then carried to select a
committe of five, one from each precinct
represented at the meeting, to select the
most feasible route for the new grade.
After a recess of 15 minutes while the
representatives of each precinct selected
its committee man the following names
were presented to the meeting and unan
imously chosen : for Dufur, L. J.
Klinger; for Kingsley, F. C. Sexton; for
Tygh, John M. Mode; for Wapinitia,
Frank Gabel ; for Wamic, T. J. Driver.
It was then moved and carried that
the county court be requested to select
three of the five members of the com
mittee just chosen, to act as viewers at
the time of making the survey of the
route which the committee of five shall
select. Another committee was then
chosen to attend the March term of the
county court and lay before that body
the necessity for the largest possible ap
propriation and confer with it as to
plans for the most economical and
speedy construction of the road. The
following resolution was then offered
and passed unanimously:
Resolved, That this meeting earnest
ly urges the county court of Wasco county
to take all possible steps to have the
work on the new grade commenced at
the earliest possible moment so that the
road may be ready for traffic bv next
fall.
The following petition to the Wasco
county court was submitted to the ap
proval of the meeting and having re
ceived a unanimous and hearty endorse
ment it received the signatures of more
than a hundred persons. ,
Whereas, the construction of the Tygh
hill grade is such as to make it almost im
possible for those living south of it in
this county to get to market with pro
duce and it is also dangerous for very
light vehicles. . , -
Whereas, the nature of the grade in its
present location is such that it cannot be '
made safe or even passible to heavy
travel.
Whereat, it will take considerable
money to build a new grade, and in view
of the fact that prompt action is abso
lutely necessary, we ask your honorable
body that the proportion of monejr due
oar sections through the two mill tax
levied for road improvements, be all ex
pended in making a new grade on Tygh
hill.
The following resolution was then sub
mitted and unanimously adopted. . ' '
Resolved, by the ' citizens of Dufur,
Kingsley, Tygh, Wamic and Wapinitia,
in mass meeting assembled, that we
most cordially approve of the action of
the commissioners court of Wasco
county and heartily thank them for add
ing a two mill tax to the annual levy for
the improvement of Nour public high-J
ways. . ''
A subscription Hstwas then, submit-!
ted to the meeting and in a very few
minutes the sum ..of .$445 in cash $260 in
work making a total of $705 was: sub
scribed. 'The meeting then- adjourned
after a session of about three , hours in
which every minute was occupied. The
people seemed terribly in earnest and
white it was well known that considera
ble differences of opinion existed as to
the best location for the proposed grade
all minor differences disappeared before
the one absorbing desire to procure a
road. At one part of the meeting there
was a long discussion about the best
method to adopt in building the grade
whether by contract or otherwise. All
finally agreed that the matter could be
safely left to the wisdom of the county
court and the committee appointed to
confer with it. The opening of this road
will be of immense benefit to the citi
zens of the three precincts of Tygh,
Wamic and Wapinitia. What the new
grade may cost it is of course impossible
to tell at present. We are persuaded
the people, more nearly interested, will
help the. work to the full extent of their
ability but if the work should prove;
more expensive than is anticipated and
the county court should err in the mat
ter of extra liberality we take it upon us
to say that the sin will be one that shall
never be laid up against it, neither in.
this world nor in the world that is to
come. The people are intensely de
lightful at the assured prospect of an
appropriation that, as more than oiie of
them observed to the writer, "Governor
Pennover cannot veto."
NOKTHWEST NEWS.
The Dispatch says la grippe has lost its
hold on Dufur.
J. Hudsaker of White Salmon, has in
cultivation forty acres or less. He has
made 4000 pounds of bacon which will
bring $500 ; 500 pounds of lard, will
bring f 62.50 ; has sold fresh pork amount
ing to $75; $210 worth of beef; $300
worth of dried fruit ; $250 worth of green
fruit, and other little odds and ends,
amounting to $135 making a total of
$1532.50 from a cultivation of forty
acres; and the orchard is only, in its
infancy. When all of our bench land is
in fruit, as it should be, a nice little town
at this point will be the result. Golden
dale Sentinel.
There is an effort being made by the
U. P. Company to get our merchants to
sign a freight contract for the coming
year, and thereby prevent all competi
tion and opposition on the river. -A
number of merchants were talking the
matter over this' morning, and all were
pronounced in their determination to
sign no agreement to give all freight to
any one company', especially the U. P.
The experience of the past with that
company is no incentive to further ar
rangements of an exclusive character,
and the scheme now is to form a mer
chants' protective union and handle
freight matters as a unit with any car
rier, it is a good scheme ana should
be attended to at once. Astoria Talk.
Wool "Futures" Wanted.
Washington, Feb. 13. The house
committee on agriculture waved half an
hour today for President Laviousse, of
the New Orleanes cotton exchange, to
put in an appearance, and then ad
journed the anti-option hearing until
Monday. Vice-President. Goss, of the
New York cotton exchange, while the
committee was waiting, said the ex
change had some time ago received a
request from the woolgrowers' associa
tion of Texas, asking the exchange to
deal in wool, the same as it did in cotton.
The request said the woolgrowers were
in the hands of a few men, and wanted
wool "futures" dealt in on the exchange,
so as to give them a wider market. He
mentioned this as another indication
of the advantage of dealing in futures
and as an evidence also that producers
were not, all of them at all events, clam
oring for the abolition of the system of
"futures" on the theory that this was
detrimental to them.
Wholesale Poisoning.
Salem, HI'., Feb. 13. Last night after
eating sapper James Morton and his two
daughters were taken suddenly ill. The
indications point to poisoning. A physi
cian was sent for, but despite his efforts,
Morton died this morning. The two
girls, though still alive, are very ill.
Breakfast was prepared for the doctor
and the friend who were aiding the sick,
and within a few moments after eating,
the doctor 'and three neighbors were
writhing in agony. County officials'are
investigating the case. It is thought all
will recover. . It is believed one
Parkinson, a young man of the vicinity,
became angered because one of the girls
refused to receive his attentions since
his release from the penitentiary, where
he served a term for theft, and that he
put poison in the family flour barrel.
. For the Children.
'In buying a - cough medicine for
children," says H. A. Walker, a' promi
nent druggist of Ogden, Utah, "never
be afraid to buy Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. There is no danger fiom it
and relief is alwavs sure to follow. I
particularly recommend Chamberlain's
because I have found it to be safe and
reliable. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale
by Blakeley & Houghton, druggists. dwH
LOST.
A promissory note, navable to L. F.
Hill. Finder will please leave it at this
office. - - . 2td
Arrangements are being made to hold
an assessors convention at Halem on the
26th Inst. ,- - . . ,
PDYALLUP INDIANS.
Titles not Street to Restrictions if Con
gress fill Act
THE LAND WORTH J6.000 PER ACRE.
England's Claim to Disinterestedness in
- America's Election.
LONDON'S "IDEAL, DARK HOUSE"
Wholesale . Poisoning A Deplorable
Tragedy Kobbers Captured
Other New.
Whshisgtos, Feb. 13. The president
has transmitted to congress the letter of
the secretary of the interior with the re
port of thy Puyallup Indian commission.
The report is a bulky affair and touches
all the principal features of the matter.
Secretary Noble says the title of each In
dian is the land allotted to him is sub
ject to a restriction contained in the
patent upon his right to alienate or lease
bis land for more than two years. The
state of Washington having already re
moved the restriction on its part,
the title of each patentee will be perfect
when congress shall also consent to such
removal. The value of land is fixed by
the commission at $275.50 per acre, and
the whole value of the allotted lands
is $4,766,130. Some of the lands near
the city are deemed worth $6,000 per
acre. The water front alone has been
estimated to be worth some millions of
dollars. The commission holds that the
agency tract of unallotted lands is still
the property ofthe United states and not
of the Indians. The secretary is of the!
opinion that under the treaty this agency
tract should be treated as the common
property of the trib, and if sold should
be sold as such. As to whether .the res
ervation embraces the land between high
and low water mark the secretary gives
his opinion in the negative."' As to the
restraining power of allination by Indians
of their alloted lands, the secretary says:
"It would seem to be the duty of the
government to supervise any disposition
that might be made of allotted lands, to
the end that the Indians might not in
any way be defrauded." Then follow
many suggestions for protections of the
Indians against fraud, and providing for
any emergencies that may arise in their
dealings with white men, as well as fix
ing methods. for ascertaining who are
heirs of the allotters.
The Most Formidable.
London, Feb. 13. In the course of ,a
long article the Spectator says the retire
ment of Blaine from the position of a
candidate for nomination for president
of the United States has brought the
presidency into special prominence. The
Spectator thinks Blaine's friends in the
republican convention will not allow Mr.
Harrison to be renominate !. The re
publicans have an ideal dark borse in
Robert T. Lincoln, minister, to Great
Britain, who would prove the most for
midable candidate they could choose.
It adds this fact is already widely recog
nized. " The Spectator deprecates the an
noyance Americans often ehow because
of England's interest in the presidency,
and says the English have no desire to
interfere; but in the case of so near a
relation they cannot help taking an in
terest. The Spectator concludes: "The
American succession is really of much
importanceto us.: The people of this
county, despite their shyness and con
sequent churliness, are sincerely proud
of America, and they are anxious she
should choose well. They do not de
sire, as Americans imagine, a president
who will knuckle down toingland."
Train Bobbers Captured.
Dalles, Tex., Feb. 13. This morning
five officers surrounded Warden's gun
store, and captured Bill Burns, of Honey
Grove; Ed. Miller, of Kansas City;
Charley Smith and Bill Barnum, of
Austin. They shot down Barns before
he would surrender. One of the quar
tette confessed they entered the store for
the purpose of 'getting at least one
Winchester and a pistol each, and that
the plan was to rob the Texas & Pacific
train tonight.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
When Baby was nick, ire gare her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Hiss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gTe them Caatoria
Unnecessary Snfferlngrs. ....
There is little dstibt 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 pain in her
side the greater part of the time tor
three years, until cured bv Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. It has, f think, per
manently cured her. We also have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy whenever
needed and believe it to be the best in
the world. P. Mj Boston, Pennville,
Sullivan Co., Missouri. For sale by
Snipes & Kinersly Druggists. .. . .
The E 0. Go-Operative Store
CARRIES A FULL LINE OF
Groceries, Family- Supplies, Boots and Shod,
-ALSO A FULL LINK OF-
Wapns, Carts, Reapers and .Mowers, arii all iinis of Ajriciiltiiral
Heieiits.
Corner Federal
THE DALLES,
Crandall & Barget,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
FURNITURE CARPETS
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Undertakers and Embalmers.
. NO. 166 SECOND STREET.
New - Umatilla- House,
THE DALLFS, OREGON.
HANDLEY & SINNOTT, PROP'S.
LARGEST : AND : FINEST : HOTEL : IN : OREGON.
Ticket and Baggage Office of the O. R. &
Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel.
Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables.
SETABLISHED 1889.
LESLIE
-DEALER IN-
Groeeries and Groekery.
A full line of Lamps, Glassware and Dishes of all kinds. Silver, plated Knives,
Forks and Spoons. When you are selecting your Christmas presents J
look through my stock and you will get something useful -
' as well as ornamental.
113 mASHlNGTOIi STREET,
SEWIjlG "51 PEG" JfCJIIJlES.
0 1 T 331 1 H7L ID STH.EHT.
Ladies' and Childrens' French Felt Hats, - - .25c.
Trimmed Hats, - - . . . 50c.
AND UPWARDS.
Ladies and Childrens Furnishing Goods, "WAY DOWN.'
Mrs. Phillips, - 81 Third Street.
THE DALLES LUMBERING CO..
INCORPORATED 1888.
No. 67 Washington Street. . . The Dalles.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Manufacturers of
BoHding Material and Dimension Timber, Doors, Windows, Moldings, House Furnishings, Etc
Special Attention given to the Manufacture of Fruit and Fish
Boxes and Packing Cases. .
Factory and Irumtoor "Vitrei o.t Qld Zt. IScvllctMi
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak and
any part
Wasco Warehouse Co.,
Receives Goods on Stor
age, and Forwards same to
their destination.
Receives Consignments
For Sale on Commission.
fates Reasonable.
MASK GOODS .
W - W-; Oo.
IHB DALLES, ORKfiOS.
and Third Streets.
- . OREGON.
N. Company, and office of the Wester
BUTLER,
THE DALLES, 'OREGOft
Slab WOOD Delivered to
of the city,
Chrisman Bros.,
(Successors to F. Taylor.)
: proprietors or thi :
GITV PMET
UNION STREET.
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HAMS, BACON and SUSAGE
. ALWAYS ON HAND.
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