THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1892.
The Weekly Gtooniele.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Entered at the Poetofflce at The Dalles, Oregon,
as seeona-cioss matter.
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ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
The Goldendale Sentinel says it con
versed lately with a gentleman who has
spent several years ferrying on the Col
umbia river between Celilo and Pasco,
who said between these two points there
are numerous shoals and rapids that
' only flat bottomed boats, drawing . not
more than four feet of water, could sail
over at all times of the year. We have no
"knowledge that this statement is correct
but if it is it has a strong bearing on the
question of a portage railway. Vessels
adapted to the traffic of the lower and
middle river would be of no account on
the upper river. Trans-shipment of
freights would become a practical neces
sity and this is one of the strongest argu
ments used by those who favor a boat
railway as opposed to a portage. The
Sentinel is not t:ir astray when it says
that the cost of a boat railway would ex
ceed the value of the whole country be
tween the Cascades and Celilo. This,
however, is a small matter where .Uncle
Sam would foot the bill. The cost of
operating the boat railway is the serious
part of the business. An annual tax of
$S0,00n on the traffic over this one ob
struction would, for years to come,
materially impair the vnlue of a boat
railway as a cheap method of transpor
tation. Uncle Sam may build a boat
railway if he wants to but Oregon wants
a portage for temporary if not permanent
relief and it is only a question of time
till she'll have it.
The second congressional district of
this state is largely republican. Hence
the nominee for representative of the
republican party, whoever he may be,
is almost certain to be elected. Upon
the republicans, therefore, rests the
responsibility of choosing a , man who
will best serve the interest of the Inland
Empire and the whole state. If Eastern
Oregon can unite to name such a man
bis nomination will be assured, but care
should be taken that the Simon, Port
land ring is not allowed to dictate the
nominee. We want a man devoted to
the interests of Eastern Oregon in gen
eral and to an open river in particular.
Of all the republican candidates named
from this side the mountains the
Chronicle gives the decided preference
to W. R. Ellis. He has an excellent
record both as a public servant of the
people and a private citizen and if he is
connected with any clique or faction it
is unknown to us. "
The farmers of Centerville, Klickitat
county, have called a meeting to consider
the advisability of sinking an artesian
well somewhere in the valley. The
artesian wells of the Yakima valley
have made that country one of the rich
est spot in the state and their success
has strongly stimulated the residents in
adjoining counties to put forth efforts to
obtain more of them.
Under the date of Feb. 20th the As
toria : chamber - of commerce has
draughted a memorial to congress in
tended as additional proof and substan
tiation of the one recently sent by the
same body, relative to matters now pen
ding regarding proposed appropriations
for deepening the channels of the if
lamette and Columbia rivers. The
memorial insists that the figures con'
tained in the circular Jetter of the cham
ber of commerce, already presented to
the river and harbor committee, were
furnished by pilots whose business
necessitates constant and correct knowl
edge on these important, findings; that
the proposed "improvement" if carried
into effect would impair the work at the
the mouth of the river by setting in
motion silt, sedement and gravel that
would create a bar which the govern
ment has recently and at great cost
successfully removed; that the proposed
channel is of purely local import, and
should not obtain ... an appropriation
which might occasion the cutting down
of those necessary foranteriorprotests in
course of construction, and that the pro
posed creation of the "port of Portland"
is contrary to the immutable laws of
nature and would result in detriment to
the reparian interests of our sister state,
by diverting the natural channel of the
Columbia river to the southern shore.
The memorialists claim to be actualted
solely oy public motives in maintaining
that their former and present exhibit
show most conclusively the iujustice of
an effort to induce governmental dis
crimination against the needful interests
of the entire northwest, merely to aid a
private and local project. They do not
oppose the Portland project but protest
against diverting needful appropriations
for work on the river now in successful
progress to apply to a new and impos
sible task. There can be no question
that Astoria is correct in her position in
this controversy. The figures furnished
by the chamber of commerce are taken
from recent surveys made by the pilots
and not from data furnished by govern
ment engineers years ago. Tiie depth
of the channel in the lower Columbia
is fully adequate to all the necessities of
the present inland commerce. Till
other works of infinitely more general
importance to Oregon, Washington and
Idaho have been attended to it will be
time enough to talk about the doubtful
project of deepening the channel from
Portland to Astoria. .
THE A USTRALIAN BALLOT LAW
- MANDATORY.
Under the new laws regulating the in
comes of county officers in the state of
Washington the cost to the taxpayers of
maintaining these offices is about one
fourth what it was under the old fee sys
tem which was similar to that which
prevails in Oregon. The sheriff of
Walla Walla county, for example, gets a
salary of $1,800 a year. The sheriff of
such a county in Oregon would get not
less than $10,000 and possibly $15,000.'
There is no complaint of a dearth of can
didates in our sister state and there is
no proof that the county offices are not
filled by thoroughly competent men.
The same would be true of Oregon if the
incomes of the county clerks and sheriffs
were placed at reasonable fixed salaries
instead of fees so enormously dispropor
tionate to the average capicity of the in
cumbents that clerical ability in a can
didate is infinitely less a qualification
for Office than is the ability to command
votes.
The county court -of Gilliam county
have, on the ground of economy, refused
to provide polling booths, as prescribed
bv the new Australian ballot law. As
we are jointly interested with Gilliam
county in the election of a member of
congress, a state senator, a circuit judge,
a district attorney and member of the
state board of equalization, it should not
be considered impertinance on our part
if we insist that the new law makes the
providing of compartments or booths
where the elector, may prepare his bal
lot with absolute secrecy mandatory and
not discretionary with the county court.
Section 56 of the Australian ballot law,
which is the only election law now in
force in the state says in part: "He,"
(the sheriff) shall furnish in the. manner
directed by such county court, a suffi
cient number of such compartments,
shelves, or tables in or at which electors
may conveniently prepare their ballots
for voting, so that in the preparation
thereof each elector may be screened
from the observation of other persons.
The arrangement shall be such that
neither the ballot boxes, oi the compart
ments, shelves or tables, or the electors
while preparing their ballots, shall be
hidden from view of those just outside
the said guard rail, or from the judges ;
and yet the same shall be far enough re
moved and so arranged that the elector
may conveniently prepare his ballot for
voting with absolute secrecy. There
shall be provided in each polling place
not less than one such compartment,
shelf or table for every forty electors to
vote and each polling place shall have at
least three euch compartments, shelves
or tables." Thus the law very clearly
prescribes the manner in which an elec
tion is to be conducted and in section 9
it lays down the principle that "all gen
eral or special elections hereafter held in
this state shall be conducted under the
provisions of this act." If Gilliam
county ignores the law one result will
follow, that is, the entire vote of the
county will be declared void and the
present county and precinct officers will
hold their places for two years more.
The Northweet Pacific Farmer very
truly says, "This tax question, about
which there is so much agitation, hinges
on this one point. Shall a man be
allowed to deduct his indebtedness with
out some one paying taxes on the
amount? Reason says that he should
not." No fair assessment law will ever
be passed that does not allow deduction
for bona fide debts and no indebtedness
should ever be deducted that cannot be
assessed.
A gentleman prominently identified
with the fruit interests of this county
made the statement to the Chronicle
yesterday that there is not a California
orange on sale in this city that is not
covered with the San Jose scale. This
is a serious state of affairs and of threat
ening import to our fruit interests. It
implies an urgent demand for better
laws against the pests of the orchard or
a more vigorous execution of the laws
we have.
The Willamette valley papers have a
charmingly euphonious way of referring
to candidates for office. The Salem
Statesman says Jennings of Lane, who,
rumor says, has asperations after Binger
Hermann's shoes, is an ever-blooming
jackass. How nice Mr. Jennings will
feel when he reads that.
The letter of "J. W.," from Nelson,
Washington, cannot be published in
these columns. We have never allowed
Jhe Chbonicle to be the vehicle of scan
dal and never intend to.
C. P. Heald of Hood River has been
appointed to fill the place on the state
board of horticulture made vacant by
the resignation of Gen. James A. Var
ney. The appointing board could not
' have made a better selection.
The county court of Polk county, by-a
new ruling, offers to add 50 per cent to
any sum raised by private subscription
for the improvement of the public roads.
A Wasco county democratic paper that
earnestly advocates free wool enters this
solem protest against the placing of
woolen manufactures on the free list.
"We can earnestly, conscientiously call
upon any citizen who loves our institu
tions, our land and the wellfare of our
workers in the textile industries to think
of these things and to combat any such
extreme measures as placing manufac
turers of wool on the free list at once,
such as the Oregonian has got into the
habit of advocating." Free wool and
taxed woolens may do for the bloated
manufacturers of the east, but an Oregon
man who advocates it is a traitor to his
country.
There is truth enough to fill a whole
library in the following exchange clip
ping: "If Patsy Egan ' wants to make
friends with the London papers and the
democratic papers of this country, he
can do so by favoring free trade and vot
ing the democratic ticket. The newspa
porial combination of England and this
country, would then applaud him to the
skies as 'a brilliant statesman and a
diplomat of unrivaled ability.
Patti has refused to sing in Portland
and that . city will be financially ten
thousand dollars the richer. The Tele
gram' accepts the ultimatum of the impe
rious prima donna with becoming equa
nimity, and truthfully says ten thous
and dollars is too much to pay for any
music short of the song the herald angels
sing.
The republicans of Wasco, Sherman
county, organized a club on the 17th.
It started 'out with a membership of
twenty. '
. The latest candidate for the presidency
mentioned by the democratie press is W.
S. Holman of Indiana. "We object."
The Fossil flouring mill expects to sup
ply the Antelope country with flour in
the near future.
Teachers Institute.
A number of teachers and their friends
met at the school building in the enter
prising town of Dufur for their local
teachers' institute on the 19th.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Supt. Shelley
called the meeting to order, and an
nounced, that the first exercise would
be a song of we come by the Dufur high
school. Miss Kate Croniu was then
elected- secretary of the institute.
Supt. Shelley's introductory address
was earnest and forcible, showing the
usefulness of teachers' institutes and
advising teachers to attend them when
ever thev could. After this address an
opportunity was given for all teachers to
sign the roll. Twelve teachers from j
various parts of the country were thus
enrolled. The subject of arithmetic was j
then presented by P. P. Underwood, who
asked why we study arithmetic, and
answered his own question by saying
that it was for practical use in after life,
and urged the teachers to seek for defi
nite results. The things to be accom
plished would require a thorough knowl
edge of the fundamental principles of
arithmetic. Therefore, take time, and
lay the foundation well ; require neat
ness in the work of the child, thereby
teaching other things than numbers.
- The morning session was closed by a
song by the school, which Prof. Frazier
said was for the old people. We enjoyed
it. After the Underwood exercise in
arithmetic, Mr. Hinman gave us an in
teresting talk on writing. Writing was
an art not a science, illustrated and
described muscular movement. Favored
practice paper rather than copy books,
At 1 :30 the institute again took up the
work and after two songs, sung by the
school, which were well received by the
andience, Supt. Shelley announced
Prof. A. Frazier as the first speaker aud
his subject orthography. He had pre
pared an exercise on the board. The
sounds of the vowels, had been classified
into long and short sounds ; and on this
exercise be drilled the teachers. Showed
how teachers could easily prepare such
exercises for use in .their own schools,
urging them to drill on this. work fre
quently. Miss Kate Cronin of The Dalles then
gave the institute a very able paper, the
subject of which was "Enthusiasm in
the Work." She spoke first of the im
portance of enthusiasm in the teacher's
work. If on entering the work you do
not find yourself becoming enthuBed, it
would be well to examine' yourself ; and
if there is not something lacking;
and if still you find no enthusiasm in
the work, it would be better to seek
other lines, rather than to remain in
this, which requires so much enthusiasm.
All should be enthusiastic, school boards,'
superintendents, teachers, patrons of our
schools, and the citizens of our country,
for if we love our country we should be
very much in earnest, in regard to the
education of the coming citizen ; for it is
only when a people become ignorant and
corrupt, that they become incapable of
self government. We know that truth
and right have the universe on our side.
Oh the subject of physiology, Supt.
Shelley said that teachers were now re
quired to be examined on this subject.
Man had a three fold nature, the mental,
the moral, the physical, and all should
be developed, not one at the expense of
the others. Bat - this development
should be delegated to the teacher. . He
condemned the process that graduated
trie child iroro the schools at too young
an age.
An essay by Miss Edith Peabody
showed much siudy, and presented many
useful thoughts. '
Mr. Underwood in his talk on reading
favored word method and the alphabet
combined. Believed in reading charts.
Advanced classes should be taught to
study the nature of the piece they were
to read as to style, force and pitch.'
Dwelt on articulation and expression.
A singing exercise closing the after
noon session. . ;
. The evening session was opened with
singing by a large choir of trained voices.
The evening sessions were held, in the
M. E. Church.
Mr. Shelley spoke on the thoroughness
in the work. Its importance and lasting
effect.
An essay by Miss Vanderpool was in
structive and interesting.
A discussion of the subject, Shall the
state fnrnish text books free of cost, was
supported by Messrs. Hinman and An
derson, and was opposed by Miss Kate
Cronin and Mr. ' Dufur. The judges
decided in favor of the affirmative.
Tke evening session closed with a song
by the choir.
Friday February 20. The morning
session was opened by songs by the high
school.
The secretary then read a synoposis of
the exercises of yesterday.
Prof. A. Frazier talked on the subject
of grammar, and illustrated his methods
by having his class diagram sentences
and parse words. Mr. Underwood's
talk on mental arithmetic was helpful.
How to keep the little ones quiet was
the subject of an able" paper by Miss
Margaret Daley. She suggested various
methods, which she called busy work.
Language lessons was the subject of
E. H. Merrill's talk. Train the little
ones to distinguish name words, by
drawing pictures, or presenting objects
for them to look at, and then give the
name of the picture or object.
Miss Menefee's essay on methods of
teaching geography was helpful. She
advocated map drawing from memo-y
without using the ruler.
This closed the morning session.
Afternoon session, Feb. 20th. Music
by the school.
Prof. Frazier on U. S. history. Teach
few dates and those like beacons around
which facts could be clustered. "Who,
when, what, how, and where."
A paper by Mrs. Chamberlin "How
to prevent whispering" was enjoyed by
all. Don't forbid it: check it, when it
hinders the school work.
An essay by Miss Hesaler, "Fife of
Pestalzzi," was' well received.
School government was well handled
by Mr. Pitman.
Moral instruction by P. P. Underwood.
Necessity and importance of it.
Temptations to evil in school life.
Prof. Frazier reading extracts from a
little book called duty.
By request the school sang again the
piece entitled "Bob AVhite."
Evening, the baud played for an
hour before the evening session. The
choir sang appropriate songs at the
opening. A free discussion of graded
work for country schools called out ad
vocates and apponents.
Declamations by Park Bolton, Bessie
Hastings and Ada Jackson. The choir
sang a negro song in which a solo by Mr.
E. C. Waren was appreciated, and solos
by Mr. Shelley were very much enjoyed.
A vote of thanks was given for the
kind favors extended to the teachers at
this institute in which the band, church
trustees, and choir were remembered
and all others who in any way contribu
ted to its success. Another song by the
choir and school, closed this delightful
session. A. Teacher.
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Warning Against Antlpjrrine.
Let me say something about the indis
criminate use of antipyrjne. 1 think it
is villainous. Its use should be restricted
like laudanum and morphine, and used
only upon a physician's prescription. Peo
ple use it' carelessly, not knowing that
it is a heart depressant and cumulative
in its action. Many persons come to me
and say that they have been using ten
grains every three or four hours, and
without any idea of the harm it does. 1
came across two or three deaths last year
directly due to its use., Too much cannot
be said about the danger from its indis
criminate use. Interview in Philadel
phia Press.
Mamina'a Diaries.
Little Girl The teacher says I must
get a diary, and write in it all 1 do every
day. Will yon buy me one, mamma?
Mamma There are plenty of them up
stairs in the lower bureau drawer fif
teen or twenty, I think. ,
Little Girl But isn't those ones writ
ten in?
Mamma Only the first pages of each.
Good News.
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Boxes and Packing Cases.
Factory axxcI Immber Vardl at Old 3Bt Sftllea.
As Brare as a Stump Orator.
A rooster was put on the block at Han
ford the other day and his head was cat
off, but when the plucker reached for
him the ambitious fowl had walked off.
The head was completely severed save a
small portion of the base of the skull,
but the bird could still hear and feel and
even cry out He lived for sixteen hours
in that condition. San Francisco Call.
An electric snow plow has been de
signed with a thirty horse power motor
for propelling the car and independent
reversible motors for running the
brushes. It is intended for use on street
railways. New York Journal.
The agricultural department of the
state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is
importing half a million grapevine cut
tings from southern California for use
in starting experimental vineyards.
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak and Slab WOOD Delivered to
any part of the city, ;
Wasco iareiouse Co.,
Receives Goods on Stor
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their destination.
Receives Consignments
For Sale on Commission.
fates treasonable.
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