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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1892.
The Weekly Ghr oniele.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Entered at the Postoffice at The Dalles, Oregon
as second-class matter.
BCBSCEIPTION BATES.
BT If AIL (POSTAGE PBBPAID) IK ADVANCE,
Weekly.lyeor ........ I 1 50
6 mouths.
0 75
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Dally, 1 year..
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Address all communication to 44 THE CHRON-
T. A. Wood, the level beaded real
estate mati of Portland, strikes the key
note to success when he urged Portland
to DUt ud money for the business of
auumfactttri&K in that city. It in true
that one manufacturing establishment
which will aseore employment to three
hundred men the year round, ia worth
more to a couiuHHuty than a whole fleet
of ships would be, Inred to the wharves
bv artifical rtroceee. at an expense of
1500,000 wrung from the taxable proper
ty holders in the hope of getting the
government to reimburse them, at the
expense of much more worthy and
needed improvements. As Mr. Wood
says: Do like Winnipeg did. Three
years ago she had no factories. A purse
of 1300.000 was raised to loan at 5 per
cent to those who would start a factory.
Today she is the greatest manufacturing
center in all the land. Portland has
ever3- advantage as a manufacturing
center. Let me repeat that we can have
all the people here that we can give
! tTtemplovment to, even if it were 2,000,000.
Somehow we gained an impression
""that the Telegram was about as fair and
Jionest a paper as comes to our exchange
'"table; but the following paragraph
which appeared in that journal yester
. day, has shaken this opinion considera-
- -bly : "There in no question that Mr.
3lerinana as a bill-introducer has been a
ishining sncces?. lie will introduce a
bill for anybody over 21 years old or any
' locality inhabited by a voter. But it is
complained that none of his bills ever
become laws. Possibly this is just as
well." Were we disposed to be severe
we would call this maliciously false.
There ia no hope for the election of a
democrat in Hermann's district, and it
" scarcely becomes the Telegram to engage
in the hue and cry against the present
imcumbent. which is chiefly, if not
w holly, inspired by men, who seek ller-
Tmann place ; none of whom ore worthy
to unloose the latchet of his shoes. There
is no harder worker in congress than
Binger Hermann, nor one more generally
-successful, and the Telegram knows it.
; We cannot too earnestly urge upon the
readers of the Chronicle the imperative
necessity that exists for sending to the
county conventions only such delegates
as can be relied on to support men for
legislature offices who are known to be
-true friends of the dalles portage and an
open river. Everything depends upon
the primaries and if the masses of the
people stay away from them, and allow
them to bcjrunby the political bosses, we
shall have just such a set of legislators as
we had two years ago, two of whom,
intentionally or otherwise, helped to
defeat a appropriation of $400,000 for the
dalles portage. Before this one question
of a portage every other is insignificant
and unimportant, and the success of the
scheme depends upon the action of the
primaries more than upon anything
else.
Nothing can justify the attack made
upon the Prineville Chinaman', Ah
Doon, by which he was taken from the
stage at the muzzles of a half a dozen
pistols, held in hand by as many white
ruffians who were too cowardly to let
their faces be seen and then treated to
the indignity, the most humiliating that
can be inflicted upon a Chinaman, of
having his cue cut off. The Chinese are
bee by right of treaty and are entitled
.to the protection of the government,
notwithstanding the fact that they are a
most undesirable class of settlers. The
proper way to treat a Chinaman is to
let him alone. The best way to get rid
of him is not to employ him or patronize
him.
Brother F. W. Mays of the Pomeroy
Independent wields a vigorous pencil.
Here is the heading of the leading edi
torial in his issue of March 10th. "The
buzzards of damnation are packing and
the carrion crowa of hell are spewing
out their filth in order to once more de
ceive the people." Then he writes a
column article in which he invokes all
the powers of earth and heaven to arise
in their majesty and might and hurl the
boodlers into the bottomless pit.
Governor Pennoyer says he will not
attend the Democratic state convention
of his party. He did not attend it four
years ago and will not now for the
reason that he does not believe that
public officials should interfere, even by
their presence, with delegate conventions
fresh from the body of the people.' So
says the Salem Journal.
This is a season of political activity
and good men in all parties ought to use
their best influence to save the country
from the designs of selfseeking and
unprincipled politicians. " .
The air is full of warnings to corrupt
and tricky politicians and scarcely a day
passes that doe: not add another illus
tration to the oft repeated truth that no
party or faction can deceive all the, peo
ple all the time. A political land
slide occurred at Seattle the other
day, when a city, republican by 900 to
1200 majority, rose up in its might and
cleaned out. root and branch, stem and
leaf, its entire set of republican city offi
cers and elected in their place a set of
democrats, by pluralities ranging from
1800 downwards. The causes which lead
to this municipal revolution are said to
have been; "Extravagance in the man'
aeement of city affairs so reckless and
inefficient as to be little short of crimi
nal ; notorious alliance with the gam
bling element ; open defiancy of koneety
and truth and silent contempt for the
demands of those who- desired a city
government conducted on ever; day
business principles; and, to add. insult
to injury, an open defense of these in
iquities by the leading republican paper
in the city." This is a terrible indict-,
ment and the worst of it is most of these
charges would hold true of hundreds of
other American cities which, according
to common fame, are regarded as the
worst governed cities in the civilized
world. It matters not what party is in
power in any of them, the large cities
especially are nearly all alike. If cor
rupt republicans ruled in Seattle just as
corrupt democrats rule somewhere else.
The city of Sew York, under the rule of
the Tammany democracy could give
pointers on corruption to any municipal
government on the footstool of the Al
mighty. The victory at Seattle was not
a democratic victory or a republican de
feat. Party principles had nothing in
the world to do with the matter. It
was simply a triumph of decency and
good government of which no party has
a monopoly.
Tiie Salem Journal, as clean a paper
as is published in the state, and one
withal that never caters for a moment to
the saloon Influence, Is justly severe, as
we think, upon the two apostles of pro
hibition who are now lecturing in this
city, because their bitter and often ex
travagant abuse of the republican party
exposes them to them to the suspicion
of being simply "John-the-Baptists of
the democratic campaign orators who
will be along a little later, and thus these
pretended prohibitionists only expose
their real mission and destroy the possi
bility of the thing they would ostensibly
upbuild." The Journal is not alone in
this judgement. Our correspondent, "A
friend of temperance, voices the same
sentiment. This mingling of politics
and religion, of prohibition and denoun-
ciation of the republican party, will
never succeed. Men who are in earnest
for "God and home and native land
will lecture at other times than those
immediately preceeding a politico cam
paign, especially in places where the pro
hibition party has no ticket in the field.
Men who arc in earnest for "God and
home and native land" will once in a
while so act as to prove that tbey think
that it is just as important to save the
soul of a democrat as it is to save that of
a republican, and that the democrats in
many places. The Dalles, not accepted,
stand as much in need of salvation from
the whiskey curse as do the republicans.
To convert a man from the rum habit it
is not absolutely necessary to make him
believe that the tariff is a tax. Heaven
is filled with men who never believed
the doctrine here and could not believe
it there.
The following, from the Lawrence
county, Mo., Herald presents a woeful
contrast to this land of sunshine' and
flowers on this bleBsed eve of Saint
Patrick's day in the mornin'. "March
has been having her own way for the
past 30 hours. The wintry gale which
has been prevailing baa been the worst
of the season, not so much from the in
tense cold but from the piercing, cutting
winds. In exposed places the ther
mometer has reached 10 degrees above
zero, a very low mark for this time of
the year. .Yesterday it was almost im
possible for women to venture abroad on
the streets. Many tried it for a time,
but were simply compelled to spread
their wings and float wherever the wind
listed. Today it ia even worse. The
lion has knocked the lamb clear out of
the ring. Many swinging signs were
blown down last night and in one or
two cases plate glass doors were broken.
Those who are good judges say that the
wind was blowing at the rate of 50 miles
per hour."
Fifty years ago, says the Attoriin, the
laborer worked more hours and harder
for his pittance than the men of today
dream of. He was poorer fed, poorer
clad and poorer housed. His wages were
paid him in money issued by banks in
different states each dollar of which was
subject to a discount or loss, as the banks
frequently failed. Clothing was no
cheaper than now. The only carpeted
room in the house was the parlor, and
that Lad only a rag carpet. Sewing
machines were unknown, and there was
no piano or organ to make the evenings
at home pass pleasantly, and the only
light was a tallow dip or whale-oil lamp.
Tea and coffee brought high prices, and
meat was used but sparingly. ' The best
mechanics received only $1.50 a day in
the cities, lesB in country towns, and
laborers could earn only 85 cents to $1
per day. , , . ' i
To those who prefesa to think that the
duty on wool has diminished the price,
the state of the cotton market may be
commended for examination. ' There is
free trade in cotton, yet there has-been
vastly greater decline in the price of
cotton than of wool. The cotton-growers
of our Southern states say they are
ruined by the low prices of the present
year. The cause is the enormous supply
thrown upon the markets of the world.
Wool and cotton and silver, and all pro
ducts, are subject to the ' same law.
Silver is lower than it ever was' before,
because there is greater abundance of it
Our tariff on wo"l does not control the
wool market of the world, but it does
assure to our wool-growers better
prices than they would obtain if free
trade in wool prevailed. Why does toe
manufacturer, who still desires pro
tection for his goods, insist on having
free wool? Solely because he wants
cheaper wool, and knows he would get
. .i a . i
it ir me amy were removea.
The Lane county Pomona Grange has
passed a resolution urging the attorney
general or other proper state officers to
bring auit against the county court of
some one of the counties which" have re
fused to accept the findings of the state
board of equalization, so as to compel
the court to review its action and make
the levy in conformity with the require
ments of the state board. They further
recommend that all counties which
have inade their levies in accordance
with the finding of said board of equal
ization retain in their possession one
half the amount of their state taxes un
til such time as the legality of the find
ings or the state board oi equalization
shall be determined by law.
A HISTORIC CASTLE.
Burs Kobcuzolleru, the Cnt.Ho of
the
Keiguing Fatuity of Germany.
We have left, behind us the grand
duchy of Baden and are passing through
Hobenzollern, now associated with the
present greatness of the German empire
For a thousand years the name has been
borne by a race of fighters, whose lances
and battle axes have given way to maga
zine rifles and the methods of Moltke.
The name has been carried far from the
little Danube country northward to
the Russian border and to Holland; to
the west it has thrown its arms around
JStrasburg, and eastward it. has driven
the holy Roman empire to beyond the
center of German influence.
The castle to which all tho branches
of this much divided stock look to as
the ancestral home lies a few miles
from Sigmaringen, the road winding
along a tumbling brook, whose mouth
is near the foot of the ruins of Dietfurt
castle, to a point where the water on ono
side flows to the Danube and on the other
into the Rhine.
In the broad valley shortly beyond
this point rises a solitary peak crowned
with the battlements of Burg Hohen
zollern. For miles on every side it is
the most stinking feature of the country,
and rising as it does straight up out of a
great plain and commanding an un
obstructed view of all surrounding ap
proaches, it represented down to our
century a military position readily ap
preciated. it has been twice in ruins, and twice
built up again by the nnited efforts of all
the family. The present castle was com
menced in 1850, with a view not merely
of preserving the cradle of the Prussian
king, but equally to represent in south
Germany a military stronghold of some
value. While, therefore, the architect
has been given a free hand, in order to
make the outward appearance harmonize
with the geographical situation, all the
requirements of modern warfare have
been taken into account in the construc
tion of the massive zigzag of defensive
wall.
A company of infantry were tramping
out to drill as we came under the walls,
which made iw rather wonder where
they could all find standing room together
for the purpose, until we discovered a
little terrace cut out of the side of the
slope, somewhat like tho one on the
Quebec citadel.
The day was hot, our coat were off,
our waistcoats loose and sleeves rollod
np as we sought the public room of the
castle, where a retired sergeant provided
mediocre food at rather high prices.
Of course the "Kastellair showed us
th.' castle, but the rooms lxing modern
tho interest is rather with historic asso
ciation than with the objects themselves,
precious as many of them are. The
present emperor has not visited the place
since his advent to the throne, and it
has never been much lived in by any of
the royal family. A reason naturally
suggests itself in the distance from Ber
lin, the smallness of the space available
for an imperial suite and the absence of
entertainment in the neighborhood.
Poultuey Bigelow in Harper's.
Met Hla Match at Last.
He had climbed Mont Blanc's smooth,
icy heights and stood upon the top; he'd
traced the Nile clear to its source, with
ne'er a thought to stop; he'd tramped
across Sahara's wastes till be was like to
drop; he'd fought on many a bloody
field and heard the bullets pop: he'd
cleaned out gangs of ruffians and never
called a cop; he'd brought full many an
elephant to mother earth, kerflop, and
caused tho savage tiger to enjoy its final
hop; and his bravery had cost him many
a scar.
But when he returned to Boston hero's
honors for to share, he acted like a man
whom it was no big job to scare; he'd
run and hide behind the trees, and high
would raise his hair; he'd tremble and
he'd shake and blanch, in evident de-,
spair; his heart would beat, his eyes
would bulge and he would cry, "Be
ware!" He acted like a coward all the
time and everywhere; and the thing that
frightened him, you'd be surprised, was
just. I swear, that very gentle, harmless
thing, a plain electric carl Boston
Dewa
OFFICIAL COTOTI COURT RfPORT.
SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES.
In accordance with an act entitled "An
Act to authorize the publication in coun
ty newspapers of the proceedings of
County Courts, and fix compensation
therefor." Approved, Feb. 11, 1891.
. BILLS ALLOWED.
Estate of A J Learv, supplies -
Clerk's office.'. . .V 14 00
Glass & Proud horn me, supplies
Clerk's office 7 50
Estate of A J Leary, supplies
Clerk's office
C E Bayard insurance
6 00
100 00
Mays & Crowe supplies. ..." 81 38
r - r.-vi : i, r . i , -
VHHUAltLK X uvllbillug KAJ.j OOOK
for stock inspector
Dalles City Water Works water
for January and February
Geo D Barnard & Co., two assess
ment rolls.
Jos T Peters & Co., wood for pau
pers
'I C Nickelseu supplies
E Jacobsen "
J P Mclnerney " for pauper
Ward & Kerns team for grand
jury
Maier & Benton supplies
Snipes A Kinersly, medicines
for jail. ... . -
Dalles Publishing Co supplies
00
10 00
48 00
" ft 50
3 00
11 80
" 8 25
6 00
3 40
6 00
for clerk, etc. . , 39 25
Timet-Mountatneer
supplies for clerk
" for school supt
" for sheriff
M T Nolan, supplies .......
J T Peters & Co, lumber for R'd
Dist No 152
Wm Butler & Co, lumber for R'd
Dist No 12
R Rand & Son, supplies, Road
Dist No 4
3 00
4 50
4 00
7 30
10 54
5 80
14 60
C N Tbornbury, cash advanced
to blind patient ...
5 00
. 2 50
Pierce Kimsey, team for coro
net' s lurv
G D Barnard & Co. supplies for
Sheriff 90
45
G D Bernard & Co, supplies for
Justine court
Sinnott & Fish, meals jurors
M M Cushintr. support of non
27 00
18 50
resident pauper .... ...... 35
00
Alaier & Benton, supplies furn
ished on order GAR Relief
corps 12 45
Mood River trYactfj-.advertimng. 3 00
Mays & Crowe, supplies Boad
Dist No 14 12 00
J T Hood, relief, per order of
GAR 12 00
D L Gates Sheriff, board of pris
oners, etc. izs uw
Road Dist No 9 50 00
E L Boy n ton, balance due as
Road Supervisor, 1891 . 27 00
Wm Michel, burying pauper : . . 15 00
Charles Bascomb, relief 25 00
Ed. Crate, 44 25 00
Electric Light company, bill for
January $30 00 24 00
Electric Light company, bill for
February .$30 00 24 00
Meeton, Dygert & Co, supplies
..$20 00 16 00
State of Oregon, )
County of Wasco.f I, J. B. Cros
sen, county clerk of the county of Was
co, state of Oregon, and ex -officio clerk
of the Circuit court, do hereby certify
that I have carefully compared the fore
going with the original entries in docket
of County Commissioner's court, March
term, 1892, as the same now appears in
my office and custody, and that it is a
true and correct transcript therefrom
and of tho whole of said original entries
of expenditures of which the salaries or
fees are not fixed by statute.
. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand, and affixed the seal
i s.l of said court, this, 15th day. of
March, a. d. 1892.
J. B. Cbosskn, Clerk
By E. Maktis, Deputy.
BILLS ALLOWED. .
George F Arnold, Juror. . . .' .
T F Morris "
JO Davis ' "
J W Dickson "
T G Condon "
Polk Butler "
WLHendrix "
V Winchell "
H W Wells
J II Sternweis " . . . .
Geo A Liebe '
. . $ 2 20
7 00
7 00
4 80
.. 11 00
16 00
16 00
.. 17 00
6 20
.. 15 60
. . 12 20
P Nesson "
WC Hansel "
DCreighton "
XM Morgan "
John A Wilson "
W R Menefee "
Frank Chase "
ChasE Alison "
AD Savage "
Hans Lage "
HW Steel " .....
HF Woodcock ""
DO Davis "
TR Coon ".....
Richard Woodward" . "
GWRenoe ....
W E Sylvester '
Geo Nolan "
W N Wiley "
L J Klinger " . . . . .
J O Mack "
C V Champlin "
M V Harrison "
J D Roberts ".
W H Young, witness ,
Con How "
J Dohertv "
Nick Covish '
I J Norman "
J O Mack "
Geo P Morgan . '
9 00
6 20
.. 12 70
6 70
19 20
17 00
14 80
4 20
22 60
. . 19 20
. . 15 00
22 00
8 20
18 60
. . 22 60
8 90
12 20
9 20
6 20
9 00
6 20
8 40
. . 10 20
10 20
.. 22 00
. . 2 20
2 20
. . 5 20
2 20
2 20
2 20
2 20
Tom Allen
Joseph Chamberlain" 14 80
F Roach " 2 20
Joe Crate " 2 20
MaryE Frazier " 2 20
August Bonn " 2 20
Ralph Gibons " 4 40
Hugh Logan witness 5 00
Crboniclb Publishing Co., pub
lishing court proceedings. ... ' 6 25
C Welsh drawing jurors 3 00
S E Bartmess assisting 1 60
J H Dukes- - " 1 50
D E Thomas making jury list. . 2 00
W L Vanderpool assisting 2 00
GW Johnston 2 00
Chas Davis Kingsley making
jury list 3 00
R B Phillips assisting 2 00
EL Boyton " 2 00
C D Doyle making jury list. . ... 3 00
Ben Southwell assisting 2 00
J R Dovle " 2 00
J Doherty justice fees 7
Krnest Jensen witness l
1 1 Burgett " : . : 1
Ed Phirmari " 1
Peter Sladleman " 1
MrsGarretson " . 1
Joseph Chamberlain witness. . . 3
8 W Mason supervisor 28 25
E M Crosian subboena. : . l AO
J H Cavenaugh witness. . ...... 34 40
jonn i nomas juror.....
I N Sergeant
J E Barnett assessor.
AKeaton JP. ......
M J Finlavson witness.
Lindsay Vandervert witness.
2 20
2 20
358 00
14 00
1 70
1 70
1 7(1
Airs iiino
Henry E Carter M D 35 00
Geo Dumeit
juror.
5 50
5 50
5 50
5 50
5 50
1 09
15 50
Charles Hixon
Jay Shaw " . . .
Joseph Sumner " . . .
Pierce Kimsey " ...
Theo Migot error in fees. .
EBchuts J P fees
RV Gibons constable....
Major J W Ingalls witness
Henry Harper " .
II 70
AiDeri weoster "
DrOC Hollister witness
Ed Smith 44
Frank Roach '
George Brown "
E J French " .
Chris Magnee
Troy Shelly
amination..
-quarterly
ex-
21 00
15 00
Annie Lang
examination
of
- teacners
W J Roberts examinatisn of
teachers 15 00
CWeld JP
6 20
E H Olinger constable. . .
Jos A Kenna witness
Oliver Nelson "
A Keaton J P fees ? . .
R ,R Bvrum juror ;'
William Kelsay "
LeeBlanton " .....
Robert Beard "
J D Turner- "
W S Kelsay "
N W Wallace constable. . . .
Font Kelsay witness
A M Barrett constable. . .
E F Sharp surveyor
A J Wall viewer
L D Davis "
7 75
1 00
1 00
4 95
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
4 00
2 10
2 60
10 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
20 00
2 00
C M Fonts "
James Benson sr chairman:.
E F Sharp work on Tygh hill
F H Sharp ....
E SchuU J P
5 65
W H Wilson dist atty 15
00
30
Diieriu a Dill 303
Clerk's bill 1241 95
In the matter of road No. 210 (Tygh
hill grade) Thomas J. Driver, Frank
Gabel and J. N. Moad were appointed
viewers and E. F. Sharp, surveyor to
meet at the south end of proposed road
on Wednesday 16th inst., at 8 o'clock a.
m., and proceed to survey and lay out
said proposed road according to law.
The application of relief committee of
Nesmith Post, G. A. R., for relief of J.
T. Hood under act approved February
25, 1889, for sum of $12 was allowed.'
In the matter of road No W. J. Bar
ker, P. Henrichs and J. O'Dell were ap
pointed viewers and E. S. Sharp, sur
veyor to lay out and survey said road at
a time not fixed.
The time for opening bids for improve
ment of grade on the east of Hood River
bridge was extended to 21st of March at
10 o'clock p. m. The supervisor was in
structed to file more definite plans for
proposed improvement and an estimate
of the probable cost.
A liquor license was granted to Pat
riot Mcllaney, of Cascade Locks.
A liquor license was granted to Ken
neth McKenzie of Cascade Locks.
John Divers was appointed road super
visor of road district No. 22 .vice Arthur
Dietro, the former appointee, ineligible
because of non-residence in the district.
Viewers and surveyors report on road
No. 208 read and filed first time. .
Viewers and surveyors report on road
No. 209 read and filed first time.
In the matter of the petition of Chas.
Gossan and others the sum of $50 was
allowed.
In the matter of error in bill of Road
Supervisor L.. .lioynton t'li was or-
ordered paid by warrant.
William Michell burying pauper $15.
Frank, a pupil from Wasco county at
state school for the blind $5, ordered
paid to C. N. Thornbury for money ad-
vanned.
Supervisor E. K. Russell was ordered
to buy material and construct bridge as
per his petition. . .
Report on road No. 208 approved.
The sum of $200 per annum was or
dered to be paid, commencing March 1st
1892 to electric light company for fur
nishing lights to the Court house for all
county purposes.
The matter of the affidavit of II. W
Steel in i elation to error of boundary of
road district Nos. 10, 21 and 25, was re
ferred to the county judge and clerk
with instruction to report March 21st.
The tax of Andrew Donaldson was or
dered remitted.
In the matter of the claim of J. P.
Mclnerney for balance of fees due Geo.
E. Googee the difference between the
amount allowed at January, term of the
court and the amount claimed, was or
dered paid.
The sum of $25 was appropriated, at
the discretion of the county judge, to
assist Chas. Bascome to reach friends
and relations in the East. .
The sum of $25 was appropriated at
the discretion of the county judge, for
the relief of Ed Crate, sr.
The court adjourned until Monday
21st instant at 1 o'clock p. m.
BORN.
To the wife of Edgar Pratt of Wamic,
March 13th, a girl. Mother and child
doing well. Hopes are entertained of
th'e father's recovery.
In this city on Tuesday, March 15th,
to the wife of Charles - Mitchell, a
daughter.
German Lutheran service will be held
next Sunday at 10 :30 a. m., in the chap
el on 9th street. Sunday school at 2:30
p. m. A cordial welcome to everybody.
A. Horn, Pastor.
Xwa In the Advertisements.
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gone over the published telegrams, local
re ports, ed i torial com men ts , an d sk etches '
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News," is a good motto in journalism,
because people naturally want to know
about events, more or less sensational,
of general interest. But to the thought
ful there is another mine of information
and also of instruction. It is in the ad
vertising columns. There are concerted
and exposed the daily happenings which
the reporter does not find. Look through
the advertisements oi the Chronicle,
and you will learn more about the life
of the people whom the paper reaches
than can be ascertained in any other
way. The advertising columns will give
you the news not as the newegatherers
find it, but as the people themselves un
consciously but truthfully depict it at
tneir own cost and for their own benefit.
without much thought, If any, of its
public value. Try the experiment of
looking for news of the current of life in
the advertising columns of your news
paper and see if thereby you don't gain
valuable information from time to time,
and even if you don't find news of direct
personal interest to yourself, as you are
most likely to.
Valuable Information.
.The following figures, showing the
elevation above sea level, at prominent -signal
stations, in the states of Oregon
and Washington, will be read with in
terest, and preserved for future refer
ence. orbook feet.
The Dalles . . llt
Heppner 195ft '
Pendleton , H22
Weston I80t
Joseph 4400-
La Grande , 2784
Baker City. 3440
Burns 4000
Canyon City 3000
Astoria. .' 88
Portland 80
Forest Grove 219
McMinnville. . 180
Eola 670
Corvallis , S19
Albany 225
Eugene City 615
Rosebnrg 62
Grant's Pass 904
Jacksonville : 1640
Ashland 1940
-WASHINGTON.
Vancouver Barracks.... 68
Walla Walla 10ia
fpokane Falls 1609
SOUTHWEST NEWS.
Yakima Herald : Mayor Weed esti
mates that the hop acreage of this
country will be increased this spring to
upwards of 1,000 acres. Yakima is as
certain to become the bub of this indus
try as anything-can be; and why not? '
' Seat4fc Times : Oregon has her Pen
noyer, California her Leland Stanford,
and why shouldn't Washingington have
a candidate for a place on the presi
dential ticket? Hon. L. S. J. Hunt for
vice-president that's about the size of
the slice of the national political cheese
that Washington wants to cut. .
Yakima Herald : It can not be true ,
that Abigail Scott Duniway will relate
her personal experience at the 100th an
niversary of the discovery of the Colum
bia river, which will be celebrated at
Astoria on May 11th. Mrs. Dunniway
couldn't have been anything more than
a little girl at the time. The report
evidently bad its emanation in a.detire-
to create campaign capital.
Walla Walla Journal: Since Blaine
declined to be a candidate for President
Walla Walla republicans are at sea as to
who should be the nominee. Some
favor Reed, some McKinley, some Clark
sou, some Rusk, some Alger, and occa
sionally one favors Harrison, while all
are confident the republicans will carry
Washington and that the nominees of
the Minneapolis convention will be
elected.
Walla Walla Journal : It is not very
often that an .opportunity is given for an
individual to see a horse suspended in
the air, but such a sight was witnessed
on Monday, by several people in the
vicinity of the Fourth street bridge. A
runaway team that had started at the
Union Pacific depot, came tearing down
Fourth street hitched to a heavy wagon.
When they came to the bridge the
horses ran one on either side of the cen- -ter
truss which the pole of the wagon
struck and the impetus-of the wagon
forced it up the incline so far as to raise
the horses off their feet and suspend
them by the harness in the air where-.-they
struggled until bystanders' rushed
up and released them by cutting the
harness. The only damage done was
the breaking of the wagon reach and the
cutting of the harness in extricating the
horses.
Th Silver Bill.
Washington. March 16. Senator
Stewart says there will be no effort madev
to have the free coinage bill considered
in the senate until after the house has
disposed of the question. He expresses
no doubt, whatever, that the measure .
will pass the senate by probably a slightly
reduced majority from the vote of last
session.
Board of Trade Meeting.
A meeting of the Board of Trade wil
be held in the ball over The Chronicle
office, tomorrow evening, Friday March
18th, at 8 o'clock. Business of import
ance will come before the board, and it
is much desired that every member at- .
tend. Per order Vice President.
3-17d2t B. 8. Huntington, Secretary.