tTHE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1892.
The Weekly Ghfoniele.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
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ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon. ,
When the Times Mountaineer Insisted
' that a so called faction in this city had
been routed "horse, foot and dragoons"
at the primaries, at the county conven
tion, and at the state convention, the
Chronicle demanded the name of one
' Moody man on the republican ticket and
prophesied that the voters of Wasco
county would rise;" as one man, and
down him. The Mountaineer responds
with a column of personal abuee, half of
which was written in The Dalles
National bank, but no direct response is
made to a demand which the Chronicle
now repeats. What particular glory
attaches to Mr. Moody or his friends in
the outcome of the late conventions ?
M. A. Moody himself could only gain
admission to the county convention by
the proxy of a better man. He dare not
risk defeat by allowing his name to go
before the primaries. From only four
country precincts did he obtain the
least support, and even this was wrung
from the honest voters by packed pri
maries, free liquor, and if reports are
true boodle. So scarce and precious
did the country Moody men become,
that an offer was made to send a special
train for one delegate who pleaded ina
bility to attend the convention. Even
with heaven and earth thus compassed,
and the whole railroad vote and influ
ence cast for him, he was able to go to
the state convention, only by denying to
the city precincts a perfectly fair and
reasonable districting, such as had been
made in the country. Even his right I
bower, G. W. Johnston, only got to the
state convention by one vote, and that
obtained by means well known to the
delegates of the county convention. If
this is a triumph worthy to be called
"rout of horse, foot and dragoons," the
quotation has sadly lost its meaning,
What candidate did the Moody faction
nominate on the county ticket? If there
is one, then that is the candidate Moody
will do everything is his power to
butcher. That's his style. What
points did the Moody faction score in
the state convention? Did Hilton get
nominated for congress or any certain
Moody man get a nomination for any
thing? Will The Dalles National bank
please answer. (The Mountaineer never
rea ls the Chronicle.)
Mr. David A. Wells has been making
some computations on silver, and finds
there are now in the vaults of the United
States treasury $400,000,000 worth of
that metal. This makes 11,000 tons, and
the government is buying every week 42
tons additional, to add to this store. The
Btored silver furnishes an interesting sub
ject for computations. A cubic inch of
silver weighs 0.38 pounds, and a cubic
foot 657 pounds, so there is on hand 53,
500 cubic feet. It would take 220,000
men to carry it, each carrying 100
pounds. If coined into dollars and piled
up in a column, it would reach 675 miles.
This immense amount of silver is in dol
lars, $348,679,253 ; small coin, $15,848,-
620; silver bars, $41,579,253; trade dol
lars, $2,394,260; total, 409,161,326, and
yet buying seven tons a day.
Whatever men may think or say con
cerning the effects of a high tariff on the
price of farm products, the fact remains
that, the price of grain today averages
nearly 50 per cent, higher than it did 30
years ago, while the prices of dry goods,
groceries, clothing, boots and shoes, and
farm machinery have meanwhile been
reduced all of 50 per cent., so that the
purchasing power of a bushel of grain is
today 200 per cent, greater than in 1862.
Sheep raising in Walla Walla county
is not always a speedy way to fortune, if
the following from the Statesman is true.
That paper says : "A gentleman of this
city about a year ago started a man out
with a band of sheep on the range. A
few days ago he received the following
from him ; 'If you want me to remain
here any longer you'll have to get
another band of sheep; them's all
gone.' "
The Telegram is booming Governor
Pennoyer as Oregon's candidate for a
place on the democratic national ticket.
The object of the Telegram is briefly
stated thus : "We want to give Oregon
prominence in national affairs and this
is the opportunity to do it." This beats
an exhibit at the world's fair, in one re
spect, at least, it costs, nothing but
wind.
While honest republicans and honest
democrats in congress are fighting for
honest money, the Illinois supreme
court has decided that old boots, de
cayed beans, ancient eggs and rancid
'butter are full legal tender when forced
. upon hired men in payment for their
services.
- The Columbia fair committee want
$7,600,000 right bad. Congress is going
to see about it.
The Times-Mountaineer says :' When
we ascertained the fact that a faction in
this city was attempting to inaugurate
Caesarism in the politics of - Wasco
county we gave the warning in clear and
unmistakable language, and the people
responded noblv at the pons in every
precinct.
They responded nobly, did they? And
Caesarism was "routed, horse, foot ana
dragoons?" And Moody and Johnston
went to the state convention. But
came to pass that the people were ex
ceeding mad thereat, Mr. Mountaineer
and, getting square up on their ear, they
swore in their Wrath that they would be
revenged, but forasmuch as Moody
shrewd of understanding and would not
allow his name to be mentioned even
before a primary, it is hard to reach
him, but when it -was even suspected
that Johnston, his henchman, tool and
striker, went to the state convention by
the vote of a man who is both an alliance
man and a granger, the whole circle of
the grange and alliance was moved as
one man and measures were promptly
taken to expel him from the societies he
was supposed to have disgraced. This
is only one incident connected with the
death of "Caesarism." Others will follow
in both political parties before the ides
ol June, and the Brutus, who compassed
Caesar's death, cannot prevent them
The Dispatch says : Mr. Sinnott, the
popular proprietor of the Umatilla
house at The Dalles, left for home last
evening after meeting a host of friends
in this city during the past weeu. mere
is only one fault with Mr. Sinnott, and
Hint. is. he will persist in being a Repub
lican when he has all the indications of
a Democrat.
The-CnRosiCLE wonders if the last
sentence does not contain a covert refer
ence to a rumor that has prevailed here
since the Colonel's return, to the effect
that the late convention drank up all the
wiskey in Portland, and then burned
the Troutdale distillery eo that the
democrats might be compelled to keep
sober during their convention.
QThe Washington Independent urges the
electors of Washington state to elect
legislature pledged to work for the pas
sage of a law to construct, a portage at
the dalles of the Columbia, on the
Washington side of the river. The In
dependent claims that Eastern Washing
ton can afford to pay a tax of $1,100,000
annually for this purpose and Bave
money by it. All true enough, perhaps,
but then Washington won't do it. The
legislators of that state are too much
concerned with building up the Sound'
cities to care much for the needs of the
eastern part of it.
Speaking the other day of the achieve
ments of the present administration,
Secretary Tracy said: "In regard to
the finances of the treasury, which we
were told by partisan organs was bank
rupt, it has paid all current expenses,
redeemed $32,000,000 of 4 per cent.
bonds, paid back to the states $13,000,
000 of direct taxes, and is on a sound
basis today. In addition $60,000,000 has
been annually saved to the people by
the reduction of taxation, and $259,000,-
000 has been struck in three years from
the total of the public debt."
Examination at Vale, in the Malheur
murder case passed off quietly. The
militia will reach .Baker City today.
The prisoners, Win. and John Bailey
and Lee Mullen, were held at Vale, as
the people are satisfied with the result
of the examination, and all fears of
lynching are dispelled. Al. Mullen and
John Corder were dismissed as to the
charge, but were held as witnesees,
in the sum of $1,000 each. J. N. Ran
dleman was also held as a prosecuting
witness in the sum of $300.
An exchange says : The republicans of
Benton county last Monday nominated
a man that knows more about the clerk
ship of Benton county than any other
man in the state, and that man is Bush
Wilson. For twenty-eight 3 ears he has
held that office and given general satis
faction to the people of the county irres
pective of politics. That he will be elec
ted for two years more there is no ques
tion. There is not a man living that
can defeat Bush Wilson for clerk,, in
Benton county.
According to statistics recently pub
lished, the 1,884,000 laborers of the state
of New York, crushed down by protec
tion and robber tariff, have to their
credit in the savings bank $33,623,000
more than the entire 15,081,000 laborers
of Great Britian, enriched by free-trade,
have to their credit. The American
laborer has -saved more than fourteen
times as much as the English laborer,
and the average American is not much
of a hand to save money, either.
The day before the election the New
York World printed a cartoon showing a
group of females upon a pedestal, looking
down at Miss Rhode Island. Underneath
appeared the words, "Will Little Rhody
join her democratic sisters?" If the
World has yet recovered from the effects
of the defeat, it ought to give its readers
a companion cartoon and label it "Little
Khody Will .Not."
The price of the "poor man's" dinner
pail is said to have been raised 5-12 of a
cent by the McKinley tariff, and it is
suggested that even if the "poor man"
has to pay this increase, be can deduct
the amount from the $3 he saves annu
ally on his sugar bill and still be $2.99-
Vi ahead.
Some of the revelations of the census
will startle a good many people. For
instance, there are now more than 500,
000 almond trees actually bearing in the
United States ; there are hundreds of
thousands of bearing ' cocoanut trees;
there are more than 250,000 olive trees,
producing fruit equal to the best Medi
terranean varieties, There are more
than 500,000 bearing banana plants,
200,000 bearing lemon trees, 4,000,000
orange trees, and 21,000,000 pineapples.
And the value of tropical and semi-trop-cal
fruits grown under the American flag
is nearly $20,000,000.
Senator Dolph yesterday secured the
passage through the senate of his bill
extending the time' one year within
which the settlers upon forfeiture rail
road lands, are entitled to purchase the
same from the government, they make
additional proof and payment for their
lands ; also his bill authorizing the pur
chasers of timber and stone lands to
make oaths and final proofs before offi-
4cers authorized to administer oaths and
take proofs in homestead cases.
Representative Stevens of Massachu
setts, the democratic free-wool woolen
manufacturer of 'the house, speaking of
the tariff issue in a recent interview
said: "The removing of the duties on
wool would be' a great benefit to the
manufacturers of the country." No
doubt of it. The manufacturers would
be benefitted, that is plain. But where
would the wool growers come in? The
measure would help one class at the
expense of the other.
It is ribw pretty certain that there will
a "fusion" or Dolly Varden ticket in
Multnomah county, one half of which
will be democratic and the other, of "cit
izen" material. Rumor has it that the
democrats will endorse the fusion ticket
on the principle, perhaps, that half
loaf is better than no bread. The Ore-
gonian will certainly fight the fusion
ticket and if so, lively times are ahead
for the office seekers.
Postmaster-General Wannamaker has
demonstrated from actual experiment
that instead of losing money by the free
delivery of mail, in small communities.
the government can earn a profit. Ex
periments have been made in forty-eight
communities, varying in population
from 300 to 3,000, and under all circum
stances and condition, and the results
have been entirely satisfactory;
A bill directing the secretary of war
to cause a survey for a ship canal be
tween the great lakes and the navigable
waters of the Hudson river has been
very favorably reported upon. The bill
provides for an appropriation of $100,000
for the survev of the various routes and
the estimate of cost and advantages of
each.
A great many persons who have
crossed the Brooklyn bridge are probably
not aware of the fact that the large
cables from which the bridge proper de
pends are 28 inches shorter during very
cold weather than in midsummer, and
that the cables by means of which' the
cars are hauled across the bridge vary
HU inches under the same conditions.
Among the events which will make
Weston conspicuous during the present
season is the proposed grand re-union
and picnic of the Umatilla county
Pioneer association. The exact date of
the ceremonies has not as yet been an
nounced, but it will be May, and con
tinue two days.
There is a democrat editor in this
county of whom it is perfectly safe to
bet that he has never to this day, heard
that Jeff Davis is dead and the "war of
the rebellion ended. At least that is the
mpression one gets from reading bis al
leged editorials.
Iu a church of Lancaster, Pa., a medal
is awarded to any one who does not miss
attendance at church or Sunday-school
through the year. The sexton won it
last year. " .
The clerical organ, Secola, rfaaffirms
that Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, is
to be appointed a cardinal.
It pays to be moral and virtuous.
Patti has disinherited her nephew for
indulging in illicit armours. It's an ill
wind that blows no advertising to the
diva. . .
Glanders is prevalent to an alarming
extent in San Francisco, horses dying
by the score almost daily. The disease
attacks men, as well - as horses, and in
many instances has been fatal to the
former. A few years since while the
sheriff of San Jose was driving behind a
glandered horse a fleck of the whirling
mucus lodged in the officer's eye and in
a brief time he was dead.
It is proposed to run from New York
to Chicago, at the time of the dedication
of the Columbus fair building next Oct
ober, ten special trains ten minutes
apart, each train to have elaborate dec
orations and music. It is believed that
fully 5,000 people will want to make the
trip.
Senator Hill said recently to an inter
viewer that when he went to the senate
to be sworn in "and strode forward in
the senate chamber the impression came
over me of being in a pit of some kind, a
hole dug and walled in, and people peep
ing over." When he reads the proceed
ings of- the Harrisburg, Pa., democratic
convention today the thought may come
to him that he actually "is in a hole.".
MARKET REVIEW.
- ' -. THURSDAY, April 14, 1892.
The past week has evidenced an im
provement in business generally. There
has been more of an interior movement
in merchandise and a greater activity.
Prices are unchanged in general lines,
with the exception of a few things.
Sugar is -still firm, but the tendancy is
downward, as the great sugar trust is
being shaken by the inauguration of a
new refining company which is expected
to cripple the control of the tiusts.
Coffee is Still firm with a sligh advance
on best grades.
The wool market is still lifeless, and
seemingly unnoticed. The passage of
the Free Wool bill through the house
with its large vote, is a pointer in the
markets, and buyers will avail them
selves accordingly,- that prices will be
far below last year. It is doubtful about
the bill becoming a law, but the influ
ence on Eastern markets jeopardizes the
trade alarmingly throughout the whole
wool sections. Some new clips are be
ing shipped to Portland, and San Fran
cisco but with no assurance of favorable
returns.
The grain markets are off on quota
tions, and with few exceptions, look
quite discouraging for better prices until
it is known what the harvest will be.
At present, the outlook is favorable for
an unusual larg'e yield of wheat this
harvest in - America. In Europe the
season has been unusually backward
and the present prospects point to a
shortage this year, excepting in India,
Bulgarian provinces and the south of
France. In America the amount to be
carried over on to the next year will be
even larger' than that of the past, so
taking all in all, there is nothing to
warrant a realization of extreme high
prices, but on the contrary lower mar
kets than our farming population were
favored with last year.
The flour trade in western markets
has fallen off somewhat, and a decline
of 30 cents per barrel has taken place
within the past month. In this market
no change has taken place in wheat or
flour since last week. '
The produce market is quiet, prices
remain on former quotations.
Butter and eggs are coming in freely
and prices are nominal.
Green apples are getting scarce and
prices range from $1.50 to $1.75 cents
per box.
Wheat We quote 70 to 75 cents I
per bushel. Corn in sacks $1.20$1.25
per 100 lbs.
Oats The oat market is in good sup
ply with a limited demand. We quote
1.20 cents to $1.25 per cental.
Barley The barley supply is fairly
good with, a limited inquiry. Brewing
$1.00 per cental. Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents per cental.
t lour .Local brands wholesale, 14. zo
per barrel at the mills $4.50 retail.
Millstutfs wequoto wan at ?''U.w
per ton. Ketail fi.uu per 100 ns.
Shorts and middlings, $22.50$25.00
per ton.
hay Timothy hay is in good supply
at quotations $14.00 to $15.00. Wheat
hay is quoted at 12.50$13.00 per ton
and scarce, baled. Wild hay is quo
ted at $12.00(313.00 per ton. Alfalfa
$12.00 baled. Oat hay $13.00.
Potatoes Abundant at 50 to 60
cents a sack and demand limited.
Butter We quote Al .40ftg. 65 cents
per roll, and more plentiful.
Egos Are not coming in freely and the
market strong, we quote 12K to 14 cents.
Poultry Old fowls are in better sup
ply at $4.00 to per dozen. ..
Apples l.vt(&wxi.id dox and scarce
Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, carrots
and onions, 1 cent per pound.
Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
06 per pound. Uulls .0405. Ureen.0Z5
.03. Salt .03.04. Sheep - pelts
1.00to$1.7o; butchered, 75 to ceats
bear skins $6 to $8; coyote .60; mink 50
centB each ; martin $1.00 ; beaver, $1.75
3.00 per lb. ; otter, $2.O05.O0 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, $2.50 to $4.00 each; Red Fox,
$10.00; Dilon gray, $25.00; Black Fox,
$20.00 ; Pole cat, $.o ; wildcat, ?.oo;
Hedghog, $1.00 to $3.00.
Beef Beef on foot clean and prime
02-Ja, ordinary and firm.
Mutton Uhoice weathers $3. ; 434
per K in carcas.
Hogs Liive heavy (g.Uo. Dressed
,06.
Country bacon in round lots .10.
Lard 511. - cans .12W ; . 10ft
40& .08M.09.
Lumber The supnlv is fairlv eood
We quote No. 1 flooring and rustic
$26.00. No. 2 do. $21.00. No. 3 do
$16.50. Rough lumber $9. to $12. No.
1 cedar shingles $2.50$2.6O. Lath $2.85,
Lime $1.65$1.75 per. bbl. Cement
$4.50 per bbl.
- staple groceries.
Coffee Costa Rica is quoted at 23
cents by the sack
Sugars Chinese in 100 R mats, Dry
Granulated, $6.J; Extra C, h cents
U, 034 cents.
American sugars Dry Granulated in
barrels or sacks, 6 cents : Extra C, in
do., b cents; U, 5 cents.
Sugars in 30 tb boxes are quoted:
Golden C $1.80; Extra C, $2.10; Dry
Uranuiated $z.Zd.
Sybup $2.25 to $2.75 W. can. kegs 1.90
to $2.00 $ keg.
Rice Japan rice, 6.J6 cents; Is
land rice, 7 cents.
Beaks Small white, 45 cents;
Pink, 4)4 cents by the 100 Bs. -
Stock Salt is quoted at $l7.&trper
ton. Liverpool. 501b sack, 70 cents
100 a sack, $1.25; 2001b sack, $2.25. .
Senator Stewart "wearied" the senate
yesterday with a silver speech.
Hon. William Stewart reports that
cattlemen in Payette, are suffering a
severe loss through the agency of a pecu
liar mineral poison which exudes from
the ground and deposits itself upon the
feed. ' Stewart says that during the past
week he has seen at least 2,000 dead cat
tle within a radius of five miles of his
ranch, and that upon one small green
knoll he counted 300 carcasses.
DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIX.
Meeting; of the Wasco County
tlon Today.
Conven-
The democratic county convention of
Wasco county . met in this city this morn
ing at 10 o'clock and was called to order
by H. J. Maier, chairman of the county
central committee. The convention
proceeded to the election of temporary
omcers, when Al. . Harrison was
chosen chairman, John Hollingshead
secretary, and Wilbur Hendrix, assist
ant secretary. The following members
!pf committees were then appointed :
On credentials, H. J. Maier, S. E
Farris, R. H. Darneill, S. F. Blythe and
B.C. McAtee.
On permanent organization, A. Bet
tengen, E. Schutz, F. M. Thompson, A
W. Barrett, J..B. Havely.
On resolutions, N. W. Wallace, R. R
Hinton, L. Wood side. Polk Butler and
J. H. Jackson.
The convention then adjourned to 1 :30
o'clock. , '
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention met promptly at 1 :30
p. m. and at once proceeded to business.
The committee on credentials reported
the following 69 persons entitled to seats
in the convention.
DELEGATES.
East Dalles precinct: John Blasen
Ben Wilson, M. Hill, A. C. Sanford, W
H. Taylor and J. M. Benson
Trevitt precinct : I. J. Norman, J. H
Phirman, Judge Bennett James Harper,
H. J. Maier, J. L. Story, Chas Stabling
A. Bettingen, jr.,- Hans Hansen' F,
Lemke, J. H. Jackson and Con Howe,
West Dalles precinct : E. Schutz, E
Schanno, W. H. Vanbibber, J. Leary
and John Moore.
Biglow precinct. Geo. W. Rowland
S. B. Adams, W. K. Corson, S. E. Farris;
J. H. Blakeny, Frank Egan, F. 'Wil
liams, E. B. Dufur.
Mosier J BrownvJ Miller.
Bight Mile R H Darnielle, Henry
Maher, John Doyle.
Kingsley M Callaghan and John
Glavey.
. Deschutes W L Ward, J B. Haverly
and J D Kelly.
Hood River J B Rand, S F Blythe,
M V Harrison, L Morris, H Prigge, F
M Jackson.
Dufur F M Thompson, Geo W Nolin
and W Hendricks.
Cascade Locks Charles Stewart, A J
Knightley and A W Bainett.
Tygh John Hollingshead and Bud
Zumwalt.
Nansene Polk Butler.
Bake Oven R R Hinton, Tom Bur
gess.
Oak Grove Andy Swift, Wing
Ford. . .
Columbia E Wilhelm and J Hurst.
Baldwin David Cooper, J A Knox.
Wapinitia JosTripeer, J Woodslde,
Antelope N W Wallace and
Brogan, Jr. .
We find that Nansene precinct elected
two delegates while the county central
committeejonly made the apportionment
for one. "
The proxy of E. Shanno was held by
A. D. Bennet; that of A. J. Swift by B
C. McAtee ; that of S. Wing by B. F.
Swift ; and that of Thomas Burgess by
R. R. Hinton.
The committee on permanent organi
zation reported as follows.
We recommend that officers of this
convention shall consist of one chair
man, one secretary, one assistant secre
tary, and two tellers. That the nomina
tions for the respective offices be made
in the following order : County judge ;
county clerk ; sheriff ; treasurer ; assessor ;
surveyor; school superintendent; one
county commissioner; coroner; and
nine delegates to the state convention
It having been conceded that the state
delegates, be districted we recommend,
therefore, that the districts be called
and their delegates be named or balloted
for as agreed upon, all of. which we
most respectfully submit.
A. Bettingen,
F. M. Thompson,
E. Schutz,
A. M. Barrett,
J. B. Havely, .
Committee.
The report was adopted, with the
amendment that the temporary officers
of the convention be made permanent. .
The report of the committee on reso
lutions was adopted, and is as follows:
To the democratic county convention.
Gentlemen: We your committee,
appointed to draft resolutions, beg leave
to report as follows :
Resolved; That we, as democrats of
Wasco county, are in favor of an early
completion of the cascade locks, and
that the work be done by contract. And
would urge upon our representatives in
congress to give that matter their un
divided attention at all times when con
sistant for them to do so. '
Resolved, That it is the unanimous
wish of the democratic party of Wasco
county, that the congress of the United
States extend the time of payment by
settlers upon forfeited railroad land to
two years from February 1st, 1893.
Resolved, That this convention heartly
endorse the administration of Got.
Pennoyer, and especially his actions in
relation to portage railways in this
state. '
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the
action of our democratic majority in
congress in distinguishing between the
generous expenditure' of public money
for a proper purpose, such as the re
moval of obstructions in a great river,
furnishing a broad and commodious
highway to the interior of four or five
states, and the squandering and trifling
away of said public money in useless
and unnecessary public extravagance.
And, as an illustration of this disposi
tion to distinguish between the worthy
and unworthy, we point with pride to
the action of the democratic majority of
the congressional committee on rivers
and harbors, in recommending -appropriations
of $435,000 for the improve
ment of the Columbia river at the cas
cade locks, $150,000 for the improvement
of the upper Columbia and Snake rivers,
$300,000- for the improvement of the
mouth of, the Columbia river, and $50,
000 for the lower Columbia and Willam
ette rivers, at the same time they are
cutting down unnecessary and uncalled
for appropriations for all trifling pur-,
poses and - sham improvements, and
carefully economizing in the expendi
ture of the people's money.
Resolved, That believing that tariff
reform is and should be the natural bat
tle cry and watchword of the democratic
party, in this campaign, and believing
that Grover Cleveland, of the whole
United States, is the natural champion
of that principle, and admiring, as we
do, his honesty, courage and statesman
ship, and believing that he should be
made the presidential candidate of the
democratic party in the coming national
convention; now, therefore, it is re
solved, that our delegates to the State
convention be instructed to favor dele
gates to the National convention who
will support Grover Cleveland for presi
dent, and to favor a resolution in the
State convention instructing the dele
gates from this state to support him. for
nomination to that high office.
Resolved, That we believe that the
time has come when there should be a -reduction
in the compensation of the
clerk and sheriff in this county, to the
same basis which they receive in the
other counties of the state ; and we
therefore pledge our candidates for the
legislature to favor an act cutting off the
extra 334 per cent, over the regular fees -of
other counties now allowed to them
by law.
Resolved, That a feeling prevails
throughout the county of Wasco that
useless extravagance has accompanied
the actions of our county court during
its present administration.
On motion Ben Wilson and George
Nolin were appointed tellers.
The following names were then placed .
in nomination :
For county judge. M. V. Harrison,
Geo. Blakely and S. B. Adams.
The first ballot gave Blakely 31 votes,
Harrison 25 and Adams 13.
The second ballot gave Blakely 37,
Harrison 26 and Adams 6.
The nomination of Mr. Blakely was
then on motion, made, unanimous. ..'
For clerk, J. B. Havely nominated J.
B. Crossen the present incumbent, and
E. B. Dufur presented the name of Mr.
Keely of Eight Mile.
Mr. Crossen received 54 votes, against
16 given to Mr. Keely, and one blank.
On motion of E. B. Dufur, Mr. Cros-
sen's nomination was made unanimous.
For sheriff D. L. Cates was nominated
by Morse of Hood River, and Tom Ward
by Judge Bennett, in an earnest speech
supported by one equally as earnest
from E. B. Dufur.
Ward was nominated by 40 votes, to
29 for. Cates, and one blank..
The nomination was made unanimous
on vote of E. Schutz.
For county treasurer, J. P. Mclnerny
and William Corson were placed in
nomination. '
Corson received 47 votes to 23 for Mc
lnerny and one blank.
On motion the nomination of Corson
was made unanimous.
For assessor, G. T. Prather of Hood
River, and Henry Pitman, of Dufur,
were placed in nomination.
Prather received 41 votes, to 29 given
for Pitman.
On motion, the nomination was made
unanimous.
For surveyor, F. S. Gordon, of Wainic,
was nominated by A. C. Sanford; and
P. Underwood, of Boyd, by W. L.
Ward
Gordon was elected
by 50 votes, to 19 s
for Underwood.
For school superintendent E. P.
Fitzgerald was nominated by acclama
tion. -
For county commissioner James
Darneille, A. N. Barrett, F. M. Jackson
and A. J. Swift, were nominated.
Darneille received 37 votes,' Jackson
20 and Swift 4.
The nomination of Mr. Darneille was s,
made unanimous. . .
For coroner, Theo. Prinz, David Gra- '
ham, Al.- Bettingen and John W. Moore
were nominated.
The name of Mr. Prinz was withdrawn,
E. Schutz and Al. Bettingen declined,
"respectfully," and the field was there
fore left to Graham and Moore.
One ballot was cast for '"Moody" and
one for "Farley" but the vote was so
overwhelmingly in favor of Moore that.on f
motion of Judge Bennett, . the counting
of the ballots was dispensed with, and
the nomination of Mr. Moore was made
unanimous.
The following gentlemen were chosen
as delegates to the state convention :
E. W. Rinehart,"A.' S. Bennett, J. L.
Storey, H. M. Beall, L. E. Morse, B. C.
McAtee, R. R. Hinton, H. E.Moore and
R. Doyle.
A motion to instruct the delegates to
support A. S. McAlister for joint senator
was voted down. . .