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THE D ALT.ES w&Zi&LY dSBONICLE, FEIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1892.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
Entered at tho Postoffico at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class matter. .
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. "THE VOOS BAY fQB." .
One reason which may uc mentioned
in connectson with the advanced ideas
concerning the Coos taay improvement
is that the California delegation in con
gress entertain opinions which favor the
advancement of Pacific coast interests,
Whtlier located in California -or not.
HCeos bay holds similar relations to Cal
ifornia; but ok a very limited scale, in
comparison to -similar relations existing.
but not realised, between the Columbia
(river and the people of the state of
"Washington. And it is that close com
mercial relationship betw-ceu Coos bay
nd California which gives the Califor
nia delegation a friendly interest, such
as should exist, with similar advanced
ideas, on the part of the Washington
delegation. Were this possible, the in
telligent press of the Pacific Northwest
would not now feel humiliated with the
'intimations that "a local job has been
engineered at Coos bay." It should be
stated that these intimations come
-from a certain disgruntled faction in
'the state of Washington, which failed
'to secure "for a purely local job at Seat
'tle,'' an appropriation which would
have endangered the completion of the
-cascade locks, and so much toward an
open Columbia .river. With nil the
miles of the Columbia tributary to the
people of 'Washington, it is fiir from
creditable to her delegation in congress
that they failed to emulate the friendly
interest of the California delegation for
Cooa bay ; and the attempt to even pre
sume that local jobs are permissible in
Washington city, after their defeat, is
unbecoming in . the supporters of Mr.
Senator Allen, or any other man.
The rainmaking craze has about run
ita coarse. In a little while it will be
laid away on a shelf with the blue grass
-craze, the Brown-Sequard elixir and the
Keeley .cure. ' After five days of futile
effort, representatives of the Goodland
;artificial rain company, of Kansas,
-packed op their traps and left Hermota,
South Dakota, without taking with
them the $500 that was to reward a suc
cessful demonstration. Within that
period the conditions were exception
ally favorable. The air was charged
with moisture and electricity, and rain
' fell at various points in the surrounding
-country, but none where it had been
contracted for, and although the rain
makers demanded -pay for the distant
8howers, the people of Hermota quite
-effectively replied that they were not
baying rain for other -communities.
The state railroad commissioners have
-written a letter toGovernor Pennoyer in
.reply to his communication asking the
board to prepare a maximum rate act, to
-apply on all railroad lands in Oregon, to
be submitted to tho legislature. In the
-letter, the commissioners state that they
tound the present rates just with the ex
eeption of those with the Union and
.Southern Pacific, the schedule of which
the board revised. The revision is al
ready in effect on the Union Pacific," and,
in the matter of the Southern Pacific,
the case is at present on appeal to' the
. .supreme court of the state. The rates
proposed and established by the com
mission applied to the business of 1890,
an average year, amounted to a net sav-'
- 'jng to the people of the state of over
475,000. -
SHORT ELECTION CANVASS.
The short space of time 4ttttiveAng
between the dissoluti; tbelai . par
ialment, and Jae queen's speech opening
tne ne s etily about fifty-seven -days ;
raiEee the question whether it would be
practioftl to shorten the election canvass
in the United States in a national earn
patgn? " -
It is doubtfal if a limited canvass here
would answer the same ends as the one
in Great Britain. Here wehave a vastly
more extended territory to plough polit
ically, -occupied with -a far greater
varieSv of interests, uopulated with a
farlarzer number of nationalities and
requiring a longer time to effect an ed
ticational fusion before the decisive de
livery of their final judgment at the
polls. The esses are almost radically
different, while likewise related through
the similarity of the accepted canvassing
methods in both countries.
The limitation works so well, however,
in England that it naturally suggests
the ecrions inquiry whether its adoption
by us in a certain degree might not be
made to work much more good than it
could -work harm. A political canvass
extending over four months tnust be al
lowed to claim more of a year for itself
than it is fairly entitled to or really re
quires for its freest exploitation. There
is clearly too much margin for political
operations that were better left unat
tempted and for manipulations that tend
to the corruption of the popular judg
ment. At least one thing is certain, and that
is that the sooner the people give in
their verdict after the issues are made
up and the nominees declared, the bet
ter it is likely to be for them, as well as
for the parties formulating the contest.
Once having become possessors of the
controlling facts in the case, the great
body of voters gain little, if anything,
by further inviting appeals to their
prejudices and the inflamation of their
passions. Congressional debate is to be
held to have done as much to familiar
ize the public mind with the merits of
current political issues as could be ex
pected from party platforms, reinforced
by illuminated processions, bands of
music, impassioned oratory and' multi
tudinous hurrahs.
Whv is not a month or six weeks as
good as three or four times that period
for conducting a canvass to a satisfac
tory cloee? This is an age of newspa
pers and' publications interminable,
"Why not reform our present election
method in at least this respect, even as
it has at last been proposed to confine
our national conventions themselves to
strictly eldiberative ends?
fwikhd has let the contract for
Wilding her new.city . hair to Gould -&
Gladden, of Omaha, for $361 ,370, to
which to get the .actual, proposed cost
about $100,000 will have to be added for
extras. The stone to be "used in the
building will be shipped all the way
from Wyoming, whereat people Inter
ested in quarries situated in territory
tributary to Portland are . justly dis
pleased. Portland expects the trade of
her own state and get a portion of the
trade of interior Washington, yet she
must ship the stone for her magnificent
new . city, building from Wyoming,
while the b3me quarries remain unde
veloped. Such, says the Ashland Tid
ings, is the reward we get for paying
our bills to the Portland merchants on
the first of every month promptly.
The residence in Paris 'of Baron Al
phonse de Rothschild, formerly the pal
ace of Prince Talleyrand, is "the finest
private house in the gay capital, and is
filled with a unique and costly collection
of art treasures. Most of them are ex'
hibited in such a manner that by the
touching of a spring they disappear into
iron safes concealed in the walls. Sim
ilarly the valuable "pictures turn on a
pivot and disappear from view. It is
said that these extraor inary precau
tions for safety were devised by the
baron after the insurrection of the com
mune in 1871. . "
Some of our Big Cotemporaries 'scoff
at the idia of compulsory, arbitration of
labor disputes like that at Homestead:
Bat surely if two powerful nations, like
the United States and Great Britain,
can arbitrate a quarrel as big as. that of
the Alabama claims, or the Behring sea
fisheries, it ought to be possible to force
a settlement of quarrels between a few
thousand mechanics and a score or two
of their employers in the same way,
It is possible, too, quite possible. The
Big Cotemporary asks: "Where is the
force to. compel arbitration to come
from?" Public opinion ' is thi force
that will do it ; and do it easily, when
ever it is roused to make the effort in
dead, earnest. The Carnegies, the
PinkertonB and the strikers, all put to
gether, are not strong enough to with
stand Public Opinion. As soon as P,
O. say 8 that there shall be arbitration
there will be arbitration.
A report from London yesterday states.
that the Cobden Club devotes a great
deal of its review to Lord Salisbury's-,
. celebrated Hastings speech. The re
port laments the effect Salisbury's lan
guage niust have on the European coun
tries having high 'protective tariffs,
"and whieh were hanging out signals of
distress''' at the very moment' Salisbury
hoisted the protection flag." The report
eays the speech will have a baneful ef
fect on free trade in the" 'United States.
" So would any similar sensible speech.
The report of Commissioner Carter
shows that Oregon has had 209,313
acres of land surveyed during the pres
ent administration. Washington 166,
032; Idaho 683,049. There is still in
Oregon 24,166,334 acres of vacant sur
veyed lands, and 14,269,500 acres vacant
unsurveyed lands. Washington and
Idaho combined have but 9,602,138
acres of vacant surveyed lands. Writh
! sut-h'a'showing as this Oregon's moss-
back (conservative ways ought to make
her rich. She hasn't fooled away any
of her acres on a boom, and now it is
coming into a bona fide market at an
advanced cash price. That's what made
many a webfoot wealthy, why should it
not work with the state?
- ' Spokane is "testing a case to. see
. whether .that city has given away all of
its rights to, street .railway' combines.
In the complaint the city alleges that
' - "daring the progress of a fire on Boone
. avenue Nov.-11, 1891, while the fire de
partment had a section of hose stretched
across the street railway tracks, a car
was Tun over the hose, ruining two sec
tions." The plaintiff has t demanded
payment for the hose, and as the de
mands have been refused, the suit or
- $ 20 damages is a matter of principle.
Groups of respectable looking' men
- imay occasionally be seen roaming over
our mountain-, passes, says- the News,
' claiming to be prospectors.' In this age
of progress they are' just as apt to be
surveyors 'looking out a railroad site.
- Treat thjem well, anyway, for in either
case their aim is to advance the interests
- $ur glorious county.
Stock cattle are selling in Montana at
$20 per head, while two-year-old beef
cattle bring 430 per head. There is a
vast difference between Montana and
Oregon. The Grant County News shows
that in that - valley stock cattle sell for
$12 per head, and it takes a heavy four-year-old
to bring unto his owner $28.
In order to better this condition of
things the NewB says : "Let us encour
age a railroad ; the building of one in
our county; would stiffen up prices in
our products."
The assessor's - roll shows that the
total value of property in Clark county,
Washington, amounts to more than $6,-
f.f rrr a . . . .
uuu.uou. a large part ot tnia increase
over previous years is due to the recent
planting of large orchards which have
rendered valuable lands formerly of more
account.
There is just this about the labor
question : When a man wishes to work
and another .wishes not to work, all
things should centralize on giving the
work to the man who wants it, and all
the force of the government should be
used, if necessary, to protect him in his
choice between idleness and labor. -
' Coming home again, is theold steamer
Haesalo, which has been over to . Puget
sound these' many years. That she is
hot superannated is owing, perhaps to
the fact that ehe was constructed out of
Oregon timber, by Dalles mechanics, be
fore so many tricks in trade were known
as now. She will be used between As
toria and Portland in the towing and
freighting business.: On her arrival the
S. G. Reed will go into- the yard for an
overhauling. The Keed will be given a
new ball and put in first-class shape for
the fall service, making six river boats
that the Union Pacific can operate.
M. J. Cookerline of the-new Boyd
Boiler Mills was in town today. u
ing after the . receipt of bis new
machinery, he Bays it will bo a com
pletely arranged farmers mill, and is
greatly pleased with the outlook ior the
fall run.. The machinery is all of the
latest, and first class in every particular
and will be in running order in a short
time. .
Resolutions of Condolence.
The following was unanimously
adopted by Mount Hood Camp No. 59,
Woodman of the World, The Dalles, Or
egon, at the regular meeting of the camp
Auru8t-0th, 1892.
Whereas, It has pleased the Al
mighty God to take unto Himself, the
dearly beloved child of our. esteemed
neighbor, Wm. Glasious and wife;
therefore, be it -
Resolved, That the - neighbors of
Mount Hood Camp No. 59, Woodman of
the World, tender them their sincere
and heartfelt sympathy in their great
amiction ; ana be it turtner
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be sent to Neighbor Glasions,
and spread upon the minutes of the
camp and also a copy be published in
the daily papers of the city.
Signed: Titos. A. Ward, I.. Booth,
and G. J. Farley", committee.
listray Mare And Colt.
CHRISMAN & CORSON,
-DEALERS IN-
GROCERIES
Flour, Grain,, Fruit and Mill Feed.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR PRODUCE
COK. WASHINGTON AND SECOND ST.
THE DALLES, OREGO
A couple of ranchers living near Reed
ley, California, last night saw a man in
a cart drawn by a brown horse at a point
a mile east and north of Dinuba. Two
men on horseback joined him. They
were heavily armed. The man in the
cart was very lame in the left leg. He
was light coniplexioned, about five feet
ten or six feet in height. He said: "My
horse is near played out." The three
men remained together near the railroad
until after dark. The informants could
not tell which way the three men went,
They are thought to be the train robbers,
All the Pittsburg attorneys engaged
in prosecuting the Homestead riot oases
have within a week received-ee'veraL let
ters of a threatening character, but they
have little, if any, fear of a threat com
ing from a man who is afraid to sign bis
name. In this connection" it may be
said the other officials of the Carnegie
company 'are still receiving letters
threatening their lives.
A Mountain Home Dispatch says
there is great excitement over the dis
covery of , fabulously . rich gold-bearing
quarts ledges in Dixie district,' Idaho,
twenty-two miles up the Rocky bar road.
On one mine a shaft has been sunk fifty
feet, and has a large vein exposed which
gives an average of fifty-eight ounces of
gold to the ton. Other and smaller veins
give.much higher returns.
The only social club of which Mr.
Blaine is a member is the Kebo Valley
club of Mount Desert, which recently
elected the ex-secretary of state to hon
orary membership. In discussing his
election with some friends at Bar Har
bor, Mr. Blaine said : "In all my
twelve years of Washington life. I never
joined a club or had any desire to do so1.
Many rumors are flying around to in
dicate that Jim Hill is still working to
secure complete control of the franchise
and rights of way, as well as to filch the
Union of all the work so far accom
plished on the Portland-Sound exten
sion. -
Alight gray mare, weighing about
1,100, branded on the left shonlder with
an inverted with a quarter circle over
it, came to the premises of the under
signed with a sorrel colt, about June
loth, hear Nansene P. O. Owner is re
quested to call and prove property, pay
charges, and take her away. "
J. T. Ror.nnTsoN.
Nansexe, Aug. 8, 1892. 6.tw
The Cure For
Scrofula was once supposed to be the
touch of royalty. To-day, many grateful
people know that the "sovereign remedy" is
.Ayer's Sarsaparilla. This powerful altera
tive extirpates "the evil" by thoroughly
eliminating all the strumous poison from the
blood. Consumption, catarrh, and various
other physical as well as mental maladies,
have their origin In
SCROFULA
-When hereditary, this disease manifests it
self in childhood by glandular swellings,
tunning sores, swollen Joints, and general
feebleness of body. Administer Ayer's Sarsa
parilla on appearance of the first symptoms.
" My little girl was troubled with a painful
scrofulous swelling under one of her arms.
The physician being unable to effect a core,
I gave her one bottle of
Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, and the swelling disappeared."
W. F. Kennedy, McFarland's, Va
"I was cured of scrofula by the use of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla." J. C. Berry, peernld,Mv--,
" I was troubled with a sore hand for over
two years.' Being assured the-case was
scrofula, I took six bottles of Ayer's
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
-JOUBEUt) AND DKAI.EltS IN-
General Merchandise
Dry Goods, Clothine:, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Groceries, Hardware,
Crockeiy, Hay, Grain, Feed, Etc.
390 to 394 Second St.,
The Dalles, Or.
New Umatilla .' House
THE DALLFS, OREGON. ,
SINNOTT & FISH, PROP'S.
arilla
and was eared." H. Binkins, Biverton, Neb.
Prepared by Dr. J. C Aver fc Co., Lowell, Maas.
Gold y all Druggist. Fries SI; mix botUea,$6.
Cures others, will cure you
FINAL ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby eiven. that the underslened
Julia A. Obarr, the duly appointed, acting and
qualified administratrix of the estate of William
A. Obarr, deceased, has filed her final account
and petition in said estate, and that Monday the
5th day.of September, 1892. at the hour of ten
o'clock, a. m. of said day, said day being the first
day of the next regular t rra of theCounty Court
for Wasco countyOregon, at the County Court
room of the County court house in Dalles City,
Wasco county, Oregon, has been duly appointed
by said court as the time and place for hearing
said petition and final account.
AH Demons interested in said estate arc hereby
notified to appear at said time and place and
show cau if any there be, why said petition and
final account should not In all thines be
allowed, ranued and conurmea.
g.5w5t.2td JULIA A. OBARR.
Administratrix of the estate of William A
Obarr. deceased.
Dufur & Mencfee. Attorneys for Estate.
Annie Wright Seminary.
. .Boarding and Day School for Girls.
Editor Dana is going abroad to stay
till after election. Now who dares in
sinuate that Editor Dana is not doing
the best he can for the ticket?
OBITUARY.
The
Death of Thomas Oleson Occurred
. This Morning.
Olesox. In this city Thursday, Aug
ust 11th, Thomas Oleson, aged 04 years
and 11 months, a native of Fredericks-
havn, Denmark. Funeral notice later,
This morning, at two o'clock, there
passed from this earth, a life which for
thirty years, has been spent in this city,
Known by all, respected and honored by
all, Thomas Oleson 's death makes a void
which it will take long years to fill
rneregara in wmcn ne was, neid was
clearly shown by the loving friends who
so tenderly-cared for him, in his last ill
ness of two weeks. -' Although not always-
seeing the friends who called, be
kuew of, and was pleased at every mark
of friendship. ' A ' friend of everyone,
without a single enemy, closely connect
ed with everything which was for the
good of his fellowmen, always ready to
lend a helping hand, he was the em
bodiment of all that a human- being in
this world should be. v '
Ninth Year begins Sept. 8th, 1892.
for Admission, Apply to the Principal
JVIrs. Sarah K. White,
Annie Wright Seminary.
TACOAIA. - - - WASH.
J. L. FISHER.
W.J. MONTAGUE.
PROPRIETORS OF THE
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Bath Rooms.
SECOND STREET. THE DALLES, 0E.
Gentlemen will find THE ELITE
fully up to the times in every respect,
Hair (Jutting in the best manner, in
every style of the art. Smooth Shaving
and Perfect Baths.
Hours : Every day and evening dur
ing the week. Closed on Saturday eve
nings after 10 o'clock. Upen on bun
days from 7 a. m. to 12 o'clock noon. '
County Treasurer's Notice.
All county warrants registered prior
to March 13, 1889, will be paid if pre
sented at my office, corner Third and
Washington streets. . Interest ceases on
and after thia date.
. The Dalles, July 16, 1892.
- . William Michell,
7.18tf Treasurer Wasco County, Or.
Ticket and Baggage Office of the U. I R. R. Company, and office of the Wester!
Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel.
Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables.
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Open from July 1st to Oetobef 1st.
This bicturesque hostlery, built of silver lir logs, and rooted securely on thJ
edee of a precipice on the north side of Mount Hood is within fifteen minnteJ
walk of the perpetual ice and snow of IMiot u lacier, 7,000 feet above the seii
level, twenty-seven miles from Hood Kiver, over the -finest roads in the Unites
States. Fare for the ronud trip $3.00; rates per dav 3.50. -
The Table at Cloud Cap Inn is supplied with eTerytbinir the market afford?
Hot and cold baths, etc., the best of guides will take yon to the top of Mount Hoo
by the best practicable routes, which are from the Inn.
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W. A. LANG-ILLE, Manager.
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110 FRONT STREET.
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