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VOL. II,
THE DALLES, OREGON, TRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1892.
NUMBER 40.
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THE INLAND EMPIRE
' Comparisons With What Has Been And
May Again Be Dene.
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THE GREAT LAKES THE COLUMBIA,
How Water Transportation Has Con
tributed to Building Cities.
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BUFFALO, MINNEAPOLIS, DALLES,
The Regions Drained by the Columbia,
' anil Tributary to The Dalles Far
Superior.
Froai time to time during the past six
months, in our efforts to ' show tbe
lavishness of nature in contributing to,
and concentration of a wealth of re
sources which is to build a great Inland
Empire manufacturing centre on the
Columbia at this point, we have casually
referred to other great centers and with
becoming modesty to our part, in their
early history. For instance: Minnea
polis, with its wonderful flouring in
dustry, feeding the nations of earth.
Thirty-two years ago we were shooting
birds on the site of the present city of
Minneapolis with not so many people
within the sound of the crack of our
gun than there are today within a simi
lar range at The Dalles.
THE WATER I'OWEK
Furnished by the falls 'of St. Anthony
on the Mississippi were as nothing com
pared to tbe falls which we have here
a,t Celilo, on our yet unknown majestic
Columbia. We say yet unknown, be
cause there still clings the flavor of ro
mance and adventure to this noble
river which, while it adds a charm to
the enchantments of its scenery, ap
preciated by the tqurisis and the travel
er, does not blend with business as it
will in a closer intimacy with the know
ledge of the wonderful commercial rela
tion it bears to a development of the
latent energies admissable. Therefore
we do not hesitate to say that the power
available for manufactures at The Dalles
from utilizing the falls at Celilo, will
magnify that of Minneapolis ten fold,
and we predict that what has
been accomplished at Minneapolis
in thirty years, may be doubled
here in fifteen years, with all
the modern inventions and discoveries
of machinery, electricity, etc. Stop a
moment to think of the wohders of
Niagara transmitting power to distant
parts this year and next. Look about
you at tbe wonderfully productive soil
of the inland empire; the wheat which
is exported in the raw state to Europe,
for want of mills here to convert it into
flour. Realize the possible advantages
of shipping on board vessels at our own
docks, here but 175 " miles from the
ocean highways of the globe ; then think
of the long hauls of 'wheat, to reach
Minneapolis, and the longer hauls of
flour to reach the seaboard. Here the
wheat of the Great Basin of the Colum
bia may float to us in "barges, be manu
factured into flour, and transhipped to
any port under the sun at one handling.
The same conditions exist with regard
to wool, 6,000,000 pounds and more of
which have been shipped from The
Dalles this season, making it the best
market on the continent today for buy
ers to purchase the finest grades that
ever grew on the backs of sheep. Is
not this a picture sufficient to inspire in
the hearts of Dalles people a sense of
. pride to the upbuilding of manufactures
in our midst? It should dispel in the
minds of : capitalists the mythical
dreame, and the shadowy realities, to a
ful sense of the situation." But it is
not wheat and wool alone, to which we
r would attract attention. The earth
here is filled with minerals, the like of
which cannot be found in similar
abundance and variety in any part of the
world, all of which may be converted
into articles of daily utility and orna
ments of priceless value as readily as in
'Europe or other countries. We have a
long list, already located, rivaling tbe I
fabulous riches of traditionary sources.
We have coal in abundance, we have
silica, we have chrome ore, we have
manganese, we have ochers, iron, etc.
V RESULTS OF DEVELOPMENT.
- W'ebave alluded to the milling in
terests of Minneapolis, attracted by the
falls of St. Anthony.. Buffalo, . N. Y.,
may be considered the predecessor of
Minneapolis. It ia the lakes that have
largely contributed to build op Buffalo.
From the village of New Amsterdam in
1801, Buffalo has grown to an -area of j
forty-two square miles in 1892, and- the
Double . that of Chicago ; Odessa-,
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Russia, being the next "port in size.
Buffalo last year received 2,000,000 tons
of coal, and as to manufacturers : What
are they, not? All kinds of leather,
machinery,, elevators, agricultural im
plements, stoves, engines, cars, iron,
steel, tin, copper,, wagons, bricks,
cement, flour, soap, crackeie, furniture,
wall paper, oils, pianos', stained glass,
tiling, etc., etc., not one article of
which but may bo and could be. dupli
cated here in The Dalles. Buffalo is the
model city of the east. Her banking
capital has doubled in ten years, and
quite $60,000,000 are invested in the
manufactures enumerated. When Buf
falo is harnessed to the electric machine
power and light generated by no lees a
mighty force than Niagara falls, Buffalo
and its environs will enter upon an era
of prosperity with which its past will
compare as a candle compares with an
arc light. And this brings us to another ;
topic. . i
, THE DALLES HANDICAPPED. t j
W hen we consider that this great i
Niagara falls tunnel enterprise to which
Buffalo is so soon to be harnessed, Was
commenced less than a year ago ; an
enterprise which is a marvel of engin
eering and has cost more than a million
dollars, our hand palsies in this compari
son with the death-like pace at Cascade
locks, and with upturned eyes we sup
plicate Almighty God in serious prayer
for assistance to bring about a change of
some kind that will cause a move for
deliverance from the thraldom of the
mercenary corporate -influences which
have so procrastinated a work of so much
lesser magnitude, ns to keep the people
of the Inland Empire circumscribed for ;
eighteen years. Believing that our day i
of deliverance will now speedilv come, !
let us hope work and on. The Cascades
must and shall be opened to free compe-
tition. and with this arcomnlislipd few I
people can have an adequate idea of the
extent and impetus which will be given
to the development of the commerce of
the Columbia river. All along her
banks will rise towns and cities of
wonderful resource, and here at The
Dalles will rise a great city rivalling sea
coast cities in the tonage and number of
vessels that pass in and out upon this
great inland artery of commerce.
Chicago Tforfte-Market.
J. S. Cooper, commission salesman of
horses, Union stock yards, says: The
horse market for week ending Septem
ber 7th has been firm and strong on all
classes of smooth horsee with a particu
larly active demand for streeters and
chunks. The receipts are on quite a
liberal scale, but the percentage of hors
es with quality, age and working condi
tion is small and barely able to fill the
requirements. The demand for extra
good blocks and draft horses remain un
filled from week to week. Common
horses, on the contrary, are too plenti
ful. Coach and extra good single and
double driving teams are scarce, with a
limited demand. There have been no
range horses on the market this week,
with considerable inquiry, especially for
horses 3 to 4 years old, 1050 to 1200 lbs
iu weight.
The following is a summary of prices :
Draft horses, 1,600 lbs $190225
1400-tt chunks 135150
1200 to 1300-lb chunks 120145
Streeters 100115
Express horses 170200
Drivers 125a209
Range horses. 30 tiO
Weather Keport. -
Portland, Sept. 14. The weather
bulletin for today says of Eastern
Oregon : Fine weather has prevailed all
the week, which has been . propitious
for farming operations ; those who have
crops still in the ground are praying
for a few drops of rain. The tempera
ture has not been very high, in fact it
was about as usual at this time of year.
There has been a goodly amount of
sunshine. The nights were particularly
cool, the thermometer hovered around
the freezing point on several occasions
in exposed places.' The weather has
been very favorable for threshing opera
tions, which are ""nearly completed.
A large hay crop is being laid bv. The
oat crop in Sherman county has been
secured. Fruit is doinsr well. :
Too Much Petition.
Courier. : A petition is being circu
lated in Clackamas county for the pur
pose of cutting off the larger portion of
it lying north of the Clackamas river
and joining it to Multnomah.' As the
seceders would be obliged to shoulder
their equitable share of the indebtedV
ness of Clackamas county, it is doubt
ful whether Multnomah would want
such a gift of territory with a string to
it. . - ..
SHOULD BE PUNISHED
The President ConcMes that a Sain
" tary Lesson is Neeflei -.
RAPACIOUS STEAMSHIP BUZZARDS.
People on Fire Island Resist the Land
. ing of Passengers.
GOVERNOR FLOWER DF.TEKHIN1B.
to Organize for the Furpoae of
Burning the Surf Hotel if
Necessary. ' -
Washington-, Sept. 12. Evidently
President Harrison contemplates " ad
ministering a salutary lesson to the offi
cers of the steamship companies, who,
for temporary gain, continue to subject
the people of the United States to the
cholera infection. Secretary Foster to
day made the following statement:
received late Saturday the following tel
egram : "It is an outrage that the
steamship companies continue to bring
immigrants from infected ports. Sav to
them that it should stop, or it is certain
everv ship will bring disease, and we
nay be compelled to turn back such
i pest-laden vessels.
1 was announced that with the rising
of tbe sun today a mob of from 000 to
1000 bay men of the neighborhood of
! Fire island would muster from all parts
!of South bay and make a descent upon
Fire island with the intention of burning
the Surf hotel and its adjacent cottages
in order to prevent . these - buildings
being used to shelter quarantined saloon
passengers of the Normania. When the
last news was received the hotels and
j outbuildings were defended by President
Wilson, of the New York board of health
assisted bv a few employes and a score
of" New York reporters, who gathered
there to describe tbe landing of the
quarantined passengers. Governor
Flower arrived this morning and im
mediately began an investigation of the
cholera troubles. He said the state
would take possession of Fire island at
once. He is prepared to take any step,
no matter how stringent, to keep the
cholera away from New York city. There
are now 3,500 people in quarantine,' and
before the flood of immigration ceases
there will be about 10,000 people to be
cared for at the gates of New York. A
movement to prevent immigrants des-i
tined for other states from leaving this
city is on foot. Railroad and steamship
lines have begun refusing to take them
over their lines, and it looks as though
the immigrants landed at Ellis island
would be obliged to remain in New
Yoik.
A Caae In Pennsylvania.
Jeakkettk, Pa., Sept. 12. The Bel
gian, name not learned yet, who arrived
in this place last Saturday from Europe,
was taken ill today and died in a few
hours. Physicians in attendance pro
nounced the case one of Asiatic cholera.
A full investigation is being made.
Teams Must' be Fed.
Grant County News. Sheep from the
counties bordering on Grant haye in
vaded the mountain ranges to such an
extent that freighters from the railroad
cannot find a grazing spot . for their
teams now, but must feed or buy pas
ture for tbem. Pity but Grant county
could realize some revenue from these
outsiders, and protect her own stock
ranges, as well as the interests of the
men whose livelihood -is gained by
teaming.
Too Soon to Remove the Troops.
Wallace Miner : . .The fact stands out
boldly that not one man has complied
with the orders of the President of the
United States and the governor .of
Idaho in surrendering his arms. By a
close estimate as many as 800 guns are
hidaway.somewhere in these mountains,
Let the man who demands the removal
of martial law explain this feature of
the situation. i - .
Choctaw Political War. ,
St. Louis, Sept. 14. A dispatch from
Caldo, Indian territory says seven men
have been murdered since yesterday
morning in the Choctaw Nation, inciden
tal to the political war now raging there;
Governor Jones, has dispatched an arm
ed force to the seat of trouble and keeps
a heavy guard around himself all the
time. - " -
THE. fit'V FACTORT.'
It 1 Time fur The Dalle to-Begin
Thinking the .Subject Over. ' :,
The Dalles having been mentioned as
the probable location. for the govern
ment gun ' factory-, it behooves us to
prepare a showing of the advantages of
this location, which can be very readily
made. It is no longer doubted that a
gun factory will bo established on the
Pacific coast.. As a measure of defense
it will be required before long. The
labor and -cost of conveying heavy or
dinance from the eaet are too great to
warrant the government in deferring
any longer the establishment of works
that will provide email and heavy ordi
nance for both the army and navy.
Provision should also be made for an
arms factory, so that in case of emer
gency this coast could equip volunteers
and take cave of itself without entailing
needless burdens .on the war depart
ments Washington, which in time of
hostilities would have its hands full
with eastern business. At the instance
of Senator Squire, who made an able
speech in congress on this subject, a
board of officers are to examine the
sites available for the factory and report
the relative fitness thereof. They have
not, evidently, entered on their duties
as yet, but the war department is now
considering tbe matter with the view of
securing full reports.
The very best reasons exist for locat
ing this factory here.
The Dalles climate is better adapted
to the work to be done than any point
that could be selected along the coast. -
The Dalles is so situated on the Col
umbia as to admit of the transportation
of heavy guns to the coast readily and
cheaply and still more so when the cas
cade locks are finished.
Materials of all kinds may be accumu
lated at The Dall.es very easily. Coal,
iron and timber are all readily available.
The Dalles has facilities for acquiring
power unexcelled by any -other point"
that can be named. . . - . --
Ample; sites may be secured' here for
the foundries and the -necessary " yards
along the bank of the Columbia. ' '
We can think of no claim that can be"
urged ta the advantage of any location
that "may not be successfully advanced
to the favor of The Dalles, and this place i
certainly has some superior to all the.'
rest. It is time to begin thinking about j
it, and The Chronicle will thankfully
receive any suggestions ' that may be j
made iu the interest of the location here.
- ITION DOWNED IN JAPAN.
The I'nloii Pacific Accused. But it loses
by The Operation.
From the Oregonian 12tli.
Mr. William Punbar received a letter
yesterday from Mr.' Frank Upton, dated
Kobe, Japan, August 28th, in which the
writer says that the United States court
decision in the Wetmore-Zainbezi case
excited a great deal.of criticism in China
and Japan. In regard to the withdrawal
of his steamers, Mr. Upton said: , "I
was badly treated in this respect, for
although I was in financial difficulty, I
had made arrangements for a regular
service, and the third boat, a very fine,
fast vessel, wa9 firm in "band, but the
Union Pacific wired me that the cont ract
was cancelled, so, of course, the vessel
was not needed. However the same
firm of ship-owners are about to run a
line in connection with the Atchison and
Topeka to San Diego, so all the Union
Pacific will have gained by their move is
that the Southern Pacific, at whose in
stigation the contract was canceled, will
have a competitor for the Mexican trade
and the Pacific Mail for their Honolulu
business. Portland will have lost her j
flour trade as well as lumber, for both
will go to Tacoma. President Clark
stated that my ships were no benefit to
Portland, and in this he displayed either
his ignorance or mendacity, for the fact
is that each ship left about $3,000 for dis
bursement,'! No Colorado Fusion.
Qiiicago, Sept. 14. A Pueblo, Colo
rado report says that owing to the seat
ing of the Weaver contestants from Ara
pahoe and Mesa counties, the Cleveland
delegates bolted from the democratic
convention last night. The Weaver
delegates then indorsed the. people's
party presidential electors and author
ized the state central committee to nomi
nate a state ticket.
. The Election In Maine.
Ai-GUSTA, Sept. 13. The latest re
turns indicate the republican plurality
to be 10,000. It was the first election
under the Australian ballot system, and
appeared to be satisfactory ,'except that
it delays the count. Millikenand Bou
telle are undoubtedly elected in the
third and fourth districts.
INJUNCTION VACATED.
Fire Island Occnnieil by The Troops.
: And a Landing Mak ' ' ":
GOVERNOR FLOWER ACTS PROMPTLY
Shameless Action of Deriving The Pas
. sengers Away Denounced.
NO NEW CASKS AT QUARANTINE.
It-is Now Hoped That The Plague lias
Been Stamped ;Out of New Tork
The Alter Released.
New York, Sept.14. The 69th, 14th,
and 47th regiments, and the Naval res
erve battalion, are at Fire Island this
morning. The general term of the su
preme court of Kings county has vacated
the temporary injunction . restraining
Governor Flower and Health officer Jen
kins in the quarantine station. The
Cepheus, with her cargo of helpless
women and delicate children, is still an
chored in the channel off Fire Island.
The sufferings during the night are des
cribed as having been most intense.
The men paced the decks all night or re
clined upon the bare decks for a few
hours' restless sleep, while the women
and children huddled together, crying
and praying, in the warmest corners to
be found. . It was only after the most
earnest entreaty that the bay men on
shore permitted some food to be sent to
the half-famished passengers. The
Long Islanders have acted like brutal
savages, as Fire Island, on which it is
decided to land the unfortunate people
is situated five .miles by wajerjrom their
settlements. me proceedings ot -the
bay men in resisting the landing of pas
sengers on Fire Island is condemned on
all sides. A clash between the bay men
and state militia in expected today, un
less the bay men give Way. There were
no new cases of- cholera yesterday at
quarantine, and it is already hoped that
the plague has been stamped out.
Work at Camp Low, Sandy Hook, is
proceeding. It is hoped it will be com
pleted iu a dav or two at the outside.
rheteainer Aller, from Bremen,
has
been released from quarantine.
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Current Topic
When we read of the crazy actions of
people in Russia over the cholera, it
did not occur to us that human nature
could be the same on American soil.
The storm that has been brewing on
Fire Island in New York harbor, since
the government and state authorities
have endeavored to safely laud the un
fortunate cabin passengers of the Nor
mania, who for eight days were confined
on the cholera-stricken ship, ended in
a defiant mob at Babylon.and Islip, and
so far the 741 helpless women and chil
dren have not been permitted to land.
A juan with a name which would
make Abrahamsick, a merchant tailor
with a pack on his back, the Eagle says,
has the honor of being the only man
that ha; succeeded in beating the town
of Long Creek since the city government
was established.
Passenger traffic is setting in the di
rection of the Portland Exposition.
Do You Wish the '
Finest Bread and Cake ?
It Is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is the
purest and strongest of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweetest,
most delicious food.
The strongest baking powder makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and strong
est makes the most digestible and wholesome food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself of
the baking powder which will give her. the best food
with the least trouble ?
Dr. Haines, of. Rush Medical College,-Consulting
Chemist of the Chicago Board of Health, says : " Royal
is not only the purest, but the strongest baking powder
with which l am acquainted."
Railway Rnmhllngs.
" The Noathern Pacific ' is . reported to'
contemplate the construction of a new
line from Puget sound eastward through
and over the mountains, via Ward's
pass, and thence, by the Okanogan
country and Lake Chelan, to a point ou
its main line, thus shortening its route
between St. Paul and Puget sound at
least 250 miles. With money all things
are possible, and the construction of
another line over the rugged wilderness
of the Cascade range, paralleling the
Great Northern, is physically practicable
if capital considers tho tremendous out
lay expedients As tbe report, however,
starts from one of the new cities ou the
sound which is named as the intended
terminus, the Railway Age ' and North
western Railroader says it is opair to
suspicion of being connected with real .
estate projects.
President Hill, of the Great Northern,
says in the Railway Age, that his ob
ject in withdrawing from the Transcon
tinental Association is to adopt rates
that will build up the. towns along his .
lines which now are discriminated
against by reason of the severe competi
tion of the Pacific ocean lines that coin--pel
the making of rates to the coast
lower than to many interior points. Mr.
Hill claims that the outlook of trans
continental rates is very discouraging
and it seems as if the wholo theory on -which
these rates havo heretofore been
made to meet water competition is' t
likely to be overthrown.. .
St. Paul dispatch yesterday says the
N. P. R. Co. has filed notice of its with
drawal from the transcontinental asso
ciation, following the example of the
Great Northern and Canadian Pacific.
The grounds given are that the associa
tion under the present circumstances
has no permanency, and an amicable
agreement touching the Pacific Mail
cannot be. reached.
Cholera Topic. -
The Asiatic cholera case reported .
from Pennsylvania turns out to have
been a case of cholera morbus. -
Sporadic cholera has appeared in the
state of San Luis Potosi. . The press is .,
calling attention to the danger of tho
introduction of cholera ' in Mexico by -way
of Panama and other Pacific ports.
The passengers on the Cephus dis
played their anger at Dr. Jenkins'
courpe yesterday when he came along
side, by crowding along the rail and :
shouting: "You scoundrel, you ruffian,
all this is your doing!" Perhaps the.dif
ference of opinion in favor of Dr. Jen
kins' courageous work, will place him
right before the public.
Electric Car DMaater.
St. Louis, Sept. 13. A terrible street
railway accident occurred this morning;
in which -two people were killed and
thirteen more or less injured. The ac
cident was occasioned by the conductor
losing control of an electric car on the
union depot line. At Ainth and Kuh-
sell streets is a sharp curve, and in
turning this the trailer, crowded with
passengers, was derailed and turned out,
hurling the passengers to the ground
with great force.
What They Want.
Inlander. Paste it in your hat and
write it on your shirt front : The farm
ers ot eastern Washington want cheap
transportation via the Columbia river.
Dad clurn the ditch. -
. Connecticut Convention.
Habtkort, Sept. 13. The democratic
state convention today nominated Judge
Morris for Governor by acc'nmation.
Ernest Codv whs nominated for lieuten- .
ant-governor.