C4 THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1892. The Weekly Ghronicle. OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY. Entered at the Postoffice at The Dalles, Oregon, aa secona-ciass matter. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. BY KAIL (M8TAOK PRXPA1D) IS ADVANCE. Weekly, 1 year I 1 50 6 months. . " 8 " Daily, 1 year. " 6 months per 0 75 0 60 6 00 3 00 0 SO Address all communication to " THE CHRON ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon. THE FARMERS' OPPORTUNITY. of Campaign orators are now going about the counter, telling the farmers how they should vote. Many, an agri cultural fair resounds with earnest dis quisitions on the tariff, on the financial questions, reciprocity or the force bill. These questions of national concern are kept uppermost in the campaign. Most of the thinking of the nation is done in the country districts, and campaign managers send thither their sol ides t literature. The floating vote in the centers of population comes under differ ent methods of campaign managemen While the tribute to the intelligence voters from the farms is natural, the farmers should not forget that there are other questions in the campaign which concern them still more directly," but ' which campaign managers affect to ig' nore. A new congress is to be elected this fall, besides national officers. Each nominee for congress in the country dis tricts might profitably be asked to de fine his position regarding these mat ters: Free postal delivery in the villages ana thickiy-settiea tarming districts. An increase in the permissable weight of certain classes of mail matter that circulate chiefly in farming communi ties. The building of good roads, either on der the supervision of federal author ity, or with the encouragement of that authority. The introduction oi postal savings banks. There is not one of the benefits men tioned that the country districts cannot obtain in the near future, with a proper presentation of these matters. Not one of them does violence to the traditions oi either party. Some may object that these homely topics should give way be fore the great national issues of the hour. Not necessarily. It is a good year for the farmers to find out where their would-be representatives etand, on other issues besides those that seem to claim the exclusive attention of the parties. Since 1878 a system of taxation has been proposed in the District of Colum bia bv which the people of the United States are robbed for the benefit of rich real estate syndicates in Washington city. Real estate and rents there are very high, while taxes are very low. The explanation of the disproportion ately low rate of taxation is that since the year 1878 the United States govern ment pays one-half of all the taxes in the district and improvements in the capital city on the flimsy plea that the government owns so large an amount of property in the district that it would be unjust to the property owners to expect them to pay a higher rate. The real estate ring of Washington contrive con stantly to project statues, parks, build ings and other improvements to be largely or wholly paid for out of the public purse. Is it any wonder, there' fore, that real estate in Washington has been looming beyond all precedent? Does the etate of New York pay half the taxes of the city of Albany because the ten-inillion-dollar state capitol is located there? Does the German gov ernment pay half the taxes of the city of Berlin? Does the French government pay half the taxes of the city of Paris? Does Great Britain pay half the taxes assessed against the property owners of iondon because Westminster Hall and Other public buildings are located there? A startling story comes from Salt Lake city as the reason for the postpone ment of the case of the board of trade against transcontinental lines for main taining higher rates to Salt Lake than to San Francisco. It appears that the preparation of the case was in the hands of Secretary Sears of the board of trade. Matters seemed to be progress ing favorably until last Saturday, when sixty-six of the most prominent business houses in Salt Lake united in a petition to the interstate commerce commission for a continuance on the ground that they had no confidence in the prosecu tion. Before this the Union Pacific, it being mainly interested, was in receipt of letters from a writer calling himself E. E. Edwards and offering to sell to the road the argument of the prosecu tion, copies of all the affidavits and lists of names of all witnesses. The corres pondence was kept up until the Union Pacific became satisfied from the re norts of detectives and from slips in the correspondence that Edwards was the pseudonym of the son of Secretary Sears. The investigation did not cou nect Secretary Sears with the attempt to sell the testimony in advance, but the Union Pacific claims there is no doubt of the guilt of his son. The cor respondence with the elusive Edwards was closed by the affirmative reply of the commission to the petition of the Salt Lake merchants. The artesian well at McMinnvillc only yields up wind. It has a pressure equal to thirty-eight pounds to the square inch. A test of the temperature showed fifty-three. It is a very remarkable phenomenon, and gives rise to a great deal of speculation. The question natu rally arises, how extended is the cham ber in which compressed air is retained, and is the supply practically inexbausti' ble. If so, there is a hitherto unknown source of mechanical power stored be neath the earth's surface. Such a jet as that properly converted - would amount to several horse power. If the source is inexhaustible, of course it could be duplicated indefinitely. The doctors of learning will find employ ment tor their talents in formulating a theory as to how this air came to be pent up in the bowels of the earth. If the flow bad been water instead of wind they would have said it was forced up by gravitation from a reservoir having a source higher than the surface vent ; but we suspect they really know as little about the facts in one case as in the other. The same compressing force, acting upon a body of water, without reference to its source, would cause an artesian flow. This is a curious political year, with plenty ot tickets in the field. With so much confidence of success we are apt to be careless. Republicans must work, and work hard and peristently, this year. This is not because their cause is weak or that there is any lack of arms and am munition. Indeed, the fight before them is probably harder than it would be if there were weak spots in the cause, detective arms and insufficient ammu nition. It is just because everything is in their favor so much so that it may fairly be said that "even the stars in their courses fight for them" that there danger. That feeling of confidence which makes a man careless about going to the polls is not the right sort. And there are evidences that we have too much of it. "Walla Walla is alive today with horse men.' The Dalles is represented largely. Seventeen races have" been arranged for, and there will be many special features to attract the attention of the public. Prominent among those will be the in troduction of the celebrated bike sulky, popularly known as the pneumatic tire. It was in one of these vehicles that Nancy Hanks recently lowered the world's record. Bicycle races between uuaio hjii w .uvvmi icabuic til mivs j meeting. Purses amounting in all to j $5,500 will be paid the winners in the running, trotting and pacing races. Some well known western horses are on the track, the owners of stables from The Dalles to California are . there. There will be no long and tedious delays between races find one heat will follow another at intervals of not more than ten minutes. To do this the trotting and pacing heats of the same day will be "sandwitched." Mr. J. O. Mack is there "pulling" for the fair at The Dalles next month. Ml m DRUGS Snipes & Kinersly. -THE LEADING Wholesale i Mail lit TJ3F8L3S3m.TJC3rS Handled by Three Registered Druggists. ALSO ALL THE LEADING ' The latest evil for which the tariff is held responsible is th? cholera. The Chicago Herald proves it to its complete satisfaction by a chain of reasoning something like this: "Protection in creases the prosperity ' of American wage earners, and thus makes our coun try a very attractive one for the poverty stricken masses of Europe. Some of the latter, coming from the pestilential cen ters of the Old World bring with them the germs of the disease. Hence the tariff brings the cholera!" vThe remedy is easy. JMecl Cleveland, pulverize the tariff system, pauperize American work men, and no foreigners will come here. They will prefer to starve at home. Hurrah for free trade and poverty .' j Brought back to health sufferers from the worst forms of Skin and Scalp Diseases, ocrornioiis bores and Swellings, and all manner of blood taints. 1 It's j done by Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery, which purifies and enriches the blood, and through it , cleanses and renews the whole sys- iem. r.ven juung-scroiuia I known If i rr A ' 4 . sflrsKS wiit medicines and Draggists Sundries, fair trial. It s guaranteed to bene- rsrfT3L3srxn house paints, oils and glass. medicine that docs what is claimed for it, could be sold on such terms. No other medicine, besides the "Discovery" has undertaken it. So positively certain is it in its curative effects as to warrant its makers in. selling it, as they are do incr. through druggists, on trial it's cspuciaiiy potrnt in taring Finest Line of Imported Key West and Domestic Cicars, elas, isous, Uarbnncles, boro Jiyes, Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged (ilands, Xumors and swellings. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under its benign influence. Agents for Murphy's Fine Varnishes and the only agents in tne oity lor 'ihe bherwm, Williams Uo.'s Paints. -WE AKE- The : Largest Dealers in Wall Paper. Agent for Tansill's Punch. 129 Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon The authorities have at last decided which of the portraits of Christopher Columbus is to be reproduced upon the Columbus souvenir coins. If Columbus did not look like the man whose likeness is stamped upon these coins, nobody of this generation will be to blame. A. A. Brown, CHRISMAN & CORSON, Kce a full assortment of -DEALERS IX- The enthusiasm with which the de feated John L. Sullivan is received is apparently more pronounced than that which used to greet John L.Sullivan, the champion. Public sentiment knows a good thing when it sees it. Bared Hli Child's rife. A. N. Dilferbough, York, Neb., shvs: 'The other day I came home and found my little boy down with cholera morbus, my wife scared, not knowing what to do. 1 went straiehtwar and eot a L'o cent bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and gave it ac cording to directions, ion never saw such a change in a child.- Hislimbsand body were cold. I rubbed his limbs and body with my hands, and after I had given him the second dose he went to sleep, and, as my wife says, "from a death-bed he was up playing in three hours." It saved me a doctor bill of about three dollars, and what is better. it saved my child. I can recommend it with a clear conscience." For sale by iiiaiteiy & nougnton, druggists. Staple and Faocy Groceries, G ROC ERI E S, and Provisions. which he oSiert at Low Figures. Flour, Grain, Fruit and Mill Feed. SPEGIAL :-: PitfGES to Cash Buyers. HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR PRODUCE. COR. WASHINGTON AND SECOND ST., THE DALLES, OREGON The Rock Island Sun reports that some of Hunt Bros.' men, grading south of town, recently found a peculiar stone which puzzles the geologists in that sec tion. It is a crystal, having the appear ances -of a petrifaction, with cubiform projections, some of which were quite brilliant. Some one has suggested that it may be petrified lime, while another, who is entirely familiar with the chem ical experiments and pranks of the ele ments for ages past, ventures the belief that it is petrified water. A smaller specimen of the same kind of rock was found further east on the line of the Great Northern, and it is worn as a pin by H. D. Culver, of Rock Island. ; Stevenson and Reid still continue to occupy the center of the stage, while Cleveland and Harrison hold prompt books in the wings. Stevenson's speeches show that he knows about as much re garding the tariff as he does about how it feels to wear a blue nniform. It is safe to predict that he won't exhibit himself as the man who put down the rebellion. Why should the door, which has been closed to keep out pestilence, be opened again to permit the free entry of that which will produce social disorder and fill this country with an element that it can not absorb and assimilate? It is time gay 8 the Telegraph, to draw a line somewhere which' will lessen and limit excessive immigration. ihe late Daniel Doughertv was once surrprised by a visit from an aged gentlemen who called himself the Em peror of the French. He was insane but Mr. Dougherty listened patiently to a recital of imaginary grievances. He investigated the case, ascertained that he had gone crazy over some financial complications, looked into it and suc ceeded finally in obtaining a decree for $3,000 a year for his demented visitor. That was a happy thought of Supt. R. W. Mitchell ; but almost invariably his thoughts are happy ones. From ex pressions of opinions heard on all sides from' the Odd Fellows who, visited our great Portland Exposition last night, the conclusion can be reached that they were surprised at the splendid showing, and will carry away flattering impres sions of the resources and industries of Oregon. Persons whose zeal outruns their dis cretion and whose tempers discount their judgment do not take disagreeable consequences into consideration when joining a mob or urging men to violence. It is the old lesson, older than the proverb which declares that "the pru dent man foreseeth evil and hideth him self, but the simple pass on . and are punished." Dissolution of Co-partnership. - Notice is hereby given that the firm of Abrams & Stewart has been dissolved bv mutual consent. W. R. Abrams is authorized to collect all amounts due the firm of Abrams & Stewart, and will pay all demands against said firm. W. R. Abkams. AVm. Stewart. The Dalles, Or., Aug." 15tb, 1892. ' 8.2M&W6W Notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to the late firm of Abrams & Stewart, of The Dalles, or W. R. Abrams, either by note or account, to make pay ment of the same immediately at the bank of French & Co. All notes and ac counts remaining unpaid November 15th, 1892, will be placed in attorneys' hands with instructions to collect. Any claims against the late firm must be presented at the same place, with proper vouchers, on or before above date. The business of the firm must be closed up without further delay. Res pectfully, . K. Abbams. Highest Casl Prices for Eis ani oilier Prate. AMERICAN SCHOOL 170 SECOND STREET. A NEW 0 z o Stoneman & Fiege, dealers in Boots and Shoes. All goods we sell, we warrant. ii4 second srmmrr X o 05 BEST IN AMERICA. JOLES BROS : DEALERS IN :- PRINZ & NITSCHKE. DEALERS IN Staple anil Fancy Groceries, Furniture and Carpets. Hay, Grain and Feed. We have added to our business a 7asweare1To wa- Th Masonic Block. Corner Third and Court Streets. The Dalles.Oregon. tiie Undertakers Trust our prices will be low accordingly. Kemem oer our place on becond street, next to Moodv s hank. - Ktttray Mure And Colt. A light gray mare, weighing about 1,100, branded on the left shoulder with an inverted Twith a quarter circle over it, came to the premises of the under signed with a sorrel colt, about June 15th, near Nansene P. O. Owner is re quested to call and prove property, pay charges, and take her away. J. T. Robertson', Nansene, Aug. 8, 1892. 6.tw A gold and silver statute worth $300,- 000 will be on exhibition at the Colum bus fair. The most artistic sculptors living will despair of doing anything of equal value. If an unsophisticated civilian and clergyman can find gambling houses in active operation it certainly ought not to be impossible for Chief Spencer. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, In the County Court of the State ol Oregon for asco uonniy. In the matter of the estate of Abner B. Smith. deceased, notice is hereby given that the under signed has been annotated administrator of the estate of Abner B. Smith, deceased: all perxons having claims against said deceased are notified to present them to me, witn proper voucners therefor, at the office of Mays, Huntington & Wilson, The Dulles, Or., within six months from the date oi this notice. Dated August 20th, 1892. J. 11. SMITH, Administrator. 8.26WU0.7 HORSES FRENCH & CO., BANKERS. TRANSACT A CiENERAL BANKING BUSINESS J. S. COOPER, Corner Barn, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois.' The Largest and Only Strictly Commission Dealer in Horses in the United States. Letters of Credit issued available in he Eastern States. Sight 'Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on .New York:, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon, Seattle Wash., and various points in Or egon and Washington. Collections made at all points on fav orable terma. FARM FOR SALE. I offer for Bale all or a part of my farm of 480 acres in Sec. 24, Tp. 1 south, range 14 east, 15 miles southeast of The Dalles ; good improvements, good young five-acre orchard now bearing, plenty of good water for house use and stock ; 175 acres in cultivation, good outlet north, east, south or west via county roads. I also offer for sale 160 acres in section 26, township 1 south, range 14 east; also five head horse, one double set of harness and a few farm implements, etc. Prices reasonable, terms easy and title good. For particulars come and see me A prophet of Java has been- paid f 400 a year for the last fifteen years "for not predicting a tidal wave which will sweep j at The Dalles or J. H. Trout at the farm, clear over the island." ; "1 jan29-tf E. W. Tbout. Ul. H. Young, General Blacksmithing and Work done promptly, and all work Guaranteed. Commencing the 3rd of August and every month throughout the year will hold Special Extensively Advertised Sales of iA EST9RN RHNCE HORSES, rjf '. (National Live 8tock Bank, Chicago, 111. Keierence . Chicftgo National Bank, Chicago, 111. Write for Particulars. Washington fforth Dalles, Washingto SITUATED AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION. Destined to be the Best Manufacturing Center in the Inland Empire: . Best Selling Property of '."f the Season In the North- ' west. ' Horse Shoeeing a Speiality TM Street, opposite tlie old Liek Stan! For Further Information Call at the Office of Interstate investment Go., 0. D. TAYLOR, Be Dais, Or. 72 1 asMgoi, St, Portland,' Or.