THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1802.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Delayed in Consepence of the Deatn
.of Mrs. Harrison's Fate
JAY GOULD LEAVES COLD NEW YORK
Will Make Another Winter Sojourn Be
neath Sunny, Southern Skies.
A LIGHT SUGAR CBOP MPECTM
Tut? ITnsatlsfactorv Keports From the
Principal Louisiana Parishes
Minor Topics.
Washington, Nov. 30. The death of
Rev. Dr. Scott, which occurred yester
day afternoon at the White HouBe, has
taken the president away from official
business and he will be unable to com
plete hie annual message to congress in
time for submission on the opening day
of the sesRion. It will probably be the
end of next week or the beginning of
the week after before it is presented.
It will be about the eame length as last
year and will be a complete review of
the work of the present administration.
The White Houfe has been closed to
visitors and the usual cabinet meeting
intermitted. Members of the family,
including the grandchildren, with the
exception of his only son, Judge Scott,
who resides in Port Townsend, Wash.,
were gathered around the bedside of the
dying man. -
Leaving Void New York.
New Yokk, Nov. 29. Jay Gould is
preparing to escape the rigors of a New
York winter by making another trip to
the southwest. It was reported in Wall
street vesterday that he had ordered his
private car to be made ready,, and that
in a day or two he would start for lexas
and the Mexican bjrder, accompanied
by Miss Helen Gould, and his son How
ard. Inquiry at Mr. Gould's house in
Fifth avenue last night- failed to elicit
any information about the exact time of
his departure, but it was said he was in
his usual good health.
'Not Guilty."
The arguments in the Birgfeld case
were finally made and the case went to
the jury at midnight Tuesday. The
jury were out fifteen minutes, and re
turned a verdict of "Not Guilty."
The opening argument was' made by
Prosecuting Attorney Wilson, before ad
journment yesterday evening. Hespoke
an hour and 30 minutes, and the court
adjourned till 7 :30 p. m., at which hour
the court room was filled with specta
tors. Half an hour was taken up by
counsel on a point of reading from refer
ences not admitted .as evidence, when
Judge Bennett took the floor and ad
dressed the jury for two hours and
twentv minutes. He was followed by
Mr. E. B. Dufur, on the part of the pros
ecution, in a speech of an hour and ten
minutes at which time (11 :45), Judge
Bradshaw briefly charged the jury and
they retired with the result as above
stated, and thus terminates one of the
most intensely fought criminal actions
ever produced in the courts of the In
land Empire.
ENTERING AN EMPIRE
Froi Astoria a Fayoraole Bonte to Con-;-
nection at OgfleiL
AN OLD TIME SCHEME REVIVED.
A Rich Region of Country Which Will
Support the Line. -
CROSSING THI CASCADI BADGE.
Time to Begin the Work of Preparation
for a Tast Scheme of Development
Other News.
CIRCUIT COURT.
A Very
Large Vacancy In
Room Today.
the Court
Sugar Crop Will be Light.
New Orleans, Nov. 29. Internal
Revenue Inspector Ham, in charge of
the government sngar-weigbers under
the bounty law, gives a most unsatisfac
tory report of his observations in the
parishes of St. Charles, St. John, St.
James, Ascension, East and West Baton
rouge and Livingston. He estimates
yiat there will be a falling off of 2o per
cent, in the yield of sugar compared with
the crop of last year. He thinks the
yield of the state will fall from 275,000,-
000 pounds to 300,000,000.
The most noticeable thing in the cir
cuit court room this morning, after the
experiences of the past week was "va
cancy." The hitherto well filled seats
and crowded aisles had few occupants
but the court was pursuing its wonted
wav in a business-like manner. ' The
case of M. M. Baldwin v. Wm. Snyder,
for possession of property on Main
street was decided by a verdict of the
jury for plaintiff.
This afternoon the suit of the Water
Supply Co. of Hood River v. W. Ross
Winans is on trial. Mr. Winans con
siders that the water supply company
are taking undue liberties with his
property; that they-would destroy his
valuable water power at Winans, ruin
his summer resort, impoverish him and
lay waste all his plans of future develop
ment at the new town referred to in an
other column. Mr. Winans proposes to
try the case and ascertain whether he
has any vested rights which his would
be neighbors are bound to respect, and
for this purpose has employed counsel
and empanneled a jury of his peers.
FIAT JUSTICIA.
A Transfer Steamer Ashore.
Kewaunee, Wis., Aov. 29. lhe car
ferry steamer, Ann Arbor No. 1, is ashore
15 miles north of here, having lost her
bearings in the fog last night on her re
turn from across the lake with a load of
cars.- She carries six carloads of apples
The steamer is valued at $200,000.
.
Good Prospects.
La Grande Chronicle. More wheat
will be sown this year than ever before,
and next harvest, with a favorable
season, there will be a vast amount
marketed. The demands for an open
river are becoming more urgent every
year.
Salmon Out of Season.
The arrival of fine Chinook salmon in
the Columbia river, at the present
time teaches the importance of a change
in the close season. Their spawn can
not batch during the open season, be
cause of the miles of lead lines hauled
by the tides across the spawning sands.
The fish coming in now were hatched
iter the close of former seasons. Com
mon sense would seem to dictate a
change of the time for fishing. Close
the present open season; let the fish
have a chance to come in unobstructed
and spawn for three years ; and fish in
the present close , season. ' A Portland
paper says of the present run : "Follow
ing close after the first lot of Columbia
river smelt as usual, the first Chinook
salmon made its appearance in the
market yesterday. It was as plump as
partridge, and as bright as a silver dol
lar, and had just come from the ocean.
Ffeh sharps are at a loss to account for
the unusually early arrival of the smelt
and chinook salmon. Some say the
flood in the river has brought them up,
.' but a flood at this season is no unusual
thing, and has never brought the fish
up so early before. Early springs are
, not uncommon here, but it is hardly
possible that spring has come before
winter has set in. Probably the fish
will find that they have been a little too
previous and will go back and wait till
, their usual season comes around." A
man cannot be very much of a "fish
4 sharp" to be unable to account for the
"unusually early arrival." The fish
simply hatched later in the season,
probably three or five years ago; have
matured, and come home to spawn.
, That's all there is to it.
Our Fellow Towunaa Linus Hub
bard and Ills Open Columbia
River Work.
From the East Oregunian.
With the Columbia river open and
free the people of the great Inland Em
pire would be more prosperous and the
country better developed. Cheaper
transportation would make lands profit
able which are idle at present, would
encourage enterprise which is 'dormant
now; would make men energetic who
are listless today. It would do much to
make the desert blossom as the rose,
several prosperous towns would spring
up along both sides of the Columbia
river, affording labor and opportunity
to thousands in search of work. In
short, it would be a progressive step
which would never be forgetten. It
would build up an Empire.
Among the foremost workers for an
open river is Linus Hubbard, of The
Dalles. He never wearies in his efforts ;
he breathes the air of the future free
and open river ; he proclaims from the
hill tops the benefits it would bestow.
Mr. Hubbard is a practical man, one
who knows a thing or two, who has
traveled and observed. He feels no
hesitancy in declaring the greatest work
of the time to be "An Open River."
He has recently sent out photographs
giving views of the steamers plying on
the lower river, with appropriate re
marks and a statement of facts existing
on the river prior to the state opening the
river below The Dalles. If the state will
use the same means to open the river
above the dalles the price for transport
mg wheat from points on and near the
Columbia would be materially les
sened. Undoubtedly the producers of
Umatilla county would receive at least
ten cents more per bushel for their
grain than thev do at present. This
means at least $250,000 a year more in
the pockets of the farmers east of the
mountains. On this account an open
river is very important and every citizen
of the Inland Empire should do his ut
most to assist in bringing it about. "
The San Francisco Bulletin of Satur
day has advices from La Union, San
Salvador, by the steamer City of Sydney
that ah earthquake laid low nearly all
the houses in the city and those left
standing had their walls so cracked that
it is not safe to remain in them. The
people are living in tents and are in fear
of further disturbances, A passenger on
the City of Panama,' which called at. La
Union on the way up and which was
subsequently passed by the City of
Sydney, writes that he went ashore and
viewed the ruins. The desolation is
complete. The residents of the city
were almost driven to frenzy and pro
cessions were parading the streets with
ringing bells, headed by priests praying I
for an abatement of the disturbances.
Many persons were killed and, many I
seriously injured. 1
Astoria, Or., Dec. 1. The Examiner
has taken up the old subject of a railway
direct to Ogden with much more possible
hope of success than when the scheme
was talked of years ago. The country is
ripe for such development now. Then
it was not. The construction of a rail
road from this city to Ogden would cer
tainly find itself crowded with golden
possibilities, were it to traverse our
growing state in the natural direction of
such indications as give promise of the
greatest amount of traffic. A railroad
from Astoria, with Ogden as its terminus,
would doubtless have to go as far south
as Albany, as it is directly west of there,
at the head of Rock crek, that the first
and most feasible pass through the Cas
cade mountains is found. This would
open up great bodies of timber which lie
in the southern portion of Clatsop and
our more southerly counties, as well as
bring about the development of the ag
ricultural valleys and improvement of a
vast amount of land tributary to this
city. In reaching Albany the fertile and
prolific Willamette valley is tapped.
After crossing the Cascade mountains,
this yet imaginary railroad would enter
Crook county, and following in the lines
of the greatest amount of traffic, would
run eastward to the Des Chutes river,
cross the same and continue on the north
side of Prineville, the county seat.
Prineville is a live little town of some
800 people that has not yet, owing to its
isolation, outgrown some of the features
which formerly characterized the frontier
trading posts. From Prineville this
road would continue direct I v eastward
to Canyon city, the county seat of Grant
county, a thriving little town that leads
its western neighbor a merry race in
point of size, its population being but a
trifle lees. Canyon city is situated on
the John Day river, and the road would
have to cross to Prairie city, thence
wend in a northerly direction and cross
the Blue mountains via an old stage
route north of Britten station.
Thus far, a wonderful and promising
country is traversed. Hemmed in by
the Blue mountains on the east and the
Cascades on the west, within this state,
comprising Grook, Gilliam, Grant and
the southern portions of Wasco and
Umatilla counties, is an empire whose
area is greater than the combined area
of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
A vast country virtually without trans
portation facilities. The lumbering
stage-coach and cumbersome freighter's
wagon offering the only modes of travel
and transportation. The nearest rail
road point to Prineville is The Dalles,
120 miles distant and the nearest rail
road point to Canyon city is Baker city,
ninety miles distant.
within tbis empire lies the great
future wheat district of Oregon. Here
miles of rich grazing lands and fertile
prairies await the sword that has under
gone the peaceful metamorphosis of
agricultural drift. Countless heads of
sheep and cattle are at present growing
fat upon the rich grazing of this verdant
empire. Of the 13,000.000 pounds of
wool annually clipped in Oregon, three-
fourths are produced within the coun
ties named, and principally in that
district which the Ogden road would
traverse. This alone would be an im
portant item in the amount of traffic
which would await the railroad at the
outset. It is estimated that 100 car
loads of livestock are shipped from this
district annually.' Entering Baker
county this road would encounter heavy
but not impossible grades, and enter the
Suinpter valley, passingtfirough one of
the richest mineral belts in the United
States. Within this belt apparently in
exhaustible mines of copper are found,
which owing to the lack of railroad
facilities, have not yet been developed.
Seme of the richest gold and silver
quurtz luines he within this district
readv to pour an immense volume of
traffic into the lap of the first railroad
that may chance that way; almost in
itself a sufficient inducement for any
railroad. Many of these mines have
been undergoing development work for
years, and are today far in.
The limitless forests will supply
the business in the growing demand
for building lumber in Ogden, Salt Lake
and thereabout, and the west bound
traffic would form a ceasless volume to
ward the mouth of the Columbia. Train
loads of ore, wheat and wool, as well . as
timber, would soon cause our harbor to
wear an aspect rivaling the busiest scenes
ofonr greatest shipping mart, as the new
line would bring in cargoes now secured
elsewhere, and build up ocean traffic
from this point. Astoria would un
doubtedly be called upon to ! supply a
country whose early settlement would
soon cause untold riches to pour into her
coffers and make her indeed the greatest
marine city of modern growth and the
Queen city of the Pacific coast. Such a
road would by connection with the Rio
Grande Western at Ogden, and subse
quent connection with the Union Paci
fic give Astoria virtually the choice of
two great transcontinental routes.
The Dalles Markets.
Thursday, December 1. The week
past has been more quiet' than any
former one of the season, on account of
the farmers improving the time in plow
ing and sowing fall grain. Prices re
main steady on all staple goods and
moet kinds of produce. There is a fair
stock of vegetables in the market and
prices are unchanged. Eggs are more
scarce than at any time this season.
Our dealers have not advanced prices
over last weeks quotation, bnt will be
compelled to do so unless a shipment of
eastern arrives soon.
Good fresh butter is in better demand
and is shorter in supply with an ad
vance in price in the near future. Pota
toes are more plentiful at the quotation
and have a downward tendency, that is
to say, a slight decline 'is expected.
Goo d clean green apples are dearer an
are marked up 25c per box. Poultry is
not coming into market as freely as it
did before Thanksgiving, but prices
remain as quoted.
The wheat market is stationary on
former quotation, 62 for No. 1 and 57 to
60 cts. for other grades. The wool mar
ket is entirely bare and is off in quota
tions.' Hides and pelts are weaker in
tone although former quotations are the
same. There is no change, in the beef
market. Mutton sheep are scarce and
have turned a spot dearer. Fat pork is
coming into market lively for slaughter
at the quotation. . '
Baklby The market is nearlv lifeless
in barley, prices are down to 70 and 75
cents per 100 lbs.
Oats The oat market is stiff and of
ferings are light at $1 25 cents per 100
1 1 r t- a. i
nye o etuis per ousnei.
INTEREST AWAKENED.
America to Become Conspicuous in
Panama Canal Affairs.'
GENERAL JOHN NEWTON SIZED UP.
Holding Two Lucrative Offices in Viola
tion of his Obligation.
SKCRKTAKT BLK.INS SUGGESTION.
Must Resign From the Armjr or Take
his Leave of Abaenee From the
Panama Kail war Co. '
lbs.
hiillstuffs eran ana snorts are
quoted at $18 00 per ton. mid
dlings $22 50 to $23 00 per ton. Rolled
barley, $23 00 to $24 00 per ton. Shell
ed corn $1 25 per 100 tts.
. Floub Salem mills flour is quoted at
to cm i per Darrei. Diamond brand at
Washington, Nov. 30. Secretary of
War Elkins, in his official capacity,
promises to become a conspicuous figure
in the Panama canal Droceedinim.
whereby American interests are seri
ously jeopardized. Secretary Elkins
attention has been directed to the fact
that General John Newton, who is pres-
mem oi tne ran am a Kail wav company.
is a major-general on the retired list of
the United States army. The Pauama
Railway company was organized under
the laws of New York and given a
charter which guaranteed that the en
terpnse should always be controlled by
American stockholders. The company
passed almost entirely into French
hands, but General Newton remained as
president, and has regularly drawn both
the salaries of a retired officer and of the
president of a railway company, which"
only awaited the. expiration of its con
tract obligations to immediately attack
American interests.
As soon as Secretary Elkins' attention
was drawn to this state of affairs, he re
cognized that General Newton was occu
pyiug a commercial position inconsistent
with the spirit of his military position
and inimical to the interests of jhe
American government, under whose flag
he is still enrolled, since officers of the
THat LARGEST K060IT.
A Miner Discussion on The Tople m
General Interest.
Mining men often indulge in argument'
as to when and where the largest gold '
nugget was ever found, how much it
weighed, etc., it has been reported that
the largest nugget ever found was dis
covered in Australia and that it weighed
about $25,000. But a more recent? state-,
ment has bt-en widely printed in mining
journals showing that the heaviest nug
get of gold ever discovered was found ia
February, 1869, near the village of
Molisgel, Victoria. - Two diggers fount
it on the extreme margin of a patch
of auriferous alluvium, within two feet
of the bedrock of sandstone. It lay oa.
stiff red clay, in a loose gravely loam,
and was barely covered with earth. It
was brought to light by the wheel of a
cart turning it up. The nugget was
twenty-one inches long, ten inches thick
and, though mixed with quartz, the
(treat body . of it was solid gold. The
finders heated the mass in a fire to get
rid of the adherent quartz. They also
detached and gave away a number of
specimens of gold before they took it t
the assayer. When melted the gold was
found to weigh 2,268 ounces, 10 penny
weights and 14 grains, and contained
only 1-75 of alloy, chiefly silver and iron.
Including the pieces given away the
uugget is estimated to have yielded 2,28d
ounces of pure gold, the value of whick
whs $46,336. Near the same spot where
the nugget was unearthed two other nug
gets were found later, weighing respect
ively 114 ounces and 36 ounces.
WILL IT BVKB BI FAIR.
How haa the Inland Empire so Mortal! r
Offended?
The Oregonian and its Telegram, ap
pear to be happy in the thought that it
will le a Icniii time ln-fore a Imut cr.u ilo
liver its Dalles cargo at Astoria without
breaking bulk. This is from the Or
egonian :
Iu reirard to the contract for constriu.
iug the locks at the cascades, nothing
more is known at the engineer's office
than was known a week ago. Major
Handbury recommended that one of the
! reposals received be accepted bv I lie.
irovernment, but that in a long
a Ions wav
from the contract beinir lpr Th
retired list are considered by the war de- cessful bidder must furnish satisfactory
partment as being still in the service of 'wto 'n the sum of $400,000 before the
the country. It is stated that Secretary f". " J
bonds that is willing to do mi.
anomalous position, has addressed him Maj. Handbury's recommendation "it
$3 90 per bbl. per ton and $4 00 per bbl. Z Z 1 7 ' . "M ,B . a ,on wav lroal l,,e contract being let,
retail.
hay limotny nav ranges in price
froni.$12 00 to $15,00'per ton, according
w quality aim cunamon. w neat nay is
in full stock on a limited demand at
$10 00 to $12 00 per ton. There is no
inquiry for. oat hay, and prices are off.
Alfalfa hay ia not much called for, and
is quoted at $10 00 to $12 00 ner ton.
These quotations are for bailed hay ex
clusively. .
Butter Fresh roll butter is in fair
supply at 50 to 55 cents per roll, in brine
or dry salt we quote 40 to 45 cents per
roll.
Eggs The esrer market is short In
supply and good fresh eggs find ready
sale at 30 cents per dozen cash.
Poultry Th ere is a fair demand for
fowls for a home market and for ship-
men t to Portland. Chickens are a noted
at z iiu to $3 ou per dozen ; turkeys t
to 10 cents per 11 ; geese $7 to $8 per doz
ana aucKS ft to ipo per dozen.
Beef a ' Mutton Beef cattle is
moderate demand at $1 75 per 1 00
weight gross to $2 25 for extra good
Mutton is held at an advance of last
years prices and is quoted at $3 50 to
$5 00 per head. Pork offerings are
light and prices are nominal at 4 to 4W
gross weignt ana cents dressed,
STAPLE GROCERIES.
Coffer Costa Rica, is quoted at 221'i
per lb., by the sack. Salvador, 22c
Arbuckles, 25c. .
Sugar Golden C, in bbls or sack
$5 00; Extra C, $5 10 ; Dry granulated
uu; in ooxes, u. u., in 30 lb boxes
$2 00. Ex C, $1 85. GC $r-75.
Sybup $2 00(32 75 pr keg.
Rick Japan rice, 6(Ui7e: Island
nee, 7 cts.
Beans Small whites, 45 c ; Pink
44c per ion lbs.
Salt1 Liverpool, 501b sk, 65c: 1001b
sk. $1 10; 2001b sk, $2 00. Stock salt
$16 00 per ton.
Dried Fruits Italian prunes, 12c per
lb, by box. Evaporated apples, 10c per
iu. imea grapes, iuc per pound.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Potatoes Peerless, Buffalo whites.
Snowflake and Bnrbank seedlings quoted
at $i za per iuu ids.
Onions The market quotations for
A I onions is $1 50 per 100 lbs.
treen r suits Good apples sell for
85$1 25 per Ikx. Fall and early winter
pears are quoted at 6075c per box.
HIDES AND FUBS.
Dry,
Hides Are quoted as follows
6c lb; green, 2(d26 ; culls 4c lb.
Sheep Pelts 60(365 ea. Deerskins.
20c lb for winter and 30c fur summer,
Dressed, light $1 lb. heavv 75c lb. Bear
skins, $1($10 ea; beaver, $2 50 lb;
otter, $4 ; hsber, $sr?$o ou : silver gray
tox, iiufttszd ; red fox, si va ; grev fox.
$2 50(?$3:, martin, $1$1 25; mink,
50c(&55c; coon, 35c; coyote, 50c75c ;
badger, 25c; polecat, 25c45c; com
mon house cat, 10c(825e ea.
Wool The market is reported off on
wool, and is quoted at 10c15c lb. -
BUILDING MATERIALS.
Lumber Rough lumber No. I $11 M,
No. 2 $9 M. Dressed flooring and rus
tic, No. 1 $25 M, No. 2 $20, No. 3 $16.
Finishing lumber, $22 500 $30 M.
Lime, $1 25 per bbl ; plaster, $4 50 per
bbl ; cement, $4 50 per bbl ; hair, 7 cents
per lb; white lead, 7 cents per lb;
mixed paints, . $1 60'31 75 per gal;
boiled linseed oil, 65 cents per gal. v
salaried positions, has suggested to bim,
by intimating at least, the propriety of
resigning one place or the other. Con
gress is almost sure to take the Panama
question in hand and deal with it vigor
ously irom an American standpoint.
American Grapes In Kngiand.
Ripley, N. Y., Dec. 1. The trial ship
ment of grapes to England by the Chau
tauqua and Northeast grape union,
which consisted of two carloads, was a
success. The grapes sold at from thirty-
nine to fifty-seven cents a basket and as
it cost only seventeen cents to deliver in
Liverpool they will net the grower a
good price. A private letter from a
i is evidence clear enough that the
Oregonian has an abiding hope that th
contract may not be let at all. Its inti-
nation with respect to the bonds is the
silliest prattle. There are responsible
names sufficient attached to Messrs.
Day's bond to give it weight, although w
ire free to admit that "it is not every
body whoiscapableof giving such bonds"
and they have filed it for approval along
with their contract, as recommended
by Maj. Handbury. The Oregoniua
must know this. Then why print suck
equibe as the above, which only reveal
to the public the cloven-footed malev
olence of the writer? It is such rancor
that would seem to justify this whole
community in boycotting the Oregonian.'
London (Eng.) commission -house to it
representative in this place states that as was done in Walla Walla, where now.
its customers say tne grapes are bitter we are informed not a dozen conies ara
A. I I , 1.1 .1 . . .
tuo urowera nere minx tnai taken daily. It shows a hardness of
all tnat is indicated by this complaint heart toward the Inland Empire which
is that the English buyers chew the I it is imnnwihlo n
reasonable manner. The patron aee of
pulp and seeds.
The Home Rnle Seoop.
New York, Dec. 1. The London
press are saying an manner of mean
little things about the press of America
which got in a scoop on them on Glad'
stone s new home-rule scheme for the
Irish provinces, as cabled here. A few
papers print the cable dispatch, but
none comment on it. A representative
of the associated press yesterday had an
interview with Herbert Gladstone on
the subject. Asked whether the scheme
as published was based on an autograph
letter, of his, Gladstone said there was
not a word of truth in tbe report, that
any such autograph letter was in exist
ence. In regard to the alleged scheme.
which purports to be a plan of govern-
ment, Gladstone said it was unworthy
of notice, adding it contains its own
most effective denial.
A Contest In Wyoming-.
Chi yen kk, Wyo., Nov. 30. The final
count of the Carbon county vote makes
tbe legislature republican on joint ballot,
which will insure the election of a re
publican to tbe senate, unless the demo
crats and populists, who will control the
lower house, unseat a number of repub
licans. This is likely, as the democrats
charge : the republicans with having
stolen five members in Carbon county
by means of false returns.
The I.OTer's Lament.
Your face is like a drooping flower,
bweetneart!
I see you fading, hour by hour,
Sweetheart !
Your rounded ontlines waste away,
In vain I weep, in vain I pray,
What power Death's cruel hand can' stay ?
bweetneart, sweetheart!
Why, nothing but Dr. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription. It imparts strength to
the failing system, cures organic troub
les, and for debilitated and . feeble
women generally, is unequaled. It dis
pels melancholy and nervousness, and
builds up both flesh and strength.
Guaranteed to give satisfaction in every
case, or money paid for it refunded.
the Inland Empire bestowed upon the
Oregoniai., leaving ont the part of prin
cipal entirely; should be sufficient t
attract to us an occasional intimation of
amiability. But not a word do we fini.
of any kindliness or good nature
from that source. Its reference to the
i-ascade canal is always of an ill natured.
spiteful, rankling bitterness. No kind
fficesand good treatment from the peo
ple up this way ever seems to be worthy
of a good turn. Even the tail organ of
the Oregonian, its Telegram has to sneer
at the prospect of an open Columbia
river. It says:
There are no new developments in the
matter of letting the contract for fin'sh-
ing the cascade locks. Major Handbury
has forwarded recommendations, and if
a contract is let the successful bidder
mutt put up $400,000 bonds.
The italic is ours. But who says the
successful bidder does not have to put
up? The drift of the Telegram is a
clearly shown in that word placed where
it is as need be shown to any intelligent '
mind.
Friends of an open river must not ex
pect any favors from the Oregoninn, ita
telegram, it in tact from Portland, anr
more than from the Union Pacific railway.
Political Fusale.
Plaindesler. Hon. LaFay-
A
Roeeburg
ette; Lane is considerably bothered
over a political puzzle, as it were. It is
a well known fact that Mr. Lane was
bitterly opposed to the fusion business
before election. ' In Roseburg there
were 77 straight democratic votes cast.
Since it has been ascertained that the
fusion failed to succeed, Mr. Lane haa
been congratulated by over 200 persons,
who stated that they also had voted the
straight democratic ticket. The query
is, what became of the extra 133 votes?
Had Weaver carried the state it is qnita
probable that Mr. Lane would have
found it in an equally difficult problem
to find 77 men who voted a straight
democratic ticket.