THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1895.
The Weekly Ghfonicle.
TltK UALLB8
OKEIHIH
Entered at the poetoffice at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class mall matter.
STATK OFFICIALS.
ajvernoi ..... W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H K Klncald
Treasurer Phillip Metxchan
BapUof Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General CM. Idleman
IG. W. McBride
BatttorB jj. H. Mitchell
I B. Hermann
Congressmen jw. K. Ellis
State Printer W. H. Leeds
COUNT! OFFICIALS.
County Judge..,. Geo. C. Blakeley
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk ....... i. A. M. Kelsay
Treasurer Wm. Hichell
, Frank Klncald
Commissioners A g Blowers
Assessor F. H. Wakefield
Surveyor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner W. H. Butts
more respectability in asking tor baud'
oats by tbe individual who has gambled
that tie could become a successful hobo
and the doing of tbe same act by. Weary
Watkins, who tackles the job from aheer
laziness. Tbe man who starts around
the world withont any clothes on ooght
to be compelled to finish his trip without
additions to his wardrobe. The woman
who is silly enough to emulate the men
fools of this kind is, if anything, worse
than tbe idiotic male. We are tired of
reading tbe same old chestnntty stories
about fakes of thiB kind, and would
much rather give aid and assistance to
the highwayman, who holds up a train
at the risk of bis life, than to the degen
erate specimens of humanity who per
ambulate the country, trying to bold up
the people with a wretched fake. There
are genuine tramps enough now. and
the encouraging of the species by ama
teurs is not needed.
CLOUD LINING.
The free-silver people have been re
joicing over the demands of Japan on
Tbe celebrated overlap case has been
on trial before Judge Gilbert at Portland
for several days, and after being argued
China for the sum of $400,000,000, which y some of the leading lawyers of the
which it was asserted Would be paid in state, was submitted yesterday and is
silver, and that this would cause a sharp
rise in silver. It was even asserted that
the raising of this sum by China would
deplete the civilized world's supply to
such an extent that the white metal
wonld go to par and perhaps even to a
' premium. Their dreams have b-en
rudely shattered, for instead of the sum
named, Japan will be satisfied with one
fourth of it, or $100,000,000.
Of, course tbe drawing of that sum
from Europe in a lump would affect the
market slightly but not permanently. If
silver is to be again made a full and free
legal tender, it must be because there is
' some more substantial reason for it, than
the urgent necessities of a single nation
caused by the settling of a war debt. It
must be because the civilized nations of
the world have need of it, instead of the
uncivilized. It must be because not one
country, but the money centers of the
world, want t as a redemption money
and desire it placed upon an equality
with gold. .
We confess to being "on the fence" on
the silver question, and we are in that
inenviable and uncomfortable . position
because we are unable to determine
which side of the controversy is correct.
We have read arguments that to us
seemed unanswerable at the time, only
to find later like arguments on the other
eide of the question. Besides this we
have read some of the veriest rot on both
sides that was almost enough to condemn
either. The fight is on, however, and it
is going to be brought to a finish. It is
going to be the issue in the next presi
dential campaign, and as far as the
question can be settled in this country,
it will be settled next year. We are
. firmly convinced that the experiment of
-free-silver will be tried, that the flame
has been kindled and must burn itself
-out. We hope the experiment may
prove satisfactory, for if it proves otber-
wise tbe hard times of the past two years
will be continued indefinitely.
now nnder advisement. The suit in
volves about 200,000 acres of land. In
1864 the government granted to the
Northern Pacific the lands in question.
Later the government granted lands to
the Oregon & California Co., lands on
both sides of its road from Portland
south, "not otherwise disposed of." It
would seem clear to the non-hair-splitting
mind that the, Oregon & California
could not lay claim nnder this provision
of the grant, to any of the lands already
granted to the Northern Pacific and that
in tact it would be forever precluded
from any right to the land reserved by
the implications of tbe exemption. If
the Northern Pacific had been built, the
contention would never have arisen, but
as it was not built the Oregon & Call
fornia at once began the usual tactics of
the Southern Pacific and set up claim to
the lands because it now transpires that
they are not disposed of. Common
sense would demand that this grasping
corporation would be bound by tbe con
ditions existing at tbe time tbe grant
was made to it, and that it could not
take advantage ot conditions arising
thirty years later, and which at the
time the grant was made could not have
been foreseen.
COME AND SEE VS.-
TO WOOLMEN.
There is being agitated on the coaBt
Tbe reporter who wrote up the result
of the trial of Rev. J. C. Bead, near tbe
end of bis report says, in speaking of the
defendant: "His eyes were filled with
tears and while-tbe verdict of acquittal
from fear of the penitentiary must have
been cheerful tidings for him, if be had
any mental force left at all, the almost
certain prospect of confinement in an in
sane asylum could not have been very
cheering." That reporter knows but
little of American jurisprudence, or he
would have known tbat the acquittal of
a criminal on the ground of insanity does
not justify the sending of the acquitted
to tbe asylum. That would seem to be
the logical result, the common sense
sequence, but common sense and com
mon law are two distinct breeds of cats,
A criminal who is caught and tried, does
not enter the plea of insanity in all
Mr. Cleveland over rates his poorer in
making a fight for gold, and he also
shows that bis perspicacity in . political
and personal matters at least, is con
spicuous by its failnre to materialize,
He does not seem to be aware of the fact
that he is at present held in such esteem
by the American people that they gladly
listen to what he has to say, in order
that they may know just what not to do,
What Mr. Cleveland bhould have done
was to have accepted tbat Chicago in
vitation. He 9hould get on this side of
the western boundary of New York. He
should learn from this that the United
States is much larger than the District
of Columbia, or King's county. He
should cease bis introspection, and dis
cover that there are brains and talent in
tbe country outside of the Cleveland
family. He should become cognizant of
the fact that the father of Baby Ruth is
not necessarily as great a man as the
"Father of the Country." He ought to
learn that the Mississippi is larger than
the Hudson and that Paget sound is
larger and more beautiful than Butter
milk channel. He really ought to visit
the Pacific coast and size up Hood
Shasta or Kamer with K.atahdin or
Bunker Hill. He should broaden his
mind, deepen his intellect, and lengthen
his Knowledge; for be is deficient in
three directions.
The president has really a good mind
if he would give it a chance, but he
should cut the strings on it and let it ex
pand. His thinker has become hide
bound and like Alexander, . he wants
more worlds to conquer without having
seen half ot this. We should like to see
him, tbe people of the coast would like
to see him glide across the continent in a
Pullman car for five, days, so tbat Le
might understand that Schenectady was
not really such a vast distance from
Skeneajeles, or Tarry town hopelessly re
mote from Sackett's Harbor. The people
here will give him a joyous welcome, the
anvils will shoot, the local democracy
will spout and everybody will turn out
to do honor to the occasion, and when
he goes home to Washington he will
know more and Jeel better than be ever
thought possible. He will realize that
as president, he is really at the head of
one of the biggest things in existence,
the whole United States of America ; a
country that can exist within itself,
furnish its own supplies, create its own
money, and snap its lingers at either
Wall street, the world or the president.
ARNOLD TRIUMPHANT.
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the onestion of nrenaration of wool for luluK' uuk lu luBt P-"cur imng,
iiic ucbiiiuueujciib ui I ottHuii was u
market. Fruit men know well that tbe
manner in which the product is handled
and the character of the package has
much to do With the selling. Ordinary
fruit put up in first class shape will out
sell tbe best fruit put up in a slipshod
manner. It is being argued that this is
true of wool, and trade journals East and
West are advocating tbe exercise of more
care in putting up tbe clipB to submit to
the sharp inspection of Eastern buyers.
Tbe argument becomes more potent to
the American wool grower when it is
suggested tbat he must meet competi
tion from a great variety of foreign wool
being handled in this market. It has
been and is coming in from all quarters
in unexpected forms, and the manu
facturer has several kinds to select from.
Under this condition of thiugs it is more
necessary than ever before that the do
mestic wool growers, Bhould pay greater
attention to the way in which they pre
pare their wools for market. Says the
Wool Reporter: "This matter of the
preparing of wools for market is again
attracting the attention of trade and al
though several have adopted the sugges
tions given by us in previous seasons as
to the method of putting up wool, there
is room for great improvement in this
respect. If the domestic grower is to
hold bis own in competing with foreign
wools, it is absolutely essential that he
should keep out the tags and stuffing,
and that the fleeces should, be rolled
loosely, and tied, not with big, rough,
coarse-fibred twine, which leaves splint
ers in thf fleece, but should not be tied
more than twice each way round the
fleece."
Saxe's Vestal's "for that occasion only
In all other things the man is sane. He
is sane in selecting good lawyers, and
surely sane in pleading insanity. Rev,
Read may be sent to the asylum for a
short time, but that is extremely prob
lematical.
England is evidently spoiling for
fight. She has managed to pick up two
quarrels with this country by following
the same course sbe is pursuing now,
and If she desires it can be accommo
dated with a third. When she has got
ten what she is looking for the northern
boundary of the United States will be
tbe Arctic ocean, and her merchant
marine will not be largest in the world.
England is so need to bullying countries
weaker than herself that she occasion'
ally makes the mistake of insulting the
wrong person. She argues like a gander,
but she has no business in America and
will find it out if she persists in her at
tempt on Nicaragua.
One can hardly pick up a newspaper
these days withont running bump up
against an account of some lazy lubber,
who is going around the world on foot,
or a bicycle, or a wager or some otfier
measly contrivance he has gotten np to
attract attention and live without labor.
We consider the whole "bilin of em"
worthless, cultus fakes from Nellie Bly
and George Francis Train to the tramp
journalists,. tramp club men and tramp
fakes generally.. ,: We can see no differ
ence between a broken down ninth-rat
drunken reporter, who is .. tramping
around the world, and his prototype, the
every day hobo, who is just tramping
around the country. , We can see no
Justices Jackson and Fields, of . the
United States supreme court, should be
retired at once, the former because be is
physically unable to perform tbe duties
of tbe office, the latter because he has
degenerated into a Benile scold and is
little better than a virago. When a
justice of tbe supreme court can find no
better reason for declaring a law uncon
stitutional than, that it taxes bis income,
and,compels him to give up a portion of
bia salary, it is time to fire him. We do
not attempt to criticise the opinion de
iivered Dy tne court, only the reasons
advanced by Field.
Judge Moore at Spokane recently de
cided that all persons in Washington
who had been divorced and had married
again within six months, were illegally
married, and consequently not married
at all. As there are some forty cases of
this kind, the decision has caused quite
a stir. The case will be taken to the
supreme court, but in the meanwhile
parties whom the decision affects do not
know whether to get married again, or
not; and if they do not, they hardly
know just what position they are occu
A woman never uses her . husband's
meerschaum pipe for a hammer more
than once. New York Journal.
Surveyor-General Arnold has given
the democracy of tbe state of Oregon to
understand that he is surveyor-general ;
that he purposes running the office to
suit himself ; that he will keep his re
publican clerk as long aa he pleaees:
which he eays will be during bis own
incumbency of the office; and that, to
put it briefly, tbe democracy of Oregon
could go to the d 1 for all he cared,
Mr. Arnold boldly asserts that when the
administration appointed Mr. John C,
Arnold, the democracy of Oregon was
sufficiently recognized. He further
states that the work of the office is of
"technical and scientific character,"
which Mr. John C. Arnold evidently
thinks is reason enough why a democrat
Bhould not be entrusted with it.
We heartily agree with Surveyor'
General Arnold, and admire the manner
in which his sabre cuts of Saxon speech
slice the Gordian knot; but, as we
stated once before, General Arnold stops
short of tbe legitimate and logical con
elusions of the premises tbat be sets up.
Arnold should set forth this same state
of facts to bia superior in office at Wash
ington. He should state frankly and
fully that the work of the office was of a
"technical and - scientific character;"
that it was just technical enough for a
republican and too scientific for a'demo-
crat; and he should append this state
ment, to emphasize it, to his resigna
tion. - If tbe work in the office is too
technical for a democrat, and Surveyor-
General .Arnold asserts it is, be should
turn it over at once to a republican.
There may be, though, some salvation
for Mr. Arnold. It was asserted at the
time the administration ran its fine-
toothed comb through the Oregon de
mocracy's hair in search of talent, that
the marks upon Mr. Arnold's back (po
litical marks) were not such as to con
vey the idea that he belonged to the
old breed. In fact, tbe straight-out an
terrified ticklers of the democratic scalp
asserted that certain dark spots indi
cated a leaning towards republicanism
that was superinduced by the fact that
he had ' lately left tbat fold, and that
his yearnings after tbe flesh pots of the
old party were only permanently over
come by the generous supply of leeks
and onions, manna and quail, and other
toothsome morsels found in the pickings
of the office of surveyor-general of the
great state of Oregon ; morsels which he
felt would be more delectable and de
giutitory when the culinary department,
which possessed both "technical and
scientific characteristics" was presided
over by a republican chef.
Of course it is none of our pie. It is a
matter for the unterrified, the untechni-
cai and tbe unscientific to settle among
themselves. It is gratifying, however,
to note, the charming frankness with
Semi-Annual Statement of Treasurer Concluded.
Date,
1894.
Oct. 1.
1895 .
Mar 31
1894
Oct. 1.
1895
Mar 31
AMOUNTS PAID OUT.
General
Fund.
$ 8,593 30
By amount paid out on county warrants
By amount paid OUt on anhnnl annto ..,
By amount paid out on road warrants 1.108 60
By balance school fund on hand
By amount paid on institute warrants. 46 75
By amount paid on Dist No. 3 bond warrants. ! ." ! 4,276 85
By amount paid on Dalles City warrants . t v 262 85
By balance general fund on hand ; 7,394 09
School
Fund.
681 00
2,651 Of
$21,682 34 $ 3,232 06
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX FUND.
Amount on hand special school fund 324 59
Amount of taxes from sheriff !.'!!!!.' S7g 44
Amout of taxes from M. V. Harrison 127 07
Amount paid out .- " "
830 10
745 71
Balance in special futfd , i 84 SB
Stat of Oregon, County of Wasco ss. .
I, William Michell, do hereby certify tbat the foregoing Is a trne and correct
which the local talent selected bv the "tatement of the amounts received, paid out and remaining on hand In th conntv
administration for the most obese offices t8ury'of said county for the six months ending on tbe Slst day of March, A. D.
in the state, with one accord come to the
1895.
front and admit that they know enough
to draw their salaries, but that the dem
ocratic ranks do not contain a man
brainy enongh to do the work. It is
perhaps true, though we really always
supposed the old gag about democrats
Witness my hand this 4th day of April, A. D. 1895.
WM. MICHELL, County Treasurer.
SEMI-A1THUAL STATEMENT.
not being able to read, while having Of the amount of Money and Warrants received for Taxes and Money paid to the
wunty ireasurer Dy the Sheriff of Wasco County, Oregon, for the six months
ending on the 31st day Of March, A. D. 1895 :
perhaps a legitimate foundation in
truth, was but a playful and humorous
exaggeration. We are astonished, and
withal pleased, that tbe demonstration
is made that tbe gag was true, it
makes us think better of our fellowmen,
when those fellowmen are democrats,
because it serves to excuse them for
many acts of foolishness. We can now
understand why they wanted free trade.
and Wilson, and Gresham, and Queen
Lil, and whole lots of that kind of trash
tbat they had no use for.
But this is a digression. We appreci
ate the position Mr. Arnold is placed in,
and admire his bold stand in tbe inter
ests of the people. We have not the
pleasure of the surveyor-general's ac
qunintance, but we know be is the man
for the place, and so does he. He is
monarch of all he surveys, and he in
tends to run his man Friday, to suit
himself. Against his office door the
stormy waves of a wild and raging de
mocracy may beat, but they beat in
vain. " The storms may whistle round
his fortress, but what cares he? His
salary is assured, and he has a princi
pie, in fact all the principles he has
behind him
1894 October In coin and currrency $1,067 80
ju warrants..
November In coin and currency ; 975 61
In warrants !.!...!.'.!!!'
December In coin and currency 1 " 648 86
" In warrants '
1895 January In coin and currency 715 f
. in warrants
February In coin and currency "'.'.'!!.."!! 460 70
In warrants .x
March In coin and currency !!'.!!
In warrants " "
.$3,858 63
Total amonnt received , ; ;
Bv Amounts vaid County Treasurer as ver receiots
1894 October , ." . . . $1,067 80
novemoer 975 0
December 648 80.
1895 January .. 715 71
Debruary 450 70
March
Total paid County Treasurer $3,858 61
Statk of Oregon, County of Wasco ss.
I, T. J. Driver, Sheriff of Wasco County, do hereby certify that the above ant
foregoing statement is correct and true.
Witness my hand this 15th day of March, A. D. 1895. '
T. J. DRIVER, Sheriff of Wasco County.
By Robert Kelly, Deputy.
Governor McKinley says that if the
republican party comes out for free sil
ver he will have nothing to -do with the
nomination. It is quite probable that
Governor McKinley will have nothing
do with the nomination, no matter
what the republican party may see fit to
do concerning silver. There are much
larger fist) in tbe republican pond than
W. McKinley of Ohio, Tom Reed of!
Maine for one, and Allison of Iowa for
half a dozen.
Judge Stephens of Portland has
broken the record by actually sending
Rev. J. C. Read, who was acquitted of
the charge of attempting to rob a bank,
on the ground that he was insane, to
the asylum. Evidently the moral wave
struck the feet of the goddess of Justice,
for the thing is entirely out of the usual
order.
BEia-AJTJTUAL BEP0BT.
Of the County Clerk of Wasco County, State of Oregon, showing the amonnt and
number of claims allowed by the County Court of said County, for what al
lowed, amount of warrants drawn, and amount of warrants outstanding and
nnpaid, from the 1st day of October, 1894, to the 31st day of March, 1895, both
inclusive : -On
What Account Allowed. . Amount Allowed.
For salaries and fees of County Judge, Commissioners, Clerk, Sheriff, - . .
.District Attorney, scnool superintendent, Assessor, Treasurer, P-,
Stock Inspector and Janitor......... i... -. i 7.523 31
For paupers and county hospital 1,292 04
For roads and bridges 4.022 9tt
For jurors in Circuit Court 1,821 10
For fees in Justice Court . . 902 86
For witnesses Circuit Court 658 55
For stationery, supplies, etc.. county purposes 853 74
For Court House and Jail 1,320 11
For Armory rent, O. N. G
for bailing Uircuit (Jourt
For Coroners' inquests
For fuel and electric lights..
For elections
For printing and advertising
For G. A. R. Relief
133 30
224 00
254 61
115 00
10 50
127 35
125 00
Klncald la Displeased.
It was the general understanding that
the members of the state board who vis
ited the site for the Eestern Oregon asy
lum last Saturday, were highly pleased
with the selection made by the former
board. Bat a Salem dispatch to the Sun
ontains a different report, and this lat
ter report will no doubt call for a more
complete explanation from the secre
tary of state. The dispatch says : ; "Sec
retary of State Kincaid is greatly dis
pleased with the site of the Eastern Ore
gon branch asylum. He states that the
location is bad, the land low and not
adapted to the raising of such articles
necessary for an asylum, and the climate
is anything but favorable for the benefit
of tbe insanes' health. Tbe other mem
bers have not returned to Salem, and
their opinfon on the subject has not
been ascertained." . " .
Total amounts allowed and drawn , . . . . $19,384 40
Outstanding Warrants Unpaid Principal. Interest.
Outstanding nnpaid warrants April 1st, 1895 $99,613 84
estimated interest accrued thereon $15,000 0V
State of Obkgon, County of Wasco ss.
I, A. M. Kelsay, County Clerk of the County ot Wasco, State of Oregon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the number
and amount of claims allowed by the County Court of said County, for the six
months ending on the 31st day of March, 1895, on what' account the same were
allowed and the amount of warrants drawn, and the amonnt of warrants outstand
ing yet unpaid as the same appears upon the records of my office and in my cus
tody. ! , : .- . ; .
Witness my hand and the seal of the County Court of said County
' this 6th day of March, A. D. 1895.
A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk.
SEAL.
"aln baa no show with Dr. Miles' Pain Pilla.
All nam banished by Ir. Miles' Pain f llu
SEKI-AinnjAL 8UMMABY STATEMENT
Of the financial condition of tbe County of Wasco, State of Oregon, on tbe 31st
day of March, A. D. 1895: -'
LIABILITIES.
April 1, 1895 Amount.
To warrants drawn on the County Treasurer outstanding and unpaid. .$ 99,613 84
To estimated interest accrued thereon .' 15,000 00
Total liabilities.
.$114,613 84
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of tbe County Treasurer of Waeco County, Oregon, for the six months ending on
resources.
April 1, 1895 Amount.
By funds in hands of County Treasurer applicable to tbe payment of
county warrants. $ 7.394 09
the 31st day of March, A. D., 1895, of money received and paid out, from By estimated current taxes for the year 1894, appi caom to tne pay-
whom received and from what source, and on what account paid out:
AMOUNTS RECEIVED, AND FROM WHAT SOUBCB.
Date, General School
1894. Fund. Fund.
Oct. 1. To amount on hand from last report $.7,074 13 " -
To amounts received from Sheriff, taxes. 2,63 64
To am'tree'd from Special Col.M. V. Harrison, taxee 733 89
To amounts received from T. A. Ward, taxes. 275 65
To amounts received from Sheriff, fees 156 90
To amounts received from Clerk, fees 1,046 65
- To amounts received from Sheriff, Dalles City tax. .162 98.
To amounts received from Special Collector M. V.
Harrison, Dalles City tax 56 38
To amounts ree'd irom diff. persons, liquor license. 1,066 61
To amount received from Clerk, peddler's license. 5 00
To amounts received from Clerk, judgment
To amounts received from Sherman county, interest
To am'ta ree'd from School District No. 3, bonds. . . -To
amounts received from Trov Shellev. institute. .
To amount on hand from last report... .... .... $ 2,154 04
To amounts received from diff. persons, crim. fines . 299 10
To amounts received from Sheriff, taxes... ' 626 62
To amounts received from M. V. Harrison, taxes. .. 183 43
, To amounts received from T. A.Ward, taxes.. 68 87
500 00
700 00
600 00
90 00
164 21
8,167 60
- 43 90
$21,682 34 $ 3,232 06
I Rv estimated delincment taxes ftrmlicable to the payment of county
warranto roll of i893 6,500 00
By estimated delinquent taxes applicable to the payment of county
warrants, roll of 1892 3,500 00
By estimated delinquent taxes applicable to the payment of county
warrants, roll of 1891 2,000 00
By estimated delinquent taxes applicable to tbe payment of county
warrants, roll ot losu
By amount ot real estate bid in by the county at tax 8 'lea.
By estimated amount due from state for care of non-resident paupers.
By estimated amount due from Sherman county lor criminal prose-
I 014 nc
cutions ... i i - gJ
Total resources applicable to the payment of warrants $63,236 82
By estimated value county Court House and grounds 30,000 uu
Statk of Oregon, County of Wasco ss.'
I. A. M. Kelsay, County Clerk of the County of Wasco, State of Oregon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the financi (
condition of said County, as the same appears ot record irom the books 01 sa .
County in my office and custody; and from the reports 01 tbe County Xreasur
and Sheriff filed herein. , J
v Witness my hand and tbe seal of the County Court of said County
Seal. : this 10th day of April, 1895.
- A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk.