THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1895. The Weekly Gtooniele. THE DALLES OKEGOK Entered at the postofflce at The Dalles, Oregon, aa second-class mail matter. 8TATK OFFICIAL, r Sjvernoi , ,....W. P. Lord Becretary of State . . '. . ER Kincaid Treasurer Phillip Jfetschan Bupt.of Public Instruction. .......G. M. Irwin Attorney-General C. M. Idlemnn Benators.... :. jj H Mitchell B. Hermann 8jcuicu. jw R Eulg atate Printer. : : W H. Leeds COUNTY OFFICIALS. County Judge Geo. C. Blakoley Sheriff. 1 T. J. Driver Clerk A. M. Kelsay Treasurer Wm. Michel! ,,.. (Frank Kincaid Commissioners I A g Blowers Assessor..............:.. '..F. H. WakeSeld Burveyor S. F. Sharp Superintendent ol Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley Coroner...... . W. H. Butts THE DALLES THE BEST BUSI NESS POINT. aged and aided by the business men of this city ; . but more aid of the same kind is required. . We consider this sub ject next in importance to transporta tion facilities' between here and the markets of the land. ' Mr. Sberar has made money by boilding and maintain ing fine roads between here and Bake Oven. The Dalles business -men will likewise receive a generous return for every dollar expended in the improve ment of. the roads beyond Bake Oven and in other directions. Some atten tion could be given the free bridge road to very great advantage to this city. HEROISM IN , SONG. SHEEP AND CASCADE RANGE, ': The advantages of The . Dalles as business point was never so forcibly demonstrated as' at present. The rates - on wool shipments from here to eastern markets are ' 55 cents per hundred pounds less than from Arlington and other points in the interior. The local rate from Arlington to The Dalles is 40 cents per hundred, so that wool can be shipped from there here, sold and re' shipped at a saving of 15 cents per hnn- dred. Besides this saving in the rate, ;th6 competition among buyers incident to this being the largest wool market direct from the producer that there is in the United States, often makes the price relatively appreciably higher. This Bpring the clip from about 20,000 bead of eheep near Bock Creek.in Wash ington, a locality across the Columbia from Arlington, is being hauled to The Dalles by teams. We are also informed -that a large clip from the vicinity of Fossil is this year marketed here. Both the localities mentioned have hereto- - fore marketed their clips in Arlington. . A visit to the two warehouses demon strates the importance of this business. Teams from a distance of two hundred miles may be seen unloading; and these teams carry on their return loads of merchandise. , The advantageous rates are due en tirely to the fact that The Dalles is made a competitive point by the D. P. & A. N. Co.'s line of boats ; and to the cit izens who have pat their capital into . this enterprise is due the fact that The . Dalles is now the best business point in the interior of the state. THE ROAD FROM FOSSIL THE DALLES. TO Some active steps should at once be take to induce the commissioner of the general land office to rescind bis order excluding sheep from the Cascade reser vations. This has been the summer home of the flocks of Oregon for many years, and the commissioner himself would have to concede, should he visit his new parks, that no trace of the graz' ing remains. It will not do to disregard this order, for even a democratic admin' iatration will not ignore contempt of its authority. . . A fair and full presentation of the facts, we think, would effect a recession, so far as sheep and cattle are concerned. "Let's have another Declaration of In dependence," is the suggestion of eome very good citizens. A. very good idea. What is the use of allowing England to dictate the price of wheat, wool and cotton : Germany the price of pork, and France the price of wines; ' Why let Europe longer interfere with us? China was quite independent of the rest of the world for ages, and there is no reason why we can't. It might cost something to build a wall, but the industrial army want employment, and we have lots of silver in the ' vaults at Washington which is very much desired by thous ands of people throughout the land. We can pay for the work in silver; this will give the land free silver, and we will be done with these arrogant nations of Europe, which are now trying to run our affairs. Xet's have a Chinese wall. The feelings of every one who read 'of the wrecked Cohma are touched by the recital' of bow Captain' Taj lor died. Standing near the bridge, he gave orders for the lowering of the" boats, and did what could be done for the saying of as many lives as possible; and then when nothing more remained, he raised his hand and gave three blasts of the whis tle as a dying farewell, to all that he loved. As long as poetry and song re main, each, deeds will always be a favor' ite theme for minstrelsy. ' The loss of the steamer, Arctic, away back in the fifties, when the signal gun fired by the hand of a. mere lad, sent its boom across the weary waste of waters till .silenced in the ocean's deep em brace, was studied .in the readers by sympathetic youth. And many tears have dimmed the' pages of Whittier which told of Conductor Bradley and how he died. , Bradley was a conductor on an eastern- road, and killed in a col lision.. The poet, Whittier, most beau tifnlly tells the story of how, when the first shock of the collision was over, and bis mangled body was taken from the wreck, those who - bent over him hea'rd the words "Put out the signal for the other train :" "We bow as in 'the dust, with all our pride Of virtue dwarfed the noble deed beside; God give us grace to live as Biadley died." It remains for some sweet singer in verse on the Pacific coast to tell of the Colima and her captain. Censurable as' he may be in some things, his death was heroic. Perhaps Oregon's own gift of genius, Sam Simpson, will tell the storv. VITAL BENEFIT TO THE DALLES. The Increase in Business From Currant Creek Grade. the AN UNGOVERNABLE GOVERNOR. Business men who fail to collect, fail to pay and ultimately fail to do business at all. For many years there has been practically no enort to enforce the pay ment of taxes in this county, and until recently no effort to collect what could be collected by a demand. At the same time the indebtedness of the county has been on the increase ; it would be re markable had the result been otherwise. Greater determination in the, collection of taxes would reduce the weight of tax ation and be only justice to those who pay their taxes promptly and regularly. A mass meeting was held at Arlington Wednesday evening to discuss what bad 'best be done to hold the trade and ship ping of southern Gilliam county, which the proposed new road threatens to transfer to The Dalles. The citizens showed that they were thoroughly alive to the danger that menaced Arlington Speeches were made by Mayor Edwards, District Attorney Jayne, Maior Uollins Messrs. Hawson, Gurley, Johns, Danne- rnan, Hindle and others, it was de cided to try to raise a bonus sufficient to to induce the telephone company to run a branch line out to fossil. Mayor i.d wards was delegated to see the people along the route. Of course the people of Fossil will help. While trying to bet ter our condition out this way, we have the Eindlieet feelings for Arlington, and would like to eee that city build up, al though the charity that begins at home precludes our wishing it growth at onr expense. fossil Journal. A good road from Fossil to The Dalles may not be for the practical interest of Arlington, but it is for the best interest of every farmer and stockraiser in the central and southern portion of Gilliam and Sherman counties. We are pleased that the Fossil Journal sees the subject in the right light. We hope the busi ness men of this city will take bold of the matter promptly and - energetically, THE REPORT OF THE JURY. GRAND The. grand jury, which was discharged last Saturday, calls attention to one mat ter which should not be longer over looked, namely, the careful examination of the books of the county officers For many years no one has given any thought or attention to the books of the officers of the county, further than the cursory exemination made by each grand jury, nntil within a short time, when by accident it was found that a considerable number of county warrants, aggregating over $1300, have been placed in circulation, we nave had in some of the county offices in years past some men who have not given the closest at tention to the details of their offices, and however honest they may have, been, there is no certainty that at all times the county has received all the monies to which it is entitled. The duties of the county court are manv, and it cannot often devote to these details the atten tion they deserve. We hope the suggestions of the grand jury will be followed. . GOOD ROADS A NECESSITY. The enterprising business men of The Dalles bar made The Dalles a compet ing point for transcontinental roads; all we need now to complete the good work is good roads into the interior. Mr. J. H. Sherar has this year - been de voting much time and attention to the Current Creek road, in Crook county. In this good work he has been encour- The verdict in the Malonay case was anticipated by those who watched the case carefully. If the testimony pre sented on the par of the defense is true, there was a chance for the jury to find a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendants. ' There is a wide difference in opinion as to the correctness of the verdict, but the public should bear in mind that the jury heard all the testi mony and were better qualified to pass upon it than they - who have heard the testimony only in part, and that second hand. Governor Altgeld is fuming and stir ring up anarchical sentiment because the supreme court of the , United States has decided that a court has the power to punish contempt of its orders. It is useless to denounce the U. S. courts as being the tools of corporations and eer vants of millionaires ; they do not make the laws, and are not responsible for them, but it is their duty, as it is that of a governor, to assist in enforcing them. Men of Altgeld's stamp, who openly espouse every influence tending to unsettle society and nullify the gov ernment, ought also, to be within the reach of the court's order;"" they are far more worthy of the punishment that falls upon the men whom they mislead and who have to suffer the consequences of 'a violation of the law. The court that punishes a violation of the law is far more the friend of labor than the demagogues who encourage a disregard of the law. ''.'.. We regret that Altgeld is not the man to go to prison instead of Eugene V. Debbs. - The Chronicle and other republican papers insisted during the last national campaign that the democratic idea of the tariff was more in the interest of Eng land than the United States ; every dem ocrat denied it. Today the English press are suggesting to Mr. Cleveland that Mr. Wilson, the author of the pres ent tariff law, be made secretary of state to succeed Mr. Gresham. This, too, would suit England, but it strikes ns that this corintry has had all of Mr. Wilson that it can stand. The Smith portage railway law is pro nounced unconstitutional by lawyers who have examined it carefully, and there is no prospect of its evei becoming operative. That was the reason the law was permitted to pass ; bad there been any question as to its validity, the. rail road company would have seen to it that it died before it was born. As it was, there was little opposition to it; it did the railroad company no harm, and satisfied the demand of the restless farmers. HOOD RIVER VALLEY. The people of Hood River are to be congratulated upon the large yield and certain returns of their strawberry crop of 1895. Last year, because of want of transportation facilities, their labor, time and money was a dead loss, but this year their perseverance in improv ing and enlarging their berry fields has been rewarded. The success of this portion of the county, both in berry raising and apple culture, is due to the fact that the most approved methods are studfld and adopted with great painstaking. Hood River apples have a reputation more than state wide, and many orchards on the Columbia, not in Hood river valley, reap the benefit of that reputation. .. . There, is no reason why other portions of the county should not succeed as well if the same care is given to the business ; but. until we learn to keep our apple tree from insects and properly cultivated and pruned, we will never produce ap ples that are fit for anything but cider, and not very good for that. - . The man, Brown, who was so thor oughly converted recently in Seattle as to acknowledge his guilt of crime, and express a desire to return and complete the service .of the term in the peniten- . I i r t. t i l i i urj, iruui wuiai He una escapeu, una in him something worth saving. He has before him infinitely more of possi ble happiness than the man who, by the shrewdness of skilled lawyers, escapes thn natural and juBt consequences of a committed crime. A RIVER LINE TO FOSSIL. The Fossil Journal expects during the next year to see boats load at its wharves and those of other towns east bf the mountains, and never break cargo nntil they land their freight at, Portland or Astoria.-.With such a waterway, and such transportation facilities, the devel opment of our state's resources-would be beyond Ijmlt. The prophecies of pessi mists do not possess the ghost- of a chance of fulfillment. Portland Sun. We knew Fossil had too much life for its name, but we had not heard that it had crawled to the Columbia river from eighty miles away. Possibly the Sun is off on its geography. In connection with the subject of good roads Dalles City might do well to take a bint. The road from the top of the brewery hill grade to the east side of Thompson's addition is about as rough as any road in theco'onty. Couldn't our energetic street 'commissioner and marshal, with the aid of the hobos, im prove that short piece 6f road? We understand that the county com missioners have assured Mr. Sherar that further aid will be provided for the com pletion of the Current creek road. This is as. it should be. , . Br, Miles' Pala Fills can fieuraUrta. The fish situation still continues any thing but bright to those whose money is invested in wheels and nets. The re ports all along the river indicate that very few fish are being caught. In 1889, which was the year in which the biggest catch was made, the fish began coming May 28th ; but last year, when there was also an abundance of fish, but no wheels to catch them, the- run did not come till much later, and the biggest catch was during July. There is yet plenty of time for the fishermen to reiinbuisa themselves for the outlay they have made and have a balance to their a edit. " Since the establishment of the boat line there is no more important question before the people of this busy town than the building of good roads. '. The Dalies is eminently a commercial city and upon the trade of the surrounding country de pends its sustenance ' The advantages of freight rate culm petition have made The Dalles a much better market for the products of the interior than places farther Eastward and our - merchants reap the benefits from the. increase in traffic. ; Fifteen years . ago we did the business for all the country' south of us aa far as California. ' With the building of the O. K. & N. railroad, stations"! sprang up along its line which diverted a great amount of trade which heretofore had been exclusively ours. ' The loss was not severely felt as the country im mediately around The Dalles was fast developing and at that time the railroad shops - were btre, dispersing $250,000 yearly among our merchants. -Now they are gonaand we must not count upon their coming back. So it is to the landiBouth and east of here that we must look to maintain our suprem acy and efforts must be made to secure again and firmly hold '. the trade with places that now aro sending their grain and wool to other markets. ' The southern portion of Gilliam county Is- justly tributary to The Dalles but of late most of its business has gone to Ar lington. But with the knowledge that The Dalles is the largest wool shipping point in the world and that the competi tion among buyers is greater here than anywhere else, the people of Gilliam county wish communication with us. The abominable condition of the roads has heretofore prevented, but with the building of the Currant, creek grade closer relations will now be possible. A gentleman from Mitchell called at The CnEoxici.E office and told of the efforts the people of that section are making to improve the highways of travel.. Mr. Shearer has built the grade up the Cur rant creek hill and is now going over the road again, smoothing and leveling it The hill is over six miles in length and yet a team bitched to a buggy can trot the entire distance. The roadbed is very solid, in some places being of blasted rock. Part of the grade is through an opal bed which, considering the times, is giving the work a rather rich setting. The merchants of The Dalles have res ponded liberally to the building of this enterprise and no better investment could have been made. Already this year freight teams have come in which formerly have gone to the railroads at other points and this is but the beginning of long trains of teams that will wend their way. hither. When the work is done Mr. Shearer in tends puBhing farther south and build the road into the Mitch ell country. - By reason of the work that is already done there will be a saving this year of 20 cents per hundred in the freighting charges from the country tapped by the new grade to The Dalles and a propor tionate saving will be the result as the road is extended farther south. A great saving will 'also result in freight on the merchandise taken from The Dalles. The farmers of the localities that are bene fited can afford to subscribe liberally . to the new road, aa the bread that is cast upon the waters will surely return many times increased. They can afford to do nate as much as they will save the first year and the saving of succeeding years will be clear profit THE EXCURSION YESTERDAY. ' allow many to go from the train. At Cascade Locks the greater portion of the time was spent. he crowd assembled at' the picnic grounds and. for over an hour the large platform was. filled with dancers. The hand boys gave a concert during the afternoon and their music was much appreciated by everyone, res idents and viaitore. , Shortly after 5.p'elock the signal to re turn was given and the excursionists started for home. ' The train reached The Dalles about 7 o'clock. All those who went report having bad pleasant day and were entranced- by the scenery along the river. The Columbia is al ready far-famed tot its matchless iews and the; time is now fast approaching when a trip to the Pacific Wast will not be deemed complete till It includes a journey up this grand riveiv -. ; Boyd Locals. in the appeal to the supreme court. It comprises thirty-seven pages of matter and alleges eleven eauees of error in the circuit court. The testimony of Jackson as to a plan to hold up the train is one of the 'portions objected to while the verdict is attacked in that it returned a judgment for a crime greater than the one charged. .The attorneys far the state have until, August 3rd to prepare their brief and it is likely the matter ' will not be decided until' lute in the and it is doubtful if it be that soon Bow-Our Sellout Uiva r.rown. fall A, Ride Alans; the Beautiful Columbia Stops at Multnomah, Oneoatat and ' Cascades. ' The people of the Pacific coast are bet ter satisfied than -ever with the land that is given them. The reports from the sweltering East, and the cool breezes that sway our trees and make the days a delight, are strong enough in contrast to bring out clearly the blessings that are ours. Yesterday morning the train bearing the Kedmen's excursion pulled out of town amid the shouts of the excursion ists and the playing of lively airs by the band. Thecrowtl was not as large as was anticipated and the three coaches of the train were not crowded. The day was perfect and a larger number of people should have attended. In the observation car, which had been at tached to the train for the special pur pose, was seated the band and the ex cursionists had the benefit of the best music Eastern Oregon can give. A very slight wind was blowing, just enough to cool the air but not to cause any dis comfort. No stops of. any length were made till Multnomah Falls was reached thirty-two miles this side of Portland The train only stayed fifteen minutes at this beautiful spot- - Those who had never before looked upon this wonderful exhibit of nature vere charmed by the scene. ' From a cliff' over 850 feet in height pours a magnificent stream of water rivalling the boasted waterfalls of the Alps. At the foot of the cataract a deep pond has been formed in the rocks by the steady wearing of the water. The change in temperature in descending to the shaded basin from which the spray dashes restlessly, is very marked and re minds the traveler of Jugurtha when he was taken to the ciammy dungeon in Borne, exclaiming "How cold are thy baths, O Apollo.". In the days of Henry Villard it was . intended to make of Multnomah Falls a summer resort and build a large hotel, but with the collapse of his fortune the scheme was dropped. . From Multnomah the excursion train pulled back to Oneonta Gorge, where a short stay was made, not' long enough to An aecident occurred here on the 24th irist., which might have cost two lives, While Mr. Robt. Snodgrass, known as "Uncle Robert,"' and a man ' named Williams were on; their way to the mountains for a load of logs, they met a young steer with a five-gallon tin can fastened to its tail. ' As the steer ap proached the team, which " was being driven by Mr. Snodgrass, they became terribly frightened, and when just op posite the horses, they rWde one vigor ous plunge, causing . Mr. Snodgrass to lose bis balance on the seat and fall to the ground,-carrying the reins with him. The heavy wagon struck him on the right hip, and bounding into the air it came down a second time on his ankle with great force, causing an ugly wound. He was also cut and bruised about the head, and shaken up in general. Con sidering that Mr. Snodgrass is a man 73 years of age, we scarcely know how he ever eseaped with Jala life. Mr. Wil liams made an effort to get the reins, but in vain ; and he also was thrown to ground when the wagon ran -over his leg near the knee. - Williams, however, escaped without serious injury. ' - Mr. Snodgrass is getting on as well as could be expected, and it is hoped will be able to be about in two or three weeks. Before leaving this subject, I will ask The Chronicle to inform me as to the law . regarding the attachment of tin cans to the tails of animals belonging to a neighbor, and then turning them into the public roads. - Is there a law to pre vent such action ? or is a man who acta as though he were born in a saw-mill, and all sense he ever possessed gone to the winds, to go on without chastise ments? However this may te, I would advise him to use his tin cans for a rat tlebox at home; he may find amuse ment in that.' More sensible people have ways less idiotic from - whence come their pleasures. - . The recent rains have done much to promote growth in the crops Jin this lo cality. The grain, and in fact? all vege tation, is looking bright, and the farm; era anticipate a good haryest.1. Bill and John caught a fine string of fish last Saturday. John caught eight een fine salmon trout.' .Well, Bill caught two. Mr. Gailey Is aTso- a good fisher man. He brought home a large pan full of shell-fish, known as periwinkles, which roused the animosity ot the cook to the extent of serving Ralph with mush straight up for his evening meal. What's the matter with Balph? Ah, Yes ! I forgot what that nasty pole did to him. W. J.. K. Huntington and Wilson and A. S. Bennett, who. are the attorneys for Otis Savage, in the famous Pacific . Express robbery case, have prepared their brief " Prof. Gavin has made a'table showing a comparisons of the number of students in our schools for the past three years. The statement is very encouraging, as it shows an increase every year. No other evidence is needed that The Dalles is growing at a healthy rate and that even in the hardest times the conntrv - has known there has been a steady increase in population. Following is the report: " : ' ' ' 02-93 98-91 94-95 No. residents bet 4 and 20 years. 907 No. pupils enrolled 550 No. teachers employed : . 11 No. months of school 9 No. days of school 176 Avenge number belonging :sti Average daily stteudauoe 875 Average dally absence. ........ lrt Taray rases l;w. Teacher's salaries $B-j) Tuition collected Jli No. non-reldent pupils 16 Percent, punctuality.-. : 09 b I'ercent. att.-ndance on num- ' ber belonving 96 Per cent, absence ou number belonging 4 No. days actual attendance 66,059 72,l.i0 80,1109 No. days required attendance. 66,801 74,465 9J,frr5 We are informed that our suggestion as to the road from the topf the brew ery hill to the eas side of Thompson's addition is criticised because, as it is claimed, this portion of the road is not within the. city limits. A portion of that road must certainly be within the city limits, but where the line is we do not know. The location of the line is of small consequence. The city could well afford to let the street commissioner and tie hobos do some work upon it. law 570 11 9 ' 174' 4 a 414 IX ' 385 S6139 JJ1 a 99 7 1212 7U7C; 1S. 174 53K 517 2L 546 S76U5 laUS 57 1 99 7 96 9 96 1 SI S 9 One in Four. OflA Miwm In fnvy hu a. WAftlr n. loAaoAji heart that entirely unfits them for business and social lite, or is simply a little annoying. Disease la never at a standstill. When the trouble first sommenced, "Oht well, it don't amount to much " and you let It go, let the disease luslduoasly Ret the mas tery of you. You lose ail courage; the slight est exertion tires you: your feet, ankles and legs swell; you cannot lie on your left aide. ' Finally, yon become so bad that you cannot lie down without smothering,' and are com pelled to Ret what sleep you can in a chair. Von are urged to avoid this. 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See me before selling or. ship ping your Wool. . x CHARLES S. MOSES.