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C2J THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1895. The Weekly Chronicle. IH K DALLB8 OKI008 Entered at tbe poetofflce at The Dalits, Oregon. as aecona-ciass mtu matter. STATU OFFICIALS. a jvernoi . . . . . .'..W. P. Lord Secretary of State H K Klncald Treaxarer ..Phillip Metschan apt. of Publio Instruction tt. 11. Irwin Attorney-General CM. Idlemnn u iO. W. McBride H. Mitchell OongreesraeD. B. Hermann , mwueu In. a. Kins State Printer W. H. Leeds COUNTY OFFICIALS. Comity Judge. Geo: C. Blakoley Sheriff. T. J. Driver Clerk , A. M. Kelaay Treasurer. . . wm. Mioneu ,. . ' (Frank Kineaid Commissioners " a S. Blower Assessor . F. H. Wakedeld flarveyor E. F. Sharp Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley Coroner W. H. Butte TUB CASCADE RESERVE AGAIN. We are in sympathy with the spirit of patriotism and love of the mountains of the writer of the letter in yesterday's Chronicle favoring tbe exclusion of . -sheep from tbe Cascade Reservation We want no such result as tbe one aug jested. The mountains in their present condition are more than beautiful; they .are, to a large extent, tbe controlers of 4he climate and the regulators of our . water supply. Denuded, their beauty and much of their utility is gone; but all the herds that can ever be main- - tained on tbe lowlands during the win ter are but a handful as compared to what the mountain forests will feed in the summer months without affecting 'the soil, herbage or forests. There are millions of acres along the eastern base of the mountains which are tit only for sheep and cattle pasture; stock cannot be maintained in the mountains , during ; the months- from October until May, and without tbe use of the mountain pastures in the summer these pasture lands are utterly worth less for any purpose. Being far from water, or so dry as not to bear summer pastnrage, not only will those who have eettled upon, and purchased portions of these lands with the understanding that the mountains were and should remain free, be wronged, but the remainder of the lands not yet sold will be unsaleable and useless. This order is made without any inves . tigation of its necessity or effect. We think it is unjust to tbe men in tbe sheep industry and wholly unnecessary in order to keep the mountains in sub stantially the same condition as now. '.As to tbe cutting of timber from the mountains, that is quite a different mat- ter. A forest fire from a careless or in - different settler will do more harm in one night than a lierd of sheep will do ' in many summers. -CIVIL SER VIVE REFORM THE DALLES. IN The probable reason that the preva lent agitation of municipal affairs has not reached The Dalles is the fact that there has been no flagrant abuses or ex travagant expenditures. But there is abundant opportunity to improve the : administration and reduce the expenses, and tinder the new charter this must be done or, serious embarassment will re sult. There are many men who can and will fill the city offices, and do all that the law or the city's needs require, at a leea rate than we have been paying. We venture to say that the duties of city recorder can be well done by devot ing one-half of each day to them, and all the requirements of the public met by keeping tbe office open one-halt of tbe day. Many competent men would be lad to do the work under those circum- -stances for forty dollars per month. The offices of street commissioner and mar shal are now united,' and after July 1st will be filled by the same person. A little .more energy will be required of this one officer than bas been heretofore required of the two, but there is no good reason why the dnties cannot be well done by one man. In other matters of minor importance strict economy will make a perceptible difference at the end of the year. We hope the new charier, if nothing 1se, will force as to live within our means. GILLIAM COUNTY AWAKE ITS NEED. TO TheMavville farmers are, if possible. more eager lor tne roaa to Tbe Dalles than the people of Fossil. There is not one of them who does not favor it. As an illustration, John Webb says he can not give money, but will give $50 in 'work. A young man who has rented Mr. Graham's garden, offers 30 davs work. Mr. Graham, who owns the ranch where the road will cross the John Day river, has promised a free right-of- way. J.UO epint anown uy inese men and others will soon build the road. The Arlington Record thinks it would be foolish to build a road to Tbe Dalles, nd intimates that it would be a waste of money, as the railroad will reduce its . rates to Arlington. That is tbe best ar gument for the road that we have yet seen. If for no other reason than this, tbe road should speedily be built, as a . reduction of railroad rates would be a great benefit to the whole county, Fos- .811 Journal. I we are eatisneo mat tne people ot The Dalles Will meet Gilliam COUntV more than half way on the road proposi tion.":.. Suppose we commence at this nd and make a smooth bard road from LuJ A 1 1 I . o li-l eerily in tbe matter. If neither the city nor the county can or will under take it, we suggest a public subscrip tion. It would not be a heavy Us on any, and wuM be a (treat benefit to all. ENQLAND'S.IN VITATION TO THE PRESIDENT. England's is now discussing the pro priety of the president-of the United States visiting Europe. -They long for an opportunity on tnat siae to snow tneir appreciation .01 wnai a aemocrauc i . . . ... ... j - administration has done fqr their mann facturt-rs and tbe producers 1 in their colonies. They .will take less interest in the tiext president, and hence anxious that Mr. Cleveland make the journey. We think our president, during these hard times bad best remain at home and saw wood. " He will soon be out of a job, and if be saves enoagh from bis salary to visit ' his friends and beneficiaries afterwards, we will make no objections; bul Just now bis closest attention is re quired to so run the government that when it is turned over to the incoming: republican administration it will not be entirely bankrupt. Just leave .book- writing and traveling alone, Mr. Cleve land, until our income is as great as our expenditures. We think by that time the United States will not miss you. THE RESER VA T10NS. We should think Washington would eommenca to .demand irom tins anti sheep administration a forest reserve, in order that Oregon sheep will not be tempted to cross th-Columbia to seek pasturage. For twenty years the blea of the sheep has echoed along the cliffs and canyons of ihe Oregon mountains and no one until now Las thought of the terrible damage thev'were doing. Here' after, until the long-time friend of tli woolv races and flocks shall again boss Uncle Sam's big domains, these soli tudes will hear no sound save the dash ings of their own ' torrents, which will flow to the Columbia unstained by the wallowicirs of tbe wooly beads. But we can scarcely, expect anything different from the party which has al ways hated wool. THIS IS TRUE. Freight charges on sugar from Port' land to The Dalles has been reduced to ten cents per hundred. At this rate it would Day our merchants to have their sugar shipped to The Dalles and haul it overland. Wasco jNews. And it is also true that it would pay the Wasco merchants to buy their suar here. The Dalles merchants buy and ship in large quantities, and they can therefore give better figures than Port land, with frtieht added. When we read the national debt state' ment, and see that, notwithstanding tbe deficit in the revenues of something like five millions, and read of the recent loan to the government of one hundred mil lions, and other similar indications of prosperity, we are reminded of the old saving, long since out ot date, tnat 'figures won't lie." Again it is demon strated that figures have lost their char aeter for truth and veracity, and have come to lie about as readily as the man who wants to sit on a jury and is an swering -questions touching his qualifi cations. The republicans of -Kentucky in their convention on the 5th, declare: "We are opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver, believing it will in volve the country in financial ruin. We believe in sound currency, and in the use of both gold and silver for coinage, provided alwavs that a dollar in one is made precisely as valuable as a dollar in the other." This, we believe, will be about as the next republican national platform will read. There are several things in the Kentucky platform which sound like repu'ica' Is . Barbed wire in manner necessary nor safe along the lines of the streets in a city like Tbe Dalles. If it is ornamental we fail to appreciate its beauty. In sevetal places within the city limits this barbarous fence material is stretched next sidewalks, a menace to the bands and persons of children or careless adults, and a' constant danger to the dresses of ladies. In many cities tbe nse of barbed wire next tbe sidewalk is prohibited. We believe the city coun cil will do wisely to pass such an ordi nance. - - - There is to be au official inquiry into the faulty loading of the Colima. How lamentable tbeie could not have been a little more "investigation" before she sailed from port. About 180 lives might have thereby been saved. The same penalty should be inflicted upon careless stevedores as is inflicted upon careless officers ot the ship in case of a wreck. , We note the fact that the 'fRawhide" mine in California has become very val uable since our proposed free coinage of horsebide. . We didn't ' su'ppose there was any such a mine, or we would not have made our plan so public. We made tbe suggestion wholly in the in terest of Oregon horse-raisers ; we care nothing for California mine-owners. TT 8 Altnrnav Mnrnhi anft hia luirt. ner. Larrv Sullivan, are to irive amati nM nf tha iWfrrmnP rrivnn rcar.fl., by them at tbe Tivoli saloon in Portland, In this performance there will be a slight change change in the caste ; Sulli van will be defendant, instead of the GREAT. GAIN OF AN OPEN RIVER. .... Tbe importance of an open river can not be over estimated. When we con template the benefit an independent line of steamers between The Dalles and Portland has been to this community and its far-reaching effects, we become more enthusiastic for an open river than ever. If, as is the case, the boat line is now able to effect and reduce rates as far east ad" La Grande or Elgin, in face of tlie difficulties of re handling at the state portage, or the cost of transfer, how much more will it effect them when they can run through without transfer and thi, we are assured, will be done by next January. - Not alone has the freight rate been re duced, but passenger rates have also been lowered to meet boat competition. The O. B. & N. haves put into effect rate of $3.50 for the round trip between Portland and The Dalles, god for ten days, and $2.50 for a one-day limit, This could be of considerable advantage to' Eastern Oregon business men who make flying t ips to Portland. They should buy round trip tickets to Tbe Dalles, and then get off and get a round trip ticket between The Dalles and Port land, and thus save nearly $3 on a ten' day ticket, or $4 on a one-day ticket. The merchants of Eastern Oregon should never cease in their efforts to secure an open river. The outlook now is brighter than ever before. FREE SILVER AND DEMOCRACY. The democrats of Illinois and Ohio, two of the politictlly important states of the North, have swung themselves clear of the last party platform and de clared for free coinage. Both conven tions endorsed Altgeld. as a matter of course. We say "as a matter of course,'' for sympathy with socialism and insta bdity of government is always accom panied by advocacy of uncertain and ex peri mental financial schemes. The time is rapidly coming when democrats who sincerely believe in the stability of our currency will be driven entirely out of their party In eo far as the republican party has spoken, it bas declared in favor of a cur rency composed of gold and silver so regulated as that twenty silver dollars will everywhere ; purchase a double eagle. Any other policy or plan is un safe, and will be rejected by the people of the United States ; and any experi ment which will not certainly leave our medium of exchange in that relation, is extremely dangerous to our commercial interests, as well as to our producing industries. THE RESERVATION PASTURED. MAY BE Tub Chronicle yesterday announced that Senator Mitchell had called upon the secretary of tbe interior relative to the order excluding sheep from the Cas cade reservation, with the result that the order was rescinded. The matter was called to tbe attention of Senator Mitchell at once upon the promulgation of the order by the former editor of The Chronicle, and since then ho effort has been spared on our part to have the de partment to rescind what seemed to us an unwise and wholly unnecessary' and unjust order.' We extend to Senator Mitchell the thanks of Eastern Oregon for his co-op eration and successful efforts in this matter. If the republicans of Oregon are not all' of one mind with tbe senator upon the financial question, they all argue that when his attention is called to any need of the state of Oregon, tbe beads of departments at Washington do not grow much older without bear ing of it, and they get little rest until a desired decision is rendered. The sheep raisers of Oregon are under renewed ob ligations to Senator Mitchell. WAS NOT MEANT SERIOUSLY. It is the seriously-expressed opinion of The Dalles Chronicle that what this country stands most in need of just now it 1 1 it i . . i i ia a vuineae wan. nac is tne use, argues the Uhrouicie, "of allowing Knit laud to dictate the price of wheat, wool and cotton; Germany the price of pork, and F.ance the price of wines? Why et 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 be. It might cost something to build a wall, but tbe ndustrial army want employment, and we have lots of silver in tbe vaults at Washington, which is very much de sired bv thousands 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 ot ii,nrope, whicn are now trying to run our affairs. Let's have a Chinese wall." To fully establish the wisdom of its suggestion it only remained for tbe Chronicle to point with pride to China's condition today. Evening Telegram. Tbe Evening Telegram is indeed bril liant. Hereafter when Thb Chboniclk attempts anything in tbe facetious line we shall send a marked copy to the Tel egram, and label every such matter "A joke." We shall then hope to escape being represented as blank idiots. Tbe Valley Transcript, which is pub lished at Dallas, closed its third year of life yesterday, and with it stopped pub lication. The editor, Mr. A. R. Snyder, who at one time was connected with the Times-Mountaineer, says that this step is taken because. McMinnvIlle offers more inducement to a. newspaper than Dallas. Mr. Snyder is an able writer, and the people of Dallas should be loath ON THE OTHER SIDE. Letter From One Who Argues In FaVor of tbe BaMristlns, and Against the Sheep. -' To the Editob Since observing that the Oregonian and other papers have copied articles from Thb Chbonicle with reference to the mountain reserve from the devastation of sheep, I have waited to see some - patriotic '.citiseo strike the note of alarm in behalf of the preservation of this fair heritage of ours ; this beantiful - mountain land, bright with , its silyery streams, offering .to a people capable of using it, the power to make happy homes on many a hillside and on many a moantain prairie. No one speaks. Is the wool over every one's eyes? ' Is patriotism, when it means anything but spread-eagle ora tory, forever dead? or did it stay with the Sunday of our grandfathers and some other good things on the other side of tbe Rockies?, Is, John Muir'a voice the only one to be heard asking that the life of tbe mountains, that makes them other than mere piles of dirt and rock. be saved to be banded down a sacred in- heritaoce to those who shall walk in our beautiful Oregon when the footsteps of tne we were Riven the district de this generation are forever silent? Let i ani fter eotDe m01"8 waiting the me copy a paragraph from him. Re- Kran( lodg was called toprder by the ferrin? to the wholesale destruction of forest by lumbermen, he said : ''These mill ravages are small as com pared with the comprehensive destruc tion caused by 'sheepmen.' Incredible numbers of 'sheep are driven to the mountain pastures every summer, and their course is marked by desolation Every wild gauien is trodden down ; the shrubs are stripped of leaves, as if de voured by locusts, and the woods are burned. Running fires are j set every where, to clear the ground of prostrate trunks, and facilitate tbe movements of the flocks and to improve tbe pastures. The entire forest belt is thus swept and devastated from one extremity of the range to the other." In another place, speaking of Shadow Lake, be says: On my last visit, as I was sauntering along the shore on tbe strip of sand be tween the water and the sod 1 was startled by a human track, which I at once saw belonged to some shepherd. None but a- shepherd could make such a track, and, after tracing it a few min utes, I began to fear that be might be seeking pasturage. For what else could be be seeking? Returning from the glaciers shortly afterward, my worst fears were realized. A trail had been made down tbe mountain side from tbe north, and all the gardens and meadows were destroyed by a horde of hoofed locusts, as if swept by a Are. The money changers were in the temple." These are not the words of an alarm ist, but of one who sees with bis own eyes tbe evil being wrought. Do "we need to be told the rest of the story Of the mountain storms washing the loosened soil from small pockets and crevices, carrying it with a ruinous rush to tbe bitter sea, leaving hopeless ruin in place of nourishing beauty? Look at Spain, an object lesson within easy reach of historical record. The home of the Merino, its naked, treeless, shrubless bills afford no longer partur- age tor mocks, it is no question in Syria between pasturage for the gentle, loving kine mother, the foster-mother of all who are yet in the "milky way," and the "hoofed locusts" that kill the range and leave barrenness wherever their sharp hoof prints are found.. Tbe Syrian shepherd bas settled that quea tion forever. . What do we think of tbe young spend' thrift who draws on the future in the way of a port obttl Is not young Oregon doing that identical thing with ber possessions? With no thought of the coming day ; with no regard for tbe in tegrity of our possessions, that these vast herds, for which we seem to have little use, may be fed, today we imperil the very existence of our state, eyery acre of which is, in the alow, but benefi cent working ot Nature, the gift of the mountains. "For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God I Our fathers' itodl Thou hast marie Thy children mighty Ttv thA tfMinh nf lha mnnnbilii a1 ' Let all conspire with law-makers I whenever they try to preserve .this glo rious inheritance. Obkgon. Great Collection of Napoleon Pictures. The 250 pictures in McCIure's Com plete Life of Napoleon are drawn from the private collection of the Hon. (iardi- ner G. Hubbard of Washington, D. C. of Mgr. Due d'Aumale; HL I. H., Prince Victor Napoleon : Prince Roland Bona parte ; Baron Larrey, the son of the chief surgeon of the armies of Napoleon; I bue ui jasgauo, 00a Ui iue minis ter and confidant of the emperor; M. M. Edmond Taigny, the friend and his torian oflsabey; M. Albert Cbristopble, Governor-General of the Credit Foncier of France; : M. Paul le Boux, who has. perhaps, the richest of the Napoleonic collections ; M. le Marquis de Girardin, son-in-law of the Due de aete, ihe faithful Minister of Finance of Napeleon I., and from tbe great galleries ot France. Travelers find a safe companion in De Witt's Colic and Cholera Cure.. A change in drinking water , and in diet, often causes severe and dangerous com-1 plaints. This medicine always cures them. Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co. . , BOBV. : To the wife of Newell Harlan, at Dallea Delegate at the Grand Lodge. 'To thb Editob Brothers Varney, Barnett and Merrill started on the early train from The Dalles on Tuesday morn ing for Forest rove, where the grand lodge of our order is to bold its sessions. The ride down the river was a pleasant one, and the beautiful sunrise over the mountains, the mighty Columbia and green hills, and the waking up of the towns as we rode along, all added to tbe pleasure of the trip. " Though leaving The Dalles we were fifteen minutes late, we arrived in Port land on time, and having plenty of lei sure to purchase oar tickets and obtain the necessary certificates for receiving the reduced rate, we took the Southern Pacific train for Forest Grove and were again on our way. Our delegation was enlarged by the addition of other Goad Templars. Sister Robinson and Broth ers Mcintosh and Thomas from The I Dalles and some from the Cascades added materially to our strength. Arriving at forest brave, we were me by the reception committee and escorted to the I. O. G. T. ball, which eemed to us about two miles away. At grand 'chancellor, John Allwood, and when it was properly opened, we w re marched into the lodge loom and given the grand lodge degree. There are now seventy-three delegates on the roll, besides tbe grand officers. and the session promises to be a very pleasant one. - ' Scbibblkb. Death of a Young Lady The Dalles. Formerly in Mr. Alex. McLeod of Kingsley, who is in the city, received the sad intelligence yesterday of the death of his grandchild, Miss Annie Bassoni, who died Saturday morning, June 1st, in San Francisco, Cal., from an accidental poisoning. The Examiner gives a full account of the de plorable affair. It seems Mies Bassoni, who was a good bicyclist, started to ride to see a new bouse which the family. wad to occupy. In returning she got along very nicely till she approached the cross ing at Van Ness avenue. At this point there was a jumble of teams and one of them nearly ran ber down. She swung out of tbe way only to be struck by another team. Although suffering much pain tbe young lady rode borne, but was compelled at once to he down. The next morning' about 4 o'clock sheaaoke and being feverish asked Mrs. Wauga- man, who occupied the room with her, for a drink. Tbe lady arose to grant the request, but instead of pouring out a glass of malt extract she made a fatal mistake and filled a wine glass with aconite linament and gave it to Miss Bassoni, the latter drinking it at a draught. As soon as the mistake was discovered medical aid was summoned but in vain and in half an hour from the time of drinking the poison tbe young lady was dead. Aconite, when used in Closing Out of DRY GOODS 1 CLOTHING-. FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and CAPS. ...'..- - Past or present values cut no figure, as goods 4 MUST be SOLD LESS than COST. Give Me J. P. Blakeley & Houghton, DRUGGISTS, "JQ SsCOFld StfGGt, .'r-AETISTS IMLrVTEKI-A-XiS. jp0Country and Mail Orders will receive RUP ERT & GABEL, Wholesale and retail manufacturers and dealers in Harness, Saddles, TENTS and WAGON COVERS, all Articles Kept in a First Class Harness Shop. An REPAIRING PROMPTLY DOSE. very small quantities, is a remedy trf considerable valne, bnt when taken in. too large amounts is deadly in its effect. So fatal a poison is it that there is no known antidota for it. . Miss Bassoni spent two years some time ago in Wasco county, part of the ' time at Kingsley and part at The Dalles. She bas many friends here who remem bers her well. . Her sister. Miss Flora Bassoni, is at present in The Dalles, while Mr. Archie Bassoni, a brother of the dead girl, lives at Rntledge. Sher man county, tney are to r deeply sympathized with in their affliction. From ' Onr Antelope Correspondent. Miss Bertha Irvine of Anttlope was given a birthday dinner on Wednesday. Her many friends all j iin in wishing her many happy returns of tbe day. Frank Kineaid, former county com missioner, arrived from The Dalles Wednesday, and brought the first Strawberries which bad arrived at An telope this season. The case ot Lester vs. Hooper, over the damage done to a box of candy, and which was on trial before Justice Jesse Allen, was decided in favor of the de fendant. A jury was called to deter mine the matter. Hmbnkttk. PROGRESS. . People who get the greatest degree of comfort and real en joyment out of life, are those who make the most ont - of their opportunities. Quick perception and good judgment, lead such promptly to adopt and make use of those refined and improved products of modern inventive genius which best serve the needs of their physical being. Accordingly, the most intelligent and progressive people are found to employ tbe most refined and perfect laxative to rear- t ulate and tone up the stomach, liver, and x bowels, when in need of such an agent hence the great popularity of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. These are made from the purest, most refined and concentrated vegetable extracts, and from forty -two to forty -four are contained in each vial, which is sold at the same price as the cheaper made and more ordinary pills found in the market. In curative vir- . tues, there is no comparison to be made be tween them and tbe ordinary pills, aa any one may easily learn by sending for a free sample, (four to seven doses) of the Pel lets, which will be sent on receipt of name and address on a postal card. QNCB USED THEY ARB ALWAYS IN FAVOR. Tbe Pellets cure biliousness, sick and bilious headache, dizziness, costiveness, or constipation, sour stomach, loss of appetite, coated tongue, indigestion, or dyspepsia, windy belching, "heart-burn." tmn ana distress after eating, and kindred derange ments of the liver, stomach and bowels. Put up in glass vials, therefore alwavs fresh and reliable. One little "Pellet" is a laxative, two are mildly eathart. As a "dinner pill," to promote digesticu, take one each day after dinner. To relieve distress from over-eating, they are tin equaled. They are tiny, sugar-coated granules; any child will readily take them. Accept no substitute that may be recom- . mended to be "just as good." It may be better for the dealer, because of paying him a better profit, but he is not the one who needs help. Address for free sample, WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSO CIATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Sale a Call. McINERNY. The Dalles, Oregon prompt attention. Bridles, Collars, Adjoining fe. J. Collins A Ce.'s Store This will be a good evidence of oar sin- aggressor. , to see him go. Hosier, June 6th, a son. v