THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895.
The Weekly CM oniele.
THE DALLES
Entered at the pnstofUce at The balks, ure&on.
as second-class mau matter.
STATE OFFICIALS,
ajremoi ; W,
Secretary of State
Treasurer
inpt. of Public Instruction
Attorney-General
Braators...
P. Lord
H R Kincaid
Phillip Metocban
. G. M. Irwin
.. C. M. Idleman
iG. W. McBride
)J. H. Mitchell
t B. Hermann
- 1W. R. Ellis
State Printer W. H. Leeds
Congressmen..
. COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A. M. Keleny
Treasurer. .. w m. Aiicneu
(Frank Kincaid
Commissioners. A g Blowers
Assessor F. H. Wasefleld
Sarveyor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Sbelley
Coroner . W. H. Butts
0175 FOURTH. OF JULY.
The Dalles has invited the people of
the surronndintr country to celebrate
the Fourth of July with as. It be
hooves the town, from the standpoint of
hosts, as well as from the standpoint of
business men. to see to it that no one
who comes shall regret their coming,
Let the celebration be a rousing one,
befitting the event which we celebrate.
The Dalles is dependent for its pros
perity, in a large degree, upon the peo
ple who will be our guests. Let their
welcome be such that they will appreci
ate our kindly feeling toward them and
know that their enjoyment is our pleas
ure.
United States eovernment to head off
the enthusiasts, many are leaving and
joining the revolutionists. Last Sunday
Rev. J. A. Wilson, a prominent New
York clergyman, openly espoused the
cause of the Cubans, and from his pul
pit eloquently denounced Spam's treat
meut of Cuba.
It needs very little to move Ameri
cans to espouse the cause of Americans
against a European government, and
the time will soon come when we shall
aeain be called noon to recognize a
neighboring republic which has thrown
off a monarchiul yoke. We sincerely
hope it may be done with more grace
and promptness than in the case of
Hawaii. America has little use for
monarchies, and we hope Cuba will
soon show itself truly American.
THE ERA OF CANALS.
DARK
CLOUD OVER THE BIO
BEND COUNTRY.
MONEY AND LABOR .MARKET.
Yesterday's dispatches indicate that
there is an unusual congestion ot money
in London and other commercial centers
of Europe. No loans can be found
which are satisfactory to the-capitaireta;
railway bonds and other like securities
are distrusted and find no takers. At
th,e same time an unusually large num
ber of laborers are in want for the means
of sustenance both in Europe and Amer
ica. Between these two elements of
prosperity is a wide and deep gulf of
distrust. Just the cause of this condi
tion every demagogue and politician
thoroughly understands. . One declares
it is because there is top little silver nsed
for coinage purposes; another that there
is a threatened excessive use of silver
for the same purpose; another that the
trouble lies in too great restrictions
upon trade by reason of tariff duties;
another that there is too little protec
tion of home industries. Those who
know least of the real cause of the
trouble are very apt to have the most
elaborate theories; but all agree that
someone else is at fault, and each abuses
that other as the common enemy of
mankind a dishonest fiat silverite; a
scheming, thieving cornerer of gold ; an
unpatriotic Cobdonite; or a tariff rob
ber. None are honest but ourselves.
Is it not possible that all are right,
and all are wrong ; that the real cause
is lack of faith in the future and in the
stability of commerce; that this want of
faith arises in the mind of each by rea
son of a fear which is unreal, the fear in
each having more or less encourage
ment from the peculiar ideas of each
upon monetary or commercial question?
The disaster anticipated is usually far
greater than the disaster which comes.
Men go from the extremes of reckless
speculation to unwise and unprofitable
hoarding quickly.
We are' not of those who know all
about it; but we believe a firm confi
dence in the common honesty of man
kind, faith in the common, wisdom of
statesmen, and the general fmitfulness
of the earth, a willingness to venture
something of wealth, which is useless.
when idle, for the welfare of labor,
which is dangerous when unemployed,
will again bridge thn chasm, and wealth
and labor will again commingle and
give mutual aid, resulting in .mutual
profit. This condition is returning, and
whatever tends to increase in men gen
erally this faith, will hasten its return.
The Big Bend Empire, speaking of
the bright prospects for an abundant
harvest throughout the Big Bend coun
try, says : "But across the clear field
of this bright prospect one cloud still
comes to cast dark shadows aa iter
panda in the summer sky. That is the
transportation problem." And indeed
it is a dark cloud to tbe people of that
country. Although surrounded by the
grandest of rivers, tbev are shut in and
dependent upon rail transportation
after hauling their products twenty-five
to fifty miles over sandy roads. With
an open river, this great country, with
its magnificent possibilities, would be
favorably situated as to market, and its
increasing trade would pass up and
down the Colombia.
Not only will that country be bene
fited beyond calculation, but the com
mercial cities of Oregon Astoria, Fort
land and The Dalles, will compete for
its trade. All of Oregon and Washing'
ton must stand together for tbe opening
of tbe river and let no oppoitunity pass
to call the attention of congress to the
great necessity of these improvements.
PRAISE FROM THE 0RE00N1AN.
A remarkably fine piece of descriptive
writing, both in diction and spirit, was
tne article entitled uid Mount Adams '
by Professor W. D. Lyman, of Whitman
college, Walla Walla, published in the
bandar Oregonian of Jnne 23d. The
enthusiasm of a lover of the ereat things
of nature is expressed in the easy and
full language of the scholar who writes
without pendantry or bombast. The
Oregonian ventures the opinion that
not another one of our great mountains
has been so finely described. Sunday
Oregcnian.
It is seldom the Oregonian praises
anyone so highly as it has Prof Lyman,
but the commendation is none too lav
ish. Mr. Lyman is a son of that sturdy
pioneer, Rev. Horace Lyman, who had
a great part to play in the upbuilding of
Oregon, and is himself a man of rare
ability and power as a writer. The
writer considers it a great privilege to
to have been under Prof. Lyman's in
struction while at college, and is glad to
see the Oregonian recognize true merit
as it has done in praising tbe writer of
"Old Mount Adams."
SILVER QUESTION IGNORED.
Many pf the opponents of free silver
will boast of tbe victory oi the anti-free
silver people at the Cleveland conven
tion ; it was rather a victory of common
sense over unwise enthusiasm. We be
lieve that all of the conservative silver
people joined the anti-Eilver men to pre
vent the convention doing what it had
no business to do, and thus all resolu
tions which properly belong to the
national convention for consideration
were side tracked. When the national
republican convention refuses to declare
for anything but a reliable medium of
exchange, thi 16 to 1 silver men will be
defeated;'' until then the opponents of
free coinage must "look a lilt'e out."'
We believe that by the time the
national convention meets the free silver
agitation will have worn itself out, but it
behooves every ' voter who wishes to
avoid a silver standard, to cast his vote
' on every occasion for men who believe
as he does, in order that that result
may be brought about.
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.
Interest in the" Cuban revolution is
'increasing throughout the United States.
Notwithstanding the precautions of tbe
We used to pay J3.40 pr ton for the
transportation of wheat from The Dalles
to Portland ; we now pay for the same
service $1.25, a saving of $2.15 per ton,
or over 6 cents on every bushel. During
the three years and a half that the river
boats have been operated the stockhold
ers have received a dividend oi 10 per
cent, less than 3 per cent per annum
upon their capital. The producers of
wheat last year alone were benefited
more than 20 per cent on the wheat
marketed, and yet many farmers believe
that the monied men of this city are not
well disposed toward them. Tbe boat
line Is a good thing for the town ; it is
a good thing for tbe country ; and noth
ing more clearly demonstrates that the
interests of the town and the tributary
country are identical than this transpor
tation question.
The opening of the great German
canal snggests that it is none too early
to consider plana for the proper celebra
tion of the opening of the canal and
locks at the Cascades. No better oppor
tunity will ever be offered to Oregon to
bring to the attention of tbe eas'tern
states stnd Europe the advantages, re
sources, climate and scenery, than a fit
ting celebration of this important event,
now fast approaching. We propose a
joint-action by the commercial bodies of
Astoria, Portland, Vancouver and The
Dalles in preparing a 'suitable celebra
tion. It is none too early to lay the
plans for it.
A representative of the Southern Pa
cific railroad is in the city today, and
made the statement that the Southern
Pacific is in the field lor trade from
Eastern Oregon. The San Francisco
merchants have looked with longing
eyes towards getting a market for their
goods in the Inland Empire, and the
prospects of their doing so are exceed
ingly bright. The wool business iB also
what they are after, and, if necessary
to obtain it, a large warehouse will be
built and a storage department oper
ated. All this will be done with the aid
and co-operation of the D. P. & A. N.
Co.
Excursion.
Steamer Regulator will leave The
Dalles for Cascades Sunday, June 30th,
at 9 a. m. Returning arrives at 6 p. m.
Round trip 50 cents. - d3t-wl
While the eyes of the civilized world
are turned toward the little strip of sand
that connects the Danish peninsula with
the continent and the big ditch therein
dug to protect and advance German
commercial interests, it will be well for
us to look at one of the most important
engineering projects ip the world's his
tory, now rapidly approaching comple
tion in our own land. Twenty-four mil
lion dollars are expended, or contracted
for, and before 1896 will have past, the
old order" will have returned or
more properly, geologically speaKing,
one of the old ordeis and the waters of
the great lake system of our continent
will resume their ancient outflow
through the Illinois river and through
the Mississippi into tbe gulf. This
ancient outflow was before the ice of the
glacial era had melted from the east
end of the lakes, setting free the open
ing toward the Atlantic. This present
work was primarily undertaken aa a
sanitary measure, to dispose -of the sew
age of Chicago, but the requisite
size of the canal, before legislative con
sent could be obtained, was to be of suf
ficient capacity to carry ten thousand
cubic feet of water per second, and pro
vide at the same time for deep water
navigation. No where does the surface
of the land rise more than eight feet
above the lake level. The possibility of
this construction is secured bygone of
the moct marvelous adjustments in the
world. .
The great glacialist) George Frederick
Wright, says : "The three great lakes,
Erie, Huron and Michigan, are practic
ally on tbe same level, 580 feet above
the sea, though Lake Erie is seven or
eight feet lower. The basin of these
lakes may be compared to a great
saucer about 500 miles in diameter from
rim to rim, with three nicks on differ
ent sides, through any one of which
drainage may bs directed by very slight
changes of level K the region about
Chicago were to settle fifty feet, the
drainage would ail be diverted to the
Mississippi. Lake Erie would be its
tributary, and Niagara would be a dry
bed. The leyel of the rock rim at the
head of the Niagara river is only thirty
feet below that separating Lake Michi
gan from the Mississippi basin at Chi
cago." The amount of water to be dis
charged will raise the level of the Mis
sissippi at St. . Louis one foot, and
provide free navigation without locks
for the lower 200 miles of the Illinois.
Maior Ruffner'a estimates are that the
future (probable enlargements may re
quire as much as 15 or 20 per cent of
the water now flowing over- Niagara.
Our own government has just expended
$2,000,000 to deepen the channel in tbe
lakes two feet. It is not strange then
that tbe government has jast appointed
three commissioners, of whom Major
Ruffner is one, to determine the facts
and proper remedies, while the Domin
ion of Canada baa appointed a similar
commission to protect their own inter
ests.
In old times the phraseology used to
be "Oregon or the states," and we
might be pardoned if we took scanty
interest in the goings on in "the states."
Now happily, thanks to the iron bands,
we are one of them, and what benefits
one is a gain to ns all. More especially
do we on this coast derive great benefit
in' the wonderfully increased mechanical
appliances developed by this great work,
and which will render more certain and
easy the fulfillment of our own great
hope, the completion of tbe Nicaraguan
ship canal in the near future. No fear
there of lowering either Atlantic or Pa
cific to anybody's detriment.
We hope the committee will provide for
a contest between the companies that
are present on the Fourth, and award a
suitable trophy.
If a few Englander should be told
that bnshels of cherries could be gath
ered in many of the eberTV rchanls
near this city, each single cherry of
which would measure from 3 to Z(.
inches in circumference-, he would say :
"That's another western story of the
same character as your fish and big tree
stories." Bnt a visit io any of the orch
ards along Dry Hollow or 3-Mile creek
will demonstrate that such a statement
would be no exaggeration. We donbt
if cherries grow to greater perfection or.
with finer flavor elsewhere in tbe world
than in Wasco county.
Notwithstanding new and wonderfol
discoveries in illuminating appliances
and materials, tbe production of petro
leum for export was larger during the
pant year than ever before, exceeding
that of 1893 by 100,000,000 gallons. The
production of better lights by ueana of
electricity seems to increase instead of
lessen the demands for what almost
seems an ancient means of illuminating
WHAT IT IS
A
CELERY, for the attire NERVOUS system
BEEF, the greatest SUSTENANT known
IRON, to purify and enrich the BLOOD
Simple Compound
' X:R,.
EazHHsTXiunr's
Gelev Beef s$ Ipon
Nature's Builder and Tonic
QFOR SALE BY BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON.
A Lawn Party.
Quite a number of the young folks en
joyed themselves Tuesday night at a
lawn party given at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Glenn, on Union
street. The invitations bad been issued
by Miss Grace Glenn in honor of Miss
Anna Went of Portland, who has been
visiting for several weeks in this city
The weather, although warm in the day
time, was delightful in the evening, and
the clear sky and balmy night made it
very pleasant on the grassy lawn. The
grounds were decorated profusely with
Chinese lanterns, and the whole effect
was very brilliant. After a number of
interesting games, interspersed with
singing, the guests were served wi.th
delicious lunch.
Nothing could be more hospitable than
the entertainment given the youthful
guests. At a late hour they departed,
having spent a pleasant evening. Those
who were fortunate enough to receive
invitations were : Jessie Butler. Annie
Wentz of Portland, Lena Thompson,
Hattie Cram, Lena Liebe, Grace Hob
son, by oil Uiiehmg, Florence Sampson,
Lizzie Bonn, Effie Bolton, Vesta Bolton
Edythe Fisher, May Barnett," Emma
Osland, Maud Gilbert, Winnie Williams
of Portland, Grace Glenn, Hattie Glenn,
Paul French, George Rucb, Willie
Fields, Willie Frank, Archie Barnett,
George Weigle, Leo Newman, John
Fritz, Lawrence Hudson,- James Mc-
Cown, Victor Sampson, Fred Olson,
Portland, Burt Prune, Charlie Schmidt.
Twenty Dollars and Ceiti.
. A WORD OF FRAISE.
The good words said of Baker City by
all visitors certain indicate that we have
one of the best towns in the Northwest
from a business standpoint. Democrat.
One ot the best institutions Baker
City has to boast of is its brizht and
able newspaper, the Morning Democrat.
Nothing tells quicker the business stand
ing of a town than its local journal, and
the Democrat, by its able editorials and
breezy local pages reflects credit on the
people of Baker City. The La Grande
Chronicle is another , paper which is of
great benefit 'to tbe section in which it
is published
KENTUCKY DEMOCRACY.
The democrats of Kentucky, at the;r
state convention, held on the 29th,
stood clearly and positively against free
silver. With the great conventions, the
greatest newspapers, and the greatest
statesmen all standing against the free
coinage of silver, it will not be long nn.
til the question will be settled as a polit
ical issue. We are of tbe opinion that
the question is becoming wearisome to
the people generally. -
While-not wishing to interfere with
any arrangements the executive com
mittee for the celebration has made, yet
there is one thing that seems to Tbe
Chronicle an oversight. We are to
have a visiting company of militia, who
very kindly have promised to make tbe
long trip from Wasco, and it wonld be
fitting that a prize be offered for a com
petitive drill. Both companies A and G
have done a great amount of practicing,
and a public drill would show their pro
ficiency and stimulate interest in the
militia. Besides, there is no good rea
son why prizes should be offered for
hose contests and none pr the militia.
The case of the State vs. Clarence
Murray and Frank Heater was decided
last evening by Justice Davis. . The
charge was one of assault and battery
preferred against the defendants by
George Sandman. The evidence went to
show that there had been Borne trouble
between the parties over a pipe which
was claimed to belong to Murray and
which Sandman held in his possession.
Words soon brought on blows and
Murray had Sandman down, when
Frank Heater took a band and according
to tbe evidence tried to separate tbe
combatants. Sandman had some beauti
fully blacked eyes and it will be qnite a
while before his bruised 'cheeks will re
gain their normal hue. Three witnesses
were examined on the part of the state
and several testified for the defense.
The case against Heater was at no time
very strong- and Dep'ty Pros. Att'y
Phelps dwelt mainly on the evidence
against the other defendant. He made
a forcible speech and insisted that a
street fight was not the proper mode of
determining the ownership of a pipe,
Mr. Dufur for the defense made a vizor-
ous fight for hia side and brought out all
possible points in tbe defendant's favor,
Justice Davis took the matter under ad
visement and rendered a decision dis
missing the charge against Heater and
fining Murray $20 and costs, which were
paid and the trouble dropped.
A New Store
on a Cash Basis
The credit system is a heavy weight to carry, and:
those who pay must make up for the ones thatdc
. hot. The only way to have low prices is to sell for
cash, and that is what we are going to do.
Large Stock, Fine Goods,
"Way Down.
We sell far cash, buy cheap, and our patrons have
th,e benefit. We have bought out the business of
H. H. CAMPBELL and will be pleased to see old
patrons and new ones. We are in the field for
business. .
W. A. Johnston,
No. 113 Washington St.
Closing Out Sale
of DRY GOODS
CLOTHING-, FURNISHING- GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and CAPS. :
Past or present values cut no figure, as good3
MUST be SOLD LESS than COST.
Give Jile a Call. '
J. R McINERNY.
Great Bargains
in Millinery.
Trimmed Hats, 75c and up.
4
MRS. PHILLIPS, Washington St
fi)ery.
CALL and SEE the DISPLAY
in OUR WINDOW.
Having secured the services of a
first-class trimmer from the city, I
can assure my patrons perfect satis
faction as to style and .finish. .
ALSO A FULL LINE OF-
MRS. M. E. BRIGGS,
Successor to Anna Peter & Co.,
112 Second Street.
New England Marble & Granite Works,
Calvin H. Weeks, Proprietor.
-WHOLE8ALK AND RETAIL DEALER IN-
JFor Infants and Children.
Caatoria. promotes Digestion, and
overcome Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Fererishneaa
Thus the child is rendered healthy and ill
sleep tnral. Caatoria contains no
Morphine or other narootio property.
" CMaria is m well adapted to children (hat
I reoommrad It as superior to any prescription
ohm." H. A. AncvBa. M. x
111 Sooth Oxford St, Brooklyn, M.T.
Tor mmni years I hare reoonunenged year
Ostorta,' and rhall always oootimue to do so,
as i t baa invariably produced beoeflcial Familta."
Sown F. Pabdb, M. D
Kith Street and Tth Am, Hew tor City.
"The use of Castorta is so anhrersal and
lis merits n well known that it mas a work ot
supererogation to endorse it. Few are the ia
tplTifrent families who do not keep Oastoria
within easy reach." . . ,
Ctaxoa Kabtoc, D. D
New York Cur. i
Twm Csskjbb Oasaumr, T7 Murray Street, K.T.
Fine fijonumental Wof Imported atoj.
Do not order Monumental Work until yon ob'ain onr figures. . You will find
that, for good work, oar charges are always tbe lowest. Cash or time settlements
fas preferred can be arranged for at (rreatly reduced figures. Send address fur de
signs and prices. Second and Third-street cars pass our salesrooms.
720 Front Street, opp. the Failing School, 'PORTLAND, OR.
Wool Growers,
Attention..
I will be in The Dalles during the Wool Season of this
year, prepared to buy all kinds of Wool in any quantities at
the highest market price. See me before selling or ship
ping your Wool. -
- CHARLES S. MOSES.