THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1895.
The Weekly Chroniele.
THE DALLES - ORKttO'N
Entered at the postoflice at The Dalits, Oregon,
as second-class mail matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
3overnoj W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Klncuid
Treasurer Phillip Metuchnn
apt. ol ruhltc instruction m. lrwiu
Attnrnev-ftenpriil .. .C. M. IdlemHD
, , 4G. W. McBride
jj H- Mitchell
IB. Hermann
lOSlVMlllCll. v. B. Ellis
State Printer..... ....W.H.Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Geo. C. Blakelcy
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A. M. Kelsay
Treasurer... ; Wm. Micheil
ri...;. (Frank Kincaid
Commissioners A H BIoweriJ
Assessor F. H. Wakefield
Surveyor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner W. H. Butts
THE GRAND JURY SYSTEM.
The uselessness of tbe grand jury was
never more clecrly demon tttated than
in the case of the United States vs,
Mies Bergcr, in which Judge Bellinger
directed the trial jury to return a ver
dict of not guilty. Seven indictments
returned, and not evidence sufficient to
be submitted to the jury ! The expense
of this farce to the United States was
undoubtedly large enough to have paid
the salary of a good prosecuting attor
ney several months.
Tbe grand jury in the state court is
many times worse than a useless ex-
. penee. If the salary of prosecuting t
torncys was made large. enough so that
attorneys of experience and ability
would in all cases accept the office and
' give that officer power to bring criminals
to trial by a presentment, and the trial
judge power to remove inefficient prose
cuting attorneys and appoint suitable
ones iu their stead, the laws would gen
erally be much more satisfactorily en
forced and a very .considerable share of
the expenses of the court wiped out
Now witnesses in all criminal cases
pending at the beginning of the term
are,in most judicial districts, subpoenaed
to appear on the first day of the term,
and are usually kept in attendance un
til after the tnal. This often keeps
witnesses in attendance two or three
weeks.
If tbe while preliminary investigation,
now made by the grand jury, were left
. to the prosecuting attorney, it would be
better done, and the case set for a day
t certain, witnesses subpoenaed to appear,
on that day, and thousands of dollars
saved at each' term of court. But we
suppose that we shall have to continue
under the present system until we dare
call a constitutional convention.
In the U. S. courts a trial can now be
had on a presentment, and tbe admin
istration conld save a heap of money by
always placing a competent man in the
office of U. S. attorney and doing away
with grand juries.
trols the O. R. & N. stock, the latter
road will be so operated as to make the
Short Line a profitable property, and
not so as to make the O. R. & N. either
profitable or 'popular! It sretns tons
that this is the aim of the purchasers of
this block of stuck. ; As an independent
road, carrying the traffic of the North
ern Pacific, th Great Northern and the
Short Line, besides its local traffic, the
O. R. & N. is a paying road, and under
the present management a popular one.
We should rearet to Pee. any change.
THE NEW ASIATIC LINE.
Not being a seaport, we do not fully
apprecinte the great importance of the
establishing of a line of steainehips.di
rectly to the Orient. But if we mistake
not, this is a. very important factor in
the development of. the commerce of all
Oregon ; it is the opening of a market
for our products which will have a great
influence upon prices of fruit and cere
als. The trade with China in flour is
already quite considerable. There is no
reason why the flouring mills ol ibis
city, which already have a large trade,
cannot enter this foreign market. No
better flour is produced anywhere in the
world, and the capacity of the milts is
sufficient to furnish a considerable quan
tity of flour for export.. The develop
ment of the trade of our mills is a bene
fit to every wheat-raiser, and none real
ize this more than the producer, who
can always get from one to two cents
more at the mill than at the warehouses
for his wheat.
THE JURISDICTION QUESTION.
ANOTHER CONSPIRACY.
Some years ago the railroad corpora
tions ot this country, which have - no
proper place in their anatomy to be
kicked, and no spiritual entity to be
damned, conspired to undo the g'eat
West by deinuleizing mules and dehors
izing horses. Since then the price. of
horses and oats have fallen and fallen.
and this magnificent country brought to
the verge of ruin. We recently sug'
gested the free coinage of horsehide as
tbe sure panacea for the ills which this
conspiracy has brought upon us, and the
great journals o' the country were kind
enough to join us, and tbe scheme
seemed sure of being adopted by con
gress. Brit now France has conspired
with some of the bloated gold leeches of
Wall street to further do us up by iq
troducing horseless carriages, a diabol
ical piece of mechanism which kills by
fright the horses which it tries to
cheapen.
When will tho nations of Europe
. ceaee to interfere with our monetary
schemes? Let us declare our independ
ence of them again. Let the govern
ment place its brand on every horse in
the land and declare it worth fifty dol
lars ; or if the Astoria canneries must
.have the flesh for canning, let this good
government put its stamp on the hide,
then we will have mouey in plenty;
and if Van DeLashmutt's silver mines
are not enhanced in value, his horses
will make him rich again, all Oregon
will prosper and shont itself hoarse.
0. R. & N. SHARES SOLD.
A committee representing certain col
lateral trust bond-holders of the Oregon
Short Line & Utah Northern Railway
Kjo., purchased on Tuesday at New York
138,22 shares of O. R. & N. stock. If
this means what it arrears to us to
jumu, u ia an unionnnate deal lor the
. w). ana ior its patrons. The
. road is jost now working out from un
der the hands of a receiver,' under the
careful and 'successful management of
Mr. McNeil. The condition which
forced the receivership was due to the
management of the road by the Union
Pacific, and the experience of tbe road
while in the hands of the Union Pacific
was certainly a disastrous one, as is
usnally the case Where a road is man
aged by men at a great distance, and
who are more interested in a distant
road than the one la question. '. ; ; ,
The Short Line' system runs through
an unproductive country; and if it con-
If the question of concurrent jurisdic
tion over the waters of the Columbia
were carried to its logical conclusion
there would be no salmon fishing by
Oregon fishermen. The law of Wash
mgton requires the fisherman to take
out a license. To obtain a license the
applicant must have been a resident of
Washington for six months; hence Ore
gon hsbermen can get no license from
Washington, and in fiNhiog without one
are guilty ot an otiense against the
Washington law, and liable to arrest
anywuere on the Columbia. Ine Asto
rians better look both ways, or the
Washingtonians will retaliate and all
Astoria be landed in the jails of Wash
ington.
The controversy is beneficial to the
fish ; let the good fight go on to the ex
treme, and the royal Chinook will flap
their tails and rejoice.
HELLO!
Few cities of the population of The
Dalles have so efficient telephone ser
vice. The . long distance phones place
us in immediate connection with all
cities of tbe Northwest, and they in
clude all of importance in the North
west, and the same company furnishes
an excellent local service. The Seufert
& Condon service is equal to any in the
larger cities, being both a night and day
service.
Now we need a line south Into Crook
and Grant counties. Such a line could
le built to touch, by a single wire,
Dufur, Boyd, Nansene, Sberar's Bridge,
Bake Oven, Antelope and Prineville.
This ia a fine opening for one or the
other companies to show their enter
prise, and thereby greatly increase their
local service.
FREE WOOL AND A HIGH PRICE,
One of the' few democratic papers in
Eastern Oregon (most of that kind have
died since the democratic prosperity be
gan) insist that prices began to decline
about the time the McKialey law wen
into effect; that good times are return
ine now that tbe Wilson bill is in full
effect. Well, as we once before euggest
ed, the fools are not quite all dead yet,
It is hardly worth while to make re
ply to such nonsense; but we believe
i bat even the Hood River Glacier knows
very well that when the country learned
in November, 1S92, that the democratic
partv was to control the government
and its tariff policv was likely to be
adoped, prices then, and not till then
began to materially decline, business to
contract, and hard times to be felt.
Now the nation at large, being as-
surred that before another twenty
months shall have, passed the party
which believes in protection of home in
dustries and American manufacturers
will be in charge of the government, is
again willing to use its idle capital, busi
ness is reviving, and wool is coming up
to tbe highest price possible, in the face
of foreign competition. Were it not for
this foreign competition, the price would
no doubt advance almost, if not quite, to
the anti-democratic times. Wool now
sold will scarcely reach the market in
the form of clothing until after the in
adjuration of a republican government
in March, 1897. For this reason the
price of wool is up to the high water
mark of foreign competition; but no
man of sense will claim for a moment
that free wool is helping the wool mar
ket.
THE STANFORD SUIT.
The demurrer to tbe complaint in the
case of United States vs. Mrs. b tan ford
has been sustained in the U. S. circuit
court in San Francisco. This probably
ends the case in the lower court, and un
less the decision is reversed by the ap
pellate coorts, will end the controversy
and leave the property now held by
Stanford University intact, a result
greatly to be desired by all who believe
that opportunities for higher education
tend toward bettering society and the
strengthening of the nation.
Men who invariably denounce wealth
and hate financial succsss, who believe
that to him who hath not should be
given what others have, will continue to
curse Mr. Stanford. But the world gen
erally will rejoice that Stanford's plan
to increase opportunities for a thorough
and practical education is not to be
thwarted. We do not think that con
gress ever intended that the stockholders
of the Central Pacific should become
personally responsible for tbe loan made
to the road ; but if it did, and the stock
holders are under a legal obligation to
repay the loan, it would strike disinter'
ested people as more just bad the
United Stales sued the living stock'
holders and left Stanford University as
a last resort.
Order of March for tho Fourth.
Field and staff, Third Reg't O. N. G.
- Orchestra Band.
Battalion Third Regiment. .
. Liberty Car.
; ; Jackson Engine Co.
Columbia Hose Co. .
Mt. Hood Hose Co.
East End Hose Co.
Independent Hose Co.
Mounted Bicyclists.
Mayor and Council.
President of the Day and Speakers.
Civic Societies. v ,
Citizens in Carriages. v
Plug Ugliee.
Indians. '
The procession will be a long one and
every indication points to its being one
of the grandest ever given in The Dalles.
The streets. will be well sprinkled and as
tbe cool weather promises to continue
many of the unpleasant features con
nected with Fourth of July celebrations
will be absent.
The different organizations will form
as follows: . ine lnird regiment on
Third street, with right resting on Wash
ington; fire department on Third, with
right resting on Court ; liberty car, citi
zens, etc., on Union, with right on
Third ; . bicyclists on Union, with right
on Third. The parade will form at 10 a.
m. and move at 10 :30 sharp.
The line of march will be east on
Third to Monroe, north on Monroe to
Second ; east on Second to tbe Wasco
warehouse and swinging, west, down
Second to Union ; south on Union to
Third; west on Third to the grand
stand, opposite the courthouse, where
the oration will be delivered by Hon.
John Micheil and the Declaration of In
dependence read by Mr. Nicholas J.
Sinnott.
In the afternoon at 2 p. m. the com
petitive drill, between Company s A and
G, will take place on Third street and at
3 o'clock tbe hose contest will occur bn
the same street. In the evening at S
o'clock, the bicyclists will start fiom
Union street to Second, then east on
Second to Laughlin ; south on Laughlin
to Fouth ; west on Fourth to intersection
of Third and Fourth and east to Court,
Col Geo. T. Thompson will act.
grand marshal of the procession and be
attended by a number of aids.
The prizes for the hose contests will
consist of three cups to the value of $40,
20 and $10. The price for the neatest
trimmed wheel is valued at $10. A gold
medal will be awarded to tbe company
inning the competitive drill.
A Good Uemand for Cherries.
At The Dalles,
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Its Record Unimpeachable, Imperishable, Unblemished;
Above the Reach of Jealous Rivals
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Monster Museum. Triple Circus, Great Elevated States, Double Menagerie, Spec-
tacolar Pageant, Grand Aggregation of New Sensational Features.
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AND THIS IS TRUE.
The contractors at the Cascades now
expect to complete their contract by the
end of this year. Tbe canal will not
then be entirely completed, but the
locks will be complete and the canal can
be used. The work is being pushed
with great - energy, and there seems no
reason why the expectation of the con
tractors will not be fulfilled. All Ore
gon and Washington will then have
reason to celebrate. No Christmas -gift
will ho more appreciated in Eastern
Oregon and Washington than the open
ing of the Cascades canal.
To any one who has watched the evi
dence in tbe Berger case, the action of
Judge Bellinger in directing a verdict of
acquittal, will cause no surprise. The
testimony against the defendant seemed
very weak; too trivial, in fact, for ever
allowing the case to be commenced.
Tbe matter now becomes more mysteri
ous than ever, but it would be a wise
thing on the part of tbe government
officials not to proceed to blacken any
person's character unless the proof be
stronger than it was against Miss Ber
gen : .
It the supreme court exercised greater
care in the matter of admission of at
torneys to the bar, a vast amount of
useless and wasteful litigation would be
ovoided. Besides this, a good deal ot
expense made in the prosecution of dis
honest lawyers would be saved. ' At
least one lawyer 'is now in tbe peniten
tiary and another is on trial in Portland
for larceny. Almost any one can be ad
mitted to tbe bar in Oregon, and it is
poor credit to the bench and bar that
such is a fact.
It is not exceeding the hounds ot rea
sonable modest v to claim for. Crook
countv part of the reputation The Dalles
has gained as a market, on account of
handling the long, clean staple grown
here. fnneville Keview.
The- Dalles gladly gives to Crook
county its mete of credit, and the share
is a large one. The wool from its sheep
is praised wherever known, nd has
greatly helped in giving our market, its
high reputation. But Crook county and
the other wool-producing sections will
join with The Dalles in attributing the
higher prices to the factor that above all
else has been the means of obtaining
them and that is Tbe Dalles, Portland
& Astoria Navigation Company.
A law punishing highway and train
robbery by imprisonment for life would
be very just, and possibly salutory; and
if there could be in every state a stand
ing reward for tbe capture, dead or alive,
of such a robber, the recent experiences
of California railroads and Oregon stage
lines would be less frequent.
Dr. Miles' Nerth PuirtMmn RTTPTITM a.
I1SM. WEA K HACKS. At druggists, oobj 25a,
The citizens of Goldendale are earn
estly pushing the matter of a railroad
down the valley of the Klickitat, touch
ing the Columbia river at Lyle. The
route is said, by those who have been
over it, to be perfectly feasible, and the
survey has demonstrated that tbe road
can he built at a reasonable cost
Whether or not the enterprise will prove
a paying one financially, does not now
enter into the discussion. If the road is
built and operated a large amount of the
wheat that now comes to The Dalles
will be shipped to Lyle, and the trade
from a rich section curtailed. The only
way to meet the problem is to so im
prove the roads from The Dalles to the
Klickitat valley that farmers can haul
their grain cheaper than they can ship
it any other way.- The place to agitate
such a matter would be in a board of
trade or commercial club such as other
cities, with' not half the business im
portance of "The Dalles, possess. The
development of the surrounding coun
try is of far more concern to the people
of this fair city than any discussion of
the silver question or other national
trroubles. The one it is in our power to
advauce; the control or settlement of
the other rests in other hands than ours.
Local pride and ambition are incentives
to increased commercial greatness.
Are Tfoe. Going te the Coast
This summer? If so, take the Regulator
line. Tickets on eale for the season at
rates lower than ever. Connections
made with all steamers leaving Port
land. Through tickets, and baggage
checked to destination. (No transfer
charges at Portland).
W. C. Allawat,
. General Agent.
The latest advices received this morn
ing from the Denver and eastern mar
kets give encouraging signs . for the
fruit-growers. The demand and prices
keep up, and a shortage in some ship
ping localities means well for this sec
tion, where there is an abundance.
These are the latest advices received :
At Denver, cherries, $1.25; preference
for Black Republicans; currants, $2 to
$2.25. Salt" Lake, cherries $1; home
grown berries $1.25. Few Grande Ronde
strawberries $2. Spokane, cherries 75
cents; peaches and apricots sold for 75
to 90 cents. Omaha, cherries 90 cents
to $1. Leavenworth, cherries $1.25;
Black Republican cherries are in greater
demand than the Royal Anne. Too
much pains cannot be taken in packing,
particularly in filling the box well after
facing.
Blackberries will sen well in some
markets East this vear that on account
of late frosts have no home-grown sup
ply. Prices -offered now of $3.50 per
crate will net the grower for blackber
ries 80 cents per pound.
A car of cherries, besides the ship
ment of tbe Oregon Fruit Union, left
Portland last night for Chicago; also
one from Walla Walla. It is of course
satisfactory to us to be able to
net the highest prices for good fruit so
lar, and the fruit-grower this vear
should surely feel encouraged over the
outlook.
Oar Anteloe Correspondent.
To ths Editor: Ed. M. Wingate
arrived in Antelope yesterday from The
Dalles.
C. V. Lane has ju3t returned from
Portland with a tine stock of liquors and
the Stockmen's saloon will be opened to
day, after having been closed nearly a
year.
W. D. Jones is contemplating the erec
tion of a large two-story business house,
the upper story to be fitted up for a
public hall. .
W. Bolton has just had the square ad-
fining his store leveled up and fitted for
a lawn tennis ground. v
Postmaster Menefee has a fine croquet
ground fitted up, as has also Mr. Irvine,
where the lovers ot the game pass the
evenings.
Charley, Ed and Fanny Murphy have
gone to tbe Willamette valley to visit
friends. They went overland by the
Barlow pass.
Vinter Cooper, the blind phrenologist,
has just completed a course of free lec
tures at Antelope, ending with a magic
lantern show. He bad large audiences,
which were well pleased, as he proved
himself- both interesting and and in
structive. Many had their heads felt.
Mr. Cooper's revenue from that source
being about $50.
W. E. Frazier is expected to locate in
Antelope, where be intends establishing
a hardware and furniture business.
Hobnettb.
Antelope, June 27, 1895.
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THE STRONGEST MAN ON
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VICTORIK. the
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most Majestic Royal Bengal Tiger ever in captivity. THE ONLY RIDING
TIGER IN THE UNIVERSE. Actually performing equestrian feats beyond con
ception on the back of a flying thoroughbred while encased in an iron cage that
circles the ring, to be seen only with these great shows. $10,000 school of Educat
ed Sea Lions. No other show poesessirg such an attraction.
By an arrangement with the leading Shows of America this will be the ONLY
CIRCUS that will visit this section this year.
Presenting an Unabridged p Unparalleled Program
EXALTED IN AIM AND PURE IN TONE.
4Bicj Shouus Combined4
100 Sensational and Startling Acts.
The Best Performing Elephants !
Leopards, and Baby Camels !
40 GREAT CIRCUS ACTS !
5 Great Bands in Street Parade 1
Courtly Knights and Dames ! '
A Drove of Monster Camels 1
Zebras, Bears and Baby Monkeys !
20 GREAT LEAPERS!
Richly Carved & Gilded Tableau Wagons
Myriad Cages, Dens and Lairs I
THE GREATEST BAREBACK K'DEKS that the florid has Ever Produced.
THE ONLY FLOCK OF GIANT AFRICAN OSTRICHES.
The Largest Birds on Earth and the Only Show Possessing such a Feature.
TWO MENAGERIES OF WILD BEASTS
And open Dens of Savage Brutes, Mammoth Elephants, Lions, Tigers,
Hvenas, Bears, Wolves, Leopards and Panthers. Zebras trained to
drive like horses. Knights in Armor, Ladies as Princesses, Male
and Female Jockeys, Squadrons of Princes. Nobles and Cava
liers in Royal Robes, and Rich Costumes, Mounted on Spirited
Horses like Days of Old. Be sure and ask your Station Agent for
Cheap : Excursion : Hates
Every Railroad Gives Low Rates to this Big Show.
At 10 A. M. a Glorious, Grand Holiday Free Street Parade.
ONE DAY ONLY, AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
DOORS OPEN AT 1 AND 7 P. M.
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This will positively be tbe only Circus that will visit this section this year.
General Admission, . . . . . 50 Cents.
Children under 9 Years of Age, 25 Cents.