THE DALLES ; WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1895.
CzT
The Weekly Gbioniele.
OKKGOM
Entered at the postoffice at The Dalles, Oregon.
, uaecooa-ouaa nuumanet.
statk orriciALB.
ijTernof.::.: ..: w. p. Lord
Secretary of 8Ute H B Klncald
Treaanrer PhllUp Metechan
apt. of Public instruction u. m. lnvin
AUnmM-niiril .-... C. Mi Idleman
. . (G. W. MoBride
faenatora.... Ij, H. Mitchell
IB. Hermann
- W. K. Ellia
....W. H. Leeds
vongressmen..
State Printer.
" ' COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge................ Geo. C. Blakeley
snenir.
.T. J. Driver
......A. M. Kelsay
.....Wm. Michel!
(Frank Kincoid
' I A. a. Blowers
.. V. U. Wakefield
Burreyor A.BtVarP
Superintendent of Public Bchooia. ..Troyoneuey
Ooroner.... ..... ....... w. u. uuita
Clerk.:...
Treaanrer
Commissioners
Assessor
hia state. No congressman waa ever
more prompt in answering letters, an
few men can match him, from a political
standpoint, as a letter writer : as a hand
shaker he cannot be surpassed.
If the people of the First district are
not headed off atthe nominating con
vention, Mr. Hermann will continue to
hold down that chair he has so long
occupied. Bat the talk about his bolt
ing in case he does not receive a nomina
tion is not only very premature, but 'is
certain to do his cause harm. The re
publicans of Oregon have started in for
new deal and thev may sro the whole
figure: if so Hermann. likeJDolpb, will
have to stand aside, for awhile at least,
and if there is any bolting the stand by
will almost certainly be permanent
Mr. Hermann better call off his friends
who have commenced to bark before the
danger is in sight.
ABOUT WOOL.
" . A circular issued July 15th by the well
known wool house ot Justice, Bataman
& Col, presents timely information about
' . supply, consumption ana prices ot wool.
The wool clin of the United States in
. 1891 was 307.000.000 pounds. It rose to
330.000,000 in 1892. and to 364,000,000 in
1893. Since then it hns decreased and
this vear it was but 261.000,000 pounds,
But the supply of foreign wool since 1863
has been very gtently .increased, a good
deal of which yet remains in importers
bands, bearing' down the market.
, The sheep and wool indnstry was
profitable down to 1893. Under the
policy of protection it had -attained to
large" proportions and great value. But
it became known that wool was to be
imported free, and in anticipation of it
the market fell. 'Then, when the act
was passed under' which free importa
tions might be made, wool waa rushed
in from foreign countries in immense
quantities. The homo supply falls in
proportion as the foreign supply rises,
and though prices have rallied a little,
we are receiving here in Oregon for our
uncleaned wool fully 6 cents a pound
less than we would receive had protec
tion been continued. Through reduc
tion of the price of wool and loss of the
value of sheep, caused mainly by free
trade, the woolgrowers of the United
States lost last year not less than $75,
000.000; and there is no reason to sup
pose there will be any real revival of the
industry so long as wool remains on the
free list. Uregontan.
, Argument is np longer needed to make
the woolgrowers appreciative of a pro
tective tariff. The drop in prices and
the corresponding shrinkage . in bank
accounts has .done more than weighty
arguments or tables of statistics to show
the blight of free trade. Sheepmen who
several years ago. counted themselves
rich are now concerned to make ex
penses meet and pay pressing obliga-
tions. Democrats may . claim that free
trade is not to blame, but it will have to
bear the stigma until a scapegoat can be
found.
A REPUTED COAL MINE.
If it be true that an abundant supply
of coal has been discovered near Lyle'i
landing on the Columbia, the owner of. it
will be fortunate indeed;, bntbeis not
the only one - who will reap a bene'
fit. An abundant supply of coal
within easy access to the Middle Colum
bia would have a marked influence upon
the industrial history of this section and
the development of a large section of
Eastern Oregon and. Washington. The
fuel question alone is a serious draw.
back to a very large extent of fertile
lands in this portion of the two states,
Farmers of Sherman and portions of
Wasco and Klickitat counties haul wood
from 20 to 50 miles or buy coal at the
railroad stations paying therefor $8 to
$12 per ton. The railroad company haul
their coal either from the Sound, Eos
Iyn, Wash., or Rock Springs, Wyoming,
This fact increases the expenses of rail
road transportation and is paid for, in
part at least, by the producers.
A great drawback to manufacturing
enterprises throughout this section of
the two states is lack of good fuel." A
discovery like the one reported would
solve many obstacles to the development
of our resources and the' upbuilding of
this and other towns along the river
we sincerely hope the report is true.
RELEASE OF MORTGAGES.
une ot tne brilliantly stupid accom-
' plishments of the last legislature was the
act requiring all mortgages to be released
by a formal release, executed with the
same formalities as 'a conveyance of
land, by the mortgagee himself or the
' person appearing by the record to be the
owner of the mortgage. Prior to this
act the holder of a note secured by a
mortgage could by affidavit show that
he was the holder of the note and, with
out having a formal transfer ot the mort
gage upon the records, release the mort
gage. Now a purchaser of a note
cured py a mortgage must, in order to
place himself in a situation to release
the mortgage when the note is paid, have
in addition to an assignment of the note,
. a transfer of tne mortgage made and re
corded, and instead of being able to step
to the clerk s office and cancel the mort
gage upon the margin of the record, he
must go to an attorney or notary and
have a release prepared and executed
, the same as a deed and then have the
same recorded. The expense is consid
erably increased and great inconvenience
is frequently experienced bv reason of
the removal of the original mortgage in
case cf a transfer of the note.
The law must have originated with
some fool notary or some of the incom
petent roustabouts to whom our supreme
court have issued certificates of admis
sion to the bar, and whose principal.
business is writing conveyances.
Contrary to expectation Judge Bel
linger has denied a new trial on the
cases of the government against James
Lotan and Seid Back. The decision will
cause surprise among those who have
closely watched the evidence at the trial,
That twelve sensible men should convict
on the testimony of an admitted per
jurer like Blum, seems hardly possible
The added fact that several jurymen ex
pressed doubt of the defendant's guilt
and declared they were coerced into a
verdict, makes the statement reasonable
that Mr. Lotau and the Chinese mer
chant have hardly been treated with
fairness. Mr. Lotan was a professional
politician and for this he is to be cen-
surea, due still tne onenee oi peine a
wirepuller and manipulator of offices and
men. however inimical it may be to good
government, ought not to be a motive
for conviction on the charge of smuggling
unless , there be better evidence than
that produced in court last April. As a
politician of astuteness Lotan would not
place himself in the hands of Blum for
$20,000 or double that sum. If Lotan
and Joe Simon were to be arraigned on
the charge of being professional pol
iticians many good citizens would like to
see them convicted and shorn of power.
There are no doubt a lot of attorneys
in the state who, when they read the de
cision of the supreme court in their par
ticular cases, longed to discuss them
over again in the public press. We pre
sume some of our local altornevs would
be glad' to have some of their cases
placed on the newspaper docket and
tried out as soon as the Orezonian and
Mr. Dolph have disposed of the one now
under discussion. What's the use of
courts anyway? why not leave all
these controversies to us newspapers?
We know'all about law and justice,
juries, and judges, what the public's need
and what is best for them; in fact, there
are few things we don't know more
about than all the wise men and great,
judges, at least this is the belief of some
newspapers.
. NO FARM RECEIVERS. .
The decision of Judge Bellinger ren
dered yesterday in the case of Thomp
son vs. Shurley, followed to its logical
concisions is of the greatest interest to
all farmers who have borrowed money of
loaning companies and given' mortgages
to secure the loan in which there is a
provision that in case of foreclosure pro
ceedings the mortgagee may have a re
ceiver to take and dispose of growing
crops and apply the proceeds upon the
mortgage. .
The decision itself is simply to the ef
fect that the receiver in that particular
case was not entitled to compensation
for his services ; but it is based upon the
ground that the provision in such mort
gages is inequitable. Assuming' that
farmers make mortgages hurriedly and
frequently without reading them over,
or that they make mortgages under cir
cumstances such that it is absolutely
imperative that they obtain the loan
this decision is justice. It may be wise
and just under any assumption; but is
there not something to be said on the
question? Farmers are ordinarily pos
sessed of the intelligence of average
men ; the making' of a mortgage upon
their farm is usually a very deliberate
transaction entered into after . careful
consideration, and, in the case of loan'
ing companies, are usually made to pro
cure money to make improvements or
enlarge their business they usually
have it in their power to make the ma'
turity of the loan come at a convenient
season of tne year; tney make tne
agreement willingly ; the mortgage com'
pany relies upon the agreement in part
ing with their cash. For the court to
say that under these circumstances the
contract shall be wiped out would strike
a man who bad loaned his money bn
that kind of a mortgage as an injustice,
That the decision, if followed, is
great benefit to farmers, there is no
question; it will benefit them in two
ways, viz, it will relieve those who have
made such mortgages from applying
their crop upon that particular debt
and it will prevent, in many cases, those
who. want to borrow, from getting
money. Both results will be only bene
ficial m the long run.
- t
are more used and recently there has
been much loose broken rock in it. , We
are also pleased, to note, and many'citl
zens will join us, that steps are being
taken by the council to compel the re
pair of sidewalks. Let the good work
go on. . ,
THE INDIAN WAR.
With all the uproar and excitement
concerning the latest Indian raid, there
has not yet been printed one report of
the violation of the law which called for
the great expense on the part of the
United States. That there are some
renegade Indians travelling about the
section of country referred to as Jack'
son's Hole, there is no question, and
wisdom called for the dispatch of a troop
of soldiers; but a single company of U.
S. cavalry would have served the pur
pose and brought to terms the few In
dians now there, who seem to be dis
posed to go on excursion on tbeir own
hook. Every report of massacres and
outlawery has been the merest rumor a
cry of wolf 1 wolf I Local state officers
ought to ascertain something of facts be'
fore creating such a turmoil.
A few dollars would furnish a band
stand and a band stand will give our
citizens as fine music as one hears out
side a world's fair. - Who in The Dalles
public spirited enough to build a
stand? If no more convenient place is
offered we would suggest the school
yard, between Court and Union streets.
The Chronicle will receive subscrip
tions and find a man who will superin
tend the construction. Fifty dollars
will no doubt furnish a suitable struc
ture; we yesterday paid hundreds of
dollars to transients for a couple of
hours' of entertainment of not half so
beneficial a nature as the mnsic the
Orchestral Union effers us . when we
build a stand.
RESTORE THE TARIFF ON WOOL
ine congress mat win assemble in
December should restore the duty on
wool. The manufacturers of woolens
still have a highly protective duty, and
tne growers of wool should have a cor-
' responding benefit. Possibly the presi
' dent would veto an act to restore the
. duty on wool, but if he should, he would
' oniy empnasize he just demand for such
an act, which would be felt in the next
... elections.- If wool is. to be free, woolen
goods must be free also. Let us have
consistent and fair free trade.- Against
' this principle it is impossible to main
tain a stand. Restoration of the duty
i ii . . . . -
op wooi woum oe worm now not less
than $1,000,000 a year to Oregon, and
. more nereaiter. uregoman. . . .
Thb Chbo.vicle and all Eastern Or-
, egon republicans and democrats concur
v . in the foregoing. -
Pennoyer's mercy is again conspicuous
for its misapplication. Blnford Douglas,
who , was convicted of burglary, sen
tenced to a year and a half in the peni
tentiary in 1894, pardoned out after serv
ing a fw months, is again wanted in
this county on a char go of horsestealing
Of course he did not steal a horse, be
cause horses are so cheap now, no young
man would steal one; but he is sus
pected of having been foolish enough to
make the attempt. . Wasco county would
have been : saved considerable expense
bad Douglas been- permitted to remain
where be was put by his conviction be
fore Judge Bradshaw a little over a vear
go. . '
A gentleman from Klickitat county
yesterday contracted to deliver, in this
city, 100 tons of timothy hay of this
year's crop. There is a very large acre
age in Klickitat valley capable of pro
ducing a heavy crop of timothy bay ; the
balance of the valley is extremely fertile
for all cereals; and yet some people
wonder where the trade comes from
which keeps up the business of The
Dalles. The trade from that valley is
good one and forms one ef the several
sources of our prosperity.
A writer to The Chronicle complains
of our system of laws which permits the
bringing of criminal charges to serve the
ends of private grudges." People are too
prone in rushing to the courts with
fancied injuries and making a bill of
costs which the county must pay.
Onr correspondent' speaks of this sys
tem ' growing till it has become an
incubus, disasteroas to justice and the
best interests of the people, and com
plains that the last legislature did not
do its duty in refusing to pass a law
compelling the complaining party to pay
or guarantee the costs in all petty suits
where the charge proved entirely ground
The latest attempt, at competitive
journalism in Portland baa failed. The
Sun sank behind the bills yesterday and
did not appear this morning. While "it
is true the Oregonian is a great news
paper and covers te newspaper field
thoroughly, yet we.are.-sorry. the Sun
has failed. - It made a wonderful fight
to maintain its footing, but the odds
were too great. Portland should have
two morning papers, but the failure of
the Sun will delay competition for a
long time.
The H or r-Harvey debate is closed and
there are the same number of free silver
men and the same number of anti-free
silver men as before they began the yow
yow. They both know more about the
subject they have been talking about.
but they are about the only ones, who
do; and if there are any others who
have read the reports carefully they
have by this time forgotten what was
said. So no barm has' been done after
all. .
Dp You Know a Good Thing
WHEN YOU TASTE IT? - IF SO YOU '
WILL NEVER,
BE WITHOUT
CELERY BEEF
IT
UJD 100X3
QUIETS AND STRENGTHENS THE NERVES
BUILDS . UP THE SYSTEM
PURIFIES AND ENRICHES THE BLOOD
NATURE'S BUILDER AND TONIO
FOR' SALE BY BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON,
OLD
HICKORY
Strength,
Durability,
Honest Constraetlon.
The Heaviest and Beat
Ironed Wagon on earth.
First Premium award
ed at the World's Fair
-WE CAREY A F0LI, LINE OF-
Indlan Caroline Dead.
xne Indian Caroline, who for many
years has been a well known character
around The Dalles, died, last night in the
city jail. There was a suspicion that
she may have been poisoned. The
woman was found by Policeman Con
nelley and Eilly Moabus by The Dalles
Lumbering Company's store. She was
suffering great agony and soon went into
violent spasms. Dr. Eshelman was
called and administered medicine, but
the woman was passed earthly aid and
died almost immediately after being con
veyed to the city jail'.
mere is a suspicion that she may
have been poisoned and there is some
testimony tending to this view. But
after sifting the evidence the coroner'
ury did not consider it sufficient : to
bring in a verdict of death other . than
from natural causes. The inquest was
held' this morning in Micbell's under
taking parlors and conducted by Coroner
Butts. F. D. Hill, F. A. Phelps, J. F,
Boot, Hugh Chrisman, M. Herrick and
S. B. Adams served as the jury. Frank
Connelly, Dr. Eshelman, Lonn Stevens
Wm. Moabus, J. Foster and F. N. Hill
were examined as witnesses.
-
A car loaded with fast freight and bag
gage from the Regulator went into -the
river at the locks yesterday. The acci
dent happened on the lower incline
The car becoming unmanageable, and
running off the track, plunged into the
water. A buggy and considerable
freight were aboard .. the car and -will
likely not be recovered. The damage is
estimated at $500, though it is yet too
early for . the exact amount to be dt
termined.
MR.
A RE-
HERMANN AND.
, NOMINATION.
The question as to. the desirability of
returning Mr. Hermann to congress from
the First district is already agitating the
republicans in the country west of the
-mountains and souffi" of ? Multnomah.
Mr. Hermann has been an efficient rep
resentative; few men in Washington
have shown greater industry, or res
ponded more promptly , to the needs of
Presidential loonn are being con
structed already, but the wise politicians
will keep as much out of sight as possi
ble for some time to come. If President
Cleveland undertakes the construction of
a boom for Mr. Morrison, or in fact any
one elee.it will catch very few sticks.
The stream of the popular vote will not
flow by Cleveland's ranch next year un
less all signs fail and any attempt of the
present administration to name the com
ing man, will certainly end the prospects
of the man. In fact the people of this
country have about as much use for
Cleveland as a mule has for an Indian. - j
New facilities for doing business
al way 8 increase business. The construc
tion of a telephone line into the interior
will meet a long felt want, will place the
merchants in more intimate relations
with their patrons and do much to de
velop the country and increase business
here. Tile local telephone company are
to be commended for their enterprise in
extending their line to Antelope. It is
reported that tfiey are contemplating the
extension of this line in to Klickitat
county also. -
A leading daily says that "the criti
cism unon Mr. Dolph'e criticism of a re
cent court opinion appears to be based
on the assumption that he has mistaken
morals for law;" . -From the opinion it
self it. is apparent that it i; simply and
entirely based on the assumption that be
has mistaken what he thinks of the law
for a well established rule of law.
The Chronicle is. pleased to note the
clearing of some of the streets of loose
stones and other ..debris. ., The street
leading up the hill from the south end of
Washington street is one that needs at
tention in this respect; few of the streets I
cuTiooei SOBP
MAKES
SOFT WHITE WM
m '
Ctmctnu Boat porlBe and teaoiifiea tfaa
kin by restoring to henlthjr activity the
Clogged, Ixruxro, Isgitatbo, Slcsocbu,
or Ovehwookxd Pobei.
Sold throngboot the world. ' Pottec Drnra jura
Caen. Coir.. Pole Proprietor. Beaton, V. S. A. '
" All bout the Hind and Skin." malted frw. '
Trr. Mllp'TfKRT PusTERScure RHKTTMA-
TISJL. WEAK BACKS. At druggists, oais SSc
Hodge Headers and Extras.
Osborne Buceye Mowers Extras .
IVIillfS ' CROWE,
Second and Federal Sts., . THE DALLES, OR.
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 that do
not. The only way to have low prices is to selj for
cash, and that is what we are going to do.
Large Stock, Fine Goodsr
Prices Way Down.
We sell for cash, buy cheap, and our patrons have
the 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.
.. "' ' . ; -a -Past
or present values cut no figure, as goods
MUST be SOLD LESS than. COST.
Give lyre a Call.
J. P. McINERNY.
New Man! New Prices! New Goods!
Having just purchased the store of H. Moses & Co., I
am prepared' to meet all competition. A large invoice of
FRESH GROCERIES,
Bought for cash at low rates, enables me to sell closely.
My stock is complete, and prices to suit the times.
I SELL FOR CASH,
And give moie for a dollar than ano other store in The
Dalles. Give meia call and examine for yourself.
B. A. HUNSAKER,
Successor to H. Moses & Co., adjoining the Diamond Mills.
Opposition We Invite.
Competition We Defy" '
Tillipery.
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
17 fa 17 ts ' pq ri? 15 17 i i? (Joods K5IoaI
MRS. M. -E. BRIGGS,
Successor to Anna Peter A Go.,-;
112 Second Street.