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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1895.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
THIS l.Ul.Kn
Entered at the postofftce at The liilKk, Oregon.
as second-class mail matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
aoverrjot W. P. Lord
secretary of State H K Kincaid
Treasurer Phillip Aletschan
Bupt. of Public Instruction G. if. Irwin
Attorney-General CM. Jdleman
u -, iG. W. McBride
Senators J J. H. Mitchell
o. iB. Hermann
Congressmen . y. R. Ellis
State Printer '. V. H. 1-eeds
corsii OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A. M. Kelsay
Treasurer . Wm. MicbeU
1 Frank Kincaid
CommiMioncrs A g Biowe
Assessor F. H. Wakefield
Surveyor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner W. H. Butts
APPROACHING CIVILIZATION.
309,000,000 pounds; '93,364,000,000; '94,
328,000,000; '95,264,000,000. The figures
of the last two years show what a terri
ble blow the wool industry of the United
States has received at the bands of the
democratic party. .
WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
The report of the annual conference of
the Dakota Indian Mission attracts a
great deal of interest. To us in Oregon,
where the Indian title of occupancy is
so recently extinguished, and where the
feeble remnants of the old order are
daily eeen upon our streets, this report
should excite especial sympathetic in
terest. The topics discussed, while of
local importance, have a general bearing
upon ail aboriginal communities.
The general trend of opinion expressed
by the delegates showed that the future
of the Indian promises to be very differ
ent from the past. The old maxiiu con
earning the equality between a dead
Indian and a good one is nut going to
hold, and the earnest wav in which the
red man has taken hold of agriculture
and etock-raUing in Dakota shows that
the old tribal influence is passing away
and the Indian?, while elierichi'!;: the
loendj and memories of tbnir forcfath
ere, realize that the white inau s way is
the only way, and that the sooner the
adjustment to the new order of things is
made, the better it will be for the In
dian. The schools, maintained by the
United States government, have done
great work in instilling ambition and
deeire for. improvement in the Indian
boys and girls; but the weakness in the
. syetem hitherto has been that when the
young men and women were turned
loose from school restraint the only
place they had to go was the squalid hut
or shifting tepee, out of whose filth they
were taken. Since the allotment of
lands in severalty the conditions are
changed, and the Indian is given a pros
pect for advancement and accumulation
of a competence which furnishe a uio
tive for endeavor.
The passing of this once powerful
nation is nearly complete, and the next
generation, brought up under the influ
-ences of the Indian schools, will be a
people of different habits and inclica
lions than their fathers. The alterna
tive of being crushed from existence in
the progress of the white people, or
changing their modes of liying, has been
offered to the Indians, and, from all re
ports received, those that remain from
the different tribes have chosen the
latter and the wiser course.
DIRT AND ROCK ROADS.
One of the great questions before the
people of Oregon at the present time is
the subject of road building. The in
terest which the Eastern states have
been showing for several years is begin
ning to be felt by the people of the
Northwest and its importance becoming
realized. The United States government
aleo recognizes that one of the valuable
adjuncts to commercial prosperity is a
syetem of good roads and is taking de
cided action in ascertaining the best
way of securing the desired benefits.
Recently the reports of several investi
gations conducted by experts of the agri
culture department have been submitted
to Secretary Morton, and one of the re
ports contains the following statement
concerning the advantages of the dirt
road over one constructed of rock. The
report says :
"A fine, dry smooth dirt track is the
perfection of roads, easy on the horees'
feet and legs and free from noise and
jar. The stone roads, on the other
hand, wear more in warm weather than
in wet. Practical experience shows that
the junction of the stones and earth sec
tions of the roads can be kept even, and
there is no difficulty in the meeting and
passing of loaded teams, two points
which have been raised in the discussion
of construction methods. No rutting of
the earth roads result."
Every day brings new evidence of the
disastrous workings of the present tariff
bill. The consideration of . bow free
trade" will affect this country has passed
outside the realms of speculation, and is
determined by cold bard facts. Accord
' ing to the returns in 1892 the democrats
proved themselves the ablest debaters,
and showed an aptitude for twisting ar
guments till the voters followed their
lead and swept into power Grover Cleve
land and his European-loving adminis
tration. But the last two years have
furnished facts and figures against which
all the sophistry of democratic spell
binders will'be unavailing. Especially
Oregon is the wool situation. Since 1892
the imports have shown a great increase,
but the domestic supply-has shown a
corresponding reduction. In 1890 the
figures for the American wool clip were
President William Lawrence, of the
National Wool Growers Association, has
it-sued a call for a meeting of . the associ
ation to be held December 4, 1895, at
the Ebbitt House, Washington, to take
measures to secure wool tariff provi
sions on any revenue bill that may be
passed by congress. The subject is one
of vital interest to wool growers, and in
order to let the wool men of Eastern
Oregon know that a strong effort is be
ing made to right, in some measure, the
grevious wrong which democratic legis
lation has committed, we publish the
following address. It is doubtful if the
coming congress will grant any relief.
The election of 1890 and the acts of the
consequent congress furnish the only
hope of permanent relief for the wool
growers. Following is the body of the
address issued with the call.
The president will, of necessity, rec
ommend an increase of revanues. The
suggestion of an increase of the tax on
beer should be resisted. It is a dodge
to avoid tariff revenue to be paid by for
eigners. The revenue on beer should be
left to the states. The suggestion for
short time interest-bearing treasury
notes is another dodge. It is disgrace'
ful to increase the public debt. A large
majority ot the representatives elected
to the present congress favor protection.
The people have repudiated the Wilson
Gorman free wool act. It is believed a
majority ot the senate will concur in a
tariff bill passed by the house. Now is
the time to strike.
Wool growers have a right to known if
congress will meet tne popular will ;
whether manufacturers now enjoying
protection will aid in securing justice for
wool growers.
Wool growers will not consent to de
lay. The position of candidates for the
presidency and for congress next year
must be known in advance. The sug
gestion that the president may veto any
revenue bill with wool tariff is a coward
ly surrender in advance. If the presi
dent will not approve, or at least per
mit, a bill to become a law, as -he did
the Wilson-Gorman bi.l, he mubt take
the responsibility and the consequences
JJutieB on wool are a good source ot
revenue. The government derived rev-
enues from duties on wool under the
McKinlev act as follows :
1890 J5.460.885 32
1891 6,052,257 54
1892 7,779,08-5 63
1893 8,147,220 3r
The Wilson-Gorman act, by giving
protective duties on cotton manufac
tures, rice, sugar and some other prod
ucts, and by placing wool on the free
list, made an odious, unjust discrimina
tion against wool growers. Under the
new law the imports of shoddy, noils,
wastes and other adulterants, in the
year ended August 31, 1895, were 17,666,-
563 pounds, displacing more than 50,
000,000 of American merino wool more
than the entire wool product oi lexas
and California.
These wrongs must be righted, and
now is the time to act.
A WONDERFUL INCREASE.
In view of the many foolish things At
torney Deprey has said in connection
with the Durrant case, it is refreshing
to read of one good one. In comment
ing upon bis colleague a argument, Mr.
Deuprey 6aid : "His argument was ad
mirable. He showed that be under
stood the intelligence of the jury by
eliminating all oratorical flights and all
bouquet-throwing. He plunged at once
into the argument-, and his line of
thought was remarkably sustained and
accurate throughout."' If Mr. Deuprey
had used the same judgment in his
opening address to the jury, wherein he
Btated that the defense would, in but a
shoit while, introduce evidence that
would incontestably show the innocence
of Dorrant, his statements would not
have had tne boomerang effect which
they did produce, The jury was led to
believe ti.at some startling evidence in
favor of the defendant was to -be expect
ed, and when it did not come the dis
crepancy funded to incline their minds
against the defendant. Durrant may
not be convicted, but his innocence has
not in the least been preven.
The wonderful activity in the gold
fields of South Africa, and the conse
quent frenzied speculation in the Lon
don exchange,' has been the spectacle
which the financial world has been
viewing for the last few months. The
activity is not confined to Africa alone,
nor the time to within a limit of late
duration. Since 1S87 the output of gold
has . steadily increased, till it seems
probable that in the decade in which we
are now living the world will see the
greatest output of gold than for any sim
ilar period of time in its history. Every
month brings us reports of new discov
eries in some one or more of the old
fields. During the first five months of
this year ' such reports have come from
Russia, West Australia, North Carolina,
Alabama, and from different points in
the Rockv Mountain regions. In these
old fields and. in California there has
been a great renewal or expansion in
gold mining. Each region has given up
more gold since 1887. The total output
for that year was 185,000,000 ; in 1894
that amount was nearly doubled. Dur
ing the last eight years, from figures
furnished by the Chautauquan, we find
the increase in several old regions (.1894
over 1887) has been about as follows
In the United States $10,000,000; in In
dia, $4,000,000 ; in Russia, $7,000,000 ; in
the Guineas, $3,000,000; Australia, $10,
000,000. -These five countries were, all
producing gold in 1860, but the gain in
the years mentioned has been more than
$36,000,000. For two decades before
1887 gold production declined; but since
that time the increase has been remark
able. New mines have of course been
discovered, but the old ones, through
the agency of modern discoveries in sep
arating the baser from the purer metal,
have contributed to the increase, till we
find that leaving out the gold from the
new mines, there bars been a steady in
crease from the old ones.
Six reasons were offered bv a recent
writer as explaining the wonderful in
crease in the product ot gold. Ihese
were : First, Renewed or increased act-
lveity in the oM fields. Second, New
fields of prodigious promise. Third,
Better methods of extracting gold from
rocks and alluvium. Fourth, Wider
and better organization of the gold in
dustry. Fifth, A strong demand for
gold. Sixth. The increase of rock-
miniiig over sand-washing in the indus
try.
During the ten years following the dis
coveries of 1849-'50, 1,160 million dollars
were added to our stock of gold. Start
ling as was this vast increase, the pros
pect is good for that amount to be near
ly, if not quite, doubled. That this
present and expected increase in the
product of gold will favorably affect all
lines of business, there can be little
doubt, and the closing years of this cen
tury will be known as the "golden
nineties."
What the Sentinel Thinks of The Dalles
The Goldendale Sentinel is troubled
about The Dalles. That paper thinks
we are going to the demnition bow wows.
The following article is amusing, but it
is impossible to tell whether or not the
writer intended it to be so. Here is the
future of The Dalles pictured to suit the
worst enemies the city might have:
It is evident to everyone, who cares
about investigating the matter, that The
Dalles, unless she wakes up, is seeing
her best days. She conld become a good
sized city, but she is letting the oppor
tunities pass and perhaps has already
done so. It would cost some money, but
it was in ner power to inaugurate a
movement which would build a road
Ironi The Dalles, pass through the
Klickitat valley, and tap the Northern
Pacific. An easy grade can be gotten by
elowly climbing "up from The Dalles and
coming through the Grant pass. It will
cost a great deal more money though
than from here to Lyle, our natural out
let and futnre shipping point. So in the
near future The Dalles will have but
little trade from Klickitat county. On
the other side of the river she is losing
prestige also. The Oregon Pacific will
soon reach Crook county. When that
time comes all that inland trade will go
by rail through the Min to pass. Even
now cattle and sheep are being diiven
across the summit to the present ter
minus of the Oregon Pacific and shipped
to Portland. Proud village of The
Dalles, unless you soon awake, thou art
doomed. Yon are in your zenith, but
even now the foundations on which your I
prosperity has been constructed are
already crumbling. United action may
save you, but if you fall, as fall you
must, it will be on account of your own
stupidity.
From the above we should infer that
the writer was one of those who do not
care to "investigate the matter." We
hardly think The Dalles is seeing its
best days. This city hasn't begun to see
them. With the opening of the locks
there will be an increase in the business
done in The Dalles and it will be many
times the immense volume now done.
It is true there are some things The
Dalles could do to increase its commer
cial importance, such as the building of
eorae new roads and repairing of old
ones, but all talk of The Dalles going
into an early decline is the worst kind
cf'bosh."
The amount of business done by our
merchants is greater this year than ever
before and the future contains nothing
but the fairest of promises for our city.
As long as The Dalles is able to pay 44J
cents per bushel to Klickitat farmers
when Portland pays 48 cents, there is
little danger of imminent danger of be
ing doomed. "Proud village ot The
Dalles, unless you soon awake, thou art
doomed" is good ; it is eloquence and
the sentence has a sound to it which Bob
Ingersoll might covet. But, Mr. Editor
of the Sentinel, we are awake and very
muchly so and if you could spare a day
or two from vour exacting duties. The
Dalles could show some things which
would make your next article on The
Dalles have a very different tenor.
ful to kill, injure or destroy any prairie
chicken, except during the months of
July, August and September of each
year.
From the above it will be seen that
the prairie chicken is supposed to be
protectee! from the hunters gun. Mr.
Butts declares the law will be strictly
enforced.
NEWS FROM ANTELOPE.
A Letter Describing the Happenings in
the Neighborhood.
England is willing to consent to the
United States enforcing the Monroe doc
trine, provided an exception is made
in her fovor,"and she be allowed to oc
cupy all the territory in South and Cen
tral America, that she may wish. The
Monroe doctrine was not originated to
favor England, and cannot now' be con
strued to please ber. Now is the time
for this government to take decided
action in giving the burly Englishmen
to understand that the American people
are made of the same kind of stuff as
were their forefathers in 1776 and 1812.
flJReceiver Burleigh, of the Northern
Pacific, says Spokane can have the rail
road shops formerly situated at Sprague,
if the people of Spokane will fulfill cer
tain conditions. This settles the ques
tion, for without any doubt the people
of Spokane will make all necessary con
cessions. The building, of permanent
Bhops in that city will mean more for
its growth thau the mere 'transferring of
real estate, though the amount reach
millions. A city with industries hav
ing pay rolls has prosperity within its
walls, and Spokane cannot bestir her
self too quickly to turn Mr. Bnrleigh's
promise into reality. We wish the man
agement of the O. R. & N. Co. wonld
make the same offer tto the people of
The Dalles.
The promised European war seems
likely to be fought in Aeia. It makes
little difference to the United States
where the clash comes as long as it
keeps away from the Western Hemis
phere. The present administration has
shown itselt incompetent to deal with
international complications, and if the
attention of foreign powers can be cen
tered in other places tilt the advent ot
a republican administration, to whom
the Monroe doctrine seems something,
the United States will not have its dig
nity further impaired.
To Have Freight Kates Seduced.
Shrawd political observers make the
guess that Grover Cleveland means to
stand in the. same relation to his coun
trymen as did George Washington, and
go down in history as the man who de
clined the nomination for the third
term. It is not at all unlikely that
Cleveland will be nominated, and, if he
is, his declination will follow. Cleve
land is too shrewd a politician to miss
this chance of bringing to himself the
everlasting fame and glory his adminis
tration has failed to get for him.
No more BOILS, no more PIMPLES.
Use Kinersly'a Iron Tonic. The Snipes
Kinersly Drug Co. Telephone No. 3.
II. H. Holmes, now on trial in Phila
delphia, charged with many murders,
has discharged his attorneys and is con
ducting his own case. If he succeeds in
acquitting himself, his reputation as the
greatest lawyer' in the country will be
made, and a new procedure in criminal
trials established.
COMMENT FROM , EASTERN
GON EDITORS.
ORE-
The famous Durrant trial is drawing
to a close. The people will be consider
ably relieved when this trial is at att
end and Durrant has paid the penalty
that he justly deserves. Too much
prominence has been given this trial,
and it is time a veil was being drawn
over this black and diabolical crime.
Prinevillo Review.
Spain exterminated the natives of
Hayti, and she has set out. to do the
same with Cuba. Will the nations of
the world stand by and allow her to do
it, or indirectly aid her in the butchery,
as the United States authorities have
been doing? The 12,000 fresh troops
means submit or perish to all Cubans.
East Oregon Republican. .
President Cleveland has been to At
lanta, made his speech per announce
ment; but like his friend at the New
York state convention, at the very last
moment blue penciled that part of his
speech referring to third term candi
dates. ' His first letter of acceptance,
wherein the shocking evils inherent in
the president's eligibility for re-election
are vividly portrayed is still in exist
ence. Pendleton Tribune. I
Mr. w. i. .ttiggs is in receipt of a
letter published below from business
men in Arlington. ' The object is a
worthy one and The Dalles will gladly
aid its neighboring city in solving the
transportation problem. This city can
give other places pointers on how to
secure cheap rates. It would be well to
have a meeting of business men and
send a delegation to the Arlington meet
ing. The letter reads as follows :
Arlington; Or., Oct.. 21, '95.
Dear Sib : It is desired that vou con
sult the business men of your place and
others who may be interested in the
matter of lower freight rates, and secure
a good representation of your section to
meet with ns in Arlington on the 31st
day of October, at 10 o'clock a. in.
We have reason to believe that the
time is opportune for some united action
in way of devising ways and means to
secure lower freight rates and will be
prepared to submit some practicable
propositions. The result of some inves
tigations makes it apparent that if any
thing is to be accomplished it must be
by united action of those interested who
contribute to the transportation route
above The Dalles. In view of this fact,
please to have yonr point lepresented.
lours Respectfully,
R. t. Robinson & Sons,
John H. Smith,
W. J. Mariner,
S. G. Hawson.
S. C. Edwards.
James W. Smith,
F. T. H UBLBUKT,
C. S. Wenner.
Thoe. Harper returned Monday from a
business trip to The Dalle".
VY. Bolton and family are spending
several weeks at The Dalles visiting.
Ed. Newton has just returned from a
four months' trip to Jeffereon Island,
Mont.
Wm. Kelsay and his two daughters,
Bertha and Laura, of Buck Hollow,
spsnt Saturday in town.
Alex. Kircbheiner has just returned
from an extended trip on insurance
business.
Walt. Silvertooth is to be found at the
postoffice dining the illness of Mr.
Menefee.
C. V. Lane has gone to The Dalles on
a business trip and will take in Portland
before his return.
Mr. Hamilton of Trout is spending a
few days in Antelope. .
State Lecturer Brannan delivered a
public lecture at the hall on the prin
ciples of the A. O. U. W., and instituted
a Degree of Honor for the ladies.
Master Workman Peter Kirchhemer
and Dr. Pilkington went to Mitchell
Saturday and organized an A. O. U. W.
lodge at that place.
A very pleasant whist party was held
at Mr. Irvine's Friday evening. These
present were Mr. and Mrs. Irvine, Mr.
and Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Lane, Miss Hinton,
Bertha Irvine, Frank Cram and Lottie
Dam.
A circle of social friends consisting of
Mr. and Mrs. Irvine, Mr. and Mrs.
Dunn, Miss Hinton, Mrs. Lane, Miss
Bertha Irvine and Mr. Cram met
Wednesday evening at the residence of
Mr. Dunn and organized a Chautauqua
literary and scientific society by the
election of Mr. Dunn, president and
Mies Hinton, secietary. The society
will meet every Sunday afternoon at 2 :30
o'clock and of evenings during the week
for mental culture and improvement.
The regular Chautauqua course will be
studied.
Meeting of Business Men.
The people of Antelope are to be
treated to a dramatic performance, Nov
29th, when the "Old Homestead" will
be put upon the boards by the Antelope
Dramatic Club. The program which
has just been issued from the Herald
office, gives the synopsis ot the play and
cast of characters. The proceeds of the
performance will be applied to the pur
cbaBe of a fine set of brass baud instru
ments and the announcement says
"great care has been used in selecting
the cast of characters, musicj costumep,
stage settings, etc., and no pains should
be spared to make this the greatest and
most elaborate dramatic performance
ever given in Eastern Oregon." The
character of Joshua Wbitcomb will be
impersonated by E. J. Gliean, while
Fred N. Wallace will act the part of
"Happy Jack." E. M. Shutl, the editor
of the Antelope Herald, will appear as
"Judge Patterson" and also play the part
of "Len Holbrook," a country fiddler
with but one tune. The performance
will conclude with a grand ball. Tickets,
including supper, $1.50.
rrairie Chickens Shall Not Be Killed.
As there was some dispute regarding
the laws for the protection of fish and
game, Mr. W. H. Butts, deputy fish and
game protector, wrote to Mr. McGuire,
the state protector, and received the
following reply :
"In reply to yours of yesterday, will
say the law has not been changed, and
could not be, except by act of the legis
lature. What you read in the Orego
nian had reference, I think, to the law
ful sentons for selling upland birds- By
reading a portion of section 6 you will
see mat it is lawtui to sen or kill lor
sale, any of the birds enumerated except
prairie chickens. I have made this
point clear, for in a casual reading one
might overlook the fact that prairie
chickens were excepted. If any one is
killing, cr offering for sale, these birds,
they are violating the law"
The section referred to above reads as
follows:
Section 6. Every person who shall,
within the state of Oregon, between the
1st day of December and the 1st day of
September of the following year, take,
kill, injure or destroy or have in posses
sion, except for breeding, purposes, or
sell or offer for sale, any grouse, pheas
ant, Mongolian pheasant, qnai), or part
ridge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor:
provided however, that it shall be unlaw-
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DEHANDED.
A general banking business is done bv
the human system, because the blood de
posits in its vaults whatever wealth we may
gain from day to day. This wealth is laid
up against "a rainy day " as a reserve fund
we're in a condition of healthy prosperity
if we have laid away sufficient capital to
draw upon in the hour of our greatest need.
There is danger in getting thin, because it's
a sign of letting down in health. To gain
in blood is nearly always to gain in whole
some fleslt. The odds are in favor of the
germs of consumption, grip, or pneumonia,
if our liver be inactive and our blood im
pure, or if our flesh be reduced below a
healthy standard. What is required is an
increase in our zerm-fighlinif slrenzlh. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enriches
the blood and makes it wholesome, stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds up the strength. A medicine which
will rid the blood of its poisons, cleanse and
invigorate the great organs of the body,
(vitalize the system, thrill the whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
of it, is surely a remedy of great value. But
when we make a positive statement that 98
per cent of all cases of consumption can, if
taken in the early stages of the disease, be
cured with the Discovery," it seems like
a bold assertion. All Dr. Pierce asks is that
you make a thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth of his assertion.
By sending to the World's Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y., you can get
a free book with the names, addresses and
photographs of a large number of those
cured of throat, bronchial and lung diseases,
as well as of skin and scrofulous affections
by the " Golden Medical Discovery. " They
also publish a book of 160 pages, being a
medical treatise on consumption, bronchitis,
asthma, catarrh, which will be mailed on
receipt of address and six cents in stamps.
Quite a number of business men wet
at the city hall last night to take final
action regarding the building of the
road down Rattlesnako canyon, and the
improvement of the road in Wasco
county leading to the free bridge. Hon.
W. H. Biggs was chosen chairman of
the meeting and F. W. Wilson secre
tary. The chairman called upon Mr.
C. W. Barzee, who was present from
Sherman county, to explain the object
of the meelinsr. In h IneiJ Hiwrh M?
Barzee stated just the condition the
project was in. The Dalles had raised
$500 in cash, more than the amount
asked for, and Sherman county had al
ready pledged $700, with certain pros
pects of making it a thousand.
It was now necessary to appoint some
one to take charge of the money and see
that the work was done. Mr. Barzee
suggested that the meeting name two
men, one from Sherman county and one
from The Dalles; that these two men
should have absolute charge of con
structing the -load, and that they ap
point someone to have charge of the
actual building of the road. Mr. S. B.
Adams asked if there were any possi
bility of the Sherman, county court ap
propriating money for aiding the road,
which question could not be satisfacto
rily answered. ' Mr. Adams spoke at
some length, and made soiue very ap
propriate remarks about the way a road
should be constructed. He was in favor
of a grade 16 feet wide, 12 feet dug, and
4 filled". He was in favor of building a
good road or none at all. Conntv Sur
veyor Sharp was called upon for some
technical information regarding the
road, and said a good grade could be
built with little trouble. Fifteen hun
dred dollars, he thought, would bo suffi
cient for the constructing of the grade.
Over oce half would be dirt and the re
mainder rock.
After some informal discussion, it was
decided to elect two 'gentlemen who
should constitute a board of commis
sioners for the building of the road. On
motion of W. Lord, S. B. Adams of The
Dalles and A. D. McDonald of Sherman
county were selected as commissioners
to have full charge of everything con
nectedwith the bnilding of the road.
A motion was made by -Mr. O. Kiner
sly and seconded by Mr. Lord that C.
W. Barzee be authorized to collect the
subscriptions pledged and deposit them
in French's bank, subject to the order of
Messrs. McDonald and Adams, as con
stituting the Rattlesnake road commis
sion. The motion passed.
A discussion arose over the probabil
ity of the county court of Wasco county
fixing the roads leading from the free
bridge to this city. Mr. Sharp stated'
they were in horrible condition, and
should have to le improved before next
summer when the heavy teaming should
begin. The belief was expressed that
the court could be counted upon to take
the desired action.
Having finished the business before
the meeting, a motion to adjourn was
carried.
The- Poultry Show.
Great interest is being taken in the
fine poultry exhibition that opens in the
old Chronicle building tomorrow, and
from the number of entries already
made, it is safe to predict that the show
will be counted a success. The Willam
ette valley furnishes the following exhi
bits, which wiil arrive on the Regulator
this evening: H. S. Loomis, Portland,
Buff Cochins; L. D. Mulkey, Amity,
Plymouth Rocks; G. O. Sloan, Forest
Grove, Indian Games ; Silver Hamburg,
White Face, Black Spanish, Golden
Wyandotte?, Scotch Tan and Ponter
pigeons; J. M. (garrison, forest brave,
silver Wyandotte?, black Langsbans,
Plymouth Rocks, Light Brahmas, brown
and white Leghorns and Toulouse
geese; John Vince, Portland, Guinea
fowls; S. T. Walker, Forest.Grove, sil
ver Wyandottes; Harlow & Kraemer,
Portland, white, blue, black and Dun
Fantaile, Homing and Carrier pigeons;
J. W. Brown, Forest Grove, light
Brahmas ; E. C. Dick, Portland, Homers
and Fantail pigeons.
When there is added to the above a
variety of exhibits from our local fan
ciers, a most pleasing exhibition is as
sured. That the promoters of the en
terprise may suffer no loss financially,,
an admission of fifteen cents will be
charged. The show room will be open
to visitors at 10 o'clock a. m. tomorrow.
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Degree t,f Honor Social.
Following is the program for the
Degree of Honor social, which will be
held Wednesday evening, Oct. 30th, at
Fraternity hall : ' , , -
Piano Solo Mrs Alice Vamcy
Vocal Solo Miss llutlle Cram
Recitation MibS Martha bchooling
Vocal Solo -Mr Cuarlea Clark
Recitation Mr Stewart
Vocal Solo Miss Myrtle Michel 1
Recitation Miss May Bnrnett
Selection Mr fisher
Followed by a eocial dance. Admis
sion, 25 cents. Everybody invited.'
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of the state some time ago," says Mr.
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Enterprise, "I had an attack of dysen
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Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy I
bought a bottle. A couple of doses of it
completely cured me. Now I am
a champion of that remedy for all 8to- .
mach and bowel complaints." For sale
by Blakeley A Houghton, Druggists.