THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1895.
CI 1
The Weekly Gtooniele.
TUB DALLKH
Entered at tbe postoSice at The IaUtk, Oregon,
u second-clan mall mutter.
should be succeed in having hia bill be
come a law. ' Tbe text is as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
okkuoh of icepresentaitves or vie vntiea oiaies or
America in Congress assembled,' That,
"An act to amend an act entitled 'An
act to forfeit certain landa
FINAL NOTICE TO DELINQ0EN1
- SUBSCRIBERS.
STATE OFFICIALS.
SjTernot ..I.'ff, P. Lord
Treasurer ...Phillip Metschan purposes, approved September twenty
Itev-Qerai'" ""IllV.tTr. MiSSS ninth eighteen hundred and ninety-
ivr. . Mconue thrpp. and tb nevera! acta aniendatorv
the past ten days, havinsr on board 275.
000 centals of wheat and 25,000 barrels
or nour. (shippers are paying here 40
&0c per bnsbel for Walla Walla, and
valley, bzc. Arrivals of grain tonnage
are decreasing rapidly, ana giving ex
porters plenty of time to obtain wheat
for future requirements. General wire
advices from ' the East and . Euro re
creators......
Congressmen..
State Printer.
)J. II. Mitchell
) B. Hermann
W . it. EUia
..V. 1J. Leeds
COCNTV OFFICIALS.
County Judge.. ....Geo. C. Blakeley
a
Sheri
. Clerk.
Treasurer
'. Commissi liners.
Assessor ....
. Surveyor.......
.T. J. Driver
A. Mi Kelsay
Wm. Micheil
(Frank Kincaid
IA. S. Blowers
P. H.WnkeSeid
.. .....E. F. Sharp
Baperintendcnt ol lliblie Schools. . . Troy bneuey
Coroner.
W; H. Butts
MR. CLEVELAND'S BITTER PILL.
thereof," approved December twelfth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-three,' be,
and the same is hereby, amended so as
to rend as follows: That eectionhree
of an act entitled" 'Aa.ufct to forfeit cer
tain lands heretofore; granted for' the
purpose of aiding in tbe construction of
railroads, and ' lor other 'purposes, ap
proved September twenty-ninth, eight
een hundred and ninety, and the sev
eral acts amendatory thereof, be, and
the same is, amended so as to extend
the time within which persons entitled
to purchase lands forfeited by said act
shall be permitted to purchase tbe same
in the quantities ana upon the terms
provided in said section, at. any time
prior to January first, eighteen hundred
and ninety-seven ; Provided That actual
residence upon the' lands by persons
claiming the right to purchase the safne
shall not be required where such lands
have been fenced, cultivated or other-
will be eo on clambrincr for another kind. we improved ty such claimants, and
of helD. knowing as he must know: that such persons shall be permitted to pur
tii vnni,iinA t..n- U nnt ninr- tA f..T. coase two or mora tracts ot sucn lands
, ... n . I . ...
low the dictation of one who is chiefly JeSal subdivision, whether contign
tvnnnhaihW f.r' rim WvailinV'-ttatrmraT ous or not, but not to exceed three
The' help which the renublii-uhs will nnnared and twenty acres m the aggre-
We are fast approaching the end of
tbe year 1893, the time- fixed for, ro
vision of our. subscription lists, and paf
heretofore tie who fail to receive .the paper ;ater
granted for the-purpoee Of aiding in :the -hat date will know their names :ave , brouj-hoiIt.the. wek ,were mainly of a
constrnotion bf railroads, and for other Peen.aroppea, ana ;imi .prompt -py- bearish character, with little in the sit-
tiuuuu ui au encuurBgiPK nature. ior me
holding interest, and our local condi
tions will hardly be changed unless
foreipn markets should move up sharply,
of which action, at tbe moment, no signs
Here is the way "the Spokesman
' Review speaks of President' Cleveland
and the prospective revenue bill he may
be called upon to' sign
The republican' congress' is going to
pass a revenue bill up. to President
Cleveland. Will he sign it? After call
ing for help in his financial dilemma,
and the republicans having topped him
a life buoy, will he accept the tei.der, or
extend to Mr. Cleveland will carry a
restoration of the duty on wool. Now,
' Mr. Cleveland libs been especially severe
in his denunciation of t bo -wool tariff.
lie has sent menage alter message to
congress expatiating' on the delights of
1 free-' rfbol, and deiibuilcini t!iti;!proteC
,'tibnl'wliibb'amaratf''higliey;priced cloth-
'lngj 'If wiU be'hard'fp? film 'to'swallow
' so many" meesages of the" 'past', ba't his
troubles are great, and" desperate' men
cannot stick too-close to pride.
Mr. Cleveland' is not 'to oe allowed to
dictate the 'legislation to be passed by
tbe republican congress. The republi
cans propose to do their duty and give
him a bill that will ease the strain and
restore the solvency of ''the treasury,
The president ninst take it, or accept
the consequences. It ' 'will ; be that or
nothing.
If Mr. Cleveland should conclude not
to veto the proposed revenue bill, he
would have democratic precedent to jus
tify bis action. The tariff bill of 1842
was signed by President Tyler, and the
Morril tariff1 bill received the signature
of President Buchanan. Then, as now,
tbe administration was confronted by a
condition, and not a theory, and the ex
isting condition is sufficiently trouble'
some to give Mr. Cleveland deep con
cern. His position is not enviable, but
.he has made it,
gate ; and provided furtlier. That noth
ing herein contained shall be so con
strued as to interfere with any adverse
claim that may have attached to tbe
lands, or any part thereof, prior to tbe
settlement, cultivation or improvement
made by tbe person seeking to purchase.
OREGON'S GOLD YIELD.
been I
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during tl.e last month, and to all such
we desire to express our thanks and ap
preciation.
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scribers, and therefore makes tbe follow
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are visible,
FOREIGN MARKETS.'
Foreign advices during the week
brought little encouragement to wheat-
iioiaers. A v line .there was a slight re
covery in values,- the improvement ap-
pears to be merely nominal, as any ad
vance in asking prices is met bv a with
drawal oi bias, rne quantity on pas
sage in quarters is as follows: To the
U. K.. 2,280,000; tn tho continent,
1,130,000. Farmers' deliveries of wheat
for the week endine December 14 were
29,000 quarters, at an average price of
24s 9d per quarter. ; ' '
, tfrooinhall says that the tone of tbe
market .remains very subdued ; however.
all the time there is an undercurrent, of
strength prevudincr the situation, tbe
fact being that in spite of the lack of
speculative' sentiment, there ia yet a
very large consumptive business passing.
British .mills this season will have, the
task of rendering into flour something
like 20 million quarters ol foreign wheat,
and will consequently have the handling
of 3,0(50,000 sacks more, flour than was
the caBe in 1893-74, a considerable in
crease in trade in so short a time as 12
or 18 months. For the remainder
of the season the U. K. trade will re
quire at least 500,000 quarters of
foreign grain weekly, while nearly an
other 400,000 quarters will be . required
oy continental countries. JNow, when
there is only one-balf of Russia s ports
capable of shipping, tbe, remainder being
iix-uuuuu, unu wo isanuue oeingi.iir.eai
ened with a like visitation trom tbe frost
king, there remains only a part of Rus
sia and tne Atlantic' American ports
wnence western Europe can eo to bud
i i ? . . -
piy .ner pressing wants.
Meeting; of tbaj Trustees Last Night.
Man
The' following is given as Oregon's
gold yield by counties for 1894 :
Baker, $447,995.72; Benton, $2,045;
Coos, $106,353.77; Crook, $1,050; Curry,
$8,800; Douglas, $70,879.38; Grant, $128,-
583.09; Harney, $1,500; Jackson, $167,-
646; Josephine, $143,676.61; Lane, $22,-
500; Linn, $2,000; Malheur, 13,500;
Marion, $982.27; Union, $1,059,070;
total, $5,213,356.42.
FROM NEAR AT HAND.
GENERAL MILES' VIEWS.
The talk in this country about war be
tween America and England over tbe
Venezuela question is having a most
' salutatory effect in calling attention to
the condition of the military and naval
forces of the United States. Tbe
people of the .United States statesmen
and common iolk have been eo en
grossed with matters of business and
politics that the military progress of the
country has fallen far behind the ad
vance in other lines of national great
uess. Now, when there ia a possibility
of war, attention is directed to our army,
navy and coast defenses. Not only in
unofficial, but also in official circles, is
the deficiency of our means of defense
and aggression openly commented upon,
as the following statement from General
Miles will thow:
"I have returned from an inspection
tour of the southern coasts and, like
those of other sections of tbe country, I
find them in an entirely defenseless con
dition. If war should break out at
present all we have in tbe south, or in
fact, anywhere else, with a few excep
tions, will be a lot of obsolete guns on
rotten carriages, which would fall over
before they could be of any service.
The country is in a deplorable condi
. tion for defense. There ate only three
modern guns in position in this country.
Two of these are at the entrance to New
York harbor and tbe third at San Fran
cisco. If congress will make a liberal
appropriation therefor the coast could
be put in condition for defense in about
two years. The work would cost about
$80,000,000. ' It would take in the
neighborhood of a yar to manufacture
the tools necessary for the construction
of the guns, and another year for the
manufacture of tbe guns themselves."
Tbe house of representatives acted
promptly upon the revenue bill pre
pared by tbe ways and means commit
tee. Upon a strict party vote, with two
exceptions, tbe bill passed by a vote of
205 to 81. - Upon the1 subject of wool,
which is the important one to the peo
ple of Eastern Oregon, the bill is in line
with the wishes of wool-growers, and
restores sixty ' per cent of the McKinley
rates on wool and woolens. By their
prompt action the Republicans have
shown themselves ready and willing to
act for tbe country's good, and tbe effect
of the emergency bill will be to restore
confidence throughout the country. The
present bill is a good forerunner of the
one which will pass when the Republi
cans are again placed in control of tbe
government, which the Democrats have
so terribly mismanaged.
Goldendale Sentinel: Smith, Dustin.
Presby, Brooks, Spalding, Maddock.
Darch and VanVactor would like to be
the next judge of Klickitat county, so
Dame Rumor informs ns. In the words
of the celebrated Thomaa Lynch, the
tonsorial artist, "Next." ; j
Antelope Herald: Stockmen inform
ua . that -grass on the range has been
growing considerably : since the snow
and' rain have Bet in. This is a.much
better condition of affairs than was ex
pected, and we hope an open winter
will-be experienced this year. Nearly
all the aheepmen in this section, how
ever, are supplied with enough hay to
ieeu meir oanus ior sixty: or, seventy
days, and it is hardly probable this
amount of feeding will be required.
Moro Observer: The Arlington move
ment for an open Columbia regardless
of the immaculate Bd. of U. S. Engi
neer, is assuming definite shape. In
formation ia somewhat meager, coming
from "a passenger - from The Dalles,"
but tbe scheme is. to call for a subsidy
from counties along the river. Sherman
is expected to put up $25,000. No names
are mentioned in connection with tbe
scheme, which produces in. this office a
mistrust as to the efficiency of the purpose.
LITERARY NOTES.
The ways and means ' committee
strikes at the root of the matter when
it says that it "regards .the chronic defi
ciency of revenue for tbe past two years
and half aa a potent cause of the difficul-
ties.wbich the treasury has encountered ;
an important factor in the creation and
promotion of the serious distrust Which
has paralyzed business and dangerously
shaken confidence, even in the financial
operations of the government." The lan
guage Is strong, but it could be made
stronger. The lack of revenue caused
by a democratic tariff reduction has
been the destroying disease from which
the country has suffered, and nothing
but a return to the tariff conditions that
existed just prior to 1892 can be ot per
manent benefit.
If tbe dispatches can be believed, tbe
Cuban insurgents have Havana almost
within their grasp. The success of the
revolutionary party has been greater
than even its leaders anticipated, and
challenges anew tbe admiration of the
world. Spain is about to lose another
of her western prizes and Cuba will be
knocking for admission to tbe circle of
American republics.
The January Foium, among many
other interesting features, will contain
an article by Col. Carroll D. Wright,
superintendent ot tbe Census, on "The
Federal Census;" an article bv Mr.
William Ordwav Partridge, the sculptor,
entitled "The Development of Sculpture
in America,' and a paper by Mr. James
H. Penninghairf of Philadelphia on tbe
"Criminal Crowding of Public Schools.
The first edition of the Januarv Mc-
Clure'8 is 300,000 copies an increase of
17U,UUU in three months. It is easy to
understand these great strides in circu
lation when one has read, in this num
ber, the remarkable story of Lincoln as
tbe manager of Denton Offutt's sawmill
and country . store at New Salem, the
victorious wrestler against tbe champion
of Clary '8 Grove, the Btudent,. between
whiles, of Kirkham's grammar, a candi
date for the legislature, and a captain of
raw recruits in the Black Hawk war;
and when one has inspected the twenty
five pictures which help to vivify this
most engaging chapter of Lincoln his
tory. We have been advised heretofore
that the history of Lincoln's early years
was lost. This can be said no more;
for Miss Tarbell has recovered it for Mc
Clure'a down to its smallest detail.
Tbe trustees ot the commercial club
held a meeting last night, at which i
great deal was- accomplished. , Neces
saruy . where ; there are a great many
things to bev done, it takes a great deal
of time to arrange all details. It has
been no small task-to get the club started
and attend to tbe thousand and one things
which have to be done when, any new
enterprise is put upon its feet. It can
beeaid that everything is progressing
favorably and each day will see the com'
mercdal and athletic club,. rooms rapidly
nearing completion. , The meeting last
night was an enthusiastic one and no
time was lost in vain discussions. , The
reports made hold out tbe promise that
New Tears dav will see the social rooms
ready for occu pancy, President Schenck
appointed the following committees, who
are clothed with . authority to execute
their respective commissions. On the
bowling alley E C Pease and W H Wil
son. Billiard tables H J Maier, H A
Bill. Social rooms E C Pease, R B
Sinnott. Gvmnasium H A Bill, R B
Sinnott. Membership J S Schenck, W
H Wilson, H J Maier. The committee
api ointed for the gymnasium were al
lowed $300 to spend upon this branch of
tie organization. The committee on
billiard tables and on the bowling alley
will meet today and lake stevs towards
tbe' securing of these' adjuncts of the
club. The papering of the "ocial rooms
is completed and the paper-hangers are
working on the ball today. The electric
lights are being put in with all possible
dispatch. The carpets have been chosen
and are being cut to fit the rooms. Al
together everything is moving along sat
isfactorily and the members look forward
to soon being . able to movo into tbe
club's attractive quarters.
Tbe -Wheat Market.
The safe arrival of the steamer Strath
nevis at Fort Townseud is almost a mir
aculous deliverance from tbe sea. Tbe
announcement of her arrival will relieve
the tension of shipping 'people on the be said there ia any immediate prospect
coast, who had given the steamer up for of an advance. Some farmers, who have
lost. Tbe anxiety U transferred to the I held this lone, will not be able to hold
Tbe wheat situation is a puzzler to the
man who ia holding for a higher price.
In The Dalles, just at present, the wheat
market exists only in name, as no
movement has been noticed for some
time. By Christmas it was expected
that the price of wheat would rise a few
notches, but it hasn't done so nor can it.
A NEEDED MEASURE.
Representative EUia baa introduced
into tbe house of representatives a bill
for the relief of the settler upou our
western lands. The measure is emi
nently a just , one, and should receive
the favorable consideration of congress
at an early date. Aa can be seen from a
perusal of the bill, the two vital points
are, first, that actual residence shall not
be required in order to obtain a patent;
and secondly, that tracts ' of land no t
contiguous may be purchased, provided
they do not exceed 320 acres in tbe ag
gregate.' 'r j Both hese ; provisions are
eqnitatle, and .Mr. "Ellis will confer ?-a
substantial benefit upon intending pur
chasers "of railroad forfeiture " lands
Miowera, which it ia' possible, found de
struction in an attempt to save the
Strahnevis. .
The curious' anomaly exists in con
gress of the Repnblicansaesisting in car
rying out the . president's suggestions,
while the effort ia being bitterly op
posed by the Democrats. Cleveland has
very little in common with hia party!
anyhow, except long association.
One Minnte Cough Cure is rightly
named. It affords instant relief from
sunenng when afflicted with severe
cough or cold. It acta on the throat,
for a greater period, and some sales may
result at current prices. The Commer
cial Review of Portland -has the follow
ing report which give's a resume of the
situation'. The report is dated Decem
ber 24th : ,
Tbe market for wheat is quiet and
weak, and prices have made a decline of
about 2c on. the week.: The movement
from tbe interior showed a falling off on
account of the severe snow storms in
Eastern Oregon, but. the volume of
grain received at thia port ia fully ample
to meet all requirements. -Vessels in
port-are receiving prompt dispatch, and
it looks as if by January 1st all. vessels
in port engaged will be cleared. Ex
porters are not huymg - very heavy, as
e have formerly stated that they nave
oroncmai tuoes, and rungs una never pientv of wheat on hand for all engaged
fails to; give immediate xeifef. . Snipes- tonnage, the same has been verified by
Kinersly Drug Co. - t "I the piom;it dispatch of seven ships
BUDS, Society
bads, yotragr wo
men jU3t entering
the doors of soci
ety or woman
hood, require the
wisest care.. . To
be beautiful and
charming they
must have perfect
health, with all it
implies a clear
skin, rosv cheeks.
bright eyes and
'good spirits. At
this period the
young woman 13
especially sensi
tive, and many
nervous troubles,
, which continue
-. through life, have
their orifrin at thia
. time. If there be
pain, headache, backache, and nervous dis
turbances, or the general health not good.
the judicious use of medicine should be
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sufferer brought back to health, and good
spirits.
-WOMAN'S ILLS.",
Mrs. Vf, R. Bates, of
JMlwortit, JruMOuu Co.,
Okio, writes:
"A few years ogoi I
took Doctor Pierce's
Favorite , Prescription,'
which has been a great
benefit to me. I am in
excellent health now.
I hope that every wo
man, who is troubled
with 'women's . ills,'
will try the "Prescrip
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m 1 have been."
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