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at an end.
5.
HEmZY' REDUCTIONS
In consequence of retiring from business. .''',
Useful as New Years' Gifts: Silverware at 40 per cent, discount.
BOSS
CASH STORE.
M. H
ONYWTLL
iiiu u corny jjurumuic.
jTtllfi DALLES ... OICKUON
I Entered at the postoffioe at The Dalits, Oregon.
T as second-cluss mail matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
V'rnoi ...... W. P. Lord
ary of State H K Kincnid
J. Phillip Metscban
'uiiiu luBtrucuon Lr. m. irwin
HeraI CM. Idleman
V (G. W. McBride
"V J. H. Mitchell
j B. Hermann
W. K. Ellis
. W. H. Leeds
T...Ceo. C. Blakcley
T. J. Driver
A. M. Kelsay
... m. Micneu
Frank Kincaid
VA. S. Blowers
H. Wakefield
V..E.F. Sharp
V. H. Butts
The
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Importer.
It is provided that whenever the right
of any applicant to enter government
land is questioned or contested, the ap
plicant may, at any time thereafter, re
view all issues at question by filing in
the United States land office a petition
for the removal of the case tothe United
States circuit court; but not until his
rights shall have been passed upon in a
decision of the register and receiver of
t ie local land office or in the department
at Washington. It ia believed the
measure would prove a beneficial one,
though the Spokesman-Review expresses
a fear that corporations might be able
to take advantage ot the statute for the
purposes of delay. The bill has the
merit of doing away with much of the
red tape that is now required before the
settling of land questions by the depart
ment at Washington.
STAR OF POLITICAL EMPIRE.
Whether or not, according to the mili
tary code, General vMiles has acted
wisely in discussing our military strength
or weakness, he has done good in draw
ing attention to those very points. Con
gress can do no more wise or popular
rung than providing for an adequate
system of coast defenses, and for the en-
arging and strengthening of our army
and navy. The first step in this direc
tion will be the passing of a bill which
will provide a greater revenue. The ne
cessity of a protective tariff is being
een for more reasons than one, and the
;ilk for free trade will grow lees as the
itelligence and experience of the peo-
e increase.
KDregon sheriffs who are so discontent'
with their lot should move to Idaho
bere, according to a decision by the
ite supreme court, it was decided that
heriff can collect mileage of 35 cents
fmile each way for Berving a warrant
id for taking a prisoner from the place
arrest before a court or committing
istrate. With an inducement for
ling of 35 cents a mile, the average
would be found very little of the
his office.
the second year of Harrison's
ration, the products of our man
amounted to $9,370,107,624.
be second year of the C eve-
, they amounted to $5,247,.
scess for Harrison, $4,122,847,-
1 is but the story of one year,
made still more impressive
res of the other years. -
ia to have a one-cent daily.
paper now issued on Sui.-
je announcement that soon
year it will begin the pub-
daily for the price men-
kiew of the disastrous out-
mve attended opposition
iland, it takes a great deal
lirage to start even a five-
i eay nothing of one for a
at if Portland is metro-
Ifco support the venture.
that will happen to
1896 is the election next
Spared to the political
will then take place,
'94 and '95 will be in
coming vear'will be
ling the time when
pple passed from nnder
Democratic misgov'
The selection of the meeting-places for
the national convention of ' he reat par
ties in the ast score of years shows,
eays the Globe Democrat, the extent to
which the political center of gravity has
been shifted to the westward since the
first half of the century. In the earlier
days the choice of party, candidates was,
of course, made at points in the Atlantic
seaboard states. That was the region
where the mass of the population re
sided. The men and the influences
which dictated the choice of parties all
lived on .the sunrise side of the Alle
ghenies. The first national delegate
conventions ever held by any of the
parties, those which nominated candi
dates for the canvass of 1832, net in Bal
timore. In that city for that campaign,
Clay was nominated by the national Re
publicans (the predecessors of the Whigs)
and Jackson by the Democrats. The
Democrats met there in every campaign
along to 1856. - The only places in which
the Whiga ever held their national
gatherings were Baltimore, Harrieburg
and Philadelphia.
When, in 1856, the Democrats 'held
their national convention in Cincinnati
tte first formal recognition was made by
a leading party ot the great and growing
weight of the West in the political scale.
The power of the Democracy was in the
agricultural regions, and there was a
close partisan tie between the wheat and
corn raising West and the cotton and
tobacco raising South, which was quickly
cut, however, when the slavery exten
sion madness' seized the Democratic
leaders. The selection of a Western
town for the meeting-place of the con
vention of 1S56 was good politics for the
Democrats in that crisis, for the Kansas
Nebraska folly of 1854 put moat of the
western states in revolt against the De
mocracy. Unquestionably the Ios3 of
the West meant ruin to the Democracy,
and one of the ways to hang on to it, at
least tor the time, was to hold a national
convention in its principal city. Since
1856 the Democrats several times met in
the West. In 1864, 1884 and 1892 their
conventions were held in Chicago, in
1880 in Cincinnati, and in 1876 and 1888
in St. Louis.
Naturally most of the Republican con
ventions have been held in the western
states. In the West earlier than in the
East the Republican party first began to
take shape. In the little town of Ripon,
Wis., the earliest movement leading to
the formation of the Republican party
was made. This was tw or three
months before Kansas was thrown open
to slavery and the Missouii coapromiee
repealed by the act of May 31, 1854, but
when that measure was before congress
and its passage inevitable. Michigan,
on July 7 of that year, held the first
state convention which ever formally,
adopted the Republican party name.
A
tnercial an
oeen a verv s
lies. In lookir;
e months, whose days St
many ana suostantial im
provements are noticed. ' As a rule
business men have prospered. There
have been . changes among our mer
chants some have sold out, and one or
two death has visited; but none have
been unable to continue business
through lack of prosperity. This show
ing is a very good one. In a year upon
which the tail end of a severe- panic
rests, to have no withdrawals from
business due to failure, is to declare
that the commercial lifd of The Dalles
draws its sustenance from healthful
sources. Many of our business 'men
have enlarged their interests. Larger
stocks and more varied are being carried
than were a year ago, and the balancing
of the books will show that prudence,
foresight and economy have been re
warded. To the list of stores at the be
ginning of the year new ones have been
added. The fame of The Dalles as a
good business point has gone widely
abroad, and men from other towns after
coming here and looking over the ground,
have cast their lot with us.
Our public-schools have been a source
of satisfaction and good to the town.
Under the management of the present
principal and corps of teachers a high
standard has V been maintained, and
Of course an exception la made in thet m n9t ue laid aside, and every citizen
the value of declared
consular district of
nited States during
ber, 1895, and corn-
ember, 1894, shows a
former month over
6,575. This is but a
fket ia the great export
land carrits on with
gns
with everyone
se a Happy New
coming year
all the num-
closeof 1896
ions that
as real-
case of( Jefferson's Democratic-Republi
can party of 1793-1829, which was a to
tally different sort of an organization.
Of the ten Republican national conven
tions already held all but three-those
of 1856 and 1872 (Philadelphia) and of
1864 (Baltimore) met in the western
states. Chicago had those of 1860. 1868.
1880, 1884 and 1883, Cincinnati had that
of 1876, Minneapolis that of 1892, and St."
Louis will hold that of 1896. With both
of the great parties westward the course
of empire takes its way. : y.
many pupils from neighboring counties
and different places in this county have
been attracted to The Dalles because of
its educational advantages. The num
b -T of families who. for this reason make
this city their winter home, is large, and
the results, from intellectual, Bocial
and financial standpoints, can be easily
discerned. j
uur population nas neen much in
creased. This can be told by the fact
that about forty new dwellings have
been built this year, and yet every
residence ia occupied. The city has
gained much in appearance by the resi
dences that have been built. They are
modern in plan, and built not only for
comfort, but to please a discriminating
eye.
The prosperity which has attended
the Dalles, Portland and Astoria Navi
gation Company is a cause of rejoicing
to every citizen. During the year, soon
at an end, the Regulator and Dalles City
have done a large and lucrative busi
ness. During the past season many
.tons of wool and wheat were taken by
Doat from 1 he Dalles to Portland, there
to be ehipped East. A ten per cent div
idend was declared last summer, which
added $3,800 to the cash capital of the
town. Instead of swelling the coffers of
a foreign corporation, the money which
shippers pay to the Regulator line comes
again into circulation at home. The
building of a mammoth warehouse,
250x60 feet, shows that the business of
the D. P. & A. N. Co. is expanding.
Socially this year has been a pleasant
one. irequent gatherings have served
to bring the people closer together and
establish kindly feelings. By no means
can the The Dalles be said. to be lacking
in amusements, and its residents and
those who visit it find many means of
passing pleasant hours. The starting of
the Commercial and Athletic Club is
one of the good things this year has
seen done. Much is expected of this or
ganization. It is hoped that by dis
cussing matters of importance to the
town, our general progress may be has
tsned. The Commercial and Athletic
Club will have many opportunities to be
of service to the community.
With 1695 closes a satisfactory year
for The Dalles. Its advance has been
steady. No boom has ever visited the
town ; we want none. The future is
brighter than the past has ever been ;
the possibilities are nnlimited. All that
is needed is a unity of purpose in work
ing for the city's good. Pettv factions I
fcalem ;t2
the celerity anc
turning Dro;"DeritvN
New Year, by pushup
cational institutions
Let us have 500 students
departments of Willamette
next year, and 1000 within a
They can be had. It will
united, persistent work.
Al!nn.i.... T 1 1 T I "1 . 1
luiijjiuu xvecora: n line mere is
swu lime lor some nnforseen calamity
to befall us,' still we cau look ahead with
r -asonable assurance to a bountiful har
vest in '90,which means much for Arling
ton and surrounding country. Prospects
could be no brighter at this season than
t'ley are. Indifferent larmirrg has be
CJtne a thing of the past and this season
the farmers vent to work in dead earn
est, plowing their land and eowing the
grain in first class style. C. A. Shurte
who has a good onportonitv to know.
says there is an increase of fifty per cent
i i fall sown grain this year over any
previous year and that the condition is a
hundred per. cent better. The abnnrl-
ant snowfall even this early, indicates
mat ine moisture will be sufficient to
insure a good crop next season. Of
conrse the market value of the crop can
only be guessed at. but it is not likely
that the price will be lower than at
present. A good crop now will place
uur county m a more prosperous condi
tion man it nas ever known.
Stoey Bound Over.
The txamination of Ed Stoev, who is
charged with stabbing Tim Edmonsen
at Wamic a week ago Sunday, was held
at Dnfur yesterday before Justice A. J,
Brigbam. The trial attracted a large
number of spectators, and for a prelim
inary hearing the contest was a warm
one. Two charges had been entered,
one against hjd Stoey and the other
against his father; but as the evidence
did not connect the latter with the trou
ble, on motion of the defendant's attor
ney, he was discharged. About the
same number of witnesses were exam
ined on each side. The story of the
state's witnesses was that young Stoey
came to Edmonsen's house and asked
for some hay, which Stoey claimed be
longed to him. Edmonsen denied that
such was the case, whereupon Stoev
said fie would go and bring his father,
and did so. When the men came to
gether again words followed, . during
wmch the subject of the spool of thread,
which it is claimed Mrs. Edmonsen
took from the Stoey bouse, was dis
cussed. The state's witnesses claim
that Stoey started for Edmonsen, who
pushed him back and then the cutting
resulted, lhe witnesses for the defense
claimed that Edmonsen was the aggres
sor and that Stoey acted in self defense.
The examination lasted till after 10
o'clock last evening. E. B. Dnfnr. of
Dufur & Menefee, appeared for the de
fendant, while G. W. Phelps represented
the state. At the conclusion of the tes
timony and arguments. Justice Brig
ham decided to hold Stoey in $250 bonds
to await the action of the grand jury. ;
JVlr.. Dufur, Sheriff Driver and Mr.
Phelps returned this morning, well
covered with mud.
other pills.'
with suffereS
piles and t!i
manifold uct
are purely vel
in anv conditS
required whill
interfere with I
tion, and prodil
to the system.
natural way an J
wai u. neir ae
The Pellets
bilious headache,
constipation, sour I
coated tongue, in
windy belchings.
distress after eatino
ments of the liver, stomach
In proof of their superior excel
be truthfully said, that theyl
adopted as a household remel
first trial. Put tin in sealed,!
therefore always fresh and rell
little " Pellet " is a laxative. tw
cathartic. As a "dinner pill, ' j
digestion, or to relieve tlistresf
eating-, take one after dinnc
tiny, sugar-coated granules;.
reaaiiy taice them. ,
Accept no substitute thaf
mended to be lust as
better for the dealer, bee j
a Derter prout, Dut Ue ;
neeas neip.
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Aid Rendered by the
- For the Reacting Room.
The committee of the Commercial and
Athletic Club, in whose hands was
placed the matter of selecting publica
tions for the reading room has prepared
a list and ordered the magazines and
papers. The reading room will be very
Complete, as can be seen from the list
published below. Ninety dollars was
set apart to furnish reading matter for
the Club, and it has been exnendwl
most judiciously. Following are the
publications which will be received reg-
work and labor to make The Dalles what
Nature intended the permanent me
tropolis and chief commercial city of
Eastern Oregon.
FROM A NEIGHBORING COUNTY
The aifmory is gaily decorated for to
night. A committee from the hose com
pany have worked like heroe? all day,
and have made the interior of the large
hall a thing of beauty. Some of the
decorations from the military ball have
been left - : and many more have
been added. The company's colors
everywhere predominate. The attend
ance this evening promises to be verv
large, as tickets have been selling rap
idly. The armory will accommodate all
that go, however, and there need be no
fear of any inconvenience to the danoers.
The committee on arrangements have
attended to every possible want of the
guests. Society has been agog with ex
citement over the coming event and to
night will see the young, ladies and gen
tlemen looking thejr best.
Edw. Mahn, who was committed to
the asylum Dec. 7th, died today, at that
institution from cslmustion.
Klickitat Agriculturist: Some of our
country exchanges are discussing the
changes made in the tgame laws at the
last session of the legislature. We
really don't see the reason. There is al
ways a "new" game law or at Kaat
changes.' Every legislature, since the
days of Gov. Stevens, has felt called UDon
to take a hand in ti.e matter, and it has
been asserted that there were persons
wno nave, at times understood what the
"game law" was. Of course there is al
ways a new game law. And if those
who don't like it we infer from the tone
of discussion that some people don't
win wait, tne next legislature will change
it, and then we shall have another
"game law." The game law is intended
for the express benefit of people who
stay at home and. .never hunt nor fisb
They are the only ones who observe its
provisions.
jiicEitat Kepuoiioan: ay an exam
ination of the map of the Btate ofc'Wash
ington, the fact may be ascertained, the
Cjwlitz pass is many miles northeast of
vjroioenoaie and almost on a straight line
from Tacoma to North Yakima. Before
this road could get out of the range of
mountains to nronerlv find a maximum
grade to reach Goldendale it would be
essential to run down the Natchez river
to North Yakima city. From therein
reaching Wallula it is very probable the
line would pass through the great Horse
Heaven country in Klickitat, and miss
Goldendale fifty miles at least. The
only hope of railway connection for
Klickitat wheat fields 'and Goldendale
U arly at the club:
Century,
Scribner'e.
Outing,
Metropolitan,
McClure'8.
Puck, -
Truth.
Review of Reviews,
Lippencott's,
Forum,
Munsey's,
Cosmopolitan,
Scientific American,
Judge.
New York Tribune, New York World, '
o. r . .examiner, rioreernan,
New York Clipper, Amateur Sportsman
Sporting News, Atlantic Monthly.
N. Y. Recorder, Nineteenth Centurv
Oregonian, Times-Mountaineer,
Dalles Chronicle, Harper's Magazine
coicago inter ucean,
North American Review,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly,
Harpar's Illustrated Weekly.
A deed was filed with the county clerk
today from John J. Lucky, Lilian Lucky
and J. T. Neff to S. F. Bly the, conveying
the fractional part of the se of ewj,
sec 26, tp 3 n, r 10 e. Consideration
$400.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
Christmas was a timii
iu ot.iiia.iion Army in
members of the corps announceu
they would receive contributions for i
nnnv an1 alfAnil . n tKn . ! 1 -
fw& nut avwuu lJ tUD UlOLIJUUUUIl
the clothing and other articles donat
The response was most liberal. Mon
to the amount of $21.60 was given to t
officers for distribution and about
worth of clothing, boots and shoef
which were donated by our merchant,
Four sacks of potatoes, four ot flour ai
a good quantity of groceries, candy, not
toys and tinware, all new and many tX
tides of clothing partly worn were rl
ceived and distributed. Besides tbf
persons thus aided, nine families we
given roasts and fish by butchers. We
it not for these donations these familiif
would have had no meat for their Cbrit
mas dinner. , The money was mostly e?
pended for clothes, though a maUre.-i
also was bought for a poor old lady th
had been sleeping on a few ragged quilt
In all, about fifteen families wereairki
one ot the families consisting of a wido
and six children, the youngest a babe
six weeks. Captain and Mrs. Pota'rf
and t he soldiers of the corps wish to than)
the rieonle of Tho IIjII
I I - w v V LUlini
ously aiding them in their work of chA
ity, and in a note to The CHBO"rrcLKsay I
Dear friends, who so IiberaJlv oavtt
your bounty, if vou could hive serVn t.Hi
inv and nlarlnaa. V. n 1 7 J 1 . . u ' E
ana tne little child's tae brighten at t
sight of toys. etc. vou ;onld feel as w
do, who worked so hrd to send th
right things to the rght places mor
than repaid. May the dear All-Father,
wno gives to each the glad Christinas o
me boui, reward you many fold.
The Salvation Arrcy have done a grei
deal of good at this Christmas time, and
it is doubtful if any jther agency, could
have done the work as well. The Salva
won Army is oeing looked upon - mor",
and more as one of the greatest: i&etors
in uplifting the fallen and has already
made the world better because of tha i
army's existence. ; ' . .
The Regulator left this morning to
her last trip to the Cascades till after i
season of rest, dur'ng which extentim
rerjaira will hn W.oHa k i , i
- - wfsifu bug UUttl,,
These will occupy at least a montb. The
arrangements are completed for taking
the steamer out of the river and civi
general overhauling and reDairino.
Several years of hard and steady wori
have made euch repairs nectjssary,
many people took advnntao-n nf thi
steamer's last trip to visit the Locks ani
the decks contained a crowd of passer.
gers as the boat backed away from th
dock." About twenty young ladies mad
up an excursion party to the Locks an
they started off in high glee. The da;
f'"iu, iu ue u etormy one, out wt;
will warrant the young people will man
age to have a good time anyhow. Tbi
stopping of the boat, while itis a steiri
necessity, will not be very welcome to
the dwellers on the Washington side ol
the river, and they will listen to tbe firetl
sound ot the Regulator's whistle with!
pleasure when regular trips are begun
again.
It is the same old story and vet ' con
stantly recurring that Simmons Liven
Regulator is the best family mediciney
"We have used it in our family for eighf
years and find it the best medicine wf
ever used. .We think there is no f nrl
ijjecucine as Simmons Liver Regulator.
Mrs. M. u. S. Adington, Frankli
C. "Each member of our family nses
as occasion requires." W. B. Smith.
Mt. Vernon Kentucky.
One Minute Cough Cure is rightly
named. It affords instant relief from,
suffering when affl.cted with sever
cough or cold. It acts on
bronchial tubes, and Inn
fails to give immedia
JS-inersly Drug Co.
ator."
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