z3 THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1896; W atcli out for tomorrow's Advertisement. BOSS A CTT Crn"M3T7' The weekly Gtooniele. TI1K DALLK9 - - OKEQOM Entered at the postofllce at The Dalles, Oregon, as second-class mall matter. STATE OFFICIALS. . Governor W. P. Lord ' Secretary of Stat H R Kincald Treasurer Phillip Metschan Bnpt. of Public Instruction G. M. Irwin Attorney-General C. M. Idleman . 1G. W. McBrlde senators jj. H. MitcheU n IB. Hermann Congressmen : jw. E. Ellis State Printer W.H.Leeds COtNTI OFFICIALS. County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley Sheriff. T. J. Driver Clerk v A. M. Kelsay Treasurer Wm. Michell ,,. ( Frank Kincald Commissioners A S. Blowers Assessor . . .F..H. Wakefield Surveyor .' .....E. F. Sharp Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley Coroner W. H. Butts OREGON'S ADVANTAGES. 'Daring the winter .months efforts should be made for inducing a large im migration to Oregon in the spring. What we, the Northwest, needs lis de velopment, and this can only come when more people fill the' land., A stream of people pouring into the Northwest this year would mean also an influx of capi tal and the rousing of our dormant re sources. The press of 'the state 'can do no better service ttan continually setting forth the advantages we possess, as is done in the following article, taken from the Salem Statesman. The statements made are true and show with what pleasant surroundings we are blessed : . The Pacific Northwest states need no other exposition of their advantages as to soil, .climate and production . over other partaiof America than is furnished by truthful comparison. Passing over or discounting .all private and local "claims of assertions, tajce the official bulletins of the weather bureau in the various states as authority, and the press reports- at large, and it will be found that all these sources of information are in favor of Oregon, as compared with other states of "the union. Here, in all this region west of the Rocky mountains and north 'of Califor nia, the winters are delightful and the spring salubrious, while the crops of all kinds promise, exuberance of yield and perfection of quality. The fruit interest promise sufficient quantity to affect the markets of the world, for great numbers of new orchards are coming into bear ing' and the reports on their condi tion show that the yield will be im mense. Our strawberries go to the cities of the mid-continent and even further, netting the growers $2.75 a case of twenty-eight pounds gross weight. We have an abundant yield of cherries and the world is finding that Oregon and Washington grow cherries, that are withnnr. ptiiiaI plflftwripr-A. Thfl "nlnnm. YMMLnhpn. nmnafl ftnrl nnr nnrivalad rtpnra i 1 f - - t bring good returns. The Oregonians read of cyclones, cloudbursts, sun-blights and devastating frosts, and .the thousand ills that other climes are heir to, and can answer that the Northwest has never bad a devas tating storm, and knows nothing of vicissitudes of heat and cold. If the people east of the Rocky moun tains knew' the delights of its air and scenery and mountains and valleys and streams, knew the fertility of its soil and the excellence of its products, the popu lation of this region would be multiplied tenfold in less than ten years. The drawback is tnis, nameiy mac tney aont know, and with difficulty can be1 made to believe, what the real attractions and excellence of this country are. Oar own people indeed scarcely know or realize the truth until they have the experience of our climates and condi tions. Then they find out. Persons who have been accustomed to life on tie Pacific slope, when they visit other parts of the United States, at any sea son of the. year, find uneasy,-and at times almost insupportable. There is no comfort anywhere, winter or summer. Every person who has lived for a num ber of years on the change, relates the same experience, tells the ' same story. rPI l '1 1 - .,n.tnm tn this incomparable climate never will live anywhere else. ' But how shall toe make these attrac tions knaVjl is impossible to con ;6v M. HONYWILL, vince with words. Experience only will suffice. Yet there are those who .know, and can induce iriends who have confi dence in them to come and make proof for themselves. But, even after a resi dence here, it always requires a trip or two from home to establish the convic tion that life elsewhere than in our Pa cific states is intolerable. This is not the language of exaggera tion or rapture. It is sober truth, to be learned bv every person who will try life on our Pacific slope and compare or contrast it with life elsewhere. But even the loyal Oregonian is obliged to make trips East, and suffer the torments of climate there, in order to realize fully what he possesses and enjoys at home. COST OF ENGLAND'S WAR. Says the Walla Walla Statesman : In the wars of the present and of the pre vious century England has expended $5,000,000,000. Almost incessantly since 1700 England has- been prosecuting war and paying the cost of it, either in alli ance with other European nations or against barbarous or semi-civilized na tions singled handed. The first of the wars in which Eng land engaged in the eighteenth century was against the French, England hav ing as its allies Holland, Prussia, Han over and Portugal. It culminated in the treaty of . Utrecht in 1713, alter an expenditure (relatively much larger in those days) of $900,000,000. The English war against the Canadian colonists, who were favorable to the French, but who were without adequate resources to withstand the power of the English, followed, at a cost of $300,000, 000, and then followed the war against the American patriot colonists south of the Canadian border line the Revolu tionary wa-. The cost to England of the Revolutionary war is given in the official figures of the English war office at $600,000,000. ' . The closing years of . the eighteenth century and tbe early years of the nine teenth were years of strife and war in which EnelanS took an active part, but never single handed. Her first alliance war with Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, Por tugal, Italy, and the minor , German states against France. - That was in 1793. The next alliance, six years later, included the same countries, with Tur key, Naples, the Barbary states and Austria in addition as allies of England. The combination of 'European nations, of which England was a part in 1805, in cluded England, Russia, Austria, Swe den and Naples, In 1809 England" and Austria combined against France, and in 1813 ail the great powers ot Europe and most of the minor ones, combined against Napoleon in what was known afterwards as "the seventh coalition." While these wars were in .progress in Europe, England carried on other wars, particularly against the United States (the war of 1812), and in India,-and during this period, beginning in 1793 and closing in 1815, the total sum ex pended ,by England for war and naval purposes was $4,000,000,000. Such was the debt of England at the close of the last war with the United States, but it has been greatly reduced since. The Crimean war, In which England engaged against Russia, with France, Turkey and Sardinia as its allies, cost England $350,000,000, ' and subsequent wars and encounters in India, jn Southern Africa, where the Boers proved a sturdy foe, in Egypt and elsewhere have entailed con siderable cost upon the English treas ury, but very much less than the ex pense of fighting with civilized soldiers in well-equipped armies. The present debt of England, 'exclusive of 'the debt of English dependencies, which is $2,- 000,000,000, is $3,300,000,000. Judge Morrow, in the United States court at San Francisco, has decided that every person born in' this country is a Citizen of the United States. The ques tion ;is one that long has been in con troversy, and which is not settled by this decision, as the collector of the port will appeal to the United States supreme court. With Indians and "Chinese as citizens, the politician has new material to work upon. '; . Subscribe for The Chronicle and get the news. . - Imp orter, CORN FROM KAFFIR LAND. There is a new species of corn, which is being cultivated with success in the arid regions on the eastern slopes of the Rocky mountains, and uay prove highly important to the whole arid region of the United States. It is called Kaffir corn, because, it bad its origin in the Kaffir country of South Africa, and will grow well in localities where wheat and ordinary corn would die of drought. Last year great quanti ties oi this new corn were planted in the dry regions of Western Kansas and Oklahoma, and though- the season was an unusually dry one, the crops were good. We should be glad to hear of ex periments with this corn in Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho, and' suggest that our agricultural col leges seek .information on the subject from the bureau of agriculture at Wash ington, and take measures for obtain ment and distribution of parcels of the seed corn. We append an article from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which gives many details on this interesting subject, viz: . The question of succesful farming in the semi-arid regions of the great West is solved at last. Kaffir corn, first in troduced on the American continent from the Kaffir country, in Africa, less than a decade since, is still an unknown product to nine-tenths of the people of the United States. At first planted here and there as a curiosity, it was found to grow readily in all localities and under all conditions, and' experiments developed the fact that it would mature a crop in the dri est and hottest seasons on the high western.-plains. A more extended planting of the new grain and a com parison of results obtained soon devel oped the fact that whether the season was wet or dry, cool or hot, long or short, this new product would thrive on all kinds of soils with the minimum of care and cultivation, and planted any time between the first of April and the middle of July it would mature an ab solutely sure crop of grain and fodder before the frosts of autumn. The stajk looks somewhat like a sin gle shoot of common corn, but shorter, attaining a height usually of from four and a half to six feet, and having point ed leaves of a rich green color. The grain forms in a head at the extreme point- of the shoot, where the tassel is on ordinary corn, the heads being from seven to twelve inches in length and six to eight in circumference, and when ripe look like great white or red plums. The grains are almost round, a little larger than a grain of rice and much re' sembling a grain of wheat in interior structure. . There are two varieties, red and white, the latter being the favorite crop, Though raised as an experiment here and there throughout the West for sev eral years, it was not ' until the present year that it became a prominent crop. When the draught of last spring killed the wheat and oats and seemed almost certain to ruin the corn, the few who had had experience with the the new grain began to advise their neighbors to plant Kaffir corn, as it would grow all right in dry weather, and they could thus at least raise feed for their stock The newspapers took up the advice and soon farmers were planting Kaffir corn, utilizing the ground where wheat and oars had failed and planting on sod or scattered patches, where early corn had been burned out. The planting was continued until well along, in August, the acreage being in many sections greater than that ever de voted to a single crop. In Oklahoma alone nearly 50,000 acres were planted with the new crop. And -every grain of it planted grew and thrived to maturity, and before the summer was over tne farmers began to wonder what they would do with it all. They knew it was good feed for stock, but there was not stock enough in the territory to consume it, and the product was yet so new that it was not recognized in the outside markets. Experience had already developed the fact that it made a most admirable feed, either to winter stock or fatten them for market, but with an abundance of the erain nn hand. Oklahoma farmers' soon discovered that it was better for horses than either corn or oats, making them fat and stout, and giving "them a Bleek glossy appearance'. When it came to feeding hogs, it was found that they gained flesh more rap idly than when fed on common corn and poultry men have found the Kaffi grain an admirable egg-producer, and wnen lea untbrasbed, tbe fowls are giveu exercise in picking it from the head. The boys and gills eoon discovered that it would pop as well as pop corn the grains popping out large, white and tender, and women in the country found tbat, boiled like rice, the grain was ex cellent eaten with cream and sugar that mashed into a pulpy mass it made an ndmir)Ie pudding; and it was also a first-class substitute for hominy. fetiji tbe quantity produced was so great that the people continued to won der what they would do with it. Tbe owner of the roller mills at Medi cine Lodge, Kan., ran some of the grain through the corn meal grinder and pro duced a meal pronounced in. every way equal to the ordinary cornmeal, but be was not content with this, bat rigged up a special Bet of.buhrs and produced a new product that bids fair to create revolution in tbe world's breadstuff's Kaffir flour. - Some of the flour was made into light bread. The bread was fully as while as bread made from second-grade wheat flour, and was sweet and palatable. The end of the century is bristling with questions for settlement. Al though complications elsewhere have given Turkey a breathing spell, her dis solution is inevitable. The English, in volved with Venezuela and courting trouble in Africa, are raising momentous issues. The Alaska boundary is unset tled, and is no mean affair. The end of the Japanese-Chinese war has not been reached, and various difficulties may arise over the division of the spoils. Besides theeer there are minor troubles, which are shadowed by greater com pi i cations. There is plenty to interest the student of affairs, and the geographies of the next decade will contain some rad ical changes. The Cuban Insurgents are in a posi tion where they care little whether or not the United States recognizes their bellig erency or independence. Havana is said to be within the grasp of the revolution ary party, and tbe Spanish authorities are in mortal terror' lest an insurrection will arise within the city. The Cubans are fighting. 'for liberty and principle, and such watchwords furnish an incen tive to action, which Spanish money cannot supply. The end 6eems almost in sight, and the nations of the world can get ready to send messages of con gratulations to the Cubans on the vie tory, which seems assured to them. Tbe United States is not without friends in Europe. It is eaid Russia has offered to lend this country $400,000, UUU as a token ot friendship. It is hardly possible tbat such an offer will be made to England by any independ ent nation. - FIRST OF THE YEAR. The Consell Held Its Regular Meeting Last Night Bills Allowed. Last evening was the time set for the regular monthly session of the city coun cil, and when at 7 :30 Mayor Menefee called the meeting to order, roll call was answered by councilmen- M. T. Nolan, Charles Lauer, L. E. Crowe, S. S. Johns, R. E. Saltmarshe and T. F. Wood. After the reading by the recorder of the previous minutes, a petition was presented by John M. Marden, Pat Fngan, J. G. Mack and others, asking that a crosswalk be built on Second street, at the center of the block bound ed by Union and Court streets. Mr. Nolan moved that the petition be re ferred to the committee on streets and public property, and ihe motion, being seconded by Mr. Crowe, passed. The committee to whom had been re ferred the petition of A. S. Bennett, ask ing that the alley-way through bis prop erty, near the Mill creek bridge, be condemned, recommended that tbe pe tition be granted, provided that the petitioner would grant a ten-foot strip, running north and south, ou the west side of his property. On motion of Councilman Lauer, tbe report and rec ommendation were adopted. The condition of our streets was the next Bubject fordiscussion, and at this juncture Mr. Crowe moved that the marshal be authorized to employ a man to work upon the streets for such time as he may deem necessary. The remun eration was placed at $2 per day, and the motion carried. The select committee on the Obarr case next occupied the attention of the council with their report. The commit tee said the case of Mrs. Obarr against the city for damages growing out of the lata smallpox scare, had been compromised by the city paying Mrs. Obarr $200 in full satisfaction. The report recom mended that A. S. Bennett be paid $40 as an attorney fee, including costs. The report was adopted' and the recorder instructed to draw . the necessary war rant. A general ordinance, regulating the mode of tbe expenditure of public money, was then plaed upon its pas sage. The ordinance provides tbat all warrants drawn upon the city shall be paid frem the general fund, except war rants npon a fund which has been cre ated for a special-purpose. In the vote upon . the ordinance - Messrs. Nolan, Lauer, Crowe, Johns, Saltmarshe and Wood voted aye and the ordinance was declared passed. A special ordinance providing for the transfer of money from special funds to the general fund was. also passed. By this ordinance $340 is transferred from the city officers' fund, $249.40 from the police fund, $17.60 from the current ex pense fund, $85.45 from the fire depart ment fund, $362.52 from the street and sewer improvement" fund. On motion of Mr. Nolan, seconded by Mr. Lauer, the following claims against the city were ordered paid: " James H Blakeney, marshal . . .$ 75 00 Geo J Brown, eng fire dept...... 75 00 G W Phelps, recorder 60 00 C J Crandall, treasurer 20 00 Mays & Crowe, mdse .-' 95 Dalles El Lt, Tel and P Co, light ing streets loA) yu Dalles 1 LX, Tel & P Co, lighting offices 5 40 F G Connellv, nightwatchman . . . 60 00 Dalles El Lt Co, light fire dept. 6 40 Chronicle Pub Co, printing 3 00 x tea v am, ins premium. . 129 00 Columbia Hotel, meals to pris. . . 1 80 J B Croesen, mdse 40 Mavs & Crown, mdse.. 95 W R Brown, labor 4 00 George Joles, labor 1 00 A S Bennett, prof services 40 0CW Mr. Nolan moved tbat the finance committee be instructed to look up the matter of insurance of the public build ings of the city. The motion was car ried. Upon motion of Mr. Crowe the coun cil decided to send word to tbe city council of Hood River tbat if it did not take all the oil lamps of this city at $2, the offer will be withdrawn. Street improvements occupied a share of attention last evening when the mat- Iter came up of improving, the road at the east end of Second street. After some discussion it was decided to refer the matter to the committee on streets and public property with power to act, This same committee was also instruct ed to repair 'the papering in the citv hall, as the same bad become offensive to the aldermen's sight. This ended the business before the meeting, and an adjournment speedily followed. , PENDLETON AND EUGENE. Pendleton East Oregonian : Let it be known in every way that Pendleton is the right location for a meat packing es tablishment. If Pendleton can succeed in furnishing a market for what the pro ducers in the country tributary to her have to sell, then Pendleton will grow to be an important city the second in Oregon., Eugene Register: The efforts of the committee on the organization of the Eugene Commercial club should meet with the encouragement of every citizen who has at heart the i romotion of the social and industrial welfare of our com munity For a year or so past, the lead ing towns of tbe state have enioved the benefits of some one of the varions forms of social and commercial clubs. Pendle ton has a thriving and useful organiza tion of this kind; Salem has recently organized a similar organization; The Dalles and La Grande have fallen into line, and . now Eugene is promised a club, which will combine all of tbe most desirable features of these plans. Our sister towns have secured manufactur ing plants which would have been ours with a proper amount of concerted ac tion. Our roads and streets have been poorly worked and improved. Our river transportation has bean crippled and well-nigh ruined, where a small amount of effective work ten years ago would have given us as good a river transporta tion as Albany and Corvallia have en joyed. These things must be considered by practical business men, and this club is backed by just this class of people, wno will be able to accomplish much along these lines. Last night was an eventful one at the whist club. The early part of the even ing was spent as tbe evenings gen erally are, with playing whist, and when tbe points were counted it was found tbat Mrs. Glenn had won the head prize and Mr. Hostetler the booby. During tbe counting of . the votes, several ladies left tbe room and some inquiry was made where they had gone. Soon, however, knock was heard and in came the ladies carrying baskets full of good things. The tables were set, lots drawn for partners and all partook of tbe un expected banquet. The feast was sumptuous and occasioned a good supply of wit and mirth. At its close, the room was cleared for dancing and the fun was fast and furious. The members of the whist club are noted for their ability for enjoyment, and last night they had a foil measure. The' gentlemen of the club were so pleased with the ladies' surprise tbat they are willing it should be done again. Mr. and Mrs. J. . B. Crosse n were the entertainers. - The Dalles Lodge No. , I. O. O. T. For the benefit of those who are not familiar with tbe work being done by The Dalles Lodge No. 2, 1. O. G. T., it has decided to make reports, from time to time, showing its standing. At tbe present writing there is a member ship upwards of sixty. Much interest is manifested in the order, and a great deal is being done towards tbe upbuilding of this great work.- Prizes have been of fered for tbe best original essay on tbe subject of .temperance, the awarding of which will be announced later. .- Homer D. Angell, C. T. Hot clam broth at 4 o'clock today at J. O.Mack's, 67 Second street. THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Fubllo Installation Last Night. Joyabla tlma. Ab En- Seldom has to large or so representa tive a concourse of people filled a build ing in The Dalles as tbat which gathered in the Baldwin opera house last evening to witnees the public installation exer cises of the Knights of Pythias. The floor was arranged in the form of a Py thian lodge room, with the altar in the center and the officers seated in their accustomed places. Seats for the mem bers of the lodge were arranged in the center of the room, while ranged back of these were seats for the invited guests. Long before the beginning of the exer cises the large building was crowded with interested spectators. Tbe exercises began by Chancellor Commander Gavin calling the lodge to order, and then the officers from the grand lodge were announced. At this time the Knights who were appointed to represent the grand lodge, filed in and took their stations before the altar. Tbe grand lodge officers wereas follows: Grand Chancellor, Frank Menefee: Vice Chancellor, John Michell; Grand Mas ter of Exchequer, C. E. Bayard ; Grand Keeper R. and S., T. A. Hudson ; G. M. at A., G. T. Thompson; G. I. G., F. S Gunning. These gentlemen were depu ties from the grand lodge and represent ed that body in the work of installation. Chancellor Commander Gavin gave way to Grand Chancellor Menefee, who in stalled the different officers of Friend ship Lodge, No. 9. The sentiment of the ritualistic work was very pretty, and was read by Mr. Menefee in a feeling manner. The - following officers were then installed according to tbe forms and ceremonies of the order: CO., L. P. Crowe: V. C, E. B. Dufur; Prelate, L. S.Davis; Master of the Work, H. H. Riddell ; Keeper of Records and Seals, D. W. Vause ; Master of Finance, L. L. Lane ; Master of Exchequer, W. E. Wal thers ; M. at A., W. W. Smith ; Inside Guard, J. W. Blakeney; Outside Guard, M. M. Lane. At the- conclusion of the installation ceremonies, Chancellor Commander Crowe made a short speech, which was heartily applauded. Hon. W. H. Wil son was then introduced as tbe speaker of the evening, and for half an hour or more, claimed the closest attention of the large audience. Mr. Wilson spoke about the early prejudice with which secret societies were looked upon and told of how this feeling was giving way to a kindlier, one as people learned more of the beneficent workings of the order. He traced the history of the Pythian lodge, and referred to the beautiful story of Damon and Pythias, from which the order draws its inspiration. The speaker said every man, who was a Knight of Pvthlas. was a better citizen for that reasom He paid a glowing tribute to the principles and working) of tbe order and by his .words added much to the good repute in which the organization is already held in tbe community. Mr. Wilson's speech commended itse'f to his bearers and at its close, he was com plimented heartily by many listeners. Both in thought and language it was ex ceedingly appropriate to the occasion. At the conclusion of the address the floor was cleared and the Orchestra Union from its station in a corner- played some of its sweetest music, while the feet of many dancers kept time to it. The occasion was a most pleasant one. and the Knights and their guests will ' look back upon their public installation with satisfaction. TO PUT ON needed flesh, no mat ter how you've lost it, take Dr. Pierce'a 'Golden Medical Dis covery. It works -wonders. 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