THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY,- FEBRUARY 19, 1896.
RETIRING from Business.
LET EVERY REPUBLICAN TAKE
A HAND. j
one Object;
ONE ONLY,
and
. V ; That of turning the stock into money,
DRY GOODS, &c, CLOTHING, &c, FURNISHINGS, &c
Ladies', Misses', Gents', .Boys Childs' Boots, Shoes, Slippers
M. Honywill.
The Weekly Chronicle.
IUK 1IALLK3 - OKKGOM
Entered at the postoflice at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-clu-ss mail matter.
PublMed in two parts, on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor W. P. Lord
Secretary oItato H R Kincald
Treasurer Phillip Metsehan
Bupt. of Public Instruction O. JI. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Idleman
, (G. VV. McBride
Senators jj. n. Mitchell
IB. Hermann
Congressmen W. B. ElUs
State Printer W. tl. Leeds
COCNTV OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A. M. Kelsay
Treasurer Vv'm. Michell
(Frank Kincaid
Commissioners ! A s. Blowers
Assessor F. H. Wakedeld
Burveyor E.F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner W. H. Butts
CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK.
As spring opens, among the topics
that will be brought np for the consid
eration of the people of Wasco and Sher
man counties will be the matter of the
Rattlesnake road. Through the efforts
of ope or two residents of Sherman
connty, aided by enterprising business
men of The Dalles, this project was put
under way and funds subscribed to in
eure its completion. Most of the grade
up the east bank of the Deschutes has
been completed, and the work done
gives promise that the grade, when fin
ished, will fill every need which caused
its construction.
From the top of the hill direct to the
Grant and Cross Hollow road the route
lies through an uneven country, over
which, it is said, teams loaded with
wool could not pass without difficulty.
From the summit of Rattlesnake hill,
extending in a southeasterly direction,
lies Gordon ridge, a well-known land
mark in Sherman county, upon the
summit of which a road of light grade
could be built, intersecting the Grant
Cross Hollow road immediately west of
Moro, and providing a direct route to
the Deschutes river for teams from
Prineville and places far to the south.
Traffic from these points, which crosses
the DeBchutes, -is now compelled to
travel the tell road, to obviate which
condition the construction of the new
grade was agitated.
At the time the Rattlesnake project
was discussed it was understood, and
the matter so represented to the business
men of The Dalles, that this road along
the Gordon ridge would be built and the
full benefits from the construction of the
Rattlesnake road be obtained. The
opening of the road mentioned would
enable the wool and freight wagons
from Crook and Grant counties to reach
the Deschutes over a smooth road of
gradual descent, with no toll to be ex
acted, We are informed that only by
the building of the Gordon ridge road
-will the full benefit of the Rattlesnake
route be reaped. For this reason we
trust the matter will be urged with all
possible speed, Sherman county is in
terested In securing every possible means
of communication with this city.
The opening of the locks means that
The Dalles will be more than ever the
wholesale supply point for the country
south and east, and good roads, mean
less freight rates, and as a result better
prices for the products of the farmer and
stock-raiser, while their necessary sup
plies will be furnished them at cheaper
rates.
public estimation. The republicans,
with few exceptions, supported the mo
tion. Indignation will be turned, not
so much against the democrats who op
posed the motion through principle, as
against renegade republican senators like
Duboise, Teller, Jonos of Nevada, Carter
and Power of Montana, and others of
tber ilk. These men, by placing selfish
interests above consideration for the
nation, have prostituted the high and
honorable position of United States sen
ators and made it a term almost of re
proach. Never in our history was
statesmanship in the senate needed
more than now, and never, seemingly,
was there such a lack of it. By con
trast the house of representatives is
surrounded with a halo of excellence.
A PROPER USE OF WEALTH.
In yesterday's Oregonian a most re
markable statement was made in an
editorial, where it was declared that the
reason the charter for a certain secret
society, asked for by students in the
University of Chicago, was refused, was
because scrupulous-minded persons de
sired to avoid fellowship with colleges
like Chicago and Stanford Universities,
"which are sustained with money ac
quired in corruption and dishonor, and
bo disqualified to hold up the highest
standards of moral and ethical culture."
Such a statement will wound the sensi
bilities of many people who, as admirers
of the Oregonian and friends of that
higher education of which the Chicago
and Stanford Universities are in the
front rank of promoters, feel that much
injustice is done them.
It is true that the methods by which
Rockefeller and Stanford acquired their
immense wealth are questioned by
'"scrupulous-minded persons;" but
this being granted, the institutions
which have been the recipients of their
generous gifts are no less qualified to do
a great and lasting work in showing
bright boys and girls the boundless op
portunities for advancing and doing
good to the world, which the fields of
knowledge present. Were such logic as
that of the Oregonian correct, all rich
men, who by sharp practice have ob
tained wealth, should be prohibited
from dropping in the contribution
The house has spent a day. discussing
Secretary Morton and hie refusal to pro
vide seeds for free distribution. The
seed question itself is not of paramount
importance, but in ik is involved the
graver consideration whether or not
a minsterial officer can exercise legiela
tive or judicial functions. The attack
both hi the senate and the bouse, upon
Morton, and the refusal of anyone to
take his ' part, shows that congress
tired of having the veto power placed in
the hands of subordinates. The coun
try welcomes the seed incident as a re
lief from the senseless and reprehensi
ble action of the silver agitators, whose
buncombe and manipulation have so
cpnsumed time that the great interests
of the nation are neglected.
There seems a disposition among cer
tain newspapers to view every incident
from a bitter partisan standpoint. An
illustration is found in the treatment
given Senator Coggswell and the com
ments made upon the announcement of
his determination to leave the Demo
cratic party and support the principles
of protection. Coggswell is not the
highest type of statesmanship which
even Oregon affords, but the most cred
itable act of his political career has
been his latest. A man, no matter
what his station and politics are, should
be given credit for proper motives
till the absence of them is clearly
shown. No one should be condemned
for honestly changing bis opinion,
matter how firm that opinion may have
been fixed. Coggswell has done what
thousands of other men in Oregon are
doing, who by the sharp touch of adver
sity have been brought to realize what
a devastating thing the Democratic pol
icy of free trade has been. When the
sun rises on the day after the Novem
ber election it will be found that Cogs
well is but one df a vast number who,
Democrats once, are Republicans now.
With the subsidence of war talkthe
dropping of Durrant into obscurity and
the reiusal of Chauncey Depew to be
interviewed, enterprising newspapers
have been forced to go to the Arctic
circle in order to feed a curious public.
No fishier tale was ever sprung upon an
unoffending people than thejtwo reports,
basket as it passed a tithe for charity or coming from points as widely separated
for the carrying on 'of religious work I as the Missouri river and the Pacific
The rise in wheat and its continnance
at a satisfactory figure has caused plow
ing to be begun with expectations of
good returns. While the conditions
justify a belief that the harvest next
season will bo large and the price better
than it has been since the slump of two
years ago, yet the farmers .should re
member that it is not wise to put all
their eggs in one basket. Wasco county
can. raise other things beside wheat.
Diversified farming represents progress
and offers better inducements for pros
The defeat of Morrill's motion to take
tip the tariff bill in the senate Thursday
will still further reduce that body in the
which teaches that the getting of wealth is
not the chief end of man. Were this
logic correct, the great benevolences,
which can only come from the class rep
resented Jby Stanford and Rockefeller,
would cease, and the asylums, hospitals
and schools, which every day are doing
a grand work for humanity, would suffer
for want .of sustenance.
It is results that count, after all.
Union College, one of the older institu
tions in New York, was founded upon a
land lottery scheme, a method that per
sons "scrupulous minded" would con
demn, and yet some of the purest, most
high-minded and ablest citizens of the
country were graduated from this insti
tution, whose birth was in corruption.
Were the history of our greatly endowed
universities unfolded, and the methods
by which their founders amassed their
fortunes laid bare, it is more than likely
the Oregonian would be further dis
pleased. Johns Hopkins, who made
possible the great university and hospi
tal bearing his name, dabbled in Balti
more & Ohio railroad stock, and was
spoken of in much the same way as
Rockefeller and Stanford are today
Stephan Girard, whose munificence gave
to Philadelphia an institution whose
name and influence is world-wide, made
money where other men could not, and
suffered the reproach and condemna
tion of those who were not so fortunate
as he, and yet the world is infinitely
better off because Hopkins and Girard,
unable to bart with their money in their
life time, left it for philanthropic and
educational purposes. It is better that
a portion of the Standard Oil Company
and Central Pacific earnings be devoted
to causes that are good than that it be
turned in other channels; -
Whatever the reason why the Omega
society was not given a charter at Chi
cago may.be, we do not know; but
every college and fraternity man will be
assured that there are many causes
which are far more apt to be nearer cor
rect than that given by the Oregonian.
ocean, that Nansen had found the pole
and was bringing it back with him.
The public will stand a vast amount of
bumbuggery and relish if, as the late
Mr. Barn u in was wont -to declare, but
there are instances when newspaper en
terprise can be carried top far, and the
Nansen incident is one of them.
There is merit in Fitzsimmons' query
to Governor Ahumada when, after
watching the disemboweling of three or
four horses in a bull fight, he asked him
if fighting with gloves were anywhere
near as brutal as what he had just wit
nessed. Without wishing to disparage
the Mexican authorities in their lauda
ble attempt to thwart the wishes of the
sluggers, we cannot help thinking tiheir
inconsistences are certainly ingenuous.
Bad as a slugging match may be, it is
notuing in comparsion with the Mipular
diversion of a bull fight, neither in its
brutality nor demoralizing effects. The
Mexicans are straining at a gnat and
swallowing a camel.
The meeting of the Republican cen
tral committee will be held next Satur
day, at which time the date will be
chosen for the doultty convention and
the call for the primaries issued. With
this action of the central committee the
political campaign actively opens.' The
convention will probably be held the
last week in March or the first one in
April, as the meeting of the state con
vention, April' 9th, precludes a later
date being chosen.
The time is ripe for the Republicans
of Wasco county to be up and stirring,'
making every endeavor tjiat the men
chosen at the primaries shall be repre
sentative Republicans, who will go into
the convention carrying with them a
deep concern for the welfare of the
party, and not bound to any clique or fac
tion, which will feed the flames of party
dissension. The Republican party in
Wasco county was never, in better favor
with the people than it is today, at the
entrance into a campaign which, it can
be! said, will continue until the great
November election. The men who two
years ago were elected to 1U1 the county
offices, have brought no discredit upon
themselves or upon the party, and
whether they be chosen again or new
candidates nominated, no apologies need
be made for the county management
since the last election.
At the primaries the battle will be
fought, and the entrance of the sena
torial fight into the situation will make
the contest a very sharp one. Upon the
men selected at the primaries depends
the future .i the party during the com
ing campaign. I he almost certain vic
tory to which the Republicans look for
ward may cause a lukewarm feeling and
carelessness upon the part of the voters
in the organization which might result in
a serious handicap later on. At the
primaries the people are given an op
portunity to make an expression of their
choice. The delegates selected should
be men who will guard well the trust
committed to them and start the party
on a victorious march. Every Republi
can should participate in the choice of
delegates to the county convention in
order that the best representatives may
be chosen. A healthy interest shown in
the party before the nominating con
vention is a good guaranty that its fu
ture course will be a satisfactory one.
The Salem bog must give way to the
Russian , bear. Not content with mo
nopolizing things in Turkey, the czar
has made a coup d'etat and marched 200
marines to Seoul, Corea. The king is
under the protection of the Russian le
gation. Were it not that his services
will be needed, in the coming Mitchell-
Do ph senatorial fight, it might be well
for Judge Denny to resume his position
as confidential advieer to the Corean
king, and try and straighten things out
a little.
Pendleton has developed a great ca
pacity of acquisition. She has just been
chosen as the place far holding the an
nual tournament of the Eastern Oregon
and Washington Firemen's Association
which takes place next June ; and is
threatening to win from Walla Walla a
meat packing and cold storage establish
ment, which was contemplated being
started there. In many ways Pendle'
ton is a good example for other cities to
follow.
The agitation which is being carried
on for a reduction in letter postage can'
not be expected to bear fruit till after
March 4, 1897. There are already
enough deficits in the Democratic ad'
ministration without another being
caused in the postofBce department
V ith the enactment oft a tarin measure
that will revive the business of thecoun
try, and at the same time provide a suffi
cient revenue for the nation's needs, one
cent postage may find realization.
What The Dalles needs is the intro
duction of outside capital to bring out
resources now dormant. In commercial
lines we are fully developed, but are in
want of the stimulus given by manu
facturing. Nowhere can better oppor
tunities for the establishment of almost
any kind of industry be offered than, at
The Dalles. An article upon this
phase of the city's needs in last even
ing's Mountaineer meets with our full
approbation. When i comes to work
ing for the advancement of our city, the
two local papers will work: as a unit.
By all means let the Fitzsimmons
Maher fighttake place in London. Eng
land can haye the disgrace and America
will regain some of the gold'she has lost
during the period of export.
It not only is so, it must be so, One
Minute Cough Cure acts quickly, and
that's what makes it go. Snipes-Kiner-ely,
Drug Co.
But little over a year remains till the
Democratic administration . goes out of
power, it is to be hoped enough bonds
have been sold to tide them over this
period.
Skinning; the Coon.
The Dalles, Feb. 15, 1S96.
To the Editob :
I have read Representative Coon's
communication in your issue of the 12th
instant wondering.the while, if it could,
.ossibly, have emanated from the quiet,
unassuming young man I helped to
elect to his first term in the Oregon
legislature. My ! what a rich vocabu
lary of Leasean, Tillman, Populistico
rhetoric he has acquired since then.
What a preternatural instinct for nosing
out "rings," "gangs" and "combines!"
Nay, what supernatural vision for dis
covering the shining eagles drop reson
ant into the upturned palms of "the
yelping bloodhdbnds of the hireling
press." Lucky it is, my countrymen,
that hard words break no bones, else
the osseus fabric of these "yelping
bloodhounds" would be ground by this
young Hurcules into dust impalpable as
the stuff that dreams are made of.
What is Mr. Coon driving at, any
way? Is his letter a vindicution of him
self and the other twenty-nine "legisla
tive highwaymen?' Alas! they are un
happy, . indeed, both in the vindicator
and the thing vindicated. Was there
not a caucus? Was not Mr. Coon not
to speak of the.other twenty-nine a
member of that caucus? Did he not
pledge himself over bis own signature,
in palpable black and white, to enter
that caucus-and abide by its decision?
Nay, back ofall this, did he not repeat
edly avow to his constituents, while
the campaign was pending, that he
would support Mr. Dolph because he be
Iieved that gentleman was the choice
of his constituents? Nay, back of all
this still, was not the campaign of 1894
a battle-royal between the economic and
financial theories of Dolpn-Republican-ism
and' the outlawry, free trade and
free silver heresies of Pennoyer-Popu-lism?
And when the latter was burled
to the limbo beside the moon was not
Senator Dolph, morally, as much en
titled to reap the fruits of the victory,
by succeeding himself, as if his name
had been on the. election ballots?
So acted and spoke Mr. Coon, and so
thought and expected all men, of every
shade of political opinion, everywhere,
from Maine to Oregon. Nay, so spoke
a:i men, everywhere, while the battle
was pending, and so was Mr. Coon sup
posed to speak and hold, else be never
would have warmed a second seat in the
Oregon legislature. Nay, so do his con
stituents still speak and hold, so that it
is a perfectly safe prophecy that be will
never warm another.
What means, then, this sudden eruct
ation of accumulated bile? this angry,
frothy, jargon? this aimless recrimina
tion of Mr. Coon? "this whimpering as
of an infant that cannot speak what ails
it, but is in distress clearly in the in
wards of it, and so must squall and
whimper continually, till its mother
take it and it get to sleep?" Clearly
the future troubles Mr. Coon no less
than the past. Nay, more ! For from
out the murky shadows rises the vision
of -the legislative session of 1896. And
Oh ! Horrors! Dolph is there. The same
o!d "icicle" that the "thirty bighway
mea" melted in 1894 to the beating of
Populist torn toms and uproarious mu
sic from Jonathan Bourne's free silver
cornet band. And the same old "ring"
that "we give the most beautiful thresh
ing it ever received in Oregon." All
there. But Coon is not there, and the
"thirty highwaymen" are also conspicu
ous by their absence, and the righteous
soul of the Hood River statesman trem
bles for the ark of God I But as the pri
mal digits ("thumps up") of the "Port
land ring-master," in the vision of Coon,
point vertical toward the gilded dome of
the capitol, the. voice of the Hood River
statesman, solitary, thundering, pierces
the murky shadow To arms! "The
war is already begun. Are we cattle or
are we men?" Nay, Brother Coon
speak for thyself. Men are generous
and cattle, at least, negatively so. - Nei
ther will conspire in secret Star Chamber
of "Professional American Citizens" to
stab men in the dark! What then art
thou? As for us, some of us, at least.
are men who believe that promises are
not like dicers oaths, made only to be
broken, and that when the heads of our
representatives become so abnormally
swollen that they willfully scorn the be
hests of their constituents, it is time to
sequester them in perpetuity to their
primeval Btrawberrv patch. For the
rest, an infinitely worse calamity migb
befall the commonwealth than the elec
tion of Dolph. The nation would, in
that event, have one "highwayman'
less in the national senate no trifling
consideration at this particular juncb
ure the republican party an able expo
nent and unflinching advocate of its
best thoughts and principles, and the
state a representative whom it has al
ready weighed in the balance of experi
ence and has not found wanting.
Hugh Gourlay
river from that point without first ex
pending thousands of dollars in the way
of clearing the bed of the stream of ob
structions, building splash dams, etc.
Now, Mr. Editor, I will say to you
that Hood river Is not, and never was a
practical driving stream, and never will
be without it is first largely improved,
the statement of some of Hood River's
wiseacres to the contrary, notwithstand
ing. I have tried' to drive Hood river
myself and invariably came out at the
little end of the horn. I have also seen
others driving the aforesaid stream, and
they also complained of being forced
through the same small aperture.
Whenever you meet a man that is en
thusiastic in his desire to drive Hood
river in her present condition, you can
safely set him down for a tenderfoot.
Cord wood, in considerable quantities,
has been driven, or rather carried, down,
from fifteen or twenty miles at one time,"
but it was five or six weeks in transit.
and was in a deplorable condition when
it arrived at its destination.
Respectfully,
Linn Winans.
Antelope New.
Ijt Reply to Sir. Parker.
Editob Chronicle:
As a counter irritant, to this powerful
emetic gratuitously administered to the
honorable county court of Wasco county
(emanating from some of Hood River's
sensational citizens,) I beg leave to state
a few facts and figures.
At present Hood river is "flowing un
vexed to the sea." If Mr. Parker, or
anybody else sees fit to float timber ot
any kind down Eaid stream, he or they
are at perfect liberty to do so for the
simple reason that be, nor no other man
can handle cordwood in Hood River val
ley at $2 per cord on board cars and have
any margin left, and if the H. R. L. Co,
had their boom in place right now, and
would run and boom his 2000 cords for
10 cents per cord, I believe he would not
avail himself of such an offer with cord-
wood at its present price.
Mr. Parker adroitly cites yon tc the
timber twenty-four miles up the river
(mostly owned by speculators) and inti
mates that had it not been for the grant
ing of this lease, that tfmber would be
available now, tor commercial purposes.
At the same time knowing, as he cer
tainly must, that that particular body of
timber is hermetically sealed and of no
practical value for commercial purposes
without the completion of the proposed
improvement of Hood river, by which
time it is supposed the county, court
takes control of rates. As to there being
'not much good timber short of twenty-
four miles," the man simply makes a
very large mistake. Others, who have
seen that country, will say there is 20,-
000 acres of from fair to good timber
short of the twenty-four mile limit, and
tributary to Hood river. It would be
just as sensible to talk about getting
those logs to the front from that twenty-
four mile limit, with a cant book, over
land, as to talk about driving Hood
W. Bolton of Antelope is in The Dalles
this week as a member of the grand jury.
W. D. Jones has rented his property
here and has moved to The Dalles,
where he will reside in the future.
Alex. Kirchheimer has returned from
Portland, where he went as a delegate
to the meeting of the Republican clubs.
Mrs. Wm. Kelsay is quite sick with
erysipelas.
A messenger arrived late Thursday
night with a dispatch to W. J. Hinkle
that his niece, Mabel Carter, was dan
gerously sick at Salem, where she has
been attending school. Mr. and Mrs.
Hinkle leit the same night for Salem.
Their friends hope to hear 'of Mabel's
speedy recovery.
Married, at Antelope, Thursday, Feb.
13th, by bis honor, Judge Keaton, Miss
Mary Wackerly and Mr. John Young,
both of Bakeoven.
The weekly prayer meeting was held
thursday evening at the residence of W.
Bolton. A goodly numher was present
and much interest manifested.
The Antelope Dramatic club is prepar
ing to give "Uncle Tom's Cabin" March
6tb, at Masonic hall, for the benefit of
the brass -band.
Considerable interest is felt here in
the caae of the State of Oregon vs. D.
McKalvey, for the larceny of hay. Mc-
Kalvey lived on a rented farm and fed
out an undivided stock of hay to his
o.wn stock and the stock of his landlord.
It is not generally believed that any
crime or wrong was intended.
Hornettb.
SlOO Reward 100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a consti
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Core is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
tho system, thereby destroying the foun
dation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that .they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Address:
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
QF"Sold by Druggists, 75 cents.
"The Reradator Line -
fie Dalles. Portland and Astoria
Navigation Co.
THROUGH
Mc ioni na FtssengerLine
Throneh Daily Trips (Sundays ex
eepted) between The Dalles and Port
land. Steamer Regulator leaves The
Dalles at 7 a. m., connecting at the Cas
cade Locks with Steamer Dalles City.
Steamer Dalles City leaves Portland
(Oak street dock) at 6 a. m., connect
ing with Steamer Regulator for The
Dalles.
PAHHKNUKR RATES.
One way
Round trip.
.J2.00
. 3.00
Freight Rates Greatly Reduced.
All freight, except car lots,
will be brought through, ivith
out delay at Cascades.
Shipments for Portland received at
any time day or night. Shipments tor
way landings must be delivered before
5 p. m. Live stock shipments sohcted.
Call on or address,
W. CALLAWAY
General Agent-
THE-DALLES, OREGON