THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1896.
RETIRING from Business.
1
ONE OBJECT,
and ONE ONLY,
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 Gitfoniele.
TBK DALLES
Ol.l.GON
STATE OFFICIALS.
CKjvernoi : '. W. P. lord
Secretary of State H8 Kmcaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bupt. of Public Instruction G. M. Irwio
, Attorney-General C. M. Idleman
' . G. W. McBride
Senators jj. H Mitchell
IB. Hermann
Congressmen w. R. Ellis
State Printer W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Geo. C. Blakeley
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A. M. Kelsay
Treasurer Wm. Michell
Commissioners (MSwSF
Assessor F. H. Wakefield
Surveyor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . . Troybhelley
Coroner W.H. Butts
WANTED A MAN.
At a dinner recently given him in
London by Henry M. Stanley, M. Dau
det remarked: "What we lack ia the
directing genius; a man of our own race
having your wonderful qualities of initi
ative, firm shoulders, ready to stand the
.weight of great responsibilities. For we
have good blood, valiant blood, but tbe
man we have not got." The Paris cor
respondent of the London Times de
clares that ever since France conclu
sively shook off one master she has been
in search of another. This is what M.
Daudet calls "a man." France has had
one only at rare intervals. She has had,
indeed, many men, but the man dreamed
of by the national instinct and yearned
for by M. Daudet was Charlemagne,
Henry IV, Richelieu, Napoleon. Some
say that Gambetta, had be lived long
enough, would have been in the list.
Neither Louis XI, nor Francis I, nor
even Louis XIV, though these were
great men, was the guiding genius, tbe
man of initiative and responsibility, the
deliverer. Now, tbe best thing for
France . and for her steady progress
would be a deliverer from tha passion of
clamoring for a deliverer.
There is a lesson in the above quota
tions for Oregonians. We do not cry
should now be taken that if the attempt
fails no time will be lost in applying the
remedy. It is idle now to speculate
over the mistakes that have been made.
The construction of the locks has been
replete with blunders some, it will be
declared, intentional; others through
ignorance. It seems more than proba
ble that the neglect of the engineers to
provide for walls of masonry between
the gates will prove an egregrious mis
take, but the thing to be done is not to
discuss past shortcomings so much as to
provide how they may be made whole.'
No pressure too strong can be brought
upon our delegation to spur them to
ceaseless work till the needed appropri
ation-shall be secured. The action of
our commercial Ulub should oe en
dorsed and similar moves made by like
organizations in the cities along the
river. Tbe agitation must begin at
once and continue earnestly if it will
bear fruit. .
TWO rWAYS OF LIVING.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR
EXPANSION.
pies as we have cried, certain cliquey
and posses of us, surely, "Let us send
East after a man,'' disregarding thus
wholly the lesson of experience, dearly
learned and paid for in some well-known
cases, tne old-time mental naoit ori
ginating in the days when' we were a
feeble folk and few, of considering that
every good thing comes from the rising
sun country. For all good things they
send ns, let us be devoutly thankful, but
before "sending East for a man" let us
carefully inspect what we have on the
ground ready to hand. This will serve
ns well in many directions, the obvious
nesa of which will not need to be point
ed out to some who are just now suffer
ing from ill-considered action in this re
spect. Within the memory of some of the
youngest of us this same mental habit
prevailed in what we now call the East.
Then "Boston" was nowhere, and the
"man" wanted must hail from across
tbe Atlantic. Sometimes great good
came in this way, as the loving memory
in which Princeton students cherish the
name of Dr. McCoBh will attest. The
many, many failures are not reported.
As a city ambitious for commercial
importance, The Dalles should improve
everyopportunity to increase her influ
ence. Good roads is one ot tbese;
quick communication with the country
whose Eupply point this city is, is an
other. Some time ago the subject of a
telephone line from The Dalles to Pnne
ville was mentioned in the Prineville
paper, but tbe idea was allowed to
slumber through lack of .agitation. The
time is now ripe for this matter an im
portant one for the cities at the terminal
points and the intermediate country to
be disenssed.
The people of Crook county have al
ways done their trading in The Dalles,
and from expressions noticed in the
press and statements made by the busi
ness men of Prineville. we think we
are right in saying that a spirit of friend
liness exists between the people to the
south of us and tlia business men of The
DaJles. There can be no doubt but that
a telephone line to Prineville is needed
to facilitate trade between The Dalles
Wanted-a Man" on general princi-I and the bu8ine8a men of Crook county.
THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The benefits that will be derived from
tbe Commercial Club were clearly dem
onstrated last evening by the meeting
which was held to consider the report of
the special committee appointed to ex
amine the situation at the locks. The
citizens of The Dalles were given an op
portunity to meet together and discuss a
matter of vital importance to the city
and the country for which it is tbe en
'trepot. The work of the committee was
thoroughly done, and everyone who has
listened to theif conclusions has a clear
idea of the situation at tbe Cascades.
We are inclined to favor the resolution
adopted last evening as being one of
the means by which the people of East
ern Oregon will be brought to a realiza
tion of the great need for quick action
towards securing the appropriation nec
essary to place the locks beyond the
danger limit. It is but little over a
month till an attempt will be mado to
operate the locks, and such action
It is probable at the first that the line
would not pay, but with a greater famil
iarity with ita use and benefits and the
settling up of the intermedaite country,
with an increase of way stations, the
enterprise would, within a comparative
ly short time, pass into a paying con
cern. The trade of Crook county is one
of the most lucrative the Dalles mer
chants enjoy, and every endeavor should
be made to cement the ties both com
mercially and in sentiment which con
nect one place with the other. A' busi
ness man of Prineville, whose word or
note is good for many times the sum ex
pressed, stated, within tbe hearing of the
writer a few days since, that he would
make a cash contribution of $500 tow
ards building a telephone line from The
Dalles to Prineville. This generous
offer could no doubt be duplicated in
many instances. -
Here is a field for our Commercial
Club to work to good advantage. Here
is an opportunity for this organization
to prove the faith of its promoters, and
by taking hold of the matter, investigate
and consider the feasibility of the plan.
We would think it a good step if a com
mittee were appointed to collect data
relative to tbe cost of construction, the
time necessary for its completion, and
gather some information regarding the
benefits to be obtained. 'This is the
legitimate purpose for which the Com
mercial Club was organized, and the
work done in this instance may lead to
good results in another. At the very
least nothing can be lost by determin
ing whether or not the cost of building
and operating a telephone line to Prine
ville would be -commensurate with t' r
good that the section through which it
should run would obtain.
The Massachusetts Democrats have
nominated Secretary, of State Olney as
their candidate for the presidency. In
all the wreck and confusion that has
overtaken the Democratic leaders Olney
comes forth the most unscathed. More
votes would be polled for him than for
any other ' candidate his party could
name. -:
The hurry and rush in which the
American people, as a class, are living ;
tbe disposition for change of locality and
novelty of event, have been the theme
unon which many sermons have been
.written, and form the reason for repeat
ed warnings to the effect that we are
traveling at the pace that kills. The
man who, at the close of the Nineteenth
century, comes under the class "sua
cessful" must, above alt else, have
earned the title of a rustler. In order
to hold his place in a world of driving
competition, he must be able to do the
work that a half century ago was the
share for two men to do. Rapid tran
sit, the extension of the telegraph and
the universal use of the telephone, and
the stenographer's art have made it so
that the business man of today lives in
a whirl. His nerves are strained to a
high tension ; fatigue may be felt, but
never considered, and all the powers
that Nature provided to last the allotted
three score and ten are compressed into
a period half as long, till the man of 35
todav has accomplished more on the
average than the man of 70, whose work
was done fifty years ago.
The American people take no rest;
they have no time. The cares of bust
ness, the strivings of politics, the fears
that a day's absence may open the way
for a rival to pass all combine to make
the merchant, the professional man, the
laborer a elave to his task. Without a
wish to be pessimistic, tbe result of this
life of ceaseless activity is seen in the
broken-down constitutions, the men who
at the vears which mark the prime of
life find themselves worked out, when
by Nature's iutention they should be
entering upon a period of their best use
fulness.
The picture of the results directly due
to the way the American people are liv
ing, if it were correctly drawn, would be
gruesome one. In pleasant contrast
comes now and then a glimpse into the
lives of those who have obeyed Nature's
laws and found the profit great. Such a
one is Dr. Richard S. Storrs who, should
he five till next November, will com
plete a pastorate of fifty years in the
Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn. Dr.
Storrs has led a busy life, but be'fbaa so
subjected it to reasonable rules that the
forces of nature have been conserved
rather than impaired. Fifty vears ago,
when first he went to Brooklyn, his
health was frail, and seeking the advice
of a physician,' he asked him to give pos
itive instructions bow he should live in
order that his usefulness to the world
might be the best. It may be added
that be lived faithfully to the orders
given. One of them was that he should
do all his studying in day time; another
was that as a pastor he should be inter
ested in persona and in families, and
from them receive much of his inspira
tion. Again, he roust be interested in
the community in which be lives, and
believe in it and love it. And, finally
there must be a consciousness of suc
cess. No man can do his best unless he
knows that heis not altogether failing.
These simple rules it would be well if
all could follow. Human sympathy
keepB wasm the heart; a person's rea
sonable belief in his own success means
that success is already oh the road. It
is such lives as that of Dr. Storrs that
the youth of America' should consider
and pattern alter. .Notwithstanding h a
80 years, his intellect is clear, bis heatt
young and "his natural force unabated."
This is success that is well worth striv
ing for. Tbe prize that is attained at
the cost of health and character is.but a
tinsel thing that passes with the sun.
religious bodies. The succes of the Sal
vation Army work has been phenome
nal ; but so long as its members have
human attributes and are not entirely
lost in self-abnegation, the organization
will be open to the same dangers that
such institutions Bince tha first have
been, and from time to time will lose a
portion of its adherents through differ
ences in' opinion. ' This is one of the
obstacles all religions bodies have to
contend with, and does not necessarily
mean that their; work is failing of its
intent.
' Comparative Statement.'
COMING a VENTS.
The passing of the senate bill granting
a monthly pension of $100 to the widow
of the late Secretary Gresham, will need
more explanation before its merit will
be unquestioned. Gresham received his
just due while living, and whatever ob
ligation the country owed him tor his
gallant services during the war had
been paid, so far as such a debt can be
discharged, by the repeated honors be
stowed upon him. For many yea;s
Gresham held some office or other with
a lucrative salaryattached, and if at his
death his widow has not a competence.
the fault can only be in one place. The
case is far different with the widow, of
some poor soldier slain in battle, or by
wound or disease made incapable of se
curing a competence. The nation owes
a debt to such a soldier, or his family,
far more than it does to the widow of
Secretary Gresham.
There has been some talk of reducing
salaries of teachers in the public schools
of the county. Believing that a com
parative statement of The Dalles with
other cities in this regard will aid the
board in considering the matter, and
enlighten all citizens interested in tbe
public schools as well, we give space to
day to as accurate a table as it is possi
ble to get. It is very complete, showing,
besides the salaries of the places named,
which is believed to be representative of
the entire section of country covered by
them, the census of school children,
average daily attendance, cost per pupil,
months of school, etc. The table is in
tended to convey ail needed information
as regards school work and will be valu
able for future reference.
Kt-pobllcaa National Convention 8t.
Louis. State convention Portland Anrll
9th. County convention March 88th at
The Dalle. Primaries Mrh 91.1.
Flrat District Oregon congressional eon-"
vention Albany April 7th. eeoond dis
trict Portland April 8th.
People Party National Convention St.
Louis July gd. State eon ventlon Salem
March 80th.
Democratic state convention meets at
Portland April 9Ui. County central com
mittee will meet at the courthouse la
The Dalles on March 7 th.
Between now and March 28th the Re
publicans of Wasco county will oe con
sidering the claims of various candidates
for office. The great local issue is re
trenchment, the cutting down of ex
penses at every possible juncture. The
time is past when incumbents hold the
offices for all there is in it, and the peo
ple expect that tbe men chosen shall
represent the idea of economy, in all de
partments. In the list of offices none
are more important than those of county
judge and assessor. The men that fill
.these stations have a direct dealing with
the property of every citizen, and upon
their fairness, judgment and honesty de
pends, in a large measure, the wise
management of the county finances.
The Republicans should see to it that
the men nominated for these offices
should be of the best material the party
affords.
The fiasco yesterday between the
brawling bruisers, who too long have
sickened the public with their mouth-
ings, sounds the knell of pugilism as an
institution to be tolerated by the Ameri
can public, After being hounded from
place to place by the officers of the law,
the prizefighters were hurried to an ob
scure spot, and in less than two minutes
one of the bruisers bit the dust. No
greater aid to' the abolition of slugging
matches could come than the speedy
way in which Fitzsimmons put an end
to bis opponent. As a conclusion to
months of boastful wrangling it was
most dismal one, and whoever attempts
to arrange another prize fight will have
difficulty in eliciting enthusiasm, even
among the sports to whom such things
are food. The decline of pugilism will
be swifter than the passing of horse-
racing and its attendant evils.
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eu iow at jcugene is mat tne universitv
is located there and that pupils belong'
ing to. the higher grades are educated in
the higher school at state expense. At
La Grande, a big cut has recently been
made on salaries, which accounts for the
low cost per pupil there.
THIRD REGIMENT, O- N. Q.
Statistical Information Concerning Tta
Officers Co. O and Predecessors.
Here are some interesting facts con
cerning the Third regiment, Oregon Na
tional Guards :
The present list of officers of the regi
ment is as follows:
Colonel Geo. T.Thompson.
Lieut-Colonel J. M. Patteison.
Majors J. S. Booth, W. S. Bowers.
Inspector rifle practice Captain Ad.
Kellar.
Surgeon Dr. O. C. Hollister.
Adjutant Lieut. H. H. Riddell.
Quartermaster Lieut A. N. Varney.
Commissary officer Lieut E. F. Sharp.
Signal officer Lieut. A. Winans.
Assistanturgeon Lieut F. C. Brosius.
The different companies in the regi
ment, with numbei of men in each :
Co A, Wasco, 52; Co B, Weston, 43:
Co C, Pendleton, 45; Co D, La Grande,
39; Co F.Baker City, 41; Co G. The
Dalles, 44; Col, Joseph, 40; hospital
corps, The Dalles, 16, organized Febru
ary 19tb, 1894.
The names of colonels, preceding the
present official, Col. G. T. Thompson,
are Charles E. Morgan, T. A. Houghton
and J. P. Lucas, Condon. Lieut.-Colo-
nels, Charles E. Morgan, A. B. Eobeley,
Centerville, F. S. Ivanhoe, Enterprise,
Geo. T. Thompson and J. M. Patterson,
the last named being the present officer.
Co. G was mustered into- service Oc
tober 19th, 1893. It is the pride of The
Dalles and has regular weekly drills,
under the tutorship of Capt. Levi Chris
man, recognized to be one of the most
efficient and painstaking drillmasters of
the state. A. L. Reese is first lieutenant
and J. R. McAvoy second lieutenant.
Co. G drills every Wednesday night in
armory hall, and . many citizens have
watched their evolutions with much in
terest and profit.
Co. C was the first Dalles com nan v
ever organized, thedate being Nov. 11th,
1886, but which was Bince disbanded.
The following served as captains in the
order named : Chas. E. Morgan. Ed.
Sharp, C. C. Cooper. T. A. Houehton. E.
W. Nevius, L. C. Chrisman.
(Jo. A was afterwards organized (Feb.
2d, 1889; and disbanded June 1892. Tbe
captains were Geo. T. Thompson and Ad
If there is any one thing that nee1
to be purified, it is politics, so tbe re
former says, and many agree thereto.
But blood tells, and as a blood purifier
and liver corrector Simmons Liver Reg
ulator is the best medicine. "I use it in
preference to any other." So wrote Mr. .
3. H. Hysell, of Middleport, Ohio. And
Dr. D. S. Russell, of Farmville, Va.,
writes, ,-It fulfills all you promise for it."
The country is in good humor to cele
brate the fortieth anniversary of the
birth of the republican party. Never
since the clouds of war hovered over tbe
nation has there been a greater need for
the restoration to power of the party
under whose guidance this country has
seen its greatest prosperity. Four years
of Democratic administration have
shown the people he vital need of gov
ernment under the principles of the
partv that believes in the protection of
home industries ; the maintenance of a
igorous foreign policy and the enact
ment of a sound financial svstuni.
Squirrel Poison
Among the numerous pests of the
farmer, the squirrels take first rank.
l.cj fui. uj, jruuug tuiu iu pci mo coroner's jury that held an in-
kernel in the ground, devastating entire qUest over the body of James Wagner,
who was killed bv Isaac W. Mills, at
Hardin in Crook county, brought in a
queer verdict, so the 1'nneviIJe Review
understands. The verdict read-about as
follows: "We, tbe jury summoned to
inquire into the death of James R. Wag
ner, find that he came to his death from
a pistol shot nred Dy Isaac w. Mills
and we find Mills guilty of murder in
the first decree." Mills is not able to
leave his bed, tut as soon as the doctors
think he can do so, his preliminary trial
will take place.
Like many of its' predecessors in re
ligious work, the Salvation Army is ex
periencing dissensions in its own ranks.
The removal of Balhngton Booth from
the American command has caused re
gret among those who have witnessed
the success of his work and aroused bit
terness among his adherents in the
army. There is nothing new nor strange
in the differences that have occurred in
this religions organization, the only
thing being that the Salvation Army
was planned upon lines which it was
thought would enable it to avoid the
rocks that have hindered the progress of
As the youngest office in the cabinet
make-up, the Department of Agricul
ture, through the efforts of Secretary
Morton, has been able to create quite a
stir. The oratory and humor of indig
nant congressmen has been called out to
an unusual degree, tbe climax baing
reached when Representative Cousins
declared, "This is no longer a govern
ment of the people ; it is a government
by J. Pierpont Morgan and J. Sterling
Morton." This remark is fit to rank
with Wilson of Washington's "cuckoo'
call, and the appropriate innuendo, "Go
it Fitz!" which brought down the house
during tbe Indian bill debate.
Tbe fuss that is being made over the
new fifty-ton gun at the Lime Point for
tifications near San Francisco sUbws
how great is the feeling of helplessness
in our present coast defenses. 'The gov
ernment has been at work three years
upon these fortifications, and only one
of the three guns ordered is finished.
The task of providing adequate defenses
for our coasts is a great one, and if the
United States intends to continue in the
front rank of nations, she must make
the same progress that they are making.
No time should be lost in passing sena
tor Squire's bill, or one similar to it.
neids, destroy cabbage and all young
and tender plants, and later steal the
wheat from a field of grain, carry away
and bury potatoes, eggs, prunes, and in
a thousand different ways harass and an
noy the man who depends upon what he
raises for a livelihood. Tbe best wav to
rid the fields of their presence is by
poison, which is a very thorough meth
od, if persevered in. Among the best
recipes is the following-, taken from a
correspondent of the East Oregon ian
'Take one and one-half gallons of
warm water, add two pounds of sugar,
one-half ounce of powdered strychnine
and a small stick of licorice (squirrels
are very fond of the' latter), stir the mix
ture until the poison is entirely dis
solved, then put in what wheat the liq
uid will cover and let it stand over night.
In the morning empty the mixture into a
bucket that has a hole in the bottom and
place it over the can in which you mixed
the poison until the liquid has drained
off the wheat and you can utilize it again.
Purchase your strychnine at some, reli
able druggist's or in the crystalized form
and powder it yourself, as it is fre
quently adulterated. One small tea-
spoonful of wheat prepared in the above
manner will destroy eight or ten squirrels
and they go for it every time."
Honored Washington's Birthday.
President Cleveland is in accord with
the country again when be says that
congress must act. Rich and poor alike
are suffering from the inertia of the
senate. If the president can devise any
means of bringing the senators to their
senses, many of his past shortcomings'!
will be forgiven.
The Dalles Lodge, . No. 2, I. O. G. T.,
held an interesting session Saturday eve
ning in the K. of P. hall. Washington's
birthday was celebrated in a manner
pleasing to all. Tbe hall was appropri
ately decorated. Under an arch formed
by the Stars and Strips bung the portrait
p! tbe immortal Washington, fceveral
essays in honor of him were read. The
listeners.were carried from his boyhood
days, through that memorable winter at
ValleyyForge where our independence
hung In the balance, to the surrender of
the British at Yorktown; until he had
obtained the nation's highest honors and
was laid to rest, the nation's benefactor
whose name will go sounding down the
annals of time.
Beal Estate Transfers.
Hot clam broth at 4 o'clock today at J.
O. Mack's, 67 Second street.
A. J. McHaley to Mary A. McHaley;
sw qr ne qr, w halt se qr, e half sw qr
sec 16, and nw qr sec 21, tp 1 south range
13 east W. M. $4,000. .
ON THE ROAD
to recovery, the
young; woman
who is taking
Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Pre
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maidenhood, wo
manhood, wife
hood and moth
erhood the " Pre
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supporting- tonic
and nervine
that's peculiarly
adapted, to her
needs, regulating,
strengthening- and cur-ino-
the deranrementii
J of the sex. Why is it
so many women owe their beauty to Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription? Because
beauty of form and face radiate from the
common center health. The best bodily
condition results from good food, fresh air
and exercise coupled with the judicious use
of the "Prescription."
If there be headache, cain in the back.
bearing-down sensations, or general de
bility, or if there be nervous disturbance,
nervous prostration, and sleeplessness, tne
" Presentation " reaches the origin of the
trouble and corrects it It dispels aches
and pains, corrects displacements and cores
catarrhal inflammation Of the lining mem
branes, falling of the womb, ulceration, ir-
regularities una jtinarea maiaaies.
FALLING OF WOMB.
Mrs. Frank Cam-
field, of East Dickin
son. Franklin Co.. N. ,
Y., writes: "I deem it!
my duty to express my
deep, heart-felt grati
tude to you for having
Deen tne means, unaer
Providence, of restor
ing me to health, for I
have been by spells un
able to walk. My
troubles .were of the
womb inflammatory v
and bearing-down sen
sations and the doctors
all said, they could not
Twelve bottles of Dr. Mrs. Camfisld.
Pierce's wonderful Favorite Prescription
has cured me."