THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1896.
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Address all communication to " THE CHRON
ICLE," Tha Dalles, Oregon.
BEPlUOiWET
Supreme Judge,
K. S. BEAN.
Representative in Congress, 2d Di8t.
W. R. ELLIS. '
Prosecuting Attorney, 7th Dist.,
A. A. JAVNE.
Joint Senator, Wasco, Sherman and Gil
hum Counties,
W. H. MOORE.
Joint Senator, Wasco and Sherman
Counties,
JOHN MICHELL.
Joint Representatives, Wasco and Sher
man Counties,
B. S. HUNTINGTON.
F. N. JONES,
County Judjre,
ROBERT MAYS.
For Sheriff,
T. J. DRIVER.
For County Clerk,
A. M. KELSAY.
For Treasurer,
C. L. PHILLIPS.
For School Superintendent,
C. L. GILBERT.
For Assessor,
W. H. WHIPPLE.
For County Commissioner,
D. S. KIMSEY.
For Surveyor,
J. B. GOIT.
For Coroner.
W. H. BUTTS.
Justice of the Peace, The Dalles Dist.
G.J. FARLEY.
For Constable, The Dalles Dist.,
JULIUS WILEY.
little wonder if the city ran behind,
especially under a law that city tax
ation could under no circumstances
exceed five mills.
Fairness in all things must be ex
tended. It is manifestly unjust to
charge Eobt. Mays, presiding officer
of ,a body of men, with the financial
losses of a city ruined by a tre
mendous disaster. "We do not think
Mr. Mays' bitterest enemy, if he has
one, would do it, and it is inexcusa
ble even for a partisan newspaper.
MA HI FES TL Y UXJUST.
The Times-Mountaineer of May
14th invites an investigation of the
financial condition of Dalles City
during the incumbency of Robert
Mays as mayor, hoping that the com
parison will prove disadvantageous
as between the city mayor and the
county judge. . What it can eslab
lish detrimental to the mayor is be
TOnd our imagination. The duties
and jurisdiction of these officers are
entirely dissimilar. While the mayor
of the city is merely a presiding
officer, the county judge has absolute
control of the policy of the county,
The mayor cannot be blamed nor
praised for what the council does
His duties are to preside and to de
cide joints of order. He has no
vote, except in case of a tie. It is
true he may advise, and a good
mayor will never hesitate to express
his views whenever any matter of
moment is being discussed. On the
contrary the power of the county
judge is almost autocratic.
Robt. Mays had the' misfortune to
be mayor during the hardest blow
the city has ever undergone. The
great fire of 1892 swept away the
greater part of the city below the
bluff. A million dollar loss resulted.
The fire was so great the spirit of
" incendiarism was evoked, and shortly
after other fires were started, but
were fortunately checked. The city
was full of lawless and vicious char
acters and martial law had to be re
sorted to.
: Previous to the fire the city ex
penditures were running long about
evenly with the receipts. Every
dollar of city tax and license was
needed for running expenses. After
the fire there was a great emergency
to be met. There were the burned
crosswalks to be rebuilt, water pipes
to be replaced, salary of special
police to be paid, the entire reconstruc
tion of the fire department, etc., al
together about a $16,000 loss to the
city; With the immense loss of tax
able property, depreciated values on
the remainder, and these tremendous
losses piled on top of all, it would be
"Cleveland intends to get himself
nominated again," said a New York
business man who went to Washing
ton this week especially to find out
Mr. Cleveland's intentions, "and he
is going to' get up a war scare, per
haps an actual war, in order to help
his chances of election, which, strange
to say, he thinks are already good."
The publication of the name of the
man who used this language would
create a big sensation, but it was
only upon a pledge that it would
not be done that the man to whom
he lalked repeated it to a Washing
ton correspondent. There is plenty
of evidence in sight indicating that
the man correctly stated Mr. Cleve
land's irtentions. The activity of
the administration agents in fighting
the silver democrats is known to be
personally directed by Mr. Cleve
land, and recent movements in con
nection with Cuban affairs are sig
nificant. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee never
would have been sent to Cuba as
consul general if he had only been
expected to perform the ordinary
duties of that position; duties for
which he is entirely unfitted, not
only by lack of business experience,
but becajse he can neither sprak
nor read the Spanish language.
Just what his part of the game is to
be is not yet apparent, but it may be
set down as certain that he has a
part, an important part, to play. So
too, with the strong squadron of
war-ships which the administration
has been gathering in Hampton
Roads for many months. These
vessels are, it is believed, gathered for
a purpose. It will be remembered
that the Spanish minister cabled to
his government several months ago
that Mr. Cleveland had promised to
keep hi3 hands off the Cuban revo
lution untilJune. It looks like that
promise was going to be kept. After
June the Democratic convention will
be held. Then Mr. Cleveland will
know whether that war scare will be
worth while.
A COMPARISON.
Hon. Chas. H. Grosvenor of Ohio,
in a recent speech iu congress, gave
utterance to an acknowledged . fact
in the most forcible way. As though
addre.siug the Democratic party, he
said:
"And you heve gone on, with the
treasury bankrupt. You have bor
rowed $262,000,000 upon the bonds
of the government. You ore at
tempting to put yourselves in con
trast with a Republican administra
tion that paid $250,000,000 of the
national debt in four years, that left
the treasury solvent and plethoric.
You stand here today confessedly
borrowing 262,000,000 and trembl
ing as each telegraphic report comes
from the murkets in New York lest!
that money you have borrowed un
der the pretense of upholding the
redemption fund.shal! be again drift
ins, under Democratic administra
tion, across the water into the banks
of London, Germany and France
And you stand up here and attempt
to criticise the administration of the
Republican part'."
'frank Stloe Convicted.
..Frauk Stice, who was convicted of as
sault with a dangerous weapon, was on
Monday last sentenced to serve two
years in the penitentiary. In passing
sentence Judge Bradshaw took occasion
to give soiue very appropriate advice,
and calling attention to his having been
before the court on a criminal charge
some years ago for which he was then
convicted, and at wh'ch time the court
informed him that unless he reformed
he would land in the penitentiary, he
then proceeded to inform bim that he
was now on a plain road to the gallows.
It was remarked by some that the lec
turing given Stice by the court was
ecjual toa year's confinement in prison.
Mitchell Monitor.
Faults Aboit i;Httrn Oregon Horses.
With an entirely new delegation
in congress, there would be no hope
that Oregon would stand third
among all the states in the amount of
appropriations carried by the river
1 and harbor bill. There would be no
likelihood that she would ttand tenth
or even twentieth. According to
the census of 1890 she ranked thirty
eighth or thirty-ninth in population,
and there is no reason to believe that
she would stand higher than thirty
eighth or thirty-ninth in the appro
priations which would --be made for
her benefit and the benefit of her
people. The measure of her influ
ence in the lower branch of congress
would be on an exact ratio with her
population with two new men as her
representatives; m the senate her
position would not be much better.
Mr. L. II. Adams, who has been at
Goldendale und in Wasco county for a
few days buying horses for the Omnibus
Transfer Co. in Portland, left this after
noon for that city. He purchased a
carload, ten head of which he secured iu
Goldendale. -
Mr. Adams is somewhat disgusted
with Eastern Oregon horses on account
of the blemishes upon them made by
wire fences. He says that eighty of a
hundred horses have been cut with
wires, sufficient to gaeatly lessen their
value. He finds no fault with their qual
ity. They are heavy enough and well
built, but nearly every good-looking
horee that he finds, particularly in Uma
tilla county and the Grande Ronde, has
been cut about the legs, and its value
lessened thereby. Owners of horses are
also negligent in attending to an injured
horse. Oftentimes an injury could be
repaired by proper attention at the time.
AT
The Remarkable Vitality of
an Aged Californian.
Stands To-day Unscathed by Disease How He
Conquered Rheumatism His Story will
Interest and Benefit all Old
Folks.
Spraying; Apple Trees.
THE EVIDENCE.
It is a very easy matter to estab
lish the fact that in 1892 county
warrants sold at par, because in 1892
they sold at par. Following are a
few instances, hastily gathered.
Iany others are available if there
existed any necessity for publishing
them.
Dr. Logan produced three checks,
all paying face value for 1892 scrip.
One is for $475 from T. A. AVard,
one for $500 from J. B. Crossen,
and one for $250 from Geo. C.
Blakeley.
Mr. J. B. Condon bought scrip of
T. J. Driver in May, 1892, piying
for $2,000 worth the par value. The
scrip was issued to Mr. Driver for
building the Tygh Valley road. Mr.
Condon has the check in his posses
sion yet.
Mr. T. A. Ward, who assumed
office at the same time Judge Blake
ley did, says that 1892 scrip sold read
ily at par. He is corroborated by
Mr. Wm. VanBibber, a heavy scrip
buyer, Mr. Emil Schanno, Mr. Geo,
Rucb, county treasurer tit that time,
and Mr. T. A. Hudson.
In 1892 Sheriff Cates sold .to
Francis Crossen of this city $700
worth or county warrants at lace
value.
There is no advantage in multi
plying these instances. , Enough are
shown to establish .the fact that
county warrants brought par value
in 1892. Indeed there is no reason
why warrants should sell for more
today ' than in 1892. The county
debt is about the same, and will be
redeemed in presumably about the
same length of time as 1892 war
rants were.
The future would have to be pro
lific of surprises to brin defeat to
McKinley, either at St. Louis or at
the polls in November, says the Spo
kane Review. It needs to be re
membered, though, that when 10,-000,000-American
voters' march to
the polls, surprise is always an ele
ment to le considered. If both the
Republican and Democratic national
conventions should declare for the
gold standard, the gold vote would
be divided, and it would be among
the range of possibilities for the bolt
ing Democrats, the Populists and
the disaffected Republicans of the
West to come together in the for
mation of a new party. If this
were done, while the indications
would point strongly toward Mc-
Kinley's election, there would still
remain an clement of doubt, which
would make the contest extremely
interesting and exciting.
The beet time to spray apple trees is
just after the blossoms fall, and while
the blossom end of the young apple
stands up. The sprav of poison then
falls into the blossom end of the apple
where the miller lays its egg, and when
the egg hatches and the worm goes to
feeding on the fruit it gets a dose ot
poison with the first mouthful, and that
kills it and saves the fruit. That is the
whole secret of the success of spraying.
The poison generally used is the com
mon dilution of Paris green and a little
Bordeaux mixture, wed stirred in with
it will make the poison adhere better
and not be washed off soon bv rains. It
Is also the best thing there is for fungus
growth. There is not much use of try
ing to raise fruit now without spraying,
ns the bugs are almost certain to kill it.
Often one spraying will accomplish the
n ork, but if rains wash it off it is better
to spray two or three times.
From the Examiner, San Francisco, OaL
There is at least one happy man in San
Francisco to-day one man who can enjoy,
despite the fact of his being sixty years of
age and of corpulent build, the full and free
use of all the powers of mind and body,
James Keenan is a prominent liquor
dealer at 256 Brannan Street, and it is he
who is now lauding those who have restored
him from a bed of pain to his former youth
ful activity. Mr. Keenan had, to within a
year ago, been blessed with the enjoyment
of almost perfect health. He had never
known what it was to be confined for weeks
at a time upon a couch of painful disease,
nor even to lose the vigorous action of mind
or limb which had enabled him, through the
many years of his business life, to perform
his daily tasks unaided and unadvised.
It was a year ago that Mr. Keenan first
suffered the hand of disease to take hold
upon him. At that time he was stricken
down by an aggravated attack of rheuma
tism, which robbed him of the use of his
lower limbs and of both his hands. For
fully six weeks he lay on his couch, a help
less victim of the dread disease, and all the
time he suffered intense pain in the affected
portions of his body. He could not move
himself upon his bed', and all that he ate
had to be fed to him by those in attendance.
He had about despaired of ever gaining re
lease from the clutches of the frightful dis
ease, when one morning his attention was
drawn to an advertisement in a moraine
paper, of a remedy for rheumatism. The
story of what succeeded this casual glance at
a medicine advertisement can best be told in
the words of Mr. Keenan himself, who
when asked for an explanation of his seem
ingly miraculous cure, gave the following
account :
" It seemed to me thi after all the weeks
of terrible suffering that I had endured there
could not possibly be a relief. I had no
faith in patent medicines, and when I saw
in a paper the advertisement of Williams'
Pink Pills I was induced to try them only
in sheer desperation. I did not feel any re-
l be
Four years ago, at the time of the trouble
between the United States and Chili, as a
result of the killing of the sailors of the U.
S. S. Baltimore, in the streets of a Chilian
city, many Americans were obliged to leave
the country for safety. Amonp them was
W. M. Lugg, the private detective and col
lector, whose office is in the Crocker Build
ing, San Francisco, Cal.
When Mr. Lugg left Chili he went across
the mountains into Argentine, travelling on
muleback.
Mr. Lugg says that the trip is a delightful
one in point of beautiful scenery and perfect
weather, but many people dislike to under-
uikb iv on account ot tne unnealthtul stag
nant water which they are compelled to
drink alone the wav. Manv Mmma
been stricken down with disease from hav
ing drank of it, and in a number of case
the attacks have proven fatal. The native
Chilians drink the water without ininrr &
their systems, but it has a bad effect upon
those who are not used to it.
I fell a victim to the injurious Qualities
of the water," said Mr. Lugg. " It affected
my kidneys to an alarming degree. When
I got over into Argentine I thought the trou
ble would gradually leave me, but instead
lief until '.
the pills, but
Ihe Crop Outlook.
fior Kent
A small barn, .on the bluff, with room
for four horses and wagon. Also one or
two furnished rooms with or without
board. Inquire at this office. m6-lw
James Gordon Bennett is consid
erably annoyed because the Ameri
can people demand the nomination
of Hon. Wm. McKinley for presi
dent and a restoration of the policy
of protection. This is not at all sur
prising. Mr. James Gordon Bennett
bates the United States and won't
even live in the country. This is no
loss, to be sure. But when he cables
his un-American views from Paris,
to be published in the un-American
New York Herald, nobody should be
deceived by the idea that they rep
resent American views.
When old Cornelius Vanderbilt
used to yell "tickets" to the passen
gers on his rickety, water logged old
ferry-boat on East river, he little
dreamed that his great-granddaughter
wuld rival all the princesses of
the house of Victoria on the occasion
of the May receptions of the queen
Consuelo is now Duchess of Marl
borough and has forgotten all about
her grand-dad's little ferry-boat.
--i Nearly a month has elapsed since
congress did justice to Cuba, but
still Cleveland makes no sign. This
man, who is more foreign than
American, has no sympathy for peo
pie who are fighting for independ
ence and right. The Cubans, how
ever, are still victorious and the
little band is standing off the hordes
of Spain witn wonderful skill.
Subscribe for The Chboniclb .and get
the news.
The bulletin of May 11th, issued by
the climate and crop et rvice says that
the first ripe Oregon strawberries are
reported from Hood River on the 9th
inst., a few ripe ones having been gath
ered on tnat.date. .Last year ripe
strawberries were reported in the bulle
tin of Mav 5th. so that it is seen that
there is little difference iu the two years
as regards, at least, this one product.
Reports from Hood River indicate that
the weather has been favorable to fruit,
including berries. The fruit prospects
are good. The weather has affected the
fruit but little, except to retard it. The
weather has been very favorable to the
grain crop; the wheat has etooled well
and is well rooted. Range grass is im
proving, and cattle are reported to be in
good condition. Sbeepehearing con
tinues.
The' condition at present gives hope
for clearing and fair warmer weather,
and if so the most unprecedented period
of cloudy, rainy weather on record will
close.
egan taking the second box of
then the pain began gradually
to leave me, my appetite Decame better, and
I could sleep soundly throughout the night
without experiencing any of the jerking
pains that had before kept me awake. I
continued to take the pills and it was only a
short time until the rheumatism had entirely
left my hands, and I had so fur recovered the
Use of my legs as to be able to walk about
the house without assistance, in about two
weeks more I was entirely free from the dis
ease, but I took two more boxes of the pills
as a precaution against a return of the rheu
matism. From the time that the last trace
of the disease left me I have not felt the least
sign of its return, and I can truthfully say
that I now enjoy as free use of my limbs as
ever 1 aid Delore tne rheumatism attacked
me.
"I have taken the pains to recommend
Williams' Pink Pills to a number of my
friends who are suffering from rheumatism.
I think I know of no other remedy that will
afford such quick and permanent relief from
rheumatism as do Williams' Pink Pills, and
I only hope that many others may be brought
to see and feel the high curative powers that
the pills possess."
The following case was also called to the
attention of the Examiner, shortly after the
publication of the above, and is given ire
vouched for by that great paper.
of that it grew more aggravated and I suf
fered terribly from pains in the region of my
kidneys. I was en route to Chicago and I
determined to reach my destination before
the complaint should grow so serious as to
confine me to my bed. Upon reaching
Chicago I at once consulted a physician, wh
told me my kidneys had been affected by
drinking polluted water. He treated me for
some time for that complaint, but I grew
steadily worse and new ailments were added
to my already serious condition. I began to
have neuralgic pains in my head, my spine
was affected with shooting pains and I had
no control over the urinary organs. It waa
next to impossible for me to get any sleep.
I lay awake many a night sufieringthe most
intense pains, and the physician unable to
relieve them.
" But relief came at last. One day one ot
my friends came to my room and handed me
a box of Williams' Pink Pills. Of course I
laughed at him for daring to think that any
patent medicine could aid me when my
physician had failed. I took the pills, how
ever, to oblige my friend more than for any
faith I had in them, and I was treated to the
most joyous surprise of my life when I real
ized that I was being relieved of my pains.
First the peculiar pains along my spine
ceased, and then my neuralgic trouble be
gan to grow less and finally left me entirely.
It took a good while to improve the con
dition of my kidneys, but after I had taken
a number of boxes of the pills I knew that
they had done their work successfully, for
then I had regained control of the urinary
organs and the action of my kidneys waa
strong and steady.
" When I thought I was out of all danger
I quit taking the pills. The relief they had
afforded was permanent, however, and I
have never since felt a recurrence of the
complaints. I hardly know how to praise
Williams' Pink Pills as they should be
praised. They certainly are a wonderful
preparation. I have recommended them to -a
number of my friends who were suffering
from kidney complaints, and they have all
been benefited by their use."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the publie as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from a watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will b
sent post paid on receipt of price 50 cents
box. or six boxes for S2.50 Tther are nevea
sold in bulk of by the 100) by addreasini
Dr. WiU'ams' Medicine Company, Scheneo
tady, N. Y.
Co).
When yon giant to bay
Seed Wheat, Feed Wheat,
Rolled Barley, Whole Barley,
Oats, Rye, Bran, Shorts,
Or anything n the Feed Line, go to the
WASCO : WAREHOUSE.
Our prices are low and our goods are first-class.
. Agents for the celebrated WAISTBURG "PEFRLESS" FLOUR.
Highest cash price paid for WHEAT, OATS and BARLEY.
Farm Implements and Carriages at Hard-time Prices
Times aro too hard to pay a profit to both jobber and dealer. We buy our
Implements and Carriages direct from the manufacturers, ship them out to the
Coast in carloads, and iu this wav eet the benefit of the lowest freight rates and
Do vou doubt that hundreds of such cases I hnv on r poods at the lnwpst nrii-a In thin wnv w are enabled to inn Ith vnn
reported to us as cured by " Golden Med- Drices that cannot be beat by an v other dealer. We give you below a few of our
dadandfeSdalfr8 YounS y"ce3' frm JV". ' " Wl" rU
our word for it. They have, in nearly every come a nd see us be6re bny.ne. ...,,
instance, been so pronounced by the best We 8e'l tne celebrated Bradley Plows; they are etrietlv first-class, new and
and most experienced home physicians, fresh from the factory, and of the "latest patterns. Bradley Chilled D10, 10-inch
who have no interest whatever in mis- Plow, $7.25; D29, 12-inch Plow, $8.75; D40, 14-inch Plo, $9.50; all with extra
representinir them, and who were often sham. Rradlev Dnnhln Shin Kr.nl Plrw. lft-innli. 41(1 12 im-h. til .fill ? 14 irwh
fViden Mcdi?alWDbco, "h, tfB.60; 7-inch Garden Plows (steel), with extra share, $5.50; 8
but who have been forced to confess that mcQ -ou- . . c . . tt en n
it surpasses, in curative power over this Three-section Wood Harrows, $11; 2-eection Scotch Harrows, $3.50. Two
fatal malady, all other medicines with section Wood Harrows with lever, $15. Disc Harrows, 8U -foot cut, 20-inch discs,
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod- $4o; smaller ones in proportion.
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions" and Ricine Top Buggies, medium grade, $75; best grade, $100. Racine Hacks
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these from 75 t0 120 for the best Hack made.
ITor had oStXSt & . ' We a,so ca"y a fu,ine ( Backboard., Road Wagons, Carts, Bicycles, etc.,
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey. and can save you money if yov will write us.
and various preparations of the hypophos- we are sole agents lor tne Celebrated UL.D HHJ1S.UKX J) arm wagons ior
phites had also been faithfully tried in vain. Wasco, Sherman, Crook and Klickitat counties.
The photographs of a large number of Our Bradiey 12-inch Gang we offer with rolling coulters, riding attachment
those cured of consumption, bronchitis, and four-horse eveners. all complete for $65.
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal In addition to above we carry the largest line of Shelf Hardware, Tinware,
catarrh and kindred maladies, have been oi- r...i.j w. t o. i tt c r n i a
Pas whichPwm be mailed tou, L rS ' Eastern Oregon and we are out for the trade in these lines, and propose to
ceipt of address and six cents in stamps, nave it if prices will get it. Come and see ue Terms are strictly cash. W e are
Yon can then write those cured and learn elling too close to give long time.
Address for Book, World's Dispensaut 31,32115 S C&OTJIT32a
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
of all cases of consumption can, if taken In
the earlier stages of the disease, be cured.
This may seem like a bold assertion to
those familiar only with the means gener
ally in use for its treatment : as. nasty cod-
liver oil and its filthy emulsions, extract
of malt, whiskey, different preparations of
nypopaospniics ana suca iikc yuiizuuves.
Although by many believed to be incura
ble, there is the evidence of hundreds of
living witnesses to the fact that, in all its
earlier stages, consumption is a curable
disease. Not every case, but a larve ter-
centage of cases, and we believe, fully 98
percent, are cure a Dy ur. tierce's uoiaen
Medical Discovery, even after the disease
has progressed so far as to induce repeated
bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering
cough with copious expectoration (includ
iner tubercular matter), trreat loss of flesh
and extreme emaciation and weakness.