THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1896.
The Weekly Ghronicle
NOTICK.
Ail eastern foreign advertisers are
referred to oar representative, Mr. b
Katz, 230 234 Temple Court, New York
City. Eastern advertising mnst De con
traded through him. ;
8TATK OFFICIALS.
Sjrernor...... '. W. P. Lord
Secretary oj State , HE Kincaid
Treasurer . Phillip Metsckan
Bapt. of rnoue instruction u. si. irwiu
Attornev-General C. M. Idleman
. IG. W. McBride
' J. H. Mitchell
r (B Hermann
juugremjucu. w t E,Ilg
State Printer W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
C-mntv indue. ." Robt. Maya
8'ierifif. T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Xelrniv
Treasurer i. rmuips
Commissioners n. B. Kimsev
Assessor . : W. H. Whipple
Surveyor H- ''
eaperfntendent of Public Schools... C. L. Gilbert
THE CASCADE RESERVATION.
Oregon has one of the largest
forest reserves in the world, or to
put it more, perhaps, in strict ac
cordance with the truth, one of the
largest and finest forest reserves in
the world has Oregon. The state is
cut in two from north to south by a
reservation, made presumably for
the purpose of protecting the timber,
and from twenty to sixty miles in
width. While much of the area con
tained within its lines is of little or
no value, except for its timber, there
is much that is of the very best or
chard lands in the state. This is
notably true of Hood river valley,
where about, three townships of the
very finest orchard lands are . kept
barren and useless when they would
furnish homes for a multitude of
people. Another feature in this
particular case is that the land so
withheld from settlement is of no
value whatever for timber, being
most of it covered with scrub oak,
undergrowth,- or scattering firs of no
commercial value. That the same
conditions exist along each slope of
the Cascades is also true.
If the reservation did any good
whatever, this hardship and the ad
ditional one of the mountains being
closed to pasturage in the summer,
might be in a degree palliated, but
it does no good. Here is a tract of
land 300 miles long and an average
of thirty miles wide, from which the
settler, in search of a home, and the
stockuian, in search of feed for his
flocks, is debarred. It is open only
ror tno sportsman, l ne reserve was
created theoretically to protect the
timber theteon from destiucticn by
fire, yet the source from which the
greatest number of tires start, that of
the careless camper, is not interfered
with. Besides this the boundaries
are not defined so that they may be
seen, and stockmen must herd their
flocks near the edge of the reserve at
their peril. .
The goverment set aside the lands,
and in doing so worked a great in
jury to the state by virtually reduc
ing its area. Nearly ten per cent of
the entire area of the state is with
drawn from settlement for an iudefin
ite period. No one has been placed
in charge of It; at least no one whom
the public may look to for informa
tion concerning its boundaries, or the
rules or regulai ions, if any, the de
partment has made for its govern
ment. It is no one's business to look
after it, unless the special agent, who,
we understand, has some authoriry
over it, can be considered as a sort
of superintendent. His principal
business seems to be the prosecution
. of stockmen, and nothing is done
towards preventing fires, which are
just as numerous since the reserva
tion was made as before. If it has
to be maintained the government
should at least take some steps for
the .preservation of the timber and
make some show of. trying to carry
out the declared intent in creating
it.
We understand an attempt will be
made at this session of congress to
Have the , area' largely reduced , by
making a leservation around -Mt.
Hood, one ' around the Sisters, and
perhaps one or two others, and throw
ing the balance open to settlement!
It is a good move, and we hope it
will be successful. -. .
prove the Dingley tariff bill so as to
provide sufficient revenue to run the
government until a general tariff bill
is passed.. The Dingley bill is' an
emergency hill, and . expires accord
ing to its own terms August 1, .1898.
Its principal features are putting a:
dirty equal to six-tenths of the Mc
Kinley duties on wool, and adds the
same amount to the tariff on woolen
goods. It does the same thing for
lumber of all kinds.
it does him reverence as the bulwark
of our financial honor. -
When he becomes ex-president
and his biography' is to be written,
he may well exclaim, ."Save me from
my friends!' and ask that his history
be written by his political enemies.
TIME TO INTERFERE.
It is understood President-elect
McKinley desires to have the senate
pass and President Cleveland ap-
The United States has been more
than fair to Spain in the matter of
Cuba. It has been almost cowardly
in the extent of its inactivity. With
Spain's fight with its rebellious sub
jects we have but little to do, and
not much that we can give except
sympathy. With the enforcing of
the neutrality laws and the policing
of the coast, not only of Florida, but
of Cuba, we have done all that one
friendly government may do for an
other towards keeping its citizens
from in any manner asking or giving
comfott to those at war with that
other government. ,
How have our actions, oeen re
ceived? and in what spirit have
they been met? Let the records of
Moro castle answer, and the Ameri
can citizens confined in Spanish dun
geons speak! Friendship ceases to
be a virtue under such circumstances,
and if the butcher, Weyler, and the
high-toned assassins, who run the
affairs of Spain are not amenable to
kind treatment, it becomes necessary
to adopt some other system. Spain
never did understand any law out
the law of force, or admit any rights
except those backed by the ability to
enforce them. We have thrown
grass at tier long enougn, and it is
high time to use a few locks. It is
time to turn the management of
American affairs in Cuba over to
some or our naval omcers. mey,
better than any others, know how to
deal with the matter of protecting
United States citizen?.
A notice to produce such Ameri
can citizens as now suffer in Spanish
prisons, delivered by the commander
of a war vessel, has the elements in
it, or behind it, that compel prompt,
if not gracious, response. If this is
a government capable of protecting
its citizens, it is time to convince
them of the fact by doing it. It is
time to protect our own people in
stead of spending our money to pro
tect Spain. If we cannot do this
our citizens in foreign lands should
return to their homes here, where
they may be safe under the protect
ing care of our justice courts, or re
nounce their allegiance and become
citizens of the Transvaal. President
Kruger. knows how to protect his
people.
WE HAVE THE COAL.
is a good registration law that will
prevent absolutely colonization and
repeating. A law that wm give
every citizen aoie, and have that
vote counted, is all that is needed.
and a registration law will do this,
because it prevents colonization, and
the killing of legal votes by illegal
ones.
7
Besides .the immense stock interests-
of this section, interests that
produce for shipment annually 25,
000 head of cattle, 200,000 sheep,
and 8,000,000 pounds of wool; be
sides these and the 2,000,000 bushels
of wheal shipped from Wasco and
Sherman ' counties, 'the immense
amount of fruit, and the great yield
of salmon that keeps four canneries
running during the season, there is
undoubtedly stored up in the ground
right here in the vicinity of our city
untold treasures in the shape of
coal. , Borings made in the city for
water have passed through a broken
vein of coal of good quality at a
depth of from 50 to 70 feet, but so
far no effort has been made to pros
pect the discovery.
We have called attention to the
matter several times, and are glad to
state that there is a prospect ot the
means being" raised to examine into
it. The coal measures are the very
best, consisting of conglomerates and
sand shales, and if we have not a
good paying 'vein' of coal here, all
indications lie. " The opening of a
good vein of coal here means the
immediate doubling of business,
property values and population.
We urge those having the matter in
charge to bend every effort to the ac
complishmert of the work, so that by
spring we may announce to the
world that Nature has denied ns
nothing. ' -
We have the finest fruit lands, the
most valuable fisheries, fine wheat
lands, and the mighty (slopes of the,
Cascades furnish the stockmen with
ideal ranges. , The surface of the'
earth and the bosom of the river
yield immense products; and surely
after everj'tbing else , Nature never
forgot to put the black diamonds
down under the sand shales to- com
plete the perfection of her works. 1
I While Weyler was out looking for
r 1a i u : i . . .
to find him, that clever general, just
to show the world that he was not
liable to be ' starved out in the
mountains, made an attack on the
suburbs of Havana, and killed over
300 Spanish troops in the attack.
Weyler looking for Alaceo is much
like cur ever-present hobo looking
for work.
- In suggesting economical measures
for the consideration of the next
legislature, nearly every newspaper
in the state has expressed a desire to
see the railroad commission abol
ished. We have but httje knowl
edge as to its usefulness, but we
know people here who insist it is
better than nothing.
An enthusiastic
Oregonian heads
Blessed Chinook !"
not have had
reporter on the
a local, "Hail,
Portland may
yet, but up
this way we have had all the hail . we
want. Our most urgent desire is
that the blessed chinook reign.
enough
The indications are that congress
will take some action concerning
Cuba. The members of the senate
are nearly all in favor of recognizin
her independence, and of compelling
Spain to conduct her warfare in
civilized manner.
Presidential Coincidence.
- The following are coincidences notice
able in contemplating the names and
lives of the first seven presidents of the
United . States Washington, . John
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, , Monroe,
JohD Qnincy Adams and Jackson.
First Four of the seven were from
the same state, Virginia.
Second Two, others, . bearing the
same name, were from the same state.
Third The last of the seven, being
particularly tenacious of his opinions and
ways, came very properly from Tennes
see. . (Jackson.) ; .
Fourth All of them, save one, were
66 years old on retiring from office.
Fifth All of the last-mentioned served
two terms.
Sixth The one who served one term
only, bad he served two terms, would
nave Deen be years old upon retiring
from office.
Seventh Three of the seven died on
the 4th day ot Ja'y and two of them on
the same day in the same year. .
Eighth One only of the seven had
a son and that eon was one of the
seven presidents.
Ninth Two of them were on the sub
committee of three that drafted the
road in the United States the Pennsyl
vania which has always pareaed this
policy, and its officials are able to boast
that if it had nothing bat its local traffic
to handle, it wonld still earn handsome
dividends. The Western country is not
yet sufficiently advanced to give imme
diate promise of such a result ; bat that
only serves to emphasize the importance
of using all possible means to stimulate
local trade and production. Every new
industry that is started, or every present
one that is fostered, on the line of a rail
road means a permanent addition to the
kind of traffic that is in the long run
most renumerate. It Is all very well to
struggle for the through business that
roust be divided among a n amber of
roads, bat the local business, after all, is
best worth getting, beuauso it represents
profits that do not have to be divided.
and that are not contingent npon any of
the various circumstances that govern
the other kind of traffic St. Louis
G lobe-Democrat.
Advertised Letters.
Brown. John
Campbelll, J H
Campbell, W H
Donobue, D Mrs
Emerson, C VV (2)
Eastabrook, A P
Wej'ler has gone in pursuit of
Maceo again, having several mortal
blows concealed about' his person,
He will deal them to Maceo when he
gets the next shuffle. 11
lavidson's Last Christmas at Drnm
tochty.
CLEVELAND IN HISTORY.
It is difficult to even guess what
position, will be given Grover Cleve
land in the history of the country,
No person has ever filled the presi
dential office about whom public
opinion has changed so much. At
the close of his. first administration
he was the idol of the Democratic
party, and though defeated for re
election, he had so firm a bold on
the party and was so esteemed by it,
that the nomination was given him
for the third time. Not only this,
but a large number of Republicans
bad become admirers of the man,
and . showed their pieferences at the
ballot box in a way that gave him
slates that before that time were
overwhelmingly Republican. But
mmediately on his taking his seat
the second time, his .course separated
him from his paaty and drew him
towards . the Republican party so
strongly that, at' this date Lis friends
are nearly all among the ranks of the
latter oarty. no president ever
went out of office so little regretted
by his followers as will Cleveland,
and none 80 highly esteemed by bis
political enemies.
Eight years have made wonderful
changes in the public sentiment tow
ards Cleveland, such changes that
he wculd be bold indeed who would
say what the future may do for him.
Eight years ago no Republican newspaper-bad
a kind word for him ; now
he is spoken of as a true and loyal
patriot. Eight years ago the Orego
nian usually spoke of him as a "Dem
ocratic hind quarter of beef;" today
At Portland Wednesday evening
Mrs. Jones, a partially demented
colored woman, attempted to com
mit suioide by driving -an ice pick
through her skull and five inches
into her brain. .She held the pick
against her head and drove it in
with a hatchet. It is remarkable
that she was able to stand up and
keep hammering the ice pick after it
had penetrated the brain at all, but
it is no more astonishing than the
statement made today that she will
probably recover. The case excites
some interest as to the woman's
mental condition should she recover.
The doctor's have expressed no opin
ion on that subject, but it strikes us
that she may have punctured the
seat of her mental unbalancing, and
if the Medicos do a good job of
plumbing, we .see no reason why it
would not be possible for her to re-
cover the use of what brain she has
left.
of
Arizona will again make applica
tion for statehood, and she makes a
pretty good showing too, with more
than $13,000,000 a year in mineral
products. Besides this she shipped
in the last eighteen months 597,876
neaa or cattle, tier- population is
large enough to entitle her to one
congressman under the apportion
ment now in force, and there seems
to be no good reason why she should
not be admitted. New Mexico will
probably also make application for
admis&ion into the Union, and it is
more than likely every territory ex
cept Alaska and Indian Territory
will be niade states daring McKinley's
administration.
Now that the election is over, the
prize-fighters and their doings are
again filling the big dailies, tve
suggest that their managers go down
to Cuba and take a few lessons in the
art of warfare. , That . is the only
place on earth where both sides are
invariably winners. -
Tan Maclaren in McClurc't Magazine Jar December.
His gifts, with a special message to
earn person, he sent by faithful messen
gers, and afterwards he went out through
the enow to make two visits. The first
was to blind . Marjorie, who was Free
Kirk, but to whom he had shown much
kindness al' her life. His talk with her
was usually of past days and country
affairs, seasoned with wholesome humor
to cheer her heart, but todny he fell into
another vein, to her great delight, an
they spoke of the dispensation
Providence. - ,
" 'Whom the Lord loveth, He chasten
etb, Marjorie, is a very instructive
scripture, and I was thinking of it last
night. You have had a long and hard
trial, but you have doubtless been
blessed, for if you have not seen out
ward things, you have seen the things
of i he soul." The doctor hesi
tated once or twice, as one who had not
long traveled thi road.
"You and I are about the same age,
Marjorie, and we must soon
depart. My life was very pros
perous, but lately it has pleased the
Almighty to . cbasten me,
have, therefore, some hope also that I
may be one of His children."
"He was aye gade grain, the doctor,
Marjorie said to her friend, after he bad
left, "but he's bed a a onch o' tbe har
vest son, an' he's been ripening.'
Death of Minnie DeMoss.
A dispatch from Ashland yesterday
says:
"Mrs. Minnie De Moss Cochran, one
of the members of tbe celebrated De
Moss family of musicians of Oregon,
died at Wheatland, Calif., Tuesday,
from blood-poisoning, resulting from a
carbuncle on the face. Her body passed
northward on the evening train. It will
be buried at the family home in Sher
man county. The body was accompa
nied by members of the family, who
have canceled - their California engage
ments, and say they will retire from the
stage altogether. The deceased had
only been married two months, and was
27 years of age."
A Painful Accident.
The papers ot the state are almost
unanimous in tneir demand - for a
registration law. The Australian
ballot system is the most nearly per
fect of any ever devised; all it lacks
Mr. Hermann Augustus Heppner, a
prominent druggist and society young
man of Albina, met with a serious acci
dent on the ice a few days ago. - He is
an artistic and .very skillful skater, and
was engaged in a game of shinny. He
broke a good many shins, but finally it
came bis turn. In some way nis face
came in hasty contact with a tin can on
on tbe ice, and tbe face was very, much
disfigured. It was cut considerably un
der one of hiB eyes, and .he was other
wise bruised pp. He waa carrid to tbe
effice of Dr. Curtis Holcomb, wbo,.with
the assistance of several intimate friends,'
succeeded in dressing th .wound. Tele
gram. ' '- 1- , '- "
Save the wrappers 'Hoe Cake Soap
wrappers are worth a cent apiece. Ask
Pease & Mays for premium book. jly24-
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for Dec. 6, 1896. Persons call
ing for the same will give date on which
thev were &dvert!aari
Declaration of Independence, and these Agnew, Winheld S Allen, C A
two were the same two that died on the Arnel, A J . Abbott, Olive Miss
same day and year and on the anniver- Bolton, Rose B Baker, Lee
uacneneir, u uirs .Bunnell, J Mrs
and just a half century from the day of Cripps', William
iub declaration. . - uiark. Sadie Alias
Tenth The names of three of the Davis, D O
seven ended in "son," yet not one ' ' jig
tneee transmuted nis name to a son. I rbnm., U' Mi.. us.k..
Eleventh One difference, as respects I Fiiedley, A J Fell, M A F
tbe elder Adams and the vounger (not Friedlev, L E Miss Fox, John
worthy of note in any other connec- gn"ifi'd' J N Gibson, Wm D
tion) was that the latter sported a "Q" Koward.Frank Hall, 7 W
in his name, bal the elder a cue on his Hailburg, Aug ' Hauge, Knut
back, as an appendage to bis head- Heisler, William Jones, J T (2)
dress. ' : jonnson, A Mrs Kayser, u it
t it.u tu i t .i -Lone, iiamua Mies lietz, J a
Twelfth-The initials of two were the Lee. Frank Mtlntosh. Wm
same, ana mose oi two oiners were trie McManus, Cbas
same reversed. McMaeter, J N
Morey Frank E (2)
Council Meeting. . I Marback, A P
Smith, RT (3)
The regular meeting of the city conn- bmith, Fred G
cil was held in the council chamber with " ,,?nn' JO,n2 "
Mayor Menefee in the chair and Recor
der Phelps with the pencil. Councilmen
Johns, Thompson, Kuck and Clough
answered to roll call.
A petition from John Booth, asking
that tbe license on the skating rink be
reduced, waa read and after diecuesioo
was granted.
Tbe committee on the streets reported
Wood, J C
McRunnell. S Mra
Moore, M F
Mayer. Lue
yuinn, P 8
mitb, J E
Satercuhite. E Mrs
Vallett, M
Willis, Andy
Wood, Mary S Mrs
, A. Cbossen, P. M.
Trial Today in Condemnation Cnsa.
The bearing of the new trial granted
by Judge Bellinger, in tbe case of the
United States vs. Seufert Bros., to con
demn right of way for the proposed boat
railway around the dalles of tbe Colnm-
the letting of a contract to 8. N. Davis bia, will be begun in the United States
to erect twenty-five street lamps, and court this morninir. The case was tried
the contract for lighting same to James iagt Jne, and the jnry awarded Seufert
Harper. Bros, damases in the sum of 125.200.
The regular monthly reports of the Defendant, who claimed much more.
diilerent city officials were read and I mrAf f. . u ,r;ai .JTTnioi Kt.toa
placed on file. Warrants were ordered a ttornev Mumhv confessed the motion.
arawniorine salaries oi tne ainerent M th8 government wanted a new tria
""'' """"'"IS .ijiii irnt I ,rnr aa mnnh as Kanfort Km, A nn
presented ana ordered paia: trial was also granted in a similar case
f i Burnnam, laoor I 7o
r-: i i.t.A. o ah
'""' ' ..r-tui til nm i).m. Ti..
J T Peters & Co, mdse 4 3o " t . "
E J Collins & Co. mdse 1 25 &!J?rnmint. JDl?v.ed 1?F -? .newL'
Maier & Benton, mdse 1 90
M T Nolan, mdse 2 60
Dalles Lumber Co, mdse 2 80
P f iSurtiair, labor 75
C V Camplain, labor 112
Oabes & Stringer, hauling 3 50
Chas Bo rgett, labor 25
Electric Light Uo, lights 29 15
Dalles Lumber Co, hauling. 5 30
Stevens Bros, hauling, $3.50, al-.
lowed 2 50
City Water Works 32 00
trial was granted, and will be com
menced in the United States court next
Monday.
Officers Elected.
Thefollowiug officers were elected last
evening by the United Artisans: T. A.
Hudson, P.M. A.; N. Whealdon, M.
A. ; Simeon Bolton, Supt. ; Rev. J. H.
Wood, Inspector; D. H. Roberts, See.;
On motion of S. S. Johns, the recorder W. G. Kerns, Treas. : Mrs. W. L.
was instructed to draw warrant lor I Whealdon, 8r. Con.; - Dr. 8. a. trailer.
claims of S. N. Davis as soon as his con-1 M. C. ; Mrs. Rosa Bolton, Jr. Con. ; H.
tract was finished. Readel, Warder; Mrs. L. Frailer,
Motion by S. S. Johns that the rejected I Instrnct. ; Mrs. Varney, Organist.
city hose be placed for service on the
hill, waa referred to the committee on
tire and water. On Harnrrlnv nia-ht the Salvation irmr
lhe council then adjurned to meet at I w:m j,ave a decidedly novel meeting, un-
8 O'clock on the 10th Inst, to COnBlder a I -w th nam "Hallalniah mnmnal
proposition tnat is to De made petween ... . , nntAtm
Something1 JCntlrelj Mew.
now and then
Company.
by the Electric Light
Ballroads and Their Patrons.
It is announced that one of the lead
ing western railroads baa decided to es
tablish an industrial department, which
will lend practical aid to all legitimate
enterprises in tbe territory along its
line, and adjust freight rates for the
purpose of fostering industries and pro
moting the development of the country.
This ia not a strictly pbanthropic propo
sition, of coarse. . The road expects to
profit by it in the way of increased local
duetts and trios, accompanied by auto-
harps, guitars, violin and mandolin.
There will be no admission at the door.
but everyone ia invited to remain and
partake of coffee and cake at 10 cents,
after the meeting. -
More Hoperul Today.
A telegram was received by Mr. J. T.
Peters from Agent Allow ay, of the D. P.
k A. N. Co., dated at the Cascades yes
terday afternoon. It stated that two of
tbe crew from the Dalles City had
reached that point and spoke rather
business,' which must naturally follow more hopefully of the boat's condition.
tbe increased prosperity of the people He also ordered a bill of lumber sent to
thus assisted. It is a new policy, how- Wveth, but since ordered to tbe Cas-
ever, so far as the West is concerned, cades, and stated that an attempt would
and the results will be awaited with a be made to repair tbe damages and float
good deal of interest. The western lines the boat to the Cascades.
are cenerailv ODerated with principal
f. t fk thn.h ,ffi Pr. ' " ThU Ia Tour Opportnnlty.
, . On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps.
naps mis is in some oegree a neceaBn-y, m generoUB wiu mailed of the
between tbe through traffic and. tbe
local traffic is considered; but itcei
taihly tends to retard and discourage the
development of the territory through
which a road passes by subordinating
the interests of small communities to a
echenie that takea account mostly- of the
competition for the large amounts of
freight, that are transported for long
distances'.' . - , ,' .
There is reason to believe that these
roads might greatly increase their local
traffic and"make-it in time worth- more'
ihan the through traffic.
most DODular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
fElv's Cream Balm) snffioient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy. -
ELY BROTHERS,
66 Warren St, New York City.
Rov. JohnReid. Jr.. of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. 1
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed.
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont
Elf's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no meroury
nor any injurious drug. Prioe, 60 oents.
Do not fail to call on Dr. Lannerberg,
The. English the eye specialist, and have your eyes
roads are operated with a view to build-1 examined free of charge. If you suffer
ing up business at all points that ' they with headache or nervousness you an-
tnnoh. and thev find it nrofitable to'cul- donbtedly Lave imperfect vision that, if
tlvftta friendlv relations with all aorta of corrected, will benefit you for life.
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local enterprise. There ia at least one Office in the Yogt block.