THE DALLES WEEKLY. CHRONICLE SATURDAY. JANUARY 23, 1897.
The Weekly Chronicle.
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referred to our representative, Mr. E.
Katz, 230-234 Temple Court, New York
City. Eastern advertising mast be con
tracted through htm.
8TATK OFFICIALS.
SjTernor...... 7.; Lo
Secretary of State HE Klncaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bapt. of Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
. ff.--unrl c. M. IdleHMD
IG. W. McBride
Draaiurs jj. H. MitcheU
(B Hermann
Congressmen. : W- K. Elu,
gtoto Printer.... W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS. .
Cointr Judge.-..: Bobt Mays
6-iW T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Kelay
Treasurer . ... C. 1- Phillips
, . ; (A. 8. Blowers
Com ml Mi oners jD. s. Klmsey
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor J. B;,V:oiI
Superintendent of Public Schools.'.. C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
THE SALMON QUESTION.
Senator Smith of Astoria has in
troduced a bill abolishing fish traps
and all other fixed appliances for
citching salmon. The bill provides
that the law shall not go into effect
until 1899. It also regulates the
length of leads traps and wheels may
use.
The bill ought not to pass, for the
reason that it is unjust. It pretends
to be made for the purpose of pro
tecting the salmon, but in reality it
is for the purpose of turning the
whole fishing tudustry over to the
fishermen of the lower river, and
should be entitled "A bill to prevent
persons catching salmon on the Co
lumbia river above Warrcndale," for
that is what it will do, and all it will
do.
It is claimed the fish-wheels catch
so manv salmon that the industry
will be ruined; but it-does not pro
vide for limiting the catch at the
mouth of the river. Astoria catches
all the salmon it can and all it can
can.
If protection of the salmon were
the real intention of the bill, it would
be only fair to place some limit on
the number of miles of net to be used
on the lower river. We of the upper
Columbia have made no complaint
against the methods of fishing fol
. lowed on the lowpr river. "We have
been content to take our chances on
what Astoria and the lower ri vcr leaves
vs. The same methods used on the
lower river for taking salmon cannot
be used here, .for conditions are en
tirely different. There the river has
a sand bottom and a moderate cur
rent, all well suited to drifting.
Ilere the bottom is rocky, the current
swift, and the stream filled with surg
iuz eddies. It would be as fair to
musician, ugly enough - to stop a
cluck. One . would think from his
looks that she ran away with him as
a penance for her marring for title.
And yet in speaking of .i:r husband
the other day she said vitli a pathos
that would move even :he heart of a
title-worshipping Amciican: "Yes,
he was a kind man ; but he was cold
and indifferent. I lenged to be with
my children, to nurse them, to sleep
with them, to make their lives a part
of mine; . but I was a princess and
could only see them occasionally. I
wanted love, and when I eloped I
simply exchanged title for love.".
And, again, when her lover wanted
to give a grand concert to show that
he was not-dependent on her money
for his support, she said, with fine
scorn : . "If a prince could marry me
for my ironey, and live on it, why
should a. Gvpsv be ashamed to
do so'?"- . '
Her life has been wrecked, just as
A MODERN BENEFACTOR.,
J. Pierreporrt Morgan, the eminent
Wall streey highwayman, who with
his gang recently elongated Uncle
Samuels leg some $8,000,000 worth,
is now being eulogized by the news
papers of the country as a philanthro
pist Recently he has donated $1,
000,000 to be used in building and
maintaining a lying in hospital in
New York.
The gift is undoubtedly generous,
the object certainly one beneficial to
humanity. It is perhaps the correct
mouth," and certainly the gift should
not be refused because the money
was obtained by disreputable means.
At the same time, we fail to see any
good and sufficient reason for hold'
ids Morgan up to the world as a
humanitarian. . -
Senator Stanford devoted .millions
itable institutions, too, and then have
millions left over for ourselves.
SUMPTUARY LAWS.
- Now that the theater hat has been
in some places sat down upon, as
weie, other, cranks are bobbing up
with laws to regulate humanity
clothing. - A Kansas woman wants
law passed forbidding the wearing of
corsets, regardless of the fact that
corsets ; are . great economizers,- re
stra'ntng the American waist. ' And
at the same time is it not beneficial to
. i : . . . T .71- . ft t. . uA I J
. . . ..thome? Another crank wants a tax
to the cause of education, but he
evry girl's life must be wrecked that robbed the government of the United
iaoniri in iha Tnntrimnnial mnrkot States out or money in his Central
Others have made the best of a bad acinc rauroaa manipulation, ana
levied on beards. This fellow is
barber, and evidentl' has designs on
the Populists. .
.' Sumptuary laws are always ridicu
lous, and the bowl about the theater
hat has gained a stentorian pitch by
what it has fed upon, the condemns
tion of the fiends who go but be
tween acts "to see a man," treading
on everybody's toes, and -straggliu
in after the curtain rises to the "dis
gust and annoyance of everybody
bargain; but Clara Ward was too laen o"v gave 40 per cent oi nis m- eisc; The theater hat is not a pleas
high strung to submit and td wear gotten gains to charity. It is true Mor- ant thing, but as far as we are con
her life away in company with a man S80 miSnt nave KePl a1 ine Plunaer cerned we prefer to look at the
she despised. She is an outcast so extorted irom tne governments ne artistic headgear of our fair sisters,
cially, but it Is an open question cessities, instead of giving up sixteen even though it cuts off, at times.
whether she is more of a sinner now per cent or it to cnanty. ine mag- v;ew of tue stage, than to be walked
nincence or tne gut causes us to tor- au over y tlie man wu0 goes out be
get the magnificence of the plunder tween acts to get a drink or smoke
obtained by the raid on the treasury. c;o-arette
If we carried the principle down
into smaller transactions, it would
show its true inwardness more forci
bly. feuppose, for instance, some
than when she was livirg in legalized
shame with her prince.
FOR A FORT AGE RAILWAY.
Speaker Davis sat quietly in his
chair while the Benson house organ
ized, and remained until after it ad
journed. In Tact he came near being
left in jeopardy, for all of his sup-
gone over to Benson
He was not recognized as a part of
the new house, and consequently re
mained in session, where he must
haye . stayed indefinitely if Riddell
had not kindly come in and ad-
Ilon. John Michell, senator from
this district, has introduced a bill in
the senate, providing for the con
struetion of a portage railway around Por de 8uould steal eight horses,
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u.t ; .:. -l wuu u ins unuie ue uuuuuneu uv mv-
I ; et v-;.,o hn.r,;t.i r- porters nad
this citv. .The hi I annronr ates '"S "uc t" "'J.,
tl95.000 for the work. The bill is a 8UPPose a bnrSlar should break into
good one, and ought to pass. ; It wiU one ?f our biinks and sw,Pe $20,000,
give a reduced rate on all shipments wonld Ms offeDSe be condoned and
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rf ito; rir.to .! tie ueiu uu as a iju uiic uenuiauLor u
. iu tn he gave $5,000 to the school fund?
the producers of Eastern Oregon
every year. We know .what the that the men . who lost the Lorses Work is progressing rapidly on
Regulator line did for The Dalle wou want the thief prosecuted, and the Astoria-Goble road, and it is ex
saving this section $150,000 a year, we feeI .uite certain that the. banker pected it will be completed the com
and this became rxssible!onlv through wno was roODea' wouia not IaJl 0,1 mg summer. Mr. Hammond has ar
the "building of the portage road at ine ourgtar s neob., to weep tears oi rived at Astoria, and will personally
the riir1pi ' gratuuae aown nis nonesi oacK, De- supervise tne construction. Astoria
The country to be benefited by 2aus Part ot the money had been has waited many years for a railroad
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the proposed road is immeasurably- oevotea to cnanty. Ana mere 3 ou and now mat sue is about to getfjit.
are. . , it is doubtful whether or not she
ay to fishermen of the lower river.
"You roust only catch salmon in fish
wheels," as to say to us, "You must
catch them ou'y in drift nets." Either
proposition is an absurdity.
The lower river has the best ot the
law now by long odds, and should be
satisfied. The fishing season is made
in reference to the run at Astoria.
It begins at the time the fish enter
the riyer, and it continues until
they cease to come in. Originally
the season ended August 1st, but a
few years ago a big run of chinook
was coming in at that date, and to
cover a recurrence of that event the
season was extended to August 10th,
ine Astorians nave, in .an averge
season, three weeks' or a month's
fishing before it begins here, and
they fish during the whole time the
salmon run. Here the wheels are
stopped August 10th, just when the
best run is on, and the fish that es
; cape the nets of the lower river in
July, nearly all pass the Cascades
after the' close of the season. We
realize the necessity of protecting
the salmon industry, but we certainly
object to that form of protection
that turns the whole business over to
the lower river. ,
WHICH ' WAS THE SINt
The story of the American girl,
Clara Waid, who was sold to Prince
Joseph Caraman Chimay, has some
thing of the pathetic in it, after all.
Dazzled by title, urged on by an am
bitious and unscrupulous-toother, the
girl, protesting that she did not love
the man, married liim. She was
warm-hearted, Impulsive; he cold
blooded, cynical and heartless. The
result was she left him. She left
him openly, defying the world's
opinion, to take up with a gypsy
larger and the savingr-would be cor
respondingly great.. The bill should
have the unanimous support of every
member of the legislature, ani those
from Eastern Oregon should bend all
their energies to accomplish the pass
ing of the measure.
We realize how hard times are:
how illy the state can afford to ex- on tbe back for Lis exceeding f har-
pend its money; but. if the needless ity in giving a portion of his plunder,
commissions are abolished, enough gathered frm the whole country, to
can be saved from that source in two n'3 Dat've city,
years to neaily build and equip the Americans are full of a maudlin
road. The saving to Sherman coun- sentimentality; so full that' they slop
ty alone at five cents per bushel on over on oil occasions'. We hold up
its wheat would amount yearly to our hands in holy horror at the mur-
from $60,000 to $75,000, and the derer of innocent girlhood, and sub
other counties would swell this to at scribe money to pay a venal lawyer
least the price of the road. Instead! to defend the criminal. We fill our
then of being a burden to the people newspapers with' gush about the red
The fact that all the people were should be congratulated on the fact
robbed of a trifling sum each to make
f A a; a .1. fi . ." . I.
the thp"ft .... tnhr. Tt. was no. Populists and Democrats in the leg
bodv a loss, because it was everv-
bodVs loss: hence we condone the law-abiding and patriotic lot of "an
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nffpnsfi and nnt th siiffPssfnl thipf u ib.cuu., i
the people at heart.
The muddle at Salem has assumed
a different shade; but it remains to
De seen whether the political pool is
growing clearer.
Jonathan Bourne has the lower
house of the legislature "over a bar
rel," and it is his barrel, too.
Two Opinions.
rhe organization of the legislature is
taking on a new phase. We print here-
it would prove just the reverse, and handed criminal; and get up "public with two opinions on the situation, one
would leave money where it belongs, sympathy" for him that is intended bS Senator Hoar, and the other by
w- ' I " I c a ii a. rn
in the pockets of the farmers. t, and does, influence the jury that tTltr TT - .VV " IU '
a a I al bUU tKvU VUIID ba L u aAWU III v V auta
trips him. Onr-wnmen tinr nno fin. I.. .... . ... .
It is useless for the neonlp of t.h . . . . . " " . - lnat lne non8e 01 representatives snail
ovwxvu lw uicuia . ...,,., mnrrlprpr. fhr a less nnmber. and that the leeiala-
aDOUt lUe legislature. inat DOay I. . . , tnr m lnr.ras the nnmW in nxrv.
Willi I HN I .rMUP I H 1 1 1 I III I I rt urun HUM I - J - - J I
may not be able to take cire ot
itself, but the minority can be '.de
pended upon ta perform that duty
of their innocent little sisters, with
which has been done, and further pro-
a a. l . . t ... i i
-j t, . I 8hflii conetitnte a
qnorum to do busi
courts' Rit in nwl.everl wisrlom risiv i nom m s. ik.t v.; i
f.. m i . -. . .. ..I - j , ucddi iui vuiuiuu .a bunv knvuJiiua v
.y. after day, assisting defendants' coun- the lawfully qualified members of each
bits between ite teeth, and is running g(jl find gome hair. ntti iUet house may constitute snch a quorum,
of the law that will permit trial after a,thK a le!8 D1nDaber anfty ?
. , , qualified, and a less number than forty
trial, until the accused walks forth MprBeeat and act.. Therefore, if thirty
purified of all sin, and takes to the five persons are all qualified members of
stage to show, with all the effects of the house, and twenty-five others law
calcium lights, the details of the fully elected refuse to qualify, the action
butchery, that all may see and ad- f the majority of thirty-five in organ
' izing or electing a senator or other legia-
mire. lativa hnomaoD will Ho iiAnaKttilHinallv
The heart of every sensible citizen vaiid, at least twenty-four being present.
at the con- Two-thirds of thirty-five, being all law
fully qualified membeis, will tnen mate
a quorum, inis doctrine-wae settled in
the national senate and house daring the
rebellion, and has been acted upon in
I have given
away witn tne legislature band wa
gon in fine shape. All that can be
done ia to let it run and gather up
the wreck when the end comes.
The wreck will be repaired in June,
1898, and the runaways will be left,
dead in the ditch.
Three masked men held up Mana
ger Hoyt, of the Labor Exchange at grows sick with shame
Salem yesterday, catching him alone templation of our own dampboolisb
in his office and making him open his ness. We need a decided change all
safe. From this , it might be pre- around. We need more sense and
samed that Jonathan was not putting less sentiment we need more states- those bodies evf r since
up as uuariousiy as expected, ir tne manship and less politics; more jus
policemen do their duty and business tice and less juggling with law; more
men look a little out, the members of punishment and less praise for grand
the legislature now running wild
may be forced to come in. .
It is passing strange that our Pop
ulist friends worked so hard to elect
members of ' the legislature, and
those elected will not serve.
opinion to Senator Mitchell
"George F. Hoae."
"Washington, Jan. 0. Hon. J. H.
filnVioll KnlAm. Or Rt.rnntyltf arlvinn
larcenists. We need a few monu- the organization of the house with the
ments such as made the virtues of members ready. Elect a speaker. Notify
Haman famous, and less slobbering the senate and governor of the organi
newsnaDer comment in nraise of no- zationl Jointly wjth the senate agree
Foreign Markets.
reviewing the situation
Broom hall,
says:
. "The stimulus administered- to ehip
ments by the advance in October and
the early halt of November seems to
have spent.itself. Judging from-former
experience, it is probable that the reac
tion will be somewhat severe, and there'
fore' look to see a marked decrease in the
quantity on the way, which decrease
will not only be rapid at the commence
ment, but long continued ; for as soon as
the fleet of Eaiine steamers has finished
arriving, the Pacific coast sales will
commence - to tumble in at a. much
greater rate than they are likely to be
added to at the other end ; and it seems
likely that the quantity on passage will
steadily decrease during the second half
of the cereal year, and that dnring the
spring it will be at a very low ebb. In
deed shall be surprised if the quantity
on passage to the U. K. does not sink to
a lower level than has been recorded for
many years, lower even tbanNin AngustJ
last, when it fell below 1,500,000 quar
ters. As a rule, a second stimulus to
shipments is not so easily given, should
a second rise in prices occur, sellers will
probably be found less complacent than
they were last September or October, as
then they were very despondent, having
a lively recollection of many months of
disappointing trade. The next buying
spurt, if it come again before next liar'
vest,- we find a different class of sellers
to deal witn. - Instead of needy and de
spondent growers, buyers will in a large
degree have to reckon with wealthy
merchants, who have taken the stuff out
of the farmers' hands, and now hold it
in South. Russian ports and American
elevatois, expecting to make a profit on
the transaction. Of course, if Argentina
should commence to ship' heavily in
February, and India follow three months
later, the whole situation would be al
tered, but so far there seems to be no
likelihood of this alternative taking
place. The reports from the River Platte
are very bad ; cables received in Liver
pool describe the outlook as gloomy from
the shipper's point of view. Tropical
rain has ruined the crop in many dis
tricts where the locust had spared it
and the very best authorities are now
agreed that the surplus likely to be
shipped to Europe will not exceed 2,'
000,000 quarters. India is a vast conn
try, and it has frequently surprised
those who imagined themselves to be
most familiar with the actual conditions,
The price of wheat there is already more
than 100' per cent over its customary
level, and before another harvest can be
gathered stocks will probably have en
tirely disaDpeared ; and it is difficult to
believe that the export movement, un
der these circumstances, could re-commence
at once, even should the next
harvest be a moderatelv abundant one
France The agricultural situation
generally, is considered satisfactory
heavy falls of snow have taken place in
the East, Northeast and center, and the
crops bave got their winter covering be
fore the hard frosts occur. The Western
and Northwestern regions are still un
covered, but this may be remedied any
day now.
Germany The weather remains sea'
sonable, and reports concerning the
crops are favorable.
India Latest reports from India state
that heavy rain has fallen in the Oudh
district, and ploughing operations are
progressing actively ; more rain is ex
pected. Rain has also fallen over East'
em portions of Northwest provinces and
parts of Behar and central provinces,
General and severe distress it is expected
will continue until July or August next.
The number of persons on relief work
now exceeds 550,000.
Argentina Our Buenos Ayres agent
cabled us on Saturday that the weather
continued bad, and that the quality of
the wheat will be inferior to last year.
Reports are conflicting, for whereas the
Times of Argentina estimates that 700,-
000 tons will be available for exoortfrom
Buenos Ayres and Santa Fe, several
other well-known authorities estimate
that only 400-000 tons will be available-
less than last year.
Roumania The weather is extraor
dinarily mild, being quite "exceptional
for the time of the year. The crops,
consequently are progressing favorably,
and, provided that they are sufficiently
covered with snow before the hard frosts,
there being nothing to fear. '
Russia The weather continues season
able on the whole, although inclined to
be moderate. The annual. . returns of
the Russian winter crops according to
the Btastistical committee, ' show a de
ficiency in the yield this season of 2,500,-
000 quarters in the Northern Caucacus.
, . , . , , . . , . i uu a time ui vuuuk iw ocni,vr.. uu
1 ' I tisVffmc mmrvkra hnnff fin r n nnni n r. a
magnificent thieves in the garb of committee to investigate, report a
financiers, and treasury looters, play- reason for their action, and declare
The proposition to elect senators Mng the role of philanthropists. their seats vacant. 1 here is no doubt
. I , I i . -, . , i . e u - . j
bv a direct vote r,f the nAnnln Jo or Wh TOO ,al, t.M W aDont lne wgnwy
f t & ! '&IT VmliAtro atiph antinn imnlrl hrino Tv
uus iuw oi Buupuriers in mis scaie counirv oacs on mis Dasis nsain, we ; nn;nUfl
ustnow. can build our own colleges and char- "John M. Thurston."
The Popular Minstrels.
The Georgia University Graduates,
one of ' the finest colored minstrel at
tractions on the road, will give an enter
tainment full of bright comedy, nice
music and side-splitting fun. Among a
large -number of press notices,, all in
praise of this attraction, we quote the
following from the Yakima Daily Times
of March 25th:
"The Georgia Graduates, who greeted
a house full of amusement lovers at the
opera house on Saturday evening, gave
the people of this city the best, cleanest
and most entertaining minstrel show
ever given here. In facts, many who at
tended declared that it was the best
they bad ever seen anywhere. The peo
ple who compose the troupe are men
and women of refinement. Their
specialties, in which ' all appeared as
first-class artists, . were free from the
vulgar wit that so frequently jars the
sensibilities of modest people. Their
singing was ' fine, being a combina
tion hard to beat. ' The comedy features
of the performance were unusually
catchy and mirth provoking. They
presented many happy innovations on
the old type of minstrelsy and, all
round, rendered a most enjoyable pro
gram. .
This splendid company will ' show
here at the Vogt, Tuesday evening, Jan.
26th. .
DRY THIN
AND
FALLING
HAIR
Is due, in the majority of cases, to
imperfect action of the sebaceous
or oil . glands. r Deprived of its
proper nourishment, the hair be
comes harsh and brittle, the scalp
dry and scaly, and the roots choked
and lifeless in a hard, dry skin. The
purest, sweetest, and most -effective,
treatment is warm shampoos with
CUTICURA
SOAP
followed by light applications of
Cuticura (ointment), the great
.skin cure.
They clear the scalp and hair of
crusts, scales, and dandruff, allay
itching, soothe irritation, heal erup
tions," destroy microscopic insects
which feed on the hair, stimulate
the hair follicles, and supply the
roots with nourishment. , .
Sold tlironuhout the world. Price, Ctrncriu,
0c; HoAP.ioc; liEsoLVsnT, $1. Piittf.h J)rdj
4ND Cobk. Vnp , ?oIb 1'rops.. Boston, U. S3.A.
,05-" All about tho 1 lair nnd tJkhi," free.
WORN "Aches, and wcakncs3ss, but still
OUT compelled to labor on." To aU
WITH suchsuffcrersCnttcurATi-Fs;la
PAINS Plaster is a priceless blessing.
V06T
OPERA
HOUSE
ONE NIGHT ONLY,
Tuesday, Jan; 2,.
Big
Black
Boom
(Jeoria iirpiursity
graduate ar;d Operatic;
(Tir)strel $ters,
Headed by Ernest Hogan and .
30 Star Performers.
10 Great Singers !
10 Great Dancers !
10 Great Comedians!
t
s
Watch for Our Grand Street Parade
every day at noon. ,
The Only Colored Ladies Quartette.
If I were you, I'd go."
Seats now on sale at Snipes-Einersly
Drugstore.
TICKETS 50 CENTS.
V
OPERA
HOUSE
Dramatic and
Humorous
Readings
and Recitations
-BY
lie
Assisted by the most popular
HOME -S T jLlEHSTT,
AT THE '
Vogt Opera House,
JYfonday flight, 25,
Tickets, 50c.
eerved seats.
No extra charge for re-