THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3, 1897.
The Weekly Ghfociele
MOTICK.
A 1 AU eastern foreign advertisers are
referred to oar representative, Mr. E,.
Katz, 230-234 Temple Court, New York
Vity. '.Eastern advertising must, ne con
tracted through blm.
STATS OFFICIALS.
Sjrernoi.. : W. P. Lord
Secretary of Bute HE Kineaid
Treasurer . . ..-Phillip Metschan
Bnpt.of Public Instruction... G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Idleman
. 1G. W. McBride
- )J.:H. Mitchell
IB Hermann
Congressmen. jw g ElUg
State Printer W. H. Leedi
county orncuis. .
County Judge. Kobt Mays
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk.... A M. Kelsay
Treasurer C. L. Phillip
, i a. B. mowers
mmmimpmai ID. 8. Kirasey
Assessor....- W. H. Whipple
Surveyor B. Holt
Superintendent of Public School.. .C. h. Gilbert
Coroner .... W. H. Butta
THE DECISION REVERSED.
' The United States court of appeals
sitting at San Francisco, has rendered
a decision on the appeal of the cases
of the Eastern COregon Land Co,
aeainst Messenger and Wilcox, re
versing the decision of the court be
low, and deciding the case in favor
of the Eastern- Oregon Land Co
The decision is in effect that The
Dalles Military Koad Co., of which
the Eastern Oregon Land Co. is suc
cessor, having filed its map of defi
Trite location, with proper certificates
of the completion of the road, on De
cember 18, 1869, the commissioner
of the general land office, by order
of the secretary of the interior, with
drew from sale the odd numbered
sections three miles upon each side
of said waon toad, as shown on the
map, in favor of The Dalles Military
Road Co.
. That in 1864 the grant was made
to the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, the grant to cover all odd
sections within certain limits, "when
the United States had full title, not
reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise
appropriated, and free from pre
emption or other claims or rights
at the time the line of said
road should be definitely fixed,
and the plot thereof filed in the office
of the commissioner of the general
land office."
That the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company did not file a rrap or plat
-of the general route of its road nntil
the 13th day of August, 1870; that
no map of definite location was ever
filed by said company.
That the secretary of the interior
erred in holding the grant to the
Northern Pacific prior to ihe lands
within the limits of the grant to the
Dalles Military "Wagon Road Co.
i That at the time of. the filing of
the map of definite location by the
Dalles Military Wagon Road Com
pany the grant to the Northern Pa
cific had not gone into effect through
its failure to comply with the law,
and therefore the rights to the lands
within the three mile limit became
perfected, and the wagon road com
pany were, under the terms of the
grant) entitled to said odd sections.
It will be seen from the above that
Messenger and Wilcox lose their
lands; and the question of ownership
as between the wagon road company
and those who settled upon odd sec
tion within the limits of its grant un
der agreement with or consent of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
is settled against the settlers. The
wagon road company's title is de
clared perfect.
means commif.ee, and have departed
for their homes. , The manufactur
ers think the wool growers want; too
much, and the wool growers think
the manufacturers wnnt it all. The
outlook for a tariff ou wool is not
cheerful on this account. The man-
ufactoreiu have the strongest pull.
THE BARM OF CHANGE.
It would undoubtedly be a great
thing if the tariff laws of this country
could be arranged on some perma
nent basis. The eternal changing of
duties opens the gates for specula
tion, interferes with the revenues of
the government and the business of
the country. Not only does the
changing rates give opportunities for
speculators, but speculators are for
ever scneming ior a cnange in du
ties that may enable them by fore
stalling the change to reap a neb
harvest at . the expense of the con
sumer.
Previous to the going into effect
of the Wilson tariff, the wool market
became stagnant. Wb ? Because
speculators, and for that matter man
ufacturers, would not. buy wool at
tariff prices, when in a short time
they could purchase in the cheapest
markets of the world. The result
was that for nearly a year before the
law went into effect the wool market
was dead, factories closed and prices
steadily' declining, and all this to the
serious loss of the wool-grower.
Now comes the other side of the
picture. With the inauguration of
McEinlev tariff legislation will be
expected, and among the first arti
cles to be taken from the free list
wool. It is confidently expected
that a duty of eleven cents a pound
on foreign wools will be imposed
In consequence of this the specula
tors have already gone to work to
take from the wool-grower all possi
ble benefits of the law.
The dispatches yesterday announce
that a syndicate has been formed
that has purchased, or is to purchase
500,000,000 pounds of Australian
plicants success, it boldly states that
the result was reached by fraud, or
that the board of examiners were not
strict enough, wlici latter explana
tion Is probablv true. The examin
ations are steadily being made more
difficult for the avowed purpcse of
raising the standard, and applicants
to teach will hereafter be compelled
to pass yet more difficult examina
tions.
THE
is
wool, which will, of course, be im
ported free of duty. This immense
supply will be held until the duties
are again imposed, when it will be
put on the market, keeping the price
of American wools down, but selling
a large increase over the cost
price. Uy this operation the gov
ernment is deprived of the revenue
of eleven cents a pouDd-on 500,000,
000. or $55,000,000, and the money
is taken from the people io go into
the pockets of these sbaipers. After
this stock is used up, it is to their in
terest to again work a change in the
revenue, and have wool again on the
free list, so that in the course of a
few years the operation may be re
peated.
We have taken wool simply to il
lustrate the operation of the law. It
is the same with many other prod
ucts, ine speculators rattening on
every change. If some system of
moderate tariff, framed to produce
the revenues necessary for conduct
ing the government, could be adopt
ed and then let alone, it would prove
of inestimable benefit It would
stop speculation, would alllow the
business men to conduct their busi
nesses on a known and unfluctuating
basis, and it would not permitthe
robbery of the people by shrewd and
wealthy sharpers.
The ladies at Lone Rock, Gilliam
county, have a secret society, which
a correspondent of the Condon
Globe in speaking o. called the
ladies' Orientals. This called forth a
protest from 'the society, in which
the society is stated to be entirely
different from what the Orientals are
supposed to be. In closing the pro
test the writer says: "Our order, is
. a respectable affair, and of a most
honorable character and will stand
investigation." And yet only a few
weeks ago, if we are not mistaken, a
couple of men of the neighborhood
undertook to investigate the work
. ings of the lodge frcm the attic, and
the society would not stand it at all.
After a series of conferences, ex
tending over a period of several
, days, the wool growers and wool
manufacturers have failed to adjust
their differences, over the tariff rates
to be recommended to. the ways and
It may be possible that the legis
lature may yet meet. A strong in
fluence is being brought to bear from
the leaders of the national party to
have the legislature meet and elect a
senator. It is pointed out that this
is absolutely necessary to the main
tenance of the party's supremacy in
the senate. Then, again, the neces
sities of the state require the passing
of the regular appropriation bills. It
is claimed that the keeping up of the
s,tate institutions causes the expendi
ture of from 120,000 to $30,000 a
month in. Salem, and that for this
reason a strong pressure is being
brought to bear on the members
from Marion county to assist in per
fecting an organization.
The Prineville Review says that
out of seventeen applicants for teach
ers certificates, only one failed. It
points out that the percentage of
failures in all the other counties was
from 50 to 75, and in Gilliam county
100, and then instead of pointing
with pride to the. Crook county ap-
DAVIS BLUFF
Speaker Davis, of the. placenta leg
islature, has had a change of mind,
if not of heart. Before he was very
properly, though somewhat ignomin-
iously kicked out by the first tempo
rary organization, he had but one
opinion, one order from his bosses,
and knew nothing else whatever.
Then he knew that he could not en
tertain any motion except to adjourn
until tony members answered to
their .names. For more than forty
days he stuck to this opinion, not
withstanding that the legal advice of
Attorney C. E. S. Wood was at his
service then, as now. Although but
twenty-one. members answered to
their names, Davis' now entertains a
resolulion,'tbe same be before refused,
to compel the attendance of absent
members, appoints officers to arrest
absentees, and suddenly discovers
that he has unlimited powers to per
form any -and all .acts.
Why did it take Mr. Davis so long
to discover his authority? The an
swer is plain. He waited until he
thought Daley, Conn and other
MLchell men bad gone home, into
the inaccessibfe regions of Grant and
Harney, and that by then forcing the
presence of the other absentees, the
senatorial question could be settled
before Mitchell could get his strength
together.
The scheme will not work, for the
supreme court will be called upon to
decide the legal questions. Mr.
Davis and the Falstaffian contingent
following him know that if all the
members of the house were in Salem,
the present move would not be made,
That if Ihe Benson house were to
walk .into1' the assembly room in a
body, Speaker Davis, Bilyeu, Baby
Jones fiom Sherar's Bridge, U'Ren
and the whole job lot, would break
for the corridor like a lot of stam
peded steers.
The people are getting decidedly
tired of bossism, and if some member
who Is attempted to be arrested by
alleged officers of the house will do
the Corbett act on that officer's coun
tenance, his action will be indorsed
by the people. There are some
things that can only be properly re
sented by violence.
get the cash first Neither do recal
citrant members of the legislature
lay aroi nd the scene of their labors
for fifty days at their own expense1
and then suddenly become interested
In ;the business of. the state. The
expense must come from some place,
and it must' have some object.
When Baby Jones from Shearar's
Bridge finds his way into the house
after fifty days dodging around its
doors, it indicates that there is some-
thing more than the business of the
state going on inside. He has
shown that be had no interest in that
Mr. Theodore Waters has been to
Ml. Hood, and four columns of
the Oregonian are devoted to his
story of the trip. lie goes out of
his way to give the Hood River ap
ples a slam, but is kind enough to
say they belonged to the Ben Davis
variety. The truth is, a Ben Davis
apple is one of the poorest, and for
tunately Hood River has few of them.
Its reputation has been built up on
the golden king of all fruits, the
Yellow Newton. Had Waters flipped
his lip over one of those, he would
have had a taste of something ap
proaching- more nearly the heavenly
than Mr. Waters will ever taste un
less he apologizes to Hood River.
The Oregonian today has a cartocn
showing everybodv fleeing from the
state capital at the approach of a
gentleman who is labeled "Taxpayer"
and who has a roll marked remedial
legislation, as big as a saw log, nnder
his arm. The taxpayer is Jonathan
Bourne', with Lis side whiskers
cropped, and this accounts for the
hilariousness of the leave -taking. -
A GREAT HUNTING OUTFIT,
The Extensive Betlnus of the Khai. of
,.;...,'.--. Taxtary. ' -
The emperor bath two barons who
axe own brothers, one called Baia'n,
and the other Mingan; and these are
styled Ohinuchi.( or Cunichi), which is
as much as to say: "The Keepers of the
Mastiff Dogs J Each of these brothers
hath 10,000 meiwrader his orders; each
body of 10,000 being dressed alike, the
one in red and the other in blue, and
whenever.they accompany the khan to
the chase, they wear theur livery, in
order to be recognized. Out of each
body of 10,000 there are 2,000 men who
are each in charge of one or more
great mastiffs, so that the whole num
ber of these is very large. And when
the prince goes a-hunting one of those
barons, with his 10,000 men and some'
thing like 5,00p dogs, goes towards the
right, whilst' the other goes towards
the, left with his party m like manner.
Thcv move along, all abreast of one
another, so that the whole line extends
over a full day's journey, and no an
imal can escape them. Truly it is a
glorious sight to see the working of the
dogs and tlhe.huntsmen on Buch an oc
casion! And as the khan rides a-fowl-dng
.across the plains you will see these
big hounds coming tearing up, one
pack after a bear, another pack after a
stag, or some other beast, as it may hap,
and running the game down, now on
this side, now tin that, so that it is
really a most delightful . sport and
spectacle. .-.
The two brothers I have mentioned,
writes Noah Brooks in St. Nicholas,
ore bound by tlhe tenure of their Office
to supply the khan court- from Octo
ber -to the end of March. with 1,000
head of game daily, whether of beastai
or birds, and nor counting quails; and
also with fish to the best of their abil
ity, allowing fish enough for three
persons to reckon as equal to one head
of game.
OUR ALMANACS.
EAST and SOUTH via
The Shasta Route
r OF THX
Southern Pacific Comp'y.
Trains leave and are due to arrive at Portland.
8:50 P.M.
8:30 A.M.
Daily
except
Sundayj.
4:00 P.M.
7:30 A. M.
t4:45 P. M.
raOK FEB. 10,1897.
OVERLAND EX-1
ress. Salem. Rose-
nr. Ashland. Sao- I
i Franciseo, Mojave, f
uuo &ugeu,jr.i raso, I
New Orleans and
East
Roseburg and way b tattoos
Via Woodburn fori
HtAngel, Silverton,
t West scio, Browns-
I ville.Springfiold and
I Natron j
Salem and way stations
juorvains ana way
! stations
McMlnnville and
way stations
ABKIVB.
8:10 A. M.
4:40 P.H
except
Sundays.
10:15 A. M
t 6:20 P.M.
t8:25P.M .
Daily. t Daily, except Sunday.
The Tables in Them Are Hade by a Blind
RAN AGAINST A ROCK.
Representative Huntington yester
day received the following telegram,
sent from Aurora, Or. Following
the date line and address it read :'
Warrant oat for absentees.. Will
you comer Answer, 21, seventh
street, Portland.
G. O. Holm an,
Sergt.-at-Arms.
To which Mr. Huntington sent the
following reply :
G. O. Holman, 271, Seventh St.:
House adjourned on 24th. Will
not come nntil supreme court de
cides your warrant legal.
B. S. Huntington.,
This sergeant-at-arms is the same
Glen O. Holman evidently who
figured so conspicuously in the Chi
nese smuggling cases . as the rotary
whose seal was left where it could be
used in the manufacture of certifi
cates of residence. He makes an ex
cellent tail-ender for the Davis house.
The dispatches say that Weyler,
the Cuban bntcher, is to step down,
and General Ramon Blancoy Aronas,
the Marquis. of Pena Plato, or words
to that effect, will succeed him.
Weyler is said to be very angry be
cause the Spanish government inter
fered in his treatment of American
prisoners. The true reason is per
haps cowardice. Weyler is a tyrant,
herefore a coward, and since the in
surgents have taken to shooting, at
him, albeit at long range, the refuge
of resignation has suggested itself to
him. -
The bouse passed the bill provid
ing for an international monetary
conference, yesterday by a vote of
279 to 3. This is in accord with the
St. " Louis platform, but we fear it
will not be acceptable to some great
newspaper men in Portland.
It is rumored that one of thesu
preme judges would not be averse to
exchanging the robes of justice
the senatorial toga, naturally sup
posing it would be moore becoming to
him.
Day after tomorrow at noon it
will be just Grover Cleveland. He
will be an ex president, and McKin
ley will be a next president.
The old gentleman was giving the boy
advice, not so much because the bor
needed it, but because he had more than
he knew what to do with, and the boy
might just as well have it..
"Joshua," he said, "be polite to every
body. Keniembcr ye ain't no million
aire, an 3re can't afford to put on too
many important ways.
"Well, I ain't so sure 'bout that," was
the- reply. "It seems to me they's lots of
people standin round ready ter impose
on ye cf ye don't show some spunk."
"Ye hev ter bear lots o' things in this
life. But it's work ez counts. Remember
the little busy bee. He jes' keeps a-
workin' an' a-workin' day in an day out.
An' they's mighty few bees I'm given ter
understan ez can't look back on their
lives with satisfaction an' be p'inted out
ter the neighbors ez a success; an all
because they jes keeps on a-workin' an'
a-workin."
"That's so, father. But there's one
trait of character "bout the bee thet you
ain't dwelt on."
"What's that?"
"He don't allow anybody ter sit down
on lm. Detroit Free Press.
"I had rather a novel experience last
year in tie matter of gathering tables
showing the rise and setting of the sun,
the changes of the moon, high and low
tides, etc.," said a publisher to a Wash
ington Star man. "But I am fixed for
this year. In my experience as a pub
lisher I had printed about everything
that I thought could be printed. Final
ly, an advertising concern wanted me
to get out an almanac for them. They
furnished all the copy for the almanac
except the almanac itself that is, the
tables. I supposed I would have no dif
ficulty in getting them, but I soon
found out that I was mistaken. My de
sire was to get the tables correct, and
to have them prepared in an authorita
tive way. After interviewing some of
the experts in Washington I found that
for they were all disinclined to take any
outside work. Finally one of them con
sented to do- it, and he did it, charg
ing me. $300 for the Calculations $25
for each month. I am about having a
similar work .done this year, and caune
here for that purpose, but I learned that
all the calculations for the various
patent medicine and many other al
manacs are made by a blind man in
Pittsburgh, Pa., an amateur mathema
tician and astronomer of considerable
local reputation. I sent for the. tables
and 'have received them. He charged
me exactly six dollars, or 50 cents for
each month. I understand . that the
actual work is done by his children,
who write from his dictation. He tells
me that he has supplied the same tables
for about 100 different almanacs for
1897."
DINING CABS ON OGDEN ROUTE.
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS
AND SECOND-CLASS SLEEPING CARS
Attached to all Through Trains.
Through Ticket Office. 1M Third itiwL vlima
through tickets to all point in the Eastern
States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
lowest rates from
J. B. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent.
All above trains arrive at and denart J mm
Grand Central Station, Fifth and Irving streets.
YAMHILL DIVI8ION.
Passenger Depot, foot of Jeflerson street
Leave for OSWEGO, daily, eicent Snndav. at
7:20 a. m.; 12:15, 1:45, 5:25, 6:45, 8:05 p. m.,
(and 11:30 p. m. on Saturday only). Arrive at
Portland at 7:10 and 8:30 aim.: and 1:30. 4:15.
65 and 7:55 p. m. ' .
Leave for Sheridan, week davs. at 4:30 n. m.
Arrive at Portland, 9:30 a. m.
Leave for AIRLIE on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 9:40 a. m. Arrive at Portland, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday at 8:05 p. m.
Snnday trains for OSWEGO leave at 8:40 a. m.
and 12: 15, 1:45, 3:30, 6:25 6:45 and 8 05 p. m. Ar
rive at Portland at 8:30, 10:00 a. m.; 1:80,4:15,
5:10,6:35,7:55 p.m.
R. KOEHLER, . E. P. ROGERS,
Manager. Asst. G. F. & Pass. Agt
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TpEICE-fl-WEEK EDlTIOrl.
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PASSING
Peacocks
OF THE
WATCHDOG
the
Fine Oranges.
Mr. Joseph Knebel presented ns a
couple of oranges this morning grown by
Cipt. Anlauf, formerly of this city, in
Ventura county, California. The golden
apples of Hesperides were .not handsom
er, and for size they were almost equal
to the average mask melon. Mr. Knebel
tells ns seventy of them filled a crate,
a story we can readily believe when we
gaze at the single-standard beauties.
Thank Ton.'
The committee in charge of "Even
ings with 1 Dickens" wish to sincerely
thank those who so kindly assisted in
making tbe'entertainments successful.
'F. A. Ebnst,
Mrs. G. C. Eshelman,
Mas C. E. Bayard,
' ' ' Miss Rowland.
In" order to serve process of the
Davis bouse, money is of course nec
essary. . Men of the Glen O. Holman
stripe do not chase OTer the country
and send telegrams at their own ex
pense or on doubtful secuiity; they
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Household Protector. -
'The place of a watchdog' on the farm
or country place," said State's Attorney
McGuire the other day in making some
observations about mod dogs, reports
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, "might
be very well taken by peacocks and
guinea fowls. I long since adopted pea
cocks alone to' guard any place, and
nothing can come around the premises
night or day without causingan alarm
from them. They are more watchful
than anv dog I ever owned. My experi
ence with guineas has not been so ex
tensive, but I believe they are also
sure 'to give an alarm, or rather a good
many alarms, if any strange man or
beast sUould venture near them by
night or day. Perhaps the days of the
watchdog would be numbered if it were
generally known how well peacocks
and guinea fowls would take his place.
Then, certainly, with fewer dogs there
would not be so many cases of hydrophobia."
. The statement of Afcr. Mctiuire as to
the. watchfulness of peacocks was borne
out by numerous Howard county farm
ers, among the numDer Deing county
Commissioners Hess, Dorsey and Smith,
and Mir. James L. Hobbs, who superin
tends the farming operations of Sen
ator Gorman. Mr. Hobbs stated that he
long ago discovered what excellent pro
tection peacocks afford about a place,
and down, on the senator's farm he al
ways keeps six or eight of them to
guard the premises. So it appears that,
peacocks are useful as well as ornamental.
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