THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. MARCH 27, l697.
The Weekly Ghronicle.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Savernot
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Bnpt. of Public Instruction.
Attorney-General
Senators
Congressmen
State Printer. . . . .'. . . ..
.........W. P: Lord
....... H R Klncaid
...Phillip Metochan,
G. M. Irwin
C. M. Idleman
iG. W. McBride
f J.H. Mitchell
IB Hermann
JW. R. Ellis
W. U. Leeds
COTJ3TTT OFFIC1AI.S. 1
Canntr Ji
Judge..... .... i. Robt. Hays
T. J. Driver
Sheriff-,.
Clerk...: i A M.eUay
Treasurer., ......... C. L. fhillips
n . IA. n. x lowers
Commissioners...... . ......... jD 8 Kimsey
Assessor............: ........ W. H. Whipple
Surveyor ."...J. B. tioit
Superintendent of Public Schools. ..C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
THE TREASURER'S BUSINESS.
We would like to ask Judges
Northup and Gray by what authority
they assume to take charge of the
. matter of ' the' state's . taxes and the
county " treasurers' business. " The
latter gentleman is the one ,to decide
what shall be done with the money
coming into his hands and belonging
to the state, and Judge Northup is
assuming considerable responsibility
in advising the county treasurer to
commit a crime. The law provides
that the county treasurer shall pay
over the money to the state at given
times. It provides a penalty for his
not doing so, consisting of a forfeit
ure of 20 per cent of the amount for
withholding it ten days, and if with
held thirty days, it says the county
treasurer so doing shall be consid
ered a defaulter.
. In the light of these facts it strikes
us Judge Northup is posing for effect,
playing to the galleries, and "talking
for buncombe." Between the advice
of Judge-Northup to violate the law,
and the convenient doors of the pen
itentiary, the county treasurers will
not have much difficulty in making
choice.
We heartily agree with the Orego
nian's position on the new.taritT bill,
and that is that it should avoid ex
tremes, and be framed on lines that
will not compel another change. A
heavy tariff on wool will arouse in
tense opposition, while a duty of five,
six or seven cents a pound would
perhaps be allowed to stand indefi. I
nitely. While this would not be en
tirely ' satisfactory to most of the
sheepmen, who are asking twelve
,. cents, we believe it would be best
for them in the long run, because it
would not b tampered with soon.
and they would be able to do busi
. ness on a known basis. If a tariff
bill can be framed that will provide
for the expenses of the government
without creating a surplus, it will
probably be let alone, and business
having an unfluctuating basis on
"which to work, will steadily improve.
Most of the ultra-protectionists see
this, and concede the propriety of
making a moderate, and as far as
possible, equitable tariff bill.
The stockmen are making a vigor
ous contest against the closing of im
mense areas of government land by
the establishing of forest reservations.
There is another phase of the propo
sitions that seems to us at least as
serious as the denial of the rights of
- pasturage, and that is the shutting of
these- vast areas to the prospectoij
and miner. Every opportunity
should be given to the hardy and
self-denying prospector in bis search
for the precious metals, and congress
should at "once provide for them by
permitting the use of timber, rights r
of way for ditches and roads, and a
simple and speedy means of acquir
ing title to mineral lands. In the
reserves just established in Washing
ton many claims nave been located
and much money expended in pros
pecting them." - To deprive these
men of their rights is worse than
highway robbery. '''."''
There are many reasons why the
Hawaiian islands shonld be annexed
to the United States, or at least that
this government should assume some
kind of a protectorate over them.
To our mind the most urgent reason
for this course, and one all-sufficient,
is that unless this is done the next
twenty years will see them in control
, of the Japanese. That enterprising
nation is rapidly colonizing the isl
ands, and it is only a question of
time until it controls tbemr This
government cannot afford to allow
this.1 We have aa-many Chinese and
Japs iij this country now as we can
stand.nd we want their settlements
no nearer our shores. The "Pearl
of the Pacific" would prove the
brightest gem ' in the diadem of the
republic, and the sooner it is firmly
affixed therein.the better, i
AN UNSELFISH CITIZEN.
D. M. Eoirdan is out with a circu
lar defending the forest reservation
system. Mr. . Roirdan frankly states
that he is Dresident of the Arizona
Lumber Company, and tnat Jie
how cutting froni fifteen to twenty
million feet of lumber yearly He
is also vice president of the Arizona
American Forestry Association.
will be seen from his own statements
that Mr. Riordan is serving two mas
ters, one the.mterests of posterity in
our forests: the other the interests of
Mr. Riordan in them.- For which he
will work the harder- there can be no
doubt. In fact, Mr. Riordan's "clr
cular puts the matter in an entirely
new light, and gives cause for the
suspicion that the big lumber trusts
are ot the bottom of the whole affair,
Mr. Riordan, among other things.
says :
Being a Western man myself, im
bued with a full appreciation of the
true and lasting interests of our sec
tion, I expect that every. Western
senator and representative, if he con
scientiously study the matter, will
agree with, me, who, a hard-headed
and hard-working business man, and
without any private or selfish inter
esls to stimulate his zeal in the mat
ter, has- come to the conviction that
the government alone should control
and administer these forest lands.
He who advocates the re opening
of these reserves, I declare, is, wheth
er he realize it or not. an opponent
of the healthful development of his
state, be it from ignorance or ill will!
I believe that he who has proper
conceptions c-f the best interests of
the West wi 1 advocate extension of
the policv of the reservation and
proper regulation of their use. .
The ' ingenuous expression "With
out any private oi selfish interests to
stimulate his zeal in the matter, is
either the most delicate humor or the
roost bare-faced presumption. Cut
ting twenty millions of feet of lum
ber a. year, Mr. Riordan claims no
"selfish interests." If We have ever
had any sympathy with the forestry
reservation idea; the reading of Rior
can's circular would have destroyed
it.
Little Greece has given the. big
powers a nut to crack. "Ve will keep
the tioops in Crete because we need
them there. We will withdraw the
fleet because j'our fleets are doing all
we could do keeping the Turkish
fleet away. You, can boss our troops
in Crete if you so desire. No extia
charge ! The powers can settle this
with their respective people, who are
laughing at them, as Greece is. The
powers are stumped. The more so
that whenever it becomes necessary
to Greece to shoo them away, she
has only to declare war against
Turkey. When she does that the
position of the powers becomes un
tenable. She will not do that how
ever, until the snow melts in the
Balkan passes and the second act in
the great European drama is to be
rung on. Greece . got a little ahead
of the procession and is "marking
time" nntil the season catches np.
In the meantime she has got the
powers in a hole. They must do ber
work. There is nothing slow about
the Greek, and nothing small abouu
Greece but the territory and that
will grow. Commercial Review.
Wasco county presents, we be
lieve, more varied and better oppor
tunities for those desiring to make
themselves homes than any other
section of the state, and simply be -cause
her resources- are more varied.
She has yast stock ranges, - great
wheat fields, thousands of acres of
the very best fruit lands, magnificent
fishing industries, unlimited water
power, a wealth of timber, and, we
believe firmly, immense bodies of
coal. ; What more could any one
ask? .. .''
The senate yesterday confirmed
the nomination of Binger Hermann
as commissioner of the general land
office. ' Mr. Hermann is well posted
in land matter, and ought to make a
first-class officer, one of whom Ore
gon will be proud. .
... It is pure waste of time to further
discuss the matter of withholding the
staje taxes. With the possibility of
forfeiting twenty per cent of the
amount .withheld and of Tjeing de
clared defaulters on top of this, -it is
quite probable the .county treasurers
will pay but little attention to the
desires of the people or the sugges
tions - of the newspapers, and that
they will pay over the money' as fast
as the same becomes due. .
JL i II ODER A TE TARIFF.
The tariff" question is now all im
portant, and but little else will be
done by congress until the Dingley
bill is disposed of and a new tariff
law takes the place cf the Wilson bill
We believe there has been a great
change in public opinion concerning
the tariff question, and especially the
protective features thereof. We be.
lieve the .change of , opinion is not
confined alone to those who were op
posed, to the tariff system, but that
those who faVor it have greatly mod
ified their views. The contest has
been ' bitter, and now, after more
than three 'years of the Wilson bill,
strongest supporters must con
cede that it is not calculated to meet
the running expenses of the govern
ment. As has been said of it, it was
a tariff for deficit. Yet, after all, it
has accomplished a good purpose, if
in nothing else, in modifying tne
views of the ultra-protectionists, and
it has ' shown that there is a middle
ground on which all may meet, on
which protection, can . be given to
many industries without laying too
heavy a burden on consumers.
The Democrats have had their
bill tested and found wanting. It
has forced them to concede that
more revenue must be" provided than
can oe raised- under it. un tne
other hand, it has shown that exces
sive tariffs have also their bad side,
and broadened the minds of the
ultra protectionists. To put it briefly,
the Democrats concede that the gov
ernment must exist as well as the
people; the Republicans concede
that the people must prosper as well
as the government.
With these mutual concessions
there should be no trouble in ar
ranging a moderate tariff that will
raise revenue for all the ordinary ex
penses of the government, and at the
sarre time extend the benefit of pro
tection to the greatest number of in
dustries. This the Dingley bill un
dertakes to do. Wool is a proper
ubject- for tariff, because it raises
revenue and at tne same time ex
tends protection to the industry,
The- only question is how much.
The sheepmen generally ask for from
11 to 12 cents. Ihis may or may
not be exorbitant. It is probable,
however, that, the duty agreed upon
will not be less than 5 nor more than
8 cents, and -this shou.'d prove satis
factory. With that rate established
it will probably stand for many years,
both sides perceiving its justice.' A
12 cent rate will soon awaken oppo
sition among both manufacturers and
consumers. Less than a 3 -cent rate
will be perennially disturbed by-the
clamorous wool growers. . Sugar and
wool are much in the same boat, we
raising a large portion of what we
use of each, andalso importing both
freely. They should be treated alike.
There will be long debates, of
course, for congressmen still tlk for
buncombe and make - speeches to
ckle the ears of their constituents,
but the argument is not going to be
acrimonious as heretofore, and
there will be mutual concessions.
It is to be hoped that when the
bill is finally signed by the president,
will b moderate and just, so that
the country may, for a few years at
least, rest from the tiresome argu
ments and dreary platitudes of both
sides. . When this time arrives, the
business of the country having a
stable .basis on which it may rest,
will prosper. , Speculators will no
longer fatten on the changes of gov
ernment policy, and all will go well.
LETS BEGIN AT HOME.
The new journalism fad is raging
all over the country, having become
epidemic, and all the evils, real or
maginary, are ' being held up for
public execration. The latest is an
attack on theatrical posters. Now,
let it be understood we are not de
fending any of these alleged immoral
ities. We are .glad , the 83rmptoms
have' developed, the fash broken out.
What we deprecate is the sudden
dose of goodness that everybody
seems to be. catching. We depre
cate it simply besaise it is epidemic
and will sooir run its course and die
out. The" show poster generally is
nbi immoral, it is simply inartistic.
It offends the sense of the beautiful,
not that of the moral. And J et the
evil of all such things is not ia the
pictures, but in the Tnlnds of those
who view them. " ' ' ' '
," However, it can do no harm if we
indulge in an overhauling of our
short-comings as a people, and hold
up for our inspection all our little
peccadillos. While about it let's go
through the list and have a general
clean up. Let's start a society for
the improvement of morals, which
all qualified may join free of charge,
and so correct all those things that
need correction. We must have
only a standard of morals as a quali
fication ; sex, age, color and social or
financial condition not to count. ' All
men can join who never told a lie,,
never spoke disrespectfully about
women, never told an off-color story,'
never read the new journals, never
indulged in profanity, never gambled,
stnoke or drank, never well never.
As for the women, all can join whoj
are free from forty. - per cent of
the 150,000 feminine vices, too petty
singly to deserve mentioning, but
which collectively make a goodly
wad. But hold! Who is going to
institute the first lodge ? There can
never be but one member, because
the first one could never find another
qualified. Thisnlas! is too true.
The office of collector of internal
revenue at Portland may possibly go
to a Washington man. . Senator Wil
son has notified Senator McBride
that a Washington man must have
the place . because Oregon, being re
warded with the appointment of Bin
ger Hermann should be satisfied, and
Washington must insist on her share
of the plums. Senator McBride says
he. will give the Washington' senator
a hot fight for it.
Bob and Fitz. have met, "shook"
hands, imbibed ginger ale and min
eral, water together, and everything
is lovely. Fitz has also pledged his
word of honor as a gentleman thaft
if he ever fights again Bob shall have
the privilege ot being the first man
to have the distinguished honor of
meeting him.
The big prize fight at Carson , was
a failure financially. Only about
500 people from the East attended
it, and California furnished less than
1,000. So -after all it was almost a
local affair.
iOroett says ne may not oe as
good a man as Fitzsimmons, but he
is a better actor. That is something
to be proud of to be certainly.
Steam Laundry.
A long-felt want is being supplied by
the establishment of a first-class laundry
in this city. Mrs. I. L. Glazier haB
opened a steam laundry at the corner of
Third and Federal streets, and it will be
no longer necessary to support a lot of
Chinese dives and opium joints under
the name of wash houses, or to send our
clothes, and therefore our money, to
Portland ; bat we can instead maintain
a home industry and employment of
our own people. .
We need to toster all such industries
and encourage others to invest in any
enterprises that will employ labor and
make a. pay roll, however small. We
trust the "Red Star" laundry will re
ceive the liberal patronage it deserves.
'.A. Happy Lodge.
Fern Lodge, Degree of. Honor, , had a
very pleasant meeting last night, a num
ber of invited guests not members ofjthe
order being present, after the' close of
the regular business meeting. An inter
esting programme was rendered, consist
ing of. song by quartette, Drs. Doane and
Lannerberg, C. J. Crandall and George
Gibons; a recitation by Mrs. Briggs, and
the same was a gem': song by Sydney
Young, banjo and guitar by Mr. Parkins
and Mr. Simms, concluding with a very
laughable farce, presented by Miss Bee
Sterling Miss'Elton,- Arthur Stubling
and Vic Schmidt. '.At. its conclusion the
floor was cleared and dancing -was in or
der until nearly midnight.
" , DIED. "
At Kingsley, Tuesday, March 23d,
Mrs. Elizabeth Culloch.aeed 75 years.
Funeral at Kingsley tomorrow. .. ;
Mrs. Colloch was born in County
Down, Ireland, and ; came to Oregon
about twelve years ago. She leaves two
daughters in this country, Mrs. Hugh
Baxter arid Mr. George Baxter.
NEW
(Late Grader at Wasco Warehouse)
Has leased the WINGATE BUILDING
OSS' SZiCOMTJ STUEET," "
And will handle Wool on storage or commission,
or will grade or bale it if desired. Thirty years' ex
perience as a Wool Grader.
Idlings.
It is quite natural that mankind
should divide and disagree on every
proposition tnat comes up, it is per
haps for the best thnt this is so,
In all
countries there are sects in religion and
politics; creeds religious, creeds moral,
faiths, customs, habits, manners, rules,
laws and superstitions; each differing
from the same characteristics in every
other country, and, indeed, from a large
portion of their own people." ; What is
religion in our country would be sacri
lege in another; what is good morals in
one would not be. tolerated in . another.
In no one thing is there so great a var
iance as in the belief as to what consti
tutes morality. .The worship of Baal
would, even when robbed of its religions
character, be claimed by all of us as the.
most gross immorality. . Yet. to those
raieed under that religion there is noth
ing immoral about it. It was right, cus
tomary and proper. The' idols were
broken long ago, but alas! the worship
pers are still many. Then again, who
even in these days has .the same stand
ard of morality?. Each of us looks upon
onr pet vice Cand most of us haveatleaet
one) as being trivial, while the pet of the
same brood of our neighbor is abomin
able. - ' . -;- ''. '
- We cannot see ourselves as others see
us, nor can we judge ourselves as others
judge as.. We can, thougb,eee others
and judge them, and that's where we all
have a chance to even up. Outside of
your regular criminal we average about
alike. Some pass a good examination
on veracity and honesty, bnt fall low in
some other mentality ; some stand high
in their honor of woman and barely
scratch through on some other propo
sition'. Bnt in the grand total average
for the term there is not a great deal of
difference. It all depends upon the point
of view, and the viewer.
,
- Let us illustrate : An old fellow named
"Jimmy" Band need to haul charcoal
from Pine Nut to Carson City, Nevada,
having a contract to furnish .that com
modity to the United States mint located
there. He was without doubt -the dirt
iest man in the state (always barring one
of the greasers). Hie grizzled whiskers
were matted with tobacco juice and char
coal oust from one year, and ear, to the
other. He got into a way station one
night, kept by a most estimable lady
who had just arrived from "the states
It was quite late, the cook and servants
were in bed ; but to "Jimmy's" request
for something to eat she could not turn a
deaf ear, so she placed a lunch in the din
ing room and waited upon him herself.
"Jimmy" was polite as a French danc
ing master, and at once struck up b con
vereation. "I suppose,". said ne, "yon
find society quite different here from
that you have been accustomed to in the
East." The lady gave assent. : "That's
what I miss more than anything elBe,
he continued; "I could stand the work,
the dirt, the inconveniences and all
these, but I do miss those social relations
by which as a young man I was sur
rounded. Why, these coal burners out in
Pine Sat don't know enough to lift their
hats to a woman ; and as for manners,
one would think that they bad never had
mothers."-' The recollection seemed to
affect Jimmv's eyes and consequently his
nose, as his thoughts went winging back
wards to his boyhood's days, and his
feelinga overcame him. Slowly bis right
hand sought mechanically his waist
band and he plucked forth the lower end
of his blue woolen shirt and wiped his
eyes. Then be blew his nose, and re
turned his impromptu . handkerchief
again to its case.
A Small Fire.
The alarm of fire turned in about 3 :30
this morning was caused by a small
blaze starting in the Pacific Corset Fac
tory, corner of Washington and Second.
Night Watchman Wiley discovered the
fire and at once turned in an alarm. J
The fire started from a lot of ashes taken
up in a wooden box and left in the room.
The floor bnrned through for a distance
of seven or eight feet. .. The worst dam
age was done to Van Norden's Jewelry
stock, situated directly beneath .the fire"
which was filled with cinders and dirt,
and got a thorough drenching on top of
it. .'.?' ' ' '-' '
There is a legend that the first brush
wick-e-up built by Adam after he left
the garden of ' Eden was destroyed by
fire, Eve having carelessly taken the
ashes up in a soap box on wash day.
Since that time the same thing has oc
curred many millions of times, but there
are some people that seem to be incapa
ble, of learning that live coals will set
fire to a wooden box. Fortunately the
WAREHOUSE
damage is light, .bnt this
matter of good luck. ,
is entirely a
Advertised Letter. "
Following is the list of letters remain-
f ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for March 27, 1897. . Persons call
ing for the game will give date on which
tbey were advertised :
Allen Hattie Bailev Chas M
Conoway J C Clove'r Jas
Dempsey Cora . Engman Martin
Elliott Jas F Fish Rhodes
Flock Miss Katie Fowler Lnella
Graham Frank Gomez J F
Golden Mrs Emma Havey Zed
Hearings Daisy
Hughes S G
Kershaw S lj -
LaMotte Frank
Levy Vivian
Morgan E ..
Oldfield Abner
Qninn F M
Robarts W S
Rhodes A B
Hanford Mrs EtTa
Keevaney Mrs A
Lane John '
Mayfaewer H J
"Nygrist Mott
Pnelps Eugene A
Robinson Mrs Ida
Robertson Agnes
Ryan Tim
Smith Miss Maud
Wren Edna
J. A. Cbossen, P. M.
Story of a Pemnre Schoolmlu.
A bachelor teacher -who was in the
habit of punishing' refractory pupils
by using' a ruler on the hand, recently
hnd occasion to chastise a pretty miss
of 10 summers. The mischievous girl
advanced to the 'desk, and the teach
er said: "Give me your hand, Nellie."
Her black eyes twinkled, as she de
murely said: "Mr. B , this is so
sudden; you will have to ask papa."
German In the United States.
In 1801 there were only 280,000 per
sons in the limits of the United States
who spoke the German tongue; now
over 7,000,000 of our people, Germans
or descendants of Germans, read and
epeak that language. - .
Qecret of Beauty
of the complexion, hands, arms,
.and hair is found in the per
fect action of the Pores, produced by
UUUllg skjjj purjfying and
UUnT Y the world, as well
as purest and sweetest for toilet,
bath, and nursery. FOr distressing
facial eruptions, dry, thin, and fall-.
ing hair, and baby blemishes, it is
absolutely incomparable. .
Bold throughout the world. .Pottkr Dbdo
ahdChem. Corp., Sole Props., Boston, U. S. A.
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