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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. APRIL "'3. 1897.
The Weekly Gbroniele
STATE OFFICIALS.
SOVeTOOl . . ..... .
Secretary o State
Treasurer .-.
Bupt-of PubUc Instruction
Attorney-General
Senators..
Congressmen
State Printer.. .A ......
.W. P. Lord
H RKincaid
....Phillip Metsehan
u. so., irwin
..CM. Idleman
IG. W. McBride
jj.'H. Mitchell
. IB Hermann
1W. R. Ellis
W. H. Leeds
' - COU3CTY OFFICIALS.
C rantr Judge..-. .. . . ..'. Bobt. Mays
Sheriff... T. J. Driver
. . Clerk .A M. Kelaay
' Treasurer - - C. L. PhiUipe
i. , , (A. H. Blowers
Commissioner jD u Kimsey
- Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor: .' ......J. B. '-oit
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. i. Gilbert
Cwoner ... W. H. Butt
A GOLDEN STOREHOUSE.
: ' Within . the next, five years gold
" mining will assume an importance in
. the Northwest never before accorded
that most excitinsr of pursuits. - The
beginning of this ne w era is already
here. The immense district north of
Spokane is attracting world-wide at
tention.' The North Fork of the
Coeur d'Alenc is again coming to the
front with mines of fabulous richness,
leading oce to hope that the vast
storehouse from which the placers of
Pricbard creek were enriched, has at
. last been discovered.
Mining has always been looked
upon as a speculative pursuit, and
' such, under the old methods, it has
been. Science has changed all this.
Refractory ores, the bane of the old
time miner, are now eagerly sought,
for the secret of extracting the prec
ious minerals .from them has been
discovered. Iron pyrites, alone
were enough to make the old miner
toss the ore aside, no matter how
rich it might prove to be under the
blow pipe, because the pulp assay
' would show nothing. This has been
changed, and Le Roi and other of
the great mines along the border, are
all refractory ores, being composed
of iron and copper sulphurets. There
are wild-cat schemes yet. as there will
always be, but the conservative busi
ness man can now find opportunity to
invest in mines purchased by men
who know their values, worked on
scientific principles, and economically
managed.
Mining fell into disrepute on the
coast more through the management
of the Comstock properties and other
Nevada mines. Then and there con
ditions were different, objects differ
ent. That was the day of wild-cit;
the day when the English investor
had not yet cut his eye teeth. The
Nevada mining ring assisted him in
accomplishing, that dental labor.
An thing was good enough, to beat
an Englishman with, and mny a hole
in the ground 'down in that section
shows that the victims, ns well as the
mining sharks, were numerous. They
bought anything at any price. .Now
science has come to their aid ; . mines
are no longer bought, they are bond
ed, nd prospected before any con
siderable sum of money is paid over.
The business has - become legitimate,
and with . its . vast possibilities for
wealth, and quickly-acquired wealth
at that, it is attracting more and more
attention every year. It is no longer
gambling; no longer .a passing over
of vast sums to strangers to do what
they pleased with and report only to
each other. ' . . -
We predict for the Northwest a
mining boom that is going to be unl
precedented, and that is going to
show to the world that not in Africa,
but in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, is the great golden storehouse
of the world. .
THE OPULENT STRAWBERRY.
The prospects for an immense
strawberry crop at Hood River,
-Mosier and The Dalles were never
better, although the season may be a
trifle late. The increase in acreage
is most . noticable " at Hood River,
though, it has been increased here.
' There the area has been increased
fully one-half and this year it is
- quite probable that three, and per
haps four, carloads a day will.be
. shipped. We have heard fears ex
pressed ttiat the market will be over
stocked. We do not believe it. We
heard the same thing when the ship
ments from Hood River reached
2500 "crates a year; yet last year that
'much was shipped in -five days and
the demand . was not met. Omaha,
St. Paul, Kansas City and Denver
can almost take up the entire crop, '
and when it is considered that the
Chicago market in open to these ber.
ries. it will be seen that it will take a
much larger supply than has yet been
produced to begin to meet the. de
mahd.' '' " ':
- Hoo4 River ought to get $?5,000
for her berrv crop this year, and
with average conditions of weather,
we believe she will. - '
THE HOUSE VS. THE SENATE,
The lower house of congress has
done well in cutting short debate on
the tariff question. No one cares to
hear it, and nothing can be gained
bv discussinsr it. That straw has
been threshed so many times and so
thoroughly that there is no longer
even chaff in it. - What the people
want is action, sharp, decisive and
speedy. If the senate could quite its
bowing and scraping, 'like a lot of
old rams, and get down to business
as the house has, it would be appre
ciated, but this it is not expected to
do. The old fossils will perpendicu-
larize themselves, steady their senile
forms on their tottering limbs and
talk, and talk and talk. It is passing
strange that among these venerable
relics the tongue and the bellows
never grow old.
Already Allen of Nebraska has
delivered a tariff speech, and this is
only the first flurry, forerunner of the
coming cyclone. When the bill gets
in the senate, then the breeze will
commence and the be-whiskered pho
nographs will repeat their dreary
platitudes until the speculators have
had a chance to import about every
thing that the tariff is raised upon in
quantities sufficient to last for a year
or two) Then they will act, but not
before. " ' .'
The time is approaching when there
will.be no senate,- or at least a senate
elected by the people, unless some
change comes over the spirit of that
antique old remnant of by-gone by
laws.
There have been fears expressed
that the orchard trees were seriously
damaged last fall by the extreme
cold weather. - While It is undoubt
edly true that some damage has been
done, a close examination fails to
show that it is of. any great extent.
However, this cannot be definitely
settled until the trees have been
given a chance to bud, and until
that time the careful orchard ist will
think twice, at. least, before cutting
down, or even back, his trees. . It is
time enough to do that when it is
proved that the trees are dead.
It is said there are more than 80,-
000 applications for appointments to
federal oQices on file in the depart
ments. If half that number are there
the president is not reclining on a
bed of roses. We hope, though,
that the president may see his way
clear to act speedily on the appoint
ment of Max Pracht. We think
Alaska reams for him with an ex
ceeding great yearn, and the people
of Oregon would like to see the sight
when Max's mouth and the Yukon's
two, get in perigee.
Another cyclone is reported down
in Oklahoma,. Territory, which wiped
out the town of Chandler and killed
a hundred or more persons. While
we are finding fault with a sprinkle
or two of snow' nd a few blustering
March days, it might be well to take
a calm view of our climate as com
pared with that ot the Eastern states.
We look out of the windows and
growl, while they flee, for their cy
clone cellars, and falling to reach.
them, die. Oregon . is all right, and
her climate the best in the world.
It is said tbat the authorities are
alarmed lest the discovery of the ait
of photographing in colors will make
possible the successful counterfeiting
of paper money, - This may be a
source of alarm to some people, but
the country editors are not apt to
get unnecessarily excited over it.
The photograph of a greenback would
be. an .acceptable thing now. Not
necessarily for publication, but as a
matter of good faith, and for a sou
venir. . Governor Lord has at last deliv
ered his message, and as there was
no legislature to ' deliver it to, and
this condition was largely due to the
able efforts of the Oregonian, be very
appropriately delivered it to the Ore.
gonian instead! It filled twelve col
umns In that - paper, and we should
judge would weigh almost half an
ounce.' It is to be hoped that the
Oregonian, having receive! the full
dose, will not fail to profit by it. ."
New ' York City has at last com
pleted the monument to General
Grant so long overdue, and is to cel
ebrate the event in the near future.
New York .insisted . on the body of
the great chieftan being buried there,
where fitting honors could be paid it,
and finally erected a monument on
money collected . from the people of
other states. New York is generous
to herself. .
The Peruvian government has
placed a good sized chip on its
shoulder in refusing to release Ea
rn ey, an American sailor, upon the
demand of this government; Uncle
Samuel may yet be compelled to
spank a South American republic or
two before his position in the Ameri
can household is fully .understood by
the .youngsters. ' -
Judge De Haven" returned yester
day to San Francisco from Washing
ton, where he had been to . secure his
appointment to the cabinet. He got
no consolation, the president neither
promising nor refusing him the ap
pointment. . .
A YOUNG WOMAN'S TALE.
Dressed In Hale Attire, he Helped Bob
Sheep Camps.
Miss Christiana Lecaff, who ' recently
came to the city, relates a wonderful
story of her life and adventures, 'says
the Walla Walla Statesman. A few
weeks ago Miss 'L-cuff came to Walla
Walla under the name of Mrs. Anna
McDonald, for medical treatment. - She
had been working for several months,
past, so she states, for a Mr. E. V.
Pence, near Waitsburg, until her .failing
health compelled her to come to this
city. She attended tbo Salvation Army
meetings, which resulted in her conver
sion a week agp Saturday evening.
Since that time she has been .burdened
with the conviction tbat, to be entirely
free from sin, she would have to make a
fall confession of her numerous mis
deeds. Miss Lecaff made t-his-eonfeseion
to the army officers, and related ber ex
periences to a Statesman ' reporter,
which is better told in her own wav :
I was not quite 15 years of age when I
ran away irom nome witn s Mr. flic
Donald. My home was in Cariton,
Mont., in the Bitter Root valley. I left
home with McDonald because I expected
to find life easier. My father made me
work out on bis farm, and did not give
me the advaotetres of schooling tbat a
girl ot my age should have had. Mv
stepmother, too, abused me, and when
McDonald, one of my father's hire J
men, suggested that we run away. I
naturally supposed he meant for us to
get married, and I. agreed to go with
faim. This was in 1892: We went awav.
bnt were never married, and for the first
year after leaving home we wandered
from place to place in Montana. I
donned male attire, and we made our
living the first vear bv robbing sheep
camps. . Unce McDonald planned to rob
an old man in tbe mountains. We
carried out the plane, but did not get
mnch for our trouble. A watch, that
McDonald afterward sold for 30, a fine
overcoat worth foO, a eaddle, a 'fine re
voiver ana several dollars was .all we
got. McDonald held a revolver to the
oli I man s head, while he was gagged.
This robbery . occurred in . tbe old
bachelor s hut, and we were never ar
rested for the crime. This was the big
geet haul we ever made, and the revol
ver was given to me by McDonald. We
bnrglarized two houses in Missoula,
Mont., and were arrested on suspicion
for one of the burglaries, but escaped
conviction.
I gave birth to my oldest child in the
poorhouse at Helena in 1893, and there
McDonald and I were arrested. Mc
Donald hired tin attorney to defend us,
giving him a bill of sale of some horses
we had near Helena for his pay. The
lawyer succeeded in securing our ac
quittal, and then advised us to leave on
the first train. We left, and, getting off
the train at a small station near where
the horses were, we took them with ns.
Oar robberies were confined to Montana,
and since coming to Washington we
have done nothing wrong outside of , liv
ing together without being married. In
the spring of 1895 McDonald and I came
to Walla Walla from Anatone. I was in
poor health, and came here to be treated.
We attended tbe Adventist campmeet-
ing then in session here, and both be
came converted, but 1 don't think it was
genuine. My youngest child was born
here abont 16 months ago, and is now in
care of a Mrs. Gantenbein, of this city.
I have three children living.
A Pleasant Surprise.
Yesterday afternoon - abont " a dozen
members of the Women's Belief Corps
paid their loving respects to Mrs.
Chandler, by spending the afternoon at
her home. She was not expecting com
pany, which proved -hor surprise was
genuine. Abont 5 o'clock tbe table was
spread and the well filled baskets were
speedily cleared of their contents, which
proved delectable. An hour was spent
in converse, ail expressing their disap
pointment in the loss of Mr. and Mrs.
Chandler' from onr midst, and wished
them all the good things in their new
home at Wamic, that can come to ns
mortals on this beautiful earth. "May
they live long and be happy, is the
heartfelt wish of every member of J. W.
Nesmith Women's Relief Corps.
One of the Dozen.
Wonderful Things That Are Near.
The- Philadelphia Press foreshadows
the coming of the millennium as fol
lows: . '
Flying is solved. , The principle is
known'. A mechanical expecient is all
that is now needed to make it successful.
Practical flight is today not more than,
five or ten years' off.
: A glow worm makes light with about
one three-hundredth part of the force
used in ordinary artificial ; light. . When
men know how to make light as cheap,
streets and homes will be as light as day
for a mere' fraction of what light now
costs -This is near. Vacuum illumina
tion without incandescence is already in
full operation, and in a year or two
ehonld cut down the price of light to at
least a sixth of its current cost, and in
five or ten years ' light' may be, like
water, turned on in every house at
will. '
Compressed air baa long been known
to be the best way, theoretically, to
store force for nee in transportation.
There is. bo waste and no deterioration.
The need is a cheap and efficient motor
to apply compressed air to city trans
portation. If this can be done, first the
trolley poles and wires will come down,
next the horseless, compressed afr
motor carriage will do all 'the work of
city delivery.
When these come the only use for gas
will be for cooking if this is not done
by electricity. Factories, also, before
many years, will be ran by. transmitted
electric power. This 'has begun to be
done and in five or ten vears will be
completed, and the factorv fire and
boiler will be a thing of the past. -.. .
A city will be a pretty nice place to
liye in when tbe first twenty years of the
'twentieth century are passed. V .
Sized Up With Others.
Saj-em, Or., Feb. 9, 1897.
Mr. I. J. Norman, Tlie Ballet, Or.: :
Deab Sib: Our mntual friend, Mr,
J. M, Patterson, sends your rate book
and requests ours in return. . Enclosed
find it. We intend to make a new rate
book soon, as we have made conaidera.
ble changes since this one was printed.
We Bee no rate in yonr rate book for
private bath tubs. . What do you charge
for them? Also how many fire hydrants
have you? Our income is about twice
yours, although our expenses are qnite
heavy. We have to pump all our water
by water or steam power and keep two
engineers besides a superintendent, col
lector and book-keeper. Our expenses
rnn about ZbUUU per year, from Mr.
Patterson's account you have certainly a
nicely paying plant. ,
Respectfully Yonrs,
Salem Water Company,
Per J. M. Wallace, Pres.
FIRST RIDE ON THE ELEVATEd.
It Impresses Strangers Now as It Did New
Yorkers Twenty Tears Ago.
Every day there are among the pas
sengers on the elevated roads consider
able numbers of persons who are rid
ing there for the first time visitors
from out of town. ' To the stranger un
accustomed to such structures, says the
New ' York Herald, the elevated road
must be one of the sights and sensa
tions of the metropolis. Here on the
platform of an elevated station, wait
ing for a train, stood a little party of
people from out of town, whose bags
and traps indicated that they had come
from a distance. A train approached
rapidly.
"Now," said a lady-in the party to
the boy whom she held by the hand,
"you are going' to ride on the elevated
railroad."
At the same time it was clear that
the lady was herself much interested,
as indeed she might well be, for it is
certainly a striking experience, the
first ride through the varying scenes
of a great city, upon an elevated track,
with the endless traffic of the -streets
weaving in and . out below, looking
down upon the heads of the throngs
upon the sidewalks and in upon the
varied occupations or upon the home
life of workers and dwellers on floors
above the level of the streets. " It may
be remembered that all these things
seemed very interesting to the people
in the city when the roads were opened.
An Appropriate Motto.
. Upon the Temple clock in London is
a singular inscription, the origin of
which is said so have been a lucky ac
cident. About two hundred vears ago
a master workman was employed to
repair and put a "new face upon the
clock. . When his work - was nearly
done he asked the benchers for an ap
propriate motto to carve upon the
base. They promised to think of one.
Week after week, he came for their de
cision, but was put off. One day he
found them at dinner irt commons.
"What motto shall I put on the clock,
your lordship?" he asked' of a learned
judge. "Oh, go about your business!"
bis honor cried, angrily. "And very
suitable for a lazy, dawdling gang!"
the clockmaker is said to . have mut
tered as he ' rjctreated. It is certain
that he carved: "Go about your busi
ness" on the base. . ' "
' "Bad state very bad. Eels got after
him. He was all covered with eels."
"O, my dear John covered with eels!
How many were there?"
"Over two hundred eels hung to
him." .' :
"Two hundred eels on John?" gasped
the bereaved woman.
"Yes, two hundred." .
"Two hundred! O, dear -well, set
him again!"
Steamer xor Rale.
We will sell the steamer 'Wanna,"
thirtv-five feet long, eight foot beam,
built in 1893. All in good order. For
full particulars apply to -
mch2-lmd Viento, On
r s. wiijKimsoixr,
(Late .Grader at Wasco Warehouse)
Has leased the WING ATE BUILDING
" r ' ON I9EOOETD STREET,
And will handle Wool on storage or commission,
or -will grade or bale it if desired. Thirty years' ex
perience, as a Wool Grader.
FASHION
IN INSTRUMENTS.
Beaatlful
Irish Harps to Be the Vone
- This Season.
There is a fashion in. musical instru
ments so far as the English young wom
an is concerned which compels changes
as sudden and sweeping us those which
take place in,regard to the same youug
women s bonnets and bats. Of cows
all of them who. have pretensions to be
ing1 considered what is vaguely termed
"musical" reckon among their accom
plishmente the ability to play , the
i. piano, and they do not disdain to de
vote the surplus of their musical ability
to instruments of a more portable kind
For a time it was the banjo, then the
mandolin, then, taking a flight upward
the violin itself was degraded into the
position of a "fashionable instrument,
dividing its claims with the violoncello.
We are said to be now on the eve of
another change. . According to Music,
the instrument which is to be in vogue
this winter is the Irish harp, which
many young women belonging to the
very smartest sooiety are said to be al
ready industriously practicing. , It is
not the large and rather unwieldy thing
we are wont to see in. the street orches
tras, but a beautifully finished and dee-
orated little instrument, some 30 inch
es in, height, and about the weight of a
banjo. It is, in fact, the article which
the minstrel boy slung behind him
when, with his father's sword girded
on, he set forth on that bellicose expe
dition of which the ballads tell us,
The tone ot the Irish harp, is said .to be
particularly sweet, though. little thin.
BESSIE'S GREAT SACRIFICE.
She Felt Sorry for a Bmbj Who Had No
Doll. ,
The stockings had been hung up and
the little ones gathered around the
hearth to hear mamma tell the story
of the Babe of Bethlehem, says the
New York World. Their small faces
expressed profound sympathy when
they heard how the Son of God was
born in a stable, how He lay on a bed
of straw, how He shivered m the cool
December night and how" His life was
in danger from the wicked Herod. Lit
tle Bessie seemed to be particularly im
pressed. She said nothing, but one
could see that she was thinking hard.
When, naif an hour later,, mamma
came to Bessie's bed to kiss her good
night, sine found the child pressing her
doll to her bosom and gazing at it with
unutterable affection. As 6he stooped
over the bed Bessie looked up - ana
asked, earnestly: "Mamma, ain't God's
baby got any dolly?" . ,
"No," replied the mother, smiling.
Bessie looked at her doll again and
huirffed it. Then conflicting' emotions
showed themselves on the little face.
After a long silence the child raised
her eyes, 'which had such an expression
as those of the -martyrs must have worn
at the stake, and said, firmly: "Take
it to Him, mamma."
Closing her eyes tight Bessie laid the
doll in her mother's hands and buried
her face in the pillow to try to forget
the great sacrifice she had made.
MUSTACHES iN FAVOR. ;
Bat a Few Decades Ago They Were Un
popular.
"In the 60 years I hav lived in New
York," said an oetogenarian to a re
porter of the New York Mail and Ex
press,- I oave never seen sucn v amo
tion in the styles of wearing the mils-
tache. Why, it seems that everybody
trains and crops them as an advertise
ment for their various professions. Thi
broker, the banker, the sport, the busi
ness man, etc., seem to adopt styles o
their own.
"Talking of mustaches reminds of th
lime when Consul Glidon came to New
York from Egypt in 1S37 wearing a big
black, drooping mustache. He was
looked upon as a. curiosity, aind it was
some years later before- the mustache
was generally adopted. ' When I was a
boy the mustache was looked upon as
vulgar and monstrous and unbecoming
a gentleman.
"I have often heard ir.y father talk
about the introduction of the first mus
tache in New York. A gentleman re
turned from Europe, so the story goes,
in 1816. A scrubby-looking mustache
adorned his upper lip. The- citizens
were stricken dumb. He was ridiculed,
criticised and spurned, and was finally
compelled to shave.it off in despair."'1.
-'' ' . Well Meant.
American wheelmen traveling alone
in Europe have many queer experiences.
A young man who was bicycling in
southern France was pushing his wheel
up a steep hill when he overtook a
peasant with a donkey cart who was
rajiidly becoming stalled, though the
little donkey was doing his best. The
benevolent wheelman, putting kis left
hand against the back of the cart and
guiding his wheel with the other, pushed'
so hard that the donkey taking fresh!
courage, pulled his load up to the top
successfully. The summit reached, the
peasant burst into thanks to his bene
factor. "It was very good of you, mon
sieur," he said; "I should never in the
world have got up the hill with only one
donkey!" . ,
THE SULTAN A BAD. DEBTOR. .
How Be Made an American Lumber Firm
. . ... . Wait for ItA Fay. . .
A certain lumber 'firm of this city
more than two years ago shipped to
the sultan of Turkey several tixousamd
dollars', worth of its most valuable
gooii:. The- order included mahogany
and ebony logs' of unusual size and of
the fines., coloring and general quality
that could be obtained. The payment,
or rather the promise to pay, was in
tho shape of a draft on the sultanj the
money to be forthcoming upon the
arrival of the logs at Constantinople.
Naturally the American firm regarded
the imperial treasury of Turkey as
good for the price of a shipment of
lumber.
In due time the mahogany and the
ebony reached the Golden Horn and the
Mediterranean Steamship company
sent.in to the shippers a gentle remind
er that the settlement of freight
charges was in order. But meanwhile
notUriDg had been heard from the sul- '
tan or his agents and the New York
lumber dealers did not fancy being
Lcld responsible for. charges upon
goods which were no yet paid for.
Cable dispatches and letters were sent
to the porte, but' the "Sick Man of Eu
lopo" was apparently too busy a.ttend
irg to his Armenian sub jects to be able
to look after such trifles as settling
with American creditors. No satisfac
tory response of any sort could be ob
tained. Then the lumber firm made applica
tion to Mavroyeni Bey, at that time
the TurldRh minister at Washington.
He promised to see that his sovereign
paid the bill without further delay,
and the hopes of the dealers were again
raised. 'But not even Mavroyeni Bey
was able to open' the sultan's purse
strings; The Armenian question srtill
absorbed his attention. Mavroyeni
Bey was recalled without having ac
complished this bit of work. The firm
had a lawyer working on the case, but
had for months practically abandoned
all idea of getting the money.
On the last day of October, things
took a most unexpected and joyful .
turn. Influenced afar off, it may be,
by the prevailing American sentiment
in favor ,of paying one's debts hon
estly, about noon on that day word was
sent to the firm that the draft had been
paid. Since then the actual money
has been received. - -'
The moral of the transaction would
seem to be that, if you have business
dealings with Abdul Hamid II., you
must be content to wait awhile- for
your money, he being a slow debtor,
bnt one who will come around at last
if you give him plenty of time. N. Y.
Tribune.- -
In Curing
Torturing
Disfiguring
Slieases
Cpticcba Remedies are sold thronphoat tns
world. Price, Uuticuka, f0c. ; Soap, ; Us
bolvent, (1. Potter Druo and Cue. (Jour.,
Bole Piops., Boston, O. 8. A. All about ths
Bioed, Bkin, Scalp, and Hair," free-
For Hale or Trade.
A desirable ranch of 160 acres, within
tour miles of Dalles City, with one span
mares, harness, wagons, plows and other
property. Fine fruit land and abun
dance of water.' Will trade for Dalles
City property. Inquire of ...
. A. S. Mac Allisteb,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
Chronicle office, TheTJalles, Or.