THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14. 1897.
The Weekly Ghronicle.
. . STATE OFFICXAX8.
ajveraoi .' .... .......W. P. Lord
. Seoretarv of State H R Klncaid
Treasurer ...Phillip Mebtchan
oaptoi mnuo instruction. .s u. . irwiu
Attorney -General J...C. M. Id em an
a, , . G. W. McBrlde
- : - i. H. Mitchell
o , ,, , ,, - t B Hermann
BUte Printer ., .... W. H. Leed
COBOTT OFFICIALS
ntr Judge.
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Cjnn'
8 Serii
Clerk....
Treasurer... .. .
Commlaalonen.
Assessor W. II. Whipple
Surveyor J. B. icit
Superintendent oi Pubiie School. . .C. L. Gilbert
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......Root Hayi
T. J. Driver
A. M. Kelaav
... C. L. PhlUlpa
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FOREST AND' FLOOD.
The conditions prevailing especl
ally along the eastern slope of the
Cascades are '. not understood by the
advocates of forest - protection, and
. in consequence- their arguments arc
without force. W believe" as much
as anyone in the preservation of our
grand forests, but at the same time
we believe 'in using the lands upon
. which they grow when it can be done
without in any way injuring the for
. SL
. The principal objection made to
pasturing the reserves is that it
would destroy the undergrowth
which now retards the flow of water
from the melting snows, and would
consequently cause disastrous floods.
This argument is correct in theory,
but, applied to the eastern slope of
the Cascades, false in fact. It ap
plies to conditions on the headwaters
"of the Mississippi, but it does not
apply here. In the first place, the
sheep can do little or nothing tow
ards destroying the undergrowth, for
it grows and spreads faster than all
the sheep in the country can keep it
down; and as for the flood condi
tions, they do not and cannot exist
.A glance at the map of Oregon will
-show that the entire eastern slope of
the Cascades diains north into the
'Columbia through the Deschutes
river, a stream nearly 300 miles long,
running due north along the eastern
base of the range. For its entire
length it runs through a deep can
.yon, has practically no bottom nor
'farming lands, and to do any damage
along its own course would have to
n-ise from 1000 to 2000 feet. As it
"has a fall of from twenty to fifty feet
to the mile for the last half of its
course, and the canyon is from 300
yards to half a mile wide, it will be
readily seen that there can be no
danger of flood along the stream
itself.
Now again, the only place where
the Columbia flood can do any dam
age is below the mouth of the Des
chutes. Let us see, if we can, what
effect the Deschutes flood would have
on the Columbia. We have not the
figures at hand to show the volume
of water passing down the Columbia
or the Deschutes at flood periods,
but knowing the streams as we do,
as all of us do, it is safe to say that
' the 1 Deschutes at its highest, when
. the Columbia is also high, would net
add one half-inch to the height of the
latter.
So all arguments concerning the
destruction of the undergrowth on
the eastern slope of the Cascades,
causing flood conditions, become ab
surd. On the western slope condi
tions are different, and there theory
and fact would agree. "We do not
believe the pasturage of such portions
of the western slope as admit of it
would injure the forests; but we do
admit that protection against the de
struction of the forest is there a ne
cessity. '
pasturing of sheep . in the county, this, we on this side 'of the . Atlantic
since that i9 the real purpose of their will try and seek more congenial
action, and at the same time a way friendships among the heathen across
left open for
the county.
driving flocks across
DASCIXG .AND THE DEVIL.
the Pacific. . A Chinaman would not
fight his ' own people because they
were of the same religious belief as
himself. , "
A correspondent of the Times
Mountaineer misusing the name of
"Consistency," enters his protest
against starting' a dancing school in
this city,
JUST. AS HE - IS.
Mr. James Hamilton Lewis, the
nciv member from -Washington, was
He very modestly begins I out in a new spring suit yesterday-
his protest by asking leave to "sub- a creation of lovely brown,. with a
mit a thought or two," but as he Prince. Albert coat that reached to
forgot to submit them, it is fair to his heels, with trousers that had the
presume that when he knocked at latest bell bottoms, and with spats
the front door of his intellect, there and other accessories to - match
was nobody at home. Here are his Shiny beaver and j-ellow gloves and
nlWpd thoiiohLs. fresh from the suo- a nobbv cane completed 1 he new
posed home of his thinker: member's costume,
Now this fellow's intentions may But there is to be no mistake made
be good ; he may not mean to do any about Mr. James Hamilton Lewis,
narm, yer, ai me same ume, expen- In the iangaage cf a western man,
ence, general oDservauon ana com
mnn aonao nil tpnrh US til sit. tllfi SD
" m. jL.i t : J- t-t-
called "art" of dancing is but an means tuai iur. u ycLy
invention of the devil, calculated to near the pure. stuff. He went out to
lure our noble young men and women the state of Washington from Geor-
on to lives of disgrace and disrepute ffia flnd besran- working as a stevo
-....a 1 " - 1 i O "
(as statistics will aounaanuy prove;
and I hereby enter my protest
against such an infernal school as
this being brought into our midst.
We would suggest to "Consisten-
dcor for 75 cents a day. He studied
law at night, and within two years
after he bad graduated he came to
the United States supreme court and
cy that the term "rcuow 13 neuner pocneieu a tiw,uuu uu. ;n wa
polite nor even moderately sarcastic, elected to congress hands down, for
and its use shows a mental vacuity there is no one moire popular in his
where ideas may not find abiding state, and if he dresses very much
place. As for the devil Inventing like a fashion-plate, it is Dccause, as
dancing for the especial purpose of he himself says, he has the right to
lurino- noble vounar men and women" wear the very best clothes that he
(the latter evidently regardless of can buy. Washington Post,
age) "on to lives of disgrace and dis-
for distance lends enchantment to
the view. If he can't be appointed
governor of Alaska, let us hope that
he may at least be appointed to gome
position in Madagascar. We would
all feel better with at least one con
tinent- and one ocean between Max
and those who anguish for his ap
pointment. The Grant .monument is, soon to
be , dedicated. " New York City
begged for the corpse ot the great
American that it might raise a monu
ment over it; but .in a montfi the
matter was forgotten, and much of
the money 'was furnished bv the
a. w
country at large. It will be a long
time before another national charac
ter will be, buried in that state, pro
viding any place else can be found
for the interment. Now the dedica
tory ceremonies are being widely
advertised, not in honor of Grant,
but for the purpose of inducing peo
ple to visit New York and spend
their money there. "
she heard the child scream, and looking
toward the house she waa horrified to
se the little fellow running toward her
enveloped in the flames of his burning
garments. The mother hurried to the
rescue, using her own skirts to smother
the flames, which she succeeded in do
ing, but not until too late to evae her
precious child, who was so badly burned
that death relieved him from his suffer
ings at nine o'clock on .'the evening ' of
the 3rd. Skamania Pioneer.
THE 8IU8 OF SPRING.
. Arbor Day at Knderaby.
great many
The county commissioners of
Klickitat, county have quarantined
Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam coun
ty sheep so effectually that none will
be driven into the county this year,
either to pasture or for : any other
purpose. Their action was taken to
prevent Oregon sheep being pastured
in Washington ; but if reaches much
further than that, fcr now an Oregon
sheep may not be sold to be slaugh
tered in Klickitat count'. It has
been the Custom of some of our sheep
owners to cross their sheep here,
drive them to Yakima or Ellensburg.
and there sell them ; but this cannot
now be done. , It seems hard that a
mnn may not drive his stock to mar
ket, ut that is what he is prevented
doing by the Klickitat commission
ers. . It seems to us some steps might
be taken by them ,to prevent the
repute," we don't believe that "sta
tistics will abundantly prove it."
Bring on 3'our statistics; give us
something besides the bare assertion
and we will undertake to sho iV
"Consistency" that there are two
sides to the question, one of which
alone being sufficient to crowd his
mentality; Nature kindly kept the
other from him.
Dancing is like a
other amusements, it can be made
barm of, although itself, under proper
conditions, harmless. We can re
member the time, and we are no an
tediluvian either, when the fiddle
was the invention of the devil, and
when that same gmtleman of the
bifurcated foot and sinuous caudal
appendage was the especial guardian
of all theaters. But that is all
changed. The feline intestine,
n A.... A .3 1. . I. r nAIIIHA I I. S. n
in the hands ot the unskilled, tones
that might justify a critical person
in giving credence to the old super
stition, and some of the theatrical
companies that have visited The
Dalles miht furnish corroborative
evidence as to his satanic majesty's
It is said that ex-President Cleve
land is to write his "reminiscences
for a New York magazine. With
all due modest', we suggest to his
late excellency that the work is one
of supererogation. His "reminis
cences" are not yet "reminiscent"
enough to be pleasant, and, in fact,
are matters so well known to the
American public that they will not
prove interesting, except in the light
of a fearful example. Four yeais
ago be went into the . presidential
chair, the chief magistrate of. a pros
perous and thrifty people. As we
recollect the succeeding four years,
there is nothing in them to cause the
public to linger fondly over the
pages giving a resume or tneir nis
tory. That nightmare is past, thank
God! and it should not be chased
from the raflets of the attic, where it
has gone to roost. Mr. Cleveland's
reminiscences have already been pub
lished to the world in falling wages,
idle factories, disheartened working-
men and increasing debts, both r ub
lie and private. It is entirely too
soon for Mr. Cleveland's effort.
The president hits appointed the
commissioners to the international
monetary conference. As the de
mand has been -made largely by those
believing in the free coinage of sil
ver, he has very wisely selected two
of the three members from the ranks
of that class. Senator Wolcott of
Colorado heads the list, and Vice
President. Adlai E. Stevenson is the
otner saver man, the commission
being completed by Charles J.Payne
of Boston, a gold man. The com
mission will not go abroad before
May 1st, at which time the new am
bassadors will all have arrived at
their posts.
The Corvallis Times, comment-
supenntendency of their presentation ; lns on tne action of the governor
yet m spite of these, the theory is no an( 8tate treasurer in demanding the
longer tenable. Dancing is a de- payment of the state taxes bv the
lightful pastime, with no more harm counties, expresses wonder at their
in it than there is in a spelling bee doing so. As a matter of fact, the
or school debate.
The Japs are on their dignity, and
the Japanese press insists on the gov
ernment "taking a firm stand with
the United States and Hawaii. That
is just what wev hope the Japanese
government will do, and we are
pleased to note that two of her war
ships are to be sent to Hawaiian
waters. v Nothing that could be done
will awaken this country to the value
of Hawaii to, it as the chance of its
governor and treasurer can only in
sist upon obedience to the law, and
outside of anything they . might do
the county treasurers would hardly
consent to keep the money after the
time it should be paid over. The
law provides that if a county treas
urer holds back the money for twenty
days, he fotfeits twenty per cent of
the money held back, and if he holds
it out, we believe, sixty daj s, he is
a defaulter, punishable by imprison
ment in the penitentiary. : In view
f&llimr into the hands of some other
power. Our slant-eyed friends will of this, it is not probable the county
find a. different fellow from the Chi
nese emperor to deal witn wnen it
makes a break at Uncle Samuel.
That Japan has boundless ambition
cannot be denied, but when she
casts ber eyes on Hawaii, she is
going to get left, and left hard.
The Peasi of the Pacific can never
belong to anyone except the Hawaii-
ans or the United States.
treasurers would nolu tne - money
back, no matter what the governor,
treasurer, county court, or anyone
else, might do, since the punishment
would fall on him. - The countv
tieasnrers have only Hobson's choice.
pay over or take the consequences. ,
Today's Oregonian contains a lot
of mining news from Baker City that
speaks well for that prosperous camp,
Every little district is starting up its
mills and mines, and the reports com
ing in from . each, show that the sea
son is to be one of unexampled pros
perity. Baker has long been mined
by men who neither understood its
es nor mining ; ' but this has all
changed. There are expert miners
there now, and the output of gold in
the next . few years will astonish the
world." As we said the other day,
we believe it Is destined to be the
greatest gold mining camp in the
world.
Affile tod Famlliea.
Some of our exchanges continue
to thresh the old straw of the tariff
question. In the meanwhile congress
in rkiiflriinrr . t.Vio Tlinnrlov Kill ond it.
i- - I " tr o ,
J will soon nenomA ft law. Thpre is
ing tne even tenor oi ner way, ana
seems determined to accomplish her
object of securing Crete, even at the
risk of setting all Europe by the ears.
We glory in her spunk, and hope she
will pitch into the unspeakable Turks
and whale tnem to a finish. The
American people would like to see
nothing left to be slid on .the tariff
question, and it is high time to give
it a rest and take what congress pro
vides for us since we' will have it
to do any how. - ;.
The appointment of - an Indiana
man as collector of customs for
the outcome of the struggle, and to Alaska causes Oregon people a gone
know whether or not the civilized sensation around the heart, lest our
and Christian nations of Europe . will own, only, Max Pracht of Peachblow
continue to stand in with the cres- Paradise be left with us. The Ore
cent and assist in perpetuating the gon public yearns with one mighty
massacre, of people of account of yearn for his' promotion to some
their ' religion. If the powers do office that will take him far awav.
The two families of Mr. Jos. Kieer
and Mr. McChriatian of the Arkansas
colony have been having a serious time
with measles for the past two weeks,
A late arrival from Arkansas contracted
the disease while en route and broke
out with it soon after arriving here.
The old gentleman, Joseph Kiser, who
is 76 years old, was stricken with par
alysis three weeks ago and now lies per
fectly helpless. The younger members
of the families, to the number of ten,
Lathered at the old gentleman's house
to care for him, and all, except Joseph
Kieer, were taken with the measles
about the same time. The sick persons
were unable to properly help them
selves, were without a change of cloth
ing and short of food, end their condi
tion was desperate. Mrs. Alma Howe
sent them some bed clothing and has
been furnishing them milk. Mr. E. M.
Hunt and, wife have been in constant
attendance on the unfortunate people,
setting up- with them at nights and ad
ministering to their wants in every way
possible for them to do. Mrs. Rogers, a
lady who has been canvassing the val
ley for the sale of books, called at the
Kiser house Tuesday, and when Bhe
found the folks in such a bad plight,;
decided at" once to help them. She
went to Mrs. W. T. Hanabury and pro-
cared a suit of old clothing, and with
the' assistance of Mrs. Hansbafy,
cleaned up the house and made the in
valids more comfortable. Sev. J. L.
Hershner called Tuesday and afterwards
interested the town people in the case
and collected clothing and money tor
the sufferers. Glacier. ' .
' Endersby, April 9, 1897.
JSuitor Chhonicl: ;' -
. . The following was the program for the
Arlior Day exercises at Endersby school
bouse: .....
Song "America" ...... . . '
Recitation "Arbor Dav" On WfiipReM
Recitation Willie" Dickson
SoriK , By the School
Rtcitatlon ....Edna Harriman
Recitation Carolina DnvlHwn
Song- , By the School
itouumon ; . i. taaie Keea
Kociuuon . Maude Smith
Recitation Nellie Harriman
Sonir. -. . By the School
Recitation "Trees That We Like"
Thirteen Girls and Boys
Reading of the law appointing Arbor liny. . .
Hong .... ; By the School
Out door exercise tree plnotiug...
; The pupils Drought several plum,
apple and poplar trees, and also some
lilac and rose : busbeb, which were
planted on the echool grounds. We had
several visitors and the afternoon passed
pleasantly and profitably. The three
poplcr tress were planted and named
Longfellow, Whittier and Lowell.
. . Bessie N. Hastings,
' . Teacher.
Nvtlce to Taxpayers.
Notice is hereby given that by order
of the county court, the sheriff will re
turn the tax roll for 1896 to the
county clerk on . the first Monday in
April. 1897, and all taxes then remain
ing unpaid on- the roll will be declared
delinquent, and thereafter .the sheriff
will not receive taxes until the delin
quent roll is given him. By order of
court. A. M. Kklsay.
m23-4tw Clerk. :
The merchant who tells yon he hag
something else as good as Hoe Cake soap
is a good man to keep away from. a2 3m
On pa?s the years in waywatd course.
And many the happy hours the? bring. .
With them are friendship, lore arid flowers,
That come with sweet ai.d joyous spring.
Then turns the mind to great good-will
And fond society of one another;
Then try tbe girls their cup of joy to fill
In fond association with their "Brother."
Tis wishing then his Joys to multiply,
n hlch all the rest the years are tew,
That every boy looks round with sheepish eye
And hunts him up a "Sister" too.
No wonder then school students seemed quite
quamitih, i
And of a damsel fair each thought himself
possesor:
But ah! alas! how toon the poor delusion van
ished When there loomed into view our sandy
haired professor.
The beautlous spring is here again,
With April showers between the sunny hoars;
Too time when Nature robes in beauty; when
; The lovers coo ia deep sequestered bowers.
As there they sit in love enraptured.
Comes winged Cupid and deftly shoots his
arrow.
A question asked, a question answered;
A glance given back that bears no bUght of
sorrow. ,
The sons bird sinus in the trees tbove.
And on them each doth cast his blessing,
A share so large each claims of love,
They seem the whole world to be possessing.
And now they promise on' life's sea to row;
Each cheerrullv to help the other.
He with a steady hand will wield the oar,
While he with pride will man the rudder.
And now, we hope he bears the trials of life.
And ever k.eps that sacred ) romise whole, ''
While deftly she avoids each coming strife
By steering past each troublous shoal.
. '- . C. E. S. ,
Mr. J. F. Knapp, representing the
San Francisco Call, has been in the city
several days in the interest of that
paper, and has given it quite a sub
scription list here. The Call has pushed
steadily to the front since it changed
ownership a year or iwc ago, and is now
a dangerous rival to the old leader, the
Chronicle. Mr. Krappis highly pleased
with this section and will call attention
to its resources through the columns of
his paper. He leaves by the Regulator
tomorrow, and if he is not delighted
with the trip down the. Columbia, then
indeed has tbe soft breezes of Southern
California' made sybarites of its people,
and rendered them incapable of enjoy
ing the grand in nature. .
Soap. Foam
compounds.
excels all other -washing
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A Paean of Victory.
The Champions won by a score of 8 to
16, and the Champions did not take
their last inning, which, of course,
would have resulted in the Champions
score running up to 26, provided the
worthy manager, Mr. Fritz. 'had re
mained in the box. Tbe White Stars,
no doubt, will give up the name of
Champions now, as we have defeated
them twice out of three. We now claim
the championship of Eastern Oregon,
and are ready for! all comers. .Outside
teams preferred. '
. The Champions.
Vatal Accident.
On the 1st inst. the wife of County
Surveyor Wetherell started a fire in the
faeatiDg Btove. She then left the house
for a few minutes, leaving the doors
ajar and ber little son playing, on tbe
floor. She was out but a moment when
jjSCABiTlCKSokLICE
THE WORLD RENOWNED H
mm mzzsci
Supplied to United States and British Governments. It has
, , no superior. Best Dip for the Wool. Sold by PEASE &
MAYS, The Dalles, Oregon. ; - -
We Sell
Buckeye Mowers,
Acme Mowers,
McCormick Mowers,
McCorinick Reapers,
Hodge Headers.
Also a stock of extras for above machines. We
are the leading Hardware and Implement dealers.
MAYS & CROWE, '
-V THE DALLES.