THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1897.
STAT OFFICIALS.
Sjrernor W. P. Lord
Secretary of State r- . H R Kincaid
Treasurer . . . ..Phillip Metschan
Bnpt. of Pablio Instruction O. M. Irwin
Attornev-fieneral C. M. Idlemnn
t (G. W. McBride
"IJ.TI. Mitchell
B Hermann
JUUJIOTUICU )W. E. E1U
State Printer ....W. H. Leed
Tl TII'1a1tv rVkftrt1n ' their fish if ther cannery men were where he. landed them safely. Then
liiu UWuiilV UlUUlUuiC inot fiontinuouslv fou?ht. Last rear Le went back for his wife and fire
- - . .... . .
the price demanded by the nsnermen children, lie iounci mem neany
was five cents, that offered by the drowned, and it was only by desper
cannerymen four and a lmlf cents, ate efforts that he succeeded in sav
This year the fishermen weeded to ing them. "When the family was
the canners' demands and accepted seen by your correspondent they
the latter figure. No sooner was were on the levee, and there seemed
this done than the canners went back to be no question in the mind of the
on theit offer and demanded a fur- woman as to the propriety of her
t her reduction to four cents. , This husband's mode of procedure." The
the fishermen refuse to accept, and dogs may have been worth saving,
it looks as though there is to be an- but the man certainly was not,
other strike. The fishermen have a
caonervof their own, and . re in
rf .
good shape, to make a strong fight,
COUNT! OFFICIALS.
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Sheriff. -. T. J. Driver
Clerk -A M. Kelaay
Treasurer ..C. U Phillip
. . ia. s. Blower
Commissioner ; Jd. s. Kimsey
Assessor..... ....Vf. II. Whipple
Surveyor. .-. J. B. Joit
Superintendent of Public Schools... C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
BRAZIL'S RAILROAD.
A New York newspaper is pub
lishing an advertisement of an tin-
usual character. ' It is inserted by
the government of " the Republic of
Brazil and invites proposals for the
operation of the railroads cf the
; country, offers to be received up to
" the 15th of May. The lease is to be
for sixty years, bnt the government
reserves the right to terminate it in
thirty years. It also reserves the
power to take temporary possession
of the lines for military purposes.
but in such event the lessee will be
entitled to an indemnity. It is evi
dent that the government does not
intend that any impecunious specula
tors shall acquire control of the sys
tem, ior it exacts as the first condi-
tion the, payment of a bonus or five
million sterling, or $25,000,000
enough to ' build quite a railroad
There must also be an annual pay
ment in gold of lease money, the
amount to be fixed by the competi
tion anions: the bidders in an answer
to these proposals. The lesse must
maintain the property in good con
dition, and pay the government
officers who will supervise the sys
tem, but he can regulate the freight
and passenger tariff by agreement
with th trnvprnmpnt The rrmfit
important of the Brazilian railroads
is the Central, whose income in 1895
was about $27,000,000: but there
are seven less important railroads,
and it is desired to lease them alto
gether, but tenders can be made
separately. -
Colonel Vasso3, the commander of
the Greek army in Crete, is a stranger
to this country and probably wouldn't
be recognized if he appeared on
Broadway, says the New York Mail
and Express, but he has a degree of
old-fashioned pluck and cheerfulness
which entitles him to the enthusiastic
admiration of all true-hearted Amer
icans. His defiance to the European
powers, declaring, in effect, that he
is ready to fight the whole crowd of
them, has in it a snap and ring which
are distinctly American and musical
in tone. If war follow the present
cn.-is in Crete and it seems inevita
ble Colonel Vassos will be an in
teresting man to watch. He has in
him the making of a national hero
and a popular idol. The stories of
Greek valor present no more inspir
ing figure than -this courageous sol
dier, who from the bead of hid brave
little army tauntingly challenges the
greater nations whose troops have
combined to oppress bis native land.
Those of our sheepmen who have
been accustomed to pasture their
flocks around ML Adams are in a
quandary oyer the action of the com
missioners of Klickitat county in
compelling the quarantining of sheep
for sixty days before permitting
them to be brought into the county.
It nracticallv shuts all Oresron sheet)
out of Klickitat county, and that is
what was intended. Under this nil
ing no Oregon sheep from certain
counties, no matter for what purpose
they might be wanted, can be taken
into Klickitat We have some
doubt about the action of the com
missioners being sustained by the
courts, but the sheepmen are not or
ganized, and none of them singly
feel like testing the matter. Some
of our sheepmen have been follow
in 2 the practice of herdinsr their
sheep across the Simcoe mountains,
and selling them in Yakima; but
they arc now shut off from and pre
vented reaching their market.
Last year we had but little sym-
pHthy with the striking fisbermen,
but the actions of the cannery men
this year justify the contention of
the fishermen that they would be
paid half a cent a pound only for
Miss iranci3 Tower (Jobbe sug-
arests that onlv one woman has ever
bad. the title of "Great" conferred
upon her, that one being Catherine
II of Russia, and that, in ;view of the
long' and glonous reign of Victoria
that title should upon the occasion
of the celebration of the sixtieth
anniversary of her reign be con
ferred upon her. Canon Teign-
mouth Shore, commenting ' on this
suggestion, says that as the term
'Great" had been applied to Cath
erine, it was not fitting to apply iMo
Queen Victoria, and suggests "Good"
instead. 'Victoria the Good" sounds
all right, and is the simple truth. A
prouder title than great; and after
sixty years as the sovereign of a
great nation, what grander tribute
could be paid her than to be called
by all her subjects the "Good."
TO DOS ON SHEEP OWNERS.
The action of the board of county
commissioners or iuicsiiai county
concerning quarantining ior sixij
days the sheep of Wasco, Gilliam,
Sherman and Umatilla counties, is
disingenuous and somewhat aibi
trarv. The reason given for their
action is tbtl scab exists in Umatilla
and Gilliam counties, and that fiom
their position Wasco and Sherman
county sheen are exposed to it, and
consequently are dangerous to Wash
ington sheep. - If this were the true
reason, no rauit couia oe louna wnn
it; but it is not. The law is simply
taken advantage of to keep Oregon
sheep out of the state of Washington
and to protect the stockmen of Wash
inzton in their ranges. Hence we
say the action of the board is disir.
genuous. If it were simply the pro
tection of Washington sheep from
infectious diseases, why should not
the certificate of the Klickitat sheep
inspector be sufficient gun ran ty that
the sheep were free from disease, in
stead of compelling the quarantining
of sheep for sixty days? Why com
pel sheepmen with clean flocks to
bring their sheep within five miles
of the Columbia and keep them there
for two mouths ?
It may be all right to keep Oregon
sheep off the government's land in
Washington, but it strikes us that the
manner of its doing is not quite lion
est. It is in a sense a law m re
straint of trade, and heaven knows
trade is stagnant enough without
having any legal restraints put upon
- a a IT-1 i . a. J5B at
' cesiaes cuts ivhckiws on irom Theodore Durrant. who was found
considerable revenue in the shape of gui,ty o mardering Blanche Lamont
taxes on Oregon sheep, which have in San Franci8CO two year3 ag0) as
heretofore been paid cheerfully. . t gaturdav tken to San Quentin.
However, our brethren across tne wh gome ur(her stay of pro-
river have the best or the argument, ceefUl) is cot had he wiII be hanged
June lllh. There seems to be little
The crop reports frcm Argentine
while showing a disastrous state of
affairs there, give foundation for the
statement that prices will be good
here. The Entre Bios Railroad Co,
recently reported that fully 90 per
cent of the wheat crop has been ut
terly destroyed by locusts. Wheat
was expected to yield 300,000 tons
but it is stated it will not yield 15,
000 tons. There is not enough for
seed, and both tbe national and pro
vincial governments have been pass
ing grants tor purchasing seed, it
may be stated in this connection
that when wheat was the lowest here
in 1894-95, Argentine had tbe largest
crop in its history. From present
indications instead . of exporting
wheat wilt have to be imported, not
only for seed, but for use.
senate does not seem to be bothering
itself much about the matter, not
withstanding the visit of one of Ore
eon's Democracy to Washington to
assist in seating Corbett.
James Martin of Vermont has been
tendered , the position of assistant
secretary of ..war, and has declined.
His declination is accompanied by
the astounding statement that he ap
preciates the honor, but does not
want office. That' man is a freak,
and belongs in a dime museum in
stead of in-Washington. What the
dickens does he want, if not office?
The man is crazy. : . . ' - :
. The Mississippi flood has touched
its highest and is now receding.
has done immense damage that will
take a long time to repair. At
Omaha, on .the Missouri, a portion of
the town came near being transferred
into Iowa by the river breaking into
an old channel. Several -million dol
lars will--be required to.repairthe
damages at that point.
STILL IDLER MUSINGS.
Concerning Other Tnlngs
Madding Dance.
thai the
If the powers will just stand off
for a few weeks and Jet Turkey and
Greece settle the Cretan troubles in
tbeir own vr&y, we have a few stray
nickels to hazard on a wager that
Greece gets away with the fight.
She is little, but brave and deter
mined, and has right on her side.
and much as we of this side dislike
it, there seems to be nothing to be
done but to grin and bear it,
doubt in the public mind but that
Durrant murdered Blanche Lamont,
and ffhilc we Ihink the circumstances
pcint to him as being the murderer,
we do not believe a case was made
against him strong enough to justify
the verdict. In other words, vhile
we believe Durrant committed the
crime, we - do not thing the state
the part of people who ought to know .ed that fae did j '
l . it t 1. .1 j1 . i. ..Li. r
probable that any further stav of
MISTAKEN IDEAS.
Congressman Shattuck of Ohio
has appointed D. J. Bandy, a Negro
boy of Cincinnati, to a cadetship at
the naval academy at Anapolis. It I
is ; just such blamed foolishness on
better that makes one half the trouble
in the world. Admitting .that under
the law the Negro boy ha9 just as
much right to the appointment as bis
white brother, the unwritten law of
tace prejudice comes up to make
the written law inoperative,
It was not kindness on Shattuck's
part to give the . boy the appoint
ment, but instead it was the worst pound for their fish, and the canners
kind of cruelty. Neither Congress- refuse to rmv more than 4 cents
man Shattuck nor the secretary of The fish are not running heavily yet,
war, nor the power of the United though the average catch Wednesday
btates boiled ciown and concentrated, wa8 ten fish to the boat. As soon as
if all brought to the assistance of the run begins, the question of strike
Bandy, can ever break down the or n0 strike-will soon be. settled; but
prejudice or smooth his pathway at present the local market and buy-
proceedings will be bad, and Durrant
I will pay the penalty at the date fixed
Since the opening of the fishing
season it begins to iooks as tnougn
the strike on the lower river is to be
again inaugurated. . fishermen re
fuse to take less than 44 cents a
through Anapolis. The races will
not mix, nor should they, and
Bandy's life at Anapolis will be
made a burden to him. He will be
shunned, taunted, . harassed and
abused, and all these so shamefully
that he wm either have to leave or
ers for shipment East take all offer
ings at prices demanded. The pros
pect for another general strike, how
ever, 13 good.
The return of - Minister Bayard
from England1 will be bailed with
will be a morose and gloomy cynic joyful acclaim by all true Americans,
when he graduates. We do not de- not because they like Bayard overly
fend in advance tbe actions of the well, but because they are anxious to
while cadets in mistreating him, but have this country represented by aa
they will do it just the same, and American instead of an Englishman.
Shattuck, knowing this, is guilty of a The change will soon come, but with
mistake that is almost a crime.
A correspondent . of the St Louis
Republic telling of his experience in
the flooded districts along the Mis
sissippi says: "On the Uasteel plan
tation the waters imprisoned a family! tnowjn
in a one-story cabin. As the water
rose and the danger became moment
arily greater, the. head of the family Senator Corbett seems to be about
of seven got into his dug-out and as tar away from the senatorial seat
took in four precious bounds and which he was appointed to fill as he
paddled a half mile to the levee, was before be left Portland. The
it also a regret that someone besides
John Hay is not to take his place.
Hay is some improvement, but it is
so little when there was room for so
much. However, we. shall all be
content with the recall of Bayard,
that any old thing is an
improvement cm him.
ine Uregon delegation ha3 rec
ommended Judge Denny for' the
position of minister to Hawaii. He
wanted to be minister to Japan, but
it seems that appointment had al
ready been promised. It is quite
likely he will receive ' the appoint
ment to the islands.
The president has appointed James
P.Angell minister to Turkey. That
is one selection no one can find fault
with, though it might be suggested
that an angel in Turkey is a long
ways from home;
CONCERNING OREGON SHEEP.
Action of th County Commissioners of
. Klickitat Conntf.
The following from the Goldendale
Sentinel is a fall statement of the ac
tion of the county commissioners con
cerning the Importing of Oregon sheep
into Klickitat connty :
The beard met at 9 a. m. Thursday.
April 8th. v '
In the matter ol tne importation of
sheep into Klickitat county from Uma
tilla,. Gilliam, Sherman and Wasco
counties. Or. :
Now on thia 8th day of April, 1897,
this matter being before the board for
consideration, and it having been made
to appear, to the board by the report of
the sheep inspector of this county, L. v.
(Jaines, and otherwise, and the board
having reason to believe that the sheep
of Umatilla and Oilliam counties, in the
state of Oregon, are badly diseased with
the infectious disease known as scab;
and the communication between said
counties, and Sherman and Waeco coun
ties, in said state, are eucb, and condi
tions exist in said Sherman and Waeco
counties, as well as in said Umatilla and
Gilliam counties, which render sheep
therefrom likely to convey disease to the
sheep of Klickitat county if allowed to
be imported therefrom into this county;
and the board having heard the state
ments of the persons present to repre
sent the sheep men cf Oregon ; and hav
ing fully considered tbe .matter, and be
ing fully advised,
It is now ordered by this board, that
the importation of sheep into Klickitat
county, from either, or anv of the fol
lowing named counties of the state of
Oregon, viz: Umatilla, Gilliam, Sher
man and Wasco, be, and tne same is,
hereby prohibited until such eheep have
been inspected and treated for scab, un
der the provisions of Sections 6 and 7,
of the Act of the legislature of the state
of Washington in relation to, and to
prevent the- introdnction or epread of
diseases among sheep, and declaring an
emergency, which Act was' approved by
the gqvernor February 27, 1897.
GOOD . YIELD .EXPECTED. '
Ess tern Oregon Will This Tear Doable
Her Output ot Gold.
Th9 outpnt of gold from tbe placer
claims of Eastern Oregon will this year
produce nearly double that of any sea
son for the past five years, says the
Baker City Republican.
The number of new claims that have
n a large and small way been opened
and rigged up in many gulches, and
through the placer fields, exceed many
fold that of any season for many years.
The water' supply promises to be the
very best in the history of the country.
There is more water stored in the snow
banks now than was ever before known
in tbe history of the country. Unless a
phenomenal thafe occurs in tbe spring
months the gravel mines will be enabled
to run through the summer and into the
cold, freezing weather of the fall months.
Bat little gravel bullion will find its way
to the bank counters until July, then
there will be a large regular outpnt for
several months, exceeding the last few
years' records by many thousands of
dollars.
The merchant who tells yon he has
something else as good as Hoe Cake soap
is a good man to keep away from. a2 3m
. We regret that our" young ' friend
"Consistency" baa concluded that "'tis
folly to be wise," and bo. prefers the ig
norance be has, to that sweet knowledge
he knows not of. His Pegasus with
spurning foot caused Hippocrene to
pour forth abundant waters, but alas !
he refused' to drink of the Helicon
spring, preferring the bitter waters of
Lethe. 'TIs related that when Ulvsses'
crew fell under the spell of Circe, she
changed them to suit her fancy into
lions, bears, asses, swine, and other ani
mals. They, returning not to tbehip,
Llyssea went in. search of them
Against the charms of the heautiful
enchantress be had a single talisman-
simple flower.- As. long as be held this
ber charms were powerless. I have al
ways thought that the story was sym
bolical; that her charms were only the
power she had over ignorance, and this
ignorance was typified by the animal
condition of her victims; while, on the
other hand the little flower which pro
tected Ulysses was the sweet bloom of
knowledge. May onr young friend yet
pluck a bouquet, and so. farewell.
, Death is said to be a great mystery.
and yet all things tangible that have
life, die. Kay! Even the rocks are
metamorphosed, and becoming some
thing different from what they were,
may be said to have perished. Where
does the essence, the will, the spirit, the
intangible, incorporeal thing we call life
go to? What becomes of it? We do
not know. Hence, I take it, that not
Death, but Life is the nnsolvabla mys
tery. Whence cometn it 7 What in
visible spirit moves the grass and the
leaves, to carpet the brown earth with
verdure? What makes tbe crocus bloom
beneath the protecting leaves, .the violet
to perfume the glade, tbe columbine to
play with the invisible baby zephyrs?
Whence comes our own life, and when
and how does it enter into the babe,
touching its heart until it beats, its lungs
until they begin to perform their func
tions, its brain until the divine essence
we call thought is evolved, and intelli
gence springs! into being? Oat of the
nowhere it comes to enter into that
which was not, and we call it life. Out
of that. which is, it goes into tbe fathom
less elsewhere and where it no longer
abides, there is that which we call
death.
There is another mystery almost as
deep as life, and that is love. Who is
there can explain the mystery of the
human heart, who even theorize on the
divine attributes the affections? Who
can tell by what subtle charm someone
steals . into the inmost sanctuaries of
one's heart, filling it with the fragrance
of the -red blossoms of Paradise? By
what alchemy of nature is lave distilled,
too often alas! from weeds instead of
lilies and roses. Fairness of face,
beauty of form, limpid eyes, silken
tresses, or even the intellectual charms
are not all powerful. Intelligence,
beauty, grace, learning, wit, all united,
may fail to produce the effect that some,
lacking perhaps most of these charms,
may accomplish. feyche may win
Cupid, Pbryne set all tbe world's youth
wild ; yet Phyllis may meet them both
on their own ground and vanquish them
without an effort, Why is this? Is it
not because love 1 is born not of the
senses, but of tbe spirit Y Beauty of
form, face and mind may attract, but
there their power ends. 4.iVhile love
born of the spirit, glorifies its object,
and supplies a beauty as superior to
earthly charm as imagination is to
reality. It is true the object is often
unworthy, but that only proves our con
ten tion, for we Jove not what is, but tbe
imaginary being we have created. Yet
what would you? Idols of brass with
feet of clay, such are all tbe images of
earth. The ideal and the real will never
be harmonized, and yet what man or
what woman is not better for the idolB,
he or she has created. .
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Mrs. Daly Dead.
Mrs. Lyman Daly, who was injured by
being thrown from a wagon while com
ing down 3-Mile hill last Saturday, died
last night, never having fully regained
consciousness after the accident. She
was on her way' to Vancouver to visit
lelatives at tbe time of the accident, and
it is indeed a sad ending of what was in
tended as a pleasant visit. Mr. and
Mrs. Daly lived on Pleasant Ridjje, on a
farm belonging to J. C. Meins, and the
injured woman was taken to Mr. Meins'
bouse here after tbe accident. Mrs.
Daly was 27 years old, and besides her
husband, leaves two little children.
The funeral will take place from the
Meins' residence tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock. " ' - . '
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Bale of School District Bonds.
Yet love intangible, is bnt typical of
life. We know not from whence either
comes, we know not whither they gr.
The autopsy . may show that through
this bullet hole, or that internal disturb
ance life ceased, and the post mortem
examination of a case of defnnct love
may show what was responsible for tbe
decease. There is some difference too. At
the end of life, tbe body remain! to be
disposed of. There is a uneral or a
cremation. At the end of love there are
no remains. It has performed hari-kari,
incinerated itself and scattered its own
ashes upon the. waters until they are
lost as utterly as those of Lycurgus, in
the Aegean sea. Generally after a ehort
period of rest, while" nature does a little
summer fallowing, the fertile soil gives
place to the seed of another love, Clotho
again, holds the distaff, Atropos spins
the thread and Lachesis, with ber re
morseless shears, cuts it off. . Yet it
comes again, and yet again.. Not the
same love, of course, for dead ' love is
like a dead mule a total loss. But we
get another sample off the same chunk ;
we get tbe same kind of sugar in a clean
bit of rag, and suck the dainty morsel
just like tbe suckers that we are.
Yellow washing powder will . make
your clothes tne same color. Avoid
this by using Soap Foam. - It's pure
white. " a2-3m
School District No. 29, in Waeco
county, Oregon, at a meeting regularly '
called therefor, having voted to bond
said district in the sum of $3,000, to be
in six bonds of $500 each, payable abso
lutely in twenty years and redeemable
at the pleasure of said district after ten
years, with interest coupons attached,
interest payable eemi-annuallv. Prin
cipal and interest payable at the office
of tbe connty treasurer of said county
or at such .place as may be designated
in tne city ot rsew xortc-, at the option
of the purchaser, and the rate of in
terest shall be such as may be desig
nated in the bid which may be accepted.
not exceeding the rate of 8 per cent.
lberefore, in pursuance of the law in
such cases I will receiye sealed bids for
said bonds as above described, at my
office in Dalles City, Oregon,- up to tbe
hour of 2 o'clock p. m. of the 21st day
of April, 1897, all bids to be accom
panied by certified check for 5 per cent.
of the amount of tbe bid, the successful
bidder to furnish ' blank bonds. Bids
for less than par will not be considered.
The aight is reserved 'to reject any and
all bids.
Dalles City, Oregon, March 20, 1897.
C. L. PmiLips,
Treasurer Wasco Countv, Oregon.
m22-td
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Navigation Co.
THROUGH
Freioat ana Passenger Lias
Until further notice, the
Steamer Regulator will leave
The Dalles on Mondays, "Wed
nesdays and Fridays at 7:30
a. m., and will leave Portland
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at 6:30 a. m.
PA88BNHKB BATES:
Oneway XX
Round trip W
Freight Rates Greatly Reduced.
Shipments Jor Portland received at
any time. Shipments for way landings
must be delivered before 5 p.m. Live
stock shipments solicited. For rates call
on or address . .
W. CALLAWAY
General A cent
THE DALLES. - OREGON
For Sale.
Yearling sheep (1000 head,) sound and
in prime condition: Price $1.75. Ad '
dress, J. M. Davis,
w-mltf -. Sherars Bridge, Oregon.
if