THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. MAY 5. 1897.
The Weekly GbMriele.
8TATI OFIICULS. ,
0jreniOT....; W. P. lord
Secretary of State .. H B Kincaid
Treasurer PMllip Metschsn
Sapt. of Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Idlemao
. - t IG. W. MeBride
Bnator.. .... ,. H Mitchell
. ' , B Hermann
OonKressmon........ ......... jw. K. Ellis
Btate Printer: ......:...... ..W.H. Leeds
COCNTT OFFICIALS.
County Judge...
Sheriff......
Clerk ....
Treasurer... .
Commissioners.
Assessor....''....
Robt. Mays
, . T. J. Driver
A M. Kelsay
C. h. Phillips
. (A. 8. Blowers
i D. B. Kimwy
..- W. H. Whipple
Surveyor.
veyor d. oit
Superintendent of Publio Schools. ..C. L. Gilbert
CoronerTTT. .-- W. H. Butts
THE RESERVOIR SYSTEM.
" Colonel Charles - Ellett, a distin:
that instead of levees along tbe Miss
issippi, a series of storage reservoirs
be provided by damming the tributa
ries of that stream. This would not
'. only provide against excessive floods,
but would, by discharging the sur
: plus water during periods of drouth,
Drove of inestimable benefit.
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The theory is a good one, but the
question of its practicability is a
different matter. It hardly seems
possible that natural reservoirs can
be found ; that is, places where .quan
tities of water that would materially
affect such a flood as has poured
down the Mississippi could ' be held
When one considers the amount of
water that would have to be held in
check to decrease the rise in the
Mississippi even . by one foot, the
amount of reservoir space required
seems clearly unattainable. Such
reservoirs must necessarily by 'arge
ly natural, such as lakes that can be
dammed at their outlets. Otherwise
the reservoirs would in flood time
become sources of additional danger.
But does such a lake area exist? We
think not. .
Our own grand Columbia furnishes
. a notable ' example in this line, and
were it noi uiai xtmure pas pruviueu
the most magnincent reservoir sys
' tern for it, there would be no living
anywhere within 300 feet of low
water mark. The floods of the Col
nmbia are for this reason of steady
rise and fall, extending tnrougn two
or three months time. And yet, in
spite of this protection, unusual cir
cumstances, such as we had in 1894,
when after a winter of seyere snows
came continuous and unusually warm
weather, the flood went sweeping up
ten feet ' higher than ever before
known. Where it would have gone
without Nature's grand reservoir
system, no one could even hazard a
juess. The Spokane river then
swept everything before it, yet to its
source the distance was less than 200
miles, and the Cceur d'Alene lake, at
low water-thirty miles by fifteen, and
at high water double that area, had
to be filled by the rusk of waters
from the Cceur d'Alene and St Joe
rivers, while the Spokane was stead'
ily cairying off the flocd. The Mis
soula sent its flood down the same
year, but before it passed into the
Kootenai it had to fill lake Fend
O'reille, sixty miles long and twenty
broad.' " So with the Columbia itself
In the Kootenai and Little Arrow
bow Jakes, where . an inland sea was
created by that flood which conld
only drain off slowly. - . "
Every tributary of the Columbia
is provided with such storage reser
voirs as could never be hoped for on
the tributaries of the Mississippi, and
yet were the lands along its banks as
low as those along the Mississippi,
the damage would be as great, or
greater, for the reason that without
the reservoirs the floods would be ex
pected, while with them other pre
cautions would have to be taken.
; It is bard to get an idea of " the
amount of water carried by a stream
under flood conditions,, but to give
an idea of tbe reservoir that would
be required to control the surplus
waters of the Columbia, let alone
those of the Mississippi, we can make
a crude, yet not exaggerated, esti
mate. Most of us have been down
the river to the Cascades and under-
stand twhat "a body of water ft is.
Yet the extia amount .of water car
ried by the Columbia at its high
stage would, If the bed of the Columr
bia were dry, fill the channel the en-;
tire distance in four hours. In other
words', it .would take a lake forty
miles long, ten miles wide and twenty
feet deep to hold the surplus for
twenty-four hours.
Some things are too large to be
controlled, and the Mississippi seems
to be one of tbera. - . . .
" Those . who expected iho Dingley
tariff bill was to be allowed to slip
through the senate without opposi
tion by the white-metal people were
badly mistaken. The Chronicle
pointed out some time ago that the
most dangerous opposition the bill
a .
was likely to meet was from the - old
source of senatorial tie-ups, the free
silverites. That opposition ' has. de
veloped. ' Senator Jones, who holds
the balance of power has joined
hands with tbe Democrats of the
finance committee in: objecting to
reporting the bill as framed direct to
the senate. The Republicans are, of
course, disappointed, and President
McKinlev keenly so. v The chances
are now that the bill will not reach
the president before August, and
then the brands and ear-marks on it
will prevent its author from recog
nizing it. Mr. Jones may not be as
picturesque s Mr. Gorman, but be
will prove as great a thorn in the
side of President McKinlev as the
gentleman from Maryland did in
Cleveland's case. " '
THE COMETS CLASH.
Things are not harmonious in the
Democratic camp back East. Cleve-
land recently aired his ideas before
tbe Reform club, and this stirred the
depths of Henry Walterson's bile
He chewed his recent excellency up
and spat him out. It is really amus
ing to note the difference between
the great tweedle-dum of Buffalo,
and the equally great Tweedle-de of
Louisville, Kentucky, sah! Astro
nomically speaking, these great er
ratic comets have so circled that
their orbits brought them in collision.
The nucleus of each comet, the
heads of the respective and respecta
ble parties named, have "butted,
and while, as is usual in comets, the
heads being small, the collision has
done no real damage thereto, it has
caused a terrible commotion, and ir
idescent display ot pyrotechnical
tails, finch have become intermixed
and commingled in a cyclone of hy
drogen gas, illuminated with the
scintillating fire of Watterson's intel
lect and the brilliant and gaudy
colors of his kaleidoscopic vocabu
lary. There is a great difference of opin
ion between the two. Cleveland hns
always thought that when he put on
his hat, the Democratic party was
ready to take a walk, while Watter
son is troubled with an hallucination
to the effect that when he takes off
his hat, the Democratic party is ready
to be seated.
In the meanwhile, out of this
clash of systems and wreck of worlds
the clear flute-like tones of Bryan
lure with their siren sweetness the
remnants of Democracy ont of the
fragmentary reminiscences . of the
Grover-Wattereon has-been to the
wave-dashed and rocky isles of Pop
ulism and fusion.
Now that the lines of the Washing
ton forest reservation are known to
include nearly all Skamania county
and much of the ML Adams range,
the outlook for summer pasturage
for sheep is gloomy indeed. The
sheepmen are at their wit's ends, not
knowing which way to turn nor what
to do. The time is almost at hand
when the flocks must find pasturage ;
but ; where ? Tbe mountains are
closed against them, and the lack ot
water forbids their seeking the dry
plains; the grcss where they are held
for shearing will soon be gone, and
then what? That is what they
would like to know, the problem they
cannot solve. - The closing of the
reservation, the shutting out of tbe
sheep from 'their old mountain pas
tures, is a virtual confiscation of half
a million sheep by the government
It destroys the business, it ruins
those engaged in it, who have invest
ed money in lands suitable, for keep
ing their sheep during the winter,
but which are valueless for other
purposes. If tbe mountains must be
closed and all stock prohibited from
pasturing thereon, then in the name
of decency let the government set a
time a year or ' two ahead, at which
the closing will take place, and give
the sheepmen a chance to get out of
the business. As it is. now, the in
dustry is destroyed and the govern
ment is not benefited.
THE. HAWAIIAN QUESTION.
William R. Castle, late Hawaiian
minister in Washington, writing con
cerning the all-important Hawaiian
situation, presents, in a lengthy, but
able article, a strong argument in
favor of annexation. We print the
article in part He says:
. "A good deal is said in these days
about the annexation of Hawaii or
the Hawaiian' Islands, and there is
much misrepresentation by enemies
of the movement, with consequent
misunderstanding. '.
"Some sa3' it is . unconstitutional.
That question was settled wLen
Louisiana was annexed. The prin
ciple that foreign territory may be
annexed has been acted upon by
the United States several times since
then, and has been affirmed by the
supreme court more than once. The
question of . constitutionality need
trouble no one. Have any but good
results followed the annexations of
Louisiana, " Texas, California or
Alaska? Would any loyal American
undo any of that work?
"The only question in the caSe is
one ot policy. wui:Ue united
Stales receive any benefit by annex
ing Hawaii? This, you will observe,
is wholly distinct from the matter of
whether Hawaii wants to be annexed.
There is no doubt on the latter ques
tion. The Americans here earnestly
desire it. This view i3 shared " by
most thoughtful Hawaiians, as well
as many others of different nationali
ties. It will be commercially better
for Hawaii, but what is more, it is
absolutely necessary in - order to
keep this stronghold of the north Pa
cific within the lines cf modern civil
ization. ' Without it American ideas
and European enlightenment must
succumb to orientalism, to the great
and enduring injury of the United
States. - Let me explain why.
"Hawaii was civilized and Chris
tianized by Ameiica. It is the
western outpost of our civilization.
Because . America was first on the
field it was able to accomplish this,
and it has Wen an object of the for
eign policy of the United States ever
since to maintain American influence
paramount. With this in view the
treaty of reciprocity .was negotiated
and ratified in 1876. It bad the
hoped for effect . Americanswere
induced to seek investment here.
While all of Hawaii prospeied,
Americans received the greatest ben
fit. They had developed tne re
sources of tne country, opened its
ports to a broad commerce. Here
only, in the whole world of foreign
trade and commerce, is America
foremost in everything. Let a few
figures make the showing:
"In 1896 Hawaii imported $7,164,-
561.40 in value, of which $5,464,208.
20 was bought In the United States.
It exported $15,515,230.13, and of
this the United States took $15,460,
098.15 ; that is 92.26 per cent of our
whole trade and commerce was with
the United States. Great Britain
had 3.33 per cent; Germany .065; or
less than one per cent China and
Japan bad 2.56 per cent, although
they number over 40,000 ont of a
population of 110,000. American
ships carried $18,717,542,85 of this
trade, or 82.52 per ' cent, and yet it
is said that the flag of the Ucited
States has nearly disappeared from
the sea ! It is not true here, for tbe
reciprocity treaty has made that flag
supreme. Hawaiian vessels , carried
$1,194,058.68, or 5.26 per cent, and
many ships under the'Hawaiian flag
were built in the United Slates and
are here owned by Americans. Bight
here it may be noted that nearly
every one of the large fleet of steam
ers carrying on the internal trade
were built in the United States. One
important exception might be noted.
The steamer Claadine was built by a
very prominent member of the sugar
trust in Scotland, probably because
it could be done cheaply, and brought
here with the intention, so it is said,
of competing . in the is'and trade;
but she was subsequently bought by
one of the Hawaiian companies and
now is tinder - ouiflag. Within a
year past we have built four steam
ers in the stales, none elsewhere.' -
"All of our lumber, bricks, lime
and other building material come
from the Pacific coast of the United
States. .The farmers'of lhat locality
also , share ' in the benefits of the
treaty, for all . our flour and other
forms of cereal foods, as well as hay
and grain to feed' our cattle and
other animals, is bought there. St.
Louis, Fort Scott and other places
east of the mountains, as well as San
Francisco, have their share in these
benefits, for much of our sugar ma
chinery " and ; other hardware comes
from those places. '" v
Concluded in next issue.
The bone of contention in the
Uncompaghre Ute reservation, mys
tifying to the general reader, is the
large deposit of asphalt and gilsonite,
estimated at ,24,000,000-tons and
valued at $200,000,000. Senator
Vilas, who ; did effective work iu
bringing out points of weakness in
the Morgan Nicaragua canal bill, op
posed the opening of the reservation
alleging that it was a scheme of cer
tain speculators to grab the lands, but
tbe Indian bill has now passed both
houses with the Uncompaghre clause
in it. The other end of the story is
found in the proposal " that asphalt
now on the free list, shall pay from
$1.50 to $3 per ton duty. Of course.
if tbe reservation is opened,' some
body will get the land, and if asphalt
is protected, those who have asphalt
for sale will probably be benefited to
some extent Neither of these dis
asters, howeverr is unbearable. That
a country should prosper or.individ
uals make money is deplorable and
damnable only In Democratic eyes.
Oregonian. ;
With a good wheat crop, which is
now abundantly promised, and good
prices, this part of the country
should have a lively summer and fall.
The Dalles and country tributary
thereto has had a serious, drain in the
past few years that has taken out
money at the rate of over $100,000 a
year, which is now practically
stopped. That is, or was, the pay
ments going out" for forfeited rail
road lands.' Last December nearly
$100,000 was sent to Washington for
this purpose, and it has taken a large
portion of the products of the coun
try to meet this drain. A good
wheat crop and good prices will
bring us in a large amount of money,
and for the first time in several years
will leave it here.
As one 'reads the dispatches from
Greece, and notes that the people
who forced their good king into the
war with Turkey, turned against him
because the Greek armies were not
successful, those stirring . lines of
Byron's flash into one's mind, recalling
his sympathies for that country, his
insight into the character of the peo
ple, and the loss to the world of the
great poet, at Missolonghi, through
bis part in their struggle. ; What he
wrote then is as true today:
"Tbe tyrant of the Chersonese '.
Was Freedom'! best and bravest friend.
That tyrant was Miltiadea.
Oh 1 that the present hour would lend
Another tyrant of the kind.
Such chair aa his were sure to bind."
Death, of Sirs. Magee.
; Entered into rest Hay 2d, Sail yUrown
Magee, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Smith French. ......;
Born at Andover, If. H., Feb. 19th,
1812, the pilgrim feet had trod tbe paths
of life 85 years, 2 months, 12 days, but
she was not weary ' nor tired. 6be ar
dently loved this life; "This world, this
beautiful world," and often expressed
tbe wish to see her great grandson a man.
Tbe descendant of thorough Puritan
stock, she possessed many of the rugged
traits of - the early pilgrim character.
These ragged way s were tempered by a
lively disposition, active imagination,
and passionate love for all things beau
tiful and true. She loved very mnch
the young, their society being prefered
to .the old, and she woold have been
happy to ever have bad her borne full
of young, joyous life. Up to' her -death
all current events interested her; not a
mere passing interest, they, must be dis
cussed, fully explained, daily inquiry,
showing she did not let it pass out of
mind. ' ' " ' .
' In 1821 her father emigrated to Stan-
stead, Canada, where ehe was married
and her children, a daughter and son,
were born. Sbe loved her Canadian
home with a ' devotion bo " deep that
twenty years' residence here did not di
minish one atom of her regard.
At 22 years she became a member pf
the Wealeyan Methodist church, and as
long aa life lasted she loved. and enjoyed
the usages, polity and. doctrines of the
Methodist church.. ':
The infirmities of the body pressed her
heavily, but with courage and determin
ation she firmly resisted their encroach
ments. On- Friday morning, soon after
rising, she1 was taken suddenly ill and
Buffered extremely. After a couple of
hours die -cried out in great distress
asKiiig to pe raised up. Jn a few ruin
ates .she was seized by an epileptic tit,
so passing into unconsciousness. The
convulsion ceasing; she fell into a quite
peaceful slumber, which con tinned on
til Sabbath morning, when' she opened
her eyes, and although speechless, was
seemingly conscious, her gaze following
all the. movements of her loved ones
A little after 1J. the watchers saw ehe
was passing into the "Valley of the
shadow.". There was no struggle, only
a centle unloosing of the bands of life
Th .silver cord parted, the chariot of
God swung dowu, and eternal noon
burst upoa her vision.
rorever wn tne lora. Amen! "so
let it be." . : - D.
Ihose Breathing Pictures.
, The animatiscope pictures aa shown
by Mr.' Wilbur are certainly things of
beauty. They grow on one, and every
time they are seen new beauties can be
discovered. Last night as we watched
the picture entitledl "Feeding the
Doyes," we coald hardly believe that we
were not looking at a real ecene. The
picture shows a farm yard with a women
and a tot of a girl scattering gram to tbe
fowls. - On the ground can be seen the
greedy chickens pecking industriously at
the grains and at each other, while the
air is filled with pigeons lighting, only
to fly np again in a flattering mass a?
tbe little girl throws her arms too ener
getically towards them. It is a perfect
scene, and yet, while different, no better
than many of the others.. The picture
entitled "A Morning Bath." showing a
colored woman giving her "little black
pickaninni" a dip in the tub Ib wonder
fully amusing, the changing expressions
of the baby's face as the water and soap
got in their work being enough to make
one smile audibly. ' Last night, the ball
was crowded with delighted people, and
tonight the Commercial Club will have
him in their rooms for the benefit of
their members. - A treat is in store for
them. Mr. Wilbur is a clever gentle
man, and he gives the public the worth
of its money, every time.
Fnneral of Mr. Ha(ea.
The funeral of the late Sallie Brown
Magee took place Tuesday afternoon from
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Smith
French, Eev. J. H. Wood preaching the
sermon and Eev. J. B. Warner, presid
ing elder, making the prayer. . The text
was "Having a desire to depart and be
with Christ, which is far better," and
tbe sermon was one of the most touch
ing and eloquent ever preached in The
Dalles. The choir sang "Why should
our tears in sorrow flow when God re
calls his own,'? and "Only Waiting."
The casket was covered with . flowers,
and many beautiful bouquets were
placed near.
Tbe interment took place in Sunset
cemetery, the long procession attesting
the esteem in which' the venerable
woman was held.
School Report.
Report of Endersby school district,
rso. o, tor . tne month commencing
April 5th, and ending April 30th :
Number days taught, 20; No. days -at
tendance, 353)4 i No. days absence, 19)4 '
No. times tardy, 3; total number pu
pils enrolled, 20; average number be
longing, 19 ; average daily attendance,
18; No. pupils neither absent nor tardy,
11. The following is the list: Ellen
Davidson, Carolyn Davidson, Ivy Leabo,
Lena Longren, Alice Endersby, ' Mabel
Endersby, Mand Smith, Wilbur Dick'
son, Eddie Bead, Georgie Bead and Or
ville Smith. ' Visitors Bex Campbell,
Mrs. O. H. Kerns, Mies Hazel Williams,
Mrs. Endersby, Mrs. Fligg, Mrs. Dick
son and Gertie Covert. .
Bessik Hastings, .
- Teacher.
Opal Found in Grant County.
While prospecting upon the xnonniain
back of Canyon City, Grant county.
searching for pocket ledges, Clyde Lock-
wood and Ed. Chambers panned oat a
fine looking specimen' of opal, which
glows with great . brilliancy when beld
up toward the light, and which would
make a magnificent, ornament if prop
erly cut and polished. The boys found
the precious stone away, up near the
bead of Long gulch, above the mining
ditches. ' Believing that there are more
in tbe vicinity of where this specimen
was picked up, they 'will keep an eye
open for opals hereafter' while engaged
in prospecting for gold. .Tv ' . ',
' Teachers' Examination.
Notice is hereby given, that for the
purpose of making an examination of
all persons who may offer . themselves as
candidates for teachers of the schools of
this county, the county school superin
tendent thereof, will hold a public ex
amination at tbe county court house in
Dalles City, beginning Wednesday, May
12th, at 1 o'clock p. m.'
Dated this 1st day of May, 1S97. ;
..... s ..' ':' ' C. L. Gilbert, .
. " . - . : y School Supt. "
''. ' :. NOTICE.
The partnership heretofore existing in
Tygh, Valley Flooring' Mills,' under the
name of W. M. McCorkle & Son, ia this
day dissolved by limitation, J. M. McCorkle-
retiring. W. M. McCorkle will
continue, and will pay all legal claims
and collect all dents ot the late firm.
Tygh, Or., April 2, 1897. ;
"''- . W. M. McCorkle,'
a7-lm ' ' J. Ki McUoekle. ,
The Dalle Public Schools.
' The- following is the report for the
quarter (4 wke) ending Friday.April 23d :
J? IS
-2. sJ2n
2 8 2 23
1 So r?Jo
SBoq' if aw
a 8 .
46 35 34 ' 4
&3 34 32 1
41 31 J,, ;3
83 SS 54 0
40 S3 31 2
"50 4S 46 3
43 S4 S3 3
41 SO 34 2
45 40 36 0
4 47 44 1
56 52 49 8
4;: 41 39 0
91 90 84 12
67o 575 5471 84
TEACHERS.
Eatt im Primary.
Miss Nan Cooper .. ... . .. ..
Mra. Roche
Academy Park.
Miss Thirman
Mrs.Baldwint
Miss Flinn . )
Miss L. Rintoal .
MIssT. Rintoal
Union btreet. - -
Mlw Rowe
Miss E. Cooper....-
Miss Ball
MissCheese. ..... ........ ...
Union Slreet Annex.
MissSnell..:. ...
Court Street.
Miss Miehell.. ,
Miss Hill... I m, ci., '
Mr. Landers fHi8a School
Totals. ...... . . . . :
Number of days of 'school, 20; per
cent of attendance, 95. Average number
belonging and average daily attendance
about 75 below normal because of sick-'
in the district.
- John- Gavin-, Principal. -
. Stockholders Meeting-.
Notice is hereby given that a meeting
of the stockholders of The DalleB Chron
icle Publishing Company will be held at
the county court rooms on Tuesday, the
25th" day of May, A.. D., 1897, at 2
o'clock p. m., for the purpose of adopt
ing suplimentary articles of incorpora
tion, increasing the capital stock of said
company and transacting such other
business aa may come before said meet
ing. Uy order of the Board of Directors.
The Dalles, Oregon, April 9. 1897.
A. S; Mao Allisteb,
President...
B. G. Davenpokt,
. Secretary. :
Notice of Dttsolntlon.
Notice is hereby given that the part- '
nerehip heretofore existing between
i rank tiabel and W, U. Rupert haB been
dissolved, to date from Saturday. April
3, 1897. Frank Gabel will pay all bills,
and is authorized to collect and receipt
for all bills due the firm.
Dated at Tbe Dalles. Or., this 6th dav
of April, 1897.
rBAKK Gabel, -5-lra
W. C. Eupebt.
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