THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1897. J. - The, Weekly GhfoniGle. GUDSTT OFFICIALS. C ranty Judge. . - Robt Mays Sheriff. T. J. Driver Clerk ...A M. Kelsay Treasurer - C. L. Phillips . . . (A. S. Blowers Commissioners ;. D. 8. Kimsey Assessor. W; II. Whipple Surveyor .' J. B. ioit Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert Coroner W. H. Butts STATE OFFICIALS. . ajrernoi..!... W. P. Lord Becretary of State H R Kineaid Treasurer -...Phillip Metschan Bnpt-of Public Instruction G. II. Irwin Attorney-General. . CM. Irtleman . G. V. McBride Bwators jj. Mitchell (B nermann Congressmen :. jw K E1K, State Printer. ....-. . W. H. Leeds CIVIL SERVICE. . A 'Washington correspondent snys the president is considerably troubled owing to the orders issued by Cleveland during the last six months of his administration. ' Cleveland had pretty well succeeded in elimin ating from office all who were not "cuckoos," and then spread the blanket of civil service over them to give them a perpetual position. In many of. these instances the idea was entirely impracticable, for it is im possible to obtain suitable employes through the civil service rules .to fill many of the positions which Cleve land, endeavored to cover by his or ders. It- is presumed that Mr. Mc Kinley will abolish or modify those - orders of Cleveland in such cases in which the public service will suffer. Theie is a good deal of flnp doodle about this civil service business any vray. It was inaugurated at thein- . stance of goody goodies of politics, otherwise known as mugwumps, who thereby - expected to improve the public service; -but it is a failure. There are D-en in all parties compe tent to fill public positions from pres ident to pound master, and the victo rious party should be rewarded With the offices. Tliey must be responsi ble to the.coutitry, and should conse quently manage the ship. "We got along very well before the days of the civil service reformer, and the sooner we return to the Jaoksonian policy, "to the victors belong the spoils," the better. When the peo ple vote 'C change, they expect it, from the president to the cross roads postmaster. Koseburg Plaindealer. HEREDITARY CRIMINALS. Authorities are fully agreed that criminal strains are bred in men transmitted from parents to sons "nd daughters, as cattle or other animals transmit their peculiar cbaraeteris- tics. A very strong addition to the many cases already reported is the one at Grants Pass, in this state. In referring to a criminal family that has given the authorities of Joseph ine county plenty of work during several years past, the Rogue River Courier says: There mnst be something abnorm ally callous and criminal in the Fies ter family. . The old man lies in jail under sentence of death for the brutal and cowardly murder of his wife whom he drowned in a muddy pool at the track side nearly two years ago. Two of his daughters are members of the deini monde, and now the brothers are convicts five criminals from one family." Eugene Guard. - Carter Harrison, mayor of Chi cago, thinks wheeling better .exercise than horseback riding. He says: "When I go horseback riding, the horse gets the exercise. He doesn't exactly get it all, but he gets the best of it On the other hand, when I go bicycle riding all the exercise is mine. I do all the work and have all the fun. A man can feel that he is doing something for himself when he is riding a wheeland there is a great deal of satisfaction in that." . The editor of the Salt Lake Tribune also sees in the wheel a great machine for exercise. He says he saw one strike a lady from the direction opposite v the front She gathered herself up and turned "around just in lime to catch another "head on," and she was the most ; exercised woman that has been seen for thirty days. ' With plenty of grass on the ranges, abundant beef and mutton to grow : fat therefrom, and with ready market and advancing prices for their prod ucts, there seems to -be -no reason why the sheep and cattle owners of Crook county should' not this year go far toward overcoming tbe de- pressicn thrust uiori them three years ago. The horsCmen, also, seem to have limited reason to hope for better times, as reports from va rious Northwestern points. 'indicate a renewed inquiri' fcr animals of the better class the demand arising principally from an intended- ship ment to Japan. A stock -growing country will survive --some, hard blows, for when people can get mone3' tbey must have its products. Prineville Review. The Kentucky legislature has pro posed an unique plan for protecting prisoners from mob violence. . It is in. the shape of a law providing for arminsr criminals if thev are 1n dan ger of being mobbed, and allowing them to defend themselves. ' The plan is all right, as far as the mobs are concerned : but what condition would it leave the officers of the law in with a lot of. desperate criminals armed-with repeating rifles and pio visioned for a siege, in possession of the jail? We suggest that the mem bers of the legislature be made -a posse authorized to disarm the pris oners when all danger is past. Dr. E. H. Dewey is the latest faddist, his particular ellipse being that the way to cure all ills that flesh is heir to is to eat no breakfast. The Dr. tbiuks breakfast can be dis pensed 'with, better than any other meal, because it interferes less with social functions than missing any other meal. He has an idea thai over-eating is the cause of many ills, which is perhaps true"; but why he adopts the remedj' of fewer meals instead of less at each, is a mystery. The very fact that breakfast ' is missed is liable to give one an ab normal appetite for the next men. ! and so cause the very thing it was intended to cure. The dispatches announce the start ling fact that' W. G. Steele of Port land, head and front of the-organization known as Mazamas, is in New York City making arrangements for his society to climb some mountain or other this summer. It really looks as though he had gone a long ways from the scene of action to get ready, and it may be that he wants to get a running start at Ranier. If we remember 'rightly, it was only a month or two ago that Mr. Steele was interviewing our sheepmen, or our sheepmen . were interviewing each other, for the purpose of raising funds to send Mr. Steele to Wash ington in order that he might have the Cascade forest reserve thrown open to the flocks of Eastern Oregon. It would seem from this that Mr. Steele possesses considerable versa tility. ' - The action of the powers in deal ing with Turkey is cowardly in the extreme. That $sS00,000,000 debt is what holds Europe solid and makes the- powers stand id!y by while the Turk sweeps everything before him. They should 'come over to this coun try and learn something of the west ern mode of collecting- debt3. The proper thing to do would be to fore close the mortgage and take the property. A Washington City paper re maiks that "We have Colonel Wat terton in our midst this week." This being accepted as true, it is proba ble that . that Washington paper has the most versatile job lot of indigest ible matter in its abd'ominable cav ity ever vouchsafed, to a modern daily. Believing in the doctrine of the survival of the fittest, we have nickels that say Watterson will write the paper's obituary. The Turks- continue to' advance on the Grecian ports, and all Europe sits idly by, allowing the hordes of Islam full sway. -Time was when all Christendom would have been up in arms to assist Greece, but those were the days of men, and not of measures.. The powers remain. inac tive, because . their subjects own Turkish bonds, and "The jingling of the guinea cures the hurt that Honor feels." There seems to be but little doubt about the early completion of the Columbia Southern railway, and this being the case, it stands The Dalles in hand to be protecting its territory. Do not overlook this act. THE SIBERIAN ROAD. The Siberians railrbad is" 'being built very tapidly, and in 1898 trains will be run to the Amur river, thence by boat the transfer will be made across lake Baikal to connec tion with the South Russian section Of the. railroad to Vladivostock. The time from London- - to the t Pacific ocean by this route will be eighteen days. By July 1, 1904, it is ex pected the road - wi'l betompleted and that the run will be made with out change of cars from the North Sea to the Japan Sea. When the road 'is settled the trip will be made from London to Japan in nine daj's, and the ti ip around the world can be made in less than thirty days. This will probably revolutionize travel, and while heavy freights will con tinue to seek the cheap water trans portation, made possible by the Suez canal, the. passenger traffic will seek the quicker routes. The most important thing in con-. neclion with the completion of this road is the vast wheat fields which it will bring into- competition with those of the United States. It Will be a good many years before the full effect of this com peti lion will be fell; but the time is not far distant, perhaps twenty or thirtv years away onty, when Siberia .will.be able to furnish bread for the world. - An area larger J.han half the United States is suitable for wheat growing, and not much of anything else. CORBETT TALKS. And. still Mr. Corbett remains in Washington vainly hoping that the senate will seat him. Yesterday's Oregonian contains an aiticlc clipped from the Brooklyn Eagle, in which Mr. Corbett's positiou is plainly shown. The article in question con tains one' statement that it were better perhaps foFMr. Corbett's con tention if it had not been made, and the peculiarity of the matter is that Mr. Corbett makes it himself. Speak ing of Senator Mitchell be says': In the senate he had made speeches in favor of frpe silver, and, when questioned as to his position by the gold men, he told them that he stood by the principles laid down in the St. Louis platform. The men then compared notes and found that someone was bound to get left, and. so thev agreed to not take the oath of office', and thus they prevented the election of Mitchell. Here is a frank statement made by Mr- Corbett as to the cause of v the hold-up. His supporters "agrqed not to take the oatb of office and thus they prevented the election of Mitchell." That is the truth, and j the whole truth' of the matter, but how Corbett unbosomed himself of it is a conundrum. J. Thorburn Ross, Wallace McCamant, Tony Noltner, and his other managers, should muzzle him. The conditions that have arisen over the war between Greece and Turkey show two things very clearly. One is that Turkey is not the mori bund body politic that others hve thougbt .it, but that it is able and read jr to fight if necessary. The other is that the powers of Europe are moved to fear of her, and by their own action navej shown their inability to dictate terms to Turkey. Tbe sultan snars his fingers at them and they stand it like a lot of school children. A Fine Piece of Work. . We called at Dr. Siddall'a office today and saw him adjusting a piece of "crown and bridge work," consisting of ten teeth and crowns placed upon three roots and one molar, or jaw tooth, without any plate covering to the roof of the month. . By this means the teeth are. re tained in the mouth as solidly aa natural ones, being cemented to tbe roots and teeth, and is certainly the beet manner of wearing artificial teetb when the month will permit of it. Tbe doctor attends the dental colleges every two or three years, and is thereby able to give the . public tbe benefit of everything new to the profession, and has the only known appliances for re pairing "crown and bridge work" with out removing the same from tbe month, which saves much annoyance and incon venience, especially if bard to-reufove, which is tbe old way of repairing. ' In his work he uses his own invention of dental eleyators for the extraction of roots when they are broken off very low down in tbe jaws. On these instruments he holds patents in this country, Great Britain and Canada, and they are nsed by many of the leading dentists in all of them, as they will do the work with ease I to the operator, and relieve the patient when all others known to the faculty may fail. He also uses the latest and most scientific means for painless opera tions, as nearly as is possible, by the use' of eucaine and cocaine, applied by elec tricity and known as cataphoresie. The doctor baa been" with ua nearly twenty' years and has always let his work sprat: for itaelf, which it does most eloquently. Of late years, however, den tistry has .made, euch vast strides that modern methods have superseded the old in a manner that few realize, and men tion of what is and can- be done, is a matter of legitimate and interesting news. Doctor Siddall. is prepared to give his patrons the benefit of every thing modern and at such reasonable prices as to ba within the reach of aH Who wieh to have- the highest' grade of first-class work. ' ' A "tfrown" we may add, is simply a gold thimble fitted over a broken tooth or root, that cannot be saved by any other means. The piece of work to which we have alluded, can be seen in the window at Mr. Garretson's jewelry store. . j - Schedule -of Expenditures. . Showing .the amounts of all claims presented, . the names of all claimants, the article or claim for which payment is made, the amounts allowed and tbe claims continued or rejected at tbe May termj 1897, pf tbe county court for Wasco couuty, Oregon. The following list, however, does not contain any claim for which the salary or fees are' provided by etatnte : C C Hobart, remittance taxes. . . 6 30 R F Hardwick, labor oo county road 3 00 Mabel G Mack, clerical services. . "46 00 M M i Cusinnz, keeping county poor .125 00 VVm Jordan, rebate on tax 3 57 James L Langille. rebate on tax. ' 4 45 Jirwin-Hodson (JomDanv.records. $225.55; allowed... 206 30 Meston & Dvgart, records 18 00 Glacs & frnduomine. records $43, allowed. . . .... . 25 50 George D. Barnhara & Co; rec ords 22, allowed ..- f.;.12 00 Ward & Robertson, nse of team . . ' 6 50 sessor 60 00 Dalles City Water Works, water. 10 75 E Jacobseo, tndse sheriff 5 70 Msrv S Myer. clerical services. . . 4 00 J. F Hawortb, supplies sheriff... 75 Or (jaudiana, medical examiner. 5 00 A Fran b, digging grave ". . ' 3 00 B Glazier, burying pauper....;. 3 00 A M Barrett, coffin pauper. 6 00 Ed Sweetland, witness coroner. . .1 50 Wm Frizzell, team hire... 1 50 Frank Hall, do do .... 50 Mrs Davis, board panper $21, al- '' lowed 10 50 Pease & Mave, supplies panper. . 33 97 Sinnott & Fish, lodging pauper. . 3 00 Craudall & Burgett, burial pau per 20 00 F La Pier, assistance for panper. . 14 95 F W L Skibhe, board pauper. , . . . 2 00 A Dietrick, medical services 5 00 J H Cross, supplies pauper. 2 75 Qneo Tai Co, washing for jail. . . 2 00 J H Cross, washing machine. .. . 3 25 Mi. Hitchcock, room red pan-. per 4 00 Mays & Crowe, sundries .' 130 .77 T C Dallae, supplies Dist 4. . .... 3 20 rJ Ji-Kussell, work on road. .. . .. 30 00 W F Jackson, appropriation for road (not allowed; 50 00 Jos T Pters, supplies for road . . . 6 65 Oregon Talophone & Tel Co, rent 11 80 ti nigh Glenn, work on courthouse 8 60 Geo C Blakeley, asst pauper .... Chkosicle Pub Co, printing". . . . . 3 50 39 00 Dulles Lumbering Co, wood for panper and lumber for county roads . '. '. .-. B R Tucker, lumber for dist 4. . . 26 29 20 19 W H Wilson, proleesional ser vices . 20 00 A S Blowers & Co, sundry bills. . 19 90 Pease & Mays, supplies pauper. . 12 25 Times-Mountaineer, publishing. 3 10 E Pumphrey4 caring for pauper. . 5 00 T A Wilhelm, use of polling place $5, allowed.., 2 50 A Keller, room for pauper. ....... 8 00 W R Winaus, work on road $5, not allowed Johnson Bros, supplies pauper.. W H Moore, coffin tor panper. . . Johupon Bros, supplies pauper. . R J Pilkington. medical services $45.20; not allowed S M Baldwin, messenger S M Baldwin, use of polline place H H Tomlinson, lumber, for dis trict No 23. , 5 30 10 00 10 30 7 00 2 50 8 00 Stats' of Oregon, I ' ' County of Wascof I, A. M. Kelsay , county clerk of Wasco county, state of Oregon, do hereby cer tify that the above and foregoing is a full and complete statement of the claims presented and action taken there on by the county court of Wasco county, OregoD, sitting for the transaction' of county business . at the May term 1897, thereof, save and except all claims, tb salary or fees of which are provided for by statute. Witness my hand and seal of. the county court, affixed this 18th day of . May, 1897. ' y . ' Seal A. M. Kelsay, By Simeon Bolton, County Clerk. . Deputy. ' , Fr Sheepmen. . -Messrs. ' Huntington - & Wilson re ceived a letter from Congressman Ellis this morning from which we quote the following: . I now feel well satisfied, that the law will be so changed and the order so mod ified that there will be no difficnltv about the sheepmen using the present Cascade reserve for the purpose of pas turage. Secretary Bliss is very desirous that this shall be done. An order has been prepared baying this in view and the attorney-general has been requested to begin no further prosecutions against alleged trespassers. I am fully satisfied that the stockmen will be permitted to nse the reservation under tbe roost liberal rules and regulations. . - This is an "Age of Soap." Why use any but the very best. Best soap meanB Hoe Cake. Sold by Pease & Mays. a2 3m FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT. Executive Committee Meets and ranges for the Contests. The executive committee of the Vol unteer Firemen's Association has -met and arranged the races for the coining tournament, which takes place here in September. Those attending the meet ing were Geo. F. Sears, Portland, presi dent; R. B.. Sinnott, The Dalles, secre tary; F, S. Conroy, Astoria; W. H. Bloes, Vancouver; and C EliskarPort land. Many letters were received from both -Esstem' lOregoii and Willamette valley points asking that their depart ments be admitted to membership in the association. The rules were changed, but not materially. The hnb-and'-hub race was reduced" from 800 to 600 feet, and the championship race from 600 to 400 feet. The other, races arranged for are as follows : ' Wet test, run 600 feet to hydrant and lay -30Q. feet of hose, and getting water through pipe, first prize, $100; second prize, $50. . - . Hub-and-hub race, hose- contests to ruo 600 feet from line to line, two or more companies to enter; first prize, $75 ; second priz, $25. Dy test,' run 600 feet to hydrant, at tach and lay 300 feet of hose; first prize, $100; second prize; $50. Association championship rare, run 400 feet to hydrant, lay 350 feet of hose, getting water through pipe, take ont second section from pipe, take section from cart and get water; first prize, $100, and championship silver cup val ued at $100; second prize, $50. Altec Mar. use rip t at Columbus. An Aztec mannecript, tbe fifth found, and the only one remaining in America, was-unearthed in digging for water works at -Fairfield, la., last September, and is now in the museum of the Ohio state university at Columbus. The name of the workman who found it, J. T. Griffith, should be remembered, for not one laborer in thousands would have known that he had found anything but a- lot of wood and birch bark. Mr. Griffith's pick broke , open a case of wood, coated with pitch, within which was contained a roll pf hieroglyphics. He carefully saved it ; it came to the at tention of Miss Emma Clarke, who de scribed the find to Professor Moorehead, curator of the remarkable archeological collection of the Ohio university, and in that collection it nowr eposes. The case was of bickbrv, charred on tbe inside and' pitched on the outside, and was evidently fashioned by a stone ax. The bark is extremely thin, and the inscrip tion in red pigment, fresh and distinct. There is no sort of doubt that this is an Aztec manuscript, for it is of tbe same description in every respect with the others which now lie in European mu seums, unread, because no one has yet been able to decipher the' Aztec hiero glyphics. How an Aztec manuscript came to'be deposited in Iowa, where the civilization of that people never pene trated, is an unanswerable question, but in some of the wars of tbe Aztecs it may have been carried there. The find is framed under air-tight glass. Death of Pete Harris. Last Monday evening ' Pete Rupert (better known as Pete Harris) passed over tbe river of Jordan via the alcoholic route. That is, . he died as a resnlt of having drank an over dose of pure alco hol at Cross Hollows. The liquor bad been brought up from The Dalles by Jim Walker, and Poor Peter camped by tbe mouth of the demijohn - too long.. Dr. Pilkington was hastily called to bis assistance, but Harris had expired be the doctor reached there. His body was brought to town, on Tuesday morning and buried in the Antelope cemetery. Special deputy coroner Chas. Wallace, and a jury consisting of W. D. Jones, M. E. Miller, E. J. Glisan, P. A. Kirch heiner and W. E. Kemp, held an in quest over the body, and the verdict was in accordance with the above facts, no J one being criminally responsible for the death, and that deceased bad not drank the. stuff with suicidal intent. Pete was a sheep herder, 35 years of aget of German descent, and without relatives in this country.- He left an es tate consisting of a silver watch. An telope Herald. ' , . Appreciated. The husband, father, mother . and brother of Mrs. Jennie Raeaell-Rufeno take this manner of expressing their love and gratitude' to all of the many dear friends whose earnest devotion in every possible way did so much -during the sickness and departure of our dear Jen nie, to aid and comfort us in our distress and at last for covering her over with such beautiful flowers. Our prayer will eve.r be that yon all may be long shielded from such great' sorrow -as is ours, and that your loving ministrations may teach us all tbe fullest meaning of those beau tiful words, "Love One Another." The Family. Professor Gavin Co ltemaln. ' A short time ago Professor Gavin ten dered his resignation as principal of The. Dalles public schools, to take effect upon the close of the present term, he expect ing to eDgage at once in the practice of the law. Shortly after the board of di rectors met, accepted the resignation and unanimously ' elected Professor Landers as his successor. Since that lime the arrangements made by. Profes sor Gavin fell through, and he concluded to follow the profession of teaching an other year before taking up the law. As soon as Professor Landers heard this he very generously tendered his resigna tion to the board, saying he preferred t see Mr. Gavin retained in his old place. Both the i board and Sir. Gavin were averse to allowing Mr. Landers to make so great a sacrifice of his personal inter, ests, and it was only. done at his urgent insistence. The board finally accepted, his resignation, and at once prpceeded to Ktieci leacuers mr job next term, the re-, suit being that all are retained iu their present positions. W hen John Werier Was la America. . Few people know that John Wesley was ever in America. Few know that it was '.he, and not Robert Eaikes, who established the first Sunday f ehoo in the world. It was Jxiiin " Ws'ey who pit-atucu iiic ursb ueiiiuuibt eeruiuii de livered iu the" United States. In The Ladies' Home. Journal for June Rev. W. J. Scott will tell in the "Great Personal Events" series the story of "When John Wesley Preached in Georgia," which is said to be one of the most interesting narratives in this most successful series. ' ante Voar Grain. . Few realize, that each squirrel de stroys $1.50 worth of gram annually. Wnkelee's Squirrel and Gopher Ezterm it jcor is the most effective and econom ical poison known. Price reduced to 30 cents. For sale by M. Z. Donnel), Agent. ' Certlucates Granted. Third grade Alice Ball, Edna Brown Clara Metzler, Madee Warren and 0. H. Kerns. Second grade Maude Peabody, L H Hadson, Minnie Elton, A May Sechler and Lelah Driver. First grade percentage. . t Second grade percentage. This Is Yonr Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Cutarrb. and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon strate the great merits of the remedy. ELY BBOTHEBS, - 6G Warren, St., New York City. Kev. John Eeid, Jr.. of Great Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize bis statement, "It is a posi tive cure for catarrh if nsed as directed." Kev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pre. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury ncr any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. . Barb "Wire. Barb Wire (Glidden) per 100 pounds. Cook Stoves. .$2.35 No. 7 Woodland Cook Stove, $6.50. . No. 8 Woodland - Cook, Stove, $8.50. No. 8 Wood Michigan Square. Cook Stove, $10.00. No. 8 Wood Michigan Square Stove, and reservoir, $17.50. No. 8 Home Michigan Square : $15.00. . No. 8 Home Michigan Square and reservoir, $23.00. No. 8 Home Garland Square, $23.00. No. 8 Home Garland Range, - Square, without shew, $28.00. Be sure and see the Garland Stoves before buying. As von will note from . above prices they are very low, and it will not pay you to buy second-hand stoves when von can get new ones at the above prices. ' Dalles, Mora and Antelope STAGE LINE. Through by daylight via Grass Valley, Kent and Cross Hollows. DOUGLAS ALLEN, The Dalles. , O. M. WBlTELAWi Antelope. Stages leave The Dalles from Umatilla House nt 7 a. m., also from Antelope at 7:30 a. m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Conuections made at Antelope for Prineville, Mitchell and points beyond. Close ccnnecUoDS made at The Dalles with railways, trains and boats. Stages from Antelope reach The Dalles Tues days, Thursdays arid Saturdays at 1 :30 p. m. BATES OF TASK. Dalles to Deschutes "19? do Moro J 60 do Grass Valley. J. 2 25 do Kent 3 00 io Cross Hollows. -. 4 50 Antelope to Cross HoUows 1 50 do Kent 2 00 do Grass Valley 3 00 do Moro : .... 3 50 do Denchaeet! 4 00 do . 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