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THE DALIES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. MAY 26. 1887,
The Weekly Ghroniele.
COUNTT OFFICIALS.
County Judge.....' Eobt. Mays
Sheriff.. T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Kelsay
Treunrer... rmuipa
. , . IA. b. Blowers
Commlsaioner n. B. Kirasev
Akwmot.. '..' W. U. Whipple
Burreror .'... J. B. Kelt
Superintendent of Public School... C. L. Gilbert
C roner.. w. jjuiw
BTATK OFFICIALS.
Sjrernoi W. P. Lord
Becretarv of State H B Klncaid
Treasurer -Phillip Metachan
Bapt. of Public Instruction u. m. irwin
AttnrnATUnml ...... .C. M. Idlemn
. " (G. W. McBiide
owamtuiM Jj. H. MitcreU
' ... . ( B Herm, nn
wupwBto....: W.B.Elli
Ute Printer.. ,i..W.H.Leeii
dabbing Rates.
Chronicle and Oregonian. . $2 25
Chronicle and Examiner.'. 2 25
Chrooicle aod Tribune. : . 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World 2 00
SHE IS NO JOKE.
The new woman is the prolific
subject for the paragrapher and the
hurrorist, who take her as a standing
joke. ; A greater mistake was never
made- except in the creation of the
new woman herself. She is any
thing but a joke, and is, indeed, the
most serious problem, the world has
had to deal with since the creation.
By slow processes the barriers against
the employment of women in busi
ness pursuits decayed, until recently
they fell to pieces, woman invading
the realms theretofore occupied by
man alone, and the new woman was,
or is, the result.
The emancipation of woman is not
proving in practice all that it prom
ised in theory. The unanswerable
argument that woman had as much
right to earn a living as man, sound
ed prettily. As .a theory it is per
fect; but in practice it promises to
upset, or at least re-arrange all busi-
oay dispute being as to which dis
tinguished Californian is to be cred
ited with' the crime. The returns
coming in seem to indicate that the
whole state is going to compete "for
the honor. Durrant so far is the
only one who strenuously denies
doing the deed, and his denial is
perhaps due to the not remote con
tingent of a hanging bee, with him
self as.leading actor. . .
.The senate has passed Senator
Morgan's resolution recognizing ihe
belligerency of Cuba. Of course
this amounts to nothing unless the
house concurs. This it is not likely
to do, though a majority of its mem
bers "would vote for it, for the sim--
pie reason that Speaker Reed will
not permit the question to come up.
A Portland firm advertising its
wares, unjoRingiy announces mat
as the water will undoubtedly be in
our store next week, no' is the time
to buy dry goods. And then it
enumerates, among other things in
stock, corsets and bathing suits.
AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE.
nesses, to change society, and to
eventually do away with marriage.
This may scund as the expression of
a pessimist; but is it? Examine
into conditions in our cities and see.
In Portland, for instance, go into the
big stores where a few years ago only
men were employed, and you will
. find their places filled with girls. Go
onto the streets ' and into the beer
joints and loafing places, and you
will find the young men. "Why?!
Because the work they have been
accustomed to doing is taken from
.thpm.
Tiiis would not be so bad if the
jgirls who took their places received,
as they should, the same wages; but
this they do not. The wage paid
the girls ' is generally' less than half
that paid the man, yet the' do just
as much and just as good work. The
result is that they have deprived
some man of the chance of earning
money enough to support himself
and a family on, while they get
barely enough to support themselves,
This condition is becoming more
serious every day, and the men are
being steadilr crowded out of em
ployment and women are taking
their plnces at half the wages. As
one of the results the men are pre-
eluded from even tuinKin? ot mar
riage, and woman herself is responsi
ble for reducing her chances in the
matrimonial market. It may be said
. that the men should seek other em
ployment such as woman cannot do.
There is something in that, too, theo
retically ; but when it come3 to put
ting it in practice it doesn't work, for
the reason that there is not employ
ment in such branches for all.
We may laugh at the new woman
all we please, but she is here to stay,
and what x the result of her coming
will be can already be guessed at
but not fully measured. The first
effects will be. to decrease the num
ber of marriage licenses, cut wages
in two, and thus create still lower
prices for products.
Secretary Bliss, Pension Commis
sioner Evns, and Land Commis
sioner . Hermann each wrote a letter
to the senate committee that is in
vestigating the workings of the civil
service law and rules, advocating a
curtailment of the extension of the
rules made by Mr. Cleveland.
Secretary Bliss said: "The chief
clerk of this department and the
chiefs of divisions should, in my
opinion, be exempt from Ihe classi
fied service. luese omcers occupy
confidential relations to the secre
tary, and on their briefs or recom
mendations he is dependent, to a
large extent, for the proper conduct
of his office. I am of the opinion,
also, that the special agents, such as
land and timber inspectors, mineral
land commissioners, and particularly
the special Indian agents, aDd the
appointment of such, should be more
directly under the control of the
secretary, who is responsible for their
actions, and who must depend upon
them very, largely for his knowledge
of affairs in distant regions."
Land Commissioner Hermann said:
"The existing rules of the civil ser
vice should be modified so far as the
bureaus of all the departments are
concerned in respect to their appli
cations to chief clerks, chiefs of di
visions, receiving clerks and confi-J
denlials clerks, to inspectois, and
also to all the special agents of the
departments. If it is assumed that
the dominant party should shape the
legislation of the country in conso
nance with the policies which it sus
tains, it has a right to know that the
chiefs of divisions, who first shape
recommendations as they are called
for through the various divisions,
are in sympathy with the party poli
cies. The most important legisla
tion, in congress emanates from these
divisions in the' form of reports on
measures pending before congress,
and which are usually first submitted
to the heads of departments, and by
them to the heads of bureaus, who in
turn submit to the chiefs of divi
sions."
These- are common sense argu
ments. Another -batch of evidence
showing the unblushing partisanship
practiced by the Cleveland adminis
tration under the cloak of civil ser
vice reform, was submitted to the
committee at its -regular weekly
meeting. Heppner Gazette.
married to Pericles, and she
a brilliant figure thirty years there
after. Cleopatra was , past SO years
when she 'met Antony. Diane de
Poiculiers was 36 when she won the
heart of Henry II. The king was
half her age, but his devotion rever
changed. Anne' of Austria was 38
when described asthe most beautiful
woman in Europe. Mme. de Main
tenon was 43 when united to Louis,
and Catharine of Russia was 33 when
she seized the throne she occupied
for thirty-five years.. Mile. Mar
was most beautiful at 45, and Mme.
Recamier , between - 35 . and 55.
The most lasting and intense passion
is not inspired by two-decade-beau
ties. The old saw about sweet 16 is
exploded by the truer knowledge
that the highest leauty does not
dwell in immaturity. . For beauty
does not mean alone the fashion of
form and coloring -as found in the
waxen doll. The dew ot youth and
a complexion of roses are admirable'
for that period, but a woman's best
amd richest years are from 36 to 40
It is an arrant error for any woman
to regard herself as passe at any -age
if she grows old gracefully."
waTTinuTdTrer-
word will
seems to think that his
be taken by Europeans,
and does not realize that the whole
world understands and despises him.
There isn't a person who can read,
an J who has read any of Weyler's
dispatches, who would believe him
under oath. He is a disgrace even
to Spain, and that ccuntry and its
barbarisms ft a disgrace to. the world.
A LOVING UNCLE.
EMINENTLY CORRECT.
We have received Noa. 4 and 5 of
Town Talk, a newspaper recently
started in Portland. . We judge from
a hasty perusal that its principal aim
and object is to down the big de
partment stores. It draws a really
soul-harrowing picture of the ulti
mate results on Portland real estate
of patronizing the bargain counters.
The picture may not be overdrawn,
but people will go where they. can
buy cheapest, and trying to prevent
them doing so is like trying to sweep
back the tide.
There is no question but that
Blanche Lamont was murdered, the
A topical writer in the East Ore
gonian deals with a very tender sub
ject in treating of woman's age, but
he tells nothing less than the truth as
follows:
"The physical beauty of women
should last, growing more and more
me!low until the end. That the
beauty of women, like that of men,
should be determined from the stand
point of advancing maturity cannot
be disputed. It is absurd to claim
that the ripe, rich beauty of 40 is
less attractive than the budding im
maturity of sweet 16. When women
live in harmony with nature's laws,
each stage ot life has its charm. The
fullness of beauty does not reach its
zenith .under 35 or 40. ' Helen of
Troy comes upon the stage at the
age of 40. Aspasia was 36 when
Some six months ago we noted
the fact that Russell Sage, who is
said to be hard-hearted, had done
very generous thing. People who
know anything of Sage were dis
posed to look upon him as cold, un
sympathetic, and, after ' the - bomb
episode when he grabbed his clerk
and held him between himself and
the exploding bomb, as somewhat
selfish. ' This sentiment seemed to
have some foundation . for its exist
ence for. after using the clerk's body
for a shield for himself, and causing
that same body to be bruised, torn
and wounded by the buisliog bomb,
Sage refused to pay the doctor bill
or to acknowledge in any manner the
debt he owed his clerk. The clerk
sued him, andt Sage spent $7000 in
attorney's fees to beat the suit,
which he did.
In view of this it was not deemed
possible that the flinty. Russell liad a
tender spot in his heart . for any one.
This shows bow cruelly one can be
misjudged. Sage had an only
bi other, who some years ago died,
leaving an only son. The son mar
ried, and though industrious, misfor-.
tune overtook bim, and he was about
to lose the little bouse that sheltered
him and ' his. He required $50 to
tide bim over his troubles and sate
his property. In bis dire distress bis
thoughts turned to his hundred mill
ionaire nncle. He applied to mm
for the loan. The big tears came in
Russell's generally , dusty eyes, a3 he
thought of the long-ago when his
only brother, the father of the young
man who now appealed to him, bad
played with him in the green fields;
had shared with him the 'pleasures
and the sorrows of childhood; had
slept coddled up to bim in the cold
winter nights ; had been blessed by
the same mother, and whaled by the
same dad, and sometimes when he
should have been, threshed instead.
His heart was touched and he loaned
his nephew the money, $50, taking a
chattel mortgage on everything he
had on earth to secure the payment
of the same in six months.
Only a few days ago that mortgage
became due. Itrwas bard to get the
money to pay it, but the good little
wife tooli. in washing and worked
like a Trojan to assist in raising the
money. As. it came time for the.
payment the entire sum was not
raised, and the little women worried
about it so that- her mind evidently
became unbalanced and she attempted
commit suicide. Fortunately , her
life was saved, and last week the $50,
together with the interest due there
on, was forwarded to the kind-heart-
" The Astonan congratulates As
toria on the fact that C P. Hunting
ton has evidently more than a pass
ing interest in that city. It strikes
us that with Calfornia's experience
with that gentleman, Astorians should
be taking . a double hitch ion their
property, and begin to send up
pra3-ers that they may be spared any
closer acquaintance with the great
railroad magnate. Astoria has a
free river, is gettiug a railroad, and
is able to take care of itself. The
greatest misfortune that could possi
bly overtake them is that Collis P,
Huntington, of Mussel Slough fame,
should get his grip on them.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of the County Treasurer of Wasco County, Oregon, fqr the seven months ending on
4 the 30th day of April, A. D. 1897, of money received and paid ont, from whom
received and from what Bource, and on what account paid out :
The contention between- the Hawk
shaws and Sherlock Holmeses of
Portland, Oregon . City and other
points as to. who, which or what of
the outfit is entitled to the honor and
glory of discovering" the body of the
late Wm. Ladd, rubs high. . The
papers are full of the wordy dispute,
and the battle waxes hotter and still
more hot; The nnimpassioned -and
disinterested outsider, who is -not in
fluenced by hope of reward, is dis
posed to give the entire credit to
Montgomery, who so cheerfully con
fessed the whole business. '
AMOUNTS KKCKIWED, AND FBOM WHAT SOCECK.
, ' . .. General
" Fund.
To amount on hand from last report.'...-......... 3,632 78
To amount received from Sheriff, taxes. 21,264 43
To amount received from Sheriff, Dalles Citv taxes.. . . . j 1,710 43
To amount received from Sheriff, road fond taxes. . 1,380 45
To amount received from Sheriff, penalty. . - 9S 62
To amount received from Connty Clerk, sundry fees 2,185 10
To amoDDt received from County Clerk, liqnor license . : 600 00
To amount received from Baddet, liquor license -. 200 00
Amount balance on hand ...... .v.
Received froin Sheriff, taxes :
Criminal, fines..... '
School
Fund.
$1,530 86
6,670 17
171 20 ,
AMOUNTS- PAID OUT.
By amount paid ont on connty warrants
By amount paid ont on School Snpt'e warrants .
By balance general fund on hand
By balance school fnnd on hand ...... I.,.".
By Dalles City warrants redeemed
By road warrants redeemed. .-. .
$31,071 81 $8,372 21
General
Fund.
...$25,167 S7
4,164 01
"... 1,710 43
.... . 30 00
Scliool
Fund.
f :
$4,337 45
t
4,034 76
$31,071 81 $8,372 21
. .. SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX FUND.
By balance special school fond $ 269 02
Received from taxes. 5,754 77
By warrants redeemed .',....'.'..;. ......
Balance,. .'
$5,871 55
.152 24
' 6.023 79 6.023 79
Stats of Oregon, County of VVasco-ss.
1, t. a Phillips, do hereby certifv that the foreeoinir is a true and correct
statement of the amounts received, paid out and remaeningon hand in the county
treasury of said county for the seven months ending on the 30th day of April, A. D.
1897. -
Witness my hand this 30th day of April, A. D: 1897.
, C. L. PHILLIPS, Connty Treasurer.
It would be a nice thing for the
O. R. & N. to send those' visiting
conductors up as far as The Dalles
The Columbia is at its very best,
and it wou'd be the best advertise
ment the company could have. With
four hundred conductors from all
over the United States to talkabout
the beauties of the Columbia river
route, the tourist travel over this
route would receive a great impetus.
It is the grandest scenery in the
world.
The Graduating Class.
I
The graduating class from the High
School for this year is composed of the
following: .
Emma Bonney, Georgia Bonney, Elva
Creighton, Ethel Derainp, Maie Elton,
Frances Fouta, Harriet Marden,'arl
Sanders, Victor Schmidt,' Beulah Sterl
ing, Arthur btubliug, Daton Taylor,
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of the amount of Money and Warrants received for Taxes, and Monev paid to the
County Treasurer by. the Sheriff ef Wasco County Oregon, for the seven
months ending on the 30th day of April, A. D. 1897: :
To amount received in coin and currency during October, 1896. . ; . .....$ 1,174 83
To amonnt received in coin and currency daring November, 1896 1,624 26
To amonnt received in coin and currency during December, 1896 ....... 5,946 73
To amonnt received in coin and currency dnring January, 1897 1,749 25
To amonnt received in coin and currency during February. 1897 250 00
To amount received in coin and currency daring March and to April 3, '97 24,914 76
. , By amounts paid to County Treasurer as per receipts
November, 1896 ... . . .$ 1,174 83
December " ...... 1.624 26
Jannary, 1897 : , 5,946 73
February, 1897 : 1,749 25
t April, 1897 i. 24,914 76
Amount of $24,914.76 received in months of March and April was turned over
to the County Treasurer April 5th.
Statb of Oregon, County of Wasco ss.
. I, T. J. Driver, Sheriff ot. said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing
statement is correct and true. '
Witness my hand this 14th day of Mav, A. D. 1897.
T. J. DRIVER, Sheriff of Wasco Connty.
.'-.-..',. By Robert Kelly, Deputy.
Retta Tavlor?
4
ed old uncle in New York.
And yet some folks object to the
inheritance tax.
General Weyler, the brave butcher
of women and children, professional
liar and all-around scrub, expresses
surprise that in the face of his "proc
lamation officially . declaring the
greater part of the island to be al
ready pacified," this country should
ever think of recognizing the bellig
erency of the Cubans. He declares
this action would hold this country
up to the ridicule of the European
powers. The gold-laced coward and
Jackson Engine Co.. No. 1, will bold a
drill on Friday evening, May 28th, at
7: 30 o'clock. - AH members are request
ed to be present. By order of .
. F. W. L. Skibbb, Secy
Barb Wire.
Barb Wire (Glidden) .;.
- per 100 pounds.
Cook Stoves. f
.$2.35
No. 7 Woodland Cook Stove,
, . $6.50. .
No. 8 Woodland Cook Stove,
' ' $8.50. . ' '
No. 8 Wool 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,
f - $23.00.-
No. 8 Home Garland Range,
"Square, without sheu, $2S.00.
Be sure and see the Garland Stoves
before buying. As you will note from
above prices they are very low, and it
will not. pay you to bny second-hand
stoves when vou can g$t new ones at the
above prices. . . - " . .
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT. . - , ... . . .
Of the Cdunty Clerk of Wasco County. State of Oregon, showing the amount
and number of claims allowed by the County Court of said County, amount of
warrants drawn, and amount of warrants outstanding- and unpaid, from the first
day of October, 1896, to the 30th day of April, 1897, both days inclusive :
On Wliat Account Allowed.. Amount Allowed
For salaries of Countv Jude-e. Commissioners. Clerk. Sheriff. District
Attorney, School Superintendent, Assessor, Treasurer, Stock '
Inspector and Janitor $ 8,410 14
For road and bridges - 843 57
For paupel-s and county hospital ? 1,390 91
For jurors in Circuit Court and Grand Jury 1 358 93
For witnesses Circuit Court and Grand Jury , 533 80
For fees in Justice Court , 518 90
For stationery, office supplies and printing i . 692 10
For court house and jail - 148 45
For bounty on wild animals 521 00
For bailiff's. Circuit Courts- - 95 00
For supervisors account 2,128 18
For insane account . . 49 00
For coroner's inquest 6185
For fuel and electric lights - 265 73
For expense of election- ' , 781 17
For armory rent, O. N. G., and G. A. R. relief- -- 307 55
Total amount of warrants drawn ' $17,11128
Outstanding Warrants Unpaid: ' . Principal Unpaid. Interest.
$15,000 00
Outstanding unpaid warrants, May 1, 1897 $73,666 09
Estimated accrued interest
State op Oregon, County of Wasco ss. - .
I. A. M. Kelsav. Countv Clerk of the County of Wasco, State of Oregon, do
herebv certifv that the foreffoiner is a true and correct statement of the number
and amount of claims allowed by the County Court, for the six months ending
on the 30th day of April, A. D. i897, on what account the same was allowed and
the amount of warrants drawn, and the amount of warrants outstanding and
unpaid as the same appears upon the records of my office and in my custody.
Witness my nana ana tne seai oi tne vouniy ourt oi eaiu
Seal,. this 4th day of May, A. D. 1897.
. - - A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk.
By Simeon Bolton, Deputy.
SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY STATEMENT
Of the financial condition of Wasco County, State of Oregon, on the 30th day -
of April, A. D. 1897 : . ;
''"'" .' ' LIABILITIES.
Amount of warrants unpaid October 1st, A. D. 1896, with estimated
interest thereon ' 81,722 18
Amount of warrants issued from Oct. 1st, A. D. 1896, to May 1st, 1897, 17,111 28
, . . .. '; . " ' " $ 98,833 46.
By amount of warrants paid from Oct.-1st,' 1896, to May 1st, 1897,
. with Interest lncmaea as per report oi vxmnty xreasurer, now
on file - - 25,167 37
Total liabilities-, .- -- -
- - ' RESOURCES. ''
-- ' -i-$ 73,666 09
By funds In hands of County Treasurer applicable to payment of '
County warrants 4,164 .01
By amount of funds in hands of Sheriff applicable to payment of
: - County warrants- ' ' --- 3,809 50
Bv estimated amount of real estate bid in by County at tax sales for
the years 1890, 91, 92, 93 and 94 ;.' 9,500 00
By amount of taxes due on roll of 1896, applicable to the payment of
uounty warrants , -. w,uoi u
. ' , . . $53,560 96
Excess of liabilities over resources : ' 35,105 Id
State of Oregon, County of Wasco ss. .
TV A M. TTalsav. Countv Clerk of the Countv of Wasco. State of Oregon, do
rmrfihv BPtifv that the foree-oin? is a true and correct statement of the finan
cial condition of said county, as the same appears of record from the books of
said county, in my office and custody, and from the reports of the County Treas
urer and sheriff mea Herein.
Witness my hand and seal of the Court of said County, tnis 4fca
Seal. day of May, A. D. 1897. , ,
. A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk.
. " By Simeon Bolton, Deputy.