THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2. 1897.
The Weekly Ghronlele.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Robt. Meti
T. J. Driver
A M. Kelny
C. L. f billipa
iA. B. Blowers
- ID. 8. Kimsev
Iwinor W. U. Whipple
Surveyor ...J. B. ioit
Superintendent of Public ScbooU. . .C. L. Gilbert
C ironer '.. W. K. Butte.
oantr Ji
Sheriff....
Clerk
Treasurer. ,
Commlsaionen . ..'
. STATK OFFICIALS.
Sjrernoi.. V.........W. P. Lord
Secretary of State ...... ...H RKlncoid
Treasurer ...Phillip Metechan
apt. of Pnblio Instruction G. M. Irwin
A ttirney-fif npnil C. M. Idleman
)J. H. MitcbeU
IB Hermann
iW. R. Ellis
Senator. .
Congressmen..
Btate Pfrintor..
...W. H. Leeds
MEMORIAL St! N DAY.
Tomorrow memorial services will
be held in every city, village and
hamlet in the land. It is the prelude
to Decoration"D.iy. The old boys in
blue will assemble at their posts and
march to church to listen again to
services held in tender remeinbinnce
of the noble dead. The unknown
dead on Southern battle fields, whose
stiffened corpses fonnd hurried and
unceremonious burial, each year
awaken in the hearts of their survi
vors yet tenderer recollections. Be
neath the magnolia and the cypress,
cut down in the flower of youth, the
pride of many a Northern household
sleeps, bis grave unknown to those
whose hearts broke when he returned
not unto them.
They fell where duty called, llie
old man and the young; he who left
both wire ana little ones, tue music
of whose voices shall find no echo in
bis ears forevermore ; the vigorous
giandsire, ' whose pulses beat with
youthful force, and who forgot the
weight of years at duty's call; the
youth, beardless, but brave, his
mother's kiss yet fresh upon his lips
all, side by side, here found a resting
place. Over them the flowers of
Southern plants their petals fling;
soft zephyrs kiss the grass that waves
above their graves, and from the
whispering trees at night the mocking
bird his varied notes pours forth.
"There sleep our dead. Yet there to
morrow, where but a few short years
ago the rattle of musketry and boom
of cannon told of deadly strife, the
.peaceful church bell will call to
ipraj'er, and- those with whom they
fought will sh :d for them a tear.
Thrice blessed, peaceful Sabbath
day, foretaste of time yet to come,
when on the other shore, no longer
uniformed in blue or gray; no
longer moved to discord and to
strife, but robed in spotless draperies
them, there is jood logic in the Ore
gonian's. position, If they are bound
to have the country, make them pay
something for it.
FISHY OFFICIALS.
Portland detectives, United States
officials, policemen and . ex convicts
seem to be promiscuously mixed and
mingled r in , the recent sensation
sprung concerning the rebbing of the
Portland postoffice, which it is al
leged was . to have taken place,
Through the vigilance of Tom Black
the " scheme was uncovered, then
Thrall, the special postal inspector.
detective and modern Sherlock
Holmes took a band. The resull
was that Eppinger, the registry clerk,
was arrested. wnat ror. noDoay
seems to know. Black doesn't know
neither , does Thrall, nor Grady nor
Murphy. ' Gautier, an ex-convict,
told them so; that is be told them
that Eppinger had taken Holsapplc
and a half-dozen other people into a
scheme by which they were to find
someone whom they could biro to
stand Eppinger up and rob him,
when the whole job lot was to divide
the plunder. Eppinger made a mis
take. He ought to have advertised,
and let the job to the lowest bidder.
Then the officers displayed such re
markable judgment in making the
arrest. Instead of waiting for the
crime to be attempted, they arrested
Eppinger on suspicion that he was
contemplating a crime.
As a matter of fact the whole
thing smells fishy, and most decided
ly ."dead fishy" at that. There is no
jury on earth that would convict Ep
pinger of thinking about committing
a crime, or Holsapplc of being a
party to his thoughts, on the testi
mony of such a man as Gautier.
In the light of the Taffe arrest!
this one seems to emphasize the fact
that the officers are hungry for fees.
President McKinley should wield
his ax.
ell. . This may or may not be true.
but eveiTif correct it does not neces
sarily prove that Senator Mitchell
was-in'tbe plot We have a distinct
recollection that many years ago the
editor of the Oregonian was appoint
ed collector of customs at Portland
through the efforts of Senator Mitch
ell. but that was not the reason of
the subsequent, intimate friendship.
The Oregonian has done many things
since that time that Senator Mitchell
neither suggested nor indorsed.
Governor Bud J of California hav
ing refused to interfere in the Dur
rant case, it is not. probable he will
do .so in that of Worden, who was
one of the Sacramento strikers, and
who was convicted xf murder, in
having caused the death of several
people by cutting down a trestle and
ditching a train. His execution is
set for some time this month, and
Worden himself has so little hope of
executive clemency' that last week
he attempted to commit suicide.
The dispatches state that an, earth
quake was felt yesttrday in the east
ern states. As earthquakes are not
common in that section, we arc
forced to believe that it was a mis
take, and the trouble was caused by
Wallace McCamant's ispeech on Cor-
bett's appointment falling out of its
pigeon hole.
SHEEP RAISING.
Many MiBJons Invested
' . Northwest
In the
The Texas legislature has passed a
joint resolution expressing its senti
ments on the lynching question. It
probably had the ultimate fate of
some of its members in view when it
unanimously' asserted that in its au
gust opinion, 'Mynehings are highly
objectionable."
THE END . REACHED.
The Durrant case bids fair to at
last come to an end. Governor
Budd, after examining into the mat
ter,' has concluded not to interfere,
and the sentence of the court will be
carried out at Folsom prison Friday,
June lltb, at which time Theodore
Durrant will be hanged.
It is more than two years since the
crime for which he is to die was
committed, and every delay, every
device that human- ingenuity could
conceive has been used in his be
Had the Turks and Greeks kept at
it.it is possible that Weyler might
have pacified the island of Cuba, but
such was not to be. With the cessa
tion of hostilities in Greece, the war
in Cuba broke forth with spasmodic
fervor in the newspapers.
NOT NOW.
of white, hand clasped in hand, to- half. Concerning his guilt there is
gether they shall tread, with joyous
feet, the glorious fields of Paradise.
Benton Killtn will leave Portland
for Alaska June 8th, to examine into
the conditions of crops up that way.
Benton is a combination of lines of
beauty and graceful curves. He is
egg-shaped as a grand total, and yet
an aggregation of curved surfaces.
His head is a globe;, his neck a line
of demarcation, a sort of hiatus or
political wrinkle; his abdomen is a
fac-simile of the kettles the good
housewives in New Amsterdam used
200 years ago; the calves of his legs
are two elongated watermelons; his
hands egg plants. There is really
nothing square about him, nothing
angular. This is what fits him for
examining into the radish beds on
the Muir glacier and the strawberry
patches of the Upper Yukon. His
shape makes certain the fact that he
will not climb Mt. Elias, nor wend
bis way about through the trackless
grain fields that ornament the tundra
Benton got this job as a reward for
his 8ei vices" political, but really he
has been paid too much. The
amount of information he will gather
at Sitka and Juneau at the govern
ment expense will not endanger the
steamer on its way down, as he will
not bring more than a' few-samples
of this j ear's crops,"
The Oregonian thinks the govern
ment should adopt some plan of
leasing the Alaskan mines, forests
and fisheries to wealthy corporations,
taking the ground that they alone
can profitably develop the industries
or that inhospitable region. ' We
bave no liking for corporations, and
always, regret their gobbling of
everything there is in sight. At the
stiue time, as long as they do corral
everything, and as it seems certain
that Alaska is to be scooped in by
not much doubt nor many doubters,
and in San Francisco there are prob
ably none. But o ne thing is as cer
tain as . that the heavens are blue,
and that is that Theodore Durrant
Lever had a fair trial, or such a trial
as he had a right to demand as an
American citizen. True, he had
twelve persons, the number required
by law, hut the public sentiment ran
so high that those jurors were not
free to bring in such a verdict as
they saw fit Had any other verdict
been reached the jurors themselves
would have been mobbed, aud they
knew it.
We have never had much doubt
but that Durrant killed Blanche La
mont; but the question is, has it
ever been proved conclusively
enough to justify hanging him for it?
In our opinion, no, though had we
been on the jury we should have
been willing to send him to the peni
tentiary, but not to take his life, for
after all, some of the" links in the
chain of testimony are very weak.
A judge of the supreme court in
Massachusetts bar decided that ttieos
opby is not enough of a religion to
justify the exemption from taxation
of property used for theosophical
purposes. This raises various deli
cate and doubtful issues. When the
church is nominally . divorced from
the state, who shall decide what is
religion and what is not? v Method
ists might say that Unitarians were
not a religious body. And if engag
ing in public worship is a test, who
shall define what worship is? Prov
idence Journal.
lie was slender, blue-eyed boy,
' Yet scarcely' reached sixteen; . .
His widowed mother's hope and pride;
Ot brave and gallant mien.
A jaunty soldier cap was pressed
Upon bis girlish brow;
But whether It was blue or gray
It does not matter now.
Close to' her breast that mother belJ '
Her boy in fierce embrace.
Her kisses hungered on his lips:
Her tears bedewei bis face.
' Yet yielding bim at duty's call .
She prayed as mothers pray,
And gave her all it matters not
Whether tor blue of gray.
On Bhiloh'e dread and bloody field
He lay among the slain,
The ruby of his youthful lips
Dyed n more crimson stain. .
The blue eyei were forever closed,
And cold the waxen brow;
But if he fell for blue or gray
It does not matter now.
. Just where be lies she may not know,
Yet on some grave instead
Of his, she lays a snowy wrettth
For aU the "Unknown dead."
And on bis grave some kindly hand
Will place a wreath today.
Nor seek to know if the dead below
Had worn the blue or gray.
j. h. a
ECONOMIZE ON LIONS.
Iron Holders Bad Carefully Felt the Fnt
lie Fulso.
"Going' to start in business here?" re
marked a man of sallow skin and sleepy
eyes to a bright-looking young1 fellow
who snt beside hiin in a Cottage Grove
avenue gripear, says the Chicago Post
"Yes, I have decided not to go to col
lege," the prospective business man
went on to say. "What would you ad
vise me to do?" .
"Well, you know I am in the iron
molding business. We do all kinds ot
iron work make those jockey hitching
posts and iron fencing, cast-iron lions,
and so forth. The business is all right,
but just cow I would advise a young
man to not to go into it. Strike some
thing staple something the people
have to have, rain cr shine, hard times
or good times then work it for all it's
worth. Let no give you a tip, my
younir friend, on my business. I have
found that the first thing that the pub
lic begins to economize in when, hard
times comes is cast-iron lions." ' .
- The Oregonian could not resist the
opportunity in commenting on Ep
pinger's arrest, charged with con
spiracy, to rob-the government, to
say that Eppinger was appointed at
the urgent request of Senator Mitch-
French Westminster Abbey.
Paris seems to be turning the Luxem
burg garden into a sortcf French West
minister Abbey. The latest bust it is
proposed to set up there is that of
Sainte Beuve, the critic. Fortunately,
in the mile or more cf avenue between
the palace and the observatory there is
room for all of France's great men, if
they are only set close enough, to each
otlher. ' " ' ...
. BUSINESS LOCALS.
Nebraska corn for sale at the Wasco
warehouse. . Best feed on earth. . m9-tf
English and Belgian cement, very
best imported brands, for sale by Wasco
Warehouse Co. , . my5-lm
The merchant who tells .you he has
something else as good as Hoe Cake soap
is a good man to keep away from. a2 3m
SURE CURE for PILES
:D&,borb tumor. A positive eure. Ciroui.tr. sent free. Priao
Kte. lliuut.u ar tuiU UU. JiOSAMkO, l'hlU Fa.
Conditions Which Are Favorable to the
, Growth and Success of Thin Im.
; portant Branch of Farming; ., - "
'- . In America. , -
. One of the .pronounced ' recent de
partures in the agricultural industry
of the northwest is a change from ex
clusive " grain growing to a mixed, in
dustry in which live stook and dairy
ing s axe prominent features." In
Minnesota special attention thui'far
has been given to horses, cattle"; and
hogs; but in Montana and the Dakotas
sheep are arotiv.ia.i the most notable
interest. In !ontai:a the sheep flocks
nave multiplied tenfoll in ten years,
and in 1801 numbered over 2,S00,C00
animals. The !.h-je- fcvl-jstry of Mon-.
tana represents a canlt-.il of 820,030,-
000, and briDg-3 m a r jvenue of nearly
$2,500,000 from wool alone.' . Montana
wool has in a brief period attained a
national repetition. North Dakota is
a recent convert to the slfcep industry,
but already has more r.hcep than all
other domestic animato combined, and
the industry la rapidly gro-xi?" in
popular favor as in. proSlabl.inoss.
The Minneapolis Tribune iiafcimod
by North Dalrota formers that L.hcep
bid fair to be the solution cf the crop
problem, in parirs'; the Way to diversi
fication., of : prsJuctD. ' Ilspcrisnccd
authorities ir.3i.st tlot tlicro is mere
money, in North Dakota sheep than in
grain and that sheep raiiincr i.i likely
to be the crest. i-;.a;it,rry of t.iut :.tatt
before many j-ccrs. With only a few
seasons' sturt t'.io sheen hiiuctry of
North Dakota has rfrov.n to embrace
a capital of over Cj.'.'M.OOJ' and a flock
of 000,000. The av.-ra -ya cost of keep
ing is ebtinatad at 31 pv:r haad for the
state, aufl tha crcrajj flseea about
eight pounds. Cor-ciucntly the' wool
alono morc thr.n j-.aj-s the cost of
maintaining tho Dock, leavh'.jr the
natural yearly iD'.'rpa'ic in Socle a net
proflt. Aju-ndant cheap laads, the
low cost of hsy. ;'.;rii 3 paritarae
and th'i healthi'iilncr.'s of -ihu .climate
maker; the- Ka!rta v, a natural sheep j
region. 1 tit l-.ovr industry r; a solu
tion of the 'oi:i;j!e-.jr.v problem.
In Minnesota tbo s;h-jp industry has
not yet attai:sa:l t.'ic rivmiuer.ee riven
to M-voral. otVrr br;iie!us of stock
nWag; Jf!ca;l, fie r.tati hes more
dorrs thru chwp. V-.'i tlic ,7vyr:iuient
report lor 13 :1 crc.t't- !2w .state- with
40!',000 ehai7 rnt1- un tverr.jC wool
clip of scve.) vrJTn".i prr sheep. The
principal a'.m ? i.'rjor raiaiag1 in Min
nesota is r.v.tt-ixu V-'so- government
"Special' npjrJ o.i tho i5hc.p Indus
try,-' io?J, f-.tat:-; i:i the chapter on
Minnesota: "i-vAaap now pay the farm
er I. ,iter thaa'iriy othor class of stock,
and in the r.niirie country those who
arc now I'.ia.; 1 in rai'iiirj a few
ah?ep find it tha m-t profitable
branch of in", wl in luotry." Tho aver
age annual irsiro-:: in flock is placed
at 85 pr cnt., a r! the average cost of
keeping nt?l or l?is pr head. The
government departnuat enumerates
numerous adva nt ages exceptionally
favorablj cliiu'il j, tl- ; best of feed and
water. fr?edr::n fron di'asc, and a
Qrt-clasr. lij-l inir.cot whish Minne
sota pos-. :; ; i ot.t ail .eastern states.
Sheep bror..T:it t- M'l'.-.csota from Ohio
and other ci t ! i .":etp regions show
a marked ,?:vin i:i w:;iht of fleece and
carcass. Th:; Rwvjmrttoat department
cntertuir.s e-,t'.in oia-.tic sentiments re
fardin;T tho i'a'.:ir.; oi Minnesota's sheep
inJuijtrv. . . .
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of the County Treasurer of Wasco County, Oregon, for the seven months ending on
the 30th day of April, A. D. 1897, of money received and paid out, from whom
received and from what source, and on what account paid out : -
AMOFNTS UECEIVED, AND FROM WHAT 80UBCK
' - ',' ' General
To auionnt on hand from last report. . j... .
To amount received from Sheriff, taxts. -. . '. . . 11 ',
To anion at received from Sheriff. Dalles Citv taxes. . :. .''
To amount received from Sheriff, road fund "taxes. .
To amount received from Sheriff, penalty
To amount received from Connty Clerk, sundry fees . . . . "...
To amount received from Connty Clerk, liqnor license
To amount received from Badder, iiquor license.
Amount balance on band . . . . . . . .,. , , .
Received from Sheriff, taxes '"'
Criminal, fines. : . . . . .'.';.
AMOUNTS PAID OUT.
By amount paid out on connty warrants.". .
By amount paid out on School Supt's warrants .
By balance general fund on hand
By balance school fund on hand . . .........
By Dalles City warrants redeemed '.
By road warrants redeemed. .... ... . ...... . . .'.
Fund.
.. 3,632 78
.. 21,264 43
,. 1,710 43
. 1,380 45
. . 98 62
. 2,185 10
. 600 00
. 200 00
School
Fund.
1,530 86
6,670 17 .
171 20
$31,071 81 $8,372 21
General
: Fund.
..$25,167 37
4,164 01
1,710 43
30'00
Scliool ,
Fund.
$4,337 45
4,034 76
SPECIAL -SCHOOL TAX FL'XD.
By balance special school fond. . . ....... J ..... . , ; .
Received from tuxes. ....... . . . . . '.
By warrants redeemed. , j ... ; .... .
Balance. . : . ; .......
$31,071 81 $8,372 21
...$ 269 02
:.. 5,754 77
$5,871 55
152 24
- S 6.023 79 46.023 79
St atb of Oa egos. County of Wasco ss.
1, O. L.. Phillips, do hereby certify that the forezoinir is- a true and correct
statement of the amounts received, paid out and remaeniag on band in the countv
treasurj of said connty for the seven months ending on the 30th day of April, A. 1).
1897. ' - ' .-, ' t
Witness my hand this 30th day of April, A. D. 1897. -
. . C. L. PHILLIPS. County Treasurer.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT -
Of the amount of Money and Warrants received for Taxes, and Money paid to the
County Treasurer by the Sheriff of Wasco Connty, Oregon, for the seven
months ending on the 30th day of April, A. D. 1897:. ' ... "
To amount received in coin and currency during October,. 1896. ...$ 1.174 83
To amount received in coin and currency during November, 1896 1,624 26
To amount received in coin and currency during December, 1896 .' 5,946 73
To amount received in coin and currency during January, 1897 . ... 1,749 25
To amount received in coin and currency during February, 1897 ........ 250 00
To amount received in coin and currency during 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
January, 1897...:... ...I... 5,946 73
Februarv, 1897.. 1.749 25
It April, 1897 .', j 24,914 76
' i Amount of $24,914.76 received in months of March and April was turned over
to the County Treasurer April 5th.
State of OiiKGoy, Coonty of Wasco es.
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 County.'
- By Robert Kelly, Deputy.
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, 110.00.
No. 8 Wood Michigan Square
Stove and reservoir, $17.50.
No. 8 Home Michigan Square
' $15.00. J
No. 8 Home Michigan Square
. and reservoir, $23.00.
No. 8 Home Garland Square,
23.00.
No. 8 Home Garland Range,
Square, without sheu $28.00.
Be sure and see the Garland Stoves
betore buying. As you will note from
above prices they are very low, and it
will not pav von to buy second-hand
stoves when you can get new ones at the
above prices. " .'-;
MAIER& BENTON'S
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT. '
Of the County 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 :
Oii iVhat Account AUonced. Amount Allowed
For salaries of County Judge, Commissioners, Clerk, Sheriff, District
: Attorney, School superintendent, Assessor, Treasurer, soocir
- Inspector and Janitor ; 9 8,410 14
For road and bridges -: 843 57
For paupers and county hospital : 1,390 91
For jurors in Circuit Court and Grand Jury . , 358 93
For witnesses Circuit Court and Grand Jury . 533 80-
For fees in Justice Court .'. 518 90
For stationery, office supplies and printing 692 10
For court house and jail.-- . 148 45
For bounty on wild animals 521 00
For bailiff's, Circuit Court- 95 00
For supervisors account 2,128 18
For insane account ; . ' 49 00
For coroner's inquest-." 6185
For fuel aud electric lights . 265 73
For expense of election- .-- "8i 17
For armory rent, O. N. G., and G. A. R. relief . 307 55
Total amount of warrants drawn 9 17,111 28
Outstanding Warrants Unpaid. Principal Unpaid. Interest.
Mav 1. 1897 $73,666 09
$15,000 00
Outstanding unpaid warrants, May 1, 1897
Estimated accrued interest
State, op Oregon, County of Wasco as. .
I. A. M. Kelaav. Countv Clerk of the County of Wasco, State of Oregon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the number
and amount oi claims allowed by tne uounty uours, ior me six montns enamg
on the 30th day of April, A. D. 1897, on what account the same was allowed and
the amount of warrants drawn, and tne amount, oi warrants outsianamg anu
unpaid as the same appears upon the records of my office and in my custody.
Witness my nana ana tne seal oi tan vAiuauy ouri ui ttuiu vuuuij
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 - - "jf1-
Amount of warrants Issued from Oct. 1st, A. D. 1896, to May 1st, 189 1, n,iii to
; ' :' $ 98,833 46
By amount of warrants paid from Oct. 1st, 1896, to May 1st, 1897,
with interest inciuaea as per report oi county ireasurer, now
on file -.,.- -- - 25,167 37
Total liabilities -J 8 73,666 09
. f - ' .' ' .- resources.
By funds in hands of County Treasurer applicable to payment of
Countv warrants 4,164 Ul
By amount of funds in hands of Sheriff applicable to payment of
. County warrants . 3,809 50
By 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
. Cttunty warrants . - :-
' ' 'Vs.; - , . ' ' $53,560 96
Excess of liabilities over resources to,ivo io
State of Oregon, County of Wasco ss.
t a m Trlcair Pniintv Clerk of the Countv of Wasco. State of Oregon, do.
hereby certify that the foregoing 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 trom the reports of the County Trfeas-
urer and Sheriff niea nerein. . . . . -
Witness my hand and seal of the uourt oi saia county, uim tbu.
rSEAL. day of May, A. D. 1897. . '"' . .
1 J - - A. M. KELSAY, County Clerk.
, ' V - By Simeon Bolton, Deputy.