THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. JUNE 26. 1897.
The Weekly Gtooniele.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
C ram J Judge..'. Robt. May
Sheriff. . T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Keisay
Treasurer C. L. Phillips
. . t A. B. Blowers
Commissioners . . !n. . Kimsey
Assessor "... W. H. Whipple
Surveyor j.a. ,ou
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner : WH. Butts
8TATI OFFICIALS.
Sovernor :.W. P. Lord
HaRretnrv of Rtata HE Klncaid
Treasurer -Phillip Metschsn
upt. of Public Instruction a. m. lrwiu
A ttnrnffv-fioneral C. M. Idleman
. (G. W. McBride
Boosters - Ij.sh. Mitchell
(B Hermann
-yuugressuieu........ jw Ellis
State Printer..... W. H. Leeds
Weeklr Clubbing; Bates.
Chronicle and Oregonian 2 25
Chronicle and Examiner. . . .- 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World. . .'. .... 2 00
FLEXIBLE CURRENCY.
The Labor Exchange idea theoret
ically would not be a bad one, pro
vided the premises were correct, for
if the conditions descried by the
advocates of the system existed, the
arguments they advance would be
sound. But are they? The major
premise is that this country produces
everything it needs. The minor
that by taking care of its products
there would always be plenty tor all,
and the conclusion that by adopting
the" Labor Exchange theory this
would be done, and therefore there
would be plenty of employment and
plenty of the products of industry
for all.
The premises are incorrect, the
conclusion necessarily faulty. In
the first place the country does not
produce all it needs. It produces no
part of many things considered nec
essaries, and it produces a vast sur
plus of other necessaries.
The Labor Exchange idea is to,
for instance, here in The Dalles store
the wool, grain and other products ot
the country, and , issue certificates
calling for as much of the stored
product as any person might deposit.
These certificates would operate as
a medium of exchange or money.
When products are abundant the
granaries would be filled with them
and a large amount of this money
would be put in circulation. When
crops were short there would be a
demand for the stcred products, the
certificates would be presented, re
deemed in products and destroyed.
thus reducing the volume ot money,
Now let us suppose that this would
work all -right practically in a local
way; bow would it be on a larger
scale? Suppose, for instance, that a
person holdinz a certificate of de
posit of 100 bushels of wheat should
want a ton of salt, bow would he be
able to trade bis wheat in a Dalles
warehouse for salt in Michigan? or
pay for iron in Pennsylvania with a
similar certificate ? or swap for coffee
in Brazil, tea in China, jute in India,
rice, sugar, spices, silks, and the
thousand products of other coun
tries ?
It is true the people of this coun
try could live upon what they pro
duce, but it would be a step back'
ward in civilization, not forward.
Besides how would it furnish employ
ment for any now unemployed?
We would raise no more grain, man
ufacture no more. If we as a nation
were content to subsist upon what
we produce, there would be less em
ployment than now, for we now
grow a surplus, giving employment
to labor, and trade it for other prod
ucts, through the medium of the
world's money, to the world. Be
sides this, tbeie are some things that
could not be put in a warehouse live
stock, perishable fruits vegeta
b'es, etc. How does the Labor Ex
change people propose to handle
these without money?
We fear our friends have not yet
solved the problem, and that their
system is not an improvement, even
upon what Mr. Sharp, calls "the
crude financial system of Alexander
Hamilton." No system has yet been
discovered that will permit the busi
ness of the world to be done without
money, without some accepted me
dium of exchange by which expressed
values may be measured. We know
whereof wc speak, having had a good
many years' experience in running
country newspapers, and while the
country editor can get along, and
does with less money than anj body,
be must have some. He swaps paper
for cord wood, butter, potatoes and
such, and advertising space for a suit
of clothes seini-opcasioi-ally, or some
thing of tht kind; but when it comes
to paying for paper ami type the
hard hearted dealers refuse circus
tickets or subscription accounts.
They demand money, coin, and if
they don't get it, the paper quits.
We have not given the subject
much thought; but it does not seem
to require a great deal. We confess
to a hankering to be convinced, for
we would like to be able to get along
without money; but it would require
practical demonstration, instead of
theories that bear in themselves the
evidences of impracticability.
A HAIR-SPLITTER.
Judge Shattuck has passed upon
the matter of the mandamus proceed
ins against the treasurer of Mult
nomab couutr. and intimated that u
peremptory writ should issue; but on
the representations of Judge Whalen,
attorney for the county treasurer,
that there was not money enough on
hand to pay warrants, allowed time
for an amended answer to be filed.
In this condition the case now stands.
Reviewing the case, the court said
that the petitioner represents there
are large sums oi money in me
county treasury applicable to ordi
nary debts and expenses. xne
treasurer admits this condition of
things, exeepting the fact that these
sums of money are there ; he denies
the application of the rule which pe
titioner eyokes with regard to the
distribution of money, and be denies
the writ of mandamus and claims the
proper remedy here is an ordinary
action of law by state authorities
against the county treasurer or the
county of Multnomah, or the appli
cation of another remedy allowed by
the statute, which is if the treasurer
does not pay over state money, he is
subject to penalty and forfeiture,
and if he continue in error on this
subject, he may be expelled from
office.
"This case has been very exten
sively discussed by counsel,"- re
marked Judge Shattuck. "The ar
guments have been profuse and
labored, but they fail to satisfy me
that the position taken by the re
spondeut is correct. The whole
matter, it seems to me, turns upon
the instruction of section 2813 of the
statute, and that section provides in
these words : 'On or before the first
Monday in February in each year the
several county treasurers of this
state shall pay over to the state
treasurer in gold and silver coin the
amount of the state tax charged to
their respective counties, which tax
shall be paid out of the first of such
moneys collected and paid to the
county treasurer. It is claimed that
this statute means that the first money
that comes into the county treasury
shall be applied to the demands of
the state or state debts its apportion
to the county, and no contradictory
authority has been cited for a stat
ute like this."
There is nothing in the statue, the
court said, that goes outside of the
ordinary parlance, ordinary speech
of the people, and it is to be ordna-
rily accepted exactly according to
its terms, and the provision and ap
plication of its principle made ac
cordingly.
"If you leave out two words from
this section, you have exactly the
position which the defendant Hoyt,
treasurer, claims is controlling him.
Leaving out the words 'of such,' and
there is in the statute, as is claimed
by the respondent here. Should
these words be left out? Why
shculd tLey be left out of the stat
ute ? It looks as if there was a de
sign on the part of the legislature to
have this statute construed as the
petitioners claim it should be. The
effect of leaving out these two words
would justify the other -construction
alleged here, that all money due the
state ought to be paid out of the first
money before any other demand is
satisfied. It seems to me the con
struction of the statute is that the
money's paid into the respective
funds, not into the general fund of
the county."
Judge Shattuck says the statute
means what it says, and says what it
means ; but that what it says and
what it means is that officers and
courts need not obey its plain com
mands. The words "of such" are
what Judge Shuttuck hangs his de
cision on; but where he makes the
distinction and difference between
the sentence with those words in or
out is a profound mysteiy. ' The
truth seems to be that the county
needs the money, and the judge
warns the county to have the use of
it. That, and that only, is the law
and the gospel of the case.
FEAST AND FJST.
The Telegram takes the Irish peo
ple to task for their counter-demon
stratiou on the occasion of the queen's
jubilee. lis criticisms are cot. just.
Much as mav be said of Queen Vic
toria and her reign, there is but little
in it to cause Ireland's sons any exu
berance of joj'ful demonstrations.
Of England s advancement since
Victoria was placed upon the throne,
there can be do question. Her do
minions have grown, her wealth mul
tiplied over and over again. As has
been truthfully said, "she owns
large part of the land and all the
seas. England has prospered and
erown as few, if any, nations have
equaled in the same length of time
Englishmen have just cause to feel
proud.
How is it with Ireland? When
Queen Victoria ascended the throne
Ireland is credited with having 9,-
000,000 people. How have they
been affected in the sixty years of
her reign ? The census tells a sug
gestive story. Today Ireland has
3,500,000 Irish population. Sixty
years or Victoria has anven o,ouu,-
000 of Ireland's children out of their
native home. It is an eloquent crit
icism of England's policy toward her
sister isle. Nor was it deserved
AVhile the iron heel of British rule
was crushing the life out of Ireland's
industries, Ireland's sons were carry
ing the English flag gallantly to new
conquests. With Corcoran at Balak
lava, with Clive in India, in Asia's
jungles or Africa's deserts, wherever
English greed or Unglish interests
compelled war, Ireland's sons shed
as gallant blood as ever glorified a
battlefield. What was her reward
and their's ? Let the spirit of Robert
Emmett answer. In 1847 and '48
English landlords mercilessly com
pelled the Irish tenant to sell his
grain to pay rent, and there being a
failure of the potato crop, 1,500,000
Irish people starved to death. Eng
land did nothing for them, and the
people of the United States appalled
by their suffering, by 'generous con
tributions prevented that Dumber
being perhaps doubled.
Ireland owes England nothing but
that love which the Senegambian
helot felt for Hie master who scourged
him to hia work with lash and blow.
Queen Victoria's reign has been a
great and glorious one for England ;
but Ireland has gained nothing but
suffering and cruel treatment for it,
and the past sixty years disclose
nothing that would, or should, cause
Ireland to rejoice over England's
glory.
Victoria's policy towards Ireland
was but a continuance of that of her
predecessors; but that does not re
lieve it from the charge of cruelty.
The Irish are a pathetically light
hearted people, brave, long-suffering,
hopeful. If they were not, their
race would be but a memory today.
It may not have been good taste
to display mourning on so joyous an
occasion. It may have been really
wrong to hurt an Englishman's feel
ings at such a time. It may be that
politeness, especially Irish politeness,
would have dictated, there being a
lady in the case, that Ireland should
iusist she enjoyed ber treatment for
the past sixty years. It may be that
the memory of Irish blood vainly
shed on Irish soil for Ireland's rights,
should have been for the time for
gotten. But all of these things would
have been lies. Ireland sees Victo
ria's reign through Irish eyes, and if
they see not with the same vision as
Englishmen, let the latter remember
that those eyes have been too often
blurred with tears from cruel, wicked
and inhuman treatment.
England has cause to rejoice; but
no fair-minded student or English
history can truthfully assert that Ire
land has not abundant cause to
mourn.
the emperor, replying to the burgo
master's toast, expressed his regrets
that his father was not present. Th
sentiment has a flavor of Irishism
about it that makes it amusing. The
emperor seems to forget that had his
father been alive, the statute would
in all probability, not have been
made, and he himself would not have
been emperor. It is of a piece with
a story of a lady who during the
selge of Paris, driven by hunger, had
her pet poodle killed and served for
her dinner. After laving dine
heartily, she gazed with tears in her
eyes at the bones left from the feast
and exclaimed : "Alas ! Poor Fido
How he would enjoy, thosj bones
he were alive." '
The city council of Forest Gro ve
recently passed an ordinance taxing
all business pursuits. We note that
the council showed rare - discern
ment in classifying the subjects,
What more appropriate classification
for instance, could have been made
than "hardware men, dentists, butch
ers and doctors, all of whom muse
pay $10 per year? What neater ar
rangement than that of barbers and
printers, both of which trades have
to scrape for a living, and pay $6
for the privilege? And what more
natural association than lawyers and
town cows, each of which must pay
$4 per year for the privilege cf run
ning at large. The Forest Grove
council understands its business, as
well as other peoples.
The Condon Globe, noting the ap
pointment of T. Lyons to the office
of townsite commissioner at Juneau
Alaska, without intending it calls at
tention to one of the things that
cause a deficit in the national treas
ury. It says: "This is a position
that pays $2000 a year salary, and
will require only a small portion of
his time. In addition to this he Can
pe chaps make double as much out of
his law practice." If it requires
only little of his time, why so large
a salary ? Congress would do well
to turn its attention to economizing,
instead of trying to raise revenues to
meet extravagant expenses.
It is stated that Jonathan Bourne
has gone East to live, and will never
return. There could be but one
more cheerful piece of news, and
that would be that he had gone East
to die. In Australia, many years
ago, a play was written entitled "A
Ticket of Leave Man," and the pro
logue was written by a convict, who,
commenting on the population of
Australia, wrote those famous lines :
Strange patriots we, for be it understood
We left our country for our country's good.
SUICIDE OF A RATTLESNAKE.
Little Doubt of the Fact That They Kill
Themselves by Their Own Bites.
The question as to vrhether the rat
tlesnake's venom is poisonous to itself
has often betn discussed, but if any
satisfactory conclusion has ever been
arrived at we are unaware of the fact,
says the St. Louis Republic. Dr. W. J.
Burnett, formerly a member of the
Boston Society of Natural History,
says that there are good reasons for be
lieving that the action of the rattler's
virulent poison is the same upon all
living1 things, vegetable as well as
animal. Other eminent naturalists
combat this theory and declare that the
idea of an animal poison killing or In
juring a vegetable is really preposter
ous. Burnett says: "It is even just as
fatal to the snake itself as to other ani
mals." Then he relates the experience
of one, Dr. Dearing. The doctor had a
specimen of the prolific rattler which
he kept alive ia a cage. One day he
irritated the reptile so. as to study the
effect of the anger thus provoked. The
snake struck wildly about a few times
and then buried its fangs in its own
body. Almost instantly, the experi
menter saj-s, the reptile rolled over and
died.. If this story is true, and we have
no reason to doubt the story, we see in
it the remarkable and unique physio
logiacl fact of a liuqid secreted from the
blood which proves deadly when in
troduced into the very source from
which it was derived.
After Backers.
Upon the occasion of the unveiling
of the 'statue of Emperor William I,
The happiest boy we have seen in a
loDg while was a little fellow who passed
the office about 1 o'clock this afternoon,
beaded for the river. He had a can full
of bait, an immense, fish pole and a stone
bruise that made him walk ou hia toes.
He was whistling a selection from II
Trovatore, or something else entirely
unintelligible, and his stone braise, bis
limp and his whistle were the envy of
all hia fellows. As he passed with his
mighty fish pole, we were reminded of
that touching poem :
"His pole was made of the strongest oak.
His line, a cable that never broke;
And he baited his hook with tiger's tails,
And he stood on the beach and he fished for
whales. '
"His pole was made of a peacock's feather,
His line was of the finest tether.
He baited his hook with mites from cheese,
And he sat on his bed and bobbed fdr fleas."
AID SHOULD BE GIVEN
A Society That Is Accomplishing Much
Good.
The work done hitherto by the Boys'
and Girls' Aid Society of Oregon in res
cuing homeless, neglected and abused
children of the state will, undoubtedly,
be familar to many of the residents of
this city, bat to those who are not fa.
miliar with the work, it will be inter
esting to know that this institution
rescues homeless, neglected and abused
children of Oregon, cares for such until
eu'table homes or employment are fonnd
for them, and continues a systematic at
tention to their treatment and condi
tion. Daring the past year this society
has received and placed out in homes
268 children, and the average number
placed out by this society during the
past four years is twenty-two per month,
or 264 per annnm, making a total of
1056 children'in the past four years.
This society has a model home, sit
uated in East Portland, which is used as
a depot or clearing bouse for children
who are taken from brutal parents or
picked up homeless or neglected. They
are taken to the Home properly cleansed,
clothed and kept until a suitable home
is found' for them. There is on hand
continually at this depot from twenty
five to forty children, about two-thirds
being boys and one-third girls. The
girls, from the youngest to the oldest,
are thoroughly trained in housework as
long as they are at the home, while the
boys are taught out-door employment,
and are pnt to work on the ground ad
jacent to the Home, which the manage
ment has begun to cultivate. With
plenty of fresh air and a good bed and
regular meals, tbe children soon im
prove.
Wasco county has contributed its
shate of abused and neglected children
to this society, and in all cases tbe final
result has been highly satisfactory.
Perhaps it will be fresh in the minds of
many residents of Wasco county the
case of the Gibson girl, aged 4 years.
who was living with her mother in a
dilapidated barn at the edge of The
Dalles. The mother was one of the
most abandoned creatures it is possible
to imagine. Besides living an immoral
life, she was a morphine fiend and it was
thought administered the drug to the
little girl. Her husband was also a
fiend, and at the time the attention of
the society was called to the case, he
was an inmate of the insane asylum. The
only furniture in the barn was an old
stove with the pipe coming through a
hole in the roof, an old bunk, in which
were thrown a heap of rags, (this was
called a bed) the only light, save that
which came through the cracks in tbe
woodwork, was admitted through a door
which Is usually used for throwing out
tbe manure. When the superintendent,
in company with Depnty Sheriff Phir
man, arrived on the ecene, a horrible
pectacle awaited them. The mother,
with ber scanty, ragged clothing and
nnkept hair, looked the pictnre of mis
ery itself. The hair ot the little girl
was matted and stood out nearly straight
with dirt. She had nothing on but a
burlap tied aronnd her waist with a
etring. The mother was summoned to
court and the child was awarded to tbe
care of this society. The generous
ladies of The Dalles had a new outHt
ready for tbe little one and a woman
hired to bathe her and remove at least
tbe worst of the dirt, bnt no washing for
the first time could possibly remove all
of it, but there was snch a transforma
tion in tbe child that the mother hardly
ecognized her when bidding her good
bye on the cars. The little one, to make
matters worse, had learned to use very
bad language, but she had only been in
the Home two months when she was
taken by a well-to-do and highly re-
pected lady residing near Portland.
She is now attending the pnblic school
and doing extremely well. She has en
tirely forgotten ber experience in tbe
Home and with her mother. I have
been informed that the mother is ' dead,
and also the father. This I consider to
be a great blessing to the child.
The foregoing is only a sample of the
many cases that are looked after by this
institution. The management informs
their friends at The Dalles and tbe edit
or of this paper that assistance is needed
as tbe legislature not having appropri
ated funds, thjs valuable institution for
the care of homeless children may, in all
probability, have to close its doors, un
less the public fall in line and assist all
their power. Several counties have
been called on, but as yet only one-half
of them have responded. Should they
all come in and do their part, this soci
ety would be able to get along without
aBking further charity of any one, and it
only a small amount which has been
asked. The society has tbe endorsement
of tbe county court of this county among
others, but as its income is not sufficient
to keep it running, this appeal is made
to the charitably-disposed citizens of The
Dalles to assist it all in their power.
Superintendent Gardner will, in the
course of a week or two, maxe a tnor
ougb canvass of citizens and endeavor to
get contributions and membership sub
scriptions. Tbe membership subscrip
tions are $5 per annum, but all other
donations will be thankfully received.
A good barn was built adjoining the
home, and it was the intention of the
management to keep some cows and to
raise their own vegetables, but on ac
count of lack of funds it has been im
possible for them to purchase any stock
or improve the place as it was originally
intended; but if tbe generoos public
will do their best to assist a deserving
cause, the good work will still go on.
Tbe society has on hand at the pres
ent writing twenty-five children, fifteen
of whom are boys and ten girls. Of the
boys there is one desirable aged 4, three
aged 6, five aged 7, three aged 8, two
aged 14, and a colored boy aged 16. Of
the girls there is one desirable aged 3,
with fair complexion, blue eyes and
curly hair ; one aged 5, with light com
plexion ; several ranging in age from 8
to 10; two aged 11, and one 13. The
foregoing children under the age of 8
years will be placed out in desirable
homes for legal adoption, and .those
above that age on indenture ; that is to
say, to be brought up as one's own until
they become of age. In addition to the
foregoing, this society has the custody of
9-months-old baby girl, with light
complexion and blue eyes, also for adop
tion.
liiloiAlo iiuo
EMSTT
GIVES THE
Choice of Transcontinental Routes
, VIA -
Spokane
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Low Rates to ail Eastern Cities
OCEAN
BTEAHIB8 Leave Portland
Bverr Five Days for
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
For rail details call on O. R & Co. Agent
Tha Dalles, or address
W, H. HURLBUKT, Gen. Pass. Agt
Portland, Oregon
E. M'NEILL President aud Mana er
The Mew Time Card.
Under the new time card, which goes
into effect tomorrow, trains will move as
follows :
No. 4, to Spokane and Great Northern
arrives at 6 p. m., leaves at 6 :05 p. m.
No. 2, to Pendleton, Baker City and
Union Pacific, - arrives 1:15 a. m., de
parts 1 :20 a. m.
No. 3, from Spokane and Great North
ern, arrives 8:30, departs 8:35 a. m.
No. 1, from Baker City and Union Pa
cific, arrives 1 :20, departs 1 :25 a. m.
Nob. 23 and 24, moving east of The
Dalles, will carry passengers. No. 23
arrives at 6:30 p. m., departs 12:45
p. m.
Passengers for Heppner will take train
leaving here 6 :05 p. m.
EAST and SOUTH via
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Comp'y.
Trains leave and are dne to arrive at Portland.
6:00 P.M.
8:80 A.M.
Daily
except
Sundays.
17:30 A. M.
t4:50 P. M
OVERLAND EX-1
press, Salem, Rose-1
burg, Ashland, Sac-1
....... 1 ..- ann I
1 Franciseo, Mojave, f
ixsAngeies,.iraso,
New Orleans and I
East I
Roseburg and way sta
tions
(Via Woodbnrn fori
I MtAngel, Silverton,
I West Scio, Browns- )
ville.Sprlngfleld and
(.Natron J
(Corvallis
(stations
(McMinnvllle
(way stations
and way I
and)
)A. M.
4:30 P. M
Daily
except
Sundays.
t 5:50 P.M.
t 8:25 P. M
Daily. tDaiiy, except Sunday.
DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE.
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS
AND SECOND-CLASS BLEEPING CAES
Attached to all Through Trains.
Direct connection at San Francisco with Occi
dental and Oriental and Pacific mail steamship
lines for JAPAN and CHINA. Sailing dates on
application.
Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu
rope. Also JAPAN, CHINA, HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA, can be obtained from
J. B. KIRK LAND, Ticket Agent.
Through Ticket Office, 134 Third street, where
through tickets to all points in tbe Eastern
States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
lowest rates from
J. B. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent
All above trains arrive at and depart from
Grand Central Station, Fifth and Irving streets.
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, foot of JeUerson street.
Leave for OSWEGO, daily, except Sunday, at
7:20 a. m.: 12:15, 1:45, 5:25, 6:45, 8:05 p. m.
(and 11:30 p. m. on Saturday only, and 8:40 a. ra.
and 8:30 p. m. on Sundays only). Arrive at
Portland daily at 7:10and 8:30 a m.; and 1:30.
4:15, 6:35 and 7:55 p. m., (and 10 a. m , 315 and
5:10 p. m. on Sundays only).
Leave for Sheridan, week days, t4:30p. m
Arrive at Portland, 9:80 a. m.
Leave for AIRLIE on Monday, Wednesday and
Friflay at 9:40 a.m. Arrive at Portland, Tuea-
dav, Thursday and Saturday at 3:05 p. m.
. Except Saturday.
Except Sunday.
B. KOEHLER,
Manager.
E. P. ROGERS,
Asst. G. F. & Pass. Agt
Notice.
Treasury Department, I
Office or Comptroller or Currency, I
Washington, D. C, June 5, 1897. (
Notice is hereby given to all persons who may
have claims against "The Dalles National Bank"
of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, that the same
must be presented to B. 8. Wilson, receiver,
with the legal proof thereof, within three
months from this date, or they may bedis-
UOWSd' JAME8 H. ECKELS,
junl6-w3m-i Comptroller.