THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. JULY 3. 1897.
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The Weekly GhrorMe
COUNTY OFFICIALS. .
County Judge. .. Robt.Mays
Sheriff. T-i- A,r!VCT
Clerk M. Kelsay
Treasurer C. L. f hiUips
, . IA.B. Blower
Commissioner iD. H. Klmsev
Anessor '. W.B.Whipple
Surveyor B-,,oit
Superintendent of Public School.. .C. U Gilbert
Coroner
-- - -- STATX OFFICIALS. -
Bjrernor -irSl
a.M.n nf att H R Kincaio
Treasurer '- ..Phillip Metschan
Bnpt. of Publio Instruction u. J. irwin
7 ' " G. W. McBride
Denaton JJ. H. MltcbeU
I B Hermann
-wngressmen lw. R. Ellis
State Printer. W. H. Leedi
Weekly Clobblnr Bate. ,1
Chronicle and Oregonian. .-. ... .$2 2i
Chronicle and Examiner.......... 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune..:.. .1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World 2 00
AMERICAN SHIPPINO.
In speaking on this important sub
ject, the Wool Record says: "
It is to be Loped that the United
States tenate will not fail to act fa
vorably upon the bill introduced by
Senator Elkins, providing : for the
restoration of the differential duty of
ten per cent ou all imports carried
in foreign ships. This is a measure
which should appeal to the patriot
ism of every member of both houses
of congress.
It cannot be objected that this is a
new policy. The bill in question
simply proposes a return to the or
iginal policy of this government,
The first act of the first congress un
der the present constitution provid
ed for a differential tax, in addition
to ordinary duties. The second act,
approved only sixteen days after the
first was passed, provided further
protection for our merchant marine
by discriminating tonnage dues rang
ing from 6 cents per pound to 50
per cent, per pound. In 1794 the
law was so amended as to provide
for another increase of duty of 10
per cent on all imports in foreign
-ships. The protective effects of thai
measure were almost magical.
In 1804 the general tariff duties
were increased 2.5 per cent, and ac
companying this change there was a
proviso that "an addition of 10 per
cent shall be made to the said aldi
4ional duty in respect to all goods
imported -in ships or vessels not of
the United States." This was sub
stantially a contiuuation of the policy
of 1794.
The removal of that protection has
lost to American ships not less than
an annual average of $150,000,000,
or a grand total of $10,350,000,000
for the last sixty-nine years. This
humiliation should cease. .
It is a strange situation in which
The Dalles finds itself regarding the
matter or a woolen mill, lbere is
every facility possible -to be found
here for the establishment of such an
industry. Pendleton has one which
is doing a prosperous business, and
Pendleton has not one-Lai f the ad
vantages in such a line as has The
Dalles. Dallas, a little town in the
Willamette valley, possesses a woolen
mill employing quite a number of
men, and which has all the orders it
can fill. And yet The Dalles, which
ships wool to other places, has to .buy
blankets from Salem, Pendleton and
these other towns, which are more
progressive in some respects than we
are. . The woolen mill at Salem has
not only furnished employment to
many operatives, and thus-aided in
creating a demand for goods of all
kinds, but it has actually made
money for its owners. The Dalles
is on a good business foundation,
but it is a pity to sVe opportunities
wasted which, would be productive
of so much good. .
There seems to be wide diversity
of opinion among the leaders .of the
silver party as to whether their
cause is a growing or a dyiug one.
Ex-Governor Horace Boies of Iowa
has declared that the proposed free
coinage of silver was a dead issue,
and that the politicians themselves
had better so consider it On the
other .hand, Bryan is .headed for
Walla Walla, Washington, to tell the
people that those who don't vole for
free silver have no understanding of
what's good for them. As talking is
now his scle business, no one will
object to Mr. Bryan getting all the
jobs at it he can, but there is no
prospect that the next few years will
see the overwhelming change he
predicts. The country is getting
ready to " be prosperous, and though
it will take time to undo past mis
chief , prosperity will come. But it
never will come if coupled with the
free coinage of silver. ' '
WHITMAN ONCE MORE.
:.. This loner.continued "discussion is
not of general interest, most surely
Yet to tbose (and they are not a few,
nor - am on 2 the least intelligent of
our ' community li who are interested
In stale-building, anything relating
to the early period, the formative
stage of our state, is of intense inter
est ' '
The statement that Dr. Whitman's
admirers were hunting for a hero,
and having found him, they proceed
ed to "unduly exalt him," may be
said without fear of contradiction, as
it is purely a mattei of opinion, and
not of fact What in one person is
grateful appreciation of servises ren
dered in almost, but not quite,
unsurmountable difficulty, is charac
terized by a person of different tem
perament as "undue" exaltation.
The -statement that Oregon would
have belonged to the United States
government had Dr. Whitman never
lived, is probably uncontradiciable.
If it were not true, we could not
possibly prove that negative. Amer
ica wonld no doubt bave beea dis-j
covered if Columbus had never been
born. The editor of the Oregonian
would no 'doubt have lived and
thriven had he been born in Timbuc-
too. As Captain Cochrane says in
Pinafore, "Ibis kind of thing can go
on forever, and as argument
or
proof it amounts to bnt little.
These are the facts: A number
of men, subjects of Queen Victoria,
organized to trade with Indians for
furs, were here, and their business
well in hand. It takes no great in
sight to know that however kindly
disposed, nor how humane these per
sons were, nothing was farther from
their plans or wishes than that this
land should be open for settlement
by United States citizens. Some
other persons, of whom the chief
presumably was another Canadian
gentleman, a native of Stansstead,
Canada East, were here with the
purpose of ameliorating the condition
of the savages. Nothing should be
said belittling in any degree the
noble purposes of these missionaries
and their families. It was not writ
ten that their plans should be ma
tured and finished with a success that
should call the world's notice.- Very
much the reverse. Some others
with a similar purpose wilh Dr,
Whitman and Mr. Spalding as first-
comers, were located .east of the
mountains.
History has shown Dr. Whitman
to be a man of undoubted far-reaching
sagacity, an organizer, a builder,
a planner. A letter is now before
us written by Dr, Samuel J. Parker
of Ithaca, N. Y., the first coadjutor
of Dr. Whitman, wherein by infer
ence . we can see that he considered
the location of Dr. Whitman a in on;,
the Cayuses as especially unpromis
mg. Be that as it may, most surely
Dr. Whitman looked upon his work
as brief, and upon this country as
the future home of his countrymen
the home of American citizens. The
evidence is abundant that he exerted
himself to bring this about in a way
that could not be expected from any
subject of Her Majesty, and which
we have no reason to believe such
subject ever did exert himself;
though in so doing Dr. Whitman
most certainly signed his own death
warrant.
If to honor the efforts' and success
of this man with warm and apprecia
tive gratitude is "to "unduly" exalt
him, we have been wrongly taught
the lesson of patriotism.
The next steamer in the Oregon
Asiatic line will carry from Port
land 10,000,000 feet of railroad ties
and 7,000,000 feet of stringers.
Some 1,500,000 feet of other lumber
will be included in the cargo. The
railroad material is intended for the
road now building through Mant-
churia, in China." One of the most
encouraging features in the' trade
situation in the Northwest is the con
tioued increase n business between
the Northwest and the Orient. In
all sorts of products there is an in-
crease in demand, and the steamer
service has been repeatedly improved
to meet the requirements of the
trade. ' The completion of the Grea
Northern and the wise policy of the
O. Rl fe N., have done a great; deal
towards" bringing about this condi
tion, and it looks as if Portland will
be able to keep np the competition
with other ports and be the gainer,
as in the past In the meantime all
enterprises with products to sell
should keep watchful for the oppor
tunities presented by trade with
China, Japan and the Orient In
this way the seat of a great commer
cial empire will be permanently es
tabhshed alouji our northwest coast.
AND NO .MORE.
Napoleon Davis, police commis
sioner and dictator for the mayor of
Portland,- resents the insinuations
that the- police commissioners were
"collecting $2000 a month from the
gamblers and others," and indig
nantly says: "I want to say that
this is an infamous falsehood." Of
course as to that in is journal is not
informed, and cannot therefore speak
but it notes that Mr. Davis' denial is
to the $2000. This does uot deny
some : other smaller sum, say
$1,950. The. oversight might have
been caused by the sudden burst of
indignation, which set the lava flow
of speech' rolling out of Mr. Davis
mouth, but it leaves the denial un-
satisfactory just the same.
Thee there is another little thing.
When Mr. Davis had cooled slightly,
he siid in a fitting peroration : "I
move that Mr. Myers be paid just
what is coming to him, and no more.
Now this leaves the Inference that
had Mr. Myers not stirred the deeps
of Mr. Davis wrath, that gentleman,
as police commissioner, would have
paid Mr. Myers more than "just
what was coming to him and no
more. commissioners Keuy ana
Watt heartily applauded this senti
ment, the secretary figured up "just
what was coming to Mr. Myers, and
no more," which was $30, and that
sum was paid him.
Mr. Davis may be correct in all of
his assertions, but there is an uncer
tainty, a vagueness, an indefiniteness
of expression in his denying specific
amounts that leaves In the minds of
the weary taxpayers an unexpressed,
and not fully formed, yearning, for
something more specific: As Mr,
Davis is an attorney, he would prob
ably express the idea by saying it
was ''immaterial, irrelevant and in
competent, and did not state facts
sufficient to constitute "a defense.
The court will give judgment on the
pleadings."
Tommorrow the Oregonian prom
ises the public its long-expected min
ing edition. We sincerely hope that
the 'pauer has covered the field as
well as it usually does, and that the
edition will be all that is claimed
for it Mining in Oregon is only m
its infancy, or at least that is true of
quartz mining, and unfortunately
Portland capital is not taking a
proper, interest in this great industry.
There is hardly a paying quartz
mine in Eastern Oregon but is owned
by eastern people, unless, like the
Bonanza, it is owned by people who
discovered or fell heir to the claims.
Baker and Grant counties are in the
near future to become magnificent
gold producers, and the Oregonian
will have accomplished a good work
if it induces Portland capital to seek
investment in their mines. ; ' ' . .
The trial of the Competitor crew
has again been postponed, and that
indefinitely. ' It is an outrage on
American citizens that should cause
the administration to read the not
act to Spain. Those men, many of
whom are American citizens, have
been confined in a Spanish dungeon
for a year, and no' effort has been
made to force the Spaniards to give
them atrial. The suggestion is nat
ural that the Monterey - and 'Monad
nock would be more useful just now
in front of MorocastIe than in Port
land. '
Commissioner Hermann, of the
general land office at Washington,
has been engaged for several weeks
in the preparation of rules and regu
lations governing the forest ' reserves
of the United States, and has about
completed that work. These -rules
and regulations are submitted to the
secretary of the iuteiior for his np
proval. These regulations will in
volve the care of the 41,000,000
acre9 of the land reserved. They
will cover all" lands available for
mining, grazing and forestry and for
the purposes of settlement The ex
ecution of the commissioner's plan
will . involve an elaborate surve'
which has recently been commenced
under the supervision of the geolog
ical survey. v. -
The New York Journal, comment
ing on Debs anarchistic speech, very
correctly intimates that Mr. Debs is
in no danger from Federal troops,
that his idea of gathering 300,000
people into a socialistic scheme will
result in troubles coming from mem
bcrs of his community, not from out
siders, and closes its comment with
the suggestive statement that "Ka-
weah, Altruria and Topolobampo
were not suppressed by troops."
In Ohio the political battle is to
be fought over the money question
Each party has expressed its prefer
ence for senator, but this cuts but
little figure as the battle royal is the
old matter of 16 to 1. The free
silver craze is dying, but it is dyirjg
hard. It will get another knock-out
blow in Ohio in October, and Hanna
will succeed himself as senator.
Under the Dingley bill hides arc
to come off the tree list, and will
have to pay duty. It is estimated
this item alone will yield $6,000,000
a year revenue. Whatever else our
Democratic brethren may thiuk of
the question as to who pays the
tariff, there can be no doubt but that
this $6,000,000 comes out of the for
eigner's hides.
According to General Weyler,
profound peace prevails in Cuba; but
it will require 60,000 more Spanish
soldiers to conquer one province.
COMPRESSED AIR TRANS MITAl
Will at Little Better Economy Be : Obi
tained? " f
It remains to be ascertained whethej
or not the pressures of from severs
hundred . to several thousands, a!
thing's considered in compressing' an
in using, are possible and practicable
in the face of heat and refrigeration.
with the assistance of compounding-.
iJing-j
notj
nplrijj
tripling, quadrupling and what
that is, whether it will pay to em
this vehicle for transporting power d
veloped at a convenient and economical
point and distribute the accumulated
energy for use through a system o
street cars.
Capitalists who invest money for a
return upon the outlay are very care
ful in considering the enthusiastic al
though sincere views of inventors, and
even if it is reasonable to believe that
compressed air will eventually take im
portant place in the world's work, the
investors who take the responsibility
are very much in the position of the
man who wanted to know how to tell
toadstools from mushrooms, and was
advised to eat them, and if he did not
die then they were mushrooms. Ob
taining, say, ten per cent, or less of the
heat value of coal in the form of power
for valuable use is a sure thing, well
known, and from the standpoint o
facta cheap. But putting Prof. Tyn
dall's "mode of motion" into some
other medium of transportation,- and
paying toll at both ends of the line,
appeals to the man who pays the bills
with a force not easily appreciated bj
the scientists. The losses met with in
transforming mechanical energy intc
electrical energy, and sending it in ihif
form over the trolley wire and into the
car motor, or in investigating the me
chanical energy in the pull of a cable,
are more than counterbalanced by
many inconveniences and economiesl
and now the hope that some incidental
advantages in sight may be realized,
and still a little better economy be ob
tained, is attractingattention toward
compressed air. Cassier's Magazins.
An Extraordinary Light. .
.-. What is- believed! to . have -been an
aurora of such extraordinary brilliancy
as to obscure the sunlight is thus de
scribed in an old number of the Gen
tleman's Magazine: On the 2d day ol.
January, . 1753, an unusual light, f ai
above the brightest day, , struck all be
holders with amazement. ' The time was
four o'clock in the; afternoon, and :. it
soon, faded away. At seven, however,
from east to west, streams appeared
like rivers of bright firel - A genera
feeling oi alarm was caused by these,
but they' gradually, fadeS away 'to the
north, '-their 'disappearance being-" ac
companied by. .shocks which .were, fell
by all, but which did no particular.
damage.' St. Louis Republic, a
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"Ha! na!" , quoth Borneo Gruffvoice,
the tragedian,- as : he wearily stepped
from tie to tie on the way from.Frost
ville. "'tis the first time, forsooth,-1
have played the roll of detective. The
directors of this road know me not,
but I am on their track." ' - ,.
"Just then . train turned the curve
and the way It 'used him made him
feel very much, cut up. N. Y. World.
Two furnished rooms to rent, with or
without loard. Apply to Mrs. P.-Cram,
Libertv street ;' ' : jn28w
THE CONVENTION CONTINUES.
Interesting- Sersloos Held and Kloqaent
Addresses Given.
The following committees had previ
ously been appointed :
Resolutions K. J.r Ginn, W. J.
Hngbee, Rev. Morrison, Mrs. H. B.
Morse, ; Mrs. W, : D. Dever, Mrs. F.
Bardon. - ;
Finance A. P. Macy, Dr. Frazier,
Rev. McEleree Ross, Mrs. G. W. Shaw,
Miss Jacobs.
Nominations Rev. C. C. Poling, Rev.
G. W. Gue, Mr. E. Peeples, Miss Ella
McBride, Mrs. Gilkie." -
fiie following report of the exercises
of the Sunday school convention yester
day afternoon came in too late for pub
lication yesterday, and is printed be-,
low : . .,- . .,
TUESDAY AFTEBXOON
. Discussion developed the great need
of a field worker, and it was moved that
the matter of . the field worker be re
ferred to the executive, with power to
act. The reading of a letter from G. H.
Himea to the secretary in-regard to the
work in Clatsop and Jackson counties
simply emphasized the need.
At 1 :30 there were conferences of the
superintendents, teachers and primarv
workers, led by E. Peoples, A. , W. Ban
nard and Mrs. . . , W. Allen. These
conference were for the. purpose of com
paring notes in the various linee of work,.
and were very helpful. .....
At 2 :15 devotional eervices were led
by Rev. C. A. Nutley, after which came
reports of departments of work.
Report of the borne department was
made by Rev. Poling of Portland. When
he took the work there were , only two
home classes in the state. There have
been four classes organized. The home
class is. intended to take in those who
cannot for any reason attend the regu
lar Sunday school travelers, railroad
and steamboat men, every employee
who has to work on Sunday, all inva
lids, bu9y people, etc. .
The report on primary work by Mrs.
E. W. Allen of Portland was very inter
esting, aa her work always . is. A year
ago there were two Primary Unions,
now there are four and a prospect of
several more at points where prelimin
ary work has been done. Mrs. Allen in
her report gave an idea of how the union
works and how the meetings are carried
on.-
House to house visitation was brought
out in a letter from Rev. G. A. Blair of
Portland. He asked that a superin-
tendendent of the work for each' county
be named at this convention and report'
ed to him bo that be may be able to push
the matter through tome responsible
(person . in each connty. Discussion
brought oat how the work is done.
; "Progressive Methods," by D. D. Oii
pbant, eecretary of . the Chamber of
Commerce of Portland, interested and
instructed the convention. .
A letter from the W. C. T. U. of the
state ot Oregon was read by Mrs. French,
'also a letter from Gov. Taylor of Ten
nessee inviting the convention to attend
the exposition at Nashville.'
The question, box was conducted by
Rev. G. W. Gne D. D.
. Election . of officers was beld and re
suited as folio wb: President, Wm
Wadhams, Portland ; nrat vice-presi
dent, .Mra. Smith French, The Dalles;
second vice-president, Rev. H. L. Wood
of ' Shedds ; secretary, A. A. Morse of
Portland ; financial secretary and treas
urer, D. D. Oliphant, Portland.
Superintendents of departments
State Primary Mrs. E. Allen, Port
land. State Normal F. R. Cook, Portland.
State Home Rev. C. C. Poling, Port
land. House to House Visitation Rev. G.
A. Blair.
A recommendation of the committee
that a new department, that of interme
diate work, be established, was adopted,
and Mrs. Emma Groom of Portland was
elected as superintendent thereof. .
TUESDAY EVBHIXG.
- A large crowd attended the conven
tion exercises last evening. They be
gan with a praise service, led by Rev.
W. R. Winana of the American Sunday
School Union , following which came an
address by Rev. Ray Palmer of Port
land, entitled "Is This Old World Grow
ing Brighter?" Se regret everyone
could not have heard Mr. Palmer, as hia
thoughts were of a high nature and
couched in beautiful words. Both Mr.
Palmer and Dr. E. P. Hill, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church in Port
land, who 'spoke upon "Unseen Help
ers, are speakers ot recognized rank-,
and the impression they produced upon
the people of The Dalles was most
favorable. .
WEDNESDAY MOBNING.
On Wednesday morning at 9 :30 a
model Sunday school was opened in the
session, it was organized with thirteen
classes and 107 members, Prof. R. R.
Steel of Portland being superintendent.
The session was conducted as a regular
Sunday school, beginning with an open
ing exercise, then the-lesson, during
which a collection ot $3 25 was taken,
and acloaing exercise, including a re
view by the snpenntendens.
This was followed by a -diacuasion on
the paat. hour, which was helpful and
instructive.
The reports from the field by the Sun
day school missionaries, were made by
Reva. Travis, Winana and Hughes. . In
Rev. Travis' report, it was developed
that there are over 132,000 Sunday schools
reported by the International Sunday
School Association, and that there a-'e of
officers, teachers and scholars, 12,286,
600, and as many mora children in the
country who have no religious training
at all. Here we have the bright and the
dark aide of the work the success and
the need. ;-. Rev. Hughes gave an inter
esting account of his work in the desti
tute districts of Eastern Oregon, with
the use of a map. Rev. Winana cov
ered the state in a general way. The
greatest difficulty is the fact that the
people are so scattered, and not greed or
lack of desire on the part oi the people
for religious instruction.
f l " WEDNESDAY" AFTIBNOON. '
The superintendents' conference was
continued at 1 :30, led by G. F. Billings.
It was very helplul, as Mr. Billings is
an accomplished normal teacher, being
the stale superintendent of normal work.'
This was followed by. a normal lesson,
with blackboard illustration, entitled
"Marks of a Good School," by J. K. .
Groom. This was the only normal
lesson of the session, and was right
along the line of the practical work il
lustrated by the model Sunday school of
the morning.'
Rev. B. J. Kelly followed with a most
practical talk on "After the Lesson and
Between Sundaya What?" and "The
Preparation of the Lesson," by A. N.
Barnard, was of the same line of thought.
"Gathering Up the Fragments," by
Wm. WadLams, ended the afternoon
session.
Mr. Wadhams declared that he could
not serve as president, and with thanks
rescued. Rev. C. C. Poling of Portland
was elected in his place.
The finance committee recommended
that an apportionment of two cents a
year for each mem'ber enrolled be asked
from each school throughout the state.
This fund to be for association work.
Report of resolution committee was as
follows :
Reiolved, ' That a vote of thanks be
tendered, first, to the pastor and mem- '
bers of the M. E. church of The Dalles
for kindly giving their beautiful and
well-appointed church for the use of the
convention; s
Second, To-the citizens of The Dalles .
for the hearty welcome extended to the
members of the convention, and their
generous hospitality in entertaining us;
Third, To the papers of the town for
kindly and accurately reporting the pro
ceedings of the convention ;
Fourth, To the O. R & N. and D. P. &
A. N. Companies for granting the reduc
tion in fare to persons attending the
convention ; :.
Fifth, To the various speakers who
addressed the convention for their able
and helpfnl addresses ;
Sixth, To Mr. Wm. Wadhams, who
led the singing; the ladies who per
formed on the organ, and ali others who
took part in the proceedings, for their
efficient and.Bighly appreciated services.
i . rr- . v . : :
Devemn, iu tuc retiring umucre, iu
whose faithfulness in the discharge of
their duties the efficiency and success of
the association are in great measure doe.
WEDXESDAX EVENING.
In the evening a large crowd was
present to hear the address of Rev. A.
W. Ackerman of Portland on "The Au
thenticity of the Bible." Mr. Acker
man is a very polished speaker and is
among tnose wnom tne people oi xne
Dalles will count themselves fortunate
to have heard.
The eervice was opened with an an
them by the Methodist church choir,
"Praise the Father," and . after the ad
dress the closing business was transacted.
THE STORY OF THE
SALMON.
Bald to Deposit
Its Eks
In Its Native
River.
In the autumn time, and onward to
the beginning of the next year, the
mother salmon ascends the rivers to de
posit her eggs, and thus to secure the
continuance of her race. In connection.
with this periodical visit or visits to the
river, must be mentioned, says Cham
ber's Journal, a very curious fact. The
idea is entertained very strongly by
some authorities that a salmon invari
ably returns to its native river or that
in which it is bred. It has even been as
serted by fishermen that, when several
rivers enter the sea in one stream (as
at Bonar bridge, for example), the sal
mon bred in each river will pass back
into their own water and will avoid the
strange streams. The late Frank Buck
Innd, a strong-believer in this instinctof
the fish, regarded the sense of smell as
that which led it to its-native river. Per
haps the truth is that for the most part
salRon do return.to their own river, but
the practice and habit are not necessari
ly invariable. We know the fishes cer
tainly swim great distances along-coast
lines where thej' are captured in stake
and bag nets, end it may well be the
case that now and then a fish will turn
into a river that is near, in preference to
seeking its own and distant water.
Arrived in her river, the mother sal
mon begins to scoop out a kind of trench
in the gravel of the stream. This she ef
fects by plowing into the gravel with
her body. This trench is to be the
nursery of her young. The eggs are laid
in the furrow, and are duly f ertilize3 by
the male salmon. Then the trench is
filled in by the efforts of both parents,
the eggs are covered with gravel, and
the mound thus formed is called, in fish
er's language, a "redd." How many
eggs a mother salmon will deposit is, of
course, a difficult question to determine,
but a stock calculation maintains that
she produces about 000 eggs for every
pound she weighs. Each egg in its di
ameter measures about a quarter of an
inch, and it is estimated that 25,000 eggs
go to a gallon.