THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. JULY 21. 1897.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
COU1CTT OFFICIAL.
Cronty Judge...... ....Robt. Mays
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Kelsav
Treasurer ...C. U Phillips
,, i A. B. mowers
Commissioners ID. B. Kimsey
Araesaor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor J. B. ;oit
Superintendent of Public Schools. ..C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butta
BTATB OVEICIAXB).
Sjvernor W. P. Lord
Secretary of State , HE Kincaid
Treasurer -Phillip Metschan
apt. of Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Idleman
a.f ,G. W. McBride
Senators - Jj.H. Mitchell
(B Hermann
Congressmen jw. B. Ellin
State Printer W. H. Leeds
Weekly Clubblnr Rates.
Chronicle and Oregonian. . $2 25
Chronicle and Examiner 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World 2 00
THE HILLS SKIP FOR JOY.
If piosperity is not on hand in East
ern Oregon, then we have forgotten
what the term means. Bight here at
The Dalles we have nearly 8,000,000
pounds of wool that will bring into
the country not less than $900,000,
. We have shipped more than 100,000
sheep, and cattle galore, and now the
west wind toys with the bearded
wheat that laughs at the touch ot its
breath. The dark green fields drank
the abundant rains, and the bappy
soil outdid itself in response to the
showers. Today over miles and miles
of rolling hills the billowing grain
' turns to gold beneath the ardent sun.
The heavy heads drunken, surfeited,
1end tiredly toward the earth, await
ing the stroke of the sickle that shall
give tbera rest. There never was
such grain in Eastern Oregon. Sher
man county will have 3,500,000
bushels, Wasco and Gilliam a million
each, and from across the river
Klickitat will send more than an
other million. The price starts at
about sixty cents, taking the San
Francisco market as a measure. That
means for Sherman county, even at
fifty cents a bushel, nearly two mill
ion dollars. With a voting popula
tion of not to exceed 800, this means
$2500 for each voter in the county.
It means nearly $500 for each man,
woman, child and baby.
If that isn't prosperity, what is it?
It will take 7000 cars to haul it to
market, and at twenty cars to the
train, one train a day for every work
ing, day in the year, or a train an
bour for thirteen days, and if the
cars were all in a line it would make
one train fifty miles long. The
wheat of Wasco, Sherman and Gil
liam and Klickitat would load a
train of cars reaching from Grant to
Portland, aud if paid for in silver
do'lars, worth their face in gold, it
-would take 75 tons of them, or in
ilver bullion 150 tons, or ten car
loads. It would take more than six
tons of twenty dollar pieces to repre
sent its value. The stock and wool
already shipped would add three tons
more to this, making nine tons of
gold to be distributed in Wasco,
Sherman and Gilliam counties.
The Clondyke isn't in it.
JAPAN AND SPAIN.
It is rumored that Japan and
Spain have formed an alliance for
the purpose of holding Uncle Sam in
check. The terms of the agreement
are alleged to be that in case the
United States interfeies in Cuba or
persists in annexing Hawaii, Japan
and Spain are to declare war and
make a demonstration, both on the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts. As
Spain can't subdue a few patriots
fighting for their liberty, down in
Cuba, and is practically bankrupt,
there is not much to fear from that
source. Japan is very cockey, but
she will find she is not fighting China
men ij she tackles this country.
It is probable the rumor is without
m .a - i . m c i . i
ivuuiduuu i li i it upaiu r. a LI LO iuio
country to interfere in Cuba, she is
taking the right course, and if Japan
wants Hawaii annexed to the United
States she cannot accomplish that
fact quicker than by undertaking to
run a bluff. .Hawaii is going to be
annexed, anyhow. Japan has shown
the old mossbacks in the East how
necessary it is, and Cuba is able to
take care of herself.
Th Tifinflnn Timp finva SprAf.firx7
Sherman's letter to Ambassador Hay
concerning . the seals ''is an attempt
in offensive language to fasten upon
England a charge of bad faith." For
once an English paper may fairly
claim perspicacity. That is what Eng
land has been guilty of. It may not
be politic to' call a man n liar, even
when that fact is sdf-evi.Ient; i but
why waste words in saying that "he
uses the truth in an astonisiiialy frug
al manner?" England has been
guilty of no faith at all in the matter.
However the seals are not worth
quarreling about, and it is to be
hoped they mav soon be extermin
ated. This government has been
and is yet, at great expense protect
ing, or trying to protect, the fur-
hunted animals from all the world
but one measlr. rotten, dishonest
corporation. The quicker she goes
out of that business the better.
THE CLONDYKE.
The story, or stories, of the won
derful richness of the Clondyke
mines in Alaska read like fairy tales.
Part of them perhasare. It is ua
doubtedly true that remarkably rich
ground has been found ; it is perhaps
equally true that the stories have not
lost anything in the transmission.
Alaska is a wonderfully rich mining
country, but the history of all placer
countries is that the gold is not dis
tributed over vast areas in,, great
quantities, but runs in streaks through
the bars. It is fair to presume that
this is the case on the Clondyke, and
that the remarkably rich ground is,
while compared to some camps,
large, in reality but a small area.
The field itself may be large, but the
pay streak covers only a small por
tion of it.
This, of course, is a mere opinion
based upon the history of mining
camps in general. It may be possi
ble the Clondyke has upset all previ
ous theories, but it Is not probable.
"Cows far off wear long horns," and
stories grow wonderfully by being
transplanted. For instance, the story
is told of one man who brought $65,
000 in his grip sack and bad "about
all he could carry off the steamer."
The average geld dust runs about
$16 an ounce, and at this value the
gentleman named had something
over 260 pounds.
The country is hard to get into,
and those who attempt it should
have not less than $600 or $700 to
start wiib. For the young man with
energy and pluck and the required
capital, Alaska offers fine induce
ments; but he must expect to experi
ence many hardships, and be must
not expect to shovel up gold with a
scoop. A few do this, and or these
you hear; but the accounts of the
hundreds who wash pan after pan
and do not get a color are not pub
lished in the newspapers. One out
of fifty is a go6d average of success
ful miners. Give Alaska cne out of
three, or even one out of two, and
it will be seen that he who goes has
even chances of being disappointed.
The miner who courts 4,he fickle god
dess Fortune understands this, and
he who flirts with her will learn it,
sooner or later, and perhaps sooner.
DON'T EE IN A HURRY.
All reports from the Clondyke
mining district indicate that it is the
greatest gold field ever discovered.
That fact, however, should not be
allowed to tempt any man to aban
don a fairly remunerative position
and join the aimy ot treasure seek
ers that is already being recruited in
every part of the United States and
Canada. For those who tell of the
vast wealth of this new Eldorado also
state that the most desirable ground
has been staked off, and that the new
arrival who proposes to take up a
claim worth working must either
purchase one from its original locator
or go prospecting for one in an un
explored region. And until more
particnlars are received anent the
topographical geological aspects of
the country surrounding the Clon
dyke, it might not be wise to hazard
much on the probability of the heavy
gold deposit covering an extensive
territory. That they do not is indi
cated by the fact that the countrj
both north and south of Dawson
City has failed to reward to any
startling extent those who have pros
pected it. The history of gold min
ing shows that such heavy finds as
those reported from the Clondyke
ate confined to limited areas.
It would be well for the man of
small means to wait awhile, anyway,
before starting for the Yukon. The
open season up there ends in Septem
ber, and after that it will be impossi
ble to prosecute prospecting with any
degree of facility until next May
By that time much more truth will
be known about the present and
future of the Clondyke region than
has ever been told. Trustworthy
newspaper representatives and others
who have neither mimnr claims nor
town lots for sale are now en route
to the land of promise, and their re
ports will make very interesting win
ter reading.
Meantime the hidden gold of the
Alaskan wilds will neither take wings
and fly awa- nor be melted by solar
heat. For many centuries it has
been affording an example of waiting
which most of its would-be possessors
could now emulate to their own ad
vantage. Telegram.
A BEST NEEDED.
The senate and bouse committees
of conference have met, and by con
cessions on both sides have reached
an understanding that will permit
the passage of the tariff bill within a
week. This is indeed good news,
for any certain condition is better
than the uncertainty that has held
sway fcr the past four months. It is
to be hoped that the new law will
produce sufficient revenue for the
needs of the government, and that
the country may have a few years
rest from tariff agitation. Every
change, every proposed change of
the tariff laws unsettles business, sets
speculators at work, and raises the
dickens with the country generally,
Business requires not only au unva
rying medium of exchange, but.il
requires unchanging laws. Only
with these two conditions will con
servative business men use their
money. Under other conditions
business is no longer business, but
speculating and gambling.
The country will take a Ion
breath of relief wucn the bill is
passed, and it is sincerely hoped that
when it is passed our people will be
let alone to work out their one sal
vation. They can and will do it all
right if given 1 be opportunity, and
letting the tariff laws alone will fur
nish it.
Report comes from Goldendale
that David Johnson is on his way
out to Alt. Adams to unci a mine, or
the mine which an old Dutchman
used to go to every summer out in
that section. The old Dutchman
was no myth, having lived here, and
it is true that he nsed to go out to
the Mt. Adams neighborhood. His
mine,- however, wo believe to have
existed principally in his head. The
writer hereof has taken considerable
pains to trace the old fellow, and the
stories concerning him. He used to
go out every summer, and on sev
eral occasions took parties with him
as far as Trout lake, or even beyond
it, but always gave them the slip.
We believe the story of his finding a
mine is untrue, for he never had any
gold. From half an ounce to an
ounce was as much as he ever could
show after one of bis trips, and that
amount can be gathered in that
neighborhood at any time within a
month, The truth, we think, is that
the old fellow. was a "little off," and
the fellows who go hunting his mine
will find that they have been fooled.
At present it looks as though the
striking coal miners are going to win,
the principal reason being that the
scarcity of coal is closing up all fac
tories. Another thing that makes
success possible is that wages are so
low that no outsiders are willing to
work at the price, and the element of
competition is shut out. The truth
is, the price of coal has been too low,
and the strike will be a good thing
for the operators, as well as the min
ers. It is to be hoped the strike will
win, even though it puts up the price
ot coal, for heretofore it has been
sold at a price less than it could be
mined and delivered for, and as the
operators would not lose, the whole
loss had to be borne by the starving
miners.
The New York World grows vir
tuously indignant at tbe suggestion
of annexing Hawaii, and says: "Al
most all of its 109,000 people are
leprous and vicious serfs." It would
be interesting reading to know why
the World published that article, and
how much the sugar trust paid for it.
It can be safely set down that what
the New York World opposes the
people should have, and what it ad
vocates the people should avoid as
a pestilence. It also speaks of Mon
tana, Idaho and Nevada as "rotten
boroughs." We think now, and
have so thought for many years, that
the principal cause of kicking against
the states named, is because it shut
off the possibilities for appointive
offices, and prevented New York and
other Eastern states furnishing the
officers for the territorial govern
ments. Nevada, Montana and Idaho
are able to take care of themselves as
well as New York, and politically
are much more honest.
Woman in Kansas, at least, is be
ing granted all the rights and priyi
leges heretofore monopolized by the
men. At Kansas City, or the Kan
sas part of it, only last week the
board of police commissioners de
cided that female prisoners must don
overalls and work on the rock piles
the same as men. This raised such
a storm of protest that the board re
scinded that part of the order com
pelling them to wear overalls; but
this did not allay the storm, and
finally the whole order was rescinded
Some things grow wearisome, and
one of these is a notice of "the young.
est Christian Endeavorer" visiting
San Francisco. This is a girl of 4
years, about whom whole columns of
type have been. set. It is sweet to
know that this brand has been
plucked from the burning and repent
ed of all the wickedness of her four
sin-glutted years.
The Eugene Register has bios
somed into a five-column daily. It
is small, but, like most other infants,
vigorous of lung.
LAYING THE CORNER-STONE.
The Lutheran Church Observes
the
Time-Honored Custom.
The laying of the corner-stone of the
Lutheran church took place yesterday
according to programme, tfiere being
about 400 present. The services were
conducted according to the Lutheran
ritnal by Beve. W. C. Curtis of the Con
gregational church aud L. Grey, pastor
of the Lutheran church. The address
by Rev. DeForest of the Episcopal
church wan a brief but fine resume of the
history of Lotberanism, which held the
close attention of all present. The line
of argument was: "That th Lntheran
church was the rue Catholic church, in
full keeping with the apostolic or early
church. It has the sacraments of the
ancient church, and continues the lit
urgy and forms of the ancient church.
Although it was unfortunate in losing
the Episcopate, yet it has an unbroken
chain of Preebvterian succession."
The music, an anthem and two hymns,
was rendered by the Congregational
choir in an excellent manner.
The following articles were deposited
in the corner-stone :
A copy of the Bible.
Copy of Lutheran church book, in
cluding hymnal.
Complete copy of Lutheran rituals.
Copy of Lutheran confessions.
Copy of theconstitntion of. this church.
List of charter members and date of
organization.
Names of the present members of the
church council. '
Name of the present Sunday school
superintendent.
Name of the president of the "Luther
an Ladies."
Names of the contractors building the
church.
Name of the architect.
Names of the persons officiating on
the occaeiou, including pastors, choir
and masons laying the stone.
A copy of The Lutheran, the general
organ of the English Lutheran church of
America.
Copies of Thb Chronicle and Times-
Mountaineer containing descriptive mat
ter and cuts of the church and brief his
tory of Lutberauism.
JOHN DURBIN IS DEAD.
He Was Nearly One Hundred and Three
Tear Old.
John Durbin, one of Oregon's oldest
pioneers and citizens, died at tbe home
of his grandson, Duncan Boss, eight
miles northeast of Salem Saturday. He
would have been 103 September 13th
next.
John Durbin was born in Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, September 13,
1794. His birth antedated the death of
George Washington five years. He did
service as lieutenant in tbe war of 1812,
and lived through the Mexican and
civil wars. He knew what Indian war
fare was from having lived among the
Indians. In 1800 Mr. Durbin moved
from his ' native state to Richmond
county, Ohio, where, in 1820, he married
Sarah Fitting. Of this union were
iorn ten cnuaren, nve ot wnom are
living. The family moved to Hancock
county, Illinois, in 1842; thence to Clay
ton county, Missouri, in the same year,
In the spring of 1845, the family, with a
body of emigrant?, Bet out for Oregon, ar
riving m the fall of 1845. Mr. Durbin
settled in Marion count v. where he
lived continuously until his death. He
lived an active life, giving most of his
time to farming and etockraising. In
the '50s it was his custom to drive bands
of cattle into the Rogue River valley to
graze . off of nature's rich pastures.' He
had a large band in the valley at the
time of the threatened outbreak of the
Rogue River Indians. It was Mr. Dur
bin's good fortune to get along peacea
bly with the Indians, even wben they
were hostile toward the government and
other settlers. He treated with the
Rogue River Indians at tbe start by
promising them two head of fat cattle
year for tbe privilege of pasturage, and
he always lived up to the treaty. The
living children of John Durbin are
Casper J., of Huntington, Or., aged 75;
Mrs. Fannie A. Martin, fonr miles east
rf Salem, aged 72; Solomon Durbin, 8
miles east of Salem, aged CS; Ieaac,
aged 65, nine miles northeast ot Salem ;
Mrs. Mary J. Starkey of Salem, aged 62.
TOb LATE FOR THIS SEASON.
Sensible Word Concerning; the Clon
dyke Excitement.
A dispatch from Port Townsend nnder
date of July 18tb, says :
"The excitement here in regard to the
fabulous richness of the Clondvke mines
is on the increase, although only1 a few
of the most enthusiastic will start the
present season for the famous fields.
To start now a person cannot possibly
reach the Yukon or Clondyke region be
fore the middle or probably the 25th of
August, and those who have been there
assert that the working season closes
never later than the firBt of September,
nor opens before tbe middle of Jnne,
leaving in the moet favorable seasons
only ten weeks of working time. Those
who start in now will have nine months
in which to eat up provisions before they
can possibly do any work, and only
those who have claims located can make
a success of thawing dirt and water and
taking out gold by the fireside. Those
who start north not later than May 1st
will stand as good a show for sinking
good things as those who go now and
live nine months' on "grub" on which
freight has been paid at the rate of 15 to
25 cents per pound. Many are now pre
paring to go north without either provi
sions or money, and the result will be
death by starvation and freezing.
Teachers' Institute.
The Dalles, July 20, 1897.
Editor Chronicle :
Edna Brown and Anna B. Thompson
were enrolled yesterday. Katie Roche
enrolled the firet day of the institute.
Those in attendance have come to
stay, and will receive tbe full benefit of
the work. A few teachers who write
that they will not be present have gen
erously offered to advance tbe fee of
$2.50, but tbe superintendent will not
accept it on those terms. Tbe institute
not conducted as a money-making
affair. What we want is to benefit the
teachers, and through them the public
schools of the county.
Tbe subjects taught in tbe yanous
branches yesterday are as follows :
Literature Writings of Halleck and
Drake.
Bookkeeping Posting, balance sheet
and closing.
Physiology The skin and its append
ages.
Writing Forearm and combined
movements.
Theory Imagination.
U. S. History French and Indian war.
Spelling Accentuation and syllabi
cation. Grammar Analysis and study of the
noun.
Pyhsical Geography Atmosphere.
Geography Oregon .
Algebra Fractions.
Gen. History Early English and
French civilization.
MARRIED.
In this city, Monday evenina, July
19th, at 7 o'clock, Mr.Chtrles Baker and
Mrs. Caroline Pucke'.t, Rev. Wm.
Michell performing the ceremony.
The marriage was quite of the roman
tic and sentimental variety, taking place
in the shadow of the tall rock near the
old garrison grounds, in tbe presence of
about a hundred people. After the cer
emony the couple had their pictures
taken with the big rock as a background,
and the crowd, not to be outdone,
grouped around and over the rock and
had another picture taken. In the even
ing, to do proper honor to the event, the
tin-pan brigade gave the bride and
groom one of ' the most magnificent
"Bhivarees" ever beard in The Dalles.
ELY'S CREAM BALM Is a positive rare.
Apply into the nostrils. It is qntckly absorbed. M
cents at Drnepist or by mail ; samples 19c by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, M Warren St.. New York City.
Regulator Line
Tie Dalles. Portland ana Astoria
Navigation Co.'
stis-Reffllatorl Dalles City
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE
BETWEEN
The Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks and Port
land daily, except bunuay.
GOOD SERVICE. LOWEST RATES ,
DOWN THE VALLEY
OH TO
EASTERN OREGON?
Are 70a going '
If so. save money and enlov a beautiful trln nn
the Columbia. The wet-bound train arrives t
The Dalles in ample time for passengers to take
the steamer, arriving in Portland in time for the
outgoing Southern and Northern trains; East
bound passengers arriving in The Dales in time
to take the East-bound train.
For further information apply to
N. HARNEY, Agent,
Oak Street Dock. Portland, Oregon,
Or W. C. ALLAWAY, Gen. Agt,
The Dalles. Oregon
TO THE
ERST!
GIVE8 THE CHOICE OF
TWO Transcontinental ROUTES!
GREAT
NORTHERN
RAILWAY.
OREGON
SHORT LINE.
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Salt Lake
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Low Rates to all Eastern Cities
OCEAN STEAMERS Leave Portland
Every Five Days for
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
For full details call on O. K & Co. 'a Agent at
The Dalles, or address
W, H. HUELBURT, Gen. Pass. Agt
Portland, Oregon
A. L. MOHLEB, Vice President '
TIME CARD.
No. 4, to Spokane and Great Northern arrives
at 6 p. m., leaves at 6:05 p. m. No. 2, to Pendle
ton, Baker City and Union Pacific, arrives at 1:15
a, m., departs at 1:20 a. m.
No S, from Spokane and Great Northern, ar
rives at 830 a. m., departs at 8:35 a.m. No. 1,
from Balii r City and Union Pacific, arrives at
8:55 a. m., departs at 4:00 a. m.
Nos. 23 and 24, moving east of The Dalles, will
carry passengers. No. 23 gr rives at 6:30 p. m.,
departs at 12:45 p. m.
Passengers for Heppner will take train leaving
here at 6:05 p. m.
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, J. E. Barnett and Dinsmore
Parish, heretotore doing bnsiness as
Barnett & Parish, have this day, by
mutual consent, dissolved.
All accounts against said firm snouia
be presented to J. E. Barnett, and said
J. E. Barnett is to collect all accounts,,
notes and evidences of indebtedness ow
ing to said firm. -
Dated at Dalles City, Wasco Uounty,
Oregon, this 17th day of Jane. 1897.
UIN8MORB jfABIBH,
jan25-4t J. E. Babnett.
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