THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1897.
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COUNTT OFFICIALS.
County Jadgi
Sheriff........
"Clerk
Treasurer...
... Bobt Mays
...T. J. Driver
...A M. Kelsav
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uuwuuw ,D.8.Kimsey
.-Assessor:...... w. n. Whipple
Surveyor . J. B. noit
Superintendent of Public Bchoola.. -C. L. Gilbert
Coroner .W. JtButta
- STATE OFFICIALS.
8 jrernoi ,...... W. P. Lord
- Secretary of State HE Kincaid
Treasurer ...Phillip Metschan
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Attorner-General .: C. if. Idleman
''a.. I. W. McBride
ij..H Mitchell
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State Printer .:
I B Hermann
fw. B. Ellis
...W.H.Leeds
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IT IS ALWAYS M J RNED.
There are several points of view
from which the Clondyke excite
ment may be viewed, and almost any
of the estimates made by those now
on the ground will show that how.
ever lich the ground may be, history
will repeat itself. It is a proposition
capable and easy of demonstration
that the gold product of the world
has cost more in baTd labor than it
would have taken to have earned all
ot it working at miners' wagei
even less. This was so in California,
where all the elements and circum
stances combined to make it. the
, gold miners' paradise. -
Let us examine the Clondyke situ
ation from the estimates nmdejby the
enthusiastic ones there.- One writes:
"The Clondyke next year will pro
duce $50,000,000, and there will be
40,000 people here."' Another says:
"The Clondyke will produce next
year 110,000,000, and there will be
20,000 people here." The same
writers tell us it will take, at the low
est calculation," $750 to gel into the
' Clondyke with a year's provisions.
Now for the first estimate, 40,000
-.people paying $750 each to get into
the Clondyke, would part with just
30,000,000. That is what it would
cost them to get there and stay one
year. Conceding that they will get
the $50,000,000, this would leave
$20,000,000 profit for a year's work,
hardship and exposure for 40,000
men, which, if it were divided equal-
,- ly, would amount to $500 apiece.
Now take the other proposition of
' 20,000 people - and $10,000,000.
The cost of getting 20,000 people in
with thtir provisions would be $15,
000,000, resulting in a dead loss of
$5,000,000.
The worst feature of these calcu
lations is that they are true. The
hope of sudden wealth, the faith of
each that . he will be the lncky one,
lures thousands to their undoing.
Such miuing rushes are simply gam
bling, and, like most gambling games,
the outsiders the players lose.
. The dealers, the transportation com
panies, etc., have a sure thing, and
win.
"We only hear of the fellows who
come home with a stake, and the
poor devils who survive the hard
ships of the trip and come home, as
they did from Fraser river, with
deep-seated prejudice against clams
as a steady diet, have not much to
say, and have not much said about
them. '
case. The price is too low to suit
them, because they . have been for
years charging the. government more
than double wlrt their produats were
worth. It is known that these com
panies have been gladly selling thous
ands of tons of armor to Russia for
$240 per . ton, and making money.
The government needing the armor
should set a price on the works and
confiscate them for its own use.' This
is its undisputed right, and the cor
rect remedy. .'
THE FUR-SEAL FARCE.
and It is not at all likely that any of
it will run away this yinter, and
those who go In in the spring will
have just as' good chances ns those
who let their greed blind their judg
ment and endure the rigors of ' an
Alaskan winter. . .
A DEFUNCT POLITICIAN.
It would be amusing, if it were
not disgusting, to study the actioDSof
the United States government over
the fur seals of Behringr Sea. It is a
source of perpetual turmoil between
this government and England, and
on one or two occasions has almost
led to war. The whole cry is, "We
must protect the seals or they will
become extinct" The truth is, the
government has protected the 6eals
by turning them over to the tender
mercies ot a corporation, the cor
poration paying, or ratber agreeing to
pay, a stated sum for the privilege of
exterminating them. rNo American
citizen is allowed to kill a seal, that
is none except the employees of this
company.. . -
It is bad enough that this state of
affairs exists; but when on top of it
the company refuses, and has refused
and neglected to pay the nominal
sum charged it ever since 1892,
while at the same time it is urging
the government, pnd successfully.
too, to quarrel with England over
the seals, the whole affair becomes
nauseating.
The best thing that can be done is
to let the seals go, let everybody
have a chance at them, and let them
be exterminated and the everlasting
subject of dispute along. with them,
It costs the government more to
police, unsuccessfully, tho Bebring
Sea than all the furs are worth. Let
England once understand that we
will stand in and assist in extermin
ating the seals, and she will be too
willing to assist in protecting them
London is the only place where the
skins are dressed, and the only place
where any money is made out of the
industry, except that made by the
legalize! pirates of the North sea, the
Alaska Commercial Company.
- . The Oregcnian is responsib'e' for
the statement that Pennoyer Is look
ing around for a candidate for gov
ernor, and has his eye both of tbem,
in fact on Harrison R. Kincaid as
the man best qualified to fill the bill.
Pennoyer is cunning and thinks the
Democracy will take up with any
free silver man. He is mistaken.
Democracy has some principle left
not much, perhaps, but enough to
prevent it going to Kincaid. Besides,
the governor should recollect that he
is not considered a democrat. He
made his bed with the populists, and
while there has been considerable
kicking that resulted in the goveinor
being kicked from under the covers,
he only struck the floor. - Democracy
grew weary of him several years ago,
and when he fired honest John My
ers from his position as chief of Port
land's police, he burned his ships be
hind him. It is a safe proposition
that whoever Pennoyer may desire
for governor or any other office, the
Oregon democrats will promptly re
pudiate. The wonder is that be does
not endorse his man Friday, Napol
eon Davis. '-.'
the judge has caused much comment
in Lexington, most of the people sus
taining his course, but -naturally
enough Col. W. C Breckinridge at
tacks the judge's position bitterly.
Breckinridge is probably moved by
personal motives, some things being
still fresh in his mind as well as in
the minds of the people.
Whatever may be said in defense
of that peculiar ' southern pastime
known as lynching, there is a line be
yond which even its most rabid ad
vocates should not go. The dis
patches yesterday announced the
hanging of Eph Bnnkley by a mob
"on suspicion." No evidence could
be found connecting him with the
crime, but as Jie had a bad reputa
tion, the crowd just hanged him on
general principles. We are glad
this practice is not in vogue in Ore.
gon, or some of its papers ex
changes of . course would have to
enlarge to contain all the obituaiy
notices. ; 1 '
The Carnegie and Bethlehem com
panies refuse to furnish armor for
the United States warships at the
price fixed by congress, namely $300
per ton. The reason they give is
that the price was tco low. This, if
true, would be sufficient excuse, that
is if the price was too low to allow a
legitimate profit, but this is not the
The race for the CloLdyke is like
the uprising of a great army of vol
unteers. There is the same casting
off of comfort on the part of those
that go, the same trial of patient
waiting for loving ones left behind.
And It is by such hardship and such
tribulation that men and women are
made. It is not even necessary that
we should live if the price of exist
ence is to be discontent with our lot
and a constant grumble at fate. Bet
ter that a man should struggle with
the cold and hunger of an Arctic
winter than to embitter bis own and
others' lives with ceaseless complain
ing. Better that a community
should be lifted out of a rut of gloom
and repining even by tragedies such
as are in store in the Yukon's wilds,
than that it should forever languish
in inaction and bitter self accusation
Someone has blessed the Clondyke
because some new Bret Harte will
celebrate its comedy and tragedy,
But the real blessing lies in the fact
that it will make men, who are the
source of all literature; that it will
by something lead us back to nature,
and that life will through it be poured
into the veins of sluggish communi
ties everywhere. Oregonian..
The big tush for the Clondyke for
this season will 60on be over, for in
two weeks more it will be too late
to start with any certainty of reach
ing the end of the journey. It is
probable that Juneau will be crowd
ed all winter by the impatient ones,
who will get that far and spend the
winter there for the purpose of get
ting' an early start. It is beyond
question that every claim on- the
Clondyke was located before the
news of the strike reached the out
side world, hence those now rushing
wildly after sudden wealth will have
to find it on creeks not yet pros
pected. The- country is as large as
the whole of the United States east
of the Mississippi, and it will take
years to prospect it. The gold has
been there some thousands of years,
Canada has a very rigid alien law,
aud fears are expressed that she may
apply it to keep Americans out of
the Clondyke. The fearvis not well
founded. In.the first place it would
be almost impossible to enforce the
law in that far off region; and in the
second, the United States has too fa
vorable an opportunity to retaliate.
There are hundreds of thousands of
Canadians in this country who have
every privilege a citizen has except
that of voting, and some of them
take even that. A drastic law shut
ting out citizens of the United States
from the Clondyke or.thc gold fields
in Canadian Alaska would be met
with a law here that would do more
injur3' to Canada than all the gold in
the far-off Clondyke could balance.
In a fight, while one fellow is getting
plenty the other generally gets a bite
or two. Canada will not interfere
with the opening of the new gold
fields by the people of the world. "
. Japan refuses to recede from her
position cancerning the annexation
of Hawaii, aud insists upon her pro
test against it being heeded. Her
action will not weigh much, for the
United States is compelled to take
the islands or permit Japan or some
other nation to do 6o. -.Tfipan is pep
pery and may declare war, but she
will have some of the "snap taken out
of her if she does. It is to be hoped
that while she is about it Spain may
join her, and thus bring the Cuban
question to a settlement. The result
would be that we would acquire
Cuba, and it might possibly happen
that the Spaniards would bombard
New York. This would be as grati
fying to the balance of the country
as the acquisition of the islands. The
only way New York,ers, that is, the
city fellows, will ever get any Amer
icanism into their systems is to have
it shot in ; and the sooner this is (tone
the better.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH.
Archbishop Gross Blesses and Lays the
- Corner-stone.
One of the amusing features of the
Clondyke strike is the claim of W. J.
Arkell to the whole region, because
three years ago he and some other
fellow made a map of the country.
and the other.jchap staked out some
claims on the Clondyke. Afterwards
this same . man went down to Africa
to make a map of a part of that coun
try, and presumably claim all he
could draw a picture of. When one
draws a mental picture of the brawny
bearded fellows on the Clondyke, who
after infinite toil and hardship have
secured their little claims and are
working them, and that other picture
or a fellow with a lead pencil and a
map, at present in New York City, it
does not take long to realize how
ethereal the chances are of bis get
ting any of it. On the Clondyke
miners' Jaws' prevail. There are no
high-priced attorneys, no venal
judges, and if Arkell will go np there
to try his rights, he will get dis
couraged.
The Fossil Journal, after some
very flattering comments on an edit
orial in The Chronicle concerning
the wheat crop, expresses the opinion
that we have over-estimated Sher
man county's crop by 500,000 bush
els " and underestimated Gilliam's
yield by about as much. We accept
just half of Bro. Stewart s amendment
as a fair compromise, and gladly note
that Gilliam will have 1,500,000
bushels, but we cannot cut anything
off the Sherman estimate. '.'
The editor of the DuCur ' Dispatch
needs a larger field. . He thinks there
is no better field than The Dalles for
a live eight-page daily, containing
the Associated Press dispatches. All
we have to say. Brother Turner, is
that the field is open and the insig
nificant local newspapers will pat jou
on the back to the best of their poor
ability if you will get in and furnish
us that kind of a newspaper. ' By the
way, why not give the plan a trial In
Dufur.
The fellows who-go to . the Clon
dyke this fali may be glad to eat
their dogs before spring, and if. pro
visions get scarce there won't be
much of the dog except the bark. If
the worst comes to the ' worst they
can do like the bears. When
stop moving
pause.
tbey can suck
they
their
ihe INew ionc world has a map
of Alaska; showing the Clondyke,and
around this section is a dotted line or
eircle, labelled "gold fields." How
the artist knew just where "to draw
that line" and limit the gold fields is
a rrystery. The Portlands Mining
Exchange should secure his valuable
services at once to assist it in devel
oping the country. '
At Lexington, Ky., recently, Jacob
Harris killed Thomas H. Merritt, fol
lowing him and shooting him delib
erately. The cause of the shooting
was'that Harris bad seen his wife go
to the park with Merritt, and follow
ing saw them sealed upon a bench
kissing each other. As they left the
park Harris in a " frenzy of . jealousy
followed and shot Merritt. He was
examined before Judge Falconer,
who discharged hira. This action of
L. L. Hawkins of Portland, called
for some unknown reason colonel,
lias been up to Hillsboro in a
wagon. ' He amused himself with a
delicate bit of humor by asking peo
ple the way to the . Clondyke. The
'kernel" always was a joker," and in
some instances, as old Nevada people
will remember, carried his jokes too
far. . '';''.:'''
The Corvallis Gazette has issued a
very handsome eight-page paper, de
scriptlve or Kenton county, it is a
splendid number, its illustrations be
ing models, almost equal to photo
graphs, and the .literary work is as
clean and attractive as its illustra
tions. ' '
McClnre'a Marazms for August.
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and hot from the author's own personal
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Its admirable illustrations, make the
number distinguished.. Bat there are
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The laying of the corner-stone, of St.
Peter's church, which took place Sun
day afternoon, was a notable event,
The Dalles band furnished music for
the occasion, and a very large number
of people were . present. His Grace,
Moat Rev. Archbishop Gross conducted
the services, blessing and laying the
corner-stone, assisted by Rev.. Placidus
Fuerst and Rev. Schert of Tillamook
1 he ceremonies were veryT interesting
and impressive, but the one thing which
held the attention of all was the his
torical paper prepared and read by Rev.
Bronsgeest, it being a history of the
local churoh since 1846. Unfortunately
this eketch was placed in the corner
stone without a copy being kept.
The following is a list of documents
and articles deposited in the stone :
Name of the reigning pope.
-Name of the archbishop of the pro
vince of Oregon. ... .'' .-...',-''
- Name of the rector of , St. Peter's
church.
Name of the superior of St. Mary's
Academy. .,
Name of the president of the United
States. ' " 'V; ; - i
Name of the governor of Oregon.
: Names of the county and city officers.
Names of the building committee. -
.. Name ol the architect.
Names of the contractors.
List of names.-of contributors and
amounts received from each.. ;
; Names of church choir. .......
Names of juvenile choir.'
Names of the members of The Dalles
concert band, who played at the cere
mony. : -. 1 '
Names of The Dalles Dramatic Club
of 1890. ; . .-
Documents - - : ; .
Public. act by Archbishop Wm. H.
Gross. ' t - J- '
Historical report of The Dalles mis
sion since 1846, by Rev. A. Bronsgeest.
Financial report by H. Herbring.
Pictures : Secred Heart, portraits of
Pope Leo XIII, Archbishop Gross, Arch
bishop Chas. J. Segbers, Rev. A Brons
geest. .
Names of newspapers and periodicals :
Catholic Sentinel of Portland, St.
Joseph's Blatt of Mount Angel, The
Monitor and Volksfreund of San Fran
cisco, The Review by Arthur .Prenss,
Church Progrees of St. Louis, Reminis
ceaBes of Kev. L. Verhaag, Morning
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