THE DALLES WEEKLY, CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4i897.
The. Weekly Ghroniele.
fcOCKTT OFFICIALS.
County JaJffe..'.
Bleritf.
Clerk.
Treasurer... ,.
Commissioner....'.
Assessor......
.'...Boot Stays
T. J. Driver
i.A SLKelsay
... C. L. t-hil)lps
5 a. n. Slower
D. 8. Kimsey
..... W. H. Whipple
Surveyor.
.J. it. i.oit
Superintendent of Public Schools.. .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner.... W. H. Butts
' STATE OFFICIALS.
--- ajrernoj. ............. W. P. Lord
Secretary of Stale .. ; ...H R Kincaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschsn
Bupt.of public instruction. .......u. m. irwio
AttnrnAv-AAner&l ....C. M. Idleman
aw., JO. W. McBride
Senators... ............ ...,..., ij. H. Mitchell
- . a Hermann
. ujiotujvu.. . ....... 1W. OElllg
BUte Printer. '. ". ........ ... . W. H. Leeds
' Weekl? Clubbing-Kates. .
Chronicle and Oregonian, . . . . ...2 25
' Chronicle and Examiner. . . .'. . . . 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune. .1: . .11 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World.. 2 00
BITS OF HISTORY.
t . ,1 : l nvj.:n.
li iuriiuuca arc ov rcaunjr uuw&iuu
. ble in the Northwest territory why
. are so many men compelled to work
j-'fdr wapes? - Why are Indians, who
lucraino- freight for the white man
co . s -
over the Chilcat? Will it be con
tended that the laborers of Alaska
and Brituh Columbia are less liable
" foot who sails on the Excelsior? Or
will it be argued . that the Indian
, packers, who are charging 1 other
tenderfeet fourteen cents a ponnd for
carrying meir "year a supply across
the ranges do not know the value of
money and cannot appreciate, a good
thing when they find it? . "
: Half a hundred "richest gold fields
in the world" have been discovered
since the first rush to California.
Cripple Creek was one of these; the
Black Hills was another; Reese river
and Piocbe were rivals of the Corn
stock; Bodie was a region where
i . ill i
very tunnel was a cave oi Ai'auin
and " every drift a cavern of Monte
: Cristo; up to ihe Frsser river went a
suuuuug ujuu, every, uieiuucr ui
' which imagined himself a Dives, and
came back a Lazarus; not a yeat has
elapsed since the discovery of gold
on this coast that there has not been
one-or more stampedes to "the rich
est gold fields in the world." And
wnat naa oeen tne resuitr listen 10
the tales of the innumerable host of
the disappointed the same tale that
will be told when these sanguine
treasure-hunters return from the
Clondvke the story of Fraser river;
the record of Cariboo ; the disheort
er.ing narrations of "survivors."
Klickitat Agriculturist.
IT MUST BE MUTUAL.
There is do doubt but that Canada
intends to enforce the alien law, or
attempt to, not only to keep citizens
of the United States out of the Clon
dyke, but also out of all British Col
umbia and the Northwest territory.
This she has on undoubted right to
do. At the same time this country
has the right to retaliate and should
do so. Canadians in ibis country
have every righ a citizen has, with
the exception of voting. No .one
objects to this, but at the same time
this action must be met in a spirit' of
fairness. The arrangement must not
be all one sided.
Of course this government would
not, perhaps could not, under the
treaties legislate against any particu
lar nation, but it can legislate against
all, and should Canada's action re
sult in the prevention of foreigners
acquiring or owning mines, or inter
ests therein, the loss of all the gold"
in the Clondyke would be a trifle
compared to the mines that wonld in
a" few' years be saved to United
States citizens. . Canada has received
much from the United States, and it
has received but little from Canada.
The fairy tale, gotten up by one
"TTTT 1 . . .
w eare, manager or presiaenc or a
transportation company, about a plot
being laid by Chinese pirates to at-
. W J U 4..MAH I.J ' .1.
vault auu i uu a akcauicr iaueu wim
gold coming from the Yukon, is the
latest picturesque, advertisement of
the said transportation company.
News of the Clondykeos only a con
pie of weeks old here, and has cer-
tainly not yet reacneq tne ignorant
uurues ui vuina.- jxur uu uiuse vui
nese pirates know anything of the
routes by which the gold is sent out.
The whole story is fishy, and to the
minds of sensible people, whose intel-
ligence has not gone summering op to
120 in the shade, would serve to throw
discredit on some of the ; stories,
While ; the Clondyke is undoubtedly
rich, it is also undoubtedly of limited
area and all located last year., c The
Steamship and transportation com
panies are ' making a big haul, and
they- will make another bringing
what is left of the crowd back. '.That
vaat sums will be taken from the
ground of Alaska no one will deny.
but it will be hundreds of years be
fore all of it is even found., Weare
evident'y had it bad when a horde
of Chinese pirates got inside of bis
dream tank. '
, ' After all there are some places
more dangerous than Alaska. . Harry
Gauldier made a siakc in the Clon
dyke, and to celebrate the event
went to New Yoik City, being tbe
first of the oewlv rich to tackle the
sinful East. Ho very wisely put
most of bis money away and started
out with $200 in Ins pocket to see
what there was to see. In the law
less Clondyke he would have been
safe with all bis money on him, but
in less than two hours after bis start
in the reform-ruled city of New
York be was beaten into insensibil
ity and robbed of his money. The
borean blasts of the Cbilcat pass and
the swirling waters of White Horse
rapids are less dangerous to tho hardy
miner than the foaming beer glass
and the human hyenas of civilization
The coal mine operators se ;m dis
posed to make some concessions, but
they are of a nature that they should
have been conceded ". long ago, or
the things complained of should
never nave been establishei. , une
of"lhese is the doing away with the
company stores, and ; the other the
guaranteeing of honest weights. It
is monstrous that with the peon
wages paid tLe coal miners that the
operators .should have still further
reduced the pittance paid them by
cheating them in weights. Whether
enough will be conceded to avoid
more serious trouble remains lo be
seen, but tne chances of tnere being
bloodshed before a settlement is
reached, are yet very good.
The fatal accident on Mt. Rainier
that cost .Professor S. E. McClure
his life Wednesday, should be . a
warning to mountain climbers not to
attempt the climbing of snow peaks
without a. competent guide. Mc
Clure came to his death by losing
the trail, just as the Portland . man
did a short time ago on Mt. Hood
With a competent guide neither of
these accidents would have occurred.
Even the United States govern
ment has grown wild on the Clon
dyke, and will send a warship to
convoy the steamer . Portland from
the Yukon. ; The owners of the Port
land have represented to the govern
ment that Chinese pirates have' con
cocted a plot t6 capture the Portland
with her alleged cargo of $2,000,000
worth of gold, and the official suck
ers at Washington have taken the
bait. It is true that the Chinese at
one time knew more about the sail
ing dates of the Portland than any
one except - the owners of the old
smuggler; but it is preposterous to
even presume, thai the' Chinese
pirates know anything about the dis
covery of the CIondyke. Mr. Weare
ha s 'succeeded in getting a further
advertisement of bis transportation
line, for which the government, do
donbt, has his sincere thanks.
The grand total made by trifles is
something astounding when one be
gins to make calculations concerning
them. For instance, theie- are 75,
000,000 people in the United States.
The expenditure by each of these
persons of one cent would make the
SDUg sum of $750,000. Basing its
calculations on this fact, the New
Orleans ' Picayune makes some esti
mates as to what causes hard "times.
It will be seen from the above that
the curtailing, of expenses, amount
ing to five cents a day, by each per
son in the United States, would stop
the expenditure of $1,369,750,000.
This alone taken from the volume of
business of the country would cause
hard times. ' ' " ' .! -
The , correspondent of the Enst
Oregonian, on . his way to Alaska,
writes that .paper from Astoria, and
shows his fitness for . the position by
saying in closing his letter:. "Late
reports are to the effect that no one
is safe unless he has enough for one
vear.' He must also have a familiar
ity with boating on mountain streams.
The passage over the Dyea route
is extremely dangerous." As the
newspapers of the coast have - been
filled with these statements since the
beginning of the excitement, one is
forced into admiration of the perspi
cacity of tho correspondent who
caught on so . readily. We really
think be has missed hts calling, for
in the realms of ancient history he
would prove a bright and shining
light, '. ' " ' ' " ' ', ;
WHAT IS RIOUTT
The study of finance is well calcu
lated to cause dissenting opinions
and diametrically, opposite conclu
sions, according to which foot the
student gets foremost. For instance,
an exchange makes some estimates
as to the vast amount cf money- put
in circulation by parties leaving for
the Clondyke. It estimates that 10,
000 people have already started, and
that each haa spent $500. This, it
thinks, has improved the trade of the
whole country, and yet 10,000 peo
ple spending $500 each would put in
circulation only $5,000,000. It does
not seem reasonable to suppose that
this would cause any great rush of
business, since it . would mean only
seven cents apiece for the people of
the United States. - : ' - ;
On the other hand it is expected
the Clondyke will produce $50,000,
000 Dext year, or about seventy
cents per' capita for the people of the
United States.. A southern paper
estimates that the saving of a cent a
day," by eveiy person in the United
Slates would amount to more than
five times this sum, or about $270,-
000,000 in a year,' while our esti
mate yesterday shows that the cur
tailing of expenses by every family
in the United States in the sum of
twenty-five cents a day, or five cents
each, would amount to, in round
numbers, $1,400,000,000, a sum near
ly equal to all the money in the
United Spates. One person figures
that the saving of a cent a day will
make the nation prosperous; another
that the saving of five times as much
will paralyze business. One con
cludes that saving makes prosperity;
the other that squandering makes
prosperity. And there you are. "
WITS . A LITTLE SALT.
Mr. P. J. Jennings, according to
the Oregonian, has a small Clondyke
of bis own in the Excelsior district,
Douglas county. He has kept the
yielfe of the mine quiet,' because he
bad to perfect the title, but now that
this is done, he - unbosoms himself.
He says that he went to work Febru
ary 5th last, with three men and a
hand mortar and - working the de
composed quartz and porphyry with
rockers, and that they averaged $300
per day ' during the .month, some
days getting $800 or $900, and but
of one pan $400.
We( really believe Mr. Jennings
has a ciniature Clondyke, or at least
that he cut the cloth for his story
over a Clondyke pattern. It has
many of the sinuosities of a Yukon
tale, and some of the discrepancies
that ' will creep ; into such, tales.
Where the Alaska symptoms crop out
is in the statement.that notwithstand
ing this big body of ore which paid
nearly $100 a day to the man with
a rocker and a hand mortar, Mr.
Jennings sold a one-fifth interest to
Chicago people for $25,000, an
amount equal, according to the out
put from the rockers, about one day's
run with a five stamp quartz mill.
The story is strong enough, but un
fortunately the mine is not far
enough away or difficult enough of
access to create any excitement In
other words the tale has not traveled
far enough to get a proper polish. - -
The dispatches show that a regular
panic prevails in Havana' since : the
insurgents made their successful at
tack on the suburbs. Citizens who
have heretofore .been : confident of
Spain's ultimate success, are fleeing
from' the city, Virtually confessing
that the cause of Spain is lost, and
the liberty of Cuba, only a .question
of a short timer; It may be possible
that Cubans themselves 'will settle
the question of Cuban independence
without interference by the- United
States. Whether it does or not, it Is
possible that Spain will force a war
with this country, laying the blame
for Cuban success upon us. This
will be done solely for the : purpose
of solidifying Spain and ' preventing
the overthrow of the monarchy.-
, Several of our exchanges note that
harvest hands are -scarce and : wages
higher on . account of the Clondyke
rush. As tew of the grain-raising
counties of Oregon have furnished
more than a dozen Clondykers, and
as most of these wore men who never
worked in the harvest fields, it is fair
to presume, that the corner grocery,
where fabulous wealth may be talked
about and wild day dreams indulged
in, has a greater attraction for some
people , than, the i. golden, but hot,
grain fields. Of ' one thousand in
dustrious men who stay at home and
another thousand who go to the gold
fields, the former collectively will
have more money at the end of the
year than the latter. " -
" ' Mr.. Scott, of the Oregonian, aud
Mr. D. P. Thompson are comparing
records. Ssott says Thompson was
a director, of the 1 Portland Savings
Bank when it broke, and asks that
gentleman, while delivering his lec
tures on finance, to explain bis theo
ries of finance in connection there
with. Mr. Thompson denies being
such director. Mr. Thompson charges
Mr; Scott ' with, being a director of
the . Oregon National Bank at the
time it failed. Scott denies being
such director. Each has invited the
other; to "produce the ' books."
Honors seem to be easy. .' ; " '
"Jimmy tne Diver," who returned
to Tacoma . from the . Clondyke a
week or" two ago, is having a fine
time with his money, and, if reports
are true, will be ready to be grub
staked again long before spring. - He
amuses himself by giving away nug
gets, and imagines the inexhaustible
health .of the Incas is his. Bret
Hartc describes the career -of just
such a character in the tale of "Mil
ton Perkins, late an owner, in White
Pine." , '
. The Pioneer Fireproof construc
tion ' plant at Ottawa, Illinois, the
largest of its kind in the world, was
partly - destroyed ' by ' fire Sunday.
This'is one of the sarcasms of cir
cumstances, "only equaled ' by the
burniDg several years ago of the fac
tory that manufactured the hand gren
ades for extinguishing fires, at which
time it was stated more than a mill
ion of the grenades were burned. '
When -Governor Tanner of Jlli
nois appeared in the parade at Chi
cago upon the unveiling of the Logan
monument, he was greeted every
where with hisses and cries of "Allen
bill!" "Gas bill" - "Yerkes,".. etc.
Chicago people think . the governor
sold out to the. street-car and gas
trusts. There is some hope for
American institutions yet.
: If the Oregonian and Telegram
would give the country a rest on the
gold standard and ' Billy Bryan it
would be appreciated. " We have the
sold standard, and will continue to
have it indefinitely, and as for Bryan,
why continue to. write daily his obit
uary ? , ' ' ' ' - '
Fifty years ago the United States
compelled Japan to open her ports
to the world, and now Japan pro
poses to make the United States
keep the ports of Hawaii - open.
Such are the changes time in its
rounds brings. : . '
Since Prof. Andree sailed away in
his balloon from northern Norway,
abonttwo weeks ago,nothing has been
heard from him, and the 'chances are
at least even that he has vanished
forever from the knowledge of men.
Mr. Sean Saw the Gold.
' George C Sears was in Seattle and
witnessed the recent landing of the
forty-five Clondyke miners irom the
steamer Portland, with (700,000, and
became completely carried away with
tbe sight. . He states that be saw men
coming down the gangplank of the
'steamer staggering under tbe loads of
gold which they carried. The largest
fortune brought down by any one man
was $65,000, and the smallest $7000. The
gold was in canvas sacks, and was quick
ly removed to the express office for
shipment to the mint. These sacks
were rolled in the blankets of tbe own
ers, and carried on their backs.' v
" Mr. Sears was favored with an in
spection of some of the precious metal.
Tho specimens- shown ranged in size
from a peai to large nuggets. There was
no fine gold in the lot. Pan from $50
to several hundred were said to be com
monplace events. The miners stated
that winter in the Clondyke country is
severe, and ' that at times a man will
freeze to death almost withont real -zing
what is happening, if he ia Dot careful.
The first note of warning ts that be finds
himself becoming drowsy; which is a
well-known sign. They - also "reported
that gnats and mosquitoes are . very
troublesome,, and ; that they have seen
strong men cry because of being so bad
ly bitten by the pests. ' .:
The timber was reported, to be scatter
ing, and wood to make fires to thaw out
the ground in the winter months ha9 to
be carried a distance of a mile Or two.
Oregonian. v "
'another baker mine sold.
Henry Cable and Cabell Krothors Sell
the California Mine for 830,000.
Yesterday W. J. Connors, of Deliver,
purchased of Henry Cable and John D.
and F. E. Cabell the California mine,
the consideration being $30,000.
Mr. F. ' . Cabell informed a Demo
crat reporter that the terms of the sale
are that full payment is to be made in
side of eighteen months, and a 10-etamp
mill roust be in operating condition by
Dec. 1, 1897. The gentlemen also brands
as a fairy story . the statement that
$1000 is to be paid each month, as
stated by an evening paper, for it would
at that rate take two or three years to
complete the settlement, while by tbe
real contract it will be settled in possi
bly less than a year.".
Another error by the evening sheet.
so says Mr. Cabell, is that three veins
are-cat' vertically. Six tunnels, from
different levels, have reached one vein
showing an ore chute of 800 feet or
more in length, tbe vein being five to
six feet wide, with a paying ore body
about two feet wide.'
An
Act Co Prevent Forest Flree on tbe
Foblio Domain.
Be it enacted by tbe senate anil house
of representatives of the Cnited States
of America in congress assembled : ' '
That any person who shall wilfully or
maliciously eet on fire, or cause to be
set on fire, any timber, underbroab, or
grass upon tbe public domain, or shal
carelessly or negligently leave or suffer
fire to burn unattended near any timber
or other inflammable material, aha'!' be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, nd,
upon conviction thereof in any district
court of the United States having juris
diction of the same, shall be fined in a
sum not more than five thonsand dol
lars or be imprisoned for a term of not
more than two years, or both!
Sec. 2. That any person who shall
build a camp fire, or other fire, in or
near any forest, timber, or other inflam
mable material upon the public domain,
shall, before breaking cam p or leaving
said fire, totally extinguish ' the same.
Any person failing to do so shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof in any district
court of the United States having juris
diction of the same, shall be fined in a
sum. not more than one thousand ' dol
lars, or be imprisoned for a term of not
more than one year, or both. - , .
Sec. 3. - That in all cases arising under
this act the fines collected shall be paid
into the public school fond of the county
in which tbe lands where the offense
was committed are situate.. '
Approved, February 27, 1897.;
CAJOLED THE JU RY.
Aa Interesting Incident of a Memora-
blc Lawsuit.
The jury in the Martha Washington
esse, a famous trial, of 40 years ago,
wherein ithe captain of the steamboat
Martha Washington and others were
charged with burning the boat to se
cure, insurance,-was chosen with diffi
culty, says McClure's Magazine. Dur
ing their five weeks ervice the mem
bers of it were assailed on every side
by the zealous feminine sympathizers of
the accused. By every aTt possible to
youth, beauty and wit and the reckless
abandon, of lives largely spent in the
companionship of adventurers were
they approachedt "If you do not go into
that jury room and vote 'not guilty' in
an hour you will be a dead man, said
the wife of the captain, confronting an
aged juror' on the-staircase. ". Sprung
from- an old! and respectable .-Massa
chusetts family, she wps a singularly
beautiful; 'brilliant,' dashing "woman.
She had gone in early girlhood to the
west and became enamored of the pic
turesque river captain, who did not see
fit io marry her and went off to Mexico
and opened his gambling house on tbe
Eio Grande. One dby as he sat dealing
faro there his affianced- presented her
self. Disguised in a man's attire and
armed with a brace of pistols, she had
made her way without . detection to the
Eio Grande. She was a skilled, shot and
could hit a dollar across a room Level
ing a pistol at the recreant lover's head,
she saidlin a short, sharp voice: "Marry
me, or take this in-your head!" The
astounded . captain ' replied: "Why,
Ollie, my dear, is that you?" . The mar
riage ceremony was performed , that
day. ' -V--.
' Hundreds of thousands have been in
duced to try Chamberlain's Cough Rem.
edy by reading what it has done for
others, and having tested its merits for
themselves are today its warmest friends.
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