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THE DALLES WEEKLY. CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25. 1897. The Weekly Ghroniele. , COtTNTT OFFXC1AX.B. County Judge........ ..Robt. Mays StaerlflL. T.'J. Driver mk A M. Kelsav Treasurer... -...C. 1- HiilHps Commissioners in. u Kimsev Assessor ; W. H. Whipple annaur J. B. Holt Banerintendent of Pabllo School. . .C. L. Gilbert Coroner - w. H. Butts STATS OFFICIALS. Severn or -..sr. W. P. Lord Secretary ol State HE Ktncaid Tnunrer -Phillip Metschan Bnpt. of Public Instruction .G. M. Irwin Attorney-General . ...C. U. Idleman , - - IG. W. MeBride Senators ..........J- ij.tH. Mitchell IB Hermann vougressmeu. , ... IW. R. Ellia State Printer .... W. H. Leeds . TOeeklr Clubbing- Rate. Chronicle and Oregonian.-. ....... .$2 25 Chronicle and Examiner..:' 2 25 Chronicle and Tribune . . . 1 75 Chronicle and N. Y. World. '. 2 00 THE RIGHT MAN. Oregon, and in fact the whole Pa cific coast, was peculiarly fortunate in the appointment of Hon. Binger Hermann to the position of commis-' . sioner of the general laud office. ' It was proper that a western man should be appointed to the office, for all the government's land, or practic ally all of it, lies west of the Missis sippi. Eastern men no not under stand the surroundings and condi tions as do those who have been raised in the West. The most important matter in this line, both to the government and the settler, is the forest reserves, recently established in Oregon, California and Washington. They cover au area half as large sis the New England states, and they contain a wealth of timber that is not equaled in the world. At the same time there are large tracts of One fruit lands includ ed within their limits that should be thrown open to settlement. To post himself thoroughly on the matter Commissioner Hermann is now on the coast. Having as thor 'ough a knowledge of the subject as be has to start with, it is safe to say that bis conclusions concerning the management of these forest reserva tions will cover the whole ground. He is a thorough land lawyer, with an uulimited knowledge of conditions on the coast, and when he goes back to Washington we may expect a sen sible lot of regulations concerning forest reserves that will hereafter prevent any protests against the gov ernment's action upon them, for Mr. Hermann's opinion will carry weight with the interior department A CRITICISM. Charles Austin Bates' Criticisms, a variegated advertising journal, that, as its name implies,. furnishes Charles Austin Bates a chance to criticise newspaper advertisements and rates, is a piebald specimen of journalistic tommy-rot To show the value of his criticism let us ex amine a statement purporting to come- from a correspondent, but selfeyidently written by Charles Austin Bates. He says: "Women do nine-tenths of the buying, 99 hundredths of the reading of adver tisements, and are influenced 999 times as much .as a - man. Nine multiplied bv nine equals eighty-one ; this multiplied by ninety-nine equals 891; and this multiplied by 999 equals 890,100. It follows, there fore, that Charles Austin Bates thinks that for every man influenced by ad vertiseraents, 890,109 women would be so influenced. As there are about "15,000,000 women in the United States, according to Mr. Bates, if the whole lot of women were attracted by the advertisements, only about seventeen men would be. -Charles Austin Bates is a chump, and be should avoid figures as hr would a pestilence. Mathematics is an exact science, and Charles Bates' criticisms are not exactly a . science. . Dollar-a bushel wheat is no longer a legend. Thursday the market took a jump, going to 97 cents a bushel in New York, $1 in Minneapolis, and staid old Philadelphia "went them all better" and gave the highest quo tations 11.02. The rise was not all speculative, having behind it sharp advances in Liverpool and on the continent The market is unsteady and excited, and it is impossible to form any idea as to what the price . will settle at Harvest conditions in Europe, and in. fact all over the world, indicate the greatest shortage the world has had iu years, and the prices will not become steady until more definite knowledge of harvest conditions is known. It is -quite certain, however, that wheal is going to command a big price. Of course the high price will. cause the use of corn and other substitutes, which will fix the limit of price. . ' - BRANDING SEALS. ' When the United States govern ment takes a corporation un.ler its fostering care, there are no lengths to which it will not go to look after its interests. This . is illustrated in its dealings with the Union and. Cen tral Pacifn railroads, and, peihaps, more forcibly shown 10 the. matter of the Alaska Commercial Co. For years it has patroled. the northwest seas, it has Kept American citizens off them, has been on the verge of war with England, and has now a big bill of damages to pay for hold ing up Canadian vessels, all in the interests of this Commercial Co., to which it turned over the seal herds of Alaskan waters. . . k The company has made millions, but still the government is not satis fied, but seeking where it might do more for this piratical corporation, has undertaken to brand the female seals so that the employes of the com pany could tell at a glance the sex of the seals they were pursuing. This would rrake it much more con venient for the company and might put off the day when the extermina tion of the seals is an . accomplished fact. i Professor David Starr Jordan has just returned from Behring sen, wbilher he went with a branding ircn and a fat salary, paid by the people, to make the struggle for ex istence of the Alaska Commercial Co. somewhat less hard. Eoswell P. Flower, ex-governor of New York, delivered an address be fore the New York State Grange recently, in which he took the ground that ''trusts'' were a blessing to the people, and "combines" the rock upon which all prosperity is built The ex governor's views can hardly be called impartial, since be is inter ested in a few trusts and combines to a considerable extent. For instance, he is a stockholder and director iu the Brooklyn Heights Railway Com pany, the Kingston & Pembroke Railroad, Danbury and Norfolk Railroad, Folger-Hammond Gold Mine Co., Chicago Gas Co., Walker Manufacturing Co., and, it is said, "there are others." It is not at all astonishing, therefore, that Flower, making money out of these combina tions, should consider them a blessing to him and should fail to see bow any trust or combination that put money in his pocket was not a good thing for the people, especially as he placed his hand on bis heart and smiled down on his audience as be remarked, "We are the people." as explaining a sudden rise in wheat, the statistics of the New York World give some satisfactory reasons. In the first place the "visible supply" has run down from .164,319,000 bushels in 1894 to 67,000,000 bush els in August, 1897. This alone makes a shortage of 100,000,000 bushek, enough to cause a sharp rise, but on top of this oomes a shortage in the European crop amounting to 222,000,000 bushels, or a grand total shortage of more than 300,000, 000. On top of this still, the corn crop shows a shortage of 250,000,000 bushels, and a corresponding ad vance in price caused by the defi ciency. The World estimates that increased prices will mean this year more than $500,000,000 to the farmers. At the convention of Negroes at Perry, Indian Territory, strong reso lutions were passed demanding that congress grant pensions to ex-slaves, their wives and children. They de clared that- they Lad been in slavery 240 years, and they demand heavy pensions. As the war which took the Negroes out of slavery cost the people in the. neighborhood of $4, 000,000,000, or about $1000 for eash Negro freed, and besides this the life of one white man for every five Ne groes in the United States, the infer ence would be that the Negro had I already received enough, without de manding that the descendants of the j soldiers who gave him his. freedom should be taxed to icward him for furnishing the opportunity. CONCERNING PENSIONS. The pension system is looked at from many standpoints, one of which, and we think - rather a remarkable one, being" taken by. Mr. Aldricb, whose communication : appears . in this issue. As we said in the editorial that suggested Mr. Aldrich's reply, we believe in the pension system, but in one that takes care of those only who from wounds or sickness are pre vented from , earning a living. Mr. j Aldrich's position is cold, strict business. Let us see how it would work. He thinks that the pension is simply the difference between i the wages paid . by the government to the soldier and the wages of the country. He lays aside all elements of patriotism in the calculation, and loses sight of the fact that each gen eration must protect its liberties and its lights for Itself and for its poster ity. Race preservation is as strong a law of nature a." self preservation. , Now in the late war the questions involved had to be ' settled ; each side thought it was right, and force had to decide. In the northern army from first to last there were in round numbers 2,000,000 men en listed. As many of these were re enlistments, the total number of men enlisted was perhaps n6t to exceed 1,600.00. Of these about 400,000 were killed or died, leaving, in round numbers, 1,200,000. The pension list now contains the names of about 750,000 soldiers and 250,000 wid- j ows. (these figures arc oniy. rrorn memory, but the grand total is cor- j reel.) Now, taking 1,600,00 men as! the total enlisted, and counting them all at full three years term of enlist ment, and il would equal the em .loyment of one man for 57,600,000 months. This at $40 per month would amount to $2,304,000,000. Now take from this the payment of $13. per month though part of it was $16 and we have as the total sum due the army, hired and paid on a strictly business basis and at the end of the war the government owed the soldiers $1545,200,000. Up to date the government has paid, in round numbers, $2,500,000,000 in pensions, or the full sum at $40 per month, with three per cent a year added. It may be said that the country owes a debt of gratitude that no money can repay. This ' is true. That is why it should not attempt to repay it all in money. We realize i,none more keenly) the hardships, the privations, the loss to the coun try, the bereavements, the heart breakings: but at the same time we do not believe in the doctrine that "the jingling of the guinea cures the hurt that honor feels." We do not believe in measuring heroic deeds, sacrifices, loss, in the bard half bushel of dollars and cents. We honor the old soldier for his patriotism, his sufferings and his sacrifices. We would see none of them suffer in their old age; but we would keep the pension roll a roll of honor. We would not destroy all patriotism, all tentiment. - We cannot picture the parting of husband and wife during the dark days of the union, when the good wife, with her arms clasped around that husband's neck, bade Lira a tear ful farewell for $40 a month. We cannot draw the mental picture of the brave father lifting his prattling babe to his knee and bidding it per haps an eternal farewell, because he had a job at $40 a month that might cost him bis life. We realize the fact that the great majority of those who enlisted went out to fight the battles of their country because they believed - they were right, and - be cause they believed that the govern ment, their government, must 'be preserved. The proposition that the brave fellows ' who met death' at Shiloh, Vicksburg nd the thousand other places where duty called, were moved to deeds of bravery at so much per month, instead of by love for the institutions of their country, is repellant and repulsive. -.. We believe that as brave and no ble a lot of men were called to the front in the civil war as ever the world saw gathered. We believe they were actuated by as highl and pure. motives as ever governed the actions of men. " We believe now, ns they grow old, alt of them who are Incapacitated, should be cared for; but we do not believe that any able bodied, man, no matter what his ser vice, should receive one cent of pen sion. He owed, as every man .owes, a duty to his country ; that be has paid it is to his credit. That he should demand payment for it, is to his shame.x General Weyler cables to the New York World to the effect that Evan- gclina . Cisneros has 'not yet been tried, and consequently no seutence has been passed or approved by him. And then this butcher of women and children adds: "I answer the World with the frankness and truth that characterizes all my acts." The last statement makes it perfectly plain that the World's scoop on that in formation was not worth what it cost Weyler, who had a war-information factory as a part, and most formidable part, of his army, talking about frankness and truth, will cause old Munchausen to hunt up Ananias on the other side ofthe Styx that they may weep together. Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, of the United States supreme court, has now' been on the1 bench longer than Chief Justice Marshall, having been appointed by Lincoln in 1863. Justice Fields still hangs on to his position, saying he prefers to wear cut rather than rust out. This is nice for Fields, but tough on the country, which needs the services of a Jive man, rather than a moribund iclic. ! ' r In' discussing the matter of federal appointments in this state, the Pen- dleton Tribune says: "In the dis tribution ot federal places of any im portance in the past nothing of any importance has ever fallen to any one who lived further east in Oregon than The Dalles.", Without going into the ' past, we call our contemp orary's attention to the fact that the present U. S. marshal is from its own town. ; Charles S. Mellen has been elected president of the Northern Pacific railroad. He is said to be a first class railroad man, and is not the proprieter of the food for infants sold under his name. . Six Tons of Gold. F. P. Riley, a returning Klondiker, bronght out $85,000 in gold from the Klondike, and Sunday at Tacoma dis played the nuggets and dust to an ad miring crowd. Mr. Riley worked bis claim in conjunction with F. Flanigan and P. O'Brien, who are now on their way to Pennsylvania with an equal share of gold. They report that thous ands of rich strikes have been made this spring and summer, and the trio value their two claims at $5,000,000. Riley says wheu be left there were nearly six tons of gold ready to be shipped down on the Portland, They confirm the reports of rich strikes on Stewart river, and say great excitement prevails, and thousands are rushing to the new mines. - 'Ad Tertlsed Letters. Following is the list of letters remain' ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un called for' Aug. 21, 1897. Persons call ing for the same will give date on which they were advertised : Bartmess, Millie (2) Blakeley, Martin Bell. Ada Betting. J L Blodgett, D D Burleigh, Carrie Creamer, M Davis, Wm C Fagan, M : . Gilmore, Anna Hansen, Hy Irvine, David Mathews, FH Mitchell. Frank E Bolton, Ro6e Clark, LA Cooper, Clifford Erikeon, Victor Farleigh, Thos Gilmore, Alice Hall, Mrs L J , Johnson, A 8 Mana, B F Obers, Mr O'Neal. Wm Pendcgast, John Robberson, Burrell Robinson, Wm Robinson, Mary Sanford, Lntie Lay, Frank Turner, A W . Wing, Uettie Williams, W 8 J. A. Cbossex, P. M. 8sto Tour Oraln. I Few realize that each squirrel de stroys $1.50 worth of grain annually. Wakelee's Squirrel and Gopher Exterm inator is the most effective and economy ical poison .known. Price reduced to 30 cents. For sale by M. Z. Donnell, Agent. , "General," cried the orderly, riding up to headquarters in great excitement, "our left wing is gone."- "Then it Is no longer possible to fly," returned the gen eral thoughtfully. "However, we should not forget that our legs are left." There upon be led the way. Chicago Post Creamery butter, - sweet potatoes, lemons, etc., at Maier & Benton's, al-tf THE LARGEST NUGGETS. - Vr. . Drake, of Souora, Tell of Some . , . .. 'fliiM Gold Chan an. x ;;To the Editor of ' the San ' Francisco Call Sir: I note in yesterday's issue you give Trinity county, Cal., as having unearthed the largest nugget ot gold in the world. Permit me to correct such an erroneous statement. The largest piece of gold yet found wa9 worth nearly $lo0,000. I herewith append a list for your information, taken from the 'Aus tralian government statistics, which are authentic :. - . ' " I. The largest piece of gold in the world was taken from Byer & Hattma'n's gold mining claim, Hill End, New Sooth Wales, Australia, May) 10, 1872. Its weight was 640 pounds; heigth four feet nine inches; width, three feet two. in ches; average thickness, four inches; worth $148,800. It was found imbedded in a thick wall of blue slate at a depth of 150 feet from the surface. , The owners of the mine were living on charity when they found it. v : .' - - 2. The Welcome was found at Bakery Hill. June 9, 1859.; It weighed 184 pounds, 9 ounces, 16 pennyweights, and was worth $44,356. ;. . ", , -'3.The Welcome Stranger nugget was found on Mount Moliagei, February 9, 1869.. It weighed 190 pounds and was worth $45,600. . : 1 4. The Lady Hotham . nugget was found in Canadian Gully September 8, 1854. It weighed 98 pounds, 10 ounces and 12 pennyweights. It was sold for $23,557. . " ' 5. The Leg of Mutton nugget -was found at Bailarat January 31, 1853, at a depth of 65 feet. It weighed 134 pounds, Ilonnces.. It was sold to the bank for $32,380. - : 6. The Oats '& Delson nugget was found at Donnolly in 1880 at the foot of a tree. It weighed 189 pounds and was sold for $50,000." . ' . There were 12 other nuggets found in Victoria, Australia, in value running from $5620, the smallest, to $22,350, the largest of 12. .The nuggets above men tioned included the Union Jack, the Kohinoor, the Sir Dominic Daily and eight nnggets no name given.' In addi to the above were the Huron nngget, worth $20,000, and tne Empress nugget, worth $27,661. All of these nuggets came from the great Austrailian gold fields. , W. Frank Drake, Sotrora, Cal. BIG FIRE AT ELGIN. Block On trie Principal Butlnut Street Is Swept Away. ' A fire at Elgin this morning consumed all the buildings except one on the block on the north side of Main street from Becker's saloon to Fine's livery stable. Particulars of the fire were brought up by Charles Palmer, W. H. Halgarth and Oliver Halgarth. , The fire broke out in Becker's saloon and was discovered by Oliver Halgarth at about 12:30 o'clock, but in what manner the fire originated is as yet unknown. The flames rapidly spread down the street and burned out the following business places : Becker's paloon, Payne's shoe shop, Wm. Ezell's building, Postoffice, White & McLeod's office, livery stable, Garrett & Hal garth's blacksmith shop and the city jail. There was but one building on the block, a residence building belonging to R. C. Mays, which escaped destruction. The people were quickly aroused by the alarm of fire and worked the best they could to stop the. destruction of property. Most all of the contents of the buildings were saved. One of the heaviest losers is Wm. Fine,' proprietor of the livery stable and meat market, who bad - no insurance. It is stated that there was insurance of $500 on the saloon building, also' some insurance on Wm. Ezell's house. ' This same district was swept over by the big fire which occurred in Elgin three or four years - ago. Friday's La Grande Chronicle. ' " ' , -xThe Salmon Caten. Mr. G, T. Myers, the extensively known canneryman, who is just back from Puget Sound, says the Telegram, gives a very good reason for the preva lent demoralization iu the salmon mar ket. ' . "The season for canning the 'sockeye' or red salmon, has juet closed on the sound and 310,000 cases of. that species have been packed there.. The fall fish is now beginning to run, from which I ex pect and equally large result." said Mr. Myers. . ..' "The pack on the Fraser river will be greater than in any proceeding year. The canners there are preparing to pack 1,000,000 cases before the whole season is ended. 'The runs on the Skeena and Nass rivers do not come up to expectations, but the deficiency there will be compen sated by the Alaska product." Mr. Myers did not venture to peer into the future condition of the market this year;, but it stands to reason that there will be no firmness in it. Instead of being handled as a staple product, without much fluctuation, as heretofore, this year's catch will be a speculative article with which jobbers are likely to overstock themselves. ' -. A Vine School. , St. Mary's academy for ladies, located in this city and under the direction of the Sisters, is- one of the best educa tional institutions on the coast.' The building is of brick, large and well ven tilated. Besides the regular studies, especial effort is made to instil Into the minds of the pupils ax desire to form their hearts to virtue, and to fit them to be true and noble . women. Gratuitous lessoDs are given in all kinds of plain and fancy needle work, knitting, em broidery, etc. Popils-will receive the saiiie watchful care that would be given them by conscientious parents." It is in fact an ideal school and a pleasant home. Those who have girls to send to school should write to St. Mary's acad emy for terms.' . mw excursion itates to the Oregon State Fair. The Southern P.aeific will make a one fare rate from all points on their lines in Oregon to the Oregon state fair which opens September 30 and closes October 8. A big harvest and - a big fair. A clean, vigorous, delightful, and compre hensive exposition of everything per taining to the farm and the farmer. Good races and amusements of all kinds. Spewal attractions every day. With the present crop prospects and the extremely low railroad rate ot one fare for the round trip, the people of Oregon can afford to patronize the State fair that bent-Sts 11 classes. Popular admission of 25 cents. Kemarkable Care of Chronic Diarrhoea. In 1862, when I served my country as a private in Company : A, 167th Penn sylvania - Volunteers, I contracted. chronic diarrhoea. It. has give.u me great deal of trouble ever since. I have tried a dozen different medicines and several prominent doctors without any permanent relief. ' Not long ago a iriend . sent me a sample bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and after than bought and took a 60 cent bottle; and now I can say that I ' am entirely cured. I cannot be thankful enough to you for this great Remedy,' and recommend it to all suffering veter ans. If in doubt write to roe. Yours gratefully, Henry Steinberger, Allen town, Pa. Sold by Blakeley & Hough-' ton. -r Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ' and Diarrhoea Remedy ' always ' affords prompt relief. For sale by Blakeley & Houghton. ' The Mount Lebanon Shakers recently performed a great deed of charity, al though it was not designed as a charity, being nothing more nor less than an ad vertising scheme. It however resulted in great good just the same. They gave away 1000 bottles of tboir Digestive Cor dial to those suffering from stomach de rangements. , ' It was so effective in curing those who used the remedy that they were loud in their praises of it and. in consequence a large demand for the Coidial was , at once created. , , The druggists of this town have little books that tell all about it. Digestive. Cordial creates an appetite, aids diges tion and brings about a rapid increase in flesh and strength. - Laxol is the name of a palatable Castor Oil. Just the thing tor children. Dr. King's New Discovery for Cosnmp- ' tlon. This is the best medicine in the world for all forms of Coughs, Colds and Con-, sumption. Every bottle Is gauranteed.' It will cure and not disappoint. It has no equal for Whooping Cough, Asthma, Hay Fever, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, La Grippe, Cold In the Head and Consump tion. It-is safe for all ages, pleasant to take, and, above all, a sure cure. It is always well to take Dr. King's New Life Pills iu connection with Dr. King's New Discovery, as they regulate and tone the stomach and bowels. We guarantee per fect satisfaction or return money. ' Free trial bottles at Blakeley & Houghton's Drugstore. Regular size 50 cents and' $1.00. ' (6; To Batter Makers. i I have one of the new improved Elec tric Churns and can do the churning in one to two minutes. I can recommend it to any one. ' The first day I got mine . Isold three: next day six; one day eleven. Every churn sold sells another. I cleared $382 in 36 days. To show it, is to make a sale. I advise any one wish ing a churn or a good paying business of their own to write to the Vf. S. Novelty Mrg. Co., 1517 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. ' Subscriber. A Valuable Prescription. Editor Morrison of Worthington, Ind., "Sun," writes: "You have. a valuable prescription in Electric Bitters, and I can cheerfully recommend it for Consti pation and Sick Headache, and as a gen eral system tonic it has no equal." Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2025 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, was all run down, could not eat nor digest food, had a backache which never left her and felt tired and weary, but six bottles of Electric Bitters re stored her health and renewed strength. Prices 50 cents and $1.00. Get a Bottle at Blakeley and Houghton's Drug Store. (6) EIT'B CREAM BAX.M Is a poslttveenrc. ' Apply into the nostrils. It Is quickly absorbed. M cents at Drnrists or by mail ; samples 10c by malt . ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren SU New Xork City. . 3r jCoXtoflLv 1 gaf3eaa
