THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1897.
The Weekly Chronicle.
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County Judge..... Robt Hays
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uiumiwci ID. B. Kirosey
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Burveyor J. B. -ioit
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Coroner W. H. ButU
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THEOSOPHY ON THE KLONDIKE.
Annie Eva Fay is going to Alaska
even UDto Klondike, in order to
spread the doctrine of Tbeosophy,
As there is only about one believer
in the double-barreled constitution
of humanity, out ot 200,000 of the
citizens of the United States, at first
blush it would appear that Annie
Eva, blejss her dear little soul, might
find material to preach her inter-
changable doctrine to without going
so far. We fear there is method,
much method, in Annie Eva's efforts,
lse why does she not project her
astral body up Klondikewards, while
she leaves the material body down in
Boston, where beans and brown
bread are abundant for its suste
nance. .The astral body could go
flirting with the Acrora borealis and
iplartn? leap frog of mornings with
the parhelia. If anything on earth
conld enjoy an Alaskan winter it
wou'd seem that one of these intan
gible shapes in the form of an astral
body, with nothing about it Jthat
could freeze, no stomach demanding
fish oil and dog meat to keep up the
supply of caloric, would bex that
thing.
And all the time the astral form
was hobnobbing with the gaunt
flanked, go-hungry-tc-bed million
aires from way-up the-Klondike, the
material body could be partaking of
its regular pabulum three times a
day along with its fellow-spectacled
bean weevils of America's literary
and leguminous center. A bi-cor-poral
existence with the tangible in
Boston and the etherial in Dawson
City is the
ideal, at least until the
wild goose,
that knows enough to
stay away
from the Yukon ULtil
spring, twirls his honker in wild notes
of defiance at bis hated riva!, the
-diamond-drill-billed mosquito, of
which every snow flake that falls
Jiatcbes two.
We fear, though, that Annie Eva
will insist upon the earthly body ac
companying the astral, for the latter
ibas no pockets in its skirtlets that
would bold the yellow boodle. The
-gold-paved streets of Dawson City,
especially the gold, is, we fear, the
attraction that draws Annie Eva into
this new missionary field. Though,
for that matter, it is quite probable
that befoie spring there will be no
better field for personal observation
of the habits and actions ot astral
bodies than an the Klondike. The
chances will be good, axceedingly
good, before spring for a large sup
ply of astral bodies that will be es-
trays from beios projected so far
from the tangible body that they
will never find their way back, or if
they do will be unable to re-conglut-inate
on the old basis.
However, Annie Eva bat our con
sent to go, just like any other Fay.
She is no fairy of ours, and what she
does is no affair of ours; and yet we
hope she may catch a bearded, gold
ermined Klondiker and get back to
Bay street, Boston, with something
besides the scurvy.
There is an election to be held in
this state in nine months. Why not
try the South Carolina plan of hav
ing a separate box at the polls, where
every man may express bis choice
for United States senator? The
politicians are fighting John II.
Mitchell as they fought Chy and
Webster, as they have in later days
fought. Sherman and Blaine. The
people are not fighting him, but, on
the contrary, are solidly behind him,
and could they have the opportunity
of expressing their choice, be would
have an . overwhelming majority'.
The pyrophanous editor of the Ore
gonian and the auriferous appointee
of , our auricular governor, to the
contrary, notwithstanding.
THE. NEW CANADIAN TARIFF.
The new Canadian tariff follows
our American lead in the matter of
adopting the policy of reciprocity,
fcr it offers a reduction of one-eighth
of the duties to any country which
admits Canadian products on as fa
vorable terms as Canada offers to
them. This offer holds good till
June 30, 1898. After that date the
reduction is to be equal to one.
fourth. This offer is not restricted
to Great Britain or British colonies
If Germany should admit Canadian
products at as low rates as Canada
admits German products, Germany
would receive as good terms as Eng
land, which admits Canadian prod
ucts free.
A few articles upon which duties
are imposed for revenue, and not
for protection, are excluded, viz
Alcoholic liquors, sugar and tobacco,
The Canadian tariff provides that
whenever the executive branch of
the government shall be satisfied
that any article is monopolized by a
trust or combination, it shall have
power to abolish all duties on the ar
ticle so monopolized.
The intention and effect of this
new Canadian tariff is to put tne
United States at a disadvantage of
12 per cent as compared with Great
Britain in the sale of manufactures
to Canada, and next year the differ
ential will be 25 per cent. It is bet
ter to lose some trade in the small
Canadian market of 4,000,000 people
than to turn over a very , large por
tion of our home market of 70,000,
000 people by neglecting to protect
the competitive industries of our
Northern states from the intrusion of
Canada. Oregonian.
RID OF THE ONION PACIFIC.
November 1st has been fixed upon
as the day of final settlement between
the government and the Union Pa
cific railroad. The government has
accepted the proposition of a syndi
cate to pay $45,000,000 to the gov
ernment for the road. Of this sum
about $17,000,000 is held by the
government in a sinking fund pro
vided by what is known as the Thur
man act, which is to be deducted
from the $45,000,000, leaving an ac
tual payment to be made of about
$28,000,000. The original debt to
the government was $33,500,000,
but this sum and $0,000,000 more
have been paid, the interest having
made the grand total about $90,000,-
000.
It is undoubtedly the best thing
the government ean do, for unless
this proposition is accepted the gov
ern orent will have to take charge of
the road and operate it. and besides
pay off the first mortgage lien on the
road, amounting to $90,000,000.
This latter sum is really more than
the road is worth. In other words,
the roads can be paralleled for a less
snm than the government would have
to pay, so that, as far as values are
concerned, the government gains
$28,000,000 by the settlement.
Rich cold strikes will always at
tract the American citizen and cause
him to get a move on, and this
whether gold lies in the Arctic cir
cle or under the scorching sum of
the equator. And yet there are
other pursuits that for the multitude
yield better returns. It was onlv a
few years ago that Oklahoma was
thrown open to settlement, and the
wild rush of would-be settlers, when
the government officials fired the gun
that started the mad crowd in its
race for first choice, is still fresh in
the memory of all. For several
years the crops were light, and this,
added to low prises, discouraged
maoy. , Yet those who stayed have
reaped, literally, their reward, the
wheat crop this season being valued
at $21,000,000. Oklahoma is some
what of a Klondike Itself.
Piatt of New York is the kind of
politician that says go and every
thing goes. At the recent conven
tion for nominating officers for
Greater New York the Low men
went into the fight confident ot vic
tory, and in the first round were so
badly knocked out that they have
not yet pulfod themselves together.
Piatt wanted . General JTnicy for
mayor, and Tracy' was nominated
over Low by a vote of 297 to 49.
Politics are no longer a matter of
principle, but conventions are the
playthings of . the boss, ani elections
largely a matter of bargain and sale.
The people will awake to this fact
some time, but until they do the
boss has, in the language ot the
street, a "pudding."
THE WHEAT SITUATION.
What the price of wheat is to be
is largely a matter of guess work,
and these guesses can be based on
reports only. These reports are so
widely at variance that no calcula
tious can be made, because there is
nothing tangible to make a calcula
tion on. The commercial reviews
do not agree with each other, and
none of these agree with the govern
ment reports. The only self-evident
thins about the market is that it is
weak and prices steadily falling. A
few days ago wbe?t was selling here
at 73. It has gone steadily down,
opening this week at 73, dropping to
70 yesterday and this morning.
The wheat buyers regulate their
prices by the world's supplj , and the
cause of the drop is aid to be the
prospects for abundant crops in Ar
gentine, India and Australia. Of
course what those harvests will be is
largely a matter of conjecture, for 'it
is nearly four months yet before that
grain will be cut, and at least five
months before it can reach Europe.
In five months much may happen.
Last year Argentine gave promise of
abundant crops six weeks before har
vest time, yet owing to grasshoppers
and drouth, the crop was a failure
and Argentine had to import wheat.
Almost the same conditions existed
in Australia, where lack of rain left
that country so short of grain that
it had to' be imported; while in In
dia the same cause led to a terrible
famine.
Those who build on these coun
tries supplying the European market
build on a very shaky foundation,
and yet the dealer is compelled to
take these things into consideration,
because if good crops are raised in
these countries the price of wheat
will go still further down.
As we said at the beginning of this
article, it is largely a matter of guess
work, in which each must do his own
guessing. It seems probable now
that the high notch has been reached,
for a time at least, and that wheat
will not advance for some months,
or until something definite is known
of the crops of the southern hemis
phere. If they are good, wheat will
not command any greater price than
now, and perhaps will take a decided
tumble. If they should prove fail
ures or partial failures, dollar wheat
will not be an impossibility.
The Commercial Review yester
day says:
"The future depends chiefly on
three things the foreign demand,
the outcome of the Australian and
Argentine crop, and the speculative
buying. We are within three months
of harvest in Argentina. If the
present crop prospects are maintained
Argentina will have 35,000,000 bush
els to 40,000,000 bushels for export,
and some of the estimates run up to
55,000,000 bushels to 60,000,000
bushels. Australia will have some
exportable surplus, and as foreigners
do not 1 require all the wheat that
they are short at once, there will
probably be enough to go around.
There is considerable skepticism
among certain elements in the trade
in regard to the estimated require
ments. It has been a practice of
many statisticians for years to figure
out a shoitage in the world's visible
supply which has never materialized.
This tends to create the impression
that there will be enough wheal to
go around the world over, and that
prices are now at a point where only
heavy speculative buying will create
a further material advance."
And now England protests against
the annexation of Hawaii by - the
United States. England is the boss
land-grabber of the universe, and
only kicks now because she wants
Neckar island as a cable station.
She is land-poor -now, and it is only
a question of a few years until some
of her claims are going to be jumped
by the present occupants, who will
deny her title and cease to pay rent.
FROM THE KLONDIKE.
Haying read carefully the letters
from people on the Yukon to their
friends, we are now able to make an
accurate statement as to conditions
around the Klondike:
1. The reports concerning the
richness of the gold fields have been
grossly exaggerated.
2. There is no great scarcity of
food, and it is going to be more
scarce.
3. The gold reports have not
been exaggerated ; on the contrary,
the half has not been told.
4. There irf a scarcity of food,
but an abundance for all. v
5. Go by Dyea, only a fool would
go by St. Michaels.
(i. Go by St. Michaels, only a
long-eared ass would try any other
route.
7.
8.
9.
10.
It is the chance of your life.
You chance your life if you go.
The cold is intense.
The air is so dry you do not
know it is cold.
In view of all this we advise our
fiiends to eatl a whale before they
start, take money enough to last two
years, say $2500, and then iuyest it
in a farm and stay at home. If,
however, our' advice should not be
followed, for heaven's sake pay up
your subscription to this paper before
you leave. We draw the line on
waiting for our pay until the money
is unfrozen in the arctic circle.
Debs i falling over himself in Lis
wild desire to set himself right on
the strike question. lie now says:
"Strikes don't pay. All strikes are
lost ; they are useless ; they are
caused by the employing classes.
When capitalists get ready for a
strike they provoke it, knowing full
well that their' cause is won before
the conflict is begun."
The Oregonian thinks Mr. Geer's
declination almost epochal. So it
is, it marks the beginning of Mr.
Geer's decline. It also asserts that
'the fervor of the response in this
ense gives just cause for pride to
every honest man in the state." This
accounts for the Oregonian-Corbett
push being glad, but not proud.
A Washington paper that advo
cated the election of Governor
Rogers has become disgruntled, and
says that the governor "spits in the
faces of his friends." The Seattle
Post-Intel'igencer suggests that ''the
governor shows excellent taste in the
selection of his cuspidors.'
The Telegram says. "Mitchell Re
publicanism is running on deflated
tires. And it may be added that the
machine is out of Geer." The Tele
gram is right in one respect, when it
got out of Geer it lost its principal
supply of wind. ,
De Lome, the Spanish minister,
returned to Washington Wednesday,
and the politicians draw from this
the inference that the Cuban matter
is to be talked over between this
government and Spain.
An Experiment In Bowing-
Farmers near Garfield are trying an
experiment in sowing fall wheat. A few
sowed their early summer fallow to
wheat in June, and the grain is now
from four to six inches high and grow
ing nicely. The object of the early sow
ing is to get the seed in the ground be
fore the June rains so that all of it will
come np and get a good start before cold
weather.
Besides gettiog well-rooted, the wheat
makes fine fall pasture, lasting until the
ground is too damp to allow tramping.
Another advantage claimed is that the
wheat will be high enough during the
winter to hold the snow from blowing
off, and thus the roots will be protected
by the tops and the snow from the freez
ing and thawing of the ground, which,
in the past, has proved so disastrous to
winter wheat.
Senator McCroekey has 200 acres of
this wheat, wtiicb now affords splendid
pasture for stock, and there are several
other fields in this vicinity. One field
between Garfield and Farmington is
fully eix inches high, and covers the.
ground .with a perfect carpet, giving the
appearance of a field in June, and mak
ing a beautiful contrast with the fields
of ripened grain which surround it on
all aides. '.
Too L.ete for This Term.
. Several suits that were" intended to be
brought in the November term of court
will have to lay over until the February
term. The law provides, that in the
service of summons by publication the
summons shall, be inserted in a weekly
newspaper 'for such time as the judge
shall direct, but not less than once a
week for six successive weeks. The su
preme court has decided. that this means
the summons muat be printed seven
times, and that the defendant must be
cited to answer by the first day of the
term after the expiration of the sum
moos. As there. can only be six inser
tions in a weekly paper before court
meet?, November 8th, service by publi
cation cannot be had for the November
term.
MOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Thrilling Experience of the Engineer at
the K. & K. Mines.
A telephone message received laft
evening by ttie Democrat from- Bonrnr,
conveys the intelligence of the most
thrilling accidents and miraculous es
capes which has ever been recorded in
the history of Baker county's mining in
dustry. In some unaccountable manner the
engineer at the Eureka & Excelsior
mines' slipped and fell into the mam
moth fly wheel, which is twenty feet in
diameter and runs at the frightful speed
of 125 revolutions per minute. None of
the employes of the mine were witnesses
to the fall of the engineer and for an honr
and a quarter the helpless man was
whirled around on his fearfnl ride at the
rate of nearly 100 miles and hour. When
hie awful position was discovered and
ponderous machinery at last brought to
a standstill . the hapless engineer had
actually travelled 110 miles. He was
taken ont, seemingly breathless and
more dead than alive, bnt when be was
brought to consciousness, most wonder
derful to relate, it was found that his
injuries were simply a lot of painful
bruises, none of which are in any sense
serious.
William Orr Killed.
William Orr, an employe of the Walla
Walla Gas & Electric Co., suffered a
horrible death Saturday morning by
being crushed benoath a falling pole.
Mr. Orr, in company with John
Mayer and Henry Lunsford, was en
gaged in removing the electric 1'ght
wires on Fourth street, near the old W.
& C. R. depot,' when a rotten pole gaye
way, dashing him a distance of sixty
feet to the ground. Orr was beneath
the pole when he strnck the earth, the
full weight of the pole resting on his
breast and crushing the lower part of
his body beyond all semblance of hu
manity. While tailing be made repeat
ed attempts to swing clear of the pole,
and when, as it neared the ground, it
seemed to become evident to him that
he could, not succeed, he was heard to
exclaim, "Oh my God!" .
Although frightfully mangled, he sur
vived until he had been taken to St
Mary's hospital whore he expired while
Drs. Cropp and Nelma were endeavoring
to ascertain the extent of his injuries.
Orr bad been a resident of Walla
Walla for a considerable time and bore a
good reputation. He leaves one child, a
daughter, who is at present in Spokane.
His wife deserted him in 1894.
Dancing Party Lilt Night.
A most enjoyable dancing party was
given at K. of P. ball Thursday night by
the friends of Mies Bnrkhardt, who is
visiting in this city, and in her honor.
About twenty-five couples were present,
and as the floor was in unusually good
condition, and 'the music, furnished by
Prot. Birgfeld and Miss Schmidt, of
the veiy best kind, the dancing was
entered into with enthusiasm. The fol
lowing were present :
.Mr and Mrs Varney, Mr and Mrs
Menefee, Mr. and (Mrs.x Filloon, Judge
and Mrs Blakeley, Mr and Mrs Garret'
son, Mrs Briggs, Misses Bertha Burk
hardt,' Etta Story, Minnie Lay, Clara
Davis, Benlah Patterson, Dorothy Fred
den, Lizzie Schooling, Maude Kuhne,
M Bottorff, Eva Slusher and Blanche
Dufur of Dufur, E Crooks and M Crooks
of Prineville; Messrs. F Dietzel, F
Cram, G Mays, T Purdy, A Clarke, E
Wingate, R Gorman, J Bonn, C Clarke,
G Dufur, W Fredden, H Liebe, F Wil
eon, J Hampshire, A McCulIy, A L
Gude. '
Lost and Found.
Vernon, the 2)-year-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Caldwel1, wandered
away from his home at Condon Friday
morning. His mother supposed he had
gone with his father out to his grand
mothers, so no alarm was felt until the
father returned. Then It was growing
dark, but all the town of Condon turned
out with lanterns to search for him. In
the meanwhile Ernest Jones, one of the
threshing crew who were on the Palmer
place, about four miles from town,
$20002:
. Any baking, powder will
lighten your cake, if that's all
you want. Some are stronger
than others, some more whole
some. .
Schilling's Best is both and
more too. '
Saa Francisco
2001
heard, about 11 o'clock at night, what
he thought was a baby crying among
the rocks near where the crew was
camped, and on investigation he found
the little fellow crying as if his heart
was broken. He was soon taken to
camp and ted, while one of the men
volunteered to go to Condon and report
the find ; and so the baby was soon re
stored to hia parents.
GREASING THE ELEPHANTS.
Bhiaoceroa, Too, Coated Twice a. Year
with Keatafoot Oil.
Twice a year, the elephants a Ad the
rhinoceros in "the Central park menag- .
erie get-a coating1 of neatsfoot oil, -which,
is thoroughly rubbed in with the palm,
of -the hand, says the Xew York Sun.
The oilingana the manipulation cleanse
the skin, remove the dead skin and open
the pores, freshen the animals up and
improve their health, and they seem
to like the process. The oiling is done
only in the spring and summer; if done
tn winter the animal's would likely take
cold from- it. The rhinoceros at the
park is in good condition and lively and
rather frisky for bo big a brute. Some
times it steps about with a step that
is very much like a dancing step and
likeiy to surprise one who sees it for
tfhe. first time end has been accustomed
to regard the rhinoceros as an ani
mal -always slow and lumbering in its
is cleaned, out, which is done daily, the
keeper first (attracts the great creature
to one side with a tempting mess. oC
food. Then he slips a noose of rope
over the animal's born and settles it
down around the neck and makes the
other end fast around a bar or two of
the elephant's cage adjoining. This rs
done to keep the rhinoceros from pitch
ing into the keeper if it should take a
notion. The same precaution is taken
when the rhinoceros is oiled. The ele
phants, hewever, kneel at the word of
command. It is not necessary to plant
a ladder against them in order to reach
the upper part of their sides in rubbing
in the oil.
CHARACTER IN THE HAIR. '
Students of the Subject Claim Much
Merit In the Theory.
Tt is a pretty hard thing to conceal
nnp's true character nowaduvs. A new
fad is hair reading, and this is said to
"give us away" in an unpleasantly ac
curate manner. The new science is not
fully developed yet, but its devotees
have already discovered manv interest
ing facts and are constantly searching
for more, says an exchange.
Fine hair is said to denote gentl
birth, and the amount of care the hair
shows will determine the mode of life.
It is also claimed that the closer the
ends of Wve hair cling together, that is,
naturally, without artificial force, the
greater is the intellectuality the owner
possesses. A tendency to curl denotes
inherent grace and a poetic nature.
Straight hair is the si$m of a firm, posi
tive and practical disposition. Such
bad qualities as treachery and jealousy
are generally found in people with
black, lusterlcss hair. The lighter the
hair the more sensitive and "touchy"
the owner generally is. Brown hair
must be a very dvsirafole thing to pos
sess, for the hair readers say it is al
ways found on. people having in a high
degree common sense, good judgment
and reason. Bed hair is a sign of hon
esty and also of cleverness. Nothing
whatever is said about freaks of tem
per as an accompaniment to red hair. It
may therefore be safe to conclude that
another popular idea has been dissolved
by the searchlight of science and in
vestigation. Methodist Choreh Entertainment.
The following program will be ren
dered at the Methodist church this
evening, under the anspices of the ladies
of the Good Intent Society :
Duet.. Lulu Nichols and Anna Reynolds
Recitation... Constarce French
Solo ; Dr. Lannerburg
Heading Mrs. Reynolds
Dnet. .'. Messrs. Landers and Parrott
An admission of 15 cents will be
charged, and sandwiches, coffee, cake,
etc., will be served after the entertain
ment. A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
Tea Dollars a Week for Eight.
It does not seem possible that the
table for eight people can be provided
for $10 a week. But Mrs. Borer, the
most famous cook in America, says it
can be done. She has tried it and
knows. She proves - her case in The
Ladies' Home Journal for October. She
gives twenty-one menus covering a
week's meals, and gives full, practical
directions bv which- any woman can
make as attractive meals as Mrs. Borer
explains, for this small sum of $10. '
Taxpayers, Attention.
This is my last and final call to you,
as tbe county court has issued an im
perative order.
By virtue of a warrant to me directed,
issued, by the clerk of the county court
of the state of Oregon for the county of
Waeco, commanding me to collect the
delinquent, conuty, state and other
taxes, I will, on the 1st day of October,
1897, without further notice, levy upon
and sell all property upon which taxes
remain unpaid. T. J. Deiveb.
Sheriff.
To Batter Makers.
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 $182 in 36 days. To show it, is
to make sale. I advise any one wish
ing a churn or a good paying business of
their own to write to the TJ. 8. Novelty -Mrg.
Co., 1517 Olive Street, St. Louis,
Mo. Subscriber.