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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1897.
The Weekly Ghroniele. i
- Weekly ClnbblDf; Kates.
Chronicle and Oregonian. . . . .$2 25
Chronicle and Examiner. . 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune....:...:.:: 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World. ... .... 2 00
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Judge..
ood example in the matter cf re
tiring taxes, which every other
county in Oregon and Washington
would do well to follow. .-The rate
of assessment in Walla Wnlla has
been reduced neaily a mill, and
while this is not a noticeably large
reduction, still it is a showing on the
rteht side of the ledger. Taxes are
better than those of last year is evi
dent, but whether they will be able
to supply as large a quantity as that
nameil for export must remain a
matter of doubt until after the new
year has begun. Meanwhile the ac
tivity of the export demand will be
likely to influence the course of
American markets strongly, and for
.Robt. MaVs too hioh everywhere, and have be- that reason the demand may be as
I'm. Keuav come a drain on all lealtimate busi- far concealed and also deferred as
C. L. Phillip :- . .". . .. , . . , .....
ja.s. Biowere ness. The need for , reform in this possioie, in oraer to avoia lining me
id.b. Kirasey .. . - . ... ..: 1.
Aessor . W.H.Vhiotle direction is a nressini? one. ana me price uuui eusa"euieiiuj lur
nurvevor j. jj. xujt - ... .
saprintendentofPubUcBchooi.c.L,oiibert opportunities for improvement are
Croner W. H. Butts 5;., .
Count
Sheriff
' Clerk
Treaaurerv.
Commissi oners. ..
STATE OFFICIALS.
Soveraor.... .." W. P. Lord
Secretary of State HE Klncaid
Treasurer ...-Phillip Metschan
Bupt. ol public instruction... .u. si. lrwiu
Attorney-General... ..CM. Idleman
a.t-. )G. W.McBride
Senators .... jj H MUcneU
t -. .. (B Hermann
1W. R. EUis
BUte Printer.. ....Vi. H. Leeds
THE FARMERS' GOOD FORTUNE.
PROFIT FROM EXPERIENCE.
The October trade estimates of
wheat yield aie substantially agreed.
A month, or two ago the two gener
ally regarded as entitled to most con
fidence were about 30,000,000 bus h
els apart; now one reckons a yield of
580,000,000 and the other 589,000,-
000 bushels, though the two state
foreign
use have been largely made.
For American farmers, in any
case, the oulook is nigmy encour
aging, though it may not warrant
them in trying to keep back from
market too large a share of their
grain until after January 1st.
surmises of a shortage in the wheat
crop. Russia will be a small export
er this year. Late reports from Ar
gentine Republic tells of damage
done by drouths and frost. This
injury may be only partial, however.
Accounts from India are quite favor
able both as to the crops harvested
or to be harvested this fall, and as
regards the selling of the grain to be
gathered in the spring. But as India
has no surplus on hand, there will
be.a larger demand for home con
sumption. Altogether, the prospect
of wheat remaining at the present
figures or better seems very good.
Portland business men are making
what seems a determined effort to
rerain the trade which once was her's.
but has since-been directed to other estimate by more than 120,000,000
nUn. ' a ' fnnr , oor., ttht- bushels, and the course of the market
--... " . sufficiently proves how little confl-
ctci uuoiucoa nag uuuc ucicccu i -
Alaska and the Northwest, Portland
. LEPEW ON VANDERBILT.
A statue of Commodore Vande'r
bilt.was unveiled yesterday at the
Vanderbilt university at Nashville,'
ment3 differ as to acreage and yield and Chauncey M. Depew, who might
. . . . t 1 t. ,1 .t I t 1 A. f A. 1
per acre, jsoth exceed the oinciai nave uau . me niguesi ipuonc uonors
had the lion's share; but now Seattle
is clearly in the lead in this northern
trade. Lately where one steamer
went from Portland a dozen or more I
deuce is given to estimates based on
erroneous accounts of acieage car-
if he had "bitched his chariot to a
star" instead of marketing his genius
to rich men and great corporations.
was1 orator of the occasion. Van-
derbllt's achievements were correet-
ried forward for years past by the ly epitomized in a single sentence of
department, which it has not ye re- Mr. Depew s address: . "At sixteen,
constructed, "Were there supposed borrowing a hundred dollars from
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w en.i- .t, : l. roue any uossiumiy tnai uiu yieiu "io uiumci, uc iregau me uaiue ui
ictb ocdttic. uuu luc icauib 111 luc i - - - i ,
.' wholesale business of the two cities of wbeat would Prove less than 480' llfe' and he d,ed ' the richest man
s6on became apparent. The advan- 00'000 bushels the Pnce would not 10 the worId' Wltb lbe ter
tij a .- .1.:. be lagging below il a bushel, for all having made more money than was
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regard has been transferred to Seat- esumates 01 "re'Sn neeus are sup- ""uu"i"cu "im
ported by an export demand which A hat is to say, he was tne greatest
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continues unusually large for the and most successful property hog the
season. ' world has ever known
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In the fiscal year 1892-'93 the ex- With admirable frankness Mr. De-
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ports of wbeat and flour were 192,-1 pew sets foith the methods by which
000,000 bushels, of which 51,000,000 Vanderbilt rolled up his great for
bushels went out in the first quarter, tune: "For sixty-six years Commo-
This year the exports in the first dore Vanderbilt wa3 in tjerpetual
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Tnrihct. .;tioc t,r.A or. f it I,.. qcr nave oeen over oz.uuu.uuu wanaic. iiuii it, iu iue nanare ui
.A.' V VU -OU VlUIViff 4J V OKJ AMI IV UU & I
t 1 bushels, and foreign advices indicate crushing his competitors. "He neither
uumc ou, uub tuc gaj uiia uccii nvu I I
derfully shortened bv the energy and a shortaSe 100,000,000 bushels great- asked nor gave quarters. He nlti
.mv:f;nn f 11,. . .iit... a cui. er una nsoii. in me last, iour years maieiy remaineu master 01 tue
' lL. . m at li3U
and there are not, wanting those who lnp exports rrom mis couniry nave uem
think that the oueen citv of the averaSed slightly over 145,000,000 Mr. Depew has left
Sound will in a few years be the me- busbels, and were slightly more than
trnnniia nf Hrorrnr, on w.cKinn that quantity last year, so that the
tie, and to regain it will be an up hill
struggle. . Il remains to be seen
whether the task can be accom
plished.
In previous years Portland had
a superiority in situation, wealth and
population, which it seemed would
always keep it in the lead ot the
The steamship companies and the
newspapers have begun the sprin
campaign for Klondike. More oil
cans full of gold have been discov
ered, and men have been heard of
who have taken out the precious
metal as fast as k could be dug. All
this, however, will little avail the
hungry miners at Dawson City. No
picture ot human happening was
ever painted where the light was of
prettier tint or the dark lines of
blacker setting than the scene of
wealth and hardship at Klondike.
There may be a diversity of opin
ions as to the government creating a
new territory out of Alaska, but all
will agree that if such action takes
place, the appropriate name of the
tenitory would be Lincoln. As the
mists of passion fade away, the char
acter of the great war president
stands out in clearer light, and his
wonderful sagasity and undying pa
triotism make his a name for the
American people to conjure with in
the j'ears to come. V
It will be harder for Portland to re-
increase in foreign deficit would im-
nothing want
ing in his efforts to set forth Vander
bilt's character and achievements.
He even tells what might 4iave been
it the hard old fighter had been less
greedy and more oonsiderate' and
tender hearted: "Ordinarily his ca
reer would have been . to work on
until be could have taken a little
farm himself, run in debt for it and
depend altogether upon the country
trade for our sustenance, but to seek
to enhance our commercial prosper
ity by the establishment of manu
facturing industries.
lbe subject is a tnreadbare one,
' but its irrportance becomes more ap
parent every day.
Mr Depew has sketched Vander-
bilt's real character with a fidelity
that is almost brutal: "The needy
onin hor ict Bnnramarrr tr. f piy a neea oi Z4,uuu,uuu Dusneis
& " . , .... .
retained it when she once had it. lrom Wl9 country unless roreign con
This is a condition in which we do sumption should be restricted, or the
not want to see The Dalles rJaced. -rwl l" uuuie 1U lier
As regards the trade of Eastern shnld exceed expectations.
Oregon, it has come to us heretofore - Thfr markets not only discard the
without an effort. All roads have official estimates. but evidently in- labor half his life in the effort to pay
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led to The Dalles, and without offer- cune . 10 RCCePt lDe nignesi ngures uu tue mortgage. a uat was tue
!nQmot. ti,.n as .probable, because the price has common lot of the suo-stratum of
iuuuviiujvuu ouuu I 1
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reasonable dealing and low prices, ueen QePressea y realizing 01 greai society, accorumg ro xur. uqiev.,
,hr.t i, s- o -fifio speculative pools, and yet has not upon which Vanderbilt erected his
vui luciuuauu nave uuuc a mvubauic 1 - v 1
business. But we cannot expect this IUlea at any time below about 93 great lortune
nn;n.,o oim mt, cents. When it is considered that Mr. Depew then gives us a view
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special efforts to cement our trade no 8Uca Pnce Das oeen rcanzea m v acueruut a conLronmg motives:
relations with the interior. We SePttmber or October since 1891, "He delighted in money-making, but
must see to it that the roads leading wben the foreign demand took over like all masterful men, . he loved
fmmn,.fn .i.0 i,k,tnf 225,000,000 bushels from the only power. It was equally dad-
a a vm via v iu Anti iu kj uvv J I I I
repair, and that new thoroughfares 1 cucu l s.Uo vl "6"
be built wherever there is need. But ,current estimates for this year, it count of the rapidity with which h 2
it is also the part of wisdom not to must .be accepted as the judgment of changed his policy. , 'Wall Street
tne maiKet that the yield has been owes me a million a year, 1 Heard
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large enough to. provide about as him sa', and until the last he collect-
great a surplus for export as was ed that, and in some years many
shipped in -1892. If that quantity, millions."
192,000,000 bushels, should be found
to suffice with some decrease in for
eign consumption, the crop would
have to be 584,000,000 bushels to and they who were unable to breast
meet the demand without further re- the waves of adversity or make their
Is'The Dalles going to take a step during stocks remaining at the end way in the world appealed to him
forward or slip a' peg backwards this of the crop year, which were the low- He never answered them. He
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year? Remain stationary it cannot, est July 1st for' the last six years, possessed neither sympathy or sen
Cities, like people', must either im- Any prospect of material reduction timent
prove on deteriorate. Constant vig- in the stock carried over would tend If this were all that could be said
ilance is the price of progress. . Fore- almost irresistibly to higher prices of Commodore Vanderbilt, his mem
thought must be used which will than have yet been realized this j-ear. ory would indeed by a sorry thing
picture future conditions, and plans Thus the general opinion, as well to honor with a stately monument.
laid for meeting them. No one as the information of the crop re- But Mr. Depew, who knew him well.
need tninK the conditions in Oregon porters entitled to most confidence, and wnose candor in analyzing bis
will be, during the next ten years, seems to be that the yield of 1897 bad qualities with the good, justifies
what they were during the last dec- will be found not far from 590,000,- the belief that he has not drawn a
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ade. Competition is keener, our 000 bushels, affording enough, and false line in this character sketch,
position is less isolated, and we mnst yet little more than enough, to sup. credits him with the qualities of
struggle even to maintain the pres- ply over. 190,000,000 bushels for for- public spirit, sterling integrity, fidel-
tige we now possess. The Dalles eign needs without material reduc- ity to his associates and rugged pa-
snouia maKe great strides during the non 01 stocks in reserve, uut the tnotism. inese are nne traits, but
next three j'ears ; but we never can question which remains, and which in the character of Vanderbilt they
do it unless an energetic move is will greatly influence the course of were eclipsed by his overshadowing
made . to - establish industries here the markets hereafter, is whether the greed for money and power, and Mr.
which will support pay rolls and con- needs of foreign countries can be Depew makes no claim to the con
sume -.'the. natural products of the I met with no greater supplies from trary. The Vanderbilt millions can
country. Such a move has become the United States. If estimates of buy a monument for the old commo
a necessity, and it , should be the foreign trade journals and experts dore, but Mr. Depew has made it
proud duty of every citizen to assist and of foreign governments are ap-1 plain that they cannot buy him to
in its consummation. The press of proximately correct, a larger quan- stand before the young men and
The Dalles Las long pointed out this tity will be required, even if there women of the country and draw a
need, and if constant rubbing will should come from Argentina and false character sketch of the crafty
wear away the stone, then some dayj other countries after January over old money-getter. Spokane Review,
success will crown the effort. ! 50,000,000 bushels "more than such
" ! ; countries have furnished in recent! Additional reports from . the Eu
.Walla , alia county is setting a years. That their crops promise ropean countries confirm the first
The farmers of Eastern Oregon are
in an enviable position. Verv
many of them are paying off the
mortgages which for j'ears have been
troubling them, and not a few will
see a surplus left them -when their
srop is all sold. The ordeal through
which the farmers have passed the
last four years has been a severe one,
but those who have met it with a de
termination not to go in debt at all
hazards are the ones who have
weathered it the most successfully,
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Parties wishing to see large gate in Operation can ido so by visiting
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ORCHARDS - Xi. Xi. VJUOIUN.
THE DALLES, OR.
THE VIRTUE MINE ACCIDENT
Coroners Jury Decided Maddox' Death
Waa Accidental. ,
SlOO Reward 100
T.ie readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all itsjtage8, and
that ia Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Care is
the only positive .care known to the
medical, fraternity. ; Catarrh being
constitutional disease, requires a cousti
tutioual treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Care is taken internally, acting directly
apon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the tonn
dation of the disease, and giving the
patient etrengtn Dv Dailding np tne con
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its wortc. ine proprietors nave so much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it faMs to cure. -Send for list of
testimonials. . Address : -
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Ma 001a oy uruggists, 10 cents;
No. 2-8.
A LEARNED HERMIT.
Wise Coiintry Folk Are Slach Inter
estod in Him.
Ia the edge of Wise county, Va., not
far from Pound Gap, lives one of the
most scholarly men ia the south. He is
a . hermit, living1 in a mountain cabin
with no companion save his dogs, says
the at. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Forty years ago Henry Lewis was a
leading society man of Baltimore, but
the girl whom he loved proved false.
He fled to the old world, hoping . to
drown his love amid the gay scenes of
Paris, London and Rome. Later he
went to Egypt, passed through Asia
and returned to America the day after
Fort Sumter was fired upon.
He joined the confederate army and
served with distinction to the close of
the war. After the v.-ar Lewis bought
his mountain cabin and has been liv
ing the life of a recluse ever since. He
has a fine library, of which he makes
good use.'
. Once a month he goes to the neigh
boring village and lays in his supplies
Me is a fine linguist and is well versed
in geology, mineralogy, ornithology,
but never talks upon these subjects un
less requested to do so by those who
visit him. -
Lewis is hearing 70 and is growing
feebler every day and it can't be long
Deiore he passes away. It is the opinion
of the country folk that Lewis is only
an assumed name and that on his death
bed he will reveal his identity,
Consumption in Qontst.
It has heretofore been supposed that
the goat is practically proof against
tubercular disease, but Bulling, a Ger
man physician recently records a case
of elementary tuberculosis in which
both lungs were adherent, and a con
siderable portion of the lungs was filled
with tubercular masses. The goat was
six years of age, and was daily driven
to town, where -it furnished milk for
invalids, a class of persons who are
most suscefptible to tuberculosis. . It is
evident that goat's milk requires steril
izing as much as cow's milk. Good
Health.
Farther particulars of the explosion
of dynamite in the Virtue mine, in Ba
ker county, last Saturday, when James
P. Maddox was killed, are to the effect
that James Mackintoshes leg was bro
ken. Mr. Maddox - was not instantly
killed by the explosion, as is explained
by the miner who went with him to the
giant powder magazine. Joseph T
Higgins and James F. Maddox, the ac
cident s victims, went to tne magazine
in which there was from twenty-five to
one hundred pounds of explosive, and
were there for the ' purpose of getting
powder and making primers. Maddox
candle waa pnt on a shelf and he was
cutting some fuse, when the candle,
which was in an improvised wire stick,
fell and the blaze instantly ignited the
powder.
Both Maddock and Higgins tried at
first to pat oat the blazing candle, and
as they could not do so, the latter picked
np a box of giant powder and ran twen
ty feet with it. Higgins ran on in the
dark and heard at first two light explo
sions, at if caused by two sticks of pow
der. After he heard the first blast he
ran about 200 feet, when he was knocked
down by a terrific explosion and crawl
ed on his hands-and knees to the station,
where be remained with his head cov
ered with his jacket to keep from smoth
ering from the gas, until be was rescued
by Messrs. Comstock and Hennesy. -Mr.
Hennesy states that he heard the
explosion while he was at work in the
mine and went - directly to the scene
with Mr. Comstock, finding the unfor
tunate Maddox about 200 feet from the
magazine. Maddox, who waa covered
with rubbish from the explosion, was
carried to the surface by the above men
and others, and lived for about one hour
from the time he waa found. Hia death
waa caused by - frightful . injuries and
bruises on the back of hia head, neck
and back, and did not revover con
sciousness. . '
The coroner's jury decided that Mad
dox' death was caused pnrely by acci
dent.
. Yesterday's Races.
who, by the way, ia bnt a young horse,
did very pretty work and broke but '
once during the race. ' This waa also
won by Meteor in 1 :34.
In the third heat the little pacer,
AllenS., tripped on the start, which
caused him to break and lose ground,
but he gained gradually, and though,
the race waa very cIobs, the judgea de
cided in favor of the pacer.
As another heat had to be run, the
reporter could not wait for the decision.
Are Grateful.
At a meeting of St. Paul's Guild yes
terday it was voted to express gratitude
toward those ladies and gentlemen who
so kindly and canablv took the solo
parts in ''Pinafore," and to the sailors
and "relatives" who so greatly assisted
in making it a success. The Guild also
wishes' ita thanks expressed to Mr.
Ernest Jensen for the attractive ar
rangement of the stage, and to all others
who gave them kind assistance.
Alice S. Sheldon, Pres,
' Lulu D. Cbajjcall, Secy. "
Regulator Line
Tie Dalles. Portland and Astoria
Navigation Co.'
The prettiest race that has ever been
seen on a Dallea track waa the one be
tween Island Lass, Pathmount and De
ceiver.
In the first heat Pathmount won, bnt
had nothing to spare, aa Deceiver waa
close by the brown Btallion's side when
they passed under the wire. The second
heat wa8 very close from beginning to
end, but after the last quarter pole was
passed, Deceiver worked ahead and came
out a half neck length in the lead. . The
next two heats were taken by Path'
mount, which entitled him - to first
money and the honor of having lowered
the track record seconds. . Deceiver
took aecond prize.
The three-eighth mile dash, between
New Moon, Harry N. and Suretta, waa
not eo interesting as the other races.
New Moon was left by twenty yarda on
the start, and gained very little daring
the race. Harry N. won the $100 parse,
with Suretta second, the time being 38a-
A great deal of interest waa taken in
the pony race, which was a three-eighth
mile dash between Little Pete, Princess,
Cricket and Silver . Dick. Cricket took
the lead, with Silver Dick second, and
everyone eaw at a glance that one of
those two had the race. Up to the one-
eighth mile post Cricket held her own ;
bat as they turned on the home stretch
the larger and faster pony began gain
ing, and beat by bia own length. -
This ended the races for the day. .
At tne Fir Today. .
sirs. Regulator & Dalles City
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II so, save money and enjoy a beautiful trip on
the Columbia. The west-bound train arrives at
The Dalles in ample time for passengers to take
the steamer, arriving- In Portland in time for the .
outgoing Southern and Northern trains;. East-,
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to take the East-bound train.
For further Information apply to
J. N. HARNEY, Agent,
. Oak Street Dock. Portland, Oregon,
Or W. C. ALLAWAY, Gen. Agt,
The Dalles. Oregon
THE
NEW YORK WORLD
THRICE-fl-WEEK EDITIOjl.
IS Pases Week. 156 Papers Tear
The crowd at the gronnds today was
larger than on any preceeding day, and
great deal of interest was taken in the
races. Pools sold readily on the trotting
and ' pacing race, which waa between
Meteor, Allen S. and Leland W. .
The first heat waa doubtfnl for a time,
but Schilling's Leland W. broke and
ran almost the last half mile. This left
the. con test between Meteor and Allen
S., and the former won by his own
length in 1 :38i. The second heat waa
closer than the first, and Leland W.,
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