. THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1897.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
COPXTY OFFICIALS. .
County Judge.....
Sheriff.
Clerk
Treasurer...;
Commissioner...
Assessor
......Robt. Mays
T. J. Driver
.....A M. Kelsav
....C. L. fhillips
(A. 8. Blowers
(D. 8. Kimsey
.. W. II. Whipple
Surveyor.
..j. a. noil
Superintendent of Public BcbooU...C. L. Gilbert
uaroner. ....... ... ........ . xi. xut us
STATU OFFICIALS.
Ojvernor.....
Secretary ol State
Treasurer '.
Bupt. of Public Instruction
' Attorney-General
Senators '.
.Congressmen. ,
State Printer. .....
....... ..W. P. Lord
H K Kiucaid
...Phillip Metschan
G. M. Irwin
CM. Idleman
(G. W. McBride
JJ.-H. Mitchell
( B Hermann
jw: R. Ellis
W. H. Leeds
. Weekly Clobblng Bate.
Chronicle and Oregonian. . .-. .$2 2i
Chronicle and Examiner 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World. 2 00
GOLF.
' The New York Herald is enthusi
astic over the new game of golf.
"which it thinks is proving the salva
tion of the "delicate American girl,
Of all the rot the great papers of the
effete East are indulging in, the crazy
indorsement of every foolish " fad
that gives . outdoor exercise is the
"rottiest." Eve never swung
'caddy" or had a dozen tired little
urchins carrying her "shinny sticks,
Cleopatra was so bealtby that she had
to be snaked out of the world, but
she never cndeed a golf ball over a
thousand acres of ground.
Undoubtedly golf is beneficial to
the be-corseted, gimlet-waisted, eye
glassed and bone besnankeu repre
sentatives of the New York and
Boston uppertendora, but for the
American girl wbu finds her exercise
in household duties, well performed
who puts on a gingham apron and
finds health and color in work, golf
Is not needed. A good saddle horse
ia wx.Mi r, - lnnltl. . . - U
shipload of shinny balls; a broad-
soled pair of shoes, backed by
desire to climb the hills and become
acquainted with nature, is more val
uable than armloads of crook-necked
.sticks, with the accompan3'ing inan
ities, the eye-glassed dudes.
Why seek golf when drills are . to
be pounded, dishes to be washed,
Tooms to be swept, shovels and
planes, hammers and saws and forges,
and the thousands of utilitarian
- things are demanding attention. The
proper thing when a bifurcated dude
and a wasp-waisted dudess go glam
ouring over the links, is for some
able-bodied man to take their clubs
from them, and out of regard tor the
balance of humanity, knock the
measly combination in the head.
ALASKAN CLIMATE.
A few 3'ears ago the United States
coast and geodetic survey made a
series of six months observations on
the Yukon river, not far from the
Klondike. . As these observations
extended from October to April,
their records afford a reliable test of
the winter climate which may be ex
pected by persons going into that
country. The average temperature
fnr Opr.nl.Ar wna 9.51 altnva 7arn frr
November, 8 above zero; December,
11 below zero; Januaiy, 17 below
zero; February, 15 below zero;
March, G above zero, and April, 20
above zero. Fcr 168 days the tem
perature remained below the freezing
point. .
The lowest temperatures registered
during the winter were: November,
32 below zero; December, 47 below
zero; January, 59 below zero: Feb
ruary, 55 below zero; March, 45 be
low zero; and April, 26 below zero.
The greatest continuous cold occurred
in February, when the average for
five days as 47 below zero.
In the Klondike region , in mid
winter the sun rises from 9 :30 to 1 0
a. m., and sets from 2 to 3 p. m. In
Jane the sun rises about 1:30 in the
morning, and ' sets about 9 p. m.,
giving about twenty hours of day
light and four hours of twilight.
"Writing with reference to these
records, Professor Willis L. Moore,
chief of the weather bureau, says:
"Alaska is a land of striking con
trasts, both in climate and topogra
phy When the sun shines, the at
mosphere is remarkably clear the
scenic effects - are magnificent, all
nature seems to be in holiday attire.
But the scene rfiay change very
quickly; the sky become overcast;
the winds increase in force, rains be
gin to fall, the evergreens sigh om-
niauslv. and utter desolation and
loneliness prevails."
' SIGNS AND PORTENTS.
Generations diss away, bot the
weather prophet is always with us.
It is passing strange that presumably
intelligent people imagine the winter
weather that js to be is photographed
in colors on the "soose bone, . or
that the internal organs of the every
day hog are, certain prognosticators
of weather yet to be. The weather-
wise find an abuudant crop of acorns,
and at once conclude that Nature,
havinff made ur her mind to "bust
c? .
the water pipes and their owners,
has especially provided for the squir
rel. They see a thick husk on the
corn, and at once reach the conclu
sion that good old' Dame Nature,
while preparing to freeze unsuspect
ing humanity, has carefully covered
the ears and the corns of the great
maize fields. The sun that stood
still for Joshua dares not monkey
with the seldom ground hog, and the
moon alone can look after the farm
ers' r,oot crops and tke care of his
fence posts.
In fact, intelligent man is asked
by the. weather prophets, who base
their predictions on the old-time
signs, to oeware or .rague ana taue
up with the ground squirrels; to
avoid the government reports, and
watch the ground hogs; to drop
Hicks and give faith to hog melt and
goose bone.
1 Rcmulus killed Remus over a por
tent, and Belshazzar did not survive
a sign, and yet it strikes us that the
barometer is a better weather indica
tor than the hogs' innards, and the
thermometer a better gauge of the
temperature than the breast bone of
goose fresh from the lower Yukon.
SCOTT'S IDEA.
Tammany would have been beaten
in New York, and decent municipal
government maintained, but for
Piatt and bossism. Piatt is the 'boss
politician of the state fit New York,
as Mitchell is the boss, or assumes to
be the boss, of the state of Oregon
Bossism everywhere takes its stand
against decent and economical gov
ernment. Low, who is a Republican
of unquestioned .integrity, was re
jected by Piatt, because Piatt could
not use him. . Piatt preferred the
success of Tammany. So Mitchell
ism here preferred the success of
Pennoyerisni, and now is making
combinations with Pennoyerism for
the June election. Oregonian.
Undoubtedly there will be some
gain of revenue after a while, under
the Dingley law; but there is grave
reason to question whether tne in
come under the law ever will come
up to the scale of expenditure to
which the treasury Las been com
mitted. - So long as the pension roll
shall continue to call for sums so
enormous as those paid out during
the last six or eight years, it can
hardly be doubted that the treasury
deficit .will be steady and large, no
matter what the revenue laws may
be. Oregonian.
The editor of the Oregonian is
much disturbed over the course the
delegation , arid ex-Senator Mitchell
are liable to pursue on the freercoin
age of silver question. The editor
knows, as well as the balance of us
ess intelligent people know, that the
silver question is as dead as Pick's
mother. - The Oregonian asserts and
re-asserts this fact, yet, owing to its
hatred of Mitchell, it resurrects this
dead duck and flaunts its foul-smelling
carcass in the face of its readers.
Mitchell was a believer in free silver,
so was Ellis. So was the editor of
the Oregonian, and even our massive
intellect took . a leaning that way.
But the issue is dead. Mitchell
knows it, the editor of the Oregonian
knows it. and we assert it What
the devil does Scott care about free
silver, any way ? He knows that in
the next congiess it will not have
standing room ; but having ransacked
the , cellai and garret of Senator
Mitchell's political honse, he can
only find one thing upon which he
may base a complaint, and that is
that Senator Mitchell at one time
held the same financial views the Or
egonian advocated. He' is ashamed
of it, it is true, but the Oregonian
seems never to grow weary of twit-
tins him of. the fact .
THE WHEAT TRADE.,
The month of October was a lively
one in shipping circles. Twenty ves
sels cleared from Portland foreign,
eighteen 'carrying 1,185,004 centals
wheat, and two of them carrying
55,045 barrels of flour. The re
ceipts of wheat continue quite heavy,
but the exports are not up to expec
tation, on accounts of the slow arri
val of Ships to carry the grain away
Exporters are complaining over this,
and unless vessel? arrive with more
rapidity, we can can look for a
heavy gain blockade here Offerings
during the week were quite heavy,
but exporters are noi Very anxious
to secure wheat at the present time,
having all they want on dock here.
During the past week, the . tendency
of the wheat market has been tow
ards a lower range of . values, accom
panied by a check to the export de
man 3. With weak foroign advices
and pronounced downward move
ment at New York and Chicago, it
is not at an surprising . mat local
buyers have reduced bids and show
less inclination to operate. . There is
some increase, in offerings, and hold
ers who were quite independent
about selling a fortnight ago are now
willing to talk business at the prices
obtainable at that time, and ' are dis
appointed that they cannot market
holdings at late extremes, and can
not understand ' that, as the season
advances, better prices are not ob
tainable Locally, very little business has
been transacted during the week.
Buyers have redufed their limits to
79c for Walla Walla" club,' 8 lc for
bluestem, 82c for Valley per bushel.
Holders, however, are not inclined to
sell at these quotations, claiming that
they are obliged to pay much higher
prices to the farmer to draw out sup
plies.. Competition among interior
buyers was less active than during
the previous week. Commercial
Review, Portland. .
YELLOW JIM-JIMS.
Scott, of the Oregonian, has con
templated the political horizon
through gold rimmed glasses until
the whole eastern sky is to him, at
least, a deep and glorious yellow.
Everything is gold, and he is as crazi-
ly excited as a tenderfoot in the
Klondike with a thousand dollars to
the pan. He eats, sleeps, dreams and
drivels gold. Like poor Caudle,
after a certain lecture delivered by
bis wife on the subject of umbrellas,
and who dreamed the sky was a vast
blue cotton specimen of that article,
so Scott sees nothing above, below or
around him but gold. The very air
is auriferous, and everywhere he sees
the magnified image of John II.
Mitchell, feeding upon and destroy
ing the golden glamour. Hobgob
lins pursue his thoughts, visions of
devouring fiends in the shape of free
silver advocates haunt his dreams,
and like Miss Kilmansegg, who slept
with her golden leg under her pillow,
he. will wake sorre time on the other
shore only to find that his skull had
been cracked in this by the golden
calf which he worshipped.
The election of Judge Parker, the
Democratic candidate for chief judge
of the court of appeals of New York,
is hardly a partisan victory. He has
had the support of the bar. The
Ulster county bar indorsed him by
resolution regardless of party; and
the Albany Law - Journal expressed
its gratification at this unusual tribute
to Judge Parker "as indicating a
rapidly-growing disposition toward
independence on the part of the bar"
in recognizing the principle of non
partisanship in the selection of
judges. Judge Parker's election is
personal, not a. party triumph. Dem
ocrats will be encouraged whenever
they put up the best men for non-
political office. Oregonian.
The Oregonian says that uthe next
Republican platform can contain no
stupidity, bosh, gammon or humbug
about international agreement That
is played out." Mr. Scott evidently
despairs of being again invited to
write the monetary plank for the
state platform, and hence gives, this
note of warning. .; Having so cleaned
his mind, the Oregonian editor be-
comes anxious as to : what Mitchell
and Ellis and -the Republican party
are going to do next year. If Mr.
Scott really desires to be kept posted
as to the proposed action of the Re
publican party in this state, he should
join it or at . least affiliate with it
When he does this, or "when his
paper advocates Republican princi
ples and doctrines, he may be given
some information as to what the
party intends; but until that time he
may rest assured 'that his clamorous
demands for information will go unheeded.
The last . Michigan legislature
passed one bill which is so plainly
unconstitutional that the supreme
court contemptuously remarked that
no argument was needed to demon
strate the fact. Another law, which
betrayed quite as great a lack of
common sense, has just been cairied
before the same tribunal, which, un
fortunately, cannot annul it on the
ground of . unconstitutionality. A
student in the agricultural college,
who is not a naturalized citizen of
the United States, became violently
insane, and a probate judge ordered
him sent to - the state asylum. The
superintendent refused to receive
him, on the ground that a law passed
by the last legislature restricts ad
mission to citizens of the state, and
the supreme court sustains this view.
There is consequently . nothing to do
except release - ihe crazy man and
allow him to roam at large.
The country grows. In. the elec
tion held yesterday in Greater New
York a mayor was elected. ' The
title is somehow not a suggestive
one, and yet the man elected maycr
has 'more offices under his control
and a vastly larger amount of pat
ronage than the first president. He
has also nearly as many people to
rule ovgr. It is a suggestive com
mentary on the growth of the United
States when one city can show a pop
ulation at the end of 127 years equal
to that of the entire thirteen colonies
that threw off the rule of Britain.
. The three-year-old boy of J. A. John
son, of Lynn Center, 111., is subject to
attacks of croup. Mr. Johnson says
he is sure that .the timely use of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, daring a se
vere attack, saved his boy's life.. He is
in the drug business, a member of the
firm of Johnson Bro9.,ot that place, and
they handle a great many patent med
icines for throat and lung diseases. He
had all these to eelect from, and skilled
physicians to anewer to bis call, but se
lected this remedy for use in his own
home at a time when his boy's life was
in danger, becanse he knew it to be su
perior to any other, and famous the
country over tor its cures of the croup,
Mr. Jobneon eaya this is the best selling
cough medicine they handle, and that it
gives splendid satisfaction in all cases.
Sold by Blakeley & Houghton.
State or Ohio, City op Toledo)
Lucas Cqunty,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and state' afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case of TJatarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
' Fbank J. Cheney.
Sworp to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1896. . ' '
A. W. Gleason,
seal. Notary Public
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly and acts directly on the blood and
mucuoa surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney a Co., Toledo, O.
jff"Sold by Druggists, 75c. No. 3-11
A Joker Joked. ,
A Rhode Island ieweler gilded achunk
of coal and labelled it "Klondike Gold
$9000." It was an object of special
wonder for a time.. One night laet week
a man threw a stone through the window
valued at $2300 and stole the .coal; No
doubt the thief is .sorry of it now. and of
course the jeweler is not laughing him
self to death; .
Electric Hitters.
Electric Bitters is a medicine, suited
for any season, but perhaps more gener
ally needed when the languid, exhausted
feeling prevaile, when the liver is torpid
and eluggish and the need of a tonic and
and alterative is felt. A prompt use of
this medicine has often averted long and
perhaps fatal bilious fevers. ' No medi
cine will act more sureiy. counteracting
and freeing the system frcm :be malar
ial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con
stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bit
ters. 50c and $1.00 per bottle at Blake
ley & Houghton's drug store. 1
"Did you hear what Whimperton's
little boy said when they showed him
the twins?"
"No; what was it?"''
"He said: 'There I Mamma's been
gettin' bargains
again.'," Collier's
Weekly.
Cheapest and Simplest Gate on Record
Eor Simplicity, Durability, Ease ol Operation and Cheapness of Con-
' 8tmction. it )9 unequeleJ. Can be operated without dismounting. .
" PartiPR wishinc fn Ape lartra enta in Onnrat.inn ran Ar an H vicitlnc -
' Sunnyside Orchards. . State and
orchards2...
COUNCIL MEETING.
What the City Father Tid at
Night' Meeting.
Last
The city council met Wednesday. Pres
ent, Mayor Nolan, Councilmen Thomp
son, Wood, Saltmarshe, Knck, Stephens,
Johnson, Champlin, Clough.. ' .
Minutes of meetings of October read
and approved. ;
Petition of committee of .fire delegates
asking for the purchase of more hose,
referred to committee on fire and water,
with power to act.'
The case of J. C. Baldwin vs. Dalles
City et al., was referred to judiciary
committee, with power to act.
Mr. Clough, of the water committee,
made verbal report concerning water
plugs, recommending the payment of
bills for the same when the plugs were
tested.
Reports of officers for month of Octo
ber were read and on motion received,
and the amounts reported by the mar
shal and the officers' salaries were or
dered paid. v ,
The special committee on streets and
lights made a verbal report recommend
ing the use of the Parrott lights. The
substance of the: contract is that .fifty
lights are to be furnished for $1,000 a
year, and for franchise they agree to
furnish twelve office . lights for ninety
nine years free. It was moved and car
ried that the committee acting hereto
fore be instructed to have ordidance pre
pared in accordance with above ideas,
and to report Friday night.
It was moved and carried that the
ordinance concerning bicycles and veloc'
ipedes be placed on final passage,
Ayes: Thompson, Wood, Saltmarshe,
Stephens, Johnson, Clamplin, Clough,
Johns. Noes : Kuch. And so the or
dinance passed.
Bill of A. J. .Long for fire plugs be
paid when missing parts arrived.
The bill of Millard's hospital dues
was ordered paid. .;
Bill of D. S. Dufur for insurance re
ferred to finance committee. ,
The matter of sidewalks was referred
to judiciary committe and council ad
journed. -
BILLS ALLOWED.
C F Lauer, marshal. $ 75 00
Geo Brown, engineer.
75 00
60 00
20 00
50 00
3 88
87 50
14 08
J S Wiley, night watchman.
C J Crandall. treasurer
R B Sinnott, recorder. . . . ...
Mays & Crowe, mdse
St Vincents hospital -fee...
J P Peters & Co, mdse.
Electric Light Co 27 90
Maier & Benton, mdse.
2 28
122 56
4 25
1 00
3 75
' 21 49
1 00
32 00
2 50
Dalles Lumbering Co, mdse.
Ward, Kerns & Robinson..
Spivey & Co, mdse
Gunning & Hockman, mdse.
W A Johnston, mdse.
E Benjamin, labor. . ..
Water Works, rent
H Clough, mdse. ...........
James Like, labor. .. 1 ..... .
John Huebner. .labor
W H Butts, labor
J F Hidy, labor. ... ....
James Harper, labor. .......
Mrs. Fraser, meals.
Columbia hotel, meals
C F Lauer, fees..
17 70
43 00
9 00
8 80
15 00
3 30
1 70
16 00
The Bazaar Last Might.
A large crowd attended the Lutheran
bazaar Tuesday night at the Vogt opera
house, where were tastily arranged the
different booths, presided over by beau
tiful young ladies, who would sell you
everything useful and ornamental.
Especially pretty was the booth situated
in the right hand corner of the ball,
where were sold numerous fancy articles,
and where brownies reigned supreme ; but
not more attractive than the doll booth.
In fact all were pretty.
The chance booth was well patronized
Tuesday, each person paying ten cents
and trusting to luck whether a blank was
drawn or some article. Miss Bertha
Glenn was particularly fortunate in
drawing a gold watch. ,
The program that night was good.
Dalles audiences are always satisfied
wen they are permitted to listen to
the Birgfeld orchestra, and on this occa
sion they were doubly favored by hear
ing some solos and a recitation beside.
. NOTICB.
I have a stray horse, a roan, 9 years
old, branded with a figure 2 on the right
hip, at my place on three mile. The
owner can have the same by paying the
cost of this advertisement and proving
property. ' Seth Mobgan.
, : . The Dalles.'
NATURAL
GRAVITY GATE
Comity rights for eale by
E. E. GUSTIN.-
THE DALLES, OR.
THE DEAD BROUGHT TO LIFE.
Remarkable Case Reported From Scar
borough A oaaek nf a mAaf rAtnarlraKlA nafnra 10
reported by J, H. Howell, a commercial
traveler, who returned to this city from
a trip to Astoria yesterday afternoon.
It contains some horrifying features
which seem almost Impossible, yet the
truth of the story is indorsed by the
Astoria Budget of last Tuesday,
Among the employes at the Scarbor
ough Head, where the government is
prosecuting some work, was a man
named Lucas. Monday he was working
uuuer u cuuie, wnere concrete is Deing
made, when in some manner the struct-.
ure ouapeea. - inis witn an tne con
rrar.A it nnnfninnrl foil nn T.nnaa: Vinrv
ing bim out of sight. There were a
number of his fellow workman about
who witnessed the accident, and they ;
immediately set to work to rescue the
unfortunate man. It was some mo
ments before Lucas inanimate form
was reached and taken out. To bis
friends present it was. apparent that life
was extinct. There was no surgical aid
available but tne workmen were posi
tive that he had been fatally crushed.
However, such tests as they could cotu-
uittuu were ueeu, uut .ijucaa cjuuweu iiu
signs of life and was pronounced dead.
The officials at Scarborough head were
then notified that a fatal accident had
occurred, and there being no cemetery
there, arrangements were made to take
the body to Astoria for burial. It ar
rived in that city Tuesday evening, con
signed to an undertaking firm. Dr. J.
H. Fulton, who is retained by the gov
ernment as physician and surgeon, was
i . r . i . i J 1 1 .
nouneu oi me matter sou pruceeueu iu
the undertaker's place of business for
purpose of examining the body of Lucas
to aeoertain what were the injuries that
caused his death, and .to make a proper
report to government headquarters. .
Probably Dr. Fulton in all his exper
ience professionally was nevermore eur-
nrised than when he in the midst of this
examination made the startling discov- '
VI j HlBl lb no uub A ucau luau lunb vao
lying upon the operating slab, but a live
human being, When the doctor first
looitea at jL.ucas ne naa an tne appear
ances of a dead man, and it was only
when he placed his hands on the sub-.
ject that bis suspicions were aroused,
for the body did not feel like that of a
dead person. Dr. Fulton then made a
closer examination and could detect a
faint beating of the heart.- Life was
there, and he at once set about . to stim
ulate it. An ambulance was immedi
ately called and Lucas was taken to the
hospital, where several doctors were
soon at work on him. The result was
that in a short time he was restored to
consciousness.
As the cloud cleared away from Lucas' .
brain, he began to inquire as to his sur
roundings. He remembered nothing
about the accident, and for a long time
could not understand how he had been
8 quietly conveyed trom ma quarters
at Scarborough Head to a hospital' at
Astoria. He was very. weak and notb-
ing was said to. him regarding the sup- r
position that be bad been dead.
k t. 1 : f . t 1 1 . A . v. .4
' AiLcr me iiau ucou reatuicu iud uw-.
tors made a thorough examination of
Lucas.' They found that one of his legs
was broken and he bad received some .
injuries about the head that caused his
long sneu oi insensiDiiiiv. noneoiuia
injuries are of a particularly serious na- -ture,
and as soon as his broken leg
mends he will be able to be about
again.
Stands at the Head. -
Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La.; says : "Dr. King's
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the beet seller -
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Safford, Ariz., writes : "Dr. King's New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it ; it
never fails, and is a sure cure for Con
sumption, Coughs, and Colds.. I cannot
say enough for its merits." Dr. King's
New. Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment.
It has been tried for a quarter of a cen-
tury, and today stands at the bead. It
never disappoints. Free trial bottles at
Blakeley & Houghton's drug store. 1
Nebraska corn for sale at the Wasco
warehopse. Best feed on earth. m9-t