THE DALLES WEEKLY CHOKICLE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1897.
The Weekly Chronicle.
COUNT'S OFriClAtS.-
Count; Judge........ .Robt. May
Bheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk....' . A M. Kelrav
Treasurer C. U fhillips.
(A. B. Blowers
Commissioners Jd.S. Kimsev
.Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor ......J. B. oit
Superintendent of Public 8cbool...C. L. Gilbert
Coroner... W. H. Butt
, STATE OFFICIALS.
ajvernor ...... .J.....'...W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Kiucaid
Treasurer -....Phillip Metschaa
Bupt.of Public Instruction..-. G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General CM. Irtleman
, . IG. W. McBrido
Senators... , .. Jj.:h. Mitchell
r. - 1 IB Hermann
Congressmen. jw K Euig
SUte Printer '. ., ., W. H. Leeds
Weekly dabbing Rates.
Chronicle and Oregonian $2 25
Chronicle and Examiner 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune.;. ....... : .'. . 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World. 2 00.
of protection, practically applied
and prudently adjusted to the indus
tries and interests of all sections and,
classes. Wool Record. v; '
NEWSPAPERS IN SCHOOLS.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH SYTE3IS
"la discussing the compaiative
merits of the American and British
commercial systems, it is necessary
to study' the respective conditions
' out of which they arise. In the first
place, the American people possess a
variety of soils adapted to every
species of agricultural product Thej
have also in abundance every de
scription of raw material required
for their diversified industries. Eng.
.land, on the other hand, is in want
of evcrythiDK except labor and a
limited supp'y of minerals. In or
der to feed and clothe her popula
tion, she calls upon Asia, Africa,
Australia,America, China, India and
tbe isles of the sea for enormous
contributions of grain, meal, fish, oil,
cotton and woo!. It is naturally her
policy to seek these in exchange for
her manufactures. To facilitate this
she maintains her magnificent uier
cqant marine.
In England the Malthusian theory
has become a stern reality. Her
population increases while her food
supply relatively falls behind, and
the gap in the proportion widens in
an alarming manner. The value of
England's ' agricultural products
would oot serve as units in the count
when compared with the value of the
agricultural output of the United
.States. Our present are in cultiva
tion would afford food for a popula
tion more than twice as large as that
which now occupies this country.
Yet we have less than one-tenth of
Our arable area in cultivation. Our
mining industries not only throw
those of England in the shade, but
they are in excess of those ot conti
nental Europe, Asia, Africa, South
America, Mexico and the British
colonies combined ; . and we have
scarcely begun to develop our , min
ing resources. While the coal mines
of Great Britain arc alteady so deep
as to "greatly increase the cost of
mining, we have enough coal near
the surface to last us for centuries of
consumption, and our aggregate coal
supply is practically inexhaustible.
In our manufactures we start with
the advantage of having our raw
material ready at hand, while Eng
land must so thousands of miles for
every cotton ball she spins. We can
produce all the wool, cotton, woods
and metals required for . any and
every varietiy of manufacture. It
is, therefore, clear that with these
natural advantages of food, fuel and
raw material in available abundance,
we only need favorable conditions of
enterprise and competition to attain
and maintain absolute supremacy in
ever' line of human industry. These
conditions can only be provided by
the system of protection' This prop
osition requires no argument It
has been amply demonstrated by
experience.
. Free trade has been a failure even
in Great Britain, despite her elabo
rate colonial policy. . A . special
A New .England man has . just
given $50,000, the interest of which
is to be spent in buj-ing newspapers
for the public schools of Boston. Of
course if the ri?ht papers are pur
chased, the money will be well ex
pended, but in Kansas City, where
newspapers have been adopted as
text books m the public schools, the
selection is queer, to say' the ' least
Superintendent Greenwood of that
city has written a letter to the Is ew
York Journal, saying that he has or
dered a file of that paper to be kept
In every school building in that city.
He based this .action on the claim
that the Journal "teaches progress
and patriotism" and that its illus
trations speak volumes to the eager
mind.
The Jersey City ?ews, in com
meriting on this, calls attention to
the character of the issue in which
the Journal announced proudly that
it bad been made a textbook for the
public schools of Ksnsas City. One
of the articles in this issue was an
account of how Anna Held, an opera
singer, had been "kissed to a stand
still" in 150 kisses, with full page il
lustrations, and an interview with
the "lady" telling how she felt while
the kissing was in progress. Then
there was a Hindoo legend with nude
illustrations and an elaborate account
of a barge on which the Roman
orgies used to be carried on in the
time of the Caesars. This was from
the pen of a well known moralist,
Mr. Edgar Saltus. . Of course there
was a double page picture showing
nude men and women dancing. After
this came' an article suggesting that
the figures on the new five dollar
bills issued by the government are
indecent To emphasize the claim
there was a large picture of tha gov
eminent designs, which no doubt
will have great effect in training
children to discover filth in common
place things.
of 'education or otberwise,"cannot
accept, the single tax theory as cor
rect' It isj in our opinion, the cor
rect thing to prevent,' foreigners
owning lands ; in the United States,
and it is the best thing that caa hap
pen to this or any other 'country
when every one of its citizens owns
a piece of the soil. ' .
GR0S1T EXAGGERATION.
Last year -Col. Pat
ripping nepuoucanism
TIIE WHEAT TRABE.
The local market is very inactive,
and the same is true of interior
markets. The export value of wheat
has declined a great deal during the
week, and holders prefer to take
chances on a rise in prices after the
turn of the year, rather than market
at present quotations, which to mer
chants and speculators represent
quite a loss on their dealings with
the farming community. ,The for
eign demand for our cargoes is slow,
nnd it is quite difficult to effect
sales forward, and sellers must con
cede 6onretbing on pi ice to place
surplus cargoes. Our shippers really
have no present need of wheat,
stock in store here being large, and
will cover the wants of exporters for
some time to come. The situation
here may be summed up as follows:
Buyers will only trade on the real
export values, and holders won't sell
except at an advance. Receipts
have been large during the week.
There is a pressure to sell on the part
of a few holders, and during the
week sales were of a moderate pro
portion. The actual business trans
acted was small, buyers and sellers
being apart as to a trading basis.
Foreign advices are weak; European
markets with buyers holding off, and
prices lower and still tending down
ward. Quote Walla Walla club, 73c;
b.'uestem, 75c; Valley, 76c per
bushel. Commercial Review.
cable from London,-dated IS o v. 7th,
states that the total decrease in the
Talue of British exports for ten
months of 1897 is 130,000,000. Eng
land is today confronted by the om
inous fact that of the enormous for
eign trade of all the Britssh colonies,
only about forty per cent is trans
acted with the mother country, while
sixty per cent goes to rival nations.
The United States suffers under none
of these distractions and imitations. .
We require for continuous and in
creasing prosperity, not so much any
particular tariff schedules, as the
general, vital, conserving principle
The East Oregonian, noting the
fact that a case was - pending in the
Washington supreme court to test
the constitutionality of the law ire
venting aliens holding real estate in
that state, says that "if it is right for
land to be owned, it is right for
aliens to own it," and that "rights
that cannot be conferred upon ail
men irrespective of nationality, be
come privileges and stand in the
way of progress under any govern
ment conferring I them." If this be
true, Chinese should be admitted to
citizenship, foreigners , permitted to
hold public office and manage the
government, and a hundred similar
things permitted. We cannot all
see -the land question as the East Or
egonian sees it, and the great major
ity of people, whether through fault
Dorian was
up the back
and howling calamity for political
purposes. Now he is employed by
the O. R, &.N. to boom Oregon, and
he sings like the cylinder of a thresh
ing machine. The trcuble is, was,
and always will,, be with Donan's
work, that it is so grossly exagger
ated that it loses all its power for
good and becomes a positive evil.
The Col. should - put the air brakes
on his imagination. This is what be
says of Oregon:
"From the northern line of Cali
fornia and Nevada to the remotest
limits of Alaska and the Northwest
territory, the whole Pacific slope is
booming booming beyond alfprec
edent I am one'of those who de
voutly believed that McKiuley, as
the 'advance agent of prosperity,'
was traveling a long way ahead Of
his show; but the caravan has caught
up with the foremost Luglar and bill
skins being dressed there, and the
United States puts up the expenses.
It is high time for this government
to- quit guarding Behring sea for
England ,and Canada, and policing
Cuban waters for Spain. The sensi
ble tiling to do is simply to permit
the killing of seals by any American
citizen. '. In two years the herds
would be extermined, and the ques
tion forever settled. - "-'
The Portland Tribune, we under
stand, is to blossom out with the dis
patches and bloom in the early morn
ing. -Another daily piper is sadly
needed in Oregon's metropolis, and
wc hoi.e the Tribune will be able to
fill the, long-felt want. lima' do
so, but the public has lost confidence
in all such experiments, and will not
believe in its continuance until it is
known that behind it is money
enough to carry it and build it up.
poster, so far as the Pacific North
west is concerned. The stars in their
courses have fought for protection
Billy and the 'grand old party.
Prosperity has swept like a golden
cj clone over Oregon, Washington
Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia
Great as the Yukon gold boom is
and infinitely greater as it is to be
it is, as j et, but a trifle compared
with other booms that are pushin
the Pacific coast forward. Take
Oregon, for instance.. With an area
of 96,000 sqare miles and but about
400,000 population, it has this year
produced 40,000,000 bushels of
wheat, worth $30,000,000. In addi
tion, Oregon has this j-ear turned out
600,000,000 feet of lumber, worth
112,000,000; about 50,000,000 lbs.
of fruit, worth about $5,000,000;
something like 15,000,000. pounds of
wool, worth $2,000,000; fish, amount
ing to $3,000,000; gold,ilver, cop
per, lead and coal, aggregating $ 10,
000,000 a grand " total of $70,000,
000, or about $175 for every man,
woman and child within her borders
for one year's yield." ;
report that comes from Eng-
as to thread and twine maru
The
land
facture will interest persons in Ore
gon who have been paying attention
to growth of fibers. A movement is
on foot to start opposition oh a great
ssale to the Coates company. So
many applications for stock have
been received that it has been de
cided to increase the capital from
5,000,000 to $15,000,000. The
Coates company is capitalized at
$37,500,000. Fourteen leading firms
of threadmakers in cotton, silk and
linen, have been absorbed by 'the
new anti-monopoly, and a war in the
trade is looked for. The ' Coates
people, however, are taking things
comfortably, and they say that there
is room for both in the field."
The report that there will be a
tvo-thirds majority in the senate for
the ratification of the . Hawaiian
treaty is probably correct. . The an
nexation project gains fi vends as
time passes, says the Oregonian. All
the objections which can be urged
against annexation have been heard,
and they are : not' formidable. The
president will, in his message, recom
mend early action, and nearly all the
Republicans and a majority of the
Democrats are likely to stand with
him on this question. Nobody need
be surprised if annexation comes be
fore the end of January.
The everlasting seal controversy
still bothers the administration, fills
the newspapers and bores the public.
This government has no interest in
the protection of seals, and Bbould
abandon them to their fate. One
American' company is permuted to
kill all the seals it wants to and no
one else is allowed to kill any" The
company refuses to pa3' the govern
ment for its privileges, and even if
it did, the amount would not cover
the expense of protecting the herds.
England gets all the benefits, the
The wealth of Wasco county, in
money, as shown by the assessment
rolls for 1897, is but $4,987, and yet
thousands of dollars worth of busi
ness is being transacted throughout
the county every day. Either
money , is not absolutely necessary
for the transaction of business or
else somebody has lied to the as
sessor. Glacier.
Bis; Gale at Astoria.
A dispatch from Astoria on the 16th
said : . . '
. "A furious gale has been raging since
3 o'clock this morning, and is now in
creasing. The wind is blowing sixty
miles an hour at the cape. - No ships
have arrived or departed. The mouth
of ihe river is obscured by a heavy fog
and rain. The steamer State of Cali
fornia, due this morning, it is presumed,
ie lying outside near the lightship. In
Aetoria, fences were' blown down, awn
ings swept away, and .the old Anglo
American 'cannery was tumbled over
onto the railroad track in East Astoria,
compelling the work train to stop and
the bands to clear away the wreck be
fore the train could proceed. A runaway
skiff was blown across the bay at a high
rate of speed, and passengers on river
steamers were seasick.
"A man just in from Elsie, in the Up
per Aenalem valley, reports that toe
storm is very severe all through the Ne
halem conntry. The Big Fisbhawk is
so swollen it la difficult to cross it. A
large tree was blown across the Cist.
skanie bridge, knocking out four epaua.
It ia feared there will be much damage.
NATURAL
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Cheapest and Simplest Gate. on Record
Eor Simplicity, Durability, Ease ot Operation and Cheapness of Con- '
atruction. it is unequele l. Can be operated without dieinonntino- .
Parties wishing to see large gate in Operation can do bo by- visiting
Sannyeido Orchards. State and County rights for sale by
SSXIr?sE.. E. E. GUSTIN.
THE DALLES, OR
Dalles Public Schools.
Following is the enrollment on Friday,
November 12, 1S97 :
TEACHERS.
36! 33
44 41
49! 4S
i
851 SOi
46: 44
46, 45
East Bill Primary. -
Miss Kan Cooper..- 1 and 2B
Mrs. Roche 3, 4 and 5B
Acaacmy ram.
Miss rtilrman IB
Mrg.Baldwlnl .
Miss Flinn . ( "uu41 90
Miss U Rlntonl 6 T) S3
MissT. Rlntonl 6 A and7B 51
Union Street -
MiesRowe . 1 B 55
Miss t. cooiier 2 HI 4'
Miss Snell 4 B 4fli
MissCneese. . . .. .. 4 A and SB 471
Union Street Annex.
Miss Ball 5 w 4'
Court Street.
Miss MicbeU 7 A and 8 B 54
Miss Hill... I Hitrh Hehnnl Sfcl. 1U
Mr. Landers and HA HI 10910310
Totals.
Similar quarter in 1896. ....
migneei previous record.)
51 50!
29W2 6K
4S 5,
4l 7
4-a
53
No. days of school, 20.
Per cent of.attendance on number be
longing, 96.
, John Gavin, Principal.
- Ad rertlsed Letters. , '
Donation Wanted for the Children.
The Boys', and Girls' Aid Society is
at this time in great need of funds, and
in fact, of everything that would be of
nse to children. Last summer, as stated
in Tns CnRONiCLE,tbe superintendent of
this society planned a visit to The Dalles
to canvass lor; subscriptions, but was
prevented by a severe attack of typhoid
fever,' which kept him in bed for almost
the entire summer. However, having
now recovered, he will wait on the busi
ness men of this city in a few days, and
any and all donations will be thankfully
received, eucb as money, children's
clothing, both new and- second hand, or
provisions. Blakeley & Houghton,
druggiets, will receive them or notify Mr.
Gardner on bis arrival. iN early every
person. ia familiar with the work of this
society, viz : . Keecmng homeless, neg
lected and abused children, and finding
them sni table homes. . It is hoped that
all who are able will respond with what
they can afford. . .
; .
Will Bant Gold on Copper Birer.
A party of New England men, most of
whom hail from Boston, are in Seattle
outfitting for a most hazardous trip over
the glacial fields" and enow-covered
mountain ranges of Alaska. They are
captained by F. Herbert Haines, a news
paper man from Salem, Mass.
The party is bound for a second Eldo
rado lying in the upper Copper river
country in Alaska. In preparation for
a possible encounter with the 'hostile
tribe of Indians living in the region,
they will go well armed.
Tht Copper-river Indians have for
years brought down gold to the trading
stores at the mouth of the river. They
will not tell where they got it, and op
pose anything like exploration of the
country. .They carry this policy to the
point of firmed hostility. '
7 He Was a Bis; Man.-
He was big of chest and litnbe, and as
he came in he said : 'I'm going to give
you all the trouble I can till I get what
fits me." Lees than five minutes later
the salesman , said, "Try this one." It
was a first rate fit, one of those clay
worsted, size 48., The vest perfect ; the
trousers 48- around . the . waist, . 30 in
length perfect, without an alteration
of button or anything the most trifling.
He wore it away on bis back, a more
than pleased man. Conldn't have been
fitted better bad it been : made to his
measure, and it cost fully one-half lees.
Everybody, big -man or not, can' be
fitted at A. M. Williams & Co.'e. Your
money back it you want it. ; .
Following is the list of letters remain:
ing in the poetoffice at The Dalles un
called for Oct. 29. 1S97- Persona calli
ng for the same will give date on which
they were advertised :
Aldrich F M
Adieson Pase
Alley Geo M
Aldrich Franjc
BennisGeo .
Barnes Lizzie
Blue Mrs L
Barber CO
Bacon B B '
Connolly Delia A
Lage Mattie
Linch TE .
Lowerv Chas F
Model'Feath ClrCo
Myers WC
Moe Frank '
Margan Lou
McDonald J M
McAllister Jos -
Mayer Lizzie
Campbell MraNittieOlson John
Darvis T F
Davidson Chas E
Davidson Harry
Davidson Daisy
Davia J A'
Defoy A
Flemming A
Floory Mary
Grove Sadie
Gordon Lei a
Groves E
Groeney Lue
Greenleaf Lewis
Hoyt M .
Hawley Ira
Harris G W
Hammon C H
Johnson J A
Johns Bess .
Johnson Frank "
Johnson Hilda
Jaioles Mr ,
Johnson Dave
Johnson C A
Jenkins J W -Jnika
Amanda
King Mchael
Lemons Josan
Laukine Suaie
Lona Mrs H M
Leinenger Martha
J.
Poole Chas
Rogers Dick
Bobbins Minerva
Kobins May
Selden Sarah
Sears H
State Olive
Schanner Johan
Shane I A
Wmith Fritz
Swanson Jno -Tull
Geo
Thompson C F -Thomaa
J D
Wren Clay
Vermont Mar Wks
Vo der Helen H
Vineyaro S W
Wattle Jno
Watt J N
Walker Mary
Warfield Edw
Wakefield & Jacob.
Warner M
Wilson EE.
Woodford W T
Woodcock Wm
Wing G L
Wright J T
Wickbam Clarence
Witham Verona
A. Cbossen, P. M.
Robbed at Hantington.
The Baker City Democrat prints the
following dispatch from Huntington,
dated November 16th :
D. McCrawley, who shipped some
sheep east from here a short time ago,
was robbed of $135 here early yesterday
morning by a canst of hoboes."- McCraw
ley had been drinking heavily all night
witn tne boboes and bad displaced- con
siderable money with the result that
when he reached a stage of intoxication
bordering upon helplessness he was
robbed. It is understood the party was
from The Dalles and was returning
there. '
William Thorn, said to be well con
nected in Eastern Oregon,, was arrested
in Weiser last night for the robbery, and
$101 of the stolen money recovered. He
had bought a ticket for rocatello, bat
owing to the vigilance of the officers he
had no- chance- to. .use it. - He will be
bound over to the grand jury, and stands
a good chance of getting a long term in
the penitentiary. --
J. W. Nesm-.th Woman's Relief Corps
will hold a memorial service in Schanno'a
ball next Saturday, evening at 8:30
o'clock. This meeting is called , in pur
suance' of general orders,, received . irom
national and 'department officers, in
memory bf Mrs. E, Florence Barker,
past national preeident, who died at her
home in Maiden, Mass.,. on September
11, 1897, and Mrs. Julia Abraham, past
department president, who died at the
family, home . in Roseburg, Or., ' on Oc
tober 6, 1897, and our own members who
have "crossed over", during the present
year. All friends of the order are in
vited to be present
Wanted.
Freight teams to load for the interior.
For particulars inquire at the Jacobsen
Book and Music store. 16 2t
FOUNDER OF TOMBSTONE.
Remarkable Career of a St. Loala Box
Who Became a Miner.
Edward Schefflein, who was found
dead the other day in his miner's shack
in Oregon, had an eventful life, saya the
St. Louis Republic. .
"I remember well," said William H.
Boothe, an old-time mine promoter, to
a reporter, "when he opened up the
Contention mine at Tombstone and gave
the place its queer name. I ought to
remember it, for it was I who grub
staked Shefflein on that prospecting
tour. He bunkoed me out of all but a
few hundreds.
''The stories that have been told about
Schefflein's daring in penetrating into
the Apache country and particularly
into the Cochise mountains, where he
found the Contention lode, are not much
exaggerated. It was a pretty ticklish
thing to do down there. Old Cochise
had been 'pacified,' it is true, but he '
had a lively son, Natchez, and a valiant
nephew, Geronimo, and they were the
active young leaders of about as 'pizen'
& set of Indians as ever swung a Win
chester. . -
"So when Ed Schefflein struck the
Contention lode and called the place
I 'Tombstone,' we thought it a happy play
of Ed's mind. -. -
"The Contention proved to be a great
mine. It was enormouslv rich in sil-
1 x - . J ! .3 i L X 4.1...
time every condition arose toput aown
the price of that metal. However, it
yielded an amount away into the mil
lions. The Scheffleins sold half of the
mine to Walter Dean, of San Francisco;
Dick Gird, of Los Angeles; F. A. Tritte,
then governor of the territory, and
others in San Francisco for $500,000.
"Of course the Sheffleins lost most of
their fortune.' They couldn't help it.
Ed was a restless fellow; He wasn't dis
sipated, nor did he gamble or have other
expensive vices, but he was generous
and a Dluntrer on his luck. He wouldn't
settle down and do business on busi
ness principles." ' ' . -y.'V.StK'
CRUSH ED tTTeCON DUCTOR.
A PasHcnsjrer'a Quick Wit Ronndlr He
proved His Grnffnesa.
The passengers on a crowded cable
car the other day . were immensely -"tickled"
at the discomfiture of a con
ductor, who was both rude and dia
obliging, but was cleverly circumvent
ed, says the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiaer.
The conductor banded five pennies in
change to a well-dTessed womarr. She
requested that a nickel be given to her .
lmsteaa, as sue nau no purse ana uie
pennies would probably be lost. Gentle
as was the request, it irritated the con
ductor, and he said: "No, I have to take
peuuics auu juu van uu iuc otuuc xxicav
will buy just as much as a nickel." The
woman, remained silent and the con
ductor proceeded down the oar.
At that .moment a man. who was about
to pay his fare touched the lady's arm '
and handed her a nickel, taking in ex
change the pennies, which he immedi
ately gave to the conductor. It was all .
done quietly and quickly, yet many saw
the play, and all who did smiled with.
satisfaction. .'
1 WINNING. A WIFE IN GREECE.
Sponsjre Gatherers Ena-aa-e la Sub
aqueous Contests for Ber Band.
In many of the Greek islands diving .
for sponges forms a considerable part
of the occupation of the inhabitants.
A visitor to this unfrequented region
describes the following rather startling
custom. He saye: "Himia, which is a
little island directly opposite Rhodes,
is worthy of notice on account of the
singular method by which the Greek .
inhabitants of the island get their liv- -ing.
On the bottom of the sea in this . .
locality the common sponge is found in
greater abundance than in any other'
UU1 U Ul I lit D1CH lltllOHLUU. - " - - ' -
make it a trade to trainer iui-sc, aim
their income from this source is far -from
contemptible;-their goods areI
ways in demand among the Turks, who
use an incredible numDer or sponges in .
the ablutions prescribed by the Moham
medan ritual. A girl in this island is -not
permitted to marry until she has
brought up a certain number of sponges
and given proof of . her skill by taking
them from a certain depth. But in
certain of these islands this custom is
reversed. The father of a marriage
able daughter bestows her on the best
diver amour her suitors. He who can '
stay longest in the water and bring up
the bieirest cargo of sponges marries
the maid." - - '" .
Tne Obesitr Record.
Daniel- Lambert, the famous fat man
and the most noted example of obesity -recorded
in medical annals, was born
in 1770, and died at the age of 40, of ex-
cessive fat. His weight was 739 pounds.