THE DAIXES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER " 29 1897.
The Weekly Chroniele
THI DALLES,
OftEGOlT
PKBSONAI, KKSTIOIf.
Monday Dally.
Tom Driver went to Portland this
morning. .
A. J. Swift of Wamic was in the city
yesterday.
C. R. Knox ii in from his home at
Prinerille.
I. H. Taff, the Duke of Celilo, is in
the city today.
Peet DeHuff went to Portland on the
"9 0 train today .
Tom Hudson and family went to Port'
land ond the boat today.
Victor Schmidt ia in from Antelope
haying spent Christmas at home,
Mr. Ed Mars spent Christmas at
tome, and will retorn to Portland to
morrow. .
Arthnr Stnbline is home from the
University of Oregon to spend the
' days with his parents.
holi
Dr. C. Gertrude French returned to
Portland this morning, after a few days
spent with her parents.
' Hugh Glenn' who has been spending
Christmas with bis family in this city,
left for Bamer this morning.
Edward Moabas and wife of Tacoma
spent Christmas with Mr. Moabns' sis
ter, Mrs. M. T. Nolan, in this city
Mr. F. A. Seufert and wife returned
Christmas morninz from an extended
trip to New York. Philadelphia and
other Eastern cities.
Albert Bald win. son of Mrs. T. Bal
dwin, who has been attending Mt. Angel
college, arrived home Friday and will
' spend the holidays in this city,
. E. J. Kelly of Greenhorn, Baker
eonntv. the man who sold the Don
' Jaan mine in that vicinity for $30,000,
passed through this city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Oliver came up
from Portland Friday evening, Mr. Oh-
er returning yesterday, leaving her to
. spend a day or two with her parents.
Tuesday's Daily.
G. F. Guinther of Moro is in the city.
T. H. Johnston of Dafur is in the city
William Wnrzeweiler is in from Prine
ville today.
Rev. Bronseeeet went' below on the
morning train today.
W. B. Presby, the Goldendale attor
' uey, is in the city today.
J. A. Guliiford of Dufur came in from
', that thriving town today.
Hon. A. S. Bennett went up to Wasco
. last night to attend to legal business.
Misses Agnes Bates and Mamie Goetz
of Portland are visiting Miss Drews in
this city.
Miss Frances Mann of McMinnville is
spending the holidays with relatives in
the city.
Mr. Corwin Shank of Seattle was in
the city last night, leaving for Portland
this morning.
Mrs. Tiieo. Sparks of Portland, who
was formerly a resident of this city, is
here on business.
Fred Drews, who has been visiting
his relatives in the city for eeveral daye,
returned to Portland today.
A. J. Swift of Wamic went to Port
land on the boat this morning to have
his eyes treated by one of the Portland
specialists.
Mrs. D. J. Cooper and her mother,
Mrs. Emily Spillman, were passengers
on the Regulator this ,'tnorning, on their
way to McMinnville to speud the re
v mainder of the holidays with relatives.
Charlie Balch, came in town last
. night on his way to Portland, where
he is going to visit Mrs. 'Balch, who for
s long time has been ill in St. Vincent's
" hospital, but who is at present much im
proved and will probably be borne sot n.
f GOOD SHOOTING UPTOWN.
It W l.r Aback and the Spat
Wu the Treasury Building-.
! "Some years ago," says an old gun
ner, "according to the Washington
Star, "I had fine sport in pigeon shoot:
. 3ng on Fifteenth and F streets, north
west. I do not wonder you look sur
prised. I was employed in the treasury
at the time a little before the war
and the pigeons that roosted on the cor
nice and about the capitals of the
colonnade had multiplied, and they
were so numerous as to inconvenience
the employes. To those particularly
who were in the upper stories of the
building they were an intolerable nuis
ance. The superintendent of the
building secured from the mayor a
suspension of the law prohibiting the
use of firearms within the city limits
so as to allow gunning about the build
ing before seven o'clock in the morn
ing by such persons as he should desig
nate. I having had the reputation of
being a good shot and with a mouth set
for a pigeon pie dinner secured permis
sion to shoot. One morning's shooting
was enough for me so far as the bird
pie dinner was concerned, for some of
the birds were so aged and tough that
hide and feathers were too much for
the lead; and many of those killed who
found their way to kitchens were too
much for the teeth. The sport was
kept up for several days, more to the
benefit of the department in contract
ing1 the circulation of the birds than for
the pleasure of eating the game secured
and thousands were slain.
NOTICE.
Commencing Monday, December 20,
the steamers of the Regulator Line will
leave Portland at 6 o'clohk a. m., and
The Dalles at 6:30 a. m.
W-C. Ala way. Gen. Agt.
Cash In lour Cheek.
All eonntv warrants registered prior
"to July 11, 1893, will be paid at ray
office. Interest ceases after Dec. 23d,
1887. C. L. Phillips,
County Treasnrer.
CIVILIZING APACHES.
Difficult Undertaking of
ment Agents.
Govern-
Splendid Reanlta of Determined Ef-
orta to Hake the Indians Self-
Supporting- and Law
Abiding.
: A marvelous transformation has
taken place on the Mescalero Apache
Indian reservation in southern New
Mexico within two years, during which
period V. E. Stottler, first lieutenant
Tenth infantry, United States army, has
served as acting agent. The Indians
number nearly 500, one-fifth being chil
dren of school age. Nurtured in ig
norance and superstition and reared in
filth and laziness, these Indians have for
40 years stubbornly refused to respond
to the government's efforts to civilize
them. For a generation they have re
ceived rations of beef, coffee,, flour,
sugar, clothing, farm implements, etc.
Good schools were established for them
and dwellings built at government ex
pense, still they stuck to their rawhide
tepees and persistently refused to
school their children or to adopt civilian
dress, adhering to their breechclouts
and blankets and long hair. . With the
millions expended annually in Indian
education, next to nothing was being
accomplished. -There were about 500
acres of irrigable and good land on the
reservation, but the Indians were too
lazy to plant crops that would have
furnished them with the food necessary
for their support. It was much more
pleasant to draw rations from an in
dulgent and paternal government, and
reserve their energy for war dances and
brawls. There were 25 strong, broad-
shouldered bucks, educated at the ex
pense of the government, running
around the reservation in paint and
blanket. They were too lazy for manual
labor. Several educated squaws were
married and living in filthy tepees.
while girls were usually taken out of
school at ten and twelve years of age
and sold for pomes into a bondage
worse than death.
Lieut. Stottler's predecessor had or
dered the bucks to cut their hair, and a
revolution resulted. They refused
pointblank, and that settled it. Stot
tler 8 first move was to increase the ra
tions of the police. He then informed
them that they must all put on uniforms
under pain of duress. They reluctantly
obeyed. Then he ordered them to cut
their hair. This caused a storm, and
the matter was allowed to rest for a
time. His next command was to aban
don the tepees and move into the dwell
ings. All children over five years old
were ordered to attend school. This
was too much, and, by the advice of
some of the whites, a petition was for
warded to Washington asking for Stot
tler's relief as agent. - No attention was
paid to the request, and the ringleaders
were spotted and severely punished.
The chief of police, an Indian, had been
one of the instigators in this move, and
he was discharged as such and put on
reduced rations.
Several of the head men of the tribe
were ordered to work and deprived of
the qffice of spokesmen, under which
system the other members made their
wants known through the agent. In
this capacity the head men had been al
lowed extra rations and a small salary,
and their reduction to the ranks made
it possible for any member of the tribe
to apply personally for what he needed
in the way of land, implements, etc.
This was "an important point to
break the power of the chiefs and de
stroy tribal relations. It was constant
ly impressed upon the Indians that in a
few years rations would be cut ofE en
tirely, and those who had not taken
land for cultivation would go hungry.
At first they laughed at this, but the
officer, by way of example, cut off the
food occasionally, and they at last came
to realize that it would be a very easy
matter to stop all rations. This had a
salutary effect, and induced many of
them to go to work. Every man and
woman caught manufacturing "tiswin"
was made to understand that it means
long season in the guardhouse on
bread and water.
Now all is changed. The govern
ment's agent is absolute master.- Last
fall there was harvested from the irri
gated lands 25,000 pounds of beets, 20,
000 pounds pt cabbage, 1,000 pounds of
cauliflower, 3,500 pounds of turnips,
,400 pounds of onions, 500 pounds of
radishes, 1,400 pounds of celery, 2,000
pounds of pumpkins and squash, 400
pounds of peas, 960 pounds of corn,
6,500 pounds of potatoes, besides cucum
bers, asparagus, 'etc. The school has a
pen of swine, flocks of chickens, a herd
of fine milch cows, and all the hay and
fodder for them and ten horses raised
on the farm.
During 1S96, upon recommendation of
Lieut. Stottler, the government issued
,000 sheep for distribution among the
tribe, and 500. for the school. The idea
is to have the Indians raise their own
mutton, and then cut off the supply ot
beef, which cost the government $6,500
in 1896. On July 1 next all rations ex
cept beef will be cut off. .
These Indians have been made nearly
self-supporting within the brief period
that Lieut. Stottler has been in charge.
Every male on the reservation has cut
his hair put on civilized dress and taken
piece of land which he has fenced and
commenced , to raise grain and vege
tables. They all have cabins with cook
stoves and utensils. There is no drunk
enness. Every man has ten head of
sheep, and a like number for each mem
ber of his, family. Every child on the
reservation is at school. " Every man
has a wagon, harness and plow. In two
years these Indians have been trans
formed from lazy, filthy savages in red
paint and breechclouts, into reasonable
working human beings, with a care for
the monow, and a desire to become use
ful citizens. The history of government
Indian work has been a series of blun
ders from the beginning, but this seems
to be a marked exception to the rule.
, BORROWING . A MATCH. : s
A Fw Incidents That Attended
Hot Infrequent Request.
You mierht think that borrowing
match upon the street is a simple thing.
But any man who has ever tried it will
assure vou that it is not. and will be
1 prepared to swear to the truth of my
experience of the other evening.
I was standing on the corner of the
street with a cigar that I wanted to
lieht. I had no match. I waited till a
decent, ordinarv-lookinsr man came
along-. Then I said:
"Excuse me, sir, but could you oblige
me with the loan of a match?"
The man stopped short at once.
"A match?" he said; "why, certain
It." Then he unbuttoned his overcoat
and put his hand in the pocket of his
waistcoast. "I know I have one," he
went on, "and I'd almost swear it's in
the bottom pocket or, hold on, though
I guess it may be in the top just wait
till I nut these parcels down on the
sidewalk."
"Oh.' don't trouble." I said: "it's
really of no consequence."
. "Oh, it's no trouble. I'll have it in a
minute; I know there must be one in
here somewhere" he was digging his
fingers into his pockets as he spoke
"but you see this isn t the waistcoat I
generally
I saw that the man was getting ex
cited about it. "Well, never mind," 1
protested; "if that isn't the waistcoat
that you erencrally why, it doesn't
matter."
"Hold on, now; hold on!" the man
said, "I've got one of the cursed things
in here somewhere. I guess it must be
in with my watch, ao, it's not there,
either.- Wait till I try in my coat. ' If
that confounded tailor only knew
enough to make a pocket so that a man
could get at it!"
He was getting pretty well worked
up now. He had thrown down his
walking stick azd was plunging at his
pockets with his teeth set. "It's that
cursed young boy of mine," he hissed;
"this comes of his fooling in my pock
ets. By Uad! perhaps I won t warm
him up when I get home. Say, I'll bet
that it's in my hip pocket. You just
hold up the tail of my overcoat a second
till I"
"No, no," I protested again; "please
don't take all this trouble, it really
doesn't matter. I'm sure you needn't
take off your overcoat, and, oh, pray
don't throw away your letters and
things iu the snow like that, and tear
out your pockets by the roots! Please,
please don't trample over your overcoat
and put your feet through the parcels.
I do so hate to hear you swearing at
your little boy, with that peculiar
whine in your voice. Don t please
don't tear your clothes so savagely."
Suddenly the man gave a grunt of ex
ultation and drew his hand up from
inside the lining of his coat.
"I've got it," he cried. "Here you
are!" Then he brought it out under
the light. '
It was a toothpick.
Yielding to the impulse of the mo
ment, I pushed him under the wheels
of a trolley car, and ran. Truth.
PEARL FISHING.
How
It Ia Managed by' the Proprie
tors of the Conceaaion.
The agent of the English proprietors
of the concession granted by the Mexi
can republic for a monopoly of pear
fishing in the Gulf of California recent
ly arrived in San Francisco and gave
some interesting details of the pres
ent methods employed in their industry,
which has continued ever 6ince the oc
cupation of the country in the time of
Cortez.
The whole coast of the Gulf of Cali
fornia abounds in pearls, and the con
cessions control the entire territory.
Until within the last few years native
divers were employed, and the depth
to which they could descend did not ex
ceed 35 feet.
With the introduction of diving ap
paratus the limit of depth was increased
to 30 fathoms. The best divers could
formerly remain under water not to
exceed two minutes. A modern diver
thinks nothing of a two-hour stop in
water 100 feet in depth, though at great
er depths the stay is necessarily short
ened on account of the enormous pres
sure of the superincumbent water. A
diver when upon the floor of the ocean
looks about for the oyster, which he
tears from the objeot to which it is at
tached, and places it in a small bag
hanging to a rope, which is hauled into
the boat on a given signal. Sometimes
the number of oj-sters secured is large,
at other times only a few are caught.'
The diver does not confine himself to
the pearl oyster alone, but if he sees
a rare specimen of coral or a new spe
cies of shell he places it in his bag and
sends it to the surface, where it becomes
the property of the concession and the
sources of its large income.
Last year the value of the pearls har
vested in Lower California was alone
$350,000. In addition, 5,000 tons of shells
were exported, which were valued at
$1,250,000 more. Pearl fishing is the
entire occupation of the natives, and
La Paz, the headquarters, a city of the
peninsula, with about 2,000 inhabitants,
is solely dependent upon the industry.
The business is one of chance, and the
pursuit is a fascinating one to the na
tives, who are born gamblers.
Every oyster does not contain its
pearl, and only at intervals, and rare
ones at that, is a really valuable pearl
discovered. The largest one ever found
was about three-quarters of an inch
in diameter, and was sold in Paris to
the emperor of Austria for $10,000.
Many black pearls are found in Lower
California, and are valued higher than
the pure white. The large majority are
seed pearls, and are only of moderate
Value. San Francisco CalL " .. .
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Sheriff's Sale.
Notice fs hereby Riven that tinder and by vir
tue of an execution and order of sale issued oat
of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
the County of Wasco, and to me directed and
delivered, upon a Judgment and decree rendered
and entered in said oourt on the Sth day of No
vember, 197, in favor of A. B. Jones, plaintiff,
and against R. E. Fewel, defendant, for the sum
of two hundred and seventy-six and 25-100
i$276.25) dollars, together with interest thereon,
since May 1. 1896, at the rate of ten percent per
annum, and thirty (;) dollars attorney fees;
sno the further snm of eleven ($11) dollars costs;
which said judgment was enrolled and docketed
in the office of the clerk of said court in said
county on the 8th day of November, 1897; and
whereby it was further ordered and decreed by
the Court that the following described property,
to-wit:
Beginning at a point 18.39 chains west of the
line between tactions thirty-live and thirty-six,
in township three north of range ten east of the
Willamette Meridian, being the western term
inus of the north boundary line of the James
Benson Donation Land Claim; thence north
6.85 chains, thence east 8.85 chains, thence
south 6.85 chains, and thence west 8.85 chains to
place of beginning, containing six acres, more
or less, and being the same premises sold by the
said A. B. Jones to the said B. . Jewel, In
Wasco County, Oregon,
be sold to satisfy siid judgment, attorney fees,
costs and accruing cost, 1 will, on Tuesday, the
8th day of February, 1898, at 2 o'clock p. m. of
said day, at the front door of the co6rthouse in
Dalles City, Wasco Co., Or.,sell all the right, title
and interest of the said R. . Fewel in and to the
above described property, at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash In hanl, the pro
ceeds arising from said sale to be applied to the
satisfaction of said judgment, attorney's fee,
costs and accruing coats, and the surplus, if any
there be, to be paid into court, and there to re
main until the lurther order of this court.
T. J. DRIVES,
dec22-l Sheriff of Wasco County, Or.
Sheriff's Sale.
-
Notice is hereby given that tinder and by vir
tue ol an execution and order of sale, issued
out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon,
for Wasco County, on the 14th day of December, .
1897, upon a decree and judgment ; rendered
therein on the first day of December, 1897, in a
suit then and theretofore pending, wherein
Northern Counties Investment Trust, Limited, a
Corporation, was plaintiff, and Mary J. Smith
James ii. Smith, Jr., Klum A. Smith. 'and Clem
Smith, were defendants, I did on the 14th day of
December, 1697, duly levy upon, and will, on
Wednesday, the 19th day of January, 1898, at the
honrfof one o'clock In the afternoon of said day,
at the front door of the county court house tin
Dalles City, Wasco County, Oregon, sell at pub
lic auction, to the high est bidder, for cash in
hand, toe following described real estate, to
wit: Lots 5 and 6 in block 3. Lauehlin's Addi
tion to The Dalles City, and Left 2 In Block 2, in
Trevitt's Addition to The Dalles City, all In
Wasco County, Oregon, together with all and
singular the tenements, hereditaments, and ap
pertenances thereunto belonging or in any wise
appertaining, or so much thereof as shall be
necessary to satisfy and pay the said several
sums due to plaintiff mentioned in said writ, to
wit: $2,935.06, and interest thereon from the
first day of December, 1897, at the rate of eight
per cent, per annum; the further sum of $250.00
as a reasonable attorney's fee, and the costs and
disbursements of said suit, taxed and allowed,
at $29.00, together with acoruing costs and ex
penses of such sale.
Dated at Dalles City, Oregon, this 15th day of
December, 1897.
T.J. DRIVER,
Sheriff of Wasco County, Oregon.
Administrator's Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that the nndersicmed
has been duly appointed by the County Court
of the State ot Oregon for Wasco County, ad
ministrator of the estate of John Grant, de
ceased. All porsons having claims against salU
estate are hereby notified to present the same to
meat my residence at Antelope, Oregon, within
six months from the date hereof.
Dated Nov. iu, 1897.
J, DUFF McANDIE,
Administrator of the estate of John Grant.
deceased. nov!0-5t
LOST, STRAYED OK STOLEN.
Four bead of catttle of the following '
deecrption : One . black and white
spotted steer, 3 rears old. One red and
white spotted steer, two years old. One
red and white spotted cow, about 5 years
old. One last spring bull calf, red and
white spotted. The first three are
marked with a swallow fork in the right
and underbit in left ear, and all four are
branded g The calf is not ear-marked.
Anyone who has, or knows the where
abouts of, the above deecribed cattle,
will confer a favor on me by notifying
me, and I will pay all expense connect
ed therewith. . John Stkgman,
decl9-4w The Dalits, Or.
NOTICE. ' ,
. I have a white spotted calf, about 2
years old, without mark or brand, at
my farm, on Cbenoweth creek, four
miles from The Dalles. Anyone who
will prove property and pay oost of ad
vertising, can have tne same.
AY. Maesh.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that I have appoint
ed the following as my deputies, to serve
till March 1,1898:
Zacbarv Taylor, Antelope.
Harry Cook, Ridgeway.
D. H. Roberts, The Dalles.
J. H. Sherar, Sherar's Bridge,
Frank Gabel, Wapinitia.
A. S. Roberts,
Stock Inspector for Wasco Co.,
n24-6t Box 507, The Dalles.
BSIKAI NOTICE.
Came to our place about August 1st.
last, a roan cow: brand indistinct. .
Owner can have same by paying all
charges. Moore Bros.,
n22-lm Three Mile.
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