THE DALLES WEEKLY. CHROXTICLE, SATURDAY. JANUARY 29. 1888.
The Weekly Ghfoniek
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Count? Judge. Root Mays
Sheriff. . T. J. Driver
Cierk .A M. Kelsay
Treasurer C. 1 fhiUijw
Commissioners )D. s. Kimaey
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor -. B. oH
Bapenntendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
Weekly Clubbing Rates.-
Chronicle and Oregonian $2 25
Chronicle and Examiner 2 25
Chronicle and Inter Ocean 1 85
Chronicle aod Tribune 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World 2 00
THE RETURN
OFt PROSPERITY.
The Atlanta Constitution, albeita
Bryanite and a professor of the creed
that declares forty cents to be the
equivalent of one dollar, has become
aware of the fact that prosperity has
followed the rejection of Bryan and
the election of McKinley. It notes
the establishment of no fewer than
469 new industries in the South
alone between October, 1897, and
January, 1898. It may be well to
quote the words of this famous organ
of Demo-Populism :
Altogether the number of indus
tries which have sprung into exist
ence in the South since Oct. 1, 1897,
aggregate 469, divided among the
various states of this section in the
following manner: Alabama, 35;
Arkansas, 30; Florida, 30; Georgia,
54; Kentucky, 39; Louisiana, 16;
Mississippi, 17; North Carolina, 39;
South Carolina, 24; Tennessee, 49 ;
Texas, 60; West Virginia, 41, and
Virginia 35.
We congratulate the southern
states upon this magnificent revival
of prosperity, md we compliment
the Atlanta Constitution upon its
accurate compilation of statistics.
Ine south, is getting its share in
the universal betterment of condi
tions. The trade of the United
States in December, 1897, was worth
1130,322,965 in exports and $54,
275,199 in imports. In December,
1896, the export trade was worth
$124,106,756, and the imports $61,-
366,403; the excess of exports over
amports being $62,140,353; for the
ast month of 1896 and $76,047,766
?for that of 1897. Here is a gain of
-very nearly $14,000,000 on the
- credit side of the national balance
. sheet. In no month of any year has
there been such a credit balance as
un December, 1897.
V ine red gold of Europe must flow
to the United States in payment Of
the debts contracted for what it buys
from us in excess of what it sells to
as. Moreover, we are fast bu3ring
'back the shares and stocks in United
States enterprises that long have
been held abroad. This means
-much. The interest upon American
debentures is being paid to Ameri
cans, and the proftis upon American
Fentures are being , paid to Ameri
cans instead of to Europeans, when
ever a transfer of American shares,
3)onds, or stacks is made from a Eu
ropean to an A merican holder.
One leakage, however, should be
stopped quickly. We now pay
$300,000,000 a year for transporta
tion of American passengers and
goods in ship? owned by foreigners.
The Elkins shipping bill should be
passed at once. . :
The total value of United States
commerc.9' during the last year was
-$1, 841 ,000,000. Compared with the
preceding twelve months, our im
ports increased $61,000,000 and our
exports $94,000,000. . So that it
again is made plain-that a judiciously
arranged protective tariff enlarges
mi fiMinirrn w irvt m AatyiA a a ta1I a a j-vn
home market. Another circumstance
' in tsrAnfltv rf nAtA Alt iiAii rrlt Mia
Wilson tariff was lower and less pro
tective than the Dingley measure,
the value ot goods imported free of
luty during 1897 was greater than
-daring 1896.
.. We are moving forward fast.
Money circulates more freely, the
demand for labor is greater, the qual
ity . of woolen goods sold is better,
, the use of shoddy is less, the liquida
tion of mortgages is more general,
the purchasing power of the people
is greater this year than at any time
since 1892. Inter Ocean.
. The Financial Chronicle has just
published its annual statement of
railroad earnings showing an increase
$58,900,000, or six per - cent, " on
159,000. miles of road, and this in-
spite of a decrease of $1,266,000 in
the first six months. This is most
emphatic proof of wonderful recov
ery during the last six months .of
1897. Another evidence of activity
is the increased pig-iron production
which has risen to 1,000,000 tons per
month, or at the rate of 12,000,000
tons yearly, compared with $10,500,-
000, the largest previous annual
output. Last week orders for 100,-
000 tons of steel rails were placed by
the Pennsylvania railroad; and good
authorities say that orders for nearly
1,000,000 tons for 1898 have already
been booked. Car and locomotive
works are wellsupplied with ordeis.
and the ouilook for the iron trade in
1898 is exceptionally good.
THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.
Much has been written and said of
late, both in and out of congress, re
eardine the restriction or immigra
tion. The question is one of vital
concern to the commercial and po
litical life, of the nation. It has
been seriously urged that the United
States could not assimilate properly
the mass o immigrants who were
flocking hither from foreign- shores,
The congestion of population in large
cities and the poverty and distress
consequent upon it, has made the
fact obvious that the nation has
reached a point where the supply of
labor is exceeding the demand. To
the laboring cla3 belong most of
the people who come seeking homes
in America.
As a nation we owe much to the
sturdy borne seekers who have cast
their' fortunes with the American
people and , sworn allegiance to our
laws and institutions. Without the
influx of people from other countries
the United States could not have at
tained the wonderful greatness at
which the whole world now is mar
velling. Whatever legislation shall
be passed regarding foreign immi
gration will be done in kindness, and
not with malice.
A recent study of immigration sta
tistics shows that if further foreign
immigration is undesirable, the fall
ing off in the number of immigration
makes any very drastic regulations
unnecessary.
As a matter of fact, since the en
forcement of the law of March 3,
1893, immigration has come to a
ctandstill. In the fiscal year 1894
the total of arrived aliens amounted
to 285,631 ; in 1 895, to 258,536 : in
1896, to 343,267, and in 1897 to but
230,833, an annual average for the
four years under the present law of
only 279,566 against an average '.
526,450 from the years from 183 J to
1892. Besides, a very large percen
tage of those recent arrivals (much
above 40 per cent) are the arents
or children, brothers or sisters or
former immigrants, the exclusion of
whom is impossible without the most
reckless and cruel separation of fami
lies, parts of which are American
residents. Another very large per
centage (about 20 per cent) of these
so-called immigrants' are' but return
ing to the United Slates after a visit
abroad. Deducting these two clasres
of very much qualified immigrants,
all that is left as immigrants proper
amounted in 1894 to 98,377; in 1895
76,011 ; in 1896 to 119,636, aftd in
1897 to 88,666, an average of 95,672
per year. As a further matter of
fact, a very much larger number of
foreigners" have in every one of
these four years left this country and
returned to their fatherland.!
So the "immigration question" is
not the bugbear some alarmists would
have us believe.
The project is being discussed of
some means being devised lor the
transmission of electrical power from
the Deschutes , river to The Dalles.
A , committee of the Commercial
Club, we are informed, has the sub
ject ' under investigation and will
make a report shortly. ' There can
be no question but that such a
scheme would inure to the great ben
efit of The Dalles, and give this
place such advantages as would force
it to the front as a manufacturing
center.. The cost need not be great.
and anything which would tend tow
ards attracting outside capital should
be heartily encouraged.
More than (he usual amount of
general interest has been taken in
the Maryland senatorial contest be
cause the election or a KepuDlican
meant the retirement of Gorman,
one of the most unsavory of Ameri
can ; politicians. Gorman has long
been an unattractive figure in public
life, and all lovers pf high statesman
ship" will pray that he may never
secure domination . enough to allow
him a return to the senate; There
are others who could be spared from
congress with nearly as good grace as
Gorman. -
A PUBLIC
LIBRARY
DALLES.
FOR -THE
It is gratifying to note that a very
creditable nucleus for a public libra
ry has been formed througL the
energy and persistence of some of
The Dalles ladies. The list of books
published in yesterday and today's
Chronicle, is an unusually good one
and contains many works not owned
in the private libraries of the town.
The need of an institution of this
sort has long been fell in The Dalles.
Several years ago an attempt was
made to form a public library, but
the happening of the big fire of 1891
put an end to all efforts. The Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union
at one time maintained a reading
room and small collection of books ;
bdt there has never been any effort
to conduct a public library which
should contain the standard works,
and procure the latest books of in
terest. .
While the attempt of the Dalles
ladies to provide for the need of a
library is a modest one, yet The
Chronicle believes, if the present
interest continue, it will grow and
expand till the hopes of its promoters
will be realized. As many as possi
ble should be persuaded to join, un
til from the dues encugh books are
purchased to justify larger quarters.
Then "the city, or some generous
friend, may donate rooms, and the
library be a realty in deed as well as
name.
The Commercial Club grew from
a small beginning, till now it is ad
mired a1! over the state; and who
says it is impossible for Ine Dalles
Library to follow the example? At
any rate, let us all join in the at
tempt. ::' ' ' '"" '
POLITICS A BAD BUSINESS.
Henry Blackman, D. M. Dunne's
predecessor in the office of internal
revenue sollector, has had an experi
ence in politics that will serve as an
object lesson and a warning to young
men who contemplate engaging in
politics as a profession. At the time
the craze for office took possession of
Mr. Blackman he was a successful
and well-to-do merchant of Heppner.
He began his official career as mem
ber of the city council ot Heppner,
was afterward made mayer of that
city and subsequently ran for joint
senator of Morrow and Grant coun
ties on the Democratic ticket. He
was elected, defeating McHaley, the
Republican candidate. Early in the
spring or lifti Mr. .Blackman re
ceived appointment to the offhe of
collector of internal revenue and he
held this office four 3 ears.
Much credit is certainly due Mr.
Blackman for "bis shrewdness and
ability as a politician, and his efforts
in that line have certainly been suc
cessful, He has captured, every
office he started after; but has the
game been worth the powder ? . We
think not. It cost him bis business
and a fortune of probably $20,000.
His experience is worth something,
but wouldn't sell for ten per cent of
what it cost. Mr. Blackman's ad
vice to young men is to stick to
business and let oolitics alone.- As a
profession it is unprofitable, demoral
izing, precarious and unsatisfactory.
Pendleton Tribune.
The crop prospects in California
are markedably different from what
the future promises for Oregon. In
our sister " state there has been no
rain in the San Joaquin valley, where
three-fourths of all the state yield ot
wheat is raised. The farmers are ex
ceedingly downcast and predict that
not one-half of the average crop will
be harvested in 1898. In Oregon
everything promises well; plenteous
rain has moistened the- earth, .while
the open winter of December and
January has enabled a large acreage
to be plowed. While,' of course, it
is yet too soon to do anything more
than hope, yet the farmers of Oregon
can work with renewed courage, feel-
ing that the prospects are good for a
large, yield and a price which will al
low almost every farmer to lift the
mortgage, if he has one, on his home
The appearance of the big .battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor will
not strike the Spaniards as bein
strong evidence of the love of the
American nation towards Spam,
Events have so shaped themselves
that Cuban success remains no longer
doubtful, and if the presence of the
White Squadron in Cuban waters will
hasten the end of a miserable war
fare, the American people will not
complain. "
Spain is going to send one of her
warships on a friendly visit to the
United States. , The Spaniard's had
better keep their toys of war in a
safe place, as the indications promise
that a few of them may run afoul of
Uncle Sam's flotilla. A war with
Spain is not among the things im
piobable, and should it occur, the
betting on the outcome will be all
oneway. . . ..
NEWS NOTES.
. Wednesday's Dally. .. r
Latest advices states that the Cana.
dian government want the Skaguay and
Dyea passes closed.
This morning's bulletin states St.
Louis was panic stricken over a tremen
dous wind storm, and that several peo
ple have been killed.
Gns Wachlin, the Hillsboro murderer,
made a confession yesterday of how the
deed was committed, and stales that
another man did the shooting.
Senator PerkinB and Representative
Maguire, of California, yesterday form
ally invited the president to touch: the
botton next Saturday which will open
the golden jubilee mining . fair of that
state. - The president replied to the tele
gram of the mayor of San Francisco, and
accepted the invitation to set the war
chinery in motion.
It is learned from official sources that
there is no foundation for the report
that the Canadian government has de
cided not to allow United States troops
to cross Britieh territory; The Klondike
relief expedition will go forward as con
templated by congress in the special ap
propriation passed for that purpose, and
in tbe manner planned by the secretary
of war.
It is now certain that the man' found
dead, with his throat cut and bis body
mangled, on the railroad track near
Fallon's, early in December, was Ed La
bere, a Frenchman, who left Belle
Fourche, S. D., and went to Portland.
He was returning to Palouse in . search
of work when murdered. It is known
that he carried $800. It is thought that
thuzs learned of this in Portland, and
followed him here.
A bulletin received this morning states
that another big gold strike has been
made in the Baker City mines.
- Yesterday President Dole of Hawaii
was officially received by President Mc
Kinley. No military display was made,
Advices received today state that a
Portland firm has secured the contract
for building the $750,000 jetty at Gray's
Harbor.'
A company of prominent Portland
business men has been formed to handle
Alaska mines. The capital stock
amounts to $600,000.
It was 35 degrees below zero at Gran
ite, Or., on Monday. The bands of a
woman and the toes of a boy were frozen
while they were traveling to Sampter in
a stage.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
will remain incognito daring his visit to
Rome this month, and will make studies
in the Vatican library for a scientific
work which he is writing.
George L. Wat eon, an Englishman, is
I finishing the design of a very large steam
yacht for James Gordon Bennett, pro
prietor of the New York Herald, which
will probably be built on the Clyde.
Isaac Irwin, who claims Klamath
county, Or., as his home, was yesterday
sentenced at San Jose to twelve years in
San Qaentin on bis plea of gnilty to tbe
charge of robbing E. A. Brown, tbe Hoi
lister rancher, who had identified him.
Mrs. Lida Bentley, wife of A. A.
Bentley, died Wednesday at Monmouth
of pneumonia, after an Illness of only
four days. Deceased was 42 years old,
and a daughter of M. Wilkins of Eugene,
who is a pioneer of 1844. She left a bus
band and two daughters.
The commissioners of Stevens county,
Waeh., have decided to take entire
charge of tbe north half of the Colville
reservation, which has heretofore been
under government control. There has
been a dispute about tbe jurisdiction of
courts ; and this action will settle the
matter. 'Heretofore perpetrators of rob
beries and other crimes in Eureka. camp
have gone unpunished.
Friday's Daily. .. :.
The Canadian police have received in
structions from the Dominion govern
ment to prevent anyone from dredging
tbe Yukon river. .. -.;-.. '-
President McKinley was present at
the banquet in New York last night tnd
was very emphatic in his expressions of ;
yy
If you want to have
ERTJIT-
You must. Spray and Prune. We have
The Bean,
The Myers and
The Demmirig
Spray Pumps.
We can give you a complete outfit for from $5. OO to
$25.00. Take a look at them before you buy.
.In Prnning Goods we have Saws, Shears, Buckeye Pron
ers 2 and 3 foot, and Water's Tree.Prnners 6 and 8 feet long.
Our Prices are Right.
MAIER & BENTON,
Hardware and Grocery Tknrioll ft-
- Merchants.......
satisfaction concerning tbe workings of
the gold standard.
The Cuban general who ordered the
execution of General Ruiz, was slain by
tbe Spaniards.
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in tbe postomce at Ine Dalles un
called for January 28, 1898. Persons
calling for, the same will give date on
which tbey were advertised:
Bens, John
Brooks. Flora
Bull, MA
Bolton, Herbert
Bonney.CR
Chamberlain, Mrs
Cooper, Lizzie
Dnnsmore, Maggie
Freeman, Aaron
Harris. Alanson
Hill, Mrs E C
Johnson, Miss A
Keyser, John J
Kosher, J
LaMa, F D
.Matthews, FE
Mesbiiiger, OB
McCooke. M W
McCormick, Mrs J
Nichols, George
Odell, Walther
Phelps, Allie .
Reckord, May
Simmons, E
Son son, Cland -Smith,
Mrs C J
Smith, Edward .
Ward, Matilda
Wilhelm. William
Wolverton. Bud
J. A. Crosses. :
Coleman, F H
Dollerhide, J G
Fee, William
Forest, F
Hansird, Mrs S H
Jones, Frank
Joues, Steve
Koontz, Mrs L
Kobler, Joe
Martin, Mrs N
Mason, Chester
Moore, E V
McCormiuk, L
Robertson. J D
Osborn, Miss W
Peters, Isbrand
Phelpe, George
Rice, Claad
Stoner, Eld A J
Sy turners, George
Smith, Ida
Thurman, S L .
Ward, Emma
Whitsett, C A
DEMAND FOR FLINTLOCKS.
Tbey Are Made to DeliRbt African and
Other Savages. '
Strange as it may appear, flintlock
muskets are not merely a record of by
pone ages, says the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. In 1895 no fewer than 1,820-,
000 gunflinte were produced at the
Lingheath mines, Brandon, Suffolk,
England. These flints are chiefly to de
light African and other savages, who,
having been so long used to flintlocks,
are reluctant to give them up.
Tbe method of manufacturing these
gun flints is' very interesting. In the
operation of "flanking" the worker
will take a "quarter" in his left hand
and placing it on hie knee, around
which a protecting band of leather has
been strapped, gently tap the flint with
a hammer, giving it each time a well
directed blow. At every tap a flake six
inches long and one inch wide falls into
his hand and, if a good one, is deposited
in a pail by his side, ail bad ones being
discarded. The knappers work these
flints with hammers with long, thin
heads, often made of old files, trans
versely striking the strip of flint on an
iron fixed in their benches.
You can't cure consumption but yon
can avoid it ar3 cure any other form of
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SPECIAL SCHOOL (MEETING.
Notice is hereby given to the legal
voters of school dieiriut No. 12, of Waeco
connty, state of Oregon, that a special
school meeting of. said district will be
held at the brick school tionee on Uonrt
stret, on the 28th day of Januarv, 1898,
at 2 o'clock io the alternoon, for tbe fol
lowing objects: -To levy a tax for the
eneuine vear for school purpdees, and -to
create a sinking fund to pay the bonded
indebtedness of said district.
Dated this 17th day of January, 1898.
- C D. Doanb,
Chairman Board Directors.
Gko. P. Mobgan, District Clerk.
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