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About The Dalles daily chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1890)
THE DAILY CHRONICLE. THE DALLES OREGON. STATE OFFICIALS. Governor Secretary of State Treasurer Snpt. ot Public Inntniction. Senators ; S. Pennover G. YV. Mc Bride ....Phillip Metchan E. B. MeElroy (J. N. Dolph iJ. H. Mitchell Connrestimaii B. Hermann Btate Printer Frank Baker COUNTY OFFICIALS. Sheriff -p. If CMtes (lurk - B- Croasen Treasurer. ieo- Kueh , , H' A. Leaven Commissioners Frank Kincaid ARsessor John E. Burnett Surveyor E. F. Sharp Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley Coroner W illiain Micuell is our prediction that v Mr. McConnell will draw the short term, in fact has done so already. Mr. McConnell came cmt of the fight a United States senator and Claggett came out as he went in a genuine thoroughbred gentleman. When the toga falls from their shoulders to his, as' it surely will if he lives, it will fall up and cover the -shoulders of a man who was too cowardly to trifle with his hon or, and too ignorant to betray a friend. A FEW PLAIN FACTS. IF HE WANTS LAND LET HIM COME TO WASCO. The legislatures of both Oregon and Washington will be in session in Janu ary. There is a fine opportunity for them to act conjointly in those matters which are of interest to both states. Two years ago the Oregon legislature was petitioned to appropriate $50,000 for building and equipping about half a mile of railroad from the head of the site of the Cascade locks to their foot. The legislature could not be persuaded to grant the reqnest, but expended a much larger sum in aiding wagon roads to be laid out, some, no doubt good, some, averaging six on a scale of ten, and some utterly useless. The benefit to the local communities was in some cases appreciable, but taken all together, the benefits from these wagon roads was but a trifle compared to that which the railroad at the Cascades would have re turned. Eastern Washington, as well as Eastern Oregon is interested in this work and to at least as great an extent. The secretary of war has given his consent that the road be built, the right of way is therefore assured. The two states by pooling their issues could easily build thin road and they ought to do it. Eastern Oregon uncomplainingly paid her portion of the taxes that went to wards building the locks at Oregon City and felt an honest and neighborly pride in the prosperity and good fortune of her Willamette valley brothers. The honest rind neighborly pride the Willamette valley returned with thanks at the first opportunity, slightly damaged by ex posure to the webfoot rains and warped by the summer sun, but still it was ours and she returned it. The $50,000 for the . railroad was not returned with it. How long will two vigorous lusty common wealths put up with governmental de lays and red tape? Either state could have afforded long ago to have built the locks entirely, and yet both stand like the mendicants they are asking the pitiful dole from the government that has been handed out of the back door to them, as though they were tramps. It is true the govermnunt should perform the work, " but as long as Indiana and New York hold the balance of political power and the western boundary of the United States is thought by eastern congressmen to be the Mississippi river, that long the work will be kept as a nest egg for appro . priatious and their absorption. A tax of five cents a bushel on the wheat that now lies in the Inland Empire, decreased three times that amount in value by lack of shipping facilities would complete the locks. It is time to stop our impor tunities and to help ourselves. The Oregonians recent advice was good medi cine, though decidedly "nasty" to the palate, and if the present generation ex pects to see the waters of the Columbia carrying boats through the locks at the Cascades they must take hold of the work themselves. The recent awaking of the Board of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce, in Portland and their sudden conversion to . the doctrine of an open river are suspi ciously sudden, and remarkably near the opening of a legislative session. We do not impugn their motives, but we would rather carry the gun while we travel in their company. Eastern Oregon and Washington have lost this year by the decrease in the values of their wheat alone $2,000,000. The loss has been oc casioned by lack of transportation facil ities and it is high time the people who are suffering this loss doK something for themselves. The direct loss is $2,000,000 the indirect Joss is treble that. The growth of the country is retarded, land values are forced down, business in all its Drancnes is at a standstill, bancs are drained of money and on the ragged edge of suspension, and the outlook for the sections east of us that depend on the wheat crop alone, is blue indeed. This stagnation and financial embarrass ment arises because the wheat cannot be moved. There are six or seven mil lions of dollars lying over the country in wheat sacks, but none available, because it cannot reach the markets of the world and be put into solid coin. It cannot be moved because of a half mile obstruc tion at the Cascades, and about a mile and a half at The Dalles. Are the peo ple of the two . best states in the Union going to put up with this state of affairs? That faithful old correspondent, "A Reader" in yesterday's Oregonian says : "Will you please inform me where to ap ply to learn where government land can be obtained in Oregon, and what steps are necessary to procure it?" The Ore gonian refers him to the surveyor gen eral, and though we do not fill that office we will volunteer a little information for the inquirer. There is an abundance of government land in Wasco county, from twenty-five to fifty miles from The Dalles and lying along the Dischules river. The soil is first-class, it being one'.of the best portions of the county, and only remaining vacant because as yet it is rather remote from the railroad. This will be remedied in a short time and the land will be among the most valuable in the county. Parties desiring to make homes for themselves on gov ernment land cannot do better than to come to The Dalles and take a look at our country. The land officers here will furnish all information necessary as to the means of acquiring the land. WRTGIIES. CLOCKS. Jewelry, Diamonds, SIItVEflWflflE, : ETC. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired and Warranted. THE DALLES, - - Portland wants $500,000 for a custom house. The sum is not too large and she ought to have it. The government should build not for the Portland of to day, but for the Portland that will exist by. the time the building is finished She is bound to be a great city and Un cle Sam might as well recognize the fact before he buys her clothes. We would like to see Portland have a fine custom house, which cheerful and charitable sentiment shows that while we can't get what we want up this way and therefore do a ereat deal of growling that we are not of the dog-in-the-manger style. General Banking Business transacted Deposits received, subject to bight Draft or Check. Collections made and proceeds promptly remuiea on aay vi couecuon. Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on Xv ew iork, ban Francisco ana I'ort land. DIRECTORS. D. P. Thowpsox. ' Jno. S. Schexck. W. Sparks. Geo. A; Liebe. - .H..M. Beall. . JUDGE CLAGGETT BEATEN. The combination between McConnell, Shoup and DuBois worked to a charm, Shoup and McConnell being elected to the United States senate from Idaho, and DuBois elected" to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of one or the other of them on the 4th of March next. The whole affair looks as though Mc- Tbe Ubiquitous Paul Fry. Dufcr, Or., Dec. 17, 1890, To the Editor of the Ceronicle., ' Kind Sir We" returned yesterday from your town to the beautiful, bright, energetic, bustling suburban city of Dufur. We had rather a chilly exper ience oh our return as the air was cold and frosty, but we found our people as usual, full of bright hopes, and our city the infantile palatial city of our heart's desire. Our pleasure loving people are looking forward to the festivities of the yearly holidays, among which perhaps the most attractive feature will be the exe cuting by the Dufur Dramatic Club of that time-honored and truth-vindicating drama "Paul Pry" which the Club have been practicing upon for some weeks, under the able management of Prof, Frazier. The drama will be followed by the comic little farce "My Turn Next." The object of the Club is to add a new phase to the amusements of our city as well as to bring out and cultivate that self confidence that is a necessary ad- jenct to a good education. And last but not least in their purposes is the desire to raise means to encourage and foster our public schools, that they may be come an honor to our young ana grow ing metropolis. There are also " the usual amount of arrangements being made for a good time on Christmas. A large attendance is expected at the drama at Bohna's Opera House, Saturday, December 20th, 1890. . Next, Our Visitors. After dinner yesterday our Portland visitors took carriages for North Dalles and were present at the opening of the shoe shop. They returned in time to enjoy a ride through our city, and were all astonished at the evidences of thrift business and wealth which met their eyes. Mr. F. S. Webster, of the Cleve land Oil and Paint works, and Mr. E. F. Sox, of Albany, the queen city of the Willamette, both expressed surprise at the number and stocks of our business houses, and the vast volume of business which they quickly detected was done here. Mr. Webster said that from what he had read of The Dalles he expected to find a corpse, but it was the healthi est and livliest corpse he had ever seen Mr. Sox said our merchants carried as large if not larger stocks than those of his city, although they prided them selves on being second only to Portland, These gentlemen expressed the senti ment of the entire crowd, but like them could not understand where our trade came from. It is safe to say that The Dalles standa much higher in the est mation of every one of our visitors, and it iB quite certain that Western Oregon is but poorly informed as to the resour ces and capabilities of this side of - the mountains. The train pulled out at 5 o'clock bearing a happy party who had enjoyed their visit and entered on their mental tablets the note that The Dalles was one of the most beautiful places the state, and destined to be one of its largest and thriftiest ' cities, The ex cursion was gotten up by Rev. O, Taylor who deserves the thanks of the entire community for introducing us to FEHCfl & CO., BANKERS. . TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINE'SS S. L. YOUNG, (Successor to E.. BECK.) -DEALER IN r 165 Second St., The Dalles, Or. P. Thompson" J. S. Schenck, H. M. Beall, President. ice-President. Cashier. First national Bant OREGON. Letters of Credit issued available in the Eastern States. -. ' Sight Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New. York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon, Seattle Wash., and various points in Or egon and Washington. -.".." Collections made at all-points on fav orable terms. !. N. THORNBDSY. T. Aj. HUDSON. Lute Kec. u . b. iatia umce. rotary i-ucmc thor pan HUDSOH, OOMS 8 and 9 LAND OFFICE BUILDING, FoBtofflce it ox 335, THE DALLES, OR. pilings, Contests, And all other Business in the U. S. Land Office Promptly Attended to. Notice to FuelConsumera I rriTTTn t a t t -mci JL XlJLi UJiJLi-EjO Have on hand a lot of Fir and Hard Wood. Also a- lot of ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. Office corner Third and Union Streets, SNIPES t IflEtSSIiY, Wholesale and - Retail Dripsts. Fine Imported, Key West and Domestic (AGENTS FOR) CST'D -x 1802- The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at the head of navigation on the Middle Columbia, and is a thriving, prosperous city. ITS TERRITORY. It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri cultural and grazing country, its trade reaching as far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over two hundred miles. THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET. The rich grazing country along the eastern slopV of the the Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands of sheep, the wool from "which finds market here. The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping point in America, about 5,000,000 pounds being shipped this year. THE VINEYARD OF OREGON". The country near The Dalles produces splendid crops of cereals, and its fruits cannot be excelled. It is the vineyard of Oregon, its grapes equalling Cali fornia's best, and its other fruits, apples, pears, prunes, cherries etc., are unsurpassed. ITS PRODUCTS. The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia, yielding this year a revenue of $1,500,000 -which can and -will be more than doubled in the near future. The products of the beautiful Klickital valley find market here, and the country south and east has this year filled the -warehouses, and all available storage places to overflowing with their products. ITS WEALTH It is the richest city, of its size on the. coast, and its money is scattered over and is being used to develop, more farming country than is tributary to any other city in Eastern Oregon. Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un- limited! And on these corner stones she stands. v (J. E. BYARJ CO., Real Estate, ' ' 1 ' t : , ., . insurance, D. w. EDWARDS, and Tman dealer in w " . . . .tfk i . m mm .. ' n' 11 - Paints, UHs, Ulass, wall Papers, Ubwa- tions, Artists' Materials, Oil Paintings, Clromos an! Steel EnsraYiMS. opeira House filoek,3dst. Mouldings and Picture Frames, Cornice Poles Etc., Paper Trimmed Free. HGENCY. We have ordered Blanks for Filings, Entries and the purchase of Railroad Landd under the recent Forfeiture Act, which we will have, and advise the pub lic at the earliest date when such entries can be made. Look for advertisement in this paper. ThornDury & ituason. -KOK- Carpets anil Furniture, Front Street Cigar Store, THE DALLES, OREGON. W. H. JONES, PROPRIETOR. Opposite the Umatilla House. HAVE ON SALE THE BEST BRANDS OF Imported and Domestic CIGARS and TOBACCO. ALSO A FULL LINE OF PURE HAVANA CIGARS. PRINZ & NITSCHKE, And be Satisfied as to QUALITY AND PRICES. Chas. Stubling, PROPBIKTOB OF THE New Yogt Block, Second St ' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Liquor v Dealer, MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT. $20 REWARD. 276 and 278, Seoond Street. m 3VXa.c3.c9 to Order. - - The Dalles, Or. CO TO W. E. GARRETSON, Leatfii-?: Jeweler. SOLE AGENT FOB THE . . -i All Watch Work Warranted. Je-welry Made to Order. - 138 Second St.. The Dalle, Or. HOlilDAY .o. GOODS L,. RORDEN & CO. Largest and Best Assortment of CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Ever Brought to this City. Your presence is Cordially Invited at our Store EARLY AND OFTEN. VOGT BLOCK, SECOND ST., THE DALLES, OR. John Pashek, MERCHANT TAILORS Third Street, Opera Block. JVIadison's Ltatest System Used in cutting garmentsand a fit guaranteed each time. Repairing and Cleaning Neatly and Quickly Done. REMOVAL. -: For the Best Brands and Purest Quality of Wines and Liquors, go to : J. G. MHCK, H. Glenn has removed his t t . . - office and the office of the Utyoiesaie : liquor : verier, "VITILL BE PAID FOR ANY INFORMATION mill 1i ii 1 imJnii fiiminnl Electric Light Co. to 73