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.
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(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
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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
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