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THE DAILY CHRONICLE.
THE DALLES
OREGON.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor. 8. Pennoyer
Secretary of 8Ute G. W. McBrlde
TreuMirer Phillip Metschau
Supt. of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy
Senators
OonirrcKHm an...t
BUte Printer
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Sheriff ! L. Cat
Clerk
Treasurer
Committal oneTH.
Assessor
fcSurvevor
J. N. Dolph
J. H. Mitchell
...B. Hermann
. . . Frank Baker
J. B. C'rossen
Geo. Kuch
SH' A. Leavens
Frank Kineaid
ohn E. Barnett
.E. F. Sharp
public commendation for the act. It la
understood that if this case is pushed to
trial the defendent will meet it fully.
Persons who have no moral injuries to
be redressed, and whose only purpose ts
to blacken others or make tnem pay ior
secrecy, too often have their way."
It would appear from this that our
distinguished contemporay consideres
the immorality of dancing to consist in
paying the fiddler, and the despicable
portion of the transaction to be repre
sented by the bill. Remarkable prem
ises, worthy of a Dogberry, and a neces
sory conclusion admirably stated.
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner Willlmn Miehell
TIMBER LAND LOCATIONS.
The cases of E. J. Hyde and Frank
Stone, the latter indicted under the
name of C. F. Stone were up in the
United States court at Portland Satur
day, the prisoners being arraigned and
pleading not guilty. They are charged
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, and Stone has nine counts in the
indictment against him. One of these
is subornation of perjury. As there is
considerable land being taken under the
timber and stone act, we mention the
gist of Judge Deady's charge to the
grand jury on this point, and that is,
that while a person had an undoubted
right to engage in the business of dis
covering, land for would be locators,
that the matter must be performed in
good faith, and the locators not induced
to take the claim by representations
that the locator would find a purchaser
for the land as soon as title was acquired.
In making final proof on such claims the
applicant must swear that he takes the
land in good faith, and has not arranged,
or bargained for the sale of the land. It
is presumed that being induced to locate
under promise of speedy and profitable
sules, and having paid the locator his
fet-s, and the necessory expenses of pub
lication etc., that the locator would play
tag with his conscience, andjthat thus
the timber agent is guilty of suborna
tion of perjury. If as a matter of fact,
the locator under such a condition of
affairs makes final proof, there can be
no doubt hut that the offence is com
plete. This is the first case of the kind
ever brought into the courts, and it may
be possible, there being no precedent,
that the indictments may fail, but this
does not alter the fact that he who lo
cates timber land except in perfect good
faith, is placing -i halter on his freedom
by which it may be led to the pen.
The printing office is a mill, the news
paper its grist. "What an immensity of
that ubiquitous article known as copy,
goes into its capacious hopper to come
out ground down seperated and labeled.
The editors grind copy, the nimble and
energetic reporter in highways and by
ways gathers up that which in itself is
nameless and from all the actions of men
and the processes of nature he makes
copy, xne tciegrapn ana tne caoie,
from all parts of the world send for the
mill thir additions to the mill's raw
material, copy. The compositors swear
at it, the proof reader cusses it- flat
footed, the devil pursues it as he does
virtue, and like virtue once lost the devil
himself could not find it. It goes into
the office a conglomorate mess, joy and
sorrow, births and deaths, marriages
and divorces, successes and failures,
floods and fires, heroism and crime, the
daily happening on land and sea, and
air, the ponderous debate of the anti
quated senator, the arriest jest, the pro
found statement of the head of the na
tion, and the infantile gurgle of baby
McKee, the tragic death, the seric comic
ghost dance, all these things and thous
ands more, are comprised in the word
copy, and go to make up the daily feed of
the omnivorious newspaper office.
CLASS LEGISLATION.
Class legislation is one of the unmixed
and unmitigated evils of this countrv.
The efforts of congress, and of the state
legislatures all tend towards this evil.
The scheming politician the conscience
less speculator besiege the law making
bodies with bill after bill, most of them
fair and plausible enough on their face,
but carrying somewhere in their bewil
dering verbiage, a clause that may be
construed by the technical hairsplitting
judges for the benefit of one class and to
the detriment of another. Just now a
vigorous warfare is heiner was!
the poor devils who are locating timber
lands, and they are held and bound
down to the strictest letter of the law
Class legislation has made it a crime to
acquire by doubtful means 160 acres of
timber land. Class legislation has made
it possible at the same time for a corpo
ration like the Northern Pacific to ac
quire by failure to comply with the laws
lands valued at 1 ,000,000,000. The citi
zen is examined, sworn, watched
doubted and questioned as to his future
intention concerning his little plot of
grouna. me great corporation fails to
comply with its contract, tells the gov
ernment to go to the devil,- holds out
' millions of acres along the Columbia
which it had not earned and did not
intend to earn, for nearly twenty years
and finally only allows the peoples rep
resentatives in congress to forfeit this
land on its own terms, that is to confirm
title to what it had already taken with
out earning. Class legislation of the
rankest kind, yet we the people accept
it, close our eyes and in most cases swear
we like it. We have silver legislation.
tariff legislation, one class of laws for the
poor to obey another class of laws which
the rich are to ignore. It is time that
these evils be corrected if . our srovern
ment is to endure and it looks verv mnch
as if the party and the men who will
compel the clearing away of this evil
were at nana.
AND THAT'S THE END ON'Ti
As we made editorial mention of the
fact that Mrs. Collier had commenced
suit against the mayor of the biggest city
in the JNorthwest, Mr. Van B. D Lash
mat, it is eminently proper that we note
the subsequent fact that the lady denies
any intention of suing him, and says that
only through the urgent and incisive
pleadings of one lawyer Jones was she
induced to sign the complaint at all
and then only with the understanding
that it was only to be nsed in a quiet
way to obtain a portion of Van B's,
wealth. This is bad for the plaintiff,
and places her in anything but an envi
able light. The Oregonian of Saturday in
speaking of this case says :
"It may well be supposed that there
are matters involved in a. case of this
kind which a man would prefer should
not obtain notoriety. Nevertheless it is
. right to resist efforts to extort money in
such cases, than which nothing is more
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THE NEWSPAPER'S FOOD.
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Jewelry, Diamonds,
SMEflWflRE, :-; ETC
Watches, Clocks" and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
C. N. THORNBUKY, T. A. HCDSOX,
Late Kec. U. 8. Luna umce. notary ruDHC
TH 0 ft II HUDSON.
OOMS 8 and 9 LAND OFFICE BUILDING,
l'ostofflce cox 325
THE DALLES, OR.
A FEW NEEDED LAWS.
e believe in a fair election and an
nonest count, that every citizen of the
United states should be entitled to cast
his ballot once and no more, and that in
exercising this privilege he be protected
from the pleading, intimidation and
undue influence of his employer and the
political striker. We believe the Aus
tralian ballot system will, if it does not
accomplish this result, at least be t
great improvement on the presant man
ner of conductihg elections, and there
fore add our voice to the rapidly increas
ing demand for the adoption of this sys
tem. With a good assessment law and
the Australian ballot system, Oregon
will be infused with new blood and
vigor. The legislature will have done
well if both these ideas are enacted into
laws. As a minor issue a general
incorporation act should be passed so
that our rapidly growing towns can
incorporate without waiting for a session
of the legislature.
We have ordered Blanks for Filings,
Entries and the purchase of Railroad
Lands 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. .
Thornbury & Hudson.
A FAMLY AFFAIR.
The dispatches recently announced
that a lady sixty-five years old had on
Christmas day given birth to twins, and
within five minutes of the same time her
daughter aged ' forty -two became the
mother of bouncing twin girls. While
mutual congratulations were being ex
changed a telegram from a grand daugh
ter informed them that she too had
given birth to twins, and at the same
hour.
Senator Manderson has presented
petition which offers a solution to the
Indian problem. The senator's idea is to
take the Indians horses away from them
and issue work oxen in their stead. He
suggests that an Indian deprived of his
horse is " harmless and this is in
measure true. Recent happenings show
that the state of the weather has a great
deal to do with the state of the Indians
disposition, . and Senator Manderson
equine-ox would, no doubt, make them
take more kindly to government rations
and blankets.
Mr. .Bancroft's ".History of Utah" is a
travesty on truth. His information was
evidently obtained from the dignitaries
and archives of the Mormon church
Mr. Bancroft is another example of a
bright man whose intellectuality burned
out so slowly that it was all gone before
he missed any of it. His work on Utah
had better for his sake never have, been
written, ior at the best it can be rated
only as an historical romance, a fiction
pure, and exceedingly simple.
' E. J. Pennington and his air ship
which was to have sailed from Mt. Car
mel, Illinois, to St. Louis, Christmas
day has not been heard from. The time
of his trial trip has evidently been post
poned, for if he had started and failed
some note would have been made of it
One thing is certain and that is' if the
thing is a success there will be conster
nation in the protective tariff, camp, un
less, indeed, a roof could be built over
the country.
We are in receipt of The Dalles Daily
Chronicle, a new paper just started at
that place. it presents a neat typo
graphical appearance, well filled with
advertisements and looks as if the people
intend to support the new enterprise
noerauy. it is independent and pub
lished by a joint stock company. Port
land rvoria.
New York has a population of nearly
6,000,000, or almost one-tenth of the en
tire population of the United States
S.L.YOUNG,
(Successor to E. BECK.) ' -'
Notice to Fuel Consumers
DEALER IX
ifJflTP.IIFK Rinp.E
kl U M. WlUaW
Have on hand a lot of
ir and
Also a lot of
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY
-
Office corner
163 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
Filings, Contests,
And all other Business in the U. S. Land Office
Promptly Attended to.
D. P. Thompson' i. S. Schenck, H. M. Beau.,
President. . vice-iTesiaent. utuuuer.
First Katlonal BanK.
THE DALLES,
OREGON
The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on the Middle Columbia, and
is a thriving, prosperous city. . tJ
ITS TERRITORY. . - "
Hard ' -WOOd. It is the supply city for an extensive and richagri-
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 slope
of the the Cascades furnishes nasturo fn-r i ATI CI TlHs
- . . . x -'- wioa4.uia
rliru and UniOn Streets, of sheep, the wool from which finds market here:
The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping
SfllPHS fit KlflEfSLiY, . point in America, about 5,000,000 pounds "being
shiuued this vear.
Wholesale and Retail Bmiists. the vineyard of oregon.
The country near The Dalles produces splendid
crons of cereals, and its frn-its nnnnni- "ha a-vAaiTa.A -rl
'ine Importeil, Key West and Domestic 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
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to bight
Draft or Check. ;
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remuteo. on aay 01 coiiecuon.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
&ew York, ban ijrancisco and Port
DIRECTORS.
D. P. Thompson. . Jno. S. Schej-cje
T. W. Sparks. Geo. A. Liebe. ,
H. M. Beall.
FEfiCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERALBAKKING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sierht Exchange and Telesrranhic
Transfers sold on jNew iorK, unicago, st,
Louis, Ban irancisco, Portland Oregon
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
From street Clp Store
THE DALLES, OREGON.
W. H. JONES,
PROPRIETOR.
Opposite the Umatilla House.
HAVE ON SALE THE BEST BRA.NDS OF
- Imported and Domestic
CIGARS and TOBACCO
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
lTaxils.ee 23otiozis
PURE HAVANA CIGARS.
Chas. Stubling,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
New Yogt Block, Second St.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Liquor v Dealer
MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT,
$20 REWARD.
TTTILL BE FAID FOR ANY INFORMATION
T leading to the conviction of parties cutting
p roTws or in anv wav interfering 'Uh the
X BEflTOfl,
THE
OIOKA.IR,S.
(AGENTS FOR)
CST'D
1802
city in Eastern Oregon.
r nntfnnn v. rln Clty:
V C "U,J Its situation is unsurpassed! , Its climate delight-
Heal Estate,
Insaranee,
and loan
HGENCY,
ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
33. W. EDWARDS,
DEALER IN
Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall Papers, Decora
tions, Artists' Materials, Oil Paintiis, droios anJ Steel Eniraviiis.
opeira House sioek,3d st. Mouldings and Picture Frames, Cornice Poles
Etc., Paper Trimmed Free.
""FOR"" . Picture Frames Mude to Order. ,
276 and 278, Second Street. - - - . The Dalles, Or.
Garpets and Furniture,
CO TO
PRINZ &; NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied as to
QUALITY AND PRICES.
HOLilDAY .o- GOODS
- OF
Iv 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 TAILOR
Third Street, Opera Block.
JVEadison's Iiatest System
Used in cutting garments, and a fit guaranteed each time.
Repairing and Cleaning Neatly and Quickly Done.
: For the Best Brands and Purest Quality of Wines and liquors, go to :
J. O. MKCK,
H. Glenn has removed his 1 I rv 1
office and the office of the
uDoiesaie : liquor : Dealer.
W. E. GARRETSOH,
iMli-WewelerJ
SOLE AGENT FOB THE
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All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second St.. The Dalles. Or.
REMOVAL.