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The Dalles Daily Chronicle!
THE DALLES -
OREGON.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor S. Pennoyer
Secretary of State. G. W. McBride
TreaHurer Phillip Metscbttu
Supt. of Public Instruction E. B. McKlroy
Senator..., JJ:gU
Congiennnaii .. , B. Hermann
State Printer. FnuiU Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Sheriff 1. L. Cates
Clerk J. B. Croseii
Treasurer : Geo. Ruch
Commissioners. ! FranklSd
Assessor john E. B.irnett
Surveyor K. . Sharp
Suiierlnteudeut of Public Schools. . .Trov Hhellev
Coroner William Jlichell
A POLITICAL FARMER.
The Hon. T. T. Geer airs his views on
the Oregon farmer, in the Xew Year
edition of the Oregonian, to the great
edification of T. T. Geer, and the le
littlement of the Oregon farmer. He
growls at the farmer for growling, and
then anathematizes growlers on general
principals. The trouble with the Hon. T.
T. Geer is that his head has swelled on
him and his hat pinches. He feels big
all over. If he could get a new hat made
over the rotunda of the capital at Wash
ington, a pair of shoes with the San
Francisco dry dock for lasts, and a pair
of pants made to fit the forks of the
antiam, he might find room for himself.
In the remarkable article of which he
has been delivered, among other things
. he sjiys : "With his natural and ac
quired advantages, the future Oregon
farmer, will le a man whose indepen
dence and intelligence will not be out
ranked by men of any profession what
ever. Indeed, we get glimpses of him
now, in the more progressive farmer of
the present." It will be readily seen
that the Hon. T. T. Geer has not a very
high opinion of the farmer in genera!,
but pausing long enough in his tirade
against the farmer, to indulge between
sentences in a little introspection, he
catches a glimpse of an intelligent
farmer, who is far in advance of his
times, knows all about running the
government, has the tariff on one end of
his tongue and the Bible on the other,
knows the past, is daddy to the present
and grandfather of the future, and withal
is a living image of the Hon. T. T. Geer.
This exponent of egotism rattles off the
prices our farmers obtain, "Wheat 65
cents a bushel ; hogs 5 cents a pound,
gross ; potatoes 75 cents a bushel," and
so on to the end of the chapter. The
gentleman finds his prices in Portland,
not where the products leave the farmers
hands. Here wheat is 50 cents a bushel
potatoes 50 cents a bushel and hogs from
3 to 4 cents. Quite a difference, but
Mr. Geer's article would not sound so
well, nor the sentences fill out with that
sonorous rotundity, so dear and so har
monious to such writers as Mr. Geer,
who can set down and in terse English,
albeit garbled facts, prove to the satis
faction of themselves, at least, that the
American farmer is the happiest . and
most blessed of men. That he is rolling
in wealth, or ought to be ; living a life of
luxurious ease, and seeping the deep
and dreamless sleep of childhood, un
haunted by visions of debt and mortgage,
of interest, taxes and the sheriff; - of
drouth, fogs, storms, the devil, T. T.Geer
or any other unavoidable calamity. The
picture is well painted, but is not true to
nature. Notwithstanding the state
ments of Mr. Geer, the farmers are the
hardest worked and poorest paid, con
sidering the money invested, of any class
of people in America. And in the face
of Mr. Geer's assertions, we state with
out a particle of fear of contradiction by
facts, that the farmers of the Inland
Empire are charged heavier transporta
tion rates, than those of any other sec
tion of America. AVe assert that the
farmer's products are rated by the rail
roads not for what would bring a fair re
turn to them, but for what they will
stand, and not drive the farmer from his
land. The farmers of Eastern Oregon
are not that indefinite article known
as mossbacks, never have been, and
never will be mossbacks, for the simple
reason that it is not among the possi
bilities. When the railroad company
collects its freight bills, the farmer has
to hustle too lively to allow the moss to
grow on him. In this respect he is a
rolling stone, and work as he may, he
gets no fatter financially, than the hen
who wears the feathers and flesh off her
breast, hatching a brood of chickens
for the pot. Mr. Geer looks to the future
for "intelligent farmers," but we .can
assure him that those of the present day
. are intelligent enough to understand
that Mr. Geers' success as a farmer, is
due to the fact that his principal crop is
of a political nature. He has just reaped
his harvest and feels "sassy."
PORTLAND AND THE OREGONIAN.
The New Year edition of the Oreg
onian grows on one. It can't be skim
med because before you know it you
have struck something that interests
and then astonishes you. You find for
instance, that 10,000 men are engaged in
manufacturing industries, enough al
most to account for all enumerated in the
recent census, and yet you have always
thought Portland was pre-eminently a
mercantile as distinguished from a
manufacturing city. You find her
manufactures for the year are valued at
$27,000,000, an increase of $6,625,622
over 1889. You find that Portland has
the largest flouring mill on the. coast
with a capacity of 1000 barrels a day.
You find that she made in 1890, $800,-
000 worth of lumber more than in 1889,
$500,000 more cured meats ; $675,000
more furniture, and so on to the end of
the chapter. - More than all, you find
yourself lost in following the maze of
figures, which indicate the growth' of
the city, and you involuntarily remark,
truly great is Portland, and equally
great the big paper that has aided so
materially in building her up.
The Washington STAR says, a new
silver dollar is to be created by the pan
American monetary, conference which
meets at Washington soon. It will cir
culate throughout all the republics of
the new world, and will resemble the
United States silver dollar, with a por
trait of Columbus in place of the Goddess
of Lilerty.- It is high time the weary
old damsel be taken off the dollar. ' For
lo these many years Bhe has backed the
legend "In God we trust" until trusts
have become so numerous that she is
forced out of business. ' Besides the
likeness of Columbus is peculiarly appro
priate on the good old silver . dollar,
since like him, its last days have been
spent in chains. The silver legislation
of the past twenty years has been of
such a character, that the Goddess of
Liberty would have resigned her portion
long ago if she could, and the motto
"In God we trust" would have fittingly
represented ' the faith the weary citizen
had in the congress of the United States.
The Union Pacific management state
that their company has paid its propor
tion of the wages and expenses of grad
ing the new line from Portland to the
Sound, and that the money due the
laborers in Portland, is due and owing
from the Great Northern. This is sim
ply subterfuge. If the companies were
in partnership in .constructing the line,
either is responsible for the bills. As a
matter of fact Ihe men did not know,
were not supposed to know, what com
binations of capital were behind the
work, and they should be paid, and
that too, by the Union Pacific It can
settle its business with the Great North
ern afterwards. In the meaiwhile, it is
working a hardship on men illy able to
bear the delay, and it is throwing on
Portland & burthen that taxes her gen
erosity heavily.
The latest news under the sun is the
proposition to build an immense tannery
at North Dalles, one of the largest in the
United States. Whether the promoters
of the North Dalles enterprise make any
money out of it or not is a matter of
little concern to the average citizen, they
are, however, making taxable property
for Klickitat county and our people will
therefore not be disposed to throw any
obstacle in their way of success. Golden
dale Sentinel.
The Hoflitr Bear Cam Back for ITniimi.ii
One day while proceeding up a can
yon in the Raton mountains a large
silvertip bear and her cub leaped out
and made a rush up the sloping side of
the valley. There were three in our
party, and every Winchester began to
talk very earnestly and excitedly. The
cob tumbled dead the first fire. I call
him a cnb, but the truth is he was more
than half as large as bis mother and
weighed 240 pounds. The old lady did
not show any injury, and the moment
the young one tumbled she turned- and
came back square in the teeth of the rifles,
and seizing her dead cab in her mouth
as a cat does a kitten raised it fairly clear
of the ground and cantered up the hill
no easy matter, as aside from the 240
pounds of limp and dragging weight she
had to force her anxious, loving way
through oak brush which in many in
stances might have detained a steer.
She got fairly away albeit we fired sev
eral shots after the cub felL . .
We had just reloaded, the magazines
of our Winchesters and were commun
ing as to taking the trail of the old bear,
which showed wide and clear in broken
boshes and disturbed oak leaves and
pine needles, when looking up we be
held our game coming back straight for
us. She meant business, too. . Her red
and steaming tongue lolled out of her
half open mouth, and her eyes, partially
closed in rage, would have seemed quiz
zical in expression were it not for the
ferocity which leaped and flashed in
their depths, like sheet lightning be
hind some cloud screen. She came
straight to us, and we settled her trou
bles at the first fire. We found the cnb
np on the divide. She had carried it at
least sixty rods, with two bullet holes
in her shaggy bide, as we found when
we skinned her. Kansas City Star.
Frightened to Death.
. C. W. Dunham, a prominent Kensing
ton man, died from the effects of an ac
cident which happened to him Saturday
morning while working at his occupa
tion as a batcher. Mr. Dunham was
dressing a hog, and as he drew the body
toward him a knife, which lay unnoticed
upon the bench, was thrust into his
groin, cutting an artery. Dr. Gilfin, of
BerHn, was sent for, and when he ar
rived it was found that surgical aid was
necessary, and Drs. Lyon and Comings,
of New Britain, were summoned. . The
flow of blood was checked, the wound
was dressed and the patient left in a
comfortable condition.
Daring the night Mr. Dunham awoke,
and, thinking he was bleeding again,
sent for Dr. Gfltin, but when the doctor
arrived Mr. Dunham had passed away.
This led the doctor to believe that an
other artery most have been cat, so an
examination was held this afternoon,
and as no trace of arterial blood was
found upon the bandage it was certain
that the man had not bled to death, and
the only theory given is that, as the
patient was very weak from loss of
blood, the sadden thought that he was
bleeding to death caused a shock which
stopped the pulsations of. the heart, or,
in other words, the man was frightened
to death. Hartford Coorant. . .
S. L. YOUNG,
. ' (Successor to E. BECK.) '
-DEALER IX-
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
C. N. THORXBCRY, T. A. HUDSON",
Late Kec. U. S. Laud Office. Notary Public.
TKOMRUIIUDSOil
ROOMS 8 aod 9 LAND OFFICE BUILDING,
rosiomoe ox
THE DALLES, OR.
Filings, Contests,
And all other Business in the U. S. Land Office
Promptly Attended to.
We have ordered Blanks for Filiners.
Entries and the purchase of Railroad
lianas under the recent t orfeiture Act,
which we will have, and advise the pub
lic at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. Look for ad artisement
in this paper.
Thornbury & Hudson.
D. P. Thompson' J. S. Schknck, H. M. Beall,
riraiueuk v ice-i-resiaeni. tagmer.
First National Bant
THE DALLES, - -
OREGON,
A General Banking Business transacted
. Deposits received, subject to Sight
. Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remitted on day of collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
New York, San Francisco and Port
land. DIRECTORS.
D. P. Thompson. Jn-o. S. Schenck.
T. W. Sparks. Geo. A. Liebe. '
H. M. Beall.
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
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. -
Front Street Glgar store.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
W. H. JONES,
PROPRIETOR.
Opposite the Umatilla House.
HAVE ON SALE THE BEST BR4NDS OF
. Imported and Domestic
CIGARS and TOBACCO.
' - ALSO A FULL LINE OF
7anls.ee 33"o-tlc
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.
WILL BE PAID FOR ANY INFORMATION
leading to the conviction of parties cutting
the ropes or in any way interfering with the
wires, poles or lamps of The Electric Light
Co. , . , H.GLENN.
. Manager
Notice to Fuel Consumers
mier; BEfrropI,
Have on hand a lot o
Fir and
Hard Wood.
Also a lot of
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY.
Office corner
Third and Union Streets,
Wholesale ani Retail Draiists.
Fine Imported, Key West and D( mastic
CIG-AE;S.
" (AGENTS FOR)
EST'D tWZW I82-
Heal Estate,
. . Insurance,
and Loan
HGENCY,
Opepa House Bloek,3d St.
-FOR-
Carpets anff Furniture,
CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
, And be Satisfied as to
QUALITY AND PRICES.
W. E. GARRETSOH,
iir Jeweler.
SOLE AGENT FOR THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
"REMOVAL.'
H. Glenn has removed his
office and the office of the
Electric Light Co. to 72
E
Lean
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Washington St.
THE
The Grate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on
is a thriving, prosperous
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri
cultural and grazing country, its trade reaching fe,s
far south as Summer Lake,
hundred miles.
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
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,
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.
D. W. EDWARDS,
DEALER IN
Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall Papers, Decora
tions, Artists' Materials, Oil Paintings, Chromos and Steel EniraYiiias.
Mouldings and Picture Frames, Cornice Poles
Etc., Paper Trimmed Free.
ZEiotnajro Frames 3VT,cio to Order.
276 and 278, Second Street. - . - . - The Dalles, Or.
John Pashek,
MERCHANT TAILORS
Third Street, Opera Block.
JVIadison's Iiatest System
Used in cutting garments, and a fit guaranteed each time.
Repairing and Cleaning Neatly and Quickly Done.
HOIilDflV
RO.RDEN & 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.
: For the Best Brands and Purest
J. O. MKCK, J
Mf)oeae : Ijcjuor : Dealer,
117 SECOND ST.
DALLES
the Middle Columbia, and
city.
a distance of over trfo
and all available storage
GOODS
Quality of Wines and Liquors, go to :
THE DALLES, OR.
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