The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLES
OREGON.
Entered at Vie Prwtoffiee at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor.... S. Petinoyer
Secretary of State G. W. McBride
Treasurer Phillip Metwchan
Bupt. of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy
. J. N. Dolph
enators J , T, Mit.hill
Congressman B. Hermann
State Printer Frank Buker
. COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge.;. C. N. Tnombury
Sheriff. D. L. Cates
Clerk J- B. Crossen
Treasurer Geo. Ruch
. . IH' A. Iavens
Commissioners Frank Kincaid
Assessor John E. Barnett
Burvevor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools ... Troy Khelley
Coroner William M;chell
MORE LIGHT. WANTED.
The Dalles Chronicle, arguing for free
coinage of silver asks : "What is a dollar,
anyway?'' And the remark is added :
"We confess we cannot understand why
25.8 grains of gold should make a dollar,
and would like to have the Oregonian
rise up and explain." This is quite as
easilv answered as some other questions.
For example : What is a yard, anyway?
Why should thirty-six inches make a
yard? Why not thirty inches or twenty
inches? Again, The Dalles paper says :
"We would like to know who is the
authority that determines the amount of
gold necessary to make a dollar, and how
he got his authority?" Just so. We
are equally curious " to know who is the
authority that determines the number of
ounces in a pound, and how he got his
authority. Likewise, the authority that
determines the number of cubic inches
in a bushel, and where that authority
came from. And who was it that had
authority to say that the hour should
consist of sixty minutes, and that the
exact measure of the year should be 365
days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 48 seconds?
In all seriousness, doesn't this seem even
more arbitrary, absurd and unauthorized
than that the'odd amount of 25.8 grains
of gold should make one dollar?
The Ortgonian is disengenuous and
fails to answer the question at all unless
it is in negotion of its own position on
the silver question. It knows that the
matters referred to above are entirely
different from that of determining the
amount of gold in a dollar. In each of
the cases mentioned, a given and definite
quantity is simply sub-divided for con
venience. In the case of the dollar it is
simply an arbitrary arrangement con
cerning an indefinite quantity. But
admitting, for the sake of the argument,
tnat the putting of 25.8 grains of gold has
been agreed upon by consent or fixed by
custom, and how will the silver dollar
show up? If the dollai-'s weight has
been established by custom or consent at
25.8 grains, has not the silver dollar's
weight been also fixed at 412.5? -If it
has, why should it be changed? Is there
any more reason why another grain
should be added to the silver dollar, its
weight being determined, than there is
for legislating 2000 cubic inches into a
cubic foot, 20 ounces to the pound, the
missing minutes and seconds into the
year to make it even legal days? If the
relative weights of gold and silver have
been determined why should the silver
dollar be increased in weight, any more
than the bushel should be increased in
size.
Secretary . of State McBride has con
sented to allow his name to remain as
one of the portage railroad commission
ers, and Mr. M. A. Moody has withdrawn.
It is difficult to arrive at a conclusion as
to the fate of the bill, as it is impossible
to see deeper into a legislator's head than
his hat. While on the face of affairs the
bill seems liable to pass, there is a feel
ing among a large number of the legis
lators, that the state should not go into
the railroad business. What effect this
will have remains to be seen, but it is
not consistent with the idea advanced by
. these same members that the state should
go into the canal and locks business. If
one is wrong the other is wrong, and if
there is to be no state railroads there
.should be no state canals.
Some crank pajers say that Portland
is opposed to an open river, or in other
words, inimical to the prosperity of the
entire stale, should take a lesson from
the veteran D. C. Ireland, who says in
his Astoria Express : "It is all sheer
nonsense to talk of Portland being hostile
to the intesests of Astoria. It is not
true. Instead of driving trade to the
sound, Portland is today moie prosper
ous than all the cities of Puget sound put
together, from Olympia . to Townsend.
The surface indications in Portland are
those of plenty. Money is abundant,
and instead of holding onto it with a
deathlike grip, it comes out for any repu
table purpose. The Portland capitalists
is as open hearted as the hand of Provi
dence, and he wishes the whole state
success. We could name a thousand of
them here, if space permitted, who have
within our hearing the past four days
expressed the most kindly feeling for
Astoria. They are not afraid that any
city on the face of the earth will ever
outgrow Portland. They have all the
pluck needful to keep their ciiy at the
head of the procession."
Secretary McBride has consented to
allow his name to remain as one of the
portage railroad commissioners, and a
telegram from Mr. Moody to a friend
here states that he has asked to have his
name withdrawn. There is little doubt
but that the bill will now pass and re
ceive the governor's signature.
The legislative committee to whom
was referred all wagon-road bills has
recommended the appropriation of $5000
for constructing the road ' over Tygh
mountain and it is probable the bill will
pass as amended.
Life without industry is guilt.
FORFEITED RAILROAD LAND.
Instructions From the Commissioner of
the Land Office.
Register Apperson, of the land office at
Oregon City, has received some futher
instructions from the general land office
of the United States in regard to the
forfeited lands of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company. The portion of the
limit established under the grant to the
Oregon & California Company is the land
1ing south of thej base line, Willamette
meridian, to section 7 south and east of
the road, to the end of the thirty-mile
limit, to where it crosses the land of the
Northern Pacific grant. This land lies
in the belt of country bounded by the
base line, the Oregon & California track,
to a point near Silverton, and thence
east to the end of the limit. Most of the
land in this section is now settled upon,
but many pieces of it are valuable and
are unoccupied, settlers thinking it be
longed to the railroad companies. The
diagram referred to in the commissioner's
letter can be seen by parties Jinterested
upon application at the hind office at
Oregon City : '
Department op the Interior, 1
General Land Office,
Washington, D. C, Jan. 19, 189.)
Register and Receiver, Oregon City,
Oregon Sirs: By an act of congress ap
proved September 29, 1890, the grant by
act' of July 2, 1864, for that portion of
the main line of the Northern Pacific
railroad lying between Wallula, Wash
ington and Portland, Oregon, was de
clared forfeited, the same having been
unconstructed at that date, and the
lands within the limits of the withdrawal
therefor, which took effect August 3,
1870, were, under the terms of the act,
resumed and restored to the public
domain, with the following exception?,
viz : The lands lying within the limits
of the company's" grant by resolution of
May 31, 1870, the road under which has
been constructed, and the rights of way
and riparian rights in the lands described
in section 5 of the act, as having been
attempted to be conveyed to the city of
Portland by the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company and the Central Trust
Company, of .Sew York, by deed of con
veyance dated August 8, 1886, said rights
having been confirmed to the city by
said section 5.
On the enclosed diagram the area in
cluded within the yeilow lines, or limits,
between Portland and the eastern
boundary of your district, is the forfeited
jiorlion of the grant within your jurisdic
tion. The brown limit shown thereon
is the limit of that portion of the grant
oy resolution ol May 31, 1870, aforesaid,
the road under which has been con
structed, and no lands lying within said
limit are affected by the forfeiture.
A nortion of the limit established un
der the grant to the Oregon & California
railroad company by act of July 25, 1866,
falls within the forfeited area, but this
department has always held that, as the
Northern Pacific was the prior grant,
the lands embraced within the legisla
tive withdrawal thereunder were ex
cluded from that to the Oregon & Cali
fornia company. It has been urged that,
as the Northern Pacific road never defi
nitely located opposite these lands, they
could not be treated as granted lands ;
but the secretary of the interior, on De
cember 4, 1890, decided that there was a
grant through that portion of the line.
The restoration will not, therefore, be
affected by the Oregon & California
grant.
I also enclose, for vour information
and guidance, copies of the instructions
under the forfeiture act, which were
prepared with the approval of the secre
tary of the interior, and have to call
your attention particularly to that por
tion thereof relating to the second sec
tion, and defining who are entitled to a
second homestead entry under its pro
visions. In order to carry the restoration into
effect, you will, at once, cause to be pub
lished, in some newspaper of general
circulation in your district, a notice that
the sections of land designated by odd
numbers, lying within the forfeited lim
its laid down on the diagram aforesaid,
have been restored to the public domain,
and will be opened to entry upon a day
fixed by you, not less than thirty days
from the date of the notice, and that all
persons who were actuel settlers in good
faith upon any of the restored lands on
September 29, 1890, the date of the ap
proval of the iorfeiture act, and who are
otherwise qualified, will have a prefer
ence rights of entrylunder the homestead
law, to be exercised within six months
after such approval.
There are pending in this office, on
appeal from your action rejectine them
for the reason that the lands were not, at
the time they were presented, Bubject to
disposal, a few applications for portions
of the forfeited and restored lands.
That the complications arising from
the former practice of this office in sus
pending such applications may be ad
justed, and that the provisions of the
forfeiture act in relation to actual set
tlers may be executed, without delay, I
have, with the approval of the honor
able secretary of the interior, to direct
that in the notice of restoration under
the forfeiture, there be inserted a notice
to prior applicants for such lands that
their applications confer upon them no
right, and that, upon the date set by
you and stated in the notice, all the
lands included in the forfeiture will be
open to entry under the provisions of the
forfeiture act, without regard to such ap
plications, which shall be held to .be
rdjected by said notice.
To the end, however, that all such
applicants may have opportunity to pre
sent new applications under the for
feiture act, upon the restoration of the
lands to entry, you will at once notify
all parties shown by your records to
have pending application for such lands
of the ' rejection thereof and of the
restoration.
It is presumed your records will show
all such applications, but in the event
they do not, you will so advise this office
that a list may be prepared for ypnr in
formation. You will promptly forward a copy of
the newspaper containing the notice of
restoration for the information of this
office.
The receiver, as disbursing officer, will
pay the cost of . the publication, and
should forward a copy of the notice with
the proof of publication an his voucher
for the disbursement,
Respectfully, W. M. Stonk,
. Acting Commissioner.
The man who lost his money is . in a
position to denounce prize-fighting and
na Hkienuaui. immortality.
JKonthly meteorological fleport. ,
United States siamal servioe. Station. The
Dalles, Oregon, for the month of January, 1891.
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31 36 27
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30 37 24
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35 42 27
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42 55 29
37 48 27
35 44 26
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40 46 34
42 45 89
46 55 37
48 53 42
42 46 37
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Mean barometer, 30.238: highest barometer,
30.742, on 11th at 8 p. M. ; lowest barometer 29.735,
on 81, at 9 P. M.
Mean temperature 37.48; highest temperature,
55, on 25th: lowest temperature, 20, on 13th.
Greatest daily range of temperature, 26, on the
19th.
Least daily range of temperature. 5, on the 11th.
1871 1876. ..27.00 1881... 31. 50 1886... 23. 00
1872 1877... 35. 00 18S2. ..28.00 1887... 39. 00
1873 1878. ..36.00 1883. ..23.50 1888. ..15.00
1874 1879. ..26.50 1884. . .31.50 1889. ..30.50
1875. ..22.00 1880... 40. 59 1885. . .26.00 1890... 18.00
Total excess in temperature during the month,
9.14.
Prevailing direction of wind, very changable.
Total precipitation, 1.13; number of days on
which .01 inch or more of precipitation fell, 9.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES AND HUN
DREDTHS) FOR THIS MONTH IN
1875. ...4.17 1879. ...1.42 1883. .. .4.83 1887. ...4.01
1876 2.7( 1880 2.01 1884 1.33 1888 3.36
1877. ...0.78 1881. ..6.37 1885 ...1.10 1889 ...2.97
1878.... 2.96 1882.... 1.48 1886 5.45 1890. .. .2.97
1891 1.13
Total deficiency In precipitation during month,
1.71.
Number of cloudless days, 6: partly cloudy
days, 9; cloudy days, 16.
Note. Barometer reduced to sea level.
SAMUEL. I j. BROOKS,
Voluntary Signal Corps Observer.
A COMMERCE DESTROVEK.
Cruiser No. la Without a Parallel In
the World.
New York, Jan. 31. In his speech
which Secretary Tracy was prevented
from delivering at the Board of Trade
dinner by the sudden death of Mr.
Windom, he intended to say :
In protected cruiser 12 we have a ship
which is a commerce-destroyer and noth
ing else. No. 12 is a vessel of a dis
tinctive type, having no parallel in the
world. ne is required to nave a sus
tained speed in the open sea of twentv-
one knots, and it is expected that she
will reach twenty-two. She will carry
more than 2000 tons of coal, which at
ten knots an hour will give her and en
durance or 103 days or 2o,520 knots.
She could steam out of the harbor of
New York, go around the world and re
turn to her home port without recoaling.
A protective depk, four inches in thick
ness will protect her vitals against any
except heavy guns, while she has a bat
tery sufficiently powerful to enable her
to sink any of the fast Atlantic liners
that would be armed for self-protection
in time of war. In this ship the battery
is sacrificed to speed and coal endurance.
It is her mission to run, and not to fight.
Under no circumstances would she en
gage a man of war, but she will limit
her efforts entirely to the destruction of
commerce. Six such ships would sweep
from the seas the commerce of any
enemy as at present protested.
Pictures at tbe Smithsonian.
Among the hundreds of painting in
the Smithsonian's wonderful ollec.ior,
for which the regents would not take a
million dollars, even if they had power
to sell it, are many illustrative of the
superstitious dances and sacrifices of
the red skins. There are also several
paintings -which show the Indians,
'crimmaging" for the ball in a game of
lacrosse, "ball down" in a manner so like
the modern football match as to cause
wonder if the North American savages
were, after all, the originators of that
fierce form of amusement.
We are informed, that the society is a
bout to be organized, on the quiet, whose
aim it will be to rid this city of Chinese.
They claim, that their presence is the
cause of so many poor white men being
out of employment and going around
begging. Too many who beg in the
winter however, are such who hit the
bottle too many licks in the summer.
We notice, that most of our delinquent
subscribers who can't pay us, are men
afflicted in that way, and can't get cured.
Walla Walla Journal.
YOU NEED BUT ASK
The S. B. Headache and Liver Cure taken
according to directions will keep your Blood,
Liver ana Kidneys in good order.
The 8. B. Codoh Cure for Colds, Coughs
and Croup, in connection with the Headache
Cure, is as near perfect as anything known.
The S. B. Alpha Pain Curb for internal and
external use, in Neuralgia, Toothache, Cramp
Colic and Cholera Morbus, is unsurpassed. They
are well liked wherever known. Manufactured
at Dufur, Oregon. For sale by all druggists.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The firm existing under the firm
name of Brooks & Beers is this day dis
solved by mutual consent by the
retiring of Mr. S. L. Brooks. The busi
ness will be carried on by Mesers. G.
F. Beers, and R. E. Williams under
the firm name of "The Dalles Mer
cantile Co." The new firm will pay all
liabilities . and collect all debts.
Samuel. L. Bbooks.
G. F. Beers.
January 1,' 1891.
Having retired from the above firm,
I desire. to return my thanks to the pub
lic for generous and friendly patronage
and to ask for the new firm a continu
ance of the same. Sam'l. L. Brooks.
Notice to Fuel Consumers
BElTOfl,
'"' Have on hand a lot of
Fir and
.. - - - .
Hard Wood.
Also a lot of
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY.
Office comer
Third and Union Streets,
SfllPHS fit IlHBflSLiV,
Wholesale ana Retail Dmnists.
Fine Imported, Key West and Domestic
CIGARS.
(AGENTS FORI
EST'D
I882
C. E. Bipp CO.,
Heal Estate,
Insurance,
and Loan
AGENCY.
Opefa House Bloek,3d St.
-FOR-
Garnets and Furniture,
CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied as to
QUALITY AND PRICES.
W. E. GARRETSON,
XbM Jeweler.
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
Washington St.
BOLE AGENT FOR THE
B .. . . A
THE DALLES.
The Grate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on the Middle Columbia, and
is a thriving, prosperous
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for
cultural and grazing country, its trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over twdy
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 OP 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. 1
Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
: For the Best Brands and Purest
J. O. 7VYMCK,
Ul7ole5ale : Ijcjuor : Dealer,
171 SECOND STREET, THE DALLES, OREGON.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Successor to E. BECK.)
-DEALER IN-
WATCHES. CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SMEHWAflE, :-: ETC.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
. Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
John Pashek,
pieroiwt Tailor.
Third Street, Opera Block.
Madison's Latest System,
Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each tune. f "
Repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
city.
an extensive and rich' agri
Quality of Wines and liquors, go to :-
The successful merchant is
the one who watches the mar
kets and buysto the best advan
tage. The most prosperous family Is
the one that takes advantage of
low prices.
The Dalles
MERCANTILE CO.,
Successor to
BROOKS & BEERS.
will sell you choice
Groceries and Provisions
OF ALL KINDS, AND
AT MORE BEASONABI.ES BATES
THAN ANY OTHER PLACE
IN THE CITY.
REMEMBER we deliver all pur-
chases without charge.
390 AND 394 SECOND STREET.
FINE FARM TO REIIT.
THE FARM KNOWN AS THE "MOORE
Farm" situated on Three Mile creek about
two and one-half miles from The Dalles, will be
leased for one or moreyears at a low rent to any
responsible tenant. This farm baa upon it a
?;ood dwelling house And necessary out builds
ngs, about two acres of orchard, about thre
hundred acres under cultivation, a large portion
of the land will raise a good volunteer wheat
crop in 1891 with ordinarily favorable weather.
The farm is well watered. For terms and particu
lars enquire of Mrs. Sarah A. Moore or at the office
of Mays, Huntington & Wilson, The Dalles, Or.
SARAH A. MOORE, Executrix.