The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THK DALLES
OREGON.
Entered at the Postofnce at The Dalles, Oregon,
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor. ...
Secretary of State
Treasurer
SupL ol Public Instruction..
enatont
Congressman
State Printer
S. Pcnnover
G. W. McHride
..Phillip Metschan
K. B. MeKlroy
U. N. Dolph
J. H. Mitchell
1. Hcmtanu
.Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. C. X. Thornbnry
Sheriff. . .
D. L. Cates
Clerk ......
Treasurer.
J. B. i'rosseu
.;eo. Ruch
IV A. ICsvens
Commissioners
) Frank Kiucaid
Assessor John E. Barnett
Survevor K. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner William Michell
A DISTURB I KG FACTOR.
In reviewing tne short coinings of the
past legislature the Oregonian of the 22nd
among other good things, says :
The legislature ought to have author
ized the construction of a portage rail
way at The- Dalles. Had it enacted a
proper assessment law, this railway
could have lieen built and the state
would not have felt the outlay. The
next legislsture could have ordered the
construction of a transfer boat, which
could be built in ninety days, and the
problem would have been sol ved. But
where one member was readv to urge
immediate action, two or three were
always at hand to fill every proposition
full of obstacles No spur to action was
sharp enough to overcome the stolid re
sistance of inertia and hesitation, the
customary disposition and inclination to
postponement and delay. But the de
mand for this measure is not to besilenc
ed. It will increase to a storm, will
rise to whirlwind, and will sweep all
before it. A beginning of this work a
work that the people will surely insist
on till they get it ought to have been
made now. Postponement of it has
only thrown forward a most disturbing
factor into coining elections.
We thank Oregon's great daily for
this and all its other able and forcible
utterances in liehalf of Eastern Oregon,
but we can not believe the legislature's
failure to give us this great relief was
born of ''inertia" or ''hesitation;'' our
county was ably represented by men
who are neither indolent or .wavering.
Our representatives in the house realized
full well the great desire throughout all
Eastern Oregon of the xrtage road and
upon them rests the responsibility for
its defeat. Both Mr. McCoy and Mis
Johnston are as wide awake and ener
getic as any men in the legislature and
they could have had no conscientious
doubt as to the desirability of the meas
ure. They both simply surrendered to
the influences which fought the bill and
sacrificed the trust they ; impliedly
promised by . their acceptance of their
officers, to sacredly guard. Their support
given with the heartiness which accom
panied their opposition would have se
cured the passage, of the bill. The peo
ple who have thus been betrayed by
them will remember it and their wrath
will fall whenever and wherever these
misrepresentors expose themselves pol
itically. The political party which elec
ted them, though ierliap8 free from
blame, will long feel the effects of this
"disturbing factor" which thev have
originated.
. The unfortunate disaster at or near
Wyeth Station yesterday afternoon is
the first serious accident to a passenger
train which has ever happened on the
line between here and Portland. The
road is probably the most difficult of any
on the coast to maintain and keep in re
pair and by reason of the overhanging
cliffs and mountains is subject, during
the winter season, to enormous slides
and washouts ; yet, with the exception
of the bridge disaster last winter near
the Cascades, it has never had a serious
accident resulting from imperfect track.
It has received much severe criticism'
one time and another from the press of
this city and if all that has heen said of
its track is true it is a great miracle that
it has continued for ten years to carry its
passengers safely over the line. The
particulars at hand are too meager to
enable ns to express an opinion as to
whether or not the company is responsi
ble in this instance and in any event,
this is a question which the courts alone
can determine, and we consider the court
and not the press the proper tribunal to
try their case. We believe the public
in a case of this kind should reserve their
judgment until a careful investigation
has been had. It is time enough to con
demn when, after a careful investigation,
the company or its officers are fonnd
blame-worthy. .
The Indian warriors who have recently
been feasted andnattered at Washington
are returning home and from Chicago
newspaper reports are still dissatisfied.
Suppose these leaders, instead of an ex
cursion to Washington, at the expense
. of the government against which they
have been in rebellion, were treated to
a little prison life ; would not the effect
lie quite as salutary? It would cost less
at any rate. .
The great state of New York has been
compelled to tafee Oregon s medicine on
the census question. New York City
carried the matter into congress and has
just obtained the adverse report-of the
committee to, which it was referred,
New York will perhaps be able to stand
it when it hears of Oregon's sympathy
- There is nothing more discouraging to
a man than thoughts of how great he in
tended to be. -
MEN WHO MIVOBIZC.
Th Blg-
H urdfB Carried by
Mall Clerk's Mind.
a Railway
. "1 suppose that the clerks in the rail
way mail service have to exercise their
memories more than. -any other class of
persons," said Victor J. Bradley, assis
tant superintendent of the second divi
sion of the railway mail service, recently,
to a New York Tribune reporter. "For
instance, some of the men of experience
are expected to have the situation of 18,
000 or 19,000 postoffices in this country
fixed in their minds. , When a man
enters the employ of this branch of the
postal department of the government, he
is put on probation for a time. He is as
signed to fix in his mind a certain number
of postoffices within a given time, and if
he does this satisfactorily, and is capable
in other respects, he receives a perma
nent appointment. .-
In the first six months of his service
he is bound to learn where about 1500
places are situated. Of course, we be
gin him on that section of the country
in which he is at work, so that he is
aided in his memorizing by his exper
ience. The next six months he is ex-
i pected to learn even a greater number
of offices, and. .in four, years in certain
i races must have at his tongue's end
where between .18,000. and 19,000 post
offices are, and be able to tell how to
mail matter to them. Of course, tne
men will forget some out of this enorro
ous number, but the percentage is small,
otherwise the clerks could not keep
their places.
The trouble about the whole thing is
that the employes must be examined
periodically, no matter how long they
have been in the service, so that we can
make sure they have not ceased review
ing their lessons. A man might have
all his offices committed to memory and
yet forget many of them in a year or two
if he did not keep up his studying. By
the time men learn the last of their 18,-
000 names, thev have forgotten some of
the first ones, so that their task is an
endless one.
The mere committing to memory of
the best way to send a letter to its ad
dress is not all that is expected of our
men. They must also know' something
of the less advantageous routes and the
times at which trains which carry the
mails reach - intermediate points. ' It
sometimes happens that the train on
which the clerk is at work meets with a
delay, and he cannot make the connec
tions he ordinarily could. In such cases
he must have a clear idea ol how he can
send the pouches over some other route,
so that thev will reach their destination
with as little loss of time as possible
Oftentimes this will compel him to re-
assort his mail, so that he can send part
of it one wav and part another. Again
he mav have an unusually large amount
of mail matter to handle,-so that in spite
of the utmost diligence, he cannot have
the letters, packages, newspapers, etc.
properly assorted when the train reaches
a station where some ot the pouches are
to be thrown off. In such cases he must
change the scheme of assortment, get
ting readv as much mail as he can, and
sending the rest back as soon as possible.
A man must have a clear, cool head on
his shoulders, and be able to plan out, a
long campaign of railroad connections
and routes in his mind. -
In spite of the qualifications and study
needed to make a satisfactory railway
mail service clerk, the pay of the men is
poor, promotions are slow and the tenure
of office by no means so dependent on
good behavior as it might be. The high
est annual salary for a clerk is $1300
year, and it generally takes eight or nine
years to reach that grade. No, a place
in the service is not the most desirable
one in the world, as most of the (000
men who are in it will tell von."
Eastern Oregon's Kesonrres.
Dr. O. M. Dodson, state senator from
Baker and Malheur counties, in speak
ing of his section of the country, said :
"Comparitively few people in Portland
realize the enormous resources of our
district. Being 358 miles from this city,
our place naturally does, not attract
much attention ; but it would surprise
many who have never been there to pay
us a visit. W hat is most needed at
present is a wagon road from Baker City
to Seven Devils mines, a distance of
seventy-five miles, and an appropriation
of $9,000 would not only benefit that
section of the country, but the state at
large. It will, if built, open up a rich
mining county and draw trade from
Idaho. It will strike the Snake river
about fifteen miles from Baker Citv, and
will pass through Eagle valley and Pine
valley on that river. The mines in the
beven Devils are rich in gold, silver and
copper, and placer mining is also good.
The country is wild and so difficult of
access that it was given the name it now
hears. The land is rich, and, with
proper irrigation, will produce excellent
crops.
Weight of lee on Trees. .
Boston Transcript.
A gentleman of Brooklyn has sent to
the Listener an account of a very inter
esting experiment in taking the weight
of the ice upon tree branches during the
recent ice storm when the ice on the
trees waa-t it maximum. This gentle
man thus describes the result of his ex
periment:. "A branch of the svringa
which weighed one pound had five
pounds of ice on it, and a branch of pine
needles weighing one pound had twelve
pounds of ice on it. I got these weights
by taking the wood with the ice on it at
first, and then taking the weight of wood
after the ice had melted. This does not
represent correctly the enormous strain
or actual pressure exerted on the
branches of trees by these ice storms,
but will easily account for the sad break
age of trees so common tbe past few
days, and the danger from these ice
storms on both trees and wires."
. Mortgages in the United States.
Washington, Feb. 22. Superintend
ent Porter, of the census bureau, has pre
pared the introduction to the bulletin on
private indebtedness of individuals and
corporations in the United States. In it
Porter says the agents of the census
office have overhauled the records in
every state and territory, and now have
on file in Washington, as the result of
their labor, about 9,000,000 mortgages.
The test in Iowa and Alabama show that
the motive for the great bulk of incum
brances, from 68 to 95 per cent, was the
purchase of incumbered and other real
estate, and for improvements in business.
"There's one thing about Stanley's
rear column." " "What's that?" "It's
about the most ' successful advertising
column on recond."
THE BRISTOL BELL.
Wheal George the Second in Albion's Baa . .
Defended the taioh. twaa a weary while
Ere a ship that sailed from Bhoda Island's aheaa
Could return to MweotoniH part pace mora.
And the ehurchmaB of Bristol who'd hoard ad
well ' . -
And sent across seas for aa English bell,'
Bad waited full many a month and tons '
For the cheer of their aew built ateeple's song-.
But at last the Rood Teasel at Newport lay.
And abraTe Uttie stoop sailed down the bar
To carry the bell to Bristol town, -
That should bless 8c Michael's with widemnow.
Tbonzb the brave sloop's men numbered only two.
Their pride was enomrh for a galleon's crew.
And their bosoms swaUed as they rondhr thoturht
Of the fame for themseims in the best they
brought -:.
The sky never looked so blue to them. -.
In the beautiful spread of the sun lit bay
For when pride la at work, it works that way.
"The deck Is too lowly a place," they said.
Itar our (Morions eargvf high overhead
Let's boast Is, that there Its far hesad peal
Hay speak far the righteous Joy we teei."
Bo opto the cross tress the belt they swqnfc
Forget rang by mere mischance ita ton rue;
-What matter I" cried brawny WaMroe, "1 '
WiU smite It myself 'neath the areolar sky!"
Then aloft he sped with a mighty sledge
To waken the sounds from the ehxmberinff edge
Of the church's rrn ire; do tuelm1 bliss .
Bad fallen to WaMroal lot than this
"Give ear. rood helinanf be cried aloud.
As he reached the top of the slender shroud.'
And praiss to himself for his pioaeus spoke.
And curred his arm for the wondrous stroke.
D-o-o-r;. O'orioua tonal How ita echoes ran
Around and across the horizon's spen t
Did ever a sound so full and dear
Enrapture a astoning mortal's earf
"Againf cried the riiwisiiiau in mad denrht,
"Still a tastier note from the metal smite:"
And exultant bis comrade called back. "Be it art
And Bristol shall hear It thia tune, 1 trow 1"
Oh. tbe ponderous blow that descended then
Twaa beyond all telling; of song or pen;
For alack and alasl by iU fortune's whim
It cracked the church bell from top to rim I '
Then woe for the pitiful homeward safl.
And tbe crestfallen heroes (turn and pale.
With an eager crowd on the wharf, to be mat
With naught but a prayer to f orgire and fbrgetl
How sing of welcome turned to tears. .
A payment in worthless weight for years ,
Of the parisb thrift? What words for the shame
That ashore with the crew and their cargo earner
In brief measure their tale they told.
But they'd learned a lesson that's never crown
old:
When pride, on land, sea, river or bay.
Is at work, it can work in a wretched way.
M. A. de Wolfe Howe. Jr.. in Youth's Com pas
. ion
AUNTIE'S GHOST 3T0RY.
it
wind
cold autumn night. The
was howling without, bat inside
the great, old fashioned kitchen where
we children sat, gathered around the
crackling fire, everything was eory and
warm. Aunt Jane had given ua a basket
of nats, and we were having great fan
cracking them.
We had come to spend a few days with
Aunt Jane, who lived in a fine old farm
house some miles away from the village.
Now, auntie had no children of her own,
and so she was always glad when we
nieces and nephews came like a young
army to take' possession of the old house,
as she was very kind to as and told ns
many famous stories.
Bat, as 1 said, the wind was having a
blustering time of it without, and we
were laughing merrily within, and crack
ing oar nute4 when all of a sadden we
heard a piercing scream. Of coarse we
all screamed too, dropped oar nuts, and
sat quite still in fright. Now. Auntie
Jane, who is very sensible, and not at
al. timid, only looked up from her sew
ing and listened. In another minute
there came another scream, even loader
than the first. "Oh. auntie!" we cried,
in a frightened c horns, '-it's Robbie."
Robbie, who was only 4 years old, and
not big enough to sit up with ns, had
been pat to bed ap stairs half an hoar
before. "Don't be such silly little
geese!" said- auntie, calmly folding her
work. "IU go up and see what is the
matter with the child.' So auntie pat
down ' her basket, took a lamp in her
hand and left the room, while we all
followed and stood huddled together at
the foot of tbe stairs.
Presently auntie appeared with tremb
ling Robbie in her arms, and told as all
to go back into the kitchen.
Aontie took her place by the fire, and
we all sat down again. "Now, Robbie',"
said Aunt Jane, quietly, "sit up and tell
them what was the matter, and why
yoa screamed and frightened everybody,
and what yott saw." Bat Master Robbie
didn't want to sit up; he kicked his little
fat legs about and clang close to aontie,
hiding his face in her gown.
"Come along, sir," said aontie firmly,
and then she sat Robbie op in her lap,
but he pat his finger, in his month and
blinked at the fire, and finally began to
howl dismally.
"There, there," said aontie more gen
tly and petting him. "Be a brave little
man. Now tell ns, what did you think
yoa saw?" .--? ' - - '
A little pause, then from out the folds
of auntie's gown came a smothered
"Dhoet!" from Robbie.
"So," said auntie, "you thought you
saw a ghost?"
' "Fought I saw a dhoet," was the muf
fled echo.
"Very well," said aontie. "Now what
did - yoa really see when I came in
with the lamp and made you take your
bead out from under the blanket? Pet
ticoat?" asked aontie, bending down.
"Petticoat hanging in torner." -
"Ah," said auntie, "you thought yoa
law a ghost, and what you really did
see was a white petticoat hanging op in
the corner. Is that it?
"Es, Tse been a bad boy today, and
Benny told me when I was a bad boy I
would see a dhost 'tanding op in torner,
and I fought pettitoat was a dhost."
- Auntie looked very sternly at Henry.
"Henry," she said, "have you really
been putting such, nonsense into this
silly little boy's head?"
"Oh, just for fun," said Henry, though
he looked a little ashamed. "It's a fine
way to keep him good."
"Let me tell yoa. Henry,- that a great
deal of harm and a great deal of suffer
ing have come from just this thought
less habit of frightening little children
in order to keep them good.
"And so I am going to tell you a story
(.CONCLUDED ON FOURTH PAGE.)
Notice to Kxiel Consumers
HfIER; BEJlTdfl,
... Have on hand a lot of '
Fir and -
Hard Wood.
" ...
Also a lot of
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY.
Office corner
Third and Union Streets,
SNIPES & KINERSLEY,
WloMe' and Retail Drafts.
Fine Imported. Key West, and Domestic
OX3--A-IR3.
(AGENTS FOR
1862.
(J. E. BiYAlD 2( CO.,
Heal Estate,
Insurance,
and Loan
AGENCY.
Opera House Block, 3d St.
Dissolution Notice.
-a-OTICE IS HKREBY UIVKN THAT THE
XI iMtrtuershin heretofore exixtiii lti-vri .1
G. Boyd, H. D., and O. D.Duaue, M. 5., under the
nrm name of Drs. Koyd Doane, has been dis
solved by mutual consent.
All accounts belonging to the late arm are
payable to Dr. Boyd. Those to whom we are
indebted will please present their bills at once
to either llr. Boyd or Dr. Daone.
J. (J. BOYD,
U. J. DOANE.
The Dalles, Or., Feb. 2. 1891.,
, Notice of Final Settlement.
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
undersigned, administratrix of the estate
of John Smith, deceased, has filed her
final account, and that Tuesday, March ad, 1891,
at 2 o'clock F. M. at the county court room in
Dalles City, Oregon, has been duly appointed as
the time and place for hearing said final account
and objections to the same, if any there be, and
the final settlement thereof.
This notice is published bv the order of Hon.
C. N. Thornbury. county judge of Wasco County,
Oregon. LAURA SMITH,
. - Administratrix of said Estate.
Executors Notice.
OTICE is hereby given that the u
undersigned
nave been dulv mdtwsi n t.xl
last will and testaments Jof,laniel Hand lev,
deceased. All persons bviiig.clainis against the
s of the
esutte oi ssio aeceasea are required to present
them, with the proper, vouchers, within six
months from this date, to the undersigned at the
otlieeof Mays, Huntington fc Wilson, The Dalles,
Oregon. - -. , .
Dated .lanuarv at. MOT.
GFORfJE A. LIEBE.
J. V. FRENCH,
KATE HANDLEY,
. Executors.
W. E. GARRETSON,
Jeweler.
o
SOLE AGENT FOR THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
13S Second St., Th Dallas, Or.
cstd yv
Leading
THE DALiIjES:
The Grate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on
is a thriving:. urosDerons
' ITS TERRITORY. ... . ',r
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 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, and all available storage
places to overflowing with their products.
ITS WEALTH
V m Uiiu xxvuooii lijr Ul Alio OXjrj irjLi i,H.V3 UUiUit, IXXU XbS
money is scattered over and is being used to develop,
more farming country than is tributary to any other
cixy in eastern uregon.
Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un-
1 1 m i rerl ' Anrl rvn tVi p?ft r.rvrTi vr ctrn pc eho (atanrlc
S. L. YOUNG,
fSucceHor to i. BECK.).
- DEALER IN-
WATCHES, CLOCKS.
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SmVERWAflE,:-:ETC.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
-FOH-
GarpBts ami Furniture,
CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied aa t
QUALITY AND PRICES.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn ha,s removed Ms
office and the office of the
Electric Light Co. to 72
Washington St.
the Middle Colnmbia, and
citr..
.
The successful merchant is
the one who watches the mar
kets and buys to 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 yoa choice
Groceries and Provisions
OF ALL KINDS. AND
AT MORE RBA80NA8LB8 KATES
THAN ANT OTHER PLACE
IN THE CITT.
REMEMBER we deliver all pur
chase without charge.
390 AND 394 SECOND STREET.
John Pashek,
JHeicfiant Tailor.
Third Street, Opera Block.
Madison's Latest System,
"Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each time.
Repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done. , . . -
FINE FARM TO RENT.
THE FARM KNOWN A8 THE "MOORE
Farm" situated on Three Mile creek about
two and oue-balf miles from The Dalles, will be
leased for one or more years at a low rent to any
responsible tenant. Tbls farm hae upon it a
pood dwelling house cod necessary out build
ings, about two acres of orchard, about three
hundred acres under cultivation, a large portion
of the land will raise a good volunteer wheat
crop in 1891 with ordinariiv 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 6c Wilson, The Dalles, Or.
SARAH A. MOORE, Executrix.