The Dalles Daily Chroniele.
THE DALLES
OREGON.
Entered at the Postnfflee at The Dalles, Oregon,
aa second-class matter.
8. Pennover
W. HcBrlde
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor. :
Secretary of State
urM-. I'UUltp
aupi. 01 rubllc Instruction E. B. McElroy
nutnni tJ. N. Dolnh
,. I J. H. Mitchell
Conjrrefwman k. Hermann
State Printer Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
.C. N. Thori:bnry
County Judge....
Bherifl..
Clerk
Treasurer
Commissioners
Assessor
Burveyor
Superintendent of Public Schools.
duihtiukuucih oi l UDiiu ocnoolH. . .Troy hlielley
Coroner William Michell
I. I Cates
.J. B. t'rowHen
Ueo. Kuch
avens
Klnratd
Barnett
E. F. Bhnrn
1H' A. I-ea
f Frank Kl
John E. Bs
SALUTATORY.
killed the bill as it was undoubtedly in
tended to. The scheme was hatched in
the house committee on railroads of
which K. O. McCoy was a member, and
Miller, as we have said, wae chairman.
Both supported the amendment by long
speeches. ' Both speeches were crimi
nally able, McCoy's especially is. We
never heard him talk so and we have
heard him try to talk often. He was
eloquent. His neck swelled. lie
vociferated. He pawed the earth. He
carved the air. His voice rose and
fell in earnest cadence. .. For what j
purpose? To get the legislature
to appropriate $125,000 to build a
scow to be used as a transfer boat, in the
year :2001 when the general government
shall have built a portage railroad
around the Dalles, which it never in
tends to build. The. argument used by
loth Miller and McCoy was that the
losses caused by frequent handlings of
gram were so great as to rended a port
age railroad practically valueless. Miller
We herewith present our profoundest
obeisance to the readers of The Dalles
vjumnicLi, run many a time have we stated ...! Af,.n ..i i
acted the part of a guerilla in the field j that while the losses thmh-...to kJ
O
one or two handlings, increased these
losses in "geometrical progression," and
of journalistic warfare but never till
this "moment have we found ourselves
the regular commendnnt of a section of
that gieat army of which the dnil is the
inevitable subaltern!" 1.
aa it been our lot to succeed a less
facile pen than that of our esteemed pre-
uecessor. Mr. Uradlelmugh more confi
aence might be ours, as it is, we have
only the deep consciousness of an honest
intention to do the best we can. A
change of editor makes no change in the
policy of the paper.. It is the organ of
no party, the exponent of no creed the
vehicle of no political or social faction.
- Begotten and conceived to subserve the
best interest of the people of The Dalles
, of Wasco County and of Eastern Oregon
when it ceases to subserve these inteiest,
its promoters will gladly consent that it
should retire into the obscurity from
which it sprang. Meanwhile, on all
- questions that relate to the social, moral
and financial well-being of the people it
will give no uncertain sound.
, Most gladly will it approves everv per
son and thine, every agent and policy
conducive to the best interests of the
people while it reserves to itself what it
grants to others the right to judge of
their wisdom and prudence.
Its columns will be ever ojien to the
discussion of all questions and all s'des
of all questions inline with the omenta
of its existence. For so long or short a
time as these columns are in charge of
me present winter, on every question
relating to tlieir highest and best inter
ests, the agricultural and laboring classes
wiui wnicn he has been so long identi
fied may rely on his heartiest sympathy
and most cordial support, but if, amid
the changes of a corrupt and corrupting
s .uie hkoniclk or the editor should
t step down from this lofty pedestal and
become the punder of avarice and. cor
ruption then may both sink into a com
mon grave, "unwept, unhonoredand un-
nn- Hugh Gopbut.
that therefore a transfer boat (that
would save one, bundling) was .just the
thing.. They insisted that the road
could not be built on the Oregon side,
for anything like the money appropri-
oru ui uw um. j.ueHe were me men
that defeated the Dalles portage railroad.
Till the last moment it was the general
expectation that it would pass easily.
The most adverse opinion by those not
in favor of appropriating so large a sum,
was "I'm afraid it will pass." To say
that Senator Raley did not wish it to
pass is simple nonsense. To say that
the democrats killed the bill is just os
untrue as it would be to say that the re
publicans killed it. It is sad to say it,
it is humiliating to confess it, but onr
belief is that E. O. McCoy backed by
Miller of Josenhine did
the bill than any other man. Whv did
he do so? Alas ! We wish we knew.
rraouirt by am Eatrtttaoakk.
The postal inspector's offices are on the
fourth story of the appraiser's building,
and are lighted by folding windows that
reacn almost to the floor In each aash
is a single pane of extra heavy American
plate glass,. 88 inches in length by 18
inches wide. During the recent severe
earthquake shock one pane was broken
by the oscillation of the building, and in
such a peculiar manner that it became
an object of general interest: There
were four fractures extending entirely
mmma me pane, starting, from, each cor
ner and forming an anirle at Mnh
leaving a perfect square in the middle
snrrotmaea by six half aonaxwi
The fractures are as straight as though
mw uiamona. and straightedge.
ana tne proportions of each section as
true as though laid out with mathemati
cal instruments. . The jar bf the earth-
quaxe seems to have thrown a heavy
pressure upon the corner of the sash,
and the glass, unable to bear the strain.
gave way; but by what law of mechan
ics oroice in such regular lines and
mathematical proportions, is a puxxle to
all who have seen it It .is proposed to
romure me wnoie sash, and place it in
the 8tate museum as one of the most
remarkable earthquake freaks on record.
San Francisco Examiner. "
ECIWEOE THE LEGISLATURE.
Nnthitirv 1 ..... lf e
.6 ,.ivc uouruiy mine was ever
hatched in the brain of malice than the
enort to besmirch the legislative reputa
tion of Senator Watkinsby charging him
wiin Deing a party to the defeat of The
uanesand ijeiiio portage railroad bill.
It is well knbwn the bill was introduced
in the senate by Senator Raley of Uma
tilla. We were present when it came
before that body on its final passage and
much to onr surprise and delight it
passed without a dissenting vote; even
Senator Veach, "the watchdog of the
.treasury." made a stirring speech in its
favor. Such was the temper of both
houses on all questions relating to the
opening of the Columbia river that the
friends of the bill, with whom we were
in constant communication, were filled
with constantly increasing hopes of its
' success till the moment it was placed on
Us final iwssage in the house. Mean
while a joint committee of both houses
met a like committee from the Washing
ton legislature in Portland. fira
Watkins was chairman of this commit
tee. It was instructed to report on the
leasibility, practicability, possibility
yruuHouiry ot concurrent action of
ioui states. The constitutional dificul
nee were tound to be such that
verse rejiort
Secretary of State McBride yesterdav
telegraphed that the portage commis
sion had wired the Oregon delegation at
Washington to secure right of way over
the government reservation at the Cas
cades. This action was suggested by
the board of trade. If contrress adionrns
without this matter being settted the
propheoy of the enemies of an open river,
that the portage road would not be built
before the next session of the legislature,
would be fulfilled. One gentleman who
has occupied a. prominent state office
offered, at Salem immediately after the
passage of the bill, to wager that the
road would never be built. He was a
member of the lobby working against it
"u ruuui- Knew whereof iie
wagering. . .
was
. While the legislature was in session the
venerable Judge Williams, of Portland,
delivered a very able lecture in one of
the Salem churches, one Sunday evening
proving, from natural phenomena, the
existence of an Almighty Creator. Re
ferring to the modern Darwinian craze
he used these words : "If an ambitious
monkey in some of the remote ages of the
past, and in some obscure corner of the
earth evoluted himself into a man, is it
not marvelous, that amongst the millions
of monkeys that have existed since then
not one has ever repeated the
inent?"
Altera Indeed.
There is a man in Atchison who is a
hero, though if you should call him on
he would scarcely know what the word
meant. His wife recently WI
nun wita eight children. He labors hard
by the day and manages his housework
after night. After doing a hard day's
work he will begin .the family washing,
to be finished and bung on the line next
morning, the ironing to be done the
second night. He could not afford a
sewing woman, so he has by constantly
trying learned to run a machine and eut
and fit.
The oldest girl is growing up. and will
be a great help to him - in a few years.
His little children are sent to school
every day, and they appear as neatly
and comfortably dressed as any in the
school. - He did not scatter his family
among his relatives nor send them to an !
orphan asylum. He kept them together J
uu meir noma is almost as comfortable
as it was when the mother was alive.
He is a hero, and the greatest kind of a
hero, from the fact that he does not re
alize that he is a hero at all. Arhi
Globe.
About Hea'i Presents.
Various facts became evident during
uuuuava. una was that a rule fol
lowed by ninety-nine men out of a hun
derd existed in these .words: "When in
doubt give a doU." Another was that, even
if the average man began to procure his
Christmas presents now for the 26th of
December next, midnight of the 24th of
that month would find him with his most
important gifts still unbooght; and un
given gifts are. as useless as unbiased
kisses. .. A third fact brought home was
that no woman was ever wholly satisfied
with the presents she got. , If they were
for her baby they were not good enough:
if they were for herself she had others
iiko inem. five women met accident
ally in a car the day before New Ynr'
they were all going to exchange Christ
mas presents, and they all got off wheu
me conductor called f ifteenth street
New York Sun.
PIEB&BEM
Cor. Third and Union Streets.
We are in the Ice Businness.
BULLETIN.
The Egg market is almost bare and we
are selling today at 20. cents, or 3 dozen
ior ou cents.
'. Lemons 35 cents per dozen.
Walla Walla Flour $1.00 per sack.
e juBt receive! one box of St
Potatoes. Anyone wanting any to plant
can nnd some at our store. "
...
noice lot ot California Roll Butter
just received.- '. -
MAIER & BENTON.
SNIPES & KINERSIiEY,
Wiolesale and BetaD Dmffirisfs
Fine Imported, Key . West and Domestic
CIGARS.
f AGENTS FOR
1863
d. E. BjYARp & CO.,
i
i
THE DALLES.
The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigationjon the Middle Columbia, and
is a tnriving, prosperous city.
ITS TERRITORY
T 4 1 i '
" suPPAy cy ior an extensive and rich agri
ounurai ana grazing country; its trade reaching
wuvuwoiuamer LaKe, a distance of
hundred miles.
as
fa
over frwc
pears,
experi-
The people of Pendleton gave then-
senators and representatives a royal wel
come upon their return from Salem, be
cause of their faithful service to the -
ple and country. We are waiting
anxiously for a report ' of the banquets
tendered by the people of Sherman and
Wasco to McCoy and Johnston. We
suggest that instead of the usual toasts
McCoy be invited to repeat, at the recep
tion, his great speech against oneninv
the river. Johnston mieht tell ns what
he knows about resisting the schemes of
the "Board of Trade Clique" and "Citv
t-ounol Kme. ' "
Uartmonth'i Hospital.
Mr. Hiram Hitchcock, of New York,
has endowed a hospital in memory of hia
late wife, Mary Hitchcock. It is being
erected at Hanover, N. H., and will offer
opportunities for clinical study to tha
students in the medical department of
Dartmouth college. The hospital will
be less than half a mile from the college,
and will stand in a park of fifteen acres.
on a site overlooking part of the Con
necticut valley. Any patient not suffer
ing rrom infectious disease will ha oli.
gible for admission, and it is believed
that the professional staff will be made
up or physicians from the town and the
college. . The hospital will probably be
ready for occupancy during the coming
Mutiunn, ana will Deso liberally endowed
financially as to do away with the neces
sity of soliciting outside assistance.
narper s Hasar.
Real Estate,
Insaranee,
and Loan
AGENCY.
Opera House filoek,3d St.
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
uu .ue cascades furnishes pasture for thousands
OI SIleeP' .e wool from which finds market here
o A tne largest original wool shiotjino-
TJOint .. IT! .. Amam'nn T rr '" ' '' ; :-
viiW, uuui ,o,uuu,uuo pounds beine-
oiixpptsu. ims year. ' - '.
THE VINEYARD OP OREGON"!
AXltJ aiies produces splendid
crops of cereals, and its fruits cannot be excelled It
is tne vineyard of Oregon,' its grapes equalling Cali
- Mcou, aiiu us otner fruits, apples.
prunes, cherries etc., are unsrirnflcsBori
ITS PRODUCTS.
ooxxun nsnenes are tne finest on the Columbia,
yielding this year a revenue of $1,500,000 which can'
ana 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 warehnn
i ' oo avauame 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 " uelfffiii t-
ful! Its possibiUties incalculable! Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands,'
S. L. YOUNG,
(Hncccuor to K. BECK.)
an ad
was imperative. No toii
. unciii action was possible and Senator
w atkins so reported.
11118 report written and completed lay
on the desk of the writer who was acting
. one oi the senate committees
at 10 o'clock of the morning of the day
o o caueo up nnally in the house.
ine writer saw it and heard it fully read
It ftpnlt nnlv :K .
v. . hu lue question ot con
current action and never hinted at any
lmssible difficulty that might lie in the
way of the road's being built by this
state on the Oregon side of the river.
Altor tl.r. ..... t ....
... uuu iotcbb, wnen tne Dill was
put upon its final passage, Miller of
Josephine, chairman of house commit
tee on railroads, on the floor of the house
reflected on the clerk of the joint com
mittee, Col. E. W. Nevius, charging him
with sinister objects in withholding the
wiuminee-s report. When the colonel
heard of this, he had Mr. Miller called
out into the lobby, handed him the re
port, told him it had been ready for the
previous four or five hours, and up
braided him for his hasty and ill-ad-versed
remarks. Mr! Miller returned to
his place and on the floor of the house
made ample apology. The next act in
the programme was the introduction by
Miller of the amendment that promptly
i 1, .. : .
x .um urany ail portions Of the east
ern, miooie and western states comes
reports of severe storms, resulting in
6.ci uanger und Buttering. So far Ore
gon has maintained its general rennta.
taion for pleasant weather, all the year
.uuhu. ine valleys of the Mississippi
-"v. iriDuianes nave their floods;
the middle western states their droughts,
cyclones and blizzards. California its
pdroughts and floods, and Oregon has
ine nnest climate of any state in the
union. . ' . ,
n
m
AN OPEN RIVER,
TtKrrt irj-kA - i -
- "Ye worK ior "an oii
river" bv the ureaa nf t.hn Tnini -tf.
pire will secure justice to the producers.
Ihe opposition which th
with from 'the Union t .. : 1
Company, and the work of their agenti
uou ogaiuci uie portage railway bill
now ine need oi "an open river" and.
me kudu li WOUld dO Detter than anw
gument that can be advanced. The rail
way company recognizes the importance
and benefit to the people of "an open
, u,u, iui utwrimiuiuoii to block
success on every hand to the nt f
its resources and corporate abilities with
the strong money power of Jay Gould at
the throttle. It was always profitable to
the few to keen t.hn rn.n i v. j
but it is selfish and therefore cannot Tte
permanent nor everlasting. Eaxt Or,.
gonian.
The eastern
mously endorse ClevnlanH'a io
i?1ha-?.?K,ti?n-' AI.lth,ebiff Papers sav
it has "the true ring." The truth of
this depends upon whether a man's ear
has been used to th rin" ;i
of gold. To the man w s-
Fh7e le"er ha" Iittle POrtance.
vii.yvf.MAf,.
Geo. Flak's Bmimh All PaJd.
The administratrix of the ita.i cf
late Gen. Clinton B. Fisk (Mrs. Fiak) has
paid all the subscriptions made' by the
general to various colleges, theological
seminaries and other institutions of the
cnurcn, and has, -we learn from the
trustees of Drqw seminary, paid a large
vwu uu woicq mere was no legal
claim, the general not having signed the
book. We also learn that the corpora
tion of .Fisk university has decided to
erect a memorial chapel, to be named
the Clinton B. Fisk Memorial chapel,
with the $35,000 bequeathed by the gen
eral to the : university and paid by the
admivMtratrix.2ristian Advocate.
That this has been a diaaatmn,. -o-
for theatrical companies every actor and
manager will admit One hundred and
ninety-two companies have so far re
turned to New York. Of course they
camf Jb dead broke, for no company
would return if there vu a r -
wiaooo inai may would ever nla b
Jr7 new xotk Abetter.
.The old Blake homKi -i,;.
being torn down in Indianannlia tn n..i
way for modern residences, has aheltom.1
some very distinguished people in its
-iay and Van Buren were
frequently entertained thm .
otiw noted men had been guests within
its famous walls. It was one of the oldest
residences in Indiana. -
The government now own Kn
t i ... .
ww o-mcn oreecn loadinir fl ui
oMoo.moxu luauuig 10-mcn rule. These
are at the Sandy Hook proving ground,
and have not yet been fired to ascertain
how far they will carry. -
The Swedish government' i miA,..
ing the question of putting a stop to the
wholesale slaughter of elk and other
game by English tourists in northern
Sweden and Norway.
Dissolution Notice.
TflT IPP TO Iriln
"v' neneux iilVEN TH4T THW
Arm S&X i ?.L M-.6-. nder the
aolvcd bv m. .;r-I". ? nas "en din-
i-wbJTff?? SMi!tJ 'the late firm
lnaehtl m'irr"- .w9?" we are
to eltho? Dr: BdSr ft. S, " ""
The Dalles, Or., Feb. 2, 1891.
J. G.
O. U.
BOYD,
DOANE.
Notice of Final Settlement.
Nl" SEX..SLV? THAT THE
Dalles rit? .the euty court room in
VSSTlLiSSL d"'ir -Planted aa
r "jj 'thISH?0 ,8 Pbhed by the order of Hon
Administratrix of said Estate.
Executors Notice.
uSt mC "?P"intJ execntoriolt
h li, "na teatamenta of
cd
tha
Daniel Handley,
SonaTS- .T. vouclerwlth'in aK
Dated January 29, 1891.
- ' VFRGE UEBE.
J- W. FRENCH.
KATE HANDLEY,
Executors.
-DEALER IX
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
TKtA dtr.rr C.I ' .
uWTOiui mercnant 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.
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SILVERWARE,:-: ETC.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
The Dalles
MERCANTILE CO.,
Successor to
BROOKS & BEERS.
will sell yon choice
Groceries and Provisions
OF ALL KINDS, AND '
AT MORE EKASONABLK8 RATES
THAN ANY OTHER PLACE
. ' 'in THE CITT.
E. GARRETSON.
Wi-?-Jeweler.
SOI.E AGENT FOB THE
-FOR-
Gamets ana Rimitore,
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry , Made to Order.
.138 Bvoond St., The Dalla, Or.
CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied as te
QUALITY AND PRICES.
REMEMBER wp Hi;r.Tr
chases without charge.
par-
390 AND 394 SKCOND STREET.
John Pashek,
jnercftaiit Tailor.
Third Street, Opera Block. " '
REMOVAL.
H. Grlenn lias removed his
office and the office of the
Electric Light Co. to 72
Washington St.
Madison's latest System, -
Used in cutting garments,- and a fit
guaranteed each time. - - .
Repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Qnickly Done.
FINE FARM TO REiMtL
TP FiAIM KNOWN A8 THE "MOORE
,-: "T tatedon Three MUe creek about
lZ.tfT? one-half miles from The Dalles, will bo
teasea tor one or mnm at . i..... un
??2slbif nant- This farm hae upon it m
jfooa awellinfr houne ud neccary out build
infra, about two acres of orchard, about three
nunared airen tmHoi-tf.t,iHvafjr.n u i.. .-
of the land will raine a (mod volunteer wheat
S."'P with ordinarily favorable weather
i he farm ia well watered. For terms and partjeu
larsenanireof Mm Hnm h a un. .
of Maya, Huntington & Wilson, The Dalles Z
oanAa a. niuunr., axecutrtr