The Dalles Daily. Chronicle.
THE DALLES
OKEGON.
Entered at the Postofflce at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
tiovenior. : P. Feimoyer
8ecretary of Suite : G. W. Mcltride
Treasurer Phillip Metwhan
Butit of Public Instruction K. B. McElrwy
(J. N. Dolph
enators jj I Mitchell
Cnnerrasmnti .. B. Hennann
State Printer Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
rvnintv Jnrtcp C. N. Thomburv
Sheriff D. I- C'atea
Clerk J. B. Crcwuen
Treasurer tieo. Ruch
i H' A. Leavens
uoraniissioners , (Frank Kiiicaid
AMNAiutnr John K. Burnett
Hurvevor E. F. uarp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Klielley
Coroner William Michell
ECHOES OF THE LEGISLATURE.
We are not, at present, concerned with
the character of the substitute bill which
Mr. Johnston panned on on the com
mittee on public buildings and falsely
pretended to be the bill "the people of
The Dalles wanted.'.'. This may become,
a proper subject for discussion, at
another time, and we shall not shirk the
responsibility. We are dealing with the
fact that Mr. Johnston deceived his com
mittee and misrepresented his constitu
ents. The people of The Dalles did not
, "want" the substitute bill, unless his
honor the mayor, the ex-governor and
Senator Hilton are "the people of The
Dalles." Messrs. Johnson and McCoy
surely are not. On the contrary when
the "people of The Dalles" heard the
treachery of Mr. Johnston, teji of them,
chiefly members of the board of
trade and common council, representing
.in themselves an easy million dollars
worth of property, without delay put for
Salem, and demanded a conference with
Messrs. Johnston McCoy and Hilton, in
the library of the state building. Before
this conference, however, was held, two
copies of a paper were printed by a type
writer; which it was intended as a last
resource, to have sent to the speaker
and have publicly read in the house.
One of those papers is now before us,
and after the usual preamble it submits
the following allegations :
"A petition is presented urging the
passage of the bill, without amendment,
signed by the representatives of fully
nine-ten tliH of all the real estate in
Dalles City.
"A memorial is also presented from
tne Dalles City board of trade, urging
the passage of the bill without amend
ment. "A resolution is also submitted of the
Dalles . City . common council, which,
without a dissenting votej approved the
t .1... i !iu j
jjjtonngo ui nic diu, imiu aiUBllumt'ln.
A substitute bill was presented to the
committee on public buildings, to which
the bill was referred, and of which Mr.
O. W. Johnston is chairman, but no
member of said committee, except the
chairman, ever saw the bill introduced
in the house, nor the petition of Dalles
City tax-payers, nor the memorial of
Dalles City board of trade, nor the- reso
lution of the common council of Dalles
City, although said petition, memorial
and resolution were in the hands of said
chairman, before said committee took
any action on the bill."
This document was read to the two
other members of Mr. Johnston's com
mittee. Both declared every word of - it
was true, protested against the decep
tion of Mr. Johnston, and expressed
their perfect willingness to expose his
duplicity pn the floor of the house.
But "the people of The Dalles" were
unwilling to adopt this dernier resort un
til a conference was had with Mr.
Johnston. Hence the meeting in the
library, already referred to. The full
: delegation of representatives waspreseDt
and about fifteen persons from this
-city. The people from The Dalles were
intensely in earnest, but we think it
.cannot be justly said they were discour-'
teoua. We speak this, of course from
the plane of a common citizen. We can
not possibly conceive what great men,
so much above us, might consider an
insult. We only mean't to be earnest.
Ther, perhaps thought us impertinent.
2f bo, we're Sorry t'try. In our ignor
ance of the ways of representatives, we
thought that we honored one of them,
by voting for hini. . We don't think so
any more. He honors us by accepting
our vote. We used to think that repre
sentatives were elected to represent their
constitnents. We'll never think so
again at least of Wasco county repre
sentatives, till we get a chance to elect a
new batch. But this is a degression. The
story of the conference is soon told. Mr.
Johnston was pressed to tell us why he
changed the bill. The question was put
In different forms. He had one answer
and only one. He thought his bill was
a "good one,-' and of course it was, for
Mr. Johnson thought so, and that was
-enough. The "people of The Dalles"
had no right to think anything. He
was asked again if any persons from this
city supported his bill. He said he had
"letters." "From whom?" one person
was named Any "more?" "Yes others;"
; but their names .he refused to give at
that time. At last: Mr. Johnson told
us he would confer with MrV McCoy,
and tell us what he proposed to do in
the course of an hour. (At this stage Sen
ator Hilton left the conference. Mark
this, gentle reader. You may see the
reason anon.)
noon auur me conierence scatterea :
the representatives to an exgubernator
ial council, and we to lunch. Less than
two hours after a compromise . was
afiected. That night a new bill was
framed, measurably satisfactory to The
Dalles contingent. They yielded some
thing, the -mayoral and ex-gubernatorial
representatives yielded something, and
the next day the bill passed the house
without opposition. But and here the
great genius of Senator Hilton shines
out in iridescent glory ; he was not bound
to support the bill, in the senate: and" he
didn't.
THE WORLD'S FAIR.
. However much it is to be regretted
that the Oregon .Legislature made no
appropriation for the World's Fair,
that body can scarcely with fairness be
blamed. It was no secret that the gov
ernor intended to veto the bill, if the
house should pass one. In his opening
message he condemmed all such appro
priations by name and acted consistently
with his viewp, when he vetoed the dis
trict fair ' and wagon road bills. The
governor would have approved of an
item of $10,000 being placed in the ap
propriation bill, to be at the disposal of
the Oregon Commissioners, but this bill
had to be reported before the World's
Fair bill was put on its final passage.
and the item could not, therefore, be in
serted. Besides those ' who favored a
liberal appropriation did not thank the
governor for approving this pittance of
$10,000. Perhaps it's just as well
When the real live people of this great
state, who proudly love it and earnestly
seek its glory and advancement, and
whose cheeks now burn with shame at
the thought of no worthy representation
amid the coining galaxy of states and
nations, at a world's exhibit when
these shall have, by one great united
efiort, made at their own cost a volun
teer exhibit, worthy of themselves and
worthy of the state, as we devoutly pray
and fondly hope they may, then they
will have the proud satisfaction of re
membering, during the coming cycles of
an honored immortality, that Oregon
had an exhibit at the World's Fair, and
that the Paleozoic Silurians and their
moss-back governor "weren't in it."
PIETY A LAST RESOURCE.
A striking example of the tendencv of
human nature to relegate all matters of
religious thought and feeling to the per
iod and circumstance of sickness and
death is afforded us by the deep interest
the newspapers of this country have
taken in locating ecclesiastically the late
General Sherman. When the general
was alive, as long as he never ran for
office, nobody cared to enquire what his
religion was or if he had any. Now that
he is dead the pious editorial fraternitv
want to know all about it. J That's all
ngnt enough. Nobody finds' fault with
it; but why not have begun the inquirv
sooner? Why associate religion only
with sickness and death? Simply be
cause it is another illustration of the
truth of that well known couplet :
"When the Devil wusjick, the Devil a saint
would be,
When the Devil got well, the devil a saint was
he."
JOHN WESLEY.
One hundred years ago today John
Wesley, the father and founder of
Methodism, died. His history needs no
relation here. It is known in every
corner of the earth where Christianity
has penetrated. The world was his
parish and the millions of souls, in.
heaven and earth, made better by the
teachiugof himself and the church he
founded are his epitaph.
A Newspaper Man in tack.
The Astorian.
Last night Bob Feeney was setting
type in the office of the Tacoma Globe.
This rnnrm'nff lo ia T i i?
the quarter millionaire. -
r-veryDoay in Western Washington
remembers R. E. Feeney, who started
the Wmlrm. WnrIA
eighteen months ago. He homesteaded
mucuiy-iuree acres nue iront about half
way between the South Bend Mill and
Potter's hotel in Sea Haven. Several
attempts were made to dispossess him,
but he stuck, and when the boom came
he Hold nl.riir. K IWntl. it iri
a determined effort was made to oust
iiim. rie was oeat, but secured a rehear
ing of his case. There was an immense
amount at stake, for twelve lots to the
acre, each lot selling at $1,000, and
seventy-three acres of such property, was
something big.
Feeney came to Astoria for a while,
then went over on the sound. About
Christmas time he went to work setting
type- - He put his case in the hands of
an Astoria lawyer.
Last night came the following brief
dispatch -
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. Com
missioner decides for Feeney in' case of
Pineo versus Feeney.
This means that' the commissioner of
the general land office has decided for
1 1 J r .) i i , , .
fccucy, iud uciouuiuit, huu maKes mm
get $250,000 for. It is probable that Bob.
mi uir a ouu uij uia iuw bOillgllt, and
not set type for awhile.
'Tis said that truth is stranger than fic
tion. Here is an illustration of the truth
of the saying. '
A prominent physician and old army
surgeon in eastern Iowa, was called away
from home for a fewdavs ; during his ab
sence one of the children contracted a
severe cold and his wife bought a bottle
of Chamberlin's Cough. Remedy for it.
They were so much pleased that they
afterwards used several bottles at var
ious times. He said, from experience
with it, he regarded it as the most reli
able preparation in use for colds and that
it came the nearest being a specific of
any medicine he had ever seen. . For
sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
The American saddle is being used by
the British mounted infantry.
Tit Crocus, -
"Best, little sister," her altera said .
Violet purpio, and wild rose rati .
Beat dear. rat. tUl the sun cornea oat
Till the hedge bud, and the grass blades-apvoaC
we ere saXo in toe kindly earth, and warm -In
the upper world, there are alee anil sluai
Oh. wait for the robin's true clear note.
For uwsouna or a arming winarafioet;
For the laughter bright of an April shower
To call and wake you, sweet Croens flower.
But brave heart Crocus said never a word.
Nor paused to listen for note of bird -
Or laugh of rain drop. In rough green Test - v
And golden bonnet herself she dressed, ,
Br the light of a glowworm's friendly spark.
And softly crept up the stairway dark.
Out through the portal of frozen moid
Into the wide world, bleak and cold. ' :
But somehow a sunbeam found the phvee
Where the snow made room for her lifted face.
Madelines Bridges in Ladies' Horns Journal.
' Tusvtln la Conarress.
There was much knitting of brows and
cudgeling of brains among the Latin
scholars in the house recently.' An after
noon paper appeared a day or two ago
with a Latin motto, - "Nunqnam animna
Bed ignis via." - The college graduates in
the press gallery put their wits to work,
and after one of them had discovered the
meaning, it was decided to pat the
university men on the floor to the test.
Representative Wilcox, of Connecti
cut, who studied law at Yale, gave it up
with the expression that he could do it
better if the sentence was not incom
plete. - Representative ' Buchanan, of
Virginia, who is an alumnus of two Vir
ginia universities, tried in vain to help
Mr. Wilcox in the translation. Mr.
Wilson, of West Virginia, one of the
ablest men on the floor, said that he did
not recall the quotation, and that it was
impossible to catch its full import with
out the context. Literally he thought
it would read, "Never the mind (spirit)
but fire makes the way," and he added
that he would try and find it.
Representative Dalzell, of Pennsylva
nia, who, with Judge Stewart, of Vir
ginia, wrestled with the problem,
thought the quotation was ' from some
press reporter, or had probably origi
nated from some old Greek who was not
very familiar with the Roman language.
He made a free translation, without re
spect to grammar, which read, ''Never
mind, but fire away." Washington
Post
Seasonable at Any Rata.
. "Ah, I like this snow!
"Yea?" '
"Yes, indeed."
"Good day for umbrellas?"". .
"On the contrary, a good day for snow
shovels. ' The trade thus far in snow
shovels has been backward for two sea
sons. As a large wholesale grocer. m
cellar has been stored with several tons'
of snow shovels for the past two seasons.
Now it begins to look as though we
could raise the wind and the snow with
em." . . .
"But suppose the present blizzard
doesn't hold out?"
"What then? Why, sir, nothing on
earth, especially in Michigan, can beat
the ingenuity of a wholesaler." Why
why hem why, we'd just get out those
forty gross of fly screens we have in the
cellar and rush 'em at half ofT.'Detroit
Free Press. " .'
Use of Petroleum Increasing.
It is an interesting fact that the first
use to which petroleum was put in Eng
land was not that of a luminant. Its
chemical composition rendered it a most
useful medium for preserving substances
which have a strong affinity for oxygen.
Chemists employed it in preserving po
tassium and metals possessed of kindred
qualities. Hot naphtha, it was discov
ered, dissolved phosphorus and sulphur,
and deposited them on cooling. It was
found to be, too, an excellent solvent for
gutta percha, caoutchouc, camphor,
fatty and resinous bodies generally, and
hence it was extensively used in the arts
for these purposes. Its great use, how
ever, is as a source of artificial light, and
notwithstanding the present use of coal
gas and electric lighting the employ
ment of petroleum for this purpose still
increases. Chambers' Journal.
Will Kot Stay Bom.
The engineers on the ' Fairhaven and
Southern railroad in Oregon have struck
another natural phenomenon only sec
ond to "the .Devil's Breadpan." The
gap of five miles in the track two miles
beyond the boundary is a low, swampy
place, which it was found necessary to
pile. A forty foot pile was driven right
into the swamp, and then another was
driven over it. But the second pile
would riot stay down. As soon as the
driver stopped pounding the pile began
to rise again. Pound as they would the
workmen could not make that pile stay
down, for at every blow it seemed to
cry "resurgam," and rose again as soon
as the pounding ceased. Singleton (Cal.)
Courier. '
Tom Jones Kabblt Baaeh.
Tom Jones, a worthy colored man,
living near the ' Northeastern depot in
Athens, has domesticated a large colony
of the old field gray rabbits. Tom has
about twenty-five breeders, and says
that rabbits are raised as easily as chick
ens. They run at large in the yard, and
become as tame as house cats. They in
crease very fast, and sell readily at ten
cents each for pets or cooking purposes.
There are always orders ahead for them.
They grow very fast, and frees one pair
he can raise more rabbits in a year than
the best hen will raise chickens. Atlan
ta Journal.
1
Every Italian in the service of the pope
has been dismissed, and the duties of the
domestics in the papal apartments, both
in the antechamber1 and the interior, are
transferred to foreigners. An inquiry
had shown that Crispi had several secret
agents in the Vatican.
Mr. Caminetti, who has been awarded
a seat in the next congress, Is of Italian
parentage, but a native born Calif ornian,
and he is said to be the first man from
California in either house who was born
in the state. .
The interest bearing part of the nation
al debt amounted to about $619,000,000
at the beginning of last month. This is
the only part of the debt which is burden
some. Exchange.
SNIPES & KLNERSLEY,
Wholesale ana Retail Drwsti
Fine Imported, Key .West and Domestic
OIGhAJE-S.
f AGENTS FORI
E8T'D 1862.
C.E. BiYAlD (JO.,
Heal Estate,
Insurance,
and Loan
AGENCY. .
Opera House Bloek,3dSt.
Don't Forget the
MacDonald Bids., Props.
THE BEST OF
Wines, iipors and Ciprs
ALWAYS ON HANI).
Chas. Stubling,
PROPRIETOB OP THB
dEW(lfl,
New Vogt Block, Second St.
. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Liquor "." Dealer,
MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT.
1 itjM-nrlrt'jfirti'i1
wiawiireia, um line uic wave ycaLTs
comes the rerdict that VICK'S SEEDS never
mtlllwa rfomtoiwaia JmJm 1u --
' ' I :j UUK., UHJUCV .UU MUCHGB 1)11
others, when vnu ran htiv nrcK a
Make no mistake this year: sendio cents for Vick'a
lyrttx briuae, aeauct tne 10 cents from hist order,
ana it costs nothinz. It is better than ever lanne
pases, colored plates, grand aovetfes worthy of
JAMES VIOK. BEEDSMAM, Booheater. H. Y.
FOR FINE
Commercial Job Printing
COME TO
THE CHRONICLE OFFICE.
W. E. GARRETSON,
Leading-?- Jeweler.
SOLE AGENT FOB THB .
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
W Ef!B UI
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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 city.
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for an extensive and riclTagri-
cultural and grazing country, its trade ' reaching as
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
point in America, about
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,
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. .
Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands,
S. L. YOUNG,
(Succennor to K. BECK.)
-DEALER IN-
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SIIiVEHWflRE, :-: ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
-FOIt-
Carpets ag Furniture,
CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied as U
QUALITY AND PRICES.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn has removed his
office and the office of the
Electric Light Co. to 72
Washington St.
iP
WflTM
CHICKS
a distance of over tve
original wool shipping
5,000,000 pounds being
-
its grapes equalling Cali
The successful merchant is
the one who watches the mar
kets and buystothe best advan
tage.
The most prosperous family is
the one that takes advantage of
low prices.
x uaiies
MERCANTILE CO.,
Successor to
BROOKS & BEERS.
will sell yon choice
Groceries and Provisions
f-OF ALL KINDS, AND
AT MOBK KKASONAELKS BATES J
THAN ANY OTHER FLACK
IN THE CITT.
1 v . i
n c ivi c ivi ts c K we deliver -all mrr- -
chases without charge.
. 390 AND 394 SECOND STREET.
John Pashek,
piercM 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 A3 THE "MOORE f
Farm" situated on Three Mile creek about
two and one-half miles from The Dalles, will be
leased for one or more years at a low rent to any
responsible tenant. This farm hae upon it a
f ood dwelling house pad necessary out bnild
ngs, about two acres of orchard, about three
hundred acres under cultivation, a large portion
of the land will raise a eood volunteer wheat
crop in 1H91 with oitiinajily 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.