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The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLES
OREGON.
Entered aMthe Postoffice at The Dalles, Oregon,
as tteoond-claaa matter.
STATE OFFICIALS. ,
Governor...- ....B. Pennnyer
Secretary of State i.Q.W Mcliride
Treasurer Phillip Metsehan
8 apt. of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy
gators ftM&ell
Congressman B. Hennunn
State Printer:.. ; Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Countv Judge.... ... : ..C. N. Thombury
Sheriff D. U Oites
Clerk ' ..;.J. B. Crnswen
Treasurer , ." t;eo: Kuch
Commissioner.. ,.Vc!ud
Assessor John E. Burnett
Bnrveyor E. F. Mliarp
Buierintendent of Public Schools . . . Troy Hhelley
Coroner William Michel!
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
DISAPPOINTED HOPES.
It is with no intention in the world of
digging up the "shillelagh," so to speak,
. which we quietly, if not. tearfully buried,
a few days ago, that we refer to a prom
ise made in Tuesday's Times-Mountaineer
to the effect that the Hon. E. O. McCoy
'. was going to "definitely settle, in the
next issue of that paper, the fact that
the bill reported from the house com
mittee on railways and transportation
; instead of the Raley bill, was the result
of the" conference of the joint . committee
of the Oregon and Washington legisla
tures, and was in fact their report on the
matter, endorsed by each and every mem
ber, and that this was a fact "as the
. report of the committee will show." It
is no exaggeration to say that we waited
the coming of this communication with
almost breathless interest. Just how it
' was going to remove the etigrua of hav
ing betrayed his constituents from Mr.
McCoy, we could not guess. In what
manner this gentleman was going to
. justify himself, by proving that others
were "as deep in the mud as he was in
the mire," we could not divine. By
what species of casuistry lie was going to
prove that an accessory to a crime was
innocent, while the principals alone
"were guilty, wecould not even guess.
-But he was going to do it. The Times
Mountaineer said so on his behalf. And
we believed it. The time of going to
press had arrived. The grand old pre
server of the art preservative creaked on
its rheumatic framework, big with the
mighty throes of parturition. Anon the
Times-Mountaineer was born. The news
. boy hurriedly started on his evening
, . round. We met him. A big bright
. oiickle, the fruit of honest industry, was
-exchanged. ' We scanned the ' paper
eagerly. ; There was nothing in it !
not even an apology. Nothing that
could have the most remote connection
' with what we had been promised, ex
jepting only, it may be, a communica
tion away down at the bottom of the
"editorial column, about a certain salve,
warranted to cure corns, at twenty
five cent a box, or money refunded.
The Ciiboxicj.k hopes to live to Bee this
promised communication. We want to
see it, and want to see it badly ; but we
warn Mr. McCoy that his bare assertion
that "each and every member of the
.committee" signed the report, that was
iBed so effectually to defeat the Raley
-.trill, will not satisfy one who heard, with
his own ears, Senator Watkins, when he
-wits desired to sign such report, exclaim,
"Til be d d if I do it, for if such report
should defeat the bill they'll blame me
for it." One thing more, it is only a
question, and we are done. If, as the
Times-Mountaineer alleges, on Mr. Me-
Coy's behalf, the infamous measure that
defeated the Raley bill was concocted by
-' . the joint. committee, who concocted the
' ' . speech, that Mr. McCoy delivered on the
. floor of the house, in the presence of a
hundred witnesses, in its defense?
DOUBTFUL LEGISLATION.
We have serious doubts, as to the
wisdom of the act passed by the last
Oregon legislature, giving the power to
any justice of the peace in the absence
of the county judge, to commit a person
suspected of insanity to the state insane
asylum. The law is liable to grave
abuse. It is undoubtedly already "too
easy to send persons to the insane asy
lum, and this law has the tendency to
make it easier still. The average Oregon
justice, is by no means a foundation of
judicial wisdom. He is not necessarily
primus inter pare chief among equals.
Quite frequently, .especially in the
sparsely settled districts, where better
men would. not be bothered with the
office, the justiceship is placed in the
hands of men remarkable for nothing
but senility and ignorance. In a matter
of such importance the closest circum
spection and soundest judgment are
necessary. Hundreds have been con
fined in lunatic asylums, for various rea
sons, who should never have been there,
and it is neither good policy nor sound
legislation to make the way to get there
easier than it is already.
The New York Sun pronounces Blaine's
reciprocity treaty one of the boldest.
most independent and individual moves
in the history of American statesman
ship, and predicts that the most benefi
cent results will flow from it.
Rrooklvn in ten vears lias devalnrxvl
more clubs than any city that can be
named, i rom one in 188U, it has ex
tended to fifteen or sixteen, with more
in prospect.
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY.
The enterprise displayed by the foun
ders of the Dallkb Chronicle, in fur
nishing its readers with the 'Associated
Press -dispatches, is steadily meeting
with its reward, in constantly increasing
accessions to its subscription " list.
While the service Is, of course small in
comparison with that furnished . the
great dailies of our large metropolitan
cities, it nevertheless contains the cream
of the day's daily happenings, and is
sufficient to fill from a column to a col
umn and a half of each ' issue . of the
paper.' The founders of the Chronicle
determined to spare no necessary ex
pense towards making this journal sec
ond to none, within a like field of circu
lation, as a dispenser of news at the
earliest moment of its happening. That
they are succeeding in this respect was
finely illustrated by an incident that ha p
penxl yesterday. It is referred to now,
not because it is singular or uncommon,
for the like happens six days in every
week, but because its marked import
ance, as a piece of news, in which the
whole nation was, more or less interest
ed, makes it a fitting subject for . illus
trating the truth that we wish to impress
upon our readers, namely, that if you
want the news of the world, at the earli
est moment after the events have hap
pened, you must take the Chkonici.e.
Yesterday morning at Springfield, Illi
nois, a joint session of the state legisla
ture was held, and, after the first ballot,
John M. Palmer was elected senator to
succeed C. B. Farell. One hundred
and fifty four ballots, in all, had been
taken, before this result was reached.
Hence the interest everywhere. -The
news, sufficiently full, for all practical
purposes, reached this office about noon.
At four o'clock it was distributed to the
people of The Dalles, through the col
umns of the Chronicle. Yesterday's
Oregonian, of course knew nothing of it,
for that paper was issued before the
event happened, and -our citizens will
only see it in the Oregonian, ' at five
o'clock this evening, if the train is on
time. Thus less than two hoars after it
happened, the news reached the Chron
icle. A few hours after it was given out
to the people, while at the moment of
going to -press today, more than thirty
hours after the event, the news has not
reached The Dalles by any other Bource ;
and this is the end of the whole matter,
if you want the earliest news at the
earliest moment you must subscribe for
the ChkonIcle.
PORTLAND AWAKE.
A few days ago we called the attention
of our readers to the fact that the events
that are rapidly, crowding each other,
all go to prove that fate- has -inevitably
1 inked the fortunes of , Portland, .with
that of the Inland Empire, and that her
commercial supremacy depends upon an
open river to the sea. It affords us,
therefore peculiar pleasure to learn that
on last Monday evening, the Chamber
of Commerce of the city of Portland
passed the following resolution, which
undoubtedly proves, that Portland is
beginning to fully realize the truth of
our remarks :
Whereas, The state legislature, at its
last session, failed to pass any law that
would insure the opening of the Colum
bia river from Celilo to The Dalles ; and
Whereas, Believing it to be of para
mount interest, not only to the retention
of the commercial supremacy of Port
land as the metropolis of the state, but
to the interest of the entire state of
Oregon as well, and of equal interest to
those sections of Washington and Idaho
that border upon tho great waterway of
the Columbia and Snake rivers ; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That a special committee of
twelve, including the chairman, be ap
pointed for the purpose of consultation
and conference with the representatives
of those sections of the state which would
be most quickly and permanently bene
fited by the opening of the river, '. with
the object of ascertaining if some method
cannot be devised for the speedy and
permanent opening of the river traffic of
tne uoiumbia and its tributary streams.
The resolution was unanimously adop
ted.
The Beat Cough Medicine.
"One of mv customers came in todav
and asked me for the best cough medi
cine I had," says Lew . Young, a promi
nent druggist of Newman Grove, Neb.
ut course 1 -showed nim unamberlain's
Cough Remedy and he did not ask to
see any other. I have never yet sold a
medicine that would loosen and relieve
a severe cold so quickly as that does. I
nave sold lour dozen of it within tne
last sixty days, and do not know of a
single case where it failed to give the
most perfect satisfaction." 50 cent Dot
tles for sale.by Snipes & Kinersly, drug'
gists. ' -
Health is Wealth !
HALM
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ment, a ruaranteed specific for Hysteria. Dizzi
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
01 aiconoi or lODacco, v aiceiuiness, Mental De
pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death.
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains
one month's treatment. 1 1.00 a box, or six boxes
for $5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
WK GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by
ub for six boxes, accompanied by to.00, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment does not effect
a cure, uuarantees issued only Dy
BLAKELET HOUGHTON, .
Prescription Druggists,
176 Second St. The Dalles, On
.. - Tfce Bible of the Buddhists,
The bible of tbe sect is not .without
beauty and high moral as well as poetio
conceptions. There is much in H of the
nature of mythology and mysticism,'
which Buddhists do not pretend to un
derstand themselves,- yet. there is much
to admire. Frpm a book of extracts and
translations from the Buddhist bible I
give a few examples: . '. . L
"The perfect man",, is :like the lily,; tm
soiled by the mud in which it grows."
Another: "The perfect man will not be
angry with him who. brings him evil re
ports of himself, lesfc he be not able to
judge truthfully of the matter whereof
he is accused.' Its moral code contains
such rales as "i6; not" steal? "Do hot
lie;" "Do not kill;" . VDo not be a drunk
ard;" "Do not to another . what you
would not wish done to ' yourself."
From these examples it may be observed
how nearly their moral law runs parallel
with oar own; and that this has exerted
a potent influence in forming the Chi
nese character is evident. Also, that
they cover the cardinal rules -of right
living in good society none will question.
The system offers motives in the way
of rewards for right living and punish
ments of evil doing. It develops symp
athy, the source of many virtues. - It
teaches the equality of all men. One
man is better or worse than- another
only as he observes the laws of good so
ciety or breaks them, W. G. Benton in
Popular Science.
AU Mail Matter Is Counted.
Persons who read the reports of the
number of pieces of mail matter handled
at the New York postoffice may have
wondered how the figures were obtained.
The explanation is simple: Every piece
was actually counted. Every employer
who stamps mail matter must keep an
accurate account of the number of pieces
he handles and must make a daily report
of the amount of work he has done. He
most not only give the grand total, but
tell what part was in each of the four
classes of mail matter, and also how the
pieces reached the postoffice?
The. letters, etc., are mailed at the
postoffice in which case they are known
as "drops," collected by carriers, arrive
by trains, or, in the case of foreign
matter, are brought by steamers. A
report must be made of every piece
that comes in by any one of these ways.
. When one considers that an average
of about 600,000 letters alone reach the
general postoffice here every day, it will
be seen that the task of counting them
is a big one. Let a person count 1,000
and then try to get some idea of the
labor involved in keeping a record of
1,000 times that many, and his head will
swim at the thought. As the counting
is done by a number of men; and the
letters are subdivided into ' batches, the
labor is not' so enormous as might at
first be supposed. New York Tribune.
Disposing of sb Office Seeker.
"The art of putting the right men in
the right places." Talleyrand once said,
"is first in the science of government;
but that of finding places for the discon
tented is the most difficult.'
".' It would seem from this that the dis
tinguished French statesman was as
much a prey to office seekers as are the
public men of our own time. His man
ner of disposing of them is amusingly
illustrated in the following anecdote:
One day One of these troublesome per
sons presented himself .to M. de Talley
rand and reminded him that he had been
promised a place.
"Very well," said Talleyrand, "but
tell something that suits and which can
be given. You don't know of anything?
Well, find something. You most admit
that I haven't the time to search for you."
The applicant was thus disposed of for
the time being, but a day or two later he
again presented himself, his face radiant
with hope, and said:
"Sir, such and such a place is vacant.
"Vacant," replied Talleyrand. "Well,
what do you wish me to do? You ought
to know that when a place is vacant it
has already been promised." Boston
Transcript. . .
When Open Goers Ought to Kab
A musical director now in the city
has another idea besides music.
"Complaint is made," says he,, "that
people who come to the opera are nerv
ous and fidgety and do not respond to
the efforts to please. - Is it any wonder?
The 6 and 7 o'clock dinners are the cause.
Our beet people who go to make up the
coloring of the audience dine late, and
as a rule they fill in regardless of the
laws governing health, and come to the
opera shall I speak plainly? with
enough rich food in them to make them
stupid and unappreciative. My advice
would be to eat sparingly just before
the opera. The good effects from .the
music would assist in the digestion of a
good dinner taken as late as midnight.
My notion will probably not agree with
that of your physician. Be it so. I am
talking from a point which interests me.
Qormandizmg and music don t go to
gether." Chicago Tribune.
The Earth's Age.
The age of the earth is estimated from
the increment in the temperature as we
penetrate its crust. The rate at which
the earth cools can only be 'determined
by making use of data confessedly im
perfect; but from these Sir William
Thompson finds that 100,000,000 or 200,-
000,000 years ago it first began to be
crusted over by a solid film of rocks;
that 10,000,000 years afterward it was
stall bo hot that the temperature in
creased 2 degs. Fahrenheit for every foot
vertically descended below . the zone of
constant temperature. The present rate
of increase averages about 1.51 of a de
gree for every foot. St. Louis Republic.
Test for Milk.
Xhe following test for watered milk is
simplicity itself. A well polished knit
ting needle is dipped into a deep vessel
of milk and immediately withdrawn in
an upright position. If the sample is
pure some of the fluid will hang to the
needle, but if water has been added to
the milk even in small proportions the
fluid will not adhere to the needle.
American Market and Critical Buyer.
SNIPES & KINERSLEy,
Wholesale and Betafl' JriOTts,
Fine; Imported, Key West and Domestic
CIGARS:
(AGENTS FOB)
I8C3.
C E. BYAID 2 CO.,
Heal Estate,
Insurance,
and Loan
AGENCY.
Opera House Slock, 3d St.
W. E. GARRETSON.
Leatfhi Jeweler.
BOLE AG-ENT FOB THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
PIBIEB&BE)ITO!I,
Cop. Third and Union Streets.
We are in the Ice Businness.
BULLETIN.
JJew Goods arriving daily.
Riverside Oranges, 26c. per dozen.
'.Lemons, 35c. per dozen.
Sauer Kraut, oc. per pound.
Tea, 25c. per pound.
New Orleans Molasses in hulk. ftSc.
per gallon.'
Walla Walla Flour $1.00 per sack.
Onions, 3c. per pound.
Call and see our new invoice of Teas and
rnze Making Powder.
MAIER & BENTON.
Chas. Stubling1,
FBOPKtETOB OF THK .
New Yogt Block, Second St
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Liquor v Dealer,
MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT.
FOR FINE
Commercial Job Printing
COME TO
THE CHRONICLE OFFICE.
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.
Notice to the Subscribers of
. The Dalles, Portland and
Astoria Navigation Co.
rrHE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
X subscribers to The Dalles, Portland and
Astoria .Navigation company will be neld at tne
rooms of the Board of Trade at Dalles Citv, Ore
gon, on Saturday, April 4th, 1891, at 2 o'clock p.
m., for the purpose of electing omcera for the
ensuing year, and the transaction of such other
business as may legitimately come before the
meeting. .
By Order of the Incorporators of said Company.
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 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. n
... 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, 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.
-FOR-
Garpels antf Furniture.
GO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied cut to
QUALITY AND PRICES.
S. L. YOUNG,
' (SncceMor to K. BECK.)
-DEALER IN-
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SILVERWARE, :-: ETC
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn has removed his
office, and the office of the
Electric Light Co. to 72
Washington St.
DALLES
the 'Middle Columbia, and
city. ,
a distance of over twe
original wool1 shipping I
5,000,000 pounds being J
. . '" ,
and all available storage
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 MOSS BEASOKABLGS RATES
. THAN ANY OTHER PLACE
IN THE CITT.
REMEMBER we deliver all pur- ii
chases without charge. f
John Pashek,
flercfiaoi Tailor.
Third Street, Opera ck.
Madison's Latest System,
Used in catting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each tune. "
Repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
FINE FARM TO RENT.
THE FARM KNOWN AS THE "MOORE v
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
?;ood dwelling house end necessary out build- .
ngs, about two acres of orchard, about three
hundred acres under cultivation, a large portion
of the land will raise a pood 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.