The Dalies Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLES
OREGON.
Entered at the IVwtofficeut The Dalles, Oregon,
a second-class matter.
STATE OFFICIALS. .
Uovernoi ; S. Peiinoyer
Secretary of State ti. W. McBrido
Treasurer Phillip Metsohan
8upt, of Public Instruction .E. B. McKlrov
nator i. H. Mitchell
"3ongreHgiiiaii B. Hermann
State Printer Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge C. N. Thornbary
Sheriff It. L. Catea
Clerk J. B. Crosnen
Treasurer Geo. Ruch
Co.nmlHs.oner,,. JffiESd
Assessor John E. Bamett
Surveyor .-.E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools . . . Troy Shelley
Coroner William Micbell
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
SINGLE TAX AGAIN.
If Mr. Yates should write forever he
will never convince ns that it is fight to
allow the rich owner of personal prop
erty to escape taxation and place all the
burdens upon the landowner. The thing
is' not right and no argument can make
it right. The Chronicle does not" dis
pute the juHtioeof taxing the "unearned
increment" of lands, but there are other
" unearned increments" besides these
Any speculation that results profitably
is all unearned increment beyond the
mere value of the labor bestowed in
making the investment. It is no more
right to tax a piece of land according to
the value that has accrued by reason of
the influx of population then it is to tax
the profits of a lucky speculation in wheat
or pork. The profits of both beyond a
fair interest on the money invested and
the cost of time and labor in making the
investment, are unearned increment and
should alike be taxed. The community,
though in different ways, created the in
crease of values and the community is
as much owner of the increase of wheat
or pork as it is of land. To say that a
stockman should not be taxed " because
he is engaged in the meritorious business
of raising food for society" is sophistry.
The farmer is engaged in the same bus
iness. Why therefore, should he be
taxed and the stockman go free? It is a
poor rule that won't work both ways.
But it is idle to discuss the single-tax
theory any farther. The Chkomclk has
two insuperable objections to it. It be
lieves in a system of taxation that shall
be equal and uniform, a system that will
lay the burdens incident to government
&s well upon the rich man's gold as upon
the poor man's field, a system that shall
tax poor and rich in proportion to their
poverty or wealth. No system that pro
poses to lay all the burden upon land"
and allow everything else to go free can
ever accomplish this. But there is an
other objection still greater. The single
tax theory is simply the entering wedge
of socialism which is the practical con
fiscation of all property rights and which
in turn is but the prelude of anarchy.
This is by no means saying that all
single-tax theorists are communists. We
simply assert that theirdoctrine leads in
that direction. To say that the value
the community has given to land belongs,
not to the private owner, but to the com
munity is socialism pure and simple,
and nothing else. If it belongs to the
community there is an end to private
owner-ship. The uext step is confisca
tion, and the next anarchy, and the next
national death.
An alarming epidemic of pessimism
has lately seized a large class of political
Teformers. With them the country is
rapidly drifting into anarchy and rain.
The poor are becoming poorer and the
rich richer. Labor is no longer profit
able and nothing but gaunt starvation
and nakedness stare the millions of toil
ets in the face. The lands, the natural
heritage of the people are mortgaged be
yond redemption and the people, them
selves, are taxed beyond endurance and
ground under the heels of a inonied
oligarchy that threatens, at ho distant
day to swallow the nation bodily. These
be the terms of their rhetoric and these
their methods of appeal. Meanwhile
the vast majority of these starving mil
lions manage to get three square meals a
day with an occasional desert of straw
berries and cream. Alas I that out here
on the Pacific coast we should be so
blinded to our true condition that we
should never have known that we were
starving and naked if somebody had not
told us ! The facts simply are there is
no country on the footstool of the Al
mighty to equal the United States for a
poor man, and there is no part of the
United States to equal the Pacific coast.
No country on earth is destitute of a
poverty prosperity cannot reach and
legislation cannot prevent.-. The wisest
forethought cannot provide for a succes
sion of crop failures, wholly attributable
to natural causes, nor can the'best legisla
tion increase the value of a product when
there is a surplus upon the .market. If
we have wrongs through the- natural
greed and oppression of the monied
power,' as we? undoubtedly have, the
method of avenging them is within our
grasp. The ballot box is the. great recti -
tier of all. political and economic wrongs
and a united people can-.;, soon strike off
the fetters of oppressiooi've v . ;;. !
A tjglt squcze: makkig hardxider aqd
calling.it a totBperance4rii)dti.T .
England is in many respects the most
favored of all Eurojean nations and a
certain cla.-s of politicians are wont to
point to the laboring classes as being in
as good, if not a better condition than
i those of the United States. Of course
j nobody believes this but the pretention
to lielieve it is made notwithstanding.
Not long ago an inquiry by a select com
mittee revealed the appalling fact that
forty five per cent, of all the rural labor
ers who reach the age of sixty become
chargeable to the parish, and at a meet
ing of the National Provident League,
held about three weeks ago Mr. Cham
berlain M. P. stated his conviction that
one of every two workmen, if he lives to
be sixty years old, is almost certain to
have to come upon the poor law for his
subsistence. This excessive proportion
of overty cannot be attributed to im
providence alone. A London paper com
menting on these facts says: "It is
difficult for the average working man
earning; say a pound a week ($5) to save
any substantial sum," and urges some
well considered scheme of national in
surance for the thousands of self respect
ing poor who have a deep-rooted aver
sion to parish relief. What a contrast
such a state of afiairs .presents to the
laboring classes of the United States.
The Union Pacific is at its old game.
Negotiations had been in progress for
some time looking to the hiring of a
steamer to connect with the new boat.
It appears the U. P. got wind of it, as
we announced yesterday, ana - promptly
purchased the boat and tied her up.
This was to be expected. Any body who
imagines Jay Gould is asleep will get
badly fooled. The company will un
doubtedly light the opposition to the
bitter end, but a boat will be secured in
the long run even if one has to be built
for the purpose, and when the portage is
finished and the line opened to Portland
the man from The Dalles who patronizes
the Union Pacific ought to be ridden on
a rail. s
Death of Clarence Dorbio.
The many friends of Clarence Durbin
and of his young wife, the eldest daugh
ter of Mr. Geo. A. Young, of Bake Oven,
will .regret to learn of his death which
we find recorded in yesterday's Oregon
ian as follows :
Mr. W. R. Sewall t has received a dis
patch from Billings, 'Mont., stating that
his nephew, Clarence Durbin, died there
Sunday morning from injuries received
the day before. No particulars were
given. Clarence Durbin was a son of
Sol. Durbin, a pioneer resident of Mar
ion county. Me married Miss Aggie
Young of this city, a daughter of Geo.
Young, formerly connected .with the
Cosmopolitan hotel. . He was engaged
in stock raising near Billings, and was a
steady, industrious young man, well
liked by all who knew him.
On Friday last Rev. Dr. Brice delivered
an address at Louisville, Ky., upon
"The influence of the Scotch-Irish in
the formation of the American govern-'
nient." The greatest men of the colonial
revolt against the king were Franklin,
John Adams, Sam Adams, Otis, Patrick
Henry, Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee
and John Rutledge. They were all of
pure English stock, save Henrv and
Rutledge. But the Scotch-Irisli were
conspicuous among the soldiers and the
rank and file of the people who fought
the revolution. Starke, Montgomery,
Sullivan, George and James Clinton,
Wayne, Knox, Mercer, Moultrie, Mor
gan, Sumter, Horry, Miffin, Hayne,
Commodore Barry, Campbell, Shelby,
Butler, were all of Scotch-Irish stock.
After the revolution the Scotch-Irish
stock was conspicuous at the south, and
Cathoun, McDuffie, Hayne, who plotted
against the Union, and Jackson, Living
stone and Clay, who defended it, were
all of this strain. President Arthur, on
his father's side, and 'Blaine on his
mother's side, are sprung from this
stock. Stonewall Jackson ' and Joe
Johnston both came of it, as did General
Phil. Kearney, General Logan, on his
father's side: Sam Houston. David
Crockett. Commodore McDonouch :
O'Hara, author of "The Bivouac of the
Dead;" Simon Cameron, James Buch
anan, General Carroll, General McCall,
General McDowell, Ben Butler, Speaker
Carlisle ; Governor Gordon; of Georgia?;
General McCook, Admiral Rowan, Gen
eral McClellan, General McClernand,
General McPherson all came of this
stock. The Scotch-Irish stream went to
Maine and New Hampshire and to Penn
sylvania and North Carolina. Its over
flow poured into Kentucky, Virginia,
Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and
Arkansas.
Future of the Hunt Road.
There is some talk to the effect that
the Hunt system may yet be so extended
as to reach "Portland. General Manager
C. B. Wright, jr., is as much pleased be1
cause the state intends to build the por
tage road,- and says the road will result
in much good to the people of the Inland
Empire, and will also give the Hunt sys
tem a Portland outlet. He said : "If the
state commissioners of Oregon succeed
in constructing a portage railroad, I
shall extend my road from Hunt's Junc
tion to the Columbia, a distance of about
two miles, and shall put on a line of
steamboats and barges. Evening Tele
grain. "He is a very dear friend of yours, isn't
he?" . .
Yes, borrows ten dollars regularly every
week."
thev do say that "Bilious Proximity'
took that sea-voyage as a Nye-opener.
Steam Ferry,
fy ft TTf Hide is now running a steam
IyV C If JrlJlD Ferry between Hood
River and White Salmon. Charges
reasonable. R. O. Evans, Prop.
$20 REWARD.
TTII.L BE IJAii FOR ATTy INFORMATION
J T -:. leading to theconvlction of parties cutting
no rones, nr. HtV anir wnv Intorforiiiir ...i ,
J.Mra .po!e or lanVp bf Ta Ej.bctriC Light
i uivi ,,ivj.'Vip
i A Pretty Cartieu Ornamenfc.
A very pretty piece of ornamental gar
dening, not too diki.-nlt for beginners,
can be done with an old umbrella or
parasol and some plants of cypress vines,
maurandia, sweet pea or anything that
is not of too aspiring a nature. Such
climbers as the morning glory, canary
bird vine and other twenty footers, are
better left for unsightly fences and build
ings. Plants are better than seed, be
cause more certain, and they do not take
so long to catch the knack of twining
and spreading. Umbrella ribs are not
decorative, and to eee -such an object
standing there week after week, waiting
for its clothes, does not give people a
pleasant impression of a garden.
But first find your umbrella: and this
may not be so easy, for "retired um
brellas that are no longer fit for use are
seldom seen. Some member of the fam
ily, however, may be able to produce
one, and then it should be immediately
stripped of the few tatters left to it.
The next step is to paint the frame and
handle brown, and when qnite dry plant
the end of the handle firmly in the
ground, with the frame fully opened.
If the handle is rather short it will be
an improvement to add a piece of wood
to it
It is now ready for the vines, which
should have made some progress in
growing: and when they once begin to
do their best the old ninbrella frame
makes such a lovely green ' bower stud
ded with blossoms of red or purple or
white or' all together if the vines are
mixed that every one exclaims over its
beauty.
A parasol with the same treatment is
equally pretty on a smaller scale, and it
would be very ornamental in the center
of a round bed edged with bright colored
phlox or candytuft. With a long spout
ed watering pot the vines could have ' a
daily drenching in warm weather, when
the sun is not shining on them, from
their roots to their highest green tips,
and this would keep them fresh.' Har
per's Yonng People
Kt Dses tor an Old Material.
Peat, used for fuel from the earliest
times, and long known to be of great
value as a fertilizer, now finds so many
other applications that its preparation
has developed into an industry. Peat
powder is serviceable, not only about
stables but elsewhere, on account of its
absorbent and somewhat antiseptic prop
erties and low cost. A French surgeon
introduced this powder, treated with an
tiseptic solutions and contained in a cloth
bag, as a dressing for wounds. The idea,
said to be a very old one among the work
ing people of some places, was improved
upon by another medical man of Paris,
Dr. fled on, who made a soft and pliable
wadding of peat. Other dressings have
since crowded these out of hospitals,
though the peat applications are coming
into use and gaining in favor among vet
erinary surgeons. Dr. Redon's wadding
hag yielded important results by leading
to many efforts to produce woven fab
rics, no that peat is now made into mat
tresses, coverings, carpets, etc., which
are esteemed on account of their power
of absorption. Iron. '
Which Was Correct? i -
Two yonng girls who were considered
bright scholars in the high school were
looking over a birthday book, which
was arranged alphabetically, a hand
some, illuminated letter forming the
heading for each page.
"1 wonder." said one of the girls, "if
there are just as many pages as there
are letters in the alphabet, or whether
there are some duplicates? Count the
pages and see, Maud.
Maud turned the leaves rapidly and
announced. "There are no duplicates;
only thirty pages, just as there are let
ters." "Why, you goose T said Alice, "you'd
better go back to primary school. Don't
yon know there are only twenty-four
letters in the alphabet?' - Youth's Com
panion. '
A Train Problem
It is seldom indeed that the following
question is answered correctly offhand:
A train starts daily from San Fran
cisco to New York and one daily from
New York to San Francisco, the journey
lasting five days. How many trains will
a traveler meet in journeying from New
York to San Francisco?
About ninety-nine persons out of a
hundred would say five trains, as a mat
ter of course. The fact is overlooked
that everyday during th urney afresh
train is starting from the other end, while
there are five trains on the way to begin
with. Consequently the traveler will
meet not five trains but ten. New York
Tribune.
Greedy Foreigners. -
AH excursionists agree as to the avid
ity with which those "furriners" seize
on to good, hard, honest American gold.
A Springfield man was bargaining for a
parrot in a Havana bird store. The price
was set at seventeen dollars, but the
dealer shaded it down, a few dollars at
a time. Finally the American took out
a United States five' dollar gold piece,
remarking that he would give so much
and no more. The dealer clutched the
coin, and passed over the parrot, cage
and all, before the gay bird could wink.
Springfield (Mass.) Homestecd.
A Botanical Curiosity.
At a meeting of the Royal Botanical
society the secretary brought to the no
tice of members a portion of a large pop
lar lately blown down in the gardens,
showing a network of roots running al
most round the trunk, between the bark
and wood, at some distance from the
ground. The plant had apparently de
rived its nourishment not from the soil,
but from the decaying portions of itself.
Pall Mall Budget. .
' Peculiarity of Chineae Uw.
If a Chinese boy were to kill a parent
he would be burned alive at the 'stake in.
punishment for such an unnatural and
horrible crime. But over the life of his.
children a father has absolute ' control,
and can ' murder one of them and 'never
incur the least penalty at tii&-1ianJs of
theilawy -Philadelphia Timv .
S- L. YOUNG,
(Snccesiior to E. KECK.,
-DEALER IN-
S,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SIIiVERWAHE, x ETC.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
The Dalles
Gigar : Faetory,
FIRST STEEET.
FACTORY NO. 105.
OTO- A T?Q of the Be Brands
VJ1VJ X JL,k! manufactured, and
orders from all parts of the country filled
on the shortest notice.
The reputation of THE" DALLES CI
GAR has become firmly established, and
the demand for the home manufactured
article is increasing every day.
A. ULR1CH & SON.
-FOR-
Garoefs ana Furniture,
CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied as to
QUALITY AND PRICES.
R. B. Hood,
Livery, Feed and Sale
Horses Bought and Sold on
Commission and Money
.Advanced on Horses
left For Sale.
OFFICE OF
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Line.
Stage Leaves The Dalles every morning
at 7:30 and Goldendale at 7:30. All
freight muBt be left at R. B.
Hood's office the evening
before.
R. B. HOOD, Proprietor..
COLUMBIA
Qapdy :-: paetory,
W. S. CRAM, Proprietor.
(Successor to Cram & Corson. )
Manufacturer of the finest French and
- Home Made . "
O 3ST ID X IE s ,
East of Portland.
-DEALER IN-
Tropical Fruits, Nets, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish any of these goods at Wholesale
or Retail
eFHESH -4- OYSTES-lv
In Every Style.
104 Second Street, The Dalles, Or.
John Pashek,
JIT e r c H a n t T a II o r .
" Third StreetOpera Block.
. ' ' . : t ." .' '? r.' j '
, Madison's Latest System,
Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each tune, '. -,
R e pai ri rig and Cleaning
U-AlAnd Quickly' Done, l"
f s . .. it - . .V; . 'X
WUTuilE
CLOCKS
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Successors to BROOKS & BEERS, Dealers In
General Merchandise,
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc.
Groceries, Hardware,
Pro-visions, Flour, Bacon,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates.
Free Delivery to Boat and Curs and all parts of tfie City.
390 and 394
We are NOW OPENING a full line of
Black and Colored Henrietta Clows, Sateens, Ginffliams ani Calico,
and a large stock of Plain, Embroidered and Plaided
Swiss and NansooksEE
in Black and White, for
-ALSO A FULL LINE OF-
JKIen's and Boy's Spring and Summer Clothing, NeGkmear and Hosiery.
Ovor SlxiirtaB, TTuderwear, Bto.
A Splendid Line of Felt and Straw Hats.
X
e,al8 fl!ryour a"enti" p our line of Ladies' and Children's Shoes and to
H. SOLOMON,
Next Door to The Dalles National Bank.
NEW FIRM! NEW STORE'
Joseoe 8t Gibons,
DEALF.ES in .
VSTAPLEV AND
Canned Goods, Preserves, Pickles, Etc.
Country Produce Bought and Sold.
Goods delivered Free to any part of the City.
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a
X-ixxxola. Oonntor,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
,.nd Will Serve
Hot Coffee, flam Sandwich, Pigs' Feet,
and Fresh Oysters.
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot.
On Second St., near corner of Madison.
. Also a .
Branch Bakery, California
Orange Cider, and the
Best Apple Cider.
If you want 8 good lunch, give me a call.
Open all Night
The Ladies' Tailof
School of Dress Cutting
AT
Mrs. Brown's Dressmailnff Parlors,
Oor. Fourth and Union Sts.,
The Dalles, Or.
Each scholar can bring in- her own
dress and is taught to cut, baste and fin
ish complete.
They are also taught to cut the seam
less waist, dartless basque, French bias
darts and most every form of sleeve.
9"In the dressmaking department I
keep only competent help.
Dress Cutting a Specialty. .
. Phil Willig,
124 UNION ST., THE DALLES, OK.
Keeps on hand a full line of
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S
Ready - Made Clothing.
Pants and Suits
MADE TO ORDER
On Reasonable Terms.
Call and see my Goods before
purchasing elsewhere.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn has iemoved his
office and, the office of the
Electric Light Go: , 72
Washingta -St ? :- '
Second Street
Ladies' and Misses' wear.
'.'FANCY','
IES,
Court Streets, The Dalles, Oregon.
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
flbstraeters,
Real Estate and
t . ..
Insurance Agents.
Abstracts of. and Information Concern
ing Land Titles on Short Notice.
Land ; for Sale and Houses to Rent
Parties Looking for Homes in
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
Buiqe Location,
Should Call on or Write to ns.
Agents for a Full Line of
Lealii Fire Insurance Companies,
And Will Write Insurance for
on all
DESIKABLB EISK3.
Correspondence Solicited. All Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
C. N. THORNBURY, T.A.HUDSON,
Late Rec. U. 8. Land Office. Notary Public
THORHBURY &HUDS0H.
ROOMS 8 and 9 LAND OFFICE BUILDING,
I'oatofrlce Box 385,
-THE DALLES, OR.
Filings, Contests,
And all other Business in the D. S. Land Offie -Promptly
Attended to.
We have ordered Blanks for Filings,
Entries and the purchase of Railroad
Lands under the recent Forfeiture Act,
which we will have, and advise the pub
lic at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. Look for advertisement
in this paper.
Thornburv & Hudson.
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion.. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
Pills, 25 cents.- Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C.WF8T COMPANY, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS. --
. BLAKKLKI & HO II OH TON,
Prescription Druggists,
170 Second St. The Dalles, Or.