The Dalles Daily Chronicle. TUESDAY. JUNE 2,1891 METEOROLOGICAL EEPOST. Pacific H Rela- D.fr SO State Coast bar. 3 tive of E. . of Time. " Hum Wind s Weather. 8 A. M -77 58 70 NW Clear S P. M i.77 60 51 " " Maximum temperature, 70; minimum tem perature. 48. The river is 26 and 4-10 feet above "0," hav ing risen 4-10 of a foot In 24 houri. WEATHER PROBABILITIES. Tun Dali.es, June 2, 1891. Weather forecast till IS m., Wednesday; light rain. Slight ly warmer. RAIN monthly ffleteopologieal Report. United States signal service. Station, The Dalles, Oregon, for the month of May, 189L 1 .. 2... S .. 4. . . ft... 6... 7 . . . . 9 . . 10... II... 12 . 13... 14 . 15 . 16 . 17 .. 18... 1 . 20... 21... "22 .. 23... 24 .. 25... 26... 27... . . 29... 30... si . 62 76 48" 60 76 44 65 74 55 63 70 56 55 62 49 5H 68 48 51 OG 46 52 62 43 60 71 38 55 78 42 62 83 42 64 73 54 57 62 52 63 74 52 67 81 53 66 76 56 61 73 55 59 72 47 61 70 51 59 72 47 61 79 43 67 86 47 69 86 53 75 92J4 56 75 90 59 69 81 57 66 74 58 57 65 49 55 66 44 59 75 44 63 71 54 .11 .08 T .05 Mean barometer, 29.962; highest barometer. S0.195, on8lh; lowest barometer 29.730, on 3rd. Mean temperature 61.9; highest temperature, 92J, on 24th; lowest temperature, 38, on the 9th. Greatest daily range of temperature 41 on 11th. Last dally range of temperature, 10, on 7th, and 11th. MBAN TKMFEBATURE FOB THIS MONTH IN 1872 1873 1874 1875. ..53.00 1876. ..59.50 1877... 59. 50 1878. ..61.50 1879.. 58.00 1880... 60.50 1881... 58.50 1882. 1883. 1884.. 1885.. .62.00 .60.00 66.50 .64.50 .51.00 1887.. 1888.. 1889.. 1890.. 1891.. .64.00 .66.00 .61.10 .62.50 1886.. Total excess in temperature during the month, Total deflcency in temperature since January 1st, 00.8 deg. Prevailing direction of wind, west. Total precipitation, 0.32: number of days on which .01 inch or more of precipitation fell, 4. TOTAL PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES AND HUN DREDTHS) FOB THIS MONTH IN 1872 1877... 1.03 1882... 0.27 1887. . 0.32 1876 1878... 0.26 18K3... 0.54 1888... 0.70 1874 1879... 2.24 1884... 0.O4 1889... 0.66 1875... 0.81 1880... 0.94 1885... 0.81 1890... 0.02 1876... 0.20 1N81... 0.14 1886... 0.11 1891... 0.32 Total deficiency in precipitation during month, Total deficiency in precipitation since January 1st, 0.72. Number of cloudless days, 19: partly cloudy days, 7: cloudy days, 6. Dates of frosts, none. Bolar haloa on the 11th, 17th, 18th, 27th, 30th. DUIIWB t,U tflt? mill. Strawberries in market on the 9th, green peas the 14tn, cherries the 17th, and grapea in bloom the 80th. - Note. Barometer reduced to sea level. T indi cates trace of precipitation. SAMUEL L. BROOKS, Voluntary Signal Corps Observer. The Chronicle is the Only Paper in The Dalles that Receives the Associated Press Dispatches. LOCAL BREVITIES. . Mr. H.W. Welle of Sherar'e Bridjre is in the city. State Senator Blackman passed through the city on the noon train, today. Kails are advertised at $7.75 per hun dred pounds in Burns, Harney county. School Superintendent Shelly left the city this morning to visit the schools on the other side the Deschutes river. It ought not be so difficult to obtain Masonic honors when everv obtuse angle has more than 90". Chas. Johnson from -Quinn's, in Gil liam county, shipped this moraine from the stock yards about forty head of fine" stock horses. George M. McLeod, of Kingsleyis in the city. He intends to commence breaking sod when he returns home. He says the late rains at his place wet the unbroken ground fully six inches. Geo. R. Vernon of New York who was formerly connected with the army and was stationed at The Dalles in early days and who will be remembered by many of onr old citizens, is registered at the Umatilla House. Lost. On the bluff near the new frame school-house, by a little girl pupil, a small satchel containing a handkerchief and small pair of gloves. The finder wiil please return it to the teacher, Miss Wood, or leave it at this office. Henry Hudson and son have just re turned from a tough trip to the Day vi lie country, whither they went about six weeks ago with 8000 pounds of freight. Mr. Hudson says they had to practically make about 100 miles of road and they were out a pick and shovel in doing it. Several times the wagon was upset and it was a mercy that no one was killed. They returned with 8700 pounds of wool. About a month ago the secretary of state sent a veterinary surgeon to ex amine a horse, belonging to Mr. John McDonald of this county, whose place is near the lower Deschutes bridge. The horse was supposed to be infected with gleet or glanders. The result of the ex amination was that stock inspector Rice was ordered a few days ago to' go out and destroy the horse, which 'he accordingly did. . - . ' Headquarters for choice strawberries at Maier & Benton's; . ;: .- . . ; . It makes a man crusty to look at the tough outsides of some women's pies. ,, ... w. c. t. u. column: For God and Home and Native Land EDITED BY THE DALLES W. C. T. UNION. ; r VACATION SON. BY KATHKBIKK LEK BATBR. I have closed my book and hidden my slate, And thrown my satchel across the gate. My school is out for a season of rest, And now for the school room I love the best. My school lies on the meadows wide. Where under the clover the sunbeams hide; Where the long vines cling to the mossy bars, And the daisies twinkle lite fallen stars ; Where clusters of buttercups gild the scene. Like showers of gold-dust thrown over the green, And the wind's flying footsteps are traced as they pass, By the dance of the sorrel and dip of the grass. My lessons are written in clouds and trees. And no one whispers, except the breeze. That sometimes blows, from a secret plane. ' A stray, sweet blossom against my face. My school-bell rings in the rippling stream Which hides itself like a school-boy's dream. Under a shadow and out of sight, But laughing still for its own delight. My schoolmates there are the birds and bees. And the saucy squirrel, less wise than these. For he only learns, in all the weeks, How many chestuuts will fill his cheeks. ( My teacher is patient, and never yet A lesson of hers did I once forget: For wonderful love do her lips impart. And all her lessons are learned by heart. O come! O come! or we shall be late, And autumn will fasten the golden gate. Of all the school rooms, in eust or west, The school of nature I love the best. Diphtheria. Withfn the last few months the med ical profession in Boston has been giving earnest and extended consideration to this modern disease, which has so rapidly come to be one of New England's three great scourges the other two being con sumption and pneumonia. We present, in brief, some of the more important facts elicited by the discussion. 1. Contrary to previous belief, there seems to be no special relation between its prevalence and bad drainage or other unsanitary conditions. The best dis tricts in Boston have suffered as much as the worst ; in some cases even more so. It is the same elsewhere, as careful in vestigations attest. 2. Its prevalence must at present be regarded as due to direct personal con tagion. It is greatest in the school months, with a marked " falling off in July and August Patients are often al lowed to go about . freely during: conva lescence, while not yet fully free from the disease. Doctor Folsom says, "It is not uncom mon for me to see patients in the out department, who ' come with diptheria, sitting side by side with patients affected with other diseases, thus exposing many persons to the danger of infection during the time they remain in the waiting-room of the hospital." Some of these persons have ridden to the hospital in crowded cars. But mild cases are the chief source of the trouble. Doctor Prince says, "It is my constant experience to meet with case after case of undoubted diphtheria,, where there are patches of membrane in' tne throat, and yet tne symptoms are so mild that the child is allowed to mingle with the rest of the family and go about the streets. I think there is no ques tion that such cases are the most prolific sources of the contagion." Further, among the cases that often fail to be recognized are those of nasal diphtheria. The membrane is out of sight, and for a time,-at least, the dis ease la easily mistaken for a cold. It should be remembered that this, and all the lighter forms of diphtheria, may give rise to the most malignant. 3. A case ot malignant diphtheria is, not seldom, mistaken for one of mem branous croup, commonly regarded as non-contagious. It is, therefore, neither reported nor duly guarded against. 4. It is necessary that diphtheria should be taken charge of as a contagious disease by the board of health, with full powers and all adequate provisions, and, further, that measures should be taken for the better understanding of the dis ease by the people. 5. Diphtheria is -a most debilitating disease. One of its chief dangers is death by . heart-failure, and that, too, when the patient seeme to be in a state of convalescence. From the first every thing should be done to keep up the strength by food and stimulants. Causes of Crime. The Arena. No one who studies the problems of poverty and crime can fail to be impress ed With the power of the saloon as a fac tor in the degradation of the human race. Rum makes criminals of the poor. In the city of New York alone there are nearly 8,000 saloons. Below 14th street there are 111 Pro testant churches and 4000 saloons. These whiskey shops' control the politics of the empire city, fill the criminal courts, and make the lives of tens of thousands miserable. Mr. Justice FitzGerald says that in Ireland intemperance is the cause of nineteent-wentieths of the crime. Grant' Famous Word. Ulysses S. Grant, the greatest soldier of the war of the rebellion, was born on the 27th day of this month, 1822. Tem perance people have adopted his famous dispatch : "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." Yes, and many summers. - A drunken young man broke in to the White House. This brings this terrible curse home to the chief magistrate of our country. The telegram says that Pres ident Harrison helped to tie his hands, so that he could be removed without do ing further damage. Did the president ask himself if he had done all he could to drive the saloons out of the district of Columbia? The president and his appointees, the district commissioners, can do a great deal more than is done to put down this infernal evil. Advance.. . The saloon is one of the feeders " of the immorality that flourishes under cover, and which, more than any other one thing,' is undermining Bociety and enerv ating manhood and. womanhood today.' . The facts are. known. It is useless to make laws against it unless the people, are 'aroused. W-hen- all can see and feel that, a saloon; is a worse evil to a commu- iiity than a shanty' iiiioa with lepers, then . will they arise and . cleanse the country of its greatest misery breeder, which- carries a thrill of misery, a throb of degaadation, wherever it falls. The King of Samoa is determined that his subjects shall be" sober. The follow ing order is his own proclamation, any breach of which is to be visited by heavy penalties : "No spirituous, vinous, or fermented liquors or intoxicating drinks whatever shall be sold, given or ottered, to be bought or bartered by any native Samoan or Pacific Islander resident in Samoa." "A matter of moment Time. The Single Tax Question. Portland, Or., May 29, 1891. Editor Chronicle Will yon grant me space just this once to add a little more on the single tax. question? The Chronicle having admitted that the owner of a townsite who sells out for a "cool million" has' "never earned a dollar of this money" simplifies the situ ation greatly. In other words it is con ceded that the land values are created by the community, hence belong to the community and no individual has a right to absorb them. For all purposes of government which require taxation to carry them out we see that here is a natural fund which belongs of right to society. The progress of civilization which brings men together gives a value to land. Some land is more valuable than others, the law of supply and de mand fixing its price. Hence the indi viduals who use land are in justice re quired to pay society according to the value of the land they use. Beyond the collection of these ground rents society should not go. All- wealth that a man may acquire in excess of these from the use of that land (be it city lot, watsr power, mine or farm), it is' none of society's business to enquire into as long as the rights of other men are not tres passed upon. Let us take the case of the man who sells a townsite for a "cool million." The only reason that such a price was obtainable was that the annual rental value of that sight was for convenience, let us say ten per cent, of the selling price; in other words $100,000 per an num. The men who purchased it," no matter how they came by their money, did so because it was worth that much to them collectively for purposes of busi ness, for these values still remain and it is with them alone society has the right to deal. Society by its presence and labors is still making this land . valuable and has the right to demand its own. If the Chronicle will ponder on the situa tion in Wasco county it will find an easy solution of the tax levy problem on the basis of the single tax. A real estate value of a million and a half has been shown does any man believe that, ex empting improvements of all kiuds, the land Value of Wasco county is less . than a million? On the basis of $100,000 an nual value, and allowing a very healthy margin to land owners for collection of rents, etc., how easy to raise the $62,500 without doing injustice to any man ! ' Now as to our millionaire; whose business is it what he does with his money as long as he conforms to police regulations? He and his money may remove to parts unknown, in which case the community where he acquired his wealth could no longer tax him if it wanted to. He may stay where he "made his pile," in which case his money, whether he embarks in enter prise or loans it to others for various purposes, will by its presence add to the value of the land. Producers and con sumers alike give value to land that is make it profitable for some one to make use of that land. If a merchant pays a high rent the reason is that the location is such that he can do business enough to justify him in paying such a rent. The ultimate -question is who shall re ceive that portion of the rent that be longs to the land value? Society that gave it that value or some individual who did not? The poor man referred to, on his homestead, will, under the single tax, have httle or no tax to pay because his land, improvements counted out, and valued as it would be if never a plow had been stuck in the ground or a grub torn out, will have very little value. Taxation will be transferred to the rich centers of population, where a single lot ia worth a whole township of homestead land. The man with a herd of cattle on the public range is engaged in the meri torious business of raising food for society and should not be taxed therefor; When the land he occupies becomes more valuable for other purposes it will acquire a rental value which society should tax. In the matter of the poor settler who cannot protect his crops against the depredations of his neigh bor's stock it only shows that he does not get "value received" for the taxes he now pays. If society taxes him it should protect him, as Kansas and Nebraska do by the herd law. In those states every man must herd his stock; and crops, which do not trespass on other people's land, are "turned out doors." Pardon this long effusion which is, however, too short to do the subject jus tice. Wallace Yates. '. - Notice; - One fresh ' milk cow for sale, (good milker). Apply at this office. Three furnished rooms suitable for housekeeping for rent. Apply at this office. :' , : , ' . ':." '. ' . ' . V Strawberries by therbox, crate or ton lit Joles .Bros, :. 'll'i :"' "'. CHRONICLE SHORT STOPS. Use Dufur flour. Berry boxes for $1.25 per 100. It is the best, sale at Joles Bros. Square piano for Apply at this office. sale. Price $90. Those who try it, always buy it. S. B. Chopped corn for voung chickens at Joles Bros. A. M. Williams & Co., have on hand a fine lot of tennis and bicycle shoes. . ' Ask your grocer for Dufur flour. Pure maple sugar at Joles Bros., eight pounds for $1.00. Centerville hotel, on the Goidendale stage road, furnishes first class accommo dation for travelers. The drug store of C. E. Dunham, de ceased, is now open and will be so con tinued until further notice. , For coughs and colds use 2379. Those who use the S. B. headache cure don't have la grippe. The celebrated Walter H. Tenny Boston-made mens' and boys' fine boots and shoes in all styles, carried by The Dalles Mercantile company at Brooks & Beers old stand. For the blood in one-half teaspoonful doses S. B. beats Sarsaprilla. 2379 is the cough syrup for children. Get me a cigar from that fine case at Snipes & Kinerslev's. long- Ward offers for sale one of the best farms of its size in Sherman county. It consists-of 240 acres of deeded land at Erskinville. There is a never-failing spring of living water capable of water ing five hundred head of stock dailv. Tne' house, which is a large store build ing with ten rooms attached alone cost $1700. : A blacksmith shop and other buildings and the whole surrounded by a good wire fence. Will be sold cheap and on easy terms. Apply by letter or other wise to the editor of the Chronicle or to the owner, W. L. Ward, Boyd, Wasco county, Oregon. Baby is sick. The woeful expression of a Dee Moines teamster's countenance showed his deep anxiety was not entire ly without cause, when he inquired of A druggist of the same city what waa best to give a baby for a cold"? It waa not ne cessary for him to say more, his counte nance showed that the pet of the familv, if not the idol of his life was in distress. "We give our baby Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," was the druggist's answer. "I don't like to give the baby such strong medicine," said the teamster. You know John Oleson , of the Watters-Talbot Print ing Co., don't you? inquired the drug gist. "His baby, when eighteen months old, got hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and drank the whole of it. ' Of course "it made the baby vomit very freely but did not injure it in the least, nd what is more, it cured the ba by's cold. The teamster already knew the value of the Remedy, having uaed it hiraBelt, and was now satisfied that there was no danger in giving it even to a baby. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. ' Forfeited Railroad Land We are now ready to prepare papers for the filing and entry of Railroad Lands. We also attend to business be fore the 17. S. Land Office and Secretary of the Interior. Persons for whom we have prepared papers and who are re quired to renew their applications, will not be charged additional lor such papers. Thohnbury & Hudson, Rooms 8 and 9, Land Office building, ' . The Dalles, Oregon. He wants it known. Mr. J. H. Straub, a well known German citizen of Fort Madison, Iowa, was terribly afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism when Mr. J. F. Salmon, a prominent druggist there, advised him to use Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One bottle of it cured him. His case was a very severe one. - He suf fered a great deal and now wants others similarly afflicted to know what cured him. 50 cent bottles for sale by Snipes Kinersly. Notice. Having leased the Mount Hood hotel at Hood River, I would respectfully call the attention of the traveling public to the fact that the house is being thorough ly renovated and will be open for the re ception of guests on or about Mav 1st, and I would most respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage. Nothing will be over-looked for the comfort of guests. George Herbert. The following statement from Mr. W. B. Denny, a well known dairyman of New Lexington, Ohio, will be of interest to persons troubled with Rheumatism. He says : "I have used Chamberlain's Pain -Balm for nearly two years, four bottles in all, and there is nothing I have ever used that gave me as much relief for rheumatism. JVe always keep a bot tle of it in the house." For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. r FOB SALE. A choice lot of brood mares ; also a number of geldings and fillies bv "Rock wood Jr.," "Planter," "Oregon Vilkes," and "Idaho Chief," same standard bred. Also three fine young stallions by "Rock wood Jr." out of first class mares. For prices and terms call on or address either J. W. Condon, or J. H. Larsen, The Dalles, Oregon. .- Removal- Notice.' J. H. Cross has removed his feed store to corner Second and Union streets. He desired te invite his patrons and friends to the new stand where he has increased facilities for doing business be also de sires to return his thanks to his customers and friends for their liberal patronage and hopes by fair dealing to merit a con tinuance of the same. NOTICE. r. R. E. French has for sale a number of improved ranches and . unimproved lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood in Sherman county: They will be sold very cheap and on - reasonable terms. Mr. French can locate settlers on some good unsettled claims in the same neigh borhood. His address is Grass Valley, Sherman county, Oregon." To tbe Public.' Notice is hereby given that ' all the barber shops of The Dalles will be closed in future on Sundays. NOTICE. ALL: .' PERSOSS indebted- to the un dersigned are requested to pay the amount of their respective accounts or otherwise make satisfactory settlement of the same, before June 1st, 1891,-and all persons having claims against us are requested to present . them on or before the above date. . ' - 1 ,. . . ... .MacEAjCHEEN & MacLEOD, . . Vogt Block, Second Street, The guiles, Or GUEST Lots 50x100 feet; 20-foot alley in each Block. Sold for Cash or on Installments ; Discount for Cash. No interest. FOR SA-ZE-iIE B"ST Thompson & Butts, C.E. Bayard & Co., Haworth & Thurman, J. M. Huntington & Co. THE DALLES, OREGON. The Farm Trust C. N. SCOTT, President. PORTLAND, OREGON. HOBT. MATS. MAYS & (Successors to ABRAM3 & 8TKWART.) 3R.etAllers and JToblaerai - Harflwarc, - Tinware, - GiaHitewaie, - woonepare, SILVERWARE, ETC. -: AGENTS "Acorn," "Charter Oak" "Argand STOVES AND RANGES. Pumps, Pipe, Plumbers' and Steam Fitters' Supplier, Packing, Building Paper, SASH, DOORS, SHINGLES. Also a complete stock of Carpenters', Blacksmith's and. Farmers Tools and Fine Shelf Hardware. -AGENTS The Celebrated R. J. ROBERTS "Warranted" Cutlery, Meriden Cutlery tmi. Tableware, the "Quick Meal" Gasoline 8toves. "Grand" Oil. Stoves and Anti -Rust Tinware. All Tinning, Plumbing, Pipe Work and Repairing -will be done on Short Notice. 174, 176, 178. 180 SECOND STREET, - Removal Herbring's DRY GOODS STORE Has removed to 177 Second street (French's Block) nearly opposite his former stand, where he will be pleased to see his former customers and friends. He carries now a much larger stock than before and every Department is filled with the Latest Novelties of the Season. I. C. NICKELSEN, -DEALER IN- Srhnnl Rnnlrc TTSTTPPMATTHM AT biationery, xdichonary Cor. of TM. anil WasMnston Sts, The Dalles, Oregon. H. C. NIELS6N, Clothier and Tailor, BOOTS AND SHOES, 173(5 apd Qaps, Jmijl5, iialises. CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON STS., THE DALLES, OREGOW. : DEALERS IN and Fancy Hay, Grain and Fetd. No. 122.Cor. Washington and Third. Sts. DAIiLtES & Loan Company, Wm. A. BANTZ, Vice-Pres. & Mgr. Xj. IE. CEOWBL CROWE, FOR THE FOK- THE DALLES, OREGON. fiotieel Organs, Pianos, Watches,- Jemelry.