The Dalles My Chronicle.
THE DALLES OREGON.
Entered at the Postofficeat The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governoi , .
Secretary of State.".
Treasurer
bupt. of Public Instruction.
enators
"Congressman
State Printer ,
.... i.,S. Peinoyer
u. v. Mcisnae
..Phillip Metschan
. E. . McElroy
I J. N. Dolpb
" j J. H. HUcbell
R. Hermann
Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Connty Judge. C. N. Thornbury
Sheriff..
.D. L. Cates
Clerk..
Treasurer
Commissi oners .
J. B. Crossed
Geo. Ruch
tH' A. Leavens
-' ) Frank Kincaid
Assessor John E. Barnett
Burvevor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Bhellev
Coroner William Michell
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
SANFION.
One of the greatest drawbacks" to
profitable diversified farming in eastern
Oregon, where the farmer is shut off
from range and is confined to a quarter
or half a section of land, is the lack of a
good perennial forage plant that will
grow Hiiccespfully in our dry soil. It
may be questioned if any such plant has
as yet !een discovered and it is certain
that none that have been tried have met
with approval to any liberal extent.
Deputy Sheriff J. H. Phirman has pre
sented ns with a sample of a grass that
he first planted two years ago, last
epring, with which he is so well pleased
that it deserves the consideration of our
farmer readers. It is known in Germany,
where it is extensively grown on the
poorer hilly and rocky soils that will
produce scarcely anything' else, as
Asperset but still better by it French
name Sanfoin. . It is a perennial having
somewhat the appearance of alfalfa but
of smaller size and different habit. The
sample is about two feet in length and
Mr. Phirman is assured that it will, pro
duce easily, one year with another one
and a half to two tons to the acre. ' He
is so well pleased with the three and
one-half acres that he has that he in
tends to plant in Sanfoin every acre he
has in cultivation. Cattle, sheep and
horses eat it greedily and it has this ad
vantage over alfalfa, its leaves will not
crumble and waste when cured. It ma
tures so early that a dry season does not
effect it and it is said to stand early
freezing as well as Kentucky blue-grass.
The rejiort of the commissioner of agri
culture for 1887 describes it as essentially
a food for sheep and also useful for
horses. In a green state it is, quite free
from the danger of blowing cattle and
when made into hay is an admirable
and nutritious food. A French. ' writer
o r. - . 1 . , .
damp soil and even dreads soil which,
although dry rests upon a damp sub-soil.
. It delights in a .dry soil, somewhat
gravelly and above all calcareous. It
flourishes on the declivity of hills where
water cannot remain and in light soil
where its powerful roots can readily
penetrate. It prefers open, sunny places
with a southern exposure. The experi
ment station of the Iowa Agricultural
college gives the result of some experi
ments with, this' plant which are very
satisfactory. It resisted early freezing
admirably and produced at the rate of
three tons of dry hay to the acre. Mr.
Phirman sowed his in the spring but he
believes it will do to bow ip the fall and
will produce a cop for cutting the fol
lowing year. He is so fully satisfied
back of The Dalles that we believe others
might try it with good hopes of success
and profit. ' '
MONOPOLY AS A FINE ART.
The tariff reduction on sugar went into
effect last April and while consumers in
the Eastern states have been since ex
periencing the benefit of the reduction
the price on the Pacific coast has con
tinued without any material change.
That sugars should have fallen the full
amount of the tariff duty removed, was.
under the circumstances scarcely to be
expected. Sandwich Island sugars, it
is well known had for years been admit
ted free. These largely supplied the
wants of the Pacific Coast; but the en
tire trade was under the control of one
man, Claus Spreckles, who fixed the price
to suit himself. The Only thing that in
terfered with . his charging us two or
' three, or for that matter ten prices for
sugar, was eastern 'competition; but the
effect of this competition wis largely
neutralized by the excessive, freight
charges on sugars imported from. Eastern
states while there is little doubt that for
years Spreckles controlled these charges
in his own interest. :; "l
It may be Interesting to our readers to
know the methods which this
ist now carries on to deprive us of the
benefit of the tariff reduction and to
swell the immense volume of his own
wealth.. The price of sugar at the San
Francisco refineries is regulated, not by
the law of supply and demand, but by
the distance of the purchaser from east
ern markets. The further the merchant
lives from San Francisco the less he has
to pay and, conversly, the nearer. to San
Francisco the more he has to pay. A
merchant in Omaha can buy'sugar from
Spreckles for a cent and a half a pound
less than one in Portland or Seattle.
Thus if a certain class of sugar is"six cents
at the refinery it is 4 at Utah and 4 1-5
at Cheyenne. If it is six cents to a Port
land merchant it will be 4 to one from
the towns of Idaho and Montana. A
Pendleton merchant buys; his sugar in
San Francisco at of a cent a pound
cheaper than " does"' one: from Portland.
The scale of" prices for the"tdwns on ' iht'
Colunibia'rrver is aft follows?:. Let it; be
six cents'for Portland It will be also six
for The Dalles (which by the way is very
kind,) 5 for Biggs, o for Arlington
5 for Umatilla and 5g for La Grande.
Arrangements are also made" with: the
wholesale merchants who buy direct from
the're-flneryw the following effect: If a
Portland merchant sells sugar to a mer
chant in Pendleton he can cut the price
according to 'the refinery schedule and
the rejGnery allows him the ? cent's
difference'Dy' way of rebate; Such' are
the methods by which' Claus Spreckles
retains his' grasp upon the sugar-consumers''
of the Pacific Coast while' he
bleeds them for all that is in therri. The
scheme is reduced' to a fine art: It is
well to know its manner of working, but
there seems no wayof present or pros
pective relief except by the reduction of
freight charges on transcontinental lines.
A JOURNALISTIC PIRATE.
In morals the man who appropriates
to his own use the property of another
without license "or compensation is called
a thief. In the code' of journalism the
man is no less a thief who appropriates
to his own use, without acknowledge
ment, the product of another man's
labor. If the editor of the Timet-MoHin-taineer
has not sufficient energy to hunt
up local news for his paper he is the last
man on earth who should steal from the
Chronicle. A "paper and a writer
whom he has stigmatized by every epi
thet known to his limited vocabulary
should be the last he would select to
pilfer from. That he has done so, we
make the charge without any reservation
and shall present the proof when he is
bold enough to demand it. If he must
copy the Chkonicle let him acknowl
edge it like an honest man and we have
nothing' more to say.
The Warm Spring's Commission. ,
.- Hon. VV. H. Dufur arrived in the city
this morning. The commission of which
he is disbursing officer have just finished
their work, having made their final re
port from Colfax, Wash ., on the 8th inst.
The part of their work m which we are
most interested in is their report on the
northern boundary of the Warm Spring
reservation. : An interview"' with Mr.
Dufer reveals the fact that the commis
sion found that the McQuinn line is not
the northern boundary line of the reser
vation according to' the treaty made in
1855 through Joel Palmer with the' con
federated tribes now known as the Warm
Spring Indians.- vThe commission ap
proves the Handleylihe up to the 26th
mile post from the place of beginning in
the middle of the channel of the Dis
chutes river, thence in a. westernly di
rection to the north-west corner of
the reservation. The commission were
entirely unanimous in their report, and
we hope their finding will be approved
as we have no doubt of its justice and
we are persuaded that it will meet "the
approval of the whites,' who have only
asked that the line be made to conform
to the original treaty.
Mr. Dufur speaks in the highest term
of his brother commissioners. Every
thing between them was harmonious and
pleasant. A treaty was made with the
Indians of the Colville reservation for
the surrender of a million and a half
acres of their lands. Mr. Dufur describes
these lands as the finest he ever saw for
all purposes. The Selection meets the
highest approval of the psople of Wash
ington and Mr. Dufur will endeavor to
have the Oregon delegation support that
of Washington in its effort to have the
selection and sale confirmed. "Mr. Payne
a member of the commission from North
Carolina promises to . secure ' the same
support on behalf of the delegation from
his state.' Mr. Dufur speaks in the high
est terms of the people, of Washington
for their hospitality and enterprise. . The
work of the commission will end on the
12 inst., when Mr. Dufur and his brother
commissioners will again return to priv
ate life. We ; can qnly say that - if the
work of the commission in Washington
has been done as conscientiously and
fairly and with as much painstaking to
do what is strictly right and honorable
as K was done here and we have no
dpubt of that, the" cordial thanks of the
communities more immediately concern
ed are due to the commission. From
our own personal knowledge we know
that the decision' ot the commission on
the north boundary line of 'the Warm
Spring reservation will meet with the
cordial approval - of ' tle beople of the
Wapinitia neighborhood, while we be
lieve it to be strictly fair and just to the
Indians 'as well. .. .. - , . ,'. -,
Ralph Giboris
' ' announces himself as a can-
' didate for ; :'
CITY MARSHAL
Wood Dealers Attention 5""
Sealkd. Proposals will be received
at my office in The Dalles, until Monday,
July 6th, at 7:30 p. m., for 63 cords of good, dry
oak wood and 15 cords of good, dry, fir wood to
be delivered during the month of July t the
several school houses In School District No. 12,
Wasco county, Oregon. , ' s
By order of the directors. .- '
:" - - -.! . i- M. HDOTISGTON,
Jn5-12. . .. ... School Clerk.
QiuttJfkatUoria of a Husband.
Robert J. Burdette says: "Yon say
yon demand a domestic, usef al woman J
m yonr wife. If that is soinarrr Nor
Mulligan, your laundress' daughter. Shei
wears cowhide shoes, lq.guilueswroP cor-r
sets, never bad a sickdy3p,.rr'lif,
takes in waahinfenr honelean
4ng and cooks for iamily"of iscves chil
dren, her mothef and? three; sectSori'iaeti
who board with -her--' iAlott t think- she
would marry youbtxiause tW'KeagaTv
the track walker, is hef style"! man. .,.
"Let ns examine into your qualifica
tions as a husband after yonr own mat
rimonial ideas; my boy.- Canyon shoul
der a barrel of flour and carry it down
cHOnafC ;CSaryoTraw and split ten cords
of hickory wood in the fall so as to have
ready fuel all winter? Canyon spade up
half an acre of. ground for the kitchen
garden? Do yon know what will take
the lime taste out of the cistern? And
can'you patch the leak' in the kitchen
roof?
"Can yon bring home a pane of glass
and a wad of putty and repair damages
in the sitting room window? Can you
hang some cheap paper on the kitchen?
Can yon fix the front gate so it will not
sag? Can you do anything around the
house that Con Reagan can? My dear,
dear boy, you see Nora Mulligan wants
a higher type of true manhood. You
expect to hire, men to do all the man's
work about the house, but . you want
yonr wife to do anything any woman
can do. .
"Believe me, my son, that nine-tenths
of the girls who play the piano and sing
so charmingly, whom you, in your limit
ed knowledge, set down as mere butter
flies of fashion, are better fitted for wives
than you are for a husband. If you waut
to marry a first class cook and experienced
housekeeper do your courting in the in
telligence office. But if you want a
wife marry the girl you love, with dim
pled hands and a face like the sunlight,
and her love will teach her all these
things, my boy, long before you have
learned one-half of your own lesson."
Actor Toole atari the Cabby.
Apent Mr. Toole's visit to New Zealand
one or two amusing stories have come to
hand. Just before leaving Napier he had
a difference of opinion with a cabman as
to a fre. The matter arose from a mis
understanding on both sides, but as
Toole was determined not to pay the
amount, which he considered unjustly
demanded, and as (the cabman was
equally determined to have it, a sum
mons was the result. The evening pa
pers announced the fact, and stated that
Toole would defend the case in person
in the resident magistrate's court.
-A large crowd assembled at the court
house in consequence, but Toole, having
seen the paragraph referring to the mat
ter, preferred paying the claim to being
made a free show. The crowd rapidly
melted away when this was announced,
but the fact of the payment did not ap
pease the irate cabman, and when Toole
drove down to the launch which was to
take hini- oh his way to Auckland, one
of the caDmen on the stand called out
for "Three groans for Toole." : .
"Oh, make . it four, do!" cried Toole,
and four they made it. '
It was probably the first time the fa
mous comedian had ever been groaned,
and he was hugely tickled at the dem
onstration. London Tit-Bits.
Historic BelL.
One of the most remarkable historic
relics in Rhode Island is the bell on - the
Butterfly - factory near the village of
Saylssville. Around this bell about four
inches from the crown is this superscrip
tion, "Peter Secest, Amsterdam, Anno
1263. M. EL Fecit." It is thus set forth
that Peter Secest made this bell in Am
sterdam in the. year 1263. The figures
carved on the bell,- together with other
authenticated facts, lead to the belief
that this bell was long used on a convent
in England, and was sequestrated dur
ing the Reformation.. .
It is also a part of its history that it
was used in the English navy on the ship
G-uerriere, which was captured by the
United States' ship Constitution Aug. 19,
1812. The bell was subsequently sold
by the United States authorities with a
lot of captured stores, and thus came
through the hands of the late Stephen
H. Smith to its present place in the Butterfly-
factory. Pawtucket : (R. L) Trib-
Fol Pulley for Are Lamp.
Most of the arc lamps used for outdoor
lighting are hung from a cord passing
over a pulley, and their safety necessari
ly depends on the strength of this cord.
Usuallythere is another pulley fastened
to the pole,' and the cord passes over this
pole pulley down to a Cleat or a windlass.
AS this pole pulley is rarely found to be
in line with the cord, the result is that
the rope scrapes on the edge of the pul
ley and weara-oufc- -in -a -short time. A
remedy for this, has been provided in a
sleet proof pulley, which fits the up
turned end of an ordinary polestep, and
which Can swing freely on this support.
It is evident that such a pulley is quickly
put up and will always stay in line with
the eord..New t. York Commercial Ad
vertiser."" '" '- ; - .......
Home (to his friend at the concert
who is applauding enthusiastically)
For goodness: sake don't; man; that was
abominable ! YouH bring that cruel
music butcher out again!" . : ..;
.. . O'Bowie (with increasing enthusiasm)
' Good! Can't you see he's half faint
ing with exhaustion? I want some re
venge, my boy. Exchange.
It should be remembered that the
deeper the well the larger the area from
which the rain water finds its way into
it. . No : discharges ' or other ' secretions
from the room of a sick person should be
thrown on the ground or buried in' it
Within at least. 100 feet of the well. .
Mrs.' John Drew has been on the stage
for sixty-two years. - She is seventy -one
years oid, And when a child of nine she
appeared in several plays in the Louis
ville theaters. She was born in London,
and was advertised in Lor youthful days
as an 'inf anttle phenomenon."
S. L. YOUNG,
f Successor to B. KKCK.,
'--!' r-ri",
DEALER- IN 4
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Diarhondsi r
SILVERWARE,":-: ETC
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
The Dalles
Gigar : faetopy,
FIRST STREET.
FACTORY NO. 105.
PTfJ-AT?lof the Beat Brandf
VlvJ XVlVO 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. ULRICH & SON.
-FOR--
Carpets and 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.
- 8tage Leaves The Dalles every mornine
at 7:30 aott Goldendale at 7:30. All
freight inust be left at R. B. .
Hood's office, the evening -before.
. .
R. B. HOOD,- Proprietor.
COLUMBIA
Qapdy :-: factory,
W. S. CRAM,' Proprietor.
-f (Accessor id Craa & Corsbn ;
Manufacturer of the finest French and
Home Made
East of Portland. -
-DEALER IN-
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
-.'-'?'' -( -. ;' : t j '
Can furnish any of these goods at Wholesala
or Retail. , .... ...
-' -1 !?:i!f '.i i: In Brtrr Style..:,..-, n .v:--. .
104 Second Street, The Dalles, Or.
John Pashek,
Tailor
Third Street, Opera Block.
Madison's tatesi System,
Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each time. -
piercliant
Repai ri ng and Clean i ng
Neatly and Quickly DdrieY '. ;'
' -J; Ui -T.i .V -.i-'i1'.
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Successors to BROOKS & BEERS, Dealers in
General Merchandise, .
; .ifI I III-
Gents Furnishing Goods, Boots; Stioes, Hats Caps, etc.
Groceries, Hardware,
s Provisions, - Flour. Bacon.
HAY: GEIN
V " "Of all -RlndVaV Lowest Market Rates. r "
Free Delivery to Boat' and Curs and all' parts ' oj tk City.
39Q and 394 Second Street ' -
We are NOW OPENING a full line of
BM M Colore J Henrietta (Ms, Sateens, GiitaaniCalici
and a large stock of Plain,
; Swiss and
in Black and White, for
-ALSO A FULL LINE OF-
JHen's and Boy's Spritig and' Summer Clothing, Heekmear and HosiW
O-cror Slilrtsj, Underwear, 33 s. &
A Splendid Line of
.x.- e,?l8 " yur attention to our line
Goodsto be sold at prices toWirthetf m,M PP. plenty ot other
H. SOLOMON, A
Next Door to The Dalles National Bank. , '
NEW FIRM! NEW STORE
loscoe 8t Gibons,
DKALKKS IN
uiu oiir ime 01 men a ana hot'i Knnta anH
V STAPLE V AND
- Canned Goods, Preserves, Pickles, Etc.
Country Produce Bought ' and Sold.
Goods delivered Free to any part of the CiiV
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
JAMES white; T
Has Opened a
XjiixxaLOla. Counter,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand ,
and Will Serve
Hot Coffee, Ham Sandwich; Figs' 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 yon want a good lunch, give me a call.
. Open all Night
The Ladies' Tailor
School of Dress Cutting
Mrs. Brown's flressiating Parlors,
Oor. Ponrth and TJnion Sis., '
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 seamless-waist,
dartle88 basque, French bias
darts and most every form of sleeve.
jCS3fIn the dressmaking department I
keep only competent help.
Dress Cutting a Specialty.
Phil Willig,
124 UNION ST., THE DALLES, OB.
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
nurchasing elsewhere.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn has lemored his
office . and. the office of the
lectrib light Co. to 7ii
Washington St. ' " ' (
II II FAiU V II V 1,11111 IV
AND PRODUCE
Embroidered and Plaided
Nansooks:
Ladies' and Misses' wear.
Felt and Straw Hats.
x . v
of Ladies' and Children's Khos nH
shn.. nj an . . . : . -
V FANCY V GROCERIES,
Court Streets. The Dalles, Oregon.
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
flbstraeteps,
Heal Estate and
insapanee Agents.
Abstracts of, and Information Concern-'
- ing iana lines on Short Notice. ' '"
Land for Sale and Houses to Reot
Parties Looking for Honies in
COUNTRY OR CITY, ;
OR IN SEARCH OF ,-
Bu0iqe00 Location?,
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of
Leaiinff Fire Insurance Companies, '
And Will Wrie Insurance i for
on all
DESIEABLE
Correspondence Solicited. All Letter
Promptly Answered. Call on or -Address,
'"
J. M. HUNTINGTON A CO.
Opera Honse Block. The Dalles, Or.
C. N. THORNBURY, T. A. HUDSON.
Late Rec. U. 8. Land Office. Notary Pobll
THORHBURY & HUDSOH.
R00MS. 8 and 9 lAND OFFICE BLILDW6.
. . .. . . . . PoltofBci Box 825, f '
THE DALLES, OR
Filings, Contests,
And all ether Business in the D. S. Land OStcf
'. ' Promptly Attended te. V . V
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. - -J.
Thornbury & Hudson.
$500 Reward!
We will pay Ge above' reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In-'
digestion. Constipation or CostlveneM we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fall to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing M
Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and -Imitations.
The genuine- manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WF8T COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
ILLINOIS.
BLAKILIf HOUGHTON,
' Prescription Drugg-tata,
170 Svoood St- . TtM Dalles, Or.
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