The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLK8
ORKOON.
tuterwl st the Pnstoffice at The Dalles, Oregon,
as aeound-tilaaF lualtet.
KTATK OFWOIALH.
I
liovenun
fciecretary of Htate
Treasurer
Supt. if 1'iiblic Instruction
enator
'Joiigressiiiau
State Printer
. B. Peiiiioyer
. ..G. W. McBride
..Phillip Metwhan
E. B. MrElroy
IJ. S. J.lph
" )J. H, Mitchell
b. Hermann
. . . . . . l'rank Baker
COIINTT OFFICIALS.
Cnu'ntv Judge. N. Thorabory
-bneriff D. L Cates
Clerk J. B. Orossen
Treasurer . .Gen. Rnoh
, . iH' A. Leavens
IhmnlMhnm J Frank K lncaid
Axaesaor John E. Barnett
Burvevor ...... ...E. F. Sharp
Buerlnteiident of Public Schools. . .Troy ehelley
Coroner William Micheli
The Chronicle is the Onlv Paner in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
THE DALLES PORTAGE.
The proposition of. the Columbia
Railroad and Navigation company to j
build a portage road from Columbus to j
Crate's J'oint on the Washington side of
the river is he that ought not to be en
tertained by the people of Portland till
they are satisfied that it is the best they
can do. We are perfectly satisfied, if
Portland will only take time to investi
gate lefora deciding, thi.t we can prove
to the people of that city that a portage
road can be buit on the Oregon side at
half or less than half lhe expense, over a
shorter route, by easy grades, and away
from the sand drifts, that will ever make
an immense drain on the profits of the
enterprise in keeping the track clear.
Besides this the proposed road is on the
Washington side of the Columbia, and,
other things being nearly equal, Oregon
money ought to be spent on the Oregon j
. side. Besides, too, fully three-fourthB,
and perhaps more, of " the present
freights and of the freights for all time
to come, will be landed on the river
front from this side. Forty miles
of this front, on the Oregon side, in
Wasco and 'Sherman counties, is the
natural outlet, and will be for all, time for
a territory as large as all New England.
So imperative is the demand for a port
age on this side of the river that if they
had a thousand portages, from Colum
bus to Crate's Point, the traffic demands
one here. . .
It may not be generally known that a
survey has just been completed by Lieu
tenant Norton which demonstrates the
truth of most of the 'statements already
made. By this line the entire distance I
from The Dalles to the mouth of the
Deschutes is twenty-two miles, while an
incline to the Celilo landing is feasible,
that would shorten - the . distance to
eighteen miles, and save the expense of
crossing the Deschutes. There is not a
thorough cut on the whole route, and no
rock work except a little, easily and in
expensively worked, in the neighborhood
of the two rivers. From here to the
Deschutes river there is not a grade
heavier than fifty feet to the mile. Lieut.
Norton made the survey for The Dalles,
Dufur and Silkstone Railroad and the
officers of that company assure the
writer that for half the sum demanded
by the Paul Mobr company, they will be
able to build and equip a road on this
side of the river. - We believe the time
has come for this city to take action.
The profile of the new survey has been
completed and can be seen at any time
at the office of the company. The board
of trade ought to call a meeting for the
, purpose of examining the profile and es
timates of Lieut. Norton and if they
meet the approval of the board, that
body ought to give them its official ap
proval and endorsement. There is cer
tainly uo time to be lost. The building
of the road on the Oregon side means a
great deal for The Dalles and Wasco
county.' The Paul Mohr road means
. the leaving of The Dalles, the most im
portant freight station in Eastern Ore
gon, completely out in the cold. Even
if a road on this side should cost as
much as on the other, we ought to have
it here ; but hen a better road can be
built for less money, we have: double
claim on the capitalistsof Portland, who
are willing to help us to open the Col
umbia river. Let us wake np before we
get side tracked.
AN EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT.
It is undoubtedly a hopeful sign of the
-. times to find that the great mass of .the
. agricultural population of the country
has awakened to a new life and interest
in matters pertaining to the government
of the nation. " Many of their notions
"are crude' and ill-digested no donbt.
Many of their schemes are visionary and
impracticable beybrid a question, r Still
' we cannot help: thinking that time , and
.the. knowledge t and experience gained
from . discussion .. will rectify errors ,-of
judgment where the intention' is to pur-
sue and advocate ' only that which is
right. Already it is apparent that a re
action has set in with reference to some
of the schemes that have been most gen
erally : condemned by the press. ' The
leading reformers themselves are by no
means agreed as to the wisdom of the
T sub-treasury plan and government ..two
per cent. Joan s. , One of the very ' fore
jnioet farmers . alliance , men in . Oregon
says : . "'The alliance Bcheme to loan only
on real estate and farm products, at two
per cent, is n o tenable, indefensible and
Impracticable." The same writer very
- justly concludes that "the- alliance plan
will never be attainable till labor is so
oppressed and goaded to desperation as
to precipitate a ' revolution." and it is
very questionable if it could be attained
even then'. Another is reported as hav
ing said that the -"sub-treasury scheme
has, -!no.. basis in justice or common
sense," and. the New York Voice quotes
the statement' and' "endorses "iti : Thus
the discussion of alliance measures is
producing fruit and schemes that ap
peared, some time ago, to be adopted
without question, are now being rejected
or their wisdom seriously questioned.
-Whatever may . be, the result we have
little doubt that good will eventually
come from a movement whose chief
peculiarity is that the masses seem de
termined' to have what is just and right,
at the bands of the lawmakers of the
nation,' and to' hold them accountable
for just and wholesome laws.
A N IMPRA CTICABLE S VGGESTION.
A prominent writer in the Refortu
urnal advocates the adption of a plan
prevailing in Switzerland for the popular
ratification or rejection of a proposed
legal enactment. It is suggested that
ten per cent, of the legal voters of the
state may sign a statement declaring
themselves in favor of a given law, and ;
it will then become the duty of the gov
ernment to order a popular vote on the
subject, and if a majority decide in its
favor it shall be put on the statute books
of the state! This method would un
doubtedly be satisfactory, in so far as it
would be a declaration of the popular
will, but it would be fearfully cumber
some and expensive. Costly as is a ses
sion of the legislature this would surely
be still more so. How would the ordi
nary voter tackle our assessment law,
for example, containing as it does, sec
tions and chapters to no end? Would
the people be called upon to vote every
time a new law was proposed, or would
the voting be clone once or twice a year?
If once or twice a year how would they
ever get through with pronouncing judg
ment on one or two hundred bills, it may
be, at one time? The thing is impracti
cable as the sub-treasury plan, but no
harm can result from discussing it. It
might do for Switzerland. It will never
be adopted here.
Tulare, California, proposes to furnish
a very novel exhibit for the fair. From
a gigantic redwood tree, 390 feet high
and twenty-six feet in diameter, will .be
cut two lengths forty-five feet long, and
these will be transformed into full-sized
railway coaches by hollowing ont the in
terior. The rough bark of the tree will
be left on the roof and on the sides and
ends the natural . wood . will be left un
polished. The interior will be finished j
after the style of the Pullman cars. One
will be a buffet dining car, with bath,
barber-shop and kitchen, and the other
a sleeper, with observation room. Ordi
nary car trucks will be put nndemeath,
and the men of Tulare, with theil wives
and children, will make ' their trip to
Chicago in these strange coaches and live
in them while there. The intention is
to keep these cars in the exposition
grounds, and. to sell as mementos the
portion of the tree cut away in their con
struction. Baker City is startled by the discovery
of an organized robbery which has been
carried on for several months by a gang
of boys none of whom have reached the
age of thirteen. In the cache -of the
young thieves, a cave on the river' dug
by their own hands, was found a wagon
load of plunder, consisting f almost
everything that could be named from a
toothpick up to a cook stove, all safely
stored and waiting to be disposed of by
the youthful rascals. The plunder was
brought to town and a good portion of it
promptly identified.
The general grand chapter of Royal
Arch Masons of the United States began
its twenty-ninth triennial conclave at
Minneapolis on the 22nd inst. This body
is the largest masonic body in the world,
having a membership of 141,901. ' It is
also the oldest body in the United States.
It will celebrate a centennial in 1897.
Interesting reference was made by the
grand scribe to the growth of the order
in Asia, Mexico and South America.
C. N. THORNBURY, - T. A. HUDSON,
I .ate Reo. V. 8. Land Office. ' Notary Public
THDKPUBY&flDDSDH,
U.S. Land Office Attorneys,
Rooms 7 and 8, U. 8. Land
Office Building,
THE DALLES, -
OREGON.
pilings, Contests,
And Business of all Kinds Before the Local
and General Land Office. ;
Promptly Attended to. .
Over Sixteen Years Experience.
-WJt ALSO DO A
General Real Estite Business.
All Correspondence Promptly Answered. ,
Fine Fruit Ranch for Sale J
i(Zf ACRES OF LAND, FOUR AND A HALF
1UU miles below the town of Hood River, on
the Columbia. 400 fruit trees most in besrinir.
200 grape Tines in bearing, half an acre of black
berries, one acre of strawberries, 3 or four acres
of corn and 2 of clover. ' There will be about
ak pounasoi duck perries -this- year, also big
crop of peaches' grapes, apples, etc; . Fine Irri
gating facilities with water, all. on the place:
1200 feet of flume, two reservoirs, over 400 feet of
water pipe, conveying water Into house.' Be
tween 8 and 9 acres in cultivation balance' in
woods. Most of land lays well and can be culti
vated. Price 2,200, Call on at ranch or address
- F. R. ABSTKN,
: . .--.. ' Hood River, Oregon.
;ESTRAY, NOTICE.. , ,.
A RED COW WITH- WHITE SPOTS 8WAL.
low fork in eaeh ear but no brand, Is in my
pasture on Mill creek. The owner oan have her
by paying for pasturage and advertising.
W. BIR&FELD,
' ClilMd bj a Ball.
It w&s in a well known hotel i Baagwtr
A party of gentlemen wfre con vWatftgfOir
one subject and another.'-! During a lnl
in the conversation one geriUeman noticed
a scar on the hand of anotnnr.fcnd inter-,
rogated him as'-ttTthe cause: 1 The ftthei
answered that ifceV. recrtyeA. it in a Very';
curious way, and told the following story
in regard to i';.f(. -.C-57
I got that woun'd" in Che -battletrf Jei;
tysbnrg. I had been fighting all day atfd'
felt very tired, and so sat down on a rock
and shot from there, i was just loading
up my- gun -when a long,- lean, lank fel
low darted by. me. making for the wood
like-r-streak of greased- lightning; I -np
with my gun and let drive at him, but he
didn't ' drop, and as ' 1 had shot just 999
and' didn't want to lose the thoosanth. I
started after him
1 never saw a man run -so fast in all
my adventurous life, and 1 could see that
1 was gaining npon him. but every once
to a" while i" lost' Sight of him behind a
tree or rock I noticed a lull in the fight,
and glancing uAAe I saw that both armies
had stopped fighting and were straining
their eyes to see the race
That raised my courage, and I forgot
all about being tired. ' Just then 1 made
a spurt of . speed, and as 1 did so I felt
something strike my hand Which spread
ont like the fan of a windmill
Well to make a long story' short. 1
caught np with him' and was about to
collar him when he turned about und
tried to stab me. 1 dodged his blow, and
just then something hit him and he fell
over dead . . . .
1 sat down beeide him to rest, and as
I did so noticed blood trickling down my
hand. On closer investigation I found
that there was a bullet hole in the palm.
The dead man had a bullet bole in his
breast, and I am positive in my belief
that both wounds were made by the
same bullet, and that it was the same
bullet that I h.-id fired at the Confederate.
The race was so hot that I caught np with
and passed it at some time during my
chase. That ' is why I now wear that
scar. Bangor News. '
Ho Con Id Sympathise.
1 was walking along a street given
oyer to the smallest of shops and almost
the cheapest of restaurants, when I met a
good looking ten-year-old boy in shabby
respectable clothes. '
It was autumn, and 1 carried a bunch
of flaming, splendid maple leaves. He
stopped, as if the sight of them really
took his breath away.
"Oh, give me one." he gently ex
claimed, in a manner that was more
than polite It lifted our' interview
straightway into some rare, superhuman
atmosphere, where perfect simplicity
became a matter of course. Unfor
tunately this was not so becoming to me
as to him
I said. 'Oh. 1 hate tor . but at the
same time I began looking for the mean
est little leaf 1 could find When I had
discovered and was presenting it.' shame
overcame me, and torn with conflicting
emotions. 1 said: , -
"1 know I'm being horridly stingy.
Never mind." said my boy. in a big,
masculine, comforting - manner 'I
know' just how .you feeL" "
; He smiled his thanks reassuringly, and
we parted never to meet again.1 I de
clare, 1 could write a sad little - poem
about it this minute. Atlantic Monthly
(- Mail Most Bive m Cook.
. Man always needs a cook. . . A -college
professor, bereft of his wife, who had
done his. housework for years, engaged a
cook at greater wages than had been the
allowance he' gave his wife, ' He bar
gained for punctuality. ' "I must- have
my dinner at 12." ' he stated. "1 can't
get it ready till 1 o'clock," she answered.
He yielded and changed the hour of his
college recitation. The next week she
demanded a new stove, as the old one
was too tow "It costs too much," he
expostulated . '1 can't afford to hurt
my back." she replied . - j j
He knew it was not so' easy to find an
other good cook, and bought the stove.
A week later she desired him to Send for
the carpenter that the back staircase
might be changed. Then he dismissed
her and became a boarder. ". Which was
the cheaper thing to do? Pittsburg Dis
patch. '
Emmet's Presence of Mind.
.' A story is told of Robert Emmet which
proved bis secretive power and . resolu
tion.' He was fond of studying chemistry;
and one' night late; after the family had
gone to he'd, he swallowed a large quan
tity of corrosive sublimate in mistake for
some acid cooling powder - He immedi
ately discovered his mistake'and knew
that death must shortly ensue unless he
instantly swallowed the only ' antidote,
chalk " ' ' ' a. i
Timid - men would have torn at ' the
bell, roused all the family-and sent for a
stomach, pump. ,' Emmet called no one;
made no noise, but, stealing down stairs
and unlocking the front door',1 went into
the stable, scraped some chalk which he
knew to be there and took sufficient doses
of it to neutralize the "poison. New York
World. ,.; ; ' .' , ;-: -,, ..... .. ;
.-;2 j.L :'- it Hart Him.' ': ' ".'"' 1
'-" An officer on Fulton street, Brooklyn,
stopped a man who was shaking his head
and fist as he walked 'along, and asked
the cause of his excitement! '
Why. a fellow back there Cook me for
a foolH was the forcible reply ,.' ,
:r"Whyvhe offered to lick me for two
cents, and the only money..! have. is a
twenty dollar bill 1 Does he think. I'm
fool enough to run all over town to get
that' changed 'to give him two cental"
New York World. . ; . '
.j ';,,,,...; A .Hopalesa. Case..
Father -What's the matter now?
Small Son Boo. hoor Smikey Groo
gaii licked'me.'- '" 1
-. Father1 See here, this is the third time
you've been licked within a week. How
do yon expect to exercise the .inherent
prerogative of every fre' born. American
citizen when you 'grow np 'and vote as
the dictates of your conscience and rnan
dates of, your best, judgment suggest, if
yon can t tight better tnan that.'- uooa
News. ;
J. M. HUNTINGTON fc CO.
flbstraeters,
lat Estate J
Ihsciranee Agents.
Abstracts of .and I nfonnajtipn .Concern -r
ing Land Ti tier on "Short Notice.- "
Land for .Sale , and Bouses to Rent
Parties Looking for Homes in '
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
I
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of
Leading Fire Insurance Companies,
And Will Write Insurance for
-AHSTir .A.ILOTTIISrT,
-. on' "all : "; j
D3B3IB A"RTiB RISKS.
Correspondence Solicited. All Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address, .
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Opera House Block. --.The Dalles, Or.
COLUMBIA
Qapdy :-: paetory,
W. S. CRAM, Proprietor.
c saccessor to Cram & Corson . ) V
Manufacturer of the finest French and
Home Made
G .A. ZLST ID I IE S,
Kast of Portland.
DEALER IN
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish any of these gooda at Wholeaala
or Retail
SFHESH , OYSTERS
In Kverjr Style.
- 104 Second Street. The Dalles. Or.
R. B. Hoop,
Livery, Feed arid Sale
Horses Bought, and ' Sold on
Commission and Money
Advanced on Horses
left For Sale.
OFFICE OF-
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Une.
Stage Leaves The Dalles every morning
at 7:30 and Goldendale at 7:30. -All
freight must be left at K. B. '
Hood's office the evening
- before.
R. B. HOOD, Proprietor.
Col u m bia I ce Co.
104 SECOND STREET.
IOH I .XOJE3 Z IOH t .
Having over 1000 tons of ice on hand,
we are now prepared to receive orders,
wholesale ' or ' retail,' to '. be 'delivered
through the summer. Parties contract
ing with us will be carried through the
entire . season without advance in
pbice, and may depend that - we have
nothing but . . .... ' r .
PURE, H EALTHFUL ICE,
Cut from mountain water ; no slough or
slush ponds.' ' -
Leave orders at the Columbia Candy
Factory, 104 Second street.
W. S. CRAM, Manager.
fa4
Office Cop. 3d and Union Sts.
..t. M u'. y.A',:,')
Oak and Fir on Hand.
. : ' -:; . ' j ill ' S
-' ,. A 4 f
-Orders Filled Promptly.
1 $500 Reward r "
We will pay the above reward for any ease of
Liver Otmnlaint. Ttvamnala. Hink CTearianha. 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 fait to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 80
Pills, K cents. Beware ofoounterfoits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WF8T COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
BLAKELEI HOUGHTON,
.Prescription Drnrrlita.
17 S Second Sjt. The Dalles, Or.
nta
Summer Goods !
SUMMER GOODS
': -'' : ' , .';" -i -. ' 1
' .' . r. -.-f.
Of Every Description will be sold at
I
A : GREAT : SACRIFICE
For , the Next THIRTY DAYS.
Call Early and get some of our Oenuine
Bargainsl
H. Herbring".
f Terms
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
i ', . j r Successors to BROOK3 A BKER8, Dealers in
General Merchandise,
Staple and Fancy Dry. Goods,
Gents Furnishing Goods, BootsShoes, Hats, Caps, etc.
G-roceries,
Provisions,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all kinds at Lowest Market Rates.
Free Delivery to Boat and
390 and 394
NEW FIRM!
oseoe
-DEALERS IN-
J 7 STAPLE 7 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
E. Jacobsen & Co.,
' ' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ' ' ,
R00KSELLERS AND STATIONERS.
Pianos and Organs
Sold on EASY INSTALLMENTS.
Notions, Toys, Fancy Goods and Musical Instru
ments of
MaU Order FlUed
162 SECOND STREET,
The Dalles
FIEST STEBET.
FACTORY NO. 105.
ptjpi A TJ G of the Beet Brands
VXvXxxXVlO 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.
ANEW
; .. I ,(' 1
PRINZ &1NITSCIIKE.
: ' '. ' ' "DEALERS-IN- ' : ';
Furniture and Carpets
We have added, to our business a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in nd way connected with
the Undertakers' Trust our prices will
be low accordingly."
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank. - ..it.-
S20 REWARD.
WILL BE Aiii FOR ANT INFORMATION
leading to the conviction of parties cutting
e ropes or in any way interfering with the
wirt poles or lamps of Thi Electric Light
Co. . ' H. GLENN.
. - .Manager
s P,,MILL;TQ, LEASE.
THE OLD DALLES MILL ANT WATER
Company's Hour Mill will be leased to re
sponsible partiefl. For information apply- to- the
WATER COMMISSIONERS, ;
' .. The Dalles, Oregon.
Giga
Vf.W V W A. W
Undertaking Estabiishiftent !
Summer Goods!
r.
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Chsh.
Hard-ware.
Flour, Bacon,
Curs and all parts of the City.
Second Street
NEW STORE'
& Gibons,
7 FANCY 7
Court Streets, The Dalles, Oregon.
all Kinds.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a
Lunoh Counter,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
and Will Serve ' '
Hot Coffee, flam Sandwich, Pigs' Feei
and Fresh Oysters.
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot. -.
On Second 8t., near corner of Madison.
Also a . (.
Branch Bakery, California
Orange Cider, and the
Best Apple Cider,
If you want a good lunch, give me a call.
; Open all Night .
Phil Willig,
124 UNION 8T., THE DALLES, OR.
- Keeps on hand a full line of
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S' ;
Ready Cloiiiig.
Pants and Suits -; 1 ' i' , "L
MADE TO ORDER ' ..
On Reasonable Terms.
Call and see my. Goods . before
nurchasing elsewhere.
tl 'rrifnifc'i rrinning a steam
!. U. Jt MHriO Ferry between Hood
River" :nd White; Salmon. Charge
reasonable. R. O. Evans, Prpp-
GROCERIES