The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
Published Daily, Sunday Excepted.
BY
THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.
Corner Second and Washington Streets, The
Dalles, Oregon.
Term of Subscription.
Per Year 6 00
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dingle copy 5
STATE OFFICIALS.
Hovernoi S. Pennoyer
Secretary of State O. W. MeBride
Treasurer Phillip Metsehan
Supt. of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy
ftM&hell
Congressman fa. Hermann
8tate Printer :. Front Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. C. N. Thornbury
Sheriff I. L. Cates
Clerk J. B. Croesen
Trcuaurer Geo. Kuch
CommiHHionen, ikKtaSdd
Assessor. John E. Burnett
Surveyor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools ... Troy Shelley
Coroner William Michel!
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dales that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
i XT Tft "fiKV. IV TM
KNOWS."
The Chuonicle has made aa thorough
an investigation as time and circum
stances would permit of the charge made
in the letter which appeared. in the Ore
gonian on the 25th inst, reflecting on the
management of the construction of the
state portage road at the Cascades, with
the following results : No disrated rail
road man has ever been employed as a
superintendent or in any other position ;
none of the superintendents has ever
been discharged from former employ for
incompetency ; one alone, a foreman,
was discharged from the service of the
Union Pacific owing to a change of man
agement, after having served the O. R.
& N. Co., for six years, at a salary of
$250 a month. (His present salary is
$125 per month.) The time and money
"spent on land to which the state has
not as yet secured title," have been
wisely and necessarily spent. The right
of the state to take the land, under the
law of .eminent domain, is absolute.
The only thing about which there is any
uncertainty is the price and even that
may be settled outside the courts. The
superintendent has fitted up no dwelling
for himself. His wife and family reside
in The Dalles and will continue to reside
here as he will when the work is finished.
There have been no "building and re
building lines of railroad" and not a
yard built for which there is not use,
present or prospective. It is not known
that the purchasing officer received com
missions and the prices at which certain
staple eupplies, such as rails, lumber,
ties and other things were furnished, for
bids the susbicion. It is not true that
"one officer and his relations were draw
ing $18 a day, the majority of the rela
tions beinK boys of 15 and 16 years."
The only officer who employed any re
lation on the works was the superintend
ent who employed his step-son, a boy of
10 years, for 14 days and no more, as
"water boy," at the same wages and no
more that other boys received for like
service, It is not true that '.'25 per pent,
of the money expended has been wasted
in mistakes." That no mistakes were
made is not claimed but they were eo in
considerable that they cut no figure, and
the fact that the appropriation is suffi
cient to complete the works is itself a proof
that no serious mistakes could have been
made. It is not true that ' the salaries
paid are extravagant." We have spoken
of that paid to Mr. Hobart. ' Mr. Walsh
receives $150 a month. The same gen- J
tleinan worked for ten years for the O.
R. & N. Co., at a salary of $250 and re
signed of his own will, and has in his
possession the response that Mr. Crocker
made to his letter of resignation, in
Which that gentleman expresses regret
that the company should loose his ser
vices. " Mr. Farley receives $150 a month,
the sum fixed at his own request, when
the board, of portage commissioners of
fered to pay him $250 a month)' which
would have been a reasonably small sal
ary for the responsibility assumed.
Governor Pennoyer will bear witness to
any who chooses to enquire that Mr. Far
ley refused the higher salary offered by
the board, on the ground that he had
not accepted the position to make money
out of it, but to benefit the state and to
see that the appropriation was judic
iously and expeditionsly expended.
On the other hand it is known that
the name sent to the Oregonian, as the
author of the article is; in his absence,
suspected by his own father to be a for
gery, -but. if not, the writer is a person
who was discharged from the works,
both by Mr. Walsh and Mr. Hobart.
Mr. Farley never hired any employe ex
cept the two foreman, who assumed the
responsibility of hiring or discharging
all the men who worked under them.
The Sunday Welcome wants the legis
lature convened for the passage of a
maximum freight law to reduce the rates
of transportation on the Union Pacific
road eo that the Union Pacific shall "not
be permitted to retain anything in excess
' of eight per cent, net on the actual or
possible cost of the road, economically
administered." What assurance . could
the Welcome give us that the present
legislature, if convened,, (which it will
never be,) would give the people the re
lief demanded? The lost session did
not treat a maximum rate bill with such
consideration as to give much hope in
that direction. A portage around The
Dalles' rapids will do for the country
east of The Dalles what the Cascade
portage has done for Klickitat county in
Washington and the country tributary
to this city on the South. So far as we
are personally concerned the Union Pa
cific can charge a dollar a pound for
freight and Uncle Sam can continue for
ever making appropriations for the Cas
cade Locks. We are practically inde
pendent of either and the only practical
way of placing our neighbors east of us
in the same position is by a portage
around the Dalles' rapids. Opposition
will bring the company to its senses in
less time than all the legislation ever
devised.
The school book question is now re
ceiving considerable attention through
out the state and the dissatisfaction so
frequently expressed at teacher's insti
tutes and other places with our present
series of text books and the manner of
selecting them indicates that a strong de
mand will be made to induce the next
legislature to abolish the law that places
their selection in the hands of a number
of poorly paid county sohool superin
tendents and place the furnishing of
these books entirely under state control.
And this, we believe, is what ought to be
done. There is no sufficient reason in
the world for giving the contract for
supplying these books into the bands of
an outside book publisher, when the
state itself could undoubtedly furnish
them at much less cost to the people and
keep the money at home. We have not
a doubt in the world that the state could
easily furnish a set of books, in every
way more satisfactory to the teachers of
the state, at a cost of fully one third less
than what is paid for the present series
The line is located south of the canal,
and passes through an excavation which
belongs to the canal proper, and instead
of half a mile of track needed, the road
is nearly three miles long. The right of
way north of the canal, secured years
ago by Coe & Co., seems to us to have
been the proper place for this portage
road.
The above refers to the Cascade port
age road line and is quoted from the Or
egon Express. Our esteemed contempor
ary makes a big mistake when he says
"the road is nearly three miles long."
The road is not one mile long, inclines
and all. 125 tons of rails sufficed for the
whole works main track, side track,
switches and all. About 90 tons cover a
mile. If the tract had been built on
the old Coe right of way, its western
terminus would have been nearly 50 feet
above the river, and right at a place
where no boats on earth could make a
landing. The whold dump of the canal
excavation has been piled up on this old
right of way, which has undergone iion
siderable change since Coe & Co., had
anything to do with it. It is safe to say
the Express man never examined it for
himself.
The esteemed D.iIIm T-
eerie happy because Lieutenant Gov
ernor Jones of New York howled a little
when Flower was nominated for gov
ernor. When Editor Jones hnckfid Jim
Blaine the -term "mugwump" was
coined for him and the T. M. man
squawked at the great journalist like an
angry goose. Mr. Michell will not' feel
SO iovons after Flftwer'n mainritv la
footed up. Sunday Welcome.
The Welcome deeply wrongs Brother
Michell. At the time referred to our
esteemed contemporary was a mugwump
hjmself and he has been one by fits and
starts, ever since.
(iEKERAL FEBSONAL MENTION.
Robert Garrett has presented Johns
Hopkins university with a large collec
tion of old books and newspaper files of
mnch historical value.
The emperor of China retires to bed
at sunset every evening, rising at . 3 in !
the morning. His breakfast is served at
ana his dinner at 3 in the afternoon. !
Robert Buchanan is a very nice man,
but when he charges that George Henry
Lewes wrote George Eliot's books he
mustn't expect to be -put alongside of'
IflrnatiuB Donnellv. who insists that.
Shakespeare's proper name is Bacon.
The citizens of Meppen, the little town
of Hanover which the late Dr. Ludwig
Windhorst represented so many years in
parliament at Berlin, have commissioned
the sculptor, H. Pohlmann, to make a
statute of His Little Excellency."
Commissioner Raum seems to be
working overtime. He has 929.426 pend
ing claims on hand, but thinks that, if
the bottom had not fallen out of the
treasury he would have been able to get
over the million mark without straining
himself.
It is said that Dr. Heman Lincoln
Wayland, of Philadelphia, who has just
married Miss Mary Frances Green, of
Providence, sought her hand in marriage
forty years or more ago, but her mother
would not consent'. They are now both
over 60 years of age. . -. . -
Norwegian papers have announced the
engagement of Dr. Ligurd Ibsen, the
son of the author, and Mile. Bergllot
Bjoernson, the eldest daughter of the
Norwegian poet and politician. The
young woman, who possesses great
musical talent, is at present a pupil of
Mme. Aiarcnesi, in .raria. one is said
to be beantifnl and clever.
One of the daughters of the Prince of
Wales is said to have been seen shame'
lessly smoking a cigarrette in public,
and therefore the haristocracv is suffer-
in' dreffle. His swift royal highnes of
tt ales will nnd herein a heredity symp
tom of nobility which is very promising
iu vim oi wie utci mat me gin is young
and hasn't had much opportunity.
BBIEP STATE NKWS.
A singular accident befell Frank Kry
on at Astoria. Inf ailing he struck a
sharp-edged piece of sheet iron, com
pletely severing his upper lip, which had
to be sewed on again.
The Vancouver Independent hears that
in addition o tbe Ocean Wave, Jacob
Kamm will soon place the Lurline on
the Astoria route, and will run the Un
dine clear through to the Cascades only.
Hillsboro will soon have direct tele
phone communication with Portland,
and no longer be dependent upon the
railroad' wire. The western Union is
now putting in an office, and will per
manently locate an operator there.
Washington county claims the banner
in this state for prosperity. While ev
ery other county in the state has in
creased its indebtedness, with the excep
tion of Multnomah and Marion, Wash
ington county has entirely wiped hers
out.
The new town of Whiteson, Yamhill
county, two months old, has a fruit and
vegetable cannery, a good livery stable,
a first-class blacksmith shop, anew com
modious hotel, two store buildings, bar
ber shop and confectionary, one dealer
in cigars and tobacco, and last but not
least, a first-class newspaper and job
printing office. :
James A. Yates, one of Polk county's
pioneers, who lived on the little Lncka
mute near Bridgeport, Polk county, died
on Thursday, Sept. 17, from the effects
of a bone cancer. Uncle Jimmy, as he
was familiarly called, had a tooth pulled
and about a year ago the cancer com
menced to eat into his- jaw ; and when
he died it had eaten away the greater
part of his jaw and up into his nose. He
was well known and had a large circle of
relatives living in Polk county.
L. L. Burtenshaw, of Myrtle Point,
Coos county, who has been indicted by
the grand jury of Jackson county on the
charge . of embezzling funds of Mrs.
Moore, of Ashland, was taken to Jack-
sonville last Monday by Sheriff Birdsey. i
At the preliminary examination held I
here at the time he was discharged, he
was piacea unuer ouu bonds, furnished
by the bank at Albany, and then he filed
a demurrer to the indictment, which
will be argued at a special term of the
circuit court, and the case will be laid
over until the December term.
Professor Franz Bruennon, the as
tronomer, who died a short time ago in
Heidelburg, was well known in America
as he was the occupant of the chair of
astronomy in Ann Arbor for many years.
He left America to accept the director
ship of the observatory in Dublin.
Bruennon's most important work is his
"Text-book of Spherical Astromomy."
Frederick H. Seward, son of the late
William H. Seward, has finished the
biography of his father. He has been
engaged upon the work a long time.
THE
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
Elegant Steamer
REGULATOR
Will leave the foot of Court Street
every morning at 7 A. M.
for "
Portland and Way Points
Connections Will be Made with the
" Fast Steamer
DflkltES GITY,
At the Foot of the Cascade Locks.
For Passenger or Freight Rates, Apply
to Agent, or Pnrser on Board.
S. X.. BROOKS, Agent.
TO RENT.
A Union Street Lodging House. For
terms apply to
Geo. Williams,
Administrator of tbe estate of John
Michelbaugh.
dtf-9-2
FLOURING MILL TO LEASE.
THE OLD DULLES BITXI. AND WATER
Company's Hour Mill will be leased to re
sponsible partieM. For Information applv to the
WATER COMMISSIOSliRS,
. Tbe Dalles, Oregon.
Still on Deek.
PhoBTiix Like has Arien
FromtheAsh.es!
JAMES WHITE,
. The Kestauranteur Has Opened tbe
Baldiain - Hestawant
' ON MAIN STREET
Where he will be glad to see any and all
ef his old patrons.
Open day and Night. r First class meals
twenty-fire nts.
Important Announcement !
On and after this date our prices for
books used in the public schools will -be
as follows :
First Reader $ 20
Second " on,
Third " " ' go
Fourth " ..... -' 70
Fifth " 90
Complete Speller 20
Arithmetic No. I. 30
Arithmetic No. 2 60
Elementary Geography ......... 60
Comprehensive- 1 25
Sill's Grammar 60
Mental Arithmetic 25
Barnes' Complete Lessons! . 60
Brief History of U. S 1 00
Barnes General History 1 60
Steele's Physiology and Hygiene! . 1 00
These prices are for cash with order.
Parties ordering by mail will add ten per
cent, to these prices for postage.
E JflCOBSEJI & CO.,
162 Second St.
The Dalles, Or., September 11, 1891.
A NEW
Dndertaking Establishment !
fv
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
Wft have- vu'KAn.A sv iv.,:
.v iv w Ua uueuuesa a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
an1 a a va n Sn n . l ...
" m iiv wuy tsull litre LtXJ witn
the Undertakers' Trust our; prices will
be low accordingly.
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank.
Having made arrangements with a
number of Factories, I am pre
" pared to furnish
Doors, Wi
STORE FRONTS
And all kinds of Special work. Ship
ments made daily from factory and can
fill orders in the shortest possible time.
trices satisfactory.
It will be to your interest to see me
before purchasing elsewhere.
Wm. Saundeirs,
Office over French's Bank.
W. E. GARRETSOH,
Leading Jeweler.
SOLE AOKIfT FOR THE .
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made .to Order.
138 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
The Old German ia Saloon.
JOtfH D0NAV0N, Proprietor-. .
The best quality of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars, Pabst Milwaukee' Knicker
bocker and Columbia Beer,
Half and Half and all kinds v
"', of Temperance Drinks.
,J L,W A YS O N HAN D.
D. P. Thompson' J. B. Scraccx, H. M. Bbal,
President. t Vice-President. Cashier
First national BauL
THE DALLES,
OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight
.. Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remitted on day of collection.
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Sight arid Telegraphic Exchange sold on
New York, San Francisco and Port
: land.
DIRECTORS,
D. P. Thoxpsox. '. Jko. S. Schxnck.
T. W. Sparks. Gio. A. Lisnc.
H. M. Bball.
t A A A a
m u mM m mm n
fiuiiiiing materials !
ndows
Mouldings
SUMMER GOODS
Of Every Description -will "be Sold at
EftD TUE AICVT
urn 1111 hum inmi I MIO.
Call Early and Get Some of Our Gen-
uine Bargains.
Terms Chsh. -f
H. Herbring.
J. H. CROSS
-DEALER IN-
Hay, Gri, Feel li F
HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATOES.
Cash Paid for Eggs and Chickens. All Goods Delivered Free and PrtiBpUj
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
Cor. Second & Union Sts.,
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,
Provisions, Flour, Bacon,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of 'all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates.
Free Delivery to Boat and Curs and all parts of tlie City.
390 and 394 Second Street
E. Jacobsen & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
R00KSELLERS AND STATIONERS.
Pianos and Organs
Sold on EASY INSTALLMENTS.
Notions, Toys, Fancy Q-oods and Musical Instru
, ments of all Kinds.
Mail Orders , rilled Promptly.
162 SECOND STREET,
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Great Bargains !
Removal I Removal !
On account of Removal I will sell my
entire stock of Boots and Shoes, Hats
and Caps, Trunks and Valises, Shelv
ings, Counters, Desk, Safe, Fixtures,
at a Great Bargain. Come and see
my offer.
GREAT REDUCTION I1SI RETAIL.
J. FREIMMN
125 Seeond Street,
HUGH CHM8MAN.
CHRISM AN & CORSON
- -Successors to GEO. RUCfl, -
Keep on Hand a Complete Stock of
BroGBrtBS, Flour, Gralo, Frait anff join RI.
Highest Cash Price Paid for Produce.
Corner of Washington and Second-St. ' ' Tbe Dalles, Or.
SnooesHora to A. BETTINGER, Jobbers and Retailers in
Uaminrqita Wititititwi WnnAannrira
uamnaiQ, luinaiG, nuuiiounaiu auu uiauiionaio, stock.
Heating and Cookstoves, Pumps, Pipes, Plumbers and Steam.
Fitters Supplies. Carpenters' and Blacksmiths' and
Farmers Tools, and Shelf Hardware.
All Tinning, Plumbing and Pipe
TIITDTV TiVC
- - THE DAIXES, OREGON.
The Dalles.
W. CORSON.
BETKTTON,
onrl (iMnitoTrrnw)
Hare a Complete
Work will be done on Short Notice.
mir
Seeend St. Ttt TMDts, Or.