The Dalles Daily Chronicle
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STATK OFFICIALS.
Oovcrnoi
Secretary of State.
Treasurer
Supt. of Public Instruction.
nators
S. I'ennoyer
(i. W. McBride
...Phillip Metschau
E. It. McElntv
(.1. X. Dolph
' " jj. II. Mitchell
JopgresKimin B. Hermann
Suite Printer. .. : Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Count v Judge C. X. Thorabury
Sheriff . 1 . . D. L Cates
Clerk J. B. Crossen
Treasurer .". Geo. Ruch
Conditioners. .... JxKiSd
Assessor John E. Barnett
Burvevor. -...E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner .' William Miehell
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches. :
F 0 LL Y'S A XS 1 VER.
We admire the Salem Journal as a
good honest paper but it can sometimes
le as silly as any of its contemporaries.
In an article in' its issue of January 5th,
entitled "The attacks of folly" it speaks
disparingiy of one paper that "sqeuals"
because mortgages have been put up to
face value by the state board of equaliza
tion while sheep are fixed by the same
board at $1 .00 a head, the cash value of
the commonest sheep being double that
amount and mutton sheep worth $4.00
and over. This "squeal" the Journal is
pleased to call cheap demagogy and then
it proceeus to answer it y a quotation
from the Albany Democrat, the gist of
which is that the cash value of a thing
is not the amount it will bring at a
voluntary sale but the amount a man
can borrow on it. This is a new defini
tion of cash value unknown both to law
and common sense. Thus the Democrat
illustrates and the Journal approves the
illustration of the meaning of cash value
by supposing the case of farmer Who has
100 head of mutton sheep worth $4 a
head who cannot borrow more than $100
on his sheep because they "might die or
the ca votes catch them." Or again the
case is supposed of a farmer wins has a
hnmdred acres of land worth $30 an
acre. On such land a moneylender will
advance "to the extreme limit" not
more than if 1000 or 333 per cent.
"This." savs the Lemncval: "is tlif. naah
value" that the money lender will place
upon the sheep and land. Surely it is
not necessary to say that in neither case
is the amount loaned the "cash value"
but only one third of the cash value, an
amount that experience has proved to
be, what in all ordinary circumstances
it is perfectly safe to loan on property.
In fact the Democrat, supposes the
sheep 'to be worth sf400, and t ie land
$3,000 yet it would have them assessed
at of these amounts because that is
all tliat could be borrowed on them. It
is just such met hods of reasoning reduced
to actual practice that have made cur
methods of assessment a laughing stock.
A man owing a hand of sheep worth
$3,000 in cash or a piece of real estate
-'worth the same amount has only to re-
Luiij uiuueuiiu uuiiiirg 01 inueDteaness
to the assessor and he is tax free. Thus
if all the taxable property in the state,
rated at one third 'of its value, amounted
" to onchundred and fifty million dollars
and all the indebtedness of the state
- Riiiouuieu to niiy minions auu was re
turned as owing to the banks or to Port
land merchants the state and counties
of Oregon would not get a cent of taxes
from all the property in the Oregon
-commonwealth. The Journal however,
-somewhat atones for its folly by de
nouncing the iniquity of assessing rail
Toad property at but a fraction of its
value while land adjoining it, as is cer
tainly the case in this county and pos
sibly in other places, is sometimes taxed
at every cent it is worth. The state
; board has not rectified this evil. It has
not made the attempt, but it has "equal
ized" the tax on mortgaces,- which is in
variably paid by the borrower by mak
ing it fifty per cent higher than the
average of nearly all other property,
and about five hundred per cent, higher
than railroad property.; Of course this
is right. Au Oregonian who lias suffi
cient enterprise to .borrow money to en
able him to exteud his business or make
needed improvements ought . to be
cinched and the Journal and Democrat,
in theory, would encourage the process.
The interstate commission have an- J
' nounced a decision by which they de- I
clare it to be a species of unjust dis
crimination ' for railroad companies to '
grant posses to "gentlemen, eminent in !
public service, officers of the states,
prominent officers of the United States,
members of railroad legislative commit
tees and persons whose good will is im
portant to the corporation granting the
passes." This decision will meet with
the approval of the people. Passes
granted to the' persons named above are
. nothing less than bribes td secure the
favor of thoso to whom they are given.
Why are members of congress and of
state legislatures Kran ted passes unless!
it be that the gr:intors of passes expect
to receive their equivalent in legislative
favors? Kailroad companies are not
business for their health. Neither
in j
are'
! they charitable institutions. If they
were Ihev would confer their gifts on
those who needed thein. The commis
ioners concluded to investigate the mat
ter of granting passes to newspaper, men
for the nominal consideration as it often
is of a Ittle cheap advertising.. The
Chkoxicxe will be more than pleased .if
this iniquity. ' When legislation is
bribed and newspapers muzzled by rail
road favors the masses can expect little
help from either.
A Friglitful Train IV rock.
Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. C. A ter
rible accident happened to the Baltimore
& Ohio Chicago limited express today
near Fairmount, W. Va. A truck under
one of the baggage-cars broke down
while the train was running forty miles
an hour. The entire train was com
pletely derailed. Charles Applegate,
express meesenger, of Newark, O., and
George Halsaua, baggage master, of Bal
timore, were killed, and Engineer George
Schatn is dying. Thirteen passengers
were more or less hurt, but details are
not ret to band. - - '
Horrors of the Itussian Famine.
IiOXDox, Jan. 6. A Berlin corres
pondent tit the News says : "The psis
tors of a number of German colonies fn
1 Russia have appealed direct to the Ger
man consulate in at. l'etersourg tor as
sistance to prevent thousands of Ger
mans from starving. It is said they not
only suffer from famine, but are exposed
to cruelties from fanatic mobs, who ac
cuse thorn of being responsible for the
failure of crops. Several Germans were
killed and their houses burned, it is
said."
l'lot to Free a Murderer.
Sax Francisco, Jan. 6. The Fxam
iner this morning prints a statement
that Edward Campbell was paid $2000
bv wealthy relatives of Sidney Bell, the
convicted vJacobsen murderer, for affi
davits setting forth that his testimony
on which Bell was convicted was false.
Campbell is now believed to be in Chi
cago, but it is stated that Mrs. Campbell
has confessed the details of a plot to free
Bell.
fflonthly (Deteorologieal Report.
Weather bureau, department of agriculture.
Station, The Dalles, Oregon, for the month of
December, 1891.
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Mean barometer, 30.02.1;
hichest barometer.
so.KjO.on lotn,9 p. m.;
lowest barometer 2ii.3o5,
on 4Mtn, r.i i'j ni.
Mean temperature .1 J.7 : highest temperature,
.'!, on 22d : lowest temperature, on the 7th.
iireatest daily range of temperature 17 on 22d.
least" dully range of temperature, 4. on 3d
and 29th.
MEAN TKMPEIiATCRE FOR THIS MOXTH IN'
1072 1S77 8(5.0 '1S.S2 W.,")'1SS7 33.3
1H73. ........ 1S7K 40.0 1 1883 H4.0HKHS. . . .3B.0
1S74...- 1ST!).. .23.0 1KK4. . . 16.0 lfvSt) S .!
187-- 40..ri 1SS0 2S.0 jlSfj.-. 41.0!1X90 37.1
1S7 .;7.5 1S81 37.5 18K6 :.0lS91 38.7
Total excess ih temperature during the
month, 2.
Total excess in temperature binee January Int.
.04 deg.
Prevailing direction wind, 9 days Wert, 10
days East, 11 days calm.
Kxtreme velocity of wind, direotion ind date,
n , uiiit, iitfiu me otMuuwvni, oil me early
morning of the 2!)th.
Total precipitation, 4.14: number of davs on
ivhich .01 inch or more of precipitation fell, 20.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOU TIII3 MONTH IN
1S72 ........ 1877.... 1.08
1873.. 1878.... 1.61
1S74 1M79... 2.57
1875 4.80 IKS0 6.75
1876..:. .46 1881 1.67
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Vma 1:77 1H88 .
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1KS5 2.64 .1890. .
18S6 .0I ltWl. .
Total excess in precipitation daring month,
.96 deg.
. Total deficiency in precipitation since January
1st, 2.59.
Number of cloudless days, 7: partly cloudy
days, 5; cloudy days, 19.
, Snow fell on the 25th and 31st to a depth of
IX inches. Melted off the third day .
The following table u the annual precipita
tion, by months, covering a period ofseventeen
years;
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trace of precipitation.
8AMUEL. U BROOKS,
. Voluntary Signal Corps Observer.
Where Napoleon's Friend Hu
On the voyage in a frigate from Alex
andria to France Napoleon said to those
who were in his confidence: ';
"I am taking two very different
chances. If this vessel is captured by
the English and I am thrown into an
English prison I shall be in the eyes of
France a common deserter, a general
who left his army without authority to
do so. . "
"But if I reach France in safety, sub
due the factions, take command of the
army and carry out my plans for the na
tions good, I shall win the blessings of
our fellow countrymen.
"I will not be taken, by an English
vessel. If we encounter one . we will
fight as long as possible, and when the
enemy begins to board us we must sink
the ship."
This desperate plan was received in
silence and with evident disapproval, ex
cept by Gaspard Monge, who said, when
it appeared that no one else was going to
speak:
"Yes, general, you have stated the
situation exactly. If what you suggest
happens we must sink the ship." -
"I was waiting for this proof of friend
ship, and I charge yon with executing
the plan," replied Napoleon.
Not long afterward an alarm was
given, and every one hastened to his post
to defend the frigate against an ap
proaching English vessel. It was soon
discovered, however, that the vessel was
not English nor nnf riendly.
"Where is Monge?" inquired Napoleon.
"Find him and tell him that the danger
is past."
. Monge was found at his post by the
powder magazine with a lighted lantern
in his hand. Youth's Companion.
The Kind Hearted Apple Woman.
There is an old apple woman who does
business on a Wall street corner who de
serves a medal for one of the best natured
dispositions in this town. The other day
a coal wagon, one of the big one3 drawn
by three horses hitched abreast, drove
up to her corner and slowly and clumsi
ly backed up against the curb. Then the
driver swung his horses around so as to
give another team a chance to get
through the street. Round came the
heavy animals, not with very much
speed, but with a momentum which
proved disastrous to the proprietress of
the stand ' and her goods. Down she
went, while a good share of her apples
went tumbling after her.
Luckily 6he was not much hurt, bnt
as she reclined on the pavement she saw
one of the horses add insult to injury by
opening a vast mouth and closing it upon
the biggest apple on the stand. Then
up ro3e the old woman ia hot . haste.
But not to seek vengeance. Instead, she
picked up two more apples and hospit
ably handed thera to the two animals
which hadn't helped themselves. And
what is more, she looked as if she hadn't
a grievance against anybody in the
world. New York Times.
One Way to Fix Up un Old Rouin.
If you are repairing an old house and
wish to have one or two striking and ef
fective features; choose a room for a den
and have the whole of a windowless side
finished with drawers, cupboards, nooks
and pigeon holes. Shut in some of these
with stained glass doors, drape others
with real silk or blue and white porce
lain tinted crapy goods. Leave a gal
lery along the top for busts, pottery or
unframcd paintings. Cover the floor
with matting and rugs. . If possible
place low seats in the windows for plants
or books. Select wrought iron frames
for hanging lamps, with a copper candle
stick placed here and there for pick up'
use.
An old portable clothes closet may be
converted into a corner shrine for sncb a
room by being covered with dark red
plush, in which is kept some family heir
looms or a beautiful vase. A few odd
bamboo pieces of furniture will best har
monize with the rest of the room, or stiff
carved chairs in dark mahogany. An
old fashioned desk, such as was in con
stant use in New England years age, or
any antique table or stand will find a j
suitable abiding place here. Brooklyn
Eagle. . .
The Trouble With the Pepper.
, The late P. T. Barnum, being a pro
nounced joker,, turned also his witty
faculty to use. When he told the Adiron
dack landlord, with great solemnity, that
he hesitated to find fault with anything
about the hotel when so much was agree
able, he was urged by the landlord by
all means to be frank and do so. "Well,"
said Barnum, "it is only one thing; I
have discovered with regret that your
pepper is half ' peas." The landlord de
clared it could not be; but, on .being as
sured that Barnum knew pepper as well
as ginger; he .wrote a caustic letter to his
grocers about sending him such stuff
They, knowing doubtless who the real
complainant was, wrote back that if he
would spell "pepper" he would find half
of it composed of p's, and that ' that
which they sold had only the amount the
orthography required. Printer's Ink. ; i.
WHat the Truffle Is.
The ancient Romans, at whose sump
tuous banquets truffles played an im
portant role, supposed - that their- exist
ence was one of the material results of
thunder. More modern botanists have
classed it as a species of mushroom, but
it can scarcely be termed such. To be
exact, the truffle is a tuberculous fungus,
a sort of morbid extravasation of vege
table sugars analogous to oak balls or
nut galls, and doubtless originating, as
these latter, by the sting of an insect.
Washington Letter.
' What He Hoped.
' Mr. De Brute My wife has a dog
which knows a hundred different tricks.
Wouldn't you like to have him? :
Showman Indeed I would. Is he for
sale?
' "No." -
"Won't she sell him at any price?"
"No." - '
- "Then why do you speak to me about
him!"
"I was in hopt-. . ; . .j he you would
steal him." Gooii . . . .
SOCIETIES.
ASSEMBLY NO. 4827, K. OF I. Meets ia K.
of P. hall the second and fourth Wednes
days of each month at 7:30 p. m.
WASCO LODGE, NO. 15, A. F. & A. M. Meets
first and third Monday of each month at 7
p. u. .
DALLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6
Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesdav
of each month at 7 V. M.
UTODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
1A-
Mt. Hood (toid No. 59. Meets Tuesday even
nig 01 cacn weeK in me n. 01 r. uau, at
30 P. M.
OLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, I. O. O. F. Meets
W every Fndav evemm
Friday evening at :.juo elocs, in K.
of P. nail, eorner Second and Court streets.
Sojourning brothers are welcome.
H. Clough, Sec'y. - H. A. Bili.,N. O.
CBIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 9.,
K. of P. Meets
7:30 o'elock. in
JC every Monday evening at
Schanno's building, corner of Court and Second
streets. Sojourning members are cordiallr in
vited. W. 8. Crim. "
D. W.VAcsk, K. of It. and S. c: C
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERENCE
UNION -will meet every Fridav afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the reading room. All are invited.
"pEMPLE LODGE NO. 3, A. O. IT. W. Meets
A at K. of P. Hall, Corner Second and Court
Streets, Thursday evenings at 7:30.
Joas Filloos.
W. S Mvebs, Financier. M. W.
TAS. NESMITH POST, No. 32, G. A. R. Meets
everv Saturday at 7:30 p. m., in the K. of P.
Hall.
B
OF L. E. Meets every Sunday afternoon ia
the K. of P. Hall.
ESANG VEREIN Meets everv Sunday
JT: evening in the K. of P. Hall.
Be
OF L. V. DIVISION, No. 107 Meets in the
K. of P. Hall the first and third Wednes
day of each month, st 7:9) P. N.
THE CHCKCHES.
QT. PETER S CHURCH Kev. Father Bp-ous-
U GEI2ST Pastor.
Low Mass everv Sundnv at
7 A. M.
7 P. M.
High Mass at 10:30 A. K. ' Vesrrs at
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Union Street, opposite
Fifth. Rev. Eli D. Sutclifle Rector. Services
every Sunday at 11 a. u. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School 0:4ri A. M. Evening Praver on Fridav at
7:30
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. D. Tay
lor. Pastor. Morning services every Sab
bath at the academy t 11 A. m. Sabbath
School immediately niter morning services.
Prayer meeting Friday evening at Pahtor's resi
dence. Union services in the court house at 7
P. M. -
CiONGREGATIOXAL CIIURCK itev. W. C.
Curtis. Pastor. Services every Sunday"at 11
. t. and 7 p.m. Sunday School after morning
;rviee. Strangers cordially invited. ' Seats free.
M.
E. CHURCH Rev. A. C. Spencek, pastor.
Services every Suudav morning. Sunday
School ct 12:20 o'clock P. M. A cordial invitation
is extended by both jiastor and people to all.
SAB
Keeps a lull assortment of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
and Provisions.
w hich he oft'err at Low Figure.
SPEGIflli :-: PfllGES
-1
to. Cash Buyers.
Highest Casli Prices for Egcs anfl
'otter Prote.
170 SECOND STREET.
Builiglateiiels!
Hv'.n? made arrangements with a
nnmoerof Factories, I am pre
pared to furuish
Doors, Windows, Mouldinp,
STORE FRONTS
And all kinds of Special work. Ship
ments made daily from factory and can
fill orders in the shortest possible time.
Prices satisfactory.
It will be to your interest to see me
before:purchaBing elsewhere.
Wm. Saundeps,
Office over French's Bonk.
W E. GARRETSON,
Jeweler.
SOtE AGENT FOR THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
: 138 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
FLOURING MILL TO LEASE.
'pH OLI DALLES MILL AND WATER
J t Company's Flour Mill will be leased to re
sponsible parties. For information apply to the
WATER COMMISSIONERS,
- " " " ; l he Dalles, Oregon.
Found.
A couple of safe or padlock keys, tied
together with a string. The owner can
find them at this office.
Found.
A small
owner can
office.
surgical instrument.
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EOBT. MAYS.
MAYS &
SALE AGENTS FOR
STOVES AND RANGES.
Jewetfs Steel Rauies, and Ricliarta's and. Bopton's Furnaces.
We also keep a large and eomplete stock of
Hardware, Tinware, Granite, Blueware, Silverware, Cutlery,
Barbed Wire, Blacksmiths' Coal, Pumps, Pipe,
Packing, Plumbers
Ammunition and
Plumbing,
Tinning, Grin
Machine Work
COB. SECOSB AND FEDERAL STS.,
Great
emoval I
On account of Removal I vill 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.
w l MIGREAT REDUCTION IN RETAIL.
J.FREIMMN,
125 eeond Street,
HEV7 FALL HND WINTER DRY 6QQDS '
COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Glothing, Gents' furnishing Goods, Hats, Gaps,
Boots and Shoes.
Full Assortment of the Leading Manufacturers. .
Cash Bayers mill save money by. examining oar stock
and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Sucsessors to BROOKS ds BEERS, Dealers in
General Merchandise,
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc.
Groceries,
Provisions,
HAY, GRAIN
- . Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Kates.
Free Delroery to Boat and
390 and 394
UJija. BUTLtEH & CO.,
THE LEADERS"
LUPBEH; MTH
Office anil Yard cor. First auUefferson
PAUL KREFT & CO..
DEALERS IS .
Paints, Oils, Glass
And the Most Complete and the Latest
. Patterns and Designs In
eh..
Practical Painters and Paper Hangers. None
but the best brands of the Sherwin-Williams
Paint used in all our work, and none but the
most skilled workmen employees. All orders
promptly attended to 10-17-d
SHOP Adjoining Bed Front Grocery,
i . , TH1BD BIBBST. :
CROWE,
THE CELEBRATED
Supplies, ' Guns,
Sporting Goods.
Repairing and Light
a Specialty.
THE DALLES, USEGON.
Removal I
The Dalles.
Bargains !
H. Herbring.
Hardware,
Flour, Bacon,
AND PRODUCE
Curs and all parts of the
City.
Second Street
IN
AftD SHINGLES. :
Sts, SOUTH SIDE of RaiM Tracfe
Ttin Alrl normonh Cnlnnn
I lie uiu uciiiiaiiiajaiuuii.
JOHH DONflVON, Proptietor.
The best quality of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars, Pabst Milwaukee Knicker
bocker and Columbia Beer,
Mali ana au ana aii Kinua
. - of Temperance Drinks. .
AIRWAYS ON HANlfT.