The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF DALLES CITY.
Published Dally, Sunday Excepted.
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STATE OFFICIALS.
Oovernoi '. S. Pennover
Secretary of State G. W. McBride
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bunt, of Publio Instruction E. B. McElroy
, JJ. N. Dolph
,DRtor" J J. H. Mitchell
Congressman B. Hermann
State Printer Frank Baker
COUNTT OFFICIALS.
County Judge C. N. Thornbury
Sheriff , D. L. Cates
Clerk J. B. Crossen
Treasurer. , Geo. Ruch
Commissioners j .incaid
Assessor-. John E. Barnett
Surveyor E. F. Shnrp
Superintendent of Public Schools . . .Troy Shelley
Coroner William Michell
The Chronicle is in no sense ' a
cheeseparing sheet. It believes in at
taching good and sufficient tulurics to
all public offices but it does not believe
in a foolish, wasteful and extravagant
use of the people's money. In the case
of legislative or gubernatorial honors,
where the office is never sought
for the wages attacked to it, the pittance
of $3 a day or $1500 a year may be. justi
fiable, but offices that are not stepping
stones to power and influence or compli
mentary tokens of respect, but whose
only reward is the salary attached,
snould be paid liberally in proportion to
the character and responsibility of the
work. The laws of Oregon as they re
late to the salaries of state and county
officers are just about as bad as bad can
be. Only a short time ago a row oc
curred between the county clerk and
county assessor of Multnomah when the
latter gave the factB and figures to prove
that in the vcar lftUfl rhp rraintt' rlarlr
got two-thirds as much for simply making
a copy of the assessment roll as the as
sessor was paid for doing the whole
work iu making the originnal, a work
that required the labor of two or three
men for a whole year. It will surprise
many of the tax payers of Wasco county
to learn that the condition of things in
this county diners very little from that
of Multnomah. The clerk of Wasco
county gets about half as much for mak
ing two copies each of the assessment
roll and military list as the assessor
gets for doing the whole work connected
with the originals. Be that as it may j
the fee book for. 1801 shows that the
county paid its clerk the sum of $203
each for making two copies of the as
sessment roll and $75 each for making
two copies of the military l!st or $556 in
all. Any competent penman could copy
the whole in less than three week's time
working eigth hours a . day" and thus
"earn" nearly $'200 a week. The
Chronicle must not be misunderstood.
These are the fees, as we understand it,
that the law has prescribed for this
work. The clerk simply charges what
the law alow s him, no more nor no less.
The county court has no jurisdiction in
the matter. The fault is wholly in the
. law t.rm.r. nprni 1 1 M t.llia nilfrocrannolv av-
-travagaut compensation. But this is
not all. The entire fees and einolu
vinenta of the clerk and sheriff's offices
are on a par. It need not therefore sur
prise the taxpayers when they ars told
that during the year just past these two
offices received from the county funds,
for their criminal and county business
aione, exciuse or an iees tor record and
conveyance work, licences and costs of
civil proceedure8, the sum of $9,504.26
and for the two years ending the first of
January last over $22,000. We have no
figures to show the amounts received
for the civil business of the offices but
an estimate made by those thoroughly
familiar with the income of these of
fices in past years places the clerk's
civil fees at nearly a half and the sheriffs
at about one-third of the income paid by
the county. If this estimate is correct,
and it must be nearly so, it has cost the
taxpayers of Wasco county, to run these
offices for the past two years not less
than the sum of $30,000, while for the
past year, ; since bnerman county has
been cut off, the cost has been in the
neighborhood of $14,000. The Chroni
cle is attacking nobody. It has laid
these facts before the people, at the ex
press desire of taxpayers who insist that
this criminal extravagance with the law
that sanctions it must be abolished by
the next legislature. On the eve of an
election campaign it is just as well to
know what the people will demand from
candidates for the legislature. If candi
dates for the offices named consider
themselves aggrieved we remind them
that no one has a life lease on the job;
bat whether or no, -these incomes must
be cut down to reasonable figures. The
taxpayers will insist upon it and the
Chronicle will fight for it, and no can
didate for the legislature will receive
the support of either unless he pledges
himself to work for it.
About two weeks ago a bill introduced
by Senator Mitchell passed the senate,
annronriatini? 100.00l for a nnWii'
building at The Dalles. It this bill ever
passes through the mill of the sub-committees
and full committee on public-
buildings and grounds and is ground
down to" the fineness required by the
recently-adopted rule not to pass any
bill for any amount to exceed 3 per cent.'
interest on the rent paid by the govern
ment for post offices and other offices in
the city where the building is to be
erected then The Dalles will have a pub
lic building that will be an enduring
monument of the frugal virtues of
Uncle Sam's five-cent congress. After
suitable grounds have been bought and
paid for there would not be enough left
to build a sod dugout.
Agreeably to the wishes of many tax
payere, the Chronicle will, in the near
future, present to the people a state
ment, taken, from the records of this
county, showing the income, for- the
last ten years, of the several county
offices whose salaries are not fixed by
law. This is done that the people may
intelligently .determine if the laws that
fix the amount of the fees need to be re
vised. OLIVE OIL OF TUSCANY.
Method of Securing; tbe Best Grade of
Oil That Comes from Over tbe Water.
"A salad must be salted by a wise
man, receive vinegar from a miser and
oil from a spendthrift. So says an
Italian proverb, but first of all acquaint
yourself with the character of the latter
fluid or the consequences are more awful
than human lips can describe. Those
happy beings who have sojourned in
Tuscany refuse oil" iu any country save
that of its birth, and as it fell to my lot
to be in that lovely province during the
olive harvest, I made a point of finding
out about the chief industry of the
swarthy sons and daughters of Italy
who make the fortile hills resound with
their songs and laughter while they
pluck and sort the fruit from the shapely
trees.
Men and boys were perched on ladders
amid the dark green leaves, and pictur
esque figures they made with their bright
colored shirts and brilliant eyes. Each
of these gatherers has strapped around
bis waist an odd wicker basket shaped
like . a crescent. This is called the
"bugnolo," and receives all the perfect
fruit its bearer plucks. It is about a
foot deep, and admirably adapted for its
special use, being light and not likely to
impede the worker's movements. The
fruit deposited in this is neither bruised
nor crushed, one of the chief require
ments for oil of the ."first quality."
The work of the women and children
consists of carefully picking up the olives
dropped by the men from their lofty
perches. This fruit, which i3 usually
bruised in its tumble, is put aside for the
"second quality.'"
The first olive is gold, tlia second silver,
the third worth nothing, sara tho old
proverb. Olives are a most delicate crop
and require constant attention. The
TuHvau looks down with proper contempt
upon tho so-ath Italian for his careless
ness and want of cleanliness in the oil
preparation.
In Tn.-icu2y oi;!y the freshly picked
fn-.it i used to uiUe the first quality of
oil. The second quality is niiwie from
tho f ..; ii bsrries, wbilo the third quality,
which is used only for lamps, conies
from the olives blown down by the wind
or knocked off by heavy rain or hail.
Fro:u lying on th ground thedo olives
acquire an earthy taste, and, a they are
kept for some time before crushing, the
oil has not that brilliancy of color which
ia so much priced.
There are countless varieties of olives.
Enough fruit of the first quality hav
ing been gathered for the press, the
crowd of pickers enter a huge vaulted
apartment with a large stone basin in
the center, in which the olives are all
emptied. In this basin is a millstone
about six feet in diameter, set up on end
snd t evolving around a wooden coftinin.
An ox is harnessed to a pole projecting
from the centerpiece, and as the beast
paces around the basin a man follows
and shovels the olives, soon reduced to
greenish pulp. When sufficiently crushed
two men bring in a hand barrow with
long handles, on which lie the "gabbia,"
circular baskets with a hole through the
middle of each.
These baskets look as if made of cocoa
matting, but are of thick cord manufac
tured from rushes. As they are filled
with the pulp they are carried to a press
and heaped with great care one on top
of the other. Many taps and pushes are
given by the padrone to the pile of
"gabbia," out of which great drops of
yellow green oi already exude. A disk
of new wood is then placed on the top of
the oily mountain, and then begins the
hard work.
The oil press, upon which the 'gab
bia are placed, consists of an enormous
beam through which goes the screw and
is finished below by a square block of
wood pierced with two holes supported
by two massive posts. A pole is inserted
into the block, and with many odd cries
and exclamations the men turn .the
To Prevent Counterfeiting.
It is curious to observe at this day
the complicated geometrical patterns in
Which some of the ancient Roman seals
ire designed, unmistakably for the pur
pose of defeating tne ingenious counter
feiter, as the engravers at the bureau of
sngraving and printing try by similar
means to multiply the forger's difficul
ties. The usefulness of this art is shown
by The fact that the coins of the civilized
world are cameos multiplied to any ex
tent by dies. Jewelers Weekly.
Desecbo, an island adjoining Porto
Rico, is infested with rats. ' There are
millions of them there, and it is unsafe
for a man to set foot on the island.
They have destroyed all the goats which
were formerly bred there and are now
eating the shrubbery.
. An acorn was planted before the door
of his father's house, in Ripley, Me., by
Carrier Downing. He Boon afterward
left home and was absent seventy-five
years. . When he returned the other day
the acorn had produced an oak nine feet
in circumference.
Marco Bozzaria. r-
Soon after Fitz-Greene Halleck: h&4
published his stirring "Marco Bozzaris,"
he repeated the poem to a lady, an intv
mate friend of his. She expressed great
admiration of the beautiful lines, but
when he was in full enjoyment of what
he considered her perfect appreciation
she surprised him by the innocent query:
"Who was Marco Bozzaris?" .
"Well," said Mr. Halleck, despondent
ly, "what's the use of becoming martyrs
for liberty or of poets celebrating heroes
if ladies wont even inform themselves
about the events of the day?"
The remembrance of another incident
connected with the poem never failed to
elicit a groan from its author.
A t a certain dinner party at which he
was present, it was expected that each
man should sing a song or make a speech.
Among the guests was a Dutch Jew,
whose English was execrable, and he
had been previously persuaded by a joker
to commit the whole of Marco Bozzaris
to memory that he might recite it for the
gratification of the poet and the poet's
friends.
The day came and the Dutchman was
called upon to speak.
"Sheatlemans," said he rising, "I can
neither make de speech nor sing de song,
but I vill deliver von grand poem."
This he proceeded relentlessly to do,
and Halleck. when he heard his harmo
nious measures delivered in a mixture
of English and Dutch, was divided be
tween the temptation to laugh and cry.
Youth '8 Companion.
Ho Reckoned He Wonld Bun.
One of the most interesting characters
in American history is General Zachary
Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready," hero of
Buena Vista, father-in-law of Jefferson
Davis and twelfth president of the United
States. We all recollect how Daniel
Webster sneered at him, before he was
nominated, as a "backwoods colonel,"
and refused to let his friends put him on
the ticket for vice president with Taylor
for first place, thereby missing his last
and, as the sequel showed, best chance
of beccoitrtj president. Millard Fill
more. Of New York, tnnlr tViw rl
second place and thereby had nearly
inree years in tne w mte Mouse.
General Sherman nsed to tell an amna-
ing little story of Taylor anent his nomi
nation ior me presidency. At tnat tame
General Taylor was stationed at New Or
leans. He was a Kentuckian and the
Kentuckians were very properly proud of
him. One day shortly before the conven
tion met at Baltimore he was approached
at New Orleans by an old Kentucky
friend, who said:
"General, we want you to run for presi
dent." "Who wants me to run?" asked Gener
al Taylor seriously.
"Why, we do all your old neigh
bors." .
"Well, then, if that's the case," replied
the old hero, without nhancine' th ex
pression of his face, "I reckon IT1 have
to run." Detroit Free Press.
Finding His Bride.
In one part of the Canton of Ticino a
very quaint marriage ceremony prevails.
The bridegroom dresses in his "Sunday
best," and accompanied by as many
friends and- relatives as he can muster
for the fete goes to claim his bride.
Finding the door locked he demands
admittance; the inmates ask him his
business, and in reply he solicits the
hand of his chosen maiden. "
' If his answer be deemed satisfactory
he is successively introduced to a num
ber of matrons and maids, some perhaps
deformed and others old and ugly. Then
he is presented to some large dolls, all
of which he rejects with scorn, amid
general merriment. The bewildered
bridegroom, whose impetuosity and
temper are now sdrely tried, is then in
formed that his lady love is absent and
invited in to see for himself.
He rushes into the house and searches
from-room to room until he finds her in
her bridal dress, ready to go to church.
Then are his troubles over and his state
as a benedict assured. SwissJElepublic.
Trying to Boy Back His Own Body.
This queer story comes from Massa
chusetts: A man who lives in a suburb
of Lowell is seeking to have a deed given
by him twenty years ago recovered; The
deed conveyed his body to a surgeon now
paacticing in Great Falls, N. H., for the
sum of ten dollars 'and other considera
tions, possession to be taken on his death.
Since the deed was made tbe giver has
made a fortune in South America and
has decided that he would like a Chris
tian burial. The deed provides that the
body shall be dissected and the skeleton
articulated and presented to a medical
university. The lawyers have decided
that the deed holds good and that the
only alternative is to buy off the doctor.
The giver of the deed has made a big
offer, but it has been refused. Hartford
Courant.
Instinct of the Messenger Pigeon.
' Upon what the messenger pigeon's
wonderful faculty "of' finding " its way
homeward over great distances depends,
opinions differ. Some ascribe it to an
exercise of highly developed intelligence,
others to an almost inconceivable per
fection of sight, and yet others to in
stinct or intuition. The fact of the
matter is, it is one of those mysteries pf
nature that perhaps will never be reveal
ed, and stands side by side with . the ac
tion of the grilse or young salmon, which
finds its way back unerringly to the
same stream that it left nearly three
years before as a tiny par. Denver Re
publican. CIgau-s m Foot Long.
The largest cigar actually smoked is
by the better class of the Philippine Is
landers, especially at Lozon a place not"
ed for the universal habit of smoking,
practiced by all classes, ages and sexes.
It is no uncommon thing- to meet re
spectable islanders puffing away at cig
ars a foot in length and thick in propor
tion. Boston Globe.
One Tiling That Kills.
The thing that really kills a great many
people is laziness, though the doctors
generally manage to find a more respect
able name for it. Ram's Horn. '
SOCIKXIBS.
A8SEMBLY NO. 482T, K. OF U Meets in X.
Cti P halt ha eonnn H Xl's
aays of each month at 7 :30 p.m.
WASCO LODGE, SO. 15, A. F. & A. M. Meets
first and third Mond&v of eanh
T.U. '
TAALLK8 ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6
of each mouth at 7 P. M.
MODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
Mt Hood Camp No. 59, Meets Tuesday even
ing of each week in the K. of P. Hall, at 7:30 r. M.
COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, I. O. o'. F. Meets
-every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in K.
of P. hall, corner Second and Court streets
Sojourning brothers are welcome.
vj-uuum, oee' y. a.. A. BILLS.N. G.
T7RIEND6HIP LODGE, NO. 9., K. of P. Meets
schanno s building, corner of Court and Second
streets. Sojourning members are cordially in-
D. W.Vause, K. of R. and 8. ' c. C.
W5-?At CHRISTIAN TEMPERENCE
at 8 o'clock at the reading room. A 11 are invited.
TEMPLE LODGE NO. 3, A. O. U. W. Meets
tl wiucr txuuoa ana court
sbiww, .i uursuay evenings at 7 :au.
... ,, ' ' ; Georoe Gibons, .
W. 8 Mteks, Financier. jj. W.
TAS. NESMITH P08T, No. 32, G. A. R. Meets
f I every Saturday at 7:30 p. m., iu the K. of P.
Hall. .
B
.OF I.. K ywten'mtni.J.. -
the K. of P. Hall.
2J.E8ANG VEREIN Meets everv Sunday
X evening in the K. of P. Hall.
"R J" h DIVISION, 'No. 167-Meets in the
1 )a K -f TP Mull tha flnj a i . ,
j - mm iiJiru ea nes-
day of each month, st 7:3 p. m.
THE CHURCHES.
QT. PETER'S CHURCH Rev. Father Brons
O gkest Pastor. Low Mass everv Sundnv t
I A. M. High Mass at 10:30 A. M. Vespers at
A DV EXT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Preaching
- in iue i . iu. v. a. rooms every sundav at 11
a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school immediately
llltur llmr.idiff r A s l . -
... ' v.. . viuunru, pastor.
CT. PAUL'S CHURCH-Union Street, opposite
every Suuday at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. ic. Sunday
- ...... , uuv.uum.uuc ncuiur. wrvirps
730 rrayer on l'Tidav at
T7IIR8T BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. Ti T-v-
P lor, Pastor. Morning services every Sab-
. . m-iiutmy at 11 A. M. BaDDath
School immediately after morning services.
Prayer meetine Fridav evening lit PukWu ri.
dence. Union services in the court house at 7
x . il.
OVftRfffilTIlWlI. CTTTDf-xr TI ... .
l Curtis, Pastor. Services every Sunday kt li
- 1 - ouimny dcuuui alter morning
nervice. Strangers cordially Invited. Seats free.
f E. CHURCH Rev. A. C. Spencer, pastor.
School at. TJ:20 o'clock r. M. A cordial invitation
" cAicnuoi uy LMiui pastor ana people to all.
A. A. Brown,
Keeps a full assortment of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
and Provisions.
which he offers at Low Figures.
SPEGIfllt :-: PAIGES
to Cash. Buyers.
fittest Cash Prices for Ees aini
other Produce.
170 SECOND STREET.
J. S. SCHKNCK,'
President.
. . H. M. Beau.
Cashier.
First Rational Bank.
'HE DALLES,
- OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds prompt ly
remitted on day of collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold ou
New York, San Francisco and Port
land. DIREOTOKS.
D. P. Thompson. Jko. S. Schkxck.
Ed. M. Williams, Geo. A. Liebk.
H. M. Beall.
W. E. GARRETSON;
Leading - Jeweler.
SOLK AGENT FOB THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order;
138 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
FLOURING MILL TO LEASE.
THE OLD DALLES MILL AND WATER
Comonnv'B Flour Mill will be leased to re
sponsible parties. For information apply to the
'1 he Dalles, Oregon.
Notice.
All parties having; claims against tbe
estate of Kalpli ronger, deceased, will
please present the same to T. T. Nicho
las, administrator.
Columbia Hotel, Dalles City, Or.,
January 6, 18U2. jO-lm ;
BOBT. TVCA'g'S-
MAYS &
SALE AGENTS FOE
'Reottn99 and ' 'Chaitet Oak'
STOVES AND RANGES.
Jewetfs Steel Ranies, and Mardsotf s and Boplon's Furnaces.
: We also keep a large and complete stock of
Hardware, Tinware, Granite, Blueware, Silverware, Cutlery,
, . Barbed , Wire, Blacksmiths' Coal, Pumps, Pipe, .
Packing, Plumbers Supplies, Guns,
' Ammunition and Sporting Goods. ' ;
Plumbing, Tinning, Gun Repairing and Light
Machine Work a Specialty.
COB. SECOND AND FEDERAL STS.
Great Barga ins !
Removal ! Removal !
On account of Removal I xvill 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 IN RETAIL.
J.FREIMMN
125 eeond Street,
HEW FRLL iD WlflTEIi DRY GOODS
COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Gaps,
Boots and Shoes.
Full Assortment of the Leading Manufacturers.
Gash Bayers mill save money by examining our stock
and prices before
The Dalles Mercantile Co., .
8ucoesBor to BROOKS A 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 the City
390 and 394 Second Street
H. C. NIELS6N,
Clothier and Tailor,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Hats and Caps, Trunks and Valises,
G-oxx-tis' IF-mam 1 rTr ins Goods,
CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON, THE DALLES, OREGON.
PAUL KREFT & CO.,
-DBAI.EBS IN
Paints, Oils, Glass
And tbe Most Complete and the Latest
Patterns and JJesigns in
WLIjXj I.I3ESH..
Practical Painters and Paper Hangers. None
but the. best brands of the Sherwin-W'illiamu
Paint used in all our work, and none but the
most skilled workmen employed. All orders
promptly attended to 10-l"-d
Store and Vaint Shop corner Third and I
Washington Streets. . - . '
CROWE,
THE CELEBRATED
THE I)ALLES, OREGON.
The Dalles.
purchasing elsewhere.
H. Herbring.
The Old Germania Saloon.
JOHN DOflAVOfl, Proprietor.
The best quality of Wines. Liquors and
Cigars, Pabst Milwaukee Knicker- .
Docker and txmimbia lieer,
Half and Half and all kinds
of Temperance Drinks.
ALWAYS ON HAND