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STATS OFFICIALS
Governoi -
Secretary ol State
Treasurer .
Hunt, of Public Instruction
S. Pennoyer.
6.W. McBride
Phillip Metschan
.. . E. B. McElroy
snators j H M1,neu
Congressman B. Hermann
State Printer .v . . Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County
Judge. C. N. Thornbury
Rharlff D. L. Cates
Iff.
Clerk J. B. Crossen
Treasurer Geo. Ruch
, , I H' A. Leavens
Commissioners Frank Kincald
Assessor John E. Barnett
Surveyor - E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools . . . Troy Shelley
Coroner -. William Michell
A BILL THAT MEETS A PRESSING
NEED.
A postal fractional currency is pro
vided for in Senator Kyle'B bill No.
2531, now before the committee on post
officea and post-roads in the United
States Senate. It provides that on and
after Jan. 1, 1893, the issue by the post
office department of postal notes shall
cease, and in their stead shall be issued
a postal fractional currency in denomi
nations of 5, 10, 25, 50 and 75c. This
currency is to be furnished to all post
masters in such sums as the postmaster
general shall deem proper, having due
regard for the amount of businessatrans
acted. It shall be legal tender for sums
. less than $1, and shall be redeemable at
any postoffice in the United States to the
amount of $1, at any money order post
office of the fourth class, to the amount
of $5, and in any postoffice of the first,
second or third class to an amount not
exceeding $10 in anyone payment. Such
' postal fractional currency is to be - fur
nished to the public on payment there
for at its face value In lawful money of
the United States without other cost or
charges. In this way fractional cur
rency could be distributed in any part of
the country where most needed. We
trust that this bill will be enacted, for it
is one of the great conveniences that
people living in the country must have.
It ia a better and simpler measure than
the fractional silver certificates which
the house provided for in 1888, which
waa killed in the senate finance com
mittee ' by the then ' secretary of the
treasury, Charles S. Faircbild. .
'Outcry against gerrymandering i$ not
"honest from either party. In Massa
chusetts 178,000 republicans elect ten
congressmen," while 150,000 democrats
elect but two. On the other hand, 100,
000 republican voters in New York city
never have a representative in congress.
. The truth is, both parties will gerry
mander when they have it in their
power, the only difference being that
possibly the democrats can generally do
' the business up in neater shape.
Aa a proof that there Is undoubtedly a
lingering sense of decency in the demo
cratic party, many of the best journals
of that faith denounce Hill and his
methods as menancing to the liberties of
a tree people. -
Eugene Guard, (Deui). Miller, Geer,
et al are not in the'congressional contest
"with Hermann. The wily Binger holds
the top hand and will secure the prize at
'ortiana next week.
English and American Appetite.
. A New York woman,, who has been
passing some months with English rela
tives, comprising several different fam
ilies, says that from her observation the
English appetite is constructed upon dif
ferent plans from that of the American.
Four meals a day sounds very satisfying,
but she admits she often went to bed
hungry. Breakfast is bread and 'jam
and butter, with a bit of cold meat or
bacon and eggs. ' Dinner at 2 is a soup,
a joint, a sweet and a pastry. At 5
o'clock is tea with biscuits our crack
ers. At 8 is supper, which is f ruaraL "
The portions "are small, and .though
the' meals occupy considerable time one
may rise from any hungry and . longing
to ne rmea. "This nibbling "- seemed
quite satisfactory to the others." con
cluded the speaker, "but 1 sighed many
tunes i or a well stocked American board.
: We consume considerably more at our
three meals than I was offered anywhere
avttha frtiir - - - V - .
A Custom Eight Hundred Years Old.
Tuesday evening the bells of all the
parish churches of Brussels rang merry
peals to celebrate the anniversary of the
return home from the Holy Land of the
survivors of "the Bmsselers who took
part in the first crusade. They had left
in 1095 with Godfrey, of Bouillon, whom
uiey lers mere, ana tor sue years no
news had been received of . them. . They
were given up tor lost, ana more than
one of the forsaken wives was thinking
or giving a successor to tne absent one.
wnen on Jan. IV, llUl, at dusk, the ar
rival was announced of a troop of men-of-arms
at the Treurenberg gate. Great
waa the joy in many houses, and . the
long waited for husbands were wel
comed with the best of . suppers, to
which they did such ample honor that
; when bed time came they were unable
to move- from their chairs,' and their
valiant wives had to carry them to bed.
Until 1781 the council of Brabant held
no meeting on that day. Belgian News.
Hermann - ' Defends- Himself A train st
- - . -'- Pennoyer.
The following - extract from a private
letter to well known gentleman of this
city waa not written for publication, but
seeing -that it contains a Jclear, and,' to
u6, most satisfactory statement of Mr.
Hermann's 5 position with regard ; to
appropriations for the Colombia ' river,
we have asked permission to publish it.
Washington, March 25, 1S92.
You will see by the telegrams my good
luck in arranging for the final comple
tion of the cascade locks. I perceive
that Pennoyer is trying to charge me
with bad faith as to the portage road.
I am willing to bear my part of the
responsibility. The fact is that I could
only obtain one appropriation for either
of those two projects, I must choose
whether. I would retain the splendid
appropriation of $435,000 and to finish
the cascade locks by contract, or to
accept the sum of $431,000 for a portage
railroad and nothing for the cascade
locks. I chose the former alternative,
since if had ' not. and the house should
strike out the portage allowance, we
should have nothing left for either of
the projects. Would this have been a
wise or even business-like conduct?
The further fact is as I learn from more
thorough canvassing among members of
the house that there is an earnest antag
onism any portage railroad project by
the government. Many claim that our
committee has no jurisdiction over rail
roads, since these matters belong to the
committee on railroads and canals.
differ from this view. Others claim
that it is contrary to the policy of the
government to engage in railroad opera
tions. Others claim that the govern
ment should first finish the great work
at the cascade locks. The river and har
bor committe, except myself and prob
ably one more, are, I am satisfied,
solidly opposed to the portage road
project. This was shown on my motion
to appropriate $431,000 for a portage
road. They voted it down as against my
earnest and continuous appeals to have
this project recognized. Why should
Pennoyer say I'was opposed to a portage
railroad in the face of my best efforts
for it. The efforts, every mem
ber of the committee will ver
ify. Whenever, however, I was told
that I must choose the alternative of
portage road and suspended cascade
locks work, or a completed cascade locks.
and a postponed dalles improvement,
chose the completion of the locks, be
lieving that in next congress we can ob
tain recognition for permanent works at
the dalles and Celilo rapids - and place
them under contract too. I believed it
my duty to stand on .that proposition
and this I shall continue to do, until the
river and harbor bill becomes a law
This is the course any business man
would take, and it is what the people of
eastern Oregon, I am sure, will endorse
If I had only secured a small allowance
and no contract for cascade locks,
Bhould have been tempted to nave ac
cepted the alternative of putting all in
the portage road project if I had any as
surance of success rather .. than wait
another fifteen years for the completion
of the cascade canal. But the proposal
Chairman Blanchard made to transfer
what I did get for the cascades, the com
mittee would not endorse, as the mem
ber 8, 1 have found, are nearly, unani
mous against a portage road.. Nearly
every member will assert this over his
own signature. Equally averse are they
to make any allowance for the portage
project'. They express the opinion that
the government should not . engage . in
railroad projects. Then why does Pen
noyer harp on Blanchard' proposition
Mr. Blanchard knew that the committee
would never vote for such transfer; or
for any allowance for the portage rail
road. ilia oner waa l - think, more . in
the spirit of a compliment to Pennoyer.
although he himself would vote for it
Now since the great cascade canal will
be completed and no longer appear in
the river and harbor bill, - had . we not
better unite all efforts for the commence
ment of a great permanent work to over
come the dalles . and Celilo rapids? .- At
last the nation recognizes the policy and
business principle of finishing the great
works by contract. After this victory
in the case of the cascade -locks, why
should we expend any. more time to ob
tain only a temporary work at the dalles
which will only be used as an- argument
against us for the permanent work,-just
aa Pennoyer used the cascade portage
road against - a - present 1 appropriation
there. Now you know the exact situation
Every assertion here made can be sub
stantiated by democrats and "republi
cans of - the committee alike. What
did, I regard as of supreme importance
to the entire Columbia river valley. To
have changed it a . particle, would .have
subjected me to the severest condemns,'
tion of every citizen of Oregon, and from
none more than the people of Eastern
Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho,
wno nave so long sunerea irom tne op
pressive tax. on . transportation, until
they have become heartsick and hobe
less in the long waiting for the hour of
relief. We have overcome the perils
and obstacles oi tne Columbia river bar,
and now we shall soon .. pass . safely
through the next , great obstacle at the
cascades, and reach the wharves of thg
The " Dalles city on a ' free and unob
structed river from the high seas. Let
ua'now move forward to overcome the
third great difficulty. Let .us. demand
for it the aid of the government in
permanent and ; enduring work, and
with unity harmony of effort and perse
verance, endeavor to secure its accom
plishment in the earliest possible period
of time. . lour i-nend, .- .
V: Binges Hermann
Scrap -Iron Wanted.
The undersigned will pay
FIVE DOLLARS PER TON FOR ALL
KINDS OF WAGON AND MA
CHINE SCRAP-IRON, :
AtiaV Delivered in The Dalles up to April 1st.
at Boers & Williams' Hay Yard. No stove Cast
ings wanted. . S. TUICH1ER.
W. E. GARRETSOH,
Li
Jeweler.
SOIE AGENT FOB THE
-J
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order,
13S Second St.. Tile Dalles, Or.
MRS. C. DAVIS
" Has Opened the
REVERE RESTAURANT,
In the New Frame Building on
SECOND STREET, Next to the "
Diamond Flouring Mills."
First Class Meals Furnished at all Hours
Only "White Help Employed.
Bynie,FiooflaCo.,
Successors to C. K. Dunham.
Druggists and Chemists.
Pure Drop, ani Medicines.
Dispensing Physicians' Prescriptions a Specialty.
Night Druggists always in Attendance.
THE DALIES,
OREGON.
STAGY SHOCUK,
leWatciiDiaiei,
Has opened an office for Cleaning and
Repairing Watches, Jewelry, etc. .
All work , guaranteed and .
promptly attended.
AT C. E. DUHflfllHS OLD STfiJiD,
Cor. Second Mid. Union Streets
A. A. Brown,
" Keeps a full assortment of
and Provisions.
, which he offers at Low Figures.
SPEGIflli :-: PfllGES
, . to Cash Buyers. :y
Highest Casl Prices for lip anJ
V - otlie'r PMsce. ' : : .
170 SECOND STREET.
A NEW
Undertaking Establishment !
ijaaTisca '' 5 w ot
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
' " V 'DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to our business a
complete. Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in ho way connected with
the Undertakers' Trnst onr prices will
be low accordingly
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank. - ,
eadifio
Staple and Fancy Groceries
COLUMBIA
CANDY FACTORY
Cam p be 1 1 B ros. Pro p rs
(Successors' io . E. cram:)" :
Manufacturer of the finest French and '
Homailade
O -A. 1ST ID I IE S ,
' . East of Portland.
-DEALER IN-
Tropical Fruits, Huts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish any of these iroods at Wholesale
or Retail ......
In Every Style. .
104 Second Street. The Dalles. Or.
GENTLEMEN!
BEFORE YOU . ORDER GOODS OF
ANY KIND IN THE FURNISH
ING LINE,
Soil' oind See me
Shirts of all kinds to order, at
rjricea -which detv corn net ition. Other
goods in proportion. f.JfAUAN,
Second St., The Dalles
Bole Agent for WANNAMAKER & BROWN',
Philadelphia, Pa.
YOUR ATTENTION
Is called to the fact that
Hugh Glenn,
Dealer in Glass, Lime, Plaster, Cement
and .Building Material of all kinds,
r Carrie the finest Line of
Picture-
To be found in the City, '
72 LUashington Stfeet
MRS. LOCH HEAD'S
Painting: CJiASS !
; Will meet on
Tuesday and Friday
Mornings, at 9 o'clock, and on
Wednesday and Friday
Afternoons, at 2 o'clock.
Orders taken in all branches of Paint
ing. A full line of New Studies for sale
or to rent. Studio at the residence of
Mr. G. P. Morgan, corner ;of Third and
LADertv streets.
ART STUDIO.
3VX x-aa. -. BEMISZ
' ' - Has opened an Art Studio,
At the RESIDENCE of Mas. HEPP-
NER, on FIFTH Street, "
(Eaat of the SI. E. Chnrch.)
Claaa day are TUESDAY, THURSDAY
and SATURDAY.
Samitles of Mrs.1 Bern ish'8 work mav be
seen at me store ox ram ureit jo. - - tt-aan
AND OYSTER HOUSE.
One of the Finest Cooks In Tho-Dalle.
. All Work done by "White Help.
Next door to Byrne, Floyd- & Co.s'
Drug Store.
85 Union St., The Dalies
Just Opened.
JHrs.lL' JOflES - Proprietor.
Everything - -the" Marke
Affords, at Reasonable
:.-"RatesI?.r:0
R. B. HOOD,
Livery, Feed and Sale
Horses Bought and Sold on
. uommzssioncinujuoney
- Advanced on Horses
. ' ; Left for-Sale:
" '. '. OFFICE of - .
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Line
s Stage I-eaves The Dalles "Every Morning
at 7:80 and Ooldendnlc at 7;(J0. All
; freight must be "left at R. B. -Hood's
office the eve- -
ning before. " . ...
R. B. HOOD, Proprietor.
Opposite old Stand. The Dalles, Or.
COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
tag, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps,
-Boots and Shoes.
Full Assortment of the Leading Manufacturers.
Cash Bayers mill save money by examining ow stock
and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
H.
EOBT.
MAYS &
SALE AGENTS FOR
AGOn,,andChattetOak,,
STOVES AND RANGES.
Jeiett's Steel Ranges, ani Marton's ani Boston's Furnaces.
We also keep a large and eomplete stoelt of
Hardware, Tinware, Granite,
-.- Barbed Wire, Blacksmiths' Coal, Pumps, Pipe,
Packing, Plumbers Supplies, Guns,
Ammunition.and Sporting Goods.
Plumbing, Tinning, Grin Repairing and Light
Machine Work a Specialty.
COR. SECOND AND FEDCKAL 8TS..
D. BUN1M
Pips Woi Titi Repairs and Hoofing
MAINS TAPPED
Shop on Third Sti-eet, next
Blacksmith Shop.
Gre at Bargain s !
Removal ! , Removal !
On account of Removal I will sell my
entire stock of Boots and. Shoes, JE-ists
and. Caps, Trunks and Valises, Shelv-
Lings, Counters, Desk, Safe, Fixtures,
at. a . Great1 Bargain. Come and see
my offer. -
GREATt REDUCTION IN RETAIL.
125 Second Street,
The Dalles Mercantile Co.;
"' " s ' . .'; "' : Bucaessors to BROOKS b BEERS, Dealer In "'...; ;
General Merchan Staple and Fancf Dry Goods,
GentsVFurnis
.Groceries, i'-''-' ' Hardware,, ; t
Provisions," ' v Flonr,: Bacon," '
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODtJCE
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. N IELS6N,
Glothiep and
BOOTS AND SHOES;
, Hats and Caps, Trunks and -Valises,
CORNER 6F SECOND AND WASHINGTON, THE DALLES, OREGON.
Herbring.
Xi- CTEaO"W -HI-
CROWE,
THE CELEBRATED
Blueware, Silverware, Cutlery,
THE DALLES, OK EG ON.
UNDER PRESSURE.
door west of Young & Kuss'
The Dalles.
Tailor