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VOL. V.
THE DALLES. OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY H, 1893.
NO. 25.
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COLUMBIA "
CANDY FACTORY
Campbell Bros. Prop rs
(Saccessers to V. S. cram.)
Manufacturers of the finest French and
Home Made '
East of Portland-'. . " v
HE A LEES IK t 'r : '
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish an; of these goods at volcsala
r Retail '; , . j
In Krery Stylo.
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Ice Cream and Soda Water "
104 Second Street. The Dalles. Or.
W. E GARRETSOtl.
Leafliuo - yeweferi
i , II.E AGENT FOK THB r -
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
188 Second 8t., The Dalles. Ur.
CU. H. Young,
ClSCkSRiltl & WSP 5H3D
General BlackBmitbing and Work done
promptly, and ' all '- work . ..
; Guaranteed. : , . v. '
Horse Shoeing a Speciality
TnM street opposite tne old Lieoe Stand.
TV. F. WISEMAN. 'W'JI., MAKDEKS.
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(Qiseroan & Warders, .
and Wine' Room
The Dalles, - Oregon.
7Northwes f, corner of Second and
Court Streets.
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1 LLI A M S &, CO.
J. 8. 8CKKNCX,
President.
S. M. Beau.
Cashier.
first Rational Bank;
:he dalles.
- - OREGON
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A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight
. . , Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remitted on day of collection. ;
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
. Hew York', San Francisco and Port
land. : - -
4 : v DIREOTOKS.
D. P., Thompson. . f 1 'Jno. S. Schbkck.
Ed. M. Williams, Geo. A. Likbk.
H. M. Be all. '
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENEEALBANRING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in be
? . : i Eastern States. ;
Sight ' Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms. -.-
Dress-fiaking Parlors
Faghioqable Dpb
v - Gutting and Fitting a Specialty. ; . .
Room 4 over French & Co's Bank. ; ' : MRS. GIBSON, Prop.
npE WlMEp and LttjUDrff
DOMESTIC
And K EY WEST
CIGARS.
FRENCH'S
171 SECOND STREET, :
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THE DALLES
Rational Bank,
B 3 ;Of DALLES CITY, OR;
President - -Vice-President,
Cashier, - -
- ' Z. F. Moody
Charles Hilton
M. Ai Moody
General Banking Business Transacted.
Sight Exchanges Sold on-'' "
NEW YORK, , -
SAN FRANCISCO, ; :
CHICAGO
. , and PORTLAND, OR.
Collections ' made on favoreble terms
at all accessible points.
GENTLEMEN!
BEFORE YOUr ORDER GOODS OF
ANY KIND IN THE. FURNISH-
ING LINE,
(Ball and $&& me,
Shirts of alL kinds to order, at
prices which defy competition. Other
goods in proportion. P. FAGAN,
' Second St., The Dalles.
Sole Agent for WANNAMAKER & BROWN,
Philadelphia, Pa
and fIda-MaIpng
THE " :
CELEBRATED
PABST BEER.
BLOCK.
: THE DALLES, OR.
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IDEAS FOR SOLONS.
Rim Rocfc Offers" Some Snesestions for
WHY USURY IS A BURDENSOME TAX
Loaning' Money According to Demand a
Benefit to the Borrower.
A WIFE'S INTEBEST IS NOTES.
A Bond or Other Security SHooId be
Void Without Such Signature
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Honey "As Good at the Wheat."
Oar lawful rate of interest is ten per
cent. This law should be repealed, and
let the loaning of money be at any rate
that may.be agreed upon. It would be
better for both tho lender and the bor
rower. A person wanting to borrow
money, could then go to the lender and
give him; say 12)4 per cent, andjiave
the other 2 per cent, himself, instead
of giving the middle man the 5 per cent,
commission.. This "any rate of inter
est" has been adopted . by all the new
states when making their laws, and Or
egon shonld keep abreast of the times.
. Another thing our legislators must do
to reduce county taxes, especially i
Eastern Oregon, where county officers
fees are 33J-J per cent, higher than in
western Oregon; - There was a time
when this was necessary, but that time
is past.'' There is no need of paying euch
large salaries, when there is plenty of
good men in the country, that would be
glad to have the offices at 50 per cent, of
what is made out of them now ; and so
says every tax-payer in Eastern Oregon,
except those who may expect to get into
office in the near future. If our legisla
ors will pass laws to reduce taxation, the
tax payers of the country will rise up
as one man and take off their hats, and
call them blessed.
Copartnerthip "The Wife's Interest."
We should also have a law providing
that a married man's signature to a
bond or a note, would be hull and void
unless it had his wife's signature also,
the same as a mortgage, for it amounts
to the same thing. When a wife helps
her husband to make his money she
may not labor in the shop or the office,
but she cares for his household, rears
his children, and nine wives out of ten
work more hours than their husbands,
and the wife is equally as much inter
ested in their joint welfare as the bus
band and should have the right to say
whether the husband should jeopardize
their home . by going: some person's
security. Reader, if you don't th'nk
this way, just ask some man, and .they,
are not hard to find, that has gone some
one's security and then bad to go down
in his pocket and pay it off when it be
same due: If it had been necessary to
consult his wife before, hand it is ten
chances to one he would have been on
the safe side. , .
Exemptions "A one-Horse Transaction"
All property should be assessed at its
real value, and wherever found, it would
be better to assess it at 100 per cent,
than at 50 per cent., and then make the
levey twelve mills instead of twenty-four
mills. It amounts to the same thing
and makes a much , better showing for
the country, and it gives the true wealth.
There shonld be no exemption for in
debtedness, for it is only a convenient
loophole to evade taxes, and the person
that has the property in his possession
and claims it as his own is the one, that
should pay the taxes. For instance A
sells B a horse. B gives his note to A
for the amount.' B. has the use of the
horse and all benefits derived from such
use. A only has the promise of the
value of the property from B. Now B
has the property and should . pay " the
taxes, and it is the same with land or
any other property. Rim Rock. ' '
Another Free-Silver Bill.
Washington, Jan. 13. Baker of Kan
sas has introduced in the house a bill
for the free coinage of silver, making it
unlawful for any person to make any con
tracts, note, draft or hil payable in any
specific coin or currency.
Telescoped by a Snow 1'low.
Webstee City, la., Jan. 13. A snow
plow - telescoped the Des Moines and
Sioux city passenger train at Storey
city ,'injuring twenty passengers, several
eeTlotrsly and a traveling man fatally. J
OCEAN STEAMSHIP BACEKS.
'Which Boat Can Get to the Bottom
. Flrat?" Next.
New Yobk, Jan. l-L--ISpecial. Not
withstanding the objections registered
Jast month . against racing across the
"ocean, another contest has just come to
a finish withont any catastrophe other
than a depressing defeat for the officers,
but this does not - prove anything save
that both vessels had good fortune in es
caping accidents. . . ;
The desire of ship-builders, and sea
captains to increase the epeed of trans
portation from New York to Queenstowri
is easy to understand.' When a new
boat essays to break a record and Imark
another step's advance . in nautical
science there has been , but little objec
tion, so long as the effort was conducted
with proper care and caution. There is
some prospective gain for the venture.
But what kind of gain is there in a race
between steamers of rival companies
has yet to be found. The impulse to
spur on, to take a little greater risk for
a winning, to take close chances, is at
its strongest in a race. There is dan
ger in putting a premium on this kind
of recklessness. '--
Moreover, it is not the steamship com
panies alone which have a stake at risk
in the encounter. Their passengers are
made involuntary participants in a con
test in which they can have but little in
terest. They take as much risk as the
companies, but - they . take it without
Jheir knowledge or consent. It is ex
pected that in another of. these contests
it will be clearly shown which boat can
get to the bottom of the ocean first.
, Funeral of General Butler. '
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 13. The remains
of Gen. Butler arrived this afternoon
and were escorted by Butler post, G. A.
R., to the late home. The body will be
given a military fnneral. It will lie in
state in Huntington .hall. The mills
will close on Monday, the ,day of the
funeral, and business will be suspended.
The legislature has adjourned till Tues
day, as a mark of respect to his memory.
A Careleaa Prank.
San Bebnabdino, Jan. 13. Last night
Eddy Rouse, a boy ten years old, dropped
a blazing stick into a tank containing
5,000 gallons of oil used for running an
engine at the San Bernardino laundry.
A terrific explosion followed. Eddie
Rouse, Harry Taylor and Billy Edwards
were terribly burned, and are in a criti
cal condition. The engineer closed the
opening in the tank and smothered the
flames. ; . . .- ..
' Machinery lor a Can Factory.
Astoria, Jan. 13. The Pacific Can
company received this afternoon two
carloads of machinery for, its new can
factory here. The importation is valued
at $27,000. . , -T - -
Health Officers Speak.
City, State and
; report the Royal
- every way Superior to all
STATE CHEMIST, CALIFORNIA: The
requirements. Our tests show it has greate:
than any other. .
STATE CHEMIST, WASHINGTON : Ther
, the Royal is the strongest,
powder in the market. ;
U. S. GOVT FOOD REPORT: Roya
shown a pure cream of tartar
. in strength.
CANADIAN OFFICIAL TESTS: Royal Bakinc.
commended as of highest excellence, and shown to be greatest
of all in leavening strength.
SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF HEALTH : We cordially ap
prove and recommend the Royal Baking Powder. . It is
absolutely pure and healthful, composed of the best ingredients,
of the highest strength and
BOARD OF HEALTHSEATTLE, WASHINGTON: Finding
in analysis that it is entirely free from any adulteration, we
heartily recommend the Royal Baking Powder for its great
' .' . strength, purity and wholesomeness.' -"' ';"
BOARD OF HEALTH, TACOMA, WASHINGTON: In our
- judgment the Royal is the best and strongest baking powder
. before the public "'' '-.. .-' - :- - '.
BOARD OF HEALTH, SPOKANE: Certainly there Is no bak
. ing powder known to us equal to the Royal.
DR. BINSWANGER,- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: It is also
my opinion that there exists no purer, better or stronger ba!:irg
powder than the Royal. I confidently recommend it.
Do not permit the slanderous stories of inter
. .ested parties to influence you in using any
other than The Best, The Royal.
THE TOPEKA TROUBLE.
BidUe Was UnaMe to Me His Boni
' Good and Sorrento. ;"
STOVER REOPENS HIS ACCOUNTS.
Several Populists Attempt to Make
Break to The Republicans.
ANTI-OPTION
IN
SPKINGFIELD.
Funeral or Gen. Butler Carelesa Prank
of Boya Another Free Silver
' ' ' Bill.'
Tope k A, Jan. 13. Both houses met
again this morning, apparently more
determined than ever to hold the, fort. .
Several populists, convinced that their
position is untenable,' have made futile
attempts to break away from the radi
cal wing and act with the republicans.
Biddle, the state treasurer-elect, has
been unable to make good his bond.
The trouble in the legislature haa fright
ened his bondgmen so that several have
withdrawn. The republican! treasurer.
Stover, who was held over, will reopen
his accounts today.- he proposition to
recognize the populist house came up is
the senate on the appeal from the de- .
ciaion of President Daniels, who had :
received Chief clerk Rich, of the popu
list house. Senator Scott,' republican,
appealed, and the senate voted to sus
tain the chair, 23 to.17. Taylor, popu
list; and O'Brien, democrat, voted with
the republicans, and Dillard, democrat,
with the populist.
Antl-Optlon In Springfield.
. 'Springfield, 111.. Jan. 13. A stir was
caused In the house this morning by the
introduction of a resolution calling on.
the Illinois members of congress to work
for the passage of the anti-option bill.
The question soon became a party one,
the democrats in accordance with the
position ol. Senator Palmer opposing it.
the republicans to fit Senator Cullum'a
position favoring, it. The democrats
finally succeeded in rallying enough
democratic farmers to their aid to refer
the resolution to the committee on fed
eral relations by the close vote of fifty- .
seven to fifty-five. It is understood that
the democrats intend to allow the reso
lution to sleep in the committee.
- Leave your order for cord wood at
Maier& Benton's. . . .' -
National Authorities
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