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THE DALLES. OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1893.
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L W. E. GARRETSOH.
Leaiig- Jeweler.
. SOLE AGENT FOR THI
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
' 138 Second St.. The Dalles. Or.
COLUMBIA
CANDY FACTORY
Campbell Bros. Proprs
(Saccesssrs to W. S. Cram.)
' '.' Manufacturers of the finest French and
S Home atade .
. . Eaat of Portland.
-DEALERS 18-
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can fornlah any of these (oods at Wholesale
orBetaU
FESH -4- OYSTHftS-ie-
la Krnry Style.
' Ice Cream and Soda Water
. . 104 Second Street. The Dalles. Or. :
LU. H- Young,
General Blackami thing and Work done
. ,promptlyt and all work
Guaranteed. . -.. .
porse Shoeing a Speciality
TM Street, opposite the old Lieoe .Stand
XT. r. WISEMAN.
TVM. HABDEBS.
tfliseman & Harders,
Salo od and Wine Room,
The Dalles, - Oregon.
SJf Northwest corner of Second and
Court Streets.
1 L L I A M S &, CO
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PreBideot.
H. M. BKX1X
Cashier.
First Hational Bank.
THE DALLES. - .-v -
OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight
Draft or Check.-
I Collections nladeand proceeds promptly
; iiuiutKu uu uaj i collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
New York, San Francisco and Port
land. '
. , , DIRECTORS. . .
V; P. THOBfPSOM. Jno. S. Schknck.
d.,M. Williams, Geo. A. Likbe.
H. M. Bkall.
THE DALLES
Rational it Bank,
' ; . Of. DALLES CITY, OB. " ' '
President - - - - - Z. F. Moody
Vice-President, - - Chablss Hiltok
Cashier,. - - , - M. A. Moodt
General Banking Business Transacted.
, Sight Exchanges Sold i on -i r ,
NEW YORK,'' ' ' " '
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CHICAGO i
and PORTLAND, OR.
Collections made on favbreble ' terms
at all accessible points. " ; - ' .
Dress-Making Parlors
FagMoqaLIe Df e
Caning and Fitting a Specialty.
Room 4 over French & Go's Bank.
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OOMCSTIC
And KEY WEST
CIGARS.
FRENCH'S
171 SECOND STREET, j
n FIpE and LIQUOR ;
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FRHCH 8t CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A QKNBRAXBANTCrNW BUSINE8B
Letters of Credit issued available in he
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. . s v : v . ...
GENTLEMEN !
BEFORE YOU ORDER GOODS OF
ANY KIND IN THE FURNISH-
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aff xaad See me
Shirts of all kinds to order, at
prices which defy competition. Other
goods in proportion. P. FAGAN, -
Sjecond st.,, The Dalles.'
Sole Agent for WANNAMAKEK Jc BEOWN,
Philadelphia. Pa "
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MRS. GIBSON, Prop.
- THE
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THE DALLES, OR.
RIoal-Malring
THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT
Whattte Peorle Hare to Say'Conceni
"' ins State Affaiis, 'fj-l-
WANT AN OPEM COLUMBIA RIVER.
A Jute Bag Factory Should be Estab
lished at the Penitentiary.
orrosa uivisiox of counties.
Fees of County OfBecrs Haoald go to the
County All Office. ShmM be
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Following i a list of questions by Thk
Chronicle representative, asked of 'sev
eral leading citizens of the Dalles and
Wasco county, replies to which are given
below: - : '''- -;
An open river Opinion. What per
cent will it benefit the people?
Will the Celilo Portage road benefit
the people at large? Should the state
build it? What is your opinion in rela
tion to ' the state manufacturing jute
bags? Will it be a saving to the produ
cers? How do you feel about a division
of the county and on salaries of county
officers?
Mr. Ed. M. Williams of the firm of A.
M. Williams & Co., says of the open
river; that the obstruction at Celilo
should be overcome by the government
building a portage road. The Cascade
portage had saved the people twenty-five
to forty per. cent, in freights on produce,
stock and ' merchandise. The state
Bhould not build a road for both states.
A Jute bag manufactory should be estab
lished at the penitentiary and operated
by' convict labor. Cheaper grain bags
was what the farmers need, and that was
the only way to get them. I am opposed
to any more splitting np of counties.
Population is too sparse, and there is no
call for any more divisions. . As for mak
ing county offices salaried, I hav not
thought anything about it.
Messrs. Seufert, large fruit Taisers and
shippers, were asked what an open river
would do for the people, and he said that
freight rates would be reduced thirty -three
and one third per cent, and the
state must take it in hand at once. In
regard to grain bags, I believe that the
convicts should be employed in a jnte
mill so as to give the farmer cheaper
bngB and the state owes it to the people
to see that convict labor is used that
way instead of contracting it.. I am
down on dividing the county, like every
sensible-, man ought to be. None but
politicians want office. I am down on
all commissions', they do no good. If
county officers were paid a salary, it
would lepsen taxes that much, and offi
ces would hunt the men.
Mr. L. E. Crowe, of Mays & Crowe,
wholesale stove and hardware dealers,
in reply said an open river would be a
great thing for all ' Eastern Oregon.
Freight rates were now, through ' the
cascade portage, twenty-five' to thirty
three per cent less than they were be
fore' the road was built, and the state
ought to give the producers the same
advantage east - of Celilo that it did
those of the middle Columbia. They
cannot get lower freights any other way,
and the state should build the road. I
am in favor of 'the state putting up a
jute mill at the penitentiary and the
convicts labor m making bags for the
farms. In am decidedly opposed to
putting it up agninst honest labor in
the interest of monopolies. The princi
ple is wrong, the labor belongs to the
people. I am decidedly opposed to a di
vision of the county or counties at
present .and to the fee business. Every
county official ought to be paid a salary
and the fees, if any, should go to the
general county fund.
Mr. Ed. Pease, of Pease A Mays,
wholesale dealers, says of the Celilo
portage: It would be a great thing for
all Eastern .Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. It would give cheap freights to
the" producers ; would largely increase
the acreage of gain and volume of busi
ness; by increasing the power of the
producers. I am opposed to the divis
ion of counties; the population is too
small, with a limited amount of taxable
property. It would increase taxes. If
I had ; tho power I would -make all
county offices salaried and -all' fees
should 'go to tho counfy for the benefit
of thegeneral fund.
" Mr. Rufus Wallace of Sherman county
in reply said. lam decidedly in favor
of the state putting in a jute bag estab
lishment in the penitentiary and using
the convict labor for that purpose alone.
I don't believe in the convict contract
business. Neither do I believe tha
there should be any more .divisions of
counties, there have been too much cut
ting' up. already. ' Yes sir ! Make all
county officers salaried, tarn over all
fees to the county general fund. Or
abolish it altogether.
Mr. J, O. Mack, in ant war to an in
quiry, said: "Give us an open river
from its souree to the sea. It will bene
fit the people 25 to 50 per cent, in
freights, I believe' the . state ought to
build the Celilo portage road right away.
The government will never do it. I am
not in favor of splitting op tht county
any more, but I am in favor' of paying
the county officers a salary instead of
fees, if they will make the salary suffi
cient that good men can afford to occupy
them." - ; ; - -5 .
Mr. IL M. Beall cashier of the First
National bank, in reply says, "I am in
favor of making the county officers
salaried."-
Mr. T. A. Hudson, what do yon think
of these subjects nnder discussion? "I
think the state ought to build the Celilo
portage road by all means. ' It would
virtually open the river for cheap trans
portation. We need not look for the
government to do it. ' The producers
demand that provisions be made for its
construction, so as to move this years
harvest. As to the jute works I am not
qualified to give an opinion. -If the state
can manufacture grain bags so as to com
pete with the open market, it ought to
do so. Convict labor only benefits one
firm as it is now. The producers have
the first right to it. We don't want any
more cutting off frftm our borders, we
will be like the dog was when he had his
tail cut off just behind his ears, if we
have a new county on the west, one on
the south, and one on the southeast. No
sir ; no more counties I Put all county
officials on salaries." ..
Mr. C. J. Crandall, of Crandall & Bur
get, says he corroborates the sentiment
of all the others on the jute bag propo
sition. "We are opposed to any more
slicing off. from old Wasco county.
Taxes are high enough now. And one
other thing, make all the county offices
salaried."
Mr. N. Harris, what have yon to say?
"We should . have .an open river, and
the state should build the Celilo road in
time to move this year's crop. There is
no use iu waiting for the government;
it would take a century. We want
some of the good things as they go along,
r Yes sir! Another thing that would be
next to the portage relief is a jute mill
at the. penitentiary. This is one of the
important things that is necessary for
the farming population. . It ought to be
done, and would put a stop to a curse of
convict contracts. No one wants the
county divided, but some politicians.
I think there would be but few aspi
rants. I am in favor of the salaries of
county officials."
Mr. ,' Hugh ' Chrisman in reply says :
"I think the state, should take the man
ufacturing of jute , bags into its own
bands, and supply tke farmers -with
grain-bags through convict labor, in
stead of putting it out on contracts.
N6 sir, we don't want any more divi
sions of the county.'.' ; : " '..-..
Hon. Geo. A. Liebe, ex-county judge,
says : "The portage at the cascades
has been worth to the people double
what it cost - already, and the Btate
should appropriate sufficient funds to
build the Celilo portage at once, and not
raise a question about . it. It is of great
importance . to Eastern . Oregon. I be
lieve that the convict labor should be
utilized in the manufacture of jute bags
in the penitentiary instead of pnttihg it
out on contract for the benefit -of a
monopoly. We do not want any more
division ' of the county and I am' fully
persuaded that all county offices should
be salaried. : -
Mr. Thos. Joles, of Joles Bros; ; The
portage at the cascades has been of great
benefit to our people, and 1 see no reai
son why the Celilo portage railroad
would not be of just as great advantage
to those east of us. , Certainly the state
should build it this season, so as to
move this year's harvest. Yes, a jute
mill ought to be put. in the penitentiary,
and the prison labor bo put to making
sacks for the farmer. We do not want
any more cutting off from this county.
It has been cut enough already. I think
every one is of the same opinion on salaries."
Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't ReportT
Mr:'E'mil Schanno sayr: "The state
i should help the peopfe'east of us, as ft
did in the .cascade portage on. the west..
I do not think the state can put $200,009
in a jute mill. We do. not want any
more counties, but I think that county
officials should bet paid a salary, and if
anyfeefr-accrue, they hould go to the
county fund.'" '; '-
Mr. A. A.. Brown says : "I am in fa
vor of the state building the Celilo port
age railroad; and am also in favor of a,
jute mill in the penitentiary operated
with prison labor. I am against any di
vision, of the county and endorse the
salary proposition for county officials."
i Mr. Smith French. .What have you to
say on the Celilo portage road? "The
portage at Celilo will be of incalculable
benefit to the people. , If the govern
ment!' will nt build it, then the' state
should do it by all means. The state im
in duty bound to look out for the interest
of its inhabitants. Eastern Oregon's
agriculturists demand that the river
should be open for cheaper transporta
tion of their, products. I think the
counties are divided enough already.
There is no use in putting other burdens
on the people to benefit a few politicians.
I believe in paying the conn ty officials a
salary. There is no use in making ex-r
ceptions in their., cases. Put the fees.1
Into the general county fund."
;. Mr. Geo. Farley, of the firm of Farley.
& Frank, in reply said : "That the only'
thing that would increase the population,
and wealth of Eastern Oregon, is to give
it an open river. Freight rates would be
reduced fully forty per cent., just what
the farmers need. . The state should have
built the Celilo portage road two years
ago. It would pay for itself in twe
years. I think the jute bag scheme s
good thing,' if the state can afford to use
the money at this particular time. The
farmers should have cheaper sacks. We
don't want any more division of coun
ties, I don't believe it is lor the best in
terest ot the majority of the people to
divide the county again. And further,
the county officers ought to be paid
salary, and stop the fee business as com
pensation. ? It should; have -been done
ong ago." ,
: .Mr. H. Glenn, contractor. "I endorse
everything said on the jute bag question.
The farmers want cheap grain bags.' I
am in favor of ' the state putting machin
ery into the penitentiary, and putting
the convicts at work making sacks. The
people wil get some good out of the
prison then. I am opposed to dividing
the county any more. I do not think
county officials should ever had anything
but salaries. ' The fee system is wrong."'
Mr. Henry Maier, ot Maier & Benton
says : '"A portage railroad at Celilo is
necessary ia order that the people of the
eastern sections cast have cheap freights.
They ' will " get" them ' no other way.
County division should be withheld for
the present. The country is too sparsely
populated, and assessable property is too
limited to warrant division. My opin
ion is that all offices should be salaried."
Col. N. B. Sinnott: . Don't believe in -
the new county coming , within seven
miles of this ciiy. They are now only
twenty miles from The Dalles. They can
leave Hood River for here after taking '
dinner at Hood River., and return for
supper.
O. Kihersty, of Snipes ' Sc. Kinersly,
says : "If the portage at the cascades
has helped fifty td seventy-five miles of
country 30 to 50 per cent, in reduction
of freights, certainly a portage at Celilo
would help all Eastern Oregon. The
state .ought to use the convict ' labor iu
the manufacture of . jute- bags for the
farmers-. Those who. want division, at
Fthe county will be tho sufferers.. We
don't want any of it. County officers
should be salaried." . ' -
,Mi. Ma.yogt,. capitalist: ."I have
bat one opinion, and that ia the state, to
I .do-. fts duty should build the' portage
mil way around the dalles and Celilo ob
struction in time to move this season's
lues-vest.'. - It would 'be an important fac
tor in the increase of population and
wealth in the eastern part of Oregon.
Ithink the state will lose sight of one
very important help to the producers if
it does pot con-vert the convict labor to
the manufacture of jute bags, that they
can have cheaper sacks for their grain.
I do hot think it advisable to create one
or two new counties out of Wasco coun
ty. It will increase taxation and give
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