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VOL. V.
X HE DALLES. OREGON, SATEfR D AY, JANUARY 21, 1893.
NO. 31.
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A. M. W
W. E. GARRETSOH,
All Watch Work Warranted.
LTeweiry Made to Order.
138 Second St.. The Dalles. Or.
COLUMBIA
GANDY F A TORY
Campbell Bros. Proprs
(Successors to W. S. eram.)
Manufacturers of the finest French and
Home Made
OAUDIBS,
East of Portland. "
-DEALERS IN-
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can - furnish any of these goods at Wholesale
or Retail . )
In Eter Style.
Ice Cream and Soda Water.
104 Second Street. The Dalles. Or.
BlBOliSIIlItll
General Blaeksniithing and Work done
promptly, and all work
Guaranteed.'
Horse Shoeing a Speciality
TM Street opsite the old Iietie Stand
W. P. WISEMAN.
WJt. 5IAKDEUS.
Wiseman & ffcders,.
Saloon and Wine Room
The Dalles,
Oregon.
Dff""Nortkwest corner of Second and
Court Streets.
Leatiifig Jeweler.
SOLE AGENT FOK TItK
l LLI AMS &, CO.
J. S. SCHENCK,
' President.
fl. M. BSA.hU
Cashier.
First Rational Bank.
'HE DALLES,
OREGON
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
New York, San Francisco and Port
. land.
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DIRKOTOKS.
D. P. Thompson. . ' Jno. S. Schenck.
Ed. M. Williams, Geo. A. Liebb.
H. M. Bball. .
THE DALLES
Rational Bank,
Of DALLES CITY, OR. "
President - - - . -Vice-President,
- -Cashier,
. . - '. - , -' .
Z. F. Moody
Charles Hilton
M. A. Moodt
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.
FagMoqable Dregs
Making
: "-- : punragrantl Fitting a
Rofcni 4 over French & Go's Bank. : : M ksV GIBSON, Prop.
i' -1'; js " fL3
4
DOMESTIC' .
And KEY WEST
CIGARS. '
FRENCH'S
171 SECOND STREET,
l FiplE WIHE and LIQUD
FREflCfi 8t CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
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.
GENTLEMEN !
BEFORE YOU ORDER GOODS OF
ANY KIND IN THE FURNISH-
V-ING LINE, v ' A '". .
(Balf aad See me
fjET" Shirts of all kinds to order, at
pnees which defy competition. Other
goods in proportion. P. FAGAN -
. Second St., The Dalles.
Sole Agent for WANNAMAKER fc BROWN,
Philadelphia, Pa
and (lloa-Maling- '
. . ' THE -: -C
E LEBRATE D
PABST BEER.
BLOCK.
THE DALLES, " OR.
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Parlors
Si&CK
FOR AN OPEN RIVER.
The Raley Bill is Tie" True Mefticine
For ik i Inland Empire.
TO MAKE BARREN WASTES BLOOM.
It Stands Frst Class in the Seaate And
Sure in The House.
SENATOR WILLIS' ''POBT'.' JiIL.1..
Kevlew of the Latter, That People May
Learn About Its Provisions at
Length. T
Senate Bill Aro. 52. Introduced by "Me.
Baley. Read first time Jan. 11th, 1893.
This bill is intended to make the -Columbia
an open river from - Pasco to the
eea. The bill provides for an appropri
ation of $460,000 for the building of a
portage road between Celilo and The
Dalles. It ia the same bill which passed
One branch of the legislature at the last
session, failing of passage in the other.
The bill provides that the governor, sec
retary of state and 'state treasurer, are
empowered to build, construct and
operate a portage road at the place
named, the work to be done as soon as
funds available, and on completion the
officials before mentioned shall have the
right to establish a schedule of freights
and fares on said road, thereby provid
ing for the operative expenses of the
road,' and for a sinking fund to
reimburse the state for .the expense of
building' said road. It is provided' that
the bill ehall go into effect -immediately
upon its passage. .
If this bill , should become a law, it
would make the Columbia an open river
to the sea, comparatively speaking, and
be the means of developing the oountry,
now a barren desert, immediately trib-
ulary to the great river. It would put
new life blood into Eastern Oregon and,
in the end, result in benefit to every in
terest east of the mountains. But, will
it become a law? That's the question.
Railroad corporations and schemers are
fighting it because they imagine it will
loosen . their grip on - the . people's re
sources. Instead, it ' would ' result in
creating more business for the railroads,
because it would cause to begrown upon
lands now lying idle, crops which would
be carried to market by the railroads.
A great fruit industry would spring up
along the Columbia, on both sides, from
Pasco to Celilo, and thousands of. acres
of light, sandy land, now barren and
useless, would be redeemed and made to
pay tribute to the producers. Little
towns would be built on , the river, and
general improvement would begin with
the commencement of work on the port
age. 1 ' ' ' '
But corporations, like selfish men, are
blind. There is not .even self-sacrifice
about them. 'They look upon "the sur
face, and on evidence gathered there
from they base their conclusions. . They
are" enemies of .progression' when they
feel that progression wonld effect their
incomes., They stand in the way of de
velopment when they imagine it will
loosen their cinch on sl monopoly.. For
this reason an open river has powerful
foes out of congress as 'well 'as in con
gress ; outside o; the legislature as well
as in the legislature ; men who are in
the pay of selfish interest, working to
bleed and cinch the ' people. We hope
to see Senator Raley 's bill become a law ;
we hope to see the portage road built
with state money or state credit; we
hope to see an open river, God's high
way, free to producers, but we fear the
chances are against it, because Portland,
the .lue'tropolia, of Oregon, is so luke
warm in her efforts that it borders upon
servility -to ' these who- are fighting
against the people's interest.
Senate Bill No. 35. Introduced by Mr.
Willis. Jiead first time Jan. 11th, '93.
This bill "to establish and incorpo
rate the Port of Columbia and to pro
vide for the improvement of the Colum
bia river in and adjoining said port, and
to.provide a railway, or canal and locks
at or around tumwater and the dalles in
said Columbia river," provides in brief
as. follows ; That all that part of the
state of Oregon within the limits of the
coiapties.of .Clatsop, Columbia, Multno
mah, Wasco", Sherman, Gilliam, Mor
row and Umatilla be created a separate
district to be known as the Port of Col
umbia, and the inhabitants thereof are
constituted and declared to be a corpo
ration by- -the : name and stvle of . the
Port of Columbia ; . the object shall be
to construct and perpetually maintain a
boat-railway or. canal and locks at and
around the obstructions - to navigation
thereof; , so that steamboats and other
water crafts may. pass from the city of
Astoria to' Umatilla landing. : ; '. ....
The said corporation may collect and
receive tolls for freight and passengers;
the power and ; authority given to the
corporation, by this act is hereby vested
in a board of fifteen commissioner!), or
by a majority of them, all of whom shall
be taxpayers, in.: said corporation, and
one of whom shall " reside : within' the
present territorial limits of each of the
counties named in section one of this act,
and eight of whom shall reside within the
present territorial limits pf Multnomah
county ; each of said commissioners shall
be appointed by the judges of the circuit
court of the judicial district, which shall
include the court in which such com
missioner shall reside.
The . said : corporation may purchase
and dispose of such material employ
such engineers, superintendents, clerks',
laborers and other persons. ne said board
may deem necessary; but no commis
sioner shall either directly or indirectly
receive any salary or compensation for
bis service as a commissioner or officer
of said corporation; so far "as jnay be
necessary or convenient in carrying: out
thq object of said,! corporation it shall
have the full. control of said.' Columbia
river at the near said- turn water and. the
dalles to the 'full extent that this -state
can grant the same ; this corporation 'is
authorized to borrow sums of money not
exceeding in the aggregate $3,000,000
and to issue therefor . its promissory
notes or its bonds ; the said corporation
shall have power to assess, levy and- col
lect for its use a regular yearly ' tax, for
the purpose herein mentioned, upon all
property, real and personal, situated
within, its boundaries.
Commenting upon this bill; the Tele
gram says : . "This measure will meet
with opposition on the part of .many- of
the Eastern Oregon members, who re
gard it as a device to defeat the portage
railway bill, and in" the interest of the
railroads." ,
The Bed Pepper Act.
San Fbanci8co," Jan. 20. Last night
a young man entered D 'Phrend's
jewelry store on Market-street and
asked to bo shown diamond rings The
proprietor brought a tray of diamonds,
when the man' threw a handful of red
pepper into the jeweler's eyes, and es
caped with diamonds valued at $450.
An Editors Contempt.
San Jose, Cal., Jan. 20 This morning
Judge Lorrigan rendered an opinion,
Judge "Reynolds concurring, fining C;
M. Shortage $100 for contempt of court
in publishing alleged testimony in the
Price divorce trial. If the fine is not
paid in three days and execution will be
ordered issued. . Shortridge will appeal.
Crandall & Burget , are now settled in
.their new store in the Michelbach brick
on Union street, next door to Floyd &
Shown's. .Call around. . . . ,
, The United States Official Investigation of baking powders,
made undirtithority of Congress (see Bulletin 13, Chemical .
- Division, XT. S. Ag. Dept.), shows the Royal to be a cream of
: tartar baking powder of the highest quality, and superior to all
others in strength, leavening power, and general usefulness.
The Royal Baking Powder is thus distinguished
; by the hi ghest expert official authority the
leading Baking Powder of the world.
THE NATIONAL BOARD
Oregon Cells for. Protection' of Timber
Lands of the Country.
SILVER. DISCUSSION DEFERRED.
Food is Scarce in Nantucket Becanse of
the Ice Floes.
MUCH - SUFFERING : ANTICIPATED.
An Editor Fined for Contempt Ho
Published "Alleged" Testimony
A Diamond Snatcher.
Washington, Jan. 20.- When the na-;
tional board of trade' adjourned yester
day it had under consideration the reso
lution proposed by the Portland, Or.,
Chamber of Commerce, expressing ap- '
proval by the board of all measures cal
culated to further protect timber lands
of the-country, and to make - additional
reservations of the same. It was dia- ;
posed of -the first thing by adoption.
The committee's, report recommending
cessation of the purchase of silver under,
the Sherman act, and the appointment
ot a commission to revise the monetary
and banking system of the country, was
postponed until the next annual meet
ing. !
' A resolution recommending the con
solidation of third and fourth-class mail
matter into one class, to be mailable at
the rate of two' - ounces for .one' cent,
passed. ' '- ' r'
Nantucket Fond Famine.:
- New Bbunbwic, Mass, Jan. 20. -For
the last three days the" steamer wlych.
carries supplies to the 15,000 people liv
ing on the island of Nantucket has been
unable to - make the island ' owing
to the difficulty of breaking through the
vast ice floes which are between the'
mainland and the island. When the
steamer last touched at Nantucket, ' the .
people there had scanty supplies ofro
visions, and fears are entertained that
there may be much suffering before com- -munication
with-the island can be re
sumed. An effort was made last night
to get a "tug across from Wood's Hill,
but it was unsuccessful. " The tug re
turned at 11 o'clock and reported that it
was impossible to get through the ice,
and that it would probably take four
days to effect a passage.- In the mean
time the - people- of the - island will be '
brought to an extremity. ' Midway be
tween the island and the mainland is a
channel filled with floating ice On each,
side the ice is insecure, so that passage
over the ice is impossible.
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