Tas Dalles Daily Chraniele. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. T MAIL, FO STAGS FRIFilB, til ASTiXCX. Weekly, 1 year 1 BO " months. 0 75 8 0 SO Dally, 1 year. , 600 months.' S 00 " " per " 0 60 Address all communication to " THE CHRON ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon. "WEDNESDAY. - AUGUST 1. 1894 THE TAX QUESTION. That notes and personal property are not generally given in to the assessor, and consequently pay no taxes cannot be disputed. So far no scheme has been proposed to overcome this iniquity prob ably because our legislators overlook it or do not care to hart the feelings of those who own them. The theory of American taxation is correct enough, bat the practice has divided the people into two classes, the tax payers and the tax dodgers. The tax paying class, as a idle, is composed of people owning from few hundred to thirty or forty thous and dollars. Above the latter sum the taxes amount to so much that the tax payers just can't bear to pay it. Real estate is of course visible and cannot escape only in so far as it can be done by giving it low values, but noteB, ac counts and property of that kind are easily hidden, and so do not pay their proportion of taxes. On this item alone a few years ago, Umatilla county re turned more than two-thirds as much as Multnomah. The remedy is simple and should be applied. Let the legislature pass an act making such contracts non collectable until they were stamped by the tax collector, showing that the taxes bad been paid. A man should pay tax according to his ability to do so, but Tinder the present system this is far from being the rule. The tax dodger hould be brought up to the rack, and made to pay just the same as everybody else. Such a law as we have suggested would go a long ways towards accom plishing this result. ARMORED VESSELS FAIL VRES. The war between Japan and China is the first in which the fighting qualities of the modern armored warship has been tested. The tests perhaps have sot been complete, yet so far as made are not very satisfactory. The big ar mored vessel, one of the beBt in the Chinese navy, armed with 12-inch guns and covered with heavy armor, went down before the Japanese guns more quickly than the old wooden vessels would have doue under the eame cir cumstances, a he Japanese guns plugged her full of holes as easily as a aigger tests' a watermelon. It is true that she may not have been well bandied; but the fact that her 6teel aides could not resist the impact of the eteel balls cannot be denied. The only thing accomplished then seems to be that each nation, in order to maintain a navy, will be put to enor mous expense to be on a footing with other nations, and then their vessels are no more formidable than the old Constitution, the Essex, or that old type of wooden cruiser. In view of the manner in which the Chen Yuen was sent to the bottom, the enormous premiums offered by our government for extra speed denotes a wise head in charge of the navy, one who understands that the only safety in one of these big armored vessels is in flight. The shipment of fruits is one of the most important questions before our. fruit growers, and the perfecting of some plan by which the least commissions will have to be paid, and the best mar kets reached is of tbe utmost importance. Last year the very unfortunate ship ments made through the Earl Fruit Co., on the suggestion of S. A. Clarke, dem onstrated the necessity of getting a square deal. Plums that went to Chicago in that outfit were retailed and some of them bought by Dalles people at the world's fair, at 20 cents per pound, and yet they paid the grower less than a cent. Before they reached the consumer they bad increased in value 1900 per cent. To avoid this is the object of the Oregon Fruit Union, which Mr. Brown represents. The only way to get the fruit shipping business on a satisfactory basis is to keep experimenting until the result is accomplished. The plan of the Oregon Fruit Union should be tried, and if that is not a success, try something else. Tbe fact that the Union and Central Pacific railroads owe large sums to the government, . may eventually result in the government taking charge of and operating the line. Of course the plan is rather contrary to the American ideas of government, but at the same time the matter is being agitated in congress, as the only solution possible under the circumstances. These roads will not pay their debts and the government does not seem either willing or able to make them do so. The war between China and Japan has already accomplished some good. The last steamer from China bad the smallest number of Chinese "merchants" brought by any of the ships of that line in years. If the war would thin them out, and at the samt time keep them at home it will prove of inestimable bene fit to the Pacific coast. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Ilal French, who has been spend ing a few weeks at the seaside, returned last night. - Mr. J. A. Soesbe, after a busy day in The Dalles, left for home, Hood River, this morning. Mrs. J. O. Mack and daughter. Mabel, left for California this morning to re main a month or more. Mr. G. A. Hardy, formerly operator for the Western Union Telegraph Co. in this city, is up from Portland visiting mends. Bert George and Charley Campbell, who have been surveying at the Warm Springs for the past two months, ar rived here today. Homer Angell, Perry Burham and M. Esping left this morning for Cloud Can Inn. Thev will also take in the headwaters of Hood river to sam pie the fish and pheasants. Pirsmen attention. The annual election of the chief and assistant chief engineers of the fire de partment of Dalles City will he held in Jackson engine house, Third etreet, on Monday, 6th of August, 1894. Poles will be open between the hours of 5 and 7 p. m. All active firemen in good standing are qualified to vote. John P. McIskksy, Chairman of Fire Board. W. H. Locbsead, Secretary. tf. ail Pree. Those who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it free. Call on the advertised drug gist and get a trial bottle, free. . Send your name and address to II. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and House hold Instructor, free. All of which is guaranteed tdo you good and cost you nothing. Sold bv Snipes & Kinersly. o Quarter Will do you as much good as the one that buys Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. This is what you get with them : An absolute and permanent cure for Consti pation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, Sick and Bilious Headaches and all de rangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. Not just temporary relief, and then a worse condition afterward but help that last. Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and be cured. 50 cents ; of druggists. Ayer's Hair Vigor has no equal, in merit and efficiency, as a hair dressing and for the prevention of baldness. It eradicates dandruff, keeps the Bcalp moist, clean, and healthy, and gives vi tality and color to weak, faded, and gray hair. The most popular of toilet articles. For Sale. 160 acres 5 miles north of Moro, Slier man county. Can run header over 11c acres. Living spring, 130 acres fenced. Good sheep range adjoining. Small house, barn, etc. Price $1,000. $150 down, balance in three years. A. Guinthek, Moro, Or. The value of a good name was well ex emplified the other day, when a man asked one of our druggists for a bottle of Sarsaparilla. "Whose?" inquired the clerk. "Whose? why, Ajer's, of course. Ye don't suppose I'm going to run any risks with Hannah, do ye?" Get Your Money. All county warrants registered prior to August 1, 1890, will be paid on pre sentation at mv office. Interest ceases after July 12th. Wm. Michell, County Treasurer. For Sale. One span of driving horses, one side bar top buggy, one set double harness, one single carriage harness. Inquire of d&w2w. Mbs. C. E. Haight. NOTICE. No Freight will be accepted for ship ment between the hours of 5 P. M. and 9 A. M,, except .Live Stock and Perish- able Goods. !., P. & A. H. Co, July SOth, 1894. Baldness is often preceded or accom panied by grayness of the hair. To pre ent both baldness and grayness, use Hall's Hair Renewer, an honest rem edy. Cord Wood. We again have an abundant supply of dry fir and hard wood for immediate delivery at the lowest rates, and hope to be fayored with a liberal share of the trade. Jos. T. Pjetkbs & Co. IjOSt. A pair of spectacles, supposed to have been dropped on Second street. Finder will confer . a favor by leaving them at this office. t on Tour Glasses and look at This. From $100 to $2,000 to loan. Apply to Geo. W. Rowland, 113 Third St, The Dalles, Or. ' Notice. All parties having . claims against the late Cbas. E. Haight, are requested to present the same at once to the under signed. lmo. Mbs. C. E. Haight. JJK. A. DIETRICH, Physician and Surgeon, DDFUK, OREGON. All professional calls wonnitlv attended o, day and night. apr!4 A Little Daughter Of a Church of England minister cured of a distressing rash., by Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Mr. Richard Birks, the well-known Druggist, 207 McGill st., Montreal, P. Q., says: I havo sold Ayer's Family Medicines for 40 years, and have hearC nothing bat good said of them. I know of many Wonderful Cures ' performed by Ayer's Sarsaparilla, one in particular being that of a little daughter oC a Church of England minis ter. Tho child was literally covered from head to foot with a red and ex ceedingly troublesome rash, from which she had suffered for two or three years, in spite of the best medical treatment available. Her father was in great distress about the case, and, at my recommendation, at last began to ad minister Ayer's Sarsaparilla, two bot tles of which effected a complete cure, much to her relief and her father's delight. I am sure, were he here to-day, he would testify in the strongest terms as to the merits of Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J.C Ayer & Co., Lowell, Moss. Cures others, will cure you J.EB GOODS! 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Call at the fac tory and examine our goods, or drop a card in the office, and our agent will call and secure your order. Harry Liebe, PRACTICAL Watchmaker! Jeweler All work promptly attended to, ' and warranted. ' Can now be found at 162 Second street.