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113 Dalles Daily Chronicla. 80B3CKIPT1ON BATES. T HAIL, rORAOa rUfAIB, IS AETAKCI. W scaly, 1 year. .. 1 SO " months. 0 76 44 g 44 .......... 0 V) Dmfl,1 year. 00 e montha.... 4 8 00 per " 0 60 Addreu all oommnnioatton to " THS CHRON- ICLB." The Dalle, Oregon. WEDNESDAY JUNE 5, 1895 CIVIL, SERVICE REFORM IN TBE DALLES. The probable reason that the preva lent agitation of municipal affairs has not reached The Dalles is the fact that there has been no flagrant abuses or ex travagant expenditures. Bat there is abundant opportunity to improve the administration and reduce the expenses, and ander the new charter this most be done or, serious embarassment will re sult. There are many men who can and will fill the city offices, and do all that the law or the city's needs require, at a less rate than we have been paying. Wo venture to say that the duties of city recorder can be well done by devot ing one-half of each day to them, and all the requirements of the public aaet by keeping the office open one-halt of the day. Many competent men wonld be glad to do the work under those circum stances for forty' dollars per month. The offices of street commissioner and mar shal are now united, and after July 1st will be filled by the same person. A little more energy will be required of this one officer than has been heretofore required of the two, but there is no good reason why the duties cannot be well done by one man. In other matters of minor . importance strict economy will make a perceptible difference at the end of the year. - . We hope the new charier, if nothing else, will force us to live within our means. GILLIAM COUNTY AWAKE TO ITS NEED. The Mayville farmers are, if possible, more eager for the road to The Dalles than the people of Fossil. There is not one of them who does not favor it. A" an illustration, John Webb says he can not give money, but will give -$50 in work. A young man who has rented Mr. Graham's garden, offers 30 days' work. Mr. tiiaham, who owns the ranch where the road will cross the John Day river, has promised a free right-of-way. The spirit shown by these men and others will soon build the road. The Arlington Record thinks it wonld be foolish fo build a road to The Dalles, and intimates that it would be a waste of money, as the railroad will reduce its rates to Arlington. That is the best ar gument for the road that we have yet seen. If for no other reason than this, the road should. speedily be built, as a reduction of railroad rates would-be a great benefit to the whole county. Fos sil Journal. We are satisfied that the people of The Dalles willmeet Gilliam county more than half way on the road proposi tion. Suppose we commence at -this end and make a smooth hard road from the head of the brewery grade to 3-Mile. This will be a good evidence of oar sin cerity in the matter. If neither the teity nor the county can or will under take it, we suggest' a public subscrip tion. It would not be a heavy tax on any, and wnald be a great benefit to all. THE RESERVATIONS. , We should, think Washington would 'commence to demand from this anti sheep administration a forest reserve, in order that Oregon sheep will not be tempted to cross th Columbia to seek pasturage. For twenty years the bleat of the sheep has echoed along the cliffs and canyons of the Oregon , mountains, ando one until now has thought of the terrible damage they were doing. - Here after, until the long-time friend of the wooly races and flocks shall again boss Uncle Sam's big domains, these soli tudes will hear no sound save the dash in ga of their own ' torrents, which will flow to the Columbia unstained by the wallowings of the wooly heads. But we can ecaroely expect any thing different from the party which has al ways hated wool. When we read the national debt state inent, and see that, notwithstanding the deficit in the revenues of something like five millions, and read of the recent loan to the government of one hundred mil lions, and other similar indications of prosperity, we are reminded of the old saying, long since oat of date,-that "figures won't lie." Again it is demon strated that figures have lost their char acter for truth and veracity, and have come to lie about as readily as the man who wants to sit on a jury and is an swering questions touching his qualifi cations. Barbed wire is neither necessary nor safe along the lines of the streets in a city like The Dalles. If it is ornamental we fail to appreciate its beauty. In sevetal places within the city limits this barbarous fence material is stretched next sidewalks, a menace to the hands and persons of children or careless adults, and a constant danger to the dresses of ladies. In many cities the use of barbed wire next the sidewalk is prohibited. We believe the city coun cil will do wisely to pass, each n ordinance. ON THE OTHER SIDE. Letter From One Who Argues In Favor of tUo BerTation, and Against the Sheep. To tbi' Editob Since observing that the Oregonian and other papers have copied articles from Thb Chronicle with reference to the mountain reserve from the devastation of sheep, I have waited to see some patriotic citiseo strike the note of alarm in behalf of the preservation of this fair heritage of ours ; this beautiful mountain land, bright with its silvery streams, offering to a people capable of using it, the power to make happy homes on many a hillside and os many' a mountain prairie. No one speaks. Is the wool over every one's eyes? Is patriotism, when it means anything but spread-eagle ora tory, forever dead? or did it stay with the Sunday of onr grandfathers and some other good things on the other side of the Rockies? Is John Muir's voice the only one to be heard asking that the life of the mountains, that makes them other than mere piles of dirt and rock, be saved to be handed down a sacred in heritance to those who shall walk in our beautiful Oregon when the footsteps of this generation are forever silent? Let me copy a 'paragraph from him. Re ferring to the wholesale destruction of forest by lumbermen, he said : "These mill ravages are small as com pared with the comprehensive destruc tion caused by 'sheepmen.' Incredible numbers of sheep are driven to the mountain pastures every summer, and their course is marked by desolation Every wild garden is trodden down ; the shrubs are stripped of leaves, as if de voured by locusts, and the woods are burned. Running fires are set every where, to clear the ground of prostrate trunks, and facilitate the movements of the flocks and to improve the pastures. The entire forest belt is thus swept and devastated from one extremity of the range to the other.' . In ' another place, speaking of Shadow Lake, he says "On my last visit, as I was sauntering along the shore on the strip of sand be tween the water and the sod, I was startled by a human track, which I at once saw belonged to some shepherd. None but a shepherd could make such a track, and, after tracing it a few min utes, I began to fear that he might be seeking pasturage. For what else could he be seeking? ' Returning from the glaciers shortly afterward, my worst fears were realized. A trail bad been made down the mountain side from the north, and all the gardens and meadows were destroyed by a horde of hoofed locoBts, as if swept by a fire. The money changers were in the temple." These are not the words of an alarm ist, but of one who sees with his own eyes the evil being wrought. Do we need to be told the rest of the story Of the mountain storms washing the loosened soil from small pockets and crevices, carrying it with a ruinous rush to the bitter sea, leaving hopeless ruin in place of nourishing beauty? Look at Spain, an object lesson within easy reach of historical record. The home of the Merino, its naked, treeless, shrubless bills afford no longer partnr age for flocks. It is no question in Syria Tsetween pasturage for the gentle, loving kine mother, the foster-mother of all who are yet in the "milky way," and the "hoofed locusts" that kill the range and leave barrenness wherever their sharp hoof prints are found. The Syrian 'shepherd has settled that ques tion forever. What do we think of the young spend thrift who draws on the future in the way of a post obit? Is not young Oregon doing that identical thing with her possessions? With no thought of the coining day; with no regard for the in tegrity of our possessions, that these vast herds, for which we seem to have little use, may be fed, today we imperil the very existence of our state, every acre of which is, in the slow, but benefi cent working ot Nature, the gift of the mountains. "For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Oar God! Our fathers' .od 1 Thou hast mtule Thy children mighty By the touch of the mountain sod.'' f Let all conspire with law-makers whenever they try to preserve this glo rious inheritance. Oregon. Frightened by the Cars. ' A very serious and perhaps fatal acci dent happened late yesterday afternoon, near the ice house by the railroad track, just east of town. Mrs. Julian and her daughter, who live on 15-Mile creek, were driving in a cart. The road at this point is very near to the railroad track and just as the ladies were passing a train came along and frightened the horse. The occupants of the earringe both got out and tiied to calm the animal. The daughter had hold of. the horse's bit while Mrs. Julian held the lines. The hojve made a lunge and the wheel of the cart 'struck Mrs. Julian, knocking her against a large boulder and before she could rise the horse stamped upon Iter. Mr, At M. Chapman, who Was not far fttf&y, rushed to the rescue and the injured lady was soon removed from danger. At first she was not thought to be injared, but when the ex citement had passed away her pain in creased and she was not able to move. Mrs. Julian was immediately brought to town and taken to Mrs. Obarr's, where medical aid was at once summoned. The horse's hoof bad struck her in the breast and her tpine was also injured. This morning shows little improvement in her condition and she is suffering a great deal of pain. The Chboniclb extends its warmest congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tolmie, who last night returned from their wedding tour. They were married last Sunday in Dayton, Wash. Mr. Tol mie holds a responsible position in the store of Pease & Mays, and though but a short time a resident of The Dalles, has made many friends, who will cordially wish him great and lasting good fortune. Mrs. Tolmie (nee Miss Blanche Eckler) is well known in Dayton and . Walla Walla, where she is much esteemed for her many accomplishments and social qualities. The happy couple will live in the residence formerly occupied by Mr. Hilton, near the Mill creek bridge. Mr. A. J. Dufur, jr., of Dufur is in the city as a witness in the circuit court. He reports that his father, Hon. A. J. Dufur, is seriously ill and that the family are afraid he will not rally. The aged gentleman is one of Oregon's pioneer citizens und has been a credit to his state from the beginning of bis residence here. He was among the first to intro duce. the dairy business in the North west and has always been identified with the progress ot the state. He numbered among his friends and acquaintances all the prominent men who have brought honor to Oregon. A fairly good catch of salmon was ma:e by Warren at Cascades yesterday. They were big fish and no blue backs were caught. Advice from Astoria say a fair catch was made there and pre dieted that some of the run wonld work th-ir way up the river. There is no break in the situation and the . usher men are looking about as blue as demo crats after the next election. Today was dull in court. ' The large room was deserted. The jury had been dismissed till Friday; the lawyers were taking a rest: ' the loungers had sought more exciting scenes ; the officers were down stairs, and the clock was all that earned a salary. A ' civil ease will be tried Friday, which will need a jury. Court will in all probability end this week. The divorce case of Dietrich vs. Diet rich, which has excited considerable in terest in the town of Dufur, is being tried today before D. S. Dufur, a spec ially appointed referee.' , H. H. Riddell appears for the plaintiff, while Prosecut ing Attorney Jayne is resisting the divorce on the part of the state. The caee is being hotly contested and much feeling displayed on both sides. THE DALLES iieai Msiate The above association is prepared to take a list of all and any kind of Real Estate for sale or exchange, whereby the seller will have the undi vided assistance of the follow ing Real Estate Agents, or ganized asan association for the purpose of inducing im migration to Wasco and Sher man Counties, and generally stimulating the sale of prop erty: ' ' , C. E. Bayard, T. A. Hud son, J. G. Koontz & Co., J. M. Huntington & Co., Dufur & Hill, N. Whealdon, Gibons & Harden, G. W. Rowland. Address any of the above well known firms, or J. U. Huntington, Sec. The Dalles, Oregon. GOLDEN- MEDICAL DISCOVERY Mah veaf aero Or. k. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., com pounded this medicine of vegetable ingredi ents which had an especial effect upon the stomach and liver, rousing tae organs to healthful activity as well as purifying and enriching the blood. By such means the tomach and the nerves are supplied with pure blood; they will not do duty without it any more wan a. iocdqiouvc an ran wnu out coal. - You can not get a lasting cure of Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, by taking arti ficially digested foods or pepsin the stom ach must do its own work in its own way. Do not pnt your nerves to sleep with so called celery mixtures, it is better to go to the seat of the difficulty and feed the nerve cell on the food they require. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Biliousness and Nervous Af fections, such-as sleeplessness and weak, nervous feelings are completely cured by the " Discovery." It puts on healthy flesh, brings refreshing sleep and invigorates the whole system. Mrs. K- Hekkr. of No. Set North HaUted St., Chicago, 111., writes: "J regard my improve ment as simply wonderful. Since taking Pr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery in connection ' witn ms - neasant Pellets ' I have gain ed in cvety respect, particularly in flesh nd strength. My liver was dreadfully enlarged and I suf fered greatly from dyspepsia. No phy sician could give relief. Now, after two months I am entire ly relieved of my disease. My appe Mas. Hamcs, tite is excellent ; food well digested; bowels regular and sleep much improved." THE BEST PIPE TOBACCO. Your Wife Knows Where she can get nice Vegetables. Where to get the nicest Berries. Where nice, fresh G-ro ceries are kept. Where sh e can get them - in a hurry if. she needs them. Call or ' Telephone. J. B. CROSSEN, Grocer. Ask Central for 62. 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All orders promptly attended to. Store and Faint Shorj corner Third and Washington Sts., The Dalles, Oreoi GEORGE RUCH, PIONEER GROCER Successor to Chrisman A Corson. ' ZSS2 - mm FULL LINE OF STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES. Again in business at the old stand. I would be pleased to see all my former patrons. . Free delivery to any part of town. . THE COLUMBIA BREWERY, AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop'r. . This well-known Brewery is now turning oat the best Beer and Porter east of the Cascades.' The latest appliances for the manufacture of good health' ful Beer have been introduced, and ony the first-class article will be placed oa Hie market. RUPERT & GAB EL, Wholesale and retail manufacturers and dealers in Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars, TENTS and WAGON COVERS, An - all Articles Kept in a First Class Harness Shop. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DOSE. ; X' E T1 3 Your Kami lv j we can dress all of you. Suits, Silks, Satins, COTTONS, LINENS, for everyone. All new stock. ULUTlilWe. FURWISHINe GOODS, TjnnTC! 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