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ONE VIEW OF IT.
Pensions Considered as a Matter- of
Business Only.
To The Editoe :
' Your able editorial in the Weekly
Chronicle of the 13th inst. baa been
read with deep interest to me, and
doubtless to many other old soldiers of
the state. However, if you will pardon
roe, I would beg leave to reply briefly,
if not encroaching too much upon your
space.
Differing with you, I hold that a pen
sion is not a bounty bestowed upon an
old soldier by the charity of the govern
ment, but is, and should be, a vested
right, a deferred payment of money just
ly earned by services actually performed.
It is a means of reimbursing soldiers
for their outlay during the war, i. ., for
the difference between the wages paid
and the current wages of the country at
the time the services were rendered.
Also the difference between the con
tract price agreed upon and the price
actually received To be specific. It is
well known that when the war broke
out, and for a considerable time after
ward, gold and silver were the money of
the country. An obligation made was
payable io this money, and the early
payments of the troops were so made.
But subsequently, and without notice to
the payee, payments were made in
greenbacks depreciated to various
amounts, at one time being worth but
forty cents on the dollar, and averaging
for tbeentire time not above sixty cents.
The case was different with those who
furnished money for defraying the ex
penses of the government. Bonds
were bought at their face value with
these forty-cent dollars, the interest be
ing made payable in gold, and subse
quently tbe bonds were refunded and
made payable in coin, and by later leg
islation virtually in gold. Therefore,
an investment of forty cents realized a
final payment of $1 besides interest,
while in the case of the soldier an in
vestment of $1 (in services) realized the
payment of but forty cents. To equalize
this discrepancy somewhat is our rea
son why pensions are paid.
It is another well-known fact that
wages during the war ranged from $40
par month on the farm to $5 per day in
work shop and factory, while the troops
were paid only from $13 to $16 per
month. But I am not finding fault with
the government because of this, for it
was manifestly all it could afford to pay
at tbe time. To have paid current
wages would have bankrupted the gov
ernment in a single month. Realizing
this, the patriotism of the boys was ap
pealed to and nobly they responded.
But it was also given out, yea, pro
claimed from every recruiting office,
(and never contradicted by the authori
ties at Washington) that all who enlisted
would certainly receive a laDd warrant
for 160 acres at the close of the war.
The fact that land warrants were paid
to survivors of tbe Mexican war, and
the further fact that the government
then possessed millions of acres in tbe
"West before they gave it to the rail
roads) lent probability to tbe genuine
ness of tbe offer. The government then
was in a tight place, and tbe boys helped
her out and took their chances. Now
the government is rich and opulent,
with more gold horded up than it knows
what to do with ; therefore I think they
should pay, even at this late day, these
f obligations.
Besides this, a soldier's life was not a
round of pleasure in time of war. To
prove this, my dear John, let me give
you an object lesson. On the first cold,
rainy night that comes, provide yourself
with a blanket, a musket, coffee-pot and
a little bag of bard tack. Then get two
rails and lay them down in the street
and make your bed upon them. Wake
up in the morning at daylight you may
not rest well the first night start a little
fire and make some coffee. While en
gaged in this occupation have three or
four fellows at the end of the street take
a few shots at you, just to demonstrate
how quickly you can lie down when it is
necessary. If it gets too hot, you can
take your boiling coffee in ono hand, a
bard tack in the other form yourself in
line and trot down tbe road at double
quick, stopping to take a shot now and
then yourself. Continuing the march
you will arrive at Hood River and have
twenty minutes for coffee. . You will
thua continue with varying pleasures,
say to Cascade Locks, and go into camp.
You may be a little late, if so you will
have to go a quarter of a mile or bo to
of Cod-fryer Oil with Hypophos
p bites, can be taken as easily in
summer as in winter Unlike the
plain oil it is palatable, and the
hypophospbites that are in it aid in
digestion and at the same time tone
up the system.
For sickly, delicate children, and
for those whose lungs are affected,
it is a c&istake to leave it off in the
summer months The dose may be
reduced if necessary.
TrTe recommend the small size
especially for summer use, and for
children, where a smaller dose is re
quired. It should be kept in a cool
place after it is once opened.
For sale by all druggists at 500. and $mo
find wood enough to build a little fire.
About this time your name is loudly
called and you will be delighted to know
that you are detailed for picket duty.
You will immediately fall in with the
squad and proceed to your post, say in
Bonneville. Here, when yon have
stood your relief, you may lie down, but
you must have no fire for fear it may at
tract tbe enemy; but you can munch
a bard-tack and think of home, sweet
home, if you want to. On the next day
you may repeat tbe program, and con
tinue it, with alight variations, for fifty
or sixty days. If you should get sick,
and sometimes you may imagine you
are, some good-natured' orderly may let
you take bold of his horse's tail and help
you along for the last mile or so. Or,
you can go to the hospital, where you
will be sure to die.
If, after a month or so, you should get
a few hours in earn p, you can take ofi
your clothes and boil them (you know
why.) By this time, if you have not
been killed in battle and buried In some
unknown grave, without ceremony ami
with little sympathy, leaving your poor
old mother, or your wife and children
broken hearted and alone, you can write
to them and tell them how dearly yon
love your country and bow proud you
are to be a soldier.
At the end of the campaign you will
come in weary, foot-sore, and without
clothes enough on to flag a hand-car
with, but you will have learned why
soldiers are entitled to pensions even
without losing a limb. If. not, continue
the operation for three years. At the
end of that time I will be glad to "re
view" you drawn up in double file at
"present arms," and learn your opinion.
Yours in Kindness and Patriotism,
J. H. Aldbich.
Cascade Locks, Aug. 23, 1897.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers recently
performed a great deed of charity, al
though it was not designed as a charity,
being nothing more nor less than an ad
vertising scheme. It however resulted
in great good just the same. They gave
away 1000 bottles of their Digestive Cor
dial to those suffering from stomach de
rangements. It was so effective in coring those who
used the remedy that they were loud in
their praises of it and in consequence a
large demand for tbe Cordial was at
once created.
The druggists of this town have little
books that tell all about it. Digestive
Cordial creates an appetite, aids diges
tion and brings about a rapid increase
in flesh and strength.
Laxol is the name of a palatable
Castor Oil. Just the thing tor children.
rr. King's New Discovery for Cognmp
tlon. . This is the best medicine in the world
for all forms of Coughs, Colds and Con
sumption. . Every bottle is gauranteed.
It will cure and not disappoint. It has
no equal for Whooping Cough, Asthma,
Hay Fever, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, La
Grippe, Cold in the Head and Consump
tion. It is safe for all ages, pleasant to
take, and, above all, a sure cure. It is
always well to take Dr. King's New Life
Pills in connection with Dr. King's New
Discovery, as they regulate and tone the
stomach and bowels. We guarantee per
fect satisfaction or return money. Free
trial bottles at Blakeley & Houghton's
Drug Store. Regular size 50 cents" and
$1.00. J (6;
There is nothing eo thoroughly appre
ciated by the ladies during the hot wea
ther as a delicious dish of genuine ice
cream. The Elite candy factory serves
just that kind. Also eoda, ice cream
soda and milk shake. a5-tf
low ExonrtloD Rates to the Oregon
State Fair.
The Southern Pacific will make a one
fare rate from all points on their lines in
Oregon to the Oregon state fair which
opens September 30 and closes October
8. A big harvest ; and a big fair. A
clean, vigorous, delightful, and compre
hensive exposition of everything per
taining to the farm and the farmer.
Good races and amnsoments of all kinds.
Special" attractions every day.
With the present crop prospects and
the extremely low railroad rate of one
fare for tbe round trip, the people of
Oregon can afford to patronize tbe State
fair that benefits all classes. Popular
admission oi 25 cents. ' '
Six Ion nf Gold.
. F. P. Riley, a returning Klondiker,
bronght out $85,000 in gold from the
Klondike, and Sunday at Tacoma dis
played the nuggets and dust to an ad
miring crowd. Mr. Riley worked his
claim in conjunction with F. Flanigan
and P. O'Brien, who are now on their
way to Pennsylvania with an equal
share of gold. They report that thous
ands of rich strikes have been made
this spring and summer, and the trio
value their two claims at $5,000,000. '
Riley says when he left there were
nearly six tons of gold ready to be
shipped down on the Portland, .
They confirm the reports of rich
strikes on Stewart river, and say great
excitement prevails, and thousands are
rushing to the new mines.
Do vou want vour windows cleaned,
carpets taken up, beaten and re laid, or
janitor work of any kind done by a
firpt-claps man? If so, telephone Henry
Johnson at Parkins' barber shop.
'Phone 119. alO-tf
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at Stat. in, Williams'.
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We now have for sale at our
County, Oregon, 260 head of
THREE QUARTER-BREED : SHROPSHIRE : BUCKS.
Also fif'y head of THOROUGHBRED SHROPSHIRE
BUCiS. The above Bucks are all large, fine fellows, and
will be sold to tbe sheepmen of Eastern Oregon at prices
to suit tbe times. Tbe thoroughbreds we're imported by
us from Wisconsin, and are tbe sires of the three-quarter-breeds.
Any information in regard to them will be cheer
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f UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.
Kiowell Admired the tJenlas In It More
Than the Moral
It was the opinion of James. Rufsell
Lowell, says Charles Dudley Warner,
in the Atlantic, that the anti-slavery
element in Uncle Tom and Dred stood
in the way of a full appreciation, at
least in her .own .country, of the re
markable genius of Mrs. Stowe. Writ
ing1 in 1859, he said: . "From my hab
its and tbe tendency of my studies I
cannot help looking" at thing's purely
from an aesthetic point of view, and
what I valued in TJncJe Tom was the
g-enius, and not the moral." , This bud
been, his impression when he read the
book in Paris, long" after the whirl of
exertement produced by its publication
had subsided, and far removed by dis
tance from local influences. Subse
quently, in a review, he wrote: "Wo
felt then, and we believe now, that' the
secret of Mrs. Stowe's power lay in that
same genius by which tho gTeat suc
cesses in creative, literature have al
ways been, achieved the g-enius that
instinctively goes to the organic ele
ments of human nature, whether under
a white skin or a black, and which dis
regards as trivial the conventions and
fictitious notions which make so large
a part, both of our thinking and tee,
ing. The creative faculty of
Mrs. Stowe, like that of Cervantes in
Don. Quixote, and Of Fielding in 'Jo
seph Andrews,' overpowered the narrow
specialty of her design, and expanded
a local and temporary theme with the
cosmopolitanism of genius,"
A "Valuable Prescription.
Editor Morrison of Worthington, Ind.,
"Sun," writes: "You have a valuable
prescription in Electric Bitters, arid I
can cheerfully recommend it for Consti
pation and Sick Headache, and as a gen
eral system tonic it has no equal." Mrs.
Annie Stehle, 2025 Cottage Grove Ave.,
Chicago, was all run down, could not eat
nor digest food, had a backache which
never left her and felt tired and weary,
but six bottles of Electric Bitters re
stored her health and renewed strength.
Prices 50 cents and $1.00. Get a Bottle
at Blakeley and Houghton's Drug Store.
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OREGON.
NOTICE-SALE OF CITY LOTS.
Notice is hereby given that by au
thority of ordinance No. 292, which
passed tbe Common Council of Dalles
City April 10th, 1897, entitled, "An or
dinance to provide for the sale of certain
lota belonging to Dalles City," I will, on
Saturday, the 15lh day of May, 1897,
sell at public anction, to the highest
bidder, all the following lota and ' parts
of lots in Gates addition to Dalles City,
wasco county, uregonto-wit:
Lots 9 and 10 jointly, in block 14: lots
7, 8. 9 and 10, jointly in block 15; lots
7, 8, 9, and 10, jointly in block 21,
known as butte: lots 10, 11 and 12, in
block 27 : lot 9 in block 34 : lots 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in block 35;
lots 2, 4, 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12, in block
36; lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8 9. 10, 11 and
12, in blocji 37; lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
9, 10, II and 12, iri block 42; lots 1, 2, 3,
4, 5. 9, 10 and 11,'in block 43; lots 1. 2,
3, 7, 10, 11 and 12, in bloc' 41, and lots
1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, in block 4b. :
lhe reasonable value of sa.'i " lots, for
leas than which they will no ie sold,
has been fixed s.r.d deter mi neu by the
Common Council of Dalles City as' fol
lows, to-wit:
Lots 9 and 10, in block 14, sioO; lots
7, 8, 9 and 10, jointly in block. 15, $200;
lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, jointlv in block 21,
$200; lot 10, in block 27, $225; lot 11, in
block 27, $225; lot 12. in block 27, $300;
lot 9, in block 34, $100 ; lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 8,
9, 10 and 11, in block 35, each respect
ively $100; lots 6 and 7, in block 35,
eacb, respectively $lZo ; lots z, 4, s, v,
10 and U,.in block 36, each respectively
$100; lot 12, in block 36, $125; lots 3, 4,
5, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in block 37, each re
spectively $100; lots 6, 7 and 12, in
block 37, each respectively $125;
lots 2, -3, 10 and 11, in block
41, esch respectively $100; lots 1,
7 and 12, in block 41 , each respectively
$125; lots 3, 4, 5,8,9, 10 and 11, in
block 42, each respectively $100; lot e ,
6 and 12, in block 42, each respectively
$125; lots 2, 3,4, 5,9, 10 and 11, in
block 43, each respectively $100; lot 1,
in block 43, $125 ; lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, in
block 46, each respectively $100; Jots 1
and 6, in block 46, each' respectively
$125.
.bach of these lots will be sold upon
tbe lot respectivelv, and none of them
will be sold for a less sum than the value
thereof, as above stated.
One-fourth of the price bid on any of
said lota shall be paid in cash at tbe
time of sale, and the remainder in three
equal payments on or before, one, two
and three years from the date of said
sale, wit h interest on such deferred pay
ments at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum, payable annually; provided
that the payment may be made in full
at any time at the option of tbe pur
chaser. The said sale will begin on the 15th
day of May, 1897, at the hour of 2
o'clock p. m. of said day, and will con
tinue from time to time until all of said
lots snail be sold.
Dated this 13th day of April, 1897.
Gilbert W. Phelps.
Recorder of Dalles Citv.
J. S. 8CHENK,
President.
H. M. Bkall,
Cashier.
first national Bank.
THE 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. DIRBOTOKS.
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schenck.
Ed. M. Williams, Geo. A. Likbb.
H. M. Bull.
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Harry Liebe,
PRACTICAL
All work promptly attended to,
and warranted.
174 VOGT BLOCK.
Dalles, Moro and Antelope
STAGE LINE.
Through by daylight via Grass Valley, Kent
ana iirosa uouows.
DOUGLAS ALLEN, The Dalles.
C. M. W HIT EL. AW, Antelope.
Stages leave The Dalles from Umatilla Honse
at i a. m., aiso irom Anteiope at y:au a. m. every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Connections
made at Antelope for Prlneville, Mitchell and
points beyond. Close connections made at The
Dalles with railways, trains and boats.
Stages from Antelope reach The Dalles Tuea-
aays, inursaays ana Baturaays at i:au p. m.
KATIES OV PARK.
Dalles to Deschutes II 00
do Moro 1 50
do Grass Valley 2 25
do Kent 8 00
do Cross Hollows 4 50
Antelope to Cross Hollows 1 50
do Kent 2 00
do Grass Valley 8 00
do Moro 3 50
do Deschuees 4 00
do Dalles S 00
Executor's Sale.
Pursuant to an "order of the County Court of
the State of Oregon for the Wasco County, made
and entered on the 3d day of May, 1B97, In the
matter of the estate of James MeOahan, deceased,
directing me to sell the real property belonging
to the estate of said deceased, I will, on Satur
day, the 5th day of Jane, 1897. at the hoar of 2
o'clock p. m., at the courthouse door in Dalles
Citv, Oregon, sell at public sale,' to the highest
bidder, aU of the following described real prop
erty belonging to said estate, to-wit: The
Southwest quarterof Section Eight, Township
One South, Range .Fourteen Fast W. M., con
taining 160 acres more or less.
m5-l K. F. GIBONS, Executor.
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AND SECOND-CLASS SLEEPING ' CARS
Attached to all Through Trains.
Direct connection at Han Francisco with Occi
dental and Oriental and Pacific mail steamship
Hues for JAPAN and CHINA. Sailing dates on
application.
Kates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu
rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA, HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA, can be obtained from
J. B. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent.
Through Ticket Office, 134 Third street, where
through tickets to all points in the Eastern
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(and 11:30 p. m. on Saturday only, and 8:40 a, m.
and 3:30 p. m. on Sundays only). Arrive at
Portland daily at 7:10 and 8;30 am.; and 1:30,
4:15, 6:35 and 7:55 p. m., (and 10 a. m , 315 and
5:10 p. m. on Sundays only). ' ,
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Frioay at 9:40 a. m. Arrive at Portland, Tues
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Except Sunday. " Except Saturday.
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