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1690
has aided this selfish plan. Her board
of trade has opposed almost every
measure for publii improvement which
has not been directly to her interest,
and, blinded by this prejudice, her
principal newspaper' has decried the
work at the locks at the Cascades
and her board of trade opposed the
forfeiture of the Wallula land grant.
If she had aided the opening of the
Columbia river to the navigation of
the people, the Hunt system of rail
roads would not now be carrying
Umatilla wheat to Puget sound, and
the farmers of Union county would
not be looking to the same line to- re
move their grain crop the coming
season. Portland, to use a common
expression, has "hogged" everything
NO 8KULKINQ.
There should be "a long poll, a
strong pull and a pull altogether" in
the scheme of the formation of the
transportation company. Every in
dividual who desires to make The
Dalles his future home is directly in
terested in everything which tends to
build np the city. Those who do not
live here or desire to make this their
are sorry to state as it appears
to all fair-minded men those who rep
resent Oregon in the national legisla
ture have labored hard for Portland
and the lower Columbia; but for the
middle river and Eastern Oregon
have only thrown in a sop to catch
votes just before election. The As
torian we have always considered a
friend to the Inland Empire, and op-
TRYINO TO COERCE US.
It appears from the proceedings in
the French chamber of deputies Mon
day, says the San Francisco Bulletin,
that the French government has been
trying to get up a European combina-
, tion against the United States in con
nection with the tariff now under con
sideration in the senate. France had
previously, on her own responsibility,
undertaken to remonstrate in a semi
official manner against the passage of
the bill. Having failed to make the
desired impression, her government
appears to have attempted to form a
European combination against us. Hi
bo!, minuter of Foreign affairs, reply
ing Monday to an interpellation, said
that "the government had been in ne
cotiation with other European powers,
with the object of trying to concert
collective action against the bill (the
proposed American tariff), ttut the
other powers," he said, "were averse
to entering into any engagements in
connectioa with the matter."
But, however unpleasantly the last
proposed interference in our affairs
may grate on national feelings, the
light it sheds on our Democratic party,
its aims and purposes are quite pecu
liar. If R. Q. Mills or any of the
free-trade leaders should be asked to
explain this proceeding they would
say that France was moved to the
course in question out of loving kind
ness to the - United States, and not
from any selfish interest of her own.
It would follow that the combination
jvhich she endeavored to get up against
us was designed for our benefit. There
is, perhaps, more here than .human
credulity of the broadest kind could
possibly accept The spectacle of
European nations employing all the
arts of diplomacy to organize a league
' of nations to improve our condition
and promote our prosperity is unique
in the history of mankind. Bat this
is jutt what R. Q. Mills, ex-President
Cleveland and the free-traders gen
erally would have us believe.
The sober fact, on the contrary, is
that the alleged Democrats of the
period are pretty good Frenchmen;
they are passab.e Englishmen; they oommercial regonro,.,, 0f Oregon (al- cowardice of customers. If we are possesses over Washington, during the
are good Germans and Spaniards. But thouh the atter j over thirtv yarg brave, and are willing to consider only next decade, she may more than over-
they are not Americana at all. Iney j, entjtied to another represen- the welfare of the community, the come the prestige that the latter now
are in line with foreign nations against utive Jn the lower house of cdngresp, .company will treat us fairly. There enjoys. Oregon has more agricult
the United States. They are. laboring whila the Mn commonwealth i8 jB no inconsiderablo amount of goods ural lands, better oommercial facilities
to benefit foreign countries at the ex- . , . ftnother decade. With landed in this city by the Union and more natural resources than
pense of their own. Tbey are engaged one or twQ Mceptioua the development Pacific every year. Several of our Wasshington, but has been kept down
in a grand national sell-out. It is not of 0regon haa meant the building of merchants pay thousands of dollars by the grasping policy of a railroad
likely that the great majority of them bri(jk W()ckg -n Portapd. whiiet on int0 tne coffers of the company, and monopoly and the selfish plans pur
ges, or expect ro get, anyinmg out ox contrary, the advancement of the managers will not willingly . lose sued by the short-sighted business
it Perhaps only in some instances m l .ii; ii,. tU. f.J. .tn &. rUr-muml ratpn. I ... iwia.l if t.r i ivum.
of population and the inauguration of I The Dalles has the full solution of bility of this being changed the Co
industries in all parts of the state. I this freight problem within its grasp, lumbia nver will be opened, the inl
and if our business men have the mense water power of the state
The population . of Washington I necessary pluck and enterprise they I utilized, factories will be inaugurated,
shows a wonderful increase, according I can make advantageous terms. But I and transportation of cereals will be
to the census just taken. Although I there must be a united effort, and I reasonable. By these means the eu-
home have no concern in the matter; posed to the grasping, greedy policy ot
but should pick up and go elsewhere as Portland; but we are inclined to be
soon as convenient, and not hinder lieve it now thinks it can live without
the advancement of any project by an open river with the projected lines
discouraging it and throwing obstacles I of railroad centering in its city,
in the way. Our producers will be Without prejudice, let us look at what
more benefitted by this practical open- Eastern and Western Oregon has
ing of the river than any other class, received from the general government
Every cent saved in the transportation I during the present session. The mouth
done for the advancement of the state of grain will he so much in the farm- of the Columbia has been the recipient
Car the past twenty years, and has era' pocket. His land will be worth of $75,000 to continue the work at the
hia Rhppn net him a greater I iettv: Portland S400.000 for a new
-.j -d 1 1 o J -j'
terior. Sho can realize her short- profit. The consumer will not receive building, and Salem $100,000 for an
sizhted business method now, when I as much advantage from cheap car- other public edifice Eastern Oregon
she is put dowc at a little over 35,000 riage to seaboard, as the trader with has received nothing. The thousand
nnnnlnfion nrhila Tji-nmi haa a larrer I whom Hp rWl makes him dbv for ex- I if acres which the Northern Pacific
number and Seattle comes to the cessive freights. Of course he is in- still claims has not been forfeited, al
front with over 40,000, the largest directly benefitted by the stimulus though by every rule of right and jus
city in the Pacific north weet. It given the city in the increase of pop- tice they should have been long years
Portland had been in harmony with ulalion and the consequent briskness ago. By reason ot this lack of legis
r.m rlxvplniimpnt nf the state, she of trade. We believe the effort now Nation the country has been retarded
would have grown with the growth of I being made will be successful in de- I in development, and anxious home
e e.-y portion of Oregon. . The Colam- I creasing freight charges by placing I builders have gone elsewhere. Tin1
bia the great highway of the Inland I a line of opposition boats on the I bill introduced for a public building at
Empire would have poured its wealth Columbia river to Beaboard. So far, The Dallesalthough this city is th
into her coffers, and she would have I the subscriptions to stock have been I greatest distributing point outside of
had 20,000 more population and the pretty general, and small property- Portland in the state, and has
state 100,000. Instead of which, owners have subscriU-d according to United States land office has been
outside of her suburbs, there is not a their means. The farmers are the pigeon-holed and will never be heard
city that numbers 10,000, while in support of the city, as was clearly of during the present session. At the
U'ooliinirtnn thprp are three that, nuru- I oiinmrl hv the. nnrtial failure of crons 1 cummencement of COniiress It was
ber over 25,000. ' Portland has at- last fall, and, after 'the list is pub- heralded over the wires that Senator
tempted to build herself up by attract- Hshed which will be done as soon as Mit.-bell had secared the passage of a
ing monopolies, which have sucked I the books are available we ask our bill appropriating over two million
the life-blood of almost every farm r friends to carefully look over dollars for the boat railway above this
productive industry in the state. I the names, and as an act of justice to city. We have not heard of it since,
remember their friends and not forget and do not expect to. uur "lavtniui
their enemies. The time for talking delegation" may have "done all they
is past, and for those who do not could," but it has been for W estern,
Tern ble at every movement of the I not Eastern Oregon. The fact be
the railroad companies with corpora- I railroad company the opportune occa- comes more apparent every day that
tion locic For many years Eastern sion has arrived when action is neces- the Republican press ot this portion
Oregon has only been known as an I sary. If the corporation has the least I 0f the state should advocate the elec
outside suburb of Portland, and noth- I idea that The Dalles, business men are tion of the next senator from Eastern
ing has been made known to her ad-1 cowardly sycophants they will oppress I Oregon. Our remarks are not "post-
nt. if nm m-eater benefit I them in the most despotic manner. I mortem:" they are decidedly ante-
- cj - r ; i I '
to the metropolis. The effect of this This is a rule of business which is mortem, for there is yet time to apply
short-sighted, narrow-minded policy is I followed in almost every department I the remedy,
now apparent, and Washington with I of trade, and nearly all dealers will
not" half- the agricultural, mining or I take advantage of the simplicity and With the advantages that Oregon
She -has special contract rates
for freight, end whenever the in
terior, has fought for equal advan
tages, she has come to the rescue of
rewards have been gained. The great
masses will have to be acquitted of any
such sordid purpose. It is certainly
an interesting inquiry to determine
what could have' forced a national
party into such a queer position.
- The motives are, perhaps, very
mixed. One of them undoubtedly has
; been the notion that whatever the Re
publicans propose must be antagonized
by. the Democrats. But it is begin
ning to appear that that blind policy
is ranging them on the wrong side of
American problems. They are at one
with French, English and other-manufacturers.
But they are against their
own people. They declare by their
action that foreign nations know what
is good for us better than, we do our
selves. They are abreast with the
foreign nations. They are partisans
of M. Ribot They are in a sense all
members of the Cobden Club. They
a-e upholders of foreign fiscal systems.
Taey are concerned mainly for the
r prosperity of ' the nations of Europe
and not of their own.
But reverting to the original form
of the controversy, it may be said that
France is the last nation in the world
which should have entered on the
, course above indicated. She has been
protectionist since the days of Colbert
Nowhere else in the world have more
conspicuous benefits been derived from
protection. Instead of gravitating to
ward free-trade she is steadily becom
ing more protectionist The reciprocity
treaty negotiated by Louis Napoleon
with England has not been renewed
by the republic. No nation in recent
times has questioned her right to regu
late her fiscal system to suit herself.
Certainly we have never made any
the state is not a year old she has I those who are too timid to join in the I tire state will grow and prosper, and
more residents than Oregon, and her general movement at liberation must the next census will find Oregon far
resources are in a better state of de- not be forgotten. The granges of the ahead of Washington in population
velopment. The Northern Pacific has county are directly interested in open- and manufacturing and commercial
been a great factor in the growth of ing the river, for it is to the benefit of wealth. To accomplish this there
the- new state, and with its branch I each individual member that his grain I must be a "new birth" a complete
roads has opened to settlement many should net him the largest profit, and conversion of the leading busi-
points which were isolated from mar- as they are organized they should as a nesa ' houses of the entire com-
kets. If the O. R. fc N. Co. had pur unit remember those who helped the monwealth. The merchants of
sued the same policy in Oregon, the construction of these opposition boats Portland, and the board of
state would have nearly double the I by subscriptions and also the timid I trade must pay the same attention to
population she now has; but instead of and fearfuj who talked loud and long,
this, the aim of the company appears but when the time came for action
to have been to concentrate trade and- were found skulking. Whatever ex
capital at tha terminal point For cess of freight the merchant pays be
this reason there is such a disparity be- charges it on the price of good;, and
tween cities in this state. Portland the producer should possess a kindly
has 35,000 population, and there is no feeling towards those who were willing
other city that has 10,000. Every to subscribe for the benefit of the
portion of Washington has felt the shippers of Wasco county. The list
thrill of new life, and industries of all
kinds have received encouragement.
effect of the withdrawal of the arid
lands. To consider the vast number
of acres which ,will be withheld from
settlement by (he provisions of the act
of October 2, 1888, is something
alarming. As the senator says, all of
Oregon, east of the Cascade mountains,
is included, und this would be the
greatest hardship that could be im
posed upon our citizens. There will
be no need of land offices, as this
portion of the public domain is, by the
act, withdrawn from settlement until
the survey is completed, which may
lake from ten to twenty years. When
the magnitude of this is considered,
the importance of congressional action
repealing the act will be understood.
In Eastern Oregon we have been
handicapped by land grants for many
years past, and do not desire any
further obstacles placed in the way of
immigration. The people of the In
land Empire will sustain our senators
in their efforts repealing this act, and
we are satisfied the press will be a
unit in the matter. If this law is not
repealed the only lands on which set
tlement can be made will he those
held by corporate bodies, and they can
fix tny price they desire. We are
glad the alarm has been sounded, and
hope it will not cease until the lands
are placed in their former status.
The existing laws for the benefit of
the settlers, such u3 the homestead,
pre-emption and other acts, induces
immigration, and are the means of
developing our resources; but with
draw the lands from the operation of
these, and Oregon will remain in'a
certain measure the primeval solitude
described bj Bryant in "Thanatopsis."
Reciprocity, as advocated by Mr.
Blaine, is a step in the right direction.
The continent, .with the exception of
the Dominion, is republican, and there
should be a mutuality in business as
well as in politic?. If C ntral and
South America desire to purchase our
faorics it will increase our trade to
sell to them, and the same can be said
of our breadstuns. jur. .Blaine is
sufficiently sagacious not to approve
any treaty which would cripple our
industries, and for this reason he will
be cautious in framing its provisions.
ARID LAND LAWS.
Eastern Oregon Seriously Affected by
tne Existing So-Called Irriga
tion Measure.
From the Oregonian J
United States Senate, Washington,
July 21. I have read the editorial in the
Oregonian ot the 10th inst., under the head
of '-Irrigable Lauds."
Evidently all the facts la the case were
not before the writer of the article.
Western senators, notably Senator Skw
art, procured the inauguration of a scheme
or the examination of the water supply
of the arid regions for irrigation purposes,
aod the segregation and reservation 1
sites for reservoirs, etc.
In the sundry civil appropriation bill,
approved October 2, 133S, an appropria
tion was made for the work to be carried on
under Major Powell, and a provision was
inperted in the bi.l, while iu conference,
in substance withdrawing all sites fm
reservoir, and all lands which would bi
rendcred irrigable by the cfuatructioL oi
thc-m.
The provision was said to have been
drafted by Major Powell. It is safe to
say that not more tlmu two or three s"u.i
tors outs de of the members of the con
ference commit tee on the ajr.ij-r:a-.iii
bill knew ot the provision t the time,
add even liny did not understand i:
scope aud effect. - I never learned of its
exisleuce unil some two or t.'ir. e iin-iilhs
ago, although I was a niemhcr of tln
couiruittee on pub ic lamis aud cliainimD
ot a sub-committee having charge of the
bills proposing change iu the genera
land laws, , and I dm told that the com
missioner of the general land offi.-e did
not know ol 'ts txi.-leuce until nearly a
year after it had become a law. It has
been construeu by the attorney general
and secretary of the iutcrior as withdraw -ing
all irritable lands of all the mid
region from the operation of the lai d laws
without any action of the department,
and it is held by the detiarttueut, that,
ax the iriigaMe lauds caunot hi- segre
gated from the arable land without a
suivey, the operation o' the general land
laws in all the arid region is au.-peoiled,
not only as to irrigable lands, but as t
arable lands, timber lands, etc.
This region as marked ou by JIfj ir
Powell and adopted tt.r the action of tne
interior department, is suts'an;ially
boucded on the north by the Dominion
ol Canada; on the south by Mexico; on
the cast" by a line drawn nearly ihrotig .
me miaaie ot north ana Boutn JJikuta,
Nebraska, Kansas and Texas; and on the
west tbrongh Oregon and Washington by
the Cascade mountains; and through the
NEW TO-DAY.
No. of Bank, 3441.
REPORT OF TOE CONDITION
of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
at The Dalles, In the Stats ot Oregon, at the clow of
Dullness, July 18, ISM.
RESOURCES:
Loans and discounts 91535 28
Overdrafts secured or unsecured 16.&02 &i
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 12,500 00
Stocks, Securities, Judgtmi.u, claims, etc. lu,( 63 00
Due from approved reserve avetit 0U7 82
Due from other National Banks 43) 42
Due from State Bulks and Bankers TS SM
Banking-house, furniture, and fixtures.. i51 SO
Current expenses and taxes paid 105 26
Premmam on U. 8. bonds 4,750 00
Checks and other cssh items 1,154 34
bills of other banks ibi 00
Fractional paper currency, ui Wets, and
cents 4 40
Specie S0,6S Su
Redemption fund with U 8. Treasurer (5
per cent, of circulation) C62 60
Totsu ti;;9,:83 9i
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid In f 60,000 00
Surplus fund 10,(03 00
Undivided profits 1,910 14
National Bank notes outstanding....... 11,250 00
individual deposits subject to check 67,114 1
Oemaud certificates of deposit 29,503 68
Total tl59,7s3 01
State o' Oregon I
Count of Wasco88-
I, H. M. Beall, Cashier of the above-nan ed bank
do solemnly swer that ih above statciueut is tru
to the best of my knowledge aud benet.
H. M. Be'LL, Carhlor
Subscribed aud sworn to before me this26t 1 da
of July, 1690. Kkk Miskkb,
Notary Public for Oregon.
Connect-Attest: J. 8. Schenck, 1
T. W. Si-arks, Director
Gkm. A. 1 ikbb,
Dissolution Notice.
N'OTICE is hereby given that th- rartnerstrp
hi-ntotoie txtst ng under the firm name and
v:e of Uftlund s lLaiiM.-n, 111 the contraci.ii.g bui
ne s, nus t.e 11 diftsoive-1 by mutual c .nsunt. Mr.
Ostlund will col.eccall uiou.vs due and p-tv ll li tic.
L I. Ot.TI.ITND.
II. IIA-NSEW.
Ti e Dall a, July 29. lSt.
ii.l.i'iii......ii,, -.. V Wv.
for Infants and Children.
'"JrtochMrmthA I Caatorta etma O0II0, Ooasttpatlon,
1 recommend it as superior to any prescription I Sour Btomach. DiarrhoM, Eructation,
known to me. B. k. Abchib, 1L D I Klila Worms, give sleep, and promotaa di-
XaBOxoI8Brnokl7,ii.Y. 1 WUnoSurioo. Dxiioatioa.
Taa OoiTAOm CotcrAmr, 77 Murray S tract, !f. T.
BARGAINS I BARGAINS 1
A. BETTINGEN,
-Dealer In-
Hardware, Stoves, TiDra.
1S3 SECOSD STREET,
Next d w to Snipe & Kiniraly's drup store.
THE GENUINE
BEAR THIS TRAOE-I
op per part of California bj the Sierra
1NJaJ Off u ttiAnnloina 4n i.l.n t. . 1 .. 4. ! a . .
The United Statea is undoubtedly the f ganta CrnZt from whicu pint ,he Pd
ereatest producer on the western on- cibc ocean is the boundary, heintr a tract
tinent,and our trade should be ex- ,'and UioiBg approximately to.
tilths nf thfl area nf tin. ITn(ut tlmiiu
tended in every direction; but not to All of Or.gon east of the Cascade mount-
the injury of our own industries.
The war between San Salvador and
Guatemala is nearing its end. Suffi
cient blood has . been spilled to cool
the hot Spanish temperament, and
peace may be expected for the next
few years. The same may be said of
the revolution in the Argentine re
public. "So valid reason ran be as-
aios is included in it. In all that region
action upon all claims under the land
laws upon which patent has not issued
has, or will be suspended. All settle
ments under the land laws since October
3, 1888, are held to be invalid. Anv
person who goes upon the public land U,
under the construction placed upou tbo
act, a trespasser. Id other words, it is
heid that tnere is no law in force by which
a citizen can secure a title to a tract of
land within this region, and there will
not be without further legislation until
the Powell survey is completed, which
may take anywhere from ten to twenty
OVER TOO DKDS UNO SIZES 1
ROM $10.00 TO $75.00 JtK AM.
Meadow Lawn Fan
XJ C' lUImiV. Prop.
I have for the season's trade 300 Spanish Merino Rams,
wh'ch will be sold to suit '.he times.' Call and examine stock,
which can be branded and left until breeding season free.
C. 13. DURBIN,
Antelop, Wasco county, Oregon
n"t24Cmo
Crandall & Burnet,
DEALERS IX
Fine Upholstered Goods
Furniture, Carpet. Matting, Parlor Ornament, Window Shade, Eta.
SgWoiidsJ
SOLE AGENCY
For the Above Stove,
and ratisfactlon nuaranteed In evry Instant.
not as warranted, money will be refunded.
MR. A. BETT1NGEV is eel ling hi entire ttock
o rani uwirr, staves ana noware
OOST I
signed for these blood-lettings in the
Central and South American repub- years, is estimated by bim to cost $5.000..
lies. Tbey are very much like 000, bat which is more likely to cost ten
thunder-storms on the plains. The ?
i. j I . -y r--i "ts
lurjr is soon sprm, ana aiierwaras practical Knowledge ol the matter, will
everything is calm and the atmosphere De of 00 c,ual benefit to settlers; and
I t ho ry 1 1 Maria n rtJ taa..a nuJ :
clear and cool. Hnj tar hnM.N h 1
Seemed title to larire trar.r nf Unrl in
We have hot weather in Oregon; the meantime wilfhave the monopoly of
but in the east it is described as a
"scorcher." During all the summer
season we hear of no fatalities in the
northwest from sunstroke; but in the
east, in large cities, they are of
hourly occurrence. For climate, min-
the interests of the Inlatyj Empire as
the Willamette valley the Wallula
land grant must be forfeited, the
Golumbia river opened, and the rail
roads be made subservient to the public
i ate rests. We have been pursuing a
suicidal policy long enough, and if
Oregonians have any grit or ambition
tbey will act manly and courageous in
the sales of lands.
The settlement and development of all
the vast region will be snspended.and the
tiae oi immigration as soon as the situa
tion becomes generally understood, will
be stopped and turned to Ttxas, where
tlm state owns va-.t tracts of public lands
wnicn are not euected nj tne a t of 1888
eral and agricultural wealth, the north- " ..ST
west will challenge comparison with I ern Oregon, and as to whole states and
territories, that the Western senators.
any portion of the world.
TELEGEAPHIC.
DIED PIIOM KDNNINQ.
Walla Walla, July 31. About mid
night a fire in Chinatown destroyed . six
buildings; loss, $3000. During the fire
intense excitemeut was caused by the seiz
ure of Joseph Bauer, a pioneer merchant,
Not so in Oregon. With two, or pos-I right and justice to favor in their
sibly three exceptions, no portion of I dealings those who generously favored
the state, outside of Multnomah county, them.
has, until recently, shown any signs of
will be published, and we ask all to this struggle after commercial empire, minutes. Bauer bad run from bis house
carefully consider whether it is not I and not skulk and deceive, like parsi- I to ,he scene of the fire, a short distance
monious misers, as they hare in the
past.
prosperity or growth. Washington
means the whole state; Oregon signi
fies Portland and its suburbs.
At the last J une election The Dalles
cast 999 votes, and Albany 1019
twenty mere.
approximate population of Oregon
gives Albany 7000 and The Dalles
0UR "FAITHFUL DELEGATION
The Dalles Times-Mountaineer
thinks that if the river and harbor bill
dosen't pass "somebody will be
blamed." Very likely. Somebody is
always blamed for everything that
We are satisfied the census of East
ern Oregon has been carefully taken,
and few mistakes have been made.
The reason we have not made more
progress is that for over twenty years
wo have been bound hand and foot by
Portland. If the Columbia river had
r I - . . . ....
iroui uia store. Arriving tnere, ne leu :n
a fit. His twu daughters appeared about
the time their father died, and were
seized with hysteria. They arc now in a
state approaching insanity. Bauer came
here in 1854 as a member of the Fourth
Infantry, He Las been a resident eyer
since, well known and universally respected.
LIVED ON. TOADS.
Port Akoeles. Wash., July 31.
William Greenebaum, who became lost
In Shfl fl Pmnim IVOJ finnA VHtanfa
Ti ii-..- f .i I J .!,. .1. j' . - . I . J"""'""
puuncawoii ot tne L"'" .uu" been opened to navigation, and the afternoon about 3 f. m., about thirty
Northern Pacific land grant from milei from where be had started. He
Wallula to . Portland forfeited, this
portion of the state would have had
complaint oo the subject. To do so
would be to call in question her sov- I June? There must have been some-
ereign independence. There will be I thing wrong somewhere. The popula-
nothing to wondor at if M. Ribot's tion of this city was estimated from
curious proceedings should excite un- the votes and number of school chil-
pleasant feelings in this part of the dren enrolled at nearly 5000, and
world. The hereditary friendship be- the most sanguine expectation of real
take place. What good is blame.
Tne thing is to do all in one's power
heforehflLiiri- anr! tint hnlrl nonlana nnst
3000. Why is there such a discaritv I mnwoma tu TiuDD.Mn,.v.,.v...
S 1 auwa Vbuiui AUW AtAnO'aUVVtllAlalfifia
Between tne population of these two seems in a hurry to get in a dig at our 50,000 more population.
cities in the enumeration, when there I urvgon senators ana representatives,
were only twenty votes different last Whe!uer the biU P8868 or not. onr
faithful delegation in congress have
done all they could and should receive
praise and not blame from the entire
press of the state. Aitorian.
The Astortan is a very fair paper,
and one which we value highly as an
As a matter of course, the Sound
papers are jubilant over the census
returns of the population of their
state. The votes cast by Washington
last November were 58,443, and in a
little over six months she is credited
exchange; but in this matter, we are
tween the nations is no doubt strong, I estate dealers in Albany placed the I inclined to believe it does not take an
but it will not stand constant strain- I population at the same figures. The I honest and broad-minded view of the
ceDsus gives Albany more than dou- I situation. Appropriations for the
ble, which is absolutely iuexplicatle, I Cascade Locks have been exhausted,
and there are now no available funds
Secretary Blaine has been a little I for the prosecution of the work. Our
too hasty in the Behring sea matter, I senators and congressman "wedged
had lived on toads, flab and berries since
Saturday. His bands and legs were badly
lacerated and he was nearly famished.
He was quite delirious all night but is
rational to-day. When found his pockets
were hied with eand and dirt. He savs
he fell about two hundred feet one time.
He laid down Saturday and went to sleep
and when he awoke it was dark and a
cougar was alter bim and he ran.
GENERAL BIVAS. 07 BAH SALVADOR, BE
TRAYS HIS COUNTRY.
La Libertad, July 23. It is reported
that General Rivas, who was recently re-
ing, at least on one side,
WASHINGTON VS. OREGON.
with 350,000 population,ornearlyseven
inhabitants to the voter; while Oregon I called from Honduras by the Salvador
cast 73,400 last June, and is given I government to raise troops around Cojute
250,000 residents, or a little over
three persons to the elector. There is
something wrong in this soiiewhere.
The phenomenal growth of Wash
ington is astonishing, and the Oregon
Tho transportation company is now
fully assured, and as soon as the nec-
ea8arr arrangements can be made boats
will be placed on the river. As soon
and wh!le in correspondence with Lord I in" an annrnnriatinn for th month nf
press is busily engaged in assigning Salisbury, pending negotiations, or, the Columbia river of 175.000, but no
reasons lor the rapid advancement dered the revenue cutters Corwin and effort was made to incomorate in the
Oregon has more natural resources Bush to the sealing grounds to csp- same bill any sum for continuation of M we can Ret aco 88 t0 ,he 8t0ck book,s fled to HondurM-
than Washington, and there is no ture all interlopers. The British gov- the work at the Cascade Locks. we 8na" Puo8l 'e names of subscnl
reason, if the same enterprise and en- ernmeut is firm iu the matter, and Ships can -rater the Columbia without ers and onr producers will remember
-ergy were exerted, the census of 1890 this meaas we must apologize tor the further work, but the Cascades of the tn08e who were '"""Hj l them in
should not show she had a mucli larger double dealing or suffer the conse- Columbia and the rapids above this this emerencyt nd not forget others
population. But what are the facts quences of a war. It isvery evident city, places the whole Inland Emnira who blatantly advocated the scheme
- .
that whoever blundered in the matter, I at the mercy of one railroad company.
whether Secretary Blame or President I We believe and have always advocated
peque and join the main army, operating
against uuatemaia, turned traitor. When
be was supposed to be on his way to the
frontier, he turned "back, with a force of
2000 Indians, toward the capital and
tormed the barracks. Fighting has bees
going on two days, but no details have
been received, as communication is inter
rupted. Rivas started a revolution
against the Menendez government some
months ago, but was defeated. He then
with one accord, have sought to have re
pealed, except so far as it relates to sites
for reservoire, a provision which, if con
tinurd in force.would destroy the prosper
ity of the region, and benefit only land
grant companies ani land monopolists.
The exigency of tbe case requires an
immediate repeal of this provision, which
was smuggled through congress, and that
any necessary legislation for the modifi
cation of tbe general land laws may he
had in the ordinary manner, with due
deliberation, and wbec had msy be tbe
resalt of the aggregated wisdom of a
majority of both branches of congress.
Yu will see. therefore, that you were
wiae ine niam in stating that it was the
withdrawal of reservoir sites upon which
T.r . . . r
Ttesieru senators were making wsr.
Their proposition does not include tbe re
peal of the provision for 'he withdrawal
of such sites. It is the withdrawal of all
public lands in whole states snd terri
tories which they object to. They are
fighting for the interests of the settlers
of this region, as against a sentiment
stronger than one should imagine could
exiat iu favor of tbe withdrawal of tbe
public domain in tbe West for settlement.
and its preservation for future genera
tions, for the purpose of compelling the
settlement of less desirable linds further
east, and preventing the further compe
tition of western products with the prod
ucts of the east.
A total ot 1350,000 has already been
expended uuder tbe geological survey for
the location of reservoirs, e' c, used for
topographical surveys, and making maps,
and $750,000 more for tbe current year
was appropriated as the bill cams from
tne nousc.
Believing that Major Powell's plan is
extravagant and practically valueless,
tbe western delegations in congress were
in favor of cutting off this appropriation,
and having what is further done iu "he
matter d ne uuder the secretary of agri
culture. They believe that more prac
tical results will be obtained by surb a
curse. J. N. Dolph.
He mean bneineas, and this is a rare opportunity
J. A. MILLER'S
CHICKEN : COCK : WHISKEY.
AGENCY.
CHARLES STUBLINC, GERMANIA.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
PIONEERS-GROCERY,
GEO. RUCH, Proprietor.
North weet corner ot Second and Washington at
CI I EAPE8T
plaoe In The Dalle tor all kind ot
GROCERIES
FLOUR,
GRAIN.
WILLOW-WARE, ta,.
Toankfal for favor, in th past, I would respect
, muu, m wuuuuaDOB oi in name.
OEOKOR BUCK.
Imported English Shire Stallion,
LORD HflWKE.
Having pnrchaaed the celebrated stallion, LORD
HAWKE, he oil! make the season at my farm on
dym ant. creen, waeco county, on Tnurauay, .Fri
day. Slid 8aturdavs. aild at W. L. Ward', on Unn.
days, Tuesday, and Wednesdays.
Charges (or the season, S20.
PEDIGREE,
No. 142, LORD HAWKE (8087). Brown, foaled
1883. Bred by lira Coward, Womeralev, Ponte-
Sire, King of the Valley (3174); he by Devonehin
t"j, in oy ijonqaer-T i3s; ne or uertton
(1037); he by Honest Tom (10S2); he by Hertfnn
(WS). - -
Dam by Waxwork (2285); be by Waxwork (2272)
he by Black Ug (14j 1 '
Grand. dam by Honest Tom (1102); he by Ens
land's Hero 75S); he by Derbyshire Hero (582); he b
Derbyshire (580); he by Derby-hire IHfc'i'Ott .). '
Parties wishing pasturage can be accommodated
u my ra: m or at n an!', farm for reasonable cbarvex
Tbe bes of care will be taken of animals, but n.
responsibility for damages will be assumed.
LORD HAWKE won the 100 premium at Hexarr
ir. March, loss. The price paid for LOKD HAWh
w s $2,500.
aprs-w A. J- McHALf Y.
XTn.d.erta-lriii.g- a, Specialty.
Coffins, Casket, Burial Robes, Etc.
an be found at all sour of (A. day or nifffct at tnetr platr of 6iuinera, WathinoUm .(rest, (we dW urfl
mm Second. Myn o Red Light.
f HrDMESWMBERTNG Cb7&5:
dows, Mouldings, Fluted Casings and Rosettes, Turned Bannis
ters and Newel Posts, House Furnishings, Store Fronts, Office
Fittings, Counters and Shelving in the latest designs, Rough and
Dressed lumber of all grades, Cedar Shingles and Fence Tosts.
Special reduction to builders for the season of 1890.
Fish and Fruit Boxes and Packing Cases; Dry Fir, Pine, Oak
and Slab Wood. Cheapest in : the city. Leave orders at office,
in building formerly occupied by Wm. Tackman & Co.. No. f7
Washington Street. . ...
I apSU
E JACOBSEN & C0
DEALERS IN
SCHOOL : BOOKS : AND : STATIONERY!
AGENCY JFOR THE
EABMIT OE&MS,
The only absolutely MOUSE AND DU ST PROOF
ORGANS in the market.
Webster
1 '1
Illllll
1(1
1 TV J'
eoictionaiv
V
Iv $3.50
1 0 Hecond Street. TIIK DAILTCH, OX?.
PS. II. 001 SCO.
Frnnt. Pirst anil Vittr StrRRt
0 TV, ,-V --i SBMSva V Jht,j Ml VVbVJ
PORTLAND, . - OREGON.
WHOLESALE DCALCM IN
Harn
!, Iron. Steel and Farm MacMnery.
SOLE AGENTS FOB WASHIXCTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO FOR THE
BUCKEYE MOWER AND REAPER.
These HachinM are too well known to need comment. Thousands of farmers lutvt -need
them and speak of them with praise. They are the only HarrestinT
Machines that will five ENTIRE SATISFACTION to the purchaser.
MILLER'S STAR VIBRATING THRESHER.
AULTMAN'S STAR TRACTION ENGINE,
The most Effective and Successful Combination for Threshing and Cleaning
Grain evef constructed.
BUCKEYE mum TWINE-BINDERS.
tm Feature that distlngnhhes this Twine-Binder Is the Llghtum ot Draft, combined with Us
Extraordinary Strenirtb and Ihirability. The Binder is of the Appleby pattern, th only really wioosssfitl
on yet known. We hare two styles, to Elevator Binder and the Platform Binder both esoaUeat soth
raooni mended by hundreds of patron.
Deere Plows. Deere Sulky Plows.
I Carriages, Phstons, Top Butties,
For many years the great transconti
nental line which ' courses through I
Washington to the sound has used
every endeavor to lenefit the whole
country through which it pasaed. It
has pursued a liberal policy towards
and refused to put their names on the
list.
FROM BEHBISG SEA.
Victokia, July 30. Newt has been re
ceived here of the seizure of tbe seal
schooner George R. White by the United
States customs agent at Ounalaska. The
White, like tbe Htltte Ifyer, neglected to i
keep a copy ol the bond filed that she
would not take firearms into Alaska.
f V ETCH TIT f
v A N luraa ajeixogunoa
N01WVH9N38 99$
S3N0P . s J
WOUL EXCHANGE SALOON !
DAN. BAKER, Proprietor.
NEAR THE OLD MINT, 8ECOND 8T
THE DALLES, OR.
SOMITLEE MM WAGOM
BUCK-BOARDS. FOUR-SPRING
MOUNTAIN WAGONS,
BUCKEYE AND SUPERIOR DRILLS
AND SEEDERS.
C0RBIN DISC HARROWS.
H0DGES-HAINES HEADERS.
HAISH BARB WIRE
""SEND FOR CIRCULARS.-"
E. P. FITZGERALD. Agent. The Dalles, Or.
Ph TTTTfiW w- I Dous-la Mhoes are
vaUllUll warranted, and every pair
has him naiue and price (tamped en botteaa.
IT ... ,
riarrison, win make tbe necessary
apology, and there will be no conflict.
that the obstructions to navigation in
tbe great river of the the west should
be removed, and cur producers both
of grain and wool could have an out-
" Reciprocity is under dicusssion at
the settlers, and while it has built up Wa-hington City, with arguments for let to seaboard without the extortion-
its own trade it has also aided largely and againRt. This rxay be a part of ate freight rates now charged. This
in the development of the entire state, the "jingo" policy of Secretary Blaine; is all important, and of more interest
The eastern portion has grown in pro- but if the United Slates can secure than improving the entrance to the
portion to tbe western, and the accu- the markets of South America for her mouth of the stream. It is impossi-
muiaiion oi population has been nearly I surplus productions there will be an I ble for any steamboat to navigate
equal in both. This cannot be aaij of I increased profit in farming. There is I the river because of these impediments
no use denying tbe fact any longer
e produce too tbucb, and the more
markets we can secure the better for I terests of the farmers, and wool-raisers
Oregon. The local line the O R fc
N. Co. has labored to build up one
ci:y at the expense of the remainder
of the state. Portland has been ad
, vertised, but little attention has been
be agitated now with schemes of re
taliation if Salisbury carries out the
plan be has adopted. Whether this
will work or not remains to be demon
strated, tor tnis contest tor . an open
sea is directly in the interest of Cana
dian seal fishers, and the Dominion
will support the home government.
Canada is a large country, with varied
resources, and it is rrwiaitil hn mm
: i :e ji . I ' r
Washington were considering the in- .ftce(1 .Bain8t hp MDOrtfl
i i
The Victoria scliurTnef Ariel is reported
tn have hepn Imarrlprl hv thn nuttw P,.a
iue congressional mma appears to I aud warned to keep out of Behring sea,
our producers and manufacturers. I instead or tne commercial supremacy j ine letter ol Senator JJoIpb, wbiob
This is aot IVea trade; it is protection of seaboard points ther would have I was published in the Oregonian, i
paid to other portions. By I to our industries and wages for our I worked in favor of those who were j and copied in the Tihes-Mous-
ber action a? a municipality Portland laborers and operatives,
a copy of the formal proclamation therein
being given to the captain. This incident,
in a manner, contradicts tbe belief that
tbe nolicr of 18SG will be pursued this
season by tbe United States.
Ilappjr UoMlrra.
Wm. Timmons, postmaster of Idaville,
Ind., writes: "Electric Bitters has doce
more for me than all other . medicines
combined, for, that bad feeling arising
from kidney and liver trouble.'. John
Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same
place, says: "1? ind Electric Kilters to be
the best kidney and liver medicide, made
me feel like a new man." J. W. Gardner
hardware merchant, same town, says:
Electric Bitters is just the thine for a man
wha is all run down and don't care wheth
er he lives or dies; lie found new strength,
good appetite and felt lust Ijke he bad a
new lease on life. Only 50c. a bottle, at
I urgently in need of redress. But, we 1 taineeb yesterday, fully explains the I Snipes & Klnersly's drug store.
phlldren Cry for Pitcher's Castorla;
jouji ix. cicLnv.
jno. H. Curlev, tbe well known merchant
tailor, ol 846 Market 8t & F., writes to the la-
Win W. Joj Co., that for years be was aQictcd
With dyspepsia which nothing relieved till be
commenced taking Jot's Vegetable Qarsaparllla.
He continues, "I am still taking it. Its mild
laxatire effects are exceedingly grateful to the
System. It Is a pleasant surprise that .awaits
those who do not know what onr vegetable
Jttloes do for debility, sluggish liver and Im
paired digestive organs.
CLEARANCE SALE
SPRING MILLINERY
Mrs. C. L. Phillips,
At No. 81 Third Street. I
n0
The Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigar jfl
r ret Lunch every evening. I f' ,
J. O. MACK,
AVXI OL,IA LE
Liquor Dealer
FRENCH'S BLOCK.
Seoond Street. - Th lWIea.
HENBT L KUCK,
Manufacturer of and dealer in
Harness and Saddlery, I
Slil iTf
wf "vast
S. L. YOUNG,
(Su
to K. Bick.)
Second Bt, near Moody's Warehouse,
THE DALLES, '. . . OREGON
All Work
affection
Uaaxsateed tm tilve Sat
we
GE
L. DOUCLAS
$3 SHOE GENTLEMEN.
Flae Calf aa4 mA Watrrof Gralm
The ezoelloDoe aod warioff qualltlna of this sbo
cannot do oeccer auiowa tiuu or ue HruDg gymwir
hm&U oi IU UsOtuaada oi ooawaot warvrm.
BM Ornalne Iland-f wea an eleaat and
vP BiTiwa arm oaoo waica oommeuufl iwu.
tyf JOO llaud-aewea Welt. A nne caU bo
Hr ooequalled for Mrle and durability.
fQ-SO C-oadyear Welc to U auuuiard draai
w Shoe, at a popular price.
SO .50 Pallceman'a bhee la etpNiaU Adapted
w for railroad men, farmers, etc
All nuule la Coast-eat, Buujb and Laoa.
$3&$2SHOES A.
have been most farorablr reeelred aUioe Introdoead
and the recent Irnproremenu max turn snprtor
to anjr shoes sold at these prtoea.
Anic your Dealer, and it he cannot mpplf Ton aeod
direct to factorr enciaUnc adrerUsed proa, or s
postal tor order blanka.
J; Freiiiaii,Agt., '1 he Dalies.Ur.
ROCKkFORD
QuickJrainiiiQVATCHES
A-r. ui av
m it- v -a -y. m a thr
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Uasd
th I
Ooa fintv
tt: In IT;
a. Naval Ob
Mrratorr
Loeoinotir
Knirtnera Con.
ductorauid oca
Eadwaawa. TaT
hYJfT Bed
n arlBcsMl
citiestttawna
r i-xclualv
Amite 4lMdiii
iw )!). with a
full Wvmij,
-DKA! IB IN-
IMtevOocfe,. Jewelry,
DIAMOND?, SILVERWARE, ETC.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired
AND WARRANTED.
Seoond Street. THE DALLES, OR.
To Cattle Buyers.
ABOME-BED HERD OF ORADEO DURHAM
OkUJo lor aale- al a-oa. Jute a baaj ou be
bousfat la th. near Beichborbo d. Addrn
PRANK BUTLER.
Jilf-tt Fall City, Polk Count, Or.