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The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY JULY 23. 1852
FACTS VS. FANCIES.
In contradiction of the charge
made by Democratic papers that the
troubles at Homestead and in the
Cour d'Alene, in an, article published
- this week, we used language in import
that Jabor and capital . will always be
antagonistic not that it should be,
and that the man of wealth usually
had the upper band of the poor man
not that this is right or the way con
ditions should be. In short, we stated
a few cold facts as briefly as possible.
Segregating this pessimistic sentence
from the article, the Evening Telegram
of yesterday preaches a homiletic
discourse, but to give point and force to
its sermon, it completely mislates our
position. We quote some of the para
graphs:
, This ia a weak surrender, a pitiful plea to
let the wrong triumph while we live, ratber
than make any resiatence or any fight tor
the right. It is a tacit acknowledgment
that what the T.-M. advises and contents
itself with ia might instead of ripht, the
power of greed instead ot equality and
liberty, vileness and corruption instead of
innocence and virtue. It is fortunate that
this tone is not generally adopted by the
press. Greater servility to the force of op
pression could scarcely be found m the
columns of a paper published within sight
of the Kremlin or under the shadow of the
Vatican. It is not thia sort of talk, it is
not this abject spirit, that made this nation
free, or tbat will keep it so. ,
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Because might does and will overcome
right, and because wealth rules with an
iron hand over the innocent and virtuous,
closely identified with the Union Paci
6corO. R. fc N. Co.. and that the
Union Pacific considered the boat rail
way to be in that company's interest,
In the first place a board of engineers,
consisting of Gol. Mendell, Gol. Craig
hill and Mayor Post .carefully exam
ined the obstructions between this citj
and Gelilo and reported in favor of the
boat railway and against the project of
canal and locks. They were fourteen
months in considering the question.
got leave of the secretary of war to go
to Europe, and they examined every
thine in America and in the old world
connected with this subject. In
matter of jurisprudence we would
give great deference to Mr. . Hill's
opinion; but on the question
of engineering we do not be
lieve the carefully considered
opinions of these competent
engineers should be classed as "exper
iments." The scheme is absolutely
feasible or they would not risk their
renutation on it. Caot. Eads, the
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great pro?ector of the jetties on the
Missibstppi, advocated the same plan
for the transit across Nicaragua, and
when such men say that boat railways
ara the most advisable means of ob
structions to navigation we are forced
in candor, to give precedence to their
superior judgment over those wh
have not studied the subject. In the sec
ond place, the amendment to the River
and Harbor bill provided for the con
tract system, and the work would have
been completed as rapidly as possible.
The right of way of the 0. R. & N.
Co. we believe 100 feet on each side
of its track would preclude the pos
sibility of the boat railway on the
is that any reason that we should not do I Oregon bank, and a provision was
. what we can to curb and check might in
its smothering and strangling of right? tbat
we should not do what we can to aid in
nocence and virtue in their unequal struggle
with the money-devil? Because wrong is
strong, shall we therefore aay nothing, do
nothing,, in defense or aid of right? Is there
then nothing in thia world to fight, for.
nothing to battle about, nothing to labor
for, nothing whatever to reform or correct?
Are we never to help the under dog m the
' fight because we cannot pull him out and
put him on top?
The aeltish, sluggish, sordid spirit ex
hibited in the paragraph quoted from the
T.-M. is very prevalent, but it ia not fre
quently so openly and shameles&ly mani.
tested. r
It must be remembered that we
said, "until the -world grows much
made that Mr. Mohr's portage road
could use the rails on the government
track, so that there would not be the
least interference with his company
rights. Senator Dolph's identification
with the 0. R fc N. Co. ceased with
his election to - the U. S. senate ten
years ago, and there is no evidence
that the Union Pacific favors the boat
railway in preference to a portage
road. In brief, we do not consider
that Mr. Hill's letter will con
vince any friend to an open river that
Mr. Mohr's portage road would better
or more effectually overcome the ob
stacles to navigation to the advantage
of the producer than the government
better end wiser," etc., that this state I plan: but we shall say more on this
of affairs would exist,. and our highly
esteemed contemporary, when it says,
"because might does and will over
come right, and because wealth , rules
with an iron hand over the innocent
and virtuous," etc., simply verifies and
. establishes our position.
When the Telegram, says by stat
ing facts as they exist which it ac
knowledges to be true that we
"weakly surrender," it simply states
something which it knows not to be
true. It is a well-known fact that the
Times Mountineer has pursued a
.. consistent course to change these con
ditions, and has never advocated a I
subject in the next issue of the Times
Mountaineer.
During the recent strikes it was a
daily occurrence for Democratic edi
tors to throw all the blame upon the
misrule of Republican administrations,
but they forgot to mention the fact
that the lower branch of congress had
been under the control of their party.
nearly every session since 1876, and
yet no effort had been made to regu
late the grasping greed of capitalists.
Every measure in which the rights of
the people have, been protected that
has passed congress ' for twenty-five
. . ; policy in its editorial columns that it I year8 nas en introduced by Repub-
did not conscientiously and earnestly I cans from the land-grant forfeiture
endorse. Can the Telegram, as the I bills to that reeulatinsr trusts. For
Democratic tail of a large Republican I l0Dg years previous to 1860 the Demo
kite, say as much? We have, in the I cratg na,i possession of the executive
most unqualified terms, condemned the I cnair and both upper and lower house
efforts of the Democratic papers to lay I 0f congress, and everyone knows, who
the blame of the recent strikes on the
Republican party, and to fortify our
stand have simply stated history re
garding these matters. . But to defend
their untenable position, papers, like
the Telegram, which are owned body
and soul by Democracy, retaliate by
saying we are "selfish, sluggish and
sordid."
- There is an easy way to controvert
the stand we have taken. Prove, first,
that we are mistaken in our statement
of the condition of human affairs, and
then, show, in a single instance, where
we have ever upheld might against
right, -or capital as. opposed to . labor.
But, for the honor of journalism, which
is supposed to be the lever that
moves the world, do not stoop to so
phistry or sbystering.
" We desire nothing from the Tele
gram, or other Democratic exchanges
but fairness and honesty, and will not
permit our language to be distorted or
wrongly interpreted. The Telegram
is acquainted with the condition in
which the country was at that time.
whether the great Democratic party
governed affairs to the best interests of
the people. There is one sentiment
uppermost when these 'matters are
being considered, and that is an
earnest prayer to the supreme ruler of
the ' universe to deliver the people
from a repetition of that distressing
epoch. : : 1 ,
Anxiety is felt in Eastern Oregon
regarding the fate of the River and
Harbor bill since its passage by the
house. The dispatches have been care
fully watched to know whether Presi
dent Harrison has signed the measure;
but nothing regarding it has been seen,
By the constitution, if he does not re
turn any bill "within ten days (Sun
days excepted) after it shall have been
presented1 to' him, the same shall
be a law," in like manner,
as if he signed it, unless congress ad-
substantiates the facts, but in a very I journs in the meantime. This bill
unfair and unjust manner misstates I passed the house ou the 6jh instant,
our position, and for this we call it to I and ten days expired not counting
account.
Our great difficulty with the Ameri
can people is that they place too much
implicit reliance on visionary hopes and
. conclusions. It is far better to calmly
look truth in the face and acknowledge
conditions as they exist, and then
sternly apply the remedy. Money is
too powerful in every relation of life
in this free republic, and politics are
rotten to the core. In many instances
our boasted freedom is a sham and a
farce, and frequently there is as much
' oppression ; by ruling classes, and as
many inequalities' in social relations
as in the detestable monarchies of the
old world. Apply the remedy to
these evils. First by worshipping
gold less; second, by purifying
politics, and allowing no man or party
dictate for whom you shall vote; and,
finally, by self-education, information
and independence, that no . man who
treads the soil shall be your superior.
This is the true American doctrine,
and we dare political tricksters' or
. schemers to prove.it untenable. -
Sundays last Monday; and so the
River and Harbor bill is law, and our
people need feel no further anxiety
I about the measure.
The Richmond Palladium publishes
a letter from Vr. U. 1 J . W oods, ot
Center ville, describing a recent visit
to the Te mescal tin mine in California,
where he saw and counted ninety-six
pigs of block tin, each sixty pounds in
weight, stacked up and ready for ship
ment. He says: "Of one thing I am
sure, 1 saw a mountain ot ricb tin at
Temescal." ' The mine produces, at
present, six tons of block tin per
month, and the ore .is inexhaustible.
But don't mention it to free-traders
while the weather is hot. Tin is a free-
trade spasm breeder. ,
Hon. W. Lair Hill, ef Seattle
The Liberals will rule in the next
British parliament, and the first effort
made will be for home-rule in Ireland.
Gladstone is again triumphant, and,
although over eighty years old, we may
expect the grand old man to display
considerable vigor in the ad ministra
tion, of national affairs. Many reform
atory measures will be introduced, and
the empire will make rapid strides for-
PORTAOB SO ADS AND TUB SDIP
RAILWAY.
Wash., has a lengthy . communication
in another column, criticising the posi
tion of the Times-Mountaineer on I ward if legislation is not blocked by
' the boat-railway scheme and its strict- I Conservatives,
ares on Mr. Paul Mohr and his port
age railway. The article, condensed I At Homestead and in the Coeur
' to its prominent points, in substance I d'Alene mines the military arm of the
states 1st, the boat railway is an ex- I government is in possession of affairs,
peri men t, and maynot be completed I and law and order prevails. Thia is
for twenty or twenty-five years; 2d, it I much better than mob violence, and is
could be constructed on the south I a desired relief from the terrorism that
lank to equal advantage; 3d, it would I prevailed. Tne governor of Idaho
"interfere Witn tne'rignts or tti? uo-i acted promptly; out me auaioriness
lumbia Railway and $yigation com- exhibited by Gov. Pattuon of Penn-
panyj 4th, Senator .Dolph fey been I sylvania ia very censurable.
The Times-Mountaineer has alway
advocated the building of the boat
railway from this city to Cthlo to
overcome the obstructions to naviga
tion in the Columbia since the
plan was recommended by a board of
government engineers, and the scheme
has never met with any determined
opposition until this session, when M
Paul Mohr, representing the Columbia
Railway & Navigation company, made
the attack on the senate amendment
of Mr. Dolph in Washington City by
misrepresentations. An open river,
which the producers of the inland
empire earnestly desire, cannot bo ac
complished permanently by porta
roads, for the reason tbat these l
quire extra handling of grain, and the
river, to be free, should admit of th
passage of boats from th9 upper navig
able waters of the stream to seaboard
It is not to be expected that the gov
ernment work contemplated can be
finished in a short time, and until tbis
was completed we have advocated the
construction of portage railwayi
by the state. When the matter was
before the Oregon legislature we urged
the members from Wasco county to
work for the passage of the two bills
one for the railway at the Cascades
and the other at this point. The first
was successfully passed, has been
in operation for several mouths, and
has proved a great benefit to'producers.
But we did not expect the portage
road at the Cascades to take the
place of the government work on the
canal: neither did we consider that
the one above this city would take
the place of the boat railway, for which
a bill appropriating money passed the
upper branch of congress two years
ago. These were simply temporary
expedients until the more lasting and
substantial improvements could be
made by congress. They reduce
freights, but not to the minimum as
where cargoes are not broken in tran
sit. To be fre from speculation and
answer the purpose as regulators of
freight rates, these roads should be
under control of the state and not of
private corporations.
There can be but two plans of per
manently removing the impediments in
the great river of the west, and these
are by canal and locks around the
rapids, or by a boat railway. The first
has been adopted at the Cascades, and
will be completed under the contract
system in two or three years. In re
gard to what is termed the Dalles of
the Columbia, a board of competent
government engineers, undei control of
the war department, have adopted the
latter, andj this after a careful exam
ination ' of the cost and feasibil
ity of constructing locks. That
they were honest in their con
clusions, and that, by long years of
scientific study and practical experi
ence, their judgment was entitled to
more consideration than the opinion of
men who have not bad the least train
ing in this branch of scientific mechan
ism, goes without saying and will not
be questioned by any fair-minded man.
If the people rely on government to
inaugurate public improvements in
rivers and harbors, as has been the
policy of the United States for the
past thirty years, the conclusion of
men regarding the plans of such im
provements, who have been educated
for that purpose at our best technical
institutions of learning, should be
adopted. This is simply the rule
which should govern citizens in all
their relations to the general govern
ment, and which would not be unfair
if applied, as far as possible, in any
business transaction.
The opposition to the boat railway
does not come irom any- por
tion of our neighboring commonwealth;
but from a private corporation, the in
dividual interests' of whose members
are not in harmony with an open Col
umbia river to the sea. Mr. Cannon
is a citizen ot bposane; Mr. mohr,
we believe, is a resident of the same
thriving city, and other members of
the board of directors of the Columbia
Railway & Navigation company are
interested in Seattle and other cities
on the sound. We personally know
some of these gentlemen and consider
tbem to be men of integrity and
honesty, and whom we highly respect.
They are gentlemen of aoute business
faculties, and we do not blame them if
they see an opportunity of holding the
strategical point between Columbus,
Wash., and the mouth ot the Klicki
tat for pecuniary benefit, to do so; but
they should not pose as friends to an
open river, when, if craft loaded with
the produce of the inland empire,
floated without breaking cargo from
Kettle Falls to Astoria, it would not
add one dollar to their present wealth.
While we do not blame them for ex
ercising their business acumen in any
speculation to their individual inter
est, the people of the vast region trib
utary to this great natural highway of
commerce, should not consider their
opposition to the government plan a
matter of pure philanthropy and for
the public weaL
The letter of Mr. Hill, published in
yesterday's issue, contained nearly the
same arguments as the circular of Mr.
Paul Mohr, which, contrary to the
rules of congress, was placed on the
desks of members during the discus
sion of the senate amendment. This
charge of boat railways being an ex
periment was met and refuted by
Senators Dolph and Mitchell at that
time, and the Washington senators
fully endorsed the sentiments of the
Oregon delegation. . During that dis
cussion Mr. Dolph quoted an article in
the Nineteenth Century, which stated
on this subject of ship-railways as fol
probable that they did so. Tradition accords
that twenty-three centuries ago a true ship
railway, wiih Polished granite blocks as rails,
existed and was worked across the Isthmus of
Corinth, where Lie contraction of a ship
canal has just now only been partly effected
and subsequently abandoned for financial
considerations. In . 1718 the well-known
Count Emanuel Swedenltorg constructed a
road and "machines" for carrying laden ves
sels from Stronstadt to Iddefjord in Sweden,
a distance of 14 miles across a rough country;
and the successful use of this work by Charles
XII during the siege of Frcderikshall led to
Swedenborg being regarded not only as a
national benefactor, but as a mechanician of
no mean ability, for at least a century after
his death.
Such a railway is now building across
the isthmus of Chignecto hetween Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick, and it
was stated in the original leport of the
government engineers to congress that
boat-rail ways were not experimental.
The statement that boats of differ
ent dimensions would be required tor
the upper than for the lower river is
refuted by facts within the knowledge
of many. Several boats built at Ce
lilo, and running for years between
that point and Lewiston, Idaho, are
now in the trade from Portland to
points on the lower river.
It would be impossible to build the
ship-railway on the Oregon side, be
cause t.asaltic bluffs now approach the
Union track to dangerous limits, and
the government road would, on the
north bank, not injure Mr. Mobr's
railway, because the amendment pro
vided that his company could use the
government track.
The only evidence that Mr. Hill
furnished to prove his implication that
Senator Dolph was identified with rail
road interests, was"oecause he favored
the boat railway. If this is conclu
sive, his colleague, Mr. Mitchell and
Senators Allen and Squire of Wash
ington are in the same category. In
fact, as the U. S. senate has passed
bills twice appropriating liberal
sums for this scheme, the great
est minds of the nation are
liable to the same charge. But an ex
amination of the fact will prove this
fallacious. The Union Pacific can com
pete with a portage railway much easier
than with a boat-railway, for the
simple reason that the former requires
breakage of cargo, with the consequent
waste and expense in handling, while
the latter transports the cargo intact
from the place where it is loaded to its
destination. Much cheaper rates can
be given by continuous river trans
portation than by river and rail com
bined, for the reasons stated. Mr.
Dolph severed his connection with the
O. R. & N. Co. when he entered the
United States senate, and, although be
may have since acted as attorney for
or against railroads before the supreme
court in Washington - City, he did so
simply in a professional capacity, and
by so doing was no more identified
with corporations than a lawyer is
with crime when he defends or prose
cutes a murderer or robber. '
For nearly ten years past some work
has been done on the north bank of the
river, near Columbus, Wash., and so
far there are only about three miles of
rails laid. It seems to have been a
strategical point that some railroad
company desired to claim, in order to
debar any other from occupancy,
If the Columbia Railway & Navigation
company desired to relieve the produc
ers of the Inland Empire of oppres
sive monopoly freight rates they could
have built their road years ago.
Eastern Washington, Eastern Ore
gon and Idaho are interested in an
open river to seaboard, and desire to
transport their grain and other produce
to seaboard without breaking bulk.
This can only be accomplished by the
locks at the Cascade and the boat rail
way at The Dalles, and no private
corporation building a few miles
of road will help matters in the
least ' The locks will be finished in a
few years, and until' the permanent
improvement east of this city is com
pleted by the United States,the people
of the inland empire will expect the
state Of Oregon to build and equip a
portage road at this point.
has no politics, aside from being in
harmony with the national and state
authorities that can grant luna pro
tection to bis life and his property
interests. In the golden ago of the
republic, during Washington's admin
istration, troops had to be called into
the tield to tupprt-ss Shay's rebellion,
and this discontent among the unfor
tunate classes has continued to the
present date. There were more
"strikes" during Cleveland's incum
bency of the executive chair than
since Harriton was inaugurated, and
to-day there is a more equal distribu
tion of wealth than at any period of
the history of the United States.
Want and starvation did not cause the
strike at Homestead or in the Coeur
d'Alene mines, and many of those who
lead these disturbances received better
wages than the editors of Democratic
papers. It was not a question of
"keeping the wolf from the door" as
in European countries; but simply
whether the Amalgamated Steel associa
tions should rule the works, who fur
nished the labor, or Mr. Carnegie, who
inaugurated the factory and furnished
the capital. Our citizens are charita
ble in every sens of the word,
and if there' was want and
destitution either in Pennsylvania or
in Northern Idaho there would
have been a generous response over
the country. Liberal wages are paid
in both thse places, and in many in
stances laborers owned their homes and
drove to their work in their carriages.
It was very unlike ths late riots in the
capital of Prussia, where starving men
risked life to procure bread for their
families. Furthermore, the iron and
steel industries of the United States
were brought into existence by the
protective policy of the Republican
party, and the exorbitant wages of
$250 and $275 a month were made
possible by the patriotism of tbat or
ganization. One can easily imagine
the result if Tree-trade had been in
operation. There would have been no
employment for these men, and they
would have been in the army of tramps
or working for a mere pittance. It is
only the old conflict, which has waged
since the world began, between labor
and capital, and always will continue.
No political organization is responsible
for it, and it is entirely governed by the
innate selfishness, in all relations of
life, of the human race.
If the Telegram desired to be fair
and honest it would acknowledge this
fact; but it is a Democrat of Demo
crats, and attempts to make a point
by laying all these inequalities in
human society to the Republican party
and the doctrine of protection. This
it knows to be untrue, because the
editor is intelligent and is conversant
with the facts of history. But it is
possible that votes may be changed to
Cleveland by this detestable plan of
sbystering, which would disbar any
lawyer if he attempted the practice in
a police court. If the Telegram hon
estly believes tbat the Republican
press and party have favored capital
in ' preference to labor, tyranny
against freedom, and right as op
posed to wrong, let it produce
evidence. We challenge it to
the contest, and will willingly
acknowledge our error when
it fulfills its duty. Until that
time, for the honor of journalism,
which moulds public opinion, it should
be ashamed to publish prevarication
and misrepresentation in order to
make its party the champion of the
laborer.' The people think, and have
read the- history of Democracy its
opposition to human freedom in this
country and to the homestead law and
all measures which gave homes to
American citizens, and its earnest sup
port of slaveocracy and the rule of
classes against honest labor.
tion. Such wages could only be paid in
a prosperous protected country. Free
trade prices are only about ona-St'th r,f
theEO wages, us fur instance, consult the
earnings of laborers in England. Facta
speak for themselves without comments,
and tin: wages paid the employes
of Mr. Carnegie are the highest
in any couu'.ry in the world. We date
the Democratic press to show a single
instance where these pnees were paid
labor before protection was introduced
into (ha United States. The American
people must bave facts, and will not be
satisfied with unsubdtantia s: 1'. emeots
of the Democratic press.
With the river and barbor bill a law,
and the locks to be completed under the
contract system, The Dalles should pro
gress as it never has in its previous his
tory. This city is at the head ot naviga
tion, has all the advantages of wate'i
transportation, and should be ttie distrib
uting center for the inland empire.
If our business men do not reap the ad
vantages of this situation foreign capital
will, and The Dalles in a few years will
be the leading city in the northwest.
The future ot this point is certain, and
the mosebacks,who have hitherto blocked
our progress, must either keep pace with
advancement or go elsewhere, and it
would be a yodsend if they would emigrate.
Editor Mays is a preacher, and he
writes editorials as though be were
preaching to the "lost sheep of the house
of Israel." Hear him in bis issue of
July 21st, where be speaks of the oppo
sition of bis party : "As the enemies of
the children of Israel were overthrown iu
the Red sea in essaying to croy and
pursue tbem, so wili the boodlers and
enemies of the people bp destroyed po
litically in the coming November elec
tion in their attempts to down Cosgrovo
and tbis editor. We are on Ncbo now
and the Promise land is spread out be
fore us where flow milk: and honey lor
all people."
Congress will soon adjourn, and the
Democratic lower branch will have
little legislature of which to boast.
Aside from a liberal River and Harbor
bill little has been done for the people,
or to make Democracy more attractive
to voters in November.
It must be recollected with consider
able pride by Americans that in none
of the recent riots in this country was
the conflict impelled by want and
misery of wage-earners, This is in
marked contrast to these conflicts in
Europe. - - '
The Democratic house defeated the
free silver-bill, in violation ot their
pledges to the people. This bill was en
dorsed by the Republican senate, and it
is pertinent to inquire who are the tiue
the interests of the wage-
friends of
earners. .
TELEGRAPHIC.
broke
Bal-
Sterlouf) Vlrti nt Moseaw.
Moscow, Idaho, July 20 Fire
out at 2 o'clock tbis morning in A
strop's restaurant, three doors south of
the postoffice, and before the owner was
aware of the fact the flames burst through
the roof. 'They immediately spread to
tbe adjoining buildings, many of the oc
cu pants having barely time to escape,
witb their Uvea. The ore destroyed
Malcolm's news stand, Stewart, Wardsick
& Co. s meat market, tbe Moscow Trans
fer Company'a office, A. Bain's barber
shop, and A. Kruft's tailor shop. Rawson
Brothers' jewelry store and Llewellen's
buildings were badly damaged. The
following is a partial list of the losses
Balstrop restaurant, $700; insurance,
$400; Stewart, Wardsick & Co., loss $1.-
200; Malcolm, $1800: insurance, $1000;
tbe Moscow Transfer Company saved its
desks and papers, and tbe loss is nominal.
lbe nre department did good work
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stories already told. The deposition of
Dr. Cnmatock, of St. Louis, was then
gone over spain, and Judge Duboise
wanted to know where the proof ot he
reditary insanity come io, tbe mother
being afflicted with puerperal insanity
only before or after chil .bir:h." He
wanted the hereostory tenriec-y mado
e'ear. The case was then adjourned.
Specimen ;aeea.
o. ii. unuoru, .aew cassel. Wis., was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism,
his stomach was disordered, bis liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell awav. and he was terriblv reduced in
flesh nnd strength. Three bottles of Elec
tric Hitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburpr, III
had a running sore , on his leg ot eight
years' standing. Ustd three bottles of
Llectnc Bitters and seven boxes of Buck
len's Arnica Salve, and his leir is sound
and well. John Speaker. Catawba. Ohio.
had five large lever sores on his leg. doc
tors said he was incurable. One bottle
Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's
Arnica Salye cured h'm entirely. Sold at
Snipes & Kiuersly's drug store. 3
Thia is what the eherry business is realiz
ing to the farmers of L, ne county, and the
same would be true ot The Dalle-i if oar
business men had the necessary enterprise
to inaugurate a cannery: Up to Thursday
morning 11,000 pounds of chernes had
been received at the cannery and a few
more were expected, though the crop ia
nearly all in. farmers who raise cherries
have found a good market for them at th
cannery this year, and at prices that pay
them well. Crauky ones are always talking
about over stocking the market, bat we are
a long way from that point at present. A
short time ago thia cannery received an
order from a firm in California for 2,000
cases of cherries. It -takes fifty pounds of
cherries to make a cae. So here is an order
from one house for 100,000 pounds of cher
ries, or nearly ten times as many as the
cannery is able to obtain. Oregon cherries
are far superior to those raised in California
and if they could be bad from here tbe
California fruit would not find such a ready
market. Land in Lane county tbat is now
yielding S1U to Sid in wh at could be made
in seven years to yield $J,090 in fruit, and
it would increase from year to year. The
sooner our farmers raise more fruit the
sooner tbe cannery will pay good dividends
atd the sooner the farmers will realize a
profit from their farms. ' ,,
Children Cry .
. for PIXOKX&'S
Castoria
" Castoria is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it aa superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Archer, H. D
111 South Oxford St., Brooklyn, H. Y
"I nse Castoria in my practice, and find ft
specially adapted to affections ot children."
AsVt. Robertson, H. D.,
1067 2d Ave., New York.
"From personal knowledge I ean Bay that
Castoria la a most excellent mndioine tor chik
dren." So. Q. C Osoood,
Lowell, Haas.
Cartoria promotes Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrncea, and Fevenshneaa.
Thus the child is rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Cawtorla contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
DEMOCRATIC
So far as the question of novelty is con
cerned, everyone, of course, will take it for
granted that if a search were made among the
papyri at the British Museum, evidence would
be found that the Egyptians were in the habit
of transporting vessels overland across the
Isthmus of Suez, and it is indeed more than
TACTICS.
0
The Portland Evening Telegram is
a Democratic organ of the pronounced
Tammany stripe, and sacrifices its
conscience to the behests of its party,
Last Saturday we called it to account
because it laid to the charge of the
Republican party the evils now exist
ing, and said tne iimes-mountineeb
was in favor of capital and oppression,
for tbe reason that it stated that
"might bad overcome right and in
many instances virtue and innocence
had been . 'driven to the wall' by
wealth and affluence." Instead of
denying the statement the Telegram
acknowledged the proposition to be
true; but said tbe press of the country
should labor to change tne existing
condition of matters. If our esteemed
contemporary intended to be honest in
its discussion of popular subjects it
would uot have made this unwarranted
conclusion. According to our idea of
successful reformations, the first thing
to be ascertained is the extent of the
wrongs tben in existence, and after un
derstanding thesa thoroughly to apply
the remedy. There is no issue between
tbe Telegram and Times-Mountaineer
regarding the wrongs now prevalent
in this republic, and, as they have ex
isted since the government was organ
ized, neither political party is respon
sible for them. During the long
years that the Petuocratic party
held control of national 1 affairs the
same inequalities of society existed
as do now. Might overcame right,
and the poor were subservient to
wealth and tbe influence of the money
power. It was true during Jackson's
administration of national affairs,
Polk's, Van JBuren's, Pierce's and
Buchanan's occpancy of tbe executive
chair, and Jay Gould, the great rail
road king of New York, was the first
one to send congratulations to Mr.
Cleveland on his election as president.
A plutocrat or a money monarch ,
The editor of tbe Washington Inde
pendent, published at Pomeroy, is a min
ister of the Southern M. E. church and
never forgets bis religion, and in politics
is as honest as be is in his denomina
tional creed. Hear him regarding the
conditions existing now : "Not one has
fai ed to notice tbat for tbe past two
weeks tbe American people in every vil
lage, hamlet, town and city in tbe United
States have moved about aud conversed
with a mysterious air and strange gait
and solemn mein. The people have con
versed in a different tone of voice from
their usual vivacity. A serious, expect
ant spirit has been upon all classes. Even
tbe rompings ot the children bave been
in a subdued silence, and the barking of
tbe do pa and lowing of tbe herds bave
been bushed into an ominous and depres
sed Filence. The sun And tbe moon and
the stars have teemed to walk their fiery
paths in tbe heavens with silent tred.
Tbe music of tbe spheres has been
bushed." But the peroration is more
violent than ever, and a camp-
meeting exhortation is nothing in com
parison to it.' We quote it verbatim:
Let us rise in our might while we have
strength and burl down to the bottom
less pit the entire (fang and their lackies
who have fastened these iniquities
upon us. ' Let us send men to tbe legis
lature that wiil wipe from the earth such
laws as disgrace our state. Let us vote
for men able to effect tbis and who are
not afraid to declare their purpose to do
so and whose past life and history war
rant us in believing they will try to do it.
May God aid us!"
' found floating in the Klver.
Lewiston, July 20. Considerable ex
citement was created here this morning
over the announcement that tbe steamer
Annie Faxon, on tbe way up from Ri
paria, had " picked ' up a floating team,
harness and parts of a wagon, wnicb
were taken aboard. Stories are current
here that the team was heard running
wildly along the street leading to the
Soake river about 2 o'clock Monday
morning, and this is supposed to be tbe
same team. It ran into tbe river above
tbe ferry und was drowned. At no in
quiry has oeeo made concerning the
matter, it is supposed the drivei perished
with tbem. .No clue is bad to bis iden
tity. The brand on the horses was a
figure 5 on tbe left bip. Tbe wagon was
new.
Will Kemaln at Homestead.
Homestead, Pa,, July 20. General
George R. Snowdeo, commanding the
troops gathered in and about Homestead
made this announcement to day: "I de
sire to state tbat the entire division of
the National Guard now at Homestead
will remain here intact until tbe present
dimculties between the Carnegie com
pany and its employes are finally adjust
ed. I bave no qualifications to make to
this announcement. Not one company
of tbis division will be ordered home
until a complete settlement is reached,
Furthermore. I desire to officially an
nounce tbat tbe First brigade has been
ordered to report at once at Homestead."
Ten minutes later Governor Pattison was
interviewed, but declined to talk for
publication.' '
The Dalles Restaiiran
t
MBS. A. JONES, Prop.
85 UISIOJN STREET SS
' Adjoinio( Byrne, Floyd A Co.'s d og store.
The tables are supplied with the best the
market affords. 1
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
None but white help employed.
The New Umatilla House,
THE DALLES. OREGON
SINNOTT 5c TISH. Proprietors
r - "
THE LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL IN ORECON.
Free Omnibus tn anif frnm tho Hntpi
hre-Proof safe tor the Safetvtof all Valuables
Ticket and Baggage Office of the UNION PACIFIC Railway Company, and Office oj the
Western Union Telegraph Company, are in the Hotel
Ton Want Yom Dri Goods
We keep the Largest and Best Assorted Line ,
in the city, of Dry Goods and Notions, Gents' . .
r urnisning woods and Ulothing, Men's, Ladies'
and Children's Fine Shoes.
We Want JmT Patronage.
Of course we will put Prices to suit. Always
do that. Nobody undersells us. Come around
and investigate.
A. M. WILLIAMS & CO.
THE 0R0 FINO WINE ROOMS
AJT. KELLER, Proprietor, v
Port 81,
Sherry 81
Muscat 83,
Angelica 83,
Mountain 83
Burgundy 83,
Zinfandel 84, ..
: Riesling 83,
Hock 83,
Table Claret
TakeTkeCoe
Tbe Canyon Slas'sere.
Spokask, Wash., July 20. A Review
special from Cataldo says Lieutenant
Smith came In to-day from Fourth of July
canyon, where be had been sent to search
lor traces ot tbe murders supposed to
have been committed there. In one. of
tbe gulcbcs be found a large area tbat
bad just been burned over, and in tbis
area be discovered something which had
tbe appearance of a funeral pyre. A
closer inspection disclosed judications of
a humane sacrifice. The ashes resembled
bone ashes, and some that were in tbe
form of bones crumbled upon being
touched. Tbe ashes were brought here
for scientific examination.
Washington is not much interested in
an open Columbia liver, but re lies more
on reaching seaboard by Fuget sound
than by tbe great artery of commerce.
Tbe boat railway tbe only available
means of teaching tide water receives
little consideration from tbe papers of
Eastern Washington, wbicb are subser
vient to railroad influence, and they btu!
tify themselves by advocating boat rail
ways a: one timo and portage roads at
another. They are evidently at sea on
this question, and desire to be iu har
mony with the ruling party. Greater
benefit would result if they would con
sult their own interests and bend tbeir
efforts for an open river to the sea.
If Democratic editors could prove tbat
tbe Bomestead strikers were receiving
starvation wages, tbeu an argument could
be used against protection wages. But
when men receive $250 and 4127a a mouth
destitution is entirely out of tbe ' quea-
A Gang of Bustiers Hroken Up.
Colfax, Wash- July 19. Five horse-
rustlers to-day pleaded guilty to the
charges against them, and now wait
sentence. Tbev are James, William and
Jasper Cooper, three brothers, and
George Bender and James B Collier.
All had previously entered pleas of not
guilty. Since tbe arrest of Ed. Harrison,
on whose account Billy Masterson was
killed, the borsetbieves have ackuowl
edged tbat their game is up.
Alice Mitchells Trial.
Memphis, Tenu., July 21. In the
Alice Mitchell case to day, Lillie John
son was cross examined at length. Her
testimony of yesterday was oot shaken.
She said that she and Alice answered
matrimonial advertisements just for fun.
Alice was very high-tempered; she
wanted to bave her own way, and gener
ally bad it. Frank T. Mitchell and
Mttttie Mitchell, brother and sister of
A ice, testified at some length, but their
evidence in no way differed from tbe
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All Wines and Brandies Guaranteed Strictly Pure
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xud ucisb mea, uiquurs auu cigars .always on oaie.
Try the best remedy for Dyspepsia, "Dandelion Tonic"
PRINZ & NITSCHKE
Furniture and Carpets.
N JSIM9t AMs
It is gratifying to please
yourself and ethers at
the same time, a pipe
full of "Seal of North
Carolina" Plug Cut fills
the bill, while ytni enjoy
its flavor everybody en
joys its fragrance.
Packed in
Patent Cloth
Peuehes and
tn Foil.
Appealing o he moil
MA3TIFF
PLUG CUT
has become
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io competition
with lon'
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THE LEADING UNDERTAKERS
Best Stock and Lowest Prices. , '
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PIHNOS
ORCHNS
SOLD OH EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS AT THE :
BOOK MUSIC STORE
B. JACOBSEH & CO.
, ALSO THE LEADERS IN
School Books, Stationery, Notions, Music, Fancy Goods, Toys, Express Wag
0D8 and a fine line of Cigars.
16S Second Street,
THIS DALLH8, OR
52. IF. MldDdDIID
bener i mm and Forwarding Merchant.
391, 393 and 395 SECOND STBEET,
(Adjoining itaiiroaa Depot.) , '
Consignments : Solicited !
Prompt Attention to tnoso who favor me with their patronage.
The Highest Price paid in Cash for Wheat, Barley, Etc., Etc
DEALERS IN
Fine Upholstered Goods
Fnmlture, CrpcU, Mting, Pirior OrnmciU, Window SbadfX, Eta.
TTiid.extsLlsizig' a, Specialty.
Coffins, Gulute, Burial Room, Etc
Can be found at all hoars of tbe day or night at their place of business,
166 SUOOAD 8T1IEET, The Dalle.