SATURDAY.
.AUGUST 22. 189(5
Notice Farmers
We are now prepared
to put OUt . ;
WHEAT SACKS
Get your orders in early
and save money. .
Wasco Warehouse Co
ITEM9 IS BRIEF.
From Wednesday's Dally.
TV H. Johnston, the Dufur merchant!
Is la the city.
' 'Mrt.W. A. Johnston and children
ftra visiting at Goldendale.
Mr. Kerr and his niece, Mrs. New
man, went to Portland today.
ir. and Mrs. Shackelford left on the
afternoon train for the sea coast.
A. J. and Georpe Anderson left tbie
morning1 for a hunting and fishing
trip to Trout Lake.
Mrs. B. T. Conroy returned home
today accompanied by her sister, Mrs,
. Sadie Lawler, of Albina.
Finemore Battle tested the qualities
Rockland side of the river this morn
lag.
"W. H. H. Sherwood, who was visit-
lne in Thar Dalles yesterday, left on
the Recnlator this morninflr for his
home at Kalama.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Lake have re
turned from their bridal tour to Port-
laod, and will leave tomorrow for their
borne at Antelope.
- The Regulator took on a hand of
wild horses at the Rockland dock this
- mom In sr. The horses will be taken
below and placed on the market.
Sam Hodges, of Crook county, left
Eugene Monday for hia home, taking
with him 220 head of younp; cattle,
which he purchased In Lane county.
A man electrocuted in the east
recently thought he bad a good joke on
his old teacher who always said when
- be was a boy, that he was bora to be
hung. .
JW i8s Rose Mlchell left on the after
noon train for Astoria. Mias Michell
will attend the meeting of the Press
Association, after which she will go to
Lioag .tseaca lor a snort vacation.
: The last act performed by Recorder
Phelps before leaving for Astoria this
morning was to impose a fine of $lu
-each upon two drunk who were gath
ered la by Night watchman Wiley last
night. -
Marcus Ames, chief of police of
"Walla Walla, died last Sunday night,
after on illness of three days with in
carnation of the bowels. He was an
efficient officer and respected citizen
cf that city.
, Jlr. John Parrott returned last even
. lng from an extended visit to San
Francisco and other important wool
towns on the Pacific coast. While
absent he took a short course on the
grading floors in the well known es
tablishment of Kliapkin & Gilhooly,
at the Mucket-Teo works. .
t -S. M.BIandefoi'de Is "here" "today
gathering exhibits far the car which
leaver Portland next Monday for the
Minnesota state fair. Mr.' Blandeford
is quite active in securing attractive
products, and by the aid of Mr. S jban
no and others, has succeeded in secur--
exhibit of Waaco
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county products.
A house belonging to Dan Osborn
In Long Hollow, some 20 qailes south
of The Dalles, was destroyed by tire
yesterday. Tom Sumner', the stage
driver, said the house was burning
- when he passed tbe:-, yesterday af Mr-
noon, and as it was very near the road
it was with difficulty that he got his
team by the burning building.
- Our fellow townsman D. C. Herrio,
grand lecturer of the A. O. U. W., Is-f
doing effective work among the Work
men lodes in the upper country. He
' has visited most of the lodges in Baker
and Union counties, and - will meet
with the lodg at Pendleton next Fri
day evening. Wherever he has been
his efficient work is evidenced by the
increased membership of the lodges.
Last night a telephone message was
received from Boyd summoning Dr.
Doane to Bakeoven to attend R. R.
'Hinton, who was reported seriously
injured by a runaway accident. All
that could be learned of the accident
is that Mr. Hinton was preparing to
come to The Dalles In a hack and
his horse ran away. He was In an un
conscious condition when the messen
ger who telephoned from Boyd left
Bukeoven.
The following advertisement re
cently appeared la the Oregonlan:
Wanted Young women who are good
round danoers for dance hall la min
ing town; 915 par week. Address Y
61. In answer to the above a young
woman went from Portland to Rjss
land, B. C, the mining town referred
to. She was disgusted at once with
the position and returned home. The
incident, though, gives an idea of the
character of Rossland. .
- The spirit of improvement ha9 a firm
hold upon the property owners of The
Dalles, especially in the way of laying
new sidewalks, and it Is to be hoped it
will not abate until every dilapidated
walk in the city is replaced by a sub
stantial new one. A number of new
walks have been laid in different parts
of town, and today carpenters are
busy putting down a new one in front
of W. H. Jones' store and Charles
Frank's saloon.
Mr. P. D. Currln, who lives in Ore
gon City, met with a very serious if
not fatal accident ytsterday morning,
says the' Oregonian. While he vas
going down into his well atTClyville to
clean it, when the rope holding the
bucket in which he stood broke and he
fell a distance of 25 feet. The tibia of
t.hn Infr. ln.r waa rHA(.nnnAnArl nr. ri
ankle Joirrt, and forced do-f n through
the heel," and a deep gash;-w,is cut in
the bottom of bis right foot. Mr. Cur
rln is 65 years old, and the injury is
consequently serious.'
from Thursday' Dally.
, Hon. A. A. Jayne, prosecuting at
torney of this district, la in the city -J.
W. Condon returned today from a
visit to the sea coast, looking hale and
hearty. -' ' .'
Capt. McNulty has charge of the
Regulator i a the absence of Capt. Waud
in Astoria.
A. M. Balfour, one of the proprietors
of the Balfour ranch at Xyle, is visit
Jog io Tbe Dalles today.
,A Mmm T T Patac. an A TLTva
. M. Wilson left this morning for
Portland. From there Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs. Peters go to the coast for
few weeks.
Miss Lizzie Bonn went to Bonne
ville todav to loin a party of Dalles
people who are encamped there.
Kocher & Freeman are today puning
down cement walks' at the residences
of S. L. Brooks and J. M. French.
Charles Butler, the brfef buyer, ar
riued today from Port Townsand. Mr.
Butler reports business very dull on
tbe sound.
Mm. Hill has returned from a visit
to her son at Victoria, B. C. She will
remain here a few days, then return to
Victoria to reside permanently.
Immense ouantitl9 of melons are
being shipped from this point. They
bo botn east ana west, suuw umug
hipped well out Into Montana
Dakota.
Talk about Chinese cheap labor and
low waares in Mexico, says the Indiau-
apolis Sentinel. Right herein Intiiau
annlia there are men working for the
Pairv Tnanufaeturinar company for 24
cents a day. some are gaiiing
cents.
The fall term of the McMlnnrille
college opens on SspWmber 15, This
school is becoming one of the leading
educational institutions of t!te state
and furnishes excellent inducements
to students desiring to take up a colle
giate course.
P. L. Kretzer is in1.he city for a few
days. Ho has "Ot yet been able to
strike artesian water in the well he is
sinking at Lyle, he having encoun
tered very hard reck, hence . the pro
gress of the well has been slow, but he
has hopes of reaching an abundant
flow of water soon.
Callers at the Sklbbe hotel are
pleased to see the smiling fee of genial
old Billy Butts loom up as manager,
during the absence of the proprietor.
Mr. Butts, besides be a royal host, is an
excellent advertisement for a hostlery,
since the doubting would-be customer
must be conuinced that he is well fed
A year or two ago the republicans
could not sav any thing too mean of
that "lecherous old democrat," Col
W. C P. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
Now in their eyes be is washed "whiter
than snow" because he Is a gold bug
and supporting McKlnley. But a-a
influence don't count for muli in
Kentucky.
The attention of the reporter was
called to a crowd assembled in front of
the city jail this afternoon, which at
first he concluded was a McKlnley rati
fication meeting, but on neaii'ig the
as? emblaze he learned it was the mar
sbal's sale of horses. Two aclmula
were sold, one to Phil Brogan for $8
and the other to Win. Isabell for $4. to.
That troubles never come singly is
verified by the fact that Henry Tennant
who is serving time in Fitzgerald's
hostlery for having sold another man's
saddle, is nw confronted with the
charge of having borrowed a watch
from a girl of tbe town and sold it,
He is belbg tried before Jilstice Filloon
this afternoon. -
In another column Is begun a cor
respondence fr.om a gold democrat, as
sailing the position taken by "Silver"
that the discrepancy between the coin
age ratio and commercial value will
not drive either metal out of circula
tion. The T.-M. desires all sides of
the raony question discussed and in
vites other contributions on the sub
ject."" -r--i- m '
Today Dr. Doane returned from
Bakeoven, where he had been called
to attend R. R. Hinton. He found
Mr. Hinton suffering from a scalp i
wound and a number of bruises about
the body, though not seriously injursd.
Mr. Hinton sustained the Injuries by
jumping from a hack while the team
was running away near Bakeoven
Tuesday afternoon.
The public school buildings of The
Dalles have been, thoronghiy reno
vated and repainted, preparatory so
tle opening of the fall term which be
gins September 7. In addition to the
repairs that have bean made to the
buildings they are all, except the one
in .Thompson's addition, now supplied
with water from the spring on the
academy grounds, which is deemed
more wholesome than that furnished
by the city water works, and since it is
owped by the district, will befurnished
Townsend. The cattle were shipped I
last night, part of them going to Port
Townsend and part to Portland.
A deed of 34 pages printed matter
was recorded by the county clerk to
day. It conveys all the property of the
old O. R. & N. Co. in this state to the
rpcrntly organized company, the Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Hon. w. H. Biggs and family are
home from Clatsop Beach, where they
have been oamping the past month.
Mr. Biggs' health has been materially
improved by the vUit to the seaside,
and he i9 now as rugged as he was
prior to his illness last spring.
If the young Americans of this city
were permitted to vote, McKlnley
would certainly get an overwhelming
majority here, that is if the propensity
for buvlns cans Is an index of their
preference for president. The rew
York store yesterday put on sale a lot
of ca-npaln caps, and up to the time
of coiner to press 62 McKlnley and 13
Bryan caps bad been sold.
A dispatch was recolvod this morn
in? from F. W. L. Slribbf, dated at
Astoria la3t nignt, announcing that
The Dalles had beon selected as the
place for holding the next Hretnens'
tournament. When Mr. Skibbe left
here for Astoria he announced that it
was his Intention to exert all his ener
gies to secure the tournamant for The
Dalles, and it appears that he has been
successful.
The oiliest man In Marlon county,
and almost the oldest in Oregon, is
John Durbio. If Mr. Durbln lives till
the 13th of next month, he will be .102
years old. His sons ana granasons
have In contemplation the celebration
of their paternal ancestor's 102d birth
day anniversary, to which an invita
tion will be extended to all Dloneers
of the state, who came to Oregon as
early as 1849.
Wednesday night Nigbtwatchman
Wiley encountered a would-be bad
man who was slightly under the " in
fluence," and bad a lively time dis
ciplining him. The fellow showed
fight and dealt the officer a severe
blow on tbe head, but was soon over
powered. Yesterday Mayor Menefee
made peace with the belligerent by
fining him $5 for his drunk an'1 $5 for
striking an officer.
. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
An Old and Respected Citizen Attempts
to Tube Hia Own Life.
at less cost.
According to a celebrated anatomist
there are upwards of 5,000,000 little
glands in the human: stomach. ' These
elands pour out the digestive juices
which disolve or digest the food. In
digestion Is wanp of juice, weakness
of glands, need of help to restore
the health ofj these organs. The
best and most natural help is that
given by Shaker Digestive Cordial.
Natural, because It supplies the
materials needed by the glands to pre
pare the digestive juice-". Because it
strengthens .. and invigorates the
glan Is and the stomaoh, until they
are able to do the work alone. Snak?r
Digestive Cordial cure Indigestion
oertaialy and permanently. It does so
by natural means,-and therein lies the
secret of its wonderful and unvai ied
success.
At druggists, prioe 10 cents to 81.03
per bo t-le.
SOi.Il'IrIQ CP-OPBBATIOX.
Observer Pague Insists on Crerilrabls Ex
hibit Being; Made at Portland.
The following extracts are made
from a circular letter issm.-d by B. S.
Pague, urging the people of Oregon to
make exhibits at the Industrial Ex
position at Portland, that should be
heeded by every producer in the en
tire state:
"The success of the Exposition of
1895, was in a large degree due to tbe
public spirit manifested by the citizens
of the state of Washington, shown in
their contribution of products, which
were so extensive as to almost be
wilder all who saw them. The
management of tbe exposition this
year is practically tbe same as it .was
last year, and we feel that even greater
success will attend our enorts tnis
year than which was obtained last.
We cannot make it a success without
the aid of the people of Oregon and
Washington.
"I am aware of the fact th.'t the grain
crop is not up to its usual excellence;
that the fruit crop is more deficient
than it ever was before; that vege
tables are not an average, in fact, that
all products are not as good ncr as
plentiful as they wsro last year. This
deficiency can be over come by every
person interested in the material pro
gress and welfare of the state taking
an interest iu tha exjiofitio'i "and for
warding us an exhibit. Many laBt
yesr in visiting the exposition, said:
Those are good exhibits,, but I have
better at home. We collect the best
that can be obtained, but can only do
so by generous co-operation on part of
all"
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OFF FOB ASTASIA.
About 6 o'clock this morning Rich
ard G. Closter arose from his bed, arid
witiiout any known reason, shot him.
self through the head. Only a few
days since Mr. Closter and Mr. Schutz
had rented the rooms formerly occu
pied by the justice court, on Second,
between Court and Union streets, and
had fitted them up for housekeeping.
Last night Mr. Schutz was invited to
Prof. Birgfeld's residence where he re
mained over night, but being troubled
with asthma arose about 5 o'clock and
returned home. When he entered the
house Mr. Closter was awake, and call
ing to Mr. Schutz, said he had retired
about 12 o'clock but could not sleep,
Mr. S'bufz went to his room, and lying
down on the bed, soon fell asleep,
tie was presently arousea oy tne re
port of a pistol, and going to the
kitchen found Mr. Closter on the floor,
a pistol by bis side, and a stream tf
blood issuing from his head. Dr. Hoi
lister was summoned by telephone,
and arrived in a short time. Be found
Mr. Closter groping for his pistol,'stat
log that be wanted to "complete vthe
job." On being refuced the pistol
Mr. Closter requested the doctor to
give him - something that wouid end
his life, snying that he was suffering
intense agony.
Dr Hollister summoned Dr. Logan,
a uil together they exam ned the in
jured man's wounds, and probed for
the bullett, but failed to locate it.
The bullet entered the skull just in
front of the left ear, and ranged down
ward,crusbing the bones in the ro;f of
the mouth. As yet the physicians cau
not determine what the result of Mr.
Closter's injuries will be.
His most Intimate friends can' asMgn
no reason for bis rash act. Yesterday
he was in ordinary good spirits, though
he was complaining of not having felt
well for a number of day3. Yesterday
he bought the pistol with whioh be
shot himself, and at the tica ) of making
the purchase stated be was contem
plating going on a trip to the moun
tains. Last evening be went with
Judye Liebe to tbe 10:30 train and met
Mrs. Llebe and daughters, who were
returning from a trip to the coast. He
walked with them from the Uinac;lla
house to 3econd street, without display
ing any signs of dlspondency, and
when be bid them goodnight appeared
in his right state of mind. Even
this morning, when Mr. Schutz en
tered the house he appeared t0 be
jovial, and was . Joking Mr. Schutz
about being out all cifehi.
Mr. Closter was born in Germany 6
years ago, and come to The Dulles in
1863. For a numbor of yean he ran a
pack train between this plj-'u and
Canyon City, and for a tima u.il charge
of a government pack train with Gjn.
Cook's command. During tha Indian
war of 1878 he also bad charge of a
government pack train connected with
General Howard's command. During
his many years residence here bis in
tercourse with his fellowmen has been
most pleasunt. To everybody he
was known as "Uncle Dick," and
it . is doubtful if he ever bad
an enemy in tbe community.
Although . within the past few
years he has lost a considerable amount
of money in unfortunate invesaent,
either in the alleged quart or the
gravel In the vicinity of the supposed
ledge. A number of mining experts
have visited the new camp, and so far
all have come away disgusted, giving
as their opinion that a gold-bearing
quartz ledge in such a formation would
be impossible. The boom that was
gotten ap has been exploded, and those
who weal to Kook Creek with the ex
pectation of finding untold wealth,
have come away sorely disappointed,
AIT OPEN LETTER TO "HLVES."
A Gold Democrat Criticlaea the Position
Taken by alli?r.'
THE roWEB BEHIND TUB IHE05E
Portland Jobbers Decry Eastern Oregon's
.Resources.
For years Portland has pretended to
be a friend to the open-river project,
had her jobbers have lead us to believe
they were interested in seeing the ob
structions to the navigation of the Co
lumbia removed; but occasional!
events occur that csuso us to doubt
their sincerity, and even make us be
lieve they are the real power behind
the throne tat has caused the many
delays of work at the Cascade Locks
An incident occurred Wednesday
which looks as if Portland business
men may be using their influence, in
an indirect way at least, to convince
the people of other sections of the
country, especially tb ee in authority,
that there is no need of an open river,
because there is little or nothing to
ship from the Inland Empire. A patty
of tourists, Messrs. O. H. Keller and
V. C. Mead, of Marion. Ind., who had
pent a week in Portland, were on
board the Regulator awaiting its de
parture from the Locks, when a prom
luent citizen of The D:viles oyerheard
them discussing the reasons why the
looks were not completed, and one of
them remarked that there was no need
of their completion, since the country
for hundreds of miles east of Cascades
was a barren waste, producing little or
nothing to export. The Dalies man
inquired where hegot his information,
and was toid that it was from the mer
chants of Portland, who had told bim
that Eastern Oregon and Washington
were desolate stock raising sections,
with nothing to ship except a limited
amount of beef, -mutton and wool.
Now, if Portland merchants are tell
lng tourists such stories, is it not pos-
sible they are telling the same to con
gressmen, government engineers and
officials and are thus convinc
ing them that there is no immediate
necessity of an open river? Portland
jobbers could have a selfish motive in
creating such an impression, for Port
land has ever been the wholesale town
i for the Inland Empire, but when the
j river i opened, and The Dalles gets
; terminal rates both east and west, it
; will be the distributing point for all
the upper country, thus causing Port
land jobbers to I.09-1 a large trade they
have bee a enabled to ODmmaad for
many years.
A SLEEK UCOCNDKEL.
lie Works a Schema and Bilks The Dalles
Oat of About One Hundred Dollars.
Some time since a very affable and
pleasant appearing gentleman, giving
his name as Prof. J. C. King, with De
Lean & Co., of New York, arrived in
i The palles, and entered upon a swind
; ling scheme whereby he cleaned up
i about $100. He canvassed the city on
I a picture-retouching layout, announc-
j ing that he intended opening an art
! callerv in the building recently van.
he still has plenty to supply immediate hy Mr8 Hogaa. He .goUeited
wants, hence financial troubles could j photogPapb8 which he retouched and
; on their delivery he collected one dol-
lar, the agreement being that the
j holder of the picture should be entitled
to a 14x17 photograph of himself or any
From rnasy's lMlly
Mrs. E J. Robinson went to Hood
Rfwr today.-"-- ' ' ' - ;"
Ferdinand Mathews left this, morn-Joj-.for
Portland. -
Col. Enus Is spending a few days
visitiDg in the city.
Frank Seufert went to Portland on
the afternoon train.
Dr. and Mrs.-Shaokelford returned
home last night from below.
Mrs. Jewett returned to her home at
White Salmon this morning.
Harry-Llebe and Fred Wilson are in
Astoria today attending the tourna
ment. Mrs. G. A. Llebe and daughters re
turned lart evening from a visit to the
sea coast.
The yonngpst son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. J. Anderson, cf Dufur, is reported
dangerously ill.
Dr. J. F. Watt, of Hool River, was
in the city today, and left ou tbe after
noon train for his home;
Mr. and,N5i!. C. L. Phillpps went to
Astoria today, and will spend a few
days on Long Boach before returning.
A dispatch just received from Astoria
states that Tbe Dalles hose team lost
both races la which they entered
today.
F. H. MeClure arrived here last night
from Butte, Montana, having ridden
.-.11 tbe way on a bicycle. He left
Butte on Aug. 2.
J. P. O'Brien and P. M. Campbell,
two officials of tbe O. R. fe N., were in
be city this morning, having come up
from below in their private car.
C. McPherson arrived here yesterday
vith 80 head of Crook county cattle
that were sold to Cbas. Butler, of Port
The Dalles Hose Team and Many Citizens
Co to The Tournament
Wednesday morning the Regulator
was loaded with Dalles firemen and citi
zeuS whose destination is the tourna
ment at Astoria. The team is com
posed of tbe fleetest footed men in Tbe
Dalles, all of whom are in first-class
training and are capable of coping
with tbe best runnera 00 ' the coast.
They areR. B. Sinnott, captain, N. J.
Sinnott, S. Bartell, C. Lewis, A. E.
Cameron, R. Teague, C. Cooper, C.
Clark, H. A. Bills, L-. A. Porter, J.
Maloney, S. Frank, R. Gibons and H.
Kelly. Other residents of The Dalles
wbo were in the company going to
Astoria were Mr. and Mrs. Leslie But
ler, Mr. aud Mrs. A. M. Kelsay, Miss
Christina Pbirman, Mrs. Teague, W.
C. Allawsy, James Fisher, J. P. Mc
Inerny, Bert Phelps, Fred D. Hill,
Rudolph Frank and Capt. O. S. Waud.
The hose team took with them their
fine racing cart and 500 feet of new
hose, together with other apparatus
necessary for the different contests in
which they will en.tur. All the compan
ies in the city, except the Ehri End
Hose Co., will be represented by dele
gates at the meeting of the association,
and a strong effort will be made to gel
The Dalles selected as the place of ib.3
next tournament. .
Plead Gullij.
Henry Tennant, the man arrested
for having stolen a saddle from A. W.
Fargher, was arraigned before Justice
Filloon Tuesday afternoon. When
be found the evidence against him was
too positive to refute he entered a pita
of guilty of simple larceny, and was
fined $25. Not having that amount he
was ' remanded to the custody of tbe
sheriff and will remain in jail until
financial relief can be had, or until 12
days have been served. Ten cent ac
knowledges that he borrowed the sad
dle at Mr. Fargher's place and sold it
to Rupert & Gabel, but says he was
the victim of a "job." His story is
that he borrowed the saddle from a
friend who rode it to Washington,
and afterwards the saddle was brought
in by a stranger and sold to him to
gether with a horse that he purchased.
Without knowing it was the saddle he
borrowed, he sold it to Rupert & Ga
bel. If his story Is true, he is certain
ly the victim of unfortunate circum
stances. ' Novel Tobacco Care,
An eccentric character who recently
died near the city overcame the to
bacco chewing habit by substituting a
wad of ordinary every day newspaper
for the cud of tobacco. As soon as tbe
paper was perused this individual pro
ceeded to demolish, and no doubt
digest the newspaper. He must have
digested and dissolved a number of
knotty problems during bis life.
For Rent.
Four room cottage in desirable loca
tion. Inquire of A. Keller at Oregou
Bakery. &
not have been the cause of his rasa
act, therefore there is no reasonable
explanation of his deed.. His life now
ban fa as if by a thread, which the en
tire community hopes will not be sev
eredj and since he Is receiving tbe best
'of attention both from bis brethern iu
the Masonic order and the cliizana
who volunteer their assistance, he may
yet be nursed back to life.
A Hew Proposition.
J. H. Clayton, representing the Pa
cific Fire Eugiae Co., was in tue city
Thursday coriferrin.7 ith t!:; 5re and
Ws'ter committee of .the cicy couucil
with reference to furnishing the fire
department with a Raciue Extin
guisher, which be represents as buiug
superior to any of the old-style chem
ical extinguishers, and which heoiTsra
to deliver in The Dalles for about $950
as against $1,450 for an ordinary chem
ical engine. The Racine operates
with compressed air and chemicals
combined, hence is operated at less ex
pense than tbe other engines, and its
capacity as an extinguisher is unlim
ited. Tbe fire and water committee
are now prepared to again submit tbe
proposition to the property owners of
the city to put In an electric alarm
say tern, provided a Racine extinguisher
Is bought by do .atiou, and since it can
be purchased for 3-500 less than the or
dinary chemical engine, it is possible
that the requisite amount may be
raised. '
Bnslnes and Indignation,
The effete East is in a fair way to re
gain some of it lost population if the
following advertisement in a Yaqalna
paper Is in good faith: "During the
next 30 days I will sell at private sale
all my household goods of every de
scription, also office furniture, at a sac
rifice, preparatory to returning Eist.
I cannot longer reconcile myself to
living where, as in Toledo, under
guise of law, wholesale robblug of the
church, as well as private individuals,
is perpetrated for the pretended pur
pose of public improvements. A coun
cil run in the Interest of a man who
never works, except to promote bis
own political trickery, is a public
nuisance that all respectable citizans
should steer of at whatever cost. ' And
in county matters similar conditions
exist. Fred D. Carson."
member of his family, so soon as the
new gallery should be opened. The
smrtll uhntotrrnnhft wata rptni'ifhod an A
the dollar "from about one hundred : 'afcber, dew,lued silver, purposely,
xor uaionne naa observed tbe advanc-
May 1 introduce myself to you as a
democrat wbo believes in tbe main
tenatice of the gold st.iudurd, yet
claiailng no infallibility for my
opinions, r:&dy always to xivea candiu
aearing to tae other side, to accept
correction from them, and ready to be
one of them whenever th?y can con
vince me that the principles they ad
vocate are ror tne best int-arest of our
common country. I have read your
letter in the TiMES-MotrTAEfEEK of
Aug. 15th with particular" care and at
tontion, since it puts forth, with calm
ness and candor of statement, a rather
different line of argument than has
elsewhere come under mv notice: and
l desire to submit to your criticism
some conclusions I have reached in re
gard to it.
I will say frankly, in opening, that I
think if you had drawn your conclu
sions from a wider range of facts you
would have seen at once that the cir
cumstances with wbicbr you illustrate
your theory are but mere coincidences
and not the consequences of an uni
versally applicable financial law. For,
iirt, if your theory that gold, disap
peared irom our ctrcuiat on at one
period and stlvar at another because
of the difference between our coinage
ratio and that of of other nations, is a
valid principle of finance, then it- must
be that wherever the same conditions
can ba sbown to exist the same results
should follow; and second, whenever
either metal is taken from our country
to auother to replace the other metal.
that fact should .be evident in the
financial history-of tnat country as
well as our own.
I might repeat facts from history in
aenniteiy to show that your tneory
has not held gooa in other and
similar cases. One Is sufficient. Great
Britain and Franca at one period
of their history present facts
precisely parallel to those you note as
existing in France and the United
States in the period from 1742-1834.
You say in your loiter, that our ratio
being 18 to 1 and that of France 15i
to 1, "the result was that an ounce of
our gold could be taken to France and
exchanged by coinage into money of
the realm for 15J ounces of silver, and
15 ounces of silver could be brought to
this couutry and exchanged again for
an ounce of gold, thereby making a
profit of half au ounce of silver."
In the year 1717 England adopted a
ratio of 15 1-7 to 1, and this continued
to be the ratio in that country until
1(4 In France in 1723 the ratio of
14 5-8 to 1 was adopted and this con
tinued to be the legal ratio of that
nation till 1774. According to your
theory, then, at any time from 1717 to
to 1774 an ounce of gold could be taken
from France and with it 15 J-7 ounces
of silver could1 be bought in England,
of which 14 5.3 would buy another
ounce of gold in France, and there
would be a profit of 29-56 ounces of
rilver, slightly more of profit than in
the case you cite. ' As a result the ac
cumulations of the yellow metal, in
France Bbo'uld have been large and in
creasing while England should "have
used in its circulation almost exclu
sively silver. As a matter of history
just tbe reverse of this is the case.
In France all through the period we
are considering the disappearance of
gold from circulation was a chronic,
monetary disturbance, which was not
arrested until Calonne, in 17S3, secured
a change of ratio to 15 to 1, doing
this expressly to make the coinage
ratio correspond with the market ratio
and thereby secure the return of gold
to circulation. At this time this ratio
parties was collected, but tbe new gal
lery was not, no never will be opened,
for tbe professor, accompanied by hia
very pleasant little wife, has disap
peared. As a result a whole lot of Dl-
. IssItU-s -tre kicking themselves for bav
injf l-in thus gulled, and hava deter
mined that in the future when they
want pictures retouched or enlarged
j they will patronize the resident artist
j D. C Herrin, who has a studio in
j Chapman block.
j King is & man of pleasant address
j medium build, has dark blue eyes and
black hair with a lock of gray on the
j forehead. His wife ie aUo a very
pleasant little lady, very slight build,
is of light complexion and wears eye
glaeses. The pair are first-class bilks,
and the press of the country will do
well to warn their readers against
them.
ing tendency of gold at that time and
believed that that tendency would con
tinue till the mint ratio he had estab
lished was reached. The outcome jus
tified hU couclusion. For at the time
seems to have been because the then
unparalleled output of gold from Cal
ifornia, Australia and Russia had so
cheapened that metal that is was not
then undervalued by the ratio of the
French mints.
In examining English history foi
traces 01 tne movements which yot
claim took place wo LnvoasiiU simpler
task. During the eigbty-three years
from 1716 to 1796 onlyJEj84,000of silver
had been coined in Great Britain
coinage on private account was abol
ishtd in 1774, and silver, as we have
seen above, practically did not circu
late. Atid since sliver did not circu
late in England In 1792, our gold could
uot have gone there to replace cold in
the English circulation. And when
gold returned to circulation here in
1835 we could not have brought It from
England by replacing It In British
circulation by our silver, for England
was not then coining silver on private
account and had, besides, in 1816,
adopted the single gold standard.
Again, you maintain that free and
unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio
of 16 to 1 wouid not now drive gold
from our circulation. But, why not?
Even wera your theory correct is it ab
solhtsly necessary that gold should
leave the United States at all, to go
out of circulation? The market ratio
is now SO to 1. With free coinage at
16 to 1 established, will any man who
possesses ten ounces of gold pay with
it $206 of his debts when he can take
that gold into open market and buy
with It three hundred ounces of silver,
which the government will coin for
him- free of charge and compel his
creditors to take for $337? Would not
it be the universal practice, as it was
in France, for the people to take "their
gold to the money changers, in order
to pocket the premium, and make pay
ment exclusively in silver." If every
one did that, would not gold be prac
tically out of circulation in the United
btatesr ui course, Deing out of use
here and in demand abroad it would
soon hna its way to foreign mints.
But in the first instance it is not nec
essary that it should leave the United
States to go out of circulation.
And just here you fortify your posi
tion by the remark that tbe amount of
uncoined silver is so small as to be
scaroely worth consideration. That
would be an important argument, if
true. But let me point out that with
tbe ratio falling from 16.17 to 1 in 1874
to 32.56 to 1 in 1894 the production of
silver has risen from 5,300,000 ounces
in the former to 167,753,000 ounces in
the latter year. Taklng.no account of
tbe Immense Impetus free coinage
would certainly, though perhaps - tem
porarily, give to the silver mining in
dustry, and supposing that not one
ounce of old silver would find its way
to our mints; calculating that not more
than one half of the 'new production
would each year be coined by our gov
ernment, it would take but about five
1 - M 1 1 t '
years lor one iiau 01 mis new produc
tion of sliver to replace the $500,000,000
of gold we haye io circulation. While
if space and time permitted It would
be very easy to show that the Very
strong probability is, that under those
conditions old as well as new silver
would flow to our mints from all direc
tions and that in the merest fraction
of the five years no gold would circu
late among us as money.
Very Sincerely, .
. ;.' . . Spy?JB. Money Democrat.; ;
The highest claim for other
tobaccos 13 "Junt aa
good as Durham.'.'::
Every eld smoker-.
knows there 13 cone juat
ss good 03
3 & Vi H-tSSV
Yon wlH find one cerroon inslda
eacn two ounce bag, and two cou
pons lno.ac caca iovr cunco
Dagot EiackwclTo Durham.
Buy a beg of tliio cele
brated tobacco end rood the
coupon which eives a list
of valuable presents end how
to set them. v!
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Corner Court and Second Streets
1
nrmn
BII.LX CHINOOK'S OLD OCIT.
its Fludlug Bring? op Soms BamlnlsoencM
'of Eaily Days.
The children of Mr, Eaton, living
in the neighborhood of Union and
Liberty ' street, . recently found in the
sand of an adjoining lot an interest
ing relic of old pioneer tiroes, la the
form of an old army musket with a
bayonet attachment. The stock bad
completely rotted off and the iron it
I covered wiiu a thick coatiaa of lust.
0M18
Liquor
Store
(J. O. KXCK'S OLD STXND)
173 Second Street, The Dalles, Or.
Stubling & Williams. Proprietors
Land Transfers. .
G E and G M Woodwood to Katie C
Clark, parcel of land on V7n Jeukin's
donation claim in Hood river valley,
$500.
Thomas Pallock to Berry F. Beals,
23 acres in sw sec 1 1 2 n, r 10 e; 9500.
Francis Crosen to Joseph Parodl,
lot H, block 109 in Ft.-Dalles Military
Reserve addition to Dalles City; 3100.
I. A. McCrum and wife to Merchants'
National bank of. Portland, n i nw J
sec 36, 1 1 s, r 8 e; SL
E. Jacobsen. administrator estate V
C Lane, to Francis Dial, lot In Ante
lope, 833.
J D Tunney to F W Sllvertooth, lot
10 blk I, Laughlin's addition to Ante-lop-.,
$23. :''.'.'"
Henry Billlns and wife to J. D. Tun?
oey, lot 1. blk ll Laughlin's addition
to Antelope; $25.
Thomas Harlin and others to O. R.
& N. Co., water privileges; SI.
Tba National Democrats.
Pursuant to a call published in Mon
day's daily, there was a meeting of the
national democrats held at Sohanno'a
ball Tuesday evening, for the purpose
of perfecting an organization and elect
ing delegates to the state convention
to be held in Portland on the 22d.
Judge Llebe was elected chairman of
the meeting and H. J. Maler secretary.
The following delegates were olected
to the Portland convention: L. W.
Heopner, J, T. Peters, H. J. Maler. J.
B. Condon, Frank Clark, R. H. Lons
dale, J. A. Crossen and J. P. Mcluerny.
After the election of an executive
county committee, consisting of G. A.
Liebe. chairman, J. B. Condon, J. T.
Peters and J. P. Mclnerny, the meet
ing adjourned subject to the call of the
obalrinaa.
Ap Exploded Mining Boom.
The reputed bonanza at Rock Creek,
near Stevenson, that has caused so
much excitement of late, has proven a
fake . A gentleman who has just re
turned from there says that there is
no sign of a quartz led?e anywhere in
the vicinity ef Rock Creek"on Lookout
mountain. Tbe entire country, he
says, is of volcanic formation, which
is uncommon in mining regions, and
there is not a color of gold to be found
A Break at a County JalL
Sometime between the hours of 6
and 7 o'clock Wednesday evening,
while the officers were at supper, five
prisoners escaped from the county Jail.
The escape was effected by the sawing
off one end of a bar in the window of
the bath room, located on the south
side of the jail. Those wbo escaped
were; John F. Graham, sentenoed on
June Sth to four months for larceny;
C. Mason, serving a one year sentence
for taking from thepostofnee and open
ing a letter belonging to another; Ed
Hiller, held for trial for larceny in a
dwelling; Isaac Ruddock, recently ar
rested for embezzlement of school
funds, -and Louis Waters,, an Indian
boy, 20 years old, held . to the grand
Jjry for cattle stealing.- East Ore
gonlan. - .
Letters Advertised.
The following Ib the list of letters
remaining in The "Dalles postoffice
uncalled for August 22, 1S96. Per
sons calling for these letters will please
give the date on-which they - were ad
vertised: . ' .i. :-tr - ;..-. -.y
Allen, Belle Miss Allen, G G
Bates, Mies Rosa Bourland, Oliver
Chambers, M'ss M Coon, JR.
Copeland, Geo Ellis,. VV
Jones, Jas Jackson. Thos .
ffotzman, Andy Linder, EC '
McCarter.CF- ' Mannion, MP
Montgomery, C E Mnssell,- Katie (2) '
Nerker, Ameltte - Nff. R.'
Wright, Essie Wright, Frank
J, A. Ceossen , P. M.
All druglsta sell Pi. JUles' Jin WU. ,
! butjs still, in spite of the evident lapae
that his la.v was succeeded by the law , of y?ars, in a fair state of preservation,
of the consulate, which datfed Franco j Thy musket was shown to Colpn.l
on the single silrer standard Soetbaer j Slnnou, he being the or.ly one llKly
quotes the market ratio at very nearly ' to unravel the mystery of Hi appear
15 to 1, and there was not at tha time j anoe and disoovery tn a portion of the
any observable tendency to remove city hard by the old rort Dalles rts-
Wholesale- Jobbing and-Retalt Dealers '
Agents for Anhauser-Busch Beer an-i Leading Brands. of Cigars'
' PHONB 83. . OORRB8PONDBNOB SOLXOXTSO.
v
1 iwun rmiTn nininnmrn
Company
either gold or silver from concurrent
circulation in Fr&Dce,
In England at this time circumstan
ces were no more favorable to your
contention. The establishment of the
ratio at 13 1-7 to 1 in 1717 had beeq fol
lowed by the almost total disappear
ance of silver from circulation. Except
abraided and liht weight coins there
was none at all. In 1774 tbe legal
tender function of silver was limited
by law to 25, all silver In greater
amounts circulating by weight only.
Gold had uot gene to France, It had
left it. Tbe circulation of England
was alm03t devoid of sliver, not flooded
with it. Exactly the opposite
condition exited in each nation
from the one that the acceptance of
your theory would lead us to look for.
And looking at market ratios, we find
that silver was slightly undervalued in
England, gold was slightly under
valued in France. Certainly the coin
age ratios did not cause eold to
leave France or silver to leave England
might It not have been, after all, that
it was' caused ineach nation by differ
ence between mint ratio and the ratio
of the open market? Is not tracing
your theory here like following the
will-'Q-the-wisp,and If it is so here, can
It ba more elsewhere?
I think that it has not to you, for I
do not find In the monetary history of
either France or England any evidence
of your assertion that their more favor
able coinage ratios have at different
times drawn away from our gold or our
silver. As to France, the fact unfor
tunate for your theory seems to bo
that the ups and downs of the. circula
tion of the precious mstal in that
country haye gone on quite indepen
dent of American legislation and
practically uninfluenced by it. Gold
left us in the years following 1792 and
did not circulate again till 183-3. But
in France it hadcoaeloto circulation,
with the law of Calonne in 1783. Nor
had any change in American legisla
tion taken place when in 1803 In
France gold went out of circulation
This was a whole generation before
the gold, under your theoiy, could
have come to tbe United States, and
the explanation of its disappearance
by Chevalier Is that, "Gold has ceased
to figure Is transactions of any magni
tude since it acquired an appreciable
premium. People took their gold to
money changers, in order to pocket
their premium, and made pay&qentt
exclusively in silver." When by the
change of ratio in 1831 gold again
came'Into circulation there.- By 1820
and until 1S47 blmetalism practically
did not exist in France. Gold during
that time, being, according to Mr.
Robert Glffen's tables, always at a
premium' which at times rose as hiifh
as 2 per cent. And when in 183 1 it did
return to circulation in France it was
not legislation in America or else
where that brought it back. But it
ervatton grounds. The colonel at
once recognized it by certain private
marks near the breech as a gua that
had been given to Billy Chinnook, ia
the year 0' 2 SOS, by Lewis and Clarke,
while Billy was acting as scout for
these pioneer explorers. "Ah me! ad
ded tbe Colonel, as he gently stroked
bis flowing beard, the sight of that old
gun brings back to my memory the
days, now forty years past and goruy
when we used to have to figbt Iudlacs
every morning before breakfast. , Not
that we wanted to fight, particularly
but It seems we had to. These were
the times when we used to cross the
Columbia on the backs of the sal
"Did you kill many Indians?" Inno
cently enquired the reporter.
"Lots 01 them." was the answer.
"Why, their bones used to lie around
so thick that I have several tlmei
asked for an appropriation from con
gress to have them burried. I only
wanted $8,000, and could never get a
hearing even for that small sum. If I
bad asked half a million and hired
claim agert I would haye succeeded
without a doubt. Why, it isn't long
since one of those claim agents wrote
me from Washington asking if 1 was
tbe man named Sinnott who was
kliled In the Yakima Indian war of
1S57, adding that if so I bad a big claim
for damages against the government."
"What did you say to him?" queried
the reporter.
; ''Oh, I told him I could prove that I
was tbe man, all right, but I bad seri
ous doubt that the government would
never believe me. I was anxious to
get the claim,' but I did not like to In
crease the chances of spending my old
days in the penitentiary.
The gun referred to above is now on
exhibition in tbe office of tbe Umatilla
House. .
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The beat salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped bands, chil
blains, coma and all ekin eruptions,
and positively euros plits. or no pay
reouired. It Is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 23 cents per box. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton.
Columbia Packing
CORNER- THIRD AND WASHINGTON
BEEF, VEAL, MUTTON, PORK AND LARD.
Cured aud Dried Meats.
sausages of All Kinds : :
ORDERS ELIVERED TO ANY PART OF THE CITY
MARR1EO.
SHERWOOD BOARDMAN At the CmntlUs
Bouta p&rlor, on Aupust SO, Rev. J. H. Wood
officiating. Mr. W. II. B. Sherwood.of Kalitms,
Walu, and Miss Minnie Bo&idmao, of Mit
chell, Or.
HAYS-H1NTON At the office of 3. M. Filloon,
J. P., in this city, Monday. August 17, Mr.
luac Hayes and Mrs. Julia C. Hinton, both of
this county.
TRYAV-LYOJI-At Dufur. on Sunday. August
14,' Mr. R. D. Trvsn and Miss Lillle Loa,
JusUoe A- J. Brig ham, offlolatlg.
BTIJfNT ABBOTT In this oity. Saturday.
Aug. lSvb. by W. O. Curtis, pastor of tbe Con
gregational church, at the residence of B 3.
Kietzer, O. Bnrry Btlnnet and Miss Mlaeira
A. Abbott, totb ef Wsco Co. Or.
McOOBKLE-BEATTIB At the Co tiers 7a.
tlonal church of this c'ty, on Wedneelay
Aug. 19th by Re. W. C. Curtis, Jobs M. Mo
Corkleand Miss Louisa Beattle. Both of
Tygh Valley.
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On getting the' first, best, and greatest variety of
Fruits and Vegetables, aa well as Groceries ; also
Fruit Jars and the beat assortment possible of
Crockery and Glassware, at Postofficb Corner '
Grocery
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Cor Third and Court Streets
Job Printing
Of all kinds done oa
abort notice and at
reasonable rate at
this offlca.