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DON'T BE DEPENDENT.
The Times-Mountaineer is in receipt
of a circular issued by the Lewiston
Commercial Club setting up the advan
tages to be gained and the benefits
that would occur from the opening of
the Columbia-river to navigation above
The Dalles, or rather by the building
of a portage road around the r.pias
Kot.maAn Th Dalles and Uelilo. ine
circular goes on to eay that a portage
KilmTffliiibe "built for the modest
appropriation of $250,000 in addition
to the $200,000 still remaining of the
imot nlloi nnnrnpriation. We
wnw iiiwn.j rr .
MilmittAthat fullv 30.000,000 bushels
of wheat will be affected by the cheap
ening of transportation by such open
ing nf t.h river: at only five cents
- reduction per bushel in freight charges
this , would mean $1,500,000 per year
sayed to the Inland Empire, or more
than three times the cost of the pro
posed portage road.
Accompanying the circular is a
petition to congress to appropriate
8450,000 for the immediate construction
of said portage road and equipping it
for operation, and urging congress
men and senators from the Pacific
coast states to work for the appropria
tion. The objects sought by the Lewiston
Commercial Club are commendable,
but the moans they would adopt are
those of a child. If the wheat raisers
of the Inland Empire can saye $1,500,
000 in freights in one year by tho con
struction of a portage road that will
cost only $450,000, why should they call
on congress to help them.-' Why aou t
they cease to be dependent upon the
government? Why don't they build
the road themselves?
. It is a question whether the govern
ment can build and operate railroads
without an amendment to the constitu
tion and if it could and congress were
willing to make the appropriation, It
would require no less than five years
to get the appropriation bill through,
secure the rights of way and construct
the road. In those five years the
wheat raisers will lose $7,500,00 J.simpiy
because they are not enterprising
enough to go down in their pockets
and put up about one and one-half
cents a bushel on their grain crop of
one year to build a road that will gain
them five cents a bushel.
If the wheat farmers and merchants
of the Inland Empire haye not suf
ficient enterprise about them to build
, a little piece of road costing $450,000
that will save them $1,500,000 a year
on wheat and perhaps $500,000 a year
on other freight, they do not deserve
any assistance from the government.
Let them cease to be dependent and
go to work and build the road them
selves. They can easily do it in a
'year, whereas there is no telling
how long it would take the govern-
" ment to build the road, eyen if
congress were willing to make
the appropriation which is de
cidedly questionable. There is al
ready a move on foot to build this
portage rord as a private enterprise,
the Central Construction & Navigation
Co. having taken the matter in hand,
surveyed the route and we understand
secured the right of way. If the
Lewiston Commercial Club is realiy in
earnest it will aid this company, or if
it is found to not be iu a position to
construct the work, it 'will start a com
pany that will, and not depend on con
gress for assistance. If the upper
country people will cease to be de
pendent and go to work to help them'
selves they may accomplish something,
aid of 133,424 voles for Palmer in 1896,
out of a total vote of 13,923,378, and if
they go back on him now what will he
do for frills on his majority?.
This fling at the gold democrats is
yery much out of order. The Chron
icle must know that when one gold
democrat voted for Palmer, many
voted directly for McKinley. It was
so all over the country. In spite of
MKinley'a good sized majority in
Oregon, he could scarcely have carried
it if all the gold democrats who votad
for him had voted for Palmer. The
gold democrats carried Kentucky,
Indiana, Delaware, Maryland, and tbe
Chronicl's home state of California
for McKinley. Without them he
could not.have been elected. It was
only here and there a scattering gold
democrat who voted for Palmer; the
m08toftbem and they were the men
of most brains and influence in tbe
democratic party voted directly for
McKinley electors, as the surest way
to beat Bryan. What the gold demo
crats will do iu 1900 cannot be accur
ately predicted. Some will vote for
McKinley again, and some willyote
for BryaD, but in what proportion is
problemetical. Telegram.
ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Tbe hero of Manila is again on
American soil, and after an absence of
nearly two years, during which time
be has risen from a uaval captain to
the highest rank known in the Ameri
can navy, he has returtea to nis native
country to receive tbe blessings ana
admiration of bis fellow citizens.
When be left American chores twenty
three months ap, Dewey wu9 known
only as an ordinary naval officer, one
who had always done bis duty and
performed tbe acts devolving upon his
rank, whenever called upon. Outside
of bis immediate circles bis name
was scarcely heard of, except in tbe
ordinary way of his bavmg been
transferred from'one station to another
or baying been promoted aiong toe
usual lines. But iu that short time
he has risen in prominence, and today
his name is referred to io all civilized
countries.
His brilliant victory on May 1st,
1898,has transformed tbU comparative
ly unknown captain to the greatest
sea Gghter of the age.
That Dewey is possessed of two
qualities sense and darring nec
ssary in a soldier, cannot be ques
loned, and that is why he is now the
foremost man of the nation. His
ability and genius is recognized by
all, and besides he 'is ono of those
true men who aspire to be nothing
more than a faithful and worthy citizen
of the United States, a man foremos
in his chosen profession. While no
American should be a hero worshiper,
all can do honor to the hero of Manila,
and if more honor can be bestowed
upon bim, other than those he has
earned, the American people are ready
to bestow them. If Dewey wants office
he can have it for the asking, and if he
craves to be president, he has but to
make bis wants known, and this high
est of honors will be conferred upon
him
bribery securing a treaty and taking
under the protection of our flag the
sullanry of Sul-J ana becoming tho
protectors and defeuuert ot polygamy,
slayery and piracy the lowest and the
vilest of the governments of earth.
Again, the traditions of tbe republi
can party are one the lines of protec
tion to American labor and internal
development and internal expansion.
That this tamn party should now,
through subltrlutfe, misrepresentation
a d deceit, be using the power of the
United Slates government to aid tbe
Anglo American China Development
Compauy in tbe work ot exploiting
tue Celestial Empire,' building rail
ways, introducing labor-saving ma
chinery, and treciicg factories, to
make China the workshop of the world
is indeed the paradox of the ages
lhat tnis work oi deceit and crime
against America and Americans should
bepromoted by a president elected up
on a protection platform, having re
ceived tbe nomination because his
ame was associated with a protective
measure, is calculated to go a long way
towards shaking tbe confidence of
mankind in tho professions of Ameri
can politicians and statesmen. The
president of the United States in
using tbe power of the government to
further the schemes of an .internation
al combination of capital greater than
ever was associated together for a
single purpose before, whose object
and purpose, it attained, will bring
perhaps hundred j of millions to the
syndicate, but will expose the world
t the licuurgf-s of Chinese competition
in the manufiM.-iure of enruuvidities, is
now (l.-ium tlis moral sense -t the
America! i.atioh, trunip:inr tlie Dec
laration of IndepeiiUcnce under foot
and using the power invested in him
by the people to tiring about condi
tions the exjet opposite to those which
be has beivtiforc cout.-iid--jd for, and
for which ih people ;ave him their
votes.
IS THIS ALL?
Abuse and ridicule, backed up by
an unlimited campaign fund in the
bands of (he shrewd politician, won the
election for McKinley in 1896, and the
same means are being resorted to by
tbe republican press in preparing for
the campaign, of 1900. They do not re
sort to argument to support their
principle, but to abuse. Recognizing
that Bryan is almost certain to be tbe
democratic nominee taey have turned
ibeir batteries of abuse on him. The
Oregonian, which never was able to
back up its positions wuli argument
unless it called its opponents fools,
knaves and cranks, opens up its thun
der for 1900 as follows:
"Robert Treat Paine, who has been
nominated by Bryanite democracy for
governor of Massachusetts, is a rich
man. a lineal descendant of one of old
Boston's famous families. He has
blood, breeding, wealth and a Harvard
college emulation; and yet he was one
of the very few democrats of large
wealth and liberal scholastic education
who threw up his hat for Bryan, free
silver and free riot in 1896. The ex
planation of Mr. Payne's Bryanism is
that he is not what Bryan is a cons
cious political quack, but a scholastic
crank. He is of the same breed of
political closet naturalists to which be
long, Professor Norton, Moortiold
Storey, Erving Winslow, Carl Schurz,
Edward Atkinson, William Lloyd Gar
rison and other evangtlists of tbe
gospel of "aoU-itnperialUm." There
are other?, like ex governor Bout-well
and George F. E iiuunds, whose opin
ions are rxnlaiiitu as part of the in-
uVinitirs ui i!l usi-. liouuvel; is old,
mea.-Ui.U uj his proiiiaiurouesicca; ion
of spi' it."
These men are all "fools" and
'cranks" iu the ejes of the great
Scott, yet he fails to disprove tr-iir
theories, and for lack of argument,
heaps aoust upon their heads. Again
The Great Northern FURNITURE
Opposite Obar's Hotel
STORE
East End, The Dalles, Ore.
DINING ROOMPURNITURE f Years m
tne lead
CHHIRS, ROCKERS.
Main -Store 166-168, Front Street, Portland, Oregon
;
A stove that has outlived 50
years of competition and of
which more and more are sold
every year must have special
merit. The Charter Oak is the
Htove. Where is there another
cooking apparatus with such a
record.
YOU CAN ALL SPELL THIS. M
?OAK
ccAusa you havb skkn it on voun
MOTHIR'S AND GRANDMOTHER'S
STOVE AND RANGE.
The low estimate piaci-d by the j it goes on iu the same strain
VALVE IN MONET.
HOW MONEY GOES ABROAD
An occasional failure of the harvests
in Great Britain, France and Switzer
land is now made good by the appear
ance of a new harvest which is as
steady as tbe traditional ice crop and
. granite crop in Maine, and which
differs from them only in its steady
growth.
This is the crop of American tour
ists, which this year has broken the
record. The leading London tourist
agency estimates the European crop
this year at not less than 70,000 Amer
icans who have yielded an average
return of 300, or $1,000, per tourist to
the European harvesters. In round
. numbers we may call the total 8100
000,000 or a little bit more than tbe
value of Nebraska's 300,000,000 bushel
corn crop at 30 cents a bushel.
. In other words, this country con
tributes to Europe eyery year and
chiefly to Great Britain nearly
enough to pay the charges on the
British national debt or the cost of
British army, without any apparent
- diminution of our prosperity. What
Is even more remakable is that ex
posure to European influences does
not seem to exercise any detrimental
effect on the American tourists who
generally return borne as loyal and
patriotic as when he went.
People with money to spend have a
right to squander it wherever they see
fit, bence there can be no means of
checking the tide of tourists that
flock to Europe each year, except it
be by increasing national pride and a
desire to keep wealth in our own
country. People will go to Switzer-
land to admire the scenery, while
there is doubly fine scenery on the
Pacific coast. They go to Europe for
the benefit of society, that is to hob
nob with titled nonentities while
there should be and is tbe best society
and most cultured people here among
the free and independent Americans
where every man is the peer of all
others. But until our people realize
these facts, money will continually
drift over to Europe each year at the
rate ot $100,000,000 in the pockets of
tourists who bring nothing but ex
perience and foolish notions back in
return.
Tbe East Oregonian expresses its
views on money, and the legislating of
yalue into money1 in the following
manner:
Many papers are trying to "point a
moral and adorn a tale" by stating
that "paper money down in San Do
mingo is worth two cents on the dol
lar." Paper money is money that re
piesents wealth. Where there is no
wealth there is no value to paper
money. A government that has no
title to wealth, no standing, cannot is
sue pajier money of yalue. But gold
at times is without value ' also. There
is a' case recorded where $10,000 in
gold wa3 offered for a dead rat and re
fused. A ship was wrecked and two
men found themselves afloat on a part
of the wrecked vessel. Starvation was
before them. One man was possessed
of a large sum in gold. The other dis
covered a drowned rat. Tbe time
came when tbe man with the gold of
fered it all for the rat. The offer was
refused. Gold was without value at
the time, and its value at all times is
to the extent that men can exchange it
for other things. If the governments
of the civilized world would stop certi
fying to the yalue of gold, by ceasing
to stamp it as money. Tbe metal
would lose much of its present value,
to the advancement of the interests of
mankind. Only the interests of the
privileged, the potentates, the poli
ticians, those in position and authority
and many of the professional classes,
are benefited by a dollar whose pur
chasing power goes on' steadily in
creasing from decade to decade. If a
paper dollar was never issued, and a
promise to pay was never made, and
gold continued to have Its present
favors from the government, condi
tions for the mass of men would be
worse than they are at tbe present
time. But, if gold were not coined in
to money, simply stamped as to weight
and fineness, leaving it to stand on its
own bind legs and thereby to establish
a value for itself, there would be fewer
promises to pay issued and fewer still
not redeemed, and paper money, the
only scientific money, would be issued
as required, to the multiplying of ex
change of products between man and
man. Progress and happiness among
tbe mass of men are very much cur
tailed by governments undertaking to
declare that one metal or two metals.
which are only products have values
which the governments see fit to create
by their action. In thus giving to a
certain metal this fayor, privileges
and powers are transferred to a com
paratively few men at the expense and
sacrifice of the many, which in time,
has the result of creating classes in
society, which afford evidences that
the equalities that the laws of nature
establish are being interfered with, to
the overthrow of orderly government
among men. The first paternal act of
the government was when gold and
silver was stamped as money and given
yalue that the producers of other pro
ducts had to accept as measures of
value for their labor. A robbery of in
dustry and enterprise under govern
ment supervision for tbe privileged
and the idln started then and is still
goes on unabated and unchecked.
president of tbe United Slates arid his
advisers upci tue inti-liif nee of the
people of tbe United 8wes is appal
ling. If it is pj.Hsible thutpuch crimes
as they are n-iw cum:uittin in tbe
name of liio American p.-np'e sijull go
unrebuki-d, then i..de:d tbe school
house aud it.e cbuic:i and the free
institutions will be provi-n a failure.
If it is poisiiild to commence a war
humanity and .-. d it in a war o
lugation and conquest, making
liances with and taking under our
protection the lowest and the most
debased government of tbe earth, all
our boasts of the last hundred years
Lave been idle declamation.
Verily, the Hannaite school not only
has contempt for American institu
tions, but its contempt for the intel
ligence of the American people beg
gars description National Watch
man. Oregon has attracted more atten
tion from the eastern people acd
foreign travelers tbe past year than
ever before in its history. Not even
in the boom times of ten years ago
were there more visitors, investigating
the resources and possibilities of this
state, than- during the past twelve
months, many of them making ar
rangements to come to this state for
permanent residence. Best of all
among the thousands of visitors have
been a numtfer of United States sena
tors and members of congress. Most
of tbose gentlemen had never been
west of the Rocky mountains before
and were wholly unacquainted with
the needs and possibilities of tbe
state. They were surprised at what
tbey saw, and will hereafter, when the
interests of this state are in question
be better prepared than before to act
intelligently and to give fair considera
tion to tbe requests of this section.
for : doctors tin i
f ink
al-
'Bryan la nothing Out a political
q-.iaek, with brains enougn to exhume
ancient, fallacies und pal u th-m off
upon his followers ns new truths by
clothing U.i-in in a liress of superficial
n e orical plausibility sufficient to I
make them circulate rapidly among-!
wonder loving folk, who j-ro-v raptur- j
ous in il-eir b!isfu! Ignorance over:
nuiM- t- cur-i all lue in
curables f"viui m-eai: t( 'e:n and sell
you a sure iv ru dy fv tuberculosis and
Ur ight's d:s -..-e iut of the same box
O piil.- or Indue of .elixir vitae So
much for th -.political quack Bryan,
whose head reminds you of a Chinese
l.m:ern which .has plenty of color, a
certain quality of lijiht, and yet is
nothing but a gaudy, thin, paper phan
tom luminary after all."
Is this all the argument the imperial
istic goli-rimmed Oregonian has to of
ier? Can it not find something in the
statements of the silverites and anti
Imperialists to refute? It seems not,
else it would desist from abuse and re
sort to statement of facts. It is in tbe
position of many other frail minded
people who have undertaken to sus
tain an untenable proposition that Is
to say to the adversary: "You are a
liar and a fool while I am the embodl
ment of truth and wisdom."
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1 Hardwood Side Board.
1 Hardwood fi-foot Extension
Table.
6 Hardwood High Back Cane
Saat Chairs. :
$18.00.
Hardwood sideboard,
beveled German
plate
$10.00.
Solid Oak Board
Beveled German
Plate, lined drawer
Bolid oak
Hand Polished Side
Boards
$17.00to $50.00
Willow & Rattan
Kockers from
$3.50 up.
Charter Oak
Steel Ranges
In the construction of these
ranges we use the best quality
of cold-rolled heavy and perfect
steel. The best "Norway iron
rivets and plenty of them. For
the cast parts high-grade select
ed and analized pig iron. The
Asbestos mill board lining are
one-eighth inch thick, made of
pure material and contain no
wood pith with earth. Only
the most experienced workmen
are employed. The Japan
finish is the best. The nickle
plated parts are double coated
and finished in the best passi
ble niannet. Send for circular.
Prices range from .
$27.50 up.
Cnsr-Iron Stoves
and Ranges $10 and up Ingwing
Ingrains, half wool
Ingrains, r.xtra heavy all wool
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Three-ply Kxtra heavy
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mggins .Double Wire
High Rock Brussels....
Ropal Scott Wilton Velvet
60c
70c
90c
Five Drawer
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i
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
THE FILIPINOS.
A cablegram has been received at
tbe war department from Gen. Otis
relative to the American prisoners in
the hands of the insurgents, Otis says
that General MacArthur has been ap
proached by a prominent Filipino,
who asked if he were willing to enter
into negotiations with Aguinaldo for
the release of prisoners held by the
latter. It is inferred that included
in the list of American prisoners to
whom the negotiations relate is Lieut.
Gilmoro and the fifteen men from
the Yorktown who were captured by
the insurgents on the east coast of
Luzon, Major Rockefeller, who was
captured beyond tbe American lines
shortly after his arrival in the Philip
pines, and about half a dozen private
soldiers who have been reported as
missing.
The great boom in German indus
tries continues, and, apparently, that
country has recovered for the time
being from the effects of the financial
stringency which were manifest last
spring. A commercial report just re
ceived from Germany enumerates six
teen hundred different projects which
were started in the country during the
month of June. Of tbose three hun
dred were new railroad projects; seventy-three
electric roads, and two
hundred and twelve factories. Of
these factories forty-three were for
railroad supplies; twenty for stone
works; fourteen for textile branches
and ten for building industries.
' Our imperialistic friends offer as an
excuse lor waging war against tne
Filipinos that they are incapable of
self-government, therefore it is ail act
of humanity on tne part of tbe United
StatPS to kill off a few thousand of
them while teaching the art of self
government and obedience. This is
probably a humane way of looking at
it, but it is a severe lesson, especially
for those who fa 1 in battle.
However tbose who insist most
strongly that the Filipinos are an in
ferior race and incapable of governing
themselves know little abont them and
go to no trouble whatever to inform
themselves. Dewey has said that the
Filipinos was more capable of self gov
ernment than the Cubans, and eoldiers
who haye returned from the islands
state that the natives are a more intel
ligent and thrifty than the Chinese,
who have been able to maintain a
government for certuries. An Idaho
volunteer, who was hero Wednesday
evening, said from his observations of
the Filipinos he considered them equal
to any Asiatic races, people who haye
tYtA nrdfnarv amount of understanding.
and though Illiterate as a rule, there I
are many well educated people among
them. And the masses, If given tbe
opportunity, would In a short time
be intelligent citizens. Some of tbe
Filipinos have accumulated larga pro
perty intersts, and are shrewd business
men, anything but tbe degraded, nom
adic people whom the imperialists
paint them to be. From all reliable
information obtained tbe Filipinos are
as capable of self governemnt as are
some them who are undertaking to
govern tbem, as they will demonstrate
if ever given tbe opportunity.
BRYAN S EARNESTNESS.
The JNew York world is not very
friendly to Bryan. It helped to defeat
him in 1896, and is just as much op
posed to his financial theory and to
tbe Chicago platform as it ever was
But the World pavs tribute to the
The notes of banks or individuals I crenins of the erenb leader and does
mere evidences -of debt-bought neyeH -hjm the justice to compare his serious-
to be permitted to share the- functions
of money. Any advance in prices
brought about through bank inflation
is only the prelude to a panic that will
ruin all classes that owe debts or have
unpreformed contracts on their bands.
It means the ruin of all classes except
money lenders.
The railroad companies of the
country have undertaken to suppress
the issue of passes, which represents a
heavy tax upon tbe portion of the pub
lic which pays when it travels. We
are pleased to see the corporations
address themselves to this task, be
cause tbe state governments have
tried It and have not had much suc
cess.
A STRANGE PARADOX.
The foreign trade of tbe United
States for the first eight months of tbe
present year amounted to f 1,307,936,
006, against $1,205,664,7-5 for the cor
responding period in 1898. An in
crease ot 9iuu,uuu,uuu cnieny in ex
ports, is a great advance when the
bigness of last year's foreign trade is
considered.
ness, his intregrity to the duplicity of
the trust attorneys who visited the
Chicago anti-trust conference.
The World saya: "Mr. Bryan's
second speech on trusts, made at tbe
Chicago conference, in reply to Mr
Cockran and to Mr. Foulke. displayed
even more fully than his set speech in
the morning his unequalled capacity
for popular leadership in the move
ment against monopoly."
It goes on to show wherein lies
Bryan's advantage over his opponents
and oyer all trust defenders: "He bo
lieves that they are monopolies; that
they are evils: that tbey can be reme
died; and he has remedies to propose.
"The people see the power of mon
opolies; they feel the weight of their
of
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS.
The gold democrats who consider
that thev are still democrats should
ponder over the following clipping
and comment and see bow they are
claimed by tbe republicans and used
in furthering the ends of Mark Hanna:
The San Francisco Chronicle ironi
cally says: "It is said tbe gold demo
crats are going to bolt McKinley.
This is too bad. They gave him the
It is doubtful that if the history of
politics presents a stranger paradox
than the party of Lincoln, Seward
Sumner, Chase and Greeley, the party
that came into being as the fruit of
the teachings of William Loyd Gar
rison, Wendell Philips, Theodore
Parker and Lyman Beecher, the party
that scored its first triumph by elevat
ing the immortal Lincoln to the Presi
dency, should now be conducting a
war of subjugation and .conquest
against the civilized Christian people
in tbe island of Luzon and .through
The enemies of the people are
diligently attending to their business.
Tbe trusts are advancing prices all
along the line, and the bankers are
organized to hold up congress at the
next session, and secure tne passage
of a measure that will enable them to
perfect agigantic paper moDey trust.
Nothing has yet come from Poet
Laureate Austin on tbe prospect of
war in South Africa. The bard is
probably confused dy the prospect of a
good deal of preliminary sparring.
oppressions; tbey read with alarm
tbe marvelous growth of trusts during
the last two years; they note that,
while there is a law for their control
no effort is made to enforce it; they
recall that the president went to tbe
banner trust state of the Union ' for
bis attorney-general; they know these
things and little do ftbey care aooi t
the technicalities raised and tte
evasions pleaded by the paid reore
sentatiyes of unlawful monopoly."
Mr. Bryan is in earnest. He says
that "if the people ae in earnest they
can break up monopoly." The people
ougnt to be in earnest and we believe
they are. It is a feature of tbe same
old fight. It is tbe spirit of avarice
clutching at the throat of the republic.
It controls the monetary standard; it
Is about to take control of the issuance
and circulation of paper money; it is
trying to control the industrialenter
prises of (be country. .
. If the people will be quiet for a few
days it may be permitted to witness
the exhibition of Professor Kruger's
skill as a lion tamer.
Mr. Fred Beck, U. b, commissioner
o Paris, is legging against the pro
posed boycott of tbe Paris exposition
like a man who is in foar of having
a good thing yanked from under him
The fact that 200 pension agents and
attorneys were dropped from the lists
last year and there still remain 18,000,
of whom there was In Washington
alone more than 1000 may account for
the recent organized raid against
commissocer of pensions.
Kruger's stone face remains set in
tne same direction. it win need a
great deal of rain" and' wind to change
its expression and an earthquake to
turn it about. England may be tbe
coming earthquake but Its shock will
probably cause only half change.
England's bluff has not intimidated
the Boers, nor has Kruger's stubborn
ness frightened the British, so about
all that is left is to begin burning
powder, and when the war begins it
will be one of tbe most hotly contested
that has been known in this century,
It is to be regretted that President
Diaz, of Mexico, cannot, on account Of
the illness of his wife, attend tbe
Dewey celebration in Chicago, as
previously arranged. His visit to this
country would have a tendency to
more closely cement the friendship of
the two nations.
, The report comes from Porto Rico
of people starving on account of the
loss of a single product of that island
by a heavy storm. What an argu
ment this is for di versified industry!
The fruit has been destroyed and be
sides a few herbs and roots the natives
are without food. Certainly American
energy is needed in this island to in
troduce new occupations and broaden
its commericial life.
The Hood River Sun made it first
appearaece yesterday, and is a rijat, ,
newsy paper. While Hood river Is
live place, and the. valley adjacen
thereto is prolific, capable of produc
ing and sustaining almost anything,
it is doubtful if it will support two
papers. Sboan P. Shutt, editor of the
Sun,' says he is a republican, having
voted for McKinley in 1896 and
satisfied with the republican ad minis
tratlon, (trusts, money, monopoly and
Philippine war) hence be will run bis
paper in the interest of that party.
Several of the leading railroad com
panies haye undertaken to do what
state and .federal statutes have only
partially accomplished, and that is the
abolishment of the pass. This is a
combination that might be properly
styled the anti pass trust and the ob
ject sought will meet with general
approval of the fare-paying public,
That is if the plan is carried out to
logical and equitable ends. There is
no doubt that if the railroad could do
away with passes, the regular rates of
fare could be reduced, or at least the
roads could afford to give occasional
reductions in fare that would induce
many persons to travel who are 'not
able to do so now on account of the
expense. Few people realize how
many travel either with transportation
furnished absolutely free or at much
less cost than the regular fare.
Tbe attention which Oregon has re
ceived this year is due to the advertis
ing she has received, mainly through
the meeting of the National Editorial
EARL SANDER'S LECTURE.
A Large Crowd Listened to the Young
Soldier's Masterly Effort.
The lecture by Earl Sanders at tbe
Congregational cburcb last night was
listened to by a large number of tbe
leading people in the city and was
thoroughly appreciated by everyone,
Mr. Sanders has a splendid delivery
and good elocutionary powers so tnat
even if his subject were not one of
such universal interest as was the one
on which he spoke. "The Philippines
and the Filipinos" bis talk would on
account of its merits baye been dulv
appreciated.
His comrades in Co. L, were out in
uniform and acted as doorkeepers and
ushers as well as entertained the guests
by explaining the history of the large
collection of curios which were on ex
hibition. ;
The speaker gave a very fine des
cription of the Oregon boys trip from
the time they left home until they re
turned again after having spent a year
in tbe Philippines. Interesting des
criptions of life on the transports, in
camp- on tbe islands, and battle scenes,
held tbe audience spell bound and
revealed to them numerous facts of
they were heretofore in the dark. '
The auldence were also entertained
by the singing of Professors Lundell
and Landers and Rev.. E. V. Polling
and Mr. Northup. The lecture was
closed by tbe rendition of America by
this popular quartette.
MRS. GUYTON'S SUICIDE.
The Crime Wu Committed-While In a Pit
of Insanity.
Futher particulars about Mrs. W. F.
Guyton drowning herself and two
children in the Deschutes riyer would
indicate that the woman was insane
when she committed the horrible crime
spoken of in yesterday's Mountaineer.
Mr. and Mrs. Guyton were on their
way to The Dalles from their home at
Kent, in Sherman Co., and stopped at
Mr. Harris' house near the free bridge.
On the morning of tbe day on which
tbe crime was committed, Mrs. Guyton,
without any particular cause, fell to
beating tbe youngest child very
brutally and was stopped by her hus
band who took the little one away
from her and kept it until her unpro
voked wrath, which most probably
was a temporary -attack of insanity,
had abated.
Later in the day the children were
left alone with their mother while, the
father was away attending to some
business. . At about noon the Harris
children beard a child crying in the
direction of the river and ran dowc to
the water edge to find that the un
fortunate mother bad drowned the
little girl about four years old and be
fore aid could be summoned she suc
ceeded in taking ber own life and that
of her infant son who was still In ber
arms when the body was removed from
the stream.
As far as could be learned the coron
ers jury, 'which held an inquest yes
terday morning found nothing that
would throw any blame on any one or
connect them in any way with the sad
occurrance.
a company incorporated yesterday
with a capital stock of $48,000, the
purpose of which is to acquire title to
realty, build waterworks, electric
light plants, etc. The incorporators
are B. F. Laughlio, E. C. Pease," D.
M. French, W. Lord and J. W. French,
of The Dalles, W. H. and H. A.
Moore, of Moro,
The fact -that these gentlemen have
interested themselves in these enter
prises is evidence that there is mon ey
back of tbe town of Shaniko, which Is
one of the requisite things to put it
going. And the fact that such a num
ber of Dalles capitalists are taking
hold of it, is also evidence that tbey
are convinced that the trade of the
country south of here is lost to The
Dalles. However, these gentlemen
while tbey are investing extensively in
Shaniko, have not lost interest in Tbe
Dalles, but will put their energies to
move The Dalles along by creating
new industries so that it will not
suffer from tbe loss of tbe trade of tbe
country to tbe south.
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The Wind Kiyer Batchery.
The almon hatchery at the mouth
of Wind river, six miles aU"e the
Cascade ; Locks, for which 'congress
appropriated $15,000, begins to pre
sent a very interesting and lively as
pect. The work is being superintend
ed by B. Fallert. Eight weeks, ago
there was not a stick of timber on the
ground. The hatchery, now Is 40x60
feet, and which will be extended In
1900 to 40x100 feet, is completed. Its
present capacity is 10,000,000 eggs.
Tbe first eggs were placed in tbe
hatchery 'September 14, and Mr,
Fallert has on hand -at present about
2,000,000. Salmon are very plentiful
at this point, and Mr. Falleat is mak
ing about three catches a day. ' He
has already two leads or traps in Wind
river and contemplates putting in
another immediately. The river is
well supplied with great boulders,
therefore making it very difficult to
use nets to tbe best advantage other
wise possible, but if Mr. Fallert con
tinues to gratify his propensity for
blasting he' will- ere long remove at
least tbe greater of tbe many obstacles
cow in tbe way.
THE GOLDEN WEDDING,
nr. and Mrs. Hays Celebrate the fiftieth
Anniversary of Married lJfe.
Yesterday being the fiftieth anniver
sary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Mays, the same was fittingly
celebrated at tbeir home in this city. .
It was attended by nearly all the
children and grandchildren of tne old
couple and was an exceptionally happy
event.
Mr. and Mrs. Mays were married
Illinois in 1849, ber maiden name be
ing Lodenna Fowler, and three
years after their happy union they
came west to Oregon settling in the
Wilammette Valley where .hey re
mained until 1858, when tht-v moved to
Eastern Oregon .and settled atTygh
Valley.
They afterwards moved to the Maya
ranch four miles south of Dufur and
years ago took up their residence 1
Tbe DJles where tbey have since
made their borne.
Nine children were born to them
which eight, all but lola, are living
Tbose prejentat the wedding yester
day being Benton, Polk, Franklin P,
Elnora, now Mrs. A. R. Thompson
Unice, now Mrs. L. E. Crowe, Grant,
Edwin and Robert Mays jr., who along
with the grandchildren madetserty
seven in all.
A splendid dinner was served at
P. M. after which tbe house was thrown
open to friends who desired to
call and express congratulations. At
9 o'clock last evening the band turned
out and serenade the old couple after
which they held a grand family re
union.
.numerous beautiful presents were
given to both Mr. and Mrs. Mays and
the event was throughout the happiest
of its kind ever celebrated io Tbe
Dalles.
NOTICE OF FINAL
TLEMKNT..
SET-
of
The Butler Drug Co. have reset ved a
line of tbe latest designs in wall paper
and they will be pleased to show iyou
their stock. 2d
Idaho Volunteer Beceptlon.
At 7:l'i yesterday evening the first
section of tbe train bearing tbe home
ward bound Idaho troops pulltd into! RL Hart,
the cit- with less than 150, of the boys ! Stansbury,
and stopped in frent of the Umatilla
house to give the returning heroes
time to take supper.' '
The D. C. and A. C. baud was wait
ing to receive them and played some
lively airs as the train slowly pulled in
aau wuiie tne volunteers ware par
taking of their meal. A large num
ber of business men and their wives
as well as numerous young people
were at tbe hotel to aid in en
tertaining the boys during their
short stay and everything that could
be thought of was done to make it
pleasant for the visitors.
Tbe vast majority of tbe bovs are
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters re
maining uoclaimed in The Dalles post
jfflce Friday,Sept. 29th, 1899. Persons
calling for same will please give the
date on which they were advertised:
Mrs. Mamie Cary, Daisy Davidson,
Mrs Marie Gray, Loyd Cole,
EL Farmer, Frank Fain,
James J Jones,
John S Shoemaker.
G A Spreaklen, Albert Tenny,
E O Whittrlck,
H. H. Riddel l, P. M
Notice is hereby given tbst tbe undersigned,
administrator of the partnership estate of Jobn
Brookhouse, deceased, and J. J. Brookhouse,
has hied in the county oourt of Wasco county,
state of Oregon, his nasi aooount as suoh ad
ministrator of said estate, and that Monday,
the 6th day of November, A. D. 1H89, at the hour
of 2 p. it., has been fixed by said oourt as the
time for hearing objections to said report,
and the settlement thereof
H.J. GORMAN,
Administrator of the partnership estate of
John Brookhouse, deceased and i. J. Brook
house. w6t
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Notloe Is hereby given that the undersigned
s been duly appointed by tbe Hon. County
ourt of the State of Oregon for Wasoo County,
administrator of the Estate of An tone Jerome,
deceased. All persons having claims against
wild deceased or his estate are hereby notified
to present the same, properly verified, to me at
my office In Dalles -City, Oregon, within six
months from the date of this notice
Dated this 31st day of August, 1 w.
R. F. GIBBONS,
Administrator of tbe estate of An tone Jerome,
deceased.
PETITION.
To the Honorable County Court of Wasoo
County, Oregon:
We. tbe undersigned legal voters of Falls
Precinct, Wasoo County, Oregon, respectfully
petition your honorable board to grant to Wm.
Lahbt a license to sell spirituous, inous
sod malt liquors in less quantity than one
g.tllon. for the term of one year, at the Cas-
i-.ide Locks, Oregon :
J Totton
Wm M Ash
LLCates
C Vasoorl
H O Hansen
H Lillegard
A Flelsohner
A E Treat
John Wes 'imaa
Joe Schmidt Jr
W D MoCrary
Ben Dope
John F Trana
C Voorhees
AO Hall
A Wetson
R Black
C A McCrory
N Nelson
F H Douglas
F Rogers
A B Glazier
H A Leavens
E Martin i
C J Carlson
Jobn Bass
J Johnson
Oregon Washburn
Osour korg
H C Trask
Wm Trtzxell
James Gorton
OE Yettick
C Haggblom
Erik iiaggblom
G Wilson
Jobn Tbelson
John Anderson
B E Woods
Louey Lunyo
F Anderson
H Teosen '
T W B adder
J J Coyle
Alfred Co ills
J F Stoat
D A Chevnev
Joe Scbmid
A W King
Andrew Traverro
G Syring
F E Leavens
M c Martin
R Q Connor
Tbad Glazier
Wm Nestler
H P Harpham
Pa. Lahev
G L Harpham
H H Weston
Otto Olin
S Malm
F. P Ash
H Fl Unions
Your prescription will be carefully
ana promply tilled with the purest
crugs by tbe Butler Drug Co. 2d
Exposition Rates
For tbe Oregon industrial exposi
tion to be held at Portland, Oregon,
Sept. 26th to Oct. 26, the Oregon Rail
road & Navigation Co. will make I
round trip rate of S3.25 which will al
so include two admission coupons to
the exposition. Tickets will be good
in good health and spirits and have , going on train No. 1 on Wednesday,
THE TOWN OF SHANIKO.
It j
Ere
Bids Fair to be a Booming; Place
Long.
There is no longer any doubt that the
Columbia Southern will be pushed on
south from Moro to the town of Shaniko
(Cross Hollows) as rapidly as possible,
and that the latter place will for years
not a great deal of fault to find with
tbe treatment tbey received by Uncle
Sam while in his services,
The first division pulled out shortly
after 8 o'clock and as the second did
not arrive until 11:15 they boys who
passed through were too late to re
ceive tbe hearty welcome that was
accorded to those on the first divlsio l
Association in this city. Yet there
are some people who do not think it
pays to advertise. Hundreds of thous
ands of dollars have reached Oregon
this year through tourists that never
would have come bad it not been for
the advertising, and that is not all, the
tide of immigration has just begun to
flow into our state, and men of means
and enterprise are arriving daily. Ad
vertising is tbe only way to make the
public know your wants and what you
have to give.' It pays every time.
For sale A two thousand acre stock
and grain farm on the Jobn Day river
near Canyon City. Must be sold at
once and at a sacrifice. Apply at this
office. . 4d2w
Ask your grocer for Clark & Falk'i
flavoring extracts
to come, tbe terminus of the road, for j
when the road is completed to that
place there will be little reason for
building it futher, as it will be in a
position to handle all the freight tarfflc
for many miles south. And so long
as Shaniko is the southern terminus
of the road, it will be a liyely and thriv
ing place.
Recognizing this fact, a number of
Dalles people have interested them
selves in the place and will endeavor
to make what tbey can out of it.
Messrs. Lord and Laughlin have taken
stock in thesSbaoiko Warehouse Co.,
which proposes to erect a large wool
and grain warehouse at that place and
do a general forwarding, storage and
commission business They have also,
with other Dalles people taken an in
terest in the. Shaniko TownsiteCo.,
Call for the Mascot cigar. Smoke
&1 V . . I .
tne isumpany la mascot cigar lor a
good rich smoke. Manufactured by
B. Ulrich. s25 6d
Standard Fashions for September
now on sale at Pease & Mays.
Clark & Falk's flavoring extracts are
fresh and pure. Ask your grocer for
them ,
Not too hot and not too cold
Just the dayB for paint we're told.
Tbe Butler Drug Co. have tbe best In
town. It dosen't pay to use anything
else. W.
September 27 and every Wednesday
thereafter and for train No. 3 on
Thursday, September 28th and every
Thursday thereafter to and including
Thursday, Oct. 26tb. Tickets will be
limited for return passage to expire
the Sunday night following the Wed
nesday or Thursday on which ticket
is sold. oct 26
tltoves, tove, Stores.
Before purchasing your stoves and
ranges call and examine our line. At
we have the most complete line in The
Dalles. Our Bridge-Beach superior
ne consists of 16 different in
tbe Universal line we have 12 sizes.
As we purchased our stoves before
the advance, wu will start you on new
cook stoves at W 00, A Ir Tights at S2. 75.
Bed room set, at 8..0. 111.00. 113.00
and $14.00. We have a big stock and
little prices.
Du Boise Furniture Co.
133 Second street,
Jd-wtf ' The Dalles.
Ninteen and 29c each for ladie's and
children's bats and caps now on sale
at Pease & Mays
Gold medals to Harpers whiskey at
New Orleans and Worlds Fair Chicago.
Try it, you will endorse the Judge's
verdict. Sold by C. J. Stubling, The
Dalles, Oregon, a 29
An Invitation to Everybody.
The grand opening of tbe ''Oregon
Saloon" will take place Saturday even
ing, at eight o'clock, free lunch, con
sisting of fresh pig, spring chicken
and roast buffalo, with many other
things will be served during the even
ing. A good time is assured. Keys &
Nelson. Next door to Clarendon
Resturant.
A man from Ci-os Keys, whose oc
cupatlon is that of a good shepherd
struck town a few days ago with about
three hundred dollars in money, a '
good suit of clothes and an ardent de
sire to paint things red. Today the
city marshal, whiie rounding up some
suspicions looking character,, found
the man from Crrsii Keys uader an old
building on from .street near tbe Uma
tilla House, just waking up from a
bacchanalian slumber and neatly at
tired in a pair of stockings, a white
shirt, a paper collar and two collar
button that was a. I. Someone, prob
ably tramps, deprived him of the re
mainder of his clothing, while he was
in the drunken stupor. He states that
be fell into bad hands last night and
got touched for bis last $40. Some
clothing was fu-i ished him by the
marshal and be was placed in jail until
such time as be gets sober enough to
wend his way, a t tddtr but wiser man,
back to the quiet haunts at the Cross
Keys sheep camp.
Paint your bout. with paints that
is guaranteed to uii i. Clarke & Falk
have them
Five hobos,
themselves too
town, were arrp-'?
this afternoon on
wit , were making
conspicuous around
. , , .
j wo marsnai
of
n charge
dark & Falk's flavoring extracts are
resh and pure. Ask your grocer for
tnecn
Harmony Whiskey. For family
and medicinal use. Sold by Ben
Wilson, The Dalles,
vagrancy and lodged in the city jall.
They were also ewv ()j 0f stealing
the clothes of a di uuken deep herder
but nothing to verify tui suspicion
has yet been learued. All togather
there are nine occupants in the jail
today which is a fairly good roundup.
Ask your grocer for 'Clark & Falk's
flavoring extracts