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$50,000,000, a sum just equalling the
increase iu exportations of manufac
tures during that time. In food-stuffs,
the increase in importati jns durincr
the nine months was in ronnd terms
$38,000,000, of which nearly $30,000,000
was in sugar, the increase in importa
tions of manufactures ready for con
sumption being $8,000,000 and articles
of voluntary use, luxuries etc.,
$15,000,000.
SATURDAY.. NOVEMBER 25. 1899
"A DOOMED CITY."
Under the above heading, the Walla
Walla Statesman bemoans the fate of
The Dalles, and among other things
" . says: -
"The existence of the town of The
Dalles, Oregon, is threatened. The
railroads that are now being built a
feeders along tha line of the O. R. &
" N. will divert much of the trade of
. .- that town. The feeders mat are now
. . . . . a j !..
. la operation nave aireaay reuuceu us
trade to a mere trifle to what it was
-' formerly. The building of new lines
promises to take all that remains
The people of The Dalles realize this
and are exerting themselves to estab
' '? liah manufactories in order to save
: their town from utter extinction. But
it la doubtful whether even with the
manufactories established under con
templation the place can be saved,
' Our friend" up the country misjudges
. ' The Dalles, its people and its surround
, inm. It is too true that trade which
form er lv centered here has been di
verted because of the building of rail
roads, but that was the result of devel
onment oi tne country, iuo mwnur
- " r . . . 1 . .., II A
naa to ue reacnea wi&u rtuiruoua, i
n cousequence The Dalles lost trade
that came here when this was the head
of navigation and the distributing
, . point for. all of Eastern Oregon ana
"tT?iaab and portions of Washington and
' : 'A Montana. Jut wmie tne traae oi sue
k.n turn. alinntno ftV&V from
tUHtlur uoo wmiu l
' us 'through agencies that could not be
'I ' averted, the surrounding country has
:' ' twun rlairainnlno-. and a local trade has
v v; , . built up which very nearly compen
, - " sates for the loss.
: The Statesman goes on to say:
"Old timers will reeret to see the
, decadence of The Dalles, which In its
- day was the most energetic and hust-
. linir oommunitv east of the mountains,
- At one time it controlled the trade
largely of all that vast territory now
comprising the states of Idaho, Mon-
' tana, and a portion of Eastern Wash
ington. It was not an unusual thing
to meet on the streets of The Dalles
merchants of Boise and Missoula, and
.from Walla Walla and from Colville
-and from all the towns within a radius
of a thousand miles. During the days
of thj Salmon river excitement It was
nothing uncommon for The Dalles to
have within Its borders an army of
miners and prospector and adventurers
numbering not less than 10,000. Money
was plentiful and fortunes were made
. - in a short time. Its merchants ranked
among the most enterprising and
wealthiest on the coast. "
; And we would add, The Dalles Is just
waking up to its interests, and will
. . ao-aln be so closelv connected with the
upper country and the country to the
z: . south: that It win De no uncommon
' - thing to meet on its streets "merchants
from Boise, Missoula and Walla Wal
la." When the portage, road Is built
around the dalles of the Columbia,
which' will be-within a year, and the
.." "projected railroad from here to the
California line is constructed, this will
.; be the trade center of the Inland Em-
Dire. .-. The Dalles has probably oeen
alow )o act in the past, but it is taKing
. on new life. It will rise Phoenix like
from the ashes, and . take the place to
which it belongs the second city in
' Oregon. We would ask the Statesman
to keep its eye on The Dalles for the
next year and see how it is "doomed"
to crow and prosper.
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OTJJS FOREIGN TRADE.
V",
? TSe foreign commo-vse of the U sited
' States seems likely to make its highest
record of the century in the closing
year of that period. The October ex
ports are larger than those of any pre-
t ceeding October, the total for the ten
months ending with October is greater
than the total for the corresponding
' period in any preceding year, and it is
apparent that for the first time in our
history the foreign commerce of the
year will exceed two billion dollars.
For the ten months ending with Octo
ber, 1899, the figures of the treasury
bureau of statistics show the total ex
ports to be $1,029,242,000, while in the
corresponding months of last year
they were $987,879,000.
This remarkable Increase in expor-
. tattoos is the more surprising because
of the absence of the exceseive demand
abroad ' tor our bread-stuffs which
characterized the year 1898. In that
year the short crops abroad and plenti
ful supplies of bread-stuffs of all kinds
In the United States resulted in an
- abnormally large exportation of bread
stuffs, so that the exportations of
agricultural products in the present
year naturally falls about $35,000,000
below that of the corresponding period
of last year. Yet the total exporta
tions for the ten months are, as already
Indicated, more tnan i w.uuu.uuu in ex
cess of those of last year.
It is easy,' however, to find the cause
of this remarkable growth in our total
exportations which occurs In the face
of the reduction in 'our exportation of
bread-staffs. An examination of the
detailed figures of the nine months of
the year already acceesable shows -that
the exports of manufactures in that
period were $50,000,000 in excess of
those of the corresponding months of
the preceding year and $65,000,000
greater than those of the same months
. of 1897. while the products of the mine
were$4,000,000 greater than those of
the corresponding months of last year,
and those of the forest $6,000,000 in ex
cess of the corresponding months of
the' preceding year. Thus the year's
exportation of agricultural productions
will be quite op to the normal, while
those of manufacture, mining and
forestry will exceed those of last year
and indeed any year in our history.
Imports have Increased more than
exports, for they were unusually low
in 1898, while exports were unusually
high in that year. The total impor
tation in the ten months ending with
October, 1899, is $658,375,000 against
$527,734,000 in the corresponding
months of last year. This large in
crease i Importations is chiefly in
supplies fo the manufacturers whose
increased exports are already noted
and in food-stuffs which cannot be
produced at home. The Increase in
importations of material for use of
manufacturers, including crude and
partially manufactured, was in the
pine months ending with September, ,
KOW IT'S THIS LANGUAGE.
When last February the task of
subduing the Filipino was begun, it
was excused on the grounds that it was
a duty we owed civilization and
Christianity to bring the semi civilized
islanders into a state of subjection
When this theory fell through it
was sought to bolster up the war of
"benevolent assimilation" from a
mercenary standpoint, on the as9ump
tion that subduing the islands and
bringing them under American rule
would add materially to our commerce,
therefore we could well afford to
sacrifice the lives of a few thousand of
our brave soldiers, spend $100,000,000
and kill off half the residents of Luzon
Now, since it is discovered that the
trade of the Philippine islands, if we
got all of it, would not amount to as
much as will be the cost of keeping a
Vast standing .army there to hold the
people in subjection, the imperialistic
press has betin casting about for some
other excuse for keeping up the war,
and tho Oregonian, which is prolific in
resources for manufacturing excuses.
learns it is right to kill off the Filipinos
because they do not speak the English
language. In a recent editorial it
said:
"By tne Spanish war and its conse
quences we, the people of the United
States, have been called to participa
tion in this movement, on a scale
vastly, larger than heretofore. Our
country cannot choose but follow the
law of national life, witnessed in the
case of every virile nation since the
beginning of human history. It is the
decadent nation that slinks away from
its opportunities. . And, conversely,
neglect of opportunities is the begin
ning of decadence.
"Commerce is a mighty agency. It
spreads language which is another.
Persuasion, following appeal to en
lightened interest, becomes the foan
dation of influence, and even of au
thorlty. - A great language Uko our
carries with it the Ideas and the ideals
of tjie race that speaks it. This lan
guage, in touch with all the world and
its entire history, in touch with all
the thought and all the activities of
the human race, must do for the mod
ern world what the language of Rome
did for the ancient, butonavastlv
wider scale; for industry and com.
merce lie at the bottom of modern life,
and they wbo use the English tongue
are far at the front in these move
ments, and soon will be practically
wiihout rival."
If those Filipinos bad only been
taught to speak the English language,
we presume they would not be rebels-
The would be id touch with the world.
They would be patriots.and the United
States would not be justified in extend'
ing its "benevolent" influence over
them at the mouth of the cannon
But unfortunately for them, they talk
Spanish or speak a dialect of their
own, hence they must be taught better
manners or be exterminated. Since
Otis' army keeps them on the run
they will have little opportunity to
earn new languages, so extermination
is their only fate.
ACTION IS NEEDED.
""General prosperity is threatened by
the lack of money lo operate the busi
ness enterprises recently organized, as
well as the older and more established
dividend paying companies. With the
contraction of circulation comes an
increase in interest rates which stops
the progress of general prosperity,
decreases profits, and forces stoppage
of enterprise and of employment for
the masses. Hence to ignore the cur
rency question and domestic problems
of distribution of business accommoda
tion; to discuss expansion of territory
when bread and butter is of mors im
portance to the people of the United
States, is as practical as to send free
provisions to foreign countries while
the people starve at home.
The above is a quotation from
Money, a paper published in New
York in the interest of the gold stand
ard. It speaks volumns and verifies
the statements of Bryan in 1896 that
tbere is cot a sufficient volume of
money in circulation to meet the de
mands of trade and business. "Gen
eral prosperity is threatened for the
lack of money" says this advocate of a
contracted currency. Bryan said the
same thing three years ago and was
booted at as a "blantant Idiot." Sec
retarv Gaze also acknowledges the
need of more money in circulation
when he offers to pay interest in ad
vance and enter the market to pur
chase government bonds. And the
commercial world demands that some
thing be done to relieve the string'
ency. It is therefore --evident that
congress will be called upon to pass
some currency legislation to relieve
the stress into which the financiers
have been forced. Action is needed,
but what will the action be? Prob
ably a measure for the issuance of
more bank currency on frivolous
security, and the relief will be tern'
porary, but will result In greater
straits in the future. Certain it is
that congress will not authorize the
creation of more real money Issued on
the credit of the nation or by opening
the mints to tbe coinage of silver.
The action will be such as will more
seriously threaten general prosperity
in the future.
WILL 1HE GOVERNOR SPEAK?
NEVER SAY DIE.
Some of tbe best people and oldest
citizens of The Dalles are beginning
to be discouraged. Their confidence
in the future of the city is shaken.
They belieye it has seen its best days,
and is destined to go backward instead
of forward. These - people, however,
take too gloomy a view of the f utu re,
They are too ready to give up. To
such we desire to say, The Dalles is all
right. It only requires push and
energy to put it to the front. Very
true, we have had reverse?. We have
lost trade that formerly came to us,
but this was from natural causes. , As
the country formerly tributary to Tbe
Dalles was developed, demand was
made for trading points nearer to the
localities to be supplied. ' Transporta'
tion lines became necessary to handle
the commerce of the interior and they
were built. But in spite of this The
Dalles has at least held its own, and
will continue to prosper if its citizens
and property owners will but stand
together.
Instead of sitting idly and seeing our
trade diverted to other places we
must put forth an effort to retain it
and bring more trade with it. The
projected railroad up Deschutes and
leading into the productive country
south of here would do much to bring
such on end about. The building of
this road would make of The Dalles
the terminus of a railroad system and
a commercial center. Another feature
in our favor is the building of the port'
age road around the dalles of tbe Co
lumbia. With that road in operation
The Dalles is placed in connection
with another great railroad system
the Northern Pacific. Give us that
road and another with its terminus
here and reaching into Southeastern
Oregon, and we become the trade cen
ter of the Inland Empire. To us the
future of The Dalles looks brighter
than it has for years. The city is just
beginning to wake up, and if too many
of our people do not preach its fun
eral before its dissolution really sets
in, The Dalles cannot be kept at a
standstill. Don't say die, but get in
to the harness and say The Dalies
must live and prosper. Wake up and
loosen your pursestrings for every
thing that will help The Dalles, and
you will get good returns on your
money.
It is now about a month since the
Salem Sentinel published tbe state
ment of Plummer that Governor Geer
had accepted $1,000 from him prior to
the election of 1898, with the under
standing thai, if elected, he would
appoint Plummer superintendent of
the penitentiary. For a month the
governor has allowed this accusa
tion to go unchallenged. Be has al
lowed bis good name besmirched and
thereby the honor of the state defiled.
How much longer will the governor
permit this scandal to go undenied?
How much longer will he allow the
world to believe that this common
wealth has a bribe-taking chief execu
tive? One act on the part of Governor
Geer would remove this blot from the
good name of Oregon. The arrest and
successful prosecution of Plummer on
a charge of forging the name of T. T.
Geer to the alleged receipt for $1,000
would clear uo the governor's record.
Will the governor do this, or will he
even publicly deny the statement?
The Times-Mountaineer hopes he will
and hopes he may be able to vindicate
himself before the people. The Times
Mountaineer takes a pride in Oregon
and all its institutions, therefore
smarts under the accusation that the
governor of the state is a corrupt office
seller. Let Governor Geer. come out
boldly like an innocent man and deny
the charge, then prosecute the man
who circulates it. If he will do this
be will receive the plaudits of all Ore-
gonians, regardless of party. If he
fails to do it all will believe him guilty,
Let the governor vindicate himself or
resign the office , with which he has
bee a honored.
future with fear and trembling. There I
Is a remedy for all this but our politi
cians have not the courage to apply it;
they appear to have no other motive
but to bold on to office and the fear of
losing power com pells them to resort
to all sorts of weak nostrums to bridge
over temporary present difficulties;
and this too in the face of solemn
promises made prior to the elections to
"reform the currency.'' Just how long
the people of this country will put up
with this paltering policy and evasion
of duty, Is something no man can tell.
If there is one thing tbe American
people delight in it is to befooled; and
they are being fooled now to the top
of their bent. If disaster overtakes
them in the near future they will have
only themselves to blame. Enough
has been written and said on this sub
iect to enlighten the public mind so
that there should be a thorough under
standing of the subject by all. Yet
our people still persist in deludin
themselves 'hat everything will come
cut all right in tbe end in some way,
way, however, of wnlch tney have o
distinct comprehension. It is now
evident that tbe leaders of the republic
can party have no intention to take u
the currency question at the approach
ing session of congress. They propos
to leave it open for use In the presi
dential campaign of next year, hopln
to so muddle the situation that they
will again be able to throw another
scare into tbe American people an
thereby justify tbe clamorous appeal
that will be set up that the "country
must be saved again.' In time there
must be an awakening of the American
conscience, and when this does come
about, woe betide the miserable tricks
ters who are using - the dangers and
a isfortunes of .our country to retain
their places in office.
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Boy's and Young Hen's Suits
THE DE&D VICE-PRESIDENT.
' Tbe nation was prepared to receive
the news of tbe death of Vice-Presi
dent Hobart, for since the commence
ment of his recent illness, no hope has
been entertained for his recovery,
nevertheless his ceatb causes univer
sal regret, both because of the high
position be held and because of the
general esteem in which he was held,
Garret A. Hobart was born on
Monmouth county New Jersey, farm
in 1844. and receivad his early educa
tion in the country schools. At the
age of 15 be was sent to college, and
four years later be graduated with the
degree of A. M. After leaving col
lege he turned his attention to law,
and rose rapidly in that profession as
w- i as in his various business ven
ti.. . a in connection with railroad,
bau&iogand manufacturing interests,
Prior to his election as vice-president
in 1896, bis .only public service had
been in tbe legislature of bis native
state, where be served in both houses,
Mr. Hobart was said to have been
an affable gentle, alike to all men,
whether rich or poor, and was one of
the most popular men in New Jersey
While he could not be called a states
man, he was a level headed business'
man and a good executive officer.
EDITORIAL. NOTES.
DON'T WANT ,7V VOTE.
A number of influential women of
Portland have formed an anti-woman
suffrage association, the object of
which is to appeal to tbe voters of Ore
gon not to extend the elective fran
chise to the women of this state, when
the proposed amendment to the con
stitution shall be voted on at tbe next
general election. The association has
issued a memorial to the voters which
says:
we Dene ve tnatoniy a small per
centage of the women of our state ask
for or desire the ballot. Our school
elections prove, as do those of every
state in the union which permits wo
men to vote at such elections, that tbe
great majority of women do not use
the ballot eyen in' school matters, in
which they may be presumed to take
special interest on account of their
children. We believe that the major
ity should rule In this, as in other po
litical matters, and that a small,
though eager minority of our sex
should not force the ballot upon tbe
far larger number of women who do
not desire to vote. We also
believe that the adoption of this suf
frage amendment would necessarily
lead to serious complications in both
tbe political and social conditions of
the state, and that such complications
would be harmful to the state in every
way." .
The officers of the association are:
President, Mrs. R. W. Wilbur; vice-
presidents, Mrs. Wm. M. Ladd and
Mrs. J. B. Montgomery; treasurer.
Mrs. Wallace McCamant; secretary,
Mrs. Robert Loyett Taft; executive
committee, Mrs. H. W. Corbett, Mrs,
Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs. F. M. War
ren, Mrs. "A. E. Rockey, Mrs. Rosa F.
Burrell, Mrs. C. Q. Lewis, Mrs. F. K.
Arnold, Mrs. David Loring, Mrs,
Cleveland Rockwell.
AN ADVERTED PANIC.
OUR HERO IN TROUBLE.
And now the secret is out why
Admiral Dewey refuses to be a can
didate for president. He has been
mixed up in love affairs, and a breach
of promise easels threatened The
other day he deeded the house in
Washington, presented to him by the
people, to his wife, and this caused
coosideral comment and some severe
criticism. A Washington dispatch
lets the secret out that tbe admiral
feared the home would be attached to
secure payment of .possible damages
that might be secured by the pretty
Indiana -vidow, with, whose affection
he is allege1 to have trifled. The name
of this fair one is at prfcent withheld
from the puolic, but that she intends
to bring an action for damage against
the hero of Manila seem quite evident.
With a scandal of that kind on his
hands it is little wonder the admiral
did not desire to enter politics.
ducat Your BoweU With Caseareta.
Candv Cathartic cure constiDatlon forever
tDcttc 11&C.C. fail, dragglau refntwl money.
Russell Sage, the New York million
aire banker and broker and general
financier, says that the recent offer on
the part of the United States treasury
to purchase $25,000,000 of bonds in or
dbr to relieve tbe stringency in the
money market, has saved the country
from a most disastrous panic, says the
Walla Walla Statesman.
There must be something radically
wrong In our financial system when
every year or two we are on tbe verge
of a financial panic and are only saved
from disaster by some chance piece of
luck, the failure of foreign crops or
some other misfortune that has over
taken the other nations of the world.
Just how long we shall continue to
follow this pathless track into the for
est of uncertainty, so far as our finances
are concerned, is a question that in
vites the attention of all thoughtful
men. This country witn its enormous
resources sbouia De upon a secure
foundation financially and - panics
should be of rare occurrence. Yet we
are always continually menaced with
danger from this source, and our busi
ness men are constantly looking to the ,
The Boers are endeavoring to destroy
the water supply of the British army
at Ladysmlth by artillery bombard
ment.
The treasury department is dally
collecting in internal revenue taxTjs
about $1,000,000, and spending about
half the amount ' in the Philippines.
At this rate, how long will it take to
create a financial panic?
Governor Bradley proposes to. seat
Taylor in the governor's chair of
Kentucky if be has to burn, powder
to do it. Governor Bradley's pluck is
all right but his judgement is faulty?
He might get "Goebled" up in tbe
fracas. '
Some may think it is too early now
to begin tbe county campaigu for
next year, but it is not. Now is the
time to begin looking about for men
wbo will conduct county affairs
economically and gurantee the re
duction of taxes.
Dalles people need not go abroad to
find fields for investment of capital.
The field is here at home and the in-
industries that might be developed ere
numerous. All tLat is needed is to
start things moving, and good returns
on investments will be realized.
If Governor Geer will take no action
to clear himself of the charge of having
agreed for a monetary consideration to
appoint a certain man to office, public
opinion should force him to resign
By the way, the Oregonian seems to
have never heard of this serious acca
sation against Oregon's chief execu
tive.
it is doubtiui lr there is a single re
publican in the United States outside
of Mark Hanna and federal office
holders wbo wants KcMlnley for
president again, but they will give
him tbe nomination just the same.
He seems to be a "man of destiny
destined we hope to defeat in Novem
ber, 1900.
If it is true tbat Plummer gave Gov
ernor Geer flUUU to appoint him su
perintendent of the penitentiary, and
that Geer returned the money that be
received together with another thous
and, bow much did Lee, tbe man who
got the appointment.pay for the office?
This will -be a problem for the next
legislature to solve if the governor
does not clear his skirts of the charge,
All eyes are now turned on Presi
dent McKinley wondering what sort of
financial legislation he will reccom
meod in bis message to congress,
Advocates to tbe gold standard and
bond Interests insist tbat he will
recommend something similar -to tbe
Gage bill, but more probable he -will
not make any recommendation what
ever. He hasn't had his ear to the
ground long enough. -
The war department is in possession
of statistics showing that during the
past year over 1,000,000 tons of exports
and imports, valued at $20,000,000, have
been carried by sea-going crafts be
tween Portland and tbe mouth of tba
river. Such traffic as this should lm
press upon congress the Importance of
the harbor, and make it an easy mat
ter to secure appropriations for im
proving tbe mouth of the river.
The Oregonian tells us tbat the
reason wheat does not command a
better prise now thf.n it does, is that
farmers refused to sell readily last
year, and held for better prices, which
discouraged Portland sqeculators so
that they would not charter vessels
this year. For this reason, the Ore
gonian says farmers are being punish
ed. "Prosperity" papers may ever be
depended upon to furnise excuses for
reverses.
Reaction from tbe temporary flurry
caused by wars at home and abroad,
abundant crops at home and blighted
crops abroad, must come sooner or lat
ter, in fact it has already set in, and
Men's tan up-to-date winter shoes, 00 0";
reduced from $4.00 to VW.
This entire line goes.
Ladies up-to-date Vici Lid, vest
ing top, lace 'shoes, reduced 00
from $3.50 to
Entire line goes.
g-r Misses and Children's up-to-date
g lace shoes, medium and heavy
soles, Vici Kid appors; sizes 8i to $ I OA
S 11, reduced from $1.50 to
2 Sizes 1H to 2, reduced from $1.75 J Q
Opened the 20th and
until further notice.
will continue
T-vvx T s t'ie time to buy! Our usual JANUARY o'u ir- :r3
1 1 J W ance sae jg happening NOW! Not as usual wl en 3
the season is half over and every one has already bought, but 3a
just at a time when z5
Boys9 clothing is. in demand. 3
Every appreciative parent, who is equally willing to save 3
a dollar when the opportunity offers, will take advantage of z3
this grand sale. z3
490 Bogs' kffi-pani suits
worth from $1.50 to $5.50,
in iz - for boys from 3 to
14 years, are now being offered at tho special prices of
$1, $2 22S $3.
For boys' and Yo ing Men; worth
from $2.86 to $10.00, in siz.-s from
11 to 20 years, are now being offered at the special prices of
$2, $4 22M $6.
These lines are thoroughly
5: up- to date goods. There
SZZ is nothing more desirable in
Jr the house. Tablets free
S with all shoe purchases.
E See Windows.
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In addition to these lines, we have selected a special lot of BOYS' LONG
PANTS, worth from 90c to $2 per pair, which we will sell, while they last, at just
HALF PRICE.
men's Pants
Two lots, 25 pair of Men's
ponta worth, from $2 25 to
$2.50, your choice SI .BO
34 pair Men's Panta, worth from $1.25 to $2.50,
vour choice $I.OO
On a lot of 75 suits,' in sizes
from 35 to 42, ranging in price
from $3.00 to tB.50 ; a chance
for the man who wants a good working suit; at
any suit in the lot $3.00
then the imperative need of tbe silver
coinage of tbe constitution will become
apparent to ail. Just so long as the
money kings of the world can make
more by maintaining tbe feverish
boom they will keep It up; but when
the time comes when they can make
more by squeezing the life out of the
poor and tne producers, they will oo
that. ' The pauics of the past have
been money panics, and tbe money
kings have not suffered from them-
Money panics can be produced by ' the
money kings at pleasure hen tbe
world's supply of money Is inade
quate. Roseburg Review.
It is Inevitable tbat tbe Filipinos
are to be subdued. They cannot hold
out many months longer against tbe
overwhelming -forces that are being
sent against them. Then after they
are 'whipped. and the United States
takes full control what are we going
to do with them-' Can we govern
them with out drifting into Vlmper-
iallsm?'.' Can a republican govern
ment pursue a successful course in
controllng colonies?
People ' who imagine The Dalles is
doomed" just want to keep their
eyes on it for tbe next twelve montbe,
Tbe probabilities are they will see a
big coal mine opened within a mile of
its corporate limits, tbe portage road
completed connecting the upper and
lower river, with The Dalles aa its
western terminus, and a railroad
started thai will lead from the city to
tbe California line. Then just watch
The Dalles grow and prosper.
A year or two ago our republican
friends declared that tbe sugar indus
try must " be protected by tariffs and
bounties. Now they declare tbat we
must annex Cuba, as we have Hawaii
and Porto Rico, thus allowing the pan
per plantation labor ot those islands to
furnish us with sugar to the detriment
of tbe borne producer. The average
republican who keeps up with his
party's flip flops will be in the air
about three thirds of the time.
Will Governor Geer prosecute that
man Plummer for circulating tbe re
port that be gave the governor $1000
to appoint him superintendent of the
penitentiary? Will the governor even
deny the statement? Oregonians are
waiting for him to do something.
They are smarting under the disgrace
heaped upon the state by the accusa
tions of Plummer. They do not want
the story tbat their governor would ac
cept a bribe to go forth to the world
unchallenged.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has
been bought, it is presumed by Senator
Hanna, though Don Lamont, vice-
president of the'-Northern Pacific, was
the party negotiating tho sale. The
future policy of the paper is not out
lined, as the transfer does-not take
place until December 1, but in all
probability it will support Mr. McKin
ley 's administration and boom him
for reoomination. If it does some
lively tilts may be expected between
it and tbe Oregonian.
Now Secretary Gage proposes to go
into the markets and buy bonds with
his gold reserve in order to prevent a
financial panic, that is to safe the
Wall street gamblers. When he has
reduced tbe gold reserve down to about
the limit tbe Wall street gamblers
ill start tbe "endless chain" in
operation and force the issuance of
more bonds, which will be necessary to
save the nation's credit. What queer
wavs these financiers do have for
fleecing the taxpayers.
It is stated that the people of Wood
burn are considerably exercised over
the fact that two Mormon elders are
holding meetings In the city. They
need have no fears, if they will treat
them as the five were treated who
visited The Dalles last summer. Here
the people simply did not attend their
meetings, but allowed them to talk to
vacant space, . and they soon loiaea
their tents and stole away. The way
to get rid of such people Is simply to
not recognize or countenance them.
If they cannot get hearers they will
soon depart. '
Tbe Astorian continues to denounce
Portland because more of the shipping
of . this state and Washington is not
done direct from Astoria. If it will stop
that foolishness, and Induce Antoria
capital to put up docks and wharves so
that traffic can be handled, there is
nothing to. prevent Astorta from
handling the bulk of the shipping
business of tbe Inland Empire. Next
year the wheat crop of the upper
countrv will float down the Columbia
in boats instead of being hauled in
cars, and if the city at tbe month of
the river wants to handle it there
must be some facilities for storing it.
Tbe gold democrats have commenced
to observe tbat the war in South Africa
threatens to decrease the supply of
yellow metal and, in consequence, the
price of gold will rise while those' of
allother things will fall. This is no
new argument. The "free coinage"
forces have used - it for years. The
smaller the valumn of currency tbe less
trade Is stimulated. With no money
in circulation there would be little if
any trading. ! If gold bad not value
made by law, and was) not a favored
coin metal, the decrease of the supply
of gold, caused by the war in South
Africa, would only effect the value of
gold, and not that of other things. ' But
since gold is given value by law, any
thing tbat effects its supply or valne
affects the value of other things, and
gives to spectulators an advantage
over producers. East Oregonian.
Motlce.
All creditors of The Dalles National
bank, wbo" have not proved their
claims, should present them at once
for proof and allowance, or otherwise
tbey may be barred. Any creditor
wbo wisbos to prove bis claim will re
ceive the proper affidavit on applica
tion to the receiver.
H. S. Wilson,
Rec3l-er.
The Dalles, Or., Nov. 20., 1899.
d&w 1 m
A MATTER OF RUSTLE.
If
Uo
LET THE STAMP TAX STAY
The first one of the war revenue
charges to go should be the stamp tax
on bank checks. It is a nuisance. . It
hampers business. Since tbe receipts
of tbe government are now beyond its
needs,-congress ought to take early
action in this matter. The other
stamp taxes might be retained until
tbe Nicaragua canal is constructed.
Salem Statesmau.
Tbe Statesman is wrong. Tbe last
stamp tax tbat should be repealed is
that on bank checks. It may be a
nuisance to stamp checks, but it is a
nuisance to pay any kind of tax. . The
user of bank checks receives benefits
from the governmert in the way of
protection to bis life and property.
He is as much a beneficiary of the
government as , the party wbo
conveys property by deed or secures
property by mortgage. Bank checks
are given in ordinary business trans
actions, principally between business
men, the ones who receive tbe greatest
benefit from a stable government-
Taken as a whole the revenue stamp
tax is more jnst than any other tax by
which government revenues are
raised. Unlike the tariff-tax, it takes
from those who are transacting busi
ness, instead of taxing, consumption,
and the moat just feature of the present
stamp tax law is that which requires
stamps on bank checks, notes, mortga
ges, bills of sale and articles f incor
poration. If tbe tax is to be removed
from anything, it should be taken off
of medicines and other articles of con
sumption. It would be beginning at
tbe wrong end of reform to remove tbe
tax from things which feel it tbe least.
Astoria Want BusIucm it mast
Hometblntr Besides Grumble.
lhe wana waila statesman very
truthfully says:
' Our brilliant and hopeful contempo
rary at the mouth of the Columbia is
constantly asserting with "damnable
iteration" tbat Astoria must be made
a common point for shipment of the
wheat crop of this part of the north
west. There is no objections to this
provided it can be accomulised by
the unaided efforts of Astoria. As
soon as it is demonstrated that As
toria can do the business better and
cheaper than' any other point there
wilt be a mad rush to take ad van pane
of the superior inducements thus of
fered. Until this is done, however,
trade will continue tn its present
channels and Astoria will remain tbe
dull, sleepy town that it has been for
the past fifty years.JIt will always
have a brilliant and promising future;
nothing can rob it of this dazzling and
perennial picture of, what it will be
when something is done by someboay
else to put it on its feet. Trade seeks
a channel that offers the -largest re
turns for the smallest outlay, if As
toria does not get the trade there must
bo aomethlng wrong with her facili
ties for transacting the business she so
persistently and eagerly solicits. -
DEATH OF MRS. BEEZLEY.
One of Ore-ton's Best . Known Pioneer
Women Died In Chtaaft-o.
Today Mrs. C. J. Crandall received
a dispatch from G. B. Simpson, of
Chicago, announcing tbe death of
Mrs. Mary J. Bcezley, widow of the
late Joseph Beezley. Tbe cause of ber
death was cancer, with which she had
been afflicted the past six months.
Mrs. Beezely was a pioneer ot 1853
haying crossed the plains from Iowa
with ber husband tbat year, coming to
Portland Where they resided a short
time, then went to Southern Oregon,
settling in Rogue river valley. In
1865 tbey came to Wasco county,
locating on the properly where Dufur
now stands, residing there until 1873,
when tbey moved to Tbe Dalles. In
April, 1892, Mr. and Mrs. Beer&ley
celebrated thein golden wedding
here, and the following November
Mr. Beezley died. Since his
death Mrs. Beezley' has resided
with her daughter, Mrs. G. B.
Simpson, whose home was in St. Louis
until a year ago, when Mr! Simpson,
who is manager for Wells, Fargo & Co.,
was transferred to Chicago.
Mrs.-Beezley was the mother of 12
children, only ilireeof whom survive
Mrs. Fred Scnmit, of Paulina, Or.,
Frank Beezley,. of Douglas oountv,
Wash., and Mrs. G. B. Simpson, of
Chicago. She was one of tbe best
known pioneer women of Oregon, and
had a host of friends not only in tbls
section but all over tbe state.
a License ordinance.
KINDJNESS TO A MULE.
a Humorously Inclined Tonus; Offi
cer's Experience ProTOd
It to Be Useless. -
CHANGE OF TIME O. R.&N.
Time Shortened Two Honrs and Twenty
Mlnntes Between Portland and'
Hpokane.
Beginning Dec 1st, the Q. R. & N,
will run their Spokane Flyer via Wal-
lula and the S. R. V. R. R. Train No.
4. will leave Portland at 3:45 P. M., ar
riving at Spokane at 7:15 a. m. Train
No. 3, will leave Spokane at 4:30 p. M.,
and arrive at Portland at 7:00 A. M
In connection with the above traits,
tbe O. K & i. will put on a passen
ger train, leaving Dayton at 9:00 P. M
and Walb Walla at 10:30 p. h. con
necting at Wallula with No. 4, from
Portland at 11:20 P. M., and with No. 3,
from Spokane at 12:05 A. M.; leaving
Wallula at 12:10 a. m., and arriyiog at
Walla Walla at 1:20 a. M., and Dayton
at 3:00 A.M. Nov23-tf
Bismarck's Iron Nerve
Was the result of his splendid health
Indomitable . will and tremendous
energy are not found where Stomach.
Liver, Kidney and Bowels are out of
order. If you want those qualities and
the success they bring, use Dr. King's
New Life Pills. They develop every
Dower or brain ana ooay. uniy 20
cents at Blakeley & Houghton's drug
store. ' " '"" ' a
The mule was undoubtedly a bar!
mule, but Lieut. Kellenberger. of bnl
tery G, First Ohio ligbl nrtiilcrv. sai.
that his disposition hitd been ruint-i
and his confidence in butr.au nuicre di
troyed by Improper treatment, say
the Cincinnati Knijiiirer.
lie bad been mistreated." said Lieu
Kellenberger; "1 will show you hcv
this mule should be treated. , Then lb
lieutenant, with the assistance of at
orderly, saddled the mistreated mul.
in front of his own tent. The mule or
fered neither resistance nor prole:.
The lieutenant patted him on the necK
"He needs kind but firm treatment.
said he. Then Lieut. Eellenbergv:
mounted. The mistreated mule dancei.
three bars of a two-step, executed an
individual hop, skip and jump with
each leg and projected Lieut. Kellen
berger into the air directly beneath a
thorn tree.
"Catch that man-eating monster and
beat him to death," said Lieut Kellen
berger, as the hospital corps assisted
him to his tent, Then several men
came out of a company street and
erected a tablet, reading thus: "Where
KeUey Fell, May 28, 1808."
Arabs Talne Water.
No one can, travel among the Arabs
-without being struck by the impor
tance attached to tbe water supply.
Where a rich Englishman would be
queath money to founding a hospital
or decorating a church, an Arab can
think of no other channel for his char
ity than the construction of a foun
tain which will assure him the bless
ings of all future generations. The
Arabs have a curious characteristic in
common with horses and other ani
mals. They prefer atagnant water,
however bad in smell and appearance,
to the most limpid running; water,
which, they assert, generally contains
disagreeable medicinal properties.
The City Council Provides for Licensing
Yrenseent Merc hunts.
At a special meeting of the common
council held last night, -the following
ordinance was passed, entitled on
ordinance providing for licensing tbe
sale of bankrupt and second-hand
stocks and closing out sales:
Section 1. Any person or persons,
firm, company or corporation wbo
shall, within tbe limits of Dalles City,
deal in bankrupt or second-hand
stocks of goods, wares or merchandise,
or shall bring any stock of goods,
wares or merchandise for tbe "purpose
of closing or selling out at. reduced
prices, or who shall temporally open
any store in Dalles (Jity lor tne pur
pose ofclosing out any stock of goods,
wares or merchandise, or wbo shall
represent themselves as conducting,
or who shall conduct any closing out
sale of any goods, wares or mercban
dise now in said bit or hereafter
brought therein, shall pay a monthly
license of $50 for the first month and
$10 for each month thereafter, for a
period of six months. ,
Section. 3. provides tor tbo pay
ment of the license in accordance with
ordinance No. 272. Section 3 provides
the penaltv for violation of the ordi
nance, which penalty shall be a fine
of not less than 5 nor more than $50,
or imprisonment iu tbe city jail for
not less than three nor more than 30
days. Section 4 repeals ordinance No
295.
DEWEY, THE
COCiALIST.
He Explains Why He llelleves In Koclal-
Ism.
Albert M. Dewey, of the United
States department of labor, and a
cousin of tbe admiral, has been on the
coast for some time coHectlug labor
statistics, and spentiseveral days in
Portland. In an interview there the
o'.her day be gave his views on social
ism to a Telegram reporter as follows:
"The people who are not afraid to no
known an advocats of government
nnrnnrdhtn ara tnftfs, ulnar in number
dally, and among intelligent men and
women tbe term socialist bas no ter
rors now. 'Among th" inthinktng
possessor of the good thlntof earth
there are still those wbo associate
nocialinm lo their minds with anarchy
and affect to believe that a t-oclalist is
one who drinks whisky for a living
aorl abuses his wife and children for a
pastime. Yet nothing could be farther
from the truth.
''The advocate of government co-operation
sees nothing at tbe end of the
present competitive system but an
archy and bloodshed, and believes
there is a better plan both for the pro
duction and distribution of the pro
ducts of labor. Under competition
every man is arrayed againr-t bis fel
low, thus destroying every principle of
Christianity or human sympathy in
the breast of man. . . It is a case of
every man for himself and the weakest
to tbe wall. Under'competition the
people are fast becoming seperated
into two groups, tbe 'house of want,'
and the 'bouse of have.' And each
ra SAna t.ha iriilf hfllvMn t.Thnm ffrntr.
rf
ing deeper and more impassible.
Those who are Id the 'house of have
today make peace with their own con
sciences, and try to think that it is
right. But it often happens that
tbpsfl are in tbe 'houseof want to
oinfrow, and then they think differ
fnt.h. And iorno day there will be
e ! i' f -.,)- who think together to
brnii a" 11', u revolution in the indus
trial system.
"Machinery has already done, much
in this direction,1 but machinery bas
been used to strengthen the bands of
the few to the injury of the many.
Machinery, under a just system of
distribution of the products of labor,
would be the greatest single blessing
to mankind, and some day it will be
ao. Competition means a limiting of
production in order to stimulate
prices, and the more it Is limited tbe
more it must be. Co-operation would
mean a great stimulus to production, -aa
tbe more there was -produced the more
there would be to share among tbe
people." '
AFTER MANY YEARS. .
The Chinaman who Bobbed the First
Rational Bans Probably Captured.
On September 16, 1890, tbe First
National bank of Tbe Dalles was rob
bed of $10,000 by three Chinamen, and
two escaped, while one of tbem, an
accomplice in the crime, was sent to
the penitentiary for two years. The
robbery was effected by digging a tun
nel for some distance and terminating
unaer tne oanK vault, in wnion tney
drilled holes enabling them to extract
the money. After tbe robbery Tim
Choon, the leader of the gang got away
to China, where he was reported killed,
but he showed up in Walla Walla a
few days ago, and is no w In the hands
of tbe sheriff there.
He was caught by a clever piece of
work by Deputy Sheriff Wilson,' who
overheard Chinamen discussing a rob
ber yat Tbe Dalles. Mr. Wilson im
mediately telephoned to Sheriff Kelly,
inquiring about a bank robbery here,
nd Mr. Kelly remembering the rob
bery of the First National bank set to
WVI ss WW pav aw u inui lvivu VI V 141? tUA U far-
mah Tim Choon. and as It tallied ex
Atlv with tbat civ An him hv Mr.
Wilson of the Chinaman in Walla
Walla, instructed him to arrest the
fellow at once, wblob was done, and to
tb -iiirpriseand delight of Mr. Wilson
a ri utnond pin valued at $200, tbat had 1
recently been stolen from a resi
dent In Walia Walla, was found on tbe
Chinaman, also $200 in gold coin.
There Is a clear case against tbe
Chinaman for stealing tbe diamond
pin, and tbere Is no question but he
can be punished on that charge, but to
meet the ends of justice it is right
that be be prosecuted on the indlot
ment found against him in this county
on Nov. 13, 1890, for the bank robbery.
It being nine years since the robbery
was committed, tbere would probably
be some difficulty in getting sufficient
evidence together to convict him.
This would necessitate considerable ex
pense which tbe authorities would pro
bably not feel justlfiel In making,
though it would oe well for the busi
ness men of the town to make up
purse to defray the expense of collect
ing evidence. . .
-
For Over Fit y Fears.
An Old and Well-Tried Rem
EOT. Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
rwhile teething, with perfect success
It soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every - part of the world
Thenty-five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for ,
Mrs. Winsiow's.
It Is a Favorite.
A prominent wool grower of Crook
ounty was in the city today, and when
asked by aTiniPf-MouDtaineer reporter
where the ( rc.uk uuunty wool would be
marketed next year, suid it would come
to Tbe Dal lee, for this ever has been
and always will be tbe best - wool mar
ket 03 tbe coast He gave as his
reasons that more buyers come here
annually than to auy other place in
the country, and tbat the warehouses
here were the only ones in Easterf
Oregon prepared to handle the o-
clip of Crook, Grant and Wasco count
ties. Whan asked if any great amount)
of Crook county wool would go td
Shaniko. be said be thought not
While some might be taken tbere for
shipment, be thought the bulk of it
would be hauled here by wagon as in
the past He said Crook county people
generally have a kindly feeling for The
Dalles. Tbey want 10 do business here,
the old town la a favorite with them,
and very good inducements would
have to be offered to induce tbem to go
elsewhere. He was enthusiastic about
tbe proposed railroad up Deschutes,
and ventured to state that if It is built
to Cross Keys, all of Crook county's
traffic will come over tbe road. ,
Oregon Land Matters.
tne ceinmissiooer or toe general lano
office In Orgon the to'al amount of
lands disposed o' in t!i land office
was 640,428 acres hi.;r, brought in
$148,390. Tbe 4i)i U48 ;n-res sold in
Washington brou in $130,423 and
in Idaho $113,686 wx derived from the
sale of 516,536 acre of U 1 d.
.The various statement are prepared
by land districts in 1 he rt tT -reot states"
with the following j.imvi:.- In Oregon:
In the Burns land district the cash
sales, 4768 acres, brought In $3560.
while tbe total sale were 19,450 Acres,
with total receipts ' ?".')"fi.
The cash sales fi th L. Grande
district aggregate') III 0 Hi ucres, and
the totals were 1--J 349 ncri-s, bring
ing io $37,934.
Of the 14,183 acr.x in th Lake view
district, 1011 acr.-- .-ash sales,
and $3126 of tbe $69. j de rived from
thc(t sales.
Ia the Oregon C '- let the total
sates embraced 7. Hi nrres, with a
total amount of $12, Ktf, ijut of this 1851
acres, at $5956, wer- nth -iles.
Tbe business of ;it R weburg dis
trict was somewbn Urer. the total
sales amounting to lit. 839 represent
ing 156,895 acres, of . icu 7,(K), rep
resenting 1689 acree, -ras embraced in
cash entries.
The Dalles land tt'-iriut, did more
cash business than any of the others,
its total receipts b 7',U62, the
lands disposed of avren'ing 172,632
acres. Of these tot f 495, repre
senting 43,253 aires -, d r ived from
tbe cash sales.
To Cnre a Col. I In One oj
" Take Laxative Brt.iuo Q .mine Tab
lets. All druggists r " 1 t ie money
if it fails to cur , E V. Grove's
signature is on each .. x 2', : s!0d4
ADMINISTRATE S N TICE.
Notice's hereby given 1 hat the undera'tnied
has been dulr appoint- d administrator of
tbe estate of Edward Hehrin. dnmiawt m
pontons having claims ai-alnst said estate are
hereby notified to present tbe same to me at
my resldenoe In The Dalles. Ore iron, within -
months from the date of this notice.
Jjat'a uus list day of November, two.
GEOKGE A. UK BE.
Administrator of toe estate of iiri...
Keluin, Peoeaaed. a-u