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Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

Zen eier be. ipm fan unoerrette mia ON
bnor SoIuor Sobuiou opboloer ia, bl aisr,
mug Ell 3icueits Ueo al upgtus bans Nores,e
9au bar for pGrst bpidt { Reu genterOine
q. 6rotI 60, R~iscoulin, men ban reite I'll
yforge THOR og ltal pRrs iommet iilbaas
lonar, og bet er mig al Bigtiaheo at pioe
oa Ieg bar mootdget en- gremium paa 4Od
at. tor BAN ira Norge. q. y. 5lsmmi Ha
"a grpsie Sgts.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

Snusbersfanaleu. Rarinsstpmi'
teen inoltiller paa en- 8euilsnins al
13O, 900 8rpner til Stensfanalen oeo
2uusbers, beraf 10000 arOner for
nRite @noaettermin.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
sill 5irba nriper Saaparb l1rbeim

fraa u~lensuang.
Gr bet iant, at Sarbanser er bent
uOtuniinne, 10 mo BET pera no, foe tpar
BIZ Inur beg, Ter bu glbetrei / 8lOm, bet
er, ipm bet finer fram etter @arbar %
8par. 9jsrfi, Sessen, Selio us 8aus
men fer % lipanbe ut.
Ds ben pGne Susleiansen maa Elm
life slspma. Del fpt fra Ere til 9ea
% fortel, Summareu tieut.
8 Ell fit Stuno f%ienner me "Sarbins
game" Ois upplSbbe, fem til "a tentjr
paa nufp bssare, enn bet me ier meb
berre Guso.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

Babp DOR fps. pi ssD Ssnb, Gahoria.
WtHs bun par Barn. itrss bun ,iitt GafSrta.
Ia bun bl,D OOr,H. SoIst bun Ns ~ Gahotia.
% bun n, esrn, sap bun stm Gnf0tia.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

aonsen % Srpnninsei ~afreiite
ifBlse 8ureautelesram fra Stodbolm til
ariitiania ben 26be SUM-. s 8espnoels
len at Suli flptter 9ronninsen uo til
@aarben Sfausum, bpor bun pil OPP
bolbe fla 6-S uaer.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

st iIelbent Gonfnrsbp er Sanbelss
mano os 8aser 8. Samueliens | @ser'
iunb. 9et er Iuttet meb fulot uolas
til uprioriterebe &rebitorer,
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
Nature

Tan erboloes paa Trout Sun farm, bet tio.
liGere Aiiius nlo Jnitori. 6d~uHegaHgen CT
tor, meo riHoeHoe BoHo, o. BetalIHgeu of
bliue rimellg.
Rnu beupeuosr fig / "7eeOrnb ygoItenss
Reoa.tious 2oiale.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
Enifes.

5linie % paalioeIi9e Agsuter snifes til al
reiie i 9onooiiritter % Bper for at IGIat
en- operoroentlig soo o. letiRlgslig Saar
Weoietn for RTeaturer o. 5oit. Rommis
itou 80 Groceut. aoresIs: 1buue, Woe q
So, 2scorah, Soma. 41.i6ti
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
D

&c, Der bar jubIiri6eret genge til gIenop.
fsrelis az Gntber College. aumooes peHligI
ON at iHobetale I'm Subifriptiou I'll Cole,
gets &asierer U. 6. 8uitao.
3Ssti Sanr. SarSen, gr9Ioent.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

8amIe 5rants Doe feireSe icrleScn
i'm 70saorise 5gbielsoas % fit 50sanrs
SubilGum Iom Raler.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

0nfes. Rrs. 3. 9. Seuberiou %
Wrs. 9. Z. 5oitsr CEDAR Rapios. "a.
snlter 3 ilinte Roiiepiaer. Dob qgn betdies.
huts NrbeIort CT tiIireosItilruoe. aoresle.
Yrs. Jobn y. Ssnoerion, 24i 5irit AUe.,
9soar Rapibs, SoTua. 4I.Is.a
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

Prof. Breckenridge says that De-
corah Institute has never had finer
prospects for a full fall term than
now.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
Stpr SIoebranb | 0ore.

Stpr JI0ebrai0 Wore. ytatten
melem ben ODE Os lobe Waai ST. IL
nebbr9nbte llbbuiene FAINT ct nplis OPP
isrt Saseri % Sosnitur os Bafbpb
paa 3anbbanoleriet StrDm ueb Sisnne
hos or. g. 6. S9llebatte.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
sunIfinouarimuiest bar fra Son

iul 8srs i Reu Yort muotaset iom
@ape ct iaroeles peroifulbt sammeli
Gsetr9s Slab fra bet 17be Iarbuna
brebe.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

Gienbpmmen 6ammerssen / Nam.
balen er iOlst til Srusseier 9orfilien
9amsos % 9iiponent 8ioti &riltians'
lunb for $4,000 &roner.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

StNaIgs. Seq bar 800 acres
9duo lie laugt iragpiihe1 Tai. meo aooi
Sls % Yaoebpgniul; IS Ncrcs sr ~inogiRr
oct uieo "Sarb Bire", oq omircnt IS Acres
oponrict. Tenne Gtcuoom gniier Iea at bort.
butte tor CIT Jdrm / Rrrbeocu az Iccoraa
3. " Ncrrtu, Grpres-GgeHt, 5ecorah, ga.
2 tGtf
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
S~fteriporgner.

etiriPsriiu ~iusiasts A,r,ftr ior en- bate Scat pG
ors. On eositaU. Or 5~srsosaaU III ct RapH. reg,
HS ior q cre, Gt apsuiSitm,Ht / -DstsraSs psasH.
iSi's ~aHias,tis al $500 tui o.ooJ So,r us.. Seer,
iisi'Hsnir. sE NE IsIasss al esialHa issss ,tn
bcnign tl.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
S9s
The North.

Ut So Spaltet ugeblao / bet enaelIi,
Spros for SiaHoinaoer Ameriia.
Nlerdn0er Gielanos ipRnoenoe Romar
"Barman 4 @Orie" uplia pndbegmn6t / Bla
bet, og Hue abouneuter erbDioer bet uo,um
ne al Romnueu.
siOrlte, 7aniie Os SUeuiie RpbeSer boe
ngs.
"1be Hortb" uoiommer buer EHsoaa
WInneapolis, MiaH., og toiifr ~ pr. va. 81
ior o WadHeDer. Rr1uceIrmplarer lenoes
init paa 5o~rlaHqenbe. Aoresie:
title
ID 1873 Minneapolis, URirn
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
81 iGlaer lite til Smofisbs.

~ pris. vi bru9er life Sen Ra6Sina al
irlse en- Bare til unoer SHbiisbspris % fur,
bgier en- NuoeH Bares gria Suis noaeu
tiger, at ban i0laer biaigere sHb 7SielS q
Briggs. tro BAN lite, men, fereno & ilsber,
Tom I'll os o9 bpr bore 9riier. vi lRlaer
sooe Barer biliigere eHo nugta AZ bore Sons
tiirreHter. Booe Barer, 10 unier i YAnoei
og lane 8rier or bort Niotto.
Sieio Il Briggs, SouItoH. W mn.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
tiHaIae ! Sotparo Guuntu

.t"tW FftVUIWD DUIVuIU UUHIIV
- ~ Dtle ! Belt ira 0rtsco ~beftdaeuoe a,
$50 Aeres gcot 5armlano, bporuf enoel q
utoer Rnlttoatiou DOot "Holing Brdirie.
yduo.
rigtleoes N 2-Gtaass Store BnduiHa {
Sptdptile, ioiio Stenbpqninq, buurunoer q
en- uaImiuoeIia goo atRl6er. ggsste+ -alha
rer oeune Gienoom.
6or Bris o. Betiuaelier bcnpeHOer mar
Ng I'll Wits @tnoltna, aomiuiftratrl
Of Gltdte al Geo. 4. BenoIina, Iecorah, IA
30fG.3m.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

Offer. = pero,b bstttnsisir,s for ir1uar,Hs, sfasi
Os 8tune. at bet ~bebaase, Sab I I'm BisbSm at bsri'
'aIbs min slieos puitru. 9 Isnt CH,H, ipbi SaHin.
giie 1oi.n. Norge, otter ! 4 lrs Sps,Isis al irrinl len
sftu al ~ Oar o. 3 1anH,ss. 6un b,niop I Erotu
paa I'm 5rdiu Den . ne Juni 1890. 10 Barn bssrssd
Isbct mto mig al an en- Dgober. 1rsb mse ssrs,s
StsD. OsiRsnst mare bsHOts Daiubtl Sens Ctita-
Aibion, Taut Co.. MS.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
EcosfaIo.

dIntnbtIi9t DsbsFaI9 opla9ts I "Dttorab'N oIltn' ON
bibtti gratis. Ut osrimOe en- iaubnH sum,te,iis al
Dtb,Isiiisas 9nbbOto tnu I,sias,i al gsrs. bo man
iaabGut bdaiss m,b 8 G,ufs ". Stuis I 5Orfue.
9t.H- 1T Dor iiort TatiH. gntDino. oisit Dso
Hsb,n ben no, aprii Hshtsssn ,iiu nsrs Tiger, baarsi
spstIsi.. bsiisnsisisrs buUss for irapOrsns, Siaai o.
9tnntr. pun par issi ben i5e, CANT 1874. 5r,b met
beno,s Stsp. utIFsn,i oar, beHses 1liue,i
Ferii Rien. guais Sieu.
eprtnsRtiS EOwuiRip. BIuR,fBEtt Co.. IA, ben aio.
9nni 1890.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

NnHes. - 100 Tons FILLER, aern.,
aobber. Sini' og BlsslmdIfrab ON.
Tor botte pi betalcr be bptette Rdrfeosprljn
hontdut eaer Butte ior Barer. offer &
groi. ri. i9 en-
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02

GnTes. - 70 itGrfe, pdalioeliG,
- Nano fan iaa arbsIOe iiraT I gapfs
me1tH.
Decorah-posten., 1890-07-02
Taft Gten0om
tiffaIaS ensr fiaeie.

aosrtisi,mtHiy, iaaisu "Farn ht'afas". @cus tifs
isiss', 'pas tiafis". -1lsu,as issls'. "Eiass sHfss-
or, 90 ia uu AZ tHsrpnss fsg / Cess ". CO isr SSn
@aHs. sH'tltr eosiao,r. & er s~orsOaaao ~ "a
Rasa gsaHss isr n Crs. Hosrils itm,uisr. Der We leo,
iass At edailna tags ifs psaigu tl.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08
A LIVING Microscope.

John Thomas Heslop, of BIRMINGHAM
England, is lad whose powers of vision
are to be accounted aTong the mary eIous
He is known as 'the living microscope"
on account of being able to see the most
minute objects clearly defined. In 1878
or 1879 he was attacked with some baf
fling eye trouble and came very near losing
his sight forever. After the disease had
reached its worst, there was an instant
and startling change for the better. which
resulted iu q complete cure of all lnflam.
nation in an incredibly short time. It
was not cure, however, that brought
back the old eycsight like that possessed
by the average genus home. When 1t re-
turned it was with extraordinary ipcreas-
ed power of vision. To John Thomas,
the most minute plant louse was as large
as rabbit and the mosquito bill as large
as an ak handle.
He could see and describe distant min.
ute objects with startling clearness and
precision. He was amazingly shocked
upou repairing to the well to get a cool
ing draught, to see the immense number
OF hideous creatures that were floating,
fighting and wiggling about in the water.
From that day to this, water has never
passed the lips of John Thomas Heslop;
his drinks consist wholly of coffee, tea
and milk, thoroughly boiled. The doc
tors say that the entire organization of
the eye has undergone structural change,
that the cornea has become abnormally
enlarged, and that the crystalline lens
have divided into three different disc or
circles, each circle surrounded by an
other Of light blue. In the center of each
of these three circles appears an iris,
greatly diminished in size, but all iris
nevertheless. The young man has been
visited by all the greater and lesser lights
OF the British medical colleges, each of
whom pronounce his case the most won
derful in the annals of optics.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08

read the result. This caused an out
burst Of angry words from the hot
headed southerners rarely ever Wit
messed in a. deliberative assembly. The
speaker kept his head, and quietly
proceeded with the business. If Dem
ocratic tactics were followed, legisla-
ton could be blocked by the silliest
fiction, and the majority be completely
under the domination of the minority.
This political fiction of being present
and absent may be an old rule at
Washington City, but practiced by
whatever party, it works an injuay to
the best interests of the country, and
defeats the expressed wish of the peo-
PIE. We are glad that Speaker Reed
had sufficient nerve and grit to kill it
forever in American congresses.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08

At the meeting of the board Of trade
last Tuesday evening strong resolu
lutions were passed in favor of open
ing the Columbia river by means of q
line of opposition Loats. These worjy
harangues amounts to very little, il
anything. What we need, in the Ian
guage Of the great Daniel Webster, is
''action, God-like action" and no
galamatian or fummery. The river
can be opened, and there is no use Of
wasting words in talking about it.
What would be saved every. year in
excessive freight rates would build a
steamboat each season. Let US reduce
this matter to q common sense basis.
Do we desire an open river to Astoria
or Portland If we do, let us com:
mence in earnest about the work.
A subsidy of $4,000 or $4,000
can be raised in less than a
week for any person or persons who
will put line of boats on the Colum.
bia from The Dalles to Portland. Like
Corporal Tanner, we talk too much
and act too little. Do we want an
open river; if so, let US commence ;m.
mediately to accomplish the object.
But for our own reputation, and the
prospective growth of the city, we
should do something Open the river,
build railroads, inaugurate manufac-
turing industries and help ourselves.
We have talked enough-let us act.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08

It is customary when accidents oc
| cur, like the one of Sunday, to throw
the whole blame on the railroad com.
pany. This is wrong in many in.
stances. During such a food as we
experienced Friday, Saturday and Sum
day no human foresight could ward off
danger. 1t may be that the roadbed
down the gorge of the Columbia is not
as substantially constructed as it might
be, and in this the company is in a
certain measure to blame. But to
guard against accidents, such as land
slides and washouts, it would be i'm
possible. If the company knew that
brid dge. .68 was unsafe. it would have re-
paired it as soon as the fact was
known, This would be economy,
and no railroad will be suicidal enough
to run trains over track which may
wreck them daily. We are not preju.
diclal towards corporations; but hon
esty demands that all matters be fairly
ofofod
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08

The Democrats do not consider
themselves free traders; nevertheless,
Dir. Gladstone's article in the North
Ansericaa Revie,o, as purely free-trade
as any ever written, is appiauded by
them in the most laudatory manner.
The great English premier is a Won
derful man ss far as intellectual activ-
ity is concerned; but he reasons from
postulates-logical deductions Mr..
Blaine, in answer, takes the history of
the United States from the forma-
tion of the government to the present,
and shows by the inductiye method
that this country has been benefited
more by a protective policy than ny
free trade. Political economy NAV be
an exact science; but while there is
difference of opinion regarding pro-
lection or free trade no one can say
that either is absolutely right.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08
Railroad Construction in 1850.

Last weeks edition of :Engineeripn
News" says: "The list of new railway
lines constructed during 1889, which we
present with this issue, shows that the
total addition to the main track railway
miIesge of the United States during the
year will vary very little from an even
5000 miles. This Is the smallest con.
structIon recorded in any one year since
1885, when the total increase was but
1888 miles. The construction 10 the in
tervening years has been: In 1886, S471
miles: in 1887, 12,668 miles; in 1888,
1884 miles.
"The bulk of this years construction
has been done in the south. Over 1000
miles of the new lines reported to us lie
south of the latitude of Cincinnati and
east of the Mississippi river. Washington
however, has had the greatest increase IN
railways of any single state, 353 miles
having been built there IN 1889. Georgia
comes neyt with 315 miles, and then fol.
low North Carolina with 27S miles, Tex.
as with 270 miles, and Mississippi with
212 miles. Sixteen other states report
between 100 and 200 miles; and in Yer
mont, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Ariz.
ona and Nevada no new track lying has
beed reported.
Very few long lines have been built
this season, but there has been a great
number of short branches and extensions.
especially In the east. The total number
OF separate lines on which track was laid
during the year was 253. This work was
done by 1877 different companies. The
average length Of each extension, there
fore, was almost exactly nineteen and a
half miles. In Canada during 1889, 1888
miles of track were laid, and in Mexico
tn e construction amounted to 359 miles,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08
Reducing the Debt.

The debt of the United States is being
rapidly reduced. Twenty-Five years age
it was over $2,7O0, ,0OO, ,O00-pext to that
OF England, at that time the greatest
national deb. In the world. December 81
1889, II had been reduced to nearly ST..
$4,000, 900. with about $527, ,O21 900 in
the national treasury available for the
reduction, leaving the net debt at ST..
0S3,54S,053. OF the total debt only
1895, ,897 1862 bears interest. The interest
bearing debts arc $121, ,3G7, 700. paying
AZ per cent. interest, and due in 1901
$629, 795, 700, paying per cent. Interest,
and due in 1907; $64,723.5l2 Pacific
railroad debt, paying per cent. interest
and redeemable at various periods within
the next ten or eleven years; $14, ,00O, GOO
OF the navy pension fund, and few
thousand dollars OF outstanding refund
ing certificates, issued by Mr.. Window,
when lie was previously secretary of the
treasury under the Garfield Arthur ad
ministration. The debt bearing no inter-
est amounts to 3$7GS, ,5S6, ,522, consisting
mostly of greenbacks and gold and silver
certificates. The cash in the treasury
consists principally of 100000, 900 held
as reserve for the redemption of green
backs: gold held for gold notes actually
outstanding. $122,9S5, $3.50; silver held for
silver certificates actually outstanding,
$2S2,949,073, and two or three smaller
items,
During the entire time this great re-
duction was being. made and the surplus
accumulated, the country has enjoyed the
greatest prosperity. There is at this
time no cloud on the future, and con-
tinued prosperity will result in con-
tinued decrease of the public indebted
ness.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08

We received a letter Wednesday from
Hon. j. ?. Wager, accompanied by a
copy of a petition now being circula.
ted in Umatilla county for the for
felture of the Waliula land grant of
the N. P, and urging the Importance
of doing something Immediately in the
matter in this vicinity. Wasco codnty
is as much interested in the, forfeiture
OF this unearned land grant as Una
til]a, and as we have stated many
times in these columns if we expect
congressional action we must show our
representatives in Washington City
that We are in earnest, and give them
long list of their constituents as basis
upon which to present the sulject in
congress. We hope the board of trade
will not delay q single day in putting
a petition in circulation for this OBJ
ject, as some Of the most desirable
lands in this county. are still claimed
by the Northern Pacific. This is a
matter in which every one is interested,
FOR as soon as the title to this land is
determined, we can offer greater in
iucements to immigration.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08

The Importance of the improvements
at the mouth of the Columbia are not
questioned by any one; but the people
of Oregon living east of the Cascade
mountains attach equal Importance to
the locks and to the proposed boat
railway between this city and Cello.
1t our representatives had incorpo-
rated On amount for these interior i'm
provements at the same time that the
S75, 900 was voted for the mouth of
the river, all would have been satisfied.
We are inclined to believe that our
senators and congressman are not par
tial to any particular public improve
ment in this state, and the reason that
the locks and boat railway were not
included in the last till was that such
additional appropriations would have
defeated the whole measure.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08
MIR. BLdINE'S TRIUMPH.

Mr.. Blaine has achieved triumph
of diplomacy in effcting a convention
for new extradition treaty between
her Britannia Majesty's government
and that of the United States, says
the Inter Ocean. The Bayard- Yves.
convention failed Of approval in the
senate because of its last clause, which
was thought BY many to be suscept
ible of Interpretation into acquiscence
in the demand of Great Britain for
the extradition of persons charged
with political crime. Mr.. Blaine has
persuaded Sir Julian Pauncefote to
omit this clause and to add others
which increase the number of extra-
ditaLle crimes.
The Bayard-West convention added
only manslaughter, burglary, emhezsle.
ment, or larceny to the value of $50,
and "malicious injuries to property
whereby the life of any person shall
be endangered" to those covered by
the existing treaty. The Blaine
Pauncefote convention leaves out the
last mentioned as being liable to per-
version for political forces, but retains
the other three, and adds to them:
Embezzlement, larceny, obtaining
money, goods, or valuable securities
by false pretenses, or receiving prop
erty of any kind, knowing it to have
been embezzled, stolen, or fraudulent-
ly obtained.
Fraud by a bailee, banker. agent,
factor, trustee; or director of any
company.
Perjury or subornation of perjury.
Manslaughter, counterfeiting, rape,
child-stealing, kidnapping,
burglary, house-breaking, shop-break.
ing, piracy, revolt or conspiracy to re-
volt against the captains of vessels at
sea, crimes against laws for the sup
preston of the slave trade.
This places twenty-four new crimes
In the sxtradition treaty, and closes
Canada as harbor of refuge to TWEEN.
ty-four classes of American criminals.
The treaty convention is SO excellent
as to gain the praise Of the generally |
critical New York Times. Mr.. Blaine |
has achieved the first memorable di. |
rlomatic triumph gained by the United |
States for many year. 1t is not to |
be doubted that the convention will |
be approved by the senate.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08

There is no point in Eastern Oregon
so advantageously situated for COM
munication with the outside world as
The Dalles. Notwithstanding the
fact that the railroad is in a terrible
condition between this city and Port
land, if the river were opened we
should be in daily communi-
cation with Western Oregon. Take
any other city east of the Cascade
mountains and blockade the railroad.
and it is entirely isolated from every
portion of the state. An open river
Is OF great Importance, not only in the
cheapness Of freight transportation,
but in. the accommodation of the trav-
elling public.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08

The action of Speaker Reed in the
house last Thursday, when be ruled
that members present and not voting
were to be considered present for the
purposes of quorum, will be upheld
by the best sentiment of legislation.
In the rules governing congressional
action it is provided that majority of
each house must be present to consti-
tute quorum; but the Democrats had
mapped out plan of campaign by
xhich they could be present at the ses-
sions of congress, and by refusing to
vote completely defeat any bill they
desired 10. This has been efectually
checkmated. When the yeas ard nays
were called last Thursday every Dem
ocrat present refused to respcld; but
speaker Reed quietly write their
names down, and ordered the clerk to
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-08
CARE NECESSARY.

The practical lesson taught the
Union Pacific during the past few days
should induce that company to spend
more labor on tie road between The
Dalles and Portland, and to keep the
river as final resort In case of enfer-
gency. The gorge of the Columbia is
perhaps the most difficult of any por-
ton of the long line of road to keep
open for travel during the year.
In the winter season it is block
AIDED by snow and in the. spring
by land-slides and wash-outs
Every obstacle taken into considera-
ton, the river is a much safer means
of transportation and traffic than any
railroad. This emphasizes the neces-
sity of opening it to navigation, and
should he an incentive to congress to
improve its navigation 30 as to free it
FROM obstacles at the earliest possible
date. If its passage could be made
through the locks now, The Dalles
would not be one day without COM
munication with the populous portion
of the state; but as it is, the portage
of six miles between the Upper and
Lower Cascades is liable to the same
Instructions as the main line.
This great artery of commerce,
by which the producers of the
vast Inland Empire can reach seaboard
without paying excessive tariff to
railroad monopoly, is controlled by a
corporation who has no interest what
ever. in the growth or prosperity of
this portion of the continent except
the dollars it can make out of the
tillers o. the soil. The farmers, flock
masters, cattlemen and merchants un-
willingly bear the yokewhich is imposed
upon them, and have implored congress
to help them to free themselves from a
worse slavery than was ever suffered
by any community in continental
Europe; but their prayers have re-
,eived little or no attention. An
open river is an urgent necessity, not
,nly for the producers of the Inland
Empire, but for the Union Pacific if
t expects to compete with other lines
Vhlch now carries freight and passen-
,ers acr oss the continent.