The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-13
w. G. T. U. COLUMN.
A SONG OF SPRING.

soft and deep.
"Sing a song of spring!" cried the pleasant April
rain,
With thousand sparkling touches upon the
window-pane.
Then the flowers that waited in the ground woke
dreamily and stirred;
From root to root, from seed to seed, crept swift
the hopeful word.
''sing song of spring!' cried the sunshine of
the May;
And into bloom the whole world burst in one
delicious day!
The patient apple-trees blushed bright in clouds
of rosy red,
And the dear birds sang with rapture in the blue
sky overhead.
And not single flower small that Aprils rain
drops woke,
And not single little bird that into music broke,
But did rejoice to live and grow and strive to do
its best
Faithful and dutiful and brave through every
trials test.
l wonder II we children all are ready as the
flowers
To do what God appoints for through all his
days and hours;
To praise him in our duties DONE with cheerful
joy, because
The smallest of those duties belongs to his great
laws
o Violets, who never fret, say, 81 wont!'
81 will!'
Who only live to do your best his wishes to
fulfill,
Teach us your sweet obedience. and we may grow
Happy, like you, and patient as the steadfast
apple-tree!
The Oregon State Convention of the
Womans' Christian Temperance Union
will convene in Portland ON May 23d
and continue until Tuesday evening the
26th.
The Pacific coast conference will open
Wednesday, May 9th, continuing three
days, closing Friday evening the 10Th.
Some of our national officers and repre-
sentative workers from various parts of
the coast will be present. Mrs. G. B.
Buell. and Miss Esther -Pugh, of Chicago,
and Col. Balm will address the meetings
and take part in the discussions. 1t is
hoped that all friends of temperance who
can, will attend and that grand results
will follow. this meeting.
The great power of Sam Jones for
righteousness is his plain phrases-his
bold speech, his positive, ungloved as
sault upon the ways and means of un-
righteousness. Our youth should be
wisely strengthened, educated by plain
ness of speech in the home. IF it were
SO we would hear of fewer suicides, less
of the tone more unfortunate gone to
her rest.''
In San Francisco on Sunday evening,
Dr. Geo. III. Moore addressed a large
audience on the subject of temperance.
He gave statistics which were as over
whelming as true and very interesting.
Mr.. ITALIAN supplemented his remarks,
calling attention that in district of six
blocks square, there were five churches,
three schools and Ill saloons. In walk
ing from his home to the church, dis
tance of three blocks, he was obliged to
pass twenty-one drinking houses. 1t is
wonderful that he is eloquent on the
subject of temperance when he sees
what strife the church must make to
get any headway against the monster
in our midst. Every one should join
the army and fight with boldness.
saloons in Portland Oregon.
In this city, according to the latest
statistics, there are three hundred and
twelve licensed saloons, also fifty hotels
most of which have ''bar attachments. -
all of these are licensed to sell liquors in
less quantities than one quart. Of
wholesale liquor houses, there are
twenty-four. 1t is probable within
bounds to say that the average yearly
sales in the saloons will amount to 81 900
per year-some of them are known to
exceed 100000 per annum. Say that
ope-half of the hotels dispense liquors;
that would give three hundred and
thirty-seyen places where the vile stuff
is sold at retail, thus making 81 1858, 900
so spent. The average sales of the whole
sale houses will amount, no doubt, to
500, 900 ,each-$2, ,400, 900 more Then
add to this the e'family liquors. sold by,
numerous grocery stores, easily amount
ing to from $500 900 to 500, 900, together
with the sums derived from sales at res
turants, drug stores, breweries, etc, and
it is believed that the enormous sum of
So, 600 700 per annum would be reached
for that which is, of no earthly use to any
one-for that which degrades every one
connected with it, both buyer and seller,
and is rapidly carrying the fower of our
people to that state wherein they will be
without God, and without hope in the
world Now, / am not a pessimist, by
any manner of means; God reigns, and
is certain to win the world to himself
ultimately but in view of the prodi-
gIous efforts the devil is putting forth,
and the lukewarmness on the part of
protesting Christians, it is very evident
to even an ordinary observer that we
are not anywhere near the millennium.
In talking. over this matter with a we'll
known business man the other day, one
who has opportunity for being well post
ed, he declared that it was his firm CON