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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27
CROP PROSPECTS.

The follwing persons have been inter-
viewed within the past two days as to
the condition of the crops in this county
lying between here and the Mutton
mountains. The general concensus leads
us to the opinion that in the country
described, spring sown grain, where it
was properly put in is in good condition
the next two or three will bring a good
crop. Volunteer and fall grain sown too
thick, is, Cat least within ten miles of
The Dalles,) complete failure. The
further one. goes south of the city
beyond Eight-mile the better the
prospect. Speaking for the Dufur
neighborhood Mr. Willis Hendricks SAYS
that early sown spring grain, which
comprises large majority of the grain
sown in that neigh borhood, has not suf-
fered from lack of rain and will stand
from two too three weeks more dry
weather without being fatally injured.
To insure good crop, however, we must
have rain.
Mr.. Corson on the Thompson ranch
says he has about eighty acres of spring
grain that presents the poorest prospect
he ever had. 1t was sown about the
18th of March.
Mr.. P. T. Sharp informs us that his
spring grain is in good condition and
with such rain as ordinarily falls about
this time good crop is assured. Some
of his fall grain. where it is too thick, is
badly burned.
F. c. Clausen, whose place is near the
Deschutes river beyond Nansene, says
that his grain looks well and that good
shower of rain will insure him good
crop. Some fields of late Gown grain
here and there has never come up, and
without plenty of rain will amount to
nothing.
Fall grain and volunteer, where it is
too thick, have suffered from the present
hot spell and some of it is past recovery. i.
The acreage, however, that comes under
this head is relatively small and is
chiefly confined to the countrylnear The
Dalles.
Mr.. p. p. Underwood says that in his
country east of Dufur the grain pros
poets are generally good. A good shower
of rain fell Monday afternoon. There is
no fall grain in the neighborhood. Some
early sown grain that was sown too thick
is "fired" beyond redemption.
Mr.. D. Harrington, of Lower Fifteen
Mile says that in his neighborhood, and
between there and this city volunteer
grain is generally burned beyond
recovery. Spring grain is looking well
but we must have more rain to have a
good crOn
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27
THE BAD HEART.

The OregOniGn says: ''The Dalles
CHRONICLE must have bad heart. 1t
can only see wickedness in everything
1t abuses all government officials and
railroad corporations, especially the
Union Pacific" and then the OreoOnian
quotes few lines from the CHRONICLE
in which this journal intimated that the
old o. :. d n. Co. were accessory to the
wreck of the Great Republic that was
lost on sand bar near the mouth of the
Columbia, about twelve or thirteen
years ago. If the writer of the para
graph in the OregOnian is old enough to
remember it, he will remember that
the pilot of the Great Republic was
accused of criminal connivance at the
wreck of his vessel and that the courts 30
far held him guilty that he was suspended
for year. No one thought for a moment
that the pilot wrecked the vessel of his
own accord. There was no conceivable
reason for his doing so. Everything in
Dictated that he was hired to do it by the
o. S: & n. Co., and that the company
and its successors have reaped the bene-
fit of it ever since. If it is an evidence
of a bad heart to believe thus then the
OregoniGn had touch of the same
disease when it reported simple
facts at the time of their occurrence, and
1T criminally transmitted the disease to
the writer from which alone he learned
the facts of the wreck and the judgment
of the court on the pilot.
If it be a proof of bad heart to
charge the government officials at the
Cascades with criminal delay in opening
up the Columbia river then the Oregon
ian should know that the people this
side of tine mountains have the disease
in the form of an epidemic. A gentle
man second to none in this community
in cool Judgment, intelligence and social
standing was yesterday overheard by
the writer addressing some half dozen
acquaintance i'll these words: "I Major
Handbury should continue to superin-
tend the works at the locks for the next
hundred years, and the appropriations
continue to be made as they have been
in the past the work would never be fin
ished. Thus we all have the bad heart
1t is the heart sickness of deferred hope
and we have it in an advanced state of
chronic development.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27
The Rugby Boys. Busy Day.

give the everyday routine at Rugby
just as my young .Lower Middle" friend
ratified it off to me: "Well, the 6:15
morning bell wakes us, but we don't
want to get up Then another bell rings
at $50 fol. five minutes. We've got to
get in our places in chapel in that time
to be called over and if we are too lazy
to make it, it means 'licking,' that's
all. After service we march in order to
our different form rooms and say les
sons till S:15. Then we have fifteen min
utes to buy any. little luxuries, like penny
loaves-the house breads pretty dry
and then comes breakfast. From 9:15
to 1:15. lessons; and dinners at 1 80.
I'VE get rest spell from dinner until
8, and then lessons go on again until 6.
except Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. Them's half holidays. Every boy
has got to join the games then, unless
he's got good excuse. Sometimes we get
off by sha1n1ning sore foot and many
other ways we'll known to us boys. But
whatever we're doing at o'clock, games
sauntering or study. everything's drop
ped, and we give grand rush for tea
After tea in winter, and after 7:15 in
summer. comes locking up. Nobody
likes that. Then we have to pitch in
'on preparation'-that's getting our les
sons for the next forenoon-untl 9
o'clock, when they give US a very light
supper that don't make anybody dream.
Then it's go to bed, and no fooling, or it
means another licking sure as fees and
marshals, that's all!'-E. l.. Wakeman
in Wilmington News.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27

The editor of The Dalles CHRONICLE
is not made of the stuff that ,meekly
bears insult and ridicule forever without
kicking back. Scarcely number of the
Times MountGineer appears without some
insulting reference to this journal. How
long is this to continue? Is there not
common decency enough left in the ed
itor of the anes-MOuntaineer to let a
man alone who wants no fight with him !?
Before ever a number of the CHRONICLE
was issued under our direction we per-
sonally begged of Mr.. Michel to be al
lowed to conduct a gentlemanly rivalry
with him. He has chosen his own path
and we are most unwilling to follow him
in it. Both he and us can find much
more profitable employment than seek
ing to belittle one another. Whatever
may be true of the readers of the Times
Mountaineer those of the CHRoNICLE
have no interest in editorial fights. For
ourselves we are sick and weary of them.
Will the Times s-Mountaineer let us alone
to pursue the tenor of our way or will
it again force us, in common defense, to
warfare that we are egotistical enough
to believe will bring no glory to that
Journal
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27
Rad Tauner.

Many people consider that ''bad tenn
per" is entirely voluntary on the part of
the person who displays it. AS mat
ter Of fact it is often to very great ex-
tent involuntary, and no one is more
angry at it than the bad tempered per
son himself. Of course every one,
whether he is born with bad temper
or has acquired one from habit, or has
been visited with one as the result Of
disease or injury, should at least try tc
control it. But his friends should also
bear in mind that bad temper may be,
and often is, an afiiction to be sympa-
thized with, not an offense TO ba pun
;shed.-New York Ledger.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27

To some people the clocks tick is as
musical as the fiddlestick
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27

The Spokane ReuielD, a thoroughly re-
publican journal and one as ably con-
Quoted as any ON the Pacific coast has
earned the gratitude of all honest men
within or without the republican party
for its fearless and manly exposure of
the corruption and dishonesty of acting
Governor Laughton. 1t is refreshing in
these days of trucking subserviency to
party and party interests to find man
honest enough to boldly rebuke the cor
ruption of the leading men of the party
to which he belongs. The time has fully
come when integrity and answering de-
votion to truth and righteousness should
be the grand qualifications for political
preferment and not the mere party
badge that so often covers multitude OF
political sins.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27
An Expensive Laugh.

A railroad man who knows Senator
Brice intimately told this story of him:
Mr.. Brice for some time wanted certain
matters arranged at Sandusky, but his
desires were prevented by two of the
younger Vanderbilts. and he finally
went to them. They laughed at him,
and Brice became quite angry. "Young
men," said he sternly, 'you must not
laugh at me; won't permit it. Your
father laughed at>me once and it cost
him nearly $9,0O0,O 900, and I know he
had great deal more sense than you
have"
President Brice in a months time got
what he asked for at Sandusky.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27

it's power for good is incalculable. The
secret of its strength will lie in its inde-
tendency. Political conventions will
dread power that will inevitably crush
corrupt nominations. To appoint bad
men for Office will be to court defeat.
But let the movement descend to the
arena of mere partisanship and it will
become the plant grain between the
upper and neither millstones of the two
old parties.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27
Thornbury & Hudson.
$500 Reward!

We will pay the above reward for any case OF.
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In.
Digestion Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
ton. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 70
Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits ana 1m1-
tations. The genuine manufactured only BY
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHlGAGo,
ILLINOIS.
BLAKELEY g. HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27

The farmers movement has future
of grand possibilities before it if it shall
refuse to follow the ignis fatuus of third
party political autonomy. So long as it
remains non-partisan so long will it be
feared and respected, terror to evil
doers and praise to them that do WELL
So long as it remains in this condition
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27
STATE OFFICIALS.

The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27
Curious Animal Friends.

Residents in the lower end of town are
greatly interested in the curious affilia-
tions of a young calf and two terrier pup
pies left to look out for themselves by
The animals are INSOFAR
able, living, playing and sleeping to-
gether. Whenever the puppies are en-
ticed away in order that they may be Civ
en- food, they return to the calf as soon
as their repast is finished, and lie down
beside it. The tender regard of the calf
and puppies for each other is as pathetic
as it is remarkable, and has excited
much attention.-EdstO OregOnian
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-27

A water spout fell in the neighborhood
of Sherar's Bridge which destroyed part
AT the old McAtee place, on the Des-
chutes hill the road is said to be washed
out in some places to a depth of ten
feet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
ALLIANCE CORRESPONDENCE.
OKIsKo ALLIANCE, No. 1,O44.

OKISKO ALLIANCE, No. LOLA.
MR.. EDIToR Mot having seen any
communication from this county pas
quotanH for sometime, I wish to say
through the columns of your valuable
paper that the Alliance is on the up
grade here. The masses, both Alliance
and nnn-Alliance, appreciate the. i'm
pending crisis. Politicians begin to
recognize the fact that there is a power
behind the throne. Bro. Terrell, while
among us, as elsewhere, dealt sledge-
hammer blows to political sinners with
so much ~earnestness and truth that
those who had opposed u movement
quailed under the arraignment-he
gave us. q boom. May God bless him
whithersoever he may go. 1 had got
ten the impression from the Constitu-
ton that he had very long hair, but
after seeing him with hat off I dis
covered that it was a delusion. He
says he parts his hair in the middle. 1
have this to say, that his head is well
balanced, and feel sure all who have
heard him will concur in opinion with
me.
Mr.. Editor, l must confess q great
majority of our people in the east
were sadly disappointed at the defeat
of the interest bill by the last legisla-
ture, and for the information of the
people. I desire you to publish, at your
earliest convenience, the vote on that
question, for at the next election we
propose. to see whether the people or
money is to rule in this so-called re-
public. The good book tells me that
@the love OF money is the root
of. all evil" And that is the
cause Of the present unhappy state
of our country. today. The day
of reckoning will surely come. And
oh! money changers and oppressors,
how will it be with you then!
Yours fraternally,
NJ. G. GREGORY, Lecturer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
AN APPEAL.

Stoney Hill Alliance, No. 69, heTe'y
anneaJs to the other Sub Alliances OF
Wake county for help for brother ID.
8 Keith, who is a worthy member OF
u Alliance, and in all respects a
Christian gentleman. He had the mis-
fortune, a short time ago, to lose both
of his horses. Added to this his VIE,
who had been confined to her room for
several months and not able to help
herself, died recently. He has SIX
children, and the oldest is not able
nor old enough to earn a living. This
Alliance appointed committee consist
ing of Bros. @. T. Harrison, j. A. Jones
andJ. A. Holloway to investigate the
losses ofBrO. Keith. and said commit
tee reported that One hundred and
fifty dollars was as little as Bro. Keith
could get along with until he could
make his crop. This Alliance cheerful
" and respectfully asks its sister ALI
ances to conn to the needy brothers
relief. We ask each Alliance to con-
tribute five dollars or o if they are
able to do so to the relief of the said
brother. All donations should be sent
to W. D. Ray, Secretary Stoney Hill
Alliance, New Light, n. c., or J. J.
Dunn, Secretary Wake County ALI
ance, Raleigh, N. @.
This March 31st, 1891.
I, E. H. Ray, President of Stoney
Hill Alliance, No. So, hereby certify
that the above is true and correct. l
herewith set my hand and seal.
SEAL. E. II. RAY.
I, W.-D. Ray, S~ecretury Stoney
Hill Alliance, hereby certify that the
above is true and correct. Herewith
set my hand and affix the seal of said
Alliance. W. D. RAY, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

slowed on railroad corporations whose
lines have been paid for with the peo-
pies money, and much of the railroad
stock is controlled by aliens. Under
Republican rule the watering of stock
became a legitimate robbery; under
Republican rule a single Congress ex-
ponds a billion dollars and upward IN
time of profound peace.
Under the Mckinley law tariff tax
alton is within a fraction of So per cent.
Then we hear them cry tariff is off be
cause it has been taken off of sugar.
The farmers can reform the tariff if
they try-just put their shoulders to
the wheel and say we will send men to
make laws for us that appreciate our
demands. Then we may be put on a
high road to prosperity, and not until
then.
With best wishes to The PROGRESS
SIvE FARMER and the brethren, [ am
Yours fraternally,
B. f. THOMPSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12

employed to- great advantage. After
the seeds have been planted in the
hills. already described, a box should
| be placed air tight owe each hiR,
which will hasten vegetation and at
the same time prevent the ravages Of
insects. The seedscan thus be planted
at least ten days earlier than in the
open air. Finally. a gain of at least
three weeks is effected-an important
feature in early vegetables. AS IT,
season advances, a little air should be
given the plants at the bottoms of the
boxes. When the vines are about
ready to jump, the boxes should be re
moved and stored for future use. Thu
manure should now be dug away fron.
the plants, leaving only enough in
the immediate vicinity of the roots to
sustain them. If the plants fall over.
no injury will follow. Mix the ma.
nure with soil, about half and half,
and again draw aroudd the plants.
taking care to cover the stems DO
deeper than they grew. Ii Is a great
mistake to hill higher with a view Of
forcing roots from parts that nature
lever intended should produce any.
The manure, when treated thus.
though unrotted at the start, will not
cause the plants to fire in dry weather.
In fact, new manure will, to a greater
extent, produce carbonic acid gas. and
therefore, treated as above, I believe
it to be more active and better than
w~ell-rotted manure.
Soon after each rain, the surface
should be broken by blowing, or other
wise, which will prevent a crust from
forming, thus permitting the carbonic
acid gas of the atmosphere to pene-
trate to the roots Of the plants-an ina
portant feature. BRYAN Tyson.
Washington, D. c., March, 1891.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
billiard, Stokes Co, n. c.,

MdICh 81, 1871.
Mr.. EDTTOR:-By request Of billiard
Alliance, No. 1,9S8, l wrote a short
communication to your paper about
the middle Of February. The same
has not been published or noticed.
What is the reason?
Stokes is one of the best counties for
natural advantages in the Piedmont
section, but has no large towns, but
has lately been penetrated on the
southern border by two railroads, the
=. f. sc Y. V. and r 6 s.. l think if
we get justice we will get there "
after awhile.
l am sorry to see some of our Repub-
lican Alliancemen getting their
backs up" because they think their
party is being ignored to some extent.
Don't they know the Alliance was
organized to cure wrongs made posi-
ble1by the supremacy in our nation of
s~ectiOnalifm and greedy capitalists,
gold bugs" etc, which have been
fostered to a certain extent by party
bosses?
An article appeared in your paper
lastfall, headed "Capitalistic Slavery"
1 have lost the paper, and wish you
would republish it. 1t is splendid read
ing for a rainy season like the present.
Our farmers are very much behind
with their work. and much sickness
prevails, caused by the long wet sea-
son, no doubt.
There is a good opening here for a
good doctor, as there are none nearer
than Madison, Walnut, Sandy Ridge,
Meadows and Danbury, each place be-
ing nearly ten miles from here.
If there was anything Objectionable
in my late communication l would like
to know it, to the end that our Ali
ance may get a better correspondent.
Yours truly,
J. @. H. MITCHELL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
Fraternally yours,
J. T. WILSON.

SOLID SOLUTIONS. "A German chem
ist, J. H. Van T'Hoff, has drawn at
tention to the existence of solid solu-
tions, pointing out that when a solu-
ton freezes it simply solidiies instead
of yielding up its solvent in a separate
form. Examples of solid solutions, con
sisting always of a solid homogeneous
mixture of several bodies, are seen in
mixed crystals, in minerals whose
crystals are Icolored while the basic
substances are c~olorless, in amorphous
glasses, in solutions of hydrogen in
palladium etc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
CAMERON, N. c., April II, 81.
NJ. G. GREGORY, Lecture

CAMERON, n. T., April II, 81.
Mr.. EDITOR:-I have not troubled
you for some time, and now I.only
want a very small space. The farmers
of our part of the State are badly be-
hind with their work, owing to so
much rain, hut still they are trying.
We as an Alliance, are doing all we
can for the promotion of the order.
We realize the fact that the farmers
only salvation is in unity. We, Moore
Hill Alliance, No. 232, are standing
ready for anything the great order
may see fit to ask us to do.
The discomfort of American farmers
is widespread and growing. We can
see this when the farmers of the North
are calling for organization.
Our farmers complain of excessive
and dishonest taxation; they complain
of a scantiness of circulating medium
they complain of corporations and ag-
erosion; they complain of a great
many things. Now what is the mat,
ter9 The great political party that
has been in power for a number
of years is to blame in part. 1t has
enacted laws that are cramping us
down, under the operation of which
empires of the peoples land are be
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12
ROBERSONVILLE, n. O.,
April II. 1891

April II, 1891.
Mr.. EDITOR:-I am a little behind
time in many things to what 1 should
be, as many of us poor farmers and
laborers are, I suppose, but I may be
more behind than others as | have not
sent my subscription money for this
year before now, which l should have
done as a true farmer and A~llianceman,
and as I think much of your paper. l
have seen and read many of the agri-
cultural and Alliance papers, but 1
think The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, to
take it in every way, is a little ahead
Of anything 1 have yet seen. 1t tells
the poor farmer and Iaborer so near of
his condition in this country and life
as a citizen or slave. It shows them
where they stand, and if they viii al
low themselves to be educated by this
paper, they will be bound to see where
they + standing and who they are
working for; who gets the dollars they
labor for, and who gets the cream of all
the milk they labor for. They will
be bound to see where it goes and who.
are the ones that are enjoying the
fruits of their hard labors. I am sat
isfied in my mind that if they could
see and understand the condition
which they are having to endure, and
the workings of them who have been
put in trust of Dur on .e free and noble
government; but what should it be
called in these days of cheat, fraud,
robbery and steal, which is bound to
be seen by any one that will just look
after politics and the workings of our
| officers, who were put in trust of the
peoples business9 How has this bust
ness been conducted by these parties
who promised to perform their duties
as honest and faithful servants of the
people who should have the control of
this government to-day? But if you
| please, read The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
and it will educate you in many of
these schools in which every farmer is
interested, if he just could see and
understand. do hope the day is.not
far off when they can see it asst is in
facts before some of our good farmers
of the country. Men should under
stand something more than to merely
labor as other men or parties may die
tate to him. That is one of this coun-
try's misfortunes at this time. So
many good people have to labor hard
from one years end to another, and