The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-06-23

Hon. J.. B. Condor is soon to build a
fine residence on the e. B. Mcfarland
property northwest corner Fourth and
Court streets.
Hon. W. r. Ellis was obliged to have
his limb reset last Saturday, owing to
its splintered condition at first setting,
when some of the bones were not found
Consequent upon its swollen condition
from long waiting for surgeon. 1t is
thought his improvement will now be
rapid.
The Dalles fire department have en-
tered into the matter of the celebration
with a determination worthy of the
the cause. They have, to a man, for
some time past labored incessantly to
perfect themselves for the tournament,
and visitors to The Dalles on the Fourth
of July will not be disappointed in this
respect, most assuredlv
Two only of the Faithful remained at
the Umatilla house reading the Chicago
bulletins until the final result was
known at 8 O'Clock this morning. Nick,
the night clerk, says they were both
Cleveland men, from the start, and they
rejoiced as only the successful can re-
joice. They whooped it up for Cleve-
land, even though they were alone, the
only ones, 5000 miles away, to Join the
echoes from across the Rockies.
1t is already known to the readers OF
THE CHRONICLE that on the morning OF
the 10th of June, inst. anticipating the
report of the disagreement of the COM
mittee of conference on the river and
harbor bill, Paul Mohr had placed on
the desks of senators and representa-
tiyes q type written document which
contained strong protest against the
boat railway scheme for overcoming the
Instructions at the dalles of the Colum-
bia. The document contains 16 pages oi
closely type written matter. A careful
reading of it proves that Senator Dolph
was only partly right when he said that
Mr.. Mohr's opposition was not for the
| protection of the rights of any one but
for the purpose of preventing the open
ing of the river. Mohr has another
motive. He wants to sell his right of way
to the government at a big price We
infer this from his manifest desire tc
magnify the value OF the work done by his
company in grading short piece of road
near Columbus. Mohr says his com pany
has spent $400, ,000 in the road already
This must be colossal lie; but let il
pass. Mr.. Mohr is SO dreadfully anxious
to prove that the boat railway is moi
practicable that his zeal gets the better
OF his discretion. He says the sane
drifts are so bad that they would block.
ade the boat railroad almost constantly
That 'tthere are drifts now upon the
ground intended to be occupied by the
boat railroad sixty feet deep, which have
formed in a comparatively short time
Then in another place Mr.. Mohr SAYS
"This boat railway scheme is to bt
built over ground owned and occupied
by q private corporation, the Columbi.
Railway. & Navigation company, which
owns all the right of way" Thus b.
makes it clear, if one had any respect fo
his word, that a portage road on th,
Washington side is as impracticable as
boat railway. If the sand drifts are al
insuperable barrier in the one case the,
are in the other. 1t is not our intention
to follow Mr.. Mohr through his twenty
three objections to the proposed boa
railway, nor his five commercial, iinan
cial and physical reasons why a boa
railway is not desirable.'' False and de
ceptive as they are they will undoubtedl,
succeed IN defeasisg, for the present, a
least, the boat railway, scheme and thi
viii all the more commit the people Q
eastern Oregon to the Oregon portage
: as temporary relief.