The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-10
Advice Not Needed.
ENDERsBY, Ore, May "a, 1898.
Editor TIMES -MoUATAIyEER.


1 noticed IN your last issue q
plan formulated BY "Keno" fo- the resur-
rectlng and building up of Dalles City
by new method, which originated moi
in the fertile brain of "Keno," but IN the
CITY of Sacramento, Calf. If the article
had been written twenty years ago
"Keno" might have been looked upon las
a hero from away back. As it is, it puts
us in mind of quack doctor shooting
pills down dead mans neck with shot
gun, IN order to bring the carcass to life,
and there is about as much sense in it as
trying TO build up city that has been
dead tor years. There was no record OF
death kept as there were not enough en-
terprising citizens left to hold coroner's
inquest. "Keuo" evidently has no knowl-
edge of the true causes that have led to
the retarding of large city at The
Dalles.
The writer of this article arrived in the
city in 1871, and has lived in the imme-
diate vicinity ever since. At that time
VIM. M. Hand edited the MoUNTAINEER,
and was always enthusiastic in the future
development of the city, which after
wards was taken up by the TIMES NOUN
TAINEER presistently setting forth its ad-
yantages as to climate, location and nat
ural power to run factories of any kind
but these ideas were always set aside by
the everlasting greed of some of her clti-
zens to obtain few dollars, whereby they
might take ease and comfort and retain
the few acres they possessed, and which
was necessary for the building up OF the
city.
The first great blunder the city made
was in keeping up continuous warfare
against the railroad and transportation
companies entering the town, which re-
suited in the moving of the shops TO Al
bins. taking away the laboring men and
feeders. And right here, we say, not only
the city but all of Wasco county have
suffered more or less by the retarding of
the city's growth.
Not satisfied with warfare against the
transportation companies, the next war
was among the citizens, in which the old
water works was the root of contention,
and for which the city was bonded for
something over 100000, with few more
water consumers than when the works
were first put in. As all cities have the
elements to contend with the little city of
The Dalles was not exempt from a gen
eral confagratlon by fiie, which shook
the faith of those that had been enthusi
astlc in the upbuilding Of the city for
years.
As there is no use in US dwelling on
this gloomy outlook of the past,we would
suggest remedy for the future. First
deport. with the Chinese, all those that
have kept back the future growth of the
city by rushing around stiff legged, buy
ing up all the real estate that may be for
sale IN order to take advantage of what
ever enterprise may be started for the
benefit of the city and the country at
sand dunes, which, if left
alone, might become the homes OF innum-
erable factory hands, where the enterpris-
ing farmer could sell his surplus eatables.
In speaking of railroads to the interior,
keep the thing profound secret, at least
until the right of way is secured, or some
OF your so-called enterprislrg citizens
will have all the land secured within
radius Of ten miles on either side for the
entire distance.
And now, Mr.. Editor, as we have been
q subscriber to your paper for nearly
twenty years, and know the stand you
have always taken, some of the above re-
marks will appear to you and perhaps to
some of your many readers, like pulling
q cat by the tail-ki.dof "against the
grain" You will, therefore, try to grin
and bear it. With all due respect to
Keno" and the effort he has put forth to
build up the fallen walls, we remain
subscriber SEVILLE.