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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
MEXICAN TRAIN ROBBERS.
Diaz s.Set Thief to Catch a Thief ana
Soon Got Rid of Them.

Diaz "Set q Thief to Catch Thiee' ans
Soon Got Rid of Them.
Apropos of the recent train robberies
in this country, a western railroad
man suggests to the New Orleans
Times Democrat that we should adopt
the Mexican plan of dealing with
them, which proved so effective there:
Mexico offers great advantage over
this country for train robbing, 1t is
thinly settled; the land is cut up with
mountains, offering hiding places for
the robbers and safe retreat; its peo-
pie are not so advanced in civilization
as ours, and there is much larger
dangerous element, ex-bandits and
revolutionists, to whom train robbing
would come as a natural trade. The
railroads, moreover, are q new lpFntpF
ton, and 1t was natural to suppose
that train robberies would be numer-
ous During the first extension of our
railroad system into Mexico they were
so frequent that passenger thought
himself lucky to get from the Rio
Grande to Mexico without several
stoppages from these knights OF the
road" Detectives, bloodhounds and
other means of suppressing the evil
were tried, but with little more
success than in this country, when
President Diaz, on the old theory of
'sset q thief to catch thief" hit upon
the happy idea of utilizing the bandits
and railroad robbers to protect the
roads by organizing them into police
force known as the rurales, or rural
guards. He had some of the men who
were suspected of this business SUM
moncd before him and offered them an
opportunity Of entering the govern
ment service as mounted police, and
told them that if they did SO he would
furnish them with fine uniforms, inn
proved firearms and the best horses
that could be bought, but if they did
not he would have the soldiers hunt
them down. They knew that Diaz
was a man of his word, and they en-
tered the government service, and,
being daredevils, as far as courage is
concerned, and thoroughly acquainted
with the ways and methods of the
train robbers, to whom they showed no
mercy, they very soon suppressed these
robberies. When train was held up
the rurales, who knew every noun
tain recess, never stopped until they
had hunted down the last robber. The
plan worked splendidly, and there is
to-day less. interruption to railroads in
Mexico than in this country, although
the chances for robbery are so much
better there,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
An Opportunity for The DalIes.

G. ]. Crandall, the we'll known archi-
tect of this city, is in receipt ofa letter
from the East Portland Mill & Fixture
Co., stating that the company desires
to move its planning mills and sash
and door plant, consisting of some %
machines, from Portland to some point
in the interior, and inquiring about
the outlook for establishing business
in The Dalles. Certainly there is an
opening here for such an industry.
While the planning mills of J. T. PETE RS
& Co. are we'll equipped and are doing
thriving business in this city. they
are not prepared for turning out all
kinds of work, hence thousands OF dol
lars are sent away each year for sash
and doors, moulding and boxes that
had as well be manufactured here.
Most assuredly there is an opening in
The Dalles for such a plant as the
Portland company has, and its
location in this city would be valu-
able addition to the manufacturing
industries of the city. Mr.. Craudall
has referred the letter to the CONNER
cial Club, and no doubt some action
will be taken to induce the company to
locate their plant in The Dalles.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
RESOURCES or TIE pALLEs.
1t Is One of the Largest shipping Poini
ON the Pacific Coast.

ON the Pacific Coast
The Cascade Locks edition OF the
o 'egonian gives some Interesting
figures concerning The resources oI
The Dalles and the amount OF business
TRANSACTED here, from which the fol-
lowing are taken. The figures are
not absolutely accurate. being rather
an under estimate in reference 10 many
commodities. though they serve to give
an idea of the immense business Gore
in this city, and it's Importance as 1t
shipping point:
While the exact figures are not at
tainable, a conservative estimate OF
the number of cattle shipped from this
point each year shows that the grand
total reaches the handsome sum Of FOG
carloads, or about 300 head. To this
should be added 220 carloads Of sheep
and 60 of hogs. 1t is estimatea that
the cattle and sheep shipped annually
from the country tributary to The
Dalles will amount to 20,QD of the
former, and more than 100000 Of the
latter.
1t is hard to estimate the amount OF
wool grown in this country. for that
from Morrow, Grant and Crock coun-
ties finds market at The Dalies.
Wasco's county seat, and considerable
comes from Klickitat county, Wash,
on the north. 1t is probably in the
neighborhood of 1000, 900 pounds. The
D lies is the reatest wool shipping
point in the United States: that is.
there is more wool gathered here from
first hands. The amounts will run
from 4, 800, 900 to 100000 pounds, or
oa an average about 300J tons.
The wheat shipments from The
Dalles is no small item. Besides all
the wheat raised in Wasco county, a
considerable amount is brought from
Sherman and Klickitat counties. Last
years shipments amounted to over
SOC, 900 bushels.
AS we have shown, the wool and
SdltbOH y iiOhi
$3.50, 600 to 81 100000. The stock ship
ments, which include, of course, the
country south of US and not in this
county, will amount to $500, 900 more,
and our wheat will swell this to grand
total of s., 100000. Yet, notwithstanG-
ing the vast total, the fact is plain tina
in few years one other industry, at
present in its infancy, but growing
giant, will yield revenue far greater
than that from all other sources com
bined. That is the fruit industry.
Wasco county, although only few
years ago not ranked as fruit Lrc.
ducer, stands today confessedly the
| best fruit county in the state. The
climate and rainfall are perfect for the
growing of winter apples, and this
fr tit will eventually place her in the
| frJut rank financially.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
Slightly Mixed.

The peace officers of the city were
kept busy Mn lay endeavoring to get
matters straighted out between Thos.
J. Reed, of Spokane, and Albert Puch,
the man who was arrested here last
Friday morning on a telegram from
Spokane. Reed claims Puch is guilty
of selling stolen goods, but the facts
seem to be that be had furnished Puch
goods to sell on consignment, and that
the latter had gone beyond the limits
agreed upon. Reed arrived here with
out either warrant or requisition
papers, hence Puch was discharged
from custody. When he was released
he had Reed arrested for false i'm
prisonment, but the change was not
sustained and Reed was discharged
Reed then had Puch rearrested on a
charge of larceny.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
A Little Leather-Coyered Book That Gives
His Receipts.

Ills Receipts.
One of our correspondents has been
so lucky as to fall in with little
leather-covered book, like those of
bank depositors, which contains Dan
iel Webster's autograph record of his
legal receipts. This chronicle, says
the New York Evening Post, fills twen-
ty-eight pages and extends little
more than from 1888 to 1896, inclusive.
The first entry, dated September in
the former year, is of $50, and the
second is of SEQ, for retainers on the
New Hampshire circuit. The first fee
of $1,000 was paid in May, 1884, by a
Mrs. Badger. Services regarding Gil
leys will commanded $500. The total
amount for the first year was footed up
as S13, ,14O, with the remark: "Septem-
Der %, 1884, thus done and concluded"
A similar summing up appears at the
close of each other year. The second
total is SIS, 1874; the third is S21, ,793.
The first entry of $1,000 was in 1885,
March 7; the first of $1,000 December
in the same year. The last payment
was in respect to Florida land. The
largest single honorarium was $500.
In February OF the fourth year 5000 Is
set down as bestowed in a case of Trim
ity church New York;. In turning over
this record leading metropolitan and
even provincial lawyers are astonished
that Webster, already twenty years in
Boston, so undervalued his services.
He learned better at last. When Rob-
ert C. Winthrop looked up the earliest
date he said: That's just the time I
was ending my studies in Webster's
Office" and the chirograph led him to
add that Webster never wrote firm
hand. Nobody has surveyed the relic
with more interest than DR.. o. w.
Holmes. Among other things he said
Had the influx been ten-fold, Web
ster's purse would have remained
empty still. Had it's capacity received
like the sea, whatever entered there
would have run off like water from the
back of duck
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
COURAGE IN SURGERY.
why Experienced Practitioners Arc Cool
While Operating.

why experienced tractftlonerB Arc COOj
While Operating.
An old surgeon, engaged for the mo-
Inent in dissecting cold roast quail,
and making, it must be confessed, only
an Indifferent job of it, had been lis
tening incidentally to the conversation
of his table companions who were dis.
cussing the calmness and nerve dis.
played by the average practitionerdu dur
ing surgical operations, says the New
York Herald. Both agreed that the
poise and GOODNESS shown by surgeons
at times were extraordinary and hard
to understand.
"Now, friends, if you will permit
me-" interrupted the surgeon at this
point, 81 would like to tell you that
there is nothing extraordinary about
it. The nerve as you call it, of the
surgeon under such circumstances is
the most natural thing in the world.
1t is not q display of calmness which
has been put on for that occasion, or
an exhibition of courage summoned up
for an unusual emergency, but simply
the normal demeanor of O practical,
matter-of-fact man who knows what
he has to do and how he is going to do
it.
''The trouble with many people who
marvel at what they call surgeons
courage is that they fail utterly to
comprehend the conditions under
which he performs his work. They
imagine that he is experimenting, or
that he doesn't know his ground, or
that he will cut something chat he
ought not to cut. Nothing could be
further from the facts. No movement
in science or mechanics is preceded by
q more accurate foreknowledge of its
results than the average operation in
surgery. There is no such thing as
guesswork about 1t. The operator
knows he is performing an operation
which is based upon an exact science.
He follows rules which apply to all
cases, and is secure in the confidence
that causes which have produced GER
tain effects in given instances will do
so in all others.
"Why, then, should there be any
need in his work for extraordinary
courage? There are cases, of course,
SO critical or SO unusual as to excite
even the calmest and most self-con-
tanned operator, and when these are
under treatment the surgeons powers
of self-control are frequently taxed to
their utmost limit To the man who.
in such q case. can WELD the knife
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
A Fine Edition.

The Cascade Locks edition of the
Oregonian is at hand. 1t is 32-page
edition. and is replete with statistical
information concerning Oregon. A
full page is devoted to The Dalles. in
which are illustrations of the Wasco
county court house, st. Mary's acade-
my, the Vogt block. A. M. Williams
& Co.'S store, French & Co.'S bank
building and Pease & Mays store,
also pictures of Ex-Governor Moody,
Judge Bradshaw, Judge Mays, S. L..
Brooks and D. NJ. French. The de-
scriptive article concerning The Dalles
and vicinity is we'll written and Is re-
plete with information concerningSthe
city and country tributary to it. The
edition throughout is credit to the
Oregonian and is splendid advertise
ment for the state.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25

prints cloths, as the products of that
staple, and BECAUSE of the large stock
of the same. Steady or practically y un-
changed quotations. are reported for
pork. lard, coffee and sugar.
There were $50 business failures re-
ported throughout the United States
this week. % fewer than last week, and
26 less than in the corresponding week
one year ago. As compared with the
like week in 1894, this weeks total
shows q gain of 80, and with the cor
responding week in 1898. the gain is
six, Iu the third week of Decent ber,
1892, there were Gl fewer failures than
this week
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
For Over Firry Years.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REM
EDY.-Mrs. W lnsIow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over 1ifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething. with perfect succes S
1t soothes the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for diarrhea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part OF the world.
twenty-five cents q bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
WUMEN AMI WATERLOO.
What One of the Fair Sex Remembered OF
the World Famous Battle.


the World Famous Battle.
SIN my carly days knew a lady who
happened to be in Brussels that memor-
able june" said Mrs. Newton Cross
land to the New York Commercial Ad-
vcrtiser man. ''She was then newly
married and only twenty-thrce years of
age. So little certain of victory did the
English on the spot feel that her hus-
band insisted on her dressing like q
Normandy peasant, thinking such
costume would be protection
s'Vividly have L heard her describe
the partings she witnessed at the door
of the hotel where she was staying and
the despair of wives who were left be-
hind-wives soon to be widows
Every graphically, too, did she de-
scribe the next days events, when
women-many of whom, too agitated
to change their attire, were still ele-
gantly drcsscd-made their way some
how to the field of battle, returning in
tho army wagons, supporting the heads
of the wounded on their knees, bathing
their brows and binding up their
wounds, while steady rain poured
down on the faces bcgrimed by powder,
which vet allowed their pallor to be
seen.
Il once met at dinner the widow of
an oficer-I forget the name-whc
fought at Waterloo, and the lady
narrated her experience of the after
battle scene. For some reason she had
to cross the field of Waterloo, which
was still strcwn with the dead, and for
this purpose she was blindfoldcd and
placed on horseback, the stced being
led by trooper.
'.She held handkerchief to her nose
-steeped, think she said, with vinegar
and not until she had reached ar
acclivity nearly Il mile from the scene
of carnage was the banlaGe removed
from her eyes. Then she looked back
The field of Waterloo appeared like a
field of tombstones, for the bodies
were all stripped of clothing and shone
white In the sunshine like stones
The camp-followiug ghouls had done
their work effectually.'
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
CONDITION OF TRADE.
The Past Week Has Been Dull Through
out the Nation.

The Past Week Has Been Dull Through
cut the Nation.
Bradstreet's report review Of the
condition of trade for the week says
Wholesale trade continues of smaller
volume than expected, practically the
,nly activity in the wholesale line
being in groceries. candles, fruite
md nuts. The weather interfereo
With seasonable business which al
many centers is smaller than in pre-
:eeding years, in that larger proper
Oion of purchases are of cheap grade
Of goods. The downward tendency o.
prices pointed out q fortnight ago is
continued. This includes quotations
for hides, which caused boot and shoe
job dealers to restrict purchases, an
ticipating cuts in prices for shoes
steel rails, steel billets and Bessemer
pig-iron. Cotton, too is lower on con-
fidence OF larger crop than expected;
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
New Freight Tariff.

The opening of the locks has cut off
the expense of the transfer at Cascades,
and IN line with the former policy of
the D. P. & A. N. Co. to give their
patrons the benefit of all possible re-
ductions in expenses, by giving them
reduced freight, the company will, on
January ], 1897, put reduced tariff in
to effect. The Regulator company
pursues five and let live policy in all
its transactions, and is indeed one of
the most popular transportation lines
in the Northwest.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25

that place are advocating that all per-
sons who have no visible means OF sup
port be forced to depart.
Messrs. John Sommerville and J. P.
Van Houten arrived last evening from
Hay Creek. They report very pleas
ant winter so far in Crook county.
Grass is growing rapidly, and sheep on
the range are getting all the feed
necessary.
The German barque, Pctrimpos, went
aground at Pacific Park, seven miles
north of nwaco, last Saturday. The
vessel was under charter to the Port
land Touring mills. 1t is thought the
ship can get off the sands without
material damage.
Indications are favorable that Cas-
ca1s Lodge, No. 303, B. 2. o. E.. will
become the possessor of that white
deer yet. The lodge has passed reso-
lutions thanking Nc. Kinnersly for the
donation, and about all that Is possibly
left for Mr.. K. is to buy the deer and
make the presentation.
Four teams running away at one
time made things lively on Second
street this morning. Charles Cath
carts dray team started the ball roll
ing, and as it passed down the street
every team that could get fair start
;o;,od IN tba r.oo Fortuuatelv NO
material damage was done.
Saturday evening number OF The
friends of Fred Wilson and Ed Win
gate gave them farewell supper at
the Umatilla House, after the session
of the Elks had closed. 1t was an i'm
promptu affair, nevertheless was
pleasing farewell to the young men
who left today for Honolulu.
Mr.. Herrick, proprietor of The Dalles
cannery, came up from below last night,
and returned to Portland this afte r.
noon. Mr.. Herrick reports having had
q good run of fish at Aberdeen the
past season, and having put up large
amount of salmon in his cannery at
that place. He will return here in a
few weeks to put his cannory in shape
for the spring run.
Hugh Glenn is again in the city,
having come up from Astoria to speud
the holidays with his family. Mr..
Glenn says work is progressing on the
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad,
| and at present he is giving work to all
who apply The principal work on
the road at present is in rock, and this
can be prosecuted in spite of the IN.
favorable weather.
This morning Ed Wingate and Fred
W. Wilson left on the Regulator for
Portland, and Wednesday morning
will board the steamship Monmoth-
shire for Honolulu. A number OF
their friends were at the boat to see
them off, and wish them a pleasant
journey. They will probably be ab-
sent from the city for two months. as
they expect to spend a month or six
weeks on the lSlandS.
James Shaw, proprietor OF the Dallas
woolen mills, is in the city, and today
had conference with a committee OF
the Commercial Club with reference
to establishing wooden mill at this
place. Mr.. Snaw has been looking
toward The Dalles for several years as
a suitable place for starting a wooden
factory, and is still convinced it is the
best locality in the Northwest.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. A. X. Dufur, of Dufur, is in the

Mrs. A. K. Durur, OF Dulur, Is III tne
city.
Judge John Fulton and wife, OF
Bipgs, were in the city yesterday. 8
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Kelsay returned
home from Portland Saturday evening.
Hon. Henry Blackman, collector OF
internal revenue at Portland, is in the
city. zs@ss
Allie Henderson spent Sunday in
the city, and returned to Lyle this
morning.
A Bittingin was passenger on the
Regulator this morning going to
Portland.
William Whitaker, a prominent
marchant of Baker City, died very
suddenly Just after entering his store
in that city last Saturday morning:
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Adams. who have
been visiting at Hay Creek, arrived In
the city yesterday and will leave
tonight for their home at Spokane.
Baker City is liable to be almost de-
,,,onr,ated ers long. since the papers OF
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25

Absolutely pure, perfectly harmless
and invariably reliable are the quail
ties of One Minute Cough Cure. IL
never fails in colds. Group and lung
troubles. Children like it because it
is pleasant to take and it helps them.
Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25
"For Charity Snffereth Long" ("

"M0trOss of q BesseU0gesse Home
and knowing the good DE-. Miles Nervine
has dono me, my wish to help Others. over
comes my dislike for the publicity, this
letter may give me. in Nov. and Dec. 1893,
The inmates had the "LaGrippe,"
and was one of the first. Resuming duty
too soon. with the care Of SO many sick,
did not regain my health, and in q month
lbeca1se SO de6iIftated assd NERVOUS
FROM siieepiessness and the drafts made on
ny vitality. that IL was question If could
go On. 4 dear friend advised me to try
Or. Aites' Kesserattpe Eeruiae.
] took bottles and am happy 70 say. am
tn better health than ever. still continue
xta oceasional ssse, as q soeSUe food,
- my work is very trying A letter ad-
dressed 70 Milwaukee. Wis, VIII reach me-"
June 9. 1894. Mrs. LAURA G. PHOENIX.
DR.. Miles Nervine Is sold on positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell it at 81. bottles for IS, or
u Will pe sent prepaid, on receipt of price
By the Dr.. Niles Medical Co. Elkhart. Ind.
DR.. Miles Neryine
Restores Health
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25

Soothing and not Irritating, strength
ening and not weakening, small but
ffective-such are the qualities OF De-
Wits Little Early Rlsers, the famous
little pill. Suipe s. Kinersly Drug Co.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-25

Nomore BOILS, no more PIMPLES,
use Kinersly Iron Tonic. The Snipes
kiEersly Drug Co.. Telephone No. 81