The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-10-23


the recommendation of the delegation?
Why are we kept in this agony of sus-
pense? This is the wall of Messrs.
Houser, Hall and Sammers.
1t WAS n Dakota editor who wrote
"the price OF this paper is not in
creased by the Dingley bill, but we
wish to correct the apprehension OF
some of our subscribers who appear to
think it WIS placed on the free list"
Eight long, weary weeks have been
consumed by the criminal court of Chi
cago trying A. L. Luetgert, accused of
numbering his wife and dissolving her
body in vat filled with caustic potash,
but at last the case was given to the
jury Monday evening. Luetgert is a
millionaire sausage maker of Chicago,
and his trial has attracted widespread
attention.
And now another newspaper man
has been honored by the administra-
ion. Presid ent Mckinley has ap-
pointed B. W. Johnson, editor of the
Corvallis Gazette, postmaster at Cor
wallis. johnson is all right, and is en-
titled to the crumb that has fallen up
on his table. He has fought many
battles for the G.. o. P. and is deserv-
ing of recognition.
Even before congress has had an op-
portunity to create the new territory
of Lincoln out of part of Alaska, Eli
Gage. son of Secretary of the Treasury
Gage, hobbs up serenely as candi-
date for governor of the new territory.
Young Gage is about as previous in
asking for place as were some of the
Oregon aspirants for federal Offices
| last fall.
The Pendleton Tribune, one of the
prosperity organs OF the upper country,
startles its readers by announcing that
wheat is now II cents higher than il
was year ago, and intimates this it
( the result of the change of admins
tration. If our memory serves us
right wheat was selling at 75 cents in
The Dalles a year ago, six months be-
fore the change in the administration
! took place.
A good deal of talk is being INDUCED
in about an extra session of the legis-
lature, but apparently it is only talk.
1t is not likely Gov. Lord has any in
tention of convening the legislature
any time during the coming winter.
1t is too near an election. Any mis-
takes that might be made would be
charged against the republican party,
and would certainly wreck it. If there
is special session of the legislature
it will likely be after the June election
next year.
In Chicago Edward C. Brice has ft-
ted up factory at an expense of S25,-
600 for the manufacture of gold out of
baser metals. Just what the process
is has not yet been made public, but
It is understood Mr.. Brice subjects
other metals to intense heat for a long
period of time, and that they come out
pure gold. If his experiment is sue
cess there will be no further need of
going to Klondike for wealth. ...-.,
In reply to an invitation to take part
in the New York election, Mayor Har-
rison said: 81 will not take part in
your mayoralty contest if any national
issues antagonistic to the Chicago |
platform are to have a place in the |
campaign. I am opposed to national
issues in local politics and if they are
sprung in New York they must con-
form to the Chicago platform if 1 take
part in the campaign"
Large cities are built by the tint |
bucket brigade, the men who toll in
factories and mills. The Dalles nor
any other town can expect to become
great city until it has a few factories
that give employment to labor. AS
commercial city it ranks high for the
population it has, but it has not
enough mouths to feed or backs to
clothe. Give ut few factories and we
will become the rival of any interior
city on the coast.
How unkind it is of President Me-
Kinley to put off the Oregon appoint
ments until December. He should
consider how anxious he felt year
ago now, and then compare his posi-
tion with those who ''fought, bled and
died" for his cause last fall, and con-
slider what their solicitude for being
rewarded IS now. But he has said
they must wait until December before
be will unlock his storehouse of ap-
and his word is law in
his case.
Astoria can afford to offer Q bonus 1
)f $50, COO for a Touring mill. Astoria ,
'eceives no wheat direct from the {
growers, still it realizes the benefits to j
% derived for creating Q market that |
will draw first owners of that staple I
within its boundaries. The Dalies re-
,eives from 7 ,000. 600 to s. .0OO, 900 pounds t
If wool annually from growers. What 2
'an it offer to create Il market for The l
PRODUCTS of the sheep farm? Can it
lot offer half as much for wooden mills
g Astoria offers for Touring mill?
Another blunder of the monstrosity
,nown as the Dingley tariff law has a
'een discovered. A consignment of O
o 900 pounds of tea has been received t
t New York of quality not provided n
or in the Dingley law, and as the new t.
aw provides that all teas brought in b
o this country, and not provided for a q
n the tariff schedule, shall be seized .
nd destroyed, the customs officers are
4 mudile. If they follow the law
nd confscate the tea, the government I
ecomes liable for damages. If they {
iolate the law and allow the teas
aken out of bond, off comes their Of
cial heads. Evidently that tariff law (
ill have to be remeddIed. E
That there are evidences of pros B
Gritty on every hand cannot be denied (
Y any sane person, fof there is more
oney in circulation and more i'm 3
going on the country over =
lan there has been in years past =
his is brought about almost solely by Z
le increased amount of money brought