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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
THE SETTLER WINS.
Another Case Decided against the Eastern
Oregon Land Company.

Secretary of the Interior Francis
has rendered decision, which if sus-
tanned by the courts, will forever settle
! the controversy between the company
and settlers within the overlap limits of
The Dalles Military road grant that are
inside the boundaries of the forfeited
Northern Pacific grant.
fhe case is one in which Rufus H.
King made proof Oh Homestead in
Sherman county on an odd section
within the overlap limits on July 20,
1898. The Eastern Oregon Land Co.,
the present owners of the wagon road
grant, protested against the allowance
of the proof by the local land office,
and an appeal was taken to the COM
missioner of the general land office,
who reversed the decision of the local
officers.
j. l.. Story, attorney for King, ap-
pealed to the secretary of the interior.
and has just received the secretary's
decision, which sustains the local
office, and dismisses the protest of the
company. The secretary holds that as
the grant to the Northern Pacific Co.,
was made July 2, 1864, and that to the
road company on Feb. %, 1867, the act
of congress making second grant could
not affect the lands conveyed by the
first; that is, the same land could not
be granted to two corporations at the
same time. Therefore, the lands were
included in the Northern Pacific grant
when the grant to The Dalles Military
Road Co. was made:.th title rested in
the Northern Pacific Co., until the for
feiture act of Sept. 49, 1890, was passed,
hence title to the land in controversy
never had rested in the Eastern Or
egon Land Co., and the land was sub
ject TO entry when tho forfeiture act
became law.
The decision of Secretary Francis is
directly in line with the position taken
by Mr.. Story in his contention that
the land was never at any time in
cluded in the wagon road grant, and is
a yindication of the principle of law he
has advocated, that the government
could by act of congress convey title to
more than one party, and that the for
feiture act of 1890 does not give the own
ers of the wagon road grant the privi-
lege of making overlap selections with
in the forfeited grant. The question
is one which Mr.. Story has given con-
siderable study, and the decision Of the
secretary is evidence of the sOundness
of his conclusions in the matter.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
poor, it was ordered that the bid of

poor, it was ordered that the bid ot
NJ. NJ. Gushing be accepted, and con-
tract awarded at $l25 month for keel
ing resident paupers, and 81 per week
for keeping nonresident paupers.
II. E. Lake was duly appointed JUS
tice of the peace for Wamic precinct.
Road district No. 30 was established
in accordance with the boundaries
asked in petition.
The following road supervisors were
appointed for the several districts:
c AStewart. L; ] w Forbes, = Joseph
Purser, 8: Chris Dethmap, +: W F
jackson, 8: S D Fisher, 6: J w Mar
quis, I; ] P Aqidius. s; Andrew Urqu-
hart, 8; A Frazer, 10; G w Riddell, IL;
E K Russell, y; J c Egbert, 13; P
Haveriy, II; Eli Hinmau, Is; Alex Nc
Leod, 16: John Fad, II; Herbert Lowell,
Is; Ike Hixon, 10; Frank Fleming, 20;
G W Smith, p; w r Winans, %; G NJ
Wishart, %: Van Woodruff, "A; Joel
Koontz, %: p Watson, 28: F Mar
guam, 81; II c Rooper, 2s: D S Crap
per, %
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
A Neat Calendar.

There are many varieties of calen
dars being distributed this year. Some
are works of art but large, while
others are small, neat and handy. To
the latter class belong the ones being
handed out In this section by the Wis
consin Central lines. They are just
the size for the desk and may be had
by addressing Mr.. Jas. C. Pond, Gen.
eral Passenger Agent, Milwaukee,
Wis, or Mr.. Geo. S. Batty. Gen'l
Agent, 246 Stark St., Portland. Or.
The Wisconsin Central trains run be-
tween ST. Paul or Minneapolis, and
Milwaukee or Chicago and close con-
nections are made with all trains to
and from these points. Its dining car
service is strictly what posted travellers
want and prices are very moderate.
Your nearest ticket agent will provide
you tickets on application over this
fayorite route
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
From Tuesdays Daily

Charles Butler shipped two car loads
of beef from The Dslles to Port Town
send on the afternoon train.
Elder Jenkens went to Hood River
this afternoon, and will begin q series
of religious meetings at that place thi;
evening.
In the matter of lady clerks at Salem
the supply is greater than the demand,
and there is no danger Of legislation
being clogged by lack of clerical aid.
Senate clerkships will not be such
soft snaps during the present session
as in the past, that body having de-
cided that the pay of chief clerks shall
be only S. day, and other clerks shall
receive only IS.
Friendship Lodge, No. 9, K. Of P,
has determined to celebrate the 34th
anniversary of the order, which occurs
on Feb. 10. 1t is possible the celebra-
tion will be held on the 21st or 22d, the
date having not been decided upon.
Andrew Baldwin left this morning
for bis old home in Wakefield, Mass,
where he will remain until the middle
of next summer. Mr.. Baldwin went to
Portland and from there will go over
the Northern Pacific to Massachuse It's.
Washington legislators never fail to
look out for their pay. The first thing
the senate did yesterday after organ
ization was perfected was to take up
bill appropriating $4,000 for salaries
and expenses of the session and pass
it to its second reading.
Tom Mccoy left on the afternoon
train for Portland, and will visit Salem
during the session. Tom is not a can.
didate for U. S. Senator, but if he
doesn't strike anything better would
accept the position provided no other
good democrat is available,
The city council will hold special
meeting tomorrow evening for the pur-
pose of considering the amended char.
ter prior to sending it to the legislature,
and all parties interested are requested
to meet with the council and hear it
read, and suggest such changes as they
may deem advisable.
We were probably i'll advised in our
remarks yesterday concerning the or.
dinance licensing meat venders. We
supposed the ordinance was intended
to prevent the peddling of meat in any
form, whether in the entire carcass or
divided into quarters or less quantities.
1t would certainly be objectionable to
allow peddler to start travelling
meat market and sell meat In any
quantity on the street, though no pro,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16

OF $500 year upon drug stores for re-
failing liquors was read and placed
upo It's final passage; and after argu-
ment both for and against the ordi-
nance had been submitted by attor-
neys, the roll was called, and the vote
standing four for and four against its
adoption, the ordinance was declared
lost. The recorder was instructed to
draw an ordnance imposing a license
of Sl5O year upon drug stores for sell
ling liquors in packages of less than
one gallon.
The proposition of the electric light
company to furnish are lights for streets
was read, also proposition for supply
ing 100 incandeseent lights or their
equivalent in Is and 81 candle power
lights; and the special committee on
lights was empowered 10 take action
in the matter.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
A Fortunate Wreck

Freight train No. -, with Billy
Maher as conductor, went into the
ditch aJ Cape Horn, nine miles east of
The Dalles about $3.50 Monday morn
ing. The train left here little after
clock, going east, and when round
ing the point at Cape Horn the flange
of d wheel on a Great Northern car,
the car next to the engine, broke,
causing the coupling to give way and
allowing twelve cars to go into the
ditch. The cars were loaded with lum.
Der and ties, hence the freight was
not materially damaged, though the
cars are badly broken. Fortunately
none of the trainmen were injured.
Tho wrecking car was brought up
from Albiua at noon, and the track
was cleared by midnight, hence trains
were not materially delayed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
Importaut to School Boards.

County School Superintendent Gil
bert has issued the following circular
to the different clerks of school dis
tricts throughout the county, that i,
worthy of their attention:
"Those school districts desiring tC
vote special school tax this year will
observe the following:
''First-Directors should call a spec
ial school meeting, giving 10 days no
tice, to be held January 25th, 26th OF
9th, and report result of meeting in
writing to A. A. Kelsay. county clerk,
on or before February ], 1897. (See
school laws, PIP. 82-67.)
"Second-The district clerk need
not make application to the county
clerk for the amount of assessahle
property in the district. as 1t will be
mailed to each and every district clerk
on or before January Goth, in ample
time to reach you before your school
meeting. AS the time is limited,
promptness is absolutely necessary"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
Council Proceedings.

A special meeting of the city coun'
Gil was held at the COUNCIL chambers
last night, presided oyer by Mayor
Menefee. All councilmen except Ross
were present, and the following pro-
ceedings were had:
In the matter of licensing meat ven-
ders, Nolan. chairman of the finance
committee, to whom the ordinance had
been referred, recommended the ordi-
nance be amended SO ss to impose a
lieense for peddling meat in quarters,
whereupon the ordinence prepared by
the reeorder was Withdrawn and con-
siderstion thereof was indefinitely
postponed.
The proposition imposing license
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16

AN OLD AND -WELL-TRIED REM
EDY.--Mrs. WInsiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used iOr over 1ifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success 9
1t soothes the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part OF the world.
Twenty-Five cents 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, 1897-01-16
GOOD OUTLOOK FOh WHEAT.
Views of Secretary OF Agriculture on tn
Worlds Crop for This Year.

Views of Secretary OF Agriculture on the
Worlds Crop for This Year.
]. Sterling Morton, secretary OF
Agriculture, writes the following to
the San Francisco Examiner concern
ing the wheat outlook for the present
year:
"While it is of course impossible at
this early day to predict as to the size
and quality of the crops, there are
good grounds for believing that the de-
mand for some of the products OF
American agriculture, to be harvested
next autumn, will be exceptionally
strong and active, with prices corre-
spondingly high. This is especially
true as regards wheat. The past year
has witnesseda q shortage of unusual
extent in wheat crops in several OF the
chief wheat growing countries OF the
world. The great Russian empire,
which ranks next to the United States
in importance as country OF wheat
supply, has produced this season large
ly diminished crops, while India and
Australia, the other leading sources of
supply, have actually chan sed from cx-
porting to importing countries. The
next wheat crop of Australia will be
harvested in January, and indications
now point to a product far below the
average. The same is true of the COM
ing crop of India, to be gathered in
April. The, reports received from
Argentina and several other countries
are also unfavorable. There unusual
shortages. occurring simultaneously in
difierent countries, have caused
scarcity in the wheat supply not ex-
perienced for years, and the result is
marked advance price of this important
cereal. AS the amount OF wheat at
present available in the world Is so far
short of the probable requirements, it
is fair to presume that the reserve
stocks that would, under normal con-
ditions, be carried over into next
season, will be very much diminished.
This will undoubtedly create an in
creased demand upon the forthcoming
corp, to the great benefit of the farmer.
One of the natural results of the pres
ent wheat stringency is the heightened
demand for other breadstutfs. The
high price ofwheat is already causing
a more liberal use of such cereals as
may be substituted for it, among them
that great American grain, Indian
corn. According to report, cargo of
140, 600 bushels of corn was shipped the
present month from Philadelphia to
India, the first cargo ever sent to that
country from the United States"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
raxe Care of Yonr Eyes.

There are no two eyes alike and no
person can select suitable glasses for
their own eyes. 1t can only be done
by persons skilled sin the laws OF
Optics and Refraction. Each eye
must be examined separately and fitted
separately. DIR. Lanuerberg the eye
specialist, Office in the Vogt block will
examine your eyes free of charge.
All work guaranteed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16

The County Court requests contr act
ors to submit plans and estimates for
q bridge across Hood river al the town
of Hood River, Plans will be consid-
cred at the adjourned meeting to be
held February 9Th. at O'Clock p. m,
The court reserves the right to reject
any and all plans. II a plan is selected
bids will be asked for the building of
the bridge. By order of the Court.
j9-4tw A. NJ. KELSAY, Clerk.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
From MONDAYS; Daily.

FROM Mondays DAILY.
S. L. Brooks went to Portland this
morning.
Hugh Glenn was up from Astoria
yesterday.
The new county officers throughout
Washington put on their official robes
today.
C. E. Browning, of Des Monines,
Iowa, is in the city visiting his old
school fellow, c. L. Phillips.
Andrew Baldwin returned Saturday
evening from Portland. He reports
his brother James convalescant.
Charles Butler arrived on the noon
train from Port Townsend, and will
make shipment of beef cattle to-
morrow.
Hon. B. S. Huntington left yester.
day morning for Salem, to take his
seat in the legislature when that body
convened today.
No. 184, held by John Blazer, won
the fine gold watch put up at rattle by
Joe Studenicker at the Columbia
brewery yesterday.
There will be three new county bills
before this session OF the legislature.
Efforts will be made TO divide Crook,
Umatilla and Coos counties.
The city authorities are having an
electric light put in front of the city
Jail and also one in front of each of the
hose houses and hook and ladder house.
The Dalles Lodge No. 2, 1. o. G. T.,
will give "wheel of good luck"
social next Saturday evening, an ex-
cellant program is being prepared. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Robbins are said to be harbingers of
spring, and since they have already
made their appearance in the fields on
Eight Mile, residents of that section
have begun contemplating making
their gardens.
Judge Story went to Sherman county
this afternoon to arrange for resenting
the appeal from the decision of Judge
Gilbert In the cases Of the 2. o. Land
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
NOT A FLArTERINa PROSPECT.
The Trade Reviews Offer Little Encour-
agement for Business.


The Trade Reviews Offer Little Encour
agement for Business.
r. G. Dunn & Co.'s weekly review
for the week ending JAZZ. 9 says:
The year 1897 begins with one ad
vantage. the past year having swept
out OF the way great Number Vt un,
sound concerns which In any time oi
activity would have been dangerous to
business. Of the 1928 commercial
and banking failures in 1896, with liza.
bilities of S276. .S15, 749, large share
represented crippling losses in prev
ious years, or the violence of specula-
tive storms in 1895 or the first half of
1896, while thousands more have re-
suited from the fury of the political
tornado last fall. Banking failures,
amounting to s50.7ls.9l5. during the
year averaged Sl56, l56 each, and were
145 per cent larger than in 1895.
Commercial failures amounted to
s226, ,096, 1874. a little over $1,000, 900
having been added the last day of the
year; but the average liabilities, S14,-
992, was smaller than in some years of
greater prosperity.
Bradstreet's review is no more en-
couraging. 1t is as follows;
With the exception Of reports of a
dozen South Atlantic coast and Gulf
cities, jobbers at nearly all distribut.
ing centers say business is dull, and
without new features. Demand has
improved at Chicago and St. Louis for
hats, hardware, shoes and dry goods,
but trade in those lines is fair only.
The weeks total of business failures
in the United States was 4SS, the larg-
est number ever reported.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
Bids Wanted.

Sealed bids for keeping the county
poor of Wasco county for the year
1897, will be received by the county
court of said county up to P. M. o.
Thursday, January 7, 1897. The
court reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
A. M. KELSAY,
tt County Clerk.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
BuckIen ArnIca salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises. sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chapped hancs. chill
blains. corps and all skin truptions
and positively cures plies. or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
TQtai..:.

The old lady was right when she said
that child might die If they waited for
the doctor. She saved the little ones
life with few doses of One Minute
Cough Cure. She had used it for Group
before. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
UNCLE SANS BIG PAY ROLL,
About 100000 Persons In the Federal
Civil Service.

About 100000 Persons in the Federal
Civil, Service.
The United States civil service COM
mission has given out figures which,
though still subject to slight change,
represent approximately the present
extent of the classified service. The
whole number of persons in the fed
eral service, including the Legislative
and judicial branches, is about 2O0,.
600. The civil service act declares
that officers not in the executive
branch, or any person employed mere
ly as laborer or workman, shall not
be required to be classified, nor, un-
less by direction of the senate, any
person who has been nominated for
confirmation by the senate. Within
the executive civil service there are
now estimated to be 7s.7la officers and
employees. s4,527 of whom are classi-
fed under the civil service act, en-
bracing all except officers appointed
subject to confirmation by the senate,
laborers and similar employees, and
fourth class postmasters, 4S15 officers
whose nomination is subject to con-
firmatiou by the senate, including
presidential postmasters, S63S laborers,
and several thousand other employees,
the majority of whom have an annual
compensation of less than $500. A
large proportion of this latter class are
clerks at unclassified postoffices.
Within the classified service the to-
tai of officers excepted from examine
ton remains 7sl. of whom $40 are as
sistant postm asteps. OF the places
within the scope of the merit system
there should be included in addition to
the total given, 5063 mechanics. ETC.,
at the navy yards and naval stations,
originally covered by Secretary Tracy's
regulations. but brought within the
classified service by the executive or
der of November last The merit
system, therefore, now, includes, ap-
proxlmately, $4,000 places.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
scaly eruptions on the head ,chapped
The STATE TAX LEVY.

1t Has Been Fixed at -Four Mills on the
Dollar.
The state board met in Salem Mon
day and made the tax levy for 1897, fix.
ing the rate at four mills, a reduction
of only eight-tenths of mill below the
levy of last year. The total amount of
revenue to be raised is S572, ,7O7.SS, and
the amount to be collected from each
of the several counties is as follows:
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16

Farmers should bear in mind that
W. A. Johnston is sole agent in The
Dalles for McSherry drills and seed
ers, which are recognized by all to be
the best
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16

Soothing and not irritating, strength
ening and not weakening, small but
effective-such are the qualities of De.
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous
little pill. Sunpe & Kinersly Drug Co.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
.rhsy Are the People"

The legislators of Oregon and Wash
| ington are now in session, and for the
time being "they are the people. u
The day is not far distant, though, be.
fore many of them, like their predecos-
sors, will for obvious reasons wish they
had never seen the respective state
houses. OF course they will all re-
member some pleasant features con-
nected with the service of their con-
stituents, such as free entertain ment,
passes, ETC.; but between the "puIl'' of
the Office seeker, the fine and coarse
work of the lobby member and the
thousand and one vexations, many
will get enough of the "good thing"
But the citizens who spend this same
season their time and money travelling,
and who use the Wisconsin Central
lines between st. Paul or Minneapolis
and Chicago or Milwaukee will be SUBJ
ject to no such annoyances. They will
get the best service on earth and q
square meal at reasonable cost. For
particulars address Geo. S. Batty,
Gen1 Agent, 246 Stark ST., Portland.
Or; or call on your nearest ticket
agent.x
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
For Rent or Sale.

A hotel building at Grants will be
rented at $40 month or will be sold
on reasonable terms. Apply or write
to LEE KEE,
I'm Grants, Oregon.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16

1t Is fixed and immutable law that
to have good sound health. one must
have pure, rich and abundant blood.
There is no shorter nor surer route
than by a course of DeWitt's Sarsapar-
lila. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
AS OTHERS SEE Us.
A Portland Paper Shows Why The Dalies
Should Have Wooden Mills.


Should Have woolen Mills.
The Portland Farmer is astonished
at The Dalles not having established
woolen mills and wool securing plant
long ago, and cannot understand why
the people keep figuring on these prop
ositions and never accomplish any
thing. In a recent issue it said con.
cerning the advantages offered for
such plants here:
"That place is one of the greatest
shipping points of wool in the country
and yet they go on from year to year,
loosing almost enough money in
additional freight on unsecured wool
and wages tt" mon for securing and
manufacturing it into cloth to pay for
the erection of both securing mill
and factory. The merchants and
business men should take hold of this
matter and not compel the farmers to
pay the priceof freight on their produce
from that place to Boston. Not only
do they loose the freight on the wool,
but about two-thirds of the freight is
paid on dirt that is secured from the
wool before it can be used. Fifty and
over working meA with their families
would make material difference in
the trade of The Dalles merchants"
Scaly eruptions on the head, ,chapped
hands and lips, outs, bruises, scalds
w. WV 1--WE Va d.o 1n1 Huic Tureu ~ D
present the article most used for piles
Kinersly Drlrp Co.