The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-08-06

the American forces from the Philip
pines and let the insurgents settle
with the Spaniards as best they can.
The insurgents are an unruly crowd.
and will have to be disciplined before
they will behave.
Four bunco men who had rCbbed
sailor OF S74 in Portland have been ad-
mitted to bail in the sum OF $40 for
the principal offender and $50 for each
of the assistants. The sailor was in
continently placed in Jail in default of
800 TO be on hand as witness. The
administration of "refor:n" justice in
Portland is wonderful to behold.
The Dalles must have more water.
The present supply is entirely mad
equate. Let the water commissioner
take steps at once to either lay a
longer supply pipe from Mill creek to
the reservoir, or lay an additional
pipe. 1t will not do to let the matter
lay over to another season. The
Dalles is growing, and the water sys-
tenn must keep pace with it.
If for no other reason the Philippine
islands should not become province
of the United States because of the
low standard of the Inhabitants. They
are mongrel race, and never could
stand as American citizens. When
they shall have been freed they may
not govern themselves well, but this
is of little concern to US. They had
better misgovern themselves than
contaminats our people.
There should be but little quibbling
over the terms on which peace shall
be restored between this country and
Spain. The United States should dc
tate not negotiate terms, and they
should be the immediate withdrawal
of all Spanish troops from Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines. What dis
position is to be made of those provin-
ces can better be determined after the
Spanish soldiers have been removed.
Senator Hoar sizsd up the matter
of the settlement with Spain about
right when he said: "If the Amer
lean flag appears in the East it will be
as the EN- mblem of their liberty and no t
of our dominion. We will desire to
meet the great responsibilities which
the end of this war seems likely to
bring to the American people. solely
in the interest of the provinces we
may deliver from Spain and not for
| our own"
An unique feature of nearly all homes
| and buildings in Manila is the use OF
tiny square panes of translucent oyster
shells instead of glass. The windows
measure on an average six feet long
and four feet wide and contain 260 OF
these oyster shell panes, which temper
the fierce glare of the sun in the build
! ing. In country where people go
blind from constant sunshine, this is a
precaution very necessary to be taken
| Congressman Tongue has telegraph:
I
sentiment in Oregon is in favor of re-
tanning the Philippines. 1t depends
upon what he means by retaining" II
all of Oregon would favor the move.
Sentiment here is in favor of breaking
down Spanish rule in the islands, but
not of making them American domain
| What is wanted is strong govern
ment there that will benefit our trade
relations, but we have no business
with owning them.
A noted German scientist, Prof.
Robert Koch, has discovered
that trr pical malaria is not caused
from climatic causes, but from the
bite of the mosquito. If Prof. Koch's
theroies could be accepted, it would be
we'll for our soldiers down in Cuba to
train their guns on the mosquito in
stead of the Spanish, but it will be
some time before the world generally
will accept the theories of this learn
ed doctor. Too many people have been
bitten by mosquitoes to make us believe
that they are the cause of malaria.
Some hidebound monsy-worshipers
are boasting of the fact that the COM
mon people, those of small wealth, are
carrying the debt of the government
caused by the recent bond issue, and
lauding it as good thing because it
furnishes safe investment for people
with small property. This is rot. 1t
is debt just like any othei obligation
and the people will have to pay the
interest. Besides, inside of two wears
the bonds will nearly all fall into the
hands of heavy capitalists. This pop
ular loan idea is all myth.
Is larkspur a plant so fatal to stock
as is the general belief? That is the
| question that DR., Nelson, veterinarian
of Washington state disputes. To
prove that it is big bugbear, he re-
Gently fed % pounds of larkspur to
three sheep in three days that belonged
to the state experiment station and
they did not die. He tethered another
one in a field where larkspur Was
growing thickly and it tfailed to perish.
So the doctor feels satisfied that the
pretty prairie flower is not deadly, and
as the proof of the poison Is in the eat
ing thereof, ne must be right.
It is reported that the son of Ad-
miral Dewey, who occupies cler-
ical position with salery OF sixty
five dollars per month, was recently
offered salary of five thousand dol
lars a year and expenses paid il he
wotld enter the employment of cer-
tain yellow journal. He was told that
no experience would be necessary, as
he would have merely to attach his