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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
PAY OF OLD SOLDIERS,

No government in the world has
done 20 much for its retired soldiers,
as has the American republic,
nor has any other nation paid out nalf
the money to their veteran soldiers.
Between 1776 and July 1, 1899, the
United States has paid in pensions the
enormous sum of 50, 1923, ,42S. .2l2 81. and
yet the obligations of the government
to old soldiers, under present existin g
laws, are not half paid.
Our appropriation for pensions the
past year amounted to Sl47. 900 900,
while GeImany paid only $l5, 5,599 .34S,
and Great Britain S9S, 102. 500, while
the other European nations combined
paid less than $50 100000. Thus it is
seen that America has been more gen.
erous to the men who have served in
its armies than have been any of the
older countries. We have on our pen
sion rolls about 1000 900 pensioners
while all of Europe has less than
1000, 900 Our pensioners receive from
81 tc SI50a month while pensioners
IN European countries recei = mere
pitance, the men of the racks rehting
scarcely anything. while the officers
receive less than do the totally dis
abled privates in this country.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
STONE HAS AMBITIONS.

Ex-Governor Stone, of Mississippi,
has been in consultation with demo.
cratic leaders in the East for several
days, aud his interviews are under.
stood to have bearing on the meeting
of the national committee in Chicag O
July 20. Governor Stone is rated as a
Bryan man and as an unyielding
champion of the Chicago platform,
but it is shrewedly surmised that he
would not object to the introduction of
as many live issues as possible into the
campaign of 1900. In fact the ex.gov.
ernor considers himself one of those
live issues ana would not seriously OBJ
ject to taking first or second place on
the presidential ticket. He would pre-
fer even second place to the honor of
heading the national committee, a
place for which he has been slated.
To what extent his New York confer
ences have touched his personal am
bition is one of the unrevealed secrets
of his eastern visit.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22

every locality was miniture paradise,
stampedes for more gold were of fire.
quent occurrence for the peace and
~elfare of those who joined in the mad
rush for sudden wealth.
And within the past two years has
been perhaps the greatest stampede for
gold since 1849. While perhaps it is
not as great in extent as was the rush
to Colorado and Montana in recent
years, the stampede to Klondike has
been surrounded with more danger and
has caused more suffering than any
since the early days of California. yet
there have been plenty of brave men
to 90 in search of gold even in the
frozen north, where they have had to
face the dangers that there prevail.
They have carried civilization into a
wilderness, and while they may not be
fully rewarded, the human race gener.
ally will reap benefits through new
country being developed aad new
money being created.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
GROWING TOLERANT.

The gradual drawing together OF
the various religious denominations,
the broadening charity the majority
of them show towards one another of
late years, even those which used to
criticise and ostracize the others most,
has called for comment and seems to
corroborate the many evidences OF
the general amelioration of mankind.
Thirty or more antagonistic creeds
have handed together in great in
ternational society, which holds an
nual conventions aud excursions, and
encourages Christians OF whatever
sect to mix and commune with one
another. These are all protestant
denominations, to be sure, but it is
also true that there never was better
feeling between them and the Catho-
lies than exists today.
And now comes the pleasing, If
somewhat startling, news that the
Jews are considering the character of
Christ without deriding him, and that
one OF their most learned lecturers on
the coast is delivering in the various
synagoyues of the west an eloquent
and popular address on "Jesus, the
Jew"
The following passage will give an
idea of his point Of view: 81 found
that, according to the New Testament
traditions, Jesus was born Jew,
lived a Jew, died Jew. found that
the thought of establishing new
belief or even new sect was further
est from his mind; that his aim was
not to follow after the heathens, but
to seek out the lost sheep of the house
Of Israel / found that his mission
seemed to be to uplift the lowly and to
expose wickedness in high places. l
found that he gave his heart. his soul
and his very being to the poor, to the
sick and to the needy. He said: Il
am not come to heal the sound; have
been sent unto the sick 1 found that
he was man of un bounded sympathies
and of great moral courage: that he
was simply irving to practice and to
preach the moral code established by
Moses I'd the prophets, and so literally
put into practice in his daily life the
great lawgiver's precept of love thy
neighbor as thyself.'
This may be an age of greed, and
the conquest of arms may have given
way to the more merciless conquest of
wealth, but the religious differences
of the world are growing less painful,
and the persecution of men in the
name of God is becoming as rare as
the slaughter of ignorant races in the
name of humanity.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
GROWING THINGS At HOME

The following from the Spokesman
Review is as applicable to Oregon as
to Washington. and treats of subject
that should concern every resident of
the Pa,ific Northwest. With all our
facilities for production, and our capa,
bility to raise almost everything need
ed to sustain life, we are importing
the simplest farm products. and send
ing thousands of dollars abroad for ar
ticles that should he raised at home:
Secretary of Agricultural Wilson
when interviewed on the Sound the
otner day said the people of Washing.
ton, are importing a good deal of stuff
that should be grown at home. He
cited butter as ore article. large guam.
titles of which are brought in from
other ~ ates He might have named
a good many Other products such as
cheese, potatoes. and garden vege-
tables The value of these articles
which are imported represents in the
aggregate a very large sum. Ard it
means that great deai of money is
sent abroad which should be kept at
home.
There is scarcely a product men,
toned above which cannot be success
fully raised in this state. In fact, no
better beef, pork, dairy products and
garden vegetables can be found than
which have been grown within the
boundaries of Washington. They are
which are always in de-
mand. and if care is taken so as to
make them of the best they will be
preferred to anything that can be
brought in from the east or from
neig b boring states.
Think of buying butter in the ca st
when there are no better ranges and
pasture lands to be found in the world
than exist today here at home.
have been started in cer-
tain favored localities and as a rule
they have done we'll. They have been
\ great thing for farmers in the |
and have proved to be
profitable for the owners and man
ayers.
Beef, pork. poultry, eggs and vege-
;ables could be raised by nearly all our
single crop farmers, and it would give
hem a better living and furnish the
arger cities and.towns with necessities
hat must often be imported from other
tates. Secretary Wilson tells us to
row more of the things we need. He
las been studying the growth of agri-
cultural communities for years. He
las seen what has been done in the
tate of Ohio in this direction and he
:nows what he is talking about. His
dvice is we'll worth needing.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
BLIGHT To PATRIOTISM.

American patriotism is something of
which there has ever been an abund-
ant supply, but much has happened
during the past year to reduce it ex-
hubersnce. The treatment accorded
the volunteer army has certainly been
enough to cool off the ardor of many
q young man and cause him to wonder
what pride there is in being called an
American citizen. or an American
so der. When going to war aHo
while on the field of battle the volun
teers were none too we'll cared for, and
the home coming seems TO be no i'm
provement. The dispatches say thai
before the Oregon regiment LEFT
Manila H. r Lewis, former secretary
of the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
arrived with $500 from the Red Cross
society of Oregon, which enabled Col.
Summers to put sixteen of the sick
soldiers on board the transport New.
port and bring them to San Francisco,
but eight of them were left in Manila,
for the reason that the generous people
of this state had not contributed
enough money to bring them home.
no worse blight was ever thrown upon
this great and glorious government
than the fact that sick soldiers cannot
be brought home at public expense,
and their expenses on a government
transport must be borne by charity
contributions. The proposition is
preposterous, is disgraceful. Govern
ment transports are, or at least should
be supported by the government, but it
seems that berths for sick soldiers are
not provided, though they can be
bought with private donations. Had
the Rel Cross of Oregon sent few
hundred dollars more by Mr.. Lewis, no
doubt state rooms could have been
"bought" for the other eight sick SOL
diers, who we're left at Manila, but un-
der the Hanna regime they had to re-
main on the islands because there |
wasn't enough money contributed to |
bring them home. Such treatment of |
the disabled soldiers will cause many |
q young man to hesitate in the future |
when he Is asked to enlist in the ser
vice of his country. Such treatment
will blight patriotism.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
WHO MADE THE BLDNDER?

The ''roupd robin" protest of the
newspaper representatives in the
Philippines against the censorship of
news at Manila has stirred up pretty
muss at Washington. 1t indicates
that somebody has blundeaed, and now
official circles are exercised to find out.
who it is. Either the correspondents
are base liars, or somebody has blum
dered. If the correspondents tell the
truth, either General Otis has kept the
department at Washington in ignor-
ance of the real situation, or the
authorities there have suppressed the
information In their possession from
the public.
The "round robbin" brings to light
some disagreeable things, which no
doubt the administration would prefer
to have kept secret. 1t shows that
there never has been enough troops
on the islands Ia thing many civilians
in this country have realized for
months). and that it has been the in
tention of somebody to deceive the
people. The information given out
from Washington, AID pretending to
emanate from General Otis, for two
months past predicted the dowaf of
the Philippine insurrection, but when
the rainy season set in and hostilities
ceased the end Was no nearer than
when the first gun was fired last
February. Evidently Otis was misin-
formed, misquoted or was carrying out
instructions from Washington that
should never have been given him.
If Otis has been correctly quoted,
and he has continuously informed the
department at Washington that the
insurrection was virtually crushed,
when in fact he had accomplished
nothing in FIVE months campaign,
he is evidently not the right man to
keep in cont mand of the army on the
islands. If he has kept his superiors
In ignorance as to the true state of af.
fairs he has committed blunder that
should cost him his position. And if
he has been misrepresented by the
newspaper correspondents they are
guilty of an act that should result in
their being expelled from the island.
But if he has acted under instructions
from Washington, and exercised a
censorship that has prevented the
truth being told. which seems most
likely. for he is at ali times subject to
the orders of the war department., th en-
the blunder has been at the national
capital.
That there should have been a GEN.
sorship of the news of the cam paign
seems absurd and grave mistake on
the part of somebody in authority.
Whatever news that might be sent to
this country from the seat of war could
have been in no way bedeficial to the
enemy, for it could not give them any
information that they were not in pos
session of therefore there was no
necessity for keeping the people in
ignorance of what was going 90 in the
Philippines. Somebody has blundered.
Who is it?
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
RE-ENFORCEMEN1S EOR OTIS.

The order issued for the listmeSL
of ten new regiments of infantry for
service in the Philippines, though
made at least three months too late.
will still prove beneficial to the service
as the soldiers will not now be needed
until November or Decem Der, ard by
that time they will be pretty well
equipped for going into the field. and
should be we'll prepared for active
service. This new army for Otis will.
however be less efficient than the VOL
nnteer regiments which he is sending
home, for they will be composed of
entirely different class of men. The
volunteers were mostly young men
who entered the service flushed with
patriotism and national pride, who
took up the occupation of national
defenders at time when their cou untry
was at war with foreign power, hence
were spurred to action by principle.
The army now being recruited will be
composed of difiereut class. There
is little to create enthusiasm at present,
for the country is not engaged in
war OF defense or offense, but war of
conquest, war against people whom
the nation is undertaking to suodue.
Therefore the recruits sent General
Otis will be largely composed of men
who enter the army for want of better
employment. Most of them will be
men who have nothing to do, and en-.
list simply for the soldiers pay. Such
men will not make as good soldiers as
those who volunteered to fight for
eign foe. Possibly they may enter in
to battle with as much bravery as did
the volunteers, but the enthusiasm
will be lacking. They will fight for
pay, while the volunteers fought for
principle.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
ABOUT STAMPEDES.

The last chapter in the long history oi
stampedes for gold mining proposition
is not yet written. When it shall be,
It will be learned how little of the
precious metal entered into the ele-
ments which originated and promoted
them. 1t will then transpire that
many stampedes had their birth in the
cupidity of some, in the greed of
others, including transportation and
trading companies, and in the desire
of conscienceless spectators to coin
dollars out of the misfortune of the
over sanguiEe ignorant and the un-
fortunate adventurous. 1t will also be
seen that though few of the stam-
peders unearthed little of the shin
ing dust, the many found only priva-
tious, sufferings or death at the end of
their search. A few, a very few, gold
stampedes panned out we'll.
The first one in the history of STAN.
pedes for gold in the west occurred in
lS49 when the great rush to California
was inaugurare6. The rich placers
discovered and worked in that state
bear abundant evidence that the hopes
of many of our pioneer gold seekers
ended in fruition. The gold was
there. was easily obtained, many. if
not all found it, but the majority lost
it, some by improvidence, or by un-
for tunate speculation, or by i'll health.
but all united in the declaration that
California was golden state. An
other like area of gold bearing country
may never he found. The far north
may duplicate California in placers,
hut not In all that makes q country |
desirable for salubrity of climate and
Tor its diversity and wealth of re-
,ources. But even In that state where
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22

There is little too much "red tape"
connected with the management of
the return of volunteer soldiers. For
instance Frank M. Girard, memb Der
of Co. 1. Second Oregon. on arriving
at San Francisco received dispatch
that his mother at Monmouth, Polk
county. was dying and requesting his
immediate return to that place. The
officers in charge refused to grant
him permission to go to the death bed
of his mother, and like a true Ameri-
can be stole ashore and took the train
for his home. When men who have
finished their service are refused to
go to the bed eide of their dying par
ents, there is too much restraint
placed upon them. 1t is denying them
rights that citizenship and the laws of
nature bestowed upon them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22

A prominent English statesman
seems to have pretty logical idea of
the solution of the Philippine DIFF
icul.y. In talking over the situation
with Senator Dep W he said "YOu
Americans will learn by and by that
you have to deal with the Filipinos as
we deal with East Indians. Square
the leaders, ask Aguinal6o and q few
of his generals how much of money
inducement it would take to make
tbem live in Hong Kong for while,
then take the arms away from their
followers and put strong garrison in
every town. The scheme would
probably work, for if the leaders were
bought off, the lnsurgent soldiers dis
armed, apd strong garrison placed
over every town, the average Filipino
would be good from necessity. Such
course would be cheaper both in lives
and money than to exterminate the
natives, and that seems about the
only way they can be subdued as long
as they have generals to lead them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Roseburg Plain Dealer takes
occasion to remark that "BinR,
, Herman Is still the most importa !
and influential representative of th I
state in the national capital" ~
present he certainly Is. for he is aloL,
All the other Oregonians are out vi
the city.
When General Otis offered comm $.
sions to the volunteer officers in u
Philippines to serve In the regimeL i
to be sent there, the places wei :
begging among the Oregon regimen -.
Not an officer was found who want. |
to remain on the islands. No wond, .
Oregon is too good a place to live io
be traded off for the torrid climate Il
the archipelago.
Portland is in sack cloth and asLe =
because the Oregon boys didn't com
home for muster out. Part Of Por :
land was actuated by patriotism ia
wanting the regiment to come ho,l,
in body, then there was another pnr5
that wanted the friends of the soldie,
to come to Portland to welcome u,
boys and at the same time leave abo -
$3.50, 900 in cash In a single day.
The boys Of the Oregon regime.-,
IL they read Governor Geer's MESA,
to the president in which he express,.i
his willingness to sacrifice the life 1t
every man in the regiment to carry .t
the war against the Filipinos, mL
have felt like giving him, most ca -
dial reception when they saw his la
figure standing in the streets of S..a
Francisco to welcome them home.
Kentucky republicans, like tbs
democrats of that state, made Of ~
man fghtin their state convention.
the nomination for governor being
about the only thing considered. w.
s. Taylor was the bell wether, 8
Col. Gabel was in the democr,.. ia
convention, and after he was uomli.
ated all interest was lost. Both parties
in kentucky seem to have fallen in;o
the hands of bosses.
The Omaha Bee, a leading repub.i-
can paper, has this paragraph: job,
Barrett, ex minister to Siam, who Is
shouting for Oriental conquest, l.
New Highlander by birth, and Oregon
ian by residence and an office.s seeh.r
by profession. he was fret q rep,,.
lican, then editor of the silyer.den ~
cratic paper, became goldbug to b.
tain Office during Cleveland's secoud
serm, and is now an expansionist.
The Preside at San Francis Col.
Summers says, is an unfit place to he'd
roops that have just come over
rom the Philippines. the cold fo
md damp winds being too sudd
change from the climate they have
'een in the past year. Unless they
re we'll provided with warm clothiag
nd blankets, he says the death ri, o
mong the Oregon regiment will he
.rge. That they are not thus supplied
J another failure on the part Of AlRer
nd Corbin to conduct the war delarL-
lent properly.
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1t is said that two.thirds of the men

1t is said that two-thirds of the men
who went to the Klondike region il
1898 returned empty handed. These
persons could doubtless have done
better if they had gone into the min
ing localities in the United States.
The fact that Colorado. Oregon,
Washington, California, Montana,
South Dakota and the rest of the states
in which gold mining is going on are
increasing their yield constantly is
an evidence that Americans need not
go outside of their own country to
reach gold regions of great promise.
the rush to the Klondike
this year has been much below that
of 1898 or the latter part of 1897.
There is, 10 the confines of the United
States, a greater wealth in gold and
silver deposlte than can probably be
found in any other country on the
plObe
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22

Nobody expected the administration
to take immediate action with refer
ence to the complaints entered by the
newspaper correspondents in the
Philippines; in fact few expected any.
thing but an attempt to whitewash Otis
would result. If anything comes of
the matter it will be the appointment
of commission to investigate, similar
TO the court that inquired into the
beef disgrace.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
DELINQUENT
TAX SALE
For the Year 1897.

BY virtue Of warrant issued by the
clerk of the county court of the county
of Wasco, for the state Of Oregon, dated
the 18th day of June, 1899, to me di-
rected, commanding me to levy on the
goods and chattels of the delinquent
payers for said county, for the year
1897, thereto attached, and if none be
found, then upon the real property as
set forth and described in the said de-
linquent tax roll, or so much thereof as
shall satisfy the amount of taxes
charged therein, together with the costs
and expenses, will, on
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
TIL now announced tba. Pres

It is now announced that President
Moh,er, of the o. r. & N. Co.. has
been offered the presidency of the Big
Four lines. His management of the
O. r. & N property has brought him
into prominence in railroad circles,
and the fact that he has been offered
this new position adds color to the re-
port that the Vanderbiit's intend
absorbing the o. S. L. and o. K. &
NJ, making a continuous line OF the
q. P. system.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-07-22
NJ nday, the I4h day Of August, 1899

at the front door of the court house in
said county, at the hour of 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon of said day, sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for
cash, subject for redemption, to satisfy
said warrant, cost and accruing costs,
the hereinafter described pieces or par
GELS OF land, having duly levied upon
said pieces or parcels of land and being
unable to find any goods or chattels be-
longing to the respective delinquents
therein named.
Dated at Dalles City, Oregon, July a.,
1899
ROBERT KELLY,
Sheriff Wasco County, Oregon.