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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1907)
'HIE PLAINS OF YUHA COME CF THE CURIOSITIES OF THO COLORADO DESERT. .i-:iv'S Kiirh of Which Tolls n Story of 11 TraKvtly of llrnt. Thirst mid IJc. tl: luii! Stones nnd Shells Tha' ' Slrcw the Itrirrcn lirKion. Tln-rc is a section of the Colorado f.o.vrt whore nature has left some rt Eur:ble records. She has visited the rti:'..m alternately with fire and water r.n.i Las left it with neither. It is the i:::):'t desolate, wild, barren, forbidding l'..wt of the desert, says the Los Ange les Times, ana it is shunned v Ue by man and beast. That there is good and sufficient reason for avoiding this locality is attested by numbers of graves, nameless for the most part, found in the terrible region. These graves are simple affairs, merely mounds of earth with a border of stones about each and a pile ol Vocks two or three feet high at the Lead. Each tells the story of a tragedy of heat, thirst and death Tlwso items are about all that la ever knowu of the stories of those who perish. Their mummified bodies or Readied bones are found long after the struggle Is over, and the finder, re specting the memory of the unknown, scoops a hole in the earth, lays ghastly relic within and piles up the till tmiy monument available In that wild rogijn. The p'.r.in now lies nearly a hundred feet bel v,v the level of the sea, and the rcK'ks of the plain and the bases of the mountains are washed and eroded in a wonderful manner. Mingling with the burnt stones and volcanic debris are rocks worn by the waves and shaped into hundreds of fantastic forms. There nre many acres of these stone curiosi ties, and certain sections of the field seem devoted to certain shapes and ligm-es. For instance, one passes through a region which he at once names the cab bage patch, for it presents the nppear nnce of a field of those vegetables which have turned to stone. The waves have worn the rocks into round bowl ders nbout the size of the vegetable' which they so much resemble and have cut into the globes, laminating them in perfect imitation of the leafy layers of the garden vegetable. Another locality is devoted almost ex clusively to dinner plates. Thousands of rounded, thin disks are scattered over the plain or are piled scores deep in singular piles, each piece shaped ex actly like the crockery which adorns our tables and quite as thin and sym metrical. Another section of this truly wonder ful region Is given almost wholly to dumbbells. These vary In size frort pieces weighing one or two pounds n to those seemingly calculated for exer cising the muscles of a giant and weighing thirty or forty pounds each. In almost every Instance these natural dumbbells are well balanced, the balls et either end of the connecting plec being of the same size and weight There is In this plain anftirsenal also. "While guns and swords and bayonets rind powder were not there to be found, there are thousands of cannon ball varying in size from two and three lnci balls to those fit for the big thirteen inch guns of modern warfare. And all are of stone, all formed in nature's .workshop. There are other objects Innumerable. There are stone roses, stone lilies, stone tulips, stone leaves, stone birds, stone animals, stone quoits, stone ornaments in varied and unique designs, stone canes in fact, almost everything con ceivable in nature or art Imitated in ctone on the plain of Yuba. In one portion of Yuba rise two hills or small mountains. One might mis take them In the distance for ancient craters, but when be approaches the eminences he discovers them to be monuments to an ancient life the rec ords of species now extinct. They are shell mountains, great beds of prehis toric bivalves which were left stranded vhen that ancient sea swept back from the region and left a dry and desolate land. One of these mountains, the large one, Is composed wholly of large rongh shells, much larger, but less elongated, than the shells of the modern oyster, !which In some respects they so much resemble as to lead to the suspicion that they are the remains of the ances tors of our much prlaed bivalve. The lesser hill is composed of tiny shells of a prehistoric type of braehlo poda. Like the larger shells, they are found except on the surface in an un disturbed state, both valves of nearly every shell being found in position. Although the mollusk dwellers of these tihells vanished several centuries ago, eo perfect are the shells one almost ex pects when he opens the valve of the shell to find rha living creature within. Retribution. Millions of years had passed. Birds had succeeded to the suprema cy formerly held by man. "What Is that yon are wearing on your bat?" asked the flamingo. "It's the scalp of an almost extinct biped called a woman," replied the pgret "A few specimens of the crea ture still exist. I am told. In the Inac cessible fastnesses of tie everglades." -Qiicago Tribune, nare Insight. ' Jobson Miss Blank looks awfully frivolous to me. What makes you think che has so much hard sense? Robson I Just heard her refuse an Invitation to a card party because she couldn't jday cards.-Detroit Free Press. He who foresees calamities latter Ihem twice overj Porteoua. usefulness of sharks. 4 Word of 1'rnlse For the Scavenger of the Ocean. ! The Fhark is undoubtedly a "dog with a bad name." He Is called op probriously the "tiger of the seas" or the "sailor's foe" or any other scurril ous name which happens to be handy. Much mud is thrown at him, nnd as ho seldom finds a defender most of it sticks. Hard linos this! Because in reality this blue water bogy Is a hum ble and useful public servant, who per forms uncomplainingly the duties con nected with the sanitation of the seas. The shark Is the common scavenger and general undertaker uf the ocean. He is not and, for reasons connected with his very moderate speed limit, never can be primarily a fish of prey. Open any captured shark and you will find clear proof that this is so. A few tangled bits of rope yarn, a battered corned beef tin, a corked bottle con taining an insulting message to the finder (thrown overboard by some nautical wag) or a sailor's cap which has been lost in a gale, all tend to shov that the shark Is a fish of businesslike habits, with a keen eye to any chance windfalls which may come in his way. But the more digestible contents of his stomach, consisting mainly of carrion of every kind, all give the clearest ol factory evidence that the original own ers of them were not alive In fact, were very much dead when this ma rine sanitary inspector came along and, condemning them as nuisances, removed them into his own internal refuse bin. A large accumulation of carefully collected evidence on this point proves conclusively that there are, as a matter of fact, only two articles of his or dinary menu which the shark Is able to capture alive namely, an occasion al unwary sea fowl which he may hap pen to surprise asleep on the surface of the water, and the ugly, octopuslika squid, whose limited powers of loco motion give a chance to our hungry" four knot prowler. The shark, then, so far from being the gore dyed pirate which the novel ist paints him, is a mere hardworking, commonplace drudge, and as such de serves, if not kindness, at any rate, tol eration. Pearson's Magazine. INDIA RUBBER. Proceva of Tapping the Tree an Preparing the Sap. India rubber, or caoutchouc, is a dry, coagulated, milky Juice, the sap of trees and shrubs indigenous to the most unhealthy and inaccessible re gions In the equatorial countries of South America, In certain areas or west Africa and the Uganda protec torate. The mortality among the na tives in the quest for rubber is enor mous. The natlvps are equipped for their hunts by the brokers and venture to the haunts of the caoutchouc trees in boats and by marches through mile of thick forests. But the climate car ries off the rubber hunters like flies, and the percentage of those who re turn from the expedition is very low. Many properties of ft vegetable emul sion are possessed by the sap, which contains the caoutchouc in the form of myriads of minute globules. The proc ess of tapping the trees for the sap is closely akin to the method of extract ing sirup from the maple trees in North America. The sap is collected in large vats. The Juice is then sub mitted to a heat and smoke treatment. A fire of palm nuts is made, and a pole Is inserted in the vat containing tho viscid fluid. "When withdrawn from the vessel the end of the pole is be smeared with the sticky substance. The rubber is then held in the smoke Issuing from the palm nut tire until the sap coagulates. The treatment In the peculiar smoke effects the curing of the rubber. "When the operation is completed the pole with its charge is once more Im mersed in the vat of raw caoutchouc and the smoke and heat process re peated and so on several times until there is a large knob or accumulation of rubber upon the end of the pole con stituted of hundreds of thin layers of rubber. The end of the pole is then cut out of the rubber, and the spherical mass is duly examined by the broker and labeled according to its quality. mmm rn Do not take chances on it wearing away or experiment with some unknown preparation which may leave the bronchial tubes and lungs weakened and susceptible to attack from the germs of Pneumonia or Consumption. not only stops the cough but heals and strengthens the lungs and prevents serious results from a cold. Contains no opiates. It Saved His Life After the Doctor Said He Had Consumption. W. R. Davis, Vissalia, California, writes: "There is no doubt but what Foley's JToney and Tar saved my life. I had an awful cough on my lungs and the doctor told me I had consumption. I commenced taking Foley's II oney and Tar and found relief from the first and three bottles cured me completely." T Three sizes 25c, C AVfcgctable Preparationfor As similating mcFoodnndRcgiila ling ihc Stomachs andDowcls of Promotes Digcstion.Checrfi nessandRest.Contains neillier Opium,Morphine norkucral. Not narcotic. cyx aroujysAMLTinrcHSR fmpiut Seal JlxSauuX KxktU SJit- AaueSem (Owvud Sum? A perfect Remedy for Constipa Tion, Sour Stotnach.Diarrlioca and Loss of Sleep. Fac Simile Signature of NEW YOnK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER- COMPLETED PROVERBS. "Whatever man has done man can do" better. "There's many a slip 'twlxt" the cra dle and the grave. "Look before you leap" out of th frying pan--into tie fire. "Until a man finds a wife he Is only half;" thereafter he is less. "Honesty Is exact to a penny," but not always to larger amounts. "A fool and his money are soon part ad" when the fool has friends. "The best things are not bought and sold;" they nre stolen and kept. "The second blow makes the fray," but not if the first is well placed. "Pity la akin to love," but kinship does not always signify friendship. "Everything comes to the man who waits" except that for which he waits. "Opportunity knocks once at every man's door," but often makes sure the man is out before knocking. Literary Digest. The Slow Story Teller. Friar Lawrence checks the impetu ous Romeo with, "He stumbles who runs fast," a sentiment true enough, perhapR, but one which ought never to be repeated to the constitutionally slow story teller. I like a good story and am ever ready to applaud a good story teller, but heaven save me from the de liberate, detailing, circumlocutlng, ex asperating efforts of the slow story tell er. In the first place, they seldom tell a tale that needs a rapid recital and when they do they murder it and in the next place the long stories, the im pressively sentimental and the lugubri ously funny stories they deal in chiefly are seldom worth listening to. Lon don Globe. Getting a Pointer. Bosky I say, doctor, I want you to look at a horse up here at the stable and tell me honestly just what you think about him whether he is sound or unsound. Veterinary I always tell Just what I think. By the way, is it a horse you think of buying or one you have for sale? Boston TranscrlDt 50c and $1.00. The 50-cent size contains I.UU bottle almost six times as much. s SOLD AND RECOMPENSED BY For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years THff OEMTAOH IOHMNYi NEW VORH CUT. Pa Helped. "Remember, my boy," said Uncl James as he gave Bobby a coin, "thai If you take care of the cents the dol lars will take care of themselves." Bobby looked a little dubious. "I do take care of the cents," he replied, "but as soon as they get to be dollar! pa takes care of 'em." A Saegeitlon. The Shell Game Man Why not try the game? It's simply giving away money. The Stranger But why not give away the money without going through what seems to be a needless formality? New York Press. Waiting For the Evidence. "You say your late uncle was an ec centric old fellow. Do you think he was Insane?" "I don't know. The will hasn't been read yet" Cleveland Leader. Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhootL Sidney. Webster'a Portrait. Ianlel Webster once sat for his por- rtalt to G. P. Healy, and the senator's Remark when he surveyed the complet ed picture became one of the artist's favorite anecdotes In after years. "I think," said Webster as he looked at his counterfeit presentment, "that is a face I have often shaved." Healy found Andrew Jackson a disagreeable and unwilling "subject," and he compensat ed himself by painting Old Hickory with absolute fidelity to nature, not glossing a single defect. The portrait gives Jackson an ugly, savage and pal lid face. Napoleon's Poison. A curious detail of Napoleon Bona parte costume was the religious care with wnlch he kept hung around his Deck the little leather envelope, shaped like a heart, which contained poison that was to liberate him in case of ir retrievable reverses of fortune. This poison was prepared after a recipe that Cabanals had given to Corvisart, and after tho year 1S0S the emperor never undertook a campaign without having his little packet of poison. a? 1 1 i k m ,jr fc 'f- d m - mm mm mA fern, fill mm JaONEff ilk it A Policeman's Testimony. J. N. Patterson, night policeman, of Nashua, Iowa, writes: "Last winter I had a bad cold on my lungs and tried at least a half-dozen advertised cough medicines and had treatment from two physicians without getting any benefit. A friend recommended Foley's Honey and Tar and two-thirds of a bottle cured me. I consider ifc the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world." two and one-half tiroes as much as the small Refuse Substitutes. IllJI'l'NKH, OHHQUN Why Don t 1 lomeseekers Come County? Morrow cocnty p or'uces more wealth per capita than any other county in ti e stttte of Oregon, Cm territory within county lines is 75 miles in length by 3 i) iles In width, hin c enough for a state, Int with not enough population for a good ized country village. 0 ily GOOO people in the county, Every year we grew about 1,000,000 bushels of wheat. This is worth abou 8700,00a We hare about 225 :00 head cf sheep worth about $5G2,000, after shearing white tfce rcol from th sc sheep will st-ll for 8000,000. Then thero are horses and cattle wortb at east a ha f a million more. These are the mail' items In the wealth producers. It don't take mu jh figuring when yon look at these figures to come to the conclusion that Morro'v ( ounty people make some money. Wo have the soil, the climate and the goods to muke good. Morrow county's ilin ato is pleasant and healthful. Morrow county peop.e are prosperous. Morrow county people have money. Here in the town of Ilepj ner we have two banks. The First National in publish ed statements shows deposits running from half a mil. ion dollars up. Both bank have a big business. Heppner can show tha largest bank deposits of any town o its size in the Northwest, and it should ba remembered that Lexington, nine mi!e& away, and lone, 18 miles from Heppner both have banks doing a good business. This looks like Morrow county people have money. But look here, almost half the population of Morrow county reside in the towns. This leaves only between 3,000 and 4,000 people in a territory 75 miles in leneth by 35 miles in wealth. Don't you think there is room for more people. Ten or twelve years ago land in Morrow county went begging at from $100 to $250 for a quarter section. Five years ago this land had looked up to $6.00 and $7.00 per acre. Today this land is worth $15 per acre with a few of the choicest lots some times bringing $20 per ocre. Now the old timers are wondering why they did not take advactage of this cheap land. They could have made a barrel of money. Over in tho adjoining county of Umatilla wheat lands today are worth from $50 to $75 an acre. On the other side of us is Sherman county with wheat lands selling from $25 up. Here we are between with just as good land land at $15 per acre. Our lands are sure to go up in price. Iu a few years the people here wilj be again wondering why they did not buy somo of this $15 land. The propobition is the same now as it was a few vears ago, but it takes more money. Last yoar and year before a number of good farmers bought wheit lands and paid for it with the first crop. Come to Morrow county and investigate this land business. Following are a few samples of what we have for sale: No 1 320 acres, 13 miles south of lone, 220 acreB in cultivation and is in crop. One third of crop delivered in lone goes with place. All fenced with 2 wires. Fiice $4,500. 02,500 cash, balance in 2 years, 8 per cent. No 2 S00 acres, 12 miles south of Iooe, 500 acres in cultivation 285 acres in grain, will summer fallow balance. Good well water, fair buildings and one mile from school. Frice including crop and summer fallow, 812,500. $3,000 cash, $2,000 alter harvest, balance in one half crop payments at 8 per cent. No 3640 acres, 9 miles south of lone, 450 acres in cultivation, 100 more can be I plowed, 155 acres in wheat. Fair buildings, and all fenced with 2 wires. Price fncluding crop, $10,500, $3,500, cash, small payment after harvest, balance to suit purchaser. No 4 430 acres, V4 miles from Lex ington, all in cultivation but 5 acres, running water, all fenced. Price per acre .f L'U uu. une halt casti, oatance on easy terms. No 5 4S0 acres, 12 miles from Ilepp- ner, auu acres in cultivation, ou acres more can be plowed, 150 acres in grain. Windmill and plenty cf water at house and running water in pasture. All fenced with 2 wires. Small orchard. Three quarters of mile from school. Price includ:ng crop, $8,000. 83,500 cash, balanoe on easy terms. No 6-640 acres, 5 miles from Hepp- nor, all tillable but ou acres, duu acres io wheat. Plenty of water, and hnilH intra. Yonnor orchard. Price eluding crop $20.00 per acre. One half cash balance on easy terms. No 7-Stock ranch, 7220 acres all fenced with 3 wires, watered by several j Timber Lands in Quantities to For further information FRED WARNOCK, Heppner. Oregon Tloraea Wanted. Horses and males from 1,000 pounds up from three to eight years old. Brok en or range stock. Address J. E. Ford, Xlinot, N. D. size and the Morrow spring branches and creeks. There is about 73 acres set to alafa'fa, 250 more in cultivation, two fair houses, two good sluep sheds. Located in the best grass section in Morrow county. Price per acre $6.50. One third cash, balance on eaey terms. No 8280 acres timber land, good" house and barn, all fenced, 25 aces meadow or bottom land. Oae mile from good saw mill, i miles from school, 10 miles from Hardman. Price per acre $10.00. $500.00 cash, balance to suit purchaser. No 9320 acres timber and i?rass land, 3 miles from saw mill, all fenced, plenty of running water, small house. Pri e $1600. Small payment down, balance on easy terms. No 10640 acres, 525 acres in cultiva tion, balance can bo farmed, 300 acres in summer fallow, fair house and barn and other out buildings, fenced and cross fenced with 2 wires, county road runs on one side, one half mile from good Fchool, 8 miles from railroad station, Price $20.00 per acre, including summer fallow. One third cash, balance on I easy terms, 8 per cent. No 11160 seres, 6 miles from liar man, well watered by springs, plenty of timber for home use, comfortable five room frame house, cellar, milk bouse, smoke house, wood bouse and shop, barn room for 12 head of stock. Hay barn 24x34, cattle shed 24x60, wagon and tool 1 shed 16x40. About 40 acres in cultiva- t . .1 t l - 1! To fair in n101 cooiu easny oe pui in cmuva in. tion. Orchard of apple, plum, prune, , Pear ana cnerry trees jusi DeK.nD.nK io bear, one half mile from school house 3 miles from saw mill. Price ij.uuu i.w uo" "" J"""1"'' Suit at Reasonable Prices call on or address MOSE ASHBAUGH, Eight Mile. Oregon 4-S47. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, Land Office at La Grande, Oregon. Jan. 29, 1907. Notice Is hereby given that Sophia Kolb. of Pendleton, Oregon, one of the heirs and for the heirs of Moll Kolb, has filed notice of her in tention to make final five year rroof iu suppoit of her claim, viz: Homestead Kntry No. fW made Feb. 5, 1UM. for the BV4 Beo. l.WU NK4, Section 12 Township 3 8., RnnRe 29 K. W. M., and that said proof will be made before tho County Clerk cf 1' matt 11a Co. at Pondleton. Oregon, on March IS, 1907. Bhe nainos the following wltnce to prova his eontinuons resldonce upon, and cultivation of the land, viz: Clinton D. Drake and Ralph T. Erazler of Pendleton, Oregon, (eor;e L. Horaman and NelsC. Nelson, of Uurdauo. Oregon. Feb-7-Mch.U K. W. DAVIS, Regter. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION" Department of tho Interior, U. 8. LandOtllce, The Dalles, Oregon. February 1, 1!K7. Notice is hereby Riven that John flaiitit, of Hepnner, Oregon, has filed notice of his inten tion to make final five year proof in support of his claim, viz: Homestead Kntry No. It5sti made July. 19, 1901, for the .W-4-Ki of Section 2:1, NWV NK4 and K'-4 NW'4 of Section 'J'".. Township 4 Smith. Ktinco 2" K. W. M.. and that said proof will bn made before J. V. Williams, U. 8. Wmm'r, at histfllcc iu Heppner, Oregon, on March 11th, 1907. He names the following witnesses to prove his eontinuons residence upon, and cultivation of, the land viz: Allan McKerrin, John Ridgoway, Oscar Davis, and Eugene Mattcsnn allot Hpppner, Oregon. MICHAEL, T. NOLAN, Register. Feb. 7-Mch 14 4-317. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, Land Office at La Grande Oregon. March, 4 1Hi7. Notice la hereby given that William GIthena of Heppner Oregon, has filed notice of his intention tn make final commutation proof In support of his claim, yi: Homestead Kntery No. 14H(15 made January IK, 191ft. for the lots 1 and i, w4 NK Section 5, Township. 2 a Range 28 K.. W. M., and that said proof will be mado before Register and Receiver, at LaGnnde, Oregon, on April 111, 1907. He names the following witnesses to prove) his continnona residence opon and cultivation of sld land, viz: V. B. Cox. E. P. Williams. V. P Wiliiams and Hugh O. Curr.n all of Heppnei, Oregou. Kch 7-Apa U, . W. DAVIS, Register.