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CLEARANCE SALE
GREAT BARGAINS
WHILE THEY LAST
We intend to move into a
larger building, and these
goods must go, as we want
to put in a new and up-to-date
stock of groceries.
SO FOR THE NEXT 1 5 DAY'S,
beginning on the first of April, and
continuing to the 15, we will sell
everything in our store at a GREAT
REDUCTION. - - - - -
COFFEES.
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Our stock of coffee is complete and up-to-date;
you will not find better grades in town,
GOME AND SEE US
If you don't believo we have the goods, and have to
bo showed come and we will show you. : : : : :
Yours Very Truly
LEFFLER & ASHBAUGH
II POHIG I!
State Veterinarian Examines
Mangy Indian Horses
INDIANS ARE GIVEN TIME
If Affected Ponies are not Cured
.Within Three Months all will
oe Killed State Board Da
. termlnedtoStampoutDl8ease
Sheriff bhutt returned Saturday even
ingfrorn Castle Rock where he had
t
wen wim the State Veterinarian to
to examine into the condition of mangy
Indian ponies.
It appears that Veterinary Bursran
McLean wan sent out by the Oregon
Domestic Animal commission, consistine
oi the governor, secretary of state and
president of the board of agriculture.
and Sheriff filmtt was ordered to ac
company him.
On Thursday last Mr. Shott met Mr
McLean at Arlington, and together they
went to Castle Rock. After a careful
examination they found a deplorable
situation, that not only a number of
horses had actually died from the manae
out that there are 600 or 700 head
affected with the disease, mostly cayuses
belonging to reservation Indians. How
ever, there area number of horses be
longing to white men that have the
disease which tbey have contaracted by
tanging with the Indian ponies.
Following a personal Inspection
Thursday the veterinarian reported the
situation to the state commission Friday
morning and the governor at once called
a meeting of the board, which directed
the state veterinarian to kilt a tew head
of the worst cases aa a" warning to the
Indians. Then give them to under
stand that If they do not treat their
animals for tne disease at once tbey
will all be killed.
The Indians were given three months
time to which to sUmp out the disease,
and if at the expiration of that time
they have not complied with the re
quest their poniea will be shot wherever
found in order to prevent the spread
of the disease.
Messrs McLean and Sbutt took a
number of Indians along with them.
and aiter fully explaining the situation.
killed ten ponies that were badly af
fected with the disease and buried the
carcasses. The Indians were then ad
vised, alto white men who have horses
similarly affected, to proceed at once
with arrangements for dipping their
animals at least twice.
It was suggested that this be done at
the spring roundup, and that a union
dipping vat be constructed as it will
materially lessen the expense of dipping.
The Indians were given to understand
that this Is the last chance they will be
given by the state board. The state
vertertnarian will again visit that sec
tion in July and make a personal in
pection, and if any affected animals are
found they will be promptly killed, as
the state commission is determined to
stamp out the disease to prevent its
spread. It is a matter that all stock
raisers are Interested in to the extent
that they should assist in the eradication
of the disease.
the goverment aid in the reclamation
of this land. This section has the mild
est climate of any in Oregon: the aoil
nnder irrigation, will produce any fruits
or creals that will grow anywhere else
on the coast, and with the river nr)
railroad within easy reach the settlers
will have all tbey can desire in the way
of transportation facilities.-Cbronicle
This is the company which recently
purchased of Herbert W. and Ed E.
Bartholomew about 7000 acres of land
in the vicinity of Castle Rock, at $2 50
per acre
New Kind of Wheat
Four years ago, while looking throueh
his wheat field just before harvest, Mr.
L"'c oi iieiix, discovered a stool of
wheat with eight head, which he care-
fully reaped and took home. The next
year he sowed them in his garden and
hat vested several pounds. Each year
he sowed this wheat himself, savin? ,11
the seed. Last year the increase from
the heads had grown sufficient to seed
several acres, which he did. sowin? the
new wheat by the side of a field of red
chaff. When harvest came he gathered
about 15 bushels more per acre from his
" wneai man irom the red chaff. It
also ripened .bout three waeks earlier
than the other wheat This year he has
sown 98 acres to this new brand of wheat
and says that if it comes out as good this
year as it his during the past four years
it will be the biggest wheat in the conn
try. He believes he has accidentallv
stumbled onto a new brand of wheat
which ia adapted to Umatilla county.
It ripens three weeks earlier, which ia a
great point in its favor. It also yields
more to the acre. Mr. Dale ia of th.
opinion that the new whiat ia across
between the Salt Lake club and red chaff
Pendleton Tribune.
MB 10 ms
Morrow County Streams
Swolen to Overflow.
LOWER LANDS INUNDATED
While all Morrnui rv....
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Streams Raised out of their
Banks from Heavy Rains No
Damage of Consequence Is
Reported.
The streams of Morrow county wer
greatly swolen by the incessant raina
Monday and Monday night. Hinton
creek, which flows into Willow in north
Heppner, was swolen ont out of its
banks Tuesday morning but little if
any damage was done to farm property.
miea creek also raised out of its banks
and a bridge at the E. O. Farnsworth
place is reported to have gone out.
Willow creek, below the month f
Rhea creek was out of its banks Tuesday
and the low lands inundated, bat no
great damage has been
greatest damage so far reported waa tn
the O. R. & N. track a short distance
below this city where an enbankinent
gave way. It required several hours to
repair the damage and the evening
train Tuesday was delayed a couple of
hours.
Butters creek ia also reported to.
been higher than for years, the lower
lands along the yaUey having been in-undated.
The cause of the rapid riee in these-
streams was due not only to the heavy
rain out from melting snow in the foot
hills. While It mom
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The Eluslva Rnllar.
, . .i WBa taiumg jq m loot
Sheriff Burnett baa issud circular, bills and valleys, however it ... a-.,--,.
" i - - - WUV Uj
" " fiVV VI mrreei I wurv re porta B&y th&
oi juimoad UrefleJd, the Jateholj roller, aow 18 tTOm to nine feet deep, th
who left tki .; - i ., , . I heaviest full
.. .. WJ WJlu B ueauumi and I cum.
Sticky COat of man v1n A . j The farmer alnn k i,
j -v,u uuuiwu ity i - """b iuo vaueys are
some of his admirers late one winter v'ry jatliant as a consequence of the
oa.n ! T T . I Waa lit . .
orcujug. xie is wanted by the an- BBOW ,a" 1x1 mountains as it
thorities of Portlnl fr r,,,- .... I insures a sufficinr. f , .
uuuiuiuua acie I j lor irri-
peculiar to his peculiar creed, but which gaUon durui th AU summer months
thfk nninirioAJ . . I ""
u ucuummawg as crimes. ,.,..
A.nmm,, . .. EIGHT MILE.
. uvtuvtwi, me ciucase oi tne
rota n ia lA...i!i..t .
is waiUng to receive him. .he,. . ' . ! X"" mVe b5
. 7. . uome in a lew days.
roil tn nta h.art n.. .. i -
I Frert Vn- -l tj . . ...
, ucppuer, is yisiting on
Preparing to Sink Well.
About a week ago a number of Dalles
ciliwns purchased over 1000 acres
through K, J. Gorman A Co., of this
city, which land lays in the Immediate
vicinity of Caatle Rock and there has
also Wen forty or fifty desert claims
taken by our citisens In the same suction
of country. From this we would Judge
that In the near future many of our
citliens will U ready to retire anj live
on the intvreit of the money made In
what they at first termed rash gamble.
Arrangements are at present under
way to sink a w.ll south n( Castle Rock
and tht success of this will prove a thor
ough solution of the Irrigation problem
and make the aettlsrs independent ol
isoors o: tne day are over. It ia the
general wish of the good people of the
state that he may soon be welcomed by
Harden James to his future home.
Corvallis ftazette.
Eight Mile for a few days.
Tilman Hogue has been sick with
tonsilitis, but is improving some now.
H. E. Warren ia at A. W. SahWa
"ick with lagrippe or something of that
nature.
To Set Wool Date.
The executive committee of the Ore
gon Woolgrowera' association, which
consist, of Douglas Belts, Pilot Rock : 7.
GtoiMTfl... at..... , . ' "on i gel better soon
- .., uiuunvj 4. i . Ayers,
Durkee; J. A. Layolette, Prineville:
James II. Gwinn, Pendleton and J. D.
M. C. Fnqua is still very poorlv. If
may go to Portland for treatment if he
Geo. W. Ashbaugh has accented a
position with Jim Adkins throuah lamb-
McAudey, Antelope, will meet probably 8 Ma80n "4 wiU commence work
early next month to set data. , -i aboDt APril firt.
early next month to set dates for wool
sales in Eastern Oregon. These sales
will begin about the end of May, with
probable dates at Pendleton, Heppner.
The Dalles, Shanlko, Elgin and one or
two other leading sheep towns. As in
B. F. Thompson, who is teachina thm
Eight Mile Center school, moved hie
family up from their ranch north of
Lexington yesterday.
C. E. Jonea fired op his lucuberators
, ... . in, luvuueraiors
the previous two years since thu av.ten, vesterdav ami m i L . ,
... - u - ... iulcqu J U BLV 11
of having eastern buyers in a body meet on)e lie chicks, to supply his big trade
n....u .iuieii id a wxiy, bid- ,u lu cntcxen and eeir line.
The weather continue.
ding will be by staled letter.
fine with
varied changes of intensive peculiarity
known only to this world, but the cows
and a few other people don't like it.
Democratic primary Saturday with
good attendance. John Huston and
Excursion Rates.
me U.K. ax. Will make the fol
lowing round trip rates from Heppner
on account General Conference of the
M. E. rhnrrh ml T n. t I
......... wU migcica cum men- u uaiua anu
eing May 3, 1904, and the National As- Luther Huton were elected delegates
aasw t a I I l.a.!t m lit I Ks tVitntt aah a !
vwsaduu vt x.cikiii grocwf i ran r rau vmv wukuhud
t a . . I .
cieco May d, to , 1WH. Heppner to School commences at the Slcllee
Los Angeles and return by steamship "chool house next Monday with Miss
M 55byrall13 K5. Heppner to San Hmmar as teacher. Thia la the first
i .... , . . , .. ......
I,,ul"lu " fiurn ny steamship ooi in mat district for 1 or t veara
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w, by raiUW.HS. TkkeU will be ii. It. Jones and family of Irriiron on
old for steamer sailing from Portland the Columbia, were tiaitiog on El.hl
nvlll., ana so. ytt rail from Mile the fore part of last week. Her.
Portland April 23, to 80, Inclusive. Porta everv tL-n. n ..- ,...
Return limit Juue30, from LosAmrelos. on the Columbia .n.i .i... ....i.
it . . ' av
u... ,J( iron ran rrancisco. Mod- w ntered "All K,i .....
,,,,,, , , I r- vu .awii aiii are
overs will be allowed in California only, almost read fn, A.ua t .. -
i - - - iuii ia iu
tcurn trip, ror further place that the coyotes left enmass.
iu.,uir oi your local agent, March a8, loru.