T J J JIcGeo r DO YOU WANT Then Subscribe iorthe " GAZETTE." THE WORTH OF voi:r monfy ? Free Brand Column. L NINTH YEAR. HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1891. NO. 419. THE GAZETTE. OTIS PATTKRUON Proprietor. AWTElt OIUVVFOHD Bus. Manager- A ft.w per year, $1.25 for nix months, 0.71 for t ran momns; in advance. If pniil for Ht the end. of six months, $2.50 a year will be charged. ADVEllTlSIyO RATES. 1 insh. einitla column, per month ! ! " " ' ' " " DOUBLE COLUMN. 2 niches I V colnmn .. l.Vi ... 2 5t ... son ... 8.5(1 ...15.1X1 $ I Oil .1.(0 8.5 15.00 Kach subse- S Locnl aitvertisina 10c per line, tlueut hi-ertion at half rates. ceesokt orncLsxs. .,... rnor X'?;, 'ft'OT- Bee of State ?,.-,f1;1,Sd- Iressurer Plnl Metschan. Bni.t. Instruction H. i- )nilKe Heventli District ...J. H. Hml. District Attorney W. H. Wili-on MOHKOW OOUNTT. JoIntSenator Henry Bleikman. Representative '!';' l";mP1n,'- unnty JmUre i JoImib Keiihly. Commissioners J. A. Inompsou, H. M. Vaughn. . ,., Clerk J- M"rr"w- " Sheriff V ,'I,1"m N!'' f ' Treasurer J-W. Matlock. Assessor J J. sloUeo. Surveyor a nine. rfchnol Sup't V..L-. Waling. Coroner.. James Daugherty. HKPPNKR TOWN OFFICERS. ,, T. J. Mntlock. .'niim-i'linei'." O. K. Fariiswortli. ('-. M M-llory, W. ,1. MeAt'-e. rl. P. GarrigueB. in- B. Morgan ai'.tl Frank Gilliam. fiPeoi-Oei A- A. Roberts. IVi-asme. VV . J; lier Marshal J- W. llasmus. bicsei societies:. Done Lodire No. a) K. of P. meets ey- erv Tindny evening at 7.110 o clock in their Castle Hull. National llank build. leg. Sojourning y;' Vlleo in anenu. v. n, ihlumuv. ... W. b Baliko. 11. of It. 4 S. tJ KAWUNd po.sr, n.j.i. . A. K. MeeteatliOxington.Or., the last Saturday of each month. All veterans are invited to join. 0. C. Uonn, J. B. WilliB. Adjutant, tf Commander, CITIZEN S ALLIANCE. State Organizer, J. P. Hndley.of Hardman, Or. Address hi in at this place. PEOPESSIOlTAIi. A.. Am ROBERTS. Heal Estate, Insurance and Collection Office in COUNCIL, CHAMBERS, Heppner, - tf - Ore9on . N. BROWN, Attorney at Law, J A3. D. HAMILTON. Brown & Hamilton Practice in all courts of the state, Insurance, real estate cilleotiin a id loan aim its. Prompt attention given to all business entrust ed to Ihi'm. , . Opposite Gazette Office, Heppner. tf First National Bank OF HErPNER, C. A. RHEA. FRANK KELLOGG, President. Vice-President. George W. Conser, Cashier. Transacts a General Banking Business jiixonisrGii: On ah part of the world Bought and Sold, Collections made at all points on Rea sonable Terms. Kiinlns nr.d L'i diridtd tr,filB, tl9.C25.00 NATIONAL BANK of HEPPNER WH. PENLANI). ED. R BISHOP. President. Cashier. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS, COLLECTIONS Mude on Favorable Terms. EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLD, HEPPNER. tf OREGON L. D. BOYED, COSTRICTOR AND BUILDER. Special Attention Given to estimates on all kinds of work. PROPRIETOR OF HEITNER BRICK YARD Office Lower Main Street at A. M Gunn's residence. 389-tf. HEPPNER, OREGON. YOU CAS SUBSCRIBE FOR ANY NEWSPAPER Or I :4ra:liifc5 You Want AT THE GAZETTE SHOP.tf. WHEN YOU WANT ;pirt-Cla twm nON'T FORGET Tbat (be best place to get i it at the GAZETTE : HOP, Heppner. f tf : Oregon. Are vim mnrriedf If not. send yonr address with stomp, to the American Corresponding Club, 1'. O. Bo 643, Clarksburg, W. V 7U-i. The Morrow Co. Land & Trust Co. Will 0"0"3T "V171E2:3E3J3lE7 At all Stations on the And ufter Sept. 15th will ARMOUR'S PA'KIG Which they ship direct in car Vj T H E POS m VE CURE. fMrpJ f. 1 1 J ELY BKWH1CK3, M Warr-l 8U Mew Yorb. trice 60 -t. tua3rf- 50c THE OREGON LAND CO. with its Homo Office nt Snlem. Or., (in the Branch Offices in Fortln d, Astoria anu Albany, has tor ale a large lot of Grain, Stock and Fruit Farms, also City and Suburban Property. THB OREGON XiVlVI CO. . Was BDeciallv organized for the viding large tracts of laud, and has, and subtil vided over dzuu acres or land into nve to twenty acre tracts. The success of this undertaking is shown in the fact that out of 280 tracts of laud plac ed in the market, 225 have been sold. We olnim tbat ten nores of oboice land in fruit will yield a larger inoome than 160 acres in wheat in the Mississippi valley. We nlso make valunble improvements iu the way of roads, fences, etc. We oan sell a small tract of land ror the same pay for a large fiirm. Send for pamphlet. mHps and pr oe list. 'rom Terminal or interior Points the RAILROAD! Ia the l'ue to take It is the DINING CAR ROUTE. It run Through VESTIBULED TRAINS EVERY PAY IN THE YEAR TO fSSt. Paul (No Change of Cars; Composed of DINING CARS unsurpassed, PULLMAN DRAWING ROOM SLEEPERS Of Latesl Equipment TouristSleepingCars Best that oan be constructed and in which accommodations are both FREE and furnished for holders of First or Second-Class Tickets, and Elegant Day Coachs. A Continuous Line oonneotiug with all Lines, affording Direct and Uninter rnpted Service. Pullman. Sleeper Reservations can be Secured in advance inrouyn any agent of the road. THROUGH TICKETS To and from all points iu America. Eng land aud Europe t an be purchased at any Ticket Office of tins Company. Full information concerning rates, time of trains, routes and other details furnished on application to any agent, or A. D. CHARLTOX, Assistant Dpneral P.-isseTisrer Agent. Ho. 121 First St., Cor. asltitiyton, U. PORTLAND OREUOS Northern He Heppuer Branch. supply the trade only with HOUSE SUPPLIES lots, at lowest wholesale pricjs, tf Stale Insurance Building), and purpose of buying and subdi during the pnat two years, bought price per acre as yiu wouiu nave tf QUICK TIME To Snn Francisco and ell points in Cali fornia via the Mount Shasta Route of the Till I The Great Highway Through California To All Points East and South, The Scenic Route of the Pnoiflc Coast PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS. Pullman Tourist Sleeping Caps at- tached to express trains, anording superior nocommodiitions for becond class passeugers. - Fare from Portland to Sacramento and San Fran cisco: Ununified, S2& Limited KirHt-Class. 20 " " Second-Claim. 15 Union Ticket, Offloe No. 134, First St Corner Alder, Portland, Oregcn. It. KOEHLKlt. E. P. KOOI5H8. tf Manatrer. At. f. P. an ! Pas. Derot, Fifth and I Streets. STAR RETT'S GARDES SEEDS! The Best Because Always Reliable. ESTABLISHED 1874.- SPE'JAL PRICES TO MARKET GARDENERS. CSend for Ctttalnjme for 1891. Addrees, GEO. STARRETT, 411-423. WbIU Walla, Wash. CURRENT (0S81P. Hntt & Romig. City Darber Shop and Bath Koomi. Pieklprt Pitrn Foot and fine Marin lite Herring at Dan Usmer a. A fins linfof 8'ift jwna, pencils, etc., at Slocum- JohurjtoD Drug to. ('hll at L'Bftr & Thompson's for a freetample can of Cuhurn & Htuffot hxIh gutw, Hi" lht ma n fun tn red Fre from a. idi and guiatit d nittoKum eBpi'cinlty adapt Hi for cogwheel", bearii.tr' and jmin ftlf. (iho a firwt clfiHU reaiwiy for rand fetfr, bums, bruiwH aud cr- eked bwfi. H Itlnr-lrmnn A f'n hnTfi an exel RITP fietlPral MfrcliiiiidiHH utcre. Htoktrifn caiiiint do betinr tlmti pMtronize ii. Blackmail A Co., of Jieppner'a Pionwr Bri k. Tlf Morrow County ,and rV Trunt ( o handlea Armour P(ti;kuig o.'e ginlH, navjug merchnntti the fr itrlit from Port 'and to Heppuer. and ttn mHiiy thiriKimiich more. . PwrtieTt-rnnce, pluck ai d enterpriw will mak monfy in this wild, wild Wmm. but it iiof no avail uiiIhw yon gt big bnrHinH. in foot -far, especially, (io to Mat Liciitenthal'i for your bartfains in biotft and eho. a. tuftonriHr "lie mire and make thoe cl -thM large. 1 4xppn to put on ten or fifteen pound Bhortly." Tailor-" Yen. sir 'laking acoumeof trentmHfiti'" CiiBtoiner -'"No. 1 in juM back from my vacation." JfbelumKht 1mm clothes at H. Him-kiuftn ACo.'b th-gaf t Kure he would have no trouble in g tiinir a i.ea' fit. a. When voo want your horwn Bhod or wagon repaired, ye j rant county pet,le, don't forget that L. HliBi-h-ird hnB a Bhop at Kox. a lb Heppner Furniture Co ht PXpfet triftf a oar load of Furniture from the East. Buy ibem tut bitf Uargaini, A. SPRING FEVER! At this time of the year the blood changes, its cir culation ia sluggish and the system is not properly nourished. The result is loss of appetite, weaknees, an oppressive feeling of fulluens, too hot, and Oh! so tired. To cine and prevent Spring Fever Take Simmons Liver Reg. ulator. All nature is now waking and everybody should invigorate the liver, kidneys and bowels with Simmons Liver Reg ulator and they would not have so much bilious ness, headache, djFpepsia and malaria all the rest of the year. You would not expect a plant to work off a winter's decay and bloom as pood as ever without attention in the Spring. Don't expect it of your system. Take Simmons Liver Regulator ilVillnws. Cnl., Sept. 10, 18?C. 'Priorto 1374, I no(l simiaona ljiv.r Ift-uula-tor while living in Vi'ffinia, a d Nave continued its nse sincM coming West. 1 consider it an ex cellent Spring medici'ie." W. A. Kmiohn. Kditor Journal. Power. m ' m .' JL"ZZT Buffering from compUiatf I A ffa I ETvt peculiar to tlinirsei will flri UMUI S.W In DR. HARTER'8 IPOPf TONIC aaafa and iipm1j e r. Given n clear. haU thyanmpleiiOR. Frequent atteoiptt tt counterfeit fie noteiiieriment ret the OmeiSAl and nrtH i&r; H.t HARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS 5) re Oon.tipniloo. L,t.er uompinini ana R,,mple l)o.e and Llreftiu Book I mO.flon rftrnint oftwor.nta ia tKi.tave. I Dr.HARTEB MEDICINE CO., StUuls, Kfc PURCHASE OF RESTORED LANDS ENTRIES FINAL PROOFS AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS RELATING TO LANDS IN MORROW COUNTY MAY NOW BE TRANSACTED AT LEXINGTON. -lORHEfT ABRTItACTS AMI) PI.ATH OF V-'every township in the county in-liable In- Prompt and oh refill attention. FKANK H. KNOW, L'.ti. Commissioner. si tonic JW?A Will T-ty Ik Miit rmioUteth titr mud Xlrinrri unrl ltlr ta Health ad iforf Vouth. Driipviwia, miA. Want of Apiwttt, larliaeMf ios. L"cl1 o Strni(ih anrt Tlrrf FaellnKiitJiolutttlrottrsil.BoQa L3L muBcles nrl nertM rnc 1 TtV nwforc. Enhnathft mtaA 1 imnnliM fl SKINNER'S ADDITION TO COB03H. Well, Put, I have a bit of news for yon. I have found ont that if I run for offioe on the Q O. P. ticket, that 1 am a "Dead Duck;" so I sent my name iu to the Cohosh F. A., and after a little ,-orov. eating," I was admitted as a member. If anyone ever saw me eat "orow," he had better let up on thinking sbout it, aft' r Qordeu aud IiikhIIs showed bow to do it. But then my friends, John, Billy, Jay and the rest know they cau depend on me, and the fact is, Jay told me to ii in and he would pay the bill, for be says he has never eeeu the party but what be hits controlled the oonveutinns, and the d d hayseed needn't think they are any smarter than other folks. But now I am in, I must get to be president or secretary of the concern, so as to run it, I will feed the boys with taffy, aud run down the oilier fellows. You may think it strange I do not go for the treasurer's office, but ihe truth is, there is not over 8100 in it, and I can gft more out of the linn of 0. I. J. & W. in keepitiK them posted. The niiiht I rode tbe gout I tried to make them be lieve tha the F. A should not talk poli tics, but they gave me a primer to read, entitled "Sicolony." 1 will iiive you my experience "riding dotguat" First tin y blindfolded me, then tied me fast to a slab that was fastened to the front axle of a wagon, hitched two wild bronchos to the tonnue. put ou a druukeu cowboy as driver and started me dowu Butter Mill Cauyou on the run. When I reached Rock creek, I was soused under three titties. That was the first degree the sign by which Ihe bunchgniener lends all men to know he wants a road. Then the master of ceremonies tied me on one of Bill Hen- tlryx's steers, and I was pursued b the owner of the Diamond brand io Sweet Milk; from there to the Rood Can yon, where I was fed on chicken. This was the second degree. Then the blind was put on again, and I was given a ride on the abuliti jtust'8 vehicle to Jones pig pen; there I was dumped in the pen aud fed ou bones. They tell me there are 17 more degiees, but my salary will have to be raised before I will stand it. I am a living skeleton on that deal I will sell in.i Belt for a Manakin to the highest bidder. Yours in F. A., Lon. HAYSTACK ITEMS. Spring at last. Hohoul will commence March SO, with Miss J. Wbyte as teacher. Full sown grain looks well and the out look is good for big orops this year, Stook looks fine this spring. There was five weeks snow, but no loss iu stock What is agitating the people of Hay stack now is, when will they tnckle the new school houee? Work has been postponed on the Hay stack and Dayville road till we can get across the mountains. Sheepmen can smile this spring, for ilh fat eheep and good grass, a beauti ful ornp of lambs is expected. Homer MoFnrland paitl this section a visit lust week in the interest of Collin & McFarland, business men ot Heppner. Mr. Pulman, merchant at Fossil, wns up this week, rustling up business for bis Btore here, which is run by Mr. O'Flyng. "Put in yonr oropsl" is the general in terrogation in this valley, for it has not rained for three days, aud we are liable to have a drouth. Mrs. B. A. Hnnsaker has got the spring fever, and is now out rustling the neigh borhood for hens, as she is thinking of supplying Heppuer with fine chickens and eggs this summer, The "Wild Dutohman" h"s quit rust ling the Heppner and Dayville road, but he is traveling a road now that is liable to give him more trouble thau all the roads he ever traveled iu his life tbe road to matrimony, and if "pap" gets after him with those No. ll's of bis, be ill thiuk tbat the Dayville road is a turnpike to the road he will have to travel in getting away Mr. James Hughes has bought the band of cattle of Mr. Spray tbat be got from the Heppner section last summer, Mr. Spray reti-ing with honors from the cattle business. Smok Ear. Haystack, March 21, '91. FACTS ABOUT EIGHT MILE. Grass and grain are looking well. Men are busy breaking and ploughing. Shearing crews are organizing aud preparing for work We were sorry to hear of Miss Love- green's death. The family have the sympathy of the neighborhood. The women are looking over cata logues, to see what kind of seeds to get for the garden, and prepariug to plaut what they have on hand. Word came to our neighborhood that five hundred Indians were camped at Arlington, on their way to kill the peo ple at Coudon, and take possession of the town. Tbey mnst bsve done it very quietly, si we have heard nothing of tbs raid. One o' onr bachelor neighbors, while Clinking his breakfast, looked ont of the indow and saw eojols. He stepped outside, killed it. ami the finished get ting his breakfast witbont feeling at all netvous or exoited, lone says March 25, '01. I. G.N. GRANT COUNTY. From the Long Creek Eagle. City election on Monday, April 6th. A Lvrtifl.'d 0 py of Long Creek's char ter was reoeived last S iturday by Rep resentative Dastin, and to the surprise and disgust of all, "nary" a letter ot tbe Governor's signature was on it. W. C. Atherton, of Izse, Grant oounty, Oregon, f irmerlv of Waitsburg, Wash nigt m, was iu onr town last week to see the Couuly S pt. Mr. Athertou passed a very or.ditable examination and in tends to wield the biroh at Izee this summer. Hou. J. H. R iley, state senator from Umatilla oounty, atuuds an excellent how to be the nominee ot the Djiiio- ctatio party for congressman from this district. If suob is Mr. Riley's good fortune, it will suit his potitioal friends in this interior seotion. Prof. L. W. Lewis, oooe a teacher of this county, has beeu employed to tench the spring term of sohool in the Carter distriot on upper Ling Creek. Mr. Lewis is an able teacher, aod having a perfeot birch-wielding physique, will ren der valuble services to the parents of that distriot. The Republican organs of this con gressional district have as yet devoted but very few items toward bringing before the people a suitable candidate for that position. We know of no one better qu.tlifl.'d to be the standard bearer of the republican party than Hon. W. R- Ellis, of Heppuer. On the return of Dr. Fell from the North Fork, Monday, he informed this office of a dog iu that vioiuity that bail eaten two pounds of lead aud was still able to "uaviga'e." Jack Whalen m 'hied thirty 4o-70 calibre bullets, had put them iu a pau of tallow placed to one side for future use. bad aud and HU dog having spied this inviting morsel, nndorlook Ihe job of masticating the the en I ire business, and wheu caught, was gulping them dowu with uueqnalled rapidity, and had succeeded in storing away the tallow and twenty-five of the bullets. Jack expected to find a dead canine in less than no time, but thus far the meal baa proven a wholesome one, the animal being io perfeot health. Thia dog's digestive apparatus is surely an excellent one. Spring stirs ap tlte bile. Ytm lose yonr ap petite, feel weak, too hot, anil OhI HO tll-eil. lake Hlaiaiiina l.iver ICeaulatui. THE STORY OF JOHNNY GREEN. From the Detroit Free Tress. Johnny Greep was Ibe son of a poor widow n hose husband went out to feed the hogs one evening and never rt turned to tbe bosom of bis family. It was sup posed by some that he was abducted and held for ransom, and by others that he was devoured by a cow, but whichever way it was bis wife was left with a mighty email farm and a mighty big murtgaga drawing 10 per oent , aud she couldu't waste any time tying back her dresses or frizzing her hair. Had it not beeu for little Johnny she would have given up in despair. He cut all the wood, brought water from the spring, labored in the garden, and wheu she sometimes broke down under tbe burden ot grief be stood before her and manfully said : "Don't let her get the start of yon, deal mother. Shut yuur teeth and hung on. It will all come right, and you'll ride around iu your own top buggy, yet." Aud then she was consoled and com forted. And she patted him on the head aud said how glad she was tbat he bad beeu spared to her. Oue day little Juhnny found bis mother weeping us tbougn her heart would break, aud when be demanded tbs cause she ooufeBsed tbat P'iOO interest was due on tbe mort gage that very day, while she bad oul) seventeen ceuts and a lottery ticket iu the bouse. Old Stoneheart, who held the mortgage, would, no doubt, be there before uigbt to say: "Gimme t hi m interest or skip I What, no sugar! Then consider yourself skup podl" "Mother, do not worry," pleaded the boy. "It will redden the end of your nose to cry, and besides, old Stonehenn o innot disturb us. There's a hen on "My child, you speak queerly. What is it? Do not keep me in suspense!" "There is the mortgage, mother, aud here is the discharge of it iu due form from the Ccun'y Clerk." "Am I awake or dreamingf Child Cbildl What means thisl" she cried. "Only u little surprise, dear mother. Last June Elder Davidson offered me a cent for every ten tater-ougs I'd kill on bis vines, and during my spare hours, when you thought I was felliug frogs ud playing marbles, I killed seventeen billion pugs ana got my casu on me nun. To-morrow we go over to the Red Clay farm, which I now own, aud there will be four hm.lb of new furniture ou hand before noon. There oomes my carriage and driver now, and if you will put on these diamonds and look up about five bushels of gold in the pantry we'll take a little whirl around the sohool house to show off." Aud wasn't tbat nioef Spring stirs p the bile. Voa lose yonr np pHile, feel weak, too lint, anil Out so tired. Take 8IUU0IIS l.iver KUlMor. If a business m in deserves patronige, he should aak for it, Buy of those who want your trade, because they :ll giva yoo bargains. Tkssa people advertise. IHE ME'S HHP. Notes Gathered By Those Who Are Progressive, APPLICABLE TO ODR SECTION. Ami With a View or Benefitting the Stockman Farmer, Horticulturist, Dairyman, Etc MILLIONS OF SHEEP TRALIA. IN AUS- One hundred million of sheep such roughly speaking is, according to Mr. W. A. Temperley, the total wealth of Australia invested in these bleating, flocks whioh were the standard and out" ward token of riohes iu the pastoral communities of the old world. In his paper rend before tbe Tyneside Geo graphical Sooiety, Mr. Temperley gave a curious picture of the operation of sheep shearing at a model Australian sheep station of 150.00J acres. For system and eoonoiny it appears to be far ahead of anything known in this part ot the world. Such a holding should support, we are told, 5 ),000 sheep, besides a few hundred bead ot oattle aud a number of horses for station work. The firm described pnsessed 15,000 to 20,000 breeding ewes of the merino type, the remainder being what are oalled "dry sheep." Iu New South Wales the density ot the sheep population, so to speak, is estimated at about 149 ani mals to the square mile. The total of the world's export ot wool is l,000.0j0,000 per annum. Of this vast total, per cent, oomes from Australia, 29 per oent. from the Argentine Republic aud per cent, from the Cape. Thus 64 per oent. of the whole comes from tbe sheep zones of ihe southern hemisphere. It is noted as a curious geographical fact that all the great wool exporting oouutries lie south of the fifteenth degree nt south latitude. Loudon Standard. ABUSING HORSES. It seems natural tor some man to al ways be thumping and abusing the horses which they handle. In faot such work is pr.iotioed by some to snob an extent that their horses think there is something wrong it they are not Blushed or jerked around all the time.andscaroely kuow what to lo with themselves when they are plaoed m the hands of men who know how to mauuge horses that have been properly trained without abusing them. To say the least these Bbusive methods are shameful and needless, and nud are only practioed by those who know but little or nothing about horse manship. The idea prevails among this ignorant oluss of men that without this rough treatment they could not manage their horses. This is one rf the greatest errors that men who handle bores can fall into. If a horse has any habits that make him unpleasant to handle tbey should be thoroughly broken at once, after which there will be no cause for further trouble. An hour's work well directed will remedy the worst fault iu tbs trainiug of almost any horse and it is better to take the t m i should it re quire a whole day to break up habits that are annoying thau to let them run along during the whole life of the ani mal. Whenever yon see a man who is continually fighting his team you oau set him down as a fool or a tyrant. II he is the first he hasn't souse enough to know how treat his horse. It he is the eaond he is abuiive because he has the power to show his evil disposition and the poor brutes oauuot resist him. Na tion 1 Stookmen and Parmer. I, A URIPl'K ANU J UK WtmhD'd FAIR. Several of the flitch Otlirials of the Impo sition are Krcuverlnir, Front Hail Attacks. Chicago, March 30, The World's Fair officials who bavs beeu on the sick list are recovering. Di rector General Duvis and President Pal mer, both ot whom have been laid up with a severe attack ot tbe grip, have goue to Florida, for a few weeks in the hope of more speedy reonperation. Vice chairman MoKenzie, too, has been quite ill, anil has goue to his bone in Ken tucky, not expecting to be able to resume his duties for some weeks. Arrange ments have been made whereby the ex position work will not bi seriously de layed by the ab-ieuoe of these officials. Spring crops will be late getting B start this season. To eioel the impurities in the blood and give strength io the system before the .-fleets of warm weather are felt, use Ptuuders Oregon Blood Purifier. Spriug is opening, and lambing is pro gri-esuig fairly, Ihe rains last wei i were not propitious to successful lamb ing, aud this paper hears ol some loss. John D Still, of Ohullis, Idaho, write! Ihe Uuzette that he came through the winter without losing any sheep, aud that stock of all kiuds in this section wiu'ered" well. The Hippner Social Club will give an other series of dances, commencing on April 10. Our young people have dis covered that by a little organized effort tliev can enj iy themselves as well iu Heppner us elsewhere. Aaron Vinson, of the Niles A Vinson Marble Works, of Walla Walla, was in ton n tbe first of the weok. He will make a tour of Grant oounty before re turning to the upper country. Tony Noltue has severed bis connec tion with the Portland world, W. W. Onpi'land taking the editorship The World ought to be the lending demo cratic paper in the state, but it isu'l. Tbe fiaat Oregonian has tbat honor.