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...1 I : 1 i. r -i.-.- - i ii- , . wi . .1 .
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iugs near it, and is without fire expense making the insur
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israuch Unices iu rortla-d, Astoria and Albany, lias for sale a
large lot of Grain, Stock and Fruit Farms, also City
and Suburban Property.
aAIIlS OREGON I.AND CO.
Was specially organized for the
viding large tracts of laud, and haB,
and subnividea over 6M) acres ot 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 that ten nores of ohoice land in fruit will yield a larger inoome than lb'l)
acres in wneat in the Mississippi valley.
We also make valunble improvements in
sell a small tract of land ror the same
pay for a laree farm.
Send for pamphlet, maps and pr!oe list.
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Through VESTIBTJLED TRAINS
EVERY DAT IN THIS TEAR
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Composed of DINING CARS unsurpassed,
PULLMAN DRAWING ROOM SLEEPERS
Of Latest Equipment
Tourist SleepingCars
Best that oan be constructed and in
which Booommodations are both
FREE and furnished for holders
of First or Second-Class
Tickets, and
Elegant Day Coachs.
A Continuous Line oonneoring with all
Lines, affording Direct and Uninter
rupted Service.
Pullman Sleeper Reservations can be
Secured in advance through
any agent of the road.
THROUGH TICKETS
To and from all points iu America, Eng
land aud Europe can be purchased
Bt auy Ticket Office of this
Company.
Full information concerning rates, tims
of trains, routes and other details
furnished on application to any
agent, or ,
A. D. CHARLTON,
Assistant Omeral Passeneer Asent.
No. Ill First St., Cor. Washington,
tf. PORTLAND OREGON
RELIABLE MEN
WANTED as traveling salesmen for a
first class Cittar Company. Must give
good refeience".
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Northern
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W. 1JISHOP,
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vnjUAa rusis HVli SALE.
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during the past two years, bought
the y of roads, fences, etc. We can
pnoe per acre as you would nave t(
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Close Connection at Portland for ran
Francisco and Puiiet Sound Points.
ALL IRON STEAMERS
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hours.
Cabin, $16. Steerage, J.00
Round Trip Unlimited, $30,00.
for further particulars inquire of any
agent of the company.
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g iA it
COUNTY, OREGON,
SPHIIi FEVER!
At this time of the ypar
the blood changes, its cir
culation is sIurihIi and
the system is nut proporly
nourished. The result is
loss of appetite, weakness,
an oppressive feeling of
fullness, too hot, and Oh!
so tired. To cure and
prevent Spring Fever
Take Simmons Liver Reg.
ulntor. 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, dye pepsin
and malaria all tlie 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 iu the
Spring. Don't expect it
of your system. Take
Simmons Liver Regulator
Willows. Tal., Sept. 10, 1KB!!.
"Prior to 1S74, I ttrtt-d siinmotiH Liy.-r Iti-milR-tor
while livitifrin Vi'tfimu, a .d have continued
its use siiicHcon in: West. 1 cons der it an ex
cellent Spring medicine." W. A. Hi-hohn,
ltd. tor Journal.
Cure for Sick admhe.
and all troub.en ariuli g froaj
Indiesuon or Constipation
imjjroveB ttie UoiniUexion
hv I'lirifvimr tin Hhind.
The can be nicely mljunted to bu t th chsd, m
onrt pill onn never bp too Irnve a ilose. Eusy to tnk
no much auKif. 42 pills put up id b ftrnnit vial
Wriichcitn b f tirrinei in 1 nut nockt-t. A (Jreut (ontea
lner lo Travi'lern nnr Hu.1ni's'.lTi. Knne (Irniilnc with
utCrtaffn1" Trade Mi.ik. Sn'il Hwrj wht-ro, 2fic. a liotlla
Bant le Doso and Irrtum Hook for Sc. In ilatapk
(DFf. HARTER'S IRON TONIC.
PfHII-'lCR the Rl.nmi: JtltajLATV1 the LIVKP
Oil KII)NI':VSnil ltKTitt-:K Ihc IIKHII.ITATKI) I
to HKALTH nnrt VKiOtilll'S tJTi;i)N(iTH of Youth"
THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO. ST LOUIS. M0.
pIIDCO Coughs, Colilr;. Influenza, Bronchitis,
uUfli-O Koarrenpss, Whgoriiiifj Cotign, Croup,
Sore Throst, Asthrna, nnj a-.-.ry .-.(ieciion of the
Tliroat, Lungs arU f'.ust, in li'ilM.-r Consumption.
fptetly and;mi'airniti.r. ' i.u... jt.-jti "i, Blltta."
PUECIIASE
OF
EESTORED LANDS
ENTRIES
FINAL PROOFS
AND
ANY OTHER
BUSINESS
RELATING TO
LANDS
! IN
MORROW COUNTY
MAY NOW
BE
TRANSACTED
AT
LEXINGTON.
-'OftltFCT
AN'li Pl.ATS OF
V 'et crv tow!:idiip iu tl
county. liHiuMe ln
iirriiil jitti-ullon.
lltANK 11. hS'tlW,
l' . n. tonmiissioner.
1'roiupt tt
DO NOT GRIPE, SICKEN OR
t CONSTIPATE.
X Sure
THURSDAY, APRIL
the mm Hi.
Notes Gathered By Those Who
Are Progressive.
APPLICABLE TO ODR SECTION.
And With s View or Bencflttliii the Stockman
Farmer, Htirtlrnltarist, Dairyman, Etc
WORTH KNOWING.
Some of our subscribers have tried
harrowing their wheat in the spring, and
find that it makes a better crop. This
lias been tried with success iu Eastern
stittes.
The New York Journal of oommeroe.
March 26 18571. savs: "No other
is so inimical to t lie interest of American
wool growing ns the lime and sulphur
'Hp- it mjiires the quality of our
American gruwu wool".
A calf can be prevented from having
horns by an application of crude potash
to the spot where the incipient horn
can be felt. The oost is next to nothing.
The plan of dehorning is uniiiing favor,
and done in this way has union to com
mend it.
Road work will be in full blast very
soon, ami our farming community should
see that every thoroughfare is benefitted
as much ns possible. Verv soon thev
will have wheat aud other products to
haul to the railroad, and it mutters much
what kiud of a road they haul over.
S. N. Morgan thinks that eagles aud
badgers should not be killed, beoause
they prey on rabbits and squirrels the
pesls of every farmer aud stookmau.
An eagle kills a lamb occasionally, and
the badger burrows deep holes iu the
bunehgrnss. but after nil they buth pay
their way right haudsoinely.
Tbe expenses of the farm nnd family
go on through all the year. It is almost
impossible to make profit unless there
equal o;iutinuity iu selling. There
may and should be speoial orops thai
furnish the bulk of the injney received
from the farm; but, if this is drawn upon
by a coutiuu il drain not relieved by any
new supply, it will be drawn down to
nothing. For years Southern farmers
have deueuded wholly on their sales of
cotton, and though this is oue of the
most profitable crops grown it has been
impossible for Sontbren planters to keep
out of debt until they adopted the
Northern plan ofgrowhig a diversitv of
orops. Exchange.
Uive Pigs a Chance to Root.
Pigs always kept in a small pen may
'at ten but cannot be healthy. The pig
needs to reach the earth to be what a
pig should . And it should not be nith
that has already been contaminated by
his own excrement, though except where
piles ot manure have lain the soil quickly
pu'ifits itself and convert even this
into a harmless humus after a few months
of contact. In the orchard pigs rooting
keep the coblio moth in check by finding
worms that have escaped from apples in
to the ground.
Water for the Dairy.
When a portable oreuniery in used for
cream raising, if a stream of cold spring
water can be ruu through it no ice will
be required, says the National Stockman,
but creamery must bavo strong capaoity
for two milkiiigs, beoauso all the cream
win not oe raised between milkiiigs as it
would if ice were used. Sometimes
there is a tood spring near, the water o'
which may be led through a pipedireotly
into a dairy, and ut littje expense. If
spring ison loner ground than that upon
which the dairy stands, a rain or wind
mill may be used, providing the distance
is not so great that the water would get
too warm before it reaohos the dairy.
When a running stream is used fororeaiu
raining the temperature is always the
same, and the routine of butter-making
can be carried on iu a systematic way.
We lately heard of a man who for many
years watered his stock at a pond situated
quite a distance from his barn; last year
he took a spirit level and found that he
could lead the water from a never-failing
spring directly to his barn. lie did so
and now wonders why he never thought
of it before. Perhaps some of our readers
are in like situation with regard to
water (or tbe dairy.
To Mpel the impurities in the blood
and give strength to the system before
the ell'.-otR of warm weather are felt, use
Plunders Oregon lood
MURDERED DY INDIANS.
A speoinl from Ulackfoot, Idaho, dated
April 13. to the Spokane Raview says: (
Great excitement wns Caused this after
noon over the killing by Indiuns of two
unknow n white emigrants who were en
camped a mile below this place. Noth
ing could be learned as to the cause ol
the targedy. Their bodies were found
by a party nf men, and a number of In
dians were seeu taking to the hills east
of here.
Business is suspended, and citizens are
up in aims. About 100 armed men, well
mounted, left tbe city to demand the
surrender of the guilty parties. Should
the Indians refuse, trouble is sure to
follow, as the posse are all delermend
men.
The governor and adjutant general
have been telegiaphtU iu regard tu tbe
affair,
23, 1891.
READ THIS, SETTLERS.
The following notice bas been publish
ed in Tbe Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
Those who contemplate purchasing re
stored lauds should not fail to read it:
Department of thk Interior,
Geueral Laud Office,
Washington, D. O., April 7, '91.
Register and Receiver, The Dalles, Or
Sir I lie third Beotion of the Act of
congress, approv?d Sept. 29, IS'.K), com
monly known as tbe "laud grant forfeit
nie act," makes provisions for persons iu
possession of any or the lauds forfeited
by said act, under deed, wr tten contrao!
with or license from the company, anil
persons who have settled upon such
lauds with bnnafide iutent to secure title
thereto by purchase from the compauy
grunting suoh pers ins the right of pur
chase not to exceed 320 acres from the
goverument, at 81 2o per acre, at an
time within two years from the passage
of the act, or, as amended, within two
years from the pnuuulgalion of iustruc
tious for the guidance ot the local officers
in the disposition of the lauds. Lands
to which uo8uob right exists are subject
to entry under the homestead laws.
It has come to my knowledge that per
sous hold contracts for large bodies of
these lands, iu some cases covering a
tuousuud or more acres, and in numer
ous oases a whole sectiou.
Thn right of purchase io these parties
uoes not exoeed au aoros so ooutracted
for, or bought of the company, and ii
would perhaps be extremely hazardous
for a settler to make eutry for aud im
prove any portion of such parcel of laud,
for fear tuat the other party might eleot,
some time within two years, to purchase
the laud embracing his (the settler's) im
provements. I have therefore to direot, with the ap
proval of the Hon Secretary of the In
terior, that you give public "notice by ad
vertisement iu some newspaper having a
geueral oil-dilation iu your district, that
persons iuteuduig to oluira the right of
: n roh use provided for in said seotion 8 ot
the forfeiture act, shall come forward
wiihin sixty days from the date of the
notice, aud tile in your office a statemeui
of thtir claim, properly describing the
lauds intended to be claimed withiu the
period named. This will not bar entry
ot the land d' scribed, subjtiot to the per
fection of the right of purchase, but will
avoid litigation, us tbe intending settler
will have knowledge of the particular
truot claimed uuder therightof purohuse.
Very respeotfully,
(Siyued) Wm. M. Stone,
Aoting Commissioner.
U. 8. Land Office, The Dalles, April 13, '91.
Pursuant to instructions oontained iu
tbe above letter, applicants to pnrohase
under act of September 29, 1899, are re
quired to the within sixty duys from date
of this notice a desor pi ion of the laud
which they desire to purohase under
said not wiihin the two years allowed by
the aot. No fee is required.
John W. Lewis, Register.
Tuos. S. Lano. Keoeiver.
Hii-liu!llr nptlie bile. Yon lutte yonr ap
pcllle, Irel weak, too hot, and OH I u tired.
Take riitu iuuiim Liver KckuIuuii-.
ONE WOMAN'S QUESTIONS.
A woman wearing a Mackiutosh and
carrying an umbrella stood at the ticket
window at the Barolay street ferry the
other day. Six mon were behind her iu
Inn. A boat was due to leave iu about
two miuiitts.
"Do boats leave here for Hoboken?"
she asked, and the muu iuside answered
Yes."
"How long will it be before the next
one goes?"
"About a minute," wns the reply.
"Does the boat go straight to Ho
boken?" asked the woman.
"Yes," said the ticket seller.
"How long oonld I wait in Hoboken
before there was another boat back?"
asked the woman, while the men behind
her grew nervous rapidly.
"As long as you please," said the
patient ticket seller; "they ure going and
coming all the lime."
"Could I get from Hoboki n to Jersey
City without ooming back here?"
"Yes; street oars run regularly," was
the answer.
"would it be qnioker to go by a car or
Oome baok aud take a ferry to Jersey
City?" she asked.
"I dou't know," was the answer. Then
the ticket seller asked impatiently,
"How many?"
"How many what? 'said tha womnu.
"Tickets. How many tickets do you
want?" The hell was ringing for the
boat to move, and the men iu line were
swearing.
I dou't want any tickets," she said-
"My sister lives iu Hobokeu.'aud if I
thought I had time to go and see her aud
call on my brother in Jersey City I was
going over tomorrow." New York
Times.
BREAKING IT TO HIM GENTLY.
Editor "Mr PlumdnfT, yuumay make
alittlechange in your column to-inurrow
morning. It takes tip too touch space.
Cut it down one half."
Mr. I'luindnff "Yes, sir."
Then the other half won't need anv
speoial healing. Remove the headiug.
' Yes, sir."
"That will make it take up about a
third of a o- lumu."
"Yes, sir."
"And then it oan go in any part of the
paper wherever there is room for it."
"Yes sir."
"Aud if there isu't room it oun be left
out."
"Y-yos, sir."
"And it hardly seems worth while to
keep it going, does it?"
"N-no, sir."
"Yon are right, Mr. PliiindiifT. Your
resiguatioa is accepted." Chicago
Tribune.
Pprlnic Btirs ". the bile Yon lette yeur up
petite, feel W" K, WW hoi. null OUI M tiled.
Taka Him ay Jt Liyr ttalaur.
NO. 422.
FROM WAGNER.
Editor Gazettb: Work on the Day
villeand Haystack road oommenced to.
day. Seeding is about through and a few
good hands are ready. Tools and pro
vision enough were found to start six
men. Iu a few days a team with plow
and sornper will be put on. Tbe greater
part of the provisions were borrowed un
til ohenper freight can be had from
Heppner. W. A. Robison, a worthy man '
and praotical road-maker, was placed in
charge of the hands. The aim will be
to do good work with reasonable eoono
my. Hauds receive 81.50 per day and
hoard, while the overseer receives 82 00.
Last full efficient work was done by War
ren Carsner, opening the road almost to
the junction of the river, eight miles
above Haystack. The object will be to
make the road passable ns far as possible
with the money spent. It will now be
widened where it is necessary. Tha
ground is iu good oondition to work.
Teams will be able to oome down from
below the Big Canyon by the time tha
June water is down, as, by orossing Bud
re crcesing, the advantage of the river
bottoms or valleys can be taken. If tha
D.iy ville people push through their can
yon, travel can oommeuce. Those in.
teresled should grade the intervening
points betweeu the Junotion nnd the
Cauyou, and bridge or ferry the river be
fore high water next spring. (Grant
oouuty News please copy.)
E. O'Flynq, Seo'y.
April 13, '91.
MINING MATTERS.
From the Oregon Blade.
From P. Basohe a reporter for the
Blude learns that an immensely rich
strike bas been ninde in the Robbing
mine iu the l'ocahoutas mining district.
Several miuei-s who oame iu from the
mino this morning state that a ten-foot
ledge of very rich ore had been struck in
the 300-foot level yesterday.
The men say that Superintendent J.
H. Robbius is jubilant over the find and
ins seoured a high peroh on tha moun
tain overlooking the mine, and when
they left ha was huloowing at the top of
his voice.
The finding of a ledge of suoh gignntio
proportions ia a matter ot no small oon.
cern to the company, or to Bnker county.
This mine has paid well ever since tha
shipment ot ore for reduction began.
Several carloads of ore have been ship,
ped already, which have brought back
snbsliintial returns, the last lot netting
over two hundred dollars per ton. The
ore is free milling, and with a mill on the
ground of a ,ood capaoity, an immense
fortune is at hand.
A person not fumilar with mining af
fairs onunot realize the importance this
strike has to linker City and the sur
rounding country. It, will result in giv
ing our mining industry a uew impetus,
aud will demonstrate the fact to the
capitalist that we huve uiiuos as well
as prospeot.
AFTER THE Sb-VKN DliVlLS ORE.
From the Oregon Wade.
The latest railroad report in Lewiston
is to the effect that a new corporation,
under the title of the Lewiston & South
eastern railroad, baa been organized to
extend the Northern Pacific branch from
there direot iuto the Seven Devils coun
try. According to the Teller, work will
bo in ut once, nnd will be pushed rapid
ly to head off the liue from the Union
I'uciflo from their lines into the same
regiou. The objoot is to draw the ores
from that region to Spokane. Spokune
oapital is buck of the movement, and it
is sure to go.
SMART NEWSPAPER MEN.
It's mighty hard work getting any
free advertising out of your nowspnper
people nowadays," sighed the advance
agrmt of a m mmonth allied o irons as ha
passed a stack of coin over the business
office counter the other morning.
"Space is space," replied the affable
cashier, as he made out a receipt.
"I dou't know why it is," continued
the A. A. retorpeotively, "but somehow
editors dou't seem to bile as they UBed
to. Same on the eastern coast, too. 1'
uoiiced it particularly ou a little snap I
worked way down at Galveston last full."
"How was that?"
"Well, you see, I was on my way to
that city by steamer a week iu advauoe
of our show when I struck a great scheme.
I bought two dtzen empty pop bot
tles and us many steaks from the steward.
Then I got a lot of arsouio from the med
ical Btores and rubbed it iuto the steaks.
I puUorae of our oills in the b tttle, tied
a Btettk round each and dropped 'em over
board as wo entered the harbor.
My oaloulation was that the
sharks would swallow the meat,
he poisoned, lloat ashore, would be cut
open, the pills found aud the whole thing
be writteu up by the reporters iu great
shape,"
How did it work?"
"Like a oharra my part ol it, I mean.
Nmesharks altogether stood iu with the
show, but every time oue came ashore I
got a note from every editor in the place,
proposing to write the thing up, with a
snap camera out of the shark, at the
regular rates."
"Pretty mean, that."
"Mean those fellows oould give Shy
lock oards and spades. The ouly paper
that referred to it at all was one we gave
sixly-foiir free passes to. The day we
left towu it remarked that our show was
enough lo kill a blind nigger let aloua
sharks."
And thn onlossal iiL'crpgator sighed
deeply and drifted out. San Frauoisoo
examiner.