fM i ta t I lone Edition. Otise pages HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1892. I ' fllaailllil II IN v , TENTH YEAR NO. 484. V C" I 1 I 1 1 I ' f r 1 ! - 1 T T- -t' I I I ' ' MHMMHBB . . I - ocMI-H CtM.l uAtcl 1C. pij m.AiW'w.jL.ua ,i .u, juaipwm-. Tuesdays and Fridays BY THE PATTERSON PUBLISHING C0MPAN1 ALVAH W. PATTER80N Bub. Manager. OTIS PATTURSON Editor A $3.00 per yewr, fl-Wfor biz month e, $1.00 ior mree muuins; iu advance. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. The "E.A.3-X.E:," of Long Creek, Grant County Oregon, i published by the same com pany every Friday morning. Subscription Srire, f'Jper year, ForndvertisinjrraU's.address :EIIT L. PATTEKSOIT, Editor and Manager, Ixtng Creek, Oregon, or "Gazette," Heppner, Oregon. THIS PAPER iB kopt on tile at E. C. Pake's Advertising Agency, M and 65 Merchants KxchanffH, Ban Francibco, California, where cou tracUi for advertising can be made for it. T? C. PEKTLAND, SECRETARY OF THE 1 Jt Ort'iron Press Association, '26 ABh Street, between First and Second, Portland, Oregon, ib our only agent located In that place. Advertis ers should consult him for rates and Bpacein the Gazette. THE UAZETTE'8 AGENTS. Warner, B. A. Ilunsaker Arlington, , Hoary Heppner Loiik Creek, The kagle Echo. . . Bob Shaw Canms Prairie, Oscar De Vaul Matteuon, Allen McFerrin Nye. Or., H. C. Wright Hard man, Or., J- A. Wool try Hamilton, Grant Co., Or.. Mattie A. Hudio "one, T. J. Carl Prairie City, Or., K. R. McHale Can von Citv. Or.i S. L. 1'arrinl Pilot Hock, G. P. Hkclton Diivville. Or J. E. Snow John Day. Or.t F. I. McCallum Athena. Or John Edington Pendleton, Or., Wni. G. MuCrotikey Mount Vernon, Grant Co., Or., PoatiuaBter Shelby, Or., Miss Stella Flett Fox, Grant Co., Or., . . . J. F. Allen Eight Mile, Or Mrs. Andrew ABhbaugh t'pper Khea Creek, B. F. Hevlaud Douglas, Or s. While Lone Rock, Or R. M. Johnson Gooseberry W. P. Hnyder Condon. Oregon Herbert Halstead Lexington V. B. Mi Alister AM AUENTWANTKB IN EVERY PRECINCT. Union Pacific Railway-Local card, No. 10, mixed leaves Mepnner 8 a. m. " 10. " ar. at ArlinuD 11-flO a.m. " 9, " leaves " 8:!i p. m. " 9, " ar. at ileppDer rt:50 p. m, daily except. Sunday. . Bast buund, main line ar. at Arlington 8:60 p. m. West " ' " leaves " 4:Ju p. m. Mitfht trains are running on same time as before, CANYON AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS. Stage leaves for Monument daily, oei t Sunday, atti:30 a. h. Arrives daily, except Monday, at 6:00 p. u. Direct connection can he made at Monument with the Long Creek stage. Dully stage between Luug Creek and Canyon Cily, connecting at the latter place with the stage for JjurnB and nil vies valley. " OBESOIT OFFICIALS. f-iiivernor B. Pennoyer. Beo of HtaU . W. McBride. IrettBurer Phil Metschan. 8npt. Instruction K if- McKlroy. J udue Seventh District W.L. HradHhaw UUtriot Attorney W. H. Wilson MORROW OOONTT. Joint Senator... Henry Blaokman. Representative J. 0. Thompson. I lounty Jndge Jnlins Ken lily. ' Commissioners J, A. Thompson, H. M. Vaoghn. Clerk J. W. Morrow. " Sheriff Ueo. Noble. " Treasurer J. W. Matlock. Assessor J. J. McUee. Surveyor... C. B. Cmne. School Bup't W.L. Baling. (Coroner James Dangherty. fiKPPNER TOWN OFFICERS. rlaio T. J. Matlock I'ouni-tlmon O. E. Farneworth. M Lichtenthal, Otis Patterson, B. P. (iamgues, Thin, uorgan and Frank Uilliam. Keonrder A. A. Roberts. rreasurei fc.G BIocnm Marshal J. W. Basn ns. EECEET SOCIETIES. Doric Lodee No.'20K. of P. meete ev- .... Tnu,ln. ...ninD at 1 SO. n V l.uilr i n 3 their Castle Hall. National Hank build ing. Sojourning Dnuners coruiauv in vited to attend. Kmil Vokuz, C. (!. T C AUBBEY, K. of K. & B. tf KAWL1N8 POST, N J. 31. G. A. R. Meets at Lexington, Or., the last Saturday of each month. AH veterans are invited to join. C. C. Boon, Gko. W . Bmith. Adjutant, tf Commander. FEOFESSIOHAL. A A. EGBERTS, Real Estate, Insnr- ance and Collections. 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C'H,)ld. ittittt coiwponfle- vw with gameii Inviu Hi. rnc M .HM-Outr iTet. t!!?L rlr illr.l. KM . Iv.rv l.eoeutl pair, IU; IttW, V It ln'-D,plr, SI , t.ory. ii.50. f me.t m.-ir!:,a rrlcma4a,Mi;.l,i , -Real jVIe.Tit rnVfm I0NE NEIGHBORHOOD One of the Favored Localities of Morrow County. Enlisted in the Interest of the riome-Seeker Are These Pioneers Four Mile, Six Mi le, El the J ust a few words about lone and vicin ity. In the perusal of this brief sketch some people muy grasp a few "poiuters" about a oountry little known beyond its own borders. The best parts of the west are in many instances hidden from the gaze of the tourist. The railways traverse the mo&t uninviting portion, and in no instance is it more thoroughly true than in Oregon. The line of the Union Pacific through Eastern Oregon, passes by its most objeo tionable portion. The traus-oontinental tourist fiuds the landscape luoking iu at tractive features. He says ot it, "deliver me from this sterile region," as he rides along the Columbia, and even when you eave the main line and travel toward the uterior, your course will be through a narrow, winding valley, on either side of wbioh will be seen the rough shoulders of the low hills. Thirty miles south of the Columbia, and one hundred and sev enty miles east of the city of Portland, is the little hamlet to which your attention is direoted. Situated in a pretty valley, in the midst of a rich farming country, is lone. The valley is the basiu through which flows Willow creek on its way from the Blue mountains to the Columbia. Nar row iu some places and wider in others, it almost seems by the formation, that Dnture itself controls the destiny of a country, by providing favorable condi tions for the building of trade centres. At lone, the valley is about one-fourth of a mile wide, whrob allows ample room for building a fine little commercial cen ter, which will ere loDg blossom into a full-grown metropolis. Here is the most favored spot in Eastern Oregon for a town. Here will, at no distant dnv. be a city of homes. Here is a point that is easily reached from all the great farming districts. It was started seven years ago, before the advent of the railroad. I baa) enjoyed a good, healthy growth. It possesses many advantages aud will, in all time to come, be the receiving p unt ror tne great grain, wool and stock in dustry of this part of the state. lone has at present a 1 irne. commodi ous wareuouselor storing wool aud urain and from which hundreds of oars am shipped. It has a general merchandiae establishment, post-office, lumber-yard, uuiei, uiHUKHinnii suop, anu a number or neat, comfortable residouces. 'I here is mule room here for more traders. 'I here is no place where a merobant, with large or small stock, can do better. After a few words about those at present engaged in business at lone, vour attention will be direoted to the adjacent farming dis- tnot, of which a plain, modest statement will be made, and you can then judge as co tna merit of tuis oountry. THOMAS 3. CABLE, The worthy postmaster, is one of the most oonspicuous characters of lone. Tom. as be is familiarly called, is very plain plain as a pair ot blue overalls, livery body knows him, and everybody likes him. He attends to whatever business he has on hand, in the style of a thor ough mechanic. He gives universal sat isfaction in the capnoity of postmaster. tie keeps the latch-string out andkiudlv cares for the traveling public. He will make you foruet the insolence and neg lect so common at some of the so-called wen-oraered" Hostelrys. Mr. Carle is nterested in farming. Owns a half sec tion a mile or two from town, where he nas some valuable improvements. He is also operating some rented land. For a umber of years he ran a thresher, and saB "That no year during his experience here in farming and threshinu. has the general average been less than 13 bush els. It is easy land to till, one man' with three light horses can work one hundred nd sixty acres. Farm land ranues in value from 82 to $20 per acre, according to improvements. CoBt of raising wLeat as follows: owing f 1 00 Htirrowihir . neea .juid. . Heeding: lu Heading 1 oo ThrethliiK, 16 bu. at 7c 1 0.S Hacks, 7 ut 7c Vi Total (i aft This make an average per acre of 2H cents per bushel, which leaves a fair profit on landed investment. Large tracts of land conld be cultivated on even more economical terms." Mr. Carle located in Oregon in 1877, and he has a large Acquaintance. Hi friends are legion. The only thing any one could possibly object to, is his poli tics. He is a staunch democrat. Not withstanding his politics, the country would be better if it had more suoh men. Mrs. Carle is a plain, practical little woman, who superintends the house and knows tiow to prepare a palatable dieh. filie is conversant with what is supposed to be one of the lust arts that of making good butter. Mr. Carle estimates the cot of rn'i nii wheat at 84.25 per acre, or IA cents per bushel. J. A. WbOLEUr, A bright, enterprising young 1 nslneas man, is to be found hate moat of his time, although he superintends the outside basinosa and does tli buying for the two la, Jordan Fork and Ely Settlement. - 1 large mercantile establishments, situated ia riarauinn ana lone, respectively, and uuuuuuum uuuer me nrm name ot J. A. WOOLBRY OO, Who in Feb. 1892 purchased the business formerly oonducted by Xi. 0 Wills, aud oy enlarging the stook, have made this one df the greatest bargain houses in r,asierq uregon. itiey carrv a full and complete stook ot general merchandise. Messrs. Woolery & Co are agents for the luncuen.ijewis s. staver (Jo , aud carry a full assortment of their farm maohiuery, luuiuuiug wugoos, naoKs ana carts Special lines are the Oregon Haines Header and the J. I. Case Thresher and Kmritiua 'PI.A.. I i ... -",i'uv UKtjf ainu uave uuarge ot tne warehouse at lone, where they pay the nignest market pnoe, at all times, for grain and wool. During the past season 250 car loads of xraiu were snipped Trom this point. Messrs. J. A Woolery & Co. iu order to meet tha demands of the time and place, have reoently added to their large busi ness another important feature. They are now prepared to furnish the pnblio with a full line of lumber, shingles, fence posts and oordwood. While these enter prising men are in the business for busi ness purposes, still they are willing to divide. TUEY WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. J. A. Woolery is a flue vonnir man. of unusual business abilities, and while he is ever vigilant and watnhf nl nf th mi. interests, he still finds plenty of time to nBu, vims wnu dis iamny aud to eulti vate the acquaintance of the publio gen erally. He is today busily engaged in CTiuuiwoiug an oroer that in all times nas proven a Ikkiu to liomunitv F long a regular and complete lodge of I. O. O. F. will eraoe the flniiriuhimr f..mn of Iune. S. W. ADAMH, Formerly of Hardmnn, ia a stockholder iu the firm of J. A. Woolery & Co., Bod at present is devoting his entire atten tion to the lone branch. Sara is a handy man in a store, aud a great favorite with the lady customers. E. a. 8PERKY Located here twenty years ago. Was engaged in Btook raising fur fifteen years. Began farming about five years smoe. Average yield for seven years has been over 14 bushels Der acre : fast vnni-'o crop of 571) aores averaged 20 bushels per acre. Owus Bbout 1,600 aores ot lanu. uood prospect for a crop. b. r. OIDBON Opened a blacksmith shop here a few weeks since, where be is turning out nrBt-clusB work. He acouired n nrn. ficiency at his business uuder the direc tion ot a nrst-olass meohauio in Kansas Uty, Mo. Mr. Oibaon'a great forte ie repairing farm machinery and many come uere witn an old plow and go away with one that is better than new. Mr. Gibson is here to stay, and all he asks is an opportunity to display his mechanical skill. He never allows work to leave bis bands in an untiuisued state. JuNt below town you will find tf. E. suit If, Superintendent of 0. A. Rhea's large sneep ranon. mr. nmitn is a good busi ness man, but thinks, as do raariv others. that this ib more a stook-raising oountry man a grain neit. mr. nmitb reports tne cup ot wool tins year to be about Bj; pounds, but the quality is superior to that of last year. ALBBHT WOOD Occupies a half-section of fine land, aDd is engaged in raining a tluo breed of horses. Recently effected a sale of a nnmtier of good horses at a fair brine. Oood horses are always in sharp demand. ueaaids tins a good tanning oountry, and thinks there is plenty ot room for more settlers. CHARLES OOOnilAN Located eight years since: engaged in stook-raising. Would be glad to see a healthy immigration to this point. Some vacant land left just us good as any taken. QEOROI MILLER Lives on Willow creek, nearly four miles below lone. Has a oomfortnble home on a good farm of 220 acres. Film orohard iu bearing; always sure of some fruit every year. Would be delighted to sse more people come in and make homes for themselves on vacant land. 1. W. REDFOHD Came into this locality thirteen years ago. Has (180 aores, with 5(1(1 iu cultiva tion. Average wheat crop, 13 bushels. IIOBKRT BAYER Settled on the creek eight years since. Has a half section, with 230 aores in Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. sssmm ABSOLUTELY PURE Generally Above the flourishing town of lone, the first man you meet will be a jolly old bachelor by the name of EDWARD OLCFF. He has a nice orohard and other valua ble improvements. Here is a statement that would, to the uninitiated, seem al most marvelous: Eight years ago, Mr Cluff says, he raised 1,000 bushels of oats and out 20 tons of hay from 22 aores. Mr. Cluff oomplains of the outrageous rates on freight on the railroads. There may be some justice in his complaint, else he would not make it. A little farther up the road is to be found the comfortable and home-like quartsia ot T. J. ALLYN, At whose door your representative rapped for admission, when the follow ing coloquy took place: Question. Who oomes there? Answer. X. Q. Whence comest thou? A. From the Gazette office, at Heppner. Q. What oame you here to do? A. To improve myself iu farming and learn to ride a bucking oayiise. "Then you are a farmer, I suppose?" "Yes, I have threshed a few pump kins and husked a few cucumbers," "Canst thou sit down on a barbed wire fence without smiling and art thou pro- uoit nt in poutiOB: "The barb has no peculiar fascination aud politics no mystery." "Have yon affiliated with any of the politioal parties dominant?" "Have been an aotive member of four in the past five weeks, and am now ready for the fifth. Am anxious to be commis sioner of Morrow county and somebody will surely take a tumble after awhile:" "It is well you may enter and fill yourself with nice alfalfa hay." Talkiug of hay, Mr. Allen said his al falfa was doing finely. Last year 20 aores yielded the miraculous orop of 200 tons. The laud was imitated once he. fore each orop and four crops were har vested during the season. Mr. Allvn has a number of tine horses, in excellentoon dition, and thev have received two davs' care during the past winter. Does that argue anything Tor the climate? Here is the finest orchard seen in Morrow oouuty, aud it's strange some ono don't utilize more ot this valley laud for fruit growing, ir land is irrigated fruit can be raised here equal to some of the fav ored portions of Culiforuin. Mr. Al- lyn has a pleasant Wme, a valuable farm, fiue Btock ; he is genial, hospitable, aud thougn he was a widower three weeks ago, the Lord only knows his con. ditiou just now, Jos. HANKY Ownn a flue ranoh on Jordan Fork, but is at the present time liviug in the Wil low ureeK valley: is farming. Tb nks the prospect for a orop was never better. RICHARD LAHUE Located four years bko. Has the utmost confidence in the ultimate satisfactory results of farming. Healthy oountry. Never saw fiuer prospects for orop. J. F. SUEO'lilt, Of WeBton. He formerly lived in this country and ia still interested iu a valua ble tract of land in the Pleasant Flat country. Mr. Sheffer believes the near future will mark rapid development in agricultural values. At the point where Rhea oreek ioins Willow oreek there will some day he a thriving town. It pussesHoa every ad vantage necessary to the building up of the prettiest village in Eastern Oregon. All it needs is to turn loose Boiiie fellow with a little fire in him and like mauio a oity will rise at the oonlluence of these two streams. The accessibility and the romantic soenery surrounding it decides the issue which makes it the place. Here was selected the ground upon which has been built a magniticeut temple dedi cated to the dissemination of knowledge. Miss Martha Neville, of Ueopner, is mak ing remarkable progress with the large class uuder her care. Half a mile up Rhea creek from the juuotion of the two rivers will be found 08CAR HITOUELL, Who is operatiug a large farm, but is en gaged chiefly iu stock-raising. He ia meeting with marked success in raising alfalfa hay. A. C. PETTEYB Looated on Willow oreek three miles above the present site of lone, twenty two years ago. It is to he regretted that Mr. I'etteys was away from home and we could not therefore soure tho valuable data which such a pioneer might furnish. K11EN M'HILLAN Lives on the Wortnington ranoh, but he, too, was not visible. Wil. A. ALLY!Y Emigrated from Ooeola Co., Mich., four years ago and looatod two miles from loue, where he now lives. Like Dleutv of other he came here with a small share of this world's goodH, but he now has a valuable tract of land coumrisinv a half section, part of which is in culti vation, comfortable house and other sub stantial improvements, indicates that he ia htre to staj. Mr. Allyn has a fiue ranoh, a pleasant home and a nice fam ily; is a good, plain, hospitable kind of a fellow but he can't play enohre. At this place we saw some of the most dar ing feats of horseback riding ever wit nessed outside of a circus ring. Buys vou are'-not in it. Home of these irirls stick to a wild horse as if they bad grown fast. ERNEST REITMAN fame to this country four years airo and settled near lone lust fall Has not begun aotive farming yet. He believes the country is all right. Biid would h glad to see more people come iu and take up homes. 1-AUL 1IEITMAN has a half section enclosed nnd will har vest 1H0 Bcres; average wheat emu for ConUnwd on necornt p'f. rowaer crop. Wheat looks welf. have pretty good health.