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OFFICIAL TAPER. Take your THURSDAY . rffl ia i THE PHOTOURAP1IER. One picture Free of Charge. wort nm-t'lou and at Living Sates. IX 7K TENTH YEAR HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1892. r NO. 497. Some l,eoi)le liny advertising space because rates me ton--generally the circulation is a sight lower. Circulation determines the value of advertising ; there is no other standiinl. Hie (iazette is trilling to abide by it. jtL, SEMI-WEEKLY GAZETTE. FUI1LIKHED Tuesdays and Fridays BY THE PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY. AlA'AH W. PATTERSON Bus.. Manager. OTIS PATTMISON Editor- At $3.00 per year, $1.50 for six months, $1.00 for throe minimis; in advance. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. The " S " of Long Crank, Grant Countv. Oregon, 1b published by the name com pany "every Kriduv morning. Subscription price, 'i per yeiir. For advertising rates, address OXJlEr X.. PATTEESOST, Editor and Manager, Iong Creek, Oregon, or "Gazette," Heppner, Oregon. T'HIB PAPEIt is kept on tile at E. C. Dnke'B 1 Advertising Agency, Ht and 65 Merchants Kxcliangs, Han Fruncinco. California, where con tracts for advertising can be made for it. T7 C l'ENTT.AND, SECRETARY OF THE Vj. Oregon Press Association, 3i Ash Street, between First and Second, l'ortlanil, Oregon , is onr only Hgent located in that place. Advertis ers should consult him lor rates aim space in the (iaette. THE GAZETTE'S AGiNTS. Wagner B. A. nunaaker Arlington',..'. llenry Hemmer Long Creek lheWle Kcho Bob Shaw Camas Prairie, Oscar De VkiiI Matteson, All,e,n1if.errf'! Nvo, Or., 11. U. right Ilanlman, Or., J. A, oolery Ilainllton, Urant Co., Or., Mattio A. Kudio lone, T- J- Cttrl Prairie Cltv, Or., It. R. Mo Haley Canyon City, Or., f- L. I arrisli Pilot Rock, U. P. Skelton Duvvllle, Or., h; 1',low John Day, Or., r.I. McCalluni Athena, Or John Ellington Pendleton, Or Win. (i. McCnmkey Mount Vernon, Grant Co., Or., Postmaster Hhelbv Or Miss Stella Mett Fox. Grant Co., Or., J- F. Allen Eight Mile, Or.,. Mrs. Andrew Ashbaugh tipper Rhea Creek B. F. Ilevland Douglas, Or ......tk hite I,ouc liock, Or R. M. Johnson Gooseberry .. . W. P. Snyder Condon, Oregon Herbert Halstead Lexington... W. B. McAllster AN AUliST WANTED IN EVISKY PRECINCT. Union Pacific Railway-Local card. No, 10, mixed leaves Heppner R:2() a. m. " 1(1, " ar. at Arlington 11 'fid a.m. , " leaves " 3:17 p. m. " u, " ar. at Heppner 1:00 p. m, daily except Sunday. Fast bound, main line ar. at Arlington 3:50 p. m. West " ' " leaveB " i-M P. in. Night traiiiB are runniiiK on same time as before. CANYON AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS. Stage leaves for Monument daily, excey t Sunday, at 6 :80 A. M. Arrives daily, except Monday, at 5:00 p.m. Direct connection oan be made at Monument with the Long Creek stBge. Daily stage between Long Creek and Canyon City, connecting at the latter place with the stage for Burns und Sil vies valley. OX3EQ-02T OPFIOIALS. Governor 8. Pennoyer. Boo. of State W. ft IcUride. Treasurer 1 I'll Metnchan. rJupt. Instruction .K. B. ,Mi,;i,r"y- Judge Seventh District W. h. HradBhaw District Attorney W. H. Wilson MOIUtOW COUNTY. Joint Senator Henry Blaekman. representative J .!, t 'homuaon. ( 'ouuty J udge - Jab Beuhly. ' Commiesioners J. A. Ihompson, 11. M. Vaughn. Clerk J- W. Morrow. Treasurer J. W. Matlock. Assessor J. J. McCiee. " Surveyor , 1" g"- School Sup't W.L. Baling. ' Coroner James Daugherty. HEPPNER TOWN OFFICERS. Major -;,-v.T-J- MHVf, Couneilinen O. E. Barnsworth, M Lichtenthal, Otis Patterson, 8. P. Ctarngues, ThoB. ilorgan and Frank liiliiam. Recorder ; Bpberta. treasurer fc-HJ locum .Vlarshal J- W. Kasmus. GECEET SOCIETIES. Doric Lodge No. 20 K. of P. meets ev ery Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'olock m their Castle Hall, National Bank build ing. Sojourning brothers cordially in vited to attend. Emil VoUDZ, C!. U. ' T 0. AUBBKY, K. of K. 4 8. tf UAWUNS POST, NO. 81, G. A. It. Meets nt Lexington, Or., the last Saturday of each month. All veterans are invited to join. CO. Boon, Geo. W. Smith. Adjutant, tf Commander. A A. ROBERTS, Real Estate, Insur- ance and Collections. Otfioe in Council Chambers, Heppner, Or. swtf. J. N. BROWN, Attorney at Law. J A3. D. HAMILTON. Brown & Hamilton Practice in all courts of the state. Insurance, real estate ollocti-in and loan agents. Prompt attention given to all business entrust ed to them. Office. Main Street, Heppnee, Obboqs. First National Bank OF HEPPNER, C. A. RHEA. FRANK KELLOGG, President. Vice-President. George W. Conser, Cashier. C. I. Levis, Ass't Cashier. Transacts a General Banking Business EXCHANGE l all parts of the world Bought and Sold, Collections made at all points on Rea sonable Terms. Surplus and Undivided profits, $23,527.10 Frank H. Snow, Commissioner V. S. Circuit Court at Lexington, Or., is authorized to receive fees for publication of final proofs. 414-tf. VALUABLE PRESENT. 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If yon have a Couch, Pure Throat, or Brmi chitiH, use it. fcr it will ci:re you. Jf your child has theC'rocp, or Yhming Cough, use it promptly, and r-liei' in wc. If you dread th.'-t insidious Oirww Oo'inn:pion, use it. Ak vo:-r Dr:-' fo.- SJ ILOfl'S CURE, Prici') . . c' '. au ii.flO. If your Lungs a:a srroor i." mfw. ".ii-'f .Shilob's Pirou I'Mlvi. :'";'; f.-lu iQ by ftU Dru- :" 'V... rj-.fl I frl 10 nm(.-h i j Itl'.-itii f-jr rpiy." PATIENTS TREAU.0 fit tUIL. CONFIDENTIAL cs. 0. w. r. Him. B v::,:is s vmm. kicks. H s UKOP YOUR BUCKET WHEKE YOU ARE. 8. W. Fobs, in the Yankee Blade "Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh. give us water or we die!" A voice came o'er the waters far, "Just drop your bucket where yon are." And then they dipped and drank their all Of water fresh from mead and hill ; And then they knew they sailed upon The broad month of the Amazon. O'er tossing wastes we sail and cry, "Oh, give us water or we die!" On high, relentless waves we roll Through arid climates for the Boul ; 'Neath pitiless skies we pant for breath Smit with the thirst that drags to death, And fail, while faint for fountains far. To drop our buckets where we are. Oh, ship ahoy! you're sailing on The broad mouth of the Amazon, Whoso mighty current flows and sings Of mountain streams and inland springs, Of nigut-kiBsed morning's dewy balm, Of nature's peace in earth or star Just drop your bucket where you are. Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop your bucket where you are; And while the ship right onward leaps Parch not your life with dry despair, The stream of hope flows everywhere. So under every sky and star, Just drop your bucket where you are. WITH MALICE PREPENSE Ao exasperating, freak of malevolence was perpetrated on the lodge rooms of the K. of P. at Pendleton recently, by one Harry Woods, who is now languish ing in jail for bis mafeanantie. Some two weeks ago, preparatory to a meeting of the lodge, a member badiopened Bud lighted the hall, when he left it for a few minutes, unlocked, not thinking it would be disturbed. During bis absence the aforesaid Woods entered and with truly diabolical glee proceeded to dospoil the furnishings of the room to the value of 175. Armed with a knife and a spirit of atrooity the imp sncoeeded in outting half the leaves from a oostly bible, slit ting iu two and ruining Damon lodge's handsome banner, oosting $76 ; destroy- ing a plush oushion iu the communder'a chair: oarving a long gash in a new Brussels carpel; mutilating an albnm, upsetting the organ, tables and chairs and importuning ohaos generally. Hav ing wreaked his veugeanoe on every thing in sight the culprit, proceeded to supply himself with a pair of pantaloons and uniform valiee, with which he was just walking off when an officer of the lodge entered, captured him and turned him over to a oivil officer who eeoorted him to jail. When the brothers arrived that evening and noted the dumage done, unguarded expressions of disapproba tion were beard to esoape their lips, and when that evening's seetuob vas over, they walked in a body to the city prison to see the malefaator. The young man said he was a printer and went to the lodge room in hunting for tbe Tribune ollioe. It looks as though be meant to make pi of that paper. He claims to have been drunk at the time and did not re member about cutting things to pieces On being arraigned, he plead guilty to tbe charge and was held to appear be fore the oourt. Tbe Knights have sug gested that the authorities turn the young sonpegrace over to tbem. Tbey would like to put him through tbe Oriental degree, guaranteeing not to kill him but give bim a fund of reminioenses. WOItLb'B FAIK NOTES. The colletion of World's Fair exhibits in Montana is facilitated by the Northern Pacifie and Great Northern railroads hav ing generously agreed to carry them free between local points. The women of Belgium will be repre sented at the exposition by an exhibit. A woman's oommittee, with the queen as patrones, has been selected to have oharge of the matter. The California Bee Keepers' Associa tion is preparing a notable exhibit for the Fair. Besides honey and bees, the exhibit will include preased flowers of all the different honey flora, specimens of the birds and insects wbioh are tbe enemies of bees, models and photographs of apiaries, and novelties in the shape of production distinctive to California, es pecially in the line of beeswax and found ation. The magnitude of the French exhibit at the Exposition can be surmised from the fact that in the calculations as to its transportation to Chicago it is esti mated that it will aggregate fully 3,000 tons. The exhibit, it is unnecessary to explain, will oousist chiefly of works of art and manufactures of the' finer and lighter description, and will include very little in the way of heavy articles, such as machinery. In response to tbe thousands of invita tions to distinguished persons to attend the Exposition dedicatory ceremonies next October, the acceptance thus far has been almost unanimous. Among those who will be present are the Presi dent and his entire oabinet, tbe members of tbe sunreme court, nearly every for eign minister at Washington, tbe gov ernors of the different states, members of oongress and special representative of many foreign nations. In lighting the World's Fair, 92,622 in candesoent lamps, of lC-candle power each will be used, according to prexent estimates. Tbe oontract for furnishing and maintaining these lights has jaat been let to George Westingbnuse, Jr ,for 8339,000. This is more than $1,300,000 less than the Ediaon Tbomsou-Houstoi electrical combine, or trust, first asked for the work. This immense saving wan effected by rejeoting tbe bids and read vertising. Mr. Weetinghouse is required to file a bond for $1,Q00,000 by June 10 to guarantee the faithful exeoution of his contract. In addition to the inoan desoent lamps, about 5,000 aro lights of 2,000 candle-power each will be need, rhe contract for these wns let some time ago at $20 per lamp. The Exposition is deriving quite a rev enue from the visitors whose curiosity prompts them to see tbe grounds and the wonderful buildings now approaohing completion. '. Ao admission of twenty-five oents is oharged, and on single dnys the number of visitors has exceeded 1-4,000. With warmer and more pleasant weather, it is believed, the visitors will be much more numerous. Without exception all are enthusiastic iu their admiration and wonder at the magnificent spectacle. A. B, de Guerville, who was commis sioned to go around the world and give illustrated leotuies on the Exposition, has written from Japan that bo great is tbe interest in the fair that he rarely fails to talk to toll houses.: He was oor dially received by the Emperor and Emp ress of Japan, and delivered his lecture before the court. , The Emperor expressd enthusiasm and delight over the mag nificence of the Exposition buildings which were shown by fine soreen views during the koture. The German government is willing to loan a magnifioent collection of its works of art to the World's Fair, but the loan of such articles must be from tbe German government to the governmeut of the United States. Tbe German government purposes to deliver every article to the United States Consul General in Berlin its tbe offioial representative of this gov ernment, and will look to it for the care ful transportation, safe protection and certain return of every such article. It is believed that there will be no trouble in inducing the United States to comply with the condition specified. Are Yon buffering From backache, iullnmmulinn of tbe bladder, briok dust deposit or etoue in the bladder, or in fact any derangement of the kidneys or urinary organs? If thus afflicted do not lose time and waste money on worthless liniments and worse plasters, but strike at the seat of tbe disease at once by using the greatest of all known remedies, the celebrated Ore gon Kidney Tea. i leasant to take, purely vegetable. Satisfaction every time. JORDAN FORK'S jDolNUS. Miss Iona Wilson, who has beeu at tending school at Champaign, Illinois, is expected home tbiB month. Misses Grace and Myrtle Smith, who have been attending sohool at Pendle ton, returned to their parents' home for their yaoation, last week. Soon the dreaded work of hauling wood from the mountains will begin. A few have broken the way already, and report pretty rough roads. District No, 14 met last Saturday and voied $800 bunds for tbe purpose of building and furnishing a school house, something they have long needed. Our little neighborhood bus beeu un usually quiet for some time, with the ex ception of hard winds, gritty dust, and ocoaBioually a book agent or meat wagon. A large crowd congregates at the Shi- lob school house every Sunday to attend tbe exeroises held there, which consist of Sunday-school, in connection with ohurcb servioes twice a month. Most alt the farmers are through their plowing, and some of them, owing to the immense volunteer orop oomiug up, are giving it a second plowing. Lots of work about it, but tbey think it will pay. Mrs. Kate Parsell and daughter Mag gie, have been rustioating in tbiB vioin ity this week. Mm. Parsell bag been in suring houses, while her daughter is "at tempting to organize a mimic olass. riue- oess to tbem botb . As this is my first attempt at "writin' for a paper," and knowing "T. K. K." X. Y. 'A.n and "Crank" will want to do their wornf or best befure they stop, I will not crowd your valuable spaoe tbiB time, hoping the eleotion may put every body in a good humor. I am very respeotf ally, A New Hand. Jordan Foiik, June 2, "J2. Across the Ueop, to the Far Weat, On steamboats, oars and stnge-coaches, Hostetter'e Stomach Bitters ia carried as the most important item in the materia medica of the traveling public. It de prives vitiated, braokish water of its hurtful properties and execrable flavor, counteracts the pernicious effects upon stomach of bad or indigestible food, rem edies cramps, heartburn and wind npon the stomach. It is a fine defense against malarial disorders, nullities the effects of exoessive heat, cold and damp, relieves sick head no lies, and is an incomparable onre for oostiveness and biliousness, Tbe fatigue of travel often tells most dis astrously upon invalids and conval escents, occasionally to such an extent as to jeopardize life. Persons io feeble health, apprehensive of bad effects from travel, will, if provided witb tbe Bitters, be far less likely to have their fears re alized. LOIlKH LIKE R LA INK. Bluine baa withdrawn from Harrison's cabinet. The Etst Oregonian'a dis patches tell the story. He is now free to accept tbe nomination of his party as its candidate for tbe presidency. We be-1 lieve be will receive the nomination. Blaine has many admirers and a strong I support even stronger than eight years ago, when be was defeated by Cleveland. I But there is also a greater force ready to array itself against him, and his de feat, if nominated, is likely indeed, it is probable. Yet, if he is eleoted, the country would not be worse off for it. We have no greal objeotion to seeing oue "brilliant, mag netio statesman" inthe presidential cbuir. Webster wanted the honor, but was un able to secure it; Clay worked for it for years, yet failed signally; Blaine, tlit only Bluiue, the equal of either Webster or Clay, longs for tbe prize and why not let him have it if he can get it with tbe oonsent and approval of the peoples his fellow oouutrymen?-Eat Oregonian. CANDIDATES AND CONVENTION. Quay, Depew, Piatt and Clarkson, with Henderson noting as proxy, are tbe four gentlemen, who turned tbe tide and gave the nomination to Harrison instead of Sbermon four years ago. Three of them now want to defeat Harrison for renom inution, but Cbaunoy doesn't enter the combination. He seems inclined to stiok to Harrison.' "If Blaine . wants to be a candidute, why didn't be tell me so?" he signifioantly asks. Mr. Depew is going to be oareful about the company he gets into this time. Telegram. Colonel Ingereoll having said, rashly, aB ho usually speaks, that "Everybody admits Blaine's great ability," an East ern exohange disagrees with him in these terms: On the contrary, very few men of sound judgment admit Mr. Blaine's great ability. Mr. Blaine is probably the most stiperfioiul public charaoter that the republic has ever known. His wis dom is the foolishness of past genera tions. His discoveries are the exploded follies and crimes of his predecessors. He is a oircue man, a fakir. Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. The ignorant, bigoted and unthinking masses that now comprise the main body of the republican party believe him to be smart because he fools them, and beoause to their dull wits his tricks are not easily understandable. He never has contrib uted an idea to government; he never has drawn a measure that anybody remem bers, and bis speeches and letters may be searched iu vain for a jthougnt that is either new or elevated. He is a speotno ulur performer to the groundlings, ana tbe emptiness of a man's head may be measured in most oases by the volume of his yawp "when Blaine's name is mentioned." It daily becomes more and more evi dent that those who profess to believe that Mr. Blaine will violate the proprie ties of life and staud as a candidate, un der the cirouinstances that environ hitn, do him an injustice and attempt to drag down uu honorable name to tbe level of a pothouse politician. Helena Journal (Enssel Harrison). LIST OK LETTEHB ADVERTISED AT HKCI'NKIi PQSTOFFICE JuneO, IH'JJ: llowgiiin, Anuy Burton, Mrs R M Ilickmore, Klley Freud, Mrs J 1' Hendricks, 11 It Kerr, E A Robertson, 1'etcr Heuor, Dun 1'leasc Bay "Advertised" when callingfor these letters. A. Malujky, P. M. A HIIEttY. Editor Gazette: Would it meet the approbation of the people of Heppner and vicinity to favor the ce'.obration of the oomiug Fourth at Petty's grove? Seats and speakers' stands are already fixed, and the people this way have urged me to auk an expression through tbe oolumns of your paper. Kespeetfally, A. 0. P. 1'kttvwvillk, Or.,June (I, '92 riince we have beard no general ex pression of a wish or intention to have a public celebrution here at Heppner, and it in generally known- that tbe people of Lexington and Hardman have planned for demonstrations at these places re spectively, we presume the people of Heppner will join cordially in any mani festation their neighbors may undertake. Ed. THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. A rate of one fare for the round trip to Minneapolis and Chicago, republican and democratic conventions, has been authorized. Tickets to be good going and returning same route, to be sold oulv for trains arriving at Minneapolis nu June 5th nod 3th, and at Chicago on June 19th and 20th. Ketnrn portion to Ue liraiceu io ou nays iroin ume oi num. Ticketfl returning via Shasta routo or Union Pacific steamer between Kan tfrntioiunn und Portland will Le 1 5.00 higher. Chicago tickets, if routed via Sioux City and Kt. raw, in emier direc tion, will be $7.90 higher than the direct route. For further information call on or address J. C. Haht, Agent, W. H. HuitiiiinRT, Heppner, Or. Aest. (ten. Pbhs. Agt., 54 Wusb. St., Portland, Or. Geo. Bishop, employed in the M. C. L & T. Co. '8 warehouse, is sintering se riously from straiuing bis buck yeter Juy while employed iu unlouding a car iuiid of wagons. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOLUTELY PURE EDITORIAL. POPE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It will be remembered by the friends of educatiou that arohbtshop Ireland, about a year ago, consented that two par ochial schools at Fairbault and Still, water, Minn., Be turned over to the man agement of the board of public eduoa. tion for one year, to be used as the board might determine beat for all oonoerned. This was an experiment. If it did not prove satisfactory after a year's trial, the schools were to revert to the origiual management. Tbe object of this transfer was to re lieve the parishes of the exoessive taxa tion necessary to maintain two parochial and public schools. The text books were not to contain matter derogatory to tbe Catholic! church. The church was to have no control over the appointment of teachers, yet when teachers were chosen, Catholics were employed, upon their merit as teaohers, not because they were Catholics. Beligious instruction was given thirty minutes eaoh day outside of sohool hours. Such was the plau pur sued. The enemies of the archbishop and partisans of parochial schools, of course, strenuously objected. The matter was tuken to Home and argued before the propaganda, and now comes tbe reply that tbe plan has reoeived the indorse ment of the pope. While it may not have beeu the intention originally to make this sweeping change through all the parochial schools of the great cities, the Vatican decision implies that this plan may be adopted in Bny sohool dis trict. It is a hopeful portent of an am icable adjustment of the sohool question between the friends of popular educa tion and the partisans of parochial schools. It is a compromise and concession to patriotism, for it involves a oanonioal surrender by the Catholio churoh of what has hitherto been an essential prinoiple in its plan of educatiou. This deoision, coming from tbe su preme authority of the ohurcb, may be interpreted to mean that there shall be no further valid objection to our sohools. The great archbishop, by this bold move, has Bignally declared himself for the glo ry of American institutions and the lib. eralizing force of free popular education. The new regime will teua to assimilate to tbe American people, their language and institutions, the foreign masses, who seek a home iu America, and who , are mostly of the Catholio fuith. Where- as, only about ooe-ufth of the Catholic children of the United States, have, to date-, been patrons of tbe publio schools. This new decree from lkme will tend rapidly to break down former prejudice to the publio sohools and all religious scruples of the churoh, hostile to univers al free publio education. NICARAGUA CANAL CONY EN- TION. Many of the present generation of Americans who have beeu kept in expec tancy of praotieal results from a traus- Amerinnn water-way from the Atlantia to the Pacific ooeun, have doubtless he come skeptical of living to see the great enterprise conBummatcd. But when it is remembered that every enterprise of world wide moment baa bud its season of being weighed in the balance, years often of doubt atid despair, as may be instanced in Fulton's steamboat, Morse's electric telegraph, Field's submarine ca ble, the first three great transcontinental railroads, and the utilization of elec tricity to lighting and motive purposes, no oue has just cause to disparage the completion of tbe Nicaragua canal, even within the limits of the present century. A deep, populur conviction is now abroad iu this land that tbe great work oan and must be done. Quietly and unobtrusively a conven tion met in St. Louis on the 2d just, with delegates from 25 states, strengthened by the representatives of vust commer cial interests, to discuss and lend in dorsement to every feasible policy for promoting this stupenduons work. Tbe practicability of tbe oanul and its construction by the Nicaragua route has been settled. The paramount issue today is the question of its ooutrol. Every loyal American ought to insist tbe Monroe doctrine settled that ques tion 70 years ago. The convention en dorsed the doctrine that the American people should build tbe canal aud the American government coutrol it. It is assured that $H7,UOO,000 will oover the ooet. The advantages to accrue from this water way are manifold: quick com munication in time of war; ten thousand miles saved iu rounding the Horn; expe diting anil cheapening the carriage of produce, furnishing a means of commu nication weatwuril for au interchange of the products of the great Mississippi valley. With theHe and other possibili ties clearly ilelined, tbe construction of the Nicaragua canal is one of tho events of tins century, worthy of the protound est legiHltttive consideration. For tub next six mouths there will be politioiaus of all parties who will feel it their duty to boss the adininmtrution. Powder Baking