uii TD JA OIL And 11 tta World inouua tt CURH Is 8U$H. PATENTS! NOTICE TO INVENTORS. There was never b time in tlie history of our country when (lie demnrd for inveDtione and improvomeuts iu the arte and scienoes generally was bo great as now. The conveniences of mankind in the fuctory and workshop, the household and on the farm, as well as in ofiieial life, require oontioual accessions to the appurtenance aud impliments of each in order to save labor, time aud expense. The political chntitre in the ailrnmistra on government does not affect the progress of the American inventor, who beiug on the alert, and ready to per ceive the existing deficiencies, does not permit the affairs of government to de ter him from quickly oonoeiving the remedy to overcome existing discrepan cies. Too great care oaunot be exer cised in ohooBing a competent and skill ful attorney to prepare Biid prosecute an application for patent. Valuable in terests have been lost and destroyed in innumerable instances by the employ ment of incompetent counsel, and es pecially is this advice applicable to those who adopt the "No patent, no pay" system. Inventors who entrust their business to this class of attorneys do so at imminent risk, as the breadth and strength of the patent is never con sidered in view of a quick endeavor to get an allowance and obtain the fee. THE l'UESS CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wodderburii, General Manager, 018 F street, N. 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To Btations ISO miles or more from San Kriuiclsco.one and one-fifth one way fare. For exact ratcB and full information inquire of J. B. Klrkland, Dist. Pass, agent at 134 First St., Portland, Or., or address the undersigned. HICII'1).CUAY, T. II. GOODMAN, Gen. Trallic Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt. Han Francisco, Calif. E. P. ROGERS, A. G. F. & P. A., Portland, Oregon. FRFF TRIAL. I 1 I mm mm and loit vital it A pacVage of our treat ment for weaknesfand decay, nervoua debility ity sb ut free for 13 cent! nonfat.''!. DR. WARD INSTUTUTE, 120 S. 9th St. ST. lODIS, KO. WORLD'S FAIR FADS. Seeds! Choice Seeds Tree: Tho Bago for Collecting Souvenirs of tho Great Exposition. Fair," or some other reference to the fair. Everything, from little red glasses with the name engraved "while you wait," silk handkerchiefs with a nieture of Columbus woven in them also "while you wait," to canes con taining maps of the grounds, souvenir coins and models of the buildings, were put into a collection which it really a most interesting one, although of scarcely any intrinsic value. POLITICS IX POMPEII How Municipal Elections Were Managed Before the Eruption. Ono Woman Who Even KuonomMed on Her iUoaU In Order to Cratiry llr lislrn for Colum hlan Curios. AND- Fruit Trees THAT WirTjCrUOVV. Wholesalo and lli'tnil. Catalogue Free. Address jan'2.r) ',Un aw nl'.O. HTAKKKTT, Walla Walla, Waah. GOOD ADVICE. Every patriotic citizen should fjlve his personal effort and Influence to increase the circulation of his home paper which teaches the American policy of l'rotoc tion. It ia his duty to aid in this respect in evory way possible. Alter the homo paper is taken caro of, why not subscribe- fur tho American Economist, published by the American Protective Tariin.eague? One ol its correspon dents says I "No true American can cr.it alone without it. I consider it the greatest and truest political teacher in the United States." Send postal card request for free cample copy. Address Wilbur F.Wal-e-man, General Socmttfjr, 135 West 2jd St, New York. IF YOU W"Nf RrOfflMTIM ABOUT r t Tin; i-iti:i, i.aiii", iohi-isi, JOHN rVuUPrlBUKN, - - Miiimqini) Attnrnoy, P.O. llux Ilia. wASUIMilON.il. u. lTVS.ONS l'liOlTUKI rnrc SOLDIfTRS, WIDOWS, CHILDREN, P&RENTS. A!h.. r" s..!.h.M-M fiti.l Suilorn illHiiSlf.l tit Hi'1 HtUM'f (I'll v !i tl!.. I'.'tculur A nil vol- Nn .iin'.'lli. w:ir. Furlv..r ..C ih.. hull:.!) mui-. IKI-J t. iw IM, 'tml lln-lr il Ii.ub, , rniMM OMhii'I nfVvtf.1 .-blm bw.,., hi:.- I . .miiiii .1 .-ntul-il li. lih:li.'l mii-.h t-ii.l .-:-i ..'iv;. u clnuvi- for atl U r. . I.r tllilil i.l..-. til. I icce aou VI a cvic !cc cause ok Are you willing to work for the cause of Protection in placing reliable Infor mation in the hands of your acquain tances ? It you are, you should be identified with the american Protective Tariff league, 13s w. 230 St., New York. Cut this notk-e out and fend H to the I--;a;ut: tatinK your puaiiioa, and nlve hrliUiiK land. i- V4INf.K81' tM , i..m i't.tul.. . ;.,. , ,.r.-,l I 7h uuwlion'ninuk n."t Hook lirt. lunt.i-u In?' i.k. u. it. in its, 1 J 632 1'tno St'.i'ui. Bi. Louis, rANYXfiXcarK'1" "M',,:,"pr,7?lI,,"tl SfSKcOTEa a nibUT khield lor S) weus. I Mrs. V. M. APP. CO. I O'-Q TIF STUFF'!'. ST- 1 m i, mo. An epidemic of fads lias set In as a liri-i't. result of the world's fair. Peo ple who had held out lonp; and stoutly iijruinst tho temptation to "collect" tilings came under thu spell at the White City, says the New York Sun. A critical analysis of the. "fad fever" has yet. to be written. It is contracted in various ways. It is with fads as it is with trreatncHS. Some people are born with fads, some acquire them, and others have fads thrown upon them. Of this last variety are the peo ple who have, by chance perhaps, re ceived a present or presents, which have subtly inspired them witn tne mania for nemiirinir other things of the sumo nature. In this way, for exam ple, many a line and otherwise admir able young woman has, by the gift of perhaps a single, silver spoon, been Irnnsformed into one of the spoon liends who have been at once, such try ing, unit yet such pathetic, figures dur ing the past few years. Other people acquire fads. They "take them up." These are the people who have more money than they have instes. They gratify their small lik ings without exhausting their "spend ing money," so to speak, and they "take up""a fail for teapots, or fans, or, in general, anything that they have heard some one else is collecting. And there are the born faddists. Thov are the people who have a single strong fancy or love for something. The man who collects musical instru ments because he cannot help it prob- ablv loved them when he was a baby, anil the real bibliomaniac doubtless never bad to lie reproved when be was an infant for tearing the leaves of his picture books. Hut, the exposition faddists were cre ated in still another way. They are the creatures of circumstances. ?sever were such opportunities for collecting curiosities presented to the American public before. His not strange that tin. v ii'l i 111s havt! lu't'n many. Some times the merest -trifles laid down the law of the coming fad. For instance two New York girls, were passing alone the Court of Honor, iu front tlm A ii-i-iiMil t ui-lt 1 building. All the white facades glenined in the sunlight and a troop of Navajo I .dians crossing the court looked so picturesque that they soon had a crowd arouiul tiioin. The two girls pressed through the peo ple till they reached the center of the group, where they suddenly became lost in admiral ion of a leather quiver full of arrows worn by one of the In dians. They priced it at once. The sum named was so fabulously large that they relinquished the quiver with a sigh. Hut each girl purchased an ar row. And, of course, those arrows vere exhibited at the boarding-house that night wilh the remaru that they were purchased from "a real Indian!" The next day the same young women were at the .lava nose village, when their eyes fell upon some more arrows. In a wcaS moment they yielded, and a Javanese arrow, "bought from a real Javanese," was placed with the Navajo weapon. That settled it. llahomey ans, South Sea Islanders, Japanese, Chinese, every nation which boasted an arrow, contributed a specimen, and now those two girls are rabid collect ors. A list of the fads which sprung into life and were nourished into vigor at the fair would be amusing enough. Ono woman w ho began as a mere joke, to purchase two or three of the "souven irs" which were for sale in almost infinite variety, llnally became such a full-Hedged collector, that she econo mized on meals, walked instead of rode, and finally took a cheaper room n order to matte her souveuir collec tion as complete us possible. She had nothing which did not bear the words: 'Columbian Kxposition." or: "World's TlppluR" In Europe Th trouble over "tips" in American ntlc ntii-1 rest.au rants would be large ly obviated if the European system of nnrc.entasres prevailed here. No French man pays extravagantly for the ex .,ii.nt. meals he trets in fans, but as p Frenchman pays something, the waiter is satisfied. All over Europe it is the custom to give the wane., a gratuity amounting to one-twentieth of the bill that he presents. He gets a five-cent tip for a one-dollar meal. Here a man is often expected to pay a twenty-five-cent tip for a seventy-live-cent meal, particularly when lie gets in a summer hotel. In America the tips are large, the returns indifferent. In Europe a small but fixed gratuity secures the best service. The European waiter is not, paid by the nunuorii. i.e nften navs WISDOM OF THE COW. there Are Occasions I', In " Her lutul lieuro Is Kcally Ki iiiiiikahle. "It is a popular belief that the dog is the most intelligent of all four-looted animals, and that next in the mental scale is the horse," said a St. l.ouiban to a Globe-Democrat man. "That is a mistake. The cow knows more than a horse and dog combined are capable of learning. An ordinary town cow who has been accorded reasonable facilities for acquiring general information is much wiser than some men who have been honored with proud positions and expensive funerals. The average town cow can open a gate that fastens with time lock, get into the garden and do fifty dollars' worth of damage before the exasperated owner can ram a charge of slugs into a muzzle-loading gun. I once lived in a village wliere one- half the inhabitants kept cows and ex pected them to forage their living ott the other half. Finding the usual gate fastenings of no avail I added a bolt and slept that night secure. The next morning every cow in the village was in my garden, and so full of cabbages that cost me two dollars a head to raise that they could not go through the gate, and Uuid to knock down a panel off the fence, to let them out. That night I added a log chain and a patent padlock and sat, up in company with a double-barreled gun 10 wnu-n proceed ings. An old brindled she-private came up and surveyed tho house to make sure we were abed. Then she shook the gate and again surveyed the house. Next she went to work 011 Ihc uoit. wuu her tongue. In five minutes she had it drawn and started to come in. She looked surprised to find herself still on the outside. Half a dozen of her com- Th Ward System oil Primaries Were th sme an TnoHir of Our Modem Cltme E:iot-Box stulBn Hoowo to tbe Ancients. The Pompeiians were in the midst of a hot political campaign when the citv was. destroyed by lava and ashes, A. I). 79. Dr. James C. Welling, presi dent of the Columbian university at Washington, has been studying the features of this ancient election, as they are recorded upon the walls and billboards which in those days iook the place of newspapers. In a very in teresting lecture before the Anthropo logical society, he gives a description of ward politics in Pompeii more than eighteen hundred years ago. It sounds astonishingly like the story of modern elections, with ward-ineetings, primar ies and appeals for candidates. The city seems to have had a thoroughly equipped political "machine." Polit ical clubs were numerous. Some of them were evidently composed of "the boys;" the Little Thieves, for instance, the I. ate Topers and the Sleepy Heads. Municipal elections were held once a year, and any citizen was at liberty to run for office. His intention to do so was made known by his friends post ing his name on the billboards and walls about tho city. One Titus Ge marius, a baker, who had a shop on a corner with a side wall running back along an alley, made a "handsome thing" by renting it for bulletin boards. After a candidate's nama had been posted for some time, he could tell pretty well whether he stood any chance of winning. If he saw that he did not, he went to the chief selectman and asked to have his name withdrawn; but if he thought his chances pretty good, his name was p"ut on the "white list," after which there was no back ing out. The system of wards and primary elections was practically the same as that followed in New York to-day. The electors' chosen at the primaries met at the Forum on election day to deposit their ballots, and fell into line as men do at the polls now. There were three judges of election, and each can didate was permitted to station one of his own men at the ballot box, to see that no intimidation was practised. The ballot box was very closely watched, a fact which seems to show (-.hut. ballot box stuffing was not un known even then. The candidate who carried a majority of the wards was elected. It will be seen that this gave the "machine" a fine opportunity for a gerrymander. The l'ompeiians "whooped it up" for their candidates in the true modern style. Thus the, Late Topers, who had their headquartersopposite the forum, announced their preferences on a bill board as follows: "The Late Topers beg their friends to vote for Marcus Lavinius Vatia for aidile." Vatia. who was a favorite in sport ing circles, evidently had some money to spend in the legitimate expenses of his campaign, for all his notices and announcements are well got up. His rival, I'opidius, either did not look after his. campaign, or else had no money to employ a competent bill poster, for his notices are misspelled, and in all respects unequal to Vatia's. Thebus, a tavernkeeper on the Via Storta, wanted C. tiavius Rufus andM. Itolconius Prisons elected duumvirs. They had probably promised to get his taxes lowered, or that the police snouiu let his place alone. Therefore Thebus had all the walls in his neighborhood decorated with "Thebus and his cus tomers nominate C. (lavius Rufus and M. llolconius l'riscus for duumvirs." The electors did not mind stirring up candidates who expected their friends to do all the work for them. One in scription reads: "0 Eubonius, keep your eyes open!" And Infans is prod ded as follows: "0 Infans, you are fast asleep, and yet you say you are elec tioneering!" There was a tavern in the first ward where a primary was probably held. At any rate, a large crowd had assem bled, and the landlord very obligingly provided seats. For this he was re warded bv an inscription on the wall. The sentiment was better than the cramniar: "O, landlord, you did great to get us them chairs!" Unluckily, Dr. Welling could find no record of how this election turned out. Probably the 'J:id and 'z-iin 01 nu Saved Her Life. Mrs. C. J. Woolpridoe, of Wortbam, Texas, saved the life of her child by the use ol Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. 6 One of my children had Croup. The case was attended hy oar physician, and was supposed to lie well under control. One niiht I was startled hy the child s hard breathing, and 011 going to it found it stnra Clinc. It had nearly ceased to breatlie. 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CANVASSERS WANTED. punions cum.- up nnU surveyed the new . me beore election day arrived. i n.i. . i. ..I... 11., Ix-irn in I lowe rv. i in; uiuiun- . .......... trying to lift the fj-ntf off its lunges. They iippenreil to lioM it council of war; then tin old spotted (fourmiiml in serted a horn under the chain, lifted it over the post rind the whole drove marched inside. I irnve it up and Uxik the (fate oil" its Ipivc 1 now raise all mv wiN'taliles at ilie iii::r'..ei." PERSONAL BREVITIES. I'Mneto I'lruloa Own Steamers. Hong Konif is nuich excited over a fresh outbifuU of piracy in the neigh' Inn-hood of that, colony, which seems to show that Chinese pirates re develop ing new tactics. For the first time in the history of piracy on the Chinese coasts a steam vessel has been made use of by the sea robbers. What is still more noteworthy is the fact that the vessel is believed to have been one of the imperial maritime customs launches. H is stated that a few pirates got on board the launch on the representation that they would point out the where abouts of a smuggling junk. The triek succeeded so well that soon afterward a sufllcient number of pirates to take complete possession of the launch were on board. Making the best use of their opportunity, it is reported that they succeeded iu looting three tr.ulISp junks Wore they parted with tho launch. MO. A DOilil HM!t Living. At a late meeting of n working-men's society at Berlin, the chairman gave notice of the decease of ono of the members, ami called on the assembly to honor the memory of the departed in the usual way by rising from their scats. This was done, ami iu the noise of the rising multitude the voice of a man was drowned, wdio had evidently something of importance to say in oppo sition to t he honorable mention granted to the deceased member, for he pushed forward through the crowd until he hail reached the platform. Having reached the chair the man entered a solemn protest against having his name struck off the list of members, even though it was done wilh honors, for he did not feel bad at all, but was full of life and ivlffor Tim (Jerman emperor has now turned his attention to sculpture, with results, it is said, quite as untoward as were the consequences of his interference with science and literature. Ma J. Gooi.d-Adams, who has been dispatched upon a pacific mission to Lobengula, is determined that it shall be pacific. He has taken five hundred men and a lot of Maxim guns with him. l'liixcEss T.ouse of Great Britain is j making quite a reputation asan actress before the queen. If by any chance the British people, should make up their minds to cut off the royal sub sidies she can be assured of a fortune in America. Miss Trcici-.u, the popular writer, who was known by the initials A. L. 0. E. a lady of England and wdio died in northern India recently, was buried according to the native idea, without a coffin, the body being placed upon a slab of wood and lowered into the grave. VltlXl'K Ltll'lS X.U'OI.EON BONAFAKTE has just left the Uussian army, to wear his uniform again only in case of war. lie is an exile without a home, for the famous villa of I'rangins, at the foot of the Alps, near hake Leman, is for ever c'.cscd. His one ambition was to become a great soldier; the privilege was denied him in I'ranee and he went to l'.ussia. Now he lays down his sword aud intends to travel. THB OLD DOCTOR'S tl LADIES' FAVORITE. ALWAYS RELIABLE and perfectly 8AFE. Te lame as used by thomands of woman all over the united states, 10 me jl.xj -uu-i'viMs pnvio mo. priGttoe, for 88 years, and not a stngU bad r"8"1 Money returned tl not as representee. 001 cents (ntatnpi) for sealed particulars. C3. WA2D INSTITUTE, 120 IT. IKnth Et., 8t. Louis, Uo. 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Ht The first correct answei ref-'eive. senler's vnwtmark taken in all cases as date of receipt to to Hw rv an an eoual chan-.'e, no matter wher ae or she may reside!, will secure the first prize; Uu wtMml. the nest pme, and so on. Thb Aimtet'i.Ti kist ts an old estabttshra concern, and iioss'sses ati-rle un aos to enable it to t arry out aL ts proniisea. ttwnd lor primed list of former pries winners ) JriwiES,The Mluwinu well-kmMrn genMrmwi havi sons,ntrti to a.t ss iud.t. andwilUee ih& .iit'triKt are fat-iy awardul : fuii.nuid.Te i'alcu'.t 'iTornetoi ialciut's T.nst' ' Suum-rvi, Vnt rhon.'i:h, ami Mr , STOCK BRANDS. While von kooD your subscription mid up yet can keep your brand in free of charge. Allvn. T. J.. lone. Or. Horpos G on lef shoulder; ctittle Bhme on Jeft hip, nnder bit ot riKht ear, aua upper uu on uie ieiL; riingw, mor row county. Armstronfr, J. C, Alpine, Or. T with bar un der it on left shouldor of horseB; cuttle euinf on left hip. Allifion. O. D.. Eieht Mile, Or. Cattle brand, O 1) on left hip and horeee same brand on right shoulder. Range, Eight Mile. AllriTia .1. .1.. Hammer. Or. Horees. JA con nected on lolt flank; cattle, same on left hip. RnHholiunpw. A. G.. Alpine, Or. Horsep branded 7 E on either shoulder. Range in ftloi- row countv Hlfnkm(in. Geo.. Hardman. Or. HorRos. a flap on left Bhoulder; cattle Rhine on right shoulder rtannister, J . VV., Haniman, ur. t Kittle Dnmo d B on left hip and thigh; split in each ear. branded B on left Bhoulder. Cattle same on right side. Burke, M 8t C, Long Oreek, Or On cattle, MAY connected on left hip, ciop oil left ear, nn der half crop off right. Horses, same brand on letft Bhoulder. Range in brunt ana narrow Bounty. Hroeman, Jerry, Jjena, ur. rtornes nranaeu ( i Heht shoulder: cattle B on tlie left side. Left ear half crop nd right ear upper elope. Hnrron. Wm.. ti miner, ur. -itorscs. J lion right thigh, cattle, same on right hip; split in each ear. Krown. Ifia. Lexington, Ur. Horses m on trie right stifle; cattle same on right hip; ratine, Mor row county. lirown, J. J., netipner, ur, noraes, circie P with tint in fioi tor on left hit): cattle, eame. Brown, vv. j.. ijena, vregou. nurKCs vv unr over it, on the left shoulder. Cattle same on left hip. Hover. W. W., M eppner, ur.-n nrses, noz brand on righ hip cattle, same, with split in each ear. Bom. F. O.. rleppner. Ur, Horses, r oon len Rrownlee. W. J.. Jjox.ur ( attle. .) connected on lofr. sidt: enm an left ear and two splits and middle piece cut out on right ear; on norses same brand on the left thigh; Range in Fox valley, Urant county, Carsner Warren. Wagner, Or. Horses li rand ul ri nn rio-ht stiflo : cattlf f three bars) oe right ribs, crop and split in each eur. Range in 0 rant and Morrow counties. Cain.E., Caleb.Or. Y L) on horeeH on left stifle 17 with Quarter circle over it. on left shoulder and on left stifle on all colts order 5 years; on left shoulder only on all horseB over 5 years. All range in Grant county. Clark. Wm. H... Lei. a. Or. Horses WHO con nected, on lft shoulder: cattle same on right hm. Ranee Morrow and Umatilla counties Cate. Ohas. R Vinson or Lena, Or, Horsee H C on right shoulder; cattle same on right hip. Kange morrow ana utnauua counties, Cecil. Wm.. Dounlas. Or.; horses J C on lef shoulder; cattle same on left hip, waddles on each jaw and two bits in tho right ear. Curl, T. U John Day, Or, Double crosB on nnnh hi it on oattle. swallow fork and under bit in right ear, Bplit in lef t ear. Range in Grant county. On sheep, inverted A ud spear point on shoulder. SL&r markoLi ewes, crop on leit ear nnnnhed miner bit in ritrllt. WetherB. crop in right and under half crop in left ear. Ail rango tn ijraut couutv. Cook. A. J.,Lena,Or. Horses, 90 on right shoul tier, t attle, same on right nip: ear marn squan nron ott left and emit m right. Currin. R. ,. Curriusville, Or. -HorBeB, 23 on loft Htino. Cot Fd. H.. Hnrdninn. Or. Caitle. C with E in center: horses. CE on left lip. Cm-hrHn. R- K.. Mnnnmpnt. (Trant Co. Or. Hi trees branded circle with bai beneath, on lef! Bhoulder: cattle same brand on both hips, mark mwliir eldnn litil h HRrS HH(J ilpwlfLO. ('hapin, 11.. Hardman. Or. Horses branded roii right hip. Cattle bntuded tlie same. Alt Kr.itd ( T nn hnrsHH litihL ihiuh: cm t e S brand on right shoulder, ai;d cut oft end ot" OicbfnB, Ebb Horse brai ded with three ritiMi fr.rk on lft stifle. Cattle sa-ne on left side. DoukUus, W. M .Oalloway. Or. Cattle, K Don right side, swailow-fork in each car; horses, R 1) on loft hip. r Douglaa, O. T., Douglas, Or Horses TD on the right stifle; cattle eame on right hip. Ely, J. B. A Sons, Douglas, Or. Horses brand ed ELY on left shoulder, cattle waine on left hip. hole ir right ear. Elliott, wash, right shoulder. Emery, C. 8., ITardmaii, Or. Horses branded reverst-d C with tail on left shmnder; cat tiesanie on riihl hip. Range in Morrow county. Eleek, Jackson, lieppner, OnHurt, counected on right shoulder; cattle same on right hip. Etn mark, hole in right and crop or! left. A I Florence, L. A., Heppner, Or. C attle, LF on 1 right hip; horses F with bur under on right ! shoulder, Florence, 8. P. Heppner, Or Horses, F on right shouldei ; cattle, i on right hip or thigh, trench, George, Heppner. Or. Cattle branded ' WF. with bar over it. on left side; crop oft left ! ear. Horses, same brand on left hip. ' Gay, Henry, Heppner, Or. bAX on left shoulder. Oilman-French, Land and Live Stock Co., Foe sil. Or. Horses, anchor S on left shoulder; vent, same on ieit stme. i atue, same on wuu nips ear marks, crop off right ear and nnderbit in left Heppner, Or. Diamond on Range in Gilitain, Orant, Crook and Morrow counties Gentry, Elmer, Echo, Or. Horses brsnded R. 8. with a quarter circle over it. on left stifle- Range in Morrow ana uinaiiiiacommee. Hayes. Geo., Lena, Or, Brand JH connected with quarter circle over it, on left shoulder. Hiatt A. B Ridge, Or. Cattle, rtmi.d-top with quarter circle under it on the right hip. Range in Morrow and I'ttiatillatinintiea. Hinton A Jenke. Hamilton. i'r i atue. two o.b right ear ana spin tu ten lUlfl, Milton, Wagner, Or.-Hnrses branded -O- (circle witi. parallel tails) on l--ft Bhoulder. ( attle same on left hip albo large circle on lef t side. . . . ... Hall. Edwin, Jonn way,tr. l ame rum rigiu. hip; horses same on right shoulder, tangain Grant county. Howard, J L, r-i alloway. Or. Horses, t cross will hnr nhoufl iM nn riaht nhouldpr: cattle same on left side. Range in Morrow aod Cma- tiilrt counties. Hughes, Mat, Heppner, Or. Horses, shaded heart on the left shoulder. Range Morrow Co, Hmisaker, B , Wagner, Or. -Horses, U on left rihouhler: ca: tie. 9 on left hip. Hardiaty, Albert, Nye, Oregon Horses.A H connected, on loft shoulder; Cattle en thB left hip. crop off left ear, Humphreys, J M.. Hardman, Or. Horses, H on lef flank Hayes, J. M., Heppner, Or. Horses, wineglass on !uft shoulder cattle, samo on right hip. Huston, Luther, Eight Mile, Or. Horse Hon the left slionlderand heart on the left stifle Cat tie same on left hip. Range in Morrow county, Ivy, Alfred, Long Creek, Or Oattle 1 D on right hip, crop off left. ear and bit in right. Horses same brand on left shoulder Range n Grant conntv Jones, Harry, Heppner, Or. Horses branded FT J on the left shoulder: cattle baanded J on right hip, hIbo underbit in left ear. Range xn Morrow ceuuty. Junkiu, 8. M., Heppner, Or. Horses, horse shoe J on left shoulder. Cattle, the sanis. liange on Eight Mile. Johnson. Felix, Lena, Or. Horses, circleT on left At ilie; cattle, same on right hip, under half ernp in right and split in left ear JenkinB, D W.,Mt. Vernon,Or.J on horses on Ifift shoulder: on cattle. 3 on left hip aud two smooth crops on both ears. Range in Fox and Hear valleys Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Horses branded KNY on left hip cattle same and crop off left ar ; under slope on the right Kirk, J. T., Heppner, Or. Horses 69 on left honlder; cattle, n9 on left hip. Kirk. J C, Heppner. Or. Horses. 17 on either clank: cattle It on right aide. Kirk, JeBse, Heppner, Or,; horaei 11 on left riLuulder; cattle same on right side, underbit on right ear. Kumberland.W.G.. Mount Vernon. Or. I Lon cattle on right and left sides, swallow fork in le ft -jar and under ciop in right ear. HorseB same irand on left shoulder. Range in Grant countv. Loften, Stephen, Eox, Or. 8 L on left hip on cattle, crop and split on right ear. Horses same brand on left shoulder. Range Grant countv. Lieuallen, John W., L'-f'v Or. Horses brumled half-ciicle JL connected on leftshoul- iier. Cai Ue. saint on left bin. Range, near Lex- nt on Leahey, J. W- Heppner Or. Horses branded Lano A O'i left shoulder; cettle same on left liip, wattle over nght eye, three Blits in right ear. Lord. George, Heppner, Or. Horses branded louhio il coLuectt Sometimes called a wing H, on left shoulder. Markham.A. M., Heppner, Or. Cattle large M on left side both ears cropped, and Bplit in ho'h. HorsoB M on left hip. Range, Clark's canjon.- Minor, Oscar, neppner, nr. Cattle, M D on righthip; horse. Mon lef t shoulder. Morgan, H. N Heppner, Or. Horses, M ) n h-'tl should"! cattle same on left hip. McCumber, Jas A, Echo, Or. Horses. M with 'ar over on right shoulder. Morgan. Tiios., Heppner, Or. Horees, circle T nn left shoulder and left thigh; oattle, 2 on ight thigh, Mitchell. Oscar, lone, Or. Horses, 11 on right hip; cattle, 77 on right side. McClareu, D. G., Brownsville, Or, Horees, Fissure ft on each shoulder; cattle. Ala on hip McCarty, David H. Echo Or. HorseB branded D7l connected, on the left shoulder; cattle same n hip and side. McGirr, Frank, Fox Valley, Or. Mule shoe with toe-cork on cattle on ribs aad under in tach ear; horseB same brand on left stifle, Mcllahv, ur. i ., riauniton. Or. Un borses. S with lutlf jlrole under on left shoulder;un cattle, four bars connected on top on the right side itange in Grant County. IS Hal. Andrew. Lone Rock.Or. HorseB AN con nected on left shoulder: cattle eame on both hips, portly kb, il., euverion. ur. norses, circle t on left thigh: cattle, eame on left hip. Oliver, Joseph, Canyon City, Or. A 2 on cattle on left hip; on horses, same on left thigh, Range in Grant county. Otlor, Perry, Lexington, Or. F O on left lioiiidor. Olp, Herman, Piairie City, Or. On cattle, O LP connected on left hip; horses on left stitio hd(1 warllo on nose. Range in Grant county, Pearson, Olave, Eight Mile. Or. Horses, quar ter circle shield on loft shoulder end 24 on left hip. Cattle, fork in left ear, right cropped. 24 nn left hip. Rungf on Eight Mile. Parker & Gleason, Hardman,Ort Horses IP on I' fl shoulder. Piper, Ernest, Lexington, Or. Hordes brand E (L E connected) oi, left shoulder ; cattle me on right hip. Range, Morrow counts. Pmnr. .1. H.. Lexington. Or. Horses. JE con. ected oi left shoulder; cattle, same on left hip. uler oil in each ear. Pettys, A. C, lone, Or,; horses diamond P on shoulder: Cattle. .1 H J connected, on the left hip, upper slope in left ear and Blip in the lJoweii, John r., uayvme, ur norses, jr oou 4p, ed on left Bhoulder. Cattle OK couuueted oil eft hio. two under half croDs. one on each ear. wat tle under throat. Rai ge in Grant county. Rood. Andrew, Hardman, Or. Horses, square croot wan quarter-circie over it on ion suite. Renmgor, Chris, Heppner. Or. Horses, C a on left, shoulder. Rice. Dan, Hardman, Or.; horses, three panel worm fence on left shoulder; cattle, DAN on right shoulder, itange near naraman. iovne. Aaron. Hermner. Or Horses. Plain V on left shoulder; cattle, same brand reversed on right hip and crop off right ear. Range in Mor row county. Rush Bros.. HeoDner. Or. Horses branded X m the right shoulder; cattle, IX on the left hip. crop oft left ear and dewlap on neck. Range in Mfinow ana adjoining counties. Rust. William. Ridce. Or. Horses R on left, shoulder; cattle, R on left hip, crop on" right ear, underbit on left ear. fciheop. 11 on weathers, round crop off righ ear. Range TJma tillaand Morrow ounbies. Reaney, Andrew, Eexmaton, Ur. rwrsei branded A K on right shoulder, vent quailoi circle over brand; cattle same on right hip. Range Morrow county. Rojse, Wm. H, Dairyville, Or HH connectec with ouarter circle over top ou cattle on right hip and crop off right ear and split in left. Horses sums brand on left shoulder. Range in Morrow Grant and Gilliam counties. Rector. J. W., Hopuner. Or. Horses. JO o toft Bhoulder. Cattle, Oon right hip. X Snicknall. J. W.. Gooseberry. Or. Horses branded il on left ehuuider; lange in Morrow county. Sailing. O t: Heppner, Or norses branded on left shoulder; cattle same on left hip. nwaggart, n. s ., Lexington, ur. norses with dash under it ou left stifle: cattle H with uash under it on right hip, crop off right ear and waddled on right hind leg. Range in Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla counties. Swautfart. A. Jj Athena. Or. liorses branded i un left shoulder; cettle same on left hip. Crop un ear, wattle on left hind leg. Straight W. E., Heppner, Ur.HorBes Bhaded J 8 on leli stifle; cattle J 8 on left hip, swallow fork m right ear, nnderbit in left. banu. Thos.. Heppner, ur. Horses. H A P ou left hip; cattle same on left hip. bhrier.John, Fox, Or. NO connected on horses on right hip; cattie, same on right hip, crop oft right ear and under bit in left ear. Range m (.Trant coauty. 8mith Bros., Susmville, Or, Horses, branded H. Z. ou shoulder; cattle, ame on lef t shoulder. bquires, James, Arlington, Or,; horses branded J8 on left shoulder; cattle the same, also nose waddle. Range in Morrow and Gilliam counties. btephens, V. A., Hardman, Or-; horses ti iS ou right stifle; cattle horizontal L on the right side 8tveuson, Mrs A. J., Heppner, Or. Cattie, 8 ou right bu ; bwallow-fork in left ear. Swaggart. G. W., Heppner, Or. HorseB, 44 on left bhouldei ; cattle, 44 on left hip. Bperry, E, G., Heppner, Or. Cattle W C on left tiip, crop off right and underbit in left year, dewlap; horses W C on left shoulder. Thompson, J. A., Heppner, Or. Horses, 5 on left stiouiu' r; cattle, 2 on left shoulder. Tippets. 8,T.,Enierprise.Or. Horses, tj-on left Hhotnder. Turner R. W., Heppner, Or. Small capital T lett shonldei, horses; cattie same on left hip with split in both ears. Thornton, U. M., lone, Or. Horses branded HT connected on left stifle; sheep aame brand. Vanderoool. H. T.. Lena. Or: Horses HV con. nected on right shoulder ;cattle, same on right hip Walbridtre, Wm.. Heppner. Or. Horses, TJ. L. on the left shoulder; cattle same on right hip. crop off left ear and right ear lopped. Wilson, Jonn Q Balem or Heppner, Or. Horses branded Jy on the left Bhoulder. Range Morrow county. ft urreu, W B, Caleb, Or Cattle W with quarter circle over it, on left Bide, split in right ear. Hon-pf same brand on left bhoulder. Range in Grant couuty. - Wrigiit, Mlae A. Heppner, Or. Cattle branded 8 W on the right hip, square crop ott right ear and split in left. Wade, Henry, Heppner. Or. Horses branded ace of spades on lett shoulder and left hip Cattle branded same on left side and left hip. Wells. A. 8., Heppner, Or. Horses, ewa on lef shoulder can same Wolfinger, John, John Day City. Or On horsei three parallel bars on left Bhoulder; 7 on sheep, bit in both ears. Range in Grant and Malhner count iea. W mid ward, John, Heppner, Or. Horses, UP connected on lef t shoulder. Watkins, Lishe. Heppner, Or. Horses branded TJE connecteo on left stifle. Wallace, Charles, Portland, Or. Cattle, W on nght thigh, holt in lef t ear; horses, W on right shoulaer. somt same on left shoulder. Whittier nros., nuniingion, Baker Co.. Or. -Horsee branded W B connected on left shoulder Williams. Vasco, Hamilton, Or. Quarter cir cle over three bars on left hip, both cattle and horses. Range Grant county. Williams. J O. Long Creek. Or Horses, quar ter circle over three bars on left hip; cattle same and slit in each ear. Range in Grant county j Wren, A. A., Heppner, Or. Horses rcnningA A ; on shoulder; Cattle, same on nght hip. Walker Elizabeth & Sons, Hardman Or.- branded (E connected) EVV on left iiui-rff, tr rrvrii"!H, Bins mt , wnmv vu - Rot.-rt.oti rr.i.lw. Turns V: -vt.vi ( m;.aiy, lVt on right hip an a on ien sim. swulw twmufih T!.-t.:rr il iun y Wwr Ai-dna. AoJi ( right ear and slit in left- Kange in Haystack Horses. J on right thign. rwmge ui yjjj"" n axtie Haghea, Samuel. Wagner, Or h tl H L .side, hurw-e wme on right shoulder. J. W couHectedton right aliouUler on horwr; on cattle, v, Ut-r s cattle, sameon left hip. horses same vu n-ii ffimuiun. mi range in juniuv COUDly ioung, J. 8., Goosetierry, Or. Hcteea branded T8 on the riflht ihoold-.