PATENTS!
NOTICK TO INVENTORS.
There was oever a time in the hiHrory
o( our country when the demand fur
inventions and improvements in the arts
and scienoes generally was so great as
now. The conveniences of mnjkind in
the faotory and workshop, the household
and ou tbp 'arm, an woli ad in olli-'ial
lite, require continual uecefisioiiB to the
appurteuanoe anil implimenta of tsucli
io order to save labor, time and eipense,
The political change in the administra
tion of government does not. affeot the
progress of the American inveotor, who
being on the alert, and ready to por
ceive the existing deficiencies, does not
permit the affairs of government to de
ter bim from quickly oouoeiving the
remedy to overcome existing discrepan
cies. Too great oire cannot be exer
O'ued in choosing a competent and skill
ful attorney to prepare and prosecute
aa application for patent. Valuable in
teresls have been lout and destroyed in
innumerable instances by the employ
nient of incompetent counsel, and es
pecially is this advioe 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 quiok endeavor to
get an allowanoe and obtain the fee.
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Itappr rliaructr llrawlnfr.
A writer in Neriltnrr's has the butler
in mind when ho records his impres
sions in the episode subjoined. That
mixture of conscious self-importunce
and settled myllilu'liiily which (rives
the butler an austere and formal look
lihe it boss undertaker's is admirably
noted with free hand: "X runr and
brought the desired l,upton. lie had
been with usonly a few days, but I hrul
noticed that he was possessed with a
deeper Kloom than is usual even with
his class. He bore the afternoon tea
quite as if it were the cremated re
mains of the most valued member of
the family and hud a sacritlcinl sort of
w ay of olTerinjr np breakfast and din
ner." Th. MmiJIk Cur.
Alexander 111. swins determined to
live up to Iun sobriquet of "the nioujik
cz.ar." lie has just arllxed his signa
ture to a project of law now bein(f
elaborated by the council of the em
pire, which is destined to render in
alienable the landed allotments of the
peasants. The object of this measure
is, of course, to prevent the seizure of
the land for debt by the money lenders,
whom he rcpardN as the principal cause
of the presentdistressand agricultural
depresnion in his dominions. V'or the
peasant, when once deprived of their
lauds, lose every Interest in the wel
fare of their "mir,"or comtuuuity, and
drift away to the towns and cities in
search of work, where they help to
swell the ranks of the unemployed,
who constitute a permaneut source of
embarrassment to the authorities.
In southern Kurope the peasants al
ways eat fruit iu its natural shape and
never think of treutinif it to doses of
siitfiir, salt or other seasoning. Around
Naples ami in Malajra the people bite
a hole iu the orange, suck out the juice
and then throw the orange Kwav.
Some American people often do the
same, but the American must try his
hand at improving nature, so he puts a
lump of sutrur in it. Au orange planter
thinks such a tiling a desecration.
The CommtMi i.Uf.
(iriint Allen relates thai ).
tin one day under the shade of the
Hphiux, tiunint; for some petty point
of detail to his Hnedeker. A sheik,
looked at him sadly and si,(M,k llis
head. "Murray K'ood," he said, in a
solemn voice of warning; "naedeker
no o-ooti. tint for you use lluedeker?"
"No, no; Hnedeker is best," answered
Mr. Allen; "why do you object to
Hnedekej-r The sheik crossed his
hands and looked down on him with
the pitying eyes of lsLjiju. "Hnedeker
bail book," he repeated; "Murray verv
very (.Mod. Murray say. 'Oive the sheik
half a crown;' Baedeker say: -Uive 'he
sheik a shilling.' "
TtV WW
A FAMOUS HAAh DUEL
Recalled by the Recent DtMoter to
the Blears arge.
Th. M.normble Rncoanter Tht Ftm4
N urther. Merchantmen frM a
roe That Wrought Have.
Amonft Them.
The Alabama put into the harbor of
Cherbourg , France, in June, 1864, to ef
fect some necessary repairs. The Kear-
sar?e, then in command of Capt. John
A. VVinslow, appeared off the harbor
on June 14. The Kearsarge, says the
haw York Times, cruised off the en
trance to the harbor, but did not make
the mistake of anchoring in the port,
as that act would have given the con
federate vessel a start of twenty-four
hours whenever she might choose to
leave, it being an international law
that beligerent vessels anchoring in
neutral port must not leave within
twenty-four hours of each other. The
Tuscarora had made that error a short
time before, and when she started in
pursuit of the Sumpter from Southamp.
ton harbor she was promptly ordered
back to her berth by the Hritish au
thorities, and a naval force sufficient
to enforce the mandate was in readi
ness.
Capt. Winslow made demonstrations
which were equivalent to a challenge,
and, knowing the character of Semmes,
he had little dount that it would be ac
cepted, and set about preparing his
ship for action. The heavy anchor
chains were gotten up out of the chain
locker and suspended along the sides
of the vessel so as to protect the vital
parts of the ship. This chain armor
was concealed by deal boards, which
were nailed over it.
The word was passed through the
ship on Sunday morning, June la, that
the Alabama was coming out. The
decks of the Kearsarge were cleared
for action and the drum beat to quar
ters. The two ships were almost even
ly matched as to size, the Kearsarge
measuring 1,081 tons and the Ala
bama 1,01ft. In weight of metal
thrown in a broadside, the Kearsarge,
though mounting one gun less than
the confederate vessel, had a distinct
advantage, the Kearsarge throwing
i'M pounds to the Alabama's 800. The
battery of the latter vessel consisted
of six thirty-two pounders, 100-pounder
lllakely rifle, and one eight-inch Bhell
gun.
The Alabama was the first to open
fire. The Kearsarge reserved hers un
til the enemy was 1,000 yards distant,
then gave a broadside from her star
board battery. Thebigeleven-inchguns
of the Kearsarge did terrible execu
tion on the decks of the Alabama, and
finally one of them planted a shell in
the Alabama which reduced that ves
sel to a sinking condition and made
surrender necessary.
Capt. Winslow then gave his atten
tion to the rescue of the Alabama's
crew. The confederate admiral was
picked up by the English yacht Daer
hound, which conveyed him to Eng
land. Semmes claimed tbit the powder of
the Alabama had become "caky" and
had lost its strength, and that the
fuses of his shells were defective. One
of the Alabama's shells buried itself in
the stern post of the Kearsarge, but
failed to explode. Had the fuse acted,
it is said that the Kearsarge would cer
tainly have been disabled by the loss
of her rudder. The shell is now in the
navy museum in Washington.
Since that memorable encounter the
Kearsarge had been almost constantly
in service. She had had few occasions
to visit navy yards, and had displayed
her pennant in nearly every important
harbor of the world. She had the rep
utation of being always ready for duty,
and lately had been busily employed
in protecting American interests In the
West Indies and searching for dere
licts on the North Atlantic.
Asa fighter she had outlived her use
fulness. Her two eleven-inch guns
had been replaced by eight-inch rifles
of the muzzle-loading type, ner speed
in later years was much less than it
was when the vessel fought the Ala
bama. Then she was credited with
fourteen knots an hour. Her original
boilers were taken out several years
ago, and a set which was intended for
the Nantasket, a much smaller vessel,
Was substituted. They were not near
ly so good as the old ones. Capt.
Elmer says that iu the period he com
manded the Kearsarge he was unable
to get much more than eight knots out
The' vessel measured two hundred
and ten feet four inches in length and
had a beam of thirty-three feet tun
inches. She was bark rigged, having
been converted from a ship, which was
her rig when she fought the Alabama.
She was built in the navy yard at
Vortsuiouth, N. H., at a cost of $'J7i,-
61i.
Exposed the Trick .
An amusing incident recently oc
curred at a town in the south of
I'rance, during the visit of a circus.
One of the chief attractions of the
show was a troupe of performing dogs,
and, after the' had gone through vari
ous feats, their trainer announced that
Azor, the most accomplished of them
all, would favor the audience with a
piano-forte solo. Accordingly Azor
mounted the chair and struck up the
"Marseillaise." At this moment some
one in the audience shouted "Uats!"and
Azor made one bound in the direction
of the cry. This created great laugh
ter, which doubled when it was no
ticed that the piano went on playing,
thus revealing the trick that had been
perpetrated.
FEMININE FANcTeS.
Heads iu every imaginable shape,
color and arrangement are to be worn.
Mks. Cleveland wears little jewel
ry, though she has oases full of all
sorts of precious stones.
llKKp, square collars, sometimes fall
ing in folds at the edge, will be one of
the features of autumn jackets.
"I don't know of any little fashion
more pleasing," said a mother, refer
ring to the vogue of tan stockings
with tan-colored shoes for children's
wear.
Vlais cashmere, camel's hair or vail
ing dresses with trimmings of black
velvet are much liked. The velvet is
shaped into bretelles. yoke, bodice
pieces and cuffs. This is preferred to
slnrringorplaiting.
ADDITIONAL UH'ALS.
"Hardware" did yorj ay? Why, yes
at P. 0. Thompson Co.'b stand, and the
plaoe for bargains. a
The Keeley Institute, at forest Grove
onree liquor, opium, morphine, oooain.
and tobaoco habit . See ad. i
FAVORS WESTERN IDEAS.
The China, tlreroy shotrlnr That lie Be
lieve. In rhe alne of Frlncatlon.
T-.i IIungTlutng has given one more
instance of his readiness to adopt west
ern ideas where they may some day
add to China's power to cope with the
foreigner on the field and afloat by
the building of a large medical col
lege, which he opened recently at
Tientsin, in connection with the naval
service. This, says a writer in the
New York Herald, is the first institu
tion of the kind worth speaking of,
started by the Chinese government,
which, despite its craze for western
arms, and foreign ships of war, has
hitherto made no provision whatever
for treating its wounded. The college
is upon an extensive scale and will be !
under the charge of a distinguished
graduate of Dublin university, who
was selected for the post by the lata
Sir A. Clarke. The establishment of
the college is largely due to the per
sonal efforts of Dr. Irwin, the viceroy's
medical attendant, and to a talente
Canadian lady, Dr. King, who exer
cised much influence upon the late
I.ady Li, and she, in turn, had long
urged the viceroy to lay the founda
tion of an institution where the Chi
nese might be taught the knowledge
of the west in the. healing art, in
which both the viceroy and his late
wife strongly believed. Already some
twenty well educated, English speak
ing young Chinamen have entered the
college, and teaching has already com'
menccd. The opening of the new in
stitution was attended by a pleasing
ceremonial, in which the foreign and
Chinese officials displayed the most
friendly relations and gave utterance to
the most amicable sentiments toward
each other. The aged but still vig
orous viceroy evinced the liveliest in
terest in the entire proceedings.
A DOUBLE BASS CLUB.
IfkWM to Avoid Lugging the Bg Ball
Fiddle. Around.
A gold-laced person got on a crowded
Brooklyn trolley car and hung a bass
drum over the brake-handle, says the
New Tork World. The car lurched
and the man next to him stepped on
the gold-laced person's toes, and, being
thus introduced, began a conversation
about the drum.
"Heap of bother carrying a drum
around, isn't it?"
"Yes, but not so much as a double
bass, one of these big bass fiddles, you
know bull fiddles."
"Are they much trouble?"
"Well, they are this much trouble.
that they won't let you get on a car in
Brooklyn with one. In New York you
have to get a permit to carry one, just
the same as if it was a concealed
weapon. Once, here in Brooklyn, I'd
have to take a carriage for it. But now
I belong to a double bass club."
"Have pretty good times, I suppose?
You get together and smoke and have
some beer and play solos on your double
basses."
The gold-laced man looked down
and laughed silently. Well, it Is kind
of funny to think of a lot of men sit
ting around and playing solos about
two octaves below the singing voice.
Vootnf! Voomfl
No," said he after a bit. "All the
fellows that play the double bass be
long to this club and pay two dollars a
year dues. They have a lot of instru
ments and every place they have to go
to play there is a closet containing a
bass, to which only members of the
clubs have keys. There is a book in
the closet, and every time a fellow uses
the bass he marks down his name.
They have them in all the halls and
theaters, and in the summer time on
all the barges and excursion steamers.
The two dollars from each member
goes for repairs."
So that's the reason why you can't
remember having seen a double bass
on the street cars, no matter how hard
you try.
A Hug. Piece of Cut Ol.H.
The largest piece of cut glass ever
made in America, was lately on exhi
bition in New York. It was made at
the pioneer cut-glass factory of the
United States now about forty years
running. 1 lie piece weighed seventy
pounds before it was decorated and
lost about twenty pounds in the cut
ting. It is a punch bowl, eighteen in
ches high, and twenty-four inches in
diameter. The actual cost of production
was nearly four hundred dollars and five
men were busied five days in decorat-
ng it. American cut-glass makers ad
mit that one English house surpasses
them in some kinds of work, but in
sist that the continental glass cutters
do not equal their American rivals.
English glass cutters earn verv moder
ate wages, but the pay of skilled men
n the United States is from twentv-
flve dollars to thirty-five dollars per
week. Strange to say, American in
ventors have not greatly improved the
machinery for cutting glass. It still
insists of the iron wheel fed with
sand for the first rough cutting: the
stone wheel with water for the next
process; the wooden wheel with putty
dust for the next, and the brush wheel
for the final polishing. Many native
Americans are now skilled glass-out
ers.
Getting Kven with the Men.
It has long been an acknowledged
fact that the French matron does not
waste much time in lamentation when
her husband arrives at the period
where clubs and stag dinners are more
nviting to him than her society, says
the New York World. But the regular
ly organized club tr beguile time on
such occasions is comparatively new.
Such a one has recently been instituted
by wives of a group of artists and
literary men, who hold a monthly
gathering which they call the dinner
ties couteaux. The ladies have, there
fore, dubbed theirs the dinner des
fourchettes, and it takes place on the
same night at the house of each menv
tier in turn, who alone, on the occa
sion, is permitted to invite friends not
belonging to the society. One rule
laid down is that the couteaux are to
come to fetch their wives the four
chettes after eleven o'clock in the
evening.
What Wm on 111. Mind,
The Hartford Post records a striking
instance of preoccupation which oc
curred in that city not long ago: A
teacher in one of the public schools
asked her pupils to write a sentence
containing the pronoun "1." A small
colored boy responded thus: "My
mother made a shortcake. It was so
short I' did'nt get any of it."
BrcKWHKAT cakes are much better
when raised with yeast than with bak
ing powder. Save a cupful of the bat
ter each time- you bake them to raise
the next batch with. This is equiva
lent to having fresh years each time
you make them.
IN STRANGE LANDS.
' Ttons never think of whistling in
Iceland. It's a violation of the divine
law.
The mahogany boards produced from
a single tree recently cut down in Hon
duras were sold in Europe for eleven
thousand dollars.
In the far north the sun remains
above the horizon seven weeks at a
time, hence the term "midnight" sun
has been applied to it by travelers.
Labrador, a country which we al
ways associate with arctic snowdrifts,
icebergs, etc., has nine hundred species
of flowering plunts, i fifty-nine ferns
and over two hundred and fifty species
of mosses and lichens.
Is South Africa the Kaffir servants
have formed a union to which the mem
bers have to -rive a ''character" for
their mistrossi-s. No uu-uiber is al
lowed to enter ufion a situation unless
the registered iliiira-'ter (,f the mis
tress of the house is Mitisi'uctory.
POSTAL NOTES.
F Pigeons were employed in the mail
service in Bible times.
. Pennsylvania has 4ii3 postmistress
es. In the lnited States thcy number
near 0,000.
Onck in every eii.'ht years all locks
on the I'niteil States mail bags are
changed to insure safety.
If Ireland gets homo rule it is quite
probable a new set of portage stumps
for use in that country, and distinct
ively Irish, will bo issued. .Mr. Glad
stone tells the Philatelic Journal that
this matter "will be one for the consid
eration of the Irish government."
A new stamp is to be issued in Great
Britain of the value of 4)4 pence 9
cents to be available for all postal,
telegraphic and revenue purposes. It
will be the first stamp issued of this
value, and its issuance is called for by
the new features of telegraph and
nnstal-post business.
, ASTRONOMICAL FACTS.
' Astronomers claim that in the planet
Neptune the temperature reaches nine
hundred below zero.
Tiik Bruce telescope, built in Cam
bridgeport, Mass., and which is itow
nearly ready for mounting, will bu set
up by Prof. Pickering, of Harvard uni
versity, at Arequipa, Peru, in the heart
of the Andes, as the most eligible spot
for the purpose in the universe.
The star Alcyone is so remote from
the earth that the light which now ar
rives at our eyes, even though it speeds
on its way at the rate of one hundred
and eighty thousand miles a second,
has not improbably taken a century or
more than a century to reach us.
The ruddy color of Mars is thought
by Herschel to be due to an ochery
tinge in the soil; by others it is at
tributed to peculiarities of the atmos
phere and clouds. Lambert suggests
that the color of the vegetation on
Mars may be red instead of green.
: WELL WORTH A GLANCE.
There is about four hours and forty
five minutes difference between New
York and Liverpool.
The river approaches to Lake Nica
ragua abound with the only species of
fresh-water shark known to scientists.
John Habe, of Elkhart, Ind., has an
eight-dollar bill, which he claims to be
the oldest specimen of United States
money extant. It was issued in 1778,
The highest chimneys in the world
are two in Glasgow, one being 468 feet
high and the other 455 feet, while one
near Cologne comes next with a height
of 441 feet.
f The bishop of Southwark, England,
complains that "few people have any
idea how often 'he gets his hands
pricked or scratched, owing to the
careless way in which the caps or veils
worn by the female candidates for con
firmation are fastened on."
HASH AND REHASH.
fmooirsTONE is a variety of feldspar.
The estate of the late Richard Jes
sup, of San Francisco, valued at $140,
000, was completely absorbed in four
years by the lawyers of the young heir.
In its manufacture a knife is handled
by seventy different artisans from the
moment the blade is forged until the
instrument is finished and smoothly
wrapped up for market.
The tresses that arc attached to the
heads of dolls are made of the hair of
the Angora goat. Its product, which
is controlled by an English syndicate,
is said to be worth $40,000,000 a year.
When the thermometer registers 100
degrees the cable which draws the cars
of the East river bridge, New York, is
seven feet and six inches longer than
when the thermometer is at zero.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
" Dog-barhers are quite common in
Paris. Their chief duty is to shave
poodles.
Denmark has a woman bicyclist who
is secretary of the Danish Road club
and who has made the marvelous rec
ord of 101 miles in twelve hours.
Magna Chart a, the great charter of
Englishmen's liberties, is preserved in
the British museum. It is somewhat
stained by time, but King John's seal
and name are still quite legible at the
bottom of it.
From the Amphictyonie league, 1498
B. C, to the treaty of Zurich, in 1859,
no fewer than 8,rt!)7 treaties have been
concluded, out of which only one has
been respected the Methuen, between
England and Portugal.
NEWSPAPER PICKINGS,
.
niGHi.Y Commeniied. Uncle "Well,
Fritz, do you like your new teacher?"
Fritz "Oh, very much; he is ill one
day out of three." Seifenblasen.
Hotel Clerk (Chicago) "Sir, you
are leaving without your board bill!"
Guest "Of course I am! Don't take
me for a freight train, do you?" At
lanta Constitution.
Schoolmaster "Why was it that his
great discovery was not properly 8p
preciated until long after Columbus
was dead?" Nineteenth Century School
boy "Because he ditln't advertise,
sir." Tid-Hits.
He "Now that our little quarrel is
all made up, I would ask you to take a
good cigar, if you were a man." She
"And if you were a woman, I should
ask you to join me in a real good cry "
Indianapolis Journal.
The general nirrcnandise establish
ment formerly owned by Coffin i McFar
land, has lately changed hands, now be
ing under the control and management
of The MoFarland Mercantile Companv,
wbioh continue, busmen at the old stand
with IvMet Moek loan ever.
WW
Or La Grippe, thuiic-h m-casitmaHy epi
ilemie, is always moro or less prevnlent.
The best rnipdy for this eumptaiut
ia Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
" Last Spring;, I was Tiiken down with
La Grippe. At times I was completely pros
trated, and so difficult was my breathing
that my breast seemed as if confined in an
iron cage. I procured a bottle of Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral, and no sooner had I bepan
taking it than relief followed. I could not be
lieve that the effect would he so rapid and the
cure so complete. It is truly a wonderful medicine."-
W. II. Williams, Crook City, S. D.
AYER'S
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Prompt to act, sure to euro
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Foot-Fiintsoii the Puth to lit tilth.
Everyone needing a doctor's advice
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pftmptilets oti ''Old Eyes," "Group,"
,'Ruptnre," "Phimosis," "Yftricooeie,"
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STOCK R RAN 08.
While yon keep yonr subscription paid np ic
can keep your brand in free of charge.
Allyn. T. J., lone, Or. Horatw on left
shoulder; cnttle pmne on left hip, nudor bit on
right ear, and upper bit on the left; range, Mor
row county.
Armstrong, j; C, Alpine, Or. T with bar un
der it on left shoulder of horses; cattle eaine
on left hip.
Allison, O.D., Eight Mile. Or.-Cattle brand,
O D on left hip and horses name brand un right
shoulder. Kuuge, Kight Mila.
Adkins, J. J., Heppner, Or. Horses, JA con
nected on left ttank; cattle, same ou loft hip.
Barthohuuew, A. G-, Alpine. Or. Horses
branded 7 E .n either shoulder, flange in Mor
row oountv
Bleakman, Geo., Hardman, Or.HorseB, a flag
oi'left shouldon cattle name on right shoulder.
liaunister, J. W., Hardman, Or. Cattle brand
ed K on left hip and thigh; split in eaoh ear.
Brenner, Peter, Gooseberry Oregon Horses
branded PB on left shoulder. Cattle same on
right side.
Hurke, M St C, Long Creek, Or On cattle,
MAY connected on left hiu. ciod off left, r. rm
dor half crop off right. Horses, same brand on
lettt snouiaer. i&unge in urunt and Slorrow
Bounty.
BroBUian, Jerry, Lena, Or. Horses branded 7
on right shoulder; cattle B on the left side.
Left enr half crop i nd right ear upper slope.
Barton, Win.. Heppner, Or, -Horses, J B on
right thigh, cattle, same on right hip; split in
Bach ear.
Brown. Isa, Lexington, Or. Hoi-bob IB on the
right stifle; cattle same on right hip; range, Mor
row county.
Brown, J. C, Heppner, Or. Horses, circle
C with dot in cei ter on left hip; cattle, same.
Brown, W. J., Lena, Oregon. Howes W. har
over it, on the left shoulder. Cattle same on left
hip.
Hover. W. G.. Hennner. Or. Hnrnnn hn
brand on riyti hip cattle, same, with split in
each ear.
Bonr. P. O.. HeDrner. Or. Horses. P R on lfr
shnuJdor; coUlo, same on left hip.
Brownlee,.W. J Fox,Or Cattle, JB connected
on left Bide; crop on left ear and two splits and
middle piece cut out on right ear; on homes same
brand on the left thigh; Kange in Fox valley,
Grant county,
Carsner Warren. Waener. Or. Borne hrnnH.
ed O on right KtirJo ; cattle EE (three barn) on
right ribe, crop and split in each ear. Kange in
uraiu, auu jioitow counnos.
tain.K, Caleb,Or, Y D on horses onleft Btifle
D with Quarter circle over it. on left, shnnlHor
and on left stifle on all oolta under A years; on
left shoulder only on all horses over 5 years. All
ranee in Grant county.
Clark. Win. il.. Lena. Or. Horses WHO oon.
nected. on left shoulder: cattle same on right
hip. ltaiige Morrow and Umatilla counties.
vate, nas, n., Vinson or L-ena, Ur. Horses
n .j on ritrnt snouiaer: cati ie same on H-hr hm
Itange Morrow and Dmatllla counties.
Cecil. W m.. Doutrlas. Or.: horses J n nn lf t
shoulder; cattle same on left hip, waddlea on
each jaw and two hits in the right ear.
Curl, T. H John Day, Or. Double cross on
each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit
in right ear, split in left ear. Kange in Grant
county. On Bheep, inverted AaM spear point
on shoulder. Ear markoii ewes, crop on left ear
pouched upper bit in right. Wethers, crop in
right and under half crop in left ear. AU rangs
in Grant conntv.
Cook. A. J. .Lena.Or. Horses. flOon rirht ntmnl
der. Cattlo, same on right hip: ear mark Bquare
urop uu iuii auu spin iu ngnt.
Currin, K. Cmrineville, Or. -Horsee, Q on
left atine.
Cox fc.d. S., Hardman, Or.-Caitle. C with
f in center; horses, CIS on left Mo.
Cochran, K. li. , Monument, Grant Co, Or.
Horses branded circle with bar btneath. nn lft
shoulder; cattle same brand on both hips, mark
under slope both ears and dewlap.
i tiapin, ii., iiarttinan. Ur. Horses branded
l on riifht hiu. Cattle braudod the same. Ala.,
brands ( I on horttes right thigh; cait'e twine
Drami on ngni snouiuer, ai.a rut on end of
r ik I it ear.
Dickens, Ebb Horses brarded with three
tinea fork on left btitle. Cattle ea'ne on left side.
Douslaes. V. M .Galloway. Or. Cattle. K Don
right side, svadow-fork in each ear; horses, ft D
on left hip.
Oougias, u. i ., Douglas, Ur Horeee TD on
the right shtie; cattle same on right hip.
Elv. J. B. t Hons. Done las. Or. HomM hranri.
ed klA on left shoulder, cattle same on left
hip. note in right ear.
Elliott, wash., lieppner. Or. Diamond on
right shoulder.
Emery, C. B., Hardman, Or. Horses branded
reversed ('with tail on left shoulder ; cat
tie pame on rhiht hip. Kange in Morrow county.
Eleek, Jackson, Heppner, Or. Horses, 7F
connect! oil right shoulder; cattle same on
right hip. Earmark, hole in right and crop
i ten.
Florence. L. A.. Heiumer. Or. Cattle. LF on
riktht hip; horse V with bar under on riirht
shoulder.
Elorence, 8. P, Hepuner, Or Horses, on
right should! ; cattle, t on right hip or thigh.
Irench, George, Heppner, Or. Cattle branded
WF, with bar over it. on left side; crop off left
ear. Horst, same brand on left hip.
Gav. Henry. HeDDner. Or. GAY on left
thoulder.
Gilman-French. Land and Livestock Co.. Fos
sil, Or. Horses, anchor 8 on left shoulder; vent,
same on left stine. Cattle, same on both hips
ear marks, crop off right ear and underbit in left
Kantre in Uiuiain. ttrant, i;rook and Morrow
counties
Gentry. Elmer. Echo. Or. Horses branded H.
8. with a quarter circle over it, on left stifle,
nange in morrow auu j uhlii l-iujj www.
Hayes. Geo., Lena, Or, Brand JH connected
with quarter circl over it, on left shoulder,
Hiatt A. B.. Hidjre. Or.-Cattle. round-ton 4
with quarter eircle under it on the right hip.
Kance in Morrow ana Lmsuiia counties.
Hinton A Jenks. Hamilton, ur Cattle, two bars
on either hip; crop in right ear and split in left.
Horses, 4 on ngnt tmgn. flange in urant county
uugi"", ooui. "uri r A K MJ
connected) on right shoulder on horses; on cattle,
on right hip and on left side. wallow fork in
right ear and slit in left. Kjlb in Haystack
district. Morrow ooontj.
Hale, Milton, Waitiitir, O, Horeea brand.!
-O- (circle with paralM Utile) en left sbouiilrr
Cftttlebatne on left hip airo iMgc circle ou left
rtide.
Hall, Edwin. John I'Ny.Or.Catt E Hon ri(jhf
hip: horsiw baioe on nyttt nhnil-!w. 1 an ii.
Graut county.
Howaid, J L, - alloway. Or. Hordes. ; w-ri
with har above it) on right shnulrtir; tiuje
same on le)t side. Range in Morrow . Cma
tiila counties.
Hughes, Matt Heppner, Or. Horses, shaded
hwart on the left Bhoulder. Itauge Morxow Co
Hunsakor, H , Way ner. Or.-Uorsea, b on Joft
shoulder: oa'tie. H on left hip.
HardiBty, Albert, Nye, Oropon Horses, A R
connected, on left shoulder; Cattle on tha left
hip, crop off left ear,
Humphreys, J M. Hardman, Or. Rones H on
lef: tlaiik
Hayes, J. MM Heppner. Or. Horses, wineglass
onleft shouidoi cattle, samo on right hip.
Huston, Luthor, Eight Mile, Or. Horse H on
tho left shoulder aud heart on the left stine f 'at.
tlpftameon left hip. Kange in Morruw comity
Ivy. Alfred, Loug Creek. Or Cattle 1 D ou
uK,ili .(..uwi.u inuBwruiumi 111 nglll. M:iM
same brand on Jett shoulder Kange n Grunt
Jones, Harry, HeppniT, Or Horses branded
H J on the loft shoulder; cattle baaaded J .y
right hip, hIso underbit in left ear. Kange in
Morrow ceuntj .
Juukin,8. M., Heppner, Or Horaea, horse
shoo J or. left shoulder. Catrie. the eroo?
liungo on Eikcht Mile.
Johnson, fcelix. Lena, Or. Horses, circle! on
on rmio, tni.if.LWiuuuu riKOt, nip, limiyr half
crop in right and split in left ear
ueiiiiiB, i r.,iiii,. TMiim,ur.-j oniiorreson
left shoulder; ou cattle, J on left hip and two
srauoih crops on both ears. Kange iu Fox and
Bear valleys
Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Horses branded
KNY on left hip. cattle same and crop off leit
ear: under slope on the right
Kirk, J. T., Hoppner. Or. Horses t!U on left
phouider; cattle, M on loft hip.
Kirk. J C, Heppner. Or. iloreos. 17 ou cither
Hank: cattle IT on right bide.
Kirk,
Blioulder; cattle same un right side, undorbit un
right ear.
Ui.mWl.nJ W n ILf . 1 n . .
cattle on right and left Bides, ewailow fork in le 1 1
. "'. ui"l in .wit uer. noraee earns
brand on left shoulder. Itange iu Umut oountv.
..... u...,7, v.. o u on lett hiD
on CHttlo. crop and spilt nn right ear. llorses
oumitv. u.,.uor. Jiauge Kraut
Lienallen, John W., iri".'"- Or -Horse.
branded half-circle JL connected on left shoul.
Sncton " ' '''"' "R"Ke' n"1"' 11-
Lwihey. J W. lloppner Or.-floraes brmidfd
1. ana A oo left shoulder; cettia sauiu on Mt
hip, wattle over right eje, three elite iu r.ht
liord, George, heppner, ur.-Horses hriuuieil
r ,, ..i.iiv.v.,, .-.ouienuies called a
swing II. on lett enoulder.
Marklmm. A. M., Heppuur. Dr. Cattle larue
M on le , side boll, ears oropMdTpl Hi
boih. Horses M im li ft lux,, liange. flaU'i
canyon. B
. Minor, Oscar, tieppuor, Dr. rattle, H li n
riKUt hip; horse. Al on loft shoulder.
Morgan, S. N.. Heppner, Or.-Horses, M )
on li'fi shonlrioi cattle same on left hiu
McComkar, Jus A, Kcho, Or.-Horses. M with
bar over on right shoulder.
iHoiBiin. Thi.. Heppner, Or.-Horses, cin,-;e
V1.1 A J'buuhUr aud left thigh; cuttle, t, .,n
litit thigh. 1
itiitohell. Oscar, Jone, Or.-Horses. 7V on ui-l.l
"IP; cattle, 77 ou right side. Ua
f.lcClaren, L). Brownsville, Or-lloi.
Figure A on ouch Bhoulder; cattle. M'iou hiu
aiotiUrty. Liavid H. Kcho Or. Horsee hralifl. d
DM connected, on the left shoulder; cattle sa.-i.e
un hip and sido.
McUiir, Frank, Koi ValU,, Or. -Mala shoe
with too-cork on cuttle on ribs and under i
eauh ear; horses Hauio brand on lelt stine.
-i,0?'il''-' "V ' Or ,-tn, unram. M
with hnlf circle under on left shoulder; on Cattle
tour bars connected ou too on tue right side'
Usage in Grnnt County.
Neal, Andrew, liotie Kock.Or.-Horses A N oon.
nected on loft shonldor; cattle same ou both hipe,
Nordyko, fc., Milverton. Or.-Horses, circle J Z
left tnigh: cattle, same ou left hip.
Oliver, Joseph, Canyon City, (r.A aon cattle "
on ioft hip; on horses, same on lofl thish, Uauje
in Grant county ".
Oiler, Terry. Islington. Or.-H O on lell
suiu,di-i.
Olp, llennau, 1'iuirie City, Or.-Ou cattle, O
M . uiy, uorses on letc stille
and wattle on nose. Itange in Urant county.
. ym.o, .iigiii nine, nr. Horses, ouur-
ter circle shiolo on left shoulder untl -!A on left
, ?, ,, , i "gut cropped, 'at
on loft hip. Kange ou Kighl Mile. -
i i! , er,'V 61l''. iiaidinan.Or.-HoreeslPon
left shoulder.
L'.per, lime.!, Leniugton, Or.- Horses brand.
e b (L . conueoled) ou left Bhoulder; cutlle
s me on right hip. Range, Morrow count.
. . j-rtnuigLoi,, or. - uorses, jj oon.
.- - , .'- . , wiMw, suiue ou ion nip,
under bil m each ear. v
Jlettys, A. I ., loue. Or,; horses diamond V ou
, . - " ' "nl,?i w ii couuecteu, on the
lett hip, upper slope m left ear aud Blip in tha
Fowell, J onn T., Dayville, Oi--Horses, J P cou.
ueoted on left shoulder. Cattle OK oouneotod ou
left hip, two ulider half otoob, one on each ear.
wattle under throat. Kai.ge in Grant oonnty.
Hood, Andrew, Hardman, Or.-Hoi-ees, Bunare
crost with quarter-circle over it on left stifle
jieninger, Chris, Hoppuer, Or.-Uorsee, 0 II on
left shoulder.
liice.llan, Hardman, Or.; horses, three panel
worm fence on left shoulder; cattle, DAN ou
right shoulder. Kange near Hardman.
lioj-Be, Aaron, Heppner, Or Horses, plain V on
left snoulder; oattle, same brand reversed oi
right hip aud crop oil right ear. liauge in Mar
row oounty.
Kush Bros., Heppner, Or.-Horses branded 3
on the right shoulder; cattle, IX on the loft hip.
unit, on left mp unH 1- ,. r
I " ""wmp vu neon. xtuugu in
ilorrow and adjoining counties.
Hnt wm;um ii..i xt
I il V ' ,.iubo, V7i. uorses n OS
left shonlclori cattle, K on left hip, crop ofl
right ear, underbit on left ear. Sheep, li on
weathers, round crop off Htfl, uaP ..,..,, n.-
tilia and Morrow o iun ties.
Keaney, Andrew, Lexington, Or.-Horsei
branded A it on right shoulder, vent ouartei
circle over hranil. .nol. Lj
.. u, nwuo oil rigUL flip,
itange ilorrow oounty,
W ' . ' 7 t""r'vil". Or EH oopueetet
.... Hun... oVei- topun cattle on right tup
and crop oft right ear and split in left. Horses
-"""".""uim. ivauge in Morrow
brant and Gilliam counties.
Han,,. .1 ur .4
"-y...w. ., ..l,jji,l.i, jr. uorses, JO 01
left Bhoulder, Cattle, o on right hip.
Si..b,.flll t vu Ta i .. '"
. ,, uouHBourry, ur, tiorse
branded 81 on left. sl,..i, Hap. run..a i
county.
Bailing, I I- lieppner, Or Horaes branded
on left shoulder; cattle same on left hio
Tbl ' r vWAiueUJU or. nones
with dash under it on left stille; oattle H with
1 1 , r T"1 P'"' or'ff "n rlK"t ear aud
waddled on right hind leg. fiango ui Morrow,
Gilliam and Umatilla counties.
Bwaggart, A. L.,Athena. Or.-Horses branded 2
on left shoulder; cettle same on left hip, (Iron
on ear, wattle on left hind leg.
Straight W. E., Heppner, Or. Horses ehiuie.1
J on left stifle; cattle J S on iefti jJTawal low
fork in nghi ear, nnderbit in left.
bapp, IIiob., lieppner, Or.-Horses, 8 A H on
left hip; cattle same on left hip
shrier.John, i'oi, Or.-MC connected on
horses on right hip; cattie, same on right hiu
crop ofl right ear and under bit in lett ear. ftuun
in urant county. ""
smith Bros r)osnville, Or. Horses, branded
H. Z. ou shoulder; cattle, -ame on left shoulder.
T-i 'frrV JSa",,B Arhnf. Or,; horse, brsuded
Js on left shoulder; oattle lie same, also nose
waddle. Kange in Morrow and Gilliam counties.
Stephens, V. A., Hardman, Or-; horses SSou
right stifle; cattle horizontal L on the right ni.le
Stevenson, Mrs A. J ., Heppner. Or Catti s
on right hn ; swaHow-fork in Sit, sar
Swaggart. a. W., Heppner, Or. -Horsee, H on
left sliouldei ; cattle, 44 on left hip.
Bperry, K G Heppner, Or. Cattle W C on
lett hip, crop off right and underbit iu left mar
dewiap; horses W C on left shouidar.
i iT1"11' J-A-Hsppner. Or.-Uore.,8on
left shouldir; cattle, a on left shoulder.
lippet.b,r.,fcnierpris.Or.-iiorseB. c.ou left
Bhoulder.
Turner K. V., Heppuer, Or. SmaH capital T
lelt Bhouldei, horses; cattle sauia on left hip
with split in both ears.
Thornton, 11. Al., lone, Or.-Horses branded
H I connected ou left stille; sheep same brand
Vanderpool, H. T.. Lena. Or; Boreas HV con.
nected ou right shoulder;cattle. same ou huhl
hip "
Walbridge Wm.. Heppner, Or. Horaes, U. L.
on the left shoulder; oattle same on right hio
croT, off yiui,.Tnl i , K
Wilson, Jonn Q., Salem or lieppner,
f ir
unuiuHi y on me iea snouiuer.
Kuuge
Warren, w B, Caleb, Or-Cattle W with quarter
cirole over it, on ieft side, split in right ear
hnnM u.m. hruiiH ,.n luf, ul i .. .. '
".. ouwMiuei. lutugeiu
Grant oouuty.
W right, Silas A. Heppner, Or. Cattle branded
B W on the right hip. square crop utt riyht oaf.
aud split in lett.
. .i '. i " fi. 1. "r,T"orsB uianded
dd Diiaucv uu let snouiaer ind left
r. ., i "ouiuer ana lert r
Cattle biauded same on left side and left hip
hiu
neiis, a, a., neppner, Ur.-Horaa,, ou let
shoulder- catt e aanie 1
Wolnnger, John, John Day Clty.Or-Oa horses '
n; tr:r "uouioar; J on sheep,
bitm bota ears, liauge in Grant and Maihuei
Woodward, John, Heppner. nu nu
oonnectod on left shoulder. ur
Wstkins, liishe, Heppner, Or.-Uorsee branded
CS connected on left stifle,
Wnllom. Ch.rloa Pn J n . . . .
,.i,,7KiLI IT;?', "r. ittle, w on
shoulder somt same on left shoulder.
Whlttier rjrue nuntingion. Baker I'n t.
Horse, branded B conneXi oeft de,"
William Vauwi TT.. i. i
hone. Range Grant oounty.
" ui untwUL count
Wrn A U ,i.
r.keiT ?i?b!.th S01"' Hardman Or.
Cattle branded iK W connected! EW on left
wde, horses same on right shoulder. J. w-
onleftahoulder;Ail rug. In sforrow eounu