PATENTS!
NOTICK TO INVKNTOKS.
There wan never a time in the liintorj
ofonr coantry wben tlie demnniJ fur
mvKiitiorjB and improvements io the art
um sciences generally was ao ijreat w
now. The conveniences of mpkiod in
the factory nnd workshop, the household
and on the farm, fm w-l: as in (.PnVinl
life, require continnm mcci-hbiods to the
nppartenanee nnd irapliments of each
in order to smya labor, time and expense.
The political obunge iu the adinmiHtra
tion of government does lint affect the
progress of the American inventor, who
bfiinnontho alert, am ready to per
ceive the existing dtliuienciea, does not
permit the affairs of gowrumi nt to de
ter him from quickly conceiving the
remedy to overcome existing discrepiin
cies. Too great c ire cannot be oxer
a!ed in ehonHing a competent and skill
ful attorney to prepare and pioueoutf
:n application for patent. Valuable in
ternes have been lest nnd destroyed iu
innumerable instances bv the employ
ment of incompetent conusel, and es
pecially is this advice applicable to
those who adopt the "No patent, no
I ay" system. Inventors who entrust
their business to this class of attorneys
i o so nt imminent risk, as the breadth
nod strength of the patent is never con
sidered in view of a quick endeavor to
gat an allowance and obtain the fee.
'I HE FRES3 CLAIMS COMPANY,
.John Wedderbnrn, General Manager
(J 18 Jf' street, N. W., Washington, D. C,
representing a largo number of impor
l int daily and weekly papers, nnd gen
eral periodicals of the eountry, was in
si ituted to uroteot its natrons from the
i nflate methods heretofore employed
in this line of business. The said Con
puny is prepared to take charge of all
p iteut business entrusted to it for rea
sonable fees, and prepare and prosecute
applications generally, including me
chanical inventions, design patents,
tr ido-marks, labels, copyrights, iuterfer
e'.ces. infringements, validity reports,
r.i d niveH especial uttouion to rejected
imes. it is also prepared to entsr into
c mpetitioti with any firm in securing
fct'eign patents.
Write for instructions and advice.
John Wbddbiihiwn.
tilH F Street,
i O. JSox 3H5. Washington, U. (J.
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Every patriotic citizen should give his
personal effort and influence to increase
i ho circulation of his home paper which
'eaches the American policy of Protec
tion. It is his duty to aid in this respect
in evury way possible. After the home
paper is taken caro of, why not sub
scribn for the Ammican Economist,
published by the American Protective
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dents says i "No true American can
get along without It. I consider it the
greatest and trdeat political teacher in
the United States."
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ss mple copy. Addreaa Wilbur F.Wake,
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with
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A Bright Lad,
Ten years of age, but who declines to give his
name to the public, makes this authorized,
confidential statement to us:
"When I was one year old, my mamma filed
of consumption. The doctor said that I,
too, would soon die, and all our neighbors
thought that even if I did not die, 1 would
never he able to walk, because I was so
weak and puny. A gathering formed and
broke under my arm. I hurt my finger and
it gathered and threw out pieces of bone.
If I hurt myself so as to break the skin, it
was sure to become a running sore. I had
to take lots of medicine, but nothing has
done me so much good as Ayer's Sarsapa
rilla. It has made me well and strong."
X. I. M., Norcatur, Kans.
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00 wor tii oi lovely Music for Forty
full size Sheet Music of iiie
latest, brightest, liveliest and most popular
selections, Imtli vocal atul instrumental,
"- gotten up in the most elegant manner, In
cliulliid: four larie sie Portraits.
a CAflMENCtTA, the Spanish Dancer, 4
PADEHKWSKf, the Great Pianist, 3
5 ADLUNA PAW nnd
JT: MINNIE SE LI G MAN CUTTING, r3
ADDRESS ALL OrlDCMI TO
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aw. Uruttdwav Thi'iitre Bklpf. , New York City.
2" CANVASSERS WANTED. 3
Iliir lretty Mntnn.
names who bear the good, old-fashioned
name of ,lano and who call their
eldest daughter after themselves,
should beware of engaging a pretty
housemaid whoso godfathers and god
mothers bestowed upon her the same
simple title. Many complications may
ensue if this caution is neglected.
Here's a case in point:
Mrs. X. was always addressed by her
husband as Jane, and Miss X. answered
to the same call. So did the new
housemaid. Thereupon Mr. X. felt
himself aggrieved, and, turning to the
hist, he said:
"1 thinlt, ,lane, it will bo better for
me to call you by your last name, if
you have no objection; I can't call you
Jane."
"Then call mo Darling, sir; I don't
nilnd I"
Of course the girl's name really was
Darling. The Million.
A Ntlrkler for Ktiqiittn.
Dr. Thompson, master of Trinity col
lege, Cambridge, was nn exceedingly
cold and austere man, never taking
much not lee of the undergraduates un
der his care. On one occasion a Trinity
man happened to be out walking aud
was caught in a storm, lie ran across
a Held aud took shelter beneath a large
tree.
When he arrived there he found to
his horror that Dr. Thompson was be
neath it, seeking protection from the
rain. For some time both stood silent,
watching the clouds, till at last the un
dergraduate, growing desperate, ven
tured to remark that he thought it was
clearing up a little.
"Sir," said the doctor, haughtily,
frowning upon the wretched youth,
"all communications to the master of
Trinity must be made through the
tutors." Quips.
Kenneth Ibizi'initre had the kihhI
fortune to receive a smsll boitie of
CliBUiberlnin'ri Colic, Cholera unci
Diarrhoea lieimdy when three members
of his family were sijik with daentery.
This one s" Uj" cured t hem all
and lie had satjHfafVliich he gave to
lieo. V. Kukri, 11 uromiuent merchant
ol the place, Lewistou, N. ('., and it
cured him of the same complaint. When
troubled with Dysentery, diarrhoea,
enhc or cholera morbus, give tin.
remedy a trial and you will be more
tlmu pleased with the result, The
praise that naturally follows it intro
duction and use has made it very
populHr. 'Jo and .'i0 cent bottles for
sale by SliH'iim-JohDHou Drug On.
11. A. Iliinsiikcr runs stnue between
Henpner and Mnnnujcnt, 11'riivini; every
day except Monday ui,d leaving every
day except Sntutsv. Shortest atul cheap
eat route to the mieiior P. Onhn,
ncent " a
The GoTeroment Seal.
When on July 4, 1776, the continen
tal congress declared the English
American colonies to be free and inde
pendent states, tlie.v appointed a com
mittee to report a device for a seal
the emblem of sovereignty. That com
mittee and others from time to time
presented unsatisfactory devices. Fi
nally, in the spring of 1783, Charles
Thompson, the secretary of congress,
gave to that body a device largely sug
gested to John Adams, then United
States minister to the court of Great
Britain, by Sir John I'restwich, an
eminent English antiquary. This sug
gestion was made the basis of a de
sign adopted by congress, June 20,
18D2, and which is still the device of
the great seaVof the republic. .
The guoci'a Mnlria.
The eight unmarried ladies who hold
ofiic.es as the queen's iimids of honor
s.re giveu tlie prefix of Hoiioni tile."
and on marrying receive from the
queen the gift of one thousand pounds.
One or two maids of honor may reside
for a fortnight at a time at Windsor,
or Osborne, but her majesty seldom
takes more than one to .Scotland. The
dowry of a maid of honor lias been
given for at least one hundred ami
fifty years, but is according to her
majesty's pleasure, anil in lTUtjitwus
refused to one lady, who engaged her
self in marriage without the consent
of her royal mistress.
Iatro ForelKn cltlea.
Of cities with more than one hun
dred thousand population England has
thirty, Germany twenty-four, France
and Kussia each twelve, Italy ten,
Austria-Hungary six, Spain Ave, Bel
gium, the Scandinavian states, Kou
mania and the Balkan islands each
four, the Netherlands three, Portugal
two; the total in Europe being one
hundred and sixteen great cities.' Asia
has one hundred and five, China having
fifty-three and British India thirty. In
Africa there are seven, in America
forty, of which the United States has
twenty-six; South America nine. Aus
tralia haB only two large cities.
The (ihoat on Jlotird or Ship.
A ghost haunts a ship. The mate
has a story of it every morning. One
night the captain watches the mate, sees
him rise from his hammock and walk
in his sleep into the cabin. There he
takes water in a pipkin, scatters ii
about and, still asleep, goes bick to
roost. Next morning the mate tells
how he had awakened, seen the ghost,
followed him into the other cabin and
besprinkled him with holy water, lie
was quite honest in his statement; he
had been somnam bulistic and remem
bered (which seems unusual) the hallu
cinations of his sleep walking. Proba
bly more ghosts than we' generally al
low for are to be explained by somnam-
Dunsm. liiackwood s Magazine.
MAY WRIGHT SEWALL.
A Woman Who Kerlecta Great Credit on
Her Country.
Among the features of the world's
fair celebrations will be a congress of
representative women from all parts of
the world. This congress will have no
specific object beyond bringing togeth
er from all parts of the world individu
als and organizations laboring for the
same ends or interested in any depart
ment of intellectual activity, in philan
thropy or reform.
The chairman of this committee is
Mrs. May Wright Sewall, whose name,
Bays the Illustrated American, is as fa-
MRS. MAY WIUOHT SEWALL.
miliar to the west as that of Mrs. Polter
Palmer. Mrs. Sewall is already on the
board of commissioners for the world's
fair, and deserves her place by virtue
of her acquirements and her services for
the benefit of the public.
Horn -in Milwaukee, Mrs. Sewall's
chief characteristics and special sympa
thies are western. She was graduated
from the Northwestern university in
Illinois, and at once began her appren
ticeship as on educator by teaching iu
the different schools in Michigan. In
1SS0 she became the wife of Theodore
Sewall. himself a prominent educator
at Indianapolis, and for several years
she devoted her entire attention to her
home and to society.
Mrs. Sewall is widely and actively
connected with organizations through
out the country. She was one of tUe
founders of the Woman's club at In
dianapolis anil is still an enthusiastic
member. In the Kamabai circle and in
the Indiana Suffrage society she is a
moving spirit: she has also a large in
terest in the Propytieutn, a woman's
stock company which has erected a
handsome building for club meetings
and public entertainments. The build
ing has been a profitable investment,
ami its success is largely due to Mrs.
Sewall's business tact and skillful man
agement. She is an enthusiastic mem
lior of the Indianapolis Art association,
which holds yearly exhibitions and is
exercising a wide ititluence in cultivat
iiiL' artistic taste.
Mrs. Sew all is a warm advocate of the '
political rights of women. She is pres-1
ident of the National Council of Worn- '
en, vice president of the National Fed- j
eratiou of Woman's clubs aud one of i
the vice presidents of the Association of
Collegiate Aluumie. She is a member
of Sorosis, of the Association for
the Advancement of Women, of
the American Historical sixdety
and of the Industrial Council of Women
1 In tssu Mis. Sewall was a delegate to
the Woman's congress in Paris, and
made an address in French which re
ceived unstinted praise for its eloquence
from M. Jules Simon. At that time she
was made an honorary member of the
"I'niou Internationale des Sciences et
den Arts," of Paris.
Why Car Whwla Wr Out.
A car wheel wears out because the
metal of which it is composed comes
away in thin scales. A microscopic ex
amination shows that the continual
jarring has a tendency to destroy the j
coherence of the particles, and thus;
gradually disintegrates the whole. Car,
wheels long in use become so brittle:
that a stout bloiy wit a heavy ham-
ruer will omt jit5 tkusa them to Ay,
into fruguU!iV hough, they w'era
majti of !s9 1
A Sympathetic Horn.
One of those hard, practical New
England women that occur in maga
zines oftener than in life, called on an
artist in this city, at his invitation, not
many days ago. She looked faithfully
over his pictures and studies, though
there were many of them, betokening
great industry, and after the inspection
was finished she said, in a severe tone:
"Yes, it's very pretty, but I should
think you'd get dreadfully tired of do
ing such things. Don't you ever want
to go out and work?" N. Y. Sun.
There was in 1890 among the males
in Massachusetts, a population of 1,-
087,709, while the female population
was 1,151,284. This gives as an excess
of females at that time 69,525. In 1885
the excess of women over men was 78,
373. A Texas statistician announces that
the population of the world, estimated
at 1,400,000.000, if divided in families of
five, could be accommodated in Texas,
each family with a five-acre lot. He
says there would be 50,000,000 lots left
over for parks and public buildings.
Contrary to the general belief that
Ireland leads the world in its fondness
for "praties," statistics show that the
people of Germany and Belgium are
the greatest potatoaters; the consump
tion in these countries annually ex
ceeds 1,000 pounds per head of popula
tion. Somewhat Severe.
An exchange prints a story which
may be commended to the attention of
all public speakers who have the dan
gerous gift of fluency. A young law
yer talked for several hours to a jury
in Indiana, to the weariness of all
who were obliged to listen. At last
he sat down and the opposing counsel,
a white-haired veteran, rose to reply.
"Your honor," said he, "I will follow
the example of my young friend who
has just finished, and submit the case
without argument." With that he took
his seat and the silence was oppres
sive. "Iieof, Leinoua and Cheese."
An American naval officer says that
once, when a great function took place
in the harbor of Cherbourg, several
vessels of our American squadron were
present and were drawn up in line to
salute the empress' yacht as it passed,
says an article on the navy. The French
sailors manned the yards of their ships
and shouted: "Vive l'lmperatricel"
Knowing that he could not school his
men to repeat those words in the brief
time left to him, the American admiral
ordered his crew to cry: "Heef, lemons
and cheese." The imperial yacht came
sweeping on, and as it reached the fleet
a mighty roar went up of "Beef, lemons
and cheese" that entirely drowned the
voices of the Frenchmen. And the em
press said she had never been so compli
mented. King Oscar and the Pope.
An amusing story of the manner in
which his holiness was greeted by King
Oscar of Sweden when he visited Rome
is told by one of the returned pilgrims.
On approaching the pontiff King Oscar
extended his hand. A good son of the
church would, of course, have knelt and
kissed the pope's extended ring Pro
testant inonarchs have before now bent
the knee to the pope. But King Oscar,
grasping his "brother monarch's" hand,
shook it warmly, and then, stooping
down, embraced his holiness, kissing
him effusively on the cheek. The pope
was as much amused by this irregular
form of greeting as the bystanders were
horrified.
Dr. M. A. Cheek, of Orange county,
N. C, is one of the most successful
business men in S'am. Among the
other possessions which he has accu
mulated is a herd of one hundred and
twenty-six elephants, worth an av
erage of one thousand dollars apiece.
Mas. Bayaro, the wife of the am
bassador to England, has already been
successful in her appearance at court.
She made a pleasant impression during
her stay at Windsor, and her charm of
manner and brilliancy of conversation
have won her an enviable placa in the
best London society.
A youno: American, Miss Stella
Dyer, had the honor of playjng before
Queen Victoria during her majesty's
recent visit to Florence. She is a
seventeen-year-old girl who has been
studying the violin abroad for the past
ten years, and who is regarded as like
ly to take a high place in the musical
world. The queen presented the
fortunate young woman with a pearl
star, a graceful reference to her name.
Preserving Pictures.
a new method of preserving pictures
is being experimented with in London.
It consists of placing the surface of
the picture, be it canvas or paper, in a
vacuum, thus protecting it from at
mospheric action. The picture is in
closed in a metal frame or case cover
ing the back and sides and projecting
from the sides like au ordinary frame.
A plate of glass is inserted in the edges
of the ease, just as in an ordinary
frame, and hermetically sealed to the
metal. The air is then withdrawn
from between the surface of the pic
ture and the glass, and the painting is
in a vacuum. It is believed this plan
will effectually protect pictures from
the action of dampness, air, gases and
other causes that operate to destroy
paintings exposed or framed in the or
dinary way. '
Tlio llc:i tiavo tlie J.h.
A "Cape Codder" tells how he cured a
setting hen. "I made," he says, "half
a dozen suow balls and soaked them in
water. Iu the morning they were solid
ice. 1 shaped them as near like an egg
as possible aud then placed them under
the setting hen. She smiled. I stood
by and watched her. She cuddled the
ice eggs under her and chuckled softly
to them. In about ten minutes she ap
peared to get uneasy. She arose and
scratched the darlings together and
shook herself; then, evidently sat
isfied, settled down again. Soon she
got up once more, this time with evi
dent concern; something was wrong,
surely; perhaps the weather win, get
ting cold. She felt wet and chilly, but,
with great perseverance, she sat down
again, and again got up, this time for
good. She walked out of the box aud
then turned and looked in, but she had
had enough."
Those owing ua must do a little of
what the Gazette has n great deal to oc
cupy its time just now. Every little
helps, Rod money we must have.
Green Mathewa, east side of Main
itreet, has a neat barber shop and doe
work at popular prices, 25 cents ahave
or hair cut. Throe have been his charg
es for months. Don't forget him.
Stage leaves for Echo Mondsvs,
Wednesday, sod Fridays, returning on
Tuesday. Thnrsdvs and Saturday.
H. Wsije,Prop W. AyersJr., agent.
THE DAIRY.
Cows should be kept off low, weedy
pastures.
Butter that is a long time coming is
said to be of inferior quality.
Cows should be milked daily at the
same time and by the same person.
It is said that when cows are fed on
bran the cream rises slowly and is hard
to churn.
The average yield of milk per cow in
Great Britain is said to be four hun
dred pounds a year.
Airing the milk thoroughly before
setting will help greatly in preventing
bad flavor in milk and butter.
A trocess for tlie production of a
new material called "lactite," or
"milk ivory," has been invented, skim
milk being the substance from which
it is made.
The French are making barrels from
paper pulp and the Germans are mak
ing stockings of it which keep the
feet warm and dry. Probably they do
not wash, but should be burned after
use.
Over fifty kinds of bark are now
used in the manufacture of paper.
Even banana skins, pea vines, cocoa
nut fiber, hay, straw, water weeds,
leaves, shavings, corn husks and hop
plants are used for the same purpose.
An instrument has been invented for
sounding the depths of the sea with
out using a lead line. A sinker is
dropped containing a cartridge which
explodes on touching the bottom. The
report is registered in a microphone
apparatus and the depth reckoned by
the time at which the explosion oc
curred. He Feared Exaggeration.
I heard an amusing story from a
New York journalist the other day,
says a writer in Gentlewoman. In
his youth he had been combined editor
and staff of a pamper that provided news
for one of the wildest and most lawless
settlements in the Rockies. Mr.
was sitting in his office, and a wild
looking person was shown in, who said:
"Sir, I have called to see you with re
gard to a disturbance that took place
at one of the bars last night. I had a
row with a man last night, he riled me,
and 1 got excited and shot him, and I
regret to say that in the excitement of
the moment I scalped him; so I've
called on you, sir, to request that you
will see that no exaggerated report of
this finds its way into your newspaper."
A Queer Ceyloneae Grass.
Lemon grass, known to botanists as
Andropogen Schaenanthus, and which
is unknown outside of Ceylon, and
there only in the Kandian district, is
in several respects a most remarkable
vegetable production. It grows to a
height of six or seven feet and has the
wonderful properties of spontaneous
ignition. On the slopes of Mount Am
bulawe, during the wet season, the
grand spectacle of these spontaneous
conflagrations is frequently seen. At
first a single carl of smoke or bright
tongue of flame will be noticed. Soon,
however, as the water runs down the.
stalks and mingles with the oil and
acids contained in the pith of this
curious herb, fierce fires burst into
view here, there and every place, soon
covering the whole mountain in a. sheet
of flame. The botanists and chemists
have not as yet explained why this
paradoxical grass ignites when water
falls upon its sfalks.
DID YOU KNOW IT?
Wood pavements cause opthalmia.
Canada boasts a 22,000-pound cheese.
Germany leads in spectacle wearers.
Watches are placed in door handles.
Australian aborigines eat butter
flies. Pennsylvania leads in cigar produc
tion. Arc lights illuminate Vienna's cathe
dral. In Europe 70,000,000 wear wooden
shoes.
Paris has 2,000 daily and weekly pa
pers. Bahama islanders use American fer
tilizers. Rubies are more valuable than dia
monds. Havana Tobacco.
In the Abajo valley is a small, low
piece of country, about five miles from
Havana, capableof producing tobacco
enough to make thirty thousand cigars
annually. Without question, the to
bacco is the finest grown. The result
is the kings and noblemen of England,
Russia, Germany, France and other Eu
ropean countries gobble them up.
Every single cigar made of Vuelta
Abajo tobacco is sold to them at prices
ranging from twenty to one hundred
and fifty dollars a hundred. These
cigars are bought and paid for long
before the crop is ever harvested.
Manufacturers, however, with that re
markable coolness with which some
men are endowed, proceed to call all
qualities and kinds of Cuban cigars
Havana and Vuelta Abajo, when half
of them never saw a cigar of that
growth.
TRAIN ROBBERS AND WRECKERS.
They Made Eighty-Two Attempts tn the
Flrat Six Months of 18S.1.
The Railroad Gazette has collected
statistics of train wrecking and train
robbing for the first six months of
ls!i:-l, which yiekl some surprising re
sults. One is accustomed to think of
train wreckers and train robbers as in
vesting sparsely settled western
states, but the statistics show on the
contrnry that such crimes , are most
prevalent in well-settled states.
The Gazette's figures show sixty-one
attempts to wreck trains and twenty
one attempts to rob them. Massachu
setts and Illinois head the list in the
number of attempts to wreck trains,
and Ohio follows. In these three ad
vanced stales were made more than
one-half of all the attempts to wreck
trains, and the state of New York fol
lows. The only explanation offered
for this preponderance of train wreck
ing in well settled and, generally
speaking, well-governed states, is that
the mileage of railroads is greater in
those states than others, and that
tramps, who are responsible for most
attempts to wreck trains, flourish in
thickly-settled regions.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
"Hardware" did yon say? Why, yes
at P. C. Thompson k Co.'e stand, and the
place for bargains. a
The Keeley institute, at forest Grove
onres liquor, opium, morphine, cocaine
and tobacco habit. See ad.
The general merensndise establish
ment formerly owned by Ooflin k McFar
land, has lately changed hands, now be
ing under the control and mAHact ment
of The MoFarland Mercantile Con.pr.nv,
wbioh eoDtmues business at the r,, gtaud
with a larger stock than urer
liWLIfEIIJIAs
Or La Grippe, though occasionally epi
n'pinie, is alwavs more or less prevalent.
The best remedy fer this complaint
is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
' Last Sprinir. I was taken down with
La (irippe. At times I was completely pros
trated, ami ao ilifnVult was my breathing
that my breast seemed as if confined in an
iron caire. 1 procured a bottle of Ayer'a
Cherry Pectoral, and no sooner had I began
takliiB it than relief followed. I could not be
lieve flint the effect would he so rapid and the
cure so complete. It Is truly a wonderful med
icine." W. H. Williams, Crook City, S. D.
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
Promptto act, sure to cure
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l J A ITLLrXi cn make Ihiifor a fow houri wurk each
day. Bulnrv or commifisiorj. 910 lamplea fre. Addrcii
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Dr. Hash's Belts &Bp .s
An electro-Ei Iva ;-i.'tr.7 eav
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Complaints, Dyspepsia, JCrrors of Youth,
Lost Manhood, Nervousness, Sexual Weak
ness, and all Troubles in Male or J emale.
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Everyone needing a doctor's advioe
should read ooe of Dr. Foote's dime
pamphlets on "Old Eyes," "Croup,"
,'Rupture," "Phimosd," "Varicocele,"
Disease of men, Disease of Women, and
learn the beet means of sell-cure. M
Hill Pub. Co., 129 Eaet 28tb St., New
York.
vSTOi'K BBANIS.
While you keep your subscription paid up you
ram keep your brand in f ree of charge.
Allyn. T. J.. lone, Or. Horses GW on leff
shoulder; cattle same on left hip, under bit on
riKht ear, nnd upper bit on tho left; range, Mor
row county.
Armstrong J- C, Alpine, Or. T with bar nn
der it on left shoulder of horses; cattle same
on left hip.
Allison, O.D., Eight Mile. Or.-Oattle brand,
O D on left hip and horses same brand on right
shoulder. Hunge, Eight Mile.
Adkius, J. J., Heppner, Or. Horses, JA con
nected on left tlank; catt h same on left hip.
Bartholamew, A. G., Alpine, Or. HorseB
branded 7 E on either shoulder. Kange in Mor
row countv
rileakinan, Geo., Hardman, Or. Horsps, a flag
onloft shoulder; cattle same un right ehouldor,
Kannister, J. W., Hardman, Or. Cattle brand
ed B on left hip and thi,s'h; split in each ear.
Brenner, Peter, (Jooseberry Oregon If oraes
branded PH on left shoulder. Cattle Bame on
ritfht Hide.
Burke, M Bt f), Long Creek, Or On cattle,
MAY connected on left hip, ciop off left ear, un
der half crop off right. Horsee, name brand on
letft shoulder. Haugo in Grant nnd Morrow
Bounty.
Broeman, Jprry, Lenn, Or. Hornes branded 7
on right shoulder; cattle H on the left side.
Left eir half crop nd right ear uppor (dope.
Barton, Wm.. H ppner, Or. -Horses, J B on
right thigh, cattle, samo on right hip; split in
each ear.
Hrown, Isr, Lesiiigton, Or. Horses IB on the
right stirle; cattle oiuiio on ritfhUnp; range, Mor
row county.
Brown, J. ('., Heppnor, Or. Horses, circle
C with dut in noi ter on left hip; cattle, same.
Brown, W, .1., a&, Oregon, florues W. bar
over it, on the left shoulder. Caitlesameon left
hip.
Boyer, V. G., Heppner, Or, Horses, box
brand o r.g': hip cattle, fame, with Bplit in
each ear,
liorg, V. O., Heppner, Or. Horses. F B on left
shonldf-r; cattle, seme on left hip.
Browniee, V. J., Vox ,Or Cattle. JB connected
on lef ! side; crop im left ear and two splits wid
middle piece cut out on right ear; nn horses same
brand on the left thigh; Kange in Fox valley,
Grant county,
Carsnei- Warren, Wagner, Or. Horsed brand
ed O on light stirle; cattle (three barn) on
right ribs, crop and split in each ear. Hange in
Grant and Morrow counties.
Cain,E., Caleb.Or. V I) on horses on left stifle
U with qmirtor circle over it, on left shoulder
and on left, stifle on all colts m.dor 5 years; on
left shoulder only on all horsep over 5 years. All
range in Grant county.
Clark, Wm. II.. Lena, Or. Horse WHO con
nected, on left (Oionlder: cattle same on right
hip. Kttirgo Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Cato, ChaH. H Vinson or Lena, Or. Hotbos
H C on right elumldcr; cattle same on right hip.
liange Morrow and Umatilla counties,
Cecil, VV in., Douglas. Or.; horses j C on left
shoulder; ea'tle same on left hip, waddles on
each jaw and two bits iu the right ear.
Curl, T. II., John l)ay. Or. Double cross on
each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit
h right CKr, split in left ear. iiange in Grant
tummy, "n stit-cp, inverted Aand spear point
ou shmddi-r. ttar morkoii ewes, crmi on left enr
pouched upper hit in rieht. Wethers, crop in
right. rd under hall crop i" left ear. AH range
in Grant ooutitv.
Cook, A. J. .Lens, Or. Horses, (ion rthtshoul
dei. Cattle, sMuiet'ii right hip: eur murk square
ciop orT le and ?:lit in r.gCt.
Cuuiu.fi. Currinsvilio, Or. -Hortina, x on
left fiirie.
Cox. Kd. 8., Hurdman, Or.CmtiK C with
i tr center; liorheH. CE f-n left iip.
Cochran, H. K., Monument, Grant Co, Or.
HortH'H branded circle with two beweath, on loft
hhoulder: cattle Kane brand on both hips, mark
under slope both en re ami dnwlap.
Chapii', B., Hardman, Or. Horses branded
on right niit. i attlo brauded the bame. Alo
briii:da Cl o;i hcrtses right thigh; ca rle sxitie
brand on right chouldcr, and cut oft end of
right ear
l)ickrs. Ebb Horses brar ded with three
tinc'.i iurk on h-ft htitie. Cattle sa-ne on leftside.
l)URihSH. M .Galtown.. r. Cattle, li 1 on
right mdttiw:i low-fork in each par; horses, ii D
ou left hip.
Doughw, O. 1., Douglas, Or Horses TD on
the right stifle; cattle Game on right hip.
Ely, J . B. ii Sons, Dougiae, Or. Horses brand
ed fc-Li on left i boulder, cattle same on left
hip. hole in right ear.
Elliott. Watsh., Heppner, Or. Diamond oQ
ngnt snouuier.
Emery, C. IS., Hardman, Or. Horses branded
i) reveised C with tail on left shoulder; cat
tle feme vtx right hip. Har.ge in Morrow county.
Eleek, Jackeon, Heppner, Or. Horses, 7F
couuected on right shoulder; csrtle same on
right hip. Earmark, hole in right and crop
oft left.
Florence, L. A., Heppner. Or. Cattle, LF on
right hip; horsos F with bar under on right
shoulder.
Florence, S. P. Heppner, Or. Horses. F on
right houldei ; cattle, F on right hip or thigh.
Trench, George, Heppner. Or. Cattle branded
WF, with bar over it, on left side; crop off left
ear. Horse, same brand on left hip.
Gay, Henry, Heppner, Or. GAX on left
shoulder.
Oilman-French, Land and Livestock Co., Fos
sil, Or. Horses, anchor b on left shoulder; vent,
same on left etifie. Cattle, same on both hipe
ear marks, crop off right ear and nnderbit in left
Hange in Gilliam, Grant, Crook and Morrow
oo unties
Gentry, Elmer, Echo, Or. Horses brsnded H.
8. with a quarter circle over it. on left stirle.
Range in Morrow and Uuiatilla counties.
Hayes, Geo., liono, Or, Brand JH connected
with quarter circle over it, on left shoulder.
Hiau A. B., Hidge, Or. Cattle, round-top
with quarter circle under it on the right hip.
ttaree in Morrow snd Umatilla counties.
Hir ton A Jenke, Hamilton. Or Cattle. two b;
on either hip; crop in ritfht ear and split in left.
Hursea, J on right thigh, h&nge in Gnu it county
Hiwhe. 8iwoel. W&guer, Or T" (T F L
eujitiectcdou tmht shoulder oa hona; on cattlo.
on right hipaid on left side, n-Uio-w fork in
riicht ear and slit in left, ti-u: rK ffatflk
district, Jl'tfTiJ' P'ty,
Hale, Mi Hon, Wgur, Or.-Horaes branded
-O- (circle with parallel tails) on left shoulder
Cattle same on left hip 1bo large circle on left
81Hall1 Edwin, John Day. Or. Cattle K H on right
hip; horees same on right shoulder, xiange in
Grant ooonty.
Howard, J L. Galloway, Or. Horses, (cross
with bur above it) on right shoulder; cattle
same on left side. Range in Morrow and Uma
tilla counties.
Hughes, Mat, Heppner, Or. Horses, shaded
heart on the left shoulder. Range Morrow Co.
Hunsaker, B & , Wagner, Or. Horses, U on left
shoulder; cattle. 9 on left hip. '
Hardisty, Albert, Nye, Oregon Horses.A H
connected, on left shoulder; Cattle on the left
hip, crop off left ear.
Humphreys, J M. Hardman, Or. Horsee, H on
lef' flank . ,
Hayes, J. M., Heppner. Or. Horsee, wineglass
on left shoulder cattle, same on right hip.
Huston, Luther. Eight Mile, Or. Horse H on
the left shoulder and heart on the left stifle Cat
tie same on left hip. Range in Morrow county.
Ivy, Alfred, Long Creek, Or Cattle I D on
right hip, crop off loft ear and bit in right. Horses
Bame brand on left shoulder. Range n Grant
countv
Jones, Harry, Heppner, Or Horses branded
FT.Tnnthe left. nhoulder: cattle baanded J on
right hip, also nnderbit in left ear. Range in
Morrow ceunty.
Junkin, B. M., Heppner, Or. Horsee, horse
shoe J on left shoulder. Cattle, the earns.
Range on Eight Mile.
Johnson. Felix, Lena, Or. Horsee. circleT on
left stifle; catilo, same on right hip, under half
crop in right and split in left ear
Jenkins, D W.,Mt. Vernon,Or, J on horses on
left shoulder; on oattle, J on left hip and two
smooth crops on both ears. Range in Fox and
Bear valleja
Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Horsee branded
RNV on left hip, cattle same and crop off left
war: nnder slope on the right
Kirk, J. T., Heppner. Or. Horses 69 on left
shoulder; cattle, 69 on left hip.
Kirk. J C, Heppner. Or. Hursea, 17 on either
Hank: cattle 17 on right side.
Kirk, Jesse, Hoppner, Or.; horses 11 on left
shoulder; cattle Bame on right side, underbit on
right ear.
Kuniherland.W.G., Meant Vernon, Or. I L on
cattle on right and left sides, swallow fork in left
ear and under ciop in right ear. Horsee Bame
brand on left shoulder. Range in Grant countv.
Lofton, Stephen, Fox, Or. 8 L on left hip
on cattle, crop and split on right ear. Horses
same brand on left shoulder. Range Grant
countv.
Lienallen, John W., LexigVn Or. Horses
branded half-circle JL connected on left shoul
der. Cattle, same on lefthin. Range, near Lex
ington Leahey, J. W. Heppner Or. Horses branded
L and A 'i 'eft shoulder; oettle same on left
hip, wattle over right eye, three slits in right
ear.
Lord, George, Heppner, Or. Horses branded
double H coi.necU u Sometimes called a
swing n, on left shoulder.
Markham. A. M., Heppner, Or. Cattle large
M on left side both ears cropped, and split in
both. Horses M on left hixt. Range, Clark's
canyon.
Minor, Oscar, neppner. Or. Cattle, M D on
right hip; horse. Mon lef t shoulder.
Morgan, 8. N., Heppner, Or. Horses, M )
on lert shoulder cattle same on left hip.
McCumber, Jaa A, Echo, Or. Horses, M with
bar over on right shoulder.
Morgan. Thos., Heppner, Or. Horses, circle
T on left, shoulder and left thigh; cattle. Z on
right thigh.
Mitchell, Oscar, lone, Or. Horses, 77 on right
hip; oattle, 77 on right side.
McClaren, D. G., Brownsville, Or, Horses,
Figure 5 on each shoulder; cattle. My on hm
McOarty. David H. Echo Or, UorBes branded
DM connected, on the left shoulder; cattle Bame
on hip and side.
McGirr, Frank, Fox Valley, Or. Mule shoe
with toe-cork on cattle on ribs aad under in
each ear; horses same brand on left stirle.
McHaley, . i ., naujiiton. Or. On riorBes. H
with half circle under on left shoulder; on Cattle,
four bars connected on top on the right side
Hange in Grant County.
Neal, Andrew. Lone Rock, Or. Horses A N con
nected on loft shoulder; cattle same on both hipH,
Nordyko, E., Hilverton. Or. Horses, oirolo 7 od
loft thigh; caitle, same on left hip.
Oliver, Joseph, Canyon City, Or. A 2 on cattle
on left hip; on horses, same ou left thigh, RuDge
in Grant county.
Oiler, Terry, Lexington, Or. f O on lof(
shouidet.
OJp, Herman, Prairie City, Or. On cuttle, O
LP connected on left hip; horses on left atitle
and wartie on nose. Range in Grant county,
Pearson, Olave, Eight Mile. Or. Horses, quar
ter circle shield on left shoulder and 24 on left,
hip. Cattle, fork iu left ear, right cropped. 24
on left hip. Range on Eight Mile.
Parker & Gleason, Hard man, Or, Horses IP on
left shoulder.
Piper, Erne-t, Lexington. Or.- Horses brand,
e WE (L E connected) ol left shoulder ; cuttle
s me on right hip. Range, Morrow countd'.
Piper, J. H., Lexington. Or. -Horsee, JE con
nected oi left shoulder; cattlo, samo on left hip.
under bil in each ear,
1'ettyB, A. C, Jonc, Or,; horses diamond V ou
shoulder; cattle, j 11 J connected, on the
left hip, upper slops in left ear and slip in the
right.
Powell, JohnT., Dayvillo, Or Homes, JP con.
neoied ou left shoulder. Cattle OK connected on
left hip, two under half cropB, one on each ear.
wattle under throat. Rai.ge m Grnnt county.
Rood. Andrew, Hardman, Or. Horses, square
crosr witli quarter-circle over it on loft stifle.
Reninger, Chris, Heppner, Or. Horses, C R on
left shoulder.
Rice. Dan, Hardman, Or.; horaes, three pauel
worm fence on left shoulder; cattle, DAN on
right shoulder. Range near Hardrnun.
Royse, Aaron, Heppner, Or Horses, plain V on
left shoulder; cattle, same brand reversed on
rifdit hip aud crop off right ear. Range in Mor
row county.
Rush BroB., Heppner, Or. HorseB branded X
un the right shoulder; cattle, IX on the loft tup.
crop off left ear and dewlap on neok. Range in
Morrow and adjoining counties.
Rust, William, Kidge, Or. Horsee R on
loft shoulder; cattle, R on left hip, crop nfl
right ear, underbit on left ear. 8heep, R on
weathers, round crop off iigh ear. Rango Urna
tula and Morrow ounties.
Reaney, Andrew, Lexington, Or. Hornet
branded A R on right shoulder, vent quarter
circle over brand; cattle same on right hip.
Range Morrow county.
lioyae, Wm. 11, Dairyville, Or Hit connects,
with quarter circle over top on cattle on right hip
and crop off right ear and split iu left. Hornes
same brand on left ehoulder. Range in Siorrow
Grant and Gilliam counties.
Rector. J . W., Heppner, Or. Horaes. JO ol
left ehouldor. Cattle, o on right hip.
Spiokuall, J. W., Gooseberry, Or. Horne
branded 81 on left shoulder; range in Mor
county.
Bailing, V, O Heppner, Or Horses branded
on left shoulder; cattle same on left hip.
bwaggart, B. F Lexington, Or. Horses
with dash under it on lef t stifle; cattle H with
dash under it on right hip, crop off right ear and
waddled on right hind leg. Range in Morrow,
Gilliainand Umatilla counties.
Bwaggart. A. b.,Athena. Or. Horses biande-' i
on left shoulder; cettle same on left hip. Oron
on ear, wattle on left hiad leg.
Straight W.E., Heppner, Or, -Horses nhaded
J 8 on leti stifle; cattle J 8 on left hip, swallow
fork m riglu ear, underbit in left.
8app, Thos., Heppner, Or. Horses, 8 A P ua
lott hip; cattle wimeon left hip.
8hner,Joiin, Fox, Or. NC connected .,o
horses on right hip; cattie, same on right hip,
crop off right ear and under bit in left ear. Hana
m Urant county.
Smith Hros., 8usiuville, Or. Horses, branded
11. on shoulder; cattle, .amo on left shoulder.
Squires, James, Arlington, Or,; horses branded
JB on left shoulder; cattle the same, also none
waddle. Range in Morrow and Gilliam co.iuties.
btephens. . A., Hardman. Or-; horses ttrfou
right sttflo; cattle horizontal L on the right side
bveiibuu, Mrs A. J., Heppner, Or.-Carue. h
un right tin ; ewaliow-fork in left ear.
Bwaggart,G. W.. Heppner, Or.-Horses. 44 on
left siiouldei ; cattle, 44 on left hip
Wperry, E. G. . Heppner, Or. - Cattle W C ou
left hip, crop off right and underbit in loft year,
dewlap; hornee V O on left Bhoulder.
lhompson, J. A., Heppner, Or.-Horsefe, ?, ou
left biioulovr; cattle. 2 on left shoulder
Bh0f1-y''A'..fc'Uieiprise.Or.-Horlies. C-on left
Turner R.W., Heppner. Or.-Small capital T
left shoulder, horses; cattle same on lfcft hip
with split m both oarb. "
ihornton, H. 2d ione, Or.-Horse branded
H I connected on left stifle; sheep same brand
ainierpool, H. T Lena. Or:-Horee H V con
net-ted on right shoulderxattle. same on right
Walbridge.Wm.. Heppner, Or. Horses, U. L
on the left shoulder; cattle same on right hin
crop oft left ear and right ear lopped.
Wilson, Jonn Q 8alem or Heppner, Or -llorsos
branded Jg on the left Bhoulder. liaueu
Morrow county.
W arreu, W B, Caleb, Or-CattJe W with quarter
circle over it, on left side, split in right ear
Horses same brand on left shoulder. RaUiiHiu
Grant coauty.
Wright, Silas A. Heppner, Or. Cattle branded
8 W on the right hip. equan crop off right ear
and split in left.
Wade, Henry, Heppner. Or.-Horsea branded
ace of spade on left shoulder and left bin
Cattle branded same on left side and left hip.
Wells, A. bM Heppner, Or. Horses. 0a on lef
Shoulder catt w MMnie
Woifmger. John, John Day City, Or-On hor-
throe parallel bars on left shoulder; 7 in howi.
bit in both eare. Range in Grant and &laihnr
counties.
Woodward, John, Heppner, Or.-H ore lip
connected on left shoulder.
Watkir.s Ushe Heppner, Or.-Horw brands!
UE connecteo on left stifle.
Wallace, Charles, Portland, Or. -'attie Won
ngm thiKM,ho in left ear; honee, W on richi
ehouJuer som same on left shoulder.
Wbittior mo., nnoiiDgiou, baker Co.. r
Borne t.randwl W R ronnwteu on left ;,ml,!. r
Williams, Vaeco, Hamilton, or.-Qaarter cir-
h!?,jr Xh,imr o" mP botfi cattie aL
horses. Ranre Grant county.
Williams, j O, Umg Creek. Or-Hor-w on- r
ter cirvie over three bar8 on left hip; cattle ?, ,
and silt in each ear. Ranee in Grant oonnt
Wren. A. A., Heppner, Or.-Horses rmmh.gA A
on shomuer; Cattle, snme on rieht hjt,.
1Wt?lkeK th Sous, Hardman Or.
l aiilb branded E W connected EW on le't
Fide nor OD r,sht shonMer j y
W. lker?rat!h( titaTceoo lett bin. borM
n wit sh-.ii .Ha!,, an .. t :
. --v... fUKr in jiuiravi
Xoona. J. s. AnriM n i ' . -'r.