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will pntronizo tlio invontion.
All that ono lias to tlo is to proBs
penny in tho slot and pull out a drawoi
ill which is n yollow envelope contain
ing a seconil envelope and a card for the
niossano to bo forwarded. A flap to the
box forms a deslc upon which tho com
munication may bo written. It is then
inclosed in the smaller envelope, and
with tho cash or stamps for special do
livery at tho rato of 8 pence per milo,
including train and bus fares, but not
cab fares, which art) extras, is put into
the larger envelope.
Meanwhilo a messenger has been auto
matically munitioned by electric cull,
but should ho not make a speedy appear
ance the envelope may bo left for him in
a message box. I'arcels may bo intrust
td to tho messenger, but it is necessary
to await his arrival, for they cannot lie
posted in tho ordinary way. London
Telegraph.
A Great American.
It lias passed into a proverb that men
can bocouio too great to bo president. In
proof of it stand tho names of Webster,
Clay and Soward, and to themagniticent
list may properly bo added tho name of
lilaine. To the honor of the Maine states
lnau bo it uaid that whatever tho disap
pointments of himself and friends, how
ever unfairly treated ho uppoaretl to bo
by tho party for which he bail done bo
much, ho never faltered in his loyally to
his party and his country, and whore tho
hardest work was being done and the
grandest achievements attained, there
was lilaino tiurrounded by his unwaver
ing friends, lie gave his Btrength, ltit
lit o to Ins country. Ihev whom bo on
posed respected him. Admiration of tho
man was not cirenmserilu'd by party
lines. I'or many years his magical name
has been saluted as that of the greatest
living American, and his death will be
recognised as an immeasurable national
loss. Cincinnati Commercial.
I,eltri4t0 ('nine's Joke.
During tho last campaign Delegate
John T. Cainoof Vtahwent over into
Wyoming to preach Democracy to tho
people. There aro a largo number of
emigrant from Utah in the liitter state,
end Mr. Caine thought it would be good
polities to talk to them. While thuscam
paigning he met Senator Warren, who
gently reproved him for trespassing.
"If you come over here again. I will
hnvo to kill yon," said Senator Warren
laughingly.
"That's all right," replied the dele
gate, "but you must remcmlior that in
the matter of killing the Caines have
hvays had tho best of it."
And the senator could not answer a
rord. Washington Tost.
A SONNET.
lt rjB forpret. What matters it that we
Onoe reltmed o'er happy realms of lonff ago.
And talked of lovo, atul let our voices low.
And ruled for some brief sessions loyally?
What if we sunt; or lautrhed or wept maybe?
It has availed not anything, and so
Let it KO by that wo may better know
How poor a thing Is lost to you and me.
liut yesterday 1 kibscd your lips, and yet
Lid thrill you not enough to shake the dew
From your drenched lids and missed, with no
regret.
Your. kiss shot back, with sharp breaths fail
ing you.
And so today, while our own eyes are wet
With all this waste of tears, let us forget!
James Whitcomb Riley.
LAXGALULA.
Langalula wus a great chief. The
people ho ruled were numerous and war
liko; his assegais were 10,000; his tribe
had many cattle. So the missionary at
his kraal was glad indeed when ho felt
he had touched Langalula's heart, for
it meant the conversion of a whole
heathen nation.
When the king goes over, the people
soon follow him.
Langalula said, "lam convinced; bap
tize me."
Bat tho ways of white men are incom
prehensible. Though the missionary had
been preaching that very thing for
months, yet when Langalula gave in
he answered: "Conviction alone is not
enough. You mnst wait awhile till I
feel that your life shows forth works
which are meet for repentance." Langa
lula grumbled. He was little accus
tomed to such contradiction. But he
knew it was hard arguing with these
priestly white men, who will baptize a
starving slave every bit as soon as a
great chief. So he held his peace, and
though he chafed at it waited the mis
sionary's pleasure.
By and by one day the missionary
came to him. "Langalula," he said con
descendingly, "I have watched you close
ly for many weeks now, and I think I
can baptize you."
"Then all my sins will bo forgiven?"
asked Langalula,
"All your sins will be forgiven," the
missionary answered.
"But I must put away my wivesV" Lan
galula asked once more.
"All save one," answered tho mission
ary. It was a point of doctrine.
"Then, I think," Langalula said, "I
will wait for a week, so as to make up
my mind which one of them is dearest
to me."
But he said this deceitfully, knowing
that all his sins were going to be forgiv
en, and determining in the interval to
marry another wife, whom he would
keep as his own when he put away the
others, for there was a young girl com
ing on, black but comely, the daughter
of Khamsua, a neighboring chief, whom
Langalula had seen and whom he wished
to purchase. And since tho last love is
always for the moment the greatest
the chief cared very little whether he
must put away all his other wives or
not if only he could keep Malali. She
had driven out all the rest of them. He
had watched the girl growing up at
Khamsua's for years and had said to
himself always, "Whenever Malali is of
marriageable ago see if I do not buy her
and marry her."
In pursuance of this plan, as soon as
tho missionary was gone, Langalula rose
up and took the fighting men of Mb tribe
with him that there might be no dispute,
and marched into the country of Malali's
father, whoso name, as I said, was
Khauisua. When Khamsua heard Lan
galula was on his way to his land with
5,000 assegais, not to speak of Winchester
riilos, he wont out to meet him with a
great retinue.
Khamsua cringed. Langalula said to
him, "I am come to ask for Malali."
Tho moment Khamsua heard that he
was unspeakably terrified and flung him
solf down on his face and clasped Lan
galula's knees, for Khamsua was only a
Bmall chief in the country compared with
Langalula.
"O my king," Khamsua said, "O lion
of the people, I did not know so great
a monarch as you had set his eyes on
Malali, and before you asked Moutolo's
people came and offered oxen on Mon
telo's behalf for Malali, and I sold her
to them becauso I was afraid of Mon
telo and could not have beliovod so great
a chief as you had over looked upon her."
Langalula smiled at that. "Oh, as for
Montolo," he said, "I can easily take her
from him, and then I can get tho mis
sionary to marry us."
Kliamsua, howover, answered like a
fool. "It cannot be. The Christians
aro so straight laced. Montolo is aChris
tian now. He was baptized a week age,
and Malali was married to him in Chris
tian fashion. Even if you were to kill
Montelo and take her to yonr kraal I
don't believe tho missionary would mar
ry you."
Langalula turned to his men. "Kill
him," he said simply. And they killed
him with an assegai.
As soon as that was finished Langalula
marched on into Montelo's country.
When ho arrived there, Montelo crept
out to meet him and tried to parley with
him. liut Langulula would not parley
with tho man who had deprived him of
Malali.
"We will tight for it," he said angrily.
And they fought for it then and there,
and the upshot of it all was that Lan
galula's men conquered in the battle and
drove Montelo's ment who had no. Win
chesters, back to their king's kraal, and
then killed Montelo himself and carried
his heml on an assegai.
By the very same evening they occu
pied the kraal that had once been Mon
telo's, and Langalula's men brought out
Malali to their own loader. Langalula
looked hard at her. She was a glossy
black girl, very smooth skinned and
lithe and clean of limb. The great chief
stared long at her. Malali hung her
head and dropped her arms before him,
"Why did you go with Montelo?" he
asked at last, "when Langalula would
have taken you?"
Tho girl trembled with fear. It was
no fault of hers. How could she help
it? A woman there is no free agent.
"My father sold me," she answered,
whimpering. Montelo paid him a groat
many oxen. I had no choice but to go.
O king, O mighty lion, 1 did not know
you wanted me.
With that she flung herself at his feet
in terror and held his knees, imploring
him.
"Take her to tho hut that was once
Montelo's," said the great chief, smiling.
"I will follow her there."
They seized her arms and dragged her
to tho hut, crying and shrieking as she
went. They dragyvd her roughly. Lan
galula reuiaiued behind suerinteuvHug
tho slaughter of Montelo's warriors. As
soon as lie was tired he returned to the
hut that had oik been Montelo's, for he
wished to see M1U whether site was
really as beautlrol as he believed, even
though the missionary would never
marry him to her.
Malali, when she saw him, thought all
was well, and that Langalula loved her,
so she left off crying and tried every art
a woman knows to please and charm
him. Bnt Langalula was a very great
king, and his anger was aroused. A
king's anger is terrible. He smiled to
himself to see with what simple tricks
the woman thought she could appease a
mighty warrior.
The morning came, and he cried to
himself with annoyance and vexation
that Montelo and Khamsua, and the mis
sionary as well, should have done him
between them out of so beautiful a wom
an. If the missionary had been a black
man, Langalula would have compelled
him to baptize him outright and then to
marry him properly to Malali with book
and ring in the Christian fashion. But
he knew by experience it's no use threat
ening these white men with tortures, for
threaten how you may they will not
obey you, and besides the governor would
send up troops from Cape Town, and 'tis
ill fighting with the men of the governor.
So he rose in a white heat of passion.
"Malali," he said, approaching her with
an ugly smile, "I like you better than
any woman I ever yet saw. You please
me in everything, but you went off with
Montelo, and the missionary will not
marry me to you now I have speared
him. I have also speared your father,
Khamsua, because he 'sold you for oxan
to Montelo. I want a real queen, who
shall be married to me white fashion, I
am becoming a Christian now and can
only have one wife, bnt it must not be
you, because you were sold to Montelo,
whom I have slain in the battle, and
they will not marry us. So I will keep
my own first wife, the earliest married,
though she is old and lean, and discard
the other ones. Come out of the hut,
Malali, and stand in front of my war
riors. Malali was afraid at that and would
have skulked in the corner if she dared,
but she dared not, because she she was
frightened of Langalula. So out she
came as he told her, trembling in all her
limbs and crouching with terror. Her
knees hardly bore her. Langalula turned
to his men. He looked at her with re
gret. She was sleek and beautiful.
"Pin her through the nody to the
ground with an assegai," he said, point
ing at her, "and leave her to die in the
sun."
After that Langalula marched back
grimly with his men to bis Own country.
As soon as he reached his kraal he went
to see the missionary. He was very sub
missive.
'I repent of all my sins," he said. "I
have come to be baptized. Teacher, I
will put away all of my wives save one,"
Exchange.
Temperature for Growing Mushrooms.
The mushroom in American pastures
seldom starts into growth before the end
of August or September, when the tem
perature of the soil has reached about 60
degs. ; hence this is taken as the temper
ature which the cultivator of the mush
room ought to endeavor to maintain in
order to successfully grow this vegeta
ble. A very experienced cultivator, how
ever, states that he has found this tem
perature to be rather too high in growing
the mushroom in houses prepared for the
purpose. He finds that he has much bet
ter success with an even temperature of
6j than 60 degs. Meehan's Monthly.
The Cost of a Steamer's Anchor.
Tho French line steamer La Gascogne
left for Havre without the port anchor
and cable which she lost off the quaran
tine boarding station. A wrecking boat
chartered at If 00 a day succeeded in locat
ing the anchor, but the grappling chains
parted and it was lost again. The Gas
cogne had to get a new anchor and cable
at an expense of nearly $5,000. New
York Mail and Express.
HORSEPLAY IN ENGLISH SOCIETY
Coarse Jokes and Risky Dancing Being In
dulged In br Hmart Girls.
Skirt dancing, high play and the per
petration of practical jokes seem to be
the leading amusements of country
house parties in England, according to
a recent chronicler quoted by the San
Francisco Argonaut. He says: "No
vember is preeminently the month for
big shoots, and the country houses
are full to overflowing at that time
of the year. In quiet houses mod
erate hours are kept, gambling
for heavy stakes is at a discount
ami a certain sobriety prevails from
sunrise to sundown. In otlrer houses,
however, the fun waxes fast and fu
rious. No dancing is considered 'sport'
unless it be of a nature imported from
the (iaiety, such as the unforgettable
pas tie quatre, A few smart girls go
so far as to take unto thenibelves the
voluminous skirts of the serpentine
frock and try to imitate Miss Lettie
Lind's dexterities." After explaining
that the serpentine skirts are made of
"no less than a hundred yards of the
very finest Chinese silk or crepe cut in
triangular pieces to give the appear
ance of on infinity f yards," our au
thority resumes: "It is regrettable to
atld that under some rcKffs pretty heavy
gambling is indulged in, and baccarat
and nap with high stakes have as
many women as men votaries, to say
nothing of practical joking of a sus
piciously rowdy sort, such as apple-pie
bed-making booby-trapping. A certain
most distinguished lady amused her
self one whole evening by standing in
a gallery and throwing pillows on tho
men's heads as they passed in and out
of the smoking-room."
ANTS IN FLORIDA.
More of Them There Than In Any Other
Part of the World.
There are more ants to the square
mile in Florida than in any other coun
try in the world, says a writer in the
Savanuah News. There are ants which
will measure, more than half an inch
in length, and then there are ants so
small that they can scarcely be seen to
move with the unaided eye. There are
red ants and black ants, and trouble
some ants. But as bad as they are, I
have never heard of them eating out
the seat of a man's trousers, as a mis
sionary, Kev. Mr. Wilson. once told the
writer he saw the army ants do in India
while the man was sitting on the earth
for a few minutes beside him.
But the Florida ants will take out
the lettuce and other minute seeds
from the soil in which they are planted
and actually destroy the bed. They
will suck the life out oi acres of young
cucumbers and melon plants, uproot
strawberry plants or cover the buds
i with earth to such an extent as to kill
them. They will get into pie, pickle,
, suuee, sirup, sugar, on meat, in hash,
I will riddle a cake or fill & loaf of
I baker's bread till it is worthless. All
1 remedies (ailinj, t task to baiting
them near their nests with slices of
meat, bones, apple and pear parings,
and when I had from fifty to one
hundred thousand out turned a kettle
of boiling water on them. I have
killed in one week over one milliou
in the space of a quarter acre lot, and
I have almost wiped them out. I had to
do this to secure any lettuce plants,
and many unobservant farmers com
plain of seedsmen when they should at
tribute their troubles to insects.
It is very curious and instructive to
see how promptly the ants which es
cape the scalding will go to work
taking out the dead, and, after piling
them outside first, then go to excavat
ing again and rebuilding their cells
and runways. This being done very
quickly the next work on hand is the
laying in of a supply of food, by haul
ing the dead bodies of the hot-water
victims into their storehouses. You
may see a small black ant hauling and
tugging at the carcass of a red ant
twenty times its own weight, and he
always succeeds, in the end, in land
ing it in the warehouse of the colony.
Next you may see a sort of ambulance
corps searching for the disabled. These
are taken carefully to the underground
house, where the surgeons and nurses
are in waiting. Then, too, you may
see the timekeepers and bosses direct
ing this one, or turning another back
on some errand or to some other duty.
There is not a moment's delay, no halt
ing feet, no idle hands, but all move as
if it was their last day o-n earth, and
this was the only hour left in which to
redeem a misspent life. For lessons in
industry and perfect government go to
the ants.
EUROPEAN MONASTICISM.
Said to Have Begun on the Little Island
of St. Honorat.
To the student of ecclesiastical his
tory the little island of St. Honorat is
one of the most impressive spots in
Enrope, says the Thinker. Almost in
visible on the map, it at one time oc
cupied a most conspicuous position in
the eyes of the world as one of its
great historical sights. As a center of
intellectual and moral influence it had,
as Montalembcrt truly says, a greater
effect upon the progress of humanity
than any famous isie of the Orecian
archipelago. It may well be called
the Iona of the south. It is a remark
able circumstance that two little in
significant islands, one in the far
north, amid the dark clouds and mists
of the wild Atlantic, and the other in
the far south, under the brilliant blue
sky, and laved by the bluer waters of
the Mediterranean, should have formed
the centers which drew to them, and
from whence were dispersed, all the
spiritual and intellectual forces of Chris
tendom during its darkest ages.
. Meeting one day one of those
wretched lepers, who were as common
in Europe in the early Christian cen
turies as they are now in Asia, Hon
orat took him home to his own room
and began to anoint his terrible sores.
Suddenly the dreadful mask of deform
ity fell off, and the scarred face burst
out into overpowering radiance; and
in the transfigured leper he beheld with
inexpressible awe no other th an the
Lord Jesus Himself.
When St. Honorat left his northern
home he was accompanied by his
sister, who was devotedly attached to
him. The strict rules of monastic life
would not allow the presence of a
woman within the precincts. The
gentle and beautiful girl, who at her
baptism as a Christian received the
name of Margaret, was consequently
sent to reside in the neighboring isle
of Lero, where she was completely
separated from her brother. l!y her
entreaties she at last prevailed upon
him to promise to come and see her
once a year. "Let me know," said she,
"at what time I may look for your com
ing, for that season will be to me the
only season of the year." The saint
replied that he would come when the
almond trees were in blossom. Where
xipon the legend says the forsaken
Margaret assailed all the saints with
her prayers and tears until she got her
wish, that the almond trees in her
island should miraculously blossom
once a month; and sending each month
a branch with the significant flowers
on it to her brother's retreat, he duti
fully came to her at once, and her
heart was thus made glad by the sight
oi ner orotner no less tnan twelve
times every year.
GIVES THEM A CITIFIED LOOK.
A Washington Hairdresser Who Aids the
Wives of Country Statesmen.
There is in Washington a profes
sional hairdresser who makes a com
fortable living while congress is in ses
sion, says the Argonaut. It is an easy
matter to get the name of the country
politician. A note is sent to his wife,
asking permission to show her a more
becoming way of arranging her hair.
Some comprehensive hint- is volun
teered, with a mild compliment. The
letter is marked "personal," a verbal
answer is requested, and in eight out
of ten attempts the hairdresser gets
an answer to call. Oddly enough, it is
the husband who urges her claim; he
wants his wife to look like other
women. At home she was all right,
but in cosmopolitan life she is some
thing of a fright, and, although he
despises himself for the thought, he is
ashamed of her. In an hour's time
the hairdresser puts a new face on the
woman from the woods. She may not
use an inch of false hair, but she
wields a crtmping-iron in a way that
takes years of farm life from her ap
pearance. The troubled, shy, old face
is not made ridiculous; instead of
curls, the iron-gray hair is cleaned,
brushed until it is fluffy, crimped
enough to ripple and look three times
its own quantity, and then it is
dressed. Instead of the long, iron
wire hair-pins, little shell pins arc
used, and the coils are so lightly
caught that the wondering wife
reckons it will not be long before they
all drop out. Women who. refuse to
have their hair cut into a bang are
provided with a false front; but in
every instance the transformation is
admirable. The bill is sent to the
congressman, and it is cheerfully paid.
Mother-lo-I-aw to the Mikado.
The mother-in-law of the mikado of
'apan has recently been ill. She was
ittended by four huncb"ed and twenty
hree physicians, but in spite of that
he pulled through. In connection
vith th illness of this illustrious lady
he Buddhist priests have been claim-
ng that it was caused by the introdue-
ion'of railroads into the kingdom.
Their argument was a very powerful
ind convincing one, too. in their own
,'stimation, since it sho.ved conclusive
ly that when there were no railroads in
the kingdom the empress was in good
health and after the introduction of
railroads she became ill. They were
j a&tonishcd that anyone should dispute
to logical a proposition.
yC WILL
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STOCK BRANDS.
Whilo yon kpepyonr BuhBcription paid ud vcu
can keep your brand in free of charge.
Allvn. T. J., lone. Or. Horses G(i on loft
shoulder; cattle same on left hip, under bit on
right ear, and upper bit on the lofti range, Mor
row county.
Armstrontf. J. 0,. Alpine. Or. T with bar nn.
der it on left shoulder of horses; cattle same
on left hip.
Allison. O. D.. Eicht Mile. Or. Cnt,f! hrnnrt
O D on left hip and horsps same brand on right
shoulder. Ran Re, Eight Mile.
Ankins, J. J., Heppner, Or. HoreeB. ,TA con
nected on left flank; cattlp. caroeon left hip.
Bartholaraew, A. 0., Alpine. Or. Horses
branded 7 E uu either shoulder. Range in Mor
row countv
Bieakman. Geo,. Hardraan. Or. Horses, a flaa
onlpft shouldnr: cattle eame on ripht shoulder.
riannister, J. W., Haruman, Or. Cattle brand
ed B on left hip and thicrh: split in each ear.
Brennor, Peter, (inoseberry Oregon Horses
branded P B on left shoulder. Cattle same on
right Bide.
linrke. M 8t C, Lnng t;reek, Or On cattle,
MAY connected on left hip, ciod off left ear. nn-
der half crop off right. HorneB, same brand on
lettt shoulder. Range in brrant and JUorrow
Bounty,
Hroeman, Jerry, Lena, Or. Horsoa branded 7
on right shoulder; cattle B on the Inft side.
Left ear half crop md right ear upper slope.
Barton, Win,, Heppner, Or. -Horses, J B on
right thigh; cattle, same on right hip; split in
each ear.
Brown. Isa, Lexington, Or. Horses 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 oar ter on loft hip; oattle, same.
Brown. W. J.. Lena. Oreiron. Horses V. bar
over it, on the left shoulder. Cattle same on left
hip.
Boyer, W. G., Heppner, Or. Horses, box
brand on right nip cattle, same, with split in
each ear,
Borg, P. O., Heppner, Or. Horses, P B on left
Bhonlder: cattle, same on left hio.
Brownlee, W. J., Fox, Or Cattle, JB connected
on left side; crop on left ear and two split and
middle piece cat out on right ear; on horses samp
brand on the left thigh; ltange in Pox valley,
Grant county,
CarBner. Warren. Wagner, Or. Horses brand
ed O on right stifle ; cattle r (three bars) on
right ribs, crop and split in each ear. Range in
Grant and Morrow counties.
Cain.E., Caleb.Or. Y D on horses on left stifle11
U with quarter circle over it, on left shoulder,
and on left stifle on all colts under 5 years; on
left shoulder only on all horses over 5 years. AH
range in Grant county.
Clark, Win. H., Lena, Or. Horses WHO con
nected, on left Bhonlder: cattle Baine on right
hip. Range Morrow and Umatilla counties,
Cate, Chaa. H Vinson or Lena, Or. Horses
H C on right shoulder; cattle same on right hip.
Range Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Cecil, Wm., Douglas, Or.; horses J 0 on lefi
shoulder; oattle same on left hip, waddles on
each jaw and two bits 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. Range in Grant
comity. On sheep, inverted A and spear point
on shoulder. Ear markou ewes, crop on left ear
punched upper bit in right. Wethers, crop in
right and nuder half crop in left ear. All rauge
in Grout oonntv.
Cook, A. J. .Lena, Or. Horses, 90on rightshoul
der; Cattle, sameon right hip: ear mark Bquare
crop off left auoVsplit in right.
Currin, R. Y,, Currineville, Or. - Horses, cc on
left Btitie.
Cox Ed. 8 Hardraan, Or. Cartle. C with
e in center; horses. CE on left Sip.
Cochran, R. E., Monument, Grant Co , Or.
Horses branded circle with bar beneath, on left
Bhoulder; cattle same brand on both hipB, mark
under slope both ears and dewlap.
Chan in, H.. Hardman, Or. Horses branded
d on right hip. Cattle brauded the same. Alsu
brands CI on horses right thigh; cattle same
brand on right shoulder, and cut off end of
right ear.
Dickens, Ebb Horses branded with three
tined fork on left Btifie. Cattle same on left Bide.
Douglass, W. M Galloway. Or. Cattle, R D on
right side, swallow -fork in each ear; horses, R D
on left hip,
Donglas. O. T Douglas, Or Horses TD on
the right stifle: cattle same on right hip.
Ely. J. B. A Hons, Donglas, Or. Horsea brand,
ed ELY on left shoulder, cattle same on left
hip. hole in right ear.
Elliott. Wash., Heppner, Or. Diamond on
right Bhoulder.
Emery. C. 8.. Hardman, Or. Horses branded
0 reversed C with tail on left shoulder; catr
tlesame on right hip. Range in Morrow county.
Fleek, Jackson, Heppnpr, Or. Horses, 7F
connected on right shoulder; cattle, same on
ritfht hipi Ear mark, hole in right and crop
off lpft.
Florence, L. A., Heppner. Or. Cattle, LF on
right hip; horsea, F with bar under on right
shoulder.
Florence. 8. F. Heppner. Or. Horse. F on
right shoulder; cattle, F on right hip or thigh.
French, George, Heppner. Or. Cattle branded
TVF, with bar over it, on left side: crop off left
ear. Hones, same brand on left hip.
Gay, Henry, Heppner, Or. GAY on left
Bhoulder.
Gilman-French, Land and Live Stock Co., Fos
sil, Or. Horsen, anchor 8 on left shoulder; vent,
same on left stifle. Cattle, same on both hipe
ear marks, emp off right ear and nnderbit in left
Range in Gilliam, Grant, Crook and Morrow
counties
Gentry, Elmer, Echo, Or. Hon branded H.
8. with a quarter cirvle over it. on left stifle.
Range in Morrow and CmatilUcountiee.
Hayes. Geo.. Lena, Or,t Brand JH connected
with quarter circl over it, on left shoulder.
Hiatt A. B.. Ridgw, Or.-Cattle. round -top A
with qnarter ciivle under it on the right hip.
Rt.ree in Morrow and I'roatillaenunTitw.
HinUn A Jer.ks, Hamilton. Or V'attie. two bar
on either hip: crop in right ear and plit in left.
Horsea. J on right thigh. Range in Grant county
Hughes, Hiranel. Wagner, Or (T F L
coiiheoteni on nh( snouirter on noraee; on esrue.
on right hip and on left ide, swallow fork in
right ear and slit in left. Rang iu Ha slack
dirtriot, Morrow county.
yMm strong n
nerves!
Hale. Milton. Wbituur. Or. Horses branded
-O- (circle with oarallel tails) on left shoulder
Cattle same on left hip also large circle on left
side.
Hall, Edwin, John Day, Or. Oattle k Hon right
hip; horses same on right shoulder, hange iu
Grant oonnty.
Howard. J L. Galloway. Or. Horses. 4- (cross
with bar above it) on risht shoulder: cattle
same on left side. Range in Morrow and Uma
tilla counties.
Hughes. Mat. Herjnner. Or. Horses, shaded
heart on the left shoulder. Range Morrow Co.
Hunsaker. B A. Wnsmer. Or. Horses, fi nn inft
shoulder: oaltle, 9 on left hip.
HardiBty, Albert, Nye, Oregon Horses, A H
connected, on left shoulder; Cattle on the left
hip. crop off left ear,
Humphreys, J M, Hardman, Or. Horses, H on
left flank
Hayes. J. M.. Hennner. Or. Honuw. winAoInu -
on left Bhoulder cattle, same on right hip.
nusron, turner, f.ignt nine, ur, Horse H on
the left shoulder and heart on the left Btifie Cat
tle same on left hip. Rnnge in Morrow oonnty.
i Ivy. Alfred, Long Creek, Or Cattle I D on
riirht hio. crorj off left ear and bit in riirht. Ilnraaa
same brand on left shoulder. Range n Grant
aountv.
Jones, Harrv, Heppner, Or Horses branded
H J on the left shoulder: cattle bAanderi J nn
right hip, also underbit in left ear. Range in
marrow ceuury.
Junkin. 8. M.. Heppner. Or. Horses, horn.
shoe J on left shoulder. Cattle, the same.
tvange on iManc nine.
Johnson. Felix, Lena, Or. Horses, cireleT on
left stifle; cattle, same on right hip, under half
orop in right and sulit in left ear
Jenkins, D W.,Mt. Vernon,Or, J on horses on
left shoulder; on cattle, J on left hip and two
smooth crops on both ears. Range in Fox and
Bear vallei-H
Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Horses branded
KNY on left hip, cattle same and crop off left
ear: nnder slooe on the right
Kirk. J. T., HepDner. Or. Horses 89 on left
shoulder; cattle, HH on left hip.
Kirk, J C, Heppner. Or. Horses, 17 on either
flunk: cattle 17 on right side.
Kirk, Jesse, Heppner, Or.; horsec 11 on left
suonlder; cattle same on right side, underbit on
right ear.
Kumberland.W. O.. Mount Vernon. Or. I L ou
oattle on right and left sides, swallow fork in lc ft
ear and nnder oiop in right ear. Horses same
brand on left Bhoulder, Range In Grant countv.
Loften, Stephen, Fox. Or. 8 L on left hip
on oattle, crop and split on right ear. Horses
same brand on left shoulder. Range Grant
oountv.
Lieuallen. John W., Lexip. Or. Horses
branded half-circle JL connected on left shoul
der. Cattle, same on left hio. Range, near Lex
ington Leahey, J. W. Heppner Or. Horses branded
L and A on left shoulder; cettle same on left
hip, wattle over right eye, three slits in right
ear,
Lord, George, Heppner. Or. Horses branded
double H coi.neekd Sometimes called a
swing H, on left shoulder.
Markham, A. M., Heppner, Or. Cattle large
Mon left side both ears cropped, and split in
both. Horses M on left hip. Range, Clark's
can von.
Minor, Oscar, Heppner, nr. dattle, U Don
right hip; horse. Mon left shoulder.
Morgan, H. N., Heppper, Or. Horses, M )
on left shoulder cattle eame on left hip.
MoCnmber. Jas A, Echo, Or. Horses. M with
bar over on right shoulder.
Morgan. Thos., Heppner, Or. Horses, circle
T on left Bhoulder and left thigh; cattle. Z on
right thierh.
Mitchell, Oscar, lone, Or. Horses, 77 on right
bin; oattle, 77 on right side.
mm;iaren, u. (., HrownBvilIe, Or.-Horses,
Ficure B on each shoulder; cattle. M2 on hip
WMoCarty, David H. Echo Or. HorBes branded
DM connected, nn the lnfr. ahmilHot.. nA
on mi) and side.
iHoGirr, Frank, Fox Valley, Or.-Mule shoe
With toe-Cork on Cftttle nn rihn an A nnda. ;
each ear; horses eame brand on left stifle.
mcHalev. . .. nMninr.m. Or. i in Hnrui u
with half circle under on left shonlder;oo l&ttie,
four bars oonnected on top on the right side
i.miKw in onntv.
Neal. Andrew. Tionn HnMr Clr, TTnmaa A W
nested on left shonlder; onttle same on both hips,
Nordyke, E.. Hilverton. Or. Horses, circle 7 on
left thigh: cattle, same on left hip.
Ol War. JoHeph. ('rtiiyon ('ity. Or. A 9 or enrfcle
on loft hipt on horees, (tame on left thigh, tinnge
Oiler. Perry. Lezinirion. Or P n , if
ehnnirlor.
Olp, Herman, Prairie City, Or.-On oattle. O
LP conneoted on left hin: hnrann nn toff .ttH
and wartle on nose. KHnee in Grant oountv.
PnaHn. fil,.. MJ- IT '
iv. ..,, y".", .Hue. ,,r. norpea, quar
ter circle shield on left shoulder and 24 on loft
hip. ( .attle, fork in lefr- ear, riht oronperl, 1
on left hin. Rarise on Eitrht Mile.
Parker A Gleaaon, Hanitnan.Or.-Horaei IP on
left shoulder.
Piner. Krrteft, Lexington. Or.-Horse. brand,
e Il (LK connected) on lft shoulder; oattle
s me on rnrhthiri. Kanrre, Morrow county.
Piper, J. H.. Imxinafrm. Or. Horses, .IK con.
nested on left shoulder; oattle, same on left hip.
nder bit in each ear.
Pattys, A. 0 lone. Or.; horses diamond P oo
shonlder; cattle, .1 H J connsct'd, on the
loft hip, upper slope in loft ear and slip in the
rnrht.
Powell, John T., Dayville, Or Horees, JP con
nected on left shoulder. Cattle OK oouneoted on
left hip, two under half orona, one on each ear,
wattle nnder throat. Hmnoin Grantoounty.
liood. Andrew, Hardman, Or. Horses, sqnare
ornsp with qnnrror-eirole over it on left stifl .
Henine-or, Chris, Heppner, Or. Horses, C R on
lefr shonlder.
Htce. Dan, Hardman, Or.: horses, throe nine!
worm fence on loft shoulder: cattle, DAN on
ripht shoulder. Kunae near Hardraan.
Koyse, Aaron, Heoonor, Or Horses, plain V on
loft shoulder; cattlo, name brand reversed o.
riirht hip and crop ofl right our. ltange in Mor
row county.
Rush Bros., Hennner, Or. Horses branded X
on the right shoulder: oaltle, IX on the left hin.
crop off left ear and dewlap on neck, ltange in
Morrow and adjoining countieB.
Hnst, William, llidgo, Or. Horses K on
left shonlder; oattle, R on left hin, oron off
right ear, nnderbit. on left ear. Sheep, R on
weathers, round orop off righ ear. Range Dm.
tllla and Morrow munties.
Keanoy, Andrew, Lexington, Or. Horse,
branded A 11 on right shoulder, vent quarter
circle over brand; cattle same on right hip.
Range Morrow county,
Hoyee, Wm. H, Dairyville. Or HR connect!,
with quarter circle over top on oattle on right hin
and crop off right ear and split in left. Horse,
name brand on left shoulder. Range in Morrow
Grant and Gilliam counties.
Rector. .T. W.. Heppner. Or. Horses, JO oi ,
left shoulder. Cattle, o on right hip,
SpioknaU, J. W., Gooseberry, Or. Horee
branded 31 on left Bhoulder; iange in Mor.
oonnty.
Sailing, C C Heppner, Or Horses branded
on left shoulder; cattle same on left hip.
Bwaggart. H. F., Lexington, Or. Hnnea
with dash under it on left stifle: cattle H with
dash nnder it on right hio, oron off right ear and
waddled on right hind leg. Range in Morrow,
Gilliam and Umatilla counties.
Bwaggart. A. L., Athena. Or. Horses branded J
on left shoulder: cettle same on left hip. Crop
on ear. wattle on loft hind leg,
Straight W. E., Henpnor, Or.-Horses shaded
J 8 on left stifle; cattle J 8 on left hip, swallow
fork in right ear. nnderbit in left.
Bapp, Thos., Heppner, Or. Horees, 8 A P oo
left hip: cattle eeme on left hin.
Bhrier.John, Fox, Or. NO oonnected on
horses on right hip; cattle, same on right hip
cron off right ear and nnder bit in left ear. Range
in ttrant county.
Smith Bros.. Sns-nvllle, Or. Horses, branded
H. L. on shoulder; cattle, sameon left Bhonlder.
Squires, James. Arlington, Or,; horses branded
J8 on left shonlder: cattle the aame, also nose
waddle. Range in Morrow and Gilliam oonnHeB.
Stephens, V. A., Hardman. Or-; horses SB on
right stifle; cattle horizontal L on the right side
Stevenson, Mrs A. J., Heppner. Or. Cattle. S
on right hie:' swallnw.fork in left ear.
Hwaegart. G. W.. Heppner, Or.-Horeee, 44 on
left shouldei ; oattle, 44 on left hip.
Hporry, E. G.. Heppner, Or. Cattle W 0 on
left hip, crop off right and nnderbit in left year,
dewlap; horses W C on left shonlder.
Thompson, J. A.. Heppner. Or.-Horses. J on
lefr shoulder: cattle, 3 on left shonlder.
Tipnets.8.T.,Enlerprifle,Or. Horses. C-on left
shoulder.
Turner B. W Heppner, Or.-SmaB oapital T
lert shonlder, horses; oattle urn. on left hip
with split in both ears.
Thornton, H. M.. lone. Or. Horses branded
HT oonnected on left stifle; sheen same brand.
Vanderpool. H. T.. Lena, Or: Horses HV con.
nected on right shonlder;cftttle, same on right
hin
Walbridee, Wm.. Heppner. Or. Horses, TJ. L.
on the hft shoulder; cattle aame on right bip.
crop off loft ear and right ear lopoed.
Wilson, John Q., Salem or Heppner, Or.
Horses branded Jo on the left Bhonlder. Range
Morrow oonnij'.
Warren. W B. ("slob. Or Cattle W with qnarter
circle over it, on left side, split in right ear.
Horsea same brand on left shonlder. Range in
Grant county.
Wright. Silas A . Heppner. Or. Cattle branded
8 W on the right hip. square crop off right ear
and split in left.
Wade. Henry, Heopner. Or Horses branded
ace of spades on left shoulder and left hip
Cattle branded aame on left side and left hip.
Wells. A. 8., Heppner, Or. Horses, on lef
shoulder- catr'e .area
Wolnnger, John, John Tlay City. Or--On horse,
three parallel hare on left shoulder; 7 on sheer
bit in both ears. Range in Grant and Mali ner
oonnties.
Woodward, John. Heppner, Or. Horses. DP
oonnected on left shoulder.
Watkins. Lishe. Heppner, Or. Horse, branded
UE oonnected on left stifle.
Wallace. Charles. Portland. Or. -Cattle W nn
rightthigo, hole in left ear: horses. W on right
anoulaer Boms same on left shonlder.
Whittier nnnnngion. Baker Co.. Or. - -
Horses branded W B cun nected on left Moulder
William. Vasco. Hamilton. Or.-Qnarter err
cle over three bare on left hip, both cattle and
horees. Range Grant county.
Williams. J O. Long Creek. Or-Horw., qnar
tor circlo over three bars on loft hip; oattle urn.
ar.Uttt m each ar. Range in Grant oonnty
V, ten. A A., Horpner. (tr Horn nmningA A
00 sh.ni.li-r: ( an! same on ru-M hip.
Walker EliTaberh 4 Sons, Hardman Or -
1 nitio hnndod iE W conrec-ted) FWon lef
"trie horsee 'same on right shoulder. J. V
Wa k-rseartle, aame on left hip, horse, eame
on left shoulder. All range Is Morrow eonnty