r 1 V Scroiulajwelling On the Neck and Great Weakness Caused by Impure Blood Was 3 Constantly Crowing Worse. J " When my son was 5 year j old he was in very poor health and we could get v . nothing to relieve him. . At the age of 7 jit he began to complain of soreness on h sides of his neck and soon lumps be- i i to gainer on one Bide and grew to .f t.hA aiv.n nf an ctrtr Wa hn Kni I - - - - - " " ' w mvii -"-V,lIlv " ore uneasy and began to doctor him for Scrofula. He gradually grew worse, how jever, until at the age of twelve years we d lost all hope of his recovery. He he me so weak he could sit up but a few ninutes at a time. My wife saw Hood's iarsaparilla recommended as a great blood purifier and we sent and got a bottle. We egan giving our boy the medicine ao ordirjg to directions and it was not long1 before we saw he was improving. He fcontinned taking it until he was in very feood health. He is now 13 years old and ls well. We recommend Hood's Sarsapa fritla for all troubles caused by impure Iblood." 8. M. Silver, Grouse, Oregon. . I Hood's Sarsaparllla is sold by all druggists. 41 ; six for as. Get only Hood's. A GOOD CLUBBING LIST. Now that the great political campaign is over and the winter season again with us, all will want an' adequate supply of fresh and varied reading matter for the long evenlDgs. Cognizant of this the Gazette has made clubbing arrangements with a number of periodicals and now offers the following to all new and renew al subscribers: The GAZETTE 12.50 and Club Rate Weekly Oregpnlan, $1.50 $3.50 " 8. F. Examiner, fl.50 8.75 " . N. Y. Tribune, 11.00. . 8.00 " Inter-Ocean, 11.00 8.25 " 8. F. Chronicle, $1.60 8.75 Thrice-a-Woek N. Y. World. $1.00 ' 8.25 I Webfoot Planter, 50c 2 50 Leslie's Weekly, $4.00 . 5.00 t ; I Here and There. Dave Pressley's baby boy is better. Mrs, A. G. Bartholomew is on the sick list. W. D. Crank is over from Ritter to bear. . Frank Holland is reported as being quite ill. . L. M. Piwell was in town from bis Alpine ranch Wednesday. The Heppner Transfer Co. have wood for sale. Call on them. 25 lm Commissioner Beokett and daugbte were in from Eight Mile Saturday last. Nat Shaw's little child is suffering from a very large abscess on the neok For sale A fine six-year-old Jack Call on or write Ben Swaggart, Lexing ton, Or. 5315 Johnny Eager and family have moved into the Be property, near Alex Tbomp on'i plaoe. Asa Thompson and Geo. Swaggart came op from the Ella district last Wednesday. Rev. H. F. Dennis has been "under the weather" for several days bat is do mnoh better. Ton'll find s complete stick of tobac cos, cigars and smoker's goods at the OruDge Front. tf Readers of the Gazette will find that the outside pages of tbeUizetts ooutain mnoh local news. Don't overlook tbero, Ws bavs advertising spaoe for the professional men. Every dootor and lawyer in town should have bis oard in the Gazette. Fresh vegetables snd f raits of the sea " son arrive daily at the Orangs Front opposite City hotel, corner Maio and Willow streets. t( Low Tillard keeps wet goods dowo at bis new place, near ths ooanoil chambers. Call at Ths Welcome and make yourself at boms. ' Scaly eruptions on the bead, chapped bands sml lips, cats, braises, scalds, burns are qniekly cured by DeWitt's Witoh Hutel Salve. It is st present the article most oaed for piles, and it always cares them. Conser Brock. Nat Webb is down from Walla Walla. Sam Hale was in from Batter Greek Saturday. Frank Lee, the veteran woolbayer, is here again to look op some clips. Lewis Kinney was oat yesterday for the second time since bis recent illness. Miss Etta Reed, of Arlington, oame op this morning to visit her sister, Miss Delia Beed. Vsn YanDersal. of Portland, is work ing np an advertisiofnSropoaition among ar business men. '' : Cbss. Valentine, ex-Assessor Willis and Billy Crab tree represented ontlying preoinots Saturday. Sheriff T. J. Lriver was np from The Dalles yesterday. Tom is favorably spoken of in oonoeotion with the U 8. marsbalehip. A. Roderick Grant, representing the Blumauer Drug Co., of Portland, was in town Tuesday to see bis customers here. Rod" is all right. Lon Leathers was down from Hard- man Saturday last, baa been look ing after Mrs. Geo. Brown's store the past winter and ( ring. County Superintendent E W. Dag gett, of Arlington, is Buttering from blood poisoning in the arm, caused by a wound make by a rusty nail. Henry and O. V- Tbomsoo oame up from California recently where they bad spent the winter in search of health. Both came baok very mnoh improved. At Heppner's warehouse Phill Oobo will pay the highest market prioe for fall wool pelts, bides, furs, etc. Pbill sells direct to Eastern buyers. See him be fore you sell yoar pelts. tf " Wo, Kirk was struck on the left thigh by a piece of timber weighing about 100 pounds, over at the M. E , South, par sonage a few days ago, . snd was very badly bruised but no bones broken. Fully 30,000 head of sheep have been sold bo far, bat there are yet 50,000 bead of yearlings aid two-year old wethers for sale. Tbe condition of busi ness in Heppner this year will be shaped by the sale of the surplus sheep. T.-M.: "Pap" Stroud, whom every body knows and rejpects, is a guest of Tbe Dalles, having arrived from Port land on the noon train. Mr. Stroud is making bis annual visit to the Masonic lodges, as grand lecturer of the order, Tbe report comes up from Portland that tbe new time card for tbe O. R. & N. main line will be delayed for at least one week. Tbe change in time proposed is to accommodate tbe new train that will be put on from Portland to Walla Walla. Frank Readick, who was oonneoted itb ths "Sontsgand Evans" Company and who wbb in Heppner at one time with that combination, recently lost all of bis stage truck at Spokane by fire Readick is an actor by merit and de serves better luck. Sol Center, bo old resident of Walla Walla, committed suicide last Saturday morning by taking oyanide of potash. He was highly esteemed by all who knew blm snd was a very successful business man. The onuss of bis sadden taking off was ill health. J. H. Fisher, brother of C. H. Fisher, editor and proprietor of tbe Roeeburg Review, is down from Prescott, Wash., nod will shear in this locality this season, after which be will go to Montana. He is accompanied by Geo. Komine. Sher man Deery and W. EL Hughes. E O.: Frank Lee, who baa for many years bought wool io Pendleton, Hepp ner and all Eastern Oregon towns, ar rived this morning from San Francisco, to begin bi season's campaign among the wool growers. He will visit Pendle ton frequently during the summer. Tbe all absorbing topic, tbe Cuban question, is agitating eingress, bat io Heppner the citizens are striving to ascertain how R. C. Wills, in Black man's old stand, can offer such bargains in shoes, spring and summer dress goods. Mr. Wills is making a specialty of these Hoes, bat bs will give yon bargains in thousands of other srticlet. It ill pay you to see R. C. Wills btfora plsoing yoar 'order. Mull orders a specialty. Don't forget tbe plaos. tf Wm. Radio came in Saturday from PerjdletoBj bis father being some better. He left Soiday for Long Creek. Some of our exchanges cannot under stand , it appears, why all wool does not sell st tbe same price. It ought to bs plain that 'thongh two fleeces migbt be, of the same quality, that the one weigh ing fourteen pounds is not worth as mnoh per poaud as the one that weighs eight pqunds. Wool men bay on a sooured basis, snd they pay nothing for dirt. Henry Wade brought in-loday the first load of wool for this season, unloading it at the M. O. L & T. Co.'s warehouse. It belongs to Carty & Kilkenny and is said to be of much better quality than wool off the same sheep last year, being lighter and of longer staple. Both' warehouses will soon begin to receive wool in abun dance, the weather being propitious for shearing. - The well known musicians, Messrs. Jake Wattenberger and Chas.Ingrabam, have deoiried to give a grand May Day ball on May eve, April 31, 1897. The saooesa of all terpsichorean entertain ments under the management of these gentlemen in the past, is a guarantee that the May Day ball will be a pleas ant affair. Good music will be pro vided. Popular prices. 36 38 Dr. D. J. McFaul received word this morning from Adams that bis brother-in law.Cbas. Boliiig, had died suddenly at 8 o'clock, a. m. The cause of his demise is unknown, as be was supposed to be in good health. He was about 39 years of age and owned a drug store in Adams. Mrs. Boling .is a sister of Mrs. J. M. Hager and Mrs. MoFaul. Tbe dootor leaves tonight 'to he present at the obseq uies. Tbe Gazette is in receipt of a oiroular letter from Mr. H. L. McAlieter, son of. W. B, MoAlister, tbe former s student of Oorvallis Agricultural College, devot ed to inquiries as to the existence, hab ile, etc, of the ground squirrel. No doubt others have been sent oat to ad dresses in oar county and tbe auswers thereof ongbt to bealuable to the stud ents of tbe department of entomology and zoology in that exoelleut school. T.-M. i Last Friday the steamer Reg ulator made a great run from Tbe Dalles to Portland, making tbe trip (running time exclusive of stops) in 5 boars and 45 minutes, or at the rate of a little over 20 miles an hour. This entitles tbe Regulator to the title of the greyhound of the Oolnmbia, and demonstrates that sinoe the recent repairs she has under gone, she is capable of making the trip from tbe Dalles to Portland and return in one day. Mrs. A. Inveen, residing at 720 Henry 8t Alton, 111., suffered with sciatic rheumatism for over eight months. She d oct orel for it nearly tbe whole of this time, using various remedies recom mended by friends, and was treated by the physicians, bat received no - relief. She then ased one and a bait bottles of Chamberlain's Fain Balm, whioh effect ed a complete cure. This is published st her request, as she wants others similarly sfflioted to know what oared her. Tbe 25 and 50 oent siz3s tor sale by Conser & Brook. ' Backlea's Arnica Salve. Tbe Best Salve in the world tor Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Uloers, Salt Rbeum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, snd positively cares Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prioe 25 cents per box. For Bale by Conser & Brook. Tbe old lady was right when she said, tbe child migbt die it they waited for tbe dootor. She saved the ; little one's life with a few doses of One Minnte Cough Cure. She bad used it for croup before. Conser & Brook. Tbe length of lite may be increased by lessening dangers. The majority ot peo ple die from lung troubles. These may be averted by promptly oseing One Minate Cough Care. Conser & Brock LostIn Heppner, a red leather pock et book, silver bow on oorner, containing a five-dollar greenback, a ten-dollar gold piece, $23 in county scrip in the name ot Thompson & tJinns and other valuable- papers. Finder wilt be re warded by leaving same at Thompson & Binns' stable, . - 5 6 Gid Hatt and Charley Jones are as- Jsooiated together down at Charley's old plaoe in the toosorial business. Call on them and get your whiskers pushed in. . The crescent waves on Cretan shores. The cross of Christ goes down ; The Turks are helped by Christian powers Who bombard fort and town. Columbia's eagle hears nor heeds Poor Cuba's piercing cry ; Then let us drown these shameful deeds In Sperry's "Llnwood Rye." For sale at tbe Belvedere saloon, E G. Sperry, proprietor. tf Hiok Mathews and V. Gentry, under the firm name ot Mathews & Gentry, are associated together in the birber business in the new stand, two doors south ot the postoffioe. They solioit call. tf. l am not Running The Weather. If I Were Spring Would Have Been Here Long Ago. . A store, however. You need supplies for the sheep camp; I have them. You want some gents furnishings; no trouble to supply you. You require groceries ot all kinds; call at my store. "Live and let live" is a good motto. I sell as cheap as possible, to be consistent with good business management. I want to do business. I can please you. My goods are fresh and well selected. T. R. HOWARD, Main Street. Heppner, Oregon. "Not Exactly Went." Tbousaods of people are in this con dltion Tbey are not eiok and yet they are by no means well. A single bottle of Hood's SaraaparillA would do tbem a world of good. It would tone tbe stomach create an apetite, purify and enrich the blood and give wonderful vigor and vitality, Now is tbe time to take it. Hood's Pills are tbs favorite family oathartio. Easy to lake, gentle, mild 25 cents. "Excuse me" observed tbe man In spectacles "bat I am a surgeon, and that 18 not where tbe liver is." Never yon mind where tbe liver Is." retorted tbe other. ''If it was in his big toe or bis left ear DnWitt'a Little Earl Risers would reach it snd shake It for bim. On that you can bet your gig-lamps." Con ser & Brook. Mrs. John Jenkins bas lately pur chased one of tbe celebrated Newoomb Fly-Shuttle looms and is now prepared to do all kinds of carpet and rug weav inff. Any one desiring first class work should call on her at her home on lower Main street. Low Drioes and all wor guaranteed. 9-37 RACES! RAGES! V -V THE HEPPNER SPEED ASSOCIATION Hrve neolded to Hold a. Mace JeetiiOLg At HEPPNER, ORE. ON FOUR DAYS AS FOLLOWS " Saturday, May 29, -AND- talaj, Weinesiay and Ha;, ' JUNE 1, 2 and 3. It lit Hotel Palace .....HEPPNER, OREGON Mrs. Julia Bradley, Prop Guests will find tbe best of accom modations in every respect At the old stand, have tbe usual 4 spring outfit of FARMING UTENSILS, HARDWARE AND CAMP OUTFITS, Besides tbe thousand odds and ends that are too numerous to mention. Gall on- GILLIAM & BISBEE, Next Door to First National Bank Building. I Am The Father of $700.00 IN PURSES ! $700.00 PROGRAMME: FIRST DAY HatiirrlAv. Mav 29 Race 1. Quarter mils dash, noatob race between Sinner, owned by Low Tillard. and Sawbuck, owned by Ben Haggari, for 8100 a side. Raoe2. Four and one-half (nrlongs. free lor all. Parse, J100. Bace 3. Tbreeeiehtb mile dash, free for all. Parse, $75. SECOND DiY-Taday. Jane 1-Race4. One-half mil dash, fres for all. Parse. $100. Roe 5. Six hundred yard dash, free for all. Purse, $75. THIRD DAY Wednesday Jane 2 Roe 1. Quarter mile dab. free for all Pnna tftt Runo 7 fln thnnna nil vnriln. free for H 11. Pu'SS. 8100. FOUUTII DAY Thursday, June 8 -Raoe 8. Ooe half mile, handicap, fre tr.r all Pnr. 8100 Roe . One half mile, consolatioo raoe. for defeated horses Purse, 875. Raoa 10. Mule raoe from wire to wire, open to the world Prima ft )R nnvnTTinNHr Thee races will ba Governed bv tbe rules of the Paoiflo Blood Horse Association. Entranoe fees in all races, not otherwise specified. 10 tnres to start. in case inai Am also a Merchant and Want Your Patronage. And in order to get it we have pro cured the finest line of General Merchandise ever shown in this city. (No Hies on ns, or fly speoks on onr soods; We are not like tbe fly, or our competitors, who lay dormant six nun tbs, but are open for business at all hours, days and months.) t nf nnran. Ave or more to enter, three to start. In case parses above given do not fill with five complete entries, the board bas the power tha nnra a in their indirment seem DroDer. Tbe di rectors reserve ths riebt to postpone any and all raoes on sccouot of inclement f JT QDD T Mf TOPK .thr. If above raoes do not fill. Dorses will be aiven for special races, to b VulV wJl IVllVJ J I WVIV substituted by tbe directors. Parses will bs divided 70 per oent to the first borse, 30 per oent to second. All entries to close by 8 o'clook, p. m., on tbe evening pre oeedicg the race. Ladies ! Shirt Waists Ainerioscs are tbe most inventive people on earth. To tbem have been issued nearly 600,000 patents, or more than ons-tbird of all tbe patents issued in tbe world. No disouvery of modern years has been ot greater benefit to mankind than Chamberlain's Colic, Cbolers and Diarrhooat Remedy, or bas done mors to relieve pain and suffering. J. W. Vaughn, ot Oaktoo, Ky., ssys: "I have used Cbamberlaio's Cotio, Cholera and Ditrrb Remedy io my family for several years, and find it to bs tbs beet medicine I ever used for cramps in the stomaob sod bowels. For sals by Con ser & Brock. ISO FINER FOUND IN LINE TO BE HEPPNER $ New Shipment Received tlis Week; fron) Chicago. This season Shirl Waists villi very vmrk in favor among the lulies. We have just what you vant. We are also displaying our fine line of I STRAW HATS r . . . k ilA.ikl tmatA lA fMI Our new stock of Spring and Summer dress goods will arrive in a few days. I ALL PURSES EL K I'illl IN FULL. I BSSSSST u nun mi E A. W. PATTERSON, Seoretary. W. O. MINOR, President. E. u FKEELAND. Treasurer. L Matlock Dve MoAts, E. O. Sperry, Oeo. Harrington, Henry Heppner, J. W. Morrow, Oid Hatt, Geo. Aiken, Direotors. tf ' ROOTS AND SHOES' THC PLACE TO GET TH CM It AT M. LICIITKNTHAL'S Ha tut anything to this line that you may dwlrs tint you rain drpenil on It you get t good article when Wt gutraiitet It. SHOES IN ALL THE LATEST STYLES. Old Stand. Main Street. Repairing a Specialty. I i x E. W. RHEA & CO Tha first National Bans Bullslnt, HEPPNER, - - OREGON. ft w ft t f Now that the gold fields luive been ex Knn.inii. I irnvrs many of them wUh they had stopped and Kcketed some of tne prrclous stone inev mrrw B.j. If we made thormign iirrpai for diumond mining a they lo In naiuu Vfrlen.we would find thi rountry nnu h r:. her in material! than anj bony am cinate. A oiupnny no rrrrnnj rrmn zrd to rtetejoi me miDnm ,..- einua ttonet III the noutli, and It has a utimlx-r of njrentt in the field innkinr nvnm Inaiiont. Thev will inelude In their work all of -the prei-ioim stones, diamonds, emeralds. np.hire, lieryN. irarm-ln snd every other :" " n".v volue. They will lie provided with the proper machinery, and not with eoaJ mid (fold nvnlnir Implements. It is all wrniijr to iit)e that a coal or fold miner would unearth the previous ttonea if they hspjM ned to lie In the mountains. The precious utonen are not nlwn.ia found where the vM and Von I fii-Mii are located. It need i!ititn t ma chinery end methods, and this i 'rn- f.nlv wbv thlt we tan ever nope ioe. elfip the (rem reeonrcf of t h count ry. Ths company which I bne been travel intf for baa sirearfy mude nepotlat'ons foe larfre tracts of ni'nersl hind slonir the Appalachian system. trd It will m:.ke immrdinte efforts tr develop the mium. I have no doiilit Imt they will Irike innny tiiiexp- ted fii-hln f pre f'oiu iT' iiis. end the country will pet a new idea of the rcwiiireet of th rnitut of the sonth." Philadelphia Times. The little Wand of '.falta has a 'nrfiiaa-e of t own. derived from the f,rttfMriln AM.in toririies. The ' i.fif tf id ii-k -r.k I-4'isri, THE PALACE HOTEL BAH, J. C. BOKC1I1CRS, Prop. AMOUNTING TO OVER IU U Ul Is now in and ready for inspection. Call and examine; we are here to show goods. Why do you wait dear brother, Why do you tarry so long; When Minor & Co. will give you What you want (or a song. Yours for Business, MINOR & CO. XIIIVIC TIII FAMOUS GeVolct Hop A COOL, REFRESHING AND HEALTHFUL DRINK. Star Brewery Company, Keeps the Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars wasMa,t.w st., rrti.r,, p,. Vancouver, wash. Wool Growers! With MftKioley Id tbs Wbits Uonae, ws predict bifc-bsr prices for wool dorisf ths soroing let too, sad feel aasared that Ueppnsr ill altrsot mors K.astsro hoj sra thaa formerly. Their be sdij nailers "111 bs at ths Wool Growers' Warehouse and it trill bs to your loterasts to store yotir ml with ns. Inturar.ee rates srs also mush chsaper thaa lant ysar. Ws famish wool sacks and Iwios to p I root psyabls whsa wool is sold. Ws pay freight to teamsters, and fortileb blaos reeetp's to wootgrowers oa application, Ws bavs os band rolled barley and feed for teamsters. Ws pay lbs highest sash prios for shsep pelts sod bides. Ws srs assets for Little's Fluid lu, snd ths fataons lilaek Leaf TuUoso I'P Mark jour wool sseks Q atd direct your tsarotters to ths lower Wsrebonts, Defpner, Oregon. R. F. IIYjSTJD, Manager. You con Wager Your Sox that You are Always at Home at .... F WELCOME On Willow Htrast, nssr tbe City Uall. THE BEST WET GOODS in the MARKET. Tbey try to pisses all. Pins olob rooms In connection. The GAZETTE, $2.50 A Year for CASH. tRASK KOoCRS I. I. ROBERTS Rogers & Roberts, Contractors tuj RuiKlers. Plans and Estimates Given on Snort Notice. All Kinds of Repair Work Done OFFICE H0URS-Day and Night Leave four orden "Any Old t flire" Ko. or Jim yii) get m 0099000 1 .' . l. ' r " 11 : ' '