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.SIXTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1898.
NO. 708
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THE HEPPNER GAZETTE
relished Every Thursday.
BY
OORL1ES MERRITT,
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OFFICIAIi BIBEOTORT.
United States Officials.
Ptesidont .....William McKinley
Vice President ....Garret A. llobart
fleoretary of Slat W. K. Day
(secretary or Treasury Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of Interior Cornelius N. Bliss
tfeoretary of War Kussell A. Alger
Seoretary of Navy John I). Long
Postinascer-tteneral Charles Emery Smith
Attorney-1onernl John W. Griggs
Baeratary of Agriculture James Wilson
State of Oregon.
Uovernor W. P. Lord
Secretary of Btate H. K. Kincaid
Treasurer Phil. Metaohan
pnpt. Public Instruction (, M. Irwin
Attorney General C. M. Idleman
Senators.
j G. W. Mo
, MoBride
Connon i A'108.- H:.T"nBne
( W. . EU18
Printer.
!n. 8. Bean,
P. A. Moore,
C. K. Wolyerton
dnprorue Judges
Sixth Judicial District.
rirjnit Judge Stephen A. Lowell
PtoBeonting Attorney.... H. J. Bean
Morrow County Officials.
J int Senator J, W. Morrow
K presontative E. L. Freeland
C! if.yjndae A. G. Bartholomew
' tJouimiesionere 1 . U. Howard
J. W. Beokett.
" Olers Vawter Crawford
" Sheriff E. L. IKatlock
" Treasurer M. Lichtonthal
" Assessor A 0. Pettey
" rfnrveyor Julius Keithly
" -"ihool Hap't Jay W. Shipley
" C roner Dr. E. B. flunlouk
HKPPNEB TOWN OFFICERS.
Mayor .- Thos. Morgan
Oiunnilmnu E. J. Hloonm, M.
liiclitenthal, J. H. Simons, J. J. Koberts, J. W.
Rasmus and E. G. Sperry.
K uordei W. A. Richardson
r'ein'xrer. L. W Briggs
Waiahaf George Thornton
Precinct Office if.
Mixtion of the Peace W. E. Hichardson
n ntahlo 0. B. Gray
United States Land Officers.
THE DALLES, OB.
! ay P Lucna Register
Oh HaitiTsoa -.... Roceiver
LA BBANDE, OB.
H W. Bart'ott Register
.!. O. BWrtCklm.mer Receiver
PBOrESSIOWAl- C-A-KIDS.
D. J. McFaul, M. D.
HEPPNER. OREGON.
Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m., and 12 to 2
p. in., at reHiUer.ee, and 10 rA 12 a. m.,
and 2 to 5 p m at ollice In tno rear of
Borg'a jewelry store,
C E. Redfield
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in first National Bank building.
Heppner, Oregon.
Ellis & Phelps
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
All business attended to in a prompt
. and satisfactory mauner. Notaries Pub
lic and Collectors.
Office in Natter's Building. Heppner, Oregon.
J. W. Morrow
ATTORNEY AT LAW
und
U. S. COMMISSIONERS
Office In Palace hottl building, Heppner, Or.
S. A. D. Gourley,
A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W.
Practlcloner In all State and
Federal Courts.
ARLINGTON
OREGON
A. Mallory,
V. S. COMMISSIONER
Is authorized to take all kinds of LAND
PKOOKrt and LAND KILINuB
Collections made on reasonable terms.
Office at residence on Chase street.
Government land script lor sale.
D. E Gil man
GENERAL COLLECTOR.
Put your old books and notes In his
hands and get your money out of them
them. Makes a specially of bard collec
tions. Office In J. N. Brown's building, Heppner, Or
Dr. M. B. Metzler
DENTIST
Teeth Extracted and Filled
Bridging a specialty
Painless Extraction. . . .
Heppner - - Oregon
G. B. Matt
TOSSORIAL ARTIST.
Shaving, 15 Cents
Hair Cutting, 25 "
Shop, Mallotk Corner, Heppuar, Oregon.
Mathews & Gentry
BARBERS.
Shavlnj IS Canta
Half CnUifig 25 "
ltU&n, Owks SMI 4 i'usnwfi
''EM
AVegelabJcPreparationfor As
similating iMfoodatidReguta
ling the Stomachs andBowels of
Promotes lDigesUon.Cteerful
ness andRest.Contains neither
Opwm.Morphirie nor Mineral.
MotNahcotic.
foape afOldHrSAMUELBTCmJl
Alx. Senna
JfoditUi SJa -tnist
Seed
JYppemiint -Jh
CuriHtnabSofo
fUrmSctd -Clarified
Sugar .
jiiifcymtw flora:
A perfect Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea,
Worms .Convulsions Jeverish
ness and Loss OF SLEEP.
Tac Simile Signature of
NEW YORK.
EXACT COPY OF VRAPPEH, El i!
1KST gATIONAL ANK
OF HEPPNER.
O. A RHEA. Presieut
T. A. RHEA Vio President
Transact a General Banking Business. 4
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OF THE WOULD BOUGHT AND SOLD
Collections made on all points on reasonable terms. Surplus and undivided profits ;S5,0CO.
L,IBEHTY JVIAHKIST
THE OLD SHOP!
Is the place to go to get your fine pork
and lamb chops, steaks and roasts.
Fish Every Friday, '
fine stumr-cured hams and haenn. Pure Irnf
lard, kettle-rendered, old utyle. Highest cash
price paid for at stock.
Bsnj. Mathews.
NEW NAME !
Wm. Gordon has re-named
his stand the old Jones
livery stable
Tlio Central.
Baled hay for sale. Charges reasonable. Call
on him ana have your horses well cared for.
A, Abrahamsick
Merchant Tailor
Pioneer Tailor of Heppner.
His work hrst-class v
and satisfactory.
Give him a nail May Street.
HEPPNER TRANSFER CO.'S
Belled express Is coming. Does deliver
work on short order, 10 cents and up
wards. "1 His wagon la No. 4, and leave
your order with it, or at "Central" tele
phone office.
We Move Anything!.
IPP1OT0N CITY
Stage Line
B. F. MILLER, Prop.
Clieaet and most direct route to John Day
valley. Canyon City mining district, Burns auu
other interior points.
HUkcs leave Heppner Dallr, fundaf ex
cepted, at t.HO a. ru. Arrive at Canyon City
In 21 hours.
Leave Canyon City at 4 p m., arrive at Hepp
ner in it hours connecting with trains.
Hr.imita to
HU.KI lll
20 H)
") 4
as 4 7 '.
. ft ;
M mi
102 H nn
li4 a on
Hardman
Monument ....
Hamilton
lng CriH-k....
Km Valley....
John Day
Canyon City . .
Htagee connect w ith t
Ins at Heppner.
' Noi Having stix kiVjBii this line lth
covered ritai'lie and gil tennis I sm prei
gtve flr-cl1uiservl s to the (l itilifi.
ARLINGTON-FOSSIL
STAGE LINE
A. O. 0HLTIE f P,opr "
or.
FARE FROM ARLINGTON TO
yMll (flu mile)., titio .... Hound trip '""
Mayvlll (M milw), m .. .. Kound trip 7 J
fotidon ( mllrs) . im MihhiI lrii hin I
Clem (W tallea) .. sm Hound trip 3 v j
OI (U miles) . ... I n) Kouud trip J '
Plage leaves Arlington every morning !
(tinnday eirepled) at b oVIorkj is rla,
n j . .. a a
Co of.'r shl cnvr!l roach.sauJ sere,
tdU S.XIIO! U"VlTS.
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
The
Kind
You Have
Always Bought.
(i. W. roNSEB.... Caehier
K. L. FREELAND. .AsBistant Uasbier
CHARGKD WITH HORSE STEALING
Win
Hiiuiu anil Gus Hill Under Arrest
for
This rei'lou Crime.
East Oregon ian.
Una Hill nnd Willitm flnua were ar
mrtHit 'oilny on a ohnrga bronifht by
Peter Nelson or steal n 7.1 henrt of
horneii. Mr. NbIhou clainja tbat big reel
Ions is 00 horses, bat lbs ooroplait I
tiHuies 75 the number allcued to Lave
been stolen. G is Hill went to jtll. Id
lefhiilt of b mds, pending an fiimina-
tion before Justice Parkes. Mr. Haons
aave n iftJOO bond, with Wm R iesoli and
Q. R. Q'Dutiinl as sureties for bis ap
pearauo.
Tbe oomplaint seta forth tiiat tba i
fendants, on Nivembar Oth, stole tbe
horses, drove tbera to Pendleton and on
tbe lllti shipped them from be to tb
Linutou cannery, Dar Portland,
It i understood tbe defense will b
tbat Haona bmabt and paid for tbe
borsea, payinj oasb and giviog no obecks
or draft. T mt the horses were shinned
will probably not be denied, bnt tbe
point over wbioh there will be conten
tion is nhetVr there was anything p.iid
for i1 ena or not.
When the borees were being shipped
tbey were takeo down in ratbrr bratal
manner. Whose fault it was does n t
appear; bat there can be no douht tbe
animals were piled up in confusion, tome
were dead, other throwo down, and tbe
entire three oars were in anything btr
a ha dp, so far as regards their uotntrl
Several inatanaea have onu to light re
oently in which shipments n(lio-s have
gone from or throogti Pendleton west
watd, and been in utter absenoe of all
feelings of humanity add ordinary Qitre
tbat the brute be kept from sutlriiig
while en ronte to be butchered at lhe
Liooton borse meat oaoning oouc-'ri.
The arrest of HiO'ia and HiM.so it I
given to on vvrsta'id, are not a'l. ' I'lmr
are others" on tbe list, sod, unless there
be some chsnge in lyhn, (be s ite will
baveiiirther prosecatioii against perro'S
who will he charged ilb tiuving ato'eo
boree and sold tb m to the Liootoo
cannery .
Beats tha Klondike-
I Mr. A. C. I'horoae, of Mnrjsfillf.T!.,
1 1 ha found a more valuable discovery
than baa rt been mail in the KloLdik.
r'or j i srs I e n.fTereil outold egony from
conaufiiptioo Rt'O tiipani'd hy bemorrb
ie, atnl in khsidll'e'y rured bf I)r,
Kfng'a New Dn-eovrrv f"f "otisntiipti.a, i
f'ongba and C'dil, be derlare that gold
is r.f litlic vnln in (V inp iri.no to tbl
murvelon core, wool I have It rf. ri If it
nt a l.iitiilred dollar a bottle. Asthma,
lironrhitie and all throat and lung tBVe
tl'iii are poaitjvily enred by Vt. King's
New Ihifoviry for IVtiautut tloo. Trial
! t'ittl Irre l K. J. Hl"pnm'a drug tor.
It gulir ai VI eta and II. (Joarinteed
I . ..... ... .l ,.tAA
1 ' -
Hlt.ethebeMkU.rgfriMbMarl-
m a tno-i,nit kili'g ', n; p.
i Ug .1 Ui le L'er.
AAtf
THI CINTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CI TV.
m
Li i
A Well-Written Letter From
Oregon Volunteer.
OREGON BOM
Aguiruddo Not so Bad as Painted by News
paper Correspondents American
ization of the Business
Houses.
Correspondence to the Ashland Tidings.
MANILA, Philippine Islands, Oct. 23, 1898.
Editoh Tidings: Nothing much of importance has transpired
since my last advices from Manila. The situation regarding the
sovereignty of the islands, whether Aguinaldo and his aggregation of
i i Ait vm j i l ! j i ,i
freaks, or Alfonso XIII and his 17th century hippodrome, shall exer-
cise authority over the Philippines, not in actual possession of your
Uncle Samuel, has not yet been Battled. Aguinaldo has been very
dictatorial in his actions recently. His hired men have been holding
up American officers whenever they , passed beyond the limits of the
American lines and ordering them;" back. Among others so held up
was Major-General Tboe. AndersoD, commanding the 2d Division of
the 8th army corps. A vigorovs protest from that gallant old veteran
elicited the fact that this action was taken by a general who when
taken to task for this actual act of hostilities proved to be one of the
large majority of Aguinaldo's followers who do not accept his leader
ship and deny tbe right of Aguinaldo to aeoept anything less than the
complete government of the Spanish East Indies, including the Caro
lines and Ladrones, the looting of all cities therein, the massacre of
all tbe hated whites and the retarp
Philippines were tbe home of the pirate and savage. This BhiniDg
light of republicanism as she is known to the Insurrecto can neither
read nor write and yet mawkish sentiment pictures the patriotic and
. , . . . . .. . , .
high minded insurgent chief as a follower of the teachings of Washing-
ton. Ye Godl What saciilege! The duty of the Great Republic I
here is to first educate these heathens and bring them out of the dense
darkness that now surrounds them,; Aguinaldo is all right and as he
was educated in-France is somewhat civilized. His fault is in think-
ing that he can control . hia followers. Aguinaldo'e life has been
threatened by assassination tioe recently and if the islands were
turned over to him anarchy would
Admiral Dewey has promptly
navy. An ultimatum has been given him and' if not accepted by the
otiuu.-.i: :n u :ut uj u..i. i xl .
4Jluuu,"'M W1" Fuaumi uu w iu isxtreme umus oi
Uncle Sam's domain and I'll swear that if the Insurrectos offer any re-
sistanoe the American soldier will slop over a few feet on Spanish soil tentions toward tba girl bad been pro
just for good measure. bibited by tbe father, and when be at
Tf tha ripupo pommiRDinn crivaa na thn ilnr1a Unr-lo Sam noarl r. tempted to interfere with the old gentle
t u ti.i;,. n,
lDal uu,u,u
business in short order. Id anticipation of any trouble the troops have
been issued a full supply of ammunition and a call on short notioe has
1 1 11 a. . . . fill a
Deenarrangeu Bmongme provosi
ammunition by the men is no light task and tbey will gladly donate coyote drive was made in this neigb
the lead to our saddle-colored brethren with neatness and dispatch. borbood today, resulting in tbe death of
Lono- era theaa lines reach von this mixtion will Vm .ntiUI kn coyote. Tbe drive wat organized
here on the Bcene, I want to emphasize this fact, that "Our Boys,"
Ood bless 'em, are worthy of a prouder title than can be conferred by
king, prince or potentate and that is "An American Soldier." Oregon's
regiment is a speciman of that
adaptability to all conditions tbat
experts.
Mothers of Oregon, yon may
I tell you that every time that extra
like businees are issued, the hearty
i ,i . i , I, v .i . , . i . .
fal cures among the sick, who roll off the ' sick-list like boys down a
mountain chute, show tbe metal has the true ring and Oregon's boys
are as good nnd true as steel. They
but I know it lot a bitter disappointment and we always console them
with a hearty "We'll give them h
The general health of tbe command is above averatra. Follourino
is a statement of the hospital patients at this date from this regiment: DALL4, ,r" v' "-J,0"' " 10
D ""IJ-I W lt (awe la KK UllffAM ftaVslaa
In hospital, 52; to quarters, 74,
typhoid and thirty-four malaria
will come out all right. The medical department administers quinine
to the men, sick or well, daily, at
nnd the firet sergeant administers tbe dose; a snap shot of the "faces"
would be woi th a good deal.
Company "13" has eight sick, and none seriously. Tbev are
suffering from malaria or plain "fever and agr," as they used to call
it "On the liank of the Wabash" long ago. Quinine is a potent remedr
aud the men gpt it iu quantity.
The city of Manila is quiet and
the business bouses proceeds. Tbe American Commercial Company
is pushing American wares. Maoondray Si Co., of Sao Francisco, bare
opened a branch. Kuglish signs appear over all business houses. The
ommercial community is very much in favor of American control of
the inlands.
Five American papers, twj dailies, one semi-weekly and two!
weeklies, have ma!e their appearance. Thxir advertising columns are
well patroui.i'd and their circulation from 5,000 to 10,000 copies each
issue.
Tbe weather here at (resent is delightful, and it is "late in the
fall," tbe months correapouding to our winter, being the pleasantest of
the year. November, December and January are like Jnne in Oregon;
rainfall is very pligbt during this period, and as flowers bloom all the
year roami and palm and otbr
ing veueiaiion, me tcenry is aeiiKUiiui. vv tin American sanitation and
A meiican citizens, Manila would
on the globe.
lour correspondent reoentlr
some 20 miles inside tbi rebel
and under high cultivation. Transportation facilities are lackins and
if supplied, eui;ar, rice aud coffe to supply tha markets of tbe United er of lbir bollJay book. Tba rd
Htates could barrestel oo th ialaod of Luzon. I lag natur and tb tllatrtioo art par
Among the recent arrivalt from the states in Uncle Ham's service,
was Hpr, formerly assistant agent for tbe Houtbern Pacific at Med.
lord. Me is a oorporsl iu the signal corps, lie is Stationed in Manila
add Irvtks well.
I ii iJi'tisii rvatee poaionl1,
Vaitle, it acre l.t t I'ncle. Kim.
It Laving rfjitedua tha lilaaieih tails maii rvuttt AiiJU
mm
an
1)
to the good old days when the
surely follow.
gathered -up all of Aguinaldo's
j u::. .:n .
u.ouuuue win Ku ous oi
regiments, i nis carrying or extra
splendid physique, self reliance and
has ever been tbe wonder of the
vuUU,
well be proud of your boys. When
ammunition and ordera that look
cheers of the men and the wonder -
don't always get off tbe sick-list,
1! for you Bill."
Of these there are eight cases of
fever. None are dangerous aud all
reveille. The mpn are formed in line
orderly. The Americanization of
tropical evergreens are the pravail-
be one of the most del ishtful cities
PRIDE OF THE
ill
Bomber. It ba MO page ot readlog
made a trip on tba Manila railroad
liaas; the country traversed was rich
oo'leyirie manL'ment rr PnnL F.
Mr. Vtille ia well known in AahUn
FLANS Or FLOUE COMBINED
Tbey Will Control All Americas Spring
Wheat Mills.
Cliviland, Dec. 9. In an interview
here today Clement B.Stearn ottba Atlas
floor mills ot Milwaukee stated that be
expeoted the big flour combination would
be in operation shortly. The combine
will bavs a capitalization of $30,000,000.
A syndicate ot English and American
capitalists had been negotiating
with tbe owners of mills, looking to
tbe formation ot tbe trust for soma time
past. Htearn said a oablegram has just
been reoeived from the agent of the com
bine, bo has been in London some time,
arranging tba deal, which says all neg
otiations will be oloaed up within tour
weeks.
"It flour goes op," said Steam, "it
will not be combination tbat iatbe cause
ot tbe advanoe. Tbe combination will
include praotically all the spring wheat
mills is the country."
At Dulutb, Minn., the leading spir-
ju in th, jooa fl(mr mi,ig Me in thiJ eMl
presumably to confer with Thome Mo-
Intyre, promoter ot tbe floor mill left
h,r" Wednesday and George Palmer,
mn8 Minkato, left last even-
ingfor New York. Managers ot tbe
other mills are already in the ea.t. Tbe
combination, if effeoted, will take In tbe
Imperial mill at Dulutb, tba Freeman
Daisy, Liatmau Anchor and Minkato at
WeBl 8P,rior witb " wregato oapa-
"jl'u'toT tba milla
named ejoept the Minkato, is $l,760.00a
Tb Minkato maaagars are holding out
'' 250,000.
frslsteoi Boitor Bhot.
Lono Cbkkk, Or , Deo. 9. A messen
ger wno arrived Id ton city uie last
evening from Susaoville, in quest ot a
arseoo, reports the ghootiug and pro
bably fatal "onndinu of Joseph Frazier
by an aged miner named Bnodderly
Persistent attention on the part of
Fr"ier to" Snodderly'a 17-jear-old
duhtefl8 "id o havr been the oause
ottna shooting. It is aaid that on tbe
morni ion to th, troable the old
gentleman made arrangements prepare
tory to bringing hi daughter to Long
Creek. Frazier objeoted in a demon
8i,,iT9 ,nd DOt word8 werB ei
ZK'L!Z
and Snodderly picked up a rifle and
I flred. tha ball entering the lower portion
I o( lhe long and passing through
lh Aordiiig-te. ha atatenwat
per.ons down from Busanville, tbe
ten,iment of tb, oommunity i with
Snodderly, a it seems tbat Freiier'e at-
man's plan to remove ber to thi place
fae koew tha tlout trouble would
follow.
cojote Drue.
Qarfiild, Wash., Deo. 11. A big
iTlS
bs inoreaeing number of coyotes. Tb
drive oovsrsd a traot ot oountry about
ni,B tbe number of
men WM 0OJ w- 11 " Bf
.ttemptingto cover so muohUrrilory
The lines were imuerfeot in many plaoee,
and it is koown tbat a namber of ooyo-
t caped. Tba oitizens of Alberton,
1" milM "Ml ! P,rflld' !Uo b !
arive 10 ineir vioidiij. vvuru reoeivsu
ffom th,r, befor. the final round up was
that It was uosuooescfol. All tb ooyo-
tea killed in tb Garfield drive wars
,Dot t'or ,b ,ioM Dt1 "
ot eaoti otner.
MHer la tb first Degree,
L.mo.. , ' Iui nf m ,B th.
I first dears. This wat a sorptis to
everybody, even to the prosecution.
motion for s new tnal will be made, and
if'(oMd, a bill ot exception will be
filed, and tba osm taken to the lopreme
ooortjn tbe hope ot reverting torn of
I Jod Barnctt' decision on vital points
ln "Idaac. Tba prisoner did not
(how tba Is! sign ot Interest in the
waist. Dis bands ware stssdy and bi
countenance never changed. Be walked
001 o( tbe eoort room to lb J'1'300
""boot any sign of eioite-
nol.
I
How It Hartal
Rbumatim, witb Us sharp twinges,
ache and pains. Do you koow the
cause? Acid in the blood ba accumu
lated io your joint. Tb sore I found
in Hood's Harsaparille, wbioh asntral
is this acid. Thousand writ that
tby bvbeen completely cared ot rheu
matism by Hood' Beraaperille
Tba Daosmlier maaasio number ot
Tba Outlook Is its teoth annual book
matter and advertisements, tba latter io
I elodiog vry toll and Intersstlog so
I aoaaau)tebf all tbaprioolpalpoblUh
tlallv taltad to tbt tpcl tat ot tb
I somber, and tb lean i io ooy way
la notable oat. Tb editor tsnoonoe,
by the war, thai tha oiroolatiosi of
W lisaa. of Th. Oatbv k is 100.00J. 13
f. t.af. Tba Uut'ook Ompaoy. w
llotk.)
W. U. MINOB'3 SHORT HOBN CATTLS.
One of tbe Leading Industries or Morrow
County.
Mr. Minor's receot purohase from N.
O. Maria ot part ot his obampion herd ot
Short Horns reminds u that we have in
his breeding farm one of the most im
portant industries in our county.
Live stock ie the basis of wealth of all
agricultural countries, and the faot that
Heppner ie the principal shipping point
and situated in the heart of one of the
very best grazing and etook growing
sectious ot tbe whole oountry, explains
tbe remark so often and so truthfully
mide, "that Heppner has more money
and is tbe best business town of its size
in the Northwest."
In the early settling of this oountry
the growth of nutritious bunch-grass
was so rnok that tbe herds fed upon it
the year round and were fat enough for
beef at any time without other feed; and
when driven to market they aold tor so
mooh a head, and tbe 900 pound steer
counted one, and brought as much as
one that weighed 1,500, and the one
whose baok would split a rain drop
brought as many dollars as the one with
a baok like a dinner table. Under these
conditio! s there was little inoentive tor
tbe etookmao to invest in good blood
witb wbioh to Improve hia oattle. But
circumstances are altogether obanged.
Now the country is stocked and farmed
to euob an extent that eaoh man must
own bis own rauge and provide feed for
good portion of tbe winter, and be
finds it neoessary to have oattle tbat
will turn every pound of feed to good
use and make a rapid growth. Now tbey
are all weighed and sold by tbe pound,
aud tbe steer with the broad baok, short
lege and heavy quarters not only weighs
third to a halt more than the lank,
lean, slab-sided one, but brings a bait
oent to a cent and a bait more per pound,
thus demonstrating in a praotioal way
tbe value of good blood in the herd.
Mr. Minor being a close observer loon
oaugbt on to these point when they
oommenoed weighing their beef.notiolng
that the good grade Short Horn steer
invariably outweighed tbe aorob, even
though be might look no larger. No
sooner bad be arrived al tbis conclusion
ban be determined to establish a breed
ing farm and stock it witb a herd of as
good pure bred Short Horns as money
could buy, with wbioh he and his neigh
bors might improve their stock of range
cattle.
Few of n appreoiate ! what II la
aotoally worth in dollars and oentg to
tbis county to bave a man of means and
business like Mr. Minor put time and
capital into suoh an enterprise, making
it possible and convenient for every
oattle grower to secure at nominal cost,
pure blood with wbioh to improve their
herds.
Mr. Minor's first purchase were
mostly from tbe herd of Mr, Maritof
thi plaoe.wbose herd added muob to its
already enviable reputation by winning
tbe ohampion prize at the late Washing
ton state fair in competition with all'
beet breeds. Not only defeating the
noted Ladd herd of Short Horns, bat
also the finest herd of Hereford in tba
Northwest.
He also bought several bead ot tba
bed ot Mr. Ladd' herd, aud two veart
ago imported tbe grand how cow Roan
Lady, and the fine young bull, Gov.
Oloogh, tbat now bead bi herd. Gov.
Cloogb ia a oalf from th great oow, Lou
Aon Second of Drowndale, that i con
sidered to be one of tbe most valuable
cow in th oountry, and waa never de
feated in tb ibow ring bat ono.
Mr. Minor paid a substantial oompli-
men I to tb herd of Mr. Maris by por
obaaiog, al a good price, three heifer
out of fait noted show herd, pronouncing
them better than he could buy in tbt
Eaat. Tba heifers art all of tba noted
Mazurka tribe or family, being Gay
Mazurka 11th, Oay Mazurka l.ltb and
Gay Mazurka Htb,two roan and one
red, aod aa handsome a trio a yon ever
e.
Tbt lirt tod dam of alt of them wera
Imported from tbt Eaat by Mr. Merit
and art aa good blood a oao b bad.
Tbt sir, Conqueror 111,377, I tb only
ton ot tbt great Imported Oay Mmaron
00 tba coast. Gay Monarob is consider
ed by tba beat authorities to be tbt
most valuable show tod breeding boll
Io tbt United State or Canada, he and
tbrea ot bit daughter winning tbt
grand obampion herd prise over all beef
breeda al tba Columbian exposition, Ibt
greeted cattle bow tha world bat vr
sao.
Mr, Minor 1 oow negotiating for tbt
purobast of the beat young ball to bt
found io tbe Kant, oarry log oat hi mot!t
that "tb best is none too good for Ore
goo aod hi herd."
Hit to be regretted that Mr. Merit
ha decided to leav Heppner aod tell
all bia fin herd of cattle, at tbey bavt
been ba mean of much improvement Io
tb eattl Ind istry hers, and It is to bt
hoped that they will mostly rrmsra io
th county. Il I not, however, through
soy lack of lulsfrst or faith io tb bu-l-seat
Ibat cause him to tuak tbis
thtege, but cireainstaoor ar. suoh
tbat be derm it aee.ss.ry for him to do
to.
Bhilob't Consamptioo Curt eurrt
where other fail. It it tb leading
this Oogb Cor, a1 oo bom should bt
a
without it. I'leasaut to las soj goat
right ta tbt sot. Hold by Cunter
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