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SIXTEENTH YEAH
HEPPNKR. MOUKOW COUNTY, OKEUON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1899.
NO. 716
1
TIE HEPPNER GAZETTE
Published Every Thursday.
BY
CORL1ES MEKRITT,
Editor (ad ilanajur.
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CFFICIAl! DIBEOTOBT.
United States Officials.
President William McKinley
Vice President Garret A. Hobart
Secretary of State W. R. Day
beoretaryof TreaBnry Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of Interior Cornelius N. Bliss
Secretary of War Russell A. Alger
Secretary of Navy John 1). Long
Postinaster-General Charles Kmery Smith
Attorney-General John W. Griggs
tjeoretary of . Agriculture .James Wilson
State of Oregon. .
Governor W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H. K. Kinoald
Treasurer Phil. Metschan
Bapt. Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
Attorney General C. M. Idleman
Senators j W. McBride
Covme , iflilS"'"'
Printer W. H. Leeds
( R. S. Bean,
Supreme Judges F. A. Moore,
I C. E. Wolverton
Sixth Jndieial District.
Cironit Judge Stephen A. Lowell
Proseouting Attorney H. J. Dean
Morrow County Officials.
J )int Senator J, W. Morrow
Representative E. L. Freeland
G onty Judge A. G. Bartholomew
" Commissioners J. L. Howard
J. W. Beckett.
" Clerk Vawter Crawford
" Sheriff K. L. Matlock
" Treasurer 51. Lifthtenthal
" Assessor A C. Pettey?
" Surveyor Jnlius Keithly
" Johool Sup't , Jay W. Shipley
" C roner Di. K. R. Hunlook
HKPPNEB TOWN OFFICERS.
Miyot Thos. Morgan
t'mneilmen E. J. Blocuin, M.
Lichtonthal, J. K. Simons, J. J. Roberts, J. W.
liaamus and E. G. Sperry.
K cordor W. A. Richardson
Treasurer L. W. Briggs
Maishal George Thorntou
Precinct Offluers.
'notice of the Peace W. K. Richardson
Constable G. H. Ura
United States Land Officers.
THX DALLKS, OB.
Jay P. Lucas Register
Otis Patterson Receiver
LA GBANDK, OB.
K. W. Bartlott Regieter
J. O. Hwnckhamer Receiver
C E edfield
ATT iRXEV AT LAW,
Oillce in First National Bank building.
. Heppner, Oregon.
Ellis & Phelps
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
All business attended to in a prompt
and satisfactory mauuer. Notaries Pub
lic and Collectors.
Office In Natter's Building, Heppner, Oregon.
J. W. Morrow
ATTORNEY AT LAW
and
U. S. COMMISSIONER.
Office in Palace hotel building, Heppner, Or.
S. A. D. Gurley,
A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W.
Practicioner in all State and
Federal Courts.
ARLINGTON
- OREGON
A. Mallory,
U. S. COMMISSIONER
Is authorized to take all kinds of LAND
PROOFS and LAND FILINGS
Collections made on reasonable terms.
O trice at residence on Chase street.
Government land script for 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 specialty of hard 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. Hatt
TONSORIAL ARTIST.
Shaving, 15 Cants
Hair Cutting, 25 "
Bhop, Matlock Corner. Heppner, Oregon.
HHPrWHR TRANSFER CO.'S
Belled express is coming. Does deliver
work on short o'der, 10 cent and up
wants This wagon is No. 4. and leave
your order with it, or at ' Central" tele
phone office.
We Move Anything!
A. Abrahamsick
Merchant Tailor
Pioneer Tailor of Heppner,
His work first-class
and satisfactory.
Give bim a call May Street,
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
nl has been made under his per-
CJkjzsC(rTjfc?, , sonal supervision since its infancy.
"T7. Mlovr no one tQ deceive you ln tllis.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex
periments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment,
What is CASTOR I A
Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops
and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
- Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For. Over 30 Years.
TMI CENTAUR CO.MKY, TT UBT STRICT. HCW YORK CITY-
plRST fATIONAL JANK
0. A RHEA. .
T. A. KHEA. .
Transact a General Banking Business.
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BOUGHT AND SOLD
Collections made on all pnlntson reasonable terms. Surplus and undivided profits i!5,0O0.
A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY
Is that of plain and decorated
Chinaware & Queensware At
4 4
imam
And by the way they have anything you can call for ln the line of
Hardware, Stoves and Tinware.
GO WHERE YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU WANT.
Gordon's
Feed and Sale Stable
Has just been opened to the
public and Mr. Gordon, the
proprietor, kindly invites his
friends to call and try his
flrst-cliiBs accommodations.
fflwuty Hay stxid G-ralaa. for Sa.l
Stable located on west side of Main
street between Win. Hr.rlvner's and
A. M. Gunu's blacksmith shops.
WBEHTY MARKIIT
THE OLD SHOP
Is the place to go to get your fine pork
and lamt chops, steaks and roasts.
Fith Every Friday.
Fine sugar-cured bains and bacon. Pure leal
lard, kettle-rendered, old style. Highest casb
price paid for at stock.
Benj. Mathews.
NEK-CANYON CI FY
Stage Line
B. F. MILLER, Prop.
Cheapest and most direct route to John Day
valley, Canyon City mining district, Burns auu
other Interior points.
Stages leave Heppner Daily, Sunday ex
cepted, at 6:30 a. m. Arrive at Cauyuu City
ln 24 hours.
Leave Canyon City at i p m., arrive at Hepp
ner in 24 hours connecting with trains.
HEI'l'NKR TO , MILKS FAKK
Hardman 20 11.60
Monument 55 4 Hi
Hamilton 55 4.75
Long Creek 75 8.50
Fox Valley KJ 6. 00
John Day ". 102 8 00
Canyon City . 104 0
Stages connect with trains at Heppner.
No'e Ravins- stocked np this line with new
covered coaches and good teams I am prepared
give 8 rst-c kiss service to the public.
ARLINGTON-FOSSIL
STA6LINE
?: aooivlEf"'i""'-
FARE FROM ARLINGTON TO
Fossil (id miles)... tU0 Round trip ;tU0
Mayville (5.! mile"). 4"0 Round trip 700
Condon (39 miles).. 3 no Round trip 600
Clem (28 miles) ... 2 00 Hound trip 350
Olex (19 miles) 150 Round trip 350
Stage lesv 8 Arlington every morning
(nndv ei"fnt-4) t 6 o'clock; is An
at Cofl n at 3 p. tu. h-hI winm at Fos
sil t 7
Oomf-irfiib!" "overnl fi)oS( sod earn
feU. akoeriMiOMj drwora.
Signature of
OF HEPPNER.
President 1 (. W. fONSER Caehiej
..Vio President E. L. FREELAND. .Assistant Cashier
isbee's
BC1C1DB OF A YOUNG GIRL.
Walks Into the River at Lewistnn and la
Borne Down by the Currant.
Ljswi-ton, Idaho, Jnn 28. Ming Me
lora OlendeiiDins, a 16-year-old girl and
to heiress to a fortuDe, oommitted eni-
aide here tbis morniDfi' at 10:30. She
deliberately walked into the river and
mbmitted herself to the oold flood.
Her mother, Mrs. C. F. Lelaod, had
2one to attend a (ooeral and left the
voting lad; in charge of her 2 year-old
lister. The young lady took the babe' to
its father's offioe downtown, left it there,
mil she went straight to the river, pteeed
along the crowded street, met her friends
4nd greeted them, and walked calmly to
der death, without any one even notioing
ber agitation.
She walked hnrriedly to the water's
edge, threw off her wraoe, waded out as
long as she oould stand aitainst the nor
reut and lunged forward as far into the
leep, swift water as she oonld.
Julius Ntmmeyer, a reliable citizen,
witnessed this tragedy. He ran lo the
brink end followed along, calling to the
liirl to help herself; hot she corned bis
aid, turned from him aud then tried to
force her head down into the water. Her
olntbes hi Id her sfl at for 400 feet, as she
was carried by the onrreot. She sank,
however, before aid oonld resou her.
She made no ontcry. n
This young lady bad a splendid home
with ber mother, with hi 1 the privilege
ooiiHisient with propriety, but she is said
to have cbHfed under necessary reslrnint.
She suffered temporary ablation from
real or fancied tronble. Hhe wsis the
hfires of her father, the pioneer John
Ctendenning, and wart worth 925.000 in
her own right. Khe left a note bidding
Iter mother good bve nd told In r not t'
cry for her. The b'uly b,m oot bneo re
nnvi rf d
Tbe Arm J and Nvy
Have covered tberelves with glor)
during the w'. Tbe army and navy
v-l pocket memorandum hook pub
lished by the Northern Paniflo is om
lact digest of loformotion relative to
he navies and armies of Hpain and tbe
U-'lted S's'es an I th beginning nf the
war It hn a roep (if Cuba. illnstrsi ion
;f nsva' ships, glonry of navy and
rmy terms, tr'!itio of Kpani-h
wrrd ', e o. 8"ti.l tn cents to Chan 8.
pi e. enrt paenger agent, H P. II.,
at. Pail, Mmo., for copy.
BOUGHT BY fiPKCtlLATOKS.
Governor (jeer Tells How School Lands Have
Been Taken Up,
Morning Oregonian.
Salkm, Ore., Feb 3. Following is the
message from Qovernor Geer, transmit
ted to both houses of the legielatare this
morning, toaobing the m-itterof advanc
ing the prioe of indemnity school lands
Remaining unsold:
Message from the Governor, Ex?outive
Department, Salem, Ore., Feb. 2, 1899
Under the provisions of an sot authoriz
ing the governor to appoint an agent to
select all lands douated to the state by
the United States, and to asoertain all
losses sustained by the state by reason
of the occopanoy of sections 16 and 36,
by or through the United States govern
ment, approved February 19, 1895, the
state land agent has selected nearly 150,
000 sores of indemnity lands!
Under the provisions of this law these
lands were withdrawn from sale for two
years, but so great baa been the demand
for them daring the two years they hav
been on the market, that not much more
than 14,000 acres remain unsold.
There can be no doubt that the disposal
of this vast amount of valuable timber
land, at the low trioe of $250 per uore,
has resulted in a great loss o the etute.
It has been bought largely by syndicates
of oapitttlists for speculative purposes, a
great denl of which has been already re
sold for sums reaching twioe that paid to
the state. Large tracts of this lnnd sup
port some of the floest milling timber in
the United States, and when it is ready
for actual use, wbiob it will be when the
objeotof its purchase is reahzed, the tim
ber itself etaudiog will usually be worth
from $6 to $10 an sore.
These lands should not have bean put
upon the market at all, for they furnish
no homes for aotoal settlers, and in part
ing with them the state has lost buudreds
of thousands ot dollars. In view of
these facts I suggest that a law should
be pass-td at once, withdrawing the re
mainder of tbis indemnity lnnd from
sale altogether, and let the sohool chil
dren ot the state, instead of uoc-residents
BDd other speculators, be the beuetioia
ries in the future rise in their values.
The monev realized from the sale of
these hinds is uot need d, (or th irre
duoihie "ohooi fund n-' cn'.in about
$450,000, which U li., Idiu t'tho trean
ury. It mv Utu t-:iM',fsi .-ckip
the stable door , but Je i' u, i r to wave
one good' horne -tlmtv' -y-vtrw tti entire
herd. 8iuo- th ui.in'. h ueile I ,
tbexe timbnr iand-t h Hil l tem.nu u, the
poasessio i t the whiob ouhMo
have ihe benefit of thiir iucrenge in
value, aqd I trust thai my HuggeHUuti
that for the present they be withdrawn
frum sale may meet with jour approba
tion.
I deem it my duty also to suggest the
urgent necessity for passing a l iw , pro
ving for the reduction of the rate of in
terest oo sohool loans from 8 per cent to
6 per cent. Tbis provision is already in
cluded in one or two bills now pending
before your honorable body, I under
stand, but is is involved with so many
other proposed amendments, some of
which may be of doubtful poblio polioy,
that so neoessary a ohange should be
allowed to prooeed without being ham
pered by eny other proposition.
Within the last fe-v weeks the board of
school land commissioners has bad ap
plications for several lo'ins, BDd before
they oould be perfected the epplicants
found money elsewhere for 7 per cent
and less, and the sohool fund lost the
loan. . Io oider to secure the results for
which the irreducible school fund is in
tended, it is tiei-essary that the rate of
interest should be reduoed. '
Believing these two suggestions wou'd,
if inoorporated in tba laws of the state,
prove to be of great public benefit, I
trust they will nn-et with your speedy
approbation. T. T. Gkkii,
Governor.
The message was referred to the com
mittee on public lands,
HAILKOAI) FOR CANYON CITV.
I Si, 100,000 HortKaKe Filed at 1 lie Dalles
to liullil tbe Itoad.
Thb Dalles, Jan 23,-Probably tbe
largest mortgage ever recorded in Wasoo
county was filed late this afternoon in tbe
oounty clerk's office by the Colombia
Houtbern Railroad. Tbe mortgage is
given to the New York Seoarity and
Trust Company and provides for a con
sideration of $2,100,000. Of this amount
$272 000 is to be issued io tbe form of
bonds at onoe, aud for eaoh mile of road
to be obstructed in the future $10,000
worth of bonds shall be issued till the
total amount shall be taken np. Tbe
mortgage oonenmes 31! pages of printed
matter, and the fee for recording alone
will be $18 The revenue stamps
amoonted to $1,049 50. The mortgage
provides tbat the n ad shall be extended
from Moro, in (Sherman county, to Prine'
vilie, and from a point pear Gross Hol
lows, io Wasoo oonoty, to Canyon City,
A. certified copy of the mortgage will be
filed io each oonoty through which tbe
road will r n. The instrument was exe
on ted by E. E. Lytle, (resident, and May
Eongbt, secretary of 'he oompaoy. It is
generally believed that work on tbe con
struction of tbe road to tbe point nameJ
will be pushed forward.
Catarrh eured. A clear bead and
eweet breath secured witb Sbilob's
Catarrh Remedy; sold on a guarantee,
i N-.sal injector tree. Hold by Cunser k
Warreo s
FOB. JUDGE B. P. BOISE.
Alleged Object of the Bill ot Representative
Butt.
Salem, Feb. 4. (Special correspond
ence to The Telegram.) There is little
question that the object of Butt's bill to
create the tenth judioial district is to
provide a berth for Judge B. P. Boise, of
the third judicial district, and at the
same time put an end to the factional
fight that has been in progress in Marion
oonoty for several years.
It will be remembered that an effort
was made to legislate Judge Boise out
ot office early in the session by reducing
tbe number of judges in the third judi
cial district to one. Tbe viot'im of this
movement, had iteuooeeded, would have
been Judge Boise, as the remaining
judge, Burnett, is in sympathy -and ao
cord with the dominant faotion of the
republican party in Marion oounty. This
situation was so thoroughly understood
that Whitney L. Boise, of this oity, a son
of Judge Boise, and others interested in
big retention, immediately appeared upon
the scene for tbe purpose of defeating
the movement. Tbe result ot this ad
verse lobby was stay of execution, but
Judge Boise has by no means felt safe at
any time since.
While the object of tbe Butt bill,
wbioh aims to create tbe tenth ju'oiol
district out of Yamhill, Polk, Tillamook,
Benton and Lincoln counties, ostensibly
is to lighten the labors ot Judge Burnett,
by restricting bis territory to Marion and
Lain oounties, and also relieve Judge
Hamilton, ot the seooud judicial district,
by taking from him Lincoln Bnd Benton
counties, tbe friends of tbe bill do not
conceal tbe faot that one of the prime
considerations is to assure the retention
in offioe ot Judge Boise, Judge Boise
is said to have considerable property io
Polk county, so that be is not disquali
fied from accepting tbe office of the pro
posed district upon tbe ground ot non
residence. Tbe third judicial diatriot
now has 15 weeks of oourt. By the cre
ation of tbe new distriot Judge Burnett
will have only nine weeks of court, while
the judge of tbe tenth distriot will have
about the same amount of work.
It is argued in behalf of the bill that
the new distriot will meet with the favor
c-f iittoiiiejs, as they will bo able to have
their caheH beerd more promptly, imd
thtit the c-i-iiiinn of tuts additional iliati iot
w.Hl luiike rut additional expe-iiHe to tb-
No 'Additional jiniesliip will b-'
iTt aleii Au additional ilistnct attornev
will have to b provided, but it is pro
pose I to make up his salary by reductions
u the salaries ot tbe distriot attorneys of
ttie fficnd Hiid third districts in thi
event tbe salary bill now before tbe
legislature becomes a law.
AN INN NEAR PENDLETON.
Cominlssary-Ueneral Eagan ltan One on the
Boise-Walla Walla itoad.
P. B. Johnson, a veteran newspaper
mau of Walla Walla, bas written to the
Portland Morning Oregonian a letter
concerning Commissary-General Eagen,
who was convioted by oourt martial of
oonduot unbeoomlng an oflloer and a
gentleman. Mr. Johnson writes:
"Sometime after tbe opening of the re
bellion Justus Steioberger, known to
early settlers in Portland as tbe agent of
one of tbe big express oompanies, under
took to raise a regiment to serve during
tbe war, and to be known as the First
Washlogton Territory Infantry. Charles
Patrick Ertgan, of San Fransisoo, was
given the commission ot a first lieuten
ant June 21, 1862. Lieutenant Eagan
served at Forts Colville and Walla Walla,
Washington Territory, until mustered
out with, his company April 1, 1805.
During his service with the Washington
Territory infantry Lieutenant Eagan
was noted tor bis quick temper and taste
in dress.
"After being honorably mustered oat
ot the service, Lieutenant Eagao opened
a wayside ion oo Birch oreek, Umatilla
oounty, Oregon, on the stage road be
tween Walla Walla and Boise City. He
tired of the business in a few months,
and moved to Ran Franoisoo, where he
set to work tbe machinery which seoured
bim the appointment of seooud lieuten
ant iu the Ninth irifmtry, United States
army, August 30, IMG, and was assigued
to tbe Twelfth infantry, United States
army, January 1, 1871. He accompanied
his regiment to tbe lava beds, and par
ticipated in the Moduo war iu 1873. Oo
February 27, Captain Eagao, who bad
grown to be a lieutenant oolooel and as
sistant oommissary-general, was given
the brevet of captain for gallut services
io action Against Indians, in tbe lava
beds, California, April 17, 1873, where
be was wounded.'
"General Kagan is about five feet nine
inches b'gb, straight as a ramrod, witb
olear eye, ruddy oomplexion, hair and
mnstaohe white as sou -, aud tbe quick,
energetic manner of a thorough soldier,
ever ready to aot."
Mr. Johnson's statement, that Eagao's
ion was "oo Birch creek on the stage
road between Walla Walla and Boiee
City,' oaooot be correct. He probably
meaus ou Wild Horse oreek, said several
old settlers, whao shown tbe letter by au
East Orrgooiao represeolative.
Sbilobs Consumption Cure cures
where others fail. It is the leading
Cough Core, and no borne should be
without it. Pleasant to take and goes
right to the apbt. Bold by Couser Ac
Warren. x
MOHBOW CO ONTY PROSPERS.
Sheep Good as Bonds From Which Coupons
Are Torn.
Morning Oregonian.
William Hughes, a substantial stock
man, self-made man and prominent cap
italist, of Heppner, is enjoying one of his
occasional visits to Portland, where be is
always warmly welo med by all who
know him. He went to tbe Heppner
hills a little more than 20 years ago, witb
nothing but energy and industry and
oapaoity for hard work, and hia justly
earned prosperity makes bim feel glad
he oame and shows what good results
flaw from the great sheep and wool in
dustry, wbioh is one of tbe most im
portant producers of wealth iu all Ore-
goo.
Asked it tbe sheep industry around
Heppner paid, Mr. Hughes made a plain
statement ot facts, showing tbat it did.
Eight years ago be sold on oredit to two
young men named Carty and Kilkenny
800 head of mixed sheep at $3 a bead.
Next year came the great drop in every
thing, and sheep went dowo to $1 a bead
Bnd wool to almost nothing. But those
two young men stuok to tbe business,
did their own herding for two years,
booght land on credit, aud now they are
deoidedly on top of the pile. They own
7,000 head ot sheep, have 90,000 pounds
of wool in warehouse, and would oot take
$30,000 ror their holdings today. Dough
erty & McDale bought 800 sheep from
Mr. Hughes at tbe same time and have
prospered in about tbe same way.
The woolgrowers of Heppner are still
holdiog their wool for higher prioes, and
are able to hold indefinitely. Some of
them have been ooosigniog and drawing
8 oents a pound advance. There is a
great difference in Eastern Oiegon wools.
Tbat raised in the sand along the
Columbia will Bhrink in washing 70 per
oent, while that grown among the clean
Heppnsr hills shrinks 60 to 65 per cent.
Limbing will begin oo the warm sand
lands March 15th, and as late as April
10th up toward the foothills. Sheep
have oil wintered well, with no losses,
and if present favorable conditions hold,
tbe increase will average 85 per oent.
Mr. Hngbes lambed one band on Bbea
Creek from wbioh be had an inorease of
117 per cent, and a band on Butter
Creek, wh'ch reoeiyed extra oare,
yielded 120 per oent inorease. But If a
sheepman averages 85 per oent he is do
ing well. ' .......
As nsnnl, sbepbnyers are now begin
mng to gather at Heppner to buy the
ttreat overflow and drive it to Eastern
markets. Mr. Hughes thinks that tbe
prioe will open tbis year at $2 for year
lings after shearing. Mr. Carson is al
ready at Heppner, and has bought and
driven sheep from there for four years.
Last year be took 50,000 head.
Cattle-raising around Heppner pays
well, Felix Johnson and some of his
neighbors reoently gold 600 head to Pa
get sound buyers at oents per pound
on fool. Mr. Hngbes' boys run quite a
bunch of oattle oo his J200-aore home
ranob, and they are ready sale at all
times.
Prospects for farmers around Heppner
were never better. The snow all soaked
into tbe ground, and the abundant moist
ure insures splendid orops tbs ooming
season. Farmers are all In good shape,
and wheat is worth 48 oents at any
areliouse near Fleppner. There bas
been a marked increase in the value of
lauds. Mr. Hughes recently bought tbe
George Swaggert ranoh and paid $1,800,
although it comprises only 160 aores,
witb poor Improvements.
Tbe weather is floe io tbe Heppner
bills now, tbe growing grass is green, tbe
meadow-larks are singing, and tbe sun
is sbioing bright and warm ideal spring
weather. It is a prosperous and health
ful seotion.
The Scalp Bounty Bill.
Although opposed by a few of the val
ley farmers, tbe passage of the William
son sheep-tax and scaly-bounty fund
bill in the bouse on the morning ot Feb
ruary 3d was received witb a great deal
of satisfaction by the Eastern Oregon
representatives. There were but half s
dozen votes oast against tbe bill. I
provides for a speoial sbeep tax of one
oeot per bead, and a special soalp bounty
tax ot one-fourth mill upon all real and
personal property. Tae proceeds ol
these taxes are to go into tbe soalp
bounty fund. If any surplus remains in
tbis fund at tbe end of tbe year, it is to
revert to the general fund. As Koberts
alleged that there are 2,600,100 sheep lo
the state of Oregon, tbe sbeep tax alone
will net the soalp-bouuty fund $26,000
The bill provides for a bounty of $2
upon tbe scalps, of coyotes, mountain
lions, dingers, gray wolves and timber
wolves. Lewis created quite a little
merriment in explaining bis opposition
to tbe bill. He said be had lived in
Eastern Oregon and believed in protect
ing eoyotes, as tbey eat destructive
quirrel.
For La Ijrlppe.
Thomas Whitfield k Co., 210 Wabash
av., corner Jackson st., one ot Cbioago's
oldest aod moat prominent druggist
recommended Chamberlain's Coogb
Remedy for la grippe, as it not only
gives a prompt and oomplete relief, but
also counteracts any teodeony of la
erippe to result in pneumonia. For sal
. by Conser k Warren.
HACK FROM KLONDIKE.
William Radio Home After a Nine Months'
Absence.
Blue Mountain Eagle.
After an absence of about nine montha
in tbe Yukon country, where be went
last April with a band of beef oattle,
Wm. Budio returned last Saturday
morning. When seen by the reporter ot
the Eagle he appeared in his usual
health and seemed none tbe worse for
having made a trip ot about 600 miles on
toot and sleeping on ice aod snow every
night for over a month. He informs the
Eagle that he made a safe trip with hia
cattle, only losing seven bead, which is
a remarkably small percent, considering
all the difficulties and disadvantages ot
handling oattle in a oountry so marshy
and brushy as the Yukon oountry. Ha
succeeded in disposing of his entire band
at a good profit, before the market waa
overstocked witb the beet tbat were
driven in after him. There were fully
2,300 head ot beef oattle taken to tbe
Klondike oountry during 1898, and ot
tbis number fully 1,000 head will have to
be thrown into tbe Yukon river on tbe
approach of summer. The oattle have
all been butohered at various pointa
along the Yukon river and will be taken
to Dawson by dog train as rapidly as
there is a demand for it. Tbe market ia
overstocked at present, aod prioee
obarged for beef, both from the whole
sale and retail blook, have declined 50
per oent. Tbis, with tbe loss oooasioned
by the approaob of warm weather, will
result in a loss ot oyer $200,000 to drov
ers. Fortunately it will fall principally
on wealthy oattle oompanies, who are
able to dtand it.
Mr. Rudio describes the Yukon ooun
try as remarkably rioh in mineral, and,
though not easy to access, there is at
present fully 25,000 people in Dawson
Oity and in Ihe territory adjaoenl to that
oity. A large peroent ot this number Bra
either business men or laborers in mines,
bat it is a uoticable fact that a large
Dumber of indolent persons have gone to
tbat oountry with a two-year grub stake.
Tbey are rarely ever seen out of their
oabins, and when their provisions are ex
hausted tbey will return to their former
homes with an apparent plausible story
ot their misfortunes in ths Klondike
oountry, when the fact ia they never
prospeoted a day in tbat oountry. Re
gardless of opportunities, this olase
'never set tbe world on fire," wherever
tbey may be.
One of tbe greatest obstacles to the
nture of tbe Yukoncountry will bo over
come in another year. Tbis is its trans
portation faoilities. Daring the past
year a large number ot steamers were put
on the Yukon river. Some of these orafta
are as flue as is found navigating the
waters ot any river in tbe oountry. Now
wilh the completion ot tbe proposed
railroads to Dawson, will render tbe trip
to tbe Klondike oountry no more diffi
cult than tbe trip to Chioago or New
York City. Tbe White pass and Yukon
railroad was oompleted over the summit
into Canadian territory several weeks
ago, and now "All aboard for White Pass
and tbe Klondike" greet! tbe ears of the
gold-seekeis at the Alaskan city ot Skag.
way. Work was begun about six montha
ago, Bnd at one time from 1,000 to 2,000
men were employed. The gold fever,
however, made it difficult to bold tbe men
at to prosaio an employment. Tbe grade
on tbe drst 'ia miles, wbiob oarries tbe
line from Skagway up Ihe summit of tbe
mountain pass, aod ths international
boundary line, is very sleep, being in
plaoes as great as tour feet of ascent to
a hundred of length. Tbis is about twioe
as beavy as tbe limil of tbe Eastern
trunk lines over tbe Allegbanlea. There
was much heavy work required, includ
ing three long aod deep rook outs and
two short tunnels.
From tbe summit of tbe pass ths road
is being built as rapidly as possible,
about 21 miles farther, to Lake Bennett,
wbenoe there is passage by water at
some seasons of tbs year, into the Yukoo,
and thence to Dawson Oity aod the gold
fields. Surveyors are In Ihe field locat
ing the lioe from Lake Bennett direot to
Fort Selkirk, in tbe heart of tbe Klondike
region, about 170 miles more, uat tbie
portion will be over a oountry wbiob ia
but gently rolling, aod so presents com
paratively fe-v difficulties. It ia also
proposed lo build a branch of some 35
miles lo Atlio City, wbioh will give ac
cess lo tbe reoently opened Atlin lake
gold district,
Mr. Rudio bas Dot definitely deoided
aboQt tnakiDg another trip lo tbe Klon-
like country, but will possibly not on
lertake it until next year. He may pos
sibly take another bund ot beef oattle at
tbat time, providing olroumstances will
ool render suoh an uoderlaking too
hazardous.
Kohbed ths Gray.
A startling incident of wbiob Mr, John
Oliver of Philadelphia, was tbe subject,
is narrated by bim as follows: "1 was in
a most dreadful condition. My skin waa
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
ooated, pan continually in back and
sides, no appetite gradually growing
weaker day by day. Three physiciane
bad given me np. Fortunately, a friend
advised trying 'Eleotric Bitters,' aod to
my great joy and surprise, the first
bottle made a decided improvement. I
continued their use for three weeks, and
now I am well man. I know they saved
my life and robbed the grave of another
victim." No one should fail to try them.
Only 50 cents per bottle at E. J. Hlo
(oum'i drug store.