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SIXTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
liMum 1U,MJBWL v v v -v (Or & W V
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TIE HEPPMER GAZETTE
Tublished Every Iharsday.
BY
OORLIES MEKRITT,
Editor and. ItCaxxsLgrax.
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Application.
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OFFICIAL DIEEOTOST.
. United States Officials.
President.. William McKhiley
Vice President Garret A. Hobait
Heoretary of State W. K. Day
beoretary of Treasury Lyman J. Gage
Seoretary of Interior Cornelius N. Bliss
Seoretary of War Kussell A. AlKer
Seoretary of Navy Jhn D. Long
Postmaster-General Charles Emery Smith
Attorney-General John W. Gri(cB
Heoretaryof Agrioulture .James Wilson
State of Oregon.
Governor.. .. W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H. K. Kincaid
Treasurer.. . ... . . Phil. Metschan
oupt. Public Instrnction G. M Irwin
Attorney General c. M. Idlemau
Senators j G. W. MoBride
Congressmen Thos. H Tongue
D . x 1W.K. Ellis
Printer ..y. H. Leeds
. , , ( B. 8. Bean,
iapreme Judges i F. A. Moore,
f C K. Wolverton
Sixth Judicial District.
Cironit Judge Stephen A. Lowell
nuwwuuiig attorney 1. j. bean
Morrow County Officials.
J int Senator J, W. Morrow
K ipresentative E. L. Freeland
C ivjty Judge A. G. Bartholomew
' ommi8sioners j.jj Howard
J. W. Beckett.
" Olerk. Vawtnr firsisfnrH
, Sheriff E. L. Matlock
Treasurer M. Liohlenthal
Assessor A C. Petteyn
" Surveyor Julius Keithly
tenmu oup 1 lay W. btnpley
Circner... Dr. E. B. Hunlock
HFrPNKR TOWN OFFIOKRH.
':., Thou. Moron
..ri.-i;pjf.;l.. K. J. Hloiiiuil, M
UcbtwilW, 3. It, Simons, J. J. ttobort, J. W
KftsirjiMs ur.d K. (). Nperrv.
,,. fcr W.A. Kichardsnn
. '--M-.-r L. W Hrigtrs
- ueorge morutou
fivcmct OtHners.
mo .1 u, I'Haiio W. E. KichardBon
n-tn'i u. a, ora
United States Land Officers.
THE DALLES, Oil.
lay P Lucas Hririntiir
OtiB Patterson Beceivor
LA GRANDE, OR.
E. W. Bnrtlntt Uogifiter
. O. Hwackhamer Iteceiver
PEOFESSIOITAIj
;l C-Edi leld
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 mauuer. Notaries Pub
lic and Collectors.
Office in Natter's Building. Heppner, Oregon.
J. W. Morrow
ATTORNEY AT LAW
and
U. 8. COMMISSIONER. .
Office in Palace hotel building, Heppner, Or.
S. A. D. Gurley,
A TTOBNE 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 FILINuS.
Collections made on reasonable terms.
Office at residence on Chase street.
'Government laud script for sale.
D- E- Gilman
GENERAL COLLECTOR.
Put your old books and notes in his
hands and get your money out of thcra
them. Makes a specialty of hard collec
tions. Office in J. N. Brown's building, Heppner, Or
Dr. M. B. Metzler
DENTIST
Teeth Extracted an(T Filled.
Bridging a specialty
Painless Extraction
Heppner - - Oregon.
G. B. Hatt
TONSORIAL ARTIST.
Shaving, - 15 Cents
Hair Cutting, 25 "
Shop, Hatlock Corner, Heppner, Oregon.
heppnr IKANSFER CO.'S
Belled express is coming. Does deliver
work on short order, 10 cents and up
wards. 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.
Hia work first-class
and satisfactory.
Give him 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
rrf and has been made under his per-
C&XGrffljtrrfrj,, sonal supervision since its Infancy.
.sf.'csun, Allow no one to deceive you in this.
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 CASTORIA
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.
THE OrTU MHIH, TT UHV TRItT. HIWTQIIK CITY
pi it st Rational Jane
OF HEPPNER.
K. KHEA...... PrwIdentlOVW. rONSER Cashier
' A liQEA j,Vio President E. L. FREELAND. . Aintaot Cashier
Transact a General Banking Business.
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OP THE WORLD BOUGHT AND BOLD
Collections made on all polntson reasonable terms. Surplus and undivided profits $35,00.
A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY
Is that of plain and decorated
Chinaware & Queensware At
illiam
And by the way they have anything you can call (or In the line of
Hardware, Stoves and Tinware.
60 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 rail and try his
lirst-class accommodations.
El.aaa.t37- o Hay anxd O-rBLVn. for Sa
Btable located on west side of Main
street between Wm. Borivner's and
A. M. Gunn's blacksmith shops.
LIBBRTY MARKBT
THE OLD SHOP I
Is the place to go to get your fine pork
and laniD chops, steaks and roasts.
Fih Every Friday.
Fine suear-cured hams Knd lnn p,, inai
lard, kettle-rendered, old style. Highest cash
price paid for at stock.
BenJ. Mathawa.
Stage Line
B. F. MILLER, Prop.
Cheapest and most direct route toJnhn D
valley. Canyon City miuiii? district.. Hum. an,,
other Interior points..
Stages leave HePDner Dallr. Snndar ex.
cepted. at :30 a. in. Arrive at Canyon City
in 24 hours.
Leave Canyon City at 4 d m.. arriv at Herm.
ner in U hours connecting with trains.
HKI'PMtB TO
HEPPMK-CANYON CITY
MILKS FA Kg
20 11.50
m 4.75
'i S.Vl
M .00
102 8. (JO
1IJ4 8 W
Hsrdman ....
Monument ...
Hamilton
Long Creek ..
Fox Valley...
John Day ...
canyon i.'ity .
Stages connect with trains at Heppner.
No. Hiving stocked un this line with new
covered coaches and good teams I sin prepared
give nrsc-cKtss service 10 me pumic.
ARLINGTON-FOSSIL
STAGELINE
H. REED & I p, ....
FARE FROM ARLINGTON TO
Fossil (fio iiilics)...f.'xj koundtrip t'.'OO
Mayville () mile). 4 00 Itound trip
Condon (3 niiics). . 8 00 Round trip
Clem (2S miles 1... 200 Hound trip
Olex (U miles) 1 30 Round trip
700
600
8 .00
o0
Stage leaves Arlington every morning
(Sunday exepptpd) at 6 o'elfck; in due
I tt Condon Bt 3 p. in. btid arrires at Foi
j fiil at 7 p. m.
ComfurtabU covered eotobei &ai osre-
to). Mpetteood ixvnn.
Signature of
isbee's
THE WHEAT TRADE.
The Oommeroiul Review publishes the
followiog, auder date of February 9ch :
Very little wheat passed out of the
bands of interior holders during the past
week. The present dullness is some
thing unusual for the season, eepeoia'ly
when the fact of there beiog rather above
the normal enpplles on hand is consid
ered, for it is well known that liberal
stocks are being carried throughout
Eastern Oregon and Washington, as well
as in tbe valley. The ligbl selling
movement is, of oonrse, doe to unsatis
factory market prices, whiob have fur
tber depreciated daring the week, on
disoouraging foreign advioes. The ex
port demand is to a certain extent
oheoked, owing to the difficulty of pi ho
iog cargoes, at even coot prke; and, as
tonnage on band has been provided for,
and immediate business well oared for,
the export interest is taking matters easy
and awaiting future developments. Hav
ing no presttiog wants, as exporters have
stooked up rather heavily tbe past fort
night, they are only in tbe market when
stock can be secured on terms which
will allow cargoes to be pat afloat with
a reasonable margin of profit to repay
the coHt of bundling, and wbuu exporters
cannot mike trades on ths basis ibey
prefer to bold aloof. On the other band,
holders are not willing to aooept current
quotations, and still await another reuo
tion in their favor, wbiob they bave so
long looked for, and failed to aooept two
weeks ago. Present indications do not
offer much eucouragemnui for any speedy
revival iti prices, European advices bmg
generally ay in tone, witn a restricted
demand, ami business in an inactive cm.
dition. heceipU era very f-ir, ronsi I
ering t ie enormous amount bought be
fore tbe lat-4 deolinw. Quotations Mre for
Valley, OOo t Gi; bloentem, 61o to Gl'c;
olnh, &Ho to 59c per buibel. Toe laf.er
figures are for good round lot-i.
Velcanie Eruptiona
Art) graod. but tkin ernptions rob life
of joy. Bncklen's Arnica Halve cures
tbem; also old, running sod fever sores,
nicer, felons, boils, corns, warts, onts,
bruises, burns, scalds, chapped bands,
chilblains. Best pile core on earth.
D ive out paint and aches. Only 25
cent a box. Cine i,umotee. Hold by
8100am D.'iu Co.
TRAUKDY ATJVIU.OW BPBINQS. FAVOK8 TAXING SHEEPMEN. I OFF TO ATLIN. I BKANTON BAPTIZED.
Wm. Gorman's House Burned and His Hudy
Found in the Kuins.
East Oregonian.
William Qoiman's house in ruins, bis
b.idy found among the dt bria, charred
and blackened, aod a strong suapioion of
foul ploy, are the features of a tragedy
that must now be added to the history of
Dmatillaoounty. Sunday, February 4th,
tbe Particulars reached Pendleton over
the wires of the Blue Mountain Tele
phone and Telegraph Company. They
were meagre, and related only the fol
lowing: H. M. Roberaon, who lives at the Stan
oel plaoe at Bidge, brought the news to
Pilot Bock and talked over tbe wire with
tba offloers bere. . William Qorman's
ranch bouse at Willow Springs had been
found burned to the ground. The
charred remains of a human body were
found in the ruiue. Mr. Qorman him
self could not be found anywhere. He
is known to have been at home of late.
He was a baohelor and lived alone. It
was bis oostom to keep in tbe house
sums of money at times from $500 to
81,000, aod not infrequently showed it to
peraons who were staying with him.
bouse was a stopping plaoe for the ma
jority of travelers who pussed along the
road between Pundletoa and Ukiab and
the John Day oountry. At this time of
year travelers are few, and Mr. Qorman
was somewhat isolated, .beiog several
miles from any neighbors.
He possessed considerable property in
land and oattle, and bad some money.
The people wbo bad visited the soene
of the conflagration said over the wire
that they suspected foul play, and that
someone had perhaps murdered Mr. Qor
man for his inouey, sottiug Are to the
bouse to oover the bloody deed.
The Willow ijpring house was tbe
seen of the bloody fS:ht with tne lu
dinus in 1878. There wa a sheep shed
at the plaoe, aud iu .the shed tbe white
settlers entrenched themselves, tbe In
dians being on tbe surrounding bills.
Tne abed stood on ground over which
now runs tbe oonnty road, but Mr. Gor
man bud left iu the ground the oorner
poets of the sited, sawed otose to the
ground, and it was Mr Qoiman's habit
and pleasure to show tUt'ui to visitors,
describing the battle, and shoeing the
position of the couteudifiK foioes.
He wuH au ecoeutno Lidividu il, was
extremely - loyul to hit friends sud iu-
clinej to 0-J yjuaio?tvp;,i id , enemies.
and known to tH iLe people of this sec
tion. This morning O. P. Rosanberg, noting
coroner, J. H. Ls'i'.y, deputy district
attorney, Dr. F. W. Vinoout, oouuty
pbysioiao, mid Joo Blakeluy, depuiy
sheriff, left for Wiilow Springs to con
duct an official investigation into the af
fair. A guard whs kept over (he place
last night to muiutaia things uuchunged
until the ( Aiders arrived.
NOT A POCKKX MINE.
Good Reports From the Great Northern Gu
tter's Old Claim.
Among the good repoits oomiog almost
daily to this city from the 520 tributary
gold mines and claims, was one today
from Oanyon Oi y, regarding the opening
up of tbe Great Northern mine, one and
a half miles from that town, by tbe Salt
Lake capitalists who reoeotly purchased
tbe property from the discoverer, Ike
Guker, says a Baker correspondent lo
tbe Oregonian.
Information reoeived here is that the
10 miners of the Halt Lake Company,
working since August, 1893, under strict
orders simply to open up tbe property,
bave pounded out several thousand dol
lars with hand mortars, and are now into
the golden mountain, aud on pay ore in
practioally unlimited amount. Team
sters are bere today arranging tor the
shipment of 6,000 pounds of supplies to
tbe Great Northern.
It baa leaked out that tbe oompany bai
already practioally proved that tbe mine
is not, as has been rumored, simply a
pocket proposition Long Creek Eagle
ANOKEK'ct HA1.LUON,
Believed to Have Been Found in Siberia
by a Tribe of Natives.
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Feb. 10 A
gold mine owner named Monasty Rasobin
bus received letter eayjug that a tribe
of Turgosoft, inhabiting the Timir pen
insula, North Siberia, recently informed
the Russian police chief of that diatriot
that on January 7th, last, between Komo
and Pit, In . the province of Jenieeisk,
they found a cabin constructed of cloth
and cordaue, apparently belonging to a
balloon. CI 'se by were the bodies of
three men, the head of one being badly
crushed. It ia believed the hodi a are
tlios n( t!ie neron not, H rr Andrt-e, and
bis 00111 punions.
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain. Plaii'field, 111.,
makes the t'dem'iit that she cuoght
oold, whiob B' ltlfd on hi r lungs; ehe
wan treated fur a ru mtli by her family
physician, but grw worse. He told her
the was a liopeiesa victim of oenanm.
t;on and that no utedieiw could cure
lmr. Her drui;if.i eaagested Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption; sho
bonght a bottle and to ber delight found
heraelf beneiltted from the first dose,
Hlie oontinued its nee and after taking
six bottles, found herself Bound and well,
now does ber own housework and is as
well as she ever wrh Free trial bottles
of Shis Great Discover at E. J. Bin
cam's dragttore( Urge bottles Q coot
tad 11.00
.
A Stock Inspector Talks About Coyote Scalp
Bounty.
East Oregonian,
A. A. Rjnney, stook inspector of
Wasoo county, has made a statement in
favor of the bounty on ooyote scalps,
and adds that he estfmates tbe annual
loss to Oregon Bheejjraisers through the
rasoality of the coyote at f500,000. He
even goes so tar as to deolare that tbe
coyote will ultimately exterminate the
sheep in this state unless there is some
drastic legislation against tbe predatory
varmint, backed by publio funds to re
ward those engaged in tbe Business of
killing off the ooyote.
Coyotes, when left to themselves, Mr.
Bonney further says, will inorease at the
rate of 600 per oent a year. They are so
ounniog that they know by intuition
when a dose of stryobnine is larking in
a tempting morsel of mutton, and as for
traps, they will avoid their whereabouts
as they would a herder with a loaded
Winchester. The ooyote also delights
in ohicken, and knows just bow to con
ceal himself in the sage brush until a
good fat ben oomes along, when he pro
ceeds to make a meal of her almost
within gunshot of tbe farmer's house.
Not only is the sheep industry of Wasco
county paralyzed by tbe ooyotes, but tbe
poultry business is also at a standstill ,
The farmer's wife has no heart to set a
hen, because she knows full well that
the coyotes of tbe neighboring oanyons
are watohing the progress of events,
aod will make arrangements to help
themselves to tbe obickens long before
tbey have grown. The ooyotes of Ext
ern Oregon eat three fourths of $ the
ohlckens raised in that portion of the
state.
Sheepmen, he thinks, would be glad
to stand a tax of 2 cents per he-ul per
aouain on their flocks, in order that a
fuud might be raised to keep ooyote
slayers 10 the flald the year round. The
preseut system of one county paying a
bounty on 00 soalps, while the adjoining
oouuty does not, has very little eff.iot in
keeping tbe pest down. What is needed
is a general law, oovering the state, and
Mr. lionney thinks such a law might be
passed, apurt from the interest of any
"grafts" or raid upon the publio treas
ury. The sheepmen of the state want
the law aud are willing to pay the ex
pense, though, in order to mak it 0 in
stitntiouel, real a:id personal property
might be -lightly tared also.
A HEA V3f SNOWFALL.
Over 1!) Inches Has Fallen in the Past Two
Days.
Tbu Wallft Walla Statesman, under
date of February 11th, says:
The snowfall of the past two days is
the bumper full of the beaasiful for, the
period of 14 years past. It is several
iuohes greater than during any snowfall
for that period aod the indications are
thnt more will deeoend in the near future.
Tbe weather bureau says "more snow,"
and, of course, tbe snow most fall in
obedlenoe to orders, While tbe snow
fall has been heavy tbe temperature has
moderated considerably. Although warm
it is not pleasant for residents to plod
about, oat doors, in soow knee deep, the
walks early today being mostly covered
lo about that depth with tbe beautiful,
it being impossible for the street-cleaning
department to dear tbe snow away
only on the most important walks. Early
in the morning Main street presented an
animated appearance with the dozens
and dozens of shovelers.
The snowfall sinoe November, 1898,
when tbe first precipitation occurred, has
been 29 1 inches, or 3.1 inches above the
average for the past 14 vears. Tbe fall
wbiob began early Tuesday, according
to the bureau records, was early today
13 5 inches. Tbe greatest snowfall in
the past 14 years was on December 1,
1886, when 8 6 inobes is reoorded, being
several iuobes short of tbe present pre
oi.itatioo. Hlot Machines.
Tbe following is tbe bill passed by tbe
senate :
''Sec 1. Each and every person who
shall oooduot, maintain or operate either
as owner, proprietor, lessee or employe,
or wbo shall play or use any niokle-in-
the slot machine or other device of like
character, wherein are need cards, dice,
or any eubstitute therefor, or within
there enters any element of obauce,
whether tbe name be played or operated
for money, cheoks, oredite or any other
thing or representative of value, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, Bod, npon con
viction, shall be punished by a fine of
not less than $5 nor more than 850. .
"Heo. 2 Justices of tbe peace shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with tbe
eirotiit court iu all oflonaes arieing un
der this act.
"Sec. 3. Inasmuch as the pnblic de
mand t this enactment in the interest of
morality, and that ttie same shall go In
to effect at once, the same shall be oper
ative from and after its Hpproval by the
governor."
For jL Grippe.
Ihomas Whitfield & Co., 210 Wabash
av., corner Jackson st., one of Chicago's
oldest and moat prominent drnggiet,
reoommended Chamberlain's Cougb
Remedy for la grippo, as it not only
gives a prompt and complete relief, but
aleo counteract! auy tendency of la
ripp t ) result in t.ueaaiyuia, for sale
by Comer & Warren.
William
F. Matlock Wilt Seek Gold
Dust
There.
Morning Oregonian, Feb. 13th.
Ex Senator William F. Matlook, of
Umatilla county , left (Rbi night for tbe
Atlin oountry, where he has placer
claims on Wright, Feather and Bonanza
creeks, whioh be hopes to develop tbis
summer. He spent several weeks in
that region last year, and thinks there is
considerable gold along the streams
emptying into Lake Atlin.
He expeots to go in while tbe ioe is
hard in the streams, and thinks the trip
oan be made easier at this time of year
than later on, when tbe thawing weather
will bave turned tbe snow and ioe into
slush, rendering the trailB and streams
impassable for a month or more.
His partner, William Beagle, a former
Pendleton man, fs engaged in paoking
over the frozen trails tbis winter, using
mules instead of dogs. Mr. Matlook
thinks mul -s will entirely supercede dogs
as packers in tbe Northwest Territory, as
well as in the Atlin dietiiot, as tbe long
eared animals can haul so mnoh more,
though, of oonrse, not making such good
time. A mule will haul 1,500 to 2,000
pounds on a sled a distanoe of 15 to 20
miles a day, and the dog will take about
100 pounds a distanoe of 25 to 40 miles
in tbe same period. For light prospect
ing and quiok time the dog will do very
well, but where considerable freight is
to be moved the mule is the best stand
by. Hay and feed are shipped from Port
land via Seattle to Skagway, and then
hauled to tbe end of the railroad, where
it will be stored and drawn on as needed
for the mules.
.Mr. Matlook Bays that when a mule
finds himself goiug down through tbe
snow he will keep right still and wait for
some one to take his pack off and dig
him out. A boree, in like predioament,
will tumble and kick aod struggle and
lose his head, giving tbe packers a good
deal of trouble. Dogs, of course, do not
break through tbe soow, as their loads
are lighter and there is not so mnob
strain on tbem.
Mr. Matlook has a brewery in opera
tion at Skagway, and one at Juneau, and
has a general merchandise store at Luke
Bennett; then be has a paok train carry
ing goods by Dake Bennett from the end
o the railroad, and has three claims in
tbe Atlin country, so be has enough bus
iness in hand to keep him busy in the
northern country.
(school Law.
The law authorizing sobool districts to
incur indebtedness for school buildings,
or repairing school buiidiugs, or pur
chasing lund for eohool purposes iu force
at the present time, is as follows :
Heo. 1, The school directors of any
school district in the state of Oregon
may, when authorized by a majority vote
of the legal voters present at auy legally
oalled school meeting, in tbe name and
on behalf of their district, contract a
debt by borrowing money or otherwise,
not to exoeed five hundred dollars, for
tbe purpose of building a sohool build
ing, or repairing of school buiidiugs, or
tbe purchase of land for school purposes,
and issue negotiable, interest bearing
warrants (aud fix the time of payment
of the same) of their distriot, evidencing
snob debt; and tbey may from time to
time, not oftener than once a year, levy
a tax on the taxable property of tbe dis
trict to pay tbe interest thereon, or prin
cipal when due, which taxes shall be
oolleoted in the same manner as other
school taxes are, or may be, collectible
by low.
Oregon as a Wool-Growing Stats.
The Northwest Magazine.
The annual estimate of the wool dip
of tbe United States for 181)8, made by
Seoretary Nortb, of the National Asso
ciation of Wool Manufacturers, shows
the total amount to bave been 206,720,
684 pounds, against 259,153,251 pounds
in 1897. Sinoe the department of agri
culture ceased to submit an annual esti
mate of the wool-clip, that made by the
Wool Manufacturers' Association is re
lied upon as giving the desired informa
tion relative to oar domestio wool sup
ply. A noticeable feature of the report it;
the statement that Oregon has jumped
from second to first position in the long
list of woool-produciug states. It has all
along been supposed, and it is still main
tained by Montana newspapers that
Montana led tbe wool growing states,
Oregon being a oloee second.
Oregon produced, according to tho
statistics, 21,291,872 pounds of washed
and unwashed wool, aud, next to Wash
ington, shows tbe largest per oent in
shrinkage in scouring, or 71 per oent.
Montana follows rvitb 20,935,105 pounds,
and 62 per oent shrinkage; California
ha 10,932,993 pounds, and (Hi per oen'
shrinkage; Ttia has 1(1,380,4 12 pounds,
aud 70 per oent shrinkage; Wyoming baa
L3,G2fi,704 pound-. New Mexloo 12 329,421)
pouods, Ohio 12 111853 pounds, Colo
rado 9958,8(;9 pounds, and Michigan
8 ,8.rxi,12-' pounds.
The amonntof pulled wool is estimated
at 2211fI,3T) pounds, mHkiug a total of
260,720,684 pounds of washed and un
washed, or 111,661,581 pounds of scoured
wool. Tlio ;igireat- clip of t!i r N. w
England tttatoa i ab-ut 1,743,023 p-.und
of scourttj wool, of whiob MwBiiuUiittu
ifuriiiehee 128,800 pound.
Gets KeliKlon in the Prospect of Death and
Is lteceived Into the Church.
Kugone Journal.
At 2:15 Monday afternoon Claud Bran
ton, tbe oonvioted murderer, wbo is now
only waiting tbe final decision of the su
preme oourt upon bis deatb sentenoe,
was received into the Christian oburoh
of this oity by the solemn rite of bap
tism. For eome time past Branton has
seemed to be much interested in bis own ,
spiritual welfare and listened attentively'
to words of comfort from bis spiritual
Ivisors. The pastors wbo have been
ninistering to the oondemned man be
jame satisfied that be was aotuated by
true spirit of repent anoe instead of any
ruse to gain sympathy and thereby avert
the deatb penalty. Accordingly it was
arranged and permission was seonred
from Sheriff Withers to perform the rile
upon Monday afternoon. Three minis
ters, Rev. Patterson, of tbe Eugene Di
vinity school; Bev. W. L. Matlook, of
ibe First Baptist oharch, and Rev. M.L.
Rose, together with Sheriff Withers and
Deputy Sheriff Day, entered the jail.
Tbe oeremony was performed in tbe nar
row steel cell, tbe jail bath tub being
used for the baptism. Bev. Patterson
and Rev. Rose entered tbe cell while tbe
guards remained outside. After tbe oer
emony Branton made a few remarks stat
ing that he trusted that this might prove
an example to others to shun tbe doing
of evil and assooiation of evil compan
ions. Sheriff Withers says Branton'a
air seemed to be that of a man resigned
to his fate and who wants to make the
best of it. He is deeply in earnest, as
indeed be well might be upon such an
oooaslon. Every precaution was taken
during the performance of the ceremony,
for the officers bave learned what kind of
a man they have to deal with, and tbe
most vigilaut watch is kept upon Bran
tou all the time, Tbe death watohes
take regular turns one night aod tbe
other day so that there is never an hour
of the 24 that watohtul eyes are not upon
the oondemned man.
The supreme court has tbe case still in
waiting, but a decision is expeoted from
them some time in the latter pari of Feb
ruary or iu March. The oeremony of
baptism and repentance in tbe jail is
somewhat nu usual, but not as unusual
or novel as it is serious. Many times
under similar oiroumstauces has it been
done heretofore, and iu Ibe face of tbe
uwful punalty of deatb it is thought that
auy cironmstauoe whioh would tend lo
mitigate the dread foreboding of the
tniud ought to be considered as well.
HOW DIMS YF US LIVES.
The Precaution Taken For Ills Pafo
Keep
lug
However much the emotions are stirred
over the Dreyfus affair, no anxiety need
be wasted over the prisoner himself; he
still lives, bis personality is not lost, and,
whatever may happen, his existenoe will
not, from all appearances, be blotted out
forever. In ooosequenoe of oertain fears
expressed over the possibility of bis es
oape, not only baa tbe ex-captain's little
oabin been surrounded by a bigb board
fence, inside of which tbe prisoner takes
bis daily walk, bat at night are taken
the most rigid precautions known to
military soienoe. His but has been di
vided into two rooms, separated by en
iron grating reaching from floor to ceil
ing. In tbe inner room, provided with
neither door nor window, sleeps tbe un
fortunate officer; in the other room lit
a guard armed with a brace of revolvers.
At nightfall, the door of the oabin is
bolted upon them botb from the outside,
aud a second guard lies aoross tbe dooi
way to keep watch over tbe inner guard.
Up to the present time it has been con
sidered unnecessary to place a watoh
upon these two by a third sentinel.
All possible precautions have been
taken to assure tbe safe-keeping of tbe
prisoner. Tbe government of Fraoce
will not be oaugbl napping by bribable
agents or careless servants. It bas gone
even farther: Dreyfus, being only mortal,
might some day or other fall in the sore
battle of life and be mastered onl by tbe
Lord of bests. Then, wbal it the gov
ernment be sensed of having simulated
his deatb and of having buried some
other body which in life had never borne
Ibe name of Dreyfasf To foretell any
suob emborrasing oonseqaenoes, tbe
minister for tbe oolonies, a little over a
year ago, shipped to Devil's Island all
the drags and apparatus necessary for
the embalming of tbe body of tbe ex
oaptain of artillery, tbe whole lugubri
ous outfit euolosed in tbe coffin des
tined to bring back lo France, for tbe
edification of political adversaries, the
remains of the lonely prisoner aod much
wronged man.
No government could bs more prud
ent; kindly foresight could hardly go
further Self Culture for February.
The Army and Navy
Have covered themselves with glory
during the war. Tbe army and navy
vest pocket memorandum book pub
lished by the Northern Pacific is a com
pact digest of Information relative to
the navies and armies of Spain and Ibe
United States and the beginning of Ibe
war. It has a map of Cuba, illustrations
of nava! ships, glossary of navy and
army leruis. translation of Spanish,
word), etc. Solid t"n oents to Chas. 8.
Fee, general passenger agent, ft. P, R,.
ol, fuul, Minu,, (or t copy,
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