Eight-Page WEEKLY GAZETTE Subscription price, fl.50 Leads In Prestige Leads In Circulation Leads In News Is the Official and Recognized Represent ative Journal ol the County. OFFICIAL PAP Ell -iy m-f aye WEEKLY GAZETTE! Subscription Price, $1.50 , The Paper Is Published Strictly In the Interests of Morrow County and Its Taxpayers. SIXTEENTH YEAR HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 2? 1809, NO. 719D I It" V-iW.-,; 'i -J 'nl PBOPESSICOSTAL 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 manner. 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 FILINU8 Collections made on reasonable terms, Oliice at residence on Chase street. Government land script for sale. D. E. Gilman 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. Mctzler -DENTIST Teeth Extracted and Filled. Bridging a specialty Painless Extraction. . . . Heppner - - Oregon. G. B. Hatt TONSORIAL ARTIST. Shaving, - 15 Cents Hair Cutting, 25 " Shop, Matlock Corner, Heppner, Oregon. A, Abrahamsick Merchant Tailor Pioneer Tailor of Heppner. His work first-class and satisfactory. Give him a call May Street. 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 first-class accommodations. ttmxxty of Hay uxA Oiala for 6al Btable located on west side of Main street between Wm. tjcrivner's and A. M. Gunu'8 blacksmith shops. LIBERTY MARKET THE OLD SHOP I Is the place to go to get your fine pork and lamb chops, steaks and roasts. Fish Every Friday. Fine sugar-cured hams and bacon. Pure leaf lard, kettle-rendered, old style. Highest cash price paid for at stock. Benj. Mathews. UEPPNEK-CANYON CITY Stage Line B. F. MILLER, Prop. Cheapest and most direct route to John Day alley, Canyon City mining district, Burns ana other interior points. Stages leave Heppner Daily, Sunday ex cepted, at 6:30 a. m. Arrive at Canyon City In 24 hours. Leave Canyon City at 4 p. m., arrive at Hepp ner in 21 hours connecting with trains. Hkppmr to MILES PARK Hardman. ... Monument .. Hamilton... Long Creek.. Fox Valley.., John Day ... Canyon City. 20 55 65 75 83 102 104 11.50 4.00 4.75 5.50 6.00 8. 00 8. 00 Stages connect with trains at Heppner. Note. Having stocked up this line with new covered coaches and good teams I am prepared give first-class service to the putHiC. ARLINGTON-FOSSIL STAGELINE H. REED & I x , A. Q. OQILVIE PrPrlef. FARE FROM ARLINGTON TO Fossil (60 miles).. .$500 Hound trip s00 Mayville (5J niilo) . 4 00 Round trip 7 00 Condon (39 miles).. 800 Round trip 600 Clem (28 miles)... 2 00 Round trip 3 50 Olex (19 miles) I 50 Round trip 8 50 Stage leaves Arlington every morning (Sunday excepted) at 6 o'clock; i due at Oondon at 3 p. m. and arrive at Fos sil at 7 p. m. Comfortable covered ooaohea and eare fnl, eiperietvood driwm. i Bern Lotwi syrup. Tatow 1'jo. Use The Kind You Have Always 1 J A. A xu use ior over av years, 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 I Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TH eNTUW COHV, TT MUKMV ITKIT, W YORK OITY. fiRST Rational J ank OF HEPPNER. 0. A. RHEA. President I G. W. OONSEH Cashier T. A. UHEA .....Vio President E. L. FREELAND. . Assistant Cashier Transact a General Banking Business. EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BOUGHT AND SOLD Collections made on all polntson reasonable terms. Surplus ana undivided profits $!15,000. A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY Is that of plain and decorated China ware & Queensware At rtt9 And by the way tliey have anything you can call for lu tha line of Hardware, Stoves and Tinware. 60 WHERE YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU WANT. That 14-Year Old Ko tin's Best," On Tap. Down at The TELEPHONE SALOON IT im n.js.vitc GOODS I t New 8tand, City Hotel Building, XvCTWT TlIIvARD, Xrot. Good Goods.... Fair Prices: i - AT rn T TTATfT 4 Tirvtn -L. XL. XXU c'l Groceries, Provisions, Glassware, ",1 Tinware and Furnishing Goods. Staple and Fancij Groceries Fine Tests and Coffees. ant T. R. HOWARD, Heppner. WHOSE BUSINESS IS IT? , If a man'! io love tbat'g bis busiopse; If a girl's in love that's ber business; if tbe? get married it's our business to furnish their bme from kitchen to pwlnr at we carry a most complete ilock o Faruilnre, Carpet', Mattings, Wall Paper, Stoves, Range?, Graoifeware, Tinware, Eft And it,a your business to drop In, examine goods and get prices. WELLS & CO., Heppner, Or. romo Laxine Will cure La Grippe without fail. We guarantee it. Price 25c. Sold only by Slocum Drug Co. It 4 Bought, and which has been - - Has Dome the signature of m and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceivn von in this. Signature of soee s Stuff, - - VV ilXiXJ?. Ha L McAIister Writes an Interest ing Descriptive Letter LITTLE RESPECT FOIl THE NATIVES Tired, Yet Contented With His Lot A Keen. Observer and Intelligent Corres-i respondent, His Letter Will be. Read With Interest by His Friends in this County. Manila, P. I, Ouartel Dear Folks at, Home: Your day on the Pennsylvania; also some papers which proved quite interest, ing. I read them, then sent them to the hospital. Well, we are still here for the of this place. The exoitement of war has worn off and it is the same routine every day drill, guard mount and bunk fatigue. Of course, you 8P6 lots about the Second Oregon in the Oregonian. Talk is cheap, Thanksgiving day was spent the iment. Our regiment was the only Our new recruits were landed that knew me. , They are a pretty good company that 1 know. I meet many boys in the various bygone days. One fellow in the although I had not seen him for five district to see the Wasbit gtons and E. Golden, from Coos Bay. I also found one or two fellows from East em Washington that knew Ray. I did not learn their names, but they called me by my right namo, all right. I do not know what the Twen. tieth Kansas or Fifty-first IoMa will bring with them. When they are landed, an 1 if I can, I will visit their . Today was another sad day for company A; one more poor fellow was laid to rest Frank Hills, of McMinnville. I only knew him since we enlisted. Dysentery was the cause. One month ago today we laid another odo away. This makes four for company A. Three deaths today for the regiment, making in all 27. We had to make up a firing squad fr the Twentieth Kansas, who aie not allowed to land yet. The regiment is in comparatively good health, but it is uncertain now since we have become acclimated. As for mybelf, I cannot com plaiD, as I weigh 207 pounds. The men do not take the proper care of themselves, especially in their diet. Our company is being enlisted. For a long time we fared the worst. Now we have a good va riety of food beef, beans, rice, tomatoes, rice pudding, light bread and biscuit?, tea or coffee. I do not drink tea or coffee, but boiled water cooled with ice. . We are compelled to dress a certain way, so as to appear all the same campaign hats, white suits and leggins we wear when we go out. You will find enclosed a small photo taken a few days after we came to Manila, and it is the outfit we wore for a long time. Can you send me some more stamps lc, 4o and 5o. Stamps are hard to get. Those you sent are just the thing, odIj I could not break them. We are learning a little about these islands. They are rich. The best thing the United States could do is to take them, and kill all the Aguinaldo outfit, and it is thought then most of the trouble will be at an end. There are enough troops here now to wipe any native army off the face of the island. Talk's cheap, I kuow, but they are awful handy with their little knives. We see insurgents in Manila almost every day, but the city is no good to them while Americans hold it. So you wish me to get promoted. At the present condition of things I am liable to go the other way. A non-commissioned ' officer has a thankless job anywhere you take it. I am sorry that I am a corporal, and as to going any higher, it is out of the question. As to owning anything, don't you know it is against the regulations for a soldier to own a thing, under any circumstances? Yet, if I am given a chance in this country, I will take a piece of land, just because I can get it. I don't know about the living here or its health. It is no place for a la boring man, unless he wants to come and Work for 20 cents a day in Spanish money. The. best business at the present time is the wholesale and retail liquor trade. Other lines of trade have opened np since all is quiet. The jewelry trade is fine. They have the most beautiful and costly articles I ever saw. I know of no jwelry store in Portland or 'Frisco that will compare with any one shop on the Escolta. The day is not far distant wheo American industry will be here. Manil will be a buay city, and the bay is a fine harbor for any ship afloat. While military law is enforced nothing can progress, save in certain lines. There is lots of land in the interior of the island, although it is in habited l natives. It is coraparaiively safe for any one to travel in 'his country. The innurgents consist mostly of tribes along the coast. They aie natural born thieves and pirates and the bost'way is to kill them off like sheep, as they rob and steal and are no earthly good. The only place of amusement we have is on the Lunatta. There is a gr nd stand, and a regimental band plays every evening in the week. It is on the beach, and to see the crowd there beats any Fourth of July celebration. AH are soldiers here, and hundreds of them come here every night for a walk and to hear music. The Concord is stationed at Nanshnn, up on the China coast, for the winter. I have not seen her for a long time. The Boston has also gone. There will be some fun when those other ships get here. They should have sent them long ago, for Dewey has needed them bad. Not only that, but he ha - men who hiiva served six months over time, and some more than that, who can get no discharge, but are compelled to atay there anyhow. ONDENG 1 de Eepana, December 7, 1898. long-looked for letter came yester time being, and we are getting tired same as any other day in the reg one that drilled their coinnaninH. day, and there was a number who set of boys and only two in my regiments that have known me in First Tennessee I was glad to see, years. I went down to the Paco found a classmate of mine, Robert camps. fed better than at any time since we Di Little Beoker is about to get bis die ohBrge. I hop) be will, as he is looking very bad. K bia papers are made out be will reaob the States aa Boon as this doea. Report baa just come in tbat Aguinal do bas warned all tbe women and chil dren at Oavite to get away from tbere, as beexpeotato attack the Ainerioaos tbe 15th. It be does it will be a sorry dav tor him. He says be will go to tbe mountains and tbere be will keep us off for yesrs. Nothing would suit ua better ttiaa to obase. tbat negro in tbe moun tains. They are no euoh bills as tbe "Blues," and it would be a pionio for na. I do not think tbere will be muoh dan ger, as we were issued another uniform yesterday and a lot of other stuff. We bad to take it whether we wanted it or not. I now have six uniforms, yet I have managed to wear all of them. As long as we stay in barracks tney will do all right, They will find out after a while just what we shall need. The olothes we get are not at All good for this clim ate. We can , learn a good lesson from the Spanish prisoners. Yours truly, H. L. McAiiiSTBB. FORRESTER ACQUITTED. Court Hnom Packed Jury Retained . Ver- diet in Less Than an Hoar. The Dalles Chronicle. When ooort oonvened yesterday after noon (Wednesday, February 22d) the court house whs orowded with spectators to hear the pleas in the Forrester case. Prosseouting Attorney A. A. Jayne made thn opening address for the state, aud spoke from 2:45 until 4:25. He was fol lowed by H. 8. Wilson, for the defense, who spoke fiom 4:30 until 5:55. Court then adjourned until 7:30 p. m. It Is estimated that when oourt con vened io the evening there were over 500 people present. Every seat m the house was taken and the aisles were filled with men and women anxious to bear tbe dosing arguments. The room became so orowded tbat at 7:30 an order was issued by the oourt in etruotiug tbe bailiff not to admit any one further. Aftor tbia order was issued fully 200 appli d for admission, but were turned away. Pieroa Maya made the final plea for the defense, and spoke for nearly two hours, when A S. Bennett ad dressed the jury uDtil 11:30, making the uoal plea for the prosecution. -Some vry eloquent and foroeful speeches were made, and tbe large audi ences were very attentive durinc rhp entire afternoon and evening. The oourt then instructed the jury, who adjourned to their room at 11 :55, and witbiu 55 minutes brought io a ver dict of not guilty, three ballots being taken. The first resulted in a vote of nine for acquittal, two for manslaughter and oue for murder in the second degree. On tbe seoond ballot the jury stood eleven tor acauittal. and one for man slaughter. On taking tbe third ballot all agreed on acquittal. Forrester was brought into oourt and hen Ibe deoision of the jury was an nounced to bim, tears came to bis eyes and be seemed overjoyed. He shook bands with the jury and a nomber who were' in the oourt room, and then left for tbe hotel to break the news to hia wife and friends. Thus ends one of tbe most hotly con tested cases ever tried here, and one which bag perhapa caused more wide spread interest than any previous one. Carrier (lout In Caught uy the Cold. J. Ooetin, the mail carrier between tween Grangeville and Florence, met horrible death early Saturday morning while in performance of bis duty. With in tour miles of Florenoe, bis journey's end, his horse flouodered in a snowdrift and was unable to extricate itself. Cos tin, who bad been obliged to make most of tbe trip up tbe mountain on foot, waa exhausted, sod probably in a semi con scious condition when hia auimal could travel no farther. Hatorday morning Jay Oostin's brother Hugh started from Floreooe with tbe mail from Qrange ville. He hardly made four miles wben be disoovered Jay lying at full length on bis home's back, and on the point of death from oold and exposure. Hugh lifted tbe half-frozen body from tbe buried horse and placing it on bia to boggan used every endeavor to restore life. Finding his efforts futile, Hugh wrapped his brother in a robe and turned back on bis tracks for Florence. The condition of the toad can be im agined by the fact tbat he found tbe four mile trip back almost more than be oould manage. He gave np once, but finally obtained assistance and brought Jay into town. Here every effort waa exerted to restore animation without succeKs, the last spark of life having been t xtitigniHhi'd during the return to Florenoe. Idaho Free Fross, YellowHtone Park Mnp, Tbe Northern Pacific railway baa just ssued a new map of the Yellowstone Park, that should be lu demand. It is a relief map lu colors, is scientifically made, and ia complete in topography and nomenclature. Tbe map i about 22x2H nobes in size and ia printed on beavy paper thus making it suitable for fram ing. The map is opeolally adapted tor school and clam roouia and will be mailed id tobea to any addrexs by Chas. H. Fee. general paneenger agent of the Northern Paoitio, Bt. Paul, Minn,, upon receipt Of ten eeat. SENATOR TAYLOR TALKS. Has Sonmnlnn to Bay About the New Ap portionment, t'niou Republican. Senator T. O. Taylor talked today about the new apportionment bill adopt ed at tbe legislative session, says the E. 0. He made a rather important state ment: "It is by no means oertain tbat tbe law would not be deolared unconstitu tional were it brought before tbe supreme court ou a test For instance, were Mor row oouuty to proceed es heretofore to nominate a representative, and demand that the secretary , of state plaoe tbe, name on tbe ofQoial ballot and file tbe nomination, it might be that the su preme court would deolare tbe new ap-. portionment unconstitutional , and per-., mit Morrow county a full representative.. Heretofore tbat oounty has bad a repre- sentative and a joint senator with coun ties to the south. Umatilla bas bad a senator, three representatives and a joint i senator with Union and Morrow, perhapa! no particular loss. "I am fairly well pleased with the result of tbe session as a whole, however. , I am glad to be again at home and able to giye some attention to my business here." PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.. Senator T. C. Taylor at Home After the Legislative Heaslon. Senator T. C. Taylor, who had the dis-v tingniehed honor of being elected presi- , dent of tbe senate, returned borne on Wednesday morning. In performing the arduous duties incumbent upon bim as presiding oflioer of tbe higher branob of the house he v.on enooniums from all, political fneuds and foes. Mr. Taylor was of course a power wben it came to - matters of legislation, in conference with fneuds in different matters, but aa a presiding officer be made a record for absolnte impartiality. He expressed the. opinion tbat tbe legislature just olosedi bad passed a number of very good . and important measures, and a number of others wbioh would not oome within, either one of those classes. The session as a whole waa nattBfuntrirv in him al though ia speoifio cases be was anvthincr i Tint tllAlLftftri. Mr Taulnv'a nninlnn sin n number of tbe most important laws past Will hd fhA hn!lia far-ftiHiFa nwinlaa tn .. - - " - . 11 l .1 . V Wl ill tha Republican. SAID OFFICE WAS USElBSS. That's Why W. W. Baker Failed of Nomina tion for Dairy CoinmlMtioner. Perhaps one of the greatest surprise" of the oauous held by tbe republican members of tbe legislature (or the seleo- . tion of nominees for the oflioes of state librarian, food and dairy oommiBsioner and boatmen at Astoria, was tbe defeat of W. W. Baker, tbe present incumbent, says the Portland Telegram. Mr. Baker : entered thecauoui with 52 votes pledged, , enough to give bim tbe caucus nomina-t . tion. Everybody thought he had a walkr , over. Baker, however, defeated himself. Senator Howe dug op an old copy ot Ibe paper published by Mr. Baker, in wbioh Baker declares the ollloe of food end dairy commissioner a useless one, and rvoommenda its abolishment. This set tied Baker, and J. W. Bailey, tbe next strongest man ia tbe raoe, got tbe plum. What the Oregon Man Dues. A certain farmer in Oregon not a hun dred miles from Salem sat down with hia family to breakfast. They aat in chain made in India, the table waa made la St. Louie, tbe dishes were made in New, York, the knives, forks and spoons were imported from England; tbe bisouiti were made of flour from Eanias, short ened with lard from Missouri, oooked on a stove made io Chicago, and bit coffee was served with sugar from Louisiana. Wben breakfast waa over he drove to town in wagoo made in Ohio, while hie son went out with a 40 gun made ia Pennsylvania and an imported $10 dog to kill 5 ceut birds for dinner. Hie daughter went riding ou a bioyole made n Massachusetts. Hia wife swept tbe floor with a broom from Ciuoiunati, took up the dust ia s pan mads In Vermont with a brush made in Rhode Island. Tbe farmer bought a plow made in Illinois, a onltivalor made io Mlohigau, boes and rakes from Indiana, and a reaper made in Chicago. He took thnm home aud set thera out on a vaoaut lot, exposed to the rain and sunshine, where they ware ra ined in one year. Thai farmer ia alwaye oomplaining of bard times. Salem Sen tiuel. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy ia intended especially for coogns, colds, croup, whooping ouugh and intluecza. It baa beoome famoue for its oures ot these diseasea. over a large part of tbe civilised world. Tbe most flattering testimonials have been receivtd, giving aocounla ot its good works; of the aggravating and persistent oonghs It has cured ; of severe colds that have yielded promptly to its soothing effects, aud of tbe dangerous attaoka of croup it has cured, often saving tbe life of the oUid. Tbe extenitivs use of it for whooping cough bas sbowu that it robe tbat disease ot all dangerous consequent oes. Sol I by Coneer & Warren.