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SIXTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 2? 1809,
NO. 719D
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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
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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,
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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.