I WEEKLY GAZETTE Subscription price. $1.50 OFFICIAL PAPER WEEKLY GAZETTE1 Subscription Price, $1.50 . Leads In Prestige Leads In Circulation Leads In News Is the Official and Recognized Represent ative Journal of the County. The Paper la Published Strictly In the Interests of Morrow County and Its ! Taxpayers. I5BBS SEVENTEENTH YEAR HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1899, NO. 730 CAKE OF FRUIT TREES. State News. ; C E. Pedfiefd ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office In First National Bank building. Heppner, Oregon. Ellis & Phelps ATTORNEYS AT LAW. All business attended tu 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 V. 8. COMMISSIONER. Office In Palace hofci building, fieppner, Or. C hi Charlton ATTORNEY AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Collections promptly attended to. Heppner, - - - Oregon. S. A. D. Gurley, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W. Practlcinner In a I 8 ate and federal courtn. ARLINGTON - OREGON A. Mallory, V. S. COMMISSIONER NOTARY PUBLIC Is authorized to take all klnda of LAND PROOFS and LAND V I.INtiS Collections mnde on reasonable terms. Oltice at residence on Chase street. Govt I imeut land sciipt for rale. L) E Gilman GENERAL COLLECTOR. Put your old books and notes In his bauds and get your mouey out of them them. Makes a specialty of bard collec tions. Office in J. N. Brown's building, Heppnor, Or Dr. M. B. Metzler DENTIST Teeth Extracted and Filled. Bridging a specialty 1'ainless Extraction. . . . , Heppner - - Oregon. G. B. Hatt TONSORIAL ARTIST. Shaving, . -Hair Cutting, unop. Matlock Corner, 15 Cents 25 " 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 lust been opened to the public and Mr. Gordon, the proprietor, kindly invites his friends to call and try his first-class accommodations. Flsovty of Hay tn.d O-raiaa. for Sail Stable located on wcBt Bide of Main street between Win. Scrlvner's and A. M. Guuu's blacksmith shops. LIBERTY MAWKBT THE OLD SHOP! Is the place to go to get yonr fine pork and lam j chops, steaks and roasts. Fih Every Friday. Fine sugar-cured hams and bacon. Pure leaf lard, kettle-rendered, old style. Highest cash price paid for at stock. Bock 6V Mathewa, ER-CANH CI TY Stage Line B. F. MILLER, Prop. Chsapert and most direct route to John Day valley. Canyon City mining district, Burns ana other interior pom is. -Htw Iarvr Hnnnner DailT. 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 24 hours connecting with trains. Heppnek to MILES FARE 20 (1 50 55 4. CO 65 4 75 75 5.50 m 6 00 102 8.00 104 8 00 Hard man Monument ... Hamilton ... Long Creek . Fox Valley... John Day . . . Canyon City. Stages connect with trains at Heppner. Not. Having stocked np this line with new covered coaches and good teams I am prepared Rive nrat-ciass service to tne punuc. ARLINGTON-FOSSIL STAG E LINE H. REED A A. O. 03ILVIE Propri ietors. FARE FROM ARLINGTON TO Fossil (0 miles)... 15 00 Konnd trip 1900 Mayrille (53 miles). 4 00 Round trip 7 00 Condon (39 miles).. 100 Round trip 600 Clem (28 miles) .... 2 00 Round trip S SO Olex (1 miles) 160 Round trip 8 50 Stage leaves Arlington every morning (Sunday excepted) at 6 o'clock; ia doe t Condon at 3 p. in. fend arrive at Fos il at 7 p. m. Comfortable covered oosehs and "-r ol, experienced drivers'. Vegetable Preparationfcr As similating ttieToodandReguta ling the Stomadtts audBowels of nr. niii n l irni i n ii ii mi PromotesDigcstion.Cheeiful ness andRest.Contains neither S)ium,Morphine nor Mineral. ot Narcotic. Reap ofOldJySAMLTlBTVBES Pumpkin Sei Mx.Senna Anin Seetl Jippf rnant Jh CurtonakSufo f Hem Seed -flanHtd Suprrr . Anerfecf Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea, Worms ,Convulsions,revcnsh ness andLoss OF SUEP. TaeSimile Signature of NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OP WRAPPER i la aim fmST fATIONAL JANK' OF HEPPNER. O. A T. A. RHEA. President RHEA Vio President Transact a General EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OP THE WORLD BOUGHT AND BOLD Collections made on all pointBon reasonable terms. Surplus and undivided profits 735,000. GOLD GOLD You can save it Who carry oisiiam COMPIETE JL,I1VI$ Of Heavy BDd Shelf Hardware, Graniteware, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, Wagons, backs, Mo., ratnU and Una (the bast in the world). Crockery mid Glassware. Give us the cash and you can get as good and as many goods from u i as you can get laid down in Heppner from anywhere. This we guarantee. That 14-Year Old is Kohn's Best," . . . . On Tap Down at The'... . TELEPHONE SALOON IT I RARE! GOOD New Stand, City Hotel Building, LOW TllvlVAID, JProii. Good Goods.... Fair Prices.i AT T. R. HOWARD'S. 1 Groceries, Provisions, Glassware, , Tinware and Furnishing Goods. Staple and Fanny Groceries- Inne leas ana t uojfees. irft 1. R. HOWARD, WHOSE BUSINESS IS IT? If a man's in love that's bis busioese; If a girl's in love that's ber buirjese; Jf they get married it's onr bnaineiie to fnrnisb tbeir boms from kitchen to parlor as we carry a most complete stock o Faroiture, Carpels, Mattings, Wall Paper, Stoves, Ranges, Graniteware, TIdww?, lr. And it.syour business to drop in, examine goods and get prices. WELLS & CO., Heppner, Or. Spring is Yjerel Purify your Blood and enjoy it. Slocum's Sarsaparilla With iodide of potassium will do it to perfection. Largest bottle of Sarsapariiia on the market. Price ISIocum Drug Co. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NIWT4M ITV. W. OON8ER Cashier L. FREELAND. .Assistant Cashier Banking Business. GOLD by trading with Stuff, Heppner. l.OO. OppOSltG FOSt OlliCG. bee Advice to Frnlt Grower From the Bute Board of Agriculture. Henry E. Doecb contributes the following importaut and interest ing artiolo to the Gazette, as presi dent of the State Board of Agricul ture: To The Editor: The season is at ban 1 for the cultivation of and oaring for our fruit trees thia summer. The small crop likely to be gathered thia fall, owing to the unseasonable climate conditions, will have a tendency to cauae many growers to negleot their trees when they ued the utmost car and nursing. It is very human to do our utmost when everything is flourishing, and pro fits apparently large, I) foioe matters; and rquallv human to drop everything when the reverse is the 066. In several of th reports issued through the pre and leaflets, by tlw United States Weather Bureau, it is stated th a; the unseasonable cold wave in February, ba 1 done little or no damage. These reports are no doubt complied from tne statements recived from looal observers ond correspoudents throughout the State, and coming from each a source and high au thority as tb.9 United Slates Weather Bureau, are presumed to to be correc an 1 reliable, and are very naturally believed by the fruitgrower. Advice received at this offioea, however, from prao tioal fruitgrowers and members of thia board from the various dis tricts are of a different nature, and the damage done is becoming more and more apparent every day, es pecially in the middle Willamette Valley and y&rti f Eastern Ore gon; the Umpqua ani . Rogue River Valleys escaped, without in jury. We know do that thous ands of young prune trees have been killel on lands n adapted to fru t raising, Had thousands of others planted on more favorable land have been seriousty injured, and if neglected many will ither die or bacome permanently crippled, aod such trejs ne 1 oir utmjst care right now. The continued cold rain, which ma'ies iha fruit drop, naturally tend) to discouragement, and, in additioi, neglect of the orchard will invite fungm diseases and insect pests, aud for these reasons alone the spray pump must be kept going, regardless of any crop or no crop. We uoald therefore urge most earnestly upon owners of injured or fruitless trees, not to become discouraged, but to give their free extra care, by pruning off injured limbs, spraying, and most thoroughly cultivating the soil, for they need it much more right now than if in healthy con dition. Good result is certain to fellow by the fruit some of these trees may yet bear this year larger aod finer, and by reason of this with extra care such trees will start with renewed vigor and reward their owners for this additional work with an abundant crop the coming year. Reverses are met with in al) walks of life the merchant, the banker, the arti&an and the grain farmer all share alike in off years, so to speak; why should the fruit grower be exempt even in this most favored State of ours. Oregon fruits ae finding favor in many old markets, and with the nw markets opening up to us, the demand is certainly increasing, but this demand i only fur firit class fruit, and each fruit cannot be grown on neglected and diseased trees. The up-to date fruit grower who will 'give Lis best thought, care and attention to his trees at such a time ns the present, is sure to win in the end by abundant crops and remunerative prices hence we would cay to all orchard ists: "Don't despair, don't get discouraged, but keep ou right along, & if we expected a most bountiful harvest and Jesuits are ceitain to follow." State Board of Horticulture, II. B. Miller IIenby E. Dosca raulz-fanr Kanpat u ftt .Dv.f Bkt NO MORE PeeMNG IN TRiNSlT. ANswKule Which Will Hava a Marked Influeoce on Lives took Business. -Knit Oregonlan. There is Mi throughout ibia Motion a lively interest iu the new role to be come effeotive on . May 25, doing aay with . the fetding-iu-transit reiee that have (or the paat twenty yeara been given by the transcontinental lines. Ike Herman, repreaentiug the Oregon short line, who wet in the city today, waa asked to give the the salient fea tures of the new role and .what its best ing would be on the livestock business in general. "Briefly stated," snid ' Mr. Hermsn, 'the facta are tbeae: It has been al ways the custom (or buyers to oome out from the East, purchase eheep or oattle, ship them to no mo point east of here, and eeoure a feeding traasit rate, by the term of wbioh tby , could unload the block and feed it, ship it further, unload and feed tgbin, aud flonlly laud lb atook in the Chicago or Omaha or Kan sas Oity mukt. It was possible, under suoh a rule, to ship a given lot to some point in Wyoming, unload them, and then, at a later date, ahip other oattle on the same shipping bi'l. "These utiipmcnta were elso made to Nebraska fuinta, Qrana Island, North Platte, KsKroey, Colnmbiro, Crawford aud other Uom in that stale. The idta continued in I he new rule is to put a stop to tljifl p.uotioe and on and after May 25, no rates will be quoted except for the ebipment.of stock to the place at hic;h they are to be unloaded. . ' Tne inme rule will apply to the ship- of live atook from thia Bcotion to Obl ong;, via Montaua ond the Dakota". . ' It er on hh though it would be in evitable that the new rule's enforcement would have eome influence on the prices paid for liTCHleok, ell hough the effect lo be wroutflit ties proably- been exagger uit'd by some writers. It i likely that the unrobrr of euet p that will be affected is britwen 50.000 and 300,000, aod the ittle, between 80,000 aud E0.000. ) : "The manner iu which the rule: will affHOt the livestock prioes is this: The shipper baa frrqueotly secured these feeding-in-trnDBite rates, and to him the railroad wonld issue shipping ''bills based on that understanding. These shipping bills the buyer would sell to some otber deulere, who would, use them for the shipment of otber oattle or sbeep t Omaha, Khurhs City or Cbioago, thus poHkPBHiug in Ibe shipping bills a die tmot ad vantage which will now be de nied him." WOKLD'S GRAIN CROPS. Generally F.ivorable Reports Received From Abroad. The grain, ornp statistics, wbioh sup plement thereoeot war winter grain re port ot the agricultural department, bow that the winter grain conditions almost everywhere in Europe are (a voHble. Russian reports o mplh of deficient grain, but tbe general condition is rep. resented as satisfactory. Little, if any, harm, eeema to bave been done by the severe cold weather in March in the western oonntry, and reports of spring cultivation and seeding are favorable. ; Considerably leas than a normal orop, approximately thrpe-fourtbe, ia indi cated tor India as a while, Bangs! alone reporting uceqnivooally good out turns. Ronmania reports 1893 wheat, 28,450,- 904 bushels; rye, 7,258,688 ; miz , 8J.000, 000. This is a Urge gain of tr 1897 Austria reports 1898 wheat orop at 4(5,- 4000,000 bushels. Italy's whett orop for 1898 is officially put at 13 371.000 bushels. In Argentina tbe area under wheat for 1893-99, from whloh the crop was re oently gathered, baa bion officially esti mated at 6,150,319 acres, and the aggre gate product la unofficially estimated al 80,000,000 bushels. The United States minister at Buenos Ay res reports that tbe quality of tbe orop is fairly good, and the yield extraordinary. The mailt crop now gatberiog is, likewise, a good one. Iu the United Kingdom, the inoreaae in tbe wheal orop over that for 1897 was 18, 08821 bushels, a percentage of in oreaee nearly three times as great In pro duotion as in area. Crossing the Rockies. The most delightful ride aoross tbe continent is through Utah and Colorado, over what is known as "Tbe Senlo Route of tbe Werld." It matters not at wbat season of tbe year the trip is made; at do time does the scenery grow monot onous. It is an evercbangmg panorama of tbe beauties of nature. One moment you are passing tb'ongh gorges walled in by rocks thousands of feet high, aod the next you are abive the snow line, skirt ing peaks that tower above yon untill they seem almost to reach the sky. One of the characteristics ot the Colorado climate is that tbe extremes of tempera ture are never met with. It ia neither so oold id winter nor so warm in summer as upoo tbe lines of railway wbioh orosa tbe deserts and plaios. The traveler over tbe Rio Grande Western also bas the privilege of a stopover, if 1m to electa, al Ha't Lk Oity, or nrwhere between Ogdeo and Denver, on all classes of ticketa. For ioformatioo as to rates, etc , and for descriptive pamphlets, ea'l on the nearest Ticket Agent ol tbe O. It. A N Co. or Southern Pacific Co., or address J. D. Mansfield. nAt A k T: r J. HT.-i . j rt mi . .... . .. - ' , intra Direei,rortlod, oregoo, PAID THE PENALTY. Cland Uranton Ushered Into Eternity for the Marder of John Linn. Euqeni, May 12 Claud Branton wis banged today for the murder of John Lynn. He slept well, got up at the usual time this morning, but would not eat breakfast. At 930 o'clock bia people were admitted to the jail door and con versed with Lira a few momenta. Bran ton left the chII at 10:46, walked up on the scaffold unassisted and took bis place on the trap. Asked if he bad any thing to say, Lo replied but little. Be told thoee preeent that he did not want them to bear any ill will against bia people on bia account. Be aaked for tbeir sympathy aod prayers. Sheriff Withers sprung the trap at 10:50. Fif teen minutes later life bad left bia body and be waa cut down. Everything passed off as smooth as possible. The body dropped five feet. Branton left several letters to be mailed. He assisted the officers in tying his handa and did all be could to help make a suoeesa of the execution. Sixty people witnessed the exeoution. A thousand stood in the street around the enclosure, but were quiet and orderly. TOO MUCH POLITICS. A Former lCdltor Co mm I tag Bufclde at Walla Walla. Walla Walla, May 8-W. E. Good ing, a well known railroad man and for several years editor of tbe Minneapolis Times, oommitted suicide here today by shooting himself in the head. Tbe body waa found lying in an outhouse back of hn lodging house. Gooding came to this oily last Thurs day to take a position as traveling freight egeul of tbe Washington & Columbia River railroad. Owing to ill health he was unable lo go to work and was under tbe care of a physician. He left a letter to the coroner and one to bis friend, General Manager MoBabe of Ibe W. & O. R. railroad. Tbe letter to the ooroner stated that an inquest was un necessary, and that bis was simply a oase of "too muob politiosand bad luck." The letter to Mr. McUabe waa a lengthy one, and among otber things said . "I don't know why I am going to do it. I must be crazy, but it ia the only way out of it." He enotoeed a roll of greenbacks, which he requested be sent to his wife. Gooding was a man of temperate habits, well edooated aod of refined tastes. He leaves a wife aod three obildren in Mln Despoils, also a brother In business in Minneapolis. Tbe body will be shipped baok there tor interment. A telegram received tonight from tbe Minneapolis Times Bays that be bad been oonneoted with thai paper ten years and was an able and popular man. A QUE AT MYSTERY. Who Hade Way With F. W. Beyea?-A Probable Marder. Tbe Weiser Record says: "Muob inter est is manifested over the disappearance of E. W. Beyea al this place on tbe evening of April 9. Tbe man came here from Willowa to seoure a beet oontraot, and registered at tbe Hotel Weiser. Id tbe evening be took his valise and want out of the botel, presumably lo go to one ot the construction camps. From th? moment be left the botel he bas disappeared as oompletely as though tbe earth bad opened and swallowed bim. His brother-in-law and the sheriff of that county bave been here but got no due of bia whereabouts. All kinds of surmises are made as to tbe where abouts ot tbe body, as it is unanimously agreed that he was murdered for tbe $400 be was known to bave upon hie person. S me think tbe body lies at the bot tom of Snake river, while otbera are of tbe opinion tbal a grave was prepared under one of the disreputsble Louses with wbioh the town is cursed. All good citizens hope that the mystery may be solved and the guilty culprits brought to punishment." HKURUH ASKS MORE TH00P8. Cavalry to Prevent Disorder at Bnrke and Italian. Washington, May 17 Seoretary Al ger has received the following telegram from Oeneral Merriam in explanation ot the situation in tbe Coeur d'Alene oonntry: "Wardner, Idaho: Adjutant-General, Washington Tbe governor of Idaho bas carefully reviewed tbe situation here.and deema it necessary to plaoe troops at Burke and Mullen to prevent disorder. I request two troops of cavalry. Refer ing to tbe press oritioisms, I have made no order. My action is II milted ariotly to tbe support ot tbe state authorities. There are 359 prisoners still in oustody ot-der investigation." Tbe troopa of eavalry requested by Gtn-rs Merriam will be sent from Fori MeaJe, South Dakota, and Fort Robin s r, Ntrep!ia. That Throbbing Headache) Would quickly leave you it you would use Dr. King's New Life Fills. Tboua ands ot sufferers have proved tbeir matohlesa merit for sick aod nervoue heaJftObes. They make pure blood and atrong cervea and build up your bealtb. Easy to take. Try them. Oolr 25 ots. Money baok if not cured. Sold by Slo cum Drag Co, Hon, H. W. Corbett, of Portland, has presented a tract of land to the Homoeopathic Hospital and Dispensary Association of that city. The body of a theehearder named Bheroff wai found in the Columbia river near Hood River. He accidentally fell into the John Day river three months sro while trying to save a sheep. A number of Astorlans Intended taking np timber claims on or near Sugar Loaf mountain , where the cruising party recently met their deaths. The larch timber thereabouts ia very large and fine. Citizens of Huntington bave organized the Eastern Oregon Irrigation & Land Company, the object being to dam the waters of Willow creek about 18 miles from Huntington, and con vey the waters of the creek through ditches, thus irrigating about 75,000 acres ot arid land, which becomes fertile when watered. The American Type Founders' Company, of Portland, has brought suit against AuBtin Craig, ol the Forest Orove Hatchet, for $191.60. The Hatchet was founded In 1895, and afterwards absorbed tbe Forest Orove Times. It is said that Craig has but very little equity In the plant, which is valued at $2,000. The paper was attached. Jim X. Wheeler, of Pendleton, who claimed te be a half-brother of Hank Vaughn, the famous desperado, was found on the street there almost dead, from the effects of a heavy dose of morphine. He died a few hours after being found. He bad been on a prolonged spree, and is believed to have taken the morphine in a fit of despondency. J. P. Hooper, of Butter creek, spent a few days in Pendleton. He states that this is the most backward spring he has ever experienced in this section. Further, that the grass on the ranges of the Butter creek country is the short est that it has been In seven years at this season of the year. He has sheep to look after, and is consequently Interested. Republican, Rev. C. A. Wooddy, editor of the Pacific Baptist has received notice of his appointment as superintendent of Baptist missions for the Pacific division, to succeed Dr. H. C. Woods, of Pasadena, California, who held the position until his death in February last. Mr. Wooddy has been quite sick for some time past, but is getting well again. He will be able soon to enter upon his work. His territory embraces Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, washing, ton, Northern Idaho and Alaska, Mr. Wooddy will have auperlntendency over the home mis sionary work of the district Portland Dis patch. Geo, W. Hunt was In the city Wednesday, having just returned from Pine Valley, Union county, Oregon. He reports a very late spring in the country traversed, the farmers having only just commenced plowing. Also, that an unusual depth of inow covers the mountains. A great deal of rain has fallen In the valleys of Eastern Oregon during the last two months, but on the mountains it has been snow, thus increasing the depth of what fell during the winter. Mr. Hunt predicts very high water in the Columbia basin when warm weather comes, Republican. Union labor organizations are more active in Portland at present than for many years past, and a general move toward getting wages raised is in progress. Carpenters, hardwood finishers, mill men, cooks and waiters have revived their old organizations, and are arranging to demand better pay for their work. The carpenters recently made a demand on contractors for an Increase to take effect May 1st, but have ex tended the time so that contractors could com plete buildings now under construction, after which the latter have agreed to establish a schedule of 3 for nine hours work. The Oolden Olant dredger, operating on Snake river, near Nyesse, had a successful trial run, probably Inaugurating an era of gold bar mining on the Snake which will yield millions aud give employment to thousands of men. In a four days' run, ending on May 5th, the dredge had 18 ounces of amalgum in the battery, worth 8 an ounce, and at least $800 more in the reser voir, a total yield of HW, The dredge can handle 2000 cubic yards of gravel and earth per day, which at the low estimate of 8 cents per cubic yard, will pay an excellent profit. Ex perts have estimated that there are many square miles of paying gold bars In the Snake. Mortagos vs. Taxes. Gen. W. H. OJell, clerk of tbe Oregon board of state ecbool land commissioners, bas glveu out lo tbe public tbe following opinion prepared by tbe attorney gen eral at tbe request of tba land depart ment, "Dear Sir: Replying lo your question, whether a mortgage that is older than a lax levy will bold tbe land as against tbe lazes: "It is a general rule that taxea are not a lien upon tbe property tbey are as sessed against, unless expressedly made so by statute, and in oase Ibey are made a lieu by statute suoh liens, being entirely creatures of tbe statute, will not be enlarged by tbe construction, but must be strlotly oonslrude. "There la do direot provision in our statute making taxea a lien on real property, but our supreme oourl, ia tba case ot Jorvy va Palace Dry Gooda Co.. (30 Or., 196) has held that tba effect ot tbe provision of our statute ia to give Iha purchaser at a tax aala a lien upon tha property from the date of the pur- chase. A lien of this ehsraeter moal rank aooording to its date, and is in ferior to liens ot prior date, unless a peculiar or extraordinary force ia given il by statute. "Owing to the absence of an expreaa proviaioo in our statutes, making laxea a first or any lien upon real property, and to tbe faot that no reasonable con struction can be given these statutes that will make a lieu auperlor to the lien of a judgement areditor, mortgagee or otber lien or, whose lieo waa obtained prior to tbe tax levy, I am of tbs opinion that a mortage upon real properly will take precedence over a claim for taxes, tbe levy ot whiob waa made after tba mortgage w aa given, and especially ia Ibia so in tbe oase of a mortgage to eeoure funds belonging to tba state." What l)r. A. K. Baiter Hays. Buffalo, N. Y. Gents: From my personal knowledge, gained in observing 1 19 ne01 J ,onr om'oD a Unra In oases to say it ia tbe moat remarkable remedy that baa ever been brought to my atten tion. II bas oerlainly saved many from consumption. Sold by Ooneer A Warren