The Gazette.
Thursday, Dec. 7, 1899.
THE CITY ELECTION.
At Monday's election a total of
75 votes were cast, scarcely one
third of Heppner's voters takiDg
iutere&t enough to go the polls,
doubtless from the fact that but
one ticket had been placed in the
field. Such lack of interest is to
te deplored, as it casts a reflection
on our town abroad, and will sub
ject our citizens to a bitter disap
pointment some day. An interest
in the election of our city officials
is of the utmost importance, and
should not be left to a small
minority. Fortunately the men
elected are those whose characters
are beyond reproach, and, having
met with no opposition, are satis
factory to all, and the election was
void of the practices of scheming
politicians. The new council will
have many important considera
tions to heed for the best interests
of the city, chief of which will be
the opening of streets, enforcement
of Bidewalk ordinances and the
important m&ttpr of building the
much uneded sidewalk to the de
pot. Owing to the large republican
majority in the Senate of the
Congress shortly to assemble, the
Senate committees will be changed
so as to give the republicans nine
out of the comitties having thir
teen members and seven of those
having eleven. This will make
the finance committee anti-silver
for the first time in years, and will
insure the prompt reporting of
any financial bill that the republi
can leaders may wish to psss.
This will be a fair apportionment
of the committee memberships, as
the republicans will have fifty
senators, without taking account
of the four vacancies, one each
from California, Delaware, Penn
sylvania and Utah, if Senator Hay
ward, of Nebraska lives, and fifty
if ho dies and in succeeded by a
chino-t op, while there are only
thirty-five senators; twenty-eight
demooats and nevon populist or
hilvcr republicans, on the opposite
hide. It will not cause any silver
honator to bo uinovcd from the
finance committee, as there are
two vacancies left by the retire
ment of White ami Turpie; these
will hi m ply bo filled by republi
cans which will make the com
mittee stand seven gold to six
pilver men.
SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY
There remains three sorts of
kuowledge and training that the
school ought to promote to
marked degree. One of these has
to do with conduct in the ordinary
social relations. The principals of
practical ethics, not merely for the
sake of intellectual perception, but
for the sake of their incorporation
into the very texture of character,
should be one of the foremost con
corns of school life. This fact has
come to bo very widely recognized.
Less widely accepted in practice,
although now quite generally ad
tnitted in principle, is the duty of
the school to jilay some important
part in fitting the child for mem
bersuip in the great producing
commuuity. All schools cannot
teach the use evou of the simplest
tools, and much loss, therefore, can
they turn out skilled craftsmen.
But all schools can at leant be so
conducted that they do not posi
tiyely unfit their scholors for those
very kinds of practical work by
which it is certain that the great
majority uinat obtain their livings
when their school days are done.
A successful country teacher will
not of necessity turn the district
school intonn agricultural college;
but it is true, nevertheless, that the
wise country toacher will so train
the boys and girls of the district
that ever) thing they learn will, in
the iw'ht important sense, fit them
for being better farmers aud
hou;ehl,l economists.
Finally, it linn coiuo to be widely
admitted aiimng teachers and the
fiii'iiiis of common hchool educa
tion that, in tlii country especial
ly, the m-houlri ought to have a
gieut deal to do svit'i the import-!
ant tack of rearing joung citizens.
It no lunger needs any argument
to secure acceptance for the view
that boys and girls in the schools
oulit not only t imbibe high
ideals respectini! the institutions
of the country, but also that tlio
spirit of patriotism should be en
couraged side by side with the
inculcation of a great deal of prae
tiral knowledge about the duties ,
aud obligations of eitizeuahip.
V torn "Tim School City A Method
of Pupil Kelf.government" in tb8,il "ranslmn anong tbe stockmen over I
lteview of lteviews for December 1 woge ou government, land thai jal
THE FOREST RESERVE OUESTION.
How It Affects the Interest of taste ri
Oregon.
Tbe following contribution is from W.
A. DeWitr, wbo bag traveled tbe interior
of Eastern Oregon extensively, end
voice tbe sentiment of tbe stockraisers
in genernl, and particularly tbe Morrow
Coaoty Woolgrowera' Association: .
Heppner, Oregon, Deo. 6, 1899.
Editob Gazettb:
It ia, and always baa been, acknowl
edged tbat the stock interest is para
mount in importance to any other in
this part of onr state, and that tbat this
interest ia the so a roe from wbicb comes
tbe bulk of oar wealth, is an undeniable
fact tbat do one will attempt to dis
prove. Cripple or destroy this great
indotitry and tbe entire mercantile
system of Eastern Oregon suffers corre
spondingly. Time has proven that re
verses for oar stockmen means reverses
and bard times for the entire seotion
known as tbe Inland Empire.
Unlike snob states as Montana, Wyo
miog and Western Nebraska, where
stnok growing is oonoentrated and vir
tually controlled by a few corporations
of combined capitalists, Oregon bas al
ways afforded its poorest settlers tbe
privilege of embarking in that business,
and drawing from tbe thousands of
sores of rich and nntritious grasses,
with wbicb oar mountains abound, a
jubI return for tbe investment of their
labor and oapital.
Tbe good traits of each a policy are
apparent today, not only in tbe leading
cities, but in every connty of oar state.
Instead of a vast concentration of tbe
stock-raising interests in tbe hands of a
few syndicates of wealthy aliens with
headquarters in some of tbe large oities
of tbe East, tbey are scattered through
out every oounty in Oregon, hundreds of
well-to-do etookmen, poblio spirited,
enterprising oitizens who, having brave
ly faoed tbe hardships and dangers of
pioneer lite, have drawn their wealth
from a source which otherwise would
have, as in ages past, gone to waste; a
olass of men wbo are in truth and in-
dead pnblio benefactors. That the
interests and welfare of this class of onr
oitizens are of vital importance to every
Individual citizen of the state, aod tbat
to ourtail their Qod given righ'a and
privileges woald be detrimental to us all
as a great oommoowealtb Is indiepat
aole; bat that these privileges aod
rights are eveo now endangered and
menaced, is a fact that is gradually foro
iog itself upon the minds of those most
vitally oouoerned in the matter, aud the
qoeitlon should be thoroughly agitated
aud disoussed, after which tbe free born
Aruerioau citizu oan deoiJe for himself
at the polls, if ueoessnry, whether or not
he will allow tbe best iutHresI of bis
etdto to be shattered and destroyed.
Uninvested oapital has for years bad its
greedy eyes fixed upon onr wealth pro
ducing hills aud niouoUirja, and the
fiuauuiers iu whose hands that oapital
lays buve sohemed in every imaginable
way to L'xiti control of the stock industry
aud possession of tbe vust public domain
from which the bulk of our wealth is
drawn annually.
Along iu 1KS7 or 1888 the first step to
ward the fulfillment of this scheme was
taken, some eastern, or possibly Euro
pean tourist, evidently a disinterested
party, suddenly made the startliug dis
covery that the ranging of stook in oar
moaurains and oo tbe publio domain
was working a most serious injury
to the native timber, and that unless tbe
national government speedily interfered
tbe result woald evidently be that our
annual rainfall woald decrease until tbe
entire oouutry would beoome subject to
drouths, devastation, impoverishment,
and starvation would naturally follow
resultiog filially io almost complete
national ruiu
Bo vividly and ingeniously were these
terrible results piolurei to the publio
aud so thoroughly was tbe question
agitated at tbe time, that every failure
of crops, whether in Kansas, Tenia or
Ohio, was attributed to tua injury suf
fared by our forest at tbe hands of
stookmen and others. As tbe remit of
this agitation a bill was pasted aud no
proved by oongress nu March 3, 1891,
repealing the timber culture sat and
reoommemliug measures for tbe proteo
tiou of American forests. Section '21 it
this bill vested power iu the president to
set aside by proclamation all such
bulies of publio land as he might deem
advisable for tbe publio good.
Aoting on tbe strength of the pjwt-r
aod authority with which tbe bill
olothed him, i'resideut Cleveland from
time to time issued proclamations
setting aiiile various traoU of the pu'ilio
domain throughout the several western
states, lee traols of land so protected
were designated as Forest Reserves aad
all persons were warned against entering
upon them for purposes of settlement or
personal gain. By tbe issuance of suob
a proclamation ou tbe'29tb of Sptemb -r,
1893, tbe greater part of tbe choioent
graeiug lands in the Cacade mountains
was lata aside as a reserve, aud from
that time to the present the liots and
restrictions havebeo gradually drawing
tighter about the turkman, tin range
biHHimiug soanter and tbe general 0n
litinn worse each enooeeding year.
This win ouly an ithr step in the
great schem to wrl from free-bora
American wleit j'lstly belongs to them,
and a trlaune will show jmt exactly
what tll'et this reservation of the publio
lati I ha ht I up n tho atoccgrowers in
the scotio i n a ned. Macy of ttit mu
were ponsessed of large baiuN of sheep,
cattle) aud horses and were dtuisndeit
upon lb territory thus reserved for
graaing purposes, and being dsprivsi of
the choicest p rt of their rauge they
were o lupelled, naturally enough. (,
crowd their stock in ou public lauds of
adjoiuiug oouotiss wbiota wer still nn
reserved. This move ia regard.! by tbe
stockme i of the iovdd territory n an
jtwt un l ai no stumor to wrest trou
them t' s r rUht and as a o ns q imioe !
then ha i ben a grrat deal of nW-iH I
claimed by one as their right, and tbat
tbe others as American oitrzens are as
rightfully entitled to share with them
Now comes tbe question, what will be
tbe final resnlt of this contention and
wraDgliog over raoe? and the citizen
wbo bas not given the matter sufficient
thought and study answers nnbesitat
ingly, "Let the government lease tbe
publio grazing lands to the highest
bidder aod all this trouble wifl be settled
forever.1' Exactly so, aod at tbe same
time oar looal stookmen will share tbe
same fate, for tbe very moment such a
step is taken by the government, jast at
tbat very moment will the sobemes of
the financiers, wbo covet what by righta
belongs to tbe actual citizen, be fulfilled.
Tbe octopus of wealth will concentrate
all its powers for one sbort desperate
straggle, its minions will be set to work
in legislative bodies, both state and
national; gold will be need freely to
carry tbeir point, aud suddenly will
oome tbe news, like a thunderbolt to tbe
uosuspeotiDg publio, tbat the entire
range in tbe whole oonoties bas been
leased Dot parceled out in lots to tbe
nearest settlers, as tbey had been led to
believe would be done, bat leased to one
large syndicate for a number of years,
and owners of stook will be warned not
to infringe oo tbe rights of these robbers
under heavy penalty of law.
Deprived thus suddenly and fraudu
lently of tbeir range, the sheep and
oattle men will be forodd to give up
without a struggle, and accumulations
of years tbbt bsve baen expended in tbe
improvement of tbeir homes, rauohes,
stook, and everything else will have to
be disposed of at a sacrifice to the very
men wbo bave worked tbeir ruin, and
hundreds of men who are today the
beckbooe of this country will leave for
otber parts, taking with them tbeir en
tire families a loss tbat will be replaced
io part by a few scattering herders in
tbe employ of tbe syndicates, while tbe
bulk l tbe wealth wbicb the oountiy
will still oontinae to produce will, in
stead of being used for the future de
velopment of this section of our oountry,
be sent to swell tbe bank accounts of
rich people of other states.
This statement may seem overdrawn
and exaggerated, but it is oorreot, aud
and one wbo bas ever passed through
tbe stockraising districts of Nebraska,
Ttxis, Montana, Wyoming or New Me,
ioo, where the industry is governed by a
tew spioially favored corporations, will,
by a careful compansou of our present
condition with the conditions that exist
there, be oonvinoed of tbat fact. Home
may argue that our greut Kovernmont
would not perpetuate such a wrong on
the pe iple as to lease the entire public
domain toone clique of men, but that
he land would be leased to the settlers
nearest tbe range, and having the mot, t
natural claim upn it, The enuie argu
ment was used a lew years Rgo when U.
8. bonds were issued, and yet a whole
edition was sold at private sale to one
buyer. History oriu and does repeat
itself.
To sum up tbe entire case means to
r anb tbe following conolneions:
First, That the plea for the protection
of forests against the inroads made by
stock was a farce, as no sane man who
bas ever traveled the mountains of Ore
goo can truthfully say tbat damage has
ver been done from that souroe.
Heoond, That the so-called reserves
at present being used by a olass who
may rightfully be termed non-prodnoers
as a bunting preserve, despite tbe fact
that houesl oit.ZHis have been deprived
the of the right to make a liviog end en
rub the oouutry in nhioh tbey live, from
tbat wbiob is now going to waste, is an
iojustioe tbat even the president should
Dot bave tbe power to inflict, and
Third, That realizing tbe exteut of tbe
wrong imposed upon them, not only
stookmen, but oitizens of the entire state
should guard against furtbei encroach
ments of their rights by those wbo are
sent to represent tbeir interests iu the
legislative balls of tbe state and nation,
and to bring an irresistable pressure to
bear iu having those laws amended
which tbey already feel are against tbe
best interests of the commonwealth.
Let stockmen and merchants alike agi
tate this qnest'on, determined to find
out its weak points' aud as a result the
"o'gger in tbe fence" must eventually
be brought to light.
THE MYSTERIOUS SWORDFISH,
Thy Come From Afar and Never
Vntll They Are Full Grown.
Thewe big creatures com and go ns
mysteriously us any of our sea visitors,
and all flshe have their peculiarities.
Who knows whore the shud are before
they begin to run up the rivers in the
spring? The sword fish come to
American waters grown up. Of course
they vary in biz, but no young are
ever seen here.
This fact has been clearly set out by
a government report on the subject.
The young are found chiefly in the
Mediterranean. After thev are able to
go it alone more or less of them strike
for the North American const most
of these gathering about Mock island.
Ihere they lie nnil sun themselves on
the top of the water, the prey all sum
mer of the fishcrmmen ami their
pears. What histinct brings these
Hah across 3,000 miles of water to spend
ft season and return? They come wheu
they arrive; they go when thev leave.
That's all we know, nlthoug-h the sea
son comes within npproxiniiite dates.
The swordllsh is a favorite sea food
here in Xew KnglaiwI. ltoKton is its
chief market, tint it sells well all about
here. It ia solid mwit. with n listiiwt
flavor, mid very ttlitile. New York.
however, doesn't buy it. Xew Yorkers,
who hunt the markets of the world for
new things, w ill not eat it.
How long thsgrVe queer fish will last ii
problem. They are hunted not only
for the market, hut for iilensme. If.
the rich .New Yorkm-n, who are too fas
tidious to eat them, should establish
the fad of killing the fUsh mid collect
ing the swords, they would probably
soon exterminate the creatures, kill off
all the old swordllsh, and who would
guide hither those that were about to
make their first trip? Follow ttiut
notion back u bit, and w ho guided the
first of them ileor over here? Hart
ford Cournut.
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stuff, with the exception of a few men's mackin
toshes, and we are going to clean them out at
special bargain prices.
A Misses' brown mackintosh with cape,
length 44 to 50 inches, double texture, velvet
inlaid collar, $3, now - -
A ladies' mackintosh with cape and
velvet collar, solid colors, navy blue and
black, lengths, 58 to 62 inches, $3.50
Men's black tricot mackintoshes with
capes at the very low price of
Men's heavy, tan colored, all wool, lined
mackintoshes, cut in box coat style, silk
velvet collar, were $5.50, now -
Our 'Xmas Stock
Is opened up and you will find it surpasses
them all in the matter of price. Because they are
k't iOWlias ,uuuo 10 nut a
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GOLD GOLD
You can save it
imam
Who carry a
COMPLETE IIIVE
Of Heavy and Shelf Hardware,
Implements, Wagone, Hacks,
tne world ). Crockery aDd times ware.
Give us the cftHh and you can get as good and as many goods from us as you
can get laid down In Heppner from anywhere. This we guarantee.
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PROPRIETORS OF
Heppner Candy Factory.
C We manufacture our
Nut Candies, Etc.
They arc always fresh.
Fresh Oysters served at all hours.
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i u 1 1 line ui L.UHVII uuvua, riuu&, oiaiiunery,
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Cl(ura and
THE WHEAT TRADE.
Wheat continues to weaken here
iu sympathy with tbe steady de
cline coiDg on iu Europe. Local
prices have reached a very low
level, nearly as low as wheat sold
here iu 1893, yet, iu spite of pres
ent cheapness, the demand cannot
be said to bave beeu stimulated
thereby. Trading is very inactive,
partly owing to difficulty experi
enced by exporters placing cargoes
iu profitable terras and partly due
to small offoriuL'n. Wheat iu the
interior appears to be in strong
hands, aud the prospects are large
parcols will wait long after the
turn of the year before marketing.
Many of the iuterior holders have
confidence that when the present
enormous stocks in sight East and
in Europe are whittled down by
the uormal consumption, there
will be a renctiou in prices, and
the result will justify the cost of
caryiug yraiu for several months.
Iu the meautiuie exporters are
paying attention tn business in
hand and giving chartered tonnage
quirk dispatch upon arrival,
future wauts are fairly well au
ticipated, and whatever trading is
being done is almost entirely to
meet requirements for far distant
Bhips. Prices hive fallen fully 2o
per bushel during the week, and
Walla Walla U reported to have
I 'Id 58 low M Mo for No, 1 henry
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GOLD
by trading with
Graniteware, Tinware, Agricultural
Etc., Paints and Oils (the best in
& Co.,
to Hart Bros.)
Taffies, Caromels, Creams, $
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wheat We quote 5052o, th
latter being given as an extreme on
round lots of best shipping grades.
V alley is being offered so spar
ingly for export that there can
hardly be said to be any market,
and whatever business is passing
is for milling account Abont 51c
per bushel is a nominal ehippio
quotation. Eeceipts from Eastern
Oregon continue heavy, a large
portion going into warehouses
Receipts by rail from the Valley
are extremely small and shipments
continue steady, both foreign and
domestic. Commercial Review.
Heppner
Steam Laundry
All kinds of laundry work done
first class.
Special rates on family washing.
White Shirts a Specialty
Washing without ironing Z cents
per pound.
Steady customers, 3 o's per pound,
Carpet washing 3 cts per round
Bisbee
Csb on delivery,
Paints, Oils
and Glass
A full stock.
Kodaks
Supplies of all kinds.
CONSER &
Fresh Fruits
Vegetables
Fancy Groceries
When you want anything
to eat you will find it at
Ed. R. Bishop's,
Successors to P. C. Thompson Co.
Headquarters for
Guns
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"NAME ON EVERY PIECE."
LOWNEY'S
Chocolate Bonbons.
FOR SALE BY
Patterson & Son.
Photographers' supplies of all kinds. Dark room In rear of store free to all amateur
photographers. Call and Investigate.
FLOUR
The Heppner Flouring Mill Company
Hve peifeoted BrraDgemeotg to run tbe mill permanently.
They have seonreii tbe eervioes of a first olass miJIer, and
wheat sufficient to make and keep on band a permanent
supply of
Flour, Graham, Cerm iHeal, Whole Wheat,
Bran and Shorts
Of the Tery beet quality and guaranteed to give latibfaotion.
We are here to buy wheat and
tneir patronage.
When Wheat is depressed
Prepare for a reaction by concentrating
your grain with
The Mutual Warehouse Co.
at tidewater. If you are not fully
posted about the advantage of the offer
drop us a line and we will explain.
Tne Mutual WareHouse Go.
Office, 7 First Street,
Portland.
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Highest price paid for fat
Heppner, Oregon,
The largest and best selected
stock in Morrow county.
. Jewelry
A fine stock to
select from.
Stationery
The very latest.
WARREN.
and Cartridges.
Christmas Goods
Find Hand Painted
Chinaware
Leather Goods
Purses
'Xmas Candies
'Xmas Goods of
all kinds
Pocket Books
Toilet Cases
, All kinds of leather
goods
Picture Frames
PATTERSON & SON,
Up-to-date Druggists. G
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FLOUR
ezobange with the farmers, and solicit
Fresh Meats
Salt and Smoked Meats
Pure Rendered Leaf Lard
Fish every Friday.
Liberty Market
Stock.
Bopk & Mathews,
Proprietors,