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SEVENTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1900,"
NO. 770
The Heppner Gazette
Is published every Thursday by
J. W. REDINGTON.
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Ont Year - - . Jjl.BO
Six Months - . - 73
Three Months ... so
Entered at the FoBtofflce at Heppner, Oregon,
as aecona-ciass mauer.
OFFICIAL 35IEBCTOHT.
Sixth Judicial District.
Cironit Judge Stephen A. Lowell
Prostouting Attorney H. J. Bean
Borrow County Officials.
J int Senator J, W. Morrow
K 'preventative E. L. Freeland
C nntyjadge A. G. Bartholomew
" Commissioners J. L. Howard
J. W. Beckett.
" ' Clerk 'Tawter Crawford
" Sheriff A. Andrews
" Treasnrer M. Lichtenthal
" Assessor.... J. P. Willis
" Sarveyor Jnlius Keithly
" Sohool Sap't Jay W. Shipley
" C roner Dr. . R. Hunlook
HBPPNKB TOWN OFPIOKRS.
Mayor Frank Gilliam
Counrllmen 8. P. Garriguts,
J. K. Simons. J. J. Roberts, K. W Rhea, Geo.
Nole and Thos. Quaid.
Recorder J. P. Williams
Treasurer L. W. Briggs
Marshal ....George Thornton
Precinct Officer?.
Jnstioe of the Peace W. A. Richardson
Constable G. 8. Gray
United States Land Officers.
Till DALLES, OB.
Jay P Lucas Register
Otis Patterson Receiver
LA OBANDE, OB.
E. W. Bartlett Register
J. O. Hwaokhamer Reoeiver
FBOFSSSIOITA-Zi O&Bia
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. S. COMMISSIONER.
Office In Palace hotel building, Heppner, Or.
A. Mallory,
U. S. COMMISSIONER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Is authorized to take all kinds of LAND
r-KOOFS and LAND FILINUg.
Collections made on reasonable terms.
Office at residence on Cbase 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. Metzler
DENTIST
Teeth Extracted and Filled,
Bridging a specialty
Painless Extraction
Heppner
Oregon.
The Heppner
Steam Laundry
All kinds of. laundry work done
first class.
Special rates on family washing.
White Shirts a Specialty
White shirts 10
Collars 2
Cuffs, per pair 5
Woolen underclothes, per piece 10
All cotton shirts and underclothes, per piece 8
All heoessary mending done and
buttons secured.
Strictly cash on delivery.
J. R. Smons & Son
General Blacksmiths
Horseshoeing a Specialty
Wagon Making
and Repairing.
All work done with neatness
and dispatch. . . .
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Upper Main Slreet,
Heppner, Ore.
3$n HAIR BALSAM
to.
from- lliiLa
Mefef tor Gray
I QUR JrMM tfaiDf.
mil
The Kind You Have Always Bought, aud which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
fjj? and has been made under his per-
CC'j'yZTyr sonal supervision since its infancy.
- -wc&j jiow no one to deccivo you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes arc 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
J
Bears the
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CINTUW COMWBY, TT SIIHIIIY TrtT. NZW VOHK SITV.
fmsT ational Bank
OF HEPPNER.
0. A. RHEA. President I G. W. CONSER Cashier
T. A. RHEA Vio President E. L. FREELAND. . Assistant Cashier
Transact a General Banking Business.
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OP THE WORLlJ BOUGHT AND SOLD
Collections made on all polntson reasonable terms. Surplus and undivided profits 15,000.'
A Leading Eastern Oregon Hotel
Every Modern.
Drummers Resort. jtockmen's Headquarters.
One of the finest equipped Bars and Clubrooms
in the state in connection. . . .
First-CIass Sample Rooms.
For Business Heppner is one of the Leading
Towns of the West. -AxVlk
FLOUR
The Heppner Flouring Mill Company
Hive perfected arrangements to run the mill permanently.
They have seonred the services of a first class miller, and
wheat snfficient to make and keep on hand a permanent
supply of
Flour, Graham, Cerm Meal, Whole Wheat,
Bran and Shorts
Of tbe very beet quality acd guaranteed to give satisfaction.
We are feere to buy wheat and fxobaoge with the farmers, and solioit
their patronage.
Good Goods....
Fair Prices.i
-AT
T. 11. HOWARD'S.
- rt; Groceries, Provisions, Glassware,
,1 Tinware and Furnishing Goods.
Sfaplejind Fanny Groceries- '
Fine Teas and rj'""?. in
T. K. HOWARD, Iloppncr,
Signature of
Palace
J. W. MORROW, Proprietor.
Strictly First-Class
Convenience.
FLOUR
Hotel.
WASHINGTON DOINGS.
What Onr Delegation is Doing Points He
gardiug Individual Members.
Washington, D. C Feb. 16, 1900.
We are having winter weather in
earnest and the world today is stirred
deeply by the attack on Goebel, which
ia a most unfortunate affair. It was bad
enough in Kentucky before. The fol
lowing ia a brief summary of congres
sional work done by the Oregon dele
gation, during the month, as well as it
can be gathered at brief notice.
Senator Simon keeps busv, as all
the members have to, and has during
the month of January introdnoed the
following named bills:
8. B., No. 609, to authorize purchase
of oertatn lands; 8. B , No. 700. for re
lief of Maroial Clemants; 8. B., No. 710,
confirming land titles to mixed blood
Indians; S. B. No. 2210, to sell unsold
parts of Umatilla Indian reservation.
Petitions and papers, Oregon Chris
tian Endeavor Union, for international
tribunal of arbitration ; oitizsns of Ore
gon asking repeal of stamp tax on medi
cines ; oitizens of Portland, for modifi
cation of tax on legacies to colleges and
societies; oitizens of Tillamook, for im
provements of Nehalem river; Oregon
Viavi C"., for repeal of stump tax on
medicines. j
This day Senator Simon introduced a
bill appropriating $150,000 for an adr
dition to and improvement of the Port
land poatoffloe building, so as to sooom
modate increased demands and provide
for keeping the federal courts there per
maneotly. Senators MoBiide and Simon
consulted and agreed that inoreased
amount of room is needed, and that it is
more practicable to bnild an annex to
the old poetcffioe building, as this bill
provides.
Hon. Thomas H Tongue baa, during
January, introduced relief measures in
favor of John Fox, Edward Hoghee,
John Earns, Indians on Klamath reser
vations, estate- Chauncey M. Look wood,
Thomas J. Matthews, John Perdue,
Alonz i Sabin, Ralph E. Summore, Jef
ferson Harney, Henry Judge, Peter Ken
ny, Littleton Lindsay, George MoOhe
hey, James K. Parker, James H. Rhodes
Robert Sturgena and B. F. Tocker; also
measure to amend act to allot lands in
severalty to Indians; to set apart land
for pnblio park in Oregon; far examin
ation and classification of certain lands
in Oregon; to pay Cayuse Indiana for
claims; to pay balanoe of Indian war
olaims to Oregon and Washington terri
tory; to amend law granting pensions to
survivors of Iodian wars; to establish
assay office at Portland, Oregon ; to pay
Indians on Siletz reservation; to grant
right of way to Silver Lake Irrigation
Co.; for life-saving station at Tillamook
bay, for relief of Avery D. Babcock,
Charles F. Beebe, Wm. H. Campell.
John Cabler and W. L. Chittenden; to
amend law to aid State Homes as Sol-
diers Homes; to oonstruct revetment on
left bank of Willamette river; to erect
public building at Oregon City.
Hon. Malcolm A. Moody says that to
day (31st) the sub oommittee of public
lands of the bouse considered all the
bills relating to refunding SI 25 per acre
on forfeited lands of railroad grants,
where the purchaser bad paid 82 50 an
acre, including the bill of Senator Mo
Bride that has passed the senate.
The report of the aub-oommittee will
recommend the passage of the Senate
bill, (MoBride's) wbioh is identical with
the Moody bill in the house. Other
bills were offered from California and
Washington. It ia probable that the
full committee will report the bill as it
passed the senate.
Several bills are pending for the leas
ing of public lBnds, that provide for
the interests of settlers and small stock
men. There is no danger that the bill
will be hurried, for the intention is not
to hurry its passage until the states and
persons interested shall have time and
opportunity to fully understand the
measure and to make suggestions. The
fear that any monopoly will be
oreated, or tbe best interests of all con
cerned not be proteoted, is misplaoed.
Mr. Moody is sending tbe varioui bills
introduced to the press of tbe stock
region and to cattle and sheep growing
associations, that all may koow and dii
cobs tbe question, before its passage. If
any weak spots are found in these, they
can write him aa to tbe same.
No immediate aotion la expeoted; dis
cussion is invited regarding the best
means desired to protect tbe public do
main against abuse practiced in differ
ent localities. Bills are pending from
Stevenson, of Texas, Mondell, of Wyom
ing, and Senator Foster, of Washington.
Copies of all these bills have been sent
to Oregon end do man has any set
opinions, bat all wish lo do tbe best
poasible.
The lands committee's business has so
accumulated that its meetings will be
ofteoer. The speoial ordor today was
tbe "free homes" bill. Many reser
vations, when oreated, provided for
homesteads that when tbe settler had
lived the time be sbonld then make
cash payment, hut a new hill provides
for the exleutiou of the homestead law
pure and simple, on all such locations.
This new measure ia known as the Eddy
bill.
Tbe manafrempnt of Alaska demands
special attention from tbe pnblio lands
committee. A apecial order pending
opens the enHre land question there.
Conference betweru the senate and
house, laat
setiion, gave the 1 tint
the general land laws will not be ex
tended over Alaska. Judge Laoy, chair
man of oommittee of public lands, baa a
bill drafted that provides for existing
oontingenoes regarding Gape Nome,
Senator McBride has shown bis usual
diligenoe and in the four weeks of aotoal
session baa been successful in several
matters that will interest Oregonians.
The first bill introduced by him was for
the pensioning of Indian war veterans.
To expedite matters be remained in
Washington daring tbe first week cf tbe
holidays, working to form estimates and
gather data in ita support; with the re
salt that a favorable report has been
unanimously made already and the bill
is now on tbe senate calendar. This la
a matter in which be baa always taken
great interest and haa done all that was
possible to expedite it.
One of Senator MoBride's bills that
has passed in the senate, of much inter
est to many homestead and pre-emption
settlers, provides for the repayment of
purobase money and fees to those who
paid $2 50 an acre tor lands within the
limits of railroad grants, in oases where
tbe grants were forfeited on aooount of
failure to oonstruct tbe roads. The
usual price of pnblio lands, Dot within
such limits, waa 8125 an aore: but it
was considered that the value would be
greatly enhanced beoause of tbe build
ing of the roads, and in oases where the
grantees failed to build, those who paid
tbe double price were evidently de
frauded, so this tardy justice, be
thought, should be done them. ' The
first bill passed which Senator McBride
managed, was that of 1896. The aot of
1890 had provided that in oases where
settlers bought and paid for lar ds, of a
railroad oompany who are unable to
make title becauae the lands were for
feited, oould purobase three hundred
and twenty (320) acres of government
land and receive oredit for payments
made to tbe railroad oompany thereon
at SI 25 per aore, but there were many
poorer men who bad bought suob lauds
and only made partial payments, ao
were liable to lose their money paid,
also their homes and improvements, but
the bill he successfully championed in
1896, extended that privilege to them
also. In all suob questions the senator
has looked out for the interests of tbe
settlers more than for tbe corporations.
Senator McBride has favorably re
ported from tbe oommittee on oommerce,
of which important oommittee be la a
member, two bills that interest Astoria.
One is to make Astoria a "port of im
mediate transportation of dutiable
goods." That is, H imports intended
for Astoria are landed at any custom
port in tbe United States, they oan be
forwarded from any otber port of entry
to Astoria, nnder bond, that tbe duties
will be paid when they arrive there.
This plaoes Astoria on a par with the
greatest ports of entry.
From the same oommittee Senator
MoBride has reported favorably bis bill,
S. 945, appropriating $5,000 for the pur
chase of a steam launch to bt used in
tbe Astoria customs service. Now, and
heretofore, all business in connection
with vessels ooraiog or going, and re
quiring the attention of tbe custom
bouse there, has been by open row boats,
a very primitive and not a pleasant
means to use in time of storm. Tbe
Steam launch will facilitate business,
Savea time of vessels waiting, and adds
to tbe popularity of tbe Columbia river
trade.
Tbe bill to construct tbe Nioaraaga
oanal is favorably reported in both
bouses. This is quicker action, shows
more intent in tbe great work than here
tofore, and gives a hope of some tangi
ble success. Senator MoBride is a
member of tbe inter ooeanio canal com
mittee and joined in the favorable re
port made, His view is to go to work
at onoe and make reports at leisure;
not to wait and wait for reports to be
made. Tbere ia said to be great trans
portation influence working to delay
prooedeure, but friends of tbe invalu
able measure want to begin tbe work
and do no more dilly dallying.
S. A. Clabke.
Are You Uolng to Nome?
Steamship men prediot tbat few steam
ers advertised to sail for Cape Nome on
dates earlier than May 5 will make tbe
voyage without interruption. Tbat
transportation oompanies in Sao Fran
oisoo and Paget sound realize this, Is
shown by tbe fact that tbs rate from
those points to tbe cape on steamers ad
vertised for April departures is $50 to
$75 in excess of tbe rate charged on
steamers leaving Portland Id tbe first two
weeks in May.
Tbat Portland steamers will leave on
tbelr designated dates of departure and
reaon tbe cape In ample time to die
charge tbeir passengers and freight at
least as advantageously aa tbose e'eam
ers taking earlier departure is apparent.
Ban Franoisoo and Puget souod sgents,
in anticipation of tbeir earlier steamers
being foe-bound for two weeks, are pro
tected by their inoreaed rate over tbe
rate from Portland. It gives them a
marino oo which to Ixtard tbeir paanen
grr in nHe of sunli interruption.
The probability of tbe path traversed
by steamers from PortUud to Cape
Nom Mou open, and admitting of a
qniok S'd direct passage, is favorable to
tboae sui.ijK from tbt Port. Tbat and
acu'per rate of $100, with acoommo
dt1n. qnM lo thoe rffrd from othr
ooMt porta, tn'ikas Portland a very ai-
Wags-jus pjrt t'j i.il frt-tn.
The Absolutely Pure
Made from Grape
Cream of Tartar.
Baking powders made from alum and other
harsh, caustic acids are lower in price, but
inferior in work and injurious to the stomach.
HOYAL DAKIN3
SCHOOb DI8TKICT FUNDS.
Heppner, Oregon, Feb. 20, 1900.
To Patrona of Morrow Co. Schools :
Owing to the fact that I am daily ques
tioned aa to tbe amount of money a dis
trict ia entitled to bold over from year
to year, I quote in full tbe following
law:
Title IV, Section 40, Oregon School
Law. "Districts shall not be entitled to
their proportion of the sohool funds at
the disposal of tbe oonnty superinten
dent unless tbey shall report to him by
tbe first Monday of Maroh of each year,
and shall have had a school taught in
their district of one quarter's duration
each year; provided that if the entire
sohool funds received annually by eaoh
sohool district from the apportionment
of the five-mill county sohool tax and
the irreducible state ecbotl fund made
by tbe several oounty superintendents
shall not be exhausted and expended for
sohool purposes only within and during
tbe year tor wbioh such apportionments
arc made, suob unexpended balance
when the same is fifty dollars ($50) or
over tbat amount, shall be forfeited to
tbe general school fond of tbe oounty."
Section 52 provides tbat "Tbe annual
report of the district clerk shall be for
warded to and filed with the county
auperintendent not later than the fifth
teeoth day of Maroh, esoh year." This
seotion is contradictory to section forty;
notwithstanding this, it will be followed
by distriot olerks. They mUBt neoesaari
ly have a reasonable lime in which to
get tbeir reports to my oflloe.
It will be seen by the provision in sea
tion forty that a district may retain
$49.99; bat if it has $50.00 or more in
its treasury March 5, 1900, it will forfeit
tbe entire amount.
Diatriots voting a special sohool tax
may consider money remaining in the
distriot treasury to be tax money if they
bave spent for sohool purposes an
amount lacking only forty-nine dollars
and a fraotion of a dollar of being equal
to tbe amount of their state and oounty
fados.
Districts will find ample room for in
vesting any overplus which may be on
hand Maroh 5, 1900. Title IV, Sec.
31, Art. 10, providea tbat distriota re
ceiving less than $500 from tbe oommon
school fund may invest a sum not to ex
ceed $30.00 in apparatus, etc. Our dis
tricts are greatly In need of globes, maps,
obarts, dictionaries, supplementary read
Ingand library books. Thirty dollars will
go far toward meeting this demand.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. Shipley,
County Hopt.
A Powder Mill Explosion
Removes everything in sight; so do
drastic mineral pills, but both are mighty
dangerous. Don't dynamite tbe delicate
machinery of your bady with calomel.
oroton oil or aloes pills, when Dr. King's
New Jjire fills, which are senile aa a
summer breezo, do the work perfectly.
Cures headache, constipation. Only 25o
at (Jon Her & warren Drug Co,
Oct After tbe Burnt.
Tbe bright sansbioe of Eastern Ore
gon causes tbe apple and otber fruits to
come to perfection here, but civilization
bas brought with it the oodlin moth and
bis cousins, and tbey must be fought.
Hon. E L. Smith, of Hoed River, is a
praotical man, and be bas succeeded in
securing 85 per cent of clean apples in
bis orohard, by tbe use of tbs following
spray: 1 pound of white arsenic, 2
pounds of sal soda, boiled thoroughly
10 2 gallons of water, to pints
of this solution is then put in 50 gallons
bf water, to which is added 6 pounds of
pore lime, which be bought unslaked
and slaked bimself.
A Convincing Anwr.
"I hobbled into Mr. Black mon's drug
store one evening," said Wesley Nelson,
et Hamilton, Ga., "and he anked me to
try Uhaubcrlaiu's Paiu Balm for rheii
oiatiaiu with whioh I bad inU'ered for a
l :;igtime. I told him 1 bed no faith io
any medioine aa they all failed, lie said:
'Well, if Chamberlain's Pain Balm don't
yon, yon need not pay for it.' I took a
bottle of it borne and vwA it acnordiog
t the directions and ia one mck I was
cured, and have not siuoe beu tronbieJ
with rbeumfitiHtn," Hold by Coof
Warren,.
POWDCR CO.. NEW YORK-
Mining Near Heppner.
Tbe Heppner Hills and adjaoent
mountains have always been very
modest in laying any claim to the pos
session of valuable minerals, bat future
prospeoting may show that this region
really does possess muoh mineral. Ex
perienced prospectors might do well to
make a call on tbe Heppner Hills and
tbe adjoining Western spur of tbe Blue
mountains.
Sylvanus Wright was in Heppner yes
terday, and gaye an encouraging account
of some mining be is doing 25 miles
south of Heppner, near tbe bead of
Rook creek. Interested with him are
A, J. Wright. John Coffee, and John
Bodwell. Tbey prospected tbat vioinity
before harvest, and are now again push
ing the work of running a tunnel.
Tbey bave a good lead, and tbe rock
shows op well in gold, and improves as
the miners go in. Tbey consider il
better rook than some whioh they have
seen from tbe famous Sumpter mines,
although ita assay value has not yet been
determined.
Mr. Wright thinks tbat while there
may be a voloanio, capping extending
over most of Morrow county, there is
good mineral-bearing rook under the
capping, as was tbe case in the district
where is located tbe riah millionaire
making LeRoi mine.
Prospectors and capitalists who are
searching for a practically untouohed
distriot, should head tor Morrow oounty.
New Stock Street.
Many thousands of head of oattle and
sbeep are driven to Heppner for ship
ment every season, and tbose of them
who oome down Donaldson canyon gen
erally cock op their ears and snort and
balk when they get tbeir first glimpse of
oivlizalion at tbe power bouse.
To avoid this trouble aud make it
more oonvenient for stookmen, the oity
oounoil baa arranged te open a new
stook street to be used exclusively by
sleek. Tbe street starts near T. H. Bis
bee's boma plaoe and runs along tbe
side bill below tbe reservoir, thus avoid
ing entirely tbe business part of town,
and ooming onto tbe level again near
the location of tbe old soboolbouse.
It will be 100 feet wide, and takes two
acres of W. P. Duttoo'a land, for whioh
the oity pays $150 and does tbe neces
sary ohangingof fenoing. It also crosses
tus land of r. U. Bisbee. Frank Roberta
and T. W, Ay ere.
Making a Mining Map.
E. W. Bartlett, register of the U. 8.
land office at La Grande, is getting out
a mining map, tbat will doubtless prove
of great value to the mining a en of
this section. The map will oover 18
townships aud will include the Sumpter,
Cracker creek, Cable oove, Granite and
Red Boy mining districts. While no
attempt will be made to indicate tbe
thousands of mining olaims located, all
patented claims, of which here are now
about 100, will be designated.
Id the preparation of la is map it is
also hoped lo secure greater aoouracy
in tbe topographical features of the
country, direction of water courses, etc
Mtitnpter Amerioau,
NOT1CB TO V0TEK8.
All Mont llfulnter on or Before May 15,
100.
From tbe 2d day of January, 1900, at
8 a. m., until tbe 15th day of May, 1900,
at 5 p. m , the rrcords for the registra
tion of voters will be open at tbe office
of the County Clerk of Morrow county.
Naturalized oitizens appearing to
register will be requested to produce
proofs of citizenship, either declaration
of intention, or certificate of citizenship,
except where the same appears on the
reoords of Morrow county, and alai
their street and number, if living io
t n, or if living in country, section,
lowtsliip uud range.
The law requires that if the elector ia
nnahle to conveniently appear before
the county clerk for registration, be may
be re ('stered by a notary public or jas
tioe of th peace io the preoinctin whioh
he reoiflcs.
Dated at Heppner, Morrow oormty,
Orfg m, this 31st day of January, 1900.
VAttTEB CKAWPOHD,
County Clerk, Morrow County, Oregon,