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Taxpayers.
EIGHTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1900,
NO. 802
The Heppner Gazette
Is pnbliBhed every Thursday by ,
J. W. RE DING-TON",
Entered at the Postaffloe at Heppner, Oregon,
u second-class mer.
orriaL dibsctobt. .
; Sixth Indicia! District. '
Olnmit juUa.... ..Stephen A. Lowell
Prus-Mnting Attorney ...H. J. ftean
- Morrow Const? Officials.
J nut 9enutor J, W. Morrow
RiprnaeDtative... E. L. Freeland
C any Judge ...A. Q. Bartholomew
" -Cmnmisaionen...... .I.L.Howard
J. W. Beckett.
" Clerk Vswter Crawford
" Sheriff A. Andrews
" Tranenrer III. Lichtenthal
Assessor J. i . Willis
' onryeyor ...Jalius Keithly
" School Sup't Jay W. Shipley
" C .-oner ,.. Dr. E. B. Hnnlook
Stock Inspector Henry Scher linger
hippheb tows omens.
Mayor Frank Gilliam
Ceuneilraen S. P- Garrigu(-8,
J. R. Simons. J. J. Roberts, K. W Rhea, Geo.
NoMe and Thos. Quaid.
Keoorder J. P. Williams
Treasurer L. W. Briggs
Marshal George Thornton
HBRPNXR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Directors Frank Ollllrm O. E. Farnsworth,
J. U. Hager; Clerk J. J. Roberts.
frecinot Officer.
-Uetioe of the Peace W. A. Hiohardson
ontahle Q. 8. Bray
United States Land Officers.
TBI DALLKS, OB.
.My P Lnoas Register
Otis Patterson BeoeiTer
LA QRAHD1, OB.
Hi W. Bartlett Register
I. O. Bwackhamer .....BeoeiTer
It is a fact that farms can be bought
in Morrow county at such low prices
that their first coming crop will pay for
tne land.
C E. Redfield
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in First National Bank building.
Heppner, Oregon.
0. W. Phelps
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Natter's Building. Heppner, Oregon.
J. W. Morrow
ATTORNEY AT LAW
,." and
U. 8. COMMISSIONER.
-Office In Palace hotel building, Heppner, Or.
A. Alallory,
U. S. COMMISSIONER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Is authorized to take all kinds ol LAND
PROOFS and LAND FILIMU8.
Collections made on reasonable terms.
' Office at residence on Chase street.
Government land script for sale.
D. E. Gil man
GENERAL COLLECTOR.
Put your old books and notes in his '
bands and get your money out of them
Makes a specialty of hard collections.
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.
Gentry & Sharp
Tonsorial Artists
Your patronage solicited.
Satisfaction guaranteed..
Hot and Cold Baths.
Main Street, near Palace Hotel, " Heppner.
J, R. Simons & Son
General Blacksmiths
Horseshoeing a Specialty
Wagon Making
nd Repairing.
All work done with neatness
and dispatch. ...
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Upper Main Street,
Heppner, Ore.
H. W. Fall,
PROPRIETOR
Of the Old Reliable
Gault House,
CHICAGO. ILL. .
Half block west of the TJnton Depot of C. B.
Q . c. M. A Bt P., C. A., P. Ft. W. O.
and the C. St. L. P. Railroads.
RATE" aa.OO PER 13 A. Y
Cor. W. Madison and Clinton Bta.,
The Kind Yon Have Always
in use ?Jor,over 30 years,
and
7yVv ! Sona
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Jnst-as-good " are but
Experiments that trine '"with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Wormi
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
i Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural steep. ,
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
S9
Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years. '
' Miiirr. msHum n Siumwy mm aw tokk err.
A Leading Eastern Oregon Hotel
Every Modern Convenience.
Drummers' Resort. Stockmen's Headquarters.
One of the finest equipped Bars and Clubrooms
in the state in connection. ...
Plrst-Closs Sample Rooms.
For Business Heppner is one of the Leading
Towns of the West.- awWV. -
For Spring and Summer Wear
JH. LICHTENTHAL,
. The Pioneer Boot and Shoe Dealer of Heppner, has
The Latest Styles of Footwear for,
Men, Women and Children.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED IN EVERY PARTICULAR;
'
Old Stand. Main Street.
MEET US!
AT
Harvest Carnival
October 9 to
This will be the greatest evert in the history of the City of When Vooi
and Fruit and an Open River to the Sa. The products of this prolific reeiorr trill
be on exhibition, and farmer, stock masters and all ollies will witness an exhi
bition that will be both interesting and instructive.
Special Social Attractions!
Band Concerts Every Day!
A Novel Street Parade!
Excellent entertainments day and night. Five days of sight-seeing and
pleasure. There will be ample accommodations for all guests. Come and The
Dalles will entertain you.
Producers from all sections requested to make exhibits. No charge for snaee
in the fair bondings. No entrance fee. .
Reduced Rates on all Railroad and Steamboat Lines.
COME TO THE DALLES,
1
Bought, and which has been
has borne the signatnre of
has been made under his per-
supervision since its infancy.
Signature of
Palace
Hotel
J. W. MORROW, Proprietor.
Strictly First-Class
R.oelrlno a fiB.i.iw
Not on the Midway; but at the
Gateway of tire Great INLAND
empire The Dalles,
THE - i
:and Street Fair
13 inclusive.
THE WAR IN CHINA.
Berlin, Oct. 1. Tbe statement Dub
lished in Paris that France, Russia and
Germany have arrived at a complete
understanding in regard to the retention
of troops at Pekin, and that Germany
abandons her demand for the punich
inent of the instigators of tbe outrages
before the peace negotiations begin, is
denied here officially. j .. .
Washington, Oct. 1. Several import
ant dispatches were received today from
China. The text of two is aa follows :
"Canton, Oct, 1. Decrees just issued
Emperor blames Ministers for whole
trouble. Orders Tnan, Kang Yl and
other officials degraded and punished
by Imperial court. Emperor holds Tuan
and others -entirely - responsible for
bloodshed." v
"Pekin, - Sept. 27. Have received
notice today from Prince Ching that he,
Earl Li, Yung Ln and Viceroys Liu Kun
Yiand Chang Chip Tung will act in
concert in negotiations for peace. Yung
Li is in the interior, LI Hung Chang is
at Tien Tsin."
Mr. Wu, the Chinese Minister has re
ceived official confirmation of the issu
ance of an imperial decree degrading
Prince Tnan, Yang Yi and bthei1 Offi
cials for their course in regard to the
recent troubles in China.
: Mrs. M. E.- Andrews, a missionary
who passed through tbe velge of Pekin,
and is now in San Francisco," says:
During the seige we did not 'suffer
very great hardships. There was enough
food, such ss it Was,' and while we were
somewhat crowded, we were 'so happy
in being away from tbe fury of the mob
that we could not complain. 1
- After leaving the Methodist mission,
where we stopped for a few days Upon
reaching Pekin, we entered the British
legation without serious difficulty. Once
inside, the walls closed in around us
and shut off ad sight of tbe dramatic
scenes without. We women did not
dare indulge our curiosity by a single
glimpse of the street. At night We Could
sometimes see the glare of fires in the
sky, and the noise without was often
painfully distinct. Very soon after tbe
siege began we commenced to rat mule
and horse meat. Of Course, we did not
eat the meat with zest, but v.ery little
went a long way. But as. we had plenty
of rice and Tireadtfiere was never any
actual privation. The bread was made
ot flour ground within the legation
grounds from whole wheat. It was
coarse, but nourishing. There was never
a day during the seige that we did not
have sufficient food. We had SO Bbeep
within the enclosure, which were re
served for the invalids. If the healthy
people sometimes felt a longing for a
nibble of mutton, they never admitted it.
I believe there would have been no
uprising if 'the foreign ministers had
tried half as hard to keep down tbe
Boxers as they did to keep tbeir offices.
My opinion is that the ministers are too
interested personally in China to want
to bring affairs to- a peaceful termina
tion within a reasonable time; Had they
tried they could have averted the entire
misfortune.
' SHEEP ALL RIGHT.
Tbe Oregonian of Saturday says:
William Hughes, ' a Heppner
capitalist and Bheepraieer, is in
Portland, looking after his real
estate interests here. He reports
Morrow county sheep - all in -fins
condition, for tbe coming wiule
and fall grass growing well on the
foothills, though the open prairies
are still ralher dry. At present
the flocks which have summered
in tbe Blue mountains are coming
slowly back toward Heppner, being
now pastured on the "breaks" of
the John Day. They were obliged
to leave the higher elevations, as
storms may be expected on tbe
summits any time now, and sheep,
men do not desire to be cnught by
deep snow. The animals are there
fore loitering among the lower
levels,' where green grass is good,
in order to kill time and permit a
few showers to fall on the open
prairies. - . , . , , : i . .
Steep are in big -demand about
Heppner, Mr. Hughes Kays, as feed
is abundant and the winter ranges
of Morrow county are not over
stocked. ' Last spring's lambs are
held at $2.15, and some sales are
being made at this unoBually high
figure. Yearling ewes are also
needed, but few of these can be
bought at RDy price. The practice;
of purchasing sheep in tbe fall to
sell after shearing in the spring l
has become very popular with Hon !
row county stockmen, he says, as
there has been good money in it of
late years, and the annoyance of
herding the ilocks in a hostile
country during the summer is
avoided.
NOW FOR TREES.
I am now prepared to take orders for
fruit, shads and ornamental trees, grape
vines and small fruits, roses and shrub
bery, which have been grown without
irrigation by The Dalles Nurseries. I
will canvass Morrow and Grant counties
for both spring and fall delivery, and in
all rases guarantee satisfaction.
Mr address is ilardinan, and I will
m tbat all stock is promptly delivered!
IIahhv Cummiki
f FRANK McBEAN.
' Blue Mountain Eagle says:
Frank McBean, of Canyon City,
is one of the grand old pioneers of
Eastern Oregon who has helped to
make the country's history irom
the time when there was an almost
daily skirmish'with Chief Pauliua's
bandit tribe, aud Tom Morgan of
Heppner drove stage here, to the
present time when the school house
stands near the ' battle ground and
the red 1 apple grows by the old
time trail of murdering savages.
Mr. McBean first came into Grant
ccuoty ib 1863, when miueis dug
coarse gold out of Canyon creek by
sacksfal; he was there when 'the
mail sacks and pack trains ran the
gauntlet of ambush by day and
swift attack by night, when pack
ers and express riders were left
dead by the wayside, and a gov
ernment escort was necessary to
s&fe conduct from The Dalles to
Catiyou City. Think of it, you who
enjoyi peace' and prosperity in the
hind that is today the fruit of snch
men's conquest--ydu who worship,
your idols of the fleeting present
and meet with a mere handshake
the men who are entitled to a bared
head as they pass your door.
In 1865, Frank was one day
called upon to investigate the
cause of a delayed-express from
The Dalles. . He rode down the
narrow Valley of the John Day, 35
miles to Cottonwood,' where Ex
press Messenger H. O. Page, now a
resident o Spokane, told him of
an Indian attack upon the Btage in
which the mail pouches were stolen
and he himself escaped only after
an exciting bareback ride. This
episode was one of the many in
which rauhna s mataudihg savages
figured in those days, and led to
the encounter near Waterman flat,
in which H. H. Wheeler,1 the pio
neer whose name is given to our
youngest county, received a shot
which pierced his face from cheek
to cheek. At this time be joined
the United States troopB then sta
tioned at Camp Watson, and fol
lowed the savages into the Beaver
creek country, where they were
overhauled and engaged in battle.
The prompt measures of the miners
and soldiers served : to check the
hostile raids',' and trouble was only
intermittent until the murderous
old chief, Paulina, was killed by
Jim Clark and Howard Maupin,
which put an end to their maraud
ing.
SHEEP ON SMALL SCALE.
G. A. ' Houck, of Lane county,
says:
My sheep business is practically
all on . the share proposition, as I
use my own place to gather m the
lambs in the fall and run them till
spring, and work the wethers off
for mutton and let the ewes out
again. In dividing with the same
man who has the 50 goats 100
sheep, good average ewes, made as
follows ;
724 pounds wool at 16lo. . .$119 4C
87 lambs at $2.50 217 50
Total income ....$336 96
My half.... ........ .....$168 48
Less dip used as preventative 5 00
My actual income .'. $163 48
It is all right, too, as an invest
ment The cost of the sheep be
ing $3.50 last year, these lambs
valued at $2.50 now, will go for
mutton next spring and are shear
ing about four pounds of wool now.
I always shear my lambs in the
fall, finding them to winter better
and cut more wool in two clips
than in one, and they are frear
from ticks. It is not to be won
dered that many of our city peo
ple are investing in sheep. I know
of several people who are investing
in this way. It ia a sure income
and perfectly safe investment, if
sheep are let to men who will take
care ot them.
In my opinion nearly all the na
tive Otegonians have not taken ad.
vantage of tbeir opportunities and
they will sea outsiders grow rich
while they are sitting on tbe cor
ners talking about hard times. I
believe tbe only salvation for the
Willamette valley as an agricul.
tural district is more creameries
and small stock and less acres of
grain, which means more grain to
the acre. Borne cf my acquaint
ances fear an over-produotion of
rheep and goats. I think the val
ley would easily support ten sheep
where it has only one, and I am
serious in saying that I expect to
see the time when the coast coun
ties tf Oregon will have 1,000,000
goats, or 100 times what we have
in Oregon now.
Th editorial page of the Weekly Ore
fonlan gives a broad treatment to a wide
rang of subjects.
wantkd-activk mam ok good char-
actor U deliver end collect In Oregon for old
exuhllahed miinufictuniig wholcale bonne
year, aure pay. Honeety more than ex
perlunie required. Our reference, any biiik ln
city. Eucloae telf addreitaed tAmped envelope.
Manufacturer!, Thknt Vlr, m, Veartwira St..
nx7 A n
The Absolutely Pure
is the baking powder "of general
use, its sale exceeding that 1 of all
other baking powders combined, i
Royal Baking Powder has not
its counterpart at home or abroad.
Its qualities, which make the bread
more healthful and the cake of finer
appearance and flavor, are peculiar
to itself and are not constituent
in other leavening agents.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,
PELL SIMERSON KILLED.
The Dalles Mountaineer of Sept. 27
says:
"Pell Simerson died at his room in
tbe Votft block at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Simerson was a stock
man and arrived here on Wednesday of
last week, returning from Portland
where he had been selling horses. He
brought With him a TeW horses" wKicb
he could not dispose of, and while un
loading them from the boat received a
severe kick in tbe abdomen.! Be Was
taken to the Vogt block, where he was
cared for bv Dr. Ferguson, and was ap
parently doing well until yesterday at
noon when a blood vessel was ruptured,
caused by the inflammation of the In
testines, and he died tour hours later.
Deceased was 40 years of age and single.
His half brother arrived here yesterday
morning, and after the death arranged
to have the remains taken to Jefferson
for burial. They will be accompanied
by John Wheeler, a young man who
was with Mr, Simerson at the time of
his death."
filr. Simeroon was well known in Mor
row county, and Heppner was his trad
ing point, lie came to the Heppner
country 20 years ago, and 14 years ago
with Ben Watkins settled in the moun
tains 30 miles south from Heppner.
There they own 1200 acres of lAnd and
about 100 bead of cattle. ',(
Deceased's partner, Ben Watkins,
went to tbe Klondike with Os. Burch
years ago, and When last heard from
was at Nome,
Pell was a good hand with horses, and
those who knew him are surprised that
he should allow one of them to take any
advantage of him.
SHEEP EOR ECHO.
F. D. McOully, of Wallowa coun
ty has Bold a band of 4000 sheep
to the Oregon Land and Stock Co..
of which G. VV. Hunt is president
Ihe sbpep will be shipped from
North Powder to this company's
big farm at Echo, Umatilla county.
Heretofore Mr. McCully has driven
sheep through Wallowa canyon to
Elgin and a big kick was raised on
account of tbe sheep filling tbe can
yon road with rocks. This time
Mr. McCully explored a new route
and drove the band over tbe moun
tains from Wallowa to the Pan
handle of Union county, thenoe to
the Powder river pass to the North
Powder. The band was sold by
the pound instead of by tbe head.
How We Use Up Oar forest-,
It is estimated tbat it takes twenty-two
aores of tprnoe land to fnrnlsb enough
wood pulp paper to ran lams metro
politan dily just two days, Ths writer
who makes this statement deplores the
time when, at this rate, our forests will
entirely disappear, and paper be very
sosroe and rxpensive. Meantime, the
art of printing continues, beoauss there
are many trains the world sboald know ;
among others, that Hostetter'sStomaob
Bitters is a onre for diseases of the stom
ach, snob ss dyspepsia, iudigestion,
constipation, bilionsoess, insomnia and
nervousness. This fsmons midiolne bss
been tbe standard remedv of ths Ameri
can people for 60 years. D not an-ept s
abstilate. Tbs genuine has s Pnvste
Itevenae Stamp over ths neck of bottle.
fleppner Oazetts and East Oregoninc
semi-wee kiy, (2.75; weekly 92 25.
Tbe Heppner Gazette offloe will fur
nish you any paper or msgasins is the
werli at rdne4 rntsi
Great efforts are made to tell alum baking
powders under the plea that they are so many
' cents a pound cheaper than Royal. The admis
sion that they are cheaper made is an admis
sion that they are inferior. But alum pow-
. ders contain a corrosive poison and should
not be used in food, no matter bow cheap. .
100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
NOME NEWS.
A cattle dealer, J. J. Morgan,
has returned to Portland from
Nome, where he took cattle last
May. .
Mr. Morgan says he did very
well, Nome people did not eat
much fresh beef this year. Several .
cattle dealers, he said, lost money
throngh becoming discouraged
early in the season and selling out
at any price, in order to get away.
There was also a large amount of
cold-storage beef on hand, and this
fact tended to discourage cattle
owners; but those who stayed with
their stock and refused to throw
it on the market during the slump,
did very well. He opened a butch,
era-hop in Nome and sold off beef
just cs the market required it.
The established price of fresh
beef after the first panic was 25 to
60 cents a pound, according to cuts,
and this rate permitted a small
margin over cost and freight At
one time the cold-storage people
put their stock down to 20 cents a
pound, but consumers were willing
to pay a little more for the fresb
killed article, so he did not have
to meet c6ld-storage prices.
Mr. Morgan does hot think there
is 'any ' destitution at Nome, as
most of the surplus population bad
managed to get away by the time
he left, Bept 11. He estimates
that between 6000 and 7000 per.
sons will winter in the camp, and
that the resources 'of the vicinity
will justify this many in staying
there.
"Nome will be a better camp
than ever next year," he said. "By
next summer values and titles will
have settled down and many valu
able bench claims will be produc
ing gold. Litigation has been a
p.roitt drawback to the develop-
went of claims, but most of the
titles will be settled within the
next year. The tundra, too, con.
tains a good deal of gold, and when
appliances have been provided to
thaw the frozen morass down to
gravel, considerable will betaken
out.
"Those now in business at Nome
are doing very well, although no
body is getting rich. A great many
people rushed up there early in the
season with no idea of what they
Were to do when they arrived, and
these disappointed ones had to
get out again before business could
assume a normal condition. Many
lost money and few have made it
at Nome, but on tbe whole it is a
good camp, and will come out all
right in time."
The rough element at Nome has
had things its own way a good deal
more than at Dawson, Mr. Morgan
thinks, and he has been in the
Klondike several times. Highway
robbery and petty thieving have
been rife all summer, and the mili
tary stationed there are not able
to cope with it, so protection of
life and property i8 very poor.
The miners did not seem to take
hold as they usually do in new min.
ing camps, and bo none of the criin
inals were caught and lynched.
The day is not distant when every
inch of land will be deeded aud doubled
up in price. If you want to buy a good
324-acre place at 85 an acre, cll on J. '
Wi Ht)diogtn, Gaietts etl)ce