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EIGHTEENTH YEAR
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The Heppner Gazette
la published every Thursday by
J. W. REDINGTON.
Entered at the . Fottofflce at Heppner, Oregon,
as second-class matter.
OSTICIAi DIJSIOTOBT.
United BUtes Officials.
P mirtent. .... William McKinlejr
Vine Presldant T. RooserMt
Secretary of State W. B. ttajr
Secretary of Treasury Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of Interior.. Cornelias N. Bliss
Secretary of War E. B. Root
Secretary of Nary John D. Long
Postuuistor-Oensral...... . .Charles Emery Smith
Attorney-ftenetal John W. Urines
Hnoratnryof Agrianltnre James Wilton
Com. General Land Offioe Dinger Hermann
State Federal Offielala.
Senator!.,
t O. W. MBrln
'? Joseph Simon
Congressmen.
. I Thos. H. Tongae
M. A. Moony
Internal Revenue Collector.... ....D. M. Dnnne
District Judge. ....C, B. Bellinger
Circuit Judge W. B. Gilbert
.District Attorney J. H. Hail
V 8. Marshal Zoeih Houser
United State Land Officers.
TUB DAIXX8. OB.
V Jay P. Lnoss Register
I Otis Patterson Beceirer
J LA OBAMDB. OB.
- ,'...! W-i Bartlett Register
J. O. Swaokhamer Receiver
Orecoa State Officials.
tiovernor. . .- ...T.T. Geer
ceoretaryot State F. I. Don bar
Treasurer.. ; F S. Moore
oo pt. Public Instruction J. VI. Aokerman
Attorney General D. B. N. Biackburn
Primer W. H. ieeds
( K. H. Bean,
Supreme Judges.- i F. A. Moore.
f C. E. Wolrerton
Ul-rk Board School Land Commission
Juait Chamberlain
Game Warden AlnhrOnirnhv
' Fish Com .If. C lieid, attoria
eterinary Snrgeou Wm, McLean, Portland
Sixth J adlclal District.
Circnit Judge. W. R. Ellis
Prosecuting Attorney T. G. Hailey
Horrow Count Officials.
Jo nf Senator J, W. Morrow
KipresentatiTe. A. B. Thomson
Oo nty judge A. O. Bartholomew
" "-Mumissionera J.L. Howard
. Ed. C. Athbausb.
" iork Vawter Crawford
Sheriff J. W. Matlock
' freasnrer M. Liohtenthal
Aweasor B. E. Willis
' Surveyor J. J. McGee
" School Sup't Jay W. Shipley
" C -mr Dr. E. R. Hemlock
Stock Inspector Henry Scherzlneer
Deputies J. P. Bhea. lone
Ike Vinson, Galloway
HEPFMSB TOWH OfnOZRS.
Uayoi Frank Gilliam
C it D I i
UUUllUUTUttU.... 3' L UHiriKU'B
J. a. Bimons. j.j. Roberta, J. W Uhea, ueo,
No 'le and 'ihoe. Quaid. -
Ituoorder .-J. P. Williams
l'laneurer L. W. Briggs
naranai ueorge mormon
RIBPNIB SCHOOL DISTRICT. '
Directors Frank Gillirm O. E. Farnsworth,
j. Ju. uager; uierk J. J. Boberts. -Preetnet
Officers.
J i ticeof the Peaoe..... ....J. P.Williams
C nstable G. B. Halt
; FSaOIMCSSIOlT.A.IU OA.B9S,
C E Redfield
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in First National Bank building.
Heppner, Oregon.
. G. W. Phelps
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on May street, Heppner, Oregon,
J. W. Morrow
ATTORNEY AT LAW
and
V. 8. COMMISSIONER.
Office In Palace hotel building, Heppner, Or.
A. Mallory,
V. S. COMMISSIONER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Is authorized to take all kindi of LAND
PROOFS and LAND FI LINUS.
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
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.
Nothing so
6ood
as a pure malt beverage to refresh one
after a bard day's work has ever been
discovered. And there is one malt
beverage that is better than others
that Is
J. B. Natter's beer
It goes right to the spot, and Is served np at
.Natter's Brewery, on upper Main St., Heppner,
wnere an Ice-cold cellar in the solid rock keeps
t always tool.
WANTED ACTIVE MAN OF GOOD CHAR
acter to deliver and collect in Oregon for old
established msnufactnring wholesale honse.
10 a year, sure pay . Honeety more thsn ex
perience required. Our reference, any bank in
city. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope
Maaufactorers, Tblrd Floor, 834, DeertoraSk.
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Promotes Digestion,Cbeerfur
ness and Ttest.Con tains neither
Opium,Morphine nor Mineral
jNotXarcotic.
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Apcifecl Remedy for Conslipa
Tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoca
Worms .Convulsions Jeverish
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EXACf COPY OF WRAPBD. :
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j vraS Hotel.
A Leading Eastern Oregon Hotel
Every Modern
Drummers' Resort. Stockmen's Headquarters.
One of the finest equipped Bars and Clubrooms
in the state in connection.
First-Class Sample Rooms.
For Business Heppner is one of the Leading
Towns of the West.
For Fall and Winter Wear
Al. LICHTENTHAL,
s 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.
HOME INDUSTRY.
FLOUR
Heppner Flouring Mill Co.
Has secured the services
and keep on hand a full
FLOUR, : GRAHAM,
WHOLE WHEAT,
Of the very best quality and
The mill exchanges with the farmers, and solicits
their patronage.
W L. HOUSTON, Manager.
Come to Morrow
lands. Values. are sure to double up. Nev
er again will land sell so low as it does now.
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I For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears
Signature
etHTsua eeMranv. m vena errv.
J. W. M OFj ROW, Proprietor.
Strictly First-Ciass
Convenience.
Rooalrlna a Soaolaltw.
FLOUR
of a first class miller,
supply of
: GERM : MEAL,
BRAN and SHORTS
guaranteed to give satisfaction.
County for low-nncen1
1 Bears the t
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ml Use
For Over
I Thirty Years
aril
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Ob,' woi iu 01 KudleniOg wtiite I
Ob, breezes blithely bringing-
A message of delight! :
From leafless bill and valley
Bat one retrain I bear: ,
"A merry, merry Christmas .
And a glad New Year t" r
From humble borne and palace
The kindly voice is breathed, .
From forest arch and pillar,
And meadows snowy wreathed,
An echo from the angels,
A pean of good cbeer: -Hark
! "Merry, merry Christmas
And a glad New Year 1"
Oh, light of heavenly gladness
That falls upon the earth 1
Oh. rapture of thanksgiving " '
That tells the Savior's birth I .
The golden links of kindness ,;
Bring heart to heart more near.
With "a merry, merry Christmas
And a glad New Year!"
MR. KUNAGH'8 MISFORTUNE.
A Portugese named Kunagh who has
been herding sheep for Aoton Vey, on
Butter creek, left there on horseback
Tuesday and came to Lexington, where
he acted strangely.
He left his horse in the stable there
and came on toward Heppner afoot.
He stopped at Oscar Minor's ranch in
the early evening, and acted so queerly
that the folks telephoned up to Marshal
Thornton, who went down and brought
him up town. The unfortunate man
said that he bad ate some cake on But
ter creek that he thought had poisoned
him or lodged in his chest. '. He also
seemed to have an idea that 5 demons
were pursuing him.
He was taken to a restaurant and sat
down to a good turkey dinner, but
would not touch any of it, and jester
day declined to eat and said be was not
hungry, as the Butter cieek cake was
still lodged in his chest.
Eunagb is said to have always bien a
very industrious man and to have herd
ed for his uncle-in-law, Anton Vey, for
several rears. It is reported that he
saved $4000 from bis wages and had it
deposited in the Pendleton bank.
The examination of Mr. Kunagh oc
curred yesterday afternoon M Judge
Bartholomew and Dr. H unlock , and he
was committed to the asylum. : Sheriff
Matlock and Fred Bock started with
him this morning.
; SHEEP.
The first eastern aheepbuyer of the
season, J. B. Smith, of Jimtown, Da
kota, is here, but thinks prices are too
high.
Morrow county will have 100,000 year
lings to sell off next spring, and prices
are expected to rule about the same as
last year. Joe Hayes knows of 20,000
mixed yearlings that might be contract
ed for now at $2.50 a head after shear
ing. T. J. Allyn Monday sold 700 Iambs to
O. E. Farnsworth at $2 60, and the
latter bought 4100 mixed lambs from
Lum Rhea at $2.50 after shearing.
Wm. Barratt bought 1400 lambs from
Tom Quaid at $3 with wool on, March 1.
The most beautiful thing in
the world is the bnbv, all
dimples and joy. The most
pitiful thing is that same baby,
thin and in pain. And the
mother does not know that a
little fat makes all the differ
ence. Dimples and joy have gone,
and left hollows and fear; the
fat, that was comfort and
color and curve-all but pity
and love-is gone.
The little one gets no fat
from her food. There is some
thing wrong; it is either her food
or food-mill. She has had no
fat for weeks; is living on what
she had stored in that plump
little body of hers; and that is
gone. She is starving for fat;
it is death, be quick I
Scott's Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is the fat she can
take; it will save her.
The rtnnins has this oic'ira sa
it, take no other.
If von have not tried It. srnd
tor free sample, its agreeable
taste wilt surprise yon.
SCOTT & BOWNE,
Chemists.
409 Peart St., N. Y.
60c. and I.OO
all druggists.
lEfBShtuiitw
-,., Vt,,
between Cape Town and
almost entirely severed, partly by to.
operations and partly by rains.
Since the Nooitgedacht affair Mr.
Kruger has become stiff-necked. He
now scornfully rejects all private sug
gestions in the nature of peace over
tures. '
General Reginald Pole-Carew. who
has returned from South Africa, will
marry Lady Beatrice Frances Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of the Marquis of Or
monde. He is 51 years of age and she
is under 25.
Lord Kitchener has arrived at De Aar,
Cape Colony, and is taking measures to
crush the Boer invasion.
The London Standard, referring to the
canal difficulty, expressed the hope that
President McKinley will show himself
wiser than the inconsiderate Senate."
.The Daily Chronicle bluntly admits
that the "Nicaragoa cloud has become
very serions." It sees no compro
mise between allowing things to slide,
thus "causing another miserable loss to
our honor and reputation," and an un
conditional refusal of the new amend
ments. Assuming tbe latter alternative
to be adopted, the Daily Chronicle asks :
"What force has Lord Salisbury to
back up a refusal ? Our army is shut
np in South Africa and China, and our
navy is needed to protect communica
tions with both. Seldom in its stormv
career has the conservative government
been placed in a more dangerous di
lemma." $200,000,000 is tbe maximum sum the
Administration wants the powers to de
mand ot China as indemnity, yet the
figures are likely to be manv limps that
amount. The United States Army has
a deficiency of $11,000,000 for transpor.
tation and army supplies, and most of
that is charged against China. A de
termined effort will be made by the
President and Secretary Hav to induce
the powers to consent to the arbitration
of tbe indemnity question by a court to
be appointed in conformity with tbe
provisions of The Hague treaty.
Paris, Dec. 24. 30 cars, forming part
of the U. 8, government exhibit at the
Paris exposition, were suddenly laid
under exbargo today at Harvre, the
railroad company declining to surrender
them, pending payment of a claim of
1710 francs.
How to Care Croup.
Mr. K. Cirar whn liwaa nam. A m n n ! n
. uvu. auiBuin(
Duobess county, N. I., says: "Oham-
hnrtiiin'a P.nnaK U.ivi&Hn i- 11 I, 4
medicine I have ever used. It is a fine
unuuren remeny tor croup and never
fails to onre." When given as soon as
1 mm n ri 1 1 11 nsutf.maa rea aa m .11
the 0 roups cough baa developed, it will
fid,cu' " i.uie Booaia De
born ft in mind nnd a Hnftft.A iKa nnu
ww"iw va sue WUfsJ U
Remedy kept at band ready for instant
wo ma duuu aa ftuvne symptoms appear
For sale by Oonser & Warren.
WHEAT, WOOL AND STOCK.
Portland, Dec. 25.
Wheat Walla Walla. fi4rtK4U..- v.i.
lev. nominal. 60B3c: hlnatm zaa,e.7n
per bushel.
Wool Valley, 1314c for ooarse,
1516c for best; Eastern Oregon,
1012c; mobair, 25c per pound.
Sheepskins Shearlings, 1520c; short
wool, 2535c; medium-wool, 3050c:
long wool, 60$1 each.
San Francisco. I)n 91 wi
Spring Nevada, ll13c per pound;
"" vioKuu, lutwit; v aney, uregon,
15 18c. Fall Northern, mountain, 9
10c; mountain, 810c; plains, 810c:
Humboltand Mendocino, 1012c.
Chicago. J 24. Pattln nanin.
0300; market generally active; prime
sioera to.wiffo.zo ; poor to medium, $3 75
4.85; stockers and feeders, slow,
$3.50(84.40 : cows. 12 Mam or hoir..
$2.004 50 scanners, $1.752.40; bulls!
caives. o.40; Texan fed
teer004.00; Texas grass steers,
Sheep, receipts, 7,000. Sheep and
lambs 10 to 25c higher.
Choice wnthnra tt 7.W1 an . I..:...
choice mixed, $3.253.80; Western
sheep, $3.754.60; Texas sheep, $2.25
3.65; native lambs, $4.265.50: West
ern lambs, $4.755.40.
r j . . Baennoea a u,
Km got caught by tbe leg In a stors
uu aqueaiea louaiy for mercy, says s
Maine exchange. The proprietor of tbe
iwre warenoa tne rat, which continued
squeal. Finally another rat crept
.antiouslv out and walknH tin is Vi ( a .m-
, - " V MM-
ortunate companion and evidently took
he situation in. for thev ienmH
talk With each Other and irrdrad .t t,
conclusion that tho nanti. rl fat's
chances were desperate, for tbe second
one Degan to gnaw the unfortunate rat's
letr off. alio wl no- it tn
aid, limping away on three lpgs, the
ovner teg remaining m the trap. It al
moin Beemoa as 11 they had deliberated
jver the case and bad reached the only
soasible means of scane.
Hard oo the Dueks.
A sinrular story comes from Green
point, N. Y. A large mansion in tht
vicinity took fire, which originated in
the main chimney, and the flames were
spreading rapidly. A young- man ran
to the duck pen and secured a numbei
of the largest fowls. Then he took 1
ladder, and mounting to the top of tht
house went to the chimney, from whlct
names and smokes were pouring, anc
dropped the ducka one after anothei
into the fiery shaft. This had the effect
of checking the flaoMts aad tbe &t wai
swbud
her ouiy ' .
ter had toil Jf C v
and the only bit 01 iv fl'
ing into their dark lives ''.
shed by their loving companion
ship. But the girl had always
been weakly. Under the heart
broken mother's eyeB she faded
ana wasted sway with consnmp
lion, anu at last thA tlnir nntna
when the wan face failed to answer
with a smile the anxious, tear
blinded eyes of the mother. The
poor youner creature was dnarl.
For many months the pair had
been supported by the elderly
woman's sewing, and it was in the
character of employer I had be
come acquainted with Mrs. C. and
uer siorv. tsv an onoa.ionni visit
to the awful heights of an East
aide tenement, where they lived,
by a few books and some nomfort.
ing words I had won the love of
tne dying girl. Her grateful
thoughts turned in hor last, h
to the small number of friends she
possessed, and she boson tWit her
mother to notify me of the day of
tne tuneral and ask me to attend.
That summons reached me nnnn
one of the wildest days preceding
iinrisimas. a sleet that was not
rain, and a rain that was not snow.
came pelting from all points of the
compass. 1 piled the glowiog
crates; I drew closer the curtains
and shut out the gloom of the De
cern oer atternoon; 1 turned on the
gas and sat down, devoutlv thank
ful that I had cut all connection
with the wicked weather, when nn
installment of it burst in upon me
in the shape of Parepa Rosa. She
was Ennhrosvnpi Parana, nf that
time, and the operatic idol of the
city.
And even as we congratulated
ourselves on the rjrosnect of a Ho-
lightful day together, here came
me summons tor me to go to the
humble funeral of the poor sewiDsr
woman's daughter. I turned the
tear-blotted note over and groaned
"This-ia terrihW unir! T' Tt'a
just the one errand that could take
me out today, bat I must go."
And then I told Parepa the cir
cumstances, and speculated on the
length of time I should' be gone,
and suggested means of amuse
ment in my absence.
"But I shall go with you," said
the great-hearted creature.
So she re-wound her throat with
the lone white comforter, nulled
on her worsted gloves, aDd off in
tne Btorm we went together. We
climbed flight after flight of nar
row, dark stairs to the top floor,
where the widow dwelt in a miser
able little room not more than a
dozen feet square. The canvas
back hearse, peculiar to the twenty-five
dollar funeral, stood in the
street below, and the awful cherry
stained box. with its ruffle of
glazed white muslin, stood on un-
covered treaties in tne center 01
the room above.
There was a mother, speechless
in her grief, beside that box, a
group of hard-working, kindly,
hearted neighbors sitting about.
It was useless to say the poor
woman was nreoared for the inpv-
itable end; it was cold comfort to
speak to her of the daughter's re
lease from pain and suffering. The
bereft creature, in her utter loneli
ness, was thinking of herself and
the awful future, of the annrnacli.
ing moment when that box and its
precious ourcien would be taken
awav and leave her whollv alone.
So, therefore, with a sympathizing
grasp ot tne poor, worn, bony
hand, we sat silently down to "at
tend the funeral."
Then the minister camn in n
dry man, with nothing of the ten.
uerness 01 nis noly calling. Icier
than the dav. colder than Hip
storm, he rattled through sorat
selected sentences from the bible,
and offered a set form of nonrlol.
ence to the broken-hearted mother.
Then he hurriedly departed, while
a hush fell on ever v bod v pathorpd
in the little room. Not one word
bad been uttered of conHolatinn. of
solemn import, or befitting the oc
casion. It was the emptiest, hol-
lowest, most unsatisfactory mo
ment I ever ramnmhar. Tlirn
Parepa arose, her cloak falling
about her noble figure like mourn
ing drapery. She stood beside that
miserable cnerry-stained box. ohe
looked & moment on the waster!.
ashy face, upturned toward her
from witnin it. She laid her soft,
white hand on the forehead of tha
dead girl, and lifted up her match
less voice in the beautiful melody
"Angels ever bright and fair,
Take, oh tane her to thy care."
The noble voice swelled to.
ward heaven, and if evnr tlm
choirs of paradise paused to listen
to eartn music, it was when
Pa re oa saner so &lnrinnnlv Iichi'iIh
that poor dead girl. No words
THE . COLUMBIA.
In an article on the Indian
name of the Columbia river, the
Spokesman-Review of Spoksne,
Wash., says that when the first
white explorers came into the
country the Indians dwelling
along the stream had various names
tor tne great waterway "Spoka
tilicum," or friendlv water: "Wahn-
na," or big river; and for the nnner
stream the melodious name "Mult
nomah was sometimes used.
The earlier navigators nnrl t-
plorers found in difficult to unite '
upon a name for ' this majestic
river. The older charts marked a
considerable stream fallr'no- int
the Pacific, and termed it the Rio
ae Aguilar, in honor of a Spanish
lieutenant who is said to have
sailed into these waters in the 16th
century. It is the sreneral blif
of historians, however, that Agui- ;
lar paused before rnanhinir an
northern - a point, and that the
IIS .
river ne discovered was one of the
smaller streams flowing down from
the mountains of Southern Oregon.
Other charts indicated the River
of the West, the River Thegays
and later the River Orecon. Th
origin of the latter name is lost in
mystery. Jonathan Carver, who
penetrated the wilds west of the
Mississippi river, durine the 18th
century, is thought to have been
tne , nrst to employ it. In his
auaint and interesting hnofc Via
stated that the Indians he encoun
tered in the Rooky mountains told
him of a great river rolling far to
the westward, and this rivar hn
called the Oregon.
ihe most plausible theory of
the origin of this name is that, it
was bestowed by early Spanish
nayigatora in honor of the Proving
of Aragon in their "native land.
The name Columbia, it ia harrllir
necessary to add, was bestowed by
the river's discoverer, Captain
Gray, of Boston, who Bailed in
over the bar in May, 1792, in the
sioop uoiumbia.
SHOUT SKIRTS.
Bicvclhie and crolf have bean
the emancipators of women in
more ways than one. Besides tak
ing them from the louDge and the
novel, and giving them the exhila
ration and solid pleasure that
comes with outdoor exercise, the
requirements of these sports have
necessitated the reliiquishment of
tbe tight corset and trailing skirhi.
Alter women nad once experienced
the comfort of licht short ckirta. it
was natural that the heavy trail
ing garment sbould be relegated to
us rignttui place tne drawing-
room. Since the wearincr of short
skirts on the street is now dictated
by fashion, economy and comfort,
it is rather a matter of wonder to
see the number of women who still
cling to the crippling, impeding,
old-fashioned dress. Scores of
them still promenade streets
clutching their draperies in the
awkward way that is so familiar.
is it not astonishing that these
foolish followers of a foolish cus
tom, thou oh thev have in the riant
violated the laws of cleanliness and
health by traumg their draperies
through the tilth of the streets,
now refuse to accent the rolipf
offered them, even though it is
done with the Baored sanction of
I ashion? When one sees the neat
skirt that clears the ground two,
tnree or six inches, according to
tbe age. figure or taste nf thn
wearer, and contrasts the light,
qnick step of the owner to the
weary walk of those impeded alike
in hand and foot, one wonders in
deed. It would seem as if these
miwguided creatures should be
made comfortable in spite of them
selves, and that it would be well
could a law be papsed banishing
forever from the streets the long
skirt that bears dirt and disease in
its wake.
A New V ear's Guide.
Tbere is one bock every one sbonld
make an effort to get, for tbe new yesr.
It oontsins simple and valuable biota
concerning health, many amusirjg sneo
dotes, soil mnch general information.
We refer to Llnstetter's Almanac, pub
lished by The Uostetter Oo., Pittsburg,
l'a. It will prove valuable to any boose
hold. Hixty employes are kept at work
on this vsloable book. Tbe issne for
l'JOl will be over eight millions, printed
in the English, Oerman, Frencb, Welsh,
Norwfginn, Hwedish, Holland, Bohe
mian snd Hpanitih languages. It con
tains proof of the eflicioty of Hosteller's
Hlomwoh Hitters, the great remedy pre
pared by the publishers, and is worthy
of oarefnl preservation. The almanso
may be obtained free of cost, at any
druggist of general dealer in tbe oouotry.
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