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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1902)
LaJ u u c f v U W w ' ir " ' p ........ The Heppner Gazette Igiiued Thursday Morning. Warnock Miehell. Entered at the Postofflce at Heppner Oregon, m eecord-clMS matter. Thursday Nov. 20,1902 Morrow county with a great ter ritory in need of irrigation has not a representative at the irrigation convention in Portland. Lord Kitchener has hit on a hap py phrase, prophetic of South Afri ca's future. At the presentation of a sword given to him by the cor poration of Cape Town, though the formality took place in London in his speech of thanks the Gen eral said: "You have the makings of nothing less than a new Ameri ca in the Southern hemisphere." The English papers seize upon the phrase "the new America" for their headlines. Dispatches state that the Blue Mountain forest reserve will be created. As the matter now stands, there can be no cause for alarm in any f the districts included for the department has given out the methods to be adopted in estab lishing the reserve which are just and fair. Every acre in the re serve will be inspected before the proclamation shall issue. Land that have been deuuded of timber or are owned by private parties, towns, settlements, school lands and private ranges will be ex clude! from the reserve. Lands that were entered prior to the withdrawal for speculative pur poses which show the earmarks of fraud will be eliminated. The re serve will not interfore with the location of miuing claims and will only take in govetnment land in mountainous districts. The crea. lion of the reserve as now pro posed by Secretary Hitchcock will not injure actual settlers nor re tard the development of the country. It has been decided by the Sup erintendent of Public Instruction that a child is entitled to receive free tutiou in the district in which his parents reside, regardless of where he may have been enumer ated in the annual school census. This decision is of importance, for the reason that the school funds are distributed largely upon the basis of school population as shown by the annual census. Under this ruling, a child who is enumerated in a country district and then moves to the city with his parents draws school money for the coun try district and receives his tution in the city. Theoretically, the re movals to and from a district will be about equal, but, eince many families move to the city in the Fall and spend the Summer in the country, school clerks will here after be careful to enumerate all the migratory children where they live during the school year. It has been the generally accepted rule that a child is entitled to free tutition in the district for which he draws school money. Oregon ian. OUT OF DEBT TO THE WORLD. It appears that at last the United States is virtually out of debt to the outtide world. As the treas ury department figures it out, only about 610,000.000 of the interest- bearing bonds of the United States are held abroad, and three-fourths of this amount is held by foreign insurance companies which are do ing business in this country, and are deposited here in the different states for the protection of Ameri can policy holders. Making this deduction, less than $4,000,000 of the interest-bearing debt of the United States government is act ually held outside of the country. It is safe to say that no other coun try in the world, with 1 the excep tion of Franoe, can show such an exhibit as this. . The improvement of the United States in this respect has been striking in recent years. The gov ernment's loterest-beariug debt, Ihtca nart of which was held in Europe, was at its highest at the close of the civil war, when it stood around the $2,4000,000,000 mark. There was a gradual reduction af terward in the burden of the debt for many years by the payment and fiArirellfttioo of some of the bonds and by the funding of tbe others at lower rales of interest. The total auoual interest oharge whem at its hierhest at the end of the civil war was over $150,000, 000, while it s now about $29,000, 000, and the aggregate of the debt has been cut to about $930,000, 000. The present in teres t-bearing burden of tbe government is ooly a little over a third what it was a third of a centurv aeo, while the inteiest charge is less than a fifth of what it was then. The debt per capita interest and nouinterest bearing, in the aggregate, which was $79 when at its highest at tbe eod of tbe war of 18GI-G5, is now about $13, and the per capita of the interest charge, which was S-l.- 30 then, is 35 cents now. Of course, no other great coun t y in the world has anything like this record of debt reduction io .this lime or in any other time. All the other great nations are increas ing their debt burdens, for even England, which was cutting dowu its indebtedness previous to 1899, has added hundreds of millions to it since as a consequence of the j Doer war. J.ne reduction in me United States has been due to the proyperity of the country and to the determination lo cut down the obligations lo their lowest practi cable point ps fcoou as possible. Although the naLioual debt has been utilized as a basis for bank ing since 1SG3, the theory that such a debt was a nalionnl blessing nev er found many adherents in this country. The manner in which tbe government's indebtedness has been reduced and in which prac tically the whole of it has been ab sorbed by Americans furnishes an evidence of national sanity and sol vency which is pi together unpara leled in the world'sjannals. Globe Democrat. Dr. Gatling, of gun-inventing fame, has about completed a ma chine that will not only plow, but harrow, seed and roll the ground. This, if successful, will be an im provement over his celebrated gun, though that made for civilization and peace. Having helped rapid fire fighting, Dr. Gatling does well to turn his attention to r.apid-fire farming. After awhile farroiog will be only fun, and we will all want to be farmers. Telegram. 4i 4b 4b 4b 4b 4t 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4i Minor & Company GENERAL MERCHANDISE 'j 4b 4b 4h 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b Is a Dollar worth while Saving? We have some Children's Jackets in ages 4'6, 8, 10 and 12 in colors, blue, red, grey, brown, tan and ox ford. All this season's goods, and beautifully trimmed and finished. They range. in price from $2.50 to 5.00 We will give you back $1.00 for every Jacket you buy. Come Soon HAVE ONLY A FEW Ladies and Misses Jackets Left And they are in small sizes. A ges 14 and 16, sizes 32 and 34. Three quarters and full lengths. All new stuff. We give you back S3.00 in cash on any one of these you want to buy. THEY WILL SOON BE GONE. Minor & Company 4b 4b 4b 4b General Merchandise DangerlSignal in the Alps. AecordiDg lo Ibe international Kgree men! recently made in regard to I he dan ger signal in tbe Alps, six shots or move ments of a l'gbt wil be recognized as a call for assistftoop. In caeesof stomach, liver and bowel tronbles, it is always wiee to heed tbe first d'mger signal, and give Natnre the aeeistanoe tbe is railing 'or. Tbe best medicine to aid the stom ach in digesting the food, to etir up the liver, or o open np the clogged bawels, 19 Hostetter's Romach Hitters. It is hacked by a record of fifty years of enre. Ea sure to try th Hittera if ynu era a sufferer from indigestion, dyppepsi?, flat ulency, constipation or biliousness. Our C hina Wants rowers To tio. Shanghai, Nov. 14. Unusually strong articles are appealing in the Chinese newspapers declaring that by toe with- rawal of the British troops from Shang hai to Wei Hai Wei, and the withdrawal of the German forces from here to Kiao Onou, ine iadependeoce of the Yaogtse Valley is sU'l menaced. The Chines; want the British and the Germans toget out of China altogether, instead of mere ly evacuating Shanghai and withdraw ng to their iespective garrison stations in China. The papers add that a conflict between Germany and Great Britain is inevitable. Asleep Amid Flames. Breaking fnto a blazing bome, some firemen lately di-agged Ibe sleeping in mates from death. Fanoied seourity, and death near. It's that way when yon neglect coughs and colds. Don't do it. Dr. King's New Disoovery for Consump tion gives perfect protect;on againtt a'l th'oat, chest and luag troubles. Keep it near, and avoid suffering, deatb, and doctor's bills. A teaspoonfnl stops a late oough, persistent nse tbe most siuj boru. Harmless pnd D'.ce tasting, it's guaranteed to satisfy by Slooom Drug Co. Price 50o and Ifl. Trial botiles f'ee. Airship a Success. Nantes, France, Noy. 14 The airship built for Brothers Lo Baudy made a successful trip today. Several free ascent3 and descents were effected ac companied by evolutions in all direc tions. The flving machine returned each time to the point of departure at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. There were four persons in the car. OnrTlliiuIr Cnii,rl Cure. Is the only harmless oough crre thRt j g;ves qnick relief. Cures Coughs, Colds Unrip, Bronchitis, Whooping Corgh. Pneumonia, Asthma, LaGrippe and all Throat, Chest and Long troubles, I got eotiked by raio, 6ays Gertrude E. Fen ner, Mnncie, Ind., and contracted a se vere cold and congh. I failed rapid'y; lost 48 lhs. My drnggist recommended One Minnie Congh Cure. The first bot- P. O. Borg, J eweler I have had much experience in fitting glasses and am prepared t do all kinds of OPTICAL WORK. BRING YOUR WATCH TO A1E to have it repaired if you want a first-class job of work. I make a specialty of line ::::::: Watch Repairing. Silverware and Musical Instruments in ir oiedi:ks it i t f.i vi: IMCOTO I'T A'JTKJITIOS Address nil Orders lo O. !!OIt, llrpiwirr, Oropoii Ml Now is tlTO Time to Buy ) it & vi viz vi 0 to i i i i O A new line of both Wood and Coal Heaters just received which you will do well to examine before purchasing. Prices and quality are right. Canton or Moline Plows S Monitor or a Superior Drill tie brought relief, eeveral cored me. I rrivate Stamp is over tbe neck of tbe Bm back to bof old weight. 14S lbs. One b ttle. Minntft finnoh Cure onts the rjhlecro. re- Tbe Guatemala volcano, Santa Maria, has been in active eruption for a week, and ad?ices from coast steamers say many lives Lave been lost. The personal estate of Charles Fair amounts to $500,000. lieves tbe congh at once, draws oat in fbimrnatioo, caree croup. An ideal rem edy for children. George Perry, the negro who is under arrest as "Jack the Slugger," will probably have to answer for the murder of Clara Morton. (0 Plows will soon be in order and where will you find a better line than we carry. To Insure a Good Crop for the coming season, it is necessary that you buy a fy Farmers who drill their seed reap good harvests where the old ways fail. It is no trouble to show goods and give prices, as that is what we are here for, so if you don't in tend purchasing right away, come in and look over the stock and then you will know where to buy when the time comes. s. P. Garrigues. f 5 5 -3 -5 9 5 5 - 5 -5 ' O o (t q q t.t ay m qy qy qy qy qy qy
