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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.
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Minor & Company
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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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
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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
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IMCOTO I'T A'JTKJITIOS
Address nil Orders lo
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Now is tlTO Time to Buy
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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.
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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.
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P. Garrigues.
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