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twentieth year
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 27, 1902,
NO. 9U
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OFFICIAL DIEECTOET.
United States Official.
President Theodore Roosevelt
(Secretary of btate John Hay
Secretary of Treasury Leslie M, Shaw
Secretary of Interior K. A. Hitchcock
Secretary of War E. B. Root
Secretary of Navy William Henry Moody
Postmaster-General Henry (J. Payne
A.t torney-CJeneral V. (J. Knox
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson
Com. General Land Office Binder Hermann
State Federal Officials.
J John H. Mitchell
Souutors j,)Heph Simon
jThos. H.Tongue
Congressmen J Jki. A. MooOy
United States Land Officers.
THE DALLKS.OB.
Jay P. Lucas Register
Otis Patterson Receiver
LAGBANDE, OB.
K. W. Bartlett Register
J. O. Swackhamer Receiver
Oregon State Official.
(Governor W.T-" Q,eor
Sacretaryof State L Luiibiir
Troasnrer .C.H.Moore
Sopt. Public Instruction J. H. Ackorman
Attorney General D. R. N. Hlttckburn
in titer ;,-"1)Voii- LeedB
( R. S. Bean,
Supreme Judges 1 F. A. Moore,
( C. K. VVolverton
Sixth Judicial District.
Circuit Judge W. R. Ellis
Prosecuting Attorney i. u. aauey
Morrow County Officials.
Joint Senator .. J.W.Morrow
Kpresentative A. a. inomson
JoantyJudge A. G. Bartholomew
" Commissioners J. L. Howard
Rd - n. Anhbansh .
" Clerk IVawter Crawford
" Sheriff J.W.Matlock
f " Treasurer M. Lichtenthal
" Assessor W. L. Salingr
" Snrveyor J. J. McOee
" School Sup't Jay W. Shipley
" Coroner Dr. Xistner
-Stock Inspector Henry Scherzinger
Deputies J. r. iiiinn. aoiih
Ike Vinson, Galloway
HWPPVKH TOWN OFFICERS.
Mmnr Frank Gilliam
Councilmen OE Karnsworth
J. J. Roberts, E. W Rhea, Phil Conn, Thos
Qiiald.
Reoorder J-P.,Wl'lam8
Treasurer L- W. Briggs
Marshal ueorge inomion
HERPNER SCHOOL DIHTBICT.
Directors Frank Cillli.-m, E. M.Shutt, J. M
Haser; Clerk J. J. Roberts.
Precinct OfflcerP.
Justice of the Poaoe J. P. Williams
Constable G. B. Hatt
PEOFESSIOITAIj CA.Xe3DS.
G. W. Phelps
A TTORNE Y AT LAW.
Office in Odd Fellows Bldg Heppner, Oregon.
Redfield & Welch,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Oflice on west end of May Street.
Heppner, Oregon.
G. W. REA
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
V. S. COMMISSIONER
Homestead Filings and Proofs made. Office
one door east of P. O. Borg's Jewelry Store.
Heppner,
Oregon
A. K. I1IGGS,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON.
Okkick new I. O. O. F. hnildinir. Rooms
3 and 4. Residence at J. W. Morrow's
IIki'I'.vek,
Okkuon.
DR. METZLER,
DENTIST
Located in Odd
Rooms 5 and 6.
Fellows building
McSwords & Kistner,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Office hours when not professionally
absent.
Oflice: Opposite First National Bank.
Hcppncr Feed Store
HAY, (JIIAIN, and FEED
in quanities to suit.
Being located on Main street
this is a handy place for
teamsters driving in, and for
city trade.
Complete Stock Always on Hand
Robert Morgan, Prop,
Next Door to Palace Hotel.
rrr a i fi if qui
At
WILL make a brilliant com.
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WILL remove pimples, boils
and blotches.
WILL cure sick headache
and billiousness.
WILL make rich, red blood.
A $1 Bottle of SlocunVs
Sarsap&rllla does It. . . .
We will refund your money
If It DON'T benefit you...
Headwaters of Wil
low Creek.
THE OLD REUABLE
SIX FOOT MEASURE
Strike of the Heppner Railroad
& Coal Company.
FAULT HAS DISAPPEARED
All Doubts us to Insistence of Field
II lave lleeu lEcuio vcd--lro.o-
pvclH I uipro vinp ..I irst
L'lass Coul found.
..SloGumDruoGo..
Belvedere
FINEST WINES,
LIQUORb & CIGARS
One hundred empty barrels for
sale. Five bundled barrels of ex
tra fine cider vinegar on tap. . . .
FRANK ROBERTS, Prop
Red Front livery R
feed Stables
Stewart &. Kirk, Props
FIRST-CLASS
LIVERY RIGS
Kept constantly on liand
and can be furnishes on
short notice to parties
wishing to drive into the
interior. First class : :
Hacks and Buoyies
CALL AROUND AND
SHE US. WE C ATE 14
TO THE : : : :
COMMERCIAL
TRAVELERS
AND CAN FURNISH
RIGS AND DRIVER ON
SHORT NOTICE : : :
.LIBERTY MARKET.
J. H. BLAKE, Prop.
Beef, Pork, Mutton.Veal
and Sausage
POULTRY and FISH
MAIN STREET,
Heppner, -
Heppner was thrown into a flurry of
excitement Monday evening, when C
E. Redfield, Geo. W. Wells and J. S
Crooks arrived in this city and brought
the good news that miners in tunnel No
5, at the Heppner Railroad and Coa
Company's mine, had made a big strike
on Sunday afternoon, by opening up a
six-foot seam of clean and pure coal
Ever since, the miners have been tak
ing out coal, and Messrs. Redfield,
Wells and Crooks brought down with
them as much as could be hauled in a
linht wagon, which is now on exhibi
tion.
Everybody wanted to see the coal and
eager crowds assembled to hear the
news, which was carried rapidly oyer
the town.
The measure was opened np at a tun
nel depth of 240 feet, and appeared a
little nearer the surface than was ex
pected. The slight faults caused bv
slips of the mountain side, have entirely
disappeared and the true measure, un
disturbed, is now in sight, ready for the
miners to pori upon. Indications now
are that the seam will be seven feet in
thickness at a little greater depth.
For some time this eeatn has been the
most promising of any in the field, but
what the other prospscta will show
when as great a depth has beeu reached
as in No. 5, remains to be seen.
Geo. W. Wells, who is in the interest
of the O. R. ik N., is very reticent about
the outlook, but that be was pleased was
beyond concealment. He expressed
himself as being perfectly satisfied with
the accounts as reported, and intimated
that No. 5 was a very desirable property.
Tunnel No. 9 is beginning to show up
in a manner that is very encouraging
At tunnel depth of 140 feet one foot of
solid coal has appeared with a growth
every S feet of about one inch. It is
the opinion of an expert that with 50
feet more of penetration will take the
tunnel through all breaks. Good re
sults are expected from No. 9, equal to
any in the field.
Miners in No. .'! are now working in a
bad break which will take three or four
days to get through.
The strike in No 5 now settles almost
beyond doubt the existence ot coal in
large quantities in the Willow creek
basin. The outcome of the prospects
has been looked to with great interest
in Eastern Oregon, and the Dews that
the coal hss been found will be hailed
with delight.
For the proving of this field the Hepp
ner Railroad and Coal Company has ex
pended a large sum of money, and
success has been the reward.
Naturally the promoters of the Ar
buckle Coal t Transportation Co., and
the Matteson Coal Company, all compos
ed of Heppner people, feel elated over
the big strike in the Willow creek basin.
In ppeaking of the matter, a prominent
member of the Arbuckle company said
to the Gazette :
"We believe that e are in this same
field and the coal very likely extends
from the Willow ereek ba9in to our
property."
Work at the Arbuckle mine9 which
has been in progress for the past two
- - Oregon montlia baa been closed down on ac-
Absolutel Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
count of buow and winter weather.
This company has two good prospt cts.
One tunnel is in 40 feet and already
some good coal has been taken out.
Another tunnel is in 20 feet and a Blight
fault lias been encountered.
The Arbuckle mines are only 23 miles
from Heppner and there ia a good road
to these prospects.
The Matteson mines which are to the
southwest of the Willow creek basin.
weie worked 20 years ago. The owners
of this property also feel encouraged
over the Willow creeic discovery. The
Matteson people have also abandoned
work until spring.
Geo. Wella recently visited both the
Arbuckle and MaUason properties but
the snow was too dtep for clou inspec
tion.
Coal brought in from the Willow
creek mines from tests shows to be a
first class article, free from su'phur and
a good coking coal.
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Washington, Nov. 20. The Rurean
of Forestry, after a careful examination
bv a field agent, estimates that Sep
tember forest fires in Oregon and Wash
ington caused a total loss of. $12,767,100,
of which $.3,910,000 fell in Oregon. ThU
includes tiie value of timber, farm prop
erty and sawmills and their products
which were destroyed. Owing to ita
nearneHs to market, however, much ot
the burned timber in Oregon will be
sayed, reducing the total loss as above
set forth. It was found that eighty-six
Oregon families were rendered homeless
while 200 others suffered partial losses.
In that state farm property worth
$315,000 was burned, and sawmills suf
fered losses aggregating $149,000. It in
estimated that 2,124,000,000 feet of
standing timber went up in smoke in
Oregon, largely Douglas fir, spruce
cedar and hemlock. The total loss in
timber alone was over $3,000,000. In
all, 170,000 acres were burned over, all
of which save oO,000, were well tim
bered. In Washington 434,000 acres were
burned over. The timber was fully as
heavy as the Oregon timber, and of
bttter quality. It is estimated that
5,020,800,000 feet of Douglas spruce
alone was killed, representing a value of
$5,02(5,800. Other timber to the value
of $725,000 was destroyed. The total
loss in Cowlitz, Clark and Skamania
counties, where the fires wers most dis
astrous, was $6,R0,800, and in the other
burned areas, $2,250,300.
A singular train of circumstances com
bined to make the fires eo destructive.
Not only was the summer very dry, but
the two preceding summers were wet
In May and June, thus interfering with
the burning of slashings and allowing
an umiHual amount of debris to accumu
late. The most direct cause was care-
essness. This is shown distinctly by
the fact that practically no damage wad
done in the Cascade forest reserve.
which is prtrolled by forest iangers.
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