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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1903)
The Heppner Gazette Issued Thursday Morning. Warnock Sc Michel 1. Entoreil at the I'ontoMice at Hvppncr Oregon, as 8ocoiiil-olii8s matter. THURSDAY pril 0, 100.') How about a Fourth of July celebration for Ileppnet? Don't let the Commercial proposition die out. club Even thins: now looks favorable for a very prosperous year in Morrow couuty. This is certainly a good country. against The howl of Biker City the portage road at The Dalle, nmkea this town appear to be a very small speck in the Inland Empire. The complaint is with out any foundation whatever. The people of the Inland Empire want the portage road ami there 13 no mistake about it. President Roosevelt voiced the sentiment of the American people in his Chicago speech when he said: "Our duty to ourselves and to the weaker republics who are our neighbors requires us to see that none of the great military powers from across the seas shal encroach upon the territory of the American republics or acquire con trol thereover." And if the follow icg expression is backed up, the Monroe doctrine will always be maintained: "It is too late to prepare for war when war has come, and if we only prepare sufficiently, no war will ever come.' would be built this year anyway, if there were no referendum? Would the referendum really delay the construction? Many preliminaries are to be arranged, and possibly a careful resuryey, to determine whether the appropriation will approximately cover the cost, bo it is not certain that a popular vote on the law would very ma terially delay the work. Telegram. mi nor AND Co. M mor an Co 11 1' THE U.S. IS PROSPERO US REFERENDUM AND THE PORT AGE ROAD. It is presistently rumored tha Bt the instigation of certain rail road interests, petitions are being circulated, particularly in back counties, to require a referendum on the portage railroad law. Ac cepting tnis report as true, it is asked: "Is it not significant, and discouraging, that the hrst use of the new initiative-referendum c hi use of the Constitution should be made by corporations, which seek thereby to grind their own axes for more effective use against the public welfare?" In this view of the case it is assumed that the railroads are behind this reported movement, and that they may seek to defeat or render as nugatory as possible the portage railroad law, so that they can maintain their monopoly and charge freight rates to suit themselves, without refer ence to the people's welfare. All this is not certain. The railroads, it would sefm, even if they do not like the portage rail road law, would scarcely go to the trouble of circulating initiative petitions unless they had fairlj' good reasons for supposing that the law would be voted down at the referemdum. And of this result it also seems though opinions will differ there is slight ground for expectation. Eastern Oregon and the river counties, including Mult nomah, would certainly support the law by great majorities, and a large portion of the people of the Willamette Valley and Southern Oregon would vote in favor of the law and the road. Rut it may be surmised, again, that the railroads expect this, but figure that the operation of the referendum would delay the build ing of the road in time to be used for crop-moving next Fall or Winter, which would make a big difference in their income. This is plausible again on the assump tion that the railroad tre active in the mat'ir until the question is consiierei whether the railroad The magnitude of the foreign trade of the United States is shown in the "Statistical Abstract of the World," a publication under preparation by the United States treasury bureau of statistics. The total international commeJce of the world in 1901 was about 821,- 000,000,000, of which $10,000,000, 000 whs exports and 811,000,000. 000 imports. This indicates that, roughly speaking, it costs a billion dollars a year to transport the world's foreign commerce. In foreign trade the Unided .Kingdom or ureal iiritain ant Ireland still leads the world, with Germany second, and the Unitec btates s close third. The foreign trade of the United Kingdom in 1901 aggregated $3,572,000,000 of which 82,210,000,000 were import and $1,302,000,000 exports. Germany's total for the same year was 82,3-14,000 ,000 $1,290, 000,000 imports and $1,051,000, 000 exports. In, the same period the foreign trade of the United States ag gregated $2,283,000,000, of which 8823,000,000 were imports and 81, 400,000,000 experts. But while the United States third in total foreign trade, it leads the world in the value of products and merchandise sold to ether lands. In "favorable balance of trade," or excess of exports over imports, the United States also holds first rank among the nation?, her excess of exports over imports being not only greater than that of any other country, but actually more, in 1901, than the total excess of exports over imports of all other couutries whose exports exceeded imports. This happy condition explains, in part, the prospenty this country now enjoys, a prosperity tempered, through, by our annual outlay for ocean transportation ana tne amount of gold paid yearly as in terest requirements on foreign held obligations. "'5 """"S " - " u' GROCERIES Wholesale and retail. We Were Right At coming For city trade, we have the verv hest line of groceries obtain able a line that is guaranteed. Buying in small quantities, this gives better satis faction and goes fur ther than any other. Our wagon will deliver to any part of the city. Oranges, bananas, lemons, nuts and can dies. Regular ship ments of tresh ables. we anticipated, the of spring would bring an increase of trade over all former years, we have made preparation to meet the increase. In our new store and large and complete line of Groceries veget- atti -Cfla. Gum CJ.-b Hit 1 jAte we are able to give the best of attention to all class of customers no mat ter how large or small. We have everything that is needed in the camp or on the farm and are spar ing no pains to give our city trade the best of service. IMPORTED LIVER POOL STOCK SALT. Wool sacks, hooks, sheep shears and lime and sulphur. X T .. 1 we nave now on hand seed potatoes Burbanks and Early Rose. Also the most complete line of gar den seeds, in bulk or packages,ever brought to the city. 1 ..MINOR & CO Just received a com plete lino of granite and white enameled ware, especially adapt ed for camps and out door usages. Ut -1 5 2 fL JJv ii 'SLi nor & Co nor Co Weekly Crop ilnllelin. U. S. Department of Agricul ture, climate nna crop bulletin ot the Weather Bureau, Oregon sec- ion, for the week ending Monday, pril 7, 1903. GENERAL SUMMARY. The past week has been cool and showery, with some high winds and frequent ligrht frosts The soil is in excellent condition )r plowing and seeding, and this work, as a rule, has progressed sat. isfactorily. Fall wheat and for. age plants in all parts of the state mve made fairly good growth, and :asturage is much improved. Stock is thinner t in flesh than uual at this season of the year. Angora goat shearing in the wes tern section of the state i nearlj' completed and the clip is an aver age one. Hop yards have been cleaned and cultivated, and the hops have started to grow. Fruit trees came through the winter in excellent shape; fruit buds have been held back by the cool weather, and only a small proportion of the earliest varieties are now in bloom. COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. The Dalles, Wasco County Week cool and stormy; light frost Thurslay; 110 damage; etme seed ing done. Kent, Sherman County Fore part of week warm, latter part cold and cloudy; some sdow on 3d. Grass is fine; lambing well along; grain doing fairly well. Blalock, Gilliam county Fall wheat continues to grow in good shape after passing through the winter unhurt. Weather has been favorable for olowiug and spring Beedicg. Lexington, Morrow County Weather variable. Vegetation has developed slowly. Fruit buds are beginning to open. Echo, Umatilla County Fall sown grain doing well. No per ceptible damage done by winter freezes. Spring seeding well ad vauced; pastures backward; frui prospects excellent; alfalfa begin ui"K to a row rapidly. Uron ol lambs will apparently be an aver age oue, or better; they are in ,';. I HHttF' M; I'M t hi PflLflCE HOTEL HEPPNER, OREGON Leading Eastern Oregon Hotel MODERN CONVENIENCES ELECTRIC LIGHTED ... Under Nev Management. Thoroughly Kooovated and liefiitted. Beat Menla in the City. MIL METSCIM, Jr, Prop. good condition Of. Sit i -DRAUGHT! i THE ORIGINAL IOVEE MEDICINE! ,j nr, m.. VK3W90 A C 1 1 1 11T IAnIn.n..n .1 I T biliousness ami a coated tongue are common indications of liver and kidney diseases. .Stomach and bowel troubles, severe as they are, give immediate warning by pain, i i. i i i i - . inn nver ami kiuiicv troubles, though I ja:nful at the start, are ni'ich harder to cure. J hedford a Hiack-I rauglit never fails to bene fit diseased liver and weakened kid nevs. Jt stirs up the torpid liver to throw off the germs of fever and ague. It m a certain preventive of cholera and Uright's disease of the kidneys. With kidnevs re inforced by Thedford's black 1 raught thousands of persons have dwelt immune in the midst of yel low fver. Many families live in perfect health and have no other doctor than Thedford's Black Draught. It is always on hand for use in an emergency and saves many expensive calls of a doctor. Mullin. S. C, March 10, 1901. ! have used Thedford'i Black-Draught for three y eari and I have not had to go to a doctor since I have been taking it It is the best medicine for me that is on the market for liver and kidney A it a 3 irouoies ana ovfpepiia and ether complaints. Rev. A. 0. LEWIS. steel PEms THE STANDARD PENS EYZRYWKEflE. ISO Cm. I ; Works. Camden, N . J. 1 .:..-: J" 1 ! 1 and P i.'-f vi s.nta. B ' York. CONSENT WAS UNEXPECTED. Whr a Little Olrl XVnm Willing to Have avn Operation I'crfoa-med on tier EfN. There is one little girl in Washington who recently gave her parents an exhi bition of her nature for which they were totally unprepared. The child was cross-even!, and her affliction was a source of extreme annoyance to her self and family. An oculist was con sulted, -who advised an operation to remedy the defect, and so it was de cided to take the little one to a hos pital in Baltimore. The utmost, se crecy was observed in th matter. Miss Annie had once made a great fuss about having a tooth pulled, and, of course, it was to be expected tht she would inter serious objections to an oRration on her eyes, says the Wash ington I'ost. She was taken to T'.nltiniore under the impression that she was iroimr on n pleasure trip with her father and mother.. When they arrived at the hospital the mother took her daughter in her !np and nervously broached the real object of the trip. She set forth in all its triple horror the embarrass ment which is the lot of the cross eyed person, stating that the trouble would increase as she grew older. "Now, Annie," she said, finally, "we have brought you over here to have your eyes straightened. It won't hurt you nt all. Wouldn't you like to have your eyes like other people's?" "You just bet I would," exclaimed Annie, to the astonishment of the oth ers, "iou can go aheao and do anv- thing you want, and I don't care how much it hurts. I'm just sick and tired of having a pack of colored loys spit into their hats and cross their fingers every time they meet me." The operation was performed forth- ) with, and the young ladv hajs as g'ood a pair of eyes as anybody in Washing ton. t.. r Harness, eaflffies, past urns The largest line ever Kliown in Morrow county. Just received a big line of new harness made of the hest stock for hard pervice in freighting and farming. NOBLE SADDLES Need no introduction. All eizrp.plain and fancT, for hard Fervicc. PACK OUTFITS RIDING AND DRIV ING OUTFITS TO SUIT ALL. We make a specialty of mail orders. NOBLE & CAMPBELL "1 If you take this paper and The Weekly Oresronian you won't have to beg your news.