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ner, Oregon.
Lee Mattock has gone to the hot
springs near Union. He is suffering
with rheumatism.
Ed Day and Thoa. Morgan left Mon
day afternoon for John Day. Mr. Day
went to see about disposing of some of
Ins fine bucks.
Laurence Monterestelli, of Tendleton,
is in the city. Mr. Monterestelli is here
to look after his marble business. He
has many orders for toombstone work to
look after.
Rev. II. S. Shangle is here and will
preach Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
Business meeting of quarterly con
ference Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.
Preaching Sunday morning and evening
by Rey. Shangle. F. C. Adkins, pastor.
The Blue Mountain Eagle learns that
Wm. Stewart, a sheepman of Paulina,
Crook county, Oregon, had a band of
5000 head of sheep shot into on the
range between Bear Valley and Izee
last Friday night and lost 200. It is
learned that Mr. Stewart has been in
that locality with his large band of
sheep for almost a month, and while he
claimed to be taking his sheep to
Ontario, lie remained too long in the
locality where he was freely giyen the
privilege ot trailing his sheep. The
shooting took place within a few hun
dred yards of the Canyon City-Izee road
and within a faw hundred yards of the
ranch owned by E. E. Luce.
I iinrral of J. J. Ilarrh.
The Wrightsville, York County, Pa.,
Star, gives the following account of the
funeral of J. J. Harris. Mr. Harris was
an exemplary young man and loved and
respected in Heppner. The paper
says :
The funeral of John J. Harris took
place on Tuesday at this place. His
bxly arrived on Monday evening and
the funeral took place on Tuesday after
noon last. The body was well preeerved
and the lace recognizable. He was a
membr of the I. O- O. F. and a charter
member of an Elk Lodge in Heppner
Hnd a member of LaGrande camp No.
100 W. O. W.
The funeral was largely attended and
the lloral display was elaborate and
beautiful. One beautiful bouquet of
roses and palms was contributed by a
York Lodge of Elks. The pall bearers
were four of his nephews and two mem
bers of the Chihuahua Lodge of this
place. Rev. Price-of the M. E. church
officiated assisted by Rev. Herman.
The body of Ida rage, aged 18,
who committed suicide Wednes
day, at Roseburg, by taking poison,
waslfound Thursday morning in
the Umpqua river.
The Willamette Valley prune
growers have decided to ship the
entire product of the vally to
foreign markets, the price and de
mand being much better than the
local markets.
SELLING HIS HORSES.
Thos. J. iriatlock Will Unit Home
JUusineas.
Thos. J. Matlock, of Heppner, one of
Morrow county's pioneer horse breeders
will retire from the business and is sell
ing off his horses as fast as possible.
Mr. Matlock has sold to R. E. Starko,
of Medicine Hat, Canada, 45 head of
horses, ' principally blooded mares of
running and trotting stock. The animals
were driven to Echo, from where they
were shipped.
Mr. Starko has a big stock ranch in
Canada and he is buying up a lot of such
horses as the kind bred by Mr. Matlock.
Mr. Matlock now only has about 100
head of horses left which he will dis
pose of. He is also a large sheep grow
er and owns several ranches, but intends
to retire from the 6tock business en
tirely. In the palmy horse days of Eastern
Oregon, Thos. J. Matlock associated
with his brothers, were well known
horsemen and owned great herds ot
horses which were ranged on the bunch
grass in Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Th6s. Matlock was always a lover of
running amd harness horses and be has
owned a large string of good ones that
have pulled down purses on the beet
race courses throughout the big circuits
of the East and West.
One of Mr. Matlock's old favorites is
old Alta, still abl.e to put up a brisk gait,
and can yet give many of the roadsters
dust. This famous mare is now 24 years
old. She has a mark of 2:22 and has a
long list of firsts to her credit.
Repetta, a racing mare, made a great
record in her day and will be remember
ed by all the old time horsemen. In her
day she was one of the best in the Mat
lock stables.
Mr. Matlock is still a lover of good
horseflesh, but will retire and take
things easy.
HAY IS lUtiU.
I iitisuul .Conditions Confront 311.
Vernon Farmer.
Mt. Vernon, Aug. 8. Both the hay
and the cattle market of this district
were never in such an unsettled condi
tion as at present. There will' not be
the amount of hay in the country this
fall that there was laec winter, and the
prices of beef cattle are so low that
farmers are refusing to sell. There is
more stock in the country than there
was'last season.
Under these conditions the farmer,
rancher and stockraiser are worried.
Hay is on the advance and indications
are prices will go higher. What action
will be taken by the cattle raisers can
not be foretold. As matters are in such
an unsettled condition, absolutely
nothing is being done in the market.
Some of the farmers will have to dis
pose of their stock, and as the export
buyers persistently refuse to pay a high
price for cattle, there is every reason to
believe that much of the stock will be
sold, under necessity, at a loss to the
cattle raiser.
Cattle buyers have been in this dis
trict, but no sales have been made. As
it was ipipossible for them to procure
cattle at the prices they were offering,
they have gone into other parts.
J. I). Combs, one of the heaviest
cattle buyers of the interior, who was
here but a few days ago, was quoting
the following prices: For Seattle, cows
$2.50 per hundredweight and steers
$3.25 per hundred, and for Portland,
2.70 for cows and S3. 05 for steers.
These pr ces are away below the
usual average. Mr. Combs, finding
that but few were ready to accept his
offer, has gone to the ranges of Harney
county.
The priceB of hay are $10 per ton in
the field and $12 when hauled a few
miles. The farmers are not in a hurry
to sell at those prices. These prices are
$4 per ton higher than they were last
fall.
The hay crops around here, both tim
othy and alfalfa, are excellent. There
will be an average yield in the district
"Rheumatism
What is the use of telling the rheumatic
that he teels as if his joints were being dis
located ?
He knows that his sufferings are very
much like the tortures of the rack.
What he wants to know is what will per
manently cure his disease.
That, according to thousands of grateful
testimonials, is
Hood's Sarsaparilla
It promptly neutralizes the acid in the
blood on which the disease depends, com
pletely eliminates it, and strengthens the
system against its return. Try Hood's.
around Marysville. Some of the tim
othy is fully six feet high. The cold,
dry epring gave the crop the appearance
of a failure, but the favorable weather
for some weeks past has placed the
crop in fine condition.
Cattlemen Will Take a Chance.
Canyon City, Aug. 7. If the coming
Winter is severe and of lorg duration,
there will probably be a heavy loss of
cattle throughout Eastern Oregon. In
this locality and in this region generally
there will be as large a hay crop as is
usual, but there is but little old hay on
hand, as it was' used up during last sea
son, which was a hard one.
When there is a large reserve of hay
on hand the stockmen feel prepared for
any emergency, but it ia probable many
will reduce their herds, if they can get a
suitable price for them.
Cattle-buyers have been trying to
profit by the condition of ranchers to
purchase cattle at a reduced price, but
are not meeting with success as a rule.
Stockmen say there is really no necessity
for their disposing of cattle at less than
value, for the loss by a hard Winter is
only a chance, and if it occurs it may
not be much in excess of that occasion
ed by a sale at reduced figures.
Some cattle were recently bought here
by a Seattle firm at a low price, but a
later buyer was unable to obtain for less
than regular market rates.
(Gambling a Felony.
Olympia, Wash., Aug. 7. The case
brought to test the constitutionality o
the law passed by the lust Legislature
making the maintaining of gambling
resorts or games a felony has resulted
in the upholding of the law by the Su
preme Court. As a direct result of the
decision a large number of gamblers
who since June 12 have been out of
employment and have been hanging on
in hopes the law would be knocked out
will seek other employment or leave the
state, and one of their number, Fritz
Dietrick, of Spokane, will go to the
penitentiary for one year.
Pope is Crowned.
Rome, August 9. The ceremony of
the coronation of Pope Pius X took
place today in the basilica of St. Peters,
in the presence of the Princes and with
all the solemity and sp'endor associated
with this the most magnificent rite in
the Roman Catholic Church. As Cardi
nal Macchi. the dean of the cardinal
deacons, placed the triple crown on the
head of the venerable pontiff the throng
of 70,000 persons gathered within the ca
thedral burst into unrestrained accla
mations, the choir intoned a hymn of
triumph and the bells of Rome rang out
a jovful peal.
One of Frank A. Munsey's ven
tures the New York Daily News
has failed, and the property will
be sold at Auction August 21.
Chinese pirates are growing
more bold than ever before, as a
crew of these daring criminals held
up a merchandise launch on the
Yalu river, under the very noses of
American and French gunboats
and robbed it of a cargo of silk,
about the first of August.
COAL
The Heppner Railroad & Coal Com
pany is now prepared to furnish coal at
he company's mines, in the Willow-
creek basin, at $3 per ton. Bunkers are
finished and scales are ready for weigh
injj. UEO. COXSER,
President.
BUSINESS LOCALS
and want ads 6f all descriptions will
hereafter be publiehed in a column by
themselves.
Kates for Local Ads.
Ten cents a line for first insertion and J
5 cents a line for each subnequent ineer
tion. All notices set in brevier type.
tiroccricM.
T. R. Howard for fine groceries
Howard's grocery store is a very pop
ular place for the purchase of supplies
for farmers and outfits for outing in the
way of extra fine groceries. Almost
everything imaginable kept in stock.
It's hnndy where you can get ar. thing
you want
Strength and vigor come of good food,
duly digested. "Force," a ready-to-serve
wheat and barley food, adds no
burden, but sustains, nourshes, in
vigorates. I have some stock sheep to lease to
responsible parties. W. D. Lord.
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AVAJNTED.
People to build houses to rent, where
the Eastern Oregon State Normal School
is kcated. Can make 20 per cent in
terest on investment. City gives free
water for ten years, which means a do
nation of $150 In the rain belt where
crops never fail. Vacant lots for sa'e
$50 to $150. Improved farms for sale
reasonable. A heavy electric power
plant to be established soon, For in
formation write to Weston Improvement
Association, Weston, Oregon.
C. E. WOODSEN,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
Office In Palace Hotel Heppner, Oregon
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member school commences next month. v
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HIHAWABE
Ever shown in Heppner or Morrow county
Hand painted Souvenir Plates, Water Sets.
Neat designs and beautiful combinations, with
decorations to pleaee, in large assortment. In
spection of our display will interest you.
Gilliam it Bisbee
Three fires, all supposed to be of
incendiary origin, occurred iu Ash
land, Or., on Wednesday niybt.
All were found before any damage
was done.
The machine .shops of the Astorir
& Columbia Jviver rond were de
stroyed by fire Thursday morning,
and one locomotive wa lost. Loss
about $9,000.
Red Front Livery &
Feed Staoles
Stewart 4. Kirk, Props
FIRST-CLASS:
LIVERY RIGS
Kept constantlv on hand
and can be J'urnipheH on
short notice to parties
wishing to drive into the
interior. First class : :
HacKs and Bugijies
CALL AROUND AND
SEE US. WE CATER
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COMMERCIAL
TRAVELERS
AND CAN FURNISH
KKiS AND DRIVER ON
SHORT NOTICE : : :
Heppner. Oregon
PALACE MOTEL
HEPPNER, OREGON
Leading Eastern Oregon Hotel
MODERN CONVENIENCES
ELECTRIC LIGHTED . . .
Under New Management. Thoroughly
Renovated and Remitted. Bebt
Metxls iu the City.
PHIL METSCHAX, Jr., Prop.
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