LEXINGTON NEWS.
Lexington, Aim. 12.
One ) f W. J. Davis' little girls
is quite sick.
(Jt'ov:rc l'roilU'y is recovering
rM.jMtl!y from an tit tuck of typhoid
lever.
airs. U. A. Nichols lifts been sick
for eevvml days. It is feared that
the ilieie;bewi!l prove to be typhoid
fever.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Turner,
went to Gias Valley, Tuesday.
0. F. Tiiomoou aud wife, of
Butter Creek, attended the quarter
ly meWing of the M. K. church,
South, Saturday aud Sunday.
V. JJ. Mc -Mister is building a
neat addition to his residence.
Fremont Sprowls snd daughter,
Miss Dollie, started Tuesday moru
lug on a trip to Pennsylvania. They
expect to attetjd a reunion of the
Sprowls family, aud will be gone
a boat a month.
Kev. H. S. Shangle, -residing
elder of the M. K. church, South,
ior the Spokane district, preached
at the Artisan hall Friday evening
and Sunday morning aud evening
The Methodist church at this
place is to be rebuilt. We under
stand that about $i'200 is now on
'Land. for the work, or will be soon.
The farmers are delivering wheat
at the warehouse. A large per
centage of it is of excellent quality.
Threshing will be over in a few
da)S, and the jield can be de
termined. It is difficult to estimate
the yield now, as the returns are
Spotted" some fields yielding well,
others very little.
The Congregational church will
le repaired soon. Nearly three
hundred dollars has been secured
far the work.
.'urkev has declared that she
JL 1
will not evacuate Macedonia, but
will remain in that te.ritorv, and .
defend her rights. It is taken as a
rron iAp to P'iWaria.
A .ew iorK pier went aown,
Thursday morning carrying 20
persons into the bay, among which
were several members of the crew
of the Defiance, which was in the
harbor.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is fear
1 ; at Ji-hn luy, a.a the result of drinking
well water. James I'omeroy of the
Empire Dredge company below town is
critically ill with the disease, while one
of the woriirnen is also suffering: fro ; a
severe attack. OMier peopla are sull'er
in'from light attacks.
THE
ROUTE
Through tereonally conducted Tourist
sleeping carB between l'ortland and Chi-
ajo once a week, and between Ogden
and Chicago three times a week, via the
Scenic Line.
T.'iront'h strtti'larl sleeping cara daily bet ween j
:)d ten ainl :ii if h trfi via the Scenic Line.
Tnrotirh stari'lnfl sleefiiigcHrs daily between i
i o ..ra.io -i .rn.L'x mi i .-t i.ui!. i
liirough standard and tourist sleeping ears i
ili.iy between m'i Francisco ami Chicago via :
! a 1 ......I.... I. 1 ll 1
'ihrouah gtaiidifd sleeping car and chair
rs-q daiiy between St. Paul hihI Chicaeo.
Be sure to tee that your ticket reads via the
Great Rock Island Route
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The he t and most ro.oaai.ie dining car ser- ,ie company's mines, in. the Willow
r'r,vt ratSXldwnn'dde literature j reek ba9'in- at pet ton. Hunkers are
v .teto I fin;giej an,j pcalea are ready for weigh
l- B. GORHAM, GtO. W. BAINTER j jn? (;lXCOEK
CCMtPtl tCENT. T. PUSS. CT. i '
Sj Aider r-t.I'ortlaad, Ore. i l'resident.
Wff k I y Crop II 11 11 el in.
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, Climate and Crop Bulletin of
ihe Weather Bureau, Oregon Sec
lion, for the week endiug Tuesday,
August 11.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The weather during the past
week was excellent for lipening
spring grain and for harvest work.
The hay crop has been secured in
tine condition, and the yields ar
generally reported satisfactory
Pastures are turning brown am
teed on ranges is getting short
Stock in general continues in gooi
condition, but in the dairy districts
the supply of milk is diminishing
due to the shortage in green feed
and because the Hies have become
unusually numerous and trouble
some. In portions of the Wil
lamette valley grasshoppers are
reported thick in the clover fields
although so far they have done but
little damage.
The wheat harvest is being push
ed in all sections of the State, and
reports from the harvest fields are
uuanimous as to the excellent
quality of 'the berry, but nearly
everywhere the yields are turning
out smaller than last year. Oats
are a fine crop, and barley yields
are good.
Corn has made excellent pro
gress during the week; it is now
tasseling in the Willamette valley,
and in southern sections the ears
ar. forming fairly well. Lice aie
unrsually numerous in the hops,
and the plant is from a week to
ten days backward, which condi
tious excite considerable appr3
tension as to the outcome of this
crop.
Small fruits, such as raspberries,
currents, blackberries and huckle
berries, are abundant. Prunes
during the past ten days have
shed to an alarming extent, and
there is no question but that the
yields will fall grertly below the
e timates made earlier in the sea
BUU - ppiea, an-iuugu uumvw.,
continue uoing wen, anu me crop
will nrouabiv be a lairiv eoou one.
To Mint nut American flour.
Pekin, Aug. 9 An American firm
has contracted to furnish the Russian
flour mills with $300,000 worth of ma
chinery. The output of the milld will
ho increased within a year to 1500
barrels per day, superseding the supply
of flour from America.
A Berlin womau bequeathed her
property to a cat.
Erysipelas is now classed as a
contagious disease.
Tuberculosis causes some 200
deaths annually in Paris.
The railway bridge which con
nects Venice with the mainland is
12,500 feet long and has 222
arches.
E. J. Smith, for 28 years an em
ploye of the Merchants' National
Bank, of Newark, N. J. is short in
his accounts S 10,000. .
Detectives in New York City are
watching the pawnbrokers' estab
lishments for S 100,000 worth of
stolen jewelry.
One person was killed aud s-even
seriously injured at St. Loui?,
Thursday, by a 6mall cyclone,
which struck one of the suburbs of
tie city.
John Alexander Dowie, the fa
mous healer by "divine" methods
only, a few days ago renounced al-
legiance uj ureal jniaiuanu iook
. ..
OUt ills IlTSt naturalization parei'S.
COAL
The Heppner Uailroad i& Coal Com
pany is now prepared to furnish coal at
NOTES OF THE MODES.
Slate rials f,or the S uiarr, SIcct
Model and Other Seaoaa.btle
l)rf m 1 1 tu,
In the list of linens that are' to be sol
fashiomthle tills tumnier are linen
!in., linen l.-.ti.-te-s embroidered in
mI', mercerized cotton floss, or linen;
checked ami striped linen, linen, bou
rette, linen etan:ine, voile, basket
woven, bonded, inoi.oil and in printed
floral effects in natural colorings, re
ports, (ae New York Post.
The l'rLeilla sleeve u a new model
often used on tea g-owrs, prinoesse
dresses, coffee jnekets and r. clhvcs of
every description. The sleeve -Ikls the
arm closely to the elluiw. but there is
a slight fullness at the shoo r which
is adjusted by gathers. At the elbow
a lace-bordered pice is p.Hm hi d, like
the half of a lanre handkerchief. This
i about four inches wide at the inner
bend of the arm. but curves down to
any depth desired on the outside. Thisi
flowing portion is. pi aa ted or s),irr-d t
the close upper sleeve, and is uu lined.
Filmy or pliable fabrics like India
mull, batiste chiffon, prerndine, or
Chirrcv silk, make up effectively in ar
ments that are finished with this pic
turesque style of sleeve.
i up Mih-r.nn-w ooi mixture in new
designs and color blendinps are. finding1
a very large sale this season; and aa
they appear in extra widths they are
especially desirable for either box
plaited or shirred e-owrs. Silk-and-
wool textiles with a slightly creped
surface like crepe de chine ;i re very
fashionable, p.nd while we s-c e the same
silk warp voiles, etamines, canvas
weaves, and mohairs tlvi were worn
with such satisfaction duriner the au
tumn and winter seasons, there are
newer patterns, with much looser
mesh and consequently lighter in
w fieri t.
Wool delaines, veilinsr and French
chaHi"? are prominent this season.
The plain sheer surface is f "ured with
nstiiral-eolo'ed floral effects, or with
small, se! f-.'n!ored spots; and some of
th ? patterns have n whitf si'k or sntin
stripe on a smooth. doHiv " surface,
both strioe nrd Tiln?n ror "oi thi"klv
sprinkled with small black d-ot or tiny
f'ewers. There are also lxlder pat
terns of full-blown roses a'-d fnl-'age,
vinlets. fuchsias, trailitnr vines inter
twined with knots of ri' bnr. ( te. The
sit: n s ri run n iti l ve rt sc" 1 1 v t -routrh
the semi-transparent wool
v,
inres
the attraction of the nir'i rial, which
look?; quite as ti-jht ar.d p irv ns mus
lin, is much more durable, protective
and hardly more expensive.
CONSENT WAS UNEXPECTED.
Why a Little GLrl W W'iUlnfr to
Have am Opratioa I'v-rfoo-iatMl
o tier Eye.
There is one little jtrirl in Wa.shinpton
who recently irave her parents an exhi
bition of her nature for which they
were totally unprepared. The child
was cross-eyed, and her afliiction 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 lialtimore. The utmost se
crecy wis observed in the matter.
Miss Ani.ie had once made a great fuss
about having a tooth pulled, and, of
course, it was to be expected that she
would enter perious- objections to an
operation on her eyes, says the Wash
ington I'ost.
She was taken to I'altimore under
the impression that she was jroiiijur mi
a pleasure trip with her father and
mother. When they arrived at the
hospital the mother took her daughter
in her lap 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 aa she grew older.
"Now, Annie," she said, finally, "we
have brought you over here to have
your eyes straightened. It won't hurt
you at all. Wouldn't you like to hare
your eyes like other people's?"
''You just bet I would," exclaimed
Annie, to the astonishment of the oth
ers. "You can go ahead and do any
thing1 you want, and I don't care how
much it hurts. I'm just siek and tired
of having- a pack of colored boys spit
into their hats and cross their fingers
every time the v meet me.
The operation was performed forth
with, and the young1 lady has as pood
a pair of eyes as anybody in Washing
ton. I'rvreeili of a I'ond.
There is a thrifty man in Enpland
who makes his living1 out of n pond.
The watr is about 13 acres in extent
and ch.s: to a village street. For sev
eral years he has worked it for profit
witli p.od results, the crops being1
three in number reeds. fih and wa
ter fowl. The fish are chiefly eels and
pike, which are taken during the olnte
season for duck. The latter are caught
alive by means of traps and are dd to
people who want to Mork ornamental
waters. For these there yearns to be a
ke-n demand at price ra nrii f ri-m f 3
a doeu fur the hum hie w a 1 er hen tons
n.uch as ?35 for a pair f .-;: ip or
pohb n ce. From a list f tic take.
it. Aiifrust.it appears that the w,;H
f(.w I ifkf-r. are mallard, teal, shovelcrs.
tufted duck, adwall. c ot. moor hen.
water rail and dkbcl.ick. Chicago
Daiiy News.
ICE STOVES ARE IN VOGUE.
nhey Are Fed with Halt aad AVJZ:
Keep the Huue Cool lu
W'nrm Wvallmr.
There'll be unalloyed joy! for the fat
man this summer. He won't have to
go around with a wilted collar and
with perspiration pouring from hi
face. So more w ill the irritating and
profanhy-provoking1 "prickly heat"
make him feel as if he were being
slowly tortured to death ly pieieiiig
with cambric needles. Prof. Wiliis
Moore, chief of the weather bureau,
has determined to put on the market
his "ice stove," which is guaranteed
to m,nke any homes cool euouirh for
a polar bear to live in with comfort,
snyg' a Washington report.
The icepick will take the place of
the poker, and, instead of sitting
around wielding a palm-lenf fan, all
that will be necessary will be to throw
a couple of hundred pounds of ice ir.tc
Jie "stove." Instead of going to the
refrigerator for one of ihe compo
nent parts of a "high ball," vou need
:nly open the door of the "ice stove,"
select a chunk to tit the ghir-s and pro
ceed as usual. Scotch and. siphon wa
ter, together with tomatoes and let
;uce, may be kept together in the
tove.
The "ice stove," like all other stoves,
minxes in all sizes. It is a big copper
.cylinder, which is filled with ice and
salt. These directions accompanyeach
stove:
"If in a bedroom and the tempera
ture outside is more than 106 degrees,
put three pair of blankets on the bed,
ihuck 50 pounds of ice into the stove,
elope the indows and retire."
"Users of the ice stove are cautioned
to keep overcoats and earmutl's where
they can be quickly put on. Don't
store in camphor at the bottom of the.
trunk. No moths can live where there
is an ice stove.
"Don't go into the warm open air
when frostbitten by the use of the ice
stove. "Scrape some snow from the side
of the stove and rub ears or extremi
ties vigorously.
"Use the pick, which is sent free with
each stove, to break the ice m the
water pitchers every morning. A ham
mer or an iron duu.bheil ;..,i,v be n.scd
in emergencies, but the pick is better.
"Don't put mint and butter in the
same eon'U". rtnient in the stove. The
mint is often stronger than the butter,
and wheti the latter is spread on hot
bread ;h flavor is often distasteful,
even to those who like julips.
"Ad bottled goors n;i;y he kept in the
ice stove. The tubular arrangement in
the cylinder is excellently adapUd for
keepir.i' bottled goods, even after being-cpenc-d."
When tramps visit a home where the
ice stove is in use. instead of being
made to chop wood they can be made to
cr.t the ice i:;to cubes for tht stove. In
return they should be given their din
ner and permitted to cool off in front
of the stove.
Prof. Moore says that an ice stove
sufficient to h -at a room 1." by IS can be
bought for $2. Hi, and that ,T. worth of
ice will keep it going all summer.
ALL GIVE HIM THE ROAD.
One Driver for VI htmi Ever)' Other
TuAiuitfr on th City' Strvsta
Uuieklr Maken Way.
Ferennial in iU power of attraction
is the fire engine dtibliing iilou; the
city's streets on the way U a fire, and
it iascin;. '. 1 1 And every driver and
every !'.: i.; ir.i'.n, every man handling
anything mi wheels gives the rirenian
the lin". iii w j and he (iui-s fo spun-laneo-isoy
aud gladly, says the .New
York si ti ii.
And of: en many drivers luld up all
at once to irive the driver of the fire
engine his choice of ways, as they
wouid where two streets cross, and
they do thLs before they see the en
gine at all. Hut they know it's coming
and they hear its whistle. .
Here was an engine coming aloiifr a
cros.s htreet to llroadway, whistle a
calling. At the firt note of it every
niotorman or driver who chanced at
the moment to he near the junction of
Ilrradwc.y and this street, stopped
short, leaving the central space unoc
cupied, and leaving clear channels
a way from it in every direction.
None of these drivers could know
which way the fire driver would want
to turn when he got to the corner, so
they all stopped, to give him a free
road in whichever way he wanted to
go and when he had come and gone
dashing round the corner they alt
started on again on their yevernl ways.
Hut sofarns they could they bad given j
the whole earth to him.
Gbrnt'a rirewerle.
The business most in evidence in
(Ilient is that of the breweries. In a
population less than 2U).(HH) there are
more than loo establishments., large
and sinai.. .Notwithstanding this com
petition, American enterprise has en
tered the field.
VJ Fiona.
I.ucilla It i- n.':. that beautiful
women de, ei.d w.'.tdiy on their loots
ir social -H-'ccss.
( :;t.
- that is trtie. It
i u it that can talk av tii-
tertainingly as )iU, dear. Kar.saa
titv Jourr.al.
The record yield of timber from
0De tree is 80,000 feet, from a red
wood 29 feet in diameter, cut last
year in California,
The plague rages at HougKong,
but it is thought it is being gotten
gradually under control.
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TO THE EAST AND SOUTH
rhrough Salt Lake City, Lead
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and Denver
Offers the choice of three routes through
the famous Ilocky Mountain ecenry,
and five Distinct Routes East and South
of Denver.
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Between Ogden and Denver, carrying
all classes of modern equipment.
Perfect Dining Car Service and
Personally Conducted Tourist
Excursions to all Points.
stojp Overs Allowed
ON ALL CLASSES OF TICKETS
For all information and illustrated
literature call on or RddresH
V. C. MoBRIDB,
General Agent
142 Third St. PORTLAND, ORE
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1818
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, LA
Giandc. Oregon, July ti. 1103.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of ("ontfiessof
June 8. 187tf, entitled "An act for the ssle of
timber lands in the stntg of California, Oregon,
Nt'Vudrt and Washington Territory," as extended
to all the Public Laud States by act oi August
4, 1S-J2,
Peter Hung,
of Heppner, county of Morrow, state of Ore
gon, lias this day filed in this ofliee his sworn
statement No. '2(177, for the purchase of the
lot 4, and seU (sw1 of sec ol, Tp 3 S, R K, W
M, and will oiler proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber or stona
than fv HfM'icultural purposes, and to establish
his claim to said lard before Vawter Crawford,
County Clerk ad Heppner, Oregon, on Fiiday,
the lsth day of September, YMA.
tie nami's as witnesses:
I'ail Ilisler, Ed Hay, A.idy Coot and John
Busiek. all of Heppner, Oregon
Any and all pers'otis ela-ming adversely the
Above described binds are requested to tile their
claims in this ollii e ou or before said 1.1th day
of September, l'JOo
4i-."; E. VY. Barti.ktt, Register.
Timber Land, Act Jane ), 1878.
NO I ICE FOR PUBLICATION
United. States Land Office, La Grande,
Oregon, June 1, WO;!,
Notice ifi hereby given that in conc
plUnce with t tie nroviniotis of the act of
Cnngrepg of June 3, 1878, entitled "An
act for the Hale, of timber lands in the
States of California, Oregon, kevfuin,
and Washington Territory," us exteuded
to all the Public Lands States by aot of
August 4, 181)2,
VILLIAM O. FHESCOTT,
of Plymouth, county of Cerro Gordo,
Stfite of Iowu, hfis tLis dy filed in this
office his sworn statement No. 2551, for
the purchase of the vl2 n eeo 17,
pej.4 HwjLt and swjj sl4 sec 8 tp i s r
L'9 e, V ivi, and wnl oiler proof to show
that the laud souabtis more valuable for
its tiniberor ptnne than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish h s claim to
said laud before Vawter Crawford,
Connty Clerk, at his office at Heppner,
Oregon, on Monday, tne 17th day of
August, 1003.
lie names hb witrespes:
Winford H. Harris, and Charles W.
Rauderpon, of Palonse, Washington, and
George A. Hill, i"f Plymouth, Iowa, A.
W. Basoom, of Terril. Iowa.
Any and all persons claiming ndverpe
ly the above described hinds Bre re
quested to tile their claims in this office
nil or before said 17tb day of Augnst,
1003.
42 51 E. W. 15 ART LETT, Register.
Administrator's Notice.
In the County Court of Morrow County, Ptate
of OroKon.
In the matter of thecstttteof Mary A. Krug,
deceHseil , .
Notice is hcrehv piven that the undersigned
has been dulv appointed by the County Court
of Morrow County, Oregon, administrator of
the estate of Mnry A. Kruir, deceased. All per
sons having claims aeainst. sail estate will pre
s nt them t- the undersigned, at the otlice of
Red field v. VanVactor in Heppner, Morrow
County, Oregon, with proper vouchers attachod
within six months from the date of the first
pnlilicMtion of this notice.
Hrst publication July VM:.
Administrator of the estate of Mary A. Krng,
deceased. '-'
Administrator's Notice.
In the County Court of Morrow County, State
of Oregon.
In the matter of the estate of I rederick Krug,
deceased. ...
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has teen dulv appointed by the County Court
of Morrow County, tingon. ailministrator of
the estate of K rederick Krug, deceased All
persons having clniins agaiitst said estate will
pre.'iit th.'in th undersigned a the orlicc
of Ktdtieid A VanVactor in Heppner, Morrow
Countv. Oiegon. with prop-r vourlieri attached
within six months from the date of the tirst
publication of this notice.
First publication July i.
1 HENRY W.AHM.
Administrator of the estste of Frederick
K i us. det eased. "J