MENELEK AGAINST SLAVERY, Jtl alnian Kin ForbiilM Ilia l'eopl to Make Mnve of the Galla Natives. A few weeks apo King Menelek o Abyssinia issued a decree against the slave trade. It is couched in the lan guage of potentates who have unlim ited power to enforce laws of thei juvn making. The king says: "By a letttr forwarded some time ago to all the provinces. I forbade traffic in men of the Galla tribe. 1 also inti vnutil lhat those guilty of this offense mi Mid be excommunicated from the Christian Church of Abyssinia, but you refuse to cease making slaves of the Galla men. "Xow beware. You who are taken in the act of enslaving the Gallas will no Ionizer, as heretofore, be fined or turned out of the church; but you will be pun ished in your own persons, by which I mean you will be subjected to the penalty of mutilation." This, remarks the New York Sun, Is certainly one of the most dras ti T)ia?ures yet taken against slave traf'.'ng in Africa. The Gallas are a fine ti widely spread over the country ou;h of Abyssinia. A large pnrt of their territory, by agreement between Mcnelek and Great Britain, now lies wi'hin the king's domain. Abys?inians, with their guns and sn'--t-ior military skill, have regarded Gallaland as their poaching ground and have inflicted great hardships upon the natives, whom they robbed frequently not only of their produce, but also of their liberty. The evil has been increasing. Abys- sinians have seemed to think that the easiest way to acquire wealth was to make a raid in Gallaland and carry home a few scores of natives to sell as slaves. The crimes committed against this superior tribe have been the scan dal of Menelek's reign. The Gallas hs.ve been powerless to make effective defense, though they have lost no op portunity of spearing individual Abys sinians or very small parties and speed ily decamping to avoid detection. Yers ago the Arabs were wont to in vade the Galla country and take hun dreds of the natives into slavery. In re cent years, however, the Abyssinians -have been the only oppressors. The injustice done them has been the more pitiful because as aericultur :s and herdsmen and in the industrial iirts they are more advanced than any other pagan people in that part of Africa. They are famous for fidelity and frankness and are distinguished by intense love of freedom and self-government. Such is their horror of cap tivity that they no longer regard as Gallas those of their fellows who are dragged away into bondage. In setting his face against the Galla slave trade Menelek has honored him self; and the sympathy and interest with which the world has been watch ing his effort to consolidate and develop hi? country will be intensified. DOMES iC SERVICE IN JAPAN Soni of the Nobllltr Adopt a Novel Means of I.earnlnsr the Batfllah LnnKOOK. TOMATOES IN WINTER. ?n Pennsylvania They Are liaised to Perfection I'ndvr Ulass and at Good Profit. "The tomato season is nearly over," said a Washington market dealer, apol ogizing for the poor quality of his to matoes, says the New York Times. "But it's just beginning in Philadel phia," said the customer. "I always heard they were slow down there," replied the dealer, resurrecting the moth-eaten joke. "Slow in some things," said the for mer Philadelphian, "but able to show New York a thing or two in tomatoes. Down there only the poor people eat tomatoes in summer. Then about Thanksgiving day the greenhouses of Chester and Delaware counties begin to produce tomatoes such as you sel dom see in this market. "They are fine, smooth, perfectly ripened, and without any core. They are raised under glass, with scientific pre of the vines, all the superfluous leaves being plucked off so as to put all the strength of the stalk into the Truit. "Only two vines are allowed to grow from a single root, and they are sup ported on trellises. The vines last About six months, and sometime reach a length of 40 or 50 feet and become as thick as grapevines. Branches are plucked rff. and they are kept bare of lenves back of the point at which the fruit is forming. "The earth around the roots is re newed from time to lime, and the vines are so trained that the fruit is exposed to the sun. The result is the produc tion of tomatoes such as you don't dream of he-re in New York, and the supply is kept up until June, when the outdoor crop begins to come in, and people who appreciate- really fine to matoes stop eating them. "Every day from November to June thfse tomatoes come in car loads to the Philadelphia markets, and they are all disposed of there at moderate prices. Twenty cents a pound is the prevailing cost. "These toma'oos never rah yur New York commission hous, but your VTt hotels and restaurants buy them :n Philadelphia and have th'-ia pent on Yy exj ress. "Your Lnntr Island nnd New Jersey farmers? will learn some dav th?t there i good money m raising t ,:r.av -. r r tifi'Vr trHss." "I remember a dinner party at which I was present in the house of an Eng lish official employed by the mikado's government in Tokio," says Sir Edwin Arnold, in the London Standard. "The banquet, prepared and eaten in the Japanese manner for many of the guests were Japanese statesmen and officials was chiefly remarkable for the perfect skill and attention with which we were waited upon by good looking and well-dressed 'boys,' seven or eight in number. I took occasion after dinner to inquire of our host how he had picked up and kept in his em ploy such well-taught, faultless at tendants, whereupon he answered: 'Every one of them is a hieh-born, edu cated youth of some well-known native family in Tokio or the provinces. They are lads of the old "kazoku" and "shizoku" rank, and they discharge in my house duties which are called men ial among us, but which no Japanese Pientlemati fears to perform. I give them lower wages than you are paying 3-our "boysan" and jinrie' sha runner, and they not only with willingness, but gladly and gratefully, carry out every domestic task for the sake of learning the English language quickly and of becoming familiar with western man ners and habits.' "I was greatly struck by the explana tion and secretly wished that I had heard it before the unfortunate mo ment when I had privately offered a Japan 'kinsats' (a small banknote) to the bright youth changing my trays and charging my saki cup. Whence came such exquisite delicacy of respect and deference mingled with so much evidently wounded pride? Too late I had learned that my special attendant was the eon of a marquis, a nobleman of 50,000 koku of rice, whose sword would have been through my body for such an indiscretion if we had met in the same fashion 20 or 30 years before. Every waiter, in fact, on that occasion. was a high-born Japanese gentleman and to contrast one of them with the contemptible creature who thought servant' a disgraceful title is to per ceive that western vulgarism has much to learn even to-day from the grace and true self-respect in these matters of the east. "In point of fact, almost the only thing veritably noble, distinguished, desirable and of boundless honor is to serve. One of the chief necessities cf life worth living i9 to find a good master or a good cause and serve him or it to the last point of self-imposed fidelity. We are all of us servants, or ought to be, and the motto inscribed under the proudest crest of kinghood known to the world is that of each succeeding prince of Wales, Tch Dien.' That service differs in degree and dig nity cannot, of course, be denied. Thore are splendid services which would be ignoble if duty, which turns everything into what is divine, did not redeem them. The highest of all au thorities lays it down: 'Let him that is greatest among you be servant of all;' and it is very certain that the only safe way by which we can learn to command is to begin by learning to obey WONDERFUL RESULTS. KEALESTATE BARGAINS NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Offered by Whiteis & Patterson Real Estate Dealers- MANY RARE OFFERS MADE Watch This Space Each Week, as Many- Ranches Will be Limed Here 1120 acres, part good farm land, rest fane grazing land. One nne seven room house, three houses for tenants, good barn and out buildings, fine orchard, 700 acres government land fenced, nine miles from Hamilton. About 40 acres of good timber on land. $7.00 per acre. Easy payment. G40 acres, good houses and barns, finely watered, 200 acres meadow land, timber on the land will more than half pay for it, adjacent to outside range, fine ranch for some one at a reasonable price. Five miles from Lone Rock. 200 acres Y. miles from Lexington. A snap for a short time. 1120 acres 3 mites from Lexington, fine wheat ranch, nearlv all under cultivation, some improvements. Will be sold on reasonable terms. G40 acres 2 miles irom Heppner, fine wheat ranch, plenty of good spring water, all under good 3 wire fence and cross fences Will Ire sold at a bargain. 1240 acres, 800 acres plow land, 3 dwelling houses, large barn just com pleted, all of 300 aeies can be irrigated, all under gooJ 3 wire fence, adjacent to givernment range, fine took ranch. Snap. o20 acres, wheat land, 200 acres under cultivation, all under good two wire ience. Price $2000. This is a bargain. W e have a number of good houses and lots in Heppner for sale very cheap. Conover & Gray GENERAL DEALERS IN COAL & WOOD AH orders given will rpceive PROMPT ATTENTION. Department of the Interior, Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, November 2, 1903. Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make commutation proof iu support of his claim, and that said proof will be made be fore Vawter Crawford, County Clerk, at Hepp. uer, Oregon, on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1903, viz; HENRY A, MYERS, of Heppner, Oregon, H. E. No. 11538, for the neHuw!4add nwi neH sec. 30, tp. 2 south, range 20 east W, M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Arthur Hunt, Thomas Brown, Charles Val entine and Cyrus Bhinu, all of Heppner, Oregon. Ca-70 MICHAEL T. NOLAN, Register. THE ROUTE CONTEST NOTICE. Department of the Interior, United States Lauu othce.The uaiies, Oregon, jnov. 12, l'J03. A sufficient contest affidavit having been tiled in this office by Samuel E. Notson, contestant against nomesteaa entry no. 7i3tf, made May zi, isyy, lor uortneasc quarter sec zi, tp. l south range 25 e, by Nels D. H. Kaltoft, contestee, in which it is alleged that the entryman is dead and that the heirs are unknown; that the heirs have failed at all times since entryman's death to cultivate any part thereof; that eutrymau's death occurred more than one year ago. xnat sucn neirs are not employed in the Mili tary or Naval service of the United States, said parties are hereby notified to appear, re spond and oiler evidence touching said allega tion at 10 o'clock a. m, on January 2, 1904, be fore W. B. McAlister, U, 8. Commissioner, at l is office at Lexington, Oregon, and that final hear ing will be held at 10 o'clock a m, on January y, r.iu i, before ttie Kegister and Receiver at the United States Land Office in The Dalles. Oregon. 1 he said contestant having, in a proper affi davit, filed Nov. 3,1903, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notice can not be made, it Is hereby or dered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. bo-7U Michael l. jnolan, Kegister. CONTEST NOTICE. Office at Patterson's Lumber Yard. TERMS STRICTLY CASH. Heppnek, Oregon. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Breit the Antiolpatlon 0v the Student i alar Pit. of the i Rev- Gas A good Btory is being told at the ex pense of an undergraduate at one of our 'varsities. He wu attending the chemical lectures of a certain distin guished, if not popular, professor, who had announced for his next lecture ( er tain experiments with laughing-gas. The student, who knew that persons under the influence of laughing-gas were not responsible for their words or actions, saw an opportunity of tell ing the professor some home-truths with impunity. On the afternoon of the lecture the professor called for a volunteer for the experiments to be made, and our under-graduate prompt ly came to his assistance, to the amusement of the class, which had been taken into his confidence. The bag containing the hilarious gas was duly affixed to the student's mouth, and ho commenced to inhale vigorous ly. The effect was magical, relates London Tit-Bits. The student began to abuse the professor in terms which are unknown in Sunday schools. The professcr lent a paMent ear to this testimony to his character, and then, turning to the class, said, with the suspicion of a twinkle in his eye: "You sec, g'ntltmen, how powerful this gas is, when even the anticipation of it produces such strange effects. I will now proceed to turn on the gas." Trade Itelntlonn with MciIpo. The United Statf s leads in fnrrishing both the machinery and the raw ma terial for the new industrial develop ment in Mexico. The exports, outside of mUals. amounted to C,9. 721,730 in gold, of which the United States took 81 prr cent., while all Europe took but 15 per cent. onldn't Heed Her Mind. Maude They say that the young man who has been calling on you for some tiir.; is a mind reader. Clara I don't believe It. If he was he would ither propose or quit call- in ing. Chicago Dally News, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, LAND Office at The Dulles Ore., December 18, 1903. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of her intention to make flnat proof in support of her claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver, at The Dalles, Oregon, ou Monday, February, 1, 1901, viz: JANET PHIN HOCKETr, widow of Joseph L. Hockett, of Heppner, Ore gon, H. E. No. 111(H), for the nej nwJ4 nw4 neJi and s1 i noH see 25 tp 2 s r 25 east W M. he'namcs the following witnesses to prove ner continuous residence upon and cultivation ot said land, viz: 8. E. Willis, L. L. Hiatt, J. A. Pierson and W illiam E, Hiatt, all of Heppner, Oregon. 70-75 MICHAEL T. NOLAN, Kegister. Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon, November 13. 1903. A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by James G. Doherty, contestant, against homestead entry No, HMO, made Octo- 1W2, for tne sen ne4 n sevi and sew sehi section 29, tp, 1 south, range 20 east, by Patrick McNamee. contestee, in which it is alleged that the said Patrick McNamee has never built a hous ion said land aDd has never made any improvements of any kind upon said land and that the said Patrick McNamee has never made any residence whatever upon said homestead as is required under the homestead laws of the I nited btates, and is at this time a non-resident of the State of Oregon, and that said a leged absence was not due to employment in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States during time of war. Said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond and oner evidence touching said allegation at lo o'clock a. m., on January 7, 1904, - before Vawter Crawford, County Clerk, at his office at Heppner, Oregon, and that final hearing will beheld at 10 o'clock a. in , on January 11. 1901, before the Register and Receiver at the United States Land Office in The Dalles, Oregon, i he said contestant having, in a proper affi davit filed Nov. 5, 1903, set forth facts which show that after due diligence personal service of this notice can not be made, it is hereby or dered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication, 65-70 MICHAEL T. NOLAN, Register. Through personally conducted Tourist sleeping cars between Portland and Chi cago once a week, and between Ogden and Chicago three times a week, via the Scenic Line. Through standard sleeping cars daily between Ogden and Chicago via the Scenic Line. Through standard sleeping cars daily between Colorado Springs and St. Louis. Through standard and tourist sleeping cars daily between San Francisco and Chicago via Los Angeles and El Paso. Through standard sleeping cars and chair cars daily between St. Paul and Chicago. Be sure to see that your ticket reads via the Great Rock Island Route The best and most reasonable dining car ser vice. Midday lunch 50 cents. For rates, folders and descriptive literature write to L. B. GORHAM, GEO. W. BAINTER GENERAL AGENT. TRAV. PASS. ACT. 250 Alder St.Portland, Ore, iSrJO GRANDE THE SCENIC LINE TO THE EAST AND SOUTH rhroueh Salt Lake City, Lead ville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver Offers the choice of three routes through the famous Rocky Mountain ecenry, and five Distinct Routes East and South of Denver. ...FAST THAliVS lAII,Y. SUMMONS. NOTICE OF PETITION CORPORATE. TO IN Notice is hereby given that th following pa tition to ineoiporate that portion of Morrow County described in said petition, will be filed and presented to the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Moirow County, on Wednesday, the first day of the January term, 1904, of said Court, said date being janury tJ. l'.04, at the hour of ID o'clrr-k a. in., of said day, and said court; will be asked to cill a sp' cial election in the manner rrovided bylaw for the i urpose of determining whether or not thoie qualified to vote upon the question, in such portion of fcaid county 'ire in favor of, r against incorporating, PETITION TO INCORPORATE. To the Honorable County Court of the State of Oregon, for Morrow County: We the uii'IeiHiirneJ your petitioners would re- spectfuUy show to the Court, that we and each of us are legal voters and qualified elec'ors, residing within that portion of Morrow County. State of Oregon, described as follows: Commencing one fourth of a mile east of the southeast corner of section thirty-four (;U). in township fnr (4), S range twenty-five (25) E. W. M Qrwl ritnnttin hunlu m.rth f.nO frnlTn (IT H iniie, thence running west three fourths of a mile, thence running Houtn one nan oi a miie. thence running east three fourths of a mile, thence running north or e fourth of a mile to the nlace of boninnina. beine a oarcel of ground one half a mile wiiin, and three fourth" of a mile long, eacli corner thereof and the starting point. being marked by a stone, H C liwsnbert thereon. That said above doscribed portion or aiorrow County has nt been incorporated under any law of the state of Oregon. nd is not at this time in corporated, but that said portion of said county contains more than one hundred and fifty inhab itants and more than 40 qualified and legal voters and has ab jut 'AU il habitants an nearlv at can bu estimated. That sa'd portion of said county as above des cribed, includes within its said limits the town of Hardman in s id County and Stito. I hat your petitioners are tlosirous or incorpor ating the f-aid described portion of said county under thecorporate nameof " t'i'y of Hardman. ' ami do therefore petition and I ray, that th 8aid portion of said Mo-row i ounty emoracen within t he limits as above hounded and (inscribed he in corporated under the provisions of an act pa ed bv the legislative a-semoly or the rotate or ure- ron. and entit led. Ar act foratteneral law for 1.1 o Incur. 'oration of Cities an 1 J owns la the St-ts of Oregon "and approved Fehrnary 2Ut, s'.ts, and your petitioners wiU ever pray. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County. S. W. Meadows, Plaintiff, vs. F. IJ. Sherman and C. J. Sherman, defendants. To F. K. Sherman and C. J. Sherman, defend ants above named : In the name of the State of Oregon, you and each of you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entttled suit on or before the 7th day of January. 1904. said date being six weeks from November 2tith, lst03, the date of the first publi cation of this summons, as prescribed in the order for publication thereof, and if you fail to so appear and answer for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in his complaint. The relief prayed for is, that plaintiffs title in and to the following described lands and premises to-wit: Lots 7 and K, and that portion of lot 4 lying on the West side of Willow Creek, and adjoining said lot H, all in block 8 iu Stans oury's addition, to the town of Heppner Mor row County, Oregon, be quieted, and that you and each of you be required to appear and de fend any right title or da m which you or either of you may have or claim to have in snid described premises add that all conflicting rights be fullv determined bv the court. This summons t:i served upon you by publi cation thereof by order of the Hon . It. Ellis. Judge of the above entitled court, made on the 2"'tli day of November 190;), at chambera at Pendleton, Oregon. it. n . rue urn, 6-72 Attorney for Plaintiff. Between Ogden and Denver, Carrying all classes of modern equipment, Perfect Dining Car Service and Personally Conducted Tourist Excursions to cdl Points. Stop Overs Allowea ON ALL CLASSES OF TICKETS For all information and illustrated literature call on or address W. C. MoBRIDB, Gknebal Agent 142 Third Kt. PORTLAND. ORE NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. AdiuinistrRor' Notice to Creditor. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Kate C. Hen try, deceased.. ty tne ;ouniy Court of the State of Oregon, for Morrow County. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby nonnea to present tne Bame verineu as by law required to me at the office of my at torney C. J. Woodson, in the town of Heppner. Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. FRANK R. GENTRY. b)-73 Administrator. Administrator's Notice to Creditors Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Arthur E. Smith, deceased, by the Comity Court of the State of Oregon, for Morrow County. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same duly verified as by law required to me at the office of my attorney C. E. Woodson, in the Town of lleppuer, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated this :50th dav of November, 1903, 07-71 SARAH A. SMITH, administratrix. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING. Namei H K Warren. John W Hughes, N l l'anl. F C Knighton, A Kenans. B K DeVore. J V Cowdrey, . H ' eatli re, William l'otie , Kncno Chapel, P I'C'S'ID, J II Emery, A K linte-. S K Crb r. W if .Viller. !ohn llowi ll. K A Kmry, H G Ku'Ionir. M Vulkey. 'he (i- slu-n, A Ntet h-i s, V I ladle v. Names J R Adams, M Z liidd e, Me t Kates, C TI Hams, fl E Ijeeper, William Moreland. i-'r.ink Cramer, George lileakman, .lack Lane, T H Deen, T Hordell, J C Owen, ) Ii Rates, J 'ox, VV E Roy on, C F I '.ojsf, A Hi ley, IH J.",kil.s, Fred Tiioie and, Jhs H Wy!a! d, J A Adams. 1 "ii st r S il viz. (i. W. I i;fm s. Atto-!, f. r IVtiti neif ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THERE IN will be a meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bant of Heppner, at their olheeon the secona luesaayot January, 1901 between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m., and o'clock p. m., of said day, for the purpose oi electing directors and for the transaction ot such other business aB may appear. GEO CONSER. Cashier. Heppner, Or., December 2, luos. f.7-70 Administrator's Notice. Estate of William W. Lipsctt, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of admin iptrati'in on the estate oi William W Lipsett, 'Vcnced. were ernnted n the undersigned on the 5th flay of Decern' e 1' 10.5, by the County Court of Morrow County AU persons having claims agHinst said estate re required exhibit them to tne for allow ance, at tiie ffice of G. W. Kea. my httoruey in heppner. Orctoii, v ithii six n on hs after the dite of the first pi b icaMon of this notice or thv ehn'l be forever barred. Dated this 2i- dav of December, pre. FRANK p. l''A KNSVVOKIH, Administrator. G. W. KEA, Attorney. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. LAND Otlice at The Dalles, Or., Nov. 28. 1903. Notice ii lierebv given thut the following named settler has filed notice of his Intention to make final proof in support of his claim. and that said proof win be made before Vawter Crawford, county clerk at Heppner, Oregon, on Tuesday, January 19, 190t, viz: TYNDALL ROBISON, of Eight Mile, Oregon, II E No. 7000, for the 11W4 section 13, tp. 3 south, range 24 enst, W M. He names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation of said laud, viz: Daniel 8. Harlow, Francis M. Courtor, Egbert L. Young, Richard W. Robison, all of Eight Mile, Oregon. 77-72 Michael T. Nolan, Register. Does Your Food Distress You? Are you Dervoue? Do yon feel older than yon used to? Ia your appetite poor? Is your tongue coated with a slimy, yellowish fur? Do you have dizzy spells? Have you a bad taste iD the mouln? Does your food come up after eating, with a eonr taste? Have yon a sen- sntion of fullnesa after eating? Do yon have heartburn? Do yoa belob gas or wind? Do you have excessive thirst? Do you notice blaok specks before the eyes? Do yon have pain or oppression around the heart? Does your heart palpitate, or beat irregularly ? Do yoa have unpleasant dreams? Are yon con stipated? Do your limbs tremble or vibrate? Aro you restless at igbt? Name Age Occu pation Ktreetnumber. ...Town.. State If yon have any or nil of the above symptoms yoa probably have Dyspepsia. Fill in the above blank, send to ns, and we will mail yoa a free trisl of PEPSIKOLA TABLET8 unquestionably the surest and safest Dyspepsia cure known to gether with oar little book "Ad vice To Djppepfics" lingular size Pepsikola tablets "5 cents, by mail, or of your druggist. The Lnxakola Company, 45 Vesey street, New York. I The Heppner Gazette the news of Mor row County: The Weekly Orcgonlan the news and thought of the world. Both a?. a special price. Inquire or addrcsa The Garette. Heppner. Or.