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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1904)
MINOR & COMPANY MINOR & COMPANY MINOR & COMPANY SPECIAL SALE OF REMNANTS Our Inventory discloses the fact that we have numerous short lengths of the season's best and most popular fabrics in our stock, also broken lots of Waists, Suits and Cloaks, Shoes and Corsets on hand, all of which have been reduced in price from One-Third to One-Half for this sale. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IS SOON GONE SHOE SPECIALS We still have a few odds and ends of Ladies' and Children's Shoes to close out at ONE-THIRD OFF including every Button Shoe in stock, also odd lots of lace. CLOAKS AND SUITS All our Childrnn's Cloaks at : : : : : HALF PRICE also all our Ladies' Cloaks and tailor made suits at ONE-THIRD OFF REMNANTS In. going through the stock we culled out all the short ends of Silks, Dress and Waist Fabrics, Outing Flannels, Calicos, Ginghams", new lines Ribbons, Embroideries, etc. All marked Special for this Sale. MINOR &C0MPANY MINOR&COMPANY MINOR &C0MPAN' The Heppner Gazette Issued Thursday Morning. Waraock & Micliell. Entered at the Postoffice at Heppner Oregon, as second-class matter. Thursday January 21, 1904 No body will kick about a little brush of winter now. It is time for it. For our war f three months with Spain, G0,000 pension claims have already been filed. It is a good thing that the war was short. Conditions among the cattlemen in central California are now Baid to be very bad. In Tulare county cattle are so poor that losses will be great. Whole herds have been offered at 84 per head. Ore gon cattlemen are in clover com pared with conditions in Cal ifornia. Score another for municipal ownership. The little town of Wasco has voted bonds to build an electric light plant for the people. Wasco will have cheap lights and good service and if there is any profit left it will go into the city treasury to help pay other expenses. Ex. Yes, but will there be any profit, there's the rub. and with the aid of a daily paper that he will edit during the con vention in St. Louis and with the Hearst forces, there will be some thing doing. ARID LAND SURVEY IN OREGON. Indications are favorable for a very warm time at the next Demo cratic national convention. At a formal welcome to W. J. Bryan on his return fiom Europe, at Lincoln, Nebraska, in a speech Mr. Bryan said that "the Kansas City platform ia sound in every plank, and the first act of the next convention should be to reaffirm it in its entirety. " Bryan is still a power in the Democratic party The report of John T. Whistler, engineer in charge of irrigation surveys and examinations in Ore gon, contains much that is of in terest, not only to the residents of the eemi-arid districts of the state, but to all I'-ynl Oregonians. A one-sided development of the state is not to be desired. The agri cultural resources of Eastern and Southeastern Oregon are relatively untouched though returns from endeavor in some sections have wiled largely to the aggregate wealth of the state in recent years. The object of what is known as the arid land survey is well known. As a proposition which seeks to store and distribute the waters of certain sections so that instead of running to waste they will insure bountiful crops to the farmer over wide areas that are now unpro ductive, irrigation is attracting the careful attention of broad minded men. It has, moreover, enlisted the attention of the gov ernment as a scientific proposition, aDd one that can be worked out satisfactorily only by engineering skill and systematic methods. The government does nothing in a haphazard way. It follows care ful investigation and its experi ments look to definite ends. It makes haste slowly, but its meth ods lead te permanent results. Lands undulating in character, ac cessible to market and still largely belonging to the public domain lie within what is called the "Uma tilla project," of which reservoir sites and irrigating canals were surveyed in 1903. The possibili ties of agricultural wealth that are opened up by this survey and which the completed project will turn to realities are vast indeed. Thev include homes for thou sands of settlers, schools, churches, social opportunities, community interests and a material source of wealth that is at present beyond computation. The same may be said, in some degree, of other projects detailed in Mr. Whistler's report, though the relative "near ness to market" makes the Uma tilla project more speedily pro ductive. The entire scheme com mends itself to all progressive citi zens, hs it does to their represent atives in Congress, for its breadth, utility and great promise of velopment. Oregouian. de- LEXINGTON NEWS. Lexington, Jan. 20, 1904. J. M. White is making some improvements on his property. Marshal Zink is making con siderable improvement in the streets. Mr. Jackson, of Heppner, has opened a barber shop in D. I Doherty's building. We are informed that all those who have been sick with the fever have recovered and are now able to be around. The Congregational church has been repainted and repaired. Last Sunday the Sunday school re sumed work, having had a vaca tion since the flood. Our new light plant was in stalled last Saturday night. It is not very extensive, but it is quite a convenience to the people who are on the streets after dark. John Boothby and his sons left for Centralia, Wash., last Thurs day. They expect to locate in that part of Washington. We are sorry to Ioe them from our community. The Cattle Outlook. The cattle outlook for the com ing season is better than a few months ago, and from present indications there will be a great demand for stock of all kinds, but it is pospible the prevailing prices will not equal those that have been paid growers during a few years previous to 1903. This is certainly encouraging to growers since it is far better to have a large demand for cattle at fair prices than to experience mauy years like the past year when there was no opportunity to dis pose of anything unless it was in prime condition for beef. Those who have handled cattle during past seasons are already in receipt of inquiries from eastern buyers regarding the cattle out look, which is interpreted by some to iudicate a greater demand and better prices for all kinds during the coming year. Ex. A juror in the Stockton, Cal. police court, was robbed of a $200 diamond pin. The police force, many of whom were in the room at the time, are greatly humiliated. A fund is being raised to pro vide temporarily for chorus girls stranded in Chicago by the closing of the theaters. Many of them will return to their homes in va rious parts of the country. One hundred tons of human hair valued at $30,000 per ton, were imported, mostly from Europe, in to the United States during 1903. The Pennsylvania coke industry is reviving. Four thousand nine hundred and sixty-three new ovens have been opened lately. Robert F. Hall, of Portland, has fallen heir to a $50,000 estate through the death of an aunt in Connecticut The white people of Normal City, Ind., have ordered the 35 negro families of that city to leave at once. The latter declare they will not and are arming. Serious trouble is expected. The internal revenue depart ment has seized a large number of sets of valuable furs, recently ar rived in New York City from Canada, upon which duty had been evaded. The three-story car-barn and 50 cars of the Brooklyn Street Bail way Company, were burned the night of January 14. The managers of the Marquam theater, Portland, have decided to provide an additional exit to that building. The Spokane Opera Company is the latest theatrical organization in the Northwest. Red Front Livery & Feed Stables Stewart & Kirk, Props FIRST-CLASS: LIVERY RIGS Kept constantly on hand and can be furnishes on short notice to parties wishing to drive into the interior. First class : : Hacks and Bugyies CALL AROUND AND SKK US. WE CATER TO THE : : : : : COMMERClAL TRAVELERS AND CAN FURNISH RIGS AND DRIVER ON SHORT NOTICE : : : HeDDner. Oregon