The Heppner Gazette
Issued Thursday Morning.
Warnock te Micliell.
Entered at the Postoffice at Heppner Oregon, as
second-class matter.
Thursday February 18, 1904
II ANN A A GREAT MAN.
Senator Marcus A. Haniia is
dead, and since his death the
people can better appreciate and
more fully realize the greatness of
the man.
From obscure pareutage, Hanna,
round after round climbed the
ladder of success against all odds
until he reached the top. He was
a born fighter, and with him there
was no such word as fail. He al
ways looked far into the future,
and the foundation of everything
that he undertook was built on
solid rock. He made few mistakes.
In the business world he was a
power, In amassing a great for
tune, he succeeded through his
own ability and his ovtn efforts.
Upon entering politics, Hanna
showed the same zeal, great exec
utive ability, and took his place in
the front ranks in hewing out the
road to success.
In the campaign of 1S9G, when
the country was threatened with
the silver ciaze, Hanna, as a great
leader, was out with every weapon
at his command against it. He
was always at the front and took
the brunt of the battle. He was
made a special target. He was
cartooned, he was abused, he was
talked about and misrepresented
more than any other individual,
but above alt he came out carry
ing the banner of victory.
To gt a seat in tun United
States Senate, he had another haid
fight, but he succeeded and his last
election was a walk over. Prior
to his death his name as a Preri
dential candidate was not lookpd
upon lightlv. He was a strong
man.
3 is name can well be placed
among tue great men ot tne
nation.
LONG CREEK'S DISGRACE.
' The people of Long Creek have
held a mass meeting to discuss the
method of procedure in institut
ing a vigorous campaign im an en
deavor to run down the cowardly
criminal or criminals who blew up
the office of the Ranger with dyna
mite. The officers and people of
Grant county should leave noth
ing undone in bringing to justice
the perpetrators of this dastardly
crime, for this will in a measure
help to blot out the disgrace that
now hangs over the commuuity.
AVhile Mr. ;Coe has been enatic
and probably has rushed into
print with too much local scandal
and has shown a weakness in this,
still the public is amply protected
with laws to punish for the circu
lation of libelous matter.
This work of anarchy is a blow
at American liberty and the free
dom of the press.
Mr. Coe is a poor man who has
worked hard to get together the
property which was destroyed
without a moments warning, or
the slightest show of defense.
Not only has Mr. Coe's property
been destroyed but he has received
an anonymous letter in which his
life is threatened.
This is a serious affair which de
mands the immediate and deter
mined action of Long Creek's citi
zens. A number of the prominent tax
payers and citizens of the north
ern portion of Grant county, and
especially in the vicinity of Monu
ment, want to cut off a certain
portion of Grant and become an
nexed to Morrow. They do the
principal amount of their'" busin
ess in this county and it would be
a great convenience for them to be
annexed aud bring them closer to
the county seat. For the people
of Morrow county who believe in
expansion, now is a good time to
talk this matter up and get the
proposition in proper shape before
the next session of the legislature.
Governor Chamberlain has ap
pointed Oeorge Conser, cashier of
the Heppner bank, a member of
the State Lewis and Clark expo
sition commission, vice C. B.
Wade, resigned. It's a good ap
pointment. Mr. Conser is a strict
ly honest man and will not know
ingly stand for any grafts on the
state appropriation. Let it be
hoped the ordeal before him will
be less trying than the Heppner
disaster. Independence Enter
prise. The office of sheriff, of Grant
county seems to be a coveted prize.
The Blue Mountain Eagle contains
nine announcements from candi
dates for this office. The paper
does not state the number of pre
cincts yet to hear from.
The E. O. and Tribune of Pend
leton are fighting and saying all
sorts ot unkind things about one
another. They sound like, two
little boys. It's poor business.
DELINQUENT TAX SALES.
Ail Excellent Showing TIade
Sheriff Shutt.
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The following parcels of land were
sold last Saturday by Sheriff Shutt for
delinquent taxes for the year 1902:
A. G. Jennings, v4 n-e4 and w2
86)4, ee:. 3(. 1 li - ' 125 f ; -"! to (jr. V .
D-n-tra for $7.91) and costs, taking a
certificate of ta e the iate of -ix per
cent per annum.
J. M, Conway, o 9, in bin. 11, Mt.
Vernon, add. to Heppner; noid to (i.
W. Dkstra for 79 cents and costs, at six
per cent interest.
Isaac Hinkle, ne )4, sec 35, 1 1 s
r 29 e; sold to VV. L. .Smith for $4.70
and costs at six per cent inteiest.
A. G. Je nings, nwj sec 30, t 2a r
23 e; sold to A. Rood for $8.22 and conts
at six per cent interest.
It will be observed that the owners of
the land sold when redeeming the same
will have to pay only six per cent in
terest on the purchase price. In nearly
all the other counties of the state the
rate of interest has run all the way
from sic to 1000 per ceot.
Out of about $G3,000 charged against
the sheriff on the 1902 tax roll for col
lection all has now been collected ex-;
cept $2U."3Z tor which the above prop
erty was sold. Lake is the only other
county in the ftate of Oregon that can
beat this record tor tax collecting. Lake
lias every cent colltcted on the 1902
roil. Wiw-n compared w ith most of the
other counties, which have from one to
several columns of delinquents on the
lax roll, this is an excellent showing.
The 11)03 tax roll which has just been
turned over to the sheriff, contains
about $63,000 to be collected.
Not so Herculean a Task.
Friends of the Panama treaty will be
gratified to learn that competent en
gineers do not consider the herculean
task of excavating the great lnterocean-
ic canal by the isthmian route as so in
terminable in labor and the expendi
ture of hard American dollars as com
mon belief makes it. The history of
the Panama Canal has made it a good
deal of a bugaboo, and there is, indeed
reason to view the undertaking of its
constructian by the United States with
some misgivings as to time and money.
All eBiimatea must necessarily be loose
ly approximate.
However, we have lately, from Major
Black and Lieutenant Brooks of the
United StateB Engineer corps operating
in Panama, the assurance that two fifths
of the work of construction is already
completed, which is to say that the ca
nal is Dracticallv half done. This is
much better than most of us had sup
posed. In round numbers, 85 million
cubic meters of earth have been exca
vated, making a ditch of regulation
width 14 miles long on the Atlantic side
of the isthmus and four miles on the
Pacific side. There is no Gibralter like
rock to be blown asunder and van
quished by sheer attrition, as the buga
boo alarmists are fond of claiming, and
the dry cutting still to be done amounts
to but a few miles in extent. The work
done by the French Panama Canal Com
pany has been well done, though of
course, there is much wreckage and
jungle of late growth, and the old exca
vations will have to be deepened.
American Banitary experts on the
ground assert that the alarming un
healthtulness of the region has been
considerably exaggerated, and that al
though pestilence is endemic, sickness
and mortality can be vastly reduced and
minimized by the exercise of stringent
sanitary regulations, such as were put
in force by the Americans in Cuba.
It is estimated by the best engineers
who have lately examined the line of the
canal thoroughly, that the remaining
work on it can be done in less time than
was employed in the active constructive
work of the old Tanama Canal Company.
Some of them put the minimum requisite
time to completion at seven or eight
years, others at ten years.
If this be true, it is highly gratifying
to know that there can reasonably be no
foundation for all the talk we have been
hearing about the improbability of the
present generation witnessing the open
ing of the great transisthmian waterway
to the commerce of the world. When
Yankee energy, Yankee skill and Yan
kee dollars combine to accomplish a
great National project such as this, the
accomplithment is not only sure but it is
ap in hwip A lama C'uiistilutiui
(IMn.)
LEXINGTON NEWS.
Lexington, Feb. 10, 1904.
Hayes Stockard ai d wife visited
here Snturday and Sunday.
Mrs. VV. P. McMillan went to
Ioue Saturday to visit relatives.
Charles P. Baruett and family
lft here for Pendleton last Fri
day.
A large number of Valentines
were distributed at the postoffice
Saturday and Monday.
Mrs. E. S. Tyler has been quite
siek for several days. Her sen,
Frank, is still under the doctor'
care, also.
Mrs. It. F. Wilmot and daughter,
Miss Kittie, of lone, attended the
"Birthday Party" at the Artisan
hall Friday evening.
Revival meetings will begin at
the Methodist church next Sunday
instead of on Wednesday. The
church will be dedicated February
28th.
A movement is on foot to organ
ize an auxiliary Koosevelt club
here. A meeting will be held at
tj. E. Notson's oflice next Monday
evening to complete the organiza
tion. The basket ball game Saturday
between the Heppner and Lexing
ton teams was a tie at the enl of
the second half. The game con
tinued till the Heppner team
scored, which gave them the game
About twenty of our young peo
ple went down to Strawberry Flat
to attend a box social last Satur
day evening. They report a splen
did time. The proceeds of the
social will be applied on an organ
for the Sunday school at the Flat
Saturday morniDg P. M. Christen-
son's house was the scene of an ex
plosion. Some dynamite had been
put into the stove to thaw. Some
member of the family closed the
oven door. The dynamite did the
rest The stove was wrecked and
the house damaged, but no one
was hurt The impression of some
people at first was that some one
who was jealous of Mr. Christen-
FEBRUARY
WHITE SALE
Don't miss this sale of White. These goods were bought be
fore the cotton was advanced in price aod marked under. Will
save you
25 TO 30 PER CENT
on present worth. Our New York buyer took advantage of a
tip before the advance in price of cotton, many months ago and
placed an order for our spring needs in Ladies' ready to don lin
gerie. The goods are here and go into our February White
Sale at a saving of 25 to 30 per cent to you. We anticipate
quick selliDg at these prices, so come early as the assortment,
though complete and the quantity large now, will be broken be
fore the sale is over March 1st. SEE WINDOW.
2000 Men's Negiioee and Golf Shirts
have been received and are ready
for your inspection. The
IDEAL BRAND
is unequaled in fit and finish.
Prices range from
60c TO $3 EACH
and all intervening prices to suit
all conditions of the purse.
Don't think because we received
2000 of these Shirts that
will pay you to call early
sun had blown up the stove, but it
proved otherwine.
The "Rirthday Party" given by
the home mission society was a
decided success. The Lexington
band made their first public ap
pearance that evening, playing sev
eral pieces in the street before the
entertainment and furnishing part
of the music for the entertainment.
The, program and supper were en
joyed by the crowd. The receipts
were $43.25.
Ilardman cws.
Grand ball at K. O. T. M. hall
February 19th.
J. 13. Adams and George Bleak
man went to the county seat last
week.
Prof. E. Jay Merrill and wife
were attending institute in Hepp
ner last week.
Bernard Bleakman has returned
home and will remain until shear
ing commences.
Kenard McDaniel was in from
the Mallory saw mill and reports
the snow from 2 to 4 feet deep.
Adams Brothers have sold the
Fergerson house and barn and
three acres of ground to H. E.
Warren of Hail Ridge.
Our city election last Monday
resulted in the election of the fol
lowing persons: J. A. Adams,
mayor; C. A. Repass, recorder;
W. H. Miller, marshal; D. H. Jen
kins, treasurer; H. E. Leeper, H.
A, Emry, A. J. Cox, Frank Cra
mer, C. H. Hams, N. K. Paul,
councilmen.
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SHOES
The first two ship
ments of Shoes have
just been received
and being put in
stock, comprising all
the latest cuts. None
better than the
Strootman
Shoe
.nit i 1 1 1 i lmrr
I"""--! iff I
imnifWmSti fill k!MM
they will last forever. It
before they are picked over.
for co i :v tv ji ix;i:
To the legal vo e f Morrow County
Oregon. 1. rrppect'nl v announce, my
Belf a candidate for i lie offic of County
Judge, subject to thf wil of the Repub"
lican County Convention
Ve y Respectfully,
GEO. .1 CURK1N.
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