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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1904)
THE MAHLN Eli'S GUIDE II i Mi How About Printing? The Gazette office was never better equipped for Artistic Job Printing than it is to day, having just received a large supply of NEW AND UP-TO-DATE TYPE which added to our already complete office, makes it one of the best. shops in Eastern Oregon. Do you need LETTER HEADS BILL HEADS or ENVELOPES. If you do now is the time and the Gazette is the place to have it done. Can supply you with anything in the CATALOGUE OR POSTER LINE Iii fact we are prepared to turn out any job from a small card to a full sheet poster, and you can have col ored work if you prefer it. If you do not believe it, try us. Make a specialty of PRINTING BRIEFS Perhaps you are in need of some legal or land blanks, which we always carry in stock. Send for catalogue. We have a complete line of both LEGAL AND LAND BLANKS Come in and examine our line of cards and wedding stationery. THE GAZETTE HEPPNER, OREGON r 7 r, "'.vr'""-' Marcus A. Hanna left a fortune of between $7,000,000 and $S,000, O00 in value, all in active profit able properties. Loo Pink us a musician who was injured in the Iroquois theater fire died February 15, He was the r7Gth victim. After it was learned that the citizens of Coivallis Lad secretly arranged to turn the electric light aaa suddenly upon a seanco of some traveling spiritualists, they left town and refused to hold a seance. Only one failure of a private business firm is so far reported as a result of the Baltimore fire. It is W. C. Stewart & Sons, builders' hardware. Abner JIcKinlej', brother of the late president, lies dangerously ill at Johnstown, Ta. The Most Valued Possession of thi tea Captain. The MnkliiK of Clironomteri a II e -liiictl Art Thut la Followed by i,i feiv-Eipenilve In. IrumenU. Nt .or., as the leading seaport of the l.-iv.i-.,, is the center of an ira portaiu lUUiiSi.ry on which depends in a larfc.- mcadve the safety of thou caiidi, o. u.wia travelers, says the i ailauci.i. ledger. This id ihe rnan u.aciujii:., and particularly the rating, oi luai.iie chronometers. Nearly eveo snipmaster, upon entering New uik alter an ocean voyaye, obtains i;oiu 1..... tJiiomliouse a permit to land ...a Ciirouomcier, so that it may be luted according to standard time. This rating may be likened to the daily comparison which the man with the fine watch makes with his jew eler's timepiece. In the case of a chronometer the a4 ju;j.ci . eeys a careful record of ita variation, and this record goes with the cloeiv when it is returned to the ship. The importance to a captairi ol knowing whether his chronometer ia running fast or slow cannot be over estimated, for, although it may vary only five seconds a month, each sec ond makes a difference of four miles in a ship's course, and a mistake of such a short distance, if not corrected: might result in a wreck and the loss oi' many lives. Knowing the exaci variation of his chronometer, the cap tain is, therefore, able to make the necessary allowance for it when he ascertains the latitude and longitude of the vessel after taking his sight, or, in other words, af'er determining the angular position of the sun through the use of the sextant. Many of the large oeean liners carry three chronometers, the ordinary ves sel one and the deep-water ship sometimes two or three, but the life of an ocean timepiece, if well taken care of, is 100 years and more, and accordingly the maker has to meet nc great demand. As a matter of fact, a chronometer really goes out of serv ice only when it sinks with a vessel. A shipmaster, when about to abandon his command at sea, invariably thinks of four things that should be saved his logbook, sextant, compasa and chronometer. With these and a fair supply of provisions he feels a cer tain sense of security when he risks his life in an open boat. A derelict w ith a chronometer on board is Indeed a rarity. And when one readr of a captain who has been unable to save his chronometer the story is in dubitable proof that the summons to le?ve the vessel was so urgent as not to admit a moment's delay. Leave the ship's cat if you will, but save the chronometer, might well be taken aa an ocean maxim. Though carefully nursed, the chro nometer meets with many adventures. It may go through fire, shipwreck and other perils of the sea, but rarely doei the regular, distinct ticking ever stop forever. If a captain dies or his ves sel is condemned it finds another own er or another berth and this it shifts about from ship to ship, changing hands continually and traveling at odd timee all the seven seaa. The manufacturing of marine chro nometers in this country is confined to four firms, three of which are lo cated in New York, and probably the whole output for a year amounts to 200 or even fewer. As with other arti cles, the price of chronometers varies according to quality and workmanship. The cheapest cost about $200 each, while the United States government, which naturally buys the best, pays eonietimes as much as $375. . The movements of chronometers ara usually imported "blank" from Eng landthat is, only the plates and wheels are brought over. The manu facturer here provides the balance, springs, pivot, jewels And other parts needed to complete the whole, together with the brass-bound box in which the clock is placed. Being set in gimbals within the box, the chronometer will remain In a horizon tal position when the vessel rolls or pitches, and by this means the poise of the balance is not disturbed. It takes about three months to man ufacture a chronometer and another three months to adjust it, though mak ers declare that the timepiece should not be sent to aea for two years after completion, us the delicate mechanism must be tested in various ways to obtain a perfect regulation. This adjustment, as the regulation is called, Is something that requires the utmrt skill and really is the most important feature of the maker's art. Sudden changes of temper ature, humidity and electric currents will affect the speed, balance and hair spring, and therefore all the running parts must be so compensated and regu lated that whatever contingency may arise there will still be the steadiness which allows no capricious variations. Old-fashioned chmnmelers were built to run eight days without winding, but these have been fniiers,u'ei by the 5t hour timp!ete. Fifty years ago the chronometer was brought to its i resent state of perfection, ami since that time, despite modern ingenuity, makers have found no reason to make any alteration in the principal parts of its mechanism. LOCAL, IT1.1KK Ids. Heopncr l"otutioii on Staple nought and .Sold Here. HKTAIL GKOCKKY PRICES. COFFKB Mocha and Java, best 40c per pound; next grade, 35o per pound; package coffee, Lion and Arbuckle, 6 packages for $1. KICK Best head rice 10c per pound; next.grade 8 cents per ' pound. SUGAR Cane granulated, best $6 23 per sack ; do 14 pounds $1. SALT Coarse $1 per 100; 85c 50 pounds. FLOUR $4 45$5per barrel. BACON 1G 18c per pound. HAMS 1017c per pound. COAL OIL SI 50$1 Go for 5 gal lons ; $3 23 per case. VEGETABLES. POTATOES lc pc r pound. California sweet potatoes 4c per pound. CABBAGE 2c per pound. ONIONS--2c per pound. FRUITS. BANANAS 40c per dozen. APPLES 3c per pound. LEMONS 30c per dozen. ORANGES 40c 50c per dozen. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY. Prices paid by dealer to the producer. CHICKENS $3 50 per dozen. BUTTER Fancy creamery, 70c per roll ; ranch, 00c per roll. UEEF CATTLE, ETC. COWS $2 50$3 per hundred. STEERS $33 50 per hundred. HOGS Live, Scjdressed, 6c pound. VEAL Dressed, (c perfpound. SHEEP II 50$2 50. HAY AND FEED. CHOPPED BARLEY $27 50 per ton THE B1EISL1 ROUTE 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. Throucrh standard sleeping cars dally between Opdea 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, lolders and descriptive literature write to L. B. GORHAM, GEO. W. BAINTER GENERAL AGENT. TBAV. PASS. AGT. 250 Alder St.Portland, Ore. groshehs k mum Have just opened a new saloon at the corner of Eain and May streets. Finest Liquors and Cigars Pendleton Beer on Draught Hot and Cold Lunches Heppner, Or. INoliceof Final Settlement. Notice i hereby trlven that the undersigned Administratrix of the estate ol Joseph F. Oxley, deceased, will make final settlement ol his ac counts w ith eaid estate as such administratrix, at the March term of the County Court of Mor row Comity, Oregon, t be holden at Heppner. in said County. the 7th day of March, I 0J at 10 o'clock A. M. of eaid day. MARGARET OX LEY, 73-73 Administratrix. Land Oflice ICusli. La Grande, Feb. 11. .Since the open ing of the land oflice here, there has been one continuous chain of applicants for homestead filings, proofs and other land routine and the oflice force has been worked to fullest capacity. Many homestead proofs have been held in abeyance since the close of the oflice, three months ago, and the appli cants arc now making the second trip here to complete title. REAIMAT8BAI16AINS Offered by Whiteis & Patterson , Real Estate Dealers. MANY RARE OFFERS MADE IVatcli This Space Each Week, us JTlaiiy ICanclies Will be Listed Here. 1120 acres, part good farm land, rest fine grazing land. One fine 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. (510 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. 20q acres 1 miles from Lexington.' A snap for a short rime. 1120 acres ? mlLes from Lexington, fine wheat ranch, nearly all under cultivation, some improvements. Will be sold on reasonable terms. 040 acres 2 miles lrom lleppner, fine wheat ranch, plenty of good spring water, all under good 3 wire fence and cross fences Will re sold at a bargain. 1240 acres, 800 acres plow land, 3 dwelling houses, large barn just com pleted, all of 300 aties can lie irrigated, all under good 3 wire fence, adjacent o gjvernment range, line -tock ranch. Snap. o20 acres, wneat land, 200 acres under cultivation, all under good two wire lence. Price 2000. This is a bargain. Ye bave a number of good houses and lots in lleppner for sale very cheap. JUST STARTED . . . Tlios. Breiiiaan, Practical Horseshoer Entire Attention deyoted to Horse shoeing. No other work. Lower Main street next to Mead ows' Livery Barn. Before You Order Tombstones, Marble or Granite Work You will do well to see Monterastelli Brothers and get prices. They have a tine stock on hand. ITIAIN STHLLT, HKI'PNFJt, ORE. Conover & Gray General Drayage and Heavy Hauling PROMPT SERVICE Wood and Coal Wo have purchased the wood and coal business from K. E. IJeaman. Leave your orders for fuel. Heppner, - - Oregon Heppner Gazette 5jjl per yGtxtr