Heppner gazette., July 21, 1904, Image 3

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ner, Oregon.
TWENTY YEAHS AGO.
No. lOOO of the Ileppiierdiazette In
vites Ketrospi'ct ion.
The Gazette is 1000 weeks old today.
This iBsue requires four figures to de
note the whole number, indicating an
age of 19 years and 12 weeks. Not an
old age truly as affairs human go, but
with a newspaper, and particularly in
the Far West, most ancient and ven
erable. The Gazette has no files of its earlier
issues, but through the kindness of Mrs.
T. W. Ayers, we are permitted to ex
amine several of the first numbers. No.l
shows J. II. Stine to have been publish
er. The plant was originally purchased
by a subscription of citizens, compris
jrg the following named persons : Jack
JVIorrow, Nelson Jones, John IVder,
Wm. .Mitchell, Ben Parker, Peter Glea
Bm, Gid Duyer, Felix Johnson, W. J.
Leezer, E. G. Sloan, Ed. Matlock, Hol
land Thompson, Wm. Penland, Stephen
Lilande, Preston Looney, Hugh Fields,
Frank Mr.ddock, Abe Wells and T. W
Ayers. No more startling comment can
be made upon the changes which come
with the advancing years than to say
that of all this long list all are now de
ceased save the one last named. The
solitary survivor, whose hair is now
silvered with age, yet posesses the spirit
of the pioneer, and at a time when most
men prefer to retire to a life of quietude
and meditation, this man of indomitable
will and strength of purpose prefers to
dwell upon prospect rather than retro
spect, lie is as keenly interested in
public fiflairs as ever, and will doubtless
"die in the harness."
No. 1 of the Gazette contains a liberal
amount of local advertising. These of
most interest at this time are Ayers it
Kirk, livery; Matlock Bros., saloon ; A.
Slocum, agricultural implements; M.
Lichtenthal, boots and shoes; E. W
Khea, hotel ; J. l. .Morrow oc Son, gen -eral
merchandise; W. J. L.ezer hard
ware; Minor it Dodoon, groceries and
fancy goods; Heppner it Blackman,
general merchandise, and (J. W. Swajr-
gart, saloon. There are qnite a number
of others. It will thus be seen that
Heppner was quite a thriving town 20
yearn ago.
J. H. Stine remained as editor for only
about a year. In the fonrth issue he
epeaka of taking a vacation to the
county seat (Pendleton) and of being
amicably received by his brother jour
nalists of the East Oregonian and
Tribune. Stine was succeeded by J.
Disfigured Skin
Wasted muscles and decaying bones.
What havoc I
Scrofula, let alone, is capable of all that,
and more.
It is commonly marked by bunches in
the neck. Inflammations in the eyes, dys
pepsia, catarrh, and general debility
It is always radically and permanently
cored by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Which expels all humors, cares all erup
tions, and builds op the whole system,
whether young or old.
"Hood't PI lit cur IWar I1U: the oa-iirtutlog and
'only ethrpe to toke with Hoo4' &w prill.
W. Redington, a bright writer, hut
somewhat vinegary, who retired after
several years with the snug sum of $10,
000, all of which he had saved from his
earnings in the Gazelle. After Red
ington came Otis Patterson, who also
did well in business, succeeded again
bv Redington. This time fortune was
not kindly, and he retired from the
Gazette almost penniless, leaving the
property to its successors, Warnock it
Michell, wiih a run-down business and
a very few friends. These young men
soon restored the Gazette to its
former favor, which can be easily done
in business at any time by the apulica
tion of industry and courteous business
conduct. The last change is quite re
ceut, Mr. Michell retiring, succeeded by
the writer.
Volume 1, No. 1, of the Gazette was
printed Friday, March 30, 1883. This
t g-t
gives us an age ot zi years ana
months. Our whole Lumber should
therefore be 1108 and in the 22d year
of publication. The correct number
will be inserted in our next issue.
The following items are culled from
some of the back numbers:
Stages are now making daily trips be
tween Walla Walla and Pendle
ton, carrying only U. S. mail and Wells,
Fargo express.
A weekly stage has been established
between Prineville and Harney.
John Ladd is equipping his stage line
with 4 and 8 horse passenger coaches,
an agreeable change from the ricuety
bump buokboard.
The box of cigars from which we
have been "setting them up" is a pres
ent from the dry Roods and grocery es
tablishment of Frank Maddock. They
were good and have consequently dis
appeared.
With 24 fonts ot the latest improved
job type and a first class improved Na
tional press, we are prepared to do just
as neat work as can be produced in
Eastern Oregon.
Last Sunday the local editor of the
Gazette, in company with W. J. Leezer,
took a drive to the country. The in
tention of the trip was to eieze on all
the vacant land in the vicinity of Ilepp-
ner; out we iaiieu; anu we must say
I. C'll 1 ...... M .
that we were astonished at the amount
of land "taken up'' in our near neigh
borhood. Almost as soon as we got on
the outskirts of town we came on to
stakes denoting that the land was "filed
on," and as far as the eye could reach
could be seen plowed ground and grain
from three to six inches high. The soil
is of a deep black loam, well adapted to
the raising of grain. Before we were
half through "seeing the country," a
heavy rain began to pour down on us
and we were forced to retreat. We re
turned to town wet, cold, hungry, and
a couple of the worst looking specimens
of land grabbers yet on record.
Thos. Ayers commenced work on a
ditch last week, which when completed
will furnish an abundant supply of
water for town purposes. It has its
source about one half mile above town.
and will be when finished a little over
one mile in length.
Worst of all Experiences.
Can anything be worse then to feel
that every minute will be your lest?
8uch was the experience of Mrs. 8. H.
Newson, Decatur. Ala. "For three ye&rs,
she writes, "I endured insufferable pain
from indirection, stomach and bowel
trouble. Death seemed inevitable when
doctors and all remedies failed. At
length I wrb indnced to try Electric Bit
ters and the result was miraculous. I im
proved at onoe and now I'm completely
recovered." For Liver, Kidney, Stom
ncb eiid Bcwel troubles Electric Bitters
is " ' only medicine. Only 50o. It's
guaranteed o ; E. J. Slooum, Druggist.
Frank P. Slavin, the famous
pugilist, ia supposed to be suffering
with his last illness at Dawson,
Yukon Territory. He has appen
dicitis and hemorrhoids.
Ayerk Pills
JSZSJ
Ke m $100
iifTercr.
for Flood
A oirciilm k in- lias been went out by
the citizens of Mitchell, asking for aid
in the'w distrs. Oil July 11, a cloud
burst stiuck above the unfortunate little
town and the high water caused a great
amount ot damage, leaving several
homeless. Two lives were lost.
A copy of the circular letter asking
for financial help was received by May
or Gilliam Monday evening. The
people of Heppner have not forgot en
the ready response of the. good people
to our call for aid. A special meeting
of the city council was immediately
called and 100 was appropriated out of
the city funds, lhe Morrow county
court also appropriated $100. A sub
scription paper was circulated, and in
less than two hours $200 was subscribed
by the citizens of Heppner. A check
for the $400 raised has already been
sent to the Mitchell relief committee.
Home Orowii l'eacliea.
Jas. Ayers, of Batter Creek, brought
in 200 pounds of fine peaohes grown on
hU place which he disposed of at a
good figure to local merchants. Fruit
raising is an industry which should, and
doubtless will receive more attention in
the future. The apple especially should
attain perfection in our climate, while
the cool nights will discourage, if. not
eliminate the codlin moth. Repeated
trials have proven that the great sage
brush plains of the Far West possess
every requirement of fertility and cli
mate for lhe development of truit if
provided with water. Those who have
seen the oasis of Boise City and the
fruit burdened orchards of Weiser know
that this is true. We should be glad if
some of our intelligent and observing
farmers would experiment on fruit cul
ture, noting the variety ia depth and
treatment of soils, as well as the va
rieties of trees planted.
tiiritslioppers Take flight.
The grasshoppers have taken their
flight. On Tuesday of this week all be
came possessed of the same notion and
they sought a high plane in the upper
air and drifted in a southwesterly direc
tion, which if continued, will take them
into California. Now we don't wish
California any harm, but they are a
guest which we are glad to dispense
with here, and if they should happen
to settle in a typical California poultry
district, th t sort of a farmer will be
strictly in the swim. There are plen ty.
Billions of them passed. In the lower
altitudes their flight was erratic, but
away up, it could be seen they all took
the same direction without the variation
of a point. This may be explained by
the lower ones being just in tho act of
rising, and as they gain the elevation
desired they will become a part of lhe
yast army cf insects that have elected
to leave this part of the country.
Whether they have a choice of direc
tion or not We do not know. It is more
probable they are borne by the wind,
in which case it is possible for them to
be carried out to sea and rfach a watery
grave.
Those who took Phil Metschan at
his word Sunday speak in regret only
that their capacity was no more.
Dr. Johnson, the fame of whose
gluttonous proclivities "comes sound
ing down the centuries," would have
been moved to tears for the same
reason. Consomme and royal Chinook,
fried chicken, toast goose, scalloped
oysters, and other entrees whose names,
even, the French have enveloped with
the air of mystery, were all in evidence,
and the dessert made a final appeal to
an already satiated appetite. The
Palace hotel has a Btate reputation for
the excellence of its cuisine.
Act directly on the liver.
They cure constipation,
biliousness, sick-headache.
Sold for 60 years.
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE
Heppner
Five Carloads of Oregon Horses.
A. T. Corlett, a pioneer cattle 'king of
Wyoming, and Webb Summers, of
Nampa, Idaho, have been in town the
past two weeks buying horses. They
succeeded in procuring enough for 5 car
loads, purchased principally from Newt
Jones, of Heppner, and Mr. Taylor of
Grant county, which were driven to
town and put aboard stock cars yester
day morning and whose destination is
Southern Illinois. The deal is purely
speculativp, the same parties cleaning
up quite a r.ioe little stake a year ago in
this manner. They expect also, to re
turn in about a month for more busi
ness. Mr. Cotleit is an old acquaintance
of the reporter, dating back to 1872
He then lived in Cheyenne, and his
brother, Hon. W. W. Corlett, was one
of the brightest attorneys who ever cast
his lot in the "Magio City of the
Plains."
i.uese norses are unbroken range
stock for which all the way from $10 to
$20 a head was paid.
Attention Exhibitors.
To the Editor: We are making an
effort to secure for Morrow County a
creditable exhibit to go to the Lewis
and Clark Exhibition at Portland next
year. Considerations of pride as well
as our material interests require us to
make the best display our county can
afford. To this end we are asking our
people to furnish us anything of excep
tional excellence produced in the county
We waut a large collection of our best
grains, in the straw and in the berry, of
our best graces, fruits, in fact anything
of exceptional quality produced within
our limits. We want the people of
every district in the county to give us
samples of their best products. We
will gladly furnish jars and preserva
tives for all products which require this
mode of preservation. Every sample
will be labeled so that each locality will
get proper credit for what it furnishes.
We have safe and ample storage room
for all products in the basement of the
courthouse at Heppner, where they will
eventually be brought to await ship
ment. To facilitate the gathering of
material, however, we have established
local depositories throughout the county.
Leave your samples with Nichols it
Leach, Lexington, J. A. Wonlery or C.
T. Walker, lone, A. C. Morgan, Doug
las, F. B. Holbrook, Irrigon, H. E.
Warren or Geo. Bleakman, Hardman, or
at The First Natioual Bank in Heppner.
Let us all take an interest in thisl
matter and get together a display which
will ba a credit to Morrow County,
Yerv truly yours,
(GEO. CONSER, Commissioner.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tho
Signature of
EYES TESTED
Glasses Accurately
Fitted by Graduate Optician
P. 0. Borg
Jeweler and Optician.
HEPPNER, ORE.
The Modern School of Commerce
TEACHES PRACTICAL SUBJECTS
PREPARES FOR BUSINESS
Write for Catalogue Pendleton. Oregon
Weekly Crop llullctin.
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, Climate and Crop Bulletin of
the Weather Bureau, Oregon Sec
tion, for the week ending Tuesday-,
July 19.
GENEKAL SUMMARY.
Nearly a half of an inch of iaia
fell in the Willamette valley dur
ing the latter part of the week,
and greater amounts are reported
in the coast counties. Frequent
rains also occurred in the eastern
sections of the state. The rain3
west of the Cascades have dono
an immense amount of good. They
will help all growing crops, es
pecially potatoes, corn, oats and
late spring wheat. Hops also will
be benefitted, as well as gardens
and pasturage. The grain harvest
has been interrupted by the wet
weather, and in the coast counties
and plateau section some cut hay
will be more or less damaged, but
these losses are insignificant com
pared with the great good the
rains have done. A sharp frost
occurred Wednesday morning ia
portions of the Willamette valley
and in some of the coast counties,
but the damage was confined to
tender vegetation and was not se
rious, notwithstanding the late
ness of the season.
Fall wheat is filling nicely, the
heads being large and the berry
plump. Although very little
wheat has been threshed, corres
pondents generally report the
yields to be better than expected.
In Sherman county some coca
plaint is made, but geneially the
quality of the wheat is reported
above the average. Hops are do
ing nicely, but it is not expected
that the yields will be quite so
heavy as last year, on account o
the long spell of dry weather.
Stock continues in excellent con
dition, but pasturage is getting
short, as is usual at this season of
the year, and the milk supply in
the dairy herds has decreased
slightly during the week.
Peaches are ripe and plentiful,
but apples have dropped badly
during the week, although tho
prospects still continue favorable
for a good crop of apples.
Our
Bargain
Table
Is filled with a variety
of goods that pcoplo will
be glad to snap up ; Li
the prices they are
marked. Keep your eye
on it.
SI0GUR1 DrOQ GO
RELIABLE
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the iinlurigiiii
adminintrator of the estate of 8. C. Farmer, de
ceased, hMH tiled his tinal account with tbe
County Court of Morrow County, Oreiron, and
that Monday, the 1st day of August, r.au, at tho
hour of 10 o'clock A. M. at the County Court
rooms In the Courthouse at Heppner. Oregon,
have been fixed bv said Court as the time and
pi
lace for the hearing of said account and the
final settlement of said estate.
96-100
H. A. YOCO.M,
Administrator.
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