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Jllggesit Horse Herd.
States.
tit lulled
Stretching for 200 miles on the
north side of the Columbia river
from a point opposite The Dalles,
Ore , to tha Big Bend, in Wash
ington, lies the largest individual
horne range in the United States.
In this great expanse of varie
gated hills, prairies, sand duuts,
upland plateau and river bluffs,
range the holding of the Switzlers,
John arid "Jade," amounting to
day to 11,000 head of horses.
For the past 80 years this same
expanse cf country Las been the
ran,e of the Switzlers, formerly
William, John and Jade. In 18S3
William died and the two other
brokers continued in partnership
for several years, when they di
vided and each now conducts bis
own interests.
Jade Switzlar lives at Expan.
eioo, KbVnfot county, Wash., 12
miles belov; the town of Umatilla,
on the north side of the Columbia.
John S itvJer lives cc Switzler's
island iu th Columbia river, near
the town of Umatilla.
Jade Switzler owns 4000 head
of individual horses, and John
ouin 7000 head, the range for
both of these, immense herd being
in the territory mentioned at the
beginning, from The Dal led to the
l!ig Bend.
At the highest tide cf the
Switzler holdings, before" Williom
Switzler died, I bo brothers o:vned
at one time 15,000 head of horses.
This is sfiid to be the largest herd
of horses ever owned by one
company in tin entire United
States. Tin Switz'er brand, "S'
on the hip, was known from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, as
they shipped and drove horses to
every known market in the United
States.
In the early history of the
Switzler horse industry, the hold
ings were cayuses small, hardy,
incorrigible pinto and buckskin
mustangs the hardiest brand of
equines that ever trailed behind
the cattle herds from the Pacific
coast to Cheyenne in the trail over
the precipitious mountains of the
Inland Empire.
But the cayuses are now en
tirely weeded out. The Switzlers
sold 7000 early days, or that fol
lowed an Indian head of these
wild mustangs to the Linnton
cannery, at a contract price of $3
per head, delivered. Since that
clean-up, the class of horses
raised on this immense range has
been greatly improved. Large
draught stallions have been cross
ed with the wiry, nervy, Western
mares, and the result is a grade of
horses weighing from 1000 to
1200 pounds, that is fit for any
ordinary service and bring the
highest trie in every market.
About COO stallions are kept.
On this 200 miles of range, this
11,003 hralof wild horses reign
monarcha of all they survey. The
Columbia and Yakima rivers are
their watering places, they run
over parts of three large counties
hik! tlif.re nre col ts on the ranges
2 and 3 jenrs o'd, vill:orr brands,
and that were jtcrliHpM iicvbi Heen
by one of tliu iSwitzhr I.erJ.:-rs.
Jioaud up coiTils aro built
nbout 10 miles apart ovt r this
great range, and the 50 men era.
! llyed in the ronnd-vtps, gather
and brand tb.o colts in the full.
The jound-up is now in propjrops.
The two broihera own nbout 200
head of traiued saddle horses, a
large drove of horse3 in itself.
The stallions are turned loose
on the ranges, and the entire num.
bT of wild mares produce 80 per
cent of colt i each year. None of
this great herd is ever fed a parti
cle of feed duriDg the winter sea
son, the sand hills and rolling
prairies affording sufficient nutri
tious feed the year around.
Sett lers are crowding this vast
horse range. Watering places are
beiDg fenced up, and slowly the
great expanse is narrowing down,
but there yet remains an empire
in extent.
Horse stealing is more or less
prevalent, in the Switzler range,
the very magnitude of the busi
ness making it impossible to
guard pgainst renegades from the
outside, who slip in and appropri
ate what they can safely take
away.
The demand for the Switz'er
horses is constantly growing.
This season Minnesota buyers
have sent out three large ship
ments of wild horses at 20 per
head delivered at the yards at
Kennewick, and the class of the
younger horses is being constantly
improved.
Over 1000 head of horses have
been sold from the ranges this
season.
I-IHDER PIEEIHC'l'S LOSU W A II
Japan Will ISejOut a Itlllioii Dol
lars in Two Years.
Tokio, Oct. G In addressing tl e
members of 'the United Clearing
Houpes of Tokio today, Count Ofcuma,
the. leader of the progressiva paity,
warned the people, to prepare for a
lon w,:r, the date of the termination of
which it was now impossible to foretell
He pi m! cted that the cost to Japan for
a tw.t years' war, inel tiding the loans
wnich had been already placed ami the
expenses consequent upon ti e war at
its termination, would total .fi, 000,000,
000, which would mike the per capita
share amount to $20.
Count Okumti said corruption ap
peared to pervade the military, politic d
and financial departments of the ttut-
fian GoveMioaent, and that this co:
ruption had almost resulted in a climax
which threatened a revolution. It was
even reported that Lieutenant-Gerjeral
Stoessel, now defending Port Arthur,
and upon whose shoulders rested the
responsibility for the loss of a large
share of Russian prestige in East Africa,
was guilty of dissipation during the
siege. The speaker declared the weak
nnsbes of the Russians gave the Jap
anese many victories. He pointed out
that, despite her defeats, Russia con
tinued to hold a prominent and com
manding position in Europe, and said
that even Emperor William was "court
ing the favor of the Russian autocrat."
Despite her weaknesses. Count
Oknma said, Russia possessed immense
resources and had tremendous ad
vantages in the size of her population
and the greatness of her weal.h, and it
would be necessary for the Japanese to
make heavy sacrifices in order to attain
success. He predicted that the war
would cost Russia from SI. 500,000,000 to
$2,000,000,000, aud said it would be im
possible to raise loans or to increase the
taxfs in Russia, because the limit had
been reached.
The Count predicted it would be
neces ary f r the Japanese government
to borrow 1250.000,000 next year, and
added that if $75,000,000 were recured
abroad the country must face a depreci
ation in the value of its securities.
Count Okuma urged the Nation to
carefully husband its strength and re-soiT-cfM,
and expressed the fullest, con
fi 1 - nee in the id i t.ate v'e'ory of Jap
anese aims.
iv Itecortls.
Lexington, Oct. 6. The T ansylvania
for the 2:12 class of troters value
8500 arid the gieatest event in turf
history was won by Kn-eet Marie in
three final heats, the tirt two heats yo
inj; to Tiverton. Four world's record
were made in the Transylvania by the
lowering of the event record and
making the fastest mile of the year on
any track. When Tiverton won the
first heat in 2:043-4 he lowered the
event record and made the fastest
trotting record of any horse this year.
When he won the second heat in 2:04-1-2,
he again lowered thet-e records and
made a world's record for the fastest,
second heat in the race. Sweet Marie
won tbe third beat in 2:05. This es
tablished the world's record for the
three fastest heats ever trotted in the
race and her mark is a world's record
for the fastest third heat ever trotted in
a race. Sweet Mrie won the fourth
heat in 2:031-2 and the fifth in 2:09.
thus establishing a world's record for
the five fastest heats ever trotted in a
race.
The average time for .each heat was
2:0(3. The first three heats averaged
2:051-4. Sweet Marie, the winner, is
owned by William Garland, of Los
Angeles.
In the betting Sweet Marie was the
favorite.
IS MAN OF CAPITAL.
Watson So Explaiues tlic Nomina
tion of Parker.
Chicago, Oct. 10. Thomas E. Wat
son, nominee of the People's party for
President, epoke here tonight to an
audience which fi lad the Princess rink
to overflowing. The policies . of both
Republican and Democratic parlies
were ecored bitterly by Mr. Watson and
his declarations were received with en
thusiasm. Mr. Watson epoke iu pa t
as follows :
"The most striking feature of the
present campaign is that there ia nioie
energy displayed in cblaining nomina
tions than there has been dh l iyed in
securing elections. In Judge Parker's
campaign, particularly, theie was ten
times more industry, earnestness ar d
8stenia'ic effort put forth in the effort
to have him named as head of the Dern
o :ratic ticket than is now being used to
have him elected President. This is
certainly a very peculiar situation. It
'equires explanation. How are we to
explain it? Is it that the corporation
influences which control the Republican
party desire to perpetuate that system?
To do this they must, if possible, se
cure control of the Democratic organiza
tion. The corporation influences to
which Parker owes his nomination were
hell-bent on having him nominated, but
it ib a matter of indifference whether he
be electtd.
"The reason why Parker cannot take
any bold step io any possible direction,
nor declare himself openly to be op
posed to any principle of the Republi
can P-irty, is that he dare not offend the
star chamber influences that purchased
the editors and the delegates and se
cured the nomination for him.
"This campaign, to a greater extent
than any we have ever known, is a
campaign of humbug so far as Parker
is concerned. We have a campaign
against trusts, financed by the Standard
Oil Company; a campaign against ex
travagance, led by men who, when in
trusted with power in 1S02 on a plat
form pledging them to rigorous econo
niy, increased the public debt $202,000,-
C00 in time of rea'-e without having
bought Panama or the Phil ppinea or
anything else except the paper parch
ment upon which thev printed the
bonds; a campaign against militarism,
inaugurated by the men w ho lent the
Unied States Armv to the Pul'man
Palace Car Companv to quell a strike at
the point of the baoynet; a campaign
for t;i :1' cf,n in, I d by men who op-pn.-'-d
tli.. Put rue tax and who, when
they In. i ri.e power io 1802 to reform
1 1 1 i i 'i i i' .Icputized a Democratic Cab
ine nn'iiioer to . i i ethe sugar schedu'e
jus! an ll.tvemejer directd; a prohibi
tum e.,!.ip!iign, led by the whisxy
trii-i; ,i l.bor movement, led by Cell
and Fuck and Pea body. A crusade
ag.nnst gambling led bv Richard Can
li 'I, (,f ', Yo k, and Tom Taggait,
of 1 di , would nut b.- moie of a belf
evi it-hi i, ,:l brazen a tempt to deceive
than tin- Parker camoi-m. which nn-
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temi io he against class legislation and
at i he sa;.ie time is led a:;d cashed by
sucn be eficuries of class legislation as
Auuii.-t lielmont, the Standard Oil Com
p n v and kindred corp iration of the
Wail-nti eet sort.
' I am accused of drawing more votes
from Paikerthan Roosevelt Believing
as I do that both of them s'and for the
same system, which I combat, the
source from which I draw my votes is a
matter of indifference to me, so that
they are genuine Jeffeisonian Demo
cratic votes. If Bryan had bolted the
St. Louis platform and called upon the
Democrats everywhere to rally to his
support agftinst Wall street, Parker's
campaign would have died in its birth.
The Belmonts and Gormans and Olneys
and ( lev. lands would have been driven
into the Republican camp where they
belong. Bryan would have made him
self the uncrowned king of American
Demon acy, and in all probability would
have defeated Roosevelt in liHM most
assuredly in 1908. As t;. Parker, he
has not a ghost of a chance to be elected
and the only practical effect of his con
tinued candidacy is to stand in the way
of .real opposition to the present system.
"The purpose of my campaign is to
revive and reorganize the real Demo
cratic sentiment which exists through
out the country."
Largest Apple Sale.
What is thought to be the largest
single sale of fancy apples ever made in
the Northwest has jut been made in
Hood River.
A II od River fiuit company bus just
sold to Portland wholesalers 30 carloads
of fancy Spitzenbergs and Newton
Pippins, the total sale ainountirijr; to
.132,000. The 20 cars ot SpPzenbergB
sold for $2.10 per bushel and the 10
cars of Newton Pippin?, for 81.75 per
bushel.
Ti;e apples aie for the fancy trai'e of
the large Eastern cities and will Ire
shipped over the Harriman line1 to
Chicago, New York and other leadir.g
cities. This enthe shipment as se
lected stock, pnd is said to be the finest
lot of O egon apphs ever sold in one
lot.
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper will be pleased fo
learn that there Is at leant one dreaded disease
that science has been able to enre In all its sta
ges, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to the medi
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disease, requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
tails to cure. Bend for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Bold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Saves Two from Death.
"Oar little daughter bad an almost fa
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Buy Your Meats
at the
Hcppner Meat Market
Ve kill our own
stock.
They are not driv
en or starved.
We do not feed
swill or offal.
Our Prices Arc the Lowest:
Mutton
Per quarter 5c
Sliced 7c
Beef
Chuck steak Cc
Round steak 9c
Porterhouse Lie
Boiling beef, per qr . . . . Cc
Prime ribs 8c
rhone 107.
G.VV. FRENCH, Prop.
EYES TESTED
Glasses Accurately
Fitted by Graduate Optician
P. 0. Borg
Jeweler and Optician.
HEPPNER, ORE.
Heppner Poultry Yards
S.C. Barred Hocks
S.C. Buff Leghorns
Choice rooters for ea'e. Prices
from SI. 00 up.
Fine Scotch Collies
For sale. Taps $10, bred f.r
herding.