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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1904)
1 ow About 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 In 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 LOCAL MARKETS. flcppuer ((notations on Staples Ilought and Sold Here. Gazette, $1 per Year RETAIL GROCERY PRICES, COFFER Mocha and Java, beat 40c per pound ; next grade, 35c per pound ; package coffee, Lion andAibuckle, 6 packages f,ir !fl. RICK Best head rice 10c per pound; npxt grade GVg cents per pound. SUGAR Cone tcranulatcd, best $6 85 per sack ; do 13 pounds $1. SALT Coarse 65c' per 100; 40c 50 pounds FLOUR $4 255 00 per banel. BACON 1520o per pound. HAMS lG18c per pound. COAL OIL $1 65H 75 for 5 gal lons ; .$3 50 per case. VEGETABLES. POTATOES lc p( r pound. CABBAGE 3c per pound. ONIONS 3c per pound. FRUITS. APPLES Green lc per pound. BANANAS 40c per dozen. LEMONS 30c per dozen. ORANGES 40c50c per dozen. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY. Prices paid by dealer to the producer. CHICKENS $3 50 per dozen. BUTTER ranch, 40 and 50c per roll. EGGS 30c per doz. BEEF CATTLE, ETC. COWS $1 50$1 75 per hundred. STEERS $2 252 50 per hundred. VEAL DresBed, 4c per pound. SHEEP--$1 50$2 50. HOGS Live, 4c5c; dressed, 60 7o per pound. The Host Valued Possession of the Sea Captain. The MnklnK of Chronometer a Ke nned Art That la Followed bf II ut Fcw-Eipemtve Iu Ht rumen t. The Death Penalty. A little thing sometimes reeults in death. Thus a mere scratch, i naicnifi. cant cuts or puny boils have paid the aeatn penalty. It is wise to have Buck len'a Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the best salve on earth and will prevent fa tality when burns, sores, ulcers and piles threaten. Only 25c at Slocum DrugCo.'a. If you take thts paper and The Weekly Oregonlan you won't have to beg your news. ' Independent end reliable The Oregon-ten. New York, as the leading seaport of the country, is the center of an im portant industry on which depends in a large measure the safety cf thou sands ut ocean travels e, says the I'hiladelphia Ledger. This :3 the ruan ulacturiny, and particuliny the rating, Ci ruarii.e clironoiUe". . . Nearly every shipmaster, upon ciwig New York alter an ocean vc;'dt,'-', obtains from the customhouse a pc;iuit to land his chronometer, so that it may be rared according to standard time. This rating may be li; mied to the daily comparison which Uie mca with! the fine watch lua-kea with his jew eler's timepiece. in the case of a chronometer the ad j -jj.tr I.ees a careful record of Its variation, and this record goes with the clocK when it is returned to the ship. The importance to a captain ol knowing whether his chronometer is runniag fast or slow cannot be over es ia.a.ed, for, although it may vary ouiy live seconds a month, each sec ond makes a difference of four miles in a ship's course, and a mistake ol such a short distance, if not corrected might result in a wreck and the loss of many lives. Knowing the exact variation of his chronometer, the cap tain is, therefore, able to make the necessary allowance lor it when he ascertains t;.e latitude and longitude cf the vessel aUer taking his sight, or, in other words, aljr determining the angular position of the sun through the use of the sextant. Many of the lare ocean liners carry three chronometers, the ordinary ves sel one and the deep-water ships 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 uhionuuioter really goes out of serv ice only when It sinks with a reeeel. A shipmaster, when about to abandon his command at sea. Invariably thinks of four things that should be saved his logbook, sextant, compass and chronometer. With these and a fait supply of provisions he feels a cer tain sense of security when he risks his life In an open boat. A derelict with a chronometer on board Is Indeed a rarity. And when one reads of s captain who has been unable to ears his chronometer the story Is In r -i,in hi- -'-," tht tho snrrrnons tc leave the vessel was so urgent as not to admit tt moment's delay. Leave the ship's cat If you will, but save the chronometer, might well be taken as 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 does 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 1ia;i;.j continually and traveling at odd times all the seven sas. The. rnanufacturir:' of mpvine chro-ron.r-.ers in this country is confined to lour firms, threa of which are lo cated in New York, and probably the whole output for a year amounts to :., m- tvc:a fewer. A3 with other arti cles, '.-2 price of cbionoineccrs varies v. ' n;:, ..o quality and .workmanship. 1 . c c.'.e.'.i.eat. cost about ?2u0 each, v. tLe Univtd Suites government, wi.ioh iivturaly buys the best, pays .";'. c ii. es as much as $373. 'P:c ::)ov'o.;i.ntj ol chronometers are e: ;aily imr.ncd "bian-i" l.ta Kng-i-wd that i, only the i-laiw aad v. heels are brought over. Yhe manu i'a. turer here provides the balance, t ijiir3. i-.vcu. .vwels and otl.cr t us needed to complete tLe wlo,e, u-ether vith the brass-bound boa. ia 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 thie 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 seat to sea for two years after completion, as 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 utmost 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 chronometers were built to run eight days without winding; but these have been superseded by the 66 hour timepiece. Fifty years ago the chronometer was brought to its present state of perfection, and since that time, despite modern ingenuity, makers hare found no reason to make any alteration In the principal parts of its mechanism. For news and opinions the Oregonlaa. ill Morrow County, Oregon. Morrow Connty is a new country , and like all other new oountries, is awaiting development. Located in the Columbia river valley, and skirted on the Bontb with a spur of the Blue moan tains, within the boundaries of Morrow county is a territory 75 miles in length by 35 miles in width, and containing 1,313,280 acres of land. Formerly etookraisiog was the prinoipal industry, but lat terly the fertility of the land is bringing agrioiltare to the front. Immense wheat crops are grown with iittle cultivation, the soil being mixed with a voloanic ash which is very rich in wheat producing qualities. The 1904 crop will aggregate 1,400,000 bushels, muoh of it from virgin soil. Morrow county bus thousands of head of sheep, horses and cattle. The wool prodootien for 1904 was 2,5CO,000 pounds. Alfalfa and fruit growing are profitable industries, rapidly growing in importance. The county has also a great coal field, soon to be developed. The Heppner Gazette Is the best exponent of the industrial life of the town and county. Keeps its readers thoroughly posted as to their progress and development. A good medium to send to eastern friends, thoroughly reliable, wide-awake and progressive, $1.00 per Year in Advance Take advantage of some of our clubbing offers.