Heppner gazette., January 05, 1905, Image 9

LOCAL. ISAnKETS.
Heppner Quotation on Staples
Hon (flit and. Sold Here.
BETAIL GROCERY PRICES.
COFFEE Mocha and Java, best 45c
per pound ; next grade, 35c per pound ;
package coffee, Lion and Arbuckle, 6
packages for $1.
HICK Best head rice 10c per pound;
next grade 6)2 cents per pound.
SUGAR Cane granulated, best $6 85
per sack ; do 13 pounds !fl.
SALT Coarse f5; per 100; 40c 50
pounds-
FLOUR $4 4535 00 per barrel.
BACON 1520c per pound.
HAMS lG18c per pound.
COAL OIL $1 25$1 75 for 5 gal
lons; $3 50 per case.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES lc p r pound.
CABBAGE 3o per pound.
ONIONS 3c per pound.
FRUITS.
APPLES Green lc per pound.
BANANAS 40c per dozen.
LEMONS 30c per dozen.
ORANGES 40c 00c per dozen.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.
Prices paid bv dealer to the producer.
CHICKENS $3 50 per dozen.
BUTTER runcii, 40 and 50o per roll.
EGGS 30c per doz.
I! KEF CATTLE, ETC.
COWS $1 75-' 00 per hundred.
S'l Kits $2 50,2 75 per hundred.
VEAL Dressed, 5c per pound.
SHEEP $1 50ftf2 50.
HOGS Live, 4 ,.1V( 5e ; dressel, 6Kc
(" 7c per pound.
DciteuJa u UooA Deal Upon tk Cli
mate to Which They Have Bo
eomc Aeeni(ouid,
An expert nurseryman says the hardi
ness or non-hardiness of trees depends
largely upon where the seeds from
which the trees in question sprang came
from. Satisfactory results are seldom
experienced by planting a seed obtained
from the sunny south, say. By planting
seeds gradually further north, however,
trees may be at length hardened and ac
climated until a seed from such a tree
may be reasonably expected to thrive
and mature Us fruits.
Trees, like people, says the Philadel
phia Record, acquire their habits from
the climate in which they live. The
northern tree knows instinctively when
the time has come to ripen its fruits.
The southern tree follows the same in
stinct, being in no hurry, as there is lit
tle likelihood of real cold. With trans
plantings further north Its habit
changes.
The great trouble with most people is
that they want to jump a tree from
south to north at one move. This same
idea Is evident in the attempt to bring
various fruit trees from Russia to the
northern United States.
Apples and plums from the land of
the great white czar have taken kindly
to the below zero conditions of the gen
tle Dakotas.
The Most Valued Possession of the
Sea Captain.
The Making of Chronometer a Re
lined Art That I Followed by
But Few-Bipenilv
tlrnmenti.
State of Ohio, County of Toledo (
Lucas Comity, j 88,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A Co., doing
business in the city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONK HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney,
Sworn to before me find subscribed in my
presence this 6th day of December, A. D 1X86.
SEAL A. W. CiLEASON.
Notary Public.
Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, t-end for bstimoninls free.
F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, ().
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
STILL ON THE BOOKS.
Covcrnmcnt Trnsnrcr Carries an Itm
Hepreseiitinjj Paper Long I"Stroy-.
The books of the Coiled States treas
ury still carry an item of $ 1 .0(',;i,0,
which represents lTniteel States notes
which are supposed to have been con
sumed in 1he jrreai Chio'icro fire
vars a to. savs the Xevv York Sun. It
w as known that there wns $l,(in(.00 of
n iTi'j'icy. more or less, in the vaults of
ihe siiLtrciistiry then, and thai none
if il was recovered, but 11m- denom
inations of those notes and the exact
amount are unknown, as the books of
ike ensliier were oonsumed a'so. There
could not have been, however, very
ninny dollars less or very many dollars
more than $1. oo 0.000, and it would sim
plify ihe accounts of the treasury and
save a groat deal of labor to the book
keep; rs if oontT'ss should pass a bill
n-r resolution reeoernil'r' 1h fact
'hat this money is no lnn.eror in
existence, for every day when the
cashier of the treasury balances
his accounts he has to include
Ih's item, deducting it or roldiner it
as tt;" case mnv be from the amount
in bend. It anpenrs noon everr
biilv
wcekiy, monthly and yeavly statement
of the assets and liabilities of the trov
ernment as ''unknown destroyed
United States notes, $1 .000,000."
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 of thou
sands of ocean travelers, says the
Philadelphia Ledger. This ia the man
ufacturing, and particularly the rating,
of marine chronometers. Nearly
every shipmaster, upon entering New
York after an ocean voyage, obtains
from the customhouse a permit to land
his chronometer, so that it may be
rated 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 ad
juster keeps a careful record of ita
variation, and this record goes with
the cIock when it is returned to the
ship. The importance to a captain ol
knowing whether his chronometer is
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 fo;;r miles
in a ship's course, and a mistake oi
.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 for it when h
a.v.eriains the latitude and longitude
of the vessel :fier t'.i.tkit his soJit, or.
in other vord3, afgr determining tie:
angular position of the sun through
tne use of the sextant.
Many of the large ocean Hne-s carr;
three chronometers, the ordinary ves
sel one and the deep-water ships
some times two or three, but the lie
of an ocean timepiece, if well taker,
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 v in Ice 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, eomptsi and
chronometer. With these avid a fan
fiippiy of provisions he feela a cer
tain sense of security ..hen bo risks
his life in 1:1 open b'it. A den-Uct
v. uh a eb.ro m, meter on board is 'Indeed
a rarity. And when one reads- of a
captain who has been unable to save
his chronometer the story i3 in
':"'"'iil' t ibT ihf. summons tr
GOOD OLD ARMY BEANS.
Aa Prepared by the Esaert Military
"Chef," They Are. a Moil Pala
table Food.
Morrow County, Oregon.
Morrow County is b dcw country, ami like all other nev countries, is awaiting development.
Located in the Columbia river valley, and skirted on fbe South with a spur of the Blue moun
tains, within the boundaries of Morrow oonnty is a territory 75 miles in length by 35 miles in width,
and containing 1,313 280 acreo of land. Formerly etockruising was the principal industry, but lat
terly the fertility of the land is bringing agrioiltnre to the front. Immense wheat crops are grown
with iittle cnltivitioD, th soil beincr mixed with a volosnic ash which is very rich in wheat-producing
qualifies. The 1901 crop will aggregate 1,-100,(00 bushels, much of it from virgin soil.
Morrow county hns thousands of head of sheep, horses and cattle. The wool prodoctien for
lfl()4 whs 2,500,000 pounds. Alfalfa and fruit gro.viDg are profitable industries, rapidly growing in
importance. The ooucty has also a great coal field, soon to be developed.
"Beans are the soldiers' mainstay,"
says Thomas P. Dillon, a retired Unit
ed States cavalry officer, according1 to
the Philadelphia Kecord. "The Amer
ican soldier, at a pinch, can equal the
performance of an Arab on a handful
of dried date he can ride and fight
all day on a mere handful of beans,
properly prepared. There is nothing
t-o equal the army baked bean. Your
celebrated 'Boston buked' are but a
poor imitation of the succulent articl
turned out by a regular army cook.
There' an art in cooking them that no
body but an army man can ever ac
quire. I've been on service when for
a week at a time our menu consisted of
beans for breakfast, beams for dinner
and beans for supper; and did the
troopers tire of the monotony?
Not a bit of it. They sang for more,
and in spite of hard work and lack of
variety at mess t,'ie fellows actually
got fat. That demonstated to me the
nutritive quality of beans, and I made
it a point to get into the good graces
of the cook and learn how to bake
them. It isn't such an elaborate proc-
ess. but there's a trick in doing it
right. My friends are all fond of beans
the way 1 cook them, and many a time
I've been asked for the recipe, but
that's a thing I don't give away to
everyone. You see, people enjoy a
dish all the better when they know it's
something that not everybody can get
up. It might take some of the rest
away if they could say of my beans:
'I know how to make them.' "
WEAPON FOIi WOMEN.
The Up-to-Date Hatpin Is Extreme
ly Dangerous.
KNOWLEDGE WAS POWER.
How Familiarity with the Chineae
Ianiraaffe Made a Womai
a Conntcaa.
One of the unmarried women in dip
lomatic circles at Washington is
Countess Marguerite Cassini, the ac
complished niece of the Russian am
bassador, who is a countess in her
own right, not by heredity, but by spe
cial grace of the czar, and a curious
story is told of the manner in which
she won her title. It was when Count
Cassini had his fat cful conference with
Li liung Chang at Peking, long before
the Jioxtr trouble. The count's inter
preter wns away, for Li's call was un
expected, and as the Chinese states
man could not upeak Russian and the
Russian diplomat did not understand
Chinese the conference came to a
deadlock. The count's niece, who had
picked up something of the language,
stepped into the breach and the nit'air
was arranged to the satisfaction of
both parties. The Chinese empress
loaded her with presents, the czar's
government made a note of the service
performed, and when there was a
question a collide of years ago of the
young lady's precedence at Washing
ton, where the count was then ambas
sador, the cwir himself counfounded
her rivals by making her a oountess.
This was something1 like rapid promo
tion for the ladv.
CHINESE ARMY ROLLS.
They Include with the Soldi era, Their
Horaea aad Every Article of
Equipment.
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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
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and progressive,
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Take advantage of some of our clubbinrr offers.
Now thfitChina has Russia for a. near
neighbor, it remains to be seen how
successfully, or otherwise, the middle
kingdom will continue, to practice its
favorite gam of bluff. How it has
re-enforced it army is shown by the
Swedish explorer, lierdin, iays Youth's
Com:i nion.
The Chinese have a most extraor
dinary way of enumerating troops.
They n re not content w it h counting the
soldiers only, but reckon in also their
horse-a. rifte, shoes, breeches and so
forth, so tht the resultant total is a
long way above hat it ought to be.
They apparently go on the supjiosi
tkvn that the rifle is at least as valuable
as the lmm, and by an analogous train
of reasoning they argue that a man is
of little use if he has to travel on foot,
that he cann.it go about nkcd, and s
on. Hence they count the whole kit,
horse, rifle, breeches and all.
Hy this peculiar process of arith
metic they fancy they d-eceive-the Rus
sians into believing their garrison
much stronger than they are.
Sin ay Acres of ToWoo ! the Con
nretlrat Valley Cavered with
nic Tenta. .1
Travelers In the Connecticut valley
may sometime see many acres covered
with white cheesecloth supported, at
a height of nine feet from the ground,
on a framework of posts and wires.
Under these vast tents Sumatra to
bacco is grown. Experiment conduct
ed by the department of agriculture
led to the use of this system of protect
ing the tobacco plants, ar.d the results
have been found excellent. The light,
sandy soil along the Connecticut river
is well suited for the growth of Sumat
ra tobacco. The t'nited States govern
ment furnishes the seed and super
vises, the cultivation, preparation and
sale of the product, the farmers paying
the cost and receiving the profit. That
the great cloth canopies can withstand
storms was proved a year ago last
July, when, a hail storm caused much
damage to crops in open fields, but th
acres of covered tobacco escaped in
jury. The coat of the shade is from f280
to $."560 per acre.
Setter Than a Revolver In the Hand
of a Woman Attacked by a High
wayman Hcmv It Ia
laetl.
"What shall we do, in car we are at
tacked by some ruffian?" is the question
women have asked in every part of the
country since the recurrence, of the bru
tal "hold-upa" by tramps. The mtn to
vhom the question is put, Hays the Cin
cinnati Enquirer, will immediately an
swer: '"Carry a revolver." Bat wom
en dread revolvers almost ac mm h as
they do the possibility of a'lrck when
out at night. Few women possess the
nerve necessary to use a pi?tol with ef
fect when set upon by a burly Strang r
in a lonely road. Then t'.crc is the ob
jection to a revolver in the j.osscFsion
of a woman that she would be averse to
suspecting the motive of rv '.ry man she
met, and v.ould r:.lr.b!y frnl to draw the
revolver until too ive f r r .'car of mak
ing a foolish mist a! c. Vlrtt. then, can
be provided for her ;hat wiil i e ;.a dead
ly in her hands a reo'v r, and yet
absolutely c.i'e ?n far as she concern d.
and ever ready at hand whether wanted
for use or not?
The answer to the puzzle has been pro
vided by tho?e who rnn'-r v;nr,:cn's hat
pins. A hatpin hps been de-lt-ned and
will soon b'; ready for p'e tint is in
tended primarily for us- as, a v. capon of
do fen re. It is in reality a ptiletto,
masrpicrad.ir.,'-'' is an innocent little Mt
pin. It i? made of fine Ftfl. tht will
bend but will not 1 '".):. n:- sl-rp as a
needle ard hrtrvm ! at t':e end pu that
it can he used with deadly 1 r.Vct . a
dagger, ard with a handle that enables
a woman to srasp it for use as a weapon
and hold it pn that it cannot easily be
pulled from tho hand.
There are two ways of holding th new
hatpin. It can be held with the thumb
pressed against the top. er with the but
ton grasped it; the palm of the hand.
In fither way it is quite as terrible a
weapon r.s a ri';or. ar.d one more over
that eanrot easily be wrested from the
hand that holds it.
The method of using the new weapon
to the best advantage when at'aehed is
to aim at tb" pre of tbfi highwayman.
It is not U'-r-ly that he will wait for the
blow. A woman armed with one of these
stilettos, even if she ha rot slichtcst
idea of the rule? of 'hed r do l!o is
lihely to do more danage in a few sec
onds than .a huni.ry i ?g r. The v V r-il
lit ' !e b! r.d is so st" a II 'hi? it is i n possi
ble to co-asp ii to v-"?v- it away from
own' r. nut' y" so m , '.1 to
light thM, r.i'od 1-y a v,o:;i:.:! trcn-.ird by
fear, it is l:'ly to b? r.cr dnnrr roiis
to a hit ) -ayttrin ih"i a Catlirr r-un.
In ror -Yar.'i--( iio ndvi'?,rt.cs of this
weapon in 1 h hmdc of wrrcen. those
who advr-r-.!.. i's r ,- j drit out that
evc-ry womnt! i- familiar wi'h its use.
Whil-e the overage woman would d a
revolver cumbersome and diHcult to
draw from pod it or b"f.'. the hr.tpin
can be whishr-d out in a per end by a. prac
ticed hand. No woman would.cr.rc to be
forever plucking a revolver from her
pocket when out in a lonely distr'et. Ar.d
yet there are times when a suspicious
leaking character comes into the offing
and prurience whispers: "Pew.are of
him." V.'hile most women would shrink
under those circumstances from pulling
out a revolver, it is an innocent act to
put the hand to the hat and draw out one
of the stiletto hatpins. With this in her
hand the nfrvons woman is reody for
the stranger, whatever his intentions.
If he is an innocent man he will prob
ably tse no notice of the woman's ac
tion. If he is a rfiscp.l it is more than
probable that he will mark the motive
for the act and let the woman pass unmo
lested. It is an axiom with the members of the
police force that the woman with the
hatpin is more to be feared than an
armed and desperate burglar. The rea
son is that the burglar'i hand ronid ne(t
travel hipward without a bullet or a
club disabling his arm. The woman
with the hatpin, however, has to be
wr.tched with lynx eyes, and even then
is likely to have the weapon concealed
up her sleeve for use when opnortnnity
comes. The inventors of thes'iletfo nnt
pin had this in mind when they decided
to design a weapon that would be pe
culiarly .a woman's weapon, and ytt 1
sufficiently deadly to do ns rr,"ch damage
as the most ardent opponent r f the gen
tleman of the revid could wish.
l aea of the Tfli.i'hnnf,
To the makirg of Irish b'dls thor? is
no end. aecordirg to MarM all I. Wild
er. Hire is one of the latest breaks of
the Celtic species, if the humorist is to be
bcl'eved:
An Irishman just overs es a telephone
on the wall, and never having seen one
before, asks what it is.
"It's n telephone." he is toM.
'That's a tillyphone used for?" queries
Tat.
"Why. to talk through, of course."
"Can I talk to Mike upstairs through
thot thing?"
"Why. of course."
Pat goes to the telephone and calla nr.
Mike. "Is thAt you. Mike?"
"Yes." comes the answer.
Well." says Fat. "stick yr fcead out
the window. I want to talk to yec"
Roche stir It-Kxpitss.
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