Orn Hlfltrtvldal Society
City flail
VOL. 24.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1905.
NO. 1151
Redfield & VanVactor,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office on west end of May Street
Heppner, Oregon.
C. E. WOODSON,
A T TORNE Y- A T-L A W
Office In Palace Hotel Heppner, Oregon
Phelps & Notson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office in Odd Fellows Bldg Heppner, Oregon.
W. P. MYERS,
LAND ATTORNEY.
Have made a specialty of land oon
tests and contest defenoes before U. 8.
Land Offioe and Department of the In
terior for ten years.
Ionb,
Oregon.
W. L. SMITH,
ABSTRACTER.
Only complete set of abstraot books
in Morrow county.
Heppnkb,
Okeoon
HIGGS & WINNARD
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS.
Bpeoinl attention given to diseases of
the eye, ear, none and throat.
Officb: The Fair Bailding.
Heppnkk, ' Okegon.
Frank B. Kistner,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office in I'ntterson & Son's drugstore
Redid euce in Morrow building over
Fa'torson & Son' Drugstore.
E. R. Hunlock
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Olliort with Heppner Drag Co. Rebi
dfMiCtj Miu street, next door to Times
oflioo.
DR. METZLER.
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!Wa ed in Ofd Fe'lows building.
Rooms 5 and (5.
DR. Al. A. LEACH
IV'nj ine-jtly lncd:d hi Hppiie. Oifi
j:i tun new Fair t'liildiug. Gjh ud
Uiifiisterel.
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Is the proper place to
get that Dice cool drink
you have l.eeu looking
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We serve tLe celebrated tj
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ilizelvvood Ice Cream
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in any quantity. Private
looms for ladies. Ed-
trance through postoflice
Gilbert's Chocolates
canuot be equaled. This
is the kind we carrv.
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Cigars and Tobacco
All the leading brands 5
carried iu stock at all V
tinges.
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Ashbaugh & Ayers
Proprietors
The Heppner Gazette the news of Mor
row County: The Weekly Oregonlan tbe
news and thought of the world. Both at
a special price. Inquire or address Tbe
Uazelte. Heppner, Or.
SHEEP MEN
ENGOURAGED
SHEARING AND LAnBINU NOW
IN PHOGIIESS.
No Wool II a a Yet Been Contracted
-Urowcrt Holding For Sales
Days.
Sheep shearing has now commenced
and is general in the northwestern part
of Morrow county, especially in that
portion lying along tbe Columbia River
in tbe lower altitudes, where the cli
mate is somewhat milder than in the
foothills of the Blue Mountains.
Taking everything into consideration,
conditions with the sheep industry are
very favoroble, in fact, belter than for
several years. There was a big hay
crop last year, the sheepmen were well
provided with feed, and the sheep went
on the range this spring in exceptional
ly good condition. The unusually early
spring has also been a prominent factor
in adding to the profits of tbe sheep
growers. In speaking from an average
basis, grass started fully three weeks
earlier than usual, and has grown
rapidly.
With p'enty of green grass every
where and wa-ni Minehine, the season
is excellent fo lambing operations
which a e rr w in progress. The lamb
ing season, which lasts for about four
weeks in this county, in now about balf
tti'otiKli, and h hiith percentage of
lambs is belry saved. Many accounts
1 1 100 per cent increase are reported.
The Penland Land & Livestock Com
pany, the largest concern in the county,
is now about half through lambing 13,
000 ewes. Even with such a large con.
Cern as this an average Increase of lOo
per cent is reported. While this very
high percentage will probably not Lold
out to the finish, still the general
average will undoubtedly be a record
breaker wi'h this company. There are
now 217,000 head of sheep in Morrow
county to be sheared and the clip is es
timated at approximately 1,800,000
pounds. With the wool hauled in from
Kdjoining counties, at least 3,000,000
pounds of wool will be ruaiketed in
Heppner this s- ason. (i -overs feel con
fident that they will receive troiu 2 to 3
cents more per pound than they were
paid last vear. N ) wool to speak of has
been contracted for hore cn the sheep's
back. G owers genera l' are inclined
t) hold for the sales days, which will
occur in Heppner on May 2(, Jir.e 9,
20 and 20. The sealed bid system of
selling where the buyers meet in com
petitive bidding, which was adopted
here three years ago. lias been very
successful, and the bulk of the w ol
will ba fo'd io fiia manner.
The greater portion of the surplus
sheep, cjnsisting principally of mixed
yearlings and 2-year-old wethers, which
are for sale here every season, have
been turned off. About 00,000 mixed
yearlings have been bought at $2 13 per
head. About 15,000 2-year-old wethers
have been turned off at $2 40 per head.
These prices have been encouraging,
being fully 23 per cent higher than last
ear.
Close political affiliation is be
ing sought by many British poli
ticians beUeen Canada and the
British West Indies.
Japan is demanding $100,000 in
demuity 0f Denmark for permit
ting the Baltic fleet to coal at
Danish ports en route to the Far
East.
JWAY GIVE CP JOBS.
State Employes Object to Discount
on Salaries.
Salem, Or., April 9. "We do not an
ticipate any grave trouble as a result of
the unsatisfactory effects produced by
tbe impending referendum of the gen
eral appropriation bill," remarked an
asylum official tonight, in commenting
upon the heavy discount being made
upon the state scrip by the brokers.
"If any resentment is felt on the part
of empbyes throuah having their wages
shavrd, whioh I understand ihre is. it
will not be Brown in a demonstrative
way, but may cause many of them to
resign to seek more remunerative em
ployment. If this should occur, it
might operate to cripple the present ex
cel'eut service now being enjoyed for
an indefinite period, but there me more
applicants for positions oi haud now
than there have been for the pa-t two
years, and there would be no d fficulty
in filling all vacancies. There is an un
usually large number of applications for
positions coming from attendants in
Eastern a-ylums who desire to come
West, but it I as bt-en th policy of th3
government to employ local applicants
first, and the policy will be followed out
as far as possible. The employes un
derstand the BituaMoT iu !y, and show
no disposition to blame the officials of
tbe sta'e or the asvlu:u for the existing
conditions."
Inquiry disclos-.b U,.su rcd Scully the
same conditi ns exittl at the other state
institutions, end that general dissatis
faction is being felt among the em
ployes. It also develops that the two
asyjums employes w ho were obliged to
cash their certificates at a discount of
15 per cent bad resigned before tbis con
dition materialized, and did not do so
on account of it.
21 Indictments.
Portland, April 8 be grand jury
returned indictmen's this afternoon
against H. Hoot'.. II. E. Singleton,
John D e, Kith u. I i'oe, William Roe
and Thos Roe, odici Is of the B.ioth
Kelly Lumber c .inpiny, charging them
with conspiracy with I. Thomas to
agree to defraud the United State3 out
of its public lands; against Frank Alley,
A. R. Downs, E. R. Downp, Stephen W.
Turnell and John Doe, charging them
with conspi-acy w'th .1 hn W. Gardr er
and others to deftaid 'h gov-rnnipi t
out of public 1 nid-) ; rfinst WiiUrd N.
Jones, Th dem S. l' t er, j. L. Sissler
and Daniel Clik, alsj conspiracy;
agai at Jams II. Butt'i f r furni hing
F. A. Krib advance f ormation to aid
him in senppin op rations, vhile
Booth wa an ofii.-ial n the Roseburg
land office; against O e D. Bernird,
Clarence D. Zichary and Charles A.
Watson f r perjury.
John Cordim, x-Distiict Attorney
John Hal', Major llany L. Reef, A. P.
Caylor, J. H. iTatehii gs, Jol.n North
rup and Char'es I.o 1 are icported as
having con pi e 1 t ' retard justice, j
though no indictment are returned:
against them.
Lewis'on is about to expend be
tween $SO,000 and 890,000 on an
extension of the power system.
The engineer iu charge is Miller,
who performed the same service
for Pendleton.
The peniten'ury at Walla
Walla now has 75' inmate3 the
largest number in the Hstory ot
the institution. It was increased
by 24 on April 4.
STAMP MILL
IS ENGAGED
HEPPNER MINING CO. WILL IN.
STALE NEW PLANT.
Outfit Complete In Every Detail
With Capacity of lOj Tons
Per Day.
Din Stalter, president of the Hepp
ner Mining company, returned Monday
evening from a eix weeks' visit in San
Francisco and San Josa, Califori ia.
Mr. S'alter went to San Francisco
for the purpose of purchasing a stamp
mill for the Mayflower mines in the
Greenhorn district. While in Cali
fornia he went down to JSan Jose and
visited with relatives fori three weeks
before returning to Heppner.
Mr. Stalter has engaged a mill with a
capacity of 10 tons per day. The
machinery will be shipped in June and
will be put off at Tipton, on the Suuip
er Valley railroad, which is the nearest
railroad point, only beiog about 28
miles from the mines.
The new plant will be complete in
every detail, end will be put to work
just as soon as it cau be installed.
Ore will be used from two different
leads, taken f-orn the Illinois and Pide
of Heppuer mines.
Mr. Stalter is very anxious to get to
work and will lea ye in a'short time for
;he mines where-he will put in a torce
of miners and workmen preparatory to
the installation of the new machinery.
A large amouut ot ore is now on tbe
dump and the mill will commence
pounding out tbe precious metal aB
soon as work can be commenced.
Customs collections in the Port
land district amounted to $57,573,
as compared with $50,923 in Feb
ruary and $69,254 in January.
The receip's last month were
049 larger than in March last year,
but fell below those of the same
month in 1903 by $10,220.
It is stated that E. II. Harri
man regards the "Northern Se
curities case" as a closed incideut
and will not attempt to reopen the
controversy, through any excuse
by law.
The total baled cotton crop of
tbe United States for 1901 was
13,507,782 bales.
BANK OF IIEPIWEK
IIEITXER, OREGON
ESTABLISHED 1904
LOANS MADE AT EIGHT PER GENT
PER ANNUM
Stat' Bank organized under the laws of the State of
Oregon. .25.000 daylight laire.larinsui aneeean i'(l.
Members of American Bankers Association.
Insured Bank money orders issued.
Accounts by mail solicited.
All communications answered the same day
thev are 11 reived.
Bank of Heppner throuuh its larp4 connections is iu
a posit ion to extend larjre accommodations and
g the greatest safety to all it s depositors.
I FOUR PER GEHT IHTEREST
HEALTH
is the
Most
Important
The manufacturers of Royal
Baking Powder have had 40
years of scientific experience.
Every method of bread-and-cake
raising has been exhaus
tively studied in this country and
abroad.
The result is a perfect prod
uct in Royal Baking Powder.
There is no substitute for it.
The purity and efficiency of
Royal Baking Powder have
been commended by the highest
authorities of the world.
These facts mean two impor
tant things to all housekeepers:
First : that Royal Baking
Powder is healthful and
makes wholesome food.
Second : that Royal Bak
ing Powder makes food
good to taste.
DAV A T BAKING
tsxJ 1 rL, powder
ABSOLUTELY
PURE
Frank D. Comerford was re
cently expelled from the Illinois
legislature because he could not
substantiate charges of bribe tak
ing Against other members. He
went home and 01 Apri 4 was re
elected to the legislutur-, his con
stituents thus vindicating him.
The Conreid Opera company
opened the eeason in San Francis
co, etarrit'g Madam Sembricb.
The receipts of the lirfct evening
were 883,000.
Representative .ms, of Wash
ington, is man-'Uverii'K a plan to
buy out th3 Colville 'Indians'
rights to the southern half of their
reservation, so it may be opened
to settlement.
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