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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1905)
More wheat in the straw is want ed for Morrow county's booth at the Lewis and Clark fair. If the Morrow county farmers who have good samples will bring it to Judge Ayers in Heppner, the wheat will be properly labeled and shipped for exhibition. The Heppner Gazette Established March 30, 1883. ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING. MINOR&CO. I MINOE & CO Fred Warnock Entered at the Postoffice at Heppner Oregon, as second-class matter. mil Thursday July 13, 1905 The lone Proclaimer has chang ed management and ownerehip. Reed and Carter are now at the helm. The paper looks well and deserves success. There is considerable specula, tion as to the results of the direct primary law which will be given a trial at the next elections in Ore gon. Senator Fulton is a strong advocate and believer in the effi ciency of the new law. Mexican Indians claim that there is in every rattlesnake a small sac, about the size of a bean, attached to the intestines that is filled with a brownish or black fluid. This fluid is said to be a speedy and sure cure for the bite of a rattler. Oregon's total wool clip this year is estimated at from 15,000, 000 to 16,000,000 pounds. Shani ko was the largest receiving sta tion. Wool sold higher this year than for 25 years. This with the high prices for sheep has made a very prosperous season for the sheep men. Dunnite is a new explosive that is being experimented with in the United States navy department. It is said to be the world's most effective explosive and will crum ple in the side of the heaviest armor clad vessel, though the shell fall short of its mark by 20 feet It might be well to keep the secret away from the Japs. Morrow county's jail seems to be hoodo. Within less than two years two of the inmates of this institution have committed-suicide. This week there was another at tempt at suicide in the jail and the attempt was almost successful. It is getting such a hard name that it is difficult to find anyone that wants to go there. Moral: Keep out of jail. The wool clip of Wallowa coun ty for 1905 was all disposed of to Koshland & Co., of San Francisco, at 16 cents per pound in Decem ber, 1904, and the same firm have an agent there at present taking contracts for the 1906 clip, and our correspondent writes us that unless other buyers put in an ap pearance, Koshland & Co. trill get the 1906 clip at their own figures. The great complaint at this point is in regard to the high freight rate to eastern points. American Wool and Cotton Reporter. A single Oregon 6heep that fed on the open ranges in Morrow county produced a fleece which weig'ied 36 pounds. At 20 cents a pound this means $7.20 for the income of one sheep in a year. At the Lewis and Clark exposi tion the 36-pound fleece is ex hibited in Morrow county's sec tion of the agriculture building. There are also a number of other fleeces which weigh 25 pounds or more, which tell convincingly of the marvelous possibilities of this wonderful grazingcountr y. American Wool and Cotton Re porter. The above coming from a Boston paper shows that Morrow county's products are attracting some attention. "MINERAL EARTH." ITIorrow County Product Shipped for Soap making. The sheep industry in America is on the increase owing to the de mand f ir mutton which is ou the if. crease yearly. The department of agriculture on the first of this enr reported 45,000,000 sheep on the farms and ranches of the United "Statpp. Within the past six yenrd the number of sheep in the United States has increied over 7,000.000. Morrow county's exhibit of her commercial products makes a very creditable showing at the Lewis and Clnrk fair. The wool exhibit is probably the finest of nny county in the state. Fpr this exhibit which will do the couuty much good, Judge Ayers has borne n big slmre of the burden. It shows that a little enterprise and work will biing success. This is an object lesson for the town of Heppner. At the L mdon wool auctions last week a further advance wan established in tLe price of wool. The shortage in wool is reported to be as pronounced ou the other s-ide as it is in the United States. Cotton has also advanced sharply within the past week. This will naturally mean an advance in the price or manufactured i roducts, 'but an advance in p-icj in what the producer has to sell will bring greater prosperity and a little higher price for clothing will not be felt amorg the masses. D. C. Gurdane shipped Monday, 15,000 pounds of mineral earth to the Luckel, King Cake Soap Co., of Portland. This substance which is used in the manufacture of soap is almost as white as chalk and as fiue as flour. It can be found in large quantities in Mor row county and is easy of access. The name mineral earth has been given this substance by the soap manufacturers, but just what it is ha never been determined for the reasou that no one has ever biken the trouble to have it analyzed or classified. Geological proofs. indi cate that the stuff is a volcanic ash having been created when Ensterii Oregon was a roaring furnace during the warm days of active volcanoes. The deposits which are common, are usually termed m kali beds by the older residents, out this is a p i; n..ir de lusion. Any h i'.v, the t-r If uakes good soap and the demand for it is on the increase. The state of Idaho also furnishes a similar mateiiril and this is where the sup ply has been coming from hereto fore f-r the Portland Sap manu facturers. Morrow county V freight rate advantages for the Portland demand over Idaho will shut out the latter named state in the Oiegou metropolis. Should this whit" depoir, whatever it is, b i enough value to .pay to ship to Kableru boap makers, the industry of mining it will beeome of some import i uc e. 0 U A P A IM S o AT All of the latest styles for the fall and winter are here and are marked and ready for your inspection. Come and see them. No trouble to show goods. MINOR & CO. I MINOE & CO. SC2SEX3EH2 LEXINGTON NEWS. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Ofllcrr I ii t .- 1 1 . Harvest is in full blast. Sunday whs the holtest day of the season. Mrs. E. A. Beynicr leturned from Portland, Saturday. Vawtt-r Crawford, cf Heppner, is as sisting W. B. McAlister in the -buns- ttiis week. P. M. Christenson has gone to lone to lake charge cf J. A. Woolery's threshing out tit. Leach Bros, are fitting up a largo mom for their stock of hardware. It i adpinng thhir general store. Blacksmith Klein, of Heppner. was asisti- g on the water works a day or two the foie part of the week. J. A. Brown, UV.ph Benge a d Frank Smith went to The Dalles on bu-iness in the Land OAics last Saturday. Ralph Benge's new residence in Mc- Alis'er's Addition will son be enclosed It will be a ere litable addition to t'.it part of town. . 8. Phelps, A. Keaney and T. W. Collins returned from The Dalles Mon day. They had been transacting busi ness at the Land Office. The gasoline engine for the city water system was received a tew days ago, and has be-n installed this week. It is working very satisfactorily. Mr. a: d M s. Elmer BLei fame n from Por.lan 1, Satmdny. They will re main eeveral wesk? as Mr. Biggs ex pects to work at harvesting. Mrs. Kit"."? is visiting at the home of her Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned administrator of the estate of Knta C Gentry has filed in the County Court of Morrow Coun ty, Oregon, his Ann account as snoh Adminis trator, Hiid that said court has made an o der fixing Monday, the 7th dny of August, IHO'i, at the liour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day Rt the county court room in the court huiise in the city of Heppner, Morrow counti, Oregon, as the time and plac for hearing said account and the settlement of said estate, All persons having any objections to Paid ac count are required to offer same on or heferu said date. F. H. (iKNTUV, Administrator Dated this r,th day of July, P.tu'i. jlyi.augs THE ALPS Jonx Zollinger, I'rop. Fiiw Wines, Liquors, .-iiid ( 'iir;irs. . . . Aj't .'uix Lunches. IIahilmax. - ()in;;o.. The i (licet c Of Vil..,w I odge No. , j parents, Vr. and Mrs. E. I. Leadi. I. O. O. F. were insttlh-d ves'e da. ' evening as fol'ows : C.yde Br ck, N. 1 ; Le v is CuinphtH V. .; Geo. Noble, Sec; K. C. Ash baugli, Trea. ; C. L. Keithley. V ; J. B. Klein, Uon ; E.G. Nob'e, II. S. to N. G. ; Frank Nob'e, L. S. o N. G. ; J. K.8imon, II. S. to V. G. ; H. C. Ash baugh, L. S. to V. G. ; K. K. Teaman, L. S S. ; Sherman Shaw, I. G. Mr. an i Mrs. J. U. "Utter-bark and daughter, of 15 ii fgeport, OkU., are visiting at S. E. Nots .n'fl this week. Mrs. Utterbark is a sirtr of Mr. Not son. They are accomp niel by .Vissee Jennie, EfTt and Buth Notson, of Ham-bn-g, Iowa, sisters of Mr. Notson. They are on their way to the fair. 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