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.
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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.
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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.
Hppner GaxetU-Wetkly Ontoolma.
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