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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1906)
The Heppner GazetU EstoHhe March 30. ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING. Fred Warnock Jntered at the rostoftVe at Heppner Oregon, a ecoudxlnSB matter. Thcksday June 23, 1906 ORfcUOK'S UOADS. Stute of Oregon Has a Total ol 34,338 Miles. Tbere are 34 233 rules of public road in tlie state of Oregon, f which 2233 miles are surfaced with gravel. 2ih mil 8 with Muiie and 14 3 miles wi'h plank, making a total of 2439 miles ( f improv.d road. It will ba eeen from ihese funr's tl at about 7la per ce .t of the roals bav been improved. By conipari' g lb? total road miL'.ijjt with the are of the state, i: appears tliat there wss ab -lit S6-100 of a L5;ie of j ublic ioai pc square iai'e of !irta. A comparison li in " ?zt h popu lation shox-4 tl, t t!i r.! vas 1 mile of road to f ve y 12 inhabitant, but only 1 ciib tf improved ro d to every lrt inhabitants. Xb.9 rt:ds '- d in the construction ara3 repair ci Cr:iMi roads are deiived from two soaicts a p o r!y tax and a poll tax. The rate i.f t's.itiun on prop erty for road purposes inns" ot exceed 10 miles on the dollar, though road dis tricts ina . levy en addi. ion t! l. mi'es for the purp se of ao v n! ' special" impro1 emen's. The levy for each c iirttv i' made by Ua ' county con t cr commissioners' eo rt," eLd tbrf ru'e f taxation vari t in the difTerent counties fro:n 1 to 10 mills. Every mile inhabitant luHveer. the ages of 21 i nd 30 (unless by law exempt) ia required to pay an annual pdl tax of f3 for road pii'pipes. Asa matter cf fact, the poll tax operates to a large extent as a statute Ubor law, einco i i m cy instances the tax appear? to have been paid in labor- pei formed vi the road in-tead of cas' . The am nnt of roa 1 fu-d derived from (he property tax was $649,717 07 in 19J4, and the amount of the pell tax was $1-16,0 8; tba total revenue f ern boti sources bfirg $790 373 97. Bv comparing the total with the total roi'e age of public roa s an i with tt e popu lation of the state, it is f .und that the furjds col'ected anJ expended f r road purpoees amounted to .'.23. C4 per mile of pub'ic road, or Jfl 92 p?r inhabitant. Will Piinitli All. Was'iirgton, Jure S3. Tre presi dent's order f r r n actopus hunt is not confined to th StndaHOi! company. Koosevelt i as onla ed bis h untsmen to io af er the ailrou's a s r. Wherever be can Cr.d th it th- ioad3 grafted re bates to the S andard the gove nment Kill b i gs it f gain t the road as well as against thj Standard. Attorney-Jei er.l A'oody, who had deter i ined to ret;ra to private life this summer, wil remain as chief huntsman at the eariet leqaeii of I'lesideLt Jlo f evelt. The Pennsylvania, Few Yo k Central Chicago 4 Eiste p, the I lipois Central, the Ru L'q id, the Ce-tr.il Vermout, the Burlingto t ie Chic mo & Alton, the Missouri Faciac, the Southern Pacific, the Sin'a Fe and ether road3 will be proceeded aaiost. Moody was ask. ad point blank 'oday if La erpecte ' to land John D. R ckefe'.ler in prison. lie hes tate 1 and answered, "I don't think b-. Abmt the best I cou d do is to get ti e traffic managers directly en cerned. I don't wish to in dict clerks and cannot reach the heads of loncern ", because of tin lack of evi dent, to will et ike about half way up." A rpokeBman for the Standird Oil company t N w York stated today: "The ad : inistration w shes to create hosti ity to the Stan !ard Oil company eo that a tr al will be superfluity. It 4" intimida i n by pr c arnation. We wil say nothing unt 1 the proceedings begin We are not v orrying " Attornei -General Moody's statement is : "After full consideration of all infor mation now available, including the re port of th3 commissioner of corpora tions and the evidence taken by the interstate commerce comtriiesion, I have reached tbe conclusion that criminal proceeding? against the Standard O.l CDmjuny should be beun in certain cases where there appears to have been a violation ot the laws regulating inter state commerce end prohibiting rebates and other unlawful discriminations. Accordingly such proceedings will be begun at once in the appropriate judi cial districts. Thpse cases are regarded and will be tr ated as of importance, "It eeea s clear that, insofar es the Standard Oil company Las obtained tnonopoli-tic control of interstate trade, the control Lai been in large degree made poeeib'e by discriminations in transportation rates or facilities, the discriminations being in soms cases in vio'ation of the law, and in other cases, though injurious to tte public welfare, ut in violation of law, and theref jre ibjtH't only to such correction as may )3 uff ided by 'he railway ra'e legis lation now pending in c ngress. "The investigation will req ibe the mt-iftance cf the d-partuneut and I have employed a special counsel Frank B. Keilogg of St. Paul, who was one of the counsel for the government in the re cently terminated Legation agvnst the western paper organization, and Charles B. Morrison of Chicago, now United States attorney for the northern district f Illino:s. Mr. Morrison will in the tear futnre resign his place aa district jvoruey." Jl TE WILL PROPOSED. .Hovcnient Started by luland F.nj. pi re Wbeat zrotvera Assaclutlou. Umatilla county fa mers who liaye orgauiz 'd tue luland lr.mpue Mieat growers' associati n, wid ta" up the matter of starting jute mi!l in the Oregon penitentiary for the purpose of uruishin Oregon f rmers and Oiegon 6tockmen with grain and wool sacks at reasonable prices. With this in vie v a pe si'ent cam paign for a jute mill w.ll ba started. Oejon leg elotors will te enlisted and. PALI'S Stiitiiueut . ill i e moused to iht practicability if the scheme. The exorbitant prices of sacks this season has c use l farmers to tnink about self protection, i cd the tta e jute mi 1 is the wnly pr ctica. solutioi of the question. The state of Washington has a jute mill at the Walla Widla petmentinry , coating $7o,00'J with a capacity ol SoJO sacks per day. The raw jute crines from Calcutta, lief ire this year the sacks from th" stute u ill have been sold to W ashifij.ton farmers at $03 per l'JOJ, or Ojj cents each, but this ytar on acco;i:;t cf a tl:ihl incease in the cost of the raw jute the price was advanc d to ?S3 per 1000, or 820 less than the refill ir mai ket price of sacks in 1'eLdie to j and Walla Walla. Toe Walla Wal a plant furnishes em ployment for 100 convicts at a fair profit to t la state and af.er paying tsll ex penses the mill pays good interest on thy investment besides furnishing Was'jioiiton turners with graiu sacks at 2 C3nts bil.w market price. The farmers and taxpayers of Washington are wtll pleased wit'a the jute mill of that Etate and Oreg m farmers will Uke the Washington p!ant as a model for some red'cal legislation next seseion of the Oregon legislature. Ileppucr forest Reserve. The forestry ssrvice has notified Senator F.nton ot its ictcntiou to create ths Heppner forest ,eserve, along the north of the John Day river, near Hepp ner, to fmbrace ab mt 13 townships. A map of the proposed reserve has been submitted to the senator and he has been asked 'o make any suggestions oi desirable cianges in the boundaries, lie will take up the matter with persons living in the immediate vicinity of the proposed reserya an 1 transmit their views to the department. The senator bus been assured that no grazing charges will be impost d this season for use of the range in the Hepp ner, (ioos) L ike or Fremont reserves, nor in any othe reserves that may be created later this season. It is the in tention of tie depaitmeut, however, to impose a chi'te i ext season on all reserves created this summer. I Why Don't Homeseekei"5 Come To Morrow County? Morrow county produws more wealth per cspita than any other county in the sute of Oregon. Our territory within county lines is 75 miles in length by 35 miles in widtn, large enough br a state, but with not enough population for a good sizeu country village. Only tuuu people in the county. fcvery year we grow aboat 1,000,000 bushels of wheat. This is worth about W have about 225,000 bead of sheep worth about $562,000, after shearing wi lis tae wool from these sherp will sell for 8360,000. Then there are horses and ca'.Le wc.-tb et east a half a aillion more. These are the main items In the wealth producers. It don't take much figuring when you look at these figures to come to the conclusion that Morrow count; people make some money. We have the soil, the urn tie ana tue goods to make goo l. Mn row county's climate i pleasant and healthful. Morrow county people are prosperous. Morrow county people baye money. Here in the town of Heppner ye have two banks. The First National in publish ed ctateiiients shows deposits running from half a mil. ion dollars up. Both banks have a big business. Heppner can show the largest bank deposits of any town of its mzb in the Northwest, and it should ba remembered that Lexington, nine miles awh.v, and lone, 18 miles from Heppner both have banks doine a eood business. This looks like Morrow county peopla have money. But look h ere, almost lulf the population of Morrow county reside in the towns, f bis leaves only between 3,000 and 4,000 peoplo in a territory 75 miles in length by 35 miles in wealth. Don't you think tbere is room for more people. Ten or twelve years ago land in Morrow county went begging at from $100 to 230 fo. a quarter section. Five years ago this land had looked up to $6.00 and $7.00 per acre. Today this land is worth $15 per acre with a few of the choicest lots some times bringing s-0 psr i.c.e. Now the old timers are wor.derine whv thev did not takn advanta f tin? cheap land. They could have made a barrel of money. Over ia the adjoining county of Umatilla wheat lands today are worth from 50 to $75 an acre. Ou tbe other side of us is Sherman county with wheat lands selling from $25 up. Here we are between with just as good land land at $15 per acre. Our lands are sure to go up in price. In a few years the people here wil' ba again wondering why they did not buy some of this $15 land. Tbe proposition is the same now as it was a few years ago, but it takes more money. Last year and year before a number of good farmers bought wheat lands and paid for it with tbe first crop. Come to Morrow county and investigate this land business. Following are a few samples of what we have for sale: Cash Shoe Store 4TH OF JULY SALE OF TAN SHOES AND HOSE For one week beginning today we will place on sale all our Tan Shoes, Low Shoes and Hose. All Tan Goods at Sale Prices 4 ' ini 7' m m-M- it s iji.i i ihm a. i lis is- v .m v sw t 3.50 " " Oxfords 2.95 2.50 " " " 1.95 - G.50 Men's High Top Tun Bhoee 5.45 yJfil -V'i 4r.50 Men's Tan acd Brown Oxfords 3.95 -r ijt i-l 4.00 HA.K 3.00 Boys Tan Shoes !45 tftfktZ&L 2.00 Childr'ns Tan Shoes 1.45 $3,50 Childrcns Tan Shoes and Slippers 45c to 95c 75n Ladies Tan Hose, Lace and Tlain 45c 50c Ladies Tan Hose, Lace and Plain 35c 35c Ladies Tan Hose, Laos and Plain 20o 50c Men's Tan Socks, Fancy 35c 35c Men's Tan Socks, Fancy 25c Children's Tan Hose, Lace and Plain 10c to 25c 4 H ": HEAVY SHEEP LOSSES. Butte, June 22. Tohn P. Thomas, of Anaoonda, i reside .t of tbe Montana Pioneer association, who I as large sheep interests in northern Montana, arrived in Butte today, bringing word of extensive looses o' sheep as the result of the heavy flood in t e r orthern p rt ot the state. Tbe storm, according to Mr. Thomas, was the worst in the history of the earliest settlers and thousands of s' eep which had been sheared perished from the col 1 ftl'ow ing the storm. Several ftockmen lost each as high as from 5000 to 10,000 sheep. The los?,eas Mr. Thoma, ia offset in a measure by the i.nmense amount f good done the range by the rain, that section of the country heretofire resembling a desert. It is ;iov; as gieen a s lawn. Pacific University FOREST GROVE, OREGON. A High-grade college with Superior equipment. Eeautifully located twenty-six miles from Portland. Full regular college courses. Academy pives strong preparatory and High School courses. Conservatory of Music and School of Art, with superior instructors. Business branches taught. Gymnasium and Field Athletics under a Physical Director. Well-equipped Laboratories. Library of 13,000 Volumes. Healthful social life; religious influences. All student enterprises active. THE SCHOOL THAT STANDS fOR THE BEST IN EDUCATION WRITS FOR OATALOQUM No 1 320 acres, 13 milei south of lone, 220 acres in cultivation and is in crop. One third of crop delivered in lone goes with place. All fenced with 2 wires. Price $4,500. 2,500 cash, balance in 2 years, 8 per cent. No 2 S00 acres, 12 miles south of Ioce, 5J0 acres in cuhivation 2S5 acres in graiu, will summer fallow balance. Good well water, fair buildings and one m.le from school. Trice including crop and summer fallow, 812,500. $3,000 cash, $2,000 alter harvest, balance in one half crop payments at 8 per cent. No 3 640 acres, 9 miles south of lone, 450 acres in cultivation, 100 more can be plowed, 155 acres in wheat. Fair buildings, and all fenced with 2 wires. Price fncluding crop, $10,500. $3,500, cash, small payment after harvest, balance to suit purchaser. No 4430 acres, V4 miles from Lex ing'oo, all in cultivation but 5 acres, running water, all fenced. Price per acre $20 00. One half cash, balance on easy ttima. No 5 4S0 acres, 12 miles from Hepp ner, 300 acres in cultivation, 60 aores more can be plowed, 150 acres fn grain. Windm.ill and plenty cf water at bouse and running water in . pasture. All fenced with 2 wires. Small brohard. Three quarters of mile from school. Price includ:ng crop, $S 000. $3,500 ca?h, balanoo on easy terms. No 6 -040 acres, 5 miles from Hepp ner, all lillabl s but 50 acres, 300 acres ia whe t. Plenty cf water, and fair buildings. Young orchard. Price in cluding crop $20.00 per acre. One half cash balance on easy terms. No 7 Stock ranch, 7220 acres all fenced with 3 wires, wateied by several spring branches and creeks. There is about 75 acres set to alafalfa, 250 more in cultivation, two fair houses, two good sheep Bbeds. Located in the best grass section in Morrow county. Price per acre $6.50. One third cash, balance on easy tnrms. No 8 2S0 acres timber land, good bouse and barn, all fenced, 25 acres meadow or bottom land. Oae mile from good saw mill, miles from school, 10 miles from Hardman. Price per acre $10.00. $500.00 cash, balance to suit purchaser. No 9320 aores timber and ?rass land, 3 miles from saw mill, all fenced, plenty of running water, small house. Pri e $1600. Small payment down, balance on easy terms. No 10640 acres, 525 acres in cultiva tion, balance can be farmed, 300 acres in summer fallow, fair house and barn and other out buildings, fenced and cross fenced with 2 wires, county roid runs on one side, one half mile from good fchool, 8 miles from railroad station, Price $20 00 per acre, including summer fallow. One third cash, balance on easy terms, 8 per cent. No 11 1G0 ecres, 6 miles from Har man, well watered by springs, plenty of timber for borne use, comfortable five room frame house, cellar, milk bouse, smoke house, wood house and shop, barn room for 12 head of stock. Hay barn 24x34, cattle shed 24x00, wagon and tool shed 16x40. About 4) acres in cultiva-' tion, mre could easily be put in cultiva tion. Orchard of apple, plum, prune, pear and cherry trees just beginning to bear, one half mile from school house, 3 miles from saw mill. Price $2,000 $1,400 down balance to suit purchaser. Parasol Umbrellas A SHIPMENT OF THE NEW KIND Serviceable in Rain or Sunshine Thev are made in the fashionable two toned colors and white, of good quality silk, that will shed the rain and protect von from the driest and warm ravs of our summer sun. Plain enameled steel rod and frame with natural umbrella wood handles. The very thing to give you that stylish dress finished appearance. THE PRICE IS 5 O Timber Lands in Quantities to Suit at Reasonable Prices For further information call on or address FRED WARNOCK, MOSE ASHBAUGH, Heppner. Oregon Eight Mile. Oregon House flullt of Cactus. Pasadena, Cat., June 23. Luther Burhank, the Cohfornia wizard, is building himself a $5000 residence at Santa llosa. Two cactus leaves which he raised on his own lnnd will pay for it. This is the interesting statement nv.de by Burbank to D. W. Coolidge, secretary of the Pasadena Board of Trade, who has just returned from a visit to the Burbank home. It prac ticall means that $5000 was the reward he received for producing his new spine less cattus. Independent and wliabls Tha Oregon CITATION, !n the County Court of the State ot Oregon for tbe Coauty of Morrow. In (he ui&Uerof tlie entatc of Olin Warden, a minor. Onitrr to ehow caub why Onlar of Bale of Heat K.-t ,t( abould not be made. It app'uring lo the said Court, by the petition this ilh' ,roneiitel and Hied by A. W. galling the Cj'inrdi.in of the Eetatoof Olin Wordnn a minor rHing tor an oraer or aaie o real ewtate. that t :m i-Tpfary to cell the all of the ral citato !.:' i: to Kni'l minor, in ur let that the pro. coo'Ih Iroin the came may be invested in a more prui! tii'olo manner. It ia thereto e ordered by the T. W. Ayers jndk-e t faid court, that Grant Worden, Olin Wordua, the next of kin and all persona inrer eated in the estate of said minor, appear before said County Court on Monday the 8th day of Annual, VAr at 10 o'clock In tlie forenoon of said day, at tho Court room of said County Court at tlie Courthouse In the city ot Heppner in the County of Morrow to show cause why an order should not be granted to the Mid A. W. Baling, said Uuiudian to sell so all of the hereinafter described real estate of the wild minor to-wit: An undivided one sixth Interest In HE ttec 29 in 'I p. 3 S. R. 21 E. W.M. Also an undivided one sixth interest in the following tract of land in the town of Hard man, Oregon: Beginning 6.05 chains East and m feet Houth of N W corner of NK of nE!4 of Hec., 1 in 1 p S 3. K. 25 E. W. M., running thence South 4 chains, tbenca East 2.50 chains, thence North 4 chains thence West i.'jti chain to place Of beginning containing gns acre. AND OREGON Sfl ONLINE UNION PACIFIC Onlv Line EAST via SALT LAKE M DENVEB TWO TRAINS DAILY. Daily Dkpaets 9:00 a. m. 9:00 a. m. TIME SCHEDULES, Heppner, Or. Fast Mall For East and West Fast Mall From East and West Express For East and West Express From East and West Dally Arrives 5:35 p. m. 5:35 p. MINOR & COMPANY I GILLIAM & BISBEE mm FARM MACHINERY HARDWARE TOOLS CUTLERY TINWARE We Have a First Class Plumber GILLIAM & BISBEE STEAMER LINES. Boat service between Portland, Astoria, Orogon City, Dayton, alem. Independence, Corvallls and all Columbia and Willamette River points. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. Steamers between Rlpariaand Lewlrton leave Riparia daily at 10:40 a. m. except Saturday, returning leave Lewis ton daily at 7 a. m. except Friday. J. B. HUDDLESON, Agent, Heppner. A. L. CRAIG, WANTED: Gentleman or lady with rood reference, to travel by rail or with a rig, for a firm of f 250,000.00 capital. Salary $1,072.00 per year and expenses; salary paid weekly and expenses advanced. Address, with stamp, Jus. A. Alexander. Heppner, Oregon. MaylO-NOTla. THE BREWERY The Best Liquors and Wines. HOPGOLD BEER Leading Brands of Cigars C. F. McCarter, Prop. Before You Order Tombstones, Marble or Granite Work You will do well to see Monterastelli Brothers and get prices. They have a fine stock on band. 91A1N STREET. HEPPKEB. ORE.