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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1907)
r" r , Hull VOL. 24. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 21. 1907 NO. J 137 BY F SLL1 Held In the Agonies of Death for Four Hours. J FLOOD TERRIBLY HI ANGLED Only Live a Few Hour After Be lug Rescued by Neighbor Who Came for Dinner. 1 PROFITS IK uBOWIHG Over $50 Worth of Meat in One Porker. PB3GTIGHLLY STD8K LOSSES Morrow County Ideal Stock Country. TOO MUCH BACON IMPORTED A Goo Ilogr Will Bring: Almost as Allien Money aa a Beef Steer At Present Prices. While engaged in tearing down an old house for Ed. McD&kl on his ranch in the strawberry coun try, north of Ileppner, Tuesday, Jim Flood was caught by a section of the roof and was so badly in jored that death resulted. Mr. Flood had sawed loose a section of the roof and in trying to get out from under it caught his foot, the roof falling and catching him in a manner to bend him back in such a position as to break his back and otherwise injure him The roof fell on the unfortunate man at 9 o'clock and held him un til 1 o'clock, when he was discov ered by a man working in a nearby field, who had come to the house to eat his dinner. Dr. Kistner was called and ac companied by Pres Creswell left for the McDaid ranch late in the evening. When near the Doherty ranch, their rig upset and was so badly demolished that they were forced to walk several miles through the mud before the Doctor was able to procure a saddle horse. When tha Doctor arrived Mr. JFloc-d was beyond medical aid and death relkre( tim of tis Buffer" ing at 2:15 o'clock WedDfc:lv morning. Jim Flood came to this country six years ago, when Wm. Hughes returned from a visit to Ireland, and has always been an upright ana inausmous citizen, no. &as no near relatives in tg country. but leaves an agu mother in the old coiiurry to tacurn his untimely end. He is a young man. The funeral will be held from Bt Patrick's church in this city on tomorrow afternoon. Forty dollars for the two hams two sides and the lard out of one hog. This is what Minor & Co. paid D. Cox. Mr. Cox kept the shoulders, head, feet, back bones and spare ribs. In short, Mr. Cox kept at least $14.00 worth of meat and sold $10 worth from a single hog. Hogs on foot are worth seven cents per pound or a little better. Country bacon is worth 16 cents, hams are worth 18 cents, and fancy stuff is worth more. Good country bacon and hams are pref erable to the packing house products. A single firm in Heppner within the last year was compelled to ship rom Eastern packing houses over 5,000 worth of bacon and hams to supply the local demand. Oregon every year imports from Eastern packing houses thousands of dollars worth of bacon, hams and lard. Why don't Morrow county grow more hogs. ALL STOCK IN GOOD CONDITION Prominent Sheep man Thinks For est Reserve Policy will Benefit Stockmen. PROSPEGTS ARE GOOD The past winter which was such a Lard one, and caused serious stock losses ia districts outside of Oregon, has been instrumental in in bringing Morrow county stock men to realization of the fact that cotditions here are not excelled by any stock countrv in the great Northwest. There have been practically no stock losses in Morrow county dur ing the past winter. The thous ands of hoofs have been well pro tected and sheep, cattle and horses are in good condition, generally speaking. In speaking of conditions, Wm. Barratt, the well known sheep- grower, informs the Gazette that out of 4,000 head, he only lost 28 head daring the past winter. temt a "ine past winter has been an educator for the stockmen," said Mr. Barratt. "We can better realize the fact that it not only pays, but '.ia absolutely necessary in order to be on tbe Bafe side. While the stock men had a good supply of hay, we were also further protected by tbe farmer?, where we could have pur chased straw stacks and grain." Mr. Barrett is an ; enthusiastic supporter of the forest reserve policy. "Under the reserve policy," con- "OVER THE HILL TO PC03H0USE." THE An OI JTfoflipr's Heart Made Glad by her Children. QTuken as directed, it becomes tbe greatest curative agent (or tbe relief of suffering bnmanitf ever devised. Such is Hollister's Rooky Mountain Tea. 36 ceots, Tea or Tablets. W. P. McMHlen, Lexington Oregon. Every indication That This Year's I Barratt, "if I am com mit Crop Will he - - L L r , - vom i ueneu io cm uowii mv neraa ... . One In morrow County. . nnn , n T , , t T . ,wu io .5,uw, l ueneve iuai x can make as much profit out of the Fruit Inspector Harry Cum- 2,500 under the forest restrictions "Over tbe hill (o the poor house I'm trudjn' my weary way, " If Will Catleton had been iD Heppner last week he could have found the theme for a poem with a better ending than "Oyer the Hill to the Poor House." It was the laat chapter of a sad story when an old mother bowed down with the weight of years and sickness was taken from the county poorhouse, and her heart was again made warm by the love and care of her children, in this city last week. The old lady was Sret married when young to a man by the name of Rinehart. From this union there were two boys and a daughter. Mr. Rinehart died. In time Mrs. Riuehart was married again to Jay Johnson and came to Mor row county, where they resided for a number ot years. In the mean time the daughter was married and the sons drifted from place to place. All neglected to write and the final result was that the mother and children became separated en tirely, knowing nothing of the whereabouts of each other. Several months ago Mr. John son went East and died. The old lady was left alone, old and help less and there was "only one alter nativethe poor house. The Rinehart boys had located in the Okanogan country. A short lime ago tha boys de cided to find out where their moth er was. She last word was from Heppner and one of the boyB Resp mem YOUR OUT GIVE it food that will not irritate or retard the performance of its natural lunctions, and it will reciprocate i agreeable and comforting. No single ingredient contributes llrrmlrr t 1 it weu 7ara wnolesome, nourishing:, "b-.u,iwuas Koyai iiaking Powd in a wap- so ler. j lt& xuwucrs active ingre dient Grape Cream of Tartar, is the most healthful of the fruit products. This is why Royal Baking Powder makes the food finer, lighter, more appe uang and anti-dyspeptic, a friend to the: stomach and good health. Inflation Baking Powders Contain Alum !I5C !iSe ?! ?lum and sa'ts of alumina in snt u0Sednfbe,,PR0H,B,TED- Th""- EDWARD S. WOOD, M. D. "Professor of Chemistry "Harvard Medical School, Boston.' ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK mings informs the Gazette that the as I formerly could make out of a fruit prospect for all kinds of fruit much larger number owing to the in Morrow county is exceptionally fact that there will be better feed j xi j- i gouu, iu lact mere is every muica- oeuer care, Heavier neecea and tion that the crop will be a record less running expenses. Instead of breaker. seven and eight pounds to the Mr. Commings desires to im- fleece, we would be getting 12 and press the fact that San Jose scale 14 pounds. is rapidly spreading, He is work- "Another great benefit," said ing hard to get every orchardiet in Mr. Barratt, "is the fact that we tha county to Spray. S. E. CARR. Pres. B. F. GULP, Vice Pres. W. S. WHARTON, Cashier Bank of Heppner Capital Stock $50,000 Fully Paid LOANS MADE AT EIGHT PER GENT PER ANNUM Organized under the laws of the state of Oregon $25,000 daylight burglar insurance carried Member of the American Bankers Association Insured Bank money orders issued Accounts by mail solicited All communications answered the same day they are received The Bank of Ileppner through its large connections is in a position to extend large accommodations and the greatest safety o all its depositors FOUR PER CENT INTEREST PAID OK TIE DEPOSITS will all have protection, and range wars will be eliminated. For sev eral years I have always felt un. easiness wnen 1 would receive letters from my camp tenders for fear that my sheep had been shot into. I believe that the forest re serve policy will help the stock men in many ways. County Stock Iespector A. J. Cook reports that Morrow county sheep are in good condition and al most free from scab, in fact there is only one band infected in the county. He states that just across the line in Umatilla county, a number of bands are infected. Mr. Cook has been very active and dil- gent in his work in protecting the sheep industry from the spread of disease. Mr. Cook estimates the stock losses in the county for the past winter at less than two and one half per cent. Jack Hynd who has 2300 head of sheep has only lost two head since the first of October of last year. Who can beat this record? Stockman The Gazette is well prepared to turn out horse bills on short notice. Good line of cuts to Belect from. came direct from the Okanogan , A- e il u -i 6 the grinding of the shearing country to this city. The whole situation was soon wi.iln v,a , i Bn realized, The mother was in the far a8 taking off tbe fleeceaFia con. poor house. cerned, last year was very satis- 1 He brotner and sister were u I fninrv. the amount of work vised of the facts and came to Ileppner. The old lady was taken away and will make her home with her daughter at Oakland, Oregon. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. Palace Hotel U Being Renovated and Refurnished. Maddock & Co. are making a great change in the Palace hotel. The service at this popular hostel ry will be greatly improved. The work of complete renovation is now under way. The old car pets are being replaced with new and the rooms are being varnished and painted making everything fresn, clean and new. STARTS NEXT WEEK. Whetstone Shearing Plant proved and ICnlarged. Im- Jake Wattenburger has leased the X. S. Whetstone sheep shear ing plant and intends to start the machines next week at Echo, where lie has about 30,000 head of sheep engaged to shear. As soon as the work is finished at Echo, Mr. Wat tenburger will bring the plant back to Mr. Whetstone's place where he will run the plant the balance of the season. The capacity of the plant has been increased from 12 machines to 16 this year, and a new eight boree power gasoline engine has been purchased to fur nish the power. Mr. Watten burger has engaged an expert for ao- complished was not up to the ex pectations of the men in charge. The engine used last year was en tirely too small, being of only four horse power, which of course could not work the machines to lull copacity. Much trouble was also experienced in grinding the knives. With an expert knife grinder and double the power Mi. Wattenburger feels that the ma chines this year will give good sat isfaction. Fruit Inspector's Xotlce. All trees in Morrow county, including all trees planted for ehade and orna ment, must b sprayed before thev leave out this spring with lime and eulpliun. Now is the time. Don't spray when it is stormy weather. Prepared sprays haven't the required strength and are not safe to use. Lime will begin to air slack immediately it is exposed to tbe air and soon becomes worthless lor spraying purposes. Get the best fresh lime and nuke your own spray. If you wont do that you can get the spray of me at cost of material and labor. Formula for beet known spray for scale: Dissolve 12 gallons of best fresh unslaeked lime in 13 gallons cf water. When thoroughly dissolved, add W0 pounds of sulphur. Cook steadily four full hours and add one pound of cop-. peras not blue vitriol. To 40 gallons of water add cne gal'on of the above mixture; strain through builap and your spray is ready for use. One week after bloom falls spray with Bordeaux. See pamphlet I prepared last year. Harry Ci mm'.xgs. Fruit Inspector for Morrow County. NEW SYSTEM SATISFACTORY County Books In Shape to be Qfcc 1 If Checked ujf. The last session of tne county conrt; was the first meeting oMhe court 83w the complete installation- of the- aw system of book keepiag- by the various connty officers. Judge Ayersss well as the comss missioners, were all greatly plews3 over the showing made. It was tmtjm short job to get at a full understand!;; of tbe standing of Morrow conntv ixe der the new system. Unde Use old system all cash it earn were journalized indiscriminately mm paid in and it was impossible to get mt anything without a long siege of tetiia-na book work. The treasurer's books while cjiuplct-., are simple. All funda are segro, re 1 and put in proper place and the ances are all enrried out. In the sheriff's office a special fixiK of receipt is nsed in triplicate, ia rtm l'inction with the books. When the sheriff ink a turnover to tbe tr3-s - urer, the treasurer takes the cr"..-! receipt, the clerk is given a dt7p3j;e and the triplicate is the sheriff's ret-rA. The clerk's office is the clearing h:rM& for all the offices. The new svsteru is certainly a 5.r?vk improvement over the old in thcJ. t lirlslinn 4 liurcU Homestead Location 103 acres, 12 acres under crop, all nn ler wire fence. Tlenty cf spring watfr. Also 3 good timber locations. -qa'rs at the Ga zette office. tf Bible School 10 a. rr. Sermon II n. -ja. Y. r. S. C. K 6:0O Svau. Preaching 7:' ? au. You are cordially invited to tM servicei. J. V. Crawford, M bjbw For Sale A fill Moxled rrgV.'.l Hereford ball, five years oM aud i t. condition. Inquire at the Gazette ctJiy.
