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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.