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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, .'APRIL 2. 1908
VOL. 24.
NO. 1181
Entirely Under Local Control andJBjenient
Bank of Heppner
Capital $50,000
Fully Paid
Officers
W. O. MINOR, President
J. II. Mc HALEY, Vice-President
W. S. WHARTON, Cashier
VAWTEll CKAWFORD,
Asst. Cashier
Directors
W. O. MINOR
C. E. WOODSON
W. G. SCOTT
J II. VclIALEY
W. S. WHARTON
Loans Made at Eight Per Cent.
FOUR PER CtifT INTEREST PAID fill TliHE DEPOSITS
WE ARE GROWING
Gain in Deposits, month of January . .819153.53
" ' " ' February...' 8593.01
DEATH OF
GEO. GONSER
End
Came Early Tues
day Morning.
Fifteen Hundred Pcopl Pay Xrlb
ute to. Ilunlnea Ulan and
Honored Citizen.
Total gain for first two months, 1908
NOT BAD FOR THE DULL SEASON.
$27,746 54
Ideal Gentleman's Bjesorl
BILLIARD AND POOL ROOMS
Ve take special pride jjn keeping our Tobacco and
Cigars In excellent condition. Forty different brands
ot high grade cigars constantly in stock. Try one xf
our Havanas. Cigars wholesale and Retail.
George Conser died at hie apart
ments in the Morrow, in this city,
early Tuesday morniDg.
Mr. Conser had been fingering
at the point of death for several
days and his death was momentar
ily expected.
He had been a sick man for the
past yer, but his great energy and
love for business activity has kept
his familiar face at the Cashier's
desk in the office of the First Na
tional Bank most of the time.
A few weeks ago Mr. Conser's
condition was such that he decided
to go to Portland for medical treat
ment in the hopes of regaining his
health. From lhe best medical
advice that could be obtained, little
m t .
1 lie ser vices were conducted at
the South Methodist church by
xvev. wrr, ana tne remains were
laid at rest in the Maeonio ceme
tery.
The floral display was grand and
beautiful. Especially can this be
said of the decorations sent from
the Masons, Elks, and the citizens
of Heppner. -
Money fn Hogs.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office, The DalleiOreeon.
March 17th, 1908.
Notice is hereby grived that Alton Baey, of
Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon, hnl hied
notice of his intention to make final fire-year
pro .f in support of his claim, viz: Homestead
Kutry No. 12194. made March 4jh, 1903. for the
El', NE, NWii HEM, Sec. 15. SK BE4 Section
10, Township 3 South. Ranet5E.W. M . and
that aaid proof will be made before J. P. Wil
liams, U. 8. Com. at his office in HepDner, Ore
gon, orMay 8th 1SU8
He nanles the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of. the land, viz;
Edward Adklus, Nat Shaw, John Stewart, and
Isaac N. Basey. all of Heppner. Oregon,
Apr2-Muy7 C. W. MOORE. Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of tha Interior,
United States Land Office, La Grande, Oregon.
Marches, 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that Moses W. Thomas,
of Galloway, Oregon, has filed notice of his in
tention to make final five-year proof in support
Salem has an even 2,000 school
children.
A saddle mare 29 years old, that
had been owned by County Judge
Gilliland of Umatilla connty 24
years, died the other day, and a
funeral eervioe was held by the
family.
Words of Praise
For the several Ingredients of which Dr.
Herce's medicines are composed, as given
by leaders in all the several schools of
medicine, should have far more weight
than any amount of non-professional tes
timonials. Dr. rierco's Favorite Prescrip
tion has thk badge of HONESTY on every
bottle-wrapper, In a full list of all its in
gredients printed In plain English.
If you are an invalid woman and suffer
from, frequent headache, backache, gnaw
ing distri? In stomach, periodical pains,
disagrebie. catarrhal, pelvic drain.
draggiifWdown distress in lower abdomen
or pelvj, perhaps dark spots or specks
of his claim, viz: Homestead Entrv No. 10190.
made May isth, loot, for the E'i NW'i. and E", bdancifg before the eyes,' faint spells and
, w. f KinaBcflsymjMomscausea oy icmaie weaK-
SWK Section 81. Township 1 S Ratge 27 E
M.. and that said proof will be made before J.
P. Williams, U. 8. Com., at his office in Hepp
ner, Oregon, on May 18th, loos.
He names the following wltnessfs to prove
hie continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, the land, viz:
t'hivrles S. Canniff. Edward Neiil, William
Dunn, and Una Viva Cannlf), all of (Jalloway,
Oregon.
Apr2Maj7 F. C. B RAM WEIL, Reglgter.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,
Department of the Interior,
Laud Office at La Grande. Oregon.
March 30, WH
Notice is hertby Riven that Roue nurkahy. of
Heppner, Oregon, has filed not ice of her Inten
tion to make finut minimised proof in wuppo t
cf her claim, viz: Horn est end Entry No. i:,S'
imailo Dec.Jti, v.W, f rthe S'i SW'4; NK'4 SW'i:
sKl4 NW, Fection 15, Township 2 S., Itiiiige i"
K', Hiid that said proof will he made Lcforu ,T.
P. Williams, at his (IHoe in Hepi'iicr, Orcpn,
oi. May llih. Uih
She names the following witness to i rove
tor continuous rpsideticj upon-, and cultivation
of, the land, viz:
Patrick Mclntire, Joiei h W, Rector. Guy
Buyer, and filen Boyer, all of Heppner, Oregon.
Apr2-May7 F. C. Bit AM WELL. Register.
njitc
ness, otf thrr derangement of the feminine
organs, yif can not do better than taka
Dr. Pierre Favorite Prescription.
The hsfcital, surgeon's knife and opera
ting talimay be avoided by the timely
use of favorite Prescription" In such
cases. Thereby the obnoxious examin
ations anh K D tn-;it"u:ts pt tiro family
physician ca:; he it voided and a thorough
course ul success! ill treat tin
tnieiit carried oufc
lil'l "Kavnriln
d of lhe very best
Prescription " is compose
native medicinal roots known to medical
science for the cvre of woman's peculiar
ailments, contains no alcohol and no
barmful or habit-forming drugs.
' Do not expect too much from "Favorite;
Prescription; ' it will not perform mira
cles; it will not disolve or cure tumors.
No medicine will. It will do as 'much to
establish vigorous health In most weak
nesses and ailments peculiarly incident to
women as any medicine can. It must bo
given a fair chance by perseverance in its
use for a reasonable length of time.
ypji ciyi't fjord to accept, ,t serro. nos
trum as a 'iji.-tjtnto for thH rt7"" "(
:iiU t onni j 'J M!jiltU.
6ick wouuu aio invited to consult Dr.
rierce, by letter, free. All correspond
ence is (jua nled as sacredly secret and
womanly foiilidences are protected by
Address Dr. K. V.
tirofcssiiAia
Pierce. I'.utl'a
nrivacv.
hi. N. V.
Notice of t'lnnl Settlement.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
ns administrator of the estate of Mary E. Ayers,
deceased, has filed his final account in the
County Court of Morrow County, Oregon, and
that Monday, the fourth day of May, 190s, at the
hoar of ten o'clock In the forenoon of said day,
and tha County Court room, in the County
Court house, at Heppaer, Morrow County, Ore
iron, has been appointed by the said Court as
tha time and place for tba said heari.ig of ob
jections thereto and tha settlement thereof.
GEORGE CONSER, Administrator.
Datad this 27th day or March. 10H,
First published this 2nd day of April, 1908.
Apr2 30
For newt and opinion tha Oref onlan.
J)r. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets the. host
laxative and r"tnilatr of the IhwcIs.
They invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. On" a laxative; two or three a
cathartic Kasy to take as candy.
IVollec of Final Settlement.
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
as administrator of the estate of John L. Ayera,
deceased, has filed his final account in the Coun
ty Conrt of Morrow County. Oregon, and that
Monday, tha fourth day of May, liH at the honr
of ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day. and
the County Court room. In tha County Court
house, at Heppner, Morrow Connty, Oregon,
hat been appointed by the aaid Court as the
time and place for the said hearing of objections
thereto and the settlement thereof.
Apr.2-90. GEORGE CONSER. Administrator.
Dated this 27th day of March, 1908.
First published this 2nd day of April, 2V0S.
hopes were offered, and Mr. Con
ner's friends became alarmed at his
critical condition when fully real
ized. Not getting any relief he decided
that he would rather be at home
among his friends than among
Btranger?, and came back to Hepp
ner.
fie was able to be on the Btreets
for a dny or so, but rapidly grew
worse until death ended his suffer
ing Tuesday morning.
Daring all his life, Mr. Conser
was an active and hard working
man.
He was born in Marion county,
Oregon, November 23, 1854, being
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
uonser, ot Jenerson, wno were
early Oregon pioneers, having
crossed the plains in 1848.
Lie was educated in the public
schools of this state and atter start
ing for himself worked at railroad
work on the Southern Pacific and
clerk in a store in his native town.
Coming to Eastern Oregon he
first located at Alkali, now known
as Arlington, where he was chief
clerk in a large general merchan
dise store. While in Gilliam coun
ty he was elected treasurer of that
county.
Coming to Heppner nineteen
years ago last October, Mr. Conser
accepted a position as Cashier of
the Fir6t National Bank of Hepp
ner.
TLrs position which was filled
with great success and credit was
still held by him at the time of his
death.
During the Heppner flood. Mr.
Conser aud his wife miraculously
escaped drowning, being carried
away in his beautiful home which
was dashed to pieces in the angry
waters.
He was the chief owner and pro
moter of the Willow creek coal
mines, aud he was greatly inter
ested to see this valuable property
developed.
Mr. Conser was married toLillie
L., daughter of C. A. Khea, on
December 3, 1SS9. nis wife, three
brothers and two sisters survive
him.
He was a member of the Ma
sons, O. E. S., B. P. O. E. aud A.
O. U. W.
The fuueral today was the
largest ever beld in this connty,
the number of persons attending
being estimated at 1500.
The services were witheld until
after the arrival of tthe train which
carried Rev. Orr and a large num
ber of people. ' ,
"Come West and raise hogs!" will
soon be the Oregon Boosters' appeal to
the farmers of the East. It is not a friv
olous appeal, but one which, followed
with proper devotion and Enterprise
will make a man rich as sure aa night
follows day. v
The building of a mammoth $3,500,000
packing plant by the Swifts, a large one
by Armours, location of smaller plants
bv the Cudahys, the Hammonds and
others, who will inevitably come to
Ptland to protect their own interests,
will,' within a few vears, mean a com
plete revolution of the livestock industry
of On gon p.nd the whole Northwest. The
men who ore now engaeed in prelimi
nary, work on the Peninsula packing
plant give very good reasons why this is
so, and why hundreds of thousands of
dollars that are now beinp poured into
the pockets of Middle West livestock
growers can be left right here in Oregon
with the farmers; how, also, the differ
ential oi cents a pound paid to the
railroads lor hauling can be added to
these ether thousands of dollaie.
It will take years for Oregon and the
Northwest to make the most of the op
portunities presented in this class of
trade, but evenjiow the Oregon li vestoch
men have not the slightest realisation of
the chances they are overlooking. The
proposed industrial development that
willresult from the erection of huge
packing plants here has been too large a
proposition for them to grasp, aud it is
evident that many of them are still
skeptical.
Some figures bearing npon the present
livestock situation, particularly the hog-
raising industry, supplied to the Evening
Telegram by President C. C. Colt, of the
union Meat Company, and local repre
sentative of the Swifi interests, sbonld
bring the livestock men face to face with
opportunities now in their grasp.
According to President Colt, the farm
ers of Oregon and Washington are not
raising half enough hogs to take care of
even the local market, to say nothing of
developing any other. That is one rea
son why the Swifts will not build a ca
pacity plant until the livestock situation
strengthens materially.
At present looal packers cannot buy
live hogs in quantities, large enough for
the present consumption. Because of
this, the local packers are buying live
hogs in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illiuois
and Missouri at the rate of from 50,000
to $75,000 a month for the Portland trade
alone. Add the Tacorua and Seattle
business to this, and the sura of money
that leaveB the Northwest each month
to to into the hands of Eastern farmers
is increased to from 8125 000 to $150,000.
For a whole year the figures are even
more astounding, for they mount up to
$1,800,000 or $2,000,000, and every cent
of this is slipping through, the fingers of
the hograisers of Oregon.
And yet this is only a drop in the
bucket to what will be needed when the
packers begin iheir campaign of invasion
of the Orient and the Far North. The
;intold millions of Japanese, Chinese,
Coreans, Manchmians and even of far
Siberia use enormous quantities of pro
visions, and the Pacific coast will, when
the time comes, be rea ly to supply this
enormous trade fur more satisfactorily
than it is now being taken care of. Hut
the question cannot be solved u til the
packers get the livestock.
Going back to the heavy livestock bus
iness that is even r,ow being done with
the Central Western states by local
packers,' there is another element that
Oregon farmers are sadly overl ooking.
The railroads charge a ireight rate of x.
cents per pound for every live hog ship
ped into this territory. At this rate the
monthly freight bill for shipments to
Portland, Taeoma and Seattle is close to
$5000 every month, or $60,000 a year.
"We would be only too glad to give
Oregon farmers this differential," said
President Colt yesterday, "if we coulJ
only convince them that they are over
looking one of the easiest ways of mak
ing money in the whole country. Oregon
hograisers might just as well have the
hundreds of thousands, yes, million i of
dollars that are being paid to livestock
men of the Middle Western states for the
II The only Baking Ponder mzk jggfiilSg
II with Royal jSraps Cream of Tartar pr ' --
VI Insures healthful and i
deIicious food for every m) !
ards yonr oodasf
hogs on foot, and the thousandsot dollars
extra that we pay the railroads for
freight. The people of the Northwest
do not realize what the coming of the big
packing plants means to the country, and
y u can't even persuade them. Take it
right, we are bidding $5 85 for live hogs,
and thedemand issostrongthat wecan't
get anywhere near enough to supply the
present market. The demand will con
tinue to be strong, and we will ba com
pelled to B t our live hogs from the East
and take all thjs money out of circula
tion here until the farmers wake up.
"Tbe price of live hogs has stiffened
materially within the last few weeks.
Not so long ago we could get all we
wanted at $5 25 to $5.50. but the have ad
vanced 3.1 cents just lately. VwIi perhaps
isn't proper for me to criticise the farm
ers but they are certainly overlooking a
good bet. Thev, for the most part, in
sist on killing and dressing theit own
hogs, Bnd shipping them to the commis
sion men here. They have to pay the
commission men 5 per cent, aid the
freight is also deducted, and they net less
for them than they would if they sold
them on foot, and this does not include
the time and labor. As long as the far
mers kill and dress their hogs, it cuts hb
out of the deal entirelv, for under the
rules of Government inspection, we can
buy hogs only on foot."
What is true of the hog market is also
true of the sheep market. Local Npack-
ers are obliged to call on Montana, Idaho
and Dakota for their livestock, while
there are some of the finest sheep ranges
in the countro right in Eastern Oregon.
Tiie great question for the Oregon far
mer to stttle is whether he will plug
along as he has been for years, or will
wake up to a realizing sense of the great
opportunities that are now lying right
at his doo".
Pecay in Woods.
Hordes of hoboes are passing
northward through valley towns.
Qaite a number of new buildings
are being built in Xewberg at the
present time, says the Enterprise,
aud the indications are that there
will be fully as much building done
this year as there was last, with
prospects for at least two and
probably three good bricks.
Beet seed planting will begin
next week, says the La Grande
Star, iu three places north of
Island City, east of La Grande, and
at Union. The superintendent
says the condition of the fields
could not be better, aud uuder
usual conditions a fine crop is
looked for. The acreage this sea
son will considerably exceed that
(of last year and will approximate
3,000 acres.
Marshfield News: The hotel ru
mor is with us once more, and now
it is said that MhrehfieM is to have
two fine hotels. It used to be tha
same way about a railroad, aud
knowing ones said when we'd get
one we'd get two We haven't got
one yet, but a few tons of hay were
purchased in Paradise valley near
Scottsburg which leads us to be
lieve that one of the roads is com
ing this year sure, and of emme
the other isn't far off. With two
railroad?, two new hotels, and the
arrival of the Nan Smith, what
more could we ask?
The Department of Agriculture i.as is
sued through the forest s-ervice a circular j
on the subject ol "Decay in Woods," in j
which a strong plea is nia 'e for tho tine '
of preservation treatment. On the act
ual saving in dollars and cents tinouh
this me'hod the fenc- pot i selected
as one of the examples. "Tie pt,"
says the circular, "is of loblally pine,
and cost-i, untreated, about S cent?, or,
including t'te cost of setting, 14 cents.,
li lasts about two years. Compounding '
interest at 5 per cent the annual charge
of such a post is 7.53 cents ; that is, it
costs 7 53 cents a year to keep the post
in service. Preservative treatment cost
ing 10 cents will increase its length of
life to about IS years. In this ease, the
total cost of the post, set, is 24 cents,
which, compounded at 5 per cent, gives
an annual charge of 2 04 cents. Ttit-.s
the saving due to treatment is 5 4'cent
a year. Assuming that there are 200
posts a mile, there is a saving each year
for every mile of fence of a sum equiva
lent to the interest on $219 60."
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S. J. I.EEZKU.
TREASl' KKK"S NOTICE.
IS HEREBY GIVES THAT At.L
niit:in,tini Morrow county Warm-itu ren
i itre.i rr:or to an.l mrlii.liriit le . mt-r
will be iul upon presentation at tha
office of the trvaanror of mM conntT.
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J.'atttl at Ut rprer, Or., Marvh 1.
K. G. NOBLE,
Treasurer of Morrow C vuutr.