BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON. AUGUST 19
VOL. IX.
I
N© 38.
1896,
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EVERY, WEDNESDAY
A Suako Story
diserinertvate none, an it ye brings
'yer snake ya gets yer licker
Everybody lows thats fair, an it
warn't long till snakes were snakes
in this nick of th» woods. As the
snaken got scarcer it warn’t so
powerful uncommon for a cove that (
wer dry ter pay a couple uv dollars
fer a snake, an thjyy warn’t particu
lar to the size. Th« county attor
ney, that’s paid ter look after this
prohibishun bizness, k^ks'some at
first; but, seein that ad the liov« is
agin him. he lows that custom
lnçckg jawg> M j)e accepts the snaiks
Mugford hitched his horse in the
shade and threw himself on the
77. C. BYRD à SON.
grass near a clump of bushes. He
P ublishers and P roprietors .
was tired, and after eating a lunch
from his haversack he was about
SUBSCRIPTION RATEB:
i to lie on the ground for a nap
»2.00
One Year .............................. ..............................
when he happened to see a squatter
ci, Months .............
■ • • .......... .1.00
three Months............. ............................ . .75
riding up the trail.
HERALD CLUB LIST-
5.00
flerald nn l Harper's Magazine........
“Is there any danger of snakes
5.20
Herald and Harfer’s Weekly ..........
5.20 here?” he asked.
Herald and Harper's Bazar..
Herald and Harper’s Young People
3.75
’Thar ain’t a snake in this part
q-raldand Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia. 2.90
»sell additional volume after Vol. I 55 cents:
uv the country,” replied the squat-
It) cents extra t.-r volume, postage.
ter.
np-rovio* “I all t*,e alHive works can be ex
I in the place uy perseriptehuns.
AND
slued at leisure in the Reading Room.
“Why, you surprise me.”
I Now when he comes around hejist
Publishers of periodicals are solicited
“Ye’d be wuss surprised if
looks over Duck’s stock uv licker,
,< n.i elubb ng rates, a copy of their work for
* 'kr *’
'
#Ur Free Reading Room—We tile and bind the found a snake here, if ye warn't A •
counts
eoiuits
hl's anaika
hie
snaiks au
an gos*
gupe away ”
,'ter at close of every half-volume, r"d n«v Vl
stranger.
”
copies bv advertisement.
1 ‘Well, t must eay that that’s a
"A
'g 4
“Wtren’t there ever any snakes
queer arrangement ”
k
here?”
ADVKRTIBINO RATES:
■ j “Ye’ve sed it.
But‘I must be
MANUFACTURER OF THE WELCOME TREE..
•rsca 1 wk 2 wk J 1 mo j 3 mo j 6 mo 1Jyr
“Ye'ye said it.”
I.
‘ ridin.”
;’neh »1 ,->o | 2 50 15.00 lA.'IO 111.00 $15.00
“
What
has
become
of
them?
”
18.00
28.00
6.50 12 03
4 00
3 00
As he started to ride awav he
I “
40 00
24 00
8.00 15.00
5.00
3.50
« “
“Do ye see that house on the bill turned and said:
50.00
82.00
Burns *
io
oo
29.00
«
00
1
4.50
I “
Oregon..
a col. I 6.00 I) 00 15.00 28.00 48.00 54.00 about a mile away?”
1 12.00 16.00 28.00 48.00
80.00 120.00
“
Say
stranger.
”
20.00 30.00 40.00 60.00 110.00 140.00
I “
“Yes.”;
“Well?”
<
“They're ail up ther.”
“If ye happen ter be dry an atop'
—
JOB WORK
“The snakes?”
at Duck.s, jist give him this, an.
,)t every description executed with neatness
“Ye’ve said it ”
uni despatch, at reasonable rateB.
ve’ll git all the licker Ae want.”
Pamphlet!
Posters,
liireulars,
“Somebody got a menagerie?”
Letter Heads,
Bill Heads.
Httvelopes,
He tossed something to Mugford
Note Heads, cards, TieKeta,
4'atenients,
“Fot ’less that’s er nutber new
Dodgers, Etc.
Memoranda, invitations.
who picked it up, to find that it
T h ! H erald is kept regularly on file for re name fordrug Btore.”
. was a smtll rubbor snake.
ference, in the Geo. P. Rowell Newspaper Ad-
“Oh, it’s a drug store?”
vGrtisitist Bureau. 10 Spruce st.. New York.
1 “Don’t try ter git no licker ’less.
“Old Duck’s.”
BURNS
' ye take that along,” said the squat-,
OREGON.
tr»
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
“What does he do with so lnan-v i ter as he rode away.
you
Keep constantly on hand a supply of fine Liquors and Cigars
Duck1»» a square man, an'^leWoger
snakes?”
SXI4MNA1-4'
“
Hangs
’
em
on
er
hook.
”
Ideavland
couldeu
’
t
git
a
sup
uv
.. Grover Cleveland
President
....
-----THEY HAVE ALSO— ,
/ire-Prusident.
.......... . .. Adlai Stevenson
“But what does he want with | licker thar >ie8fhe oad a Biiaik.
fecretary of Slate .. ..
RicbaruS, Olney
. .. John G. Carlisle
‘erretarv of Treasury
A. Fine MOUA.OH BlUiari Table
............. Hoke Smith them?”
ierretary of I nterior
Good day.” —Will
Lisanbe in
Daniel S. Lamont
Secretary of War
“
He
don
’
t
want
’
em.
Fellers Truth.
ieeretary of Navy
. Hilary A. Herbert
J. Sterling Morton
«
«ecretary of Aarietiltnre.
Jud sou Harmon that wants licker brings ’em ther.”
Utorney General
Win. L Wilson
’ostmaster General
“I don’t understand.”
The firft coins really deseiving
STATE—OREGON :
G.
W.
McBride.
“
Ye
would
if
ye
war
dry
an
went
(
the name of United StateB coinage
senators
• I
J. H.Mitchell.
I 1 were struck off as “pattesn pieces”
I Binger Hermann i thar for licker.”
■
y
•»ngressmcn...................... r W. R. Ellis
“
I
should
like
to
have
ye
ex-
|
Attorney General ....
U. M. Idleman 1
by Benjiman Dudley at the insti Manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of
•overiior
...........................
Wm P laird
, gation of Robert Morris and were |
Secretary of State ............
»I R Kincaid | plain.”
rreatiurer
R
Phil. Metschan
|
“
Waal
ye
see
this
is
a
prohibisb-1]
Aupt. Public instructiou
laid for congress in 1783 as speci
.......... GM Irwin
Cate Printer
R
W H Laeds
un
state.
”
i
mens of what the coinagejshould be.
i R. S. Bean.
4»iprewie Judges
.( C. Wolverton
“Yes.”
They were a “mark” and a‘ ‘quint”
’ F. A. Moore
NINETH JUDICIAL 1 DISTRICT.
“An ye can’t get licker at er drug I and
■
thus described: The “mark”
■»latrici Julge .
D
. M. D. C'LIFFOKi,
store
’
less
ye've
got
er
perscritshun
.
Sistrict Attorney............ ...
C. W. ParriBh.
—observes; an eye, the eenter of a Fishing Taoklis Aad Sporting Goods,
loint-Representative
(R)
O. L. Patterson
|
l»iut-seiiator
.
. (R)...
A. W.Gowan er, as ole Duck ’lows, er snake.”
glooy,
13 points’sross equidistant a
circle
of
as many stars. The “quint” I
täflinware and Firearms promptly Repaired.
“That’s odd.”
(
COUNTY—HARNEY t
Jo'inty . jdge .................... C. P. Rutherford. ,
“Ye’ve said it. It happened like j is similar in design, the value on re
J«rk
............
(R)
H. Keller’
Burns,
Oregon.
treasurer
... (R)
J. C. Welcome this: One day ole Swoppy gits bit verse being noted.
J“r''?Ior
I*
TA. McKinnon
Sheriff
fDl_ A. J. McKinnon with er snake.
We sends Ropes
tMossor .. .
... .(DL...
■8. W. Miller
School Superintendent
• (D)
W. C. Hr rd over to Dick’s fer licker on the
ttoek Inspector ....
Geo. Tregaskis
He sez ter Duck, ‘Give me
<D) ?
A. B. Marks jump.
lommimioneri
CHANGING
/ OUR MIND
Geo. Hagey a quart uv yer heat licker.’
‘Wher
•
u
HARKEY U R, land orncB:
yer
peracripshnn?
’
sez
Duck.
‘
Aint
Is
hard
work
compared
with
^exister
............... Thomas Jones
deceiver
..
A. A. Cowing got none,’ aez Ropes
‘Th n yer chinuing the appearance of your
can’t have no licker her,’ aez Duck stove
STEPHENS & RICHARDSON, Proprietor
‘The laws powerful strict.’ ‘But,
SOCIETIES.
dad blame ye, er man’s snake bit!’, TEN
SY|VA REBEKAH Degree No. 43.
EVEN
sez Ropes, ‘an ’less we git that CIS.
Meet!every 1st and 3d Wednesday.
Miss l^la .McGee N.tv.
licker double quick he dies deader'
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
TEN
Sam Motherahead. Rec. Sec'y.
an a mua’rat.’ ‘I can’t help it,’’ CTS. otove
I aez Duck. ‘Ye brings yer peracript-,
A. O. U. W. Burna Lodge, No 47
ahun er ye gita no licker. I ain’t ten
Meet»every 2d and 4th Thuredara
jloss
H M Horton. M. W
CTc,
J W sayer, Rec'd poper’latin no jail fer vi’latin the,
law if I knows it.’ ‘But ther aint Lasts Seven times lonrer
harney lodge , no . 77, i . o o f .
Your patronage solic
'<•■>•1« at odd Fellows Hall, every Saturday, no doctor in 40 mileB of the place’ Looks Seven times better Than ZS^Courteous treat ment guaranteed.
7
P
W. C. Byrd, N. G
aez
Ropes
‘
and
this
yere
bwoppy
’
a
About Seven times cleaner Stove
B. D. McIntyre, Secy
snake bit.’
About Two times cheaper Poluh
About
“Duck thinks a moment,then be
Two times handier
H arney post no . 4*. a. a . r .
sez.
‘
have
ye
got
the
snake?
’
‘
Yes,
’
Meet» every let and 3d Wedneaday of each
■ 'h . , ..................
odd Fellows''Haif."
All Comrade Ropes.
‘ .. ...............
‘Then bring it an get yer
® <Hxl standing invited.
Eurns.Canyon Stage Line
i
your grocer doesn’t keep it,
licker,’ aez Duck. So Ropes brings
send us his name with ioc and
I the snake and gets the licker,which
H. A. W illiams , contractor.
get a large box and a valuable
V. S. MAILS.
saves Swoppy’» life all right,
family household book free.
arm
Carrying U. S. Mails and Eastern Oregon Express Co’s Expe
____ vat«:
j “That is the atartin uv the snake
A rrlveaand departadaily,
biznesa, an havin ’stabliahed the
miti— C anysw city :
Donncllan & Co., Agts.,
8tagesLeave Burns dy for Canyon City, and intermediate '/on
’••and Depart! dally, escept Sunday
precedent, as Duck 'lowed, he don’t S19 MONTGOMERY »T.. *. p„ OAU | Fare 15.
BY
,
J. C. Welcome,
SADDLE
HARNESS
MAKER
W. W. JOHNSON,
I. S. GEER &, CO
Hardware and Tinware.
The Bums B
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