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THE TIMES-HERALD.
Consolida|ed July 22, l$ß6.
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON,
DECEMBER 23 1896,
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NO 4.
There is another boom, writes a
' Chicago correspondent to a London
i is already partly in
progress, and which is likely to at
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tract a great deal of attention—I re
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fer |to gold mining developments
OREGON.
ONTARIO,
in British Columbia. On the boun
dary line of the Dominion, where I
I have been lately, you here of little
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else. Prospectors who are coming
East just now to tell you that the
British North west is going’to rival
Have on Hand a New and Complete stock of
South Africa. The railway com
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panies of the adjoining’states are fWWe have the LARGEST STOCK and LOWEST PRICES
laying their plans, as I happand .
I
accidentally to discover, for increas-
We carry a complete line of
edftraffic toCanada next year on this
account,and already there has been Dry Goods.
I a considerable migration of America
Notions,
, goldseekers across the border. A |
Gents Furnishing Goods,
I rush to British Columbia took place
40 years ago. Then it was mostly
Clothing,
'placer gold, now it is the miners’
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Bnots & Shoes,
turn. The ores do not pend them
selves to tratment by the cyanide
Groceries,
process, but, require reductive by
Hardware, Etc.
smelting. Nothing in the world is
Prices as low as any R. R. point, with addition of freight.
more seductive and more disap
gS^Special attention to MAIL ORDERS—Correspondece solicited
WRITE US FOR PRICES
pointing than gold mining to the
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Address Mason & London, Burns, Oregon.
digger and the captalist alike. If
half the visions of the cute specu
r.
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lators who have been buisy staking
■ Measuring an Elephant’s .out claims under tee rather strict ■
Foot.
'Canadian law are realized, we shall
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
An interesting question »a, de >« «V numter of wiltlcsl scheme.
BY
elded in the elephant house at the I P'.oJ'f* 1«1. “nl1
P'»dent investor |
W. C. BYRD & SON.
Central Park Zoo, save a New York i w'11. do wel1 to beware. Yet, with
P ublishers and P roprietors .
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its faults,
the veJlow
metal is a
paper. m
Two „
men „
were speaking
of f'all
piW(lld
pio^eeri
ai^d thl8
the size of the elephant’s feet.
.,
•_ Manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of
west ....
territory of <• the
Dominion _ is
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
-I
wonder
how
great
a
circumfer
S° OU
One Year ............................ •............................ m
unsurpassed for agricultural and
3ix Months ............
‘xY
ence they have,” said the older of
Three Months ............... .. • ...........................
grazing land. Thus it happens
the two
that
not only the miner, but tht
“I shou’d think they measured
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
at least four feet,” replied the other. settler, is on his way to British Col-
TaOklSS And Sporting Goods
The first speaker lauged at this, uuibia. Im.t an agent ofo». »1
NATION ' LI
the
great
railways,
|who
has
sent
a
e
President ...........
Grover Cleveland but the younger man, after a second
IHce-Prcsideut.
. Adlai Stevenson
Al
leeretary of state .............. Richard 8, Olney time gauging the size, insisted that J number offarmersjfrom kansas.
[-^“Tinware and Firoarms promptly Repaired.
Secretary of Treasury........... John G.Carlisle
journey
of
a
thousand
miles
or
less
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4e‘retary of Interior ......................lioke Smith his guess was correct,
»jcretaryof War
Daniel 8. Lamont
does not trouble the American. In Burns,
Oregon.
Secretary of Navy
Hilary A. Herbert
“Nonsense; quite impossible!”
ieeretary of Agrieultnre.
J. Sterling Morton
this
case
the
families
were
of
var
Attorney General
..
Judntn Harmon exclaimed his friend, and then, as
Postmaster General
Win. L Wilson
ious nationalities—Yankee, Swedish ____
the younger still claimed that he
STATE—OREGON :
Norwegian, Russian and others—
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G. w. McBride.
Senators
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j. h .Mitchell. was right, they laid a small wager
and
nearly
all,
except
the
Russians,
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jBinger Hermann I anij referred the matter to the keep
t/ongressmen ..................... (W.R. Ellis
had done well. Kansas has a most I
Attorney General
. ..
. . <\ M. Idleman er.
Governor
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Wm P Ixtrd
»e-retarv of State .........
UR Kincaid
“What is the circumference of luxuriant soil and unbounded fer- ’
Treas irer
R ......... Phil. Metschan
tility when rain enough falls, but
lupt. Public Instruction
............ GM Irwin the forefoot of that big elephant?”
Mate Printer
R
W H Laeds
for several seasons of late this es-
R. S. Bean. they asked.
C. Wolverton
»npre-ne Ja-lges
“The circumference of an ele •sential condition has not been ful-
F. A. Moore
N1NETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
phant’s foot is always just half of filled, and the departed settlers
district Judge ..
I)
M.D. C liffoei , i
write glowingly of their new home
STEPHENS & RICHARDSON, Proprietor
District Attorney
.... C. W. Parrish. I the elephant’s height,” replied the
loint-Representative
(R). .0. L. Patterson
as
compared
with
the
prairie
state
leiut Senator
........... (R)............. A. W.Gowan keeper.
“Will you be so kind as to ineas
COTNTY—HARNF.Y I
Jonntv « idge .............. ........... <’. P. Rutherford.
ure it?” asked the amazed visitor,'
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(R).
H. Kelley
Ilerk ...................
.
J C. Welcome and the keeper got a long cord and
Treasurer...................... 'R)
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T A.McKinnon
durrevor .................... I>
<heriff
(D)
A. J. McKinnon went in beside the monster, Bazzle,
.ID'....
8. W. Miller
Is lessor ... .
is a
t'n >ol Superintendent .. .1 D)
w. C. Bi rd whc stands 8 feet 5 inches in height. |
dt irk I nspector
• • Geo Tregaskis
LOCAL
DISEASE
“Of course, I measure while the and 1« the result
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A.B. Mark«
of cold« and
Vimmisslonsrs
p' S
Geo. HaItey
climatic changes.
animal ¡8 standing squarely on all It sudden
can be cured by a pleasant
remedy which Is applied di
HARNEY Ü R LAND oefice :
fours,” he said. “If I were to take rectly
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Into the nostrils. Be
Thoma» .Ione«
{^“Courteous treatment guaranteed. Your patronage soHc
desister
.............. A. A. Cowing the foot up from the floor it would ing quickly aiieorbedit give«
Rereiver
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relief at once.
not be quite so large; a small part
of
the size is caused by the spread- I le acknowledged to be the moat thorough onre for
SOCIETIES.
Nasal Catarrh. Cold In Head and Hay Fever of all
' ing out of the soft matter of the remedies.
It opens and cleanses the nasal paaaagea,
SYLVA REBEKAH Degree No. U.
allays pain and inflammation, heals the cores, pro
f.«ot
by
the
pressure
of
the
animal
’
s
tects
the
membrane
from colds, re-tores the senses
Meet»every 1st and M Wednesday.
uf taste and smell. PriceSOc. at Dmugfstsor by malL I
Misa M’a McGee N.t*.
KLY BROTHERS, M Warren Street. New York.
own weight.’’
San Motherahead. Rec. Sec’y.
He drew the cord around the
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monster foot, held it up and meas
A. O. Ü. W. Rums Lodge, No 47
JOHN F. STRATTON'S
Burns-Canyon Stage Line
ured it with a tape lire. The fig
Meet«errr» 2.J and 4th Thnrsdsv»
CELEBRATED
IT M Horton. M. W
The
J w Sayer, Rec’d . ures showed 4 feet 2 inches.
W Birmingham Steil Strings
J. A. H alladay , contractor.
‘man who had lost the bet paid it,
~ Hr Violin Guitar. Mandelin. Banjo
' with the remark that he did not
Carrying U. S. Mails and Eastern Oregon Express Co’s Expese
Wk
Finest Made, ».lira Plated
h arnry lodge . no . n. i. o o r.
Bill SMRK Warranted not to rust Send for Catlg
'»-•is «t Od i Fellow« Hall, everv «atnrday. think he was paying too dearly for
JOHN F. STRATTON,
O. D. Rork. P.O.
Stages Leave Burns Tuesday .Thursday,Saturday,for Canyon City
/mpartar, Maaa/artarer aad tFAolasala Dealer*
that curious bit of knowledge.
W. II Canaday, Secy.
and
intermedi
ut» oints, Fare 15.
«11.813. 815. 817 E. 9th St., N. Y.
BEST GOODS,
■'CHEAPEST PRICES.^--
MASON & LONDON.
It will pay you to come to Ontario
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and buy fall and winter goods
GROCERIES
Dry < oods,
Clothing,
Furnishing Goods,
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Hats and Caps,
Boots and Shoes,
Notions, &c.
Oregon Forwading Co.
J He iimrs-^eratd.
Hardware and Tinware.
xhe Bums Bar
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CATARRH
Ely’s Cream Balm
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