A, C. WORTHINGTON I Considering the matter strictly in the light of fitness ne better ap pointment has beer, made by th- present administration than tha: of er-Curgressman Benjamin But terworth tc be CcmmisMoner «f Patents, althcueh some repub licans might object because Ben’c endorsement of tlie St. Louis plat form was far from erithu-dfti tic, if we remember aright ■ anche made a speech against the McKinley bill in the House, but afterwards voted for it. DREGS, MEDICINES, BOOKS. STATIONERY. MOTION’S, TOYS, TOII ET ARTICLES, CIGARS, TOBAC< OS, NITS, CANDIES <t CONFECTIONARY, BLANK BOOKS <t SCHOOL SI’PPLIES. Choapost Flac- tc buy Cb:fc in "Sas* 'n Oregon- Bl HNB, OliEGON. BLACKSMITH A WAGON SHOP. GEO. SHELLEY I BURNS Shop oppowite the Brewery All work in our line done neatly and with dispatch. guaranteed Give us a call. Satisfact r THIS SPACE RESERVED THE FRENCH HOTEL for ihe Mrs. Louis Reciñe, Proprietress. The Loading* Hotel of Burns, Oregon, RAILROAD Fourteen saloons have closed ir. Portland this month, says the Ore gonian, and others have a hard time to pay their license. Thus is J the single gold standard doing a great temperance work—by making ■ money so scarce that a majority of i the people cannot afford to pay figr liquor —Ex. i _........... —e One million men have gone to work since McKinley was elected — working fur federal offices. It looks as though it were the I friends, and ’not the oponents of "¡HT of the arbitration tr .;ty. who are afraid of a vote in the Senate. Cecil Rhodes and Boürke Cock- ran have lieen rubbing elbows in i Rome but the Italian government stills stands. The secretary of state has appro- priati I among the counties the live per cent received from sales of gov- ermei.t lands within the state dur ing the past year. The total * amount distributed was *138?. 10. Last year it was mt re than $5000. | THE 0. C. CO (1'1.1’ BROS Huntington. Oregon. Burns, Oregon Work Guaranteed to be first clas s. The semi annual statement of the financial condition of Baker county shows that the net county indebted ness has been reduced $15,954 32 ! in just six months. Canyon creek reached the high water mark of last May during the week, and the new levee was taxed to its utmost capacity. The countv road suffered considerably, and two of the ridges above town went down with the Hood. By great ex ertion the citizens prevented any very serious damage in town, al though Sheriff Livingston and Mrs. Adamson each abandoned their re sid. roes for higher ground during the bight of the flood.—News. W’c mix our own Paint«, and Our Work Steaks fo it e f. Parties Desiring Cabinet W ork that excels anv dont* in this heretoare. niv work. f Heppner Gazette: A W. Patter son. who has been connect-11 with the Gazette for the past six yea s, departed for Indianapols, Ind., on , last et-ning’s train. ’ o vis t his parents whom h 1 lias not seen since coming to the West, ai d other re latives and friends. This f 1 h* will enter a law school where he will 'r -matn 11 he completes tlie coarse Alvalt will continue to take an tetive interest in new«- paper work, however, and may re turn to Oregon at sotm ¡future date, though he is undecided a present as to location. First door north o RED FRONT LIVERV STABLE On the Corner South of the French Hotel, Main Street McCLAIN A WILLIAMS - Pr ¡»reit »rs The proprietor« ie «rii known not cult here but in all t Corniti, ■» aud Town« I’lic.r butines« qualifications an i i tiuu fur horm » eepecially tit» Iheiu for the avoclioti » 1 .. .it Wanted-An Idea * J-' *>r b1 •<« t hew r^ay brlrw v - mi wwnlth Write j 6 hn V. LDVEKBTRN \ *Pat. nt I * aebio«t. n. D f ,f-f tbelr II irixeuilr lUt **i two lur«BLM)u> w mu tad