BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY. OREGON, DECEMBER 2
NO. 4
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they may be browsed easily; the FOUND SCHLEY AT FAULT in which the court holds its secret CANNOT RECOVER AMOUNT
“The question is not presented in
sessions, and it eoon became evident
soil is quickly drained in the event
these pleadings whether the law,
that the end of the case was at
?**ilr SUBSCRIPTION BATEs:
of rain—for they do not like wet
passed by the legislature are in ac­
land;
ami
the
stones
serve
to
keep
NAVAL COURT CONDEMNS ADMIRAL hand. Captain Lemly was closet­ JUDGE BOISE DECIDES DAVIS DEFAL­ cordance with the constitution, but
THE IRRIGATION ADVOCATES HAVE
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the feet trimmed properly by the
ed with the members of the court
they will be presumed to he so—
CATION CASE AGAINST STATE.
ON ELEVEN POINTS.
AGREED UPON A BILL.
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wearing process. This is the situ­
most of the afternoon, and when he
the matter not being involved in
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ation that the goats would choose;
started for the Navy Department
the pleadings.
M“»1W '
oyrtCIAL DIRBCTOUY
Iwfi \
«TAT*—011*0«
“The legislature has passed laws
It Will Be introduced This Week and Most but the farmer might choose to turn His Conduct Characteriied by -'Vacillation. he carried the reports with him.
Sustain« Motion of Pcnnover. McBride and
SoaaM»
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Strenuously Urged at the Piesen:
them into a dense mass of brush
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Metscban Who Comprised Land Board
Dilatoriness and Lack of Enterprise''
at various times defining the duties
SCHLEY PECI.1NKP To TALK.
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(Tb.-e l.’i.^ue.
Session of Congress.
-■Dewev Sustains Him.
at Time of Defalcation.
and wenlb anywhere, and they will
and functions of the otlicers of tho
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A representative of the Associat
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at once begin to convert it into the
state—the Governor, Secretary of
inT^'^otS-le
A recent dispatch from Salem
Washington, Dec. 14.—The irri­ most beautiful pasture. Inloeali-' Washington, Dec 13.—The re­ ed Press conveyed the first informa­
State, State Treasurer etc., and all
tB,‘e ’rSilo l*Mruct.on : ... J U Al
gation advocates in Congress to­ ties where valuable land is com­ port of the Schley court of inquiry tion of the finding* of the court to : days: Judge Boise, of department
such otlicers must act under direc­
.
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night agreed upon a bill f ir the re­ pletely subdued by brush the goats wa* promulgated by Secretary Admiral Schley, lie was seated in No.2, Circuit court, rendered an tion of the law regulating any par­
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the
public
reception-room
of
n
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> F. A. Moore
clamation of arid lands, which is are considered of more value for Long tonight. There are two re­
important decision in the caso of ticular subject. The legislature
to be introduced earlv next week the purpose of clearing it than for ports. Admiral Bet-ham and Ad­ hotel, chatting with friend* and tl-e state of Oregon against Sylves­ may regulate the manner of con­
rw’T,*h-. S1SETH JUDICIAL DIS I Ktl T.
.7a„
. .... M. ■■ ' -.io .io and strenuously urged during the
'¡«oX.y ..
the mohair or mea£. Th-ir value miral Ramsey concur in the first, several newspaper men.ami evinced , ter Pennoyer, George W. McBride ducting the trust imposed by the
present session of emigre«*. Tin m this respect must be measured which is signed by Admiral Dewey no signs of nervousness over the and Phil Metchan, in which it is constitution. It may and it did
lull embodied the best ideas i f :il! by the value ofthe land which they also a* a matter of form. Admiral out come. When the conclusion of sought to hold them responsible set the price at which lands should
•neti
COUirTY- haksky :
schemes
heretofore proposed. It will render cultivable.”
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Dewey makes a separate report, Admiral Dewey were rend to him. j for the funds embnzzled by Geo ha sold; prescribe the manner and
nOt v*»ty J ud«8 » »•
“ . H. Kieuar-lsoit
K A Miiit I i-ri ales a reclamation fund to be
although he agrees with the find­ Admiral Schley showed his plea-1 W Davis as clerk ef the State Land conditions of sale; the handling of
Mr.
Thompson
declares
go
its
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. Geo shelley ! made upon all moneys received will perform the work even bi tter ings of facts subscribed to by the sure, and it wa* evident from bis Board, which was comprised of
tho funds.etc The legislature also
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manner that he regarded the state­ those gentlemen at the time of such
■e. La.' *»or
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, from the sale of public lands in the than men, for sprouts will spring others.
i|>K.e otsupcrlaUtrdeul
provided for the appointment of the
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luApeelor ...............
A. Venator 1G arid land states and territorriis, up behind men’s work, but goats
The majority report comdemnt ment from Admiral Dewey as a embezzlement.
clerk of the board and defined his
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except moneys set aside for educa­ will keep them down until they Admiral Schley on 11 points, while vindication of his cause. Ho de­
Judge Boise sustained the mo­ duties.as to tho e ilhction and their
OFFlUlf :
»AUtOX «• »■ L*»l»
L gco .
Ha'CB tional purposes, ibis fund to be used cease to appear.
He adds that the Admiral L'ew.v sustain* him ini clined to make any statement con­ tion of defendants to «trike from payment, which the law snvs must
1
. «ier
K...LbaB. Newell '
Born, .,l»«r
by
the
Secretary
of
interior
in
the
goats
go
even
further
than this,and most places. The majority opinion cerning the courts findings, and, the complaint nil allegations as­ be made to the Slate Treasurer bv
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examination,
construction
and
convert
the
wilderness
into good finds it. brief that Admiral Schley excusing himself from the little serting that Davis was the agent of him direct. The money does not
SOCIETIES-
maintenance of irrigation works for pastures, thus preparing the way should have proceeded with the company, which had gathered theboard and that they were di­ go to the board, but direct from the
uí”” »YLVAEEBEK a H Dwre. So. .3
nr.
evac»«<y
Tillie J otg «“
storage, diversion and development for cheep, cattle or horses.
utmost dispatch to Cienfuegos ami about him, went to his appartments rectly responsible to the state for clerk to the Treasurer of State.
honn
*r*oWe Bruno. -
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of waters for the reclamation of
maintained it close blockade; that where Mrs. Sehlev had been an­ hi« acts and malfeasance. This
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“I think then that he is the egent
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A. o. U. W. Burua Lodg- No. «
arid public land.
he should have endeavored to have xiously awaiting to hear the courts decision virtually destroys tho case of the state and not of tho board,
Oil Boring Machinery.
r'ta, «‘•*'•‘1
A Dinar i. M W
To aid in Ibis work, the Secretary
obtained information of the Spanish decision. Later the official copy against the board and leaves no and its members are not responsi­
WIK,.
1. il 11-..'. U--'
is authorized to withdraw from or
The first oil boring machinery th-re; that he should have pro­ was brought to the hotel hy a mes­ hope of being able to collect a dol­ ble for his failure to pay over the
¡.‘SS'A ABNEY LODGE, MO. 77. I. O O I -
restore to entry lands required for t<> be used in the Malheur oil fields ceeded to Santiago with dispatch ; senger from the Navy Department. lar of the Davis defalcation. Judge moneys.
ÏÏÏÏ ‘.Ù.lOddFeUow.
Boise delivered tho opinion orally,
irrigation.
The Secretary sliail arrived in Huntington Monday, that, he should not have made the
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“The motion to strike out is sus­
AGAINST LEASING.
and said:
let contracts for the construction of consigned to the Ilirseh oil syndi­ retrograde movement; that he
®rk. un.
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tained.”
‘ In this case it is claimed that
storage reservoirs, but no contract cate,with.headquarters at Portland. should have obeyed the depart­
' * PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
For several years tho great cat­ Davis was the clerk and also the
Tsea, que*.
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shall be let where the cost of the This company is the one in which ment’s orders; that he should have
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enterprise shall average over |10 Hope Bros, of Vale are interested endeavored to capture the Spanish tie raising corporations of the west agent of tho State Land Board and
Cattle for Alaska.
GEO. S. SIZEMORE,
per acre of land to be irrigate.!, and and I. W. Hope was here to receive vessels in Santiago; that he ilid not have been conducting a campaign that they received the money fur
torte», y
nlM-nlír . ■
ATTORNEY,
of
agitation
circulated
te
induce
the school fund* through him as
no contract is to be let until suffi­ the machinery. It was purchased do bis utmost to destroy the Colon;
William Hanley, the well-known
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Congress to pass measures provid­ such agent, in trust for the state
in
Los
Angles
by
H.
V.
Gates
of
cient
funds
are
available
for
com
­
that
he
caused
the
squadron
to
lose
Hurney
county stockman, ha, 500
Ì m L' ì I k M*. Und taiAi«“«. and Boa,
pleting it. Upon the completion Hillsboro who is a director in the dista nee in the loop of the Brooklyn; ing for the leasing of the public The only question to be considered I head of cuttle that will probably lie
IH,Aie loaner i>rouii il» j&aii.ied io.
grazing
lands
to
the
highest
bidder.
ali cup nop
of each irrigation project the kinds company, and consists of boilei that he thereby caused th'- Texas
is that of tho agency thus alleged. shipped to Alaska. Mr. Hanley,
« umoa.
DALTON UIGUS
to be irrigated shall be subjected to and engine, drilling machinery, re­ to buck; that ho did injustice to The pretended object of this move
“The constitution of the state
KX?
Biggs & Biggs
was to protect government pasture makes tl.e Governor, Secretary of who is ono of the most successful
homestead entry, ami entrymen, on pairing outfit, and a carload of eas­ Hodgson; that hi* conduct in tie
stockmen of Eastern Oregon, has
is. horw.! ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
making final proof, shall pay $5 per ing in sizes ranging from 12 to 1J campaign was characterized by lands from being turned into des­ State and State Treasurer the been in this city several day* ne­
erts “by the waste and destruction 1 Board of Commissioners for the
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acre, to be converted into the recla­ inches. A carload of heavy timbers vacillation, dilalorittess, itml lack
gotiating the sale of his cattle,
uruhtM Tactice iu all the courts ot Gre. mation fund.
tor the derrick is expected te ar­ of enterprise, that bis ollicial re­ going on."
I sale of school, lands and the invest­ which are in prime condition.
It
was
argued
that
if
the
desira
­
* lections promptly made.
ment of it, funds, and provides There i* the usual demand fur beef
Entries shall not embrace over rive here most any day. The first port* on the coal supply were mis
ble public domain were parcled out | thiu they shall administer this
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we
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i
will
be
drilled
at
Dry
Gulch,
leading
and
inaccurate;
that
his
•SO
acres.
When
the
payments
con
­
cattle from the north and good cat­
KMtwao
e. W. P awbi . ii
tracted for are made upon the major about twelve miles fiom Hunting­ conduct during the battle wa.* self under le'ise to the highest biddi r I trust a* provided by laws enacted tle always command good prices.
Si’»* PARRISH & REM BOLD,
portion of the irrigable system, the ton. It will be two month* before possessed, and that he encouraged and surrounded by certain legisla­ by the legislature.
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aim-
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Attorneys
—at-Law
,
management and operation, but not the company lias everything in in hi* own person bis subordinate tion intended to prevent the misuse
luraa (*»d Canyon City
of it, (lie public would reap an ad­
i'A’* 11 praeUcs i“ ‘Le co»r,s 1 Ha
«i - the title, to the works, except re­ readiness to begin the work of drill­ officers and men.
vantage in a large and consequently
,
, aud ai«o I m U. s . land vil.'»
servoirs, shall pass to the owners ing.
DEWEY TAKES A DIFFERENT VIEW a cheaper supply of beef and mut­
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112
A Colorado company in which
erm>ffA: '
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of the land thereby irrigated, to be
J. W. B iggs , P resident and acting uarhieh .
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Chas. 11. lXMJliaiel.
Admiral Dewey, in bis report, ton, and the money to be derived
Dr.
J.
1».
White
is
¡1
teresled
will
maintained
at
their
expense.
All
H C. L even », V icr * P resident .
ATTOHUEX-AT-LAW,
soon begin opperation* in the oil says that tin- passage to Uienfuegos by the government from its lease
LiMwOeful attention given to Collec- reservoirs ai d works necessary to
i
fields. They expict to have ma­ was made with all dispatch; that system might be devoted to the re­
their
protection
and
operation
shall
' "** ions and Real Estate matters,
clamation
of
arid
lands.
The
plan*
in
view
of
hi*
coal
supply,
the
be maintained by the Government chinery here in about six weeks.
“s’“' |
Notary Public
T his Company hi* large holdings blockade of Cienfue.o* was effec­ of the cattle baron* were made at­
as public works. The right to the
(INCOG I’OltATED.)
iel>raai. JJABJiEY
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__________ use of water shall be perpetual. If on the Idaho side of Snake river, tive; that he allowed the Adula to tractive in other ways, but not
>a; mart* — ■
BURNS, OREGON,
enter Cienfuegos to get information; seductive enough to make the set­
jUiTON WU.LIAM«
M. FlTZ ’EKAl.D the water provided
is more than fill' i’ll miles from Huntington.
*g’H; ■’ uw*.ia*v at Law
>■" nr -
tler
believe
that
it
waa
for
his
inter-
that
hi*
passage
to
Santiago
was
Huntington
is
the
nearest
point
aide: .
* Law’
Ba-a. tT.ieA-
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000.00
sufficient to reclaim the public ir­
hai: k*t: i
rigable lands of a systi rn, j erpetu T to the Malliuer oil fields, and all with as much dispatch a* po«silili- (»«(* th» f'ig corp i-lioiis were con-
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VILLIAMS& FITZGERALD
A < Ion«*i*nl Bank in« BuwineeiM Ti-unisttetcil.
trie*. SJ ob ’
wat: r rights for the adjoining pri­ the supplies will he shipped from keeping the rq.iuuioii logelberjthat Icerned.
n.aik, ’ ee m old NaMnkc BolldinK-
Direr tors: W. Y. King,
I. S. Geer,
Geo Fry,
A lease syutem applicable to the
the blni-kade of Santiago was effec­
vate lands may be fold at $5 per here.—Huntington Herald.
B lrns ,
-
O khoom
W. K Trittch,
J C Welcome.
public
domain
would
surely
throw
tive and .finally, that he was the
i right«- •-««■
acre for not to exceed 80 acre* to
JKcvir.
< ’<»1 ri-Hponik’nco Invited.
senior officer off Santiago, in abso­ all the available land* fit for graz­
NEW SETTLERS’ RATES.
8. AV. MILLER,
any one owner. This act will not
r, iwo
ing
into
the
hand*
of
tho
cattle
.J
lute
command,
and
entitled
to
the
interfere with the state Ians rela­
IVI, htrit«
]
Tiie
O
R.
it
N.
Co.
has
announc
­
baron*,
depriving
small
stockmen
\ tar >• J: ,
credit
due
for
the
glorious
victory
tive to rights to water
l'F*r baii ■
ed that a rate of i 25 for second- which resulted in the total destruc- and sittiers in general of the free
Burna, -
bution for irrigation,
ur wce
* n ■ ;'>r
1
> range to which they have always
cr class passage would bo made be­ of the Spanish ship8.
comes operative July
UNDER NEW« MANAGEMENT
|rm
»AMD!!«,
J'u'' ■
l>ecn priviliged. Tho pro|>o*al of
tween
Omaha
and
Kansas
City,
it:
For
seven
weeks
the
cotnt
heard
January
1
next.
MARSDEN & GERRY.
the East, and Portland and Puget testimony, and for fully a month it the cattle corpora lions, if seriously
Physktans »¿Surgeons.
I Sound points, on this coast, next d- libérât» <1 upon that ma“* of evi­ enterta ;>i'd by Congress, will be
Goats that Clear Land.
»faxa, UBHRox.
March and April, This is in ac­ dence, finally reaching the conclu­ met wi ii bitter opposition, but at
?* al
d e
cordance with ari understanding sions announced.
tin: same lin e • vi-rv stockman and
F. I,. ANDREWS, Proprietor.
1!UR,NH, OREGON.
Goat* are considered in Oregon
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s- tt'er interest's tn defeating the
arrived at bv the O. R A N. and
irh fl a*
as most valuable for the purpose of
THE RESULT
DR H. VOLP,
prop -'i 1 am system should let Stiictl3r ZTlrst-dscoo
.-.earing land and therefore form its connections in the Union Pacific
Xh>^Fkjaieiaa and Surgeon,
a completo aur- hi* r ing '--man mid senator know
system.
The
new
rate
will
take
The
result
wa*
one of the farmer’s important tool*.
2E3©st .¿ùuOCcrxxz^ocLcutlorx.
probible that no by letter wba’ bethink* of the
IrnatlO» ;
orrics AT BES121 s H
It is understood that t-everal parties the place of the settlers' rates tiiat prise, and it i*
This
hotel
is
centrally located and under the management of an
measure. In thi* way the cattle
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baying large area* of land to clear were withdrawn several months prophecy has approached the truth
The building lia* been thoroughly renovated
experienced
landlord,
oarons
can
be
thwarted.
—
Redding
*
H. KLEBS, M. D.
will in tl e near future secure herds ago, though there is no connection Instead of one report there are two
The dining room I. in charge of polite, accotn-
and is well furnished,
Fa-tween
it
and
the
old
c
indition
of
Searchl'glit.
Both
are
signed
with
George
Dewey
HYSIClAlf and surgeon
of these animals for the • role pur-
The table, aro furnished with the beet.
mridating waiter,.
Olfica in Vwgtly Building.
p»>se of destroying the bruah,
1
and affair*, this standing by itself as a a* president, and by Samuel C.
new
move.
Manly,
a*
Jiidge-zkdvocate.
This
1 '.
B l BXB.
Oli K'.< in .
Aula« a> Stat« Cauche«.
thus make it valuable I f. r i .udore
The Great Northern took the is a form said to 1»! recognized in
Telepboni No 171
of other livestock.
initiative in putting in settler*’ all court* of inquiry, the signature,
In remote Harney and Malheur
In his recei t report to the de­
"T--
»<•••««>•
1 L 1: ’*'1
rate,
three
years
ago.
and
the
other
of
the
other
members
not
being
conntie,
automobile, are taking
partment of agriculture George F.
Hibbard Jt Brownton.
j line, between the Mi-- >uri R,v»r in - essary. But It is explained that the place of the old-faabioned stage
Thompson,
editorial
clerk.
Bureau
D entists .
and North Pacific common prints Admiral Dewey signed the second in the Tong run* into the interior.
ef Animal Industry, stvs regarding
0*1’
Hr«
aoor «aat olTV
• Bar.k
JOHN l> DALY. I\> moot .
soon
followed suit. It is not doubt- report, a minority report, to express Two auto, will shortly lie purchased
Baros. Oro: >n
the Aug ria goat in reference to its
id that 1 he same lines will be drawn hi* qualification of <-r dieaent from to make the 160 mile stage trip lie
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ability to clear brush land, that
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th» views expr»*«ed Gy the uourt, tween Ontario, Malheur county.
the animal i» a I row ser by nature, into the arrangement this time, and
§
comprising beside* himself Admir­ an>l Burna, county eeat of Harney
there
is
even
reason
to
suspect
that
»r •
Having bought •
!>• “’a<i-
and that there is no vegetation that
als Benhaui and Ramsey, in the
■ant business of Sim >n 1.»* .«.
Here a lumbering stage make«
it will eat in preference to leaves it may extend to th»- Hountern lines
OF ONTARIO OREGON.
„-*• ( respectfully invite a ...... u-
There
is
assurance
of
a
heavy
first report.
the run in 3fi hour«, delaying the
and twig* of bushes. “And” con­
\<-<><>iintis
of
’
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|
m
>1
uti<>nri. I ’iriin* .m<l fn<livi<lii<»li*
It ia said at the Navy depart mail of Burna buaioess men and
*■» «Bon of all old patr o». «« w»ll p tinue, the report, “they are < mniv- movement of sett,er, in this direc­
>*«>ll»-it«-<
I.
tion
next
spring,
and
the
new
rate
merit
that
there
will
1«
no
further
¿.'• ' mm *.
Ma* H E S mitu .
residents P. A Hnvder, an Ontario
•rou* eaters and seeui particular to
8TO< K HOLDER' —John D. Daly, W illiam .lone«. Frank R
is quoted as an encouragement to proc -edinga in thia «»lebrated c*«e busines* man, will have two auto­
«void that charac ter of vegetation
Coffin. Abner Rol.bina, B F tilden. M Alex«mier, N I Carpen-
pers-mal
examination
of
the
coun
­
on
the
department'*
initiative
mobile*
on
this
arid
route
shortly
.,
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which other kind* of livestock
ter, William Miller, E. II i'e.t, Thon Turnbull.
try. Nothing being said al-out
- retary J. mg m i Ju Ige-Adv- i'e which he calculate, can make a
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-----------1 • prefer. Every leaf and every twig
J
round trips, it»* assumed that the Mmlv p-isitively decline to di«< u»« daylight run in 11 hour.
E II. TEST. I ashler.
JOHN McM : I I .l .N
w thin their reach i* greedily eaten,
new fare will apply only one wav, the finding- in any phaa*. The
Out ef Pendleton, a long weary C mj
AOV --*•«. J««. « J»*. art. utt Utt
< a
even to most of the bu«h»-, and
to .« depr vir g scalpers of ar.v op­ Hecrelary received th* report* at run over hill, and mountains thro*
weed* that are considered poison­
portunity for making mo-,ey out of 5 o'clock thi* evening and he iias Pilot Rock, Syr. Ridge and Alba
oil, to oilier ruminant*, while a re
not y»t acted upon them. It ia to I kiah' a distance of -V) mile,.
JJJ Baras.
the arrangement —Oregonian.
markat.lv few weed« are pXMed bv
p ••ible that h» will simply appei, I The route i, con «ide red practicable
—Ctoedr day» ;
They will deaert the finest ct-eer
"White, is King'cail al N Brown hi* signature with the word “ap fir an Automobile, but the eeheme
makiaf an
and blue grass foe such an outlay A Sms
«
proved” to the whole record. Th-- will not t* pushed locally until the
"
»abed in carbon and p.at. .
The inherent tendency tn climl
court itself recommends no further outcome of the Bum,Ontario ex­
The
effect..
lead • then« to hillside*
reu ky
TRÍHCH »V bONEGAN, Proprietor*»
proceeding*, owing to th* lap-» of periment i, seen “—Exchange.
lot
11°'
Inatantancora pr- <-■
.¡tua
and they prefer
time
dining
to any of a level
‘eXteo*ively. Firat c ,- » r» e » 1 i
There waa an a r of annima'i n
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