VOL XVI
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 23,
MIRAGES OF THE DESERT
ferent effect at sunset, and some per and I saw from his silence and matter had been amicably adjusted
vice .very second Sunday al 8 p tn.
most remarkable sj-ectacles have steadfast gaze in the direction where and the ex-newspaper man had re
At the Presbyterian church
been seen on a clear night. Animals the animals had drat appeartd that turned I lie money borrowed from
Burns, Rev. A .1. Irwin pastor
MOST BEAUTIHL EFFECTS IN HAR on the desert have appeared to be, too, was surprised.
¡him
Devine services the third and fourth
those familiar with them to be of
But in n minute the animals had
NEY VALLEY.
“There will be no prosecution of
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more than ten times their size, and appeared again, though a little far- Huntington,” said Mr. Wadhams to Sundays of each month at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath school at
the most experenced have been ther away, just as large and numer a reporter of the .Journal.
10 a.’m. every Sabbath morning
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Masy Delestons ol The Desert of Easters duuifoundtd by this phenomenon. ous as ever.
But those who donate
the
In
company
with
a
Lake
county
--Au tpparco: Mouataio Pass
Preaching services at the Baptist
“Now, shoot!” hissed the trapper > blind musician will be more careful
Thai Chaages Pusitioa.
trapjn-r 1 experienced a most re
church every 1st and 2nd Sundays,
1 again raised my gun and the in future.
morning and
evening
Sunday
marka- le case of the latter kind. objects disappeared as completely
school every Sunday at 11 a. m.
Tlie following it. clipped f,OI11 th. \Ve were traveling in a buckl-oard as before. Two or three times they
FARMERS SWINDLED.
prayer meeting every Thursday
Lakeview Examiner, but we think on the winter range in the mid-des did this in succession.
evening.
the credit is due Paul DeLaney in ert. The surrounding mountains
“Go nearer to them,” said the
I The farmers of Umatilla county
were all covered with snow, and this trapper.
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the Portland Journal:
are being swindled by several en-
Holding the gun ready for ction
Many people are under the im- as a background gave a peculiar
;
lerprisinj men who represent ilteni-
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pret-eion that mirage« are only seen brightness to the light, both bv day I started in a cautious w-lk toward
! selves as being in the employ of
on the great desert of Sahara PeO and night. The section we were in the point where the animals were
OWN
'one or another of the wholesale
pie of Oregon do not g.-nerally was void of inhabitants. Covotes, last seen. I walked for 100 yards
Our n- w book entitled “ 40 M onby
grocery firms of Portland, says the
k,,ow these pbermmeua are seen un sage liens and antelope were plenti and there was nothing in view ex
M aking J ura ." is worth its urciilit in
East Oregonian.
the Oregon “desert.” It is a frtCt> ful and 1 kept up a constant war cept the level plain which lav out
The men represent to the farmers ' gold to evety man who wants to start a
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however, and some of the most de- fare on the sage hens and antelope in front of me for miles. I was'
' that they are agents of some firm legitimate, paying mail order lusiness.
u.s
a,,d n,ost beautiful effects —that is, when we came close about to turn back when I stumbled
¡in Portland, which is desiring of It tells you what to do and how to do
»re seen while crossing the plains enough to the latter to get a shot, into a large buch of sage grass. As
it successfully.
Send us 50c today
In making a roundabout trip on I did this a eage ben rose and sailed enlarging its Eastern Oregon trade
of the great Inland Empire. They
and wc will send you the book, and a
and
by
buying
their
groceries
from
•H«
may lie seen on many points on the the desert in mid-winter we often away, and another and another fol
valuable monthly journal one year free
them they can get their supplies at
Tbs desert, but they are «<ily known to had to make long drives to reach lowed until a great flock had taken I
C entury P i 'R i . isiiing Co, Box 73,
wholesale prices and save the re
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flight.
wa,. i>e mirages in man) instances by sheep camps or supply points. The its
11 KRON L ake . .M inn .
tailer
’
s
profits.
It was a puzzler to the trapper,
-•-IK. lbose who are acquainted with the trapper and I had spent several
As a matter of fact, there are but H. S. Brownton
L. E. Hibbard
fe, (,“rli<'ularloc“b'y. The most com days at the foot of Mount Juniper, 1 who had spent his life on the plains,
five
boni fide wholesale grocery
Ilibbnfd <Nt Brownton.
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we were compelled to admit
U)0,‘ forni
“drage on the Oregon nearly 100 miles from the nearest but
firms in Portland, namely, Lang dr
I JENTISriX
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•« l**° change in the nppear- human habitation, in company with I that our antelope were no more nor
Co., Allen & Lewis, Mason, Ehrman
Office first door caat of The Cllisens Hsr.k,
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less than a flock of the plains
r. „ Slice of Land marks. I,oth as to two men who had a vast herd of no
Barns. Oregon.
A Go., WadhamsA Kerr Bros., and
h-i-p The trapper ha-f l<e»n l-usy birds
And the horses had It- en as
■ ■ ,. ebafie a«,d di-ta-.ce
I i> Strang ,
Wadhauis <<c Co , and these firms
th-
ent-'
<i-
n
d
col.
!-ee
i-n-i
t-iof
badly ¡tool*d ns we, fir we Lad
•oi-'-'ak«. then, I'-.r
,
-loos
mill ■
covote. wild-at and driven through large flocks of sage absolutely refuse to Sell to the re
.iiK! while the citiz ti , . . g kt
uai tin bides as a result, while I had hens during the day and they had tail trade under any consideration.
«he land-marks an.i
t|„.
< • lit )SSM A N N 'S
deeti
busy supplying the camp with never noticed them until they ap The fact is that these men in the
mospherio co diti-.n- change them
PATEN I WHITING RING
nlefH t
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wi-k iKJ « <jUick to < t'C» '! and (• . ] -,*. s -g hen«, and had I r-iught down peared in the spectre-like form of , country take orders of the farmers
and then buy of the wholesalers in j 'T'HE most important improve-
' > i-e anti-l-ipe
■ - ’t-1 >p<- th it night
' tentloli to it. '1
-e . .
1 ment of the age in the art of
wholesale lots, that they make a
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mir.lg.
“it was only u mir-ir-age,” said
good profit on their investment is ; |H‘iimaiiship makes the poor writer
early
«me
morning
for
Windy
Hol
the trapper, after wu had driven
s. ;-. Lave appeared, ami m winch th.-
shown by the following illustration. a splendid penman in a few weeks
i ¿t. old-time trgppt r and stoekman low. a distance of 50 miles. The some distance in silence.
A farmer’s wife in the vicinity of by the use of this ring. Endorsed
At one po:nt the
Men have been deceiv< ii, l-ut ¡hey are roads were rough
by prominent College Presidents
Pendleton, bought 50 pounds of
e un i- •
trail iay through a wide stretch of
and Board* of Education in Europe
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MIS FRIENDSHIP FOR REVENUE ONLY. Mountain Java coffee ut 35 cents a and America. Sample dozen as
borne of the umsi beautiful > tf< cis lava beds and we were several hours
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pound, ll.e men claiming that to l>e sorted sizes sent post paid for $ 1.00
ift-im >re seen in He -it . Valiev
ll.-r- m iking the distance of live miles
B. Huntington Shown up in a Very lhe *'“>‘c’‘al<’ P"1« “l «’"«»l.nd single sample 25c. When ordering
J.
It
was
known
that
we
were
in
a
iMite M‘T Lake,one of the prettiest irudiee
a single ring, state whether for man,
Bid Light—No Prosecution.
,,ad
la'^ co,lie t;’
>t water in the state*, will sp|iear great antelope country, but luck
woman, or child.
she
could
have
bought
the
snii.ecof-
i
rih.
** ""lv a
*“>lcs dis- had l-een against us during the day
PENN MKi. SUPPLY CO.
| fee in one pound lots for 25 cents u
orra. al,ce when in fact it is 20 or more ami we had not seen one of those
No. IIS S. Foartb Street. PHILADELPHIA.
For revenue only appears to be pi)Und or in bulk nt from 18 to 20
i-i”- '¡les away.
Mountains change much coveted animals, though sign the friendship of J. B. Huntington.'cents, thereby saving from *5 to
triev- heir appearance, ami while one was abundant. Night came on a former newspaper man residing $7 50. The people arc warned to
ay they look to be only a few miles while we were still several miles on the East Side, for Charles Neb- invei>ti«r»t«*
: ••--»-
I ergmi, a uiiuu musician, says lhe
i'i
way, uti aiiolher dny the)’ Hp|>ear fiom our destination, L»»
.JOHN MfNI 1 r.T.I'.N ;
i-ompelled
Io
drive
on
in
order
to
Portland Journal.
,
nny miles distant. Then .hev
ESTRAYED.
range their appearance in shape obtain water for ourselves and the
Nebcrgall is about 25 years of
line range of mountains lying off m horses.
age and for s-iuie lime Multnomah
v One
,llv >ru
„„«->««1
red
line-backed yearling
Burns.
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—
O h gon
It must have been at least ten
ivwcr id east of Burns furnisher a diver*
county has been allowing him 110 heifer
branded ...
H. ...
S. connected on
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o’clock. The stars were shining per month. This niuiic Nebergall • • ■
Cloudv days preferred for
■«jui 0,1 i<> the waj of sight-seeing tn
right hip.no ear marks. A .-iutable
iiti- e citizens Although the range brightly and the clear, crispv, cold uses in the study of music, the com | I reward will be given for herretrun
milking sittings. Photos fin
■;«••: retches acrosH the entire Eastern evening gave everything an exac- mission-rs making this donation or information leading to her where
ished in carbon and platinum
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»rtinn of the vilbv, vet on some gerated appearance and made the with the hope that within a few abouts.
fleets.
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casior-s they do not seem to be slightest noise sound much louder months the unfortunate man will
Instantaneous process use
Harry C. Smith.
j,’ .If so long as usual, and at times! than under ordinary circumstances he able to support himself by the'
extensively. First class work
and satisfaction guaranteed
eX »ppear to be cut in two in the The myraid of coyotes that were revenues resulting from his plat ing
¡following and howling in the dis
Religious Services.
ddle or at some other point in
Huntington has been in tlie hub
tance sounded like a thousand de- it of accompanying the blind man
swine tge.
Services at Christian Science
ik«»- Mrv
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,.:»<•».
VOU see that wide opening mons.
on Lis monthly visits to the tre3s-
ririivwimiu"
Hall evety Sunday at 11a in and "THK 11:1 ><> Birr
We
had
driven
some
distance
in
jh ’’ *°ugh I hut range of mountains?’'
urer’aofljce and is well known to
8 p m. Service Wednesday even
juirtd William Hanley, a pmm. silence, each carrying a repeating the hangers on and employes at the
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Iritli- across his lap from force of
ings at 8. Subject for Sunday,
nt stockman, near Burns one
court house.
May 24. “Ancient and Modern Ne-
Itow’-f
i Inn it while in that country. Sud-
Now, it is alhged, Huntington
.¡iaa»t««< tning
11 crouiancy; or. Mesmerism and Hvp-
iSt<-IN-OS«'« >1 M* A ) i| >al'!lt I let
in e»>
•
len.y
the
horses
shied,
and
the
Yes; wliatof it?” was the an-
has lieen borrowing money, declar
P
* i notism."
Th«* Filial lot Stere. F<-« ip • with the Mronjfrflf
-
trapper,
whr»
wa-
driving,
threw
the
s.
optical < rfe< t
lllu'lilj ntilrh« '! in (jlfl'er<*nl < «»I
r, fur a breach a quarter of a
ing he wanted it for the blind man
>i. e; f
with rich
an«l »liver «Irroratloi f
At the and that Nebergall would return
Rev A J Irwin will preach at oik
»•ri»ke
i.t it in.pa ln< ludinii
\ i 1!. • giaplia
e wide appeared in the range. ' brake and drew the reins
M». <|F<*
View» of erf .*»ir.
I'KI ! (iM Y M-MI
same
time
he
nudged
me
in
the
the money when the blind ma-i re Harney the 2nd Sunday of each Sent eMT) where j.rt paid in letlcj form
left hfr J mountains are several hundred
. ligi».»
AttEN’Iri WASTKU
ceived his warrant from the county. month at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
in altitude it this puint, and side and said in a low breath:
“
Antelope!
”
Sabbath
school
every
hab
bat
h
at
2
Some »15 was secured in thia man
.ii«™» breach appeared to tie as dis-
FORREHT BI'II.DING
We had been watching for them ner, but it appears the sightless one , P- ID-
:t as if It had been chia- lied out
PHILAhEMHIlA
walls at either end were as ill dky and I immediately scanned - did not receive a cent from Hunt-,
Sutnlny school at Harney the
ight as a die arid they apf-eared 'the country ab -ut us. But I was ington and lhe lender» made an in- first Sunday of each month nt 10
;{ m « 0(1« of Nature's prettiest dem- kept searching for them but an in-| vesligation.
o'clock a tn. On the «remiti. third KODOL d'gesta what you eat
-tant. To the left, and on my side
William YVadharns. a merchant, ami fourth Sunday of each month
h.
.rations of lier work .
There is nonpr-ning nt all thro’ of tlie vehicle, a great band of ani who gave Huntington 110, said the at 3 o'clock |> in. Preaching aer- KODOL cl«anse*. purifies. »trenp’herw
and sweettns the atornach.
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r- -nountair.e there,” «aid Mr Han- mals stood, not over 40 yards away,
-,n W
eurea
irdigealion. dyspepsia. and
KODOL all stomach
“Thev are just as solid there and t6ey were moving restlessly
ii.--»»
and bowel trouble!.
.V . rev are to th>- right and left of a I sill t and nodding their heads up
accelerates
the
of the paa-
..n ra*
KODOL trlc fiards and action
nr down, just as antel« pee do. I
place Where Sher-- appears tn
fl /«a tone to th«
k
jr«M’
diyeat.ve or^a-s.
raised my rifle and l->--k aim at the
rach."
Jim Dump, was father of a last
n- ,a-e*t iinr-
J Ut*l M« I was ale-nt
KODOL re eves an overworked stomach
i*ou are m< - i.m
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Who, by her brightneai, led her
r gg r, tb tr p|-r
to , U I th-
" « as rtigge- ii
tlie
heart a full, free and untrammeled
claaa.
action
nourishes
the
nervous
system and
St"'|-pe<i
ii
e
»
ureP" was lit- r , lv.
The teacher asked Mist
feeds the brain.
Dumps the question:
« low du you ac> out f r ltr
‘Don't sh<M»: let!"* lie aaiti i a
Kl .
M How can you best assist
KODOL Is the «orderful remed/ that 1
, ,. p . I a a mirage, replied hr -l.w-k
wtiisjier. ■'•Iwr- may lw a ridatale,
digestion ? ”
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"By eating 'Force.'" When
a-al weak pec-pie strong by giving to thefr
1» ii.igt t he at,e*-p Step do* tn
bodies all of tne r our.shmer.t that is con
• told to him.
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»ef. K was early ip tri- u. -nit g »oil . th. groin d
nd w >lk «.ward them
tained in the food the; eat.
Thin story tickled "Sonny Jia.”
trarrei* «a» ’ -pi ■
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.1 get It- — «“¡Il y Wo- ’t
XtuSS Orly. It CO SV. f. n-e 2'4 tkr*. --.e trkl
■f. >•«
t.te. wtueh m . «-* Si*.
•' t 4» . •
t . ar. a that wujr i«-
run s’ i igtit.'*
mid la- c«>n<
rraser.« .air Sf 1. C. ».«ITT < C*.. CmCAML
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•
a-
d
down
Com
h
Seat
great
k
ik. x«!
r* wHHigh by I be middle of the ly di*app lt'ed, f-w 1 was po.itive
Burn« DrnggiMs.
-j,-lb. breach nad li ,ipi> . r-u, th-v w-r- ant-1 >pe, and walk d a
-**„ be rv(«ge wa- --»-«•- :nt-ie -olid. f a rt ps toward them and again
a crews the ■ - r
•■i-r ol raised aasjr gun to iuv ab--uider
H»
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> ■ her time th. Jus’ a« I was read i P> pull the trig
Tfc* BeBdy<> A«r». c
r tir lh r (-• t
r
k- -in <-ame th* warning from
the A-B-C
* fl'
- r. «•» i. fappe-:
4
pt tb.iae a b » A«e
ih.n’l ah<.-- ui.lea* you «re cer
of good health.
country w-uid tain "
We can Save Y ou Honey on
Our Price cn
SHEEP SHEARS
Can’t be Beat.
A large stock of Slack Leaf
Sheep Dip Always'on Mand.
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We positively guarantee that
we can and will supply gro
ceries cheaper than any one
else.
Photographer.
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