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[Advertisement ] ¡plication give the addresses of sev ' west comer of township 13 south, i of range 24 east of the Willamette eral of our gardeners, who will an Home pf it* Natural AdvHiitage«. - Wa- Republican Ticket. swer in detail all inquiries on that meriden; thence south of the south Mir, Soil, Climate und I trotine- ductionti,—Thousands of subject; the Irish potato is gruwn west corner of range 29 south, of Acre® open for Set here, with little cultivation, and is range 23 east of the Willamette STATE NOMINEES. tlement. superior to that grown in Ohio, Il meriden; thence due east to the WATKRPROOF i linois, Missouri, Tennessee, or Kan boundary line of the state of Ore CHEAP HOMM. P _____ residencial E lectobs : F or „ r Hamess & Burn Top Oil Dresslnz sas, we personally know, as regards gon; thence north of said boundary C. W. Fulton, of Clatiop; R. Melxan, of K!am TREES. TREES. Absolutely WATERPROOF, and •th: William Kapua, of Multnomah. Thouaandai of Families can Secure Val- size, “mealiness” and flavor. line to the place of beginning. will blacken, «often and keep liable Home« In Thia Great Val from Rotting, your Hernee« and The location of the-oflice is to be SMALL FRUITS, Buggy Tops. Coe« farther and ley at a Mere Nominal Coaf. lees work Ileal Eatate will In such as strawberries, currants, black fixed and tho officers appointed by F or C ongress : er Dressing. GUARANTEED to SHRUBS. SHRUBS. crease Ten-fold BINGER HERMAN,of Douglas. do all that Is claimed for It when berries, gooseberries, grapes, etc., the President.—East Oregonian. In ft Year*. ueed ae directed. Beware of Im will, from wliat evidence we have itations and see that our trade OREGON NEWS. mark Is on th« can. A«k your F or S upreme J udge ; A Railroad, County Heat and l-aiid been able to gather the past year, Harness maker for It, ana .f he FRU1TS.- -F RUITS. OlHco. W. P. LORD, has not got It send us your name Roseburg is to have a woolen be a success, as the native plants andwewll «hlpyou a samplecun F or J udge of S ixth D istrict : FREE, you to pay Expresses«. mill. aro hardy and good bearers. Harney Valley, in Grant county, J. A. FEE. CANTON PAINT & OIL CO., FRUIT TREES Albany claims to have had the Melrose, M Oregon, embraces an area of 2,400 and ornamental shrubs arc being first ripe strawberries of the season, LACK VAMPI square miles, or 1,536,000 square planted freely by farmers this May 5tli. F or D istrict A ttorney , 6 th D ist : D SHOE ORESSfMS. WATERPROOF BOO acr#s of land, bounded on every spring; the settings of last fall sur J. L. RAND, of Baker. Absolutol» prooi ¿gainst «now ORNAMENTAL. X'oVtVAS'ifi“ We^tc"^ side by mountain ranges and lofty vived the severest winter that Har The Portland World will soon commence the publication of a GRANT COUNTY NOMINEES. and Doctor« bins. Aek your Bo elevations, and is nljnost an entire ney valley, in fact East Oregon ever and Shoe dealer for It. daily.—Scout. ly level plain, plentifully watered witnessed. As an CANTON PAINT & OIL CO., Col. Elliott and AV. R. Rich F or R epresentative : by the Melrose, Maes. • AGRICULTURAL mond are inspecting the swamp SII.VIES AND BLITZEN RIVERS G. W. GILHAM, region it will be readily seen that lamin of Lake county. Of Harney. and their tributaries. The former the valley offers inducements rare MOST BEAUTIFUL. Anthony Noltner has been ap- F or S heriff : has its source in the spurs of the ly excelled. And as a pointed postofiice inspector for Or- W m , I ’ . GRAY, Blue mountains, south of the John STOCK-RAISING jl^Of Canyon City. Day river, flows a general southerly country, it cannot be surpassed, egon to succeed Geo. Mason, de- FoiT'T e r : WHAT IS HOME course, passing down the center of since its water, grass and salubri censed. Near Jersey City 11th inst. one N. H. BOLEY, Harney valley and empties into ous climate takes horses, cattle, Of Canyon Citv. WITHOUT lakes Harney and Malheur. It is sheep and hogs throughout the year train ran into rear of another, and F or C lerk : made a complete wreck; two pas a rapidly flowing stream, about 80 (from January 1 to December 31) J. W. SAYER, miles long, and contains every kind without grain or any other than sengers killed, 70 injured, most Of Burns. SHADE TREES ? of fish, including the salmon trout wild grass feeding, and, where the of them fatally. F or C ommissioners : The Winslow hotel of Portland, and other varieties of game fish. winter is milder than common, J. II. Me IIA LEY, Th’e Dunder and Blitzen river, or stock looks better in early spring and Curry’s saloon adjoining were Of Monmouth. FOR 1888. “Blitzen,” as it is shortened by than in Eastern localities where destroyed by fire May 11th; loss E. STEWART, Of Dayville. common usage, is about 50 miles they are grain-fed during the win $5,000, partially insured. in length, Hows in a northerly di ter; and the texture and flavor of The run of salmon is quite plen F or S urveyor : Sample CoPy 15 Cents. Tiro rection and also empties into the the meats compare favorably with tiful, and the cannery and Tenino J. II. NEAL, Of Blitzen. Packing Co. are shipping large lakes. Thesp rivers and their nu the best in the market. The Handsome IS THE OLDEST, LARGEST, A MOST RELIABLE NURSERY quantities each day. — Times Moun A ssessor : merous tributaries have their water INCKEAI E IN POPULATION GROWING STOCK FOR THE WEST. C has . II. T imms , sheds within the county, and the during the past three years has been taineer. ENGRAVING Of John Day. Jakes having no outlet, serve to fur rapid, and is of that most desirable The suit of Contractor Hunt TO EVERY nish subterranean irrigation to the class in an agricultural region, viz: against the Oregon Pacific has been S uperintendent P ublic S chools : whole valley. E. HAYES, the small farmer, whose industry transferred to the U. 8. courts, as LAKES HARNEY AND MAI.HEUR Of John Day. produces the best of grain, stock Hunt is now a resident of another IN ACTUAL CULTIVATION, WITH . /CAPITAL OF cover up area of more than 150 and living. The bouses and barns state. F or C oroner : It is said the snow is rapidly* square miles, and are connected by are generally frame; corrals and •» D r . T. ORR, r $2^0 Of Canyon City. r channel about 20 yards wide and other enclosures, rail, and fencing melting in the Cascades, and it is 200 yards long. They receive the wire; abundant water supplies from thought travel across the mountains THE BEADING DESK. WARE PREMIUMS TO CLUB RAISERS. waters of both Silvies and Blitzen wells of fine living water which is will begin in a few weeks.—Ochoco A GUARANTY OF FAIR-D LING WITH ITS PATRONS. . Y - ' — rivers but have no outlet and never reached at a uniform depth of 6 to Review. Vol. II of Alden’s Manifold Cy B'. CA.I3X3L overflow. Being situated on a lorel 15 feet. Two more democratic dailies in clopedia reached us by Tuesday’s \ / plain, and having low shores, these PREMIUMS TO OtUB-RAISERS. Oregon: Review of Roseburg, and mail, so patrons of the reading MAIL AND RAILROAD FACILITIES lnkes have not such picturesque Harney valley has a tri weekly Herald of Albany. Let the good desk will have opportunity to ex ....... THEN BUY..0 APPLES, PEARS, JENNIE JUN'fe IS EDITOR. IERRTES,.PLANTS scenery as Crater Lake, to recom mail service from the four points of work go forward. The Portland amine it together with Vol. I at ....... PEACHES, P APRICOTS. NECTARIN ES, .FLOWERS, .. BERRIES, ....... mend them to tourists, but their the coinpass, there being a general World next. their leisure; to our subscribers at a ....... GJIAPES, NUTS. AC,' EACH BEST.OF.ITS .KIND value to farmers is inestimable. distributing office nt Burns. Ship The business men of Centerville distance, wc will say this is quite a Right here, however, permit us ping at present is done at Baker are advertising their town by send handsome volume of (?tO"page8, the to mention a natural attraction pos City, Huntington and Ontario. All ing out thousands of circulars de binding half-morocco, type large, sessed by lands adjacent to these the family supplies, necessaries and scriptive of the surrounding coun clear print, profusely and appropri AND lakes, that will draw hundreds of luxuries common in eastern towns try.—East Oregonian. ately illustrated, and is selling at excursionists from the East in the | are abundantly furnished by the only (i.TTfciits a volume, and but 50 In 1887 we imported 570,000,009 pear future. Standing in the door-1 general merchandise stores at reas cents for cloth binding—postage 10 THE HERALD $3.73.» pounds of tin plate on which a duty ways of farpi houses about sunrise, onable rates. cents extra. T he H ubai . d always EVERGREENS, of $5,000,000 was paid. Who paid distant objects, towns, farms, moun BURNS AND HARNEY on the look-out for its subscribers’ WONDERS exist in thousands of tain peaks, cattle and horses graz are the two principal towns of Har the $5,000,000? Every canneryfnan interests secured a club-rate so that ARBOR VITÆ, JJkUJkIX forms, but are surpassed by the mar and fisherman along the Columbia vels of Invention; those who are in need of prof ing on the ranges are pictured on ney valley, where, br will be seen we can furnish this valuable work itable work that can be done while living at home should at once send their address to Hal- BALSAM FIRS, tho atmosphere and rise up from by our advertising columns, about contributed.—World. 1 to all subscribers who pay in ad let & Co . Portland, Maine, and receive free, full information how either sex, of all ages, can earn The third annual convention of , the ground like magic; and these all , linos of business are equal to the from $5to$26perdav and upwards wherever they vance only 35 cents for the best tive: you are started free; cnpital not required: PINES, CEDARS, white representations are so truly present demand—teachers, lawyers, the Sunday school workers of Ore- | binding, half-morocco, 11 cents ex some have made over $50 in a single day at this work; all succeed. 25-ly drawn, it is asserted that a member merchants, doctors, printers, car gon, will be held at Albany, May ( tra, for postage. This ofter holds 22d, 23d and 24th. Reduced fare , JUNIPERS, SPRUCE of a family living several miles penters, druggists, surveyors, black good till Nov. 6, 1888—about 30 pway from home, can distinguish smiths, butchers, saddlers, jewelers, will be given, paying full fare go- ‘ volumes presenting a survey of the ( the persona of the family as they etc. Each of these two towns is ing and returning on one-fifth fare. entire RIIODODENRONS. circle of knowledge whether ( of words or of things, thereby com walk about the yard: brother from the center of the seetion of the val —Eugene City Guard. father, or mother from sister. ley contiguous, and each has its It is stated that at least 60,000 bining the characteristics of a Cy ORNAMENTAL: MAGAZINE.FOR 1088. THE BOIL AND CLIMATE | local value, that will serve in tho people will be brought to Oregon clopedia and Dictionary, including ASH, ELDER, of Harney valley is an exact coun future to render a healthy degree of and Washington territory from in its vocabulary every word which terpart of that of Umatilla county, competition between them. southern California 1 y the various has any claim to a place in the En BIRCH, LINDEN, PREMIUMS Oregon, the best wheat-growing The expectation of the ambitious railroad companies this coming glish language. T he H erald and county in the state. Very little has advocates of the natural advan- season. The California boom is dy A lden ’ s M anifold C yclopedia 1st CHESTNUT, CYPRESS, been dune toward wheat raising tiigcs offered the people by Harney ing, and the tide is turning in favor volume for $2.90, or $2.50 for your for clubs raisers, dress here as yet, but nil have been suc- valley will be realized in less than of the Pacific northwest.—Scout. RED-BUD, TULIP, AC. heflie paper one year, and 35 cents pattern in all numbers. .yksful who have tried it. Wheat twelve months, by the establish We fully endorse the following (10 cents postage), for n handsome finds a ready home market at 5 ment of a WEEPING WILLOWS. » from the Lakeview Examiner: “The book of 630 pages, and the right NF.W LAND OFFICE cents a pound—$3.00 per bushel. prices charged for ballot paper are to get each additional volume at 55 Qats and barley grow equally well, in Harney valley, where there are next door to robbery. The next cents per volume (10 cents extra for Colored fashion sheets in and bring 3 to 4( cents per pound. lands of the public domain as fine legislature should repeal the law postage), ns issued, monthly. every number issued. Pasturage is excellent; natural as those already taken up by the that compels central committees A rare chance to secure a good jyass abundant and is cut for hay, first-comers, sufficient to furnish and printers to buy ballot paper Family Newspaper and small, neat that sells nt $12 to $18 per ton in thousands of families with homes. from the secretary of state. This Library ofabout 30 volumes, This winter. All .cereal crops thrive I Also a county sent for officer can furnish any pan- r of his offer ought to bo taken up at once Send for a Catalogue, and make your selections in time Herald & Peterson’s $3.75. HARNEY COUNTY WITHOUT IRRIGATION. own selection, so long as it is of a by parent« who train their chil- the fall delivery, if you want to plant none but the Best, and In winter the' weather is cold but I which will bring the administra ‘peculiar tint,’ and charges his own dren to be self-reliant seekers after that is always the Cheapest. This spring, alone, more than a pleasant, the usual effect of alti- tion of affairs pertaining to this price for it. and we printers know ;___(. correct knowledge, by sending them ) tilde being tempered by the gentle great valley within easy access of that it is an exorbitant one. Gen- T° dictionary and cyclopedia for re- chinook. [Seo description of the every citizen of this section. And tk-men of the press, pass tins around pliee-t» Ute-wmltvfurtinDus questions SUCCESS. chinook in nn article next Weik the . and see what we can accomplish.’’ the child is daily a king its busy ECONOMY IS WEALTH. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD from the West Shore.) The snow | elders, all of which ought to be Ail th« PATTERNS you wlrh to use during the From the Newport News we learn -•ar for nothing (a raving of from $8.00 to $4.00) by fall is sufficient to preserve wheat now in course of construction will 1 answered correctly at the time ibecribing for and supply moisture that is not pass directly through Harney val 1 of a murder that was committed I asked, as it is then the reply makes furnishctP by rains. In summer ley, and after that what more is de near Newport on Sunday, the 6th . the desired impression. —AKO— inst. A boy named Henry Miller, This offer ought to be taken up there is n pleasant breeze constant sirable? on account of a previous quarrel, Under these conditions it is not at once by the teacher who makes Qemo rest’s ly blowing, which tends to keep agreeable west her, no matter how necessary to say that the first to 1 took a heavy case-knife, ground it thorough, as well as rapid, advance- 7fl,on tbly TWaga^ine dlW‘r point, hunted up J ment of pupils a chief object of his warm it gets, and nights cool enough procure homes will bi* the first to down the boy with whom lie had quar- Wifh Twebs Order« for Cut Pep«r Pattern« of I presence in the school room. to make covering desirable—in fact, i leap the harvest of the forehanded, your own «election and of any size. ’ jrelcd, Elmer Wright, and after giv- for tho fact is self-evident. *Tho in- We so highly esteem the daily pne can sleep under cover comfort 30TH PUBLICATL0NS’ ORB YEAR, citation to come among us and set- i ing him a tirade of abuse, plunged J presence of dictionaries and cyclo ably the year round. tie is particularly extended to the ^nite into his breast, killing pedias as books of reference that we $3.50 (THBE FTY). TIMBER.—SAW-MILLS. industrious of nil classes of farmers him almost instantly. The mur- have in our H erald library Web There is no timber in the valley, dcrcr *" a’t''d 16 *»« ster’s Dictionary, cost us $12; En- except along the water courses, and stock raisers. ■ ■ ■ ■ » older. The coroner’s jury rendered ■ cyclopedia Britannica. 20 vole., $6 theft* being a light growth of birch Th. M.r..F 1...I m.irie«. a verdict of willful murder. De- a volume; Chamber’s Cyclopedia, and unusually large, heavy growth I 1 he new land district called liar- fendant waived examination and is $18; People’s Cyclopedia $20, be of willow. But the adjacent moun- ney district embraces an area of now ¡n jajl. sides several others, and not one * tains are heavily timbered with fir, nearly 10,000,000 acres, or one- ’ of them will be more highly es-; The Family KUIucator. pine, juniper, mountain mahogany, sixth of the entire state, and is 144 etc. Numerous saw-mills are lo miles east and west, and 102 miles ■ Webeter’n Unabridged dictionary teemed than Alden’s Manifold (a cated among the pineries, and the north and south. It contains the is a great family educator, and no 1 kind of dictionary and cyclopedia lumber, which is of the beet q«ali-1 wvtblmoiAi Harney valley, family of children ought to be combined), and its binding is fine ; ly, sells much cheaper tlian in the The'following is the boundary: brought up without having ready anil substantial. Cloth binding is East. The Commencing at Snake river in the access to this grand volume. It much cheaper, but not wearing, we RARDKX VBCKTABLB, state of Oregon, on the towhship will answer hundreds of questions do not. therefore', consider it in the produced in the Hainey countryline between township, 12 and 13 of each wide-awake child, It is an above. are large, finely flavored, abundant south of the second standard of ever-present and reliable school- Advertí»« in a lire newspaper or Call at this Office and order, or address the following-named and easily raised. We will on ap- parallel; lhence west to the north master to the wAole family your town will remain unknown GEO. W. CRANE. Box 1216, Bloomington. Ill. II ULVE Y VAI-LEY iWÄMPIRE MBLACK Eloozn-ington.” 800,000 Acres SUBSCRIBER. Silver ■ GODEY’S BOOK PETERSON'S WONDERFUL fHE EAST OREGON HERALD