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■ ii/ ................................ .. EASTERN ADVERTISEMENTS. sorts. It air mighty comf’table in my knife was soon at work enlarg democracy for the successful opera LAKEVIEW ADVERTISEMENTS. hyar—board an’ lodgiu free. Boys, ing the knot hole. As this faced tion of the government by the peo IT WORTH WHJLIf air ye ready? Them houn’s air a the cave, I could keep a lookout for ple and for the people, but I did not pickin’ us up. Light the fire, Cobe. the moonshiners, and stop cutting know how absolutely necessary the TOWN of LAKEVIEW BY JOAQUIN MILLER. Kurnel, hyar air a knife ter cut ye at the first suspicious noise, . Night their application then was for the . AS IT IS VOICED BYIT m r ^C°-’ Ore*on Is it worth while that we jortie a hn>ther, loose after we leave ye. T Don ‘ ’t git I m ITS LOCAL NEWSPAPER A THE HERALD and I hoped to turn my restoration to the people of their Bearing his load on the ’ough ro»d of lift»? I « 1 . _ _ * BUSINESS MEN Abroad th., . . — «EKAU', Is it worth while that we jeer at each other, skeered o the ghosts, an’ ’member back on Smoky Hole ere the dawn safety and prosperity. Adorn your Homeg, your Town Lota, In blackness of heart? That we war to the 1 tncfr: 2 raloo»»; i brewery- 1 lln.AK‘Vtr*' Lake oo n. Your Ranches, Your Farina, your I knew then that abuses had ye air mighty comf ’ able, mighty <>f another day. But when the sun knife? market; A lawyer.: 3 bhyalcla'a. i * '“««rte," a (uréu.ntl,*,n*: 1 new>P«per: » Mala; Places, with trees and shrubbery God pity us all in our pitiful strife. bl.t k.tnHh.; Harn» »hop.; 1 Uy^/X"1, 1 '«« Ment; 1 Sé “tu«“^ ‘ 1 comPahle board an’ lodgin’ free, roBe niy task Beemed not nearly crept into the management of pub Suited to the climate of East henne 1 milliner »hop; 1 r> .,| Mtate a * Ie; »bakery; s general'll* »Zweier: 1 Oregon. And buy only God pity us all when we iostle each other— an’your epertaph all down on the|<]one. The knife was dulled, and lic affairs, but I did not know their „..ra. ba. God pardon us al/ for tne triumph we feel from a known When a brother goes down ’neath his load big poplar. Good-bye, Kurnel.” numerous forms nor the tenacity of my strength had slowly ebbed on the heather, The.outlaws were already placing away. their grasp. I knew then some Pierced to the heurt. Words are keener than steel. the boulder in position, and when The baying of a hound reached thing of the bitterness of partisan And mightier far (or woe or for weal. hardware crockery Responsible House. Cap Hawkins had squeezed his me. It was cepeated, and in a mo obstructions, but did not know how Look at the roses saluting each other: Look at the herdsail ut j^eaceon the plain®. way out, the rock was rolled into ment tlio thrilling music of the bitter, how reckless, how shameless Man, und man only, makes war on his the opening. With a crunching pack awoke again the sleeping it could be. brother. ’ ' That And laugh« m hi.« heart at his peril and sound it settled into place, and I I knew, too, that the American will send echoes of Sleepy Cove. Nearer and pain— you what you Shamed by the beasts that go down on the was a prisoner in Smoky Hole. nearer it came, until a dozen fine people were patriotic and just, but pay th’ money for: plain. I listened for the baying of the bloodhounds burst through the un I did not know how grandly they Latest Varieties true rere it not well in this brief little journey, to the name; Healthy, they had derbrush and dashed up to the loved their country, nor how noble On over the isthmus, down into the tide, hounds, hoping that Vigorous plants; and Judi That we give him a fish instead of a aerpent, tracked me to the cave, but not a boulder nt the entrance to Smoky and generous they were. cious packing,or all is lost—Labor Ere folding our hands to l»e and abide H. 8CHMINCK LAKEVIEW, OREGON. and Time and Money. Therefore, do Forever and aye In dust at his side? I shalP not dwell upon the acts sound penetrated the door of my Hole. Then opening again, they Save by bearing in mind that the great ,God pity us all that we battle to humble, prison. The fire burned briskly, sped on the cold trail of the moon and policy of the administration Some poor fellow-soldier down into the and Smoky Hole glowed in the shiners. now drawing to a close. Its record dust! jUod pardon us alH Tjmeeftsoon will tumble light of the blazing pine knots. It —MANUFACTURER OF TINWARE — “Dan! here, Dan! Down, sir!” I is open to every citizen of the land. All of us together, like leaves in a gust, ^Iumbled indeed, down into the dust. was the work of a few minutes to shouted to the leader, with all my And yet, I will not be denied the AMONG M<M)NSHIXER8. cut my bonds with the knife the might. The obedient brute, recog- privilege of asserting, at this time, BLOOMINGTON Farmers need not incur the expense and delay of sending off for outlaw had given me, and then I ' nixing my voice, dropped to the that in the exercise of the functions [Concludml.) Agricultural Implements, as this House keeps a full stock at Fair “Cobe air a cuttin’ your tomb took an inventory of the contents of ground. I called him to me, and of the high trust confided to me, I Prices. Citizens will find here as complete a line of Hardware and soon the entire pack was barking have yielded obedience only tb the stone, Kurnel, an’ I ’lowed ye’d like the cavern. Crockery as in any other establishment in this section of country. The place had evidently been ( playfully nt the roots of my novel Constitution and the solemn obliga to git a Jast look.” g^-TINWARE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS MADE TO ORDER. CALL AND SEE GOODS. fitted up for the illicit manufacture tion of my oath of office. I have prison. To the right of the wagon stood Hearing a well-known signal in done these things which, in the lathe Largest in the World, having a giant poplar, lifting its shaggy top of “mountain dew,” “tangle-foot” 300 feet above the road. In its and “red-eye,” for there were the tlie woods I answered it, and one ; light of the understanding God has in actual cultivation not less than trunk were three gaping wounds, worn-out copper still, the worm, the by one five of my friends crept cau- j given me, seemed most conducive and a moonshiner in broad hat and mash tubs, and jugs and flasks and tiously up to the cave, carbines in to the welfare of my countrymen big boots was cutting a fourth. Two other apparatus of the moonshiner. hand. When I spoke to them from | and the promotion of good govern other ill-looking men stood near, The cave was about the size of a my porthole, there was a broad | ment. I would not, if I could, for 800,000 ACRES railroad box car, except that the ' smile on every face. An ax was myself nor for you, avoid a single their guns in their hands. roof was higher and more arched. | procured, and, while four of the j j consequeuce of fair interpretation “Kurnel,” continued my guard, “do ye want ter write your eper I jabbed my knife into every square men guarded against surprise, the of my course. It but remains for me to say to taph?” The men laughed at their foot of the walls. They were of I fifth cut a window in my jail, solid rock. In a vain, mad effort you, and through you to the dem 25 M iles S outh of L akeview . through which I crawled, having chief. “Them other Bevies didn’t git nary a chance to write theirn. to roll the boulder from the en been a prisoner for nearly twenty j ocracy of the nation, that I accept L akeview , O regon . A. SNIDER trace I drew the blood from my hours. the nomination with which they Boys, air any ’f ye got a pencil?” IS THE OLDEST, shoulder. It was all of no use have honored me, but that I will in Too well I knew the meaning of When "We reached the big poplar IS THE LARGEST, that nptch from which the sappy I nless help came to me from with- that guards the entrance to Sleepy due time signify such acceptance in MOST RELIABLE Cove, I fastened in the fourtli the usual formal manner.” NURSERY chips were flying. My heart quiv out, my doom was sealed. a PAYS HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR GRAIN. notch a piece of paper bearing GROWING STOCK A dull, heavy feeling cameover ered as the ax ate its way into the T he “ booming of cannon ” last i these words : FOR THE WEST. This Mill is in fine condition for turning out Superior Work. Is in charge of a First-claw Miller. soft wood. My face must have re me, and I sat down near the fire. “Cap Hawkins, beware. The night in honor of Harrison bore a flected my thought, for the outlaw, The confined air was getting close. Colonel is on your trail. Go look striking resemblance to the bursting WE GUARANTEE OUR FLOUR. giving pie a gentje push, sent me Suddenly, upon looking up, I was for his bones in Smoky Hole. of Chinese bombs.—Vidette. appalled at the discovery of a new A SPEECH FROM CL1CVELAN1». on my back. The Highest Prlcei will be paid for Wheat. Hlgheit Ratea will be paid in exchange for STOCK BRANDS. “Lay down, Kurnel, an’ don’t git danger. The roof of the cavern The democratic notification com so all-fired skeered,” he snid. “That was no longer visible. The dense, mittee waited on President Cleve OATS, WHEAT, AND BARLEY. BRAND RATES: 1 brand on cut, and air a piiglity comf’table hole up in black smoke of the pitch pine, un land, at the White House, June description, BUA7 OF THIS HOUSE: 1 tear $10. 2 cuts and descrip £^**C all and S ee for Y ourselves before T radino E lsewhere . the hills—board an’ lodgin’ free.” able to escape, was banked above 2Cth, and formally notified him of tions, 1 year, $18. And quoting my own words, he me like an ominous cloud, ever his nomination. In reply, the Pres STOCKMEN! fairly made the welkin ring with growing denser and blacker and de ident made the following earnest scending steadily, remorselessly, and manly speech: )iis coarse laughter. APRICOTS, ■“Surely you don’t intend to mur- upon me like a veritable shadow of “I cannot but be profoundly im death. CHERRIES, p)o, Cup.” pressed, when I see about me the Already the asphyxiating gases messengers of the national dem “That ajr jest about it, I reckon, NECTARINES, Kurnel. Ye air acrost the dead were making my brain whirl. 11 ocracy, bearing its summons to du crawled to the fire and stamped line, an’ your epertaph air done ty to the political party to which I EVERGREENS, ujion the blazing knots until every owe allegiance. It both honors and been writ.” The Finest to be Found in the Lower Market ARBOR VITÆ,... Before I cpuld say more, his spark was extinguished, but they commands me. It places in my LAKEVIEW, OREGON. F. P. LANE three companions climbed into the continued to send up their volumes hands its proud standard and bids FIRS, BAI SAM,. . . wagon beside me. Clucking to his Jof stifling smoke. I could feel it me bear it high at the front in the The time to gather in missing animals has horses he drove on nt a trot through 1 ascending, hot and pitiless. Two First-Class Billiard Tables I battle which it wages bravely, be come round. Place your brands before__ the NUTS, FRUITS. public so your interests may be duly protected. Falling flat upon the ground I the pnss, and ns the sun rose over cause conscious of the right, and Mark your main brand on this cut (cattle, my coat-sleeve with the confidently, because its trust is in horse, or sheen), hs you wish it to appear, and PEARS, PLUMS, the mountains we entered the pre- saturated 1 send us an order for publication, by filling out THE HOPKINS HOUSE. einct of Sleepy Cove. It must have water the outlaws had left me, and I the people, and soberly, because it the following blanks: PINES, CEDARS, ............... .. ................ been after 10 o’clock, yet into that placing it agninst my mouth se comprehends the obligations which , Name.. lonesome spot, the sun was just be cured a few full breaths of strained success imposes. TREES, SHRUBS, PoBtoffice.. M. D. HOPKINS, P roprietor . ginning to pour his rays. By 2 p. in. gas. But they gave me little res The message which you bring APPLES, PLANTS, he would disappear behind the jag pite. The high pressure of the at awakens within me the livliest Animal, whether horse, cattle, or sheep EVERYTHING NEW AND FlftST-CLASS. ged cliff that formed tlxy western mosphere made my veins swell out sense of personal gratitude and BERRIES, QUINCES,.............. ,.. This Hotel is new (Hbuse, Rooms, and Furniture) and offers courteous servioe to every Guest. boundary of the retreat, and the almost to bursting, my hands and satisfaction, and the honor you [ long twilight would set in with its feet were benumbed, and I was soon tender me is in itself bo great that Range. PEACHES, FLOWERS, spectral shadows chasing each unable to move a muscle. Then I there might and will be no room for , Additional Brands IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOU8B. longed for death. ORNAMENTAL CYPRESS other in the dark wood. any other sentiment, and yet I can Suddenly thare was a loud ex not rid myself of grave, serious Suddenly the wagon stopped, and P. F. STENGER. BIRCH, SPRUCE, ELDER,.... »he four men threw themselves into plosion, followed by a falling of thoughts when 1 remember that par SADDLER & HARNESS MAKER attitudes of attention, grasping their loose earth and rock and a rush of ty supremacy is not alone involved ASH, LINDEN, CHESTNUT, guns and casting furtive glances at air. A faint ray of light appeared in the conflict which presses upon us, TULIPS, WEEPING WILLOWS,. each other. Straining my ear I in the corner of the cavern over the but that we struggle to secure the C. C. MALTBY L akeview , O k . thought I hoard the faint yelp of a still, growing broader and stronger cherished institutions, welfare and RED-BUD, SHADE TREES AC. hound. Cap Hawkins lashed his as the smoke cleared away. With '■ happiness of a nation of freemen. horses into a gallop, and we spoil life and strength renewed I made Familiarity with the great ofliee JUNIPERS, RHODODENDRONS. —RIDING MATERIAL A 8PECIALT Y.— on through the woods for half a my way to the opening, where I which 1 hold has but added to my Range—Grant county, Oregon, Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Spurs, Látigos, Whips, Cinches, Chaperajos. None but the p. O.—Burns, Grant county, Oregon. drank in the fresh air with a swell mile, stopping again in the shadow apprehension of its sacred character Best of California Leather used. Satisfaction Guaranteed. of a cliff. At their leader’s order ing heart and a lighter conscience and the consecration demanded of RILEY A HARDIN. two of the men lifted me from the than I had ever hoped to possess. him who assumes its immense re AddrvM ISAAC FOSTER. EACH THE BEST OF ITS KIND. The explosion had torn away sponsibilities. It is the repository PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. wagon, and half dragged me to spot where the earth formed a kind of somo rough masonry with which of the people’s will and power, j the moonshiners had stopped up a Within its vision should be the pro bench against the rock wall. Placing me on the ground they a fissure in the rock. I had found tection of its humblest citizens, and H orses branded on began prying at a boulder which the chimney and it was my deter with quick car it should catch, from Left Sìlfio: Horizontal Send for a Catalogue, and make Cenerai Blacksmith & Wagon Maker 7omer onhe’land'tTe D m « ble-H gradually yielding to their hand mination to use it to advantage. In your selections in time for the fall spikes, rolled pver on its side, ex a moment, forgetful of pains and plea of Uie people, and justice and delivery, if you want to plant none posing a bole in the cliff. Into this bruises,! was climbing for free-[ right for thc 8ake of the p^p!«. ut the Best, and that is always the L akevîew , O regon . II. R. SCHLÄGEL they draggl'd me for some twenty * 0,11 * I Ho who holds this ofliee of theirs cxttlk brxn ■ . un Cheapest. This spring, alone, more feet, and tossed me on a bed of Soon the rocky sides of the chim- ghpul(1 rescnt cverv cncroachment , . Side: —- V. .. tn-i .. i than a Left Cn- leaves. Then one of the men in j gaie place to wood, and the llpOn its legitimate foundations, and Prepared to do all Kinds of Work in the Blacksmith line. Horae Shecing at 12.50 per head. dvr-bit in Aight ear. | brought in some f<x>d, and another opening changed from flat to round. for the 81(k(, of the integrit an{, clone up. Left car^ water and another wood. Still I climbed on. But the open- Mw>fulnew of the ofliee, it should be I Smooth crop. mg grew tighter and tighter, like k(ipt ncnr (he Jc 8nd |x , ndniin . I turned to the outlaw leader and BUGGIES, W A G q N S, E T C.,- Range: Grant, Crook, and Ijike counties. usked how long lie intended to keep an mvertod funnel, and still the top igtered in full Bylupathy with lhcir P. O. — Riley, Grant couuty, Oregon. 27-y $1,000 worth was Shipped MADE TO ORDER WITH NEATNESS, AND OF GOOD QUALITY. me prisoner. He laughed at the seemed a long way off. I must wftntg and necdg ALLWORK WARRANTED. have climbed some thirty feet in all TO question, but made no reply. ALMEDA A. STENGER This reminds me most vividly of 1 begged him to shoot mo, cut when I stopped to rest, propping the time when, four years ago. I re- my throat, hang mt—anything but my feet against a knot-like projec j ceived a message from my party HUNTINGTON, OR. Give a Trial, as Seeing is Relieving. A first-clan Gun Smith works in connection with the shop. C attle branded tion, which suddenly breaking off leave me there to starve. But he , similar to that which you now de left a hole through which the day liver, and of all that has passed on Left side; circle- paid no attention to my appeals. CAPTAIN JOHN MUI.LAN, STATE AGENT FOR t. A Split in each “Ef ye air ’live when I git back, light streamed. .Then, for the first ________ since that day, ________ I can truly _ say that ear A ttorney A C ounselor at L aw , O regon . C alifornia , N evada , No. 1310 C onnecticut A ve , Kurnel—cf I git back—” he said, time, it flashed U|x>n me that I was the awe with which 1 heard the and j Call at this Office and order, or W ashington , D. C. W ashington T y . “why me an’ the boys niought put in a hollow tree. A glance through summons then is intensified tenfold address the following-named Range—tirant county, Oregon. a leetle lead in your carcass. Ye through the knot-hole proved this when repeated now. Special attention given to all classes of Public and Private Land Claims; procures Foiled P, O. — Burns. Grant county, Oregon. 27 y GEO. W. CRANE, States Patents for Mineral and Non-Minersl Lands, and Inventions; secures Pensions, may her comp’ny ’fore night any to be the case, for there was the Four years ago, I knew our chief Bounties and Land Warrants; prosecutes Claim« of every kind against the United Platea, way*. The Bevies air nfter us hot- ground ten feet la-low me the executive’s office, if not carefully Fees reasonable. Ordinary inquiries promptly answered without charge. Correspond BOX 121 ti, Bloomington, III. ter’n demnition blazes. They air bench of earth I had noticed when guarded, might drift little by little ence solicited with survivors, widows, or heirs of those who served In the STRAY STOCK! done ’cross the dead line Ilvar the outlaws were making ready for „way fn,m the people to whom it MEXICA WAR, , my incarceration. And who. If they have not reeaived the tame, are bow entitled frva the United Mate, tn the mooaic Kurnel?” belong*. and become a perversion of NY one having lovt any of the following dr WONDERtfexietta thou»and«of »ACRE BOUNTY LAND WARRANT—3-MoNTHH EXTRA PA Y—AND SERVICE TO »t«»ck can learn of their whereabouts forma, but are MirpaNted by lhe mar "I hope they’ll give rpn all you Escape now seemed certain The all it ought to be. but I did not A •< by rn«r«l Pen.ton, If dependent upon their own labor, or who are «2 year. oM. And with the calling at this »»fllee and paying for thia ad- ▼el» of invention; tluw w ho arc $ n need of prof « rrtiarment (table work that can be done while living at vlvora. widow., or belt» of tboae who »erred In any of the rnrioon deserve, you cold-blooded mur wall of my prison was only two know how much its nioorioK* had BLACK MARK with helion: brand on left home »hould at once send their addrv«i to Hal I N D I A N W A R S ‘Three "tdea-of a-Squarr," or a et A Co .Portland. Maine, and receive free, full derer,” I said, wishing that I could inches thick, and although the already been boerned. 1 •boulder: information how either sex. of all age», can earn Square open on left aide. i Prior to Mnrrh. 1366, .nd who. If they bare aot already reeel red aama. art now entitle^ from $» to >23 per day and upwards wherever thev girottle the villain. wood was dry and hard from i age I kneft four years ago how well BAY HORNE with collar and aaddle marika: live: you are started free: capital not required; to rveeire from the V . S a 1»At tv ft. nnty Land Warrant. Th.». to whom wen iaaaag on left ahouldrr and left stifle “Gin le some have made over Win 1 single dav lar at a>l thin •‘Now, Kurnel, don’t git out ov and exposure to smoke and 1 heat, {uivised were the principles of true Rar. 1 brand • ftaaoty lond Warrant for let. -baa wo t ret are now eatitUed to twive ewe ter the ft ‘ • ’»•». o« right shoulder ,,1>L work, all succeed aS- dltionai ».-reaye »• |y ir THE HERALD. , A gricultural I mplements . Nurse y WILLOW BRNCH FLOURING MILL, / A Fine B