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THE HERALD. GARDEN VEGETABLES hahney valley fair . [ ly 24; Oats, 78 in. high, Wheat, 60 MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. produced in the Harney country > | in., and Barley, 40 in. in hight. ________ are large, finely flavored, abundant no Aur is held in this valley 30 acres altogether in this grain; BX5 IIRXXADEM THI WORKING- ; Some of Us Natural Advantage»—Wa” and easily raised. We will on ap- ^or MAN. public exhibition of the < no irrigation. ter, Soil, Climate, and Produc ! plication give the addresses of sev- growth and excellence of its pro- tion»-Thousands of Accept, aweet workingnum, my tore; S imon L ewis , Silver creek, July Acres Open for For you I peak and pxnr; eral gardeners here, who will an- ductions, T hi H erald proposes to 30, wheat 40 inches, with full heads Settlement. Forget the past— swer in detail all inquiries on that ”P®n • column to all producers, of fine large grains. I’m yours st last— CHEAP HOMES. subject; the white, or Irish potato is farmers and stockmen, in which to Barley 58 inches high. So.prithee sweet, be mine! Be mine, sweet worcfogiuan. be mine, your Thou «anda of Families can Secure Val grown with little cultivation, and is IPve ** written description of all uable If< mes in this Great Val M rs . S imon L ewis , July 30, 13 heart’s a priceless boon— ley at a Mera Nominal Coat. superior to tnat grown in Ohio, Ill- *8 worthy of mention. Very I large yellows beets, the largest one Meal Estate will la A fact that I’ve discovered since the twen crease Tten*fuld inois, Missouri, Tennessee, or Kan- ®ne looking colts and calves of this being 9 inches in length and 14 SINGLE SHOT RIFLE8, RELOADING TOOLS, ty-fifth of June. in ft Years. sas, we personally know as regards ( year’s production have passed and inches in circumference; the flavor That formerly 1 flouted you, & AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS A Railroad. County-Seat, and baud- size, “mealiness,” and flavor. • Sweet>Workingman, is true; repassed through town, but none excellent. Office. « I used to say have reported for publication. Bring SMALL FRUITS, M hs . T. J. S hields , Silver creek, MANUFACTURED. BY A dollar a day Visit the Fierai 4 Office to See Sample« such as strawberries, currants, 'n y°ur this year's stock, give the July 30, cucumbers of good size, Was quite enough for you, of Products. But now I claim your thorny path with blackberries, gooseberries, grapes, age, weight, height and breed, to crisp and tender. ¡The two large editions of T he H erald con rose* should be strewn— Bring taining the Harnev Valiev advertisement being etc., will, from what evidence we put as facts in this column. M aupin B ros ., one mils north of COXTXT. I’ve come to that conclusion since the twen- «exhausted, to meet the demand we republish in our regular edition, and h.»pe /dp-each reader have been able to gather the past in specimens of hay, clover, roots, Burns, Aug. 2d, barley 44 inches, tv-fifth of June. • will mark the article aud mail his copy bo a ' SwxxdL fox SO-pa^a Hlu.atxa.ted. Catalog^*«, j I own my quondam sympathy friend in the Ea,t.| year, be a success, as the native vegetables, fruits, with names, time with fine head of grain; 18 acres in. For heathen Chinamen; S. J. M othershfad .—Aug. 4 Harney Valley in Grant county, plants are hardy and good bearers. of planting, manner of cultivation, MENTION THIS PAPER. But please to note, etc., and let us make this a lively timothy 43 inches long, and apj ar FRUIT TREES Oregon, embraces an area of 2,400 Your precious vote Monstrosities we will ently not nearly grown. Was not in question then; square miles, or 1,536,000 square and ornamental shrubs were plant- column. My principles have altered with the chang acres of land, bounded on every side ' ed freely by farmers in the spring; class as such. Truthful statements C has . Z iegler .—Poison creek, I Every word we say we can stand by. ing of the moon— will be given each time, and the i Aug. 8, White Sheaf Australian the settings last fall survived the by mountain ranges, and lofty ele- ' I can’t abeur a Mongol since the twenty- D ear S ir : Do you want to see the wheat, 53 inches high, with heads. vations, and is an 'almost entirely severest winter (1888), that Har truth alone well told will advertise ! averaging 5 inches in length, full latest WONDER of ’8 ANSWER TO fifth of June. DAY. A $35 Single Hamess reduced to I used to think ancestral fame level plain, plentifully watered by ney valley, in fact, that East Ore this valley to the better class of im i of large grains; 6 acrees in; he is $25. The finest Harness MADE for The most consummate good; migrants, such as Harney wants, raising it for seed. the gon has ever known. As an the money. Handsome nickel or imitation But now you’ll see rubber gold finish mountings. HAND SII.VIES AND BLITZEN RIVERS than all the most plausibly told ex AGRICULTURAL My family tree made from oak stock, unsurpassed for A. H ills , of Poison Creek, Aug. and their tributaries. The former region it will be readily seen that aggerations afloat. We start off Reduced to kindling wood: style and durability. If you will allow us Uth, Chili Club wheat, 48 inches we will send you a sample for your inspec A man in my position can’t assert himself has its source in the spurs of the the Valley offers inducements rare fairly, with the following names, long, with large full heads; 14 acres tion to show you what progress we have too soon— in the order brought in, and all our I in; not irrigated. Blue mountains, south of the John ly excelled. And as a made by making a SPECIALTY and get I have no use for Grandpa since the twenty ting out over £oo setts each month. You statements can be verified by the Day rivet, flows a general southerly STOCK-RAISING Red clover, 42 inches high; very fifth of June. can keep the sample at only $20, $5 less course, passing down the center of country it cannot be surpassed, samples filed and labeled for refer fine. - O, pray, sweet workingman, don’t let than price here or return at OUR EX PENSE. Can we make a more liberal My living heart repine; Harney valley, and empties into since its water, grass, and salubri ence, except in perishable articles, ofier? We shall expect to hear from you Forget the past— Lakes Harney and Malheur. It is ous climate takes horses, cattle, notes of which are filed. EASTERN ADVERTISEMENTS. nt once saying YES send yu»l’r Hamess. I’m yours at last, Folded or single strap Jtyic. * . ». a rapidly flowing stream, about 80 sheep and hogs throughout the year Why shouldn't you be mine? M rs . I one W hiting .—Near Burns; N ational y«BNEss Co., If you will say the word, our hearts shall miles long, and contains every kind (from January 1 to December 31), June 20: Barley, six acres, sown on ever throb in tune— Wholesaled fa.uf^turen, of fish, including the salmon trout, without grain or any other than I’ve never loved another since the twent. • lJltoSJt JI ell 9 Ct. Buffalo,N.Y. ground under cultivation the past T roes! ! ! and other varieties of game fish. wild grasB feeding, and when the h. ANDERSON, Collar and Hames, $2 Ex«.va, No Breast Collar fifth of June. 13 years; stalks (exclusive of tedts) King of Harness Manufacturers. Manager of th© ——— -——----------------------------------- — The Dunder-and-Blitzen river, or winter is milder than common, stock N ational H arness C o ., Wholesale Mfrs.,Double Style for two horses, Price, 35.00. 42 inches in length, heads well ALLEGED WIT. Adorn your Homes, your Town Lots, “Blitzen,” as it is shortened by com- looks better in early spring than in Your Ranches, Your Farms, your filled, grain fine and large; planted The diary of an old maid is the I mon usage, is about 50 miles in Pla< t'B, with trees and shrubbery Eastern localities where they are in April. Suited to the climate of East record of a Minn spent life.—New length, flows in a northerly direc STOCK BRANDS. Oregon. And buy only grain-fed during the winter; and the from a known Barley planted late, in April, on Orleans Picayune. tion and also empties into the lakes. texture and flavor of the meats BRAND RATES: 1 brand on cut, and ! description. 1 ear $10. 2 cuts and descrip- “Tear, are bitter, tear» are many— These rivers and their numerous compare favorably with the best in new ground, 12 inches high. j tions, I year, $18 Responsible House. Grandpa’s pants will not fit Benny.’ tributaries have their water sheds the market. The M rs . A lmeda S tenger .—Burns, Editorially the Tombstone War ' within the county, and the lakes That June 22: Barley, sowed last year, INCREASE IN POPULATION will seud bler says: “If Nola Twigg, the ser having no outlet, serve to furnish during the past two years has been on cultivated ground; 36 inches yon what yon pav th’ money for: vant girl in Portland, Ore., who re subterranean irrigation to the whole rapid, and is of that most desirable high; stalk bulky, grain well filled. Latest Varieties true to the name; Healthy, cently fell heir to $200,000 will call valley. Vigorous plants; and Judi class in an agricultural region, viz: cious parking,or all is h.s.—Labor Alfalfa, cut above the ground; at this office she will hear of some LAKES HARNEY AND MALHEUR and Time and Monev. Therefore, do the small farmer whose industry Save by bearing in mind that the great thing greatly to her advantage. cover an area of more than 150 produces the best of grain, stock, fine, strong, in blossom, 27 inches high. We are a bachelor.” aqua e miles, and are connected by and living. The houses and barns BLOOMINCTON A. J. B rown .—Near Harney. June A very distinguished prelato of ■ a channel about 20 yards wide and are generally frame; corrals and the Episcopalian church found him 200 yards long. They receive the other enclosures, are rail and wire 23: Alfalfa, in blossom, average self stranded in a little town away waters of both Silvios and Blitzen fencing; abundant water supplies stand 38 inches high. The time to gather in missing anima's has down in the backwoods last sum rivers, but have no outlet and never from wells of living water, which is D r . T. V. B. E mbree .—Near ————--------------------------------------- ( come round. Place vour bran< s before the I overflow. Being situated on a level Isthe Largest in the World, having pubim .,>your inter« . ma> i«<iuiv protected mer, and had to put up at a farm reached at a uniform depth of six Harney; June 23: Lettuce, Oak . , l i.- a - . i „ ii__ Mark vour main brand on th a cut (cattle, in ftCtUttl cultivation not less tnan horse, or sheep), ns v».u wish it to appear, and plain, and having low shores, these house, where he was hospitably en-, 1 to fifteen feet. Leaf variety; root 4 inches around; _ _______________________________ _________ send us an order for publicaiiun, by filling out , the following blanks: lakes have not such picturesque MAIL AND RAILROAD FACILITIES. leaves green and brown variegated; tertained. “Do you have many Episcopa scenery ns Crater Lake, to recom Harney valley has a tri-weekly stalks white, crisp and tender; ANSWER TO INQUIRIES, $1.00 ...................... lians down here?" he inquired of mend them to tourists, but their mail-service from the four points of measured 20 inches straight across 800,000 ACRES ■ i Pcstoflice...................... 3EP0HT ON ENTBIES, CONTESTS, &c, $3.00 I Animal, whether horse, cattle, or sheep value to farmers is inestimable. the compass, there being a general the face of the head from tip to tip his hostess. Procuring Land Patents. Filing Arguments, and Conducting Contests, on Moderato Right here, however, permit us to distributing office at Burns. Ship of outside leaves (exclusive of .................... ... ............................................................. “I don’t know,” she answered, Terms. Send toi circular to ' Range . . “our hired man shot some kind of a mention a natural attraction’pos ping is done at present at Baker ground leaves.) HENRY N. COPP, A™ "^7 . Additional Brande IS THE OLDEST, queer critter down back of the barn sessed Ly lands adjacent to these City, Huntington, and Ontario. All WASHINGTON, D C. 10 Second head, same variety, tvery Settler should have Capp’s Settler’s Guide. IS THE LARGEST, the other day, but he 'lowed it was I lakes that will draw hundreds of the family supplies, necessaries, and 124 pages» pricaonly 23 rents (postage atampsi. MOST RELIABLE P. F. STENGER. I excursionists from the East in the luxuries, common to Eastern towns, inches across. u woodchuck ’’ I NURSERY T hos . H askell .—One mile of near future: Standing in the door the are abundantly furnished by GROWING STOCK To the laboring num ways of farm houses about sunrise, general merchandise stores at rea- Burns; June 26: Alfalfa, in blos In Columbia's van FOR THE WEST. H orses branded This lesson most simple we’d teach; som, 42 inches high. distant objects, towns, farms, moun sonable rates. You ran have tree runt, Either Right or BURNS AND HARNEY tain peaks, and bands of cattle and M rs . T hos . H askell .—June 26; You son of a gun. stifle: OK. But cheap clothing is out of your reach. horses grazing on the ranges, are are the two principal towns of Har Gooseberries on a single branch; ney valley, where, as will be seen, the large English variety; branch Mistress (to maid who had just pictured on the atmosphere and BUY OF THIS HOUSE: by our advertising columns, about 8 inches long; 5 bea.ing twigs to rise up from the ground like magic; Range—Grant county, Oregon. received a month’s notice)—I would P. O.—Burns, Grant county. Oregon, all lines of business are near equal the branch, containing 151 very rather not give you a character at j and these white representations are to the present demand—teachers, large berries; weight of whole, one-' APRICOTS, all. But, if you insist upon it, of so truly djawn that a member of a RILEY & HARDIN. lawyers, doctors, printers, druggists, half pound, family living several miles away Address ISAAC FOSTER. « course. I shall tell the truth about WATERPROOF CHERRIES, from home, can distinguish the per- merchants, carpenters, surveyors, you. Flowers: A boquet of cut flowers, Maud—And if you do, ma’am, sons of the family as they walk blacksmiths, butchers, saddlers, olutolv WATERPROO^and H orses branded on from Sweet Williams grown from NECTARINES, I shall suttingly bring an action about the yard: as brother from fa grtx’ers, builders, jewelers, etc. . Left Stifle: Horizontal last year's seedlings; 4 colors, ma Each of these two towns is the ther, or mother from sister. for defimation o’ character! EVERGREENS, Double-H THE SOIL AND CLIMATE center ot1 the section of the valley roon, 2 shades, magenta, and pink “I hear you changed your board of Harney valley are an exact coun ARBOR VITÆ,. contiguous, and each has its local and white variegated. ing place.” terpart of that of Umatilla county, value, that will serve in the future A box of growing plants; June “Yes; had to do it. My old place C attle branded -ve ’ Oregon, the best wheat-growing to render a healthy degree of com 22: 2 sets of carnation, ready to FIRS, BALSAM, was too luxurious. A dinner of Left Side: V. Un county in the state. Very little has petition between them. bloom; 2 thrifty ice plants; 6 petu- XUTS FRUITS............... three courses every day waB ruin der-bit in Right ear, been done towards wheat-raising The expectations of the ambi nias, 1 in bloom ; a very handsomely ing my digestive apparatus.” i here, as yet, but those have been tious advocates of the natural ad made-up box, grown, from the seed., PEARS, PLUMS,.............. close up. Left ear: Melrose, Mass. “Three courses! what were they?” * • successful that tried it. Wheat vantages offered the people by Har Smooth crop. MP1RE BLACK “Napkins, ice water and tooth Aug. 11, garden beans, 7 inches fjNES, CEDARS, .. Range: Grant, Crook, and Lake counties. I finds a ready home market at 5 ney valley will be realized in less in length; crisp and tender. nJOF BOOT AND SHOE DRESSINB. | ........................................... picks." P. O.—Riley, Grant county, Oregon. 27-y Absolutely proof against snow ■ cents a pound—$3 per bushel. Oats than twelve months by the estab water, and will keep the leather With tftns the Wealthy need not cope. M rs . G race . — Cage bird; from a ' ’ ’ soft and pliable. Prevent Colds and barley grow equally well, and lishment of a ALMEDA and Doctor's bills. Ask your Boot Their life is all serene; * A. STENGER. • mixed canary and linnet singer and ,\i>pi,ES PLANTS, .......... «nd hoo dealer for It. NEW land orricE ' bring 3 to 4) cents per pound. Al The happy man who hat the “soap,“ CANTON PAINT & OIL CO., C attle branded llim-elf from debts keeps clean. falfa and red clover grow luxuri in Harney valley, where there are pure canary hen; hatched April; ............................................ Melrose, Mass. 22d; is a fine, thrifty, very ugly BERRIES,QUINCES,. . . on Left side; circle- Visitor: Well, my little man, antly; timothy and red-top thrive lands of the public domain as fine 2. A Split in each finely. Pasturage is excellent; nat as those already taken up by the marked with green, brown, yellow PEACHES, FLOWERS, have you any little brothers?” ear. and white, but as a singer, do not Freddy: Yes, I have one, but my ural grass abundant, and is cut for first-comers, sufficient to furnish ORNAMENTAL CYPRESS. hay that sells at 112 and <18 per thousands of families with homes. believe it can be surpassed. sister Stella has two. ton in the winter. All cereal crops Also, a county-seat for Range—Grant county, Oregon. M rs . T. A. M c K innon .—Near Visitor: Why, how can that be? BIRCH, SPRUCE, ELDER,. P. o.—Burna, Grant couuty, Oregon. HARNEY COUNTY Burns, June 27: Boquet of Carna Freddy, in some astonishment: I j thrive WITHOUT IRRIGATION. which will bring the administra Me and my little brother, of course. tron», raised from last year’s seed- ash LINDEN, CHESTNUT, JOHN GARRETT. UNABRIDGED. In winter the weather is cold but tion of affairs pertaining to this lings. Very large and very fine. “Mr. Isaacsteln, I love your pleasant, the usual effects of alti great valley within easy access of STANDARD AND BEST. TULIPS, WEEPING WILLOWS, T. A. M c K innon .—Burns; June daughter sincerely and long to tude Iwing cheeked by the gentle every citizen of this section, and the H orses branded on the 29; Barley 52 inches high. RED-BUD, SHADE TREES AC Left Shoulder: Quarter- nmku her my wife. May I venture chinook, or west wind. The snow OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD Circle-I OICTIO.'JA to ask your permissionT” July 30, wheat 43 inches; and ITSILF fall is sufficient to preserve wheat now in course of construction will “My young vriend, ven you ask and supply moisture that is not pass directly through Harney val- timothy with heads measuring from WNIPKRS’ RnOI)OI>EXDROS8’ me for my daughter’s hand, you ask furnished by rains, In summer I ley, and after that what more is 8 to 10 inches in length. 3000 more Words and nearly 2000 more Illus Rin<e—Emiirrsnt Creek. Urani co , Oregon. trations than any other American Dictionary. me to make Uxi great a sacrifice." there is a pleasant bft>exe constant- j desirable? P. O. a.ldrcM Burna, Or. 33-1 y M rs . L. H arkky : near Burns; Ju- EACH THE BEST OF ITS KIND, Among the supplementary features, original with “Well, Mr. Isaacstein, I will ly blowing, which tends to keep Under these conditions it is not Webster’s I nabridged and unequal« d for concise and trustworthy information, are transfer my affections elsewhere agreeable weather, no matter how necessary to say that the first to ly 14; Basket of Garden Vegetables JNO. S. DEVINE. Potatoes, large, smooth, fine; Lct-i Send for a Catalogue, and make A Biographical Dictionary then. Good day.” hot the sun’s rays, and the nights procure homes will be the first to tuee, and Mustard, young and crisp; your selections in time for the fall [Order for Cut« ha« been made and will be in serted upon receipt of Famc.l “Come back, my young vriend, Containing nearly 10,ooo names of Noteworthy cool enough to make covering de- «‘«P the harvest of the forehanded, Radishes, good she, tender; Beets.! £el?"r-v’R,f Persons, with their nntiona' tv. station, profes P}“nt “T CATTLl. come back! You can have her. But, sion or occupation, date cf birth and death, sirable—in fact, one can sleep un- far the fact is self evident. The fair size, F smooth, fine. Sample ’! but the Best.Tind that is always the “8-Wrench” on Left Hip. Far marks: Clcse- (if deceased), etc., by ohiminy, you don’t always get off the Right ear: Under slope iu the Left der cover comfortably the year invitation to come among ua and from a home garden, and as such Cheapest. This spring, alone, more crop ear. A Gazetteer cf the World than a such a bargains effery day!’’ HORSES. round. settle is particularly extended to speaks well for what farmers can Of owr2\00O Titles,locating and briefly describ “S-wreuch” on the Left thigh. . , To iroaiu of * ¡'onderous whale, ing the Countries, Cities. Towns, and Natural timber .— raw - mills . the industrious of all classes of Features of every part of the Globe, and Erect on the tip of bis tail, do for the table in Harney valley. Range: Grant and Malheur counties. The Explanatory and Pronouncing Vocabulary There is no timber in the valley, farmers and stock-raisers. Is th* sign of a storm, of the names of P. O. address: Burna, Grant co., Oregon. (If the weal her is warm), $1,000 worth was Shipped except along the water courses, Th<> ci(ilen!, of T hos . S tephbns : near Burns; Ju Noted Fictitious Persons Unless it should happen to fail. * A A I will pay Five Hundred Dollars for where there .a a light growth of the Harney country is called to the ly 16; Grass, red-top, 31 in. high. TO •nd risers, such as are often referred tn in wv V V the arres’ and conviction of any per son or ners.ma. killing or stealing anv <>f rhe literature and conversation. The latter is not He was rescuing her from the bil r< an an unusua t large, heavy article, and if any one thinks 150 spears to single root, or from stock of the above brand or bel«*nir!ng thereto. found in any other Dictionary. lowy waves, but it looked as if they growth of wilh>w». Rut the adja HUNTINGTON, OR. he has cause to believe any of the one seed; 30acres in. WEBGTEHBTHE 8TAJTO1KD might never see Boston again. cent mountains are heavily tim statements therein exaggerations, Authority i. th« Corl Printing OOc«, and with th, U. s. Supreme Coart. III. rnrotnroeadad F. W. RtrrFRBraeH: near Saddle STRAY STOCK! “Hold on tight, Penelope,” he bered with fir, pine, juniper, moun by the State S>pu of School, of 3« SUlaa, aad or that we are in error on any point Buttes; July 20; Barley 41 inches NY one having 1,-st any of the following de by l<wiing Callega Pre, l, of U. ft and Canada. gasped, “hdM on tight!" scribed stock can learn of their whereahunts tain-mahogany, etc. Saw-mills are made, he will confer a favor on ed 11 i. the only I'i.-tionarv tbit has been .»looted Call at this Office and order, or by calling at this office and paying for th.a ad In makina state PnrchM»». ft,r School«, and high; a small piece put in to test “Don't say ‘Hold on tight’—its located in the pineries, and the lum- itor and readers by correcting. Our vertisement. nearly all the School Book, are baaed noon it. address the following-nimed ' BLACK MARKwtth hello«: brand r>a left agricultural value of bottom of the An inTalnab'o er mpanlon tn every School and not proper,” gurgled the girl, with her, which is of the best quality, columns __________ _________ shoulder • Th ree-Mdcs-o fa-Square," or a arc open to all ____ alike, rich slough on swamped land. at every Fireside. Hpc ¡mon paar»« and teati- sknare open on left aide. v tnoniala eent pevpaiu on appiioalaon. her mouth full of Atlantic ocean sella much cheaper than in the and poor, without price, on thia and GEO. W. CRANE, B K Y HORSE wtth collar and saddle marks brand on «eft shoulder and left stifle: "Circle; Published by G. A C. MERRIAM A CO., East. j kindred subjects of public interest. | J ohn A dam «. Near Burns; Ju-< (‘Kay bold on tightly.” Bar," alao, on right shoulder DL * BOX 121«, Bloomington, 111. Sprin^nud, Maas., 0. k. A. i HARNEY VALLEY. WINCHESTER REPEATING RIFLES, WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., W&MPIRE MBLÄCK Hamess & Bum Top Oil Dressirg V WEBSTER’S A 1 I