HAIINKY VACUCY FAIR. ¡except along the water courses; S imon L ewis , Silver creek, July where there is a light growth of | 30, wheat 40 inches, with full heads | birch and an unusually large, heavy : As no fair is held in this valley of fine large grains. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2S, IMS. growth of willows. But the adja-1 for the public exhibition of the Barley 58 inches high. I cent mountains are heavily tim- j growth and excellence of ita pro- I beret] with fir, pine, juniper, monn-I dactions, T he H erald proposes to ' M rs . S imon L ewis , July 30, 13 ; tain-mahogany, etc. Saw-mills are open a column to all producers) I* rge yellows beets, the largest one I farmers and stockmen, in which to being 9 inches in length and 14 |osw Of ita Natural A.l.nr>i»K<-» Wa- located in the pineries, and the linn give a written description of all inc hes in circumference; the flavor 1er, Soil. Climate, and Produc her, which is of the best quality, tion* ThouaundM of that is worthy of mention. Very excellent. Acre* Open for | sells much cheaper than in the Settlement. fine looking coltB and calves of this M rs . T. J. S hields , Silver creek, East. year's production have passed and July 30, cucumbers of good size GARDEN VEGETABLES CHEAP HOMES. j produced in the Harney country repassed through town, but none crisp and tender. I are large, finely flavored, abundant have reported for publication. Bring M aupin B ros ., one mile north of and easily raised. We will on ap in your this year’s stock, give the Burns, Aug. 2d, barley 44 inches, age, weight, height and breed, to plication give the addresses of sev eral gardeners here, who .will an put as facts in this column. Bring with fine head of grain; 18 acres in. swer in detail all inquiries on that in specimens of hay, clover, roots, 8. J. M othershead .—Aug. 4 A Railroad, County-Seat, and Land- Ofllce. subject; the whit?, or Irish potato is vegetables, fruits, with names, time timothy 43 inches long, and appar grown with little cultivation, and is of planting, manner of cultivation, e ntly not nearly grown. Visit the Herald Office to Nee Samples superior to that grown in Ohio, Ill etc., and let us make this a lively uf Products. C iias . Z iegler .—Poison creek, inois, Missouri, Tennessee, or Kan column. Monstrosities we will Aug. 8, White Sheaf Australian clasB sb such. Truthful statements Has, we personally know as regards sas, will be given each time, and the wheat, 53 inches high, with heads »«e. “mealiness,” and flavor. will mark the article auu mall his copy to a , SMALL FRUITS, truth alone well told will advertise averaging 5 inches in length, full friend lathe Eaat.j ’ of large grains; 6 screes in; he is Harney Valley in Grant county,'»uch as strawberries, currants, this valley to the better class of im raising it for seed. Oregon, embraces an area of 2,400, blackberries, gooseberries grapes, migrants, such as Harney wants A. H ills , of Poison Creek, Aug. square miles, or 1,536,000 square .He , will, from what evidence we than all the most plausibly told ex ' 11th, Chili Club wheat, 48 inches acres of land, bounded on every side , Have been able to gather the past aggerations afloat. We start offj I long, with large full heads; 14 acres by mountain ranges, and lofty ele- >«, be a success, as the native fairly, with the following names, | lji; not irrigated. vations, and is an almost entirely ™ hardy and good bearers. in the order brought in, and all our Red clover, 42 inches high; very statements can be verified by the ¡ FRUIT TREES level plain, plentifully watered by 1 fine. and ornamental shrubs were plant samples filed and labeled for refer the A CHAZ.Z.KNOK. ed freely by farmers in the Bpring; ence, except in perishable articles, SILVIES AND BLITZEN RIVERS T he H erald challenges any of notes of which arc filed. anti their tributaries. The former, the settings last fall survived the its exchanges to fairly beat the fol- lias its source in the spurs of the severest winter (1888), that Har M rs . I one W hiting .—Near Burns ; lowing: ney valley, in fact, that East Ore Blue mountains, south of t he John June 20: Barley, six acres, sown on Bent. Embrce of Harney valley Day river, flows a general southerly i gon has ever known. As an ground under cultivation the past j brought into our office this week: AGRICULTURAL course, passing down the center of I 13 years; stalks (exclusive of roots) : 20 potatoes, the “Peerless,” weight, Harney valley, and empties into1 region it will be readily seen that 42 inches in length, heads well 36 lbs, smooth and uniform in size Lakes Harney and Malheur. It is j the Valley offers inducements rare filled, grain fine and large; planted i 2 turnips, 17 lbs; 4 beets, 28) lbs’ ly excelled. And as a a rapidly flowing stream, about 801 in April. ' 4 carrots, 4) lbs. Except the last STOCK-RAISING pailes long, and contains every kind Barley planted late, in April, on named, tops excluded. All are country it cannot be surpassed, of fish, including the salmon trout, new ground, 12 inches high. ! true garden vegetables (no rutaba. and other varieties of game fish. since its water, grass, and salubri ga, nor mangel wurtzel), raised on M bs . A lmeda S tenger . — Burns, The Dunder-and-Blitzen river, or ous climate takes horses, cattle, June 22: Barley, sowed last year, Silvies river sagebrush land, with sheep and hogs throughout the year “Blitzen,” as it is shortened by com on cultivated ground; 36 inches out irrigation, and in a drouthy mon usage, is about 50 miles in (from January 1 to December 31). high; stalk bulky, grain well filled. season. length, flows in a northerly direc- j without grain or any other than Alfalfa, cut above the ground; wild grass feeding, and when the organization ia rawta. tion and also empties into the lakes. | fine, strong, in blossom, 27 inches winter is milder than common, stock The president of the National These rivers and their numerous Association of Democratic Clubs re- tributaries have their water sheds looks better in early spring than in high. within the county, and the lakes Eastern localities where they are A. J. B rown .—Near Harney, June ceived the following letter from the having no outlet, serve to furnish grain-fed during the winter; and the 23: Alfalfa, in blossom, average President of the United States, who is now the recognized head of the subterranean irrigation to the whole texture and flavor of the meats stand 38 inches high. cpmparc favorably with the best in Democrat Party by the democracy valley. D r . T. V. B. E mbree .—Near of the North, the South, the East, the market. The LAKES HARNEY AND MALHEUR Harney; June 23: Lettuce, Oak and the West: INCREASE IN POPULATION cover an area of more than 150 > during the paBt two years lias been Leaf variety; root 4 inches around; ■ “The papers which you kindly square miles, and are connected by rapid, and is of that most desirable leaves green and brown variegated;! sent for my perusal touching the a channel about 20 yards wide and class in an agricultural region, viz: stalks white, crisp and tender; I scope, method, and purposes of the 200 yards long. They receive the the small farmer whose industry measured 20 inches straight across , Association of Democratic Clubs, waters of both Silvies and Blitzen produces the best of grain, stock, the face of the head from tip to tip have strengthened my belief in the rivers, but have no outlet and never and living. The houses and barns of outside leaves (exclusive of extreme importance of such organ overflow. Being situated on a level ( are generally frame; corrals and ground leaves.) izations as have been associated. plain, and having low chores, these j Second head, same variety, 10 other enclosures, are rail and wire The struggle upon which we lakes have not such picturesque i fencing; abundant water supplies inches across. have entered is in behalf of the peo scenery as Crater Lake, to recom from wells of living water, which is T hos . H askell .—One mile of1 ple—the plain people of the land— mend them to tourists, but their reacted at a uniform depth of six Burns; June 26: Alfalfa, in bios- j and they must be reached. value to farmers is inestimable. to fifteen feet.’ We do not proceed upon the the som, 42 inches high. Right here, however, permit us to | MAIL AND RAILROAD FACILITIES. ory that they are to be led by others mention a natural attraction pos- Mas. T hos . H askell .—June 26; Harney valley has a tri-wcekly who may or may not be in sympa scssed by lands adjacent to these mail-service from the four points of Gooseberries on a single branch; thy with their interests. lakes that will draw hundreds of I the compass, there being a general the large English variety; branch We have undertaken to teach the excursionists from the East in the1 distributing office at Burns. Ship 8 inches long; 5 bearing twigs to voters as free, independent citizens, near future: Standing in the door ping is done at present at Baker the branch, containing 151 very intelligent enough to see their rights, ways of farm houses about sunrise, i City, Huntington, and Ontario. All large berries; weight of whole, one- interested enough to insist on being distant objects, towns, farms, moun the family supplies, necessaries, and half pound. treated justly, and patriotic enough tain peaks, and bands of cattle and Flowers: A boquet of cut flowers, ■ luxuries, common to Eastern towns to desire their country’s welfare. horses grazing on the ranges, are are abundantly furnished by the from Sweet Williams grown from Thus this campaign is one of in pictured on the atmosphere and general merchandise stores at rca- last year’s seedlings; 4 colors, ma formation and organization. riso up from the ground like magic; roon, 2 shades, magenta, and pink I sonable rates. Every citizen should be regarded and these white representations are and white variegated. BURNS AND HARNEY as a thoughtful, responsible voter, so truly drawn that a member of a A box of growing plants; June I arc tho two principal towns of Har and he should be furnished with family living several miles away ney valley, where, as will be seen 22: 2 sets of carnation, ready to the means of examining the issues from home, can distinguish the per by our advertising columns, about bloom; 2 thrifty ice plants; 6 petu involved in the pending canvass for sons of the family as they walk all lines of business are near equal nias, 1 in bloom; a very handsomely himself. about the yard: as brother from fa-1 to the present demand—teachers, made-up box, grown from the seed. I am convinced that no agency is ¿her, or mother from sister. Aug. 11, garden beans, 7 inches 1 aw yers. doctors, printers, druggists so effective to this end as the clubs THE SOIL AND CLIMATE merchants, carpenters, surveyors, in length; crisp and tender. which have been formed in all parts of Harney valley arc an exact coun. blacksmiths, butchers, saddlers, M rs . G race .—Cage bird; from a of the country, and making their grocers, builders, jewelers, etc. terpart of that of Umatilla county. Each of these, two towns is the mixed canary and linnet singerand influence felt in every neighbor Oregon, the best wheat growing center of the section of the valley pure canary hen; hatched April hood. By a systematic effort they county in the state. Very little has contiguous, and each has its local make the objects of the democratic been done towards wheat-raising value, that will serve in the future 22d; is a fine, thrifty, very ugly party understood by the fair and marked with green, brown, yellow here, as yet, but those have been to render ah ealthy degree of com and white, but as a singer, do not calm discussion of the democratic successful that tried it. Wheat petition between them. position in this contest, and among The expectations of the ambi believe it cun be surpassed. finds a ready home market at 5 those with whom their members tious advocates of the natural ad cents a pound—*3 per bushel. Oats M rs . T. A. M c K innon .—Near vantages offered the people by Har daily come in contact, and by pre and barley grow equally well, and ney valley will be realized in less Burns, June 27: Boquet of Carna venting a neglect of the duty of suf bring 3 to 41 cents per pound. Al than twelve months by the estab tions, raised from last year’s seed-, frage on election day, these clubs falfa and red clover grow luxuri lishment of a lings. Very large and very fine. | will become in my opinion the NEW LAND OFFICE antly; timothy and red-top thrive T. A. M c K innon .—Burns; June most important instrumentality yet finely. Pasturage is excellent; nat in Harney valley, where there are lands of the public domain as fine 29; Barley 52 inches high. devised for promoting the success ural grass abundant, and is cut for as those already taken up by the | July 30, wheat 43 inches; and of the party. Your very truly, hay that sells at *12 and *18 per tirst-comera, sufficient to furnish timothy with heads measuring from G rover C leveland . on in the winter. All cereal crops thousands of families with homes. 8 to 10 inches in length. Also, a county-seat for hrive THE HERALD. HARNEY VALLEY. STOCK BRAND». kastebn advertisement . "Trees! ! X BRAND RATES: 1 brand on cut , an ; description, 1 8 cur *10. 2 cut» anti de uerip , lion», i year, *1» STOCK; MBS! Adorn your Homes, your Town Lot«, Your Ranrhr«, Your Farm«, your Flares, with trees and shrubbory Muited to the climate of Fast Oregon. And buy only from a known Responsible House. you what you - pay th’ money for: latest Varieties True to ths name; Healthy, Vigorous plants; and Judi cious packing,or all Is loot—Labur snd Time and Money. Therefore, do Sava by boariug iu mind that ths great ANSWER TO INQUIRIES, $1.00 OXPOBT ON ENTRIES, CONTESTS, Ac., $3.00 e Range BLOOMINGTON Procuring Land Patents, Filing Arguments, and Conducting Contests, on Moderate Terms. Send for circular to Additional Brands HENRY N. COPP, nyEKF WASHINCTON, D. C. P. F. STENGER. „»»««A,* lathe Largest in the World, having in actual cultivation not less than H orses branded Either Kight <mMPIRE MB LACK or stifle: OK. Range— Grant county, Oregon. 80,0000 ACRES, WATERPROOF P. O.—Burna, Grant couuty. Oregon. Harness & Buzgy T od Oil Drtssinz Absolutely WATERPROOF, and RILEY <fc HARDIN will blacken, soften and keep from Rotting, your Harness and Buggy Tops. Coes farther and less work to apply than any oth. er Dressing. GUARANTEED to do all that Is claimed for It when used as directed; Beware of Im itations and see that our trade mark is on the can. Ask your Harness maker for It, and If he has not got It send us your name andwewll ship you a sample can ou to pay Expreaaaga. FREE, you Expressage. IS THE OLDEST, IS THE LARGEST, MOST RELIABLE NURSERY GROWING STOCK FOR THE WEST. CANTON PAINT & OIL CO., Melrose, Mase. VAMPIRE BLACK WATERPROOF BOOT AND SHOEPRESSING. Absolutely proof against sno«r water, and vyill keep the leather soft and pliable. Prevent Colds and Doctor’s bills. Ask your Boot and Shoe dealer for It. CANTON PAINT & OIL CO., Melrose, Mass. BUY OF THIS HOUSE: APRICOTS........................................ ALMEDA A. STENGER. SUCCESS. C attle i’.i'ONoBY ÏS Wd.AVrfi. ■ i- PATTF/’NS you wiwi t.» r u <’iii. l:< .f !• r nothiiu’ i i - «v^n r • f from '•:;.<»» ' o 4.<<0' »y -crildng f<»r branded on Left aide; circle- CHERRIES,..................................... PEARS, PLUMS,............................ i’HE FAST OREGON HERAO 3. A Split in each ear. Range—Grant county, Oregon. F,_U.—Buri.a, Grant couuty, Oregon. 27-y ! [)emorest's iuu.tr.«*z Wlaga^ine PINES, CEDARS,........................... JNO. S. DEVINE. With Twelve Order« for Cut Paper Patterns ef your own selection and of any size. joth TREES, SHRUBS,.......................... P ublications , O ne Y eaa — FOR — $3 50 (THREE FIFTY). EMOREST'S m * THE BEsl APPLES, PLANTS.......................... Of* nil tlie 2VIxMrn.zlncH. ONTAiNiNo S tories , J' okm ?, and oth eh L itvbam ATTRACTIONS, LOMDININQ AKTIBT1C, SCIBM. BERRIES, QUINCES,.................... PEACHES, FLOWERS............. NECTARINES,................................ EVERGREENS,.............................. ARBOR VITA!.................. Tine, and H ousehold matters . Illuatrah fl with Original Strrl EHf/r** inyn, PhotofjiHvurcfi, Oil Picture» m ! /I mo WoodcutMt tnaki»uj it the ModclJIin lino of .itnerkcti. Ea.:li Ma »azine contains n coupon order entitliat III“ holder la the select ion of any pattern illustram l.i the f iMhion ib-purtment in lliiit number, and It iv of th- »ize* maLufacturcd, making pattens iring the ve ir of the value cf over three ilollsr». DHlM(»liK<rs MONTllI V in justly cmhledlbi i orld’s Model Magazine. The Largest in Form.ita ..i-ge-t in Circulation, and the licet TAW Doll» Range: Grant and Malheur ronnties. •’a.nily Magazine is*u#*d. 1W will be theTwenh« ’ ittrth year of it*» puhlicNtion, nnd it stand* »t tin P. O. address: Burna, Grant co., Oregon. le d of Family Periodicals. It contains T2 pafW. arge qn irto. 8 7x1 inches, elegantly printed and AA I will pay Five Hundred Dollars for ’■lllv 111 ti h t rnt cd . Published by W, Jcunisp , W v V V the arrest and < onviction of any per- Je’iiore-t, New York, son or peraona, killing or stealing any of the \ t ! by Special Agreement Com 1 stock of the above brand or belonging thereto. bined with the si Oregon Herald at $3.50 Per Y ki THOS. J. KEETON. FIRS, BALSAM,.. ■{Order for Cut has been made and will be i be inserted upon receipt of same.1 NUTS, FRUITS... H ome », branded on the right shoulder j with a ‘Horizontal Crossed by a Vertical 8.” Range: Grant county. I*. O. address: Drewsey, Grant co., Or. ORNAMENTAL CYPRESS........ BIRCH, SPRUCE, ELDER, $5 Reward—Strayed From the top of Kage Hen about August 11. • one Lay Iloise brand TMT on Left shoulder; and one Bay Horse U »ranaed EJ <n. Kight Shoulder, and nor in over u do« r| | he.' on Left Nlifle. A Reward of »5 will be pai> for the delivery of these horst-a at By rd’« Re« Front Stable. ASH, LINDEN, CHESTNUT, .. STOCKMEN I TAKE NOTICE! TULIPS, WEEPING WILLOWS, RED-BUD, SHADE TREES AC Dark Pav Horse about 9 years old, brande "AD,” or inverted f>| Jk on left ahoti I with der; has saddle and tollar VI/u marks. Th I ' wherealxiuts of the alsive wi'l be given lb owner bv applying al this uitice and*paying cost of this advertisement. Contractor & Builder, j JUNIPERS, RHODODENDRONS. A. C. WORTHINGTON. Burns, Oregon, EACH THE BEST OF ITS K IND •ft WEBSTER’S UNABRIDGED. -Estimates Made =And Plans Furnished. Those having work in my line will And it to • their advantage to give me a call Will contract A Timber Culture INwter. to furnish all buildings complete, including Mus. L. H arkey : near Burns; Ju ■ Painting, and Papering. Terms; As reasonable Send for a Catalogue, and make (Rte Notire of John II. Ilirman.) as any responsible contractor. In winter the weather is cold but which will bring the administra ly 14; Basket of Garden Vegetables State of Oregon, ) your »election« in time for the fall tULre 1st Dour South of H erald Building, tf pleasant, the usual effects of alti tion of affairs pertaining to this Potatoes, large, smooth, fine; Let-' County of Grant j tude being checked by tho gentle great valley within easy access of tuce, and Mustard, young and crisp; delivery, if you want to plant none every citizen of this section; and the Radishes, good size, tender; Beets,1 I, John II. Hickman, being duly BLACKSMITH. chinook, or west wind. The snow but the Beet, and that is always the OREGON rACIFIC RAILROAD fair size, smooth, fine. Sample sworn, say that I posted in a con fall is sufficient to preserve whoa P. 8. EARLY------- B urns , O k . now in course of construction will and supply moisture that is not pass directly through Harney val- from a homo garden, and as such spicuous place on the within de-, Cheapest. Last spring, alone, more scribed tract a true copy of the, —GENERAL REPAIRING— furnished by rains. In summer procure homes will be the first to speaks well for what farmerscan than a within notice for more than 30 days AMD do for the table in Harney valley. tjiere is a pleasant breeze constant reap the harvest of the forehanded, prior to Nov. 10, 1888; that is to| SlvOOO worth wasShiPPed ly blowing, which tends to keep for the fnet is self-evident. The T hos . S tephens : near Burns; Ju agreeable weather, no matter how invitation to come among us and ly 16; Grnss, red-top, 31 in.Jiight, say, I posted said copy thereon on , settle is particularly extended to TO hot the sun's rays, and the nights the industrious of all classes of 150 spears to single root, or from the 27th day of Sept. 1888; and I Promptly executed. The building haa been en that I posted in the Drewsey Poet larged and improve«! ami ia Prepared to turn cool enough to make covering de farmers and stock-raisers. one seed; 30 acres in. all kinds of blacksmithing on short notice Office, in Grant county. Oregon, by . HUNTINGTON, OR. out and in the beat style. Term«. Cash. 1-ly sirable—in fact, one can sleep un The attention of the eitizt^ts of F. W. R itterbusi ii: near Saddle registered letter containing a certi-| der cover comfortably the year the Harney country is called to the above article, and if any one thinks Buttes; July 20; Barley 41 inches tied copy of said Notice, post pre Call at this Office and order, or round. he has cause to believe any of the high; a small piece put in to test paid. addressed to the within address ths following-named Restaurant.. TIMBER.—SAW-MILLS. statements therein exaggerations, agricultural value of bottom of the named claimant, said Drewsey be There is no timber in the valley or that we are in error on any point THOS. GIAXINI---- Proprietor. slough on swamped land. ing claimant's last known postoffice GEO. W. CRANE, ley, and after that what more is made, he will confer a favor on ed- BTBXd, OREGON. J ohn A dams . Near Ruma; Ju address; that I posted said letter «desirable? tor and readers by correcting Our Tables sent well supplied with the brat in Under these conditions it is not jolumns are open to all alike, rich ly 24; Oats, 78 in. high. Wheat, 60 the 28th day of September, 1888. the msrket Service prompt and tffietent. necessary to say that the first to nd poor, old and young. in., and Barley. 40 in. in bight- j J ohn H. H ickman . BOX Blnomtnftonïll Mee's fnrnisbed st all hums y WITHOUT IRRIGATION. ' Kr.ry Nrttler thould hi.. Cupp*. Settler', tipld, IM paf.1 prlcoair Í5 rails ( vm « mp alM^aU HARNEY COUNTY JOB WORK. . 3000 more Words and nearly SOOO more nh» tration* than any other American Dictionary. Among the supplementary features, original vM Webster’« I nab ridged and une^ualed Bf concise and trustworthy information, are A Biographical Dictionary Containing nearly lo.noo names of NotewwW I’ersons, with their nationality, station, pM» •ion or occupation, date of birth and deaB, (if deceased), etc., A gazetteer of the World Of over 2.VW» Titles, locating an«l briefly dess^ mg the Countries, Cities, Town«, and Featnres of every part of tho Globe, «nd.^ The Explanatory and Pronouncing VucalRW of tlie names of Noted Fictitious Perss«s» and riaces, such as are often referredI Wk lik-rat are and conversation. The latter found in any other Dictionary.