vous system, an imperfect digestion I men. A second sober thought BURNS ADVERTISEMENTS. of his food, and may have organic ought to impress any perso 1 of the A Ctjniial invitation I* extended each and He is the fact that every one in free America THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, IM9. every Reader of T he H erald to contribute changes of the body. to thi* department of the paper, on any subject victim of a slow poison that is con­ ; should be allowed, unmolested, to of general interest. We claim the right to ac­ ceptor reject any part or the whole, but not to I stantly sapping the foundations of ; pursue a course of business best 1>. I.. «HACK, ( change the idea* presented. We prefer article* Editor* -------- GO TO-------- MEI.LIE GRACK. I over the writer’* own signature, but num de health, ultimately destroying him suited to his aims and purposes, so plume* arc admissible, we do not hold our­ selves responsible for the opinions advanced altogether, unless the habit is aban- long as that business is lawful. 3NT. ZBro'wn, pOR COUNTY-SEAT OF HARNEY COUNTY by writara'underthe above ca'pllon. ______________________ doned. The Thc direct effect is always j Anv other course must lead to ruin Leading Merchant of Harney County, upon his body and this is one of: or a condition of affairs worse, and BURNS. Continued from 4th page. -------- DEALER IN--------- Harney and Malheur lakes arc a impaired, or ruined health, as real­ is so incompatible with the genius DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, L atest advices in Burns up to large body of water and cover an ly as if he should form the habit of, of our system of government, that BOOTS, SHOES, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Tuesday noon, when we go to press, area of more than a hundred square eating arsenic, or swallowing lau-' all good citizens well strive to avoid STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, is the Daily Examiner. Dec. 15. PAINTS. OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, THE CELEBRATED miles; these lakes sometimes over­ danum every day. Drunkenness1 it. Not long since I noticed in T he SULTANA RAZORS, AND “I X L” CUTLERY, WINKS, m flow a vast portion of land, owing is not a disease which comes upon CIGARS—AND A THOUSAND OTHER ARTICLES H erald what purported to be an one without his fault, and which “A Merry Christmas, a Happy to the lowness of the shores and TOO TEDIOUS TO MENTION. answer of a clear headed man to he could not avoid. It is a self-pro ­ New Year, with many returns,” is heavy rush of water caused by melt- -------- o-------- duced disease, which is in the pow­ i one not so clear, who had advised JOSEPH our wish for each and every person ing snow from the mountains. A Cheapest House in Eastern Oregon for Cash. er of man himself to prevent and, I the use of “salt and saltpeter” as a During 1890 the Century Maga­ that reads these lines—as private vast body of lands surrounds these also, to cure, by avoiding its use remedy for cattle and horsemen lakes that is covered wild grasses, zine (whose recent successes have i citizens we believe we have no ene­ flag, tule, cane, wild rice, and a and, hence, it is a sin against him- against sheep. If a man that would included the famous “War Papers,” mies; as editors of TnE II erai . d we thick growth of weeds of various self and the God who made him, counsel such a course is sane, he is the Lincoln History and George Greer’s Hardware Store know we have made relentless en«- j kinds, and the soil is a rich black and holds him responsible for a a criminal by nature and deserves 1 Kennan’s series on “Siberia and the PnOPRISTO» mies, and expect to make more, as |loam. These could be easily lev­ right use of all his powers, both the scorn and execration of his ¡Exile System”) will publish the CAL. GEER fellow-men. Does the man not long looked for Autobiography of we shall continue the same line of ied up so as to prevent an overflow physical and mental. No one has a right to do anything of the direct know that he commits a criminal policy in 1890 with which we com­ from the lakes. Two to four miles tendency to damage or destroy’ his offense by even considering such a I Joseph Jefferson, whose “Rip Van in any direction from these lakes, j Winkle” has made his name a Crockery, Queensware, Glassware, Shelf Goods of Every Description. menced in 1887, as the best inter­ is a slight raise of from two to five body. The temptation to drink in­ thing, for which he might be indict­ I household word. No more inter- This Establishment curries a full and carefully selected Stock equal to demand in Q>«. ests of the whole People of a town, feet on which is an almost level cident to and the consequence of the ed and imprisoned? I Hardware line— Cases of new good« are now being opened. Bird cages and seed are nun ' esting record of a life upon the stage offered. A reasonable price, only, is ¡»laced on the goons. 252 Suppose for instance, cattle and county, State, or country, is to be plain of fine agricultural land cov­ habit of drinking is no excuse for could be laid before the public. Mr. j|W We are Agent for the D. M. Osborne Company’s Agricultural horsemen take that indiscreet man ’ s drunkenness, and no excuse for considered before factions that in ered principaly with a heavy growth Jefferson is the fourth in a genera­ Implements. >**JI advice, and accept his proposition tion of actors, and, with his chil­ the end benefit the few at the ex- of sagebrush, and which is the best any crime commit. Both God and of agricultural land, the soil con­ man treat the drunkard as an offen­ to use salt and saltpeter to kill of dren and grandchildren, there six pense of the many. taining all the properties necessary der, and he is such. We may pity the sheep, what is to prevent the generations of the actors among the p to make a grain growing country; him when we think of the power of sheepmen from retaliating by put Jeffersons. His 6tory of the early The Democracy of Montana, Hall! I LL H elena , Mon., Dec. 7, 1889. fruit and all kinds of shrubbery can his appetite over him, operating . ting out salt and strychnine to de­ days of the American stage, when, a On Main itreet, Burn*, Harney county, Oregon. Asahel Bush:—Chairmen Demo­ be successfully raised on this sage­ through his diseased physical na­ stroy cattle and horses on the range? boy, traveling with his father’s com­ Did the addle-headed blatherscite W. C. BYRD. P roprietor . cratic State Central Committe, Sa­ brush land, if properly irrigated, ture, but should never so pity’ him pany, they would settle down fur a lem,^ Oregon. The democracy of though irrigation is not always nec­ as not to condemn him, and to do ever think of this? Did he never j season in a Western town, playing All the Hotels, Restaurants, and Boarding Houses are on this street. | Montana thanks you for your kind­ essary, even on sagebrush land, our utmost to lead him to condemn think the cattle and horsemen in their own temporized theater— ly greeting, and pledges itself to only in very dry seasons, often twe himself and reform his life. The would inaugurate such a policy at 1 the particulars of the creation of his Personal attention given to Stock placed in care of this Stable, where' the best of Accommodation is given, and Charges reasonable. stay in the fight till it reaps the re­ three dry seasons in succession, truth is that a drunkard is a sinner great disadvantages? That while famous “Rip Van Winkle,” how he ! the sheepman is constantly with as really as a murderer, and he and , when these seasons prevail, ward of the victory won at the polls acted “Ticket-of-Leave Man” be­ last October. Th' plans of the there is scarcely a half crop pro­ must repent and forsake his sins, his Hock guarding it from harm fore an audience of that class in FO8 A MEAL State stealers will fail.—Portland duced on an average—making irri­ or he cannot enter the Kingdom of both day and night and that Lis Australia, etc.,—all this, enriched gation a necessity in Harney val­ God. Drunkards do not goto heav­ “salt and saltpetre’ could do little with illustrations and portraits of GÓ TO BARKER’S. World. en any more than a blasphemer. dsmage Lcfcre discovered, the cat­ contemporary actors and actresses ley. >'lie Klnd.’of Administration;the Repub­ Having thus presented a short They are enumerated in the list of tle and iiorsemen arc not with their ' and with anecdotes, will form one lican l’arty Give* the People. T he East Oregonian contains in description of the valley and loca- those who will not enter the King­ stock to protect it, and the salt and of the most delightful serials The substance, the following: tion, I will next give my own ideas dom. The essential sinfulness of strychnine on th* range would be Century has ever printed. “A Republican paper of Chicago and own opinion as how to make drunkenness is an idea that must there to do its deadly work undis­ Amelia E. Barr, Frank R. Stock- foretold from evidences, furnished irrigation easy in Harney valley: not be lost sight of in the effort to covered. ton, Mark Twain. II. II. Bovesen, j B Self-interest, if not a princple of A. N. G. at- the formation of the present ad­ First as we have so large a body of reform drunkards. and many other well-known writers honor, would seem to dictate a line ministration, that it would be one water in the lakes, and only a slight i will furnish the fiction for the new F. E. B each . President, i W. m . M c F all , Treaiurer, of ‘boodle and trusts.’ raise of a few feet for miles in any Interesting Letter from Mitchell. of conduct for all stockmen of cor­ volume, which will be unusually E. H ughes , Vice-President, I W. F. B rownton , >’•< cretary. dial sympathy, of mutual assist­ strong, including several novels, il­ The forecaste has nothing of the direction from these lakes, cannot M itchell , Crook Co., Dec. 6, ’89. ance when necessary, and of law­ lustrated novelettes, and short stor- SCLÍO db r.-elieble, marvelous in it; wealthy men took the water be raised by means of E ds . H erald : I deem it not out ful protection in the pursuit of their rics. “The Women of the French charge of the convention that chose steam engines, or wind mills, or of place to acknowledge receipt of lawful enterprise. ¿WList of Directors and Stockholders at the oflice of the Agunk Salons,” are to be described in a the nominees of the Republican force pumps, or some •other system­ brilliant scries of illustrated papers. your paper ordered me, I presume, —As local news I may state that J. D. Shaw, party. They declared for a rich atical means, and the water carried by S. B. Amis. It comes regularly, the range is as goed as it has 1 een The important discoveries made BURNS. OREGON. 2-30tf man’s tariff, Put at the head of from these lakes in llumes to the with the great Lick Telescope at but abc .1 tcu du.is late. I know for years, at this time cf year, and á the ticket an aristocratic railroad dry lands, and rw’.’.»«» erected, San Francisco (the largest telescope ; not by what route it comes, but stock of all kind are doing well. in the world) and the latest explo-1 attorney. A rich speculator of «nd the water saved until such suspect it is sent via. Prineville. Snow fell to the depth of six inches rations relating to prehistoric Amer­ Sw York for-Viee-President. times us it is needed, or, as the wa­ The quickest route from Burns to here the 22d of November, and re­ ica (including the famous Serpent Whon the campaign opened they ter is so near the surface, why can­ Mitchell, or Liberty P. 0., is by way mained four days; the thermome­ Mound, of Ohio) are to be chron­ openly called for money’ to run the not there be large well3 dug all BAKER, CITY, OREGON. icled in the Century. ter during the last month and up to 1 Prof. George P. Fisher, of Yale election with, not with their former over the valley and windmills of Canyon City. I read the paper with great inter- j (he present in Dec. has ranged from University, is to write a series on make-believe regard for the pro- erected and the water brought to the Have the Largest Establishment in Eastern Oregon stocked with est, and most especially the daily ' 32° in the morning, up to 50 3 and “The Nature and Method of Revela­ urieties, but with insolent, threaten­ surface. It seems there can be GO® at noon, and then down to tion,” which will attract every Bi- j ing, ‘fat-frying’demands. Threats plenty of water got any place in the record of the weather. ble student. Bishop Potter, of New , There are many old Oregonians, und promises of reward brought valley from the depth of from (> to about 38® in the evening, thus York, will one of the several prom-1 citizens formerly of Lane, and BUGGIES a BUCKBOARD AND \\] A 0 AMO i- giving a mean of about 40 0 . the needful. It was a campaign in- 15 ft. in abundance, or cannot there inent writers who are to contribute ! SPORTING GOODS, & Cutlery, WAuUllJ augrated by rich men, in the inter­ be reservoirs built in canyons, or Crook counties, settled in Harney, —Typhoid fever has been in this a series of “Peresent-day Papers,” . whom I have known for many Tinware, Glass, Paints and Oils.gW All Kinds of Mowers, th«* on living topics, and there will be | locality this fall, resulting fatally est of the rich, anti never in the in basins and cemented and made Deering Binder, &c.*H^Com munications answered.¿1ST“ Place yoor" years, and of whom T iie H erald art papers, timely articles, etc., etc., history of boodle campaigns was tight, and the water saved for irri­ in some instances. • Ci kt Orders with this House if you want to buy what you need. and the choicest pictures that the often makes mention, and I am one ever more successfully planned gation purposes. —Died, on the 4tli of typhoid greatest artists and engravers can always glad to hear from them. or more triumphantly carried out. fever, near Mitchell, Mrs. Lee produce. Now why cannot we take an ac­ The shrewd and business-like Quay tive part in this matter and encour­ I feel there is, in the near future, Bailey, aged about 21 years. She Remittance may be made direct­ cast about him for shrewd business age Congress in this much needed a bright and prosperous day for leaves one infant about a year old, ly to the publisher. The Century I’UOPRIKTOS.’JJj“ HENRY CALDWELL - _ _ _ _ men, with money and ambition to enterprise, or cannot companies Harney valley. It is just now j a husband and numerous friends Co., of New York. Begin new sub­ scriptions with November (the ' ci Third st., South of H erald Building. assist him. Wanamaker contrib­ composed of men of means take an emerging from, audio a similar state behind. J. F. A mis . ! c first issue of the volume) and get to that which has attended nearly Mj uted 1100,(XX), and the office of Post­ interest in an enterprise of this Mark Twains ’ story, “ A Connecti ­ locality in Eastern Oregon master-General was the principle kind; I am sure that they would every Immortal's Family Magazine. ' cut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” This new, fine, and commodious Barn and Stable is not to be equalled « in the early days of their settle­ in any part of Harney county for accommodations. - I if condition nominated in the bond. receive large interests for their in­ Now that every one is looking in that number. « harper brothers ’ publications . HAY & GRAIN ON HAND. ’ Other men contributed, and their vestments; there is much need of ment. about them to see what Magazine I remember well what was said SADDLE HORSES, GOOD TEAMS, scheme proved suecessfuls. irrigation throughout the whole of they will take for the coming year, The Best Yet SINGLE Kept nil Sort* of Liquors. es the most interesting information Knowing" gives some “New Christ­ thero arc no (lies on the beef fur- should be willing to listen to the prove Harney valley to be hardly upon the subject Jhat we Lave ever inas Games,” which will prove second to any country in Eastern s e;i. ‘ The Infant Monarchsof Eu nisbed Ly the Russel Harrison Beef opinion of others. most acceptable to the young people, Trust” is now painted in large let­ Very much farming land, how­ Oregon as a grain raising locality. rope" is not only illustrated with and the needlework department! I their portraits, but those of their it is It has already shown that ters on the dome of the National ever, in Harney valley has been offers numerous charming designs parents as well; “ The Undying TOILET ARTICLES, GLASS, PUTTY, Ac. equal to any other locality as a » apital. opened and successfully cultivated Voice" is a finely illustrated arti ­ for holiday presents. Practical, use ­ And Morton, the Levi that ‘got without irrigation, and much more, grazing count-y. There is one cle about Edison’s Phonograph, ful, interesting. there is no other BURNS. OREGON there’ through the bountiful use of also, can be cultivated without ar­ draw-back, however, to the pro­ and includes a portrait of the great lady’s-book which compares with W. E. GRACE, P roprietor , of inventor himself. The children v» ill "Peterson.” Indeed, it fills a range his gold, opens a splendid boarding­ tificial water supply. The impor­ gross, and early development A Large Assortment of house. furnishing suites of roomi tance of this subject is illustrated Harney, which other localities in be delighted with “Snow Sculpture” so wide and varied and is so admir­ which gives them models enough able from a literary and artistic Eastern Oregon have not had to for millionaire senators, out of which by the fact that portions of this re­ FINE CUTLERY, NOTIONS, etc to keep them busy all winter. Be­ he will draw a princely revenue, gion—now unsettled, but capable contend with, and this is quite a sides these, there are "Until One point of view, that it meets the re­ Has just been Received. and he sets up an elegant saloon, of cultivation by the use of irriga­ serious one. I refer to the trouble O'clock" (A Comedietta), “Scarlet quirements of an entire household ! as no other magazine can. Next : no bottles in sight, where you can tion—is larger than that already existing between the settlers and Fever snd other Contagious Diseas­ year, it will be better worth having PHYSICIANS’ PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED gg go in, sit down and call for any occupied, and the desirability of stockmen. As long as this state of es, Their Causes and Treatment,” than ever, with its new cover and Everything guaranteed pure ar.d of the very Lest quality “Aids to Beauty,” "Maniac Bells. ’ things obtains, it must seriously re ­ liquor you like, paying millionaire bringing all this land into use "Wedding Breakfasts,” All Sorts of type and various other improve­ tard the growth and prosperity of prices for the same, all the profits of should lx? admitted by every one. ‘Teas.’ ” “Home-made Candies,” ments. A subscription for 1890 j the Harney country. An early ad­ I “Anecdotal History of the Table,” would make a valuable and useful the rooms and liquorsgoing to the justment of the matter is most earn­ and numerous other articles and holiday-present. Terms: Two Dol­ \ iee-Prcsident of the United States. The I>|Mcaae of Drunkennc*v estly to be hoped, and this adjust­ stories, also a fine Fashion lh'part- lars a year, with greatly reduced Ah! it is a thrifty administra­ club-rates. A sample-copy will be Drunkenness is a dineaM of the I ment. in order to be of benefit to ment; and all beautifully embsll-l sent to those desiringto get up clubs. ; tion. Just how well the people of ished with over two hundred fine SAYER 4 DORE PRorRIITOR». the United States will be pleased Irotlv as really as typhoid fever, or all. must brought almut by peace­ illustrations, the crowning one of Address Peterson’s Magazine, 306 ful and lawful means. Any other Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. Pa. 1 with the sale of everything that is any other physical disease. No which is "At a Parisian Florist's,' - saleable by their public servants is man who is drunk, is at the time way to settle such matters can only- a handsome oil picture, well worthy h matter the elections will deter­ in the normal condition of health, in the end prove disastrous, as all of its frame. The msyterv is how A Small I.Ibra ry f<> r S3 30 mine.” his body is over-stimulated with in­ who have witnessed the result of such a publication can be furnished A ou can get the local newspaper toxicating liquor; him stomach, such a course in the past will agree for only $2.00 per year. It is done, E ast O regon H erald , the best THF ALPHABKT. however, by W. Jennings Demorest heart and brain feel the effects. is true. A: United States of America. family paper, The Detroit Free 15 East 14th St., New York. No one who has the habit of drunk­ Another thing hardly less calcu­ B: United States of Brazil. Press, one year each, and 12 vol­ •H klids «fiaría«« lambir tknroafkiv a»aaoa«4 far kwUStag *«r**w« M« ai enness, so that he freely drinks in- lated to injure the material prosper­ —Subscriptions for al) newspa­ unins. in paper covers, of the best C: United States of Canada. REDlCIl) PRICK. The letter “C" is not yet learned. ,ox*'a,inK '»quor every >• real- ity of the country is the feeling of pers and magazines published in English novelist’s works. Charles hut the Canadian People are down ly a healthy man. He has an in- opposition which exist in the cattle the United States, will be received Dickens, by calling at, or sending •*» it studying night and day. flamed stomach, a disordered ner- and horsemen against the sheep- at the new Burns Library. , to this office. $3.50. I N. THE HERALD COMMUNICATIONS DY OUR READERS. BARGAINS AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, TINWARE, CUTLERY 'RED FRONT” FEED & LIVERY STAB CAPITAL £300,000 I IBascIio db Company, T J ■ -1 French Hotel.