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INDUSTRIES and
INDIVIDUALS
Men and Businesses With Whom Pros
perity and Success are Associa
ted in This County.
By E. G. H.
"We are strong," says Emerson,
"only as we ally ourselves with Na
ture." Another man by the name of
Alfred Russel Wallace said that civili
zation had its rise in the domesti
cation of animals; that where men
domesticated the horse, the ox, the
the camel, the elephant; civilization
thrived and man evolved; but in the
countries where man had nothing in
the way of domesticated animals, ex
cept the tame wolf ,that is, the dog,
there was no evolution.
There was once a fabled horse
called Bucephalus. The peculiar
thing about this horse was that no
one could ride it. One day a young
man by the name of Alexander,whose
name, slightly tarnished still occu
pies a place in school histories,
brought out a curious leather device
and when this was strapped to the
back of Bucephalus, he turned the
trick.
This was the rude beginning of
the modern saddle. It would be in
teresting to have one of these e-riy
saddles and compare it with the fine
hand-made article turned out by E.
. G .Noble, saddle maker superbus.
The business r,ow owned by E. G.
Noble started about thirty years ago
in 1886 to be exact. His father's
name headed the firm known as the
Noble, Horner & Herrington Harness
Company. The firm had a long name,
they put in long hours and had great
hopes; but they were short on room
and shorter on cash. We are told
that they burned the midnight oil to
keep the balance on the proper side
of the page. Harness was dear but
they never sacrificed quality for the
sake of profits and men came one
hundred and fifty miles from the in
terior to buy their harness of them.
Heppner Harness was a byword for
long service and honest goods.
There was also employed about the
place a small, light haired boy. His
work was to polish the floors and
sprinkle the dust. In a few years
the firm changed. Kirk & Hayes was
written on the sign above the door.
Then the Hayes Brothers got control.
In all of the deals the boy went along
as a matter of couise, like the light
fixtures, with the exception that he
now greased the harness, drove rivets
and other odd jobs that any boy can
learn if he will keep his eyes open
and not sit behind the scrap box
reading about Old King Brady.
In the year 1894, just after the pan
ic, E. G. Noble and Will Gentry pur
chased the business. Two years la
ter the elder Noble got into the
harness" again and the firm name
was known as Noble & Son. The
years rolled by, as the years will,
and L. C. Campbell bought an inter
est in the business. Seven years ago
E. G. Noble took over the part own
ed by Mr. Campbell and to this day
has been the sole proprietor.
A general harness trade made up
the busines of the first firm. All of
the work was done by hand. It was
not uncommon to tan a little leather
in the slack season Business was
good and prices were high. The
hardest work was sewing the traces.
,;The first job that I was given to
do," said Mr. Noble, "was to sew" the
leather on the ends of pack cinchas.
The wax stuck to my fingers for six
months." That the work was well
done, can be ascertained by asking
some of the men who bought these
articles twenty-five years ago and
who are still using them today.
About twenty-five years ago Mr.
Noble first got the idea that saddles
were made to sell and for no other
particular reason. To fit the horse's
back and insure comfort to the rider
was never dreamed of. Saddles were
made much in the way that they were
in the days when Bucephalus lived
and had his being. To make good
saddles was the desire of M r.Noble.
He designed saddle trees that agreed
with the spinal system of the horse.
That these are practically and sci-
o You Want To Take a Trip
To Detroit, Michigan
Free of Charge
THE STUDEBAKER AUTOMOBILE COMPANY ARE
NOW OFFERING THIS TRIP FREE TO THE
FIRST THREE BUYERS OF THEIR
SIX CYLINDER CARS IN MOR
ROW COUNTY.
This trip includes railroad fare both way and allows
$10 each day for expenses, for fifteen days. At Detroit
you will be the guest of The Studebaker Company and
will be taken through their immense factories and will
be shown in detail just how each and every part of the
world's leading automobile is made. The regular price
of the Studebaker "Six" is $1575 f. o. b. Detroit or $1700
in Heppner. The price of this trip is not tacked on to
the price of the car but you can still buy the car at the
same old price and have your trip to Detroit Free pro
vided you make your purchase
Only a few weeks more until that time. If you are in
terested call on me or write for literature or demonstra
tion. You can have your car delivered n Heppner or
you can pick it out at the factory at the prices named
above.
enlifically correct is demonstrated
in the fact that nearly every saddle
maker in the country has adopted his
designs, as near as the patent law-,
allow. Manv a cow nimcher v.t
breathed a silent prayer for E. G.
Noble as he folded his hands on thi
.saddle horn after a long day's ride.
These saddle trees . ore made by
hand, and by two Germans over in
Walla Walla that are so far behind
the times that they don't know e
nough to use cheap leather and wood.
The leather that eoes to finish ths
trees is cut, shaped and ornamented
right in the shop where you can sej
it done. To do this work, they tell
me, requires a man of more than or
dinary ability. Men who make good
doctors, hotel keepers, or editors,
would starve to death finishing
leather for saddles. Mr. Noble and
Mr. B. P. Stone are finishers, they
are also finished workmen. There is
temperment in leather. Art after all
is only the beautiful way of doing
our work and I suggest to you who
have never seen beautiful tooled j
leather work done, visit the shop of :
E G. Noble in Heppner, Oregon.
I was at the depot a few days ago '
waiting for the "Unlimited" to arrive
when I saw the express man unload
three saddles. One went to British
Columbia, one to Texas, and the oth
er to New Mexico. Some time ago, ;
Mr. Noble informed me, he sent three
saddles to England. They are sold ,
by catalog, except when some man ;
writes in and tells Mr. Noble that he
doesn't know anything about a sad
lie and to just ship him along one '
that he knows will serve him well, j
Needless tosay, he generally gets a :
better saddle than those who insist
that the leather be a dull brown and
the cinchas be braided of forty hair
strands. The first catalog was a
small booklet issued about eight years
ago. Three larger and better books
have been printed since that time
the last one being a gem of the
printer's art. Yes, Samantha. The
Herald printed it. Noble saddles are
the last word in saddle sense. When
sver sadles are up for discussion
Noble's name is often mentioned.
Be it also known that the Noble
shop is well equipped with machinery
which adds years to the harness man's
life and makes the harness shon
place of delight. A National saddle
machine, which costs $150, does the
hand work of sewing. Another and
larger machine, costing $250, does
all kinds of harness sewing. It docs
it faster and better than any man can
do by hand. A small Spotting ma
chine puts ornaments on the leather.
I saw one harness that had twelve
nunarea or inese spots which are
easily and quickly set by this ma
chine. A Chinaman working for ?5
a day would have to put in extra time
to keep himself in rice, so I am told,
if ho had to compete with this ma
chine. Another machine is used for
-jewing carriage tops, awnings, and
quilted scat saddles. There arc sev
eral splitting, creasing, and emboss
ing machines that are used in mak
ing belts, hat bands, and other small
articles.
In the last three weeks Mr. Noble
has sold over twenty set of harness.
Figure along with this a few whips,
an extra riding bridle or so, a few
pads, and a pair or two of those $25
cnaps. l almost lorgot to mention a
little repairing which Mr. Noble has
done when not occupied with his reg
ular harness work. Repairing is
cash all over the United States and
in some parts of eastern Kansas.
Mr. Noble has tho largest harness
business in Morrow, Grant, Sherman,
Wheeler or Gilliam counties. Near- -ly
everyone in Morrow county hus
either left a part of his ready cash or i
his name on the books with Mr. No-
ble. Noble's Horse Millinery, as lie'?
, is wont to call it, represents the best
efforts of men working with head,
heart and hand. It is made after
the thought thut the things that mu:t
be used muHt lie made well. They
are not gaudy, they don't get on your
nerves. There is no haggle, hankering,
or hyperbole in Noble's way of doing
business. Everything, is marked in
plain figures, take it or leave it. You
can fool all of tho people a part of
the time but you will experience diff
iculty in fooling them all of the lime
therefore, I say, "Don't envy a man
who has good harneHH, go to Noble
and get a set." SU'p away from
that horse's head, young man!
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JOS. BURGOYNE
Agent for Morrow County. LEXINGTON
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Now Equipped with a Complete
Blacksmith's Shop
All Kinds of Repair Work Done Quickly
We have a furnace for making
all kinds of
Buggy, Wagon and Automobile
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Soring
Michael Sepanak, Ex-pert Workman,
is in charge of this department.
We are agents for
Ford, Overland and Mitchell
Automobiles.
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J. B.
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HEPPNER, OREGON
Agent for Morrow County.
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For anything in the HARDWARE LINE
We have it, will git it, or it is not made
We Specialize on the following:
The DecrinK Cutting Machinery of all kind.
The l&ain, Webber and ItittendorIT wagons.
The Velie Carriages, Buggies & Ktc.
The John Deere and Oliver Plows.
The Van ISrunt and Thomas (iram Drills.
The Dain, Ituck Rakes and Stackers.
The I'airhanks and Stover (lasolinc Kn nines.
The Hussell Steam Engines and Threshers.
The Aermolor Wind Mills and Pumps.
The Stewart Sheep shearing Machines sind extras.
The Kimp Sheep ISranding l.ipuid.
The Sherwin William Paints and Co'ors.
The Chinanel Varnishes and draining Compound.
The lireat Ma jest ir Steel Itange "The World's P.est."
The Diamond Kdge Tools, every one (uarantecd.
The Sharpless Tubular Cream Scperatois.
The Community Silver Ware, (iuarantced for lifty years.
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ried in a first-clasa i lore, and we ask everybody for a
liberal share of tl.eir patronage. We do our bet
to merit the nunc.
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