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IIEiTNEIl, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904.
NO. 42.
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There in nothing
equal to Paruffin
Wax for Healing
jelllen, jnniH, etc.
Slocum Drug Co
Grocery Store
DECORATKD SEMI-PORCELAIN WARE FREE
By purchasing $2",00 worth of goods at this utore you re
ceive free of chargj a Bet of this beautiful ware -
PREFERED STOCK GOODS
Remember
EVERYTHING
NEW AND FRESH
No Stale Goods
. . CALL .
And Bee ub and we will treat you right.
BINNS BROS.
Cor. Main and Willow Sta.
HEPPNER, ORE.
CR0SHE1IS
AND
ZOLLINGER
Have jnnt opened a new
saloon at the corner of
Main and May itreeti
FineBt Liquors
and Cigars
Pendleton Beer
On Draught
Hot and Cold Lunches
Heppner, Or.
fi'inwmi initiiiiiutniiiHifiHiiitiiiiuwHiHHH(MiHHitifMiiiHiittHni
CARR&COX
Contractors and Builders
I PORTAOf ROAD
"nothing grows. There is no wheat
near It to be benefited by iti conserva
tion of moisture, if there ii such a thing.
Its straight Up root, reaching down
into the soil, takes strength awav from
Co-operative Association the cropi iu prenc reduces
I we amount 01 gram materially as noth-
Work for Construction. ' the circle occupied by
it, from twenty inches to three feet in
diameter.
"We fought it in Dakota and Minne
sota aad I am fighting it in Oregon and
there is but one way to kill it oat, and
Professor Chubbock of the that u to Pul1 u uPr cnt u off whiIe u
Department Of Agriculture, !". before the id ripena.
In Regard to the Weed. "If u "P6"8 and blows wav u ,cl-
rAa r;l1;nR. A I- la. at. I
Beyond an agreement to co-operate as .
ions one 01 me weeas tumming across a
field can seed acres and acres of once
clean land.
The 0. R. & N. company is doing
what it can to prevent the spread of the
pest and will co-operate with, the farm
ers in any campaign against it. It is
almost as bad as the Canadian thistle
and multiples just as rapidly."
THE RUSSIAN THISTLE
Colonel Judson Disagrees with
ESTIMATE AND PLANS
FURNISHED ON ALL WORK
A share of the patronage
Bolicited.
HOUSES MOVED and REPAIRED
Office one door north of Scrivner's
blacksmith shop, Main street
far as possible with the open river com
mission of Eastern Oregon, the meeting
yesterday afternoon of the open river
committee of the Chamber of Commerce
was not productive of definite results
There wss much discussion, however
oi me plan 01 Duilding the road upon
the land which to be conveyed to the
government for the Celilo canal, and
much valuable information was brought
forth. The argument in favor of this
'plan was summarized by one of those
present at the meeting, as follows :
Anyone thinking of ecurlnf a
monument lor a departed re
lative or (rlnd Will do well to
Heppner Marble
and Granite Works j
Wa arc prepared to do all Cemetery and building work at reduced prlrei. t
MONTERASTELLI BROS.
DR. SENNETT
GRADUATE OPTICIAN
Now a resident of Mor
row County. : : : :
Office at Slocum'a Drug Store
Regular trips to Heppner the first
and third weeks of each month
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BICYCLES.-
The Knmbler Lends
BUY AN UP-TO-DATE WHEEL
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All kinds of repair
work promptly at
tended to. Bicycle
Sundries.
Opposite Palaco Hotel
Lee Cantwell
Heppner
Transfer
Company
Do a general Dray and
Transfer business. All
kinds of heavy hauling.
Household goods moved
and handled with care.
1 Prompt attention
given to all work
Cantwell & Mitchell
State Fair.
The 44th Annual Bute Fair will be
given by the Board of Agriculture at
Salem, beging on Monday the 12th of
For much the greater part of the line 8eptember and continuing throueh the
mere is ground lor the portage road and week
B"""" chum, oniy iwo Several ccuntiea are Kettioz ud reore-
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F. wuum uicro w . possiom con- ,entative exhibits of their producU
flict, and these are for very short dis- Bnowing np their reBonrces and it will
tances-viz.,atCelilo, where property thuB an opportanit v or them t0 ad
was recently condemned by the canal verti8e for a ,arge emigrat,on is looked
board, the noTtatrn muA fnr Hiatanpp nf I ... ... .
- r - " i j0r ana tne country is already tiling np
not over 600 feet would be directly along with , dBirab,e clue of emirant8, and
J. al I 1 a. a. 1 t.l I
a.uc luo caiia., oui not newssamy wun- ,he . t to We an(, ...
in the limits of its construction, and make good citizens, and even if only
wouia properly te a light trestle con- two or thr tti i thm h..
struction, easily removed at very small nuM of the ahowi the connt exhibu
expense; at the other point, near ft ha8 made, the a9 a whole ,
lower oi Big eddy end of the line, at the ahead u ca8e9 of thifj Mture ft ig not
MHnh ntmwv II ik. ,: JU .J J I
uDuc.y, vu wiu.ii u, Kuu Bruuu lor the cofit of the exLibU mugt
a short distance is limited and the twoK i.bon .; j..;
I aw xwa.vu AMWV VVUBtUOISlViVU WUV, mo
m""u wuu,u "8B,n m rec7 "8 value of the exhibit has as standing
side one another, but in this case also advertiBement , to Bpeak of what that
the construction of the portage road particalar ia good or
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woutu no oe oi magnuuae, ana lis re- xhe live itock how wiU u lMy op
moval, if called for, would be a matter to the standard of excellence that has
rf a 1 1 ir Vi f ATnottca. T n r Visa nnnatmAtinn .... . ...
v.w-.ow.wt.aw a Yf.n nivpn in th nnfit and anAoial in-
of the government canal the first step to ducementi have bee,, made by the
be taken by any contractor would neces- p Eailway in
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amy , lu0 uuuuing o. a construction tran8porting exhibits, including live
railway" alongside the canal for the
handling of material and to insure the
rapid advancement of the work. If the
portage road is built at this time it
would serve the purpose of such a "con
struction railway" and thereby save
both time and expense when the canal
is actually under construction, and
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..GORDON'S..
LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE
w
Wm. GORDON, Prop,
a number of First Clsns horses and New Rigs, both
will
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Has added
Boggles ami Hacks, and otters yon first class service, and you
receive courteous treatment. A share of yonr patronage I Z
SOLICITED
MAIN STREET, - - - - Heppner, Oregon, i
IF YOU BUY IT OF B0RQ IT'S
ALL RIGHT.
TO
WATCH
BUYERS
We hava tho bout anwortment of
wnli'tip In thin aevtton of the Htate.
We will duplli'Hte any relUble watrta
at the prli'e, ve you exri charge!,
ami ny rlHkol future aiinoyHnce.
We wll reliable watchtia from fJ.W np.
We i'U the 7, 11, 15, 17, nd 'il-eweled
watchea In the different rrRdea In
Nirlcol. Hterlltig Mlver, Uuld Filled and
14 K. Nottd (iold enws.
We Uuarmilee all watrhei, and If they
prnve IkuIit from workmanship, we
will fully return your money.
stock free, and too much credit cannot
be given the company for their liber
ality in that particular.
Stock breeding is only in its infancy
in Oregon and shoal J be encouraged,
for it is the coming industry in this
state, and it requires no more labor or
feed to raise a thoroughbred than
would furthermore give immediate re- gcrub j, ail to make
lief to the country above The Dalles, for
which it is earnestly desired.
A meeting of the Open River Com
mission of Eastern Oregon will be ar
ranged as early as possible, probably
within two or three weeks. Portland
Journal.
arrange'
ments to spend a part of the week
least in Salem, or if you can do so
and camp, they have a fane camping
ground full of oak grabs and plenty of
good water piped right into the grounds,
P. 0. BORQ
JEWELER AND OPTICIAH
Real Estate.
Lexington town property $550 will
buy a six-room house, four los, small
barn, young fruit trees. Can be irriga
ted. Enquire of S. E. Notbon,
Lexington.
The Russian Thistle.
Colonel R. C. JudBon, industrial agent
of the 0. R. & N., does not agree with
Professor Chubbock, of the department
of agriculture, in regard to the Russian
thistle. Colonel Judson, in an inter
view with the ,ast Uregonian, gives
some reasons why the weed is a pest
Professor Chubbock argues that the
wide spreading plant, is a benefit to the
land, conserves moisture, prevents
washing by heavy rainfall, and helps
dry land by shading it.
Colonel Judson, who has been aggres
sively fighting the thistle for the past 20
years in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Ore
gon and Washington, disagrees with
this view, and says this weed is one
of the most harmful peBts ever toler
ated in a farming community, and that
the law against it should be rigidly
enforced.
One of the fixed rules with the O. R.
& N. track department is that the sec
tion men cut down this weed wherever
it starts to grow within the railroad
right of way. This rale is rigidly ob
served and in this way the company is
assisting in exterminating the thistle,
as it flourishes best on idle ground.
"In the circle occupied by this infer
nal pest," said Colonel Judson today,
Cattle Turned Down
J. N. Burgess returned last Friday
evening fiom Southern Oregon, where
he went to receive a number of cattle
recently contracted for B. F. Saunders,
of Salt Lake. Out of 600 head of cattle
contracted, only about 160 head were
accepted by the government inspector,
the balance being turned down because
one or two cows in the band showed
symptoms of scab. Mr. Burgess reached
Shaniko on Thursday evening, and on'
Friday morning the inspector turned
down 160 head of cattle that had been
brought in for delivery at that point
These cattle belonged to Clay Grater
and the McGreers, and only one or two
in the entire band showed any eymtoms
of disease. They had a few spots on
them which Air. urater claimed were
made by the flies, but the inspector re
fused them a herlth bill and the entire
lot was rejected.
The cattle were contracted for B. F,
Saunders, who has a large contract for
supplying cattle to the government,
The fact that cattle in a number of
places in the west are breaking out with
scab has made them extraordinarily
careful in the selection of cattle for this
government contract. Antelope Herald
Yield Largest in History o!
Morrow County.
CAUSE, ACREAGE INCREASE
E. W. WrlKht. Staff Corres
pondent of Oregonlan, Esti
mates Wheat Yield and Gives
Reason for Increase.
An Oregonian staff correspondent, in
an article on tha crop situation in Sher
man, Wasco, Gilliam and Morrow coun
ties, has the following in regard to the
Morrow crop : '
"Morrow county, like its near neigh
bor, Gilliam, is to the front this year
with a wheat crop that is easily the
largest ever produced in the county.
Early estimates of 1,000.000 bushels are
now believed to be much too low, and
from the retains now coming in, there
will be fully 1,000,000 for shipment.
There are some phenomenally large
yields on the new lands in the county,
and as some of this land was sold as low
as $10 per acre, the returns for the
money invested are larger proportion
ately than in the higher priced lands in
the other counties. Dozens of new land
farmers in Morrow county have this -
season sold their first crop for a sum in
the aggregate much greater than the
coat of the land. The heavy increase in
Morrow county's crop is not due so
much to phenomenal yields as to a
heavy inciraee in the acreage.
"Thousands of acres which has for
years been used only for sheep range,
are this year yielding their first crop of
wheat, and the twenty to thirty bushels ,
which are being twnelB3ja a high tes-
timonial to the judgment of the men
who have made the change.
'Another contributory factor to the
big crop is the improved methods of
farming. It has at last dawned on even
the lazy farmers that one acre properly
cultivated will yield twice as much aa
one that is scratched over. Even in the
dryeet years Morrow county has ever
experienced, the farmers who plowed
deep and worked the ground with care,
reaped fairly good crops. They have
since had imitators, and Morrow county,
by such methods, is steadily drifting
away from the danger of crop failures.
"On account of its scant population, a
very large proportion of the crop of
Morrow county is available for ship
ment, and lone, the wheat metropolis
of the Heppner branch, will ' handle
fully 600,000 bushels, with possibly 200,
000 bushels at Jordan's Siding, a short
distance above town. The success ot
the farmers in producing good cropa on
land which for so long has been prac
tically wasted for sheep range, will re
sult in a general rush for these long
neglected lands, and in anything like a
favorable season the wheat yield of
Morrow Coanty will be susceptible of
enormous increase.
"Wool has longeen one of the great
staples of Morrow county, but the value
of the wheat crop this year puts that of
the wool clip far in the shade. The
lone buyers alone will pay out about
(500,000 for that portion of the crop that
is marketed at this point and adjacent
stat ons, and under the influence of this
golden stream that is flowing in,, the
town shows a decided air of prosperity."
Jas. Kirk visited in The Dalles Toes-
day.
Notice to Taxpayers.
Notice is hereby given that on the
last Monday In August 1904. The
Board of equalization of Morrow coanty
State oi Oregon will meet at the office -of
the county clerk and continue in
session one week for the purpose of
publicly examining the assessment roll
of said county for the rear 1904.
All taxpayers wishing to make any
change in their assessments for the
year 1904 should appear before tha laid
board at the above named date.
Howabd Gove,
Assessor of Morrow Co., State of Oregon
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