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About Heppner times. (Heppner, Or.) 1???-1912 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1904)
THE HEPPNER TIMES. Published Every Thursday by A. J. HICKS O SUBCRIPTION Una Yssr Six Months -Thrss Months KATES) 0 91.00 76 BO Kntvred at the Pontoflice at Heppner, Oregon Si seoond-rlMi matter. RAWLINS POe-T NO. 81, G. A. R. MEET AT Odd Fellows' Hall at Heipner, every third Batuniai; o( em h month. O. W. Khs. Adj. 0. W . Smith. Com. THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 1904. There ia no doubt but Morrow county ia going to forge along tow ard the front more rapidly than ever before. The past few years have been an eye-opener in an agricultural way. Ten years ago it was believed this county was suitable only for etockraising, hence advancements in agriculture have been very slow until the past five years, since which time progress has been steady and quite rapid. In 1902 the wheat yield was more than a million bushel. There was a slight falling off in 1903, hut the crop throughout the Northwest was short several million bushels, Morrow county suffering no more than other sections of the Inland Empire. This year our county comes to the front with the banner yield, which is estimated at from 1,110,000 to 1,500,000 bushels. Be side this there has been hundreds of tons of wheat and rye hay har- - vested, to say' nothing of the large acreage in alfalfa which yielded from five to seven tons per acre. And yet there are thousands of acres of virgin soil awaiting the plow, that will yield equal to that under cultivation. Agriculture is yet only in its infancy in Morrow county. The county has a popu lation of legs than five thousand and produces more than a million bushels of wheat for export, ov; r two hundred bushels for every man, woman and child within its borders. This, to say nothing of the livestock and other industries, the muuaA product ot which, in - value, is even greater than that of wheat. Probably no other county in the Northwest can make as good a showing, yet agricultural lands are selling lower than in any other section of the country. The past five years land values have doub led, and within the next five years they will double again. Such a showing ought and doubtless will result in a rapid growth in our population during the next few years. if Ileppuer expecfBlo" gSTter usual quota of wheat. While the bridge itself is a good one there are no approaches and it cannot be u?ed. A good share of the w neat that is hauled to lieppner o mes over that bridge and unless it ia put in pass able shape soon much of the grain that should come here will be forced to go to Lexington. A numerously signed petition bear in a; on the matter was handed to Judge Ayers a few days ago and it is understood that he ia making an endeavor to get the bridge in con dition for travel over ic at aa early a dat&as possible. "Three years ago I became pres ident because of the death of my lamented predecessor. I then stated that it was my purpose to carry out bis principles and pol icies for the honor and the interest of the country. To the best of my ability I have kept the promise thus made. If next November my countrymen confirm at the polls the action of the convention you represent, I shall, under Provi dence, continue to work with .an eye single to the welfare of all our people." Theodore Roosevelt in his acceptance speech. COTTON BLANKETS 50c J3 NEW... Imllcm KobcB Couch Covert (iiul SlinwlH First Showing of Fall Styles Aa a matter of course you are looking to THE FAIR for the first sign of the Corroct Ideas for FAIX STYLES and you will not bo disappointed as we have now ready for your inspection a good variety of the most reliable makes in the 1904 Fall Styles in Ladies' TAILOR SUITS, SKIRTS, WAISTS and COATS, as well as tho new Belts, Hand Bags, Combs, and Hair Ornaments, etc. $ Also Men's Fall Styles in SUITS, HATS, SHIRTS and SHOES, and all furnishings. We take pleasure in showing our now goods, and you will not be urged to buy. The estimate of 1,000,000 bushels of wheat for shipment from Mor row county, made by the staff cor respondent of the Oregonian, is probably a quarter of a million bushels too low. The shipment of wheat from the county in 1903 were 950,000 bushels and the cor respondent admits in his article that there are thousands of acres of new land wheat this year over that of any previous year. To this can be added an increased yield per acre on the old land. Though the increase per acre may be email in the aggregate it will amount up to no small figure. Conservative men of the county place the yield at not less than 1,300,000 bushels and it is not im probable that it will reach a mil lion and a half. The destructive forest fires, which have been raging in the Cascade range during the past week, have rendered many families homeli-ss, and in many instances the greedy flames have robbed many of all their possessions. In Clark county, Washington, esoicially, were the ravages of the fire most complete, where a score or more of families lost not only their houses, but the contents, and their crops as well, leaving them almost destitute, as the greater number of them were poor ranchmen dependent upon their present crop and savings to tide them over to another harvest. Sheep Slaughter in Crook. A dispatch from Antelope says mob law reignes supreme in Central Oregon and as an added evidence to the Silver Lake slaughter of last spring, over iooo thoroughbred sheep belonging to Mor row & Keenan, of Willow Creek, Crook county, were killed last Friday evening at Little Summit prairie, 40 miles east of Fnneville. Young Keenan, a bop of one of the owners of the massacred sheep, who was acting aa camptender, states that while the herder was alone and occupied with the care of his flock during the late afternoon, he was accost ed by three unmatked horsemen, who departed after a short conversation. Almost immediately following their disappearance a band of about ao horse men, with faces blackened, emerged from the timber and ordered tbe herder to throw up bis hands, after which he waB bound hand and loot and blindfold ed by means of a grain tack being tied over his bead. Leaving him near a tree, and behind it for protection from the bullets, a gen eral fasilade with Winchester! was com menced by tbe mod, which lasted nearly two hours, or until sundown, by wbicti time the entire band had either been killed or scattered in every direction. Much eurpriee bat been tvinced on all aides that the tlaugbter should occur among what has been termed "home sheep," as it has generally been sup posed that whatever feeling may have existed as directed at the outside thei p, and principally those owned by the mmters of the Antelope Woolgrow era' association, whoee efforts to estab lish a foothold in Crook county met with a compromise agreement with the two stock frctiona. Morrow &'Keecan, who suffered the lost, which will amount to several thou sand dollars, and representative sheep men of Crook county, owning 12,000 head of sheep, which, up to the present time, they have always ranged without trouble. Their headquarters are on Willow creek, 15 miles north of Prine ville, and comprites several thousand acres of deeded land. Vii.,,r t. fc. v-. a This Cut A. 4$.. If ',. V . i' i 'hi A.' 4 ft - 1 f'r , .t fr As- Voters sip 1 Shows you one of the most popular FALL STYLES in LADIES TAILOR SUITS from one of the best gar ment makers in Am erica John Anis field & Co., of New York whose lines we carry. Ask to see the new Coats and Skirts now in. LATE ARRIVALS New Dress Goods and Silks, Laces and Trim mings, Waistings, Rib bons, Gloves, Corsets, Belts, Shoes and Hose, New Draperies, Linen and Towels, Flannels, Fleeced Waistings, Out ings and Shaker Flan nels, Ginghams and Cal- lico and many others at FAIR rRICES. THE SCOTT Form Fitting Bustle and Hip Form. All Sizes.. ..50c 1 ( J V J WRIST BAGS HAND BAGS and PURSES the new onen 25c to $3.50 There is much urgency in the matter of building approaches to the new bridge across llhua creek LEXINOTON ITEMS School will begin Monday, Sept. 5. Jack Lane, of Hardman, was in town Friday. Solomon Click is having a tussle with the mumps, N. A. Leach and son Dewey visited here last week. Mrs. W. O. Miller is visiting friends here this week. Mrs. II. E. Burcbell went to lieppner Saturday, remaining until Monday. Rev. O. B. Crockett went to Spokane, Monday to attend be annual conference. Rev. II. S. Shangle held quarterly meeting at the M. E. Church, South, Sunday, W. G. Fcott an1 family an 1 Mr. and Mrs. Silas Beach left Tucs lay lor Mc Dufly springs. Johnson & Fry have bought a n w Ruuell ictarator. They expect it to arrive this week. Frank 1'arn-worlh, of lieppner, stop ped off ths train Tuesday morning and And All Our Summer Goods Are Reduced YOU can supply your immediate wants here at a great saving in price now, as wo have put the pruning knifo in deep on all lines of summer goods as it is against our principles to carry goods over to the next season. We are willing to make our loss your gain. S - E - E W-I-N-D-O-W MSV shook hands with some of his trienda. Mrs. Armstrong atid daughter, of Chi cago, mother and sister of Mrs. E. R. Beach, arrived here Monday evening on a visit. Prof. R. B. Wilcox and Mias Ethel Eskelson were married at the home of the bride's parents, Wednesday, August 17, Rev. J L. Jones, of lone, officiating. The groom is principal of our public schools, and the bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mra. Joseph Eskel son, of this plate. They left for the mountains Wednesday afternoon. They have the best wishes of every member of this community. Price of Provisions. Dkab Sib: It may not be uninterest ing to those of your readers who are possessed with an antiquarian turn of mind to mark the difference in tbe price of provisions during the long relxn of King William the Lion (founder of tbe Abbey of Aberbrothoik) and one or more of bis successors to that which ob tains (or the same articles at the piesent day. I have translated the following items from a small volume in French (Le Tablette de Memoire) published in 778, and I think my rendering of the different articles is correct. Price of provisions, etc., in England and Scotland at differenr perio ls as fol lows: A fat or, lad ; sheep, 4d; prov indei for 20 horses, 4 1 ; bread for 100 men, uJ 1177. Wheat 1 3d per quar ter; reans and oats, ad 1216. Goose, 4 I ; at Christmas, 61 ; all the rest of the year, 4d; two pullfts ijd U99 Fat ox, 1 4s; i-heep, is ad ; hop; 3s 41 ; two c ickens, id ; four pigeons, id ; 24 rggn, id 1315. Wine, aos the ton 13I6. Iiarley, is the quarter 1317. Wheat, is the quarter; malt, is 4d 1454 Wheat, 3s the bushel 1486. Wheat, is Hd the bushel 1491. Wheat, 4s; claret, 30s per Mid 1493. Wheat, 15s per quarter 1517. A barrel of beer with the cask, 6d, and four great loaves for id 1553 Wheat, 14s the quarter 155S (atiout the breaking up of tbe Ab bey), and 6 in 1796. Wm. Hynd. Sick Haadacb. "For several years my wife was troubled with what physicians called sick head ache of a very severe character. She doctored with several eminent physicians and at a great expense, only to grow wo; se until sue was unable to do any kijdofwork. About a year ago she Irgan taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and todav weighs mors than she ever did before and Is real well," says Mr. Geo. E. Wright of New London, New York. For sale by Slocum Drug Co. We f?ay 4 Per Cent Interest A Dollar Saved A Dollar Earned It is the dollars you don't spend that pull you up in life. Every dollar you put in the savings bank is not only so much capital, but it is an addition to your earning force it works for you. The Bank of Heppner will receive deposits from $1.00 up. It will help you to resist the temptation to spend. Start an account today, and deposit each week or month, every dollar you can afford. A year's savings will surprise you. The following table shows the rapid growth of small weekly Savings If deposited In the Bank of Heppner. 8 WEEKLY RATE OF INTEREST "OR F,VE FOR TEN .FOR 20 FOR FORTY SAVINGS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS $ .25 Four per cent per $ 73 $ 1G2 $ 403 $ 1294 FA annum, com- . 50 pounded twice U6 324 800 2'588 L0 a year. 1st of 293 650 1'614 5,177 2-00 Juneandlstof 585 1.301 3,228 10,355 5.00 December. 1,402 3,252 8,070 25,888 8 1 We fPay I 4 Per Cent $ Interest Ml Money deposited between the first and fifth of September draws Interest from the first.