THE HEPPNER TIMES.
Published Every Thursday by
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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We fPay
I 4 Per Cent
$ Interest
Ml
Money deposited between the
first and fifth of September
draws Interest from the first.