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TT M TT it in on i mm mm 11 1 N HEITNJ.U, OREGON, TWJRSDAY, SE1TEMIJER 15, 1904. NO. 45. VOL. VII. MIM School Supplies Our School Uein September u) We huve made a facial tffort in Relucting our School Hiipjiliop, and can supply you with anything you wwd in the Bcliool Hook line froiu tho lowuet to tho highlit grades. No Uhh to hunt around at otlmr placcH. You will find thu hunt at our otore Slocum Drug Co. Grocery Store DKCOUATK!) KEMI-I'OKCKLAIN WAIUC FREE 15y purchuHiig worth of good at this btore you re- ciive Ine of churg.i a net of thin beautiful ware . . . PREFERED STOCK GOODS Remember EVERYTHING NEW AND FRESH GROSHEHS . AND ZOLLINGER 1 $10 to $25. Improvements on real es tate, one-third value. Cash, one-third of value; notes and account, one-third value. "Mr. Morrow, tax agent for the O. R. & N. Co., say there is a large amount j 1 Have jnt opened a new saloon at the corner of Main and May streets Finet Liquor and Cigars I Pendleton Beer On Draught Hot and Cold Lunches Heppner, Or. i GARfc&GOX No Stalo Goods CALL And see u and wo will treat you right. Contractors and Builders ESTIMATES AND PLANS ! FURNISHED ON ALL WORK A (share of the patronage I solicited. 4 HOUSES MOVED and REPAIRED Office one door north of Scrivner'e blacksmith shop, Main street. BINNS BROS. Cor. Main and Willow Sta. HEPPNER, ORE. Anyone thinking of torurlna a inmiunv'iil tar a nViait1 re lative or Irl.'ii'l Will do well to K't our prlcei bvlore purvhaaltis: W r prepared lo do nil (Vmatrry and bull'llii work at reduced prices.- MOHTERASTELLI BROS. Heppner Marble and Granite Works 0. R. & N. Tax Equaliza ot property lathh county th.t eca, School Begins. One Week 1 asesmenl, and takes for example . a n. . W , . af at ar awn. w w tion Uuestion bettied ;zn:r- : be r have Later lhan Usaal. PUBLIC WITH ASSESSOR LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING Movement Under Way to In duce O. R. & N. to Put Sun day Service on Branch Line. The Heppner pnblic school will open next Monday under very favorable aus pices. The building has been renovated money and notes. Ache a?s I have f 15,000 upon the roll in cah and that there was $500,000 upon deposit in the bank the first day of June. "I have assessed an amount of money three times J15.000 or $45,000 in cash, heaiftefl thtt fiiHftflmnft r,f tliM Viantr fnr county court Alter 1-I8ien ng mfiM , vacation of $105,000. In re iu uium.uh u' " gard to the deposits in the bank the Decides In Favor O. Ft. & N. firgt day of Jane we aU know that , The question of equalizing the assess- lame amount of this money belongs to ment of the Oreson Railroad & Naviga- PPle not reside in tms county tion company's property in Morrow , ' , . . I rttriAr nttKiritBii mn hn nn nuaitieaa in county came up tor hearing belore me thill C0UD,,T bnt do not nave , residence lnoroolloat "nd bM received new county court last Friday and was dia- in the county, therefore their personal coat of paint. Principal D. V. S. Reid tunned at some length by J. W. Morrow, property would not be assessed in this I will be supported by a corps of experi- tax commissioner for the railroad com- county. I realize that I have not all enced teachers, who were selected with, .A U , A T J , I "T' a view to their peculiar fitness for the The property of the company had K ftf p t Tbere are ,e wbo tuitions they will fill in the various been assessed by Mr. Gove at 7,o(JO per are perfectly honegt w'10 have $100 or I departments o( the school mile on the main line and $5,500 on the $200 wbo do not give in this small It is the desire of the principal that branch line. Mr. Morrow held that amount of spending money. I also all pupils wbo can possibly do so to I 4 l. l V 1 1 the assessment was too high, but the uuw luc' uluc,B . ",uu , enter school promptly at the opening so I laruer sums w ho do not irive it in to the I company was willing to pay taxes on an , 01 that they may take up the work in assessment of $5,500 per mile on the j , rery emall portion of the wealth of tm3ir proper grades. mainline and $3,000 on the branch this county for people do not have large 1 The Heppner school has won the dia- . . i . i line. oi money lying arounaiaie in me tinction of being one among the best Dana., bringing in no income. educational institutions of the ' in regard to notes, l nave made an Mr. Morrow made a lengthy argu- publio DR. SENNETT . GRADUATE OPTICIAN , Now a resident of Mor row County. : : : : -i . i.i ii. - Office at Slocum's Drug Store Regular tiips to Heppner the first and third weeks of each month ment In which be claimed that the Lbstract o tbe mortgsvged notes and 8chol9 of the 8tate and there is no assessment ol the railroad property was have assessed this class of property from reason why this record should not bo too high, out of all proportion to tbe I this abstract at one-third their face I maintained daring the coming year. assessment of other property of the amount. There will be eight teachers employed county. He also argu.d that there is GLOOMY VIEW OF RANGE. th'8 year: triDC'Pa1' D- V. 8. Reid; much money and mortgage notes held assistant, Miss Gertrude Lamb; grades, in the county that was not assessed at I Baker County Citizens Make Miss Ethel Reid, Mrs. Inex Freeland, all, and taking allthings into coneiaera- Unusual Discovery. Miss Beatrice Goodkneckt, Miss Jessie tion he thought the assestment aa made All conflict over ranae between aheen-1 Martin, Miee Fannie 0. Catton and Mils by Assessor Gove as entirely too high. meD cattle owners is at an end. Tbe result was that the court lowered The Question has been settled, savs Rosa L. Hamilton, Development League Meets. The Morrow County Development League met for the second time in the city chambers Friday evening. G. E. oooeoe oo ooooo oo oocococ.oooooccco'ocioeeo O o o o o f o p o o O o o 0 0 t 0 s o 0 THE PASTIME All The Lending Cignrn in Stock. : UrundB of Agents Hazolwood Ice Cream ColebraU'il Coffinan Chocolatfs, Uei-d at all lt-adins Theatres. : : : : : AHhbnugli 8t Ayera BICYCLES.- The Knmbler Lencjhrt IJUY AN Ul'-TO-DATIi WHIC1SL All kinds of repair work promptly at tended to. IUcyclo Sundries. Opposite Falaco Hotel Lee Cnntwell imnnimnnminmiiiiiiiiiiii rmfttm S Heppner Transfer Company Do a general Dray and Transfer business. All kinds of heavy hauling. Household goods moved j and handled with care. Prompt attention! given to all work Atlanta for Hop Gold Beer Cantwell& Mitchell the aesest-ment to $5,500 per mile on the tne Baker City Democrat. main line and $3,500 on the branch Especially is this the case in the line. I Granite mountains and Cornucopia dia Assessor Gove's argument follows : I trict. 'As a basis for my valuation of the Richard Eckman and Walter Moore Woodwn WM cboBett "creUry and th. O. tt.AN. Co'aDroDertvin thiscountvMof im. lit, i,,rn;n. f( , orgamaauon oi tae previous weea: was I have taken the only authority I have ten day's trip into the Minatn country made permanent. in arriving at this company's values. and from what they say they exper- In the case of the Oregon & California ienced fa d t moonUin tri of tm i r.. I nanroaa vernua jatknon LOuihv, vjto.. .... their lives the supreme court ol this state sayt: "'An afsessor, in determining the Their n1 ol tr,vel covered the true cash value of a railroad for the pur- headwaters of Little and Big Eagle and pose of taxation, should tae into con- both the Minams. Here they found be siderstion, (1) the cost of construction, tween 50,000 and 60,000 sheep and the who country was as barren of grass as a MiUMIUIUUMMUUUUlUU Emergency Medicines. It is a great convenience to have at hand reliable remedies for use in cases of ..GORDON'S.. LIVERY, FEED AHD SALE STABLE Wm, GORDON, Prop. IF YOU HUY IT OF LORG IT'S ALLRIGHT. TO WATCH BUYERS Wo liv tlix tx'nt orlmont of Wall he ill llila "iTllcn ol llir Hlnlv. o will iliiplli Hli' miy rrlUlilx wd h Ml Hie irlrc, nvi yitii cri' i lmrKi i, Slid hiiv rtikof fiiliite minovMiict. We ri'llnlilo whIi'Iiihi Iriiin i.M up. vi .vll tli 7, II, I . 17. mil yl ji'Midi'tl Kulrhia In llu1 illlfiTfiit im. In M. k.'l HIi-iIIhk "liver, (mill Killed and It K. Nihil lilllll I'H.I'll, Vi t . nn rn ti I nil hI. mill llthrjr prnvn (unity from wiiikmiiiiiililp, w will fully ret ti i it your money. Una added a number of 1'lrnt Cla-s horses and New Rigs, both JIliiKiilM ami Hacks, and nfiVi yon first class aorvh-e, and you will (receive courteous treat ment. A share of your patronage t : : t SOLICITED if 'MAIN STREET, - - - - Heppner, Oregon r. O. BOKO JKWKLKH NO OITICtAW Real Estate. Iexington town proHrty $550 will buy a six-room bonne, four lo's, small barn, young fruit trres. Can be Irriga ted. Enquire ol 8. K. NoTaos, Leinigton. (2) the cost of replacement, (3j its con nection with other roads, (4) its advun tages for commanding the carrying desert. The sheep are subsisting on trade, 1,5) its rental value, (6) its net undergrowth and this, too, is about at earnings, (7 and the market value of its ta end. 1, 1 siocss ana Bonus. All tbe huckleberry bushes have been "As authority upon the valuation of , , . . ., , , , . t 1 eaten out and the whole country is a the railroad company's property, I have 1 taken the report of the Interstate Com- 8cene of devastation. There is nothing merce Commission, which furnit-hes a left for aheep oanera to do but to get report ol every railroad in the United rid 0f their bands, 0,aleF, sigueu vj omt.a.s oi eacu The range condition is the worst that a vtau 11 . t "Tbe cost of the O. R. & N. Co.. nas ever coo.romea me sneep owners o, roadbed, after de.iu ting value of steam- Ba county, ana tney are simply up 1 boats and allowing $1,200 a mile for de- tree pots, is $ 0,000 per mile. Vo not under- On Lower Towder river the alfalfa stand me to say that it coat that amount hRy crop is the ,n yw nd thu mile of the road a. a whole. The cost tLc od1' ialvalion ,or me of the sheeP nl rwnlarenipnt. Mr. Morrnw mti. in I in that Section. akmt two-thirds of original cost ; which would make the replacement cost about $.13,000 per mile. la Inr tlia ult'inlimi nf Hio n TI A 111 ! .1 accident and for slight injuries and ail N. as a railroad for commanding the . . ., , . J , . . , carrying trade: we know that no road in tbe west has any greater possibilities than has this road. Its command ol the right of way down the Columbia River valley gives it a command of the trallic of KaMern Oregon, Eastern Wash ington and a large portion of Idaho. "Its rental value I shall not discuss as I do hot know what the road would rent (or if it was to be rented. 'The net earnings of the O. R. A N for the past six years average $3,500 per Drug Co. mile, less $'200 per mile, the average tax of the state, leaves $.3,300 net ; and cap ital ted at eight per cent,, the legal In terest of this slate, we have a capital isation of a little over $10,000 per mil. "I have the main line assesaed at $7,500 per mile and the branch lire $5,500 per mile. The rolling stock is asses ed separate at $075 per mile. The property lu this county ii assessed at one-third valuation. "The farming land Is assesied at $2 75 antl $3.00 per acre. Gracing land $1.50 per acre, except sand laud, which is assessed from $1.25 to fitly cents. Sheep $1.25 aa they stood with wool on the 1st day of March. Cattle, yearlings, $0; two-year-olds, $S; three-year-olds, $12, Horses, broke, $20 to $ 10; nnbroke, The matter of getting out an adver Using pamphlet was discussed at some length, but owing to a lack of funds no definite arrangements were made. The question of a Sunday train ser vice was also brought up and diaenssed, nd it was decided to make a strong effort to indnce the 0. R. & N. to put on a regular Sunday train. The secretary was instructed to commnnicate with the railway officials in regard to the matter. A Sunday train service is something tbat Heppner has long needed, bnt no e.tort has ever been made to secure it, and it is hoped that the league will be successful in securing tbe much desire! service. ments. A good liniment and one that is fast becoming a favorite if not a house hold necessity ia Chamberlain's Fain Ralm. By applying it promptly to a cut, bruise or burn it allays the pain and causea the injury heal in one-half the time usually required, and aa it ia an antiseptic it prevents any danger of blood poisoning. When Fain Balm is kept at hand a sprain may be treated be fore inflammation sets in, which insures a quick recovery. For sale by Slocum To Taxpayers. Monday, October 3 1, 1904, is the last day on which tbe last half of your 1903 taxes can be paid without penalty and interest. This is the only notice that will be given. 4t lv M. Shutt, blienlT. Card of Thanks. We take this method of expressing our thanks to all who rendered kind assistance and especially to the ladies of Heppner and the Grand Army Corp, during the Illness and funeral of our mother, Mrs. Allen. Ma. add Mua. E. H. Eaton. Large Stock Shipment. Ten carloads of beef cattle and t0 carloads of horses were shipped from the IJeppner yards last Friday morning to Omaha. The stork all came from Grant county and was shipped by the producers themselves, H. A. Mnrphey, L. 8 wick and Marlett Bros, being the shippers. ' The cattle were all fairly good beet stock, and now tbat the butcher's strike has been settled, better prices are ex pected to prevail. Died. Mrs. Harriet Allen died at the home Mrs. and Mrs. E. 11. Eaton in this city last Saturday, of Bright's disease, at tbe age of 57 years. Mrs. Allen had re cently come from Michigan to Los An geles, California, to join her daughter, Mrs. Eaton, and husband, who, soon after her arrival there came to Hepp ner, where tbey hjive resided about a month. Mrs. Allen was the wife of Adjutant Frank F. Allen, of Sand Lake, Michi gan, who died some time ago. She leaves one son and two daughters: F, F. Allen, of Milwaukee, Wis., Mrs. Alice Clark, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. E. II. Eaton of this city. The funeral occurred at the M. E. church, south, Monday forenoon, Rev. J. M, Beard olllciating, and the re mains were laid to rest in the Heppner cemetery.