DP VOL. VIII. HE1TNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1904. NO. 3. MIR TT 7A FX TP'S 11 lllViJGo II fl 1 1 f I 1 II BV o p Q O O g ft 0 a a t o o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a Wright's Condensed Smoke Ia beinu; used moro and more each year. Wo can furnish St at 75 cents a quart. One quart smokes 250 pounds of meat. Call at our store and get a beautiful calendar free Slocum Drug Co. Grocery Store DECORATED SEMI-PORCELA1N WARE FREE By purchasing $23.00 worth of goods at this store you re ceive free of charge a set of this beautiful ware - PREFERED STOCK GOODS Remember EVERYTHING NEW AND FRESH No Stalo Cooda . . CALL And sec us and we will treat you right. BINNS BROS. Cor. Main and Willow St. HEPPNER, ORE. 9 mum ammjmjmM Heppner Marble Anyone thinking of tcrarlng monument fur a departed re lative or friend Will do well to and Granite Works SZ&r"""" We ere prepared to do ell ( imulcrj end tmlMlnir work at reduced prion. MOHTERASTELLI BROS. GR0SHEI1S AND ZOLLINGER Have just opened a new Mloon at the corner of Main and Mar streets Finet L,lquorB and CiarB Pendleton Beer On Draught ? Hot and Cold Lunches Heppner, Or- rail lira Introduce Macaroni Wheat In Inland Empire. PROMISES CREAT RESULTS Produces Well , Big Demand Eastern In Dry Land for It In the Markets IF YOU BUY ITt OF BORQ IT'S ALLindnr. v, TO WATCH BUYERS of We have the bst tnuortment wati hm In thin awtlon ol the Htate. Vt e will duplicate auy reliable watch at the prli e, nave you eiprena charge, and any rlxknl future annoyance. We avll ri'llnliln watchca from f2.M np. We tell the 7, U, 1ft, 17, and 21-Ji-weled watt'hea In the different grade In Nli kel. Hterllni silver, Uold Filled and 14 K. Hollii Hold cae. We Guarantee all w.U'hM, and If they prove faulty from workmanahlp, we will fully return your money. P. O. 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OppOHite Palace Hotel Lee Cantwell If your present glaaaei don't ult you Too, need a new pair you have eye trouble CALL AND BEE MX A report which may be of no small significance to the Inland Empire cornea from the national cepital. After a aerie of experiment covering a period of two years, the department of agriculture Announce that durun wheat is in every way a superior wheat for bread raising, and that the former prejudice against it is entirely ill founded. Durum is the new name for macaroni wheat. The department says the old name is misleading and inaenrate, for the particular kind of wheat to which the term is applied is as suitable for making bread as for making macaroni. A Boon for the west. The first establishment of durum wheat on a commercial basis is expected l.!o prove a gra boon for the West, aays report from Washington, D. C. For merly the northwestern millers were pretty generally of the opinion that the so called macaroni (durum) wheat was not suitable for making bread flour, and f irmers were not advised to raise it, In View of the recent experiments all this is changed. Durum wheat last year commanded a high price, and hundreds of millers and bakers have reached the conclusion that it is one of the most valuable kind of wheat on the market. A prediction of the profitable crop oi 1904 ha been made. Fifteen or twenty millions of bushels npon the regular production of other kinds is large quantity to be added to the general pro duction of the United States. The rais i ii of durum wheat is, strangely enough a ort of substitute for irrigation, for It is admirably adapted to semi-arid, and even certain arid lands, where almost nothing else will grow. Can Crow In Arid Country. The estimate for 15,000,000 to 20,000,- 000 bushels for this year leaves out of consideration entirely the enormous area of the semi-arid and even arid dis tricts admirably adapted to this grain which have not been touched by the farmer. The officials of the deparment, who conducted the experiments, say the possibilities in reach oi the farmers and commercial men in the production of and trade in this new grain are not yet suspected by the people in general. Even under irrigation durum wheat succeeds very well, but over the larger portions oi the dry districts irrigation will he unnecessary, and this can be Mark a. Carle ton, and Dr. Joeepb 8. Chamberlain, physiological chemist, both of the department of agriculture. A good deal of work was carried on at the fiouth Dakota experimental station, bat the researcher coveted many states and territories. Millers and bakers were interviewed by the scores, and many co-operated with the representa tives oi the government in making the the experiments. Many Macaroni Pactorlee The use of durum wheat for making macaroni furnishes material for a long discussion in the report on the wheat recently made to the department, but the main object was to determonstrate the suitability of this grain for making bread flour. There are large number of macaroni factories in the United States, big and little, although a large portion of the macaroni consumed in this country is imported from Europe, Of these factorias two are located in St. Paul, one in Minneapolis, one in Mon tana, two in Portland, one in Seattle, and one in Tacoma. EIGHT MILE Keithlya have built a new barn on the Evans place. C. E. Jones has fenced 250 acres hog tight with six barbed wires. M. C. Fnqua lost a valuable horse last week from some unknown cause. Hobble and Jessie Young were out visiting Eight Mile friends the latter part of last week. Chas. Huston is patting in about one thousand acres of wheat this fall; mostly on summer fallow. Moee Ashbaugh went to Heppner yes- apeculative element at work admits If V.r i i :j L 1U Belief is That Combination Trying to Corner Market. HICHER PRICES EXPECTED There Is a General Boom In the Market and Contracts at Fancy Prices Made. It seems likely that the woolgrowers will receive high price for their clips next spring, says the Idaho Statesman. There is a general boom in the market, tie country being covered with buyers offering to contract clips at prices tar above those that prevailed a month ago. In all the Western states contracts are being made at these fancy prices. In Utah wool has been contracted at nine teen cents and in Oregon and Idaho the clips are being sought. This movement is not confined to our Western states, not yet to this country. American buyers are operating in all the principal wool-growinsr parts of the world. Everything in sight is being taken, and it seems probable the entire wool supply will be in American hands. Whether the movement is on the merits of the market or is speculative isnotknon. That there is a strong of terday with a load of turkeys that he purchased of Jim Kunamaker for the Thanksgiving market. Last week was remarkable for wind ; let this week be remarkable for rain, so that the fall wheat may get np high enough to break the wind. Ad Inskeep is building a new house on the Hall place below J. S. Young's He will move there when he gets the house completed. Clark of Heppner is doing the work. no doubt, but that would be natural if dealers had become convinced that con ditions called for high prices during the coming year. There is a rumor current, however, in some circles, to the effect that, beneath this upward movement is a combination organized for the purpose of cornering the market. Men claiming to be some what familiar with the plans of the combination, predict wool will go to twenty-five cents. Whether the alleged wtmiiinatinH will Kz bV,1 ts. 1. 1 . 1 . 1 a rail sowing is nearly com Dieted and a L. L . i , ' wu.jz.oicv. uu RgnrM Kl hmh nnna nn oar hnt it ia In Heppner the first week in each month at Heppner Drug Co. DR. SENNETT GRADUATE OPTICIAN lome of the grain la np nicely. The ground is getting loo dry to eproat grain now and the grain that is np may be damaged if it don't rain soon. Rev. Mr. Sewall has been preaching at the Eight Mile Center schoolhouse the past week. He is a very interesting talker and has had a good house each evening. There has been one joiner so far and a good prospect for others to claimed enormous capital is enlisted in the great game. This story is of especial interest to wool growers, since, in such a move ment backed by great capital, the staple might easily be lifted much higher than it is now. REAL FARM AT FAIR. join. The meetings will continue time. for a I LEX1NQTON ITEMS E. D. McMillan's nearing completion. J. M. White is doing Heppner this week. Visitors to Centennial Will See Crops Being Raised. A large experimental farm, in actual operation nnder the direction of skilled new residence is I agriculturalists, will be one of the many novel spectacles at the Lewis and Clark jnry duty at 1 Centennial. The farm will be located on the western side of the Fair grounds, There good prospects for a newspaper nd the work ol preparing the soil and for Lexington in the near future. There was a Thanksgiving entertain. ment and social at the Congregational vmimnnntnv t 1 !: 1 1 o o w u t u w Ir ..GORDON'S.. n r II LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE ,1 Wm. GORDON, Prop. Has added a number of First Class horses and New Bigs, both Bilk-inn ami Hacks, and o(Tri yon first class service, and you will receive courteous treatment. A share of your patronage till SOLICITED - li MAIN STREET, - Heppner, Oreeon. Heppner Transfer Company Do a general Dray and Transfer business. All kinds of heavy hauling. Household goods moved and handled with care. Prompt attention given to all work Hop Agent for Gold Beer Cantwell & Mitchell said of only a tew ol the drought resist- courch Wendesday evening, ant crops. All the while new districts are being developed and new trade cen ters established. This wheat will be sold during the coming year at Kansas City, Omaha and Galveston, a well as at Minneapolis and Duluth. Durum wheat is, considering the excellence oi the flour produced from it, a product of the greatest significance to farmers and the trade, the department officials say. was Considered Inferior Prior to 1901 durum wheat could rare ly be sold at the elevator or mills, and ass considered an inferior article, and was grown in small quantities only and then it waa generally fed to stock. Since iti commerciitl value has been leinonetrated, the production has in creased from 100,000 bushels, the largest estimate in 1U01, to at least 6,000,000 bushels in 1903 an increase of 60 fold in two years. On March 19, of this year durum wheat sold at Buffalo for $103 per bushel. Since May 20, of this year $1 a bushel ha been offered for No'. 2 durum wheat, to arrive at the opening of navigation. It is a striking fact that 6,000.000 bushels of a grain formerly rejected should be sold at a fancy figure towaid the close of the winter, long before the new season opens. Most important of all, much the larger portion was sold to the mills for making bread flour. "Ik should properly be considered as the wheat of the highest class," says the WNITINa in sjiqht mcan Underwood Typewriter AND THAT Mian BEST TYPEWRITER MADE - AOCNCV AT MONT ST. PORTLAND The frame work of J. B. Carmichael's new residence i up He is building one of the finest residences in town. J. M. bite baa removed a portion of his residence, preparatory to con structing a larger and better building. There are several thousand sacks of wheat stacked on the ground outside the warehouse waiting for car to be shipped. M. L. Leach, who is working on the new railroad grade between Arlington and Condon, visited a day or to last week with his parent here. A. K. Fuller's children, who have been tick with diphtheria, are conva lescent and will be relieved from quar antine the latter part of the week. Notice. The annual meeting of the stockhold era of The Thompson Creek Coal Com pany will be held at the office of Q. W. Phelpa on Monday, December 5, 1904 I at 7 p. m., for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such business a may come before the meeting. nl7-dl R. F. Htkd, Secy. Thousands Cured. DeWitt'i Witch Hazel Salve has cured thousands of cases of piles. "I bought a box of DeWitt's Witch Ifaael Salve on the recommendation of our druggist," so laying out the farm is already well nnder way. The site allotted to the farm was for merly a truck garden which was con ducted by Chinamen. It is an ideal spot with rich, alluvial earth capable of producing the most prolific crops. None of the great world expositions ever held before have given such an object lesson to the people. While there have been corn stocks of an enormous size, tied ith blue ribbons, and fruits on a China plate, the opportunity of studying a marvelous crop, while actually growing, will be an entirely new and original feature of the 1905 Exposition. GOOSEBERRY. After four days of wind we have had a light shower of rain. Mrs. I. R. Esteb and ton Fred at. tended the services at Eight Mile on Thursday night. Lee Jones from Monument, it in onr midst seeking wheat hauling. Wm. Barlow and family spent two days in the Eight Mile country this week digging their winter potatoes. I. R. Esteb's new barn it going np very rapidly with Chas. E. Rice at car penter. Mrs. T. W. Morgan ia the mother of a bright baby daughter. All ot the school children are study ing very diligently thit week, preparing for the midniuht term examination. We wish them all success. rllm P If T..r!rn!-r nf 7oalU To. department of agriculture, in reporting d ugcd , fof tt.A an .Inn aftae nnn ami Aw ruin. I u.. iu .u. j.. a..o. . .v 1 1, r,l mB r,ritianntl. Rnl,l long and sive lerlt't of experiment!, "ranking with the hard spring and winter, but should be graded on it own merit and kept absolutely distinct from either of these." Method of Investigation The experiments were conducted by Heppner Drug Co. by Wood and Posts. I have a large number of tamarack posts and lots of fir and tamarark cord wood tor sale at my ranch near the coal miLes. WiLiAJU) Usaama. Herb W. Edward Injured, Herb W, Edwards of DesMoiue, Iowa, got a fall on an icy walk last winter, prai.ilng hi wriat and bruising hi knee "The next day," he says, "they were ao sore and stiff I was afraid I would have to stay In bed, but I rubbed them well with Chamberlain's pail balm and after a few appticationi all soreness nad dis appeared." For sale by Slocum Drug Co