WEEKLY Devoted Especially to the Live Stock and Agricultural Interests of Eastern Orcgm. VOL. I. HEPPXER, UMATILLA COUNTS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1833. NO. 39. THE GAZETTE IS 11KCZD ZTKBY THTBSDAT APTEBXOON, BI J. W. IlEDINGTON, At $2.50 per roar, $1.90 for aix mouths, tlfor three month. PROFESSIONAL. T. L. JOHNSTON, LAWYER, FFICE back of BMiop'a bind office. ITej-pner, - - Obeqon. The Dallua, Or. McAKTHTJR ATTORNEYS a. w. kia, Heppner, Or. & RE A, AT LAW, TTAVING formed a co-partnership for tlie M. L practice of law in (lie Circuit Court of the Utta of Ortwon for tlie oouiily of teraona who uaTe buaineag ill tlie i Uuiutillu. all e buaineag ill tlie euid court will Lave tu advantage of Jude McArthur'a amst- ance in the trial of their canes by pluciiiK them )n charge of U. W. Kea, at lleppner, Oregon. L. W. DARLING, Justice and Notary Public, IjONT! Rock, Wasco Cottntt, Orkook. LAND FILING, FINAL PEOOF Etc., a Specialty. 'CU.LKCTIONS Made, ard Deeds ard other v.' LitgHi luntrumnnU drawn. nlo-U A. MALLORY. Justice and Notary Public, Hwpkkb, ... Onuaox, TANDBLrr59a Specialty. 1 d made. Collections . TRILIP L. PAINE. Attorney at Law & Notary Public IIST-rKKR, .... OltKGOJS. T AND bnainewi attended to. Collect inr J. J mude. W. WILLIAMS, Iks? Painter, Paper Hanger aud (irainer, Heppnor, . . Oregon. : IT TKnTTHIN'G in the Paintin Lino done with J neaUiaaa and diapatuiL, and iiilnfaction l-iuarailei. 'i'l GEO. W. JttiMT, ATTORNEY - AT-LA W AND 'NOTARY PUBLIC, 71LL practice in both State and Federal II CnurU. I'mof of chiiinii taken. Titlento 1 m-d inTeatigaled. Ileal extate buauieMi attei u.d t. Collection, and conveyancing wifely made at reasonable rati. All buainemi entruaud to uia will receive prompt attention. Otlice ou Mnm etreet, Ilcppier, Oregon, lo-tf THOS. MORGAN. Auctioneer, Huri'iotK, - - - Ohkook. (Ofliue with A. MaHury.) 1)ROMPT and accurate attention given to all buainuMi in hi. clmmtv. O7REDINGT0l Notary Public, Corner Yellowstono Avenue and Main Street, Heppucr, Ogn e. 6 IJMRE Inauranoe effected ;-panie. in Keliable Com- ED. R. BISHOP. Notary Public and Land Agent, Hbppner, ; Okkoon IOAX8 Negotiated, Collectiona Slade, and a j general Ilrokerage liuHinena attended to. MISCELLANEOUS. M. LICI1TENTHAL. o Boot and Shoe Shop, Main St., Ileppncf,' Oregon. JiootH and S3hoe Made to Oixleiv Repairing Neatly E.reertted. Satisfaction Guaranteed LEAVE YOUR ORDERS with Fred. J. Halloek, .' . "AT TUX r I'd Office,- for all Newspapers and Magazines. NOTICE. -TIMBER CULTURE. C. S. Land (Mice at The Pallea. Or., ) . itiVMlllHr Ml ISK.1. f Complaint hAin been entered at this office by x'nuicie M. HiiKliy atmuiot John IJ. Ail'icns.iii for , failure to eniniily with law a to timber-culture entry !wH, dated Mi.pt. JK, ltl, nimn the V heo. It, TpAtt, K 31 K, m Wancocimnty.Or . with a iew to the cancellation of wtid entry; eiirtret nnt alleiriiiit that mud John t Adnmeon hoe failii to plow or nlant any portion of wid land frvii dte of entry to the preeent time. The .aid par ie are herbt mimmoned to apper at the otlice of K. Vf. HnnuerMHi. Notarj at hiwil. Or., on die y.nh day of December, at K o'clock. A. ., tc reepond ard fnmiih testimony encTning raid alleged failnre, E. U KstlTH, llearietct. tX N. THOhprBT. Receirer. SiS9 A lot of funAy illuminattl rards both ier btisiuens and culhui;, just received at . PETER . BORG. Hkppneb, - - Oregon, -PEALKB IN- Watches, Clocks, Jewelry fcc, &c. -ALSO methysl, Cameo and Diamond Gold Rings, Gold and Silver Watches. All other articles usually kept in a Jew elry Store. REPAIRING fl SPECIALTY. tTOKE with C. M. Mallory, May Street. All work (fuiyauteed. Tinl-tf. CITY HOTEL, y lleppner, Oreggn, 9 E. MINOR Proprietor..- J tor- Commercial-Travelers wity Understand that this is the ONLY HOUSE That Furnishes Sample Rooms. Remember the Old Stand G AV. SAvaraart Okisoov. wnsnK you wilii ns d Old Judge and Unitecf we Stand, A SPECIALTY.- rpilK8E brands are Fiiorably known by judijce 1 of Uotnl liiauor:, vl'.l-lf. GO TO Vj. Noi'dj'ke To Get Your Wagons Patched. Bring Your Purses along with you, and don't you forget it PIONEER HOTEL, Ilcppncr, - - Oregon. CHAS. E. HINTON, Proprietor. The llouwe for he Farmer. The House for fbe Horseman. . . The House for the Cattleman. The House for the Sheepman. Th House ' where all are At , Home. Rooms Neatly Furnished. ' " Taflk Always ScrrLrEn With the Best THE MAKKET AfFOKDS. ,., , : . .-..-- S i HaTinir remued chartfe of tliis favorably known houne, and Kone into the hotel himineut utniin. 1 would be x'ad to meet my old friends, and will endeuvor in the future, an in tlie pa.t, to entertain all in the mont agreeable manner. lnl'.i-tf. V: . YOCNGGKEN, i CONTRACTOR, Carpenter and Builder, lleppner, Oregon. ..it CITY MEAT MARKET, Hal! d XcAter, Prop.., Heppmr, Oregon. Beef, Pork and Aluttpn at Reasonable Rate. NOTICE OF INTENTION. I.ar!d Office at L (inutile. Or., Not. U. '8S. Notice if. henby iriven a that the fol!..ni(?- natimi eel tier lias nied notice ol h;n mte: tt utuke tinal proof in .apiort of h;a chnm. and timt aitid proof will be nmd'- lsforn . y,n lory. Notary I'ublic at Heppi.er, ()i ., on 1) -c. -V, 1S, tii: Joivph L. Jove, I). P. No. 17i, for the K NW lt Sec, 24. Tp 2 K, K 28 K. W. M. He nanse the f.iilowire itrfs te prove hie cm tintioua reKid-e ;:j or m d (( 'iratimi of. mid lai'd, Sairril U. i iir.fcian, Holland Thompwi-, Henry Jones. Cljui. K. Hm ton, all of Lena, Or. - H- W. whuit. Kwtr A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPER. Little Miss Lollipop thought she must help To wash up the dishes, and wipe up w shelf. To brush up the taMe and sweep nptbe . , , . Ana clean off the stuns from the paint . .... .u, i ..... no"r' .. She put on her apron and pulled up bet sleeve She didn't want work that was oul' make believe; I way to ' two honorable elections "Formnzzers who've dot little children,' the Senate. An industrious, Said She, -.MiUi.UMjumlL. ..nmWl-.', - A llil- what rii bo." Pgent, conscientious worker on Little Miss Lillipop went through theaIl)roPrifltion committees, and with ro.im, Whisked the dust high with the edge o" BrriirnVhA n?.rtr',,i u i i , isroite trie poor cup which she dropped on the fl ior, Left ihe naiut twenty timss worse than befl,rd- 1 She spattered and splashed -but how ThiinilliC,iitle ,r lne little heart swelling with sweet.' helpful pridef . 7 "For how would mv muzzer be uhle." said she. To get froo her work if she didn't have IN THE COAST RANGE. So we sat and looked upward : iia&wssirflle .Wier yet loomed the sett -ramparts of the summit. nwuuucu ponits ana u.nnijii ueaKs P.x.1, 1 I... .. 1 i 1 all strung in wild and wave-like line to form tha crest of this great granite ridge. Splintered crasrs and rouuhlv-rounded domes: how stern and hard in their every massive line. Yet how purely toned in pale purple, where the afternoon's sun lights their tower ing'siirTTand how softly shaded in tenter blue; while here and there an untroflan snow-field slopas? down in keen whiteness. Another hour's climb to the summit; good faithful climbing it was, too; where creaenerous rocks gave way again aCTagain bmeith our feet and went bona ling into the hep blue dentin b slow. Tii jre w.is, as his lordship expressed it, "a decided lioness'' about the business. J notifPfl, too, n decided muchness in I the color of the fe.v Uifcn tf tatiou. Thr. were tviy little g ass plot. 4, so vividly green tint I stared in astonishment; anX so thickly stu Ide 1 with lovely little wild Ho vers that I stared again with admiration. A sud 1 en turn brought ns unexpectedly in sight of the peak, only about fifty feet above. One glance, ami, without a word, there was a simultaneous rush for that peak, each choosing his own road; and one short mo ment after we climbed on the top most rock, from three sides at almost the same instant. Although his y Terence, ever our leader, was still the first, and the writer, as usual with him, came in last. Then a backward look snow, precipices, rocks make a long ami downward sloping stretcirnT foreground, and away below, tree tops,' tiny and blue a little and mirroi-iike lake. How soft and velvety look the tiny hills that stretch off to the horizon; and how Hat the whole country looks down there, those hills that seemed such steep affairs when, we were, among them, look like the gentlest of ridges now. You see a shiny stretch of water to the east ward that is Hood's Canal. There's a glimmering collection of white' specks nt its southern ex tremity that is Union city; and northeastward you an just make out another misty something that is Seabeck. . Farther eastward you catch the glimmer of more water, that is Puget Sound. You can brvmly make it out through that long and low-lying smoke cloud; a cloud renching nortji and south ward a hundred miles or more. On the east horizon is the Cascade range, with its snow peaks of Hik er, Attains, St. Helens and Hairier. Ilniner is 14,000 feet high, and we (5,000, just about a niilti above the sea level. The sea! Look west, fifty miles away. What is ,that long faint and hazy line of light. Is it cloud, smoke, fog, or is it really the Pacific? It is so dim we can't determine.. 'But look north and northwest if you want to see an wean of mountain tops, peaks, crags, valleys, peaks piled ujMin pecks beyond peaks. What a wild waste of splintered crags. Ivx'ks niifl siiow far as the eye can reach, and the eyo reaches a lung way, let me.tell vou. All shaded' off' into i blue, l iner, bluest, like rtnhed Like- bre iKors i eternity s s ea. i . ... but go! and see for yourself; your eyes may serve bettor than my words; and "if you ever climb that peak, which with due deference to his reverence, I will name "The UUerinot Peak." Hesperian. THE DANGER SIGNAL. Ex-Sergeant-at-Arms French, in his interesting lecture, "Ten Years Among the Senators," relates the . . . J ' following amusing anecdote Craim Senator Havia nf truing ! v-- ? V lrguna West lrginia: "There was Davis, of Hest Virginia. From the humble position of a brakeruan unon the Muroad he has tought hid upward iv lDuoin, earnest in rii enorts tor improving and cheapening tans- portatioii from the interior to the , ,.,i , ,. i u i e 1 1 stjauoard. It is wonderful how the influence of early education ol early habits cling to us in after life. Senator Davis, who, I have just ,; 1 i i J, "ou wa9 111 early days a brake- .man, once cave the senate an emphatic demonstration of this oft-noted fact. Judge Thurman being a generous snull'-taker, car ried an immense red bandanna handkerchief; and when he arose to speak usually, as a preliminary, g'asped his liose with the red tuntianna and gave a blast like a tumpet It was . well toward norning of a wearisome all-night ession, and. Senator Davis was asleep, his head resting upon his u?sk. But I will say for the sen a;or that he was not often asleep it the senate. Senator Edmunds bid provoked Judge Thurman to a sjeech, and by introduction, the ldge untuned ins red bandanna ;nd blew a blast of more than liuai power. Mr. Davis mav have been dreaming of his old railroad Uys; at any rate he spran to his ceet in a half-dazed condition, and, carcuing sinht ot the red Hair tiie oil signal of danger and 83 ning to imagine that ho heard a shriek of alarm from the open throttle of a locomotive calling "Down brakes!" seized his desk, and, bjjtha brakeman's fk-in, tsMik I was not present on this occasion, aud, therefore, cannot assert tlie entire truth of the story from personal knowledge. But it was often repeated about the senate chamber, Hiid I never heard any of the details called ui question." ANcTeNT ROME. Two thousand years ago Home was the world, ami tlie city of Home as the world'slKfnfre. From the imperial city wentout the decree, that "all the World should be taxed," and all the world made haste to comply with the order, having learned by a variety of experience all depressing, that remonstrance would be useless and resistance fatal. The great city possessed every apparaut element of; stability. She had the wealth peculiar to great cities iu general ; tilie was the seat of the supreme g'vernment, the centre and source of J the national power, and the great intellects of the empire congregated within her walls. Her citizens were free to devote almost teir entire attention to problems ofj government, for besides having injney in abundance they hgd teen supplied, by various suocess fn1 wars, with an army of slaveB It whom all manual labor and tiwch intellectual drudgery was dine. Everything that the intelli fijnce and art of the age had accomplished was at the service of Jioinans of wealth and position; tie stage, the forum, the sculptor's chisel, contributed to the delectation of ear and eye. Even the poorer classes were better off than the rich of other cities, foi aspiring citizens competed for the privilege of supplying baths, games and sjieetacles for the masses. All roads led to Home, ami over them came every luxury that the empire afforded; over them came, too, from all provinces, countless men and women, whose birthplaces wore unable to confine their restless minds and satisfy the ambiticifiT't'hHt had been created &'id stimulated by rumors of what the great city desired and gave. It was in a Washington court A riddy and stylishly dressed young lady was the complainant, while a poorly clothed old lady was the defendant "What charge do you make?" "Vagrancy," was the reply. "Do you know her?" "She is my mother." It is said that the spec tators hissed when this reply was made, and tho judge refused to commit the old ladv. A HANDY HERDER. T , . . '. . InSith America there is a very Ifautiful bird called the agnmi, or 1.1, . - I . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 L . . . . . i . 11 a aJut as large in the body as one or our common uarnyaru iowi, uui as it lias longer legs ami a longer neck, it seems much larger. Its general color is black, but the plumage on its breast is beautiful beyond description, being what might be called iridescent, chang ing, as it continually does, from a steel blue to a red gold, aud glit tering with a metallic luster. In the wild state the ngami is not peculiar for anything but its beauty, its extraordinary cry, which has given it the name of trumpeter, and for an odd lmbit of leaping with comical antics into the air, apparently for its own amusement. When tamed, however and it soon learns to abandon its wild ways it usually conceives a vio lent attachment for its master, and though very jealous of his affec tion endeavors to please him by a solitude for the well being of all that belongs to him, which may fairly be termed benevolence. It is never shut up at night as the other fowl are; but, with a well deserved liberty, is permitted to take up its quarters where it pleases. In the morning it drives the ducks to the water and the chickens to the feeding ground, and if any should presume to wan der they are quickly brought to a sense of duty by a sharp reminder from the strong beak of the vigi lant agamir At night the faithf ul guardian drives its charge home again. Sometimes it is given tlie care of a liock of sheep; and, though it nay seem too puny for such a task, it is in ract quite equal to it. The misguided sheep that tries to trifle with the againi soon has cause to repent the experiment; for, with a swiftness unrivaled by any dog, tlie leathered shepherd darts aLter ilia runavuy, and witli wings and beak drives it back to it place, not forgetting to impress upon the oiteuder a sense of its error by pecks with its beak. Should a dog think to take ad vantage of the seemingly unguard ed condition of the sheep, and ap proach them with evil design, the againi makes no hesitation about rushing at him an 1 giving combat Anditmu-t be a good d g that will overcome tlie brave bird. In deed, most dogs are so awed oy the fierce onset of tlie againi, accom panied by its strange cries that they incontinently turn about and run, fortunate if thev escape un- wounded from the indignant crea ture. At meal time it walks into ihe louse and takes its position near its master, seeming to ask for his caresses. It will not permit the presence of,any other pet in the room, and even resents the intru sion of any servants not belonging there, driving out all others before it will be contented. Like a well bred dig, it does not clamor for food, but waits with dignity until its wants have been satisfied. A Georgia paper says: "Speak m T-i "I T" nil mg ot cows, iiivan rioweu had an old - fashioned one that went through the war with .him. Led behind one of the caissons of his battery she was in nearly every im- portant Jmttle of the Army of lennessee and, to her credit be it said, no matter how thunderous the roar of battle, nor how sul phurous the air, her milk never curdled or ceased to flow. At night, around the camp fire, she would yield as sweet a pailful of milk as was ever distilled from clover in time of profoundest peace. She surrendered with her battery at Macon, walked home with her master, aud lived and died ill honerable retirement. Her granddaughter is now queen of a West End clover patch, and lo ks at visitors as if she would say, 'My grandma fit in the war!" At a public meeting in Edin burgh, some time ago, Processor Blackie told his audience the fol lowing story: "A little boy at a Presbytery examination was asked: 'What is the meaning of regenera tion?' 'Oh, to be lxrn again,' he replied. 'Quite right, Tommy. You'rr a very good boy. Would you not like to le born again?' Tommy hesitated, but on being pressed for an answer, said : 'No.' 'Why, Tommy?" 'For fear I might be born l?ssie" h replied," SHEEP BREEDING. What changes in our wool in dustry can be admitted with a pros- pect of success I is becoming a question "which will soon force itself to the notice of highland sheep breeders. There are many shepherds in Eastern Oregon who have proved that they can grow nine pounds of sound wool upon ewes and ten to twelve pounds up on wethers. Such facts show that there is a class of continuous feed sustained by the climate and soil of this region capable of growing a good-sized sheep, such as can produce a long, strong-fibred wool suitable for warp wols or for combing purposes which will command a better price in tho market than the shorter wool, even of as high blood. We have in some previous articles referred to a call that seems to be increasing for longer wools which are suited for combing for the manufacturer of worsted goods of all kinds. Although the uses into which these goods are brought admits of a much coarser fiber if it only has length and strength, yet its value is equally favorably qualified by its fineness and elasticity. Nearly all portions of the country which are devoted to sheep husbandry seem to vie with each other in high grade of merino blood, with out taking into consideration that there are crosses or lines of this blood which if bred with care and upon lands which will sustain a full year's feed, which will assure a constant progress in the economy of the sheep, would produce a wool which would bring a much better price in the market, and if a good market can be secured for the mutton sheep, a much larger profit can be realized from the industry. YY asco Sun. NEVADA NICKEL. As the discovery ot nickel on this coast has opened a new field of mining industry, and one which has every indication of becoming equal to the Comstock in richness, the Sacramento Record concluded to gather the facts. In this dis cover', as in hundreds of other great finds, these mines have been lying for years within plain sight of a stage road where people con stantly travel, without even notice. Many samples of the ore have been sent to dift'erenf assayers 'Jftir.x.oP- perrmrMm took the trouble to analyze the rock until it was sent tohis city. In 1851 samples of this ore were 6ent tovCharles Bell for copper assay. Upon ex amination it was found to contain a large per cent, of nickel. More of the ore being secured, it was an alyzed, proving the first result Upon this showing William S. Bell was sent to discover the loca tions, and succeeded in finding the richest and . most valuable nickel property ever discovered. The dis covery being kept as secret as pos sible, little was Known as to its ex tent until recently. The property has been well prospected and the largest bodies of this mineral ex posed that have ever been known. The nickel ores of Pennsylvania average but two per cent. They are reduced on the ground to fif teen per cent and Bent to CamtJpn, N. J., where they are again re duced and the metal extracted. The nickel found in Oregon has also been opened, but to what ex tent cannot l ascertained. Thirty tons of the Nevada nickel were sent to London, which graded twenty-nine and ono-fodrth per cent. These mines are the only ones yet discovered that carry uni formly the three distinct charac ters, viz: Arseniuret, which is a grayish metallic red; arseniate, a beautiful apple green, and arsenite, having a dark metallic lustre. "Don't you think she's pretty?" said Jhe fond mother to the father, asasho stroked the baby's silken hair. He was in a sulking mood, something had disagreed with him and he replied somewhat curtly: "Oh, all babies are about alike. They all look like little monkies." Just then a neigldior entered and taking up the baby on her lap, said: "Mercy on us, how like its father that child is!" "Are you aware that breakfast is ready and waiting for you?" she demanded, as she nearly 6hook his nightcap off. "Yes," he eleepily replied, "I am just waking up to thev f,ct,"