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THE GAZETTE.
HEPFNER, THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1S84.
f DESERTPUXS.
The Bubject of desertion froni
the U. S. army is attracting much
attention at present both in and
out of military circles. In dis
cussing the why and wherefore of
fiTmatter it is surprising that in
telligent and observing officers
who have spent half their lives in
the service, admit that they are
puzzled as to why soldiers desert
And yet plain causes for desertion
exist undertheir very nos9s caus
es which, when weighed in the
scaesof right and wrong, make a
man wonder why the large num
ber of desertions occurring is not
doubled.
"When a marLonlig he takes an
outii, more or less sole inn, to serve
the government five years as a
"soldier." But when he finds that
the government is using him as a
druiglAeado of a soldier, the
solemn oath resolves its-lf into a
mere contract, and when the sol
dier finds that the government is
violating its part of the contract,
it is not to be wonder at that he
violates his part.
All the world over we find that
and tlie pocket are
5tue stomach
powerful factors for good or evil,
and in the natural firder of things
ieig)influence is and ought to be
as potent in the army as else
vSiere. And Qt is. Out of the
paltry $13 per month allowed to a
soldier the government retains 12 J
cents per month as an assessment
to support tho old soldiers' home
at Washington, although old offi
cers receive retired pay right
along without assessment on
the officers remaining in active
service. Perhaps, some thinking
soldiors consider this trivial thing
as unjust to the rank and file.
. While there may be some com
panies in tho regular arnu- wluao.
the private soldier is treated toler
ably well, his general treatment is
far from what it should be. Sup
pose he enlists at some eastern
city. Ho is pout to an ialtm in
New York harbor,where he is
kept, virtually a prisoner, for two
or three months. ''His food is
poor and insufficientjQand he may
be often seen picking up and at
iiptiboatale fruit waxl up on
the beach. All this wHiJtlie offi
cers aro entertaining visitors on
high wines in their sumptuous
quarters -cl'ose hy afle is set to
work at all sorts of drudgery at
t anything except the legitimate
duty of a soldier. If he has any
spirit it begins to rebel, especially
when he is bossed around by a lot
of ignorant corporals and sergeants,
fconie of whonraaunot speak the
English language understandingly
ith other recruits, he is finally
assigned to a regiment in the west.
being furnished with a couple of
loaves of bread and a chunk of fat
pork to last him n the journey,
i) .i n. . i i 1 1 i.
x luiuips uiu squau nans a lew
weeks at Newport Barracks, Ky.
hue there the soldiers will bo
compelled to Bell their shuts to
obtain necessary food. Again they
start for, say, the Pacific North
-osi. icrnaps tne omeer in
charge, if hjfis a real good man
will have Oi barrel of hardtack
placPfl the car. He will tele
graph ahead, and twice a day the
representatives of a rich govern
ment will get a tiiupf ulof black
government enough, and on Pjiper
looks ample enough, but when nu
merous "tolls" are shaved off, there
is not enough left to founder a
man who owns an ordinary stom
ach. Look iuto some conrany
nieJionse at eruJy evening aW
see the soldiers ftm&ng tke-git
by feasting on sumptuousOsujpers
consisting of bowls of black coffee
and straight baker's bread. Per-
uupa a ac w jl iucixi iihyd iiujyb,
milk or butter. If so, it is ' Mr
nished at their own expense. The
government furnishes each one a
few ounces of meat at breakfast,
ana dinner, added to which they
may have hud vegetables raised by
their own extra tfifior. But why
should the spirit (or stomach )f
tlj! soldier rebel?
In 1877 that portion of the . reg
ular army stationed in the depart
ment of the Columbia made an all
summer march over the roughest
and most broken parts of Idaho
and Montana. The hardship they
endured are known chiefly to the
soldiers who eialured them, q Their
Lampaign ow, tney boarded a
boat on the upper Missouri
river, and started home via Omaha
and the railroad. Along the banks
and in the river, the&untry
swarmed with buffalo. A short
halt would Bupply the colimand
with plenty of fresh meat for the
whole trip. Was the halt made?
No. The boat's larder furnished
the officers with all the fresh meat
and Jtlelicaciea they needed, while
the soldiers were fed on the most
greasy kind of greasy pork. And
yet their commander was naturally
a kind-hearted man, who would
wonder why any of his men should
desert. In a recent report in an
other dopartnieut,sgjin speaking of
desertion, he recommends retain
ing all but 810 per month of the
soldier's pay until his term i$
served. Ten dollars per month for
an American soldier's current ex
penses ! Princely, indeed 1 And
yet this same officer has com
plained of his own poverty while
drawing eight or ten thousand dol
larni yea, When this ijAjnortant
subject oMlesertion is boilctl down,
i'ewill be found that a great deal
hinges on th stomach and the
pocket.
NEWS XOTES. I
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Hoses f uUy blown and budding
are to be seen in the gardens of
Webfoot ,
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sho
Some government officials draw
some iorffand-work; but the rail
way mail, agents who regularly
carry the Heppner mails past their
jumping-olf place, draw their sal
aries for another kind of work, the
government iurmslimg tho stullei
seats.
An fjjd gntlen recently came
long distance to proseut each em
ploye of the V asco bun with
leautihu apple. And now some
one ouit to present the editor of
hat paper with a six-foot stacking
ituffed with soft soap, thin oatmeal
mush and such stuff. He could
use it to good advantage clubbing
himself. .
lhe grindstones! tile govern
ment grind slowly. Ovfer thirty
years ago the army took the land
of F. C. Schwatka, near the mouth
of the Columbia, for military pur.
poses, and now the senate has
passed a bill to pay him him 8G000
for his claim. It must take lots o:
oil to prevent friction in 6uch
rapid proceedings.
At A tlutiievilV.
This turn-in ;Cfcwn, theus.&s point
of the Dciry Kiile country, continues to
progress and prosper. H. W. Milea lias
bonL'ht out Aaron Itoyse's general mer
chandise storo, bavins' sold his sa
loon to Mr. Brown. Mr. Iloysa has gone
down into the IVtLvsville ooantry to
prospect for a new looation or a store
Inc reHf-C? Im!astry,
No other industry in this country has
increased as rapidly in tha past as sheep
and wool prowni!,'. lo fully understand
the great rate of increase it is only nee
essary to remember the facts that in-tHO
there were only about 2;t.M),000 sTioep
iu the I nited States. We now hav
nearly 5O,0lX),0iX. In 1880 the wool
clipped amounted to only 60,000,000 lbs
tJ-day it is nearly jWMiOO.OOOis. an in
crease within this ieriod oVftver two
fold of sheep and five fold in produotion
of wool.
coiiee wmio ouia" papseiifiirseire
Tkeoshipping and erain firm
Waterman fc Co., San Francisen
lave made an assignment Liabil!
ities9ifl,500,000. O
AJNIrs. Johnton on Powder river
and her two children, a son and
tbiughteQwere alOhrQ married
iaC3ri& euming last week.
The wheat fields of Washington
county are looking fine, A laro
gjreage has been sown and much
anci nas -been piowea tor spring
sowing.
A bridge is being put
up over tne i ront street gulch at
South Portland. It is a good do-
sition from which to Oiew old
Mount Hood.
In New York a 13-year-old Jer
sey cow nas just been sold Kr
$1800. That is more thaQhe av
erage price of slick-ears in the
Heppner, Hula. ... .4
At Seattle last week Edward
'honipson, aged 30, a railroad em
loye, was fatally injured by a pile
river while at work on the road
near Black river. A
Mr. Porter, owner of tha race
mare Caddie 11., has. been uffed
$500 for her expected foal by Ctlen
idley if it is a nlly, and HUU
ould it be a horse.
During T883 there were granted
in Multnomah county seventy-six
divorces. Of these twenty-three
wer asked by the husband and
fifty-three f?y the wife.
Edward West and Frank Laffer-
y engaged in a free fight ou
Okristruas, at Briggejiort, Baker
county. West received serious in
juries from which he died.
At Eoseburs a small boy named
Roberts while playing, accidental-
y puuctahSTKi"-of a Miss
Brown with a knife, and an artery
being cut, she bled to deatlL
At Galveston, Texas, on the lftth,
Jos. Lathrop, one of a sheriffs
:iosse, was shot by a desperate
negro named Samly Robinson, who
seized Lathrop's gun and escaped.
At The Dalles, last week, a num
ber of dogs visited the slaughte?
The Old-Established HouseP
J.LMotrow&SOn!
olaO q
o
HAVE
MARKED DOWN
THEIR ENTIRE STOCK OF
General Merchandise, Groceries,
, Boots and Shoes,
Etc., Eft.
Clothing
O
CITY HOTEL BAR,
Choice AYines, Liquors & Cigar?.
JETNOIt 4 II ALL, TKy'sfi
Castle Hock Lumber Cff.
All kinds of
and DRESSED LUM-
SHINGLES, ETC.,
ROUGH
BER,
kept constantly on hi$
We have recently received a large
and complete stock of
FIRSt'LASS L UMBE&t,
SHINGLES. CEDAR
S&m now vrn (Si
J. WJ (J, liiU, "
Which we will sell at lowest I-
sible figures. '
Q
We have determined to do business on tb Cf-sh
System, or 90 days' time, and to rvike it
an objoct for our customers to assist us in abolish
ing the old, high-priced long-credit way!
of doilg business, we haro made the most astonish
ing Reduction in Prices ever made by any
House in Eastern Cregou, or anpgrtfgiga In
fact, we have made
Sweeping Ileclifctions 1
All round, andnfidently assert that we
can sell you goods cheafte? than .any other house
in Eastern Oregon. Cand inspect our
Stock, and gefprieca
iiguso enclosures of Crate Bros.
Rm tillc&Xe twntxdosWO
iSIimpti Ypctnrrlnv .TuTTn f 'rnfo til 1ml
six or seven dogs. '
Honohiw advices reiiort a ter
rific storm on Doc. 15, which did
much damage. Telegraph and tel
ephone lines were destioyed and
many imiive uiuiciliigs Uirouguoui
tlie island swept a-way.
In Marion county one of the
Iubbard boys was oi1lLiiJlWftBre-
cently, nnd carelessly shooting to
wards the house, hit his sister m
the forehead and breast, but did
not seriously injure her. w
A Portland female callod at the
city jail and stated that she had
mst whipped live other women,
and in order to avoid being arrest-
1 she wished'to pay her fine. She
l&SKo deposit SS?a
have been
sicued and delivered traOferring
all the right, title and interest of
the Coos Bay Wagon lload to tngir
and erant to tne Itoseburg am
oos Bay Railroad Company.
At the ranch of Win. Muncy,
near Davton. W. Ivisi calf, born
lasLSatumkiv. Mdiich is just eight B
lnchVjhjimRias a tail two teet
and foh-rfncTies long. The calf is
just the color of a fawn and its
head and expression are exactly
like one. It is quite a curiogty.
NO MORE BIG PRIC&f
eii
was all
The fma papers
J. L. Morrow
Corner May and Main St.,
Son,
Ore gen.
Give us a call.
DANIELS fc
HERREN,
Castle ly3bk.
ALKALI LADIES,.
iTTENTION !
1 have on hand a Choice Line of
MILLINERY,
And" am Constantly receiving New
and Fashionable Uoods, wnicn
I am prepared to sell at
San Francisco Prices,
As the greater part of my goods
are Direct from tlie Jiiast
riease give me a call, and I will
guarantee prices satisfactory.
MRS. J. E. HASK1N,
Hepinei J?l8
uiriiic:
Mill,
D. CUNINGIIAME, Prop.,
WM. OVER1IOLTZER, Svpt
Unnnfaotan and Bf41
Eafers D&gffXX FloVr, feelf-Mftstfrg aKSm;- "Gd&BsSWmX,
Harness and bajiales
EOM SALEM
AT LOW PRICES.
8a.' F. YORK,
Manufacturer uf all ki oils
SaddlesHarness, Etc.,
' SALEM, OREGON.
I wfffurnisb citizens of liepp
ner and viciniKy first-cfass articles
at the following figures:
Team Harness without Breech
ing, $25 flf $9 a set. Breeching,
$G to $8.
Boston Team Collars, 0.50 u
Uoncord U()lsirs, o.uU a pair.
Blind Bridles, $3 a pair.
Riding I fidles, $1 and 1.50.
Lines, inch, $2.50 a pair
Halters, Sich, i?W;ach.
Saddjem $23.
I guarantee my work and stock
as oem; nrst-ciass in every re
spect, and by doing a large busi
ness and advertising it in the
nej'spnpers, I can keep - prices,
dowi find still make it pay big.
Address: A. F. YORK.
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Middlings, Shorts and JanjeEtc.
Carpet Weaving.
Mrs. H. A,
to weave car
unytliinjf done in tktit line vv-ill please
give lier a call
Highest Cash Trices raid for Wheat.
All Orders PronatitlLttended to.
Ijibor ami Capital.
O Iifibtdinraday surae 5100 nion wbo un-
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Ijuid Office nt The Dallos, Or., Jan. R, '84.
Notice is hereby niveu that tlie folhiwintr
naintHl settler haB tiled notice of hit intention Ui
make tinal proof in support of Ms cluim, and
tliat wiid proof will be miido before O. W. Bmh
op, Notary at Heppner, Or., on Feb. 2li, ItW, viz:
E. li. Swinburne,
Pre-emption No. ml. for tJ.e K '4 SE X 8W
SE i 8eo. 22. NK H NK i Sec. 27, Tp a 8, H 26 E.
He name tho followiu witnei.s to prove Iuh
oontiiiuoua rwti(linoe upoa. and cnltivHtion of,
Bald land, viz: John Heudrix, T, b. JyAiuetou, F.
Gnwne, J. B. Hoard, Heppner, U nintill Jl 'o., Or.
i:-lH tf..-Li. smith, neRiBtfir.
I tel recently were enifaed on the con
San Francisco the recruits will2'ti,m of tho rnilr,!wl ncross tlie 151ue
, . , jK.iouutuina, arrived tit Pendleton. Thev
hcrtletl into the cheapest quarters Maimed that the railn1???mftny owed
outainaiue on tne hoat. Iheovep
lesentatives of tho United States,
clad in tho national uniform, mve
to spread their blankets side by
6'
nese
coarse
ule with the coolici of the Chi-
Six Coiujianies. But of
the government can see
nothing in this to make a soldier
think of deserting.
Arrived at his proper post, per
haps the soldier gets fairly enough
to eat. Some captains and first
sergeants run their commands with
this end in view, but a great many
do not. The army horse is gener
ally well fed while in garrison, but
the soldier generally is not Ber-
ratiAU cojits the
l:p3 the regular
them trauHM)rtatiou to Portland, and
when the conductor refused them free
rides they prevented tlie traiu from leav
ing. This condition of alFairs continued
for two if.ya, nnd for a while it looked
as though bloodshed would result. Wise
counsels finally i availed, however, the
train was allowed to gn, and those who
wanted to go below started afoot.
Powerful Purjrut've.
Curiosity often leads to painful ex
periences. That trait is popularly sup
jxised to exist only in women, but this
i lea is a popular mistake. A youm; mra
from up the creek came tolleppner the
other day and sauntered into Dave Iler
ren's stora. Takiii)? up a bottle from a
shelf, he asked, "What is this, liquor ?"
One of the clerks absent-mindedly B.iid
it was. The bottle contained some pow
erful purgative bittora. The young man
tRk a couple of able-bodied swallows,
lie then went out. It was fortunate he
did. In the activity that ensued be was
much annoyed, not to say considePably
weidieuevPSio5ity conquered.
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Iiind Office at Tlie Didles, Or.. Jan. 10. '84.
Notice in hereby (riven that the following,
named settler has hied notice of his intention lo
Diake tinnl proof in eopport of hit claim, and
that said primf will be made before tieo, H.
Ktiattir. ChWi of CVurt at Fonsil, Orui Feb. 25,
1NW, vii:
EdQi. Smith,
Pre-emption So. 2W'8. for the NW M NW W See.
S. N "j N K H'c. 4. Tp 7 S, 1! 21 K; S W ! BE )
8"c. 34, Tp A S, U 21 E. Ho cameo the following
witnepws to prove hix coptiiuions nwidence
uiMn, and cultivation of said land, viztjtm'l
lauiberson, Mahlon Hall, ( ul, b Ainee, ii. T.
Hem, all of Foseil, Woaco Co., Or.
4:i-H E. U. Smith. RopiMter,,
LEAVE YOCP. ORDERS
-WITH
Fred. J. Hallock.
AT TOE
Post CRitt, for all Newspapers and MazaziBfs.
ESTRAY XriCE. ' '
Tuken np and posted acffirding to Inw by the
nnd.'rsijmed, rwidrng 11 mile east of the town of
Heppner. Umatilla Co Oreiron, one bay horse
u-'broke and wild. Raid horee in abont 10 yini
old, hrandrtl (') on left Rhoulder. ApDraino.1
.. by A. Mallory, Justioe of the Peace. . '
ljnti-d at Heppner, Oregon, Pit. 28. Is83.
1'. C. Thomson.
Hayman is now preparijJT lS. wm ba.cxchanacd for aood wheat at lhe rate of 35 pounds
pets, and anyone, wautoVC7 J J J .
Barleii choinx'd lor 1-7 per hundred pounds.
Forty jiounds of com meal will be given for 56 pounds
of corn, '
THE
Gazette Job Office!
Is prepared to do Printing at
Heppner prices, freight added. It
g9 not tho only office in Eastern
regon, nor can it do the best
work in Eastern Oregon. But it
caiwlo all kinds of ordinary Bdbk
andJob Printing at fair and liv
ing rates. You can get ygur
printing done cheaper in .fan
Francisco, but if you send it there
you can also send there for your
local notices when your steers
have twins or your mules have
triplets.
C9
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
A
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part ii Knowinv tnemseiveB lmieuieu Jii
tbe late Frank BandorH will please reiw?
it promptly to Lehman Hi.um,
43 Pendleton Or.
XOTICE. TIMBER CULTURE.
U. 8. Land Office at The Dalle, Or., )
Dec. a 1, 1KH3. f
Comnlaint havins been entored at t His office br
Gco W. Maxwell aKninet Henry Finney for fail
ure to comply with law as to timber-cnltnro en
try No. ttl)5 dated Jane , 1HH2, upon the W V, NW
!W)itlW)t bee. m. lownelup SB, imnKe !A r.s
in Umatilla county, UJVKon. wit Ifli view to th.
ciwicellntion of wiid entry; ooncfwtant allotting
tlwit, wiid llenrv Finnev Iikh abandoned the Haift
Kimlier-culture claim, and liaa dispoaeil of all
of hia nlit and interoHt m and to hie claim audi
has left the btate. The eaid .parties are hereby
fummoned to appear at the other l A. Mallory,
Notary at Heppner, Or., on the 11th day of Feb
ruary, 1HH4, at 10 o'clock A. M., to respond and.
furnish testimony coucerniiiit said alleged (ulluru
E. LSMITH, KeKister.
C. N. Thorxbcby, Receiver. J 40-4S
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G. D. SMITH9 c
SaclclleteM Harness Maker,
MaAeet, - - e - - Alkali, Oregon.
Keeps coasfanfly on hand a fall assorfmcnof
Ilarnc?f,- Bridles, "Wliips, Saddles, Collars, &c,
In short eTerything in my lineBPAfil wo.-k ii!Dmy linenffiS to order, and from the beet Santa
Cjtu and Btockton leather.
BEPAIKIXQ DOEUBST,OTIALLY AND WITH TASTE.
NOTICE OF INTENTION, o
Lad Oftos at L.A GnAKie, Oh.O
Ilee.Sl. 1KHS.
Hotico is hereby kitoo that the following
named settler has tiled notice of his intention "i
mnke final prwt in supitort, f bis claim, and
that nnirf ifmf via be mndfl tHifora A. Mnllory.
op, Notary luhlio at Heppner, Or., on Feb. Z.
14, TllS
A. J.
McKin.
D. H. No. 4t3. for tho 8 H NE H E M HK H Bee.
S5, TifLH, II 27 K, W. M. He names the follow.
inK wWiesse to prove his continuous residenc
upon, ai d cultivation of, said land, viz: ThomaH
Quaiil, Patrick McMahon, Freeman Green, Hob-,
ert Temple, all of Heppner, Or.
40-43 Hekhy w. Iiwiodt, IWistor.
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
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Land Office at La Hrande, Or.. Dec. 17, '83.
Notice iA hereby eiven that the followinw-.
named settler has hied notice of his intention to
make tinal proof in support of hia claim, and
that mid prcMif will be made before A. Mallory,
Notary Public at Heppner, Or., ou Jarg 14,
Frank Hale,
D. 8. No. 44.15, for the NW H BE K E V4 SW Vi
Hc. 26, and NE ,k NW Ben. 81V. Tp 8, It 27 Ex
W. M. lie names the following witnesses tot
prove his continuous residence upon, and culti
vation of, said hind, via: H. . Hill. Win. l)un.
caiQA. 8. Hurch. A. J Hale, of H Mppner, Or.
40-45 H. W. Dwioht, Hetrister.
NOTICE OF. INTENTION.
Land Office at The Dalles, Or., Jan. 4, "K4.
Notice is hereby given that tbe following.,
named settler has tiled notice of bis intentivjp tu
make tinal proof in supiiort of his claim, ami
that said proof will be made before A. Mallory,
Notary at lieppner. Or., on Feb. 20, 1M84, vii:
A. J. Bitrden,
Pre-emption 5Lp. 25'.t, for the N i 8W X BE Vi
8W ! Bee. StiFfp 1 N, H 28 K. He name the fol,
lowing witnesses to prove his continuons resU
dnce nixin, and cultivation of, said land, vii;
( 'has. Wallace, Elisha Winslow, T. Armstrong,
Kobt. HendVrson. all of H ;
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