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3, 1379. '
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1906.
The testimony of Captain Cousins,
of the Queen, corroborated by his
fellow-navigators, who were quite com
fortable in the Queen's cabins, while
women and children were perishing on
the Valencia; offers an admirable illus
tration of the usefulness of theory as
compared with practice, says the
Oregonian. ' At the conference on the
Queen the theory was pretty generally
adopted that it was Impossible to
launch a boat, but this was qualified by
the belief that, if a boat had been
launched, it would have been Impossible
for it to live In such a set, and,
further,- if it had "lived" and reached
the wreck, It conld. not have worked
out t6 open sea again. Over on the
Valencia, while this discussion was in
progress, theory was away below par
and the time for debate limited, so the
men who were confronted by a condi
tion launched a cumbersome life raft
over the weather side' of the wreck and
disproved the conclusions of the theor
ists on the Queen by working it clear
of the wreck and the land and carrying
eighteen men to safety, while the
. Queen, for which they were heading,
was running away. This Is a portion
of the damning evidence against Cap
tain Cousins which cannot be explained
away. His theories might have ob
tained credence, had there been no
survivors to tell I of what actually
occured in those, last awful hours on
the Valencia. . -:
A. Bennett, of Irrigon, says, in the
Oregonian, that The Wheatfield is
making its influence felt in an agitation
for electrip lights and a water system.
The water works, we had before the
berth of The Wheatfield and the
electric lights we have now. Both good
systems. .'''
A wreck occurred on, the Main line
of the 0. R. &. N. at Bridal Veil, on
Tuesday morning, In which four were
killed and six dangerously injured,
Among . the killed ' was Edward L.
Sinnott, ; traveling salesman for the
American Type Founders Co., of
Portland. The writer has known Mr,
Sinnott for nearly five years and during
our service with the Type Foundry we
worked under Mr. Siniictt about five
months, who then had charge of the
presses in the Foundry. Ed. was a
first class pressman and a leading
member of the Pressmen's Union.
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Trains Leave Lexington, Daily, ex
cept Sunday' - . 9:25 A. M.
Trains Arrive at Lexington, Daily, ex
cept Sunday - 5:10 P. M.
Trains Connect at Heppner Junction
with Main Line trains for all
points East and West.'
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LOCAL NEWS
W. R. Munkers had the misfortune
to lose a valuable hotse Monday night.
Burchell's well drill was taken to
W. F. Campbells ranch on Tuesday
last where a well Is to be drilled for
Mr. Campbell. ' '
B. R. Ridgeway and A. K. Fuller
went to The Dalles Thursday of last
week where the former made proof on
his homestead."
The Council met last Monday even
ing and transacted considerable busi
ness, but the Recorder was apparently
to busy to furnish us with the proceed
ings P. M. Christenson was in town Tues
day and says he just finished digging
his last years crop of potatoes. But
very few had been frozen by the recent
cold snap.
According to advertisement" appear
ing in, the Telegram Portland firemfen
are exceedingly tall. One of their ads
shows the fireman as tall as the first
story of the building.
If you cannot find what you want in
the Drug line try Davidson Bros, of
lone, they carry the largest stock of
Drugs and Chemicals In Morrow Co.
Mail and Telephone orders promptly
attended to. 9tf
Will and Ed Burchell completed the
well for R. L. Benge last Saturday.
The well is 50 feet deep and will
furnish an abundance of water. Mr.
Benge will put in a reservoir and use
the water for Irrigation purposes.
We have a good second hand
Dutchman Plow, 12 Inch three bottom
run two seasons, will put new shares
and landsides on It and sell on fall
terms at $42.50, a snap, or we wili
sell for less without the third bottom.
On last Tuesday night some one
broke one of the glass in the front of
Leach Bro's Store. The door was
standing open when first seen Wednes
day. It is not known what was taken
as nothing has been missed, although
several dollars worth of goods could
have been taken without being missed.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Republican voters of Morrow
county.
I have secured the required number
of names on my petition to entitle me
to have my name printed on the
official nominating ' ballott for the
Republican party, as candidate for
nomination as County Clerk of Morrow
county 1 respectfully solicit the
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FLOUR EQUAL TO ANY ON THE MARKET
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BARLEY ROLLS IN CONNECTION
LEXINGTON,
support of ail members of the party at
the primaries on April 20, 1906.
. Yours faithfully,
' " ' '" ' W. 0 Hill.
"CONTATA"
The Epworth League will render
the contata, "A , Garden of Singing
Flowers", In Artisan hall Tuesday
evening, January 13th. The following
flowers will be represented. Sun
flowery Lily, Rose, Buttercup, Tulips,
Daisy, Pansy, which will be led by the
gardener, Man-iri-the-Moon, and
choros flowers. All are invited to
come and enjoy a social evening.
Admission 25 cents, Children 15 cents.
DIED.
Isaac B., the 3 year old son of J.
W. McCormick, of Strawberry died
last Saturday morning at 6 o'clock.
The Utile fellow was taken sick Wed
nesday with what appeared to be
croup which afterward proved to be
lung trouble. A physician was called
who pronounced the case hopeless.
Funeral services were held In the
Congregational church In Lexington
Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev.
Beach officiating. The body was
Interred in the Lexington cemetery.
The Wheatfield joins In extending
words of sympathy to the bereaved
father." ,
CARD OF THANKS.
We take this method of expressing
our heart felt thanks' to our many
friends for their kindness and aid dur
ing the sickness and death of our dear
little boy.
J. W. McCormick
and family.
OREGON
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