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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
rHE DEMocRATIC OPPORTUNITY.

The elections are democratic. In
geniously as the republicans try TO
minimize the force OF the exhibit and
talk about offsets in isolated cases,
the fact stands out that the country Is
a good deal more democratic and less
republican than il was five months ago.
The testimony is unmlstakable and
the causes are not far 70 seek
The notable democratic victories IN
Chicago and st. Louis were achieved
in face OF the opposition OF Bryan and
his leading lieutenants. The Com
moner was urgent in its opposition to
the regular democratic candidate for
mavor of St. Louis, and Altgeld even
left Chicago TO 90 TO st. Louis and take
the stump for the same purpose. let
in spite of this opposition, and that to
Harrison in Chicago, democratic
mavors are elected in each city.
In Ohio, Cleveland, Columbus and
Toledo not only elected democratic
mavors, but showed democratic gains.
Michigan goes republican by 0,ooo,
whereas in 1900 it went republican by
l04 900. Democratic mayors are elected
also in East St. Louis, Kansas City,
Kan, Topeka, Racine and La Crosse,
IN Wisconsin.
What is the meaning OF this reac,
lion? Well, it simply means that the
motives that have held men to the re-
publican party are failing. One by one
they have served their time and go or
the shelf. Bloody shirt, high tariff
gold standard, expansion-are all IL
this procession TO the political garret,
some in advance of others, but all or
the march.
There mas never been day since
+ 1872 when the republican party coulc
carry the country on its war record
There has never been day since 1855
when it could carry the country on the
issue OF so-called protection to Ameri
can industry. The money question was
decisivelg settled in 1895, partially re
opened in 1900, but all the efforts OF tht
/ democrats to fan its embers with
shrieks for silver, and all the plans o
the repu ublicans to heap on fuel by post
poning real currency reform so as Il
keep the issue open for service ART
futile. Bosses can't make new issues
and they can't keep the old ones from
going. Events make issues, and events
are bringing on new questions every
time a trust is formed and every time
a band OF wealthy corporation pirates
bear down on the treasury with de
mands for subsidies. s.-Oregonian
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
AN AGE OF SECRETS.

This is an age of secrets. To be in
possession of something in shape of
knowledge which your neighbor does
not know is great distinction. To be
able to whisper to friend some
"sweet nothing which causes the
outside world to wonder, is a social
virtue to be highly priced. Our wives
are covered with buttons and badges
innumerable. Every month halls the
birth of some new "order,' the secrets
and mysteries of which have been
handed down for-well, perhaps two
months, from one woman to another.
Every night Is ''lodge night Dues,
assessments, benefits, mortuary tables,
death rates. expectation OF lie
formulas, and such like, are the
principle literary gems which adorn
our centre tables, and line the inside
of writing desks and bureau drawers.
We are so near these great secrets, that
their profundity and wonder fall upon
US. We are continually in their
shadows. We look with amazement
upon the brow Of our beloved help
meet and wonder how 1t can contain
its burden so completely. We woul d
gladly share their load, but the consti-
tuition bars US out and so we go on III
ignorance and darkness. OF all the
fads the "order" fad is the most ex-
pensive.
The money paid to these institutions
| is sent out OF the state, and the new
"orders" enrich dozen grand
officers and pass away as quickly as
! them came.
Good secrets are ornaments to any
mind. They are worthy gems to possess.
They enrich us in teaching the virtues
which guard them, but there should be
! a limit to useless secrets. 1t is wrong
to encourage every transitory insurance
scheme which springs up. They are
out for money and usually get it from
those OF us least able to spare it.
| BERT HUFFMAN.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18

The plague has reappeared in Egypt,
Pekin.
Marseiles strikers resumed work
Tuesday.
A Texas oil gusher has been sold for
81, 200, 600.
A serious uprising is reported in the
interior of China.
Royal Victor won the Tennessee
Derby at Memphis.
The Pennsylvania Steel company
will fight the steel trust.
Some more Russian students have
been arrested for rioting.
A rate war is on between the Burl-
ington and Rock Island.
Lord Salisbury has gone to Nice,
seeking health restoration.
Lord Kitchener will have heavy re.
endorsements in South Africa.
The railway has been opened from
Riao-Chou to Tisntau, China.
Cecil Rhodes, who was sick at KIM
berley, has recovered his health.
New York's Easter parade was
spoiled by the" beastly" weather.
American imports at Vadlvostock
must hereafter pay higher duties.
Chicago and New York now have
churches for Christian Scientists.
The steel trust will now take in the
Crucible Steel company OF Plttsburg.
Augustus Byram, Il famous gold
/ miner Of the west, died in Chicago.
The Merrimae river is likely to burst
/ it's banks. The water is rapidly rising.
The SD birthday OF King Christian
of Denmark was celebrated on Monday.
Aguinaldo will be removed from his
prison to sumptous quarters in Manila,
Brigadier- General Turchin, soldier,
author and scholar, is insane IL
Chicago.
Steamship Anglo Austrian cleared
from New Orleans for Cape Town with
/ 1000 mules.
Canada will test all cattle for tuber
culosis before sending them 10 th'
United States.
San Francisco may buy the street cal
public utilities.
The navy department says the tor
pedo boat destroyer Perry was a failure
on its trial trip.
A linen trust is forming in Europ'
to embrace every concern on the con
tinent Of Europe.
The latest events in South Africa in
dicate that the Beers intend to tigh
the war to a finish.
Russia announced she would no
press the Manchurian agreement
which pleases Japan.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
IMPORTANT TIMBER DECISION.
Judge Bellnger Hands One Down In the
Golconda Case.


In the case OF the United States vs..
John +. English and the Goleonda
Gold Mining company, an important
decision has been rendered by Judge
Bellinger, of the federal court in Port
land. The decision IL adverse to the
mining company, which is denied the
privilege Of taking timber from ground
held as placer mines.
The company was sued for the TIM
Der which was estimated on the penal
basis, making total Of 5000. only
$500 was allowed by Judge Belllnger
in his decision, which was Tor the
actual value o. tie timber in the
tree. This was because there had been
no malicious or criminal purpose on
the part of the defendants, as they
believed they bad good and sufficient
title to the land from which they took
the timber.
The two points made in fighting the
case was the right OF the defendant
company to acquire such land as
placer claims, and also the right to cut
timber from the public domain. Judge
Bellinger held that the placer claim
title was merely a subteriuge, which OF
course is true in regard to hundreds
OF Eastern Oregon claims, and that no
rights to the timber accrued because OF
the pretense of taking the land for
mineral purposes. In support OF the
second contention that the citizens OF
Oregon had right to cut timber for
mining purposes, by authority of the
act OF 1878, which gives citizens OF
Colorado, Nevada and other territories
the privilege of removing timber from
the public domain for mining purposes,
it was argued that Oregon was in
cluded, but Judge Bellinger held to
the contrary.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
AGUINALDo'S LOST RPISTLR.

James j. Montague, who writes the
Note and Comment column in the
pens this rather neat ryhme:
/ am finished, Bryan, finished,
It's distinctly up to me
To come off my perch adroi.iy
And to light feet foremost. See?
Square me with the push in Boston,
Give my kindest to Mark Twain;
Tell him | am awful sorry
That his spiel for me was vain.
Tell the democratic party
That an issue can he found
That will beat imperialism -
Lots of good ones lying round.
Tell the crowd that rooted for me
OF the hole that | am in,
Say hated to desert them,
But / had to save my skin.
Cable Brother Agoncillo
He can agitate away
II lac feels like keeping at it,
But I've had TO stop his pay.
II was pleasant revoluting
When the Spanish gang was here,
And ! sold the Tagals to them
For big money every year.
But Of late I've had TO travel
Night and day to keep ahead
OF our old friend. Uncle Samuel,
And il bored me,-on the dead.
So guess I'll swear allegiance,
Though hate TO throw you down;
don't think that ] was destined
For the Filipino crown.
I'll I've over your way some time,
AID take this chance to state
That You'll soon behold me voting
The expansion ticket, straight.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
BUILDING IKMEssE RESERVOIRS.
Survey Begun on Nevada
California Border.

several parties from the geological
survey, comprising in a.! about 100
men. t,egan April work on the
California.Nevads border that ls ex-
pected 70 involve an immense amount
at labor and the ultimate expenditure
q about $40, ,OO0, 90, distributed over
a ueriod Of about zen years. Tbs is
a proiect 10 build large reservoirs on
the California side Of the California
Ssvada border line and the reclamation
Of -ertile laDds On the Nevada side;
Chief photographer r. II. Newell ssid
"a, The lack of conservation Of the
uater sources accounts for steady
loss Of population in Nevada. The
parties which will begin operations
shortly will work mainly along the
T,nkea. Carson and Walker riyers.
They will measure the volume OF
streams. the capacity Of reservoirs,
and estimate the cost 81 buii1ing
them. In the valleys tie water winch
can be used TO beet advantage vii! be
ssoertaiDed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

President Paul Kruger has made a
statement in which, in discussing the
South African war, he said:
The South African war has been on
the part of the English a perpetual
defiance of the Geneva convention. To
much greater extent than their refusal
to accept any Intervention is their de-
tiance of The Hauge convention.
Referring to General Dewet's raid
into Cape Colony, Mr.. Kruger denied
that it was ever hoped to provoke a
general rising.
I'VE know perfectly we'll that this
will be impossible, because of the lack
of ammunitions and arms as we'll as
the difficulty of the combined action
over such enormous distances. But
the invasion demonstrated that the
Afrikanders were everywhere favorable
to our cause and ready to afford help
within their power.
! president Steyn and General Dewet
/ had however different object in view
and they attained it. They were able
to obtain plentiful supplies OF food
and horses.
Moreover these brave allies operated
a diversion which allowed Genera
Botha to escape from tight position
in the east Of the Transyaal. They
compelled the English to spread thei'
forces over the enormous distances ant
TO recognize the fact that the Boer
were masters of the field.
j The results are surely not to be des
missed The English cannot be master
of the two republics; they are not eveI
undisturbed at the Cape and ii
, Natal.
Mr.. Kruger next dealt with the ques
tion OF mines, where work is now sai'
TO have been resumed. He declare'
that so long as ne was master il
Pretoria the mines were safeguards
and work was continued. 1t is onl
, since the British occupation tina
: property has deteriorated and that al
| work has ceased Every ybody shoul
, know that as long as we could We re
mained faithful guardians Of this IN
, ternational trust, carving our scruple
: so far even as 10 respect the mine
which are the cause Of all our mis-
fortunes.
In conclusion, Mr.. Kruger declare
, that far from being exhausted, tn
Boer commanders were able to go o
fighting indefinitely. We have con
, batants, arms and ammunition i
; sufficient quantities. 1t is useless
hope to reduce US by lassitude or e,
: termination. He ended by expressin
g thanks to Providence for the manifol
complications with which the Britis
e Empire is now beset at other points {
the globe which one day will comp'
, them to release their prey.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
SOME WISDOM.

You can never drown SORROW; it can
swim longer than your head car.
A man can generally guage his reli-
gion at any certain time Icy the way
things taste 10 him.
The averag. woman's mouth is too
large because she stretches it smiling
at women she dis.ikes.
In every love affair there is one wo-
man that a man is trying to get and
another that he il trying to get away
from.
Nature has done lot for a woman,
hut there are eleven mixed drinks that
were invented to heal a mans broken
heart.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
PROBLEM OF SIGNALING MARS.

Although Mars is now some time
past opposition and more than eighty
million miles distant, he is still the
most interesting object in our evening
skies and this not go much for what
we know about him, as what we
imagine.
The belief in his habitabillty,
rather strengthened than diminished
bv the discoveries of recent years, bot
az yet incapable of proof or disproof,
finds its most appealing presentation
to the public mind in the idea OF posi-
bic signaling between men and the in
habitants Of the planet.
Let us for the present assume that
such intelligent inhabitants exist. and
that the Martian canals are their
work. We may then 90 on to consider
what signaling TO them involves, and
whether it would be mechanically y
possible.
At the outset We are limited to two
ways Of signaling by means Of light,
and by the electric waves Of the same
nature but enormously longer period
used in wireless telegraphy, since
these alone, Of all earthly means Of
cDIUUJ JUnitdAlDils bdi pdo6 boiDNSy -
terplanetary space. OF these two, light
is by far the most promising, az the
unaided eye can detect far smaller
amount Of energy in that form than
the most delicate instruments can IN
the form Of electric waves.
When Mars 10 nearest US, the earth
il almost directly between him and the
sun. In consedue ice we can only see
Mars at night, and his sunlit eide is
turned toward us. From Msrs, on the
contrary, only the dark side OF the
earth can be seen, and that in the
Martian daytime. Therefore signal =
from the earth to Mars would have
70 be made by artificial light, while
those in the reverse direction might be
made With reflected sunshine. More
over, our sigDals would be obscured 10y
the glare Oi the Martian sky close 70
the sun; while theirs would have only
the light Of the planet and stare n
interfere with them. For both these
reasons it is much easier for the
Martians 70 signal 10 u than for us
70 reply, and therefore We will first
calculate On the Eupposition that hey
are flashing 10 us with reflected sun
light.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
The GAMBLING EVIL.

Some OF the citizens OF Portland seem
to entertain the notion that an attempt
or thought 10 put a stop to or check
upon gambling BELTS only a country
town or provincial city. They talk as
If gambling were thing to be expected
in every place of considerable impor-
tance, and even an important auxiliary
to the life and activity of every city
worth the name.
But in fact no city is big enough to
hermit this vice to run riot. In the
two greatest cities OF the United States,
New York and Chicago. strenuous effort
j. nut forth and constantly maintained
Ia minimize this vice. 1t is known,
indeed. that the vice cannot be wholly
suppressed; but the crusade against II
never stops. I. is at all times lead
ing factor in local politics and admin
IstratlOn.
The effort to suppress this vice,
then, il not characteristic OF the coun-
trv Village. Nor is it fruit Of narrow
and illiberal ideas, as some seem tc
suppose. Gambling is a pernlclous
vice. which all communities that
have a moral basis endeavor to hold
under restraint.
No doubt certain kinds OF business,
certain small industries that are legiti'
mate, are favored, to an extent, by
open rambling, for il makes money
move freely in certain dlrectlonsi pu'
in the long run it can do community
no good. but only evil. Nothing else
is so fruitful Of general immortality
but 10 say nothing Of this, IT ls ar
economic waste, destructive and fright
full, in proportion to its extent. Ore
gonian.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
PRAYER-Bo0K POETRY.

vouny lady one Sunday, says
Leslie'e Weekly. left behind her in
church her prayer book, in which was
written the following:
4 bunch Of Aoxers, z book or two
A lttIe billing, I!rle coo,
little coming and going till m
Tbey 20 70 church AID say u Will
And that ends u.
On the following Sunday, on her
taking CD the book, sbe espied, written
underneath her lines, the following
effugion. possibly the work OF some
wretched married man:
Young lass. yo1' r. wrong you surely are
yrT worked that rhyme just one too Tar
+ ends riRht thereT Oh, no, u don't!
Fo- CON NJ home, she says 4 WON'T!
And that Deglns II.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
IRRIGATION IN HAW YAH.

Irrigation is Transforming the
Hawaiian islands. On Mauri, one Of
the larger islands Of the group, All en-
gineering feat has just been success
fully carried through that has not It's
equal in the Pacific islands. To
supply water to the Spreck lesville
plantation a canal has been dug along
the slopes of the great crater of Hale
akala, and by it a stream Of water
ilowing 50,000, eco gallons daily is
brought a distance OF twenty-five
miles and thence distributed over the
plantation lands.
1t was no ordinary undertaking, the
building Of this great canal, Tor in
those twenty-five miles from kailua
Gulch to Sprecklesvlle there are
gulches and canyons by the score.
each Of which had to be crossed, and
there are dozen or tore high ridges,
to pass through which it was necessary
to dig tunnels, some OF which are
nearly half a mile in length.
The most striking feature OF the
Glitch" il the manner in which 1T IL
carried over the numerous gulches
which scar the sides OF the great ex-
tinct crater. Some Of these gulches
are very deep, and their sides are near
ly perpendicular. To cross them pipe
lines are used, not stretched across on
trestles, but following the less expen.
sive and more stable method OF
dropping into the gulches and allowing
the water to flow on the principle OF
the inverted siphon. OF these siphons
there are twleve along the line OF
the ditch. winding mp and down like
huge serpents, all constructed OF
quarter-inch pipe, forty-four inches IN
diameter. The most striking OF them
crosses Maliko Gulch, a cash in the
slope Of the volcano which stretches
nearly from the summit 10 the sea, and
which il 35 feet deep and less than a
quarter OF mile wide. Across this
gorge it seemed next to impossible to
carry a siphon, but il has been done,
and the works are in successful opera
tion.-Guy Elliott Mitchell.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18

the past wears gardens were provided
for $50 families, consisting of 24so
persons. The aggregate receipts from
the various farms showed totai OF
S24 .5l1. This is SIX times the amount
expended hy the association on the
lands. Five families became so
adept at gardening that their savings
have enabled them to hire ample farms
of their own. Thirteen families were
given Belgian hares for experiment
last wear, and the successful results at
tanned will cause the association TO
take up his line of industry ON the
farms this year.
nr George q. Hopkins, Of Brook lyn.
has been using decomposed light in the
treatment of consumption with con-
siderable success. Or, Hopkins system
is to nse decomposed light as a suosti.
tute for sun RAYS. The patient Is led
With arsenic, cod liver oil, etc, In
order to build up the system and
strengthen the tissues. Then the
light, which restores vitality, is used
and the patient is enabled TO throw
off the germs OF consumption. The
system originated with Or. Finsen, .o'
Copenhacen, 1t has also been used fol
the treatment of cancer. A l5,oV
candle power arc light is used aud tht
light is decomposed by blue glass, thus
allowing only certain Of the rays Il
strike the patient.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

A London journal calls attention to
what might oe termed the "elegstor
disease" " Y saws Il looks a. though
people with weak hearts had, after all,
better climb ten ght- 5i stairs than
efegt the ascent tv means 4 the ele-
vator. Lift attendants have died
sudden deaths people With weak
hearts have noticed au nous sen-atlons
when in the elevator. W. are told the
sudden transition from the heavier
air al the loot 90 the Iisi ter ar a. the
top is extremely trying ~ the coustitu-
tIon. Most people have experienced
singular sensations ~ .uterua. collapse
when the lift floor silk- beneath jne
feet. but none suspect-l that the re-
sults might be 20 serious.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-04-18
BARRYwoBE's DOWNFALL

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BARRYMoHkS Do" AL
"Ono woe does tread HPon aho'"ei
heels. eo fast thel l"tL'N
queen saw to ia.met eharac'erl@es,
recent theatrical events. ho'ahd heeu
rasaed away t1 utter na more hls merry
onips and jests Manriee batrN more,
snpparted by couple "i bel elleNue
hospita nurses, is es'ah.ish'hs nun
seli a. star ln a1 insane WAR" l-a'f
Home. formerly May } ohr, OhicaGn
chorus girl does H3t 'feaN ",T",' ,,,'
with ber husband any longer ana May
Rnrkley is finding herself "a a peek OF
tronble through the investigation 0'
the rooms and private carresPondence
of the craaei student MO sho'
"Sanly" nugUalI.
not the effect ot a first attack. Once
hafore ne was afflicted, hut through
,he efforts of his friends the story Of
his Illness was kept secret. The
,,oeent crisis is the result OF the
shat,arinc Of the swagger leading
mans f6ndest dreams. When the
theatrical syndicate was first formed
ona ~ IT. Interest denoancers was the
calaLrated jmpersonator Of Rawdon
C.1a-lav Having learned from the
~. ~ s,.If-5afense that the surest way
% acbiave yjctorv in a combat is 10
- hark and - strike quickly.
po,r,r9ore immediately set bout To
80, ..t-rs,,t of leading men that
ao,la rrotact their interests against
tSe onerations OF the Big SIX" He
,,as not concerned about the fate OF
,ho established "star4 Tie wanted
~ look ont for men ike himself. On
salary. failures, IN one sense OF the
never proved successful,
pror, his headouarters in the Lambs
o,rk ha tr;ad IN rally around his banner
srcb famnps leading men a. Charles
CogbIsn Wilton I.ackaye, Joseph
Haworth. Frederic de Belle9l.!e,
H. H., T., jeuett ". Fl. Thompson, Ed
win Arden Jack Gilmour. kyrle
PaIlew lack Mason. Charles Rich
man lanes X. Hackett and others,
Uo wanta9 10 establish salary limit
fo, All below which no manager codld
ohtain their services. In his enthusi-
asm and enGeavOr u protect tue IN
.er..sts ~ his fellow actors he made no
,ooknr;ve M the frailitjes Of human
no,n-s and the obvious ambition OF
anv artIst T. rrocress rather than to
stand stiH
Tabler 4 Co. made star out OF
Charles Coyhlan in The R0val Box -
Iir,.a9e cbalIa sent Wilton Lackaye
n,t IN @CbarIes OiNallev:" Joseph
Eswa-tb became an "underiined
taatr,a With No3ieska: the Christian
S~;artis+s turnisha3 the money for
H. Taxatt,s attempt 10 make a
dron,a,ir s,cre-s NJ .sTbe Choir Invisi-
bia.,i " II Thompson received q life
,,nsi,ion from Charles Frohman
Dar;aj Frobman pusbei James X
Hackstt - the front in .sThe Prisoner