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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06

c. W. Rice Of Arcadia is arreng-
ing to import the ferret into this
region, for the purpose of annihi-
lating the gopher, says the Ore
gonian correspondent. This little
animal is the mortal enemy of rats
and mice and when properly
trained will 60 into a farmers
premises and in a few hours kill or
put to flight every rat or mouse.
The cotton-tail rabbit is in terrible
dread when q ferret is about, and
Mr.. Rice thinks the rabbit will
also disappear on the premises
that has . trained ferret.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06
GIANTS CAN BE GROWN.
with T>~oper Food asS Exercise the
Growth of Mar NAY Be 40
ceIeraIsd-

The common notion 81 ths Phvaolo-
gist that growth sEd development:
are due 10 suitable 1.et a.c e1ero. *
has formed the s-ajeo; % some Pecu.-
Jar exptr5 uenss IN ne par. q 6
rreaea Doctor he claims thst he Aas
ab1 eruaa..y accelerated lie growth Of
chi 5reu and aa.us.s BY feeding them
Oh pre- p. ration @ {: @, -ee4s and { hat he
car make slsnts ot those whose organ
za.ion II Any Way permits of sach
exit I-Sion.
A certain Bishop Berkeley succeeded
in $ similar feat .Dug ago He took
mae cAl4L aaG fed him II accordance
with system Of his o~n. By the time
the boy was 10 years Of age ne had at
tain, he gh, of Zee; { inches.
Mos foods such as trIn Ks Of tea and
milk an3 other similar beverages. tend
80 Increase ,he stature, while cry anc
.pioe3 FOODS and alcoholic drinks tend
10 stop the Developments
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06

Marriage is truly lottery TO the
Chine, SiI4. for size knows not what
she >. getting uaui she IL actusly
MARRIED. writes SUI SIN Far. IN La
dies 4 1me JouruA. Sometimes Il
Ia a KIND. good husband. an am4ab.e
moth, ran Iaw. and much comfort,
sometimes i Is tyrsut, mother
in-law ~ho Is eternaNy sEoldinE, And
q ne that Is wearine>s to both flesh
and spirit The ceremonies Of be
trothai and marriage cause much
trouble and anxiety The young
mans family begin the negotiations.
They engage a go-be tween to call On
posal Of marriage. 1, the young man
IS considered eligible by the girls
parents they consult a fortune-teiler.
who decades whether the betrothal
would he proper. Ii his decision is
favorable the co-between is gwen q
card or which is marked the hour,
day, month and year when the girl
was born This is delivered 10 the
young mans family, who in their
tura consult . tortune-teller. If he
also pronauaces favorab.y festival
l. held by both families, the oetrothal
coutracs Is signed, snd she bride
groom makes a present to the bride
q pair Of hracelets. but neither
he nor she is present, The betrothal,
however, is not considered binding
until pssteboard card has been in
terchanged by the families. The
hridegroom's family provide two of
these cards, one having q gilt dragon
on It's face. the other a gilt phoenix
TIE phoe nix card Is retained by the
young mans family ss evidence of
his engagement. while the drsgon
card IS kept BY the girls family. The
betrothal Is then complete"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06
a n&rfh, rhst Divrr. Resch.

s. 1maraB. e8Fsr- have .ot te' sae-
e.+l.d .. reach ny -1a 's-; oe..ss -Ls
sIrtace with al -a- advantage = ar
NOR. ar supply al- ~s.snts 70 s.I1
then. Tne Effort has DseL made T.
reach wreck n ~ teet n wafer.
The acc.4-ts state that az ls1 fs.t
n, diver began - experience serious
trouble A. 20 fee-. after suffe- ?
'.rri by. h. lest c0r sciousi ess ard ~as
hauled up Divers cannot work much
L. ~, 10 Zee
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06

In order 70 signify tha. prominent
cape drawn o1 a manuscript char,
should have desicnaticn the maker
OF he map ED Name" The
char was passed - f'smar . be
copied He thought the question mark
'S.< a capital c and the other word
Nome From TIE incident. accord
ing 70 inquiries recently made BY Prot.
davidson, of the University Of Cali
tornia. W. get the name Of our row
famous gold field
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06
A HOME on TIME.

A good ranch OF Ito acres, I40 OF it
good pillow land, located Oh county road,
8 mile. southwest OF Heppner, is now
offered at 81 an acre. Any man who
viii work il may have il on 3 years
time, pay in easy iRstailments. Apply
at Heppner Gazette office.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06

DcIlSllTltS, however,
the husbands attention ls directed TO
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
its remarkable cures of womanly dis
eases. He may not have much hope of
a cure, but he Is led 10 try the medicine,
with the result ;hat in almost every case
there is perfect and permanent cure.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
irregularity 1t dries the drains which
weaken woulea, heals Inflammation and
liberation, and cures female weakness.
As q tonic for women who are nervous,
sleepleSs, wNru-out and run down Fs-
vorite Prescription" is uneeualed.
rIn answer to your letter Will saw my wife
commenced to complain twenty years ago"
writes Lewis A Miller, ex Chicf-of- Police Il u
Prospect ST, weis>port Pa "We have tried the
skill OF twelve different doctors She took sal
Ions Of medicine during Inc time she II,
until I wrote to YOU and you told us what to do.
She has taken eight bottles of DR. Picrces Fa-
vorite Preecriptiou and six Of the Golden Med
ical Discovery She can do her own work now
and can walk around again and is quite smart %
"Favorite Prescription has the tssti-
mony OF thousands OF women to IT'S COM
plete cure of wonauly diseases DO not
accept an unknown and improved sub
stitute in its place.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets inyigor-
ate stomach, liver and bowels.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06

II you take thv paper ard The Weekly
C-tgonian ycu won't Rave - Deg yo1f
usws
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLYCATION.

yNEpAR1bfENT OF TIE INTERIOR. LAND
| } office N 4be pa les, or. December Ni90l
Notice - hereby given thRt the follow
inE-nameu settler has uIci notice ut his luten-
tiou q commute and make naAl proof in sup
uort uf his clat.l, and that said PROOF VIII be
made before Nawter Crawford. county clerk
al Heppneg oregon, on saturday, February
1917 viz.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-02-06

l. owe is uneQua,lV
yoked with sickness.
Labor is lightened by
love, but love cannot
tighten pain or relieve
il. Many a man looks
on AT his wife's suffering
willing to do anything
TO aid her and sble to do
nothing
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
PINE TREES FROM THE SEED,
Work of Reforesting in the South Of
California.


Work of Reforesting in the South Of
California.
The preservation of the nations wa
ter conservers is becoming the great
agricultural question of the day, and
Uncle Sans recent appropriation Of
100000 over and above the usual
stipulation to be devoted to forestry
purposes gives substantial evidence
that the needs are imperious. The loss
to our country by forest fires has been
estimated at S5O,000,000 a year, but
with the present arrangements and the
increased appropriations such stories
of destruction will soon be relegated
to past history. Our forests are now
protected in a way, but the great areas
devastated by fire should be replen'
ished with growth, and one of the most
interesting and remarkable projects of
modern times is the reforesting Of these
barren slopes.
In the six forest reservations of
southern California, the San Jacinto,
San Bernardino, Zaca Lake, Trabuco,
Ndlllu 1utN anu odil OdbliNls NAlG hAANNh
area of which is about 100000 acres.
the work of reforestation is being car
ried on with a vim. Pine seeds were
distributed TO officers in charge of the
reserves and to other interested parties
who agreed to see that they were prop
erly disposed Of, and during the past
four months thirty forest rangers have
been actively employed in planting
pine seeds on mountain slopes that
1ave been devastated by fire. If nature
is propitious these seeds will give birth
to forests which will in time transform
the rugged barrenness of their original
abode into a musical labyrinth of
green. Thus will the irrigation foun
tains be redeemed and the orchards
saved from drought and destruction.
The question of reforestation was
first agitated in 1897, at which time
some demonstrative work was accom-
plished. the experiments proving most
profitable of results. At elevations
varying from 200O TO 10000 feet nu.
merous species Of pines were planted,
including the pinus tuberculata, Torrey
pine, jeffri, pinus ponderosa, lember.
tiana, Coulter pine, librocedrus, abljes
concolor and many others. Many of
these trees are from eighteen inches to
two feet high at the present date, and
give promise of becoming thrifty forest
monarchs.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
( lied an DEVILS Island.

Only the other day there died on
DEVILS Island, the French convict set
tlement off Cayenne, the man who in.
vented and patented the telegraphic
system now universally adopted In
France, and known as the multiple
transmission system. Victor Nimault,
twenty years ago, was an electrical
employe of the French telegraphic
service. In 1871 he discovered and le-
gally protected a system of multiple
transmission, on which he had been
busted for years. Almost coincident-
ally M. Baudot (not an Officially in
vented a somewhat similar apparatus.
This M. Baudot, being a personal
friend of M. Raynaud, the director Of
the telegraphic department, found
favor with that gentleman, and the
Baudot system was finally accepted
and universally adopted as the better
of the two. Victor Nimaul. brought
action against M. Baudot and M. Ray
maud, and, after losing lawsuit after
lawsuit, fired at and mortally wounded
M. Raynaud. The unhappy inventor
was tried, sentenced to imprisonment
Cor life, and in due course was sent out
to Cayenne. Twenty years having
elapsed, he was recently pardoned by
President Loubet. A subscription made
by his friends in France left by the
same boat which took out his pardon.
But it arrived too late, for Victor Nj.
mault, who had been Ill for some time,
died the day before port was made
The irony of it all is that poor Nj
.mault's system has been in use in
France for many years now; for, after
he was sentenced, it was found to be
preferable to the one adopted and ap-
proved by Raynaud, the then director
of the telegraphic department
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
Should Have Renn Easy.

One day a woman came to a country
doctor complaining that she was un.
able te digest her food. He inquired
into the history Of the cese and
learned that years ago, while pursuing
her business as a T'lliner, she was in
the habit Of filling her mouth with
pins so as to have them handy But
one memorable day while she was do
ing her stunt as human pincushion
some one spoke to her, and in replying
she involuntarily drew in her breath
and swallowed the pins, but never
heard of them afterwards. She con-
.cluded her story by inquiring:
Now. doctor, do you think that has
anything to do with the present dis
tressng conditions"
Well, really, maosm," he replied de-
liberately, 81 do not like to venture a
rash opinion, but II strikes me that
you ought not have any trouble with
a stomach that is as we'll pinned up"
as yours appears to be-"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
TOMMY AND GRANDPA.

Grandpa lay sleeping serenely
Where the shade of the naples was cast;
The hammock was swayed by the zephyrs
That kissed his high brow as they passed
oerchance he was dreaming of angels,
As Tommy PLAYED near him out there,
Chasing butterflies out of the flowers
And tossing his curls in the arr
Tho hose was attached to the hydrant,
With full head Of water turned on,
And the nozzle lay harmless, unnotced,
Where the grass had grown brown on
the lawn
Dear grandpa. with one leg hung over
The side of the hammock, still swayed,
And the leaves futtered gayly about him.
II was eighty or so in the shade.
A smile was on grandpa's glad features
When Tommy discovered the hose.
Perhaps he was dreaming of cherubs
Or beautiful fairies. who knows?
But the smile disappeared when sweet
Tommy
Forgetting that grandpa was there,
Stood carelessly letting the water
Squirt forty feet up in the air.
With a veil like a grown-up Comanche
Dear grandpa attempted to rise;
The water streamed under his collar
And into his ears and his eyes
With foot tangled up in the hammock
He leaped like a trout on the hook,
And turned three flp.faps without stop
ping
To pick up the course that he took,
A child who had stains on his features.
Whose eyes were still fearful and red
Lay sobbing with sad recolections
And tossing alone in his bed
HIS breast was o'erburdened with sorrow,
In his heart and elsewhere he was sore.
And he murmured: 81 don't want to never
Go vlsitin' grandpa no more!'
S. f. Kiser IN Chicago Record Herald
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
Rarnnm ON the Defensive.

Mr.. Barnum's innate and eXuberant
love of a joke which was trait ma
ternally inherited, and his frequent
habit of self-depreciation, were not al
ways quite understood by the public.
He therefore suffered sometimes from
too much of his own disparaging frank
ness. His first autobiography, issued
in 1865, was not meant to be taken as
literal truth; but it was so taken, and
the criticism of it was very bitter
The soberer matter-of-fact public Of
that day did not see the PickwicRian
sense and the orientalism of statement
that pervaded it. The cold type could
not carry with it the twinkling Of the
authors eye.
The three things, however, which
brought upon him the sharpest critl-
cism We're the three curiosities of his
show, which were called Joyce Heth,
the Woolly Horse and the Fee Gee
Mermaid. The first of these was said
to be Washington's body-servant, and
was given an incredible age; the second
was a real colt that was a freak; the
last was probably of japanese manu-
facture. Mr.. Barnum constructed
neither the second nor the third, but
bought them from exhibitors, and he
was himself fooled at first by the GER
tificates of Joyce Heth's history He
frankly admits in his biography that
he employed two Of them to advertise
his museum, and was not trying to
make their history too exact in an
nouncing them. He romanced some.
what he says regretfully, in describing
the horse, born in Indiana, as a Curl
osity discovered by Colonel Fremont
in the Rocky Mountains; but did this
to call attention to a museum of curl
osities of which it, with the other two,
was merely a fractional part. He
said he should not do this again, and
expressed a wish that it had not been
done at all. The best palliation he
could plead for these schemes was
that, without them, he did give big
money's-worth to all who visited his
museum. No perfectly ethical defense.
beyond this, was offered.-Joel Benton,
In the Century.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
An Effervescent Maharajah.

On the first consignment of seidlitz
powders to the Maharajah Of Sing
pur that monarch gas deeply inter
ested in the accounts of the refresh
ing box A box was brought to the
potentate in full court, and the ir
terpreter explained to his majesty
how it should be used. Into a goblet
he put the twelve blue papers, and.
having added water, the king drank
It eff. This was the alkali, and the
Royal countenance expressed no sign
If satisfaction.
1t was then explained that in the
combination Of the two powders lay
The luxury, and the twelve white
powders were quickly dissolved in
water, and as eagerly swallowed by
his majesty.
With shrek that will be remem-
bered' while Singpur lasts the mon
arch rose, stared, exploded, and, in
nis full agonies, screamed: Hold
me down" Then, rushing from the
throne, fell PROSTATE on the floor,
There he lay during the long-contin-
ued effervescence of the compound,
groaning as surely monarch never
groaned before, and believing himself
in the agonies of death-a melan-
rholy and humiliating proof that
kings are mortal.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
SEVEN MILLIONS IN GOLD.

Greatest Amount of Bullion Ever Car
ried In a Single Vessel
''I notice that the newspapers have
recently spoken Of the carrying of ST.
100000 of bullion to a foreign country
by one Of the ocean liners as the
greatest amount ever transported"
said man who has been with the
navy for years to a reporter. 1T is
entirely wrong. In 1885 there was
brought from the mint in New Orleans
to the treasury in Washington SILL
100000, and let was brought in a
steamer.
"The government decided to trans
port S15,000,000 from New Orleans. 1t
was first thought best to bring it by
rail, but this was assuming great
risk The cabinet di -ssed the mat
ter carefully and it was finally decided
that the safest way would be by water.
The members of the cabinet saw that
there was a chance for hold-up if the
money was brought by train.
THE United States ship Swatara
was first designated to carry the
would 5e inadequate to transport the
whole amount, so the wooden sailing
steamer Yantic was pressed into SER
vice to help out We removed from
the Swatara her magazines. The shells
from the shellroom were removed, as
were also the sails from the sailroom,
so that all available space was utilized
for packing the coin. The only weap-
on Of defense was a Calling gun.
"The money was conveyed from the
mint to the vessels in wagons. A
squad Of secret service officers watch
ed the WORK The two vessels were
in tow and the trip from New Orleans
to the Washington navyyard occupied
a little more than four days. Consid-
cradle wind was encountered off Hat
teras, but otherwise the trip was
without incident. The money was car
ried from the navy yard to the treas
ury by an express company.
THE money was in boxes of $4,000
each and in bags. My recollection is
that the money was in silver dollars,
or the greater part of it, for, while
unloading at the navyyard, one of the
bags, rotten from being IN storage so
long gave way, and large number of
silver dollars were scattered about the
wharf
"The Swatara was a historic craft.
John Surratt was brought back from
Malta in the Swartara. The prince of
Wales, now King Edward, paid her II
visit once when she was with the
American squadron at Villefranche in
the Mediterranean. She was then
the flagship. The prince, when he saw
her, asked;
rs this yacht or a man Of war"
"The Swatara is now in rotten row
in the navyyard at San Francisco,
waiting to be surveyed. The $11,0OO,-
900 carried by the Swatara from New
Orleans to Washington was the great
est amount of money ever carried by
a single craft"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
ETSES- 6AJEsS@.
; 2&oEffzk

y L.
II don't like the man." why not"
L hadn't been talking to him five min
utes before he said l was an idiot"
why the delay|-Judge.
She used to be pensive maid,
And now, upon my life,
Since she is married, I'm afraid
She's an expensive wife
Philadelphia Record.
Hewitt-"It is worry, not work that
kills." Jewett-"That's so; especially
when a fellow worries himself to death
because he cannot get work. Brook
lyn Life.
Cousin Madge--"So you were in love!
And did she return your love" Bertie
mo, and worse still, she didn't re.
turn any of the presents l gave her.
Brooklyn Life.
"They both love me dearly, papa,
but think 1 shall accept Clarence"
why him?" Because ne cannot pay
his bills and his needs are more
urgent. life.
Janice-"Do you know. Horatio, dat
every boy hez a chance ter be de
President?" Horatio (thoughtfully)-
"Well, I'll sell my chance for ten
cents. SACRED Heart Review.
The candidate finds the thing is reversed
When he has established headquarters;
Tie knowledge comes then, to his great
surprise,
He has to support his supporters.
indianapolis News.
'"Your daughters taste in music Is
improving perceptibly," said the pro
fessor II think it must be-" answered
Mr Bliggins "She doesn't try to play
nearly as much as she did. ."-Washing
ton Star.
Miss Kay lin street car)-"Its really
very kind of you Mr. Crabbe, to give
me your seat" Mr.. Crabbe-"Not az
all, We men are getting tired Of be-
ing accused Of never giving up our
seats except to pretty girls. "-Tit-Bits.
You have killed my husband
walled the woman as the chauffeur
brought his automobile to a stop "Yes
and the jolt has broken the front axle
Of my auto" said the chauffeur indig
nantly as he climbed out.--0hio State
Journal.
A sentence was once pronounced by
Scotch judge with the following ac.
compartments You did not only kill
and murder the man, and thereby take
away his valuable life, but ye did push,
thrust, or i.npel the lethal weapon
through the waistband of his regi
mental trousers, which were the prop.
erty Of his majesty" y."--.Glasgow Times.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
CERTAINLY DESERVED THE CHECK
College Provost Catches Philadelphia
Broker In His Own Trap.

College Provost Catches Philadelphia
Broker In His Own Trap.
The University OF Pennsylvania has
not a large endowment, and that 1t
finds the means to pay its current ex-
penses and put up new buildings is
due in great measure to its provost,
Charles c. Harrison. His little black
subscription book is well known in
many a downtown office-too we'll
known, a prominent broker told him
not long ago. Mr.. Harrison was plead
ing persistently with him for sub
scription, but in vain. Finally the
broker said:
See here, Mr.. Harrison, will give
you something on one condition
Very well, Mr.. T. said the
provost, name it,"
THE condition is that you promise
never come into my Office again until
/ ask you to do So"
Certainly, Mr.. T, l agree to
that" said the provost promptly and
walked out smiling with a check for
$1,000.
month or so later the broker
heard a knock at his door. Come in"
he called, and in walked Mr.. Harri-
son. He had his black book under his
arm.
Good morning, Mr.. T" he said;
81 want you to help me with little
university matter | am"
"Look here, Mr.. Harrison" the brok-
er continued, when l gave that last
thousand dollars wasn't it on the ex-
press condition that you wouldn't
come into my office again until | in
vited your"
why, yes" returned the provost, Il
believe that was the understanding.
But didn't you say Come in just now
when / knocked"
They say the check this time was
for five thousand Philadelphia
Nimes.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
It's the FIy's Turn Now.

The ''musca domestica," the "sto-
moxys calcitrans," the "drosophila
ampelophila"-in short, the fly the
common or garden variety of fly, after
bringing down the hairs of many gen
eratons Of American housewives in
sorrow to the grave, has at last in
vaded so dignifed a region as the De-
partment Of Agriculture. The depart
ment has determined to exterminate
the fly. So long as he only meandered
gently over the table, buzzed inside
the patent screen, sat down on the
sticky paper thoughtfully provided for
his repose and drove the housewife
to the verge of insanity TO keep him
outdoors, the fly was allowed to 90
his ways in peace. But now that it
has been discovered that the fly, like
his little friend, the mosquito, carries
germs about with him, the Department
of Agriculture has decided that he
must 60. incidentally, the American
housewife, when she hears this, viii
probably smile little bitterly, and de.
eide that the Department of Agricul-
ture has undertaken the biggest job
in which it has yet engaged-in short,
has bitten off more than it can chew.
The department has begun its cam
paign by the issuance Of pamphlets
through the Division Of Entomology,
to health boards doctors and individ-
uals all over the country. asking them
to see that no breeding places are af-
forded the little fy-if they can help
lt.-New York Tribune.