Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-29
The Week s News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and About the City.

week, which was poisoned in some
manner unknown to him.
TIE latest remedy for smut in wheat
is formaldehyde. 1t comprises a treat
ment of the seed and is said to be infal-
lible.
Two carloads Of beet cattle were
shipped Tuesday to the Carstner Pack
ing Co, of Seattle M. M. Welch was
the buyer.
James Hayes this week bought from
Geo. French band of 1900 mixed
lambs for 81 60 per head. This is con-
sldered good price.
Heppner prides herself on her school
facilities. They are certainly unsur-
passed. The curriculum includes even
Il course in vocal music.
Next Monday is the last day in which
taxes can be paid without penalty and
interest. There are about $12 900 on
the roll vet to be collected.
Ralph Swinburne left yesterday morn
ing for Portland where he goes to re.
sumo his studies at the N. P. Dental
College. He will graduate with the '05
class next April.
G. A. Rhea this week sold to Walden
Rhea 20 head OF beef steers at So 40 per
hundred. This was very fine lot OF
cattle and the animals averaged 100
pounds each in weight.
Sheep are now beginning to come in
from the mountain ranges. The range
is getting very short. By the middle of
next month nearly all of the sheep will
be put on the winter range.
If you wish to make any entries at
the fair of the Second Eastern Oregon
Agricultural Society, ask your post
master for cataog containing list
of premiums, or write to 7. A. Hudson,
Secretary, The Dalles, Or. he will send
you one by return~mail.
Owing to a washout near Cecil We'd
nesday, the O. r. & N. train did not get
in on that day making the depot here
about o'clock Thursday morning. A
number Of passengers were on board
and enjoyed all the comforts of waiting
for the track to be repaired.
w. 0. Minor yesterday shipped two
fine Shortho,ns to Spokane. The ami
mails were purchased by Jay P. Graves
of Spokane Belted Valentine, 2-year
old bull weighing 2300 pounds brought
$500. Laura, yearling heifer also
brought good figure. The animals will
be exhibited 1T the Spokane later. State
fair.
Don't fail to attend the fair of the
Secon Eastern Oregon Agricultural So
ciety to be held at The DalIes, on Oc
.ober 4 to s. In addition to the agrcul-
tural and st OK show they are going to
have some good racing, also plenty OF
good music and other attractions will be
furnished each evening.
If some reformer would begin cru
SADIE for text books to be furnished to
school children by the state he would
find inns If actively seconded. The
greatly-increased number of books now
used IN the schools of Oregon make it
a well nigh insufferabe burden for par
entS of large families to supply the
needs of their children. Several of the
Eastern states, we understand, have
taken up this policy, with the conse
quence that children are being better
and more generally educated than be-
fore. Suoh result removes al taInt of
charity from the problem. 1t should
be the duty OF one generation not alone
to propagate, but provide for the educa-
ton of the next. Those who fail 10
comply with the former requirement
should not object to performing a share
of the latter, which they would 90 indi-
rectlv if the state furnished the school