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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
Daylight Eurgiaries.

The farm homes of Mr.. Nash ard
Johan Troedson near Cecil We're broken
into this week by unknown parties.
From Mr. Nash's house rifle, revolver
and pair of shoes were taken. Some
clothing and set of harness were tax
en- from Mr.. Troedson's place. A party
OF immigrants who were travelling
through the country about the time the
articles were taken are suspcioned.
d. G.. Gurdane and Johan Troedson
were deputzed and went in pursuit of
the immigrants armed with a search
warrant
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
TO OPEN AGAIN.
Voters Will Have Another OppOr.
tunity to Register.

Under and by virtue Of section 1866
OF BeIlinger and Cotton's code. as
amended by the Direct Primary Elec-
tions Law, Attorney General Crawford
has held that it becomes the duty of the
county clerks of the several counties of
the state to open the books for registra
tion on September 20 and to keep the
same open until o'clock of the even
ing of October 20, both dates inclusive,
in view of the forthcoming November
election. Since the section referred to
was not amended until after the last
June election, the Attorney General
holds that all Of those whose names ap-
pear on the books at that time have
been legally registered and will not be
compelled to attend to this duty again
This holding was couched in an
OPINION which was rendered by the At
torney General in response to an inquiry
from County Clerk j. B. Gillian, OF
Union county. The Attorney General
says:
1t is not necessary to register those
voters who duly registered for the June
election, but only those who did not
register for that election. The section
above referred to was in force without
amendment until the June election,
hence those who registered prior to
that election are legally registered, and
then the direct primary law was voted
at the June election and the proclama-
tion of the Governor was issued on the
oath day of June, 1904, declaring the
law to be in effect from that date. The
amendment took effect at that time, and
it provides that the registration books
shall be open this fall from the Goth OF
September to the Goth of October, but
those who are legally registered are not
required to register, but those not reg
stered for the June election should be
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
SWapped Ranches.

Art. Minor, whose residence
on tributary of Balm creek
covers period of many years,
and Bob Dexter, who for at least
thirty years has operated yalua-
bic ranch on Willow creek, have
amlcably traded properties. No
"boot" was asked or given Oh
either side. They just snapped.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
LEXINGTON NEWS.

Prof. and Mrs. Wilcox returned
from the mountains last Thursday.
S. c. Jackson, Of Heppner, was
in town the fore part of last week
on business.
E. A. Nichols youngest child is
under the doctors care. She Il
improving slowly.
w. e. Leach WAS unable to
work Monday, but Tuesday be
was found at his post.
Miss Lottie Davis went to Hepp-
ner last Saturday, where she will
remain for several weeks.
Mrs. E. S. Tyler's youngest boy
fell from hack Friday and was
quite seriously hurt, having one
leg broken at the thigh
The roads are becoming very
rough. The wheat wagons have
cut numerous chuckholes. There
is talk Of having a "stlaw day"
soon.
Several car loads of wheat and
barley have been shipped from the
at this place lately.
Wheat is coming In at a rapid
rate.
Eph Eskelsons team ran away
with him last Wednesday, throw
-ng him out of the wagon and
oruising him up a good deal. He
8 able to be around again.
Mrs. Jas. Burgoyne, Miss Min
lie Burgoyne, Mrs. John White
md children, Henry Arnsmeyer,
md Ed Pointer went to Butter
reek last Wednesday to purchase
ruit.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01

it somewhere within the restricted
body.
"We always ask the land office
to hold back lands from entry in
sections where we are pushing our
investigations, for it is a great
deal easier to turn the reserve
back than it is to secure it after
filings have been made by settlers y
The Dalles Chronicle.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
TALK FOR BABES.
Tariff Speeches of Democrats Mere
TWaddle.

Twaddle.
New York, Aug. % The New York
Times, Dem, recalling recent speech
of Senator Bailey in which he gave as
surances that the Democrats, if in con-
troll of the Government would reduce
the tariff but slightly, has this to say
editorially:
"The Democrats may as well drop the
tariff ISSUE if they cannot discuss 1t
like men with robust convictions. They
will win no votes by paltering with the
subject. This year for plain speech
Voters of this country are without eX-
ceptlon adults. Tariff discussion thus
far heard in the campaign seems to have
been addressed to nursery audiences.
'Senator Bailey began well, in that
part of his Brooklyn speech which he
devoted to tariffs. He approved the
platform declaration that Dinglevism is
robbery of many to enrich the few.
For moment his speech gave promise
OF having real stuff in 1t, but the old
tariff scare ghost rose before him,
Tapping It's tattered cerements, and he
instantly turned, as ell half-hearted
tariff takers have got into the way of
turning, and put himself on the defen-
sive.
"From that point on his speech was
all apology and appeasement. Don't be
alarmed, we shall touch the tariff; but
gently We are not free traders. There
must be humping big revenue raised,
and its chief source must be import
duties. 1t is perfectly well understood
that those import duties will protect
American manufacturers against their
foreign competitors, and SO on through
the old, tiresome nerveless, spineless
rigmarole-Lodge or Aldrich might as
we'll have made the speech.
"There is no virtue in the proclama
ton of policy invariably accompanied
by neutralizing declaration that you
don't mean word you say. With the
perfect frankness of friend, we must
say that what was the matter with the |
tariff paragraphs of Judge Parker's |
speech of acceptance. There was no
pledge, no promise, no affirmative dec
laration of Democratic opposition to The
extortions, private fayors and public
outrages of the Dingley tariff.
eff the Democrats really intend to DO
nothing with the tariff, they should quit
talking about it. Democratic orators
ought to rid themselves of the paralyz-
ing fear that the tariff reform campaign
will disturb business.
"Nothing on earth would so help the
business of this country as the cutting
down of duties that stand in its way"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
More Lands Withdra WA.

For the reelection of a storage
reservoir site for the Umatilia ir-
rigation project, the land Office in
this city has been instructed to
withdraw from all forms of entry
several townships in Morrow
county. Orders were received
from the general land Office to this
effect Wednesday, and until the
government engineers finish their
surveys, the land in the restricted
district will not be subject to set
tlement.
"The action Of the land office
in Withdrawing the townships IN
Morrow county," SAID John I.
Whistler, head of the reclamation
service in Oregon, "is in accord
ance with the desires of the recon
noisance party that has been seek
ing a new reservoir site since tie
Willow creek plan was found un-
feasable. 1t does not mean that |
the reservoir will take up all the
land withdrawn, but it indicates
that the engineers expect to locate
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
AAA -A.A-. rAND 41Ao PICTURES.
Masculine Half OF the Race Hates Old
Age Much More Than Do
the Women

Inc man was aDout IS, says the
Philadelphia Record He was rather
bald. His wrinkles were many His
mustache was gray The flesh of his
cheeks and neck hung rather soft and
Habby Nevertheless, he looked vigor-
Gus and 1ntelligent-he was handsOmer
take him altogether than he had been
at 40. But he brought out a photo-
graph OF himself at 40 which hardly
resembled him, SO much had he
changed, and, ''if you want to print
my picture, use this" he said to the
reporter; but don't lose it. for it's tho
only one I've got of myself at that age
and I'd like to keep It, for, you know,
| don't grow any younger" I'D rather
have your picture as you are to-day"
said the reporter; for you are hand
somer now than you were at 40" ooh.
no; | am too old and wrinIed and bald
now" said the man. use the 4)-vear-
Old picture" The reporter exclaimed
with a puzzled laugh: 80 many men
are like you. Though they are old
they insist on having young pictures
printed. They fail to realize now much
more interesting and pleasing their
face is in old age, If they have lived
a fairly wise and industrious life I've
had men OF 70 actually who have given
me reproduction photographs OF them
selves at 35, Women don't do this.
believe men hate old age more than
women do" Il hate it," said the other
grimIY =
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
Wafrant |

The Heppner flour mill is now being
renovated and the machinery will be
put III first-class condition for the sea-
sons run. The first new wheat came
in this week, but owing to the fact that
not much wheat has yet been threshed
in the country tributary to Heppner,
little of it has been brought in up
to this time. The mill will pay little
above the market price for wheat and
expects to purchase large quantity
this season.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01

Lawyer-You say there were three
men called at the house that night,
Witness-Yes
What did you notice about these
men,"
They were cOlored men"
"Are you sure they were not one and
the same man coming three times?"
Il am sure they were not"
You are sure they were three differ
ent colOred men,"
mo, sir, They were three different
men, but not different coored. They
were all black. MINNEAPOLIS Times.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01
PLEASANT DAY ON RHEA CREEK
Enjoyed at the Comfortable Home
of Alex Lindsay.

In company with County Surveyor j.
j. MCGEE and ex-County Commissioner
E. G., Ashbaugh, the writer enjoyed
pleasant trip last Sunday out on Rhe
creek about l3 miles from Heppner. at
the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lind
say, in quest of the royal mountain
trout that inhabit the clear waters OF
Rhea creek. Leaving Heppner at ~
in the morning, the light rain of the
night before helped to make the drive
more pleasant by cooling the atmos-
pbere and laying the dust
The fact that agriculture is encroach-
ing upon the once great stock industry
OF Morrow county can be realized in a
more impressive manner by going out
in almost any direction at this time uf
year. With a couple of miles of Hepp-
ner, where only a short time ago, was
exclusive stock grazing, the work
of the farmer is now to be seen.
Near town, Judge Dutton is taking the
initiative as tiler of the soil, and on
the gentle slopes of his hill land has
large tract plowed up and ready for fall
seeding, this being the first time that
this bunch grass has ever been dis
turbed by the plow in this land which
is undoubtedly very productive
After reaching the summit of the hill
south OF town, we passed through the
extreme eastern portion of the great
VII eat belt of the upper Eight Mile
country. The grain has all been headed
and from the appearance OF the stubble
and the numerous wheat stacks, q great
crop is awaiting the thresher. Stack
alter STACK, as far as the eye could reach
presented pleasing sight. Descend
ing the other side CT the ridge, the
general contour Of the country is rough,
but where not too closely pastured,
showed good growth OF grass. Down
Sanford canyon we soon reached the
narrow valley Of Rhea creek, and sniff
of the green alfalfa fields was refresh
ing. Along this val ey are some pleas
ant homes, surrounded with small OF
chards, all loaded with fruit. The apple
trees seemed to be almost breaking
down with their loads. Our destination
was reached at little before 9 O'Clock,
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsay
This is certainly very comfortable
home with many convepiences. Sur
,ounded with nice shade trees and a
green lawn, Mr.. Lindsay believes in be
ny cOiHiOftaDle. MT L!Hlsdy ID io"
VISITING in his native land, Scotland
md Mrs. Lindsay's father, ex-County
Commissioner J. l.. Howard was there
o meet US.
To be succeseiul in catching trout on
}hea creek requires some skill and a
Whole lot Of patience, for the brush
long the little stream in some places
'ill compare with the jungles of Africa.
.fter losing a leader or two in the roots
I the water and line or two on the
1pmost boughs of some of the tall will
,Ws in attempting to land the wary
eauties, there was probably little
1ange in the color of the atmosphere,
ut it was sport just the same.
The party certainly enjoyed the hos
tality of Mrs. Lindsay, who served
ost excellent dinner, and the vote was
,animous that this most estimable
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01

lady is one of the finest cooks 10 Nor
row county 1t was thought for awhile
that we would not be able to get Jim
McGee home on account of eating SO
much.
A nice strirg of fish was the result of
the days sport
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-09-01

The news OF both hemispheres-In The
Weekly Oregonian.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15

NJ Family skeletons Of the most skeleton"
ISL, rawboncs sort. with grewsome' nd
eors records that make him look Sheep
ian and cause him to blush every time
no reflects upon them-that Is to say,
about 800 times day.
these incarcerated worthics-at least,
he fondly hopes they are ncarcernted--
nre something more than thorn in his
side They are like the myriad needles
OF a prickly pear They AFRO as asbestos
splinters By day and chinlsapin burrs by
night They scratch through brondcloth
and prick through doeskin. Plague take
'cm. ~
But tho Queen Bee and he whom she
calls her trouscred drone. still have some
thing to live for despite the bighting
Influence Of their family skeletons. All
Is not gloom with the well-mated pair
For lust as their own family skeletons
depress them so other peoples skeletons
offer to them perpetual amusement and
inexhaustiblo SUBJECTS for delicious Cos
sin and toothsome "reminiscences.
There Is law of compensation In
everything but particularly in family
skeletons. What in your own home Is a
hideous framework Of horrd memories,
articulated with your very heart strings
and bleachcd by grief-born locks of
white, in other homes Is .a>rJulcy, succu-
lent 1norsel for Fascinating conversation
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be found they would gladly give perma-
nent notice to the old-time cook.
The lady chef is sometimes an outside
caterer with small school. The fol-
lowing briefly describes her menage:
One lady in London who has run
private cooking school single-handed for
several years conducts her business on
original lines, and a widawake expcr-
fence and ready resource prove her a
model guide in work that makes demands
on patience and alertness. At her school
there are private and class lessons for
gentlewomen, and special classes for
cooks.
It requires more than knowledge OF
sauces to teach q reluctant plain coo <
whose mistress has sent her to learn the
lighter and daintier branches of her pro-
fession-sometimes she does not know
and also to make her an ally.
The novel and perhaps the most inter-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15
By ANGELA MORGAN.

How many Of us can say honestly !
How many OF us, without hinching, Ca. can
oo. upon sister woman VINO IS meaM'
frivolous and perhaps degraded. ana say,
III do not condemn her. Were ! ~ hel
place ] might be as she u.s., IS no
credit to me that am not. Perhaps sne
lacked a loving mothers training. Per.
hans she had few ADVANTAGES, scana
means for an education, Perhaps nef
foundations were greater than mine,
Hard isn't It? Hard to give Up our
snug r delightful sense Of superiorlty1.,oonr
sublime belief that somehow our partleur
lar ideals and standards are the nest-ouis
Character achievements the most heroac
Of any of our neighbors? Hard 10 say
III do not censure.
Yet this is charity. !.
Because this attitude Is SO difficult 70
attain ia not so much the fault OF woman
ne az her environment, the narrowhess
az her Conditions in the past. How can
any woman be truly chartaple whose
horizon is shut in by four wallsI
That is why the present economic sys-
fem which forces the Trailer sex out INTO
the world Is blessing TO woman IN as
gulse She Is getting mans broader
YEN t,har ri in woman's heart will make
| her magnet for all good things, Just as
| the opposite quality Will drive love ana
! pId YOU ever see an uncharitab!e NO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15

And vice versa. For be It understood
that tho supply Of skeletons Is always
equhl to the demand. and they come into
every household like cock reaches and
water bugs and other vermin.
Now a word for the standpoint Of the
skeletons themselves They are like the
fame of the poet Horace-more lasting
than bronze--and what Is more, they are
like the great RI. Faccus himself, to wit,
they are no. n bit modest. Other folks
may be ashamed of en- but the skele-
tons are never ashamed of themselves.
While you arc studlously avoiding all ref
crence to them. they mayhap, are below
Ing forth from the housetops that YOU
are their cousin, their BROTHER their Sis
ter, or even their father or mother,
Trey greet you joyously and familiarly
on the public highways, and II they arc
she-skeletons they insist on kissing you
In public
Yea. even II they are to be hanged,
they send a last farewell to you from the
scaffold, or tell the newspaper reporters
of their connection with you. Count OIL
their exposing you in life: on their
"hantng" you in death on their clinging
| for decades like the old man Of the
sea; on their omnipresencc, their lnde-
structibllty their self-assertivenes and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15

comrlacency. their indestructibility, and
their odlousncss, they arc like poor rcln-
tons; indeed, many poor relations are
family skeletons. But not all; no, not
all. There are skeletons and skeletons
In closets-all sorts OF tho pesky critters
To suit all sorts Of tastes, or rather to
worry and hound and farrass and morti-
fy all sorts of people.
Take the Chief, for In
stance-that naughty. nose fitting pro-
duct of generation after generation OF
slothful, amiable. work -abhorring, non
selfsupporting, niger holding Virg'ninns.
She's n daughter from Daughtclsville-..-a
daughter of the Colonial Danes, n daugh-
ter of the Revolution. a. daughter OF the
Society OF the Cincinnati, daughter OF
the heroes of 1872 a daughter OF the Con-
federacy and very probably Of the 'vete-
rams OF the Cuban war. In sooth. she
n daughter OF most everything good ana
noble on earth eastwlse Of most every
thing except the spins ters-rand yet she s
got a bunch OF family skeletons whose
bones. If ground UP. would make enough
guano To fertiize n a0-acrc farm. YES
Il the truth must be confessed--and that,
too. despite the fact that her family tree
has been prnned and clipped and watered
and cultivated for decades-tne GOOD "o-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15

II all the skeletons In our family ciose's
co,,ld be colonized In some remote, inhc-
ocsslble section like the lepers on Molokai
1e,nnd in the Pacific, what a glorious
.h,nr IT would be for U.s. lot alone the
sltelctons themselves who must grow
yery. very weary OF being kept In tho
background
IN second thoughts, however. the idea
pf isolnting the skeletons on some remote
,s,a,1d appcars utterly impracticable.
Theres no Island big enough TO hold EN-
Mi For which Of us honseholders lacks
a. family skeleton--somo dlsgraceful IN
a,vI,l,,nl either living or dead whose very
na,nr rankles in our bosoms and whose
,rnn,ory flabbergasts us when the sub
,act Is even delicately approached In po-
lite society?
Tan,ly skeletons arc the microbes OF
orr social system. YOU can't freeze 'em
AIT ana you can't burn EN- UP. They
hang on like germs. with an utter con-
TEMPT for the flight Of time. and an Ut
ter disregard for your real or fancied ele-
vation in the eyes Of your fellow-mcn.
A thousand years are but as day IN
their sight. And what Is worse they are
human salamanders-neither TO be burnt
with fire nor scared or scorched by
ineradcable hatred. In their ubiquitous
ness, their pcrversity, their loathsome
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WHY ALWAYS WAR

to japan. who really needs more room for
her rapidly growing population. the COM
paratively small territory she asks for
for this reason willingly does grant it to
her" t
It was certainly not abstract love of
peace which kept England and France
from interfering. but both countries UNI
derstood that 1t served their interests
better to remain passive.
But as the friends of peace claim credit
for this I shall not try to deny it.
It is the hope of these noble people of
exalted ideas that humanity shall so
change her whole way Of thinking as to
eliminate all brutal physical conflict and
only mental contests shall remain.
All powers shall dissolve their great ar
mics: only small force shall be allowed
to exist as guardians of justice and or
DER" to give weight to Judgment of the
court and to protect the weak from the
strong.
This sounds very we'll We have court
to decide judge to sentence, an armed
force to enforce the law, but IN the very
minute that the party adjudged guilty re-
fuses TO obey the law we have just what
we were trying to abolish-war.
After all, we the friends of war; ofh-
GERS of a mighty army, are the most pow
erful and sincere allies Of the friends OF
peace, though they refuse to SEQ IT.
We object to dlsarming our great ar
mics. but advocate to keep the military
equipment OF state up to date. 1t Is
our ideal to have practically the whole
nation under arms In critical moments.
This makes modern war most dread-
full thing; 1t becomes n fearful struGgle
for existence. The knowledge of this VIII
probably prevent more wars than all the
efforts OF the Peace Society,
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nearly opportunities work to accord with
tho aristocratlc Ideas handed down to
The COMMUNICATIVE Chief by her julep-
s,icking chicken-ii fighting horse.racng
furebcars. They'd stand under a beech
nut tree with shotgun for ten hours
waiting for squirrel to stick his nose out
of n hollow but work--never.
And so 1t Is but natural that the Queen
Bee should shirk from all reference to
tho days when Jecms danglcd a plomb-
line and manipulated trowel True the
worthy man, like a lovely moth discard
ing It's chrysalis, has long since DOTTED
his ovcralls and cotton shirt and to-day
Gould buy and sell us ten times over.
but in the eyes OF tho Queen Bee. he Is
still a perspring artisan and occupies q
reserved seat in the closet specially dedi-
Gated to her family skeletons.
5%
1t has been intimated that the intrepid
oonsort Of the Queen Bee never shakes
up the dry bones In tho good woman's
family-never "aggravates" her by refer
ences to these old sores. or by word or
sign causes their recrudesccnce. This
IS not because he's a pIous considerable
thing; not because he doesn't know OF
the dark secrets, and not because other
folks don't know Of them 1t Is because
he has closet hmself-a closet brimful