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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11
BLOOD IN THE BEARINGS.
Hindoo Thieves Would Hot steal the
"Doetorsd" OIL Used In Amer
lean Machinery.

The prejudice against blood that is
q part Of the religion Of the Hindoos
has been made to serve useful pur-
pose When the American engineers
were building an electric power sta
ton in the Mysore territory in south
ern India they found that something
was wrong with the fabrication of the
machinery. The oil disappeared. They
discovered that Hindoo must, by his
religion, take periodical bath in oil.
The workmen had drained the bear
ings for bathing purposes.
How to stop the thieving was puz-
zling problem until some one solved it.
The Hindoo does not eat meat and
he will not touch anything that has
blood in It, Two or three ANIMALS
we're killed, therefore, and blood was
dripped into the bearings There was
no more stealing Of oil, however many
other things were stolen.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11
HINTS FOR BRIDECROOMS.
There II Plenty Of Advice for Brides,
But Not Word for the
Poor Men.

A thoughtful young man Of Wash
ington was heard to decry the other
day the fact that while there Is a del
uge of "don'ts" and dos" for the
Bride to follow. the bridegroom must
shift for himself. says the Post
There is absolutely nothing to-
guide man but his own awkward
self. 1t isn't fair" he said. From
the time a girl Is old enough to de-
tect sound she understands the i'm
pUrtance Of having things done prop
sriy at a wedding while the prospect
I've groom Is only something necessary
10 complete the picture. Nothing
short Of inspiration can get a man
through a marriage ceremony grace
fully
I'm order to impress the bride and
spectators that he H. enthusiastic
about it, be appears with q sort OF
frozen grin on his face that you ex-
down his collar. II he Is too fright
sned to respond in . loud voice some
Of the brides girl friends will whis-
per that 1t was plainly evident ne
was unwilling from the start Again.
il he replies In a loud. stern voice.
another bunch in another direction OF
the church will huddls together and
express how glad they are that they
are not marrying him, while the at
titude of many Is that they are sign
ing away their life and all worth
living for. So I, for one, think 1t
high time that somebody wrote few
hints on how to behave. that we men
may appear enthusiastic about being
married, without being ridiculous
and proving a target for the world
IN general to knock at"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11
JUMBO'S HEART Is on FILE.
Treasured by Cornell Univsrsity
Which Has No Glass Jar Large
Enough to Receive Il.

The largest heart In the world. which
once beat In the generous bosom of
Jumbo, the great elephant, Is one OF the
treasures of the museum In the depart
ment of neurology at Cornell university
says the New York World. The heart ia
so large that there is no glass jar large
enough to receive it, so 1t cannot take
its place in the ranks OF other hearts
which stand on record in the museum
Instead, it rests in barrel slowed away
in the cellar Of the museum waiting it's
turn for dissection. When 1t is finally
dissected by the students it will be de-
stroyed.
Jumbos heart is SO times as large AZ
the average human heart. 1t now weighs
36h pounds, after having stood several
years in alcohol. A human heart, which
weighs little more than pound.
soaked in alcohol for tho same length
Of time, weighs ten ounces.
The human heart Is less than SIX
inches long. Jumbo's is % inches long
and "a inches wide The ordinary heart
will go inside the main artery OF Jum-
bo's heart. The walls of the artery are
6ve-eighths OF an inch thick and the
walls Of tho ventrtcle are three inches
thick.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11

Independent and reliable-The Oregon
ian
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11
EXECUTION OF AN INDIAN.
Condemned to Death for Murder Of
Brother r-in-Law--Faced His Fate
with Composure.
Daniel Davis was the name OF tbt

DdlIoI CdFls WOE thS hAillc vi lbC
cuIprit, and he was condemned to
death for the murder OF his brother-in-
Jaw, says the COweta e. TD Courier.
On the day of the execution his cohfn
mad been placed on two chairs under
= big C2k tree, which still stands In
The old courthouse yard at Coweta.
He requested them TO let him see the
coffin, and he stood by its side, ga5ed
sadly into it, and said 1t was all right.
chair was set at the head of the
coffin; he took his seat. pulled of his
boots. and said he was ready. Capt.
Childers, the sherif-now dead
pinned small blue ribbon ON the
lapel OF Davis vest over the heart.
The prisoner viewed ali this with
composure and unconoc:n Two men.
one with double-barreled shotgun
and the other a Spencer rife. took
their places about % feet away. The
command was given, ready, aim. fire!
Both shots we're simultaneous: the
Blue ribbon was hit: convulsive
sremor. and poor Daniel Davis was
40 more. Old men wspt and many
were the tears that were shed for this
poor fullblood Indian who had taken
the life Of his errins brotherin-l
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11
Commercial Camphor.

Practically all the camphor Of COM
merce comes from Japan and Formosa.
which is japanese colony AS Japan
needs 1t for making smokeless gunpow-
der, the government has forbidden its
export, so that Russia may not get any,
and also In order that the japanese pow
der mills may not run short. Japan'a
control OF the camphor trade gives III.
mikado sort Of control over wal
among other nations,
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11
THE VORAClOUS DOGFlSH
Will AnnihllAte Maine FISHERIES IL
Government Doesn't Help
XIII It.

Fish Warden N. J. Hanna, OF Rock
land has the following to say, according
to the Portland Press. relative to gov
ernment bounty on dogfish:
There 10 no doubt but that for five
years these scavengers of the sea have
wrought more damage to our fishing in
dustry than in \ quarter Of century
They swarm every bay and even pene-
trate our rivers. They came into Cape
Cod by the million five years ago and
now Names fishing industry is at their
mercy. Years ago they came only about
q month or six weeks each year from
August to September and at the first
northerly wind they disappeared, but
now they are with US about all the year.
What are known as the whip lash
dogfish are our scourge-a small, vora-
cious fish that feeds on every other fish
that ID not it's master. A species Of the
shark, the large one. will attack man.
remember % years ago boy fell over
board of Monhegan and before he was
rescued he was literally torn to pieces,
the water surrounding being covered
with blood.
They are not q menace to the lobster,
as claimed. A dogfsh has to turn upon
its back to bite, and the lobster being
bottom Of the sea shell fish has ample
protection in his location. There should
by all means be government bounty OF
five cents apiece or over for these dog
fish. If something is not done there will
be in time annihilation Of one Of Names
greatest industries-her fisheries"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11
Clever Dog Thief.

It was found the other day In Lon
don, that stolen dog. which failed to
identify its owner, had been dosed with
aniseed by the thief Aniseed destroys
the sense Of smell temporarily. The doG
did not recover for two or three days
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-08-11

Cail at the Gazette Office and learn of
our clubbing o1sr with the Weekly Ore
Gonian,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
COLD WEATHER CHILLS
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Humboldt Building Closed and Gar
field May Have to Suspend.

Owing to the cold weather and the
defective heating plant in the Hum
boldt school that building was closed
yesterday. The school board has Or
dered Allan Black to make alterations
in the plant to bring 1t up to the re-
quirements of the specifications, and he
has agreed to do so.
The temperature in many of the
school buildings was chilly yesterday
morning and several hours elapsed be-
fore the rooms were thoroughly heat
ed.
The Garfield school, German and
George streets, may have to close to-
day on account of the freezing Of the
pipe which supplies the building with
water The water needed yesterday
was carried to the building from a
neighboring house. The water depart
ment had men working at the school
yesterday, but the damage had not
been repaired late in the afternoon.
The extreme cold weather of the
present season has had noticeable
effect on the coal bins in all the schools.
1t was said yesterday that the schools
have already consumed as much coal
as during all last winter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
CHANGES IN GRADED
SCHOOLS SUGGESTED
Queries Relative to Curriculum
and Hours Are Addressed
to Principals.

Superintendent Of Schools A. j.
Smith yesterday sent to each principal
in the city request for suggestions as
to changes in the course of study in the
graded schools. The committee of the
school board which has been consider
ing projects for the improvement of the
educational system has nearly finished
its work on the high school study and
will proceed to the graded schools.
Principals are asked for their views on
the present system and are urged to
make suggestions for improvements.
The communication follows:
ANY views that you have bearing upon
the general nature and operation of. the
cred, for 1t is our wish to inquire into all
matters relating to the schools and in
addition we desire specific and definite
statements from you on the points named
below. 1t may not be out of place to re-
quest you to hold conferences with your
teachers upon these matters, and that
you obtain from them such statements
OF their opinions as will aid in finally
determining the whole question.
VIII you please indicate your opinion
land accompany 1t with such explana-
lions and suggestions as you deem proper)
of the following questions:
II. Should the course in the grade
schools be heightened or shortened?
2. Should certain studies be enlarged,
abridged or totally abolished?
3. Are any Of the studies at present
required out of place in the school, and
do they disturb the unification or correl-
ton, essential to successful work? In
other words, is there foreign element In
the course?
"A: What studies. If any, are unduly
emphasized?
20. What studies should receive more
attention than is now accorded them?
Question of Promotion.
&c. Should promotion from grade to
grade be made with increasing difficulty,
and should promotion to the high school
be much more difficult than 1t is at pres
ent?
81. Should the study Of a language,
the grades; if so, into which grades. and
should the language be Latin, German,
French or Spanish?
"8. Is 1t possible to relax the severity
of grading in individual cases without in
Juring the whole class, and how may the
deadening effects Of routine and repeti-
ton be avoided? Should the grading be
more flexible than at present?
80. Concerning the distribution Of the
hours of week among the several SUBJ
companying blanks and return them-the
first showing how you would distribute
the hours If the same subjects now in
use are continued, and the second, what
you regard as the best possible arrange
ment of studies in a school.
I'VE desire that you shall discuss each
question going fully into details and Civ
ing complete statements of the reasons
that support your views. We are aware
that this will take some time. and we
shall be satisfied if you can find it con-
Venient to place before US your answer by
he n
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
SAYS WEATHER WILL
BE WARMER TODAY
Observer oliver Makes Arrangements for
Departure of the Cold Wave.

Weather Observer w. E. oliver guaran-
tees slightly warmer weather today. That
the cold wave, which he prophesied would
depart yesterday, changed its mind and
decided to linger longer, he AYERS, was no
fault of his. Mr.. Oliver has completed
special arrangements, however, whereby
the wave will pass over the Lake Winni-
peg region and the st. Lawrence valley,
making it possible for St. Paulites to
economic on the coal supply
The temperature is expected to rise
six or eight degrees above zero today. The
morning, when the mercury will touch the
morning, when the mercury viii touch the
Is below mark. There will possibly be a
snow furry tonight which promises well
for warmer weather for the few days fol-
lowing. Tomorrow the temperature is
scheduled to rise to 20 above, and there
to remain for few days
The temperature is rising in the South
and Southwest, and the warm wave daily
ing over the northern part Of the Rocky
mountains is due here today or tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
SEWER MEN BID UNDER
ENGINEERS ESTIMATE
Board of Public Works Receives Pro-
posaIs From Six Companies.

Bids on six sewer contracts opened
by the board of public works yester-
day were all under the engineers esti-
mate. d. H Moore bid the lowest on
two and P. ]. Ryan on four. The bids
for the contracts were as follows:
Sewer on George street, between
Striker avenue and Winslow, engi-
neer's estimate, $3.50, d. H. Moore,
1899; Cherokee avenue, between Bel
mont and Annapolis, estimate, $4,000,
d. H. Moore, 1887; Earl street, be-
tween Burns avenue and Thorn, esti-
mate, $500, p. J. Ryan, $3.50; Lawson
street, between Mendoza and Arcade,
estimate, 1863, p. J. Ryan, 1923; Plato
avenue, between South Robert and
Custer street, estimate, 1892, p. J.
Ryan, $500; Van Buren,, between Mac
kubin and Kent streets, estimate, ST.
494, P. J. Ryan, 81, PAS.
Chris Johnson, contractor who has
been placing bids with the board Of
public works. arrived at the Office three
minutes late and the board refused to
accept his bids.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16

He is HELD LIABLE
Lumberman Must Pay $4,000
for Timber Cut.

In the case of Hamilton M. Peyton
versus George E. Desmond, Judge Van
Devanter, of the United States court
Of appeals, yesterday handed down an
opinion affirming the judgment of $10,-
600 rendered in the United States cir
cult court.
During the tendency of a contest in
the United States land department be-
tween two contestants for homesteads,
Peyton purchased the land from one
of them. who had submitted home
stead proof and obtained a final GER
tificate. Peyton removed the timber
from the land and converted it to his
own use. The contest proceedings sub
sequently resulted in the cancellation
of the entry under which Peyton pur-
chased, and in the patenting of the
land to the other homestead claimant.
The patentee, a resident of Wiscon-
sin, where the land is situated, then
sued Peyton, who is resident of Min
nesota, in the United States circuit
court for this state, for the value of
the timber and recovered a verdict for
approximately $4,000. The substance
of the opinion is:
Under the rulings of the supreme court
of Minnesota an action to recover damages
for injury to land in another state is
transitory and not local. and is maintain
able in the courts of Minnesota. In con-
sequence such an action can be sustained
in the federal courts in this state where
there is diversity of citizenship and the
requisite jurisdictional amount. Under
the allegations of the complaint the prin-
cipal purpose of this case is a recovery
of the value of the timber and not the
depreciation in the value Of the land, and
for this reason it is a local rather than
a transitory action. The rulings and acts
Of the land department. intermediate the
initiation of a claim, and the issuance of
a patent are introductory and not final
and for that reason one who purchases
under a ruling or entry which has not
been carried to patent takes the land sub
Ject to the authority of the land depart
ENTHUSIASTICALLY and while the land
remains unpatented-to withdraw the
ruling or cancel the entry, if based upon
an error Of law or a clear misapprehension
of the facts. The action of the land de-
patment in issuing patent to public land
is the final act and decision of a quasi
judicial tribunal and is conclusive in any
subsequent action at law as to the eX-
istence of such facts as are necessarily a
prerequisite to the issuance of a patent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
FAVORS BOND ISSUE FOR
WATER DEPARTMENT
Charter Commission Committee Ap-
proves of the Boards Suggestion.

The committee of the charter COM
mission to which the recommendations
of the water department were referred
will report favorably on the sugges-
ton made by the board that the city
council be given power to authorize
the issue of bonds to pay for improve
ments and extensions found necessary.
The water board, in its report to the
charter commission, pointed out that
it needed $4,000 a year for improve
ments in the country and $4,000 for
improvements in the city, and asked
the commission to prepare an amend
ment requiring the city to pay an an
nual hydrant rental to make up the
amount needed.
''The committee did not favor the
plan of having the city pay for sprink-
ling and use of hydrants,' said E. C.
Ives, member Of the committee, last
night. But as the water department
is a live asset, paying interest on it's
Indebtedness, the plan of issuing bonds
was favored"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
MOTHER GETS CHILD
Pottgieser Case Is Settled In
District Court.

The fight between Charles A. Pott-
gieser and his former wife, Jennie
Sandberg, for the possession of their
seven-year- daughter, Frances, was
heard by Judge Jaggard in the dis
trict court yesterday, and after evil
dence had been introduced by both
sides the court decided that the moth
er was entitled to the custody Of the
little one.
Mrs. Sandberg, who was formerly
Mrs. Pottgieser, secured a divorce from
her husband last October, and 1t was
claimed that she married Leonard
Sandberg three days after the divorce
had been granted. At the time she was
given a divorce she was also awarded
the custody of the child. and the child
has lived with it's mother and step
father since their marriage, Oct. %.
Last week Charles Pottgieser, the
child's father, made application to the
court to be awarded the custody Of
the daughter, claiming the child's
mother was not a proper woman to
care for it. 1t was charged that the
mother drank and that the daughter
was sent to saloons after beer The
mother opposed the attempt of the ia
Their to secure possession of the child,
and both father and mother were rep
resented in court by attorneys yester-
day.
Witnesses were introduced who testi-
fed that the mother had been intoxi-
Gated and that she had beaten the
child, while on the other hand it was
testified that the father sometimes
drank
Judge Jaggard, after hearing both
sides of the case, permitted the mother
to keep the child
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
WANT ALL PLUMBERS
TO TAKE OUT LICENSES
Plumbers Union Will Ask for Such
Provision in New City Charter.

The plumbers union has decided to
ask the charter commission for an
amendment requiring all journeymen
and master plumbers to be licensed.
AS the state law requiring plumbers
to have licenses was declared defect
i've by the supreme court in failing to
specify that master plumbers as well
as journeynen come within it's pro-
visions, and in discriminating between
cities of more or less than 10000 in
habitants, the St. Paul Plumbers union
desires to have the provision requiring
the licensing of all plumbers embraced
in the city charter.
Attorney Daggett and a committee
from the plumbers union and the
Trades and Labor assembly appeared
at the meeting of the charter COM
mission last night, but as the meeting
was adjourned until Friday evening,
they viii not be heard until that time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
PROH|BITION|STS
NAME CANDIDATES
They Open Their Campaign
With Platform Declarations
In Sizzling Language.

Upon DR.. w. e. Powers falls the dis
tinction of heading the Prohibition
ticket in the coming city election.
He was unanimously selected as the
party candidate for the Office of mayor
at the city convention held last even
Ing at the Bethel, at which the party's
platform was announced in sizzling
resolutions which started out with the
declaration that the saloon is a nuis-
ance, charged in most emphatic terms
the administration with being in col1u-
sion with the bad elements of the city,
and wound up with the following:
We denounce the attempt of the Repub-
lican. state legislature to disfranchise the
members of the Prohibition party. by the
unjust provisions Of the primary law, and
appeal to all fair minded citizens to sup
port our ticket that our vote may exceed
10 per cent, which viii permit US to par
ticipate in the primary election.
DR.. Powers is practicing dentistry in
this city and is best known as a resi-
dent Of Merriam Park, although now
making his home in the Seventh ward.
Ticket Is but Partly Filled.
Martin Bacon presided over the con-
vention, which was so harmonious in
Its character from beginning to end as
to lack interest for all except those di-
rectly concerned in the proceedings.
Such nominations as were made came
in the form of unanimous adoption of
the report of committee on nomina-
lions; but the ticket still remains in
complete as to several important Of
fees.
After the report Of the committee had
been adopted it was determined by mo-
ton that the city committee, to be
later appointed by the chairman of the
convention, shall have power to fill
such vacancies as mig&t then exist or
might In future arise.
Beside, DR.. w. e. Powers, as candi-
date for mayor, the convention nom
mated F. r. McManigal for comptroller.
G. A. Fowble was named in the COM
mittee report for treasurer, but he posi-
lively declined to be a candidate, on the
ground that he had for number of
years been on the Prohibition ticket for
some Office or other at every election.
The following were naminated for the
assembly: George F. Wells, ]. J. Kirk
man, NJ G. Fisher, 0. Sundgaard, r. N.
Foote, III. A. Campbell, B. Y. Neal and
o. L. Larson. This still leaves one va
cancy on the assembly ticket.
Only two aldermanic candidates were
named, ]. Nelson for the First ward,
and F. o. Weeks for the Sixth ward.
There consequently remain nine vacan-
cies on that portion of the ticket.
The platform was adopted as the re-
port of a committee.
Before the close of the convention
those present contributed $115 to the
campaign fund, and it was reported
that there still remained a balance from
the former fund amounting to about
S50