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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08
DOGS NOT WELCOME.
just at Present They Are Unpopular a
Leicester.

just at Present They Are Unpopular at
Leicester.
1t will be remembered that the poor
Indian, upon whose untutored mind the
poet cOndesCendingly comments, is eX-
hlbited to us as being under the erro-
neous impression that, when he shall
be promoted to an equal sky, his faith
full dog will bear him company, says the
Pail Mall Gazette. The most sophisti-
Gated mind of the average Briton does
not, perhaps, carry the conception so
far; still, that Briton's idea undoubtetl-
ly is that where he goes his dog, at his
charges, may go too. 1t would be well,
therefore, to point out at any rate
just at present he and his dog would not
go to Leicester, because, though the
Leicester hotel keepers would be quite
ready and willing to receive him, they
would in all probability absolutely de-
cline to receive-Or, in legal phrase, to
harbor-his canine companion.
The reason for their declining to do
50 lies IN the fact that Leicester ho-
tel keeper has recently, in the opinion
of the lord chief justice and Mr.. Justice
too often. This particular dog be-
longed to A.; b., another visitor, at the
same hotel, must needs take the dog
for a drive in a cab. The dog may have
been dissatisfied with the turnout, or
he might have had private ends of his
own to gain; but. anyhow. he bit the
cab horse. The driver proceeded for
compensatiOn-nOt against b., through
whose instrumentalty the dog had
been put in the way of biting the horse.
nor against A.. who, as owner might
have been considered responsible for
the dogs actions. The driver knew his
dog owners act GS65), section 2. better
than that. He proceeded against the
occupier of the house or premises where
The dog was permitted TO live-the ho
tel keeper. to wit, and he triumphed.
That is why Leicester hotel keepers de-
cline to harbor dogs Just now.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08

IN this and adjoining territories, to
represent and advertise the Wholesale
and Educational Department of an old
established house of solid financial
standing. Salary $3.50 per day with
Expenses advanced each Monday by
check direct from headquarters. Horse
and buggy furnished when necessary
position permanent. Address, Blew
Bros. u Co., Dept. 4, Monon Bldg,
Chicago, III.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08
Some Odd ytCkn0 m %

Nearly every prominent man of title
in England has a nickname and some
of these cognomens are trife odd
For instance, Sir Michael Herbert,
British minister to Washington, is
known as "Mungo," just why does
not seem to be clearly known; the
duke of Westminster is called Bend.
Or" which was a Derby winner
owned by his grandfather; the duke
of Marlborough is Sunny" from
Sunderland, one of his many second
titles, and Lord Granville Gordon ha,
his life answered to the name OF
"Granny."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08

The problem of naval success in war
is problem of coal A fleet cannot OPP
crate with success if it must limit it self
to defensive operations with a home
base; it must be ready to strike Of
fensive.y in the spot where the stroke
will be the most effective, and to 90
this it must have access to coal supply
at widely distributed points.
The report of Admiral Bradford,
chief OF the equipment bureau of the
navy, shows how we are progress sin G
toward a provision of sources Of coal
supply. The progress is slow. but a
gain is being made. We are as yet
without proper equipment OF coaing
stations on our own coast; and while
we now have coaling stations on Mex
lean and Japanese territory, we have
none in Cuba, and none in the direction
of Europe. In the Pacific and in Phil
ippine waters We shall soon be so we'll
equipped in this line that we shall not
be at a disadvantage in the far east.
An immense sum has properly been
spent in the last fiscal year TO deposit
American coal at these widely scat
tered stations from Pichilinque. Mex
leo. through Hawaii, Tutuila and Guam
to Japan and the Philippines. Another
war would not see our navy SO nearly
paralyzed by a coal famine. says the
Black Diamond. nor so dependent on
the friendly offices of another power,
as it was in the Spanish war.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08
LOCAL MARKETS,
Heppher Quotations on Staples
Bought and Sold Here.
RETAIL GROCERY PRICES,

COFFEE-Mocha and java. best SOC
per pound; next grade, 45c per pound
package coffee, Lion and Arbuckle, 2)e
ID; Colundies coffee, 6 packages for 81.
RICE-Best head rice 1Oc per pound
next grade 61a cents per pound.
SUGAR-Cane granulated, best Sc IS
per sack; do 13 pounds 81.
SALT--Coarse 75c per 100; $500
ton.
FLOUR-$4 65@$5 90 per barrel.
BACON--15@20c per pound.
HAMS--16@1Sc per pound.
COAL OlL--$1 45@$1 rs for S gal
Ions; SO 25 per case.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES-1c ptr pound.
CABBAGE-4c per pound.
ON1ONS--3c per pound.
FRUITS.
APPLES-Green &c per pound.
BANANAS--4Oc per dozen.
LEMONS soc per dozen.
ORANGES 4Oc@6Oc per dozen.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.
Prices paid by dea er to the producer
CHlCKENS--$3 50M$4 90 per dozen.
BUTTER--rancb, 80 and 6Oc per roll.
EGGS-25c per doz
BEEF CATTLE, ETC.
COWS--$2 50@$2 90 per hundred.
81 EERS--$3 50@2 75 per hundred.
NEAL--Dressed, &c per pound.
SHEEP--$3 50@$4 90.
HOGS-Live, 5lac@5c; dressed, &c
a7c per pound.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08
DROLl SORT OF DUEL.
How French "SparrOw" Fought with 8
"Blackbird" Up a Tree.

"blhckD1rd' Up Tree.
One day the famous duelist, Pierrot
dIsaac went to see his friend, Mar
1uis Merle de Sainte- Marie, says the
st. Louis Mirror 1t should be eX-
planned that in French pierrot means
sparrow ard merle means blaclsbird.
"Marquis," said d'Isaacs, 81 am Bona
partist and you are a royalist. More
over, an the sparrow and you are
the blac! bird. Doesn't it strike YOU
that there is one bird of us too many?"
1T precis> ~ does" said the marquis;
''my chose is pistols, and, as is APP
propriate for birds of our species, let
us fight in the trees AS if it were
not a sufficiently ridiculous thing that
one man should challenge another be-
cause his name was Sparrow and the
other Blackbird, the duel was actually
fought from trees, the seconds standing
IN the ground below. The pistols were
fired at the signal. There was d rust
ling among the leaves of one OF the
chestnut trees. 1t was Pierrot d'Isaacs
who, wounded severely in one leg. came
tumbling to the ground At this point
the marquis began 10 chirp triumphant
ly, initiating the song of the blackbird
This was a fresh insult, to be atOned
in only one way, and d'Isaacs waited
for his wound to recover to challenge
Sainte- Marie for the chirp.. This time
the duel was fought with swords. and
Sainte Marie was badly wounded-the
sparrow had avenged himself on the
blackbird.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08

Cleanse your system of all impurities
this month. Now is the time to take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. 1t
Will Keep you we'll sll summer. 35
GEMS, Tea or Tab!ets.-W. P, MCMILLAN.
Lexington, Or.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08
Maine Region Where the Inha bitan Il
Have One Leg Longer Than
the Other.

There is hilly and indefinite locality
on the border land Of Poland and Ray
mond known as the Blackcat. Tradi-
tiOn says that this name was bestowed d
on the locality because in prehistoric
times wandering hunter from the coast
settlements came upon gigantic black
wildcat and had a terrific battle with
him somewhere in these hills. In course
of time the country became settled, but
the recollection Of this battle clung to
the hills, and so we have the name of
Blackcat to this day, says the Portland
(Me.) Advertiser.
A man travelling this section a year
or two since observed that all the inhab-
itants were lame, or seemed to be, and
even the COWS had "a souch In their
gait" This so impressed him that he
asked native whom he met the cause of
It. The native lCol ed at the stranger
and then at the surrounding hills and
and then answered.: "Wall, you see,
ther folks hae ter work on er side hill
all ther life. They begin when they're
chil'un and pick berries an keep it up
WuSu LLty SlOW Oitti GtI plGIL LdleTS
an cut hoop-poles on ther hills. Yer
see, one leg has ter kirder stretch Gown
ter git er footin an tother kinder shrinks
up to 'commodate the first un, so, yer
see. it's nat'ral ter go one-sided<
Willie Was Excused.
The following note was recently
received by a HigginsviIle (Kan.)
school teacher: RESPECTED Miss:
please excuse Willie for absents. He
fell downstairs just before school
time and we feered his internal in
sides was hurt at first, but they amt.
The doctor says that no part of his
anatomy was hurt, but the brewz-
ing of the eppyderms of the outside
HIDE ard also his hipp hurt some.
But he narrowly escaped fatal death.
So kindly excuse"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08

The news of both hemispheres-In The
Weekly Oregonian.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10

The devil often turks behind ths
cross.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10

snce IN becoming evident tn buyers
generally and n constant complaint q.
high prices 10 heard az The retail stores
The commodity which the housewife
formerly secured for 10 cents n can. 10
now selling for 1s cents N the q
In smaller. Tue dozen eggs which for.
merry sold for 3 TO 10 cents. bring
twice M much. and N I; were possible
he eggs would be only half M big.
Inability TO live without ~patrcrikin.
the trusts In q way or another. kas
begun To worry the customers. Those
living on fixed incomes have noticed
ths upward tendency OF Prices. which
amounts tn n reduction IN THAR wages,
While wages ave risen. ;sey hav- not
advanced commensIrsicly with the
prices OF commodities and this has
placed the wage earners I'm an embar-
RAISING position. ObiiEations rave been
made b. many who expected To meet
them with cas- from their fixed In
comes. The gradual slipping up 90
prices all along the line. IL only @ few
cents an each article. has amounted To
enough TO cut down the Income and
many complain that they End them
selves unable TO meet their obligations.
though they formerly met them with
ease. They ave not realized the mp
ward march Of prices.
BY the merchants this is explained In
various ways. but always from the
sellers point OF view. But all are
agreed that "a IL not improbable that
the trusts are responsible for the high
er level OF prices.
Among the commodities not con-
trolicd by the trusts are coffee. tea.
Hour. and most canned goods. All OF
these would be under trust control In
a short time. " IL were possible. but
they nre too neat the raw product.
shoes are under the direct control of
the trusts. as the packers dictate tho
prices OF hides. The wool market IN
largely under trust control. and. as In
well known. fuel and light are monopo-
lined and the increase In thcse necessi-
cent.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10
Country Girls.

william Allen White In Emporia
Gazette: It's funny about country
girls. Just as soon az they get mar
ried they begin TO slump. For thres
or -four years n bright faced. quick
eyed country girl has been coming 10
Emporia every Saturday with her
parents. Size n Ia town today look
ing like a fright. Married. Now Why
Pretty looks aren't made by clothes
IL In attention and consideration that
make n pretty The woman
who lets 10 M doesr't care will look
measly every time. And country giris
drop everything and go around look
Ing frowsy quicker han town girls.
And as n result two girls when thcy
marry hold their husbands affections
longer han country Gtrls. A country
girl becomes 'the old woman" In about
a year. A man Won't love a trump. A
man liz as easy TO catch as a bird and
as hard TO hold as n mule. Girls should
know this. And country girls should
have IL pounded Into them with a pota-
TO masher before they are married ey-
cry day for two years. Country moth
ers should take their daughters aside
and tell how to avoid making the mis-
takes that their mothers made
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10

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I'm afraid poor old Uncle Herbert In
really going TO make a die OF Il this
time" my chum westropp said az he
stuffed a letter he had just re-read back
into It's envelope again. Phyllis writes
me he isn't expected to live through the
week"
Well. I suppose. old chap" said I.
that he'll leave you his fortune, and
then all our ~scruples about marrying
an heiress will be overcome. Phyllis
westropp's n pretty name" j added
chair md watched my cigarette smoke
curling out through the window into
h summer air.
Don't be a fool" said westropp:
then. after n long pause. which i be-
lieve he utilized to cover an incipient
blush. Uncle Herbert's such n queer
old chap. he changes his mind about
the property once a month; II
cost him a perfect fortune In Wills.
One month I'm To have the old place
and the next It's that fellow LAYTON
nice mess he'll make OF II. too. IL he
gets IT,"
Anyway he cam, viii the beautiful
Phyllis away"
''of course he can't. u don't % see
II I'm n pauper that WON'T help me
much. I'D rather sweep a crossing than
propose To a biri with 10000 n year"
We'll. I've discussed that point tiil
I'm sick OF you n your affairs. Pass
the whisky: thanksl All I know In
that ~ I was I'm love with an heiress
and was pretty sure she cared for me
I'd give up NIL idea OF amateur crossing
sweeping
II was a lovely night last June that
the above conversation tool place: we
had finished dinner In the pretty little
hlat In South Kensington that my chum
n I occupied conjointly.
A long pause ensued after my last
remark-one OF those pauses that are
the proofs OF true friendship. and then
westropp started b everlasting topic
bicycle! He and l had just Invested
In n new tandem. and we had done
some very excellent times ON g.: we
though I say IL. who shouldn't-were
both first class riders and We went
s~plendidiy I'm double harness. 90 much
so that "A prominent cycling firm had
offered To give us n machine IL W.
would try TO break some road records
for them.
We talked on for about an hour. dis
cussing gears. pedals. saddles. records.
and such like, and the clock had Just
struck eleven when the maid brought
In n telegram and handed 81 to my
companion; he glanced over II. and
then handed Il 10 me. IL ran
Come at once. MY guardian can't
last out night. Says he will leave
property to whatever nephew arrives
first. Phyllis"
Scarcely had I put down the pink ~
paper when the door opened and
Mr.. Lawton was announced. He nod
ded curtly to us and then mt the tele-
gram.
"Oh. you've got one. too" he said.
PITY. sn't 10. westropp. hat the last
train for oxford has left Paddington."
and he smiled maliciously at w. II
nm open secret that my chum and
he detested one another.
May I ask TO what cause ! may at
tribute the pleasure OF your visit -"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10

"Redad. and itii take a steam roller
all its time to stop this old yoke now,
Fancy you a-thrying TO stop IL with a
sax-penny whistle!" shouted westropp,
as we left n OF these disgusted Bob
bies' behind us.
That's Il. lad. that's III Run like
the dickens and begorra, well make
the pace for the town OF Nouuslow!"
he cried to n more active member OF
the force who gave chase. Sure that
ri was too 1ow-gearcd' 20 take a .
on" added TO me as the discounted
Peeler slowed MP and resumed his ma
jcstic dot-and-carry-one walk.
Hammersmith. Gunnersbury. Kew.
and Brentford came up n by out
OF the darkness. winked at us with a
dirty yellow gas lamps. and then drop
ped behind. We were exhilarated by
the lovely night air. and the head wind
only got our ''danders" up and made IN
DIRK the harder.
And the grand old tandem seemed TO
waken TO life beneath us nk some
thoroughbred steepiechaser determined
to win the race for Its master.
A cloud OF lust got up behind our
back wheel and gave chase along the
road. 'Hounslow-ten miles In twen-
ty-three minutes!" Westropp yelled
into my ear ms we streaked past the
clock.
Now for a pacy seven miles" I cry.
as we clear the fork roads. and we
bring every muscle OF our bodies into
play: gradually our heads Get down
lower and lower. and h strain OF my
arms and shoulders Il am steering)
becomes weilnigh uncomfortable as the
pace increases.
Faster and faster and faster We go
until the 'swishity- swish" Of our nine
ty-six yea fades into the everlasting
"t-s-s-s-s' OF what might be n
sixty geared machine.
Colnbrook and Slough leave Buck
inghamshire TO meet ~us-twenty miles
In forty-six minutes. The pace with
which we cleave the air In beginning 10
and I can hear wcstropp's breath COM
Ing In gasps.
Three OF the young bloods OF the
place who are going home arm In arm
to steady themselves greet us with "A
bicvcie built for two" but W. are out
OF earshot before they can hiccough out
the second line.
AS tbs last house OF the Ions strag-
Cling town fades GU Of sight I can just
make out a shadow moving along the
road a few hundred yards ahead-an-
other half minute and we n make out
n tandem by the aid OF the full Don
An extra pressure On the pedals and
we are riding abreast OF u rivals!
Iawton wea softly In gasps. and the
Frenchman bites n 'Sacre-bleu!" OF
his tongue and settles himself down TO
race.
Come on. got brutes. " you're COM
Ing" westropp calculates. and they do
come on-they pass us-we pick them
up: they forge ahead again-we ride
abreast, N 1 can see the Precipitation
on the F~renchman's eyelids gather In
thick drops n run down his cheek:
and 80 neck and neck We race on.
through Taplow n across the sleep
ing Thames. through Maidenhead. and
now Castle Hin bars u way.
The pedals 20 round ~perckptIbly
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10

w~estropp said s~arcastically. as he In
dicated a chair.
"oh. l only just popped in on my
way down TO oxford TO see how you'd
take the idea OF being too late"
wei. you might have saved your
self the trouble and me the annoyance
Good night"
"Ali right. I'm Just on: but I fiattered
myself you'd enjoy hearing how Tn
going To manage this little biz. You've
heard OF Doycn. OF course. one OF the
crack cycling pros? Well. he's wait
ing outside with n tandem. and he and
I are going TO oxford by road. Pity
you've not got n pro up your sleeve
too"
Get OUT" said westropp. rising "a
his feet u pointing TO the door. and
LAYTON got out. but as he reached the
hall door he stopped, and called back
by the way. | heard you We're rather
good on a cycle. and as I saw two sin
gies In the outside hall I took the pre-
caution OF cutting the tires open. !
with the beautiful Phyllis, and / came
round tonight to pay IL To you In full
so long" and this loathsome young
fellow shut the door and clattered
down tho stairs. four at n time.
We looked at n another ashast for
A minute, n then We both CALCULATED
together.
Lucky he didn't know we had n tan
dem"
Wen break the London oxford rec
ord tonight. anyhow" I said a few min
utes later as l was changing out OF my
smoking jacket into n cycling custume
'Begorra. we'll teach that spalpeer
10 ride" calculated westropp through
a shirt into which he was struggling
My chum always lapsed into his native
Irish brogue In moments OF excitement
Five minutes later we were In tbs
saddle. and A. we few past the church
In the Earia Court Road the clock
struck half past eleven. Lawton had
ten minutes start. We were going By
the Henley route. as old General Lam
bert's house was on that road, some
three miles out OF Oxford.
We were just getting into full swing
as we passed Olympia. and our ninety
six gear was spinning round with a de
Dghtful churning- grinding noise. The
few policemen we passed blew their
whistles right Justify.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10

The Australian Statesman Who Began
Life as q Mine Boy.

London Mail: One OF the founders
OF the new order OF things I'm Australia.
who has probably contributed more to
the realization OF federation than any
other single politician now I'm this
country. Is Sir John Quick. IL. ID, who
appropriately represents the famous
goldfeids OF Bendigo Ia the house OF
representatives.
The story of his life reads like n
page torn from a volume OF old rom
ance and presents a picture OF cour-
ageous self-help that In not. however.
uncommon In the new world. Sir John
Quick is "A native OF Trcvessa, near 81.
Ives. Cornwall. where he was born on
April IL. 1859. He Is n descendant OF
an old -established family OF landed
proprietors I'm the great southwestern
country. but he family migrated to the
gold fields I'm 1854. where the father
died OF colonial fever two years after
ward.
As "A boy Sir John ~orked In the
mines as n driver. a whipper and a
stamn feeder. and while he earned n
living by hard toll OF ~ or II hours a
day. he spent every ome OF his
private time reading. studying. learn
Ing Latin. Greek and Shorthand. and
otherwise qualifying himself for higher
things. He learned typesetting and be-
came a junior reporter and rose I'm the
ranks OF journalism until he secured "A
place on the stan OF the Melbourne
Age. In time he bridged the chasm
which lay between the mine and the
university and passed tfiumphantly
through all the examinations OF the
law and arts course until he obtained
the degree of doctors OF laws In 1854.
In the p~rc-federai days he repre-
scented the gold fields In the state par
lament. as he does now In the federal
legislature. and he stands high among
the strong men who uphold the empire
I'm these civilized IN. He In the
author OF several standard works. the
most notable OF which are The His
tory OF Land Tenure In Victoria" and
The Annotated Constitution OF the
Australian Commonwealth" which IL
the Bible OF the Australian common
wealth and which was drawn on lines
originally drafted by him. He In the
president or the royal commission APP
pointed by the federal government TO
solve the tariff difficulty now confront
Ing ministers In parliament.