Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-06-08
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/ 1IlldN AHA IFeItllu Is dDout Il, 'oo,OOt
LoEGon's new motor fire engine will
be able to travel about thirty-tive
miles IN hour at top speed.
The cost of building electric street
railways in England a mile, single line,
ranges from $19,467 to $4,000.
The 3,O32 carat diamond recently
found in the Premier mine, South AT
rica. has been named the Cullnan.
BY order of the Siamese government
gambling, which is a government mo-
nopoly. has been abolished in the prov
inces of that kingdom.
Immigration into Canada is increaS-
ing rapidly In 1896 the number OF
settlers from all parts was 1G,S35. Last
year the number was 10000.
Owing to the continued dry seasons
in South Africa, which have caused
the destruction of large droves of cat
tie. the sinking of wells has become Il
necessity.
In debate in the German reichstag
General Won Einen, minister of war,
admitted that brutality in the army
was the most repuisive canker' in
that organization.
The Theater Montmartre. Paris, has
Just lost its ''ieune premier in NJ Ber-
thelot, who has died at the age of six
ty-one He had been leading lover
there for nearly forty years.
\ London motor periodical finds
moral in the Sergius assassination. 1t
says that if the grand duke had been
in Il high speed auto the chances are
the bomb would have missed him.
There are now some 10000 modern
piows in use in Greece against 14OOO
antiQuated ones. Greece IS said to Of
fer a very good market at present for
the sale of agricultural implements.
Large oil wells have been discovered
in the northern part of Roumana, and
petroleum is now being exported to
many parts Of Europe. where it takes
the place OF American and Russian Pc
troleum.
There are more suicides in Berlin ev
cry year than in any other European
city, and the figures show steady in
crease, growing from l34 in 1900 to 620
in 1894. This is about 30 for every
100000 inhabitants.
Tie keeper Of the only saloon AT Bell
port, \. Y, vs. Il candidate for justice
Of the peace. He pledged himself if
elected to C.J~e his saloon and 90 out
Of the business. He was defeated by
m o;-olyxItp'r 'r4iup ma ioritv
Mir getting into vein while he was
undergoing ~ operation in st. Thom-
as hospital. London, was the cause
of the death of Frederick Thomas Ken
nedy the other day. A verdict of sac
ciGCntal death was returned.
\ lawsuit between two of the oldest
families in Spain has been in the courts
for 33> years. An announcement has
Just been l..,,.e by Loth parties that
the case will be finally settled in the
highest court i'll Spain in 1907.
| In spite OF the many jokes that are
made at the expense of the Georgia
lpelch crop tA2t state produced more
peaches than any of the eastern states.
/ 1t is said that there are over 100000
trees that bear peaches in the state.
The $4,000 greenback that the gov
nrnmcut has been looking for so long
las at last been located in the hands
Of Il farmer living in Dickinson coun-
~. Kan, who refuses to give up the
obligation to the treasury department
for redemption.
Bulgaria is placing immense orders
for war material in Europe. Only re-
Gently the Bulgarian government Or
dered sixty guns from the Krupp
works at Essen. Large orders have
also been placed in Germany and Eng
! land for rifles and ammunition.
/ To the sum of 50 ,OOO,OOO left by Mr..
! Peabody between 1862 and 1873, out of
which the Peabody buildings for the
Door were erected in London, there has
since been added $4,193,2J5, received
FOR rent and interest, making the total
fund, according to report just issued,
S1,295. .2JJ. AS more money comes in
more buildings are erected.
We hear often of eggs of large size,
but w. II. Going of Holden claims
that he has blOOdeu plymouth ROck
hen that has laid the smallest egg that
has been reported in any Of the tales
that are constantly going the rounds
lmong the hen fanciers. The egg is
perfect in shape, brown in color and
measures but two inches by one inch
md half.
To pay debt of % cents owed for
ten years George Dunn. an old sailor.
walked from Black River Falls, Wis,
20 Lacrosse, fifty miles. Dunn huntel
up Coroner CronOn, of whom he bOr
rowed the money in 1890, and repaid
him. Dunn said the quarter was the
)nly bill he owed in the world and
that his conscience troubled him I'M
til he had paid it.
In the last nine wears u 900 motors