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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Oregon Assessors Want Present
Law Changed.

A majority of the assessors of th'
various counties of the state of o. egon
in Convention assembled, haye unani
mously adopted the following resolu
tions requesting the Legislature to make
the following changes in the assessment
laws:
l Abolish the poll tax law or add the
amount TO the road-tax, making sale
tax s4 instead of IS a. ct present.
2. Pass a law enabling asse ssors tc
place tax on franchises and other in
tangible property.
3. Require sIeriffs to notify all ger.
sons at time of paying taxes piece
Of property, tie smount # delinquent
taxes, il any, asainst such pr perty, in
Guiding the penalties to date, and to ap.
ply the fl ct moneys received upon such
delinquent taxes, if any. and accrued
penalties.
4. Any property ~ilfulIy concealed
removed, transferred or n.isrepresented
by the owner, or his agents. to avoid
taxation, npon discovery shall be as
sessed at not exceeding ten times it's
value and the assessment 8, made
must not be reduced by the Board of
Equalization.
5. That the fssessor be relieved from
taking the census and that It be made
the duty of the Labor Commits: ioner to
take the same, or that the census law be
repealed.
s. That Tax Commissioner be ap-
pointed to revise the present and
recommend new tsxation laws.
I. That all laws having reference to
the revenues of the state, be compiled
and printed i'm book form, same to be
d to the various office whose
duties are in any manner connected
with administering the same.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02

be bound at the expense of the State
Com mission.
The arrangement will be by subjects
and grades, beginning with the lowest
grade. A typewriter statement or out
line of the work to be exhibited in
cabinets is essential to correct under
standing aod presentation of the ex
hbit.
Exhibit cabinets are to be purchased
by exhibitors. This department recon-
mends that these cabinets be kept at
some convenient county location after
the exposition closes and become the
center for the reception OF meritorious
work which may be made supplied
from time to time to the end that the
exhibit idea may he made a useful ad-
junct for encouraging excellence Of
pupils work.
It is the desire of the department
that the Oregon educational exhibit
shall honestly represent the real work
of the schools in the best way possible.
Local industries should form the fouu.
dation for large share of language and
geography work. Grain, farming,
stock raising, fruit and vegetable cul-
ture, become at once the choicest of
topics for written work. Visiting OBJ
servers are always pleased and bene-
fitted by the stories children write of
their own environment.
Our educational exhibit will come di-
rectly into comparison with that from
such states as Massachusetts,, New
York, Missouri. Wisconsin and Coli.
fornis, as we'll a. our Northwestern
states. We want the comparison to be
such as will fully express the good
work being done all through the state.
Each school district in the state is
cordially invited to send something for
the exhibit. Local interest and local
pride will certainly stimulate each to do
it's best.
The teachers of Morrow county have
organized and are planning to have the
school work of the county we'll repre-.
sented in this educational exhibit
Thew solicit the hearty cooperation cf
PARENTS and all interested in education.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02
POSTOFFICE
BURGLAR|Z6D
THIEF GOT DRUNK AND GAVE
1T AWAY.
Taken to Portland by Deputy U
s. Marshal For Trial In Fed.
cral Courts.

The Heppner postoffice was burglar
lied Friday night last and w. R Tru-
lock is under arrest charged with the
crime. The robbery was a bunglinR
job and but little booty was secured.
An attempt was first made to enter the
postofice by going into an adjoining
room on the rear used for ice cream
parlors. Finding that he was in the
wrong place the thief went into another
room of the ice cream pa'lors.
Entrance was gained to the postof
fee room by breaking out pane OF
glass when the stops were pulled out
and the window was raised. No at
tempt was made to open the safe. In
rummaging around through the Office
the thief found 81 so IN email change
and $17.73 worth of stamps which had
not been locked up in the safe.
w. r. Trulock, man in the neigh
borhood OF so years of age, who has
been employed by Ben Swsggart out on
his etock ranch, was in town Friday and
in visiting several saloons it was found
that he had no money. The day after
the robbery Trulock visited several
ealoons and was paying for drinks with
nickels and dimes. Tracks that led to
the postoffice window which had been
made by the robber showed the i'm.
print of several large hob nails. which
corresponded with the shoes that Tru-
lock wore. Saturday evening while in
an intoxicated condition he tried to buy
a drink with some pennies. He also
made the statement that he had some
more money out in a manure pile but
could not find it the last time that he
looked for it. The chain of crcum-
stantial evidence was so strong that he
was arrested by Marshal Rasmus and
aced in jail
Ea'ly Sunday morning Sheriff Shut
and D. G. Gurdane decided to investi-
gate the mans story about the hidden
money. Getting a pitchfork and going
out behind the postoffice they threw
only few forks of manure when the
stamps which had been placed in a
small paper box were unearthed
Trulock waived examination aud was
taken to Portland this morning by
Deputy U. S, Marshal Proebstel. who
came up yesterday.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02

dead.
"Barker took child t, ON Mrs. Dexter
and held her until l forcibly took her
ON him. All the time Barker seemed
very much troubled. He always seem.
ed to be very fond of the child. My IL.
year-old daughter was slightly wounded
ia the left side Barker hadu't been
having trouble with any one that l
know of and didn't seem to be shooting
at any one."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02

Miss Lettie Conover, of Waitsburg
Wash, who has been visiting friends
here. received a message Friday that
her brother, Henry Conover, was dying
OF Brights disease. Young Conover was
former resident of Heppner, having
been in the employ of the o. R. & N.
Co. as messenger boy here. Miss
Conover left for Waitsburg, Saturday.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02

The greatest system renovstor. Re.
stores vitality, regulates the kidneys
liver and stomach, 1t HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea fails to cure get your
money back. That's fair. 35 cents
Tea or Tablets.-W. z. Mcmillan, Lex
ington, Ore.
Chas. Royse and A. j. Carsner, OF
Spray, were registered ct the Palace,
Tuesday.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02
Elder Is Total Wreck.

Astoria, Jan. 2S.-The wreck of the
steamer Elder near Gob,e is a total
loss. The forward end dropped four
feet from the deck lire today and broke
her back. She has turned sufficiently
on the rocks to twist the hull and part
the plates. The portable part of her
upper VOL ks has been removed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02
Property For sale Cheap.

| offer for sac at - per cent of cost
the stone business building on Main
street, which is now occupied by the
Belvedere saloon. My residence prop
erty, which is b)ve high water ma
| will a'so sell on same asis.
FRANK ROBERTS.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02
ACCIDENT
ALLY KILLED
CHILD OF BOB DEXTER SHOT
BY JOHN BARKER,
Tragedy Occurred at a Dance "A
Barker in Jail.

An unfortunate shooting affair oc-
Cured at the home of Waller Crosby,
seven miles south of Heppner, last Fri
day night, in which the seven-year. old
daughter of Robert Dexter was instant
ly killed. Quite a number of young
people and neighbors had gathered at
the Crosby home to enjoy social
dance. Everything went off quietly
until about 2 O'Clock 10 the morning
when John Barker, who has Indian
blood in bis veins, commenced to com.
plain that he was not being treated
right and was being sighted because
his hand had been refused several times
in trying to get partner for the dance.
A waltz being called. Barker who it is
said was under the influence of liquor,
commenced to demonstrate with the
manager of the floor, and becoming un-
reasonable in his fury whipped out a re.
volver and said that he was going to
have fair show.
This caused panic among the
frightened people present and Barker
started to walk across the floor with the
revolver in his hand, when he fired, the
ball striking Alvina, the seven-y ear-old
daughter of Robert Dexter, in the side
OF the head. The child fell dead in
stautly. The ball passed through the
head and struck another girl OF Mr..
Dexter's directly over the heart.
Fortunately the force of the bullet was
spent and only went through the child's
clothing. dra wing little bIoou but not
penetrating the skin.
When Barker realized what he had
done he ran and picked up the child
| which was later taken away from him
by it's mother, Mrs. Dexter, who is a
sister of Barker's.
The remains OF tha unfortunate child
were taken TO the home of the grief
stricken parents, where Barker also
went.
Coroner Hggs summoned A. l..
Ayers, j. 7. Kirk, S. W. Meadows, w.
E. Royse, G. L. Keithley aud Walter
Kllcup as a coroner's jury and went out
to Mr.. Dexter's place Saturday where
an inquest was held.
The verdict of the jury was that tn.
death of Elvina Dexter was caused
from gunshot wound fred from a gun
in the hands of John Barker.
Sheriff Shut went out Saturday and
found Barker at the home of Mr., Dexter
where he was arrested and brought to
this city. he is now in the county Jail
Barker naturally feels despondent
over the killing OF his little niece. His
case will 20 to the circuit court, infor-
nation having been filed by the dis
trct attorney.
Following is a condensed report of
the testimony as given by Robert Dex-
ter. the father of the child, who was an
eye witness to the tragedy:
"Child and rest CT family WIS at
Crosby's at an entertainment.
"a square dance was ordered and
two sets were wanted, and some of the
ladies went ont OF the building. John
Barker wanted to dance and couldn't
find any partner so got mad AMI soon
had a gun in his hand and claimed he
wanted fair show. He moved slowly
across the floor and held pistol in both
hands and fred and Alvina Dexter was
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-02-02

I'll brave the storms of Chilko OF P0ss
I'll cross the plains of frozen glass,
I'd leave my wife and cross the seq,
Rather than be without Rocky Noun
tain Tes.-W. z. Mcmillan, Lexing-
ton, Oregon.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10
4 Patriotic "Mutiny." q"

"Crcw mutiniel Proceeding TO Fal'
mouth" was the signal Of the British
steamer Enwidden read hy the look.
out nan az the Lizard the other after.
noon.
On arrival of the vessel at Falmouth
the whole OF the harhor police. a well
as the town police. had mustered 10
deal with the mutineers. On boarding
the Euwidden. however, they aSCer.
tanned that the whole Of the firemen,
seven IN number. and all Britishers,
had merely refused duty.
The Enwidden left Newport on Fri
day. bound with Goals for La Plata.
When two days ont the fremen sus-
pected that the destination Of the vcS.
sci was not La Plata but the Far East,
and that the coal was Intended FOR the
Baltic feet. They thcreupon refused
further duty but undertook to coal the
.ircs il the ship was put back to the
nearest British port There was no
violence.
Asked Why he signalled such au
alarming message 20 the Lizard. the
captain replied that he thought. being
New Years nay. the authorities would
not be on the alert TO receive him I'M
less he frightened them. London
Chronicle
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10

"And" added Steinhausen. you. 10
doubt. think that long enough
II did not say So was the reJcin-
der.
You said last night" began The
Rittmelster, growing desperate as they
approached the grounds Of the villa
you said that perhaps we might meet
at Berlin.
probably the gnadige Frau las
deeper knowledge Of us objectionable
Prussians than at first imagined"
She turned her eyes full upon him
clear, quiet eyes.
Your people are the first Prussiaus
ever spoke to-"
He shrugged his shoulders.
"May hope you do not wish - %
be the lastT'
"PersOnalities again, Herr Kittmeis-
ter" she said, with an arch smile.
LET us finish our walk without a
breach OF conditions
Some subjects attract like lode
stone he replied; and this brought
them 10 a side entrance Of the garden.
They were nearly across II before
she spoke, and it was 10 sdy Il Will
wish you gOod-day and 'auf.wleder-
sehen'-I must go 10 my Office
what, Are you be began.
al have an apartment-a little bu-
reau. given 10 me, whore ! manage al
my business, that IS. all matters con-
cernlng my fathers farm: ana there
must remain til | have atoncd for this
mornings idlcness'
They had reached a door opening on
the courtyard, passing through which
shc turned bowed, and. leaving the
Rittmeister planted, she ran lightly no
the steps where hc had first seen AcI,
and turning at the top, bowed again.
"Auf weidrrseheA" cried Stcinbau-
sen from below. I'VE Shal! meet Ut
dinner
She smiled ana vanished through the
French window which led into hcr
Sanctum.
Stclnhausen stood q minute looking
after her. then muttering 10 himself,
Have ! lost my senses went slowly
into the hOuse-aud asccndcd 10 hls ywL
chamber.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10
Rass and Fruit Growing.

The bee keepers of certain fruit
growing section of California once got
into an alteration about pasturagc fer
their bees. and. rs a result, bee Keep
ing was abolished in that part Of the
state
During the next few years the fruit
crops fell of fully onc-hah. The Qucs-
ton was investigated 10y the alarmed
growers. and il was found that the de
crease in fruit had been co-incidelt
with the giving up Of bee keeping. the
pollcnigation. for the most part, hav-
ing been affected Ivy the bees.
TO remedy this, bees were brought
I'm i'm large numbers. and IN a year or
two the fruit output went back to lis
normal capacity-a big argument why
every fruit grower should keep TO at
least a few colonies Cf bees 20 insure
the proper fertilization OF his fruit
blossoms. Country LIE in America.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10
Mrs. Net Put On Tombstores.

How often one hears the express
sion, she just got married because
she wanted % have Mrs. put on her
tombstone" Nov this seems q very
natural statement 20 the natural lis
tener. says the Philadelphia Record.
but. as a matter of fact. there are
few tombstones that have Mrs" on
them, ss very recent interviews With
grayediggers and church sections have
demonstrated, so the woman who IN
tends plunging INTO matrimouy with
the idea that she is going 20 be known
as Mrs. Jackson or Mrs. Blackson
after death had better hesitate before
she takes any desperate step.
Even after death q married woman
is only considered part Of her hus-
bands property, for out Of several hun
dred tombstones investigated none
had the appellation Mrs, while every
one had Sarah, wife Of" or Jane,
wife Of" When the investigator ask
ed an old sexton well yersed on tomb
stone lore IL there were any tomb
stones with Mrs On them he re-
piled:
Wei, I've been seem 10 the buryin'
OF married women for the last fifty
years, but ! amt never seen q tomb
stone yet that had 4 Mrs. on it,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10
CHAPTER V.

Nearly two hours intcrvcned be-,
the midday rcpast.
They passed heavily 20 Steinhaueou.
lie tried 10 write up his JOmnal-to
finish letter begun the previous day;
he strOlled across to the stables aud
round the garden, hut 10 10 purpose;
the only members of the family 10 be
seen were Clarchen, WHO was too busy
gathering greengagcs - respond 10 hls
advances. ana Frau Cheering herself,
who was knitting Oh the yerauda, and
she was nv taciturn as ever
Burchardt ana the Tahnrich returned
from their expedition ~ high spirits,
with various good stories OF their
friends adventures on tie EarCn
through Bohemia.
They first bored their superior officer
and then mortaily offended him Hy
some iudiscrcet questions and suggos-
tons as to how be bad passed the
morning.
They understood tie Rutmristcr.
however, and readily dropped sub.
ject unwelcomc to their slightly over
bearing comrade.
At last they were summoned 70
table.
Here matters were scarcely i'm
proved.
The Rittmeistcr was placed on Frau
Ghoging's right hand. and Frau or
Fraulcin Lies was seated between her
father aud that beer drinking brute
BurChardt.
She smiled upon him, too, aud lis
tened 10 him with more frankncSs and
favor than she had yet shown 20 any
of them, hardly hestowing a look OF a
word upon Stcinhausou, indeed, she
said very little
Burchardt ana the Herr Amtmdnn
did nearly all tn" talking.
They had got ON most interesting
and happy neutral topic-tho relative
merits OF German and Hungarian
horses.
They grew excited, told various
thrilling anecdotes ana supported their
opinions with much strength Of lung.
If not of logic. under cover of which
Clarchcn ANA the young Fahnrich
planned. ia low tones, how She was to
try spare horse OF his. which he was
sure would carry lady, if only the
Frau Mutter would consent
This scheme was overheard 10y stein
hauScn. who. too cross 20 talk Tim
self. listened with keen attention 10
what was going on al round him.
The elder sister finally caught some
stray words, which betrayed the ne.
| fariouS design
"Clarchcn," she said in low. bUt
peculiar tone II hoped your loyalty
would have been proof even against
pleasure -
lTo be ContinueG) ak
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10
SPRAYED AND UNsPRAYED.


The question Does IL pay 10 spray"
is still a source Of discussion at far
mers' meetings, and those who take
the negative side OF the que stion point
10 the enormous yield OF fruit upon un-
sprayed orchards this season in sup
port OF their position. While it is true
that the unsprayed fruit trees bore
an extraordinary crop OF fruit the past
year, the most stubborn unbeliever
must admit that the sprayed fruit was
the most perfect. We have twenty
five or thirty apple and pear trees
which, because Of their situation, were
not sprayed. These trees bore heavily
scabby and specked, while the fruit
upon the sprayed trees was unusually
smooth and perfect. The difference
was 80 manifest that the most skep-
tiCal would be convinced.
In June my attention was called TO
a development OF the leaf curl in MY
peach orchard, and Notwithstanding
the fact that il was late n the season,
and the fruit had attained a goOd size,
We gave one application OF the half
Bordeaux mixture. which arrested the
curl and enabled the trees fully TO de-
ye>,p the large crop OF fruit with which
they were Durdened. Next spring /
intend 20 make the application before
the buds open, in accordance with the
recommendation Of the experiment sta
uOn.-OhiO Farmer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10

IL was argued on the Lucy Belle that
bird possessing a brain wise enough
10 figure ont an ocean voyage could
reach his home on land; and after
some debate the sailors securely
fastened a little story 20 Pete's leg,
reciting b.s adventures so far "a known
10 them, and turned him loose. How
the dear little wanderer found bis way
home he alone can tell.
II took Pete nine days tc travel the
1000 miles ia covering which. Of
course. b. must have stopped often;
for II be could have gone straight
home, the distance could have been
made in thirty or forty hours. We
who had sent him of 10 Australia had
side Of the equator or % The world
when, one morning not long ago, Mr..
Pete quietly hOpprd down from the
nome lott and. without any fuss what
ever. joined his mates at a breakfast
Of corn, wheat ana crumbs.
Now. what DO You think os him:
IL viii never be sent away again,
for there j. not sufficient money a the
disposal OF any one man 10 secure him.
If you know OF any girl, or boys who
are GiscOntented at home show them
this story Of Pete, who 50 loved his
humble abode Of rough board and hard
straw that he outwitted cunning men
and dcfcd the risks and hardships Of
an SOO0.mile journey over sea and land
in the effort 10 return to his home.
81. Nicholas.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10
A Philadelphia Gallant.

There j. nothing that astonishes a
takes her at her word. 4 certain very
impetuOus young woman, living in the
suburbs Of tG.s city, experienced this
unique sensation when she attended
musicale given by a friend ana met
a specimen Of the too literal male. She
was about Ia leave the house when
her hostess called after her: oh don't
think Of going ont ON such a stormy
night alone Mr.. 9. will be glad to go
with you, won't you, Mr.. G. turn ng
10 a gentleman at her right. Delight
ed" said the would-be escort, beaming
on the young woman, and he slipped
ON his Oyercoar and stood ready with
hat and umbrella in hand on. please
don't bother said the protesting girl;
you know | am quite accustomed 10
going out alone. ] am not the least bit
afraid. ] nearly always leave here un.
escorted" "Oh. well, il that .s the
case" said the stupid man. Il don't
need 10 90. then. ! would not think Of
interfering with your lifelong habits
And without giving the independent
young woman q chance 10 avail her.
self of his escort be threw of his over
coat and joined pretty blonde al the
cud OF the hallway Philadelphia
Record
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-02-10
miIlionsir.s Object to Hotel.

rhe milliCnaires who have private
mansions in the neighborhood Of the
St Regis hotel, New York, are veXed
and peevish over the fact that this
exclusive place Gispenses alcoholic
beverages 20 its guests. They want
IT stopped. They have filed an appli-
cation at Albany 10 have the license
revoked. Among the residents Of the
fashionable district where the hotel
stands live John u Rockefeller. Levi
p. Morton, Cornelius Vanderbilt. II.
Mex Twombly. Henry S. Redmond
and score OF other millionaires. who
opposed the erection OF hotel 10
near their homes.