Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-03-08

land, Monday.
Spring is certainly here. The
: song birds have arrived for sum-
mer residence, and buds are burst
ing forth.
The Great Eastern Vitigraph
and Comedy company will appear
at the opera house, in this city, on
Saturday evening, March 10. 1t
will be remembered that this com.
pany was in Heppner some time
ago and gave an excellent perform
ance.
Claude Herren, former resi-
dent and big sheep owner of Nor
row county, who lie now located in
Eagle Valley, in Baker county,
was an incoming passenger Tues
day evening. Mr.. Herren states
that the past wiuter in the Eagle
Valley country has been unusually
severe. The snow fall WAS heavy
and the feeding season WAS longer
than for years. Many of the stock
men ran short on hay. Mr.. Her
ren states that last fall he bought
what he considered an ample
amount of hay for the winter feed
ing, but he also ran short aud WAS
forced to buv more. In the fall
hay sold for s4 90 per ton, but the
scarcity this spring forcsd the
price up to $40 per ton. Mr.. Her.
rem was compelled to buy 81 tons
at thu latter price, When asked
how he liked his new location, Mr..
Herren said: II like it fine. Dur
ing the grazing season the grass is
good and there is plenty of it, but
we don't have the fine climate that
you have in Morrow county. The
snow with US was about two feet
deep on the hills most of the win
ter. We are not favored with the
chinook winds like you have here
in this county" Mr.. Herren is
1900 head of sheep.
To issue $50 grazing permits to :
stockmen and sheep men, whose
combined herds nuAber 100000 ,
sheep and $4,000 head of cattle, I;
vas the task that confronted Chief +
Ranger Howard O'Brien, at Wal b
Iowa recently. The irreconcilable l
between these two OPP
posing interests, from time i'm !
made it difficult task. r
The permits are for the Wallowa 81
and the Chesnimnus reserves. n
The grazing privilege accorded is -
: 'od for the season, which lasts o
rom three to six months, depend o.
ng upon the climate. For this
privilege the government collects g
rom 5 to 8 cents on each sheep
md fiom 20 to 35 cents on each
iead of cattle, more than $4,000
q all. A vast amount of work is
involved III selecting these graz NJ pt
apds. Not only must the chief re
anger know which lands are suit ~
4ble for sheep and which will best &C
meet tho wants of the cattle men, m
,ut he must know the amount of TO
and each owner will require so
})undaries must be marked, and
arious other details make the
ask anything but An easy one.
A large wool pullery and scour-
ng plant is being completed at
on the banks of the Will
annette river, by Heilbron & Co., 20
'hich will be the most complete =
4 the state. The buildings cover =
lore than an acre of ground be- W
ween the Willamette river and
he o. w. P. Electric Railway, and
will have both water and lail
transportation. Standing on the
pur from the 0. w. P. is a two
tory wa ehouse, or receiving build
lg. On the second floor is the co.
,ceiving room, while the lower be-
DOR is used for curing hides. A Pa
supply has already W
cen received. Some bales of mo- sol
air are in the warehouse. The W
lllery and sorting building is a ma
Iree-story structure, 90x40, and col
being filled with modern and
stly machinery. On the lower
Al F.