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NAIL ORDER EVIL
ire RISE 10 NOT THE RgsuLr or
LEGITIMATE DEMANn.
DUE ENTIRELY TO GREED
And Il Feeds Upon the Prosperity
OF the Country Towns-A
Menace to the
Nation.

Copyrighted. 1906. by Alfred C. Ciark.)
As the years go by we are more
than ever brought face to face with
the vital question OF trading at home.
During the past decade the habit OF
buying goods abroac has grown to
such proportions that the country
merchant may well feel alarmed at
the probable outcome unless something
IL done to forestall the great calamity
which will surely result therefrom.
Trade conditions 20 years ago were
satisfactory. Al that time catalogue
houses were entirely unknown and
country merchants were "monarchs Of
all they surveyed" SO to speak. In the
lines represented. and the people were
prosperous and happy. Perhaps not
so much because they generally had
money enough to meet their wants.
but because of the contentment that
prevailed throughout the country at
that time. The farmers raised good
crops. generally. and received good
prices for what they had to sell. They
sold their surplus stun to the local
merchant and bought what they
wanted: and this was the height OF
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SEQ !
5ST0l
be Mystery

\ BY
EPH BROWN COOKE

ln.h,. ,W. By Story .rrssa cespsssuesJ
kuAPTER iil.-continusd.
1 poor fellows distress was no
That a moment later. as stood
side at the door. could not
LAYING my hand on his shoulder
lying gently:
by don't you brace up. Mr.. Car
il isn't too late by any means.
[hInk OF all that life has 60 offer
You are u man OF great wealth.
lead OF one OF the best known
les in the country. and every
|,hat heart could wish for lies be-
kou. Think 1t over. old man.
It over. Think OF your sister.
hnd-Miss Weston. and yourself.
h; yourself. above all else. and
| the confounded stun alone!"
Ii uttered the last words he re.
from me as II l had been the
and muttcred hoarsely, my
Ware. you don't think am
do you?"
bre could reply he had hurried
kh the door. down the stairs and
be street.
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!, hence the contentment

their ambition, hence the contentment
that prevailed.
But in after years.. when cities
grew and trade expanded. the mer-
chants Of these cities not being con-
tent with conditions Of trade. devised
plans by which they might reach out
for more business. Advertising In the
newspapers being cheap way OF
putting the merits of their goods be-
fore the people, this plan appealed to
them and 1t was adopted. At 6rst they
operated on small scale; then, as
the merchant saw the opportunity for
making 1t pay. he added to his adver-
tising fund. And SO 1t has continued
until to-day millions of dollars are
annually sent to mail order houses by
the people OF the United States.
The best and most effective way to
throttle the catalogue house has been
a question uppermost In the minds OF
country merchants for several years
past; some advocating one plan and
some another. There are several plans
which might be presented to induce
the farmer to buy at home. In the
FIRST place his pride might be appeai.d
to. There are very few farmers who
own their own farms but that would
be interested in building up his own
locality. He realizes the fact that III
his farm is to be valuable 1t must be
farmed in the most scientific manner
and all buildings, fences, etc, must be
kept up in the best possible shape,
and above all the farm must be To-
Gated not too far from some good
town, for we all know that farm land
brings a much better price when near
to some good town or village. It is
not hard to get the farmer to realize
this, for II he ever sold any farm land
or tried to sell any, he knows this to
De fact Well. then, after be has
realised this fact, the thing for him
to do II to pAtronixe his home rner-
chants and bustuess men, 70 they may
b, abie r. bulId and nsintain ! rood
Z M Il "a - ~ mneh tsttet n
~ \ y = ! & 4 w ~! * 4; &! a Y, IN n
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, 7ay: Come to Smiths to trade,
cheapest place on earth" He must
describe his merchandise as he would
in private conversation over the coun-
ter to a customer. and then quote the
price. This will nearly always act as
clincher and will at least put him
on standing with the catalogue
house. In fact 1t will give him an ad.
vantage over the catalogue house, for
in almost every case he can sell the
same grade OF merchandise cheaper
than the catalogue house can sell it.
This is not mere theory but state
ment OF fact, for the reason that the
country merchants business Is oper
ated at . very much less expense than
that Of the mail order merchant
of expense which the city merchant
has to meet that are entirely unknown
to the country merchant.
The time is rapidly approaching
when people who patronize mail order
houses will be looked upon as soon.
ers" by the solid and influential citi.
zens OF all commonwealths and will
suffer ostracism at their hands.
cities and towns are built by com
bined efforts of the residents thereof:
not by foreign capital. So too are our
churches and schoolhouses built. It
may be true that in many instances
eastern capital has been employed to
make improvements in the west. but
always with good round interest to
the lender OF the money. No one ever
heard.of case where an eastern man
or Arm contributed to western enter.
prise for the fun OF the thing. Nor
did you ever hear Of case where. any
mall order or catalogue house ever
contributed to any church building
fund. Nor yet did they ever build or
help to build any Of our schooihouses.
You never heard of Z case Of this kind
and you Lever will. All these eastern
sharks care for 10 your dollar, a1d
you knew IL, and when tAsy have ebl-I
~ fhat t1(sy h4ve ~ xearq - ld,t
IA, rhen M ehs1i6 ~ p1{tunlSe'
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~. And risht here u vhsrs the ~
town pgopositioa eonnes to Aim nm
great force. He knows ho can ooad
his children 70 The village school at .
great deal less expense than TO send
them away to college. and that IL
most cases better results are OBJ
tanned.
II the farmer seriously desires al
these good things ho must Of necessi.
ty help to build them. Let him under
stand that he 10 one Of the main
spokcs In the great wheel Of COM
merce In his vicinity and that he can
ill.an0rd to send abroad to purchase
even the smallest item of merchan-
disc. though It may seem to him that
he Is saving q few cents by doing 10.
1t seems that 1t could be easily
pointed out to him that II there was
no town near him and he had to drive
20 or 80 miles to take his produce to
market and haul his groceries the
same distance home. he could easily
see that his land would greatly depre-
he would encounter on every hand
would be very disastrous to his time
and he would gladly spend his money
at home to divert this calamity.
One of the most potent levers with
which to control trade in country 10
calities is the liberal use OF printers
ink. coupled with intelligence In ad.
vertising the wares OF the merchant.
The catalogue houses employ the best
talent obtainable to write their adver.
tisements and spend large sums oi
money in this way. Besides advertis
ing judiciously they advertise on q
large scale and consequently get the
business. The old saying that you
must fight the devil with fire" will ap
ply In this case. The home merchant
must advertise. He must 90 more than
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fhs Nv co9pany q peavef. -
are ths lArgest mall Order ogf1ft0D
In the West, have just cosnplete1 .
new catalog describing and i1lustrnf-
Ing the many lines Of high grads. loW
priced merchandise carried II their
beautiful new building et Dixteenfh
and Champa streets. The Nay Con-
pany say they will send these cafa~
leg anywhere upon request, freo q
charge. There are many things In this
new catalog sure to interest people
who appreciate quality. style and true
economy.
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Hello. Mac!" said. Busy to.
night?'
Nothing special" he replied. lacon.
ically. whats up?"
"Dine with me at the club at seven.
will your" asked. II want you to
tell me something"
"All right" said MacArdel. Seven
sharp, and I'll order the dinner. Gnod
by" and he hung up his receiver with
snap.
1 did not resent McArdel's abrupt
ness. for knew he had room full of
people waiting TO see him and the fact
that he was to order the dinner was
enough to make man forgive any
thing short of an objectionable siL.
MacArdel was late. of course He
was born half an hour after he was
expected and his timetable through
life has always been that much be-
hind to a second; SO called for the
things and made the cocktails mrself.
l cannot order dinner as Machrdel
can, but can construct cocktail
that would make the nectar o: the
gods taste like bloomsbury coffee.
The dinner was as good as the ccck-
tail and we went to the roof foo our
coffee and cigars.
MacArdel tipped back in his chair
and rested his heels on the broaG sop
ing, for we were sitting In secl1ded
corner, back Ola pillar, and the only
light We had came from the reasless
city far below US, sparkling and gilt
tering like the reflection Of q Sep
tenibers nv at midnight. An occn.ion-
lsl, kllmmer OF npdonliEht broke thr ugh
III ileocy, @tcnd6 ihS clouds, 10 hat,
fro1i fiine Ia y; w seSli1h 8ltmpsea
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him now, Bobbs?" inquired anx-
iously.
mot one in million. sir" answered
Bobbs. sadly. Hes too far gone now
sir. He was takin' the cure for time
an we began TO have some hopes OF
him, but 1t wasn't any use. an the
first thing we knew he was as bad as
ever"
II wonder he came back at all
remarked, II shouldn't have thougnt
he would have felt inclined to.
II didn't think he'd come, myself.
said Bobbs, "but he insisted upon 1t.
and. as told you a minute ago. there 8
no changing him now when ne once
gets an idea in his head, 30 we packed
nm and came. He said he had some
matters to attend to with you that ne
must see about at once. sir"
"Yes," replied, "he arranged Ger
tain affairs with me this morning"
"Well." said Bobbs, I'm glad that's
dome. for It will be great load on
his mind
"Where do you suppose he has gone
pow?" l asked. He left here very
hnrriedly and wonder II he will get
into trouble" MY calmness Of mind
vas due to the fact that. under tne
circumstances, should not have cared
Il he had broken his neck. /,
sOh! he'll get back to the hotel, ST.
returned hobbs confidently. He told
ne to get the tickets for toni sn. .na II. /.
IN other things he needed and tnen
4 msst rim here, or 4 the hotel 4 ne
N ~ M here. You know he = goine
\ +: III a 81; ssid. .'but he tails ~ a.
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THE COLORADO SADDLERY CO

FRctOry lHO1-B Market Bt., DenV0r.
Harncs. In every stye. Saddles OF every description
Ask your dealer for 'hs smoo,hc-t Line tho wsss
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The United states Navy.

Recruiting ONCE at Denver. Coaos
RADIO. has good success In enlisting meD
for the navy at their Denver 0mce.
They want men OF good character and
sound physical ability. Tho opportu-
hities for advancement are good. and
the pay Is fair when one considers the
chance that young man has to learn.
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CHAPTER ~.
Little 1obbs.

|sAN"th 80 aePs@sy e<e Po'as
|oping to overtake him and. at
persuade him to return to ,ny
until his excitement had cooled
THAT. but l reached the street
|n time to see him turn the cor.
nd mingle with the bustling
DE same instant little man. not
ive feet in height. and dressed
brse drab. Norfolk jacket and
fitting trousers. turned In hur-
from the opposite direction and
~ with me with some violence.
3 pardon. SIR" he painted. recov-
himself with an EFFORT and pull
? his cap respectfully. beg
sir. I'm looking for Mr.. Wares
sir. Mr.. Frederick Ware. sir.
the place. sir?" and he placed
ind on his chest and gasped
In his endeavor to catch his
Wares office Is upstairs" I re-
and am Mr.. Ware. Who are
fnk We. sir" he said gratefully,
preston OF relief lighting UP his
I'm Bobbs. sir. Little Bobbs.
falls me, SIR" Still holding his
his hand he pulled his forelock
Pwed with the grace Of an east
hncing master.
y well. Bobbs." said. COM
puzzled. Now what do you
y. want Mr.. Carney. OF course.
|e replied. I'm his man. you
sir. and he told me to meet him
half an hour"
you are Mr.. Carney's servant.
queried.
podded respectfully and touched
Felock again.
| continued. "Mr. Carney
ne and you won't be able to
Re him, so there is no use in
Fying. Moreover. want to see
yseli in the office for q few
ks."
Followed me upstairs and sat
Fingcrly on the edge of a chair,
= his cap between his hands
lddiing his thumbs nervously. !
"a him for moment in silence
ZEN. an idea striking me. un-
the small cupboard in my desk.
bottle and glass and. plac-
Pm before him. said solicitously:
re completely exhausted. Bobbs;
take a little Of this"
lace was perfectly frank and
as he said. politely, "Thank
NY. sir, but I never touch IL. I'll
Fight in minute, SIR"
urned the bottle and glass to
laees, fully satisfied with the re-
my little experiment and con-
mat the fellow had spoken the
way. =
long have you been in Mr..
employ?" asked. asI turned
In the lock.
se years. come next autumn Z
led promntlv NJ
-aid you never drink anything
NE, Bobbs Z" ntinued. Tor
wording out definits line Of!
gtir" he reioined. rather nm
zoly ! thought. 4 can't ~ g
ways been teetotal, sir, a. /
take a drop now ana theSl and
~. But since Nj, QSritsSt ~;
Y SIT. ! gave II VI u nv N \ NJ
90 for me to ~ riuki1E IA
ow, air., !, Il IA 4
\ wouldn't e E
ou are quitd II
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Resident This Community feeding to the mall order
that should
in
YOURSELF
parab one should
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
BORN.
ROHRMAN-In this city Sunday,
June %, 1907, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Rohrman, son, weight 10
pounds.
500 REWARD, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
science has been able to cure in all its stages
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being Constitutional dis
ease, requires Con Institutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and m ucuous surfaces
OF the system, thereby des s-roying the founda-
ton of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith IN its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure Send for list of testi
monials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office, LaGrande, Oregon.

June ~, lHUi.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Joseph Doherty con-
testant, against homestead entry No 1l4s3 made
May 81, 1902, for VIZ NWl4, VIZ SWh Section
3, Township 2 S R29 w. NJ. by Charles Fortune,
Contestee, in which ii is alleged that Charles
Fortune has wholly abandoned said tract;
that he has changed his residence theretrom
for more than six months since making said
entry: that said tract is not settled upon and cul
tivated by said party as required by law that he
has never resided upon said land, and that said
alleged absence from said land was not due to
his employment in the army, navy or marine
corps of the United States.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear. re-
spond and offer evidence touching said allega
tion at 10 o'clock a. m, on July 29, 1Ni, before
]. z. Williams, [. S. Commissioner. at his
office at Heppner, Oregon, and that final hear
ing will be held at 10 O'Clock q. M, on August 3,
1901, before the Register and Receiver at the
United States Land Office in La Grsnde, Ore
aon.
The said contestant having, in a proper
affidavit, filed May 6, 1907. set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made, il is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
June 27-July % Z. w. DAVIS, Register.
A, A. ROBERTS, Receiver.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27

| DR.. M. A. Leach visited Lexing
ton Sunday.
F. G. Marquardsen went to Port
land Sunday.
Ed and Charley Burchell wer'
up from Lexington, Monday.
Geo. Beck, of Hamilton is very
sick at the Heppner Sanitarium.
Benz. F. Akers was in the city
from his ranch at Gooseberry.
Tuesday. y
Haying is now quite general in
Morrow county. The alfalfa crop
is heavy.
The heavy rains Of the past
week have been of great benefit to
spring crops.
E. H. Andrews left Sunday for
Ashland where he is called on &C.
count of sickness of his brother
in-law.
D. D. Hinton and son, sheep
men of the Hamilton country,
were in the city this week to sell
their wool.
R. A. Kelsay, formerly with the
Cunningham Sheep & Land CON-
pany was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. R. F. Hynd and children
and Miss Brown have gone to
Portland where they will spend
the summer.
The Bird quarterly conference OF
the Lexington Methodist church
will be held at Liberty school
house next Saturday and Sunday,
29th and 30th. Preaching Sun
day morning and evening by the
presiding elder, Rev. F. n. LooDy
of Pendleton. Everybody cordi-
ally invited.
John Fleming, the sheep buyer,
who has been here for several days |
bargaining for all the sheep he can
get, left for Hot Lake, says the
Baker City Herald. Just before
leaving, a representative of the
Herald was in conversation with
him and he stated that since April
20, he has shipped 365 carloads of
Oregon sheep to Forsythe, Mon-
ana. Mr.. Fleming has been buy
ng in different parts of the state
md states the sheep raised in Ore.
ION are first class. He is connected
With the firm of Rae Brothers.
The reason why l have hitherto been
Dle to do painting so much cheaper
han any body else is that l am bach
lor and do not need to make a profit
or the maintenance OF wife and
hildren. 1t is now my duty to inform
he public that this advantage will
hortly be withdrawn from me as l am
bout to be married, you will therefore
o well to send in your orders at once
t the old rate, SAM c. JACKSON.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
Local and Personal Notes

Local and personal Notes
Ed Berry was up from licking
ton, Monday.
Arch Barnard came down from
Hardman, Tuesday.
Nat Scott and wife came ovel
from Lone Rock, Tuesday.
Dan Barlow and family came il
from Eight Mile, Wednesday.
DR.. Chick, of lone, was a visitor
in this city the first of the week.
Theodore Anderson was in the
city Yesterday from his Eight Mile
ranch.
A. E. Dalzell was in the city
yesterday, from his Eight Mile
ranch.
Peter Christianson, of Swede
canyon, was in the city the first of
thu week.
Charley Herman is in the city
from La Grande, where he has
been for several months.
Editor Thomas, of the Lexing-
ton Wheatfeld, spent several hours
in Heppner transacting business,
Monday.
Dell Ward, CT Lone Rock, re-
turned from Portland Tuesday
and drove to Cecil with Libbie
McBee yesterday in search of
horse.
Mrs. P. G. Creswell and daugh-
ter, Sadie, left on Monday morn
ing for Forsythe, Mont, to join
Press, who shipped train load of
sheep to that point for Rae Bros.
Erb Hayes left for Vale on
Tuesday mornings train, where he
goes in search of a location for his
sheep business. Mrs. Hayes and
children went to Portland on the
same train where they will visit
with her parents for some time.
William Collins, of Spray, was
sentenced to serve "a hours in the
Multnomah county Jail and pay q
fine of $3.50 by Judge E. Wolver-
ton in the United States district
court for illegal fencing in govern.
ment lands in The Dalles land dis
trict.
S. E. Notson received the sad
intelligence, Tuesday that his
brother, T. G. Notson, was killed
by lightning near Hamburg, Iowa,
on Monday. Mr.. Notson was 46
years of age and leaves a wife and
six Chi ildreD. No further particu-
lars have yet been learned.
81. V. Gates has filed on water
right on the Matoles river, with
the intention of installing a power
plant there and generating electric.
ity for the Prineville Light & Wa
ter Company, which will supply
"juice" for the whole county. 1t
is not known at present just when
work on the new plant will begin,
but it will probably be some time
during the coming fall.-Prine.
vile Review.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27

Enid Leeper. er............... .....- VI
The teachers of the Irrigon and Eight
Mile schools failed to supply the exam.
lining board with the credits on reading,
hence it is impossible to give the gem
eral average, but the students passed
that are below named and diplomas
will accordingly be issued.
IRRIGON
Eugene Mann, Grace Cook, Valda
Newton. Catherine Carson and LeTa
Newton
EIGHT MILE
John Bergstom and Lexie Miller.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
JOHN BUSICK BUYS
BIG STOCK RANCH
Will 60 Into Grant County
With Two Bands Sheep.

John Busick has purchased
from Jonas Bros, of the John
Day country, their big stock ranch.
Mr.. Busick has purchased two
bands of ewes with ther lambs.
There are from 1000 to $500 old
sheep and about 1000 lambs. The
price paid was S5 per head for the
old sheep and So per head for the
lambs. Mr.. Buslck also bought
1000 head of mixed lambs from
Lee Paine for SO per head with a
5 per cent cut.
Mr.. Busick was formerly Nor
row county sheep man, but sold
out and moved to st. Johns to take
life easy, but the big profit of the
sheep business is more attractive
than life in the city.
J. P. Rhea was up from lone,
Saturday.
Jeff Neel returned from Port
land, Sunday.
L. E. McBee was an incoming
passenger from Cecil, Sunday.
Olaf Bergstrom was a business visitor
in the city from his ranch on Eight |
Mile. the first of the week.
Geo. Currin returned Saturday |
from Sumpter where be has been
looking after his sheep interests in
the Blue Mountain National For
est.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27

l will open fruit and vegetable store
in the Scrivner restaurant building,
July lst. Will keep ice cream. candies,
nuts, tropical fruits, cigars and tobacco,
berries, fruits, jams and jelIies, In Ma
son jars, put up by ourselves.
HARRY CUMMINGS.
You can get at Cummings Nurseries
spray pumps with nozzles that wont
clog. Rubber hose. Sprays made fresh
and guaranteed full strength at as near
cost as can be handled. Harry Cum.
mings. tt
National Livestock Insurance Asso-
citation of Portland, Oregon, insures
livestock against death from any cause.
Our rates are right. we make no prom
ises We cannot fulfill. Look Us up. For
further particulars inquire of J. G.
Thrall, The Dslles, Oregon, or G. G.
Patterson, Heppner. Jn23
If you are hunting VacantG Governm ent
land, J. T. Williamson. La Grande, Ore
gon makes maps of any township in the
La Graade Land District showing the
condition of the township at the date
made for 81 each, as shown by the
records of the land office. Land office
practice a specially. June7-tf.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
Pride Of Morrow county.

Watch for Pride of Morrow county.
Look out for Pride Of Morrow county
All pears and late apples should be
sprayed now and again in three weeks,
this will insure clean fruit, otherwise it
will be wormy and unfit to eat. You
can get the spray of me at cost.
HARRY CUMMINGS.
The Pacific Monthly is without doubt
the best magazine in the West, and one
of the leading magazines of the coun-
try. The regular subscription price is
$100 per year, or 10 cents per copy.
The subscription price of the Gazette is
$l00 per year. BY special arrange
ment the Gazette can furnish both for
S1.50 per year.
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