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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
CHAPTER Y.

Mill L, of the kanawha group, was
the center of a nest of workshops, grim
and silent just now. Hope approached its
entrance, catching the CLINT of vagrant
light beyond the broad, imperfect plank
door.
1t opened at his knock-frm, mpera-
tive. A lanterns bright rays were focus
ed full upon him, and a hard-faced man
in working attire, backed by two compan-
ions, beetle-browed and suspicious, con
fronted.
who are you?' was challenged.
Are you Michael Delehanty?"
Yes came crisply.
admit me-
Against orders-in charge of shut
down.
Look :"
Hope Enclosed his palm. Delehanty's
eyes opened wide, lowered with subser-
viency. The two peering others drew back
with a respectful droop of head and shoul-
ders
This way" said Delehanty
He led his guest-his master-into
small, sealed room, Uttered with shelves
of casting cores, and a trench or trough
filled-Hope supposed. from cursory
glance-with water for washing the faces
and hands of workmen, for coarse crash
towels filled a roller nearby.
Delehanty sat astride a box. Hope
stood erect before him.
There was a low-toned exchange of
words, explanation initiatory to the main
object of his visit
Then, plainly. bluntly, in a rare, clear,
business-like way, this past grand master
of politics made patent his design.
1t was to overturn, TO sdetrack, vast.
a conclusive majority in the approaching
election, so deftly, so secretly that not
soul of the enemy would know what had
happened until the votes were counted
lie drew out a closely written sheet
Names numbers, figured upon it. Here,
comprehensive, though in wondrous de-
tail. were all the thousand and one facts
concerning the personnel Of party lead
ers. the predictions, the standing of sub
ordnates, the history of the last ten cleo
tions in a nutshell averages, conclusions.
possibilities
And as Hope talked, in a rapid, CON
vincing tone, as he combined, cut apart.
rejoined, grouped; al the dizzyng array
Of arguments, projects, plots to upset.
schemes to absorb this, that majority.
Michael Delehanty, skilled political un-
dergraduate though he was, marveled.
gasped.
In theory, Gideon Hope, in twenty
minutes talk proved how, by fnesse, by
bribery, by force, his will might come
to pass. lie paused at no scheme or sub
terfuge to gain his ends he showed "the
winning side Of the practical politician.
1t was TO be complete, terrorizing
swOop upon unsuspecting opponents
calm, supremely confident In the triumphs !
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15

1t may be interesting to those who
do not already know it, to learn of
some way to arrive at the age Of pigs,
so we give the following:
Pigs having their corner permanent
Incisors cut will be considered as ex-
ceeding six months. Pigs having their
permanent tusks more than half up
will be considered as exceeding nine
months. Pigs having their central per
manent incisors up and any of the first
three permanent molars cut will be
considered as exceeding twelve months.
Pigs having their lateral temporary
incisors shed and the permanent aD-
nearing will be considered as exceeding
fifteen months. Pigs having their lat
eral permanent incisors fully up will
be considered as exceeding eighteen
months.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Truth
and Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to per-
manent success and creditabe stand
ing. Accordingly, it is not claimed
that Syrup of Figs and Elixir Of
SIENNA is the only remedy of known
value, but one Of many reasons why
it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal
organs on which it acts without any
debilitating after effects and without
having to increase the quantity from
time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and it's component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all
Objectionable substances. To get its
beneficial effects always purchase the
genuine-manufactu by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for
sale by all leading druggists.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15

line. The sde-boards should be about
1S inches wide to keep the potatoes
from rolling off the sides. The wires
are fastened to a pulley at the top to
tighten them so they will not sag and
let the large potatoes through. Shovel
the potatoes in at the top and the
small potatoes will drop through the
screen into the box.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Notes on Orchard Work.

Select only standard varieties.
Spray frequently and thoroughly.
Clover crops prevent soil washing
Buy only Of responsible nurserymen.
Go slow about planting dwarf varie-
ties
Sell direct to the consumer whenever
possible.
Form strong symmetrical heads on
ali trees.
Prepare the ground the fall previous
to planting.
Supply an abundance Of plant food
at all times.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
A | P Political Vendetta
WELDON J. COBB

You are admitted to the secret council
know not how. You have been given
the right to command the service of every
camp, lodge and circle Of the great Anal
gamated Association. l know not why.
1t is mine, as the representative of the
head of an order comprising eight hun
dred thousand loyal acolytes to deliver to
you a power that can call to your com
maud an army in n twinkling, that can
! destroy every mill and machine in opera
! tion in sixty minutes time. Your hand
| is thus placed on an engine of destruc-
| ton or progress, as you elect. Take heed
how you use this power,''
Eventually, for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the order, swear it - said Gideon Hope,
salemnly.
Take
With this simple word the speaker
placed in Hopes palm what resembled
broken coin, a medal fragment-what not,
only that as it lay there momentarily,
curiously and keenly regarded by its new
possessor, there showed the half-surface
of some official seal.
You have promised certain results
began the giver,
ITO push forward the cause ten years
in six months time" interrupted Hope.
You have given me the power; now show
me how to use it,"
You have announced two objects" pur-
sued the other. TO reach the man con-
trolling the patents on the Kane-Latimer
metal process"
One"
ITO have placed in your keeping dur
ing the next election the political machin-
cry of the Amalgamated."
Two"
Gideon Hopes eyes blazed out-he was
a war horse scenting the battle flavor.
You will go from here" resumed the
mystic messenger, ''to shop L, of the
kanawha group"
But it is closed?'
That is true-for repairs. But you
Will find in charge Michael Delehanty |
He will take your orders, to be transmit
ted down the line-swftly, perfectly. Ex-
ercise no reticence, give perfect conf
dence to this man. AS are we the head, |
he is the body. What you dictate, he will
fulfill"
Good :" said Hope, with faith and sat
isfaction.
You will show him, you will show
others, that" continued the speaker, indi-
eating the broken SEAL 1T will be
enough. Only one word: Should you ever
be tempted to sacrifice the order for pure
personal designs, beware
That day announced Gideon Hope.
5rayely, that hour, l shall deliver myself
up to the doom"
ITO the doom you could not escape,
were you hidden in the heart of the dark
itself" as solemnly supplement-
ID the messenger.
He disappeared as secretly and sudden
Y as had be originally come into view.
iideon Hope slowly, musingly, walked
iown into the valley.
What he had striven for-that for
which he had exhausted the influence of
tfetime-was his His eyes often spar
lied, then grew set, severe decisive.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
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Dairy Idols.


Cows becomes favorites with their
owners not altogether by reason of the
milk they produce. We have known
cows that their owners thought great
deal of because of the kindly disposi-
tion of the animals One COW that the
writer remembers gave but few
quarts of milk day, but she was pet
of the family. She would prefer the
company of members of the family
rather than that Of other cows. If the
COWS were being taken to pasture she
would insist on walking by the side Of
the one in charge of the herd. 1t Is
hard to order COW of this kind sent to
the butcher, and many people will not
do it. Instead, the animals are kept
for dozen years, and not only allowed
to eat up the provender without re-
turning compensation for it, but are
allowed to add to the herd more COWS
after their own ability not to produce
milk These may fairly be called dairy
idols. Their owners claim great things
for them without being able to substan
iate the truth of what they say.
But the family pet is not the only
brand of dairy idol. There are the gen
eral purpose cows that quite generally
have the entire confidence of their own
ers as to their great value. They are
idols that the single-purpose COW men
have demolished again and again, to
their own satisfaction, but they are still |
to be found all -Over the land.
The dairy idol is a thing that can be !
dispensed with to the advantage of |;
the owners of the cows. The warfare |
against them will be kept up, and little |
by little the factors we are warning |
against will disappear It may, how
ever, take about as long to eliminate
them as ii. took Christianity to drive the
idols out of the pagan world.-Farmers'
Review
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15

\ Kansas paper says that if all the
hogs raised in that State last year
could be rolled into one hog, it could
dig the Panama Canal in two roots
long it would take a Missouri hen to
scratch out the canal. We don't know
about that, but we do know that the
Missouri hen can pay for the big ditch
in one and half -IIumansville
(MO) Star.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
The MIX Machine.

about a cow. She's nothing but deli
cately organized milk-making machine.
Her nervous organization is well de-
velOped, though, and is easily disturbed
but If she is well supplied with milk
making material and Is let alone she
will turn out a good product and plenty
Of it, provided. Of course, she is built
on the right lines. A poor machine of
any kind is a curse to the owner.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15

Two hundred feet of the levee on the
San Joaquin River in California gave
way and flooded 1000 acres Of growing
crops, causing a loss of $5,OOO,0OO
Crops worth 81 $50 an acre are not
rare in an irrigated district, though the
figures above given would look like a
misprint to an Fastener. About 300
acres of the inundated area were in
celery, and the value would run far
above the average stated.--El Pas0
Herald.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15

Prof. Trueman Of the University of
Illinois. after making searching in
vestigation, declared that milk dealers
of Chicago Systematically adulterate
and water milk delivered to families
in the poorer sections of the city. In
many instances the stuff is entirely I'M
fit for food. In the better residence
districts, however, the milk was nearly
always up to standard.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Shoeing Mules.

The hoof of the mule, being smaller
and tougher than that Of tho average
horse, does not need shoelng unless
worked on hard roads a great deal. 1t
Is better not to have them shod IL con-
fined to work on the farm, unless used
to haul heavy loads on frozen ground.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
The Poor Men.

Nell-A girl shouldn't marry n man
till she knows all about him.
Belle-Good gracious. If she knew
all about him she wouldn't want to
marry him.-Philadelphi Record.
Parliamentary Bluebooks were first
issued In 1851, but not sold until the
year 1896.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Tender IIenrtpd.

Customer-Can you tell me whether the
stuff they put on this sticky fly paper is
sweet?
Druggist--No, ma'am; I don't know
whether it is or not.
Customer with a sigh)-Well, I'll take
cents worth, but my conscience would
be ever so much clearer if | could be sure
that the poor flies when they get stuck
on it die happy--ChicaGo Tribune.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15

'Lobelia,' sternly demanded Mr. Nc
Swat, II want to know what you've been
doing to my safety razor"
Nothing" was Mrs. McSwats indig-
nant answer, as she moved around with a
slight limp. Besides, Billiger, don't
believe it's safety razor, anyway -
Chicago Tribune.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
MIX Vessels,

Use no wooden milk vessels, and
after washing milk vessels set them
out to dry scalding hot. Never rinse
out with cold water after the final
scalding. Leave them hot so they will
dry quickly and not get musty.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
z

dry bed. The size of the whole pen is
s feet by 1G feet, so that the floored
section Of the pen Is 8 feet square, 1t
Is made Of strong materials, usually 2
in. by in. stuff, and rests on cleats in
the bottom of the pen.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
A Climatic DiscouraEement.

"Do you think there is any reliable
way Of foretelling the weather."
yep" answered Farmer Corntasscl.
"Jes' think of the kind you don't want
and then prophesy Washington
Star
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15

HOWARD T.. BURTON-hssayer ar I Chemist.
- Ieadville Colorado Specimen prices: Gold,
Silver, l. ad, 81 Gold, Silver, 75c Gold SOC; Zinc
Copper, 81. Cyanide tests Mailing envelopes and
full price list sent on application Control and UNI
ptre work solicited. Reference: Carbonate Ma
tionaI Bank.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Handy for Sorting POtatOes

In sorting potatoes time-saver can
be made of boards and common wire.
The best wire should be smooth and
about the thickness of ordinary clothes
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Midnight

Midnight.
Gideon Hope stood where a ledge of
rock. fir-fringed to the extent of semi
circle, looked out upon a free, broad ex-
panse-down. towards a stretch that
would have awed and puzzled the unfa-
uiliar beholder
The moonlight shone like day. 1t IRA
dated a vast valley, fecked far as the
eye could see with dots, splotches vivid
bursts of light-here, mammoth blast
furnace, opening its hot, molten throat to
shoot out and upwards darts of spectral
FIRE; there-and everywhere-the myriad
coke ovens. uncovered to show a dazzling
nest of red, seething cnders.
The world seemed spread at his feet
for good or bad, it lay before him When
he reflected with some of the old-time
managerial vim, how he, master hand
at inception and direction, might turn the
sixty thousand souls in that valley as pup
pets to his designs-he, a being of will
and resource-a gided flash of opulence
tempted for a moment.
Then came the infusion of the one great
purpose of his lfe-the wan, sad face of
his brother seemed to float before him,
and the sudden, stern whiteness of his own
told that no temptation of wealth or
honor could turn him from his plan.
The soft, tender influences of the holy
hour mingled with the memory of a fairer
face. A vision of a home blessed with
love a life crowned with the gladness of
children's voices, of old woes forgotten in
the soothing bliss Of a new experience,
stole over this mans soul.
He shut it out-all out! His face was
lifted towards heaven in sudden sternness.
his hand described an involuntary, almost
wild. spasm of passion-no no ! mo- The
die was cast. He lived, prayed, for but
one consummation to verify what he
knew. to prove what he suspected. straight
as an arrow to the targets heart, fate
must impel him towards the moment when
Percy Kane should stand before him un-
masked. at his mercy.
There was a rustic of the near shrub
berry. Hope turned. \ half-eager SEN
timent swept his face. then he was sim
ply imperturbable, expectant.
A man stood before him, masked to the
lips. For a moment he was tragic, statu-
eSque. III MS pose IhtH ne Iedcneu OUT
a hand-calm, rigid, as one Of iron.
"You are the man?' he said, simply.
"By this token"
Hope drew from his breast a disc OF
steel. or silver.
The ginting moonlight showed craven
symbols upon it. 1t passed into the pos
session of the other His voice fell low
He began to speak in the tone of one re-
citing a set story:
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
lmDrONed Hog Pen,

A large hog pen with space for both
sleeping and feeding can be arranged
with floor on one-half to ensure q
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Hoods SarsapariIla

1t vitalizes the blood and gives vigor and
tone to all the organs and functions.
In usual liquid form or in chocolated
tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses ST..
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
CHAPTER ",


The last year of century. the las
day of the year the last hour of the day
in the solemn hush of an eerie scene
Gideon Hope stood alone, awaiting the
fnai token of power that was to make
him master of a vital situation.
1t was six months after the sealing of
that strange compact which, through a
fair young girls sterling confidence, had
bound to him the TremaineS, father and
daughter, with links of steel, for veal or
woe.
This had happened:
All that tragic story of a beloved broth
er's cruel assassination Hope had told
all the dark suspicious and blacker GER
tainties of the secret culpability of Per-
ciyal Keene he had laid bare
That this man, waxed rich and power
ful by some caprice of Luck-or, through
sinister ineSse, made master of millions
and potent king Of vast industrial com
haaton. was now known as Percy V.
Kane" there could not be the slightest
doubt.
Inch by inch, hour by hour, from the
criS.s Of his political dathronement, Gid
con Hope had traced this ex-magnate of
the rotten Consolidated Silver Company.
In and out of a labyrinth of deception,
evasion, d.sappearance-rea in
Il new guSe and a fresh roe-he had fol
lowed the arch-swindler until he had put
his finger upon him as the central figure
Of that mastodonic ring of capitalists, who
controlled the metal industries of State. |
and who had "roped in and ruined the !
unSuSpCiOus Albert Tremaine
And now -
Gideon Hope had divulged his plan To |
degrade, to humble. to drag down to bit
ter defeat. the person who must answer
to him for the Staying of the one being
on earth upon whom all his love and
hopes had been conferred.
Thus it was that the sleeping city"
became mouldering ruin. and the mag
niticent mansion on the hill a closed, aban-
doned home, 1t was given out that the
Tremaines had gone abroad, to exhaust
In pinched retirement the remnant of a
once great fortune
But all the while the hidden hand of
the master genius behind the scenes work
ed deity, cautiously, slowly, the wires
that were soon to focus on this man Kane
q purpose bitter as death and cruel as
the grave
In the eastern story, the heavy slab
that was to fall on the bed of state in the
flush of conquest was slowly wrought out
of the quarry, the tunnel for the rope to
hold it to its place was slowly carried
through the leagues of rock the slab was
slowly raised and fitted to the roof, the
rope was rove to it, and slowly taken
through the miles of hollow to the great
iron ring.
All being made ready, with much labor.
and the hour come the sultan was aroused
in the dead of the night and the sharp
ened ak that was to sever the rope from
the great iron ring was put into his hand,
and he struck with it, and the rope part
ed, and rushed away and the ceiling fell.
So, in the case of Gideon Hope-the
han with purpose-all the work, near
and far, that tended to the end was being
accomplished, and in an instant the blow
was to be struck, and the roof of Percy
kane's stronghold was to drop in upon
him,
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-01
VaneyLand

Will make you money as an investment or for home. Good land and plenty of water for irrigat-
 ing the land will insure you good crop of most anything you plant, This valley is destined to be the feeding ground for the stock of the Arizona and New Mexico ranges as we'll as for the thous- ands of hogs and cattle raised here. This will insure good prices for all the hay and grain raised in the valley. If you are interested, write now to
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-01
PROPOSALS FOR CITY PRINTING AND
 ADVERTISING.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the City of Il Centro will receive sealed bids until noon on Monday August To- 1908, for all City Printing and Advertising for the year ending April 23, 1908. The said Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids Dated July 20, 1908.
 F. G. RAVENS 16-3t City Clerk
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-11
RED CROSS STAMP.
A Christmas Fad Which
Means Very Much
Augusta Is Helping Stamp
Out the White Plague.
How the Stamp Originated and
What II Is Doing.

Augusta people are showing much
interest in the Red Cross Christmas
stam.-the stamp which will not carry
any kind of mail but which any kind
of mail Will carry. The stamps make
pretty decoration for Christmas let
ters and packages, and every cent raid
for one goes toward fighting tubercu-
losis at home in Maine.
The Red Cross Christmas stamps are
for sale in Augusta by j. F. Pierce,
Willis Partridge, Bowditch & Webster,
Husse,i {. Weston. Whitman & Adams.
Swift & Turner. John CouShlin. Il. j.
Merrick. George w. Ouimby and Thorn
as G.. Buckley. Here is the story OF the
origin of the stamp.
In 1904, in Denmark, the government
issued a Christmas stamp. with the
Kings head and the word 'Iul the
same as our "Yule' on it. 1t was not
good for postage. only as a 'stlcker
for christmas letters. post cards and
nackases The proceeds from 1t were
to 90 toward building tuberculosli
bosnital for little children. 1t succeed,
ed beyond all expectation, four MIL
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-11

The open season on deer will close
at midnight next Tuesday and after
that hour hunters will have to put
away their rifles until another fall.
The season so far as Augusta hunters
are concerned has been very success
ful, and very few who have been into
the woods have failed to bring out at
least one deer. and the most of them
two Moose hunters however have not
been as successful, and while in pa st
years one or two moose have been
brought down each season, no Augusta
hunter killed one this year. From the
record of game receipts which is kept
at the American express office 1t IS
learned that there have thus far been
received this fall "a deer, three moose
and one bear. the moose being cows
which had been killed in violation of
the game laws and shipped by the
wardens to Commissioner Carleton. to
be sold for the benefit of the warden
fund.