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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
EXPERIMENT STA
TION AT MORO
Board of Regents Selects
Sherman County Site
For Dry Farm.

Oregon Agricultural College,
Aug. 9-The Eastern Oregon Dry
Farm Experiment station to be
conducted in cooperation with the
federal government under an act
of the late legislature, was located
at Moro, Sherman county, by the
board Of regents of the Oregon
Agricultural College in annual
meeting here Saturday afternoon.
The act of locating the station was
perfunctory so far as the board
was concerned as the bureau of
plant industry at Washington re-
fused to co operate unless the sta
ton should be located at Moro.
In the biennial election of officers,
J. K. Weatherford, Albany, was
reelected president; E. E. Wilson,
Corvallis, secretary; B. F. Irvine,
Portland, treasurer, and w. W.
Cotton. Portland; J. 7. Apperson,
Park Place; A. T. Buxton, Forest
Grove; J. K. Weatherford, f. E
Wilson, executive committee.
President Kerr was instructed to
establish at the college seed test
ing laboratory to be conducted In
cooperation with the bureau of
plant industry of the United States
department of agriculture. The
purpose of the laboratory is to save
the large waste due to the use of
imperfect seeds and to secure larger
crop yields through use of seeds of
demonstrated terminating value.
An offer by private parties to fl
nance the chief cost of conducting
horticultural cooperative work in
the Medford district was referred
to a special committee for investi-
cation and report at meeting to
be held in September.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
Cooking Up a Reason.

Nan-I Ike a play with a stirring
plot Fan-That's the kind that thick
ems. isn't it?-Chicago Tribune.
The --LATEST dan i'm the World
would not be contented to be kept in
the house and doing nothing by rheu-
matism. Neither are you who are al
ways busy and active. Then don't me-
glect the FIST twinee OF an ache or pain
tha: you might think is just a crick." F."
Rub we'll with Billiards. Snow l iniment
and no matter what the trouble is it will
disappear a. once. Sold bv Pa terson
4 Son.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
Phone Line Completed.

The Black horse & Sand Hollow
Telephone Go. finished their new
telephone line last Friday evening.
This line extends from Heppner
across upper Blackhorse to the
Edwards place in Sand Hollow,
thence down the hollow to the
Hynd place. The company also
has line extending to Lexington.
There are seventeen stockholders
in the company, all fthem farmers
living along the line.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
Hartman Raises Wages.

That the demand for railroad
employees created by the construc.
ton work on the rival lines being
built up the Deschutes is being felt
by the O. r. & N. is evidenced by
the fact that the company is offer
ing a bonus to the employees who
remain in the service of the com
pany up to November !. The
bonus applies only to those en-
ployes in the track departm ept,
affecting all section and extra gang
crews.
The bonus consists Of g cent and
a half for each working honr for
each man between now and Novem.
Der 1 on condition that the man
remains ID the employ of the COM
pany until that date. This equals
an advance in wages of l5 cents
per day.
II is thought that the company
is taking this means cf granting
the men an increase in wages with
out seeming to have yielded to the
demand. At present the schedule
of wages paid is as follows:
Jsps, 81. 40; Greeks, HuDgaiians
and Italians, 81. 80; white men,
$3.50.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
Fancy and Fact.

like to sit and dream in spring OF
jays and robins on the wing, of bees
that hum and vines that cling, but when
l commence my wife hunts up lot OF
chores and makes me paint the kitch-
en- doors and beat the rugs and wax
the floors and calcimine the fence
Louisville Courier-JournaI
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
Disagreeable at Home.

Lots of men and women " no are agree
able with others, get "cranky" at home.
Its not disposition, it's the liver. II you
find in yourself that you feel cross
around the house, little things worry
you, Just buy bottle of Ballard's Herb
inc and lut your liver IN shape. You
and everybody aronnd you Will feel bet
ter for it.
Price so cents per bottle. Sold by
Patterson & Son.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
Detachable.

One of the prettiest actresses in Par
Is was giving tea one afternoon
when her hairdresser was announced.
My hairdresser, eh?" she said,
well. show him into the boudoir and
tell him to begin at once. I'll be with
him in an hour"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
What II Looks Like.

Little Elsie. aged three. who was
walking in the garden with her nurse
one evening, caught sight of the thin
crescent Of the new moon hanging low
in the west and exclaimed in great ex-
element: "Oh. look, look. nursie! The
moons all gone away and there isn't
anything left but just its skinr'-De-
heator.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
His Reason,

Daughter-Pa. why do you hang
around the parlor while Mr.. Skies 10
calling on me? Father-Fm afraiG
you'll say something to him that'A
make him a burden ON me for the rest
of my Iife-Town and Country.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
Mrs. w. P. Dutton returned from
Portland, Tuesday evening.

Stock ranch; 2700 acres; one OF the
best in Oregon, near Mitchell, Wheeler
Co., Oregon. All implements, kav,
milch cows and work horses. Price
SO 90 per acre. Terms.
S. F. ALLEN, Mitchell, Oregon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12

Acting Secretary of the Interior
Wilson has designated 1,65S,64O
acres of land in Montana as coming
within the enlarged homestead act,
making total in that state of 25,-
466 200 acres.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-08-12
Finch Must Hang.

In an opinion written by Asso-
ciate Justice Mcbride, the supreme
court finds the proceedings of the
lower court in the trial of James
A. Finch, regular, and Finch must
hang for the murder of Attorney
Ralph b. Fisher.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
New Hair Grown by cuticura.

about two years ago was troubled
with my head being scaly Shortly
after that l had an attack of typhoid
fever and / was out of the hospital
possibly two months when l first no
ticed the loss of hair, my scalp being
still scaly. l started to use dandruff
cures to no effect whatever l had
actually lost hope of saving any hair
at all. / could brush it off my coat
by the handful. l was afraid to comb
it. But after using two cakes of Cuti-
cura Soap and nearly a box of Cuti-
cura Ointment, the change was sur
prising. My scalp is now clear and
healthy as could be and my hair thick
er than ever, whereas had my mind
made up to be bald. w. F. Steese, 6812
Broad ST., Pittsburg, Penn, May z and
81, 1905"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp Sole Props, Boston
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

Ing Mikes"-another name for victims VINO
complain-by photographing every event. Al
some time in the contest picture would be
taken, and always these pictures contained
faces of the syndicate leaders and the victim
close together usually shaking hands These
pictures could be shown to family, IL neces-
sary, to prove what father had been doing
when he lost his thousands. They were very
valuable Several of them were found.
Land propositions were the favorite bait for
men with wealth. The sporting event came
In casually, as a side. play such ashley de-
clared-any party of millionaires might choose
to arrange. The leader and his companion mil
lionaires never by any chance induced the
Mikes to bet on an event. That was left in
the hands of the agents. The case of a wealthy
farmer in Illinois. WILL perhaps, serve as well
as any of the 400 or recorded to show
how the swndle was worked The farmer
wished to buy land as aninvestment. One OF the
syndicate agents knew of 5000 acres that could
be bought for $3.50 an acre, and If bought at
once. might be sold Immediately for $3.50 an
acre. That sounded good. The farmer and
his wife accompanied the agent to Little Rock
to see the land. On the road down south the
agent showed supposed newspaper clippings
describing the westward trip of his principals
and other "milionaires" in private car. The
government found bundle of these clippings
in the leaders valise They evidently were
made in a job printing Office, but they inn
pressed the farmer and his wife and made
them feel important in being allowed to meet
such large men.
There was much delay in arranging a trip
TO see the land. The owners were away some
where-they usually were hard to find--but
everything would soon be all right. The farmer
proved with draft for $4,000, his financial
standing. a requirement never neglected by the
millionaires and were shown every courtesy
by the receiving party. He was daily visitor
in the excelently equipped Offices In the South
ern Trust building and became well acquaint-
ed with the private secretary His wife was
taken out in the touring car to the beautiful
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES she met the leaders
wife and had a lovely time.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

ana Jockeys awaiting them. lney
were to race TO the foot of hill about one
half mile away. The farmer liked the appear
ance of the sorrel mare on which he and the
miionaires had bet their money and he was
justified, because the sorrel really was a mag
nifcent animal
They got away in good shape, the sorrel in
the lead. The other man, the friend with the
losing horse, was sad. The Illinois farmer
threw his hat in the air and yelled
But ah, as they say in novels. what's this7
Something had happened to the jockey on
the sorrel-he had fallen suddenly forward
he was of-down-on the ground and the
milionaires and the friend" we're running
down the road toward the spot.
When they reached him they found his face
covered with blood. 1t was flowing from his
mouth, he was injured internally. he was
dying Fright seized everyone.
or course the Illinoisan didn't know, he
learned only few days ago. that the syndicate
Jockeys and wrestlers and boxers always bled
much at the mouth. He didn't know they car
ried little thin rubber sacks filled with blood,
or something resembling II, In their mouths;
that sometimes they bit the sack and some
times burst ii against their TO show how
dangerously they have been injured
The miilionaires said it mustn't get into the
papers The farmers wife said she wanted to
go home Then she thought of her husbands
10000 When they turned to see the stake
holder one George Wilson he had disappeared.
The milionaires were furious SO was the
friend" whose horse certainly had won be-
cause OF the accident.
Il am lumber dealer" said a Minnesota
man Il am not 30 years old. used to go up
to Minneapolis occasionally and there met an
old acquaintance, Louis Stowe, whom hadn't
seen for years. My family had known him
for 20 years. His father is an Episcopal rec
tor took this fellow to my home often after
/ met him. One day he said he had friend.
Frank Myers, an Instructor in physical culture.
whose cousin, George Bennett, was private
secretary for three or four millionaires In
Pittsburg Pa. These miIlionaires had devel-
oped wrestler, German by name, whom they
would match against anyone Stowe said the
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

millonaires would bet any sum. After much
persuasion agreed to go TO Omaha to see a
match--I was due for a vacation anyway--and
Stowe said l couldn't lose. certain A. b.
Shores was to wrestle the milonaires man,
who had agreed, Stowe said tc let himself be
thrown. / took with me check for $4,000 tc
make showing. The milonaires met were
this Gordon and two others. | told Stowe in
Omaha that / was next and wouldn't bet my
money, but would bet their money for them
as Id been asked to do. / deposited my check
in a bank During the betting the leader,
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

The syndicate wasn't los
Ing any time. Will" the
farmers wife was eating
sherbets and lady's fingers.
the man his patriarchal
white beard trimmed and
brushed as IL had not been
for years on the home
place. was being taken deep
ly into the innermost con-
fidence of the secretary.
This man knew that the
farmer would never have
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

There Is Catarrh IN this section OF the country
than all other diseases put together. and until the
few years was supposed 10 be incurabe. For a great
many years doctors pronounced II local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly falling
70 cure with local treatment pronounced II ncurable
Science has proven Catarrh TO be constitutional
and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney
q Co.. Toledo. Ohio. the only Constitutional
the market. IL Is taken Internally IN doses from 10
drops TO teaspoonfu. 1t acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer
hundred dollars for any case II falls TO cure Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 75c
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
Don't Be MisIed.

Many a life has been cut short by a
cough that was not believed to be serious.
Many backache and sideache follows a
coughing spell. Many night is passed in
cough cure" that never cures Is tried Do
not be misled. If you cough, take the old
reliable Kemp's Balsam, the best cough
cure. At druggists and dealers, 25c.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

Kidneys. i have been told L had
floating kidney. ] had intense pain
in the back, headaches and dizzy
spells. and the action of the bladder
very irregular. About three years ago
l tried Doan's Kidney Pills and inside
OF comparatively short time was en-
tirely rid of kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
A Fable. Perhans.

When George AIDE was coming from
New Orleans last winter he noticed,
among the race-track men on the train,
one tan-shoed sheet writer with the
largest feet he had ever seen.
And he furthermore testifies and az
firms that the sheet writer, on rising
In the morning, discovered that the
reporter had shined one shoe and
suitcase. Success Magazine.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
The Scapeooat.

81 wish our furnace were not SO
brave"
Brave! Who ever heard of fur
mace being brave"
well, ours is; it smokes when my
wife is around and she blames me for
it."--Honston Post
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

First Citizen (excitedly) Can you
tell me where the fire is?
Second Citizen (calmly)-I think IL
must be the schoolhouse There are a
lot Of boys dancing and yelling glee-
fully just around the corner.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

just like thou
sands OF others.
Mr.. Martin says:
81 think / have
had kidney dis
ease ever since the
war. During an en-
& a g e m ent my
horse fell on me.
straining my back
and injuring the
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
hoe. Allan. Ennt.Ea..

II is the only cure for Swollen, Smart
ing, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Drug
gists and Shoe Stores. &c. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy. N. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

Papa, mamma says that If you're
too lazy to do anything else, will you
please sit near the clothes closet and
blow the smoke in, so as to kill the
rn0thciO
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

II there Is nothing the matter with
the baby to-day its mother can wor-
~ because there may be tomorrow.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
Llnauistlc Reaournes

'Is this story you are telling me of
hill-climbing, true one?"
Yes. IL is on the level"
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

anything to do
with a wrest-
ling bout or a
prize fight but
he knew, also,
that the farm
err liked horses
and had run
them himself
once upon a
ii m e. II e
touched h | m
where he was
weakest. He
was willing to
b q t o n a
fixed" race.
The agricul-
turist met the
m 1 ! | o n
aires andlater
he said there
was fully a
bushel of mon
H. IN
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

In case Of accident, cuts, wounds.
burns, scalds, sprains, bruises, ETC.. moth
ing viii so quickly take away all pain
and soreness as Hamlins Wizard Oil.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
Pettlt,s Eve salxe for ose

relieves tired, overworked eyes, stops eve
aches congested, Unframed or sore eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

The trouble with men who are all
right otherwise is their penchant for
Boosting of It.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
Fl fAhED DEATH ON THE MA7.

Gordon, asked me to place a bet Of $4,000
or $4,000 on the side. / deferred doing
1t, however. Shortly afterward George
Bennett, the private secretary, told me
that his money, which he had hoped to
get in Omaha to bet on the match. had
not come and that II might be declared
off If wouldn't help Stowe and Myers
and Shores, the wrestler, wept and plead
ed with me to help them by putting up
the stakes they needed. Finally / consent
ed. The money was to be merely an adj
vance. got the $4,000 at the bank and
gave it to Stowe to hold, as he was the
only man knew well-or thought / did.
He gave me this receipt:
Received .SlOOOO
which is not to be bet or hazarded In any
manner. (Signed) LOUIS STOWE.
1.-The wrestling began promptly. Our
man, Shores, got the first fall He was
to get the second too because the mil
lionaire's man, German had agreed to give
up. But in the second bout Shores fell.
and apparently bursting blood vessel,
gave every evidence of dying in great
agony.
Everyone was greatly excited. Cor
don wept because of the disgrace attach
ing to his family in having him present
at such a death. In the midst of the ex-
element, Bennett, the private secretary,
rushed up and whispered that he was
ruined. He had bet his employers mon
ey-the stakes he held for them-and
n L,,s.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
HARpsHIps OF ARMY LIFE.
Left Thousands Of Veterans with Kid
ney Trouble.

The experience OF David w. Martin.
a retired merchant OF Bolivar. Mo-, Is
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

every month They had perfect book
keeping system; they employed agents
III every part OF the country, these
agents paying royalties for the use of GER
tain swindles. they Travelled in palace cars
and established clipping bureau for the pur-
pose OF manufacturing printed news items
about themselves. Agents we're numbered
Mikes" were numbered and the games they
used were also known and used in numerical
order.
The head of the fraud trust" when arrested
was residing in a palatal residence in the
south with his wife and cortege of servants
about him.
The swindles and the manner in which they
were pulled off showed ingenuity worthy of a
better cause.
There was no haphazard work in the opera
tions of the syndicate. 1t most careful
ly managed organization. It's ramifications
covered the whole country. A code book with
a red cover-a sort of Who's Who in Graft
ing"-found in the leaders possession, con-
tanned the names and addresses of SOC of the
syndicate's willing workers, agents or steerers
In all the principal cities of the country. Every
one of these agents had attached to his name
a number II was his duty to get up jobs or
plays" as the syndicate books call them 1t
didn't matter what the game, If the agent car
ried IT through to success he got percentage
or plugugles or saloon loafers. They were
chosen with particular reference to their edu.
cation appearance, manner of dress, ability
TO associate with gentlemen. This fact is shown
by most of the letters captured by the govern
ment.
For nearly two years the syndicate had head
ouarters in New Orleans later moved to Seat
tie. then to Council Bluffs and finally went to
Little Rock Ark. During all this time the
agents were busy. Wherever an agent was
stationed the books show that the syndicate
had a store" genteel word to take the place
of pant or ICON game" Men with money
were interested in proposed land deals Horse
racing or wrestling were not mentioned. Moth
ing was hurried. Sometimes 1t took months
IN land a victim properly. In one case on
record the agent worked for two years and
at length tapped" the Mike" as the victims
are called. for $37 900. In some instances the
fraud was so smoothly handled that the Mike
went back second time and gave up another
$4,000 or $4,000 before he learned that II was
loaded.
The syndicate insured itsen against "soueal
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

The man who is full. usually carries
pocket which is empty.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
TOTAL LOSS OF HAIR

Seemed Imminent-SeaIp Was Very
Scaiy and Hair Came Out by Hand.
fuls--ScaTp Now Clear and
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething. softens the Eums reduces I'm
ANIMATION allays PAIN cures wind colo. sc bottle
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16
EHpTURE OF THF SWINOLFRS !

AACA SUI ~ ~ - y
might choose, these
magnates in fraud
lured their victims
towards the glitter
of easy money"
propositions and
then plucked their
feathers in such
adept manner that
often the Mikes"
themselves could not
discern the swindle
anda as consequence
they became victims
again.
The heads of the
swindle called them
selves "millionaires"
with money to in
vest and thus in
many in S { anc e S
coupled their money
with that of the in
nocent sheep" and
the latter was fleeced
I'm due time.
Every game known
to the underworld
was theirs and new
ones were invented
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-16

BILE when the millionaires
- quit betting. 1t included
$4,000 of his money.
After this was finished
the whole party went to lonely road
mile outside the city near Fourche
creek. There they found the horses
and jockeys awaiting them. They
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-11-16
AUTOMOBILES musiica es.

Nanos aGtom6vi.es en- Paris e,
tan aviados hoy dfa lie un instru
mcnto musical, cl que es deliciosc
comparable con la mon6tona boci
na. Las nuevas vocinas tienen una
escaia como dc seis nctaS, por lo me
nos, V ei cfecto Is encantador. I'm
vez de ordenarseie 4 uno que 50 qui
te, en- reclo tono. va se ie sup,iea que
despele Ia via, en- notas mIsic.s.cs
duisicImas. ii Guico Inconvenience
e. que uno en- vez de buscar Ia segu
ridad e siente tentado 4 qi,edarse
parado esclchanIo esta I'm misica"
Empero. q nucvo instrumental a
gregaSeguramente una nota lie gran
novedad a, train dc ias cafes
FL automsvil dc il ismilla Mon
rois de e.ts oudad tiene una de e.as
aoefr.s