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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
lncendiary Work in
Grant County.

Is it the avenginR hand Of thu
night rider, the rough justice of thu
viailantees. or the incendiary work oi
a demented crank that has raised the
red flag of anarchy and applied the
torch indiscriminately to houses.
barns and hay in the vicinity of Range
in the northern part of Grant county
Citizens don't know. They do not
know whether it is the work of an
organized gang or the vengeance of
some crank. They are slow to accuse
and cautious in their talk, because
they do not know whether they will
be the next to suffer, or whether it
will be their neiglIbor 1t is a bad
state of affairs for which at this time
there seems to be no solution. One
arrest and damage case has grown
out of the trouble so far. VIM. Walker
being placed under arrest last week
charged with the crime of arson. the
complainant being his son-in- law,
VIM. Anderson, whose barn was
burned. wire fence cut and wagon
chopped to pieces.
Chas. Carr has sue1 man by the
name of B. V. Shifts, asking for $1,000
damages for the defamation of his
character, because Shifts accused
Carr of burning him out. Open
hostilit!es have not broken out, but
many of the citizen are indignant at
the many act Of vandalism and live
in fear of personal violence and the
destruction of their property.
Some time ago the house and barn
of Chas. Brigham was burned. The
house and barn of Henry Thomas was
burned and about mile of wire fenc-
ing cut. William Anderson was
burned out, his fence cut and wagon
chopped to peices. These fires were
all of an incendiary origin and the
cutting of the fencing and destruction
of the wagon Indicate a maliciousness
which would show a wanton disregard
for property,
1t is not over range matters citizens
declare, and if it is matter of some
personal spite it is not known. Why |
these depredations should be carried
On no enc seems to know and concern
ING the people are slow to talk for
fear of melting someone's enmity
causing them to be burned out. 1t is
| bad state of affairs and all men
IAN do is to keep their life handy and
,eep close vigil over their property
loping to get the parties redhanded
It their work of destruction and
hooting them down on the spot
)anyon CITY Eagle.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Railroads Great Work.

Raleigh. N. c.. Nov. 6. 6.-"Attrac
tions of the cities, rewards in mining
and manufacturing and other lines o.
business. for exceptional ability, hav,
tended to augment the city and bust
ness life at the expense of the farm
life in the United States, and in con.
sequence there has been ignorance
and shiftlessness in the care of the
soils. depletion of the soil S fertility
and lessening yields
This opinion. which called atten-
ton to the great need for increased
agricultural population. was expressed
by M. @. Richards. land and indus
trial agent of the Southern Railway.
addressing the Farmers National
Congress here today. His remarks
were prophetic of wonderful poss-
pilities of American agriculture. and
tended to show the part railroads had
played in giving the United States
it's present rank in the markets of the
world Mr.. Richards declared he was
not one of those who feared that the
United States would fall behind as
an agricultural country.
1.-THE day is far off - he said,
when we shall be unable to produce.
and at prices which will enable US to
compete in the markets of the world.
uor share Of grain. fruits and meats
needed to feed mankind. We are
steadily advancing to. the time when
all our soils shall be cared for
properly and their fertility retained
to time when our yields shall double
and treble. and old lands now neglected
and NEW lands in every section shall
come under profitable cultivation.
Railroads have it to their credit
that their work has developed Ameri-
can agriculture to its present enviable !
position, and in whatever future
DEVELOPMENT may come they will play |
their part Time and aga in railroads
have lowered rates from one locality
to another to develop new markets for
the tarm products in their territory
Railroads have been active in
settling new districts. and in the
special development of agricultural
ands which they serve
Bad farming should become thing
If the past. he declared. if the national
ind state governments would give
moro time to agricultural problems.
md the general extension of the
cheme of agricultural education in
he United States.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Uncle Sans Money.

Washington, Nov-The enormous
job of counting Uncle Sans money
will be undertaken tomorrow. by a
committee of experts aided by large
corps of assistants.
The occasion for the performance
of this task is Lee McClung. treasurer
of Yale university. who was appointed
some time ago as president of the
United States to succeed Charles H.
Treat, and who will take the oath of
office tomorrow when Mr.. Treat will
retire.
Before McClung gives a receipt for
the valuations that will be turned
over to him he wants to know that
nothing is missing. 1t is the custom
as we'll as the law to count the money
when there is a change of treasurers.
The committee began the count last
week. The services of 80 or 40 expert
counters, laborers and others Will be
needed 1t was said at the treasury
it would require about three months
to count the funds.
The amount in the reserve fund
and trust funds alone is about 81 300.
OOO 900 The treasury statement shows
that the gold coin and bullion held
for the redemption of United States
notes and treasury notes alone amounts
to 81. 500 900, 900. In the trust funds /
held for the REDEMPTION of notes and T.
certificates for which they are
pledged there is the
amount of 81. 365 512 1863 /
in gold and silver coin. Of this the
gold coin amounts to sS74 ,l23 900. |
Altogether there is more than one |
billion dollars in gold alone in the
treasury. The task of counting the |
gold, however. compared with that of
the silver. The trust funds |
contain nearly a half billion of /
silver dollars.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Dead Letter Law.

Salem, Or. Nov. a. 4.-According to
the travelling men, the law enacted
by the last legislature requiring the
keepers of hotels and lodging houses
to provide their beds with nine-foot
sheets is being observed only to very
small extent over the state. Also
in the hotels in the city of Portland
the law is not being observed, and
each dav that the hotel keepers of the
state NEGLECT to. lenRthen their sheets
to nine feet they are rem 1erine them
selves liable to the rigorous penalty
of the law
la some hotels the nine-foot sheets
are being provided as fast as the
short ones are worn out and have to
of hotels. however. no effort is being
made to comply with the law.
Aonther lack of observance which
is receiving the attention of the
Travelling Mems association ia the
one relating to fire esca pes. The law
passed last winter requires all lodg-
ing houses and hotels more than two
stories high to be equipped with iron
fire escapes. and those of two stories
must provide each room with a
knotted rope for the use of lodgers.
Neither is this law being observed.
The Travelling Men's association.
which was Instrumental in getting
these two laws through both houses of
the legislature last winter. will take
steps to have tho law enforced.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
To the Clothes wearing Public.

L am authorized the following from a
Chicago clothes maker OF the best class
To take measure for your suit for %
cents person and the 18th suit given
away free of charge. Who will be tie
lucky one? J. BENRY BODE,
The Tailor.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Sordid Consideration.

"Will your new play have a happy
ending?" asked the friend.
II won't be able to say" answered
Mr.. Stormington Barnes. until bal
ance my books at the close of the sea.
son."-Bohemian Magazine.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Still Worrying.

I wish / were a polar bear
do. upon my soul.
I might have saved these days of care,
In which I've raved and torn my hair
And worried till my nerves are bare,
By knowing how and why and where
And who and which one of this pair
Discovered that old pole.
Boston Herald
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11

"Come, Josiah" said Mrs. Gottitate-
ly after the waiter had gone for their
salad hurry up and make Il kick
about something or they'll think we
amt never ct in Il first class place be-
re."-Chicago Record Herald.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Jane had wondroug mind;
Ethel was fair;
Gwendolin had a kind
OF naughty air;
Maude can sing we'll: Marie
For painting has a bug.
! shall wed Mabel-she
Is nice to hug.
Boston Herald.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11

Gillian & Bisbee have just Or
dered ano!her car lead of c,ment
to sell at $3.50 per barrel.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11

Don't buy beating stove until
you sea that Hamord heater at
Gillian & Bisbee's.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Helps Some.

Smith must be prosperous at last"
"Why1 Has be paid what he owed
you?'
mo, but he tries to borrow bigger
Leader.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
OF Course.

OF Course.
"The public" remarked the broker,
"is always bullish-always inclined TO
buy for a rise"
II s'pose." said the other man, "fhat
it's hard for the public to grasp the
idea that anything is going down In
price. Post.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Y. MAN FOO
Chinese Root and Herb Doctor.

Chinese Root and Herb Doctor.
He is an experienced compounder of
Chinese Medicine. He treats success
fully all private, nervous and chronic
diseases, also blood, stomach, heart,
lung. liver, kidney, female weakness,
catarrh and all diseases of the body by
the use of roots and herbs, especially
prepared for each case. II you cant
call at his office, write for home treat
ment. Consultation free. J. Man Foo,
successor to Hong Wo Tong Chinese
Medicine c., III w. Second St., AL.
bany, Oregon,
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
The Eskimo DOG.
The husky pup
That dra ws a sledge


That draws a sledge
And sleeps curled up
Beneath ledge IA
Has steadfast been sis@
In every role
And helped to win
The distant pole. -
He lives on hide ltSr
Or castoff boots. 81 ~
This canine pride A.
OF the Aleuts.
A true friend he,
AS you'll allow,
And one to be
Remembered now.
Louisville Courier-JournaI-
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Disappointino.

The pumpkin is most fair to see.
For yellow luster you can't beat 1t.
Perhaps that's why it seems to be
A gold brick when you try to eat it.
Washington Star.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24
M NOT CROWD.

IF YOU try to get on in the world by
pushing some brother to the edge you
gain nothing thereby and you inJure
Yourself.
There is plenty of room for all OF US
Do not crowd.
When you stop to interfere with your
competitor you lose just that much
time and energy. which you ought TO
put into your own affairs.
And it is a petty spirit.
There are doctors who go out of
their way to criticise other doctors,
lawyers who put in time abusing other
LAWYERS, merchants who denounce the
methods of other merchants and even
preachers who decry other preachers.
That is a reprehensible thing to do.
Besides. it is lost motion.
You know what lost motion is in
machine. The parts are not properly
geared or coupled. and, though the mo-
tor does its worls, the machine does not
gel. results.
There are people like that. They are
not rightly coupled in a mental way
and they waste a great deal OF motion
in attending to other peoples business,
Adjust your machinery to the per-
Torrance of your own personal job.
Instead of criticising your neighbours
machine. oil your own.
Or to change the figure
You are in the race to win. If You
stop to pick flaws with the style OF
the other runners you are apt to lose
a lap. It is better 10 keep ones eyes
on the goal and let the others win if
they can.
And
If the other man does win. take off
your hat to him He is the better man.
And, above all, tote fair!
Do not try TO crowd your competitor
off the earth. There IS plenty Of room
for both Of you. He has as much right
here as you Stand fast in your place
and don't beerrd@e him standing room.
Do not crowd. Save your vitality to
work out your own salvation.
DO not he small or mean or critical
or Jealous. Ycu canrof afford it.
Your pettiness will be apparent, and
it viii proclaim your size.
Do not crowd.
The earth is big
And life IS short
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24
EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by Henderson Thomas on
the H. F. Doll place FIVE miles south of
Shreveport, and estrayed before me the
following described mare, to-wit Dark
bay, about II years old, small wart on
right ear, bow legged, about IS hands
high. very thin, no brands. The owner
will come forward, prove property and
pay costs, or the animal will be sold as
the law directs, at Keithville, La, on
the goth day of October 1909.
]. B. LEWIS,
Justice of the Peace Seventh Ward of
Caddo Parish, La. o-z8.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24
TIE GIRL WHO GIGGLEs.

"a whistlihg girl and a growing her"
according TO the adage of a former
generation. are both foredoomed
But a worse fate was reserved for the
giggling girl
In those days u smie must be stran-
gled and a giggle must be gagged, es-
pecially in company.
1t was the invariable rule that young
persons were Ito be seen and not
heard" so that the girl who would be
proper must keep a straight face
We are not so rigid with girls now
adays. Nevertheless there are some
straitlaced people who appear to suffer
dolorous cramps at the first squeak of
a girlish giggle.
A litter from young one is prompt
~ frowned upon.
Just why it is difficult to say. A
giggle is suppressed mirth giving way
under pressure. and mirth is good for
young creatures.
Your true giegle is A gregarious
thing. It fourishes hest where two or
three girls are gathered. 1t becomes
CONTAGIOUS. And it thriyes best where
hilarity must be kept down to the lin
it. The more one tries to sit on gig
gle the more it is disposed to bob up
and out
How a healthy giggle gurgles!
Listen to that bunch Of happy young
oI1s,
but suppressed glee, Their risibles Just
must rise. Ike the lid on a teakettle.
Put somebody eIevates a nose TO say
that the girls who thus giggIe to one
another are "sil1y or shallow"
Somewhat frivolous they may belt
is the frivolous age-but not necessa-
rily shallow.
The giggle in a healthy girl is a nat
uraI vent for her surplus vitality, as
Il whoop is the vent for a boy.
Moreover, did you ever know of a
giggling girl who was not kind hearted
and companionable and sympathetic?
Did you ever know gifted gigglef
who was a girl crouch?
All hal The gfrl who giggles!
This would b. a sad world without
her. Let her throw off her surplus life
and joy and merriment IN her chosen
way.
All too soon viii that bubhling mirth
be hushed BY the sorroWs Of serious
womanhood.
Let her giggIe.
Gumption win come later.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24
What Momen Want.

What women want today, what they
always have wanted, what they will
want so far as we can see. as long as
human nature is human nature, is
something to take care of. From the
washerwoman with her half dozen
babies always underfoot and in the
way to the celebrated professor of
geology the dream is the same-some-
thing to take care of. Learning does
not quench the instinct nor wealth de-
stroy it nor independence deaden ii.
A woman at the very top of one of the
learned professions recently explained
her economies by saying she was in
vesting in q little farm, on which she
intended to bring up a Ii tie adopted
boy and girl, adding. with infinite
pathos. .'The part I will have to play
will be fathers and not the mothers
because of my work, but it will be
worth while anyway." No political du-
ties or interests are going to change
this instinct. Conditions have changed
women's occupations: necessarily she
has changed her methods to meet tie
needs, but she is still the caretaker
still finding her chief happiness sad
her chief labor in looking out fa-
others. in protecting the rising genera
fion.-Harper's Weekly.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24

who was boss i'll schoGl was usually de-
termined on the frs! day of the term.
If the new teacher could be fright
ened or whipped By cEe of the big
boys, if by some nt&hcd the teacher
could be shut out of the schoolroom-
and kept out, the schoOlmaster would
lust as we'll quit. The school was boss,
and the teachers AT, hor-ty was at an
end
If. on the other hand, the teacher
was physically able o fight his way 10
ascendency he was considered compe-
tent and there was very little trouble
thereafter.
Times have changed, and the average
schoolteacher seldom finds occasion to
resort to his fists in order to demon
strate his fitness to govern.
But human nature has not changed.
There is the same need that boys
and girls should receive discipline.
1t was formerly thought, for in
stance. that none but bad boys should
he sent to a military school, whereas
it is now conceded that attendance at
| this kind Of school will benefit any boy.
! And along with the lessons OF per
sonal neatness and system-and love OF
| his flag-the one great lesson learned
by a boy in a military school is that OF
respectful. instant unquestioned obedl-
ence.
American boys need that training.
BE careful lest through mistaken
affection you side with your child
against his teacher and ruin the child
character.
If the child is encouraged to disobcy
his teacher, sooner or later he VIII diS
obey you.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24

ana 81 alsFtr = / =
preacher. He had 40 pull, yet by
sheer effort of viii lower he won his
way from the bottom 10 the top OF the
financial ladder; therefore
Here is hope Tor the poor boy. The
door Of opportunity is wide open. EN-
ulate Harriuidn's .1or.
One minister whose church had ben
Gifted by the contributions Of the mag
nate stood up in Wall street to tell
how Hartman had belonged to the
church and urged others to attend ana
said to the clerks and brokers gathered
about him:
IF you do as well rs he did, perhaps
in time you may reach the same place.
It is the same old reasoning:
Hartman WAS poor ana obscure. BY
effort he won wealth and fame. He
was successful; Therefore
Hartman was Il great AID admira-
bic character. who is worthy of your
| imitation
Let us look Il LITTLE deeper and ask Il
| few questions. Was this mans life
noble? Did he win fairly? Did he
| violate his conscience. or did he have
a nicely balanced conscience: Did he
iniure others: What We're his ideals
Of life? How did he succeedE
That he climbed up the ladder OF
material success arguts nothing as to
the mans character. And, besides
If he succeeded by unfair methods
he was NOT famous. but INFAMOUS
If he found success by disreput"b'E
methods only, this is proved and Only
this. The door Of opportunity is open
to the INSCRIPTIONS!
It IS not asserted here that Mr.. Haf
riman was inscriptions. When his
life work is properly summed up bJ
imnartial history the verdict will bt
made.
It is vet too early to fully pass upon
his life and career Few of us are abe
to distinguish between the private ant
public morals of the men Of his gen
GRAFTON. But
What is here objected to is the dis
position in certain circles to hold sue
cessfnl men mp as examples for on
young men simply because these mel
have been successful.
The question ought to he not merely
did he .succecd|
The question ought to be, "HoW di
he sncceud?"
More and more is the latter quesfio
being asked. The time is nearly pas
when the mantle of success can b
made to cover a multitude of sins.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24

Heart toHeart
T alks.
P-y EDWIN \ NYF
TIE HINGES 0E HISTORY.
By EDWIN a. NYE.

The celebration of the one hGndredth
anniversary of the invention OF the
steamboat by Fulton brought out some
interesting reflections.
One incident in the life Of Fulton
which is not generally known closely
touched the career of the great Ma
poleop Bonaparte and is not without
its lessons.
Every schO0lboy knows about the
failure Of Napoleon to cross the Eng
fish channel with his sailing ships and
thus invade England, with which
country he was nearly always at war.
At great expense the French gen
eraI fitted out a large war feet and
then he waited day after day and week
after week for a favorable wind-in
vain.
While he was thus eating out his
heart in Impotence Robert Fulton
sought an audience with him.
This American citizen wanted a
chance to demonstrate to the emperor
the possibility of navigating vessels
by steam and regardless of winds and
waves.
Napoeon said:
Tell him I'll give him just min
ute"
1t is evident from the sequel the i'm
patient and harried Napoleon gave but
little more than the minute to the eX-
plantations of Fulton, and his mind
was probably far away during the
time
Such are the hinges upon which the
gates of history have sometimes turn
| ed.
1t is not strange. perhaps, that most
of his fellow countrymen should have
called the inventors experimental
boat Buttons folly"
But it is rather strange that the
great Napoleon, who seldom overlook
ed a chance and who was hospitablt
in his treatment of new ideas, should
have given Robert Fulton such scan
attention.
Had the emperor needed he nigh
: have succeeded in his invasion ant
changed the course of empire.
1t is just as well for posterity tina
Napoeon turned Fulton down.
1t was better that the man who kill
ed the doctrine of the divine right 0
kings should have met his fate annie
the SHOWS of Il RUSSIAN winter and a
Waterloo.
!, But the lessons are on the surface o
: the story itself.
One is this: If you have scmethfn
that is really worth while, do not b
discouraged because the great or tn
influential fail to see its merits.
And the other is:
No man. however big, can afford t
overlook a helpful suggestion fror
! any source, however humble
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-24
WHO is Ross7
The earth is big
And life IS short.

Who is the boss. of the schoolroom?
The teacher?
If so and the issue is raised between
your child and the teacher, then you
should back the teacher, and not your
child.
You should do this because it is best
for the child.
More important than arithmetic or
geography or language is obedience.
Your child should acquire the habit of
doing, without question or pariey. That
which is ordered by competent an
thority.
Else its education viii fail
Respect for authority is funds
mental thing in human character. II
IS the foundation Of al good citizen
ship
Possibly you have properly taught
your son or daughter. If so. il is well,
otherwise the teacher will have trol
bic. And when the trouble comes 800
must be careful to upheld the teacte.
The father Of the writer Of hc =
lines used to say IF ycu eet 4 w'i.2
ping at school, remember that ven st
another at home Ard The warnin@
was no Idle Threat.
The proceeding was SFartan-hke. br'
Z worked
m tliv ed DAYS tie question as e