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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

The water code bill, practically
as framed by the conservation
commission is now a law. 1t was
one of II bills filed by the govern
or. 1t establishes a board of con-
troll, provides the method .of ap-
preparation of water for irrigation
or power use, enables speedy de-
termination of disputed claims,
and limits power grants to 40
years. 1t carries the emergency
clause and will be effective for the
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

The bill passed to establish an
experimental farm at HermistoD, !,
to carry on practical Investigations
in the bept methods of handling ir-
rlgated lands will be looked to
with much in crest. All the try
ing problems confronting the irri-
gationists Of the eastern part of
the state VII be studied there.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04
A Simple Trick,

Its an easy matter to keep your .ints
and muscles snpple-no matter what
your age may be or how voa have suf
fered with rheumatism. Rub yourself
night and morning with ,llard's Snow
Liniment. Cures rheumatism, stiffness,
cramps, crick in the back, side, neck or
limbs, and r,lieves all aches AMI pains.
Sold by Patterson & Son.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

a cough that has been hanging on for
over two months bv taking Ballard's g
Horehonnd Syrup. If you have cough
don't wait-stog it 1t once with this won
eful remedy. Splendid tor coughs,
cold on chest Influenza. bronchitis and
pulmonary troubles. Price 25c, 50c ard
81 co. Sold by Patterson & Son.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

coming season. A revenue pro-
duciog measure which may be
termed supplementary to the water
code was also filed. This is Rep
resentative Eaton's bill fixing a
charge of 25 cents to 81 per year
per horsepower on water hereafter
appropriated when put to bene-
fetal use.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04
Sheepmen Take Notice.

All members who own shares in the
Idaho Salt Association, wishing to have
their salt shipped to Heppner by wool
hauling time. should send in their or
ders to w. B. Barratt by the 1st day OF
April, 1909. The sum of sl4 must ac-
company the order tor each ton Of salt
required. w. B. BARRATT.
Trustee for Morrow County.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

The new battleship Michigan
which is expected to make her
trial tri , next June will rank fore
most in the American navy. Her
battery will consist of eight u
inch guns, two submerged torpedo
tubes besides large secondary
battery of smaller rapid fire guns.
The crew of this great fighting
machine will number 81 officers
and 75S men.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

All curable cases of quarter
cracks, wire cuts, overreach-
ing, and interfering horses
cured or no pay.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

Uncle Sans appropriation for
the navy next year is Sl37, 100000
and for the army 100000, 900
Who said anything about war with
japan?
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

The final estimate of the cost to
complete the Panama canal has
been fixed at S36O,O00,0O0. This
will hit uncle Sans pocket book
pretty harl, but it is worth the
money.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04
New Shoes for Men

The Peters Shoes for Men at $500 and
$4.OO pair are shown in dozen diff
ferent models for dress and business
wear They have all the style and char
acter that good shoe making can give
them and in every point of quality,
they are the full equal of the best $500
shoe sold elsewhere.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

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. If 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.
banv, Oregon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04
Shoes OF the Safe Kind

You buy your Shoes tee eyoh
Wea mhn b% %
vou ,
eeuheae hg ut ta ahpyh to buy thee
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

Talk about the cost of our leg
islatu;e, just look at Washington
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31
NO REDUCTION
IN PRICE OF COAL

NEW YORK, March 31-Several
coal dealers in this city said that they
were beginning to receive inquiries
from customers as to whether the GUS
tomary reduction of so cents a ton in
the price of domestic anthracite will
take place on April /, the queries be-
ing prompted by the talk of strike.
The dealers say it is impossible to
advise them now, but they believe
that unless an agreement is reached
between the operators and the anthra-
cite miners before the present one ex-
pires there will be no reduction in
price.
The reduction is made to the deal
ers by the operators and to the con-
sumers by the dealers on April 1 to in
duce the people to lay in their winter
supplies of domestic anthracite in the
months, when it is easier to
mine and handle coal than in the win
ter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31
RAILROADS EMPOWERED tn
INCREASE MAXIMUM RATES

RICHMOND, Va. March 31.-The
state corporation commission having
handed down an opinion in favor of
the railroads in the matter of the pc
tition of the common carriers increas-
ing the maximum rate from two cents
a mile or two and half cents, all the
roads in the state which have been
operating under the two-cent maxi
mum rate will now go on the basis
Of two and a half cents.
The commission is not unanimous
in its award, Judge Prentis and Col
onel Willard voting for the increase
as asked by the roads and Judge Rhea
dissenting and urging that the old
rate is now, to his mind unreasonable
or unjust. He holds that before any
increase whatever is permitted the
roads should give assurance that they
will place on sale and keep ON sale
books to be sold at two cents a mile,
said books to be for local travel or in
Interchangeable. He also expressed the
belief that the roads should give this
assurance before any action is taken
looking to the termination of the
present rate cases in the federal
courts
The order of the commission pro-
vides that the special rates as to mile.
age books and travelling parties be
retained The mileage books will be
interchangeable and good on any road
in the state. The opinion makes no
reference to this, but it is embraced
in the order of the commission.
Copies of the order will be transmit
ted to all the railroads at once. These
will have to be printed in full and
posted in all stations 10 days before
it can become operative The law
now goes into effect.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31

ATLANTA, Ca, Mar. 31.-Will the
governor approve or disapprove the
farm selected by the prison commits
sion to be purchased by the state for
the use of white convicts?
This is the all-absorbing question
at the state capitol now, and a divis-
ion of opinion relative thereto exists.
One thing is virtually certain, how
ever, land it is that if the farm recon-
mended is not purchased none will be
bought for the present. White prison
ers will be distributed among the
counties once, and the farm matter
will go over until later in the year.
1t is stated on good authority that
the governor has employed two ex-
perienced and reliable men to make
an investigation of the property which
has been recommended and his de-
cision will probably be governed in
large part by their report. They are
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31
MEXICO SUSPENDS
DUTY ON WHEAT

Ell PASO, Texas, March 31.-This
is the last day for wheat duties from
Mexico in order to prevent a bread
famine, according to customs officials
here.
For several years past Mexico has
had to suspend the duty on wheat
each spring on account of the short
age in that country
Wheat now costs $3.50 Mexican
money per bushel in Mexico City
when imported from the United States
and the home crop is exhausted.
American wheat at the border now
costs $.2S bushel, and with a duty
Of 20 cents gold bushel and an addi-
ional freight rate to Mexico City, the
price is exorbitant
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31
WILL GOV. HOKE SMITH
APPROVE TWICCS FARM?

said to be in Twiggs county looking
over the place now.
Governor Smith is also investlgat-
ing the other three of the last four
properties considered by the commits
sion These are the Greer property
in Turner county, the Parker proper
ty in Tiff, and the Smith property in
Laurens. His purpose in this is said
to be to gain information that can be
had by comparing the places from
which the final selection was made.
If the place is approved the prison
commissioners will take prompt steps
to put it in operation without any de-
lay.
The prisoners will be quartered
without the use Of tents. Buildings
already on the farm will be utilized,
and if more room is needed Temporal
ry structures will be erected. During
the summer and early fall permanent
barracks will be built
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31
APPOINTED FOR
Army SCHOOLS

LONDON, March 31.-It has been
decided as an experimental measure
to appoint at once forty acting school
master sergeants for duty in the army
schools situated at depots A candi-
date must be under the .ank of SER
geant. and if below the rank of cor
poral he must have held the appoint
ment of lance-corpoal for at least
four months. He must also be in
possession on All acting schoolmas-
ter's certificate
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the own.
ers of all dogs allowed to run at large
will be required to comply with Ordi-
nances Nos. 115,and 173}w with refer
ence to paying til e taxss and muzzel-
ing their dogs alld wed 70 run at large.
or the dogs will b z killed as provided
= Given live. under M hand, this March
Is. 1909.
J. F. WILLIAMS,
City Marshal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31
DIR. BELLS
FLYING TEST
Famous Inventor is More Than
Satisfied With the Result
Of Experiments.

paddock, n. s.. March 31.-Dr
Alexander Graham Bells Aerial Elk
pertinent association, which has beer
engaged in experimental work will
aeroplanes and tetrahedral kites fol-
more than a year was formally dis
banded here today.
Or. Bell is more than satisfied with
the success attained" said Mr.. Curtiss
| yesterday. He believes the expert
mental work has accomplished practi
cally all that was expected The time
has come, however, to branch out on
broader lines and several aeroplanes
will be built at once on the models
of the successful machines that have
been tried out in the past year."
The association has spen $4,000 in
its experiments, the greater part of
which was contributed by Mrs. Bell.
With DR.. Bell and Mr. Curtiss at
Baddeck are J. A D. McCurdy, who
designed the Silver Dart, and F. w.
Baldwin, a young engineer from To
ronto. These four men comprise the
association membership, but it was
started with five five. the fifth mem
Der being the late Lieut.. Selfridge,
who was killed in the fall of Orville
Wright's machine at Fort Meyer last
summer. DR.. Bell was deeply grieved
by this accident, and, although the
Silver Dart was especially instructed
to carry two men, DR.. Bell has refus-
ed to permit a trial of the aeroplane
with a second man. With the disband-
ment of the association, however. it is
possible that a flight of the machine
with two men will be made in the
near future at Hammondsport.
Of the four aeroplanes built by the
Aerial Experiment association the
first was Lieut. SeIfridges Red Wing,
which flew 319.feet on March -, 1908
This was the first aeroplane to make
d SuCCeoSlul puDliC hight III America
Next came F. w. Baldwin's White
Wing, which flew 1,017 feet on May
%. The third aeroplane was Glenn
H. Curtiss' June Bug, which won the
Scientific American Cup by flying
over a mile on July T.. The Silver
Dart, managed by Mr.. McCurdy, was
the most successful of all 1t flew four
and one-half miles a week ago at Bad
deck, and Mr. Curtiss is confident it
will exceed this record soon.
Some valuable experiments were
made at Baddeck, while l was there,
with propellers attached to iceboats,"
said Mr.. Curtiss yesterday. THE in
yestigations made with motors have
also been highly successful, and plans
have been made for two new motors,
one of twenty-five and the other of
fifteen horuse power, which will be
fitted to the new aeroplanes that are
to be finished early in May.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31

=. 81: 4 STEEL MEN IS
a1,asss1sD,gHsss,ED IN MARYLAND

BALTIMORE, March 31.-A general
~ per cent. reduction in wages, af-
iecting all divisions of the works of
the Maryland Steel Company, will be
put into effect tomorrow according to
nigh official of the company.
me Pennsylvania Steel Company,
one OF the largest Independent steel
companies. also announced a 10 per
cent reduction in wages, effective to-
morrow
Ihirteen thousand men are employ
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31

ed by the two companies.
j. v. W. Reynders, vice-president
of the Pennsylvania company, gave
out statement in reference to the
reduction, in which he said:
The prominence given to the tariff
discussion has caused a reduction in
the volume of business and forced the
steel market into condition of de-
moralization."
Normal conditions can only be re-
stored gradually, after a satisfactory
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31
NOTICE..

We, the undersigned proprietors of
the Hattiesburg barber shops do here
by give notice to our patrons and the
general public, that on and after April
9Th, 1909, our respective places of bus
mess will be closed at 1880 p. m. ex-
cept Saturday. Doors will close on
saturday ct II p. m.
Respectfully,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31

conclusion OF the extra session Of con-
gress and the enactment of tariff
bill drawn up with the fixed purpose
of conserving the American market to
Americans on the basis of American
conditions and standards of living"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28

another name of similar meaning
In Central Africa certain tribes require the
accepted lover not to look on the father and
mother of his future bride. He takes the great
est precautions to avoid them, and if by chance
they perceive him they cover their faces. as if
all ties of friendship were broken. Among the
UpotoS who live on the northern bank of the
kongo. between Ikonmango and Dobbo. the
rule is that a man may never look at his mother
in law If he does he has to pay her fine of
thirty to fifty mtakkos, which are brass rods
equal to a cent in value Should the mother in
law look at her daughters husband, penalty
is exacted of her.
Among the Kafirs the son in law is placed
under certain restrictions toward his mother in
law. He cannot enjoy her society or remain in
the same hut with her, nor can he pronounce
her name, and whenever the emphatic syllable
of either of their names occurs in any other
word, he must avoid it, either by substituting
an entirely new word, or at least another syla
ble in its place The same restrictions apply
between the daughter in law and her father in
law. The Bushmen in the far South have prac-
t1cally the same custom.
Restrictions in Africa
A MONG the aborigines of Victoria, Australia,
it is compulsory on the mothers in law to
avoid the sight of their sons in law. by making
theformer take circuitous route on all occasions
to avoid being seen, and they hide the face and
figure with the rug the female carries about
with her. So strict is the rule, that if married
men are jealous of anyone. they sometimes
promise to give him daughter in marriage
This places the wife. according to custom. in the
position of mother in law, and renders any
communication between her and her future son
in law capital crime
In many districts of China, the father in law.
after the wedding day. never sees the face of his
daughter in law again; he never visits her, and
if they chance to meet he hides himself. A SINH
lar custom prevails in Borneo and the Fiji
Islands.
In ASIA among the Mongols and Kalmucks.
woman must not speak to her father in law nor
sit down in his presence. and the same is true
with respect to the son in law and mother in
law. The Ostiaks and the Samoyedes of Siberia
also have the same customs
In certain districts of Hindustan woman is
not permitted to speak to her mother in law.
When any task is given to her. she shows her
acquiescence only by signs.
The origin of this singular custom is lost in
the mists of antiquity; but is supposed to have
arisen from the savage's desire to prevent even
the possibility of the son in law or daughter in
law falling in love with the parents in law, or
vice versa. which would be most grievous
crime according to their ideas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28
By John N. Cobb

nF all the curious customs of By John
~ savage races there IS none
perhaps that has excited more
interest. and indeed amusement, than the
practice of stunning the mother in law.
This custom was quite general among the ab-
origineS of this continent late as the last
fury, and still prevails in places. Among the
Indians of California the in law was not
allowed for sometime, to look into the face of
his mother in law his wifes nearest female
relatives; but had to step on one side or hide
himself when these women were present. Many
of the Indian tribes east of the Rocky Mountains
had the same curious custom, especially the
Crees, DakotahS. and SeminoleS. The CARDS
of the West Indies and the Arawaks of South
America also practised it.
Among the Indians of the far North it is still
considered extremely improper for mother in
law to speak to or even look at her in law
and when she has communication to make to
him she is compelled to turn her back upon him
and address him only through the medium of a
third person. The Omahas did not permit
either the father in law or the mother in law to
hold any direct communication with their son
in law.
Among the Navajo of New Mexico and Ari-
iona the custom is still in force, and it is no
light matter if a son in law infringes. If by
chance he catchesa glimpse of her, it takes much
fasting and many pray ers to feel secure against
dangerous results. 1t is no uncommon sight to
see the most grave and revered chief walk back
ward. run like scared dog. or hide his face in
the depths OF his blanket, to avoid the dreaded
sight.
In the South Seas
ON many of the islands in the South Seas
- this custom is still in vogue. In the Banks
Islands the rules regulating their intercourse are
very strict and minute. The avoidance of the
person is mutual. If the two chance to meet in
path, the woman will step out of it and stand
with her back turned till he has gone by, or,
perhaps, if it is more convenient, he will move
out Of the way. A man will not follow his
mother in law along the beach. nor she him,
until the tide has washed out the footsteps of
the first traveller from the sand. At the same
time man and his mother in law will talk at
distance.
In the New Hebrides the practice is much the
same. In Lepers Island man speaks to his
mother in law, and she to him. but they will
not come near. When he speaks to her she
turns away.
In Minahasa, it is posdn--that is to say, for
bidden-for man even to mention the name
of either of his parents in law. If by accident
he does So he Immediately spits on the ground
and says. II have done wrong; so that his
body. particularly his nose, may not become
covered with ulcers and boils. Should it be nee
essary for him to refer to to call his father in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28
By W. Bert Foster

OlQ 1aSn1OneQ QeCldIdLiOn by w. %
that good wine warns the
cookies o the hear" might seem
to be refuted when it is considered how many
toasts are of a cynical character. And many
roundly given verse. or doggerel, fair on its
surface, has as bitter a sting to its tail the
oft repeated ejaculation, Here's to our sweet
hearts and wives-may they never meet
There are, of course. many toasts of good
fellowship such as:
May you live as long as you like.
And have what you like as long as you hive
But even this class of sentiment usually
suggests the fact that the world is shallow
and that real friendship is scarce, well as
rare, Jewel. This fact is voiced by old
toast that used to adorn English beer pitchers
"a Friend that is Social
Good Natur'd and Free,
To a pot of my liquor
Right welcome shall be.
But he that is Proud
Or Ill Natur'd may Pass
By my Door to an Alehouse
And PAY for his GLASS;"
Even the more or less known toast. To
Contentment, smacks OF cyncism;
No one bulldog yet could eat
Every other bulldogs meat;
If you have good sized bone.
Let the other dog alone.
But the toasts that touch upon the tender
passion-the amorous and the supposedly
passionate-display as much if not more,
pessmism than the after dinner sentiments
of any other kind. To prove this, take one of
the most tart of all, and its answer
Here's to the light that lies
In woman's eyes
And lies-and lies-and lies.
The answer:
ITO woman's love--to mans not akin:
For her heart is home while his heart is an
innl"
The jaundiced pen of the cvnic of all cynics
has thus labeled Sir Cupid's business
Here's to Love,-that disease which begins
with a fever and ends with a vawn
And similar sentiment is expressed by less
elegant poetaster in this jingle:
ITO that curious thing called Love
Which comes like dove
From heaven above
To some.
| While to others it fits
And scatters their wits
And gives em all fits,
BY gum"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28


ship. because of its tactlessness: and even its
title is sarcasm
" Here's to YOU my dear,
And to the dear that's not here, my dear:
But if the dear that's not here, NV dear.
Were here. my dear,
I'd not be drinking to you. my dear
Tom More gives us the Rowing Lovers
Toast" with the usual cynical sting in the
tail of it
Let us drink to the thought that where'er a
He is sure to find something that's blissfu
and dear;
And that when he is far from the lips that he
He can always make love to the lips that are
nearI
In an old song current in England hundreds
of years ago, similar feeling IS expressed IN
this toast:
Here's to We absent lords!
May they long in far countree stay.
Drinking at other ladies' boards
The health of other absent lords !!
Follow two selfish. well as cynical, senti-
ments:
Here's to those who love US.
Not to those whom we love!
For those whom we love
MAY not love us.
Here's to you two and we two!
If YOU two like two
AS two like you two
Then here's to we four!
But if you two don't like We two
As we two like you two,
Then here's to two, and no more
We may excuse the pessimism of the follow
ing doggerel for the fun there is in it
Here's to women who tender,
Here's to women who are slender,
Here's to women who are large. and fat and red
Here's to women who are married
Here's to women who have tarred,
Here's to women who are speechess-but
they're dead!'
And to take the taste of all these out of ones
mouth. let us have that may be silly. but
is sweet:
ITO my sweetheart!
She's not goddess, an angel, lily, or pearl
She's Just that which is sweetest, completest,
and neateSt-
A dear little queer little, sweet little girl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28

law or mother in law, he will per-
haps use half the name, or use
another name of similar meaning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28
THE CYNICAL TOAST

An ancient toast, called THE
Toast of the Constant Lover. "
would not conduce to good fellow