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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1903)
The H eppner Gazette Thursday July 2, 1903 iSSSSSEESS, 2SSX HEADQUARTERS FOR CAMPING SUPPLIES The Weed's News Local and Personal Happenings in and About the City. Ellis Minor and family are camping in the mountains: D. Hurl, of Vinson, was a Gazette caller Saturday. Miss Nora Ma lock left Wednesday morning for Portland. Thos. Ayers, Jr. came over from Pen dleton, Monday evening. Wm. Spencer was an outgoing passen ger on Wednesday's train. Rev. John Tomkins, of Mayville, re turned to his home Saturday, Mrs. J. W. Morrow returned to ber home in Portland Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Brock were passengers for Salem on Wednesday's train. Mrs. G. W. Phelps and children left fer Ililgard, Wash., last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morrow came up from Portland Monday evening. Mrs. Shipley will build a new resi dence. J. K. Carr has the contract. Miss Hose Michell, of The Dalles, was in Ileppner Tuesday, returning Wednes day morning. Miss Kathehne Kiely, of Portland, was in Ileppner last week, the guest of Miss Lena llhea. W. O. Minor will soon commence building a residence at his Mountain Valley stock farm. E. C. Phelps is making preparations to move his family to the Willamette Val ley for future residence. Panker C. A. Rhea informs the Gazette that he will build several cot tages for rent in the near future. 0 Mrs. Frank Roberts has gone to Pen dleton where she will visit with her sister-in-law Mrs. W. R. Ellis. Mr. Lathroj), of the Portland Journal, who has been in Ileppner tor some two weeks, returned Wednesday. Attorney Sam Van Vactor returned Monday irom a drive to Condon where he had been on legal business. Elmer Morrison will soon commence the erection of a new residence building on a lot purchased from Thos. Quaid. Miss Margaret Frey, who has been at tending the Agricultural College at Cor vallis the past winter, returned Tuesday. Through the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. 1). O. Justus Mr. and Mrs. Warnock, of the Gazette, wpre driven through the Hooded district, Sunday. Mrs. Katie Steeyes has been oilVred a position in the Portland public schools which she has accepted. She will go to Portland for the fall term. Rev. John Warren performed the Epis copal burial eery ices at the g'aves cf Mr. and Mrs. Lipsett, who were drowned i i the recent flood, last Sunday after- no n. The following donations were reeeivtd by private parties this week to be dis tributed among the Hood suHerers: Two Masonic lodges of Salem, $100; First Pi esbytei ian churc h of Vancouver, Wash., .fl'O.OO. 10. E. Sharon, grand secretary of the I. . O. V., and R. Alexander, ot Pen dleton, were ia the city the latter psrt of l ist woi k attending to the disburse ment of funds sent for the relief of mem bers of the ordpr. The first beneficiary oider to pay in surance in Ileppner on certificatFS of victims tf the llood, was the A. O. U. W. E. T. Freeland, recorder of the lo cal lodge, informs the Gazette that drafts for f'JOOO each for Mrs. J. L. Ayers and Mrs. J. W. Matlock have al ready been received. I. T. Tobey, state superintendent of the Oregon Children's Home Soc iety, was in the city this week looking after orphan children. Mr. Tobey reports that all the orphan children have been cared for in this city, and there were ! Some Surprising Values While some of our goods were damaged slightly by the water entering our store, nearly everything was left high and dry and are as good as formerly. "There are a few articles enumerated below which will be sold at a great sacrifice. They are going fast and it would be advisable to get in on the ground floor. Damaged Slightly The goods enumerated in this column are damaged slightly. Men's Working Gloves We have only a few pairs left, which are exceptional values at 25c per Pair Boys' Shirts There are so many different kinds and sizes of these shirts that it is impossible to enumerate them. Leggings Only a few pairs left to select from. Call and see them. Goods Not Damaged The articles listed below have not been damaged, but are being sold at low figures compared with the prices you pay other stores. Baby Buggies Only two of these handsome lit tle carriages left. They are strictly up-to-date, and will go at $7.75 and 9.25 Washing Made Easy The old way of washing was al ways a dread, but now wash day is made easy is you use a Boss Washing Machine Any child can operate it. S7.00 Price White Eagle Soap Cannot be beaten for washing, as it is especially adapted for hard water such as we have here. 85c per box of 20 bars Sewing Machines -Only two left, a "New Home" and a "Wheeler & Wilson". No better sewing machine made. China and Glassware A nice assortment just received. Just what you want. fa- There is a small lot -of DAMAGED SHOES left on hand, which we will sell at a great sacrifice. 8 Ladies Mackintoshes Just the thing for dusters. $1.50 to 2.00 S ft' V w -cMrmmiimu m JS3SB1 I Done to go to the home in Portland. Letters of Inquiry asking for children have been. coming in from many difl'er erent places. Jas. Hart left Tuesday morning for Tennessee Pass, Colo. He went to look after the shipment of sheep sent by Blake Bros. The Palace this week received a big assortment of new linen. A big lot of the linen of the hotel was at the laundry at the time of the flood and was swept away. In giving a list of the property loss by the flood in last week's Gazette, the name of K. C. Wills, who was a heavy loser, was inadvertently overlooked. Mr. Wills estimates his loss at $8000. It is estimated that the yield of wheat in Umatilla county this year will Vie 2,500,000 bushels, or about two-thirds of an average crop. Harvest will be gen eral about the loth of this month. Mrs. L uira A. Smith from Baker City, (irand Chief of Honor of the Degree of Honor, has been visiting in Heppner in the interest of the Degree of Honor lodge, aiding in relit-f woik. She left Tuesday for lone where she will organ iz the Degree of Honor lodge. Upon information from LaGrande, a man by the name cf McQuaid was ar rested l y City Marshal D. C. Gutdane. Thursday. Mi2nid was charged with c btainiug money under false pretenses from parties at LaGrande. After resting a day in the county j.ill he put up the money amounting to about $.10 and costs and was released. Mrs. McDiwell, of San Jose, Calif., ia visiting her sister, Mrs. S. P. Garrigues. At the M. K. Church, Scuth, Sunday evening, Mrs. McDowell sang two beau tiful sacred solos, entitled "Just For Today," and "Ashamed of Jesus." Mrs. McDowell has a very sweet voice which has been well cultivated. Her soios were a feature of the services that were very impressive. Kalph Ftreney is here looking afle the members of the A. O. U. W. There will be service's in the Baptist church next Sunday morning. Sunday School at 10 o'clock. The News has been informed that the range trouble has broken out in the Murderer's creek country. According to reports received from there a band of slieep belonging to James Le Bret was shot into by unknown patties last Friday night and 25 sheep slaughtered. The sheep camp and outfit were burned, the hobbles and bell removed from the horses and the horses driven away. Grant County News. Hay harvest is here and quite a lot of the first crop of alfalfa has already been cut. Generally speaking, the yield is lighter than usual, and owing to the fact tli8t many fields along Willow creek were injured by the flood, the hay crop this season in .Morrow county will bo considerably below the average. With the stockmen this is a serious question, for most of the old hay was fed out last winter and the feed supply will undoubt edly be short. Engineer, Hammond who has in charge the survey for the State of Ore gon of the proposed State Portage be tween Seufert's cannery and Celilo, is at present encamped with nine men near Seufert's. The men are making trood progress with the survey and think it will take about a month to complete the work. Mr. Hammond i:. tends shortly to increase his force with three more men so there will be no delay with this undertaking. It is estimated that in the neighboi hood ot 100,000 sheep have been sold out cf this vicinity within the past month or six weeks. A large number of them were bought by California buyers, some went to Nebraska, some to the Van Deusen Sheep Company of Idaho, and the balance to Salt Lake City and Chi cago commission houses. With the ex ception of those trailed through to Cali. fornia the entire lot have been or wiil be loaded over the Columbia Southern from Shaniko. Antelope Herald. 1 The county court is now in session at the court house. For the 4th of July the O. K. & N. will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip. Sales days July Ilrd and 4th. Limited to return up to and including July (Jth John Cleman, of North Yakima, this week sold five thousand yearlings at .$.'5 a head, the Wenner Sheep Company sold 1200 lambs to Carstetis Bios., for delivery between July 1 and July 15, at $2.50 a head, and the Berg Sheep Com pany sold 1500 lambs at the same price for shipment Ka?t. These are the first sales of sheep of any consequence made by Yakima sheep men this spring. Many of the bands are c n their way to the mountains to enter the Rainier forest on July 1. There will 157,000 sheep feed in the reserve this year, or 15,000 les than last year. Attorney G. W. Itea is very nik, A. L. Ayers came up 'rooi i'jit'ao'; Tuesdny evening. K. C. Ashbaugh returned fiom Port -land, Tuesday eveninc The Commercial club of tho, L; guaranteed a sudable situ to tli3 Amtr can Hare Packing & Cold Storaue com pany, and the buildings for that cor: -pany will soon be under way. This en terprise will have a capacity of (ivti t:o per daj' of the American bare alone an,, an equal capacity for other product? i. the wav of fruits and veitetab'ew. Ai rangements are being made with i; :: Pendleton Cold Storage company at Pen dleton to handle thia output, so that will not be necessary to build thw to , . storage at Echo for the pit sent. Alwp's reliable The Weekly Oregon!:: v 3TTJX2EE ft- v j i tyywj n 3 Jim Dumps physician once fell 111. Said he: "I'll have no draught or pill." Said Jim: "Ho, ho, you're on the sbelf, You who cure others,, cure yourseif." Tfcen Jim sent up som? " Force" to him, " That's what he need: quoth "Sunny Jim," The Keady-to-Senre Cereal for doctor and patient B&s Efiten Three CmM. MI whs attacked latt May ly aprdl Citta. Aj I showed slgoa cf recovery doctor and I beaanTo cast aroOnd for a suitable diet and as a result we fell upon Force,' -wblch baa been a wonderful booa to ne. I bav eaten almost tbxee cases, H. U. aim. Of-". 7T A H