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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1903)
itESBffl! LAUIKS "Wash Stocks ANU Summer Ties IS cts Thursday August G, 1903 The Weed's News Men's & .Boys' Linen and Crash Suits Half Price. The H eppner Gazette MemumMH&thimmr Local and Personal Happenings in and About the City. Jus. McGee and family are camping at Ditch Creek. W. 1). Lord returned Tuesday from a visit to Portland. Ed. Mills was an outgoing passenger Monday morning. Chas. Thompson went to Portland, Monday morning. Mrs. Cole, of'Portland, is the guest of Mrs. Luper this week. M. S. Maxwell, of lone, was a Hepp yieitor last Saturday. Mrs. Geo. Wells was an outgoing pas senger Monday morning. Walt Richardson and family are camping on Ditch creek. Mrs. Rice and little son left Monday for an outing at the sea side. Hon. Alex Sweek, returneJ to his home in Portland, Monday morning. S. E. Lee, a prosperous farmer of Lexington, was in Heppner Saturday. W W. Smead returned to Heppner Tuesday, after visiting Portland and Newport. Chief of Police Sheer has issued special orders that all gambling in Pendleton must stop. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Jones and daughter were Heppner arrivals on Tuesday's train. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hager and three daughters are spending their summer vacation on Ditch creek. It is estimated that there are 400,000 cattle in Oregon, and 000,000 of them are ranged in Eastern Oregon. Miss Tooms has returned from a visit to Portland and hns a.'ain teken up her position with Minor & Co. Frank Porg ri'tnrned Tuesday from Portland and the seaside where he has been on a two week's vacation. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Shutt and daughter were incoming passengers on Tuesday's train from Portland. Iliram Wickersham returned Tuesday after being absent about two weeks spending his summer vacation. W. B. McAlister, of Lexington, was in the city Monday. Mr. McAlister says that Lexington is building up. Earl Bartholomew left Tuesday morn ing for Portland, where he has accepted a position in Meier & Frank's store. Miss Mills was a passenger Monday morning for Forest Grove and Portland where she will visit friends and relatives. Banker C. A. Rhea returned Tuesday frcm Portland. During his absence he visited St. Martin hot springs in the Cascade mountains. Dr. and MrH. E. R. Swinburne left Monday morning for San Francisco, anil from there they will go to Honolulu on a pleasure tup. The city eourcil failed to ho!d the regular meeting Monday evening on ac count of the absence of a quorum, only two councilinen answering to roll call. Wm. Ball, fotmerly with Minor it Co., has taken charge of the grocery business formerly conducted by the late T. R. Howard. Mr. Ball is well piali tied for his new position. An Episcopal church service will be held in the Christian church on Sunday next at -1 p.m. Members and fiiends cf other denominations will be welcome. John Warron, missionary in sole charge. Heading in the Lexington wheat dis trict is about finished and threshing will begin in a few days. While the grain will be of good quality it is estimated that the yield will fall Bhort about 40 rer cent. Louis Monterestelli, of the firm of Monterestelh Bros., wbo have marble works at Pendleton and Heppner, died J Pre-lnventory Sale of Summer Goods We expect to take an inventory of the stock the second week in August, and in order to have as little as possible, we will sacrifice ALL SUMMER GOODS re gardless of cost. Time and space do not permit a complete list we o-ive a few. Ladies' Ready Made Suits All our best man tailored suits this sea son's best stvles and qualities, f 15 to $25 val ues, go for- S12.50 All our next best suits regular values up to $13.50 go now at .50 Choice of our best Dress Skirts, Walking Skirts,values up to $9.00 $4.95 Ladies' Oxfords MADE FOR US BY PETERS SHOE CO. i ST. LOUIS 20 Per Cent. Discount on our entire stock of these desirable goods. The best will soon be gone wise ones will not .hesitate. Men's Summer Underwear Men's Japanese Silk Shirts and Drawers in pink, good color, very cool. In stead of $2.00 a suit Men's Newsilk Balbrig gan Shirts and Drawers, light weight and strong. Instead of $2.25 a suit cE? 1 S J Odd Sizes 35c Ladies' Hats, Ladles' and Children's Parasols, Ladies' Grasli Skirts, Wash Shirt Waists Are Being Sold at HALF PRICE i.:JA-iij.ir..,,lr-.. ssesesssseib at a Portland hospital, one day last week. Ho died from the, effect of a gathering back of the ear. Found by J. F. Mitchell on road be tween Heppner and Lexington, Satur day, August 1, a ladies purse containing money. Owner can have property by identifying the puree and paving for this notice. Heading has commenced in some parts of Gilliam county and harvest hands are reported to be very scarce. This has been the case for several years past and although high wages are paid help does not seem to be any more plentiful. Farmers are paying all the way from $2.50 up, according to the man and the job lit is capable of holding down. There is no necessity for idle men lying around at this season of the year, when jobs are going begging for want of men to take them up. Condon Times. CHINK ENDS LIFE vo.; not; (tt'Asu sricim:s i (OIM V JAIL. A XEW ti i:i Opening of (lie 'onrr Shows up Fine. All of the mining so far at the Willow creek coal miues has been confined to tunnel No. 3, for the reason that this tunnel is more easy of access, lyut a new tunnel which is now being opened up known os the Conper near No. 5, will be mined in the near future. The new tunnel has great promiee. The seam uncovered shows a vein four and one half feet thick of pure coal with out a particle of a bone or slate in it. George Conser visited the mine Sun day and brought back a couple of sacks of samples from the new opening. The coal from the new opening: is very hard, clean and contains a high per cent of carbon. About twelve men are now engaged at the mines in taking out coal to supply the local demand. Hjikcs Loop Onl of Silk Handker chief, Slips Head Through and. Strangles. Woug Hang Quang, the confessed murderer of Wong Ching, committed suicide by hanginng himself in the coun ty jail in this city last Thursday even ing. Quang did not go to much trouble about it, however, the job was a good one. He took a large silk handkerchief and tying a big loop around a bar of the the bed. His feet were within a few inches of the floor. fell fmfmXMt- Governor Chamberlain commut ed the death sentence of William Peacock, of Marion county, to life imprisonment, Tuesday. 1 Ki V 4 - fact it seemed to be a relief to him to repeat the story. From the very start he claimed that Lane was the instigator of the whole affair. Since Lane's arrest in Portland, he has been different from Quang, always putting on a bold front. He heueuth said : "Quane no good, he heap cly, why he no laugh." When Lane was taken from the couc- 1 ty jail to be taken to Condon by Sheriff Johnson be was very indignant at being; handcuffed and shackled. Lanes trial will co i e off at the next seseion of the Gilliam county couri which meets in September. ici in imiix; i AST Man) ( Hiiilriiiigs in Course o Construction! t . v -tor. v . N v. ' ;: . . . wsfr' cell wmdoNV climbed up and stuck hia head through the loop. He had built a sort of a platform by piling up the bed clothing, and after adjusting the nooee had kicked away When Sheriff Shutt opened up the jail Friday morning and went in, Gong Lane who is being held as an ac complice in tbe murder, being impli cated by Quang's confession, answered to the call of the sheriff. Calling at Qnang's cell, there was no response. Sheriff Shutt begun to feel uneasy. His only thought was that the prisoner had escaped. After a hasty in vestigation the ghastly figure of the dead Chink was found hanging on the wall. When Lane, the other prisoner found that Qmng was dead there certainly was a scared Chinaman. He danced frantically around and said: '-Pebbil in cell with Quang." Quang when arrested at Monument broke don completely and told a straight story giving every detail of his terrible crime. He did not heBitate, in F.uilding operations are going aheac rapidly in Heppner. Excavating for the new building to be built on Main street by J. C. Por.-hr: has been commenced. This buiMin will be :;.:.70 and will be built either c' stone or concrete. This b:iiiiiin wiU have a handsome iron front and ssil! ! . a modern building in every detad. '' will add much to the appearance of the east side of Main t-trcet. The old building owned by Geo. Noble, formerly occupied by Nunle c Campbell, has been purchased bv T W. Avers and will be moved awa Mr. Noble wilt erre-.-t a one storv frame buildiDg 'JOxSO where the old buIHius. stood. The (viitract has heMi l-:t l Henry Johnson who w ill comp'.ete tlx: building bv the ust of September. J. L. Yeager's new business bu'.ldinc. the Adams tod.inT house and tb: many new residence buildings are beir-i pushed to completion as fast as pos sible. t 1 - - Ml It It 1 1". I. CARTON rENLANH At lone, Ore gon, July 00, l'.H):3, Mr. Vera Sartor, and Mrs. Mary Penland, Judie E. "-. Perkinp, ofheiating.