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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1903)
f The Heppner Gazette gBBBSESBSKSEK 323 BE Thursday August 13, 1903 THE 02VJE& PKICE STORE THE RIGHT PRICE STORE The Weed's News Local and Personal Happenings in and About the City. Kead the ad of the Heppner Piny; Co. Miss Fay Bartholomew is visiting in Spokane. Ed Hostettler, of The Dalles, was in the city this week. Miss Essie Leezer has accepted a position at The Fair. ' L. D. Swick, of Long Creek, was in the city this week. Hon. J. W. Morrow came up from Portland, Thursday. Frank McKnight returned from Tort land, Saturday evening. Prof. D. V. S. Reid and family are camping at Ditch Creek. Miss Dora Prater has accepted a posi tion with Thompson Bros. C. 0. Wilson, of Canyon City, was a Heppner visitor this week. G. W. liux, of Monument was regis tered at the Palace, Frikay. Leslie Matlock left Sunday morning for Teal Springs for an outing trip. .Mayor Frank Gilliam, AV. L. Smith and J. J. MeG.?e left Tuesday mornirltf for Ditch creek. Attorney S. E. Notson is in the city. Mr. Nolson says that there is much sickness in Lexington. II. H. Spaulding, of Salem, is in the city. Mr. Spaulding is Mrs. A. C. Gigei 's father. Miss Via Hart has resigned her position at The Fair and is now in the county cleik's office. Mrs. P. C. Creswell and little daughter left Monday morning for an extended visit at Blanket, Texas. Uncle Charley Kirk and grund- dauzhters returned yesterday from a visit in tiie Willamette Valley. Kead the ad of Contractor J. K. Carr in this issue. Mr. Carr now has 15 men employed and is forced to turn away work. Heppner Catholio church, Sundav, August 15, Holiday ;f obligation. Mass 7::J0. Sunday 10, 10: JO. John Walsh, pastor. ChiI Kngle formerly te'egraph operator at the O. K. & N. depot, visited friends in this city this week. He left for Seattle this morning. Kev. II. S. Shftngle, of Milton, presid ing elder cf the M. E. church, South, is in the city. He will hold sei vices in this city Sunday next. S. S. Logan, of Troutdale, lias pur chased a one half interest in Joe. Gih-1 f-on's baiber shop, and is ho at work in his new place of husineBH. C. A. Kliea, Mib. Lupor, Mr. and MrH. Jones, Curtis and Carl Khea and Mrs. K. J... Freeland went up to Ditch Creek-, Saturday for an outing trip. -Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blucknian and son Abie have returned from San Fran cises. Mrs. Klaekman and Abie have been in San Francisco for some time visiting friends and relatives. About 15 families of Heppner people are now ramped at Ditch creek enjoying the p easui es of this popular place. The campers complain that game is scarce this season and the fishing is not as good as usual. W. E. Pruyn has returned from a visit to Portland and Hillsboro. It was found necessary to amputate a small portion of his finger which was so badly crush ed. The injured member is now getting along all right. Mrs. T. W. AyerB has returned from Sumpter, bringing with ber Raymond and Greenwood Thornton who have been visiting in Sumpter. Raymond, whose finger was cut off is getting along nicely under the care of Dr. Brock. Geo. Swaggart ia walking on crutches. He struck his knee with an ax while at- Clean Wash Goods mh at Big Reduction SQ, New Scotch lawns.... 4c Fancy batiste 6c kT Figured lawns Sic t , , ... . JL WASH SILK Kuby batiste 10c Solid color lawns... .12c 38c Lace stripe batiste.. 15c Mercerized zephers.. 23c Wash Taffeta Silk grenadines 42c 4ge SUMMER UNDERWEAR SACRIFICED Ladies' silk lisle vests 48c Ladies' lace ribbed vests 37c Ladies' mercerized vests '23c Ladies' long sleeve lisle vests 43c Ladies' white ribbed vests 13c Ladies' white ribbed vests 08c LOOK OUT tempting to chop wood for his son-in-law, Jack Mills, but Jack is a printer, and his early training in the Gazette office was always against chopping wood. Mrs. James Castle, wife of a teamster residing about three miles above Canyon City, is lying at her home at the point (if death as the result of an excessive loss of blood coming from a fearful gash in her arm, caused bv falling on the up turned edge of a sharp ax. Her arm was neatly severed, cutting both arteries. Attorney G. IV. Kea and daughter, Mrs, Johns, have returned from Hot Lake. .Mrs. Johns has been constantly at the bedside of her father who has been lingering between life and death. With Mr. Kea, the Gazette is now pleased tc announce that he has faased the critical peiiod and is recovering rapidly. The ancient custom of the good old chivari.is still in vogue in Heppner. The sudden outbreak of a great noise Friday evening awoke the neighbors in the vicinity of Mrs. Lesure's. It was a crowd of Dr. Arlet Brock's friends giving him a reminder that they know he was mariied. Of course it imant the treats on the young benedict. Liverymen are now getting in a supply of hay. About all of the hay obtainable is wheat hay which is now being cut. Most of the alfalfa along Willow creek was damaged by the flood and as the stockmen are short none of this hay is otTered for sale. LooFe wheat hay is selling for $12 50 per ton with good de mand and scarce at that. Baled wheat hay briugs 814 to $ 13 per ton. Two beautiful granite statues, one representing the Goddes of Liberty and the other the Goddess of Justice, were erected this week on the great stone pillars that form the archway for the front door of the court house. The statues are models of fine work and were shipped direct from Vermont. The addition of the statues have added greatly to the appearance of the court house. Morrow nounty now has one of - Up Sale of Summer 111 0 Ladies' Gauze and Lace Hose 19 cts The Pair FOR A FULL the finest court houses in the state of Oregon, and a building that will do service for many generations. Excavating for the sewer from the Palace hotel is now completed and the work is being delayed a little on account of waiting for the pipe. Mr. Metschan will put in 950 feet of six inch pipe to carry the sewage of the hotel to a big cesspool on the lot where the Episcopal church stood, on the bank of Willow creek. The water from the cesspool will be filtered, only clear water going into Willow creek. It will be arranged so that the cesspool can be flushed during high water. This will be a great im provement for the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Gillette, who recent ly purchased the W. 11. Babb ranch, near Echo, came down horn Moscow Thursday with their household effects and a cat load of dairy cows. Mr. Giilette has been engaged in the daily business in the Paloiise country and knows the profits derived therefrom. Hq intends to manufacture his output for the pres ent and devote considerable of his time to i mproving his place and pu'.ting in a large amount of alfalfa. He predicts that a cream station will be established at Echo within less than three months. The leading wool markets in Montana continue active. At Hillings about 0, 000,000 have been sold, besides consign ments of nearly 1,000,000. The highest 'price of the season was paid here July 28, by Frank Edwards, representing Francis Willey it Co., of Boston and Bradford, Eng., who purchased the clips ot Louis Ileitman and Mayn, of White Sulphur Springs at IT,1... cents. The clips comprise over 1,100 sacks of as fine wool as has ever been seen on this market, and Mr. Edwards has been trying for the past two weeks to e fleet a deal. The wool ia of long staple and quite light, and being a large clip makes it very desirable for the various buyers. This was a private sale. At the auc tion sales the average Montana wools brought all the way from 14 to 17 cents per pound. LADIES' WRAPPERS REDUCED $1.98 Wrappers $1.67 $1.48 Wrappers $1.13 Wrappers 89 cts 73c Wrappers 58 cts CHILDREN'S DRESSES and MUSLIN UNDERWEAR PER CENT DISCOUNT PAGE AD IN i'm:m y or coai. Willow Creek INiiios Furnishing (iood Supply. The novel sight of big freighting out' fits loaded with coal is now a common sight in Heppner. People have already commenced to get in their winter supply of fuel from the Willow creek coal mines. Next week additional teams will be put on owing to the.increased demand, and be fore winter 6ets in there will be a string of freight wagons on the road between Heppner and tho Willow creek coal miDes. The coal is now coming principally from tannel No. .", w here a very promis ing jaeauure of t'oal ia being breasted out. As nvning progresses an). greater depth is reached, the duality of the coal is getting better all the time. Where the coal is coming from quite an open ing has bom made and there seems to be no end to the supply. The roof, floor and sides present a stdid mass of pure coal, ready for the work of the miners to supply demands in quantities unlimited. Tho only drawback now is the lack of transportation facilities. Coal is supplied at the mines at $." per ton and it costs about $4 a ton to get it hauled to Heppner. This makes a saving of Jl.oOper ton over the price paid for Pock Springs coal, and the Willow creek cral is fully equal if not better in quality. MIOICT II A V CHOI. Will Jlaterially Affect StocK In terests in I.astern Oregon. The hay crop of Eastern Oregon this year will be short. In Morrow county the yield will hardly be half of an aver age crop. The crop of hay has been hit hard by many adverse conditions. In the first place it has been an off year for all crors and hay has suffered along o i icr i f ii Goods NEXT ISSUE with other crops. A good portion of t tie alfalf-t crop of this county is along the fertile bottoms of Willow creek. The fiist crop was badly damaged by the disastrous fl 'od in June. A great many fie'ds weie totally destroyed by being washed out or being covered with a thick coating of mud. On upper Wibow creek the second crop of alfalfa is being damaged by grasshoppers, and taking it all the way through there is nut much hay left. These conditions are certait.lv dis couraging to the stockmen, nut only the sheepmen but the cattle growers as we'I, To meet these conditions, flock own ers will be compelled to reduce their flocks, and present offerings are no.? aesirarj'e. i:muiai i: akki:i i oh. As lollu'losl of Open ill'.' up Vil!o ( reck t'iisiiilM-!. The executive committee consisting of Mayor Frank Giliium, Geo. Conser anil K. M. Shntt, appointed lor the if liefoftl.e Heppner fl rod h;!!'-ivib and to take care of the conditions in general caused by the disaster, is now taking up the proposition cf , straightening and widening the channel of Willow creek through the city of Heppner for protec tion against high water should another cloudburst ever occur. The committee has been invi-figating the matter this week and has ma te several trips of inspection over the ground. J. J. McGee, the well known surveyor has been employed to make a survey and furnish an estimate of the amount of work required and the probable cost. Since the Hood, the question of open ing up the channel eo that the wate: can be carried away, without damaging anything has been agitated by Heppner people. As Boon as the engineer furnishes his estimates, action will be taken by the committee as to the best method of procedure. Weekly OregonSen Her?ner Gazette.