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The Heppner Gazette
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Thursday August 13, 1903
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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
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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
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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.