The Heppner Gazette
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Thursday December 24, 1903
The Weed's News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and About the City.
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B. R. Palterson visited Portland this
week,
Sheriff E. M. Shutt left Monday for
Portland.
urday from Portland.
C. B. Sperry, of lone, was a Heppner
visitor Monday.
W. B. McAlister, of Lexington, was
in the city Tuesday.
D. B. Stalter and little daughter went
to Portland, yesterday.
Miss Violet Reeer, of Walla Walla, is
the guest of Miss Mabel Ayers.
The Baptist Sunday school will giye a
Christmas entertainment tonight. --
Dr. T. A. Snook and family left on
Wednesday's train for Pendleton.
Atty. 0. E. Woodson was an outgoing
passenger Wednesday for Portland,
Work at the Willow creek coal mines
has been suspended for holiday vacation.
Otto Metschan left on Wednesday's
train for Portland to spend the holidays.
A movement is on foot to organize a
Temple of Rathbone Sisters in this
city.
Oscar Mitchell and W. H. Babb, of
Echo, were registered at the Palace,
Monday.
Lou Biebee and Garfield Crawford
went to Portland today where they will
spend the holidays.
C. C. Powell was in from Spray
Thursday after a load of freight for Mi
nor, Gilliam & Co.
The Mistes Lulu and Grace Hagerleft
Wednesday for Pendleton, where they
will visit friends.
Mrs. A. Tillaid and grandchildren,
Amelia Sleeves and Johnnie Barr, left
Monday for Portland.
Win. Dutton who is attending busin
ess college in Portland, came home
Monday to spend the holidays.
There will be regular services in the
Baptist church next Sunday morning
and evening. J. W. Mount, pastor.
Mrs. Phil Metschan and daughter,
Dorothy, left Wednesday for Portland,
where she will visit relatives for seyeral
days.
The ground was covered with a light
coat of snow Friday morning but soon
disappeared under the influence of a
chinook.
"Hazel Adams," a drama full of in
terest from beginning to end, at Roberts'
hall Tuesday, the PJth. Seats on salt
at usual place.
Heppner streets are now covered with
mud almost equal to Willamette valley
towns, but there is no complaint about
the warm rains.
Mr. and Mrs. Harford will arrive in
this city this evening. Mrs. Harford is
state president of the W. C. T. U. She
wi 1 lecture here next week.
The Women of Woodcraft will hold a
special meeting on December oO, 1903.
for the purpose of initiation. All mem
bers requested to be present. May
Kenton, 0-le'k.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bartholomew
returned from Portland Saturday even-j
ing. They were accompanied by tneir
daughter, Elise, who is attending the
Fort'an 1 Academy and came home to
spend the holidays.
The new Baptist church was dedi
cated last Sunday at lone. State Mis
sionary L. W. Riley, of McMinnville,
was in attendance and helped to con
duct the services. Rev. J. W. Mount
and Judge Thos. Ayers ot this city, at
tended the services.
Grand Patron Weiganrt and Grand
Marshal Mrs. Miller, were in this city
Friday ou their way home to Portland.
They had been to Monument to assist
in instituting a Chapter of the Eastern
Star. The Chapter starts with a mem
bership of 26.
Master Pearl Bucknam, of Sumpter,
is visiting bis grandmother Mrs. L.
Elder.
Andrew Rood, Jr., who is attending
school in .Portland, is home for the holi
days.
Wayne Stannard, of Brownsville, is
a guest at the residence ot Mrs. J. L
Ayers.
Bert Simons, formerly of this city, is
here to spend the holidays with his
wife and parents.
Redfield & YanVactor have added
another room to their law offices mak
ing quite an improvement.
Miss Carrie Behrens left Monday
morning for Denver, Colo., where she
will be married to F. N. Sorenson.
L. W. Riley, of McMinnville, State
Missionary of the Baptist church, held
services at the Baptist church in this
city Monday evening.
Lost At the recital given by Miss
Bertha Natlock, last Thursday evening
a hit-pin with elk tooth and initials C.
II. Finder will please leave at this of
fice.
County Commissioner Dillard French
of Gurdane, was in the city Monday.
Mr. French states that he has not fed
anv so far this season and his cattle are
n good condition. Very little feeding
has been necessary so far this winter bv
Gurdane stockmen.
Mrs Claude Gatch, of Salem, Worthy
Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter,
i Kastern Star, inspected the Heppner
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Chapter Saturday evening. There was
a large attendance. The evening wa3 a
very pleasant one. Mies Bertha Mat
lock rendered two recitations. The
meeting was hell in the K. of 1'. hall.
Mr. McGee, a Seattle horstbuyer who
was in the city the past week, made
few purchases owing to the scarcity of
the kind of horses that he wanted. lie
was locking for heavy draft animals for
the Seattle market. Heavy draft horses
THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR
GENEROUS PATRONAGE, AND
SOLICITING A CONTINUANCE OF
THE SAME, WE WISH YOU
fl VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
are now scarce and few are for sale.
For the few horses purchased prices
ranged from $125 to $133 per head.
Mrs. E. A. Vaughn, of Pendleton,
who accompanied her sister Miss Bertha
Matlock to Jthis city, visited relatives
and friends here for several days this
week.
There will be a big Christmas shoot
at the grounds of the Heppner Rod and
Gun Club, in this city on Christmas
day. There will be eight events four
in the forenoon and four in the after
noon with liberal purees of added
money. A number of the crack shots
of Eastern Oregon will be present and
the meeting is being looked to with in
terest by Heppner sportsmen.
Odd Fellows hall, All Saints Episco
pal Mission, Christmas eye, Sunday
School tree 5 p. m. Christmas day,
children's service 10 a. m. Morning
service 11 a. ra. Celebration of holy
communion noon. Sunday after Christ
mas, Sunday School 10 a. m. No morn
ing service. Evening service 7:30 p.
m. John Warren, Missionary in charge.
A loud report with an explosion that
shook the buildings in the vicinity of
Stewart & Kirk's livery stable, just be
fore six o'clock, caused considerable ex
citement. Who set off the blast or
what caused the explosion is unknow n.
Just where the explosion occurred was
not ascertained until yesterday when
the place was found in the vacant lot
next to the liyery stable. Appearances
would indicate that the explosion was
caused by setting off a stick of ginnt
powder, but w hat for is still a mystery.
Iturplary at I. one ICork.
A. R. Stanley's general merchandise
store at Lone Rock was burglarized
Tuesday evening. Thieves entered the
building by going through a window.
The cash register was carried out of the
building and taken away eoaie distance
when it was broken open, and about if.'-
taken. Nothing else about ti e etore
was disturbed.
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will give a ticket on our $70 Singer Sewing Machine, i
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For a present, nothing
candy, and when you buy
GUNTHER'S CANDIES
you are sure you have the
HEPPNER
Successors to
LOUIS & PLEISS
TAILORS
First class work and fit
guaranteed . . . .
Reasonable Prices
Heppner, - Oregon
Closed for I lie Holidays.
The Heppner public schools c'osed
yesterday ftfternoon for the holidays
with interesting exercises.
At the close of the exercises the etud
ents of the high school presented Prof.
Reid with a rocking chair and Miss
Lamb w itb a chafing dish.
Following is the program :
song School
Reading "Chi ihtmia in Other Lands"
Lillian Cochran
ona School
Reading Eddith Marlatt
Reading bie Llackman
Duett.. ..Hazel Carr and Vernie Driskel
Reading Otheo Crawford
Duett .... Lillian Cochran and Flla Ayers
Duett Lillian Cochran and Otheo
Crawford.'
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best. We carry this kind.
DRUG CO.
Conser & Ayers
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( all ami settle.
All persons indebted to the iinu o
Stewart iV; Kirk are requested to c;i
and settle by January 1, I'.iilt. Acconrt:
not settled by above date will be pit. ;
in the hands of an attorney ior co'.l
tion. We desire to balance our
on the fust of the year.
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arU of Thanks.
I wish to express my sine-." tb
for sympathy and ai 1 extended t.
during the sickness and death of
wile.
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J. D. Lee has succeed Tnx Ta
Sbillock as secretary of h?. Pert
land Hoard of Trade.