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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1904)
The Heppner Gazette Thursday January 21, 1904 THE STORE That Introduced LOW PRICES To Morrow County THE STORE - OF HIGH QUALITY A.I LOW PRICE The Weed's News Local and Personal Happenings in and About the City. V THE ONE PRICE CASH STORE The enow which fell yesterday is fast disappearing. Bring your pennies to The Fair store. We need then1. Attorney G. W. Phelps returned from Portland, Saturday evening. Lost A pair of nose glasses, gold I rimmed. Finder please leave at Ga zette office. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mc- Daid was buried in the Heppner ceme tery Sundoy afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Day, who have been visiting in California, returned to this city Saturday evening. W. II. Herren now has charge of the Star hotel which he will manage this winter for Mrs. Bartholomew. Did you see those pretty souvenir dishes in Gilliam & Bisbee's window? Read the change of ad. this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Potter came over from Spray, Saturday, and were pas sengers lor Portland, Monday morning. All of the Morrow county delegates to the stockmen's conventions in Port land, were well pleased with the results. There will be the usual services next Sunday at Odd Fellows hall, Episcopal mission, by Kev. John Warren, mis sionary in charge. E. Nordyke, of Sumpter, a former resident of Heppner, visited friends in the city this week. Mr. Nordyke vis ited his sister, Mrs. Jane Fenland, at Lexington. Governor Chamberlain Friday par doned Alba Morley and C. B. DeFord, who were sent to the penitentiary from Morrow county, in April, 1903. They were sentenced for two years tor the crime 01 larceny irom a etore. Thousands Bav that McClure's maea Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Spencer, Mr. and zine is the best published at any price Mrs. A. Minor, W. 11. Irwin, Frank et s onV 1U cents a C0Py L a J'ear Roberts and Wm. Cowins, went to In every number of McClure's there I Pendleton, yesterday to attend the sec- are articles of intense interest on sub ond annual shooting tournament of the Meets of tbe greatest national import- Pendleton Sportsmen's Association. "ce. Six g i d s ort sto les, humorous atnnoa otnripu nf Ufa ami -( inn a ml ri. i : i -c ji ... r,. - " - nit) uurnwig uui 01 a nue at uie tit. ; - J sU ' , w . f!l . THE STORE FOR THE PEOPLE All Goods Reduced in Price this Month EXCEPT SPOOL COTTON AND E. & W. COLLARS ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS OF THESE CLEAN-SWEEP PRICES THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS ARE QP LADIES' AND MISSES HATS Men's and Boys Hats,25c IIi:iI TO t'lltl'l IT VOl UT. Three Italians Charged With Kob bery flared Iiider Ilonds. always good. In 1904, McClures will he more in'eiesting, important and en tertaining than ever. "Evt-ry vear bet ter than the last or it would not be M ( Chirp's " Fiee Subscribe now for McClure's for 1904, and get the Novem ber and December numbers of 1903 free. The S. S. McClure Company, ti2o Lexington Bldg.. New York, N. Y. Stale Cattlemen's .Association. Joe restaurant on Main street, TueBdHj morning caused a fire alarm that brought several people out earlier than their usual hour. The fire bell was rang and the electric light plant whist'e was blown, but the excitement was soon over as thre was no damage. 15. II. Heath, of Hardman, a timber locater, who was arretted some tinif ago and taken to Everett, Wash., charged with obtaining money under The cattleman of the State of Oregon false pretenses, returned to this city have formed an association to be known Saturday evening. Mr. Heath claimed as the Oregon Cattlegrowers' Associa- all the time that his arrest was caused tion through spite work and that there was The officers elected are: William nothing in the charge, and his claim llanley, of Burns, president; F. W has been fully substantiated by the Metcalf, of Ontario, first vice president ; laui uiai no case could tie made against u. . t-uiion.ot Wasco, second vice him and he has been discharged. Mr. president ; Grant Mays, of The Dalles, Henth has been put to a whole lot of secretary ; Robert N. Stanfield, of Pen trouble and expense, but as an inno- dleton, treasurer cem pany naturally leels good over l he exr cntive board ot the associa- tlie result. Considerable interest is being shown in the BaptiPt revival meetings now in progress in this city, and the chiis- tion is composed of one member and an alternate from each county in the state, and any one engaged in the cattle bus iness in the State of Oregon is entitled -..i- .i i to membership in the organization tian people are working earnestly and feel confident of maDy conversions be fore the close of tbe meetings. Rev. and Mrs. King, of Spokane, Wash., are here and are doing good work. Rev. King ia an able and convincing minis ter and all who have heard htm speak very highly of his ability. An evening with Mr. King will not be regretted by any one. Mr. Chaa. Hart, the gospel soloist, has a fine voice and is pleasing the lovers of vocal music. Miss Elma Byrne, of Salem, presides at the organ and is assisting in the meetings. The interest is growing as well aa the at tendance and tbe meetings promise great success. i Morrow county will be represented in the association by Geo. Yincent and Perry Hughes. Mies Shear, teacher of elocution is drilling a class of young girls for a med-1 al contest to take place soon in this city. An interesting program is being arranged. Call and Kettle. All rereons indebted to the firm of Stewart A Kirk are requested to call and Bet tie by January 1, 1904. Accounts not settled by above date will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collec tion. We desire to balance oar books on tbe first of the year. Stewart & Kire. Joe Rosa, Ande Rosa and Basse Dom inick, charged with holding up and rob b;ng Kegina'd Ho bem, at liiisr"n,in this county, and who pre brought here and landed in the n ty jail by Sheriff Shntt. were given a pieiin.innry hearing in Justice Williams' court Friday last. Ti'ey attracted considerable attention when being marched a'ong the street in ehack'es, and the court room was crowded with spectators. They appeared before the court in a very downcast an I thoughtful mood, and from the luxuriant growth of black beard on their face, it was evident that the many razors that they carried had been but little used. While the tropical climate of the county jail had had the effect of caus ing the tourists from far away Italy to shed two or three suits of clothes, still they were fait ly well clad. Joe Rosa, who appears to b9 the lead er, was placed on the stand, lie could nnderstand but little Fnglish. The town was searched for a dago language artist, but no interpreter could be found. To the complaint, Joe Rosa answered in bad English for himself and com panions, sayinir that they were not guilty. Deputy District Attorney Woodson called Reginald Horbern to the stand for the prosecution. Horbern told a straight story and identified each of the Italians as the men who held him up. Horbern who claims to be from Boise, Idaho, said that he first saw the Italians at Umatilla, and the next time be saw them was at Irrigon, where they were all sidetracked. The facts as to the robbery as told by Horbern were about the same as published in last week's Gazette. The plunder carried by tbe Italians was introduced in the court room. It consisted of several revolvers, nnmer-i LOUIS & PLEISS TAILORS zz First class work and fit guaranteed Reasonabl o Heppner, - Prices Oregon V- 5 oub articles of jewelry, watches, etc, but nothing of much value. The statement that one of the men carried drafts on a New York bank for $550 was a mistake as was proven by close investigation. The supposed drafts were only receipts for drafts that had been sent. One of the men cariied in gold : fflptidioiis. It has been a long time since the ladies have had a chance to have e; leap year party, it being eight yearn since the last one. One noticeable feature was that tht' hoys could not cross the lloor without; an escort, and you could hear them grunt and groan as if in perfect agony,. strapped around his leg just below the and it reminded one of the child wio kneecap. This with about fo, supposed was told to Ht still io a chair ond no lo have been taken from Horbern was move until to!d to do so. Hut the boys all the money that could be found. The Italians were placed under bonds realized that thev were in hick to bs invited to such a rare treat, so had no of $300 each, to appear at the next term J kick coming. of circuit court. Thev made no at- Dancing was indulged in till 12 tempt to furnish bonds and were com- o'clock, when a dainty luncheon waf mitted to jail. j served, which was not the least appre- Horbern was also placed under bonds ciated of the evening's entertainment, of $150 to appear as a witness. This The ladies of the basket bail teiuv bond was furnished by Hepprer people and he was given his liberty. Judge Ellis is expected over from Pendleton in about 30 days when the case will be disposed of. I certainly proved themselves loyal en tertainers. Hank fli''rs circled. Leap Vear Party. One of the nicest dances of the season was given in Roberts' hall Saturday evening by the LadieB' Basket Call team. This being a leap year party and the first of the season, nothing was overlooked to make it a success, end this was accomplished without a doubt. About forty couples were present, and there was one round of pleasure from start to finish, nothing transpiring to mar the pleasure of even tbe most The regular annual election ot tI1 stockholders of the First National Dank of Heppner, was held at the cashier's office Tuesdav. All of the old otllcersf were re elected as follows : President, C. A. Rhea; vice-prei. dent, T. A. Rhea ; cashier, Geo. Conser ; directors, C.A.Rhea, T. A. Rhea, J. P. Rhea, J. B. Natter and A. L. Ayers. Mr. Conser as cashier now enter e upon his 16th consecutive year. It yon take ttt paper and The Weekly? Oreronlas you won't have to teg; your Bwa.