The Weed's News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and About the City.
Jas. Hart returned from Pendleton
Saturday evening.
Miss Edyth Jenkins returned Friday
evening from Pendleton.
Alfred Ayers who has been visiting in
Portland, returned Friday evening.
Judge Ayers jind eon, Edgar, were
passengers for Portland, Monday.
Semi-Weekly Portland Journal and
Heppner Gazette only $1,60 per year.
Mrs. Harry Cummings and children
were passengers for Portland, Saturday.
For Rent Suite of furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Inquire of
George Swaggart,
Misa Hazel Carr, who is suffering
with appendicitis, was taken to Port'
fond, Friday for treatment,
Perfly Hughes came over from the
John Day the latter part of last week.
He came to take over some supplies.
Rev. F. 0. Adklns returned Friday
evening from Milton where he has been
assisting in a series of revival meetings
at that place.
Jim Hayes has lost a few head ot cat
tie with blackleg during the past few
weeks. lie now has the disease under
control and no more losses are expected
Revival meetings at tho Baptist
churcli are being conducted with con
siderable interest. Rev. Neat, a suc
cessful evangelist, arrived Monday and
is ass;8tiDg in the meetings.
The Gazette is in receipt of a big col
lection of government garden seeds for
free distribution. Cail at this office and
get a supply for your garden to be
planted in the sp'ing. They ate free.
The work of painting and decorating
the room in the Morrow building tor
Ja-. Hart's new confectionery srore is
progressing rapidly. Mr. Hart will
hae a neat and inviting place when
finished.
The chinook in tho mountains last
Saturday caused a sudden rise in Wil
low creek and the water came down
with a rtnh from tho melting fnews.
At the highest stage, the water almost
li.l"d the channel of the Hieam.
A piesent there seetus to be a iood
demard for sheep. Many inquiries are
being received by fheeprnen in this
vicinitv asking about tbe prospects for
purchasing. Indications are now that
thp surplus can be worked o(T to good
advantage as soon as Fpring opens.
Alex. Lindsay has f-old his big etocl"
ranch on Rhea creek to J. R Nunna
maker, the well known stock man.
The place consists of 2000 acres of graz
ing land. Included in the sale were
2100 bead of sheep with implements and
everything on the place. The eonsider
atiou was $18,000. The place is con
sidered one of the best stock ranches in
the county. Mr. Lindsay will move to
town to get the advantage of school
privileges.
R. Carsner, of Spray, was a Heppner
visitor Friday. Mr. Carsner states that
everything looks encouraging in the
Spray country. Stock is looking ex
ceptionally well for this time of year.
Between 5000 and fiOOO head of cattla are
bifg wintered in the vicinity of Spray,
and there has been practically no loss
so far. Genera'ly speaking stockmen
have plenty of feed to get through the
winter unless very unusual conditions
appear.
The Heppner Sanitarium already has
a number of patients and the treatment
and accommodations are very highly
spoken of by all who have gone there
for treatment. The people are just be
ginning to realize what a great con
venience such an institution is. It has
been necessary to send for another
nurse to take care of the patients.
Everything is in first-class order and
the physicians in charge deserve great
credit for the close attention to detail in
every department.
C. B. Sperry, of lone, was in the city j
luesday.
Wrn. Luelling was in from Hard
lman,
Monday.
M.S.Maxwell, of lone, was in the
city Tuesday.
Oscar Cochran, of lone, was a Hepp
ner visitor, Friday.
Rev. J. W. Mount was a passenger
for lone, Saturday.
County School Superintendent 8. I.
Stratton and wife, of lone, were Hepp
ner visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pfaill Cohn and Mrs.
Henry Blackroan went to Portland,
Saturday to attend the funeral of Henry
Heppner.
W. H. Hughes, of Heppner, was in
town Saturday enroute to Ritter to look
after his cattle business in that section.
Monument Enterprise.
Frank Farnsworth came up from the
big stock ranch of Farnsworth & Son,
at Rhea's Siding, Saturday evening and
spent Sunday in this city,
The Long Creek Ranger is trying to
impress the citizens of Long Creek with
the need of a fire department. They
have no department and nothing to
fight fire with.
A Wyoming buyer has purchased
about 10,000 head of yearling ewes in
Wallowa county at prices ranging from
$2.25 to $2.50 per head. About 8,000
yearling wethers have been contracted
. .
iui iu me tame county at Jf.UO per
head.
Owing to the long f eding period
caused by the cold weather a number of
Morrow county stockmen were getting a
little short of hay. The warm weather
has again opened up the ranges and
have again been turned out to graze.
It is reported that D. Matlock, of
Heppner, is anticipating the purchase
of the J. II. McIIa'ev horses in this
vicinity. The number of horses with
the Mclfaley b-and is estimated at
about 250 head, a'l range horses.
Mi'linment Enterprise.
To ell of our readers who would like"
to fake an Eastern paper we have made
arrangements to club with one of the
very best the Thrice a-week New York
Voi 11. The Woild in coming three
times a week makes it almost rqual to
a daily. It is a pi-eat newspaper, giving
all the news and able opinions Moth
paprvs, the Gazette and Thrice-a-Week
Wot 11 only $1.(55 per year.
The welcome chinook appeared Sun
day forenoon and in a few hours the
snow and frost were pone. It is re
markable what an influence these warm
winds from the south have on the
climate. It took the chinook two days
to get down as far as Heppner from
the mountains every inch of grourd
having been fought for by the avowed
enemy of the chinook, the north wird.
However, the warm current prevailed
and winter weather has been replaced
by that of spring.
B. F. Swaggart's kennel of Scotch
Collies are rapidly coming in demand,
as they are proving by trial to be far
S'iperior to other breeds of Shepherd
dogs for farm as well as sheep. The
Collies are the most useful and intelli
gent dogs known to man. Mr. Swag
gart has delivered to the Penland Land
k Livestock Co., O. S. Michel), Caz
Matlock, A. L. Swaggart, of Athena,
Milton Swaggart, of Weston, Mr. Cun
ningham, of Pendleton, anu S. E. Van
Vactor, of Heppner, sends one to Wash
ington. The Gazette has been fortunate in
making special arrangements with the
Semi-Weekly Journal, of Portland,
whereby we can furnish this excellent
paper with the Gazette for the very low
price of $1.C9 per year. The Journal is
last coming to the front as a great news
paper. The semi-weekly contains 8 to
12 pages and 40 to 50 columns each is
sue of coast and general news. It has
an exceptionally strong market page,
said to be the be6t market news printed
on the coast. The Journal is mailed at
the Portland postoffice before one
o'clock p. m. on Tuesdays and Fridays,
thus enabling it to reach Oregon sub-
ecribers on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
Friday
FEB. 24
mi
RUMMA6E SALE
DAYS OF DNPARALLED BARGAIN GIVING
THE LAST AND "FINAL OFFERING
M
I
TWO
Of the seasons odds and ends, broken lots and remnants of
winter goods. The remnants include dress goods, flannelette,
outing flannel, ribbon, lace, embroidery and many other ma
terials in lengths so
lines of ready-to-wear goods are ladies' shirt waists, children s
short jackets, childrens outing flannel dresses, ladies white sweaters
ladies eiderdown dressing sacques, and misses street hats.
I hese enumerated below will give you a very good ide;
to the values offered here Friday Saturday this week.
LEGE
These
lutely
piece
Slightly soiled
from constant
showi nig. One
pair of eacli kind
$1.25 grade 63c
1.45 grade 82c
1.00 grade 48c
4.50 grade 2.00
4.25 grade 198
CUS
suits.
Two piece suits
"per gamiest 38C
union suits 39C
each. The union
suits are silver
grey, and the two
piece suits are
white and cream.
4.75 grade
2.19
IIICI'P.M'.U M1MMJ COMIMSY.
Good Showing .Tinde II y the Presi
dent at Annual Meeting-.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Heppner Mining
Company was held at the office of Red
field & Van Vactor in this city on Tues
day, the 14th inst. The following di
rectors were elected :
D. B. Stalter, T. W. Ayers and Geo.
Conser.
The directors met on the 15th and
elected tbe following officers:
President, Dan Stalter; vice-president,
C. E. Redfield ; secretary, T. W.
Ayers; treasurer, Geo. Conser.
President Stalter, who has charge of
the work ot the mines, submitted quite
a lengthy report, giving in detail what
nauoeen accompnenea in me way
. . 1 I
work and also giving a gocd description
of the work and the present condition
of affairs.
The directors and stockholders were
not only enthused but were very much
surprised at the showing made in tun
neling and shaft wotk and the quantity
of ore on the dump for the amount cf
money expended. Tbe report shows
that this ore is all free millling and the
assay records run all the way from $5
to $100 per ton.
The directors were so well pleased
with the prospects as set forth in Mr.
i ' '. i
mxm m
you will find them very
null's mr
MISSES
wen
SHEET HflT
The serviceable kind
manyprettyones29C
LADiis
WAISTS
Flannel and llan
neletts 73c each.
PEARL
BUTTONS
All the wanted
sizes per doz. 5c
are abso
clean, two
and union
E5E2
Stalter's report that the purchase of a
ptamp mill was recommended. It is
the intention now to put in a mill as
poon as spring opens and as soon as the
mill is in working order the mine will
commence to pay as work progresses.
Mr, Stalter's report shows that there
are 500 feet of drift on the I,l;nois, 50
feet on the Pride of Heppner, 60 feet on
the Oregon, and 50 feet on the Heppner
Lode, and about 50 feet on shaft. A
good reservoir has been bui't and about
500 feet of ditch has been dug. In all
there is about 1000 feet of tunnel and
200 feet of shaft. There is about 50
tons of ore on tbe dump that will assay
from $10 to $100 per ton.
II. L. McAlister, of Strawberry, was
in town Monday.
J. R. Ridgeway, of Lexington, was
registered at the Palace, Monday
B. II. Vining has closed a successful
term of school in district No. 19, in
Rood's canyon.
S. C. Jackeon returned to Lexington
yesterday. He is doing a big business
in the wall paper lire.
Gilbert Coats was in from Eight-Mile
yesterday. Mr. Coats says that crops
are looking well in the Eight-Mile
co an try.
Evangelist W. E. Neilt, of Texas, is
holding services at the Baptist church
twice a day thia wetk. Go and bear
him. He will not be here long.
Saturday
FEB. 25
useful. The broken B
tea as
Dresses
Washable and very
serviceable 33c
CHILDSENS
Teaseldown
Jackets
Xicelv tailored 33c
NEW LACE
CURTAINS
50 pair onlv 48c
per pair.
- I
Notwithstanding all reports to the
contrary, Mrs. L. E. Cohn announcer
to the ladies of Heppner nnJ vi initj
that she wiil reniain in the millinery
business tliia season and will do the
planning and trimming herself as here
tofore. Miss Colliver, Mrs. Neil and
Miss Scrivner have the agency for the
Celebrated Gage Hat, of Chicago, whi.
she will sell at $5.00 to 88.00, while tbm
same hat in Portland retails for Sato
$10. All goods will be sold at close
prices. Mrs. Cohn leaves Saturday for
Pertland to relect her stock. Wait for
display.
Heal KMate Bargains.
I have for sale .r,000 acres of fine lan.
cooeisting of 1.0U0 acres good tiKblt
lnnd, 150 acres of tbe best creek hotto
alfalfa laDd, will raise two crops with
out irrigation; p'enty running wat-..
The balance 4000) acres is of tbe 'cfC
pasture land; good buildings; pleafej
of timber. This is a bargain. The l)e
stock ranch in Morrow counly; also hX
heKd of cattle atd 40 beui .f gjrv
horses, would sell cbeup with the rand
if wanted. Terms ensy.
240 acres good timber land, 30 acres it
cultivation, 5 acres in timothy; plent
cf running water; good 5-roomed bouss;
good barn and other r-ntbuiKiicgs; l-
miles from good school; ore mile froar
good saw mill.
320 acres guod timber lacd in theedft
ot the mountains. Tbe very best ?
summer pasture; plenty water; good lo
cation for SL.all paw u-ill or wood milt,
good buildings. In Morrow cooaty.
C. L. ASHBAUGH,
Feb9-Ma9- Hardman, Ore.
GOWNS
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