Heppner gazette., June 29, 1905, Image 5

The Weed's News
Local and Personal Happening
in and About the City.
Hiram Wickersham came up from
lone Monday.
John Zollinger, of Hardman was in
the city Friday.
John Herbke, of lone, was a Hepp
ner visitor Tuesday.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Cave died
in this city Sunday.
Alex. Thompson and family returned
from Portland, Monday.
Assessor W. S. Conner was a passen
ger for Irrigon, Tuesday.
Hardman and Lexington will both
celebrate the Glorious Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. George Currin returned
from the Lewis and Clark fair Monday.
Semi-Weekly Portland Journal and
Heppner Gazette only $1.75 per year
Wells & Warnock will handle your
real estate and charge only the usua
commission.
List your lands with Wells & War
nock. We sell only on a straight com'
mission.
Mrs. James Hart accompanied by her
cousin Miss Lena Waters returned from
Palouse, Wash., Monday.
Ma-shal J. W. Rasmus went to Port
land, Tuesday. During his absence E,
F. Neal is wearing the star.
Carptens Bros, ol Seattle, shipped two
carloads of mutton sheep from this city
yesterday. The sheep were purchased
from James Nunnamaker.
Harvest will soon be here. Elmer
Lindsay commenced heading at his farm
near Lexington last Monday. Wheat
is looking well in the Lexington dis
trict.
J. J. Ross, representing the Portland
Iron Works is in the city attending to
the shipment of some old machinery
purchased trom the Morrow Warehouse
Milling Co.
The Morrow Warehouse Milling Co.
keeps on making improvements at the
flouring mill. A new scouring machine
for taking smut from wheat has been
installed and also an improved sifter for
the handling of the finest grades of
flour.
According to the weekly bnletin of
the Government weather bureau crotiH
all over the PUte are doing well. The
weather during the rast week has been
cool and showery which will be of ber.efU
to late sown crops. The fruit crop,
genera ly over th" state will lie below
the average owing to frost and cold rains
at the tune of pollenization.
Jack Lane came up from lone
Friday.
T. A. Rhea returned from Port
land Monday.
Clyde Wells has sold his residence
property to Artie Morgan.
Anson Wright of Hardman, was
a Heppner visitor yesterday.
Dr. Higgs, Eyes, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Glasses properly fitted. tf
Alfred Ayers returned Thurs.
day from Wyoming where he had
been with a shipment of sheep.
Rev. J. L. Swift, of Eight Mile,
was in the city yesterday. He
states that the rains were of great
benefit to Eight Mile cropa. Head
ing will be started on barley in
the Eight mile district in a week
or ten days.
A typographical error in the ad of the
Cash Shoe Store last week called at
tention to warerproof socks. It should
have read holeproof. The socks are
holeproof all right but are not guaran
teed to turn water.
Some yery fine samples of coal were
shipped to Heppner this week from the
Thompson Creek coal mines at Bucoda,
Wash. The coal was taken from a
depth of 85 feet. These mines are
owned and controlled by Heppner
people and there is every indication
that the property is very valuable.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parker who have
been visiting relatives and friends in
Heppner on their wedding tour, left
Monday morning for Pendleton where
they will make their future home. Mr
Parder has employment with Monter
estelli Bros., the marble and stone
cutters.
The people of the Eight Mile country
are certainly in earnest about wanting a
railroad. The committee in charge of
the proposition baa issued a call for
three meetings for the purpose of iur
thering the project as follows: Hard- w
man, July 6. 2 o'clock p. m.; Eight
Mile Center, July 7, 2 o'clock p. m.;
Williams school house, July 8, 2 o'clock
p. m.
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Saturday July ist. To Sat. July 15th
A BARGAIN EVENT
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Juuge T. W. Ayers is now active in
gathering up Morrow county products
for our exhibit at the Lewis and Clark
fair. The Judge is asking the people of
this county to bring in what they can
that is worthy of placing on exhibition
LEXINGTON NEWS.
Lexington will celebarte the 4th.
Your correspondent arises to apologize
to Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McMillan for
n order that our exhibit may be at- , .. . ,. ., . , .
J neglecting to mention the arrival of a
tractive and creditable. Evervone
bould take an int?rest in this matter
and help out the exhibit. Tl-e farmers
are especially atked to bring in their
best products. Now is the time to
gather up the grasses and grain in the
straw.
The Pacific .Monthly is uiking rapit'
progress and improvement. As a west
ern magazine it nas no equal. It is
always loyal to western interests and is
doing much trood in plowing up the
advantages and opportunities of the
irreat west. A new department of
original and interesting short stories
has been added which will make the
magazine of more interest to a great
many people.
Wool baling at the warehouse of
Heppner & Co. was finished up Tues
day and they are now all practically
cleaned up so far as the wool soason is
concerned. At the warehouse of the
Morrow Warehouse Milling Co. baling
will be finished in a few days. The
wool season is now practically over and
the buyers will all be away from here
by the Fourth of July. The season haB
been shorter than usual owing to the
early pales of wool which was caused by
the active market and good prices.
The sheep dipping season at the
Heppner dipping vats is now over. In
all about 40,000 head of sheep were
dipped at there vats. All of the sheep
that were dipped have been shipped.
About 30,000 head were shipped with
out dipping and with abont 12.000 head
tnat were driven out makes a total of
H2.000 head of eheep that were sold and
sent away from Morrow county this
season.
The rains of the past week were un
usually heavy for the time of year. The
ground waB soaked to a good depth. An
encouraging feature is the fact that the
rainfall was general all over the county
Coming at this time it will greatly in
crease the grain yield of this county
Most of the grain is high enough to
shae the ground and the moisture wil
be hel l fo- aime time. While the yield
will be greatly increased the quality
will also be improved. Morrow county
is all right.
County Surveyor J. J. McGee
came in Friday from the Rock Creek
country near Hardman where he
had been surveying out a new road.
The new thoroughfare is for
distance of about five miles from
the middle fork of Rock creek
near James Wyland's place toward
Heppner to connect with the
Hardman and Rood Hill road.
This new road if completed will
make quite a saving of distance
fur people residing on Rock creek
in coming to the county seat.
The matter will come up at the
next term of county court when a
report will bo submitted.
WANTED Man, nnder 35, from
Heppner, to prepare for good position
as Railway Mail Clerk. Experience in
postoffice not necessary. Entrance sal
ary $S0O per annum. Gradual promo
tion. An exceptional opening. Exam-
nation soon. Address immediately, P.
O. Box 1553, Denver, Colo.
new boy at their home a week ago ' last
Sunday.
Mr. F. Parker's new house is nearing
completion. It is a splendid residence
A few fields of barley will be cut this
week. Wheat harvest will begin next
week.
lne late rams nsve Helped the grain
to fill. We look for some extra weight
wheat this season.
Mrs. P. M. Christenson, who has
been visiting for some time in California,
teturned Tuesday last.
Lee Reaney's new house below town
nas neen nieeiy painted, n nas a sup
ply of new furniture inide. All of these
things indicate that we will have an
other item of news soon.
John R. Leach is clerking in Leach
Bros, store. It looks like old times to
see him behind the counter.
We are informed that Prof. R. B
Wilcox is the new Master Artisan of the
lodge here. A better man for the place
conld not have been found.
A gentleman from Puget Sound will
be here this week to look over the field
with a view of starting a newspaper.
Willow creek was out of its banks at
several points above town Saturday
afternoon, but not much damage was
done.
Nick Ridgeway has a brother from
Linn County visiting him this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bechtel, of Grass Valley
are visiting at C. R. McAIister's. Mrs.
Bechtel and Mrs. McAlister are sistere.
WHEN YOU COME
TO PORTLAND
Make your plans to stop at a home-like hostelry ; a place where you will
be shown every courtesy and treated Hsyon would be in your own home,
town or city.
THE FORESTRY INN
Is such a place, and it stnnds within one block of the Exposition Entrance,
on 25'h Street facing Upsuur. THE FORESTRY INN ia oonstrnoted on
the log cabin style; furnishings, cuisine, and management conforms
thereto. It has 150 large commodious rooms, all opening on brod, cool
verandas: with eleotrio lights; hot and cold water a d free baih3. From
the roof garden a view is had of the Exposition grounds, the oity and
surrounding oountry. Car service direct to all parts of the city,
European plan. Dining service a la carte and reasonable ee in any part
of the city.
Price of Rooms, 81 and S1.50
Special Kates to Parties of two or more.
MEALS A LA CARTE
THE FORESTRY INN, Inc.,
Address,
P. C. MATTOX, Manager, or H. M. Fancher,
25th and Upshur Sts. PORTLAND, OUE.
The following subjects will be dis
cussed Sunday at the Baptist church by
the pastor: "Unfinished work', and at
Jesus' Feet."
Hug Task.
ItwBsahnge task to undertake the
cure of snoh a bad oase of kidney di
sease as that of C. F. Collier, of Chero
kee, la., but Electric Hitters did it. He
writes: "My kidneys were so far gone
I could not eit on a chair without a
cushion; and suffered from dreadful
backache, headache, and depression.
In Eleotrio Bitters, however, I fonnd a
on re, and by them was restored to per
fect health. I recommend this great
tonio medicine to all with weak kidneys,
liver, or stomach. Guaranteed by Pat
terson & Son, druggists; price 50c.
Everybody want to know What The
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Weekly Oreconlaa Heppner Gazette
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yearling Jersey Heifer.
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next Snmlay both morniDg an
evening by the pastor.