The Weed's News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and About the City.
Peter Brenner was in from Eight
Jy$ile? Monday.
Rem!-Weekly rortlar.a Jwrnft! an
Beppner Gazette only !$uu per year.
Dr. Higgs, Eyes, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Glasses properly fitted. tf
Seed Rye, Wheat, Barley and
Alfalfa for Bale at Heppner & Co.
Warehouse.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will hold a window sale at Hart's
candy store next Saturday.
Farmers attention! Come to
Heppner and sse the best Shire
stxsllion that ever came to America.
Mr. and Mrs. Tbos. Qaaid left
Saturday morning for Portland,
where they have purchased prop
erty.
Phill Cohn will pay Highest
Cn8h price for Beef Hides, pelts
and furs at Heponer & Co. Ware-
house.
Henry Bode, who recently un
derwenta surgical operation at the
Heppner Sanitarium, is out again
much improved in health and will
soon be able to go to work again.
Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. McCarter, of
Missoula, Montana, are the guests
of Mrs. McOarter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Noble. Tbey will
return to their home in Montana,
Saturday.
Harry Bartholomew recently
shipped six carloads of sheep from
Echo, te the Union Meat company,
of Portland. The sheep brought
close to $6 per bead in the Fort
land market.
Mrs. S. E. Huelat received a tel
egram last Thursday bringing the
sad news of the death of her broth
er, Chas. Belt, at Dallas. Mrs.
Huelat left Friday morning to at
tend the funeral.
Mrs. F. P. Farnsworth wishes
to announce that she will serve tea,
under the auspices of the Episco
pal Guild, at her home on Wed
nesday, March 14, from 3 until 1
p. m. Everybody invited.
Ueo. W. lurner, a former resi
dent of Morrow county, now en
gaged in the real estate business
in Portland, was in the city this
week. Mr. Turner brought uj
several people to look at Morrow
county wheat lands.
Timber cruisers are locatingout-
side people on tbe timber lauds in
the Long creek valley above town.
and it will not be long before there
will not be a tied standing on gov
ernment land in tbis valley, says
the Long Creek Ranger.
L. P. Davidson was up from
lone, Saturday.
Wen. (JolJins, ot epray. was in
the gjity yesterday.
J. O. Brown, of Willows, was a
Heppner visitor yesterday.
Miss Anna Cramer, of Hardman
and Mrs. Rosa Harris, of Eight
Mile, were incoming passengeis on
Friday's train from Albany.
A snow fall of three inches was
the procram of the weatbei clerk
Wednesday morning. Everybody
was glad to see the snow but it soon
disappeared.
The road leading to lone from
Heppner is now receiving consider
able attention. The road is being
grade! and greatly improved.
A. K. Fuller, of Lexington, has
announced himself as a candidate
for the Republican nomination as
sheriff. Mr. Fuller's petitions are
now beins circulated and will be
filed with the county clerk in
short time. Mr. Fuller is one of
Morrow couuty's prosperous farm
ers and is well fitted for the duties
of the sheriffs office.
In the coming primary elections
no man will be allowed to partici
pate who hns not already registered
as a voter of the county, for the
swearing in of voters on that day is
strictly prohibited. Consequently
a11 who desire to take part in the
primaries Ehould register before
the books close for the primaries.
A representative of the Gazette
visited Lexington one day lust
week. Within the past year there
certainly has been a great change
in the town. Many new buildings
have been built New business
houses have started up and pros
perity, thrift and growth are so ap
parent as to impress the visitor.
The town has a good water system
and electric lights. The first elec
tric plant put in is entirely too
small to meet the demand for
lights and a new 14 hor60 power
gasoline engine has been installed.
A new 100 light dynamo is on the
way, which will be large enough
to meet present demands. The
light plant isownedbyS. A.Thom
as, proprietor of the Wheatfield,
which is a bright and progressive
newspaper. Lexington is surround
ed with a rich agricultural district
This country has great possibilities
and is being rapidly developed.
The Lexington country is able to
support 50 times the population
now there which will always make
Lexington a gocd town.
George J. Currin and Paul His
ler of Heppner; have purchased the
remainine real estate holdings in
the P. C. Thompson estate. Mr.
Currin got 3000 acres, for which
he paid $6 an acre, and Mr. Hisler
got 2500 at $4 an acre.
Among the stock men attending
the auctiou sale of B. F. Swaggart's
horses and mnles in this city today
are the following: G. H. Russell,
Tacoma, Geo. Sleet, Ellensburg, E.
B. Tongue, J. W. Oonnell, Hills
boro, Nate Cecil, Cecil, W. F.
Yohnke, auctioneer, Pendleton, W.
R. Taylor, Athena, F. C. Perrin, A.
Hamilton, E. A. Stinchfield, Seat
tle, W. H. Snell, B. F. Snell, Ar
lington, W, D. Larsen, North Yak
ima, James Hill, Helix, R. N.
Stanfield, Echo, J. S. Warren,
Walla Walla, Harry Sitton, Cecil,
C. D. Barnard, Fossil, A. McLeod,
Portland.
Sheep shearers are now begin
ning to arrive from outside points,
to be in readiness for the shearing
season which will soon bo here.
Iu what is known as the lower
county in tbe northern part of
Morrow county, shearing will be
gin about the 15th of this month.
The clip this year in every part of
the county will be heavy and of
excellent quality. The winter has
been favorable and sheep generally
have h id plenty of feed atjd are in
good coudition. Moirow county
thin year will produce Hbout 200,
000 lleece-, tbe number of sheep
being a trills nmuller than lust
rrt I r l '1!
year, me x.c, oi unenrmg win
be t-even cnts per head, and (s a
good shearer cau turn off 100 head
in a d'ty, th (-hearers will make
good wace-.
For State Treasurer.
OKUANIZATIOM EflECTED.
msMaanESBxsR
Heppner Wool t; rower Aocla
tion Organized. j
The only aspirant for the posi
tion of State Treasurer who has
vitnted Heppner is Senator E. V.
Carter of Ashland, who spent yes
terday here in the interest of his
candidacy.
Mr. Carter has, for 22 years past,
been the manager of the Bank of
Ashland, which institution he or
ganized in 1884
He was a member of the legisla
ture in 1808 and eived as speaker
of the House in the special session
that year and was re-elected as
Speaker of the regular session of
1899. He also served as a member
of the state senate sessions IDOo
arid 1105.
Mr. Carter's qualifications lor
the posilion to which be aspires
are recognized as his business ex
perience has been along lines that
will insure an economical adminis
tration of the office.
Mr. Carter says: "I have al
ready visited many sections of the
State and I am very much grati
fied with the assurances of support
which I have received from East
ern as well as Western Oregon. I
believe I will be nominated for the
position and if elected 1 will serve
the people honestly and faithfully.
Hon. E. L. Freelaud, who is an
old friend and acqaaintauee of Sen
ator Carter, is enteraining him
! during Lis stay in Heppner.
The Heppner Wool Groweis'
Association was reorganized in this
city last Saturday.
It was a representative meeting
in which about 40 of the leading
wool growers of Morrow, Gilliam
and northern Grant counties were
in attendance. It is tbe purpose
of tbe association to include all
who are interested in tbe wool
growing industry in the territory
tributary to Heppner.
A. Andrews, president of the
former organization of wool grow
ers, called the meeting, to order.
D. O. Justus acted as secretary.
It was a meeting of business and
considerable interest was shown
among the many growers present
The bv-laws provide that tbe
officers must be elected from the
executive committee of the organi
zation consisting of seven wool
growers. The executive elected
was as follows:
O. E Farnsworth, D. O. Justus,
George Perry, J. L. Howard. J. H.
Wyland, John Kilkenny and R. F.
Bynd.
The following officers were elf ct-
ed from the executive committee:
O. E. Farnsworth, president;
George Perry, vice president; - D.
O. Justus, secretary-treasurer.
There was considerable discuss
ion and the prevailing sentiment
was to keep up a strong organiza
tion in order to help secure for the
members their share of the sum
mer range when the Blue Mount
ain forest reserve is created, and
also the necessity of a more stiict
enforcement of laws for the preven
tion of scabies, the raising of the
uarantine against Oregon sheep
when shipped out of the state and
other matters of interest relating
to the 6heep industry in general.
Another meeting will be held in
Heppner on Saturday, March 10,
when all of the growers who were
not able to attend tbe last meeting
are invited to come and join the
organization.
The wool growers of the Hep
pner district fel that much can be
gained by organization.
In tbe district tributary to Hepp-
er at least ?l,uuu,UUU worth ot
been are owned. There are many
ital questions for tbe sheep men
to handle and prone." organization
will bring results that can be only
obtained through united effort.
Effective organization ttud strict
enforcement of the law.- in rela
tion to scabies has almost entirely
eradicated this menace to the
sheep industry in Wyoming. In
the Shan ko county and in Uma
tilla county there are very ft-w if
any sheep infected with scab and
there is strong likelihood that tbe
quarantine will be raised at the
two latter places this year. Such
a condiiion can only be obtained
through diligent work and united
effort on the part of every grower.
It is a matter of much importance
and means much to the sheep
industrv.
It is no harder to get rid of
scabies in the Heppner district
than any other of the places above
named. If the sheep men will
work for it they will meet with
success.
GOOD SOLE LEATHER
SAVES DOCTOR'S BILLS
Peters Shoe Co. are among the
largest users of ROCK OAK
SOLES in the world.
Their DIAMOND BRAND
SHOES are made with buttons
that are the right sort for March
weather. They wear better, they
are more comfortable and they will
save doctor bills.
We are exclusive agents in Hepp
ner for PETERS DIAMOND
BRAND SHOES.
We have your size at your price.
gum nmm mi mo? mtmiRr
THE CLARK HEIRS WIN
CSrundy
County I' nil
Orrgoltiullk.
Revert to
Ed Lindsay has returned from a
visit to Seattle.
E. S. Cox, of Hardman, was a
Heppner visitor, Friday.
C. W. Shultz, of Dallas, has
The supreme rotut of .Missouri lias
'ffirmed the judgment nt the Grnridir
circuit court for tli- plaintiff's in the
romantic and nnted law unit of th"
C'aik heirs for the possession of a farm
f 100 ace! locu'ed tv mile we t of
Trenton. The rina! turn in the ea-e,
which first pa me up before Juig Alex
ander of GallaMn, sitting r.s special
indue here, fjctp the pr-sent occupants
and gives co tnd of tbe 1 in I o ti e
heirs of Cynthia Clark. The decision
recalls a case of more t!nn o:dinarv in
terest on account of a fact that it inv Iv-
eil recoids extending as lar nark s
1S.1, and hC;iuprt of a tragic incident
that Furronunded t lie firi-t 1 gal steps
The land in controversy was deeded
hv James Austin in 1815 to CyntnU
Clark, ti e recr.rd reading "for ard
during her natural life; the temMnde
in fee to the heirs of her bod.'." Mis
Ciark afterwards transferred ber in
terest to Wi liam Tabor, through whom
the defendants claimed possesion.
When her husband died Mrs. Clark
moved with her children to Oregon, and
died in September, 1902.
After the transfer of her interest in
the land to Tabor, it seems, ho later
instituted partition proceedings and
boHght in the land at public sale. The
legality of this proceeding was attacked
bv the heirs. The Clark heirs claimt-d
the land under the died of Ja.oes
Austin, alleging that the deed their
mother gave to Tabor was on'y for tns
life interest he'd by her. The docu
ments supporting this claim hid been
reserved and soon af er tier death the
suit was brought. The defendants,
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. , b ugh, Marv C Clavbaunh and Colum-
' bus Sires, tlaimed absohre title under
Geo. Vincent and J. L. Howard
of Galloway, were HepDner visi
tors Saturday. j
John Parkins and family, of Kit-,
the partition proceedings brought bv
Tabor.
W. A. Cl.irk, in whose nan e 'he suit
was Irnntit is now a we lthy land
.iunai tfi.1 etni'tmin in till VI PS". And
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m-ir uumuwa ibiiuio m " I the oiher heirs have prospered mater
pner this week.
C. IX Robison, Geo,
Henry Np.i1, of Lone Kock
registered at the Palace, Friday.
L. D. Swick and Tunis Swick,
the Grant county stockmen, wore
in the city this week buying
supplies.
Fred Lockley, of the Ivtst Ore
goniati, was in the city the latter
part of the week in the interests of
hia paper. t
prospe'
ially. He WB repiesented I y Hubbell
Perry and ' brothers of Trenton; the defe- dants by
- i - ' Harbor A Knight of Trenton and Peery
ock, were
. , Lons of A bany.
The early dev lopment f the puit
were afended by a tragedy. Whtle on
her way to Missouri in June ll'.1:?, Mrs.
Mildred Swaggart, one of the heirs,
learued at Denver tht he- home in
Oregon bad been visited by d sast r. A
cloudburst bad flooded ihe country and
two of her daughters were d. owned in
'i? (Iti d.
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