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IThe Heppner Gazette
English...' March 30. I&W.
SUtD THURSDAY MORNING.
Fred Wainock
PXartursI at the Fostofflce at Heppner Oregon, a
econd-clait matter.
'KChtrsday June 25, 19(XC
TO BUILD ROAD.
Rend would be a profitable line. That
it would extend Tortlanl's trade and
develop the territory dirtctly tributary
to this city i understood.
Under existing Oregon such a
line could secure quitnble truffio ar
rangements with tbe Columbia South-ern.
Dutton--Rieman.
111 wait no longer on E.
H. Harriman.
Over In Crook county the inhabi
''tan' hare reached the stat;e of defr
I f trniwn wlre people get out with
KTNekff, shovels and seiapera and build
-t.fnriwn railroad in order to iiet crop
the markets, Pays the Portland Joui
This is the course that has been
p&lopted by the businoss men and far
raters of Bend, Prinville, Madras and
- rt'ier points. With an initial capital of
;53,tW they propose to construct a
rTiilroad frcm Shaniko to the Columbia
HoKihem tei minus, to Eend, 1)3 miles.
The people of Crook county have
thrown tiied waiting for railroad com
;i2.ies to Jo somell.iiitc toward giving
-centra1! Oregon tranHpor'atioii, and
iAy are iming to start in to .build their
wi road," said Jesse Stearns, counsel
;-lr46rl)e8Phutes Irrigation vfc Tower
-company. "The Wilson creek basin
: !fit year produced 1,500.000 bushels of
rvgraJc. "The production anl :rop output
-are rapidly increasing year after year.
'ZZfao ruins this year have helped coo
(XaSkxiB and there is promise of another
. treat crop next fall. The people are
ltw-rf)ting everything in and out of the
taci?try, 100 miles and anther. Ti:ey
; trgit;7)g t:red. They have long de
"eeJ a -transportation line from the
i.Tl!ng roads, bnt they are still hauling
"Tiwir-products to the nearest railroad, at
t'-t&dioi&o.
".Tbe city of Portland has an oppor
tunity b-ere to do something real for
oaartral Oregon. It seems to us that
rfhe "Cspifalists of Portland should be
- w.-XJing to do as much for their owd
-jrf? fieonl? as they would do for the
'rtJemman railroad companies.
Oa a certam occasion w hen a dinner
F'k-OT.jfht the railroad people and the
e7:ia!:e.3 together the latter c He red to
.tcV9 the necessary bonds to finance an
ei.veasion of the Columbii Southern
..'.from Shaniko to Bend. The railroad
tj-vsny did not accept the ofl'er. The
i tp'w of Crook eunty now come fcr-
varc-Ti!h an offer to build the line and
-. if iivs capitalists of Portland will make
,.'?jreIr;iorrjaer proposition good the rond
vau-ejbily be pat thtuuth froni Shauiko
1 eio.
"Vh farraers are determined to go
to extremes In an effoit to get this 'ine.
' TFtey will go out with their teams and
f-LOM-pers and will furnish feed and do
'-sverylL'tEg that can bs dune within
rieaswTi to pTh this project through.
"Z-Be road can be built fiu! wi.it reason
tistte assistance from capitalists it can be
lioilt quickly."
ilfcaid an easv grade, the maxi
r leant of which will bo 2.3 per cent, has
1 1ce.nl3cd via Ward creek, and there
.nll fee no terions difficult- in censtruc-
iimgitee Pi ne from Shaniko southward.
tsee surveys have been mads by
ChiefEn'.'inetrKedfield, of the Dechutes
i'Trsctien & Power compary, who as--nile!
in .he construction of the original
t 'CiRNSBobia Southern, lie has reported
I that it is practical to build a line that
eerve present eeJa of Centrbl Ore-
He 'j's'ance from Shaniko to Madras
r is 41 wiles. With the line earned south
iST!E that far central Oregon would
t'cr:Te Iar,.;e benefits.
JT'tre C lumbia .Southern railroad was
( luilt from Biggs to Shaniko largely
tiro3gh the energy of a tew men and
i ia. cf.oits of the farmers along the I
rte- The demand for the road was
- etrong that it could not be registered.
It was coastnicN.-d in the face of op-j
.. 7:w:tioo from the O. U. ii N. Company,
rmxoe tTicials pvsisted in the asser ion
i.tfjat tle rea l cou'd not be made to pay
spite 'f these mistaken opinions
:laeOclnmbia Southern has been a pro-
rft earner from the btart.
ct?ai Oregon has vastly
AtC211hiitl strte', Portland,
Oregon, Wednesday evening, June
17, at 8 o'clock, a very pretty wed-
diog took placH when William H.
Datlon led Miss Sopbie Harriet
Rieman to tbe matrimonial alter
and was tbere united by tbe Rev.
W. A. M. Breck; of St. Matthew's
churcl as husband and 'wife, to
share life's sorrows autl happiness
alike.
Tbe wedding occurred at the
ItoniB of tbe bride's mother, Mrs.
Daniel Rieman, and was a quiet
affair, tbere being only a few reJa
fives and the moat intimate friends
present.
1 be bride was charming in a
beautiful gown of white elysee
cloth over cream taffeta, cut in the
semi-empire mode, trimmed with
duchess lace, purchased while
abroad, and carried a shower bou
quet of bride's roses. Miss Rose
Grefl'oz acted as maid of honor and
was daintily attired in a pretty
gown of pink embroidered mull.
The groom was aided by Ed
ward G. Roe, as best man.
The house was beautifully dec
orated with roses, sweet peas and
carnations and the color scheme
in tbe dining room was yellow.
The fable was presided over by
Mrs. James Welch (formerlj7 Miss
Flo Halleck) and Mrs. Ross H.
Plurumer.
There were several old time
Heppner people in attendance at
this weddiug, Rmong whom were
Mrs. Homer Halleck, Miss Alma
Halleck, Blaine Hallock, Mrs. Jas.
B. Welch, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Morrow, Mr. and MrB. Henry
Blackman all of Portland, and Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Button and Gar
field Crawford of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Button spent a
short honeymoon ip the Puget
Sound cities and will be at home
to their rmny friends afcer July
NOW ON SUM
MER RANGE
Stock all Placed in Nation
al Forest.
All of the sheep, cattle and
horses to be ranged in the Heppner
National Forest are now in and
have betu placed on the respective
allotments by the forest officials.
The lower ranges are now being
used in order to give the grass on
tbe high ranges a good start which
is later coming on. The stock will
be kept on tbe low ranges until
about the 15th of July.
There are now about 110,000
sheep and 23.000 bead of horses
and cattle ranging in the Heppner partially destroyed.
-National lorest.
Forest Grove Is waking tip ovei
the trospect of the electric road
coming there..
Not wiping to have too many
saloons, Newport has raised the
license to $1,000.
J. B. Switzler has just finished a
large ferry boat at the cost of $0,000
to be used on the Columbia river
i IT ml m
ai umatuia. me boat will carry
GO head of cnttle or 5C0 head of
sheep with safety.
As a Clatskanie man was driving
a wagon loaded with straw, mean
while enjoying his pipe, he sudden
ly discovered the straw was on fire
and by the time he could get his
team unhitched, the load was a
mass of flames. The load burned
up completely ana tne wagon was
Gold Hill is doubly dry since the
lection. The town pump, on the
morning after the returns came in,
putting the entiie work of slacking
the public thirst on it, went out of
business with a broken wheel.
Now the fruit canneries are busy,
including several new ones-
For a number of years St. Hel
ens and Houlton have been making
a vain attempt to get together and
build a public school half way be
tween the two places. Last year
Houlton voted for and 8t. Helens
against consolidation. One day
last week Houlton voted against
and St. Helens for consolidation.
Weekly Oreronlan Heppner Gasett.
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1st, at 021 Third street.
Medford is judicially wet, acd
happy.
The waters of Tule hike are still
slowly receding.
Tillamook was the only county
that gave woman's suffrage a ma
jority in the late election.
Tbeprosppct is for larpe crops of
grain throughout tbe iVillamette
valley, especially in Linn county.
Glasses properly fitted at P. O.
Borg's. tf.
Highest cash price paid for hides
pelts and furs. Phill Colin.
Westerbefg's
ure Ice Cream
Tolk's Gazetteer A business Di
rectory of each city, town and vi lage
in Oregon and Washington, giving a de
scriptive sketch of each dace, togfther
with the location and shipping facili
ties and a classified directory of each
business and profestion. R. L, Polk &
Co., Inc., Seattle.
PaM 11.40 psr cant.
(en
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Is a .strictly Morrow County product made of 21
per cent cream, Ilabeock test, which means 21
pounds butter fat per 100 pounds cream guaran
teed to be strictly first class and free from adul
teration. During the season of 1007, according to a con
servative estimate, there were paid $7000.00 to
Portland ice cream manufacturers and the ex
press company, for ice cream, by Morrow County
dealers. This money you will see was sent out of
the county and never returned. 1 believe in boost
ing Morrow Count v. Distribute the monevnmonj:
our farmers. Morrow County first, last and all
the time. " .
My plant is of sufficient capacity to supply the
entire county with the frozen product and 1 solicit
agents in every town. "Write or call for wholesale
prices.
Retail Prices.
We are After Your Business.
Plain ice ereaim any flavor, per gallon .
Fruit ice cream, per gallon
Xut icecream, per gallon
Fancy ice cream . . . .
Ice cream in bricks, any one flavor, per quart ."0c
Icecream in bricks, any two flavors, per qt! (50c
Ice cream in bricks, any three flavors, per qt. 00c
Orders Promptly Filled.
IT. I. WESTBRBERG
Heppner, Oregon
1.50
2.00
2.00
2.00
II. H. Bugbee was in from Hard
man yesterday. -
Attorney S. E. Van Vactor visit
ed lone, Tuesday.
Mose Ashbauph was in from
Eight Mile, yesterday.
Tom Matlock came up from Port
land, Tuesday evening.
D. A. Herren, the Spray mer
chant is in the oity.
Some snow ' fell in Baker-City
one day last week, the latest snow
fall in J9 years, claims the Tribune.
A boy's idea of liberty is to eat the
cake and ask Lis mother afterwards if
he mar have it.
When you tiet time what becomes of
all the things you intended to do when
you found it?
To be a social sucoess you must pre
tend you are having a good time whether
you ate or not t
Dick Reck man, a farmer living near
Grass Valley Sherman county, was fined
3-r)0 at Portland and sentenced to spend
six hours in jail, by Judge Wolverton in
the United States district court, haying
been indicted by the grand jury on a
charge of illegally fencing "government
land.
Heppner LwUe No. i')8. B. P. O. EJka.-Kett-ular
meeting night lecond and fourth Thurs.
daya of each month. H&riry Juhimoii, i. K
Thou. Breusau, Sec,
Liberty Meal Market
Boyer & Wherry
Fresh and Salted Meats
Fish on Fridays
Highest market price
paid for fat stock
HEPPNER. OREGON
Pacific Lodging
House
C.N.SHINN. Prop.
Good ' clean rooms,
none better in town.
Come and Stop With Us
MAIN STREET. HEPPNER, ORE.
Big Sale
On Waists mid Lawns, what a tumbling on shirt
waist prices.
All our beautiful , summer Lawn and Silk Waists
from $2.00 to 15.50 at tfoff.
$2 00 Waists for $1.50
it
2.25
2.50
3.00
350
4.00
4.50
500
5.50
Summer Lawns and Dimities at off.
yards for si .00
tt
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1.65
1.85 .
2.25
260
3.00
335
375
415
Calicos
Thomson
Bros.
Dealers in
General
Heppner,
Merchandise
Oregon
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You rcay invest fro:n 8100 to f-W? or
more with ns in I'ortlanjl Uusiueps
Blocks and receive the income from
rents. Rales and other profits each Hix
months. It pa'il others 11 :4 ) per cent,
per annum. It will pay you. No care.
No taxe.
Iioht. D. luman, President.
ieo. E. Chamberlain, 1st vice pres.
T. I', llonpyman, I'd vice pres.
N. tj. IUufieh', .'M vice pres.
Dr. Andrew C. Smith, Treas.
X. V. Rjuntree, Secy.
II. 11. Reynolds, Superintendent.
For particulars write C. E. McOure
04 1-2 Dekum Bld? , Portland, Oregon.
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The old Marqnam theatre in Portland,
has been leased tor a term of 10 years
by the Consolidated Amusement Co. It
. is the intention to make many improve-
Traffic in j ments and bring the old play house back
increased into a paying institution. -
..cmk tkat time. It is known that an
kfltteMtoa of the Columbia Southern to
Nearly every man has heavy bass
voice when be snores.
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But the buyer who heeds ex-
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Typewriter Company
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HARDWARE
Tools, Machinery,
Fencing,
in fact, anything
in our line.
Come and get
prices.
GILLIAM & BISBEE
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PflLCE HOTEl
HEPPNER, OREGON
Leading Eastern Oregon Motw
MODERN CONVENIENCES
ELECTRIC LIGHTED . . .
Under; New; Management. Thoroughly
RenoTatedand Reflitted. Best
Meals in the City.
HADDOCK. I CO. Props.