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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1911
VOL. 28. NO. 22.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER YEAR.
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The Morrow-Umatilla
Wants your presence
SEPT. 11 TO SEPT. 16
More exhibits, more space, more
music, more entertainment and more
of everything that pleases.
Special Rates From. Morrow County
FROM W. S. WHARTON
Sees Bumper Crops of the
Inland Empire.
Don't Forget the" ROUND-UP
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"DiGNIfTING
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INDUSTRIES"
This is the title of a beautiful 4-pag- book, which
will show any boy or girl bow to SUCCEED. Drop a
postal In the mall TODAY and It will be sent FREE.
The aim of the College Is to dignify and popularise
the Industries, and to serve ALL tbe people. It offers
courses In Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engin
eering, Forestry, Domestic-Science and Art, Com
merce, Pharmacy and Music. The College opens
September 22d. Catalog free.
Address: REGISTRAR, OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE, Corvallls, Oregon.
Anything in the line of :
Fresh Fruits,
Vegetables,
or Fancy Gorceries
CALL ON,
SAM
VAWTER CRAWFORD
Notary Public Insurance Agent
Represents some of the leading Fire Insurance companies, in
cludiDg Home, of New York, Hartford, and tbe Phoenix, of
London.
Ollice: Gazette, Heppner, Oregon
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R. M. HART, Prop,
The place where you find the choicest .stock of
Candies, Cigars and Tobacco in the city. .
ICE CRE.in SEASON HOW O.I. W snake .sir awn Cream Tba
Heat 1st T.wa. Try It once an4 be cen vlnce4.
FresH Popcorn
Hot Peanuts
. Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 19.
Mr. Vawter Crawford,
Heppner, Oregon.
Friend Crawford:
I have spent a week in the In
land Empire country, viaitin
North Yakima, Spokane, Coue
d' Alene, Pull man, Colfax and
Walla Walla'.
I made a trip up the Couer d
Alene lake for BO miles, thence u
the St. Joe river by steamer
Along the shores of the lake and
river is mostly lumbering and as
fast as the lands are cleared they
are being planted to fruits.
Couer d' Alene lake is one of th
most beautiful sheets of water in
tbe world, and for miles its shores
are dotted with beautiful cottage
built by tbe people of Spokane and
other inland cities for summer
homes.
New towns are in evidence along
the shores of the lake and up St
Joe river. The Milwaukee, X. P,
and 0. W. R. & N. are ajl operat
ing in this section and there is i
great deal of activity.
Couer d' Alene City now
over 5000 people and is a little
wonder.
Crops are good in Idaho, also
throughout Eastern Washington.
A ride from Tekoa to Walla Walla
ust dow is a revelation. Combined
harvesters, headers and steam
threshers are seen in operation
everywhere.
The crop in this section is the
heaviest in the history of wheat
farming. I saw today wheat that
yielded 72 bushels to the acre; this
came from a 100 acre field that
made this average. I was in other
fields that were going GO bushels
to the acre. I wish Morrow coun
ty farmers could have one crop
ike this and her farmers would
pay off all of their debts.
With personal regards to your
self and all our He ppner people, I
am very sincerely,
W. S. WHARTON.
Sand Hollow Items.
(By 8ol) ,
R. B. Rice is hauling straw from
Evans Bros.
V
has
We carry a complete line of Eastman
Kodaks, Premo, Century and Graphlex
Cameras. Patterson & Son.
Notice .
To whom it may concern:
From this date on all orders for
wood and coal must be accompan
ied by the cash or orders will not
be considered. Those in arrears
must pay up or no orders taken.
Prices for fuel at present: $9.50
per ton for the best Rock Springs
coal, nut or lump; $5.50 per cord
green slab, hauled direct from the
car; $0.00 per cord dry slab; SS.OO
per cord pioe and fir cord wood;
89.00 per cord oak; charges of 2oc
extra for less than cord or ton lots.
I have on hand about SO tons of
Wyoming coal that I will sell for
$7.00 per ton as long as it lasts.
Leave all orders at Slocum Drug
Co. store, where you will be given
a receipt lor the same, or order di
rect from me.
Respectfully yours,
Elmer Beaman.
Heppner, Oregon, August S, 1911.
Shipment of Mutton.
Heppner's reputation as a mut
ton market was further established
last Saturday when a shipment of
ten car loads was made to the Tort
land market. Geo. Terry had
charge of a shipment of three car
loads for Minor Bros.; Elder &
Gentry shipped seven carloads in
charge of Frank Eider and Theo
dore Anderson. The shipment
consisted mainly of yearlings and
were io fine condition for delivery.
- Mr. Ashinhuat and Arthur are
working with the thresher.
Miss Winnie Smith has been on
the sick list again but is now bet
ter.
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Mrs. Ashinhust and daughters
spent the day with Mrs. Rice last
week.
Gene Gray spent a few days
with his sister, Mrs. Mont Bundy,
last week.
Grover Swaggart apd family are
camped in the mountains while he
banks out wood.
Ted McMillan of Lexington came
out with Mr. Cross Sunday and
took dinner at O. S. Hodsdon's
Miss Anna Hynd and brother
David are in the moantains visit
ing their brother Chas. for a week.
O. S. Ffodsdou and W, L. Copen-
haver have made their third trip to
the mountains after wood, and in
tend going again.
Mr. Judd, the" Watkin's Agent,"
made bis last trip in our vicinity
ast week as he has sold out and
intends going to Idaho to farm
near Twin Falls.
Mr. Cross filled his regular ap
pointment last Sunday and while
t may have been his last visit we J
hope not as we should like very
much to have him with us another
year.
advkktisiod i,i:i ri:ns.
The following letters remain un
called for in the postofHce at Hepp
ner, OregOD. '
Mrs. C. W. Booker
Geo M Cloystem
Jack Fields
Mr M F Frend -Mr
Otis Fox
O E Gatehell
Harry Huble
G. W Harris
Tom McDonnal
R B McKenzie
Miss Carie Stamp
Tearl Stump
F Smith
Pat Togher
Jack VaughD
Mas J Williams
When calling for these please
say advertised.
Pat Barry departed for Portland
on Monday, to spend a week visit,
ing in the metropolis.
m. K. Cliurcli, South.
E!bip ybnr millinery orders for
Mrs. L. E. Cohn who will have
somethmg special for old and new
customers about September 8th.
Every order given her attention
and satisfaction guaranteed. Vie
tor Tailoring Co., of Chicago, sam
ple line to select your suit from,
Made to your measure.
Fair News.
Governor Oswald West will be a guest
at tbe annual Morrow-U.natilla county
fair next month. An invitation to be
present was sent to him some time ago
bv Secretary Fitz Gerald and an answer
has just been received in which tbe
chief executive declares his intention of
attending. Tbe directors will arrange
to have him deliver a short address at
the pavilion during his stay in Pendle
ton. In his latter, Governor West
strongly endorses tbe fair idea as a
means of advertisement and education.
Tuesday of fair week has been official
ly designated as Education Day and
Frank K. Welles, county school super
intendent, and J. 8. Landers, superin
tendent ot the Pendleton public schools,
have been appointed to arrange a suit-
ble program. They announce that
they will secure some educator of prom
nenee to deliver en address and that
hey will have a number of good musi
cal selections to fill out the program.
Stanfield is the latest town of the dis-
riot to announce her intention of being
represented by an exhibit of products
at tlie fair and space has been reserved
for her. C. L. Hnrd, secretary of the
Com.iiercial club, and A. W. Gray,
secretary of tbe fruitgrowers' union,
ave charge of preparing the display
and thev promise to make exciting com
petition for ether towns in the face for
first honors. Aside from the Stanfield
x dibit, W. J. Furnish, the Stanfield
project promoter, has announced that
s will have display of bis own, so
tbat the newest town io Umatilla county
ds fair to be well represented.
For Sunday Aug. 27. Sunday school
at 10 a. m. and preaching st 11 a. tn.
This will be the last service of confer
ence year. All members requested to
be present. Tbe public i nvited Wednes
day the 30th, 7 p. m. The fourth
quarterly conference will meot at the
parsonage. Every official please be
present. Preaching at 8 by Rev. Edward
Barker of Walla Walla. The session
will begin at 9 a. m. Thursday and con
tinues through tbe week. Bishop R. G.
Waterhouse will preside. The public
is invited to all of , these sessions.
Preachinq every night at 9 by the various
pastors and visiting brethern. Dr. W.
E. Vaughn of San Francisco and Dr.
Gross Alexander of Nashville Tenn. will
be present. In all about 50 ministers
and delegates are expected, a cordial
invitation is extended to all. We es
pecially invite the country people to at
tend the Sunday services. Bring your
baskets filled and join us in a feast on
the parsonage lawn. The church is
completed. Come and see what has
been done and enjoy tbe Sunday services
with us.
W. T. Campbell, of Social Ridge, has
started np his thresher tor the season,
beginning on Tuesday at the Valentine
ranch. But very few reports have been
received so far of the yields of gram,
most ol the farmers having but just com
pleted their cutting. By the coming
week threshers will be in general opera
tion and reports of yields should then be
coming in. From present, prospeots it
is expected that the Black Horse sec
tion will lead as tbat part of tbe county
was favored with seasonable rains.
Accidental Shooting.
Dick Conroy, sheepherder in the
employ of George Sparry, shot
himself accidentally on Wednesday
oi iaht weeu, ana aiea a tew nours
later from the result of his wounds.
He was tending a band of sheep on
Swale creek in the mountains and
carried with him a double-barrelled
shot gun, and in getting up from a
log on which he had been sitting
for a time while watchicg the sheep,
he tripped up on bi tree root and
fell forward, the hammer of th)
gun striking ngaiust another log
and discharging one barrel, the
shot striking him in the face. Hj
lay in an uuconscious condition for
some time, and people passing hy
did not notice that he was injured
at all, but rather thought he was
just laying neat the log taking a
nap. It was discovered ' by some
children as they pasBed him the
second time, and the report spread.
Conroy was taken to the Hamil
ton ranch of Minor Bros, and a
physician called out there from,
Heppner, but nothing could b$
done to save the man's ljfe and he
died shortly after the arrival of the
doctor. The remains were brought
to Heppner and buried on Satur
day. Effort was made to locate
his people, but without avail. He
was a man about 30 years of Rgra
and had been working for Sperry
for some time.
"The Lookout of and for Homer,
Michigan," is the title of a neat
little weekly paper sent this ollice
this week by its editor and pro
prietor, Elwyn P. Greene. Mr.
Greene will doubtless be remem
bered by many residents of Hepp
ner as a former pastor of the M.
E. Church here, and is to be con
gratulated on stepping up to the
high calling of a country editor
from that of preaching the gospel.
He was a good preacher, however,
and is making a good editor, '
judging from the paper received.
A forest fire covering about 40
acres, is now claiming the atten
tion of the rangers and assistants
down on Pptamus below Bob creek.
It is not very serious at the present
writing and will soon be under
control. This is the only fire so
far reported on the Heppner see
tion of the Umatilla forest and the
continued exercise of care on tbe
part of campers and others in the
timber will prevent the destruction
of any more of the Blue mountain
forests in this section for this sea
son at least.
Prof. II. H. Hoffman, principal of the
Heppner High School, returned on Mon
day evening and is busily engaged in
getting everything sCaped np for tbe
opening of sohoo'. He spent the most
of the past month in tbe mountains of
Southern Oregon, bunting and fishing,
and comes home feeling rugged and full
of vigor to begin the year's work.
Rev. Warren is enjoying a short visit
this week from his brother, Stover K., a
business man of Spokane. He arrived
while Mr. Warren and wife were in the
mountains, and spent a day or two in
trying to locate them. They returned
to town, however before be had to leave
and so saved them the disappointment
of not meeting each oli.er.
All the new issues of Columbia double
disc records at Patterson Son.
All tbe new issues ot Edison Cylinder
lecorda at Patterson & Son.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E, Van Vactor re
turned from their ieit to Wallowa Lake
on Monday evening. They spent a
week at this picturesque resort, were
greatly impressed with tbe fine farms
and tbe general 'prosperous appearance
of the beautiful Wallowa valley.
"C. E. Woodson and family departed
on Saturday morning for Portland to
pend the week.
Prof. L. B. Kicker, of Irrigon,
arrived in Heppner on Saturday
evening with a car load of melons
which he disposed of to our local
dealers. They are most of them
beauties and are being taken in by
our people at a lively rate. He
left a part of the car load at lone
on the way up. Irrigon certainly
produces Sne watprmelons and ri
pect to put as fine grapes on the
market this season as are produced
iii any country.
J. Garfield Crawford, of Fort
Worth, Texas, arrived in Heppner
Tuesday evening after au ahsenoe
of exactly two years. He will visit
the home folks for a couple of
weeks before returning to Lin
labors as editor of the Citizen Star
and reporter on the Fort Worth.
Star-Telegram, oue of the leading
dailies of the Southwest.
Mrs. W. S. Wharton and child
ren, formerly of Heppner, who
have been visiting friends in the
city for the past week, left on the
local train this morning for Park,
dale, Ore., where they will viit
Mrs. a C. Mcintosh, Mrs. Whar
ton's mother. The Dalles Chronicle.