The I Ieitner Gazette
Fioneer Paper of Morrow County. EstablUhed
March 30, 1883.
1 AHTER CRAWFOKL), Editor and Proprietor
Reports from all over the state
indicate that Governor West's
proclamation setting aside this
week especially for the considera
tion of the subject of good roads
is being acted upon with great en
thusiasm. His message was an
appeal to the citizens of Oregon
to get ready for the opening of
the Panama Canal and thus pro
vide the easiest possible access to
the interior country. Under the
Associa
tion for Highway Improvement,
copies of the eight bills that have
Thursday. February S 1912 been prepared were sent to the
commercial clubs and to the news-
mi. . j iv
pvAMivATinxTC papers, ine secretary 01 me
United every Thursday morning, and -entered t
the roatofhce mi lieppner, Oregon, as accond-
d& mutter.
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entertainments conducted tor pay, regular rates,
For Rent.
oouuu acres good summer
sheep range to lease for one or
two years. See S. W.. Spencer,
Heppner, or Otis Pattetson, Can
yon City. 4t.
Hay for Sale.
400 tons alfalfa. High stacks.
No foxtail. With feed lots, etc.
Phone or write, Otis McCarty,
Butter Creek.
For Sale.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale.
Fine bunch of mules workers
and colts. Prices right.
J. T. Knappenberg.
tf. lone, Ore.
Oregon Development League sent
Returns are coming in on the out a message that as this ques-
.. -o ... - uun tvao nut a lAiuitai ioouc, i n, i rri 1
nvai- tl-io efnto and tViaro is tViP . i 4-U4. :l t: f I VOL 1 raUe.
usual large percentage of failures the commercial bodies affiliated Wil1 exchange good Imported
due to difficult questions. with the League be held to dis- Stallion or Jack for land or stock,
Superintendent Alderman says cuss good r0ads and to make their For further information address,
that in his opinion the questions recommendations. Box 66,
in spelling and civil government m21 Pendleton, Oregon,
m the recent examinations, in KLAALL L,H 1
which such a large percentage ot HIGH SCHOOL. For Sale.
cuDils failed, were too hard for
mmilsof 12andl4vearsold. At 0ne dozen Purebred Single
thk aw thP chM mind hn? tint unique onresi in rOUrl LomD orown iegnorn oocKereis.
High School Grades
Creates Excitement.
The Rexall High School con
test created widespread excite
ment and interest in the Heppner
High School. Patterson & Son,
They are Al. One dollar each
while they last. Speak up. Ad
dress Mose Ashbaugh, Eightmile,
Oregon. jl8-lm.
Treasurer's Notice.
sufficiently developed to grasp the
questions which were submitted
without first having had a lower
irrade training.
up to this time the examina
tions have been prepared by Mr.
Alderman, but the questions on mf nt na merest " tne neopner Notice is hereby given that aU
which such a poor showing was nJ&n ocnooi. ratterson x son, outstanding Morrow county war-
made were prepared by the sup- aiias ine "aall store, iurnisn- rants registered prior to and in
f rintendents in the various coun- e,: a wnereny tne stua- eluding January 3rd, 1911, will be
ties and by the teachers. ents 01 ine "eppner mgn bcnooi paid upon presentation at my
'It does not mean that a miht show their talent and abl1" office. Interest ceases after this
student really fails when he falls lty m literature by combining datft
down on a few questions," said
Mr. Alderman. "Instead, the
student is given an opportunity to
study the questions unanswered.
their literary skill with modern
business
The Home of Rexall offered a
prize ot a beautitul Kexall
Fountain Pen to one student in
t i I it tt i n i i i
ingin this state and in order to eacnoi me nign ocnooi grades
An cn miKt imnco th writing the Dest story on the
1 c x-r- i i m . t - .
stronsrlv of the imnortanre of that word ttkXALL. AS KEXALL,
study
Dated at Heppner, Oregon, this
5th day of Febuary, 1911.
Frank Gilliam,
Treasurer.
We are trying to improve the spell-
I have purchased the jewelery
business of Arthur Smih and am
nrpnnrprl tn An nil Vinris nf watrli
To do so the examinations ,when aPPied to Patterson & Son's and jewele repairing, also
DY VIKTUU OF AN EXECUTION
fluid order of buIo uuly IhhiuhI by
the Clork of the Circuit Court of the
Comity of Morrow, State of Oregon,
dated the 2nd day of September, 1911,
In a certain action in the Circuit
Court for said County and State,
wherein The S. B. Barker Company,
a corporation, i'laintin, recovered
judgment agalnut LuucHa Hopper
and J. A. Hopper, husband and wife,
(iilbert Hunt Company, a corpora
tion, Bank of lieppner, a corpora
tion, Iuterior Warehouse Company
a corporation, D. S. Harris, J. A,
Bergeron and Mrs. J. A. Bergeron
lnisl)! ml and wife, Defendants, for
the sum of One thousand seven hun
dred fifty-seven and 41-100 Dollars,
with interest at the rate of 10 per
cent, per annum from Octolier 11th,
1SW9 and Two hundred Dollars, at
torney's fees and for the further sum
of One hundred sixty-four and 65-100
Dollars, with interest thereon from
the 1st day of February, 1909, at the
rate of 10 per cent. ier annum, and
the further sum of Flffy and no-100
Dollars Attorney's fee, and costs and
disbursements taxed at Sixty-eight
and 20-100 Dollars, on the 15th day of
January, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that I will
on Saturday, the 17th day of Febru
ary, 1912, at 2:30 o'clock P. M., of
said day, at the front door of the
Court House In Heppner, Morrow
County, Oregon, sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash in
naua, tne louowing describeu prop
erty, to-wlt: The west half, the
south half of the northeast quarter
and the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section thirty-
six (30), In Township three (3), South
of Kange twenty-three (23) East of
the Willamette Meridian. Taken
and levied upon as the property of
the said Louella Hopper and J. A.
Hopper, husband and wife or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy the said judgment in favor of
the S. B. Barker Company, a corpo
ration and against said Louella
Hopper and J. A. Hopper, husband
and wife, together with all costs an
(lismirsements that nave or may
necrue. J. u. ha KS, Sheriff.
By J. (). RASMUS. Deputy.
Dated at Heppner. Orecon. Janu
ary loth, iUia.
must necessarily be made as com
plete as posible so that the study
I1K1A ST I S S V T T a-aa rf c -- s-ivrtii 1 It
King of All," naturally some solict your patronage.
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will be considered one of the most kood themes were received.
important branches of the school
work. I must admit that the ques
tions put to the eighth grade pupils
are far too difficult and especially
the civil government questions,
which are more difficult then ever
before according to the records of
this office. For a 13-year-old
pupil to answer a question like
the following is difficult: 'In some
countries, one who speaks ill of
the trovernment mav be tried and
convicted for treason. Can this won by Cecil Hale
banner, in t.hfi Tlnifpd Stat? These stories, together with the
Givethp rpnson fnr vnnr hplipf ?' prizes and names of the prize
"OuMtmn r i-onnJiM- v,;u winners, will be on exhibition in
tf
C. R. Johnson.
The following are the winners
of the prizes :
Arthur Crawford, Seniors.
Henry Cohn, Sophomores.
Walter Yeager, Juniors.
Grace VanVactor, Freshmen.
An additional prize was offered
to the member of the PoDular
Commercial Course writing the Maccabees is not an experiment
best advertisement on this con- with us- We are twenty six
i -i -i i i i
test. This prize, another beauti- years oia ana nave on nana over
ful Rexall Fountain Pen was piO-OW.OOO. . .
tor luther information see K,
A. Smith Palace Hotel.
Bargains in S. C. Rhode Island
Reds. 1911 Breeding Pens for
sale to make room for new stock.
All prize winning stock. Call or
write, L. W. BRIGGS,
tf. Heppner, Or. i
Notice to Creditors.
I
N THE COUNTY COUUT OF THE
Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Roberts
Hal.
Department
to name the record where they
tould find how senators and repre
sentatives voted on bills in con
gress, is the most discouraging,
as very few young people know
of the congressional record. Also
a question to the effect that if the
ting ot hngland should otter a Union convention
very valuable present or a title to issue the names
of The REXALL ai 11 veu,lumeon aionaay evening
iiuin outier, oainornia, wnere
the windows
storp a r. h
NOTE. Thi announcement, written by Cecil neY have Deen IOr the past SIX
i the winning paper for the Commercial months. It IS t.hpir PYTIPftfltion
to settle down again at their
home in this county, as they like
it here better than they do the
In the account of the Farmer's California section.
County.
In the matter of the estate of
Henry Padberg, deceased.
The undersigned having Ikkmi
appointed by the County Court of
the State of Oregon, for Morrow
County, Administrator of the estate
of Henry Pad berg deceased, notice is
hereby given to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against
said deceased, to present them
verified as required by law, withi
six months after the first publication
of this notice to said K. JU Pad berg
Administrator at his attorney
Oflice, being the office of Sam. E. Van
V actor, at lieppner, Oregon.
E. L. PADBERG,
Administrator of the estate of Henry
Padberg, deceased.
Dated January 12, 1912. fl5.
Elected Officers Also.
in last week's i
of the officers
cur minister to that country, what elected for the ensuing year was
would be necessary before he
tould accept it, is entirely too hard
for young pupils and should not
have been asked."
Fifty words in spelling were in
cluded in the examinations which
Mr. Alderman says were too
difficult for the majority of pupils.
Severity of eax mi nations, how
ever, he added, tends to make the
students try all the harder and
maybe the last exam will have a
good effect on the future.
overlooked. They are as follows:
President, C. E. Jones of Eight
Mile; Vice Pres., E. R. Huston,
Liberty; Sec.-Treas., A. S. Akers,
Heppner; Chaplain, J. V. Craw
ford; Condtctor, C. N. Jones,
Heppner; Doorkeeper, Mose Ash
baugh, Eight Mile.
This office acknowledges a
pleasant call on Tuesdav evening
from Mesdames Mahoney, Minor,
Spencer, Pruyn, Walrath and
VanVactor. Call again ladies.
If you dont want to pay Gilliam
& Bisbee for fixing your pipes
take care of them and don't let
them freeze.
Insure vour house with the
Oregon Fire Relief of McMinn
ville the old reliable company,
Geo. Currin, Local Agent.
Knights of the Maccabees of
the World.
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Rooms
Meals
Calvin S. Thomason, who has
been employed by the Oregon
Bankers' Association and the Ore
gon Agricultural College to carry
out plans for the encouragement
of agriculture among the school
children of the state, started his
work this week by visiting Tilla
mook, Lincoln, Yamhill and Ben
ton counties. Preparations were
made lor his reception by the
Pleasant Party.
The Misses Ruby and Mary
Corrigall gave a party to a num
ber of their young friends at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Van
Vactor on Friday eveniner.
"Rook," was the game of the
evening, played progressively,
first prizes going to Creston Mad
dock and Florence Murphy while
Robert Young and Minnalena
Cameron were each handed a
lemon for consolation. Ice cream
and cake was served. Those
present were: Marie Hager, Ella '
and Helen Aiken, Edith Slocum, !
county superintendents and meet
ings of the commercial organiza- j Viva Jones, Minnalena Cameron,
tions held at the points at which j Sylvia Severance, Florence Mur
he stopped gave him an opportu- Phy, Virginia and Janet Crawford
nity to explain his mission. He
announces that prizes will be
offered for displays by school chil
dren in agriculture, wood-working,
sewing, cooking, and phultry
txi J hog raiding.
and Grace Van Vactor, and Ray '
Rogers, Harold and Henry Cohn, 1
Marshall Phelps, Sidney Hallock, 1
John Elder, Miles Potter, Spencer
Crawford, Creston Maddock, Ellis
Minor and Robert Young.
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At the PALACE HOTEL
Service
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HE OPENED UP AND READY FOR YOUR X
inspection. Come and take a look. They g
are better than ever. We have ample room to
w show our goods now. Here are a few of our new
ones in Silks, Surah, Pongee, Chamois, Togo,
Tussah, Shantung, Suesine, Gallia Embroidered,
Floral and others.
of Sprin
Suitings
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in Serge in all colors. Ripp-
You will miss something if you don't see our line J
lettes for dresses needs no ironing.
Galateas, Percales, Prints and Ginghams the
best assortment we havn ever shown.
Thomson Bros.
Owing to times being close,
Ic O. K. Restaurant
will from now on serve meals at
The usual up-to-date service will be maintained.
NOTICE !
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'E wish to announce that this Bank has taken
over the Savings Department formerly con
ducted by the Rank of Heppner.
For the information of old depositors with this
department, we wish to say that we are recieving
these deposits on the same basis as did the Rank of
Heppner.
J To those who have to save money in small amounts,
as do the majority of people, we would suggest that
you open an account with our savings department.
We pay four per cent, per annum on theseaccounts.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Have you ever tried
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Waterless Fresh Fruit and Vegetables ?
If not, and you appreciate Fresh
Vegetables or Fruits at this season of X
the year, try a package and be con
vinced that they are the same as fresh.
and just as cheap. The following
varieties m stock: Cranberries, Blue
berries, Rhubarb, SpinachTurnjps,
Carrots, Stringless Beans, Green Peas,
Sweet Corn, Riced Potatoes, Cream
Soups and Soup Greens.
ehydro
Just add the water-thats all
A. M. PHELPS, The Grocer.
City Meat Marke
Kinsman. Lewis, and Hall. Props.
Fresh Reef, Pork, Mutton, Hams and Bacon, and
Home-rendered Lard. Fresh Fish every Thursday.
Top prices paid for Hides and Pelts.
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