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HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON.
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MORROW COUNTY
Facts Forced From Familiar Faces
G. H.
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If I had my way about it , I would
take the eagle from the coins of this
country and in its place put the Am
erican hen. Hens have rendered civ
ilization valuable service. It i3 said
that the cackling of hens saved
Rome. Whether this is true or not, I
do not know. It is a fact, however,
that chickens played a big part in
keeping the town of lone on the map
along about 1910 and 1911. There
is an old saying that you should not
count your chickens before they are
hatched. Today it is possible to
count your chickens before they are
hatched. Eeericulture is an exact I California,
America. John S. Gurdane sailed
the Spanish Main and when the war
begun he listed with the Union. He
went through the battles of Shiloh,
Corinth, and lost one eye in the cap
ture of Vicksburg. He finished his
soldier's career on Sherman's march
to the sea and was honorably dis
charged after passing in review be
fore President Lincoln at the Nation
al capital.
"I started for the West when I was
a young man and came to Leadville,
Colorado, when the boom was on
there. I didn't strike it very well, so
I went to Wyoming and later to Ida
ho. In the winter of '82 I came to
Oregon and settled near Potts,where
I went into the stock business. I
raised some good horses and a few
sheep and was there about twelve
years. From Potts I came to Mor
row county and farmed out on Hin
ton Creek for four years.
"About that time the bicycle craze
struck this part of the country and
I went into the bicycle business in
After a few years in
born in Scotland and migrated to j at the first chicken show at Pendleton
science. The old lament, "what is
home without mother?" has been
solved. It is an incubator. Since
we have come to know more about
incubators we can explain such hap
penings as the birth of Moses, who
was found in the bullrushes, likewise,
Romulus and Remus, the mythical
founders of Rome. Topsy, however,
has gone the incubator one better.
Along with the name of Oscar Min
or, who has placed Heppner on this
country's map, can be placed the
name of Douglas C. Gurdane. As a
man who has raised and owned some
of the best chickens in the Northwest
and who understands about all that is
worth knowing about chickens, few
men compare with Mr. Gurdane.
Mr. Gurdane was born in Greenbay,
Wisconsin the year that the Civil
War started, 1801. His mother's
name was Janette and his father was
John S. Gurdane. They were both
this business, I came back to Mor
row county and drove a stage from
Ileppner to Canyon City for four
years. The company finally took off
their big stages. I was offered the
marshalship of Heppner, so I start
ed to work for the City. I served
two terms as marshal and began
raising a few fancy chickens.
"Later on I was appointed Deputy
Game Warden by Gov. West and four
counties were under my supervision.
Three years ago 0. P. Hendrickson
and myself bought out this business
from I E. Westerberg and last fall
my son and I bought out Mr. Hend
rickson's interest.
"Tell me something about your
chicken business, Mr. Gurdane," I
said. Mr. Gurdane started by pull
ing a box from under the counter
which was full of ribbons.
"Here are three ribbons I took
in 1900. I was the first person that
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got the business men of Pendleton ;
to start the poultry organization.
The Banker's Cup of Pendleto n, a
warded for the best pen of chickens,
I won for two years. In 1911 and
1912 I had the champion hen of the
state. Lady Morrow scored 92
points.
" I sold several chickens for ten
dollars. I have shipped eggs all
over the country. At the present
time I have about one hundred and
twenty-five chickens down home. All
first-class birds too. When I started
in the business there were very few
people ever paid any attention to
their chickens. Oscar Minor raised
some fancy chickens and Gene Noble
was raising some good birds. We stir
red up a little competition in the busi
ness and soon there were several oth
er men in the game. Chickens are
like anything else, ordinary things will
do ordinary work, better things will do
better work. I have found that fancy
chickens lay better, and grow fast
er and weigh more for the least ex
pense. When my chickens get sick,
1 take care of them until they are well
but I seldom ever have any sick."
Doug., as his friends call him, is
a Republican. Twenty-eight years
ago he married Miss Louella French,
who lived on Hinton Creek and who
is the mother of their one son, now
his father's partner in their business
known as Gurdane's Pastime. Among
other good things, he is an Odd Fel
low. He is one of the boosters for
Ileppner and Morrow County and
says that he has seen considerable of
this country's surface, but he thinks
Heppner compares favorably with
any of it. On his awning reads the
sign, "Boost for Heppner." He also
offered the Moral Squad accomoda
tions for their weekly meetings. The
grouch and the glooms never congre
gate in Doug.'s place. There is a
smile audible and a pleasant word.
Doug, attends strictly to his own busi
ness, he never pours a stream of
trouble into your ear. He has con
fidence in the integrity of his friends
and never dictates to other what they
shall or shall not do. Such men are
good neighbors, good business asso
ciates, and the world is better for
their being here.
I wish lo announce to my many friends, former patients and the
public, the removal of my ollice from the Bank of Heppner building
to the corner of Center and Gale streets, one half bloak west of old
location. There is an entrance from both Gale street and Center
street to the ollice nnd waiting rooms.
These new quarters will give me five large rooms instead of the
amall rooms in the former building nnd will enable me to install the
most comprehensive electrotherapeutic nnd hydrotherapeutic equip
ment. I have at present the most modern nnd best equipped ollices
in the county ami intend to add to the present all the electric appli
unces now that we hnve the current.
You are cordially invited to call and inspect the office and equip
ment. Ollice hours 9 to 12 a. m. nnd 1. to 5 p. m.
Dr. J. PERRY CONDER.
ONE OF THE BEST FARMS IN
MORROW COUNTY IS NOW
FOR SALE
Here is a bargain for rt man looking for a good home
Mr. J. H. Campbell owns what has been known as the
Ham Burchell place, 8 miles due east of Lexington and
twelve miles north of Heppner. This place consists of
940 acres, principally all tillable land. There is a good
house, two barns and several other good buildings, in
eluding a blacksmith shop. There are twenty-five head
of horses and mules, three milk cows and three heifers.
Two wagons, three wheat beds, three two bottom plows,
one combine, two twenty-loot harrows, two weeders, two
discs, one Stockton Range plow, about $500 worth of har
ness, one walking plow, ono grain crushc, two wheat
drills, one cook house and water tank, one new $300 hay
press, one mowing machine and rake, some hogs, 1000
bushels of oats in bin, one Campbell packer, 200 chickens,
some turkeys, some household goods and other articles
about the farm too numerous to mention.
A good orchard on the place. A new windmill just
erected. Telephone in the house and on ,he main road.
This place is known as one of tho finest places in Morrow
County and a man who will hustle can cam from ten to
fifteen thousand dollars every year.
TERMS: $31,000 buys this place, $9,800 cash and the
balance in eight years time at 6 per cent. I am selling
this place because I have been advised to go to a timber
ed country by the doctor to improve my rapidly failing
eyesight. I am offering this place at such reasonable
turns because I am anxious to dispose of it before the
next thirty days. Anyone desiring such a place can do
no better than to call at the farm and look it over at
once.
J. H. Campbell
Lexington, Oregon
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Cottage Grove, Oregon, Grange Fair;
Sept. 17-18-19, Dallas, Oregon, Polk
County Fair; Sept. 17-19, Walla Wal
la, Wash., Frontier Days' Celebra
tion; Sept. 17-18, Walla Walla, Wash.,
Knights Templar; Sept. 17-18-19,
Roy, Wash., Roy Argicultural Fair;
Sept. 18-20, Seattle, Wash., Pacific
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MINOR & CO
Eightmile, Oregon.
July 20, 1914.
Deer Editor:
I see by yore paper that they want
me to join the Moral Squad, but I
aint going to have nothin to do with
it no more. I tried to get it out here
on the farm, but nobody would send
it to me. Besides I am awful bisy
pitchin hay now, and you would have
("oast Dahlia Exhibit: Sent. 21.
Helena, Mont., Fair; Sept. 21-20 j to maik Al. Slocum and Ralph Yeager
Pendleton, Oregon, Umatilla County resine, as I doant want to bee sene
rair; bopt. zi-zu, North iakima,
Wash., Washington State Fair; Sept.
21, Astoria, Oregon, Finnish Apostolic
Lutheran Congregation of America;
Sept. 22-23, Fossil, Oregon, Caledon
ian; Sept. 22-2.r, Eugene, Oregon,
Lane County Fair; Sept. 22-25, Tole
do, Oregon, Lincoln County Fair;
Sept. 22-2U, Fossil, Oregon, Wheeler
County Fair; Sept. 22-24, l.aGrande,
Oregon, Union County Fair; Sept.
22-2i, Moscow, Idaho, Latah County
Fair; Sept. 2:)-2ti, Myrtle Point, Ore
gon, loos and lurry I ounty rair;
hopt. 2.i-2!i, Scio, Oregon, Linn Coun
ty Fair; Sept. 2;i-2r, Tillamook, Ore
gon, Washington County hair; hept.
2.'f-2(i, Prmeville, Oregon, Crook
County Fair; Sept. 2:l-2.'i, Tho Dales
Oregon, Wasco County Fair; Sept.
24-2;"i-2ti, Astoria, Oregon, Clatsop like em,
I ounty Agricultural l air; Sept. 24--'f-2l,
Pendleton, Oregon, The Kound
Up; Sept. 24 2ii, Klamath Falls, Ore
gon, Klamath County Fair; Sept. 25
2i, Milwaukie, Oregon, Milwnukie
(range No. 2HS; Sept. 2S to Oct. 3, Matteson,
nuiem, uregim, iiregon male rair;
Sept. 28-30, Cincinnati, O., American
Association of Commercial Execu
tives ; Sept. 2:t to Oct. 2. Lewiston,
in their cumpany. I doant see how
awl them fellers can afford to pay
the dews, anyhow. There is Ralph
Yearge, for instance, a pore hay
pichin boy, will come in and blow all
his summer's wages with the old
Moral Squad. I doant see how he is
goin to git married if he stays with
that krowd. He ought to bee like
me, and git away out hear with the
jack rabbits and mules.
Pleas tell Alex Cornett I doant
sociate with no cats, even if he does,
and if they want me to join the
Squad this winter they will have to
exclude all cats and dogs, as I doant
FOR SALE
I have for sale several 10 and 20-acre tracts of Willow
Creek bottom land, all under ditch, just outside the limits of
the city of lone, and 14 of a mile of the schoolhouse. Some
of these tracts are already seeded to alfalfa. Prices are
reasonable and terms can be arranged to suit.
These tracts can be made into ideal orchard and truck
garden farms.
Ike Howard
IONE, OREGON.
IF YOU SEE IT IN THE HERALD YOU KNOW IT IS SO.
Yours truly,
A. Farm Hand.
C. Rizzonelli, son-in-law of Albert
returned to his home in
Wallace, Idaho, todty after spending
several weeks at Mr. Matterson's
ranch. R. Hudspith, who is also a
Idaho, l.ewiston-l lnrksim Fair Ass n; ! son-in-law of Mr. Matteson is visit
Oct. 1-3 Condon . Oregon, C.ilha.n at nig wif . homo ,nd wiU
( ounty rair; Oct. 2-3, Sa.nlv, Oregon,1 . . ,, ,, ,
Sandy Grange Fair; Oct. 5. Salt Lake nmm for 8ome t,m 'et- Mr- Huda"
City, Utah, Salt l.al.e City, Utah, i pith lives in Prince Rupert, B. C.
Fair; Oct. 5-10, Colfax, Wash., Whit-1 Phil! Cohn and family spent Sun
man County Fair; Oct. .!.!, Moscow ' duy t thir camp in the mountains.
Ida., Presbyterian ( hurch Synod of ,
Washington: Oct. 7-17. Wichita. Kan.. .
International Soil Products Eexposi-1 Vic Groshen entertained a stork
tion; Oct. 8-9-10 ,Moro, Oregon, Sher- Tuesday afternoon. The bird left
man County Fair; Oct 1.1-17. St. him an tit ,nd one-half pound girl.
Johns, Wash., Harvest I armval; Oct. .. , ,, r ' , ,
.'I. Wichita. Kan., f rans-Mississippi Mr- and J18 Ghen are doing
Commercial Congress; Oct. 2ti to Nov. ne. tc hasn t been up town since
14, Portland, Oregon, Manufacturer the event and we are told that his
,'l Products Show of Portland; friends are waiting for him.
Oct. 28-31, Taenia. Wash., Washing-:
ton Hoys & Girls Agricultural In
dustrial Contest; Nov. 11-17, Atlanta,
tia.. Women's Christian Temperance
Union; Nov. 10 21, Spokane, Wash.,
Spokane National Apple Show; Nov.
25 2H, Wulla Walla, Wash., O. W. R.
& N. Corn Show; Nov. js to Deo. 5,
Chicago, 111., lntermitioiii.l Livestock
reposition, I num Stock Yards; Nov. ,
30 to Dec 5 lewiston, Ida., North-; Mrt M b cl,rk ,nd two d h.
west Livestock Annual Show; Dec. - , , .... ,
12. Portland. Oregon. Facile Inter- Mr,on nd MrK"y. leftrri-
nntional Livestock KvpoMtion. Union Iny morning for their summer vaca-Stox-k
Yard.-; Doc. V -1 J. Portland, tion. They will go to Portland first
Show"1' VTfg"" IW'U lvt s,wk and then to the beach. Mr. Clark
SI PPI.KMKNTAUY. j'11 in thom
July 25, Albany, Orvgon, C.reeters i
AMooiation; Aog. 17-l;t, penticton, j Mra. Dr. Allison left last week for
It. C, Western CamuU Irrigation . two-wevk visit with her sinter, Dr.
A.H iation; Sept. 7 1. Detroit, Mich.,
Michigan State Fair. May - Uarnhart, in Portland.
News has reached Heppner stat
ing that the W. R. Irwin family has
a new baby girl. The child was born
in Portland about the Fourteenth of
this month and Mrs. Irwin and the
baby are both doing fine.
"Let 'er Buck"
BOOTS
Prices from $6.00 to $7.50
A. A. CUTTER and J0M0 Brand
Heavy Work Shoes
Prices from $3.50 to $7.50
These Will Keep Your Feet Dry
"American Gentleman"
THE DRESS SHOES FOR MEN
Prices from $3.00 to $5.50
I still have an odd lot of Ladies' Shoes
to be closed out at your own prices.
eTnTgonty
Only Up-to-date Repair Factory ia Morrow County. Always at your
Service. Work Done Wail Yoa Wait if N ecessary.
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