li THE HEPPNER HERALD KDITORIAL SEC TION An independent newspaper published every Tuesday and entered as :;ocond class matter in the post office at Heppner, Morrow Co., Oregon. the city is to control jitneys. School Superintendent Lena The Southern Pacific Co. adopts a ; Snell Shurte will have charge plan of building all wooden freight 1 f tne Children's Department S7pW",UMlTbeIkrd appointed the follow , ingFair Board assistant mem 1 New Era-The stats is to provide1, , . . . t.: p.,. 1 $15,000 for a highway here, in adcli. ! bers for districts; Irrigon, Petei Lion to Ciackcmaa county's $16,000 Susbaur, Cecil. C. A. Minor, md federal aid of $30,000. West lone, J. T. Knappenberg. BOOTS! BOOTS! We have 100 j pairs of good riding boots left. All : sizes in Tan Russian Calf. : GEORGE T. FEARCE . .Managing Editor The Paper Full of News Subscription Price $1.50 per year Umatilla county income tax payers will show a large increase owing to the past year's prosperity. cannery S:,km nt;n:-'9 to furm.-:h the required ; tj,e latter." Roseburtf Review. ncieage to any firm that will estab lish a flax products manufacturing ,:.ii;t here. It h reported that the Oregon l ower Co. will make improvements in the Willamette valley to the extent ,f from $SUO,000 to $400,000. Corvallis Sixth street here is to be paved. The property owners will Se lect the quality. Iioseburg B. W. Bates & Son have bought the Evening News and will enlarge and improve both the paper und the plant. Oregon City The paper mill here plans another addition similar to the $1,000,000 unit about completed. The woolen mills is to big a large addition. Uost'burg A pool of fiOOO acres has 1 .i; jii made in the Klournoy valley to drill Cor oil. "Two corps of government ngin-c-r have already decided that Port Gil'ord harbor is the most suitable j.ort IVr hundreds of miles along the ) u ilic const for building a harbor of i ugc." Port Orford Tribune. "Oregon legislators should bear in mind the fast that this state wants fewer hoards and commissions and more good roads. Some of the money Icing uselessly spent for the former v uiiid be very beneficial if applied to Portland It is forecasted that the Southern Pacific Co. is preparing to go ahead with the formerly planned double track electric system to Salem. Goshen The Southern Pacific Co. has purchased and deeded a parcel of land to the county highway to elimin ate a dangerous crossing. North Bend Preliminary work has been begun on paving the waterfront highway. Astoria The port commission is East lone, Alex Lindsey. Eight-! mile, Oscar Keithly, Hardman, Geo. Bleakman, Lower Butter Kar.don A fertilizer factory here 1 Creek, W. W. Howard. Assistant members for the districts of Lexington, Morgan and Upper Butter Creek have not been ap pointed yet. It is the idea of the board to have these assist j ant members to take work in the way of ascertaining the location of the most suitable product for exhibit and have general charge is Kiii"'estt;d to utilize fish waste. Deer Creek A California company Is to start a chec3e factory here. Grants Pass Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Iet3 a contract to quarry 2000 tons of limestone annually for five years from a .quarry 18 miles from the factory. Coquille The Dollar Mill, which We are now selling at prices less : than same can be bought from manu- facturers today. Hurry and get your size. E. N. Gonty Shoe Store Gold Beach- to bu.ld a new dredge, to be used to chaged a rock crusher and 'e(luipent improve the Skipanon river. , ;,,. ,l ,.,i ;., tU . .., .. Eugene is to have a cheese factory if the quantity of milk is available. Gresham The fruit cannery hers is to be rebuilt and is also to handle vegetables. Portland Improvements on the North Bank, Oregon Electric, Oregon Trunk and the United Railways lines for the past 12 months have totaled over ffiOO.OOO. Vale- The stockraising homestead net is causing a big rush for lands. This will add millions to the tax roll. Due to the enterprise of the Bell system, the whole United States may be enabled to hear President Wilson's inaugural speech on March 5, over the long distance telephone.. Rosehurg Owing to several recent incidents endangering citizens' lives, to improve the roads in the northern part of the county. Pendleton A local syndicate has paid $200,000 for a 3000-aere Umatil la ranch. juice factory it Go to I GILLIAM & BISBEE For Your Harvest Supplies OPs, Greases, Beltinq Lace Leather., etc. Wc will give you the oualitv and the price that will command your patronage, otherwise we do not look for it. "We have got it-will get itor it isn't made" GILLIAM & BISBEE has been idle since 1912, is to operate 1 of the Fair Board work in their again and employ 40 men. i . , m, , t . , districts. The dates chosen for JfcSTrte "-Ithe 1917 Fair were September lo-li-U, HIM WCCtt JlCtCCUIllg the Pendleton Round Up. The Morrow County Fair is now a member of the North Central Fair Association, con sisting of the Fair Boards and Boards of Managers of the fairs held in Wheeler, Deschutes, : Crook, Gillian, Wasco, Shermen, The river andinnri Mnrrnw nmint.ips. Orpo-on. and Klicitat County, Wash. W. W. Smead represented the Morrow County Board at The Dalles last week when the North A new brick garagj I Central organization was perrect led. Through this organization Bend Strahorn railroads will de-lit will be arranged to have a velop a 28.000 square mile having j m uch higher class of entertain- tnonn'nnn'000 t'1 foment and concession at future 10 000,000 acres dry farming land,' r.0 000 acres reclaimable land, salts, j fairs in the districts. The 10L sodas, nitrates and potash, cattle and i Morrow County Fair will be by sheep ranges and vast waterpowers. j far he bost Fajr we have ever Albany Peppermint growers of the t held, state perfect organization. 1 'Masonic Building Repairing Neatly Done P.oseburg A fruit may be built here. Washington, D. C- harbor. bill includes $80,000, for the Oregon City locks and $1)0,300 for improving the river above the locks. Falls City is to have a new S. P. depet soon. Grants Pass- iB to be built here soon. Eugene Coos county cooperates to urge a highway from this point. A GOOD POSITION Can bH had bv anv ambitious I field of railway or commercial Oregon is 'given $128,111 from the j telegraphy Since the passage of .. I . . .... .. r Umatilla county has increased in )t wealth nearly $1,500,000 in the past j!year. Pendleton The West End Chop mill has changed hands and will erect a large warehouse. a Morrow County Fair Board Elects Cff'cers vj Wrihii ri cvt'iiiiiir the Mor v rw County Fair Board met in 1 1 tin- ..m of VV V Smad, elect e'l iif!i''eri and ili-)oed ol cii'i- k 1 ( 1 tni-injs Folio vi nsr h -h ,tii ... , ,,r id.. ,.,;i.m for it In e in Nil c.ir: l'j It II iiiton. IV.-s ; W, V .J icit llynd, SllltMld. Vice Pres.: Sec'y.Troas. the eight-hour law by congress, it has created a big demand for telegraph operators. Positions paying from $75 to $W per month with many chances for advance ment. It will pay you to write Railway Telegraph Institute, of Portland, Or., for full particulars. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior United States Land Office at La Grande, Oregon. Dec. 26, 1916 NOTICE is hereby given that Charles II. Johnson, of Heppner, Oregon, who, on July 3rd, 1913, made Homestead Entry, No. 012203, for Lots 3 and .4 S 1-2 N W 1-4, Sec. 2, and on June 7, 1916, mnde Ad. H. E. 015988, for lots 1 and 2 and S 1-2 NE 1-4, Sec tion 2, Twp. 4 South. Range 28 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three-year Proof, to establish claim to the land obove descibed, before C. C. Patterson, United States Commissioner, at his office at Heppner, Oregon, on the 10th lay of March, 1917. Claimant names as witnesses: David O. Justus, Ernest R. Mer ritt, Charles Buckman, and Harry Hayes, all of Heppner, Oregon. C. L. Dunn, Register. :TROYi W., I,.. i... .1.. l.l.. Our excellent equipment insures Dcrfert . umrlr nn ...liar .kirl .nl f clolnes. Send them to us by Parcels Post Our Work is Guaranteed JTROY LAUNDRY ; PENDLETON, . ORE CLUB BILLIARD PARLOR j Palace Hotel I O. B. Hottman First Class Straight Rail and Pocket Billiard Tables J Soft Drinks, Fancy Candies, J A Complete Lnie of Cigars, J Cigarettes and Tobaccos J E. H. Kellogg, Morrow County I Agent for Ford One Ton Truck Attachments. Palace Hotel, Heppner. UC service CnmUn : '"Quality 1 : tltol Price Undertakina I Case Furniture Co. Heppner; Ore. : 5 WANTED I nave a farmer who wants to rent a wheat ranch of about 200 to 300 acres. Has own outfit and well fixed to farm in first class shape. If you have anything let us know immediately. The Heppner Herald ROTAS CUTS THE COST j of TYPEWRITING The Ne w Model No. 10 ROYAL Glass - nclosed Oust Proof Mechanically Correct NOTICE This notifies all concerned that I will prosecute all who al low stock to trespass on my property known as the Dr. Win nard placg in Cason Canyon. Signed: Philip Gilliam. You Regulate the Touch To Suit Strength, Simplicity and Service never before found in any typewriter Jiiav' ny ,hin(J 'ou want in Srrond land T pr writers. GEO. T. PEARCE Fhone 13 Heppner, Oregon NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior United States Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon. Jan. 2Gth, 1917. Notice is hereby given that J , Arthur Charles Keene, of Lex- i ingion. uregon, wno, on April 1 2Hh. 1912, made Homestead Entry. No. 101221, forSl-2SEl.. Sl-2 SWl- l, See. U- Nl-2 NE1-I Section 21, Township 2-South, Range 21 East, Willamette Meri- dian, has filed notice of intention 2 to make Final three var Proof, 2 to establish claim to the land a- 2 bovo descibed, before C. C. Patt- J erson, L . . l.ommissiitncr. at 2 Heppner, Oregon, on theHhdav 2 of March, 1917, 2 Claimant names as witnesses: 2 John R. Olden and Ota Adkirn. 2 both of HeppKcr, Oregon, Curtis 2 C. Rhea, of Kme and William T 2 Campbell, of Lexington. 2 . H. Frank Woodcock. 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