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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1914)
i HOTNER GARAGE ALBERT BOWIVER, Prop, Agent for TORD, MITCHELL, and OVERLAND CARS Full line of Automobile Supplies, Oils, Gasoline, and Kerosene Now booting orders for delivery of autos in car load lots. I eal Estate We have for sale GRAIN FARMS ALFALFA FARMS STOCK RANCHES And some good pieces of City Property at prices that are attractive. Terms easy. If interested, come and see us. MEAD & CRAWFORD People's Cash Market TW1CHELL & WRIGHT, Proprietors i FRESH AND SMOKED MEATS Hamburger and Sausage Fresh Every Day Come in and inspect our Shop. Cleanliness is our Motto. Thttliouspwife should not forget that - is our phone number. Call us up and get what you want. PEOPLE'S CASH MARKET fil I Heppner Farmers' Union Warehouse Co. Wool, Grain Choice Flour - $5.00 per bbl. I "Wood, Coal, Cedar Posts and Rolled Barley jf Best prices paid for Hides and Pelts Licensed Embalmer Lady Assistant J. L. YEAGER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Phone Residence. Heppner. Oregon R.F. INTERESTING LETTER Former Heppnerite, Now Visiting Parents in Scot land, Tells About Trip. AumtOATH, Scotland, Dee. 24, 1913. Kditor Gazkttk-Timks: Complying with your request that I write an occasional letter from "tliis side of the l'oiul," I herewith tie ml you a short account of our trip from the Far West to the heather clad hills of Scotland. Leaving Portland on November 13th on the 0-W. It. & N. Chicago Special, we had an uneventful trip with the finest of winter weather all the way to Chicago, where we tir. rived ou Sunday noon. Thesunwas shining brightly when we left Port land and with the exception of a thick fog hanging over Eastern Ore gon, we had bright sunshine and cold, frosty nights all the way through. At only a few places, even when up between six nnd seven thou sand feet crussiug the "backbone or the continent," did we see any enow on the track, but ou some of the dis tant mountain the sun shining on the snow covered peaks presented a pretty picture, especially at sunset. The days being short, the time for sight-seeing was limited, but one could readily see that there are de velopments all along the line. The district around American Falls in particular shows improvement. Three years ago it was little more than a sheep shearingstation. Now the town is about thesi.e of Heppner. with vast areas of wheat growing land, worked on the dry farming ova te in, stretching out on all sides. Warehouses and elevators were full nnd wheat sacks were piled up all around the depot. Vast Irrigation projects are being carried on in the upper Snake Hiver Valleys, and this leads one to hope that someday Ore gon will wake up, pud, like Idaho, send men to Washington who will see that the state gets what it is en titled to for the irrigation of its arid lands. Leaving Pql-ntello the after noon is spent climbing the western slope of the Kockies, and soon after dark we passed through Uock Springs, where Heppner gets its'sup plyofcoal. Yes, the coal Is hauled nearly a thousand miles, and we are told that thousands of tons lie bur ied within 20 miles of IJeppuer. We can't blame our representatives at Washington for this condition of af fairs, and as it is not considered the proper thing to blame ourselves, why let's blame some other fellow anything to shift the responsibility from ourselves. Not until one gets pretty well into Nebraska do you find the comfort able, well equipped farm of the Mid dle West. Here you find the large, neatly painted farm house, the sub stantial barn which furnishes ample protection for stock and implements, and the good roads, without which no farming district can prosper. Every foot of land seems to be under cultivation and every few miles one passes a thriving town, everything indicating a prosperous community, whether the farmers are making more money than our Oregon farm ers 1 do not know, but it Is very evi dent they are enjoying home com forts unknown to the average West erner, During the four hours we spent in Chicago awaiting train connections with the Grand Trunk System two trainload?) of Immigrants came Into Dearborn station under thedirection of a Government immigration officer. They were herded into a large hall theie to await the arrival of their friends, and if these were samples of the immigrants we are to receive on the Pacific Coast when the Canal is opened the outlook is not very flat tering. Their dress and general ap pearance Indicated that they were from tlie lowest classes of Southern Europe anil one would think that one such shipment would be all that Chicago could assimilate for some time to come, luit I learned that many suih consignments arrived every Week. On thi! way to New York wenpcnt one day at Hamilton, a lively cil.v of Southern Canada, beautifully located on Lake "ntario, and the principal manufacturing city of the Dominion. During the past ten years It has mure than doubled In population ami now boants of lOO.lWO InhabifaiitH. It is the home of the Canadian branch of the "Harvester Trust," the concern employing nearly liana men. About HO miles north from Hamilton lies the district where the writer spent two summers in the days of his youth learning to plow , to sow, to reap, to mow, and he a farmer's boy, under the supervision of Mr. Thomson, who at the same time was wielding the parental slipper over and directing the future destin ies of a hunch of school boys, now the Thomson Itrotiiers. of Heppner. Here also the Hyml Hrotbersof Sand Hollow anil VA 15ritow of lone spnt their school dayR and early manhood, anil 1 am informed that the district had improved wonder fully since we all left it and why shouldn't it, after gett ing rid of such a bunch. We reached New York on the morn ing ol Nov. iMh, arriving on the New Jersey Bide just opposite the Battery Park, and Railed up thelow er harbor to the 2:ird Street fojry lauding. From the upper deck of the ferry boat we had a splendid view of the sky scrapers in the lower part of the city and the activities of the lower harbor where hundreds of ferryboats, tugboats, and deep sea craft of all sizes and nationalities were dodging each other in the nmd race to "get there." Itoth sides of the river for miles are lined with monster wharves and huge steamers carrying merchandise from every quarter of the globe can be seen loading and unloading their cargoes. The greater part of our spare time in New York was spent on the hurri cane deck of one of the numerous motor buses that ply around the city. The weather was suitable for this and no better view point could be obtained. On Fifth Avenue, no street cars operate, hence it is the favorite route for the auto truffle of the city and double decked n otor buses are passing and repassingevery few minutes carrying passengers to all parts of the city. Very few horse vehicles are Been on this street and during the busy hours there is n. con tinual parade of motor vehicles of all descriptions. We were fortunate enough to see a sample of the con gested traffic about 5:30 p. m. at the 42nd Street crossing, from the top of a motor bus. As far as we could see along Fifth Avenue in both direc tions there was a solid mass of ve hicles broken only at an occasional street crossing where a policeman was directing traffic. Six unbroken lines covered the entire street, three going in each direction, and two uo- licenien stationed at this crossing seemed at times to be buried up in the moving mass of foot and street traffic, but everything went on like clock work. It requires a general and a diplomat to handle such traffic without friction "find I have a great admiration for the "cops" who were on duty that night. It was a sight I will not soon forget. I We read so much in the Western papers about the snow storms and blizzards in the East that one would hardly expect to find the parks and squares of New York crowded with women and children on a most lovely day after the middle of No vember, but such was the state of the wea ther when we were there. and this continued until we s iled on the 20th. ' UJl'lU L3L3II UlJI DONT WASTE COSTLY TINE AND MONEY TAKING POOR CHEAPLY MADE FARM IMPLEMENTS TO THE BLACKSMITH SHOP. YOU WONT "HAFTO" IF YOU BUY GOOD RELIABLE IMPLEMENTS FROM US. WE "BACKUP" WHAT WE SELL, AND MAKE GOOD ON ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. YOU WANT OUR GOOD STUFF THE OLIVER AND JOHN DERE PLOWS ARE THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD. COME AND SEE US. Gilliam h. Bisbee HEPPNER, OREGON PEOPLE who do liot know Should know that FRIEDRICH "THE TAILOR" turns out tlio best fitting and best made clothes in Heppner REDFRONT Livery & Feed Stables WILLIS STEWART, Prop. First Class Livery Rigs kept constantly on hand and can be furnished on short notice to parties wishing1 to drive inU, the interior. First class Hacks and Buggies Call around ami set? ns. We cater to the : : : Commercial Travel ers and Camping Parties and can furnish rigs and driver on short notice. HEPPNER, ORE- MI f A C r ( Funeral Director L. LrluL and Embalmer CALLS ANSWERED DAY OR NIGHT. J. S. Baldwin Successor to E. K. Beainan Dealer in Wood & Coal Leave Orders at Slocum Drug Co. Phone Main (JO Justifiable Wish. Robbie was in the habit of run ning errands for an obi gentleman next door who never paid him ex cept in effusive thanks. He bad just returned from the third errand one morning, and the old gentle man, patting Ii i in on the bead, said: "Robbie, 1 am very much obliged to you. You are a fine little fel low. Thank you, my boy, thank you." ' Robbie looked up in bis face wist fully and apologetically replied: "Mr. Jones, you don't know how wish T could thank vott for some thing." New York Globe. The Cure. "You look glum," said the hus band of one clever woman to the man who had married her compan ion. "So would yon if your wife studi ed geology nnd filled tho house with stones until there wasn't a place left for you to sit." "Don't worry about that," was tho cheerful reply. "Turn your wife's thoughts to astronomy. That will suit her just us well, nnd she cnn' collect specimens." London Express. A Rebuke For Beau Brummel. One day when Beau Brummel was talking with Ludy Hester Stanhope chance obliged him to give some ex planation of his general conduct. They were in Bond street, and the Beau was leaning upon the door of the lady's carriage, whispering to her tho secret of a marvelous per fume, when a young colonel passed whose name was then in all mouths. "Who ever heard of his father?" murmured Brummel. "And, by the way," replied Lady Hester, "who ever heard of yours?" From I)e Monvcl's "Beau Brum mel." Unique Altenberg. Doubtless the most unique spot in Kuropn is the little village of Al tenberg, on whose border three countries meet. It is ruled by no monarch, has no soldiers, no police and no taxes. Its inhabitants speak a curious jargon of French and Ger man combined and spend their days in cultivating tho land or working in the vahtaftlu calamine mine of which tho villago boasts. Safer and Funnier. "I see you have a saddle horso now," observed the man in the cafe. "Yes," acknowledged the other. "My doctor advised me to go in for riding. I've never done any of it before." "Do you get a good deal of amusement out of it?" "Well, yes. But my wife enjoys it more than I do." "I haven't seen her riding with you." "Oh, she doesn't ride. She says it's safer and funnier to sit on a park bench and watch me go by." Cleveland l'lain Dealer. Suicide as a Luxury. Suicide has often been regarded as a luxury, and Marseilles, France, colonized from Miletus in ancient days, preserved a custom and a pris on for many years under Roman rule. A dose of hemlock and aco nite was allowed to any one who could show sufficient reason why ho should deserve death. "This cus tom," says Valerius Jlaximus, "comes from Greece, particularly from the island of Ccos, where I saw an example. It was a woman of great quality, who having lived very happily ninety years, obtained leave to die this way, lest by liring longer she 6hould happen to so a change of her good fortune." More Important, Mr. Dustin did not approve of his son's choico of a wife and was trying to persuade him to see things as he did. "Yes, you are quite right, fa ther," said tho son. "Mabel has her defects, she is vain, full of preten sions and grand ideas, with a very difficult character. But,' father, in spite of all, I simply adore her. I can't livo without her." "But that is not the question, my boy," said the father. "Can you live with her ?" Lippincott's. Not a Cate of Sympathy. Teacher Willie, did your father whip you for what you did in school yesterday? Willie No, ma'am; he said the licking would hurt him moro than mo. Teacher What nonsense! Your father is too sympathetic. Willie No, ma'am; but he's got rheumatism in both arms.