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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.