The gazette-times., July 30, 1914, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5

THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPXER. ORE., THURSDAY, JULY SO, 1914
TM.R FIVE
WEEK'S NEWS.
Local and Personal
Happenings.
Fresh Ice cream every day at the
Palm.
A. L. Sparling Is up from Portland
for a few days.
J. H. Kinsman returned on Satur
day from a visit to towns in Idaho.
John Kilkenny anS wife, of Sand
Hollow, Bpent yesterday in the city.
For choice cold meats for your
luncn, call on Peoples' Cash Market,
tf.
Master Max Rogers departed Sat
urday to join the folks at Rockaway
beach. '
Chan. Stanton, of Eight Mile, was
in town after a load of wheat sacks
on Saturday.
Those electric fans from the Hepp
ner Light & Water Co. can certainly
stir up a breeze.
S. J. Ritchie, a north-end farmer,
was doing business in Heppner on
Friday.
Born In Heppner, Friday, July
24, to the wife of Grover Swaggart,
a daughter.
Heppner Milling Co. have a new
ad. in this issue. Give it your care
ful attention.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Robison of
Hardman, were visitors in Heppner
on Wednesday.
Ladies Get away from the heat
of the stove and do your Ironing with
an electric Iron.
Wm. Avers, hotelman of Hardman,
accompanied by his wife, spent Tues
day in Heppner.
Postmaster E. T. Perkins, of lone,
is reported to be very sick at his
home in that city.
If you want spring chicken for
Sunday dinner, leave orders on Fri
day. Peoples' Cash Market.
Elmer Beaman and Jim Simons
were released from the quarantine
station on Monday.
Born On Friday, July 24, 1914,
to Mr. and Mrs. Lee White, of Sand
Hollow, a daughter.
Storage batteries charged at Hepp
ner Light & Water Co. Prices range
from $1.60 to $1.75 for recharging.
Born In lone, Oregon, Tuesday,
July 28, 1914, to Rev. N. O. Williams
and wife, a daughter.
Mrs. Fisher, mother of Mrs. Glenn
Y. Wells, Is visiting at the home of
her daughter in this city.
Holgate Is at the City Meat Mar
ket. Call for one of those Hambur
ger specials. You remember them.
Mrs. Clyde Wells and young son,
Horace, left on Sunday on a visit to
relatives at Gold Hill, Oregon.
Oscar Schaffer was over from Mon
. ument on Wednesday to look after
some business affairs In this city.
Any one wanting a lady to do cook
ing during harvest may call at Gazette-Times
office for address.
James Sheridan, who is running
the Harry Jones ranch, was a busi
ness visitor in Heppner yesterday.
Born At their home in Black
horse, to Mr. and Mrs. Kent Rakes,
on Thursday, July 23, 1914, a daugh
ter. Did you read our new adv.? We
will furnish you the goods and give
you a square deal. City Meat Mar
ket. Guy Huston and wife motored to
town on Friday afternoon from their
Eight Mile home to do some shop
ping. J. L. Swift and wife of Hardman,
returned on Monday from a visit at
Portland. They went out home on.
Tuesday.
Get away from the heat of baking
during these warm summer days and
buy the necessaries at the Heppner
Bakery,
W. C. Lacey is up from Portland
to look after his interests in this
county. He will remain here for two
or three weeks.
Deputy Clerk Mallory returned on
Sunday evening from his vacation of
two weeks spent at Portland and oth
er outside points.
S. W. Wattenburger returned on
Tuesday to his home at Pendleton
after spending the past week here
looking after his property.
An electric iron for 76 cents per
month. Pay for the current at this
rate for 12 months and the Iron Is
yours.
W. E. White and family returned
from a three weeks visit in Portland
on last evening and departed this
morning for their home at Monu
ment, Mr. and Mrs. George Thomson de
parted Monday for Fort CollinB, Col
orado where they will visit at the
home of Mrs. Thomson's parents for
a time.
If you want anything special In
the meat line crown roast lamb,
mutton, English or French chops
you can get them at the City Meat
Market.
W. 0. Minor and family departed
on Tuesday for Rockaway beach, Til
lamook county, where they will take
up their abode for the next couple of
months.
Harry L. Hill, an artist and sign
writer, of Brooklyn, New York, was
In Heppner on Thursday. While here
Mr. Hill did Bome fancy window signs
for Patterson & Son.
Good, home cured bacon; extra
fine homemade lard. Low prices Peo
ple's Cash Market.
F. M. Courter, formerly a prom
inent farmer of the Eight Mile coun
try in this county, came over from
Centralia, Wash., on Sunday on a
short visit to the old home.
G. F. and S. G. McMillan, of Lex
ington, purchased tickets at Heppner
on Wednesday and departed this
morning to spend a short season of
recreation at Rockaway Beach.
0. S- Hodsdon, prominent farmer
of the Strawberry section, was a vis
itor in Heppner on Friday. Since
adopting the "Ford Method" of trav
el, Mr. Hodsdon finds the distance
between his farm and the county seat
greatly shortened.
Jesse Hale and wife returned to
Heppner on Saturday from Marsh
field, Oregon, where they have been
living for the past year, and where
Mr. Hale has been engaged at the
carpenter's trade. They will make
their home here again.
When you have used one of those
electric Irons you . will never again
be without one. There are many
other conveniences also that the day
current makes possible for you, and
that will lighten your burdens. See
Heppner Light & Water Co.
Rev. H. 0. Perry, District Superin
tendent of The Dalles District of the
M. E. Church, will preach at the Fed
erated church Friday evening, at 8
o'clock. Everybody cordially invit
ed. A meeting of the official board
will follow the preaching service.
Pendleton E. 0.: L. K. Harlan,
who was located here for a time sev
eral years ago and is a baseball pit
cher of some renown, was here last
evening. He is preparing to estab
lish a paper at Echo. He will use the
plant that was formerly In use at
lone.
Ralph Benge, Social Ridge farmer,
was doing business In Heppner on
Saturday. He Is right In the midst
of his wheat harvest and expects a
yield of 20 bushels, taking the place
all over. Some of his wheat is do
ing better than this, and a portion
will be a little short of this estimate.
It Is all Al grain.
B. R. Patterson and wife returned
from Portland by auto on Monday
morning. They have been absent
visiting in the city for the past two
weeks, and were accompanied home
by Mrs. H. W. Bartholomew and her
two granddaughters, the Misses Mar
garet and Katherine West who will
visit here for two or three weeks.
Karl Beach was up from Lexington
on Friday. He states that W. G.
Scott and W. E. Leach are just com
pleting an up-to-date garage building
at that place which will be equipped
with all the latest repairing machin
ery and automobile accessories.. Mr.
Beach, with his partner, Mr. Allyn,
will have charge of the repair de
partment. Ora Adkins, who was In town on
Saturday from his home on Rhea
creek, reports that his father, J. J.
Adkins, who was so seriously hurt a
short time ago, as slightly improving
but yet a very sick man and not en
tirely free from the partial paraly
sis caused from his injuries. The
many friends of Mr. Adkins are hop
ing for his early recovery.
Mrs. E. D. Brown, who has been
absent from Heppner for several
weeks visiting with relatives in Da
kota and Minnesota, is now enjoying
a visit with her brother residing at
Saskatoon, and with friends at Ed
minton, two beautiful cities of the
Canadian Northwest. She expects to
return home In about three weeks,
via Vancouver, B. C, where Mr.
Brown's mother resides,
Pendleton E. O.: W. G. Copley,
who has been here gathering statis
tics for the government, left for
Heppner where he will do similar
work. While here he got figures on
the valuation of property owned by
city and county and these figures will
be sent to Washington for publica
tion by the government. This is the
first time In ten years that such a
census has been taken in this coun
try. Frank Wyner, who recently came
to Heppner from Salem, has decided
to locate here. He 1b engaged in the
business of buying hides, pelts and
furs, and is well pleased with the out
look. He is on the road a good deal
of the time in connection with his
business, and anyon? wanting to con
sult him can get in touch with him
through the office of Phlll Cohn. Mr.
Wyner hopes to become a permanent
resident of Heppner.
Two interesting and Instructive ad
dresses were delivered in Heppner on
Sunday by S. W. Grathwell, of Pacific
University, of Forest Grove. Mr.
Grathwell is a gifted young man and
an orator of much ability who is do
ing good work in stirring up enthus
iasm for the "Out to Win" campaign
of the Prohibition forces. He will
address the people of Morrow county
at other points along the points of
the railroad and may decide to visit
Heppner again before the campaign
is over. He should be heard to be
appreciated. '
A short visit to the Eight Mile sec-1
tion on Tuesday revealed the fact
that the farmers out there are a very
busy set of people these days. Head
ers and combined harvesters are run
ning in all directions, and many are
the fine stacks of grain that are
piling up to receive the thresher a
little later, while the combines are
dropping hundreds, and even thous
ands of filled sacks over the fields
where they are working. Some re
port the crop a little short on the
average yield of what It was two
years ago, yet there Is a lot of mighty
fine grain being harvested, and we
opine it will be well into the winter
months before the most of it Is in
the warehouses along the railroad. '
S. A. Simpson and wife.w ho have
been visiting for the past month at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Simpson in Heppner, departed
Monday on their return trip to their
home in Indiana. On the way east
they will visit at several cities of the
Northwest, among them being Port
land, Seattle and Spokans, making
stops of several days at these places
to see the sights. Mr. Simpson is
engaged in the hotel business at
Medairyville, Indiana.
Mayor W. W. Smead, accompanied
by Mrs. Smead, departed on Wednes
day for Portland. The MayoV will be
absent from Heppner far 20 days,
and after a few days In the city at
tending to business matters, he will
go to the coast to get the benefits to
be derived from inhaling the sea
breezes for a few weeks. Mrs. Smead
will remain in Portland and visit with
her daughter, Mrs. C. M. White.
Jake Young and son were Heppner
visitors on Friday, coming to town
for some supplies for the harvest
crew. He is having a good harvest.
In fact, Mr. Young states that so far
it has been the best season he has ex
perienced since farming in Morrow
county. Up to date there has been
nothing to Interfere with the work
and out of fifteen days run the crew
has bad to lay off but one half day,
this being caused by a slight wind
and rain storm.
Mrs. F. J. Hawn and daughter,
Miss Derva, of Portland, who have
been visiting for the past three weeks
at the home of Mrs. L. N. Christensen
departed on Friday morning for
Grandview, WaBh. They will visit
relatives at that place for some time
before returning to their Portland
bome.
The family of E. E. Vlckers arrived
on Sunday evening from Walla Walla
and are located in the Ayers house
on the corner of Court and May
streets. Mr. Vlckers recently came
to Heppner and Is engaged in work
ing at his trade of painter and paper
hanger.
Mrs. Leo Gay arrived from Rich
field, Wash., on Sunday' to join her
husband, and will visit for a time at
the country home of Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Gay on Rhea creek. She was ac
companied by her sister, Miss May
Carter, of Pomeroy, Wash.
Mrs. Claud Andrews, wife of Con
ductor Andrews of the Heppner local
and their young daughter, returned
on Tuesday to The Dalles after a vis
it of a week with Mr. Andrews in this
city. Mr. Andrews expects to move
his family here by about the first of
September, or at least by the opening
of the fall term of school.
R. A. Wilkins and wife of Port
land, who are making a trip through
the country by auto, visited at the
home of J. L. Wilkins and family
yesterday and today. Mr. Wilkins is
a brother of the Heppner hotel man
and is a commercial traveler.
J. T. Ayers, of Calloway, visited
Heppner on Friday. He was pretty
badly damaged on his second crop of
alfalfa by the grasshoppers but the
pests have mostly departed from his
Immediate locality and he expects to
get a fairly good third crop.
Mrs. C. L. Keithley returned from
Portland on Thursday last. She had
been absent for three weeks receiving
surgical treatment for a shatered
Jaw bone and Is much Improved. Mrs.
Keithley has Joined her husband at
the Ditch creek forest camp.
Mrs. L. W..H111 arrived at Heppner
Saturday last from Hood River and
expects to remain in this county for
some time. She has been in quite
poor health for some months past
and hopes that a stay here will be
beneficial to her.
Omar Stanton and Herman Nellsou
of Hardman were in Heppner over
Friday and left on Saturday with
four-horse teams well laden with sup
plies for the harvest which begins
with them this week. Thev took out
extra wagons and a newly outfitted
water tank to be used In connection
with their combined harvester.
Mrs. Effle J. Knighten, formerly a
resident of this county, and who has
been vlBlting for a time at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Robison near
Hardman, departed for her home at
Centralia, Wash,, on Wednesday.
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DISTRIBUTORS, HEPPNER, ORE.
L. D. Howland, former water mas
ter of this district and now assistant
water superintendent of Eastern Ore
gon with headquarters at La Grande
lies In a hospital at Ontario with
both legs broken and his right foot
crushed as the consequence of an
auto accident two miles east of Beu
lah which is 65 miles from Vale. The
accident happened on Saturday last.
Mrs. E. F,. Lucas, mother of J. F.
Lucas, returned to her home at Was
co, Oregon, on Sunday last after a
visit with her son and family here.
She was accompanied by her grand
daughter, Miss Thelma Lucas, who
will make her home at Wasco for a
time.
R. B. Rice of Strawberry, has fin
ished his wheat harvest and isuite
well pleased with the outcome. Grain
in his locality that has been threshed
is turning out far better than was
expected.
Judge C. C. Patterson and his two
sons, Andrew and Beard, took their
departure for the mountain retreat
in the vicinity of Herren's mill on
Sunday where they will spend a short
vacation.
J. W. Becket, of Portland, who is
spending a few weeks In Morrow
county looking after his crop inter
ests in the Eight Mile section, was a
visitor In Heppner on Saturday.
J. L. Wilkins and family, accom
panied by Mrs. George Woodbury and
son, spent Sunday at the farm home
of Mr. and Mrs. D. 0. Justus In the
foothills east of Heppner. ,
Fred Lucas and family will depart
for the mountains tomorrow where
they expect to remain for some time,
going into camp near the head waters
of Willow creek.
R. B. Miller, traffic manager of the
O.-W. R. & N. Co., was In Heppner
on Saturday, looking after interests
of the company here. He came by
private car.
The ladles of the Christian church
will hold a window sale of good
things for the Sunday dinner at the
store of Mrs. F. Luper on Saturday.
Banker T. J. Mahoney went to
Stevenson, Wash., on Tuesday to at
tend to some business matters, He
will return home tomorrow.
Dr. F. N. Christenson leaves Sun
day for a vacation of a couple of
weeks which he will spend at one
of the coast resorts.
If you want extra fine meats at the
right prices, see the Old Reliable
Dutchman at People's Cash Market.
The Connecting
Links In The
Chain of Health
Folder's Golden Gate
Coffee Tea
Spices Extracts
Baking Powder
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Attorney GlennY. Wells and family
departed for the mountains on Wed
nesday to spend a short vacation.
Phill Caples, hardware drummer
of The, Dalles, was doing Heppner
yesterday and today.
The young lady friends of Mrs. Al
bert Bowker gave her a linen shower
Tuesday evening.
W L. Smith, accompanied by his
mother, left for Portland this morn
ing on a short vacation.
E. G. Noble was a passenger to
Hot Lake this morning where he goes
to spend a short vacation. .
Reparation,
Judge (to prisoner at the bar) So
you confess that you robbed the sav
ings bank. Have you anything to
urge in the way of extenuating cir
cumstances? The Prisoner I have,
y' honor. 1 deposited all the money
In the savings bank the very next day.
New York Post
Didn't Want to Lois Her.
"Why are you going around In that
horrible coatr
"My wife needs a new gown."
"You shouldn't spend all your money
on her."
"Well, If she doesn't get that new
gown I'm afraid she'll get a new hus
band." Exchange.
Whit to Tak For It
Smart I know Just what to take for
seasickness. Waggles (eagerly) Do
you? What Is it? Smart An ocean
steamer.
Were Equipped For Business.
Several big teams pulled out of
Heppner on Friday last laden with
household goods, implements, pigs,
chickens, and calves, bound for Grant
county. They were the outfits of
Capt. M. C. Robblns and Mr. James
E. Porter of Tacoma and Seattle,
the gentlemen who recently purchas
ed through D. E. Gllman, of Hepp
ner, the Gilmore ranch, owned by
the J. H. McHaley estate. These gen
telman were also taking out with
them a fine bunch of milk cows; in
fact they pulled up what they had
over in the Washington country that
was movable and have transferred
the same to their new Grant county
possessions, coming thoroughly well
equipped to go right to work and get
a revenue from the ranch. It took
five wagons to load the stuff from
the car at Heppner. The families of
Messrs. Robblns and Porter will ar
rive later and proceed to Grant coun
ty when the farm over there is put
in shape to receive them. In the
meantime they may locate at Hepp
ner for a while.
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Young Man Hurt,
A young man by the name of Mur
phy, working with the C. D. Hustoa
threshing crew on Eight Mile, was
very seriously hurt on Sunday last.
He was driving the water wagon and
his team ran away, throwing him un
der the rig. His right forearm was
broken in two places just above the
wrist and he received other bruises
and hurts. The team coming in
without driver and wagon was the
first Intimation that anything was
wrong, and going out on the road.
young Murphy was fousd pinned un
der the tank with the water pouring
out over him. Being relieved of his
perilous situation at once and taken
to the house, Dr. McMurdo was has
tily called from Heppner and made
proper adjustments c: the broken
bones and Murphy Is now reported
to be getting along we';. The young
man's home is at Bend, and he is
over here with his father and an
other brother who are working in
the Morrow county harvest fields.
Eugene Register: Stephen A.
Stone for the past year engaged In
newspaper work at Eugene, left yes
terday afternoon, with his wife, for
Pendleton, where he takes a position
as managing editor of the Pendleton
Tribune. Mr. Stone is a graduate of
Whitman College at Walla Walla
and has been in the newspaper busi
ness for several years. He has been
connected with the Morning Register.
His Wife His Buiness.
The hungry tramp to.'d his tale. It
touched the kind heart of the lady of
the house. He ate the food she gave
him and started wearily on his way.
"And how," she said sympatheti
cally, "did the hand laundry you
were managing come to :'ail on you?"
He glanced round, it might be as
if he suspected the dog were within
call. Then passing out and c losing the
gate, he said: "She quit and went
home to her mother." Kansan City
Star.
Cause For Complaint
Sandy McTavish was sitting weep
ing at his fireside.
"Eh, Sandy, tuon," said a neigh
bor, peeping in at the open window,
attracted by the signs of woe, "what's
ai'.in" ye?"
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" sobbed
Sandy. "Donald McPherson's wife Is
died."
"Aweel," said the neighbor, "what
o' that? She's nae relation o' yours,
ye keu."
"I ken she's no'," wailed Sandy.
"I ken she's no'; but it jist seems as
if everybody's gettin' a change but
me." August Lippincott's
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