THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPXER, ORE., TlHTtSDAY, AUG. 8, 1914
r AOE FIVE
WEEK'S NEWS.
Local And Personal Happen
ings of Heppner And
Vicinity.
Jolly good weather for the Iceman.
Fresh ice cream every day at the
Palm.
W. B. Tucker was In town from
his Black Horse ranch Monday.
For choice cold meats for your
lunch, call on Peoples' Cash Market,
tf.
Geo. Perry was over from his Rock
creek ranch after supplies last Tues
day. D. S. Barlow and wife were in
from their Rhea creek farm on Sat
urday. W. B. Ewlng and son, Whitley W.,
were up from Cecil over Friday
night. ,
Those electric fans from the Hepp
ner Light & Water Co. can certainly
stir up a breeze. ' '
Kinsman and- Hall shipped a car
of beef cattle to the Portland, mar
ket yesterday.
Dr. Herbert W. Copeland, eye spec
ialist, was an incoming passenger
Tuesday evening.
O. J. Cox and wife and daughter,
Miss Gladys spent the past week at
McDutfee springs.
Banker T. J. Mahoney returned on
Sunday from a trip down the Co
lumbia which he made by auto.
Holgate Is at the City Meat Mar
ket. Call for one of those Hambur
ger specials. You remember them.
Mrs. Frank Winnard and daugh
ter, Miss Marcia, were in the city
from the headquarters ranch Tues
day. An electric Iron for 75 cents per
month. Pay for the current at this
rate for 12 months and the Iron is
yours.
Miss Mary Morgan rteurned home
from Portland Tuesday, where Bhe
has been visiting for the past three
weeks.
W. R. Munkers, Socialist candi
date for county treasurer, was a vis
itor In Heppner on Saturday from I
Lexington.
J. B. Coxen and wife spent Sunday
with relatives and friends In this vi
cinity. Mr. Coxen has a barber shop
at Lexington.
Mrs. H. T. Allison returned home
from Portland Tuesday evening after
an extended visit with her sister, Dr.
Mae Barnhart.
Electric fans are just the thing
these warm days. The Heppner
Light & Water Co. can Install one for
you at any time.
G. R. Huff, farmer and dairyman
of Rhea Siding, spent Sunday in
Heppner visiting his wife who Is here
under the care of a physician.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Slocum, ac
companied by Mrs. Slocum's brother,
Marcelous Morgan'departed on Tues-
day for a stay of a couple of weeks
at McDuffee Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Crawford de
parted for Ditch creek Sunday after
noon and will be the guests for the
week of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Keithley
at the Forest station.
Roy A. Wilklns and wife, of Port
land, who spent the week-end In
Heppner visiting with his brother,
J. L. Wilkins and family, departed
on Monday for Pendleton,
Judge C.- C. Patterson was down
from his mountain camp over Sun
day and Monday. He Is comfort
ably located with his boys on Willow
creek, about two miles below the
Herren mill. .
Mrs. G. A. Woodbury and son
Francis, who have been visiting for
the past three weeks at the home of
J L. Wilklns, her prother in Hepp
ner, departed for their home In Port
land this morning.
R. D. Kem and wife departed for
Stanfield Monday morning after vis
iting for a time with Mrs. Kem's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Slocum.
They may decide to go to Spokane
where they will locate permanently
Harry Morgan informs us that his
brother Will, who has been In a Port
land hospital for the past six weeks
has sufficiently recovered to enable
him to leave that institution and he
Is now on the road to rapid recovery,
M. J. Devln, farmer of the Sand
Hollow section, was doing business
In Heppner on Saturday. He is run
ning a combine on his place and get
ting a yield for bluestem of 24 bush
els, and forty-fold 28 bushels to the
acre.
Herbert Bobllt paid this office a
pleasant call on Monday. He is
working for R. W. Turner of Sand
Hollow and expects to remain there
for several months. He had the Ga
zette-Times sent to his father, M. L
Bobllt at Brownington, Missouri for
another year.
Morris Blgbee of Eugene, who has
been working In the Morrow county
grain fields the past month, departed
Wednesday morning for Seaside
where he will enjoy a period of rec
reation before returning to Eugene-
Mr. Bigbee is a senior at the TJnlver
slty of Oregon.
Robert Young, popular local young
man, left Heppner on Wednesday for
Tehama, California, where he has se
cured a good position for the remain
der of the summer. Tehama Is sit
uated in the Sacramento valley. Mr.
Young will re-enter the University of
.Oregon in October.
Quite a Flurry in Wheat.
There was quite a flurry in the
v heat market at Lexington on Thurs
day last and prices advanced rapid
ly from 63 cents to 80 cent3, some
45,000 sacks being sold when the
market reached the high point. It
was said to be through local compe
tition, largely, that the price reached
this figure, for the buyers at Hepp
ner were not authorized to give this
price. The market has been off
since, and no efforts to buy are be
ing made. This is likely due to the
European war cloud. Most of the
large wheat raisers at Lexington got
the 80-cent price which is a big lift
to them.
Thresher Burns.
By the explosion of smut in the
threshing machine of H. C. Githens,
at work on the farm of Jess Hall last
Thursday, the machine was totally
destroyed. By hard work the gas
oline engine attached to the machine
was saved. This was done by throw
ing dust on the flames, and it looked
for a short time as though the saving
of the engine would b impossible. Mr.
Githens had some insurance on the
thresher that will recompense him
in a measure for the loss, but com
ing right on the loss of his house and
other effetcs on the homestead a few
days before leads him to think that
he Is receiving about ' his share of
tills kind of luck recently. He may
get another machine as there Is quite
a lot of grain to be harvested in his
locality and the farmers out that way
are unable to get one of the larger
cutrits to come in pud do the work.
Work Started on Kitter Road.
Forest Supervisor Cryder reports
that work on this end of the Hepp-
r.er-Ritter road has started. Owing
to the limited amount of money au
thorized for this project it will not be
able to complete the road this sea
son, but the work done will be so
placed that it will be possible, by
using the old road together with
parts of the new road, to obtain a
through and passable route to the
south line of the Umatilla National
Forest.
It is understood that the stretch
of road between the Forest line and
the John Day, river will be built by
the citizens of Heppner, in time for
fall travel. The entire route of this
road will be surveyed and placed on
grade so that when the unfinished
portions are built they can be readily
joined with the part already com
pleted. When the road Is entirely
completed it will afford an excellent
low grade route to and from the
John Day river.
J. D. French and John Brosnan, of
Rutter creek are back from Portland
where they delivered six cajs of beef
cattle the first of the week.
"".A inns the many Oregon people
in Europe at the present tir.,e are
R. F. Hynd and family and Mrs. W.
P. airatt and two children, who
are visiting in Scotland. Mr. Hynd
has purchased tickets for his return
home, but has been unable to leave.
Jack Hynd and Thos. A. Lowe, of
Cecil, were visitors in Heppner yes
terday. Mr. Lowe has recently de
clared his intention of becoming a
citizen of the United States, and Is
glad of it as otherwise he would
probably have to return' to England
and help out In the pending war.
J. H. Edwards, of Sand Hollow,
was a pleasant caller at this office on
Saturday. "He is rejoicing over the
fact that the crops in his section are
turning out much better than at first
contemplated. He expects an aver
age of better than twenty bushels to
the acre on his farm, and this will be
wheat of excellent quality.
Earl Engle, accompanied by his
wife, arrived in Heppner this week
from Portland and are visiting at the
home of Mr. Engle's mother, Mrs. D.
A. McAtee. They made the journey
overland from The Dalles by motor
cycle. Mr. Engle, who is engaged in
railroading at Portland, has taken a
layoff and will get a position with a
threshing outfit and remain in Mor
row county until after harvest.
Chas. J. Anderson was In town
from his lower Eight Mile farm on
Saturday to attend a meeting of the
Socialist party. Mr. Anderson is
complaining some of the invasion of
his section bv th6 grasshoppers, and
while they did not damage grain very
much, it being too far advanced, they
are going in on the garden truck and
i'-uit treef- und doing them a lot of
damage.
W. L. Houston and wife arrived
on Saturday from Portland on a
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Adkins, be'iLg called here by the
serious Illness of Mr. Adkins. Mrs.
Houston is a sister of Mrs. Adkins.
Mr. Houston Is one of the contract
ors on the new court house at The
Dalles, having charge of the carpen
ter work, and returned to that city
on Tuesday. This structure will be
finished In a few weeks and when
done will be the finest court house in
the state outside of Portland.
Here 41 Years Ago.
We acknowledge a very pleasant
visit on Saturday afternoon last from
Mr. A. A. Russell, of Gaston, Oregon,
who with his wife have been visiting
the past three weeks at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Knoblock on
Rhea creek. Mr. Russel is a brother
of Mrs. Knoblock and Is one of the
very successful farmers of the Yam
hill Valley, He visited this section
41 years ago and was able to find at
this time some of the residents of the
earlier days when Heppner was just
beginning to be known as a city. Our
town at that time had one store and a
small blacksmith shop and a few res
idences. Mr. Russell was much
pleased with the progress noted here
and thinks our county certainly has
a splendid future. He and his wife
departed on Sunday for their home
at Gaston.
Still Adds to Equipment.
Albert Bowker, of Heppner Gar
age, is determined to have his "hos
pital1' up to date, and this week In
stalled the latest model Monarch
lathe. This leaves practically noth
ing to be desired to make this garage
second to none In the whole country,
and Mr. Bowker is to be congratulat
ed on the enterprise manifested. He
probably will not stop short of a
shop sufficiently equipped to manu
facture an automobile. His present
equipment places his force in posi
tion to do their work in a rapid and
thorough manner.
If you want spring chicken for
Sunday dinner, leave orders on Fri
day. Peoples' Cash Market.
Will and David Hynd and Miss
Annie Hynd, accompanied by Palmer
Brunton, who drove the car, jour
neyed to Ukiah last week in their
Overland to visit with their brother,
Chas. Hynd, who lives at that place.
The party visited at Lehman and Mc
Duffee springs before returning
home.
Lou Davidson was in town on Mon
day from his Gooseberry farm driving
his "horseless" carriage. He Is busy
In the harvest fields these days, his
combine, drawn by 26 horses and
making an 18-foot cut, rapidly trans
ferring the grain from field to sack.
Mr. Davidson states that he has had
better yields other seasons, yet he Is
well satisfied with the way his grain
Is turning out and he will have a gen
erous supply to contribute to the con
tending armies over In Europe.
No small amount of excitement
was caused Monday morning when
fire started in the dry grass on the
Lawson iplace four miles south of
this city. Had a south wind been
blowing, several settings of wheat
belonging to W. A. Johnson, would
have been greatly endangered. Sev
eral fire fighters went out In autos
and soon extinguished the blaze,
Lightning Is, thought to have been
the orlgn.
Storage batteries charged at Hepp
ner Light & Water Co. Prices range
from $1.50 to $1,75 for recharging
To demonstrate the pulling qual
ities of his little team, Ad Moore
pulled up the hill at the west end of
Willow street on Saturday and then
on around the stock trail to where
it intersects the road at the reservoir.
The team was attached to a hack.
This is the favorite place for dem
onstrating the pulling qualities of
the various makes of automobiles,
and Ad wished to show them his
team had them all beat.
Mrs. S. A. Wright departed Sun
day morning for Hermlston to see
her son, Alonzo who was hurt in the
fire that occurred there on Friday
night. Alonzo lives In the Willam
ette Valley and was at Hermlston at
this time to dispose of some horses
he had there and was sleeping in the
loft of the livery stable of Messrs.
Giese & Emry, and In escaping he
jumped to the floor below, Injuring
his back puite severely. It Is re
ported that had Mr. Wright remalnel
in the loft a moment longer he
would have been overtaken by the
fire and possibly yost his life.
E. W. Rhea and wife and three
children of Butter creek, narrowly
escaped death at the railroad cross
ing at Stanfield on Wednesday last
when their automobile was struck by
the engine of the eastbound local,
throwing the entire family out. For
tunately they escaped with slight in
juries. The auto was badly wrecked.
Harvey S. Ewlng, of Cecil, was In
Heppner over Sunday and Monday
on business. His section has fared
well for first and second alfalfa crops
but he Is not so sure that the third
crop will be up to the average as it
Is being worked on pretty badly by
grasshoppers at present. Mr. Ewlng
followed the newspaper game for a
number of years while living In the
state of Washington, and having ac
cumulated a fortune (?) out of it he
retired to an alfalfa farm on Lower
Willow creek a few years ago and
has been living In comparative com
fort ever since, mighty well pleased
over the change from editor to far
mer.
D. C. Gurdane went to Pendleton
Monday to visit for several days with
his father, John Gurdane and brother
Tom. Mr. Gurdane expects to be
away from Heppner ten days or two
weeks. He will visit Lehman or
some other good spring before re
turning home.
Forest Supervisor Cryder requests
that all campers and hunters In the
woods be very careful about fires.
The season Is one of the driest
known and conditions In the timber
are especially favorable to the spread
of fire. Do not leave camp fires
burning when not in Use and trav
elers are cautioned against throwing
live matches, cigar and cigarette
slubs along the road side where they
might fall In dry grass or litter. The
largo matches, so generally In use,
are dangerous and Bhould be abso
lutely extinguished before throwing
away. The cooperation of theubllc
Is earnestly requested against the
common enemy a forest fire.
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