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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1916)
I THE GAZETTK-TIMK3. HEPPNER. ORE.. THURSDAY. DBC. 14, 1U IOXE. $15 LAND PRODUCES CORN THAT MAKES REAL1 COM- PET10N FOR CORN THAT IS GROWN ON $600 LAND Vvvufe4 r 0 jo - j p JJ The corn that won fiirst prize at Walla Walla during the recent Corn Show, was grown on $350 acre land and the ear of corn that won first prize was grown on $600 acre land. The Morrow county exhibit that was exhibited by W. D. Newlon and took the second prize over everything from Oregon, Washington and Idaho, was grown on $15 land. This shows the great opportunities in this coun ty for a much larger return can be made on the amount of money in rested. Mr. Newlon states that he has 15,000 acres that he is selling at $12.50 to $15 per acre which is the same land aB that which the prize winning corn was grown on. Be side this practically all of the land is within the artesian well belt. In writing of tne Newlon exhi bit In the Sunday Oregonian, Addi son Bennett says, "that simple an nouncement meani wonders to those who know aboat the general farming conditions in that county; but it mems a lot more when it is stated tv-t Mr. Newlon' farm is in prac tically the center of that great stretch of aage brush land extending some 4o miles south from the Columbia river, land that used to be consider ed worth not over six bits an acre, the price at which most of it was for merly sold. "Mr. Newlon is comparatively a newcomer in Morrow county, or in Oregon for that matter. He was a prosperous business man in Seattle until some two years ago. He in some way became imbued with the idea that artesian water could be found on the great flat lying between Irrigon and Heppner and began dril ling to see if he could verify his be lief. He found the water all right but he went through about as much grief as one man can stand and also about $25,000 in getting two flowing wells completed. "Water was struck in the first well at a depth of 246 feet in October, 1915; the second one was finished to a depth of 342 feet early this month. The first well flows at a rate of 270 gallons a minute and the latter at a rate of 800 gallons a minute. The water is flowing eight feet above the Surface of the ground, so for irrigat ing it can be carried all over almost any of the quarter sections in that le vel country. "I am not going to dwell over much on what thed iscovery of ar tesian water means to that nection If the reader is not conversant with conditions in that vicinity he weuld not understand; if he knows the country well he will not have to be told that it means the revolution of farming- conditions in Morrow Coun ty. Ir. Newlon says there is no doubt that the artesian area embrac es some 20,000 acres, using his farm as a center. A well can be put down for about $1200, now that they know how, and there is a lot of land for sale in this artesian belt at from $10 to $12.50 an acre. "Adding the cost of the well and what laterals would be needed for flooding the land a quarter section would cost ready for farming by ir rigation less than $20 an acre. But leaving out the irrigating and suppos ing that the water was used only for domestic and stock purposes Mr. Newlon has proven this year that all sorts of vegetables and farm crops can be grown there as well as in any of the dry-farming belts of the West, j He raised 35 bushels of good corn to the acre, 16 tons of corn silage to the acre, 70 bushels ot oata and the raw land can be plowed and made ready for seeding at less than $3 an acre. "The nearest post office at present is Lexington, but there Is bound to be a rush of settlers in there this win ter that will put old Morrow on the up-grade for fair, and there will be no lack of mail facilities or schools, "If the reader wishes to get the location on the map he is informed that the two present flowing wells are on West of section 29, town ship I north, range 26 east. That means three miles north and 130 miles east of Portland Postofflce; a bout 27 miles south and seven miles west of Irrigon." I Shoes Shoes j LEATHER OR NEOLIN SOLES p $4.00 and $4.50 a pair We have both in stock, bought before prices went up and our customers are getting the benefit Men '8 button and lace, English or high toe, tan or black. HURRY AND PURCHASE YOUR WANTS NOW. E. N. GONTY Masonic Building Frank Engleman returned from his visit to the Overland auto factory at Toledo, Ohio on Tuesday , evening. He sepnt two days in the factory and found the manufacture of autos a very interesting process. He states that the treatment accorded the a sents aud representatives of the Overland was simly immense, and he had the time of his life. The weath er was fine for the trip. Work is progressing well on the I. O. F. building and it begins to look now as though it would be ready for occupancy shortly after the first of the year. Miss Marie Cason is down from Heppner and has assumed her form er position in the postofflce here, as- listing Postmaster Mason in carine for the holiday rush of business. Dr. Butler, who recently opened un a dentists office in this city, departed for Heppner on Monday, at which place he has joined with Dr. Vaughn in the practice of his profession. Warmer weather has. caused the disappearance of all our snow and now we have nothing but mud to gaze upon. There is a great abundance of moisture in the ground and this au gurs well for another good harvest. Very little grain has been sown in this section, farmers being altogether too busy in getting this season's crop to market. This manes it necessary that a large amount of Spring grain will be put In. From what we have been able to learn, there will be a very large acreage sown throughout the North end. Ed Buschke was down from his new home in the Eight Mile section on Monday. He states that there is altogether too much wet up his way Just at present, which prevents the doing of any farming. People out that way are still very busy hauling their grain to the railroad. W. B. Shaffer, of Waltsburg, Wash, was in lone the first of the week looking after his land interests here. H. R. Smith farms Mr. Shaffer's place and raised a mighty fine crop there this season. W. F. Honey, manager of the Oregon-Dakota Land Company", who has been spending several weeks at lone, left for his home at Gresham on Tues day. He expects to spend the re mainder of the winter, together with his family, in the Hawaaian Islands. Mr. Honey Is greatly pleased with the results obtained on the various tracts of land farmed in this vicinity this season, and has completed arrange ments to have larger tracts cultivated the coming season. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cronan arrived from Portland on Monday and are spending the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cronan. Emll Carlson, prominent farmer of the Gooseberry section, expects to have music at his house in the future. He took out a fine player piano yes terday and will be prepared to pro perly entertain his many friends dur ing the winter evenings. M. E. Akers is very sick at his home in lone, and it is not expected that he will recover. He has been In oor health for years, and at this time is suffering from a severe attack of lagrippe. He is attended by his bro ther, Spencer Akers, from Heppner. Arthur Pettys hag recently pur chased the residence property of Frank A. Lundell in South lone, and has moved into the same with his family. Mr. Lundell has returned, with hs wife, to their Gooseberry farm. Miss Maud Wakefield, one of our teachers was called to her home at Creswell, Oregon, yesterday morning by the sudden death of her father. The sad news reached her just in time for her to take the train out of lone. J. M. Bice, a young man who has been working in and around lone during the summer and fall, was tak en to Heppner on Tuesday to be ex- amnied as to his sanity. He has been acting "queer" for some time, and was being watched quite closely by the authorities who finally concluded that he was a bit off and hence the trip to Heppner. MORGAN. 8 XMAS PRESENTS FOR ALL THE FAMILY i 3 M at Humphreys Drug Company Pictures, Stationery, Books, Toilet Sets, .Perfume, Leather Goods, Vases, Games and Dolls Have You Seen The QUACKY DOODLES? ft Bp The Gift fhaf clioers For Xmas or any other time there's nothing more pleasing or useful thana good oil heater. Nine hours of solid comfort from a gallon of PEARL OIL. Good-looking,dependable,durable. Pricaa: $3.75 to $7.75 Perfection Oil Heater 6'X J m W For best results use PEARL OIL I', Witt .'..Tit For Seo fcj GILUAM & BiSBEE CASE FURNITURE COMPANY i If you go travelling, take a LETTER OF CREDIT good wherever you go; If you want to send money away, use a BANK DRAFT it is inexpensive; If you want to keep your money safe, DEPOSIT it with the bank. H B THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Heppner, Ore. CAPITAL $100,000.00 The literary society held their third meeting at the school house last Friday evening. A very interesting program was rendered, including a debate. The next meeting will be held January 7, 1917, and it is hop ed that everyone will eome. Miss Lera GIthens, Lily Troedson, Oral and Bert Palmateer spent Sun day at the home of Fred Ely. The Sunday School is planning a BDlendid program to be given at the school house December 23. They will also have a Christmas tree. There will be a dance at Whlt- comb's hall Friday Dec. 15, to which everyone is invited. Good music will be one of the main features of ths evening. George B. Whitcomb returned to The Dalles to look after his tractor. nOAHDMAN ITEMS. w A. Price left for Portland this morning. Mr. Price has been here two weeks, building a small house and barn on his homsicad. He will I Suggestion TIITS is the time of the year for the inspection of your buildings before Winter sets in. Just a few needed repairs now will go a long ways toward making winter quarters for your stock more comfortable. NOT to sleight the household, this is the best time ever to fix up those little things she has had in mind so long. Tum-A-Lumber for Coal Bins Tum-A-Lumber for Wood Sheds At the Home of "Tnm-A-Lumber" the place for "Tum-A-Lump" t J X t t ? J T f f f f ? ? T t f J 7 t 1 'VVVVVVVVVVVVV return about the first of February to establish his residence. John Mack had a slight hemmor gage Friday evening. Dr. Wainscott and Mr. Mack were telephoned for and they came over in the doctor's car. F. F. Klitz is buoy with his team grading the streets. I Carpenters are now busy ceiling and casing the Dodd-Kennedy build ing. They are making it into a ho tel to accomadate the strangers who come to Boardman. Francis Blayden went to Hermls ton Friday to get some dental work done. She was a guest of Mr. R. Rands, Mrs. J. C. Ballenger Is on the sick list this week, being the victim of la grippe. John Klitz, brother of Frank Klitz, came In unexpectedly from The Dal les Wednesday. Lee Moore drove over from Her mlston In Mr. Stromb's car Friday.