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We are offering for trade for Mor
row County Wheat Land an eighty
acre farm seven miles from Oregon
City, forty-five acres of which Is In a
high state of cultivation, the rest be
ing pasture and some good timber.
This land Is adapted to truck farm
ing or dairying; has a fairly good
house and a large dairy barn and a
number of outbuildings; has a splen
did orchard, and also a number of
nut trees, all well fenced. Five good
oows go with the place and all of the
farm implements. This place is lo
cated on two public thoroughfares
and Is considered one of the best
farms in that section of the country.
To anyone desiring a home in the
Willamette Valley this would be an
opportunity they could not afford to
overlook.
If interested come ana see us.
SMEAD & CRAWFARD.
A Good Position.
Can be had by any young man or
young lady In the field of Railway or
commercial telegraphy. Since the
passage of the eight hour law by Con
gress, it has created a big demand
tor telegraph operators. Positions
paying from $75 to $80 per month,
witn good chances for advancement.
It will pay you to write Railway
leiegraph Ins't, of Portland. Ore,
for full particulars.
See Beach 6 Allyn, Lexington
agents, for a trade on your old car
for a new Ford.
For Sale Nice Winter apples at $1.
00 per sack at the C. P. Bowman
ranch on Butter creek.
Your friends can buy any
you can give them except
photograph. Siesbee Studio.
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WE SELL PURE WHITE FLOUR NONE BETTER
HEPPNER FARMERS' UNION
WAREHOUSE CO.
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WE HANDLE WHEAT AND WOOL. HIGHEST
. PRICES PAI DFOR HIDES AND PELTS.
GAZETTE-TIMES Advertising Pays. For this there is
reason: Circulation which includes practically ALL
the people in Morrow and Northern Grant Counties.
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NEWS NOTES F
NEIGHBORING CITIES
Buys Big Ranch.
C. Guy Wakefield, local piano deal
er, has completed the purchase of a
320 acre ranch necr Lexington, be
tween Echo and lone, from Myer K.
Abraham and Ross Everett. The
ranch is iocated 12 miles north of
Lexington and is fine wheat land.
One half of the land has a house,
barn and other improvements. Mr.
Wakefield will raise wheat and plans
to experiment with Kaffir corn and
Sedan grass. He will employ a mana
ger to run the ranch. Mr. Wakefield
will continue his business in Pendle
ton, but plans to visit the ranch oc
casionally to supervise matters. The
consideration was in the neighbor
hood of $4000. Pendleton Tribune.
Richards Buy Big Farm.
What is, knqwn as the Rogers
farm on Butter Crekk has been pur
chased by Thomas Richards and sons,
of this place. There are 480 acres of
land in this farm and the considera
tion paid was $32,000
Of the 4 SO acres there are 230 ac
res of alfalfa land and the rest Is bot
tom land that can be irrigated when
there is a surplus of water, and which
will grow good barley without irrigation.
This is the second large farm
bought by Mr. Richards and associa
tes this year. Early In the spring
they acquired 200 acres of growing
alfalfa from Pete Sheridan on Lower
Butter creek. Stanfield Standard.
There have been nearly a million
pounds of chrome hauled from Can
yon mountain to Prairie City, where
it was shipped east. This was ud to
last Saturday and the figures showed
that teams had hauled 800,000 lbs.
This is only a small portion of the
railroadchrome in this county and the
amount that will be hauled to the
railroad will run into the millions of
pounds. The new body, west of here
will supply thousands of tons and a
string of teams will be put onto the
road just as soon as possible. Mr.
McCorckle and Joe Beggs will ship
this ore. The mining and shipping
of chrome from this sectilon has
grown into an industry that will
bring a great deal of money into the
county and it will continue for a long
ume. canyon City Blue Mt. Eagle
James Murtha, one of the largest
sheep raisers and land holders in the
county was in the office Saturday
settling for the paper. He is a son
oi me Emerald Isle and came to
Oregon not so very long ago with
tne proverbial dollar in his jeans; he
i-au uuw uruuaDiy write nis cner-k
for $20,000 and owns 7000 sheep
and several sections of land. He has
just finished a sheep shed 60 by 180
feet on his home ranch and will put
up another on his outlying rage when
he gets around to it. Condon Times
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N. A. CLARK. Proprietor,
SUCCESSOR TO E. E. BEAMAN
FINE ROCK SRINGSNUT COAL
$11.00 Per Ton 0 0
Phone 396 - - Heppner, Oregon tl
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I ROY V. WHITEIS I
REAL ESTATE, FIRE, LIFE, STOCK AND
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE.
FAMED MACRAE RANCH SOLD.
Fumed Miu-Kae Ranch in Grant Coun
ty Containing 8000 Acres, Sold
to Josept Man.
Portland, Ore.,Dec. 15. By the
terms of a deal closed here yesterday
by Ray W. Logan, of La Grande, Ore.,
the famed MacRae ranch of 8000
acres in Grant county, known as one
of the most efficently conducted cattle
ranches in the west, has been sold
by its owner, Mrs. Lillian MacRae, to
C. P. Ragsdale, of Joseph, Ore. The
price was $200,000 and the deal
was cash. Mr. Ragsdale will take
immediate possession.
The land is partly on the John Day
river near Dayville and partly In
Bear Valley. It consists of 550 acres
in alfalfa, 2000 acres in meadow and
5500 acres for grazing. Included
are 10,000 head of sheep, 100 horses,
100 head of cattle and a large amount
of farm machinery and equipment.
The place is provided with modern
barns and residences.
All the stock is registered, even to
the hens and turkeys. This is a part
of that ranch that has added to its
income. Mrs. MacRae will move to
Portland within a few days and event
ually plans a trip to France and Eng
land to visit relatives.
C. P. Ragsdale, purchaser of the
ranch, recently disposed of a large
whea,t and sheep ranch he owned at
Joseph. He will take immediate
possession of the MacRae ranch.
Pendleton Tribune.
Owls Kill Game.
Unless some measures can be tak
en, legally, to rid this commuility
of the large white owls which have
Lappeared this winter the China Phea
sants will be considerably scarcer in
the Spring. Dr. Alex Reid saw an
owl capture and eat a pheasant and
jonn uossage nas seen the same
thing happen.
It is understood that the law pro
hibits the killing of white owls, but
the sportmen here who are protecting
the pheasants have been sorely
tempted, to kill the big owls. Stan
lield Standard.
List Your Property With Me For Quick Returns.
ALL KINDS OF FARM AND TOWN PROPERTY AND
RENTALS HANDLED.
Office 2nd door north of Minor & Co., formerly occupied
by Dr. Culhertson.
Many Predatory Animals Killed.
More than 15,000 predatory ani
mals, over 11,000 of which were coy
otes, were destroyed during the fiscal
government year by the trappers
and hunters hired by the government
according to reports from Washing
ton received by the local department
of the biological survey.
The report states that 11,800 coy
otes, 1564 bobcats, 424 wolves,
mountain lions and 2086 miscellan-
eous wild animals were killed during
the year, and this does not take into
account many animals poisoned and
whose bodies were never recovered
The government uses three methods
in its warfare against predatory
beasts, trapping, shooting and pois
oning. Most of the animals were kill
ed in the western states where rabies
has been prevalent. rendleton E. O,
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Christmas
Candi
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IN GREAT VARIETY
Also
B y the Pail, Pound, or Box
everything for the Christmas
Dinner from soup to nuts
Phelps Grocery Co.
SCHOOL NOTES. '
(By S. E. Notson, Co. Supt.)
The State Teachers' Association
will meet in Portland, December 27
29. The Educational- Council will
meet on the 27th, and the regular
program will be presented on the two
days followin. Arrangements have
been made to have some of the ablest
school men of the country on the pro-
ram. The Eastern Division of the
Association has voted to unite with
the Western Division, so that there
will be but one association from this
time on. The railroads have made a
rate of one and one-third fare for the
meeting. The hotels are planning
to entertain the teachers royally at
reasonable rates. We hope that
this county will be representated by
a large delegation of teachers. We
i somewhat issolated here, hence
we need tci get out once in a while
and "mix" with others. We need
the inspiration which comes from lis
tenlng to some of the educational
lea'ders.
A local educational meeting was
held in District No. 34 last Saturday
night. The pupils and patrons turn
ed out in numbers sufficient to fill the
schoolhouse. The pupils presented a
very interesting program. Tula was
followed by a short address by the
writer, after which the lantern was
brought into service and nearly a
hundred slides were shown and ex
plained. The ladies of the neighbor
hood then took charge of affairs and
served a splendid lunch. Everybody
seemed to enjoy the evening and
another such an event will probably
occur in the near future.
The writer has been visiting the
Heppner school a few hours at a time
during the past two weeks. Usually
the approach of the holidays begins to
tell upon a school at this time of
year, but there is very little evidence
that the work is slacking in this
school. I think that there has not
been, since my acquaintance with
this school began, a more serious and
studious student body than the one
now to be found in the school. Al
most without exception, the pupils
seem to be intensely interested in
their work and go about in a happy
frame of mind. The writer had the
pleasure of addressing the high school
Monday morning, this being the oc
casion of his final official visit. It
was an occasion of unusual interest
to the writer, as he watched the work
of a large number of these students
since they were in the primary grad
es. It is the devout wish of the writ
er that every one of these students
may meet with well deserved success.
Within a fw dayes the writer will
close up his work as county super
intendent, after having devoted near
ly eight and half years to the work.
It is his purpose to say a few things
through the press next week by the
way of review of the work and sug
gestion as to what the public may do
to assist the work under the new administration.
GlaBsea fitted satisfactorily by Dr.
Winnard, or money refunded. His
prices are reasonable, and he is where
yon can always find him. No charge
for testing eyes. tf.
Charles Becket, a Morrow County
boy and son of J. W. Becket, pioneer
Eight Mile farmer, has been elected
captain of the 1917 Washington high
school football team in Portland.
His brother, John Becket, captain of
the University of Oregon team, re
ceived favorable mention for the All-
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
to obtain through your choice 320 acres clear land in Mor
row County: Yy2, Sec. 16, Tp. 2n, Range 26, E. W. M.
FOR SALE Cash or terms.
FOR RENT As farming land on shares,
or
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TO TRADE For Portland suitable prop
erty.
Next year grain will undoubtedly command highest
prices. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY
State you proposition and for particulars write
L. D. COOK
372 E. 40 So., Portland, Oregon.
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Three Sizes of
B-UICKS
this year
Seven passenger, six cylinder,
55 horsepower - - $1635.00
Five Passenger, six cylinder, 45
horsepower - - - $1170.00
Five passenger, four cylinder, I
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These prices are F. O. B. Heppner
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BUICK DESIGN
BUICK VALVE-IN-HEAD POWER
The lightness of the Buick Valve-in "lead motr and
not the enthusiasm of its salesmen has made the Buick
conspicuous for leadership.
This new four has a Buick Valve-in-Head motor (with
electric starter) which develops thirty-five horse nower
: on DraKe test ana is so reliable for ruggtd service that no
, eulogy is necessary among "men who know Buick."
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Kb lines are beautiful.. Finish and color are exception
al. Deep, tufted black genuine leather upholstery. Cov
ered floor and running board, with aluminum bindings,
give a trimness of appearance that is peculiarly Buick.
Body, hood, feeders and running gear are painted a
glossy, long-wr -ing black; wheels are black with white
stripes. Tires 31x4 inches.
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SEE THE BABY BUICK AT THE HEPPNER GARAGE jj
i ALBRET BOWKER, Local Agent
All Buicks have the Delco lighting and starting system.
$ There is none better. X
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L. M0NTERESTELL1
MARBLE AND GRANITE
WORKS
PENDLETON, OREGON
Fine Monument and Cemetery Work.
All parties interested in getting work in my
line should get my pricas and estimates
. before placing their orders.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
American team this year.
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