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TIIE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OKEGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1917. Page Five Town and Country. 0. M. Blakely, Grant county stock man, was in the city Sunday from Monument. John Sheridan of Lena Is spending a few days In Heppner thiss week transacting badness. Jas. Higgins and wife were Hepp ner visitors Saturday, being register ed at the Palace hotel. Fred Lucas went down to Wasco last Saturday to bring his family home. They mr.de the return trip in their car. Ben McMullcn an dwlfe returned last week from Chinook, Montana where Mr. McMullen has been shear ing sheep for several weks pest. 0. L. Wall and wife and Guy Ellis and wife, well known LaGrande peo ple, passed through Heppner Sunday by auto. They are making a tour of the state. ' Miss Marchia Wlnnard, daughter nf Mr. and Mm. Frank WlnnarH hoi returned from Monmouth, where she i has been attending the summer sen-. slons of the State Normal School. Mr. and Mrs. John Brosnan were visitors at the Hugh Currin ranch on Birch creek the latter part of last week. Mr. Brosnan lives on Little Butter creek and is Mrs. Currln's brother. Pilot Rock Record. Hugh Bran says it is very expensive motoring up Willow creek at the pre sent time owing to the rough condi tion of the roads. Tire expense runs into money fast, according to Mr. Bran, if much driving is done over this road. Camp & Dupuy, Portland contrac tors who have just completed the new Garrigues building on Main street, have started work on the new house for Stacy Roberts on Gale and Center Btreets. At the present time the concrete foundation is being laid. Mr. Roberts will have a mod ern home in every respect when it is completed. O. E. Farnsworth returned home last Saturday from a business trip into Baker and Union counties. Mr. Farnsworth comes home feeling more enthusiastic than ever for Mor row county. He Is of the opinion now, as he has always been, that we have the best country in the world right here. Crops are even shorter In adjacent counties than those In Mor row county, according to Mr. Farns worth, and In many places the hay shortage will work a hardship on the stockmen. W. 0. Minor, wife and son, were in Pilot Rock a short time yesterday, while on their .way to Lehman Springs where Mrs. Minor and the boy will stay a month or more. Mr. Minor expects to return to Heppner, Sunday. This was his first trip thru Pilot Rock since 1888 and, of cours$, he noted many changes in the town. Mr. Minor is one of the pioneer Short horn cattle breeders of the Northwest and is building up his heard again after being partially out of the busi ness for several years. His herd of Shorthorns took the prize as World's Champions In the beef breed class at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and have won distincton all over the Uni ted States. Mr. Minor sold his lambs a tew days ago at $10.25, being an extensive sheep raiser as well as a cattle man. Pilot Rock Record. ALBERT WILLIAMS WOOD AND GOAL I have taken over the fuel businesses of both the Hepp ner Wood Yard and C. H. Goldsmith, and can furnish fuel of all kinds in any quantity desired. Leave orders at Humphreys Drug Co. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. Dr. Gunster Graduate Veterinarian . . t PATTERSON & SON Drug Store r" ' ' ' ' ' . - ' . YOU CAN BE A BETTER TEACHER BY TRAINING YOURSELF PROFESSIONALLY AT THE , OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL SCHOOfc, . You will learn what to teach and how to teach.' The achool prepares you for elementary work in city and country schools. Every member of the faculty has professional preparation. COURSES Professional, Supervisor, Rural and Pri mary. First semester begins September 10, 1917. Learn more about your professional possibilities. The 1917 catalog tells. The Registrar has one for you. Write for it. Crystalized Ideals ! THAT'S WHAT THE HOMES BEING BUILT IN HEPPNER TODAY ARE THE CRYSTALIZED IDEALS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THEM BUILT. YOU HAVE IDEAS TOO, TO BE DE VELOPED. WE HAVE A COLLECTION OF "MODERN HOMES" PLANS WHICH WILL INTEREST YOU. DROP IN AND SEE OR PHONE IN AND I'LL SEE YOU, COMPETENT BUILDERS CHEERFULLY RECOMMENDED Free Delivery Within City Limits. Heppner Planing & Chop Mil 1 "HOME-MADE HOMES" Heppner, Oregon MEMBER WESTERN RETAIL LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION Dr. W. C. Logan and Mrs. Logan ot! Astoria were in Heppner Sunday. ' Mike McCabe was in the city Sun day from his McDonald canyon ranch. R. C. Briggs of the U.S. Geological Survey was in Heppner on official business last Saturday. j Ray Logan, LaGrande real estate dealer was in Heppner Saturday, ac companied by J. A. Johnson of Hat-, ton, Wash. Bob Thompson shipped two cars of' cattle to the Portland market Sun day. They were made up of cows and calves. J. H. Wyland, the veteran sheep mari of the Hardman country, was transacting business in Heppner the first of the week. Lout Between the Ed Adkins place and the John Padberg place, a small kitchen table drawer. Finder please notify this office. Mr. and Mrs. Cal Sweek expect to leave soon for the coa:-,t to spend their summer vacation with Mrs. Sweek's parents who have a cottage at New port beach. S. H. Forshaw and wife of Pendle ton passed through Heppner Monday while on an auto tour. Mr. Forshaw had not been in cur city for 14 years and the chutes A-.e noted were re markable. N Mike Szepauck, who formerly liv ed in Heppner, v an in the city over the week-end. af.t unpanied by Mrs. Szepanek and two of the children. Mr. Szepanek farms in the vicinity of Echo. Geoige Hendry, local baker, went to The DUles last.Saturday on a brief trip of business to look after some property which lie owns near that place. He relumed home Sunday evening. Chas. Cox, who farms west of Heppner, was in the city the first of the week, making ready for harvest. He announces the fact that there will be some good grain on his ranch this year in spite of adverse conditions. Mrs. J. A. Waters and son Delmar spent the week-end In lone visiting at the home of Mrs. Cynthia Walker. Mrs. Waters and son will go on from lone to the beach at Newport where they will spend sveral weeks at their summer cottage. ' A. M. Mark ham of Freewater is in Heppner this week on business mat' ters and Incidentally visiting with a large number of his old friends here. Mr. Markham wa3 formerly engaged in fanning here and stiU retains property interests. The Bauman-Cummlngs threshing crew is busy at the present time har vesting the J. D. Bauman crop below Heppner. They are following the method of heading and threshing 'to gether. We understand the yield is better than expected. .- Frank and Howard Anderson, Eight Mile farmers were in the city Saturday making preparations to be gin' harvest. Work of gathering in the 1917 crop started the first of the week. These men harvest their grain by the combine method. . Andy Rood . began harvest last week by heading a' field of barley. He Is of the opinion that the barley will make a good yield, and while the wheat is behind that of last year In both quality and quantity, there will be lots of it nevertheless. Berl: Gurdane and Ray Rogers left last Friday for Lehman Springs. They made the trip in Mr. Gurdane's car and were acccompanled by Miss Muriel Cason and Miss Mabel Wilcox. The young people will spend two weeks at this popular resort. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sparks and son Howard returned last Friday from a pleasant auto tour of Northeastern Oregon. They spent some time in Baker and LaGrande, passed through Enterprise and Joseph .and spent a few delightful days at Wallowa Lake. Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Vaughn and Harojd Cohn left the last of the week on an extensive auto tour of North eastern Oregon. They will visit in Baker and LaGrande and expect to spend several days at Wallowa Lake. They are making the trip in Mr. Cohn's car. Lewis Kopple, who has been run ning the local store during the ab sence of M. H. Kopple In the East, was one of those drawn In the selec tive draft In Gilliam county. Mr. Kopple has arranged to take his physical examination in this county before the local board. His home is in Condon. E. D. .Brown, until recently man ager of the Heppner Milling Com pany, when ho resigned on account of failing health, returned Saturday from a stay of several days at coast rescrts. The salt air did not prove as ' beneficial as Mr. Brown had hopod and he will now go Into the moun tains for a few weeks. Louis Pearson, local tailor, accom panied by Mr. . Swanson, returned Saturday from an extensive tour by auto of Southern Oregon. They went as far as Northern California. Mr. Pearson says they had a most enjoy able trip. One of the points of in terest which they visited was Crater Lake, Oregon's one big wonder spot. F. W. Babcock, representative of the Sound Amucement Company was in Heppner the last of the wek mak ing arrangments for the appearance of the big carnival show In Heppner next week. The fair grounds have been obtained for five days, com mencing Wednesday, August 14th. See their advertisement in another column. NOR & CO. You Know What You Want and whatever it is in clothes, should your preference be tailoring, we'll be delighted to measure you for an ED. V. PRICE 6? CO. Summer Select your own style and pattern and we'll do the rest G 0 0 D G 0 0 D S Young Men Who Prefer Tailoring Our policy is broad' gauged. Were here to sell you what you want. We're glad to recom' mend ED. 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