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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918.
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PROFESSIONAL COLUMN
Dr. H. T. ALLISON
Physician Burgeon
Office In Odd Fellows Building.
HEPPNER. OREGON
Dr. N. E. WINNARD
Physician & Surgeon
Office In Fair Building
HEPPNER OREGON
A. D. McMURDO, M. D.
Physician & Surgeon
Office In Patterson Drug Store
HEPPNER :-: :-: OREGON
Dr. R. J. VAUGHN
DENTIST
Permanently located In the Odd
Fellows building, Rooms 4 and I.
HEPPNER, OREGON
tined it did not wait ror us. It sailed '. rics and most of the orchard fruits
three days ahead of us. It was re- and garden sass till you can t rest,
ported in New York that the Fifth While Mr. Barnett has devoted i
Battalion was on this boat but we I much time to wheat raising he has
iuuuu uui mat nicy were nui. ; nui negieeiea ower lines ana now
has f) fin hunch nf rnttlo inmlnv exn
Harry B. Schriever, Now With Forert
Engineers, Aiming First to En
list From Morrow County
DR. GUNSTER
VETERINARIAN
Licensed Graduate
HEPPNER - - ORE.
Telephone 722 (Day or Night)
DR. J. L. CALLOWAY
Osteopathic Physician
6 Roberts Building
Phone 643
At Lexington
Tuesdays and Thursdays
WOODSON & SWEEK
ATTORNEY8-AT-LAW
Office In Palace Hotel,
Heppner, Oregon
Offce on west end ot May Street
HEPPNER, OREGON
SAM E. VAN VACTOR
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
S. E. NOTSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office, Roberts Building, Heppner
Office Phone, Main 643
Residence Thoue Main 665
FRANCIS A. McMENAMIN
LAWYER
Roberts Building, Heppner, Oreg.
F. H. ROBINSON
LAWYER
IONE
OREGON'
PATTERSON & ELDER
l Doors North Palace Hotel.
TONBORAL ARTISTS
FINE BATHS SHAVING 26o
J. H. BODE
MERCHANT TADjOB
HEPPNER
OREGON
"Tailoring That Satisfies"
LOUIS PEARSON
MERCHANT TAILOR
HEPPNE'R :-: :-: :-: OREGON
ROY V. WHITEIS
Fire Insurance writer for best Old
Line Companies.
HEPPNER :- -: OREGON
M. J. BRADFORD
"The Village Painter"
Contractdlng Painting and Paper
hanging, Phone 663. Office
1st Door Wtst of Creamery
DR. J. G. TURNER
EYE SPECIALIST
Portland, Oregon.
Regular monthly visits to Hepp
ner and lone. Watch paper
for dates.
E. J. STARKEY
Electrician
House Wiring a Specialty
Heppner Oregon
Phone 633
I haul baggage and passengers to
and from the depot to any part of the
city. Phone 666 or 183. Lee Cant
well. FOR SALE Black Minorca Eggs.
tl.BA ner setting. Write Mrs. W.
D, Gordon, Echo, Ore., U. H. No, 1.
Mrs. C. R. Pointer, of Lexington is
In receipt of a couple of letters the
past week from Harry B. Schriever,
a cousin of Mr. Pointer's who Is now
with the American Expeditionary
Forces in France. Mr. Schriever
went over at about the time of the
sinking of the Tuscania, and it was
originally intended that his division
should ship on that boat, and it had
been so reported. Orders were chang
ed, however, and the division boarded
another vessel which made the trip
without mishap. At the time of his
enlistment Mr. Schriever was engag
ed as foreman at the C. R. Pointer
farm. He was a valuable man on the
farm and his going was regretted.
We give his letters here, knowing
that his many Lexlsgton friends will
be glad ot a word from him. The
purely personal portions have been
omitted.
With the American Expedl
Forces, May 9, 1918.
Dear Maude and Folks
I will try to write you a few lines
today. Received your most welcome
letter day before yesterday, and must
say that I was glad to hear from you.
Had only two letters In a month. A
letter from Emma the same time
said that everything is fine and dandy
there (Dakota). She is sending me
the Sanborn paper and I got six of
them today. She said they were ex
pecting Arch home for a few days. I
have never heard from him though I
have written him several times. Re
ceived a letter also from Gertie, writ
ten on the 17 th ot March. At that
time they were at Lester Prairie,
Minn., but I see by the papers they
are at Sanborn now. A letter was
received from James and Lucy on
Feb. 23. They sent me a muffler.. I
finally got the box of candy you sent
to Belvoir. It reached me on April
10th and was not in very good shape.
I gave it to the French kids and they
sure dug into it.
Must have missed some of your let
ters, as 1 knew nothing of the Boss
selling the mules. I sure would like
to have old Shag and Bock to drive
now. If you could see some of the
horses I have been working since
coining over here. Well they will
see some war times if they ever get
on this side. Tell the boys to take
good care of that Kentucky race horse
until 1 get buck.
You spoke of sending papers. 1
never get but one Heppner paper and
one Oregoiiiun January papers.
Wa sure have had some weather
here lately. It rained on Raster and
lias kept It up every Sunday since, as
well as most every other day. Winds
and uuut do not bother. us. Since 1
wrote you last we have moved to this
point whore we have been for about
three weeks. Wo are making rail
road ties. Biing camped between
two villages, the French come to see
us from both sides. There was a mob
of them here today as it was some
sort of a Catholic holiday. They
were all through the woods rubbering
at the things we were working with.
They beat the world for rubbering.
You take an American wagon to. the
village and the whole town conies out
to see it.
There are lots of small villages
here but you can't buy much in
them. The people live funny, all in
small towns, not like the farmers at
home who live on their land. Many
of these villages have no scores at all
just a cafe ar two. The houses are
all built of concrete, house and barn
together about two feet from the
the house door to the burn door, and
they always pile their manure In
front of the house door. Their wealth
is judged by the size of the manure
pile and there is some of the richest
people here I ever saw.
1 have one of these French girls
spotted and I think I will bring her
back to the States with me. 1 can
almost make a living now and with
one of them I believe I would make
It fine. But I think I shall have to
stay here until she learns to tall!
English because I will never learn
the French.
Have heard nothing about a limit
to our letters write as many as we
like. And about money, I have lots
of francs;' we get our pay regularly
now.
It is rumored that we get a seven
day furlough in June, and if it gives
me time I am going to try and see
some of this country. - But we enn't
go to Tans, where we want to go
worst.
With best regards to all,
HARRY.
Co. C, 6th Bn A. E. F., 20th Eng.
Somewhere in France.
Dear Maude:
I received your letter of the 30th
of March a few days ago and I must
say that I was glad to hear from
you. The letter got strayed off some
whore as it was late reaching me
We get letters in from twenty days
to two months. Sometimes we get
mall every day, then we may go two
weeks without any at all. The bun
dles of papers you sent reached me
day before yesterday and I have been
busy reading them. I was sorry to
see that Ralph Becket was dead
never knew the other boy. Was sorry
also to hear that Uncle Marsh was
so bad off.
You ask about the Tuscania. We
were at sea when It was sunk and got
a wireless the next morning and
heard what ship It was but did not
hear what regiment of soldiers was
on It. As far as we can find out we
were to sail on the Tuscania with the
Sixth Battalion, but being quaran-
It Is getting pretty dry here as it
has not rained for three days. Was
pretty warm today. We are going to
a lake about three miles from here
tomorrow for a swim if it is not too
cold. It is either that or a bird bath
here in a tin can. Our laundry don't
bother -us much at this place. The
French women come and get it and
fetch it back and do the finest kind
of work for a little of nothing.
They have the finest kind of roads
here in this country; all hard sur
faced, but you never see an auto only
in the war service. The Frogs either
walk or ride bicycles; the Yankees
all walk.
How is Pap Hayseed getting
along? Tell him hello for me.
Was clad to hear that you folks
are all In good health.
With best wishes to all,
HARRY.
Quite a number of cows and calves
remain at the home place and these
are all sleek and fat.
A splendid well with a good pump-
ling outfit keeps the big reservoir
above the house filled to overflowing
and furnished water for house, barn
and irrigation. The abundance of
water Mr. Barnett now has makes
his place very valuable. For the fme
strawberry treat we enjoyed and the
nice basket of lettuce and radishes
we were permitted to bring home, the
Messrs. Barnett have our abundant
thanks.
Big Elevator Going Up Rapidly.
Through the kindness of Lou
Holmes, hustling manager of the
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. at Lexing
ton, the G.-T. man was permitted to
view the work of construction of the
big concrete elevator at Jordan Sid
ing on Tuesday morning. The Tura-
A-Lum Company has the contract for
the construction of this building and
the work is now moving along at a
rapid and satisfactory rate. A crew
of some forty men are engaged In
putting up the building and work is
carried on night and day. The most
interesting feature of the construc
tion is the form in which the concrete
is poured. This is so built that it is
gradually moved to the top of the
building as the work goes on of pour
ing and placing the steel. At inter
vals all around the form jack screws
are so placed that a turn or two rais
es the form the desired distance for a
new layer of concrete, while under
neath the torm is a platform for the
use ot the plasterers who put on the
finishing coat. The main walls will
reach a height of about 66 feet and
the extension on the top of this with
the roof will complete a height of
about 110 feet.
The new structure appears to be a
splendid piece of work and will stand
out in fine style against the sky line.
The six big bins will have a storage
capacity of 125,000 bushels of grain
and the bins will be largely filled and
emptied by a gravity system, thus do
ing away with the expense of work
ing machinery to a large degree
This building is according to plans
furnished by the Tum-A-Lum Com
pany and worked out by H. L. Cope-
land, construction and architectural
engineer of the elevator department.
Mr. Copeland was in charge of the
work at Jordan on Tuesday, having
ccme down from Walla Walla to re
lieve Superintendent Freeman Smith
who was called home on account of
the serious illness of his wife.
Mr. Copeland was much pleased
with the manner in which the work
is progressing and guarantees that
the Jordan Siding Warehouse & Stor
age Company w'ill have an excellent
elevator when it is completed.
For night work on the building a
complete electrical lighting system
has been installed and Dan Harlow
states that nothing is being left un
done to push the work to completion
in time to have the elevator ready for
the coming crop. The structure will
cost between $40,000 and $50,000.
Crops Are Still Looking Well.
Our Representative had the pleas
ure of a visit out among a number of
the wheat farms of the Lexington sec
tion on Tuesday and found that In
the greater portion of the belt be
tween Lexington and the base line
road there is nothing to complain of.
This is especially true of the tall and
winter grain. The spring sowing
still looks a fine color and much of
it Is just now in the boot and at a
very critical stage, needing rain to in
sure any yield whatever. Should
rains come within the week, however,
the most of this spring sowing will
turn out well. Some Early Baart was
sown in that vicinity and It is devel
oping well and should make a good
yield regardless of future weather
conditions.
Attended Wage Fixing Meeting.
C. R. Pointer accompanied Farmer
Brown to Pendleton on Sunday and
on Monday attended the big meeting
of farmers from the several Eastern
Oregon wheat counties, assembled
there for the purpose of fixing a scale
of wages to be paid during the com
ing harvest. While enroute, Mr.
Pointer made close observance of the
crop conditions and found that in
many portions of Umatilla county
the hot weather was doing more dam
age than here. He is satisfied that
in many portions of Umatilla the
crops will be far short of normal be
cause of the recent hot weather.
A Motorist Wants Satisfaction
That is What We Guarantee.
In all our repair work c;r.rntious workmanship with a desire
to give the best of service to the m.t;rist, is making more and more j
business for the Universal.
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HILL & JOHNS
South Willow Street, Heppner, Ore.
Off to Join Navy.
Claud Devine, oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Devine, left Lexington
Tuesday morning for Portland to en
list in the. navy. Claud has been
farming his homestead out north of
Lexington and has in some 200 acres
of wheat which he says is doing well,
but having become somewhat impa
tient to get into the fray with the
other boys, he decided to try for a
place with the Jackies and will leave
the farm to be cared for by others.
To Ship Two Cars of Cattle.
Howard Lane, the Lexington but
cher shop proprietor, and W. H. Pad
berg, farmer of that section, will each
ship a car of prime beef cattle to the
Portland market on Sunday. This
stuff has all been on good feed and
Mr. Lane says it is the finest bunch
of beef to leave the Lexington yards
this season. There are sixty head in
the bunch.
ioncer Resident Enjoying Visit
From Brother and Sister.
Anianuel C. Pctteys, pioneer resi
dent of Morrow county, fs enjoyisg a
visit this week from a brother, M. B.
Petteys of Portland, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Bewley of Tillamook. Mrs.
Bewley is a sister of Mr. Petteys, and
these folks came in on Mr. Petteys
rather unexpectedly the last of the
week. Mr. and Mrs. Bewley have
been residents of Tillamook for many
years, going there among the very
first settlers and for long years were
pretty much isolated from the other
part of the world. Since the coming
of the railroad, however, they have
felt as though they were a part of
the State of Oregon, and getting in
and out of Tillamook has not been so
difficult as formerly. It has been
some twenty-five years since Mr.
Petteys has seen his sister, this being
the occasion of a former visit to Mor
row county by Mrs. Bewley.
Mr. Petteys has been In poor
health .for the past winter and says
that for a time he was not sure of
pulling through. He is much im
proved at the present and greatly en
Joys visits from his many friends.
His relatives will remain with him
for some time yet.
Burnett's Have Fine llaneh.
W. F. Harnett is the owner of
some 1800 acres of land about six
miles north of Lexington and this
season he has about 1100 acres of
this sown to grain which at the pres
ent time promises a Big yield. Mr.
Barnett lives in town and the farm
is in charge of his orother Tom who
takes delight in showing visitors
about the place and giving them a
glimpse of what can be accomplished
on the hill ranches when there Is
water enough to do some irrigating.
He has worked out a garden plot
right near the house that at the pres
ent time is a wonder to behold, and
Tom says it is only a sample of what
he will be able to show about a month
later when his real garden has devel
oped. Almost anything that you can
think of Is flourishing there, and we
were especially interested in that
strawberry patch that is now fairly
burdened with luscious berries. The
patch had been gone over on Monday
when a picking of twenty-five gal
lons was gathered in, and this too,
after W. O. Hill, Gus McMillan and
Some others had been there on Sun
day and had a fill up. These berries
are just a little finer than any that
are shipped In here, and where peo
ple have water that can be used in
Irrigating, there is no reason why all
the fruit of this kind they need
should not be raised. Then there
are currants, raspberries, blackber-
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LOCAL DEALERS, HEPPNER.
Carpenter W. J. Davis is putting
on the final touches to the new work
at the W. P. McMillan home. K. L.
Beach is installing the plumbing.
Dan Summer is busy at his place
in town putting in a 10,000 gallon
reservoir. Many other improvements
about his place are, making it one of
the attractive homes of the citjr
Gus McMillan and family left for
an auto trip into Idaho on Wednei
day. They will be gone for a couple
of weeks or so, visiting with Mrs.
McMillan's people, who reside near
Kendrick.
Albert Nelson has all the material
on the ground now for the construc
tion of his new barn, and expects to
have the building up at an early date
providing he is fortunate enough to
secure carpenters to do the job.
The Lexington postolfice has moved
into npw miarlprs recently erpcfprl
by Mr. Brashears. The postmistress '
expresses herself as highly pleased
with the new location, which she has
occupied since the first of the month.
Mrs. Lew Holmes is visiting this
week at the home of her sister in
Grass Valley. Mr. Holmes drove
over Sunday with his family. He
found crop conditions in that por
tion of Sherman county good and
there will be a big harvest there.
James A. Pointer is getting the
material on the ground and will be
gin the erection of a modern barn
at his farm within a short time. Mr.
Pointer has also invested in a new
Deering combine and will have use
for the machine in caring for his on
coming crop of wheat.
The deal has been closed whereby
the Christian church at Lexington
takes over the property of the M. 15.
Church, South. Plans to remodel
the church and paint it up, as well as
the parsonage, are being perfected
and the property will be greatly im
proved and made more modern. A
minister has been employed and reg
ular services will be held, commenc
ing early In the fall.
Dan Hanshew is getting located
again on his Blackhorse farm. He ar
rived at Lexington Tuesday morning
with three head of fine Jersey milk
cows which he had been three days
driving from The Dalles. Mr. Han
shew brought the cows up from Hills
boro, where he has been located dur
ing the past year or so. He seems
pretty well pleased to be getting back
to Morrow county again.
C. A. Johnson was hilled to leave
Lexington on Wednesday for Mon
tana, where he expects to work out
the balance of the shearing season.
He is a member of the Independest
Shearing Co., in charge of Hap Pear
son. These boys have finished up in
Morrow county and have sheared be
tween 65,000 and 70,000 head of
sheep. The most of them left for
Montana Tuesday morning. Charley
states that wages received by this
crew ranged from 15 to 20 cents, and
owing' to the cold weather that pre
vailed the most of the season here,
shearing was pretty hard work.
Sapolio doing its work. Scouring
for U.b.narine Corps recruits.
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