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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1919)
I'HK (JAZETTE-TIMKS. HKPPXER. OREGON. TJUHSDAY, A I'M I, 17, ii9. PACK h tj Charles L'nderwood, a leading stockman of the Condon country, died at that city on Tuesday. Mr. Underwood was a member of the Elks lodge of this city, and a number of lils brother members will go over from here anl assist In the funeral services which will be held tomorrow. Mr. Underwood was a highly respec ted eitiien of the Condon country. rfa i. .mUujw..iffTjt,,,j,WCTTT, f 20 Years to Pay FOE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY FARMS Lands for all. Irrigated or non-irrigated, Wheat, Livestock, Dairy, Poultry or Mixed Farming. $$11.00 to $30.00 per acre buys good rich fertile prairie wheat land, and $50.00 per acre for irrigated land, water right fnm the Canadian Government. Your Opportunity To start with a small investment and make your farm pay for itself. Join one df cur parties and sue for yourself. Season is now open. For information call or write to armers txchange OF THE INLAND EMPIRE F. R. Brown, Mgr. Heppner, Oregon or L. P. THORNTON, 208 R. R. Exchange Building, Portland, Oregon Hiuafc I iff if Best for the West Established 1885 S3 Delicious Sweet Corn "Golden .Bantam" Exceptionally early and in flavor and tenderness not equalled by any other variety. The ears are short and compact and the kernels plump and creamy. This and a thousand other veg etables best for the West, may be selected from JiSJ catalog and found at your dealers. Write JigJ Seattle or Portland for Catalog, Free. IMPORTANT TO AUTO OWffERS T4 JL JL 'A.VING leased the mechanical Department 'of the new McRoberts-Cohn Auto Company Garage, we are prepared to assume the care and upkeep of your car in a satisfactory manner. The shop is being rapidly equipped with the latest models of machinery and no job will be too intricate for us to handle. i We have had years o experience in this work. Will make prompt delivery. The season is fast approaching which permits the use of your car. Bring it in and let us look it over. We will tell you what it needs and you can rely upon our advice. We stand behind our statements and guarantee our work. Welch 8l Lininger LOCAL PENEYG Mrs. J. F. Vaughn departed for Portland Monday and will spend the week visiting in that city. R. N. Stanfield made a shipment of three cars of sheep from the Heppner yards to Chicago Wednesday. I B. G. Sigsbee returned home from Portland yesterday. He spent the past week In the metropolis. Born, at their home on Rhea creek, Thursday, April 10th, to Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Kirk, a daughter. S. W. Spencer and E. G. Noble were visitors in Pendleton on Sunday, going ovor in the Spencer car. Mat Halvorsen and G us A. John Bon, farmers of the lone section, were business visitors in Heppner on Friday last. I Mrs. Albert Bowker visited with : relatives at Dayton, Wash., during the past week. She was accompanied on the trip by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Clark, i LOST Somewhere on the streets of Heppner, a medium-sized gold brooch, old English design. Liberal reward will be paid for its return to Mrs. Anna Keithly. al7-tf The family of C. D. Watkins ar rived from Wasco last evening. They will occupy the residence property recently vacated by the family of F. R. Brown, in South Heppner. A. M. Phelps, who has been suffer ing from a severe attack of rheuma tism for the past three or four weeks, is now about fully recovered and able to be back on the job at the store regularly. F. R. Brown and family motored to Spokane this week, near which city Mr. Brown has a homestead. His family will remain there for the summer but Mr. Brown expects to be back at Heppner by Sunday. The Gazette-Times this week finished the job of printing the 1919 premium books for the Seventh An nual Morrow County Fair, and they will be promptly mailed out by Secretary Brown of the Fair Board. Ed Clark was over from Butter creek yesterday. Mr. Clark has been feeding a bunch of steers to alfalfa down on Big Butter creek, and he now has them in shape for the mar ket. He will likely ship direct to Chicago. Joe Devlne was In Heppner a short time Monday afternoon. Mr. Devine states that crop prospects out his way were never better than at present. He looks for a good yield, and with moisture arriving at the proper time later on, It will be a bumper crop. Dr. Mark M. Johnson, veterinarian, has established offices with Patterson & Son, druggists, in Heppner, and his phone number is 123. He has room: with Mrs. Mattie Adkins and expects to get a phone installed there, but calls addressed as above will bring prompt response. Mrs. W. P. Mahoney entertained the classes of Mrs. C. E. Woodson and Rev. H. A. Noyes of the Feder ated Sunday School, at her home iu Heppner on Wednesday evening last Some fifty people were present, and the evenings entertainment was closed by the serving of a light lunch by the hostess. William Gerald Cooper and Jennie Trombly were married at the heme of Mr. and Mrs.Martin Reid iu this city on last Thursday evening, April 10th, Rev. F. A. Andrews officiating. The young people will make their homo in Heppner, Mr. Cooper being at the present timo employed at the O. W. R. & N. round house. W. E. Brown and father, J. C. Brown came down from Walla, Walla on Friday Inst and spent several days at Heppner, returning home yester day. They were accompanied home by the Mi.sses Mollie and Carol Brown, who have been visiting will) friends and relatives at Heppner anil Lexington for the past two weeks. H. V. Gates, president of Heppner Light & Water Co., was here a couple of daxs this week, coming in for tl::: purpose of beginning the survey of the conduit line from the mountains. On going out to the timber belt, Mr. Gates found that he could not get at the work, owing to snow, and will return a few weeks later. He left for home this morning. Mrs. D. C. Kellems, state president of the Christian Womens' Board of Missions, was in Heppner over Thurs day evening Inst. She was given a reception at the Christian church, where a large number of the mem bers and friends gathered cp.rly in the evening and enjoyed a spread in the banquet room. Following this, Mrs. Kellems gave a fine address on missionary work. Geo. D. Fell came over from Pen dleton on Monday and spent a few days in the city attending to business matters. He was accompaniod by Mrs. Elslo Lasnter, formerly Miss Elsie Ayers, who made a visit with relatives here. Mrs. Lasnter has been living in Walla Walla the past winter, where she has been sending her children to school. Her home is at LaCenter, Wash. The Stockmens aijd Cowpunchers dance at Iono on last Friday night Is reported to have been a complete success. The attendance was good and everyone had a fine time. Prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sperry and Miss Lola Hayes of this city, for the best dretsed cow boy and cow girl characters, while Joe White of Willows, took the persimmon for the toughest character. O. S. O. Humbert, field representa tive of Spokane University, visited Morrow county in the interests of mat institution the past week. He was in Heppner on Sunday and Mon day, and on Sunday evening , ad dressed the congregation of the Christian church. The University is a comparatively new institution at Spokane that gives ' promise of be coming one of the leading education al institutions of the Pacific North west. Frank E. Manning, young attorney of Portlund. was a visitor ia Hepp- ;icr nn Wednesday. Mr. Manning is Interested In tha u-nrlr nf Iroontncr nn - ... " UJll the employment agencies established! in different cities throughout the state, and having for their object the furnisl.ing of i mployment to :hp re turned soldiery and sai!'r.v Sii.ce '.he withdrawal of Federal aid from this work, it has been undertaken by the state, and Mr. Manning is the! state organizer. Having now disposed of all their Morrow county real estate since the sale of their creek farm near Lexing ton, Messrs. Jeff and Frank Evans will go to Walla Walla this week, where they expect to spend a little time in looking over some property there with a view to locating In that city. They have net fully decided, however that they will leave Morrow county but desire to look around some before making up their minds. Harrison Elliott arrived home last evening, having received his dis charge' from the service. He was four mouths in France, and while his experience there was short, yet he is glad to be home again. He had some experience at Brest, and states that "V- p- .ri-s wk!i ref-Tci -.- that camp end t!ie bad condi i 'i.s existing there have n;t been exonerated. It wag improved considers.! after the Americans rook hold of tfiir.gs, but he is sure th?.t the troops lading there ec. lier than his compai.; did had a mighty tough time of, it in the mud and rain. Harrison was sLk from sleeping on the wet ground, and he further states that many of the boys became afflicted with pneumonia and a great number of deaths resulted. Supt. of Schools J. A. Churchill announces that the State Pepartment of Public Instruction hu ruled that a high school may grant one unit of credit toward graduation for every 12 mntl.8 spent either it the Army or the Navey by a tiigh school student. The total nuniler of credits 30 far given must, however, in no ?ase, exceed three. This ruling is to apply whether the service ?,a3 in this country or over seas. I a k' Had He Lived '- m 3 He would have subscribed to the Vidory Liberty Loan because he was a real American. He practiced what he preached Americanism. You might have disagreed with him at times but to the whole world lie stood for America. Are you doing less? You are unless you are willing to sacrifice unless you take your share of the Vidory Liberty Loan. This advertisement contributed through the patriotic co-operation of THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HEPPNER. in I'Hiiii ii" i i IK IHIIIIIB linyi IMIII iW I HMil iM There is no money made in feed ing your chickens high priced grain without keeping their sys tems in perfect condition. LE GEORS Poultry Powder Will Do It. We have the exclusive sale of these celebrated remedies. PHELPS GROCERY COMPANY