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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1919)
TITS OAZSTft-Tb'" fiCTTOCT, TTTtTiSlUT, JTLT m. iOAQ. TAGS NINT GREAT! mm 1 jsydk LJvrae- WW White Star Flour A home product that stands in the lead of all other brands Is now becoming the standard for this section. Get it of your grocer. Whole Wheat, Graham, Mill Feeds, Cream Middlings Our Elevator and Warehouse furnish facilities for hand ling grain, both bulk and in sacks. ' Wool Forwarding. SEE US ABOUT YOUR GRAIN BAGS. Heppner Farmers Elevator Company THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Your Home Paper. $2.00 Per Year vVAS PRISONER AMONG ; INDIANS FOR TWO YEARS Mrs. Eugene Merrill was In town a few days this week on her way to John Day from Freewater, where she has been picking berries. Mrs. Mer rill was a prisoner among the Indians for nearly two years and was tortured by them, causing her to have blood pohon in her feet. Her legs were amputated at the knees on this ac count. She wears shoes made to or der and gets around splendidly; has a one-horse rig with her camp outfit and stops wherever night cornea. Al though sixty years old and crippled. Mrs. Merrill is very independent and never asks help of anyone. For com pany besides her horse, she has a pet chicken. Long Creek Ranger. Fire At R. A. Farrens Ranch Destroys House And Contents The house on 'the R. A. Farrens ranch In the lone section -was com' pletely destroyed by fire one day last week and nearly everything in the house was burned. The Henry Clark family, who are living on the place were able to get out a few of their clothes and some furniture, but large quantity of harvest supplies were burned. The origin of the fire stlil remains a mystery. W. P. Mahoney received a new Hudson Super-Six car from Vaughn & Suns this week. John F. Vaughn drove the car up from Portland. John E. McEntlre. south Heppner farmer and stockman, sold a bunch of line beef cattle to Gene Penland during the oast week. Mr. McEntlre raised a bumper crop of hay on his ranch this year and at the present time three mowers are at work cut ting it. GRAIN INSURANCE CUT IN HALF Place Your Grain Insurance NOW It will be much cheaper- this year, and worth more to you, Mr. Farmer, if placed in a good company. See Me Today ROY V. WHITEIS The Insurance Man H. V. Gates, president of the Hepp' ner Light & waier Company, arrived in tuej;lty Monday evening and will b. ,i:iifl several days here looKing alter uidneis ieriaiuiiig to the operation o the company. R. D. Alistott, Rhea creek farmer was a business visitor here Tuesday iir. Ahsiott has just completed his lata harvest. CONGRESSMAN CLAIMS PALM BEACH CREDI1 FT 1 r . 'y TP4 X X i aid i a: ' ia 1 V V G.-T. WANT ADS ARE SURE RESULT GETTERS. Use ther ! and watch them; they will help you both ways. If IT s? Congressman Louis li Gootlall of Maine should ever de sire to run for the presidency lie could expect the solid support of the launrtrynien and tleaners ol the world, for he makes claim lo being the inventor of "palm brucli" loth. i f TAYLOR MADE CLOTHES If you knew as much about them as we do . you'd come to us on the run. ' . Some people hold back when it comes to a question of buying "made-to-measure" clothes. They think because they are specially made they must be higher in price. Nothing of the kind. You'll be surprised. Come and get your measure Thomson Brothers home SWEET HOME by Jack Wilson DAW, BE SURE" AMD GET WoTMtS? mouse-trap ,. WL IF TrinT tSUT Tr5 LiW.iT, U' .l (XIROLO STRAW KEUY-T ffEV'R Sw aic w ufe: r? - IMp Mm iKONtST ID GOODNeSS 7HR'S NO I THERE'S WAT MOOSE- I I TXAT flNF' gSl NeK 0F "TYiNQ- To Do ANYTHING- I B0Ur8T hCMfcT A mn)U SHl AROONO YHiJ PLACC VesTERDAY ? ycv. W A MOOSE 1 'T Maxy Jane Graham Was An Early Settler Here In 1882 The funeral ol Mary Jane Graham was held in Hardman a week ago Wednesday. Services were conduct ed at the I. 0. 0. F. hall In the. morn ing by Rev. Prank A. Andrew? of Heppner and afternoon services wre conducted by members of the Re bekah lodge, the deceased having been a member of that order. Mary Jane Graham came to this part of Oregon with her husband, Thomas Porter Graham, when this jounty was yet a part of Umatilla county. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Buchanan and vas born In Wheeling, West More .and county, West Virginia, August 6, 1854. At the age of 16 she left Virginia and with her parents located m Ringold county, Iowa, until 1890. She was married in Ringold county In 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Graham came to Oregon and settled near Heppner In 1882, taking up a homestead. Mr. iraham passed away in 1910. Mrs. Graham died Sunday, July 20th, at 10:30 a. m. She was the oldest of seven children and two brothers and one sister survive her, living in Rin gold, Iowa. She leaves two daugb- ers, Mrs. Lettie Compton, Kelso, Wn. and Mrs. Etta M. Watts, of Weiser, Idaho, and two sons, Robert L. and John A. Graham, who mads their home with their mother in this coun ty. Mrs. Graham was a member of the Methodist church at Eight Mile. Return From Auto Trip To Western Washington Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Patterson re turned the last of the week from a two-weeks auto trip up the Washing ton coast to Tacoma and Seattle and on into British Columbia. This is the second time Mr. and Mrs. Patter son have made this trip and they are enthusiastic over it. The scenic I beauties to be encountered in the 'north are multitudinous and beyond the power of description. Mr. Pat terson says the conditions of the roads In general are not as good as might be expected. They were accom panied home from Portland by the Misses Katherlne and Margaret West, charming young daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Tom West of Portland. D. W. Boltnott, superintendent of Heppner schools, returned the first of the week from an extended auto tour of Wallowa, Union and Baker counties. Professor Boltnott says the extreme dry conditions prevail there as in the other sections of tha Northwest. Martin Lovgren, well known farm er of the Hall Ridge section, was a Tuesday business visitor in Heppner Miss Cleone Andrews returned tc her home In Portland Monday aftei spending two weeks as a guest of Miss Mary Clark in Heppner. Preparatory to movlne into the Noble building on Main street, R. M. Hart is having the place thoroughly renovated, re-papered and painted. Dan Engleman is doing the painting. WALKED ACROSS U. S. Jit Laborers are arriving daily in Fos sil for the construction of the 13-mile stretch of the John Day highway from Tllley's to Spray, and are proceeding directly to their work. They will work from both the Spray end and the Service Creek end and 250 men will be employed. 37 men came in on a truck Wednesday evening. The machinery is expected to arrive this week. J. H. Tillcy will deliver sup plies for the camp at this end, having purchased a Ford truck for the pur pose. C. A. Johnson has a contract to furnish the meat. The work is being done by Copenhagen Brothers Company and Mr. Frank Wilson of Portland is In charge. Fossil Journal. Responsible young couple without children may have the use of piano for summer months for care and storage of instrument. Address Mrs. G. Merrill, Corvallis, Oregon. YANK MINISTER CHAMP BOMB THROWER ' " Norton G. Wlnnard, son of Dr. and Mrs. N. E. Winnard, arrived In Heppner Sunday evening from Eu gene, where he has been attending the University of Oregon. Norton expects to remain in this vicinity for the remainder of the summer, return ing to his Eugene home in time to re enter the University In the Fall. Chaplain F C. Thompson. "The Flehting Preacher" with the A. E. K., is the champion grenade hurler of all nations. He won this honor while competing In the big Inter-allied games at the new Porsliing stadium In Paris recent ly. Thompson was formerly ut Princeton unlversltj and was holder of world's all around cham ploiuin 1910. 1911 and 1913 IpTl When you 're hot and thirstysay ftl ROOT B l 1 At any place where wft beverages are aold. AVl Jfci Bottled la i tact SV jSj the henry weinhard plant hA Bontm and Distributor. PORTLAND, OREGON 55 Mm. J. N. Franklyn, 28-year-old nurse of Seattle, Wash., walked from her home tp New York City winning $2000 by tha performance. She snent onlv J 28 on me trip. 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