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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
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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
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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
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Wilson
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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.
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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
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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
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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. She could accept
lilt tf asked twice to ride,
carried as 18-pound pack.
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says the Good Judge
It's a cinch to get a real
quality chew and save
part of your tobacco
money at the same
time.
A small chew of this good tobacco
gives real lasting satisfaction.
THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW
put up in two styles
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco