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MANY BIG RuLT DEALS MMKYEAR
111 NSI AS IE OF LAREEST
Realty deals and transactions in
Morrow County farm lands during
the past eleven months will go well
over the three quarters of a million
mark. Tho buying and selling was
(or the nioxt part, done between
people residing here, although there
are a number ot instances where out
side people have been attracted by
the ciciellent opportunities offered
for cheap land and have come here
to muko their home. All of the lar
ger deals however, were between far
mers and stockmen who have tried
the country out to their thorough
satisfaction and are bent upon gett
ing more money invested in Morrow
county farm and grazing lands.
The Ingest deal of the season oc
curred during the month ot October
when 11. F. Wiglcsworlb, Butler
creek farmer und stockman, sold out!
his vast holdings of 13,000 acres in
Morrow county. Tho buyers are all
extensive sheepman who are ever
branching out and increasing their
range lands in order to adequately
care for their herds. Diminishing
rango in the government reserve
each year also makes it Imperative
for tho shoepmun to protect himself.
The buyers of the Wigluswurth
properties wore IS. 0. NelU, V. E.
Wlglesworth, Antone Cunha of But
ter creek and tho Hynd Brothers
Company. The various sales of this
property aggregated $150,000. The
Wiglusworth plant is one of the lar
gest in the west for the running of
sheep and is considered one of the
most up-todate.
Another big deal in Morrow county
sheep lands was the transfer of the
Webb Brothers' big ranch ot 4566
acres situated on Balm creek south
of Huppner, to D. O. Justus and Mb
son Nels H. Justus. These men also
bought the Webb sheep and the en
tire transaction involved about $90,
000. Tho elder Justus is a pioneer
sheepman of this section and the
home ranch, which is one of the best
plunts In Eastern Oregon, is situat
ed on Hlnton creek, 13 miles east of
Heppner.
Mollahan Brothers were the pur
chasers of the Stanfield ranch on
Rhea creok. They are extensive oper
ators in sheep and this investment
represents a value of $60,000.
W. O. Minor and R. A. Thompson
sold 060 acres of fme farming laud
south of Iloppner to G. A. Wilcox and
W. P. Cox. Mr. Cox luter purohased
the interest of Mr. Wilcox and is now
owner of the entire farm.
Cllve Huston, who formerly farm
ed in the Eight-Mile district, bought
the 560-acre farm of R. W. Snider
in Sour Dough canyon, north west
of Iloppner. Since moving onto the
place Mr. HuBton has built a modern
house and made other improvements
One of the big deals in farm lands
was made when Harry L. Duvall
bought the Newlon artesian well
farm north of Lexington. The sale
of this ranch indicates to Bonie ex
tent the rising realty values In this
county. Mr. Duvall paid the New
Ions $50,000 for the ranch, and it
had been bought by the Nowlons
about two years before for half that
amount. The valns of the place has
been greatly enchanced by an artes
ian well which was opened there by
Mr. Nowlon. Mr. Duvall is putting
in a systom of ditches and Is propar-
inir to irrigate a large acreage.
In April N. S. Whetstone, retired
sheopman, decided he wnntod a nice
farm homo, so he bought tne sum
mon nlace Just below Lexington on
Willow crook from Frank and Jeff
Kvans. The price paid was $18,000
Here Is an ideal dairy farm and Mr.
Whetstone's checks from the local
creamery aro the best evidence of
that fact, that can bo produced.
Other deals ot which mention can
be made are : J. S, Young to Nay
Young, 1000 acres wheat ranch, $30,
000. Situated on Eight-Mile. Ray
Young later Bold to Joe Batty, an
extensive wheat grower of that sec
tion. Messrs. Hulden & Bruere add
ed to their holdings In the Black
Horse district when they bought the
Frank Moyer ranch. L. D. Neill
bought the A. P. Culbertson farm on
Butter creek, making him one of the
finest alfalfa farms in Eastern Ore
gon. Frank Anderson bought the
Stanton ranch, on Eight-mile from
Chas. Stantou for a consideration of
$20,000. Frank Munkers "of Lexing
ton bought the Wm, Staufer wheat
(arm in tiie Social Kidge section.
Laxton McMurray sold IiIb alfalfa
farm at Jordan Siding to his brother
Fred and bought the udjojining farm
from Alex Lindsey. D. M. Ward,
who farmed on Heppner Flat and
later in the Black Horse section,
bought one of the best wheat ranches
in the lone section from the John
Lentzy estate. The ranch consists of
800 acres. Vane Jones bought the
C. E. Jones farm at Eight-mile, H. A,
Edmonds ot Morgan purchased the
C. H. Veghte ranch of 1600 acres for
$40,000. C. A. Minor bought from
W. O. Moore and his son Frank, the
Geo. Dykatra ranch south of Hepp
ner consisting of 060 acres. It Is an
excellent cattle ranch. Minor & Krebs
purchased the J. W. Osborn ranch
near Cecil and Ellis Minor, farmer
and sheepman, bought the Wilcox
ranch ot over 1000 acres situated
near lone.
Another big deal which, while not
directly affecting Morrow county
lands, has an indirect bearing upon
the success of the' sheep Industry
here. John Kilkenny, one of the lar
gest sheep operators in the North
west, bought 13,000 acres ot moun
tain land from the Oregon Lumber
Coiupuny. This acreage is situated
in Baker county and gives Mr. Kil
kenny an abundance of summer
range. The price paid by Mr. Kil
kenny for this land was given as $60,'
000. He Is the owner of some 30,.
000 acres within Morrow county.
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MEANING f
CHRISTMAS
BY REV. T. B. ORBQORT
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CT for its great days, In
carnating and flashing forth
the ideal, humanity would
have no more history than
flock of sheep.
Such days are the monu-
meiiti of mental and spiritual achieve
ment, the eternal reminders of the
only true progress the progress that
enables us to perceive and admire the
moral sublime.
Conspicuously radiant among these
gala days is the Christmas, standing
as It does tor the nativity of One who,
all theological quibbling aside, was the
living embodiment of the most beau
tlful and, at the same time, the most
helpful manhood that this world has
ever seen.
The one who Is foremost In our
thoughts at this time was pre-eminent
ly hopeful. From the hnrp over
which he swept his hand there came
no pessimistic strain, no note of despair.
He gave us the gospel, the "Glad
Tidings." To all his word was "Be
not afraid." The Supreme in whose
embrace he ever rested, like the babe
In mother's arms, was supreme love.
Hence that other word of his, which
he was so fond of repeating to the
multitude, "Let not your hearts be
troubled."
Religion, so-called. Is responsible
for a vast amount of mental misery.
It has crazed many a mind, broken
many a heart, driven countless thou
sands into the throes of despair, but
let it be remembered that the Beauti
ful One who is commemorated In the
Christmas season authorized no man,
or combination of men, to speak In
his name the word of gloom.
He who was born in Bethlehem, or
In Nazareth, for It makes no differ
ence where he first saw the light of
earth, grew op to be the most uncom
promising optimist that ever walked
the ways of earth. Wherever he went,
along with him went gladness, and
from his radiant presence despair fled
as the darkness flees before the rising
sun.
He was like the wonderful river In
the sea, warming and encouraging all
that be touched. The Gulf Stream of
humanity, he put new life and cour
age and Joy into the cheerless, sor
rowing world to which he came.
And he was able to do this because
he was so gloriously hopeful, so
stanchly commlttted to the belief In
the best
Looking up, he saw, Instead of the
"black, bottomless eyesocket," the liv
ing, loving glance of the "Father,"
whose "eternal goodness" would never
do him harm.
Looking ahead, this man saw no
spooks or bogles, no devils or fiends
In the way. The path was clear, and
over It hung no dark clouds of Impend
ing disaster.
If Jesus had written a poem we
may be sure that it would have been
very Bimllar to Whlttiert:
I know not where hli Islands lift '
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond bis love and care.
And so beside the silent set
I wait the muffled oar;
No harm can come from him to DM.
On ocean or on shore.
Now It Is just this sort of spirit
that every one Bhould feel within the
soul at this Christmas time the spirit
of a brave trustfulness, of a rock
ribbed confidence and hope.
Be not afraid of anvthlni. Trt ha
afraid is to be a sham, a cringing
menial, a nobody ; while to be able to
believe in the best and to trust that,
no matter what our evil genius may
suggest to the contrary, the light
awaits us on ahead, Is to be a hero
and a conqueror, a friend and helper
to all mankind.
It is well, then, that In obedience
to old custom we should throw about
the Christmas season the parti-colored
mantle or Joy and wreathe It with the
heart's most exurberant gladness.
It would be a shame not to be glad,
and not to try to make everybody
else glad, on Christmas day I
On Christmas day to be a cynic and
to curl the Hp of scorn at sight of
the rosy festivities about us, would
be an unpardonable crime, the very
abyss of the mean and contemptible.
It is a part of the unwritten law of
every healthful heart that when
Christmas comes we are to "put our
best foot, forward," cast all care to
the winds and be as full of gladness
and good will as an egg is of meat.
And right here in this unconquer
able optimism we find the only true
and genuine Christianity. The one
whose birth the Christmas slgnnlizes
came to replace tears by smiles, sor
row by happiness, worry by confi
dence and despair by the "hope that
maketh not ashamed," and In his
name I wish you all a "Merry Christ
mas 1" not merely an abundance of
turkey and plum pudding, but an ex
tra nhundnnee of "good will to men,"
with no lack of the disposition and
resolve to make everything else as
happy ns yourselves.
Take Advantage of
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Which Means:
1. Farm Loans at 6 per cent interest.
2. Assisting you in selecting a ranch and financing the ileal.
3. The Income Tax should not prohibit the sale of your ranch
if we have the opportunity to show you how the income de
rived therefrom should be payable.
4. Conducting your auction sales.
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The FirsT of the Year Is at Hand
You should have careful and competent assistance in preparing
your income tax statement.
Brown & McMenamin
Roberts Building, Heppner, Ore.
Real Estate Insurance Auction Sales Income Tax Statements
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Joy in Conquest.
Life's master-key does for its pos
sessor what is Impossible to those who
do not have It. No future Is too for
bidding for men of the right mental
fiber to fear. Weaklings falter nnd
turn hack. Men of talent turned to
right channels delight in meeting what
has brought failure to the many. It
offers to them a chnnce to try the real
ly hard things. They alone test the
skill and prove 'the mettle. Such men
bring wenlth Out of defeat, and re
joice In tho strugle. It's no won
der they step forwnrd and try what
has brought failure to others. It's the
mrntnl sense of conquest that crowns
effort with success and mnkes man
kln In the world. It's your right
Bsi'hniige. . .
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Christmas Greetings
and sincere good wishes are extended to our
friends and customers.
At this season of the year, when good cheer
reigns supreme, it is not amiss, we feel, to as
sure you of our appreciation of past favors and
we trust we may merit a continuation of your
valued patronage.
Peoples Cash Market
OVIATT & HAPPOLD, Proprietors
Gilman Building Heppner, Oregon Phone Main 673
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