PAGE THIRTY HEPPNER GAZETTE TDIES, HEPPNER, OREGON 45TH ANNIVERSARY BOOSTER EDITION Sheep Mortality, Umatilla National Forett, 1927 The loss of sheep and lambs on the Heppner district for the season of 1927 was as follows: (Showing that in this district the loss was less than in any other district.) PERMITTEE No. Grued Fred. Animals Poison Plants Strayed Other Total Loss Sheep LuntM Sheep Lambs Sheep Lambs Sheep Lambs Sheep Lambs Sheep Lambs Butte Creek L L 4 L Ca Cleveland. W. H. Fichter, George French. J. D. & Sons Gentry. L. V. Hardift, David Huddleston Bros. Kelly, B. B ,, Kenny, Michael KreDs Bros. Mahoney. W. P Maidment, John W. Monahan, Frank O'Connor Bros. Oregon Sheep Co, Robinson. CD. . Russell. Mrs. Kate Thompson, R. A. Wilkinson, Frank 700 1200 943 1093 1200 980 1200 1063 1131 1500 1087 1345 500 1200 1159 998 1280 2559 1190 TOTALS ..122328 658 1100 908 895 1120 890 7S1 1090 1000 923 475 460 1162 1038 750 1023 2559 1035 17907 40 10 1 2 6 1 4 14 5 10 76 11 24 71 20 3 10 22 1 10 8 81 2 14 1 2 15 13 60 12 3 6 2 10 18 22 17 22 S 3 5 3 J 6 8 10 5 2 7 6 9 20 5 6 6 6 9 20 1 2 5 7 12 6 26 27 3 13 16 29 13 10 14 2 14 6 7 6 10 11 6 27 19 3 3 4 6 76 91 1 200 272 Sheep loss based on 22328 head of sheep, .9 per cent. Lamb loss based on 17907 head of lambs, 1.52 per cent. Total loss based on 40235 head of sheep and lambs, 1.17 per cent MUCH WHEAT SENT OUT OF LEXINGTON (Continued from Page 25) been served by three paved market road branches, i. e. the Lexington Jarmon market road connecting with Pendleton, the Blackhorse road feeding in from that rich ter ritory to the east, and the Clarks Canyon-Rhea Creek market road, drawing production from the west and south. These market roads are for the most part water grade to ward our terminal and the moving of sacked grain by trucks is very rapid and may be handled at unus ually low cost. It has been said by good author ity that no better Turkey-red wheat is produced than is grown within a radius of ten miles of Lexington. Samples of this variety are com mon, running 25 per cent to 27 per cent gluten, and tests have been known to run as high as 32 per. cent This matter of the value of high gluten test wheat is not being taken into consideration by our pro ducers as is should be, and we are the losers. The community is essentially a winter wheat country, however Hard Federation, one of the high yielding Australian spring wheats, introduced by the Eastern Oregon Experiment station at Moro, Ore gon, has been found to do excep tionally well here as a spring sown crop and the acreage is increasing rapidly. The backbone "of the country Is the old stock of settlers and their sons and daughters, who, through long years of determined effort have wrested from nature a new system of cultivation. A shifting in varieties of wheat, also coupled with the gradual ac quirement of more modern Imple ments and machinery, have result ed in the gaining of well earned competence. Yet, not all the old timers were privileged to gain the day. Some, from lack of aggres siveness or through misfortune, fell by the wayside and the steady tread of new men from other states or localities have taken their places. These have brought new thoughts, new methods, and together we are working out a better program of ag riculture. And still there is room, and opportunity awaits industry. Take for example Ernest and Myr tle Gerard, son and daughter of W. T. Gerard, north of town, who has been in this country 12 years. These young people purchased at the beginning of 1927, some 320 acres of land, about 40 acres of which was untillable. Eighty acres was in crop. They planted the re mainder of the tillable land and in the fall of 1927 harvested enough grain from the place to pay for ail the land. E. Evans, northeast of town, last spring purchased 160 acres of land and harvested grain enough from the place in 1927 to pay the pur chase price. A. F. Majeske, a farm owner south of Lexington, purchased 480 acres of land in the fall of 1926. Fine Shoe Repair WORK THAT SATISFIES THE HOME MAN L McMurray lone, Oregon Let us all, always, work for greater progress in Morrow County. The Greatest of All General Farming Countries COMPLIMENTS OF JORDAN ELEVATOR CO I0NE, OREGON - Last years total handling 335.000 bushels. During that fall and the spring of 1927 about 250 acres of grain was sown. Some 30 acres of waste land occur in this division of the farm. The crop of grain harvested was considered very satisfactory, be cause the land had been previously neglected. Had the whole tillable area of the farm been in crop, and yielded at the same rate per acre, the return from the crop would have paid the entire purchase price. One farmer north of town raised 2200 sacks of grain on 160 acres. One Lexington farmer produced a total of 17,000 sacks in 1927. The past seven years have been stren uous ones for our farmers, yet do we scarcely stop to consider what we have come through. For instance, only a few years ago, water for household and stock use on probably a majority of the outlying ranches, was hauled in horse-drawn tanks from springs in the neighboring canyons or from Willow creek. This chore frequent ly occupied a day's time or more out of each week. Today nearly every such ranch has a drilled well, a good windmill and probably an auxiliary engine for pumping, a ce ment supply tank, water in the kit chen, the yard, at the barn; a few trees growing about the premises, a vegetable garden, etc. Twenty-three years ago the first new combine harvester for use in this county was unloaded at Lex ington. It proved a feasible, econ omical and rapid way of harvesting a large acreage of wheat Today the combine is standard farm equipment for the grain farmer and there are more than 100 machines operated in this territory, so that it is not strange that Lexington is one of the principal wheat ship ping points of the northwest At the close of 1926 most of the wheat of this section had been shipped out Records show that during 1927, 385 cars were shipped from this station, an estimated total of 750, 000 bushels. As most of the grain growing operations are carried on by horse or mule power, a large tonnage of barley, wheat and oats are chopped and fed. The cutting of right-of-ways for the combine harvester also furnishes much grain feed for stock. About 15 per cent of the crop is saved for seed and feed, so that about 80 per cent of the crop reaches markets. Concerning our town, we have two general merchandise stores, a grocery and meat market, postofflce and notion store, two service sta tions and two garages, an imple ment and hardware store, a moving picture hall, an I. O. O. F. hall, two storage warehouses, two churches, a public school and high school with a credible force of teachers. Our schools are equipped with good gymnasium and athletic field. Some of our residence properties are among the best in the county. A privately owned water system am ply supplies the town's needs. The Bell Telephone and Telegraph com pany maintains an office here with switch board and long distance con nections. The Sherman Electric company serves our townspeople with both power and lighting facil ities, so that, with all these advan tages, why should not Lexington stay on the map. HUGHES & HUGHES IS GENERAL STORE One of our latest business addi tions is the new Hughes & Hughes general merchandise store. This is owned and operated by Sam Hughes and his son Hanson Hughes. While this particular store is new, the names of father and son are by no means new to Heppner or this coun ty. They first started a general merchandise store at Heppner 20 years ago which they conducted successfully until about two years ago when they sold their interests and opened a business at Portland. After conducting this for some time they again sold and decided that Heppner and Morrow county were again the best bet for business op portunity. In December, 1927, they opened new doors to the trade here. A gen eral merchandise line is carried, featuring at present in the main a large and varied grocery stock. New stocks of dry goods, wearing apparel, etc., are now arriving. The elder Mr. Hughes is original ly from Missouri. He settled in Grant county, Oregon, in 1884 where he engaged in ranching. Both fa ther and son have spent all their lives in this country and have a wide personal acquaintanceship, as suring patronage and success to their business enterprise. DIST. ATTORNEY If r v-. SAMUEL E. NOTSON We pride ourselves on our capa ble and efficient county administra tion. In the district attorney's of fice we have a man of unusual abil ity and one who has looked after the affairs of the office with satia tion to all. This is Samuel E. Not son, who has been identified with the life of this county for many years. Mr. Notson was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced his first practice at Lexington. Later at Heppner he was associated with the late Gilbert W. Phelps, for many years circuit judge of this district, and served for a time as assistant district attorney. He Is now serv ing his third term as district at torney. Mr. Notson has always been pro minent in school work, ever taking a keen personal interest in working for the betterment of our educa tional system. He served our county efficiently as county school superin tendent for eight years. A success ful lawyer, able countyofflcial and excellent citizen whom we are pleas ed to accord mention in these pages. IONE, JORDAN, BUSY SHIPPING POINTS A record of produce shipments from lone covering both lone and Jordan, for the season year 1927 shows the following: Wheat ship ments, 488 carloads; yet to be ship ped, approximately 120 carloads. Barley, 2 carloads. Alfalfa Hay to markets, 41 carloads; approximate ly 25 more to ship. Horses raised and shipped from this territory, 5 carloads. Cattle, 6 carloads. Sheep, 10 carloads. Miscellaneous ship ments, 3 carloads. SOME HEPPNER RESIDENCES Left Residence of J. S. Young. Right Residence of Mayor E. G. Noble. BRESLIN FUEL CO. HAS GOOD RECORD The Breslln Fuel company Is an other of Heppner's busy Industries. And here is an example of one whose hard work, thrift and indus try have brought commensurate re turns. The business is owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bres- lln who started here on a small scale ten years ago. Today they record an average yearly business exceeding $25,000.00. Mr. and Mrs. Breslln attend to both office and retail business in person. Wood and coal are handled at wholesale and retail with Mr. Breslln attending to the dlivery and yard end. They are former residents of Condon but have made Heppner their home for the last 14 years. PATRONIZE THE New Barber Shop SANITATION AND SERVICE GUY CAS0N Now Ready to Serve You Welcome to the greatest wheat country of the United States. 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