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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
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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.
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Let us all, always, work for greater
progress in Morrow County.
The Greatest of All
General Farming
Countries
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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
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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.
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