HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 26, 1937
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Lawrence Beach of Lexington was
in the city for a few hours Tuesday
on business, leaving that evening
for Condon on a short business trip.
!He has been spending much time re
cently in central Oregon in his work
as farm machinery salesman and re
ports conditions in that section quite
good. The madras section is looking
up considerably by virtue of the
recent half million dollar federal
appropriation for development of ir
rigation in the agency plains region.
Mr. Beach believed this would be
one of the finest sections of the state
when under the ditch.
Sam Hall is back in the county
"visiting relatives and friends after
returning to Portland two weeks
ago with his nephew, Norman Flor
ence, and family. On Sunday, with
-the Florences, he visited the old
family home near Athena. He will
remain until after Rodeo and expects
next month to take a train trip east
to visit his birthplace at Montpelier,
Ind. Retired on a pension by Union
Pacific railroad, he enjoys pass priv
ileges on all railroads in the coun
try. Charles W. Smith, assistant coun
ty agent leader, has been spending
the last week of a two weeks' va
cation assisting with the wheat har
vest on his Blackhorse farm. Mon
day morning he brought John
Graves, sack sewer, to town suffer
ing from a severely burned hand as
the result of coming into contact
with escaping steam from the trac
tor radiator, and returned imme
diately to take care of the job him
self. R. C. Phelps and Mrs. W. P. Hill
returned home the end of the week
from Lebanon where they visited the
sick-bed of their brother, Ira A.
Phelps, whose condition was unim
proved. Mr. Phelps motored to Leb
anon on Tuesday last week, having
been accompanied there the week
before by Mrs. Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel R. Benton are
visiting at the home of their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert V. Jones, from Fort Benton,
Mont. They expect to leave tomor
row for Marshfield. Added incentive
for the visit at this time was the ar
rival last week of a new grandson,
Phillip Robert Jones.
Mrs. Agnes L. Curran returned
last week end from a visit to Port
land, and motored to La Grande for
her niece, Miss Agnes Colleary, who
had been attending La Grande nor
mal school and who is spending a
vacation here. Miss Jessie French
accompanied Mrs. Curran to La
Grande and back.
Ted McMurdo will leave about the
first of the month for Virginia,
where he goes to accept a fellow
ship in chemistry at the University
of Virginia. He received the fel
lowship in recognition of his ex
ceptionally high scholastic rating as
a graduate of Oregon State college
this spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Belanger ar
rived home Thursday night from
Portland where they went the day
before to take R. B. Rice, who was
suffering severely from an attack of
asthma. On leaving Portland Thurs
day evening, they had left Mr. Rice
in a considerably relieved condition.
Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Rice arrived
home last Thursday night from the
coast. Dr. Rice drove down the
week end before, visiting first at
the home of his mother at Eugene
before motoring over to the coast
to meet Mrs. Rice who had been
there on vacation for several weeks.
E. L. Wells, meteorologist and di
rector of the government weather
service for Oregon, visited in the
county last week from Portland. He
inspected the local station in charge
of Len L. Gilliam while here and was
a guest at the Carlson farm home in
Gooseberry.
Mr. and Mrs Carl Peterson were
in the city from the farm in the lone
section Saturday evening Their eld
est son was enjoying a visit to the
coast with friends, while a daughter
is visiting in Iowa.
R. L. Ekleberry was a business
visitor in the city Monday from the
Morgan district. His wheat harvest
was not yet completed, and the yield
in his immediate section was not
turning out quite as well as ex
pected. The June rains hit there a
little too late to do the most good,
he said.
Few, if any, men in the county
can boast more years in the saddle
than D. Cox, Hinton creek stock
man, who was in the city Tuesday.
Mr. Cox rode in the Rodeo parade
last year, and may be seen astride
his favorite horse again in Satur
day's big parade. ,
Harvey Miller was in town Mon
day from his wheat farming opera
tions in the Swaggart butte section.
Harvesting was stopped that morn
ing by Sunday night's rain, but he
expected to get under way again in
the afternoon. He reported his yield
about average.
Mrs. S. E. Notson arrived home
Monday, accompanied by her son,
Lee Notson of Logan, Iowa, and son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
V. M. Sackett of Salem. Mr. Notson
is assisting with settling business
affairs of his father, the late S. EL
Notson.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lyons and
children left Monday for their home
at Portland after a week's visit with
relatives and friends here. Mrs. Ly
ons is the sister of C. J. D. and H.
O. Bauman and Mrs. Chester Brown.
Mrs. Elsie M. Beach and son Law
rence were business visitors in the
city Monday morning from Lexington.
Word just received by friends here
states that Dr. J. H. McCrady, re
cently severely injured in an auto
mobile accident, is recovering rap
idly at the home of his parents at
Cle Elum, Wash. He is able to walk
about some now, it was said.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lucas returned
home Monday from Ritter where
they were hosts at the Davis hotel
for six weeks during the absence of
Mrs. Mary Davis, proprietor, and
have reopened their residence hotel
here.
Lawrence Redding, in town Sat
urday morning from the Eight Mile
farm, reported starting harvest at
his place the afternoon previous.
Indications were that his crop would
run five to six sacks to the acre, he
said.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scott and Mrs.
Scott's sister, Mrs. Neal Knighten,
were visitors in the city Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. Scott from the Black
horse farm and Mrs. Knighten from
the Hardman farm.
Miss Mary Chaffee, deputy county
clerk, arrived Tuesday from her va
cation, the latter part of which was
spent at the coast, and has resumed
her work at the courthouse.
Henry Peterson was transacting
business in the city Monday from the
Gooseberry farm, reporting that his
harvest had been completed for a
week.
Myles Martin, father of Rodeo
Princess Bernice, was transacting
business in the city Tuesday morn
ing from the farm near Lexington.
Mrs. Beulah Helms and two
daughters of Butter creek were vis
itors in the city Tuesday.
Walter Dobyns was transacting
business in the city Monday from
the Eight Mile section.
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Max Buschke spent several hours
in the city on business Monday,
while enjoying a short vacation from
his duties with the forest service.
Fred Akers took time off from
Harvest Monday morning long
enough to transact business in town,
coming in from Eight Mile.
J. B. Huddleston and sister, Miss
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Heppner friends Monday from their
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Fred Mankin came to town Tues
day from the farm in the lone sec
tion, reporting just five more hours
to go on his harvest.
Henry C. Aiken, chairman of the
Rodeo executive committee, was
confined at home Tuesday with a
severe cold.
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