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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1972)
X X X X X X X X X -X X X X -X X -X X X X X X X X -X X -X X X X X X X X -X -X X X -X X -X -X -X -X -X X -X -X -x XS i HE CtNUlKY CHANGES Continued from page 12 COMMUNITIES OF 1900 This same little 32 page booklet pictures the com munities of that day very nice ly. " The county seat of Mor row County Is at Heppner, which Is also the terminus of the railroad line and the prin cipal distributing point not only for Morrow, but for parts of adjacent counties as well. Heppner has about 1000 people. The town is lighted by electricity and has a good supply of water for domestic use and fire protection. There are two Methodist churches, and Episcopal, Baptist, Christian and Cath olic. All of the prominent fraternal orders are re presented. The public school system Includes a high school course with graduates on the accredited list of the state colleges. "In the amount of wool shipped, Heppner ranks sec ond among the towns of Ore gon. There are two large warehouses, a flour mill, mane mercantile establish ments and two substantial banks at Heppner, and the residences are comfortable & attractive. "South of Heppner Is Hard man, with a population of 300 (he center of i large grazing and agricultural section. "On the railroad to the north of Heppner are lone and Lexington, in the center of the great wheat growing dis trict, lone, with a popula tion of 400, owns its own water supply and electric light plant. The Baptists and Congregationallsts both have churches, and there is a strong bank and a number of stores. Lexington, between Heppner and lone, is the cen ter of the creamery interests and is deriving a degree of prosperity from that sou.-ce. The population is 270. Both lone and Lexington have good schools with full high school courses. "In the northern part of Morrow County there isa dis trict in which irrigation has been successfully introduced. Water is brought from the Umatilla River, and with the moisture artificially sup plied large crops of tree fruits, berries, alfalfa and vegetables are produced. Here intensive farming Is practiced with excellent re sults. The owner of 10 or 20 acres of land, with a sufficient water supply, has an assured income. Irrigon, on the O.W.R.andN. Railroad is the center of the district, with a population of 200. Good Luck to Heppner COURT STREET MARKET IRpWrV' ' '" ilium ''fc J Groceries Meats Lockers Process Farm-Killed, Uninspected Meat Court Street Market In Business Since 19V7 "A survey of the Umatilla irrigation project under the U.S. Reclamation Service has been run across the northern part of the county, and there is no doubt that, in time, most of this district will be irri gated by this and other means. "Coal of marketable quality has been mined in Morrow County, but awaits the action of capital to develop it into a source of great wealth. "In the vast forests of Mor row County there are six saw mills in operation. But tim ber is so great that it will be many generations hence before it is exhausted. "Throughout the entire county mail delivery and te lephones are found. "There are 45 organized school districts in the coun ty. A minimum of six mon ths' school is taught and in many districts seven, eight, and nine months' instruction, is given." THE OLDEST BUSINESS Miny reports of business ownership show that constant changes took place in Hep pner and throughout the coun ty. The one Heppner M.iin Street firm still operated by a founding family is Thom son Brothers Grocery. Call ed the Orange Front Gro cery in 1897, it was estab lished by Biber and Ring who sold it after six months to Thomson and Thomas. In 1899 Mr. James George Th omson, Sr. bought out Mr. Thomas and greatly expanded to include drygoods and cloth ing as well as groceries. The son of this founder, James G. Thomson, Jr. owns and operates the business today. It is the only pre-1900 busi ness that has continued under one family, the Thomsons. LOCAL BUILDING MATERIAL An old book describes a special building material be ing used about 1900 and Just before then. "On the sides of the hills surrounding the town is an abundance of blue basalt equal to the best build ing material to be found, and out of this and Elgin red sandstone Kenney and Ro berts have just constructed a substantial and beautiful block.'- The Odd Fellows Building (including Murray's Drug store, presently) and the county courthouse are good examples of the use of SECTION 3, PACE 13 this locally grown building block. The old account con cludes, "It needs not the eye of a prophet to discern that a movement has been inaugurated which will even tually result on the substitu tion of stone blocks for all the wooden business buildings in town." THE FALL REUNION "A very pleasing and kind ly custom had its inception in Morrow County in the tall of 1900, that of holding an annual old folk's reunion. The Continued page 14 May We Thank Heppner For 60 years Of Wonderful Life During Its First 100 Years Cornett Green Feed Heppner Xooooocoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooojt Len Ray Schwarz Heppner J CONGRATULATIONS on Heppner'sCenfennial! Our Sincere Thanks To All For Past Patronage SEE US In Our New Store on Linden Way Lees, Monarch, Congoleum Carpets -Heating and Air Conditioning Plumbing Supplies Domestic and Commercial Refrigeration Major Glass Installations All Types of Service Work FREE PARKING Ray Ayers Matt Hughes M & R Floor Covering and Heating
