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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
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