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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1906)
rap ki Tiei iQEji LEXINGTONS BANK does a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Loans and Collections a Specialty. Also A GENERAL H LAND AND REAL ESTATE Businesss done by B. McALI b. a. Mccormick. Strawberry, 1906, B. A I month and w. R Good Wheat Lands and Choice Town Lots for Sale at Reasonable Prices. Office in Bank O LEXINGTON, OREGON 3d 1 DeLONG'S STUDIO High Class Portraits. R easona ble Pr ices. All the latest style Mounts. Developing done for Amateurs. JAMES DELONG Ob LEXINGTON, OREGON 0 H. K. FULL6R LIVERY FEED AND SALE STABLES First Class Rigs' Careful Drivers Special attention to Commercial M en LEXINGTON, OEEGON. DIED At his home near Wednesday, February 14, McCormick, aged 65 years, 11 days. B. A. McCormick was born Indiana, January 4, 1841 where resided for 26 years. At the age 23 he was married, In 1867 moved to Illinois where he lived until 1882 when he moved to Missouri and resided there until the 22nd day of last October when he moved to Morrow county. He enlisted with the union forces durin? the rebellion and served with honor to himself and country, At the age of 19 years he became a member of the Baptist church arid lived a christian life doing what he thought was right and honorable in his daily walks through life and died believing In the Lord. B. A. McCormick was a member of the I. 0. 0. F. who took charge of the funeral after a fitting disourse was delivered In the Congregational church by Rev. J. C, White, of Strawberry, who had been Intimately acquainted with Mr. McCormlnk for a number of years. At the cemetery the services were conducted by the I. 0. 0. F, lodge and the soul was consigned to God who gave It and the body lain to rest In Mother Earth. When the members had returned to their lodge room a purse of $25.25 was taken up and presented to the family to assist in defraying the funeral expenses. On Wednesday, February 14th Mr. McCormick came to Lexington and on the road horns with a load of wood, while attempting to use the brake he was thrown under the wheels which passed over his chest and head and seriously Injured him. He seemed to be Improving and was able to be out of i bed a few days before his death, yet he was injured Internally which caused his death. He was the father of ten children, five of whom survive him. The Wheatfleld joins his host of friends in expression of genuine sorrow fnr the bereaved widow and children. w. p. McMillan's . LUMBER YARD LUMBER. DOORS, WINDOWS, SHINGLES WOOD AND COAL Lexington, Oreejon CHAFF FROM THE TRAW STACK that Inquire much learn are always headed up LOCAL NEWS T. W. Morgan . and wife were In town Tuesday from Gooseberry. Mr. , Morgan has been troubled with rheum-1 atism for some time and is enroute to Hot lake whsrft h PYnprts tn finH kissed. relief. The wedding of Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Longworth occurred last Saturday at noon. The Wheatfleld has failed to secure their likeness to publish on its front page, as all other noted publi cations have done. Today is Washingtons birthday and Those much. Live fish stream. A newly married couple resemble a green pear. Women, like facts, are sometimes stubborn things. When a slow horse Is tied to a post it makes him fast. An egg, like a colt. Is not fit for use until it Is broken. Keep working, 'tis better than sit ting aside and dreaming. All nature is the same nature, yet manifesting infinite variety. Man judges human nature by what he is himself, yet how erroneous. Tall people are always the laziest because they are longest in bed. When you have anything to do, let your head and hands work together. Some people adorn their bodies, while others prefer to adorn their minds. When a man is stabbed it is assault with intent to kill, when a hog Is killed it is with Intent to salt. Do not let your mental horizon be come circumscribed by the circum ference of the almighty dollar. The proud and the vain see nothing better in the world than themselves, while all the world knows there is. . If some of us were as zealous in doing our own duty as we are in trying to make others do . theirs, what a blessed world this would be. It is no wonder that one of the billiard balls is so red it's so often catapults and roaring orators; fast young men and girls faster, fastest; sharp lawyers and sharp financiers; noisy children and fertile plains that He like sheets of water and thousands of newspapers that lie like thunder. SENTENCE SERMONS By Henry F. Cope. Life's outgo makes Its Increase. Sacrifice sanctifies any service. Sin Is setting appetite before authority. Gold on the heart the golden heart. Deceit Is the poorest kind of di plomacy. Haste to be rich makes waste of the the real riches. Every duty neglected Is the loss of something divine. does not make It's pretty hard for a girl to play the piano and be hugged at the same time. A smile doesn't cost anything and it is much more becoming on a woman's face than powder. A Missouri editor is said to have gotten off fhe following: "We live in a land of high mountains and hlch NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the County Court of the State of Ore gon for Morrow County. In the matter of the estate of Lenora Langley, deceased, the undersigned having been appointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Morrow County, Executors of the estate of Lenora Langley deceased, notice is hereby given to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against said deceased, to present them verified as required by law, within six months after the first publication of this notice to said Executors at the office of their attorneys, Phelps & Notson, at Hepp ner, Oregon. Leslie A. Langley, Geo. W. Turner, Joseph Devine,. Executors of the estate Lenora Langley deceased. Dated Jan. 18, 1906. of CITATION. the school is taking a holiday. Appro- taxes, low valleys and low wages; big, priate exercises were held in Miss Scott's room yesterday afternoon, con sisting of recitations, reading, qouta tions and dialogues. .Henry E. Collier, one of Pendleton's prominent attorneys, was in town yes terday. Mr. Collier is a candidate for Circuit Judge of this district and is the only active attorney In the race. See his card in this issue. If you cannot find what ' you want in the Drug line try Davidson Bros, of lone, they carry the largest stock of Drugs and Chemicals in Morrow Co. Mail and Telephone orders promptly 'attended to. . 9tf We have a good second hand Dutchman Plow, 12 inch three bottom run two seasons, will put new shares and landsides on it and sell on fall terms at $42.50, a snap, or we will sell for less without the third bottom. Leach Bros. Young's Moving Picture and Illus trated Song Concert Co., are billed for Artisan hall Saturday evening Febru ary 24th. This company gives a double entertainment, after the moving pictures have heen shown an after program consisting of Negro Imperso nations, funny Coon songs and Musical specialties will be presented. Admission 25 cents. Children, under 12 years, 15 cents. crooked rivers and crooked statements; big lakes, big strikes, big drunks, big pumpkins and big men with pumpkin heads; silver streams that gambol in the mountains; and pious politicians that gamble in. the night; roaring Heaven Revealed. By BENJAMIN FISKK BAKKKTT. 383 pp., B 1-4 z 7 inces; Large Type; Fine Cloth. For a limited period this book Is offered at trade rates, So cents, with 9 cents postage for mailing. CONTENTS. The Origin of Angels. The Essential Nature of Heaven. Character of the Angels. Testimony of Scripture. The Sure Way to Heaven. Practical Tendency of this Disclosure. Environment in Hea ven, and What Determines It. Societies in Heaven. A Heaven for the Non-Christian World. Are Earthly Relations Continued In Heaven? Meettlng and Recognition of Friends In the Hereafter. Personal Appear ance of the Angels. Rejuvenescence and Growth In Heaven. Houses and Homes In Heaven. Garments In Heaven, Children in Heaven. Sex and Marriage in Heaven. Work In Heaven. The Three Heavens, and How Related. Eternal Progress in Heaven. Consociation of Angels with Men. In the County Court of the Slate of Ore gon for Morrow County. In tha matter of the estate and Guardian ship of Bert Wheeler, insane. To Bert Wheeler, the next of, kin, and all persons Interested, Greeting: In the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby cited and required to appear in the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the bounty of Morrow, at the court room thereof, at Heppner, In the county of Morrow, on Monday the 5th day of March, 1906, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon of said day, then and there to show cause, if any, why an order should not be made for the sale oHhe following described real pro perty, to-wit: The South West quarter () of Section Three (3), Township One (1) South, Range Twenty-five (25) E. W. M., and all rights and improvements therewith. Witness, the Honorable T. W. Avers Judge of the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Morrow, with the seal of said Court affixed, this 25th, day of January, A. D. 1906i Signed Attest: Vawter Crawford,- Clerk By J, G. Crawford. Deputy, Seal THE ADDRESS NUNC LICET PRESS 42 West Coulter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. NOTICE OF GUARDIAN'S SALE. Under and by virtue of an order Issued out of the County Court of the State o Oregon for Morrow county, on the 5th day of February, 1906, the undersigned guardian of the estate of Percy Clyde Gentry, a minor, will on Tuesday, the 20th day of March, 1906, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon of said day, In front of the Court House in Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon, sell to the highest bieder for cash, all the right, title and Interest of his said ward In and to the following described real property, to wlt: The undivided one-fifth interest In and to lots 6 and 7, In block 16 of the town of Lexington, Morrow County, Oregon, and all rights and Improvements thereon, and there with. Dated this 6th day of February, 1906. J. E. Gentry 2-8-3-8' Guardian. II