GENTRY'S BARBER- SHOP
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' J. E. GENTRY, Proprietor.
FIRST CLASS SHAVING AND HAIRCUTTING
Agent for Cresent Steam Laundry
. Shop one door west Lexington Bank
LEXINGTON, - - OREGON.
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' 1 LEXINGTON, OREGON
Jirst National SBank of Oeppner
Capital Stock $50,000.
Surplus and undivided profits $70,000 .
C.A.RHEA, - President
T. A. RHEA, Vice-President
Transacts a General Banking Business
Four per cent paid on Time Deposits
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BOUGHT AND SOLD
I Collections made on all points at reasonable terms.
THE OFFICE
LANE & INSKEEP, Proprietors.
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FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS M
Sole Agents for Enterprise Beer, The kind that
made Lexington Famous.
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THE WHEATFIELD
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G. W. CONSER, : Cashier
E. L. FREELAND, Ass't Csh'r
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LOCAL NEWS
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Dr. M. A. Leach, Dentist, Heppner
Boost Lexington the best town In
Morrow county.
' Roy Munkers is suffering with a
case of typhoid fever. '';
The Meat Market moved into their
new quarters Friday last.
Dr. J. B, Sennett, of Cecil, was a
Lexington visitor Tuesday.
Last Sunday and Monday were the
hottest days of the season. '
N. A. Leach was in town a short
time last Friday and Saturday.
For Sale 135 acres summer fallow
In good condition. ' R. S. Taylor.
Louis Padberg orders The Wheat-
field sent to his address for one year.
A number of Lexington people at
tended the show at Heppner Tuesday.
Dr. Higgs. Specialist, eye, ear,
nose and throat. Heppner, Oregon.
FOR SALE Piano header with three
boxes and one wagon. Enquire at
this office.
Ed. Duran left a sample of barley
at the Lexington Bank that stands
nearly six feet high.
Get your stationery at the Vheatfield
! Printery and your business will never
become stationary.
Miss Mary Sheridan, of Salem, sis
ter of Mrs. D. P. Doherty,' arrived in
our city last evening.
Jack Lane returned to Lexington
Monday. He wa3 not benefitted by
his trip to the springs,
Harvest will be In full blast Irt an
other week. Everyone is busily en
gaged preparing for it. . -
It Is expected that work on the new
slaughter pens for Fairchild & Marlatt
will be commenced next week. j
Mr. Stull was called toi Dufur yes
terday. C. W. Christenson has charge
of the crew on the Creamery during
his absence.
Word received from, relatives state
that E. D. Leach Is improving. His
many-friends here hopQrto. soon heaf
of his complete recovery.1'
Jos. Burgoyn is having lumber haul
ed from the mills in the mountains for
a new residence, which will be built on
his property near the flouring mill..
A hens egg measuring 7 3-4 inches
in circumference the long way and
6 1-2 the other way, was brought to
this office last Sunday by Joe Eskelson.
G. C. Christenson and Haas Miller,
of Newberg, cousins of C. W. and P.
M. Christenson, arrived in Lexington
the paet week. . They will remain in
this county until after harvest.
FOR SALE Cheap. . Quarter sec
tion land in Sec. 21, f p. 1 N., R. 25
E. Slope to north and east. All cul
tivatable land. Npw-under plow.
: W. S. Wharton.
The story is told on one of the local
candidates in the recent county elec
tion that as he was addressing his
audience, he said: "I miss many of
the old faces I used to shake hands
with".
A daughter of Jesse Turner, of Port
land, is endeavoring to secure the
scholarship .to be given by the Portland
Journal. Any assistance rendered by
Lexington people will be highly appre
ciated. ' .
If any of your friends in the eastern
state are looking for a place to. settle in,
just tell them about Lexington and sur
rounding country. Don't blow it up
just tell them the plain truth, thats
good enough. '
. The Dalles Optimist, published by
Bennett & Davenport, Is the newest
exchange to reach our table. Bro.
Bennett is a genuine optimist and
here's to a long and useful life to the
Optimist and Ite Editors.
' A pleasant dance was given In the
pavillion Saturday evening. The fire
works ordered for the picnic having ar
rived, a grand pyrotechnic display was
enjoyed by all. A fifteen foot baloon
was sent up at the close of the fire:
vorks display.
This Space
I W. G. SCOTT & CO.
Lexington, Oregon.
LEXINGTON MEAT MARKET
1 FAIRCHILD & MARLATT, Proprietors.
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HIGHEST MARKET FRICE PAID FOR HIDES
LEXINGTON,
The destruction of San Francisco
was shown In Artisan hall Monday
evening. While the crowd was small
those attending claim it was a good
show and well worth attending. Their
picture machine was the largest ever
used in our city,
Heppner is making a grand effort to
have everyone attending their celebrat
ion enjoy them selues. Everything is
being arranged in a systematic order
and it is expected that Heppner will
see the largest crowd ever brought to
gether In Morrow county
. The Wheatfield has just completed
arrangements with the Oregon Journal
whereby we are able to furnish the
Oregon Daily Journal, including the
Sunday issue, and The Wheatfield,
one year $7.' The Daily Journal and
Wheatfield one year $5. The Semi
Weekly Journal and The Wheatfield
one year $1.75.
The city waterworks afiould be paint
ed and thus improve the appearance as
well as the durability. They are in a
prominent place where people traveling
on the trains see them. lone Pro
claimer. What! Dig up the pipe line and
paint it or just paint the pumping stat
ion and reservoir?
The Wheatfield family enjoyed a
good square meal last Sunday, through
the kindness and forethought ,of . Joe
Eskelson; who furnished us a mess of
excellent new potatoes, peas, onions, j
ICILUC dllU UCOLi. 11 Wlldl 1VU . L-orkCI"
son brought us was a sample of his
potatoes he has the largest potatoes
we have seen this season.
Some of the farmers are preparing
to build graneries and compel the
warehouse companies to purchase their
grain in bulk instead of in sacks as in
the past. The farmers feel that he
buys sacks and then gives them to the
warehouse company, which may or
may not be the case, we are not pre
pared to say, yet we beleive tne gran
ery to be a good thing and an Improve
ment the farmer needs.
At the school election last Monday
R. B. Wilcox was re-elected clerk; J.
B. Carmichael was elected director
for three years. W. E. Leach resign
ed and W. G. Scott was elected , di
rector to fill the vacancy. The follow
ing teachers have been secured for
the coming school year Principal, R.
B. Wilcox; Primary, Miss Agnes
LONG TENNJESKE FIGHT,
For twenty years W. L. Rawls, of
Bells, Tenn., fought nasal catarrh. He
writes; "The swelling and soreness In
side my nose was fearful, till I began
applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to the
sore surface; this caused the soreness
and swelling to disappear, never to re
turn." Best salve in existence, ,25c at
W. P. McMillan's drug store.
Reserved For
SAL SAGES I
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LARD
OREGON.
Hammer; Intermediate, jos. Wade, of
Missouri. This leaves one teacher to
secure.'
CHAFF FROM THE STRAW STACK
The straw hat season Is here.
Lexington is the only town on the
map.
It is better to smoke here than here
after.
Tell your troubles to the 1 policeman,
he likes to hear it.
If you should happen to take any
wooden money, split' it with your
friend.
Doctors are always bad char
acters, the worse their patients are the
more they are with them.
A Chicago genius has Invented a
baby buggy that shut up. But he can't
invent a baby that will do it.
The Very Best Kemndy for Bowel
Trouble.
Mr. M. F. Borroughs, an old and
well known resident of Bluffton, Ind.,
says: "I regard Ghamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the
very best remedy for bowel trouble.
I make this statement after having
used the remedy In my family for sev
eral years. Iam never without it.".
This remedy is almost sure to be need
ed before the summer is over. Why
not buy it now and be prepared for
such an emergency? For sale by W.
P McMillan. , .
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon,
June 18, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that
SAMUEL J. DEVINE,
of Lexington, Oregon, has filed notice of
his Intention to make final five-year proof
in support of his claim, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 8647 made Nov. 9, 1900, for the
W NWX and W SWtf, Section 35,
Township 1 North, Range 25 E., W. M.,
and that said proof will be made before . J.
P. Williams, U. S. Commissioner, at hi3
office in Heppner, Oregon, on July 21st,
1906, -He
names th following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, the land viz:
Nels Nelson, . Les A. Langley, James
Hamilton and George White, all of Lexing
ton, Oregon.
Michael T. Nolan,
6-21-7-19 - Reglsier.
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