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J. E. GENTRY, Proprietor.
FIRST CLASS SHAVING AND HAIRCUTTING
Agent for Crescnt Steam Laundry
Shop one door west Lexington Bank
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LEXINGTON, OREGON
S'irst National 3$ank of Ocppner
Capital Stock $50,000.
Surplus and undiviiletl profits $70,000
C. A. RHEA, - President
T. A. RHEA, Vice-President
G. W. CONSER, - Cashier
E. L. FREELAND, Ass't Csh'r
Transacts a General Banking Business
Four per cent paid on Time Deposits
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OF THE VORLD BOUGHT AND SOLD
Collections made on all points at reasonable terms.
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LANE & INSKEEP, Proprietors.
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FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Sole Agents for Enterprise Beer, The kind that
made Lexington Famous.
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THE WHEATFIELD
ONE YEAR ONE DOLLAR
LOCAL NEWS
A kiss is as good as a smile.
A bad husband beats a good wife.
One swallow does not make a drink.
Dr. M. A. Leach, Dentist, Heppner
Too many cooks are better than
none.
Learn to swim and then keep in the
swim.
A friend In need , is the friend to
bieed.
The ice proposition in Lexington Is
melting away.
Boost Lexington the best town in
Morrow county.
Warm? Well rather. 108 in the
shade Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. ' Carmichael
were Heppner visitors last Thursday.
Dr.' Higgs, Specialist, eye, ear,
nose and throat. Heppner, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Thomas and
on Ennis are spending the week in
Walla Walla..
Get your stationery at the Wheatfield j
r-rintery ana your business win never
become stationary.
J. A. Woolery" passed through cur
town Thursday last enroute to Heppner
returning Saturday.
H. R. Rust and family, of Indepen
dence, have moved to Lexington and
occupying rooms in the Doherty build
ing.
P. M. Christenson had the well near
his place sunk to a depth of ten feet
and has now eight feet of water in the
well.
The celebration at Heppner yester
day and today Is attracting a large
crowd even though the weather is al
most unbearably hot.
C. L. Porter and wife, of Platsburg,
Mo., have been the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Thomas the past month,
left for their home last Monday.
In Dr. Hunter's garden is several
stock of Maccaroni wheat that stands
about four feet high The Doctor has
a fine garden in many othef respects.
At the creamery meeting last Sat
urday afternoon all the stock was not
represented so an adjourned meeting
will be held next Saturday evening 'at
8 o'clock.
Readers of The Wheatfield will
have to overlook this weeks edition.
Local news items are scarce and hard
to find and it is too hot to set type if
we had plenty of locals,
FOR SALE Cheap. Quarter sec
tion land In Sec. 21, Tp. 1 N., R. 25
E. Slope to north and east. All cul
tivatable land. Now under plow.
W. S. Wharton.
Ice is the crying need of the, day.
Four hundred pounds was all that could
be had at the Heppner ice plant Tues
day and Phelps Bros were informed
that was all they could have until Fri
day. Ed. Berry and James DeLong re
turned from the Louis Padberg ranch
last Saturday, where they have just
completed the finishing work on Mr.
Padberg's new residence, which is one
of the neatest and most modern farm
houses in the county.
Mr. Stull returned from Dufur Mon
day and says that the stock for a
creamery at that point had been se
cured. Mr. Maxwell, the solicitor who
spent two weeks in Lexington had been
there but was called home on account
of the death of a daughter.
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.
A few families gathered In the grove
yesterday for a picnic dinner ,and en
deavored to escape some of the heat.
A very enjoyable time was had by all,
and the fireworks were lovely. The
main attraction in the fireworks line
was a set piece, consisting of one do g
This Space Reserved For $
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Lexington, Oregon.
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I FAIRCIIILD 8c MARLATT, Proprietors
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LEXINGTON, OREGON,
TRY THE WHEATFIELD
FOR YOUR JOB WORK
with several fire crackers tied to his
tail. W. E. Leach and Mrs. Ray
McAlister had charge of the display.
Chas. J. Schumann, traveling rep
resentative of the Pacific Northwest
was in our city Thursday. The Pacif
ic Northwest will send a number of
young ladies to the Jamestown Exposi
tion next January, and Miss Audrey
Woolery, of lone, will be Morrow
county's candidate. Each one of the
party sent will be required to distribute
advertising matter relative to the
county they represent. The subscrip
tion to the Pacific Northwest Is 50c
per year and each years subscription
allows one vote. Don't forget to cast
your vote for Miss Woolery and then
see to It that she is furnished with an
Modest Claims Often Carry the Moat
Conviction.
When Maxim, the famous gun In
ventor, placed his gun before a com
mittee of judges, he stated its carrying
power to be much below what he -felt
sure the gun whould accomplish. The
result of the trial was therefore a great
surprise, instead of disappointment. It Is
the same with the manufacturers of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. They do not pub
licly boast of all this remedy will acr
complish, but perfer to let the users
make the statements. What they do
claim, Is that it will positively cure
diarrhoea, dysentery, pains In the stom
ach and bowels and ha3 never been
known to fail. For sale by W. P. McMillan.
abundance of advertising matter rep
resenting the entire county.
A good man may be great, but all
great men are not good.
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
WNWXand SW, 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 his
office In Heppner, Oregon, on July 21sti
1906,
He names the 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 Register.
WHEN
YOU HAVE A COLD
ALWAYS TAKE
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
It la famous for its ouroa and can al
waye be depended upon. It cow
teraota any tendency of a oold
to result in pneumonia.
IT IS SAFE AND SUM.
sj'rtea 25c . Large
SO mwUH.