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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1906)
LEXINGTON GROWS WITHOUT WATCHING I': A- V- m Si VOL. I LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY AUGUST 2, 1900 NO. 45 COUNTY NEWS, lone Proclalmer Miss Nina Dorman returned yester day from Heppner where she has been working in the Pastime the past six months. Rev. J. L. Jones and daughter, Margueret, went to Weiser, Idaho, Wednesday, where Margueret will make her home with her aunt, Mrs. Roy Buerley. Heppner Times An indication that a very large a mount of grain lr being harvested in this county is that almost every day now farmers are in for farm machin ery Threshing will start up about the first of next week. N. Williamson of Moscow, Idaho, buys the entire stock of the Fair Store. A bill of sale has been filed with County Clerk Hill from S. E. Carr to N. Williamson for all the merchandise and fixtures of the Fair Store. The dog killer has been at large the past few days in Heppner and the result Is some dozen dead dogs, some of which were classed as very fine an imals. While our city may have alto gether too many worthless curs, it would seem that a more humane method than poisoning might be em- j ployed In disposing of them. j Hsppner Gazette Garfield Crawford returned from Portland, Saturday. He left Monday for Burns where he goes to take charge of a Burns newspaper. Work is now progressing on Frank Roberts' new building which will be used as a skating rink. This building which is 40x1 20 feet will contain more floor space than any single room in Heppner. There will be a fine hard wood floor and the rink will be one of the finest in the country. Adulterated Leather, The Scientific American takes oc casion to call attention to adulterat ed leather. Lightweight stock is made to pa&s the weight test by the use of glucose and barium. Leather so treated has a peculiar quality of absorbing moisture at all times. Shoes made from such stock a.r never dry and are a constant men ace to the health of the wearer. "Itlak liny Willi the timl Hiilnos." There Is a lesson In the work of the thrifty farmer. He knows that the bright sunshine may last but a day and he prepares for the showers which are so liable to follow. So it should be with every household. Dysentery, diar rhoea and cholera morbus may attack some member of the home without warning. Chamberlain, s Colic, Choi era and Diarrhoea. Remedy, which is the best known medicine for these diseases, should always be kept at hand, as immediate treatment is nec essary, and delay may prove fatal. For sale by W. P. Mc Millans' Drug Store. TEACHERS EXAMINATION y Notice is hereby given that I viil hold the regular examination of Appli cants for State and County papers at the court house, Morrow county, Ore gon, as follows: For Hlate Papum Commencing Wednesday, August 8, at 9 o'clock a. m. and continuing until Saturday, August 1 1, at 4 o'clock p. m. WEDNESDAY Penmanshtp, History, Spelling, Physical Geography, Reading, Psy chology. THURSDAY Written Arithmetic, Theory of Teach ing, Grammer, Bookkeeping, Physics, Civil Government. F3IDAY Physiology, Geography, Mental Arithmetic, Compr.ji!!on, Algebra. SATURDAY Botany, P'.r.io Geometry, General HC!,.'p itid Nasty." rrofc'or Louieuux, who died in Berlin recently, h ep.id to have origi nated the phra::e ''cheap and ugly" or, in it is no',7 more commonly q-.-o'cl in this oocitry, "cheap and ncsty." .He wt3 the rector of the Berlin Awdvmy of Commerce and came to Hi country in 1876 as head of the G" ;n,n jury on the German exhibits r.t th I-'Liladelphia exhibi tion in lSi'G. Ife need the phrase in his ouicinl report to describe some of the exMhits. History, English Literature. Fur County Paper Commencing Wednesday, August 8, at 9 o'clock a. m. and continuing until Friday, August 10, at 4 o'clock p m. First, Second and Third grade certificates. WEDNESDAY Penmanship, History, Orthography, Reading. THURSDAY Written Arithmetic, Theory of Teaching, Grammer, Physiology. FRIDAY Geography, Mental Arithmetic, School Law, Civil Government. Primary Certificates WEDNESDAY Penmanship, Orthography, Arith metic, Reading. THURSDAY Art of Questioning, Theory of Teaching, Physiology. S. I. Stratton, County School Supt. nE WAS IN TROUBLE "I was in trouble, but found a way out of it, and I'm a happy man again, since Dr, King's New Life Pills cured me of chronic constipation," says E. W. Goodies, 107 St. Louis St., Dallas, Mex. Guaranteed satisfactory, Price 25 cents at W. P. McMillan drug store. Get Your Name on . The Wheatfifeld List OREGON AND -TO Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, St- Louis, New York. Ocean Steamer for Sun KihiicImco lei Portland at 8 P. M. every (ifth day. TlckU to and from all point r the Unit oil State and Europe, Trains Leave Lexington, Daily, ex cept Sunday, - 9:25 A. M. Trains Arrive at Lexington, Daily, ex cept Sunday - 5:10 P. M. Trains Connect at Heppner Junction with Main Line trains for all points East and West. A. L. CRAIG, G. P. A. PHELPS BRO'S DEALERS IN IC LIGHT HAULING A SPECIALTY RATES REASONABLE MSXIXGTOJT. - ORKUOM HMRIZEST SUPPLIES Special bargains on our Remnant Counters. Large assortment of working gloves, $1.25 to $2. values for $1 . All kinds of harvesting machinery, wagons, buggies, hacks, etc. Drapers and all kinds of extras for headers. Lace leather, belting, hardware, hay forks, der rick forks, blocks, cables, jacks, etc. We are herdquarters for all kinds of harvest supplies. Prescott Flour, the best in the Northwest. feacA cBroti ers tJ Ae 3$lq St ore