LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD Published Every Thursday ,. at.: , LEXINGTON, OREGON s. A. THOMAS, " Editor and Proprietor. OFFICIAL PAPER TOWN OF LEXINGTON Subscription, per year, - $1.00 Advertising rates on Application , Copy for change of advertising must reach this office by Wednesday noon. Entered as second-class matter October 6, 1905, at the post office at Lexington, Or egon, under the Act cf Congress of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 1907. NOTICE The best way to build up your own town ,1s to do your trading at home. Patronize your home merchants. If they succeed the chances are you will succeed. When you send a dollar to a mail order house you have the goods and they have Ihs money. Trade at home and we keep both the goods and -the money. BUNNYTOWN LETTER Ay tank ve have new business In Bunnytown purty quick now. One fel lar say he tank he go In hog business. He tank he make plenty money raisin blind pigs. Ay tank so too. Ay tank all Svede fellars buy 4 or 5 pigs every day, maybe more, , If he have dance hall. ; t Swan Swanson say if new rale rode build from Irrigon he tank he get yob. Ay bet you 4 Svede fellars do more vorkas'lOYap fellars on rale rode. Yack Yackson vant yob as boss man on first car. Ay ben goin to take trip to Svede Canyon tomorrow and ay tell you all bout him next yeek. Lou Bummerson say he tank if he find him gude Svede voman he get married and start big dairy rapch. Yohn Yohnson Bunnytown, Yanuary 15, 1907. f FOR CASH JOE We can save you money on Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes 1 Hardware and Stoves We have a line, of new and up-to-date Goods. F. THEY ARE BIG The Lexington basket ball team, consisting of great big men came down to lone Tuesday evening and played a game with a team from lone averag ing 146 pounds in weight. The game was a fast, hard-fought contest. In fact, a little to fast for Lexington. The score was 4 to 6 in favor of lone, ,-th hr fnr nlaw ahnut fvn With exact cut udder the old rate on the the exception of two or three men, a ; various classes of freight, but it is suf nice, clean game was played by both ficlent to be duly appreciated. Times sides. But basket ball Is not a game LEXINGTON, OS CO. OREGON unless each player lives up to the strict rules, which forbid "roughing it',. Most of the spectators do not understand that crowding, blocking, putting one or both hands around a player, interfering;. tripcine, or any Lou Bummerson vent to lone last tnrm ftf , fn ba f IVIIII Vi IVWKUMIKi t IWUi, t4U VI course some plays which Jock to be veek and see basket ball game. He say he tank lone fellars ben yust so big like Lexington fellars. He tank Lexington play gude game only, purty slow. - . t x Noodle Noodlesoa get letter 1 from brother, Ole, in Minnesuta few days udud, yuan anj tic iccu gum iu uuiiic to dese country purty quick, ,01a ben guae man. Me got him one voman, sex chllrdren an several uder such tangs, two vagons, four oxen an . sever al uder such tangs. Ay bet. you Ole make gude citizen ven he come. good playing Is nothing more or less than fouling. Let us, (the referees especially), make It a nice clean game and the sport will not die out lone Proclaimer. . All Lexington men are big men, physlcally.'mehtally'.and In fact 'any way 'you want to measure them. . Heppner and Morrow county shippers and producers will certainly appreciate the reduction in freight rates made by the 0. R. & N, which went into effect the first of the year, between here and Portland. We have not at hand the The relief of coughs and colds through laxative Influence, orlgnated with Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup con tainining honey and tar, a cough syrup containg. no opiates or poisons, which is extensively sold. Secure a bottle at once, obtain a guarantee coupon, and if, not fully satisfied with aesults, your money will be refunded. Sold by W. P. McMillan . By special arrangement we are able to offer the following clubbing rates In connection with The Wheatfield: Weekly Oregonian ' $2 00 Semi Weekly Journal 1 75 McCall Magazine , - 1 25 (The Queen of Fashions) The right is reserved by the publish ers of the above papers to cancell these prices at any time. In ordsr to secure these reductions subscriptions should be sent In at once. VN WANT FOR YOUR REAL EST A TE OR BUSINESS I CAN GET IT No Matter What Your Property is Worth, or in What Town, City, State or Territory it is Located If I did not have the ability and facilities to sell your property, 1 certainly could not afford to pay for this advertisement. This "ad" (like all my other Vads") Is practically sure to place on my list a number of new properties, and I am just as sure to sell these properties and make enough money in commissions to pay for the cost of these "ads", and make a good profit besides. That is why I have so large a real estate business today. " , Why not put your property among the number that will be sold as a result of these "ads"? ' 1 will not only be able to sell It some time but will be able to sell it quickly. I am a specialist in quick sales. I have the most complete and up-to-date equipment. I have branch offices throughout the country and a field fore of men to find buyers. I do not handle all lines usually carried by the ordinary real estate agents. I MUST SELL real estate and lots of it or go out of business. I can assure you I am not going out of business. On the contrary, I expect to find, at the close of the year, that I have sold twice as many, properties as I did the past year, but It will first be neccessary fd me to "list" more properties. I want to list YOURS and SELL it. It doesn't matter whether you have a farm, a home without! any land, or a business; it doesn't matter what it is worth, or where It Is located. If you will fill out the blank letter of of inquiry below and mail It to me today, 1 will tell how and why I can quickly convert the property Into cash, and will give you my complete plan FR66 OF CHARGE and terms for handling It. The information 1 will give you will be of great value to you, even If you should decide not to sell You had better write today before you forgef it. If you want to buy any kind of a Farm. House or business, In any part of the country, tell me your requirments. I will guarantee to fill them promptly and satisfactorily, DavidP.Taff, The Land Man, 415 Kan. Ave., Topeka, Kas. If You Wiint to lluy Fill In, Cut Out und Mall Today. I desre to buy property corresponding approximately with the following specifications: Town or city ... County - State......... ... Price between $ '. and $ win pay $ ...down and balance . If You Want to Sell Fill In, Cut Out and Mall Today. Please send, without cost to me, a plan for finding a cash buyer for my property which consists of Town 1 .... County- State Following is a brief description . Lowest cash price Name Remarks Name RED FRONT LIVERY. F. N. MO YER, Proprietor First Class Rigs Careful Drivers Special attention to Commercial Men T T ' LEXINGTON, OREGON. b C. W. CHRISTENSON M M M M M H J. B. GREEN ..THE PASTIME,.. CHRISTENSON & GREEN, Props. FRUITS, CONFECTIONERY, CANNED GOODS, SOFT DRINKS, CIGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS IN STOCK f POOL AND BILLIARD ROOM IN CONNECTION Lexington, Oregon. I XL SALOON J. H. CHAPMAN ,& CO., Props WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. FRESH BEER ALWAYS ON DRAUGHT GOOD POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION LEXINGTON, OREGON . JOHN B. WHITE I GENERAL BLACKSMITHING , TXCVO QTfCUnFTATP A CTJUr TAT Tv7' ?l Work Neatly Executed , 'A full supply.of Haxdwoo'd', Blacksmith Coal and Blacksmith sup- Charges Reasonable fi . - plies always on hand. LEXINGTON, OREGON. si Address Address .