LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD
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at
LEXINGTON, OREGON
S.A.THOMAS,
Editor and Proprietor.
OFFICIAL PAPER TOWN OF LEXINGTON
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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.
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THURSDAY AUGUST 15, 1907.
NOTICE
The best way to build up your own
ttwn Is 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 the money. Trade at
home and we keep both the goods and
the money.
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Beach, of Port
land, arrived In Lexington Saturday
evening. Mr. Beach is a brother of
our fellow townsman, E. R. Beach,
and has come to make an extended
visit with relatives and old friends in
hopes of benefitting his health. Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Beach left Monday with
Mrs. Karl Beach for a long stay at her
homestead in the mountains,
Mrs. W. G. Scott and daughter,
Cecil, Mrs. M. E. Barton and family,
of Blackhorse, and Mrs. Barton's
mother and sister, Mrs. Brown and
Miss Ruth, of Heppner, returned last
Thursday from a weeks outing in the
mountains. The Wheatfield family
Is very grateful to Mrs. Scott for our
first huckleberries.
The Editor of The Wheatfield was
greatly surprised last Thursday to re
ceive a commission signed by Gov.
Chamberlain, appointing us as one of
. the delegates to represent the state of
Oregon at the National Irrigation Con
gress which meets at Sacremento,
September 2. Morrow county has
been well remembered having eight
.delegates to this meeting.
"Oh," exclaimed Mrs. De Collitay,
"all the trunks are packed and shipped
and I forgot to put In my bathing suit".
"Never mind, dear," replied her hus
band, "fortunately I've sworn off
smoking". "Eh ? What has that to
do with it? " "Why, you can pack
your bathing suit in my cigar case."
A newspaper man is an enemy to
bulletin board advertising on general
principals, but there are occasions
when a bulletin board may bring better
results than a paper. The editor of a
paper in Missouri, remarked not long
ago that he had observed one in front
of a store in his city which, read, "B
4 U Buy Pants Come in and See
Ours." He went in and there was
not a confounded man in the store
(they were all females) so he bought
a fan and walked out.
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An old gentleman, rather portly and
clad in a light gray flannel , . sat on a
bench In the park enjoying the spring
day. '
"What's the matter, sonny," he
asked a small urchin who lay on the
grass just across the walk and stared
intently. "Why dont' you go and
play?"
Don't wanter, " the boy replied.
"But it is not natural. " the old
gentleman insisted, for a boy to be so
quiet. Why dont you run about?"
"Oh, I'm just waitin, the little fel
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
.Department of the Interior .
Land Office at The Dalies,' Oregon,
August 7, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
GEORGE E. MILLER
of Lexington, Oregon, has filed notice of
his intention to make final commutation
proof In support of his claim, viz: Home
stead Entry No. 15147 made May 17, 1906,
forthSESW and Lot 4 of Section
18, Township 1 South, Range 25 E. W. M.,
and that said proof will be made before J.
P. Williams, U. S. Comm'r, at his office in
Heppner, Oregon', on September 18 19.07.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, the land, viz:
S. A. Thomas, W. P. Luttrell, P. M.
Chrlstenson, of Lexington, Oregon. R. A.
Thompson, Heppner, Oregon.
C. W, Moore,
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LEXINGTON, OREGON
NOTICE FOP - PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior
Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon
June 20, 1907
Notice Is hereby given that
SAMUEL T. HUMPHREYS,
of Strawberry, Oregon, has filed notice of I
his Intention to make final five-year I
proof In support of his claim, viz: Home
stead entry No. 9858 made Oct. 22, 1901,
for the NE of Section 25, . Town
ship 1 North, Range 25 E., W. M., and
that said proof will be. made bsfore J. P..
Williams, U. S. Comm'r, at his dfice In
Heppner, Oregon, on August 17, 1907.
He names the following witnesses to
t prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, the land, viz: .
Carl Musgrove, Henry Musgrove, of
Strawberry, Oregon, George-. Weitles, E'-
mer Lindsay, of Heppner, Oregon.
.,' C. W. Moore, .
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NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION -
Department of the Interior
Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, ,'
August 1, 1907. .
Notice is hereby given that
MARY RITCHIE, formerly Mary WInnett,
of Strawberry, Oregon, has filed notice of
her Intention to make final five-year proof
In support of her claim, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 10721 made A.pril 23, 1902, for
theWNWi-, NENW and NWNEJ- of
Section 33, Township 1 North, Range 26
E W. M and that said proof will be made
before J. P. WilliamTf, U. S. Comm'r, at
his office in Heppner, Oregon, on- Septem
ber 19, 1907. ' '
She names the following witnesses to
prove her cotinuous residence Upon, and
cultivation of, the land, viz: ,
0. S. Hodsdon, of ' Lexington, OTgon,
C. E. Musgrave, W. H. Musgrave, H.
Stowers, of Strawberry, Oregon,
,C.vW. Moore,
8-15-9-12 Register.
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