Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-05-23
The Week News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and Abont the City.

Public school closed at lone Friday
last.
Firemen's tournament June IL, l.
and l3.
Read tho change OF ad OF Belyedere
saloon. This is = very popular place.
Attorney w. II. Dobyns OF lone was
in the city this week attending court.
The 1901 spring clip OF wool for Nor
row county is estimated at 1000, 900
pounds.
Mrs. iienry Welch and daughter Anna
departed Monday morning for San Jose,
Calf, on a visit.
Mr.. Daniel Rice of the Hardman
neighborhood is hauling in some OF his
last years wheat crop.
The Ashwood Prospector says that an
organized band OF horsethieves is work
ing in Crook county.
r. NJ. Jones representing the Oregon
Statesman and Pacific Homestead was
in the city this week.
Mr.. Frank Rogers left Tuesday morn
ing for the Nome god fields. His many
friends here Wish him success in the far
north.
Nr. +. J. Keeney OF this city returned
f,om Lone Rock, Friday where he had
been attending the funeral Of his aunt,
Mrs. Neach.
Wool is now coming in quite freely at
Shaniko over 900 900 pounds is stored
IN the warehouses at that place. The
first sale was TO y San Francisco buyer
a. | ! cents.
Mr. Geo. Mcknight was in from his
sheep ranch, Sunday. lie reports shear
ing about finished. Several bands have
already been driven to the mountain
ranges from his vicinity.
A merry crowd OF picnicer', includ
ing large number of young people and
children attended the basket picnic
given by the NJ +. church, South, at
Douglas, Saturday last All were well
supplied with lunches and the day Was
eujo, ably spent. Two extra coaches
were necessary to accommodate the pas
sengers.
Legal blank and all knds OF job print
ing at Gazette office.
T. X. Howards store has everything |
IN the grocery line needed by city trade
Miss Mabel Ayers was q passenger
for Brownsville, Or. Friday.
All kinds Of building material prompt
ly delivered by Heppner Lum Der Co.
The showers OF Thursday, while not
heavy, were very beneficial to crops and
grass.
Miss Eva Afford left Saturday morn
ing for Tacoma, where she will visit her
parents.
Mr.. Willie Adkins, who has been
visiting i n this city, departed for Hills
boro Friday.
There IL not a vacant residence in
Heppnsr. This is good advertisement
for town.
Mr.. Phillip Michel. of Stevenson,
WASH, was in the city Thursday, return
ing to Stevenson Friday.
The very choicest OF canned and dried
fruits are always kept on hand at the
grocery store OF T. X. Howard.
Mrs. Samuel Donaldson, who for
merly resided at Fossil, has moved to
this city and will make her future home
here.
Please remember this: You can get
letterheads, bllheads, cards, books or
any kind of job printing done at the
Heppner Gazette shop.
Sheep-ranch outfits. stock salt, hats
and furnishing goods, pipes, tobacco
candy and uuts-all these are sold at L.
X. Howard's store.
On Sunday, Nav 10Th. TIA re will be
basket picnic under the auspices OF the
NJ. +. church, south, at the Oscar
Thompson grove on Butter creek.
Being strangers it is extremely dliil-
cut for the gazette reporters to get the
news. especially the local and personal
events in the city. With hetter acqualnt'
anca. the GAZETTE will be better
paper.
Gins Staltar came in from Monument
last week. lie has been prOspt citing on
tho mann branch of the John Day river !
and has good claim. Mr.. Stalter in
forms us that sheepshearlng is about ,
hall over.
GOOD MAN GONE.
John Jordan, who.was buried at Lex
ington Yesterday, was grand old pIo-
ncer vino came here in %, aud Vas nj
wava irving to help his ntighbots. IN
ID ne helped Tom Ayers harvest wh"n Z
no other help could be had, and i"i = }
d,y, rode. - miles day. having 10 =