Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-11-27
The eWeek s News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and About the City.

Saturday evening.
Hon. j. w. Morrow came up from
Portland Saturday
Sugar has advanced 20 cents per sack
during the past week.
The Meacham hotel which was re-
Gently burned, will be rebuilt.
A new sidewalk is being built at the
intersection of Gale and Willow streets.
1t is estimated that 5000 head of beef
cattle will be fed On Lower Butter creek
this winter.
j. ?. McManus and Brown Bros. will
start newspaper at Pilot Rock, to be
known as the Record.
Thos. Humphreys, the popular drug.
gist has returned from Portland, where
he has been buying stock of holiday
goods.
Miss Aurah Hale arrived home from a
several months visit to relatives at Eu-
gene and .other valley towns, Friday
evening.
Frank Parker was in from the Willow
Creek mines Friday. He reports II
inches Of snow at the mines on Friday
morning.
The 3.year-old son of B. F. Myers, of
Pendleton was burned TO death We'd
nesday afternoon. The child and young
sister were playing with matches when
the boys clothes took fire.
Andrew Nelll, prominent stockman
OF Lone Rock, was in the city Saturday
Mr.. Nell has just recently returned from
a trip in the Willamette Valley, taking
in the State Fair at Salem
Jeff and Marion Evans who reside
near Heppner have dissolved partner
ship. Marion Evans Will continue the
big farming operations. The transfer
includes large amount OF property.
j. 5. Crooks, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
a son Of Col. Crooks, President Mohler's
private secretary arrived in the city
Thursday evening, and Friday went out
to the Willow creek coal mines. Mr. |
Crooks Will make thorough inspection
of the coal field before returning.
Christian church, Sunday, November !
80. Sunday school 10 a. ~. Sermon,
II a. m, Y. p. s. c. f., 6 As p. m.
SERMON 7 30 p. m. Choir and orches
ira will practice on Saturday evening at
O'Clock. You are cordially invited to
these services. j. V. Crawford, Minis
ter.
The log cabin eating-house belonging |
to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company at Meacham, Umatilla County, |
was totally destroyed, with all its con
tents and outbuildlngs, by fire at | o.
clock Wednesday morning. The loss is |
about SIC, 1000 The log cabin and Mrs
Munra, its popular manager, will be
greatly missed by travellers and tourists.
Wells & Co. the furniture dealers,
will on the first of December, move
from the present location at the corner
of Main and May streets, to the brick
building on Main street, owned by
Henry Heppner, formerly occupied by
Minor & Co. This is a fine building and
there will be plenty of room for the dis
play of the large stock of furniture car
ried by Wells & Co.
Heppner Blsckman, Heppner's tai
ented young artist, is showing rapid i'm
provement in his work under the train
ing at the Partington Art School at San
Francisco He has sent specimens of
his work to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Blackman, of this city, and to
friends here. The sketches are from
life and show talent. Heppner people
will be pleased to learn of his success
Hepp. has a bright future.
Z. w. Ayers returned to bis home at
Heppner Tuesday evening. Mr.. Ayers
spent several days in lone soliciting
funds with which to finish the Baptist
church building at this place. About
$4OO will be required to complete the
work, nearly all of which has been prom
ised by the citizens of lone. Most OF the
citizens contributed literally while some
few could not see the necessity of anoth-
er church building in Ione.-Ione Post.
Lawrence Sweek intends going int
the hog business. He purchased from
Mr.. Garrigues of Mahogany Ridge,
about 90 head last week. .... The entire
family of w. A. Sweek is down with the
measles. and some of them are quite
sick. DIR. Higgs came out from Hepp-
ner last night to render them some
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