Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1903-01-01

at cost of $4,000. The building is "a
by 42 feet and is beautifully finished in
walnut and plastered. It is strictly up
to-date, and has two plate glass fronts.
on Main and Spring streets. 1t has IL
foot ceiling and an absolute fire proof
vault m axes it as safe as any institu tion
OF ,he kind to be found.
Among the other construction work
in lone during the past four months is
the erection OF large additions to G. T.
Walkers store. The addition is plas-
tered throughout and Mr.. Walker has
put in one of the largest stocks OF mer.
chandise ever brought to The city.
M. Halvorsen has erected large sd-
ditios to his store building. and 20 new
rooms to the hotel building. Mr.. Hal
vorsen has taken great precaution against
the intrusion OF live stock in his hotel
and had the addition all plsstered and
fitted up with iron beds, etc. In fact
lone now has a frst.class hotel under
the efficient management OF Frank Conk
lin, and the travelling men, who, by the
way, besieRe this place quite often, will
say the same, Besides the above men
toned bnildings, about 18 new dwellings
have gone up in the past six months.
lone has several fine residences, one
Of wh ich is the finest in Morrow county.
These buildings will be made doubly
attractive when she city water system
is inaugursted, 30 that lawns and shade
trees can be cultivated.
The latest enterprise for lone 10 the
establishment of real estate company,
Elrood 4 Moore being the firms name.
They have erected good sized Office
near the depot and will operate on o
larger scale than ever in this country.
In adjoining counties they have large in
terests, and during the past year have
bought and sold over $50 quarter sec
ions of land. Through their operations
and has nearly doubled 10 value in the
past year. Land that could be bought
Tor 80 80 and $5 an acre . year ago is
now selling at from $5 to $40, and is
changing hands every day.
The officers and stockholders OF large
mining company are residents of this
place. Their mine, which is now under
gong some very promising development
work, is located at Baker City, in the
famous Virtue district. The fact that
our people do not copfine the attention
to home interests alone proves that they
are prosperous, progressive class.
Bright Future.
There are many promising things in
store for lone in the immediate future.
First we might mention the incorpora-
ton of q company to change our bank
to First National Bank. This will
probably be done early in the spring.
Then there is talk of large department
ar "Fsir" store, also lodging house
and opera house being erected within
the next few months.
| The city is now revising its charter
whereby the town may be bonded for
city water works. When this is estsb-
lished, lone being the best townsite in
the county will be perfect garden of
Eden, when she is enabled TO grow shade
trees, lawns, etc.
The great wheat bel! tributary to lone
is just beginning to assume proportions
of industrial importance, The good
pieces of government land which could
be bad year ago are all taken by the
homeseeker, and as more land is TILED.
hardly possible. The thousands of acres
OF land known as "the sands, also trib-
utsry TO lone, will, when the new irriQs-
tien project is inauRurated, be the best
hay and grain producing sections any
where on the globe. In fact, it is our
opinion that lone will be made such a
prominent shipping point as TO upset ell
preconceived ideas Of her possibilities.
Y. A. d.