Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1903-01-01
is NOW ENJOYING RAPID GROWTH
Strong Competition in Buying Makes This
One of the Best Grain Markets
in Morrow County.

growth lone is now enjoying. Most
people know that carpenters and build
inp materials were in heavy demand dur
ing the dry season, and that new bouses
are now springing up everywhere in the
city and suburbs.
lone, the second city 10 size in Nor
row county, which has 2940 square miles
area is beautifully located in the Willow
Creek valley, with Willow creek sweep
ing by on one side and the o. R. & N.
Co.'s railroad line on the other. About
IL years ago the place consisted OF only
one store and one or two dwellings. The
city now has 500 Inhabitants and is stead
ily growing. The place has IT'S voters
and abou! 100 children OF school age.
The mail reaches Ion twice daily there
is long distance and local telephone ia.
cilities, fire department, composed OF
strong company aud equipped with first
class hand engine and hose cart.
Business aud other establishment ts in-
clude three hotels. four general mer-
chsndise stores, two churches. one four
room school building. five saloons, two
hardware dealers, two blacksmith shops,
one furniture store, one livery stable,
two drug stores, one undertaking and
cabinet house, one harness shop. one
meat market, two barber shops, milll-
nery store. two lumber yards, three ware
houses, banking establishment, feed
store, paint shop, wagon shop, real
estate office, lawyers office, one weekly
paper, two city drays, three contractors
and builders.
The lone public school building was
erected in 1897 and cost, including fur
niture, sppro ximately $4,25O The build
ing is two story frame and has four
large rooms, end four lady teachers The
enrolment of:pupils during the present
year is 100.
The three warehouses at this pacee
have handled in the neighborhood OF
100000 bushels OF wheat this sesson, a
aeeinst 225 900 last year. Douglas hand
led about $4,000 as against 100000;
Lexington 10000 as against 1OO,OoO;
Jordan handled this year l12 900; Cecils,
30 600, and Heppner $4,000, making 10
all ST. 900 bushels OF wheat handled in
Morrow county, OF which lone received
nearly one-hslf.
Two of the warehouses at this point
belong to two OF the leading grain COM
panles on the Pacific Coast. Balfour
Guthrie & Co.'S building has a frontage
OF 800 feet and is 40 feet wide the Kerr,
Clifford building is so by 1914 feet. and
the L RrnoTb OWhou Wy ooN-
eral OF the leading farmers OF the county.
has a floor space OF 50 by $50 feet. Be-
sides these grain companies there are
several private buyers at this point, and
the strong competition iu grain buying
along the Heppner branch makes this
one of the best wheat markets on the
Coast. The quality o. the wheat raised
on Morrow county soil is excellent, each
sack averaging l34 pounds.
The banking establishment at lone
was instituted about Is months ago by
J. A. Woolery, who is prominently iden-
titled with the interests of the county
and the upbuilding of lone, MIR. Wool
ery opened his bank under many dissd-
yantages. He at first fitted up one cor
ner of his store building where he
watched a small business grow into such
proportions that to erect building for
this purpose was the only thing to do,
and last August one of the best buildings
there is n.ore precipitation OF moisture
snd a crop failure now is something