Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1903-11-26
The Week News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and About the City,.

T. W. Morgan, of Gooseberry, was il
the city yesterday.
Roy Gray has purchased w. 0
Miller's interest in the coal and wooC
business and hereafter the business will
be known as the firm of Conover
Gray.
For Rent-Pleasant rooms in healthy
locality. Electric lights, bath and tele
phone, also convenient to nice private
boarding house. Terms reasonable
Gentlemen only. For information cal
at Gazette office. 62tf
T. A. Rhea, Waldon Rhea and James
McGee were on the Umatilla river and
at the mouth of Butter creek, several
days last week on duck shooting ex-
peditlon. They report having had a
fine shoot and returned with a good bag
of game.
The new time card of the O. R. & N.
went into effect Sunday last. The
Heppner train now leaves IN the morn
j ng at o'clock, instead of S:15 as here
tofore, and the evening train now ar
rives at o'clock, making more con-
venient train service for this city.
Thomas B. Newhausen. of The Dales,
a government special agent, was in the
city this week inspecting timber land
proofs. Mr.. Newhausen will be back
again in the near future, when the peo-
pie who have proved up on timber
claims will be expected to come in and
have their papers examined.
Stop at The Dalles when on your way
TO Portland, and enjoy the most delight.
full steamboat ride in the world by sc.
curing your tickets on the Charles R.
Spencer, the fastest and most popular
boat on the river. Fare only so cts. A
saving of So 10 each way. ]. H. Hub
bard, Traveing Passenger agent 63 II
A fire alarm, turned in from the
Palace hotel, caused considerable ex-
ctement Monday evening. In one of
the rooms on the second floor, fire was
built in a stove, and the stove got 80
hot that it set the furniture of the room
on fire. The fire boys soon had line
of hose attached BUTT was not necessary
to throw any water. The damage to the
room was about 500.
The delinquent taxes of Morrow
county now only amount to $362.19, ID.
cluding what is due on both real and
personal property. The total amount
on the 1902 roll was sos 600, which has
.ll been collected but the small sum
stated above Most of the delinquents
are nonresidents and the amounts being
small, have neglected the payment OF
axes. This is certainly good show
ne and indicates that the people of this
county are prosperous. At the last re-
,ort Morrow county's Indebtedness was
'nly $35 900. which is small when it is
onsidered that fine new court house
las just been completed.
Ben Swaggart, who was in the vicinity
f Balock this week, looked around
considerable in trying to buy some feed t
Or his stock. He made some good offers /
n strawstacks but was unable to buy. '
he Blalock farmers and stockmen claim c
nat they have only enough feed for t
Ieir own use aud have none for sale. I
n speaking of conditions that confront I
tockmen, Mr.. Swaggart said: eff the ,
inter should be severe, the losses +,
ould be great. but the November {
eather conditions this season are en-
ouraging to me. Having been in the /
.ock business for the past 80 years, l
ave watched these things closely and
ave noticed that whenever we have ,
ad south winds and chinooks like this s
JASON, the winter following has always