Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1903-09-24
heWeek' News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and About the City.

the city Saturday.
L. j. Merrill. of Hardman, was a
Heppner visitor, Monday.
A. A. Chance, of Condor, was register
ed at the Palace, Friday
d. A. Cnpper and L. A. Cupper, of
Monument, were in the city Friday.
Mis- Fay Bartholomew has gone to
Portland where she will study music.
Tunls Swick and VIM. Swick, of
Cottonwood, were in the city this week.
W. O. Minor is building new resi-
dence on his Mountain Valley stock
farm.
Grass on the ranges all over the cour-
try is making rapid growth since the
recent rains.
Will Dutton left Monday morning for
Portland where he will attend the
Holmes Business College.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. l.. W.
Briggs, who has not been expected to
live for the past two weeks, IS improy-
ing and is in a fair way to recover.
Thos. Morgan started today with
200 head of Ed Days fine Delane bucks.
for Payette, Idaho. Mr.. Morgan goes
to sell the bucks to Idaho sheepmen.
Price Florence returned Saturday
evening from the mountains where he
has been rounding up cattle. He
brought out some cows and calves for
pasture.
Attorney S. E. Van Vactor went to
Condor Saturday on legal business. He
will attend the session of the Gillian
county circuit court where he has
several cases.
Christian church every Sunday, Bible
school 10 a. M, Preaching Il a. M, Y.
L. 5. &. f. :45 p. M, Preaching 7:3O. |
Cordial invitation to ALL j.. Craw-
ford, minister.
At the auction sales of fine stock at the
state fair Thursday, w. O. Minor pur-
chased Lizzie Mcintyre, a 3-year-old
Shorthorn for $3.50, and Marguerite, A.
year-old Shorthorn, for $175, both ami
mails coming from the Ladd herd.
o. f. Farnsworth has sold his Rhea
creek stock farm of 1900 acres to James
Nunnamaker for $40 900. This price in
cludes hay on the place, some stock
and farm implements. This is very
fine stock ranch and Mr.. Nunnamaker
secured good bargain.
Heppner will soon have two new
Chinese restaurants. From the reputa.
ton of the former Chinese restaurant
here, it would seem that white people
ought to be good enough to conduct the
eating houses in Hepner. Chinese {
competition should be figured from
Chinese standpoint.
Herb Bartholomew and Joe HAYES re.
turned Monday from Portland, where |
they took shipment of fat stock. Mr..
Bartholomew took a car load of beef t
cattle for the Ayers Cattle company and
Mr.. Hayes took four car loads of his !
mutton sheep. They were delivered at
the Union stock yards. :
Public school is progressing salts t
factorily with growing attendance. +
From last year the change in the
personnel of the teachers is as follows s
Miss Gertrude Lamb, assistant principal; a
Miss Ina McMurray, of lone. and Miss c
Theresa Bosmgart, of Albany, who as.
sumed charge of her duties last Monday. +
Little Stephen Irwin, son of Mr.. and C
Mrs. w. r. Irwin, while attempting to a
get on moving dray fell off and was b
struck With wheel of the vehicle, one
day this week. He was badly bruised r
and was not able to be out for several 3
days, however his injuries were not o
serious. He had very narrow escape o
from being run over. Il