Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1903-01-08
The Week. s News
Local and Personal Happenings
in and About the City.

Miss Berthene Crane, Of Walla Walla,
is the guest of Miss Mable Ayers.
NJ d. Haman went to Portland, Mon
day for medical treatment at the hos
pital.
Linn Dawson, of The Dallep, was the
guest of his parents in this city the
past week.
The owner who left fine umbrella at
VI. Lichtenthal's shoe store can get
same by ealing for it.
Miss Lizzie Lchtenthal has returned
to the Sisters School at The Dales.
She is making rapid progress IN music.
JAS. McHaley prominent sheepman
of Heppner and extensively interested
in Grant county, was ia the city yester-
dav on business Grant County News.
Messrs ?. NJ. Howard and A. V. Lun-
uell were Oui iSOlilg pdSSclIStlS Ol hOu
days train for Portland. They will at
tend the annual meeting Of the Equitable |
Life Association.
Hram Tash, of Hardman, was in the
city Friday. Mr.. fash reports that
there is no snow in the vicinity of Hard |
man and stockmep are not feeding much |
at the present time.
H. F. fash of Hardman, started for
Walla WalIa, Saturday to resume bis
studies at school. He was. accompanied |
bv Clvde Stanton Of Eight Mics who is |
also attending school at Walja Walla.
The match game of basket ball be-
tween Minor & Co.'S team and Blake's |
team resulted in victory for Minor x
Co. The game WAS very close and was
very interesting. Another game will be
played by the same teams on Saturday
evening, January 10.
County School superintendent J. W.
Ship'ey has sent out the following
circular: Eighth grade examinations
will be held on January 2S, 20 and 50;
April s, 9and 10; May 20 u and %;
June 27, IS and l9. Examinations for
l. Io1 IT.
II, u and 13. Examinations for state
papers will be held on February II, -,
l3 and IA
lone news notes from the Post: P. +
O. Borg, of Heppner, was in lone Satur-
day night to install the officers Of the
the Masonic lodge. ... Miss Ethel
WalIbridge, of Heppner, began teach
ing in the lone school, Monday 49,. We
are told that G. C. Curtis sold II sections
of.land to Elord & Moore for $34 ,000
this week. Mr.. Curtis bought the land
three years ago from the raiload com
pany at 40 cents an acre.
J. a. Mclaughlin, the mill man from
Gurdane, was in the city, Monday.
Frank Baker and sister who haye
been visiting friends in this city, left
Saturday morning for their home at
Colfax
Mrs. Ruth French left Friday, for Los ,
Angeles, Calf, to spend the winter.
Miss Mabe Ayers and Miss Bethene
Crane left Tuesday morning for Walla
Walla to resume their studies at Whit
man college.
Gilbert Coats has retnrned from an t
extended visit to Kansas and Missouri. /
HIS nephew Scott Osborn returned with L
him. Mr.. Coats reports having had S
pleasant visit but is glad to get back to
Oregon. He has been in Oregon tor C
nineteen years. Mr.. Coats to the !
GAZETTE reporter said: 'InotIced little 9
if any improvement in the country >
in Kansas and Missouri where | visited a
since | left there 10 years ago. OF II
course, the towns have grown some. a
Nearly everybody wants to come West +
that talked with, and I look for big Il
immigration this year. Many of the y
people there among the farmers are