Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-06-29
Hardman Notes.

S. E. Craber is in Walla Walla on
business tour.
J. E. Craber is going to open the
Zolinger and Ham feed barns in the
near future.
J. w. Stevens and family are visiting
with Ben Enrley, of Lost Valley A.
Riley is foreman during their absence.
Fine rain last Friday. Five inches of
moisture which insures large yield OF
potatoes; also great aid to spring
grain.
Miss Lizzie Wilhelm, who has been
visiting her brother Harry and sister
Grace of this place, returned home last
Sunday.
1t is reported that Vern Duncan has
arrived vita Newt Whetstone's race
horse. This makes near a dozen IN
training now and more to come.
Oscar Schafer, of Monument, was here
Friday, helping us enjoy that all day
rain. Oscar is an ex-residept OF this
place and we-are glad that be has made
good.
Mrs. E Jay Merrill was passenger
for Heppner on Friday. She goes to be
at the bedside of her father, Justus l..
Simpson, who is dangerously ill with
erysipelas.
An expert from The Dalles garage
was summoned to repair the Bleakman
auto. He found it had been put togeth-
er wrong and hastily rearranged the
machine which is now giving good
satisfaction. Be patient and g. A. will
show you that it is success.
1t is certainly contrary to our city laws
for cows to run at large. Ii those who
have their trees and sshrubs injured
would bring damage suits it would color
ordinances more deeply. However, the
marshal stands ready to act, but is re-
strained by the council. We think he
should punish all off4nses until GER
tain ordinances are repealed.
At our last school meeting more zeal
than usual was shown and several good
talks were made. Among them Mr..
McDuffie touched on the need of a
truant officer and punctual attendance
The good feeling was contagious and
Sept. 2 was agreed upon as theedate
they would .neet to tidy up things for
the fall term. This is good move.
The following clipping was handed me
by prominent taxpayer, with the re-
quest that it be published in the Ga
zette:
A Good Roads Movement.
We've had good roads movement down
Pohick, on the crick.
We raised some ready cash fur what we
couldn't get on tick.
An, bein' partic'lar job, We thought it
would be wise
To get some men OF probity to come AN
supervise.
An as a further guarantee 'gainst chances
of neglect
We took another set OF men an tod 'em
to inspect.
An these arrangements didn't seem jes'
what they ought to be
Till we'd secured some talent competent
to oversee,
There arose misunderstanding bout
emoluments and rank,
But the pay roll checks KEEP comin' very
regular to the bank.
Somehow the highways didn't seem TO
lose their ruts an Jumps,
An every time we went to town we had
to bump the bumps.
We found it hard to comprehend what
such delay could mean
In work so well inspected, supervised
an overseen.
The only manual labor on this Job that
seemed so slow
Was done with great reluctance by
small boy with hoe.
The situation naturally shocked our
civic pride,
We called some meetin's AN the proper
people testified.
We got the overseers to tell exactly what
they knew
An heard from the inspectors an the
supervisors, too.
Then we drew up resolutions an deliy
cred an address
TO vindicate our efforts to upliit an to
progress.
We have solved the difficulty, an ou1
hearts are full of Joy
At seen' discipline maintained. We fred
that no count boy.
MINIoN.