The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-05-23
IRRIGoN.
INTENDED for last week.)

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Alfalfa is just coming in bloom
now and about the 25th haying will
begin.
Hume Park came down from Her.
miston last week and took back with
him nice Jersey COW which he bot
of Prof. Kicker.
Mrs. W. R. Walpole Jr. and the
two children, Francis and Ralph,
made trip to Pendleton last Tuesday
returning on Thursday.
Mr.. George purchased the porperty
of J. H. Smith here in town. Mr..
George is now possessor of one of the
incest little homes in lrriRon.
Mr.. Susbauer just returned from
Heppner where he had been summoned
on jury duty. He says everybody
there is feeling good over the pros
poets fer a good wheat crop.
A dance will be given in the E. &
w. Hall next Saturday night. The
boys say that there will be nothing
lacking in the line of refreshments.
Everybody come out as this will be
probably the last one Of the season.
Miss Park returned to Kentucky but
expects to return in about 10 weeks.
Her two aunts intend to come back
with her then and live here during
the fall and winter. Miss Park and
Mr.. Kicker were both reelected to
teach the school next term.
W. R. Walpole Jr. has made several
trips to Pendleton recently. attending
to court proceedings relative to the
Umatilla project. He reports every
thing in fine shape and he predicts
that Uncle Sam will soon roll up his
sleeves and make the dirt fly.
Vacation is now here; school being
closed last Friday The program was
given on Wednesday in order that the
final examinations might be given the
last two days without interruption.
There were no failures in the whole
school as far as we know, but as to
the results of the 9th grade we can
not vet tell: will have to report at
later date.
M. F. Wadsworth has of late been
quite busy installing fresh water
systems. He installed one for P.
c.-Lon~ - = ryor1,e lilo q drnam
One needs only to turn on the faucet,
and the machinery is set to work at
the bottom of the we'll. and by means
of compressed air fresh, cool drink
is on hand at all times. He also
went to Paradise Flat and did sim
liar job for S. Fl. Boardman.
The fruit crop is now assured fact.
Everybody is in good spirits and work
ing with a will that will tell in the
end. Ripe Strawberries have been
picked a week ago, and by the time
the reader sees this the season will be
ON in full blast Mr., DobIe, who has
a little better than two acres of this
delicious fruit, SAYS he expects to
make somewhere in the neiRhborhood
of $500 from them this year. The
crop never was better.
Eevry one is busy haying.
A nice shower of rain fell Sunday
and fresKened up every thing wonder
fully.
Mr.. Stockdale and family drove
down from Echo last Saturday to visit
the Dobles.
An extra train crew is at work here
now taking out the trucks from under
all the non-airbrake cars.
The rumor is going the roudns that
the Coyote Echo cutoff is an assured
thing now. And when Uncle Sam
gets busy on the big ditch there will
be something doing in this meek of
the sagebrush. "
Strawberries ale now being shipped
in large quantities and bringing good
prices. Mr.. Doble has two acres OF
the lucious fruit and will no doubt
derive from them a handsome income.
Unless some unforeseen thing should
happen he estimates from between
$500 to $1,000 on this crop alone.
Irrigon's fruit crop this summer will
be marketed by the Hermiston Far
mers Exchange. A representative.
Mr.. Otto G. Sapper from that corpora
tion was down here last week and
laid the matter before our people who
were much pleased with the idea and
agreed to sell through the exchange.
R B. Kicker was appointed to look
after the shipping at IrriRon.