The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-06-20

has completed arrangements for the
base ball tournaments to take place at
lone commencing on next Monday, the
24th. There will be three days of
sport and ball teams will come from
various paris of Morrow and Gillian
counties to participate in the contests
for the liberal prizes offered. Purses
aggreeating two hundred dollars will
be hung, and there should be some
mighty good ball playing A big
bucking contest will also be pulled off
on Wednesday the 26th and altogether
there will be big time within the
borders of our ne'ghboring city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank I. Fuchs ar
rived home from Portland on Thursday
evening last and were given the usual
reception due to the newly-married
from the youngsters of the town. On
Saturday evening they were waited
on by the Rebekahs in body and
brought up town where they were
made to participate in an ice crAam
treat at the store of Hendricson &
Gurdane. Mr. and Mrs. Fuchs are
at home to their friends at the resi-
dence of the bride in Heppner.
Chas. Vaughn, Len Gillame Berl
Gurdane and Ed Adkins, togather
with Albert Rowker. who furnished
transportation. constituted fishing
party that left Heppner on Saturday
for the Deschutes river in the vicinity
of Bend, Oregon. where they enjoyed
great snort for day or two. They
made the return triD on Tuesday. Or
dinarilv triu of this kind would take
six or eight days but the automobile
shortens up distances very much.
The contest is now on for the cleo
tion of Goddess of Liberty for the
celebration on the 4th. The contest
ants are Misses May Perry, Leila
Campbell and Vivian Cox. Miss
Campbell is slightly in the lead at
present. The voting places are at
the store of O. R. johnson. the Pas
time and at the Palm. Get in and
boost for your favorite and make the
contest a lively one. 1t will cost
you one cent vote.
C. L. Ashbaugh was in town OH
Friday and left at this office sam
pie of forty-fold wheat that indicates
somewhat the immensely of crops in
his locality. This bunch was pro-
duced from one grain of wheat and
contained 105 big, healthy stems of
wheat fully headed out. Mr.. Ash
baugh stated that ths bunch was only
fair sample of the wheat now ma
turing in the Eight Mile section.
Miss Irene Pratt, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. W. A. Pratt was passenger
on Monday s train, having come from
Chicago. During the school year she
has been a student at Evanston, near
that city, where her uncle, Prof. w.
E. Hotchkiss is dean of one of the de-
partments of Northwestern University.
She has come to spend her vacation
with her family, expecting to return
to her studies in the fall.
The various fire companies of the
city should be reminded that there
ia prize offered in the sum of forty
dollars to the winning team in hose
races for the Fourth of July. 1t is
time that they were getting busy and
practicing up for the occasion Thete
shoulud be some lively races If the
young fellows get in trim. Why not
begin to move and show the people
what you are made of.
For the Fourth of July, Manager
Sparks, of the Star Theater will pres
ent the great picture, Dante's I'm
ferno' five reel production. One
of the greatest pictures yet made.
This is a reproduction of the authors
idea of hell, and is said to be true to
his concpetion of the place. One hour
and a half in hell on the Fourth.
Rev. W. H Bleakney, PHI. D., of
Freewater, is to address the people of
Hepuner on Sunday afternoon at the
Christian church His theme will
be "Church Federation. and the
people of the city are cordially invit-
ed. Services at O'Clock.
The Rev. W. A. Pratt made a trip
to Morgan Saturday, holding services
there Sunday morning. and at Cecil
in the evening, returning home Mon
day by way of Heppner Junction.
Mrs. Lille Cohn returned from
Portland on Tuesday evening last ac-
companied by her daughter, Miss
GLADYS, who has been attending school
in the city the for past the year.
AT THE BAKERY-Geta away from
the heat of baking by buying your
bread Cream loaf. plain loaf, whole
wheat and rye. Nothing better than
our cream loaf.
Low M. Turner returned home on