The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-09-24

tehueu tle FAIR on Saturday, return
ing to his home Sunday morning.
RAMS FOR SALE-I have Lin.
coin and Shropshire. Both lambs
and yearlings. C. A. MINOR.
Frank Turner abandoned the
ranch during the fair and brought
his wife and babies to town to see
the sights and enjoy a season of rec
reation.
Mrs. c. A. Minor accompanied her
daughter, Blanche, 20 Portland on
Sunday. Miss Minor will enter
school for the winter at the metrop-
oils.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Day came up
from st. Johns to take in the Fair
and enjoy visit with their Morrow
county relatives and friends for a
few days.
DR.. Alex Reid, former resident of
Morrow county, now of Stanfeld,
visited the Morrow county fair on
Friday with the Letter Buck boost
ers from Umatilla county.
Andrew Neel and wife, and their
son, H. S. Neel and his wife, were in
terested visitors in Heppner from
Lone Rock during the Fair. Mr..
and Mrs. A. Neel are early pioneers
of this section.
Miss Murriel McCarty came up
from The Dalles to attend the Fair.
She was accompanied by Miss Dukek
a schoolmato, whose home is at Fos-
sill. The young ladies returned to
The Dalles Sunday.
mayor James Kyle, OF Stanfeid,
was among the excursionists from
umatiila county on Friday. He is a
big jolly, whole-souled fellow and a
right good booster for the project
town over which he presides.
D. Ii. Grabill, of lone, recently
| disposed of tract of 100 acres of
land on the creek to T. H. Downing.
There are 40 acres of alfalfa on the
place and Mr.. Downing will make
his home there. The consideration
was $500.
J. M. Bentley, Pendleton reales-
tate dealer and Umatilla county pion-
Ger was q member of the Pendleton
excursion party which visited here
the second day Of the fair. Mr. Ben
tlcy was assessor of Umatilla county
before Morrow was made separate
county. He is an uncle of the Wells
boys of this city.
Several lone business men were in
Heppner in Monday attending to bus
mess matters. Among them we not
| ed j. E. Cronaa, A. E. Johnson, Wal
ter Pruyear, Frank Engleman, j. A..
Waters, Roy Whites, w. II. Cronk,
j. T. Knappenberg, Ed Bristow, Jack
Mills, Willard Blake, f. w. Sears,
Mr.. Jackson, John Cochran, Joe
Woods, Guy Haguewood, S. E. Moore
and L. Padberg.
c. A. Barratt, of Athena, republi-
can nominee for joint senator for
umatilla, Union and Morrow counties
visited Heppner on Friday coming
over on the Pendleton special Mr.
Barrett is making an active canvass
of his district and expects to return
to Morrow county at later date to
labor more earnestly with the voters
of this end and line up their support
for his return to the legislative halls
at Salem.
A very happy meeting was that
Of Judge Galloway and George H.
Parsons In days past, when Judge
Galloway was member of the State
Fair Board and Mr.. Parsons was in
the business of furnishing music for
such shows, their relations were most
intimate and friendly The Judge
contracted for the Parsons band six
consecutive seasons. In their meet
ing at Heppner last week many
pleasant "reminiscences were recited
|. n. Prater, wha xesides at Pen
dleton much of the time, has just
completed nice home for himself
and wife at Walla Nalla where he
expects to live in the future. Mr..
Prater and family were residents of
this burg for many years, leaving
here shortly after the food and 60
ing to Pendloton. He has been here
but once since, and that for short
time only, and when here on Friday,
he was sure that everyone had
changed in appearance except him
self 1t kept him busy getting ac-
Quainted again with the younger set
who have grown into manhood and
womanhood during his absence.
Furthermore he is convinced that
Heppner is still the best place ON top
of the earth and has a splendid fu-
ture before her.
This office acknowledges a very
pleasant call from E. C. Roberts, of
Lebanon, Ore, President Of the State
Board of Horticulture while in our
city on Friday He is cousin of the
Huston boys of Eight Mile and en-
joyed very pleasant visit with them
during the time he was able to spare
from his official duties. Mr.. Roberts
visited number of our orchards
while in the county and dropped
some information and instruction
that should prove of much benefit to
our fruit raisers and aid them in the
production of cleaner and better
fruit in the future. He will make
it point to get in touch with all
parts of the state while holding this
important Office to the end that all
sections may have the benefits of his
broad knowledge of horticulture.
At the Elkhorn Restaurant Fri
day evening considerable excitement
was caused by a row that occurred
there. The place was full of people
at the time when two young fellows
from Butter creek, said to be some
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