The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
WEEKS NEW S.
Local And Personal Happen
ings Of Heppner And
Vicinity.

5000 Posts For Sale. Phelps Gro
Gerry Co.
John Jenkins, Eight Mile farmer
was in the city on Monday.
John Kirk vas down from his Will
low creek home on Monday.
Ben Anderson, of Eight Mile, was
in town on business Monday.
Judge EsteB and son, of Echo,
were visitors in our city one day last
week.
l. C. Cox, Butter creek farmer and
stockman, was a Saturday business
visitor in Heppner.
R. w. Turner, prominent Sand
Hollow farmer, spent the weekend
with his family in this city.
superintendent of schools, S. E..
Notson, visited the schols at Irrigon
and Castle Rock last week.
George Flint was up from Licking
ton the first of the week with an auto
load of travelling statesmen.
r. j. Carsner, we'll known Wheel
er county stockman, was over from
his ranch the first of the week.
Mike Healy, formerly in the liv-
cry business in this city, is now en-
gagged in running sheep near Echo.
A son was born to DR.. and Mrs.
A. d. McMurdo at the Heppner San
atorium Wednesday, November IS,
Arthur Gemmell and wife of Lex
ington, visited at the home of j. H.
Gemmell in this city last Saturday.
Frank Glasscock, who farms in
Black Horse, transacted business in
the Morrow county metropolis on
Saturday.
Mrs. Oscar Borg returned from
Portland last Sunday, after visiting
with relatives and friends in the me-
tropOlis for several weeks.
Attorney c. Z. Woodson spent sew
eral days in Portland the past week,
visiting with his family, who have
been down there for sometime.
John Connell, we'll known sheep
rna hoe paty,rrod frOpn JJt11norJ
Ore, where he spent the past year
and is now located at Castle Rock
Charles B. Ewing came up from
his home near Cecil last Friday to
attend to some land matters before
Judge Patterson. He returned home
Saturday morning.
Scott brothers, who until recently
were farming the Kincaid ranch on
Black Horse, have rented the Spen-
Ger Akers place. Mr.. Akers will live
in town this winter.
Dan Hanshew and wife, of Black
Horse were Heppner visitors Satur-
day. They recently made some ex-
tensive improvements to their home,
by %remodeling the house.
Eddie Reitman, we'll known farm
er in the lone section, attended to
some matters Of business in Hepp-
ner last Thursday. He paid this Of
fee a pleasant call while In the city.
]. II. Padberg and wife were in the
city last Friday from their home west
of Heppner attending to matters of
business. Mr.. Padberg says that he
has most Of his crop in, although 1t
is pretty dry for seeding.
County Assessor J.. j. Wells re-
turned the last of the week from Sa-
lem, where he went on business con-
nected with his office and to meet
with the State Tax Commission
which was in session there.
A. l.. Sparkling, we'll known in this
city, has received a commission from
the English government to buy Cav-
airy horses, and is at the present
time in Umatilla county looking for
horses suitable to this purpose.
Dan Barlow was in town from his
Rhea creek farm Tuesday. Mr.. Bar
low informs us that he has rented his
Eight Mile farm and is devoting most
of his time to his creek ranch. Seed
ing is now in progress. Mr.. Barlow
is another n of our farmers who is
looking upon the future with an op-
timistic eye.
Frank Evans, prosperous wheat
grower of Lexington, transacted bust
ness in Heppner last Saturday. Mr..
Evans, who is associated with his
brother Jeff, in farming north of Lex
ington, had four thousand sacks of
bluestem wheat to sell this year.
Their crop averaged in the neighbor-
hood of rs bushels per acre.
G. W. Huck was brought In from
Parkers Mill this week with a brok-
leg. He was taken to the Hepp- {
ner Sanatorium where he is receiv- {
ing the attention of doctor and nurse. {
Mr.. Huck, who lives at Monument, I
was driving cattle near Parkers Mill, I
when the horse which he was riding
and fell on his leg. Two
bones in the left leg were broken.
A. W. Johnson, who owns the j,
Hughes place above town, has been :.
engaged this week constructing the :.