The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-14

attended circuit court in Heppner
this week.
w. D. Newton and wife of the
Banana Belt" were Heppner visit
ors last Sunday.
Mrs. W. P. Mcmillan and children
of Lexington, visited a. the home of
S. e. Notson on Saturday.
M. S. Corrigall, president of the
First National Bank, was attending
to business matters in this city on
Monday.
100 people were killed and as
many injured in an earthquake which
occurred in Scicly last Friday eve
ming, when Mt. Etna again became
active.
C. J. Anderson and r. M. Akers,
prominent farmers of the Gooseberry
section were Heppner business visit
ors on Monday. This office acknow-
leuS0S PHEASANT call.
Rev. w. N. Ferris pastor of the
Federated church, returned from
Pendleton on Saturday after having
attended three-day's convention Of
the Umatilla Baptist Association.
Delvin and Bernard Cox of Port
land, arrived in Heppner Sunday
evening. They will visit for several
weeks at the home of their parents,
MIR. and Mrs. o. J. Cox of Rhea
creek.
A. party consisting or Paulmer
Brunton, Lowell Twitchell, Mrs. D.
e. Gilman and Miss Virginia Craw-
ford autoed to the w. D. Newton
ranch in the Banana Belt" last Sun
day.
Fred Elder, local barber, departed
on Sunday for Baker, where he will
spend week visiting with relatives
and friends. Ernest Clark is filing
the position at the Elder &, Patterson
shop during Mr.. Elders absence.
S. P. Deyin moved his family t0
the country the first OF the week.
He has purchased from Minor Bros
the ranch just above the mouth of
Skinner fork which Will be by him
converted into a modern stock and
dairy farm.
Clyde Wells and CELSIUS Keithley
recently purchased 40 acres OF bot
tom land from Oscar Minor. This
land is from the lower part Of the
celebrated Mountain valley Stock
farm. These gentlemen expect to
build homes on this tract in the near
future
Eli Carpenter was in Heppner
from Lone Rock over Monday night
and departed on Tuesday for New
port, Oregon, where ne is investing
in some property and where he ex-
poets to move with his family in the
near future. Mr.. Carpenter will en-
gage in the photograph business al
Newport.
Oscar Keithley and family, of
Eight Mile, were visitors at the
home of Mrs, Keithley's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. |. r. Esteb, on Saturday
and Sunday. A splendid rain visit
ed the Eight Mile section on Friday
and the growing crops received
soaking that will add many bushels
to their increase.
VIM. Salzwedal, who owns the
Hiatt ranch west Of Heppner, says
that crop conditions in his locality
are excellent. He has 500 acres of
wheat, mostly fall sown, and expects
heavy production. Mr. Salzwedal
is a firm believer In good roads and
says that he would give 500 every
year to this cause if every other far
mer would do as much.
l.. M. Foss, Travelling Freight and
Passenger Agent Of the O.-W. r. &
N. Co., with headquarters at Bend
on the Deschutes branch, was a
Heppner visitor on Monday. Mr..
Foss was on his first visit here and he
was well pleased with Heppner and
the surrounding country, our city
presenting quite contrast to the
boom towns of the Central Oregon
section. This office acknowledges a
very pleasant call from Mr.. Foss.