The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-05-07
LEXINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The parsonage is receiving new
coat of roof paint this week. Rev
Taber is the painter.
Rufus Snider and A. E. Pointer
who have been on the sick list, are
able to be out again.
Chas. Van Wrinkle and wife of Ar
lington were visiting friends in this
vicinity. Chas. has a garage in Ar
lington.
e. G.. Erksine, the we'll driller, is
at work again after getting the drill
tools out. He expects to strike wa
ter soon.
Mrs. Sadie Palmer moved to the
mountains for the summer, takins
all her cattle and horses to the sum-
mer range.
French Brothers went through
town Saturday with their caterpillar
They will plow tract of land south
of Lexington.
James Pointer is building new
concrete reservoir on his farm and
expects to keep plenty OF water on
hand at all times.
w. E. Leach and family made an
auto trip to Walla Walla Friday, re-
turning Sunday. They report roads
fine for travelling.
T. ]. Mahoney, the Heppner bank
er and VIM. Hughes of Portland were
looking over the country and its
crop prospects this week.
Gene Gentry is applying new
coat of paint to his residence or
Main street. When completed, ii
will add to its appearance very much
John Mcmillan has taken out q
new gasoline engine to do extra worb
on his farm. There has not beer
enough wind at times to pump suf
| flcient water.
Several farmers have taken out
some weeders made at the Beach &
Allyn shop. Cleaner summerfalloW
is all the go, which means a larger
yield of grain.
There was shipped from the T. S
Townsend receiving station at Lex
ington, 1878 pounds OF cream. The
March payroll for cream at the sta
tion was SS04.65.
A good cold nipping frost an(
some ice greeted the early riser Mon
day morning. Many gardens were
damaged as we'll as the fruit There
will be some left anyway.
j. R. Ashinhurst and wife of Sane
Hollow were in town one day last
week. Mr.. Ashinhurst reports grair
looking good, and bountiful shower:
of rain to help the crops along
Miss Florence Olmsted, the pri
mary teacher in the public schoo
was taken to the hospital at Hepp
ner on Thursday for treatment. Mis-
Olmsted has been In poor health fo
some time.
Friday was the warmest day notet
so far this season. Farmers in thi
vicinity report no damage. Th
early fall grain which is of an un
usual rank growth, was badly curle,
from the heat,
A. L. Sparkling was in this vicin
ity in the interests of the new cream
cry to be located at Heppner, Fror
all accounts he met with much en-
cOuragemont in the new enterprise
Mr. Metcalf, who. owns the Ep
Eskelson ranch south of Lexington
reports good flow of water in hi
we'll at 205 feet. Burlington an
Nickoson drilled the we'll. The
are now at John Piper's place fiv
miles northeast of Lexington.
The high wind Sunday was a lii
tie out of the ordinary. For a Will
it looked like rain. Then the chang
came and the clouds were all blow
away. The wind caught a larg
party of picnicers who had gone t
the Hermiston Reservoir to spend th
day. They all arrived safe and wit
lots of sand.
Charley Parker of Pendleton, wa
visiting his brother Hank one da
last week. Charley has been in tn
transfer business in Pendleton fc
the past three years. This is HI
first visit since he left and note
many changes during his absenc,
He is also visiting his father, f.
Parker, who lives on the Joh
Hughes place near Heppner.