The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-08-19
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
AGO IN HEPPNER

We are still having hot weather,
but Eastern Oregon has neither fieas
nor mosquitoes.
Young grouse are ripe now, but
they are heap harder to get along
the timber line than they used to be.
w. G.. Scott was in town Friday.
He will work his Willow creek mine
this fall, when he confidently expects
to strike it.
Pap Simons is convalescing from
recent attack of fever, and is now
almost as good as new. All are glad
to see Pap around again.
Will McAtee returned Thursday
from Portland. Cattle are slow sale.
On the trip down the caboose was
wrecked at Bonneville, soaring pas
sengers and crew but hurting no one.
Married-At the residence of the
brides mother, south of Heppner, on
the 18th inst, Eugene Matteson and
Sarah McFerrin, Judge Mitchell per-
forming the ceremony.
Mrs. E. Minor, Misses Mira and Ada
and little Villa, Frank Rogers and
wife and Edith Vaughn are enjoying
the mountain scenery of the Ditch
creek section this week.
Col. j. w. Reddington will leave
this week for his Puyallup home.
These health-giving hills have re-
moved the last shade of malaria from
the Coils active frame, and he is an
xious to get back to business.
Marshal Rasmus and Ed Long re-
turned from Haystack Tuesday. Mrs.
Rasmus and the children are very
we'll at present, enjoying the hospital
ity of Mr.. B. A. Hunsaker and fam
lily. Haystack is very beautiful and
fruitful vale, and all visitors come
back delighted.
George Swaggart purchased the
Heppner & Castle Rock telegraph
line last Saturday, paying SS45 for
it, AS telegraph line it cost about
$4,000 and in its day was great con-
venence.
Hen" Welch brought in load of
pelts from the John Day. arriving
here Sunday, receiving IL cents
therefor. Henry says never be in
a hurry" and it does look that way,
for early in the season no such prices
were realized
Numerous life insurance agents are
|irreparably manned, others have talk
ed themselves into appoplexy, thru
endeavors to insure the life of the
Gazette-worth variously estimated;
yet the instigator of Heppner's val
liable family paper remains unin-
sured. If the insurance man goes to
heaven our hitherto spotless career
shall now end. Why? Isn't one
by the fiend who glibly chatters ton
tine" "sem-tontine,' and plain life"
enough for even a Heppner man.
Funny and Os Mitchell's sorrel
race nag are here and looking fine,
and in good condition. for the Hepp-
ner races, Sept. l, 2, and 3. The
managers are expecting Lish Sperry's
fast flyers every day. The races are
to be run by men who are on the
dead square" and those who back
any of the horses can rest assured
that they are risking it on their judg-
ment, and in every case the best
horse will win.
The artesian well was down to a
depth of $50 feet last evening. The
borings are brought to the surface
quite warm, and Mr.. Kleckner says
they are undoubtedly working in hot
rock. We can look out for "a hot,
mineral we'll. All the way down there
is much magnetic iron, the steel drill
being magnetised sufficiently to hold
up a pocket knife by the blade.
Johnny Kirk will shortly start a
band of horses to Portland, and will
drive to The Dalles, shipping by boat
from there at $3.50 per head. The
single-rate rail shipping price Of $40
Heppner to Portland is really prohib-
itory on anything but high grade
hoss.
Hon. ]. l.. Morrow, Albert Rhea
and Mrs. j. w. Morrow and children
have gone camping in the mountains
at head of Rhea creek. The baby
was threatened with cholera infatum,
and the mountain air has already
done her a world of good.