The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-10

W. B. Ewing, we'll known farmer
(and stockman, was In the city Mon
day.
W. D. Gordon, Galloway farmer,
was a Heppner business visitor last
Saturday.
w. w. Howard, the Butter creek
stockman was in Heppner Monday.
He was accompanied by Mrs. How
ard.
Mrs. J. F. Vaughn went down to
Portland Tuesday morning to visit
through the week and see the Rose
Show.
W. o. Minor and A. M. Slocum are
improving their Court street prop
critics with the addition of a con-
crete walk.
Several local people spent Sunday
in the cool shades or the tall pines,
going up in their cars and returning
after sun down.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Jones have re-
turned to Heppner after spending
several months on the Guy Boyer
farm on Hinton creek.
Oscar and Claud Keithley, of Eight
Mile were in Heppner Monday, max
ing final settlement Of the estate Of
Geretha Keithley, deceased
DR.. F. N. Christensen and mother
departed Sunday for Portland where
they are spending the week visiting
relatives and incidently taking in
the Rose Show.
C. F. Angle, wool buyer, represent
ing the Boston firm of Howell, Jones
& Donald, was in Heppner few days
the first of the week looking over the
wool situation.
Mrs. e. A. Clark and family, who
have been living in the Groshen prop
erty ON south Main street, have re-
moved to one Of the Fuchs residen-
ces on Chase street.
Charles Cannon closed a deal last
week with Brady and Mulligan Of
Heppner, in which he disposed of his
entire band of sheep for $3.50 per
head after the old stuff were sheared.
Long Creek Ranger.
Miss Mary E. Power, teacher in
the Heppner schools the past year,
left Sunday morning for her home in
North Dakota. She went by the way
of Portland to take in the Rose Fes-
tival. Miss Power will return to
Heppner in September.
Miss Addie M. Schwittay, a mem
Der of the High School faculty the
past year, departed for Chicago Sat-
urday. 1t is understood that Miss
Schwittay will not return to Heppner
next year, although the position she
held was again offered to her.
Fred McCarter and wife are Wis
iting with their relatives in Heppner
for the present. Mr. McCarter has
been engaged in business at Baker
for several years past but he recent
ly sold out and is now looking for a
new location. He may decide to To-
cate in business in Heppner again.
Miss Maud Hughes, who has been
visiting for some time at the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Ora Adkins, on Rhea
creek, departed yesterday for her
home at Franklin, Lane county. Her
father, Mr.. l. N. Hughes, is pastor
of the M. f. church, South, at that
place and has resided there for sew
eral years past.
Ora Adkins and family returned
to their Rhea creek home on Sunday
evening from an extended trip over
in Washington. They visited a
brother of Mrs. Adkins, Mr.. Geo.
Hughes, at Kiona, Wash, and re-
turned by the way of Kennewick,
Walla Walla and Milton, enjoying a
delightful trip.
e. O. Neill was up from Galloway
Saturday and reports everything in
that section quite prosperous at the
present time, with all crops growing
and maturing we'll. He will leave
with his sheep this week for the sum-
mer range on the north fork of John
Day where he has an allotment in the
government forest.
Frank Turner returned to his
farm home northwest Of Heppner
Tuesday, having completed sue
cessful shearing season. During the
season the Turner Il Wilcox plant
sheared $4,000 head of sheep. They
closed the run last Sunday at the
Minor ranch, where they sheared 20,-
900 Of the woolies.
Green Matthews and wife passed
through Heppner the last of the week
by auto, on their way to the Rose
Show at Portland, and the Exposi-
ton at San Francisco. They spent
Saturday and Sunday here visiting
old-time acquaintance. Mr.. Matt
thews, who was engaged in the bar
Der business here number of years
ago, is now prosperous sheep man
and lives near Boise, Idaho. Their
contemplated trip will cover per-
iod of several months.
]. L. Howard came up from Port
land Wednesday last and has been
spending the week visiting his sons,
Issac and Will in this county. He
was in Heppner Monday and enjoyed
a pleasant visit with many old-time
friends whom he met here. Like
other former residents of this coun-
ty Mr. Howard is always glad of the
opportunity of making us a visit, and
notes with much satisfaction the
prosperity manifest on every hand.
He returned to his Portland home on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Keithley are
developing their new home purchased
some months ago from w. 0. Minor