The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-07-15

Percy Hughes, stockman and
rancher of Butter creek, was busi-
ness visitor in Heppner Saturday.
John McEntire, north-end sheep
man, was in Heppner several days
this week attending to business af-
fairs.
]. A. Adams, Hardman farmer and
prominent resident of that section,
was doing business in Heppner Sat
urday
Paul Hisler, Butter creek sheep
man, was in the city the first of the
week attending to matters of busi-
ness.
John Hiatt and wife visited for sew
eral days last week with relatives in
this city. They live on upper Rhea
creek.
M. l.. Case is treating his Center
street residence to a new coat OF
paint this week. Bradford & Son
are doing the work.
Oscar and Claud Keithley took out
a new header Saturday and will be-
gin the harvesting of their grain at
once on their Eight Mile farms.
Theodore Anderson and wife, &C
companied by Mrs Anderson's father,
j. w. Beckett, were in town Tuesday
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Huston.
Rev. C. w. Reynolds and wife and
Mrs. NJ B. Haines, of lone, were Wis
itors in Heppner Tuesday afternoon,
coming up in the John Bryson jitney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Day of Portland
and formerly of Heppner were guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Valkenberg this week.-Blue Noun
tain Eagle.
Robert Allstott and family were in
Heppner from their Eight Mile farm
on Tuesday, to attend the funeral of
their friend and neighbor, Mrs. Lu
ther Huston.
Miss B. G. Marshall, of Boston,
Mass, arrived in Heppner Wednes-
day evening and will visit for several
weeks at the home of her sister, Mrs.
A. M. Phelps.
w. E. White and Emmet Cochran
were in Heppner from Monument Sat
urday. They report lot of rain in
their section during the past week
that is doing lot Of good.
L. w. Briggs has severed his con-
nection with Heppner Milling Co.,
where he has been working for sever
al months past, and will take charge
of the French farm on Hinton creek
LOST-In or near Lexington, July
3rd, one blue serge cloak, trimmed
with red, belonging to little girl 8
years old. Finder will please leave
the same with John N. Helms, Lex
ington, Oregon. 1t.
Ralph Cecil has returned to Hepp-
ner after an absence of nearly three
years, during which time he has been
working in the Spray country. He
will spend the summer in the Nor
row county harvest fields.
l.. P. Davidson, E. T. Perkins, W..
T. McNabb, VIM. Cronk and T. H..
Moore were members of lone Lodge,
A. F.. & A. M. who attended the fu-
neral of the late George Noble in
Heppner on Thursday last
Rev. j. " Crawford returned to
Turner, Oregon, Friday, after Off
ciating at the funeral of the late Geo.
Noble. He expects to remain in the
Willamette Valley for a month or
six weeks.
Dan Engleman is up from lone
J and is busily engaged in the painting
! of several residences in this city. At
present he is working on the home of
George J. Currin and has a couple
more houses to decorate before he is
through.
Geo. w. Dykstra was down from
the foothills on Saturday, and he is
; complaining of the devastations of
; the grasshoppers that have infested
, his region in large quantities. He
fears that he will be saved the trou-
, Bile of harvesting his crops if they
do not take notion to migrate pret-
: ty soon.
Claus Johnson was in town from
Democrat Gulch yesterday. He re-
ports some rain out that way and says
that the cool weather of the last ten
days has been quite beneficial to the
wheat crop and much of it is now de-
: veloping we'll. He will begin his har-
: vest soon but does not expect to run
his combine this season.
Fred Ashbaugh was down from his
: farm at the head Of Rood canyon Sat
urday. He states that the grain In
, his neighborhood was very materially
injured by the hot spell of two weeks
ago and will be greatly shortened as
. result. We hope the shortage may
have been overcome to some extent
+ by the recent cool weather
Marvin Kirk, son of Chas. kirk,
] formerly resident of that place, ar
. rived from the home of his parents
: at Rogue River, Oregon. the last OF
5 the week and will spend the summer
here. He came across the mountains
i. by team, driving span of mules and
, made the trip alone, a pretty plucky
: undertaking for lad Of sixteen.
( DR.. H. 4. Allison returned from a
trip to Portland and Seattle on Sat
5 urday. He was gone for about ten
: davs and had pleasant visit with his
mother, sister and brother at the
! Sound city Mrs. Allison and Mil
. dred are expected to return to Hepp-
ner in a few weeks, or as soon as the
. summer school closes at the Univer-
sity of Washington.
} e. r. Naylor, president of Colum-
! bia Junior College, Milton, accom-
panied by Victor Orr, Of the same
g place, made business visit in Hepp-
: ner last Thursday. These gentlemen
| are touring eastern Oregon by auto in
$ the interests of the school. Colum-
l bia Junior College is now Offering a
nnmnlete normal school course in