Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-25
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LOCAL BRIEFS

week visiting relatives and friends.
Charles liaies Of Basin was her,
last week after supplies.
w. y. Dc Lane was registered al
thc aote! Tuesday night.
Jas. johnson, Of Fossil. was here
with ji1s1ector Lovcgrcn this week.
you wish to Gle on u hmeEtead call
on d. NJ hichey, Spray. oteSon.
y. Hopper, OF Ritter, was here
Tuesday night on his way to The
Dalles.
W Il, James, of Monument, was reg.
istered ut the Hotel Cross the 18th
lust. F4''
Mr. and Mrs Earl Smith are visiting
Mrs. Smiths parents, Mr. and Mrs.
X. u. Wilson.
Tie pail was late Wednesday eve.
ming on ace cunt Of the bad muddy
roads through the tim1er.
chrles RoySe will soon begin work
on his new residence. He has most
OF the lnmbef on the ground.
3. y. Barry X Son have closed the
deal for n sawmill and. ifthe weather
permits. will soon have IL In operation
The watch maker, i. l.. Bryant Is
still here, hoif your watch needs re.
pairing, bring IL in and have II fixed.
Mrs. Minnie p tice. her son Ed aud
sister, Miss Anna Parrish. we're tfadi1g
in town this week.
X. X. Stafford has returned to Pen.
dleton with some aaFses he intends
selilieg 70 the farmers Of that section
Isaac Large has returned from
Heppner and report the roads in
very bad condition owing TO the
recent rains.
Stanley Peters aud Milton Sampson
Of Richmond. arrived in Spray today
TO attend the shooting match this ai.
tefnoon and the dance tonight,
X. II. Stafford and son 0floh. have
leased their place abont 3 miles cast Of
town ioa man by the name { Finny
from pendleton. ~ho win take poses.
sion Mt once.
The county Ii putting bridge a
cross Service Creek pear Jerry Wick.
eEa' place. Tnis bridge has been
needed for some time.
II any one knows the address Of
Mrs. Il. Heeker, who resides some
where in Ohio, they will confer ia
vor by notifying this o.ii,e,
Johnnie Spray. like Job Of old, is
afflicted with sore boils and, like tha,
ancient man, besrs his aitlicton quite
patiently.
Herman starwalt's 4 months old
baby died today abut 80 clock and
will be buried tomorow (ftiday) IN
the Spray Cemetery.
Ramay Van Horn, the Hay Stack
school ma arm, arrived i'll Spray. |
Tuesday on her way home from the
Teachers Institute that has just
been held at Pendleton.
Charles A. LovegIen, United States
Land Inspector, was in Spray Sunday
night. lie has number OF claims
TO inspect in Wheeler County.
R.'R. stafford arrived from Pendle.
ton Tuesday evening.
There is some agitation among the
citizens ofSpray, to change the Basin
road between Spray and the top Of
the mountain near the Stea gall place,
so as to put it OH better grade than
the present one. This change is a
much needed improvement and it is
proposed 10 accomplish it with do
nation labor and capital.
Some of the boys thought Of trying
an experiment with small actyline
generator, that q. w. Hawes was us
ing for ligting purpose in ais barber
shop, tie experts among them ex
plainig that carbide gas was non-ex-
plosive and to demonstrate the theory
they disconnected the burner and
ignited the gas at the end Of the pipe.
Instantly the tank blew up but fortu-
nateiy, little damage was done.
Just as we were about to close our
forms, we were startled by eryoi
fire and OH rushing to the street we
learned that Tom Steagalls house, on