The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-07-13
NEWSY NOTES FROM
THE lone COUNTRY
('To late for last week.)

CTo late for last week.)
Commissioner +. l.. Padberg is
attending county court at Heppner
this week.
Mrs. ]. H. Bryson and son, Huston
returned Saturday last from a visit
of several weeks with relatives in
} Portland.
} L. P. Davidson and family and Or.
c. C. Chick and family are spending
several days camping in the noun
tains at Parkers Mill.
Work of construction of the new
IO.O.F. building is now being pushed
under the supervision of John u.
Wilson carpenter and contractor.
Mrs. Bert Mason and young son de-
parted the past week Tor the sea
shore at Newport where she expects
to spend the remainded of the sum
mer.
Chas Conner is preparing to do a
lot of threshing out in his neigh
borhood. He will run a combine
harvester and assist some of his neigh
bors in getting their grain in the
sack.
Ray Beasley has taken full charge
of the Farmers Union Warehouse
at lone as manager. Mr.. Beasley
has worked several seasons at this
] warehouse and has the business well
in hand.
Mrs. ]. A. Waters, Of HeppneT, ac-
companied by her soE Delmer visited
thursday and Friday las. at the
home of Mrs. Cynthia Walker She
departed for their summer home at
Newport on Saturday.
F. H. Wilson was in town Monday
and ordered couple of new head
ers to be used in harvesting his big
crop. His grain is coming on well
and he is getting 1900 acres of sum
mer fallow ready for next years har-
vest.
Judge Robinson and Ed Bristow
spent few days outing toward the
headwaters of Rock creek where they
endeavored to inveigle members of
the fnny tribe but met with indiffe-
rent success. They also took in the
celebration at Parkers Mill,
Mrs. C. W. Reynolds left today for
visit of a month with her people
at Dallas. Mr.. Reynolds will leave
on Monday for his summer vacation
going in time to attend the ANNUAL
meeting of the Christian church at
Turner, Oregon.
While rains of the past ten days
caught a lot of hay down along Viii
low creek and Ray creek in this vi
cinity, it is reported that compara-
lively little damage was done and the
most Of it is now placed in the stack.
BY the liberal use of salt it will be
made suitable for food and stock
will eat it we'll and thrive.
A number of lone people are in
terested in the drawing now going on
for the land being thrown open to
settlement on the CoQuile Indian re-
seryation. Henry, John and VIII
Clark, Geo. Moore. and j. s. Hughes
left this week for Spokane to re-
gister in the drawing, and others are
going there also for the same pur-
pose.
; Joseph r. Knappenburg and fam
ly returned home last Tuesday after
: an extended trip of six weeks. They
. travelled by auto and visited many
; points of interest in the Willamette
valley and Southern Oregon. For
he past three weeks they have been
camping at Hood River and enjoying
the strawberry season. Mr.. KNAPP
penburg states that the trip over the
Columbia Highway is grand and be.
: yond description.
, About 20 from lone motored to
Echo Tuesday to take in the celabra-
ton, the interesting feature of which
was the ball game between Arlington
and Echo. Four Of the lone boys
played on the Arlington team and
the visitors had the support Of the
l.cal fans A number of other citi-
sens hied themselves to Parkers Mill,
some Of them going prepared to stay
for sveral days, Will others remain
ID for the day only. Those return
ag report fine weather at the mill
and very enjoyagle time Most OF
eople were out of town and lone
presented rather a deserted appear
ance.
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