The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-08-17
NEW GRAIN SIDING
FOR lone FARMERS
Egg City Is Scene of Harvest Activity.
Other Items of Interest.

pleted for the putting in of new sid
ing at the C. R. Johnson place on the
creek below lone. The Wilson Sid
ing Grain & Elevator Co. has been or
ganized for the purpose of handling
grain at that point, and will at once
begin the construction of a platform
to care for the grain that will be
hauled there this season. The siding
will be put in Immediately by the rail-
road company, and next year the new
grain company will put up an eleva-
tor; this is the plan in mind at the
present and no doubt will be carried
out. Some $4,000 sacks of grain will
be shipped from this platform this
season according to present estimates,
and this may be increased as the loca-
ton makes it very convenient for a
large number of farmers in getting
their grain to market. c. r. johnson
is the president of the new company
and j. T. Knappenberg Is secretary
treasurer. These two gentlemen with
F. H. Wilson, w. T. McNabb and S. P.
Wilson make the board of directors.
w. F. Palmateer, Of Morgan, is
sure some jitney driver, but he has a
hard time making the blamed thing
stay ON the grade. 1t would not stay
in the road, so he let is 60 over the
just below his place, the
result being that the repairs made by
the garage man cost him around forty
dollars. This was the first time he
had tried to drive the "critter" and
he is sure that it acts worse than q
mule. Having a half inter-
est in the machine he feels that he
surely got his moneys worth ON this
maiden trip and he may decide to
take lesson or two before he goes
out alone again.
Some damage resulted to the cars
of E. F. Day and French Burroughs
in a collision a few days ago. Mr..
Day drives a Franklin and Mr.. Bur-
has a Ford, and the lighter
machine was the most seriously dam
aged. The collision occurred at the
point where the road comes out from
the Ike Howard place and joins the
public highway. The tall grass shut
out the vision. Mr.. Burroughs was
to put new fender and
board on his car. and one
wheel was somewhat damaged on the
Day car No injury to occupants re-
suited.
Charley Read, who with his son,
Gus, is farming a large tract of land
ust north Of lone. is now in the midst
If his threshing with the combine,
md reports yield of blue stem of 80
bushels to the acre. Mr.. Read states
hat the field he is in now is his best
wheat but he expects good yield
rom the balance. Charley contract
I'd a thousand sacks Of this blue stem
It $1.12, which is the top price paid
10 far on the lone market. We un-
lerstand that w. G. Palmateer, of
Morgan, beat this price just a half
cent.
Irwin Wilks, who has charge of the
Of the barley crop from the
Baker place, returned from trip to
oendleton Monday. Mr.. Wilks has
several of his teams here and the
grain is being rapidly moved into the
He Is contractor on
'oads and street work at Pendleton.
lie was Joined by Mrs. Wilks who ar
lived from Pendleton Tuesday after
loon.
Ray Bonine came down from Hepp-
Ter the first of the week to fix up
tractor for use in the harvest
ields. The machine will be usd by A.
NJ. link to run his thrshing ma
,hine purchased this week from w.
=. Palmateer of Morgan. This will
give one more machine on the north
'ide and will help the people out that
way in getting their grain in the sack.
A. c. Ruby, importer of blooded
lorses, came up from his Gresham
home Monday. Mr.. Ruby owns large
wheat ranch near lone, and he is also
at the present time in buying
horses and mules on government
contract. He is assisted in the work
lere by w. N. James who has been
n this section for the past ten days.
Algott W. Lundell, prosperous
,oung farmer Of Gooseberry, this
week purchased fine player piano
rom G. Guy Wakefield. As part pay
nent on De instrument. Mr.. Lundell
urned in Cadillac car which Mr..
will convert into truck
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