The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-08-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM the lone SECTION

to lone from their Eight Mile home
TO take advantage of the school,
Dr.. Chick reports the arrival of a
son at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. I'D
Buschke on the 7th. Mother and
child doing we'll.
Joseph T, Knappenberg has thrown
his hat in the ring and is buying
wheat for Phil Cohn of Heppner.
The wheat buying season promises to
be lively one.
John Olden. of Rhea creek, is quite
busy these days putting up new
residence on his farm to take the
place of the one destroyed by fire last
season. He will have a fine country
home when the new structure is cont.
pleted.
Mrs. R. F. Wilmot and daughter,
! Miss Katura, will leave lone the COM
| ing week for Portland where they eX-
pect to make their home in the flu
ture These excellent people will be
missed form lone by their large cir
Gle of friends.
d. Z. Gilman, manager of the Nc
Haley estate, was a visitor in lone
on Tuesday, looking over the grain
situation here. He found a lot of
the best grain he ever saw raised in
Morrow county, and was highly
pleased with the outlook
Carl Yount has arrived from Port
land and will soon have charge of the
office of NJ. H. Houser at this place.
He expects to take up his residence
in lone and his family will arrive as
soon as he has secured place for
them to live.
Charley Shaver completed good
we'll on the w. G. Palmateer ranch
the past week, and has moved his
outfit to the farm of Sam Dennis
where he began boring this week.
The Palmateer we'll was sunk over
270 feet and an abundant flow of wa
ter was secured.
w. D. Fox, of Glacier, Wash, who
has been visiting with his son, Frank
Fox, Of Gooseberry, since the middle
of June, returned to his home on
Tuesday. Mr.. Fox greatly enjoyed
lis stay here and is very favorably
impressed with this country He
left much improved in health
]. NJ. Baker, formerly one Of the
successful farmers OF this section, is
up from Portland on a visit at the
home Of NJ. r. Morgan, of lone. MIR.
Baker farmed for many years in this
county but disposed Of his Interests
here some years ago and took up his
residence in Portland.
w. S. Smith returned the first Of
the week from visit to Salem where
he owns a good piece Of property. He
vas accompanied home by Mr.. Rob
erts of Salem, who is interested in
making a trade for some Morrow
county property. Mr.. Roberts is on a
deal for the farm of A. B. Grover.
We have not learned whether the
transaction went through.
Mrs. C. w. Reynolds, wife of Pas
tor REYNOLDS of the Christian church
has been moved to the home of her
parents at Dallas, Oregon after un-
dergoing an operation for appendicitis
at the Salem hospital. From latest
reports Mrs. Reynolds was yet quite
e;ck and she will not be able to re-
urn to her lone home before the frst
f September. Mr.. Reynolds expects
- return and resume his labors here
N Sunday, Aug, 20.
John E. Peterson is visiting at the
home of his brother, Aaron Peterson
on Eight Mile. Mr.. Peterson is nov
a resident of Portland where he has
been living for a number of years
but still owns his farm in this county
which is being run at the present
time by Ture Peterson. Aaron Peter
son is also enjoying visit from an
other brother, C. T. Carlbort, o1
Linnsburg, Kansas, an educator OF
some note in that state.
The lone schools will open on Mon
day, Sept. II, according to the pre-
sent arrangements, and from the way
all vacant houses are being engaged
we can look forward to large atten
dance. Many families from the coun
try are preparing to move in to take
advantage of the educational facili
ties and all vacant houses will be oc
cupied and demand is going up fol
more. All of which speakes well fo'
the educational institution of oul
town.
A ride through the extreme nortl
end of Morrow county's wheat bell
early this week reveals large mum
bers of fine stacks of headed wheat
Heading out that way is about al
oaJ Tho 20 arn naJu :,