The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-06-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM lone and VICINITY

w. r. Wyrick, an extensive farmer
of the Pendleton country, was In lone
the first of the week looking after In
terests in this section. He has charge
of the farm of Mr.. Hastings, west Of
this place and early this Spring
planted large acreage of the same
to barley. The grain is doing fine at
this time, and Mr.. Wyrick expects an
abundant yield. He also states that
grain is doing much better in Morrow
county than it is in his part of Una
tilla, and his report Of conditions ov-
er there is rather discouraging.
Numerous excursion parties are
passing through lone every day now.
They constitute travellers by auto
who are vending their way towards
Portland to attend the Rose show
and visit other points of interest in
the Willamette Valley. We had ex-
pected that when the Worlds Fair at
San Francisco was over, there would
be less travel Of this nature through
our town, but it seems that it has
made little difference and the sum-
mer travel promises to be as large as
ever.
Miss Ruth Bowman, who recently
closed her term of school in the Ma
son district on Rhea creek, has gone
to Berkeley Calf, where she will
attend the Summer school of the Uni
versity Of California.
c. w. Swanson has just finished
plowing tract of $50 acres of land
for John Harbke, a few miles north
of lone. Mr. Swanson uses an oil
tractor and is able to get over lot
Of land in a day. He finds that it is
getting too dry for successful plow-
ing, though some of our farmers are
still at it.
An attraction of interest at this
place is the little band of Shetland
ponies belonging to Miss Josephine
Woolery. She is now the proud pos
SCISSOR of six head, and two Of these
are tiny colts foaled this Spring. 1t
is Miss Woolery's intention to be-
come possessor some day of an extern
siye horse ranch, and we doubt not
that she will prove herself capable
Of taking good care Of it and making
a grand success. So
Chas. Pointer and Johnnie McMii-
Ian, of Lexington, passed through
lone one day the past week on their
way to Portland where they were go
ing to purchase a new threshing out
fit. The Pointers and McMillans will
have plenty of grain to keep a ma
chine, busy this season. They will
head and thresh.
Nothing but good reports reach us
at present concerning the crop condi-
tions round and about lone and Nor
gan. While the weather has not been
as warm as we should like, yet grain
has been growing and the fall sowing
is now beginning to head out we'll.
Weather conditions are now greatly
improved and there seems to be moth
ing to prevent an abundant harvest.
A. B. Grover is another farmer of
this section who rejoices over an
abundance of good we'll water on his
place. He recently had his we'll deep
ened by Charley Shaver and there is
now an abundant flow which promises
to be permanent
Frank Engelman is making an ex-
tension to his building occupied by +.
M. Holmes. He Is enlarging the bill
lard room and will add another ta-
BILE. Larry Londergan and Perry
Hopkins are doing the work.
P. G. Balsiger and family departed
this morning for White Salmon, Wn.,
where they will visit for short time
with his brother, Fred Balsiger.
Rufus Cochran has Joined the rap
idly increasing crowd Of auto owners
and he arrived home on Tuesday
from The Dalles with new Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Knappenberg
Miss Josephine Woolery and Miss Ca
Uterine Jones, make up an auto party
leaving this week for Portland and
the Rose Festival. They will be gone
for a month or six weeks, travelling
over the Willamette Valley and the
Western part Of the state. camping
and enjoying good time.
A large party of Ioneites attended
the ball at Heppner on Tuesday night
and pronounce it grand affair.
Hay harvest has begun in this vi
cinity and some Of our ranchers along
the creek are cutting their first cror
of alfalfa which is yielding we'll.
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Mrs. Nora Mulvaney met her old
friend, Mrs. Bridget Carr, carrying
in her arms her twelfth child.
"Arrah now, Bridget" said Nora
ian there ye are wild another little
Carr in yer arms"
Another, 1t is, Mrs. Mulvaney," re
piled he'd friend, con- it's me that's
hopin' It's the caboose."