The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-08-03
PERSONAL MENTION

Heppner this week.
Mary VEGAS of Monument passed
through Heppner Tuesday, after a
visit to outside points. D..
Those wishing the Zanol prepara-
tions will find them at Mrs. Herren S
millinery store during Mrs. Moore's
absence from the city,
Mrs. Albert Bowker departed
Tuesday morning for Coquille, where
she will visit with her sister, Mrs.
Verne Hamilton.
Chas. and Emmett Jones, pros
porous wheat farmers just south of
Heppr er on the w. P. Dutton land,
were in the city on business We'd
nesday.
]. B. Sparks and family accompani-
ed by Paul Gemmell and the Misses
Muriel McCarty and Mary Geinger of
lone, have gone to Lehman Springs
for two weeks vacation.
Ed Huston president of the Morrow
County Farmers Union was in the
city Tuesday making pre-harvest pre-,
parations. Most of his grain is good
this year and will easily make an
average yield of 20 bushels per acre.
c. M, Humphreys, city treasurer
of La Grande made brief visit in
Heppner last Thursday evening. Mr..
Humphreys is travelling in a Ford
CIR and made the trip from La Grande
to this city in hours. The distance
is 112 miles.
Mrs. C. w. Shurte has been spend
ing several weeks in Arlington where
she could be at the bedside of her
mother who has been very i'll. Her
mother has recovered to some eX-
tent, and Mrs. Shurte was able to
return home this week.
DR.. n E. Winnard returned home
Tuesday evening after spending just
a month in the middle west. The
greater part Of his time was taken up
with special work at the Mayo broth
ers hospital at Rochester, MINI. He
reports a very enjoyable trip.
Miss Maude Franklin Of Portland
is a guest at the home of her aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John II.
Edwards of Sand Hollow. Miss
Franklin will spend the summer in
Morrow county and will visit at the
d. o. Justus home on Hinton creek
before returning to Portland.
Elbert Cox, brother of Claude Cox
of this city, who has been working in
rubber factory at Akron Ohio the
last three years, has joined the Ohio
National Guard and is now doing
duty on the Mexican borden, accord
ing to information which Mr.. Cox
recently received from his brother.
Geo. Perry, Jr. arrived yesterday
from Lone Rock to officiate as look
out at the station occupied by Bud
Brown last year. Bud was reappoint-
ed, but decided to serve this year as
the fire season would not last over a
month, and he is now interested with
his brother in power wood saw
Fossil Journal.
A. f. Bates of Hardman was in the
city Sunday to receive carload of
flour mill machinery which he and |
his partner, Mr.. Stone will soon start |
operating at Hardman. Mr.. Bates |
is optimistic over his new venture |
and feels satisfied that his mill will |
soon be supplying a large part of the !
south end trade.
John P. McManus has sold the
Tribune to strong COM
pany of young, experienced news
paper men. The new owners are,
E. j. Owens, formerly managing edi-
tor of the Portland Evening Tele-
gram, Clarence Ash, until recently
city editor of the Marshfeld Coos Bay
Times, George Gilmore, Pendleton
newspaper man and William Lowell,
formerly of the Boise Statesman.
Geo. VanKoten has taken con-
tract to haul gravel on to the streets
Of Fossil with his truck at 80 cents a
yard. He has opened a gravel pit on
the roadside two miles east of
town, which gives him down hill
haul all the way with his load. At
present he is dumping gravel on
Main street. With the assistance of
Floyd Dunlap. George loads and
hauls yard and half of gravel
every hour.-Fossil Journal.
e. Jay Merrill of Hardman return
I'd from Portland Tuesday where he
had taken a car load of cattle. Mr..
Merrill reports that some 1900 head
Of cattle were disposed of at the
North Portland yards the day he ar
rived and consequently the market
was low. He reports the hog mar
ket strong. A large crowd is in
Portland this week. according to Mr..
Merrill. a big number of visitors hay-