The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-10-05

lone country after some horses the
first of the week.
Vernon Jones, son of c. E. Jones
of Eight Mile, is over from his Irrigon
home this week.
Green tomatoes in any quantity al
2 cents pound at our nursery in
Heppner. Harry Cummings.
Lawrence Redding is busy at this
time hauling wheat to a local ware
house from his Eight Mile farm.
Miss Evelyn Shipley has returned
to her home in this city after spend
the summer with relatives at Pilot
Rock.
R. F. Wiglesworth and f. 0. Neill
prominent Galloway stockman, were
transacting business in Heppner We'd
nesday.
Mrs. F. Luper will sell at special
reduction sale, her entire line of trim
ed hats, beginning Saturday, Octo-
Der 7th.
Alfred Anderson, who farms the N
A. Clark ranch in the Eight Mile sec
tion, was in the city on business We'd
nesday.
Ray Young was in the city Wednes-
day from Eight Mile. Ray is assist
ing in moving the wheat crop in that
country.
Linus Judd has returned to Hepp-
ner after spending two months with
the 3rd Oregon Infantry on the Mexi-
can border.
The mountains and foothills south
of Heppner are white as the result of
snowfall there early this week. The
Indians have predicted an early win
ter and a severe one.
Mr.. and Mrs, c. A. Minor and Mr..
and Mrs. S. w. Spencer of this city
attended the State Fair at Salem last
week. They returned home Wednes-
day evening, coming up in the Minor
car.
Hanson Hughes, democratic candi-
date for county treasurer, left this
week for an extended visit in Port
land. Hanson's friends say that he
is preparing to open his campaign in
Multnomah county.
Freight service on the local branch
is being improved and passengers are
not encountering that unpleasant
waiting at every station that was en-
dnred in past years. A special grain
train went down the branch Monday.
V. Gentry was displaying small
rattlesnake in town Wednesday. He
had the serpent, which he caught on
the Neville place above town, in a
bottle. The snake was young one,
having only one rattle and button.
A. l.. Ayers has purchased Buick
Six from Albert B0wker, of the Hepp-
ner Garage of this city. Mr.. Ayers
formerly drove a Ford. Mr.. Bowker
has disposed of a large number OF
these cars during the past few
months.
Major Hiram U. Welch of the Mi
litia Federal Service writes to this
office from The Dalles announcing
that Recruiting Sergeant Powelson
will be in Heppner for three days-Oct-
ober 6-7-S looking for possible re-
cruits.
w. F. Honey of the Oregon-Dakota
Land Company, spent few hours in
Heppner Wednesday on business. He
was accompanied by Walt Smith, To-
cal representative of the same COM
pany, with offices in lone. Mr.. Honey
makes his home in Gresham.
We are in receipt of photograph
of the B. H. Peck individual exhibit
at the State Fair. Mr.. Peck's eXhib-
it was the cause of much favorable
comment. All of his display consist
ed of dry-farmed products and was
practically the same as displayed At
4 the recent county fair in this city.
Gurdane & Son have made arrange
ments whereby they will receive re-
turns from the election on the eve
ming of November 7. A large black
blackboard will be erected in their
store and as the results come in they
will be recorded on the board. Au-
tomobiles will bring the returns from
the depot to the store.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Livingston
and son have gone to Portland for
the winter. Mr.. Livingston will at
tend medical college there and teach
in the night classes at the Lincoln
high school. They expect to go East
next year in order that Mr. Livingston
may complete his medical education
at the John Hopkins University.
W. O. Minor, Merle Neil and Neal
Crawford went up to the head of
Ditch creek the first of the week and
are now busy turning the water Of
that creek into the Willow creek ba-
sim This is the result of q movement
started through the Heppner COM