The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-07-13
WEEKS NEWS.
Local And Personal Happen
lngs of Heppner And
Vicinity.

Kellogg reports plenty of fish in
Ditch creek. 1t.
VIM. Beamer, Grant county stock
man, was in town this week.
Chas. and Ed Burchell of Lexing-
ton spent Wednesday in Heppner.
George Swaggart was an outgoing
passenger for Portland Friday last.
Guy Nordyke, of Lexington, was in
Heppner for a few hours on Monday.
Norton Winnard and Fred Tash
made trip to Arlington Sunday by
car.
Chance Wilson, Monument ranch
er, is spending several days in our
city.
I John Blake and L. p. Davidson
transacted business in this city yes
terday.
See Kellogg about that mountain
trip. He will take camp outfit same
trip. 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo Anderson, of
Eight Mile, were visitors in the city
on Saturday.
Howard Lane of the Lexington
Pastime, spent few hours in Hepp-
ner on Monday transacting business.
Kellogg takes passengers or camp
equipment to coal mines or Ditch
creek. Reasonable rates. 1t.
w. j. Wiswall, of the Kilham Sta
tionery & Printing Co., of Portland,
made business visit in Heppner this
week.
Frank Winnard and Arthur Dex-
ter were in town Saturday after a new
header which they received from
Vaughn e. Sons.
Superintendent S. Z. Notson was
passenger to Salem on Friday, going
to the Capital to attend the meeting
of the State Teachers Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Newton, who
recently purchased the R. B. Rice
farm in the Strawberry section, were
transacting business in Heppner last
Saturday.
Beach & Allyn, of the Lexington
garage have accepted the sub agency
for the Ford car in Morrow county.
Vaughn & Sons of this city are the
head agents.
Harold wilkins, auditor for the
workingmen' compensation commits
sion, was in Heppner Monday inter
viewing the employers of the city con-,
cerning business pertaining to his
commission.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. R. Patterson left
Tuesday morning for Portland, MAX
ing the trip in their Cadillac eight.
Before returning home they will visit
with relatives of Mrs. Patterson in
Washington.
R. j. Gordon, representing the Pa
cific Metal Works of Oregon, made a
business visit in Heppner Tuesday
evening. This is the first trip Mr..
Gordon has made into our city since
1903, and he was much impressed
with the improvement our little city
has made in the intervening years.
Ralph Benge OF Social Ridge has
just completed on his farm one of the
best up-to-date barns in the country.
Mr.. Benge is nothing if not progress
sive and his splendidly equipped and
kept-up surroundings is evidence Of
this He will harvest 500 acres of
fine summerfallow grain this season.
R. C. Hale and family left Tuesday
morning foS Ditch creek where they
have established camp for couple
of weeks Ed Kellogg took them up
in his Ford, using the trailer to good
advantage in carrying the camp
equipment. He will go to the prairie
a week from Friday to bring the
campers home.
c. R. Pointer and family motored
to Heppner Saturday afternoon from
their farm home north of Lexington.
Mr.. Pointer expects to begin harvest
ing in about two weeks. With his
the Mcmillan boys, he will
operate a new steam threshing out
fit this season. The machine is now
on the ground and all set up ready
for operation.
Fred Ashbaugh was down from the
Hardman country Saturday and is re-
iCicing over the fine crop outlook in
his locality. He feels sure that the
section will turn out some of it's
bumper grain crops this year. Crops
are somewhat belated, owing to the
backward conditions in the Spring,
but the present weather conditions
are bringing them on with rush
and they will mature we'll.
Dan ]. Malarky, Jr. and e. H. Shea,
TWO young students of Portland
Academy, passed through Morrow
county the first of the week on the