The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-04-27
news NOTES FROM lone


bridge, of Heppner, made an official
visit to this place yesterday.
Clarence Reynolds and wife have
Deen spending the week at the farm
home of Mr.. and Mrs. o. d. Forbes
just north of lone.
Mrs. Joseph Cronan arrived from
Portland on Tuesday evening and will
visit for week with her son, Frank
f. Cronan, bookkeeper at Bank Of
! lone.
! lone and Arlington crossed bats on
the latter's diamond Sunday. 1t was
pronounced the best game of the sea-
son so far, the score being to 2 in
Arlington's favor.
T, B. Burlington and family are
enjoying visit with Mr.. Buffington's S
mother this week. Mrs. Burlington
arrived on Friday last from her home
at Mabton, Wash.
Warmer weather the past few days
is bringing smile to the faces of our
farmers; it is making the grain grow
much better, and is also insurance
against further damage by cut worms.
B. G. Sigsbee, Heppner photogra-
pher, spent Saturday and Sunday in
lone, doing some work in his line.
He was accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Elaine, who visited with friends
here.
Judge F. H. Robinson returned
Tuesday from visit of week to
Portland, Salem and Corvallis. He
did not find business conditions any
too lively in the Willamette Valley
towns.
E. G. Noble, harness and saddle
maker of Heppner, was at lone the
first of the week and closed deal
with Bert Mason in which he took
over a portion of the VIM. Burger
stock and machinery.
Two new jitneys showed up in
lone this week. French Burroughs
and Johan Troedson each bought ma
chimes. They are Fords and We're
purchased through the Morrow cour .
ity agents, j. H. Bryson of lone and
Vaughn g. Sons of Heppner.
Frank J. Habelt, who has been in
charge If the north end section on
the branch for the past six years, is to
take up headquarters at Heppner
from now on, where he will be in
charge OF the section work. He moves
into his new location Saturday.
The various Bible schools of lone
held appropriate Easter services last
Sunday. Programs suitable to the
OCCASION were held in the Cangrega-
tional, Baptist and Christian churches
and the pupils of the different schools
were each remembered by gifts suit
able to the occasion.
The new tennis courts and croquet
grounds have been completed under
direction of Marshal Frank, and they
are being greatly enjoyed by the
young people of the town. The
grounds present fine appearance
and are certainly fine improvement
to that part Of the city.
Everett Ritchie has completed the
deep we'll on the John Calkins place
and Mr.. Calkins is now getting fine
supply Of water. This he will no
doubt appreciate after the long series
of years spent in hauling water for
distance of about IL miles. Mr..
Ritchie has been running one of the
Nicholson & Burlington outfits.
C. w. Barzee came up from Port
land Saturday. While here he COM
pleted arrangements with G. L. Beck
for continuing the sinking Of well
on his farm property north of this
place. Mr.. Beck has been at work
on the well for some time and it is
the intention of Mr.. Barzee to have
the work continue until good flow
of water is secured.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Newton, boost
ers of the banana belt" of Morrow
county, were in our city on Saturday
last attending to business affairs.
They are still interested in the sink
ing of artesiau wells and will ac-
complish something in the north end
of the county along this line of de-
velopment work before they retire
from the field.
J. H. Raymond, who resides on a
farm at Morgan, is going into the
poultry business quite extensively and
expects to raise at least two thousand
young chickens this season. His incu-
bators are busily at work now and
the new chicks are being hatched by
the hundreds. Mr.. Raymond has fol-
lowed this business to some extent
in other parts Of the country and says
that he never struck better place
to raise poultry than in Morrow coun-
ty, and in spite of that fact that feed
has been high this season, the bus
mess has proved profitable. 1t is to
be somewhat regretted that many
who have been engaged in the poul-
try business quite largely other sea-
sons, have passed it up and eggs do
not come in nearly so abundantly as
formerly. Mr.. Raymond raises