The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-06-29


of part of his farm at the mouth d
Rhea creek. The waters of tha
stream got out over the banks be
cause of the freshet and they caught
Mr. Wilcox with lot of his ha,
down. The result was that portion
of his crop was delivered dow
stream. The damage was slight
however, compared with what hap
pened when the big snow went off al
the breaking up of winter.
]. c. Hosteller, cashier of French
& Co. bank of The Dalles, spent 8
couple of days in lone this week. He
was on his way to Walla Walla will
his family, and having a break dowr
with his car he could not proceed un
til new parts arrived from Portland
Mr.. Hosteller has been resident Of
The Dalles for the past quarter of 6
century and is quite we'll posted OF
conditions in Eastern Oregon and he
was much pleased with the progress
and prosperity noted here.
John Harbke is having car load
of lumber hauled to his place al
Wells Springs and will put up a neA
house and barn there and make other
substantial improvements. 1t is his
idea that an artesian flow Of water
can be had at the springs, and witt
this in view he will shortly begin the
sinking of well there. Mr.. Harbke
has lot of faith in this part of Nor
row county and he is not afraid to
show his faith by his works.
j. A. KLEIN and Fred Scheel, far
mers of this section, departed for
Ritzville, Wash, on Monday. They
have land interests there and at Spo-
kane. and expect to make deal and
dispose of some of their holdings.
These gentlemen hav been farming
together here, but Mr.. Scheel has re-
tired from the firm and will reside in
the future at Ritzville where he has
a wheat ranch.
Henry Holgate returned I'd lone
the last of the week after an absence
of several weeks during which time
he visited many points in Oregon and
California in company with Frank
Hall Of Heppner. Mr.. Holgate states
that he finds crops looking better in
Morrow county that in any of the
country he visited, and he is pretty
we'll satisfied to get back here again.
Rev. E. G. Starkey closed his work
with the local Baptist church on Sun
day, preaching his farewell sermons
to good audiences. He has been la
boring with this church during the
past year and his fortnightly visits to
lone will be missed. MIR. Starkey con-
templates a visit to the Middle West
and expects to locate permanently at
Louisville, Ky.
M. E. Cotter, we'll driller, reports
that he is now down 533 feet in the
we'll he is sinking on the John Nolan
farm. A fairly good flow of water
has been struck but Mr.. Cotter is not
quite satisfied that it is strong
enough from the tests he has been
able to make, and may decide to go
deeper.
Many of the creek ranchers had
hay down, and the heavy rains have
caused this to be damaged to some
extent. 1t will be worse on the grain
hay than on the alfalfa. Some OF it
was just cut and had not yet been
put into the shock.
R. L. Calkins, of Fresno, Calf, has
been visiting for the past two weeks
at the home of his brother, F. 7. Cal
kins, our local dairyman. He de-
parted for his home Tuesday, accom-
panied by F. T. who goes as far as
Portland on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Reynolds, Mrs.
F. Engelman and 0. B. Barlow re-
turned from Pendleton Saturday eve
ming after having spent several days
in that city attending convention of
the Christian church.
Jesse Dobyns returned from Port
land on Sunday and his many friends
are rejoiced to know that he is rapid
ly recovering from his recent very Sc
we're surgical operation and seems to
be gaining in health quite rapidly.
Miss Bess Rodgers, of Lament,
Wash, visited several days the past
week with friends In lone. Miss Rod
gers is a teacher in the schools of
Washington. She returned to her
home on Monday.
c. c. Clark, grocer and butcher of
Arlington, was in this vicinity the
past week and picked up car load
of cattle and hogs. He was paying
good prices and got some good stuff.
Mrs. M. Jordan and son Jesse have
returned from a visit of several
weeks with relatives at Grangerville,
Idaho. They made the trip to Idaho
and return in their Ford.
FOR SALE-Fine registered Hol4
stein bull and nine mich cows. Good
stock and prices reasonable. See A.
E. Johnson, lone, Ore. 3t.