The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-05-04
news NOTES FROM lone

found many admirers here.
Mrs. j. T. Knappenberg spent the
weekend visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Karl Farnsworth, at Rhea
Siding.
Banker T. j. Mahoney and family
motored down from Heppner or
Sunday, giving the new Chalmers car
try-out.
L. w. Briggs was down from Hepp-
ner Wednesday talking life insur-
ance. He represents the Guarantee
Fund Life.
Theo. Anderson and wife were
down from their Eight Mile home on
Tuesday, doing business with the
lone merchants.
Hotel lone is putting on new coat
of paint, Clarence Hesseltine WELD
ing the brush. The appearance OF
the building is being greatly i'm
proved thereby.
w. A. Richardson, and the Misses
Virginia and Margaret Crawford mo-
tored down from Heppner and spent
Sunday visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. V. Crawford,
Miss Ruth Parker, teacher in the
Barlow district during the past six
months, departed for her home at
Oregon City on Tuesday, having fin
ished the school term.
Miss Doris Wilt, who has been
spending several months past al
Willamette University, Salem, per-
fecting her musical education, re-
turned home on Saturday.
M. B. Haines, of Hotel lone, spent
few days in Portland the past
week where he enjoyed visit with
his brother, Chester. He returned
home on Tuesday evening.
Robt. Young, district game warden,
has been in lone for several days this
week looking after the duties of his
office. Robert is also talking in
surance, a business which he was
very successful in the past year.
Frank E. Cronan, accompanied by
his mother, made visit to Heppner
yesterday. Mrs. Cronan has been
visiting the past week with her son
here, and took her departure this
morning for her home in Portland.
sale of fancy work and useful
articles of apparel which had been
made by the Ladies Aid of the Bap-
! tist church, was held in the Blake
building Saturday afternoon, follow
ed by sumptuous dinner which was
largely patronized.
Gus Wilcox has Joined the ranks
of the pluts and this week closed a
deal with Ernest Lundell for a five
passenger REQ. Mr.. Wilcox expects
now to be able to get around and see
some Of his friends that have been
neglected for some time past.
Andrew Carlson, former extensive
farmer of the Gooseberry neighbor-
hood, came up from Portland Tues
day evening on a short visit to his
sons, G. e. and l.. Carlson. He eX-
poets to return to his Portland home
about the middle of next week.
Several autos conveyed the Will.
ing Workers of the Christian church
to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. M
Olden, of Eight Mile, yesterday. The
ladies were invited out by Mrs. Oh
den who had some work for them tc
do and lot of good eats to be dis.
posed of.
E. M. Shut this week disposed OF
the remainder of his herd of Hol-
stems. These were driven over to the
Hermiston country and delivered tc
VIM. Kennedy, a dairyman of that
section. Mr.. Shut is now entirely
relieved of the dairy business and will
not attempt it again.
Report reaches us that grasshop
pers are Matching out very thickly al
some points up Rhea creek. There
is no general report of this condition
however, and 1t is hoped that this
pest will pass Morrow county by this
season as we have certainly hat
enough of their depradations to dc
for many years to come.
The boys of Mrs. Crawford's class
and the girls of Mrs. J. W. Puyear's
class from the Christian Sunday
School, enjoyed a wienie roast ant
picnic on Monday evening on the
banks of Willow creek at the lower
end of M. R. Morgan's farm. The
youngsters had jolly good time and
disposed of a lot of wienies and nick
knacks.
Warmer weather is bringing Out
the crops of grain and alfalfa, as
we'll as all other vegetation which Is
now making a rapid growth. While
some damage has been done by cut
worms, it is not extensive and the
warm weather is driving them down
so all damage from this source will
be nil from this on. Reports as tc
crop conditions are in the main very
satisfactory and a good yield can be
looked forward to.
w. X. Davis, who has beer
running a cleaning and pressing es
tah1ichment at this nlace for the