The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-02-15
INTERESTING NEWS
|. FROM THE EGG CITY.
New Cashier Arrives at Bank of lone
CONSTRUCTION Starts Oh New
Garage.


week in the management of the Bank
of lone, Mr.. Crawford, having short
time ago rendered his resignation as
cashier. The position is to be filled
by Mr.. H. M. Cummings of Portland.
Mr.. Cummings was for four years
auditor of the Portland Commercial
Club and he comes to lone not with
out considerable banking experience
having been associatd with the
Woodbury. County Savings Bank, of
Sioux City, Iowa for a number of
years before coming to Oregon. He
takes up his work with the Bank of
lone at once, as Mr.. Crawford has al
ready returned to- Heppner, having
severed his official connection with
the bank this week Mr. Cummings is
man Of very pleasing personality.
He has a wife and two children and
| his family will shortly move to lone
and take up their residence here.
We bespeak for them a hearty well
come and hope that they will find
lone just as pleasant and enjoyable
place to live as has the retiring cash.
ier and his family. Mr.. F. E. Cronan
will be assistant cashier of the bank.
H. v. Smouse and Laxton McMur-
ray returned Sunday from Spokane,
where they have been for a couple of
weeks, taking instruction in the op-
Grafton of Caterpillar engines. Their
new machines are on the ground and
will be put in operation at once. The
Blake and Davidson machine was
taken to the w. j. Blake place east
of lone on Monday and has begun
blowing. 1t will go to the Davidson
ranch later. These new machines
appear to work perfectly and they
will no doubt give good satisfaction.
]. T. Knappenberg and wife were
passengers to Heppner on Tuesday
evening, visiting in that city over
night. They just returned the past
week from visit of six weeks at
the old home Of Mr.. Knappenberg
In Buffalo, N. Y. On their return they
also visited at the home Of Mrs.
Woolery, mother of the late Joseph
Woolery, who resides cp the old
home farm. Much very bad weather
was encountered during the entire
trip, which makes Oregon seem all
the better.
j. l.. Kincaid has just had fine
well completed on his farm. For
years Mr.. Kincaid has been hauling
water up to the Cox place, on which
the new well is located, and now
these troubles are all over. M. E.
Cotter did the work. The hole is
6S5 feet deep and will give an in
exhaustible supply of good water. A
pumping outfit will be installed, pro-
PEELED by large windmill.
Cecil Tuper, student at the Bible
University at Eugene, was in lone
over Sunday last and preached at
the Christian church both morning
and evening. He graduates in the
ministry in June and has been called
to take the pastorate Of the church
at this place. He will be here every
two weeks until the close Of school.
Work will commence the first Of
the coming month on the new Mason
building, and will be rapidly pushed.
Mr. Mason was held up so long on
getting material on the ground that
he was compelled to await better
weather conditions before finishing
the job.
Some land marks have been re-
moved this week in taking out the
big trees on the Holmes property.
This was made necessary to give
place to the new garage that is to be
put up on the lots Some of the old
est trees of the place were felled.
Mrs. w. C. Cason came down from
Heppner on Tuesday to make visit
with her new grand daughter at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Cason.
The new arrival was ushered into the
realities of this life on Monday the
18th, and Guy is the happiest dad
dy in the country.
Preparations are being made for
the erection Of the new garage for
the Rivers Auto Co., just as soon as
the weather settles. The new build
ing is to be of brick and thoroughly
up-to-date in every respect.
J. H. Bryson Of the lone garage
has workmen busy putting up an ad-
dition to his building, this being
made necessary on account Of his in
creasing business.
E. M. Perfect is up from Albany
to look after his land interests in this
section. He owns good farm here
and raised an abundant crop on the
place last season.
Oscar Veatch. Condor meat mar
ket man, was over to lone on Monday
being interested in bunch Of beef
cattle near this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sailing were
over from Pendleton on Sunday for
a short visit at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. e. Cronan.
l.. P. Davidson and wife returned
from two weeks visit with relatives
in Spokane on Tuesday.
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