The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-07-26
LEXINGTON BREEzES.

Lee Sadler is a new clerk at Bur-
goynes.
HI. McAlister was Heppner Wis
itor Saturday.
Chris. Christensen left Sunday for
a visit in The Dalles.
Mrs. Ola Ward and children have
returned after months visit in Ida
no.
| Miss Bertha Miller of Salem is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. c.
Miller.
| E.G. Slocum's family has been Wis
|iting at The Dalles and Arlington for
some time.
W. A. Highsmith's family has join
ed him at Helix, where he is working
. during harvest.
4 w. o. Hill, cashier of the new Lex
; tington State Bank, visited in Hepp-
, ner Saturday night.
Mrs. Cora Warner has been on the
, sick list the last few weeks, but is
, feeling much better now.
w. J. Davis and son have contract
: ed for, and have started new barn
: on the w. T. Campbell ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Christensen
of Slocum's Mill are visiting rela-
e tives and friends in Lexington.
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Allyn is visiting in
/. Beaverton with the Rev. 0 E. Read
: family, formerly of Lexington.
Mrs. C. ]. Davis and Mrs. R. H.
Lane enjoyed an outing in the noun
e tains near the Hamilton ranch.
Billy Corson has returned from a
: months vacation and is again clerk
a ing in Joseph Burgoyne's store.
y Mrs. Maud Pointer is the proud
a possessor of new REQ. Charlie Is
j. compelled to drive the faithful old
:. Ford.
i Mrs. Harry Dinges and daughter
S left Sunday to spend the rest of the
[ summer in Seattle with an aunt and
other relatives.
e Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Robinette have
!. moved to Lexington for the summer,
where he will assist Geo. Broadly in
his blacksmith shop.
W S. H. Doak and family were Friday
1t visitors in Lexington. He, with his
two brothers, has purchased ranch
, in the lone vicinity.
a. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter C. Barton left
I'd Sunday for Portland, where Mr.. Bar
ton was called for duty in the Oregon
Coast Artillery Band.
Ie Miss Edna Carmichael returned Fri
d. day from vacation trip in the New
port country, where she went on {
hike covering over 100 miles.
ch new boy arrived Saturday morn
m ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Gu
Mcmillan. He will carry the name o
Jack until a new name appears.
en- Miss Marie Cason left Friday TO
he a short visit in Portland. Her siste
Sybil is taking her place as telephon
!, operator and bookkeeper at Bur
!, goyne's.
i'd Chas. Pointer and the Mcmillan
brothers began threshing Thursda
on the Harry Schriever place. Som
N of the grain is turning out about l
bushels to the acre.
Prof. Fertig, who has been electe
principal of the Lexington Hig
y. school, was in town the first Of tn
30 week looking over his new field. Pro
= Fertig is from Hood River.
Several farmers around Lexingto
"a ~ have purchased new threshing ou
fits and combines, among these bein
Earl Warner, Jas. Pointer, A. +
- Nelson and Frank Munkers.
8 M. L. Oliver and oldest daughte
of the Black Horse country, returne
Friday from a visit in Spokane. M
Oliver says wheat in the Spokan
country is not as good as usual.
Va E. A. Pointer is up from Portlan
ON to assist in the harvest, He ha
ing hoped to go to France with "Teddy's
81. army, but since Roosevelt's arm
re- failed to materialize, Mr.. Pointer
doing his bit on the farm.
.oo Eight of Lexington's young me
'n" we're listed in the army draft recent
'u among those for the first call wei
Walter Eubanks, Fl. E. VanDyk
nv Mont Bundy, Otto Ruhl and in II
VI second call were H. o. Bauman, ].
ai' Pomeroy and F. J. Morris.