The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-09-06
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

l. Matt Shaw, Clarks Canyon farmer,
transacted business in Heppner Sat
urday.
Il E. S. Duran, wife and daughter of
Lexington were viitors in Heppner on
Monday. |
Il Mrs. j. B. Adams of Hardman was
a Monday passenger from this city
/ for Corvallis.
!. Mrs. Ann Minor returned home
| Monday from Rockaway Beach on the
Pacific, where she spent the summer
| months.
/ Miss Marie Cason and Miss Bertha
Miller of Lexington were Sunday Wis
itors at the Walter Cason home in
this city.
j. w. Morrow, of the OW. r. &
| n. Co, head offices in Portland, was
in Heppner the first of the week on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Sweek returned
last Friday from Newport, where they
were guests at the summer cottage of
Mrs. Sweek's parents.
Dave Wilson, popular book keeper
at the First Nationai Bank, left Sun
day for Seattle to spend his vacation.
He has relatives at that place.
1 Leo Nicholson left Monday for
North Yakima to visit with his father
for a few days before returning to
Heppner to enter school for the win
ter
Walter Kilcup and wife are now
touring California by automobile.
During their absence, Gene Camp
bell is keeping things going on the
ranch.
Chas. Vaughn and wife have re-
turned from their mountain vacation.
They spent a couple of weeks in the
vicinity of Slocum's Mill on Willow
creek.
Millard French returned to Mid
vale, Idaho. Tueday, after having
| spent the summer here He expects
to remain in the Idaho country dur
ing the coming winter.
c. H. Furlong was down from
Hardman Monday He has finished
heading and will begin threshing i'm
| mediately. Carlson Bros. Of Goose
berry will do the work.
Ed Adkins was down from the
mountains Monday. He has one of the
finest camps in the Slocum Mill sec
tion and expects to keep his family
there for some weeks yet.
Tom Boyd and family left Monday
of several days. Mr. Boyd is the ef-
ficient round house man for the o.
w. R. & N. Co. in this city.
Mrs. Jerry Brosnan was called to
= Pendleton recently on account of the
serious illness of her daughter, Mrs.
Jas. Nelson. Mrs. Nelson's condition
In is greatly improved at this time.
Garnett Barratt has arrived home
- after spending the summer in the
for mountains with bis fatbar,s sboon
III He will resume his studies in high
school with the opening of the term
ba- Miss Flora Noyes, daughter Of Rev
'od H. A. Noyes of this city, left Monday
{. for Umapine, Umatilla county, tC
take her position in the schools there
. She has been spending the summer
Ut. at the Noyes home here.
His
ere Miss Melba Griffiths, formerly Of
rye this city, who has been spending the
summer with her mother in New
Mexico, is now back in Oregon ant
ay, will attend the Oregon State Norma
es. School at Monmouth this year.
or
on Hugh Bran, assistant cashier o
the First National Cank, returned
Friday from a vacation trip to Vel
nd loWstone Park. He made the trip az
ntv far as Boise in his car, but road!
rm were so rough he left his car there
rh, ~ E. R. Merritt is busily engaged II
7 getting out lot of wood at his place
up the left fork of Willow creek. HI
- figures on harvesting crop of abou
zed 100 cords for which he will doubtless
low find ready market at good price
my A. l.. Ayers has undertaken the jo|
nu of cutting a winters supply of corr
wood in the vicinity of the old Ham
e ilton mill site on Willow creek. H
"a is now engaged in the work and max
ara ~ ing fair progress with the assistanc
ra of competent helper. .
Jimmie Wilson has returned to hi
!. position at Minor & Co., after spend
rN ing a couple of weeks at Lehma
Springs. He has been accused o
=, spending. some of the time at the Sar
NV Nelson home on Butter creek. How
ever. Jimmie denies that assertion
Mrs. Jas. Morgan and Mrs. Gu
+ r Ayers of Little Butter creek wer
-, passengers Monday for Portland
make visit at the home of their pa
nts, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Culick. The
were accompanied by the young chi
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