The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-05-03
LIVE CECIL NEWS ITEMS

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down from lone Sunday.
! c. A. Minor shipped a car load of
cattle to Portland Tuesday.
]. w. Osborne suffered the loss of
his only COW last week.
Frank Marvel was up from Arling-
ton on Sunday.
c. A. Minor lost a valuable COW
last week from bloat.
A second lecture will be delivered
in the Cecil Hall Sunday afternoon at
8 o'clock. Subject: Patriotism and
Military Conscriptfon."
T. H. Lowe was elected to succeed
W. B. Ewing, resigned, as district
clerk at the special meeting held
Monday.
Alvin Shane was up from the low
er part OF the valley. transacting bus
iness at Cecil.
]. H. Franklin and Jack Hynd
made an overland trip to Heppner
last Saturday on matters of business.
Mrs. George Doney of Yamhill.
Oregon. has subscribed for The Ga
zette- Times.
A. 2. Barnard made a hasty trip
on the morning local and returned
In the afternoon with his wife and
child, who had been visiting at the
home Of ]. H. Franklin.
Germ O-Conner and Ellis Minor
were Heppner visitors Saturday.
Germ will remain there few days
before returning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam E. Van Vactor
of Heppner, came down Sunday to
visit with their daughter, Mrs. Ellis
Minor.
Gene Penland was down this week
from Heppner and took off the Minor
cattle for the spring and summer
range.
The illness of Frank Nash, of Pen
dleton, has become serious. His
brother, A. E. Nash, was urged to
come at once. Henry Streeter. took
him to Arlington, where he took pas
sage on the midnight train.
The government purchased and
shipped out ~ cars of wheat the first
Of the week to Europe for the bene- |
fit of the Allies. Uncle Sans men
were present and assisted in the mat
ter of loading the grain.
A force of twelve accompanied the
Turner shearing plant that was sent
up the line the first of the week from
the Deos place, to remove the leecy
coats from some 1000 head Of sheep
belonging to the Hynd and Minor
ranches.
The Cecil school children enjoyed
a pleasant day on Sunday at the |
home of Mr.. Hynd. Full liberties
of the ranch were given and a royal
dinner in their own apartments
was served by Mrs. Hynd.
C. A. Minor has made number |
Of improvements around his house.
The yard has been altered and en-l
closed with new fence. The yard |
will, in the course of time, give way
to beautiful lawn.
Mr.. Hynd is converting his house
yard into lawn. His son Herbert |
is laying the plans to raise one of
the best gardens in the valley. He Is
also quite a successful flower raiser.
A successful surprise party was
staged at the w. B. Ewing residence
last Saturday evening. They gather
ed from the valley below in great
squads. Cecil managed to run down
a we'll ladened vehicle affording con:
yeyance to Mrs. Bennett, Georgia,
her daughter, and Anna Lowe with
Zennith Logan, Harold and William
Ahalt, Alza Wallace, Pat MeEntire
and Jim O'Connar as male attend
ants. Harry and John Henderson
went on horse back. One feature
was the free drinks from a keg of
cider brought from the cellar below.
A good time was had and all bade
good bye to their neighbor who had
settled this valley in the pioneer days
some SO years ago. They left this
week for their new home at Rose
burg. Their leaving decreases the
school enrolment by four, leaving |