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

Bert Bcwker of the Heppner Gar
age is spending the week in Portland.
w. B. Finley, lower Sand Hollow
farmer, was in the city Wednesday
to transact business.
GOOD SEDAN SEED FOR SALE
Raised ON high, dry land. 25
cents per pound, $40 per cwt. If in
terested send order or write Box 8,
lone, Oregon.
Edgar ]. Stevens, representing tile
Home Insurance Co., spent few
days in Heppner last week. While
here, Mr.. Stevens looked over some
Morrow county wheat lands, and he
may decide to invest in some of our
real estate here.
Chas. Huston, Eight Mile farmer,
who owns considerable land in that
section, sold 240 acres of high quality
wheat land to R. S. Bradley the past
week. Mr.. Bradley farmed in that
section a number of years ago, but
Of recent years has been living in Nc
Minnville. He will take possession
of the property at once.
FOR SALE-160 acres good deep
soil. Plenty of water within half
mile. known as the John w. ALL
stott timber culture, 11s imles east
of r. E. Allstott's. Reason for sale,
to settle up the estate in full Will
sell with or without crop. For fur
ther particulars see r. e. of j. o.
Allstott, Heppner, Oregon.
]. W. Null and family, of Spokane,
are visiting at the home of Mrs.
Mull's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Brown, in Heppner Mr. Null, who
holds position with the Spokane
street car company, has secured lay
off of several weeks, owing to ill
health, and will spend well deserved
vacation with his relatives in Nor
row county.
]. o. Allstott, who recently came
to Oregon from Oklahoma, has rent
ed small place near Silver Lake in
Lake county and will engage in the
sheep business there for the time
being. Mr.. Allstott will also raise
some goats and it is his intention to
bring the animals to Morrow county
at a later date to finish them off on
stubble fields here before shipping
them to market. He has been spend
ing few days with his brother, Rob-
ert Allstott at Eight Mile, after re-
turning from trip into the state of
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fox and Rev.
j. l.. Jones of lone were Heppner Wis
itors Wednesday. Mr.. Fox has been
farming the past year in the Goose
berry country, but expects to spend
the coming summer in the noun
tains for the benefit of Mrs. Fox's
health. While farming at Goose
berry, Mr.. Fox met with success in
the growing of sudan grass, and he
says he sold over $4OO worth of SUI
dan seed from his 1916 crop. He
only had ten acres planted to the
grass, the bulk of his land being in
wheat. He received an excellent
price for both cereals.
Mrs. CELSIUS Keithley has engaged
in the sheep business at the Keithley
farm below town, and is raising a
bunch of lambs on the bottle. The
youngsters are doing we'll, even
though they do require pretty con-
stant attention, and they will grow
into money rapidly. A contrivance
for their nursing has been fixed up
by using barrel in which number
of holes have been bored sufficiently
large to allow the insertion of the :
neck of bottle and his royal lamb
lets can step up, take hold of the
nipple, wag his tail and receive his
feed just as we'll as though he was
being looked after by his natural
nanny. Mrs. Keithley expects to be
rated as one of our chief sheepraisers
before long; at least she is going to
be In the swim with bunch of lambs
that Is fine start in that direction.