The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-03-01

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SHEEPMEN-Yon can get the fin-
est hams and bacons at the Peoples
Cash Market.
A material reduction in the price
of coal. Centralia nut coal at $500
per ton while it lasts.
County Assessor ]. ]. Wells is get
ting everything In readiness toward
making the next assessment.
Horace Yoakum has returned to
Heppner after spending several weeks
at the Minor ranch near Cecil.
Are you out of coal. N. A. Clark
has some good Centralia Nut coal
that he is selling for $500 per ton.
A. Wheelhouse, prominent Airing
ton citizen, came up on the special
train last week to attend the Elk's
Ball.
Olaf Bergstrom and Dick Reid are
well known Eight Mile farmers who
are transacting business in Heppner
today.
John Bush, new manager of the
Morrow County Creamery Co., went
to Portland last Sunday on a brief
business visit.
FOR SALE-Purebred s. C. Rhode
Island Red cocks and cockerels at
$500 each. C. H. Gemmell, Hepp-
ner. Phone 29F44.
Mack Smith was up from Cecil to
attend the Elks' festivities. Mr..
Smith has been working on a new
sheep shed for Ellis Minor near Cecil.
Gene Penland has returned from
Portland, where he recently under
went an operation in hospital. His
health is greatly improved at this
time.
County Clerk ]. A. Waters reports
that the month of February showed
the largest volume Of recording bus.
mess transacted during any of the
past twelve months.
H. L. Copeland, a representative of
the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., was in
the city last Saturday confering with
members of the Farmers Union on
the elevator proposition.
Louis Campbell came over from
Pendleton last week to attend the
Elk's Ball on Thursday. Mrs. Camp
bell, who has been visiting at the E.
F. Campbell home, is still in the city.
Demsey Boyer writes to us that
he is now making his home on the
Bert Allen place, four miles below
Monument on the John Day river
Until recently Demsey has been farm
ing on Heppner Flat.
Calvin Gillian and Ethel Glass,
young people of the Clark's Canyon
district were married at the parson-
age of the Federated church We'd
nesday morning by the pastor, Rev.
H. A. Moves. Guy Shaw and wife
were also present at the ceremony.
Miss Ina Jones, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. jeff Jones, returned to her
home in this city Monday, after max
ing an extensive visit in California.
Mrs. Mary Hendricson and daughter
Daisy, who were with Miss Jones in
the southland, have gone to Albany,
where they will make their home in
the future.
John F. Vaughn says that his firm
is experiencing much difficulty in get
ting goods shipped out from the East
He says that one car of automobiles
has been on the road nearly month
and has not arrived yet. Vaughn e.
Sons have orders for nine new Chal-
mers cars, but delivery has been de-
layed on account of their failure to
arrive from the East on regular time.
Word comes to friends in Heppner
that w. p. Dutton is lying at the
point of death in a hospital in Los
Angeles, suffering from bloodpoison-
ing. Injuries to his foot from the
rubbing of shoe caused the trouble,
so the report has it, and 1t was found
necessary to amputate the member.
1t seems, however, that the operation
will not save his life. We have not
been able to fully authenticate the
report, and it is hoped that it may
prove erroneous. The many friends
of Mr.. Dutton' here will be panied to
hear of this misfortune.
Theron E. Fell was visitor in
Heppner for couple of days the past
week, coming up from his home at
Portland on Friday last. 1t has been
more than twenty years since Mr..
Fell was in Heppner last and of
course he noted some great changes
here. He was at one time actively
engaged in business enterprises in
this town, and also represented Nor
row county in the legislature. He en-
joyed meeting with his many old
time friends in Heppner and was
greatly pleased to note the improved
conditions in and about the town.
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