The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-03

Heppner.
Marion Evans was in Heppner
Monday to assist his son, Walter, in
making up his QUESTIONABLE.
]. B. Sparks, manager of the Star
theater, spent several days in Port
land on business during hte past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kilkenny of
Hinton creek spent Monday in Hepp-
ner and attended the Elk's Ball in
the evening.
Pat McKenna of Baker, who was
formerly in business in this county,
has been visiting with old friends in
Heppner during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Robertson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Blakely and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Neel came over from
Condor Monday to attend the Elk's
Ball. a't
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hunt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Hunt spent Sunday in Hep
pner from their Rhea creek home.
They were accompanied by George
Shick.
After spending week of the hoi.
idays with his parents in Heppner.
John Huston returned to Portland to
take up his studies at the medical COL
lege Of the University of Oregon.
Elmer Siocum, former Heppner
resident and now station agent for
the O. w. r. & N. Co., at Lexington,
sent up his renewal the past week for
another year of the Gazettt- Times.
Pat O'Brien was over from Echo
this week on some business matters
and while here, called at the Gazette
Times Office leave his order for an
ether year Of this great family jour
Hal.
Among the many farmers who
were transacting business In Heppner
Monday were C..y Huston ana l. f.
re isaul of nea- HarGman, Tilden
Williams Of Ha-dman and Oscar
Kei;h!ev of Eight Mile
Mrs. Verne Hamilton, wife of
prominent Coquille physician, is Wis
iting with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Clark and her brother and
sister, Ernest Clark and Mrs. Albert
Bowker in this city. She arrived
Sunday evening.
S. E. Notson has received word that
his oldest son Lee, who enlisted in
Company M shortly after war was
declared, is now in France. The
word was received through Mr.. Not
sons son, Robert, who is attending
school In Salem.
Henry Sims, who has been visiting
the home Of his brother, Cliff. rd Sims
in Heppner, left the first of the week
for Eugene, where be will enter the
University of Oregon to take six
weeks special instruction in the
ordnance department, preparatory
to entering active service in the Uni
ted States army.
A new subscriber to the Gazette
Times during the past week is Den
mis- Spillane of this city. Mr. Spill
lane is Morrow county pioneer who
has taken the Gazette-Times a long
number Of years. After a vacation
Of year he found he couldn't "get
along without the town paper
Hence, his return to our growing list.
c. A. Johnson and wife of Lexing-
ton returned on Friday last from a
visit of two weeks with Mrs. Hill, mo-
ther of Mrs. Johnson, at Walla Walla.
Mr.. johnson reports very pleasant
visit also with a married daughter
there. He states that the Walla Wal
la country is getting lot of rain and
that fall sown grain is coming along
we'll.
Lloyd Ashbaugh, the 10 year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nose Ashbaugh
died at the home of his parents in
Walla Walla last week, according to
word received here by C. E. Jones.
The young man was Ill but short
time. The funeral was held in Walla
Walla. Floyd was native Morrow
county boy, having spent the greater
part of his life in the Eight Mile Sec
tion.
Marion Evans and family have
been enjoying visit for the past ten
days with Mrs. Austin Yokum, a
niece of Mr.. Evans, and formerly a
resident Of this county. Mrs. Yokum
returned to her home near McMinn-
vile on Monday. She has two sons
who are now in the service of Uncle
sam, one having enlisted in the Navy
and the other in the Aviation Corps. |
We feel like these young men might
be classed as being from Morrow
county, though 1t is some ten years
or more since the family left here.
A representative of this paper
made visit to Lexington Saturday
and found the good people of that
thriving community all in a happy
frome Of mind, the apparent cause
being the abundance Of moisture and
the fine weather. The rains have