The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-06-27

from a trip by auto through Grant
county. He reports heavy falls of
rain at Long Creek and Fox anu
something like a water spout at the
junction of the John Day river below
Monument. No particular damage
was reported.
Oscar Keithley was a visitor in
town Tuesday. The rain of Sunday
overlooked him and his locality is
still in the dry column. He states
that he was caught in some of Sun
days showers however. on his trip
to Hardman. getting dose of both
rain and hail
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Griffiths and
Miss Clara Lind of lone attended the
reception 70 the draft boys at the Pal
ace hotel on Monday evening. Mr..
Griffiths expects to be off for one of
the training camps soon, In fact his
name appears among those in the last
call Gnd he will be leaving about the
end of July.
Miss Nettie' Mason, who superin-
tends one of the best farms on Rhea
creek, was in Heppner Friday. Miss
Mason states that the crops on the
home place are looking very good at
this time but a good rain would be
appreciated and would be the means
of ma,'np her feel more hopeful of
the outcome.
The Ukiah correspondent of the
Pendleton E. o. states that Hynd Bro
theirs lost one hundred head of sheep
from Doison while driving to the
mountains, and another party whose
name vas not learned suffered loss
of three hundred head. These losses
are heavy considering the present
prices of sheep.
Miss Vera Mahonev, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs w. p Mahoney of this
city returned home on Monday from
Seattle, Wash, where she has been
attending Washington State Univer-
sity during the past year. On her
way home she visited for few days
at the home of her uncle, T. ]. Ma
honey, in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Bartholomew of
Pine City were Heppner visitors on
\ Monday Mf. Bartholomew turned
l over the receipts of the Armenian
n drive made the past week In the Pine
n City district, total of 1854. Mighty
\ good for Pine City, and Mr.. Bartholo-
new says the response was just as
II free as 1t was generous.
II F. H. Robinson, lone attorney and
Y E. E. Miller, auctioneer were bust
& ness visitors in Heppner Saturday af-
ternoon. Messrs. Miller and Robin.
= son also had charge of the Broadley
+ auction at Lexingtno in the afternoon
| of the same day, and disposed of lot
! of the tools and machinery of the
| Broadley blacksmith shop.
! Henry Smouse and H. r. Smith
| extensive farmers of Fairview, were
I in Heppner on business Thursday
| last. Messrs. Smith and Smouse have
purchased new separator to do theil
| threshing this season, and they ex
] pect to have a yield equal to that o.
l
| veloped fine and will soon be read!
! for harvest.
| Splendid rains visited the Hard
! man country on Sunday, and from
| what reports this paper has been able
I to gather, the crop conditions there
| have been greatly improved. The!
feel now that an abundant harvest 70,
I that part of the county is assured. 4
| good rain coming just at this particu
lar development of the wheat ha
| made the yield secure.
i The rain Sunday afternoon reach
- ed almost the proportions of cloud
burst in Cason canyon and larg
al amount of water rushed down tn
is road to Rhea creek. Showers wer
quite general over large part of tn
= county and crops have been greatl
ed revived as consequence. So far thi
us part of the country has experience
one of the warmest Junes in its his
!, tory.
re Chas. B. Sperry and wife of lone
he were visitors in Heppner Monday al
at ternoon. Their son Dick, who is /
er the Navy and has been stationed a
Philadelphia for some time, expect
to move from there. His plans t
ed spend the 4th in the Quaker Cit
,k with friends has been Knocked Ou
i'll by the orders from headquarters an
of by this time he is likely out on tn
rs high seas.
Ben Griffiths came up from Hills
of boro on Thursday last and at ono
~ took up work at the depot as cler
nd in the Office of the o. w. R. & N. Ct
as Harley Adkins, filling the position {
me telegrapher at the local depot fC
ILL., some time past, has resigned his p(
sition and gone to Portland to full
ther his studies in telegraphy. H
on family will follow him at once.
ne ]. l.. wilkins left for the Dillar
20 French ranch on big Butter cree
an Saturday evening and from there wi
Of accompany shipment of cattle
Kansas City. Messrs. French an
Brosnan are on their way to the cas-
ut ern market with train load of ST,
at teen cars of beef cattle which left I
ed lot Rock on Sunday, and Mr.. Wilkir
eS- Is going along as a part or the ere
on, for the pleasure and excitement {
the the trip.
J. Il. Musgrave and Chas. Hastint
,as were down from the Hardman sectic
m over Friday night. Mr.. MusgraN
red has disposed of his cattle owing