The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-07-18


now running large stock ranch. He
spent a couple of hours In Heppner
shaking hands with old-time friends.
M. d. Clark and family departed
Wednesday morning for Victoria, B.
c., where they will spend their sum
mer vacation. Mr.. Clark expects to
have good visit with brother who
lives in the northern Alberta country,
whfle at Victoria.
". L. Barlow is in town today from
his farm near Fairview school house.
He rs busy running his little combine
now and is getting an average yield
of Is bushels of good grain. He
states that the hail storm of Monday
just missed his place.
John Parkins came over from Rit-
ter on Tuesday and will spend a few
days in Morrow county looking after
business affairs. Mr.. Parkins says
his section is experiencing a lot of
very dry weather but crop conditions
are much better about Ritter this
season than they were year ago.
Mrs. Margaret Emerson arrived
last evening from Portland and will
visit with friends at Heppner for a
short time. Mrs. Emerson now makes
her home at Rutledge, VT, but she
has been visiting in Portland for sew
eral weeks past, where her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Horner, reside.
Jason Biddle was in from his Rhea
creek ranch for a short time this af-
ternoon. His place was pretty we'll
cut up in different places by the
heavy downpour on Monday evening,
but he considers himself fortunate
that the hail did no more damage
than to take some forty acres of his
grain.
Out of nineteen draftees examined
before the local board yesterday
nine failed to pass, the greater num-
Der of these on account of being un-
der weight These boys are all young
and they have chance to grow into
soldiers yet by taking proper care OF
4 themselves and building up their
weight.
1 Harvey McAlister Lexington "hay,
| seed brought up bunch of the Lex
ington patriots Wednesday. These
young fellows were taking the ply
steal examination before the loca
draft board. Pap enjoys nothing
better than escorting the prospective
soldier boys around and helping tt
get them in line for service.
Frank S. Parker returned last eve
ming from a short visit to Tacoma AM
Camp Lewis. He has a brother work
ing in the ship yards at Tacoma ant
ne was accompanied on his trip by hi
mother. Mrs. Parker returned from
Tacoma and has gone on to Cove
Oregon, to visit another son liyini
there
Frank Ginder returned to- Heppne
Sunday evening from a visit of
couple of weeks with his family a
Prosser, Wash. He was accompanie
by Leonard Schwarz in the Schwar
gitney. On the road over to Prose-
they passed by many fine wheat field
in the country around Bjckleton. MI
. Ginder was accompanied home by hi
daughter, Miss Frances Ginder, VIII
, will visit at Heppner for q few week!
, Prof. w. G. Howard and childre
} are over from Milton t1nis week visi
. ing at the home of j. j. Adkins. Pro
Howard is dean of Milton Collee
and while in Morrow county will d
) some work along the line of putin
\ that institution and it's advantage
before our people. The Milton co
? lege is making a specially of its m,
. steal department which has bee
= brought up to very high standar
= Rev. A. L. Thoroughman, distri
}. superintendent of the M. b. churc
South, held quarterly conference
= Heppner Wednesday evening.
D this meeting the members of Il
= church decided that they would Sc
tie their debts with the conferenc
: clean up their property where Il
= church and parsonage stood, and f
; the present at least, retain the LOT
!. not being fully decided as to the
\ future action with regard to buildin