The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-17


tended visit to the scenes of his child
mood in the state of Missouri on Fri
day last. He notes many changes
since he left there and found but lit
tie that looked familiar to him. He
returned home via California and en-
joyed a short visit with a brother liv-
ing in that state. Mr.. Rice has been
away for about two months.
Miss Fay Young is quite sick and
under the care of physician at the
home of her father. ]. s. Young, in
this city. She is being attended by
her sister, Mrs. Give Huston of Eight
Mile Miss Young has severe gather
ings in her head and it is feared that
she may have to undergo a surgical
operation, the mastoid bone on one
side Of her head being affected.
w. L. Houston, Portland contract
or and builder, and in former years
engaged In business in Heppner, was
visitor here for few days during
the. first of the, week. Mr.. Houston
put up the Mason building at Ione
and was gratified on stopping over
there Friday to find that the recent
fire had not damaged the structure in
! the least. He returned home on
! Wednesday. ii
Floyd Fraser, of Gooseberry. has
been in Heppner for several days this
week, introducing the Domestic Gas
Maker, an attachment for cooking
and heating stoves, for which he has
the Morrow county agency. Mr..
Fraser believes that he has an article
that will prove great fuel saver,
which is something to be considered
in these times of short fuel supply
and high prices.
Ed Rietmann, young lone farmer,
was in Heppner over Monday night.
He states that the good winter wealth
er is just what they have been look
ing for in the lone country for many
years, and he is looking forward to
abundant crops the coming season.
Mr.. Rietmann states that there is
very little fall grain in the lone coun-
try and that the spring sowing will
be heavy. He expresses no fear of
cold weather hurting the growing
grain as 1t will all be too we'll rooted.
,, The ground is now thoroughly we'll
soaked, in fact contains more mois-
ture than for years.
Commissioner Lee Padberg was up
from lone to attend an adjourned
meeting of the county court He in
forms this paper that the l. o. O. F.
will begin arrangements at once to
replace their hall destroyed by the
fire of last week. The new structure
will be of stone or concrete and made
| fire proof. 1t is understood that the
lower floor will be occupied by F. S.
Bender & Co., general merchandise,
and possibly one other business,
while the second story, of course, will
be given up to the lodges of the city.
Mr.. Padberg is of the opinion that 1t.
will not be long until work on the
new structure is under way.
A we'll authenticated report
reaches this paper to the effect that
another attempt was made to fire the
town of lone just night or two af-
ter the big fire. This attempt was on
the skating rink and it was discov-
cred in time to prevent confiagra-
! tion. The stove pipe near the roof
had been wrappd first with paper and
then with old sacks and hot fire in
the stove would not have been long
in firing this and then the roof 1t is
well known that this attempt to fire
the rink was made after the otker
fire as Prof. Doak, who has charge
of the building, had made complete
examination of the pipe leading
through the roof the day following
the fire and found it all right. Some
miscreant certainly has it in for lone,
juding from these late developments.