The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-24

George W. Dykstra was down from
his ranch south of Heppner Tuesday
with load of potatoes. George can
raise about as many potatoes to the
square acre as any other farmer we
know of and they are always of ex-
cellent quality. Mr.. Dykstra says the
weather up in the foothills is very
pleasast and springlike.
! Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Nordling and
children left last Friday for Portland,
Mr.. Nordling having been transferred
to that city by the Standard Oil Com
pany. During their brief stay in
Heppner,. Mr.. and Mrs. Nordling
made many friends who regret to see
them leave. However. the best wish
es of all accompany them to their new
location.
L. c. Calkins, representing the in
surance department of Knights of
Pythias, is spending a few days In
Heppner. Mr.. Calkins is q Past
Grand Chancellor Of California and
makes his home In Sacramento. He
has been visiting lodges in Eastern
Oregon since last October and his
field covers all Of Oregon and north
ern California. :,
The Heppner High school athletic
association has leased the exhibit pa
vilion from the Morrow County Fair
Board and are putting the same In
shape for the basket ball season,
which will open In day or two. The
association and the board are co-op-
Grating in laying floor in the build
ing and the boys figure they will have
a first class athletic hall when the
work is completed.
W. L. Barlow and wife and daugh-
ter Miss Eta we're Heppner visitors
Wednesday from lone. Mr. and Mrs.
Barlow recently returned from trip
to Camp Lewis, where they went to
see their son Ora Mr.. Barlow says
the boys all speak highly of the treat
ment which they receive at the camp
and he adds they are mighty fine
looking army Of men.
c. w. McNamer, lone meat market
man, was in Heppner yesterday for
short time, accompanied by E. D.
Hall, of Tillamook. Mr.. McNamer, as
was announced in these columns last
! week, is contemplating opening
market in Heppner and should he do
so the business here will be In charge
of Mr.. Hall who is an experienced
meat cutter. Mr.. McNamer has rent
ed the Vic Groshen corner for his
business.
Mr. and Mrs. French Burroughs of
Jordan were visitors in Heppner for
a few hours on Tuesday Mr.. Bur-
roughs has heen a resident of Nor
row county for many years and he
cannot recall just such winter as
our people have been enjoying the
past six weeks. At his place the
ground on the hills is thoroughly wet
to depth of two feet and better and
Mr.. Burroughs is confident that we
shall have one of the best crops this
season ever raised in the county.
Among the new subscribers to The
Gazette-Times during the past week
were Earl Barton, Luther Huston, E.
F. Browning, Herbert Driskell and
Martin & Kunsman of Heppner and
Ed Martin of Pilot Rock and renew
ais were Mrs. M. A. Neville, Mrs. Mar
garet Jones and Foster Adams of
Portland, Mrs. J. G. Tracy, Chloride,
Arizona, c. F. Heinrich, F. N. Frye,
Nal Church, T. M. Rippee, John F.
Kenny, George w. Dykstra and Sher-
man Wakefield of Heppner, w. E.
Wiglesworth, Galloway, Vern Jack
son, G. A. Jackson, Gooseberry.
Mrs. Guy Boyer returned Tuesday
from Camp Lewis near Tacoma,
where she went to visit with her
brother Everett May, whe is leaving
in the near future for France. While
at the camp, Mrs. Boyer had a visit
with Ray Rogers, who is is quaran-
tine with the measles. She says Ray
| Is doing nicely. He is member of
the 14th Infantry. This company
composes the home guard and will be
moved shortly to Butte, Montana.
However, Ray says if he finds the
| 14th isn't going to France, he Is 60