The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-07-25

Ayers and wife send word to friends
in Heppner that they were at Foley
Springs on the upper Mckenzie river
the past week, where they enjoyed
a dip in the pool. They will go on
to southwestern Oregon before re-
turning, taking in the coast country
about Coos Bay.
County Clerk Waters is in lone to-
day on business connected with the
C. T. Walker estate.
FOR SALE-One SOW, with six
pigs nine weeks old. See Guy Shaw
at office of Standard Oil Co., Hepp-
ner. 16-2t
Editor Pattison of the Herald re-
urned the first of the week from
Portland, where he was the past
week selecting new printing plant
for his paper.
VIM. Haylor departed for Port
land Monday and will be absent in
the metropolis for several days.
He will select his holiday stock
while below. Arthur Smith is hold
ing the bench at the store during
Mr.. Haylor's absence.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur w. Dykstra
of Balm Fork were pleasant callers
at this office on Wednesday. Mr.
| Dykstra is getting ready to begin
his wheat harvest and thinks from
present indications he will have all
average yield of 16 to IS bushels
to the acre. He is just finishing up
his hay harvest.
Mrs. Della Hallock writes this
paper from Rockaway beach that
they are having ideal weather and
a good crowd of people. The Hepp-
ner contingent is enjoying fine
outing at this beach resort this sum-
mer. Mrs. w. R. Irwin and children
are among the latest to take up their
abode there,
A letter received at this office
yesterday from Art Crawford, states
that he is now busy working in one
of the big Government ship yards in
San Francisco, making good wages
and enjoying the work fine. He
works for the Bethlehem Steel Co.
who are engaged in turning out
steel ships for Unhle Sam.
One sergeant and men of the
Oregon State Police arrived at Hepp-
ner last evening from Pendleton, to
remain in this section during the
harvest season or until further or
ders. These men are here to CO.
operate with the local home guard
and fire fighters and will be ready
to go to any part of the county
where needed.
Raymond Thornton is convalescing
from an operation for appendicitis
and is now able to be about the
streets again. He was suddenly at
tackled about two weeks ago and his
physician, DR.. McMurdo found it
necessary to operate on him at once
Previous to this, Mr.. Thornton had
never had any symptoms of the
trouble whatever.
Showers of rain in the Heppner
country laid off a number of the
heading and threshing crews yester-
day. The rain was quite general
over the Heppner Flat and Eight
Mile sections but was of short dura-
tion. Farmers from Eight Mile are
telling quite good over what rain fell
out that way as it is going to benefit
the late Spring grain and cause the
taters to enlarge.
Joe Howell came in from Hard
man yesterday to get badly cut
finger attended to by the doctor.
Joe was foolish enough to use the
axe on his finger when cutting some
kindling wood to start the fire for
supper Tuesday evening, and the
stroke of the axe came near severing
the first finger of his left hand DR.
Winnard patched up the injured
member and Joe thinks he will put
it up to his wife to get the kindling
hereafter.
Ernest Hunt was going about on
three legs the most Of he past week,
because of miXup with a team and
self binder out at the Bob Thompson
ranch. Ernest was driving team
consisting of two mules and one
horse, and the horse becoming
frightened caused the mules to go
wrong also, and there was a lively
race down the hill collision with
the fence and spill" for Mr.. Hunt.
He fortunately got out Of the trouble
with only badly bruised hip, but
the machine was badly demolished,
looking very much like a pile of old