The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-08

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Mrs. Cyrus Aiken is visiting at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Aiken
in Heppner. She will be joined later
on by her husband, who will make a
visit Of few weeks at the home of
his parents
Miss Lena Hughes is sick at the
Heppner Sanatorium, suffering from
an attack of typhoid fever. Miss
Hughes but recently returned from
Monmouth where she has been at
tending the State Normal the past
year.
Bob Carsner telegraphs the First
National Bank that he has reached
! Chicago with his big shipment of
cattle and found the market very
satisfactory From this we take Il
that Mr.. Carsner did well in the dis
position of the stock.
Jas. Murtha, prominent Gillian
county sheep man, was in Heppner
on Monday from his Rock creek
ranch. Mr.. Murtha formerly en-
gagged in the sheep business in this
county before taking over the Blake
ranch in Gillian county a few years
ago.
A. G. Long, dealer in fire lighting
equipment, is up from Portland this
week and entered into contract
with the City of Heppner to furnish
its fire department with a new auto
fire truck. The new equipment will
be coming along within very short
time.
Mrs. N A. Clark returned home
on Sunday from Illinois. She has
been absent for the past two months
at the home of her faher, P. D.
Kibler, ct Montrose, who has been
very i'll. At the time of leaving,
however, Mr., Mbler was much i'm
proved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Farnsworth of
Fox, Oregon, were in own Wednes-
day. Mr.. Farnsworth says that the
hay crop in his part of the country
is very light this year and it may be
necessary to bring his sheep to the
Willow creek valley for the winter
months.
w. Prewitt Cox departed this
morning by auto for Portland and
Gresham. Mr.. Cox goes below to
claim Miss Nettie Currin as his bride,
and for honeymoon trip the young
people will go on to Tacoma, Camp
Lewis and Seattle, returning later by
cal to Heppner.
Harley Anderson, son of Theodore
Anderson of Eight Mile is in town
this week receiving treatment for a
bad throat. A cold which had
bothered him for some time settled
in his throat, but under the care Of
a physician he is rapidly being
Strengthened out.
Gay NJ. Anderson, deputy county
clerk, left for Vancouver, Wash, on
Monday for his vacation. Mr.. An
derson will loook up work in the
shipyards while away and he may
decide to accept a position with one
of the big yards doing government
work in that city.
Ben Yen returned from below
Monday and says he is much i'm
i proved in health. He spent some
4 time at the coast and then visited
various points where he consulted
4 with physicians and is now taking
/ treatment that is Strengthening him
up in good shape.
John Sheridan got in from
Sumpter Tuesday. He has been out
in the mountains for the past month
having his sheep located over there
His range is mostly on logged off
/ land and the grass is getting
pretty badly dried up. The sheep
have been doing we'll, however, up
to the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. w, B. Barratt de-
parted for the coast yesterday They
expected on leaving Heppner, to 60
to the beach at Rockaway, and Mr.
Barratt has in contemplation the
purchase of cottage there and
should he do this, the Barratt's will
! figure on spending each summer at
| this popular resort.
Mrs. A. C. Wheeler and Mrs. L.
III. Compton, sisters Of j. c. Sharp
of this place, arrived at Heppner on
Friday evening to attend the funeral
of little Glenn Sharp who suffered
accidental death at the Sharp home
in Newman Canyon on Wednesday
last, Mrs. Compton went on to
Boise from here to visit other rel
atives.
Martin Reid has secured the
agency at Heppner for the Garford
truck and has one Of the machines
on exhibition here. He is contem-
plating putting this machine on the
road to bring lumber to town from
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