The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-05-01
evening. Sunday. Nav 4th.

Henry Blahm returned to Walla
Walla last Thursday, after having
spent weeks at the Jack Hynd
ranch at Cecil. He assisted there
during lambing and shearing.
W. W. Shamhart departed Tuesday
for Arkansas, where he has property
interests. He will also visit his old
home in Illinois and when his visit
is over, will return to Morrow county.
LOST, Sunday on Rock Creek be-
tween Perry ranch house and Hend-
rick's house, lady's gold wrist
watch. Return to Mrs. Arthur Nc
Atee, Heppner for liberal reward.
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S. T. Robson. Eight Mile farmer,
was business visitor in HeppneI
Monday. Mr.. Robson says the grain
in his part of the country is looking
fine now, and needs only a little
warm weather to bring it out.
Rev. Clark M. Smith, missionary
of The Dalles District of the Amer
lcan Sunday School Union arrived in
Heppner Monday evening and VIII
spend several weeks in Morrow coun-
ty organizing Sunday Schools in the
outlying communities.
Gay Anderson and family arrived
from Portland on Friday and Mr.
Anderson will again assume the
duties of deputy in the office of Clerk
Waters. While absent from Heppner,
Mr.. Anderson engaged in work in
the ship yards at Portland.
T. E. Chidsey and wife returned
home Tuesday from Pendleton. They
went over to that city last week and
took in the Odd Fellows celebration,
and from there they went on to
Milton and Walla Walla and enjoyed
short visit with relatives.
Phil Cohn and son Harold made a
short visit to Portland the first of the
week. While there they enjoyed
meeting Leo Blackman, who is one
of the crew of the battleship Oregon,
anchored in Portland harbor from,
the 27th to the 29th of April.
f. H. Turner, north lone farmer.
was in town Monday. Mr.. Turner
says the grain in that part of the
county is looking better now than
he has ever seen it before at this
time of the year, and he is con-
fidently expecting a bumper crop.
Andrew Carlson, formerly en-.
gagged in farming quite extensively
in the Gooseberry section, came up
to lone on Tuesday for short visit
with his sons who now farm the
old home place, together with other
lands they have acquired in the
Gooseberry country. Mr.. Carlson
makes his home in Portland.
Harry Enwright, farm hand on the
ranch of R. W. Turner in Sand
Hollow, had his right leg broken
Sunday morning while demonstrating
his prowess as buckaroo. The
horse he was riding rolled with him
and his leg was caught between the
saddle and the ground.
Stephen M. Irwin is busy this week
installing the machinery in his loca
tion in the Gilman building where he
will conduct e modern tire repairing
business. He has the agency for
this territory for the Gates Half
Sole and is expecting a good business
for this method of tire repairing.
Stewart Valentine, lower Willow
creek farmer, was limping around
town Saturday evening. He had re-
ceived complimentary kick from
one of the work horses while putting
them up after work Saturday and his
left leg was bruised rather severely.
At first it was thought it was
broken, but examination by the
doctor proved this erroneous.
The committee of the commercial
club, consisting of NJ d. Clark, Chas.
Thomson and l.. E. Bisbee, made
canvass of the Butter creek section
from Lena to Jarmans Friday last,
and secured signatures to the petit
tion asking that rural route be
established from Heppner through
that section. They met with good
success and found the residents out
that way anxious to sign the petition.
Prof F. E. Burns, principal of the
Boardman school, was visitor in
Heppner on Saturday Prof. Burns
interviewed the county court while
here with reference to some road i'm
prover,ents in their district, in order
that pupils living out some distance
can reach the school more easily by
the established bus routes. The
court was impressed by the request
and Road Master McCaleb went to
Boardman the first of the week to
look into the matter.