The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-07

a picture appearing tg the Sunday
Oregoniau shows two local Gmf5rd
trucks hauling ~oor into Happuer
The Oregouian says tHe picture
shows one reason for good times in
Oregon The total weigh, of the
wool eargoes on the tao GarforIs
one a two-ton, the other q three and
a half ton model, is 1851 pounds,
which is six pounds more than the
combined weight-14,525 pounds
of trucks and bodies. And the price
received at the railroad track at
Heppner for this wool-$84S5.98-
was S6O.9S more than the original
cost of the trucks-$8425. This
wool was hauled 6S miles by truck to
Heppner in two days. Before trucks
were used it took two men and three
wagons with ten horses a whole week
to haul 1000 pounds less 10 the same
market.
Sam +. VanVactor, local attorney,
has purchased seven acres Of land
from H. a. Yoakum on upper Willow
creek and expects to build a summer
cottage there. The spot selected by
Mr.. VanVactor is considered by many
TO be one of the most beautiful spots
in that section of the mountains and
the VanVactors will undoubtedly haV,
a delightful summer home. The Van
Vactors spend the larger part of each
summer on upper Willow creek, hay-
ing had an established camp there
for a number of years past.
Laxton McMurray was in the city
Saturday from his farm at Jordan
Siding. Mr.. McMurray was former
ly one of the biggest wheat growers
in Morrow county, but since becom-
ing a creek farmer he finds it as he
says, work the year round" Mr..
McMurray says he raised a splendid
crop of hay this year and is pretty
we'll sastifed with conditions, every
thing considered.
Local attorney, c. E. Woodson, was
called to Boardman recently to rep
resent that town before the public
service commission in support of a
petition for depot and agent at
Boardman. Mr. Woodson was as
sisted at the hearing by Jas. Stewart
of Corvallis. Mr.. Stewart formerly
lived at Fossil. A holf dozen railroad
officials were present from Portland
to oppose the petition.
V. G. Ripley and wife left Monday
morning for Portland after visiting
since Friday at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. L. W. Briggs in Heppner. Mr..
Ripley is a cousin of Mrs. Briggs. He
was a druggist in Portland, but has
sold out and the family will go to
Akron, Ohio, to live.
DR.. w. H. Davis and family were
in Heppner last week as guests of Mr.,
and Mrs. E. r. Huston, Mrs. Davis
and Mrs. Huston being sisters. They
we're joined here by their daughter
Miss Mary and left Sunday for Walla
Walla and Seattle.
Miss Violet Merritt, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Merritt, returned
home Tuesday from Prosser, Wash,
where she was a guest at the Frank
Ginder home. Miss Merritt spent a
few days with friends in Arlington
while on her way home.
Mrs. Sadie Morey of Lexington has
Just recently completed a six room
house, and her family moved in last
Friday. She has a nice comfy home.
Lexington needs more Of them. NJ.
D. Tucker did the work.
Jas. Wilson spent few days here
the past week enjoying a visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Will
son, and meeting some Of the boys
again. Jim is salesman in one OF
Pendleton's leading grocery firms.
Miss Louise Swindig of Halstead,
Kansos. sister of Chas. Swindig and
Miss Rose Swindig, a cousin from
Council Grove, Kansas, have arrived
in Heppner for a visit at the Swindig
home.
W. Z. White, former merchant OF
Monument and now a resident Of this
city, returned last week from a trip
into Idaho, where he visited with his
mother, whom he had not seen for q
years.
Sam Hughes, local merchant, left
Sunday for Portland, where he is
spending several days attending Buy
ers Week. Mr.. Hughes is an inter-
ested attendant at this event each
year.
Mrs. L. f. Cook and daughter
Leone, mother and sister respective
" of Mrs. George Dye, are here on a
two weeks visit at the Dye home. Mrs
Cook and daughter live in Portland
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Ward OF Lone
Rock recently made visit to the
home of their son Del Ward, near this
city. Mr.. and Mrs. Ward are pioneer
residents of the Lone Rock section.
Mrs. Erb Hayes of Ontario, is Wis
iting with her aunt, Mrs Louis Mil
ler. at Lone Rock. Mrs. Hayes will be
remembered by friends in this section
as Miss Daisy Beegle.
V. o. Stapleton Of Monument was
in Heppner the first of the week after
freight. Mr., Stapleton was a Morrow
county farmer before moving to the
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