The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-01-01

mer, was a Tuesday visitor in this
city.
J. NJ. Hayes is a business visitor
in Heppner from Pendleton this
week.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Chin at their home in this city on
Monday.
George N. Peck and T. L Dorman
of Lexington were Saturday business
callers in Heppner.
LOST-Elk tooth bearing number
358, and chain. Finder leave at
Gazette Times and receive suitable re-
ward.
Pure bred Mamoth Bronze Tur-
keys, both hens and toms for sale.
Write or call on B. F. Morgan, Nor
gan, Oregon.
Mrs. II. 4. VanDyke of Portland
has been visiting With relatives in
Lexington the past week. She was in
Heppner ON Monday.
Oscar Keithley, president of the
Morrow county farm bureau, vas in
the city OIL Saturday to attend one of
the committee meetings.
John Bennes, Portland architect
who made the plans for both the
Elks building and new hotel, spent
Monday in Heppner on business.
Ed. Reitmann, vice president of
the Morrow County Farm Bureau,
as in the city on Saturday to
attend a committee meeting Of theor-
ganizatiOn.
S. j. Deyine, prominent wheat far
mer of north Lexington, spent Sat
urday in Heppner and was an inter
ested member in attendance at the
farm bureau meeting.
Miss Violet Coats, who has been
attending school in The Dalles, has
arrived home to spend the Christ
mas vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Coats.
County Agent, l.. A. Hunt, left the
first Of the week for Corvallis, where
he will be an interested attendant
at Farmers Week, an annual event
at the Oregon Agricultural College.
A construction crew of six men
arrived in Heppner on Monday and
are engaged in extensive construc-
ton work for the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company. Several
neA lines will be put in.
c. c. Paine, secretary of the Nor
no County Farm Bureau organ
ization, came oyer from Boardman
to attend the committee meeting here
on Saturday. He left on SUNDAY
for Corvallis, where he will attend
Farmers Week,
s. l.. Stevens Of Lexington was
here on business last Saturday. Mr..
Stevens is comparatively a new COM
err in Morrow county, but is rapidly
becoming adapted to conditions. He
bought the Brown ranch north OF
Lexington from Sam and Ben j.
Brown, and formerly farmed in Can
ada.
Chas. B. Cox, who farms west of
Heppner, was smiling on friends here
on Monday. Mr.. Cox is one of the
county's biggest optimists as well as
one of our best farmers, and says
the fact that Morro~ county wheat
land is selling for at $50 per acre,
does not tempt him to sell.
Will Dutton former Heppner
young man, who is now and has been
for several years, with the O.W.R. &
N. Co., in their tax department spent
Tuesday in this city on business for
the company. Mr.. Dutton enjoys a
return to the old town and the sub
seQuent meeting Of many of his
friends Of former days.
r. w. Turner, prominent SAINT
Hollow farmer and sheepman, &C
companied by Mrs. Turner and two
children, Anita and John, left on
Sunday for Corvallis to attend Far
mers' Week. Mr.. Turner is a great
booster for Farmers Week and be
lieves it is one of the most practical
things in an educational way, foster
ed by the State Of Oregon.
C. ]. Osten, who came over from
Madras to spend Christmas with his
parents, returned to the Jefferson
county metropolis the first of the
week. Mr.. 0sten is a member of the
Madras Pioneer staff and is also as
ISOLATED with George 7. Pearce in
the Madras Amusement Company.
Mr.. Osten says there is undoubtedly
a great future in store for that part
of Central Oregon and that irriga-
ton will be one Of the biggest fac
tors in bringing rapid development.