The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-06-17

Loren Mikeseus who drives the big
Mack truck for the Standard oil COM
pany is now enjoying his two weeks
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Eskelsou and
son and daughter Of Lexington were
in Heppner last saturday to attend
the picnic.
Miss Helen Barratt, returned Mon
day from Corvallis. where she has
completed her first year at the Ore
gcn Agricultural college.
James Connen, local young sheep
man. will leave the first of next week
for Granite, where he will spend the
summer months with the sheep.
Chas. Edwards left this week for
Thompson Falls, Montana, where he
VIII spend the summer months in
charge of some of Joe Hayes sheep,
c. c. Clark, prominent Arlington
merchant and president Of the board
of directors Of the John Day Irriga-
tion District, spent Tuesday evening
in Heppner attending a meeting of
the board.
II. E. Instone, Lena stockma, was
Tuesday business visitor in this
city. Mr.. Instone says a heavy rain
fell in the Lena section this week,
which had the semblance of a young
water spout.
Lawrence Shut is taking few
days away from his fathers real es-
tate Office and left on Wednesday for
Portland, where he will hear John
Mccormack, the noted tenor, sing at
The Auditorium on June II.
Rev. W. 0. Livingstone and family
are moving into the Claude Coats
residence at the corner of Willow and
Gale streets, this week. The prop
erty was recently puchasd from Mr..
Coats by Mrs. Ellen Buseick.
Mrs. W. Neal has returned to her
home in Oakland, Ore, after being
called here on account of the serious
illness of her father, A. H. Meier
rim. Mr.. McFerrin's condition is re-
ported to be improving at this time,
Mrs. c. C. Chick and son Charles
returned to their Heppner home last
Thursday evening after spending
three months in Southern California
Charles left on Tuesday for Eugene
where he will attend the summer
school session of the University of
Oregon.
Miss Agnes Ross of Albany arrived
Monday evening and will visit
through the week at the home of her
brother, Fred Ross. Miss Ross is a
newspaper woman in the employ of
the Albany Daily Democrat and was
an interested visitor at the Gazette
Times office on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Woodard and
little son Don and Mrs. VIM. Tracy,
left on Monday for their homes in
Shoshoni, Wyo., after visiting here
for several weeks at the home of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Nc
Ferrin. They were accompanied as
far as Spokane by B. W. Gaunt, who
goes to Montana for the shearing sea-
son.
To close up deals for Morrow
county land, Joseph N. Scott of this
city left this morning for lone. He
was accompanied by his brother-in-
law, Clyde Preston of Helix, who will
also look over land in that region.
Mr.. Scott is owner Of farm in the
region and was one Of the
first to pay a high price for wheat
E. o.
Il have lived in the Morgan coun-
try for twenty years and this is the
wettest l ever saw" said H. A. Ed
monds, farmer of Morgan who was
in Heppner on Wednesday 81 took
a post hole digger the other day and
dug down, just to see how far the
moisture extended" he continued,
"and the ground is thoroughly soak
ed for a distance of three feet" Mr..
Edmonds saws crops are looking the