The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-23
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HAPPENINGS

H. NJ. edoln and wife Of Falrview
were visitors In Heppner on Saturday
making preparations for the Christmas
festivities
Mrs. Meta Douglass, grade teacher In
the Heppner schools, left Sunday morn
ing for Portland to spend the Christ
mas holidays.
Jasper V. Crawford and Max Rogers
got in Saturday evening from O. A. C
at Corvallis, and will spend the holi-
days with the home folks.
Miss Georgia Perry of Lone Rock ar
rived last week at the Butter creek
ranch of Mrs o. f. Thomson, where
she will spend the winter-Echo News
Miss Daisy Slate departed Saturday
morning and will enjoy her vacation
from the duties as grade teacher in the
Heppner schools, with the home folks
at Tangent, Oregon.
Ralph Moore of Morris Bros, bond
BUYERS and financial agents Of Protland,
was in Heppner over Saturday to con-
suit with the Morrow county court con-
cerning bond Issue.
Mre. f. II. Morrison who has charge
OF the opportunity room in the Hepp
ner schools left Saturday morning for
her nome in Portland to enjoy the
holidays with her family.
Miss Bernlce Dafoe, teacher OF music
In the Heppner schools. left on Satur
day morning for Bozeman, Montana,
where she vii spend the holiday vaca-
tlon visiting with her sister.
Mrs willis McCarty and baby son
came up from their home at The Dalles
on Sunday and will spend the holiday
season visiting at the home Of Mrs.
McCarty's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Il.
Callpbell in this city.
Iir l.. +. Butler arrived In Heppner
Saturday evening from lone, where he
has teen turing the past week packing
no his dental equipment for shipment
to Salem what fixtures he has at
Heppner will also be forwarded to his
new place OF business.
w. G. Scott Lexington warehouse
man and banker WAS doing business In
llcppner Monday afternoon, The big
snow hit the Lexington country In
about the same proportion that II did
around Heppner and will be the means
OF furnishing lot of moisture to the
ka 7 I'm
Mrs Earl Blake has been reappoint-
ed postmaster at lone. Her former ap-
pointment was as Mararet Jones, but In
conforming with ruling of the De-
partment she resigned when she marr
ed The authorities, howeer insisted
upon her retaining the office and waiy-
ed the rule in her case--Ione Indepen-
dent
Mrs. Harry Welch and children de-
parted Tuesday for Pendleton where
the family win reside in the future
Mr. Welch intends following them as
soon as his business affairs are closed
up here He has been engaged in the
automobile repair industry here for
tnt past TWO years III partnership WIN
Sam Linlnger at the Cohn Auto Co
garage.
Oscar Davis and step-son Harry
Smith, returned Friday from a business
trip to Portland They went down to
look for a location, and Mr.. Davis an
nounces that he is negotiating with
Chas. Latourell OF this city for the pur-
chase of seven acres of cleared land
near Gresham. Mr., Davis has in con-
temptation the erection of fine home
on his new property which is located
just half mile OF the Columbia river
highway.
Tho Wells brothers have rented thl
store room in the new hotel and will
moe their barbering business to this To-
cation just as soon as the necessary
alterations are made and the baths in
stalled The room Is being divided by
a partition through the center and a
room fitted up that will be occupied
by Roy V. WhiteIs as an office for his
real estate and insurance business The
Wells boys will have a very neat and
handy shop when they move into the
new quarters
Anyway, Cal Robinson of Lone Rock,
Or, will never become bald headed, Mr..
Robinson who Is n farmer Is registered
at the Imperial He ambles around
the streets OF Portland Just as he does
around in the field at home, hatless,
so far as known, Mr.. Robinson never
wore hat but once and that was when
posse was out looking for "A bad man
in the vicinity OF Heppner and the only
description they had of the fellow was
that he was bareheaded. on hearing
this description Mr., Robinson dashed
madly to the nearest store, bought a
hat and wore 1t until the posse got the
man II wanted. But returning to the
original statement, 1t is said to he a
scientific fact that hats produce a pres
sure on certain small veins which feed
the roots of the hair and this pres
sure cuts Off the food supply, with
badness as a result. In other words,
hats are a poor cultivator for n crop
of hair.--Oregonian.