The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06

Ralph Benge of Salem, who used
to be an extensive wheat grower of
Morrow county, is up from the Capt.
tol City this week to spend a few
days on business.
Frank Evans, formerly promin-
ent farmer of the Lexington section,
Iwho makes his home in Walla Walla,
was a first of the week business Wis
itor in Heppner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hall of Wapa-
to, Wash, are here on a visit to rela-
tiyes and friends. Mr.. Hall was en-
gagged in the retail meat business in
this city a few years ago. He will
open up a shop in Wapato in the near
future.
Earl Warner, who raises wheat in
I the north Lexington district, was a
business caller in Heppner on We'd
nesday Mr.. Warner has Just com
pleted fine new residence in Lex
ingtOn.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Young left the
first of the week for their new home
at Aloah, Oregon, where they expect
to reside in the future. Their house
in this city has been taken by the My,
ron Carver family.
Harlan McCurdy and l.. p David
son were here on Wednesday from
lone and Rock creek. Mr.. Davidson
is candidate, unopposed, for the re-
publican nomination at the May pri-
maries for county commissioner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson Hughes and
viii Corbett and Opal Hall were pre-
sent at the ball game in Arlington
| recently when the river town defeat
ed the wheat raisers in one of the
best games ever played in this sec
ton The score was to /.
Mr.. andd Mrs. Pat Carly of Gwen
dolyn we're Saturday visitors in Hepp-
ner. Mr.. Carly is prominent Gill
lam county sheepman and formerly
followed that industry in Morrow
county. He is a brother of James
Carty, north Morrow county sheep
| man.
Doric Lodge No. 20, Knights of
| Pythias, went on record last Tues
day evening at their regular session,
as favoring the Educational Millage
| Tax Bill which will be voted upon at
the primary election on May Il. The
lodge drew resolutions of endorse
ment.
Tom Craig twas here from lone for
few hours on Tuesday to attend to
some business matters, and brought
us dozen of the finest Of his Rhode
Island Red eggs from his chicken
farm. Mr.. Craig is poultry man of
practical ability, practical in that he
makes the game pay.
| O. B. Robertson, manager for the
Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse at
Condor and James Murtha, exten-
siye sheep operator of Gillian coun-
ty. we're in Heppner last Saturday TO
attend the woolgrowers' meeting.
Mr.. Murtha made a fine speech on
the subject of sheep and wool at the
| Commercial Club banquet.
A fire warden in Montana got his
throat cut by a would-be murderer,
while attempting to investigate an
arson case. II. H. Pomeroy was the
| only fire warden on the coast who
| would volunteer to take up the case.
Mr.. Pomeroy left Portland on Tues
dav. He Is the man who recently
gained confession from a man at
Boardman and also investigated the
drug store fire at Hardman. He is
| considered one of the shrewdest
sleuths on the coast.
An entertainment of considerably
more than passing interest Will be
the Tom Thum Wedding at the high
school on Friday evening, May II
at s o'clock All the little folks TAX
ing part in the play are our own.
The directing Twill be done by out
side parties brought here for that
purpose. The Tom Thumb wedding
has been presented here successfully
| on past occasions An admission
price of fifty cents for adults and
Ithirty-fye cents for children will be
charged.
Harry l.. Kuck Of the class of 1915
of the University of Oregon where
he graduated from the school OF
journalism, has purchased the Pen
dleton Tribune and assumed active
| management the first of the week.
He will gather strong editorial staff
about him. Mr. Kuck, since gradua-
tion has worked on the Dallas Obser-
yer. the Albany Herald and the Oak
| land (Cal.) Tribune. He served
overseas during the late war. Mr..
Kuck is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
Try Kuck, pioneer residents of The
| Dalles.
Heppner high school earned one
more chance at the county base ball
championship last Friday by defeat
ing the lone team by wide margin.
The funny part of the entire game
| laws in the fact that the visitors be-
came careless after sewing the vic
tory to their belt, and along in the
sixth inning the locals began grab
bing at ii and by the first of the ninth
had taken the lead and completely
routed the Egg City lads Orr play
ed a remarkable game in center field
with six put-outs to his credit The
deciding game of the series will be
played in lone
IAN roads lead to Rome might
be changed to read "all roads lead
home-eventually." At least that is
the conclusion that five local ball
fans came to after spending several
hours on the road between Condor