The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-09-08
LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS


stockman, was doing business In Hepp-
ner on Wednesday.
Commissioner l.. p. Davidson was in
the city on Wednesday to attend the
regular session Of the county court
the sick list for several days this week.
but is able to again be at his place of
business.
Earl Wlglesworth, who operates one
of the largest stock ranches on Butter
creek. was visitor in this city on
Wednesday, accompanied by Mrs. Wig
lesworth.
John Brosnan. who is engaged in the
very commendable occupation of rails
ing stock and hay on his ranch near
Lena. was business visitor in this
city on Tuesday.
Mrs. Emma Smith, mother of Mrs.
w. o. Livingstone who has been spend
ing the summer at Wenatchee Wash,
as special nurse in hospital there,
has returned to Heppner,
Troy McCraw has been visiting with
friends in Heppner for few days this
week. He is attending the University
at Eugene. and will take up his stud
les there at the beginning of the fall
term.
Miss Sadie Huddleston, of Lone Rock.
visited with friends at Heppner the past
week, some of the time being spent at
the farm home of Mr. and Mrs Garnet
Barratt. She will be a student at Gill
lam county high school at Condor this
year, and departed for her home this
morning.
Frank Kramer came over from his
place at Top, Oregon, on Wednesday
with a load of potatoes, which he dis
posed Of to the Heppner merchants.
He produced fine lot of tubers this
season, and expects TO market more
than four hundred sacks 1t has been
two years since Mr.. Kramer left Hepp-
ner and this is his first visit here dur
ing that time
Arthur Reid and Miss Martha Larson
were married at the home of Mrs. Mary
Reid. mother Of the groom. in this city
on Wednesday, Sept. S, Rev. w. o, Liv-
ingstone officiating The bride is from
Centralia, Wash, while the groom Is
one of our deserving young ranchers,
owning a place in the mountains near
Reid's mill, to which place the young
people have gone to take up their llfe's
Journey together
DR.. A. D. McMurdo returned on
Thursday from Portland. where he
spent a couple Of days attending the
meetings Of the oregon section OF the
Clinical Congress of American College
of Surgeons held there the last week
in August DR.. McMurdo reports the
meeting as having been very interest
ing and instructive, many speakers
and surgeons of national repute being
present and taking part on the pro-
gram.
s. w. Spencer and wife and A. L.
Ayers and wife motored over to Ritter
, the last Of the week, going and COM
ing over the Heppner- Ritter road.
Stopping on the middle fork OF the
John Day over Friday afternoon and
night, they enjoyed some splendid fish
ing and gathered fine catch of hsl4
According to Mr.. Spencer, getting into
Ritter over this road is no hard chore
| now and the road all the way Is in
very good condition,
John Putnam and wife and attorney
w G.. Trill, of Fossil, were here on
Tuesday having the estate Of Mrs. Nan
cy Meek in this county appraised. Mrs.
Putnam is a daughter of the late Mrs.
Meek and executrix of her last will
and testament, and the estate here was
appraised by f. NJ Shut ]. ]. Wells
and S. f. Notson, who were appointed
| by Judge Campbell for that purpose
The entire estate Of Mrs. Meek is ap-
praised at about $4,000, Mr., Putnam is
prominent merchant and stockman OF
Fossil.
| Andrew Byers, a half brother of Thos
Boyd Of this city, arrived here from
| Ireland couple of weeks ago and will
make Heppner his home in the future
| He has rented the chop mill of Geo
Schempp and taken possession and ex.
poets to become identified with the In
terests of this community. His home
was formerly near Belfast, Ireland
where there has been much disturbance
and riotng during the past year. Ir
other years Mr.. Byers was a resident
of the United States and lived In the
Dakotas,
Roy Gardner, famous train robber, Ii
now occupying the front page of thu
big dailies again. He made his escap'
from the federal prison at McNeils Is
land on Labor Day, and 1t looks now a.
though it would require an extended
season of man hunting before he Il
rounded up again. 1t appears quilt
evident at this time that he made hi
escape to the mainland, for apparentl.
every foot of the little island has beei
gone over by guards and officials from
the prison and the bandit is not to b'
found there.
f. NJ Shut reports the sale of th
Ida A. Veghte wheat ranch, three mile
southwest of Morgan to Robert Smitl
and his two sons, Dick and Ted Smith
This ranch consists of 500 acres of goo
wheat land, and adjoins the present ex
tensive wheat ranch of the Smiths
Mrs, Veghte is a resident of SAINT
Monica, Cal, and she is in Morroy
county at present looking after he
crop interests, II. o. Ely, the renter
having had good yield of grain o.
the place this year. The considera
tion in the above sale has not bee
made public.
Mr. and Mrs. G, l.. Sweek returne
on last Thursday evening from thei
| vacation of several weeks spent at tn
coast. They were accompanied by tn
parents of Mr.. Sweek, Mr., and Mrs. l
| Sweek, of Monument. who were on thei
| return home from Portland where tn
elder Mr.. SweelS has been for a fe,
months, receiving surgical treatmen
| He has so far recovered that 1t wa
possible for him to make the retur
| trip home quite comfortably Mr. Swee