The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-04-20
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have had'some real spring days this
week. Hope present indications will
point to even better settled weather
and that grass will begin to grow on
the hills. 1t has certainly been tough
with the sheep man since lambing be-
gun in the Heppner country, and
much loss has been suffered No
grass for ewes, no milk for lambs,
and then cold, stormy days and nights
have added to the distress Of both
We shall not be able to report a
heavy percentage Of lambs saved on
most of the ranges. Shearing has
been delayed for weeks, but will now
get under way.
Henry c. Gay and family expect
to move down on the Umatilla river
where they have recently purchased
tract of land from Walden Rhea
This place is located a few miles be.
low the Pete Sheridan place at the
mouth OF Butter creek and is ideally
situated for raising alfalfa, keeping
dairy cows, chickens and bees, and
Mr.. Gay hopes to build up a good
nome there. Mr.. Rhea expects to
locate on a stock ranch.
The lone orchestra will give an
evenings entertainment at the Lex
Ington high school auditorium, on
Friday, April 2l, under the auspices
Of the Lexington Parent Teachers as
sociation.. There will be several num-
hers on the program by Lexington
people. The proceeds from this pro-
gram will be used to finish standard
2lng the grade school. Admission
20 and rs cents.
A, A. Moeller of Oregon City is
a new arrival at Heppner. Being
a ball player of some note, and a
pitcher of ability, he has become at
tached to the Heppner team and as
sisted in the game at lone on last
Sunday He was a prominent play
er with the Willamette valley league
last season, which walked off with
the pennant
At the Patron n-Teachers meeting
on Tuesday of last week a resolution
was presented and unanimously ad- |
opted, endorsing Prof. Howard M. |
lanes and Mrs. James, and corr
mending them for their good work in
the school for the past two years. |
The annual election of officers will
be on the program for the next regu-
lar meeting.
While George Sperry is not in the
competitive egg producing game, still
he is the owner of a Rhode Island
Red hen that is no piker, and George
has an egg of her production that
measures s inches by 6 10 inches.
If she will keep this up for a while
she can be classed with that famous
Leghorn hen of Judge Cornett's.
Miss Opal Briggs, Mrs. Lillian
Turner and Mrs. Pearl Chidsey have
been chosen as delegates from San
Souci Rebekah lodge of this city to
the Grand assembly of the order to
be held in Eugene May oath, Mrs.
Turner has been honored with a
place on the program for this event.
The C. E. society of the Christian
church will serve delightful May
Breakfast on the morning of May
from six to nine o'clock. The place
has not yet been decided upon. This
will be followed by bazaar and ba-
by show on Saturday, May 6. Don't
forget these dates.
r. ID. PaxSon OF Hood River had a
car of potatoes arrive at Heppner
on the last of the week, which he
opened on the tracks at the Farmers
Elevator Co. warehouse. He sold
out the entire car in one day, and will
arrange to place another car here
shortly.
Another car of Melted Gem pota-
toes to arrive at Heppner soon.
Watch for date in this paper. Any
one desiring different varieties of
seed potatoes, write me and | will
get them in this carr f. D. Paxson,
Box 2l6, Hood River Oregon. a20-tf.
Dean Goodman, S. w. Spencer,
George Thomson, Gay M. Anderson,
L. L. Matlock, E. E. Gillian, E. L,
Buckman and G. B, Cox were Hepp-
ner Elks here Wednesday enroute to
Fossil to attend the funeral of VIM. !
Gililand-Condon Globe Times.
Frank Turner reports that he will
begin shearing on Sunday at the {
ranch Of McEntire Bros, near Rhea
Siding; this providing the weather
remains warm enough. He has been
set up and rearin to 60 for some {
time.
Mrs. E. N Crawford departed FOR Z
Portland on Saturday r,orning, hav-
ing in her possession railroad ticket
about yard long that will take her
to Fort Worth, Texas, and then back
to Heppner. She will spend several
months in the South.
Jared Aiken, who is a student at
Columbia university at Portland has
been spending a few days this week
a& tI,o Hon. L :. NJ. |