The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-12-28
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

While riding up the highway Mon
day morning on horseback and lead
ing another horse, Pat Brady of lone
was ran into by J. j. Kelly, who was
driving car. The result was that
both horses received broken legs and
had to be killed, while Pat escaped
uninjured. Just how the accident hap
pned, we were not informed, but
that Mr.. Brady got out uninjured is
rather a remarkable circumstance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tindal Robinson, Of
Hardman, were visitors in this city
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Turner spent
several days of the holiday season
with the families of R. W. Turner
and V. Crawford in Heppner. A visit
to the ranch Wednesday revealed to
Mr.. Turner the fact that the mild
weather had brought about good
working conditions out his way, and
that farmers were getting into the
fields again with their plows.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Amort arrived
from the Willamette valley on Sat-
urday and are guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Patterson. Mrs.
Amort was formerly Miss Melba
Griffiths of this city, and is neice
of Mrs. Patterson. Their home is at
Philomath, where Mr.. Amort is at
work as an engineer in the state
highway department.
Miss Coramae Crawford departed
this morning for Joseph, Oregon,
where she will spend month or six
weeks at the home of her uncle, 0.
G. Crawford, and assist in the work
of getting out the Joseph Herald as
operator of the linotype. Sickness
in Mr.. Crawford's family made it
necessary to secure outside help.
Miss Lorena Palmateer, for two
years teacher of English in Heppner
schools, arrived Tuesday afternoon
from Spokane for a short visit with
friends here. Miss Palmateer teaches
in the school at Hillyard, a suburb
of Spokane. She is a guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Missil-
dine.
Miss Helen V. Smith, accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Matthews, went
to Roseburg on Sunday to spend the
holiday week at the home of their
people residing in that city. Mrs.
W. A. Richardson has been looking
after the store of Miss Smith in her
absence.
W. B. Tucker of Lexington spent
short time in this city Wednesday.
He thinks that the recent big snow
has been Of great benefit to the grow
ing crops, and reports wheat on his
Blackhcrse farm looking fine and the
hills turning green with the growing
grass.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcdonald of
Hardman were in Heppner Friday.
Mr. Mcdonald was called to the city
to make final proof on his additional
homestead, which he made before
Clerk waters, his witnesses being
Raymond Steers and W. D. McCarty.
Miss Babe Mathews, formerly
stenographer in the Office of F. A.
McMenamin in this city, returned to
Portland on Monday after visit of
week with friends in Heppner, She
is now employed in the Offices of the
0. W. R. & N. Co. in Portland.
A silver tea will be held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. 0. Livingstone on
Thursday evening, Dec. 2s in connec-
tion with the regular weekly Bible
study and prayer meeting. The pro-
ceeds of this tea will be given to the
Chinese mission in Portland
Miss Vera Mahoney was home from
Seattle, where she is attending bust
ness college, to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. P.
Mahoney. She returned to Seattle
this morning,
Harry Duncan left for Portland on
Sunday, to be absent for a couple Of
weeks or so, looking after business
and enjoying little vacation.
FOOD SALE-The Willing Workers
of theChristian church will hold their
monthly food sale on Saturday at
Humphreys Drug Store.
Superintendent Lena Smell Shurte
is in Portland this week attending
the melting of the state teachers as
sociation.
Clerk J. A. Waters was passeng-
er for Portland on Sunday to spend
the holidays with his wife and son.
Mat Halvorsen, leading farmer
of lone, was in this city on Friday,
looking after business affairs.
Walt Smith, real estate and insur-
ance man of lone, was doing business
| in Heppner on Tuesday,