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Newspaper
Heppner Weekly Gazette
Location
Heppner, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1889
Page
3
The Gazette lists railroad times with Willow City and Hamden connections and notes a Canyon and intermediate points route with departures on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. A savings of 16 hours and $10 per trip is advertised, with W Lemur & Co of Portland authorized to solicit contracts and collect for the paper.
Heppner notes a steady stream of visitors and residents traveling to Portland Pendleton and Walla Walla. Wool sales and market reports show a 700 sack wool find and a 15 cent price to England Brow. Local officials, bands, and theater groups prepare for events and performances. a new artesian well yields 730000 gallons daily.
Local notices report residents in Heppner and area attending camps, weddings, and visits. A court case over mail obstruction ends with a fine, and a scandal surrounding a former town restaurant operator is discussed. Community events include concerts at the Opera House and a new grand street paving petition.
The page lists multiple weather readings with mean and maximum temperatures, barometer values, wind directions, and rainfall for June dates, alongside garbled health elixirs, a Me Daliretas Fourth of July note, and local business ads for tailoring services and machinery. It mixes climate data, a patent medicine blurb, and assorted classifieds.
Local ads list feed prices at Spray and Pony Gulch Heppner grocers and hardware dealers. The Gem sample room advertises drinks and social gathering space while Dentists and druggists offer dental work and machine oils. Hardware and harvesting gear, wagon work, and mill feeds are advertised by multiple suppliers with prices and delivery notes. The notices promote town events, taxes, and harvest season services with regional shipping and weighing terms.
Sealed proposals will be reviewed by the Bond of Directors of school district No. 12 Lexington predinet Montana county Crayon for the erection of a two story school building with plans and specifications available at the time of bid opening. Bids will be opened July 1 at two oclock P M by the clerk Levine and other district officials. The district reserves the right to reject any or all bids and reaffirms the bid process by order of the governing body.
An ad extols The Burlington Route with Pullman sleepers and dining cars serving Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis, and Denver. It urges travelers to request tickets reading from Denver or St. Paul via The Burlington Route and notes connections via Northern Pacific, Oregon Short Line, and Southern Pacific. Applies to A. C. Sheldon, Govers Agent, Portland.
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