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Newspaper
Heppner Weekly Gazette
Location
Heppner, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1887
Page
3
Heppner notes report street grading progress and nearby church and band renovations. The community hears about roundups, land pre-emption reminders, weather hints, and visitors while local households and farms adjust to season changes and nearby events.
The text extols a pig as a supreme navigator and problem solver superior to a bank cashier, comparing its swift, cunning routes to a farmer’s attempts to drive it. It recounts a farmer, his wife, and the pig, highlighting the pig’s mastery of multiple routes and the farmer’s repeated, futile chase.
The Heppner sausage factory has shut down after years of operation, ending its long run and leaving stockholders unsettled. Local industry observers note the firm's collapse comes amid broader economic strain and uncertainty in town manufacturing.
The article highlights Jake Jolovan’s rise from herder to successful shoep-king, building a large landholding and sturdy improvements. It notes Staver & Walker expanding into the New Market Theater block in Portland and Captain H B Lefevre’s sheep ranch interests, with various local economic tidbits and advertisements.
A fragmented notice from G. W. Ra and G. M. Matony invites settlers to apply for titles and land filings in relation to railroad lands and indemnity claims. Messages urge immediate action, settlement of debts, and visits to law offices in Heppner. A separate appeal asks for help locating an unbranded dog, a drum-major paid by Walla Walla troops, with a contact address in Love Rock.
The column recounts a city visit by J. M. Saliog and Eight Mile rancher, notes on Tex Arberry’s products, a Yakima River excursion, a gate fence scene with a comic young woman, Col. F. J. Parker’s return from Europe, and local church pastor Rev. Henry Brown’s tobacco policy remarks.
M Mallory at the Quy Ding Store Heppner promotes fine cigars with prices from 3 cents by the box to 2 cents each. He guarantees that for price and quality they cannot be beaten in Oregon.
A request seeks to buy 1200 or 1400 ewes or lease land for grazing. The ad notes a good range and abundant feed, contact in Heppner or the office of B. F. Swadoant.
A lively stock of local businesses advertises groceries clothing hardware medicines and services from Minor Dodson Co Porter's drug store and Mallo ry's. Dr Vaughan and Heppner dentists offer care. Lichtenthal and Keithley promote boots shoes and livestock. J M Gnapey and W B Coytrammann offer Thoroughbred stock. buyers urged to file on land at the Heppner Gazette Shop.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Lone Rock Oregon and names like Knut Center Head with scattered phrases about people and items. The readable content is too damaged to identify a coherent event, date, or outcome for a clear summary.
A 310 dollar reward is announced for several horses missing since about April 15 from Mobley Springs. Descriptions include a mare branded g with bar, a smaller blotched mare branded g her, a sorrel filly branded with half eirelo on left shoulder, and other branded stock. Address Frank Leutterman, Legality, Oregon, A Home in Heppner. The text then advertises a white cottage for sale on South Main Street opposite Peter Burgs in Heppner, listing features and amenities, a large lot, and items belonging to a former occupant. The sale asks 2500 dollars cash or equivalent for the whole property and business, signed J. W. Reprierox.
The piece notes Bobo on the Umatilla river as a thriving trade spot with the Henrietta flouring mill run by J. H. Koontz. It mentions cash or wheat exchanges, large warehousings, Wheat shipment options, and new grain sacks. Also mentions A Abraham Bick opening a tailor shop on May Street and selling custom colors from 37 to 15 beat foods. It advertises Syrenp of Figs by M Mallory and livestock offerings for sale including females and young stock.
A sale listing from Pendleton offers 200 Thoroughbred Spanish Morings and Thoroughbred Merino Ewes from Vermont and Ohio. Prospective buyers are invited to inspect and bid on the stock.
The Heppner Gazette urges buyers to consider Morrow County and Eastern Oregon lands as rising in value. It touts cheap ranches and government land filings with offered tracts and land blanks. The notice compares area prices to nearby properties and invites contact at the Gazette office.
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