East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-08
PERSONAL MENTION

H. H. Gilbert of Pilot Rock. is in
the city today.
Lowell Rogers, of Adams, is visit
ing in Pendleton today.
Representative w. d. Chamberlain
of Athena, is a visitor today
]. B. Saylor and family, of Echo.
are guests of Hotel Bickers today.
Will NJ. Peterson, the well known
attorney of Athena, is business vis-
itor today.
M. H. Rice. of Freewater, accom-
panied by his family, spent the day
in the city.
Mrs, T. G. HALEY, who is visiting in
Portland, is expected home the last
of this week.
Moses Taylor, a prominent Athena
farmer, accompanied by his son
Hugh, is in Pendleton today.
Mrs. M. L. Causey, of La Grande,
is visiting her friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. R. Thompson, for few days.
Mrs. L. Hunziker, who has been
visiting for some time in walla
Walla, returned home this morning.
City Marshal NJ. J. Carney has re-
turned from an outing and goose
hunt of three days at Prospect ranch.
w. H. George was this afternoon
granted a decree of divorce from
Alice l. George, on the grounds of de-
sertion.
Dorsey M. Hill, county clerk of
Walla Walla county, is a guest of his
friend and college chum, Cecil Wade,
for a short time.
Mrs Fred Clark of Ellensburg,
Wash, who is visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burr johnson of this
city, will return home tomorrow.
j. W. Stamper, who lives eight
miles west of the city, says the fog
and frost of last night made
each barbed-wire about two inches
in diameter.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Miller returned
this morning from a few days visit
in Baker City. Mr.. Miller reports
very cold weather at Baker, as well
as in Umatilla county.
George Peebler, an old pioneer of
Grand Ronde valley, accompanied by
Mrs. Peebler, is in the city visiting
his cousin, David Peebler, who has
just moved down from Meacham for
the winter.
Rev. H. " Howard is at Echo and
Butter Creek this week in the inter-
est of the Methodist church, south.
c. E, Battell, will lead the prayer
meeting at that church this evening,
in Mr.. Howard's absence.
Henry Lazinka, who is feeding 300
head of cattle 10 miles west of the
city, was here on a business visit yes
terday evening. He reports stock in
the pink of condition, owing to the
| favorable weather and abundance of
fall range.
j. Guy Bridges and wife, of Walla
Walla, passed through last night en-
route home from an extended visit
in the east. Mr.. Bridges is one of
the principal owners of the Chicago
Store in Walla Walla, and was reared
in Cove, Union county. He is well
pleased with Walla as business
point
The excursion trains on the Walla
Walla-Pendleton branch of the o. r.
& N. are making rushing business
for the train crews. Conductor Dave
Wright came in today on No. Al.
Conductor Willis having been chang
ed off the run for the day. and Con-
ductor Loucks, came in the mer-
chants excursion train from Walla
Walla.
j. M. Hits, a prominent republic
can politician of La Grande, once
candidate for sheriff of Union coun-
ty, and a well known and popular
citizen, passed through this m orning
to Southern California, where he
goes on business connected with
mines which he owns there. He re-
Grand Ronde.
r. E. Tarbett, of the Fair Store,
left this morning for Spokane. where
he will meet a representative of a
large eastern supply house for the
purpose of purchasing goods for his
lHCTedSlHs puSllleSS HtIe' rOlHltIly
the. agent of the supply house met
the managers of all the branch Fair
stores in the Inland Empire in Pen
dleton, but this year all the Fair
stores will meet in Spokane and
make their purchases.
w. S. Goodman, the well known
breeder of thoroughbred cattle, of
the Hudson Bay district, is in the
city today. His fine herd OF Short
horns, is now in the pink of condi-
ton. He has enjoyed good success
this season with his cattle and feels
that the future of the thoroughbred
herd in the Inland Empire is assured
, of the highest prosperity for the
next few years. The narrowing area
will force growers to raise smaller
, herds of cattle.
, Roslyn lump coal contains less