East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-12
PERSONAL MENTION

Charles McAlavy, of Helix. was in
town yesterday.
Mrs. H. V. Lipe left this morning
fora visit I'm Portland.
J. r. Douglas, of Athena. is in the
city today on business.
A. P. Myrick and James Myrick,
of Helix were in town yesterday.
Mrs. F. Konasek leaves today for
Portland to visit for several weeks.
Sim ]. Gully. of Athena. is at the
st. George today, while here on a bus
iness trip.
Frank O'Gara, of the Standard Gro
Gerry company. is i'll at his home with
a severe attack of grip.
ID. Richmond and wife, of Helix,
are at the Bickers today while in
the city on a trading trip.
Miss Maud Sheek accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Lemons to their home
at Tacoma on an extended visit.
Mrs. E. w. Saunders of Pendleton,
is in Walla Walla visiting friends for
few days.-Walla walla Statesman.
] p. Seltz, of walla Walla, left
for his home this morning, after
transacting land business here yes
terday.
Robert Burns, agent of the o. r.
& N. at Walla Walla, left this morn
ing, after several days in the city on
business.
Justice of the Peace M A. Fergu-
son, of Adams. and editor of the Ad-
ans Advance. is in the city today on
legal business.
Charles H. Carter, of the law firm
of Carter & Raley, is in Baker City
on legal business connected with the
Golconda property.
Mike Hoff proprietor of the Log
Cabin saloon, one of the most unique
and elegantly fitted places in Baker
City, is a visitor today.
Miss Margaret Leasure, of San
Francisco. is here on an extended
visit to her grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Blakley.
Lee and Frank Harris, of the For
Mothers Sake" company, were the
guests. while the troupe was in town,
of their uncle, George Harris.
James C. Anderson, a farmer living
near the city, is here today on a trad
ing trip. He reports wheat in fair
condition to stand the cold weather.
Mrs L. NJ. Mack arrived this morn
ing from Portland. to join her hus-
band who is employed in the me-
chanical department of the East Or
egonian.
j. H. O'Neill, travelling passenger
agent of the O. r. & N, and George
Suttle, returned last evening from a
visit to the Hermiston irrigation
scheme at Maxwell
E. C. Smith, agent of the o. r. &
N. at this place, and B. r. Wolfe.
ticket clerk, who are i'll in Portland,
are both improving and expect to
come home i'm few days.
Rev w. L. Van Nuys, pastor of the
Presbyterian church in this city. left
this morning for Irrigon, where he
will hold services at the Union church
tonight and otmorrow night, return
ing home Saturday.
Postmaster Lot Livermore who has
just returned from a visit to Seattle,
finds that Pendleton is ahead of any
of her competitors, from "A business
standpoint; barring the fact that Sc
attic is a seacoast town, Pendleton is
far ahead of that point as a business
center.
F.. B. Mcfarland, of Adams, has
heard from his brother, William Nc
Farland, now i'm Goldfield, New. He
reports that while there is consider
able suffering and sickness there, the
accounts were exaggerated for the
purpose of keeping out further rush
of moneyless prospectors. There is
more money in circulation there. he
says than in any camp he has visited
in the Northwest in the past 10 years.
Tim Donovan, o. r. & n. lineman,
is in the city today from La Grande
looking over the system The tele-
graphic system is in good condition
for winter and the work of repairing
is less and less each year. Formerly
the great trouble was with falling
limbs and trees in the Blue noun
tains. but the timber has now been
cleared away from the line until this
trouble has been removed almost en-
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