Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-05-11
HAVE FINE TIME.
Citizens Association Picnic AT
Echo Is Grand success.

Success far beyond their fondest ex'
pectatione, attended the second an
nual meeting and farmers basket pic
mic given ut Echo Saturday by the
Citiz.ns' association of Echo and
cnity.
The Portland visitors who came tc
Eastern Oregon to attend the affair
were also greatly surprised at the num-
Der of people that turned out to bid
them welcome and to make the day one
to be long remembered in that com
muni'y, they expecting a crowd Ct pos
sibly 400 people and being received by a
crowd fully o,OCo strong.
Among the western Oregon notab' es
present on the occasion were: Govern
or mber!ain, United States Senator
Fulton, B. A. Worthin.ton vice presi-
dent and general manager OF the 0. R.
& N. company, Hon. Tom Richardson,
secretary of the Oregon Development
league; Gene al Freight Agent Miller
of the D Il & N. company, and Hon.
Jefferson NJ ers, president of the Lewis
aud Clark state commission.
The procession formed about O'Clock
on Bridge street, headed by the Latter
Day Saints band of La Grande, and an
der the supervision of marshal of the
day, Asa B. Thompson and 100 aides,
mounted. Following the aides came
the carriages with the mayor, council
and invited guests, after which came
the citizens ia carriages. The line of
march was taken up at 9 80 n. m. from
Bridge and Dupont, moving west on
Bridge to First, thence north on First to
Main and east on Main TO the grove,
south of the city.
Upon arrival at the grove very
interesting program was rendered.
After music by the band was the in
vocation by Rev. l. H. Gobbal. after
which the S.ar Spangled Banner waa
sung by the Echo ch nus.
Mayor L. A. Esteb delivered cor
dial address Vi welcome. after which |
the regular prog am was piore' ded |
with. The mrsical paogram was es-
pecially good, coosistins of music by the
l.. d. S. band and songs by the l.. d. S.
quartet, veal solo, "Your as Vel
come as the Flowers IN May" by Mrs.
Charles II. Miller; a vocal solo by
Frank Chapman, a s"ng By the Echo
quartet a vocal solo by C. Z. Fe,-
ron of La Grande.
Governor Chamberlain delivered an
address, speaking very ably..and enthu
sastically upon the irrigation question
Senator Fulton spoke upon the subject,
Echo as | See It," q. A. Wofthingtor
took up the question of the Rail DAD
as Civilizer;" Jefferson Myers spo. e
ve'y ably upon the Lewis and Cluk
lair, giving full and vivid description
Of the present condition of the great ex-
position and cordi lily inviting every
)ne present to attend the fair this sum.
ner. Tom Richardson spoke on THE
Value of a Promoter" Hon. w. w.
Cotton took as his subject for an inter
,sting talk, "Farming From a Profes-
ional Msn's Point of View" Hon. T.
j. Haley made a good talk on the
open Ditch" Hon. Walter NJ. Pierce
old why he is a rancher; Hon. J. G..
smith gave a pleasing talk on "The
social Side; DR.. \. G.. Bialock took up
be interesting question of "Irrigation," {
nd Colonel RaIey delivered' an in. ]
tructive address upon "Umatilla's /
hare of the Nations Wheat Crop."
he speakers were received enthusjas.
cally and great interest was evinced ]
y everyone present in tie different 4