East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-29
PERSONAL MENTION

DIR. c. ]. Smith went to Echo this
morning on professional business.
President r. C. French of the f. o.
s. n. s., came down last evening from
Weston on a sort visit.
Sheriff E. NJ. Shut of Morrow coun-
ty. arrived this morning from Hepp-
ner and is visiting here today.
C. E. Dupuis of Weston. came down
on the train this afternoon and is a
guest at the Hotel st. George.
Miss Gertrude Brown, who has been
visiting Mrs c. E. Roosevelt, returned
to her home in Walla Walla today.
j. H. Alexander, United States land
inspector, is here from La Grande.
and is a guest at the Hotel st. George.
C. NJ. RAIDER and family of walla
Walla, are in town upon a short visit
and are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
A. RAIDER.
Fred Geibel, proprietor of the Fair
store in La Grande, passed through
this morning to Spokane on a pur-
chasing trip.
w. A. Brown, manager of the Hotel
ltll lOE IOIlldllu CdluT-
day and. will probably return tomor-
row morning.
A. Kunkel returned last night from
his former home at Lewiston, Idaho,
where he has been for the past few
days upon business.
WI Thompson. cashier of the
Commercial National bank, who has
been i'll at home for the past three
weeks, is at his post in the bank again.
w. L. Locke, foreman of the Waits
burg, Wash, Gazette, was one of the
visitors, who came on the excursion
yesterday and witnessed the ball
game.
Deputy Sheriff C. P. Davis is now
about again after an illness of 10 days,
though he is not yet fully recovered
from the fever with which he was
taken.
Herbert Whitman, deputy assessor
for the Nye-Vincent section, has fin
ished his labors in that field and was
here Saturday to report to Assessor
Strain.
w. L. Thompson, cashier of the
Commercial National bank, has now
recovered from the scarlet fever with
which he has been i'll for a week or
more.
c. II. Green, the famous wool buyer
who purchased half of the wool that
was sold at the recent sale here, has
returned to the city and is a guest at
the Hotel Pendleton.
Mrs. n w. Mumford of Freewater,
is expected to arrive here this eve
ming for a few days visit. during
which time she will be the guest of
Mrs. May Stanton.
Miss Nellie Eckersly of the Cove,
! Union county, who has made her
home with Prof f. B. Conklin, while
attending the public schools here. has
returned to her home.
Roy Conklin has been doing some
good work with the Union athletic
/ team and Is entitled to much credit
| for whatever of success. the team has
met.-Unlon Republican.
Jones & Blackwell of Pendleton,
left today for the Anatone country
where they will endeavor to purchase
some fine beef cattle for which they
are offering advanced prices.-Asotln
Sentinel.
j. NJ. Hayes, a prominent real estate
dealer of Athena. is in the city today
on business. He is pleased with the
business conditions in Athena, and
| finds a great many new people look
! ing over the country with a view to
locating.
L. Neff, who has assisted in the con-
struction of the portage road, was in
the city last evening and left for Ce-
lilo this morning. 1t is generally un-
derstood that Mr.. Neff will be in
charge of the portage track and
bridges, permanently.
Robert Kennedy. who was in the
charge of the work of Installing the
new telephone system here, returned
| Saturday evening from Spokane
| where he has been since leaving here
and has now gone to La Grande
where a new plant is also being placed.
]. r. Newberry. a brother of Attor-
ney S. A. Newberry, was here Satur-
! day upon a brief visit with the latter
He is a large grocery dealer of Los
| Angeles, and is one of the organizers
of the Pacific Coast Retail Grocers'
association, and has just been in Seat
| tie upon business connected with that
organization.
II. H. Hallock, who has been i'm the
| city in the interest of the Lewis and
| Clark fair for several days, left this
morning for Waitsburg, where he will
attend banquet and meeting of bus
mess men tonight, given in honor of
| r. b. Miller, general freight agent of
| the o. r. & N, who is now in that
city on a business trip.
j. NJ. Spence, travelling salesman for
the Pendleton Woolen mills, has just
returned from Browning, Mont, where
he finished a tour of the Northwest
in the interest of the mills. Every
where he finds people ready to pa
tronize this famous Pendleton insti-
tuition and he will leave in a short
time for Arizona, on tour of the
Southwest for the mills.
Rev. Edwin b. Hays. pastor of the
Presbyterian church of La Grande,
who delivered the baccalaureate SER
mon to the graduating classes of the
| Pendleton academy and high school
yesterday. went to Weston today to
visit Prof. r. c. French, of the Wes-
ton Normal school, and will perhaps
address the students of the Normal
while there.