East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-31
Some Wheat Comes In.


and it is thought that Milton will fight
1t.
Some Wheat Comes in.
Wheat is coming in slow, owing to
all teams being at work in the har-
vest fields and it is not expected that
much will arrive until harvest is
nearly completed. The Peacock Mill
ing company and the Farmers ware
house together, have received about
500 sacks of wheat and 200 sacks of
barley up to this time. The farmers
about here are very much pleased as
the wheat has yielded better than was
at forst expected, much of it going 35
and 40 bushels.
S. S. Shields, the fruit man, has just
completed the erection of a coal shed
near his fruit house, as he expects to
handle consider able coal during the
next winter.
The Peacock Milling company's
bank is now known as ]. L. Elam's
bank, the change having been brought
about by the sale of the Peacock mill
recently.
T. E. Rice. father of Johnnie Rice,
left last night for his home in Indian
territory, after spending a few weeks
here.
Mrs A. ]. Bicknell and son Donald,
left yesterday for the mountains,
where they will camp for a few weeks
| in company with Miss Maud Kent and
Mrs. w. r. Craig of Milton.
Rev. d. C. Sanderson of Pomeroy,
visited with his son-in-law. R. E. Bean
and family, over Saturday and Sunday.
A. e. Wright and A. P. Slower of the
| United States reclamation service,
were in the city one day last week
taking the measurements in the inter-
ests of the pending water suits.
C. n. Hadley of the firm of Hadley
& Hadley. general merchandise, left
yesterday for st. Mary's, Idaho, where
he will be married on Wednesday to
Miss Maud Russell, of that place. Mr..
Hadley has many friends here who
wish them much joy.
Mrs Ruth Harris has arrived from
Nanton, Canada, to make her home
with her father, Jacob Leeper of this
place.
E. E. Martin and S. ]. Leebe of
Walla Walla, spent Sunday with J..
H. Hall and family at this place.
The first car of new potatoes to go
out from this place will be shipped
Wednesday to Baker City by ]. H.
Hall and Andy Johnson.
Son Was Born.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Brinker, July 23, a son.
Mrs. ]. n. Basket visited in Walla
Walla yesterday.
Mrs. y. w. Mumford and children
and Mrs. William Shaffer of Milton,
have been spending some days at Long
| Beach.
n. a. Davis of the Freewater branch
of the bank of Milton, has returned
from New York. and says that he
found the heat about the same all
along the line. 1t does not beat Ore
! gon much this year.
Samuel d. Peterson, secretary of
| the Milton Progressive association, if
securing reliable data regarding the
| advantages of the country surround
| ing Milton and Freewater, and will
have a supply of literature printed
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vicinity, which will no doubt be very
| beneficial.
A. S. Pearson, justice of the peace,
Attorney C. T. Goodwin and DR.. e. f,
Dotson of Milton, went up to the toll
gate last Tuesday to hold an inquest
over the body of John Prell, sheep
herder who was found dead last Sat
urday, 20 miles beyond that place.
They returned home Thursday.
The funeral of William D. Parker
took place last Monday from his home
near Freewater. The deceased had
| been i'll for some months with Bright's
disease and suffered greatly.
1t is understood that a lease was
recorded at the Walla Walla court
| house July "a, to the effect that the
| Walla Walla Traction company, which
is now building the street railway to-
ward Milton and Freewater, have
leased their lines to the Northwestern
Gas & Electric company.