East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-27

Echo, Nov 27.-Active work is now
going on on the East Umatilla project
after some delay on account of the
| recent floods. Forty men are now at
work on the headgate with about
| dozen teams, which will be completed
in about a week. Two hundred and
fifty men are at work on different
parts of the project. The upper end
of the ditch will be earth for about a
half mile, then comes half mile of
rock section, and a little below Echo
there will be a mile of cement gravel,
all of which requires different work
in different sections along the ditch
to the Columbia
Material has arrived for the making
of cement pipes, and steam shovels
have come in for work on the project.
Mrs. Rose Webb is now engaged as
hello girl at the central office.
The members of the Presbyterian
church are making arrangements for
a Christmas tree and program on
Christmas eve.
Miss Emma Unthank of Tacoma,
made a hurried trip here the early
part of the week to look after her
land interests in this section.
I The Echo hotels and lodging houses
are full, and it is almost impossible
to accommodate the travelling public.
All available rooms in the town have
! been secured.
Marshall Choate Crouch, a noted
lecturer, appeared at the city hall in
this city last evening. He had for his
subject "The Simple Life"
Robert R. Stanfield who has been
quite i'll with diphtherta in the hospi-
tai at Pendleton, is said to be much
improved and will soon be brought
home.
Game Warden Turner of Pendleton
was in the city yesterday looking af-
| ter business.
: S. l. Lyle and wife left last night
for Portland, where they expect to re-
side. They are old-time settlers in
this section and will now enjoy life
in the city. They have rented their
farm near the city to Messrs. Fish
and Toft for period of eight years.
| DR.. Smith of Pendleton, was in the
city Sunday to meet in consultation
with DR.. Dorm in the case of Mrs.
Nudge. who is quite seriously i'll.
Louis Scholl, jr., the active real es-
tate man, expects to spend Thanks
giving in Walla Walla with relatives,
in company with his friend, Attorney
johnson of this place.
Stock Shipments.
Two carloads of cattle were ship
| ped out Saturday to the Union Meat
company at Troutdale by B. F. Nc
| Gully, and one carload of sheep were
also sent to the same company, the
weight averaging 1OS pounds net. A
| shipment of three carloads of cows
were sent to this company earlier in
the week, which netted 21h cents
here. AS soon as the o. r. & n. can
furnish cars more shipments will be
made.
Gambling Fines.
Several gamblers were fined here
in the past several days, among them
being Billy Gordon, Charles Hint
Shelley Jones, Dollar Hyde. Each
was fined s25 and costs.
Hotel Changes Hands.
The Arlington hotel has changed
hands. Mrs. Anna Allison has sold
out to ]. B. McWillis, who now ex-
poets to conduct first-class estab-
| lishment.
| Daughter Born.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. d. G.
! Brownell, jr., near Umatilla, Satur-
day, December "a, a daughter
Collar Bone Broken.
Ray Avis had his collar bone broken
a few days ago on the Joe Vey place,
the team running away with him and
throwing him in such a way as to
cause the accident. DR.. Dorm of this
place attended him.
Interested i'm Dalrying.
A number of the farmers in the
Meadows and Butter creek district are
taking considerable interest in dairy
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