East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-02

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Echo, July 1.-Spike & Litsey have
completed their new building on Main
street and will move their butcher
shop in and take possession the fore
part of this week. They have re-
ceived new refrigerator of the latest
pattern and have added many sub
stantial improvements to their busi-
ness.
The Newport Land & Construction
Co. has taken the contract to grade
that part OF Main and Bridge streets
in the o. r. & n. yard limits in Echo,
beginning work Monday. The rail-
road company is having the work |
done.
House Painter Wells is adding a
new coat of paint to the two Teel
buildings on Bridge street.
Progress is now being made on the
new Balfour, Guthrie warehouses.
Owing to delay caused by not receiv
ing a part of the heavy material for
the foundation, the crew was laid off
part of last week. All of the ma
terial is now here, and the work will
be rushed without any further delay
There are eight carpenters at work on
the building, and 1t will be completed
in couple of weeks.
A. C. Crawford sold the first cut
ting of alfalfa hay raised on two
acres of land for sS2. AS Mr.. Craw-
ford has been to no expense except
the cutting, and will get two more
cuttings from the same land this year,
it gives a fair idea of the profits to be
made here in alfalfa.
Rev. E. T. Allen of the Presby-
terian church, held services in the
Eagles hall Sunday.
Miss Della King, who is among the
four teachers selected by the school
board to teach at Echo this winter, Is
: a sister of Engineer II. w. King of the
: reclamation department, who has been
here for about year and now has
charge Of the upper portion of the
government works, with headquar-
: ters at Echo.
Ditch Contract.
. Col. H. G.. Newport has returned
I from Portland, where he has been at
tending the opening of the bids fol
v the construction of the government
s works here. Mr. Newport's company
o submitted the next to the lowest bic
C on that portion of the work they want
e ed, and in case the parties submitting
d the lower bid should fail to quality
IS the Newport company would be mex
in line. All of the bids have been for
IS warded to Washington, ID. c., and l
e will probably be but a short time be
W fore the final result is known an,
X work commenced.
l. According to the different bids sub
l. mitted, the work on the main cana
and the dam in Cold Springs canyol
l. will cost about 100000. This is no
er including the laterals, which will
n constructed after the heaviest part @
h. the work Is completed. There will b
,g no shortage of money for the enter
a prise as the sum of s1,100,000 has a
n ready been set aside and is now avail
H. able.
Is o. P. Morton, head of the legal d.
r. partment of the reclamation servic
returned to Echo Saturday to renal
several weeks. Mr.. Morton has bee
wv absent about two months attending
to legal matters in connection with Il
of- Okanogan project. He has now e
IN tablshed his office in the reclamatic
tes offices in the Esteb building.
tai Stokes Kirk and family have r
pm turned to Echo, after an absence
about a year in the Willamette vale
. They expect to make this place the
home in the future.
Adjuster McKowen, OF the Phoen
Assurance company of London, will
here the first of the week to adju
the loss on the Webb building al
contents destroyed by fire Frid
morning. Mrs Webb carried 800
surance on the building and $500
the contents, all of which was to
loss.
Many of the people of Echo a
vicinity have signified their intenti
of attending the Fourth of July ce
bration in Pendleton. 1t was at fl
intended to have a celebration he
but after Pendleton had taken up
idea of a celebration, the idea "
given up for this year.
Owing to the late rains, the fl
cutting Of alfalfa hay was delay
considerably in this and the But
creek neighborhood. The first cror
now about all stacked The yield
been enormous and the quality exc
lent Two more cuttings will foil
during the season. The land is Il
q used for pasture during the win
. months.