East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-08

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ty judge OF Multnomsh county and a |
possible candidate for United States
senator. has been invited to speak on |!
irrigation at the meeting which will
be held here next Saturday January |
13, for the completion of the Umatilla |
River Water Users association. The |
meeting will be attended by number |
of prominent irrigationists, and 1t is
hoped that Judge Webster will be
able to attend.
L. c. Crawford who is president OF
the Cold Springs Irrigation company |
and who is one of the committee OF
the Umatilla River Water Users as
sociation, has gone to Wallace, Idaho,
to confer with the stockholders of the .
Cold Springs project, regarding the |
advisabiity of having the land put
under the Umatilla project and Una
tilla River Water Users association.
1t is more than likely that this matter
will be agreed upon by the stockhold-
ers at this conference.
H. L. Holgate. who has been here
from klamath Falls doing the legal .
work for the government on the East .
Umatilla project was called to North /
Yakima last week by the government
TO work on the project there for a
few weeks. Attorney r. b. William
son left for North Yakima today,
also. TO assist Mr.. Holgate with the
porject. Mr. Williamson will divide
his time for the next year on the Una
tilla and Yakima projects. They will |
hne
day.
Two Deaths i'm Echo.
Russell Williams, 35 years of age
died Friday night of typhoid fever at
the home of w. NJ. Williams after
several weeks illness. He had been .
engaged in farming i'm this vicinity |
for some time, and leaves a brother |
w. $. Williams in Echo. besides the ,
family OF w. NJ. Williams, who are |
distantly related. He is unmarried /
and came here from the east a few |
years ago. His funeral took place
from the NJ. f. church today, and he |
was inferred in the Echo cemetery.
Mrs. Mary F. Reed. who died near |
Echo last Monday. was So years of |
age and had been married four times |
For seven years she was a helpless |
paralytic. She was born in Tennessee |
and came to oregon in the early days /
One daughter and one son survive |
her, Walter L. Knight of Echo. and |
Mrs. S. NJ. Bennight of Hood River |
She was buried in the Echo cemetery |
Gun Club Organized.
A gun club was organized in Echo /
Saturday evening with a membership |
Of about 25. Each member paid IS |
initiation fee, which will be used to I
purchase traps, blue birds and other |
necessary articles. Arrangements will |
be made for a first-class shooting |
ground. The first shoot will be held |
in about two weeks Eastern Oregon |
clubs will be invited here for shoots !
i'm the future.
Champion Shot.
Clark Ware, the champion shot of |
this section. killed four coyotes and |
a bald eagle in the last six shots he |
has fired. which is considered quite |
a record breaker No shot was less |
than $50 yards, some over Many |
eagles collect in this section in the
winter on account of the rabbits.
More Buildings.
Besides the building being erected |
on Main street by Mayor L. A. Esteb |
which is rapidly nearing completion. /
he has commenced the erection Of an /
other frame structure on Bridge street |
opposite the Hotel Echo, which will /
be two stories high its dimensions !
being 24x50 feet. The lower floor will |
be occupied by the Standard Grocery
company Of Echo, A. Gale being pro- |
prietor and manager. The upper floor
will be used for living rooms
Ths handsome building being erect |
ed by J. A. Koontz is nearly COM
pleted, and will be handsome struc- |
ture, 50x90 feet. and will cost when |
completed about $4,000. II will be |
occupied by the George e. Miller com |
pany, who will conduct a general |
merchandise store, and will be ready |
for business about the middle Of Feb
ruary.
The first issue Of the Echo Regis |
ter" which will be the name Of the |
neat little sheet made it's appearance
Friday. Messrs. Brown & Stratton. |
publishers. Echo is growing and
needs the lively weekly. which these
enterprising gentlemen will give the
town in the future.
Louis Scholl, jr.. has just mounted
handsome golden eagle which was
killed by a young man a short time
ago in the vicinity OF Foster.
w. F. Short viii soon open res
taurant on Main street in the build
ing owned by J. X. Means Mr.. Short
came here from Seattle where he has
been In the restaurant business for / 5
years.
The new city council for Echo has
been sworn in, the following taking
the oath of office: Mayor, L. A. Esteb;
councilmen, John Dorm, Frank Spike,
C. A. Lisle, Cloyd Oliver and C. ].
Gulliford; recorder. II. b. Gillette:
marshal, II. ID. Pugsley. Councilman
Ross Newport and Treasurer w. II.
Boyd. were absent from this meeting.
A young man whose name was not
learned, who had been employed by