East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-03

Athena, Aug. 3.-The marriage OF
Miss Bertha Steen with f. w. Small,
an evangelist of the Christian church,
took place at Thornton, Wash, We'd
nesday at high noon. The bride is the
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. H.
Stone, former residents of this vicin-
ity, and is well known in this city,
where host of friends join in wish
ing her happiness.
Miss Minnie Evans of Astoria. is
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w Gross
Mrs. c. a. Barrett, who has been i'll
for several days, is recovering.
Fly & Scott, the grocers. are max
ing daily shipments of potatoes and
farm produce to Pendleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bannister left
yesterday for the McDcugal Springs
in the Blue mountains, where they will
remain for a few weeks.
One of the infant twin girls of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Mccullough died
Tuesday of summer complaint. The
funeral was held Wednesday after
noon.
Harvest hands are still scarce but
1t is believed that the situation will
be relieved when work is finished in
Walla Walla valley, and those ma
chimes begin to move in this direc-
ton.
The young son of Attorney William
Peterson has haap pop,ad DopoI1 VII
tor Raley Peterson, and Colonel Raley,
of Pendleton, in appreciation of this
fact, has presented the young mae
with check of $50.
Bill Booher's 16O-acre crop of
wheat on the reservation went be-
tween 40 and As bushels to the acre.
Mrs. F. B. Boyd and daughter, Miss
Cecile. are camping with a party of
friends at the McDougal summer
camp.
d. Fl. Preston has returned from a
trip to the coast. Mrs. Preston will
remain several days longer.
Apparently the Campbell system of
soil cultivation is not adapted to this
section. Two farmers, E. A. Dudley
and Thomas Defreece attribute a 25-
bushel yield to the over cultivation of
summer fallow land. The moisture
thus retained in the ground produced
wheat plant with a superfluous
growth and rankness that 1t could not
withstand the hot weather
Wheat on the T. ]. Kirk place as
usual. is yielding well. Fifty bushels
to the acre is reported. which is one
OF the best yields so far this season.
Miss Carrie McQuarry, of Milton, is
visiting in the city this week.
C. w. Hansell came to the city yes
terday after more grain sacks. His
crop is making over so bushels per
acre. far more than he expected.
NJ. l.. Watts has about completed
acre tract he threshed over so bushels
to the acre. The remainder of his
crop averaged about 40 bushels.
]. r. King, of Weston, has been
made trustee of all of the property in
terests of Mrs. Ann Kirk of this place.
The property is worth probably s35.-
900. Mrs. Kirk is getting old and
feeble and unable to transact her own
business and she decided her property
to Mr. King in trust for herself during
her lifetime, with power to sell after
her death and divide between her
three daughters.
Willie Duffy. an obstreperous half
breed. was fined $3.50 in Justice
Chamberlain's court Wednesday for
being drunk and disorderly: Young
Duffy was arrested for completely with
White some two years ago on the
charge Of stealing cattle. but was ex-
onerated from any connection with
the case, after being in the county Jail
for some time. White was convicted
and served a term in the penitentiary.