East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-19

being made to organize a creamery in
Echo, which will be a cooperative
concern with capital stock of $4,000.
Parties from Walla Walla ARE here
completing arrangements for the
plant. An expert butter maker will
be hired, and it will be one of the
best concerns of the kind in this sec
ton. This is considered an ideal
place for a creamery, as hundreds of
gallons of cream Is now being ship
ped out by the ranchers in this i'm
mediate vicinity, while much of the
| butter used here is being shipped in.
Nearing Completion.
H. G.. Newport & Co., contractors
| for the Furnish Ditch company, state
that some of the camps will be mov-
ed early this week from below town
to the lower end of the ditch. The
work on this ditch is rapidly being
completed, and 1t is believed that II
| will be finished by the early part of
March.
Meeting of Stockholders.
There will be a special meeting of
the stockholders of the Umatilla
River Water Users association held
at Hermiston, March Is, in the office
| of the Maxwell Land & Irrigation
| company, for the purpose of amend
| ing the articles of incorporation to
| increase the amount of capital stock
in order to cover a larger area of
land under the proposed project.
Seed Government Land.
. A. C. Crawford, of this place, Is
arranging to put about 40 acres OF
the land under the government pro-
ject in cultivation this spring. which
will be the first, and it will be irri-
gated this season from the Maxwell
ditch. The land is now being level
ed for this purpose.
New Lands Broken.
There have been about 5000 acres
of new land broken up in the Butter
creek country, and much of it will be
put under cultivation this season.
ATattle Shipments.
]. c. Lonergan, a buyer for the
Frye-Bruhn company, of Seattle, sue
ceeded in purchasing eight carloads
of fine cattle from ranchers in the
Butter creek and Meadows country,
during the past week, and they were
shipped out yesterday. He paid
s2.75 for most of them.
To Chicago.
Frank Spike, of this place, will
leave for Chicago shortly, where his
medicine, "oregon Black Leg Cure"
and Spikes Dyspepsia Cure" will be
placed on the market. Mr.. Spike is
the inventor and manufacturer of
these two medicines, which are pro-
nounced first-class.
Born. Monday, February ~, to Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Gulford, a daughter,
and Friday, February 16, sons were
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Gould
and to Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Penney.
All parties concerned are doing NICE
ly.
A. Gale, who has gone into the
grocery business at this place, is
purchasing all kinds of products from
the farmers, which enables them to
get ready market for eggs, poultry,
etc.
Government surveyors under the
East Umatlla project, have about
completed the survey for the con-
tour map which is being made of
land under this project.
Tom Sheridan VIII Babb and 9TH
ers have contracted for about 500
head of horses in Morrow county to
be shipped to the Alberta country.
There are now six licensed drays on
the streets of Echo, four of which
are kept constantly busy.
Echo Hose company No. 1 will
give their second annual ball in the
city haH, Thursday, February %.
Music will be furnished by the new
Echo orchestra.
A. D. Wright of Portland, was in
the city the early part of the week
looking over the matter of installing
an electric plant here. He wanted
an exclusive franchise from the city,
which was not granted, however.
w. A. Morse and Harry Straw are
having their buildings erected to-
gether, which are on the east side Of
the Standard Grocery company's
store. There will be only partition
between. The two together measure
60x4S feet, and will be two stories
high. The upper floors will be parti-
toned off into rooms and the lower
floors will be used for two separate
stores.