East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-13

he had been as a delegate to the Ma
tional Irrigation convention. He re-
ports it as having been a grand sue
cess in every particular. He and
Louis Scholl, jr., were the only dele
gates there from this part of the
county, and they did lots of good talk
ing regarding the east Umatilla pro-
ject.
Miss Lillian Stanfield has returned
to Portland, where she will resume
her studies at st. Mary's academy.
j. I. Whistler, engineer of the east
Umatilla project, was here yesterday
from Hermiston in company with Col
onel ]. F. Mcknight.
j. H. ONeil, one of the o. r. & N.
railroad officials, was here yesterday
on business.
Alex Malcolm has been at Hot Lake
for several days.
Attorney r. r. johnson was a Her
rniston visitor yesterday on business.
Rev. Anderson and Rev. Hanks of
Spokane, were here yesterday from
Spokane on business.
The creamery board at this place
held a meeting Wednesday. Nothing
but routine business was transacted.
Work commenced on the repairs on
the bridge across the Umatilla river
today. The preliminaries are now
under way, and big force will soon
be at work.
Mrs. j. E. Taylor has returned from
Portland, where she purchased a
stock of fall millinery.
Mrs. Richard Jones visited with
Mrs. Henry Bamgartner has gone
to Fort Madison, ILL.,, where she will
visit relatives for a few months.
E. D. Trumbull, state factory in
spector was in Echo yesterday look
ing over the mill and the creamery
machinery.
W. H. King, Of the reclamation SER
vice, now has force of men at work
repairing a break in the ditch above
town. Considerable work will be done
here on the project this fall.
Echo will be well represented at the
district fair, and a great many exhib-
its are being arranged to take there.
Considerable wheat is already stored
at the Henrietta mills, which will be
ground as soon as the mill starts UP.
Repairs are now we'll under way, and
the big flume will soon be complete.
Buying Up Hay.
The National Feed Mill company OF
Spokane, has purchased about 1000
tons Of hay at this point at $3.50
on the cars. II is being shipped to
Spokane, 1t is of the best alfalfa
hay. y
Directors Meeting.
The school directors held meet
ing Tuesday evening, and it was de-
cided that another teacher be en-
ployed owing to the fact that 10th
grade was recently voted. Conse-
quently Q. A, Cannon Of Athena. who
applied for the position, is being con-
sidered, and this will make flVe teacn-
ers for the Echo schools. The en-
rollment will be over $50 this term.
Wheat Comes In.
The different warehouses here are
receiving large quantities Of wheat
from the ranches about here. The
Interior Warehouse company has al
ready received over 5000 sacks and
of this 1000 sacks have already been
sold. Most OF this sold at from 6S
to 73 cents per bushel, and the Pa
cific Coast Elevator company has re-
ceived something in the neighborhood
of 5000 bushels, considerable Of which
has been sold at from 68 to 73 cents.
Dorm Resigns.
John Dorm, who has been justice
Of the peace of this precinct for some
time, has resigned and II. B. Gillette
has been appointed to fill the va
cancy.
friends in Hermiston last Sunday.
o. II. & N. Officials Here.
The O. r. e. N. officials who are
making a tour of inspection of the
road, were in Echo yesterday for a
few hours looking over the condition
of the road at this point, and 1t is ru-
mored that some changes will be made
here in railroad work.