East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17

| dlS WI with snOIl CItWS
and many combines are idle for want
of hands.
W. II. Dobyns and c. NJ. White dis
solved partnership August 4. Mr..
White intends to locate in Portland
soon. Mr.. Dobyns has secured the
assistance of a bright young lawyer
to take position in his office.
r. d. Everett of Strawberry, was
in lone Monday and reports wheat
in that locality yielding more than
at first estimated. He states that he
at first estimated his at 500 sacks,
but now says he will have 1000 sacks
and others also are agreeably sur
priscd at the increase in yield over
the first estimate.
The Sumpter Valley Railroad COM
pany has had agents in the mountains
at the head of Willow creek the past
week or so cruising timber. The
cruisers, j. C. West and w. A. Green,
left here last Saturday for Salt Lake
after cruising the timber and taking
elevations in that section.
Governor Chamberlain has appoint
ed six delegates from Morrow county
to attend the Fourteenth Annual r.
rigation congress, which will be held
at Sacramento, California, September
81. The delegates are. Frank Gill
liam, C. A. Rhea, C. E. Redfield and
Sam E. Van Vactor, Heppner; S. A.
Thomas, Lexington; w. L. Mallory,
lone.
Henry Morrison, the brakeman on
the local train had narrow escape
Tuesday on the return trip from the
Junction. He lost his balance while
riding on top of a freight car, pitch
ing heailong to the ground while the
train was going at speed of 20
miles an hour. He was picked up by
the section boss at Cicil and later
brought to Heppner, we'll shaken up
but otherwise uninjured.
Brakeman Mcqueen, on the local
branch, has helped the farmers more
! than any other one man by bringing
UP men from Arlington to work in
the harvest fields, says the Condor
Globe. The majority who land in
. Arlington will not believe there can
be any farming country out here, and
| it is only by qua aranteeing them lots
of work that they can be induced TO
venture out this way. and that is what
Mr.. Mcqueen has been doing.
The county court has employed A.
j. Cook to improve the Colwell grade
| by widening out this piece of road
Mr.. Cook with one man commenced
on the work last Monday. The con-
4 tract calls COR the widening of thc
grade of froIr :wo to three feet for a
distance Of two miles. This is a diff
cult job, requiring much blasting fol
the reason that the cut for the entire
distance viii be through almost solid
J rock.
Farmers Warehouse Company.
A meeting was held last Sunday af'
4 terncon for the purpose of organic
ing a Farmers Warehouse company
Enough of the farmers could not he
gotten together to get united action
yet number of the prominent far
mers were seen, all of whom favored
the proposition. Since the meeting
! the Kerr-Gifford company have of
fered their warehouse at this station
at reasonable price.
w. B. McAlister has been inter
I viewing the farmers during the weel
and another meeting will be held Sat
urday afternoon at which time 1t
expected that enough stock win b.
i. subscribed to enable the new com
pany to purchase the holdings OF tn
Kerr-iifford company. - Lexington
Wheatfield.
Peculiar Feature OF ~ Wolf Hunt.
DIR. Kistner has pack of high bre,
Russian Wolf hounds, while Mix
Roberts. Percy Garrigues, Billy Co
wins, Newt MILESTONE and a few 9th
ers have a number OF the cross be
tween the grey hound and stag houn
which makes a good dog for catching
coyotes.
Last Sunday Mike Roberts, Perc
1 Garrigues, VIM. GOWNS and the BY
land brothers, witnessed one of tn
most exciting chases OF the season
with seven of the fleetest dogs tn
| party went up Hinton creek back
Jack Natlock's place and soon foun
family Of six coyotes travelling II
company. The dogs were turne
loose and the fun commenced. TIL
coyotes were run down and capture
by the dogs. One of the coyotes wa
picked up by the dogs right on to
of pair of rattlesnakes. In tn
fight and mixup that followed one @
the finest dogs owned by Mike Rob
erts was bitten on the foot by on
of the snakes. The dog was unabl
to get home next day. The animal
leg is badly swollen and he is sti
a mighty sick dog.
0O-Busllcl Wheat.
Just to ascertain the accurate yiel
per acre of wheat on his ranch abov
Heppner, DR.. Winnard took Surveyo
J. ]. McGce out Tuesday and measur
ed enough of the heaviest to satisf
his contention that he had so bush'
wheat. By actual measurement
went little above 60 bushels pc
acre, but he does not claim the 40
acres will average that much, 1t
only the best Of II. However, 1t
expected that the average will b
around SO bushels. That will be as
certained when the harvest Is CON
pleted.
This large yield proves what ca
be produced on Morrow county so
hv nroper cultivation Some of th