East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-13

Echo, Feb. 1S.--Con1deraDie STOCK
has been shipped out from Echo OF
late, and 30 cars more will be ship
ned out as soon as cars can be had.
On January 80 one carload of sheep
and 81 carloads of cattle were shipped
out. Several carloads have gone out
in the past few days. Nearly all the
stock that has been feeding in the
Butter Creek country has been con-
tracted for. Most all the stock new
being shipped is going to Portland
or Seattle. The price being paid is
$4.12R per hundred.
Rev. Sleakney of Pendleton, will
preach IN this city on February "a,
morning and evening.
W. W. Pankey, who for long time
was wire chief for the Pacific States
Telephone company, has accepted a
position as manager of the Butter
Creek Telephone company.
People of the Echo country are be-
ing greatly inconvenienced by the
span in the bridge being out over the
Umatilla. People can cross on foot,
but teams cannot cross until it is re-
paired.
4 sheepherder whose name has not
yet heen learned, forged $40 check
Monday, signing Joe Vey's name to
it. He was taken to Pendleton to
answer for the crime.
There is no school being held in
the public school this week on ac-
count of the teachers examination
which is being held at Pendleton.
Umatilla Project.
Active work has not yet been re-
sumed on ditch work on the Umatilla
project, ard it will not go on until
better weather sets in and the frost
is nearly all out of the ground. Rip
rapping is going on on the ditch
near the head gate, where over 10C
men are at work. Preliminary wori
is well under way on the reservoir
site, and it now looks as though the
dirt will be flying there in a short
time. The government had not figur'
ed on the long spell of bad weather
and consequently have been somewha
delayed oil the project.
Bah Thursday Evening.
A masquerade ball will be given IL
the city hall by Messrs. Oliver anC
Spike, in honor of st. Valentines da!
tomorrow evening. Wilkinson's or
chestra of Pendleton, will furnish tn,
music.
Foot Badly Mashed.
Sherman Crayne, a young man liv
ing near this place, had foot badl.
mashed in the skating rink at Pen
dleton a few evenings ago. He skate,
into studding in the side of tn
building and several people ran owe
him. The foot is badly mashed an
in a serious condition. It will prob
ably he a few months before he vii
be able to step on the injured mem
ber again.
Horses to Alberta.
4 Two carloads of horses have re
Gently been shipped from this poin
to the Alberta country, which wer
all purchased in the vicinity of Echo
Interesting Shoot.
The members of the Echo Rod an
Gun club held an interesting shoe
at their trap in the hill last Sunda
afternoon. Some good shots wer
made. The boys will practice fror
now on to hold regular shoots in tn
near future.
Johns Was Stalled.
James A. Johns and his brotheI
DIR. Johns, of Pendleton, made Ech
visit last week, which was alto
gether unexpected, and no doubt
WAS rather a pleasant surprise
them. They evidently were takin
in I'll of this end of the county Fror
Hermiston they went to Umatilla an
then back to Pendleton, they suppos
ed. They got as far as Fosters, whe
one of the washouts stalled then
train and all. Knowing that It wa
but few miles to Echo, they wake
on in, arriving here in the wee sma
hours of the morning (3:30) The
remained in Echo all that day and un
til late in the evening, when they re
turned to the county seat from whenc
they started. Mr.. Johns still hold
that he was showing his brother tn
country.
Selling Rabbits.
Fl. D. Pugsley and others in hi
vicinity are killing n great many raj
bits these days and shipping ther
to Portland and Seattle parties, VIII
use the meat. Several dozen ar
shipped out from here nearly ever
day.
Passed Through.
A. F. Stover Of the department {
agriculture, who has been here
great deal looking after the drainag
work on the Umatilla project passe
through here Monday on his wa
from Washington, d. c., to Rerkele,
Cal. He will be here during tn
summer to look after his work on tn
PROJECT