East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-01
BRIEF RECORD OF
COUNTY EVENTS
Special Correspondence
ECHO NEWS NOTES
SHEARING SEASON WILL
OPEN IN SHORT TIME
Many Thousand Head VIII Be Shear
cd In This Vicinity-Many Cattle
Shipments Being Made From Here
This Week-Candidate Are Get
ting Busy-Lands Being Prepared
for Crops.

Echo, April 1.-The lambing sea-
son is about over in the Echo coun-
try, and the sheepmen report excel
lent results. Joe Cunha and Rob
Stanfield state that they have been
making one hundred per cent. The
shearing season will begin here about
April 3. a.
The shearing shed for the plant
which has recently been purchased by
a number of the prominent sheep
men, among them being Joe Cunha,
VIM. Slusher, Antoine Vey, the Cum
ningham Land & Sheep company, is
now being erected. The machine is
a fine 30-machine plant, and 1t is es-
timated that about $4,000 head will
be sheared at this plant from this
immediate vicinity. Much of the
shearing in the Butter creek country
will be done by hand.
After the shearing is done here the
plant will be moved to Nolin where
many thousand head will also be
sheared. The plant will be operated
by Jake Wattenberger Of Heppner, an
experienced shearer. 1t is predicted
that will be very prosperous shear
ing season.
Many Cattle Shipments.
A large number of cattle ship
ments are being made from this place
this week, many thousand head hav-
ing gone out, and there are several
thousand head still in the yards for
shipment. Two car loads have just
gone out to the Schaffer Packing
company in Lewiston. which were
purchased from Robert and Hugh
Stanfield. B. F. McCullouch has just
shipped a carload of hogs and one
of cattle to Portland, and the Frye
Bruhn company have shipped about
20 carloads to Seattle, which were
purchased from different parties in
this vicinity.
The cattle which have been fed
here during the winter are pretty
NSii SASohSu Oult anu tic SlOChIueH
are disposing of many head from
their flocks in the Butter creek and
Meadows country.
Born, to Mr., and Mrs. w. A. Mick
sell, March rs, a daughter. and to
Mr. and Mrs. w. f. Rhea, March 80
a son.
d. C. Brownell of Umatilla was a
business visitor in Echo yesterday.
The headgate Of the Hinkle Ditch
company was considerably damaged
by the recent flood. The repairs have
been about completed as have also
the repairs to the bridge across the
Umatilla at this place where the fill
ing was badly washed out.
Candidates are coming into the
town thick and fast, and political
talk is heard on all sides.
T., T. Geer of Pendleton was here
yesterday in the interests of his con-
gressional race. He has also been in
Hermiston this week.
The Echo brass band will give a
series of dances, commencing Friday.
April and continuing every Friday
night thereafter during the month of
April.
Mrs. F. T. George, who has been
very seriously i'll for some days, is
considerably improved and is on tn,
fair way to recovery.
The George & Miller store began a
sale today, at which all goods in the
store will be sold out at cost, The
sale will probably last some weeks.
Charles Miller is here from his
home In Ohio looking after business
affairs.
E. H, Brown, editor of the Echo
Register, has returned from a brief
business trip to- Portland.
M. H. Gillette of the Hotel Echo,
was a recent visitor to Portland on
business.
l.. A. Esteb, who has been spend
ing some months In California, has
located in his office which has re-
Gently been occupied by Attorney
Shelton. Mr.. Shelton has moved to
thV OitiSC IOOHlS III tire rear VI IiiS
Bank of Echo.
Preparing New Land.
The Columbia Land company now
has large force of men at work
preparing lands under the Furnish
project for cultivation this season.
Many hundreds of acres of new land
will be put into crops this season, In
all directions from Echo. Land will
be located upon under the Hlnkle
ditch, and considerable land has been
filed upon which has heretofore been
used for grazing purposes. and which
will now be put into wheat.
The Echo country will also see a
great influx of people from the east
in the next couple of years, many OF
whom will make homes here, all OF
which will make the west end of the
county very prosperous.
A great many acres will be put in
to potatoes this season. The grow
ers expect good potato year.
Rev. Henry B. Hudson. a represen-
tative of the International Reform
bureau, lectured at the M. E. church
last evening. His lecture was EN-
joyed by large audience.
Echo rs growing, and it will contin-
ue to grow as long as there are new
lands in the vicinity to be settled up
on, and then as the settlers make the
money the town will still continue to
grow, and II will grow on and on.