East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-03
ADV|CES
CARLOADS OF FRUIT
AND VEGETABLES GO OUT
Late Fruits Yield Well-No Tomatoes
VIII BE Found Here This Year
Many Employed Gathering and
Packing FTuits-FOrged Check on
Freewater Man.


! Freewater, Aug 3.-There Is an
abundance Of first-class fruit in Free
water and Milton section this season
and quantities have already been ship
ped out, nearly 20 carloads already
this season of mixed fruits and vege-
tables. Five carloads went out the
past week. mostly by the Milton Fruit
growers union and the Shields Fruit
| company. while n. W. Mumford of
the Walla Walla Produce company's
branch house reports having sent out
considerable also this season.
Apples, peaches. pears, plums, cher
ries and vegetables are being packed
and shipped at this time. Fruits are
bringing fairly good prices, and so far
the growers have made little COM
plant. The fruit is of such good quail
ity this season that it is believed that
prices will remain good. Blackber-
ries and raspberrles have been run
ming from s1.25 to s1.75 per crate.
peaches have been going at about
$3.50 to the growers. Much OF the
fruit has been going to Canada, Ne
braska, the Dakotas and different
middle west states
Late peaches and prunes will be on
in a short time, and the crop promises
to be very heavy, and of good quality.
There viii also be an immense grape
and late apple crop.
No Tomatoes.
There will be no tomatoes in this
section of the country this year, while
last year there were tons OF them.
more than could be handled. Acres
of them were set out this season, but
the unfavorable weather killed the
plants when they were quite young.
Tomatoes cannot stand much wind
and cold when they are tender. This
is the first time in years that this has
happened here.
Many Employed.
There have been a great many peo-
pie employed here this season in
gathering and packing the fruits.
There are nearly 200 people from out
side points camped about here in
tents who are spending the summer
working in the fruit and vegetables.
The Fruit Growers Union, which re-
Gently completed its big packing house
is employing quite force OF men,
women, girls and boys this summer,
and the pay roll amounts to a great
many thousand dollars during the
fruit season for the different packing
houses.
Peach Day Celebration.
The committee in charge Of the
peach day celebration, which will be
held September 8, have the prelimi-
nary arrangements we'll under way,
and it will be made the event Of the
season. Late peaches will be at their
best at this time, and the second an
nual peach day will be an event that
will be a credit to the country.
For 1. o. o. F. Hall.
The I. o. o. F. lodge Of this place |
which recently purchased a site for
the new lodge hall, will soon begin
construction of the same, and II is
the intention to have it ready for use
By late fall.
Fine Office Building.
C. T. Goodwin, the attorney at this
place, is going to have one Of the
finest office buildings in the state. He
Is building It of concrete adjoining
he Elan bank building. It will have
five large rooms, Mr. Goodwin will
occupy two Of them and D. Page will
lave three rooms. They will be fur
lished in the latest office style.
Forged Check,
Some unknown person forged Andy
Tohnson's name to a check and pass
ID 1t in a Walla Walla saloon few
lays ago. Mr.. Johnson is a grocery
nan here, and has no idea who the
,ulty party can be.
]. NJ. Labadie has just sold 10 acres
+ unimproved land two miles west Of
own to a Mr.. Kink of Oklahoma, for
1850. T j. Montgomery Of Franklin
ounty, purchased 20 acres two miles
vest Of the city for $240O. The real
state dealers report several sales
ending, which will probably go
through in the next few days.
There are many campers in the
Mountains from this vicinity, and
reat many huckleberries are being
Young Mr.. Kelly who was operated [
n few days ago at St. Mary's hos
ital in Walla Walla for appendicitis
: improving rapidly. He is in charge
( DIR. Page who goes over to Walla s
Yalla frequently to see his patient. t
his was severe case, and DR.. Page i
eports that the young man is now t
ut Of all danger