East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-09
ECHO NEWS NOTES
MONTH OF MAY SHOWS
VERY HEAVY SHIPMENTS.
This Is one of the Best Cattle and
Sheep Shipping Centers In Entire
County-AnOther Break in Govern
ment Ditch Causes Damage-AlfaIfa
Is Being Cut About Here.

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Echo, June 9.-Cattle and sheep
shipments are being made from Echo
daily. The heaviest shipments for the
year were made during the month OF
May. s5 carloads having gone out in
all. They were cattle and sheep which
were raised in this vicinity and all
We're in excellent conditions and
brought a first-class price, a great
many thousand dollars being realized
by the cattle and sheepmen in this
section OF the country
Two fine carloads of cattle were
shipped out Saturday by G. P. Higgan-
botham. Some shipments Of sheep
are being made at this time. Messrs.
Rust and Stevens of Pendleton are
shipping several carloads to Colorado
which they purchased from r. n.
Stanfield, and there will be several
more shipments before the week is
over.
There was another break in the
government ditch below Echo Sunday
morning which washed out about 20
feet of the ditch, causing some dam
age to the o. r. & y. tracks and Dan
Bowman's place toward Fosters was
badly damaged. His garden washed
out, a few acres of alfalfa destroyed,
etc. This was in the same place at
which the washout occurred a short
time ago, causing considerable dam
age to the o. r. & n. tracks. A force
of men from the dam is now at work
repairing the ditch, and it is under
stood that it will only be a few days
before the water will be running
through as before.
Twenty-Five carloads of wool and
wheat were shipped out of Echo dur
ing the month of May There is still
considerable wheat stored here which
will be sold later in the season.
The first crop Of Alfalfa hay in this
section of the county is being cut at
this time. All the men that can be
secured are being hired at this time
and the crop promises to yield first
class. There will be three or four ex-
cellent cuttings this season.
Miss NJ. E. Winifred of Milton, has
been engaged to teach in the Echo
public schools next term. With the
teachers that were selected by the
board a few weeks ago the teaching
force is now complete, for the next
school term. Miss Winnifred has been
)ne Of the teachers in the Columbia
,ollege for the past couple of years at
The members Of the United Breth-
len church at Pine City, just over the !
Inc in Morrow county, held their an
lual picnic at Butter Creek Sunday,
md it proved to be a very enjoyable |
flair.
Land sales continue to be made in /
his section Of the county. Irrigated |
ands are what the people are after,
md they are coming in daily from all
directions.
c. r. Llsle and wife leave today for
Portland, where they expect to re-
main for short time.
The weather was very warm at this
lace yesterday for several hours. ard
con after noon it registered 92. A
torn came up late in the afternoon,
'hich has cooled the air considerably,
j. Frank Spinning, who recently
anne here from the east, has opened
first-class drug store in the Koontz
uilding next to the George & Miller
tore.
Wheat and barley in this vicinity is
,oking first rate, and there will be
n excellent crop in this section of
le country this season, according to
resent indications.
4 great many cherries are beins
rought in at this time from the
1untry surrounding here. The later
nerrles will be shipped out in large {
Born May 81, to Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
n Elan. a son.
a number Of eastern people have
cen here Of late looking over the
)untry with a view to purchasing.
VIM. Wilson has returned from T
ampa, Idaho, where he has been {
'r the past month. He purchased !
acres Of land while he was there. :
Miss Inez Rutherford who was en-
Dyed as teacher in the Echo schools,
It few days ago for her home in
ichigan, where she will remain this !
Immer. She did not accept a school
sre next term.
There are five saloons in Echo that {
III be forced out of business July /
! account Of the recent election, in
hich Umatilla county was voted dry.
)me Of those in the business here
i'll continue to make Echo their
1me, while others expect to leave {
r different places, to seek new To-
tions.
Mrs. NJ. s. Jones is now employed Z
the Echo Register office and ex-
,cts to take up newspaper work for
e present \
May Celebrate Here.
A Fourth Of July celebration is be-
g talked Of for Echo this year. The
after will be discussed at an early |
tie hy the citizens