East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-12-04
M|LTON-FREEWATER
SHOW BIG GAIN
SCHOOL CENSUS SHOWS
POPULATION OF 1000
Brief News of East End Townsville
Fruitgrowers VIII Meet Dccem-
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Especial Correspondence
Freewater. Dec. S-A. f. Troyer
census taken for the Milton and Free
water district, No. 81, has just COM
pleted his report which shows the
population of the two towns as 1000
There are EOS families in the district
where there are no children between
the ages of four and twenty years.
The total number Of the families in
the district is 5SS. with 722 children
of school age, of whom $50 are males
and $40 are females a peculiar fea-
ture revealed by the census is that
there are EOS families in which there
are no children between the ages of
four and 90 years.
DR.. H. Page, Freewater's popular
physician, has been compelled to leave
here on account of i'll health. He will
go to the Sanitarium in Portland,
where he will have charge of one of
the wards and also take treatment.
The doctor came to Freewater about
a year ago and in that time has won
| the respect of the whole community
He has a large practice and we lose
him with great regret.
The rate payers of the Milton-Free-
water school district will be called
upon to vote for a six mill special
levy to complete the school buildings
in Freewater and Milton. The meet
ing has been called by Chairman ].
Fl. Piper for December 6.
The United Brethren are building a
new church at Pleasant View. The
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Pershall, Is rushing
the work ahead In great shape and
the foundation is already finished and
the walls nearly up. Mr.. and Mrs
Oscar Montgomery presented the site
for the new building. which will be
a credit to the neighborhood
Mayor ]. H. Hall, Mrs. Hall anG
their little son, Herbert, leave thi;
afternoon for Pendleton where they
will take the eastbound train fol-
Tennessee, where they will spend the
winter months with friends. Thi:
will be the first visit Mrs. Hall WI
have made to her old home since sh,
came here a bride six years ago. Mr.
Hall is an enthusiastic admirer o
this country. and especially of ore
gon and is taking a number of speci
mems with him of fruit and grain, etc.
and intends to do a lot of mission
airy work among his friends.
Integrity lodge No. 175 held thei
. election of officers on Tuesday eve
n.ng The following were elected
Past grand, Alice Campbell; nobl
grand, Alice Dausener; vice grand
Hattie Robinson secretary, Ida Grim
mems; financial secretary, mary Tan
ke; treasurer, Alice Johnson.
The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Congrega
tional church, met at the home O
August Tanke this week and hel
:, their business meeting, after whlc
Il they held a peasant social meeting
= The pastor, Rev Mr.. Kit, was pres
> ent, also the Rev. Harvey Miller an
wife of Ingle Chapel. The followin
officers were elected for the comm
year: President. Miss Mary Tankt
vice president, Miss Effie Crimmeni
secretary, Miss Vician Brinker; trea!
urer, Walter Tanke.
n The department store owned
\ Mitchell & Routh, has made a vo
v untary deed of trust to w. j. Ha
sfield for the benefit of their creditor
The Portland Credit Mems associ;
ton has been invoicing the stock du
,s ing the last week and have now ham
-, ed over the stock to Mr.. Hatfield, WI
" has placed the entire stock on Il
&c market at a great reduction and hi
to placed f. X. Nordhoff in charge
manager The store was opened
r the general public again yesterday
,g S. A. Nagel and wife, missionari
to for China, who lately left here, ha'
i written to friends of their safe a
&c rival at Yokohama, Japan.
=, Mr.. and Mrs. William Wallace al
20 son of Deer Lodge valley, Mont, wi
have been visiting Mrs Wallace's 81
\ ter. Mrs. f. ]. Mcsperry of this cit
o returned to their home this week.
The Milton -Freewater Fruit GroN
~, ers' union at their last meeting d
- cided to hold their annual meetil
- and banquet in the Davis hall at NJ
ton on Thursday December 8.
. will take the form of a basket dim
and there will be addresses made
, prominent hort,culturists and full r
-. ports given by the different officia
- as to the standing of the union at II
time.
~ Chairman ]. II. Piper has called
"a special school election at the cent?
- school building, when the voters W
be asked to vote a 6-mll special lie
-, TO complete the school buildings
Errnayyater and Milton,