The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-06-25
EVENTS IN OUR STATE
OF MINOR IMPORTANCE

the 2S-hour stock law was returned
by jury in the federal court.
Pendleton-E. l.. Swartzlander.
formerly Of the klamath Indian
agency. viii be the new agent at the
Umatilla Indian agency.
Dufur-A strawberry plant bear
Ing 500 well developed berries. is
thought to be the record. yet In the
field OF Mike Abnet, not far from
this place, such plant lourishes.
Oregon City-Oscar Eaton, for
many years chaplain of the Oregon
State Grange, died ut o'clock Sat
urday morning at his home near os-
wego. aged SO years.
Marshheld--It is reported that
the body of the late = ID. Hume.
which Is buried at Wedderburn, on
the Rogue river. in Curry county. Is
TO be moved to San Francisco.
Rosebuig State Fish Warden
McAlllster. of Portland. accompanied
by n deputy. arrived in the city FRI
day afternoon and late the same
evening went to Winchester, where
he confscatcd IL fish nets, all sta
toned near the dam.
Eugene-Charles Knoop, farmer
living few miles west OF town.
was arrested on the charge of max
Ing and selling prunc brandy. He
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
fined S200
Albany-The ninth annual con-
vention of the Oregon State Teach
ers' kssociatlon-thc western divis-
ion-will meet In this city June 29.
80 and July and 2.
Salem-The woodshippers of Ka-
mela, Or. have asked the railroad
commission to use It's influence To Sc
cure reduction In the So freight
rate on wood from that point to
Boise. Idaho.
Astoria-The salmon are still
running slow and the pack Is said
to be considerably below the normal
Unless there Is material change
for the better the seasons pack Is
likely to be a comparatively poor
one.
Philomath-The Seth session of
the annual conference of the United
Brethren church closed Sunday, hav-
ing been In session since June s.
/ The next session will convene In
Philomath In connection with the
annual campmeeting In June, 1910.
Portland-The committee having
charge of the Northern Baptist Con
vention. 10 be held In Portland from
June 25 to July 2, Is making prep
arations for the entertainment oi
1900 delegates. who will represent
all the leading Baptist churches OF
the United States.
Pendietor-Be Believing that with
an independent electric railroad ex.
tending across the wheat belt OF
Uma,illa county and connecting with
the boats ON the Upper Columbia
river they would be able TO sell their
wheat To better advantage. the farm
ers of the county are again talking
OF building the proposed line.
Roseburg Unless the Pacific
States Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany moves it's poles on the streets
to be paved. men will be employed
by the city council 10 chop them
down. such procedure having been
agreed upon by street committee.
Pendleton-Through activity of
rmatilla county officials. James Nc
Call. alias Harry Mcconnell. and
James Braden are In the county jail
here charged with dynamlting the
safe Of the Lyle hardware store OF
Echo.
Albany-Charged with stealing
400 pounds of copper wire. J. T.
McRay. Western Union lIneman,
and George Richards. a hobo. are In
the Linn county jail. Foreman Lin
coin found them In an old barn just
finishing cutting mp the wire into
short pieces and placing 1t In barrels.
La Grange-During sudden
thunder shower which swept por-
tion OF the Grand Ronde Valley Fri
day afternoon. the farm residence Of
Cecil Gates. about seven miles from
this city was badly wrecked by light.
ming. which tore OF the entire south
end Of the house, hurting masses OF
lumber 100 feet.
I Portland firing Of the dIlatory
methods followed by the interior de.
partment In promising relief to set
tiers on public lands included In the
I Siletz Indian reservation, A. w. Laf-
feTiy. a lawyer Of this city. is In
Washington. where he will direct his
efforts towards expedltIng the issu-
ance Of patents TO these lands. which
in many instances have been held
up for as long as ten years.
Eugene-The county assessor has
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