East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-05
HOLDMAN HAPPENINGS
CHRISTMAS WEEK
MARKED BY FESTIVITIES
Holiday Season Filled With Social
Happenings-Other Notes and
News.

Holdman, Ore, Jan. 4.-Quite a
number of Holdman people spent the
holiday week at Weston, among the
number being c. F. Cunningham and
family, John Wellie and wife, Albert
Percell, Ralph and Lillian Hazlett.
All report an enjoyable time. but state
that weather conditions at Holdman
are and have been much better than
at Weston.
Christmas news is rather rate at
this time. but all Of the festivities at
Holdman and North Holdman went
through so nicely that it is too bad
to let them go by unnoted.
A most enjoyable time was had by
all who attended the Christmas tree
at the church at Holdman. the best
program being given under the di-
rection of Miss Ethel Thompson of
Salem, Oregon. who is teaching here,
that has been rendered at Holdman
for some time. The tree at North
Holdman under the direction of Miss
Inez Scott, was a success, a program
taking three hours being given. The
only thing marring the festivities was
the necessary election of young
man, who. being somewhat under the
influence of Pendleton bug juice, got
too boisterous. These little happen
ings of some one bringing out liquor
and getting full are made much of by
people Who are trying to down local
option, but at Holdman conditions are
not one-half as bad as they were un-
der the old plan of open saloons and
the people who advocate giving up the
fight and going back to old conditions
might as well advocate tearing down
the levees of the Mississippi because
once IN a while the water breaks
through.
Johnny Thom and E. ]. Thorn were
called to the bedside of their sister
Isabel, who is reported as very low
at the home of Levi Eldridge neal
Pilot Rock.
Isom Bently left here Tuesday or
the back of his faithful horse for g
visit with his brother. who farms ex'
tensively near Fulton.
Miss Ethel Thompson, our popula,
school teacher. who, according to al
reports. is teaching the best term Of
school that has been taught at Hold
man for some time, returned Satur'
day from Walla Walla, where she
was visiting relatives during Christ
mas week.
Mr.. Zeuske of Pendleton seems t.
have made scoop on that couga
story as your correspondent has no
been able to get any first hand infor
nation on the subject, and as nothing
more has been heard of him 1t is sup
posed that he has crawled into hol
and pulled the hole IN after him
Wild animal stories seem to aboun
this winter. as several people ar
said to have seen a bear track nea
the forks of Juniper.
The welcome sight of the poles TO
, the telephone line can now be see
lying along the road and cheers tn
hearts OF people who are thinking o
the many hardships which they vii
escape and how convenient it will b
to sit beside the fire and if necessar
talk to a business man or send 70
the often-needed physician.
Bert Harris. who has been haulin
the poles. says that he understand
what the strenuous life means, as Ia
Fraker calls him at half past thre
ir. the still, cold of the morning an
as he quite often gets home at eigl
or nine at night, he is not surprise
to meet himself just getting up for Il
next days work.
r. L. Earnhart will have the superb
tending Of the construction of the te