East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-10
MANY HOMESEEKERS
COME TO STANF|ELD
COLUMBIA LAND co.
BRINGS FIVE CARLOADS
Between 100000 and $4,000 Worth of
Land Has Already Been Sold to
Them-WelI DrilIer Moves to STAN
field-AlmOnds Grow Well-Other
Short Notes.
Especial Correspondence.) }

Stanfield, Ore, June 9.--The CO.
lumbia Land company has five special
cars of investors and homeseekers on
the way to Stanfield. One car stopped
at Hermiston yesterday. Another car
arrived here this morning in charge of
James M. Kyle. This car started
from Grand Forks. The other three
cars will arrive in succession. All of
the members of these excursion cars
have been taken to North Yakima and
Hood River before being brought
either to Hermiston or Stanfield. These
cars make twenty-one special excur-
sions which the Columbia Land Co.
has started for this city. AS a rule
the majority of the passengers are
men and are heads of families. The
county will have an increased popu-
lation of over two thousand people
if all of the people represented by
these cars conclude to settle here.
Dr.. II. w. Coe returned from Her
mston this morning, where he has
been for the past two days superin-
tending the sales of land under the
government project. He reports that
the Columbia Land Co., has complete
ed between 100000 and $4,000 worth
Of sales on the last car there.
Deane B. Spaulding returned from
Portland today.
c. C. Carr joined the nineteenth
special put out at Hood River.
Mr.. Sloan, manager of Sloan & Co,
reports that he has transferred about
hundred head Of work animals and
thirty men from camp to camp
near Stanfield
c. C. Carr, a jeweler from Page,
North Dakota, has opened up a shop
in Stanfield. Mr.. Carr is temporarily
located in the Columbia building.
The O. R. & ~ Co. is placing two
deep wells in its stockyards at STAN
field. This latest addition makes the
equipment at the stockyard siding
equal to any of the yards in the coun-
ty in point of efficiency and safety.
Mr.. Porter, head of the Stanfield
experimenting station, reports that the
almonds shipped from France by
Prof. Marchand and pianted in the
station are doing well and prove that
almond culture may add another in
county. Prof. Marchand has also had
planted here two thousand young
strawberry plants which We're also
shipped from France. These berries
| are exceptionally prolific, bearing four
distinct crops Of berries
Mrs. +. G. Dunning and her three
daughters left Stanfield to visit the
rose show. They will meet Mr.. Dun
ming in Portland and viii return early
next week.
F. A. Finell who did the first plast-
ering in Stanfield is in Stanfield to-
day to plaster Councilman Means new
house.
Miss Chloe Stanfield is visiting her
brother for few days.
r w. Rork who was in Portland
for the rose festival, returned today.
\. p. o. Banion, manager Of the
well drilling and pump installation
| department of the Stanfield Well and
supply Co. has brought his drilling
outfit back to Stanfield. He has driv-
/ en- several wells at Hermiston getting
good water in each case. John Tow
ers. owner of the well outfit is now
! in Fargo. n. D.. completing arrange
ments to take up his permanent resi-
dence at Stanfield.
f. Leslie Carr, agent for the Co.
| lumbia Land Co, in Minneapolis, is
in Stanfield with a party of prospec-
! tive buyers Mr.. Carr who has made
several trips to Stanfield is accompa-
Inied this time 10y Mrs Carr.
f. A. stevens of Wallace, Idaho, ia
registered at the Hotel Stanfield. Mr..
stevens has purchased 1900 sheep
! from Il. y. Stanfield and they will
be shipped to Wallace from Stanfield
tomorrow. Mr.. stevens owns a pack
ing plant at Wallace and also a line
or retail stores in some dozen towns
near Wallace