East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-18
AND CREAM
GIVEN TO EVERYBODY
FREEWATER CELEBRATES
ANNUAL "PEACH DAY
Great Crowd Is Fed on Products Of
Freewater SOil-Festal Spirit Holds
Sway Throughout Day-Many Ad-
dresses Are Made.

Yesterday was a gala day in Free
water, the occasion being the annual
Peach Day which occasion is cele-
brated in the east end town with as
| much spirit as the average Fourth of
July. The citizens of the town and
valley who had co-operated in their
efforts to make the event a most sue
cessful one, proved that they were
the kind of hosts which most appeal
to visitors, for they had provided
sufficient peaches and cream to sat-
isfy an army of gourmands. The year
had been very favorable to them and
the yields of their trees had been
bountiful, and there could be no bet
ter evidence of their gratitude to a
generous providence than the spirit
of hospitality which prevailed among
them yesterday. A large crowd from
all parts of Umatilla county and from
Walla Walla were on hand to partake
of the choice fruit and the streets of
the town as well as the park We're
thronged all day with festive people.
The Freewater city park resembled
miniature county fair ground when
the crowds began to assemble. Most
of the business houses had erected
booths, some to display their wares
and some for the sole purpose of dis
pensing hospitality where coffee,
doughnuts and peaches were served
free to all who came. a mammoth
pyramid of fruit occupied the center
of the grounds, displaying fruits and
vegetables grown in the vicinity.
Peaches, pears, plums, apples, prunes
and even Strawberries were piled up
in tempting masses, testifying TO the
fertility of the Freewater soil Of
course the merry -go-round, the cane
ringer, shooting gallery and other
holiday amusements were in evidence
in the park. including a moving pic
ture show that had been fitted up in
an abandoned building across the
street, and all were being literally
patronized. Lunch stands galore.
with their noisy hawkers, We'd with
the program of speeches and music
being carried on not fifty feet away.
The exercises Of the day were in
charge of Editor D. c. Sanderson and
the music was furnished by Dunning's
band of Walla Walla. Speakers were
almost as numerous as peaches and
the three programs-morning after
noon and evening-were listened to
with rapt attention by the great
crowd seated in the pavilion that had
been built especially for the occasion.
baseball game, races of various
kinds. and baby show attracted the
crowds and interspersing all were
peaches to the satisfaction of every
body The crowd was a good natured
one and people from the countryside
for miles around were there to enjoy
the day and renew acquaintances.
For two years previous to this one
Freewater has been unable to observe
her annual holiday owing to the fact
that the peach crop was practically
a failure, but This year more than
makes up for the lean years. The
shipping season has just fairly begun.
Tuesday the shippers Union of Free
water shipped sixteen cars Of fruit
and from this time on %he shipments
of the union alone will average twen-
ty cars day from this one town. 1t
is said that the union shippers consti-
tute about five-siXths of the shippers
from Freewater.
But rreewater's proud citizens We're
telling OF other reasons for their pros
perity They claim that their COM
munity is especially adapted TO the
growing of onions and in proof of the
assertion one man was there who this