East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-05
NEWS NOTES FROM
H0LDMAN VICINITY
UNCLE PETER NELSON
BURIED LAST WEDNESDAY
Pioneer Resident Who Passed Away
Monday Inferred in Holdman
Cemetery-Revival Services to Be
gin Exciting Runaway Per-
sonal Items.
Especial Correspondence.l !


Holdman, Ore, Feb. 4.-Uncle
Pete Nelson, who died at the home of
Frank Brown, January 81, was bur-
led here at Holdman Wednesday, Feb
ruary 4, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. c. F. Cunningham
in the U. B. church. Mr.. Nelson was
born in Denmark about seventy-four
years ago. Leaving his home and ma
tive land when only nine years old,
he travelled over the world as a sailor
for a good many years, but has spent
the greater part of his life in Oregon,
the last twenty-five or thirty years
being spent in this vicinity. Mr.. Mel
son leaves no relatives that are known
of. his only brother dying at Portland
three years ago.
He was at one time quite a promi-
nent stockman, having in the neigh
borhood of two thousand horses on
the range and was quite a help in the
developing of the Cold Spring coun-
try. furnishing the early settlers with
horses which they sometimes kept
for years for the breaking.
He had disposed of all his stock
few years before his death, except
ing a few cattle and being rather fee
BILE made his home with Frank Brown
and wife for the past three years,
where he was kindly cared for until
the end.
The funeral was largely attended in
spite of the weather being cold and
quite a fall OF snow on the grass.
Rev j E. Connor of Philomath,
Ore, will begin a series of revival
services at the church here at Hold
man on Wednesday, February ., he
having been detained by other meet
/ ings and not being able to get here in
January.
Mrs. Franklin of Pendleton, is
visitor at the home of her daughter
/ Mrs. John Thorne.
Dr. Ringo of Pendleton. was Wis
tor here last Saturday, making sever
al professional calls.
Miss Eliza Hartle who has been in
poor health for some time is now re-
ported better.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Thorne now doing nicely and
will recover.
Snow fell here heavily nearly all
day Monday about four inches re-
! naming on the ground and as the
ground was not frozen it makes a
splendid blanket for the wheat.
The thermometer has been below
zero the last three nights but the
wheat is full protected by the snow
and those who have investigated re-
port that It has nearly all sprouted
and no one is expecting to reseed.
The Farmers union meeting to be
held at the hall Saturday night is ex-
pected to be largely attended, as sew
eral subjects of special interest to the
farmers will be discussed and re-
freshments are to be served.
John Bishop had a rather exciting
runaway on Wednesday. He left his
rig too close to some boys who were
snowballing him, and the team start
ed. Two of the boys grasped their
heads to stop them, but they broke
away and ran some distance, running
through a wire gate, making several
circuits. but finally stopping near the
haystack and doing no injury.
Dave Lavender county road super
visor, is expected here Saturday to
| confer with the farmers relative to
changing all roads possible from the
| creek bottom to the hillsides.
Claud Atkinson and Will Shafer
have been engaged the past few days
in hauling out some wood which
rise of the Columbia threatened to
wash away.
Mrs. Hargrove and her daughter,
and Hiram Baney, were visitors at
Pendleton last Saturday.
Mr.. McCrea, our local merchant, is
talking of selling out, being desirous
of engaging in other business Mr..
McCrea has built up very large bus
mess from a small beginning and has
very large assortment of merchan-