East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-04
STR|KEBREAKERS
ROW At UMATHLA
BOAT GOES ON ROCRS
AND is BADLY DAMAGED
Sneak Thief Enters County Seaport
Home During Absence of Family
Ladies' Aid Society Clears Neat
Sum at Thanksgiving Dinner.
Especial correspondence

Especial Correspondence.)
Umatlla, Ore. Dec. "A number
OF strikebreakers started rough
house in one of the cars fitted up
for them by the O.-W r. & N, COM
pany. They were arrested by Mar
shal stephens and lodged in the jail
over night. Each paid a fine of So
to the city and were then taken to
| Pendleton! charged with destroying
company property.
Struck u Rock.
The United States scow "Wallowa"
| struck a rock at low water just be-
| low the rapids four miles east of
here on the Columbia and is now
! high and dry on the beach in dam
aged condition. The boat will be
towed into Umat'lla and repairs will
be made here, which 1t is said will
take several months to make.
Dance Success.
The Dance gwen by the local Red
men on Thanksgiving evening was
the most successful yet given by the
order The hail was tastefully dec
grated in RED Men" style and every
| effort of the committee in charge was
j crowned with success. Music by the
Pendleton orchestra added to the sue
cess of the dance The Red Men drill
was n number on the long program
and those who participated kept up
the reputation of the Showaway boys
have of being the best degree team
in eastern Oregon. About seventy
five couples were in attendance, am
ong those were guests from Pendle-
l.,
we'll as from the towns on the pro-
ject
Ladies' Aid supper.
The newly organized Ta1ies' AID
gave their first supper Thanksgiving
evening. The ladies feel elated al
their success. They melted $50, which
goes into a fund toward building a
United church for Umatilla.
While Mrs. T. Ballard was attend
ing the dance given by the Redmer
Thursday evening her apartments
were broken into and throughlv ran
sacked The thieves were evidently
not strangers to their surroundings al
the nlace in which Mrs. Bulland kept
her money was more thoroughly ran
sacked than others. Nothing Is miss
ed and no clew as to who the intended
thief is can be found
CITY Nominations Filrd.
The nom nations Of candidates FOR
tho election on December are now
on file and only the two tickets are
nominated. the one progres i've section
having retired from the contest. "A
stenhens TT. d. r Brownell, Jas
Uindman. 7 r. Halter. are one tick
ntN1- "a
John w. Duncan and Fl nun. me
other For city recorder Sld Saylor
present incumbent. Is opposed by u
| c Brownell. while City Marshal jeff
stephens is opposed by G. w. sutton
and Earl Shaw.
The contest promises to be the clos
est of any ever held here.
Lyceum Entertainments
The second of the lyceum course
entertainment will be held on Wed
nesdav. December 6. when the Rick
ett's Concert company Will ehtertaii
Personal Mention.
Mrs John Taylor of Heppner juno
ton spent the holiday in umatllla
renewing old acquaintances.
| Conductor Jos. Chase spent Friday
here.
II Mr. and Mrs. d. w. Jackson spen
| Thanksgiving in La Grande.
Mrs. w. II Switzler has returned
from a visit with Portland friends.
Captain Stanfield is in Portland
this week
John r. Crooks, an engineer, has
| returned from a two months Vacatioi
| part Of which was spent on his rancf
at Coyote.
Miss Constance Larson of the Una
tilla schools, attended the teachers
institute at Baker City.
Mrs F. F.. Ubil spent Thanksgiving
in Portland
II. ]. Burnham has returned from
two weeks visit to coast cities ano
also with his mother, who resides a
Bickleton Wash.