East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-06-17
.HERK|STON K. OF P.
SURPRISE MEMBER
FAREWELL RECEPTION
GIVEN GEO. ii. ROOT
Prominent Resident of Project Town
VIII BE Absent n Year ut Portland
POSTMASTER Gets An Increase in
Salary-Other News,
Especial Correspondence.y


Hermiston, Ore, June 17.-Last ,
evening the members of the knights |
of Pythas of this city went in body |
to the home of George II. Root. This |
was planned as a surprise and was
very successful. Mr.. Root is one or the
prominent members of the order at
! Hermiston, being one of the charter
members and expects TO leave the
first of the week for Portland to be
gone about a year. Miss Vivian Root
and Miss Whipple entertained the
lodge members with music, Miss Root
possessing a beautiful soprano voice.
! Miss Whipple gave some very beau
| tiful numbers on the piano, after
which dainty refreshments were
| served, much to the surprise of the
knights. The knights of Pythias of
Hermiston, although a comparative
new lodge recently organized at this
place, is composed OF some who have
made for themselves a reputation in
lodge work, some who have been on
prize winning teams. 1t is expected
that soon this lodge will be the larg-
est in the city, as now it is only 10
short of this number.
Mr.. Root has beautiful home,
which will be taken care of during
his absence. 1t is only a short dis
tance from the city, about six blocks
and is one of the finest in the project.
His strawberries and grapes have
been of the finest on the project. On
one side of the porch of his home can
can be seen some of the finest roses,
hundreds of these on one large bush,
being only two years ola.
Miss Root expects to finish her mu-
steal education while in Portland in
one of the schools at that place.
!; Salary Is Increased.
With July l the Hermiston postof-
flee will pay 5000 more per year than
formerly. This increase in the sal
ary of Postmaster Williams is due to
the greater amount of business that
! has been transacted. No office needs
l it more than Hermiston. The num-
l ber of pieces of mail that is handled
is constantly growing until 1t is al
most impossible for one person to
handle it alone. The government will
not furnish an assistant which places
the matter up to the postmaster tc
himself pay for any help that he may
y receive This next raise will bring
n the salary up to $1400 per year. This
h however is not all net, as the ex'
l. penses of the office have to be met
8 out of this.
A. T.. Robb Recovering.
5 \. Z Robb. who was injured last
. week, is rapidly recovering and vii
d. be out again in a few days. Mr.
y Robb was injured by his team becom
: ing frightened while being unhitcheC
" from the wagon, and in attempting
to hold the team he was dragged
for some distance and then thrown
i under the wagon and run over. Mr.
q Robb has one of the finest pieces OF
u land on the project and one OF tn
I most highly improved.
Musical Glass Progressing.
The new musical class looks like
it might be an assured fact. Prot
= Blakeslee and Prof. Braden of Pen
W dleton were down again this week an
e met with some of Hermiston's mu
ie sicians. A committee was appointed
IS and it is expected that a society ca
is be organized 1t is the idea of tn
II professor to organize choral so
Is ciety and to give private lessons t
o all those who wish to take advan
% tage, while it all now depends OF
3 Just what the committee will be abl
'e to do. it looks very promising. Pro
II Braden has already taken severa
lie pupils for the violin and it is under
Id stood that several are expecting t
II take up vocal instruction.
other Notes.
i Although there is no real signs G
'e Just what the council is doing in re
lie gard to the water system for Hermis
u ton, the city engineer, Mr.. Waite
Hinkle, is working hard on the pre-
posed system. He has been very bus
~ all the week on plans and maxim
- estimates, getting them in shape I
Fl reach a definite cost of the syster
as outlined by the council. With
VI the next few days he will commeno