East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-15
WORK BEGINS ON
STANF|ED BUILDING
WATTS STRUCTURE To BE TWO
STORIES AND CONCRETE
South Dakota Farmer Rents Furnish
Project Tavern-Pipe Lines VIII
Replace the Open bitches for Irri-

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has the contract for completing the
George build ns, hereafter to be
known as the Watts building on the
corner of Coe avenue and Main
street, arrived Friday evening and
will at once commence work and will
hasten the completion of the structure
as rapidly as possibly. This property
is now owned by DR.. G. f. Watts,
Portland physician, who, in addition
to the above mentioned building,
which is to be of concrete and two
stories in height, also owns 160-
acre tract near Stanrield and under
| the Furnish ditch.
Rents Farm.
Martin Ness of Maddox, n. D.,
| has rented the Dixon place, consisting
of about forty acres near here, most
of which is in alfalfa. and has re-
| turned to his former home in North
| Dakota to arrange for shipment of
household goods and a carload of
dairy cows. Mr.. Ness will return with
! his family shortly and make his flu
| ture home at Stanfield.
A corps of O.-W. r. & n. engineers
arrived in Stanfield Friday and are
now supervising the construction of
| the drainage pipe line where it cross
es under the railroad track.
During the past few days, many cit
izens took advantage of the oppor-
! tunty to enjoy the pleasure of sleigh
riding. The maximum depth of snow
here was twelve inches and a thaw
is now on which is gradually taking
it away.
Billiard Hail Changes Hands.
Chester Barney has purchased Of
]. L. Parker the billiard and pool room
known as the Pastime Par.ors. having
closed the deal and taken possession
of the place few days ago.
Pipes Replace Open Ditch.
Several of the land owners in the
Furnish project are constructing
fumes or laying pipe lines for the
purpose of conducting water over
their places for irrigation instead of
using the open bitches. The pipe
line and flume are preferable to the
open ditch, the water being easily
controlled and besides the loss by
evaporation and seepage are reduced
to minimum. The more recent inn
provements of this nature have been
put in by Mrs Charlotte Bill and C.
w. Connor on Their places north least
Of town.
On Friday evening in Stewards
Hall, an enjoyable social dance was
given under the management of
Chester Barney.
Personal Mention.
Mrs c. w Carmen Is recent ar
rival from Sumner, Wash, having
At, L. ~
is experimenting the work on the
drainage system that is being con-
structed by Eschbach. Bruce Co.
DR.. Henry w. Coe returned Satur-
day from business trip to Walla
Walla.
Frank S,oan was Pendleton visit
or Saturday.
r. Hiatt went to Pendleton Sat-
day morning to remain over Sunday.
Attorney A. w. Gray was transact
ing business at the county seat Satur-
day
Hon. w. ]. Furnish was looking af-
ter business interests at Stanfield
Thursday
G. L. Hurd, editor of the Stanfield
Standard, was transacting business at
Pendleton Saturday.
H. w. Hall and e. f. Cotant were
motor passengers to Pendleton Sat
urday morning.
Mr.. Laughlin the Hermiston land
man. was calling on friends in Stan
field Saturday.
Oscar Olson. a former resident of
Stanfield, arrived here Saturday from
Portland and will be employed on the
Watts building.
Prof. o. A. Cannon of the Echo
schools was a visitor in Stanfield Fri
day evening.
Prof. Frank ID. Carruth. principal
of the Stanfield schools went to Pen
dleton Friday evening to remain over
Sunday.
Miss Minnie Baker spent Saturday
and Sunday with her mother in Pen
dleton
G. A. Hazen of Condor Is visiting
here, the guest of his son Charles,
who is agent for the O.-W. r. e. n
Co.
Mrs. Zilpha Custer of Newport. Or
egon, arrived in Stanfield yesterday
and is visiting her nephew ]. f.
Reeves.
r n. Stanfield went to Portland
last night with shipment of three
carloads of sheep.
Architect C. NJ. Hinebaugh came up
from Umatilla Saturday to look after
business matters here.
w. T. Reeves is in Portland looking
after a shipment of cattle which he
sent to that market Saturday night.
On Thursday afternoon the regular
semi-monthly meeting of the Stan
field Women's Study club was held
at the home Of Mrs. John F. Bagan,
the usual program hour being taken
up by the reading of two intensely in
teresting papers, one being by Mrs
A. w. Gray, whose subject was ma
tional Forests" the other was pre-
pared by Mrs. G.. L. Hurd on the SUBJ
ject of THE Natural Wonders of Am
erica"
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