East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-30
NEWS OF THE COUNTY
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show windows will be put in where
the goods of the store can be shown
TO the people at a better advantage.
New goods have been ordered and the
stock improved in general There
will be IS feet added onto the rear OF
the store as the business has outgrown
its present quarters.
Better and more presents were re-
ceived by the hundreds here Xmas
and Postmaster Browne!l had all he
could do to handle the rush. He was
about swamped, but this is not our
point. In about IS per cent of the
letters received from the east, snow,
blizzards, storms of all descriptions
We're mentioned and as our cores
pondent heard the remarks made
the east he took it upon himself to
walk out in front and gaze at the
thermometer. He was astonished to
see that 1t registered but SIS degrees
Alas. was his $3.50 thermometer on
the blink Nay, nay, Pauline! Upon
further inspection he noticed people
running about in shirt sleeves and It
may be further said for the most
skeptical that Mr.. Hood could be
plainly seen by the naked eye. O.
you Umatila climate!
The lumber that has been expected
for the past week has arrived and the
new year will start in Umatilla with
extensive building going on. BY early
in the summer there will be quite a
change here as everyone seems TO
have taken it upon themselves to i'm
prove their property and have gen.
eral clean up. There are a few here
that will have to be prodded a little
more, so they will fall in line and
help keep up the good work that is
going on. We must all get together
and keep the trainmen humping
George Butterwood has been on the
sick list for four or five days but you
cant keep a good man down, so
George is back on the job hustling
things along. Two engines are busy
making up trains and everything is
bustling in general around the larg-
est freight yard on the line.
1t looks like a big night for the
Redmen Tuesday with a high class or
! chestra of four pieces secured from
Pendleton.
F. NJ Hofer has retured to Coeur
d'Alene after visiting the Brownell's
| for a few days.
1t tried awful hard to snow here
Friday but for some unknown reason
snow and Umatilla don't harmoniZe.
Funny that we hear that it SHOWS at
| nd CIT tho
big freight point, but such is Oregon
| climates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woods have been
back from Portland a few days and
must of had very good time for
Billy" has a smile on his face a foot
! long and if you will notice closely
you will see him dodge street cars
| and autos as he crosses Main street
Mr.. Woods works at the depot of o.
w. R. & ~. and is leader of our IA
nous orchestra, playing with some OF
the argest orchestras on the Panta'
ges circuit.
Agent Folon is back on the jot
from his visit to Portland
John McNurlen, carpenter, is put
ting up a residence for Mr.. Tousand
reports that it is going to be ''some
| place" when he gets through with 1t
The usual entertainment was giver
the school children Xmas evening II
Pounds hall and proved a success
Presents were distributed to all in at
tendance. Candy, fruit and other do.
nations were donated from the prom.
inent business men of the city.
Lester Means returned today tC
Portland after spending very pleas
ant Xmas with his folks. He holds
position with the Marshall-Well'
hardware house in the capacity o.
salesman of mill equipments. He re-
ports that everything looks big fol
a prosperous New Year Throughout
Oregon.
Thirty turkeys were handed to the
lucky ones here a few days ago anC
the reports still point towards turke!
hash and last but not least, turke!
soup. We will get as much turkey a!
Greece in it. (This is not for the fun
ny part.)
The Stanfield rabbit drive poster
have reached here and we wish then
are sending as many as We possibl,
can get in touch with. and by th
way the people are responding w
look for a nice little delegation from
the junction. We assure you 1t /
some sport" and something out o
the ordinary line of hunting, Star
the New Year with a lucky rabbit
foot in your possession.
Tuesday evening will be the gran
ball given by the Redmen lodge. TIL
general committee. A. G. Means
chairman, p. f, Halter and Georg
I Simpson, promise the best rance c
the season. On account of dane
at Hermiston a large crowd will n
doubt be down from the reclamatio
city to join in the fun, delegaio
already being in line for trip
Hermiston for their New Year
dance.
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