East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-22

men were crippled. Charles Mark
nam went in with a badly sprained
ankle, and Jess Mathes had a very
sore knee. They will be in first
class condition when they meet Pen
d!eton on the gath of February and
will in all probability shut them out.
-Echo's Echoes.
On last Friday afternoon. a team
belonging six miles south of this CITY.
and which was brought to Echo by
Albert Perlburg, ran away, causing
considerable damage. Upon the at
tempt of the driver to back the team
away from the hitching rack located
at the George & Miller store, the
bride on one of the animals broke,
giving it full freedom, the team run
ming to the Jones livery barn before
stopping. Mr.. Perlburg, the driver,
was thrown out of the vehicle, receiv-
ing a sprained thumb and several
painful bruises. Besides a slight in
jury to one of the horses. one wheel
and dash board of the rig were de-
molished.-Echo's Echoes.
AT 1880 Monday afternoon fire de-
stroyed L. A. Esteb's chicken house.
The fact that the wind was blowing
away from the residence prevented
what might have been a serious con-
flagration. The fire department ar
rived on the scene after hard run
and did great work. Fire company
No. hooked on behind Tom De-
weese's fast team and got there in a
jiffy. Fire company No. had to
hoof it all the way All the chickens
and turkeys were saved with much
difficulty. The fowls ran back after
rescue much as a horse would do at
a fire. At the preseut writing chick
ems and turkeys are roaming all over
the hills. The fire loss is estimated
at $500. Mr.. Estem states that he
will build a fire proof chicken house
in the near future. On the home
ward bound journey a freight train
passed the fire department and had
one of the big refrigerator cars blaZ-
ing to beat the band from a hot box
and the fire department promptly ex-
tinguished the blaze. The Echo de-
partment killed two birds with one
stone on the trip.-Echo's Echoes.
So palatable and wholesome is the
water supplied by the city that resi-
dents are rapidly doing away with
the use of water from their open wells.
more or less affected with bacilli
The Hotel Pilot Rock made the very
change this week from
we'll water to the pure spring water,
supplied by the city, and is now equip
ped with hot and cold water through
out. 1t is doubtful if there is a town
in the state supplied with purer wa
ter than Pilot Rock The water is
pumped from a perennial spring
which was developed for the towns
supply and it's use will do doubt con-
tribute very materially to the general
health. No open we'll can be depend
ed upon from becoming affected with
germs and those valuing their
lives above the small expense of Sc
curing their water supply from the
city should lose no time in making
the change.-Pilot Rock Record.
Star route mail carriers may re-
may receive extra pay within short
time. A special weighing of the mails
on star routes, as required by law in
order to fix a basis for readjustment
Of compensation of contractors by
reason of the establishment of the
parcel post system, will be conducted
during the months of March and
April 1913.-Pilot Rock Record.
School district No 81 Umatilla
county, Oregon, six miles southeast of
near the forks of the Wal1a
Walla river, has just completed a
modern four-room up-to-date' two
story concrete school building at the
nominal cost of $1,000. The lower
floor consists of three rooms; an as
sembly room 24x40 feet, with a stage
three feet above the floor level and
nine feet deep which can be changed
into a school room when needed;
playroom for the little folks when the
weather is bad, 22x24 feet, and 9 fur
mace and fuel room. The stairway IL
feet wide, occupies the central part
Of the building; directly over
the stairway, on the upper floor. is
the library room, 16x1S feet. The
upper floor has two rooms fitted up
for school, with cloak and dressing
rooms attached.
At the present, the building is heat
ed with stoves, but by the beginning
of next year it is expected to have
a heating plant installed. Water
from an adjacent spring, tfrree-fourths
mile away, is piped to the building,
and hydranr and faucet is on each
floor.
The building is wired throughout,
and as soon as arrangements can be
made with the lighting company,
will Be placed and 'ttuice"
turned into the 80 lambs that are
ready to illuminate one of the finest
school buildings. to be found in ru-
raj district in Oregon.-Milton Eagle.
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