East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-01
NEWS OF THEWEEK
AS TOLD IN THE
COUNTY PRESS

| Ihe special revival meetings which
have been conducted Jointly by the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches
| in the Methodist church here for the
| past three weeks, will close Sunday
night. During the present week the
attendance has been good and interest
keen under the forceful preaching Of
DR.. S. L. Grigsby, pastor of the Pres
| byterian church of Pendleton, who
has been conducting the meetings.
Milton Eagle
To rid the valley of any hold-over
cankers from the fire blight in apple
and pear orchards is the purpose of
County Fruit Inspector S. j. Camp
| bell, who expects to wage a persistent
fight against this pest in the valley
during the present season.-Milton
Eagle.
Following a lingering illness of sew
eral months, death claimed the life of
w H. Wilmot, a pioneer of this val
| ley, at his home four miles northwest
of this city Tuesday morning. Fune-
dence at o'clock Wednesday, the
Rev Lambert of the Sunnyside NJ. E.
church officiating. Interment was in
the city cemetery beside the dead
mans father-Milton Eagle.
r. Alexander, Daddy Taylor, j T.
Brown and G. w. Bradley, all old war
horses from Pendleton, We're visitors
to the Record office last Saturday.
Since the election of Woodrow Wilson
Daddy Taylor denies having voted for
Mckinley in 1896. But just so long
as Bryan does not hear of this old
time rumor Daddy Taylor will have
nothing to fear when he elbows his
way to the pie counter-Pilot Rock
Record.
John McReynolds, of Stockton, Cali
fornia, brother of H. H. McReynolds
of this town, visited in Pilot Rock
few days early in the week. The
brothers had not seen each other for
80 years. Before returning home he
will visit a few days with Ed and May
Il
cousins.-Pilot Rock Record.
John w. Etter and w. T. Kidwell,
east of town, and George E. Carnes,
west of town, report their barley crop
damaged by frost. 1t will not be
known to what extent the crops have
been damaged until later Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning two
and a half inches of snow fell, but be-
fore Wednesday night it had almost
disappeared.-Pilot Rock Record
The annual picnic of the Umatilla
County Caledonian Society will be
held in Athena this year at the City
Park, in Friday and Saturday, May
% and "a
The program of entertainment for
this year promises to entertain to a
high degree, and every effort possible
by those in charge is being made to
make it a success. At a meeting OF
the society held in this city recently,
the following committees We're named:
Program-H. a. Barrett, b. y.
, Hawks, w. f. Potts.
Finance. ID. Plamondon, f. E.
Koontz, A. b. McEwen.
Reception. Z. Frooms. A. NJ.
Meldrum. G. II. Bishop, Charles Belts.
Fred Koontz.
Sports-W. r. Taylor, A. II. Nc
Intyre, +. S. LeGrow.
Grounds-B. b. Richards \. NJ.
Johnson, NJ. l.. Watts.
Marshal of the Day-W. r. Taylor;
Special officer, w. f. Dobson.
The people of Athena and Umatilla
county have come to anticipate the
pleasure of these picnics and last year
disappointment was expressed when it
became known fact that no picnic
was to be held.
But when it became known that the
picnic was to be held this year, every
Z one is looking forward to the. good
time coming on those two big days
when the Scottish clans gather with
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