East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-04-29
WORK WILL START
SOON ON PENDLETON
STATE LINE ROAD
FINAL LINK IN HIGHWAY WILL
BE IMPROVED AS SOON AS
ROCK is HAD.
Weather Has Interfered With Work
Up to This Time; Sharp Curve at
the O-W. r.. & n. Crossing May be
Eliminated; Other News of Milton
Freewater.
lEast Oregonian special.l }


| MILTON-FREEWATER, April 29
I-Macadamizlng of the final link in
the Pendleton-State Line road will be
completed as soon as the rock can be
laid This stretch between Broad
way and Depot Street, about four or
five blocks long has been one Of the
oughest stretches on the whole route,
and would have been mended long
ago had not weather and lack Of ready
funds hindered A crew of men
started work Wednesday morning
picking out the loose and big rock on
this stretch and the first crushed
rock was hauled Thursday morninsA
Il is likely the sharp curve at the o.
W. r. & ~ crossing by the Lamb
Fruit Company will be eliminated, and
longer and easier turn secured By
cutting across the railroad and siding
west of the present road. The city
rcck crusher will probably continue
to operate where it is now located
at the junction of Weston road and
Main street.
Freewater's new garage will be
ready for business by the last of the
week, and will be fitted to take care
of all but the very heaviest automo-
bile and gas engine repairing. Gay
nor and School who have been oper-
atlng garage in the Willamette val
ley are the proprietors.
Claud Bradfield left Thursday NOR
ming for North Yakima to work dur
ing the berry and cherry season as
en- expert hallock maker.
Coy Sims who has been visiting
friends at Milton left for home We'd
nesday morning.
w. S. Ahearn, local telephone man.
eger made a business trip TO Athena
Tuesday.
W. NJ. Vonderahe has purchased a
new Buick Little Six from the Milton
Garage, and ]. S. Frazier accepted de-
livery on a car of the same model
April 26.
Fishermen still report small catches
on all parts Of the Walla Walla river
VIM. Pinkerton and H. L. Frazier
two local Isaac Waltons made the trip
up both north and south fork Tues
day and came home with less than a
dozen. and this is a representative
catch Another contributing cause
perhaps to the small strings is the
number of auto loads that scour the
river every Sunday, averaging about
twenty five to the mile above the
forks Of the river.
Strawberry growers are guessing
that the first berries of the season
to be marketed win be about May 10,
and that the season will be about a
week or ten days later than usual, at
its best about the 25th to SOth' of
May.
One of the largest and best behaved
crowds that ever attended dance in
Milton was out Wednesday night at
the weekly class instruction dance
given by Burton's orchestra in the
opera house.
Homer l. Watts of Athena was
campaigning at Freewater Auction
Sales day Tuesday.
Alterations are contemplated in
the old Fair Store building to cut it
down to smaller store rooms, and
renter is in prospect who will take
at least part of the space and put in
stock Of general merchandise If the
deal goes through The building has
the backbone of several trades and is
understood to be under control of the
original owners, who intend to Sc
cure a renter at the earliest possible
date. and claim to have a good pros.
pective tenant now.
G. w. Morton and wife made a trip |
by auto to Pendleton Wednesday.
Earl Williams was Milton visitor |
Wednesday afternoon.
The Federated church of Freewater i
has put in some beautiful stained |
glass windows in the east front, which !
add greatly to the appearance of the
building,
J. E. olinger is having some addi- /
tions and alterations made in his |
bungalow on Main street.
John Seawell and Herschel Hen
derson will return Thursday morning
tc Walla Walla to take up their stu
dies at Whitman, after the Easter
vacation.
Jess McIlroy left Wednesday morn
ing for Potlatch. Idaho to work for
the summer for the Potlatch Lumber
Company
r. r. Knight and wife left Thurs
day morning for a visit with their
sons and families in Washington.
Mrs Knight will stop at Waitsburg
for a time while MIR, Knight will go
to Dayton and parts of Franklin
county
W. J. Life purchased a Ford OF
he Milton Garage Wednesday, and
f, Hansen a Buick Little Six.
Elba Rogers well known tomato ex-
pert of Freewater was Milton visitor
S. A. Miller returned Wednesday
lom a business trip to Spokane.
Turkey Adopts Gold Coin.