East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-22
$4,000 SHEEP ARE
.SHE!ARED AT ECHO
CREW LEFT SATUR-
DAY AFTER HAVING WORKED
FOR SIX WEEKS.
Forty seven Cars of Live Stock ship
ped Out From Yard saturday:
Other News and Personal Notes of
Interest.
(East Oregonian Specially


ECHO. May 22.-The Jake Wat
tenburger shearing crew left here sat
urday for Huntington, Ore, after
working six weeks at the Echo shear
ing plant and shearing some eighty
thousand head of sheep. The fire.
quency of rains prolonged their stay
at this place.
Seven car loads of wool We're ship
ped from here last week by Thomas
Ross, Echo's prominent wool dealer.
Three cars went to Portland, ore~
and four to Cummins and Pierce of
Boston. Mass. The cars averaged
over $4,000 tons each. There is still
a large amount of wool stored in Mr..
Ross warehouse at this place.
Forty seven cars of live stock We're
shipped from the Echo stock yards on
Saturday. Thirty four cars of sheep
belonging to the Pendleton Sheep
Co. were shipped out for Albany y.
Y: ten cars of sheep belonging to the
StanfieId Bros. went TO Baker, Ore,
and Jos. Ramos too kthree ears OF
beef cattle to Seattle.
School closed here on Friday. May
is. There were two graduates from
the high school, Miss Mable Ham
man and Hugh Rhea. Rev. G. l.
Clark of la Grande gave an address
at the commencement exercises which
We're held Friday night at the NJ. T..
church.
Mrs Lucy 4. Robinson of Port
land and Mrs. A. PVllen of Lone
Rock spent Sunday here with their
daughter and sister Mrs C. c. De-
Vose and left for their respective
MIR and Mrs. r. q. Smith and Mrs.
VIM Wilder left Sunday morning for
Eugene. Ore. where they will attend
the Rebekah assembly. Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith will visit while on their
way with Mrs. Smiths mother Mrs.
W. ]. Smith of Tangent. ore.
Pat Colder came up from Hermis-
ton yesterday to visit with his little
daughter who is at the Scholl home.
]. II. slime of Enterprise, was
business visitor in Echo yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Green and Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Hamman, all teachers
in the Echo school spent Saturday liz
Pendleton attending the track meet.
Mrs. John oliver and children left
Saturday for Grass Range, Mont.
where they will visit with Mrs. Oil
middle of July.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Mikesell OF Her
miston spent sunday in Echo the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Mike
sell.
T. NJ. johnson and family mOtored
to Heppner and lone the first of the
week.
Mrs. w A Jones and Mrs. T. @
Smith We're visitors in Pendleton on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w Green return
ed Monday from Pendleton where
they had been visiting with friends.
Miss Lille Wattenburger who has
taught school in Pendleton since the
Christmas holidays, is now at home
iwth her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W. J.
Wattenburger.
Mr.. and Mrs John x. Jordan were
business visitors in Pendleton yester-
day
Earl Hamman was transacting bust
ress at the county seat on Monday.
Miss May Elicit of The Dalles. Ore,
has just taken a position with the
George K Miller co. of this place. she
fills the place just vacated by Miss
lone Eaton who resigned to return to
her home at Union. ore, Miss Eaton
leaves today.
Richard Yerxa spent Sunday at
Umatilla with his parents and re-
turned to Echo in the evening.
Miss Esther Scholl spent the week
end in Pendleton the guest of Miss
Clara Ripper and returned home yes
terday.
Henry Staben and family returned
home on Monday from Nolin where
they had been visiting with relatives.
w T.. Brown Of the Hotel Echo
was in Pendleton on Friday.