East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-01
AUTOS FIND GRIEF
ON MEACHAM ROAD
TWO CARS BAFF'LED by SNOW
ON ROADS! ONE is SOLD AT
MEACHAM.
Inch of Snow Eel in Mountains Last
Tuesday: Other News of Mcacham
and Surrounding Country Given by
East Orcgonian Correspondent.
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\ MEACHAM, April 1.--Last sunday
two autos got within four miles OF
Meaoham, but the roads were so bad
from there that they had to be pulled
into town, behind sleds Several teams
and sled were secured here and one
auto loaded upon the sled to try to
get over the rest of the distance tow
ards La Grande. But the snow was
yet four feet deep on the roads be-
tween here and Kamela, so they were
forced back The owner succeeded IN
disposing of the car TO Mr.. and Mrs.
N. Casey and concluded that train
! travel was the best and cheapest at
this time of the year. The other car,
Ford. was shipped from here by
freight to La Grande.
Snow in Timber.
The snow is gone where there are
no trees and the grass is getting
green rapidly but in the timber parts
the snow is deep yet.
j. ID. Casey made a business trip
TO Pendleton on Tuesday
on Tuesday night an inch of snow
fell. but melted By the next morning.
Miss Leont Hardison went TO La
Grande on Wednesday.
Mrs. J. A. Waters and Mrs. r. Fa-
gan and daughter Lorone went to Ka-
mela on Wednesday to assist in Red
Cross work.
Frank Watkins made "A trip to La
Grande on Wednesday.
Robert Fagan has been the inven-
tor of an auto tire shoe, TO be of great
benefit in getting an auto or truck out
of mud holes. etc. He has just se-
cured the patent rights on 1t.
J. d. Casey and son John \. Casey
made a business trip to La GranGe
on Thursday.
J. d. Sawyer of Walla Walla, Wash,
was in town on Thursday securing
orders for spring suits.
Mrs f. Hanlen and son Gail were
down from Kamela on Friday visiting
Mrs. James Baker and Mrs. j. a. Wat
ters.
j. d. Casey went TO Portland on
Saturday to spend Easter with his
wife, Mrs. Casey and daughters the
Misses Jennie and May Sassy.
Miss Rhoda Managers arrived from
Kahotus, Wash, on Saturday to re-
main with Il. d. Hawes and family
for some time. /
Red Cross Election. 81
Members of the Red Cross met sat
urday afternoon and elected officers
for a Red Cross auxiliary. They will
hold n sewing meeting on Thursday
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. r. Fa
gan and an instructor will be up from
Pendleton to assist in the work. All
are invited to attend and do what I
they can. S
William Slusher from Noln was in
town on Saturday. q
Mrs. John Baker went to Ia Grande
on Friday. g
\ Literary Program. ~
The Literary Society held their pro- Il
pram at the school house on saturday
night and a very interesting program i
was rendered as follows: NJ
Patriotic songs by audience.
Recitation, Ruth Austin. &
Quartet, by Mrs D. Blackburn, Mrs. Il
j. n. Casey, Roy Hawes. John Casey
Ed Austin and II. jenkins and Grover
Aimicll. Mrs. Roy Hawes played the n
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Recitation, Helen benson. AZ
Solo by trio, Mrs. ID. Blackburn, H
Ed Austin and Grover Aimick. ~
Recitation, Velma jenkins.
Reading of "Our Bill" Mr.: Crook. IS
The debated question was, Re 81
solved that water was more destruc- 6
tive than fire" Mr. Crook as cap
tain. with John Casey and Ed Austin al
were for the affirmative, while J. Il. XII
as captain, and Mrs. j. y. M
1asey and Grover Aimick were for the IS
negative. The latter won.
The critic report was read by J. H. M