East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-11

1.-The local factories and will go TO On
tario, Oregon, this evening.
ifl.
Oryiile Douglas. who acted as one
of the judges for the county oratorical
land decIamatory contest at the high
ischool last night is senior at Whit
man College and a member of the de-
bate team. He holds the office of stu
dent body president and IS prominent
in college activities.
X C. Amann and r. e. Phelps both
OF the State Highway department.
and f. NJ. Downey, will leave this aft
Iernoon for Portland in Mr.. Downey's
car.
The burning Of the O.-W. r. & N.
bridge near Cayuse probably means
that the bridge will later be replaced
by steel or concrete, in the opinion of
J @. Buri, auditor for the railroad.
Mr. Buri, who was in Pendleton to-
day. says that the bridge was difficult
to repair as it required about two
hours to set timber. He says that
the O.-W. railroad is dispensing with
wooden bridges.
A, r. Coppockaof Athena. and j. c
Hawkins. Of Cold Spring, both pronli-
nent Umatilia county wheat growers
and members of the Farm Bureau ex-
ecutive board. were in the city yester-
day.
August is the worst month for for
est fires. according 20 +; w. copnor,
district fire warden who h efnpfoyed
by the state 10 aid in fire preveneic1.
Mr. Connor. who has as his territory
Wheeler. Grant. JmatiHa and Morrow
eountles. Ssts in iPendieton today on
his way to the 'Uifatilia forest reserve
on an inspection trip. His headquar-
ters are in spray. Wheeler county
a. q. Iross. of Athena, operated a
hardware store for number of years
but at present is taking a well earned
rest from business cares. He is in
Pendleton today ON short visit
Before removing to Portland. F. f.
Judd was vice president of the Ameri-
can National Bank Now he holds a
similar position with the E. j. Burke
Wool Co. Mr.. Judd came to Pendle-
Ton touas W iooA "AeSi las "eSi''S7-
interests.
Jean r. kirkpatrick. who edits the
Pilot Rock Record and also holds
municipal position there. was in the
city last evening. Prof. j. O. Russell,
Mrs. Russell and young son were also |
in town from Pilot Rock. All attend
ed the declamatory and oratorical con-
tests at the high school. @
A. Frentzel local automobile dealer
expects 10 90 to Portland tonight on
a business trip.
Ralph Moores is in the city today
on business. He is n bond salesman
for Morris brothers.
Fred Donert left this morning ford
Portland He win go from there to
Albany and will be accompanied
home by Mrs. Donert and daughter.
who have been visiting at the home [
Of Mrs. Donert's parents.
w. ID. Tomiinson, of Umatilla. is in
tho city today.
M. d. Orange. pioneer druggist of
Pilot Rock was one of the prominent
of that place in Pendleton to-
day. on his way 10 Portland for visit
with his mother
Equipped with rod and basket, w
d. Humphrey local sportsman, left
this afternoon to visit an old friend
who resides aboat 80 miles from
Pasco. The two friends will spend a
k,,t . - tolt
Harry Banfield returned last night
from La Grande. where he spent the
weekend visiting friends.
Leave For Milton
A millinery school is to be held in
Milton for the next two days. with
Miss Lydia Doolittle. of o., A, C, in /
charge Miss Doolittle and Miss Ella
May Harmon. county demonstration
agent, left today for Milton.
J. N. Eldridge and SON, Willie, left
Pendieton Saturday evening for
Creighton. New Mexico. where. they
viii spend the next three or four
weeks on business.
]. B. McCook. of the American Ma
ionai Bank, and w. Sehwartzenberg.
of the Pendieton Roller Mills. went to
Sunday on No. IL ON short
business trip and are expected to re-
urn Tuesday.
Rhea Luper. now assistant state en-
.ineer. Is In the race for public SER
ice commissioner. Mr.. Luper, who
$ an Eastern Oregon man. was Pen
lleton visitor Saturday.
Other cars may have turned back
lftcr trying the muddy road to Eins-