East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-25
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The hotel cr1umn of the Morning
oregon.an never misses chronicling
1l.s nee IN Portland of County
Judge c. IL. Marsh, although the
,use eciare he tries his hardest to
SHIN the calcium li9nt Of pltlcss pub
licity. The reason that the Judge gets
m''itten M. II is rumored. is that John
Kelly, who covers highway commis-
sion meetings, also writes the hote.
column Just to assure the judGc thai
there Is no jealousy between papers
his return home this morning from the
highway session Is herewith chronicl-
ed.
Rav T.uper assistant to State Engi-
neer Percy NJ. Cupper. is in Pendleton
and vicinity today TO look into the
water situation in Umatiila county.
MIR. Luper arrived on No. this morn
Ing from Salem. where he makes his
headquarters.
Pendleton Is fruitful field for life
insurance and has already produced
two state managers for the Equitable
Life, one of the best known of the
nationally-operated concerns. The
second OF these local men to reach the
state managership is Clark Nelson.
who Is here today looking over the
work in this district. Mr.. Nelson al
ways reports satisfactory results from
this field and this morning was just a
bit more optimistic than usual. owing
to the good work being done in Nor
row county by the newest agent. Dave
Wilson, who recently left Pendleton.
John T. Og1e returned on No. 6 this
morning after a business and pleasure
sojourn in Portland.
George II. Upthegrove. who was for
merly in business in Hermlston, is
now assistant manager for the Kansas
City Life Insurance Co. He makes
his headquarters in Portland but COW
ers the state. He arrived in Pendleton
on business today.
Tom Smart, tyler at the Elks lodge
is wondering IL a man needs hunting
license to shoot the rat that chewed
off a large chunk Of swinging door in
the club rooms last night To the
naked eve. several minutes accumu-
lation of chewing were visible this
morning. both within and without the
room. In spite of the conclusiveness
of the evidence that the work was that
of a rodent. the discoverer declared
that it got his goat"
Enterprise is to have a new lumber
mill to replace the East oregon Mil
which burned in September, says G. T.
of Enterprise, who is in
the city today on his way home from
Portland. Mr.. Stevenson is employed
by the U. s. Forest service in timber
sale work, and has been at the Port
land office on detail duty. He states
that the mill at Enterprise has
bought much timber from the Wallowa
forest in the past and has contracts;
for large area which will be cut
when the new mill is completed.
The hardest tussle that the late
Frank Gotch worlds heavyweight
wrestler. ever had was right
here in Pendleton. Several years ago
Gotch appeared here in an exhibition
bout, his opponent being Parson MO-
tanic a Umatilla reservation Indian,
one of the finest specimens Of physical
manhood who ever STEPPED onto a mat
in the northwest. Motanic was short |
on wrestling knowledge but long on
strength, and spectators say he nearly |
killed the champion with his power |
full holds The incident was recalled |
today as Motanic, testifying in circuit !
court, stood before a large gathering
who could not help but admire his
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