East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-23
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; The words, Going, going--gone.'
8 have been immortalized by Colonel w
;. +. Yohnka, veteran auctioneer. The
!. colonels official home is in Ritzville
e Washington, but he travels hither and
yon to sell goods under the hammer
He Is here today to conduct the
Brown Brothers sale.
= r.. M. Crommelin returned this
/ morning from a weekend business
! and pleasure visit to Spokane.
II. s. Gibson when he's at home in
, Joseph, Oregon, sells merchandise at
, the Mcculley Mercantile. Today he is
a Pendleton business visitor.
What is your circulation now?" the
city ed. asked of the portly ed Jean p.
kirkpatrick, of the Pilot Rock Record
who is In town today on his usual Mon
day visit. Are we speaking for adver-
tising purposes or as man to man 2"
the Dortly ed replied. Whereupon the
subject was dropped.
J. o. Russell, who directs the educa-
tional destinies of the youth of Pilot
Rock. is attending the meeting of
school directors being held at the court
house today. Mr.. Russell is especially
interested in debating and oratorical
activities for students and in his spare
time today was arranging with other
principals for some contests.
Judge Thomas Fitz Gerald was out
on the street today after having spent
the past week at home recovering from
a bad cold. His first official act was
TO declare the afternoon half holiday I
at the city recorders.
After looking long and hard this
morning at the white lines painted on I
Main street, small boy stepped up to
w. T.. Brock and said, Say, which
lines are for the Fords?" And Mr.. /
Brock admits that he was stumped.
c. NJ. Humphreys, who wears the
jaunty fez of the Dokies, is royal sec
retary of the order, and incidentally is
cashier of the Commercial National
Bank of La Grande. Captain of the
Brigands" is the title of A. w. Nelson.
known also as secretary of the Union
County Ad club. and owner of a job
printing establishment in La Grande.
NJ. F. Davis. prominent La Grande cit
iben is "Saruk." while C. f. Mays. La
Grande druggist, is bandmaster. All
are here today with the Dokie dele
cation.
Henry Groth, of Freewater, and II. /
r. Van Slyke, of Milton. came down
from the east end today to represent
haf,
directors meeting. They are inter-
ested in a union high school for the
east end that will excel any in the
county.
r. G. Dykstra, who. as principal of
the Umatilia school, has seen a stand
ard four-year high school course in
stalled and other improvements real
lied. is in the city today.
He answers to the name of "Pig
Club Allen but on the Hotel Pendle-
ton register today it is signed. r. j.
Allen. Mr.. Allen won his title because
OF his remarkable success in organiz-
ing pig clubs among the boys and
girls of the state. He is employed by
the o. A. c. extension division. Mr..
Aliens wife is n Pendleton girl, who
before her marriage was Miss Lottie
Menteer. Mr.. Allen is here in the in Z
terests Of club work.
Cyril Brownell. of Umatilla, who ad-
'ocates General Wood as presidential \
imber. was in the city yesterday look +
ng over the political situation.
Warren Morse. prominent in Armen-
"a IN .a1 iaf -nrly To itN l
fr. Morse says reports on Umatilla
ounty's share in raising funds for fa- A
nine stricken Europe are encouraging. m
]. + Beard, who formerly sold mems -
lothins at Alexander's here. is in the h'
ity today from Nolin. Mr.. Beard is &c
ow owner of general merchandise III
ore in Nolin and will open a store in pc
lie Gritman block here. oo
r. r. Lewis president of the r. II. lTl
evils q Co. Inc. of Echo. is here to-
ny. The Lewis company is one of the
aiding general merchandise stores in
e west end town.
w. w. Hoch, of Bingham Springs. is
the city today. Mr.. Hoch says some dl'
low fell in the mountains during the Sc
list week. ue
trs
Across the border in Mexico, Mr. and D'
RS. Henry Taylor still have time to
nd cards to Pendleton friends. They ~
port that they visited their son, DR..
H. Taylor, in San Diego.
II. NJ. Reiff and s. G. McErllan of
ortland, are in the city.
an
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ;. Robinson of La sh
rande, are here for the Dokkie cere- 6 ::
onial. gu
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p. l.. Westover of the O. A. c. Exten- TIA
on department, is In the city. pr