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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
PORTLAND MATRON IS
VISITING At BINGHAM
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GIBBON, May 4.--Miss Irene Bulen
arrived here Tuesday morning to spend
the summer with her uncle L. A.
Bulen. Miss BuIens home is in Lewis
ton, Idaho,
Evalyn Wayne and Burnel Williams
have just recovered from the measles.
l.. A. Bulen spent several days last
week in Pendletnn.
]. A. Holady was a Pendleton visitor
Friday.
Eldon, little son of Mr. and Mrs,
Dolf Thompson has been quite sick the
past week with the measles.
F. p. Bruce spent several days last
week in PendletOn.
Henry Thompson lett Friday for
Athena to bring home Mrs, Thompson
and baby who have been visiting there
the past two weeks at the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. j. f. Jones. The baby is Just
recovering from n weeks Illness.
Dick English left sunday for his
home near Weston. He will return
Monday evening.
Miss Esther Nrinker arrived here
Saturday night from Pendleton and
will spend the summer at the Bingham
Springs Hotel.
Mrs. II. S. Gray was visitor in La
Grande last week.
Miss Cora Sayer and Mrs. netroskN
of Pendleton spent sunday here with
Miss Savers parents Mr.. and Mrs. W.
II. Saver.
Martin Mclaughlin of Duncan spent
Saturday here at the J. f, Thompson
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee McAtee and chill
dren of Pendleton were among the
many visitors at Bingham Springs
| Sunday.
Floyd Fox OF Basket Mt, near Wes-
ton was on the river fishing Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Hoch arrived here Mon
| day evening from Portland to spend
the summer at Bingham Springs.
Two small children in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Gray are ill with
the measles
Ralph Tucker and Bill Singer of
! Weston were on the river Monday
/ looking after their cattle,
MIR. and Mrs, J. r. Thompson spent
/ Monday in Athena.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brace went TO
! Pendleton Tuesday on "Wednesday
Mr.. Brace will go with Forest Super
visor ]. c. Kuhns and District Ranger
/ Keatley over telephone route near
, Weston. They expect to he gone sew
cral davs. Mrs. Brace will visit friends
in Pendleton while they are away,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
ECHO CITIZEN BUYS
FARM AT MELROSE
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ECHO. May Funeral services for
the late J. i. Bell who died at p. m
on Monday, will be held On Wednes-
day at 10 a. m. at the N. T. church.
Rev T.. L. Wolff will conduct the SER
vices, after which the remains will be
taken to Pendleton for interment
Mrs. Davis, national organizer Of
the Women's Home Missions, viii be
In Echo Friday. May 9Th. She win
give two lectures at the NJ. +. church,
one at 2:3O p. m. when the ladies Of
the church vii lserve a silver tea for
the benefit OF the cause. and one lee
ture at p. ~. Every one is cordial
ly invited to attend these lectures.
Mrs. Edward flesegang is on the
/ sick list this week.
Ralph Saylor Of Butter creek, left
Tuesday morning for a fishing trip
! lie expects to 80 to the head waters Of
J Butter creek.
4 Mrs. Hawley Bean was a business
visitor here Tuesday from her home
on the Meadows
Travis Hoskins. for many years a
prominent farmer on Butter creek,
Q
Implements household goods, etc, for
Melruse. ore. where he has pur has
ed farm Of 275 acres. Mr. Hoskins
wife and little daughter. left by auto
Wednesday morning for their new To-
cation. Their many friends wish them
success and happiness in their new
home.
Harry Bell and wife and Mrs. ]. p.
Bell and children were business visit
ors in Pendleton Tuesday.
Sloan Thomson, prosperous farmer
Of Butter creek, was transacting bust
ness here Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. B. Thomson and
Mrs Q. F. Thomson drove to Pendle-
ton Tuesday where the latter will be
a guest Of honor at pioneer dinner.
A. l.. Honey of Portland was in
Echo Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollenbeck. of La /
Grande. are here for ,Et9nth. Mr. /
is associated with Mr.. /
AIohley in the insurance business. The /
two gentlemen drove from La Grande 4
and report the roads TO be in very bad .
condition.
Mrs. A. r. Thomson and Miss Elna /
Thomson were in Stanfield Monday to |
visit Mrs. Thomson's mother, Mrs. H. /
Stanfield, whose home is in Portland, /
but who is visiting relatives in Stan
field. Mrs. Stanfield will visit in Echo I
before returning home.
\. ]. Abernathy was here Monday
from his home in Irrigon. 1
II. c. Case, II. p. Shultz, and H. L.
Crabtree of Los Angeles, were here
this week posting bills for a circus to
be here May 10. The children will be
as well as many of the old
er people.
r. a. Wood, or In Cross. Wash, is
here visiting at the home of his broth
er-in Jaw, Mr.. Reese.
John Mclaughlin Of Pendleton, was
here on business Tuesday. Mr.. Nc
Laughlin is a former Echo boy.
George Warner was here on his way 4
from Seattle. He is going in the auto 4
truck business in Montana. Mr.. Ward 4
was in the employ of the Echo Auto Il
Go. for some time. II
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
STILL ANOTHER NURSE
RECOMMENDS TANLAC

went an operation for appendicitis
that left me in such badly run down
condition 1t looked like 1 would never
regain my strength.
"Inflammatory rheumatism set in
and my arms and joints ached dread
fully. In fact my hands had TO be put
in splints for about six weeks 10 keep
from becoming distorted and growing
out Of shape. Ny nerves were terribly
upset. and at night was so restless
! could scarcely sleep.
After taking seven bottles Of Tan
lac had actually gained forty pounds
in weight and was enjoying my usual
good health. The rheumatism left me
entirely, my stomach never troubles
me and my sleep is sound and refresh
ing. can certainly youch for the
merits Of Tanlac, and a number OF
people have experienced the benefits
through my recommendation"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Department Makes Quick Run.

4 blaze caused by a defective chin
ney caused the fire department to
make run this morning to the Nc
Master apartment house on the cor
ner Of Bluff and Aura streets. The
fire was extinguished with "A damage
that is estimated at $25 to the house.
Water was used only on top Of the
roof. the flames underneath being ex-
tinguished by use Of chemicals. and
this action prevented a loss by wa
ter, which in small fires is usually a
great deal heavier than the actual
fire loss. The department was on the
scene in record time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Oregon Woman Testifies to
Powers of This Medicine
Overcame Sufferirgs of Six
Years Standing and She
Gained Fcrty Pounds.

Although It has been almost two
years since Tanlac has relieved me Of
my troubles and built me up wonder
fully I'm still feeling fine and can tes-
iify to both the immediate and lasting
results Of medicine" declared Mrs. j.
F. Meikle, 9OS Francis avenue, Port
land, ore, a trained nurse Of cOnsid-
erabie experience.
For six or seven years I suffered
terribly from stomach trouble and
rheumatism. After eating / would
have heartburn so bad that I could
hardly stand it, and the gas in my
stomach caused awful pains. | UNDER
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Form Dralnagc District.

J. r. Hinkle. Hermiston attorney,
was here today where he appeared be-
fore the county court in the interest
Of the formation Of a new drainage
district in the upper end of the valley
above Stanfield above the present dis
trict. The petitioners for the district.
which will be known as the Hoskins
district are j. c. Hoskins, L. NJ Hills
Carl Johnson James NJ Kyle and SON.
A. r. Kaufman. ". f. Smith. Louis J.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

Ono pair of eyes am one pair o.
ears are, Of necessity, sulncient for
IL hi-yes. 125 year old Indian, and his
wife, for she Is deaf but can see.whle
he cannot see but can hear. The two.
who are WaIla WaIla Indians and who
reside in Thorn Hollow, arc IN PEN
dle.on today for one of their rare yis-
its, The wife is about 20 years young
er than her husband, and the hand Of
Time ceems to have dealt gently with
both. for they are in excellent health
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Hearing Set Forward.

The motion of the attorneys for
Rathio and owen, whose appeal be
fore the supreme court was to have
been heard today, that the case be
continued until the court is sitting a
Salem, was granted this morning May
II at o'clock in the afternoon was
the time and date set for hearing the
case. The reason given for the desire
for an extension was the injury of At
torney Bolin. who represents the de-
PENDANTS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
DokI1ies In City.

The black and gold fez of the
Dokkies is seen on Pendleton streets
today. as about 800 members of the
order from Pendleton and out-of-tOwn
are here for the ceremonies which
will take place this afternoon and
evening. A concert is to be given this
afternoon at the high school auditori-
um and will be followed by a street
parade. Later, after a six o'clock
banquet, initiation is to be held, the
work being by the famous La Grande
team.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Condition Is Serious.

T. Jackson, colored. who was inJur-
ed yesterday morning when he lost
control of the bicycle he was riding
and collided with a moving truck be-
longing to the Service Transfer Co., at
the corner Of Jackson and Main, is re-
ported TO be in critical condition at
the hospital where he was taken
shortly after the accident. Eye wit
nesses declare he lost control OF the
wheel and struck the back end Of the
truck.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

\ contract signed by Elmer r.
Goodwin. Of Gresham, who will be su-
perintendent of Union school and the
Milton Freewater schools has been
signed and is at the office Of the coun-
~ superintendent Of schools. Tie
contract calls for a salary of $4,000.
one half Of which is paid by each dis
trict.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

DANCE TONIGHT at the Liberty.
Billy Hofman's Dance Specialists.
FOR RENT--A sleeping room for two
meu-modern-S13 Mill or Phone
246-J.
LADY WISHES POSITION as cook
Large crew Of men preferred--Apt,
56--Golden Rule Hotel.
WANTED TO RENT at onco--A build
ing to make modern paint shop,
Call 631 johnson or phone 1882.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Hold Special Masses

Tomorrow is a special day in the
activities Of the Catholic church be-
ing known as Ascension Day. In hon
or Of the day two special masses will
be observed by Pendleton Catholics
who viii attend mass at o'clock and
again at . o'clock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

The board Of directors of the Una
lila county Red Cross is meeting to-
lay. Tomorrow a meeting Of the eX-
acutive board will be held. A new
clerical secretary is to be chosen, as
Mrs. Charles Haynes has resigned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Conference is Held.

Mrs. Edith G. Van Deuson, home
demonstration agent and Miss Lassie
Lane, nutrition expert from O. A. c.,
are in Weston today to conduct 4 chill
dren's conference. 1t will continue to-
morrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

Jack Mclaughlin, special agent for
the illinois Central In the freight de-
partmcnt, was here today on business
lie formerly was agent IN Pendleton
and shook hands with many friends.
His headquarters now are AT Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
pNrVMoNIc PLAGUE RACES.

WASHINGTON, May ia. PD--
A serious outbreak Of pneumonia
plague at NladNostok. Siberia is re-
ported
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
NEWS OF THE COUNTY
OFFICES AND OFFICERS.
Ea,r Ilnnrll AIncls-

Tile regular meeting Of the county
fair board was held this afternoon IN
the office Of Major Lee Moornouse at
the court house. Routine business was
given consideration.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
NEWS NOTES
OF PENDLETON
Indians Are Paid.

Indians of the Umatilla Agency are
receiving their semi-annual payments
Of funds for the rental of their lands.
The money is paid each year in May
and October
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
People Here and There

10. G. Fields OF Ia Grande is the ad-
vance man Of the "Dokkoy' tribe from
the Union county aggregation. lie ar
rived last night on No, 23 with all the
naraphernalIa that will be used here in
ihc fun.making tonight.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Marriage License.

\ license to wed has been issued at
The office Of the county clerk TO Theo.
10. Pound. a telephone operator, and
Mary Vcrena +. Wiggert, a nurse.
Both are residents of Umatilla.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04
Leaves for Milton.

Fred Bennion. county agriculture
agent. is in Milton today to hold a
poultry meeting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

u. A. Horstman ana J. NJ. Hoagland
Of La Grande were here yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

lie has been here during Supreme
Court sessions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

AND wAFFLEs from
Kerr's Pancake Flour.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

Emil Muller resident Of the Johr
Day district near Ritter. was transact
ing business IN Pendleton today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

Mr.. and Mrs j. c. hedfer. Mrs. r..
=. Redifer and r.. A. and l.. b. Redlfer,
all Of Redmond, werc in Pendleton
yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

y. w Jones, an insurance man of
Portland, was here today
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-04

Robert Fakin, In Grande lawyer,
left yesterday evening for his home.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-08-05
Col. Wilmeth Writes of
Things Seen in California
Gear signal.

Lear Signal.
Leaving RI Paso the morning of
the Sth Of July. We turned up the
Rio Grande river for 10 miles. Some
five miles up from the city. the val
ley spreads out and wonderfully rich
farms appear, hut poorly farmed and
cared for. II Gems most OF them are
absent owners, and there is no pride
in their up keep. No orchards, gard
ems, few barns and mosly shacks for
houses. and yet IL could be the fair
est spot in Texas or New Mexico. II
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-08-05

81 am in good health for the first
time in thirty years and / give Tan
lac the entire credit" said Professor
c. J Budlong. well-known and high
ly respected citizen of Manchester.
y. H.. living at AZ School street.
From the time ! was boy
couldn't sit down and eat a meal
without being in misery afterwards
from indigestion. During all these
years ! was afflicted with rheuma-
tism. too. II was all over my body
but especially bad in my feet and
legs an dat times 7 couldn't get from
my bed TO my chair without help. |
was almost nervous wreck from all
these year sof suffering and could
not hall do my work ! hoped for
nothing more than temporary benefit
from Tanlac, as | believe IL impossi-
bic for any medicine to give me en-
tire relief, but this is exactly what
Tanlac has done.
For the first time since ! can re-
member cat anything ! want and
digest ii without trouble. ! haven't
an ache or a pain and have put on
eighteen pounds IN weight. I just
feel good all over and enjoy life as
never did before. Having put
Tanlac TO the test do not hesitate
70 say that it is the greatest medi-
cine of the age for stomach trouble
ana rheumatism.
Tanlac is sold in Snyder by Gray
um Drug Company
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-08-05

is the ucalyptous and Arizona fir,
both Of these treys are very tall in
their growth. making so to 10 feet,
and 20 must remember always from
now on that everything is man
grown. All under the mountains,
down TO the sea had nothing on 1t.
except on the streams and all these
tree are planted either in groves or
along irrigation bitches | have an
idea they were al planted to check
thei wind Off OF the farms OF loose
sand The winds blow here about
like they do TO scurry and II It was
not for the trees TO sand storms
would Dee greater. rut us as much.
all the country aoN is covered nearly
with some kind OF tree growth YOU
would not notice the wind
TO descrin- ail these farms and
cities would be- .mposs.hi. ana use.
Confined next week. l-
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-08-05

is ftdsohdulH priced, DelnE $50 10
$500 per acre and is irrigated and
can raise anything suitable to the
climate.
Leaving N valley here We turn
north westward across u great up
land nearly level which reaches into
arizona. No streams anywhere. No
grass and only thing alive Is stunted
mesquite, black brush and yucca. Al
80 miles We pass through Deming,
a good looking western, modern
built town. The soil is like that
around FL Paso, sand with an adobe
base. Water is good here, but too
deep to use for irrigation TO advant-
age. IL is loose sand around the town
and Uncle Sans men who were sta
toned hero got so much OF IL they
say they would fight anything to get
away.
Still westward q little to the north
We keep our way, mountains on each
eide, generally several miles from
the road way No cattle or other
stock because there Is nothing TO
live on. Yuccas break the monotony
reaching their ghostlike forms up
ward and some time with arms that
seem 10 supplicate for rain.
We pass out OF New Mexico a mile
or two west OF Steens Pass, We have
already passed 10 the waters of the
Pacific, but there are no streams like
We have in Texas. The Saw Simon
valley has no stream. il is just a
broad basin between ranges OF noun
tains which are ten 10 twenty miles
apart. The soil Of ahis valley is dark
er than the preceding and has some
farms They depend on irrigation
from wells which are goo to 900 feet
deep.
All the people though praisa the
country and explain the abandoned
houses and farms saying It has been
so long since IL has raincd. Som. say
two years and some less II certainly
appears barren.
We find nothing OF interest tin
W. come into Texas Canon. which by
The way is the only scenic place across
all OF Arizona II mas beautiful trees
and some of the most beautiful rock.
caves end cayerns. II has shallow wat
er and II the lower surrounding
country is ever populous will be the
summering place co. central and east
ern Arizona. Here is the first stream
since We left FL paso. some ESQ
miles We found some pretty farms
on tho San Pedro river and also at
Benson. Across the country but down
the San Pedro We reach Tucson pro-
uounced "Tuson This is a city OF
some 10000 or more people. II IS
several centuries old b.,ar.a who,
the fathers cam. across ia, ,orti.
nent in the l5tb century ,h,,. f,rp5
q half civilized trilo of Indians and
halped Tim, establish ,,.,,s.Iy., ,,,-..
SD This B.. nearly, ..,,,itr,,ic,i aud
the first p3rr -r.as ,u,.s, .rd ,rs
p.trr.s b.r. rrfs. civ.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-08-05

hanhan' ana means box, and later
! will tell you about H.
In speaking OF deserts do not get
the view that desert is a sandy roll
ing country. They call this desert be-
cause there Is no vegetation on IT,,
hut black brush. mesquite, occasion
ally and catclaw trees and some
places acatillo pronounced oak-aw-tee
and quccas. They have ranches on
these deserts, the desire for large
ranges and the open life has caused
many persons To take his family into
these wastes and find water by drill.
Ing and by pumps lift the water TO
the surface and locate his herd not
by fences, but by water and so across
these long stretches Of veritable des-
crt We lind tanks as a rule in wood
zen or cement basins and full OF wat
er and either from generosity or pol
| icy. q sign TO usa but not waste.
Some of these signs are faceticious
as well as suggestive. One said on the
side of the tank. Fin up like the
cattle and move on" and another
says Don't ask questions OF the fore
man. he has questions 81 mis- own TO
answer" The cattle in Arizona are
inferior to our Texas cattle They
miGht have the same blood anr still
would he smaller aud less thrifty.
The growth Is 50 stunted by lack Of
rain that they never get the start
that the Texas animal gets off Of
rich nutritious grass. Even in the
irrigated area. they are smaller,
while this salt valley section is not
ed for its dairy cows. the average
run are inferior TO the milk COWS OF
Scurry county The Holstein COW is
used here more than the Jersey, both
though have some wonderful repre-
sentatives in the way Of production.
The reason they can sell their milk
at 1919 cents and make money is be
cause they do not feed the COW, but
require her to NOV her hay, for the
bermuda and Alfalfa II kept watered
grows all winter.
From Hassayampa TO Salome IS
gradual incline. The valley or plat
eau being surrounded by mountains
from nothing up TO 90 miles apart.
No real streams but broad flat washes
where the mountain torrents rush
TO tn main flats, st Sslome We run
into q plant using up ocatillo. From
IL they get acetone fenol, charcoal,
interpreting and cement and rub
her. Salome is on the Santa re Ry,
We having leftthe Southern Pacific
at Phoenix, and come north 10 avoid
the heat in Imperial valley and SALON
basin. We made a mistake on the
heat as this desert is as hot a. 10
would have been I'm the more moist
dlstr''t OF Imp'r'ai' leaving H"'''-5
We drive Tor Fa'heF on the Co!o'~G"
river II Is similar country We passed
"niF the tropicaI vegetation SHOWS
NOR. ana the mesquite Tree -o''
through aho'her '""hE' TOT I"-''" ms
'Ae Ia" 'i environment 'A''' = -'
'hins SHOWS DIS m0'h "c"P'""'- "'
'He humb'e nut most 'ai0ao'' '''"'
III ri FaSo the tree Is ho' els large
as I'D S'u'Il county. ONT .''. .. ''".l
WITH h."n pod 'ne"alH- j" oT ~
Deans. 'Ae I''i is nearly 49, .a.-
"s I'D security nut rl'ih- the pi"' "".
west OF the no Hrah'e' u 'hIt .i-
j airs in -innt"d bushes unless ".'ft
Wa''r Us abundant Westward inc .."I
-''~ smaller ana o'I"I. We .'-'
Tucson II Us so small ihdi u seem, q"