East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-26
(East oregonian Specially

July 26.-Mrs. Percy German
started on a trip to Joseph, Ore,
Thursday, by train to visit her
mother.
Mr.. and Mrs Truman Birdsell and
family of five children, who are tour
ing from Sioux Falls, S. D.. stopped TO
renew acquaintance with his cousins
Mrs. C. A. Norman, Mrs. Harvey De-
maris and w. H. Birdsell. whom he
has not seen for twenty-three years. |
| The tourists are on their way to Cali
| fornit, and are very loud in thcit |
praise of the Wal1a Walla, and of the
| Milton auto park which they say is
4 the best they have camped in for a
town of Milton's size
Mrs. j: IL. Lamb of Coquille, Ore.
! is visiting at the home of Mr.. and
4 Mrs. George, Henninger of Milton, Mrs.
7; Hennjnger being her daughter.
\ Mrs Sam Coe, who has been visit
4 ing with her daughter. Mrs. Clyde
Harris, for a few weeks, returned to
1 Milton Sunday night, stopping at the
n home of her sister, Mrs j. NJ. Elam
until morning.
The ball game which was played
between the Walla Walla and Milton
Freewater teams Sunday avs a very
fine game, and was won by the Prune
Pickers in score which stood Z to 2.
King made three base hit. Harstad
two base hit and Crimmins made a
two base hit, which, coupled with
good field work and Harstad's usually
good pitching, went a long ways to-
wards enabling the visitors to carry
/ off lon Of
4 Cecil Hicks and wife who have
been visiting Mrs. Hicks people at
8 Richland, Ore, returned to Milton.
4 Tuesday. They have been gone a
4 month.
George Parnlan, below Freewater,
purchased new Dodge Brothers car
from the Auto Sales company at Mil,
ton last week.
M Walter Woodward now sports a
4 Dodge, bought of the Auto Sales Co.
of Milton, through j. w. Davis, sales.
n man.
July goth Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hicks
became the proud parents of an eight
pound boy. The Hicks are stopping
for a few weeks at the home of Mr.
n and Mrs. j. W. Davis, @1rs. Davis be.
ing Mr. Hicks mother. Their home
4 is in Peck, Ida.
The new store of Arthur Milbv i,
beginning to materialize as the foun
i dations are ready for the pouring o.
the concrete.
Saturday night F. A. Tracey wa,
lrushed to the College Place santa
rum and was operated on for annan,
dicitts, and was found to be in a crit
ical condition, but according to renor
Monday evening was getting alons
nicely.
The slumbers of quite a few people
were disturbed Sunday morning at :
CLOCK when fire broke out in an
outoulldlns IN the rear of F. A. Full
iertons plumbing shop. the outbuild-
ing being consumed, but the fire was
controlled and did not spread to any
adjacent property.
Williams Olinger are manufacture
ing quite quantity of fruit box heads
IN their new mill in their Milton lum-
Der yard.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams and
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Best start for the
Yellowstone National park Tuesday
They will stop at Bozeman, Mont. TO
visit at the home of OrvaI jenkins
Mrs. Williams son and Mrs. Best's
brother.
Harold Lamb drew the wrist watch
at the first drawing given by the
Peoples Mercantile company's stode
saturday evening, and Miss Lena
wagner of Freewater won at the
MONDAY evenings drawing. Each one
Oh these prizes is wrist watch and
there We're to be seven of them, two of
Whlch have already been drawn.
Mrs. Mary C. Bassett, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in the
Walla Walla valley for a few months
past, started for her mobe in Chester
Mont, Monday, accompanied by her
little friend, Miss Eva Stubbs of Free
water.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Hiatt and Mrs T,
T. Stutesman returned Thursday aft
er an extended trip through the Yaki-
ma valley, Seattle, Tacoma, Astoria.
seaside I1llamook, McMinnville and
Portland. They say the enjoyment of
the trip was marred somewhat by the
smoke of the forest fires.
}. w. Summers of walla Walla. M
C.. was in the Twin Cities doing bust
ness one day the latter part of last
week.
The editor of the Milton Daele
Bernard Mainwarring. was in attend.
ance at the editors convention at Cor
wallis last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Lamb left SIM
day night for Seattle, where they will
attend the international Apple shin
pers' convention.
Tomatoes are coming in freely and
the price is getting less. The biggest
specimen of this fruit. up to this time
that has been sold to the Tomato
/ Growers Association. was brought in
by c. F. Collins, north of Freewater
and it weighed 20 ounces. which is
the more remarkable as it is of the
pink variety. which is not noted for
size
Mrs. +. II. Baker and her sis+e,.
AIRS. N. A Harrah are fitting up a |
building on the lot recently purchased 4
from J. f. Olinger. joining the teIe-
phone office. and will occupy it with I, :
business which will be called the
school Service Station" and as the
name suEgests, they will sell ice
cream in hot weather. school supplies.
light lunches, and hot drinks to the