East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-10
PRUNE P|CKERS WILL
PLAY HIGH SCHOOL
BY W. H. BIRDSELL
Cast Oregonian Specially

(EaSt Oregonfan SpeciaD
MILTON-FREEWATER May tO.-l
T. Z. Gould. now of Dayton. is visiting
relatives and friends in Milton.
Roy Wendler, manager OF Williams
and Olinger Company,s lumber yard
at Dixie, Wash spent Sunday with
friends in Milton.
About twenty five Epworth Leagu-
ers OF the Marvin Methodist church of /
Walla Walla were entertained by the I
Epworth League of the Methodist !
church of Milton, Saturday night in
! the basement of the church. Ice
cream and waters were served for re-
freshments and the rest of the even
ing was taken up in social games etc. |
All seemed to enjoy the evening very
| much.
| Marion Watson of the State Line
district has his new bungalow about
ready for occupancy.
/ Mrs. G. D. Hitchcock of Milton, ac-
companied her mother home Sunday.
/ Her mother, Mrs. H. Smith, lives in
Pasco. Mrs. Hitchcock who has been
in rather poor health will remain with
her mother few weeks, hoping to I'M
prove.
II The Twin City baseball fans are re-
loicing over the victory the Prune
Pickers won over the Buckaroos, at
Pendleton. Sunday.
Tuesday afternoon the MacLaugh-
lin high school team will lock horns
on the Milton -Freewater league
grounds with the Prune Pickers 1t
will be a very interesting game as the
Mac Hi team has never been defeated,
and is q benefit game for James Cam
eron who broke his leg in game on
the ilton-Freewater league grounds
few weeks ago.
n. W. Mumford reports great acre
ages are being planted on his and 9TH
er newly acquired tracts in the neigh
horhood of the William Hodgen ranch
Nlr. Mumford purchased one hundred
acres off of the Hodgen place this
spring, sixty acres of which he set tc
apples and peaches, twenty to pota
toes, forty to Strawberries and ten t
tomatoes. Some of this smaller stuff
was or course planted between tn,
| VOWS OF frult trees.
S. L. Dunlap purchased twenty fiv'
acres of the Hodgen ranch and put i
to applies, setting five acres of straw
berries between the tree rows.
Frank Clifford planted forty acre
to prunes, in this same neighborhood
H, B. Lamley of Pendleton, was OIL
he streets of the Twin Cities Monday
doing business for the Goodyear Rub
Der and Tire Company.
Preparations for Strawberry Day ar
under way, in Milton and the old tim
strawberry day is going to be reserect
ed, which used to he so famou
throughout the valley.
r. f. Gleason and w. Il. Parvil
fruit packing men of Twin Cities wer
in Lakima Monday.
The announcements are out for tn
Inter-Mountain Fair and Racing Assc
ciation's races at Waitsburg, June
and g..
NJ. j.. Maynard returned from Port
land Friday, where he had spent tn
past fortnight
The work on the Milton City's aut
park is progressing nicely, such q
stump pulling, cleaning up of brus
and finishing of the building contain
in gthe toilets, shower baths etc. Th
Council has purchased the ground an
the people of Milton can congratulate
themselves on having a park that an
tourist will praise. 1t is so woods
with the sound of water falling frol
an onl moss covered flume and W;
ter mill close by-just the surrount
inss to arouse the MUSES. in one of
sentimental temperament, or to 81,
sweet rest to the tired, dusty, ordinal
tourist. 1t is being planned to hay
two first class lawn tennis courts, ar
the ladies of the Improvement eli
are talking of a natatorium to be p
in the upper end of the grounds.
Mrs. NJ. L, Stockman of Pendleto
is visiting Mrs. c. S. Cheshire of Mi
ton
~ Mr.. Sloan of Stanfield and Hem
- Barrett of Athena were on the stree
of the Twin Cities Monday, lookil
ut after Mr.. Sloan's political interests,
*, he aspires to the nomination for rel
h. resentative from this county.
Mr., and Mrs. l., l.. Lieuallen ar
Mr and Mrs. Carl Christian of Adam
- were visiting at the c. p. Christia
home in Milton, Sunday. The visitin
Mr., Christian is a son of C. P. Chris
tian home in Milton, Sunday. Tt
visiting Mr. Christian is a son Of C.
Christian and Mrs, Lieuallen is h
daughter.
The Christian church was filled I
capacity, Sunday night. the occasio
being the delivery of the Baccalal
reate sermon to the high school elias
of 1929. The topic of the sermon wa
"Life's Potential. Purposes, and