Echo High School Commencement Honors Eight Graduates
The 1909 Echo High School commencement held Friday at the M E Church honored eight graduates: Fee Clifford Esteb Lawrence H Malcolm Willard W Atcheson Zena Houser Vina Houser Ruth Jeanette Godfrey Frank Nelson Young and Antone Cunha. Supt Frank K Wells presented diplomas amid congratulatory remarks.
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Echo High School
M. E
Echo Symphony Orchestra
Friends of Education
Echo
Fee Clifford Esteb
Lawrence H. Malcolm
Willard W. Atcheson
Zena Houser
Vina Houser
Ruth Jeanette Godfrey
Frank Nelson Young
Antone Cunha
Frank K. Wells
L. W. Keeler
O. A. Cannon
Margaret E. Winniford
Verna M. Vanander
Mayme
E. Rippey
Roberta Rippey
Joseph Cunha
John Dorn
E. E. Elderclerk
Louis Scholl
M. A. Metcalf
Vivian Bailey
Croarkin
Ruby
Fee Esteb
Misses Peterson
Godfrey
W. H. Bleakney
Frank K. Welles
Driving Team Stolen in Nolin Barn
A night theft from William Slusher in Nolin reports a gray and a black driving team branded 96 on the left stifle. Descriptions were circulated to posts with no trace found by morning. Authorities urge the catch to be given the limit to deter similar acts in Eastern Oregon.
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William Slusher
Nolin
Visiting relatives in Echo end pleasant trip
Mrs. William Wedkine and her daughter Anna of The Dalles Oregon visited Echo a few days with her daughter Mrs. C. L. Bandy. After a pleasant visit they returned home Sunday.
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William Wedkine
Anna
Dalles
Oregon
Echo
Rhode Island Purchaser Dominates Echo Wool Sale
A Rhode Island buyer, J. P. Dufour, paid nearly 20 cents per pound for 250000 pounds of Echo wool. Sellers Antone Vey William Slusher and A. A. Cole collected 23000 12700 and 11000 dollars respectively, as Echo touts itself as Oregon’s top wool market amid irrigation advances.
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Oregon
Echo
J. P Dufour
Rhode Island
Antone Vey
Scott City Visitors Consider Permanent Settlement in Echo
Thomas Williams and his wife of Scott City Kansas are visiting Echo with a view to permanently locating in the area. They are guests at the Echo hotel with Mrs. Williams connected to Mrs. W H Gillette, wife of the hotel owner. Mr Williams owns 160 acres near Scott City and has a deal pending to sell it.
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Thomas Williams
Scott City
Kansas
Echo
Williams
W. H. Gillette
Farm bankrupt filing by Echo district farmer
Harry E. Bartholomew, a farmer in the Echo district, has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. He lists his liabilities in the filing.
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Harry E. Bartholomew
Echo District
Heppner mill sue claims 12000 with no assets
The mill's owner declares debts of 12000 dollars with no assets. Creditors include Bank of Echo Union Meat Co of Portland George Miller & Co of Echo Minor & Co of Heppner and the largest creditor First National Bank of Heppner. He states he has no assets.
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Bank of Echo
Union Meat Company of
Portland
George Miller & Co
Echo, Minor & Co
Heppner
First National Bank of Heppner
Echo Bank Posts Large Tuesday Money Transactions
Tuesday morning Echo bank records show $72,000 in payments passing through its channels. Major disbursements include the R. Speery Sheep Company $30,000 for sheep, Antone Vey $23,000 for wool, William Slusher $12,700 for wool, and A. A. Cole $6,550 for wool.
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Echo
Speery Sheep Company
Antone Vey
William Slusher
A. A. Cole
Smyth to Ship 3800 Sheep to Duncan for Summer Range
Dan P. Smyth a leading sheep man of Umatilla county will ship 3800 head of sheep to Duncan Oregon this week where they will be placed on summer range. The transfer moves a significant flock to feed on seasonal pastures and support regional grazing operations.
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Dan P. Smyth
Umatilla County
Duncan
Oregon
Freak Sheep At Echo Livery Draws Curiosity
William Barker at his Echo livery stable displays a four month old sheep with seven feet, four on the right front leg. Barker plans to exhibit the freak at the Seattle Fair, expecting strong drawing power from this nature marvel.
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William Barker
Echo
Barker
Seattle Fair
Wool Scouring Mill Maintains Smooth Run
The Echo wool scouring mill operates efficiently with Hoskins and Stanfield Speery clips in progress. Rail rate changes June first delay shipments as buyers hold wool at various points. Hundreds of thousands of pounds will be sent to Echo for scouring, praised by Eastern buyers as the best in years.
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Stanfield
Speery
Echo
Honest street find restores lost purse at mill
Ray Smith recovered his missing purse containing 50 after Archie Malcolm handed it to him near the wool scouring mill. The episode underscores honest actions in the community. Meanwhile notes mention steamed rolled barley at Henrietta Mills and a barley processing method claimed to soften gluten while preserving value.
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Ray Smith
Archie Malcolm
Ray
Archie
Henrietta Mills
Heavy Sheep Shipments East From Echo Highlight Market Exports
Echo remains a leading stock shipping point on the O R and N railroad. On Monday the Speery Stanfield Livestock Company sent six thousand head of ewes to Chicago, sold to the Nolin Sheep Commission Company at 3 75 per head. A 1500 head consignment of yearlings went to the Union Meat Company at Portland. prices not disclosed. Over a hundred carloads of sheep have left Echo this month for various markets.
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Speery, Stanfield Livestock Company
Echo
Chicago
Nolin Sheep Commission Company
Mountain Home
Idaho
Chicago Commisson
R. N. Stanfield
Union Meat Company
Portland
Beulah Barker to Attend School in Salem
Miss Beulah Barker, formerly employed in the Echo Register office, left Saturday morning to attend school in Salem. She will stop at Ione to visit friends and plans a enjoyable year of learning. The note ends with a mention of Saturday night at the Racket Store.
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Beulah Barker
Echo Register ‘Office
Salem
Ione
Echo
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M. E. Church
the Echo High School
Y.h. Boyd
W. H. Boyd
Speery-Stanfield Livestock Company
Roosevelt Afric
J. Fran DR
Lisle
Echo, Ore
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