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ECHO, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY
NUMBER 31.
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30, l(K). 7
THE GROWTH -0F
ECHO
Best Financial Standing of Any
Town in the Whole State
of Oregon.
IMPROVEMENTS AND BUILDINGS
Along With the Development of
Onr Agricultural Lands the City
Has Prospered and Steadily and
Permanently Grown in Importance
By request we again publish
this week the article 'on "The
Growth of Echo," with the ad
dition of some fifteen or twenty
business enterprises that were
inadvertently omitted last week.
Echo now has 7040 feet of
graded streets.
Echo now has flV) feet of
wood sidewalk.
Echo now has 550 feet of ce
ment sidewalk.
Echo now has a $10,000 water
system all paid for.
The city of Echo is in the best
financial standing of any town
!n the whole State of Oregon.
Outstanding warrants 91044 .10
Cash on hand 464 22
Leaving the city owing only. .1140 08
This indebtedness will be
taken up as soon as the second
half of the taxes are paid this
fall
Did you ever stop to think and
consider the phenomenal growth
the thriving little city of Echo
has made within the past three
and one-half years, and of the
many improvements and sub
stantial buildings that have been
erected during that time. It
was January 1, 1900, that the
editor cast his lot among the
then very few inhabitants of
Echo and began the publication
of the Echo Register. At that
time the country hereabouts was
a barren sagebrush desert, the
home of the jackrabbit and coy
ote; but there was then talk of
irrigation and it was destined
that these sagebrush plains
should be dotted with beautiful
homes, producing orchards and
waving fields of alfalfa and
grain. Along with the develop
ment of our agricultural lands
the little town of Echo pros
pered and steadily and perma
nently grew un.il now it is in
the full enjoyment of metropol
itan ways and commercial pres
tige, being one of the main
Something Tart
Is grateful to the Capricious appetite at this
season of the year. If your appetite calls for some
thing of this nature, why not let Boyd supply you
with Heinze Pickes. The purest and best pickle
on the market.
Heinze Sweet Pickles In bulk, qt. 25c Heinze Sour Pickles In bulk. qt. 20c
Heinze Chow Chow, 24 oz bottle 30c Heinze Sweet Gherkins, 24 ozbot 34c
t
I recommend these goods to your consideration. Try them and you
will have none other.
M. H. BOYD
THE PIONEER HERCHKMT
shipping and distributing points Bridge street, occupied by the
of Eastern Oregon. Umatilla Ranch Company.
January 1, 1900, there were Mrs. Bert Benedict office
in Echo only a few scattered building on Bridge street, occu
dwellings and the following pied by North west Realty Com
busir ess houses: W. H. Boyd, pany.
the pioneer merchant; E. E. 1 porry Whit worth building on
Ripper, merchant; Hotel Echo; Bonanza street, occupied by
John Dorn, drug store; Echo Scribner Meador, blacksmiths.
Lumber Company; Bank of e. Kipper new torj building
Echo; Louis Scholl, Jr., insur- 'on Main 8trcet
ance and real estate; Jones livery; i-. ,r r. t-. i t i
. i , . ' .. ,. ! E. H. Brown Echo Register
stable; Bennett & Spike, livery ,,
stable, now William Barker;
Ben Gillette, blacksmith shop;
P. L. Brundage, barber shop;
Resort and Confcc-
'
Glassons
tionery; P. M.. Godfrey, furni
ture, now conducted by the Echo
Furniture Co.; C. A. Gilbert,
barber shop, C. R. Bonney, har
ness and saddles; Henrietta Mill
ing & Grain Company; Dr. Dorn,
Dr. Ackley, L. A. Esteb lawyer,
six saloons.
Since January 1, 1900, the fol
lowing new buildings have been
erected and are occupied for
business and residence purposes:
The J. H. Koontz wood fiber
building on Main street, occu
pied by the George & Miller
Company.
J. H. Koontz residence, occu
pied by P. T. George.
The Hoskins Hotel, conducted
by Mrs. J. T. Hoskins.
The L. A. Esteb building on
Main street, occupied by the
Portland Restaurant.
L. A. Esteb Bridge street
building, occupied by Meat
Market.
E. N. Litsey building on Main
street, occupied by Litsey &
Spike meat market.
H. B. Gillette two-story build
ing on Dale and Kennedy streets,
occupied by feed mill and black
smith shop.
The Morrison & Straw build
ing on Bridge street, now owned
by the Echo Lumber Company
and used for a lodging house.
J II. Kcontz wood fiber build
ing on Main street, occupied by
J. P. Spinning drug store.
W. J. Wattenburger residence
on Dale street.
The Wool Scouring Mill, two
warehouses MxlOO, two-story
scouring mill 70x100, boiler
house 24x40, office building
24x40.
Thomas Ross residence on
Dupont street.
L. B. Wells store building on
Bridge street, occupied by Mrs.
L. B. Wells as a Racket Store.
The Hotel Echo on Bridge
street, doubled in size by M. II.
Gillette the present owner.
Columbia Creamery building.!
The Interior Warehouse Com-
pany, a 40x0 warehouse. ;
W. H. Boyd office building on
street.
Henrietta Milling & Grain
UUI,,wn ,IBVe uuu,' an Ullimu
' i mi '.
r t i l 1
meat nun in connection wiui
their flouring mill.
Dr. Dorn has doubled the size
of his office building.
The Tu in-A-Lum Lumber Coin-
pany have built one of the best
lumber sheds in the country.
The Pacific Coast Elevator
Company have trebled the size
of their warehouse.
Jim Means store building on
Main street, now owned by Mat
lock, of Pendleton, is occupied
by C. A. Gilbert barber shop
and C. R. Bonney harness and
saddlery.
H. M. & G. Co. a residence,
which is occupied by the com
pany manager, John Thomas.
R. P. East residence, occupied
by self.
Henry Miller residence.
M. H. Gillette residence, occu
pied by E. P. Croarkin.
L. Scholl, Jr., addition to res
idence, occupied by self.
A'. K. Hammer shop room.
L. Scholl, Jr., residence, oc
cupied by W. A. Joues.
John Shaw residence.
W. R. Barmoro residence.
L: I. Ward residence.
W. S. Williams residence.
P. Koft residence, occupied by
M. J. Snyder.
P. Koft residence, occupied by
11. E. Stevens.
Henry Dorn residence, occu
pied by self.
Allio Taylor residence, owned
and occupied now by II. J.
Taylor.
II. J. Burtz residence, now
owned and occupied by William
Pearson. .
John Oliver residence.
Joel Halstead residence, occu
pied by self.
H, T. McClellan residence, oc
cupied by self.
E. W. Jewett residence, occu
pied by self.
J. Fullford residence, now
owned and occupied by Smith.
. W. tl. Gillette residence, or-
cupied by self.
V. F. Gillette residence, occu -
pied by self.
II. 1). Cugsley residence, now,
owned by Ed Collier.
Hook and Ladder
building.
II. D. Smith reinforced cement
store building on Main street,
occupied by the Lisle Company
hardware store.
Masonic Hall has been put on
grade.
D. B. Seal Si Co., steam
laundry on Main street.
Dr. Reid with office in the
Arlit.gton Bldg. Main street.
O. D. Teel building on Bridge
street now occupied by the
Western Land & Irrigation Co.
O. D. Teel building on Bridge
street, now
being reinodled is
company
occupied by W. R. Elamsconfec-jtli's week shaking hands with
tionery store. j old friends. He was one of the
.1. Hutchens grocery store on (old pioneers of this section and
Bridge street. iat one time was the owner
Walter Knight jeweler, in1 of the S. D. L. Ross ranch,
j lstofflce building on Bonanza
street
Bert lionpenecker, The Louv
re, soft drinks.
Mell Norman, Idle Hour, soft
drinks.
Hotel Echo Bar, soft drinks.
Hotel Echo Barber Shop,
Mullen A Stewart, proprietors.
Columbia Land Company's
offices in Hotel Echo building,
Frank Sloan, manager.
The Louvre restaurant, Ed
StofTer, proprietor.
The Idle Hour restaurant.
The Arlington lodging house,
L. W. Kceler, proprietor.
O. G. Thornton dray.
l R. Bonney fc Co. dray.
William Pearson express.
J. F. Shelton attorney at-Iaw.
Clarence Springston, U. D.
Holmes, E. Gates and F. M.
Godfrey, contractors and build
ers. (Jeorge. Knapp blacksmith.
W. W. Penry, second hand
store on Main street.
At present there is under
course of construction the Dorn
Bros, reinforced concrete build
ing, on the corner of Bridge and
Bonanza streets. The ground
space of the building is
75xK)
feet, two stories high, with. The mills are reprenented by
three store rooms on the lower 'Carey A Kerr and Harrison
floor. The corner room will be Allen of Portland, Phelps A
used as a leal estate office, and Steiwer of Pendleton and R. R.
the business that will occupy
the second room has not yet
j been announced, but the third
room will be occupied by Dorn A
Dora's drug store and the'
postoftiee.
I A ?s2.".(n0 modern concrete
school building is to bo erected
in Echo this fall.
Fraternal orders Mason,
Odd Fellows, KeU-lcalis, and
j Wood men of World
Churches Methodist, Tlaptist
1 and l'resbyterian.
j City Officials- Mayor, Itmi
Scholl, Jr.; Aldermen, II. H.
Stanti.-ld. Asa H. Thomson. K.
II. Ware, K. X. Litsey. K. Kip
per and II. D. Smith; Recorder,
E. II. Itrown; Marshal and Water
Superintendent, Jerry Borland;
Health Officer, Dr. F. K. Dorn.
Teachers in Public School '
L. W. Keeler, xupeiiiitendent;
O. A. Cannon, principal High ,
School Department; Margaret
Winniford, Mi Van Ander, and
Mavme and Roberta Rippey,
who have charge of the Primary
Department.
School Directors -John Dorn,
E. E. Elder, George Copt ringer,
and Louis Scholl, Jr., clerk. ',
A MATCH RACE.
A match 300-yard race was
I run on the track near Stanfield, '
! Sunday last, between the Tobe
Thornton bay horse, owned by
j Levy Fanning, and Win. Darker
'sorrel horse. Several hundred
j people attended and over $50
j changed hands on the Result.
I
The horse were tapped off
even, the Thornton home taking
the lead and coming out an easy
inner jfitn twenty feet of day-
ght flrtwe-en the two. This
waslie third match race Le
the two h'vses, the
nlon horse being the winner
eucn lime. Marter, v. K. l-iisie:
starting judges, I. W. Durrill and
E. II. Stewart; outcome judges,
Glenn McCullouph and Henry
Taylor. Everybody was satis
fied. FROM ALBERTA.
Prank Rex, of Wainwright,
Alberta, Canada, arrived in
J Echo Tuesday and has been busy
alout two miles below town.
Frank left here three .years ago
and says he can notice many im
provements that were made dur
ing his absence.
SERIOUS RUNAWAf.
Ijiist Saturday while A. II.
Sunderman. and Mrs. Haynerd
jnnd son were coining down from
Pendleton to their ranch on
Butter creek, and when just
about home, their team became
frighUned and ran away. The
rig was turned over, throwing
the occupants to the ground.
Mrs. Haynerd had her left arm
! broken between the elbow and
wrist, Mr. Sunderman received
a few bruises and the boy luck
ily escaped with hardly a
scratch. Dr. Dorn was called
and dressed their wounds.
WATER RIGHT CASES
The water right cases of the
Henrietta Flouring Mill Com
pany vs. Joseph Cunha, and the
Allen Ditch Company vs. the
Henrietta Milling Company are
attracting much local interest
among water users and the out
' come will be eagerly watched.
Johnson of Hermiston. while the
other side is represented by 1
Raley A Raley and Ia)Wi I1 A'
Winter of Pendleton.
For Sale A good work mare
weighing about l-'oO pounds;
seven years old.
Echo, Oregon.
Fish A Toft,
Cigars
Tobaccos
Pipes
J.F.
f i w veil
noi
.DRUGGIST.,
BRUSHES
Clothes
Hair
Mailt
Kant
Nail
I la nil
Tooih
I la by
Shatinif
cones
Ladle
(lent
ftarbers
Pix-ket
Fine
Celtillold
I vory
Itahy
FOR THE BABIES
Nursing liottles
Nursing Out Ills
Nipples
Haby l!al les ami
Itahy Pacifiers
Teething Itiiitfs
finishes and Comb
Talcum l'owl-rs
Toilet Water
perfumes
("old Cream
Vine line
I'ath Powders
Foods all kinds
Medicated Soap
I'll re Castile Smp
If you need a physician or
any favor 1 can do you. call
me up dav or niglit. Plum'
Main 4.
Corliss Iroas
Alochol Stores
Powder Puffs
J. F. SPINNING
REGISTERED PHARMACIST
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The Lisle Co.
Echo, Ore.
New Line of
Buggies
Hacks
Wagons
Kitchenware
Nickel Plated
Ware
Pocket Knives
Swell Line of
CUT
We have a few Collar Pais
and Halters left
The Lisle Co.
Echo, Ore.
S
Bon Bobs
Chocolates
Candies
EDISON
PhoiioirrapliN
and lleeords
(.'nitrite
Triis.se
Itraeea
tadies& (Jenfs
Purses
Cljjar Case
Tolkt Pajior
Toilet Soap
Mirrors
Safety Itazont
Hot Water
Mottle
Fountain Syr-
MANICURE
Nail Clips
Files
Twee.er
Sclsr
Shaving Ross
Chamois Silas
YelvetSpoajes
SPINNING