The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-04
KICKED BY A HORSE
A. H. Malcolm Has Jaw and
Skull Fractured.
HIS WIFE FOUND HIM DEAD
Accident Happened Sunday Morning
at Barrett Ranch, of which Mr.,
Malcolm was Foreman.

"A. H. Malcolm, foreman on the
ranches of G. A. aud H. A. Barrett,
was kicked by horse, early Sunday
morning and instantly killed.
No one witnessed the fatal accident,
but the supposition is that Malcolm.
went to the barn to feed the horses,
although it was not his custom to do
so, but in this instance did, SO that the
men in the bunk house could enjoy
their Sunday morning sleep.
Malcolm was kicked through the
barn door, lay on his back, and was
found by his wife, who had called him
twice, without response, to come to
breakfast. Life was extinct when
Mrs Malcolm found her husband.
She at once called to the men employ
ed on the ranch, and DR.. Plamondon
was summoned from town.
The doctor in company with Henry
Barrett made a fast trip to the ranch
in an automobile. On examination,
DR.. Plamondon found that the full
force of the kick struck the lower
jaw, causing fracture at the base
of the skull.
One horse was found loose in the
barn by the men, and it is supposed
that Mr.. Malcolm. in his effort to re-
place this animal in its stall. struck
with rope, when it kicked him. A
rope lay on the ground near the body.
The deceased was native of Tenn
essee, and had resided in Umatilla
county three years, and had been in the
employ of Mr.. Barr ett for two years.
, When he first came to the county he
, worked for r. E. Stewart. He leaves
wife, and large number of relatives
D in the east One brother is located at
! Boise City Idaho. He was the father
l of two children, both of which are
dead, the second one baby, was bur-
{ ried here but a little over three weeks
= ago.
The funeral took place at 10 O'Clock
today from the farm of @. A. Barrett
on Pine Creek.
Will Import Registered Mares.
] Amasa Phillips contemplates bring
ing carload shipment of registered
| mares into Weston and installing them
at his barn for sale to farmers in that
vicinity says the Leader. Mr.. Phillips
notes the fact that Weston farmers are
) constantly improving their stock by
| the use of fine stations, but that few
or none of them thought of buying
high-class mares. Indeed there has
) been but little or no opportunity to do
so, and he already has a sale or two in
prospect when the mares arrive. He
will probably import Clvdesda]es and
Percherons, and may get them from
, Scotland, or perhaps from Canada.
j As Mr.. Phillips has had many years
experience both as breeder and i'm
porter in Michigan, it may confidently
, be expected that he will bring to Wes-
ton none but the best.
Farmers of Sand Hollow Organize.
: The farmers of Sand Hollow organ
) lied branch of the Farmers Educa-
tional Cooperative Institution We'd
! nesday evning, May 22, with charter
! list of Is. John Schmidt was elected
| president and q. w. Hansell. secretary.
! They will hold regular meetings twice
J each month. II the association does
: what it is hoped it will, says the Helix
J Herald, the farmers and producers will
J soon be getting what their produce is
worth on the worlds market, and not
! what some set of grain buyers feel that
they can afford to pay. They are said
to be thoroughly organized now in 18
} states, and are fast getting the farmers
of Oregon and Washington in line.
At the rate they are now going by the
time this crop is harvested, they will
} be in position to tell the millmen of
: the coast few things about what
their grain should be worth. even if
the grain trust does not care to invest.