East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-19
RABID COYOTES ARE
MENACE TO STOCK
N vKIAH DISTRICT
ANIMALS ARE BECOMING MUCH
TOO NUMEROUS TO PLEASE
RANCHNEN.
Several stock Already Have Been Bit
trn and It is Feared That More VIII
be Infected-ShOwers This Week
are WelcOme-PIOwing Is Now Wei
Under Way.
lspecial Correspondence.l


UKIAH. ore. March l9.--Showerf
fell all day. Tuesday. which were a
great benefit Most Of the farmers
are blowing. on the high ground. and
in few days all viii be busy putting
In their crops Hay is still plentiful
I'm Camas Prairie. and stock Of all
kinds have wintered well, and are in
good condition to be turned on the
range some have already been turn
ed out. No loss OF stock at all through
the winter. only those that died from
rabies.
The rabld coyotes are becoming so
numerous that the stockmen fear
great loss among their stock when
they are turned on the range. Re-
ports come in almost daily OF the coy
otes appearing at the ranches. biting
dogs. chickens, hogs and cattle ana
horses. Parents are afraid to send
their children to school on foot.
( Mrs. Paul Clark Of Alba. visited last
week with Miss Alta Kirk on her
homestead on Bridge creek flat. Miss
Kirk has her homestead fenced. ten
acres OF ground broke. and has good
house and barn, and has been on her
place less than a year. and lives alone
with her u year old sister for COM
pany.
Frank Gilliland returned to his
home at Gurdane after spending a
week here.
Clip Huston is improving his resi-
dence property by putting up new
j yard fence of woven wire.
Fayette Mittie left last Friday fol
i Butter creek to work in the lambinl
camps
Frank Simpson Of Garfield. Wash.
I is visiting his brothers, Alex and
e Perry
= Charley Morris. the carpenter. i
l. on the sick list with a slight attack
OF inflamatory rheumatism.
e Mrs. Gorton OF Sumpter is visiting
g her sister Mrs. Butterfield.
II ]. Moore has had to kill a good
Q horse. two COWS and, several hogs. al
g having the rabies
n Marie Mettie came in on the stag
e Monday night, having just finished
: six months school. After two weeks
e vacation she begins teaching again il
n the Bolin district.
st ]. T. Huston left Tuesday for Pen
e dleton on business.
n Rev. ST. Clair closed his reviva
II meetings Sunday evening with tel
n more added to the church. and on Sun
day. March 21st the new converts vii
n be baptised in Camas creek south o
< Ukiah
Rev. Harper Of Milton. will hol,
II services morning and evening, in tn
d Presbyterian church. March 2lst. Al
G are invited to come.
Elder c. w. Flaiz will lecture on tn
S war in Europe March 1921 at Ukiah
n Charley Iafferty is breaking horse
i FOR Mossie and sons.
/ Herbert Meengs and Bert Garrett
: were in town Tuesday from thei
e homesteads
+ ]. II. Meeker the creamery man
= will soon be ready to supply the mar
ket with Belgian hare as he has JUS
received several thoroughbreds and h
is going to raise them on larg'
i scale.
e Mrs. NJ f. Gibbs is having a neV
|, fence put around her lots.
e An entertainment was given at tbs
: Meter school house last Saturda!
X night, for the benefith of the school
a There was a dance at Alba last Fri
@ day night given by the Casteel broth
ers.
\ J. A. Johnson Of Pilot Rock was
Ukiah visitor Wednesday. He came il
his car. This is the first automobil
!, that has crossed the mountain sine
:, the snow left,