East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-01
.URIAH GETS LONG
NEEDED RAINFALL
WELLS THAT HAD GONE DRY ARE
NOW FILLING; STAGE DRI-
WEIR HAS HARD TRIP.
Small Blaze in Clip HustOn's Home is
Put Out by Quick Work of Fay
etc Meetie Who Discovers FIRE
While Riding by House.
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(East Oregonian Specially
UKIAH. Dec. 1.-The long needed
rain began falling Friday night which
continued all night, all day Satur-
day and Saturday night, which will
be appreciated by all as several wells
have gone dry and the rest are very
low.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. r. Laurance left
Thursday for Pendleton, taking their
SON Irwin down for medical treat
ment. When they reached Pendle-
ton they decided to take him on to
Portland.
The stage driver met with all kinds
Of hard luck in the mud Saturday.
Started from Pilot Rock with the
truck but had to so back part way
and get horses and wagon and did moi
reach Ukiah until 4:SO Sunday morn.
ing.
Mrs. ]. A. Bolin and son Clark who
have been visiting on Butter creek
for q week returned home Friday.
Mrs. Robert Moore left for Cur
dane Saturday to remain till after
Thanksgiving with her son and dau-
bhterS and their families.
An excellent program was rendered
by the Literary Society last Friday
night at the church. A dialogue by
the ten following ladies, Mrs. Childers,
Miss Alice Huston, Bell, Clara and
Helen Mckenzie, vesta and Irene
Kirk. Myrtle Wachter and frankie
and Tia Sturdivant was one round of
laughter from start to finish, after
which the society adjourned till after
Christmas owing to other entertain
ments.
There will be a Christmas tree and
program given at the church in Ukiah
on Christmas which will be free to all
A small blaze was discovered in the
roof of Clip Huston's house by Fayette
Mettie when riding by Monday night
He Ieaped from his horse and was on
top of the house in short order, and
with a few buckets of water soon had
the blaze under control.
The small daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Peterson is seriously Ill with an
attack of pneumonia, at their home
in Ukiah. DR.. Devaul is attending
her.
William Meengs was in town Satur-
day with beef which he soon disposed
cf
A birthday party was given on the
t1th of this month at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Sturdivant in hon
or their young son Cloyes' 14th birth.
day, when about thirty Of his friends
End school mates were royalty enter
tanned till midnight with music,
dancing and lunch.
Walter Allison returned from PEN
dletOn Monday evening.
J. H. Mettie is building large new
house on his farm one mile west of
Gkiah.
J. H. Lucke of Pendleton was in
town Wednesday buying horses.
George Stuart, of Hatten, Wash |
lngtOn, was in town Wednesday and |
purchased seven head of work horses
for his wheat ranch from Mossie and |
sons.
Paul Clark Of Alba and Clyde Hell
mick of Bridge Greek, left for Can
yon City Thursday where they were
as witnesses.
George Caldwell left for Ritter Mon
day with a bunch OF horses which he
intends to have wintered there.
Alex Mckenzie returned from Pen
dletOn Tuesday evening leaving Mrs
Mckenzie at the hospital where she
was doing nicely after her operation
for tumor.
Noel Warden of Portland arrived
Tuesday to remain here during the
winter
Mrs. S. ]. Helmick left for Bridge
Creek Wednesday to be absent sew
eral days.
Ed Thrasher who has been III with
typhoid fever for several weeks is now
able to sit up and is getting along
as well as could be expected, and will
soon be out and around town.
Lloyd Stuart Of Pilot Rock was in
Ukiah this week selling lamps.
Mr.. Cummings the creamery man,
left Friday morning for Halfway,
where he will work in the creamery
there until Christmas. when he will
&c to Walla Walla, where he will re-
main until the first of February when
he will return here to get things ready
fer spring. as Mr.. Emigh intends to
make cheese here. Mrs. Cummings will
have charge Of the creamery here
during Mr.. Cummings absence and
viii receive and ship the cream to
WalIa Walla.
D. G. Smith who took Mr.. and Mrs.
Laurance to Pendleton Thursday had
TO return in the mud, but says the
little Ford gave him no trouble what
ever and he arrived all o. X. satur-
day and Is ready To gn apafn