East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-20
R. T. STURDIVANT
HURT IN RUNAWAY
TEAM ATTACHED TO HAY NOW
ER RUNS AWAY, THROWING
DRIVER ON HIS HEAD.
Heavy Rain Storm Hits IrISiah we'd
nesday Afternoon; Bert Martin.
Wife and Three Children Narrow
Iy F,scape Death i'm Serious Run
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(East Oregonian specIaI.l }

UKIAH. Ore, July 20.--J. II. Met
tie, who has been i'll. left for Hida-
way Springs Sunday to camp for a
while hoping to be benefited by the
| change.
Frank Welch and Bert Smith OF
| Pendleton were in Ukiah last Wed
nesday night and while here visited
with Mr. WeIch's brother. Charley
| WEIGH. who lives near here. and his
sister. Mrs. w. w Caviness, who is
spending the summer here.
A runaway occurred at the Stur-
divant Bros. ranch few days ago.
While r. f. Sturdivant was cutting
hay the team became unmanageable
and broke and ran throwing Mr..
Sturdivant off. He struck on his
head and shoulders, rendering him
unconscious for some time but with
no serious results The moving ma.
chine was badly broken and was
brought to the blacksmith shop.
Ben Colvin. wife and daughters. OF
Ritter. drove over to Ukiah and
back home Saturday afternoon for
moving machine repairs.
Mrs. Garfield and grandson of
Hidaway were in town Saturday
shopping.
c. s. Stuart and Noel Warden, Pi-
lot Rock linemen. were in town sat
urday. repairing the telephone lines
Milt williams of Bridge creek was
business visitor Saturday.
Walter Allison. ranger and wife,
have just returned from trip in the
mountains and he reports that there
will be lots of huckleberries but they
win be late like all other crops on
account of the late season.
Bert Martin. wife and three chill
dren came near meeting with a fatal
accident Tuesday evening when re-
turning home from neighbors.
When crossing Bridge creek canyon
which has quite steep grade. the7
were down a cut off when one
of the horses began kicking and run
ming. the wagon striking a log and
was turned over with Mrs. Martin
and two children one baby be-
meath it. With the aid of traveller,
the wagon was lifted off of them. 1
when ii was found that the children
escaped with only a few scratches,
but Mrs. Martin had bad cut on
her forehead DIR. De Vaul was i'm
mediately sent for and was on the
scene in a short time, but found
that no one was seriously hurt. al
though IT required several stitches to
close the cut on Mrs Martins fore
head Fortunately the horses broke
loose when the wagon went over or
it would have been much worse. In
their mad flight to get away they
only went short distance till one
Of the horses was killed but no one
knows just how it was killed
viii Be Fire Guards.
George Caldwell. who recently dis
posed Of his interests in the hard
ware business. has accepted a posi-
tion ms fire guard and in company
with Mrs. Caldwell left for Lookout
mountain sunday to be absent tw"
or three months Judging from the
amount Of provisions he took with
him his friends need not look for him
back before next spring
Levi Eldridge of Pilot Rock who
has been south in Grant and Harney
counties buying mules. returned sat
urday evening on his way home
with one hundred head of choice
mules which he purchased on the
trip
L C. Scharpf and F. II. Noes Of
Pilot Rock were in Ukiah Sunday on
business.
]. II. Moore and daughters were in
town saturday trading.
Buck welch moved his haying out
fit to what is known as the Porter
place near Albee to cut the wild hav
crop there. which is now ready tn
cut