East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-06-27
C. e. Simonds Sells
IL Ranch for $40, 900
(East oregonian speeial.

III E<tSL 0ANSQntstl SilSSlAl=l
UMAPINE, June 26.-On Friday
the Hudson Bay Changers Of Uma-
pine held an all day picnic at Good
mans Grove and meeting with them
were Grangers from Burbank, WASH,
Touchet and Gardena. Despite the
threatening weather of the morning
lsN attended and enjoyed the day,
After a fine Hoover dinner races
wereNrun by everyone, including the
ladies. and prizes were given in
Thrift SN2mps to the lucky winners.
Airs. J. h Jones received word this
week from State Grange that she had
| been hOnored with State Grange
office on the Women's Work COM
mittee and that for two years her ex-
penses would beA paid to State
Grange. This is an office honoring
Hudson Bay Grange.
| Homer Yeck left sunday for Mare
Island where he enlisted in the L. S.
Marines. During the past winter he
was employed here by Mr. Goodnight
in the cattle business. His friends
wish him much luck on his journeys
and in licking the kaiser.
Glenn Montgomery left Yesterday
I
Wednesday, having been called in
| Umatilla's quota for this month.
4 John L. Kerr is visiting at :he r. E.
/ Bean home this week. Since he left
/ here last month he has been over to
his ranch near Seattle.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Wise of wal
/ In Walla were Sunday visitors at the
/ c. f Simonds home on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Lloyd Estes and fam
I lily returned to their home here after
vacation at Bingham Springs.
Saturday morning The home of D,
C. Holbrook. living in the Fruitvale
neighborhood, was totally destroyed
by fire. The family are away at Bar
ker. One of the boys was near home
and it is supposed an oil stove explod.
ed caused the fire. Not a thing waA
saved of the contents of this home
as the fire had made great headway
AS soon as a door was opened the
flames poured out over the dry wood.
II is thought that some Insurance was
carried by Mr.. and Mrs. Hoibrook.
One of the most important real es-
tate deals made in this section for
scme time was completed Monday
when c. E. Simonds, one of the best
known and progressive ranchers, sold
his beautiful ranch known as the IL.
consisting of 400 acres, to G. w. HUI
lick of the Ferndale neighnorhood.
The consideration paid was 1920. 900
Mr.. and Mrs Simonds will not give
possession until october and this COM
nunity will lose one of it's most in
fiuential families and good neighbors.
Their going will be felt in everything,
whether church, grange. school or
civil life. They will in all probability
move to their place at Twilight Mr..
HuIick will put in charge of the
ranch his son-in-law, Mr.. Baker.
Y Cleve Custard has sold his horse
and buggy and bought himself
Ford runabout.
Harry Wellman paid a farewell Wis.
il to his people here last week prior
to leaving for service in the U. S
navy. He will be two or three weeks
in the mechanic department at Port
alnd.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. c. Dodson motored
across the mountains to their old
home at WaIlowa. Thy were accom-
panied by their daughter and chill
tren who have been their guests for
a week or so.
Mrs. Edgar Holm and daughter
Helen are expected home soon at
their home in Umapine. They have
been at Rochester. Mimi. where Hell.
en- underwent a successful operation
on her jawbone at the Mayo Bros. hos
pital.
Herman Markham and James Wis |
ener are on a fishing trip up the Tu- |
cannon river. They are expected
home this week
Joe Krumbah, accompanied by |
Philip Murphy and VIII Krumbah,
motored during the past week over
to Camp Lewis in Mr.. Krumbahs
new Hupmobile.
They made the trip especially to
bid goodbye to Louis Nelson who with