James M. McKinney
Nov. 15, 1914; Oregonian, p 4
"Arlington Pioneer Killed"
Arlington, Or., Nov. 14

   James M. McKinney, a Gilliam County pioneer, 74 years old, met instant death by the overturning of an automobile.  His son-in-law, J. E. Huxley, and Lee Evans, a friend from Mosier, were badly bruised and scratched.  They were goose hunting and gave chase to a crippled one in their auto, when a front wheel struck a badger hole, broke and the car turned turtle.

   Mr. McKinney was a Southern war veteran and came to Gilliam County shortly after the Civil War, where he settled on a homestead and later acquired a large ranch, which he sitll owned and where the party was hunting.  He leaves a widow and five married children:  Wash McKinney, Blalock, Or.; Mrs. O. E. Fisk, Arlington; Mrs. William Farr, Condon; Mrs. J. E. Huley, Victoria, B. C.; Mrs. Ralph Harford, Blalock, Or.