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Page Four East Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton. Oregon, Friday, September 12, 1913 Twenty-four Pages. This Round-Up Ride Occured Before Schedule Time Wild Auto Drive of O. G. Pendleton haa Wftn iom wild rides In hw day. Not o many years ago when thia city wag "wild and wooly" In fart It was no uncommon sight to nee a drunken cowboy or reckless des perado dash through the streets on the back of a horse, discharging his! revolvers Into the air. But in recent times the law has compelled such men to forego this pastime, and the only thrilling rides which have been executed have been within Round-up park, where the spectators were well outside the zone of danger. However, it remained for the auto mobile to show Pendleton people what a real "wild fire" Is like, and those who saw O. G. Allen, one of the official Round-up photographers of last year, make his mad dash down Court street during a fit of tempor ary insanity and crash into the Pen dleton drug store, declare that one such ride is all the average nerves will stand in a life time. It was less than a month ago, on the evening of August 21, that the crazed man electrified pedestrians by making a mile-a-minute dash down one of the principal streets of the city for a distance of 13 blocks, and, standing erect in his car, waving his his hands and yelling "Let 'er buck," head the machine straight for the en-j trance of the drug store and smash through window-s and showcases. j Damage to the fixtures and stock to the amount of 1 2.000 was done end the car was demolished, but aside from a slight scratch on the forehead the crazed driver marvel ously escaped without injury. It was the wildest and most thrilling scene ever witnessed on the streets of Pen dleton and that no one was killed or Injured Is considered the most re markable feature of the Incident The photographer, who was ones an inmate of the asylum at Salem, and who Is said to be subject to peri odical fits of Insanity, had been In the local hospital several days for treatment According to the story told by Tom Keating, who was assist ing In caring for him at the hospital, the patient had grown very Irrational during the day and in the evening had been taken out on to the front porch by himself and a male nurse by the name of Murphy In the hopes that the fresh air would quiet him. Keating declares that he had Just stepped back into the hospital when Allen picked Murphy up bodily and setting him to one side dashed for Ms car which he had left standing In front of the hospital. Before he could be stopped he had cranked the machine and had started on his wild ride. Right through the fence which en closes the Institution he tore his way and out to Court street. Headed for the business part of the city he made Ms way at full speed. At times he was waving both hands In the air. leaving the car to run without guid ance, but when he came Into view in the business part of the street he had one hand on the steering g fcod was yelling "O. O. Allen. Let er Buck," at the top of his voice. People on the street estimate that the car was traveling between 50 and 0 miles an hour Jt passed them by like a flash, and persons sitting with in buildings had not time to reach A "HA Allen Will Stand as One the street before the crash told or the end of the wild ride. Narrov.lv Mbwcs (V. The V. I,. Thompson oar, occupied by Mrs. Thompson and several othet ladles, was standing In front of the Koeppen drug store and the speeding machine missed It by less than a foot. As he approached the Intrsec- t!on of Court and Main Allen directed his car straight for the open doorway of the Pendleton drug store. As it struck the curb the machine literally flew through the air and launched itself at the entrance. It passed be tween the iron pillars and tore its way through the door casements and left hand display wiodnw, crashing into the showcases amid a shower of glass fragments and brought up side ways almost against the rear coun ter. Fortunately there were no custom ers In the store at the moment. George Hill, one of the proprietors, and Bruce Wallace, prescription clerk, were the only Inmates, and both chanced to be in the office in the rear. Startled by the terrifying crash, they rushed out just in time to see Allen still standing in the de molished car. "Old Allen did It and all he lost was his cigar," was his greeting to the astonished men. and. thereupon, he descended from the car and pick- hundreds which had been scattered over the room. As he walked out of the door he was met by Officer John Russell, who took him to the city jail and Jocked him in the padded cell. In the Jail he soon became more rational, and when told what he has, done broke down and wept He de clared he had not slept for six nights' An Indian Adventure in the Early Days of Old Oregon It is hard to realize that but a few decades ago the life of the white dwellers of the northwest were con stantly Jeopardized by Indian trlDea who resented the encroachments up on the lands which they and their people had held for years. The pio neers of those days could each one tell tales of thrilling adventures, but most of them died with their stories untold or only perpetuated through word of mouth. L. I. Williams, now deceased, a pioneer of southern Oregon and in later years an office holder m L'mpqua and Douglas counties, how ever, preserved to posterity the his tory of his own experiences with the Indiana by keeping a Journal, one of the most Interesting that has ever been left by northwest pathbreakers. Fred Locktey. formerly of Pendleton and now a special writer for the Ore con Journal, discovered the journal m the possession of Mrs. John Heddon of Scottsburg, Ore., and copied ex cerpts from it to give to the public One of the incidents chronicled In it tells of an expedition sent out to sur vey a road from Port Orford to the southern Oregon mines near Jack of City's Thrilling Stunts nn that he had been taking opiates for the past few days to quiet his nerves. The nurses would not allow him to have any yesterday afternoon, he said, "and that's what was the matter with me." he added. Ord iaUi'rs The noise of the crash soon at tracted a large and excited crowd to the scene of wreckage and the po lice placed a rope fence about the store to keep the people out of the building. The entire left side of tn interior of the store had been wreck ed. Three or four big double show cases and ns many single cases had been broken into a million pieces. The contents had been scattered all over the store. The plate glass win dows and mirrors of the left display window had been broken, and the doors had been torn completely out Thomas Milarkey, owner of the building, had no Insurance on his windows, and Messrs. McAllister and Hill carried nothing but fire insur ance upon their stock and fixtures so that their loss will be complete. Mr. McAllister stated that $2,000 would be a conservative estimate of the damage done but he was very thankful that no customers had been in the store at the time. The uutonibile. which was a four passengf r Ford, is a complete wreck. The front wheels had crumpled under the heavy impact with the curb and the rear wheels ana lenders were twisted and bent. With the assistance of rollers it was removed from the building. Allen was committed to the east em Oregon state hospital the follow ing morning and soon recovered from his mental derangement. Last week he was released and taken to his old home in Iowa by a sister. sonville, and, for hardship, ' danger and narrow escapes, it is significant of what the early settlers endured. It was on this expedition that Cyrus Heddon saved the life of Mr. Wil liams, in return for which the latter bequeathed him $5,000 at his death. This experience as copied from the Journal of L. L. Williams by Mr. Lockley follows: After we had feasted on the elk we struck out and soon found an Indian trail. I heard some one comind and hiding by the side of the trail I cap tured an Indian. He agreed to guide us to Fort Umpqua. He took us to the Coqullle river, where we found three canoes with their Indian own ers. They agreed to take us down the river to the coast. We embarked at noon on September 13, 1851. Trapped by Indians, Near the mouth of the river a party of Indians held up salmon and made signs for us to come ashore. Cyrus Heddon. John Pepper. Gilbert Bush and myself tried to persuade T'Vault not to go ashore- We felt sure the Indians meant no good to us; the others Insisted on going ashore to get the salmon. As our canoes landed several canoe loads of TTUEU Th Round - C Citv's Carries an Enormous Stock of HAY and GRAIN Stock and Poultry Foods, Tonics and Remedies of All Kinds Don't think of sending elsewhere for your stock and poultry supplies when you can save time and freight by buying in Pendleton, the.central distributing point east of the Cascades We carry the famous Lee's, Conkey's, International, Lilley '& Co., and other best lines No order too large for us to fill. Wholesale and Reta'l A. T. Matthews Company 129 E. ALTA STREET Indians swept out from around the! bend and cut off our retreat, while over a hundred Indians run out of the timber toward us. At the first rush Ryan and Holland, Pepper and Murphy were struck down by the In dians' war clubs. Two Indians grabbed my gun. In the struggle the gun was dicharged and I Jerked It away. Catching It by the end of the barrel I struck one of the Indians and knocked him sense less, but the stock of my gun broke. This left mc with the heavy three foot barrel. After knocking three ot four Indians down one struck mc over the head and J struggled up. knocked the Indian over the head who was about to seize me and start ed to run for the timber. An arrow struck me midway between my left thigh and my ribs. About one-half of the arrow stuck out. I caught it and gave it a pull but part of the arrow remained in me. About a dozen or 15 Indians ran after me shooting arrows as they ran. In a moment 1 had six or seven ar rows sticking in my back and sides. Doherty ran just ahead of me. He had at least a dozen arrows sticking in his back and shoulders. He trip ped and fell and one Indians beat his head in with a war club while several other Indians ran up and shot him full of arrows. He had at least 40 arrows shot through him. I was wearing a ragged shirt and a pair of pants. An arrow cut my suspenders loose and the rants fell down and nearly threw me I pulled them off and ran on clothed only In my shirt I fell. Two or three of the Indians leaped on me. One had a gun he had taken from one of out men. He put the muzzle against my breast and pulled the trigger. The hammer fell. There was no report. It had missed fire. He struck me with the gun barrel. I leaped up and with all my strength struck him over the head with my gun barrel. His head crushed In like a broken egg shell. The other Indian fitted an ar HA ? jus-fr ?Tried past 'If coolts uon t you thing it s that wUl cook and bske will give you good, honest tcrvice every day ia the year. THE GREAT MAJESTIC SSiSSUg RANGE will do everything you not or.!y for a day or a year for years to cone. tne rigid kind of makvtalr-eXL parts are riveted together II- ; like aa engine boiler; it's practically air-tight; Lulus the If : neat; uses very ltttie una uOki oates just LASTS A LIFETIME Yes, and we esn comma yon If you will call at OUT atom and see uc many imture. avrnt ue iimmo you wul not find oa soy other ruga. We far W. j. lives Then? up Big Feed Store OPPOSITE CITY HALL row to his bow and pulled It to Its head. I caught up the gun that had missed fire just as he let go the ar row. The cap exploded this time and he fell rhot throught the heart but his arrow wont true. It hit mo high In the forehead and plowed my scalp open. I was shot full of arrows. The blood was flowing Into mv eyes from the wound In my head so I went into the woods a little deeper to find a place where I could lie down and die undisturbed. I heard a low cull. Presently some one cautlonsly culled my name. I went toward !he voice and found it was Heddon He hud been beuten over the head and left dead and had crawled Into the timber and escaped. He told me he had seen Ryan. Pep per, Holland, Poherty and Murphy all killed ami had seen T'Vault and Hush struggling In the wuter trying j to dodge the blows from the war dubs of the Indians In the canoes." Heddon and I started through the woods toward the northwest. . Pres ently I fainted from loss of blood and pain. When I came to Heddon had a stick he had whittled and was trying to get the arrow head out. One of the Iron arrow points had stuck In a rib. He got this one out. He pulled the broken arrows from my shoulder blades and back and out of my arms. Roth of our heads and shoulders were ragged with broken flesh from the beating of the war vluhn The back of my shirt he used to bind up my head. It was cold and foggy that night, nnd my throbbing head and the ar row head in my abdomen kept mo awake all night We walked on each night and luy hidden in the brush by day. We had nothing to eat, nnd after suffering intense pain and be Ij; unable to sleep for fours (lays and rights could not get up, so I urged Heddon to go and leave me and save himself. Heddon refused to leave me. He wanted to stay with me, he said, till I died, so that he could bury me and not have me scalped and R D Everu parr Is perfVeiion-f and -retcd - correction! f cnoks unurtand zl ... : i" ; worth while to have a ran to vour food iust rirfa one that could ask of a ranee; do it perfectly; week or a year, but every day in lie Tim Matestic is made rialu and of luel; heats plenty ol water quietly ngut, and, propciiy naiuurn. majest:c. will snow you Are Agents 'TheGrcrf Majestic f is our pride - If s fame haatroveled and wide" Clarke & Co., linger PHONE 134 mutilated by the Indians. Hug and Snails for Food. On the fourth day Heddon gathered a lot of black bugs and some slimy snails which we tried to eat. The elk gathered around our camp and whistled and stamped, but we had no way of killing one. AH my wounds were open ana run ning 1 gave up and urged Heddon to leave me. I wanted to die In peace. He fastened his shirt under my arms and tied me on his back and carried and dragged me, resting every few hundred yards. It was agony to me to be dragged, as the arrow head inside of mo kept cutting me. On September 19 we found n camp of two old squaws and an old Indian. They gave us some fish and took us across the river, but were afraid to help us as the Indians would kill them for aiding us. On September 21 I would not get up. I prayed for death. Heddon would neither kill me and put out of my misery, nor would he leave me. He made me crawl forward when he was too ex hausted to carry or drag me. We finally came to the wreck of the old brig Caleb Curtis, near the mouth of the Umpqua. He hid me In the lee of the vessel's broken hull and started for help. . I lost all track of time. Ho came back with four Indians. They car ried me to their camp. Soon we heard the sound of oars. On the boat was Captuln Glbbs of the brig Al mlra and some of his men. They took us In their boat to Gardener, eight miles distant There they lay me on a mattress. My abdomen had turned black and had swollen till it was tight as a drum. It broke dur ing the night and for the first time in nine days and nights I slept. In the morning my mattress and blan kets were soaked with blood from the wound. Four years later, during all of which time I had not been able to leave my bed I felt something hard W WHOLESALE AND RETAIL We carry everything in the hardware line that is carried by any other store in the city or country. An immense general line of shelf and heavy hardware. Sole agents for Amercan Field Fence, Howard Heaters and. the Great Majestic Range. Iron, Coal and all kinds of blacksmiths supplies Pumps, Pipes, Plumbers' Fittings, B e Itin g, Builders' Hardware, Tools, Cutlery, Aluminum Kitchen Ware, Tin and Granite Utensils If you can't find it at any other hard ware store, come here. 99 ATTHEWS Poultry Supplies II . make your hens healthy ) 1$ 1 i robust and lay more on the side opposite from which I had been shot. I cut my side open with my pocket knife, and putting In my thumb and finger I drew out the Iron arrow head. I continued to suf fer great pain for the next three or four years and was most of the time In bed. On February 28, I860, eight years after being shot my side got sore and tender. I cut. It open and' with a bullet mould for pinchers I pulled out a three-Inch length of vine maple arrow wood. My side healed up and soon I was completely well. Cyrus Hoddon and other friends sup ported and cared for me during the eight years I 'was helpless. Nothing I can ever do will ever show my de votion and gratitude to him. "FIREWATER" IS LIFE RESTORER Frank Johnson, an Indian boy, had just been dumped to the earth by Lightfoot during one of the tryouts. He had lain prostrate where he felt for some five or ten minutes before he would permit himself to be raised from the ground. "Why Is it," said President Til Taylor to Walter Bom son, another Indian, "thut every time an Indian Is thrown ho stretches himself like a dead man. A white man always gels right up." "Maybe getum drink of whiskey," said Wal ter showing his mouthful of gold teeth. And Walter knew where of he spoke for a year ago he played "possum" for fifteen minutes and a doctor worked over him vainly until a cowboy produced a flask anj poured a little fire-water Into the redskin's mouth. Then he rose with a whoop. Gen. Castro, who turned up on the front page the other day, has disap peared In the fine type on the market page. PENDLETON, OREGON