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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
MONDAYJULY. 22, 1912.
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After S3, years of aojouroing In the
grout northwest,, 33 of whlcU were
spent in the Grande Ronde valley, I
concluded to satisfy a desire that had
been 'lth , me for .several years to
visit the scenes of boyhood days, to
wander over the old trails, to see rela
tives and schoolmates "back where
the latch string's hanging from the
door, where every neighbor 'round the
place Is dear as a relation, back where
we used to be so happy and so poor."
Accordingly, I boarded tae train at
La Grande on the 18th day of May ahd
began retracing the trail where 35
years ago the elite mode of traveling
was the northwestern stage, whose lo
comotive power was engineered, flreds
and preside! over- generally by such.
- men as George Qxiimby; Jimmy Cutter
and a multitude "of other., " In four
days lacking five hours, I arrived In
Broad St., Pa., railroad station at Phil
adelphia. After visiting a few days
" with relatives and schoolmates at till-'
' ' place, I repaired to the rural districts
in Lancaster .county, P:v, and C.-cll
r county, Maryland my .old atawplnn
ground. r ,, , . , ,, ;j v .
On May 2Sth I attended the funeral
'" at Vtt Nottingham of the late gov
ernor of Maryland, Austin Lane Croth-
n ers. For a number of years In boy
hood days we bad lived within a mile
of each other, hunted the festive nib-
,; .bit os"ther nnd attended the' same
fsriwilu. ' one an old log cabin with
i uiiely-constructed desks, and when
this homely edifice or, learning w.i"
t' ! destroyed by flre, Rn old wheelwright
nop was fitted up and ilH ':v
' school purposes for two years tin til
a more pretentious one took Its place.
1 Alpheus Crother was a poor man who
' maintained his large family mostly y
: ''-" thn .violin for the country
dances and Austin, who was the hov
"( with soi, arose from n peer bov t
the highest office In the state, and
''t. left a fortune of $50,000, : . i. . I
The first relative I ylslted In Mary
land was a cousin 32 years old. He
i;. had a wife and three children but of
(, course I had a very faint recollection
, of ttouii 1 ' ,., -! - ft . -ft
.j u' -:'Rtry looked very much the
. tfijfi;?- W. .'e.f"-tr. mu.':.. .V'-.: ;..:;
and the iouss tuufh pearer together
than I Imagined. The roads ire ?
fwt wide. The country Is rtht hjl
. Ijr, so that in traveling, oi' W.r.oe''
, gclni tip or down a hill and, where It
, la necessary to construct a grade there
, la usually Just enough room for teams
,. to pass. To keep the frequent down-
,,. poors of rain from washing put-the
' roads It is necessary to construct oc
casional offsents in the romis, to t i
the water Into the. side ditches. A'to
i . giving this description of the roads it
! '!" 'or me t tate that
... this country Is not a par'.tU-o fiy t
,.t 'wobiiist, , . . . ' , ...T.ijhui
,, The homes are beautiful and at the
priccp that )a"(l, r '
,.. S'rrovtmoms would be
, t'" sr!itr part of the purchase price.
:; )n order to rnlse crops In that coun
tv some kind of fertilizer has to be
hspiI and this means that the com
mercial fertilizer bill U ever present
wltb the farmer whether any crop
Is raised or not and landed d"tin tike
i the poor are with them always. The
! help, iiroM'ra "with then! Is, a dlfflRult
' ' ' ?i -fru'Hi w:ros were
! reduced tn t"n t'ct'To - ..
yoin's nirti , kcl to t'.ie clt,lcs and
f obtained cmiOnvirpnt tl'er. ' nvif t-
from the rallroa-l co'ini n ! s nut 11 iow
there is vrv l't'to be., . x fpt
(r 'in f o."! -d ivi'im; 't'rn,
Ot. .?!) !?tH u.il'i a ;' rty of s'-'-:ol
exeri'lf s nf tV To -re i!ifi!:"t" .a'
Port D" Po.It. Md.. and 11 t. i"
: )n!' t:'j VM-ve en I' f ".- , T.1 B 1
i Ing Ports of Anirrbn." !v itis- V M
; Conwell, pns'or of t'i '!"" i :! V--
I tist rhiireb, ami r' si.t.-nt nf t!ie Teoi
i pie academy In Phllndeli-hin. On t!i"
- 3rd of .Inlyl went to W frlemU I"
; Jersey City and New York, piw
' were obtained to Inspect tlie Inside
wonders of the Olynple, the M.i --'tT-la
and the Lnsltnnln. V wiN"
the iiyirle,. of Ihe Olypmle fif ter
ship to,rthe. Tlfanl' ) t' e Inrcejt p,n
senaer vessel nftortt and f"'t snt1e.,
pt tynti " f vtt-t T-t' o'-'-.. -. ti,-
of lV-.tv" V") 'rr '"iVew
Toii hi rbor. ?' It s'V' f.P" ' '"'t "v
change, Trinity r'ntvli. ' ' -porh,
ft en, O'-'ef's tomb nrinv
other n'ara nf lnfe-e"t. Altnor.t two
,..r'i, i, " Tvnr nil" seeded
was struck; with what my eastern Philadelphia, the man neir-In lrae ro
frlends term the "Call of the Wild" marked to the clerk VI wUh you would
but Is was what very few of them ' put me Inside that valise and ship me.
know anything about: "The Call of an I used to be out there and would like
Oregon Harvest." -'
As ' was checking
my valise at
to go back again.'!, c; t - . -,
' A short time after, registering at a
hotel fn Chicago a man stepped up,
looked over the register and remark
ed: "Hello! A man from God's coun
try." I came back by the Great North
ern to Spokane. The crops were good
in North Dakota and Montana. A res-
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pleasures," the last bat not leut ot
whje' trail arrlvlife a t home, better'
satiaSed
Ident told me It was the only crbp
they had had for three years. There
were occasional showers of rain as
ye came along. .This aide of Spokane fcj, jJ J J 1
me wneat nau inueu au uuij (
many places. .Harvesting and thresh
ing were just starting In Jhe Walta
Walla country. I reached La Grande
July, 14, after a two months' round of
ev feh fthe Unet, .
.la the' rarest moubtaln Jem B
The"!most 'attrtetlv8';orirament .
i In 'natare' diadem'."'-'1-'" !. ,'
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.Iii addition to: the premiiups oft'eredvia tliQ,!,
anmral list soon' to be distributed we desire
a" large number oi "Special Premiums'. ? 5
What will YouGiye? :S?
' The list has been started by.the following ".
.offers:? -i .f .'"' . . :...' :. T?.""."-. . .-i
money
THIS IS A PROVEN FACT
Leighton,
Ask For Demonstration.
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Special Prize $100 CasK
.. ... vjrivoii wjr augustv, unaugs, .coii
' Largest and Best Collection of Stock exhib-
; . if ed. by owner, consisting of Horses, Cattle
ianri Hogs." Io less than two of each.
Special Prize Purse $50 Cash
Given by the Grande Ronde Meat Co.
$25.00 for the best pen of four finished hogs f.
" 15.00 for the 2nd best pen of 4"finished hogs' '!
1Q.00 for the 3rd best pen. of 4 finished liogs f '!;;
Three, judges' to be selected fronf farmers !"?
and named on the grounds- , , .
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.. TThe "above prize is a; suggestion for you: '
.: Jf in doubt what to offer. the pri,-e for, state, C,'J
, i-.wh.at you will give ncd we will do the rest, A .'Im;
large number f Special Prizes will bring us -!
a -much larger display; " ;,' , -; - w 'O- i.
" BOOST THE FAIR.-o' - ' '
Co"-operate with us and we will have a suc-'n '
essful Fair, This special premium list will;, '; w
i -close July-31st and be printed as a sunnle-.'.. '.' t
i - !- ment to tne regular Premium List.
What can ! say you
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