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PAGE THREE
MEiMES RIO ;
BERT'S NOODLE
whoso family had performed the
sunie pereglnatious from Virginia
tlmt his family hed performed I"
omiiiK from Tennessee. Tliun, in
18U3, they mid all their family ex
cept one uiurrled duuuhter ciuno'
Incross Ihu plains and settled under j
the shadow of Mount Knilly, In!
Grande Koude valley. My mother
nniirn
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Now; 411 (.'aiiadii.
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MEETSSATURDAY
(SpeclM to The Oh.s,rvcr)
ELGIN, Jan. 11. Mia. J. W.
I'Yoil Locklcv Oneiis lfciii.iwalkud much of tho way arrows tho
wcpnt lfiwi.mv.il. ,,(' VI, l, Plal. uwlB tu the heavily loaded , Ju"; J1- ?,, ,.' "'
IM I 111 IU'M'1 (ill Hi tJKl wuimH LolRhlon and daughter, .Miss l-llolne
(il'iUKlt1 IvOlldc VilH'ev I'OV ' returned Krldiiy inornliiK from an
f extended visit nf qevertil weeks
"In the snmo year my fulhor, wUh frends at.d relatives In Ku-
Wlliam Huifuinn. then a youiiK gemi ull(1 iMrtltaiul.
man of 23, drove an ox team, walk- Cot, jc. s. Lvanhoe, a lawyer of
hiB practically every mile of the r n,-...,,!,, ,, ,.
(Fred Lock ley In Portland Jonrnan
Volt Will lioil the Ir.'ill tV the
Oreson irloneurs from the Istliram wl,y" 'rom t'm'('il Bluffs, Iowa, to-Thursdays tr:iin, returnlr.K from
to the Arctic clrcla Vn will ,.,, Austin, VY. IllOU. tor BIX yeill 3, I Knternrliie. Hi had l.een there
tho trail of oilier Bona and grand-!1"1 ,,ro!H,:tt''1 evory mMng district j ranging some cases ,ror the next
ally mulling In Grande Kendo in
ISM.
wins' in nlf parts or tho seven seas
and from Siberia to Argonne. Kor
some years llert llnfrniiiii and I
were partners on the Knst Oregon
Ion at l'cndleton. I sold my Inter
est and came to Portland, and Bert
sold Ills interest and went to Can-
n letter from Bert dated from ' Blair- ''!""""ata .'fa,""y rro!"
more "AH:, . ,io,. ,ii f ., "y foot-prints hud
1, 1022 . lie says:
"As I followed tho dojr sled Into
tho Arctic oil fields,' my mind In
voluntarily reverted to the migra
tions which had taken ijilace in my
"Dear Fred: The Journal con
taining your Interview with Frank
Mc llean came to hand this morning
and awakened a flood of old memor
ies of Oregon Mind the West.
"My uncle John Stanley. formerly
of Wallowa but deceased these five
t;r six years, was one of the very
first prospectors at Canyon City.
Ho was n friend nf Frank Mc Beau,
joaquin .Miner, jjrenis ana overnoi-, ing llt nilt (tl th(, eiderdown sleep
ier, nil, old timers In Canyon City. K uagi brewing a pot of tea and
mien Joaquin Miller was at iny,wuriniiiK a can of work and beans
been left on tho western hemi
sphere, from 1'a ua ma to the Arctic
circle by Jerry .Stanley and his de
scendants? And It is no more
not one-tenth as much, perhaps, of
migration and pioneering - than
thousands of other families have
passed through. It merely shows
tho venturesome spirit of the New
World.
"As for niyaolf, I am far happier
trudging behind a dog sled, sleep-
house in Pendleton In Juno 11)07, on
bis way then to pay his last visit to
Canyon City, he learned that John
Stanley was my uncle, and kindly hi"
quired about him. Stanley had nl
ready prospected in California and
Miller aftrwards went there. ;
'
"My maternal grandfather, Jerry
Stanley, was with one of tho very
firal parlies of Missouritins to gb
on a fire of twigs, than in. ,a com
fortable home and among tho nar
row lanes at the farm.
"I think the only man In the I
world 1 envy is Oznma, a diminu
tive Japanese, Who hits been in the
North for 20 years. Last winter.
after making a record trip from'.
Kdmonton to Fort Norman with his
dog team, alone, he was not con-
to California In 184!). They went! tent to come back, 1600 miles, the
down the Mississippi and across thejwily he went in. He went on to
Cull of Mexico to ilPannma. They; tho mouth of tho Mackenzie, then
ivalked across the Isthmus, dlstanco
f 28 miles, carrying all their be
Diiglngs on their backs. Another
joiit was waiting on the Pacific side
nf the Isthmus to carry them to San
rancisco. From there they wont to
(he foot of Mount Shasta and pros
lected and mined for 1C months,
finding very little gold In that dial-let,
and becoming homesick, he
tnd a largo party started on the re
turn trip, as they had come out.
Cholera attacked the party on the
way dowii the coast and many of
his neighbors and comrades died
hnd were buried at sea, of Acapulco.
At Panama dozens of others died of
yellow fever. The remnant of the
party was glad to roach Missouri
alive. Stanley brought home but
little of the glittering gold which
had lured him away, but on his re
turn ho found a brown-eyed, auburn
paired baby girl, born four months
after his departure the year, before.
She grew up to become my mother,
at tho ago of 21, at Summervllle,
Ore.
"As. I think of those wonderful
day's I marvel at the migrations and
movements which take place In just
one restless family of pioneers In
the United States. My grandfather
Stanley, for Instance, was born In
Cumberland Gap, East Tennessee,
in 1800. When he wna 16 years of;
age his people moved to Boone's i
Lick, Kentucky, where he was a1
playmate and pompaiiton of Kit Cai'r
son. I can't say schoolmate; there
were no schools. In 1820 he come
farther west with the Irrestlble tide
of settlement, and located at Glas
cow, Mo., where, In 1824, he mar
ried my grandmother, Polly Wilson,
skirted the Arctic coast of 'Alaska
right around' to Point Barrow,
thence across country from Eskimo
settlement tt) settlement, and. came
out at Nome ' in March. In his
room on Powell street, Vancouver,
last slimmer, ho- told me of that
wonderful Journey enough exper
ience and adventure for a classic
volume and yet it is no more than
others have done. As lie swept his
finger around the shore line of the
map of the Arctic, and looked at
nie with soft, beaming eyes, my
heart envied the marvelous and
wonderful panorama of the North
which those mild eyes hnd looked
upon!" ;
term of court.
Last Wednesday evening Mrs. E.
E. Southard, entertained a few
laieirds at t!io ill. 1.. Wilis home,
where she fc staying at present.
The occasion, was the birthday an
niversary of both Rev. Willis and
the hostess. A ivery pleasant eve
ning was spent in conversation and
delicious refreshments were Berved
by Mrs. Southard und Mrs. Willis.
The invited guests were .Mr. and
Mrs. O. W. Barlow, Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Hill, and Frederick Hill. .and
A. R. Wakefield of the high sclvool
faculty. Mrs. Southard and Cedric
were the other members of the very
pleasant party.
Harry Sunderson, one of, the mer
chants from tho neighboring city of
Summervllle, js In Elgin this week
for a few days.
Clay Fox of Imhier, was in Elgin
Tuesday to attend the stockholders'
meeting of Uie Elgin bank.
Ad (Jiuituvo, who has become
quite well known to Elgin people
through his wrestling contests held
here, was a passenger on Monday's
train to Enterprise.
Charles Walch, who lives- on
Cricket Flat, came in .Monday morn
ing. He plans on leaving the Elgin
country about the first of March
to take up his new work on the
Schwebko farm between La Crando
- They're All at the Movie Temple.
What has become of the old-fashioned
family that used to pass long
evenings In which one of Its membera
rend aloud from a good novel! Chl
cuso News.
OBSERVER WANT ADS GET RB
SULTS.
FOR SALE
Store building with
. rooms ift bii-k, and two
sid'ciif't's. i Brings j
1)00 ovWyly percon-
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TAXfCABS
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and Cove.
Louis ntirnmtgh- of Enterprise,
cume in Friday' evening on busi
ness, and also l scv h is father, Sam
Murnangh, who has been slch for
several weeks.
Dirk Zweifol lias been sick for
several days. "
Tuursmiy evening Is the onto set
for the Ad club meeting and ban
quet ut the Summer hutul.
Mrs. Maya and daughter, Ruth,
now residents, of La Orande, wore
passengers from Klein toward Wal
lowa' county Monday morning.
Miss ituth Heusley of- imbler,
who attends the high school at
Klgln, &;ient the. week-end with her
parents. ....
Saturday is the date set for the
county farmers union meeting here.
It is hoped there will be a large
number of farmers In attendance.
The Women's Improvement so
ciety will hold Its regular meeting
with Mrs. Merl Allen Thursday. Mrs.
I'nderwood will reaid u paper on
"The People of the WlldernesH."
Ernest Weiss .was n visitor to La
Grande over ISaturduy, He was a
guest at the C. D. Huffman home
there.
The Anterlrnn Legion held. It"
election of officers, for 1!)22, Mon
day evening.
I The new officers of the Eastern
Star will be Installed at the regu
lar Star meeting Friday night. The
names of the officers will be given
Inter.
Lloyd Chandler of La Grande was
In town Saturday taking down evi
dence In the case of the lato depot
robbery.
Still In Trim.
It Is useless to get a womnn to
igree to bury the hatchet (is long as
the has a hairpin ,
One't Duty to Be Pleaiant
Being pleasant Is not a matter of
nood; It Is a duty. The controlled
rolce, the kind word, the glauce of
understanding and sympathy uuiy seem
like very little thing amid a rush of
mora Important nuuteiu, but they oil
the machinery vl the world, and make
ill tho wheels turn mure smoothly
for ourselves en-' others.
IEURALGIA
orjbeiU.fc nib tho forhad
raclt uint in halt the vupora
Vapo Rub
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We Like to
Give Service
Or, to put it differently, has it ever
struck you that it isn't the ease of the
job, but yur liking for it that makes
it attractive
We're in te battery business be
cause we Jikajt.
If we can gie yu aervice that you
didn't know wihad, we are particu
larly pleased. We don't atop with
merely filling, cWging and testing
your battery, and Selling you a new one
when you need it. We're here to do
everything we can to see to it that
your battery gives most miies of un
interrupted service pe dfUar, and
more satisfaction all aroufld.
We like to be bothered. Come in
anytime.
LA GRANDE BATTERY STATION
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By Government Test
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
; JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF SEDANS AND ' J
COUPES. BETTER GET, YOURS NOW AS THEY
11 j WILL NOT LAST INa 'A
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REDUCTION
Dodge Brothers will
announce on February first
1922 a
effectiv
12.
sbustantial reduc
tion in the price of their cars
from January first
Ltd
Smith