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PAGE TWO Thursday, July 1023. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Vacation Is Ding Vacation Ls calling you to lake or links, motor trail or camping site. Our selections of vacation togs will give the ultimate finish, to the gayest vacation plans an ex ceptional assortment for your vacation equipment- m. . " rj J. A Good Place to Trade 3. of the .-oil, the nmf;:iniif-of til for. . volnng bcsnie the two rain. . jn h, hisiorv of the wo I i I .1 J. i'1''''" J"11' or considerable new 01 hkIp va!l"vs drained ! the great , . . rivers. Ami he .li.l not hesitate t0ll'vstork, were Mich that lt. fucce.-.- peak plainly, us one who. knew, even ful accomplishment seem almost mi- irl.l like the nronhet Iliiniel ".Mr. secretary, he declared, "you would belter (rive all New England for the cod anil mackerel fisheries of Newfoundland than to baiter away Oregon." Then, turning to the President in conclusion, he udde'l tjuietly but be seechingly ruculou. But stern determination triumph ed and the result wa. conclusive. Americans had settled the country. One Hollar Sated represents Ten Dollar Earned. The averatre man, dees no' "f t0 exceed ten per cent of hi earnings. He must spend nine dollars in livini. expenses for every uonar ' lOiamherlnin's Colic and Hmirnoea ltomedv. It ensis out -. and I bottle cf it n Hip house nf en saves lcloi's ! SPVPral ''o lnrs. Adv. Let HKACOCK of Knterprine, Ore gon, install your Kudioptionc, and it will work right. 2-7-2t 1,0 ........ i.i. ... o.An. i,...,!;... rhn p.Le he can not De 100 tlioy had taken it; and in the end I careful about unnecessary expenses- mi the boundary settlement was madeVerv often a few cents propyl ij on the line 'of the fnrtv.ninth nar. I vested, like buying seeili fur his gar- "All I ask- i that you will not ""?i. your great .wtnwest was sav-ijien, win .r I An Oliserver mint a Correct till" wntenw: 'Thiinlt you, said Iho snmll noy: iney "; nilii-r mci'ii linn i am iiii.ii" ,ipph wouldn't be good for mo. President Harding's Address - At Top O7 Blue Mountains 0 of snuff for the whole territory," (and expressed the wish that the : Kncky Mountains were "an impass able harrier." Senator Oavton, of Jersey, said that, with very lim exceptions, "the whole country iwas as irreclaimable anil barren a ' waste as the Sahara-desert," and that storms, four thousand miles, with ' malaria hud carried away most of the sole aim to serve his country and:"" .native populuticn" Even so fnr . . ..is-eeing and staunch an advocate of his God. Eighty years and eight western jt(rest! as Thomas Benton months ago he was pushing grimly prntestsed that the ridge of the and painfully through this vpry pass , Kockies should he made our western barter away Oregon cr allow Eng lish interference until 1 call lean a band of stalwart American settlers across the plains. For this I shall; try to do." The manly appeal was irresistible He sought only the privilege of prov-1 ing his faith. The just and consid- j erate Tyler could not refuse. j "Doctor Whitman," he rejoined! sympathetically, "ycur long ride anil; frozen limbs testifv to your courage: and your patriotism. Your ereden- , tials estaoilsll your cnaiacier. luuri request is granted." j Whitman's strategy was truet statesship. Substantial occupation would make good the claim of the United States ami that was what he had initiated during his few days in St. Louis. A few months later hei had completed an organization of I eager souls and led the first move ment by wagon train across plains', and mountains along this unblazed trail. I What a sight that caravan must have appeared to the roaming sav ages! Ami what an experience for the intrepid pioneers! j More than twe hundred wagons,! Iiearing well-nigh a thousand enii-i grants, made up the party. They, traveled by substantially the same! route that Whitman had taken when j he first went out to Oregon; from !a rendezvous near. what is now Kan-f jsas City they moved due northwest! j across northeast Kansas and south-j east Nebraska to the Platte river; ! followed the Platte to the middle! of what is now Wyoming, thence crossing the mountains by way of the Sweetwater Valley and the, houth Platte; and from Fort Hall, follow ing the well-known -route, roughly paralleling the Snake river, into Ore gon. The difficulties of the trip, in- ' Mv Countrymen: As I stand here in tiie shadow of the great hills, my mind reverts to the placid banks of the broad Potomac. There, as here, to an American prcud of his country her traditions. thre much of patriotic mterent, mum ne-jon his way lrom waua aiia ii boundary, ami avowed that "on the nttfhe.n peak the statue of the fabled (iod, Terminus, should be erected, never ft: he thrown down.'1 . Webster, although not definitely antairunistic, was uninterested and lukewarm. Years before he-had pro claimed Orecon "a barren, worthless country, fit only for wild beasts and wihl men," and be was not one who changed opinions readily. Rut neith er was Whitman one easily dismay ed. JvnccuraKP'l by the manifest : f riendlinestt nf President Tvler. he I nni'tt:HJffl with, vivid elnnupticp thp salubrity "f hf climate, the fertility tween these rugged mountains amljKnrt Hull, thehr.e, abandoning the es- thos fertile lowlands 1 linn mucn tahlished northern route as impas in common. Living history records! able, off to the South through un man v indispgluhle links, to one of i known, untrodden lands, past the which it seems fitting that i shuuld Creat Salt Iike, to Santa Ke, then itiiVct your attention today.'-' y hurriedly on to St. Louis and fin- Of the many rooms m the vhiie,aIlvt after a few days, again on the Ileitis, which nossess the ' peculiar charm of association' with epochal happenings, the one moKt fascinating to me is that which formerly com- Pwed the Cacbinet room and the 'rfesident's study. Through its high wyjdows ones gaze is drawn irre Kisuply to the towering granite shaft whoe . very grandeur, exceeded by no nther monument in the world, ad mirably symbolizes the matchless' hnme-stretch to his destination, tak ing as many .months at it now taKes days U- go from - Walla Walla to Washingtcn. ' , , ' : ' ' It was more than a desperate ami perilous trip that Marcus Whitman undertook. U was a race agflttist time. Public opinion was rapidly crystallizing into u judgment that the Oregon country- was ntr -worth f I from the l ; factory I fT F H E S H T O B AC C O JB I ROLL YOUR OWN -WITH 1 . I RisX Crujjc PapnAMdJ I It Gets Over character of (ieorge Washington. The claiming, much less worth fighting beautifully caned mahogany hen- ; '..u, fn mikm it mum ', ; iw.cf. D.n fhn iinoii whhdi f.dl thei"i''iuircd against the insistence of. eyes of Andrew Jackson when cpen-1 (;,',eut Kntnin. it would prove to be -frf from the troubled slumber whit-hl" Imhihty rather thim an uset. ven to this day occasionally falls) It is with sheer amaitement that to tha lot of aii over-weary presi-'e now read the declarations of the ilwit. Sunk into the mai'ble mantel leaihng men of that period. So good; uiecu Is a bronze 'able recording thei" American, so sturdy a frontiers-j circumstances thu it was in this ", so wt ling a fighter, as General ! reom that Abraham Liuccln signe.! (Jackson, shcok his heail omniously, the great emancipation pnwlamution,! ' fear least the national domaini whk-h struck the shackles of slav-t should go too far outspread, and ery from millions of human beings.) warned the country that its safety! . v ...ti... .r i.....ii.. laid lav in a comuuet irovernment. Sen-' ' imortance in the building of ourp'r MclJuffie, of South Carolina,; mighty Nation tcok place withit.lclared he would nrt give n pin.-h' (jtho walls, liefore my mind's eye, - - .a 1 stood in that historic chamber a few days ago appeared the vivid . picture, i beheld seated at his dtvk. imniHCUlatcly attired, the emt imm inent of dignity and rouriliness, Jhn Tyler, Urnlu president of the United Slates. Facing h in, from a rhair ron-tructed for a massive frame, lu powerful spirit gleauiiug I lire ugh his cavernous eyes, was the i hon-visaged Paniel Webster, Secre tary of State. The door opened and there appear ed before the amazed statesmen a strange and astonishing figure. It wum that of a muu of medium height a Ltd sturdy build, deep chested, broad htuldered, yet lithe in movement auU soft of step. He was clad in a cur fur cuat, buckskin breeches, fur leggins, and bcot moccasins, looking much the worse for wear. Hut it was the countenance of the visi tor, as he stow I (or an instant in the doorway, that riveted the perception of the two chefs of State. It was tiat if a religious enthusiast, tenac iously earnest yet revealing no sug gestion of fanaticism, bronzed from exposure to pitiless elements mid seamed with deep lines of physical suffering, a rare combination of de termination and gentleness obvious ly u man of tied, but no less a man among men. Such was Marcus -Whitman, the pigneer missionary hero of the vast, unsettled, unexploied Oregon country. wno had come out or the et to! plead that the State should admire I ur civilization the empire that the churches were gaining for Christum-1 ity. j Many of the exploits of America's! )eolute sons uie ivcouutod in pro.-e and verse. How often in our youth, and even in later years, have we been thrilled by the story of hew "cm through the night rode Paul Ke vere, through every Middlesex vil lage and farm" to call the Minute Men to embattle at I-xington and fire "the shot heard 'round the wtfrld!" How many time- we have shuddered at the impending fate of the Shenandoah Valley with "Sheri dan twenty miles away!" I loved the martial notes of those stirring verf;B an a hoy I love them still. But. when 1 stood In that historic room In the White. House and my imagination depicted the simple iscene 1 could not hut feel that the mag nificence of Marcus Whitman's glor ious deed has yet to find adequate recognition in any form. Here wan a man who, with a single companion, in the dead of winter, struggled through pathless drifts and blinding LA GRANDE IRON WORKS MACHINE SHOP AND FOCXDHS - All Klndi of Machinery, Automobtlua and Tractors Repaired, Overhauled and Rebuilt. j Acetylena Welding of All Kind Cylinder Boring and Oversize ristons ' Crankshaft!, Pistons and Piston Pins Reground Give t's a Trail D. FITZGERALD Prop. r 9. . 1 MTnb niv J THOUSANDS of motorists in this territory arc now users of Veltex gas. They take pai-tic-ular pains to see that they always net Veltex. In fact, many of them will ; out of their way before they will fill up wuh anv other kind. These motorists have learned by comparison that they jret more miles per gallon, have ail the power and spied they want, and-that their ermine starts (iiieker with Veltex. Thev also know that when they buy Veltex they are duintr business with an Independent Company that handles independent products. Their money does nut leave the country. 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