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Thursday, July 1023.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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-
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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.
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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 ;
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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
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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. It helps build home enterprises.
ill up today with Veltex. One fill will make you a
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"It may be comedy for you
but it's tragedy for me.'
So said a young man to us with a painful smile. His
heart was in those words. His story was common; his op
portunity had come and found him with only five dollars
cash. It required less than five hundred.
Reader, we do not preach about saving. We speak from
the experience of others men and women like you. Reg
ular saving pays.
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