La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 23, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX ' THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Monday, February 23, 1925. Adventures of Black Sam, Oregon "Bull Puncher" This Story of Historical Interest to Eastern Oregon, An Installment to Be Printed Weekly by The - Evening Observer, Is Told by Sam Ayotte to Jack Hunter of The Park. ' ins "rnAUMM ': (fly Jm-k llmitrr) (fUroml Instrument ) "Wol' sir, Hiohc Indians worn o mixed In.nch of N ivrro, l'ma tilluH, Walulus. CuyuKi n finil so forth; iimlor ihn 1iurirHhtn of one "Whltn Mini" Clili-f. Ami worn Mint rhlrf haw my VountfrsiKli' and hoard my 'charm' wordH. he ol "mien vhpt')'( nroiiml oinl ordered hl hrnvrs. ', "Thny took nil Ihelr lortRo polcB nnd hltoiiod their horHCH. two noles Jo.oach hormv Indlun fiiHhlnn uml fnHlened them' polcH on the wnKonfl. 'liiifUfl, Riunw ond pfiponmfl nil lniflhfnB nnd pullliiK wherever they could get hold, "My IS yolu-B of Ions horned rnt 'llo wen drnifBliiK iheir hHIIrn on Ihe pr round' liiuvlinR nnd grunting. while I unfed fhfin on ly HiIIiik hroitnd them with my tonff oad , allek holh-rlritf, 'Whon-iiHh Hlnr, Uroad, down nnd pull yon, -nr .I'll poke thin fiilrhtiifc pin ''right, through ye! The poor hiillH nut tint My Jiihi pawed ihe earth nnd imlled for nil tin y were worth. "Thin won the Kn niPHl pulling nf- Jalr. 1 over wllneftwd on Mm trail. prnnilnff, J'npoown yelling with fclee tit Ihn droll oullil. JlenHley, Mm pronpertor wan trying to glvo ordi-rH while hl burro was rom-lor-tnhly Hitting in the hack wagon Riving n 'hoe-haw, hoo-hnw' of do Jltthl onoe In a while, which drown fU t tin whole rnllorwaiillng f thn )niph. Some of the Indiana point ed ut thn thing nnd laughed. "HoweVor' to my utirprlup- nnd pleasure my five wagon began to 'move forwnrd. Mind you, the wn gnns alone, were in thin mud. It Keemed to bo only o pot nolo if oluy with nhoul a fool of Bothl boI 'over It nntl thn hpnvy wngons hnd broken through thin mint, Alt the ntiluiulfi were on solid ground -and Jmd good footing nnd Ihe mud ,vnnn't bo deep hut the wheel wero teHtlng on the hard pun tihniit two loot helow. Ho an soon ur the loud vin npnred it Ron ciamhoreu onto ftolld land nnd we were wife. v tin; i ijiiti -i it "I offered the chief hoido pay, mt he wouldn't oocopi anything10 tuit a bottle of good whlnkey which lt deftly hid under his hlnnket for prlyntc use.. They nil went on their wny and Hennley nnd I finally touched a plncn nenr Iturnt river uhleh wo old tlmem called Hour ouk1i Klnt. "et'o -TltiiHloy mot IiIb nnrtnerH nnd he puitl me hy irlvInK mo n .ItuckHkln Hark of gold mixed with black Hands. Tie had not yet- nop arittrrl It, nnd qiileknllver und nil he Bald, 'There Ir nhout $ol).00 worth there, nnd thlH wh cortatnly worth Hlo mo, for I could never hnvp made It with my Jackie (that wan It In burro). , :"Vhen I nrrlvcd ut tlio ttlucer mine norl IhxihI of w hero linker city Ik situated I met u fellow the nnuio of Ami Oldmuu, who wiih runntntf Iho mine whlcli I (earned nflerwardH wuh called the HturKlU llilt'. lie fHel up thlH (fold for me, ntid he found and weighed $200 worth of irold out of that Hark I .' "Now don't you think that I wiih well repaid for that k"'I turn I Kve the Honovnn family?" "Yen, sir, that wiih pretty well pnhl nil r It; In, but you didn't tell ine what wuh that "eharin' yon KODAK SUPPLIES jist nrrnvi.n A Xpw Shipment of - AS('I AMI KASTMAM I llins ami I'llin I'iii k4 Moon Dru Go. I'vcrrllilnit for llm SJrk Itooni rno.Ni; .MAIN All ME HAVE no brnu HANI) TO pamle nroind AND TI'I.Ij you vrhnt ARH TlOINO or how wn pan KKRVK you. Hut wo ore OIT FOIt bunlnrioi nnd IVTIINII TO MAKK you NOTlri: whnt wo r THVIN(J TO DO. It wo MAKK any stnli'mfntit VOI! IX) not bellrvc iVKT SIAKIi ua rrovs -Tlli:.M. La Grande Warehouse & Storage Co. JefrcrwHi and ilrmHuk Bts. lkhooo BUlu 9f3 MUCKWJM A lI KLAND hart for the Xndlnns," I nnswered in a querry. Tlio "Charm." "Well, air, tnnt charm wqb fflvph to ma when wo cronned the plains. It was nomewhere in Wyoming not far from Choypnno. Wo namo upon tho freh RlRnn of a hattln where thn IndlnnR In thin cae bad bo rely sot thn worBt of the deal, fleverul hodb-B of the red Hklns wpre tying nrnund and apparently the IndhuiR wero not on the war path becniiHP they were not garbed like the fight -Ihff brtiveR. Anyway. I mine to n dead Bimw who hod been very young, not over 17 at Iho iiiorI. She wan Bhnf through the llilgtiK croBBWlKo. Hhe held tight In n lit tle papoose about four nionlhn old. The baby was fully alive, "I never fell bo mlBerable in my life in Hep that dead mother hold ing her child to her brefiHl. I Nllg K'Hled right away that wo Hhould lake It hack In the Indlniiii. who we know could not be very for, for they hail loft there early In the morning by all t he Hignn. And I wan Hiiro that, wo could find the! camp In a grove of green buHhes' wo could rpo ncroHR t ho country. Their trnckH lend that. way. Tint . thin wan rcpulHed at once by Iho rent of the gang, oHpeclnlly the lender, a big old follow, the nume of Arthur Lo (lrnnd. I im sure that It b either hliu or IiIh brother that Lit (Irnnde wiih named nfler. I.e (Irand wan pronouncr-d by the Kngllnh nprnklng peojle .a (Iranile. "Anyway, there were no women In our outfit. We could not very well take care of the child. Rome rougher fellowH who haled nnd feared the Indlann wonted to knock him In. the head. I told thorn would tnko euro of the poor baby. They called a 'a mick or mush' nnd other nam en. hut I 'dldn'l care. could hot help hut protect that mothorlPHH Infant, Imyan or no In dian. "Thnt night I eanlly un poked out. took one of the flest riding homes nnd I heat It towards thnt green hmdi. 8uro enough the In dlann had camped there to bury l heir rtend roiurndcH. They proved ho n ""' " of ho ('hey cnncH that wore friends to the whiten. A nnd mlHtako hud been made, or the whiten who had mas sacred thin peaceful band of friend ly Indlann were or the type who held up Htngen those dayn. ."They wore tickled to death when 1 gave them tlio napooHe. T be lieve It wan the old mother of thn lead Klrl llliil run to me uml Kiuh-' tied the huhy out of my uriiiH. My yea were ittiiin full of tears. I nev. r eunie nearer crylnjf In all lie. "Then Iho old chief of this. little hand told me that they had heen ullnclitd In the erenlnir by ahoiil nrty white men. who look nil their M-Ht horHen and Home ifruh. lie mild he fiirituve them heeuiwe lie wua HOre they ilhln't know who hey were. Ii wuh nnti hlic iiiIh- tuke. Then hn Rove ml thin Hlitn nnd ninde me repeni. ' tlio few words. ind he lold me (hut would Have nie villi any nnd all In. Ilium I should llliel'miywhere. And I believe II now iH.euiiHe I bnve Irled It nuin- oers of time. ''Ill IStlfl 1 went nver n irooil nor. lion of my ..I.I Rluniplni; KrnundH ilul I fnunil Inueh rhuiiKes. N'ninea 'if pluees hnd new nnini-s and Home hnd ink. ii the old old mi a be fore my time. Yon see. I don't unnw bow to rend or write, no ttieh tbliiKH oa dnlea 1 nm not niiieh lint It is oncer, Hint I done thousands or dollnis worth of hns Iiiihs without any education whnt- ivor nnd always (mini hit' my f. llow nien nnd I hove never hint n dnllnr. I'liut In In those old times. In ihnne days we still hnd the real nlrll of old '7il with us. This "lilrlt Insled much until nhout the civil wnr. Around the tin's an In llllt of ImuilKrniils from Ihe east and aoiitli' flnoded lhe wist. They were most of them war scared nen M". They simply came went us i refiiite from 1 1n- Wur. Amonasl ihem there wus n spirit thai did urn it nil suit us ul, I line rs. Krnm thnt lime I have nulleed people be Ktn to netid for loeklnff devices to lock their iliinis ut tiluht. Nu more old rould be left on a nl mop over iils-ln. And Die vlullnnlis were the more busy, but tiny too. bad to Klvc up to the eomlliK spirit. I believe that there was more rob. herles and murder dune between 10 and nr. than there was fi-em 'ts :o i'.ii. We old timers bepun to look suspicions at nil these new ranters, AlthoiiRh the iiHijorlty of them were itnn.l and honent enotifrh. "If I remember rluhl It was the Minimer of isr,e thnt I cuine near dilllhllnir up with n prelly girl from Missouri. "II. -r parents names were Y. sons. They lived ut n lliih- r,i .irimnd llnher I'lly. "It wus ii funny nilulr hnu w-ni.-t too. There hud been u dnu ide unit it.-r on Ihe mud b.-lw.-rn illelr plnce till, I the nine wh.ie Auburn Is ml iiui.,1. And I was jrdere.l one of the forty men w Ui Were to hung th,. rcllnun w h t dulle iho deed. I'uro rubbery hud boin tholt nmtlvi s. i To bo continued t 4 VOUiAltS AUK KII.LI Il t.U0lilli3i;. Ore. -After u three day chase in the Warner moun tain tllHtriet, Kd ct.tik. Wiixne U.dlcr and lUiv Temple returned to Oakrhlo,c v. tt li the phi of ;t cougar and her thru cutm. Tin hunti ph ked up thi trail, find ing the den m,d t) lhre cut null tliu aid ot dots. 'LONG AKOUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR HE GETS . MIGHTY UNPOPULAR Pf jJfi3 i inr fi.nn.nnrii . . leYfEU.ow5,LooA ! . Show n"o a Bi3 huhx -saV- v'W' - V ' . Or SLUSM ANPrOM WA A i-JH j -xA wTo ice -ivaTcm.aioW (p DoT ENOUGH J -'- -L-:- 1 SK.! ,( y SAVA I i II I I ! W M V C T MP AT HOT LAKE HOT.T.AKn (Spoelnl) Another hnoMlcr for the new town of Ah torta. la one of the Jute arrivals at Hot Luke. Ciih l'eterson 1M a TIhIi hliyer In the town where flnh Ih the rhlef huslneHH. HunuinR: true to form Mr. I'eteiHon run lell ul a iiionieiH'H nollee unvthtiifr one wIhIich to know nhout I he fish In iliiKtry In AHtorlu. Hhlney Itrown. u niereliunt froni WelHeriiroirKhi" his wile fo'JIot" ''"'I0 r"r attention. Thre. new arrlvnlH from I.ewlH. ton, Idaho, ore h. W. Muhrav. a mylffurago owner thort. C. K. Hinliop. un oiti patient from that town, and Quy chleHtnaiij a LowlHton real ostale mini. . M's. Ituhy Knight whose' lius bnnd Ih ihe miller nt the 1'nlon flour mlllB ban boon at the sana torium receiving medical attention. Mrs. Abble Thomas of La tirandc Is recovering from an operation at thn hoHpltal. Mr. Thoinnn Is employed wiih the Jlowmnu-lllcks company. rioneer At Lake. One of tlio pioneers of Kantorn Oregon, Mrs. 1 AiiHjin of Austin. Oregon. Ih spending .some time at the hike. ,irs. Austin owuh und manage! the iiol tit Austin where she Iiuh lived for many years. I lor husband nt one time ran a .stage tine. John Spain of North powder cnlled again at Hot Lake to hop hi wife who has been. her for Homo time recovering from a serious operation. A Jeweler from fontir d'Alene, Ida., K. L. Overjarde, u been at Hot Lake for treatments. The wire of n no reliant In Rl lensbuin, WashliiRton. -;. HoIiiioh, is recovering from n serious op ration, Mr. Molina N repnried Has She Dual Kivf ltine Horm- Him ha nan. 1?, f lo Anctep. h.m Wn tnt.-Mlnf dun. hunif Kour tima fturn, her mvniory tn. but herwlf not lituiiMt Hot fh hnxn't tn back sine Jan, 21 lvcho1o(5t mv ' .tual viuiialtty M ntin- t-ulnlanc My 'Yrdvlti; tor vpninHn ft" tethar. mi iib.4tiw4.i- . . iw.v to bo getting ftlong nicety. t K. H. Rhorod of Wallowa," Ore., visited his wife at Hot Luke a few dttys ago.. '. i , A. II. Ovorsmlth. n lawyer from Moscow, Idn., visited his wife who has been at the sanatorium for several weeks.. The .Oversnilths take on nctivo interest In the state university which in at Moscow. (ico. Hyatt of Kntoriirlse. Ore., visited his wire at Hot Lake. Kilward McCiuIre of Deary. Ida.. Is at the, sanatorium receiving .medical utlentlou. lr. McOuire Is an employe of Ihe Potlutch Lum ber Co. Win.. Hates a llnemnn for the WoBtorn Phion at Duncan, Ore., Is nt tli..' I.nlrn f,..' t ..,( J .) Iiifullent' ..tli.nthn, J: I Mrs. Hoko odell and Mrs, W. T. Hlouut both of Hood Itiver. Ore., arrived at Hot, 1-,-ike. Mrs. Ulount Wan taken' to the hospital at, once. Two new putleuts from SaiMiko City, rtah. Kord .Mu'nihy and wife are recent arrivals here. Mrs. WHhird Stoddard from lin ker culled at the fko to visit her husbniitl who Ib a patient in the hospital here. Miss Opul Phappat of fninu, Oregon, has Jeen suffering from (uln.sy nnd Is at present In the, hos pital. Miss Shiipput Is employed at the Klrsl National bank of 1'nbm. OlHor rocont arrivals are:1 Jacob Klllhau. - Portland; Clyde Sanders. Kntorprlse. Ore.; k n. Halnos, im torprlso. (ire.; H. A. Seal. rook. Kn terpiiso.' Ore.; Jobr Madden, Holse, Ida.; Mrs. W. Kurs,ens and son. New York city; c. V. Martin. Spokane; .1. U, Jonon. Spokane; Clyde I'Yunkltn, Arlington; Thomas .lobe, Hrunenn, Ida.; 11. (I. Wilson, Portland. Ore.; John Kirk. HI. Paul, Ore.; Prank Hack. La Clraiulo; P. R Bonn, Pendleton, Ore. I I.nst Youlh Is Soith(t S, 1 ,00, la flrnrrtilnfr ihn Pnpifip' ro:ip for roiiip tmrp of htr hroth-! it, 8wirrn UntiRon. who Irft Som- orn, . Mont., In I IH 9 or ltmn nt tlio oro of 2:1, lirrntiso 01" dlffi'r-i-nrp wiih lili fniluM'. iin.t Iiiim, Personality? heen hoard from only once since thnt date. After leaving home, young Han son Hont his sister only one let ter, from Oroville, Calif., Inclos ing a picture of himself In avia tion unirorin, beside an airplane. The boy had been In the army and imbibed a great attraction toward aviation, and one leaving IiIb Montana homo, told his sister, as bin confident, t hat he would week to become an aviator. Coos Trades Council i:bc(s MAIIHIIPIKI.H. ore. U. H. Mc laughlin of North Mend was chos en secretary of the Coos Pay Trades council at a mooting held -thlH week. Mr. Mclaughlin Is n member of tlio longshoremen's 'union and has been Identified with the labor movement since com ing to Coos Hay. The labor fed eration now has u membership of bet ween 4 an und sou on Coos buy und has seven nf filiated un ions. Colds & Co Stop them today Stop them quickly all their dangers aj-.J discomforts. End t hcfcveraml hcadacjie. Force the poisons out. Hills break colds in 34 hours. They tone the wholesystcm. The prompt, re. liable renultsliavc led millions to employ them, Uon't rely on lesser helps, don't deby. AUdnifiito (Atll Ftl30e CASCARAiOL'INSNE GctlUJBox XifAV wUh portrait WE SPECIALIZE ON Generator . Starling Ignition All Elect rical Repairs To Your Car Guaranteed Service Full' Iine of Service Purls Battery Electric Service 1311 Wash. M-733 Base Ball Goods HASKMAN'8 MITTS SI.OU to SS.00 cATritnn's mitts i.no tn ia..-.o riKi.ii-:u's vrrrs 1 1. mi to s oo ItATS MH- to 1 2 rtARKnAi.t.a I5- to fj.nt) F. L. LILLY Fhon Main Kft THE PARK. (Rppclal) Rogulnr spring weather In In evidence here, t ool ntghtB are hardening the sur face of the rdud .hkh muk a it line for traffic between all pointH. II is nopcflHury to change from Hlelghts to wugoiiH at both ends of Iho snow line. Mr. nnd Mrs. A. J. Vnndervan ter und family hnd n Bph'ndid visit with Mr. and Mm. Frank WigglcB worth Riimlay afternoon. Ilert Van wan nt 'Modlcxil Spiings .ttoro on biiHinoHH recently." Joseph Lay returned from l.n irnnde, having had Home dental work done the hist of the week. MuhIit Floyd Vunorder. young Hon of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Van order. :ih Hick for ii day or two last week, but in all right now, Archie. Vanortb-r from Vnuorder l-'lot, was a (meat at the brother Clarence for dinner one day IjihI ok. M'ihs Ida Hunter Ih vlsitlnf? at the l'ark. . .1. Wa l-iy. the mail man, makes liiH rounds In much better time than of late, the roada being much improved. . . noI; Hunter., jr.. hmw o fr.nl; We have made a study of wring conveniences and correct lighting. Why not take advant age of our experience. It costs you nothing to call on us. We will glad ly show you why it is worth while to have these conveniences and how little they will cost you. If you can't come in just phone and we will call at your home. - La Grande Electric Co. FREE M-124 104 Adnma III III II -1 11 aiyi I ' I I - ' 1 I " I 1 i 1 : 1 i . 1 "Home Manager-? Purchasing Agent Art Director-Wife" JUST a slim gii'l, maybe, nr n nintlievly woman with sweet eyes nntl white hair hut what a responsibility is hers! She is the active partner in the business of runninp; a homo. Mic buys must of the things which ro to make home life happy, healthful nntl beautiful. Through her slim, safe finders jroes most of the family money. And wisely and well it is usually spent too far bettor than the average man could spend it himself. For women are better purchnsinp;' ajrents than men. They compare prices, weigh val ues and simp carefully.. They road advertisements regularly. Every day you'll find the wise little home manager searching ttie advertising columns for news that will add to the comfort, convenie-?e and im provement of her home. You will find the snnv ilever pur chasing agent studying the advertisements to find where and when to buy, and what nnd how to buy most economically. The advertisements, too, tell this responsive art director how she. can make her home more beautiful, more individual the kind of home thnt a man appreciates but never knows how it is done! Advertisements are the wise counsellors in the spending of money thnt the clover housewife heeds dailv. .deer'!he other dny. A pair, n buck 'and doe, panned him und to htn lustonlshmont one buck Htlll carried ! fine four point antlers. Thin 1b Jrortainly rare at this lime of tlio year. Sid Cofman, from Hig Creek, took dinner with Mr. und Mrs. Ckirenee Vunorder last Friday. MIhb Clora l.ay. Miss Klvu Van order und M I sb lila Hunter visited (he school Inst Friday. Kdwurd Wol. son of Mia. I.ydla VMndevnnt-r. is nniLMnar his high school Htudfcn at home through n correHpondencu con rue. II f in re ported that he is doing splendid work. i. . i Willurd Miles on Lower Cather ine was repairing his uutoMondny. Mi.sH 4'lor:i Lay is visiting with the Wanker family at ltlg Creek. Joseph Lay und his son Uutld are hauling trees down from the moun tains and Ot hello Ih sawing them rou.nwiNfi IS TI-H-IINK'Al. ltKI'OItT 1 i.Aitoii.vronir.s (IN GOLDEN CRUST Cr-rNHriAT, APPRArtANrR flnn.l Iil.OOM floldcn yellow. TKXTlirtE Close cell formation. CTIM18T Thin nnd tender. fni:.in Sort. f'Ol.dlt OI-' mi'Mn Creamy while. Ol'Oll Clood. KI.AVOIt flood. kiokpino giiAi.iTiKs-aond. a vrnv noon i.oat. Gwilliams' Electric Bakery Fixtures House Wiring- ATWATER - KENT . . AND OTHER RADIO SETS We Install Radios Free -"' Benham Electric Co. MAIN 1(14 . NEW FOUES BTjDQ. Servicing Batteries We Specialize in Battery Recharging, Repairing and prolonging the mrrhxi your battery was Intended to fire regardless of the ilse or make. Our prices and service must satu-fj. fl-aOTJB KECHARttK BEKVlCat KXTDB Dlstrlbntor FRED T. BURGESS The Iliisiness of Running a Home Is Made Easier by Reading the Advertisements. with n drag-saw Into stove wood. The Lay family were at the Val entino. Uill given at the Hlg Creole school house Saturday evcnljiF. They report tt jolly tinu Itohort Wanker, cattleman of nig Creek. Is on the flick lint the last few days. It 1b believed that it is an attack of the flu. ' It wus ulso learned hero that Mrs. Winn Duncan, near Medical, Is-ill with lonsilltls. Mrs. George W. South or the Medical Springs at ore. Is reported confined to her bed the lust row days, having u bad cold. Itoollcg bootto kills about lO'dnlly ' in 1'hllaileiphln, which Is known ul iho Quaker City. The nice thing uboul living to a hundred Ih then the tnsurnnco n (: niHuuli bothering you. HUM NEW YOHK 1108 Jefferson Ave. !3a 1