PAGE 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
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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
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! 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.
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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. . .
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"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
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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.
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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
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