Monday, March 23, 192&
PAGE SIX
THE EE GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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.
M ItXF.n AT THIS STAKE
ALMOST
(Final Installment)
iiy jack nrvn.u)
"Vell, Hir, when tho real heat
began to scorch my Hkln, ynu
wouldn't believe It, hut I didn't
tci-i it ;i; ,-.!!. I was ns If numbrd
nil over. So after all it Is not so
hard to die once your mind In mude
u'i, especially when you're. Inno
cent. "They were franetlenlly dancing
n round rne. I cnutd hear the tom
toms heating nd their yellingH. I
opened my eyea nnd they appeared
to nte as ho many demons celebrat
ing awaiting lor my death. I mull
ed and closed my eyes again.
; "All at nWfl I WOltC tip fl'Olll thlp
stupor-like tranro and I realized
that (hey were removing the rocka
piled around my body. And the
chief rolled ine off this fin' bed.
Susie Confesses,
"Rusle had repented and made n
nil fOllfeHHlftll.
. "The chief told me Hint Alec
Fpeneer was the guilty nnin. The
prli-l loved 1110 ho lhat she though!
I would marry her at tlu last mo
ment.. "Then for a few minutes, nl?
what I had gone 1h rough, I blamed
H nn that scoundrel. And I really
-wished that I had not Interfered
with the Vigilantes and let li I in
liantf.
"Hut T had not long to wait and
nee him pay for It all. The old
chief wuH a wlfie one. He had also
caused the capture of Alec Kpen
rer. for be knew that fhmle was de
volving, I nm sure. Hpencer was
brought out of n wljjwnm. There
.fco was made to face me. Glancing
around he, spied the funeral pyre
nnd hn turned ns whlto as a ghost.
"Then he fell on his knees Irnplor-
'tng mo to plead to the chief for
Ms mercy. I told him, 'Hpencer, I
have plead for you before. Now 1
can't do a thing for you. TnYse peo
ple hem won't, be cajoled like the
whlto men nre. Ho you will have
to take your medicine. And I be
lieve you might. h well bo done
with Hooncr or Inter, for It Is only
It matter of time someone will have
to put you out of commission. The
world will bo a tot better off with-
, out you. I nm sorry that you nre
n, whlto man and perhaps dement
ed; Hut, when you're, loose you arc
dangerous.'
''He was tnken and plnced on the
fire bed nnd rocks piled around
. Mm. I couldn't stand his momilngn
'separation. And like Lincoln I b
I lleved In a Union of all the states
on a common principle.
"Well sir. I had good luck on my
collecting trip. ' I was about $20nn
j richer when I returned. I had
. harmed that the war was on and
I had found a purchaser for my
'entire outfit at a good price, but I
had to deliver It at Oregon City.
. However, things changed all around
land I started for war mueh sooner
than I expected.
ltd urns to I,n firaiido.
"When I returned to La firnnde
I found lilll J'owers, Lizzie's bro
ther, with n fellow named Kbn
Krye, This Krye had been it kind
of rival In my younger diys trying
to win the girl that I eventually
got on my-able. Anyway they hurl
and pitiful pleadings, so T ask the
chief to take me out. When I was
out with the chief, I could hear
the dancing and tom-toms beating,
minified with the veilings of the
mod Indian nnd now and then HCGr;ie thr-j id. 'after inc. They in-
lamenting of the dying man.
"Then thoy all came out of the!
large tepee nnd went darning three;
limes around It. Then all was!
(ulet. Alec Hpencer had paid dear
for his mistakes nnd stun. I
"Well air, I hey surrounded me
and 1 never aw sueh sorry Indians
In nil my life. lb-Hides treating me
wjlh nil the honors given by the'
eh b-f. find his ntiendantH, he rjivc
ft'Hi In gold, one of his finest
horses which he called Miuffalo,' a.
swell saddle blanket and the beat
of all, a bridle. This bridle Is made
of elk hide, Indian tanned and a
tended to make u stay of about a
year trying to earn their passage,
money. J icave them u bargain.
"I took them to it spot I bad
picked out nut far from I'nlon In,
and told them, 'Now boys, each of
you lake a souatter right here and
ns I must go to war. 1 will give yon
my entire outfit. You lilll, you go
back home. Hell father'a and your
properly for whnti-vcr you ran get
and move the two famllb-H here.
" 'When I come back from the
war, I'M marry Llw.le and we'll all
make our home hero In this ha ti
ed with it until I got on my feet
again. ,
Didn't Maine Her.
"As far a Lizzie was concerned.
I never could blame her. I hnd been
too long In making thut borne I
promised to make before we would
marry. Ho my advice Is if you have
a good girl, never mind the home.
Get married and then both of you
make the home. Anyway you take
It, It Is a very poor home when It's
made single handed. It takes two
to make the home from the very
first. !ut, coming, back to Li.zle,
she got a pretly good man after all.
They kept a store in u little vil
lagp In Maine. They went broke
twice and I each time sent them
monuy to start up again.
SPRING SIGNS
ARE ABUNDANT
THE PARK (Special) Miss Ma
Hunter, Sunday, took a hike up the
mountain returning in the even
ing with a large bouquet of wild
flowers which were a nurpri.se to
all, for this time of year is excep.
t tonally early for the flowers to
bloom, ju ii-r roIMeiion she had
adder tougm s. spring hen mien.
My old father died a good many y'ilow be) in. buttercups and Oregon
years ago. I had sent hmi money f "!
traffic Is expected on this road, al
though It is passuble with teams
at all times.
Wheat In Good Miape.
Examinations of the fall wheat
In the park shows that very Utile
of it has been damaged by frost if
any at all. Good substantial roots
are In Evidence and in some places
has remained green under the
!' snow.
News came from Pleasant val
ley that Franklin Miller, .Mrs. A. J.
I VandevunterV father, had been ill
for some time.' It Is hoped by his
I many friends here that the next
reports will bring news of his recovery.
rifi'nt uioug uuu ite had the old
home freed from debts when he
died. When my har can hi due. I
turned ii over to the brother who
stayed on the place ever shire,
"I1HI Powers, Lizzie's brother
with my money didn't amount lo
much. I heard that five years af
ter, he was broke. lb- hcid spent
It foollsbely, drinking the most of
It. 1 beard lhat he had come wear,
but 1 never saw nor heard of hliu
out' here.
Now dear readers. I have en-
Idenvored to write down this Old
Oregon Trail pioneer's exploits
Tho cli!riiiiks f'i'v out ,iu and
Inround the Park. That is sure
-sign of the coming of real spring.
Henry . Miller, the oid pioneer
who visited with his niece Mrs.
Lydla Vandevanter. has gone to
Dig creek for a visit with another
li lee" Mrs. (l'orjfo Loseley.
Mrs. iKira Miller of Pleasant val
ley place i far in this year in ad
da tighter Mrs. A. J. Vandevanter
la;:t week.
P.ert Van has the George T,osc
ley place tio farm this year lu ad
dition to liis already large acreage.
lecoratcd. I used lhat bridle dur-Mlful valley. I will leave you all my
lug Dip Civil war ond during the money and I am mire that you will
Ni-x Perce war of IS77. And I have take nood care of It. I ac whatever
It Mill as a great souvenir or ihcjyou want or It for Die Improvement
greatest, three eplnod' s of my lifetOf the home.'
my plor r daya on Die (Hd Ore- "Well sir, counting nil, T left
gnu Trail, tho civil war, and Diejnilly Powers with about $lio.ui
Indian war or '77. "of property ond money. And net
"Indian arc Indiana." f was nn my way to Join I1u Lln-
"I have been asked many tlmrsloln band. I never stopped until
JJors Poisoned
while nn the trail, as near ns I can neporln from La Grande Mating
remember the way he told them '(.hat inhuman ilo poisoning ban
why 1 don't hate Die Indians. Well,
nlr, Indians are Indians. Tiny have
their customs like any other peo
ple. Ami In my ense I can't sec
hut that lin y acted fair and square
according to their principles.
Therefore I ran't blame them to
punish anyone w ho commit)) a ' bom
crime against their inorulltlcH nnd i Mines,
I shook hands with the great man.
"Ilut I never dreamed that It
Would bo sixteen yearn k before I
would flee Grande Itonde again. -1
was pcHlllve that I would not be
killed during the war and t hat I
would come back to my home Die
had dreamed of so many
J found out thai Die old
their laws. Whether we, na whlbi r'rench saying of my father,
people our cause Is Just nnd right j 'Lhnmtne propose el Dleu dls
towards the IndlanH, and that is n , pose,' (man proposes and God dis
qucstlon yet to be determined, 1 1 poses)) was one crnnd truth. For
have no doubt In my mind that the l never returned to Grande Hondo
Indlnns ns a race have been grentlyjtHI the Ne?s Percewar In 1S77. And
wronged. They were reolly on thejthen I only parsed through with a
defensive side a 1 ways. Hut this we j very lonesome mood,
don't have to worry, for the In- When I came back from the Civil
dlann nre fast disappearing. We WHr j rame by the way of New
to me nearly thirty years ogo. It
was quite u task for me working
out these old notes f collected at
that, time, Hut, H' you have enjoy
ed reading It I feel amply repaid.
Sam Miiiilly Married.
In coiifiiiKioii I want to say that
I back Ham did iiMrry, 1 hough It
was In I hoc when be was S2.
I was returning from a trip east
then 1 called' on hi in at his fine
home in Hut to City. Montana,
There T received the surprise of my
Hie when lie Introduced me to his
wife. She wa n a p pen ra n ee a
the picture of Joy and happiness.
Sun explained thus:
"Well sir, you see. Ebon Frye
died last your, and I thought how
nice It would be to have Lizzie as
a good companion here, nnd I ten
you- she surely Is all that too."
have forcer) upon them a civiliza
tion which they cannot follow up
Ami soon, one of God's noble race
of children will be no more.
York stale to visit with old friends.
There nt the hotel I found out that
III! I Powers nnd Kben Frye bad
played me false. Instead of doing
"Yel, 1 have fought against theUvhat they had ugreed to do, they
Indians In IK77. This is bemuse lihnd sold out nil my property and
recognize the welfare of my conn- came back home. They told Lizzie
try In to be looked (liter first of that I was killed by Die Indians
all. Np matter what my personal and bud my money and papers to
views are on any thing my duties prove H. And Mr. Krye had mar.
He In being a good citizen or the fried Lizzie, They already had two
London Police Finds
Trouble In TEeerultinp
country to which I belong. And If
1 was enthusiastic as a Lincoln
man, It was for the high reason
that I could see the falling of our
government, as a Cniied Hlates.
There wos surety trolng to be n
kids. 1 never visited any friends at
all. I started at once for the wtst
again, landing In Hilver How, Mon
tana, dead broke. I went to work
In the placer diggings i work
which T nlwnvs detested, but I stay-
LONDON (AH) The art or ef
fects of wnrtlme privations on the
nation's physique are shown uy
strongly in the number of police
recruits rejected on medical exam
ination, says sNr Leonard Dunning,
reporting on the County and city
tor Horough Police Forces In Kng-
land and Wales for iT.r4.
"Perhaps." Sir Leonard contin
ues, "!Ki per cent of the applicants business recently.
tor appointments never gel so ir willard Miles was at the Cod
as the doctor beeanso they ore Hny ranch Kunday.
niani'lstly unsuttabh-, while the sin-, a car going west passed through
gle educational test knocks out so Mv Sunday. Kvldently t hey could
many more that the chief consfahh j not make ihe summit as 't hey re
ls lucky if he finds live suitable J turned shortly, it will be a good
men among toil opptfrnnts." month at fie hvt before much
hern 'going on there. We lmv the
sain" thing hero n tin; country
where our dogs and raia are a real
help )o every fanner, clarence
Vanorder had a flue rattle doj and
t wo rats poisoned last week. It
may be that some cr.inlc who be
1b ves In the ,.!ermination of dogs
and cats as we sometimes rend
about is doing Die country a "bene
faction." Hut, whoever it may be
they better keep tmder cover. For
a doff and a cat is abaolnt.ely ' es
sential around the far in, useful in
the extreme.
Albert ,L Vandevanter boasts of
eb ven fine n'vt calves. And the
cream cheek arc coming in quito
handy." (
Joseph T,ny is preparing to
hn tetter joon. It will be one or
two pins for their own table use. ,
The weather and the rush or tho
working season Is tho cause that
the Park quota did not attend the
V. G. 1. G. club meetings at Dig
Creek last Friday. ,
Hack nt School.
Mary Vanorder has resumed her
studies and started to school after
a shut in of four weeks on account
of a broken collar bone. While she
Ih not. altogether ns alert as usual
fibe Is not suffering from any pain
whatever and uses her arm quite
freely.
Mrs. H. Godsay was in I'nlon on
GLOVER GREEK
Brazil Finds Coffee
Output Control Method
RIO HE JAN1KHO (Al) The
present yatem of lorlng roitee in
the siale of Puo I'aulo l Ihe re
sult of three previous experiment
along this lino, the first of which
ivui In operation when the World
War broke out. The second en
ileuvoreci to meet conditions In
1 !t 1 7-1 8. nnd the third. Blurted In
192!, Is s:tld to hove hroiiKht an
enormous profit to the federal
government.
A th nxr.ennt tfmn SL'in PnlllO
coffee growers store tills product
in wurehouaes scattered throuirn
out the coffee growing centers, and
owned ly the state. All n.uiUetinn
NEWS OF WEEK
CLOVE n CRREK (Special)
There is every evidence of spring
at Clover Creek. Farmers fire
starting ihelr spring work.
Mr. Williams passed through
with a bunch of horses that he win:
tered near North Powder recently.
He was tnking the horses to his
homo near Lone Pine to prepare
them for spring farm work.
Norval C. Coulter of Ilaker, was
a visitor to Clover Creek recently.
Not finding hi scousln, K. Talbot t,
at homo, lie expects to return in a
few dya.
Miss rternclco West, Cover
Creek school teacher, spent the
week-end m Die home of her fath
er. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pnblstrom nnd
littlo daughter were over-night vis
itors at the n. C. Oahlslrom home
J. T. i)eVore was a La Grande
and I'nlon visitor the first of the
iwock-r-Mrs.
R. C. Pahlstrom visited nt
:the home of her son at Island Cily
tills week.
Little Miss Lorene Carnes is vis
iting her grandparents at I'nlon
this week.
Kdison MeCnnse went to Union
recently to look for seed grain and
gather some data at the experiment
station relative to planting grain.
Mr. McCanse has 75& acres of grain
to seed and 310 acres of Ml grain
to reseed.
Miss Lydla Sailer visited nt the
DcVore home from La Grande re
cently. . '
Some of the Clover Creek farm
ers find that their alfalfa meadows
are badly damaged ns well as their
grain. A long hard freeze before
snow fell was very unusual for
this part of the country and played
j havoc in general.
Mrs. J. A. McCanse is slowly im
proving from- her recent illness.
Mrs. J. F. DcVore visited her
mother at I'nlon recently.
A number of Clover Creek peo
Iple attended the masquerade dance
at Wotf Creek Inst Friday nfcrht. -
tos. Farmer Becur IoanBaKfar1"8nt
storage receipts. Hhlpments from
the various storehouses are under
a central control scheme, and state
exporis are sale always to be based
on u daily shlpmeni which will ex
haust the entire nun em -time,
thereby holding the demand
steadily at a high h-vel and pre
venting speculation in stocKS by
foreign importers.
VASSAIt IlsCA1tlS "IlOHS"
CHICAGO (AP) A Chicago
ciri a student at Vassar college,
has' written to her parents request
ing them to send her hair which
she had saved when she joim-d the
Ihobbed ranks. She said the Kirw
at Vassar again were letting their
t done DiiOitVh the j,v't
fi.nn- h !r trrt
iF
No other fSsre
so
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