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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
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INDIANS WILL PARTICIPATE IN PARADE, PAGE ANT
Tribesmen to Add to
Historical Interest of
Celebration Events.
What Is expected to be one of
the outstanding features of the
Semi-centennial U. P. celebration
here next week will bo the partici
pation of a large group of Uma
tilla .Cayuse and Walla Walla In
dians In the Friday morning pa
rade to be held in downtown La
Orande.
It will be the first time In 30
or more years that Indians have
taken part in a parade in La
Grande. In addition, the Indians
will appear in the Saturday aft
ernoon pageant at the La Grande
stadium.
Thirty Indians from the Uma
tilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla
tribes will be here headed by Gil
bert Mlnthorn, chairman of the
Indian council at Cayuse,
.The Indians are to camp on the
Hubert Anderson place by the
Grande Ronde river, and probably
will arrive by next Tuesday. Their
horses are being herded across the
Blue mountains and are not ex
pected until Wednesday, July 18
The Indians will present in full
tribal regalia a ceremonial dance
In the pageant, and In addition
four Indlon women and girls will
participate in the pageant.
These Indians have appeared for
many years In the Pendleton
Round-Up, but this will be their
first appearance at a celebration In
La Grande. Their costumes will
be true to the period they rep
resent, and no small amount of in
terest Is attached to their coming
visit. : .
LUMBERING RANKS AS A
LEADING INDUSTRY HERE
One of the earliest Industries of
the Grande Rondo valley, one that
was very necessary to the building
and development of this section, Is
the lumbering 1 Industry, which
still ranks as one of Union coun
ty's chief resources, with vast
stands of uncut timber reaching
out from La Grande -in various
directions.
Back In the year 1863 the first
crude sawmills came into being
over the valley, with one located
in Mill canyon near Old Town,
and others in various sections of
the county.
But most of these lasted only
for a comparatively short time,
and it was not until 1800 when
the first really large sawmill was
established. It was a band mill
and was established at Stump
Town, later to be known as Perry,
by Stanley and Smith, of Wiscon
sin, In the year 1890.
It operated there for many years
until purchased by the late George
Stoddard and O. W. Nibley, of Salt
Lake City, some 13 years after it
waa established The mill, which
later became known as the Grande
Ronde Lumber Co., operated at
Perry until some eight years ago.
Then In November, 1926, a decision
was made to move the mill to a
point near Medical Springs, and
thus a new town' in this county
was created, which was named
Pondosa. The mill, transferred to
the new location, has enjoyed a
heavy production during the lost
several years.
Another of the larger sawmills in
Eastern Oregon is the . Bowman
Hlcks Lumber Co. in La Grande,
which began operations as the
Palmer Lumber Co. in 1907. It be
came the Bowman-Hicks Co. about
1923 and since then has operated
in Union and Wallowa counties,
turning out many thousands of
carloads of high grade lumber.
?Tho last and largest sawmill to
be erected in La Grande was the
Mt. Emily Lumber Co., . which Is
the largest pine mill In North
eastern Oregon. Construction on
the mill was started Just ten years
ago and the first operation was
on Nov. 30, 1925. Since then the
company has enjoyed heavy pro
duction. There also aro mills at Elgin
and Union, both, doing a thriving
business.
In general, the lumber industry
has played an unusually important
part in the development of the
county, giving employment to
thousands of men and sending
products Qf .thlB portion of East
ern Oregon to all sections of the
globe.
MOIHiKNISTIC FLOAT
The float to bear the queen and
her attendants in the Semi-Cen-tennlal
'TJ, F. - celebration events
will be of modernistic design, sym
bolizing the days of Indian ro
mance, the days of pioneering and
lastly, modern transportation.
AN EARLY DAY RESIDENCE HERE
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The above residence, photographed a few vear ufter t lie urrival of (he mil road here In 1KKI,
In that of Mr. and Mrs. Prank (irnhnin, who are pictured above with their due. Observe the
elaborate picket style fence In front of the house, which wus at Fourth and Adams, on the Mto
recently occupied by ths Perkins Mntor Co.
MRS. HARDING TELLS OF
JULY 4 HERE IN 1864
"There was probably more ex
citement per capita when that
train whistled for La Grande
than any celebration before or
since," said Mrs. Emma Harding,
whose home at that particular
time was on a ranch which bor
ders on the present Fourth street
but lay across tho tracks from the
Grandy place. Mrs. Harding and
Mrs. Grandy are sisters, and their
homes were the only two homes
then In what was to be later New
Town. "Everyone went to every
thing In those days, so of course
I was there, but those events do
not stand out In my mind like
the first Fourth of July I spent
here," Mrs. Harding continued.
With my father's family, the
Palmer's, I had come by wagon
train from Mills county, Iowa. Wo
arrived at Ladd Canyon on July
3, 1864 and camped on the hill
near Old Town. There was a cele
bration with n parade planned for
. foSowlng day by the few
people who were living here. Gen
eral Stevens, who had a hotel in
Old Town, come over to see us
and asked us girls to ride in the
parade. Were we excited I And
we rode. I was about 11 or 12,
and we wore our little Shaker bon
nets as we rode." Mrs. Harding
also xeqalls subsequent Fourths
when the "cltlaens all put their
food together, ate at one long table
and after they had finished, the
Indians filled the tables and later
put on their war dance.
Mrs. Harding's oldest son, Will,
was the youngest conductor on
tho U. P. running from The Dalles
to La Grande.
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mtl'ADTH OF VALLFV
The Grande Ronde valley formed
by the several groups of the Blue
Mountains includes a stretch of
fertile land 35 miles long by six
teen miles, with natural irrigation
from Its patron river, tho Grando
Ronde, Its cnief tributary hero
Catherine creek and innumerable
mountain creeks. In addition to
the production of more than a
million bushels of wheat annual
ly, tho valley is known nationally
and Internationally for tho world-prlze-wlnnlng
sweet cherries, its
apples in demand for export pur
poses and the production of small
grain seeds one of tho newer out
standing agricultural production
developments.
The Saturday Night
Bath in the Family
Wash Tub
That was a busy night for Ma at the old
wood stove. First a kettle full for Nellie,
then one for Jimmy a couple kettles or
a wash boiler full heated for Pa and last,
one for herself, in order that the family
might be properly cleaned on the surface
at least and presentable for "meetin' day".
NOW MODERN PLUMBING
FACILITIES IN BATHROOM
AND KITCHEN
and all about the house not only make
Mothers labors easier but added happiness
for all the family.
Call Us For Modem Day Plumbing
Needs and Repairs
NATE ZWEIFEL
PLUMBING & HEATING
1314 Jefferson Ave. - La Grande
You'll Like Our
Eats and Easy
Prices
The NOOK
BAR-B-Q
Where Visitors and Celebrants
will find tasty foods and .re
freshing drinks, promptly and'
courteously served.
u-pRWtiS- -Vhcfy of LaIf.'.,
appreciate excellent food, appetiz
ingly prepared, excellently and
promptly served at prices that
please for quality received.
The NOOK
JUD and RAY
Just Around the Corner on Adams and Depot
You'll Miss None
of the Fun if
You Eat Here