The Medford mail., October 16, 1908, Image 8

"The Dead Spirit of the Klamath
c4 True Story of Oregon Indians ReUted to the c4uthor by a
Tioneer of the West.
MRS. HKLKX
In 1863 Eastern Oregon wa wild
and desolate, tbe only Inhabitants of
that country being the Klamath In
diana. To the east of . tbern the
Piute tribe held sway and on the
south were the Mo does, under the
leadfihlp of the notorious "Captain
Jack ' famous for tbe Important
part htt played, some years after, In
tbe battle of the lava beds.
It uas In this section of the coun
try that Colonel Charles Diew bad
been ordered to establish a military
post and I was one of the soldiers
of Company C, First Oregon Cavalry,
who was stationed there at the time
the fort was being built.
Ttere were fifty In the company
and most of us were young fellows
tn whom camp life was new and thor
oughly enjoyable. As the fort was
still uncompleted p were living In
tents and our little white canvas city
lay just across the creek from the
Indian village.
We were conscious of no danger
as the Jndians freeiuod peaceable. Of
course our presence there was not
looked upon very favorably by them,
fcowettr; with most of them we bad
made friends. There was the old
"Peace Chief," llalek, who Indeed
seemed most friendly to us; his tall
figure, unbowed by age, was often
seen among our tents and all the i
soldiers held somewhat the same rev-
erence for him that his own tribe did. !
There was fteorgr, too, one of tbe j
quickest and keenest men among
them, and "Skookum John," Inner- I
Itiiig traits of his father, "Old John," I
who was killed In the Rogue River j
war a few years before. This young 1
chief had no use for the "palefaces"
and he was seldom, If ever, seen on
one side of the creek. I
"Blow," or Saltout, was another j
of the so-called "little chiefs." .and
his well-built figure was the envy
of many a soldier. Besides these
there were there other "little chiefs"
of the Klamatbs, making seven In all.
I' remember well most of the faces
that I saw almost dally In the little
wigwam village, but there Is one
which Is stamped deeper on my mem
ory than all the rest and that Is the
exquisite face of the girl, Mlllta.
Her black eyes never wavered In
their glance; her hair was wonder
fully long, thick, black and straight,
her nose, unlike the characteristic
flattened nose of her tribe, was
carefully moulded, and her Hps a
bright contrast to her copper skin;
her white, even, strong teeth were
auch as only an Indian can boast. She
wai tall, agile and straight-limbed
like all her race. Although only an
Indian, she commanded and won the
respect and courtesy of all the sol
diers. She was seen almost dally
moving stealthily among the tents.
and seldom a night passed but what
the ruddy flames of our campflre
lit up the bronse of her face as she
aat a little apart from us In a moody
alienee. She would never speak to
us either In Chinook or English. Our
efforts to get her to converse with
us were In vain she treated us with
Ill-concealed hauteur, and we began
to think she was dumb. We Instinc
tively felt that she bated us and left
her alone to come and go unmolest
ed. As I have already stated, we
were young and camp life being new.
seemed to us but a Jolly outing. We
spent our time, off duty, riding over
the sage brush plains, hunting the
game, which was plentiful, fishing In
the lake or river and playing cards
In camp. We took It as a matter of
course that there would be no resis
tance on the part of the Indians, yet
at times we felt a little fear for our
safety we did not know the Indian
character well enough to understand
that the passive attitude they aa-
sumod was but a sign of the smold-
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vmiK ireiirnery in tneir nearis. we
did not dream that the very sight
of our tents, the very stroke of the
hammer on the new fort were things
that dally kindled anew their anger
and hate.
Of course we were foollwh to think
that these people were going to give
up their land and the freedom they
loved so well and bo led to the res
ervation without a murmur of pro
tost In a struggle for their rights,
but we did think U and were blind
to the fate they were so carefully
and craftily planning for us. They
knew that, armed as wo were, our
number was too great for them to
attack us, so they planned to get
tome of us out of the way. In or
der to do this they seut some of the
Indians over to the "Dead Indian"
country, 100 miles west of the moun
tains, near the Rogu River valley.
Then Indians ravished the farms
there, killed some of the cattle be
longing to the settlers and terrified
the whole community. They thought
that some of the soldiers at the fort
would be called to quell the out
break. This would diminish the
number at the reservation and the
Indiana Intended to fall upon these
remaining soldiers and massacre
them .
Clever as the plan was, tt failed,
for, Instead of calling upon the sol
dlers at the fort to quiet the In
dlans, Colonel Drew
Into bis own hands.
took matters
He met Chief
Oeorge on the street in Jacksonville
ad said:
"Oeorge.
those Indians of yours
COLVIG GALE
are killing stock sad destroying
property up in the Dead Indian coun
try; we won't allow this. Now, I
want you to get them back to Klam
ath where they belong."
Instead of giving Colonel Drew a
satisfactory answer, George went to
Palmer, the Indian agent. Now Pal
mer and Drew were not friendly, ow
ing to the fact that their authority
sometimes clashed. So Palmer said
to the chief: "You go back and tell
Drew that he can take care of his
soldiers and you take care of the In
dians." At this Drew became angry.
"George," he said, "there Is mischief
here, and it must be stopped. Four
men in Rancherla Prairie have been
killed by your tribe now, if you
don't get those red men back where
they belong before a week, I am go
ing to hold you responsible for the
death of those men."
Even then George made no effort
to get the Indians to return to the
reservation, so in a week the young
Indian brave, who had become a fa
miliar figure on the streets of the
little mining town of Jacksonville,
was tried by a drumhead court mar
tial for murder by the soldiers, found
guilty and hung.
Drew realized that this act further
endangered our position at the fort
and In order to warn us to be on our
guard before the Indians had learned
of the execution, a man was immedi
ately sent on horseback to Klamath.
After riding hard all day the tired
rider swung from his worn-out
hors.e at midnight In our camp. Af
ter receiving the news. Captain Kelly
sent word to every man to dress as
quietly as he could, and be prepared
for orders.
His plan was to arrest all the
chiefs, lodge them In the guardhouse
and keep them there till the trouble
was past and a treaty signed. He
knew If the Indians were deprived of
their leaders we would have very lit
tle to fear from them.
While we were dressing In the dark
and awaiting the assembly call, a
spy was sent over to the wigwam
village to ascertain just where the
chiefs were to be found so we could
fall upon them quietly.. After spy
ing around the slumbering village
the soldier returned with the start
ling news that none of the chiefs
were to be found. We realized the
danger of this as quick as Drew had
been in sending us word of the exe
cution the Indians had been quicker,
familiar with paths through the
mountains that we did not know,
their messenger had beaten ours and
so the chiefs were evidently some
place preparing to attack us.
After much searching we finally
located the chiefs in a little dugout
hut back of the camp.
This was the first excitement since
we had been at the fort, and now
that It bad come our hearts were
gripped with a sort or delicious ter
ror. I will never forget that night.
I can still see before me our white
tents. In even rows under the starry
sky. The little creek, now almost
dry, reflected the stars, and across
the way the dying fires In the Indian
village flickered doubtfully in the
darkness.
Captain Kelly ordered 15 of us to
surround the hut, our hearts were
beating wildly and we kept a silence
that was pregnant with expectancy as
we crept up to the little hut a fis
sure In the clay of the walk afforded
us a place to peep in the dugout, and
there we saw the six chiefs planning
our massacre. The fire was In the
center of the small room and the
dim light from the smoking embers
fell grotesquely on the fine old face
of Lalek. It lit the hard, determln-
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ate countenance of John and the sul
len murderous faros of the others.
A crackling twig under some sol
dier's foot caused the Indians to look
quickly at each other. We knew the
critical moment had arrived. As
the room was too small for us all to
enter, Kelly hurriedly whispered or
ders for us to remain outside, and
motioning to Sergeant rndtrwood to
follow htm, the two men, with drawn
revolvers, entered the hut.
As they entered, the Indians
sprang to their feet. John reached
for his fallhful knife, hut Kelly, to.i
quick fur him, fluil. shooting him
under the eye. The Indian lurched
forward and grabbed at the captain's
throat Just as Underwood took aim
and shot him through the heart. His
great, strong body fell forward over
the fire, extinguishing what light
thre waa In the room. It had all
happened so quickly, the Indians
havlnf been given no time to use
their weapons, so when they were
left In the darkness they dropped on
their knees and sought to escape like
eats Into the night. But as they
came out, one by one, we soldiers
captured them without further re
sistance on their part.
(Continued Next Week.)
Notice.
All persons ttaowlng themselves to
be Indebted to the estate of J. A.
'Jonas will please settle during the
'next CO days with Mrs. Jonas at
i Eagle Point. All clalma against the
; estate should be tent to R. H. Jonas,
Wallowa, Oregon.
OPEN CAMPAIGN
Tbe local Republican campaign
li opened laat nlgbt at the Angle
Opera House by a splendid meellng,
every aeat In the place being occu
pied and many were compelled to
stand up. The speaker of the eve
ning was Hon. Wallace McCaniant of
Portland, and be was listened to with
the closest attention.
President Colvig of the Tatt Re
publican club Introduced W. I. Vaw
ter as the chairman of the meeting,
and he In turn Introduced Mr. Mc
Caniant, who said In part:
"Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gen
tlemen: I feel very grateful for this
pleasant Introduction by my friend
Mr. Vawter and also for the prlvl
ledge of addressing this splendid
audience.
"I wish to call your attention to
the matter of tbe promises made by
the Democrats, and I wish to say that
promises are only worth their value.
Promises don't pass current unless
they are worth something.
"The problems we now have to
face would never be with us bad Mr.
Bryan been elected. Mr. Bryan now
comes forward with a scheme to
make every trust pay a percentage
of what they earn. Mr. Bryan and
his managers know full well that If
they were to put their scheme Into
effect that tt would bring disaster on
the business Interests of this coun
try. "Senator Gore, In a speech at Port
land, wanted to have pointed out to
him a single graveyard where there
was burled an American trust. The
Republicans have not put any trust
out of business, but the yhave said
that they must and shall obey tbe
law. That was done In regards to
the meat-packing companies and
many other organizations.
"As an evidence of something of
what the Republican party has ac
complished in recent years, I can
point to the fact that there are now
39,000 free rural routes In the Unit
ed States and through that 16,000,
000 people are served. Then see
what has been done In regards to
Cuba and the Philippines, where
there never has beeu a better exam
ple of taking up the white man's bur
den. The 2-cent foreign postage rate
Is another. The over a million acres
of land has been restored to the
people, from whom It was unlawfully
taken.
"The last Democratlo convention
adjourned without the party putting
a free trade plank In the platform.
They had a trial of free trade. Then
free silver was the issue and now
we hear no more about 16 to 1. Now
It Is the bank guarantee which pro
poses to put on all banks. In order
to pay the losses to the depositors
In the one that falls.
"Here you are asked to elect a
man who has been twice defeated,
and one who has shown himself to
have very bad Judgment. On the
other hand, you are asked to vote
for a man who has made a splendid
record and who represents a party of
splendid achievements of the present
and hope for the future the grand
old party."
Mr. McCamant apoke In the same
halt 16 years ago, when he was do
ing the same work for the party as
he Is now engaged In.
I..M10ltl; MAN'S FRIKMt.
rtvttlilcnt IttMmcvelt Kiitlonws Repub
lican Candidate.
CHICAGO. III., Oct. 16. T. J. Do
lan, the general secretary and treas
urer of the International Brother
hood of Steam Shovel and Dredge
men, today made public a letter from
'resident Roosevelt, answering the
one sent by Dolan, In which Dolan
declared his organisation was proud
of Tuft's honorary membership In the
btoiherhood.
Mr. Roosevelt points to Taft's rec
ord on behalf of organized labor In
the isthmus and says for himself he
i.pver opposed labor when he thought
It right nor hesitated to oppose or
ganized labor when he thought It
was wrong,
Mr. Roosevelt concludes:
"I do not believe the laboring men
In this country have ever had In of
fice a atancher friend than Mr. Taft.
The attack upon him by certain self
constituted political leaders of or
ganized labor; for these men are try
ing to persuade the people of this
country that organized labor has In
terests apart from any hostile to the
Interests of the great mass of the
American people, and such attitude.
If persisted In, will Inevitably end
disastrously to organized labor itself.
I believed they will fall In this effort
to misguide their followers and to do
wrong to the American people, and
It, above all things, for the Interest
of organized labor, they should fall.
If Mr. Taft Is not elected the chief
sufferers from the chaotic business
conditions that would follow would
be the worklngmen. All our citizens
would benefit by Taft'a election, but
the worklngmen most of all."
LKT CHI RCHK8 ADVKRTISR.
Ilrst Method for Sorrow, Vrgcs a
Sunday School Worker.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 17. Intel
ligent advertising In the dally news
papers and the organisation of base-
ball teama tn every adult Sunday
school class were advocated by W. C.
Pearce of Chicago, before the King
County Sunday School convention to
day. Mr. Pearce Is International sec
retary of the teacher training club
for Sunday schools.
"You are seeking the support of
the newspapers and are always anx
ious that they notice 'be work you
are doing," he said, "and yet you are
unwilling to pay for advertising. It
Is perfectly legitimate to advertise
the Lord's business In the newspa
pers. There Is a church In tbe south
the officers of which get a half-page
advertisement In tbe Saturday after
noon paper. The result Is that pews
are filled and nobody thinks the dig
nity of the church Is lowered In the
least."
ItOTH tXAlM UOIV.
Two Women Allege to lie Wife of
I'ronUucnt Man.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 17.
Mrs. Bertha Virginia Werner An
drews, of this city, and Mra. Laura
G. Andrews of Baltimore, both of
whom claim to be the widow of Ben
jamin Andrews, proprietor of tbe
Merchants' Hotel In Pennsylvania
avenue, Wednesday directed Health
Officer Woodward to have the body
placed temporarily In a vault at
Glenwood cemetery, pending settle
ment of the case In court.
Mra. Laura Andrews, her attor
ney, and members of her family, and
Mrs. Bertha Andrews, with her at
torney, appeared before the health
officer yesterday to have him deter
mine whether the body could be re
moved to Baltimore for burial, ac
cording to tbe wishes of the Balti
more woman.
Edmund Burke, representing Mrs.
Bertha Andrews, threatened to bring
Injunction proceedings to prevent
tbe removal of Andrews' body from
the district, and it finally waa decid
ed to have the courts decide the Is
sue. Mr. Burke showed Dr. Woodward
not only a marriage certificate show
ing marriage between the Washing
ton woma nand Andrews, which took
place at Providence, R. I., on Septem
ber 24, 1906, but also exhibited a
will made in this city April 1, 1907.
In this will, which Is signed by An
drews, mention Is made of "my wife."
Mrs. Bertha V. Andrews, and nothing
Is said regarding tbe Baltimore
claimant. The will was witnessed by
four persons. It will be filed tor
probate today.
Mrs. Laura Andrews, through her
attorney, showed Dr. Woodward a
marriage certificate, Issued In Cin
cinnati, O., August 25, 1902, show
ing that she was married to Benja
min Andrews. The marriage, ac
cording to the certificate, was per
formed by the Rev. Edward Voss,
pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical
church of that city. The certificate
Is sinned by the then probate Judge
of Hamilton county, Ohio, Carl L.
Mlppert.
When Andrews died Mrs. Laura
Andrews arranged to take the body
to Baltimore, and, through a local
undertaking establishment, procured
from Health Officer Woodward the
necessary permit. Mrs. Bertha An
drews learned of the Issuance of the
permit and wrote Dr. Woodward,
asking that the permit be rescinded,
alleging in her letter that sue was
the legal wife of Andrews. She fur
ther said she had been living with
Andrews at the Merchants' hotel. In
this city, for the past 23 months. Dr.
Woodward rescinded the permit.
A large estate Is at stake.
RICHMOND PK ARSON HOIISON.
The Noted Klsnor Will Stump Oregon
for V. ?. Bryan.
IORTLAND, Oct. 17. Richmond
Pearson Hobson, congressman from
Alabama, will be In Oregon October
21 f jr a tour of the state In the In
terest: of the Bryan campaign. Word
has br:en received at the state head-
quarters that Mr. Hobson will be In
Portland at I bout that date and will
be at the command of the state cen
tral committee for a series of public
addresses.
. Congressman Hobson Is welt
known to the entire United States as
a public man and speaker. He first
gained renown by his brave exploit
nt Santiago when he bottled up the
Spanish fleet by sinking the Merrt
mac In the entrance to the bay. He
Is now a member of congress and has
gained much notice by his advocacy
of a larger navy. His address In Or
egon will cover several of the prin
cipal cities.
CALLS INDIAN BIGAMIST.
White Wife Finds He Has Sioux
Squaw and Papioosrs,
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. Henry
Standing Bear, a full-blood Sioux In
dian, a graduate of the Carlisle In
dian school and formerly a fullback
on the Carlisle football eleven, was
arraigned In court here today
charged with bigamy. The com
plainant la Hatel Moran. of St. Louis,
who said she was a graduate of Smith
college at Northampton, Mass.
Miss Moran alleged that she was
married to Bear In May last and ac
companied him to London to Inter
pret for Indiana who were giving ex
hibitions at the Crystal Palace there.
Miss Moran asserts that she haa now
discovered Bear has a Slonx wife and
three children at Pine Tree, 8. D.
Bera was held In ball for a hear
Ing Monday.
SALOON PLAN
That the Gothenberg system of
controlling tbe liquor business baa
worked better than any other method
of regulating the sale of Intoxicating
liquors Is a fact known to all who
have carefully studied the question.
But the Gothenberg system aa It Is
worked out In Norway and Sweden
Is somewhat different from the
scheme presented to the city council
by Mr. Vaughn of Portland. I have,
in connection with university work,
thoroughly examined this system as
In practical use In Norway and Swe
den, and have corresponded with
public men In Norway who were au
thorities on the subject.
The verdict of all was that the
method of control was a success aa a
whole and that It tended toward com
plete prohibition of the liquor traf
fic, for It eliminated private gain,
political graft, treating and the social
side of the saloon.
In Norway and Sweden the people
are allowed to vote In the different
districts on the question of saloons
or no saloons. If the majority favor
saloons, then the Gothenberg system
Is set to work. A company of phil
anthropic citizens is formed, which
holds all licenses. They provide
drinking places under the care of a
salaried manager, where liquor can
be bought, only one drink at a time
beln sold to any one man. There are
no chairs or tables, and nothing to
make tbe place attractive. No treat
ing is allo'wed. and when a man has
drunk his liquor he must leave the
place. In addition to his salary, the
manager receives a commission on
the "soft drinks" which he sells. The
company is allowed S per cent profit
in Norway and 6 per cent In Sweden.
All over that amount goes. In Nor
way, to educational and charitable
objects, and in Sweden to the local
government and agricultural associa
tions. Mr. Vaughn's scheme provides for
a company of capitalists who pay a
set license fee and make all they can
for themselves. It gives the people
no opportunity to say whether tbey
will have saloons at all or not. It
puts no restriction on treating or
drinking to excess so long as the
bartender does not think a man Is
Intoxicated. In fact, it takes the
American saloon as It la, puta it en
tirely under the control of a com
pany and makes a Saloon Trust In
Medford.
We have the restriction In regard
to minors, women and drunken men,
Sunday closing and gambling In the
saloons In our present laws; but the
citizens of Medford know how well
they are enforced, under a system of
Individual ownership of saloons.
Put all the liquor business in the
hands of a trust, which Is allowed to
make as much profit as It can, and
you have the saloon evil In a much
worse condition than It Is at present.
It Is much easier for a strong com
pany to defy the law than tt is for
an individual.
Another thing to be considered In
relation to this proposition Is that
the council has no right to hind Med
ford to the liquor business for ten
years. If they have the legal right
by means of freak legislation to do
so, they have no moral right, and
the councilmen must give account to
the people.
FREDERICK C. WILLIAMS.
BETS OF 4 TO 1 OX TAFT.
Others at St. Louis of 1 to 2 That
Taft Will Carry Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 17. The
sporting fraternity here has begun to
speculate on the outcome of the Nov
ember election. The general odds
are 4 to 1 that Tatt will defeat Bryan
tor president.
Otto Stietel, milllonlare brewer,
Republican has bet Abe Slupsky
$500 to $1000 that Tatt carries
Missouri, and Charles Wenneker has
placed a wager of $50 to $100 on
Herbert Hadley, the Republican
choice for governor.
At brokers offices thi betting is r,
to 2 on Cowherd, Democratic guber
natorial candidate, and even money
that Bryan wins In Missouri by 25,
00 majority. One broker placed a
bet of $250, even, that Chanler,
Democrat, defeats Hughes for gov
ernor of New York, although In New
York odds are being offered on
Chanter's success.
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S STATUE
Rowdiea Removed It In Swltserland,
Inhabitants Are Indignant.
LUGANO, Switzerland, Oct. 19.
Some time during 1 ast night the
bronze statue of George Washington
was removed from the top of the
monument on the quay here and It Is
believed was thrown Into the lake
by rowdies. The Inhabitants of the
town are Indignant at the outrage.
The statute was made in 1851 for
the country's hero by an American
resident. Subsequently It waa pur
chased by the municipality.
CHILD HEIRESS STOLEN.
Little Margaret Mitchell Is Kidnaped
at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct, 19. Margaret
Frances Mitchell, 8 year old, said
today to be an heiress to a fortune
of 1250,000, waa kidnaped while on
the street with her grandmother.
The little girt waa snatched by one
of three men In an automobile and
taken away, after the grandmother,
Mrs. Caroline P. Mitchell, bad been
knocked down. The police are work
ing on a clew that the child was tak
en out of the city, probably to Sparta,
N. C.
The kidnaping Is said to be the
climax of a prolonged atruggle for
possession of the girl. Sne has been
living with her father, Robert Mitch
ell, at 4829 St. L awrence avenue,
while the mother, Mrs. Margaret B.
Mitchell, has lived separately. The
SCALE SPKAY
Lime and Sulphur
SOLUTION
Manufactured at Medford Spray
Factory. The man that has
charge of our plant has had more
experience in the manufacture of
spray than any man in the state.
We are not asking the people to
try any experiment. We have
sold 5 to 6 cars of the Niagara
Spray in Medford for the last
three years. Every barrel is
guaranteed. Get our prices be
fore buying your winter spray.
J. A. PERRY,
Just Received
A carload of the famous
John Deere
PIOWS and HaiTOYVS
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fortune was left to the girl y her
mother's father.
According to the story told to the
police by the grandmother, threats of
kidnaping previously bad been made,
and because of this she alwaya ac
companied the girl to and from the
school. She urged the police to
search at Sparta, where It is thought
the mother recently lived.
For Chapped Hands.
Chapped skin whether on the
hands or face may tie cured tn one
night by applying Chamberlain's
Salve. It Is also unequaled for sore
nipples, burns and scalds. For sale
by Chas. Strang.
MEDFORD
OREGON
WE WANT TO WIRE YOUR
HOIKK.
Here's what electric light and cur
rent will do for you: It will give
you brilliant light and save your eyes
from the strain of reading or work
ing in the dim light of an oil lamp;
it will save oil and matches and en
able you to have light In a second
merely by turning a switch: it will
furnish heat for a stove, curling and
laundry Iron, etc.; It provides cur
rent for motors, vibrating machines,
etc. Send for our representative to
talk It over. ARTHUR H. DAVIS.