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MEDFORD, Oregon, Sept. 13.
The worlil-uld story of the little noorn
as exemplyfyiiiir the. growth of an
idea is nsaiii strikingly brought to
rniml in the first annual meeting of
the Pacific Indians at Medfonl. Ore
gon, September 7. 8, 9. How the orig
inal thought of the Indians sprang
from a chance remark by Elmer E.
Slimier some 13 years ago. and was
worked out to n splendid fulfilment
by a number of the leading spirits
who follow at intervals the sport of
ilianimnte target shooting, is a fam
iliar story. That the Indians have
for a generation stood for the best
that sportsmanship in America im
plies represented in several subsi
diary organizations, which became
necessary from the fact that the
country is too large for all the good
fellows in the game to get together
once in the year in any one pint is
also a well recognized fact. It was
thehrefore inevitable that the great
far West, with its undeveloped re
sources of future empire, should also
have its Indian organization. This
This fact it was that impressed Frank
Riehl, Chief Scribe of the Indians
since the reformation of the tribe, and
prompted him shortly after fixing
his abode in the West to set going the
forces which have resulted in this
latest triumph, nut of any one or a
few individual minds, but of a for
tutious idea. It was a great occas
ion, fraught with inestimable possi
bilities of future development; and
this for several reasons. One of
them is that out here in the West, the
Red Man has not yet passed from
the stage of real rife to the pages of
history nill uncertain mythology.
Here he is still a familiar figure in
the flesh, better as a rule though, sad
to say. sometimes worse for his con
tact with civilization; passed from
savagery and is now recognized as a
citizen, yet with enough of the glam
our of the past about him to be inter
esting, and with a language still all
his own. Thus it happens that in the
Pacific Indian more of the truer and
aboriginal ideas and lingo are used
than in til older organizations. The
names of the ciefs and familiar ob
jects are genuine, and many of the
members can converse freely in the
Chinook jargon. And the costumes
worn are not imitations but, almost
without 'exception, the true aboriginal
dress. It has come to be accepted as
an axoim that nowhere in the world
does the word Welcome mean so much
as in the West; and be it here re
corded that nowhere in all the West
could it mean more than in the beau
tiful little city of Medford, in the
heart of the 'world-famous Rogue
Rogue River valley of Southern Ore
gon. Here, one year ago the first in
formal steps of the organization were
taken, and here this week the sports
man of the Pacific slope, from Nor
thern British Columbia down to Sou
' thern California, and from the Rock
ies to the sea, stamped this idea with
seal of their approval and gave to
American sportsmanship the greatest
impetus it has ever received in the
West. The good fellowship domin
ating at this meeting began even be
.' fore the advance guard arrived, and
when the boys headed southward
From the Washington-British Colum
bia-Oregou circuit, in a telegram
handed to Harold Riehl on the San
Francisco Limited at Cottage Grove,
which read: "Cnnipfire lighted; Med
ford awaits Chiefs, braves and Shoot
ers." This in a measure prepared the
pilgrims for the reccsption which met
them Saturday morning at the hands
of the Entertainment committee,
wearing n bright red badge of The
First Annual Meting, Pacific Indians,
Across the Main street was n great
banner with the legend: "Kaluham
: Kloosh Tillicum Midlite." which inter
preted means: "Welcome Good
! Friends. While you Tarry Here," and
at other p oistnlifelike Indian figures
on Canvas and the wording "Kala
. ,1 IITT V,. Fniorall"
nam rw, . "
and other snntimcuts to that effect
Although tho city in the midst of har-
veslin"1 n Rood fruit crop, was over
roowded a r time, the guests were
mi j ii ,.,4: 1, 1,.,., Ilie preceding- sentence is true whcii
The following article has i 'fm,t js (atpd thnt lu (.tij!(,iis
appeared m t Hree easiei n i r.lis0(1 ,S00 m 0nsU, frit) added hum
SpOl'tillg publications and oy and $330 for special iMilcitiiining
will doubtless do much STOOd " account of this meet, to say with
in an advertisinging way for j in of ,.h1e.wi,l:u". UTU ,07rUr rW
tllC alley I ( .,,..1 ..il,..,. courtesies, and bv the elab
orate fitting up of the sooting range
by the Medford Rod and Gun Club.
The range was located on : a. large
open prairie northeast of town, oil the
edge of a small grove of large spread
ing oaks, burdened with mistletoe.
The shooting background was of the
very best, as were also the traps, in
competent charge of Charley Xorth.
Nothing in fact but the weather was
left as an element of chance to mili
tate against high scores. Theatten
dance covered all the territory geo
graphically within the seoe of the
tribe, and in addition, four chiefs of
the Indians from the middle st tries,
who were received as honorary mem
bers and fellows, and entered into all
competitions during the week on the
same basis as the Indians. Of this
party were Capt. Tom A. Marshall.
Fred Gilbert. Chris Gottlieb and
Charles A. Xnrth. and be it said right
now that their presence was enjoyed
by all and the wish fathered the
thought that they may be with us on
manv future annual meets. The shool
was run off in record time each day.
and in that snappy Tndinn style that
has become the ideal of every tourna
ment manager. The work was done
by the bunch as a whole, every brave
contributing something, and the writer
does not recall in the memories of a
long career behind the gun ever at
tending a tournament where good will
and the evident joy of the game was
apparent in every turn of the day's
events as here. The program mapped
out for the meet included nine 20-tar-get
events each on first and second
days, five the morning of the third
day, this contributing a total of 460
targets for the general average, and
then the special prize and costume
shoots on the Inst afternoon.
The week's work was infonnnlly
begun with npractice shoot Monday
afternoon. Jesse Enynrt of the Med
ford Gun club, fired the first shot at
1 in the afternoon, and the insuing
two hours thirty-five men shot at one
hundred or more targets. The scores
made were of the highest order. Hugh
Posten led the field with an almost
perfect record of 99; then came Har-
rv Ellis with 9?. Charley Thorpe with
97, Fred Gilbert and Maurice Abra
ham 96, Dr. Seely 95, Lee Barkcly.
Frank Riehl, Jack Forbes and Al Ad-
elmann 94,' Ralf Miller and J. G.
Xauquiii92. This was all finishing
above 90 per cent. The later after
noon was devoted to short excursions
to Rogue River, the social amenities.
eand the evening to the first session
of the annual meeting. The meeting
was held at the spacious rooms of the
Medford Commercial club, Tyee Sa
chem Abraham presiding. Mnutes of
of thhe first organization at Medford
one vear ago, together with the fi
nancial report to date, were read by
Harold -Custodian and approved. A
vote of thanks was also taken and
ordered to be recorded as extended
to the Herold- Custodian for his ef a
forts in getting the new order squared
away for its useful and and active
career. It was moved to defer the
election of new members to the ad
journed meeting later in the week, and
to limit the number of new members
received at this time to twelve.
Election of officers for the coming
year'resulted in the unanimous choice
of the following: Tyee Sachem, Peter
J. Holohan, Twin Falls, Idaho ; Makst
Tyee Sachem, J. E. Enyart, Medford,
Oregon; Klorie Tyee Sachem, George
P. Wells. Nelson, B. C; Herald-Cus
todian,' Frank C. Riehl, Tacona; Til
licum Wawa, , T. B. Ware, Spokane;
J. T. Hillis, Vancouver, B. C; C. A.
Height, San Francisco; J. E. Cullison,
Portland. A vote of welcome and the
glad hand of fellowship was extended
to visiting enstern Indians, High Chief
Tom A. Marshnll and t luets Heap
Talk Fred Gilbert. Slob Chris Gott
lieb and Mak-em-Fly Charley North,
and they were made honorary mem
bers of the tribe and invited to partic
ipate in the present meeting of the
Western Tribe. This tender was ac
cepted in a most graceful nnd heart
warming speech by High Chief Mar
shall, such as he alone knows how to
deliver. In his talk he gave much
assistance and advice in citing the ex
perience of the Eastern and Original
Indians, and in I urn was warmly
knitting of the ties of mutual good
ell fellow ship nniong mcnibi i s w as
adopted anil given to be inemunzi'd as
mie of the unwritten laws of thu or
der. Vice Sachem Kuriirht thchn ad
dressed the mi'i'tiiiL', citing (lie nin-
grum of entei'laiiinieul provided for
the week by thu good people of Mod
ford, which was greeted with most
enthusiastic applause. Meeting ad
journed to riiursday afternoon.
The regular tournament program
was begun promptly on time Tuesday
morning, forty rsooters going to tho
score. Traps worked beautifully, tho
force was efficient nnd not a hitch
occured any where; result, the events
were cleaned up by 2 o'clock, and an
hour later the enthusiastic fishermen
in the crowd were casting the ripples
of Rogue River 12 miles away. The
shooting was of high order through
out, and some really good remark
able scores were recorded. Tom Mar
shall continued the good form he has
shown 011 the western, circuit and ne
couiiuted for 90 on his first hundred,
four of five events being perfect
scores, mere were outers however.
ivho allowed him imue the hot of it
even ut that, but the actual winners
for the day could not be picked un
til the last rntuiTl was fired. In the
final accounting Hugh Poston was
again the leader by jusct one bird
over Lee Iiarkley and Jack Cullison;
Tout Marshall, Fred Gilbert and J. G.
Naquiit came in for third. One of
the remarkable features of the day
was the royal feast of watermelons
and fruit provided gratis for all
guests by the good people of Med
ford; these came out literally in wag
onloads, ripe, rare and so luscious
that many a shooter who started with
an eye to a record killing came back
from the score to the tune of 13 or
less out of the 20, nnd explained it
when asked by solicitous friends hi
the trite sentence: "Too much mel
on," or words to that effect. In the
evening. leaving the hotels at 4, 20
automobiles took all guests on a
drive to see the wonders of the Rogue
River vnllev orchards, now just bend
ing under their burdens, and a sight
it was never to be forgotten. There
are now planted to fruit trees in this
wonderful district something like 40,
000 ncres of which less than one
tenth has reached full maturity. The
Indian custom of bringing the fam
ily, or at least that portion of it
represented by the "better hall," was
not neglected here, and it is doubtful
if any shooter ever enjoyed an out
ing more than these good ladies;
those coming especially to the shoot
were Mesdames W. A. Hillis, J. E.
Enyart, Harry Ellis and daughter,
F. C. Riehl, L. H. and James Reid,
.1. G. Nnquin. D. W. King, G. P.
Wells. J. T. Dillon and daughter and
Edgar Hafcr.
Second Day.
For the second day there were
again 40 shooters, the exact number
as at the beginning; weather condi
tions were ideal and some of the
boys proceeded to annihilate the
common enemy, the little clay birds,
in marvelous mnnner. It wjis a race
from start to finish between Gilbert
and Barkley, they finally tieing for
the1 day with only three each lost.
Itai'kley finished with' all unbroken
run of 111 stiuiuhl. Next in order
came .!. !!. Nmiiiiii, who liuished
with an iiiilinUlu'il run of '.III, losing
nine for the tiny, on 11 lie with Frank
liichl. Hugh Poston lost only ten for
the day, and Mr. Ilcliiiuu of the home
club got fourth place with lli!. The
program was finished by a little aft
er noon, and the afternoon was de
villed (o the enjoyment of the en
tertainment fuhuished by the city. In
the evening there was a parade 01' all
the Indians and Kloochtueii who had
suitable uniforms. This was arranged
by thu citizens' coitimittoo and prov
ed simply u magnificent and unquali
fied success.
Windup of Shoot.
Fred Gilbert came to the front
again on the final day with 1)9 nut
of 100 in tho re gular events, and
Lee Barkley was second with OS. The
Delate medal went to Frank C. Riehl,
with a perfect score of fit) targets.
This medal was only open to those
shooting 92 per 'cent or better. The
Skookum medal, open to those with
ait average of 87 to 92 per cent, was
won by llelman of Ashland, with 30
straight. The Klooche medal, open
to shooters averaging under S7 per
cent, was won by King with 40 out
of 30. The Jackson county cup
was won by Dr. Seeley on a shorn! -
off with Envart.
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sents the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car
Co. for Jackson. Josephine and Klam
ath comities. This ear has won, for
five consecutive years, the (Hidden
trophy. The Gliddeii tour is conced
ed to bo the most sovero test ever
given a motor cur in competition. 173
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