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T"etial-Carnival ' lnad Saturday niicht
aftr one of the moiit successful public
entertainments ever given in Douglas
County.
On Thursday, the Festival was form
ally opened. The features of the day
were the maarniflcent and most unique
parade. Each teacher In the public
schools in the city had hr respective
pupils uniformed In some symbolic
costume conveying; the thousrht of our
festival occasion strawberries and
roses. Strawberries and rosea enough
on May 13 to hold a three-day carnival,
a. parade each day. use of banks and
ban ks of roses for decorations and
strawberries to feed the thousands of
visitors who thronged the streets. For
weeks the residents of this city had
looked forward to that day, and won
dered with some skepticism if all
would well with thoir first Straw
berry Festival, the object of whi.ih
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Heroes of Rogue River War
Men and Women Who Distinguished Themselves in Fights, With Indians
in Pioneer Days. ,
bt rnAxnii m tibbetts i
CHARLES JOHNSON' man one of the I
flrat. If not the flrat. hero of the
Rogue River war. Ho gave "Vila life
in caving three companions, and I Ml
rvne of them; therefore I know what a
.ero Oharlea Johnpon waa. He. held at
Kav 30 Indiana while I and another were
helping away a wounded companion.
Johnson and I olarted In the war to
gether and fought aide by SKle until he
fell, but many times later In other fighta
J wished I had had Johnson and his
trusty gun with me.
It as In October, 1-siS. and I wa a
young man and ready for almost a.ny ad
venture, when with Johnson and Krank
Stone we left Oakland. Douglas county,
for Jacksonville. The ox wagona had
been loaded with aupplies and provisions
for the mines. It as a bright. rlsp
J-"all morning when we started out. and
as w called the oxen to more on none
. f us dreamed we vert to see the blood
shed that we did before our trip was
finished.
When wo reached the south i:d of the
l.ig canyon (the old Dan levens place;
end pitched our camp e were paid a
.al! by the late Judge M. P. Deady, who
routed us all and fired my adventurous
spirit by telling us the Indians had gone
-in the. warpath. Judge Deady told us
"what few details had reached him of the
xiutbreak. Riders had come in with re
Jiirta that the reds war massacring
everyone between the big canyon and
Jacksonville and burning the homes of
tne. settlers. He urged us lo return
through the canyon, saying It waa tha
only safe way for us to avoid lhe ln-
The next morning. October 10. afer a
council. w decided lo push on. We went
three mils to Smith's place on Cow
Creek. Hero we found a, number of
miners and settlers who had been driven
out. Pulling our cattle into paature and
our wagon into the corral, we continued
to Redlands. about three, miles above
w here the town of Olendale stands. Here
we formed a military company: the first
in the Rogue River war. In It were 3S
men. who elected Major Jacob Rhlnewraon
captain, and the next morning we started
to battle.
The Flint Flglit.
Word had reached us by a miner who
had escaped that two miners on Grave
Creek had een attacked. After a hard
r.de of 1$ minutes .we encountered a band
of Chief Ljtnpy's warriors and here oc
curred the first battle of the war. Af
ter a short fight, in which one of the
Indians- was killed and we had captured
1ft ponies, the reds withdrew and ws con
tinued to 1he ml-ie.
I'poo our arrival there, we found the
two men dead In their rtisstngs. and
burled them in the grave they had them
selver prepared. While engsged In this
sad duty, the Indians were harassing
us and.it waa necessary to best1 them
hack while part of the men performed
the last rites for the dead.
Our company returned to tha Harkness
place, on Grave Creek, where tha settler
had eonereated and fortified for protec
tion. We renialued there two days
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was to call tiie attctitiun of all Oregon
that Oouiclas County not only pro
duced the first stra wbrri-s of the sea
son, but also the finest, also that lou-a-las
County roses could not be ex
celled anywhere.
May 13 wa Children Pay. and M!s
Ca pi tola Willis, elected Queen of the
Festival- by popular vot. tojrethr
with her maids. Hisses Mayhelt XH
rr. Leon "oshow and Edna Jones, did
the honors for this day. At 31 o'clock
the parade was formal and. Id by the
Queen and her excorl. marched through
the principal streets of the city. Fol
lowing came a class from the public
nchnol rally decorated with roses.
Kvery class In the public schools was
thus represented, rarh dif f eren t class
being symbolic of some popular fea
ture of the carnival. Several thousand
children were In line, every feature
of which was very beautiful and at
t ractive in such a way ' as only children,
roses and strawberries all combined
marching south to Widow Niday'a place,
near Jump-Off-Joe Creek, now Merlin.
We heard here that the Indiana had
made a raid on the mines at the mouth
of the flallne Creek, this news be in
brought by a courier, who had managed
to get through. A detail of 14 men was
aent to their relief, leaving Jump-Off -Joe
at 12 o'clock on the night of October II.
I was In this detail.
"We arrived at Galwc Creek at dusk the
next day and found 30 men aad one wo
man (Mrs. Plckettt In a spill-board house.
w hich they had Intrenched by throw Ins
up earthworks on the Inside and digging
trenches to the outside for protection
when firing, one man iPlcketti was dead
and 12 others wounded. The Indiana had
withdrawn after riddling the house with
bullets. The next morning Major Fttx-
gerald arrived with a company of regu-
ar troops and took the wounded to Jack
sonville. Our detsll returned to Jump-
Off-Joe. Johnson and I decided to go to
Cow Creek to se about our cattle and
outfit.
I' pun our arrival at rim us s pla-e we
found the settlers congrrstated there f ir
protection, and went on to Dan Levins"
farm, finding our cattle and wagons all
right. Returning to Smith's we found the
place besieged and Johnson's horse waa
killed as we dismounted. That night
Johnson, myself and another man crept
through the lines., returning to Levins',
reaching thre without mishap. There
is at tliis place 12 men and about the
same number of women, imnut whom
were Rev. J. W. Miller, now of Portland,
and h,s wife.
The next morning, seeing smoke In the
direction of Smlta's place, four of us
Charles Johnson. Alexander Abbott.
Stephen ilinot and myself started for
the top of the Intervening ridge, about
half a mile dlatant. to reronnoiter. When
we got within ards of the top of the
ridge, snout M Indiana jumped out from
behind trees and fired on us at close
range, wounding Minot In the body. We
started back. Abbott and 1 carrying Mi
not and Johnson covering our retreat, and
in dolnc this Johnson sacrificed his life.
We had gone In this way about ) yards
when we saw a party had started from
the house with a horse for the wounded
man. Tha Indians were following and
firing continuously. Just at thie t(me
Johnson fell, shot through the head, and
killed Instantly. We got Minot In and he
eventual!) recovered. The Indiana
scalped and mutilaled Johnson's body.
The siege of the Lewis house ithen Ml-
not's) began and continued for th;
days. We fought them off until Hie bal
ance of Rblnearson'a company came from
Widow Nldsy's place to our relief. Dur
ing t.na time it was flgrittr4C all the time
and eternal vigilance to prevent the In
clans from firing the bouse with flaming
arrows, which they shot from under the
creek bank. We never could tell ho
many Indians were killed, aa they alwas
carried away the dead and wounded. The
late Hardy Eiiiff and Rev. J. w. Miller
conducted this defense, and by their he
role conduct and example were largely re
sponsible for Its sticcespfTil Issue
After tbe Indians were defeated and
TJTE SUNDAY OnF.OONIAN. PORTLAND. MAY 23. 1IXXV
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can mak.. S'leUami onle were used
to draw- all the floats in this parade.
May 14. the se-ond day of the Festi
val, was Iveifv k Oav. and like the
preceding day. It was a iiirn. AH
domestic ard Imported sto k of eve-y
kind throughout the county bad been
gat Itered In t lie city In pr-para' lop for
this event, and the reju It of the ef
fort w hn-Ji the sto kraisers of I he
county have been making lor the psst
few ears to raise the stnOard of t!ie
stock in ths (Ounty were very noticeable.
The paratic for this flay fo: med at
-hed;Ie lime, tna re hmg through tlie
principal streets for a c ouple of hour,
be I r g consider a hi y over a mil In
length. First came Fran k K. Alley In
his tally-ho and f our-ln -amnd. Mr.
Alley had 17 thoroughbred horses In
this parade, which are undoubtedly the
finest bunfh of thoroughbreds In South
ern Oregon. If not in the entire state,
ill her horses. loi h ttomest !- and Im
ported of every ktnd. followed, besides
driven off. I was detailed with John
Fortune, Alex. Abbott and one oilier '
ntan to escort Rev. Miller and his family
to Roseburg, then a small trading post.
Returning to the s-ene of hostilities and
finding fthineareon'e company diebanded.
I Joined Captain W. W. Chapman's com
pany, and served throush the wsr. tak
ing part Id the battles of Hungry Hill.
Rig Meadows and other minor engage
ments. While Johi.son was probably the flrat
hero, there were othera who showed
brave hearta during the bluer war
with the Indians. Among the first
killed waa a man named Iialley, of tin
gene, who was driving hogs to Jack
sonville. Kflorts were -made to per
suade Mm to stay at Smith's place, but
he was determined to push on. and
when we first reached Cow Creek we
found him and his drover dead. Ills
rattle and hogs hud been killed and
the bodies of the two men mutilated.
A Heroic Womaa.
One of tlie brave women of the war
waa Mrs. Ilrrl. who lived on l,oue
Creek, and who after a trlng time was
rescued by Captain I'.lilnearson and his
party. One morning as she and her
husband mere standing In the doorway
of hie cabin he was killed by iii In
dians.
In dragging bis body to the house.
Ms daughter waa shot through the arm.
but this did nol prevent her end her
mother conducting a hei ole defense of
the lltt'e place, doing into the second
story with two guus and plenty of am-
m-inltlon. they fought off the Indiana.
he wounded daughter loading the guns
as fast aa her mother fired them. Mrs,
Harris was an excellent shot.' and manv
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cattle, rhecp. govf. hoss and chl kens
The signal for great applue mas when
ountv J uOgc I V. Won s ol t and
Mayor of 1 lose bur g. K. V. I loot r. ap
peared, mounted on a rose -det orated
float which bote a banner inscrthed.
"iiood Kosds for louglas County." Fol
lowing them came ail the road-making
machinery of tne city and ounty and
all the men engage, in the const rue
tlon of the road nf the ounty and the
streets of the rlty with their rt'ke and
shovels.
Saturday. May 1 j. was FJks lay.
Members of t! jl jrr!er from all paria c
tl.e alate were In il!rn)..'in.- ImlnHlr.
rihe Ashland lodge. hh-h came in a
bod y on a special t ra i n. The w ere
met at the depot by i.e lodge of IH
rlty. and a parade w aa formed w hlr U
tra ersed the principal streets of the
cltv. Many untiu features were it.tro
dued In this parade. AUo In this par
ade were three bands, and all of the
autonomies owned tn ill city, which
Indians fell at her hands during the
day and night she defended her home.
The next morning, feeling she had re
pulsed the attack. Mrs. Harris and her
dsogltter crept to a wulow swsrnpeome
olstence from the house. There they
were found by Captain flhlnrarsfin and
bis party and rescued.
Captain Ithl'jearson waa one cf those
born figntero who had many esrlilng
batilea during Hie war. ' nce with
A. J. Ki.ott. who owned I lie ft ark -alreet
ferry, thev got after the Indiana.
During a sktrnlvh Knott's horse be
came frightened and ran away, while
lila rider mi behind a tree picking
off the ludlaiii. Knowing they would
be lielple.s without the horse. Captain
lihlnearson gave furutt. The animal
made straight for the Indian line, with
Ithlneereon Ooec belifnd. but be final
ly raptured him. but nol until Ii or
Indiana had been killed.
The fight of Hungry 11111 waa one of
tbe largest In Hie whole war. About
Lee while men and something like see
Indians were engaged In this fight.
The fgh lasted three days and three
Mr 111. We were out of provisions and
the Indians rut us from water, bul
with deeperaiion we rut our way
through tl.e line, and eventually cap
'lured Chief John, the leader of tne
Itogue lover Indians. We took him
to Portland and put him aboard a
boat for an Kranriaro. and Ii was on
Ihe st.!p that l.e made his sensational
fight. Ooe .ray. freeing himself of t,i
chalna. he tan smock on Hie ship, and
wss bent on taking possession of It.
when a well-directed blow aim a be
laying pin rendered lilin unconscious
and he waa again chained
Mrs. Haines wss taken prisoner r.ear
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lurins Hi. nrngtrti of iti. ii.l
pvfrv bmlnmi I ou. In IM. rlijr
pl.y) t.rnll rolor. fo.l cf t:i.
where Grants Pass lo r.ow. Feveral at
tempts set made to rescue her. but ail
efforts failed T lie last we saw of her
wss at the battle of liig Meadow, on tie
opposite elde of Rogue ll:ver from us.
al the time ww were naMinff. and she
waved, her haod to us, but wns could not
rescue her Tils wss ihe last we ec er
hesrd or sew of t-er. and we ttougl-.i.
and always did. toal she was murdered
and her body it.rown Into tne river Mrs
Wagner's two rt-'ldren. one atil 4 and
the other rars old. were k lied al their
home, tbelr bre'rs being knocked out
egairvst f-e side of tie house ard t e
bodies left 1 l,ere. Mrs Wagner was
killed In her ho .w, stlee w Hi a the house
Wss set on Si. end burred
Tbe late Judge M P Wedy had stopped
over n'.gt-l wttii liiem. end ss he started
to t 'e I ' iri t0-i Valley, w rets Rose-burg
Is row. area .ad ridden but a si,ott i e
tance he rerd them flte on Ce house
and he turned and looked bs a. and saw
the Indiana Then be r-astene-d on. know.
Irg it was no ue for htm to try to do
antlilrg. as the Ir.dlar.s were titers and
the family murdered. ad be rame to
Haeburg
Duel Oerr Hamrtrk How .
rtHI'e.La Mat Z2 te-la1 A
ricciiune dispute el Ilolt.fott has ted
to a duel between a Karon and an officer
cf tbe Cutdee Reeimenl Te duet wss
arrat.ged after bks bad be-wn esi-haned
It t-Mk Were srtr the capital Tne
Weapon i hosen Was Ihe sword There
were no fewer than It bcml 1 be liaron
Wss wounded twke Tbe la.t w our. J wa
Inflicted with so rsorb c lol.n-e tret the
o ft Irer e sword became beat IT tie eartir.
Immedlat.lv put an end lo Ihe r-ortitiet.
The two adtersartes lfl the ground with
out bejng re -o-i, ilcd
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i dav lo run for m ic ih. nariKular tub-
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ro fr.at tli. iu--. of thl. K.B-
Orcus to Be Here Monday
Sells-Floto Show Scheduled for Two Days Kngement in
PortUnde
TllltRK a t-tecua com lea tosrti to
morrow . It i- a vx4 ooe. lv ac
rtrijiii lo a oc r. t . l have
l.-er and lions ind camel a and ejrphanl
and t$onaes ant bees an4 anims'.s ft-iMsi
ail pcwri ion e-f this Mjt rmiml wr. Tn.ee
w i be clow ns and ridets . the Arttinu
pctre heMsj atvxl tw.i,4irif ') per fnfinffp
tx tutnUo ar.4 mlt.a: tn if air ar1 per
(vtn all ax-vfts of 1 f that thnll an 4
qaHrkfn t He b'tart and mak t vs ey. e
e-wpewrta.r ie ere of cnih. a-em ar d
flow
tWi)onbfi Ur Pat-writ, that 11 t ur
tdjtv i tsae "Tike avis' ti at cir-
cu Tes. it l T o-J rjntivnl af Mi lo
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ts J to snS a cnie-e- eJ . tsr f ow Se
f .strti tif s-tswktef that 8S -t tiewi th 'irati-ttB-t
h, msreri Virtn t ii rr j.f f TO-
c4vi.s tm as t S of pT- " ? t ct1 I M fHnm.
We wfeen y u t a ur.ter hosr mi
ueJ fa rojnl te ) that ) -4 14 be en
durvxl beacw tr " atTe T -mt t
w rmtr uteJ lt e y tbe to-jr
ttvt gAi is ram ser for ww-phtst
Ttitna ba k to tfiot-e tas ahJ r-e if
tHir heart t ss ha iwWtietl to aucti an
tr.t trat rj can .1epriv our bpy of t he
(!teui c-f gc.r-.4f to X l-e circus
Hat. a.w f rrt the aent irtwnt of t
ti.tiai. the b ouaM t ses the (tvi. fV
e e' t o g t IM ouht the KfT,m n-UT
To 1 1-. bot and the alirl a sd e'erus la
an ed .r ion and an lntnraion It fur
n ai.es knle3sa that no boo ran civ
attd it rrrt a tepeC o( ron ereat .on
a "" eg. the luiie feitos for dm and data
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Days' restival, "Which Will
Annual Exhibition.
lial. ortrlr:4 for lh pf-
I pom of Koo.iinK in. trawb.frr ln
J1ilrv of IXuiEi Couftly.
I !. rt4. mn Anntnl affair.
i: at it
to rnr. To the grvm-np it furats)-e ra
lasata that cannot but d cood. A cit
rus Is s:sa tnTereeUrk. a''ss instrut-t-t
e. to to the c.ru. ;o pee what i-' .
nts have at , i2o twee i. Amur r 's-e
trftsra
Hot rlno t be rrth errCh $m v
Mjf f. TsVe tte "kids " Take as tiarr
of them a vou ran, our ctt and t e
rfr sr'.Mw s as e Jl . and y om i'1 be
able to le dm n to fleaoasnt dreatne In 1 ve
erwr.e. teiii' mm ttil eij raefntte
Ihe created tf r-1anihe4riir ik-ih
crfaiHta of sunshtne la Jitte hearts.
Amor s; tbe lop-lines of t he rrc as frs
etveiwi t -' tr.ay he f oubd t ie K id!r
ftoonea. bareffss k eiretn Tle Irlvre
oiTiftrie I wo per ae-d t hee are t
P"etuiar arijnertat tn t ie reairn of the
arena. ar.d the ru h' Vc smi te-sr I a fie
of sistrhireaT t heir pecf m ni nr Their
ofk botdrrs uta the marreloris : t fact,
a of t . -e alUmmnilt ar of atrk rem -
ris ditr.ci.Mtes that Ihetr beat trvks fte-
lvetit ir t4Mt with bul l!ti tntw Steele
foorta th -uhk.lc than Ihetr tmsser ta
tJa a. becawewe t 'ie a4sdeoe ran foJ.osr t'.a
1nvat and t-er sriestnaT parados.
The ar m us astd deaterttr ft I he fftd
Roonea ff-jjttUT br-.naa forth lud.
niineam a rr s ue fwn Ibetr fei.osi -
per f .omef-s. ha Ike the suhj)c. sevee
ftt ami of their a4m!rab. ai The
a re at l-ie- rit-o art roed for fna
and bei.iianl cost uiiip. bul thera la sa Wt
termaeed art or irre yless.r.aj mjr& at-tras-i.ra
eerf nrmanre foe the fwentntne
iwn of ihe e-jr-cvas pa icons than thai of the
R .d In- R-rre a 1 Uens ari ita are I ( un
disputed c hittiriMs ef a;i thev da. and
l:etra Is nne of tt-e tnnat faaanar.r c'r
cae aiunts ef the age
There ts an un -j um nun-) her of fea, u-a
sriti this how this aasnn. It ta d fl
cutt lo f..-( tho be!. Ssfsirwe a U tifce ha
trained mMA boasts' etvMh.n or tra
wordera OtSat art:t refee the S-1nn
Kiwi ' Psr-t'k TnuTe. te Ftid n non
ets, t He Hhoda ftojat hornes, tHe Tlte
Troupe. hV some HI epend moat e
tha t.mo lauarhtn the boat of r.awns.
I.stetiina to the I'ark nrer.tvss feme. a
hand. tn)oj Inc t he tare. aTrn;r.r.aT la
anlma's or pet'ns; the Wautif :jI Armeiar
p-riava hMara. No matter which av oee
looks hr, under ant cre of tha eis
Klolo ct,t. Ve is sar lo see somathlst
Out Of the or.ttnaTV
There mv bo a fine aireel parsde. In t
moenmar. too. sartinaT about X as o eo-k
and traverser foct.and a dewntown an.
cra. stre-eis Ttrkets artil a -eo bo on aaW
at Oravea 3d utAr f ore. .ns-r, . rpurtk
street. The b: ahsr wilt aihlNt In Pari,
land tomorrow and Tteeoday at Tareniy-f:r-
and QjtTnhv airis
MOTORCYCLES FOR ARMY
Greal llriialn lo litis ctrpe of
Sctjrvlrrrs"" lo IV In W irtlitif.
LONDON'. May II itwie! A rrrr
fmpoeiant add'tion to the Teertloeial Arrne
la shortly 10 be medr in t:e fnrm e,f a
motorcycle rope. of abowt WW meeweee
to be railed ti e "Aulocyeie tegiow Tle
moeemerjt wee rts-:rialed ter the Aut.
c? r le (.'eiton. and a eehenve has aew sees
wcopouwded for the f uiattoei of a leag-.se.
roeis-ning of a centrsl stsff with bead
Ooartera tn trmdnn. and 14 dK'ktiowal ram
mande. spread ail over tireat Kntaln
The pest idee wee ts pert trie e a tier
Into Ihe hands f the Aeeny Ccrnr I but
It was decided to pi leuote the eeirfva and
anrrrieeh lle ceasfl when a etr-ewg and
thoeocigMy framed body ef rcd'ttar-e srie.
t e s ce'les had Ksi- errar ted. see
oif.r II as a un t of the Tr'r torisl Army.