The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, April 30, 1916, Section One, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Text13 PIONEER WOMEN RELATE INCIDENTS OF LONG AGO Many Special Offerings Jennings This Week An attractive array of Furniture and Rugs at genuine reductions from regular prices Mrs. A. jrerriam and Mrs. It. V. Beall, "Who Settled at Riddle in 1852, Make Visit to Relatives in Portland. THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. rORIiAKD, APRIL , r,Q, 1916. t- -. . V V I fc .'jc,. ifW', t ll t ...I LZIZ J; BY ADDISON BENNETT. IK the Winter of 1851 there was liv ing1 in Sansammm County, Illinois, a family by the name of Riddle. They were planning to leave early In the Spring for Oregon, but the hus band of the oldest daughter was taken Jil and finally died about the first of Slay. So the departure did not take place until the 22d of that month. They left with their ox team and what few worldly belongings they had, together with the family of father, mother and eight children. The widowed daugh ter was then 21, and her youngest sis ter was 4 years of age and that was Si years ago this Spring. Reaching- the Missouri River the Riddle family Joined an Oregon train tinder the charge of Cornelius Hill, and had a tolerably turbulent passage, being- bothered a sood deal by Indians. They fame fcy the southern or Apple Kate trail and arrived near the pres ent location of Riddle, In Douglas County, on the 16th of September, thus Deinsr but a lew days short of six months on the trail. This story is not to relate particu larly to the head of the Riddle family, to the settlement of the section where they cast their lot, to the founding of tiie town of Riddle, nor to the achieve ments of any of the party save the two girls mentioned at the beginning. The other portion would make interesting reading, but the telling of It must be left for future treatment. Pleasant Visit . Pictured. Testerday I called by request at the llome of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Hous ton. SOS East ixth street North, to see "two girls now visiting" there. It turned out that the head of the Hous ton establishment is the daughter of one of these "girls." and. as Mrs. Hous ton is the proud mother of several children pretty near grown, you may Imagine the "girls" are well along in years. Their names at present, both being widows, are Mrs. A. Merriam and Mrs. R. V. Beall. The former is SS years old. and the latter 6S. "Now, in the course of duty I have durinqr my days written about young old people and old-young people, about pioneers and would-be pioneers, about tiie great and the near-great, and abotrt the rich .and the poor. But never have 1 had a pleasanter task assigned me than the visit to these two "girls." I found that Mrs. Mer riam was just returning to her home at Medford. and her sister to her home on the old farm near Central Point, upon which she and her husband began their married life .12 years ago, where Cs Z-crS byj she has lived continuously since. Mrs. Merriam had beer visiting some or her children living in various sections of the Northwest, from Mon tana to Puget Sound. As there are 12 or sucn children living 1 can not go into details. But annually this lady packs a few traveling requisites and sallies forth alone to visit her boys and girls of the first, second, third and fourth generations. Naturally it takes some time to get around, for aside from the 12 sons and daughters there arc 32 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren now living. I failed to take note of the deaths save of her own children. of whom four have passed away. So she was the mother of 16. As I sat there In the fine home of Mrs. Houston and listened to this ven erable lady telling the story of the long-ago with a memory that Is aston ishing and a wealth of Incidents al most beyond belief as I listened to her cheery voice, saw her smiling face alight with love, looked into her eyes where the blessed peace that passeth understanding was shiniaf through as a beacon light, as I marveled that a. blessed God had spared this woman her loveliness and beauty, her every faculty, had. in fact, in spite of her years, brought her past her 86th birth day aa sweet and bright as a little girl as I thought and thought, and marveled and marveled, I knew It was mothers of this order that had made Oregon what it was a half-century or so ago, that it was women of this nature that makes the names of the pioneer mothers of Oregon the most precious heritage that the people of any state or any nation have. Illness Never Known. I have not given much detail. Some how I can't seem to bring my thoughts to the consideration of the details. I just see those two dear ladies and the daughter of the elder as they joy fully and smilingly and laughingly go over the Incidents of the long-ago or perhaps shed a tear as the name of some loved one who has passed away Is mentioned and that Is the picture I wish the reader t grasp! All of them are the very picture of health. "Never in my life have I had a headache or a backache, and as to nerves, I don't know what they are." said Mrs. Merriam. And the love light shone in her eyes as coherent as a prayer to the Ood of mercies. And 1, too, have much to be thankful for one of the most important things be ing the privilege of sometimes being permitted tp hold sweet converse with one of the queen-mothers of our pioneers. iiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiii:iniiii!iiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu!iiiiii!iiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiu Special Sale of Arm Rockers Regular $40 Massive Solid Mahogany Arm Rockers, overstuffed in rich, heavy tapestry; spring seat and back. Very handsome and luxu rious; a limited number on sale at Special Sale Cretonnes 35c Cretonnes 21c 33 patterns in all, in beautiful Spring color ings; all are regular 30c and 35c cretonnes; offered this week, very special, at 21c. Curtain Materials To 35c Fabrics 15c A large assortment of regular 25c and 35c Scrims and Marquisettes, with fancy or plain borders; special, 15c A Blanket Special Regular 4.00 full-size blankets, in assorted plaids; splendid Summer Man- f0 QE? kets; this week oly u)saieOD $27.50 $37.50 Rugs $28.75 s, 9x12; small pat- $28.75 $6.00 Rugs $4.15 n Velvet Rugs, with A Z 27x54; a big assortment rgg. E in Oriental designs P JL HAMMOCKS We show a full line of ham mocks, ranging in price from $1.25 to $10. First quality Body Brussels Rugs, 9x12; small pat terns in flc A and conventional designs. Many patterns in light, Spring colors. Reg. $37.50 rugs Fine Wilton fringe; size of colorings Main Store, lllllllllllltlllllllllllltf IIEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IllHIIIIli GRAFONOLA and the Home Did you ever stop to think what music means in the home? JOy It is no longer a lux ury, but a necessity, where there are growing boys and girls. It brings an air of culture and re 'finement that is worth much to your children. It soothes and entertains after the cares of the day. Let us put one in YOUR home. All styles and prices from ?15 upward. Washington St. at Fifth NNING & S ONS Removal Sale at Second and Morrison Sts. 'Jimiiiiimiimimiirmimimmmiimimiimiiiiii E A Jacobean Oak Living-room Suite, E S upholstered in fine mulberry ve- lour, is displayed today in our E Washington-street window. It is j representative of many other E E suites shown on our floors. ?iliililllllllliliiiuillllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllliin Removal Sale Prices Second and Morrison St. Store $21.50 Solid Mahogany Arm Rockers, Colonial design. Special q 25 $12.00 Solid Mahogany Bedroom or Sewing Rockers, cane seat, O C Colonial design. Special iDO3 $16.50 Mahogany Finish Rockers, high back; large and comfort- A f able. Special T'vJ $12.50 Iron Beds $7.75 These beds have 2-inch posts with or namental caps and five 1-inch filler rods; Vernis Martin finish; very solid and substantial; special at only Sale of Dressers $13.50 Hardwood Dressers, with 20x24 oval beveled French plate J Q Of mirror; special at )0as3 $17.50 Genuine Quartered Oak Dressers, with 16x24 oval beveled French plate mirror; golden wax finish; tfr i-t p special at C7. O $32 Quartered Oak Dressers, with 22x28 mir ror; full serpentine front; dull tf1Q QC brass trimmed; special P A 20 $33 Circassian Walnut Dressers, with 24x30 beveled French plate mirror; CJOf "7C Adam design, special pC f J Removal Prices on Rugs Regular $30 Axminster Rugs, 9x12; assorted new patterns and color effects; CJ? 1 QC special a.t only p ItOO Regular $22 Seamless Brussels Rugs, 9x12; extra heavy; small patterns and JJ 1 C QC chintz effects, special iplJ.OO Second and Morrison-St. Store. $7.75 BANK CLEARINGS GAIN ixcnKASi: is uiii.uim; permits ALSO NOTED FOR APRIL.. ALUMNI WILL HIKE Lincoln High School Associa tion Takes on New Life. OUTING WILL BE TODAY 3fet Me-tinjf Will Be Held o Wednesday, May 10, at Library. Informal Dance Planned tor the Near Future. The Association of Lincoln High School Alumni, which was recently re vived. Is now a live organization with 50 active member. Plans are being made for several informal get-together affairs. The first will be a hike today. Tin members will meet at 8:30 o'clock at the Cornell road. hike out the Skyline boulevard to a suitable place for lunching:, continue the hike, returning in the late after noon. To rfach the place of meeting take the "V" car. transfer to the "Westover Heights car and fret ofT at the Cornell road. All graduates of the Lincoln Hi?h are cordially invited, to join the hikers. Several informal dances are being arranged for the latter part of May. The association has decided to restrict the attendance at these dances and at all social functions to members of the association. The next meeting will be held "Wednesday. May 10. in room G of the Central Library. The officers of the association are: Robert Rogers, presi dent: Helen Urisham. vice-president; Ada Starkweather, secretary: Gertrude Moore, assistant secretary; .Walter Bain, treasurer: Adolph Bloeh, ser-ceant-at-arms: 1'orothy Duniway, editor. PERSONALJVIENTION. A. H. Lea. of Salem, is at the Imperial. H. II. Boentgen. of Astoria, is at the Eaton. D. L. Kept, of Perrydale. is at the Perkins. .1. L. Standefer. of Salem, is at the Oregon. r. A. Clark, of St. Helens, Is at the Perkins. W. J. Jamison, of PrinevIIle, Is at the Perkins. A. L. Bliss, of Fresno, Cal.. Is at th Seward. J. F. Adams, of Centralla, Is at the Cornelius. O. P. Fer.lauson. of Raymond, Is at the Oregon. H. R. Kdmunds, of Tillamook, Is at the Cornelius. Een W. OlcOtt. Secretary of State, Is at the Imperial. Jack King, of Astoria, is registered at the Perkins. ilrs. A- JC Olds and. Miss Mary E. Smith, of McMinnvlllc. are at the Port land. Mrs. J. M. Lofland, of Medford, is at the Portland. Frances C. Crane, of Oak Park, III., is at the Eaton. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hillman, of Amity, are at the Eaton. C.-E. Sax and Mrs. Sax. of Albany, are at the Seward. W. P. Fell and Mrs. Fell, of Eugene, are at the Oregon. H. A. Atkinson is registered at the Seward from Eugene. Harold E. Michael, of Spokane, is reg istered at th Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Van Vorst, of ConRtrnrtloa', Kxpendlturei 4n Month Amount to 9158,763 Postal Receipts Vnchana-ed. A statistical comparison of Portland for the month which close tonight with the corresponding- month of last year shows that bank' clearings have recorded a decided gain in favor of this year, that more building' permits were issued for April of this year, although calling for a smaller expenditure of money and that postal receipts just about held their own during April this yea r. For April, 1916. the total bank clear ings were $52,973,314.50 as contrasted with the smaller total of J49.049.349, a Kin of about 8 per cent. The clear ings for March of this year- were $540,624 less than they were last month. Postmaster Myers estimates that the postal receipts for April. 1916, will be $97,000 as against substantially the same total for April, 1915, when ?97, 025.85 was taken in. During the past month, 517 building permits were issued at the city bureau of buildings calling for construction expenditures of $458,765. In April, 1915, there were less permits, 477, but they represented an aggregate outlay of sl greater. sum of money, $559,415. Last month bettered -the month just preceding, March, in both the number and volume of building permits. LEADERS IN REVIVAL OF LINCOLN ASSOCIATION. ' HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI v f s, , M '. L .rsk , "nSi- -v-' ' . White Salmon, Wash., are at the Nor tonia. J. A. Heath is registered at the Nor tonia from Marshfield, Or. Mrs. E. C. Cross and daughter, of Salem, are at the Seward. Mrs. M. H. Alsdorf Is registered at the Portland from Medford. Mrs. Helen M. Brown, of Medford, is registered At the Portland. A. W. Murray is registered at the Cornelius from Maryhill, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ferris, of Los Angeles, are at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. TI. P. Carroll, of Black Rock, Or., are at the Nortonia. , Mr. and Mrs. George Kaltenbertrer. of New Castle. Cal., are registered at the Eaton. II. E. Wadsworth, superintendent of the Chemawa Indian Training School, is at the Imperial. .W. J. Kerr, president of Oregon Agri cultural CoMege at Corvallis, is, regis tered at the Imperial. CHICAOO. April 29. (Special.) Portland persons registered at Chicago hotels are: Congress, J. W Brooks; La Salle, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Leathwalte. the world's diet consists tOr? fyf? sr. .ST'- 4.. KERCHEN" CASE CONTINUES School Iioaard to Resume Hearing Tomorrow Night. Charges brought against John L. Kerchen, supervisor of manual train ing in the Portland school, will be aired further tomorrow night at the Courthouse, where his hearing will be continued. Further testimony will be taken from witnesses who will appear against him. It is alleged that Mr. Kerchen holds irreligious and social istic views that unfit him for his po sition. Sqhool Board members are hearing the charges. The hearings promise to continue for some time longer, as it is understood 35 witnesses will be summoned to give evidence against the supervisor, and of this number, but five have so far been examined. Numerous witnesses are to appear for the defense. SUFFRAGIST PARTY DUE EASTERN WORKERS WILL, ARRIVE IX PORTLAND TODAY. YAKIMA HAS OIL RUSH District Aroused by Possibilities Making "Strikes." ol KENNEWICK, Wash.. April 29. (Special.) The possibilities fqr gas and oil finds has aroused this region. The well now being drilled by the Ya kima Natural Gas & Oil Company has reached a depth of 600 feet with a log showing every indication that gas and oil exist. The log is practically the same as that of the well located two miles from the site of the present drilling operation and which at a depth of 704 feet is producing 310,000 cubic feet of natural -gas a day. Wife of Crabtree Farmer Hurt. LEBANON, Or.. April 29. (Special.) Mrs. Chris Zurcher. wife of a farmer living near Crabtree, was injured by being thrown from a buggy late yes terday as she and her husband were on taeir way home from Lebanon. The horse became frightened by a donkey engine at the road side used by a bridge company building a bridge over the Santiam River, near this city and ran away, throwing the occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Zurcher, out of the vehicle down an embankment, considerably bruising Mr. Zurcher and seriously in juring his wife, who was brought to Lebanon for medical attention. Klamath Summer School Date Set. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 29. (Special.) The Klamath County teach ers' summer school will convene June 12 and continue until the time of the teachera' examinations, which will be gin June 28 this year. The services of Miss Ida Mae Smith, of Eugene, have been fJeoured for the primary work. Special Chicken Dinner 50c PERKINS HOTEL Fifth at Washington TODAY'S MENU Chicken Okra. Baked Chicken. Halibut. Chicken Fricassee and Dum pling. Roast Chicken with Dressing, Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au jus. Escalloped Potatoes. Stewed Tomatoes. Apple or Pumpkin Pie. Ice Cream. Cake. Coffee. Tea. Milk. Served from noon until 8:30, Lnnchfon at Crown Point Chalet Will Mark Colombia River Highway Inspection Trip. ' A special car with a party of 24 East ern suffragettes will arrive in Portland at 7:30 o'clock this morning and will be met at the depot by a committee of Portland women interested in . equal suffrage. A drive about the. city, ar ranged by the Congressional Union women of this city, will be the first form of entertainment. At 10 o'clock there will be an informal reception at the Chamber of Commerce, and the guests will be assaigned to automobiles and will be taken for a ride over the Columbia River Highway. A luncheon will be served at Crown Point Chalet, where there will be a few brief toasts given. There will be a mass meeting in the library tonight. The public will be welcome. Oovernor Withycombe has been invited to give an address, and there will be short speeches by some of the distinguished visitors. Miss Ella Kiegel, one of the best known Eastern suffrage enthusiasts, is managing the tour. Miss Lucy Burns, president; Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, daughter of the late Thomas F. Bayard: Miss Helen Todd, Mrs. Townsend Scott and others as prominent in the Con gressional Union will be in the party. LOCAL TEACHERS GATHER Institute Held at Library Is Well Attended. Teachers of various parts of the county were in attendance yesterday at local teachers' institute held' at the Central Library yesterday afternoon. A. P. Armstrong, County Superintend ent of Schools, presided. Interest in the gathering was evidenced by the large number of teachers present, and the talks were made along educational lines. Elmer F. Goodwin, H. I. Tollefson, H. W. Ager. Gertrude Liggett and County Superintendent Armstrong were among those who spoke. Topics dis cussed were the forthcoming eighth grade examinations, advance work in preparing for attendance at high school, vacation study for pupils of all grades, ond other matters. G00DE CASE HEARING SET Attorney's Attempt to Oust Admin istratrix to Be Heard May 2 0. Final argument in the attempt of Attorney Henry C. Hazzard. of San Francisco, to have Mrs. Edith F. Goode removed as administratrix of the es tate of her late husband, H. W. Goode, who was head of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company and Lewis and Clark fair, was set for May 20 by County Judge Cleeton yesterday. A demurrer to the action was pre sented yesterday on the ground that in his petition for removal the attorney had not established the fact that he was a creditor of the estate, and, con sequently, had no standing in court. Judge Cleeton ruled that the Supreme Court had not deemed the establish ment of a claim necessary. Mr. Hazzard alleges $1400 is due him in fees. penbrink; secretary of the. fund, is as follows: Previously acknowledged $444rt.f Imperial Hotel Oertrutlo AV'ileyaml party f,.f,0 Don't publish 2. CO Total J4484.SO VISTA HOUSE fUND GROWS Total Contributed to Date Amounts to $1461.80. Although the active solicitation for funds to the Vista HouBe Association, for the erection of the pioneer memorial at Crown Point, has been suspended, contributions continue to come in to the treasurer. The total contributed up to date, ac cording to the report from W. J. Pie- SMaii a m h u m m st a m u m m m m m Q h m WHY i GIVE YOU BETTER CLOTHES FOR THE MONEY I cut out all foolish extrava gance in store equipment and store decoration I save $10, 000.00 in rent, because I am upstairs instead of on the street level. These savings benefit you. Come upstairs and see for yourself the BIG VALUES IN THE SUITS and the low value Qf the rent and fixtures. Aberdeen Scliool Census Planned. ABERDEEN, Wash. April 19. 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