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RIVER LIFE BEFORE 1850 TOLD i
T IN GRAPHIC STEAMBOAT STORY
Way Hack When" Figurr in
Brought by Years
STEAMER OHIO
T . -
t Special Low Water Sates
Until further notice, the following rates will be charged by this
light-draught steamer between Portland and Corvallis:
Portland to Salem
. Portland to Albany . ... .V.
Portland to Corvallis
Special rates on Wool, Hides, Sacks and Agricultural Implements.
July 7, 1875. Himes, Printer.
j "Ships that pass in the night."
;the sketchy history of steamboats
that have plowed, their way up and
t'down the Willamette, of late and
-.back in those Civ! war days, when
the stream's treacherous channel
formed the principal artery of
transportation and travel, is given
here Jn extracts from the Marine
Record of Oregon, 1 850 to 1 917.
fci The chart from which the in
formation is drawn, contains many
illustrations'' of these old side and
rear-end wheelers that hare pass
ed, v to the reward- of all ships,
good or bad. Unfortuneately these
Illustrations, familiar to many old
residents of this section are not
to be secured. ,1853,-1865. 1869
are "some of thd dates marked in
. this narrative.
'Active, built at Canemah, 1865,
for the Willamette Steam Naviga
tion company, ran . until 1872,
When she was dismantled at the
. same place. The! Alert, built for
the same company in 1865, was
rebuilt in 1871. Wrecked on Eul
ery's Bar, was the fate of the Ann,
- constructed in 1868, while the Al
bany, built' in 1868, went to pieces
on Long Tom Bar in 1873.
First to be dismantled in Salem
was the Anita, built in McMinn
Ville; in 1894. the same year she
ai fcuilt, while the Belle, built
at -Linn City, Oregon, in 1853,
Was torn down ; in j 'Portland in
1869." The Baby, dated 1894, at
Eugene, lived but one short year
before being dismantled in Eugene
while the Calliope, of Corvallis.
built in 1S70, , prospered until
18S7, 'when she was taken apart
hi "Portland. J.
, The Champion came to grief on
LET'S TRY PREVENTION
' "By L. GRACE HOLMES
The closing of the school year
filis set a train of thought in mo
ttow op in that part of our little
htfad where Jwe do our reminiscing.-
- ' ' - " :
)k" lot, of high school boys and
girls come under our eye daring
the school year, 'and more and
more as the year draws Juneward,
they attract our attention. Some
of them are so snappy and peppy
rind so full of joy and enthusiasm
-and some of them are not. . It
i the ones who are not, who get
to wandering around among our
convolutions and start us think
ing. ." V
Why do some of these young
people look hollow-eyed and
fagged and move, about with such
evident effort, along in April and
May, and-by. the - first of June
make, uV Bbrt of .h$d our breath
wondering If they will really get
through the strenuous finals in
both work and play?
V Perhaps we might not get this
frighteped panicky feeling about
these, fagged young folks if we
iad," never worked in a Tubercu
losis Sanatorium. But we have.
We have 'spent a total of some 10
years trying to repair the damage
that in some' cases seems to be the
direct result of the terrific speed
at which we are driving these hu
tnan machines of ours.1
A picture comes back to us of a
time when in a little 40 bed san
atorium we had six high school
boys and girls who bad broken
down during their - high school
work. . Six ot them, all at one
time, in that, little group of 40 pa
tients! exactly 15 of the total
There was a time . at Wisconsin
State Sanatorium when we had
five beds in a row occupied by
young colleger men. AH' ambi-
' tious. energetic then fagged and
'broken men; - Each had to spend
years in repairing the damage that
had. been done. One' of the five
failed utterly to "come back."
i-t yniay ntn ot mis year we
made, a visit to our own 152 bed
tjtato Sanatorium and for quite
another reason, mado a list of all
, patients who were in the institu
tion on that "day. ..Six of them
were college - students.' - Eight
were high school students, 18 were
grade school ntndents (There
were six , others "under 20,' who
were' working beside "fwo 'little
tola wnder school age.)
rvJSole berfe that 90 of. the en
tire patient body were high school
,tfnd pollc3"e youngr people. - Twen-
Drama! Ic , Panorama of Changes
on Valley Section f
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UP DOWN
$3.00 $2.50
3.00 2.50
3.00. i ' 2.50
3.25 2.75
3.50 3.0O
3.75 3.00
4.00 3.25
5.00 3.50
...... .
Lampert's Bar in 1891, wrecked
after service dating from! 1875, a
Willamette River Transportation
company boat, and the City of
Eugene's fate i3 still to be written
after serving from 1S99.
Wrecked at Clackamas.; was the
end of the steamboat it. Cooke,
built, in 1871 for the Willamette
Transportation: company,! having
served until 1890, while the Elk,
built at Canemah in 1857.exploded
in, 1860 at Davidson Landing. The
Hoosier. dated 1851, 'built at Ore
gon City, lasted nine years when
the wrack of" river plodding result
ed in her dismantling. ' r
The Isabel,, built in Salem in
1S82 for A. Prescott, was wrecked
in 1890 at Sellwood. Oregon while
the James Clinton, -dated 1856;
burned in 18C1 at Linn City. Only
one year's sej-viee was granted the
Luckiaraute Chief, Salem.j built in
187S for A. jPrescottfbeing taken
apart the next yeafherej -' f
Dismantled in Salem jn 1881.
the McMihnville. built in 1877
ended her labors. Nellie, dated
Salem in 1879. built for Smith
Harris was, rebuilt in 1S81. alid
dismantled a year later, j Burned
at Doves Landing, is the comment
written on the end of the IU C
Young, built in Salem in 1892 for
R. C. Young and E. P. Dove, with
flames taking her from the river
in the same year. The Corvallis,
built in 18S5 at Corvallis.! was dis
mantled in 1893 at Portland.
Such Ss the history of steam
boats that have "passed;; in the
night," burned, exploded, dis
mantled or lost, in the course of
their dangerous navigation of
Willamette waters.. f .,
ty per cent of the whole group had
collapsed doing . some ', sort of
school work. Yet we have been
telling ourselves that school years
are the most carefree years, when
life is all a joy, and young people
are Just getting ready to live. Hea
ven forgive us just getting ready
to live for years to come under
this perpetual handicap of dam
aged health. Tragic evidence of
our failure to safeguard the health
of these young people! a
Is It any wonder that one who
has spent 10 years admitting these
young tragedies to sanatorium
care, should dread evidences of
fatigue at the end of the school
year?
The schools are of course by no
means wholly to blame- The re
sponsibility lies jointly with sev
eral other groups, notably with
the homes. But the schools is the
place where we get them together
It Is Hardly
in these enlightened times to ex
plain the many, many advantages
offered by a thoroughly modern
funeral establishment. Almost
everybody is familiar with the sub
ject. The quality of our funeral par
lors, rather than the fact we have
them, is, we feel, the more import
. ant consideration. Webb's Funeral
Parlors are most modern and com
plete in every respect. ,
WEBB'S
FUNERAL PARLORS
"Superior
205 so.
for observation and have a chance
to study them and to defend them
m an organized way. ' f
And what are vre doing for
them? The grade students are
getting some care, usually in the
shape of a physical inspection
once a year by a Public Health
-Nurse, who advises about nutri
tion, hygiene and exercise, etc.,
, and makes it her business to see
jthat children who are not physi
cally fit are taken by their par
lents to their family physician for
I .U .. 1 ! TMi ...... i., .Ida in tha
grades some continuous work
done' in the forming of health
habits.
This is all important and help
ful, but it is confined mostly to
the grades. The problem of phy
sical care of high school students
is almost an untouched field.
During these years"' when thy are
shooting up like rockets they may
carry crushing loads of class room
work if they are ambitious enough
to try to skip grades. They may
do gym work, track work, and
club work of a variety of kinds,
and so long as they do not fail in
r their class room work no one in
terferes. (There are a few
schools in which this is not so.
but in the rank and file of all of
our schools it is.)
As the months go on there
seems to be no one to notice that
some of them are beginning to
show strain and that this strain is
more and more apparent as spring
advances. What is the result?
Well, at least in some cases the
result is a complete collapse and i -
months of sanatorium care, fol-
lowed by many more months of
struggle to get back to -rugged
health. Or as an alternative,
there are a few months of sana
torium care, and then the long
journey from which no one comes
back. This for the merry faced
boys and girls who go into "Hi"
with such hope and enthusiasm!
Surely we must take better care
of them, for upon the shoulders
of those of us grown ups, parents
and teachers alike, who are sup
posed to guard and guide them,
rests the responsibility for some
of these tragedies. We should
make it our business to know
whether they are carrying their
loads safely- Perhaps we should
not require thetn all to bring a
physician's certificate of physical
fitness to" do school work (though
personally I wish we might do
that), but surely we should see
that no student is allowed to carry
more than a normal study load,
or do strenuous team work of
any kind without such a certifi
cate, to be renewed upon demand
of his principal at any time that
signs of strain begin to appear.
This would certainly do much
to avert these calamities. Pre
vention is so much cheaper than
tuberculosis, and so much happier
than tuberculosis, why should we
not try a little prevention?
1IOW TO FORGET
If you were busy- being kind.
Before you knew it you would find
You'd soon forget to think 'twas
true
If you , were busy being glad.
And cheering people who are sad.
Although your heart might ache
a bit
You'd soon forget to notice it.
If you were busy being true
To what you know you ought to do
You'd be so busy you'd forget
The blunders of the folks you've
met.
If you were busy being right.
You'd find yourself too busy quite
To criticize your neighbor long
Because he's busy, doing wrong.
- Rebecca Foresman, in Pacific
Coast Journal.
Coburg Growers now sell pep
permint oil up to $19 a pound, 20
to 40 pounds per acre.
Necessary
inmeml Service"
Church Street
Phone HO-
TRAGEDIES OF CHILDHOOD
My grandma played with a doll of
wax
Imported from France with hair
of flax.
With rosy cheeks, and eyes of blue.
That gave'her the greatest jay she
knew.
One day she left her doll in the
sun
As off she went to skip and run;
The sun beat down with rays so
wa rm
They soon dissolved the dolly's
form.
Oh. that was the childhood tragedy
Of grandmother Alice, so sweet
was she;
And she cried and cried for mauy
a day
Over the doll that had melted
away.
My mother's doll came across the
sea
With head of bisque made in Ger
many, With her limbs strung on rubber
cord
And gawky body hard as a board.
Once mother took her doll to greet
Her daddy coming down the street.
Alas, she tripped aud her dolly
fell;
fts head was broken, sad to tell.
There lay the doll with soul de
parted. Mother stood o'er it. broken
hearted. The picture of pathos and despair,
Lamenting her loss beyond repair.
Last year I was given a dolly fair,
With eyes that sleep and shining
hair.
Born in America, land of the free,
She walks and talks so prettily.
Dear dolly cuddles so close to me
As- I sing her to sleep with a
melody;
Never a "pain in her sawdust"
has she,
Her body i stuffed with cotton,
you see.
SOCIETY
(Continued from page 3.)
"Tragedy," Virginia Push's; and
"Going on An Errand." and
'"Truthful James," Lucile ifack
ett's. ' ' ..j
A large tree was saUy decorated
with Christmas decOTations and
electric lights, candy canes, and
other festive appointments. At the
close of the program the tree be
came one blaze of light when the
candles were turned on. mInt the
scene Santa appeared ands distri
buted gifts to the guests.
On the preceding evening sixty
members of the Yomarco club
were present for one of the. most
enjoyable Christmas partiesN the
club's history. Festoons of silver
were arranged about the roorai as
well as Christmas greenery" and
vivid candles. An ornamented
Christmas tree was an attractive
feature which was ladj?n with toys
brought by the guests and left lor
distribution on -Christmas j eve
among the poor children of the
church.
A program of unusual interest
added to the festivity of the ve
ning. Mrs. R. F- Dillen sang a
group of lovely Christmas carols,
after which Mrs. Ivan Bellinger
told two Christmas stories. .Out
standing on the program was the
playlet presented by a groups of
boys from the state training school
written and produced by Miss
Mary E. Gilbert, daughter of the
superintendent. L. M. Gilbert
This number was one ot the win
ning numbers on the program. F.
S. Barton sang "In Old Judea,"
while Mrs. Ronald C. Glover, de
lighted with her Christmas read
ing. Miss Lucile Ross and Pro
fessor T- S. Roberts gave as. an
applauded piano duet, "Grand
March 'de Concert," by - Mollen
haupt. Miss L. R. Walton- pleased
with her reading. "John Norton's
Christmas." R. D. Barton chose
as a particularly effective" solo
number, Yon's "Jesu Bambino."
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The singing of Christmas carols
was enjoyed by "the entire group,
with Professor Roberts at the
piano. Later in the evening the
Christmas tree became the center
of interest.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the committee in charge
which included: Mrs. T. S. Ro
berts. Mrs. R. D. Barton. Mrs. Bel
le Hawley, and Mrs. Roscoe Van
Orsdal.
Miss Walton in Salem
The Salem friends of Miss L. R.
Walton will be glad to know that
she has returned to Uhe Pacific
Coast to spend ih winter and
spring seasons "after' atf extended
absence in Montana.- Miss Wal
ton is a sister of Mrs. R. D. Bar
ton a whose home she is now a
house guest.
Howe from School
Miss Lorena Geer and Miss Fay
Wassam 'are among the Oregon
Agricultural college students home
of the vacation season. Both are
freshman and Kappa Kappa Gam
ma pledges.
Two Christmas Programs
at First Christian Church
The spirit of Christmas will be
very much in evidence at all the
services on Sunday at the First
Christian Church. The children
will appear in 4 Christmas pro
gram at the Bible school hour.
Shelley's "Hark, Hark My Soul."
will be sung at morning serviee by
a quartet. Gertrude Cherrington,
Inez Wood, Howard Leach and
John Moritz, the solo and obliga
to parts by Trista Powers and
Vivian Whisler. The dramatiza
tion class assisted by the choir will
present at the evening hour a
beautiful pageant, "The Message
of the Star."
Scene I. On an Eastern Hill
side. Old Shepherd Fern Johnson.
Young Shepherd Gertrude
Taylor.
Pessimist Shepherd Hazel
Harper.
Other Shepherds Jane San
ders, Melba Robinson.
Scene II. At the Manger.
Joseph Inez Wood.
Mary -Esther Defenbaugh.
Angel of Announcement Rosa
ling Hull.
Spirit of the Church Letha
Pelley.
Tnipeters Thelma LaDuke.
Mildred. Crabtree.
Mrs. Powell Entertains
Mrs. Keith Powell entertained
in a delightful manner on Tuesday
at her home in Woodburn for the
pleasure of members of her bridge
club and a small goup of addition
al guests- The favored Christmas
motif was used-throughout in the
decorating. Guests covers were
placed for Mrs. David W. Eyre.
Mrs.- Ji Kempton of California, a
house guest of . Mrs. Powell, and
LAIrs. Milton Meyers. ,
Mrs. David Eyre won the guest
prize of the afternoon.
Places at the 1 o'clock luncheon
table were arranged for: Mrs.
CHRISTMAS SALE OF
WHEEL GOODS
raSiWfcP fill
Milton Meyers. Mrs. David W.
Eyre, Mrs. J. Kempton. Mrs. Har
ry M. Hawkins, Mrs. Fritz Slade,
Mrs. T- A. Roberts. Mrs. Curtis
Cross, Ms. Arthur J. Rahn. Mrs.
Ercel Kay, Mrs. R. M. Hofer. Mrs.
Frank Spears and the Hostess, Mrs.
Keith Powell.
At the next meeting of the club,
on the Tuesday following
Christmas Mrs. Prince, Byrd will
be the hostess.
Guests in Portland
Mrs. Joseph H. Albert, Mrs. J.
C. Griffith, Mrs. .Willis Moore, and
MrBv&sel Eoff were Portland vis
itors on Thursday, motoring down
for the day.
Bridge CUth Meets Thursday
Mrs. David Eyre entertained at
one of the most attractive of holi
day affairs on Thursday when she
was hostess for the members of
her bridge club and a group of
additional guests-. A Christmas
luncheon at the Gray Belle, a
miniature Christmas tree, with
candles and ornaments, centering
the table, was followed by cards
at the home of the hostess on
North Summer street. Mrs. T. A.
Roberts won the guest prize of the
afternoon. In addition to Mrs.
Roberts, special guests were Mrs.
Prince Byrd and Mrs. Frank
Spears.
Covers at the luncheon were ar
ranged for: Mrs. T. A. Roberts.
Mrs. Prince Byrd, Mrs. Frank
Spears. Mrs. T. C. Smith, Jr.,
Mrs. George F, Rodgers, T.
A. Livesley. Mrs. J. Shelley
Mrs. O. C. Locke, Mrs. John Mc-
A NERVOUS woman never enjoys shopping. If
small things annoy and upset you while shop
ping, think of your eyes. Most likely your glasses
do not meet shopping requirements or frequently
they slip down and should be adjusted. Come in
and tell us the trouble.
Pomeroy & Keene
JeVelers and Optometrists
Salem, Oregon
Only 4 More Days Until
Christmas
Call in tomorrow and select what you want
BICYCLES
Here's two real Specials: Colson 16 arid 18
inch frame, 26 inch wheel; a real bike while
any remain in stock -
Colnmbia Motor Bike, double bar, clincher
tires, optional equipment. A, regular 48.50
bike , y t
$41.00
All other Bikes Reduced 10'; to 15x
SCOOTERS
Substantially built and "live" rubber tires
$2.40 to $7.50. See our Special at
TREE LIGHTS
Christmas Tree Lights Special at
$2.49
Bilt-E-Z per Set . 2.00 to $30
Kiddie Cars $1.50 to $4.50
Peddle Bikes. $4.50 to $6.75
Autos .:...$12U0 to $18.50
Velocipedes $10.00 to $20.00
Hand Car Special, now. ......:......A$12.00
Boys Junior Bicycle, now.......... $23.00
Girls' Junior Bicycle, now..-.; $23.00
Mechanical and Electric Trains
Good assortment at a range
, of prices
Lloyd E. Ramsden
387 Court Street '
Nary, Mrs. Frederick Lamport,
Mrs. Henry W. Meyers, and the
hostess, Mrs. David Eyre.
The next meeting of the club
will be on January 7. with Mrs.
John McNary, the hostess.
Home From College
Miss Ruby Drager, a sophomore
at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, is a guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Rue Drager for the
holiday season. Miss Drager is a
member ef the Alpha Xi Delta!
sorority. Other O. A. C. students
spending their vacation period in
Falem include Miss Wanda Jean
lleberlie. a freshman and Sigma
Kappa, and Miss Bargaret Breiten
fctein, a sophomore and Phi Beta
Pi.
Adolynk Club
Members of the Adolynk dub
were entertained in an enjoyable
manner on Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Oscar Zellar.
Lovely decorations pf holly and
festoons of evergreen were used in
the rooms. Special guests in the
i:roup were Mrs. Otto Hoppes, and
Mrs. Lawrence Imlah- Mrs. Earl
Paulsen won the high score of the
afternoon, while the low award
went to Mrs. James Teed. At the
refreshment hour the hostess was
assisted by Mrs. Otto Hoppes.
Playing at the tables were Mrs.
Hoppes, Mrs. Lawrence Imlah,
Mrs. Reed Rowland, Mrs. Oral
Lemmon, Mrs. Carl Chapler, Mrs.
Earl Paulsen, Mrs. Jessie Geoge.
JVIrs. James Teed. Mrs. George
fNTelson, and the hostess, Mrs. Otto
Hoppes.
$27.50
$4.00