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East Oregonian Eound-tJp Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 21, 1922. LET 'ER BUCK BSERVE the unusual grace and suppleness of the chic new designs pictured at the left. Thrilling Story of the Applegate Train, First Big Immigration to Oregon Country Page Twenty (Continued from page' 19.) y escaped. C. M. Stringer and Mc Clelland wero also drowned. The main part of tho immigration which took the land route to Thi; Dalles, met with no other obstacles than some difficulty i" crossing the two principal rivers in their course, the John Day and Des Chutes, and had no accidents. To be tho first to reach The Dalles, the terminus of the imigrant road in Oregon for 1843, was an honor that was con tended for by the foremost drivers, and I find it claimed by bolh .'i ncvah Ford and Kaiser. How To Proceed? At The Dalles the immigrants had ftill tho most difficult and danger ous portion of their journey before them, there being neither a road over tho rugged mountains that separated them from the Willamette Valley, nor boats in which to embark on the river. Jt was too late to at tempt opening a wwton road into the Willamette Valley, a distance of (id miles of extremely rough coun try, and there were few facilities for construeling a sufficient number of boats to convey the families and goods to their destination. The immigration of 1S4I1 was dif ferently situated from any company that had preceded, or any that fol lowed It into Oregon. When a com pany came by sea to l'ort Vancou ver, or a small party overland to Walla Walla, every facility for con tinuing their journey or prosecuting their designs was tendered to tliem by the Hudson's Hay company White's party, which was only n pack train, arrived early and pro ceeded direct to the settlement with out any serious hindrance, lint there were nearly 9(10 people with their household goods and a large number of cattle and horses. It. was Impos sible to meet this whole colony as guests, anil help them to their des tination with all manner of courte sies as had so often been done in regard to smaller par-ties. They must liely themselves, and help themselves they did. (ohig Down (lie KIvit. tioing into the pine forests which beautifies the foothills near The Dalles, they felled trees and made rafts of logs from a foot, to IN inch es in diameter and L'il feet long, which being securely lushed to gether, the wagons were taken apart and with their 'loads placed uimhi them. Sometimes one covered wa gon bed was reserved as a cabin for women and child ren. A child was born in one of these cabins on a raft, between Tho Dalles and I lie Cascades. (it hers who hail come from Walla Walla by boats kept on to the Cascades in (he same manner. Some left their- wagons and slock at The Dalles, while the greater num ber drove their cattle down the river, swimming them to the north side. and ferrying them buck again to the south side opposite Vancouver. On arriving at the Cascad'es a for midable bar to further progress was discovered. The rafts and boats could not be taken over the rapids. Two weeks were occupied in cutting a wagon road round the Cascades by which the wagons brought down onilm,lt( rafts could reach Hie lower end ol the portage. In the meantime the Autumn rains had set in, and the weather in the heart of the great range was cold and wintry. Ntuiwitloii is Averted. The tew immigrants who had friends or relatives ill Oregon had received some assistance at The Dalles. Hubert Khortcss met the Applcgates at that, place with a ca noe load of prov isions; but before passing the Cascades portage these were consumed by the party of 70 who had made the voyage in boats pear in time to prevent a tragic termina tion to their six months' journey. A letter written in the Oregon Spectator' ol' January -I. 1S47, writ ten by one of the immigrants of 1 S i Ti declares that they experienced more hardships and suffering in descend ing from The Dalles to the Wills - tiian in all tin: from Walla Walla, and I hey were in danger of starvation.. There were no means of transportation at the Cas cades, and starving or not, many women and children were compelled to wait for a passage in some boat t'r-orn below. James Waters, who had been among the earlier arrivals at the settlements, became al.-irmeil at the fallure of the rear to come up, and feeling sore that they were suffer ing from the want of lood, went to .Mc-l.oughlln, lo whom he represent ed the situation of those still at. the Cascades, and asked for credit to ob tain provisions for their relief. Though cont r-ar-y to rule, this favor- . I was accordeil, the only condition re- iiiir-ed being that the provision! should be sold to the immigrants at Fori Vancouver prices, and that. Wa ters should navigate the bateau car rying the supplies. This thinly re lief rescued many people from per ishing of want and cold. I at I Soiled Itnvvlllile. A small party oi rhe beiated im migrants being wind-bound behind Cape jluru for a number of days a circumstance that frcq.ucntly hap pened at tills part of the river were in danger of death by starva tion, being reduced to cttlng 1, oiled rawhide, which they had upon 1 licit boat. I'Yird relates that a Mr. l)e lauey had a box of hemp seed which he consumed. Among them was an Immigrant who had been lo Van couver and ret iirucd to the Cascade to the assistance of Ids friends. Ite meniberiiig that he ha.d brenkl'astei at a certain spot on Ids way up tin river, he seari-hed upon ids knees in t he snow, for erninbs that inighi have fallen, weeping bitterly, am ex ling' to perish. lint iMi'l.oughlln, with his wonder ful care and watchfulness over every body, being satisfied. from tin length of time the partv had I i out. that they were in distress, sent another boat with provisions tn loot' for and relieve them, which arrived former portion of their journey, and that uiuiosi in sight of the promised land many were mved from peiishinr; by the bene.viili iu-e of the Hudson's Hay company and tie- timely assistance of a fellow immigrant - presumably Captain Waters. Help Hard to Cel. 7t might be a.ked why help was not rendered by I be American set tlers in I he Willamette Vnloi, and the .Methodi I Mission. In Justice to the missionaries. I musi s;iy tiiat some help was rendered, but it an te have been merely me s.-iiu-f some provisions to personal ing friends and v nei ds of and uoiiluiiitunee ', entirely Inadequate to the the newcomers. As far as the settlers were con cerned, they were too scattered ( and had not the means to render sin h assistance, which reiiiiied bouts as well us provisions in large, uuan'i lies. It. is plain that the great ist sufferers were those who were pre vailed upon by Whitman and Mc Kililey lo leave cattle and wagons at Walla Wallah No lives were lost among those who took the land route and those who had cattle had al--.vavs something io cat. Though the main immigration I , came down from the Dalb-i, part b-s ! , u.; j, of horsemen accompanied tin- came diivers on shore. One parly, con sisting of M. M. AlcCarvrr, Janus ''hase, the two Doughertys, and a dozen others, (oiik Daniel I.'-c's cuttle trail over the Cascade Mountains into the Willamette Valley. Natives Cause Trimble. The immigrants ail along this por tion of the route, whither in bouts .r ashore, were much annoyed by the unlives, who stole the cattle, or who came in large number Imagine the noticeable im provement and greater ease which will come to your figure from the first day you wear a pair of either BonTbn CCORSETS oo lion which immigrants C.J..l'." intc but vstcd not only the Hudson's the Mcl.oughlln preheiul the was not slow lo coni- siluatioii. vwiu icci- inimicul to the great coipota these men would never see children starve while there was plctliv within the walls ot the ooui punv's storehouses. Doth Ins h.urt. and his ri uson pulnh d the way to lie pursued. J uinicdinl e necessities must In- relieved, and they must be encouraged to begin at once then only load to self support, the open ing of farms. Accordingly, without wailing to be asked, he prop.. both there reme dies for til.' threat, nlng disaster. lie ,.l-..,.e,l e,-o,lit til tllC llcst.itlllo, flir- and Irishin'g them whirl was when the assistance of one or two was i-ciiiireil, would refuse to give II unless all were employed and paid, which was only another form of rob bery. Ilurnett, mentions one chief who rei. Hired lor the presi and farm tools witli gin their plantations, ottls disarmed, to a grc fc'IN' absolutely nl. and seed ivhlch to be Thus he not at extent, the men, nut arrogance excelling their own ul the niagonisni of the western i-noe himself against the spoke K.'iglish very welt, and was of the . missiona'-i'-s by dressed In a suit of broadcloth, willi'ti i in kindness toward a nail- of line shoe . With absolute ! coiiiiti'.vi l. establishing , ,,l il i- I,,. n, I, ,1 liis ':, ml.- time n balance Of POWel' " irtliuates to do no work unless all were engaged. This was I lie practi--al working of the head chief sys- ! til of 1-lll.iah White turned agaio.t he Amel h nils. The lali ness of the season wheal same tweer t woe i I: lllld be- vni hts .Pickles lie t revellers arrived, the lost of November, with the dit Tielilt y of ihcltcrlng so many in a new coun 1 1 , render! tl il impossible for a lllilj.irily to select land lor settle ment la-fore spring. Those wiio had menus hough! the nee. s aties of life of the Hudson's l,!ay company; those who bad nothing left, and who could 'iuil employni' nl, vv i nt to work. Many remained at Orcg.nl City, where a proof of their uiK-oiniucrahle vigor of brain as well as of muscle was afforded by tile founding of a eiieiilallng library I'l-oui the hooks which had been broui-.bt across tin- plains. j land Selection Made. itisli and American I and new colonists. l oo I Hard to Oct. ithslauiliiig the timely privations of the iinini. were great. IlilrnrU had slaleil l imi termed I ming lu l ! ants ; year s stock oclore me arrival or me annual supplies, lest -by the loss juf a I vessel there should be a dreath in the country for a long period. The wants! of the imigration of ISC) produced the j effect of a vessel's loss on the. corn- pnny's stoivs by exhausting the goods I on hand. j Why it was tnat none of the ininii- grants forsaw the circumstances in; which they were to be placed, is a I question that has never been answer- ed. T think, however, that It is lies- j sible to solve it. None of them real- i ied the distance of the Willamette j Valley beyond the Kocky Mountains. As Edwards wrote to liucon, many I imagined that all they had to do after i reaching the Snake lliv. r was to em h:trk upon its waters and float down to (lie mouth of lite Columbia. In stead of litis, they found a stream im practicable for navigation, and bor dered with s.-inil, rock and artemisia for hundreds of miles. It was owing to the excellence and abundance of their appointments that they accom plished their journey to the Columbia in such good lime and with so little loss. Hud Kxaasernted Ideas From ihe repented statements made in congress of the facilities for com merce of tin- mouth of the Columbia. ;i!id of the no'iml trade carried on by the Hudson's Hay company, they hail Bon l, mil mi WORCESTER CORSETS with their form-beautifying lines and kid-glovelike-fit. The materials are durable, meaning wear; the bon ing is flexible, insuring comfortable support; and the diversity of models enables you to secure YOUR style in any height or length. If you favor athletics, there is a supple model exactly suited to your needs. KNIilETONS GREATEST DEPART.HrAT STORt fioVeoples Warehouses, Waldo drove hills soul hea t his name, and vvrlhout ieh,y. g 1 1 lie west bank i p I'osilc the old spring selected S half below Sali g I Nosniit h. after i lime til i iregon ds cnllli .1' Sab-ln mail.' : Kaiser r the Wilhimetli mi-si. in: bid in ll)i iulo I he which bear settlement wintered on op 1 hi- tie first two years his lar.l- .lv iwrc often without meat lor 'weeks at a time. and sometimes 'win. out bread, while occusi,.nal!y l.otli were vril'ting at I he same time. Miik and nolaloes, with but ter, mode a satisfying diet, though j lit happened mure than once I hat i even 1 hi se were absent. lianie was scan e and poor. 111! the winter wild fowl were numerous, i ' ill the lakes and bayous t.) which j tin y rt soiled were distant and lil'-j lictllt in' approach, and the solders I si'iiii h lu lled not I,, depend on either j v.itd g-ntie or wild fruit. Had Ihev ','ive.l tin it- lime lo procuring thee j .-oipniies. tle-v could have done nollt- i ing else. The sudden a rcession of i popuhilnui lllld raised tile pti'-e o:' iloii" lo I'i'in- cents a pound, pol l: to t n cent: , anil otln-r crliclrs in pi-o- i exaggerated ideas of the amount of prodticiions. and the gener al rapacity of the country. For the rest, they were idealists, "en of des t'ny" they h id been called, who had i the same faith that all -would be right J with them in i iregon which Ihe re ; ligiiinist feels that ho will wake ii heaven when he sleeps in death. Or t l ight, it would he the I all not long. When spring came with British for company; in j sunny skies and balmy air, they for- pull if all was n fault of the which case they would pull . down Vancouver aiioul tile ears of its yen era hie factor and help themselves. Tho stale of disappointment and lisconient which followed the first introduction to the new life was after got the sorrows of the winter, ,nnd yielded contentedly to the witchery ot fresh scenes and the pleasure of new beginnings, liy autumn they were set tled, and had already become well in corporated with the old colony. claim a mile r.t. The l-'ord remaining a Cilv. seltl'd n and a ' and short that Jc have been the standard cf the great Ncrthwest for the pa3t twenty-five years Like the Pendleton Round-Up thry are recog nized as the leaders in their clars. From a small beginning in cne little plant with one salesman, to an inrtitutirn opcrat:ni three factories with twelve traveling .nen, this busi ness has grown to be the largest cf its kind in the Northwest. Knight's Pickles, Vinegar, Catsup and other similar gocds are sold in all parts of Oregon, Washington and in Idaho. Payrolls arc what we need. And while the pay roll of this firm is nc small item in the tpbuild ing of our Northwest, the return to the grower for products bought from our farms is still greater. Cucumbers, apple;, cabbage, tomatoes and oth er products make up a total of thousands cf dollars spent every year. Quality has made this great business: And quality keeps it growing. KNIGHT PACKING COMPANY Portland, Oregon. Iiiirliiin ol Hie Yamhill district vv liieh eolislitllles the present county al 'oik. Mi l l, self led in Saleui ami boin;hl the mission mills at that place: Newell mi a plain near Sab-ln. later known ai Howill's I'ralrie. The Applcgates wintered nt the old mis. sse A ppleg.ll.' being il o. nrveving bnlli .it Heleni ami pi lug t he I hi -ee ns ill Yaiuhii: 11. a r I he present . if,. Alhev was eiiip!o,,l in i!e mill of the mi'tln.',- eoinpanv ml linallv I, lull a i in lb. ma n ut i .. . I" in I , trad, a 2 ' "' j-; district, 31 I 'alias. HvE j l hull ing i i.lt Ur. :; H ! h.'U-e a gnu Cilv. In the Pened ' 1 .1 : rol-,1 Into ec 111' w as dor ii,l.;- lip. elloUL;!! I mi. -I. 1,1. In was Hate ui suit of the hoi soilri w ol hers V '.till II I I o that to Applet moved to i tore of dii, IV children, C illic i the mallei Ih" s.i no uns t hi iif dresse pun hard was it t i . w it hout going j Indian who had j s house to beg e his ow n slen- j , eiiison w it Ii t he j rrohtfitt. KLIN SEDAN 285Q FRAN It- ell i 'in. lid . Il:;.le I HI lilt lit e, ma er. III:,. Id.,, nf I hi ' 'it.v . to tale lo and so i- in. ii. 'f b 'Ot- W In. Il I III ee i: I 1 1. Ha tin- .1 w.l" ol nu lib ii a . nt 111, Ii. Ieg.il If bill ' on nt t h. Haw I" ; In, i hail,- I'eltvgi pre nl American st.r I.i'.e s on. thla l'"r the tiling usual demand stock ill these vniatiiig'r. v e. alt iiong I tile ib.nl! i;. w gold lie ui i I'M "ill h. I II I HI 111. I slate found I llrll Ileal 5S' The I ."linn. 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None I'i'li.p'inv k. pt ; erai luerchali'li r.'is'on ail I e i d w il ti goods , w bite from t!-, re: t c.iil 1 but Hi, :.-ti. Il s w ere , p.i ' '-tot s ( vi h.v. t disco-it VOtt',ii'g ..nl t."i aul si U else I 'IV '' i-'-t-i ! is.. - r ' i "i:'e it- The Finest Sedan We Erer Built At the Lowest Price Selling, along with the other Franklin models, at a rate never before equalled in 20 years of success. An enclosed car for all-round family use which will out-dista;ice any other make of either enclosed or open car on the road. a- p. W.lll'l Touririf Car JtOSO Demi-Coupe Z0C egulaiiiin- n sir, 1 Touring -Limousine $M5C Runabout Si 900 P.ii-Srdn $2:50 Coup $2753 Brougham S27SC Ml pricei f. o. b. Srracuse) cn- to lh i'W e. Mum. ' g. in i: pu ll. lii.ii.lt ii..!i ii. .' 1 1 ri . .i.'' 'H'i'i ' i 'I ' ' ' '' ' " ' i .iiii..: l.i . I .:.,...,. .1, . ii- H'iri.M i'liin , i'i'iiiii!ft"t,i I'll. '.Ill Uililil iMiial'b.i u ' in n;.i;.'. ' "I -'-"ion ,i ,a!..i i-'-'i" v. .".,.,,1 , ' ' 1 o ,ir .in.1,,,1, i' v ..in c :, rt ,,ir ,,r ,n II T I., . I ,., , X) , jM ..sin nl:, , l;,iIhir , f t.iitvici: rne'ecici.t!. vlth 1 1, Noe. M.,,.v 1-. Urcr ,.,.,, J hi to fet-j :hcm j 4 SJ, PENDLETOA ALTO CO. Established 1907 PENDLETON. OREGON ' Vhj'K. ulj Hi' f th. Ii::ir.c
