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THE REND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON
Tuesday; February 21,-1950
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THE BEND
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CORRECTING THE
Now and again when we have mentioned Peter Skene Og-
den in this column we have spoken ol him as tne lirst man 10
make a recorded trip up the Deschutes river into central Ore
gon and the first white man to cross the Laseacie mountains.
We want to make a correction.
Peter Skene Ogden, let us say for the benefit of interested
new comers, was an important figure in the activities of the
Hudson's Bay company in the Oregon country and the Pacific
northwest. His important first appearance with the company
was as the leader of trapping expeditions. On the first of
these, in 1824-25, he headed a party that worked streams in
northern Idaho, western Montana and in Utah down as far
as the Great Salt Lake. Ogden, Utah, is named for him.
The next expedition was in 1825-26 when he came up the
Deschutes from the Columbia, up Crooked river and over into
eastern Oregon.
What is known of that trapping party and undertaking is
contained in the copy of Ogden's journal secured by Miss
Agnes C. Laut in 1905 from the original in the Hudson's Bay
company archives in London and printed in the quarterly of
the Oregon historical society in December, 1909.
From this journal it appears th'at Ogden made his start
from Fort Walla Walla on November 21, 1824. Ihe entry lor
November 25 speaks of "the road ... to Mr. McDonald's
camp" and a footnote identifies "Mr. McDonald" as Finan
McDonald. The journal in the quarterly was edited by the
late T. C. Elliott and in his introduction Mr. Elliott wrote,
"From the entry on Nov. 25 it is seen that Dr. McLoughlin
had selected in advance the route for the . . . expedition and
had sent ahead toward the headwaters of the Deschutes a par
ty under Finan McDonald and Thos. McKay.
Ogden met McDonald on December 9 on the Deschutes
south of the hot springs and the journal from that date tells
of the hardships endured, the difficulties experienced and the
furs taken until the season ended in the early summer of 1826
with the party over in eastern Oregon. Thence the trappers
went up to Fort Walla Walla with the furs while Ogden, ac
cording to the journal and an Elliott footnote, turned back
west and crossed the mountains to the Willamette.
Here now for the correction.
Elliott's impression that Finan McDonald had preceded
Ogden up the Deschutes was mistaken. McDonald had gotten
to the spot on the Deschutes where Ogden found him on De
cember 9 not by ascending the Deschutes but by crossing the
mountains from the Willamette. There seems to be no record
of the crossing but, also, no doubt that it was made.
The evidence is found in a letter 'from Dr. McLoughlin to
Ogden included in the volume, "McLoughlin's Fort Vancouver
Letters First Series 1825-i!8" published by the Hudson's
Bay Company Record Society. The letter was written from
Fort Vancouver and dated 20th June 1825. It was intended to
be received by Ogden on his return from the expedition into
the Salt Lake country and to instruct him as to certain phases
of his next expedition. The hunting groun that he was to
seek had, obviously, already been agreed-upon.
Here is the letter and the evidence that Finan McDonald,
when Ogden found him, had gotten to the spot by crossing
the Cascades :
We have made out your Outfit lor the Snakes on the
same scale as last Year with the additional Articles you
require, and It is to be left at Walla Walla untlll Intelligence
Is received from you. However should you be able to come
here by the Willamette we have wherewith yet in store to
supply all your demands It Is unfortunate you did not fol
low up the plan settled on last fall, but as this was nut in
your power it is useless to speak of it now; the great Incon
venience attending this change is that we do not know where
we ought at once send your supplies and this may prevent
your men reaching tneir miming ground in duo Season to
hunt Beaver. I send you all the provisions we can put in the
Boats. Xour own Judgment will point out the necessity of
loseing no time in taking back your parly to their Hunting
ground. You will be aware the Vessel will leave this for
England about 20th August and I mention this that in case
you come by Walla Walla you may be able to Judge when
there whether you can be down in time to Ship the furs for
England. But in doing this you ought to take in consideration
that you ought not to come here if it prevents your returning
in due time to your hunting ground. Your knowledge of the
country will enable you to direct your course better than I
can advise I can only say 11 Is expected you will so (ar
range) your plans that you bring your Kurs next year to this
place in time to Ship them to market. If you think their is an
Impossibility for so doing or that it will prevent your hunt
ing you must point out where we are to send your supplies
so as we may tif possible) cooperate with your views with
out sacrificing any important object or Exposing you (if
your demands are in our power) to any disappointment It
is Intended Mr. Finan McDonald will leave this about the
5th July Accompanied by twenty six men. They are Ex
pected to hunt in a tract of country East of the Willamette
they are to cross over the Mountains leaving the Willamette
on the West and proceed then as far south as they can -the
Mountains can be crossed from the Middle of June to the
Middle of October -the Party are expecled out in June next.
If the Gentlemen at Spokane receive certain informa
tion of your Intending to come out at the Flat Heads they
are directed Immediately to forward your Supplies twllh the
assistance Mr. Dease can give) to that place - You will have
the Goodness to write me lully all your plans and views and
let me know every thing of Importance that has occurred
or been seen by you on your Expedition,
So it was Finan McDonald and not Ogden who first crossed
the Cascades sit least, so far as we now know. Wo wonder
what route, he followed.
Others Say
DESTROYING NATURE'S
BALANCE
(Salem Capitol Journal
Central Oregon ranchers are
bitterly complainine of the rav
ages of rabiiils, rats, gophers, J
field mice and squirrels caused i
by the destruction at their own
request of the coyotes by the
wild lite service by their new and
most elfeclive poison, known as
1080 of "atomic propensity."
Because an occasional calf or
lamb falls prey to the coyote, the
campaign of extermination has
been most effective in destroying
the balance of nature. There are
no coyotes lell, consequently no
check Uion the rodents, which
liavcmultiplied enormously and
uie ayiicimg many times me
damage that the coyote lor whom
they uie the plincipal loud.
Charles W. Trachsel of lied
mond voices the rancher's dis
gust in the Orcgonian us fol
lows: "Several hundred rabbits work
ing on a stack of aifnila hay can
do a lot of damage, csiiecialty
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OREGON PRESS
The Bend Bulletin (Dally) Et 1916
One Year $10.00
six Months u.fv
One Month tl.oo
OGDEN RECORD
tons lighter because of rodent
activity last summer on the grow
ing alfalfa. Without the normal
control provided by coyotes our
present supply of rabbits can, and
very likely will, present a very
serious economic problem. This
problem also involves kangaroo
ruts, field mice, gophers and sev
eral squirrel species, all of which
are pronouncedly on the Increase.
Forage eaten by any of these ro
dents will jiot provide beefsteak,
lamb chops or woolen mittens."
The same complaint always fol
lows the poison destruction of
so-called predatory animals, In
cluding the puma or mountain
lion that keeps the deer healthy
by destroying occasionally the
weak or crippled and insuics the
sutviv.d of the fittest- as hiiv
old hinder will admit, of black
Dear,
the few remaining limber
Willi's as well as Ihe coyote, thus
deslioylng not only is one of the
chief wild lile attractions but Un
balance nalure established to reg
ulate life in the wilds.
Chipmunks are said to confine
the aieas over which they range
in search lor food to less than
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By Peter Edson
(NEA YYutdunitton Curresimmtcnt)
Washington (NEA) - Potato
politics now being played in
Washington are even rougner
than the proverbial peanut poli
tics. It will have cost the tax
payers half a billion dollars by
the time the last ol this years
potato crop is disposed of. And
the end is not yet.
President Truman holds con
gress to blame. Potato staje con
gressman say department of agri
culture is to blame. Secretary of
agriculture Charles F. Brannan
has now proposed to dump an
estimated 25,000,000 bushels to
save from $15,000,000 to $20,
000,000 In transportation charges
which he says the Core-Anderson,
farm bill does not authorize hlnV
to spend.
To get at the bottom of this
whole disgraceful chapter of bad
government and bad legislation,
it is only necessary to. go back
and look at the record. It begins
with the so-called Steagall amend
ment to tile 1042 farm bill. It pro
vided that for the war and two
years after, farm products on
which the government wanted in
creased production should be pro
tected by UO per cent of parity
price supports. Among these Slea
gall amendment crops was po
tatoes. For the 1942-15 potato crop, this
90 per cent price support cost the
government $-10,000,000. If the
thing had stopped there, it might
not have been so bad. But Presi
dent Truman did not declare the
emergency over till the end of
liMti. So potatoes had to be sup
ported through the 1!M8 crop
year.
On November 29. 1010. Secre
tary of agriculture Clinton B.
Anderson wrote the congressional
committee on agriculture, telling
them tins polalo problem was
coming up, and that the whole
question of price supports need
ed prompt consideration.
On February 2b IMS. Ander
son again wrote congress that
"unfortunately, no legal action
lias as yet 'been taken." But In
June, 1!HN. on the last day of
the session, the republican con
gress did pass the Hope-Aiken
farm hill. It authorized flexible
price supporki of from GO to 'JO
per cent of parity.
Secretary Anderson was elected
to the senate from New Mexico
that fall. Charles F. Brannan be
came secretary of agriculture.
November 17, l'.MS, Secretary
Brannan cut lill'l potato acreage
goals by 17 la per cent and cut
potato price supports to liO per
cent of parity.
This was the first step In the
right direction, though it was two
years late and it was inadequate.
Potato farmers began to plant
their rows closer together and
apply more fertilizer. This, plus
good potato weather, jumped the
yield from the average of 111
bushels an acre in 1928-39 to 211
bushels an acre in 1919.
In October, 1fi:i. Concress Hass
led the Core-Anderson farm bill.
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It kept potato price supports at
60-90 per cent of parity. But then
it made some technical changes
which complicated things all out
of whack.
Under the Hope-Aiken law, the
government had been authorized
to distribute surplus foods for
relief and school lunch programs.
The money to pay the freight
came in a provision which set
aside 30 per cent of the previous
year's customs receipts for sur
plus distribution. The Core - An
derson bill specified these cus
toms receipts should be used
"principally" for crops not under
price supports.
The Core-Anderson ' bill also
provided that freight costs on
potatoes given away for private
pcharlty or to convert into alcohol
must be paid for by the recipient.
Congress may not have intended
to slow down potato distribution
in that way, but that's what it
did.
But the public has had to pay
these sums twice over. It has
paid once in higher prices for
potatoes, which all potato grow
ers got.' And it paid a second time
In higher taxes to finance the
$5,000 average subsidy paid to the
20.000 commercial potato grow
ers who stayed within their acre
age allotments and accepted price
support payments.
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
Thirty Years Ago
(February 21, 1920)
Dean Convert and his mother,
Margaret Coovert, Portland, have
purchased the Cuering ranch in
the Alfalfa community for $35,
000. Dr. Anna Hies Finley, city phy
sician, lias -resigned, following a
difference of opinion with the city
council.
Construction of the Miner build
ing, on' Wall street near the Cen
tral Oregon bank, will get under
way In the near future.
Fred N. Wallace, manager of
the Tuinalo project, fears an
acute water shortage in Ihe dis
trict this year because of light
snow in the Cascades.
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By H B.
Feb. 21 One of the major dis
illusionments of my life came
when I was told, some 20 years
ago, that the story of George
Washington and the cherry tree
was more than likely the fabrica
tion of some Puritan's imagina
tion. Just so the story teaches a
moral, it "ain't necessarily true,"
in the words of a well-known spir
itual. I never had much truck with
Santa Claus or the Easter bunny,
but I always cherished the picture
of a little boy in knee pants, chop
ping d.own a handsome fruit tree
with his sharp new' hatchet, and
then admitting his guilt in a burst
of repentance.
The myth is as much a part of
Farmers Union
Opens Sessions
Salem, Feb. 21 (IB The Ore
gon state farmers union opened
its 40th annual convention here
today.
The Oregon farmers union co
operative association is meeting
at the same time.
James G. Patton, national farm
ers union president, is slated to
address the farmers Wednesday
night in Waller hall on the Wil
lamette university campus. Other
sessions of the three-day meeting
are being held In the Veterans of
Foreign Wars building.
The Oregon farmers union Jun
iors will hold election of officers
and annual business meeting at
4 p. m. today.
Patton also will address del
egates Wednesday morning. An
other speaker Wednesday will be
Gov. Douglas McKay.
Some 300 delegates and farm
ers union members are expected
to attend the meetings.
During the first .half of the
19th century, charcoal was used
in iron reduction" in blast furnaces.
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the American: Story as the Decla
ration of Independence, and it's
probably just as well. Aside from
the fact that it impresses small
try with the importance of hon
esty, it has established a tradition
that makes cherry desserts a
must for February 22. And that
is as it should be.
I have no objections to the
familiar cherry pies and cherry
tarts. In fact, I wish I had one
right now. But for something
very swank, if you have all day
to do it, try a black cherry mer
ingue. It makes a grand finale for
a dinner party, but makes any
occasion festive.
Rae Wilson Introduced me to
this dish, and it's her recipe that
I'm giving here. This amount
serves six, but you can multiply,
can't you? . '
ingredients lor tne meringue
are 4 egg whites, Vt teaspoon
cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon salt
and 1 cup sugar. Beat thi,. egg
Whites very stiff with cream of
tartar and salt, using an electric
mixer. Mixture should be very
dry. Add the sugar a tablespoon
at a time until tnorougmy mixea,
beating constantly. Cover a
cookie sheet with baking paper
or several thicknesses of tnin
brown paper. The meringue mix
ture is. to be melded in a large
ring (or individual rings if you
have the patience) and a circle
could be marked in pencil on the
paper, using a bowl for a pattern.
After the base of the meringue is
formed, pile remaining egg white
mixture on lightly, so the mer
ingue will be hollow. Preheat oven
to 250 degrees, and bake mer
ingue 1 hours. Turn off heat,
and leave in oven until complete
ly cold. Otherwise, it will be as
tempting as an old inner tube.
For filling, use one large can of
black cherries, pitted. Drain off
juice and measure. Heat' juice,
add cup of sugar, juice of a
lemon, a dash of salt and a tea
spoon of vanilla. Thicken with
cornstarch, using 1 tablespoon to
each cup of juice. When thick, re
move from heat and add 1 table
spoon rum flavoring. Chill thor
oughly. Place meringue on large
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