Monday, July 12, 1954
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
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Pase 10 SECTION H
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Tenderfoot Early Writer
About Willamette Vail ey
By BEN MAXWELL
Scmctim during 10S1 a ten-; money, r.d
aerioot trom ine east, reportin;
his observations lor Harper's
. New Monthly Magazine for May,
. 1882, visited this region and sub
mitted a contribution "In The
Wahlamet Volley of Oregon."
Seventy years ago railroad
companies and other interests
were actively engaged in promot
ing advantages of the West, par
ticularly the Willamette valley
of Oregon, among a potential
immigration on the East coast
and in Europe. The anonymous
. contribution in Harpers was pre
pared for intellectual readers
who had also developed a curi
osity about the region.
Oregon & California railroad
. then reached 'only to Roscburg
but the contributor urged all vis-
ftnra nnt In mid ihta tr(n "fnt
' few regions are fairer, and the
oomosuc scenes that intermingle
with nature's unchanged grand
eur are doubly interesting to eyes
weary with the utter wilderness
encountered in coming from the
East"
1 Over 20 miles of travel south
ward from Pnrflnnri hA nMi.t
mat easily accessible forests had
already been despoiled of all
likely trees and only one saw.
mill was to be seen along the
railway. ..
Donation land claim act of
1850, Harper's correspondent be
lieved, operated for both good
ana evil. The good, he thought,
jay in me impetus it gave to im
migration; the evil in the fact
mat where choice land lav in
small areas it placed too much
in single hands. Aggravating this
situation was the nature and
cnaracler of the early immieranfs
settling upon these desirable
lands.
"The people who came, took up
. jana, ana settled, were, as a rule,
an extremely poor class of vaga
bond farmers from the border
orates, tne rtke County region of
jnmguun ana me lowlands of the
unio river and Arkansas furnish
ing the majority. They were poor
" 'a me sense or. Having little
last Salem Has
Many Visitors
EAST KAT.F.M Ponta!.. TV,-
aid M. Townsend nf X7K ihr
Ave. in the air force reserve, has
reponea at unanati Air Base near
RBntOul. III. fnr twn urnalre eMitta
duty. His family accompanied him
east and will visit with her mo
ther and other members of the
family at Newman, HI.
Returning, they will visit Yel
lowstone Park, Grand Coulee dam
and other points.
Weekend guests at the George
Maske home on Monroe ave. were
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Rahtr of Eddyville; with Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Schmidt and children
Larry and Shirley.
Guests at the .Henry Hanson'
home were Mr. and Mrs. Art Tjon
ana Mrs. tjryee f ry with Mrs.
Twilla Blessing of Twin Falls,
Idnho.
Mrs. Stuart Johns entertained
Wednesday for two new neighbors
on Monroe ave. Mrs. George Mros
kack and Mrs. Robert Everest,
who have bought the Glenn Moody
homes.
Other guests were Mrs. Ray
Fisher, Mrs. Paul Gilmer, Mrs.
Loran Richey, Mrs. Henry Han
eon, Mrs. George Maske, Mrs
Donald Townsend and Mrs. Bryce
Fry of Twin Falls. Other weekend
guests in the home were Mr. and
Mrs, Julius Hockhold of Eugene.
Guests in the Johns home for a
family dinner honoring Mr. and
Mrs. Al Boaroman, George, Mark
and Mary Ann from San Mateo.
Calif, were Mr. and Mrs. George
French: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gold.
ade, Mrs. Wilfred Wilier, Fred,
Dorotny ana reiui.
South Salem Junior
Riders Hold Meeting
SOUTH SALEM Richard Mc-
Killop and Micheal McKillcp
were nosi to tne south Salem
Junior Saddle Cluh Saturday at
weir jwoeny Jtoan nomc.
Mitchell Murdoek rnmlndnd
business meeting following the
group's drill in their field on W.
Browning Ave.
The club .accepted an Invita
tion to ride in the parade at the
Koizor Carnival days scheduled
for Saturday, July 31.
Plans were made for the group
horse show, date tentatively set
late August.
Elected on events committee
were Bonnie Jean Kurth, Clay
ton Stcinke, Karla Anderson and
Gerald Kurth. Grounds commit
tee, Micheal McKillop, Mitchell
Murdock, Clark Jackson, and
Lynne Hammcrstnd.
Junior Saddle Club were
awarded trophy and blue ribbon
Monday at St. Paul Rodeo for
participation in the parade and
grand entry.
Guests were Mrs. Holly jncit.
son and Ralph, Mrs. Clavton
Stelnkc, and Mrs. Louis Kurth.
fill finlnlpctrwpc
added to their thriftless habits,
mode their possession of the best
land in valleys a misfortune to
the state."
But Harper's writer goes on to
say that this enterprising class
of farmers, locally spoken of as
"the old Oregonians" had de
clined in influence and then was
represented by the loungers in
the community. Even their chil
dren had lost their drawl of
speech and action.
Of Jill rrrr.-lT trrnum In fhrt TVil.
lamctte valley 70 odd years ago
the reporter saw little but wheat
This, he learned, was first sown
on French Prairie in Marion
Countv in 1R31 and (hp nmo
field, in 1879, produced 35 bush-'
els to the acre. Vallev wheat ho
learned produces a plump, full
berry" from which flour of un
common whiteness was made. In
the English market it mmnftnrl.
ed a premium of from 3 to 5
cents over the best produced in
California.
ManV Varlffff tf Uhanf urns
in cultivation, the old white win
ter Wheat, nrluinallv inti-nfnAarl
bv the HtirlRnn Rnv Mmninii Via
ins tAuciiffii in quality and re
taining its hold on popular favor.
Other vayieties included white
velvet. Chili riuh T.im- rink
and Australian. Owinir a nm
summers in this locality export
ed wneat was nnt nffwtnrt h
the long sea Vovaee to Great
UN tain or tha rimiM nuccqon
ujrougn me tropics, .
Finally fhf -r-c,,l,,
the tate UnlVflrfflfv hntiearl m .
$50,000 huildlnP"fnr - ,.,
ful, I hope, than It is attractive to
wie eye.
luuiiu. was linn- muitm h
cat TO J JJS in tfifl -fnffl hnlno ho-a
He reffiWfpl iw .....J
,.,uv ib iiinu . wub
not nampri rhamoi-a
- w..b..ti.nbba oiiu llicif
tlOnS that Qalom nJ T T J
nave aoout as much character in
respect to nnmta a thntmu u..
, . - . " UICY
. -v kwvu -n. aim
a. -
Hamer's hontan unlfAn -.am.
. . ..- - -' ".i.e. fl'KlCL
ted that old nefiiorc ..j ,...
. - - Him lllvil
suns wprff intnini--,. t i ,l.
- ....wuqui iuwdm me
inuian ana never spoke of the
aoongine except as a "damned
Injun and never KnnM ..-.
to be "good" until dead.
ine man who asserts th
mans humanity and immortal
worth in the eyes of his and our
Creator goes flatly against the
uiumy ana practice of this class,
and must expect the same treat
ment as martyrs to other unpal
atable truths have received "
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tyne is now home and is able to
have visitirs. He resides at 4910
il0, let Road- and was taken to
the Salem Memnrinl iv.m;i
May 30 after heart attack. He was
released from the hospital Wed
nesday. Mrs Knm . T u1
daughter of the Ballantynes, flew
hnra ftv.m TJUll-Jii:
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" pena uio summer end
be near her fatlicr. Accompany
ing her was her daughter, Cathy.
mi. iiuiiimn pians to loin her
later.
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Barber Shop, and his family are
leaving for a vacation and camp
ing trip which will be spent in the
state park recently opened near
iiiiaiiiuoK.
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Was called in Mr Ant.nl Tl,,,-,(
niglit by Oie serious illness of her
iiuuier, mrs. uora Mohring.
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oVlnolr In ifoa twiminif n.
mlss at 11:30. Assisting Mrs. Ro-
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wm oe zo women ol the church,
and several teenagers.
surprise guests at the P. O.
i-aytons, 689 Cnurchdale last
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ana Mrs. Ezra Berg, of San Dingo.
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"to nomo oi nor suiier, Mrs. Fred
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for 1 1 fow days. Mrs. Rcinwald
and Mrs. Siemens went to Fort
land to visit their brother, Lsslio
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ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Ijfky
1045 Maine Avenue, on WedncJuUiv
evening. The partj ; waa giveri
Limlas cousin. Chervl ai.
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