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Hom er Foster S trik e s Pavement Well Known Moscow Lady M ar
and Fractu res H is Skull
ried at Portland to Montana
T uesday Night.
Man.
Tuesday Homer Foster was
The following taken from an
out in the Mill creek country Idaho paper will be of interest
buying goats. He was late get to many of our readers. The
ting home, and did not arrive in happy bride was born and rear
town until about 10 o’clock. He ed near Smithfield, bomg a
stopped at the feed barn to see daughter of Hon. C. G. Fisher,
his brother and then came on up one of Polk’s early thru law
Main street, making the turn at makers. Her maiden name was
Court street to go to the Collins! Linnie Olive Fisher:
barn. At the Corner by Stai-
"Announcement is made of
rin’s drug store his horse slipped j the marriage at Portland re
on the pavement and he was | cently of Mrs. Olive L. Jolly, of
thrown,striking on his forehead, this city, and O. P. Christiansen,
tearing away a goodly portion of Flathead, Montana. Mrs.
of the flesh from his face and Cristiansen is well and favor
since lain in a comatose state ably known in Moscow, having
and the doctors hold out no resided here many years, and
hope for his recovery, death be she is now receiving congratu
ing expected any moment. Mr. lations from her muny friends.
Foster is the oldest son of Mr. The bride and groom have re
and Mrs. John Foster, of Salt turned to Moscow and will re
Creek, and was one of the rising main here buring the winter,
young business men of the city. after which they will go to Mon
j T W E N T Y - S IX Y E A R S AGO.
tana, where they have property.
The following account of the
M A R T H A J. S M IT H .
Taken From the Files of the
wedding appeared in a Portland
Item izer of Saturday,
newspaper:
November 19, 1887.
Martha J. Lewis was born in
‘ “The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Kentucky in 1835, and crossed E. R. Applegate, 500 East Twen
the
plains
with
her
parents
when
ty-fourth street North, was the
There was a great rush on for
the lieu lands of the Northern only tne years of age. The fam scene of a lovely wedding last
Pacific land grant, which had ily setled on the Luckiamute, in Sunday evening, when Mrs.
been thrown open for settle the south part of Polk County, Olive Jolly, of Moscow, Idaho,
where she resided until her was married to O. P. Christian
ment on' November 10th.
death.
In 1850 she was married sen, of Flathead county, Mon-
Johnny Richardson went to
California on a search for work. to J. H. Smith, settling on a tn” a the Rev. John H. Boyd of
Morris Jones got back from homestead near by, where their ficiating. The bride was dressed
large family of five boys and two in an ivory satin gown with
his trip to the eastern states.
girls were born and raised. The heavily beaded chiffon draping,
It was reported that the
Southern Pacific had purchased family of boys and girls survive ornamented with rhinestones.
the whole Narrow Guage sys her, and are as follows: H. S.. She was attended by her charm
Frank,Clifton,Layton and Oliver, ing little nieces, Viola La France
tem.
of
Independence; Mrs. Mary and Alice Eulalee Applegate, as
Frank Rigler, formerly county
school superintendent of Polk Rush, of Boise. Idaho, and Jane flower girls. The decorations
were in white carnations. Mrs.
county, was arrested for brutal Brown, of Portland.
There are few women more Christiansen is one of those wo
ly whipping one of his Portland
highly respected in their com men so typical of the northwest.
pupils.
munities than was Mrs. Smith. Within eight years, by her own
George Good, a former editor
Being one of the earliest pio unsided effort, through home
of the Itemizer, was to start a
neers
of the country, she was steading and purchase, she has
drug store at Salem.
familiar with all the privations come to possess a 360-acre
Mark Embree Had gone to and sacrifices of the time, and
acre ranch and two timber
make his future home in Har her kindly sympathy and practi- i
claims, which represent a hand
ney valley.
cal help, which she was always some fortune. As a rancher she
Ralph Williams was appointed ready to render, will :nake her | raised blooded Hambletonian
janitor of the new city hall, to memory long revered in that J and English C / h horse stock.
receive $1 for each night actual community.
She is handy with the rifle and
ly employed.
Many years ago she united has a record as a sportsman,
Emma Bailey and Aaron Til- | with £he Christian church, re numbering among her trophies
lery were married near Bethel maining a consistent member deer and mountain sheep. Mr.
until her death.
by Rev. Doty.
and Mrs. Christiansen will make
About three months ago she their home on hi» cattle ranch
Ella Wise and D. L. Keyt were
married at the residence of the suffered a stroke of paralysis and at Camas, Mont.’ ”
was taken to a hospital In Port
bride’s parents, near Westn.
Sew ing Party.
Ora L. Palmer and H. B. Cos- land, where she passed away,
The members of Dr. McNicols’
per were married at the resi on Thursday, November 6th.
dence of the bride’s parents, in Funeral services were held in Sunday school class met with
the family burying ground, near Miss Abby Walker at the home
Salem, by Rev. J. W. Webb.
the old home, on Saturday, Nov. of her aunt, Mrs. Conrad Staf-
Emma Butler and W. M. Davis
8th, conducted by Dr. H. Chas. rin, Tuesday night to sew for the
were maried at Oregon City.
Dunsmore, of Calvary church, Methodist Sunday school ba
It was proposed to celebrate ! and her body laid to rest in the zaar, which will be held soon.
Thanksgiving day by a program place around which her long
Alter an hour or so spent in sew
at the city hall.
and useful life has been spent. ing, a most delicious lunch was
A. E. Nichols brought in a The large attendance of friends served by the hostess, consisting
Peerless potato that weighed and neighbors at the funeral of nut bread and cider and baked
services attested the high re apples and whipped cream, with
over five pounds.
spect in which she was held. The cake and coffee. The members
bereaved sons and daughters present were: Mrs. W. H. Bor-
AN O LD D IA R Y .
have the sympathy of all their torff, Mrs. Gordon Black, Mrs.
friends.— Independence Monitor. I. N. Cole, Mrs. N. L. Guy, Mrs.
Green Cam pbell Show s Father's
bred Elliott, Mrs. Mabel Guy,
Record of the Plains Across. .
Drowned in the Siletz.
Mrs. Lydia Evans, Misses Georg-
While Charley Mayes was in ana Fiske, Ada Longnecker,
The other day Green Campbell company with a companion ura Collins, Frances Dempsey,
brought us in an old diary, bat packing suplies into the claims Ettie Brown, Abbie Miller. Oth
tered and worn by the ravages on the Siletz, in crossing a ers besides the class present
of time as to the cover, yet the ! swinging' bridge across the were Mis. Sta.rin, Misses Flor
writing therein was perfectly north fork of that stream, he ence Walker, Vera Wagner, Cleo
legible and easily read. The i was precipated into the turbu Buy, Ruby and Mildred Stalrin,
diary is a chronicle of events, In lent and swift water and before Allan lioitorff.
i an abreviated way, that happen- i his companion could render any
ed from the time his fath-1 assistance swept to his death.
G O L D E N W ED D IN G .
er and his family started! Owing to conditions, the body
from Iowa on March 14, 1853, has not yet been recovered.
until they arrived in Oregon. In “Shorty” Mayes had been a Another Couple Celebiate Half
Century ot Married Life.
fact, for several years there resident of Falls City and was
after it was used as a memo- ' well knowH to all who make *ho
J. L. Morrison and wile, of
randum book. The train vir Siletz on fishing excursions.
Rocca, celebrated the 50th an
tually started from Council
niversary o. their marriage on
’.luffs, where a week was spent
Tuesday, November 18th. A
Announcement.
in outfitting, and the author of
large number oi mends and rel
All those desiring portraits for atives were present to help cele
the diary, Jas. G. Campbell, was
in charge until the train consol Holiday time are urged to make brate the occasion. Mr. and Mrs.
idated with another one under a arrangements for a sitting at Morrison received many useful
man who had made the trip be once. . Last season I had more tiits and everyone enjoyed one
fore. The record in the diary work than I could do. and in the i oi those Do until ul repasts lor
has most to do with the number meantime my business has near I which the Morrison home is fa-
of miles traveled each day, and ly doubled. In order to insure
other details. Green Campbell first class work I shall make no
This aged couple are pioneer
says that happenings of that more sittings than I can fiiusn in | residents of Oregon. Mr. Mor-
trip are the brightest things in the best manner.
I rison was bom in Alabama in
his memory, one thing standing
Nothing makes so desirable a ; 1837 and came 1o Oregon in
out clearly, that from the time Christmas gift as a fine portrait; ' 1853. Mis. Morrison, who was
they left Council Buffs until it is appreciated for oiany years.
.la;ah J. Glenn, was bom in
they arrived at The Dalles they It is also the most economical,
| Iowa hi 1848, and came with her
ran across no white habitation but requires, however, a little | parents to Oregon In 1861. They
of any kind. To contrast these time and a great deal of atten
I were married at La Grande Nov.
times with now, when all that tion, so order now.
1 18, 1863, and came to western
country through which they
I have recently added equip Oregon, where they have since
passed is thickly settled up, ment which makes my studio
continuously resided— 15 years
seems wonderful.
one of best equipped in the state. in Douglas county, several years
I have a large stock of the latest at Newport and other places and
and finest mountings, yet my 18 years In their present home.
Speaks for Itself.
prices will be no higher than be They are loved by all their
Please discontinue my ad.
fore.
friends and highly respected by
sheep for sale, as they are all
And finally, remember that If all who know them, and all join
sold. The Itemizer certainly
my efforts do not please you it in wishing them many happy re
brings the purchaser, if the
will cost you nothing.
turns of their wedding anniver
goods and the price are right.—
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C. B. STOVE.
sary.
, C. D. Nairn. Bailston.
Phone 524. tf Photographer.
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Old Diary of Events While Coming the Plains Across in
'53 - - - - Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.
Native Polk Daughter Made Fortune in Idaho Land
We w ant to impress upon the good people of Dallas an;.'
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P A S S IN G O F P IO N E E R .
PA SSES.
Old Inhabitant of Independence
Goes to Long Rew ard.
Part of the Address of Rev.
H un saker at the Residence
in Buell, Polk County.
John R. Richardson, Sr., of
this city, passed to his reward
Tuesday morning at hi3 home
on Monmouth street, i fter an
illness of nearfy eight weeks
caused by a paralytic stroke.
The funeral services wc re held
at the Christian church Thurs
day afternoon, Peter R. Turnett
delivering the discourse , Rev.
Sandifur the invocation ind Mr.
Crow in charge of the n usic. It
was one of the most in presive
services ever given any citizen
of Independence. Intern; ent was
in the K. of P. cemetery ; outh of
Monmouth.
Mr. Richardson was >orn in
Iowa February 28, 184: , from
where he moved to Quincy, 111.,
while a babe. At the age of nine
years he was brought by his
people across the plains arriv
ing in Oregon late in the fall
of 1852. The family settled
near Monroe. From this place
they moved to Bethel, wh ere Mr.
Richardson maried Ma: tha C.
Phillips, of Zena, July 1", 1869
To this union was born five chil
dren. four of whom still survive
their beloved father. He, with
his wife and family settled in
Independence in 1872, and have
lived here ever since.
He is survived by his wife and
one sister, aside from the four
children, who are John R., Jr.,
and Charles, of this city, Frank,
and Mrs. Rose McGrath, of Port
land.— Independence Monitor.
John Miles Davis was born at
Little Gumwater, near the city
of Baltimore, Md„
November
27, 1830, and died November 9,
1913, at 6:30 a.m., aged 82 years,
11 months and 13 days. At the
age of six years he emigrated
with his parents to Mercer coun
ty, Ohio, and soon alter that to
Jay county, Indiana. At this
place he grew to young man
hood and was married Septem
ber 16, 1852, to Vironicy Hunt.
Two years later they emigrated
grated to Page county, Iowa.
In the year 1864 they came to
Oregon and settled near Ball3-
ton and two years later he set
tled on the John Eldridge home
stead at Bueil, Polk county,
where he spent the remainder of
his life.
To this couple were born ten
children, five sous and five
daughters, four of whom are
now living: Mrs. Elizabeth Por
ter, of Roqeburg, Oregon'; Mrs.
Jamima Conner, of San Jose,
California: Francis Davis, of i<os
Angeles, California, and Mrs.
Surviving
him, besides the
above-ifnmed are his dented
wife, 11 grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
He has been a member of the
A. F. & A. M. for more than 40
years, in which he had great
pleasure until age compelled
him to cease his regular attend
ance at the meetings of the
order.
He was a good neighbor and
endeared hiself to those who
came in close touch with him.
He was a loving father and the
children show their devotion to
him by traveling many hundreds
ot‘ miles and all being with him
on this occasion.He was also a
devoted husband and mindful of
the comforts of her who has
shared with him those joys and
sorrows.
The passing of Mr. Datis
closes a long and active career
of one of the very few pioneers
who immigrated with ox-team
from ocean to ocean— Balti
more, Md., to Portland, Ore.,—
successfully
overcoming the
numerous attending dangers
during those early days of real
republic builders.
C . B. Olsen Buried Sunday.
The funeral of Conrad B.
Olsen, the former foreman of
the Itemizer, who died sudden
ly last week, occurred Sunday
afternoon from the United Evan
gelical church in Salem, con
ducted by the pastor, Rev. A A.
Winter, assisted by Dean D. M.
Metzger, of Dallas College. In-
ternr/it was in the Odd Fellows
cemetery in that city. Tiie
pallbearers were from the Salem
Typographical Union, of which
deceased was a member. Those
from this city who attended the
funeral were Mrs. V. P. Ffske
and Miss Roxanna Fiske, Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Boyd and Mrs.
Bert Felton.
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A n d hare and th ere and round about
U n til I lost m y eoneoe.
The fa rm e r's sh arpening an axt
T h e ch ildren talk o f ••dressing.*
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W ith ou t an explanation.
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