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fated h-ghway ton leading w it tbp'
Coast Boonta'ni from Bro'on coa a ty'
twworjr to tbo Parifif ocean n u t
bare bote tbo rod* roadway laid owe
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stored the fu n cn m lrllrg site c f Fort I
Look afUr
Hook ir* three yea n ago, he called*
• i'k statt*** la tima. W*
atti afina to Khardan'* rewlderve ia
*>•»* a a a a b * r W i i i M a r ^
this country and ii* part ia subdairg
Indiana and lo j.z g ibt foundations of
«MHgatina.
Tbc read across the
ur.tamed
stretch o f hill* ar#d mousta.r* from |
the fort to the Siletz agency was
ore of the most difficult, spectacular j
and helpful of these foundation
It
was the ftrrt road over the mown tains!
from K.r.g» Valley to the Siletz. The,
following account of the enterprise is !
contributed by Dr. Horr.tr from P hil1
Sher.daa’* biography.
"While directing the work at Fort!
1 / w * h a v e n 't g o t it
Hoskins I undertook to make a road
w e ‘3 g r tit- A h ut .
ross the Coast mountains from j
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~ I the he«] between the two points by j
a route I had explored. I knew there!
L * v * tn * n S e t* R e t t n en Atiaet.c. mtrt nr"*c > obstacit» .n the way. • ut
New York. — A atru a'*
bluest the gain would be great if we could!
»'«aw ship. tk* Lavlathan. established overcome them so 1 set to work with)
* Lew world's record (or west bom.o the enthusiasm o f a young pathfinder.:
“ The point at which the road was to'
ia visa lion between Cherbourg and
New York, arriving after a ran oi fire cross the rarge was rough and pre
lay*, setea boor* and twenty m:n- cipitous. but the principal difficu'ty in
Ste*. with an average howrly speed making it would be from the heavy 1
>f 24-17 knot*. This broke by thir- umber on the mountains that r a d ,
een minute* the previous record held been burred over years and years
before, until nothing was left but
>y the Cuakrder Mauretania.
limbless trunks o f dead t
firs:
snd pines—that had fallen from t.me j
One damage traveling on the heels to time until the ground was matted,
o f the late cold spell is many fields with hugh Jog* from five to eight fe e t!
o f kale which wers frozen down.
ia. diameter. These could not be
chopped with axes nor <awed by any
Mr. W m V * of Yakima, Washing
ordinary means: therefore we had to
ton s brother-in-law of 8. Hall day
bun. ir.cn into suitable lengths and
is in town and is looking for a lor*-
drag the section* to either side of the
t.on in this vicinity.
roadway with from four to six yoke
Manley Arant of Eugene was visit o f oxen.
ing at home this week.
“ The work wa* both tedious and
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laborious, hut in time perseverance
I- w Waller is under the weather
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surmounted al' obstacles ar.d the road
*hi* week which impose* double duty
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7 1 was finished, thougv it* grader were
on Mu* r.mma Kramer, the compa.-.y
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I very steep. A* soon as it wa* com-
K***>*f '
i pieted f w illed to demonstrate its
Mr*. Charles Atwater, experienced ' « !ue pra'tically. so I started a gov-
dress and coat maker, will do work of « f m * « t wagon over it loaded w.th
that kind at her home and asks the i about 1503 pounds of freight drawn
4 rt ) South* »>y
>"kc of ore-n, ard escorted by
patronage of the p u b ic.
a email detachment o f soldier*.
Monmouth Ave.
“ When it had gone about seven
milts the scrgrant in charge came
Now ¡ h the time, to have
bark to the post and reported his in
ability to get any further.
Going
your Hcreen-s made and
out to the scene o f difficulty I found
to figure on your work
the wagon at the hare o f a steep hill,
stalled. Takirg the whip myself, I
for the summer.
directed the ir.cn to lay on their gsd*
for each man hi d supplied himae-if
See or write
with a flexible h a u l withe in the ear
G. A . Nestler
ly stages of the trip to start the team.
But this eour*-c did not move the
Shop
between
Hotel
wagon nor have much effect upon the
and telephone office.
d< moralize d crew.
Folks who want summer pasture
"Follov.-irg, i s a las', resort an ex-
for hogs can plant Dwarf Essex
Sealed Bids will be received by ample, 1 had heard o f on a former
■ ape at about 6 pounds an acre in
April, May or early June and have a School District No. 13 up to .February occasion, that brought into use, the
1st for forty curds o f ash wood, and
good hog pasture in six to eight twenty cord* of fir wood, same to be rough language of the country, 1 in-
<iu‘ ed the oxen to move with alacrity
week* after the seed is planted. The rut in four foot lengths not over six
later plantings, if the soil has been j inches in diameter, and to he deliver- and the wagon and contents were
pr. pared early, asually make a good • * * • « £
district at tW High speedily carried, to the summit.
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School building not later than August
“ The whole trouble was at once
d< al of excellent summer hog pas-
\<f>i
ture.
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F. E. Chamber*. Clerk. revealed: the oxen had been broken
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Many Articles For
Winter W ear
Broken Lines Must Go
W o m en ’s Sweaters
Dress Goods
House Dresses
W oolen Hosiery
Ribbons
M e n ’s and Boy’s
Sweaters
W ool Shirts
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Remnants of Piece
Goods
A visit to the store during Jan
uary will wail repay you
»r.d trained by a man who when they Fort Hoskins, remaining there until
were in a pinch had encouraged them the post was nearly completed and
b> hi* frontier vocabulary, and they its garrison increased by the arrival
could not realize what was expected of Captain F. T. Dent a brother-in-
of them under extraordinary condi- law of Captain Ulyssess S. Grant—
tions until they heard familiar and with his company of the Fourth In-
possibly profanely urgent phrases. I fantry in April, 1857.”
took the wagon to its destination, but
From this account it is clear that
as it was not brought back, even in General Sheridan had none to great
all the time I was stationed in that confidence in his mountain road, but
country, 1 think comment on.the sue-' subsequent events proved it to hav^
cess o f my road is unnecessary.
been worth all it cost. With a few
“ I spent many happy months at changes in location here and there
and some improvements in widening
snd reducing th* grades, the road
has served to this day and is still
used, Dr. Horner says, by the Kings
VaUty and Siletz residents in pursu
ance of their trade and travel back
and forth. It lacks the smoothness and
finish of the Corvallia-Newport high
way, but saves many a mile nego
tiating the distance between these
mountain points and the Newport and
Toledo districts.—Corvallis Gazette-
Times.
January Heater Sale
Twenty per cent
Off
on all Heaters (except contract lines.)
Here is an opportunity to buy a Heater
at a greatly reduced price.
Even if you do
not need a heater until next Fall it will pay
vou to buy now at these prices.
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MOORE
Independence
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& ADDISON
Oregon