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Newspaper Page Text.r-i.r Evening, Mfiy 11. 1925 THE EUGENE GUAKD Page Three BURNED TQ DEATH 'Buddy' Poppy Given to President Cbolidcre . i i I Jeuten- I-S'trit.r. was burn.d to k irniane crasu.-d auJ "., li larinen. l,"'Pn ' -afire" . autrnouu. lTiiaie !' ' his UKCiHlUI. tSC-aiKU for it ""'"J' """ i .i in the mountum. i,K"t..ru.ml.1 in a river un i w V" '"! .,. ,,aSly burned in , '' we u! l.nvcr, enlist- ""maie i ' Lnitcd Sttt"'" s cummirtioncd and j , the air service after vJ", His " a "Sid01" ' INARMV 13 YEARS HuT'. Baid hi, .on Ll Ur - . .... l h..pn in the !'!" hp was commissioned "U,rr am served a. anil- cto a t Louisville, Ky. Ate w' r , ssis,u'11 '"" ""ui '" livcs in.1fn'": having been mamcd fu" II1"1" m- ll-irriear. W Prize Essay is Pub lished H:,h School umi"" - Pageant is of Best THE ELLMAKERS By .UONA CU-NUK-ilK M uaf' School, UHinev .1... mnrli rareful consideration. La Blanker and his wife Elizabeth traded to "lelr ', " , " -,ium'v. Ioui, and cross the plains ', ibt hr-fanird Oregon. Tm Elircakers snlil their farm for Lam hundred dollars, which they ,-J1BJ to menus tu urine; u uir ..iilbe following year, iieaium una '-..r thej linil five hundred dollars Lift Tun .Mrs. Kllmaker sewed in Lning of her dress. ,-uc always ,rt ihi dress Willi an apron over n. Jlr. Clinker had the wagons ninilo , lii on order, welding uie iron .rk himself. He gathered from .'IMijS. WHO Uilll foraani mv 'miii, ::t necessary iiifortuution as to the ,iilafat needed tor tne nilsnnmite uro tuousauii nines auu 01 seven ?B!bs duration. on March -4, lS"o, the Kllmakers il their home in Iowa. The liunily willed of the mother und tulller ,:1 fiie ch.ldreu. The oldest was :sflv(jeara of ae and the youngest :rru mouths of uiv. The train was made up of a few '.tBtfWid relatives, lliey were with- ililuiu. The first two hundred yi were throuiih the mud uud luire low. ilr. Kiiuiaker hud written tu tncud tu Laiievuie tu have a good ;il uf his uu.tit packed und rejdy r timet when he reached ttieie. j-ius alter tlie tirst two huuuied J lue wujjuus were luadeU lleuv- Uj. Un tae t.rsi day ol .May, uie tritiu .nnl tne Jilissuiii-i itwi- anu cuiiip- tluu lae Wcdl Oaus. nr. ciluidser s owu words were, Hut was a doletul lnUl long lo be Mruiwred. lie were now oul ol -uiiiiO ijeyoltu the anus ol law and tue ou.y law bclig lliul lorluu- .ni uutu uuiseoes." 07 by uay tae pioneers pushed .'..rj. tueu hoiue ueiug the oiteu ',i 'lue luei was soe nrusu or .uiw ui.iis, as tlicre was no uuiuer aiai lue iiauureU miles, except one iaue ta.itu "i.oue r'.ue." Ol ten liueu iius were suuk into me -icui.il it uooul late iwenu yokes le pull tuem out. .ir. fcil- -i aid hooglit twenty-six ueud of aunt oiim ue couiu liuu, ile u to eacu waiiou. leuv- - e eiua joKe tor eineigeucy. ouij nouses tiny saw on lue I Mmey lVcle ,t. SUVerunieiii :-"' 'rt l.aaiu.e. lue suiail u liioueeis 'were travelilm ou """"'I we 01 tue r.ier unu tne ou ttie noiiu naud, but one aia ,Uu was Jlr. """a across tne liver 10 - it letters. " iwvinj tu .Missouri river, a 1-ia.il, ri 11. in 10 1m ,.ssi.il. WW a, re.iclicil. 0 ,,. ,,, "inu 10 tniu. uigi.l and uuy. V"" '"'hiuj i,m.u rivcr ,u . aa.uuie.ei a veil- .v..r ,, ;;""'" "U 'l.iys. Here was V " ".inner. Ti,t. Block ";!t ilili llolll lallllB r,.. --d aiMii 011 11. j.r. fciiuumcr im ot owu troui U.KUll 41tlUoted ,,r,U frm I.-11..I...1. ttte .Kr iruveieu uuu "It Uru.u m my aorou l..r ith." ' reading lireen river .Mr. t'k'U ,11 wilh luounraiu "Hi he was liaruiy , 13 . am; -iii'. jr. n,v ' .V a President Coolidae holds little Louise Scheaffer in his arms while she Dins a "Buddy" poppy in his coat lapel. The poppies are made by wounded veterans and will be sold for their benefit on May 30. trouble in crossing the river, nnd pev erl of ihe:p oxtfn had been drowned. At the Mormon crossing the pio j fieers had a great dcul of trouble. i urn Huutuiris llim lH'fll uiiini i cross at a vertaiu date, but the Mor mons took bribes from pome of the oiiptaina to cross them nt an earlier date than their turn. There were five hundred sfhoonfM at this cross ing, which caused a delay of several weeks. A few quoted paragraphs from the j history Kuos Kllimiker wrote while i irosiug che plains are: " were on the plains nnd the desert, our lives were at stake. The Indians were prowling on nil sides, nnd if we failed to pet through, we Vnew too well what the consequences w.-tild he ns the mi miner was well itinlit spent, ctdd. starvation and but chering by the savages. "As the horrors of our journey was ever before our eyes in the shape of I ersinal property that was by the roadside of every kind nnd quality, stoves, wagons, chains nnd dead cat tle. Hut the most gruesome and heart sickening sight we had to look upon was the skulls and bones and graves on the roads de. These had been dug up by the wolves. "After having the Snake river at l-'ort Itoise. we crossed Malheur river, then crossed the HUie mount nins, then crossed I'matilla river and John Hay river, the 1 tear hut es river nnd then the t'asuule tnountnins. "Aft.'r crossing the Cascades I had reached the land and valley of the far West. We traveled south to the Itel knap settlement iu Itenton county. I left my family in that neighborhood for n short while and looked over the country, f nally locating one mile north of l-'raukliu in Ianc county, on what was then known as the main road from Oregon City to Californ a. This road was nnd is known as the Territorial Kond. I resided on this location fot four years, until I receiv ed my title in l-"7, then I sold tmy donation laud claim and purchased one seven miles south of the first mi Coyote creek. Whore 1 made u per manent residence. "I was very fortunate and thank ful in this hiunrdous journey of aeven months in crossing the American des ert, losing only one yoke of oxen by nlkali. Hut mu h more was 1 thankful for, that we were nil well, ami without the loss of any member of my fjimily." The first winter the KM maker spent in Oregon was a very severe ' one. Their house was a log cabin I oo.it several years neiore auu not in j i for a family to live in. Their postof-j ; fice was "Starr's Point" previously 1 ; called "Lick Lillet" and now Monroe. I I All supplies were bought at Comil- ; ; li. The flour was shipped in from i ( hue ami cost five dollars for a fifty-: ' pound S4ck. i ; Hut the spring of IS. I brought i sunshine and warm weather, n good , garden, grass iu abundance, milk nnd ; ; butter and acclamation going and ( contentment assured. The farming was done by oxen. The . grain was threshed by hand. The first grain the Kllmakers took to mill was: , taken to the "Lmhinmute' grist imp. i Mr. Kiluiiiker would nfteu wait severnl , 'days for his turn, as the mill wouhj J j only grind a few bushels a day. j 1 The Kllmaker children went to j school in district number 1. The school house was built ot hewn logs, Uno log taken out ou the north and 1 south side fur windows. The door jwus in the east end nnd the fireplaee ! in the west. The fireplace was nude j of sticks and mortar. Tne desks were (hewn logs fastened to the wall, the ! seats were hewn slabs with four wooden pegs for le,js. The broom was la fir brush. The teacher used n bat, I in calling the pupils, by rapping on a board. 1 Only two children of I'nos Kllmaker 1 nre now living Milinda Kllmaker I llemenway of Springfield and Amos 1 Kllmaker. who lives on (he old home ; place and from whom this story wan gotten. hardest hitting men in thp game. He recently beat Harry Khuney. Heed will take the nut at Kill pounds and Heck t l.'S pounds. Two good preliminaries that wiil keep the fans on their tors have been piiMu.ni it nv j:uues Miarp, past cin mander of the I. A. V. of V. , who is arrnng:n? the boits as part of th entcrt ainmi nt for the state conven tion of disabled American veterans here May 15 to 17. TIL OF DAVIS 13 ATTENTION Knluhta of Pythias Helmet Lodge and Heitnettn Tem ple will give a Mothers' Pay pro gram Tuesday evening nt S o'clock, at K. of V, halt. Bring your frlenda. Ilv order of ml'J C. C. TOPKKA. Kan., May 11. UP) Tlie trial of Jonnthan M. Davis, for mer governor of Kansas on charges of conspiring while In office with uis brink commissioner, Carl .1. Peterson, to obtain n bribe In exchange for n pitrd'Mt, begin tidily, before Judge James A. McCluro, in the district court. .election of n jury was started. The former governor wont on tri.il alone. Peterson, unined jointly wilh lavis on 11ip warrant is to, be tried later. Ihtvhs faces two criminal isu.H. In the cisc uoinir to t'lial iidnv. ha fund Peterson nre alleged to have nt , tempted to ohtain n bribe in exchuna for a pardon for Walter Grundy. Hut chinson bmker who is serving a sen tence in the state penitentiary for em bezzlement. In the other suit, the ex governor's son, Uussell U. luvis, is f named j' tntlv with his father on charges of oStaining Sl'Joit in ex change for a pardon for Fred W. roll man, convicted La Cygue banker. A. L. Oswald, young Hutchinson lawyer, who appealed to Jonnthan M. Huvis, while the latter was governor, to pardon (irundy, is the state's star witness among ",i subpoenal. Robin Reed Will Meet Ben Heck OKKCON AdKICCL'lTltAL COL LKtJK. Corvallis, May 1 L (Special). Kohin Heed, Olympic wrestling champion, nnd Hen Heck, loS poun I wrestler from the Portland gymna sium, will go to the m.it for the hei two out of three fall as the headlin-.' event of a mii ker sponsored by the; local chapter of the Hit-ahled Anion- J can Veterans of the World war, K ii-' dav evening. May 15 in the O. N. ti. ; hall. , i Heed has won nil his bouts since j turning professional. Heck 'ha been i working under Virgil Hamlin, wrest-i ling prmnter of Portland, nnd is con- j siib-red by fans one of the fittest nnd! even if he died. Mrs. Kllm.iker dis covered a cure for mountain fever, and she cured her husband nnd s'ster. She also walked miles iu snow knee deep to nid her friends, who were ill with this dreadful fever. One morning in June, lsr;t, the train began trnveKiig earlier than usual. They traveled thirty miles in the forenoon, nnd early in the after noon one of tiie young men saw an Indian silhouetted against the sky. As they rounded a little knoll, the party could see across the river to an In dian camp. The Indians were wearing war paint and dancing around an ob ject lying on the ground. The grass being waist high the young men were unable to see the figure on the ground. The train deeded to camp and prepare for an attack of Indians. All that night they lay ready for the attack, but titc Indians had left during the night. A few days later a white girl wnn dered to their camp one evening, she had been scalped by the Indians, A wonderful surgeon, who had studied in Germany, sewed the skin I Mick iu place. She lived and later a white fuzz grew over the sealped hpnd. The girl hirer told the story of Indinns coming upon the.r train one evening. They had killed everyone in a terri ble way. The schooners had been burned and the cattle driven nwuy by the Indians. The trail was uneventful for the next few weeks, except for the dis covery of several skeletons and one small baby's body which had been 'ug up by the wolves. The body had been wrapped iu the very finest of linen napkins. Green river was very high when th:s train crossed. The cost of ferry-, ing Mr. Kllmaker's teams nnd wagons ncro.se was forty-nine dollars nnd fifty cents. The little train ft pioneers were now nenring the Pocky Mountain!. They were compelled to camp 'n the very summit of these mountain! be cause of a severe sand and gravel storm. The cattle were driven four miles to where the grnss wns good nnd a melting snow bunk caused nu merous small creeks which afforded good drink:ng water for them. The evening the panty camped on the summit it wns in the month of July. The next morning ice, one inch thick covered the water. i A few words nuoted from the his tory Kuos Kllmaker wrote while cross ing the plains are: "We now hear that firm question, Are ull ready? That faithful and pa tient teams:er with f.rm step and strong arm, and standing on the near ide with that long lash and stock in j iiumi speaking the name of each oxen , severally, the bright chains taunt. I The caravans of the American desert, j whose covering is of wh.te is now , descending (he great mountain whose waters are rolling into two of the great oceans uf the world. "We now turn our faces to the Knst and with a deep ami hng faie ! well, 1 will never see your eastern slope again. With said heart nnd J drooping head nnd that silent tear we turn our faces to the West," j The descent was not an easy one, I but tlie train made its way safely through; A' friend had adv.scd Mr. Kllmaker to travel along the south side of the Snake river if they came early in the season. A part of the ( train was in favor of cros.iig tin I river tu the uorrh side. All except Mr. ! Kllmaker's family and one other fam- ity crossed to The north side. The tw trains traveled a distance of three ; hundred mi leu b efore the north side , t lain recrossed at Kort Hose. They j had had p.en:y of grass imd water on the nortli side of the liver, hut had CAMPHOR WATER FOR EYES Nothing has the quick action nf simple camphor, wilchhazel, hydrastis, etc., ns mixed in Lnvoptik eye wash. One small bottle Lnvoptik helps any case weak, strained or sore eyes. Aluminum eye cup free. Our change; of loca- Based on the novel "Joan Thursday" by Louis Joseph Vance GREATER THAN marriages?j: V M. J M 1 M W 1111 1 I LOU TELLEGEN MARJORIE DAW DAGMAR GODOWSKY A gorgeous and stir m ring production of the 1.1 Great Whit Wjw nnd the Inside of New York Then, too, the popular Go-Getters "Playing: with Fire" AESOP FABLES Watch out for "The Monster" ftr.lMf -i X vtJ , W IWf - MVi.ViW JV jT t. re tion to roomy ground floor quar ters in the Stanley Building 76 West ninth Phone 470 VALLEY PRINTING CO1. At l be -if. , .' J1 ","k- a Ul'"l 'i'h a J. UCU W1IU U n ""W Kiun,!,. linn and wpmiw.,1 "e l"ld his wile tin. ' lake llieiu througli k Your Child u and Weak? L" pV." Su,ar Co,cl1 Tab- -- n nesn and B'"1 -Then, uo. k it . ,. r iJre.,,7 , !" luieker than 1 "r.-n. r '"-" lonilerlul ! 'T , , . l-'M one. I'"tH't'..: 'h''r rirkt. -v r..Ji", "" "P'rially tiI-"7(-'iU,,i ? an , more ', Uk ,l . " ' 'aul'ta are ' " l . ' "f that .ood. l-r ' '"""'' or ..it T,',Z ' '' 'iv-r il ""i., , "."." "" ct,'', "inly an.1 Checks Will Not Do Trnvplinff or inntor iiiK througli towns vlicro you are nnt known it is practically inipossililo to cash your personal chocks. But A. B. A. Travel crs Cheques nre reenrr nized everywhere the same ns cash. The First National can sup ply you nt very little cost. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Eugene, Oregon OPENING TODAY Eugene's Newest and Most Modern Meat Market LOWELL MARKET in the New McDonald Theater IJuilding Corner 10th and Willamette Streets Kvcrythinjj of Ihc best in the line of meals, 1'ish, poultry, cheese, pickles, sauerkraut, etc., will be carried here. We invite your in spection of our market and we hope lo sec vou often thereafter. 1044 Willamette St. Telephone G56 IffllB Marl's Appreciation of Cjood Clothes Is demonstrated in a most forceful manner by the number of respon sible men in this community who are taking advantage of our new Ten-Pay-Plan A service inaugurated recently at this store, through the splendid cooperation of the makers of Society Brand and Fashion Park Clothes You may purchase clothes of national renown at our regular cash prices, and pay as your income permits. Here's Hote It Figures' $30 MKX'S AXI) YOUNG M ION'S SUITS You pay $0 when purchased and $2.40 weekly $35 KOCIKTY BKAN1) AND FASHION I'AUK SUITS You pay $7.00 when purchased and $2.80 weekly $4U SoriKTY HKAM) AND FASHION PARK SUITS .You pay $8.00 when purchased ami $3.20 weekly $t." SOCIKTY HRAND AND FASHION PARK SUITS You pay SO. 00 when purchased and $3.60 weekly $.V) SOCIETY BRAND AND FASHION PARK SUITS You pay $10.00 when purchased and $4.00 weekly $.") SOCIETY BRAND AND FASHION PARK SUITS You pay $11.00 when purchased anil $4.40 weekly $0 SOCIETY BRAND AND FASHION PARK SUITS You pay $12.00 when purchased ami $4.80 aekly A Greater Turnover Enables Ua to Offer You Thi3 Ten Pay-Plan Better Clothes Mean Lasting Satisfaction New fabrics, new models for men and young men Green-Kilborn Co. r fa . e - - e - r j s g fa W M m '1.. ' ' , i i i ! 1'! Mil t it : it II'