.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
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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
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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:
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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"
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roomy
ground floor quar
ters in the Stanley
Building
76 West ninth Phone 470
VALLEY PRINTING
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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
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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
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