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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1924)
GRANTS V.Virt DAILY COTRIKR 'AGE root I ! neighbor smelled 'he thought Not rather strong of a ranchnrie. having the least suspicion that his companion could be uuy other than By W. W. Fidler oue of the five men who »Carted with PNEVMATIC TIRES him from the Big Flat, he ventured iu an undertone to banter the un our last quotation left Mrs. Geleel I or follow it. Garel it Uy groping their known regarding Me strong Indian •ami her daughter Mary, tied t* the i way through a grove of wlde-apread- ■meli. No sooner had he spoken, a wall and the husband and father ■ log myrtle timber about half a mile word than ho was startled by that dead, The work of murder and pil- ■ below their starttng point, they sud- mystic Tgh' and felt a sharp sting lage, as related by Hi liman. oou- ■ deuly became aware of a large num in> hie right arm while he heard the tlnued as follow»: ber of persona coming directly Why 'They Arc Fur Better dull twang of a bowstring Brought Corner Oak and F Streets “About < o'cloak the Indians had 1 towards them. Halting and stepping suddenly to a realising sense of his Gill Brothers’ Northwest Grown Seeds gathered together uader the bluffy ’ carefully to one side and behlud danger, ho ejaculated his usual form aiw more hardy, are of frenter vitality bank on the beach, and. oowrtsl by ' some ot the thickly growing trees ula of speech, ‘Hell Honey. Hurrah »nd far superior in every reepect, due to the Increasing darkaeea. »eparaled i that lined the trail, they awaited de for Yates' and Instantly ftrod oue the climate in which they are raised. into several »quads and set out to be velopments. It was only a moment barrel of his double gun into the bo They have opportunity for full develop Deuce of a Time, Tar and Feather* A man arreeted for murder bribed a gin their work of rapine and murder. and they were convinced that the dy of hl» Indian companion, who ment under moderate winter anti sum It la thought that Richard Coeur- -Uon Invented tarring and feather- simple member of the Jury with a hun Ge i »el’a restaurant and Wright's of ■ moving mass were Indians. The fell to the ground with a dull gurgle, mer conditions. g. When he sailed for »he Holy dred pounds to insist on a verdict of fice were about halt a nuke apart, men had »otue knowledge of the In and curled up in the last struggle Many of our seeds ara rvtra sv'.octad strains, ind, Richard made sundry laws for manslaughter. The Jury was out a and while the first part of tae mas dian language. sufficient at least to When Vales and his neighbor made originated and develoned by un through many years of careful study and cxp- rimcntation, e regulation of his fleet. One of long time, and at last came In with sacre, which appeared in a former ' understand that the Indians were aa- I and arv the unquestioned lender» among »erd» etn was that a “robber who shall be the deaired verdict. Afterwards the part of this narrative, was being en ■ cited and belligerent, aud by the I the mutual discovery and brought gs the rapid increase in our trade with nur- nvlcted of theft shall have his head prisoner had an opportunity of seeing acted, a squad of savages headed by sounds they knew that they carried their companionship to a sudden tov- ket gardvner» ailover th<-northwest will attest. mhtutlon, similar discoveries were .opped after the manner of a cham- the simple Juror, and »aid: “I'm « Rri.i I «n r»< ilici» na- fon, and boiling pitch shall be poured obliged to you, my friend. Did you ' Kuos had approached W right s house 1 bows and arrows and guns. It did made at other pointe of the race »er IlM Me low. icreou. and then the feathers of a have a hard time?" “Yes," replied the and sorrouuded it, without creating not require much conjecture to con-I course, and not many minutes Alwu« with trial rollerflu« wg» m <I V..U . mm 4 ••» hii »«’« ishfon shall be shaken out upon him. man. “A deuce of a time. The other any alarm. When they had complei- vines the men that the Indians were elapsed before a regular pow wow i that he may be known, and at the eleven wanted to acquit you." ; ed their circle around the house Enos on the warpath, and that the shots ensued, mingled with the oaths and r “ *- ■st land at w hlch the ship shall touch ' went to the door, and in hie usual heard a short time before were the ; execrations ot the five white men. i shall be set on shore." Colored paper st the c ourier. ooacUlatory tone called to Wright to result of au attack on the people be while occasional shots were ex- come out, as he wanted to talk with low. That the Indians had been suc changed between the parties, In n him. Wright hesitated, but the con cessful was evinced by their coming very short time the parties separated fidant urged him to go ont, asked it up towards Big Flat, apparently for by mutual consent. Thd five men he was a coward, and when that the purpose of putting a finishing kept on down the river while the In word was used Wright sprang to hts stroke on the affair by killing those dians took to the hills. feet, and opening the door, stepped who were engaged at the ball. There “■Reaching the cabin of the brave out. Enos had purposely stepped to wan no opportunity for the men to recluse, the five men were delighted one side after calling to Wright to talk with one another, but they were wtth hie defense, and urged him to come out, the better to hide his tacitly under the leadership of Jim, go on down to the mouth of the river movements. When Wright stepped and al) the others waited to hear but he declined to accompany them. out he was blinded by the daftness, from him. He dare not speak tor He did not want to leave his cabin and seeing no one, he asked, "What fear of endangering a plan which to be destroyed by the savages, At do you want?' At that moment Enos he was maturing for killing as many last he prevailed on the mon to stay stepped out from the darkueas and as possible of the Indians and stam with him until daylight. Early next answered; T want you,' adding a peding the balance. At last silence morning the men started for the string of oaths, an(j struck him a became intolerable and Jim called mouth. In a short time they came In sight of tha smouldering ruins of blow on the head with an axe with which he had provided himself for out in a loud husky voice, ‘Every the many cabins which had been set man kill an Indian and run like b—1 on fire by the Indians. Here and that purpose. Wright was partially for the mouth of the river' followed there a dead body was found, in all stunned by the blow, but received by the crack of his rifle, and almost only a alight cut, and turning toward cases brutally mangled. Some seemed instantaneously by the sbots of bis the door he made a step forward, to have been tortured. One of their companions. The Indians had not when Enos dealt him another and number was sent up to the Big Flat yet recovered from their defeat and fatal blow with the edge of the axe, to carry the news ot the massacre to which deft his skull, and he tell to disappointment by the recluse miner, those who bad remained there and mentioned above, and this sudden the ground with a groau, while his danced all night, while the Indians unlooked for and damaging assault confidant leisurely stepped out and by our five brave men. completely were killing their friends at the Joined the band of murderers. mouth ot the river. While standing upset their plans for the attack on Wright's body was brutally mutilated over the dead body of a miner who the dancers above, and sent them and left on the spot where it fell, had been ruthlessly hacked and man scattering through the woods, brush rf you travel straight for our yard you “The other squads of Indians and rock for a a far place. As soon gled, they were Joined by a man by will land in the renter of satisfaction, were, at the same time, industriously the name of Charley Foster, who as the men delivered their fire they fair prices, good lumber, quick service engaged in performing their allotted ‘“J>| proceeded to narrate his experience trailed arms and started u___ share of the tragedy, Going from i during the night when the murders and a variety of building materials through the timber towards the cabin to cabin, killing the inmates, were going on. from which to choose. mouth of the river. Some of the In rifling and then setting them in fire. T was’ said he, ‘sitting in that dians, too, went pell mell down In All was accomplished in a short halt the same direction. iNow was to be cabin there wtth that man when the hour, and the savages then turned Let ns help you go straight seen (if light enough) whites and In Indians came to the door and called their footsteps towards the big flat, dians running from one another, side to me to come out. I did not want where the ball was going on at its by side and in the same direction. to go, as I have made It a rule never 4 height of enjoyment. Like riding on a railroad one has to go out at night when called upon About three quarters of a mile to do so. tor I believe therp Is always death often sitting by his side, and above the mouth of the river and on in this Instance, each had for a com more or less danger in doing so, but the trail to Big Flat, lived a miner panion in his flight one who, if he this man, who had come to spend the of a recluse nature, who did not at had known who was his companion night with me, said that he would go j tend the ball. Engaged in pouring would hae turned and dealt a death out and see what the Indians wanted. over some old dusty volume, obliv blow before many steps had been I remonstrated, but be was bent on [ ious of the turmoil of death and des- taken. Everybody on the Oregon going at ail hazards, so I told him struetion going on at the mouth of coast knows Yates— "Hell Honey to go if he must. The Indians think the river, he was suddenly brought Yates’ as he was usually called. Yates ing it was me, said to him when he to a state of wakefulness by the sud Dofl Wad Rheumatism. was one of those five fugitives, and stepped out, ‘How do Cbarluy. You To Clean Silver. den rushing of footsteps and a tre Fined for keeping a <W abut up in I To remove tnrnlah from sliver eas while running at full head of steam good man come here; and tbo man mendous push and thump at his door, stepped out still farther Into the ooo room for seven years without ex- ily, place It In a solution made by UUCON he ran afoul of his nearest neighbor, KK LK COMF.-.VY which shook the frail tenement from and in the intense darkness could not darkness, f had* neither knife, pis erclae, a Ixxidon womnn pleaded that pouring s quart of belling wnror on a floor to roof. Dropping his volume eould not take it out because of teaspoonful of salt and a taaapoonful distinguish who his neighbor was. tol nor gun, or I would have gone out she its rheumatism. of ancient lore, he seized his double i'■of soda In n bright new aluminum pan. (Continued on Page Five) But having a good nose for smelling, barreled gun, and had hardly time to raise the locks when the door gave way and a crowd of savages rushed forward to effect an entrance. He let off one barrel and then the other, and two Indians fell on the threshold and several more reeled and fell back Into the darkness, while our recluse Within the next ten years, we see more drew his revolver, which, according industries, better development of the re to the custom of the times he carried in his belt, and began a brisk fnsl- sources of this region, better business lade out into the dark mass of scur for everyone; and now is the time to get rying Indians. Taken by surprise by ready. the sudden and determined resist Our New Industries Department is ance of the lonely inmate of the cabin, the savages, after firing a few with you—new capital and new people random shots at the brave man, fled are needed to make the most of your en masse towards the Big Flat, In wealth of natural resources. tending to attack the dancers and The New Industries Department is there continue the work of death. disclosing to investing capital the great Do you recollect I told you that about 8 o'clock the dancers at Big Flat raw material wealth of our Agriculture, thought they heard three shots in Timber and Minerals. It is working for succession down towards the mouth the legitimate expansion of every indus of the river, and that they also heard, trial possibility for the region, and sup as they thought, a cry or call for plying a consolidated, supplementary help; that some thought nothing of Chamber of Commerce type of service it, and they began dancing again? for the five Oregon counties and the one ■Yes, yes, we remember, but what California county within our territory. of It? “Well, some of the dancers recall We have every confidence in what the fu ture holds in store.and hydro-electric power’s ed the few words of warning given to participation in it. At present the Industrieqof Mrs. Geisel by the Indian, and five this region are counting more on electricity of them, forsaking the pleasure of per in the outsoles, insoles, counters or heels, of than ever before; and we are proud to be able ('airy the nieswige of long wear, jierfeet fit and the gay dance and the charming com to say that the communities we serve have ad any shoes hearing our trademark. genuine sati«fartion to the uacr. pany and conversation of the exquis vanced further in the use of labor-saving house For more than 10 years, the standard by which all ite belles (nine-tewths of them rusty We picture here Home real values. hold equipment than many of the largest cities miners, who tor tha time were called shoe comparisons arc made—why be satisfied with If you have not worn these famous shoes, start on this coast or anywhere else. If you are ready Lizzie, Jennie, Polly, Kate, etc., etc., a makeshift —the original will save your money. now. 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