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SCRAPS OF OREGON HISTORY
By W. W. FMler
RIALTO THEATRE—Medford
TWO DAYS BEGINNING FRIDAY (MAT.) FEBRUARY 29th
Twice Dally al 2:.HI au«l HtllO !'•
halt an hour passed. au<l the wailing
men peered anxiously Into the dark
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ness. hoping to catch a glimpse of
Malia««-» Ml', *1.10; Night», *1.10 and *1.0-1. Im hiding Ini.
their three brave companions return
ing Suddenly the crash of many
rifles came from th« direction the
Hear the Covered Wagon orchestra of 15 play the old time
men had Just taken, and faintly the
rush of burring footsteps could be
tune* and excerpts from the classics.
"As I told you a few evenings
heard. A few straggling bullets
ago.” continued Hillman. "Captain came pattering onto the logs of the
Abbot moved from Cht-tco river about barricade, and then all
quiet
•
the first of March to relieve those at agnm but the moaning of the wind
Rogue River. Pursuing hie way up and the roaring of the surf, and the
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th» »rail he met no obatacles until breathless suspense in the camp was
near the mouth of Pistol creek, ftf- painful, as the men watched with
teea miles below Ilog us river As his rifles co«k«»d. ready to welcome friend
command deaoendad the trail from or foe . An hour pa»< <1 and the three
the mountain to the beach they saw men did not come. Hope had almost
ahead of them a few Indians, who fled, when a well known voice was
retrwated as they advanced
Cau- heard with lb« news that they had
iously continuing nlong the trail till returned safe, and with water. They
near night, he bwcama aware that the had a narrow escape, and after the
Indians were gathering in force in burning thirst of the wounded had
his front with the apparent purpose been assuaged and the others bad
of disputing hia further
progress. each been allowed to drink a little,
Fashing on the command arrived the men recounted their adventures
within a mile or so of Pistol creek. to eager listeners.
I then they found themselves confron
The men recounted how they saf
ted with a large band of Indians, who ely and unobserved by the Indians,
began an attack on their usual way made their way to the little stream
flreing and giving that disgusting yell and were just beginning to fill their
t r tu tuoi X r
which is usually termed a war whoop. vessels, when a lot of Indians came
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Without water for themselves or towards them, carrying one of their
their
horses
the
soldiers
were
com
number
who
bad
l>een
wounded.
They
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pelled to stop and fight. Corraling only had time to slip gently under
of the world, and the trees that pro their pack mules and riding horses a largo log which was partially cover
<rr«»»red t>r «»• KtUcnal
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duce the sap that makes cord tires
SlDgu|>nni is a tip of Asia. That that carry million» over city streets ! they settled themselves to the »ray ed with smaller timber and sticks,
'greatest of «11 continents, seemingly and country roads xre found in or I with real earnestness. The horse« and sit quietly until the savages
Adapted from Emerson Hough's famous novel of
not satisfied with its own great bulk, dered rows of a neat orchard. In and mules unuse«i to such noise, thought proper to leave. They had
Pioneer Days on The Oregon Trail.
stretches out finger» to every other eight years the Malay archipelago has became almost unmanageable, while not yet tasted any water being In too
continent except Mouth America. The captured the rubber trade. lock, stock la few escaped and were captured by much haste to get back to their
It blings th<* days of ’48-’49 to you in panoramic form ami with
tbtnaes: finger Is the narrow Malay and barrel, and now produces nearly. i the Indians. Soon the Indians in friends and were compelled to crouch
peninsula reaching f°r Australis. 95 per cent of tho world supply, two- creased in number and their attack
historical accuracy.
under the log and listen to the In
Singapore, which is an island as well thirds of which conies to the United
I
became
more
furious
and
determined,
dians
drinking
their
fill,
not
more
as a city. Is the nail of the nnger. Stat««. The Amazon valley Is now
It touches your liiart when you vision the suiTcrinj;, hardships,
Though the grasp falls short of Aus only a supplemental source of rubber. i the were sheltered behind driftwood than ten feet away from them, while
agony and homesickness of your sturdy forebears who faced with
tralia It 1« long enough to gather at Singapore, as the central shipping ' which lined the beach, and by the the water invitingly rippled past,
indomitable courage the long train from Westport Landing to
its tip the ships of the world.
point of the sprawling archipelago, dense scrubby brush which grows at Laying the wounded red down near
B'pore. It» languid, perspiring resi sits proudly la the spotlight thrown , j the end of the sand at the foot of the the water, the Indians, after satis-
Puget Sound.
dents call It. Tbe reason for their oa the romance of rubber.
« i hills. Darkness was coming on and no fying their own thirst, went away
abbreviation is only 80 miles away—
It Is to the prompt actlou and re- hopes of water or assiatanc«. The j | and left him alone. Not daring to
THE PICTURE UNFOLDS HISTORY AS
the equator. Any man who can bring aourcefulneaa of Sir Henry Wickham men had hitherto been only partially I speak to each other as they crouched
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himself to live “on the bump" 1» en-! that Ilia Britlah empire la indebted foe . sheltered
by the drift wood next to under the log. the three men «-aqb
and spins an incomparable love story as well.
titled to his whims «vro If he insists shifting the world source of raw rub
Their situation was becom- knew wbat the other was thinking
on squeezing the e»sencv out of one ber from Para to Singapore. As the
moment more critical, the of- - the wounded Indian must be dis
200—Buffalos- 200
of the most poetic names ever given result of long and careful study of
to a city. But S pore must have It» rubber trees In the Brazilian forests ! Indiana pressing from the Uad side patched. and so quietly as not to al
500-- Covored Wagons- 500
•*— < arm the rest. Nudging each other,
amenitl«*«, for more than 300,000 souls he formed the theory that these valu 1 and in front and rear, while the
1,000--Idaho and Utah Indians—1,000
now call thia great turnstile of com able trees could bs cultivated and that ' surf would soon rise with the tide . and with a perfect understanding,
3,000—Men, Women and Children—3,000
merce their home town.
the eastern tropics would prove par land engulf the entire command ux-| the men drew their knives in pre
It has amassed this population, the ticularly suitable for their adoption. 'less they shifted their ground. It was paration for the sickening work, as
If you miM this glorioun Drama of the West
greatest to be found In any city near He brought his experience to the i becoming apparent to each man that {
soon as the other Indians were out
the eqnator, in just 100 rears. Atwrat notice of the director of Kew gar
vuu will be the loser
of earshot, they pounced upon the
1820 Sir Stamford Raffles «Uncovered dens, London, and In 1*T* the Indian i bls lite hung by a single hair.
helpless
savage,
and
soon
made
a
Singapore and decided to make thia; governmrot «greed to finance the In i Captain Abbott was a true soldier, j
tiny fishing village a world port. troduction of the robber tree into In i and taking in the situation clearly. "good Indian” of him. But In the
Raffle« was a British administrator in dia. Sir Henry Wickham was Im i he gave his orders loud and clear death struggle he had given a shout
Java during the five-year period of trusted with the difficult task of pro
above the din of rifle ahota and the | loud enough to reach the ears of his
officers,
mounted. I
British control In that tropical domain curing a quantity of hevea saeda and
comrades, and by the time the three
vuvated from jhe Dutch. He died a delivering them to ths Indian govern booming of the surf, which was by j men had filled their vessels with waving their swords and urging the
broken an«J disgraced man, but his ment. The greatest problem was how this time surging up and washing at >
the m«n forward, onward along the 1
rlslnti was sound, as Britain has tar to get the seeds out of the country, their feet as a warning for them to i watet and had started off tor
beach until they reached to within
dily discovered. The two early com because their exportation was prohib leave their ground and seek a higher barricade a number of Indians had two hundred yards of the battle- '
»aw
reached
the
spot.
The
Indians
petitors of Singapore, Penang aad Ma ited by Brazil.
one. A ridge about one hundred
ground, when the Indians begun
lacca, have become satellites of the
yards away, although occupied by the at once what had happened, and pouring into them a heavy volley
How
They
Got
Rut>b«r
Trost.
I
gn-at port, which may be fortified aa
started in pursuit of the men. but the
While engaged in carrying out his Indiana, offered the only safe retreat
from the brush and timber on the
the Gibraltar of tbe Pacific.
darkneaa was too great to give them
research«
on
the
banka
of
the
Ama-
I
from
I*
1
«
*«
rt
-
*ud
as
the
Indians
right. At this juncture the volun
On the Singapore wharf is a market
any hope of capture, so in their
of models and a Hfe-cla»« for a hun zon. Sir Henry Wickham was one day ■ were all around, it matterefl little shore desperation they Bent a volley teers raised a loud shout and swing
dred painters; and sculptors, too. may surprised by tbe arrival ef an ocean . which way they went-- death seemed
ing their hats high in the a'r as a
study there all the tones of living liner, the steamship Amaz«maa. Wick I to stare them from all sides. As soon after the retreating men. The men sign and welcome to their rescuers,
ham
seized
his
opportunity
and
char
had
hidden
themselves
in
the
drift
ias the captain bad made up bis mind
bronze and more of repose than of
Northbound
Southbound
who proved to be the commands of
muarular action, perhaps. Japanese. ' tered the «hip m behalf of tbe govern I as to the best course to be pursued, wood to escape their pursuers, and Captains Ord and J.ones, and who
12 noon
Chinese, Siamese, Malaya. Javanese. ! ment of India. He arranged to s«md he shouted loud enough to be heard when all was again quiet they ven
came rushed pellmell into the barri
9:15 a. 111.
1:00 p. in.
Burmese, Cingalese, Tamils, Sikhs, j It up the river to aa appointed spot— by all, "Boys, do you see that ridge tured out and made their way safely
cade. For a few minutes the hostile
junction with the Tapajos—where
Partees. Ijiscara, Malabar». Malagasy, tbe
4:00 p. in.
7:50 p, ni.
h? iuceaededte meeting R with a Yonder? We must go to It or die in into tbe barricade. The night pass««! parties peppered each other, when
and snllor folk of all coasts, Hindus
without any more damage than they I the order was given to charge tho
good
supply
of
seeds
gathered
In
the
our
tracks.
Follow
me
and
let
the
and heathen« of every caste and per
had suffered in the fore part of the . Indians In the direction of the river, I
suasion. are grouped in a brilliant con Interior. The seeds were shipped, and animals go to b - - -1 Come on,'
FARES
attack.
An occasional shot would ¡
the
vessel
headed
It»
way
down
the
,,,,,
fusion of red, white, brown and pat-' mighty river
a
( “Clambering over the dense drift- vary the monotonous moaning of the I which lay but a short distance away.
terne<1 drapery, of block, brown and I The seeds wera planted at Kew nn<1 ‘ wood "nd »««».
charged wind and roaring of the surf. Morn- A guard, composed of soldiers and
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¡rant*
l*u.ss
to
Medford
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yellow akin«. Behind them, in ghost- |
volunteers, was detailed to take
ly clothes, «(and the pallid Europeans, a fair number germinated. Th» young I r**ht into the nest of yelling savage« Ing dawned and the Indians were as care of the pack animals, while the
burg
Grants Pass to
who have brought the law, order and I plants wera packed in apwfai boif* who were aa thick aa anta on their numerous and determined as at first,
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and dis- t wsy to the ridge. The Indiana had the and when daylight gave them a view remainder of the consolidated com
system, the custom», habits, comforts' known aa Wardian
(»rants Pass to ( torvalliR
mands
preparerl
to
charge
the
ene
patched
to
India.
But
India
could
not
<
advantage
in
numbers
and
position,
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and luxuries of civilization to tlk*
of the situation they opened upon the
my. It was necessary to charge in
the men must have shelter from
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Pass
to
tropics and the jungle. All these J afford to adopt them, so they w^nt to
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command with renewed vigor. The
<||ft
bulUrtH; Bom„ ha(1
three parties, one obliquely to the
alien heathens and picturesque unbe- j Ceylon and eventually to the Malay
(¡rants Pass to Porthmd .
men were fairly protected by their
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peninsula and other parts of the East.
, ,
. . .
lleverx, these pagans and ldolators, ' The
failure of the eoffee plantations, i w<’UDd‘!d ,at,
bf«iuning
fray improvised breastworks, and did not left, one obliquely to the right and
(
¡rants
Pass
to
Ma
1
Bhfield
IT.OO
Buddtilsts. , Brahmans, .Tews, Turks,
one forward In the center. Capt.
(¡rants Pass to Klamath Pallç
sun and fire worshipers, devil dancers, d«ie to a leaf dlaesae, some thirty or ;but none kllled- Only on,: *“ *ou“- show any signs of weakening. Now Abbott took the left, Jones the right,
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and what not, have come with the I forty year« ago, forced planters to |ded *° badly a» to need help, and and then as at other and similar en and Ord commanded the center,
look
around
for
soma
other
culture,
many
there
were
to
help
him,and
noon
counters the firing would slacken and
l'or further informât i«m call
white man to toll for him under the |
while the wounded men, with the
e«;uatorin1 sun, since the Malays are i and small acreages were planted from all were safely on the ridge, busily and the hostile parties would engage
body
of
Buck
Miller
packed
on
a
the great leisure class of the world, ' the seeds of the trees which ha«1 engaged In piling up a breast work» In reciprocal bandiage. In this case
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sprung from Wickham a original Bra Of jj,e Hmaj| log« and »ticks with th»; Indian» had the beet of it, for mule, and the pack train followed
and will not work, t
closely
in
the
rear
of
the
center.
rlllsn
plants.
Mor.
than
W.
’
W««
whlch
the
y
were
gurrowndpd
.
«,
on
Phone IttO
Well-Built and Clean City.
they taunted the men with being
While the dispositions for the for-
Rltigaiori- today is a w«til-bultt and robtter tree, in Brush and Dutch aH f
hungry
while
they
themselve»,
had
beehtlfilly ordered city, aad the mu- possessions ara products of the parent.
ward movement were being made,
niclpfil I kmi »keeping is an oxample to »<«1» smuggled by the English knight. |the Indians were demoralized and fared sumptuously on the captured 1 the firing continued as brisk as ever.
Singapore has become a substitute cea»ed fighting, the had not expect- flour and sugar. In this manner the
many cities of tbe temperate zone.
The Indians naw the Intention of the
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Even th«! untidy Malay and the none- Parls for the tropic Far East. Nabobs ®d to meet such stubborn resistance, light continued for some hours, when i soldiers and seemed determined to
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tuo-clean Chinese, who irxnii to this and the more prosperous of Polynesia Most of the animals fell Into the one of the «’onimand, the bravest of I frustrate it If possible. They gath
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profitable trading center, are held to esteem thia metropolis just as Ameri hands of the Indians, but a few them all, an«i an officer of tho com
ered In front an«l flanks more dense
outer cleanliness and strict sanitary cans and Europeans do the French packed with amunitlon and provis pany, Buck Miller, was shot through
than before, and with renewed vigor
capital.
Sultans
of
the
tiny
states
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laws in their ali«>tted quarter». 'Jlie
ions were secured. Working hard In the head and instantly kllled. ills
stately business houses, the marble composing the Malay Federntion make the darkness, the men soon sur body was dragged out of the reach poured in their shots upon the equal
find* paper in tho
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ly defiant troops. Presently a clear,
palace of a bank, the long Iron pavll- long sojourns In Singapore. They ex rounded themselve» with defenses
of th«! bullets and placed under a ringing bugle blast, was heard, the
Oulsoles,
IllHOlcM,
in cash ami give a
l««n» shading th«- markets, the splen change freedom from responsibility
which made them secure from »ud- large log. Several more of the men
< « unter» or Heels of
Ratflea itmaeum and library, ar» and luxurious living for British control
new pair of slioos free
loud, hoarse commands were given to
regular and satisfactory slglita; In their tiny kingdoms. Klnce tbe; den attack, and then turned th«dr at- had boon wounded and the Indians 'forward,' and the movement be
uny »I hm bearing this
to any wcan-r who
MAKE
tbe street life is the f»»cinatlon Brltlsh do an Infinitely better Job of tention to making themselves a» com- were presaing closer and closer, a»| gan.”
trade-mark.
distraction of tbe traveler above ndmlnlstering than the sultans could fortable a» possible for the night. If determined to annihilate th«! com
everything else. The array of turbans do, no one Is loser. To this tropic They had no water, and after a little mand. The situation was now be
Jimeon Weed as Anaesthetic.
and sarongs gives color to every thor Pari» also come British official» of the while the thirst became unbearable, coming more desperate than ever, j
200-211 H. »mi
— Phon.' IlIU-R
In prehistoric times, Zunis and othei
oughfare; but the striking nnd most empire on short vacations from th«Hr especially to the wounded. Water Want of water and fo««l had begun
trying
posts.
If
they
seek
relief
from
tribe»
of
North
American
Imlinti»
used
unique pictures In Htngapore streets
i must be had at all hazzard», and to tell on Home of the men, and all
a substance obtained from the jimeon
ar» tbe Tamil bullock drivers, who, tropic climate they can profitably for
The
theiinoni-
' ffna”y Giree men volunteered to go were more or l<>»» demoralized. Con-| weed as an nun esthetic during surgical
s«x»ty end statuesque, stand In splen get aluiut gay S'pore. The thertaom-
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a little brook about a suiting with hi» men, Capt. Abbott operations.
did contrast between their humped et»r there never goea above 92 degrees.
white oxen and tbe mounds of white it 1» said, but it never goes below 72 ¡hundred yards distance . Laying was about to order an advance to
BRINGING IT FATHER
flour-bags they draw in primitive degrees and the dampness is lnsuf- a»Uk> their gun» and taking such vo»- wards the river, to cut his way
Of all the family, father Is apt. to
fernble.
»els as they could carry the three through the Indians if possible, and
ca rts.
Do«n at the quays great steamships m«.-n went out into the darkness on thence on to Rogue river, when th«! be the most careless of a cough or
Within the last ten years a swift
«•old, and It Is the duty of mother
moving dramn of world commerce are fed with coal by thine»» coolie», ‘ their perllou» errand. Orders were Indian» were seen to hastily lmive or the girls to see that ho takes
U()l tQ fJr(.
m(jn rfl.
has focused attention on Sing»|H>re. who toil silently and ekpeditiou.ly. A:
their covert» on the lower end of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COM
All hut the teost recent school grog. well-grootnvd Chinese on tli* pier »«
the trail and »camper wildly into POUND at the first sign of a <«»ugh.
perintend»
the
lading
of
queer
looking
"
,rn,d
'
or
e1
“
"
had
bC8
*
’
discovered
raphlas In Allier an schools, in tru
cold or hoarseness. After he once
the
brush and up tho hill. In a few tries It, finds out how eftoctlve and
cases
containing
birds'
nests,
con
i
by
Ibdiana.
A
d«;ep
silonce
followed,
lug the stor. of rubber, de»<rll>« the
method of obtaining It Ju tlie jungle signed to eph urea In Hongkong and broken only occasionally by a shot minute» three liotsemcn were »«¡en pleasant it is to take, he will not
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The Chinaman'» prized, from an Indian, and the continual to dencend in a gallop to tiie beach, hesitate to uae it always. Contains
forests of the Amazon river. As a Canton.
Safe and sure. Haul
tnntter of fact tbe source of raw rub dainty 1» »oup made from glut!non-1 sighing of the breeze through the cloHfily followed by a straggling band no opiates,
three genorations.
'
ber has moved over to the other side birds' neats found la Borneo caves.1 tree tops. Five minutes, ten, twenty- of blue-coated men. On they came,' served
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"Tell us." said some one. “all you
know of the adventures of Captains
Ord. Jones and Abbott while on their
way from Crescent City to relieve
those fort«*d up at the mouth of the
river.”
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