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f'iVKon Historical society
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VOL. XXIX
SEEING THINGS FROM
A PASSENGER TRAIN
Som e Additional Notes M ade on
Recent Trip Taken East
o f the Rockies
G raphic
NEWBERG, YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1917
make a change from one train to
another in Kansas City in the
years gone by will recall the old
depot, which was wholly inade­
quate for decent service for the
throngs o f passengers that
swarmed through there. From
the standpoint o f a twentieth
century railroad passenger sta
tion it was more than a joke—it
was a travesty on the name of
passenger station at a big trans­
continental railroad center. It
was a disgrace that humiliated
the people o f K. C. But all is
changed now with the maguifi
cent, palatial new building that
rivals the great Chicago &
Northwestern station in the city
o f Chicago. It is a wonder, and
St. Louis, which has long had a
really good union passenger sta
tion, must be a bit jealous of her
rival’s new passenger emporium.
No. 8
ed affair, and it it is a shave you Darling, Chambers, of Califor­
want, you simply lay your neck nia, Hood, o f Pennsylvania, and
across the top of the stiff straight myself. There are tw o English
the instrument was being install«
back and stand it if you can. chaps and they seem quite agree­
ed, he composed et dedication
The price is 12 cents for a shave able. We are all living in a part
hymn, but was called a short
time before the dedication ser­ H as Bearded French W om an' for and hair cut. France is away in o f a chateau built in 1567 and
Cook W h o Is a Good
the lead in many ways, hut tak­ are really very comfortable.
vices were announced. However
en
all in all, I favor America for The chateau is a most interest­
his hymn w as made a part o f
Provider
the program, the sincere regret
Americans.
ing old structure with all o f its
By
the
way,
our
meals
are
being expressed by bis many
buildings, house, barn, etc., ot
Tw o weeks ago the Graphic
friends that he was not privi­ published extracts from letters simply great now, and at times stone, brick and tile and built in
leged to live to see the consntn- written by Meade G. Elliott to we find horse a very tender and a closed rectangle.
mation ot bis long time hope his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. juicy morsel, much better than
Darling and I had quite a pic­
and desire.
lots
of
beef.
In
most
other
ways
nic
yesterday trying to haul
Elliott, of Newberg, telling of his
trip across to France. This the bill o f fare is much like the wood French fashion in a cart
with tw o horses, one an old Eng­
WILL CONTEST CASES
week we publish some further ex­ same in the U. S.
The
French
people,
from
an
lish
artillery horse and the other
H aXCUT COURT tracts from later word received American viewpoint, are in many a French riding nag, not on Eng­
from him, telling of his experi­
respects a decided motley, but lish speaking terms, hitched tan­
A settlement was made in the ences in getting started in re-con­ from an artistic .point of view, dem. On one trip we furnished
W. Lord will contest last Satur­ struction work among the peas­ they are away in advance, though a sort ot one-ringed circus for
day, November 24, wherein the ant farmers in the devastated there are some things in which the whole village and didn’t
daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Hough­ districts in Northern France.
In explanation, the Graphic they are decidedly lax. The lie- charge any admission or exit
ton, was awarded the Wasco
will say that when war was de-1 « g conditions of a large majori­ fees either, and it was well worth
Warehouse & Milling Company
ty of the people are such that it seeing.
stock in the sum of $47,000 and glared by our government, a call is little wonder that tuberculosis
October 21—This past week
the balance o f the estate is to be was made by a committee of rep­ is making such a raid. The g o v ­ we have been plowing, hauling,
divided equally between Dr. E. resentative men of the Friends
ernment is trying valiantly to and breaking horse flesh to
E. Goucher, his daughter, Rua church on this side, for volun­
stop the advance of the scourge, work. Horses are about as
Goucher, and E. J. Clough, of teers to join with English Friends
but it is certainly going to be a scarce as gold pieces in this coun­
Portland. This estate is ap­ In re-construction work in
try and as a result those that
long hard fight.
praised as of the value ot $ 1 4 0 f ‘France. There was an immedi­
they
bought tor us are a varied
The street regulations are
000, but is probably worth ate response made from nil over
great. Anything is permissible lot with ways, minds, vocabu­
more, though there is consider­ the country, Mr. Elliott being exceptspitting or getting hit by laries and weaknesses all their
able indebtedness. The settle­ one of the-first to offer his ser­
a taxi. They fine you for both— own. One of the beasts is a re­
ment papers were signed by -at­ vices. Ben Darling, who was a
the first because you may be turned cavalry horse and persists
torneys Fulton & Bowerman student in Pacific 'College last
spreading disease and the second in rushing into action, another
and B. A. Kliks for Mr. Clough; year, was another, and others
because you are obstructing is as old as the hills, one is a rid­
B. A. Kliks for Dr. E. E. Goucher whom many of the readers of
ing nag only by training and one
traffic..
and J. E. Burdett for Miss Rua the Graphic know are Prof. Mar­
Nearly all the hauling here is is seemingly a Western broncho
Goucher, while attorneys Hunt­ shall, a former teacher in P. C.,
done on two-wheeled carts, big and lives largely tip to his srtm.
ington & Wilson, W. T. Vinton, kis brother, and also Lewis Mor­
ones, with tw o horses hitched Marshall and I are making head­
A. E. Clarke and W. H. Clarke rison, a cousin ot Ross Miles and
tandem, with a four-horse load way, though, and will have some
signed for Mrs. Evelyn Hough­ son of Prof. Edwin Morrison,
piled on and then things move. real hprses soon, we think. We
ton. The contest arose over a principal of Pacific Academy at
The drivers carry whips with had quite a little picnic today in
codicil executed December 19, one time.
the midst of our dinner for we
More than' 100 men, nearly all long lashes and the way they
1916, w hereto only $5,000 was
crack and bang them makes you had to stop feasting and fish one
awarded to
daughter.
IN
beasts o f burden out ot &
m . g . ellio tt in role
OF FRENCH FARMER
Certainly none ot our trans­
continental railroads have more
snow sheds and snow fences than
has the Union Pacific, which has
maintained these long lines of
necessary safety first devices all
these years at heavy expense.
In traveling over this road on a
recent trip East I noticed after
leaving Green River, that in a
large number ot the cuts, crews
o f men were working in cement,
and that in many instances solid
concrete bases had been laid. A
little further on we came to a cut
where a heavy concrete wall had
A short time before crossing
been erected on either side o f the
track, close in, and then I realiz­ the Mississippi at Fort Madison,
ed what the nature o f the work Iowa, a passenger pointed out
being done was. The railroad to me the city of Nauvoo, across
company figured that it would the river on the Illinois side, the
be a saving in the run ot years city from which Brighani Young
to do permanent work as a pre­ and bis Mormon followers were
ventative against snow block­ routed and from whence they
ades, and here they were replac­ made their way to Salt Lake.
ing wooden snow sheds and The little city is well located on
fences with walls ot concrete suf­ a sightly spot overlooking the
ficiently high and strong to with­ “ father of waters” and far away
stand any raging blizzard ot over'the Iowa hills and plains to
snow that may come. Other the west, but it appears to figure
construction crews were engaged mostly in memory o f the past as
in surveying cutoffs for straight­ a historic spot, and from the fact
ening the track wherever advisa­ that it is the only city o f its size
ble and grading the same, all in that whole country that is
with a look forward to the fu­ without railroad facilities.
ture so that none of the concrete
building will need t o be discard­ Soon after crossing the river
ed later on. Here in the run o f a we entered the great Illinois corn
mod reds
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ a n a ctv ^ A t a
was an
ainiy
vania, where they went into
der way than I saw elsewhere in station there was pointed out to Kliks on February 12, 1914,
horses,
but
they are dandy fine hog paradise, which is in the
training tor the work in view,
middle o f our court yard. Evi­
the 5,000 miles of travel I made in me immense warehouses, or awarded practically all the prop­
which included a short course in stock and well taken care of.
erty
to
the
daughter
with
small­
dently
one o f the gay old steeds
the round trip, and this was be­ rather corn houses, that were
Paris, October 9—This is, if ev­
French. These men go without
er
legacies
to
the
other
benefici-'
kicked his neighbor into the mess
ing done by the road that only a being built by a man who is
pay and where they are able to erything goes as expected, my
aries.
and
then neglected' to pull him
few years ago was in a sorrv making a specialty ot growing
do so they are asked to bear last letter from Paris. Our spe­
A
battle
royal
over
the
estate
out.
Our angling was success­
corn
for
seed.
Last
season
he
plight financially. That the U.
their own expenses as far as pos­ cial permits, etc., have at last
of
Thomas
Barlow,
who
died
ful!.
P. is doing some business is evi­ sold 5,000 bushels at $5 per bu­
sible. So far they have not been arrived and we art to leave soon
It is remarkable to see the in­
denced at Green River where shel and he has since formed a about a month ago near White-
exempted from military service to initiate our little canvas cots. terest people take in the Ameri­
son,
leaving
an
estate
of
about
acres upon acres of tracks were company lor doing the same
For the past tew days we have
and are subject to call home at
covered with freight cars, appar­ thing on a much larger scale, $40,000, is now raging. In fact,
been
having real Oregon rains. can plows. They look them
any time. First the sum of
before
the
deceased
was
buried,
over and nod and Jalk quite a
ently coming from everywhere aside from his own seed growing.
$300,000 was asked for at the We have no fires and it seems to lot, usually deciding that they
no
less
than
six
attorneys
were
and loaded with all kinds of In the tall as soon as the corn is
hands of the church membership be a well established French cus­ cannot pos iblv work and then
dry enough he sends men through engaged in the fight to obtain
wares.
tom to get cold in the tall and
the appointment o f an adminis­ for the support of this work, but
seeming wonderfully surprised
his
fields
with
sacks
to
select
the
As our train pulled into the
the budget was soon raised to warm up the following spring. and pleased when they do.
trator
and
a
contest
was
actual-
sleepy little hamlet of Broken best ears—some acreage to go Ig pending and a hearing had be-1 $500,000 and much more will be The reason we do not have fire
We had quite, a surprise this
Bow, Wyoming, a large three over and some jo b to pick out fore the deceased was buried, called for if the war continues is partly due to war regulations morning which shows how the
and partly to scarcitv of fuel and
Story concrete block hotel was 5,000 bushels of selected ears for Finally a Portland man was ap- much longer.
people are feeling toward our
seed.
The
corn
is
kept
at
an
sighted at a distance ot a couple
Following are the extracts attendant French economy. I work. One of the village women
pointed
administrator.
S
o
o
n
very much doubt if there are a
ot blocks north ot the station, even temperature during the thereafter, Mrs. Josephine Mon­ from the Elliott letters:
winter
and
tested
in
the
spring
dozen
fires in all Paris aside from for whom we have promised to
and on the side of the building in
roe
Loveland,
who
was
formerly
In
regard
to
mv
own
personal
do some work came to our door
letters so large and plain that all before it is sent out, so that it a cook tor thedeceased, produced ! work, Darling and I have been those used for cooking and for with a covered basket, saying
could read, were the words, “ The may be guaranteed to grow a will awarding all the property ; assigned to agriculture at Gou- industrial purposes. Tbes\sttm she had a present tor us. It con­
Virginian.” A most splendid ad This method of seed selection h is with the exception o f ten dollars ; lan Court, which is near Ham, has at least one advantage— tained a rabbit, which undoubt­
vertisement for Owen Wister, the largely increased the yield per to her. The will was admitted almost directly north o f Paris, one’s clothes never get misplaced edly she reeds many times more
novelist, and his popular book acre throughout the great corn to probate, but she was not ap- As to whether we will drive gas or lost tor you know where they than we possibly can, but she
going under the title o f “ The belt, and is also making big pointed executrix as directed by ! tractors or horses I do not are all the time.
wished to give it to us so the
I received my uniform last ev­
Virginian,” and also serving as money for the men who are fath­ the will, and a writ of review know, probably both, however.
only
thing to do was to accept
ening. It is of very daik gray
pretty good evidence that he did ering it.
was taken from Judge Niekell’s Paris is truly a wonderful city.
it.
not get in bad with the cow boys
I had expected on my arrival decision on that point, A broth- This morning we had our usual color. The cap is the same style J mentioned in my last letter,
and cow girls in and about Bro­ at my old Indiana home town er and a sister of the deceased session of French. It certainly of the English officers’ with coat did I not, that we have a French
ken Bow, for here it was that he to again meet my long time have filed contest proceedings, is a most peculiar sensation not o f the British Red Cross pattern, woman tor our cook who wears
spent much time in finding his friend, the little photographer alleging that the will was ob to be able to talk so people can riding trousers and gray puttees. a full beard. She is a dandy and
heroes and getting material from who took my first picture as a tained under the condition th a t! understand. It gives me a lot of On the shoulders we have A. R. how she succeeds in getting such
which he made his big hit in his bashful, retiring, freckled faced Mrs. Loveland was then single sympathy for a dnmbman. One C., for American Red Cross, in likeable concoctions from such a
story of the plains.
boy, and who always gave me a and intended to marry the de - 1 goes into a store after patiently small red letters, a Red Cross spare variety of materials and
button or pin tor the coat lapel
Just why there was in the be­ most cordial and hearty greeting ceasedr but that soon after ob- cramming from his dictionary and with red and black star utensils I do not know, but she
ginning, dumped by the hand of on my return visits there, but taining the will, she left the de­ and commences to make perfect­ placed on a circular white back­ does it and that is sufficient.
nature that vast stretch of waste not so, tor the good angel called ceased and married someone else. ly good sounds with his voice, ground on the left arm as the She has taken quite a liking to
land that has been named Wyo­ him a short time before my ar­ She was in New York, but with- knowing all the time that he Friends insignia, and we are to Chambers from California and
ming, has doubtless been the rival and the doors of the little in a few days after the death of i knows what he is saying, but have a button of similar design remarks about his size. He is
really very large and that is
wonder of countless thousands photo gallery that he had oper­ the deceased, brought the will to ! nobody else does, though they for our caps.
quite
noticeable here. He was
ated
for
close
to
50
years
were
Oregon. It is understood that a watch the proceeding with the
ot people traveling through in
It
is
a
bit
of
relief
to
get
into
one of Whittier’s star guards,
comfortable passenger coaches closed. He was a drummer boy lousekeeper of the deceased is I most kindly, solicitous interest,
the uniform and show off the which interests the boys at this
in
the
Civil
War
and
at
the
close
aying
claim
to
a
*
considerable
I
got
extravigant
today
and
and looking out over the acres
true colors, for here ifl Paris season of the year.
and acres of alkali dirt. But came to our town with his win­ portion ot the property, claiming bought bojth a Frenchdictionary
practically
every able bodied
We are quite a long way out
with the vast fields of coal that some young bride. He was an that the deceased was to recom- and a pair of woolen socks.
man seen is in uniform and one of the world here, it seems, for
excellent
singer
and
filled
a
prom­
jense
her
by
way
of
a
will.
There
is
no
connection
at
all
be­
are being tapped there and with
tween the two, though a French feels that a perfectly healthy ap­ we don’ t see nor hear the sign ot
the rivers of oil in the bowels of inent place in the choir ot the M.
W.
L.
Hauson
left
here
Wed­
history in French might be ex- pearing youngster, slouching foot ball and here it is past the
the earth that are now being E church, of which he was an
nesday
for
Wonewoc,
Wisconsin,
jiected to give a beginner cold ex­ along in sloppy civilian clothes middle of October. Haven’t
made to come to the surface, we active member up to the time of
where he said he intended to en­ tremities
is looked at rather askance.
hisjast
sickness.
Some
months
heard yet whether the Giants or
may soon be led to see the hand
gage
in
farming.
It
is
reported
before
his
illness
came
a
cam­
I
had
quite
a
thrilling
experi
October
14—
We
reached
our
White Sox are world champions,
of an all wise Providence in pro­
that the real attraction at that • ence todav in getting a genuine appointment in due course ot which means of course that we
paign
was
opened
for
raising
a
viding this great storehouse of
far away town with the Indian ¡ p rench hkir cut. An ordinary time and have been really seeing are a long way out. We will
essentials for the use ot genera­ fund tor the purchase ot a pipe
name is a maiden fair, Miss Edna | American barber shop could out- things. There are tour of us know soon, however.
organ
tor
the
church,
something
tions yet to come.
he bad long desired to see in­ Hutchens, who was a visitor in | fit a doien French shops, I think. Americans here and are expect-
l*a ter—Word has just come.
Anyone who had occasion to stalled, and be took the lead in Newberg some months ago.
| The chair is simply a high back- iag more shortly. There are Hurrah for Chicago!
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