CLOVERDALE
VOL. 11.
C L O V E R D A L E , T IL L A M O O K C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , M A Y 4, 1916
Town of
Ladybird Was
Depopulated
h'ow t h i
An Episode of May Day
B y F. A . M IT C H E L
W h at w e now call th e m iddle w est
w as settle d up In spots by v ery differ
en t peoples, a n d th ese spots, now cities
o r to w n s, show th e differences to this
day. One place w ill h av e been settled
by refined people, a n d th e ir descend
a n ts a re refined; a n o th e r will have
been settled by a rough class, a n d its
population will be rough today.
W hen one of th e se sp o ts w a s in em
b ry o —w e will call it E ag le b ird —its in
h a b ita n ts w ere no t n a tu ra lly rough,
b u t th e y w e re all men, a n d m en w ith
out w om en will in tim e d e g e n e ra te into
w ild beasts. No w om an w ould go to
E a g le b ird b ecau se th e re w ere no w o
m en there. One o r tw o o f th e men
w e n t e a s t a t different tim es to m a rry a
s w e e th e a rt, b u t cam e back alone. W hen
th e g irls learn ed th a t E ag leb ird w as
ex clusively a m an tow n they in v a ria
bly declined to e x c h an g e refined su r
ro u n d in g s fo r a den.
T h ere w as a to w n n o t fa r d ista n t
from E ag le b ird th a t w e w ill call L ady
bird. W hen th e fo rm er w as settled th e
la tte r had been a tow n fo r tw o dec
ades. T ru e, th e L ad y b ird ia n s had ru n
o u t th e In d ian s, b u t they bad all com e
to the region, m en a n d w om en to g e th
er, from C onnecticut, w h e re th e re w a s
a college, a n d th e re w as no t a poorly
educated person am ong them . B ut
L adybird had no t been fa v o rab ly lo
cated for trad e, a n d its y o ung m en
w hen grow n so u g h t b u sier fields o f la
bor. w hile th e ir siste rs rem ain ed w here
they w ere. In stea d of m an u fa ctu res,
th ere w ere libraries, a n d the old folks
an d th e g irls w ere very intellectual.
E aglebird h ad been settled fo r a land
speculation. T en m en w ith m oney had
purchased a tra c t for a song anil se-
cured o th e rs to jo in th em in s e ttlin g it
by offering a sh a re in th e p ro p erty . In
this w ay som e fo rty m en, m ostly young
a n d all u n m arried , w ere secured a s
em ig ra n ts fo r th e en terp rise. T hey
built a tow n, b u t no m ore m en cam e,
an d ow ing to th e ab sence o f w om en
j th ere w ere no children.
O 'B rien, w ho w as th e o rig in a to r of
th e schem e, one d ay ca lle d a m eeting
in th e to w n hall, a building 12 by 18,
used prin cip ally fo r p o k er p artie s, an d
th u s a d d ressed th e g a th e rin g :
“G entlem en, if w e c a n 't get som e w o
m en for w ives w e’ll h av e to give up
! th is schem e und go som ew here else.
I’ve n proposition to m ake. T h e re are
m ore th a n fifty single w om en in L ady
bird. E fforts have been m ade to in
duce som e of them to m a rry o u r fe l
lows. b u t th ey h av e tu rn e d up th eir
noses a t us. W hat do you say to
sw ooping dow n on ’em an d ca rry in g
'em off?"
T he idea took like w ildfire. N a tu
rally, th e yo u n g est m en w ere th e m ost
en th u siastic. T h irty m en agreed to join
th e ab d u c to rs, a n d no one of th em w as
over thirty’ y e a rs old, w hile th e g re at
m ajo rity w ere not tw enty-five. This
looked w ell for th e schem e, fo r the
g irls th ey w ere to ru n off had nearly
all been born since th e se ttle m e n t of
L ad y b ird a n d w ere th e re fo re young.
Tlie very n e x t d ay a f te r the proposal
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SECURITY AND SERVICE Our Motto
of the abduction schem e u lad y a n d lie r
husband who w ere d riv in g th ro u g h the
country w ith n view to e stab lish in g an
em igration schem e stopped n t E agle
bird an d ask ed fo r e n te rta in m e n t for
the night. T hey w ere accom m odated,
and so long had it been sin ce th e men
had seen a w om an th a t th ey tren ted
the lady as th o u g h sh e w ere a queen.
Every m an in th e to w n offered to serve
her. In th e ev en in g th ey ask e d if she
would not ta lk to them . I t d id n ’t mat-,
te r w h a t she said ; th ey only w ished to
listen to th e sw eet, s o ft voice o f a
wom an. Site consented, nml all ad
Journed to th e to w n hall, w h e re th e
lady w as given a s e a t on a p la tfo rm at
one end of th e room. T h is is w h a t she
said to them :
"G entlem en, I don’t w o n d er you w ish
to listen to a w o m an 's voice. You are
all refined m en, roughened by living
w ith o u t w om an’s q u ietin g influence
W h a t you need is w ives” —
T h ere w us a howl of resp o n se to this
th a t broke in upon th e ad d ress. One
m an w hose voice dro w n ed th e o th e rs
gave aw ay th e sch em e to a b d u c t th e
young L adybirds. l i e w as how led
dow n fo r doing so, since it w as to l»e
expected th a t he h ad ren d ered it a b o r
tive. W hen som e s o rt of o rd er w as re
sto red th e lady spoke ag ain :
“I am n o t su re b u t w h a t y o u r plan
m ay be adv isab le.”
T h is d re w fo rth a b u rs t of ap plause.
“P e rh a p s m any o f you,” th e lady
continued, “ w ho u re ed u cated m en
*iay call to m ind how those m en w ho
settled Rom e as you h ave settle d
E ag leb ird in v ited th e ir n eighbors, th e
Sabines, to a fe ast and c a rried off
th e ir d au g h ters. T h e w om en becam e
a tta c h e d to th e ir h u sb an d s, und w hen
th e ir fa th e rs and b ro th ers a ttn e k e d th o
R om ans th e w om en Interposed and
stopped th e fight,"
A fte r a n o th e r how l of approval th e
lady w ent on:
"I w o u ld n 't ad v ise so trea ch ero u s a
m ethod a s Inviting th e L ad y b ird e rs to
a feast. It is not necessary . R a th e r
w a it for som e celeb ratio n d u rin g w hich
th e girls are o u t in a body. My h u s
band and I intend to pass th ro u g h
L adybird, an d I will m ake in q u iries us
to a fav o rab le tim e fo r your e n terp rise
and ad v ise you.”
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