Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current, April 06, 1934, Page 2, Image 2

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    ÍHE bHEMMAN UUUNTY JOURNAL, MURO. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL (J, 1934
Meet a the 1st and 3rd
T'huxpulay exvnings of
each month, Visiting
members cordially in­
vited to meet with us.
Elm« Hansen, W. M-
c V. Belknap. Secy.
Moro Lodge No- IIS, L O. O. F.
•
Moro, Oregon
Meets every Mon-
day evening in the
LO.O.F. hall- Tran
kie^t and ^isitifng
brothers are cordi­
ally invited to meet
with us.
Ralph B ri s bi ne, N. G
Joe Truit, Secretary
Lupine Re I k c a Lodge No- 116
Moro, Oegon
Meet« 2d and 4th Tu-
of each month
i Visiting members wel
come.
Glack ri B . - >Ht. N. Q.
Lli Bull, Secretary-
Chris SchaIte Port Na 71
TVs Kuns man family reunion J
imMy afternoon when Roy and I
family came over from Arlington, ।
John Kuns man ad wife came from 1
Ton Dalles and Mr. and Mrs. L I
Barnum and Mary Ooeftdd and I
family were here from The Dalles.!
fhis Plane Lards as Easy as a Parachute
CREE
VERN CM
J
KELLMMA.
LYTTON
CHy^E'
HOPE
PEACHLAND
CHILLIWACK
Wasco M. E. Church
Hhe Official Board and the
boards and committees of the
church will meet Wednesday night
April 11, at 8:00 o'clock- This is
the last meeting before the Fourth
Quarterly Conference in May- Be­
cause of this and because there
was no Official Board meeting in
Marvel it is important that every
one be present.
(Mr Ernest W- Peterson, an
editor of The Oregon Journal, and
a member of the board of foreign
missions of the Methodist Episco­
pal church, will «peak April 15, at
11:00 a. m- His subject will be
"The International Religious SiV
nation Today.”
Hand”
Church School .....
10.00 a. m
Church Worship ...
m.
Epworth League ., .. 7:00 p- m.
ANCOUVER PENTICTON
OSOYOOS
OROVILLE
Mt Shaki**
Mt 3*^^ TONASKE-
OVERSIDE
OMAK
CZANOGAK
BtLU NG;J^V
> l WSTEP.
Clocar
Meets at Legion hall on
2nd and 4 th Wednesday
evenings of each month-
Giles L. French, Commander
. Wily W Knighten, Adjutant Community Presbyterian Church
^CHELAN
¿EVERETT
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SCASHMEPI
Christian Science
Subject: Unreality
This “Circle Plane" may replace the runabout In the average American family, according to the design­
EL
Golden Text: Proverbs 12:5. The ers. The plane has an uuibrella-llke wing and can be landed at a 60 degree angle In a 25-foot area. It can
^JiEATTLE
thoughts of the righteous are travel 135 miles per hour, and comes down to earth slower than a parachute.
For Sale: 7-tube Steinite all- right but the counsels of the wick­
•lecti ic radio, table model 115 or ed are deceit-
Splawn was in his country with gun shot of the camp. And at
will trade in on cheap car. Wish
Responsive Reading: Proverbs Klicketat hills Jake parted com­
tight car under $75- Wirite Elea­ 16:1, 3, 8. 16-23, 32
pany with his brother and friends an armed band of men- Splawn day light, Moses and hi« band
nor Brown, Wasco, or call Wasco
AU are cordially invited to at­ for the last time. It would be in­ told him what he had come for, f<)Und they were surrounded by
Moses ordered Splawn
o’~,-
to take sixty two men that were just itch­
achoo’houu-
tend the church services and to teresting to know what was said
pia NATI
his
men
and
get
back
across
the ing to shoot. Captain Splawn or­
make use of the reading room at that time." I imagine old John
PARK
river
before
dark-
If
they
did
not
CSNTWM.IA
dered Moses to walk out and have
Horses for .ale, El nor Helyer, in the rear of the church building, counciled Jake to return, but he
3t,pd- which is open daily Where al) would not and rode to the north. they would never go back, and he all his men follow with hands up-
Kent
.^YAKIMA
authorized Christian Science liter- After the Indian rising was quel­ threatened to open fire on them. Then Splawn said "Moses you
FORT
Then and there Captain Splawn
Strayed from my farm; 11 mile« ature may be read, borrowed or led John and the others returned showed he was an Indian fighter. have lied- Now if you have any­
TOPPENISH
east .of Moro. 1 black stud colt, purchased
to their old haunts, but Jake never He tsjaid, ‘‘Mosies there are two thing to say, say it quick for we
are
going
to
shoot
you,
and
then
yWIM
INDIAN
2 yr.
1 black filly. 1 bay filly,
The Full Gospel Assembly
came back- Later on he and some men over there behind a log that we will shoot all these other In­
RECURVATION
old- * B. anded EHB on rigfhit
... 10:00 a. m. other renegades from Moses Illi- never miss th'eir mark They have dians.” Moses begged for mercy
shoulder, Anv knowing where Sunday School
(hee came to a horse ranch between both got a bead on ' your black
about« of stock notify me at my Fellowship Meeting and scripture the Yakima and Columbia rivers. heart- At the first signal ynu are for the first time in his life. He
11.00a m.
implored Splawn not to shoot him,
expense. H B. Belshee, Moro Or- lesson
kit ddarrtz
Prayer meeting every Wednes­ Some of them hid behind the bam dead Indian. I come to get the and he would give up the murder­
while
others
came
to
the
house
Indians
that
killed
Perkins,
and
I
-,
MtStMMtrz
day at 2:30 p. m. at the home of
where Bill South and another man am going to get them, if I have ers, but insisted they were not
Misses Helen and Lois Bryant R J. Ginn--
L5O "
among the men present. But he
were batching, They demanded to kill all the Indians in the Big could
are here this week from Whitman
fVVIEV«
get them in one day if r he I
Everybody
welcome.
college for a visit with their
something to eat and tried to get Bend. And you will be the first could send ten men after them-
Grass Valley Baptist Church'
into the house. When the
motbt r-
— men
----- one killed. You know who they
uycp
Church School
. 10:00a- m. showed fight the Indians got be- are- Will you give them up, or Splawn asked him if they could
11:00 a- m. hind the bam and stayed there un-j do you want to fight? Moses, saw deliver them at Priest Rapids be­
Clacton Vintin is here this Church service
lanb W t HE
.
6.30 p. m. til after dark- Several shots were that he was in bad and must par- fore sundown that day- Moses
B
Y.
P.
U
....
week from Forest Grove where he
said they could. Then Splawn
CALUi
la attending Pacific University.
fired but no one was hurt- The ley if he hoped to win- So he said "Moses, pick your ten men!
¿KENT
next morning the Indians were said he knew who the Indiana were and tell them what to do. You will
M V^'N
MORO SCHOOL NOTES
A few persons drove to the river
gone, and so were the white men’s but they were not with hirq at stay with us, and we will move!
VALLE/
early Friday momdng of last week
saddles. • A few days after this,, that time, but that he knew where to Priest Rapids, and if these men I
Rufus
High
school
held
its
an
to see the new Union Pacific train
the same Indians came upon Mr.] they were, and if Splawn would are not there by sundown you will
a* it «lowly slipped along its way nual spring dance last Saturday and Mrs- Perkins campad at come to his camp, his men would’be
Mt WliZZn
shot at that time” This plan
•
I evening, March 31. Moro school Rattlesnake Springs, They kill- .-t„ ,k„ u------ .-------------- .
sun_
take the horses to grass and bring was carried out
Harty Marlin, one time lumber being invited as well as the other ed this defenseless man and
them in the next morning, and
man <jn Moro, with his wife were hi«h »chools of the county. Several man and crosad the Columbia and then they would go and get the down the murderers were brought
WAS
here last week
I car
of Moro boys and girls joined Chief Moses. I will tell Idians he wanted- Splawn told in and turned over to Splawn.
visitors
motored down to the event- The you how these Indians were cap­ (Moses to return to his camp and Jake, or Kipe, as he was known,
Miss Eva Miller, a student at gymnasium was very attractively tured, as it was told to me by stay there- He would remain was one of them- Splawn told
_____
Albany college, is home for Ea*-I decorated in crepe paper and bai­ men that took part in it- I also where he was until morning, when Moses he must go to Yakima with
ter vacation from her work there-] ioom® hanging from th« ceiling. wish to say that several years af­ he would come to the Indian camp them, and to tell his Indiana to
go to their camp and stay there
• ••♦
I The music was furnished by an ter it happened, I rode the range
The young man named Kutch] orchestra from The Dalles and was of the Big Bend and became fa­ and they then would go and get till he come. When they reached
the murderers. Moses withdrew
who was killed at Oregon State] very good. From all reports, every miliar with the country where the and Splawn kept a guard out all Yakima, Moses was released and
told he could go back home, and
college last week was a brother of | one enjoyed himself immensely.
capture took place- First I will night-
he lost no time in doing so. The
Mina H< len Kutch Who taught in
The assistant editor, Gayle Ami- tell you something «bout Chief । During the latter part of the Indians were tried, convicted and
the M oro schools a few yearsldon, has chosen her staff for the Moses He was the wealthiest In­ night it snowed nearly two inches
SctCj.
&
sentenced to be hung. Before the
I coming year for the school paper- dian in that country. He had lots and early in the morning Splawn date arrived they all broke jail,
5
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v
,
I They are editing this issue of the of horse« and cattle, which were and his men rode
to the -Indian
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Tbree. or iour were shot, five were
Mias Ma.jory Nahouse, sto dent I Optimist
kept north of Grand Coulee. He camp, which they found deserted soon captured and hung, and the re-
in McMinnville, is enjoying a visiti*
was arrogant and over bearing. He
with the home folks this week-
I
Bibb- P^Went of Albany spoke good English and was a fine by Moses and his warriors, leav- maining one was afterwards cap-
old men, women and' tured over on the Columbia and
•
I College, addr°»ised the student specimen of the northern Indian children. the
On account of the snow hung- Jake was among the ones
A- M Wright and wife wpr.|’xxF' March 29. He announced Perkins and his wife were killed | they could not be tracked. Splawn
an honor scholarship to Al- late in August, and by the middle I scouted around and during the that were hung. The Indians con­
visito: ; in The Dalles Saturday.
3<
fessed and told how Mrs. Perkins
I bany College has been alloted to of
November
the Indians had not day was joined by twelve men got away from them, and got on a
■„HE MULI
lire
Amidon entertained ] ^oro higih school, which carries a been taken- The people of Yaki- from Ellensburg. They camped
' Bc'AVER
Af* B
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entire tuition for ma decided it was time something that night at Middlewater, on Crab race home bare back, with a hal­
numbers _ of __
the _____
elder bridge dub rebate of
MARSH
Tueadwy afternoon and the young—I
semesters ($130 ) The condi- was done A meeting was called, Creek about twenty miles from ter on, and would have escaped if
CQATE^Ltx : -
she
could
have
guided
the
home
NATI P r
•r ladies Thursday afternoon ofl^ons are: First, the recipient must and volunteers were called for.
thia v eek______________________ I
honor student. Second, the Fifty men rWtpondetU and they the Columbia. Splawn Rent two but he ran in a circle and the In-
recipient must have sufficient elected Jack Splawn Captain. They men up to Saddle mauntain, and dians caught him. Rattle Snake
The Rebekah lodge was (host to] ^unds to pay for room and board were well mounted and well arm­ ati^nidnight they returned to camp Springs had been a favorite camp
reported seeing camp fires far for years, but after the murder
AMAT I |
• group^f card players Friday |at
dormitory ($230) and col- ed and fully equipped- They start­ and
to
the
northeast towards Moses the Indians would not camp there I
ef lari week in what proved to be]
fees ($19 to $29 ) Tlhoee in- ed out to bring in the guilty In­ lake- They
broke camp at once They claimed they could hear
Ma of the laigeet card parties ofHere®^®<i should apply at Mr. dians dead or alive. They crossed
and
advanced
carefully to within Mr®. Perkins horse running. In
th« season. The lodge room wasl^*^01“ * ’office immediately.
the Columbia river
Priest two miles of the camp fires- Then fact, a white man told me of
full ef tablee.
Friday, April «.^ther^win^be Rapids, and followed up the river Splawn gave his men orders that hearing a horse running there in
nine acts given instead of the for­ to a place five miles above the were followed exactly. The order the night, that could not be ac-
‘¿ATK
do* Truit; has opened his bar ] merly advertized four, at the Band mouth of Grab Creek. At this was given to form a line around couted for any other way.
hALLS
her shop again after working at Concert. Some Hood River stu- place there is a bar about three the camp and each man to keep al And that is the story of an
I LAMall !
the experiment station for * few I lents are also contributing to the miles long, and about half a mile mile from the center, and grhd-
n
.
--
— Indian that forfeited his right to
I evenings entertainment The glee wide, that over flows during high ually move in, and at day light live, rapier than let white men
HÖSNB1OO.
I dub girts ane going to sell home water. A large amount of logs each man was to be within good tell him where he could live-
DORRi?
ColRs Moore felt tihe urge fori made candy on the same evening. and trees drift in there and as
-A
MT HEBRON
fishing Wedne dr^y and left
the
water
goes
down,
the
drift
is
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BRAT
GAZ F ll E 'Ò
Ma favorite ... fir hing spot w
on t^l Every body eome, it will be left high and dry. At thia time
De«ehnt^ in ordX to ke Teadyl *°rth yaur whtl®
Moses was camped at the upper
«.«ISON
When the sun came up Thursday I wPerformance
end of this bar. Splawn and his
ED
parity reached the lower end of
0
Mr. and Mrj. Ralph Brisbine left _ A TRUE INDIAN STORY
the bar in the afternoon and
M DUNSMUIR
for Portland Sunday with their|
(Continued from page one)
camped for dinner- While they
I' -.r
r OVER 400 V
daughton Jean and Will remain the road from the house. A high were eating they Heard a war
PICTURES
for a few dayr for medical treat- done wall .waa next to the road- whoop, and saw about a hundred
Pictures tell the story. The
ment
|
attracted by a peculiar Indians riding toward them.1
articles are short, concise,
Told In Simple Language
LiiAMEinu
and faKinating. Here are a
m
I
c,
-
01111
grow louder. Splawn ordered has men behind the
Would
you
like
to
keep
posted
on
all
the
few subjects covered:
Mr and Mrs. T. S Reeae and! Mother was the that to recognize logs. When within about a hun­
new developments in this remarkable world
ArtsandCraft Work—Astron-
Pictured here is the Cascade' that there is competition for the
daughter Mary spent Easter at the it, as she had heard it before. It dred yards the Indians stopped
otny—Automobile kepairing
of ours? The new Inventions — The latest
highway system that runs from privilege of naming
naminrr the
th* east of
—Aviation—Boat Building—
Mitchell home on the Pendleton I was the Indian war song Soon and lined up- Moses then rode out
Scientific
Discoveries
—
the
amazing
1
ngi-
Care of Tools—C hennstry_
Canada
to
Mexico.
.
The
map
is
a
neering
Feats
—
the
progress
n.c
h
in
Z
via-
Md station in Umatilla county ! we saw the Indians coming over half way. and Captain Splawn
the
mountains
highway.
It will
Electricity— Home Made
tion — Radio— Electricity — C lien:: str y,-nr- present from the Cascade High­ be noted that the two route, from
Furniture—Hunting, Fish-
Mra. Mitchell is a daughter of the! uhe hill from the south. There met him- Moses appeared very
In«—Ideas to Make Money in
Physics — Fhotogiipl.y, etc.? To'sc and way Association located in Yakima the Criterion junction
Snare Time—Jigsaw Work —
wer® twenty of them riding two angry and demanded to know why
are given
many other fascinating subjects are brought Washington. It is apparent from equal
Metal Working - Model Mak­
prominence-
/***
' I abreast Jak« was in the lead with
to
you
each
month
thrq.fh
the
pay
s
of
in« Motion Pictures-Radio
Eng - * C”-hman was in Port his brother John by his side. They
the title and fiom the location
—Toys—Wood Turning.
Notice of Final Settlement
1‘OPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE.
land fui a few day5 during the were all painted and wearing war
~»'r.Mew So Y-I Can
All persona are hereby notified
Mother—David, those little play
UMtntcnJh"
Something for Everyone!
pjjtVeek for a vmu with his I bonnets. I proposed that we go to
Professor (at football game)-
file their objections if any to
Spttial dt jxin writ» aie <ic
mates of yours look rather tough-
o Ihr b -me
■mn who hve^there
th« hous«. %it Mother said we had to
Ah,
I can see that success at this
the final account of the executor
I I hope none of them use bad lan­
a,
I better hide in the berry busbee be- of the will of Eliza J. Powell, de­
sport can be attained only by per-
helplul inf >rn n’ion on t>
guage.
Hormsi Oochran with his wife hind th« stone wall and not be
David—Oh, «eme of ’em try to, iM^PCrktiOn am°n* 016
rad b»by Of MiteluJl .p^ti Mon- ,o,n. They .topped M the trough ceased, on or before May 4. 1934,
one subordinating
at 10:00 o’clock a. m. which is the
rqother. but
ain’t muci) good ipants^each
v ^I.,‘uh
W U
watered their bon»,. They
his own individuality to the gen-
time
fixed
by
the
county
court
for
at
it.
JI?
" U “ H'"'' •bout *whil<'
rode on
^w^e °f the or®ani»ation
At All
rant of Mr. Cochran.
That w.„ the laat time I aver an« Sherman County, State of Oregon,
for the settlement of said account,
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tr
,R an integral part
or
by
Subscription
«y
a .
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,
,
Jake They crossed the Columbia
”Jim Pishback is going to sue thus effectuating that co-oJiia"
William S- Powell,
cumber of p~ple from Moro and waited for the main band of
tion of action which is the esaenti
th« company for damages.”
Executor.
i
»1
desideratum.
*WhM
f«rf
”
a err in
« / J*'
wo. ring at Blalock Island by a Erank G. Dick, Attorney.
tel
POPVLAR
RTCfHir«
4t-a26
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a b<*vy pi^e
f
i^hirday night
] gun Koat Some where in those The Dalles, Oregon
200 E. Oalari*.
J.
of steel when the whistle blew and
he dropped it and injured his f oot ”
f$rown Talk
Wonders of Science
and Invention
KW’
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