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PAGE -I SHERMAN CG UK T Y JOURNAL, MORD, OREGON Wasco News «y Pauline Broughton Mrs. M arvin Overholts an ! child ren, T erry and IJnda of Stayton, came last week to visit Mr. O ver holts, who has been w orking for Francis W atkins. The Stayton visitors spent Saturday and Sun day visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cam fiiell of Con on were Sunday afternoon visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ih»wey Thomas. Mrs. Keith M Donald was ap- ■pointed departm ent nlvll defense chairm an of the American Ix'gion Auxiliary at the close of the con vention held recently at Salem. This office is one of the top four appointive offices in the organi zation. and Mrs. McDonald re ceived the appointm ent w ithin 24 hours of tlx* close of tihe con vention. Ixist Thursday Mrs. Clyde IFrid- ley was hostess for a picnic 8U'j> per and birthday p arty honoring her daughter, Teresa on her sixth birthday. The affair took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Thomas. Among those who enjoy ed the festivities were T eresa’s grandm other, Mrs. A. I>. McCon- augiiy, Mrs. Robert N Isbetand children Elaine, A nnette and Ken, Mrs. Dewey Thomas, Kent and Heine’, and Mrs. Kenneth Fridley and d aughter Hartxira. Mrs. Ken neth Eridley, w ith an old fashion ed freezer of “han J c ranked” ice cream, was a focal jwdnt of Inter est to the small fry, m any of whom had never seen ice cream ipr(Nliio>d in that manner. Jean n ette Belshee was honored with a small gift during the ser vices last Sunday, in recognition of her faithful work In MYF and as church pianist at Was»-o M eth odist church d u rin g the p ast year. Mias Belshee, who will attend Onjgon State college this year, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Le roy Belshee. Four generations were re p re sented reently when Mrs. Jennie Heard ha J as guests her daugh ter, Mrs. Edra K irkelle of P o rt land, and her grand d aughter and huslMnd, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gil- klc with their three children from Monrovia, ( 'aliforniki. Major and Mrs. H. E. H u itt and children Diane, Michael and Bill, from Kelly AEB at San Antonio, Texas, left last week after a two weeks visit with Mrs. H u ltt’s mother, Mrs. Guy Andrews. The H uitts are enroute to Germany, where Major H uitt will tie sta tioned. After a vacation jaunt that has taken them to North Pow<lor an I LaGrande, where they visited With relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Lee W inegar and family of Seattle sto|»|H><| in Wasco for a w eekend visit with his brother, Harold W lncgar and family. The S eattle ites will end their vacation w ith a camping trip in the San Juan islands near their home. Robert Uriah, who suffered a badly Injured foot In a rtnnbine v-», - v r - ' - •» r- r FRID 1Y , AUGUST T, 1M» Mrs Murray Walker and eon «an b« learned, tho now route is accident two weeks -»go, will be hospitalized for some tim e yet. Jimmy from Olympia, W n., spent much superior to that, which last week visiting in the home of crosses the Blue Mountains and He is at The Dalles General. follows the Columbia River, since Mr. and M rs.Leo W atkins, Judy Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Haipei. Mrs. Jack Olsen and family and it avoids m uch rough country and Donnie visited friends in Ar- lingmn Sunday. Enroute, they Dave Rich from Portland «topped and m akes unnecessary the haz met Mrs. Gatewood, the "walking for a short visit Sunday w ith Mrs, ardous travel by w ater down the grandm other.” and stopped to ex Olsen's aunt, Mrs. H arry Van Columbia below The Dalles, which Gilder. The Portland people were has taken so m any lives. Mr Ap change greetings w ith her. Mrs. E. D. Gosson returned to enroute home from Pendleton, plegate and his associates are the Ix*o W atkins ranch Thursday where they had gone to view the claim ing m uch for th eir new road after s e n d in g a few days at her centennial wagon train celebra and will probably p ersua tie many tion. of this y e a r’s em igrants to take it. home in Portlan«!. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McConaughy Mr. and Mrs. Frank I^h m an n A ugust 11, 1834—Came tw enty of ( ’arson, Wn„ w ere here for the had as Sunday dinner guests th eir weekend visiting their sons, who son in law and «laughter, Mr. and miles and cam ped on the Snake are spending the sum m er with Mrs .Clyde Fridley and family, Falls and hear of a band of the Mr. Ixi/bmann’s brother in law and and their son, Gene MtConaughy. Snake Indians called the Diggers. sister, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tuggle. Gene, whose hom e is in Portland, They have few horses and no guns G uests of Mrs. Charles Fulton returned there Sunday evening and live chiefly on fish and roots last week w ere her niece and two after having spent the past week or so helping wdth the harvest children from San Francisco. It seems that chickens aren ’t on the Fridley ranch. Miss H arriet Doheny and Miss the only victim s of predators, re cently Hildred Zell lost a young Ruth Isaacs, txjth of whom are lamb to some unknow n m arauder. teachers in the Seattle « hools, Mrs. John Bus k and young son arrived this week for a visit w ith Johnnie spent T hursday evening Mr. and Mrs. H ildred Zell. at tih • I>eo W atkins home, where Robert Scribner of Olympia, Wn., they enjoyed a birthday dinner in brother in law of Mrs. Carl Tug honor of Mrs. Buck anil also her gle, is a guest at the Tuggle home w’hile assisting with the harvest mother. Mrs. W atkins. Albert Kaseberg, who recently there. suffered a heart attack, Is im F o r the i proving to the extent he is allow- Oregon In History e I to read and listen to his radio, A ugust 8, 184ft—M r. Jesse A p b u t is not yet allowed to see vis plegate of the p arty engaged in itors. CAMP COACH Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Root, laying out a southern route into Maurice and Janie, w ere Sunday the W illamette Valley, together S im * visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bill with Moses H arris, Davi I Goff Jack & J e r r y ’s Union Sta. and two others, today reached Broughton. Fort Hall in advance of the re Mrs. E. D. Gosson and l augh Wasco, Oregon ters Debra, Denise and l-eslle Kay m ainder of the exploration party, III IL T ESPF<'IA LI.Y FOR return© to their Portland home which is a day or two off and is ♦F isherm en! •Vacationer»! Saturday after spending the past advancing under the direction •H unter»! •C ontriietion folks! several weeks at the Ix*o W atkins of Captain lx?vi Scott and Mr. IJndsav Applegate. From w hat ranch. Mrs. E Miller and daughter Jody of H untington w ere house guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Hil- derbrand last week. Mrs. Eave Bof <• has returned to Camas, Wn., to make her home near that of h er son. Scot, Miller, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Miller, underw ent surgery a, Good Sam aritan hos-pl- tal In Portland last Thursday. Mrs. Edward Blalock and Mrs. .Mae Reynolds of Reno, Nevada, arrived Monday for a short visit with Mrs Leona Van Gif er. Mrs. Eva Moore of Redmond celebrated her August I birthday by a vltfit ,o the home of her son, Tom Moore and family. Mrs. Moore Is a telephone operator a, Redmon ’. Mrs. Guy Andrwes had as re cent guests her brother in law and sister in law ami their grandson from Merl ian, Mississippi. Mrs. Andrwes ncconwpanhsl the south ern visitors on a trip to Seaside and Mt. I loo w hile they were \ » here. Frank Knox, whoe home, g ar age and car was destroyed by fire last Friday evening, spent S a tu r day w ith his daughter, .Mrs. Doro thy Collins at Richland, Wn. Mr. Knox, who is employed a, the S herm an Co-op, lias ma e a r rangem ents for t< »miporary living q u arters a, the Wasco fire house. He -pent Friday night In the home of Mr. anil Mrs. Tom .Moore. C h in o o k j - ’ hvfM.© their iidbine. Diggers They are friendly and peaceable. They subsist at p resent on salmon which have ju st com m enced ru n ning. The salmon go no higher than here. We purchased some dried anil som e fresh. They are most excellent being quite fat. The dried m ake good food w ith out cooking a t all. F o r two fish hooka 1 could get a fish th a t would w eigh 12 or 14 pounds. —Journal of Jason Lee August 12, 1805— At the distance of 4 miles fu rth e r the road took us to the m ost d istan t m ountain of the Mighty M issouri in w arch of which we have spent so many toilsome days a n d wTestless nights. T hus far I had accom plish ed one of the great objects on which my m ind has been u n a lte r ably fixed for m any years . . .the m ountains are high on erither hand leave this gap at the head of this rivulet through w hich the road passes . . . we proceeded on to the top of the dividing ridge . . . descended the m ountain about three-quarters of a mile which I found m uch stedper than on. the appoalte side, to u tiaieMome bold running Creek of cold Clear w at er. Here 1 first tasted the w ater of the Mighty Columbia River. jo ru n a l of Capt. M erlw eather Lewis August 13, 1829— 1 have ju st fin ished calculating the am ount of the Requisition alluded to in the 11 uh paragraph of my letter of the 5th Inst. The am ount is high and on that account I refrain from adding about three hundred pounds of se.-ond hand Bur tout trousers and waistcoats Gentle men cast off clothes. The A m eri cans dispose of such articles on the coast. Indeed our requisition is high from the necessity of hav ing a ■vanity to suit anil the fancy of the natives ami I see no alter P erfection in everv service i reasonable cost TIMBER LAMINATED STRUCTURES Grain Storage Commercial Structures Machine Sheds Pre Cut Buildings Contact: Clnlr L. Balzer Moro, Oregon Phone: Jordon 5-3633 (after 5 p. in. native. We m ust beat the oppoeF tion off or they will be a constant source of annoyance. le t t e r of Dr. John McLough- lin to the Gov. and Comm., Hud son’s Bay Co. • r \ ~ Boxol guarantee« vitamin« and iron your child may need foe bettor health and learning Science h*e proved children le *ra fatter when they get the vitamin» they need. A nother im portant rr^tou no« to take chance« with your child’» diet. BexfcJ M u ltip le Vitam in» for Children guarantee» v ita m in in»uranc< for better health, too . . . better boom, better teeth, better appetite. O n ly penniea a day in either »yrup or noy capsule form. Guaranteed! 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