The Beaverton enterprise., July 20, 1945, Page Page 2, Image 2

F r id a y , Ju ly 20, 1945
BEAVERTON EN TERPRISE. Beaverton. Oregon
Paire 2
FOLKS
The Low Down
From Hickory Grove
B y It. M. B rinkerh cfT
M y lectu re today is on “b ack b o n e”
N ot b ackbon e like grand pa used to
nibble bac .¡ione of pork w here the
m outhfuls of tend erloin lin k e d . T h a t
kind of b ackbon e is e x tin ct.
That
d electab le food along w ith th e b a­
con and h am — w ent out th e window
when "P la n n in g fo r th e F a r m e r ” via
sw ivel ch air, ca m e in —w hen exp er­
ience and com m on sen se
w ere put
in th e ash can.
It is b ack b on e and d eterm in atio n
in men I have in mind today.
If I
w as to hu nt up a nam e
fo r the
tim es we been
going
throu gh,
it
would be th e “e ra of being pushed
around and not pushing b a c k ."
I
am on th is su b je c t on acco u n t o f the
speech I ju s t heard com ing from
W ich ita , in K a n sa s. T h e fellow said
it is tim e to fig h t b ack, and p r o te c t:
,o u r rig h t to w ork a t the jo b of our
ch o ice —and w ithout paying trib u te j
and dues.
And it is co stin g the !
g e n t plenty fo r pushing b a ck — it has
alread y co st him his radio jo b . T h e
sp e ak er w as Mr. deM ille, the m oving
p ictu re fellow .
H e is w arn in g our I
| slu m b erin g n atio n th a t we can lose
our freedom by being docile.
L ik e P au l R e v e re w arned th e fo lk s
th ere around B o sto n , th is h ere C ecil
B . deM ille is rid in' even wider.
Y ou rs w ith th e low down,
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It
Flying
ing th e D earborn. C la rk and th ree
com p anions
s tru c k
a c ro ss co u n try
hoping to e n co u n ter som e Ind ian
trib e and secu re horses
fo r
th e ir1
trip a c ro ss the m ountains.
Lew is, w ith th e m ain p arty, pro­
ceeded up th e riv e r and on Ju ly 19.
reached th a t g re a t co n fo rm a tio n o f
natu re w h ich th ey nam ed G a te s of
th e R o c k y
M ountains. T h e
ro ck y
w alls o f th e canyon
stan d
tw elve
hundred fe e t in h eig h t and extend
fo r six m iles along th e M issouri,
w hich is h ere one hundred and fifty
yards wide.
T h e “g a te s " a re about
ssv en ty -fiv e m iles sou th o f G re a t
F a lls and tw enty m iles n o rth e a st of
H elena, th e c a p ita l city o f M ontana.
T h re e F o r k s o f th e M issouri
F o r Sto ve and D iesel Oil C all H arry
T h e b oats kept up th e ir daily, to il­
B a rn e s.
P hone B - av erto n 3231.
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som e ta s k o f b a ttlin g th e c u rre n t of
the M issouri.
T h e jo u rn a ls o f the
P u t down th a t to rch ,
honey— I'm
p arty recorded th e high winds w hich
— R
-ilieiA it'eetfof-f -
hom e! R e tu rn in g G I to th e S ta tu e
they en cou n tered and of th e sw arm s
o f L ib e rty .
,
of m osqu itoes w hich in fested
th e m ,
day and night.
G am e w as b eco m ­
“ They’re staying home every night and saving their money lor a War
Ja p a n e s e re ce n tly announced
th a t
ing S c a rc e r the c lo se r th ey got t o ! ' >nd!”
— —
th ey w ere c e rta in o f w inning if—th e
th e m o u n tain s and th e problem of | __________________________________________
I w ar w ere prolonged 100 years.
providing food fo r so m any persons I
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w as b eco m in g a serio u s problem . ! here he w as received in a frien d ly w arrio rs to m eet C ap tain C lark , who I
On T h u rsd a y , Ju ly
25,
C a p ta in m an n er.
C ap tain L ew is sm oked th e w as laborin g up th e c u rre n t of th e ; W h ile shopping in B eav erto n stop
; in at th e G reyhound C o ffee Shop fo r
C la rk and his land p a rty a rriv ed a t pipe o f p eace w ith th e In d ian s, dis- Je ffe r s o n w ith his b oats.
th e th re e fo rk s o f th e
M issouri. . tribu ted sm all p resen ts am ong th e
C ap tain C lark follow ed th e riv e r to kunch.
T h e ir fe e t were in
bad
c o n d itio n ,; ch iefs, and explained to them as b est the site o f th e p resen t A rm stead. ;
being pricked by th e spines o f t h e ! he could th a t his m ission
w as a M ontana, w here he tu rn ed
to th e 1 T h e in te re s ts o f the U. S. extend
p rick ly p ear w hich grew in g r e a t ! frien d ly one.
H e told th e In d ia n s west and, on A ugust 17, m et C ap tain to th e w hole w orld.— Sec. of S ta te
profusion.
C ap tain L ew is and his I th a t a larg e p arty o f w hite m en w as Lew is and th e In d ia n s a t Shoshone i S te ttin iu s.
! riv e r p a rty a rriv ed a t th e fo rk s on ' on th e o th er side o f th e m ountains Cove, a b eau tifu l little m o u n tain vai- j —------------------------------------------------------------
Ju ly 27.
I^ewis and C la rk soon a t- j and soon would be w ith them .
He ley, on th e (present H orse P r a ir ie cess th ey had in secu rin g horses de­
ta ch e d nam es to th e th ree stre a m s j set out w ith
C am eah w ait, c h ie f of creek.
I t w as a happy m eetin g a n d 1 pended th e resu lt o f the exped ition. I
w hich converged a t th is point.
T h e ! the Shoshones, and a nu m ber o f his an Im p o rtan t one, fo r upon th e sue-
(T o be con tin u ed )
a
sou th-w est fo rk w as nam ed the J e f - [ -----------------------------------------— ■
ferson, in honor o f P resin d en t Je f-1
fe rs o n ; th e middle b ra n ch w as c a ll­
ed th e M adison, fo r Ja m e s M adison,
s e c re ta ry o f S ta te ;
and
sou th -east
b ra n ch w as nam ed G a lla tin , fo r Al­
b ert G a lla tin , s e c r e ta ry o f the T r e a s ­
ury.
A t the fo rk s is located the
p resen t tow n o f T h re e F o rk s, M on­
ta n a .
S a c a ja w e a recognized th is spot a s
th e p lace w here sh e w as ca p tu re n
by th e M in a ta re e s fiv e y e a rs before.
A fte r a b rie f survey L ew is and C lark
decided th a t th e Je ffe r s o n w as the
stre a m fo r them to follow .
T h e fa ­
m ous lan d m ark , know n a s th e B e a v ­
erhead, wus reached on A ugust 7.
I t is located a few m iles sou th of the
p resen t T w in B rid g e s.
S a c a ja w e a
told th e c a p ta in s th is w as th e sum ­
m er re tre a t of th e Shoshones. F ro m
here, th e riv er to th e p resen t A rm ­
stead is know n a s th e
B eav erh ead .
A nother fo rm a tio n south of D illion,
also know n as
th e
B eav erh ead ,
b ears a stro n g e r resem b lan ce to a
beav er th a n th e one fa rth e r
north, i
T h is w as a fin e b eav er co u n try and.
in la te r y ea rs, w as a fa v o rite trap p - j
ing ground.
I t b ein g im p erativ e th a t som e v il­
lage o f th e S h osh o n es be reach ed in
o rd er to secu re h orses to con tin u e
th e jo u rn ey ,
C a p ta in
L ew is
and
th ree o f th e m en w ent ahead to try
to c o n ta c t the In d ia n s.
T h e head-
u a rte rs o f th e M issouri w ere re a c h ­
ed on A ugust 12.
M cN eal strad d led
th e stre a m , waved
his a rm s
and
th a n k e d God th a t he had lived to see
th e day when he could b estrid e th e
g re a t M lssiouri.
L ew is but sm iled
a t h is you thfu l ind u lg ence and th ey I
hu rried on.
Soon th ey stood on the j
b ack bon e o f th e co n tin e n t.
B eh in d
them lay th e sou rces o f the w inding !
M issouri, ahead lay th e O regon, th e
G re a t R iv e r o f th e W est.
D escen d in g the w estern
slope o f
th e m o u n tain s. L ew is and his m en
d ran k fro m the L em h i, one' o f th e
fa rflu n g trib u ta rie s o f th e Colum bia.
T h e follow ing day I^ewis cam e
upon tw o Shoshone wom en, who
guided him to th e Sh osh o n e cam p.
Lewis and Clark
The G reat A m erican Odyssey
A Condensed S to ry o f th e
H isto ric E xp ed itio n o f 1804-6
opyright 1945 by W a lte r M eacham
(C ontinued fro m la st w eek)
■iit F a lls of the M issouri
T he In d ia n s had told L ew is and
' rk th a t m any d ays' jo u rn ey to
• it th ey would com e upon g re a t
i’s and rapids, w h ere th e
w ater
hed
m ad ly over
ro ck y
c liffs ,
•'re It w as im possible fo r b oats to
li •“.
C a p ta in L ew is and fo u r of th e
i • i w ent ah ead o f th e m ain p arty
h u I, on Ju n e 13, ca m e upon th e spot
the In d ian had d escribed.
H ere,
to r a
d ista n ce o f n ea rly tw enty
'it, th e
M issouri plunges over
i a c u la r fa lls and rapids, ta k in g
i
h a t d istan ce, a to ta l drop o f over
1 jiii' hundred fe e t.
T h e g re a t fa lls
th em selv es have a drop o f over
eig h ty feet.
T h e sig h t o f th is m ig h ty w ork of
i’. itu re w as an in sp irin g one to the
ptaln and his m en, and assured
•em th a t th ey w ere on the real
ouri.
N am es
w ere given to
le variou s fa lls as they ca m e to
tu rn.
T h e fir s t and m ig h tiest was
■ lied th e G re a t F a lls ; then cam e
'rooked F a lls ltulnbow , C o lter and
lack E a g le .
J u s t below th e la tte r
’alls w as a sm all island. H ere stood
cottonw ood tre e on w hich a b lack
igle had built its neat.
D istu rbed
y its uninvited gu ests, th e eagle
plead its w ings and flew over th e
arty as on a trip of inspection . F ln -
'y s a tisfy in g its e lf th a t the group
e a n t no h arm , th e eagle retu rn ed
its nest and settled Its ru ffled
a th ers. N ear th is sp ot is th e p res­
it city of G reat F a lls , M ontana.
C o n tin u in g his
m arch ,
C ap tain
.ewls cam e upon a riv er flow ing
uni th e west, called by th e In d ian s
lie M edicine (S u n ) river.
Beyond
the W h ite B e a r Islands, w here
i imp w as m ade.
H ere they had
cveral lively en cou n ters
w ith the
rizzly K 'a r s w h ich In h a b ited th e
islands, and resented any en cro a ch -
lent on th e ir dom ain.
C ap tain
C la rk soon arrived w ith
the m ain p a rty and p rep a ra tio n s
w ere m ade to p o rtag e around th e
fa lls and rapids.
T h e portage, cov­
erin g eig h teen m iles, to ok tw o w eeks
to accom p lish ..
O ut o f a c o tto n ­
wood tre e th ey m ade w heels fo r a
w agon on w hich to hau l th e ir b o a ts
and supplies. . A portion of th e ir
goods w ere “c a c h e d " a t th e m outh
o f Ih irta g e (B e lt M ou ntain) c re e k
to lig hten th e ir burd ens and c re a te
a reserv e fo r th e re tu rn trip , if th e y
w ere lu ck y enough to retu rn .
I^>wis and Clurk hnd brou ght fro m
th e U n ited S ta te s the iron fra m e o f
a boat, w h ich th ey now put to g eth ­
e r nnd covered w ith sk in s o f elk and
buffnlo.
B u t, when th e b o a t w as
launched . It leaked so badly It had
to be abandoned.
Tw o can oes w ere
m ade fro m cottonw ood tre e s to ta k e
its place.
T h e p o rtag e w as slow
nnd laborio u s.
T h e m en’s fe e t w ere
cu t by sh a rp ro ck s and p rick ly pear,
and they had to keep a sh a rp look-
out fo r ra ttle s n a k e s .
D uring th e p ortag e, C ap tain C lark ,
o rk ,
C liarbonnenu,
S a c a ja w e a
and little B a p tiste w ere ca u g h t In a
rav in e d uring a
clou d b u rst w hich
th rea te n e d to en g u lf th em .
C la rk ,
at im m inen t risk o f his own, saved
’ he liv es o f th e In d ian w om an and
'te r papoose.
In th is wild d is tric t, fa r from th e
'in ln g in flu en ce o f civ ilizatio n , they
observed F o u rth o f Ju ly .
A g rea t
.st w as prepared o f th e ten d erest
i its o f elk and b u ffa lo m eat.
The
la s t o f th e w h isk y w as d run k in a
to a st to P resid en t Je ffe r s o n .
The
fla g w as flow n from a ta ll pole and
salu ted w ith a volley from
th e ir
rifle s
C ru x a tte tuned Up his p re c­
ious fiddle and th e old h ills echoed
to th e s tra in s o f th e lively m elodies
lie played.
T h e men sa n g and d an ­
ced and m ade m erry, fo r th e re was
no te llin g w hat th e m orrow m ight
1 ing fo rth
T h is
w as th e
first
F o u rth o f J u ly ce le b ra tio n
ever
•aged in p resen t M ontana.
As soon a s all w as ready, the party
pressed on.
On Ju ly 15, they dia-
overed a riv er flow ing in from the
outh w hich they nam ed
S m ith 's
tver, fo r R o b e rt S m ith , se c re ta ry of
he Navy. T h re e days la te r a tribu -
‘ a ry fro m th e
n o rth
w as nam ed
D earb o rn riv er, In honor o f
H enry
D earbo rn , s e c re ta ry o f W ar.
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