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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1925)
>? " »vT Jlw . .— '• .. - . JI.~ k«.’ Aki *WV"’ '• • ■'Xi- v *7 THE SCIO TRIBUNE •ADIRONDACK" MURRAY o Old Standby /lew Dress •—the same dependable remedy more than that over • f period ” ‘ of ---------- filtv years haa has MM Lund n rellabls in the I treatment ot catarrh and diseases ot catarrhal nattire. The outside of the only has he*n alterad. Itate packing and reduce break age in shipping, the paper wrap per which has identified the Ft-ru-r.a bottle for many years has been displaced by a substan tial pasteboard carton, o Pe-ru-na cannot be made any better. Three geurratu<ns of users testify that re-ru ns is the best remedy in the world for catarrh and diseases ot catarrhal origin. The remedy our fathers and grandfathers used with so much sslisfai ti.-n is still ths standby for the ills of everyday in thousands of American home* ■ ■ .'J r: , wl ■ I "v : • ' ? s. rS: PE-RU-NA Old Farmtr Fumblegate Recall» Golden Day» “2- FATHER Of THE OUTDOOR RECREATION MOVEMENT By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN 1IE KANT baa but one na tional park and that s email ooe- Lafayette, on the Island of Mount Des ert off tbo coast of Maine But It baa the Adlron darks. Of Ila kind there la bo better In all the world. Many thousands of city-weary Americana bare motored through the "Great North Woods" this summer; other thousands are on their way at tills moment. Many thousands have had a Joyous summer In Its public and private ramps and In resorts; other tlwuaands are theca still. Last winter thousands of the red blooded who scorn to follow the summer and believe that It takes Jack Frost to put the fin lshtng touch to the mental, moral and physical make-up of the efficient — played In Its snow and on It* Ice; thousands will be there •(■In next winter Republics may or may not be un grateful. They certainly • re often forgetful. Read now the story of Rev. William Henry Harrison Murray and the Adirondack« The Adirondack« lie In the northeast corner of New York In the gTeat tri angle formed by the Nt Mwrence and the Canadian line. Lake* (Tiamptsln and George, the Mohawk river and Ixike Ontario. History began early •U around the Adirondack* Cham plain ao far as hlatory records—was the first white man to get eight of Its mountains In IBM, wbeo lie dtocov •red lurks Champlain. Yet the Adirondack« long remained an "Undiscovered Country." on Gov ernor Pnmall's map of the British rob on lea of 1778 this tract la Inscribed: "This vast Tract of Mnd, which la the Antlent Ouchaachrage. one of the four Beaver Hunting Countlea of the Six Nation* la not yet Surveyed" After the Revolution most of the In dlana of Nix Nations fled to Canada Those who remsined were made harm less The guard over the Adirondack« was broken tYvtllxatlon grew rapidly •II around the "Indian Reaver Hunt ing Country." Yet for generation after generation It lay unexplored. The sjtorlsmen a ere the first to pen etrats the wlldernesa of the "Crest North Wood*" For ttiem It was a 'land flowing with milk and honey ” Among them was Rev. W. II H. Mur ray of Boston, who flrut went there In 1884 The sportsman la the gentleman of outdoor« And the Boston minister was all that and more, explorsr. na tare-lover, naturalist, woodsman, rifle man. canoeist, hunter, angler, orator, author Mr Murray waa a farmer'« boy and ■hvrrgK ¿MX was born April 2B. IMO, st Gullford. Conn A sketch shows the Murray homestead. It still stands It has brvn occupied by ten generations of the Murray* He worked Ida way through Yale (ltW3) and • theological seminary. After Alling several New England pulpits, hla talents carried him tn 1MN to ths l*ark Street Con gregational church In Roeton. then one of the most prominent In the country. Mr Murray achieved nation wide fame In hla Boston pulpit. Hla wr mona were printed ail over the coun try. Hla popularity waa equal to that of Henry Ward Beecher Aa an orator he ranked with Wendell Phillipa and Numtier and Gough In the spring of IMO Tick nor A Fielda published his flrat book. "Ad venture* In the Wilderness; or. Camp Life In the Adirondack*" It created a altuatioa that attracted nation wide attention. Editors called the book "a monstrous hoax." Cartoonists handled the young author without glove* Noted divines declared that "be bad disgraced bls high elation by thus practicing upon the people, especially the weekly and the sick, a cruel Joke* Those who believed and started fur the Adirondack« were ridiculed aa "Murray's Fool*" The "Murray Rush" of "Murray's Fools' for the Adirondack« began In the early summer. Thousands swamped •very possible accommodation of the wlldernesa; thousands had to turn bsefc. Those who got In returned to report tbs book telling only half the truth. Ths rush continued aeesoa after season It waa the beginning of the «mormons attendance of today, If success like Murray's can be reckoned In dollars, here are the fig tires lle waa receiving a salary and perquisites of almost 92D.00D. He was earning an additional 110,000 on the lecture platform. Ills royalties on "Adventures In the Wlldemees' up to the time of hla death (1904) amounted to mooo. Hocially Mr. Murray waa l)ua. faed. Emerson. Longfellow. Whittier. Ilolmee. Hnwtborne. Halleck. Agaaal* J’rescott. Beecher. Phillipa and Fields were hla person*! friends and Inti mate* Phillipa said of his book 'It has kindled a thousand campfires sod taught a thousand pens how to write of nature" At a public dinner given In hla honor Emerson challenged him to writ« a truly great book. which should net contain a female character Murray'« answer to the challenge waa 'Adirondack Ta lee"—Including "Tl»e Ntory the Keg Told Me" and "The Man Who Didn’t Know Much" At thirty four Murray retired from the pulpit (1874) and for seven years traveled all over the world. He then resumed lecturing and reading from hla published wort* He was tre mendously popular. Hs read. "Ilow John Norton the Trapper Kept Christ mas" before more than 300 audience* Murray spent bls isst twelve years on the Gullford homestead, cultivating Ida farm land* privately educating bls four daughters, writing and revising bls many published works March 3. IBM. he died in th* very room In which he had been born <M year* tie fore Much of the old homestead has been kept just as he left It—open fireplace, book* writing table, guns over the open fireplace Under a glam buttonball tree close by tbs house rest the remains of "Adirondack" Murray "Father of the Out of I more Ides In the United State«.’ The "Empire Stale" awakened In time te the Importance of the Adlron dark* In 1M*2 It established Adlron dark park, which Includes all of Ham llton county and adjacent parts of Eases. Franklin. Nt. Mwrrnee, War ran and Herkimer counties. It eon tains about fl.RI3.iMM) acre* of which the stats own* about 1.412.000 acre* Then there I* ths Adirondack Preserve Tills Is th* general title of land* owned by the state for the purpose of con ■erring the foreata and water supply. The Adirondack« contain virgin hard wood foreets. more than 1.000 lake*, kept well stocked with game fish and * network of streams Ths moon talnoua aertlon culminates tn Essex county- Mt Marcy's (A844 feet) Is the highest elevation In the state. In thia mountain region are Lake Placid, the Upper and Ixiwer Naranar lake* •nd other popular resort*. To the south and west la a plateau of from l.fiOO te 1.NU0 feet, dotted with many lake* It does not seem possible that this man could have been forgotten, Yet so It I* Only the few know of him either • • preacher, lecturer or sport«- tnan Even hla books— though first edition* of aewral are mid to be worth their weight In gold are out of print. Ask for yourself and see how many know ths character "John Norton, the Trapper" whom he create-1 Yet there are people who think that In compari son Cooper's "Natty Bumpo" la ■ clothlng-atore dummy. It la apparent • y only In the Adirondack! that the memory of Rev. W. H. H. Murray Ilves In his feats sf Woodcraft and •portamanahip. “I’ve been reading In the paper •bout a good deal of regret being fell for the passing of Mbsnley'a restaurant In New York." said Panner Funter "What do you s'pose there was about It that would make people ao sorry that It was going to be toru diiwnf "Wail, I’ll tell you. Adrian. If you won't let It go any farther." replied Farmer Fumblegate. "I guess II was something like a restaurant I used to drop Into when I was up In Kay Nee They had a plump little red beaded waitress that would come ■ im ! eet on tbs corner of your table, •nd—" "After ahe had got well acquainted with you, o' courseF "Yes. or before! and awing her feet •nd J>>sh you till you gsve her a go«»! deal bigger tip than you bad Intended to" hausss (Uy Star Champion NotH-Maktr ’Your eon haa a fine voice!’ Yea Ile arila new »;•«;>» r» ou!aide the of>era house." fituTonic^äJ HOSTETTER’S CKLt KHATCO STOMACH BITTERS q J juî M youjLip ERUPTIONS unMfhtly annoying Ir and MMl « —TW • • • proved by < mm appfeatMm Hi» Buiintu Six« Two of hla friends were discussing nick, as friends will, “I beer.’ re- marked one, "that Dirt la doing a big business." There was a alienee, ■■ there often la under auch circum- stances "Well, Isn't he?" persisted the W. N. U.. San Francisco. No 19-19.'». first friend. There was another alienee •nd then the *ec«ud friend replied: The Reaeon Why "A big business? I'd hardly say tint, Mrs O'Nsgg What are you driving but he's doing a near mahogany d<-*k the ear ao fast fori also business" Mr O'Nsgg—You want to go to Bluffport, don't y<»u? /n th» Fathion Mra. O'Nsgg Yes. of course. “They any abe'a a alive to fashion" Mr O'Nsgg Well, I ■ ti> trying to "Well, her burden la light enough, get there before you change your goodness kunwa mind. Resinol JzZrs $775, J. ». ». L»»nt[, Hub. M ore P ower ! M ore P ull ! M ore P ep ! Low-cost Transportation Star® Cars Fstcasi /. * ♦. COMMERCIAL CHASSIS ROADSTER TOURING COVPSTSR court COACH SEDAN Hl» >5» nn i?91 |6H DURANT MOTORS, Inc «50 Weit 57th Street, New York General Sales Dept. —ll 19 Broadway, New York Dttltri tû itrriit Sutiei thrttfhttt tht VmtJ ¡Ulti ùttü tté Mreu» > -