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PAGE FOUR
GRESHAM
OUTLOOK
CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 16. 1913
NUMBER
■O
R ealdencee o f N. O. F u lle r (le ft)
a n d J. W. T e g g a rt, in C le v e la n d ’« a d ­
d itio n to G resh am . A b o u t th re e y ears
ago th is b e a u tifu l tr a c t w as p u t on
th e m a rk e t an d now haa a n u m b er
of n e a t h o u ses b u ilt by th e ir o w n ­
ers w ho h av e ta k e n a d v a n ta g e of th e
o p p o rtu n ity to Id en tify th em selv es
th e g ro w th of th e city. T h e hom es
o f Mr. F u lle r a n d Mr. T e g g a rt a tte s t
th e s u b s ta n tia l p h ases of th e hom es
in C lev elan d 's ad d itio n .
T en m o n th s ago th e new C arn eg ie
lib ra ry of G resh am w as o p en ed to
th e p u b lic as one of th e finest of its
k in d in O regon o u ts id e o f th e big
cities. It h as becom e th e lite ra ry
c e n te r of E a ste rn M u ltn o m ah an d is
su p p ly in g th e n eed s long fe lt fo r
su ch an in s titu tio n . In c h a rg e of
Miss C. H aile an d h e r a s s is ta n ts it is
b rin g in g th e e d u c a tio n a l re s u lts of
a p e rfe c t lib ra ry .
G resh am is p ro u d of its new city
h a ll w hich w as finished la st spring.
Jo n e s & Co., w ere th e c o n tra c to rs
an d th e b u ild in g is te stim o n y to
th e ir c a re fu l w o rk m an sh ip . A fford­
ing a good sized council room an d
re c o r d e r’s office, it also h o u ses th e
c ity ’s fire a p p a ra tu s. T h e u p sta irs
h a s been finished up fo r th e fire com ­
panies. In th e basem en t is th e jail.
M ayor S h a ttu c k 's new resid en ce is
seen to th e rig h t of th e p ictu re.
so u ls a p a ir of b rig h t-p lu m e d and
sw eet-sin g in g b ird s.
T h ey
were
called O k -m lng-K a-m oo, o r th e s p irit
m essag e b ird s. T h ey w ere loved and
ch erish ed w ith th e te n d e re s t c a re an d
’ in p rocess of tim e b ecam e v ery n u -
, ciero u s. T h e w ide e x ten d e d io re sts
ol th e b e a u tifu l d o m ain w e ri vocal
j w ith th e ir h eav en ly an d e n te r ta in in g
songs. T hey w ere fed by th e g e n tle
h an d s o f th e d a rk eyed m aid en s and
esteem ed as a sa c re d g ift n e v e r to be
h arm ed . T h e ir d u ty w as to c o n y
an d b rin g m essag es of affection an d
love to a n d fro m th e In d ia n ety siu m ,
o r h eav en .
T h u s did th is fav o red tr ib e liv e in
peace an d h a p p in ess, u n til a t le n g th
In an evil h o u r, a false s p irit te m p t-
ed th e ir p ro u d c h ie f to d e stro y th e se
h eav en -sen t m essen g ers.
T h is sa c ­
rileg io u s deed p ro v o k ed th e fit rce
w rath of th e G re a t S p irit. T h e m el­
anch o ly seq u el w as th a t th e th u n d ­
ers of h eav en sm o te th e lan d , an d
th e pale-faced th u n d e r e rs , as th e y
w ere called , w ere s e n t upon th em to
s la u g h te r a n d to d e so la te w ith fire
an d sw ord.
A m e a g e r re m n a n t of
M u ltn o m ah s Is y e t s c a tte re d alo n g
th e riv e r o f th e w est, b u t th e glory
o f th e trib e h as d e p a rte d fo rev er.
View of K elly aven u e, in Z enith
ad d itio n loo k in g n o rth from Pow ell
stre e t. In th e p ic tu re a t th e rig h t
a re seen th e resid en ces of L. F.
B ates an d R ay T odd. F a r th e r aw ay
on th e rig h t is th e c o tta g e of W. E.
W ood, occupied by S tep h en W ebber,
an d resid en ce of A. J. W . B row n,
su rro u n d e d by firs. On th e le ft is
th e b e a u tifu l bungalow b u ilt an d oc­
cupied by E m m ett K elly.
N earer
by is th e ho u se of Roy K ern.
As w as c u sto m a ry a t th e s e coun c h a ra c te r is to be n oticed in
th e
cils th is ch ief h ad lig h te d th e g re a t closing p h ra se of h is o p en in g r e ­
^
pipe fro m w hich h e d rew se v eral m ark s. T h a t he w as h au g h ty , v ain
an d e g o tistic a l is self-ev id en t.
w re a th s of c u rlin g sm o k e and th e n
"Y e s’ my c h ild re n ,” he co n tin u ed
passed it o n to his le ft fo r each one
a f te r a n o th e r
im p ressiv e
silence,
in th e circle to in h a le b efo re
th e
" th e O km oo h a s given you g re a t
w eighty
q u e stio n
to
be decided
blessings in m any w ays; he has giv­
sh o u ld h av e been d eb ate d . P assin g
By EUGENE L THORPE
th e p ipe from r ig h t to le ft w as alle, en you, too, an e m issary from th e
g o rlcal o f th e c o u rse o f th e su n , th e s p irit w orld w hich it is now folly
T h e re is a s in g u la r tra d itio n , r e ­
M u ltn o m ah s b eliev in g
th a t to go fo r m en to liste n to. T h e O k-m lng-
d o le n t w ith th e very s p irit o f poesy
c o n tra ry w ould be to d raw dow n u p ­ K a-M oo h as m ade w om en of th e
of th e w om en;
p re se rv e d by th e m eag e r re m n a n t of
AT PRICES
on th e m th e v en g efu l w ra th of a m en, a n d c h ild re n
an
d
th
e
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ild
re
n
a
re
g
ro w in g up w ith
th e ’ M u ltn o m ah In d ia n s th a t y et live
s p irit th a t co n tro lle d
th e
m ove­
th e ir m in d s ta k e n from th e m en ac­
a lo n g th e b an k s of th e C olum bia
m e n ts of th e p lan ets.
riv er.
A ll th o se w ho s a t w ith K h an g ing» of o u r foes an d from th e noble
Many y ears ago th a t th e n p o w erfu l
Mook a ro u n d th e cou n cil fire w ere p a stim e o f th e ch ase. T he sp irit
trib e lived In an E ld o rad o of peace,
deep ly in te re ste d in th e m a tte r to be m essage b ird s m u st be d estro y ed le st
an E d en -la n d o f
p e re n n ia l bloom .
d iscu ssed , b u t th e ir looks b eto k en e d th e M u ltn o m ah s becom e lik e ra b b its
T h e ir hom e w as on th e C o lu m b ia
no an x iety . T hey p re se n te d a s ta te d an d s q u irre ls in s te a d of being th e
riv e r n e a r C astle R ock, u n d e r th e
m ien an d d e m e a n o r in k eep in g w ith p a n th e rs of th e m o u n ta in s as th e ir
shadow of th e g re a t B rid g e of th e
th e In d ia n c h a ra c te r, w hich w as th e en em ies hav e fo u n d th e m to be in
G ods. T h a t w as th e ir g o ld en age,
sum e sev eral h u n d re d y ears ago th a t o th e r y e a rs now p a st an d g o n e.”
T h e speech w as so s ta r tlin g th a t
o f w hich m any o f th e m o st sav ag e
it is now.
n a tio n s an d c lan s of e a rth seem to
Tlue g re a t pipe w en t its ro u n d s every In d ia n p re s e n t fo rg o t h is n a ­
ch e rish a dim re m e m b ra n c e o f h a v ­
an d a ll w as s ile n t sav e th e deep tiv e d ig n ity , and w hen th e c h ie fta in
ing once enjo y ed .
b re a th in g o f th o se assem b led a ro u n d ceased th e y w ere all s ta n d in g In a
T h e M u ltn o m ah s, how ev er, c la im ­
th e ir chief. All w ere w aitin g fo r c ircle in s te a d of being sea te d as be­
ed to hav e been fav o red ab o v e all
him to b reak th e silen ce, n o ne d a rin g fore. T h en o ne of th em w ith o u t
spoke. It
o th e r s by O kom oo, th e g re a t an d
to sp eak u n til h is tu r n cam e u n less w aitin g fo r p erm issio n
good sp irit. T h ey
w ere a chosen
called upon by K hang-M ook fo r his w as M ing-Y eb, of royal blood an d
a n e a r re la tiv e of K hang-M ook, who
people to w hom w ere m ade fre q u e n t
opinion.
a n d special c o m m u n icatio n s from
L egend o f th e S p irit B ird.
A t len g th , a f te r a p ro p e r in te rv a l said w ith h o rr o r in his voice:
th e land of souls. No in te rn a l s trife s
T h e re w as a cou n cil o f th e ch ief- of silence, K hang-M ook sp o k e:
" B e w a re th e O km oo's w ra th ! T hey p ray ers co n tin u e d fo r m any days and ence. H aste th e e aw ay an d p lead a t
n o r bloody w ars w ere k now n am o n g ta in s
of
th e
th e w om en w ere busy m ak in g fo r th e feet of O km oo th a t h is k in d lin g
M u ltn o m ah s
be-
" G re a t in th e eyes of O km oo a re m u st n o t, sh a ll n o t d ie ! ”
th em th en . T hey w ere th e su p er-1 in g h eld in th e lo d g e of K h an g - th e M u ltn o m ah s; fav o red h av e we
“ Does an y o n e d a re oppose m e ? ” K hang-M ook a g audy ra im e n t from w ra th m ay y et be sta y e d .”
io rs of all th e o th e r trib e s a n d d e a th j m ook,
h ead c h ie f
of
th e been in p eace a n d In w ar; an d fo r­ fiercely d em an d e d K hang-M ook.” It the b rig h t p lu m ag e of th e innocents.
T h en th e b ird , sp rin g in g fro m In-
w as an e v e n t a tte n d e d
w ith little j trib e.
It w as d a rk o u tsid e , bu t tu n a te a re my peo p le th a t th e g re a t s h a ll be as I said . T h e b ird s m ust
T h en , as th e b ird s w ere no m ore d a 's h an d , so a re d aw ay on its fa ith ­
d re a d , as th ey claim ed
th ey w ere a fitful glow of e m b ers lit up th e K hang-M ook is th e ir r u le r."
to be found th e w ra th of O km oo be­ ful flight to th e lan d of so u ls, lik e a
d ie ! ”
p e rm itte d to have fre e In te rc o u rse j c ircle of faces
th a t w as fo rm ed
A nod of a ss e n t w as m ade by all,
“ O h,
c h ie f ta in ! ”
ag a in
spoke gan to descend upon th e land.
g o ld en -lig h ted g leam , an d w as lo st
w ith th e ir d e p a rte d k in d re d .
¡a ro u n d th e ele v a te d s e a t o f th e ir fo r h o w ev er th ey m ay have d isag reed M ing-Y eb, but th is tim e in a m ore
T he d a rk e n in g sk ies g leam ed w ith to view o v er
th e su m m it o f the
T h e legend goes th a t th e G reat 1 lead e r, w hose s te rn v isag e d en o te d w ith an y o f K an g -M o o k 's re m a rk s p e rsu asiv e tone, "W h y sh o u ld th ey sc a th in g lig h tn in g s a ro u n d th e su m ­
Y eng-V roo, w ith a flood of song,
S p irit, us u sp ecial to k en of his f a v - ith a t so m e th in g u n u su a l was upon h is ¡th e y w ere s u b s e rv ie n t w hen in coun d ie? M ust th e y be slain in w anton m it of Y ong-V roo m o u n ta in , and th e w hile th e m aid en aw a ite d h is re tu rn
o r, had s e n t th em from th e lan d ol j m ind
cil w ith him . An in d icatio n of his m ood?
W h at ru th fu l h e a rt can risin g th u n d e rs c rash ed w ith peal up­ in a lo n e'y vigil a t th e g rav e o f h er
p rom pt such a ste rn co m m and and on peal u n til th e m ig h ty B rid g e of lover.
brin g th e cu rse of O km oo upon us?
th e Gods fell by a fe a rfu l stro k e , and
T h e re sh e w as fo u n d by h e r k in ­
"Y ou a re fe a rfu l of O km oo's w rath th e frig h te n e d a ir m oaned o v er all d re d w ho g a th e re d a ro u n d h e r, and
T
i
b u t I am not. I hav e sp o k en an d I u n til K hang-M ook fell tre m b lin g to to th e m sh e to ld h e r sto ry of th e
t
:
am y o u r c h ie f,” rep lied K hang-M ook. th e e a rth an d se n t up a p iteo u s wail b ird . T hey g a th e re d th e tr ib e to
t
“ T h en tis y o u r p rid e th a t p ro m p ts fo r m ercy to th e o u tra g e d deity of h e a r th e ta le a g a in , and in sile n t
I
th is s la u g h te r.
You d e sire th a t y o u r th e trib e.
ex p ectan cy a w a ite d th e com ing of
form may be decked w ith th e golden
B ut his p ra y e rs and re p e n ta n c e th e so n g s te r to le a rn th e ir fa te.
p lu m ag e of th e se em isa rie s of th e cam e too la te , fo r th e e a rth and
T h e lig h tn in g s co n tin u e d to flash
G reat S p irit. It is y o u r v an ity th a t m o u n ta in s h ad been sm itte n w ith O k­
an d th e s ta r tlin g th u n d e rs crash ed
k ills and d e stro y s,” ag a in spoke m oo's w ra th a n d th e m ig h ty riv e r
a g a in s t th e m o u n ta in s w ith th e ir
M ing-Y ab.
ike
w as a ro a rin g c a ta ra c t, m ad e so by echoes re v e rb e ra tin g from o n e to
“ E ven so, if it p leases y o u ," said th e sto n es th a t once fo rm ed an arch
a n o th e r, w hile th e inky sky o 'e rh e a d
K hang-M ook ag ain . " I w ill deck from sh o re to sh o re, leaving only
p o u red dow n its d elu g e upon them .
tny form
w ith th e ir p lu m ag e to r i ­ its ru in ed a b u tm e n ts , w hich yet
"B eh o ld ! behold! T he m essage-
val th e s u n 's o 'e rp o w e rin g lig h t. I sta n d as m em en to es of th a t te rrib le
b ird c o m e th !” c ried In d a a t la s t, an d
w ill riv al all th e ch iefs th ro u g h o u t tim e. Y eng-V roo m o u n tain w as le ft nUe a p lu ,on of lig h t u cam e dow n
each d is ta n t lan d , a n d none sh all sc a rre d , se a re d a n d rag g ed , an d on
am ong th e h u sh e d people a n d d e ­
eq u al m e in glory and s p le n d o r,”
its su m m it w h ere th e sa c re d g rav es lig h te d upon th e g ra v e of M ing-Y eb.
’It m u st not be! T hey sh a ll -„ot had been m ad e w ere now to be seen
T h en it sa n g :
:: d ie !” ag ain said M ing-Y eb. " I wi 1 only th e ir ru in s an d craggy precipices
'S a d
is th e message th e S p irit-b ird
be th e ir frien d u n til d e a th , and woe upon w hich no m an could clim b to
b r in g e th .
A n d ettu is th e so n g th e M e s s a g e -b ird
unto th e m an w ho d ra w s first bow reach them .
s in g e ln ;
upon th e m .”
a m e ssa g e o f w rath is th e S p i r i t -
B ut am id a ll th e scene o f sla u g h ­ W i t h b ird
ia u e n ,
M ing-Y eb w as beloved by all, and te r, c a rn a g e an d d e v a sta tio n th e poor W o e, W oe, to M u lt n o m a h , O h s o r ro w in g
m
aid
e
n.
w as m o reo v er th e best w ith bow and In d a had been consoled by a se c re t
arro w of all w a rrio rs o f th e trib e. sh e h ad con cealed
"
W
o
e
,
W
o e. to th e red m an , w o e!
from everyone.
r o i U K inoo M
fa c e
1« d a r k w it h
H is w ords provoked a d m ira tio n but W hen th e s la u g h te r o f th e b ird s had
w ra th ;
B lo o o « n a il li k e th e w a te rs flo w ,
th e re w as none to ch am p io n his op­ begun sh e h ad fo u n d o ne lo n e so n g ­
i ne
p u ie -ia c e
tr ib e s a r e 011 th y
p a th .
position to th e chief. H is pleas and s te r slig h tly w ounded an d h ad c a re ­
cries fo r th e sp irit m essage birds fu lly h id d en it aw ay in a se c re t spot " W o e , W o e , to M u ltn o m a h , w oe!
a in 10 » la y m e a v e n g in g h a n d .
w ere all in vain. he sto o d alo n e w here it soon grew well ag a in and S c V a tte
r e d s n a il tn e r e m n a n ts go,
10 tn e b o ru e rs o f tn e la n d .
In h is defiance of th e b a rb a ro u s edict. stro n g . She fed it lovingly a n d lis t­
"Y ou d a re to oppose m e ! ” s h r ie k ­ en ed to its m o u rn fu l song, fo r tr u e to
T o a p a le a n d m ig h t y ra c e
» n a n A iu itn o m a n no w g iv e place,
ed K hang-M ook, " th e n you, too, sh a ll its in stin c t an d th e k n o w led g e it had
t a i a w a y s n a il a ll be u riv e n .
10 tn e lo e y o u r ia n o s be g iv e n .
die. th o u g h you be o f royal blood.” possessed from th e G re a t S p irit, it
A n d 111 t e r r o r s h a ll y o u ro a m
" I f I m ust die fo r O km oo's cause knew th a t a ll its k in d re d w ere slain
1 1 0 m y o u r c o n s e c ra te d ho m e—
T o tn e n a r k s e a s d e s o la te sno re ,
it w ill be a g lo rio u s d e a th ; m uch a n d th a t it w as th e only sp irit-b ird
T n e re by o a m o o best no m o re ,
toy th e w ild a n d m u t t e r in g sea —
s w e e te r th a n w ill be y o u r lot a n d all left.
ru s e up!
1 ise up:
i'r e p a r e to flee!
j w ho obey y o u r b id d in g .” replied
W hile all th e o th e rs w ere d e s p a ir­
‘ W o e . W o e to M u ltn o m a h , w o e!
.J. j Ming-Yeb
ing of e v e r
ag ain
receiv in g O k­
B lo o d s h a ll lik e th e w a te r flo w —
T he c h ie fta in ra ised his h and as a m oo's blessing, a n d b ew ailin g th e
K le e up! r is e u p ! F o r O k m o o 's w r a t h
H
a t h sen t th e T h u n d e r e rs on th y p a th ,
to k en of a u th o r ity an d all w as sile n t w ra th he h ad v isited upon th em ,
W n o s e b la z in g lig h t n in g s s ea r a n d
[ fo r a m om ent.
T h en
he sp o k e . th e In d ian m aid en h ad sto le n s ile n t­
s m ite !
Oh
v a in to oppose t h e ir
h o sts o f
! ag ain :
ly aw ay o ne day to visit h e r lonely
m ig h t!
" H e a r me. M ing-Y eb, a n d all a b o u t p riso n er, It w as sin g in g a sad an d
R o u s e up!
ro u se up!
F’repare for
f lig h t .
me. O k-M Ing-K a-M oo m ust die as I j m o u rn fu l lay, b ew ailin g th e
T h e th u n d e r e r s co m e w it h fire s t h a t
| have said , a n d you. too, m u st pre- ; th a t w ere upon th e trib e a n d y e a rn -I
s m ite .
cede th em . Slay h im . my b rav es. ' ing fo r its m a te an d th e freed o m o t '
W o e , W o e to M u ltn o m a h , w oe!
¡a n d cast him o u t fo r a tr a it o r w ho th e w oods. I t 's voice floated a lo n g ,
B loo d s h a ll lik e th e w a te r s flo w —
! h as d a re d to defy his c h ie f."
j lik e th e n o tes of a m y stery , lik e th e |
V a in to op pose th e s c o u rg in g fo e .”
Then, aa the meeaage-bird ended
T h en
a dozen bow s w ere raised b len d in g of an a e o lia n h a rp a n d d u l-
its sorrow ful and prophetic son g, he
anti as m any a rro w s p ierced th e body
cet lu te, an d th e rin g in g tru m p e t.
•lf th e b rav e y o u th , an d he fell w ith
T h en In d a took th e b ird in h er flew aw *y ag a tn lik e an arro w speed-
•» la st cry fo r th e p re s e rv a tio n of th e h a n d s a n d sp o k e to it in h e r so fte st
lng from ■ how an d w inged his way
heaven-sent songsters
tones:
to the land of souls like a golden
When daylight came again there
"Oh Spirit-bird, bird of the Ok- «leBm ®f H«ht,
w ere none to oppose th e proclam «- m oo tru e ! Go, if th o u w ilt to th e
In d a fell in a d e a th fa in t upon
tlon of K hang-M ook, an d th e slau g h - s p ir it lan d , w in g in g th y flig h t o v er th e g ra v e of h e r lo v er an d h e r poor
ters of th e s p irit b ird s began
All m o u n tain a n d sea u n til
th o u h a st s p ir it follow ed th e m essag e-b ird to
day long the arrows sped, and higher found the home of souls where Ok- its home in heaven.
and higher they heaped the piles of moo fills the world with gladness.
Even as the spirit-bird had fore-
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There was one. however, and
seemingly only one who felt the hor-
ror of the offense toward the great
spirit. It was Inda, the affianced
bride of Ming-Teh. and she. the poor
wild rose of raven hair, to Okmoo
tu a i the
lu r k chieftain's
u ir u a m i ru
u iiv w
prayed that
ruthless
t t t t t t i r t r t r t l t t t r t l l l P‘ Mlon ml«ht he satiated.
But her
take my mesage of love to Ming-
Yeh. Learn there, of him. what
*oee yet await us and what of the
Multnomah's
fate. What
is th t
meaning of the darkened sky and
the fierce storms that are now upon
u*
And to Ming-Yeb say that his
,v
’ » • I never tu
r r e t a and
ua m
a t uis
in d a
love
forget
that
his Inda
awaits to be called to his sweet pree-
told the pale-face came with torch
and brand and ravaged the country
of the Multnomahs with smiting
sword and murderous flame. The
tribe was scattered over all the west
and .the remnant is now so small
that tne .egend is only a memory ol
o t few of a race once great and
the l last
powerful.