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GRESHAM OUTLOOK HOLIDAY NUMBER, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1925
FORMER GRESHAM MAN DESCRIBES
TRIP TO THE WALLOWA MOUNTAINS
A T i l l I’ TO T H E
be carried on.
EKSTR0M
We saw oats, corn,
WALLOWA M OIM AINS
Shipping
by Truck
Saves
Time and
Money
w heat and alfalfa grow ing in ab u n d
ance, and apple o rch a rd s su rp assin g
m any in th e Hood R iver valley. Hogs
By B. F. ALDRICH.
About 5 a. m. la st A ugust 24 whep and c a ttle w ere g razin g about.
"Old S ol” w as ju st peeping over th e
W hat a change in less th an 60 m iles!
Ivy Falling S tation, an a ttra c tiv e co rn er com prising radio-
edge of Oregon s fam ous m o u n tain , o n th e w est slope all was dry and
electric sto re. Alling and b attery statio n s.
and th e a ir w as c risp and cool, S. S. ’ parched and on th e east so green and
P re n tiss and I sta rte d from my lodge fresh ap p earin g . Even along th e rig h t
W hile th e w eath er is co n stan tly on th e Mount Hood Loop for a week- | of way of th e Union Pacific railro ad ,
WINTER W EATHER
Loaded at your door, unloaded at point of destination
STARTS SPECULATION chan g in g from one year to an o th er, end s sojo u rn am ong th e peaceful ! corn, ten feet or m ore in height, was
big clim atic ch an g es a re too grad u al slopes of th e U allo w s m o u n tain s,— grow ing. P resum ably th is was plant-
—just
one handling, thereby doing away with a iot of
Oregon farm ers are being w arned to be observed in the lifetim e of ope th e tro u t strea m s and lakes th e re in ed to show e a ste rn e rs who ride over
overhead
for handling.
by the S ears-R oebuck a g ric u ltu ra l or even a hu n d red g en e ratio n s, the w here we th o u g h t a stra y red side th is g re a t tra n sc o n tin e n ta l railw ay
foundation ag ain st placing faith in foundation states. S cien tists figure | eaBtern brook or rainbow m ight be closFup view of how corn grow s in the
fo recasts of an extrem ely cold w inter th a t th e clim ate of th is co n tin en t has 1 *’*MIng ,o strik e at a royal coachm an G rand Ronde valley of Oregon.
ahead to be followed by an u n season not changed in some ten m illion years, or a brow n hadle.
A fter leaving La G rande, w’e fol
able sum m er in 1926. The w inter may not since the passin g of the glacial i T he snow -capped p eaks of th e Cas- lowed th e G rand Ronde riv e r for
be extrem ely cold and th e sum m er period, and probably will not for cades stood o ut in m agnificent grand- m iles, passing over one of th e finest
I eu r as we rounded th e b ase of Hood. gravel roads, I th in k , in the state, and
unseasonable, but scien tists have no an o th e r ten m illion.
m eans of telling it at th is early date.
Mt. Jefferson to th e so u th tow ered at 7:30 p. m. we reached Joseph,
WE HAVE A TRUCK FDIt EVERY KIM) OF WORK
A week is the longest dip possible into T he d u st of David G reen—
above th e g ian t firs. Mt. A dam s and w hich is n ear th e o u tlet to W allow a
Who
tried
h
la
best
to
mix
a
batch
th e w eather future.
the m ighty R ainier stood out in bold lake. H ere we stopped for th e night
Of corn and gasoline.
relief a g a in st th e n o rth e rn horizon. and reg istered at a sm all hotel. I
N either is th e re reason for believing T hey gath ered all the pieces
T he Rev. Billy S un d ay 's ran ch , s u r said to my friend, ‘‘W e’ve passed over
th a t th e w in ters In th is section are Of all th e c a r th a t they could save
PAUL E. STONE, Manager
rounded by ap p le o rch a rd s, ripening one of th e m ost p ictu resq u e highw ays
no longer so cold nor th e sum m ers so And got it ru n n in g once ag ain —
But co u ld n 't fix up Dave.
lo
r
.
Powell
and
Maple
corn
and
green
alfalfa,
form
ed
a
Portland Office
in th e w orld. We’ve been from balm y
hot as form erly, according to the
Gresham
Ft. E. Taylor
p
leasing
p
ictu
re
in
the
Hood
valley.
breezes
to
snow
-clad
m
o
u
n
tain
s;
from
foundation, which quotes w eather bu
TRI I If u toil
Phone EAst 638»
1581
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a
rm
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rs
w
ere
ju
s
t
em
erging
from
dry golden w heat fields to rich green
reau figures on th e point, runn in g
th e ir w arm cots and th e g ray sm oke valleys, all in one sh o rt day, and have
back th ree decades. T he m ean De- T he tra c to r on th e farm arose
w as com m encing to ro ll from m any a covered only 404 m iles. 'Tis tru ly a
cem b er-Ju n u ary -an d - F eb ru ary
tem
Before the daw n at four;
chim
ney, rem inding one. of course w onderful s ta te for v arie ty .”
p e ra tu re over the decade 1895-1904 It drove up cow s and w ashed the
th a t th e good housew ife, even then,
w as 41.9 degrees. For th e decade
clothes,
Joseph is a sm all village and s u r
w as sta rtin g the m o rning meal.
1905-1914 it was 40.3; and for 1915-
And finished every chore.
rounded on two sides by beautiful
Our first sto p w as at T he D alles m ountains, th e m ost noted being Twin
1924, 40.1 degrees, a difference in the Then forth It w ent, into the field,
w here we filled our gas ta n k and P eaks. In th e stock and sheep-raffi-
to tal ran g e of 1.8 degree. T he m ean
J u s t a t th e b reak of day;
te m p e ra tu re for the sam e th ree w in It reaped and th resh ed th e golden h u n ted up a sm all d rin k of "hom e ing days som e 30 or 40 y ears ago J o s
b rew .” By th is tim e it was sufficient eph w as a busy village, b ut now larg e
te r m onths of last year was 40.5 de
yield,
ly w arm so th a t th e C adillac w as ro ll blocks a re vacant, th e sidew alks
grees.
And hauled it all away.
ing
along as sm ooth as a y ach t in a crum pled and the busy p ast is but a
‘‘Snow s th a t lay on th e ground for
peaceful sea. A rlington, U m atilla and m em ory. T he settin g , how ever, is de
m onths on end, sk a tin g th a t began In It plowed the field th a t aftern o o n ,
P endleton w ere passed in o rder.
And when th e job w as th ro u g h ,
lightful and it seem s quite n a tu ra l
November and lasted until March,
Im m ediately
afte r
leaving
the th at th e g re a t In d ian chief Joseph, of
snow d rifts th a t reached alm ost any It hum m ed a p leasan t little tune,
"R ound Up" city, we sta rte d up the the N'ez P erce trib e, chose ra th e r to
And churned th e b u tter, too,
height one m ight m ention, w ere the ex
g rad e of th e M eacham pass over the fight th a n to yield to th e dem ands
ceptional o cc u rre n ces in g ra n d fa th And pum ped th e w ater for th e stock.
Blue m o u n tain s; and as fa r as th e eye m ade upon him by th e w hite men. It
And ground a crib of corn,
e r ’s day as they a re today,” th e foun
dation declares. “One mild w inter And buuled th e baby round the block, I could reach to th e n o rth and w estw ard Is said th a t It Is th e only valley in th e
To still its cries forlorn.
I th e fe rtile ro llin g w heat fields w ere all United S tate s for th e possession of
s ta rts th e rum or th a t overcoat m anu-
j th a t m et our vision. A fter ro u n d in g w hich our g overnm ent w as com pelled
fa c tu re rs had b etter go into th e Palm*
m any an acu te curve, we reach ed the to c a rry on a war.
Beach su it business, w hile an ex T h u s ran the busy h o u rs aw ay.
By m any a labor b lest;
i sum m it and viewed th e m onum ent
trem ely cold w inter Is dubbed as a
T he h ighest an a m ost rugged m oun
good old fashioned w inter. One ex And, yet, when fell the tw ilig h t g ray ! dedicated by P re sid en t H ard in g sh o rt- ta in s in e a ste rn Oregon a re in th is
T he tra c to r had no re st .
ly before his death to th e Intrepid ran g e and ce n te r in th e peak called
planation for th is is th a t m em ory is
tric k y and re c a lls th e exceptional For, w hile the farm er, peaceful-eyed, p ioneers who first cro ssed th e m oun- E agle Cap, 9,335 feet high. More th an
Read by the tu n g ste n ’s glow,
I ta in s in quest of hom es w here the 60 lakes of various sizes, and sco res of
ra th e r than the average. A nother is
th a t m odern living h as taken th e edge T he patien t tra c to r stood outside,
golden sun fades in th e w ate rs of the w ate rfa lls, creek s and riv ers full of
Pacific.
And ran th e dynamo.
off tin 1 extrem e w eather. A snow fall
clea r cold w ater a re h ere to be found
th a t ou r fo re fa th ers would have tro d
—George Fitch.
A fter descending th e east slope of w here th e finny trib e abounds in p ro
den under foot for dnys now Is shov
1 the pass, we sighted th e city of La- fusion.
Signs of the Times.
eled aw ay before we get up in the
G rande in th e G rand Ronde valley.
W allow a lake is a t th e head of W al
m orning
B etter heating, too. m akes
“Why th ese m uddy stre e ts? " asked H ere before us a b eautiful pan o ram a lowa valley and is th e la rg e st and
u s feel the low te m p e ra tu re less, and th e to u rist sto p p in g at Spindleburg. w as unfolded. In th e ce n te r of th e m ost noted. I t is a b eau tifu l sh eet of
ice refrig eratin g p lan ts and electric “ Have you no tonw p rid e?”
valley below nested the quiet city and w ate r ab o u t four m iles long and from
"T h a t a in ’t mud, stra n g e r," replied
fans m ake extrem es of heat m ore en
th e co u n try sto re clerk . “T h a t’s F ord all about the valley in ten siv e a g ric u l one and a h alf to tw o m iles wide, w ith
durable."
axle g rea se.”
tu re of a diversified n a tu re seem ed to th e m o u n tain s on tw o sides risin g a l ad jo u rn e d ,” I n early collapsed and Zw eifel's “b e t” w as a good one.
was led to th e prison q u a rry and when "T ro u t we m ust have a t alm ost any
m ost p e rp e n d icu la r from th e w ate r's
edge. T he o u tlet of th is lake i r r i I sta rte d to b reak those huge rocks, I sacrifice” w as p rac tica lly our only
g ates som e 50,000 ac re s and th e rig h ts aw oke to find my p eril w as im aginary, thought. M ounting o u r horses at 3:30.
my g re a t forensic effort all in vain.
we sta rte d for the lake. T he tra il w as
a re p erp e tu al, th e an n u a l cost ra n g
G U A RA N TEED
IJ H T I.ME
GAS SAVING
W hen we passed th ro u g h La G rande steep and w inding, but sufficiently
ing from 50 cen ts to $2 per acre.
T his lake is th e Mecca for to u rists and we w ere inform ed by Rube Zweifel, ■ m arked so we had no difficulty in find-
¡t- We follow ed along th e gorge
an a ttra c tiv e ru stic hotel, called the cham pion fisherm an of th e W al-
N orth riv er, but occasionally th e
"W onderland Lodge,” has been built Iowa co u n try , th a t Minam lake w as
on th e south sh o re in a fine grove of th e “best bet rig h t now .” So in th e , tra il ra n high upon th e side of a cliff,
pine tim ber. A g ro cery sto re and v a r m o rn in g a fte r cooking a fine b reak - 1 w here th e h o rses found difficulty In
ious am u sem en ts a re to be found in fast over th e cam p fire, we sta rte d for g ettin g a footing.
30 x 3 'j O \ ERSIZE C LIN CH ER CORI), 10,000-mile guarantee
the elec tric lighted grove for th e co n Lostine. H ere we left th e highw ay
It w as a b eau tifu l m orning. T he
and tu b e ................................................................
venience of hotel g u ests an d cam pers. and drove over a narro w and tre a c h e r m o u n ta in s w ere different from an y
We trie d o u r luck w ith rod and reel ous m o u n tain road for 15 m iles to a thing
29x4.40 HEAVY NO N -SK ID BALLOON CORD, full oversize,
I had ever seen before, save
on th is lake but only m ade a sm all point called Iro n Dyke. N ear h ere possibly, som e spots in the Yosem ite.
15,000-mile guarantee and tube.................................................
an had a cam p and k ep t a
catch, m erely sufficient for our eve , A1 S herm
, ,, .
.
.
.
T he b rillia n t coloring found in th e
saddle h o rses for re n t at $4 per
, r,
.
ning m eal. We cam ped on th e bank few
,
...
. .
, , .
A m erican and C anadian Rockies w as
30 \ 5 H R .W \ D l I 'i I R l C K C O R D , 15,000-rni. gu aran tee & tube
for the n ig h t and th e soft ground u n day. We engaged tw o and left word m issing. The only touch of color w as
O ther sizes in proportion.
Prices good until Christinas
der th e s ta r lit heavens w as our r e s t to have o u r m ounts ready at 3 a. m. th e green g ra ss and th e scru b pine in
ing place. I found a couple of b ric k an d th en set out to m ake cam p and th e canyons. T he sto rm s of ages had
No reclaim ed, only fresh rubber used In tire s
buckled or ro tted p lates, and freezing. If your
anil tubes. Only six per ce n t other high priced
b ats n e a r th e w a te r’s edge and by cov get our aftern o o n meal.
b attery Is gone, I'll let you use service b attery
w ashed th e g ray ish g ra n ite clean of
m a terial used to m ake ru b b er stro n g e r and yet
free, un til new Lifetim e b attery arriv es.
erin g them, over w ith leaves, I m ade a
A real m eal we had indeed,—bacon. ail debris. T h ere in th e g ray daw n
rem ain soft. G uaranteed for 10,000-15,000 tulles
S p ark plugs a re g u aran teed to give engine
fair pillow. W hen daw n appeared, my eggs, potatoes, raisin bread, peaches th ese rough to w erin g se n tin e ls stood
against defective m ateria l or poor w orkm anship.
m ore pep and save gas or money refunded.
head felt a trifle sore, but my slu m and coffee. Never did food ta ste bet- defying the elem ents and th e ravages
T ubes floating stock, g u ara n tee d tw o years.
F ull oversize Balloons g u ara n tee d 15,000
ber had only been d istu rb ed by tw o or ter. It had been m any h o u rs since of tim e.
m iles. Can you beat th a t? Also S llvertow n und
th re e dream s. To re la te one -will be o u r 6 o ’clock b reak fast. A fter th is
But p rese n tly th e su n com m enced to
F ederal Cords at obi prices.
sufficient.
bounteous rep a st we stro lled up on
B atteries g u ara n tee d for 2 y ears ag ain st o v er
BORING, ORE. Tel. Damascus 56. before 8:30 a. in.
sh in e on th e top of th e loftiest peaks
I tho u g h t I v en tu red in to a th ick et the side of a bluff, sa t down on a log,
charging,
u n d erch arg in g ,
se p a ra to r trouble.
and after « p. nt. except Sundays.
«P
and in less th a n h alf an hour th e
In th e hope of finding a fishing stream . lighted o u r pipes and gazed about.
o p alescent coloring had com pletely
It w as so dense I em erged w ith scan t
T he m o u n tain s w ere b eautiful to
changed th e scene.
It seemed like
raim en t, and finally w hen I reached behold.
G iant g ran ite cliffs from
an o th e r w orld, so g rea t was th e tr a n s
civilization an officer a rre ste d me for 4,000 to 7,000 feet w ere all about us.
form ation.
We gazed w ith bated
w earing only ta tte re d u n d er garm ents. H ardly a sound pervaded th e stilln e ss
b rea th a t th e m arvelous spectacle.
I was locked up and th e next m orning save th e ro llin g of the m ountain
Now I w onder not th a t th e W allow a
th e officer gave me an over sized p air stream s. W'e ch atted until nearly dark
.
,, . . . A
m o u n tain s a re called, "T he S w ltzer-
of o v eralls th a t I m ight be " p re s e n t and th en w alked back to o u r cam p lan(1 of Amt,rica ••
able In co u rt", as he term ed It. Upon and sp read o u r b lan k ets u n d er two
On we journeyed and at about 7:3d
en terin g the courtroom th e clerk read large pines. Clouds w ere g ath erin g
the ch a rg e and I pleaded "not g u ilty .” when we pulled our q u ilts over us, reached th e lake. A cool wind w as
T he p ro secu to r called the officer and hut we did not expect rain. About It) blow ing and th e ruffled su rface looked
be told of my condition w hen a r r e s t o'clock th e wind sta rte d to w histle ideal for casting. On th e shore we
ed. I u ndertook my own defense and am ong th e tre e s and ra in d ro p s com found an old boat w ithout o ars, but we
offered my fishing license in evidence m enced to fall. T h u n d er pealed in soon m ade a couple of paddles and
as a rig h t to h unt fishing strea m s in th e distance. I arose, lighted the la n w as able to push th e boat along slow
th e "b lack grow th."
tern and told my com panion we would ly. Soon a fte r I en tered th e boat, I
I testified th a t I found the b riars have to seek sh elter.
We rem em - w as ready for action. I com m enced
and th o rn tre e s grow ing very close bered seeing a m in e r’s cabin not far f° C#8t *° Ret tbp kinlts out of my ri^ h t
to g eth er and th a t I could not get to d istan t and. w ith bed In arm s, we w an- a rl” 311,1 af,p r ,h r « * ‘«8 «ny line for
m inute«. a big fellow
the stream w ithout going th ro u g h dered about in the inky d ark n e ss for less ,b an
n
early
n
halt
hour
and
finally
discov-
stru
c
k
at
m>
’
coachm
an, and I s ta rt-
them
At the close of the testim ony
th e co u rt g ran ted me ten m inutes for w ed th e hut a fte r g etting slig h tly wet. ed to reel him in. We w ere both e x
cited. My friend had difficulty in hold-
Ss? arg u m en t. I com m enced in a mild T he storm raged w ith considerable
fury for n early two hours, and w hile 1UR ,h e bont 8,ea<*>' He reached for
tone
but
soon
w
arm
ed
up
to
my
su
b
c
TODAY'
M
-!
t *le boat. I nearly
ject. My body w as at fever heat. I th e th u n d e r rolled in muffled tones, we ll,.e npf 311,1
w ent over board. I dropped dow’n in
reached points of eloquence befitting closed o u r eyes in sleep.
In th e early m orning I w as aw ak- ,I,P boat antl ,<wk 3 ftrm *r l P ° n ™y
th e p a tria rc h s of old. I stated th a t I
was exercising my p rero g ativ e under ened by a co u g a r's voice. I lighted a *)olp ant' « tarted Io reel furiously,
a license g ran ted me by th e sta te and m atch and glanced at my w atch. It
F in ally I got the tro u t w ithin eight
th a t th e license w as still in force; was 2:30. My friend was "saw ing
Dte boat, w hen he gave a sav-
th a t the way and m a n n er In w hich the wood" w ith a vengeance. I gave him aRe lunge. H e pulled out about 30
th o rn tre e s grew w as an act of God a shake and told him it w as tim e to ^ e t of line and as I reeled th e line
and th a t w earing ta tte re d u nder g a r get up for th e co u g ars were calling. I back, all I found on my hook w as a
m ents u n d er conditions which con- reached over to see if "old tru sty " w as sm all piece of his low er jaw . T h is
fronted me w as not a crim e, at least, | ready for action and listened closely sobered my sen ses and th e re a fte r I
u nder m odern in te rp re tatio n .
| T he sounds p resen tly grew fain ter, so : I'»‘tted every fish th a t I hooked but
I one- We cau g h t 36. n early all ea st-
The p ro secu to r w aived argum ent. I paid no fu rth e r atten tio n .
The co u rt, a m an of th e "old school,”
The moon w as shining brightly. I ern brook tro u t, and had o u r lim it, in
rose from his ch air, dem anded th a t I hastened over to S h erm an 's cam p and pounds, by noon tim e,
stand, tipped his steel bowed specta- told him we would be ready for th e
A fter pack in g our catch in g ra ss
vies and 111 a ste rn voice said: "Mr. | horses in l e s s th an an hour Break- and moss, we sta rt. ,I f a r
,
P riso n er. I find you guilty as charged j fast was h u rrie d ly p rep ared and lunch ( w here we iced them , and rem ained for
and sen ten ce you to ten days on th e packed in our k n ap sack We w ere all the night. The next day we journeyed
l ro tk pile
The bailiff th en shouted I anim ation, w ondering w hat th e conn- to P o rtlan d , w ell rep aid for ou r mem-
"H e a r ye, h e a r ye, th is co u rt Is now I try would look like and w hether o rab le trip .
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