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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY H O G E R W. M O E SUBSCRIPTION RATES USO O n« Y «nr. *ix Month« T h r«« Month« Entered as second-class m atter March 12. llO t at th « poat office at Mo«ier. O regon, under the A ct o f M arch S. 1879. MOS1ER BULLETIN VIOSIER, WASCO COCNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1. 191«. VOL. VIII White River Flour the upper Columbia once; my small boat used in crossing the river from my ranch on the Washington shore, had gone adrift. There was not a white man within 25 miles on either tide of the river. The second day I began to get pretty hungry, when an Indian (A paper by Capt. H. C. Co«) family came in from the mountains Rearing C h i l d r e n T h e * life ot the and camped near by. I at once applied Indian child after discarding swaddling for something to eat, ar.d a slab of clothes was very carefree Paternal dried rouse and a generous portion of influence was the least of their troub dried horsemeat, which the donor in les. They had no duties to perform, no formed me was part of an unforunate noxious chores to attend to— the whole animal that had fallen over a cliff in day was theira from sunrise to sunset. the mountains. But il bad been so They were early taught the use of the long dead before they found it that I bow and arrow and how.to build snares could not sit beside it, to say nothing for trapping animals. 1 never knew c l eating it. I thanked him, taking of a case of corporal punishment. the couse and going to my sagebrush Fishing and Food Resources ^ F i s h camp, tried to est enough of the stuff ing was the main support of the W i l to quiet the hunger pangs. It was lamette and Wasco tribes. During the useless, and I watched the daylight go spring freshet in the Columbia river and come again, bringing a steamboat salmon in vrat numbers entered its and rescue. waters making their way to the spawn The glorious huckleberry * season ing grounds in the upper reaches of the stream. A t the Cascades, the comes in the early fall, -nd glorious to Cranddallea and Tumwater, or Celilo the Indian it certainly is. I once vis Falls, the Indians from all over the ited the noted Chequssh mountains in country would gather to secure their the eastern foothills of the Cascades salmon, generally by buying|them from on the headwaters of Wind river in those having stands at favoraDle points Washing'Tii. This was a famous place in the rapids; not only at the places and Indians, gathered here during the mentioned, but at any point along the season from all over the country, from river, where there was a swift current, as far east as Spokane and Nez I’erce but in no such quantities as at the reservation and from the Grand Coule on the north to gather the luscious great rapids. In early days before the day of can- 1 berries, race horses and gamble. It neries salmon would come up the river was certainly the Siwash Newport, and in unbelievable numbers unless actual joy reigned supreme. The seance gen ly seen. One year I operated a salting erally ended|with a horselosd'or two establishment at the r i v e Mile rapids of firewater, and then pandemonium at The Dalles. One dip net took out reigned instead of joy. 3,500 in 10 hours. The farmers from ; In the winter snowshoe parties would FO R S A L E B Y the back country would come in to put bring in large quantities of deer meat, up lish fur the winter, which I sold to especially when unusually heavy snows them for five cents each, many of them prevailed, and deer or elk, as the case being royal Chinooks and weighing might be, were slaughtered with clubs. AndJ here my story ends, my dream from 30 to 50 pounds each. In the fall of the year after spawning time the of the shadowy past, a history that tells of^the redmun of the wild, whom old salmon would die and millions of them would float down the stream. At the vice* of civilisation have driven that lime the farmers along the river almost|off the face of the ¡earth. C i v raised many bogs, which were allowed ilization and education are not for the to range at large, and they, of course, Indian— they are his curse, his death fond the dead salmon on the river knell. As a child 1 knew them,roamed banks. Feeding on them they became at will through their camps, was the very fat. But the flesh was ruined for same to them as their own, was the year, being thoroughly impreg- • watched over, cared for and loved by rated with the salmon odor, even the them. They taught me their language, flesh being colored with a pinkish hue. | their legends and superstitions, and I In the fall came the steelheads and | have ever found them truthful, gener We can all find things to be thankful for this year. A Now your the white salmon, nr dogfish. These ous and affectionate. year from now we will have more to be thankful for if we are latter fish swarmed in countless mill- | thoughts wander back to tales of tor ture and treachery in their wars of the ions in the smaller streams west of The thrifty during the year. Thrift is a virtue that pays big div Dalles, and a very singular fact in his | past. Tru e every word, and words can idends to those who cultivate it. connection was that only the streams not tell all of its awful horrors. For it had been coming in from the north were used by generations unknown them, being the Big and Little White taught them, instilled Tn them as part Salmon and Wind rivers, with the ex of their religion. In battle they are ception of Lindsey creek near the Cas not human beings, but demons. cades. 1 have seen the latter stream M osier - O re g o n so packed with them that one could have walked arrosa it on their backs dry shod. The Indians valued these fish for the * fact that they were not so oily as the Chinooks, steelheads or silversides. Another source of fish supply came C. J . Littlepage and C. C. Clement from the lamprey eels. These, how ever, were not used to any great ex were present Wednesday in The Dalles a preliminary organization of the tent, except in case of a shortage of n when s a c D O u u m jr r d r III f r o L U u iiu i n o n the onhiiuu IUM. iney were strung anil oily. Sturgeon were also used fresh. formed. Later in December a perma These fish were caught with hooks or nent organization, comprizing a repre frequently in dip nets when fishing for sentative from each farmers' organiza salmon at the rapids. Many of them tion in the county will be effected and were of immense size, and were the regular meetings held. The object of terror of the swift water dipnetters. this organization will be to discuss phase of farm problems, to Many an Indian has lost his life by every being jerked from his platform into relate experiencea and compare notes. Paul Mans, state leader of county the raging waters of the rapids by one of the leviathans. These fish now al agents, called the meeting and A. R. Chase, Wasco county agent.was instru most extinct in the Columbia river, says Mr. were in the e„rly days of an incredible mental for its impetus, size. One year something happened. Littlepage. A t these meetings the delegates What it was was never known, but dead sturgeon floated down the river in from each farmers’ organization in the vast numbers and of prodigious size. county are e x a c te d to gain valuable One that lodged on the sandbar oppos knowledge, transmitting it then to ite the mouth of the White Salmon, I their local fellow members. A regulsr measured. The head alone was five delegate will be elected for the year at feet long, and the body 13. making a the rmeting of the local grange on total of 18 feet. II must have weighed .Saturday, December 2. A t this time over 1500 pounds. One year I saw two also will he held the election of officers of these monsters shipped to The for the ensuing year. Mr. Littlepage was warm in hia Dalles. They weighed 900 pounds each. Another source of fish supply was praise of the luncheon served in the obtained from the smaller streams hy high school building at The Dalles by trapping the aalmon and doliyvarden the members of the domestic science trout. These fish were not put away, department which lasted for three but were sold fresh and brought many hours. " I t was the finest prepared a pretty penny into the seller’s pocket, luncheon that I ever had the pleasure said Mr. Littlepage. selling for from 15 to 25 cents each at of enjoying," The Dalles. The method employed in “ and the girls of that department cer obtaining these dainties was to build a tainly deserve a lot of credit for the V-shaped dam across the mouth of the capable manner in which it was served stream, when the water was low and and lor the preparation of the various shallow, ao as to raise the water from courses set before u s." three to four feet, and at the lower point to build a weir of cedar slats. The impounded water would rush through, falling through the slats, H u s k e y <EL T e m p le m e ie r , P ro p s. leaving the unfortunate trout high and dry, to be later strung on a withe and G o o d supply C . L . D unam ore in charge w h o will do the cutting sent to market. As many as three or of Fresh Meats on hand four dozen would often be taken in one The completion of the observing on night. Other food aourci « came from an arc of primary triangulation which game, berries and roots. extends 530 miles from northern Utah Y O U R P A T R O N A G E A P P R E C IA T E D Acorn* were used in large quantitiea. northwestward to tha Columbia river They were gathered in the fall and in northeastern Oregon, thence west taken to the river bank where clay was ward down the Columbia to Portland, to b« found. They were then piled in is announced from iti Washington, large conical heaps of perhaps eight to D. C . office by the United States 10 bushels each, covered over with coast and geodetic eurvey. grass and green stuff and then a layer About 100 statione have had their of mud. A slow file was built over latitudes and longitudes accurately them and continued until they were determined and is they have been aub- roasted to a black coal. A pit was etentially monumented with concrete then dug close to the water's edge and block*, which have iesenbed metal ) 7 7 / the blue clay and acorn* were thor tablets, they will be available for gen oughly mixed. They were allowed tn erations as starting point* ef federal, remain for a month or mure in the state, boundary and other surveys and slimy bole. They were then taken out, engineering works. washed and dried and put away in The party, under C. V. Hodgson, sacks for winter u<e. I never consid m ik in g this survey, used for tha first ered them a great dainty. Many times time automobile trucka on primary I have tried to enjoy them, but one triargulalion and they proved so suc bite was more than sufficient to satisfy cessful that all other sureying partita my curiosity. engaged on similar work will use this ; Ax soon as the white man imported meana of communication. The trucks vegetablei and fruits the Indians rele earned tha party and outfit to the bate gated the scorn crop to the hogs. 1 ot the peaks on which obset vallons wart always felt that they were like the made with the theodolite. The camp lamprey eel, used only when other food eauipage and instruments were carried was scarce. Camas was obtained from e truck to the top of the peeks Camas Lake arrosa the river in Wash by horsea or by the members of th* ington. This was a root about as large party. as an English walnut.and whan washed Accuiata elevations of numerous and cooked as the Indians cooked it, it mountain peaks wera determined by was a most palstabls vegetable. this t u r v a j . In fact, tha report Another singular article of food was states, it is only by such methods as wild sonflower roots In the early days were employed that reliable elevation NO O T M t f t L I M I IT. this plant literally covered tbs ground nf peaks can be obtained. It is not N O O T H C N A B O O O O . everywhere. It had a large mealy fesHihia to run linos of spirit levels up root, something like a parsnip in the mountain side* and barometric lev P-.r-hssethc - N E W H O M E - ssd t « - .: h«r* s Itfe «***t sr thè pnce y< u pey The eliminati' « of shape, when vnung. but became lough eling give* only erode résulta. repar et per» »e hr v.:per. or •'•rt stasa h*« «nd He*t It was a grest Most of th* observation* were made Vi»< t» ■ * mater al is« rea life-i./n* s e rv e« at m in» ■nd woody as it aged In the at night by us* of acetylene lamp*, su o i c -»t. Instai on h*r r.* thè “ N E W H O M E " . nuisance to the ploughmen. summer the tender root was taken, th* longeât diatance observed being 134 W A N N A N T E O F O N A L L T IM E . washed and cooked by digging a pit in mile*. K. •» n th* w ■••**£ ©v»r l'ir su peri or k » d | ^ual.tie« X t «t4d under Sr,y ctber asme the ground and heaping wood over T h E .EWHOtli SE» »3 *»:« x( CO ,<)•»*« «MI. them It had a sweet syrupy teste Wanted— T o contract for clearing »•• e * v i e* On the Blue mountaina in eastern any part of 10 to 30 acre* of land, Oregon a root, ealled route, was gath which is reaeonahly easy, on our south W . E. CHOWN ered This was cooked end dried in farm, adjoining the town of M o te t Fast Hood the eon, and resembled cottonwood Inquire of W. P V i r m g Æ «iihac-ihe for TI,* B'illetin chipa ground up I wet stranded en River F ru it C*. RECOLECTIONS OF MID- COLUMBIA INDIANS ch ea p er because it makes m o re loaves o f bread. Don’t Is be fooled into buying the low priced flour thinking you are getting something cheaper than W hite River Flour Every Sack Guaranteed. Nichol and Company Mosier, Oregon Thanksgiving M OSIER VALLEY BANK » || A New Line of Gift Goods Have Arrived, I Come In and See the Goods | and Get Prices. j FARMERS’ COUNTY COUNCIL FORMED | The Mosier Book Store j E x p ert A u to m o b ile R ep airin g F u lly E q u ip p ed M ach in e S h o p Agencies for Fords, Dodge and Buick Automobiles for Hood River County Columbia Auto & Machine Co., Hood River MEAT M A R K E T Now Open fo r B usiness NEWHOME get it 9 Jo r mu wife Vulcanizing Auto Supplies Sporting Goods Cates & Co. The Dalles, Ore. GEODETIC SURVEY CREW REPORT IN $260,000 IN ROAD BONDS ADVERTISED ADVERTISING RATES P ro i«M iu u n i Cards . On#>nunrt«r Column »..0 ».as O n «-h n lf Column .. O n# Column 10 . « ............ Business locai« « il i he charged at 8 conta per Une for each tnsertion. Lega! advertisements arili la all case« be charged ta t h e party ordering them. at lega! ratea, end No. .19 . M r month I .«0 O n« *ounr* ............... pax) for b e i ore affidavit* are fnm iehed. Nichol & Company General M e rc h a n d ise I I I I I I I I I I I I I H I I I I I I I I I I i I i - m - H - H '- h - » I I I I I l I I I I I H . In accordance with the plana made by the countv court of Waaco county -D E A L E R S I N - at tl.e time the question of bonding Waaco countv lor $260.000 to build roads was placed upon the November ballot and was carried by a large majority, says The Dalles Optimist, the advisory board met with the county court Monday to plan th* sale of th* bonds, obtaining ot a right-of-way and employing a competent engineer t* take charge of the work. The advisory board consisted of one man from the Farmers' Unian, one each from The Dalles, D j f u r and Mosier, and one jointly for Shaniko and Antelope. The Farmers’ Union waa represented by President Harry Richards. The Dalles, by J . L. K e lly ; Dufur, by Dr. H. C. Dodds; Mosier, hy Mayor E. A . Race; and J . W. d- H I I I I H I I I I I I I I I I I I I I H 4-H - I - H - I +-F4 I I I I I I I I I I F I I I I I Hoech. representing Shaniko and A n telope was absent District Attorney Bell was present to see that the laws weie strictly complied with. County Judge Gunning spoke briefly on the purpose of the meeting fnr the Give attention to your child'« eyes in time and you may nave him or her disposal of the $260,000 bonds. from the necessity of wearing glaaaes later on. These bonds cannot be sold below par and the interest was limited to five per cent. While some were of the More—You Prevent Permanent Defect opinion that it would be most advan- j We give special attention to the examination of children's eyes. We are tageous to sell the bonds ir. one block it was found that they may he sold in thoroughly eiperienced in this work anil will tell you (ranklv whether sums of from $50 up. Willis K. Clark, j glasses are required or not, and we will furnish them, properly fitted. representing Clark Kendall & Com- 1 pany, of Portland, was present and i offered the legal services ot eastern at torneys for a consideration, but the! court and advisory board concurred in ' the opinion that District Attorney Bell was competent to handle the legal end HOOD RIVER - - OREGON of the matter. A number of engineer* had made j application to superintend (he con struction of the roads, but because j s = - J . A. Elliott, assistant iiighway engi- j neer, has done the preliminary survey : work he was selected to oversee the \ highway construction west of Mosier. The state will divide the expense with ; the county if he is employed, and the efficient work of M r Elliott was de Will sell direct to planters, less agents commission, choice cidedly in his lavor. He named as hit lot of cherry, pear, apple and prune trees in one year old 3-4 salary $175 and expenses. He is e x pected to suervise the construction of and 4-6 ft. grades budded and grafted on best whole root* all roads coversd by the bond issue. Work will he started as quickly as j and guaranteed true-to-name. Please write or phone possible. The work will be let to the - low bidders on the yardage contracts, and these bids will probably be adver- j tised at the same time as the bonds so that the first work-week in January will probably witness active work on the building oU roads, Wasco county men will have the preference when it come to employing laborers. " J . A. Elliott was hiied to take e n - 1 tire charge of the road construction, the bond issue covering 120 miles of road." said Mayor E. A. Race, mem ber of the adviaory board from the Mosier district. “ It will not be neces- | C H A R L E S N E L S O N , Mgr. sary for Mr. Elliott to have engineers P E O P L E ’S N A V I G A T I O N CO. OREGON jj !i MOSIER Don’t Neglect the Children’s Eyes W. F. Laraway, Jeweler and Optician Fruit Growers Attention TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY, Hood River STEAMER TAHOMA SMflV ftKAft-Wflfc.?1. rWtoft "VitleS J M ^ b W U sic V at$:'lBi*X'WV,“ “ ‘“~ that the bonds were to bear five per cent interest, beginning payment in thu fourth year, ten per cent of the principle and interest to be paid an nually, the bonds to run for 14 years. Blanks will be sent to Mosier shortly to be filled out by the taxpayers through whose property the road passes, but the county court, with the assistance of the advisory board, will make their own appraisals regardless of the amount of damages asked. Leaves Portland on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from Oak Street Dock. . Passengers and freight. Mosier Dock in charge of W. F. Baker, who will meet all boats and attend to transfer. Phone No. 191. HOME TALENT CASTE SCORES BIG HIT Tailors to Men and to Women Th at “ Polly in Politics,” the three act comedy enacted hy local players wts a big success Wednesday night, was evidenced by the appreciative aud ience that tilled Chown'a hall, heartily applauding the actors time and again for their dramatic intepretationa. The pint was centered around the election of Colonel Danvers fur the «pesketship of the house of represen tatives, which office waa also sought hy Joe Perdexter, suitor for (he hand of the Colonel's daughter, Miss Polly Danvers. A trying situation is at hand, and Polly seeing the possibili ties seizes upon an intrigue to gain tha consent of her father and mother to her marriage to Joe. James Villas, the right hand man of Colonel Dan vers, who is also in love with Polly, it locked in a telephone booth and i* held a captive until almoat lime for the caucus. Finally Joe contents lo with draw. after Polly explains to him the trap, provided the Colonel consents to their marriage, and the latter realising that he has but one choice, consents. Lee Hunter playing the part of the colonel, waa as stern as the character he represented. Miss Lillian Marvel aa hia wife, portrayed well the part of the nervous, eacitable politician's wife. In a stunning and charming manner Mita Emily Husbands as Polly fulfilled her role as leading lady, and I,*o Nichol as Joe Pendexter, a rising young politician, looked well the part. Clyde Root as James Villas, Mary Hig ley as Cora, the busy telephone opera tor. Bessie Jones, as Marie, the flir tatioua parlor maid and Hill Carroll aa the audacious bell hopper, gave true cnaracterizationa of their parts. Between the acta Jo* Eivare and James Sheldon, hlack face artist*, kept the audianea in an uproar with their songs, dance* and jokea. Lee Hunter, uressad at a country boy, gave a m on ologue in rustic style that was wall taken. Over $51 was taken in on receipts and it ia estimated that this will not $40 after all expenses are paid. Sat urday night or this week the troupe will motor to Dufur where they will give their production. Mr*. H. A. Berry, who has been directing th* play, and whose efforts have piovan meritorious, and Miss Marie Shogran, as accompanist, will accompany tha troupe. DALE & MEYER Cleaning and Pressing H o o d R iv e r . O r e g o n Our 1916-17 Combination Offer A ll O rego n Papers MOSIER BULLETIN, 1 year $ 1 .5 0 Evening Telegram, 3 months $ 1 .0 0 ( T h e leading Republican paper uf the State) Rural Spirit, 1 year . . . . $ 1 .0 0 ( A w e akly paper for the farmer and stockman Poultry Life, 1 year . . . . $ 50 (I )e v oted to progressive po ultry culture in the N o rth w e s t Total value $4 .00 All Four Papers for $2.50 Actual Saving on offer of $1.4* Dr. H. L Dumble RAI L AUTO Physician and Surgeon leaves Hood River daily at 1:30 p. m. and 5:00 p. m. On Sunday at 1:30 p. m„ 5:00 p. m. Telephones Office 1241 Residence IMI leaves Parkdale daily at 7:20 a. m. and 3:00. On Saturday evening leaves Parkdale 6:30p.m. Steam Train leave* Hood River daily at eight returning at 2. OfTIcw in B ro slu a B ld g . H oosf R iv er M r Hood Railroad Co. W. A. HUSBANDS Blackaiaith D erby & S tearns J . C Bradford, who i* a resident of LAW YERS Horse Shoeing and General Portland, where hi* family ar* now located, for soma time has bean on the Repair Wrork. OREGON ranch of Dr. C. A. Maerum Mr. H O O D R I V E R M o s ie r , - - O regon Bradford, who formerly resided tn Moaier. stated that tine* coming her* recently, he has been feeling so much improved in health that h* has decided Dr. William Morton Poat to remain for torn* time For several Dentist s h o f . a n d h a r n f a s r e p a ir in g month* Mr Bradford waa confined to a hospital in Portland and waa not e x R...m* I and 2 Hall Bldg Phou* 2401 H A R N E « « si PPI.IF.S pected to llaa, but he ia now gaining in weight and i* progressing rapidly on ROOD RIVER, OREOOR MOSIER - OREGON th* road to reenvary C. J. E. CARLSON I
