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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
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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
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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
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|| A New Line of Gift Goods Have Arrived,
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Come In and See the Goods
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and Get Prices.
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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
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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
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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
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M r month I .«0
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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 -
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In accordance with the plana made
by the countv court of Waaco county
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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
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of the matter.
A number of engineer* had made j
application to superintend (he con­
struction of the roads, but because j
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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.
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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.
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leaves Hood River daily at
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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.
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ranch of Dr. C. A. Maerum
Mr. H O O D R I V E R
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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 ­
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2401
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pected to llaa, but he ia now gaining
in weight and i* progressing rapidly on
ROOD RIVER, OREOOR
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th* road to reenvary
C. J. E. CARLSON
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