Medford mail tribune., June 16, 1929, Image 14

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OF FAMOUS
11 IS 82
'MothLT' Hewlett Of Eadle heep ' 'our y1" at "'! M. Arthur Lewis spent Thuni
IVIUUIU nuwiui ui uay& lh(,v whllt lB now tilel ,iay In Medford with her sister,
Point Still Cooks for
Guests at Sunnyside Hotel
Works Because She Likes
It Shingled Roof of Pio
neer Home Always Too
Busy to Complain.
(lly Mary (irolncr)
An old-fashioned parlor with
tucked carpet. A plinth backed
album on tlio tablo bcnlde which
lay a stereoscope one of thosu
ndjuulnhlo two-glass affairs that
givos the third dimension to a
certain obsolete type of photog
raphy. On the wall, four enlarged
pictures her mother and father,
and his father and mother. The
tH.4 f -A J'
Mrs. S. V,. lloHlell.
kind ,of a room that Is kept fur,
I r f 1
W A ' 1
f 1
1
i company and used occasionally younger. v
' for MUllUllB hecs. That Is the set- "Of course," recounts the plo
lini In which Mrs. K. K. (Mother) I neer woman, "It wasn't all sadness
llowlctli. XI. pioneer of Magic and hardship In those days. We
I'olnt. and sole proprietor of the had our olly times, loo. Keul
famous Hunnysi.lti Hotel, agreed good times. There wore tlio taf
l rest long enough to be Inter-Jfy millings, and tlio husking bees,
viewed. "ml earpct-rag taeklngs
' Klui 'had just come. In from the, with the young folks all together
long hotel dining room, where having a good lime,
she had finished serving her lfi or! "Ves. there were dances, too.
no steady patrons to their evening We didn't have them at our home,
mo.il a bounteooiiH supper (hat because Mr. Ilowlett was a Melho
sebl.nn stops at (ess than three dlst. Hut I cooked for them all
kinds ot desseil. Her eyes, keen'the same they always came over
nnd bright, took In the room at! to my place to eat," she added a
u dunce. Her hard, brown handslbll mischievously,
u. ccl to action, ntllcklv adjusted When they left tlio Alavlsta lo
the few things apparently out ot ration, the llowletts houBht a llt
dnce. -.he paused a second for , He house at the location where the
u gllmpso out through the dooi-!unnysldo hotel now stands.
.wav at the waters of Unite Creek. "U Juxt suited me that house.
' '"Old Hutte's high now the "''l the pioneer woman. And I
rains," she Indicated the bountiful "' "' Jl1' """'letl, 'rig it here Is
utrcani rushing past her back here I in going to die. hho
door. Her attention passed to a l'"ed a moment and slmllltnno-
liatih-iiullt folded neatly across,
the anus of a rock'iik' chair.
V'lli.il n iiiilltliii- bee the other
t,i..t- I 1... II,. v.. ri'..ri'itiw III Kaelt!
J'ldnt was here almost. Ves'
.IM.rfl ll.i.i.i nil ti. Milliner about
60. We had lots ot run
I.'.. Ilis
sic Jolly when you get I hem all
together that way.
to see l In-tn cal."
i l.lkcs In Noci Tlicin Ivtit.
M..ll.n ll..'lnltu tilt 1,1 M'l.ll'll
v.,-' ,..-,
i ll(g lu-upie cm wait iiuiiiii.-m
back In her childhood days, when ui'oiii n.
she crossed the plains with her 2.V ( on . Jk-.!.
parents and brothers and sisters., 'Tl'"' was., t the end ot It He
Thev stalled out from their homo1""1 '""""r r''"'ml "" ln ,,m'n
.'in .!l,sou.- in ISM having Joined I 'l '' ' '" '
a train of 0 other covered And say If he dldll t move
wagons all going west. .Mrs.1" ' " Then another man
Jl.mlett was then six years old. '',"" 'V"' , T", t
"Hut. I can remember many ot I ';'; ' '''' ,Mr
the Ihll.gs thai happened on ll.n '" ', 1'u'"'' "
lip the same us though 11 was
eslcrday.
I I'llll renmtubcr the '
used lo draw around!""--" """
, tvity they used to
i camp flies at meal tim
I llOW
: 1 - u-eti ,io Kit and watch thoso h'K
f . , i
! ' '.. I . . ...
I illVIC wril' ln I'liiii K 1 1 n
i (hi fiinilly, lieslilen Mrs. Ilowlett
iM.ril livt ....i..n .....m v...
i moum
(ibt, 11.
Jdlcrt as
rn.rli,,!
month's trip across the emmt i'y.
first lirolhcr was bom timl
the covered wutfon train
ti'jtchcd Uickoii. The Imhy wnn
liiirft d at Tlic I.alles-one of ' llll( k"f , ,;,, r , .... lh(.y
many tmgclies of the long "'k,,,,,, kll( ,. ,,,, Kn0
ilJ'lUhO III!" II II U Mini M I'KIII IV "'
: .A iii
J f rlhteiii'd toy mother was over
,1h rivers we crossed when the
J. i f! i I In hud to s Im throtiBh the
valer anil the wagons wniitd look
lke they were Kolnu to be sol1
lucrced- cried ul null the Snake
er --even In later yearswhen
II was all oer." she said.
Down the Columbia on Haft
Another thinn the local woman
: Vlll- never forget Is the fact thut
the larun party in this covered
NvUK'in train had to travel down
, tho Columbia rivi-r from The,
J 'alios to I'oi tland on rafts. She
Vnuidders now when she looks at
1 tills laruo body of water, and
' iiMillzeH tho daiiKeiM eneounteied
: Jit thoso days.
' . Il was the last day of October.
, 1 y. when Mis. Ilowlelt's par-i-nts
landed on their donation
rnlm 14 miles eat of rortland.
I It wasn't very many years before
j the family bad reached II uuota
( .'8 children, and Mrs. Ilowlett
bud grown Into n yminjr lady.
vlth Ideas of Vonrtinu" Just be
' jBlnnlliK t enter her Itf-year-old
! head. ,
i. About that thn Mr. A. C. How
let f. an ordained Methodist min
ister, had itccIviJ u call tu Hie
I'ortluiiil circuit, where lie mct
Hie very Khl h luicl hern search-1
Iiik for im hl8 wife even though I
hIil wiih u Presbyterian and uluicd
to stick to It,
A nuully of 13 children.
The Jlowlctt's were nlso tlio
PIIICMIH llf la lllllllPIl, tllO filHt)
of wliii li wiih horn in Portland.
The minister wiih moved to the)
Yrckn circuit where hi) tliilfchl
j school for two terms ulontf with
IiIh preaching. Ynika then win
I u lioomiiiR mining town, nnd both
j preachers nnd tPBi-hPni did well.
Aflcr being moved omo again
lo Portland for a brief engage-
hnent. they came down near Uaulo
1 roint. where they lionicsteadcd a
bplven of land nnd proven up on n.
This they disposed of and ran
Alavlsta orchard, which they have'. Mm. II. N. Lofland.
Itent for IS years. There were
It (to iioreK In the tract, and they
raised cutllo, sheep and hay.
The Work of the I'lomi-r V n
Mm. Ilowlett worked In tile
fields drove the plow ran the
mowliiK machine, pitched hay.
From three of four in the morn- I
iiiK. tile hardy plolieer woman
mother of 13 children slaved thru
a day that was never less than 111
hours Iouk taking the place of a
couple of hired men.
"I sometimes sit and think back
over It all. What was it all about
nil this hardship my parents en
dured'.' Crosslin! the plains leav
ing a home where thliiKs were es
tablished and we had a comfort
able enoiitth IIvIiikV Then the
years of hardship we went
thnruah. What was It all about,
I ask myself. All for a measly
piece of free land!" she exclaimed.
Uuilna much of the time the
Ilowlett family lived on their land
In the Knitle I'olnt district, Hev.
Ilowlett was away preachliiB. so
the Rrcator pail of proving up.
earliiR for the stock and the crops
as well as all of the housowork
fell upon the small, though sturdy
si Ideis of Mother Ilowlett.
When sho hears the modern wo
man grumble over the light house
hold duties she is occasionally re
quired to perform, the 112-year-old
pioneer woman is apt to smilingly
reminisce over the lime a week
before one of the 13 was born
when she spent a half day shing
ling the roof of their home, single
handed.
I-iim- I'lve Children In Two Weeks
It was in the year mm. when
the terrible epidemic of diphtheria
hit the valley and took a ghastly
loll among the early settlers.
Mother Ilowlett will never forget
It. l-'lve of her children were tuk
ori In two weeks' time. The best
doctors In the valley were sum
moned. They could tin nothing
wllh the tlisease In thoso days.
The five Ilowlett children lie side
by side III the old Antelope ceme
tery the ohlesl, II, the rest
"" i... .. ......
"Hut. do you know I guess the
I jtil-tl nieadt me to work. We
eren't settled long, until a man
''!" and asked to stay over
nlKIM Willi lis. Me iiiiu suin-i noil
breakfast nnd dinner the next day.
Instead of leaving, iiko no aimcn
Nnd 1 lllie'to 'lc u,, l,ni' tn''' ,,H l',at
Iuceiiieii in slay won us nil gomi.
Said he liked my cooking. Well,
I was surprised anil put out hut
4hcrn wasn't anything 1 could tlo
r . i, i mi r. , .
e IH. Vli II H J'l'Hi a IIKO 1 1 II J Mill ll
, , , , , '
and ever since has een famous for
I Its home conked Sunday meuls.
In illnltiK ii'otu and kltclien of this
ni in I din; house are some rather
.nu,..ui.-l...l l.l. .!,! I,n
,,,,.,. .,,...,'' Tit.n. i ninn,.
. ' . , ' x',,,,.,.
, . . . . ' ' ' ,
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down us u beioino on the paes uf
,Mieptnt hlHtory,
.M rs. Ilowlrtt who even now,
cooks for and serves from 'Jo to Ut
people every Huiitlay, In spite of
! ..,.,.,. ' v, .,.,, Mih.mi-h
worked hard alt her lifeshe does
not rei-uinmend hardship to the
youniter Kenerutlon.
The ;o.hm-J of Hani Work
"Mayho If I didn't like to work
1 . on Id n't have done so much of
It. Hut 1 was aluavN happy, work
I hit especially ceokiliK. Why, I
ciin't reuiemher w hen I made my
(list hatch or lueiiit. hen I wh
Jot n liny tot, I can reineml
standiiiR on a caudle box. washing
the family dishes for mother.
"Ves we made our own candles
in thoxo (lays. And our own soap.
After I whs married 1 often made
as li Ik li as a hundred Kallons of
o ft noap at a lime. 1 sold It at l
cents h kxIIoii to the stores to pay
our KTocery 111 Im.
"Hut the yoiihK folk noU'-H-diiys
couldn't stand the uoik I did.
They Uon't hne to. They've got
other work to do. If they do it
as ell as w e did ours and as
wllllntity maybe they'll live long,
er than we itld." slip said.
Clarified advei tiPlnj gets results.
HfKDFORD MTTL
J.L
OF JACKSONVILLE
JAC'KSONVII.hK, Ore., Juno 15. 1
(Spec ial I Mr. and Mi a. J. I j
Mulkey left Wednesday for benttui,
where they expect to make llielr j
; jiuiin-. i e un n, ..n
inK them mini our miusi.
.Mrs. u. u. l nitwooo iiiiu uun
ter, Dorothy, left Thursday even
inK for Sun Francisco lo visit Mm.
Chllwood's Hlsler, Miss . Kvelyn
Annlegate. They expect lo stay
laboul a week, miss Appiegnio m
bring Iheni hack Dy way in me
Kedwnod highway and will spend
her vacation with her slslms, Mrs.
Chit wood unil Mrs. C. W. Miller,
at I'rovolt,
The many friends lifii'O of Mr.
and ,Mrn. Carl Cllftnn will he
pleased to know that Ihey are well
ami enjoying Ill's at their home In
Riverside, (Jul., according lo a let
ter Just received by a friend here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Applegato of
Klamath Palls visited relatives III
Jacksonville for a short time on
Thursday, Inter leaving for I'rovolt.
whero I liny are vIhIUiik Mr. ami
Mrs. C. W. Miller.
Mrs. II. 11. Johnson and son.
James, and Milton K. Coe, nil of
.Medford, were dinner guests of the
E. S. Severance home Sunday.
.'Mrs. (ieorge Tranta and Mrs.
White or Camp No. 3. Untie Kalis,
called on Mrs. Fred Butcher on
Wednesday. Mrs. liulchcr and son.
1'Veddle, accompanied them hack to
camp for a few dayn' visit.
Mrs. Sybil I-. King and son, Ar
thur, arrived hero thin week to
visit Mia. King's brother, Hev. Hill
Hay, and wife a couple of weeks.
Mrs. King Is the wife or a retired
police liputenant or Chicago, III.,
which city Is their home.
Mrs. llcnry Miller and children
motored to Kagle Point Friday,
taking Mrs. Miller's nephew, l.o
ren Oswald, who lias spent several
days with her, to his grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim itoseoury, who
live on the Crater 1-nko highway.
Paul Kea of Klamath halls was
a rooent visitor at the Rogue River
sanitarium. His wife has been In
the local sanitarium for some time
but Is much Improved.
K. A. Hemming started thinning
apples at. his ranch in Kast Jack
sonville tile llrsl part of the week
and hati quite a crew of thinners
employed.
Silas Obeuchalll ot Kiamimi
Falls Is spending a few days at
the Itogue Hlver sanitarium.
IN SAMS VALLEY
SAMS V.M.I, KV. Ore., June 1 r..
(Special.) Hay men are rushing
in their first cutting of alfalfa
while the weather permits. The
heavy rains, which caught most of
the hay down, did some damage,
but the weather clearing off when
It did prevented any hoavy loss.
Farmers consider the damage from
the rain well offset by the benefit
to the second crop of hay as woll
as fruit and grain crops.
Among the June graduates from
the Southern Oregon State Normal
are two of Sams Valley's young
We Are Demonstrating the
New INTERNATIONAL
"Six-Speed Special"
Every Day!
The 8iSpt .Special Hat
m new wnbtAOd'wi. fain
mmdabt.
Come and see it
FF.vnmFS
OF TUB NFW
INTERN VTIONM.
8IX-SPEKD SPir.IAI,
t 'miiI sprrd2 itwtn
Simple, pmnrrful rngirM
Prmrd-ttrtl fmmt
Long, aDny-tlrrl. htarf-
duty iprings
A'nr cnmninnliofl body
Fully rnrinrd mk
nnd
SMOOTH, POSTTTVB
4-WUKFX BRAKES
ELVVOOD'S AUTO SHOP
118 So. Central Avenue.
Medford,. Ore.
TRTBTTNTR, MEDFOTW.
ladles the Misses CSlace and liuth
MiKhain: who have attended the
normal for the purpose of ciuall
fying for tlio teaching profession.
.Mr. and Mrs. Allien Straus left
I for Myrtle I'olnt Monday to be
j prf'nent at the regular session of
I the Oregon Hlate (Iringe.
I Air. anil Mrs. Frank .Moore and
children, accompanied by Mis
ljurntliy tillbcrt of Carlton, aro
sjii-iiding part of a month's trip
j from home with lillis and Ulcnn
(larrelt. Mr. .Moore operateH a ga
Iragc In IiIh home town and wan
ordered by IiIh dovtor to take, a
needed rent. He. with' 1h family.
0 , Clintumta,
t
JACKSONVILLE, Ore., Juno 16.
(Special) Mr. and Mrs. Ix-n
Svenson of Oakland, Cal., and Mrs.
E. M. Clulo of Ashland visited Mrs.
Arthur i.ewls last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. HlKhain wore
Wednesday evening guests of Mr.
and Mrs. A. (1. Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lyons en
tertained Lilly Ruse and family of
Metirord Sunda
.Mrs. ltois Chapman of Gold Hill
was visiting relatives here Tues
day.
Mrs. James F. Hueidey mid son,
Lewis, ot Applegato were visitors
of Mrs. Alice. Ulrich Wednesday.
Rev. Tulley and wile or Salem
nnd Rev. and Mrs. K. Iverson or
Medrord were calling on friends
here Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Ella Coleman and son, Tty
ron Coleman, or San Francisco and
Mr. and Mrs. Hush were callers at
Miss Issio McCully's homo Wed
nesday evening.
Mrs. Albert Soliss and Mrs.
Donna (ruffes or Phoenix wore in
our city Tuesday afternoon.
0. S. C GIRLS TO HAVE
OUKCON STAT K COMJSC.E.
Cinvallis. June 15. (Special.)
I'u-ods ho 11 next yi'iir will for the
first time have a wmnun pliy.sician
on the campus itt nil tiincH to act
its foiinsolor in matliTH of health,
as tht ri;sull of action just taken
by (he board of roucntH. lv, Kdlth
SnpplitKton, for three years on the
staff of Hie. I'niversity of Mlchluan
health service, has been engaged
fur this poHitlon.
The coining of Dr. KappinKton Is
part of a general expansion and re
iirri!inl'.atlon of the health service
ami reliited work. Dr. D. U. Iteyn
nlos, also from the University of
Michigan health service, has boon
iHiKUKc-d to head the staff here. .
OREGON STATE GRANGE
CONVENTION IS ENDED
MVUTLE POINT. Ore., June In.'
--(!') Fifteen hundred members
or the Oregon Stale Orange weru
returning to the'r homes today;
after attending tho GGth annual
convention here tills week. Tho
convention ended today, with ex
ecutive committee meetings.
The North Hay Orange yester
day won tirst prize in drill coin-1
petition between subordinate :
granges of Coos county.
"Drive it yourself
pH)ME in anrf look otct tilts
now and H(Tcrnt Intrrna
tional truck. Sec the trim Knra,
the powerful speed-track
engine, the roomy rnoloned rah,
the conrcrtihle ImhIt, t he 2-peed
rear axle, and the heavy-duty
International construction.
This new truck for hantlng
in town and around the farm in
on dinplay ready for demon
Htration. We will help yoa prw
it a thorough try-out and how
you what thin fast, powerful
truck will do for you. Nothing
like it luu ever been offered
before. -
Phone 769,
'OREnONUmV J1TXE 1 fi, 1020.
Nil 4.k iku v.',.
VISIT our showrooms and see a remarkable display in
motor car color design a variety so wide as to give
almost individual distinction, at no extra cost. It is a new
industrial achievement!
More than 225 different color combinations on various models
were delivered last month by the Hudson Motor Car Co.
That is why, although nearly 200,000 Essex the
Challengers are in service; there is a sparklingvari
ety and individuality about each car, instead of the
monotonous sameness expected in big production.
The tremendous buying swing to Essex the
Challenger with nearly 200,000 in service
in five months is the
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popular answer to and ii
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1. Tread Grooves 30',. Deeper
Tim ili.ii proovoH nnil mnHnlvo rnlilicr
lirtiji-cttiins K'vn Innucr trrnil -life anil pp.
viilo traction anil snfuly heretofore unknown.
FORMERLY EXCHANGE TIRE CO.
L. OLDER, Mgr.
fid
etJimeijrer
how it upholds its sweeping challenge to motordom.
Hydraulic shock ahsorhers and new type double-action
wheel brakes are standard they do not cost one cent extra.
The same with radiator shutters, air tleaner, windshield
wiper, safety lock, chromium-plated bright parts. AH valu
able features all features you want. Add up for yourself
the extras Essex offers at no added cost and
you will see above 1 100 in extra value in those
items alone.
Your present car will probably cover
the entire first payment The H. M. C.
Purchase Plan offers the lowest terms
available on the balance.
, AT f AITOSV
MOTORS, INC.
2. 50';;, Greater Tread Surface
The iniTPiim! In contact hiiiThco means
Jiwt Unit much mora wpiir. Tim tread
Is flexible anil cvcn-wcui inV. The non
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3. Stronger by 40
The cords arc twisted lo Rive the great
est strength and Plasticity then gnni
ilil.ppd to cushion every flhro agiilnst
friction and hent. It also given greater
endurance.
4. 75';;, More Wear
All the features of the rircslone Hit
nrrme rntnhinn to give T.Vr mure wear
the air volume, the lire surface In con
tact with the road, the extra gum be
tween the cords all contribute to the
supremacy of this balloon.
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