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PAGE SIX MEDFORDMAIL TRIBTJNTE, JfEDFORD, OT?EGO"ST. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 193G. Pioneers of Lakeview Came to Build Homes; Hardships Unbemoaned Medford Writer Tells of Early Day History When Eight Wagons Brought First Families From Willamette Editor's Note: Mra. Ella H. Leonnrd, former L&ke county resident, living In Medford, Is author of sn Interesting story' of the farly Lake view country which appeared In a recent Issue of the Lake County Tribune. Mrs. Leonard la now writing a book on the life of the late Dr. Bernard Daly, whoso bequest has made possible the education of hundreds of Lake county boys and girls. Highlights of Mrs, Leon ard's article, as taken from the Lake County Tribune, follow: A train of eight wagons from the Willamette valley brought the Unit settlers to the head of Ooose lake valley In '60. Among the settlers were Matt McCulloy and his 17-year- old bride; Robinsons, Hnmmersleya, Millers, Uncles Billy and Bob Tandy and Aunt Ann Henderson. They started In early spring and were com pelled to camp at Fine Opening near the summit of the cascades, until the snow mcltd. Women and chll dren were carried by Indians, In war paint, across Spraguo river by canoe The wion boxes were fastened to the tops of the high standards and swum across by the teams, A Baby Is Born. Camp that night was made under a pine tree by the river. There, while her children lay asleep on the ground Mrs. Hammcrsley, with the aid of "Aunt" Miller and Aunt Ann Hcndcr aon, was delivered of a son, Billy. In Orandma Nowoll's words, "we went on next morning, right over the Devil's Oardcn, without a rock taken out." Jolt, Jolt, Jolt a mother and babe In a dead X wagon. Through Drews valloy, through Cottonwood to Chewaucan and then the train scat tered. "We came here to .establish a home," was the reason (or settlement given by old pioneers. They were dependent entirely on their own ef forts. There being no mills at first, a one-room log house with one door and one window was the kind of house put up. Logs were planed with a broadax. Mud chinked the cracks. Puncheon floors were laid. Cleats on the wall led to the attle. "The husband built the furniture, some of which may still be seen In Lake county homea, The bedstead stood downstslrs. Some were made from freight boxes, some from split pine boards. lata lay across It close . together. Over that a tick was placed a tick perhaps msde of flour sacks dyed yellow with copperas and filled with dried cattails, called a 'caterpil lar bed.' Or mayhap straw was used. Over this lay a great feather bed. In the attla the catorplllaE bod or straw tick lay on the floor for the children'! bed. When anything war lost the cry was to 'wait until spring cleaning and It'll come out of the tick.' "The fireplace held three-foot logs, with a swinging crane over them. In the large pot on the crane at tlmoa was cooked hominy mado of wheat whloh had been cut by lye leached from Juniper ashes. If anything ran out, It meant going without more until the next season. Lake trout, two to six pounders, were salted down In barrcla for the winter. Deer hams wera smoked, but the shoulders and bones were set In brine. Bacon amok ed with Junlpor or willow gave real flavor. Beef hung froton all winter. Butter packed In llrklns,' each pound wrapped In cheesecloth and sewed at the enda, eat row on row. Its of It wsa shipped out by freight and traded for other supplies. Brown sugar came In barrels. One winter It was 16 cents a pound. While NiiRitr Scuri-f. "White sugar In cubes waa used for fancy cooking only. It was ground In the coffeo mill and used on very special occasions. Eggs sold for a dollar a dozen at times (In the aprlng Indians brought In wild duck and gooaa eggs In flour sacka and sold them). "An abundance of wild fowl was to ba had for the taking. There wasn't any fruit except dried fruit shipped In. When some apples were brought In one season late, from Ashland, they were cleaned up faster than the proverbial hotcakes. Wild pluma and red currants were dried. Thero were no preserves or Jam. Instead, a thick heavy syup In flvc-eallon tins. "For bread there was sourdough salt rising and yeast brrad, from yenst the pioneer woman luarta herself and kept from year to year. What would breakfaat have been without sour dough biscuits? In the spring the children gathered woolen britches. sourdock. lamb's quarters and wild lettueo for greens. "nice came In great sacks of Jap ancae matting. Clrecn coffee sat In barrels on the store room floor. Sev oral pounds at a time was roasted In the oven. Hand coffee mllla ground It before breakfast. It was the break fast belli Brooms Came Later. "One woman tells there was no broom In their house for years. She swept the floors with a horse brush, down on her hands and knees. Soap wsa made from lye leached from Juni per ashes and beef cracklings. For light, tallow dips were used a wick or rag laid In a aaucor of grease. "When folks got tnllow candles, they were classy. people mado then own candles by laying wtcklng In candle moulds and pouring on beef tallow. When the town advanced tc the use of coal oil, only 10 gallons waa allowed to one family. That had to last a year. It was hard to get It. A few folks were not sup posed to be selfish and get It all. It sold for a dollar a gallon. "The first church In Lakeview was over a saloon. Bhoes were carried under the arm and put on before entering church. Dances An Krent. "A dance In the life of the pioneer or Lake county waa an event. Some thing to look forward to for weeks. and to plan for. Pcoplo came for 30 miles a day'a hard travel. The polka, schottlsche, waltz (when you could hug 'em), quadrille for fun. (One fellow whispering to another, 'I'm going to get Lily for the next dance and whip her skirt to a raveling.') In Crooked creek for their coast ing they built a sweep and hitched horse on the Inside. Ropes held the sled to the end of tha sweep. When sufficient momontum had been gained, away the sled went over Ice and snow, aometlmea for two miles" Mrs. Roush declares. Home talent entertainments were put on. A week of horacractng was put on In the fall, and tha horses really ran. Dr. Daly waa called to the Indian camp at Deadman canyon to deliver old Indian John's mahala, Mnggle. Doo told John what he wanted him to do to help. Old John shook his head. 'Squaw, she have papoose; not me.' "It was so far between places. Whether you were home or not, the traveler went In, cooked himself a meal, washed his dirty dishes, slept all night, and went on. You might never know who It was, but Ills need waa aerved. That waa the open hos pitality that to tho proaont genera tion Is strsnger than fiction. War Fear Crowing; Lloyds Cuts Odds On Six-Months Bet LONDON. Sept. 18. (UP) Lloyd's, Insurance underwriters, today lowered the odda against a European war within six months from 80 to 1, the rate set In Feb ruary, 1934. to 6 2-3 to 1. The action was Indicative of ln cresslng fears because of the Span ish civil war and the Russo-Ger-man verbal controversy. Tho latest war risk premium Is payable to Insure against total loss in event of a European war. The premium requires 15 ($76) to cover 100 S00) In event of total loss, compsred to a premium In February, 1034, of only 3 (1101. GOMES 7 TO " VISIT AW SON llnppy People, "Hardships? We didn't hava any. We simply did our day's work as It came. We were the happiest people m the world. No movies or autos, Wo didn't know any better; weren't used to anything better, Wo had ft good time, Thero was nothing to make ua dissatisfied. We were con tented. Everybody waa happier than today. We had no morals problems In the community. People were dis graced for life if they went wrong. "They didn't think they had to have a lot of cocktails before they had a good time. Men, women and children worked, It was a necessity. Our Interest was In building up a home. It was a lot or work, but there wasn't any hardship. We were the happiest people on earth." Pear Market Yesterday Victoria and Daughter, Beat riz', Arrive From Exile in France Alfonso Recov ering From' Blood Loss CHICAOO, Sept, 17. (P-USDA) Pear auctions: Arrived: 2 California, 5 Oregon; 13 on track. 3 sold Oregon Bartlctls 720 boxes extra fancy $2.00 49, averago (2,20; California Bart. lette, 1,060 boxes, $2,15-2,85, sverage 2.39. HEW YORK, Sept. 17. (AP-U3DA) Peal auctions: Arrived. IS cars; 1 Cal ifornia, 3 Oregon unloaded. 30 on track. Oregon Bartletta, ' 144 boxes. 1.65-90. average a.1.66: California Bartletta, 2,188 boxes. $2 15-3 05 av erage 12.44. SEATTLE PAINT PLANT DESTROYED. BY BLAZE SEATTLE, Sept. 18. (AP) A ptvlnt company storage and mixing plant lay In ruins today, after a 9110,000 fire Inst night which took the lives or two men. Arthur A. JpnnlngA, 31, clerk, died on a stairway of the two-story frame and brick building. Poy Benson, 28. purchasing Agent, was killed In a fell from the second floor, where he was trapped by flames. LOS A NO ELKS, Sept. 17. (AP) Dr. Wllltnm 8. Bovard, 73. one of six Bovard brother who founded the University of Southern California, died last night at his Sierra Madrc home. 4 WINDOW O LASS We sell window glasa and will replace your broken wlndowa reasonably Trowbridge Cab Inet Works By EDWARD J, NEIL Associated Press Staff Writer NEW YORK. Sept. 18. (AP) Into tho troubled world of Jier ailing son Alfonso, Count of Covadonga, sailed the queen of trouble, Victoria Eu genie of Spain, today. With her from their exile In Franc came her eldest daughter, Infanta Bcatriz, aboard the Conte de 8a vol a As noon, as the great Italian liner hove to In quarantine, a small motor launch, the Pepenthe, drew along side and Victoria entered It, to speed up the Hudson river. She left Beatrlz and her son-in- law aboard the Conte de Savoia. Also left behind was the Grand Duchess Marie of Russian who had gone out to the liner on the customs cutter. In the medical center here Alfonso, 29 years old, was resting comfortably, recovering from his nth blood trans fusion In the three weeks he has been under treatment there for hae mophllla. An Illness that results In constant bleeding from the slightest kind of cuts. The preeent condition started from the lancing of a boll. And In the law courts his attor neys opposed the latest development In Alfonso s tangled marital affairs, demand of his wife, Edclmlra de Bourbon, that Ihe prince be ordered to start alimony payments before his mother can take him out of the country and the reach of Its laws. The count la suing for annulment of his marriage to the Cuban commoner for whom he renounced his rights to the Spanish throne his father aban doned in 1031. City and hospital authorities wero expecting tho queen, A small police guard stood at the hospital entrance. A radio car, its motor running, stood by. Tho queen arrived silently. A black limousine with a liveried chauffeur brought her. With the queen was a woman companion, dressed In Iden tical fashion. Within the hospital, she went at onco to confer with Dr. Antonio Val ence, who took her to her son. E ROSEBUrttJ, Ore., Sept. 18. (API Work will start Monday on the grad ing of tha new highway route be tween Shady Point four miles south of Roseburg and Kelley's Kornor, It waa announced today. The section sIlRhtlv over a mile In length, will SHE THINKS The day will jo and this perfect momonl will ! disappear,., but theie'e one thing sure, my dar- j ling you'll always hare perlect colloe, I can! depend on Hills Bios, for that. , And with U, perlect momenls will always come again. I ,. ......,.. "ALL-BRAN KEEPS ME IN SHAPE EVERY DAY" "When I had cnton s heavy breakfaat, I would fool logy. After a) couple of daya of this, I would have to Uko a laxative. "Ono morning I had a dish of All-Bran. Believe me, II beats any laxative, us It keens mo In shape every day." Win. C. Billings, 1330 lUth St., Denver, Colorado. TVhy put up with half-sloW days, when a delirious rerenl will make you feel so (rood? Hrcnuso Ai.L BraN has "bulk" wlileh absorbs moisturo within tho body. Then trently aiwngea out your system, wines sway llio listlcssness, the "blues," the headaches. Scientific tesls prove this nat ural food is both safe and effec tive worlds better than taking patent, medicines. All-Bran Is guarnntred, Tako it a week. If nut satisfactory, your money will bo refunded by the Kellogg Company. Serve ss cereal or usa in cook Inn. All-Bran also supplies vita min B and Iron. At all ttrocers. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. 11 Slw HE SAYS ' A perfect day. A per iod moment. Even the coffee is perlect. For thai mailer, you're abso lutely perfect yourself!" For slity-eight years Hllh Bros, have stead fastly maintained a tradition oi unchanging quality In roasting and packing the finest coffee obtainable. Times may change... but the quality of enjoyment you receive from every cup of Hills Bros. Coffee does not vary through the months... nor through the years. IN BRIWINO 1 OOOD COFFII DISIRVIS CARI X .. s 4m . U WVUa UAtftf of Hills BroiXoffoe is a standard sef by a knowledge of coffee acquired through more thon half a century of roa.ting and packing coffee. T?U CoVUt Gjund It as fine as coffee should be ground. Finer grinding sacrifices flavor and aroma, at well at keeping qualities after the can Is opened. Hills Bros.Coffee ihould not be reground. 7U CfrtUC CaW Ii guaranteed to produce the finesMasting bev eliminate the Shady Point railroad grada crossing by paralleling the railroad track on the eaat aide of the 8. P. right of way and connecting with the newly constructed overhead structure at Orecn station. The grading contract was secured by Berlce Bros, of Portland, who hav-i sublet the culvert and bridge con struction to O. J, Montague of Portland. Join ETHBLWYN B. HOFFMANN'S Hosiery Club. Every 13th pair free. EAGLES ORGANIZER AIDS MOTORIST REGRETS IT CLEVELAND, O, Sept. 18. (AP) Joseph Dlckard, national organizer lor the Fraternal Order of Eagles, went to the aid of a fellow motorist and regretted It. ' He used his car to push the other fellow's apparently stalled machine around a corner to a side street. There the stranger drew a pistol, robbed Dlckard of 140 of lodge funds and fled. DOUGLAS CO. RECEIVES $53,036 0-C PAYMENT BOSEBURO, Ore.. Sept. 18, (AP) A check for 53,036.79, representing 40 percent of the county's O. & C, claim for 1933. was received this morning by D. H. Lenox, county treas prer, from the federal treasury. A payment for 60 percent of the claim was received earlier In the year. The federal government Is now In arrears approximately (400,000 on payments In lieu of taxes on O. is 0. grant lands In Douglas county, the tress, urer reports, ( Buckingham's Ice Cream, Candy & Party Specials. The Crest 230 S. Cent. Lost River BUTTER niRiunv COFFEE coffee el III beit pleates more f lb- people than another. Ground at very moment of purchase. Sdwards' DEPEilDDBLE COFFEE The pick of the vacuum-packed blendil Smooth end ftavory. Every pound GUARANTEED to please you or money refunded. Mm NOD HILL COFFEE Rich flavor, fragrant and full-bodied. Satisfies the most discriminating. Ground when you buy it. v5! SYRUP Sleepy Hollow Pints , Quarts 5 lb. tin 23c 35c 65c Filled with tho real flavor of the famous maplo grove 1fJ lb. tin . $1.19 FLOUI& The Flour Market continues to advance. If you are far-sighted you will take a tip and buy soveral barrels while these low prices prevail. KITCHEN KRAFT An all purpose pure hard wheat flour ground to give complete satisfaction. 49-lb. sack, $1.79 HARVEST BLOSSOM A pure hard wheat blend. 49-lb. sack, $1.49 PRIDE OF THE WEST Soft wheat blended flour for all family baking. 49-lb. sack, $1.35 FANCY FRUITS and VEGETABLES PRICES FOR SATURDAY ONLY DaUUaa Klamath Gem Potatoes u s. No. 2. In wooden boxes made in Medford. 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