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1 L 'ZSk SIX fEDFO'RT) MATT TTITBTTJTE. rFTDFOTlT) OTfFfJW. RTNT5AT. .TTTLT IT. 1937 E INDIAN CRADLE IN SOUTHWEST Arizona Mesa Is Considered Oldest Inhabited Region in ii s. Studies Are III w - Continued By Scientists HOP! INDIAN RESERVATION, Arm. (UP) Tha origin of'tha m ou Hopl Indian ceremonlala may Iw dlarovered thi lummer by group of Harvard university aclentlsta who hava apent moat of two yaara hara aaoklng evldmoa to nil many un wrltwn chaptera In the. aouthweat a 1800-year history. John O. Brew of the Peabody muaeum has announced a long-U-rm program of excvaatlon of "hundda of Hopl rulna acattered along the wlndawept mesa of tha Jeddito val- ''Addltlonally. ha reported the flndlnga of the scientists' two years of Intensive research. He aummnrlwU them thusly: 1. Thla region la part of the oldest eontlnuoualy Inhabited area In the V. 8. and holde an archeologlcal rec ord of the rise and fall "of a great people." 3. Teat dlgglnga have revoalfd the progressiva record of the people about 300 A. D. Day minting! Prraerved I rifty gaily-colored, well-pra-aerved w' paintings were found burled u. Ttlvaa and showed tha de velopment of Indian art from pure eomotrlo design to the mantary attempts at reollsm. He aald wm bo algnlflcant for tracing origins of the spectacular Hopl re ll.loua festivals and the Intricate Hopl social ayetem. 4 A clear picture has been drawn of tha true effect of tha first Im pact of invading white civilization on a highly developed aboriginal Brew aald the long program now planned will uncover "aa far a , poa alble every aspect of Indian Ufa In this valley from Ita earliest occu- P,Hundreda of dwelling sites will be examined. Rulna, large and small, will be excavated and tested to reaeh aources of Important auppllea of pottery, clay, atone and miners. Ancient methode of fuel handling and firing pottery also will be Ought. . ... Teat Mads at el Rltet The dlecovery of the Hopl murals. Brew reported, wae tha moat Im portant achievement of laat year'a expedition.. Awatovl waa aelected for first elaborate testing from 91 arch eologlcal sites. Ha described the murals of Awa tovl aa "running for a quarter mile along the aouth rim of Antelope mesa, and extending back over the meaa top about 300 yanla." Awatovl waa the sceno of one of tha most notorious maasacres of the aouthweet, atlll dlacussed In hushed voices by descendenta of Its partici pant. , The tiny village waa one of the flrat Hopl oentera encountered by Coronado'a men In their march of 10. The Hopl and the whit men were close friends until 1180 when the Indiana Joined their pueblo neighbors and ejected the Bpanlarda. Tha massscre waa dotonotod. most authorltlea agree, whon the people of Awatovl welcomed the Spaniards back aeveral yeara later In dellance at their red brothera. ano Victims of Mnaenrre In 1709 the neighboring villagers attacked the Awatovl people and slaughtered the 800 adults and raacd th town. Thus, alter 1.800 yeara. on of primitive Arlrona'a moat Im portant communltlea wna only a ruined city. Brews' report dttflosed the scien tist have gathered and listed more then 180.000 potsherds (fragment) which give detailed pictures of the evolution of the Indian arts In tha tlv centurlea of their highest ma turity. Occupation of Jeddito valley, first Inhabited by the "basket makers." waa recorded as continuous to mod ern times. The "b:iskot makers" were described aa pioneer Indian farmers who lived before development of the pueblo civilisation. EX-SCHOOL HEAD WILL FACE TRIAL TILLAMOOK, July 10. (AP) J B- Ooin. formr county school up r1ntn1nt and principal of the rrtds schools, returned from Los Angelw by Sheriff J- C. Holcten to fce larceny by bailee charge In Lou Anurlea he wa engaged at real estate AaleAman. He fought itr.wltt.on proceedings and after a hearing before Governor Merrlam ol California. In hlrh District Attor. ney Warren A. McMlnlmee represent ed Tillamook county, was ordered returned. To achieve th Perfect Silhouette rear ARTIS1 MODEL FOUNDATIONS Ktheiwyn B Hoffmann. Ore and Bullion Purchased LJcwaM hr Stm oirti.tonL. WILDBBRG BROS. SMELTING Rf FINING CO. Of.w?4: fVftrhM ..S.ft-FfitMtM Motor Cruising for Fun By A ttto, Pack Train and Boat, The Motorloggers Penetrate One of Oregon's Few Remain ing Wilderness A reas mV.lrV...M. - t XX L w , Iff! V lrA:: vn . 7ft e pacJt irain pause where the Rogue hat widened out momentarily after ita dash through Hellgate canyon Ttila jiawtunor ta rr-rTHni t (nar with the 8rKun Btato Motor uta(Klii(1on and The rcjcnnlan te preenUn it erlci of motor emuni under the title. Motor Crulnlni; for LSm." It im hnrwfl Ihnrrhv tn NMrnnlnln trftvel In 111 I'nclfts north wo it. The fol- Inwlnc itrtirJa hid bin fnndrniiiNl f rnm rull-pue artlclt ppeulni Id Th Orio BY ALFRED A. MONNER Staff Photographer, Th Oregon! an Nope, there ain't no free gold in those hills no more.' That la the si lent message of dozens of empty i prospector's shacks along the Rogue! river trail, discovered by The Oro-gonian-Oregon State Motor asso ciation motor;log party. But the country Is rich In queer people, strange lives, and sudden death. It abounds In the biggest and best and the worst. When taller tales are told, no doubt, a Rogue rlverlta will tell them, but It Is sometimes hard to say which Is truth and which fiction. We left the Siskiyou forest head quarters In Grants Pass on Monday morning. Les ColvIU, new assistant supervisor at this office, was to accompany me throughout the trip. Pat Vickera drove the forest serv ice car for us to where- we began the actual trail trip. Twenty-two miles of easy driv ing brought us to Givlice. Two and a half miles beyond is Rand ranger station, and a forest service road has been built along the Rogue river for another seven miles. i One of the most famous spots along the road to Gallca is Hett gate canyon on the Rogue river. Here the Rogue flows for perhaps a quarter of a mile through a nar row channel with more or less sheer rock watls several hundred feet high. Rood Follows Canyon - Our winding course led along the side of the river canyon. The road builders used generous quantities of dynamite, for many sections of the road are gouged right out of the cliffs. If you enjoy driving over crooked roads with startling views; down into the depths of the can yon, here Is a place that will either warm your heart or make It miss several beats. At Rand ranger station we stopped to pick up Loren Cooper, district ran hp r of the Gnlice area, who was to go with us to Muio crock. Ho had arranged for horses and pack mules to be ready at the end of the road. We crossed the Rogue over the i Grave creek bridge, a nationally famous structure. It Is a suspen sion type built entirely of timber by CCC company 1650, directed by capable engineers. Not far beyond were our horses and pack mules. Claude Keyte, packer for Gallce district, was In charge of the string. He took our sleeping bags and other equipment and deftly began loading them on the three pack mules. It began to rain. There had been some light showers as we drove In, but this was very definitely rain. We cheerfully told one another It would clear away tomorrow. The trail was good. It led In and out of canyons and over ridges In a series of easy grades. At Intervals we wore treated to new and changing views of the Roguo river. Sometimes it would be flowing In swirls and cascades through a rocky, narrow gorge, and then again it would widen to a broad and peaceful stream between densely forested mountain sides. There were flowers everywhere, too wild lilacs, azaleas, mock or ange, ocean spray and a hundred others. About halfway to Horseshoe bend Is Slate slide forest camp, and we stopped for a time while Loren tulked to his forest service work crew stationed there. Jim Ross, one of this crew, came on with us jand did our cooking at the Horse shoe bend camp. We sat around after supper and talked for a while, but I soon be came too sleepy to stay awake. Next morning the weather wns still definitely rainy. Occasionally the clouds would thin' enough to raise our hopes to the point of ac tualty expecting sunshine, but It never came. The bright spot seemed always to be followed by blacker clouds and wetter rain. It was nearly noon when we ar rived at Mule creek. This was the halfway point of the trip. A sign ; wi v?Tt5 fife- From left, Let Colvill, assistant supervisor of Siskiyou national forest; Pat Vickers, the driver; Loren Cooper, district ranger of Caltce district. Photo taken at Rand Ranger station. here read, Agness, 24 miles; Rand station, 27& miles, Frank Lightfoot, district ranger from Agness, met us at this point. He was to accompany Les Colvill and I over the remainder of the trail. Loren Cooper left us here. Claude Keyte was to go as far as Brushy bar guard station and re turn next day. We stopped overnight at Brushy bar guard station. Here we really arose early. Claude woke early, very enriy, we found later, and no ticed it had stopped raining; so he mmediately got up and began pack ing his mules in order to get them ready before everything became I wet again. I Tho nrdmtsing morning turned out to be a snare and a delusion. It soon started raining so hard that the other days seemed dry by com- fparison. The horses' feet sloshed and plopped In the mud. Arrive at II I ah e Eventually we came to the Big bend rnnch at Itlahe, now owned by Charles Pettinger. Mrs. .Pet tinger was busy preparing a dinner for us. as Frank had telephoned her from Brushy bar. Mr. Pettinger has the- mail car rying contract for the Agness-Ma-rinl route, but the pack train is handled by Hathaway Jones, ack nowledged the champion tali tale teller of the Rogue river. Dean Walker is his he pier, and probably runner-up on the yarn-spinning championship as well. After dinner, which included on the bill of fare some of Hathaway's remarkable narratives, we bid good-bye to Hathaway and Denn. Pettinger took us down the road as far as the slide, then we carried our belongings across and loaded them into a waiting forest servicfl truck. In a short time we were en joying a hot shower bath which Mrs. Lightfoot had made ready for us in ono of the Agness ranger station houses. Next morning we went on to Gold Beach in one of 1hc river boats which for years have been the sole connection of Agness and Italic with the outside world. After this year the isolation will be bro ken, for a rond is now being com pleted from Illahe to the Rose-burg-Myrtle Point highway, by way of Powers. . The boat trip was but uneventful save for the soaking I received from spray thrown over the boat by the wind. From Gold Beach we returned to Portland via the coast hiehwav. PACT WITH CHINA WASHINGTON, July 10 (AP The treasury put Into operation to day a new give and tnke monetary agreement with China. It provides that China will buy "a substantial amount" of thla coun try'a Ita.SOO.OOO.OOO gold hoard. The treasury In return will buy more of China s silver. A statement by Secretary Morgen thau and Dr. H. H. Kung. chine finance minister, said the new are mant would jive China addition! sold reserves and a supply of Amer ican dollars in exohnmro for her stl ver. The sold and dollar exchange, they aald. will be used for currency stabilising purposes. Limner Held loarhcr. PORTLAND. July 10 v Cl.arc.ed I with operation of a fish trap which A. E. Butterfle'.d, state game officer, de scribed as "one of the most efflet-' en l" he had ever sern. W. R. Olncv I KHtrvlcw, a Turner, wiw named In f waniu.t l-ssuvd by atate police. Pierce-Allen Add Two Salesmen Here an announcement by L. C. Taylor, manager. Mr. Moon, who formerly had a deal ership In California, will act In the R. E. Moon and Wayne Loveless : capacity of sales manager. Both men have j.Mned the sales staff of the ' have been a-saociated with automobile IMerce-Allen Motor Co. ncoordlniT to ' bii'lness for mam yenr. Tivlor said. Mrs! 1!',17 Wlirnl. WALI.A WALL A, July 10. UTV The ftr !P:t7 wheat delivered to a ware house In thla vicinity waa received at Low-den. 12 miles wvt of hrrc, to day from W. M. Falconer, accord in to the district offh-lM sample cath rrer. B Pchool "MEET ME AT THE MANX" ON FAMOUS POWELL ST. "What Would Uncle Fink Say?" -asks Bob Burns M i . :xw, , :- .Vfr ..... I f ,i'irJt- Via ' J ; PAY CASH FINES GRANTS PASS, July 10. (AP) Confronted with their choice of finea or "Jail terms" for their bicycles, youthful violators of the Grants Pass bicycle ordinance are generally choos ing caah payment. Police Judge C. R. Duer says. The ordinance has been widely cop- led over the state, being based on the state motor vehicle code and requir ing riders' examinations and machine licenses. Bicycles rather than riders are "arrested." Most violations have beenlof the rule requiring lights at night but some wheels have been picked up for all night parking. Refund to 17,000. ft a t.em. Julv 10. 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