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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1952
Pages 1-6
Pickin' Pears
News, Gossip, Comment
From Camp White
By SID HOLLINGS WORTH
"Antiquarians still argue
about who was the first true
settler in the Willamette val
ley," the historian Winther tells
us.
The Parker iamily does not
claim to be the first but they
have records showing that they
were among the first 10,000 in
the entire territory.
The pioneers, John, Allen and
Moses Parker crossed the plains
in a covered wagon in 1852,
headed for the famed Willam
ette valley in the Oregon coun
try where an American settler
would receive 320 acres of land
and (double that if married).
This was provided by the Dona
tion Land act of 1850.
A centennial reunion of the
descendants of these three was
held this month at Fairmount
Grange hall in North Albany,
Ore., and 187 of them sat down
ito the table at dinner. They
"came to the gathering from far
and near. One member of this
clan who was there was Row
land Parker, a wheel chair vet
eran domiciled at Camp White.
Until recently, due to further
surgery, he has been unable to
continue the popcorn vending
concession he started a year ago.
But he was able to attend this
notable meeting, as he does oth
ers at the camp as well as out
side, when transportation is pro
vided. He is an ardent fisher
man. Roland Parker's grandfather
was Moses Parker, one of these
three pioneer settlers. "A ma
jority of the land claims taken
up by the Parkers is still owned
by the descendants," he states.
"My grandfather was a breeder
of Clydesdale horses which came
from blooded stock imported
from England. He also brought
the first steam threshing ma
chine engine into Linn county,
and with Allen established the
first flour mill."
Rowland brought back 'some
of the literature published about
the Parker family. A leaflet call-
ed "The Plainsman" has this
statement: "We dedicate the
Plainsman to these pioneer an
cestors whose conquering of the
many hardships of those days
has brought us the good life we
I fciow enjoy in the Willamette
. valley."
The account of crossing the
continent over the Oregon Trail
Is worth reading. Here is a part
of the story:
"They crossed the plains with
out any extraordinary happen
ing, except once there was al
most an Indian attack when, so
the story goes, the Indians want
ed to buy Julia. She wore long
earrings and a chief offered 17
ponies for her. The wagons
formed a circle and the Indians
were ordered to leave, which
they finally did without attack
ing, since they saw it was no
use.
"The worst danger of the trail
was cholera, which broke out
twice. Mrs. Fronk was stricken,
as was her baby, and she said
she knew she was going to die.
Forty-eight hours later both
were dead. Captain Settle went
ahead to find a camping spot
and when the rest caught up
they found him twisting with
cholera. A dead animal was dis.
covered upstream. Worst cholera
attack came near the Snake
river.
"One man in the wagon train
caused serious trouble. He swore
he was going to 'kill him an
Indian.' He shot a squaw and the
Indians demanded that he be
given up or they would massacre
the whole-train: so he had to be
turned over. The Indians skin
ned him alive. An aunt of the
three Parker brothers, Mary
Bryant, who later married Mr.
Cottle and became the mother
of Mrs. J. K. Weatherford, was
with them in the wagon train."
(J. K. Weatherford was a regent
of Oregon State College.)
They settled near Tallman in
the Lebanon vicinity near the
Santiam river and took up dona
tion land claims on the prairie
"where the grass was growing
up to a man's shoulders and in
some places over his head," the
account continues.
"Moses, who had learned the
carpenter's trade starting at the
age of 17, was a journeyman
carpenter and was much In de
mand. The men cut logs for
cabins, split rails for stakes and
rider fences and sold them to
people.
"In those days they used tal
low dips and they used parched
wheat for coffee. Wheat was $4
a bushel. Wild strawberries
were enjoyed in season. Wolves
and cougars would come near
and have to be frightened off,
but the Indians were not un
friendly. They would come to
the cabin and want things.
Sometimes when Allen was gone
to town Julia had to deal with
them herself and usually had
trouble getting them to leave."
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DENYING accusation she ap
peared "practically nude" in
recent movie, Gila Lollobrlglda,
Italian actress, wins dam
ages for slander from Milan
newspaper which made the
charge. (International Soundphoto)
American Legion Sets
Joint Installations
' Central Point A joint instal
lation of all American Legion
Posts of District 4, west of the
Cascade mountains, will be held
in the Legion Memorial build
ing, in Central Point, Thursday,
June 28, starting at 8 p.m. Jack
Peters, Commander of District 4,
will be installing officer, assisted
by Lester P. Mathes, sergeant-at-arms.
The five posts will be repre
sented by the new officers of
Ashland Post 14, Medford Post
15, Grants Pass Post 28, Glen
Worsham Post 70, Cave Junction
and Myers-Holland Post 129,
Central Point.
Posting of the colors will be
held preceeding the installation,
with the Camp White orchestra
furnishing the music. The or
chestra, will also furnish enter
tainment after the installation.
All veterans in the valley are
invited to attend this ceremony,
whether members of the Legion
or not. The public is also invited
to attend. Refreshments will be
served after the meeting, by the
joint ladies auxiliaries.
Health Service To
Aid Older Citizens
Washington U.R) The Pub
lic Health Service said Monday
it is going to help the states make
the lives of their older citizens
"happier and more productive.
The number of persons above
66 years of age has increased by
10,000,000 during the 20th cen
tury, Surgeon General Leonard
A. Scheele said, and more health
services will be needed to head
off and to cure their ills.
Scheele has assigned Dr. Cle
tus L. Krag, former research as
sistant at Washington University
medical school, to head a pro
gram that will advise state
health departments how to meet
the health needs of older people
to help them "play a more ac
tive role in the community."
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10 Per Cent of
State Population
Under 5 Years Old
Washington U.R) More than
10 per cent of Oregon's popula
tion on April 1, 1950, was under
five years of age, the Census Bu
reau reported Tuesday, reflect
ing a higher birth rate during
the years just after World War
II.
In the 1940 census, this group
was only seven per cent of the
population.
The bureau reported a total of
163,915 children under five
years of age in 1950, or 10.8 per1 OPS
cent of the state's 1,521,341 per
sons. In 1940 this group num
bered 76,109.
Tiie five to nine age group
numbered 131,596, or 8.7 per
cent of the 1950 population.. In
1940 this was only 6.7 per cent.
The 10 to 14 year group was 7.1
per cent in 1950 and 7.5 per cent
in 1040. The 15 to 19 group was
6.4 per cent in 1950 and 8.5 in
1940.
Persons 75 years old or over
in Oregon numbered 41,471 in
1950 and 28,993 in 1940, the per
centage being the same, 2.7 per
cent of the total population.
Buyers of Whisky Shop for
Bargains as Control Ends
Washington U.R Thrifty
connoisseurs of well -aged
whisky rummaged for bargains
Tuesday oa the strength of a tip
from the office of Price Stabil
ization. The OPS removed price ceil
ings from all' bottled liquor and
wine. It explained that nearly all
types are selling far below ceil
ing prices anyway.
Whisky Market Weak
In fact, the OPS added with a
bland official smile, the whisky
market is so weak that many dis
tilleries are quietly putting out
some of their best stuff under
low-priced labels.
These unadvertised ljargains.
OPS said, can be found in
the traditionally lower-priced
brands, old brands newly-revived,
and private brands put
out by .wholesalers and retailers.
Bar Markups Controlled
The suspension of ceilings ap
plies to all sales except those in
bars and restaurants, where
markups still will be controlled.
said it would recontrol
package sales of wine and
whisky if and when bulk whisky
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Shady Cove Grange will meet
Wednesday, June 25, for pot
luck linncr at 6:30 p.m. Those
unable to be there promptly at
6:30 may come later, and they
will be welcome.
Those having birthdays dur
ing the quarter will be honored.
Regular grange session will be
called to order at 8:30 p.m.
and wine prices rise to within
20 per cent of the old ceilings.
The order also decontrolled
leather, sheets, pillowcases,
table-cloths and certain other
cotton goods at manufacturing
and wholesale levels, and bur
lap and jute hags.
Grants Pass Sets Up Medford Plan Program
Grants Pass An organized
plan of donating to charities and
annual welfare has been set up
here. Tentatively named the
Donors club, the plan is based
on the Medford Plan, which has
been in effect there since last
year.
At a meeting last week, repre
sentatives of business and labor
organizations prepared a pro
gram for putting their proposal
into effect. Under the plan,
businesmen would make one
annual contribution to their or
ganization at least equal to the
total of the prior year's" contri
butions. Individual members
would pledge one day's pay each
year.
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