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United Pre Cortespondent
Denver 'U.R) Backstairs at
the White House.
The President wanted some
thing cool to drink the other day
when he was fishing up above
The
real
thing
Pine, Colo. No sooner had he ex
pressed the thought than his
alert military aide, Col. Robert
L. Schulz, dumped six cans of
tomato juice into the Platte
river. The juice cans wallowed
in the cool stream bed for about
30 minutes and were almost fros
ty when they were hauled out.
Mr. Eisenhower is amazingly
non - profane, considering his
many provocations. When he
dubs a golf shot miserably, he
says something like "Ooie, boys,
look at that" or "That was a
typical Eisenhower." When a big
rainbow trout gets away, he re
monstrates with himself: "Now,
what kind of fishing is that?"
You can hear him two creeks
away.
Bob Hope may catch up with
the President again as a golfing
partner. Hope is coming here
soon to play in a tournament at
the Cherry Hills Country club
where Mr. Eisenhower has been
playing almost daily.
An amazingly prominent man
in private life on the West coast
writes the White House almost
every day, telling the President
and members of his staff how to
run the government. The advice,
for the most part, is duly filed
away.
So many people have been
trying to lure the President into
speaking dates, barbecues and
fishing haunts since he's been
here that Gov. Dan Thornton
had to issue a public plea lay
off, let the man have a vacation.
The President won't permit
anyone to rig his fishing line. If
he wanted to, he could say to
any of several angling experts
around him "here, put on my
yellow grasshopper." '
Instead, he does it himself. He
ties some of his own flies, par
ticularly when he is working out
a downstream combination lure
using the brilliance of a spinner
and the appetizing, for a fish,
appeal of a gaily colored fly.
Balmoral Castle, Scotland
(U.R) Blonde Princess Anne,
the darling of Britain, was three
years old Saturday.
Mora History Notes . .
The early movement and root-
taking of Caucasoid civilization
in the Pacific Northwest was In
spired and sustained by the op
portunities to do business and
earn wages by trading with the
Indians for furs. The power of
enterprise brought on Spanish
adventurers from California and
Mexico, Russian promyshkeniki,
English tars, old salts from Bos
ton, Scotch woodsmen, French
and Iroquois rivermen. Some
were noble and hale. Many were
drunken, diseased, lawless and
madf
The white shadow fell with
great evil on the native Indians
in places, and they returned evil
for it. The tragedy of the Ton
quin remains as the most terrible
example.
But in the main, white enter
prise brought goods and good
will to the region. Romance
flowered at every post. The
children of white and Indian
parentage were guarded and
cared for as wards of Hudson's
Bay Company. In time their
education became a company
concern. There was peace- There
was growth of the soil. So the
land was learned, the trails were
made and the people were won
over long before . the covered
wagons came.
Founding Father ...
In 1918, with the Northwest
Company's establishment of Fort
Nez Perce' (Fort Walla Walla),
a joint occupancy of the Oregon
Country was agreed on by the
United States and Great Britain.
Three years later Sir George
Simpson of the Hudson's Bay
Company brought the Nor'
westers into his camp. It was
not until 1824 that Governor
Simpson led a river brigade for
the Pacific Northwest.
On the trail Simpson's brigade
overtook a party that was cap
tained by a surgeon who stood
six feet and four inches and car
ried 200 pounds of bone and
tough brawn. The doctor-captain's
name was John McLough-
lin. He was chosen by Simpson
for chief factor of the new
Columbia River post, Fort Vancouver-
The Company's Western
headquarters were moved there
from Fort George formerly
Astoria early in 1825.
Simpson managed to move to
the new site, which he had
chosen, after return of a party
he had sent to explore the Coast,
north to Fraser river. It was led
by James McMillan and John
Work; it examined Willapa and
Grays Harbor and broke open
the Cowlitz trail on the way to
Fort George. Fort Vancouver
was Simpson's creation, from
selection of the site on through
construction to the dedication
ceremonies on a fine dawn of
spring. His diary describes the
latter event with uncommon zest.
The little governor made a
patriotic British oration, laying
due claim to the north bank of
the Columbia, ordered the hoist
ing of the Union Jack to the top
of a tall barked fir, and issued
two rounds of rum to all pres
ent Probably pipers, fiddlers
and drummers were on hand.
The diary does not tell. And
surely there was a grand outdoor
dance, according to the customs
of both Indians and whites.
The Early Ships . .
Policies were set going at
Fort Vancouver that influenced
the history of all the west. One
instituted the business of sawing
logs into lumber and building
vessels for "the coasting timber
trade." Another reached out to
start agricultural enterprises at
French Prairie, Oregon, City,
Fort Walla Walla, the Cowlitz,
and eventually on Puget Sound.
A post was set up as far south as
the Sacramento river. A circuit
of world trade was begun.
The William and Ann, the
Vancouver, the Columbia and
the Cowlitz were fine ships of
the Hudson's Bay Company that
sailed regularly from London to
Fort Vancouver in years before
1846. On the homeward voyages
lumber for the Sandwich (Hawai-
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Patterson Opsns
Three FIsgs Highway
John Day, Ore. (U.R) Three
Flags highway, reaching from
Mexico to Canada, was open to
day alter Gov. Paul Patterson
cut the (ribbon at the line be
tween Grant and Harney coun
ties. . ,
Patterson's ceremony signal
ed tne end of a project that be
gan 25 years ago. The first
stretch of the highway was built
in 1917 from Pendleton to Pilot
Rock. The eight mile section
south of John Day, opened yes
terday, was the last section of
Highway 399 to be opened.
Sparks Start Fire
In Prineville Area
Prineville (U.R) The state
forest service office here said
today sparks from a city dump
started a fire whjch burned over
about 20 acres of Juniper about
seven miles east of here yesterday.
Men and eauioment from the
state forest service office. Bu
reau of Land Management and
the Prineville fire department
battled the blaze for several
hours before bringing it under
control.
It was the first fire of the sea
son in forests of this area.
ian) Islands, as well as furs, was
carried.
The schooner Cadboro was
first in the coasting trade. The
Nereid, the Llama, the sloop
Broughton and the steamer
Beaver were later additions to
Governor Simpson's coasting
fleet
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TANNED and carefree. Presi
dent Eisenhower greets pho
tographers at Denver's Cherry
Hills Club. (International)
Collaborators Won't
Face Treason Trial
San rrancisco (U.R) Attor
ney General Herbert Brownell
Jr. says the Justice Department
does not now plan to prosecute
for treason American prisoners
of war in Korea who collaborat
ed with the Communists.
Brownell was quoted in Los
Angeles Saturday as saying
"progressives," as the collabora
tors were called, might face trial
for treason.
T certainly can't recall mak
ing that statement," Brownell
said yesterday. "No cases relat
ing to former prisoners have
been brought before the Depart
ment of Justice yet."
However, he added:
"We will confer with Defense
Department officials if they
want us to and take appropriate
action."
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Your Groceteria
PRICE MAKER OF SOUTHERN OREGON
Urges YOU To Attend the
and IF. IF. A.
FADES
THIS WEEK AT THE
AUGUST 19-20-21-22
Come out and see the great
er 4-H Fair ... you can see
everything ... hear every
thing ... have a fine view of
a grand parade of 4-H and
F.F.A. achievements. The Fair
will be off to a big start next
Wednesday. No activity in
southern Oregon merits whole
hearted public support more
than this one, and the Groce
teria urges all to attend. After
all, attendance is the best kind of encouragement to
these fine young folks. There will be something doing
stock judging, contests, home economics and cooking
every minute for four big days poultry, crop and live
demonstrations, showmanship and judging everything
to make your visit to the 4-H and F.F.A. Fair and enjoy
able and memorable one!
Published by Your Groceteria in cooperation with the
Medford Rotary Club, sponsors of the 4-H, F.F.A. Fall
Show, and with 4-H Clubs and FvF.A. of Jackson County.
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