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1!' - 'MISS CALIFORNIA' IS CHOSEN: Diane Bronson Ren ter), 19, of San Leandro, Calif ., poses with the two run ' ners-op after she was chosen to be "Miss California." Miss Jonelle Johnson (left) of Marysville, Calif., placed third, and Nancy fish (right), of Santa Barbara, Calif., placed second. Miss Bronson will eventually go to Atlan tic City, N. J., to represent her state in the annual "Miss America" 'pageant , r ' Newspaper Article Describes Indian Attack During 1851 Copies of two of Oregon's earliest newspapers are own ed by R. R. Barnhart, Camp Baker rd., Phoenix. Barnhart picked up the copies while he was acting as time-keeper of a work project at the Universityof Oregon several years ago. A crew. of laborers was burning up sev eral boxes of old papers when Barnhart rescued copies of the Oregon Weekly Times, dated Oct. 16, 1851, and an Oregon Argus, of approximately 1859. John Orvis Waterman, edi tor of the Weekly Times pub lished a section from' "the journal of an Immigrant over the Plains the present season,' The item was dated Aug. 10, 1851, Cane Marsh Springs. It is on the route now being traveled by the on-to-Oregon cavalcade. The extract de scribes a brief brush with In dians by a group from a cover ed wagon train which had be come separated from the main party. Indian Encounter . "The train of Messrs. Clarke,' of "ScbtlT county; 111., remained a day behind three trains. On the morning of Aug. 6, mother of the owners of the property which was lost, and her daughter, - Grace Clarke, her son, Hodson Clarke and two drivers of loose horses and a horse car riage went ahead of the ox train and stopped for noon at or near Black Rock creek below the American Falls of Snake river. "Soon after unharnessing the carriage horses, a band of Snake Indians, ' well-armed and mounted, . rushed from a canyon and attempted to force away the horses. The young men endeavored to prevent them when the savages fired simultaneously at them all. Four balls entered the body of Mrs. Clarke, two entered the body of her son, an arrow or ball passed through the body and wrist of Miss Grace Clarke." Horses Taken The item stated that the Indians drove off 22 horses and plundered the carriage. They kicked 'and beat the women and threw them from an eight-foot cliff. Hodson Clarke received a broken skull, the account continued. The boys had hidden in the willows and ran back to the wagon train. Mrs. Clarke died at sunset. A party of 15 armed men tracked $he stolen horses and discovered a large 'amount of stolen property concealed in a natural mountain fortress manned "by a. strong force of Indians and white men." The wagon train group retreated to a better position pursued by 20 Indians. One of the wagon train party was killed and one wounded and 10 Indians were killed or seriously" wounded. Mrs. Clarke and her son were buried in the same grave. Democratic Convention - An other item in the Weekly Times discusses the Democrat ic National convention plan ned for May or June. Gen. Houston was strongly consid ered for the leading Democrat ic presidential candidate, ac cording to the early day news account. However, the Weekly times favored General Cass. Another news item reports on the Democratic Ohio state convention. The convention of 1851 favored adoption of "the new - Constitution." by the Democratic party, election "of all officers by the people, and limitation of state indebt edness. Other items In the paper in clude "Going to Bed Before A Young Lady," by Judge Douglass of Illinois, "The Roman Bed-Time," and scraps from Longfellow Under the name, "Oregon Weekly Tinjes, appears, the. line "As far as breeze can bear or bil lows foam, survey our empire and behold our home!" Statehood Discussed In this, Oregon's Centennial celebration year of interest is a discussion on admission of Oregon to statehood. "We have entertained no doubt of our admission, probably at an early day, during this session of Congress," an article states. Another item reported "a bill to remove the seat of gov ernment to Portland is laid over until Jan. 5-" A long news story publish ed the minutes of the annual meeting of the "Christian church" on Sept. 10, 1858 held at Mill creek in Marion coun ty. Apparently Jackson county was not represented. The Argus stated that it was "a weakly newspaper devoted to the principles of Jefferson ian Democracy." An early day nurseryman advertised fruit trees on a money back guarantee. His varieties included white win ter nearmain. Es. SDitzenbure. Y.s & ? G. Newtown, Pippin, Golden and Rox, Russet, Smith's Cider and Winesap. A store advertised' crockery, hardware, clothing, boots and shoes at the lowest prices for cash or country produce. Threshers, reapers and mow ers were advertised of two, four and six-horsepower. Price 10 Cents' The national capital site was removed from New York to Washington during the admin istration period of President John Adams. Chances of marriaee for American girls are best in the rural areas and improve as one moves from east to west. , PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE 1 hereby given that the bepartment of Motor Vehicles will conduct a series of public hearings to give interested individuals and groups an opportunity to submit their comments and suggestions relating to minimum standards embodied in a tentative draft of a safety code for vehicles used to transport workers to and from places of employment. Hearings will be conducted, as follows: ' July 7, Redmond -City Council Chamber; July 8, Hood River.' County Courthouse; July 9, Pendleton,' County Court house, room 130; July 10. Ontario, Moore Hotel;. July 14. Medford, Courthouse auditorium; July 15, Klamath Falls, auditorium of New National Guard Armory; July 16, Eugene. YMCA, Ems. A and B; July 21, Portland, Liquor Commission . Building, Milwaukie; July 22, Salem, Capitol Building, Room 6. All meetings will begin at 9 ajn. , Vern L. .Hill, Director Department of Motor Vehicle MEDF0KD 54th YeaF Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1959 Pages 1 to 12 County Agent Reviews Fun And Hardships of 4-H Trek Three day camping trips are planned with three of the covered wagons used in the trek from here to Corvallis, County 4-H Agent Glenn Klein said today. Klein said the overnight camping trips will be organiz ed for the younger 4-H club members who were unable to make the wagon trek. Wagon train members were reluctant to end the trip at Corvallis on Saturday, June 20, Klein said. Many of them wanted to continue on to Port land. They felt much more rested than when they started, he added. The 4-H club mem bers returned from 4-H sum mer school in Corvallis Sun day. Pioneer Days Saturday, the 4-H club mem bers participated in the annu al Marysville 'Pioneer Days in Corvallis. (Corvallis tfsed to be called Marysville.) Two of jthe wagons from the trip had been kept at Cor vallis for the parade. Civic of ficials had trouble finding a means to' pull the wagon and finally settled on a tractor. However,, the Jackson county 4-H club members refused to use anything but horses and pulled the wagons' along the parade route themselves, the Jackson county 4-H agent said. The day's festivities end ed for the 4-H'ers with a chicken barbecue in Corvallis Saturday noon. Horses, wagons and 4-H club members stood the 250-mile-trip including side trips, even better than expected, Klein said. A wheel rim came off during the trip up the Ap plegate and another was loose during the parade through Corvallis Saturday, but other than that there was little trou ble with the wagons, he said. Douglas county 4-H'ers had considerably more trouble with their one wagon than the Jackson county group did with five wagons. Cars Give Trouble Klein said a double-tree broke on the Douglas county wagon, two new single-trees had to be purchased and the Horses had to be reshod. The Jackson county 4-H'ers had more trouble with the motor vehicles than they did with the jvagons, Klein added. The county 4-H agent said he was amazed at 'how well the horses stood the trip. He had expected some leg and foot trouble. However, none of the horses" became lame. Only four new shoes were required and those for the saddle horses, he added. American Automobile Asso ciation strip maps were used in plotting the trip, the coun ty 4-H agent said. The camp ing sites were selected ahead of time and distances were figured to a tenth of a mile. The wagons made 20 miles a day easily and averaged 22 miles throughout the trip. It was the 30 miles into Rose burg travelling from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. which was the toughest part of the trip, Klein said. Planned Menu The menu for the trip was planned by Miss Garner and Mrs. Jesse James, wagon train cook, on the basis of what was consumed at 4-H summer camp. Cases 6f milk were do nated and these like the do nated fresh meat were picked up at designated stares along the route. The 4-H youngsters found that the smaller the town the better reception they received on their way through. Suther lin and Oakland, for instance, blew their fire' sirens when the train was spotted near the town so everyone could come downtown No reception or welcome was given at Eugene and the wagon train was routed along the fringes of the city as much as possible. Civic officials in Eugene haJ been contacted before the train left Jackson Davidson Praises Work by Epps Portland-iUPD - C. Girard Davidson, Democratic nation al committeeman, issued the following statement Tuesday following the death of Dave Epps, chairman of the demo cratic state central committee: "Everyone who knew Dave Epps will be shocked and greatly saddened by this news. Democrts in Oregon for whom he worked with enormous ded ication and energy all of his adult life will feel bereft of one of their strongest leaders. "Dave believed with deep conviction in the highest ideals of the Democratic party and of American democracy and worked unceasingly to make freedom, equality and econom ic betterment a reality for all Oregon citizens. "His brand of devoted lib eralism is not often found. The Democratic party is richer for having had his leadership." Virginia has given the na tion eight sons who became presidents of the United States. 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Permission to suspend the licenses of first offenders has been in the law since 1935 but has not been used gen erally, McCarthy's office said. Under the state Vehicle Code as amended in 1957, sec ond and third drunk driving convictions call for a manda tory jail sentence of at least The modern agricultural fairs in America date from colonial times when farmers put their products on display and for sale in market places. The letter "e" is most fre quently used in the alphabet, but more words start with "s" than any other letter. five days, fine of $250 to $1,000, and a license suspen sion of at least one year. "A public highway is no place for a drunk," McCarthy said. He pointed out that dur ing the recent Memorial Day holiday period, 27 persons were killed on California high ways, seven of them directly attributable to drunk driving. "The time for slogans in our efforts to pound some sense into the heads of irresponsible drivers is past," he said. 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