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STORY OF NATHAN
1EL AND MARY COE
11111
THE W.J. FILZ MEAT MARKET desires to announce
to its patrons and the public in general that it has
moved to the Otten Building, next to the last place of
business at the corner of Oak and Fourth streets, opposite
the dancing pavilion. We our proud of our new, neat and
sanitary quarters. And we will take a pride in having you
come in to inspect the place. No city has a better equip
ped Meat Market.
Telephone 4141 for Meats, Poultry, Fish, F-kks, Butter,
Satisfaction, courteous and prompt service.
W. J. Filz Meat Market
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WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A BKKSH SUPPLY OF
Nitrate of Soda, Muriate of Potash
AND ALL KINDS OF FERTILIZERS
COME TO US DIRKCT FOR
WOOD-FIBERED HOUSE PLASTER
CEMENT AND LIME
AS WE UNLOAD DIRECT FHOM THE CARS
STRANAHAN & CLARK
Hood River, Oregon
The Purity Dairy Co.
Yours for prompt service and
Good Milk
THOvS. D. CALKINS
White River
Flour
Makes Bread Having the
Old Bready Flavor
AT YOUR GROCERS
The Weather Is Fine
Can you think of anything that surpasses in plea
sure an automobile ride on a brilliant sunshiny
Autumn Day?
Enjoy these pleasures yourself. Don't think you
can't afford them. Get under the wheel of a Max
well. After you have learned the moderate cost of
these fully equipped wonder cars $745, f. o. b. Hood
River and you will see what you are missing.
Let us show you the car.
Howe & Irigalls
Maxwell Agency Fourth and Columbia Sts.
(By Mr. T. R. Coon)
(Continued from l.tt week)
Their trip down gtreim againet the
wind was a rough one, and after bat
tling all day with the elements a land
ing was made on the north bank at
White Salmon. E. S Joslyn, the only
settler between The Dalle and Can
cades, was there to meet them and
with true pioneer hospitality, invited
everybody, captain, crew and passen
gers tu liia home for the niht. The
remainder of the trip waa uneventful
but the Coe d agreed that Dog Kiver
waa the fairest spot on earth. In June
a second party composed of Nathaniel
Coe, Eugene t oe, m. Jenkins anil
Nathan lienson came to Dog Kiver ana
made a careful examination of the
country with the result that Wm. Jen
kins sent for his wile, m.a uromer-m-law,
James Penson ; Mr. Coe had his
lumber, which had been ordered trom
The Dalles, ahipped to Dog Kiver, and
all went to work in earnest on their
respective claims. A house twenty by
forty feet, was erected near the aban
doned Laughlin cabin which henceforth
was known as the Loe home, vt m.
Jenkins took the Farnsworth place.
which already had a good house on it.
Nathan Benson homesteaded and built
on land across uog river easi 01 me
Coe claim.
Mrs. Coe and Henry came to their
new nome in nepiemuer. ai mis uaie
Mrs. Coe is tit! years of age. After a
long and influential life, ptased in the
verv heart of civilization, he conies to
the wilds of Oregon and begins life
over nirain, laying here tne lounnauon
of a home and farm wheie peace and
plenty and good cheer soon abounded,
a home which became a beacon of civ
ilization, and an example to those who
came later.
Mrs. Jenkins arrived in November
and with her came her brother, James
Ilcnson who located on Indian creek.
Alreadv the autumn leaves were fall
ing and t hint ft winter was in the air.
All were busy preparing for the cold
weather, none working harder than the
ten year old boy, the only child in the
commnnity.
Most of the provisions such as flour,
beans and cured meat had been brought
from Portland, but vegetables, butler
and eggs were obtained from K. S.
Joslyn across the Columbia. The lat
ter part of November brought a light
fall ol snow, with a little thin ice; and
then the winter was gone. The grass
was green and abundant, while purple
flowers and buttercups covered valley
and mountain. Ou New Year's day
the Coe family ate chicken dinner with
the Joslyn's. "Such a glorious day
and such a glorious dinner," was the
exclamation of Henry. The open wir.
ter was spent in clearing land.
About the first of Keburary one hal'
acre was epaded up and put in garden,
and no frosts came to destroy. There
was but one horse on the place that
winter but when spring came a trip to
Portland was made by Nathaniel Coe
and cows, work oxen, horses, farm im
plements and seeds for planting were
secured. Pears, apples, peaches, cher
ries, plums, grapes, apricots, straw
berries, gooseberries, currants, rose
bushes and many choice flowering
shrubs were ordered.
Some were obtained from the Lewel
lyn nursery at Milwaukie, Oregon, and
some from Rochester, N. Y. Apple
seeds were planted for nursery stock.
While at the Cascades Mrs. Coe had
peeled a bushel of apples for the seeds
they contained; this was the beginning
of their nursery. Lawrence Coe, from
the first, had located at the Cascades,
first as an employe, then as a partner
of the Bradfords. Charles was not a
rugged man and very little hard work
was left to him, so that hired help
from the first was a necessity at the
Coe farm. The second winter, which
proved to be a mild one, found them
with root-house and cellars well filled
with roots and vegetables of various
kinds while the barn was rilled with
hay, grain, and corn fodder, and corn
for fattening hogs. Food was provided
for both man and beast and farm im
provements were progressing rapidly,
but anuother trouble, far more serious
than the lack of food, was approach
ing. From the north, the south and
the east, the savage IndianB rose en
masse to drive the white man from the
country.
The Weekly Oregonian was filled
with accounts of outrages perpetrated
on the whites and the ieolalted pio
neers became terror-stricken as they
read. The Yakima Indians were among
the most warlike of the tribes; the
Klickitats, closely related to them,
were friendly but an unwarranted
arrest of three of the Klickitat's chief
men, by the military authorities,
caused this tribe to join the war party.
A friendly Klickitat Indian, by the
name of Sapotivel, (but later known as
Johnson, warned the Joslyn's. Secur
ing a canoe Mr. and Mrs. Joslyn, their
hired man, Galentine, and a boy. Wood-
burn Hawkes, fled in the night to the
Oregon shore and took refuge with
the Coe's. The friendly Indians took
every boat from the north bank, se
creting' them beyond the reach of the
hostileB. As the alarm increased Lieu
tenant Davidson was ordered from I he
Dalles with a few soldiers to protect
the settlers.
On March 2, Amos Underwood, In
dian fighter, riding his cayuse down
the mountain trail, in advance of the
soldiers, saw the house and barn of
E. S. Joslyn at White Salmon inflames.
The little band of pioneers also saw
the blaze and heard the beating of the
tomtom and the warwhoops of the In
dians. Later the soldiers came and
placed a guard on duty. The whole
settlement passed the night at the Coe
farm with very little sleep for any.
The next day the steamer Wasco was
hailed sb she passed, and Liuet. David
son with his soldiers, Eugene and
Charles Coe and Amos Underwood took
passage on her for White Salmon, but
before landing they discovered that
the Indians were there in overwhelm
ing numbers, and the lieutenant wisely
changed his plans and returned to the
Oregon shore. That night some 01 tne
hostile Indians secured a boat, crossed
the Columbia and attacked the friendly
Indians, who fled to the Coe farm for
protection. A guard stationed on the
hill above the house was fired on by a
skulking Indian, but when morning
came all was quiet and there was no
more disturbance.
The Joslyn's went down the river to
the Cacsades and so did Amos Under
wood: the soldiers returned to The
Dalles and farm work was resumed.
Some one looking from the Coe farm.
on the morning of March 25, saw what
appeared to be Indians riding single
file along a trail above the White
Salmon river. All day they were pass
ine. and the watchers wondered what
it could mean. On the morning of the
26th a faint halloo was heard, repeated
again and again. Looking across the
Columbia two figures were seen wav
ing theii blankets.
The friendly Indians, afraid of a
trap, came to Nathaniel Coe for ad
vice. Encouraged by him they ven
tured over to investigate, and returned
bringing an Indian and bis fijuaw.
These Indiana belonged at Vancouver,
' d they had gone with purport to
SiiiiCoe tu hunt. A brother of Chief
K.nrakin had taken a far.cy to the
ride owned by the Indian, and because
he would not give it up. had rim im
prisoned. While there he learned of
Ite plot of the hostile Indians to at
Uck both The Dalle and Cascades on
V arch 2. Escaping from his cailorf.
he and his iiiu.w hastened to warn the
lute people at the Can'ade. They
di 1 not dare use the trail nr.J there
as much now in the mountain, so
tfcty can.e too lale, fur already the
bailie was raging, and Lawrence Coe
a in the n.i.ift. 1 his news caused
the wildest excitemert aid liis-tret.
A council wa at oi;ce called nf loth
whites and Indians, and an I-.dian run
ner was at or.ee dispatched lo the Cas
cades to bring the latest news. Then
another meeting was held by the
whites alone and it was tlti-uled to
seek safety inflight. 1 he Da I Its was
the only place to go, and the river the
only route.
Henry and Charles were at Kail
Gulch Ur the day'a work, ai d Eugene
went to call them in. On his return
he saw the steamer, Mary Corning,
from the Cascades, and mile to the
river and hailed her. The answer can e
back. "We have just escaptd with our
lives; every man on board, except the
engineer is wounded."
The Indian courier returning from
the Cascades, confirmed their worst
fears, and hasty preparations were
made for their departure. A large
canoe belonging to an old Indian by
the name of VVaucusha was secured and
hid in the underbrush near what is now
the foot of State street. This canoe
was large enough to hold thirty or
forty people, but the entire white set
tlement comprised only eleven souls;
Nathan and James Benson, W m. Jen
kins and wife, Nathaniel Cue and wife
with their three sons, Charles, Eugene
and Henry, the man Galentine, anil
the boy Woodburn Hawkes, from the
Joslyn farm. Paddles were used to
propel the canoe and a blanket was
raised for a sail, but as the wird was
from the east, their progress was ex
tremely slow and laborious and long
before daylight came they heard the
Indians on shore signalling back and
forth, and knew their flight had been
discovered. A little before noon, when
near the mouth of the Klickitat river,
they met the steamers Mary and Wasco
with a barge in tow, all Funded with
soldiers and cannon and horses, going
to the relief of the Cascades. The
blue coated soldiers with their glisten
ing bayonets reflected in the bright
sunshine were a welcome sight to the
fleeing rtfugees, and with lighter
hearts they pushed on and reached The
Dalles ubuut three in the afternoon.
Two days later the return of the
steamer to The Dalles brought full
particulars of the battle at the Cas
cades and the flight of the savages,
also the welcome news that Lawrence
Coe was unharmed.
To enable the settlers to plant their
crops, Lieut. Davidson with a guard of
soldiers accompanied them to their
homes. The lieutenant also took with
him a band of horses, belonging to the
government, to fatten on the abundant
Lbunch grass found in the valley. Mrs.
toe and Mis. Joslyn remained some
weeks in The Dalles and while there
organized the first Sabbath shcool ever
held at that place. As fear from the
Indians subsided the farm work was
resumed but not until June 18!)8 was
any record kept of the farm work.
For the information of the Hood
River farmer of today we will quote
from these records: June 1, 18!8
hinished planting potatoes. June 3
Eugene took 19 bushels potatoes to
The Dalles which sold at $2.50 per
bushel, $47.50. In Uctoucr 50 bushel
were shipped. In November thev had
2270 bushels stored ; this did not include
small potatoes which were later picked
up and fed to the stock, rruit was
scarce in those days and hIwiijs told
for a high price. From the records we
learn that more than a thousand pounds
of peaches were sold that fall; also
melons, apricots and plums in small
luts. In November three hogs were
killed whose weight aggregated 500
lbs. Two of these were sold at 14 cts
per lb. Two hired men were kept dur
ing the busy saeson at $.'10 per month
Indians were employed on special jobs
and a woman or girl to help in the
kitchen. This was not an unusual
year. In the cold weather of 18ii0 they
sold thirteen dozen eggs tor tl.i, and
butter at ?i per pound. A later entry
reads: Salted down 300 hams and
shoulders. A list of the apple trees in
the orchard shows 3M known varieties
of trees with 31 unknown. Among
these varieties we find both the New
town and Spitzenburg of today. Mr
Coe also had a large assortment of
peaches, plums, pears and so forth.
From the sale of these nursery trees I
large income was derived. These (iuo
tations could be continued indefinitely
but the article is already too long.
The farm was made to pay dividends
almost Irom the beginning. Nathaniel
Coe was the master mind, overseeing
and directing. Eugene attended to
most of the marketing. Henry came
in for the lion s Bhare of hardship herd
ing and handling the stock.
In September ia!j Dr. t.ausdale, Mr.
Tauchcr, and Lieut. Mallory, eccom
panied by Nathaniel Coe, made a trip
to the ice caves of Mt. Adams. In
1859 Alfred Townsend, Indian Agent
Cant. Eugene F. Coe, and some other
made a trip to Mt. Adams, in August
18(13 an expedition was made to the
mountain. Hon. N. Coe, A. C. Phelps,
H. C. Coe, Mrs. E. S. Joslyn, and Miss
Josephine r isher made up the party
The guide was the Indian Johnson, the
same who warned the Joslyn's in 1858.
Nathaniel Loe. then yd years or age.
did not attempt the climb. Mrs. Jos-
Ivn only went part way. Those who
reached the summt were A. C. Phelps,
H. C. Coe and Miss Josephine fisher
The winter of hi and bz has never
had its record equalled for long-contin
ued cold and deep snows, the river
was closed with ice and all eastern
Oregon was hurried under a blanket of
snow. Stock on the ranges perished in
large numbers. The Cue s were well
provisioned, but lost heavily in both
horses and cattle. Charles Coe was
taken sick and medicine waa needed
He passed on foot over the highway
we talk so much about today, but it
was a very different highway then.
Snow on the trail was four feet deep
and Shell mountain was a veritable
death trap. On their return trip over
one man died on the way, others gave
up until only one man remained who
come through with Henry, reaching
Hood River on January 9.
The clothing Henry wore was nothing
but shreds from scraping against the
frozen snow, but on January 19 in com
pany with Indian Charley he took a
hand sled and went to The Dalles en
the ice, returning two days later with
two sacks of flour. On February 6 he
made another trip to The Dalles over
the ice, bringing provisions on his sled
to the snow bound pioneers, and inci
dentally furnishing an example of en
durance not often found in a youth of
sixteen years.
On May 15, 1863 a flagstaff waa
erected in front of the Coe home by
Henry. On May 27, 18C8 telegraph
poles were set up and wired and mes
sage sent from their front door.
At the Coe farm the Sabbath waa
stnctiy oUerved. A chapter in the
Bible or a sermon was read. If there
as a minister in the neighborhood
services were held there until the time
came that a school house was built.
In 1n'.2 Ihoe. M. Kamsdell moved hi
family to Hood River. He was a Meth
odist minister and although preaching
almost every Sabbath, continued to
work for a living with his hands. He
was the ship carpenter for the O. S. N.
Co. 'a boats tunning between Cascade
and The Dalles, and waa at Hood Riv
er over Sunday, so will he remembered
by some of our oldest pioneers as Hood
River' minister. Rev. Tci.ny and Mr.
Condon, Congregational ministers from
I he Dalles, also contributed to the re
ligious welfare of the community.
Letters written from the Coe home
as early as Ifc.Vi. bore the words "Hood
Vale," and as justice of the peace Mr.
Cue made out his papers with the same
heading, Hood Vale. To Mrs. Coe be
longs the credit of changing the name
of Dt.g River to Hood River. The first
court held in Hood River was on Janu
ary 2, InV.i, and was a case of arbitra
tion. In June ImW Mr. Coe made a trip to
San Francisco. There is nothing in
the record lo show why he went, yet I
am told that his mission was to consult
a doctor and that he returned knowing
that his earthly race was almost fin
ished. His writing does not appear
again in the hooks, but the farm work
moves on with the same precision and
vigor.
On October 17, 1808, we read, "Na
thaniel Coe has gone to his long home,
aged 80 years." The words were few
and simple, but full of sadness to those
who ha 1 for many years looked to him
for guidunce and love. He was buried
on the 2i'th, in a little plot of land set
apart for that purpose on the Coe farm.
Many friends came from Portland and
lne Dalles to pay their last tribute of
love to thcr departed friend.
In the spring Eugene and Henry,
with thiir wives, moved to Yakima,
where they engaged in Btock raising.
Charles took up the work of his father
and became manager of the farm.
Seed time brought its work and har
vest its rewards. Mrs. Coe continued
to dispense hospitality and kindness as
of old. KSS
In December, 1872, Charles was taken
sick and in spite of all that could be
done, he passed away on bis birthday,
December 24, aged m years. His
mother wrote to her friends in the east :
'My heart's beloved has left me;
nothing can fill the void. He not only
tilled his father's place on the farm.
hut also at the family altar, and not
withstanding his youth, older men
came to him lor advice on matters :
temporal as well as religious." j
Henry and Eugene came back to
Hood River and formed a partnership
w i in the mother to carry on the farm, i
but the attractions of river work soon
took all of Eugene's time and interest :
and Henry, though caring for the farm,
spent much of his time on the river, i
li e building ot the railroad brought !
new possibilities. The town of Hood i
Kiver as platted ny 11. (J. and h. r.
Coe in 1881. It consisted of four blocks,
but has been added to from time to
time until now it covets the entire Coe
homestead, a portion of land claimed
by W illiam Jenkins, O. L. Strauahan j
and James Benson on the south and
west. On the east side of Hood River
is it is built on the Nathan Benson
homestead. i
All her life Mrs. Coe took great!
pleasure in writing poetry and has left 1
many poems of merit. Her grandchil-
dren were a source of great happiness
to her and many of her poems are ad-1
dressed to or refer to them. Siie lived
to be nearly 92 years old, dying in Hood
Kiver January 21, 1893. Eugene died
in Portland four days earlier.
The bodies ot Nathaniel Coe, his
wife, Mary Coe, Charles and Eugene
Cue now rest in the family plat in Hood
River. They have "fought the good
tight and finished the course," but to us
who reap of the benents of their labors,
Delongs a debt of gratitude. Their
graves should be kept with loving care.
Kecomnieds Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy
"Last winter I used a bottle of Cham
lierliiiu's Cough Remedy for a bad bron
chial cough. I felt its beneficial effect
immediately and before I had finished
the buttle 1 was cured. I never tire of
rei'iiiiiiiiending this remedy to friends,"
w rites Mrs. William Bright, Ft. Wayne,
I ml. Obtainable every when'.
Mrs. Tierce Gels Divorce.
Mrs. Mary Margaret Pierce was
granted a divorce last week by Judge
Brad:;haw from Wendell Monroe Pierce,
on the grounds of desertion. The di
vorcee was allowed to resume her
maiden name of Graham.
E. C. Smith represented Mrs. Tierce.
Job printing, at the Glacier office.
WHAT CATARRH IS
It has been said that every third
person has catarrh in some form.
Science has shown that nasal catarrh
often indicates a general weakness
of the body; and local treatments in
the form of snuffs and vapors do little,
if any good.
To correct catarrh you sliould treat Its
cause by enriching your blood with the
oil -food in Scott's Emulsion which is a
medicinal fooil and a building-tonic, free
irom alcohol or any harm fill drugs. Try it.
Scott & Bowuc, IMooihIrM, N J.
Real Estate and
Loans
I will endeavor to have a bar
pain always in all lines of Real
Estate. Office hours from nine
A. M. to five P. M.
T. D. Tweedy
Phone 2644
110J Wilson St., Hood River, Ore.
Owing to the War
There has been a DECLINE
in prices; we quote this week
5d Pearson Cement Box Nails
$2.15 per keg
Barnett Apple Picking Buckets 1
$1.00 each
Orchard Ladders, regular 35c
now 25c per foot
We positively will not be under
sold. When you want Hard
ware it will pay you to see
Blowers Hardware Co
The Firm That "MaRes Good"
Phone 1691
Oak and 1st Sts.
kHaHBHaVHLSDHMHHMa
Listen to Proof!
When your business increases 100 per cent in iv
month it is a good sign that you do good work, is it
not? This is the history of the horseshoeing shop op
erated in connection with our blacksmithing and
woodworking shop at the corner of Fourth and Co
lumbia Streets.
We will be glad to have YOU call and see us.
W. G. SNOW
Fourth Street Phone 26 1 1
PEOPLES NAVIGATION COMPANY
vSteamer Tahoma
Down Sundays. Tuesdays. Thursdays
Up Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays
All kinds of freight ami piiKHcngera bundled. IIoihch hihI unloiiiohiliH
Kiven Hecial attention.
Jack Bagley, Agent, Phone 3514
Vetch and Clover Seed
Place your orders for seeil i.ow. Get your seed in before early Kail
ruin. V carry a full line of Kail grains for hay anil cover itoh.
Clover Seed. Alfalfa Seed. Alsyke Clover VETCH, KYI'.,
WINTER WHEAT and WINTER OATS.
KELLY BROS. WAREHOUSE
Seventh and R. R. St. Phone 1401
Anderson Undertaking Co.
LICENSED EMBALMER AND
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
312 Cascade Ave.
Phone 1394
FASHION STABILE
..Livery, Feed and Draying..
STRANAHANS & RATHBUN
Hood River, Ore.
Horses bought, sold or exchanged.
Pleasure parties can securefirst-claBS rin.
Special attention given to moving furniture an
pianos.
We do everything horses can do.
W. J. Baker & Co.
Dealers in
REAL ESTATE
Fruit and Farm
Lands
Hunt Paint & Wall Paper Co.
Complete line of PAINTS, OILS, BRUSHES, Etc.
Heath & Milligan Mixed Paints
Glidden's Varnishes
Room Mouldings
Bulk Calcimine Mixed to Order
Plate and Card Rail
Dry Paste
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