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VOL. XXVII
HOOD ItlVER, OREGON,' THUKSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 19J5
s No. 27
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graphite grease, gun oils,
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r. A. Bishop ;
Hood River, Oregon
at Glacier Office
INDIAN LEGENDS
AREBEAUTIFUL
KLICKITAT LANGUAGE WONDERFUL
E. L Smith Has Gathered firm Red Men
Many Stories of Interest Mem
aloose Island
Beautiful though they are when one.
ignorant of the charms that Indian
legendary lore weaves around them,
beholds them, how reach more interest
ing and appealing is a view of the
grand pointa of the Columbia river
highway after the sightseer has learned
something of their significance in the
history of the Redman 1 While many
beautiful stories are extant in the
writings of contemporary authors and
In the articlea and books of pioneer
men and women, who have passed
away, an investigator by talking with
the older Indiana that survive along
the mid-Columbia district may find that
many legenda have ever become but
little known.
Every Indian tribe had its historian.
The histories and stories were passed
from generation to generation by word
of mouth. Each tribe had a different
dialect. The names of the gods and
heroes are different, from The Dalles
down the Columbia to the sea, where
the Chinook and aClatsop dialects pre.
vailed, the Great Spirit was known as
laiapua. While across the Columbia
in southern Washington, 'where the
Klickitat dialect was supreme, the
chief god was called Saghalie.
In all the Pacific northwest no man
has ever taken greater interest in the
legends of the Indians, among whom
his close friends have been numbered
by the scores, than E. L. Smith, who
removed 40 years ago from Tacoma,
Wash., where he had been secretary of
Washington territory, to Hood River.
While be has retired from a life of
active business, Mr. Smith maintains
an office in a building owned by him,
and he may be found in his office a
part of every week day. In former
days the Indiana of the region came to
ask bis counsel, and his pioneer neigh,
bors came to consult with biro on mat
ters of business. Today the few In
dians left in the distrist continue to
confide in Nr. Smith aa te tbe it troub
les, hopes and joys. Me will ever re
main their "Boston Man," and they
and Mr. Smith often recall incidents of
early history and talk over legendary
history of the scenic Ngion. Whenever
anyone desires to secare information
on pioneer day a or Indian legendary
history, he makea a visit to Mr. Smith.
Nor is the list of visitors limited te
local people; he receivea callera and
queries from numerous different points
in the northwest.
"Of all the 80 dialects of tribes with
which I have been familiar," aaya Mr.
Smith, "that of the Kliekitato is the
most beautiful. TiMtlr names fee oar
points of grandeur along the Colwabia
should be preserved. I mad an at
tempt at one time to have the Smith
sonian Institution eollect the weeds of
the language. A Catholic priest at
Goldendale was engaged lor many
years in the task, but 1 have not heard
of him for several yeara. Rev. Waters,
of the Toppemah community, a full
blood Indian-who won marked recogni
tion as a Methodist minister, is per
haps more familiar with the language
than any man in the northwest.
During the early days of Hood River
history, Mr. Smith was accustomed to
make long trips of exploration in the
neighboring mountains. Indiana were
used as guides, and on these journeys
of penetration into the wilds while
others of the party would be asleep or
engaged in conversation, Mr. Smith
would . be aeated in seclusion at the
foot of some' leviathan of the forest
hearing marvelous tales from his In
dian guide. Often Dr. T. L. Eliot,
pastor emeritus of the First Unitarian
church or Portland, would accompany
Mr. Smith and other friends on these
long jaunta of investigation jot the
wilderness country.
"I recall a time when Dr. Eliot and
I were on a trip of exploration at the
base of Mount Adams," saya Mr.
Smith. "We have often laughed to
gether since at the philosophy of our
guide, it vwaa in the evening, and as
we sat around the camphre after sup
per I asked the guide where an Indian
went and what he did after he died.
The fellow, a strapping and handsome
buck replied: 'I don't know. I find
out after I get there.' "
Just onoosite Hood Kiver. near tbe
town of White Salmon, high on the
misbtv Drecinitoua side of tbe Co
lumbia gorge, is a huge dial shaped
rock. Most oi tbe people of Hood
River have seen jt and have wondered
if it had a meaamg. To tbe Indians,
sccording to the legends gathered by
Mr. Smith, it bad a very significant
meaning. The great rock is supposed
to be Waupash, a mighty cbiettaness
of tbe White Salmon Indiana in early
days. The Indian woman waa proud of
her people and was zealous in her pro
tection of them.
For many days Waupash bad seen
Snelysi. tbe next of the gods in author
ity to Saghalie, the chief diety, prowl
ing over her beloved hills. She accost
ed him one morning as he came up
from the Columbia and ordered him to
leave the region and not show himself
there egsin, for -aha feared that he
meant harm to her tribe. Now this
was no way to address a god. and Spel-
vai. anaerd beyond reason, cast a spell
over the woman and turned ber into the
areat rock, and she sits there on tbe
great gorge and watcnea until mis asy,
I he legend that naa come to Mr,
Smith abont Oneonta Falls, known for
the most Dart as Horsetail Falls, is
somewhat different from other legend
ary history. Far back in.the old grand-
lathers days, according to ma aiory.
there were two handsome Indian cbiefa
who fell in love with a beautiful
maiden. The men fought over tbe girl.
who bv her coauettish wave angered the
Great Spirit, aa did tbe men, and to
punish tbem, one ot the cbieia was
turned into Rooster Rock and tbe other
into Castle Rock. The girl wss trans
formd into Oneonta Falls. Tbe great
stream of water la supposed to repre
sent ber hair, which ever atreama out
from tbe great barrier of rocka over
which she is try in a to climb.
Just beyond the Hood River county
line, one of Mr. Smith's old Indian
freinda baa told him, is the falls of the
Widow's Tears. A tiny stream dashes
over the top of the high canyon and ia
soon lost In spray. "The Indians called
it the Widow'e Tears," said Mr. Smith,
"because it disappeared aa quicltiy."
One of the most beautiful of all the
legends told by Mr. Smith ia that con
nected with Memslooae island, the In
dian burying ground near the middle of
the Coluntbia'a atream just west of
Lyle. Since time immemorial tbe In
diana have placed their dead on tbe
island. The bones of tboussnds of war
riors, men and women have bleached
and decayed in the aanda there. For
merly tbe Indiana visited tbe island
frequently. The legend, which follows,
expminawby the Red Men have ceased
te go to. Memslooae except to deposit
tbe bodies of relativea whose souls have
passed on to the Happy Hunting
Grounds. '
In ancient days the Indiana were ac
customed to assemble in Urge numbers
at Wishram, a village just opposite
The Dallea, on tbe Washington side of
the Columbia. At one of the gather
ings came a handsome young chief, aa
perfectly formed aa Apollo, and a
maiden, the daughter of a chief, whose
beauty waa known throughout tbe
land. Tbe girl waa wooed by the hand
some young man, and tbe two were
wed.
Tbia young man and woman made a
prolonged honeymoon, traveling through
the country and visiting tbe peoples
or many regions. But their happiness
was finally smitten by the death of tbe
husband, whose body waa borne away
in state te Memaloose. Tbe grief of
the young widow knew no bounds. One
night she dreamed that the spirit of
ber hnsband came to her and urged
that she come to visi him at tbe island.
. Tbe girl complied with the wishes of
her husband and visited tbe islsnd. As
tbe sun went down behind the Caacade
range a wonderful metamorphosis was
worked at Memsioose. Tbe graves gsve
np their dead. Sounds of music tilled
the air, and the spirita of the dead,
with the form of mortala again taken
on, danced and made merry. Dressed
in a gelorious raiment, tbe husband
cama to her and the two spent the
night together in bsppineas. They
finally repaired to his cotes, where on
the next ntorning,on being awakened
by the sunshine, she found a skeleton
arm around ber body.
Returning to ber borne aba teld her
story. A great council of all the wiae
men waa called. After much delibera
tion it waa decided . that since the
maiden had belonged to the man during
life, she must still be his even though
he waa dead, and she waa commanded
to return to tbe islsnd to live with hiss.
The deed were perssilted to return
Iron the graves at man, and staring
the hoars of darkneea all waa as though
eeme great feast vera being aawtiei-
sated in on tbe lsiawde, bat tbe t et aaa
gradually lost themselves as daylight
approached, and during the daye Mem
aioeae presented only sights ef heerer.
White bones glinted in the sunlight
snd the stench of decaying Rash Ailed
the nostrila.
Finally the girl gave birth te a child.
The Indian maiden desired that har
mother ome see her grandson, aad a
messenger waa sent to carry ner me
glau tidings. The mother came, but
she waa enjoined not to look span the
little one far at least 10 esye am ease
aerival ; aha waa told that M she eel am
her grandson would die. r But with tbe
sagernaas of a grandmether aha
thought it would do -no harm if ahe
would lift up hia little blanket and
take a single look. Howover.ne sooner
bsd Isr eyes fsllsa on the little foem
then it sickened and atraightaway died.
Thie death of the infant was taken
by the Indians as a sign to point to
thsm that they had erred in allowing
the sir) to visit the island, and it waa
ruled by a great council that thereafter
none should visit Memslooae except to
deposit tbe bodies of tbe deed.
Memaloose until tbia day is the bary
ing ground for tbe Indians of The
Dalles region. Because of the treas
ure of beads and elks' teeth buried
with the deed it waa formerly visited
by numerous curio seekers, who de
spoiled the graves, sacred to the Red
Men. Tbe government bas not, pro
hibited tbe visits of white men for
this purpose.
Passengers on river steamboat! are
attracted by a single white shaft rear
ing .itself from a rock bate on the isl
and. This is a monument erected to
Victor Treavitt, the only white man
buried on MemalooBe.o Victor Treavitt
was a great friend of 'the Indian of
the mid-Columbia district. Hia body
was plsced among those'of his friends
at hia own request.
MRS. CRAM CELEBRATES
EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
Though ahe celebrated her 80th birth
day Monday at the home of her son.
Frank A. Cram, Mrs. M. A. Cram, one!
of the Pacific coast s sturdy, noble pio
neer women and one of the most re
markable women today in Oregon, re
tains all of her faculties. In the late
evening time of life Mrs. Cram ia
blessed witb tbe enjoyment of good
health. She attributes this kessing to
much activity in the open air during
ber younger days.
Mrs. Cram is a native of New Hamp
shire. When the Civil war Aroe on she
snd her husband were in Texas. To
escape conscription, Mr. Cram being a
stauncb Union man, be took bia wife
into Mexico. For aeven months the two
traveled by mule back through Mexico.
bound for the Pacific coast. They were
in daily terror of their lives: for the
country was practically lawless, and
prowling Indiana often crossed their
trsil. - finally they reached Guaymaa,
where they took passsge for Ssn Fran
cisco.
After a ahort time on tbe coast Mr.
and Mrs. Cram left for Siskiyou coun
ty, where Mr. Cram engaged in min
ing. , In 1880 they removed to Prine
ville. Mrs Cram later removed to Tbe
Dallea in order that ahe might educate
the younger children of the family
Seven yeara ago ahe came here to make
ber home in a bungalow borne erected
beside the residence of ber son, Frank
A. Cram.
In addition to the son. who ia well
known here, having for many yeara
been engaged in tbe mercantile busi
ness. Mrs. Cram has five other aona
and four daughters. They are: Ward
well Cram, of Harrisburg; Bidwell
Cram, of Cross Keys; W. S. Cram, of
Raymond, Waab. ; Mrs. Msrie Booton,
of Post: Mrs. Florence Butler, Mrs.
H. L. Vorse and Mra. T. B. Steele, of
Portland ; and James and H. S. Cram,
of Prineville. She has IS grandchil
dren. Mr. and Mrs. Wardwell Cram were
here from Harrisburg for the birthday
anniversary. They returned home
Tuesday afternoon.
Shoe Bade or repaired at Johnson's
LOCAL STATION
BENEFIT TOLD
CITY AND VALLEY MEETINGS HELD
Talks by Director and Representatives of
Oregon Station Tend to Change
Sentiment
The series of meetings held in the
Hood River valley last week in order
that orcfaardista might be supplied with
correct data concerning the benefit of
the local branch of the Oregon experi
ment ststion it is now believed will
ssve the station for the community.
Because of a misunderstanding between
numerous growers and the station's
representatives a menacing opposiition
had sprung up and the proposed appro
priation of $2,000 by the county for
next year's maintenance of the institu
tion has been attacked.
The meetings, the last of which wss
held Saturday evening1 at Pine Grove
hall under the auspices ef the Pine
Grove grange, were attended by A. B.
Cordtey, director of the Oregon station,
Pror. C. 1. Lewis, K. W. Allen and Le
Roy Chi Ids.
Director Cordley explained the rela
tions of Iba branch ststion to Jiood
River county. He told the growers
that aa far aa the main institution it
self, was concerned, at mattered little
aa to Whether tbe horticultural branch0
waa located in Hood River or in some
other community, but he pointed out
tbe benefits that would accrue to local
people because of its maintenance.
Director Mirdiey diagnosed the trou
bles at the station in ite relations with
growers. He declsred that Hood Kiver
county should make an appropriatioa
foe the purchase of a plot or ground to
be need permanently for aa experiment
farm, citing the good work resulting
from such action in Sherman county.
Heretofore it bsa bean customary for
tha repreaentativee of the station at
ore bare on orchard problems to con
duct their tests in orchards scstteted
over a wide area. Grawers, whose
traeta were not chosen, bsve become
jssleoa. The representstives, too, have
been sabiect to call at any time. These
visits te inspect orchards have heaop
ered them in their work of experi
menting to determine the cause and
cure ef diseases.
By the diipley ef a set ef chert
Prof. Lewis showsd the value of eiper-
imealal work of pest yeers. In the
year 1907 the Oregoa Agricultural Col
late working in conjunction with the
United Metes Department ef Agricul
ture made a soil survey of Waaco coun
ty's fruit lands, Hood River county at
that time having been a portion of
Waste. It was ioand that much of the
fruit land waa badly lacking in nitro
gen. Growers were arged to make up
tbia daleietiay by uee of cover cropa oe
the see ef sMamertiel fertilisers.
However, the etehardiata did net heed
the adviee, and as a rssult tbs effects
hsve been mote sppsrent thsn any local
orehardiet has comprehended.
Prof. Lewis deelsrss thst the resident
erchardists have failed to note the de
creesing siaa of the leaves, while the
difference ie noted at onee by a man
accustomed to visit the region et inter
vels of sia months or a year. The hor
ticultural expert showed by chsrts the
benefits derived tfrom experiments with
commercial ftrtiliaers, nitrstes of soda,
on the ranch of M. Dragaeth for the
past three yssrs. The qusntity of sp
ples where the fertiliser had been used
wss msde to increase 1,000 per rent
over untreated trscta. The cost per ,
tree reached 20 cants, or two centa per
bot. Similar results have been ob
tained by other orchardiBts by tbe per
sistent use of cover crops to restor
nitrogen to the toil.
Mr. Allen, soil and irrigation ex
pert, who for tbe past several yssrs
his been stationed at Hermiston, de
clares that he knows of no place where
the ranchers are so ignorant about irri
gation at in Hood River. Before they
get full result from the systems in
use, he says, it Will be naceseery to
rotate the uaa of their water as in other
pieces. Ha dsclsres that the distribu
tion system prevailing would have to
be changed.
Until a fee years ago ranchers never
used cover 'crops, and although much
water went to waste down the irriga
tion ditches, but little was ever used
on orchard tract. There were schools
of growers who presched the non-use
of water, declaring that it Impaired
the quality of the fruit. o
Mr. AlleM said thst he had examined
some soils in parts of the valley that,
because of lack of irrigation and be
cause of the persistent clean cultiva
tion followed, showed but three per
cent moisture, no more than could be
found in tbe dust of a road. He ad
vised the rotation of cover crops and
clean cultivation.
"Where the orchard land is constant
ly planted in cover crops and kept
heavily irrigated, there is danger of
producing too much wood growth and
thus cutting down the production of
fruit."
Mr. Childs, who is in charge of the
branch station, attended the meetinga
and told of the experiments carried on
for the control of leaf roller and hop
pers.; Mr. Childs saya that a spray has
now been found to control this pest,
wbicb'in tbe last few years has been
constantly increasing.
The Oregon agricultural rpen met
last Friday night at the Commercial
club to discuss the station's problems
with business men, about 60 of whom
were present.
NEWTOWNS ARE HELD
FOR EXPORT TRADE
Tbe Newtown crop of apples as yet
remaina in local storage bouses, except
for a negligible quantity tbat haa al
ready been sold abroad.
"We are holding back tbe Newtowna,
tbe longest keeping vsriety produced
bere," saya Sales Manager Sieg, "for
tbe demand tbat will come from Eng
land after the Cbristmss holidays. We
expect to realise high prices for tbe
fruit unless some drastic eonditiona
that are not now foreseen arise in the
wsr situation."
Mr. Sieg declares thst America ia a
red apple country and that Newtowna
are; an export product always. While
most of tbe otber varietiea of fruit
have been cleaned up, tbe email re
maining stock ia going out witb a ttg
ularity and at fairly keen demand.
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