SATURDAY, JUNK 21, 10r2
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BEAUTY on a chimp. Loretta
Stevoni ii ihown on Golden
JPoy, judqod (ha bail palo
mino at the Queen Trials (hit
year.
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ALLEN HOWARD, rat.d on
of lha Weit'i best iquara
dance callers, ii to work tha
big Jamboree itreet dance
here the night of Saturday,
June 28. Following the street
dancing, the Roundup Ball will
be hold at the Armory.
Rainmakers
Halt Efforts
YAKIMA I Rain-making e.
forts am about to end tor the aea
on In the Horse Hravrn llllla ol
nouth central Washington.
Leo Horrlgnn ol Prosser, a wheat
rower and n lender In the attempt
to milk" the cloud formation!
over lite arid region, anlrt the cf
form will be discontinued this week
end.
tin flnld It I' now Rclllna loo
lute In the season lor rain In the
area to bring much benefit to the
v. heat.
Ilorrisnn mild rulnlall hj been
about an Inch below normal, de
Mine the attempt! to urine It bv
sending silver Iodide particles Into
the clouds.
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Mi Jkaer
Ily MYKTLK WIMLR
FOP.T KLAMATH Rail bucka
roos of the cnrlv dnvs of the old
West arc I11.1t becoming a tiling of
the pa.sl. and Fort Klnmatli Is
In dud of the fact that one of thcHe
). numbered In Its population. He
Ik Walter J. WrlKht. respected and
loved, loim-tlmn reHvlcni, who cele
brated his 10th birthday on Jan
uary sixth of this year.
Much vounucr In uppenrnncc
Hum his venrs would warrant, Wal
ter Is nix loet thrco. Inches tall,
welclis I HO pounds, and his deeply
tunned complexion show! the yen in
Mr-I. In the outdoors: 111 summer,
It jltri on the appearance of ma
luignny, so dnrk does It become on
exposure to tho sun and wind.
Indian Bill
Action Due
WASHINGTON MV- Rep. Ells-ti-Mfih
n.nret finld Frldav he
expects tho rules committee to act
early next wcea on m.s rcsuiuium
cnlliiiK lor liivesllniitlnn of the
Bureau of Indian AffrilrH,
The resolution calls for tho
House Interior Committee to re
port, among other tilings on "tran
Millions Involving the exchange,
lease, or sale of lands or Interests
In lands belonging to Indian wards,
wllh specific findings as to such
transactions In the stnto of Ore
lion." The resolution actually Is a com
)io.slto of two earlier proposals In
t induced by Ellsworth mid Rep.
Bow (R-Ohlo).
The Oregon congressman was
pilmaillv Interested In an Invcsll
untlnn liilo reported Irregularities
bv bureau employes In the sale of
flilO acres of Indian land near Oold
Beach Ore. Two bureau cmployoa
havo been suspended as an out
growth of those allegations, ,
Bow's resolution dealt with the
wider problem of determining the
extent to which the Jjuieau has
gnnciflicad Willi " program to free
Indians from government super
vision, I
1951 Roundup Queen Margy Brown
He Is a typical cowhand of .the old
school, and adheres strongly to tho
code and ethics of a bygone day.
He Is still very active and by no
means ready to hang up his spurs
land saddle yet.
NATIVE
Walter Is a native Oregonlan. He
was born In 1881 at Myrtle Creek,
where his parents were engaged In
cattle. At the age of 10. Walter
became restless ana aeciaea iu
seek his fortune across the moun
tains. So he saddled up his own
little black horse, stowed a sack
of clothes behind the saddle and
fared forth. His travels ending at
T t. a hab I nbatlUHl hn
wwwd unftc, 1 . i 1 ....... . ... , . -
he became short of cash. Here ho
got a Jon at tne Alex Kcia rancn.
where he worked for two years
mnmltmA !. Inltlnilnn In the
art of buckaroolng which was to
become nis uioiime won.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Reld,
IK. rn-.lt., InMllrieH thrPA ROnS.
Bird. Joe and Elmer, all of whom
wcro fine riders. Many hundred
head of cattle were pastured on
.1 ..... Dnrl nl the
work of the cowhands was break
ing of wild horses, ana waiter soon
became an expert In this line.
a it... Mff .r lha tu-n venra snnnt
at the Reld ranch, he came to
this region to wora ior jh omr
wood on his Klamath Marsh ranch.
. . . ... u. u- Ur in Ihn Wood
Lmier lie wui im , ... -
River valley for Jack Pelton and
Cary V. Loosiey. tie aiso nenieu
. -,nnw In, 'nhftrurnnrl and Pel-
Illiivc niiiva """" ., ,
Ion from Dlllard (10 miles from
Roseburg) to seasonal pasture here
In the valley some 00 yenm ".
Ha tells of the cattle drives made.
1. ,1 . nM rlatri when I.OflQ head
of Loosley's cattle were driven at
one lime irom nere ui :
Valley, a trip which took eight
in J...- tii n.nlrn fm nf lllONn
I11CI1 In tin.vn m . - - -
drives was especially memorable.
Walter ana mrce ier
punchers started out with 400 head
nr en 1 11. from Warner Valley,
headed for Lakevlew, where the
stock was to oe snippea via rmi
to market. A man was supposed
1. lUam ii,IIH aiinnlle: on the
III hici:i hiv'im .- -
edge of the desert, but through
some misunneraianning,' no nm
to materialise and tha cowboys
were forced to go on wnn wc
my km
cattle, sans food or water, either
for themselves or their horses. To
add to their discomfort, It started
to snow, and the ground was
covered to a depth of four inches,
and "plenty cold, too." Waller re
calls. After 24 hours of riding herd
on the cattle without food or water,
and cold and miserable to boot,
they finally reached a Camas
prairie ranch where they and their
horses were cared for with 'the
good old-fashioned Western hospi
tality provided for man and beast
alike.
TO FORT ROCK,
Later on, Sherwood -moved to
Fort Rock, where be had taken up
a homestead on which he' ran
horses.
The voung buckaroo of our' story
next went to work for Felix Duncan
at his Lone Pine - ranch on the
bank of Silver Lake. The name was
chosen because, there was one
solitary pine tree growing on the
land. Here lie also worked with
horses and oattle, and at one time,
when the horses broke out and es.
caped Into the desert, tanch hands
with a cook and chuckwagrm made
a trip Into the wasteland, rounded
up the cavuscs and brought them
back t the corral!.. - .
In 1008, Walter and a friend, Jess
Voss, went Into partnership and
rented tho E. R. Cardwoll ranch
on Wood River northeast of Fort
Klamath (now,' the Earl Kerus
property), where they put up hay
and also cut some timber late In
the fall for Utter and Burns for
their Kingdom sawmill which was
located on the neighboring Samuel
Fflng ranch,- now the ALvin Cope-
land place. , , .. ,
While ho was living at the Card
well ranch, .Walter said that Har
rison Brown of old Yainax rented
tho old Blllv Moore ranch south of
here (now the Fred L, Pope ranch)
and moved 200 head of horses
there. Forty of these broncos Moore
wanted broken to ride, so Walter
and partner Jess contracted to do
the lob. Pete said "we worxea 'at
It llko we were chopping wood,"
riding ten horses a day, five apiece,
as according to their agreement
wllh Brown, they had contracted
to ride each animal three times
for the sum of $5.00. (Walter re
marked here that this was a little
different from the present day,
HEfiALI) AND
when a cowboy would scarcely put
a saddle on a wild horse for $5.00,
much less ride him even once . . .)
They kept the horses In a large
corral out in the meadow, and
would ride for a distance of half
a mile and back each time theymnnt., were trimmed and the
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WALTER
NKWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Who Crowns Her Successor Tonight
rode one, also if the occasion
arose, they would ride some of
them to town once in a while.
When they were ready to be sold
as gentle horses, broken to ride
I,,, saddle ponies, their tails and
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1M1M iiiiiiiwi'riml
"with knots" removed therefrom
before the two buckaroos turned
them back to their owner, Harrison
Brown.
Old-time buckaroos known (and
they were really top hands, too,
Walter opined) included Heavy
Roberts of Warner Valley; Jack
Rose, who spent two years here;
J; C. Mitchell of the old Weed
ranch." now the property of the
Hawkins Cattle Co.. who moved
later to Warner Valley and sub
sequently passed awav at Lake
view; and J. Upton "Dad" Worth
mgton. All are now deceased. Dad
Worthington having . passed away
last summer at Paisley where he
had been for some time living in
retirement forced upon- him by
phvsical disability. He was very
well known and liked here, having
been a long-time employe and
personal friend of R. S. (Seth)
Dixon, local stockman. - -
LONG JOB
In 1917.' Walter went to work for
Samuel H. Miller, and can claim
the outstanding distinction of hav
ing been employed byi the Miller
family for 35 years. Following
Miller's -death in 1941, the business
was carried on by his son. Loren
L.. and several venrs rdo. Loren L.
was Joined by his son, Loren L. Jr.,
a company of Loren L. Miller and
Company was formed by father and
son..- who are partners in- tneir
Oregon, and California cattle oper
ations. Loren Jr. Is theiatner 01
three young sons,' and a baby
daughter horn June 12. Tne sons no
doubt will follow in his footsteps
when they become old enough to
help. All through the changes of
the years. Walter has been and
still Is a loyal and faithful em
ploye of tbe Miller family.
In his early dnvs with the Mil
lers, the cattle were moved from
their rancn at Dlllard to the wood
River valley for seasonal pasture.
and In the winter, Walter fed beef
cattle at the Dlllard ranch. ' The
stock was shipped to market by
rail from Ashland in those days
until tho advent of the railroad to
Klamath Falls In 1908. when the
cattle were consigned Irom that
point: when the railroad came to
Chtloqutn a few years later, beef
cattle were shipped from there to
Southern markets.
Speaking of those old-time cattle
drives (which were so many that
he can't recollect the exact num
ber In which he took part) Walter
said that it took eight or ten
riders two' weeks, with good luck,
to move the stock from Dlllard
across the mountains to Fort Klam
ath, a distance of approximately
190 miles. Compared to the modern
means of transportation of cattle
by -dlesel and - gasoline-powered
trucks and -trailers, accomodating
35 or 40 .head according to their
size and piloted by drivers known
as "diesel or gasoline" cowboys to
buckaroos of the -old school. Al
though the majority of local cattle
men now move their stock by the
faster means of transportation of
truck and trailer, a few cling to
the old way of shipping via rail
road to Chiloquln,. with buckaroos
on horseback driving the cattle
from there to the lush green pas
tures of the Wood River valley.
FOOL THINGS
Reminiscing about his younger
days, with a twinkle In his eve
Walter allowed that he had done
a lot of "fool things" as a youth,
such as riding miles out of his way
Just to ride a wild horse he had
heard about. On one such occasion,
he rode ten-miles to CanyonvlUe
where he had been told there was
a bronco which his owner was
afraid to ride because he was so
mean. The animal was kept In a
stall in a livery barn where he
-was fed grain and hay, and in
connection with the livery barn
was a saloon, the two combined
establishments being run bv a
man named Johnny Jackson. After
arriving at . Canyonville, Walter
told the owner of the wild horse
that be would ride the horse for
a quart 'Of whisky, so the deal was
made, with much skepticism on the
part of the owner as to the sue
cartful outcome. However. Walter
saddled and got on the wild pony,
rode him all over town, returned
to the livery stable, dismounted
and put the. horse back in his stall.
got' the quart of whisky he had
bargained for. and returned home.
He aald -that he had done many
similar stunts In his early days,
but unlike many riders who will
never admit that they were ever
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SUE SESSLER, Klamath Falls,
was a member of the 1951
Roundup Royalty court.
B. M. ANTLE is one of tha
square dance callers who will
be at the big Jamboree street
danca here Saturday, Juno
28. '
Power Needs
More Money
-.SPOKANE m Bonneville Pow
er Administrator Paul Raver, said
In Spokane Thursday low-cost fi
nancing is needed lor power de
velopment. He made his itatement at tha
opening session of the BP A 'a re
gional advisory council's two-dav '
meet.
Raver described the electricity
business as a "mass market busi
ness" ana said "low cost unit is
the key to the development of that
system.''
He told the council more power
must be generated to "maintain
mass production through the low
rate approach."
Another speaker, Cus Norwood,
executive secretary of the North
west Public Power Association,
also called for low-cost financing
for power development. He told the
council the "six per cent rate of
return type of investment cannot
do the job of the future."
bucked off a horse, he said that he
had been thrown many a time.
Comparing wages of those times
and the present day, Walter said
that then, the going wage for a
buckaroo was forty or fifty dollars
a month - and board, although he
was paid slightly more as he was
an all-round ranch hand in addition
to having the ability to break
horses. Before he entered the em
ploy of the Miller family, he was
offered several jobs running dif
ferent spreads, but as this would
have entailed staying put for sev
eral years at a time, he didn't
accept any of these offers, as he
wasn't ready to settle down yet
and preferred to be .foot-loose and
independent.- Present day pay for
an ordinary -. ranch hand is at
least $200 a month, with Tent and
a few other incidentals thrown In.
Last School
Election Due
The last of this year's local
school elections is scheduled for
next Monday, to elect one mem
ber of the Klamath Union High
School board for a five-year term.
Voting will be between the hours
of 2 to 8 p.m. at the main KUH3
building.
Nelson Reed, board member lor
many years, Is seeking re-election
to the post, and Is opposed by
L. Ernest Taylor,-who is office
manager and treasurer of the
Palmerton Lumber Company.
Some electioneering is being'
done now, in contrast to the usual
deadly quiet of school elections,
In behalf of Taylor. A good many
residents of town- have received
printed postcards outlining Tay
lor's education, business career
and qualifications for the school
board post.
A telephone campaign for Reed
was also being carried out.
All registered voters who are
residents of the - Klamath Union
High School district, comprising
Klamath Falls and much of the
suburban area, are eligible to
vote. The residence requirement is
six months,
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