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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1954)
PAGE E1QHT ' FRIDAY. AI'UII, 2H, 1854 HERALD AND NCWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON ,1 r this n that 4- y RUTH KING THE YEARS HAVE LINED HER FACE, have dimmed hor eyes nd slowed her pace, but century of living hai left her memory clear .... , Amanda Cowan, born o)the Klamath Indian reiervatlon in 1855, oldeit member of her tribe, remembers well, the great hunting days on this high plateau before plow ever touchod soil . . . the bid snows In winter and the lush land in summer , . , the coming of the white man, who thought that she too, was of their tribe because her skin, In her youth, was light as theirs . . . Members of Mrs. Cowans family are sure sho is .five or six years older than the agency record." . She remembers the last of the wars in dafense of her people's rights , . , of the pil grimages to the mountain, "Our Old Father," now called Steiger, where many of the tribe went to worship in the way of their fathers ... . ' She recalls the old days when hot rocks and h; pitch soothed the hurts of young and old ... of the big catches of fish that dried above a slow wood fire ... of the wocus and the apas that she gathered, the tules she fashioned into baskets ... her delight in the little ones that romped about her door that faced where the sun rose with opal lights above the distant hills . . . The treaty of 1864 when both white men and red man signed, is fresh In mind. She was a young woman then and "feel" of the council ground is still with her. The very same grove still sends its pine scent upon the air and land, now owned by Seldon Kirk, still sends up green shoots of grass come spring. She does not remember when she first heard of Christianity for the knowledge has been with her always and ttle strength of prayer has carried her through many a crisis. It is prob able the Word came from the Columbia River Indians who heard it from the Hudson Bay trappers, for the tribes often traveled afar and learned new ways. She is a devout member of the Shaker Church, prays daily before she breaks bread, before she rests , . , She is the protege of the studonts at Riverside School In Klamath Falls who sent her the comforts need ed in a recent illness. She remembers again the long trips by "hack" to Ashland to pick fruit for her family table . . .the tall white woman who told her in years gone by that she would live to be very old . . . the "rock" on the Eddie Cushman place near Modoc Point that bore imprints that G. the tribal members believed to have been the footprints of the Christ . . . Today, she still makes "good biscuits" . . . she chops her firewood, walks to Chiloquin a mile away for exercise ... is lonely for others of her generation. Mrs. Cowan has two sons, Ransom and McKinley Cowan, both of Chiloquin; a grand daughter, Mrs. Stanton I Edna I Kirk, and a grandson, Wallace Cowan, Chiloquin, and several great-grandchildren, Amanda Cowan "sat-in" on the recent Indian affairs meeting at the Agency. Mer words were heard, and the people listened to her wisdom. KF Chamber Plans Forum The next open forum meeting of the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce will be on the subject of roads and highways, both city and county. It is scheduled lor next Wednesday noon, April 28. In the banquet room of the Winema Ho tel, It was announced by Vic : Schooriover, director in charge of ; lorums. ; Official spokesmen for both the city of Klamath Falls Cross-Town I Traffic Committee and for the Chamber of Commerce Roads and Highways Committee will be on the panel. The city group will explain plans worked out with Che State High way Commission and will also explain the city's thinking on a proposed cross-town truck route. The county chamber committee, which works with the state on roads and highways outside of municipalities, will explain Its 1954 master plan. Both groups will be prepared to answer questions from the floor. and all interested persons are urged to be in attendance, Schoon over said. riLGKlMS VATICAN cm" W Pope Plus XII appeared at his apartment window Thursday In response to cheers of Gregorian singers and other pilgrims in St. Peter's Square. ftlafum gives ffiem goodness v ' '' " M 6 HANDY JbiA IN-EH-SEAt PACKETS 'ly'rSj graham good ( hohGLf rich! ' Satisfy his between-mcal hunger with thesti wholesome, fine flavored crackers -made with nutritious graham flour and country sweet honey. Nabisco Sugar Honey Grahams are baked to a perfect, golden brown . . . tender-crisp and always fresh. So easily digested, they don't spoil 1 aDDctites. Trust Nabisco to irivn unn thn hf grahams - naturally delicious I NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY O'HAIR'S Memorial Chapel UN(RAL SIRVICtS FOI ALL INCOMES NON-DENOMINATIONAL SERVINO ALL RELIGIONS Klamath Falls ust 0FFT0 fcjSS THE STORE? fifc Call 2- Yellow Cab Prisoner Fattened Before Ordeal OANON CITY, Colo. W Stnle prison uirti'lnls huvo In lulli'ii up I'Viinitii K.iiimi.'(u. Ui'lorv li nun hi) put on n biuml'iiml-wnirr (Hot ns iuiilhiiu'iii for cwiplKu 'JlspllUMil, hvi vlnu a llli) loi ni fill' Ihe Denver nnmlur of his cnmnioii law wife, climbed over n li'lun Inxt h'rliliiy ami eluded mmrtls fur live ilnysiluya In which lie iUtiu'1 have anyllilng tu out. KNIiimum has been placed on n soft food tllel In xolilaiy, Ouanh "a U they'll give him Milld lunil before he has to go on tlio bieixl-nnd-water diet. 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