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PAGE 8 A HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Wednesday, Feb. 10, I960 i lL if I hi. . j n $Sp0 tit SOLON SHATTUCK'S Aunt Abagail is shown here in her New England home. Abagail raised Solon after his father's death. Thd picture is, estimated to be more than 100 years old. i .'7 kl 1 I MR. AND MRS. SOLON SHATTUCK are shown here in a photograph taken around 1885 pr 1886. Obil Shattuck is the baby at right, and Clara Shattuck is standing between her parents. . WAR GAMES COSTLY ' BURGLENGENDELD, . Ger-? many (UPI) Nine persons were killed and 46 others, includ ing civilians and military person nel, injured during the NATO "Winter Shield" war games in this area that ended Sunday. The latest accident occurred Sunday when a bus sideswiped an Amer ican lank on a narrow road near here, injuring 10 passengers. NIXON "HATLESS" MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI) ' Republicans hoping Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon would toss is nat into we Wisconsin pri mary today didn't bargain on a souvenir hunter. Nixon left his hat on the air liner that brought him to Chicago from Los Angeles and airline of ficials said a souvenir hunter ap parently made off with it. Omaha, snow 34 Philadelphia, cloudy 55 Phoenix, clear 64 Pittsburgh, rain 52 Portland, Me., cloudy 35 23 Portland, Ore., cloudy 51 43 .54 Rapid City, cloudy ' 29 5 .18 Richmond, cloudy 63 53 St. Louis, cloudy 59 44 M Salt Lake City, cloudy 44 34 .11 San Diego, rain 63 53 .06 San Francisco, cloudy 56 48 .30 Seattle, cloudy 46 42 .01 Tampa, clear 70 58 Washington, cloudy 60 51 . M Missing; T Trace), Special Offer! towMittion 1:1. Ifc Macaroni M 1 1 M '-f I mr I-? IN CASH! Just buy six packages of any Mission spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, etc., and mail the labels along with this coupon to us. We will send you $1.00 by return mail. Clip this coupon and mail it with labels S GENTLEMEN: Please find enclosed 6 Mission Labels ... 3 3 Send my $1.00 to: NAME S ADDRESS B CITY ..... m Weather Table By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Low Pr. Albany, cloudy 43 28 Albuquerque, clear 55 31 Anchorage, clear M M Atlanta, rain . 65 56 Bismarck, cloudy 15 1 Boston, cloudy 50 36 Buffalo, rain 38 31 Chicago, snow 36 30 Cleveland, cloudy 42 M Denver, cloudy 49 21 Dcs Moir.es, snow 34 19 Detroit, rain 38 Fort Worth, clear 87 Helena, cloudy 35 Honolulu, cloudy 81 Indianapolis, cloudy 55 Kansas City, snow 46 Los Angeles, rain 62 Louisville, cloudy 65 Memphis, cloudy 72 Miami, clear 71 Milwaukee, snow 32 Mpls.-St. Paul, clear 23 New Orleans, cloudy 73 New York, cloudy 56 Oklahoma City, cloudy 73 .43 .02 One Ft. Klamath Soldier Who Stayed Editor'i Note This Is- the story of Solon Obil Shattuck who came to Fort Klamath in 1873 as a sol dier, remained here to marry and raise a family and died in Klamath Falls in 1915. v By MRS, W. R. LOOSLEV About two decades had passed since the last shot had been fired n the war of Independence and 1 nomas Jefferson was beginning his first term as President of the new republic when Obil Shattuck was born on a bleak New England farm in the state of Vermont a boy destined to live but 46 years, iravwg ins gooa wile and nine children, the youngest. Solon Obil only 2 years old. The family had acquired land on which grew many maple- trees The gathering of the sap from these trees, together with the boiling down" to the syrup stage, and also to delicious sugar, was an arduous task for all able mem bers of the family. The great ket ties of sweet juice were hung over wood fires and must be kept boil ing until the right consistency was reached; this involved no little work. The Shattuck home in Caledonia County was a large, well built structure, similar to the homes of their neighbors. There was a huge rock fireplace across one end of the commodious kitchen and it was here the family gathered, especial ly on cold winter evenings. Iron kettles hung from an Iron rod over the fire, and it was in these kettles that food . for the family was cookqd. It seemed there was al ways a pot of beans a-simmering. Bread may be the staff of life but beans are staffer," vowed Obil, but it was noted that he never passed up Jhe brown bread which was cooked (or steamed i a container set in water in another iron kettle. During the sap gathering time. the winter after Solon's birth, his father contracted a . heavy cold which ran into lung fever (pneu monia). He was hear death for days, but finally pulled through. However, he was left with a per sistent cough and was unable to regain his former vigor; so much so that it was difficult for him ever again to do his work. "I'm sure I'll not be with you much longer," he told his wife one day following a paroxysm of coughing and extreme weakness, but I think ( you and the older boys will be able to make out all right." ,. ; He could not have been more correct, for, it was only a few weeks until he breathed his last, a victim of the dread "consump tion" (tuberculosis) so prevalent in that day. After his death the wife allowed her sister, Abagail, who had no children to take her little Solon, now barely 2 years old. "You have so many to look after and he's at such a troublesome age," she told his mother. "And besides I'll be able to give him advantages you never can, living here." Reluctantly Solon's mother hand ed over her little boy, believing it might be best for all concerned. His aunt kept her pledge to give him the advantages she Jiad promised his mother. He attended Lydon Academy and Hampton In stitute. In Boston "he enlisted in the United States Engineers in 1867 and went with Company D to Cali fornia by way of the Isthmus of Panama. The trip was by "wind jammer; the food became siaic and the air in the stuffy below deck foul. No wonder the men were often so seasick they wished they could die. The trek across the Isthmus of Panama was a wel come respite from the cramped quarters of the boat, but in alto gether too short a time they were on another schooner, sailing up the West Coast toward California. They were stationed at Fort Point and Goat Island, where a fort was established. After his discharge Solon re turned to Vermont for a visit, but soon came back to San Francisco, and on August 27, 1873, he enlisted in Company B, First United States Cavalry, and was sent to Vancou ver, Washington. In October of that year he was sent to old Fort Klamath. The Modoc War had ended in June that year and it was right after Solon Shattuck's arrival that Captain Jack, Scarface Charley and other leaders of the renegade Modoes were hanged at the fort. The gallows was left standing for years, perhaps in the belief they might prove a deterrent to other Indians who might feel a compul sion to murder or plunder. There has been much specula tion as to what was the final dis position of the bodies of these Mo doc leaders. Fred Loosley, young son of John Loosley, one of the earliest settlers in the valley, often told of being present, not only for the hanging, but for the supposed burial. He always claimed that as Ike May Buy Desert Ranch INDIO, Calif. (AP) - Is Presi dent Eisenhower negotiating to buy a 20-acre ranch near this Southern California desert city? Asked about such reports, the present owner, William Carey of San Diego, said Tuesday "I would be most happy to confirm that the President is buying my ranch, but all that I can say right now is no comment' and to add that I can't think of a better new resi dent for Indio." The property is a few miles from La Quinla, where President Eisenhower recently spent several days. It includes a central resi dence, five guest houses and a large swimming pool. LODGE MEETS KHRUSHY MOSCOW (UPI) - Henry Cabot Lodge, U. S. ambassador to the United Nations, chatted informal ly with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Sunday night at the Bolshoi Ballet Theater where the two attended a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake." Lodge is on an unofficial visit to Russia. He met Khrushchev dur ing one of the intermissions, Tass mews agency reported. n H This special offer expires after March IS, I960. 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When mustered out of the Army in 187a Shattuck homesteaded on 160 acres of land in the north western end of the Wood River Valley. He later made several trips to Ashland with an officer from the fort, and while there met Theodocia Culbertson, who was teaching in Ashland. They were later married and moved to a home on Fort Creek, adjacent to the fort, where they lived for a time, Shattuck working as a civi lian at the fort. The officers' homes were on the east side of the road (present High way 62) and the Shattucks were Valley Rental 1003 E. Main Hours For Thii Week Only 8:30 to 4:30 on very friendly terms with the officers and their families. The soldiers' quarters were about lot yards west of the present road, with parade grounds in front. The big' hospital was located about where Highway 62 turns, going toward the present Fort Klamath. 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