FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, i92i TILLAMOOK PAGE 4 HEADLIGHT to be coming on for earlies and was landing now called the Ship only white settlers in the county, un The Indians generally seemed pl^ expecting more in on the sloop. please us much." Yes, said he, but I the men crried were inserted, having til the spring of 1852, although sev I will say to all you who live here with the prospect of having j can’t see that we are ever going to , seated themselves with the doctor ly Charlie drove up from San Francisco get there, we have been for the last | ing on the floor, they began to sing eral men came in from Clatsop, Yam today, and have all that is comfort Whites to settle among them (non. hill and Polk counties. fools); they showed me a large hof BAY CITY last week and are visiting friends in able about you, such as plenty to eat, three months getting to Tillamook, or chant, beating correct time by lift In the spring of 1852 a Mr. El Cloverdale. low, dead spruce tree, into which w Albert Burge and Pete Hogen have ■ and we are not likely to get there now, ing the end of the pole and tapping dredge Trask and Mr. Nathan Dough- drink and to wear, with churches and conveyed all my property; I christ»^ resigned their positions as employees | Mrs. Letrace of Heppner, Oregon, I think we had better make a start! it on the floor. The doctor was dress 'erty came in to look at the county, schools and good houses to live in, ed it my “Castle.” The next 2 of the Tillamook Spruce lumber com-1 is visiting her uncle, Charles Ray and for Astoria, this very morning, while ! ed simply with a “loin girdle” the the former took up 640 acres on what with roads (such as they are) open Howard and Taylor returned with the other relatives in Cloverdale, pany. we have got a part of a meal left to I body fully painted. The signal to is called the Trask river, (named ing up communication with the out boat to Clatsop. About the 20th of Jeese O’Neal, who is to be principal cousin Ray Hushbeck. eat. Cook laughed at him, said he. commence the ceremony was by the after Mr. Trask) now owned by Mm. side world, with good mail facilities May, Howard and Alfred Cook came W. B. Aune is here from Prescott, of the Bay City school this year, with we will cross tomorrow, and we shall j doctor springing to his feet, men, rerK1Ils .................. .. Perkins, , W. F. Holden and others, , enabling you to hear every week from his family will occupy the E. E. Lee Oregon spending a few days with his not starve for we can kill some ducks | women and children all joined in the Mr. Dougherty also took up 640 acres, lkindred or friends, and also steam- here in the boat. They helped me put Mrs. A. A. Compton is enjoying a and live fat. “Well,” replied Henry, I chanting, they would keep it up for II it is now divided also into several boat accommodations to San r ran- up my house (where Peter Morgan land home. visit from her brohter G. W. Brown of “I am ready for a hunt, will you go?” ; about twenty minutes, then rest a farms, these two men after selecting > cjsc0> Astoria or Portland, with stores now lives, 1860). Cook then left and Pearl Duermeldt and Elaine Bous- Howard and myself remained togeth- Tigard. Looing Cook. “Certainly, said ne, he, . ( ope». spell. The doctor would abtain from »heir claims, returned to ClatsoD 1 oing at voox. veriainiy, ” saiu «....... with provision», from th® ordii«- ■ie were White Star camp visitors er until about the 20th of August Th» Cloverdale Community dub away they started mrfr.g two rtf'es 1 foe« for eight er ni-e days, the l«rg I se i- . <ednesday ary to the dainty, with saw mills to county for their families when I started for California. Short, ' er he fasted the greater doctor he Walter Oliver and family, Dr. exhibit at the fair should be visited j I was left alone to take care of camp. Just at this date a man named cut your lumber, enabling you to have ly after I left, Cook and H. Wilson j was, dancing would be kept up the by every resident of the south end of ' About midday they returned, wet as Young and wife and Mr. Murphy of Means arrived at Astoria with a brig respectable looking houses and good came here; Cook took the claim that San Diego are visiting friends and of the county at least. Grandma Fos rats, and no game. It stormed so whole time. Indians who came a long antine called the “Quadratus,” 150 kind neighbors to visit every day, and ter’s family of “Spuds” at the main heavy that they could not get near distance would be given a small pres tons burden, engaged in salmon fish then turn back to the leaves of mem Vaughn has at present and Wilson relatives in this city. Hans Leison has returned from ! entrance are doing their best to ad- I any wild birds. I had a good fire ent for the pleasure of their attend- ing, and hearing of Tillamook Bay ory about 38 years and contrast your took the one that Jas Higenbotham now has. In the spring of ’52, Nath Alaska where he spent 14 months | vertise the club. They take their ' and we had just enough coffee left I ance, but to resume. We told them and that it was famous for salmon, position with that of the old pioneers an Daugherty came here with his we had been kept about three days blue ribbon seriously and may make I to make one drink around, we remain- fishing. Fish are running good. he concluded to come here and be pre of 1852, friends and neighbors miles Dr. Doan, grand treasurer of the ' an excursion to the state fair. The i ed by the fire until quite late when I across the river and nothing to eat, pared to fish by May 1st. His vessel distant from each other, no food to family. His wife was the first white grand lodge of Oregon from the I women of the community have just | we tried to get a little sleep, but Oh! ! they expressed their sorrow for us was manned by a crew of eight men, be obtained other than fish, hemmed woman who seen Tillamook (and up Dalles and Mr. Williamson from Port j cause to feel proud of their part. the lively flea, we had to sit up nearly I and at once gave us a quantity of Mr. Dougherty and family consist in by the ocean on one side and by to this date the only white woman who has died here.) j dried ely meat, which we considered land made Pacific Lodge No. 105 a Five out of seven entries in fancy all night. ing of wife and two children, came in mountains on all others, living in the work won prizes as follows: Mrs. ( At daylight a cry was raised, A j fine. They started for their fishing as passengers. This was the first midst of a band of Indians that could A few months after Daugherty visit Friday evening. T..._ ---- A taffy pull was held at the home H. J. Henry, first prize on tatting; (canoe! “A canoe on the river!” We ' grounds, we resumed our journey white family in Tillamook county. exterminate them all in a single night, came, Trask and his family came and of J. R. Duerfeldt, Friday evening. Mrs. Hollis Franklin, second on cent all rushed forward filled with joy, down the beach about eight miles to They stopped with Sam Howard until i the poor little children without shoes settled on the claim they now reside The evening was spent pulling taffy erpiece; Mrs. Ray Hushbeck, second, only to meet with another disappoint the entrance of Tillamook Bay, but we Mr. D. could make a home for them. ' to wear and the men and women very on. and playing cards. Those present bedspread; Mrs. Ernest Kirby, first ment, for it turned out to be nothing were now greatly refreshed and Mr. Means also owned a sloop of 10 little better off, now, would any of were Pearl Duerfeldt, Naomi Sim on bed set and Mrs. Al Wade second but an old log floating down with a travelled like horses knowing that we or 12 tons burden, and as he could you, today, blame these hardy few MRS. RHODA JOHNSON mons, Cora Pike, Myrtle Mather, on crochet. lot of shags standing upon it. We were near the goal. We reached the utilize her, when he had not fieigh, i when spring dawned upon them, to There is perhaps no more interest Mrs. H. W. Kester’s bouquet of 61 still held on to the hope of being entrance soon after dark and hired an ! to make up a cargo for the “Quad- have left the country and even shook ing figure in the early history of Til Dick Hayes, Albert Mather, Roy ^Indian to take us up the bay as far Hayes, Fred Clayton and Gilbert varieties of flowers is attracting much able to construct some kind of a raft, ratus,” he ordered her in here and 1 the very dust off their feet, “poor lamook than that of Mrs. Rhoda John Duerfeldt. attention in the general flower ex- to cross over on, at high tide, which as “Bay City” now is, from there we I anchored the brigantine a little off the creatures.” The women and children son, more familiarly called “Aunt The Burke cannery has commenced hibit. Many other fine flowers do- would be about 2 P. M. but it again walked along the water front, we mouth of “O. S. Thomas Creek,” in would have been glad to have been Rhodie” by those who know her. canning blackberries. nated by generous members of the commenced to blow and rain like i were unaware of the sloughs, and it ■ three fathoms of water (now the able to have done so, but every thing Coming here with her parents, Mr. Don Provost, Albert Mather and community are used in decorating the blazes. Cook and Harry started out being dark the result was that Haines same place is dry at low tide.) Mr. they had on earth was here, and what and Mrs. James Quick, in October Harvey Heizer went on a hunting ex community booth. on a hunt and returned with a noor and myself sounded the depths of one Means was cooper by trade and he ■ else could they do but stay. What 1853, when she was nine years old she quite suddenly, it was not long how- cursion Saturday and Sunday. The proudest resident of the Nes old crippled goose, as thin as a snail, , erected his shop under a large spruce ( few garden seeds they possessed were able to remember the greater part of ver, before we scrambled out on the Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Alberding have tucca Valley this week is Miss Eliza (I always entertained the idea they ' tree where he made all his barrels. I planted, hopnig that they would be the events that took place. Mrs. moved into the house formerly oc beth Henry who won 13 prizes at the killed it from dying a natural death.) opposite side of the bank. This was The first of August saw the little blessed with an early reason and thus Johnson today at 75 years of age is our first experience in travelling cupied by Jack Stamper. Fair on her Jersey heifer^, Miss Anyhow, while the boys were drying sloop in Tillamook bay. Mr. Trask I obtain a little more to eat. far more active than many much Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grout of Henry has taken most of the care of their clothes, I dressed, or rather un over the lands. We all at once saw i and his family were passengers on younger people and her tales of the a bright light before us and made for Portland spent Friday and Saturday her stock during the week. dressed, the goose and soon had its it, and about 10 P. M. drew up before her, he went right ahead on to his TILLAMOOK’S SETTLEMENT AS pioneer days are a source of wonder visiting friends and relatives in this frame roasting on sticks before the claim, consequently the Trask fam Albert Heddinger won two prizes and delightful as well as historical city. - 4tn the Calf club exhibit on his hol- fire. About 5 p. m. our goose was a decent looking house occupied by a ily were the first white family “set TOLD BY FIRST RESIDENT information. Albert Mather, Roy Hayes, Gardon m stein calf. ready and you bet it was a sweet man named Samuel Howard who was tled” on Hoquarton Prairie.................. Miscellaneous Record, Vol. “A”, Opportunities for the education of a batch and was just about retiring Tompson, Dick Rayes and Clayton Records of Tillamook County, Ore- the children in the early days were w nfiRrdbbh„cjt.,imdrrryiau.B Barney Estabrook’s fine curio ex morsel, tough, but sweet, and the and Gilbert Duerfeldt spent Friday hibit has proven a strong drawing rain washed it down, The wind was for the night. We were overjoyed A Mr. Smalley had taken up the gon, County Clerk’s Office. few, as the parents were forced to on the Kelchis river picking black- card for the community booth at the all the time blowing a perfect hurri- ' . at our great good luck for being about 1860 place known as the Aiderman place, ■ tired out and not having had what work hard every day to gain a living berries. cane — no possible hope of getting | fair. now owned ,by Messrs. Hathaway, A brief account of the settlement of from the soil, and Mrs. Johnson tells | might be called a nights sleep for Mr. Sebertson local, fisherman, Hebo has united with Cloverdale across, night came on again and were | ! several nights. We were all quite' Elliott and McMillan, had built a cab Tillamook by the first white set us that the first school was taught by cleared over $4,000 fishing in Alaska this year in boosting the Nestucca compeled to pass another most mis I welcome, our guide, “Cooke,” had in on it and returned to Astoria. Sam tler, Jo Champion. Elbridge Trask in the evening after this year. erable night, how even Indian could Valley at the fair. The people of On the first day of April, A. D. the day’s work was done. There were The Wheeler Muscovite club visit Hebo have just cause to be proud of find rest in their huts was past my . brought him a little medicine from Howard dismally remarked, “I though I had lived hard in my time, 1851, I left the Columbia in a whale only seven pupils, four of the Trask ed the Bay City Muscovite club Fri their exhibit. They have an attract comprehension,, but I suppose they Astoria. Sam had bedh supping off before I came here, but I never lived boat with provisions for six months; children and three of the Quick’s of ! a fine pot pie of ducks, we soon got day evening to initiate the lady mus ive booth and an excellent display of are like the hogs, become used to | outside of what was left, and he in so long without bread suger, tea and the crew consisted of Sam’l Howard, whom Mrs. Johnson was one. They covites of this city into the club. them. The wind and the rain ceased their products. sisted on getting us more supper, but coffee before only just think, from the W. Taylor and myself; we being un were taught in the blacksmith shop After the ceremony a banquet was The Cow Testing association picnic in the night and the morning broke this we would not allow him to do, it middle of last January, until the pres acquainted with the entrance to the adjoining the old Trask home. At held and a general good time follow- with fair weather, we were s'irnng held at Cloverdale park last Saturday being late. He was told of our being ent time, (April) without bread ex bay, did not venture to enter the this time the Indians were close by proved a decided success. There was by daylight and Cook said we could detained on the Nehalem, and loss of cepting the little share I had of what same day as it was sunset when we and the Indian children were play 'Everybody Happy ? now cross if we would hurry and get a good crowd, and everyone enjoyed sleep, he remarked if that was the , flour you fellows left behind, the two arrived at the bar; but the next mates of the whites. Among them Ye Bo! things ready. We took long boards the basket lunch. A number of fine case, he’d bet we had lots of “Indian j families, I think, have not to my morning at about 10 o’clock we went was one John Tuckalias who learned Anybody downhearted? calves were shown and each boy ex from one of the huts, and fastening company” in our clothes, and furnish j knowledge, tasted bread within this safely in and followed a canoe to the (Continued on page 5) Gosh, No!” hibitor received a cash reward. Clov them together with an old rope we ing us with a clean supply of shirts time.” It was truly discouraging at This is how we feel now that school found and bound sticks accross, we erdale grange which had a share in and drawers, requested us to change this time, just look at the situation has started. the good work held an excellent ex made paddles out of pieces of I oard, and he would fix things in the morn of affairs, here we all expected Cap- and got a couple of long poles, by this hibit by the children of vegetables MRS. E. E. KOCH ing. We soon turned in and fell into Means to arrive in the bay every day PLEASANT VALLEY and sewing in the grange hall. The i means we pushed the raft along a sound sleep. I discovered next and every day seemed a week, and where shallow, and used our paddles F. E. Thomas and John Thomas speakers were Ed Lance of Tillamook, I would morning that Sam had been up all past dreary winter and now saw went to Estacada Sunday. Mr. Allen from the Oregon Agricul where it was deep water, like to tell right here now the Indians night boiling water and washing our a month, to those poor women and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hart of Boring, tural college and Mr. Schrock. made their boards or plank they nplit clothes and everything was dry and children, who had lived through the Mrs. Koch was a pupil of Prof. Welty of Dresden, Germany, visited relatives in Pleasant Valley Charles Dierke and the late Gifford Nash of Portland. Also a them out of the logs about 20 inches ready for us to put on. This was a each week appeared to be as long as last week. The student at the Chicago Musical College and Oberlin Conservatory wide and as long as they wanted their great act of kindness and was highly spring return and no bread. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Cross and Mrs. of Music besides having a teaching experience of 18 years. appreciated by us. We were desirous ' settlers had planted all the potatoes, house, they hewed them on both sides Anna Cantwell of Canby, called on Miss Marie Holden and Mrs. Ella Makinster of learning a little of Sam ’ s history until they were about two inches in iiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiinii Mr. and Mrs. Desmond Monday after and, as he was a right good fellow (Continued from page 2) assisting teachers thickness, these were laid crosswise noon. and as happy as a clam at high tide, Studio 506 2nd Avenue ’Phone 11-W of the house for a roof, the same as also dry a large stock of salmon roes, School opened Monday with Mrs. he did not hesitate in giving us the we put on siding — they last a iong May Lehnherr as teacher and an en- likewise their fresh meats such as A beautiful floor which we recom elk and deer. Many would also dry time, many years, and are considered following interesting facts. rollment of 34 pupils. mend is 13-16x2 1-4 Clear Plain "This house was built by Joe Cham quite valuable to them. Well, as soon "cockles, ” a species of clam with a Mr. I. H. Moore, Mrs. Chas. Mer- Red Ooak. To cover a 10x12 room pion, he was a “ batch ” and the first as our raft was ready, we Fhoved her rigid shell, these they would extract riaon, Charlie Moore, Misses Hattie with this grade. white settler here. He came in the , off, and found she worked fine, al from the shell and string them on Moore and Jennie Merrison visited strings and suspend them over their though the water came over it some, year 1850, from Clatsop county, Ore- : Costs________ _ relatives in Salem Sunday. SPRUCE Mrs. Lowell Ellis entertained the fires, very much in the old way of but it did not hurt us much, our gon, by sea, he hired a man to bring blankets were saturated but we said him down in a whale boat with the Ladies Aid at her home Thursday drying apples, but I digress. BEVELED SIDING Finding no Indians, our guide said “those lively cusses should not eat few effects he had, two or three other A afternoon. good grade 1-2x6, $40. 00 men agreed to join him but at the ! Gifts and Prizes for AU Occasion» Mrs. C. E. Pearson and Paul Pear the way to call them together was to another mouthful, so let them drown.” A good cheap grade, $30.00 son visited Sunday with relatives in fire guns, we had five with us, and We got over all right, and shoulder last moment went back on him so he Tiny Things for Little Tots Rowell, Brown & Co. as we wanted to get across the Ne ing our packs again, started down the came alone. He located on the place Newberg. Portland, Oregon Useful Articles for Baby Mr. G. B. Benton and daughter, halem, which is a Htream of consider river as fast as possible with Cook now owned by Mr. Ginger formerly Anything in Fancy Work—Hemstitching Mrs. Mary Howard left for Portland able width, we fired off our guns to ahead. We all felt so rejoiced at our known as “Peters place,” from the Phone or write Joe found a Monday after a short visit with Mr. attract attention. We fired several getting across that we almost for late Peter Morgan. H. J. Rasmussen Benton's daughter, Mrs. Ruth Des volleys, but all to no purpose. We will got how hungy we were, until we large spruce tree on the edge of the Exclusive Tillamook County Sales prairie, that was burned hollow which came to where the rock is, just above here state that we wanted the Indians mond. Mrs. Howard will visit rela Agent "Wood Aidermen’s,” near the creek. he made answer for his house, here tives in Portland before returning to to ferry us over the river. Rockaway, Oregon It was now nearly dark and it be- The seas were rushing in quite big, he dwelt for several months, until her home in Spokane, Wn. Mrs. Dave Jones is on the sick list. ( gan to rain, so we took shelter in an a roller came in very high and as it he could find a way of building him ihliltmiihimiiiimmitiMmHtltHiiiiiinHiimHimmmam Mr. and Mrs. William Turner and , Indian hut for the night, hoping that receded, left a tine silverside salmon self a house. The place was full of daughter went to Forest Grove Fri I in the morning we would find some on the riffle. I made a lunge for him, Indians and they were not very will I means of crossing the river, or bay but he got away. Cook said, wait, ing that the white man should possess day. V as it is now called. After supper another will come, as they are trying any of their land, however, Joe was Knight Adjustment Co. I Cook told us that if it did not blow too to get UP into fresh water. Sure allowed to take some land and live FAWCETT CREEK McMinnville, Hillsboro, Tillamook hard in the morning, we could make enough up came another, this time on it as their “Tillaco®’’ or friend Ralph Bodifelt has returned from n raft and cross over. We had but Mr. Haines made for him, and got He lived here alone until 1851. when a trip to California and has his old very little food left and was rather fastened on to him. but Mr. Salmon I came here. I am a Norwegian by job at the York Lumber company 1 regretting making so hearty a supper was nearly getting away, when Henry birth and a sailor by profession, as To mill. Mr. Bodifelt is staying with leaving so little for breakfast, not fell right on to him, holding right , Joe did not care much about living Portland-McMinnville his uncle. Bud Fleck. knowing how long we would have to onto him with both hands and brought here among the Indians and was will Hillsboro-Forest Grove Miss Jennie Reed spent» the week j stop here. We took a few loose boards him safely out, and the fact of having ing to sell. I bought him out.” end with her brother G. W. Reed. Corvallis-Salem spreading out our blankets prepared meat made us feel hungry again, we Such was Sam Howard* narrative. Chas. Fleck has moved his donkey for a solid nights rest, when we were built a fire right away and soon had I may state right here that . Eu.'rene-Roseburp J. C. engine home again. a nd Willamette Valiev suddenly aroused by hearing fire Mr. Salmon in pieces roasting. We ( hampion did not return to c. C. Morse is now able to drive i crackle. Harry Haines was building were fairly eating, when we were county for several years and is i this now Points his car. Mr. Morse was severly in- up the fire, said he. “boys I am going surrounded by Indians. Cook spoke an invalid on this county. Portland Tillamook 7 ix , L £ AVE TILLAMOOK jured in an auto accident last July to sit here, for I am just about chaw to them and soon learned they wer^ About this time a man named Iv 'OA. M.- and has only recently been able to ed up by fleas.” I was so tired out I from the village where we had ex :on came and located on what is Wil- 2 SO P M 49 No. Front St. now • w 209 1-2 Second A»«- , p M * be about. Holds 7 for arrival of " Manhattan fell off to sleep so soundly tha the perienced such difficulty in getting known as the "Davidson” place, and Clifford Thomas has been disking “lively flea” did not trouble me. but across the river. They told how they put on it a band of cows. Stage ____ He came Holds for arrival of Seaside Stage for John Blum the latter pa: t of las now I was awake we were all alike, haft left fishing and gone to a dance irom Astoria, the cows belonged to a LEAVE PORTLAND week. there was no more sleep that night, at the mouth of "Tillamook Bay, now Mr. Powers of Astoria. Wilscn to k ar',lanit 'amhi11 Streets) W. H. Edson has .purchased the we got through it by singing songs Garibaldi.” “Hyhn Indians”—Indian them on shares, they were the first -,J. ,:S0 A M 12:59 P. M old play she<l at Pleasant Valley and and yarning. Finally daylight came Sam was making “Tanuranimas,” this cows in Tillamook. Mr. Wilson was 4 30 P M 1150 P.M. is moving it to his farm. For and with it torrents of rain and heavv was a great Indian doctor. These the first se’tler on the river which arrtvals-departures an con Mr*. Elliott of Dallas, Oregon has winds from the southwest. Cook said . men woild lie down, sing and talk bears his name. Howard and Wilson nections call General Line of moved to her new home on the no c: easing the river for us to day , of strange things. Their manner of lived here amo-ig t the Indians, the UNION STAGE Shield« place. boys. This made us all feel miser- j dancing was, three or four men had TERMINAL able. Poor Harry Haines said, now I long poles with images carved on THE DEEP SEA FISHING BOtf I1? Av*’ East CLOVKRDAtE Both Phones wish I iiad gone back home from Til- i hem and painted, in the dance house RICHARD M. Margaret Foster slipped and lamook Head, when I wanted to, then the same number of poles were placed Will make trips leaving Garibaldi Portland - Newberg - Mc fell from he -unning board of a ear I should not have been in this scrape ' with one end on the floor and the At 1 P. M. Minnville-Tillamook MOWING MACHINES, DISCS and HARROWS driven by Ted Homschuh last Mon I said, “Never take hold of tha plov other end leaning against the wall EVERY SUNDAY Stages next the roof, on these poles loops day evening and was picked up un- and look back, Henry, but press for As long as weather permits. I m . Both Phones concioua but although she was badly ward and when we get to Tiilam<x>k. - of rawhide were fastened near the V Tillamook, Ore. > bruised her injuries are not serious. we may find something that will top. through these loops, the poles ABOUT THE COUNTY PIANO EARLY TRIP IS RELATED OAK FLOORING DENA-HANSEN GIFT-SHOP Across from Tillamook Hotel COLLECTIONS « STAGES MATHER’S TRUCK SERVICE A. W. Plank Hardware Co. Hardware .Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Glass X. ✓