VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA, OREGON
PAGE FOUR
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1932.
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ty of supplying funds for its
mare wilt ne as busy as a scared
would have a great market in WILSON RIVER
pismire In about a minute."
SURVEY NOT
construction is understood on a
Japan, China and Philippine Is­
Soon they raced Into a deep,
DISCONTINUED budget which has been trimmed,
lands as well as an increased mar­
shadowed vale between high moun­
ket in the east
it is believed that the Wilson river
tains. Its crystal paving, sheltered
Authoritable reports from the road does not come under the
from the wind, had a thin covering
Tuesday afternoon, talks on in­
of hard snow. Here they made
creased consumption of dairy pro­ office of thi engineer department designation of a new super-high­
slower headway and had to do
ducts were given as well as the of the state highway department way because it was started before
some hauling.
advertising and market phases at Salem this morning denied the this decision was made.
Rounding a bend as night was
statement published last week in
falling, they saw ahead of them
of the subject.
—Forest Grove News-Times
on a long. wide, natural terrace
night’s Portland to the effect that the
Speakers
at
Tuesday
the glimmering windows of a
(Clatskanie Chief)
THE NEWSPAPER CRITIC
banquet which was a joint affair highway commission was calling in
cabin. It was the home of a Dutch
George Fullenwider of Carlton with the Clatskanie Kiwanis club out of the snow the surveying
When you hear a man finding
shepherd and tobacco grower. He
and his family received them with was elected president of the Ore­ were Max Gehlar, director of the crews on the Wilson river and fault with the local newspaper,
joy and gave them food and lodg­ gon State Dairymen’s association state department of agriculture, Short-Road-to-the-Sea highway.
open it up and ten to one you’ll
ing.
at the closing session of the or­
At the time of the publication find he hasn’t an advertisement
Snow fell In a windless night ganization’s annual meeting here and Dr. William A. Schoenfeld,
dean and director of the school of this statement it was stated in it; five to one he never gives
So much of It that the Iceboat was
no longer of any use to the trav­ Tuesday and Wednesday.
of agriculture and experiment that Commissioner C. K. Spauld- it a job of printing; three to one
elers. They gave It to the Dutch-
Will Henry of Portland was stations at O. S. C.
ing said that in view of the de- he does not take the paper; two
man. who took them many miles chosen vice-president; Prof. P. M.
Mr. Gehlar explained the work­ cree that no super-highways are to one that if he is a subscriber
down the long ice way with bls
team and farm sled. A booby-hut Brandt of O. S. C., secretary­ ings of the new state department to be put under construction this he is a delinquent one; even odds
had been fastened to the sled and treasurer; and Roger Morse, O. S. which he heads and Dr. Schoen­ year it was a waste of money to he never does anything to help
the three men sat In it. Their host C., assistant secretary.
feld spoke on the world situation carry on the surveys and besides the publisher to run a good
left them under the high rock cliffs
Portland, Tillamook and La and outlook as pertaining to the weather made the work un­ paper, and 40 to one he is the
on the west shore, that being as
most eager to see the paper when
far as he thought It prudent to go Grande asked for the 1933 con- dairying. He was also optimistic comfortable.
with the weight of horsea. From vention, and no decision was as to the future. His address was
it comes out and borrows it from
Snow
Interrupt«
Work
there Amos and Robert shouldered made, that being left t° the exe- the outstanding talk of the con­
his neighbors before they get time
their packs and went on afoot.
A crew working near Glenwood to read it — Royalton (Minn.)
committee which will vention.
They carried letters from the cutive
had been temporarily laid off be­ Banner.
Dutchman to the Dominie Bogar- choose the location at a later date.
Resolutions Passed
cause of snow but will return to
due and to Francis Molemacker I One hundreu eighty registered
Resolutions passed at the clos­ work as soon as weather condi-
who ran the Horse MUI.
Read the Eagle classified ads
The afternoon was far spent at the convention here the open­ ing session of the convention tions warrant.
—there may be something that
ing
day
and
a
large
number
did
thank
the
state
press
and
farm
when they came to the lofty river
The report of the discontinu- will save you money.
wall, the top of which was some' not register, it is said by those journals for their support of the
ance
of activities on the Wilson
two hundred feet above the Ice who had charge of this work.
oleo tax law and urged their con­
plane on the northwestern corner
river road locality was not receiv-
Will
Henry,
secretary
of
the
tinued
support.
They
also
thanked
of the island. On Its summit was
ed with any particular alarm. The
an Indian camp and a number of Co-operative association of Port­ the stores of the state that had
warriors and their chief. In hla land, was the principal speaker refused to sell butter substitutes. present commission voted to des­
feathered head-dress, looking down Wednesday afternoon and he out-
Other resolutions were as fol­ ignate the Wilson river road and
upon them. Beyond this elevated
has pledged itself to forwarding
lined
the
advantages
lows:
of
the
co
­
tabl^and was a wooded wilderness
its
completion. While the difficul­
The Oregon Dairy Council was
with high rock ridges, Inland, de­ op to producers, also reciting its
nuded by fire. They came soon to remarkable growth during the endorsed.
a low shore and sand hills made, past two years.
The campaign to eradicate tu­
no doubt, by strong west winds
Prof. Brandt spoke Wednesday berculosis was endorsed.
blowing over the strand at low wa­
They asked the state depart­
ter. Far southward they saw ths morning and stated that a college
smoke of a house rising above the survey had revealed that the av­ ment of agriculture to be given
forest and soon a rude roadway, erage annual butterfat production authority to order a guaranty of
bridged from the Ice, over which
sleighs and horses had lately of Oregon cows was 274 pounds, mineral supplements which are
traveled. They took this path In about 50 pounds above the na­ now being purchased by dairymen
the snow and came before long to tional average, He made an ap- and stock raisers.
a log house In a large clearing. peal for still higher producing
They approved Prof. P. M.
There they learned from farmer
Brandt as official spokesman for
Van Dlncklagen that they had cows.
i
Roger Morse also spoke, dwell- the dairymen of the state.
come to “The Bouwerle In the For-
eat" and that New Amsterdam win ing chiefly on the necessity of
They urged the U. S. govern­
less than two miles below, The culling herds and the use of im­ ment to serve only dairy products
farmer told them how to reach the
He advocated a to United States soldiers and
Indian path which led southward proved sires.
against the use of sailors instead of butter substi-
to the city gate. They crossed campaign
Bestaver’s brook and came to a young bulls.
tutes and cocoanut oils. They also
. . is possible even in these difficult times.
high hill commanding the lower
asked that butter substitutes be
Tuesday
morning
’
s
session
was
end of the Island. The could see
many roofs, the fort and Its wind­ given over to the president, Sid­ no longer served in U. S. hos-
Hunt out your old clothes—even the discarded
mill and masts and rigging In ths ney Miller’s address. He painted a pitals and other institutions.
ones, and send them along to us. We’ll clean them and
harbor.
They
thanked
Clatskanie
and
dark picture of the dairy industry.
press them and make them as fresh and bright as
“There we be at last 1" Amos ex­
Pres. Miller was followed by Clatskanie Kiwanis club for their
when new.
claimed. "The place where ye take Marshall N. Dana, associate edi­ hospitality.
water from this heathen land! tor of the Oregon Journal, who I They asked that dairymen be
Now silence and a prayer to GodJ
MEN’S SUITS—
I eye It as a piece o' Providence." was far more optimistic, believ-, given permission to make their
Cleaned and Pressed
Descending the hill they crossed ing that the dairy industry had I own tests for abortion,
a boggy flat and came soon to a been hit the least of all agricul’-i
"
’
lake with a small island In the tural pursuits during the depress. ^Jle regional forester's j>ffice
midst of It. At the “top of the sion and seeing bright days ahead.
Portland, Oregon, has 12 spe-
town" was a wooden palisade of
strong pickets driven into the
He pointed out that California cial sets of colored lantern slides
DRY CLEANING DEPARTMENT
ground. The gate, beyond a rude had taken almost a million pounds for loan to schools of Oregon and
PHONE 711
roadway called the Indlnn path, more Oregon
butter
in
1931
than
Washin
»
ton
;
These
mB
*
be
3e
’
vregon outrer >n
man
was wide enough to admit a team
in
1930
and
he
believed
the
time
e
“
r
®
d
for
'
ir
"
ited
Periods
free
of
A
watchman
of horses abreast,
.
.
_
charge except for cost of trans-
halted them at the gate, Amos was soon coming when Oregon I portation.
showed his letters and In Dutch
dispelled all doubt of their good
Intentions. It was now quite dark,
and the windows of the big ware­
house of the West India company
and In many small dwellings
were aglow.
They went with their letter to
the house of Dominie Bogardus on
Pearl street, to which some chil­
dren had directed them. The good
roan received them warmly and
listened to their plans. Amos told
him that they were Puritans who
>a4 been captured by the Indians.
DAIRYMEN
HOLD 1932
CONVENTION
WILDERNESS
\
¿ft Tale of the foeginning
X
ofEngland £
5t.n.viCfa,
"A rope on his neck I
Every
morning he gets up to be hanged
again by the neck and to be gazed
at by the crowd. My God I This
Is torture! It is burning a man
up by Inches. And Harry Vane is
governor 1”
Amos touched the shoulder of
Ills young friend with a curious
tenderness In his big rough hand,
as he said:
“It’s a hell of a fuss over a small
mutter. I’ll go to Boston myself
and swear that I done It. All the
wives and old maids and young
maids would be sayin' that they
always knew I was a devil with
the gals.”
“Robert Is the man to go," said
Rosewell.
Amos answered: “I can tell ye
that he will not go.”
"I prefer that he speak for him­
self. If he refuses to go with me
there will be no longer any doubt
of Ills guilt.”
"When I go to Boston I shall
choose my own time and company,"
Bald Robert.
He went to the house to get his
coat, for a cold blast was blowing
down the lake.
"Cat’s foot!” Amos exclaimed.
“Ye say that the people o' Boston
think that Robert Is guilty. I
reckon there’s one who don’t
think so.”
"Who is that?” Rosewell de­
manded.
"Peggy Weld. I’ll bet my head
on It I am right."
Amos had been whittling as he
spoke. He rested his knife and
looked at the newcomer, who said:
“I am not authorized to express
Miss Weld’s opinions.”
"Yes, I know," said Amos. “Ye
haven’t thought ’bout yerself a
minute. Ye're so Interested In Jus
tlce and right that ye’ve app’lnted
yerself to look Into the tacts, and
ye’ve traveled three hundred
leagues In doin’ It. I declare. Rose­
well, ye’re one o' the saints o’ Uod.
O' course ye'll tell Peggy that ye
didn't know any more ’bout Robert
when ye left here than ye did when
ye come."
“What 1 say to anyone will de­
pend wholly on my own Judgment
and conscience," Rosewell an­
swered.
Robert returned from the house.
He brought the puzzle locket which
I’eggy hail loaned to him when he
left her.
"How long do you stay with us?"
he asked.
Ilosewel! answered: “Only a few
minutes. My ship will be leaving
New Amsterdam In nine dnys. I
shall hnve to hurry to make It.
Before 1 go I have a question to
ask you. The truth Involves no
peril to you Being beyond the Jur­
isdiction of the court you can safe­
ly go to the Dutch town and take
a ship for Holland. The happiness
of your friend depends on your an­
swer. Are you the man whom the
constable found with Mabel Hart­
ley In a thicket the night you left
Boston ?”
“You hnve no right to ask me
that question, and I refuse to an
swer it," said Robert.
With perfect composure ltose
well answered:
"Then my work Is finished, and
we will return to the fort. We
shall lodge tonight at a Dutch trad­
ing post twelve miles south of here.
If you change your mind, as I hope
you may, you can find us there un­
til eight o'clock tomorrow morn­
ing.”
"1 have this little trinket that
belongs to Peggy Weld," said Rob­
ert. "She let me take It the night
I left you and her and others at
the governor's house. I expected
to return It tlie next dny when we
were to see each other. As I may
never sen her again, will you have
the kindness to take It back to her?
It is an old keepsake of her family,
and I am sure that she will want
to have It.”
"I shall see that she gets It,”
Rosen ell answered coldly.
Forthwith he nnd the Dutch of­
ficer set out on their Journey to
the south.
“lie didn’t like that." said Amos
with a chuckle and a flirt of hla
foot. “There's pages o’ history be­
hind this Journey o' his. Peggy has
turned cold on Ills hands. She
stands for ye ag’ln’ the whole
town. He knows that she Is In
love with ye. Ho come here to
show her that he's n bettor man
than you bo. He’ll make out that
ye confessed to him, but Peggy Is
no fool. She'll grig him good.”
The Dutchman swore when they
told him of the visit of the Iro­
quois hunters.
“If 1 had boon here they would
have been more careful of their be­
havior. They are like animal«,
quick to sw It If you are a little
scared of them Then they’ll walk
on your face. They know that the
fort Is behind me. They call me
the ‘Son of Thunder’ and I treat
them like n lot of school boys."
They helped the Dutchman with
his packing. Next morning In good
weather they left the trading post
with the Dutchman and hla men,
the casks, bedding and kitchen
utensils Inshed upon sleds. After
four days of hard travel they
reached the fort on a hill over-
looking the North river and a
stretch of cleared lands west of It.
At a little inn they learned that
Rosewell had left some day« be­
fore In a alelgli. For a week the
river had been thinly Iced. They
could only wait for It to be well
covered.
"Let yer lungs rest." the old
pioneer said to Robert, "Ye trust
to Amos. His mazzard has done
a little contrivin'. He’ll shoot ye
down to open water comftable and I
as fast as ye want to ride. All
we need la Ice without too much
snow on It. I reckon this north
wind will put a stout roof on that
river In two or three days.”
The reckoning of Amos was not
far wrong. Within a week laden
sleighs drawn by horsea were
crossing the river, and the young
folks sped over the glimmering lea
plane on their skates. Meanwhile
Amos had made friends with the
village carpenter. The two had
built a sled, with a beam of un­
usual width, and stout enough to
carry a short must. Robert found
them at work In the shop.
“What is that?” he asked.
"Well, sir, she looks like a
Dutch dog, but she's an Iceboat."
said his friend. “All she needs
now is a sail and a pair o’ sharp
iron shoes that'll grab hold o’ the
Ice. She'll be rigged proper to-
night. I don't know how ye feel,
but Amos has nary a cloud In bis
sky.”
"I am as happy as a caged squir­
rel," Robert answered. "When do
we start?"
“Tomorrow at sunrise and with
a small tent and a store of beef,
bread and b’lled eggs. If the wind
keeps up we’ll do a lot o’ sllppln’
afore dark—ye set yer mind a
chawin’ that cud.”
They sped away at daybreak
with a stiff cold wind blowing
down the river valley, their goods
and provisions lashed to the deck
and Amos on the stern where he
could manage the steering lever
and the rope. They went in long
tacks even faster than the wind
at times.
“I'm like a man on a horse
that’s runnln’ away," said Amos
with a laugh. “She’s got the bit
in her teeth, nnd I don't know
how to stop her."
They were cold and hungry when
at a bond In the Ice plane Amos
steered his curious craft In the lee
of a high shore and skidded her
into rough lee hflrd by the bunk.
"Now, old mare, you stand there
a while,” said Amos. "Don’t be so
crazy to go. You’d starve us to
death—you busy old bird. We’re
goln’ to build a Are and warm up
and get n fresh hold on happiness."
They went nshore nnd gathered
wood. With flint and tinder and a
pinch of gunpowder Amos got his
lire going. Near it they sat on a
rug of hemlock boughs and ate
their food, with n bottle of good
wine to help It on Its way.
“That dinner has Improved the
look o' the world,” snld the pioneer
ns he arose nnd gathered up the
remnants. "Amos has no fault to
find. We'll shove her out Into the
wind and get aboard
The old
A Closet Full of Clothes for
Spring . . . just like new
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