Delegates for
Confab Picked
THE PEOPLE
SPEAK . . .
The Columbia county commit­
tee on children and youth will
meet October 15 at 8 p.m. at the
court house in St. Helens for the
purpose of reviewing the program
of the past year and to select their
delegates to the Governor’s Com­
mittee on Children and Youth
conference scheduled for Novem­
ber 29, 30 and December 1.
Columbia county will send 12
delegates to this conference in Sa­
lem. The delegates may be select­
ed from any interested organiza­
tion who will sponsor and under­
write the expenses of the delegate.
JUDY MIKESH
Ths delegate may be adult or a
senior in high school. The registra­
tion cost is $2.00 and other ex­
penses will be meals and rooms.
The organization sponsoring the
/
delegate may advise Rev. Elmer
J. Church, county chairman of
Miss Judy Mikesh a 17-year-old,
Clatskanie of ths name and adress 9-year 4-H club member from
of delegate as soon as convenient. Scappoose was chosen by the St.
Helens JCs as the Columbia coun­
ty representative fer the Miss PIP
contest. The final selection for this
contest will be made by the Port­
land JCs at the Alpenrose Dairy
on Thursday, October 11 at 2:00
p.m. The one selected as Miss PIP
The Columbia Association for and her court will be featured in
Retarded Children will hold their the Pacific International parade in
monthly meeting at the chamber Portland on Saturday, October 13.
of commerce building in St. Hel­
Judy is the daughter of Mr. and
ens on October 18 at 7 p.m.
Mrs. Charles Mikesh of Scappoose
There will be a program consist­ and has received many honors
ing of slides and sound track deal­ both in 4-H and Future Home­
ing with the problems of the men­ makers of America in high school.
tally retarded at home.
She has an older brother, Jim,
Guest speaker will be Abe Bur­ and two younger brothers, Joe and
rows. He will discuss the legisla­ Charles. She is presently doing
tion in connection with the special secretarial work in Portland.
education program. All friends and
Also in the contest in Columbia
parents of CARC are welcome to county were Cathy DuPuis from
attend.
Birkenfeld chosen as the first run­
ner up and Joan Knusel of Scap­
poose, second runner up. Others
Sutlons Return from
were Margaret Swanson, Rainier;
Month at Medford
Sandra Moilanen, Clatskanie; Ger­
aldine Holz, Columbia City; Chris­
RIVERVIEW — Mr. and Mrs.
tine and Kay Olson, Warren; Lin­
Roy Sutton returned home Sun­
da Gough, St. Helens and Pamela
day after spending a month at
Gardiner of Goble.
the home of their daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Family Arrives for
Walker, at Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Under­
Visit at Slelte Home
hill are the parents of a girl,
TIMBER RT.—Mr. and Mrs.
Joyce Marie, who arrived Octob­ Ray Cappelli and children, Bruce
er 4. She weighs 8 pounds, 12 and Cheryl, from Livermore, Cal­
ounces and joins three sisters and ifornia arrived Saturday for a vis­
two brothers.
it with her folks, Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Slette and Joanne.
Mrs. Bud Gibson and son, Jeff,
If the price is right some are
and Mrs. Carl Wienecke were in
willing to forgive and forget.
Forest Grove Friday and also cal­
led on Mrs. Pete Herinckx at
Banks.
Big floor heating
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Beal visi­
performance in a
ted in Estacada from Wednesday
until Saturday.
Vera Miller was hostess for a
Tupper ware party Friday even­
ing with Bobbi Pitner from Hills­
boro as demonstrator.
County Girl to
Enter Contest
Next Meeting
Date Posted
P a g e s From Our P a st
By Kenneth L. Holmes, writer historian
‘‘Union A strikes. Union B re­
spects A’s picket line for 30 days.
What do you think of a law that
would require the members of
Union B to vote by secret ballot
whether to continue to respect A’s
picket line?
“Naturally B will vote to con­
tinue to respect A’s picket line if
B thinks A’s demands are worthy.
But if A is striking for a 25%
raise and B thinks that is inflat­
ionary and unfair since B‘s latest
contract calls for a 10% raise, then
B will probably vote to go back to
work. The voting shall be free of
any threats from any hierarchy (as
self-perpetuating union officials).
“During the recent Ironworkers’
strike, a Willamette Valley local of
another union voted to go back to
work, but its International Offi­
cers would not permit it to cross
the Ironworkers’ picket line. In­
ternational Officers have recently
crossed picket lines when they
didn’t agree with the strikers, so
why should not the rank and file
have the same right WHEN and
only when the majority of its non­
striking local so votes?’’
The above letter is in current is­
sue of Rank and File, a magazine
published by union men in Port­
land for rank and file union men.
The general manager is Walt Low-
blad, a Columbia county boy
raised in Deer Island. His folks
now live in St. Helens.
Lawrence Meissner
Sometimes a fellow gets the idea
he is a genius, and then he can’t
think of anything else.
A smart girl gives a man just
enough rope to lead her to the al­
tar.
"THE GREAT SODA FOUN­
TAIN OF THE WEST’
The great road to the Pacific
Northwest for many years was the
Oregon Trail, the route of the
covered wagons. Along this trail
were a number of landmarks re­
membered by all who came by
that route The attraction remem­
bered most often was “the Great
Soda Fountain of the West,” as
it was usually called, near present
Soda Springs, Idaho. Thousands of
people drive through this small
southern Idaho community and
don’t realize the fame of that area
among the early travelers to the
Northwest.
One pioneer who passed that
way on July 29, 1839, was Sidney
Smith, who was called “Blubber-
mouth Smith” by his friends.
Smith wrote in his diary, now in
the library of Pacific University
at Forest Grove: “Campt about a
half mile below the Soda Spring
& as we passed Stopt and took a
fine drink of the pure Soda of all
the curiosities that I ever Saw this
Spring Surpasses all them whare
the water is throughn out is an
orifice of about Six inches Di­
ameter & about 3 feet is a scape
pipe or Safety valve which wards
off steam pressure as on Steam
Engeon & about every 3 or 4
Scapement their is about 6 times
the Quantity of Soda throughn
fouth, on any of the intermediate
Scapements It is through A Sollid
Rock, with exception of the 2 orri-
fices above mentioned the Scape
pipe is an o f fice of about an inch
to 114 in Diameter.”
If the springs were miraculous,
Smith’s spelling is even more so.
There is a letter written by the
missionary, Henry Spalding, who
passed the Soda Springs three
years earlier than Smith, in 1836.
He called the spring “one of the
greatest curiosities in the world:
a natural Soda fountain of un­
known extent having several
openings." He threw a rock into
the pool at one of these openings
and in a few minutes the whole
fountain seethed in violent activ­
ity.
The missionary wrote with high
praise of the springs as a possi­
ble tourist attraction in future
years “Perhaps in the days when
a railroad connects the waters of
the Columbia with those of the
Missouri this fountain may be a
source of great gain to any Co.
that shall accomplish such a noble
work if they are before hand in
securing it. For I am sure if visi­
tors can coma from the far cast
to see the Niagra falls they would
not value a few days more to visit
Rocky mountains.”
The trappers such as Jim
Bridger, Kit Carson, Joe Meek,
and the rest, often visited the fizz- -
water phenomenon and spoke of
"Beer Springs” many times in la­
ter reminiscences.
Several years ago I wrote to
Walter Wilcox, former editor and
publisher of the Soda Springs
weekly newspaper, the Sun, ask­
ing him if the Springs were still
something to see. In his reply, a
colorful one, Wilcox wrote telling
that the springs are still "Soda’s
pride and joy.” The main one is
now called "Hooper Spring.”
There is a nice city park around
it, and those who drink at this
fount are called “Hooper Doop-
ers.” “It serves as our summer re­
creational area,” he writes, “and
also our cocktail lounge. Whiskey
the great Soda fountain of the
Oerttonia Eagie
THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1962
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Relatives at Coos Bay
Attend Final Services
MIST—Ella Mae Nielson and
Amy Kyser and their father, Er­
nest, were up from Coos Bay for
the funeral of his father, the late
Geo. Kyser.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hanson
had his sister and family visit
them on Sunday. Mrs. Hanson
spent the week end home from
Mulino where she teaches.
Albert Blount and family have
moved to Vernonia. He called on
the Wayne Kysers Saturday.
Mrs. C. Hansen was surprised
with a birthday cake Thursday at
a community gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Devine made
a business trip to Forest Grove
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kyser
called on the Sanders Thursday
evening.
Coin Club To Meet
The Nehalem Valley Coin Club
will meet Sunday afternoon, Oc­
tober 14. at 2:00 p.m., at the West
Oregon Electric building. This is
a special meeting to give more
time for coin exchange and infor­
mation and to accomodate those
who find it hard to attend the
regular meetings held the last
Thursday evening of each month.
All coin collectors or those inter­
ested in starting the hobby are in­
vited to come.
‘Hooper Dooper’ drinkers are care­
ful to float the liquor on top of
the water for best results.”
We must say that this last con­
tingency is something that the
Rev. Henry Harmon Spalding did
not forsee.
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