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! T he G ate C ity J ournal VOL. XXII. NO QUARANTINE VOIED BY LIVESTOCK MEN NYSSA, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7. 1924 r BIG BEND Good Attendance at Showing of Slides at School House— Fishing Trip Sunday—New PupiL $1.50 PER YEAR Malheur Cave Indian Stronghold OWYHEE Orval Fabion will move on the ranch recently occupied by Haleys BAN TO BE PLACED ON CALI this week. Bernice Tureman spent Sunday j FORNIA PRODUCTS. with Mrs. T. D. Scott. Lloyd Bernard, Rex Wicklurd, Last summer J. B. Horner, Ore-1 spear heads. Also they fortified Robert Welsh and Verle Pyle went gon Agricultural College professor' the entrance of the fort and built Fishing Sunday. They caught twoj of history, visited Harney county,! two barricades some distance apart small fish. They reported a nice and while there secured some good in the cave. White men and Indians- meal which consisted of two fish data regarding ancient history of now living have seen these fortifi Cattle, Straw, Hay and Packing only. the Harney valley and Malheur cations. Materials Not to Be Admitted Mrs. Russell Fleetwood will re cave in particular. Malheur cave is “The Shoshones came. They fought Because of Epidemic. turn to her home in Ontario this located about 22 miles southeast of hard, but they could not drive *he Crane, nearest railway station, j Piutes from their stronghold. They week. Golda Barrett entered the Bend Chief Po-to-si, or Chief Louie asj went back to their home. The (From Malheur Enterprise.) school this week. She has been called by the jvhites, now lives in Piutes were left in the possession Quarantines will be laid down by to the Parma school. the Indian village near Bums, j of this country till the white man Oregon and Washington against ail Robert Ruddell spent Sunday Prof. Homer’s historical write-up, came. livestock, straw, hay and packing taken from the Crane American, is I “I do not know the year of the with the Cone boys. materials from California as a re battle, but my father told me that Many of the Big Bend and King- given here in part: sult of a conference of livestock ex When Harney valley was a lake; the things of which I shall now man Kolony people spent Sunday perts in Portland the first of this and buffaloes were plentiful in Ore-j speak took place since then. He week. The ban against California on Rimrock. Everyone had a lovely gon, a battle took place between the said Big Harney lake became two time. will go into effect at once. Pi-utes and the Shoshones at a; small lakes, one of which is now The slide which was given Satur Sacramento is the center of the lava river tunnel now called Mal called Malheur Lake The white day night was on Norway and Scot epidemic of foot and mouth disease heur cave According to the Indian man came into our country. A dis land. There were 127 pictures and that has brought about a serious method of reckoning time, this oc ease which the Piutes call '‘small situation in that section. Livestock all proved to be a success. There curred during the war of 1812, orj pox’ killed most of the buffaloes. wi^ be a slide at the school house is dying rapidly there from the dis earlier. It was like the plague that kills off ease and the contagion is spreading next Saturday night. Everyone is The narrative was recited to the the rabbits in this country every invited. The slide has not come through the state. writer by Chief Po-to-si, whose few years.” yet so the name is not known. 8500 Infected. Cave Is Entered. father, Chief Ko-tsu-nu, led the Pi- j Some of the residents in this vi Eight thousand five hundred head utes in the defense of the Malheur | Torches of sheep wool dipped in of livestock in three California cinity toured to Homedale Sunday. and Harney hunting grounds and kerosene were improvised to enable Miss Marie Wilson returned home counties have been found infected us to enter the deep darkness of the related the story to him. with the hoof and mouth disease, Saturday night. She has been help Chief Po-to-si is extensively quot-; cave. The doorway, 30 feet wide and ing her aunt, Mrs. Tom Godwin, G H. Hecke, California commission ed in Dr. George L. Marsden’s un 7 feet high, broadened and height er of agriculture, announced Tues during the last week. published volume of “Indian Lore ened into 50 and 20 feet, respective day. Q Edna Wilson and Frances Schultz and Habits,’’ and he is regarded as ly, as we progressed. In some re Hecke is at Oakland heading the went to Ant Butte on horseback truthful by his acquaintances. He j spects it resembles a New York fight against the disease which cen Sunday. Chester Wilson and two is now 81 years of age. Although subway. The comparative smooth of the Lyman boys also went to thc ters in Alameda county. blind, Po-to-si is fairly active and ness and gentle gradient of the Four counties are now under hills afoot. apparently sound in mind. He says floor made walking easy in Malheur strict quarantine and 17 others Lewis Miller spent Sunday with that his memory extends back to cave. Old settlers tell us that under provisional quarantine. John Barnard in Arena Valley the time when Harney valley was a dances to orchestral music were The stock found infected will be vast lake abounding in fish; when given in the deserted Indian fort killed as soon as the work of dig buffalo bones were common on the ress when Harney valley was first ging trenches for their burial and surrounding range and the Pi utes settled. In gome tunnels of the same similar details can be completed. worshipped the sun and the moon. system the floors are sheets of ice during the entire year, giving the The total number of cases report Four Years’ University Scholarship Conflict la Described. 0,5 Given High School Student ed includes 2510 cattle and *60oj Acording to Chief Po-to-si, the aspect of a natural skating rink. for Best Manuscript. hogs. The floor is drained on both sides Shoshones and other tribes, during Wainscoting Idaho Will Quarantine. Washington, D. C., March 3.— the leadership of his father, sought by natural trenches. The state of Idaho will establish p our years at college with all ex- control of the Harney country, surmounted with fantastic cresting a quarantine to prevent invasion of penses paid is the inducement held which was rich in fish and game. prompts the inquiry: “By what re the disease from California. The ac- j o u t t o h i g h s c h o o l 8 t u d e n t s of the Ill feeling arose between the Piutes markable process was it placed tion was decided Tuesday by Mar- United Stateg for thc begt essay on and the Shoshones, and a conflict there? What hand tinted those cus A. Means, commissioner of a g -! the aubject <-The Relation of jm. ensued which is described by Chief walls in green and gray and gar What powWr loosened those riculture, on advice of Dr. Wendell proved Highways "to Home Life,” Po-to-si in the following language: net? R. Smith, director of the bureau of according to a statement today by “My name is Po-to-si. The whites blocks of stone overhead, which animal industry. the Highway Education Board. call me Chief Louie. I am the threaten like the sword of Damocles, Utah Bars Livestock. Announcement of this proposal is chief of the Oregon. Piutes. My and has heldt hem in place while A quarantine against the importa- being made to all state, city and father was chief of the same tribe. men passed beneath unharmed?” The journey of half a mile is tion of any California livestock in to , county school officials as promptly His name was Ko-tsu-nu. Utah unless it has been subjected a8 poS8ible. The offer is in the *‘I now tell you what I saw and easily accomplished, when suddenly to a thorough examination by in - 1 foorm of B contegt, in which all said several Piutes were camping on one steps into the edge of an under spectors of the Utah department of studentg of high school grade are the lake near Malheur cave before I ground lake which the light of the agriculture has been issued as a re- eUgible to compete. The four years was bora. Harney valley was a torch did not reveal. This subter suit of the outbreak of the disease aj college constitute a scholarship big lake then. A band of Sho ranean lake is the principal source in California. given annually by H. S. Firestone, I shones had come to catch our fish I of the south fork of the Malheur Not in Oregon Yet. Akron, Ohio, for the best essay on a and kill our buffaloes. Some of the; river. The water is very clear, The disease has not reached Ore- pertaining to elementary Piutes became very sick. They had pure and wholesome and only a few gon or Washington as yet. The bjgbway economics. The contest is ' probably eaten poisonous roots. But degrees above the freezing point, scourge is highly infectious, spreads lhe fifth conducted in a8 many 8UC. the medicine man said their sick yet bathers come long distances to themselves therein. The rapidly and there is no cure for it. j 0C8Sjve years under the auspices of ness was due to the presence of the refresh The only way to check the spread is the higbway organization, Shoshones. The medicine man was presence of a rude craft indicates to lead the infected animals into a ,pbe 0f tbe contest are sim- like a priest among the Indians. My that riding by torchl ight on this trench, shoot all, cover them with i |de Any student of high school father worshipped the sun and the underground lake is one of the en lime and bury them. grade is eligible to enter. Eesays moon, and he believed the medicine joyable attractions of the Malehur Every avenue through which it j t o b e w r i t t e n m u 8 t not exceed 700 man. The Piutes suddenly fell upon cave. MARCH 15 LAST DATE may be brought into the Pacific j w o r d g ln length, and the closing the Shoshones and killed all but Now Pleasure Resort. FOR FILING INCOME RETURNS Recapitulating, Malheur cave was Warning Sent Out From Collector’s northwest will be guarded. Dogs j on which essays must be pre- one of them. are declared to be carriers of the gented to gchool principals is April “The Shoshone tribe, learning of once a moving mass of molten mat Office. disease, although not themselves 21, 1924. Aside from the usual the massacre decided to make war ter, a portion of which took the Portland, Or., March 6.—“It is sufferers from it. Dairy products statements that essays must be upon the Piutes. The Piute medi form of an underground river, ap very apaprent that any proposed also transmit the disease if from in written on one side of the paper cine man told our people that the parently so hot that demons, after reduction by congress affecting the fected dairies, and packing mater only^nu st be the original work of coyote told him what the Shoshones bathing in it, could have chilled to federal tax on 1923 incomes cannot ials are among the worst sources to the writers, and that the decision of were about to do. death in hades. Later it was the be enacted into law and made ef spread the disease, since they reach the judges is final, there are no fortress of the Piutes, who fought Piutes Without Guns. fective prior to March 15, which Is most isolated communities befoie wther conditions. A statement re- “Chief Ko-tsu-nu hastened with for their homes with the medicine the final day for filing these re the packages are opened and in- v jewing the past history of the con- his people to Malheur cave, a na man as their high priest and the turns under the present law,” an spected and the disease then is car_ tests said: tural stronghold supplied with pure sun god as their chief inspiration. nounces Clyde G. Hutley, collector ried into the remote districts. The “For the fifth consecutive year water and fresh air. The Piute3 Now it is a quiet pleasure resort of internal revenue, today. “In epidemic is declared to have de- high gchool student8 Gf the nation had no guns; so they went to the view of this fact, taxpayers must stroyed a great part of the live- are being offered the opportunity cave carrying wood from the Cas where tourists ride on a cool sub file theilr returns not later than stock of Europe in the last few wjn wbat is perhaps the largest cade mountains 100 miles away, to terranean lake while leisurely ply midnight, Saturday, March 15, years and every effort will be made sjng]e educational award offered in to be made into bows, arrows and ing the oars to rythmic frontier otherwise they will be fined for de to prevent its entrance in o the dis- the United states. The award is spears, and much stone (obsidian) songs, or listening to epics of pin linquency. tricts in this country now free of it. ^nown ag the H s. Firestone Four of which to make arrow points and neer valor. “Taxpayers should not longer de Years’ University Scholarship,which fer filing their returns and paying cessful contestant. His essay was the donor of the education of young will be given to the high school at least one-fourth of the amount of student writing the best essay on written on the subject 'How Good people who have been successful in the tax. In event congress finally ‘The Relation of Improved High Roads Are Developing My Commun these competitions. The scholar reduces the rate of tax on individ ship this year is precisely as of ways to Home Life.’ Essays must Earl Grant Arraigned in Judge not exceed seven hundred words in ity.’ He is a student at George fered in the past, which is intended ual incomes, those who paid theii in full will promptly and auto- Bain's Court Monday. length andmus t be written in ac Washington University, Washing to defray all expenses incident to maticallyr eceive a refund of the ton, D. C. tuition, room, board, books, and excess tax paid Those paying only cordance with the simple rules of Earl Grant of Weiser was arrest | “The last winner was Miss Doro special fees of the successful stu a portion of their tax will receive a ed Thursday of last week by Deputy the contest. Weiser Girl First. thy Louise Roberts, Harlan, Ky., dent eta ny college or university in credit on their unpaid haslnce. But Sheriff Oscar Grant on the Oregon “Four students are now in col located in the heart of the Kentucky the United States he elects to at I wish to emphasize the fart that it side of the Weiser bridge and was Miss Roberts, the tend. lege as the result of their participa mountains. is imperative for taxpayers to file arraigned in Judge Bain’s court at tion. The first successful pupil was daughter of a Methodist preacher, “The character of the judges who returns on or before March 15 and Ontario charged with the illegal Miss Katherine F. Butterfield, Wei- wrote the best essay of approxi review the essays is the highest pay at least one-fourth of The possession of intoxicating liquor.. „ . ,,, . The case is set fort rial on March She will be graduated mately 150,000 submitted in the type possible to obtain Last year, \ amount of the tax due.” Uni- 1923 competition on the subject for instance, the national judges 10th and in the meantime the de- this year from No - Illinois. The ‘The Influence of Highway Trans were the Secretary of War, John W. | Although less than thirty per fendant is out on $450 bail. Deputy vera J ’ vf ns ™!’ national honor port upon the Religious Life of My Weeks; Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of cent of the total, the farm popnla- Sheriff Grant is attached to the second to win , this , _ , ,__ She is attending the Review of Reviews, New York ! tion of the United States is carry prosecuting attorney’s office on was Mis. Garland Johnson .B r id g e - Community.’ prohibition enforcement work. port West V irgin:^ now attend,n, school at Marietta College, Mariet City; and Bishop William F. Ander ing more than thirty-five per cent F _________________ the University of West Virginia at ta, Ohio, where her father has been son, Methodist Episcopal church, ■ of the child population The farm New Orleans women demand Morgantown. A young man was ( transferred as pastor of a church. Cincinnati, Ohio. The board offers ' educates this excess of youth and equal rights in barber shops. Hope th* winner of the third contest,! “Thus sixteen thousand dollars assurances that judges of the same turns ft over to the cities at the tfiey start growing whiskara. Karl G. P«arson, of Kansas and th# already have been appropriated by repute and high standing will be producing age. 8 ,5 0 0 INFECTED IN CALIF. G000 RONDS ESSNY CONTEST STOCK INDUSTRY MUST RECOVER The radio program given at the school house Tuesday night by Howard Hatch of Big Bend, was greatly enjoyed by a goodly amli •nee. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Lowe were I business visitors in the Bend Fri FEDERAL INSPECTOR CONFI day. DENT LANDS WILL BE TAKEN George Kaylor is working on thc roads a good deal these' days. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Russell j came up the first of the week t o ! the Kygar ranch where they arej going to work. Geo. C. Cunningham on Land Office Mr. and Mrs. Fred Klingbuck and! Inspection Tour Tells of Reas family and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. | ons Back of Federal Action. Benton and family and Louis De - 1 Bord, who hag been in The Dalles i since the holidays, were dinner j (From Malheur Enterprise guests in the DeBord home Sunday.! That the livestock industry must The O. K. K. is scheduled to | recover and thus bring grazing meet with Mrs. Henrietta Pullen lands again into demand was the Thursday afternoon. firm belief expressed by George C. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Points: Cunningham, federal land office moved last week from the Kling- official who was in Vale the first of back homestead which they renteil this week on his annual inspection last year, and are living in a tent tour of the United States land of on the lower Klingback ranch, fices. where they will stay for awhile. Reason for Postponement. Mrs. Chas. Johnson, of Big Bend, ! “The reason for the postponement is visiting her sister, Mrs. Oce i of action on the consolidation and elimination of .21 land offices re Schweizer, this week. cently submitted to Congress in Mrs. W. W. Smith has been quite the Reclamation Bill was that the ill with grippe but is now some bet livestock industry must recover and ter. it will recover,^ said Mr. Cunning Word of Oscar Pinkstons states ham in conversation with Judge that they are now in Massillon, Geo. W. McKnight. “When this is Ohio, where Mr. Pinkston is em done, grazing lands will again be ployed in a machine shop at $5 a sought and the land office will con day. tinue in those districts where lands W. L. Mills of Portland, arirved are yet available for entry.” in Owyhee the last of the week and Fluctuation of Land Sales. went Up to his land at Sagebrush Mr. Cunningham pointed out that Springs to nee about getting Herb land office business fluctuated often Lo;r, whom he has employed, started and in quite unexpected directions. on some fresno and ditching work. He cited, for example, the case of Fred Klingback was a business the office at Lamar, Colo., where visitor in Payette and Ontario Mon three hundred and fifty-four oil and gas permits were issued this day. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Glascock anil year. Entrymen even tried to file family visited at the Newbill home on patented lands long since vacat ed and failing in agricultural use. near Ontario Sunday. In North Dakota and Muntana stock ranges were employed for agricul tural purposes, turning out the live stock to do so, and now the pro ducers find themselves without a Episcopal Church Planning to Build market for their products. The Vale district contains 6,000,- Hall in Ontario in Near Future. 000 acres of unappropriated lands A number of Ontario women were suitable for grazing and pasturing present at the regular monthly purposes. These lands have been meeting of the Episcopal Guild held proven good ranges by the thous Thursday, coming up for the pur ands of stock that have been taken pose of looking over the building care of on them every year and here to get some ideas on the cost should the industry ever pick up of construction, the manner, mater and reach a paying basis again, the ials used, style, etc., for the erec federal agencies are confident that tion of a building along similar they will not remain vacant long. lines in Ontario. The women pres March Makes Record ent were Mrs. A. X . Cockrum, Mrs. A greater number of people have T. W. Clagett, Mrs. C. R. Peterson, proven up on their homesteads and and Mrs. R. W. Swagler. Rev I. desert claims in the last month Q. Wood, pastor of this district, also than at any corresponding period attended the meeting. previous. The month of March, Following the business part of the however, bids fair to eclipse all afternoon the usual social hour was former records with 28 listings for enjoyed, hostesses for the occasion final proof already to be made dur being Mrs. John P. Houston and ing the next five weeks. Mrs. J. R. Boak. RENSON FOR POSTPONEMENT TO BUILD IN ONTARIO SOON TRINI! WEISER MNN MONDAY Home Recipes (From the Vale Guild Cook Book.) German Soup Dumplings. One rounded tablespoon butter softened but not melted, 1 egg, salt, pepper, 1 teaspoon chopped parsley or dash nutmeg. Add 6 heaping teaspoons flour and mix thoroughly. Have soup boiling, pull to back of stove. Drop dumplings from tip of spoon about size of marble. Cover kettle closely and steam 10 or 15 minutes. Do not boil.—Mrs. J. F. Miller. Dutchess Cream. One cup tapioca, soaked in 1 pint cold water until soft. Add 214 cups boiling water. Cook until clear. Add juice of 2 lemons and 2 cups sugar, beat in whites of 2 eggs, 1 can sliced pineapple, juice of 1 lemon until thick. Long beating im proves the pudding. Serve with or without whipped cream.—Mrs. J. H. Gwilliams. White Cake. One cup sugar or 114 cups pow dered sugar, 14 cup shortening, 1 cup milk, 2 cups flour sifted several times, 2 teaspoons baking powder, whites of 4 eggs well beaten, lemon extract and pinch salt. Cream sugar and shortening, add milk and flour alternately, fold in eggs last, bake In layers. Put together with soft Icing.—Mrs. J. Edwin Johnson. The tax paid by every American family amounts to one dollar for every working day, according to a banking authority.
