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Populat ion of United S t a t e s 175 ,000 ,O~O 11 over 6 5 yea r s 57,300,000 I I l e f t to work 11 under 21 y e a r s l L Z ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I I l e f t t o nork

Government Employees 24,000,000 Populat ion l e f t t o work 29,00G,000

II i n t h e Armed Forces 1 2 000 000 L A -

II l e f t t o work l 7 , O O O , O O O C i t y & S t a t e Workers - 16.900,000 Popula t ion l e f t to work 200,000

11 Insane and i n H o s p i t a l s 126,000 II l e f t t o work 74,000 I1 t h a t a r e drunks and bums 62,000 I t l e f t to work 12,000 I1 i n J a i l s and P r i s o n s 11

11,- l e f t to work 2

YOU AID 1.E--AhJ Y O U ' D BET!JER GET BUSY, AS I ' M GETTING SICK ATiD TIRED OF RUNPJING THIS J O B ALL BY LXSELF. ( S t a t i s t i c s by H. C . C u t h b e r t , Chicago

Wilson's Pet Shop V O L U M E 1 F A L L 1 9 6 2 N U M B E R 4

Corvall is Magazine i s p u l l i s h e d

q u a r t e r l y by Thomas A. W i l s o n ,

P. 0. Box 122, C o r v a l l i s , Oregon.

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Oregon Historical Society

Classified Adverlising: 10 cents per word. Display: iull page. $25; page, $15; ' 4 page. $10: '/a page. $5.50. SPECIAL RATE lor business and professional cards: $5 lor 4 issues. Subscriptions - $1 a year.

225 South Second W A N T E D - Short a~ticles, old photos.

CORVALLIS, OREGON drawings and other appropriate malerial.

C O R V A L L I S T O W N B A N 0 I N 1880'5. P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F E L A I N E H E C K A R T

You know, I ' m o n l y 59 b u t more

and more I ' m ~ e t t i n g t o f e e l l i k e

a n o l d t i m e r a round h e r e . P e r h a p s

t h i s i s p a r t l y b e c a u s e my f a t h e r

was b o r n h e r e t o o , i n 1863 , and

1 a l s o because my g r a n d f a t h e r walk-

ed i n t o town 12 y e a r s b e f o r e t h a t ,

a long w i t h George Cole and P h i l l p

H i t z . F o r i n s t a n c e , I remember

t h e b i g a u t o s h o w o u t b e t w e e n

W a s h i n ~ t o n and Adams on 1 0 t h S t . A W h i t e S t e a m e r c a u g h t on f i r e

and burned up. A l o n ~ time b e f o r e

t h a t , however , Dr . P e r n o t some- I . t imes knocked o u r fence down when

he backed h i s O l d s m b i l e runabout

o u t o f h i s woodshed a c r o s s t h e

s t r e e t f rom my g r a n d f a t h e r ' s o l d

h o u s e a t 5 t h a n d J e f f e r s o n Sts .

I ' m m e n t i o n i n g t h e s e t h i n g s

today because E a r l H a r r i s was o u t

a t o u r h o u s e t h i s morn ing f o r a

v i s i t a n d a s k e d me where I was

b o r n . I t o l d h im, ' I n t h e v e t - e r i n a r y h o s p i t a l a t 526 %. 3rd . "

I t was c a l l e d t h e W r i e h t house t h e n , and i t was n o t f o r animals .

P robab ly the n e a r e s t ho r se d o c t o r

was down the s t r e e t a t .Sol K i n e ' s

l i v e r y s t a b l e , where t h e Ort.l,on

S t a c t . t h e a t e r i s now.

Mrs. J a y R e y n o l d s ( M i n e r v a

K i e e r t h e n ) , who l i v e d i n a house

facinb: 4 t h s t r e e t d i r e c t l y behind

t h e W r i r h t house , remembers when

I was h o r n . Mrs. T u n n i s o n , whom Tunn i son Lane was named f o r , was

C o n t ~ n u e d on n e x t page 3

my n u r s e , b u t I d o n ' t remember tht. I d o seem to r e c a l l t h a t I wms a b o t t l e baby and l i k e d t o throw my b o t t l e s o u t o f t h e bed. I also remember sit tin^ i n a high chair. Because we had n o cooking f a c i l i t i e s i n o u r rooms i n t h e Wright b n s e , we had o u r meals a t Dr. b t t T a y l o r ' s house, n e x t door ta t h e n o r t h , and I can re - aeaber t h e hinh c h a i r f o r me and t h e huge round oak d i n i n g t a b l e f o r t h e b i g f o l k s . E a r l H a r r i s a l s o remembered t h e r o u n d o a k t a b l e . He was a f r i e n d o f Zack T a y l o r , who p a s s e d away l a s t r e e k , a n d who was t h e s o n o f Dr. h t t , who had a d e n t i s t ' s o f f i c e u p s t a i r s i n t h e Z i e r o l f buildinn on 2nd s t r e e t .

I b e b i g house where E a r l and Gordon H a r r i s ( p r e s e n t b y o r o f C o r v a l l i s ) l i v e d was a t 5 t h and A ( n o r Western Avenue) and t h i s buse is still t h e r e . When I was much o l d e r , a b o u t a, and l i v e d i n the o l d Wi lson house a t 5 t h and J e f f e r s o n , I used t o go down to t h e H a r r i s house and p lay with Gordon's b u i l d i n g b l o c k s , which were made o f r e a l s t o n e and much b e t t e r t h a n my own ABC wooden blocks. E a r l had a l i t t l e b r a s s steam engine t h a t r e a l l y ran, but I was t o o young t o p l a y w i t h t h a t . Seems l i k e I was a l w a y s a l o n e when I w e n t t h e r e , b u t t h o s e t r i p s t o t h e H a r r i s house and t h o s e w n d e r f u l s,tone b u i l d - i n n b l o c k s a r e among my f o n d c h i l d h o o d r e m e m b r a n c e s .

Speaking o f s team e n g i n e s , I h a d o n e o f my own when I was o l b r , a b o u t 5 , b u t i t wouldn' t

run . Awhi le b a c k , Mrs. R o b e r t Ba l l (Es ther Hayes then) reminded me about t h a t . E s t h e r l i v e d i n a h o u s e a t 5 t h a n d Adams, and I sometimes went down t h e r e t o c u t o u t p a p y d o l l s w i t h h e r . One day, when I had my s team e n g i n e w i t h me, we had a f i g h t o v e r t h e paper d o l l s . She s a i d I g o t r e a l mad and stonped o u t say ing , " I ' l l l u s t t a k e my steam e n g i n e and go home! "

f i e o l d houses around town had a l o t o f c h a r a c t e r a b o u t . them. 'Ihis p i c t u r e shown a t t h e r i g h t is o f an o l d house where my f o l k s l i v e d f o r a w h i l e b e f o r e I was born. I t h i n k i t was on 5 t h St. n e a r t h e C o u r t h o u s e , a n d t h i s photograph was made about 1894.

S e a t e d a t l e f t i n t h e p i c t u r e is my a u n t M i n n i e W i l s o n , who l a t e r became a b a c t e r i o l o ~ i s t f o r t h e c i t y o f New York. S h e d i e d s e v e r a l y e a r s ago.

S t a n d i n g i s my f a t h e r , Joseph h i l t o n Wilson, who was a lawyer and C.P.A. He d i e d i n 1919.

S e a t e d a t t h e bo t tom o f t h e s t e p s i s my m o t h e r , E f f a May Wilson, who p a s s e d away i n J u l y o f t h i s y e a r . N e x t t o h e r a r e S h e l d o n Handy and G r a c e Handy, Mother ' s h a l f - b r o t h e r and h a l f - s i s t e r , both o f whom d ied s e v e r a l y e a r s ago.

H i g h e r o n t h e s t e p s i s my a u n t Cara , l a t e r to become Mrs. W i l l Wicks. S h e d i e d a b o u t 20 years ago. Mr. Wicks was a h o r t i - c u l t u r a l i s - t f o r t h e s t a t e o f Idaho and st i l l l i v e s i n B o i s e .

T h i s f i n e o l d house i s gone;

a l l o f t h e people i n t h e p i c t u r e a r e gone; Mr. P h i l i p s who made t h e p h o t o a r a p h is cone; and , no d o u b t , t h i s f a d i n g copy t h a t I have reproduced h e r e i s t h e o n l y one i n e x i s t e n c e . B u t t h i s i s p a r t o f t h e C o r v a l l i s s t o r y .

Thanks , E a r l , f o r a s k i n g me about t h e o l d s t u f f t h i s mornine.

n Punlo. Rome

5

THE STORY 0

Some Items and E v e n t s i n t

By John

;he S t o r y o f Benton County

E. S m i t h

1B99 Jefferson s t r e e t sewer i n s t a l l e d t o 8 - 9 t h s t ree t s f o r c o l l e g e c o n n e c t i o n .

Do3 R u r a l F r e e D e l i v e r y , R o u t e 1 from C b r v a l l i s e s t a b l i s h e d March 1, Levee, c a r r i e r ; r o u t e s 2 and 3 s t a r t e d , September 15 o f same year . A l o n g s t e p forward in r u r a l p r o g r e s s .

19 10 Van Buren s t r ee t sewer pro . iec t came i n t o use.

1911 S t a t e b a r d o f Fores t ry c rea ted ; head o f f o r e s t r y department a t 0 . A . C. always t o be a member.

1911- 13 Boy S c o u t s and Camp F i r e G i r l s mrk began i n Benton County.

19 12 Eh-idge b u i l t over t h e W i 11 amette r i v e r a t C o r v a l l i s . The Oregon E l e c t r i c r a i l w a y e s t a b l i s h e d a Bepot a t e a s t end o f new bridge. @ e r 20 y e a r s o f e l e c t r i c r a i l - way s e r v i c e to C b r v a l l i s began.

19 13 Southern P a c i f i c rai lway conplet- ed its west s i d e l i n e t o Eugene. It was taken up from Cheshire to b g e n e i n 1936. Dr. Harry Lane, a n a t i v e o f C o r v a l l i s , became U.S. S e n a t o r from Oregon.

U l y s s e s G. McAlexander "Rock of t h e Marne'

1914- 17 4-H c l u b work ( t h e outgrowth o f e a r l i e r b o y s a n d g i r l s c l u b s ',

and o f l e g i s l a t i o n ) b e g a n i n Benton county. S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c west s i d e rai lway e l e c t r i f i e d t o

'

C o r v a l l i s .

19 15 James Withycombe o f Benton county became governor o f Oregon.

19 17 S t a t e Highway commiss ion began work. S t a t e t a x on g a s o l i n e ( t h e f i r s t i n t h e United S t a t e s ) began i n 1919.

1917- 18 The "Rock o f t h e Marnen and o v e r 700 o t h e r o f f i c e r s and men from 0. A. C. , and many o t h e r men ( a n d women) from Benton county s e r v e d i n World War I.

1918-20 S teamboat t r a f f i c t o C o r v a l l i s was d i scont inued , ( r a i l v s r i v e r ) .

1920 Paving ( b u i l t by t h e p u b l i c ) be- gan t o b e e f f e c t i v e ( m o t o r v s r a i l ) . Completed from o u r n o r t h county l i n e t o C o r v a l l i s i n 1920 and on t o Monroe i n 1921, i t was t o hecome, w i t h i n t h e decade , a p a r t o f t h e ( t h e n ) l o n g e s t paved highway i n t h e w o r l d , ( f rom t h e Canadian t o t h e Mexican border ) . The p a v i n g w a s c o m p l e t e d t o Alhany i n 1924 and t o Phi lomath i n 1931.

F i l l m o r e s t r e e t sewer and some l a t e r a l s l a i d .

192 2 Girl Scouts organized here . Af te r a l a p s e o f many y e a r s , i t was resumed i n 1 9 4 6 .

1927 I. L. P a t t e r s o n , a n a t i v e o f t h i s county , became governor o f Ore- gon. Ear ly exper imenta l f o r e s t r y conducted i n Peavy Arboretum and i n McDonald f o r e s t .

1928 4-H c l u b f a i r s , F u t u r e Farmers of America, Adult educat ion, 1929, hegan i n Benton county. (1928-30)

1933 P a s s e n g e r t r a i n s t o C o r v a l l i s g i v e way t o b u s l i n e s e r v i c e . Park and Eecrea t ion board author- ized by C o r v a l l i s c i t y c o u n c i l .

,on t ~ n u e d

O.A.C. c a d e t s a l o n g J e f f e r s o n s t r e e t on lower campus, about 1911. Photo c o u r t e s y of Rrooke H u k i l l .

STYMIED

We've i n s t a n t c o f f e e , i n s t a n t t e a , I n s t a n t p o t a t o e s f o r you and f o r me; Push-button puddings and meals on t h e she1 f , pre-packaged houses and d o - i t - y o u r s e l f ;

Gadgets t h a t work a t t h e p r e s s o f a l e v e r , Devices t o make l i f e t h e e a s i e s t ever . Who knows? A machine may s t a r t making o u r d a t e s ! We even have Univac choosing o u r mates.

ht i t cannot make love--and, no i f s , b u t s o r maybes, (he t h i n g i t w i l l never t u r n ou t - - ins tcmt babies!

By Winifred Be1 1 F l e t c h e r , Rivers ide , C a l i f o r n i a

I T ' S BARBER - 0 U S

My head, i t seems, is f i l l e d w i t h h a i r . I don ' t know how t h e s t u f f go t t h e r e And wors t o f a l l , i t won't s t a y i n , Eht seeps o u t a l l day through my chin.

By L u r e n c e P r a t t , Por t l and , Oregon

Drained c louds saw themselves In b lue between t h e green , Saw s t a n d i n g w i t h them Hedge Harsh, mean.. . . Waiting f i n g e r s f o r q u i v e r i n g b e l l i e s , Blood-red, b l a c k - s a t i n i n sun , now mud, To network through t h e brown and f i n d what l i e s benea th Eht f a i l i n g a s muscles t a u t r o s e o v e r c l o u d s L e f t p r i s o n hedge t o guard i t s pond

And crushed t h e t e n d e r b l a d e s beyond.

By Barbara M i t c h e l l , Los Angeles, C a l i f o r n i a

L o o k i n g n o r t h f r o m 2nd a n d J e f f e r s o n , a b o u t 1900? P h o t o g r a p h s c o u r t e s y of O.S. U . A r c h r v e s

C i t y H a l l , 4 t h and Madison, about 1900?

Benton County Divided by Joseph Hamilton Wilson

A l i t t l e o v e r a c e n t u r y ago t h e government s e t a s i d e a b o u t a thousand s q u a r e m i l e s o f w i l d , unsurveyed land along t h e western s ide o f Benton county, Oregon, a s a p lace t o b r ing severa l thousand I n d i a n s who had been conquered in s o u t h e r n Oregon and n o r t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a . They c a l l e d i t t h e G a s t I n d i a n R e s e r v a t i o n , and i n a n u n r a t i f i e d t r e a t y gave i t to t h e I n d i a n s f o r a s l o n g a s t h e r e were Ind ians ; o r t h e g r a s s grew green;. o r t h e w a t e r s flowed downhi l l . P r i o r t o t h a t i t had been populated by a few handsfu l of very low c l a s s I n d i a n s on t h e l o m r Alsea, t h e Yaquina, and t h e S i l e t z who were too l a z y t o hunt f o r meat b u t l i v e d on f i s h and clams and t h e l i k e s .

T h e r e s e r v a t i o n e x t e n d e d along t h e d e s o l a t e P a c i f i c shore from Cape P e r p e t u a t o C a s c a d e Head and e x t e n d e d e a s t w a r d t o t h e ' w e s t e r n b o u n d a r y o f t h e Willamette watershed. " 'Ihose a r e t h e a p p r o x i m a t e b o u n d a r i e s o f p r e s e n t day Linco ln county.

I n 1866 an a r e a a b o u t t h r e e to-hips wide a c r o s s the heArt of t h e r e s e r v a t i o n n o r t h o f t h e Alsea r i v e r was opened f o r whi te s e t t l e m e n t , t h e I n d i a n s w e r e mved, and t h e Yaquina Rush began. I n 1879 t h e p a r t s o u t h o f t h e Alsea was opened and t h e A l s e a R s h ensued. I n t h e e a r l y 1890's t h e t i m b e r b a r o n s o f t h e e a s t and the middle wes t , l a t e r t o be

c a l l e d the L o o t e r s o f t h e P u b l i c Domain, became aware o f t h e v a s t f o r e s t t h a t c l o t h e d the remainder o f t h e Ind ian lands , by then c a l - l e d t h e S i l e t z R e s e r v a t i o n , and began t h e i r m a c h i n a t i o n s toward h a v i n g i t opened f o r w h i t e men u n d e r t h e " a g r i c u l t u r a l " home- s t e a d l a w s t h e n i n e x i s t e n c e . A f t e r g i v i n g e a c h I n d i a n a h a l f s e c t i o n o f l a n d a n d s e t t i n g a s i d e some " t r i b a l t imber l a n d s " Uncle Sam a l lowed t h e homestead- e r s i n . T h a t was i n J u l y 1895 , a b o u t f o u r d e c a d e s a f t e r t h e o r i g i n a l t r e a t y .

Taking advantage o f t h e n a t u - r a l u n r e s t o f t h e e a r l i e r s e t - t l e r s i n t h e Y a q u i n a c o u n t r y , over h a v i n g t o l o o k a f a r t o t h e s e a t o f t h e c o u n t y g o v e r n m e n t a t C o r v a l l i s f o r a c t i o n on needed r o a d s a n d a l m o s t non- e x i s t e n t b r i d g e s i n s p i t e o f h i g h t a x e s , and o t h e r governmental f u n c t i o n s made e x p e n s i v e by d i s t a n c e , t h e t i m b e r b a r o n s from away b e h i n d t h e s c e n e s e n g i n e e r e d t h e c r e - a t i o n o f a new c o u n t y c l o s e t o t h e t i m b e r t h e y e x p e c t e d t o a c q u i r e a f t e r t h e r a p e o f t h e S i l e t z began .

A man f rom T o l e d o , C h a r l e s Cxosno, who was e l e c t e d t o t h e s t a t e s e n a t e from Benton county , i n t r o d u c e d a n a c t i n t h e 1 8 9 3 l e g i s l a t u r e t o c r e a t e t h e County of Bay, c o m p r i s i n g t h e l a n d s o f t h e o r i g i n a l Coas t I n d i a n Reser- v a t i o n , d e s i g n a t i n g T o l e d o a s

the county s e a t . The upper Alsea p e o p l e c h o s e t o r e m a i n i n t.he mother c o u n t y , a s i t was c l o s e r t o C o r v a l l i s t h a n t o T o l e d o . S e n a t o r C o g s w e l l , o f Lakeview, a C i v i l War v e t e r a n who s t i l l loved t h e memory o f Hones t Abe t h e L i b e r a t o r o f t h e N e g r o e s ( s i c ) , p u t t h r o u g h an amendment c h a n g i n g t h e d e s c r i p t i v e ( a n d s t i l l more a p p r o p r i a t e ) name o f Bay c o u n t y t o L i n c o l n , and t h e m e a s u r e w h i r l e d t h r o u g h t h e s e n a t e .

By t h e t i m e t h e law came up f o r a c t i o n i n t h e h o u s e , t h e powers t h a t e x i s t e d i n C o r v a l l i s became aware o f what was happen- i n g t o t h e m a n d r a i s e d f i v e t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s t o f i g h t i t s passage. They s e n t some l o b b y i s t s and o t h e r s t o Sa lem t o k i l l t h e b i l l , e s p e c i a l l y when they l e a r n - ed t h a t Tom J e f f r e y , t h e i r l o c a l

s t a t e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , was f o r i t . E. H. Eklknap, t h e o t h e r Henton county r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , from down around Monroe, was too busy wi th h i s own b i l l t o c r e a t e a B l a i n e c o u n t y o u t o f t h e s0ut.h end o f Benton and t h e n o r t h end of Lane t o p a y a n y a t t e n t i o n t o t h e L i n c o l n c o u n t y b i l l . He p a s s e d h i s measure i n t h e House, t o o , but Crosno and S e n a t o r Eakin o f C o t t a g e G r o v e b u r i e d i t i n a s e n a t e committee.

The L i n c o l n c o u n t y b i l l was s i g n e d i n t o l a w i n F e b r u a r y , 1893 , i n s p i t e o f t h e e f f o r t s o f t h e C o r v a l l i s g a n 8 . Bob Johnson, who was t h e r e , t o l d me t h e r e w e r e f i s t i c u f f s i n t h e committeerooms and t h e ha l lways i n t h e House. They took i t o u t on Tom J e f f r e y when t h e l e g i s l a - t u r e was over by running him o u t of C o r v a l l i s .

Jump O f f J o e , n e a r Nye Reach, Newport, about 1900. Yaquina Head and l i g h t h o u s e i n d i s t a n c e . Photo by E. E. Wilson, c o u r t e s y of O.S.U. Archives.

THE JOHNSON MULKEY RESIDENCE FREE WILL

nough some contend our w i l l s a r e f r e e . For each reac t ion we may make

We f ind ou r choices l imi ted To b ig o r small mistakes.

By W. Arthur Boggs, Oswego, Oregon

S A D R E F L E C T I O N

I f t o p i e and chocolate cake And candy I succumb, Too soon my looking g l a s s r e f l e c t s The shape o f th ings t o come!

By R'inifred Be1 1 F l e t c h e r , R i v e r s i d e , C a l i f .

Andrews & Kerr c a f e i n Masonic mw occupied by Penny ' s stare. b u i l d i n # . The Renn ie b a r n is ne e i t y H a l l tower shows above a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t , where t h e t h e roof o f the Masonic building. Whiteside t h e a t e r is now. The & t o g r a p h b y cour tesy of Mrs. b t h o d i s t church is on the corner R. u. Peffer . 18

?he f i r s t hause i n what i s now CDrtral l is to have running wa te r was t h i s r e s i d e n c e of Johnson b l k a y , b u i l t i n 1853 n e a r t h e Oak Creek r ~ a d and the nor th s i d e o f Baldy h i l l , The water flowed through t h e k i t c h e n i n a flume e x t e n d i n g from t h e s i d e o f t h e h i l l .

Johnson W l key was the brother o f the Hon. James L. Mulkey, wha was a member o f ha f i r s t l e g i s - l a t u r e under T e r r i t o r i a l organi- zat ion. The Milkey donation land claim was laca ted h e r e i n 1845, and a c a b i n was b u i l t i n t h a t year, one y e a r be fo re the c a b i n of JOS. C. Avery , f o u n d e r o f Ciirvall is , was b u i l t near Mary's r i v e r and sou th Third s t r e e t ,

J o h n s o n Mulkey P o r t e r s n d M r y Mulkey were married i n t h i s house i n 1858. They ware t h e

p a r e n t s o f Fred J . P o r t e r , who loaned us t h i s o l d photograph.

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was mawed dawn Jeffe~.sc~rr sBre+ec .to U t h , where i t is tk &stin apartments,

Ihs rwdway sham a t I.e=Et i a %he p r-esent walk thrasuah lawr q m . Tall bsilding at; it& is Episcapal sarninaty and rxhu~eh. T h ~ r i e r i n s l @ar\rslli5 Ihllieae i la *1i~hkl.g7 $0 the rl*t ( r ich ~ p a l c r ) . P ~ e s b y s t r i a cimreh fui~.h st,ee@cl is a t fsr riqhx.

The p f e t ~ r q .at; r i a h t s k ~ s the earnpus many years l a t ~ f r . Cauthbrn Hail ( m w K i d d ~ r l is; at I a f ~ Wag heuse is next-, 41cm~ss k f f ~ r w x r s t s r s ~ t i n @eater dis- tance is; the h+&@ Wilsan huwa, d o r e E. E, Wifwn wb ~ c w k thils. p i c t u r ~ lioed, Farther ~ i & & is the Wldthycamh hwme, which was i dan r i ed with tibe Wilean hause, The l a r m hrri$dina a t r i g h t \was &ckanikal Ha 13, kit-er b t r a p d by EPE.

Shal l\s?.~ bui l&iirg 8% axt r w ~ i a h t i k ; s t i l 9 s c e ~ d i n a . I t %as tha rhwrrriatry btlildinp st, t h a t %inn%.

ARTHUR BERMAN, 1888-1962 by Elaine Heckart

From t h e o b i t u a r y o f A r t h u r K . Berman w h i c h a p p e a r e d i n t h e C o r v a l l i s G a z e t t e - T i m e s , J u n e

1 8 , 1 9 6 2 :

"He was born i n Decatur, I ll . , J u l y 26, 1888, t h e son o f D. D. and h a R i f e Berman. 'Ihe fami ly came t o C o r v a l l i s i n 1890 and he l i v e d h e r e e v e r s i n c e . He was m a r r i e d t o Mary A l i c e Murphy on June 25, 1913.

" A 1907 g r a d u a t e o f O r e g o n S t a t e i n Pharmacy, he opened a s t o r e h e r e i n . 1912 and h a s been a c t i v e i n t h e pharmacy profess ion u n t i l h i s s u d d e n d e a t h Sunday n i g h t . He was a l s o a c t i v e i n comnunity a f f a i r s f o r many years . He was a member o f t h e o l r i s t i a n c h u r c h and s e r v e d on i t s board f o r 48 y e a r s . He s e r v e d e l e v e n years each on t h e S t a t e Board o f Pharmacy and on t h e S t a t e Board o f Health. He was honorary p r e s i - den t o f t h e National Assoc ia t ion of Boards o f Pharmacy i n 1950-51, was a p a s t p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Chamber o f Commerce, t r e a s u r e r

and d i r e c t o r o f the O.S.U. Alumni A s s o c i a t i o n , p a s t p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Benton County P i o n e e r H i s - t o r i c a l S o c i e t y , member o f t h e Men's Garden C l u b , K n i g h t s o f Py th ias , c h a r t e r me,nber and f i r s t p r e s i d e n t o f t h e C o r v a l l i s Knife and F o r k C l u b a n d a member o f t h e N a t i o n a l C o l l e g i a t e P l a y e r s and t h e C o r v a l l i s Communi ty P l a y e r s .

" S u r v i v o r s i n c l u d e h i s w i f e and two s o n s , Rober t K. and K a r l D. , one s i s t e r , Mrs. E t h e l Mc- Ginnis and t e n grandchi ld ren , a l l o f C o r v a l l i s . "

The above o b i t u a r y g i v e s t h e p e r t i n e n t f a c t s o f t h e l i f e o f A r t h u r K. Berman. A s c r a p b o o k , k e p t o v e r t h e y e a r s by h i s w i f e , Mary, l i s t i n g h i s many i n t e r e s t s and ach ievements , shows more o f t h e d e p t h and c h a r a c t e r o f t h i s man.

No biography o f Mr. Ekrman i s c o m p l e t e w i t h o u t t h e s t o r y o f h i s c o n s t a n t companion and he lp- mate , Mary Berman. S o - - - l e t u s look back some f o r t y - n i n e y e a r s t o a June even ing a t t h e home o f

Mr. a n d Mrs. W . D. Murphy o f C o r v a l l i s , H e r e , r e l a t i v e s and

f r i e n d s a a t h ~ r e d f o r t h e wedding. The Rev. Alhin Esson, o f Albany, o f f i c i a t e d .

Mrs. B e r m a n ' s f a m i l y , t h e M u r ~ h y s , had c r o s s e d t h e p l a i n s i n 1852 from Monmouth, I l l i n o i s . Rev. J o h n E. Murphy was l e a d e r o f t h e wagon t r a i n w i t h Wi l l i am k r p h y , Mary Perman's g randfa ther , second i n command. These men, to- g e t h e r w i t h o t h e r r e l a t i v e s i n t h e wanon t r a i n , f o u n d e d t h e

I town of Monmouth, Oregon, (named f o r t h e i r hometown i n I l l i n o i s ) , t h e C h r i s t i a n Church t h e r e , and a l s o the Oregon C h r i s t i a n College (now t h e Oregon C o l l e g e o f Edu- c a t i o n ) . At p r e s e n t , Mrs. Berman i s s o r t i n g through persona l i terns and keepsakes, s e l e c t i n g a r t i c l e s o f h i s t o r i c a l i n t e r e s t t o send

t o t h e s t a t e a r c h i v e s f o r p r e s e r - e r v a t i o n .

T h e f i r s t Berman d r u g s t o r e was l o c a t e d i n t h e 100 b lock on s o u t h 2nd s t r e e t . I n 1924 i t was moved t o 2nd a n d Madison where t h e y c o n t i n u e d i n b u s i n e s s f o r t h r e e decades more. T h i s was t h e o l d e s t d r u g s t o r e i n t h e Willam- e t t e v a l l e y t o o p e r a t e c o n t i n u - o u s l y under t h e same management. T h e i r e m p l o y e e s were d e d i c a t e d

, people , some o f whom s t a y e d wi th t h e f i r m many y e a r s . Employment t h e r e made i t p o s s i b l e f o r many

Oregon S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y s t u d e n t s to a t t e n d t h e school of pharmacy, and t h e Bermans l a t e r e s t a b l i s h e d t h e A. K. Berman S c h o l a r s h i p i n Pharmacy.

No c i t l z e n was more a c t i v e i n c i v i c work t h a n Mr. Berman. He was a l e a d e r i n D e f e n s e Bond s a l e s , Red C r o s s d r i v e s , C h r i s t -

mas T. B. stamp s a l e s , and o t h e r worthy p r o j e c t s . Both o f the k r - mans were devout church workers and he lped e s p e c i a l l y i n r a i s i n g money f o r t h e new C h r i s t i a n Church Bui ld ing Fund. A s a g u e s t speaker and master of c e r e m n i e s , A r t h u r Berman was t h e t o w n ' s number o n e c h o i c e . From h i g h s c h o o l days th rounhout h i s l i f e he was i n t e r e s t e d i n d r a m a t i c s , and i n c o l l e g e was t h e j o i n t f o u n d e r o f t h e Mask and Dagger c lub . H i s j o v i a l d i s p o s i t i o n and g e n t l e humor made him a p o p u l a r performer i n any r o l e he played.

Here i s a poem found i n the pages of the scraplmok (author unknown):

"The cup o f fel lowship we quaff And then enjoy a b e l l y laugh

A t A r t h u r ' s c h a f f . " I n n o r o l e was he more ap-

p r e c i a t e d t h a n a s S a n t a C l a u s a t C h r i s ~ m a s t i m e when h i s t e n l i t t l e g randchi ld ren made up the audience. The Berman home always was a t r e a s u r e h o u s e o f f i n e a n t i q u e s and k e e p s a k e s . T h ~ i r ru,qs, s i l v e r , and g l a s s a r e ex- q u i s i t e . F l o w e r g a r d e n i n g h a s a lways been a d e l i g h t f u l hobby f o r them.

On F a t h e r ' s Day, June 17,1962, t h e Bermans enjoyed an e s p e c i a l l y happy day. They a t t e n d e d church i n t h e morning, d i r ~ e d w i t h son Karl and family and, i n the a f t e r - noon, took Mrs. McCinnis f o r an au to r i d e . They a l s o v i s i t e d the r o s e show, where grandson Arthur had a r ibbon winning e x h i b i t . In t h e even ing , Mr. Berman r e t i r e d and f e l l a s leep w h l e reading. He

was no t t o awaken. --So, h i s l i f e

I poured him n e c t a r s and nu t s f o r p leasures ;

Wind l i s p , sea - roa r f o r rhythmic measures;

h d e needs t o p r ick h i s arm t o doing;

Perils t o goad h i s b ra in t o s t i r r i n g .

I gave him power, t o bu i ld h i s p r ide ;

Death-fear t o humble before he died.

BY Laurence Pratt, P o r t land, Oregon

3 l l e t z Indians a t Agency, about 1900. Photo cour tesy of 0. S. U. Archives.

Alsea, Oregon, 1912. Photo cour tesy o f Mrs. Dan Chamberlain.

Ferry boat on Wil lamet te r i v e r a t C o r v a l l i s , about 1900. ' h e t r e e on r i v e r bank a t l e f t was c a l l e d the Witness Tree. It marked the d i v i d i n g l i n e between the Avery and the Dixon cla ims, and i t a l s o marked the nor thern boundary of the town o f Marysvi l le . I t was near the foo t of what is now Jackson s t r e e t . Photo cour tesy of O.S.U. Archives.

FURY and the Mellow From Our Readers

i t , f o r a l i t t l e p e t t y , unearned f i n a n c i a l p r o f i t . I wonder i f the

Dear E d i t o r Wilson: " C o n f r a t e r n i t y o f C h r i s t i a n doc- I ' v e a t l a s t g o t t e n around t o t r i n e " have r e a d t h e B i b l e ? Such

a c a r e f u l l o o k a t y o u r summer s e c t i o n s a s A c t s 4: 34 , f o r i n -

i s s u e o f C o r v a l l i s - - - a f t e r com- s t a n c e ?

p l e t i n g my new h i s t o r y book and . . T e r t i u s C h a n d l e r

spending a month d i r e c t l y a f t e r - ward i n h e l p i n g a c h a p c o m p i l e . -

a d i r e c t o r y i n Oslo. I l i k e d s e e i n g t h e p i c t u r e o f

you and your b r o t h e r a s p a r t o f a band.

And I am q u i t e e x c i t e d by t h e B i b l e d a t a g a t h e r e d by J o h n E. S m i t h . I had n o t known i t was L a n g t o n who d i v i d e d i t i n t o c h a p t e r s , nor t h a t t h e d i v i s i o n i n t o v e r s e s was s o l a t e .

Above a l l , I am concerned t h a t a 3 - c e n t u r y - o l d t r a n s l a t i o n o f t h e B i b l e c a n be c o p y r i g h t e d !

I f t h e f i n e o l d Douai v e r s i o n can be c o p y r i g h t e d - - a t t h i s l a t e d a t e - - I s u p p o s e o t h e r v e r s i o n s can be t o o . So who knows w h a t v e r s i o n , i f any , he c a n s a f e l y q u o t e ?

Some f i n e morning a m i n i s t e r may wake up t o f i n d he c a n n o t p r i n t h i s sermons, because t h e y happen t o q u o t e more t h a n 200 words from some s t a n d a r d a n c i e n t t r a n s l a t i o n o f t h e Bib le .

Books c o n t a i n i n g famous s a y - ings , l i k e B a r t l e t t ' s Qntat ions, may have t o d r o p t h e B i b l i c a l s e c t i o n . H o w h o r r i b l e !

I can h a r d l y imagine anyth ing more c o n t r a r y t o t h e s p i r i t o f t h e B i b l e t h a n c o p y r i g h t i n g someone e l s e ' s t r a n s l a t i o n o f

G o t h e n b u r g , Sweden

Dear Tom: Your Number 3 C o r v a l l i s i s

e v e n b e t t e r . . . . . . Remember me t o Mrs. Berman,

who a l s o t a u g h t me. I was v e r y u p s e t when s h e g o t marr ied. . . .

Ray Bethers London, Ennl and

D e a r Tom: Got t h e l a s t mag and e n j o y e d

i t a s u s u a l . You r e a l l y a r e d i n - g i n g up t h e p a s t . Come t o t h i n k o f i t , I saw one o f Ray B e t h e r s ' books i n t h e l o c a l l i b r a r y t h e o t h e r d a y .

.... I was i n a n o l d s e c o n d hand s t o r e a t Folsom, C a l i f . , and . found a 1923 O.A.C. Beaver y e a r book. Many c h a r a c t e r s i n i t I o n c e knew. C o s t me a buck b u t . was w o r t h i t . . . . . . .

Wayne H a r r a l s o n Compton, C a l i f o r n i a

Dear E d i t o r Wilson: . . . . 3 r d i s s u e o f C o r v a l l is . . .

I was a t t r a c t e d t o t h e p i c t u r e o i t h e c a r r i a g e f a c t o r y which was b u i l t i n C o r v a l l i s about s e v e n t y y e a r s ago. I t h o u g h t you m i g h t be i n t e r e s t e d i n some o f t h e

background which had t o do w i t h t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n and f a i l u r e o f t h a t e n t e r p r i s e .

I w e l l remember t h e money raisin^ d r i v e which was headed by a prominent a t t o r n e y o f C o r v a l l i s , whose name I cannot remember. 'lie argument p u t f o r t h a t t h e t i m e was based on t h e c l a i m t h a t be- cause Oregon had g r e a t q u a n t i t i e s o f oak t imber , i t seemed f o o l i s h to be s h i p p i n g wagons and c a r - r i a g e s from t h e e a s t c o a s t and m i d d l e w e s t a t g r e a t c o s t , and t h a t t h e y s h o u l d be manufactured where t h e r e was an abundance o f hardwood. The d r i v e f o r c a p i t a l was q u i t e s u c c e s s f u l , a s n e a r l y everyone bought s t o c k , and i n due t ime t h e f a c t o r y was b u i l t . I n a s h o r t t ime a l l a v a i l a b l e space was f i l l e d w i t h new and a t t r a c t - i v e buggies .

'Ihe management, however, made two f a t a l mis takes which account- ed f o r t h e f a i l u r e o f t h e under- t a k i n g . The f i r s t one was t h a t when s a l e s m e n f o r t h e new con- c e r n went on t h e road i n s e a r c h o f o r d e r s , they found t h a t n e a r l y e v e r y h a r d w a r e d e a l e r i n t h e Wil lamette v a l l e y and on t h e west c o a s t had s i g n e d s a l e s c o n t r a c t s w i t h e i t h e r t h e B a i n o r t h e S t u d e b a k e r wagon f i r m s , and f o r t h a t r e a s o n c o u l d n o t t a k e o n a g e n c i e s w i t h t h e new f a c t o r y , even though i t was a l o c a l firm.

T h e s e c o n d s h o c k t h a t d e - v e l o p e d was t h e f a c t t h a t t h e O r e g o n o a k c o u l d n o t be d r i e d s u f f i c i e n t l y a n d , a s s o o n a s a new b u g g y w a s o n t h e r o a d a month o r two, t h e s p o k e s began t o r a t t l e , and t h i s meant t h a t

e v e r y wheel had t o be t a k e n t o t h e shop t o have t h e t i r e t i ~ h t - ened, a t cons iderab le c o s t t o the o w n e r . T h i s s o o n s p o i l e d t h e r e p u t a t i o n o f t h e o u t p u t , and w i t h i n a few months t h e e n t e r - p r i s e had t o f o l d up, and every- one who had i n v e s t e d any money i n t h e f a c t o r y l o s t i t .

I t broke t h e promoters, helpec b r e a k o n e o f t h e b a n k s , and i ' took a l o n g t i m e f o r C o r v a l l i r t o recover from t h i s d i s o s t e r o u s exper ience .

I bought one o f t h e b u g g i e s , and know j u s t how s o o n i t wen1 t o p i e c e s .

J o h n A. G e l l a t l y Wena t c h e e , Washingto

Dear Mr. C o r v a l l i s : J u s t a n h e r e t i c a l word o r t u

d u r i n g t h e exc i tement i n Oxford, M i s s i s s i p p i . Why do we a l l con demn Governor Ross Barne t t , bu e x t o l , a p p l a u d , g l o r i f y Rober E. Lee?

I s u g g e s t t h a t Rober t E. Lee was t h e g r e a t e s t t r a i t o r i n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . hiluch more than B e n e d i c t Arnold, f o r i n s t a n c e . When Arnold s o l d o u t , t h i s was n o t y e t an e s t a b - l i s h e d count ry . It was t r y i n g t o become one. And Arnold was most u n f a i r l y t r e a t e d by t h e body a c t i n g a s a c o n g r e s s . L e e , on t h e o t h e r hand, was a c l t i z e n o f a n a t i o n t h a t had been e s t a b l i s h - ed f o r n e a r l y t h r e e q u a r t e r s o f a century. He was educated i n i t s m i l i t a r y school . He was o f f e r e d cornand o f h i s n a t i o n ' s a rmies . kt accept inn, he chose adherence

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t o one region o f the na t ion , and fought agains t h i s country . His m i l i t a r y genius kept the war go- ing for years, and brought about untold misery. And s t range ly , we p r a i s e h im as i f h e were t h e c o u n t r y ' s g r e a t h e r o .

of course, that i s the p o l i t i c t h i n g t o d o , t o keep t h e good w i l l o f t h e S o u t h . P r a i s e t h e great t r a i t o r . Keep t h e n a t i o n welded together by tha t p ra i se , h y p o c r i t i c a l thounh i t may be . Never l e t on t h a t he i s l a r g e l y responsible for the wreck o f the South which s t i l l e x i s t s , and the death o f thousands upon thousands o f patr io ts .

Now it i s p o l i t i c t o condemn a l l who are i n favor o f keeping the i n t e g r i t y o f t h e Caucasian race o f man, because the colored races have been l i f t e d by t h e whites to a point where they can d e f y t h e i r bene fac tor s and more and more strong1 y threaten them. There fore , our present enemies, t h e S l a v s and t h e Monpols, are able t o propagandize, our colored people are able t o propagate a t a r a t i o tha t w i l l i n a few gen- e ra t ions make them dominate our country , and t h e brotherhood o f man i s preached p a r t l y because o f p r i n c i p l e , b u t l a r g e l y f o r p o l i t i c a l reasons . We dare n o t do o therwise . So , praise Robert E. Lee, but condemn Ross Barnett.

Mr. C o r v a l l i s , are you a son o f t he Confederacy? I f s o , . just re1 i e v e your indiqnat ion toward t h i s l e t t e r by wr i t i ng a b l i s t - er ing rep ly .

L. P. Port1 and, Oregon

E d i t o r ' s Note:

Robert E. Lee, t r a i t o r , fought t o preserve the Gracious Southern Hhy o f L i f e . T h i s was the r i g h t t o buy and se 1 1 human beings, to breed them on s l a v e farms 1 i k e an imal s , t o s e l l t he o f f s p r i n g to w h i t e degenera te s o r anyone who had the money.

I t was t h e way o f 1 i f e an ancient Egypt ian , Ikhnaton, had abo 1 i s h e d 3 ,000 y e a r s ago- - - Human S l a v e r y .

The southern s lave owners and d e a l e r s o f t e n paid h i g h p r i c e s for choice s l a v e s who might im- prove t h e i r h e r d s , a s c a t t l e breeders buy p r i z e b u l l s t o im- prove t h e i r a n i m a l s . I f t h e y wished t o produce s l a v e s o f a l i g h t e r c o l o r , t h e y c o u l d u s e w h i t e g e n t l e m e n for t h a t . I n a d d i t i o n t o producing v a l u a b l e merchandise t o be s o l d o n t h e s lave marke t s , t he Negroes d ~ d a l l of the manual Labor, making the gracious southern way of 1 i f e even more comfor table .

Robert E. Lee was, as you say, L. P . , a t r a i t o r to h i s country , and l o s t h i s war. Hoss Rarnet t , a crimtnal type , p e r s o n i f ~ e s the psychopa thy o f the deep S o u t h .

Of more local i n t e r e s t , your e d i t o r ' s great uncle , J . Lapsley Y a n t i s , who founded t h e F i r s t Presbyterian church o f Portland, owned a slave whom he brought t o Oregon when he came t o be a c i r c u i t r ider for the church. The s lave i s sa id t o have c o s t him about $1,800, and he escaped i n t o C a l i f o r n i a when preacher Yant i s was on a mission i n the southern Oregon area.

F I R S T HIGH SCHOOL Y . M . C . A . IN OREGON

F i r s t h i g h schoo l Y.M.C.A. i n Oregon was s t a r t e d i n C o r v a l l i s i n 1912. The organizers and f i r s t o f f i c e r s are sbvm i n t h i s photo, from 1912 "Chintimini" which was t h e successor t o 'The Sparkler" o f 1911, f i r s t C o r v a l l i s h i g h school annual.

Top row, l e f t t o r i g h t , are Guy M a r t i n , S e c . - T r e a s . ; Joe Wilson, Pres ident ; Wallace Cate, member. Bottom r o w : b l p h Fbl l ins , member; Mr. McBride, 0. A.C., Ad- v isor; Joe Bonner, V i ce-Preside. t.

7 . Dean P a t t e r s o n . F R O N T R O W , l e f t t o r i g h t . 8. Horace Dryden. 1. P r o f . Marion Wood.

9. Guy C o l e . 2. Rev. Sherman. 3. ?

10. S c o u t m a s t e r Lance?

4. ' L i t t l e Red" Todhunter. 5. Dick Fagan. 6. Ralph L i l l y . 7. J u l i a n Morgan. 8. Bernard 'Guthrie . 9. Tom Wilson (your e d i t o r ) .

10. ? 11. Paul Turner . 12. Prof Johnston.

M I D D L E ROW

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C o r v a l l i s Boy S c o u t s , 1917 , on t h e s t e p s o f t h e o l d C e n t r a l S c h o o l .

We t o o k s c o u t i n g s e r i o u s 1 y # a n d managed w i t h v e r y l i t t l e , . superv is ion . The Rev. Mr. Sherman $4 o f t h e E p i s c o p a l church was t h e I

s c o u t m a s ~ e r f o r T r o o p I , a n d B he u s u a l l y went w i t h u s o n o u r a- ' 1

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A iourney t o the top o f Mary's Peak was a b i g d e a l , r e q u i r i n g a t l e a s t t h r e e d a y s . The f i r s t

\;L:-,,;~ day would be a r i d e i n a wagon w= t o Pock Creek a t t h e f o o t o f t h e

L m o u n t a i n , where we would camp Q J ' k

o u t . No t e n t s - - j u s t s l e e p i n g on t h e ground , and you c o u l d h e a r !

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c o u g a r s a l l a r o u n d t h e p l a c e . - - - .L ka u lciY

Next d a y would be t h e t e r r i b l y h a r d c l i m b up t h e m o u n t a i n .

'Ihese were t h e wonderful days o f d i s c o v e r y and f r i e n d s h i p . Of 3 .

t h i s group, I can name only four 4.

s t i l l l i v i n g around C o r v a l l i s . 5. 7 6. Frank R i c e .

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2 . F r e d G a t e s ( i n w h i t e s h i r t ) . 3. "Hip Red" T o d h u n t e r . . (.,* 4. Leonard H a t c h . l*

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5. A l f r e d A r c h i b a l d . *"$. I J 6. C l a r e n c e Rands. ?la, I , 6 . - 4 , 7. Tweedie Morgan. - 2, J a t a 1,

8. Dick Ayers . w-" 9. Roy N o r t o n .

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r r r e n a a e Malone s t o r e a t A l s e a , a b o u t 1912. p h o t o c o u r t e s y 11. ? o f Mrs. Dan C h a m b e r l a i n .

This Finer Shadow LAUGH

Bui ld for yourself a strong box, Fashion each par t w i t h care;

F i t it w i t h hasp and padlock, Put a l l your troubles there.

Hide them f rom sight completely, As each b i t te r cup you quaf f ;

Lock al l your heart-aches w i t h i n it, Then-sit on the lid and laugh.

Tell no one o f i ts contents,

I- , Never i ts secrets share; Drop i n your cares and worries,

Keep them forever there. H ide them f rom sight completely,

The wor ld w i l l never k n o w ha l f ;

C U T H B E R T Fasten the top down securely, Then-sit on the l i d and laugh.

A n o n .

Submit ted by Cbthbert , our Chicago correspondent .

Ronnie Moore

I n Louis iana , l a s t December 15th, Worse, a c c o r d i n e t o C i t y o f t h e Ba ton Rouge p o l i c e were o u t f i c i a l s - - a 21-year-old Nepro c o l - f o r R o n n i e Moore. They w a i t e d l e g e s t u d e n t wanted t o buy a cu, with guns, t e a r g a s , p o l i c e d o ~ s . o f c o f f e e i n an a l l - w h i t e lunci

For a murderer? A bank robber? counter .

A madman? For t h i s , he was s e t upon oy dogs, bombarded by gas grenades, . j a i l ed f o r seven ty-e igh t days and r e q u i r e d t o p o s t $12,500 b a i l !

For the moment Ronnie i s f r e e .

bt, he f a c e s t e n y e a r s a t harc l a b o r . The c h a r g e ? Crimrnal An- archy!

Perhaps t h e D i s t r i c t Attorney r e a l i z e d t h a t p u b l i c o p i n i o n could reach even t o Baton Fbuce. I s a y , " p e r h a p s , " b e c a u s e he t o l d Ronnie h e ' d l e t him p l e a d silty t o S e d i t i o n - - f l u e years a t hard 1 abor.

L O O K I N G W E S T F R O M F I R S T A N D A O A M S . 1 9 0 7 . T H E C A R R I A G E F A C T O R Y I S S H O W N I N L E F T B A C K G R O U N D . P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F E A R L H A R R I S .

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