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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22

pared TO ngnt, DuC ne utterly QenleO
that the chiefs who seemed to have
ceded the lands long years before had
any right to cede them oE that the tribe
had ever willingly given up the coun-
try to the stranger and the aggressor.
1t was a fraud upon the simple In
dians; the old treaty was a great lie,
and the signatures it purported to have.
made with marks and primitive de-
vices, were not attached in good faith
and were not the names of honest Sacs.
No, he would go over the river; he
would have his own. The voice Of the
Great Spirit was in the air wherever he
went. 1t was in his lodge through all
the nighttime, and it said, "Gow and
Black Hawk must needs rise up and
tell the people what the voice said.
It was by such arguments as these
that Black Hawk easily persuaded the
Sacs. But hostilities by the Sacs alone
would be a hopeless adventure. He
must find allies. He looked first to their
kindred, the Foxes, who had precisely
the same cause for war With the Sacs,
and, after them, to the Winnebagoes,
Sioux, Kickapoos and many others.
That Black Hawk was wise and val
liant leader all the Indians conceded,
and his proposals were heard by some
Of the tribes with eagerness and by all
of them with respect. At one time his
confederacy embraced nine tribes, the
most formidable in the northwest, if we
exclude the Sioux and the Chippeways,
who were themselves inclined to ac-
cede. Early in 1881 the first chief Of
the Chippeways exhibited a miniature
tomahawk, red with vermilion, which,
having been accepted from Black
Hawk, signified an alliance between
them, and away up at Leech lake an
obscure but numerous band showed
some whites a few British medals
painted in imitation of blood, which
meant that they were to follow the
warpaths of Black Hawk.
In 1881 Black Hawk had crossed the
river in small force, but had retired be-
fore the advance of General Gaines,
commanding the United States post at
| Rock Island. He then promised to re-
main on the other side and to keep
quiet for the future. But early in the
spring of 1882 he reappeared with
greater numbers, pushed straight into
the Rock river valley and said he had
come to plant corn. He was now sixty
seven years of age. He thought his
great plots were all right and his allies
last and true. They would fight few
| bloody battles, and then he would sit
down in his old age and see the corn
grow where he had seen it in his youth.
But the old chief reckoned too much
upon Indian fidelity. He committed the
fatal error Of trusting to their patriot.
| ism instead OF their interests. General
Atkinson. now In command at Rock
Island. sst ~ troops jn motion. The
sovssuor tpsssd BIZ esn Tor Soauaaeses;
| aoa . - InAaana- -HH. <h1a tina lhla
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
To Assist Mitchell.

Throughout the states of Ore
gon and Washington there is an
intense feeling of sympathy for
and endorsement of the action
of George Mitchell in sLaying.
Edmund CreMeId. Mr.. Mitchell
IS a poor young man and he
needs financial assistance. Many
of our prominent citizens are
taking the initiative and are
contributing.
"The Gazette" will receive
contributions and receipt for the
same.
Help the boy in his trouble.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22

There was no grammar to be had
about New Salem, but the schoolmas-
ter. having kept the run of that species
of property, gladdened Abe's heart by
telling him that he knew where there
WAS one. Abe rose from the breakfast
at which he was sitting and, learning
that the book was at Vaner's, only six
miles distant, set off after it as hard as
he could tramp. 1t seemed to Mr.. Gra-
ham a very little while until he return
ed and announced, with great pleasure,
that he had it. He then turned his i'm
mediate and most undivided attention
to the study of it.
Reads by Burning Shavings.
Sometimes, when business was not
particularly brisk, he would lie under
a shade tree in front of the store and
pore over the book; at other times a
customer would find him stretched on
the counter intently engaged in the
same way. But the store was a bad
place for study, and he was often seen
quietly slipping out of the village, as if
he wished to avoid observation, when,
If successful in getting off alone, he
would spend hours in the woods, mas
terng a book or in state of profound
abstraction. He kept up his old habit
of sitting up late at night; but, as lights
were as necessary to his purpose as
they were expensive, the village cooper
permitted him to sit in his shop, where
he burned the shavings and kept a
blazing fire to read by when every one
else was in bed.
The Greens lent him books; the
schoolmaster gave him instructions in
the store, on tie road or in the mead
ows: every visitor to New Salem who
made the least pretension to scholar
ship was waylaid by Abe and required
to explain something which he could
not understand. The result of it all
was that the village and the surround
ing country wondered at his growth in
knowledge, and he soon became as ia
nous for the goodness of his under
standing as for the muscular power of
his body and the unfailing humor of his
talk
Early in the spring of 1882 some en-
terprising gentlemen at Springfield de-
termined to try whether the Sangamon
was a navigable stream or not. 1t was
q momentous question to the dwellers
along the banks, and when the steam
boat Talisman was chartered to make
the experiment the popular excitement
was intense and her passage up and
down was witnessed by great con-
courses Of people on either bank. It
was thought that Abe's experience on
this particular river would render his
assistance very valuable, and, in COM
pany with some others, he was sent
down to Beardstown to meet the Tai
isman and pilot her up.
With Abe at the helm she ran with
comparative ease and safety as far as
the New Salem dam, part of which
they were compelled to tear away In
order to let the steamer through.
Thence she went on as high as Bogue's
mill; but, having reached that point, the
rapidly falling water admonished her
captain and pilots that, unless they
wished her to be left there for the sea-
son, they must promptly turn her PROV
down stream.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
CHAPTER v.
Abe Becomes a Captain In the Black
Hawk War.

wN the spring OF 1882 Mr.. Ofutt's
business had gone to ruin. The
store was sold out, the mill was
handed over to it's owners, Mr..
Offutt himself departed for parts un-
known, and his "head clerk" was again
out of work. Just about that time
governors proclamation arrived calling
for volunteers to meet the famous chief
Black Hawk and his warriors, who
We're preparing for a grand and, in all
likelihood, bloody foray into their OLD
hunting grounds in the Rock river
country.
Black Hawk was q large Indian of
powerful frame and commanding pres
ence. He was q soldier and states
man. The history of his diplomacy
with the tribes he sought to confeder-
ate shows that he expected to realize
ON smaller scale the splendid plans of
Pontiac and TecumSeh. In his own
tongue he was eloquent and dreamed
dreams which, among the Indians,
passed for prophecy. The prophet is an
Indispensable parsonage in any COM
prehensive scheme of Indian politics.
and no chief has ever effected>s combi-
nation of formidable strength without
his aid. In the person of Black Hawk
the chief and the prophet We're one.
His power in both capacities was bent
toward single end-the great purpose
of his life-the recovery of his birth
place and the ancient home of his peo-
pie from the possession of the stranger.
Black Hawk was born on the Rock
river, in Wisconsin, in the year 1857.
His grandfather lived near Montreal,
whence his father Pyesa had emigrat.
ed, but not until he had become thor
oughly British In his views and feel
ings. All his life long he made annual
journeys to the councils OF the tribes
at Maiden. where the gifts and persua'
sions Of British agents con4rmed bin
In hia 3ncitnaa1co Ia TIA 8kskfsA 1nAse.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
For County Treasurer.

As am the regular nominee on the re-
publican ticket for the Office of treasurer
of Benton county, respectfully call at.
tention to the fact and urge all members
of the party to support me, assuring them
of my apprecia ton and that it elected
shall do my utmost to fulfill the duties o1
the Office in an honorable manner.
4o-46 Very truly, S. H. HORTON.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
CLASSIFIED ADvERrIsEMENrs:

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. =
Fifteen words or less, 25 cts for three
successive insertions, or 80 cts per
month; for all mp to and including ten
additional words. u cent word for each
insertion.
For all advertisements over 25 words,
ct per word for the first insertion, and
y ct per word for each additional inser-
ton. Nothing inserted for less than 25
cents.
Lodge, society and church notices,
other than strictly news matter, will be
charged for.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
The Lie Insurance

Muddle has started the public to,
thinking. The wonderful success that
has met BalIard's Ho,ebound Syrup in
it's crusade on Coughs, Influenza, Bron-
chitis and sll Pulmonary troubles-has
started the public to thinking of this
wonderful preparation. They are all
using ii. Join The procession and down
with slcknp>rs Price 25c, soc and
$lN Sold hy Graham 4 Workman
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22

committed some sfrfghful bar6arides,
the blood Of the settlers was boiling
and the regiments were almost instant
ly filled with the best possible material.
So soon as these facts became known
the allies of Black Hawk. both the Sc
cret and the open, fell away from MIN
and left him, with the Sacs and the
Foxes, to meet his fate.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
Do You Love

Your baby? You wonder why he
cries. Buy bottle of Whites Cream
Vermifuge and he will never cry. Most
babies have worms, and the mother
don't know it. Whites Cream Vermi-
fuge rids the child of worms and cleans
out its system in a pleasant way.
Every mother should keep a bottle of
this medicine in the house. With it
fear need never enter her mind. Price
Csc. Sold by Graham & Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
HELP WANTED.

A MIDDLE AGED LADY TO Do
house work on farm near Corvallis,
Ore, and assist in caring for three
children. She can arrange if she de.
sires to assist in caring for chickens
and other duties in farm work COM
monty done by ladies'. If the lady
has a husband. son, or other male
relative, who is good worker in farm
work, he can have work at least part
of the time. In answering send refer
ences. Address: P. O. Box 344,
37tf Corvallis. Oregon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
Kings Valley Wool Pool.

shall handle your wool; sell to the
best advantage. All who wish to join
please come and sign contract and re-
port number of f1eeces to J.F. Chambers,
Manager. 42-53
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22

street ia front of the Portland Hotel.
Saturday. May 26-- Display and parade
and music by the band. In the evening
a general illumination and fireworks.
Close of exhibit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22

MISCELLANEOUS LOT OF WIRE
cable new and second hand, any length,
pi "a of anv description and size. ma
chinery to suit anybody. write for
prices on anything; metal, scrap iron
and all kinds of junk and machinery
bought and sold, Address:
37-44 NJ. Barde & Son, Portland, Ore.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
MARBLE SHOP.

ments; curbing made to order clean
agents commission. Shop North
Main ST., Frank Vanhoosen, Prop. 92tt
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
FOR SALE

BURBANK SEED POTATOES. PAS.
ture for stock. Inquire Clyde Beach.
phone Ind. 8, Dixie. 41-49*
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22

BALED HAY FOR SALE INQUIRE
P. o. box 344. or Ind. phone 429.
Corvallis Oregon. % tt.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
House DECORATING.

FOR PAINTING AND PAPERING SEE
W. E. Paul, Ind. 488. -14tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
PHYSICIANS

8. A. OATHEY, NJ. D., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. Rooms IA, Bank Build
ing Office Hours: 10 to II a. m 2 to-
-. IN. Residence: cor 9Th and Ad-
ANS SITS Telephone ut Office and res
tdence. Corvallis. Oregon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
WANTED
BANKING.
Veterinary.S Surgeon

DR.. E. E. JACKSON, V. S, VINEGAR
& Snow livery barn. Give him call.
Phones, Ind, 1928; Residence, 3s9 or
Bell phone. 12tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22

E. R. BRYSON ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Post Office Building, Corval-
lis, Oregon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-22
ATTORNEYS

]. F. YATES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office up stairs in Zierolf Building.
Only set of abstracts in Benton County
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-30
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
WANTS HIGH SCHOOL

The enterprising people of Liberty
township, this county, are making a
move for the establishment of a town.
ship high school. With the idea of in.
stituting a thoroug' discussion on the
subject, a meeting has been called for
Saturday evening, December lst, at
which time both the board of directors
and the tax payers of Liberty will at
tend.
The establishment of township high
schools is looked upon with favor by
the State department of public in
struotion, which encourages the town
ships to maintain these higher institu-
tions of learning by paying extra
money to the school districts " herein
they become located. To township
maintaining high school with two
year course the State agrees to pay
s400 extra appropriation; for three
year course, $500 and for four year
course, $500. On account of the in
sufficient public school appropriation,
however, the State has been compelled
to cut these extra appropriations in
half, giving to the townships main
tanning high schools only 80 per cent
of the above amounts. -..
Liberty township this year has 10
pupils for whom tuition fees are being
paid outside of the district-413 who
attend at Pottsgrove and . who attend
the public schools of this city. For
these pupils Liberty township pays
out about 81. 90 apiece per month, or
nearly 5000 year. 1t is claimed that
the high school could be maintained
with the money saved from outside
tuition together with the appropria-
tion from the State.
The proposition to which Liberty
township will give consideration next
Saturday evening is one that is of in
terest to the residents in all of the
rural districts in the county. II the
taxpayers of progressive Liberty de-
eide that they will make the move and
have their own high school their ex-
pertinent will be closely watched by
all who are interested in the cause of
educati ON.
The school board of Liberty town
ship is composed of Luther Cromley,
W. @. Robbins, William J. Clark,
Jesse Bogart, william Robbins and
William Lazarus
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-30
Pathetic Appeal for Lost Boys.

Chief-of Police Mincemoyer Satur-
day received pathetic appeal from
the Chief of Police of Saudusky. O.
asking for aid and o.opelntiou in the
final search for two little boys, vii
liam Missig and Joseph Wirth, who
mysteriously disappeared from the
streets of SandusBy on July l3. 1893,
and who are supposed to have been
kidnapped. As good way of getting
the facts before the people the press
of the country is asked to assist Chief
Mincemoyer has cuts of the little boys
as they appeared when they left home
AT the present time Willie Missig
would be seventeen years of age and
Joseph Wirth sixteen. Through all
the intervening eight years the search
for the missing boys has been diligent-
ly prosecuted by the anxious parents
Anyone who has any information that
might prove of value will kindly ad.
dress the chief of police of Sandusky,
o.
The chief f-police receives many
inquiries for missing people and as a
general thing they hardly cause more
than passing interest, but in the present
case there is an element of extreme
pathos. recalling many features of the
Charlie Ross case. The police of the
entire country are at work.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-30
THE LAW WILL
Be INVOKED

1t is sad state of affairs when
quiet and inoffensive man who is en-
deavorisg to earn an honest living in
town where everyone is supposed to
have the protection of the law during
business hours is obliged to lock him
self in his store in order to escape the
taunts and annoyance of unfeeling or
unthinking people. Yet this is precise
ly what has been going on day af-
ter day during the year or more past
on the busiest part of Mill street, the
undeserving victim of it all being ].
Cooper Montgomery, who conducts a
tobacco store opposite the opera house.
The way this man has been treated
is nothing short of shame and dis
grace to the town. There is scarcely
an evening-and very often the same
nuisance exists in the day time-when
some one is not annoying the tobacco
mist; often there are groups in front
OF the store, all equally guilty, who
are not only an annoyance to the man
.Nt bN' "tS p'oibANC Ou
the street. Once inside they run things
to suit themselves and in order to pro-
tect himself Cooper" is often oblig-
ed to lock the door and shut out his
customers. 1t is then that things
reach such pass that they have be-
come positive scandal. While some
kick against the door outside others
throw down the awning and tantalize
the man in all the various ways that
ingenuity can devise. Often the per-
petrators are the merest hoodlums, but
just as frequently they are men, from
whom one would expect something
better-very much better
The threadbare argument that if the
man would pay no attention to those
who seek to have fun with him there
would soon be an end to it has no force
in the premises. All persons can notbe
philosophical under such circumstances
and if men have no consideration and
real sympathy for another poor fellow
whose lines have not always fallen in
pleasant places, then it is time for the
strong arm of the law to interfere.
Such a crisis has been reached at
present. Several citizens, whose sym
pathy has been aroused, have taken the
matter in hand and will see to it that
the man is protected. One of these, a
man of standing, yesterday in no I'M
certain terms stated what he for one
intended to do, if the nuisance is not
abated Immediately. Arrests will GER
tainly follow and if those in the habit
of making themselves Objectionable
about the store are wise they will take
this tip and govern themselves accord
ingly.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-30
Over Embankment.

y thrilling runaway occurred Satur-
day evening near Bloomsbury in which
four we'll known men of Mt. Pleasant
township. Columbia county, were
thrown out of a wagon and over an
embankment, and all more or less ser.
iously injured.
Frank Mordan was driving team
of spirited colts ON his way from
Bloomsburg to his home in Mt. Pleas
ant township. On the front seat with
him was Charles L. Sands, we'll known
politically, while seated on turkey
box in the rear of the wagon were
William Mordan and William Lorah.
When few miles out of Bloomsbury
one of the men in the wagon made a
sharp noise, causing the horses to start
forward. One of the reins dropped
from the hands of the driver. Just at
that insant tie wagon struck water
course, and the driver, Frank Mordan,
was thrown over the dash board be-
tween the horses. Still holding on to
one rein, Mordan drew the horses too
far to one side of the road and the
whole outfit, wagon. horses and men,
went over steep embankment into a
field ~.a.a.
In the mix up that followed the oc-
cupants of the wagon were pretty badly
used up. One of the horses was caught,
while the other got away and was not
captured until early yesterday morn
ing. -.-
The injured men were taken to the
Welliver farm nearby an when ply
sician arrived he found that place
looking like an eme gency hospital
Frank Mordan had suffered dislooat-
ed shoulder and ribs broken; Will
liam Mordan dislocated his right
shoulder and had number of severe
lacerations; Sands sustained a number
of cuts about the head and badly
bruised body; Lorah, who received
cuts and bruises all over his body,
managed to walk to his home 7 miles
distant
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-30
Last Capitol Excursion.

The last capitol excursion was run
over the Pennsylvania on Saturday
and carried its usual large quota from
Danville. l0S people taking in the de-
lightful trip. Saturdays was the
sixth and last of the penny ex-
cursions. On the six Saturdays that
the specials were run $40 tickets were
sold at. South Danville, the largest
number going on November 3rd. when
205 took in the sights at Harrisburg.
Those who took in Saturdays ex-
cursiou from Danvlle and vicinity
were: DR.. aud Mrs. ii. Hinshellwood,
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Fetterman, Mr..
and Mrs. William Ashton Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. H. Kostenbauder, Mesdames
Chris Loeb, John Smith, Charles
Smith. Bernard Shevlin, John Meyer,
Kate Foust, E. A. Curry, l. G., Bar
ber, Misses Katherine Rifle, Ella
Leamy, Kate Foust, Laura Krum,
Florence Hartline, Florence Krum,
Katherine Fisher, Mary Hartline, Car
rie Ca3herina, Hester Moser. Rose
Gallagher, Bertha f. Kase, Blanche
S. Sechler, Helen Tooey, Mary Leffler,
Carrie Ward, Lizzie Phillips, Margaret
Cook, Mamie Flanagan, Ethel Herring
ton, Maragret Barber, Phoebe Curry,
Amanda Wittemeyer, Emma Kosten-
bauer, Edith Ashton. Jennie Dyer,
Stella Cook, Messrs. Arthur Hahn, G..
o. Campbell. Elmer Mowrey. Sam
Mowrey, John Albeck, John Mitchell,
Lloyd Baylor, A. c. Angle, Howard
VanKlrk, Guy Mowrer, Horace Apple
man. William Appleman, Hugh Bar
ber, George Kostenbauder, Harry Kase,
Sam j. Welliver, Benjamin Gillaspy,
William Childs, Joseph II. Gerringer,
Jacob Johnson, Charles +. Cook, l..
NJ. Campbell, Frank b. Gulick, John
Kessler, Bert Gulick, Joseph Weaver,
William /. Davis, Boyd Billheim, Sam
Lobach, Thomas Gething,J. w. Shoop,
James Rifle, Morris Leighow, Dad"
Swank, William Everett, Frank Gill,
John Casey, Lafayette Foust. Joel
Reabuok, J. B. Enterline, G. L. Rea-
buck, Walter Mettler, Boyd Wolver-
ton. Arthur and Stuart Cook.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-30
Congestion at Sunbury.

The railroad situation in Sunbury
now holds the centre of the stage for
the head officials of the great Pennsyl-
varia system. 1t is now believed that
in that town lies the main cause of
the congestion which has been block.
ing the traffic on all the lines, especi-
ally on the local division, and that in
Sunbury alone can be found the rem
edy. Adequate yard facilities at that
point are believed to he key to the
situation
A notable party of railroad men were
in Sunbury throughout Saturday max
ing critical examination of the
traffic. There were Mr.. r. NJ. Patter-
son, general superintendent of freight
transportation, and other officials from
Philadelphia; General Superintendent
W. H. Myers, superintendent II. p.
Lincoln, and Assistant Trainmaster
Charles Hartman, of Williamsport
In the party of inspection were in
cluded the Sunbury officials.
On the conclusions drawn from their
critical inspection of the situation in
Sunbury will depend all future action
taken by the company in reference to
that town. To relieve the freight con.
gestion is necessity immediate and
imperative The means which will be
taken to accomplish this end are of
far reaching importance to Sunbury.