The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-03
AN OLD PIONEER
PASSES AWAY

morning, April 20, 1906, of heart fail
ure, aged So years, 2 months and q
days.
The news came as a surprise to the
community, as he was not known to
be seriously i'll and was down town
but few weeks ago.. He had been
failing, however, for nearly year
having had partial stroke OF paraly.
sis last May, and was taken quite III
last Sunday. No physician had been
called, as he had always prescribed
for himself. About five o'clock Thurs
day morning he got up and dressed,
complaining of severe pains, and LOOK
dose of medicine. He then lay lown
on the couch and fell into stupor.
A physician was called but he ex-
pired before doctor could reach
there, at $50 a. m.
The funeral was held Saturday af-
ternoon at the residence, Rev. }. IL.
Hershner officiating, and the remains
laid to rest in Idlewilde cemetery.
There was large sized conGourse
of old residents and neighbors pre-
sent. The relatives attending from
out of town we're: Mrs. Julia McDan
lei and Miss Amy Adams, daughters
by his first wife; Mr.. and Mrs. Jeit
Mosier and Miss Dollie Mosier, of
Mosier, brother and sister Of MIS-.
Adams Mis-. Frank y. Taylor, of The
Dalles. step sister of Mrs. Adams, and
Mrs. A. G. Faust, of Portland, an old
friend who lived with the family for
some time.
The pail bearers were: A. S. Blow
ers, Leslie Butler, L. Henry, d. Nc
Donald, Cyrus Vaughan ard s. F.
Blythe.
The deceased leaves wife and two
children, Percival and Lenore, by the
second marriage, and seven children
by the first MARRIAGE Mrs. IneZ h.
Parker, California; Mrs. Helen b.
johnson, wife of Prof. Johnson, OF
State University, Eugene; Mrs. Julia
Mcdonald, Portland; Judge W. II.
Adams, Dawson, Alaska; Gaines M.
Adams, Pateros, Wash. Annie q.
Adams, Portland Ore, Mrs. Clarabel
M. Akin, Astoria, Ore. One son,
twin, Arthur Craig Adams, died at
the age of years.
WI. Adams was born in Painesville,
Ohio, Feb. 8, 1921, his parents having
emigrated to that state when it was a
wilderness, His father Was devoted
friend of Gen. Harrison, with whom
he served in all Of his Indian cam
paigns. His mother was a descendant
of Ethan Allen, the ''Hero of Ticon-
deroga.' Her mother and William
Slade's mother we're sisters. Slade
was governor Of Vermont.
In 1888 young Adams started for
Galesburg to enter Knox College. He
carried with him cotton handkor-
chief, wrapped around cotton shirt,
pair of socks and Greek and Latin
grammer, with Days algebra and one
or two other books. He supported
himself by teaching school and work
ing in the harvest field. He finally
went to Bethany College, Va, was
warmly received by the president,
Alexander Campbell, taken into his
house, and trusted for his books and
board. Out of SIT he earned in the
harvest field he reached Bethany Col
lege with 25o in money and u cheap
suit Of clothes. He took the highest
honors as a scholar and wac called the
best writer IN the college.
During the college term he studied
on an average II hours day. After
his lessons we're mastered no made it
a rule to write some facetious article
for paper at Bethany, for which he
generally received dollar. His fame
as q satirist rose high when it leaked
out that he was the author Of the al
tioles which depicted we'll known
characters.
In the fall of 1914 he married Fran
ces Olivia Goodell, to whom he had
been engaged two years. The two had
joint-stock capital Of S32 Adams
stood up to bo married In suit of
Kentucky jeans, worn threadbare.
His friends ridiculed him for II OF wait
ing till no procured fine clothes. lie
said: 81 will marry now and buy my
wedding suit when | am able to get 1t
without going in debt. " With the
S32 he went to st. Louis, taking,deck
passage and helping to wood at every
wood yard where the steamer stopped,
In the fall of lsi5 he took Il school
in Henderson county, where he
taught 15 months by the scholar,
making $50 month, when the com.
mon price of teaching was $40 a
month. The neighbors rolled mp n log
cabin for Adams to live in, and lot
him have 1t free Of rent.
In the winter of 1867, he was
offered FIVE years employment at n
good salary to take charge of the uni
versity in the city of Jacksonville, ILL.,,
but having made up his mind to emi.
CRATE to Oregon, he declined the offer
In March, lS47, he was ready to
cross the plains, having paid up oh
his college debts, and possessing eight
yoke of cattle, two wagons, three guns
and all the necessary outfit. His
father died a few days before he was
ready to start, and he concluded to
wait another year, in hopes OF Undue
ing his fathers family to como with
him.
In March, l8iS, he started, his
friends declining to brave the dangers
of country about which they knew
so little.
He left Galesburg in March with four
yoke OF oxen aud two yoke of cows
hitched to his wagon, and Camped every
night on the road till he reached St.
Joseph, Missouri He had two child
rem, Inez Eugenia and Helen Elizabeth,
the former two years and the latter four
months of age. He Camped near ST.
Joseph two weeks to dry his books and
clothing, which had become water
soaked in fording rivers in Missouri,
where the water ran over the top OF the
wagon.bed. May "a he crossed the
Missouri river and, with u company of
forty other wagons, started ON the trail
for OrepOn They fOTdVl all the rivers