Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-17

l'oA wv bihtt li lOuT-Dll pieces.
which because of their bulk possessed
In the sight of the braves more value
than gold coin or the equal In silver
dollars. In the next Indian camp he
was ready tn swap the pony for
blanket or trade for another buckskin.
and his name t'scame we'll known
among the red races of the country.
In the course of his long service he
became the big man. OF many a
tribe. and held the tffer in marriage
of tho hand of many a chieftain's
daughter To do this he had to live
among them. hunt. fish. ride and tell
stories with them, more or less of
the time. He sat ut their fcasts aud
hSuratively smoked the pipe" ut tri-
hal councils or AT potlatches. In 9TH
er words. the missionary among the
oregon Indians had to be "hiu till
cum II he hoped to win their favor.
1t has been some years since the
rough and ready miners and ranch
men have stood tenderfoot up
against the wall and shot MIS- boot
heels off TO make him dance. But the
bishop or circuit rider must still mix
with them like Il brother" and no
matter whether he breaches to them
IN barn, In an open square. stand
ing ON soap box for rostrum. or
inside church or schoolhouse. he
mas TO suit his language ON questions
OF doctrine and dogma. He must still
discuss hell fire" and illustrate his
points with Il story, and II the COW
punchcrs insist on pulling whiskey
Task from their hip pockets and pro-
pose toast to him, he must ack-
nowledge the compliment with a drink
of water or n pleasant smile.
Cow punchers and miners. when
they have not been fed on the sort
OF mamma the missionary provides
ior long time, sometimes yield to
rehSious emotions rs strong rs they
are picturesque, and their expert
ences related In meeting well pune
tuated with coarse and even profane
language, should not offend the man
who has Needed the cry 10 go over
into Macedonia"
The whole of the almost limitless
empire of Eastern Oregon is not al
together so tnnighted as one might
imagine from the above, for the real
oldtime, old fashioned cowboy and
me rough, red shifted miners are
disappearing, gradually perhaps, but
'hey are giving way to more modern
methods as the great Northwest's re-
sources of mine. field and forest are
being developed The road agents are
getting scaIcer and are not such n
menace, though their raids are not
altogether things of the past. Bitter
feuds among the cattle and sheen men
still! exist, and thousands of animals
are poisoned and shot down or driy-
en- OH each year. Suoh features OF
life In the wild and woolley" West
be COPIED with by the mission work.
ers. ,
Referring to recent statement by
Bishop Scadding, he sums up the sit :
uation in the following optimistic
manner: Nearly thirty thousand
homeseekers have come into Oregon
within the last year. and these are
not the immigrants from foreign
shores who fill the tenements of our
larger cities, but stalwart people from
the East and Middle West.
THE cowboys are disappearing.
They are being surCanted by college
graduates, sturdy young men, intel
lectnal eager ambitious. They have
little capital at first. lat soon become
wcil TO do. and even wealthy. The
people of Oregon are responsive to
religious appeal. There is a strong
feeling toward Christianity. They
want the ministrations of not n ms
ice of the peace. They want their
funeral services conducted by min
lister not by an undertaken. man
looks at me when I come to him with
my message just MS he would at n man
VINO has hardware to sell. and he
says, Come, deliver the goodsv He
examines what | have TO saw. ann
tnen, understanding that IL is good fo-
him and his family, accepts it,"
So, take 1t Ill in all. SKY Pilot"
Paddock viii have not only an oppor-
| tunity to hold Office in his saddle but
ne VIII be expected TO deliver tho
goods to an Infinite variety of neonlo
under an infiiite variety OF circum-
| stances. A year or two amonp the
mining camps and cattle ranges of
eastern Oregon will surely make hin,
Iich IN experience. whether it makes
MIN rich in results or not.
News displtches and correspond-
ence from the remote portions Of the
state Indicate that preparations arc
gong on to gve him n royal welcome
when he comts. whether 1t is bv train
stage coach, horseback. by boat mr.
on foot. The religiously hunpr.
nordes." as aHarney County dispofch |
declares. "ar, anxious to get Ioor
~ tn,s new Mingled. saddle broke sky
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