Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-09-03

NEWPORT .

Died, at Newport, August 25,
1915, Mrs. Catherine TAFT, aged
79 years and A months. Mrs.
TAFT came to Newport ten years
ago and has lived here ever
since. She was widow, her
husband having died many years
ago. She was a Christian wo-
man and a member of the Pres
byterian Church She was al
ways an active worker in the
Church. Her husband was a
minister in the Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. TAFT was born in
the state of New York and lived
there most of her life. She was
married in that state to Mr.. TAFT.
After his death she came to Ore
.gon. The funeral services were
conducted at the Copeland Un-
dertaking Parlors by DR.. Pratt
pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, and the remains were
sent back to Hammond, New
York to be inferred by the side
of her husband. She had no
relatives in Oregon. She was
an invalid for many years and
wanted to go and be at rest.
DR.. Gertrude Idinthorn has
been selected as one among sew
eral to go to India as a mission
ary to work in the hospitals.
She Will leave Newport on Sep
tember 18th, go to Seattle and
from there, with a number OF
Others, sail on japanese vessel
for India September 21st. 1t
takes some courage to. go to that
far off country, full of jungles,
-allegators, man-eating tigers and
rattlesnakes. The many friends
of DIR. Minthorn viii regret to
see her go, but all win Join in
wishing her a bon voyage and
safe return. She. goes under q
five years contract, engaged by
the Canadian Presbyterian
Church. DR.. Minthorn, hel
father, is now at Newport and ir
much better health. than he has
been for a long time.
The opening exercises of the
fair at Siletz were as follows
Prayer by Rev. John Adams, in
Chinook "a full blooded Shasta
Indian and a nephew of the no.
ted war chief, Tyee John. It Is
said by persons that were In the
Rogue River War of 1855 that
Johns voice could be heard one
mile from the mountain tops
giving orders to his warriors
He had the power of uniting al
the different tribes of Southern
Oregon in a general war on the
whites, the same as Pe-Pe-Mo-
Mox had in uniting the tribes in
Eastern Oregon.) Walter Hall
president Of the fair, made a
brief address of welcome and
John Williams, a full-blooded
Molalla Indian chief, gave the
response on behalf of the In
dians. His speech has elo-
quent, patriotic and impressive.
He was proud of his Indian blood
and urged his people to stand
by their race. Fifty years of
education and training has
made the Indians capable of cit
izenship. He thought the fu-
ture was bright with hope for the
Indians. He urged his people
to seize the opportunities that
surround them and make the
most of them. Said the fair
was gotten up and conducted al
most entirely by the Indians.
The farm products were raised
by the Indians and the fine
needle work was done by the
school children and the old fash
ioned work by the Indian wo-
men. The good order and dis
ciplin that prevailed on the fair
grounds attested the education
and disciplin of the Indians. All
were well dressed and you had
to see the face to know which
was white and which was In
dian. Mr.. Williams said the In
dians in the United States num-
bered three hundred thousand
and the full blooded Indians in
Mexico numbered seven millions
$50 we are not passing away as
some would have you believe
His speech was good and vel
received. Superintendent Chal.
craft represented the Govern.
ment and gave a very helpful
talk to the Indians. He is o
friend to the Indian and will dc
all he can to promote his welfare
and prosperity. Prof. Frachten.
berg spoke on behalf of the
Smithsonian Institute. He has