Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-20

Can woman shoe horses2 Can
she carry the mail in far places? Can
she make a living hunting wildcats
Can she be commercial fisherman
or logger? Oregon women can, and
are doing all these things, and more.
Mrs. Lettie Platte, OF North Bend
is successful logger. She took over
a logging camp that had twice failed
under the management OF men, and
made it pay salaries and dividends.
"The trouble with the men, said
Mrs, Platte, "is that they aim too
high. Anyone who is running any
kind of work must not expect hired
help to do it all. Get out and do a
little work themselves. That S what
1 did,
Mrs. Platte not only bossed, but
she worked. She went out into the
woods with the men. She used q
peavy, rolled logs, set choppers,
pulled line, blew whistle, and Incl
deneally "fired and hired." She
pulled that bankrupt logging camp
through in good shape. She took out
more logs per man employed than
dllN OlHtl camp Ill HtI ulSlIICls
Opal Whiteley organized a Chris
tian Endeavor society in a logging
camp on Row river, in Lane county,
when she was only 13 years old. This
backwoods "church of the best
licks' soon became one of the most
active societies i'll the entire state
At the age of II she was made state
superintendent of Junior Endeavor
Lost year she organized dozens of
new Junior Endeavor societies. She
reaches the children through nature
study. She is this year attending the
of Oregon. Some day She
wants to write nature stories for little
folks and she is preparing herself to do
this.
Mrs. Jacob Crumb carried the mail
for l6 months from Earl postotiicc to
Point Terrace. Point Terrace is on the
Siuslaw river, and Earl postoffice is
high up in the mountains. This is one
Of the most dangerous mail routes in
Oregon in the winter time Mrs. Crumb
had to ride along narrow trail, with
wet ferns and herbage drenching her on
Dne side and empty space on the other,
for it was almost a thousand feet down
TO where the creek dashes over its cata-
racts.
Miss Myrtle Powell, of Tyee, Ore
gon, also carried the mail for many
months from one remote postoffice to
another. She was only a girl in her
-eens, but she never failed to get the
nail through, no matter what the state
IF thu bnr
ion of the roads undeffoot, both of
which were often bad enough to cause
reputation
Mrs. Lulu H. Rupel is q poet. She
ives far back in the Coast mountains.
IN the upper Nestucca river, in Tilla-
nook county. 1t is 26 miles from post
'ffice up mountain trail to her home.
N the idst Of her hosehold dtieus like
Harriet Beecher Stowe. srronded by
7ast solitde of black, charred snags, she
vrites poems that are gems, and stories
bout homesteaders. The University of
oregon predicas that the world will hear
rom this woman some day.
Miss Flora Warner, of Oakridge, Ore,
'ften shoes horses. She taps the horse s
eg lightly with her hammer and takes
nd holds the lifted foot in vise-like
rip, until the shoe is neatly placed
20 states rights doctrine about the
hoes she puts on; it and the hoof to
Fhich it is nailed are one and,insepar-
bic. She does not make blacksmith
ne her trade, but if it should ever be
eeessary, she could do so.
Miss Catherine Nodine, of Denmark.
'ury county, is holding down a home
tead, and until her farm begins to pro
uee is making the principal part of her
wing from bounty on wildcat scalps.
HE Curry County Diana, as nimble on
oot as the ancient goddess, follows her
hepherd dog, and when the eat takes to
tree, aims her rifle and fires. One
hot is sufficient. After that, at the
ase of the tree, she does quick. seat
ob of scalping.
Mrs. F. J. Wade, of Scottsburg, ran
lotorboat on the Umpqua all during
asst fishing season, while her husband |
TENDED to the nets. "She ran the boat
says Mr.. Wade; 81 was
ut of place if I got up around the en-
inc, :" They secured 322 fish in one
atch, and during the season they |
aught $500 silversides and two and