East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20
DAYS OF OLD WEST.


Upon the table land above, wer hill
locks and scattered trees, and they
were real trees too. In the distance,
making a most realistic background
were low mountain ranges which at
intervals shot farther upward into
snow clad peaks. Down the noun
tain side, the course of a torrential
mountain stream could be traced un-
til it poured over precipice and fell
splashing into the pool below 1t was
not make-believe water either.
! Chief Falls.
! With such a setting a little drama
of the early west was enacted. Chief
Tall Pine and a little band of Indians
entered the valley below and took
their way up the narrow mountain
trail to the table lands above. Giving
a most realistic touch was an acci-
dent which threatened to mar the
program in the beginning. The chiefs
horse slipped as he neared the top of
the trail, and the rider was thrown
over the cliff" dropping is feet.
Though badly bruised. he jumped to
his feet caught his horse, which was
kicking and struggling, and led his
little party on up the trail.
Arriving at the table lands and
with the spot lights playing on them.
the squaws set to work erecting their
tepees and preparing their camp. 1t
was wonderfully picturesque ecene
and was greeted with applause. From
below an Indian scout appeared and
signalled the chief. He was follow
ed by so braves in their gaudiest
trappings, bearing a captive white
girl in their rTnfHgt NFhila ha
took charge of the girl and bound her
to post at the camp above, the
braves celebrated with war dance and
wrestling bouts the success of their
attack on a nemigrant train. Soon
after they disappeared a long haired
scout followed by "a handful of blue
coated soldiers appeared. They dis
covered the Indian camp above and
the scout cautiously crept from rock
to rock and from bush to bush. AS
he neared the camp, he signaled to
the men below and they opened fire.
The warriors above answered and al
most at the first shot the squaws had
taken down their tepees and disap-
peared into the hills. The scout dash
ed forward, slashed the girls bonds
and the two fled down a mountain
Nld4l, lHc lHuldlS puISulIS ntlI
flight was abruptly ended when they
came to the end of the trail. Before
them a wall of rock, behind them
the oncoming Indians and below
them 80 feet the deep pool into
which the waterfall poured. They
took the only avenue of escape and
plunged headlong into the pool from
whence they were rescued by the SOL
diers. The fight continued until an
Indian was shot off the cliff into the
water and a soldier and horse were
down. The little drama went off
without hitch and was received with
enthusiasm.
Real Bears Appear.
The retreat of the Indians was fol-
lowed by the entrance of an emigrant
wagon with OK team. While the men
in the party made camp. a mounted
horsewoman (Mrs. Ralph Saling)
sang some of the old songs that are
still as popular as they were SO years
ago. The camp was thrown into con-
fusion by the appearance of two bears
who proceeded to devour all of the
food on the table. The bears were
still eating and drinking when the
lights were suddenly dimmed.
Great TRANSFORMATION scene.
Within a minute they were turned
on again and within that minute the
scene had changed. The rocky walls
had vanished and in their place had
appeared a whole street front of a
frontier town. There was the Red
Dog Saloon, the Stagger Inn, He'll
Morgans Place, Black Jacks LikkeT
Emporium, the Chinese laundry, liv-
cry stable, blacksmithshop, bank and
other places of business and through
each doorway booted miners and be-
chapped cowboys could be seen.
Where the waterfall poured down the
mountain side appeared an old mill
and a churning water wheel. At the
other end a great rock had turned in
to a steepled church And to make
the transformation complete, above
on the table land where the Indian
village had been, a solitary white
man appeared, pitched his tent and
hoisted the American flag. The
transformation threw the crowd into
wild cheering.
The old town began to get into
action at once. Cowboys rode into !
the Red Dog and shot out the lights, |
buckarooes mounted bucking horses, |