Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-09-05
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Edwin L. Chalcraft has gone on s
two weeks tour of work and inspec-
tion ON official business as superintend-
emit OF Indiam affairs in this jurisdic-
ito. He will visit Grand Rounde, Nc
Nlinnville, Portland and other poinus
in Oregon. Since the Roseburg Office
was 1lbondoned, Mr.. Chalcraft has. a
large district to go over In the DIS
charge Of his duties as superintendent.
Siletz is certainly a favored place
for people who want to work and make
an easy living. Mary Of the Indians
are going to the hopfields to make
good money picking hops as we'll as
to have fire outing among their
friends In the fair. famed Willamette
Valley; others will pick the luscious
blackberry along the brooks, streams
and valleys and others will go fishing
tor the Royal Chinook Salmon, while
Others win go to the logging camps
and make their IS or Sc per day while
the farmer stays at home, milks his
fine dairy cows and receives each
week nice cream check Of $50 or $50
and this is not half his income. He
sells his pork, beef, wool, mohair and
chickens at top prices and just now he
Is finishing up his fine crop Of hay. oats
and barley before rain comes on 1T.
Why should not the farmer be happy?
He's happy and conten.ed. Soon every
farmer will own an auto and can go
Joy riding whenever he pleases.
The roads are being hard surfaced
and soon we will be out of the mud.
Rev. Walter Ross has just returned
from Salem where he has been taking
a course Of study in the rural training
school for rural ministers. He speaks
of the krCe o-as1 Iloy had and the
splendid work done. Many changes
will be made in the rural system of
church work; fewer ami better minis
ters and fewer and better chui cheIs.
The ministers will be better paid and
the church will be more tolerant and
liberal than it has been in the paS5.
We hope Mr.. Ross will be retained at
Siletz The minister must leave the
old ruts and advance with the progress
of the world.
Some fishermen came down the 81
letz river, starting at Sunshine and
following the river to the gorge, a dis
tance of eibout fifteen miles Some
times they were in water up to their
waists. 1t was pretty cold but they
stood 1t. The banks OF the river are
almost perpendicular on each side and
you cant get out. They said they
caught lot of trout, more than they
wanted and gave them to the Indians
Siletz Is a strange river, heading UP
in the big mountains covered with
eternal forest. The Indians say when
they used to go hunting up there they
could see strange little men dodging
about In the water and they could hear
strange sweet music. It seemed to
come from behind the great rocks and
high cliffs on each side Of the river.
The Indians thought these little men
made the music. The fishermen also
heard this music as they same down
the river. 1t sounds something like
the Eolian harps that cam be heard on
the coast Of Switzerland. This strange
music must be made by the wind blow.
ing through the crevice in the rocks
end around the great boulders in con-
junction with the ripples and splash
ing OF the waters over the falls. This
is the symphony music of nature.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Harding came
over Saturday in their auto and passed
ON up to the gorge where they will
spend al day or two fishing. They had
their son, David, Jr., with them. Mr.
Harding is the efficient and popular
re order of the City of Newport. He
is an expert fisherman
Near the gorge lives the great Rogue
River Chief, John PONCE. He will
give you all the information about fish
ing and hunting desired. He Is
medicine man" and he cam give yoa
treatment either by herds or by incan
tadous. He gets his medicine from
the Great Spirit and he also has plent:
of tamah-nat (magic) and can us
that il necessary. Through magl, h
can tell where the best fishing Is Hi
klootchmon is a good cook and cai
serve meals. His tepee is always ope
to the white man.