Hi I have a lot of info on my GGrandfather Collin D Matheny (His father was Daniel Boone Matheny, the operator of the Wheatland Ferry and was on the 1843 Oregon Trail) His wife, Lily D Hall (f-George Austin Hall of CT, m-Ellen Rebecca Hitchcock) My other GGrandfather Theodore (Dory) Grace: his father was Oliver Grace & a brother William. I know he was married twice, but I have no idea of his first wife. he had 2 children with her & 6 with his second wife. His wife Edith Deguire: m-Mary Jennie Parrish, f-Lewis James Deguire (after James died she married his brother Henry R Deguire). They all lived in Silverton or nearby in the late 1890's and passed away in the 1950's. I am trying to find anybody with connections to this line Kathy ;)

Hello all...... I am still looking for that needle in the haystack. I'm looking for any SMITHs who have any connection to the surname BLACK and any BLACKs who have a connection to the surname SMITH. I have nothing to go on regarding the SMITH surname.....except that it was the married name of my BLACK ancestor. I don't even know her first name. I found out about her existence in August while I was in Michigan doing research by looking through old newpaper articles. She lived in Portland. I don't have the article in front of me at the moment; therefore, I can't be for certain if the article year was 1870 or 1890. Thanks, Colleen

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon July 9, 1938 SECOND ACCIDENT SERIOUS FACES KIDNAP CHARGE Portland, Ore., July 9 (UP) Lee Tombleson, 28, special police officer, will be removed to Spokane for trial today in connection with the kidnapping of Tome Lowe, Idaho rancher. Federal bureau of investigation agents alleged Tombleson and Charles McCullough, for whom they are looking, posed as federal officers, kidnapped Lowe and forced him to pay them $1000. The kidnapping purportedly took place a few miles outside of Spokane on July 5. Tomblson was taken into custody at the home of his mother here. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm 150th Anniversary of founding of Fort Dalles, May 20, 2000 For details telephone: 541-296-4547

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon December 10, 1936 SECOND ACCIDENT SERIOUS Salem, Dec. 10 (UP) Albert J. Metchiner, 39, Portland, was uninjured when the car he was driving collided with another in Hubbard (OR.) last night. But as he was aiding two injured persons across the highway, he was struck down by a car driven by John H. Becker, police said. Metschiner was sent to a Porland hospital. Becker was not held. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm 150th Anniversary of founding of Fort Dalles, May 20, 2000 For details telephone: 541-296-4547

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon December 10, 1936 GEORGE JOHNSTON, 78, DIES IN PORTLAND Funeral Arrangements Not Complete; Long Dufur Resident George W. Johnston, prominently known in Wasco county as a leading Dufur merchant and banker, died early this morning at Portland, (OR.). Aged 78, Mr. Johnston had been in failing health for some time and had been living with a brother at Portland in an attempt to rest and recuperate. Prior to his last illness the deceased had been a resident of Dufur for a half century. He was regarded as an exceptionally astute business man and the bank at Dufur which he and his brothers managed survived the 1931-32 financial depression with never a doubt expressed by depositors concerning the soundness of the institution’s condition. For a time the bank was the only one with its doors open in this section of the state. Two brothers, J. C. Johnston of Dufur and J. H. Johnston of Portland, are among relatives who survive the deceased. Funeral arrangements, not yet complete, will be announced later through C. R. Callaway & Son. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm 150th Anniversary of founding of Fort Dalles, May 20, 2000 For details telephone: 541-296-4547

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 8, 1935 SILVERTON MAN SHOT Portland, Aug. 8 (IP) William A. Taylor, Silverton, Ore., was shot in the neck today and slightly wounded by Mrs. J. O. Silkett, police said. Officers asserted the affray was the result of an argument in the woman’s apartment. Mrs. Silkett was held by police on an after hours charge. POLICE SEEK SUSPECT IN MEACHAM KILLING Fingerprints Left Upon Fruit Jar; Coupling Pin Was Weapon Meacham, Ore. Aug. 8 (IP) Police today hunted for a man, probably a hitch-hiker, who left fingerprints on a glass in the old vacant house near here in which Roy Hamm, 20, Portland, honor student at Montana state college was slain, as a suspect in the killing. Hamm was beaten on the head with a wagon coupling pin, apparently as he slept. Sergeant George Glenn of the state police found the death weapon stuck in the earth near the house. Microscopic examination revealed strands of Hamm’s hair on one end. Officers found a half-filled pail of lemonade on the table and two fruit jars which had been used for glasses. Fingerprints were discovered on both glasses. Police believed the murderer attacked the youth the night of July 26 while he was asleep. There were no indications Hamm had eaten in the house and his body was clothed in sleeping attire when found. After slaying Hamm, the murderer apparently threw his body down into the basement through a trapdoor. Sergeant Glenn found it there Tuesday. Searchers found a pan and a broom in a field adjacent the house which had been used to clean up blood. Frank Watkins, owner of the house where the killing occurred, became suspicious after he noticed Hamm’s car had stood in the same place, for nearly a week and notified authorities, Tuesday. The youth had left Portland early July 26 to drive to Pocatello, Ida., to deliver some household goods to his brother, D. J. Hamm. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm 150th Anniversary of founding of Fort Dalles, May 20, 2000 For details telephone: 541-296-4547

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 2, 1934 MRS. L. PATTERSON DIES Mrs. Lediette Patterson, 84, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Lavena Stereiff, in the Chenowith district last evening after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held from Zell’s chapel Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clockk with Rev. A. S. Bash officiating. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Etta H. Gehring of Parkdate, (OR); Mrs. Mamie Harris of The Dalles, Mrs. Myrtle Hall of Orting, Wash., and Mrs. Ida Gowling of San Jose, Calif.; one son, Fred Patterson of Yakima, (WA); two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bunn of Portland and Mrs. Ollie Cummins of Monmouth, (OR); 28 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm 150th Anniversary of founding of Fort Dalles, May 20, 2000 For details telephone: 541-296-4547

Message text written by INTERNET:ORMULTNO-L@rootsweb.com > Would someone lookup the address and zip code for PEGG, PAXSON & SPRINGER Funeral Home there in Portland. Thank you. Justin L. Dingman, Tacoma, WA< Sorry - as I hit the delete I noticed it said address: Pegg Paxon & Springer 4675 SW Watson Ave. Beaverton OR 97005 Julie JulieKidd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/

Message text written by INTERNET:ORMULTNO-L@rootsweb.com >Would someone lookup the address and zip code for PEGG, PAXSON & SPRINGER Funeral Home there in Portland. Thank you. Justin L. Dingman, Tacoma, WA _____< It is in the city of Beaverton, and the zip is 97005 Julie JulieKidd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/

Would someone lookup the address and zip code for PEGG, PAXSON & SPRINGER Funeral Home there in Portland. Thank you. Justin L. Dingman, Tacoma, WA ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Message text written by INTERNET:ORMULTNO-L@rootsweb.com >> Hi to the list: Are any of you living in the Portland OR area? I have ancestors who lived at 913 Division St. in Portland in the 1920's. Would someone be able to check the city directory for present day and tell me if the home is still there? If so would you please let me know if you would be able to take a photo of the home. I would of course reimburse you for your efforts. Thanks in advance Elizabeth Milne granijeanm30@gtlakes.com<< Elizabeth - I went by there last night - and boy did I feel stupid. That block is where one of my favorite restaurants in town is..... I should have known that immediately. The side of the street which should have been the odd-numbered houses is still houses. I will check at the library this evening, and find the current number for that house, then we can determine if it is --in fact-- still there. I'll let you know what I find. Julie JulieKidd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/

The following is through the courtesy of the descendants of Louis Anderson and Carrie Jacobsen (Jakobsen) and The Fort Dalles/Anderson House Museum in The Dalles, Oregon. It is rather long but I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did. MY GRANDPA’S WONDROUS FARM by Helen Saunders Among my fondest childhood memories is my Grandpa’s farm. We lived in a district ten to fifteen miles southeast of The Dalles, Oregon, called Pleasant Ridge. Our place was a mile from the schoolhouse, and Grandpa lived about a mile and a quarter beyond, up on a hill. We entered his place by driving up a long lane between two rows of large locust trees. The shade seemed like heaven on a hot dusty summer day, especially when the trees were in bloom and filled the air with that lovely, pungent, sweet odor. Grandpa had the largest house and best facilities in the area, so that many neighborhood social functions took place there. There was intrigue and mystery about his place, as there were quite a few “no-no’s” where we children were not allowed – by ourselves, anyway. There was a rather imposing log house with a big kitchen, and a pantry which always held a supply of fresh sour-cream cookies where we kids were always welcome. (I have tried all my married life to duplicate that recipe, but I know I will never quite get it.) There was a wonderful chiming clock, with carvings and filigree, on a shelf in the kitchen and a large, square-shaped table with straight high-backed chairs which had fancy engravings across the top. There was a wood burning range with a hot-water tank along the side of the fire box, and a big wood bin beside the stove. The floor was bare scrubbed boards with rag throw-rugs. Grandma and Grandpa slept in a small room behind the stove which could be entered from either the kitchen or the living room. The living room had wall to wall carpet, padded with straw, and made of woven rags, which I am sure my Grandma made as she had all the “makings” for such things in a little room under the stairwell, where we children were only allowed a quick peek. The ceiling of the living room was covered with some kind of material which was kept white-washed. In there was a platform rocker and a sort of chaise lounge covered with velvet. There was a flat-bellied wood heater and a square table on which stood a kerosene lamp. A lower shelf on the table held a magical stereoscope with a number of wonderful pictures which could carry you to far-away places. Off the living room there was a small covered porch, which was seldom used, but every summer there would be a bird’s nest on top of one of the posts. On the opposite side of the living room was a guest room which was even smaller than the other bedroom. There was just enough room in there for a double bed which had high carved boards at both the head and foot. It was covered with a hand-crocheted spread with long fringe all around, and there was a tiny square table in the corner by the window. All the windows had crisp white lace curtains, and the walls were covered with pretty paper. Behind the entrance door to the kitchen, where we always came in, was a stairway to the upper floor where there were two very large bedrooms. One was where my mother and her sister slept, and the other was for my two uncles. Besides these rooms, there was a large open area which was nearly empty except for a very fascinating old sewing machine which made a chain stitch. On the wall of the stairway hung two scary-looking guns, which we were warned never to touch, so because of them and (I presume) the open stairwell, we children were not allowed up the stairs. Under the stair was the little room I mentioned before, where Grandma kept all her torn rags and bright colored yarn. She used much of the yarn to make stocking caps, scarves and mittens which we always received on the Christmas tree. In there was also another sewing machine and a rug-loom, along with the scraps of material for making quilts, aprons, etc. Instead of a back porch there was a long, narrow room where Grandma washed the clothes and the men would wash before coming in to eat. In the center of the room was a shallow well which Grandpa had fixed so that it would fill automatically with drainage water from the roof. Grandma kept her butter, and things she wanted to keep cool, in buckets which she dropped down near the water with the ropes. The log barn was huge, with a big hayloft. In what we would call a daylight basement were the stalls and mangers for the livestock, two of which were Jude and Jenny, the only mules I have ever been acquainted with. We children were not allowed to play out there. I suppose it was because Grandpa was afraid we would fall through the holes where the hay was dropped down to the mangers. There were numerous other buildings, such as a woodshed, a tool shed, a root cellar, a granary and, of course, a two-seater “privy” as Grandma used to call it. But one of the most intriguing was the blacksmith shop where Grandpa used to do wonderful things for himself and for the neighbors. Sometimes he would let me pump the bellows, which was a big thrill. I liked to watch the sparks, and see the iron he was working get really re-hot and then turn almost white. It was fascinating to watch him pound it into the shape of a horseshoe or whatever. The most wonderful building of all, though, was the ice house. He built this little house out by the pond which he had made by damming a gully that ran down behind the barn; it was up the hill from the barn, so the barnyard did not drain into it. He filled the little ice-house with sawdust, and in the winter he and the men folk would cut large squares of ice from the pond and would bury them in the sawdust. This way the ice would keep all summer, and when we would have a big neighborhood picnic we could always look forward to having delectable home-made ice cream, which I am sure every child that lived in that vicinity at that time can still remember as fondly as I do. Note: The Anderson House is open for viewing located at the Fort Dalles Museum, 15th & Garrison Streets, The Dalles, Oregon. Fort Dalles Museum is the original dwelling of the Surgeons Quarters of Fort Dalles. Fort Dalles is celebrating their 150th Anniversary of the founding, May 20, 2000, of (Camp Drum) renamed Fort Dalles. For more information contact: 541-296-4547. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 2, 1934 MRS. ROOSEVELT PASSES THROUGH DALLES Presidents Wife Given Flowers, Letter Of Appreciation A brief glimpse of Mrs. Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor) as she passed rapidly through The Dalles at the wheel of her small roadster shortly before 2 o’clock this afternoon was all that citizens saw of the country’s first lady – on her way to Portland to meet President Roosevelt (Franklin Delano) when he disembarks from the cruiser Houston there tomorrow. Mrs. Roosevelt stopped her car for a few minutes at The Dalles-California highway junction east of here while Cliff Allen, member of the city police department, presented her with a bouquet of flowers and a brief letter offering her the hospitality of the city. Chief of Police Frank Heater shook hands with the president’s wife and offered her a police escort, which the first lady declined. City Prepared The city was “dressed up” in anticipation of Mrs. Roosevelt’s visit, and crowds of people who had been standing on the streets since noon saw her. Business men, acting spontaneously, had placed flags for the length of Second street as reports were current during the morning that she planned to pass through here after leaving Bend, where she spent the night. She drove her car at a rapid pace through the city’s main business thoroughfare, but smiled and waved her hand at the crowds gathered to see her as she passed by. The letter delivered to her by Officer Allen was sent by Miss Celia Gavin, city attorney, commissioned to greet Mrs. Roosevelt by Daughters of the American Revolution, who felt that some formal show of hospitality by the city should be made. Allen was told by Mrs. Roosevelt that she could not accept the city’s invitation to stop because she had refused similar invitations all along her route, and was loathe to delay her arrival in Portland. A number of persons who had driven to the highway junction obtained a close-hand view of Mrs. Roosevelt as she conversed with Allen and Heater. A state police officer who also had been waiting at the junction for her preceded the first lady’s car into The Dalles and notified citizens of her approach by blowing his siren. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon September 30, 1933 CHILD BADLY HURT Portland, Ore. Sept. 30 (UP) Kenneth Lindsey, 5, Fairvale , was being treated today for injuries to his right eye and cheek, punctured by pitchfork prongs. The lad had been playing with youngsters his own age when the instrument penetrated his face. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon March 2, 1932 LAST RITES HELD FOR Mrs. Sarah E. Miller Burial Will Be In Wasco Cemetery; Was Wagon Train Pioneer. Services for the late Mrs. Sarah E. Miller who died here Monday were held today at 1 o’clock from Zell’s chapel, Rev. G. K. Hartman officiating. Interment was in the Wasco (OR.) cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sexton supplied the music. Pallbearers were J. C. Stiles, H. A. White, Victor and Arvid Anderson, C. A. Tom and George Wilkerson. One sister, Mrs. C. Lovelock of Portland was here for the services. Mrs Miller (Sarah E. Ford) was born in Iowa, November 15, 1849, and crossed the plains with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ford in 1855, the party making the trip by ox team over the Old Oregon trail via the mouth of the Deschutes river and Barlow pass to Oregon City (OR.) At the age of 17 she met and married Thomas Miller, then a steamboat captain operating boats between Oregon City and The Dalles. A short time later Mr. Miller took charge of a ferry which was operated about a half-mile above the present highway bridge at the mouth of the Deschutes. In company with Silas Smith, Miller build the old toll bridge known as Miller’s bridge which for many years was the only bridge across the Deschutes river, reports indicate. The Millers were in charge of this crossing for five years. They later moved to a stock farm in the lower Grass Valley (OR.) region where another five years was spent and from there they moved to Chamberlin flat (Klickitat county) in Washington, opposite what is now Rufus (OR.) Here they put in operation the first licensed ferry on the Columbia river and maintained it for 12 years. This ferry was then sold and Millers returned to the bridge site on the Deschutes river to stay for another 12 years. They then went to Wenatchee, Wash. And in company with their son, Joe, operated a fleet of 11 boats between that place and Bridgeport, hauling ore and freight. After three years Mr. Miller’s health began to fail and they returned to Miller’s bridge, where the original holdings had been sold to the sons. Mr. Miller died in 1906. Since that time Mrs. Miller has lived in The Dalles. Mr. Miller, who crossed the plains by ox team in 1818 over the same route which Mrs. Miller came a few years later, was a volunteer fighter in the Cayuse war of 1856. During his period of service he was chosen to carry a message from Canyon City to The Dalles, asking for medical supplies which were badly needed after a serious encounter with the Indians. A few years previous he went to California in the gold rush of 1849. After the Cayuse war he and his brother Captain J. D. Miller ran the Willamette and Columbia river boat line. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm

Message text written by INTERNET:ORMULTNO-L@rootsweb.com > Hi to the list: Are any of you living in the Portland OR area? I have ancestors who lived at 913 Division St. in Portland in the 1920's. Would someone be able to check the city directory for present day and tell me if the home is still there? If so would you please let me know if you would be able to take a photo of the home. I would of course reimburse you for your efforts. Thanks in advance Elizabeth Milne granijeanm30@gtlakes.com< Elizabeth - The house numbers of the 1920s are not the same house numbers of today. They changed in the 1930s. By the 1930 city directory, that address housed a business, so it doesn't look good for it still being there. Today, this address would fall between SE 29th & SE 30th on Division. From memory, this seems like a fairly commercial area, but I'd be happy to go by and see the 'status' of any houses. I'll let you know what I find. Julie JulieKidd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/

Hi to the list: Are any of you living in the Portland OR area? I have ancestors who lived at 913 Division St. in Portland in the 1920's. Would someone be able to check the city directory for present day and tell me if the home is still there? If so would you please let me know if you would be able to take a photo of the home. I would of course reimburse you for your efforts. Thanks in advance Elizabeth Milne granijeanm30@gtlakes.com

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon March 2, 1932 FIGHTER KILLED IN HOTEL ROOM; WOMAN INVOLVED Johnny Hansen Trapped By Common-Law Mate of Companion Portland March 2 (UP) A warrant charging Jack Kentworth, 25, prize fighter and ex-convict, with the murder of Johnny Hansen, popular Portland fighter, was issued today by Municipal Judge H. M. Tomlinson. Kentworth shot and killed Hansen, the complaint alleges, when he found Hansen in a hotel room with Peggy Norman, with whom Kentworth had lived as man and wife for several months, prior to two weeks ago. Kentworth fled from the hotel after shooting Hansen and taking one shot at Miss Norman, and had not been captured late today. Miss Norman and R. J. Stow, who also witnessed the shooting, were held as material witnesses. Stow revealed to police that Hansen and Kentworth were drinking together at least twice during the night after Hansen had won a boxing match from Nels Ferguson of Calgary by a technical knockout before nearly 5,000 persons at the Municipal auditorium a few hours previously. Stow said that both Hansen and Kentworth were guests at a party given by Ace Baker, Hansen’s manager, at which several drinks were taken by both. At 4:30 a.m. Stow and Kentworth, according to Stow’s story, returned to his (Stow’s) room in the same hotel and later Hansen arrived at the room and they all had two more drinks. Hansen left, Stow said, and he and Kentworth decided to go to Miss Norman’s room to get more drinks. There he said, they found Hansen and the shooting followed. He admitted that he did not attempt to stop Kentworth when the latter fled from the hotel. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon Janurary 26, 1923 Portland, Jan. 26 (UP) WOMAN’S CIGARETTE SETS FIRE TO BED Mrs. A. J. Simons Of Portland Saved After Being Oversome. Dropping a cigarette from her fingers Mrs. A. J. Simons, wife of a street car man, fired the bedclothing in her home today. The woman was saved after having been overcome by smoke and fumes. The home was not badly damaged. The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon December 19, 1928 Portland Dec. 19 (UP) DOCTOR ARRESTED Allegations that he had been bilking women through the medium of “phony” X-ray photographs and bloodless surgery, Dr. F. J. Kolar, Portland chiropractor, was out on $750 bail today following his arrest late Tuesday. The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon October 24, 1929 Portland, Oct. 24 (UP) CHECK PASSERS HELD Five men, members of a gang of bad check passers, were under arrest here today charged with obtaining more than $1000 through fictitious check operations. The men arrested were Ivan Shewey, David Singer, Ed Wright, Ralph Stevens and George Willery. Some of the checks passed were blank checks stolen from a vacant house formerly occupied by Ted Coats, chauffeur for L. B. Menefee, president of the L. B. Menefee Lumber company. The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 26, 1931 Seattle, August 26 (UP) FATE OF PORTLANDER IS STILL IN DOUBT The Cascade mountains still hold the fate today of Walter Miller, 35, Portland architect, who disappeared Sunday while on a hike with a party of 16 mountain climbers. A party of 12 mountaineers entered the dense forest Tuesday to determine to find Miller or bring out his body if he had met with an accident. Jack Staley, highway gravel inspector, reported hearing calls for help in the direction where Miller was last seen. The architect disappeared Sunday afternoon after he had complained to other members in the party of being tired. He sat down to rest, planning to return to camp at Snoqualmie pass. A careful search at the camp and his home failed to reveal his whereabouts. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm

The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 26, 1931 INDIAN TOO OLD FOR BATTLE 59 YEARS AGO STILL PEEVED, FOUND Portland, Aug. 26 (UP) Fifty-nine years ago, the white soldiers battling Captain Jack’s Modoc Indians in the desolate Klamath lava bed country told Wah-mak-ana he was too old to fight. “You are fifty-seven,” they told him. “Go sit with the old women.” Now this made Wah-mak-ana very sore indeed, being an insult both to his pride and his manhood. “I’ll show ‘em,” he told himself, and proceeded to muscle right in on the final battle that saw Captain Jack defeated. Now 106 years old and still going strong, Wah-mak-ana is still a little angry about it, he confided to the United Press today as he arose from a refreshing night’s sleep on a bunk at the police station. Clad in nondescript clothing, and with a battered sombrero perched jauntily atop his gray braided hair Wah-mak-ana walked into the police station last night. His English wasn’t so good, but by mixing it with his tribal tongue, the universal Indian jargon and sign language, he finally got over the idea that is looked like rain outside and that he’s like to sleep inside. Proudly he presented letters to the effect he was a good Indian and a Christian. Captain Jack, the fiery Modoc Indian warrior, was quite a general, Wah-mak-ana explained. For two years, Jack and his 53 warriors outwitted a pursuing army of 1,000 federal soldiers. The Modocs killed 65 white men, and suffered only 13 casualties themselves before they were finally rounded up. Wah-mak-ana knows why he came to Portland and how long he’s going to stay, but no one else does, he explained at length, but in a tongue that may have been Modoc, or perhaps Chinese. Offhand, he apologized, he couldn’t think of the English for what he wanted to say. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm