Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 6, 1920, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ge “get Che Casper Daily Cribune TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1920 ROMANCE OF OREGON TRAIL IS PICTURED «Continued from Page 1) miles was identical with the older Santa! Where the town of Gardner, stands a sign board indt- p worn highway turning off to the northwest. Laconically inserib- ed thereon were the words “Road to @regon.” Thence the direction of the Kansas and Little Blue rivers was fol- Jowed to the Platte near Grand Island. Fr » the road swept along the Pr Sweetwater rivers for 650 miles. Independence Roc the regis- ter of the wilderness with its rudely carved names, marked the entrance in- to the Sweetwater district. Its mass- ive granite bulk rearing itself out of the plain made known to the travel- lers they were nearing the Devil's Gate and the crossing o& the Continental DL Vide at South Pass. It told thgm, too, that the first half of the journey w nearly done. The road then bore away oss Green river and wound onward toward the Paef st, finally termin ating at Fort Vancouyer its more tha: tio thousand miles of length. Over this highway Brigham Young led the Mormons on their pilgrimage Zion. The days of '49 saw it countless thousands of seek- c use ers afte the gold fields of Califor of may be characterized “The Empire.” For by it came the pioneers who saved Wash- ington, Oregon, Idaho and parts of] Wyoming and Montana, to the Amer. ican Union. During the fir century little w try west of the as January, 18 it was assert the U. S. sen hat for agricultural purposes the whole Oregon territory w not wo ‘st quarter of the last »wn of the coun- ate mere the: as an impassable barrier. The same ar the nburgh Review de- clar that the ion between the border of Missouri and the fnountains was “incapable, prob- ably forever, of fixed settlement” while! west of t range “only a ve portion the land cultivation.” Even Daniel Webste to his fellow senatc concernin: Oregon country: “What do we want| '$ area, this re- of vast worthh and wild beasts, sands and w and prairie with the gion of cactus 2 sident, 1 will ni the lic t iry to ec one inch near on than it is now.” ideas were not mrican people i ag ee of sunshine and shadow from days it if oe Bio ; eatnitves: ; Even eee ase ina ot But as the Soft whis ‘ ; i & 4t orator’s ords were ed t re} & Winds of summe: us abou s i 1 1 Ben act ees torg meme Hanks let ue believe they brit : These frocks are highly desirable from every standpoint-style, pains- ne te ceediang ieee ean eT ae ie shew reeeho ag takingly developed and of high quality, these represent a very fortu- such a stream of determined men from! West, which tells to us all ' 3 Hudson FE company the With characteristic firmness ow| When the weakiings died by the road a selz and. from Ve side, when th » ee i 1 See es that dimin = of herole|| a) areme ewan the) alld town hacia Saller Co. quality at a low price. : Sana cus Whitman, None can] And then ‘twas the lure of the range forget t story of his terrible journey the miles of unbroken sod, ; the continent, in the face of ob) Where the herder spread his blankets nigh insurmountable, to ‘neath the scintillant stars of Goa President Jyler and ntion of the Oregon No one but a Whitman} convinced the President's] secretary of state, Daniel When the latter arcastical- what use W: ad led, Whitme 0 was instant and crushing: re i: road, I myself i traveled over it.” out that In August 1 Bay com pany accepted the pr onse ne the Huds Oregon provisional government and paid taxes to its officers. ‘The follow: ear t title of the U recognized und the Trail high er fare on this continent. Thoug much more than half a centu fied since the last of the huge wagon ross the plains, than to any other thorough- not has caravans fared out ee smory of the er driversed 12 almost a tradition. Only now and then in space still untenanted may its former course be traced. Here i Wyoming along the Platte and Sweet ude almost a8 pro Water rivers i fou SN Ore Sale Price, Less 20 Per Cent Discount net efface it. Generations may Lee Enjoy und the origin of the trail become a will be there; and of cent el to see eet deep, end, but the the wond still unborn. Even we Worn 50 feet wide a of millions of animal have torn it away. On the solid rock, rlts are found worn afoot deep. f Standing here we can look back one the train and out of the dim distance 4 for us in fancy's « f slowly movin ui with & their once white, but now d and battered tops; the patient beasts ef bur fe den measuring their ur eps; men, 5 travel-worn and bronzed by exposure women with mingled hope and care ap caring on their anxious faces, and children huddled in the rattling and oe BH rocking abodes, whose questioning eyes AETNA-IZE RB ask ever when theh discom{srts wil} : AL MA oN a A SAM Me « 2 These are the pioneers of the The Act Auto Plan protects t Oregon Trail. Days slip by into weeks! you against. every insurable ind weeks into months; yet tirelessly | motoring danger. ff you will call the toilsome march is resumed. Some- must be forded; rugged ascents § teams usele und equipment fa but finally When the year hes glided into the gold en of autumn, the long looked for end of the ey come Such is the © travelers would tell sulk And there who looked back with heavy ep declevities occu {of American home vealth in their mad rush tol But the} Oregon trail more than any other road} 1 in| h a pinch of snuff.” One sly thanked God “for his| in placing the Rocky mountains} susceptible of | think will the Work the sreat, pesos 2 Choose Your Frocks While the July Sale Is on Because —- ee which they were a part You Will | Ne more will this great rock behold “|the wild troops of savages, bedecked = {with paint and war plumes, = er vote} notions of their a land to} phe ection of the} igned it, It had | romance attaches te this old t iyvail they! us when the first white pioneer . Your Car sor 60 feet vide ands feet deh TO RHE FULL dis of men anc sn, the hoofs A 5 A thousands of men and worsen) eB Ectay Mheltenr that anancial of untold numbers of vehicles have ruin may result from in- loosened the soil and the flerce winds juring someone or some- itimes the way is beset with Indian; seares and fights; unbridged streams {hearts and remembered where they had }left the wild winds to chant their fun jeral requeim over a lonely and desert ed grave. For many sank beneath the invages Gf the dread cholera, augment- Jed by the unnatural mode of Itfe, the) hurry and the hardships. It ts esti-| mated that in one year alone, more than 5,000 laid down their lives a sac- rifice to the peopling of the Pacific Coast states, The roll call was never eee ee eee : No LT LL Li i cc nn ne l ‘RAE AVA AP YEA! PREC AR MS ARE A RA A “tne Oe my had. Their unknown and unmarked % = |Iest resting places have passed into ob- g ~ - livion, though they line the way. : : The journey was one which sounded = the heights an@ depths of human emo- tion, from the oftimes amusing inc dents of camp life down through th ome daily marches and dull night |watches, to the solemn tragedy of the |death of loved ones. Yet, withal, there [as much of happiness and joyous hope in the hearts of many who formed that mighty caravan. Though they were leaving childhood’s homes and friends ehind, many forever, they were* going, confident of winning new homes and new friends in a new land. We should reverence with lofty pride this dusty, battlefield far flung over prairies mountains on which thousands of = ious lives were laid down that this t victory of peace, this great con |auest over nature, this great invasion | = kers ricans of a former generation fo in the ages to come might be plished. It is not surprising that this result was wrought. For over the trail there passed descendants of men who left the quiet lanes and hedgerows of old Eng- land for homes beyond the sea; who|== had fought against King Philip, whe marched with Boone through Cumber-|== land Gap; who were with Harrison at|== | Tippecanoe when American arms over-|== jWhelmed British and Indian alike and = i le secure to our country the old|== Northwest Territory east of the Mis.|== souri. Over this trail, too, passed both the humble and the honored member: of our beloved Masonic Order, then, as always, in ‘the van of those who lead mankind to greater fields, to :loftier achievements, So that they may not tbe forgotten we keep this memorial occasion. It is Very fitting we should do them honor jon this, the nation Independence Fifty-eight rs ago on th | Independence Rock they held their |lodge. The noble pile of granite, na |ture’s own monument to the great Trail, looked down upon them then and list ie to their ritual in solemn, silent| == srandeur, It has enshrined the recollec. => ton of their meeting well. Jts unyield. ing mass majestically typifies the eter = = nal foundation of our order—Truth. As|== it shall endure for ages henc: Harb live Vetitrere ie Beh! yorbba Summer Millinery July Clearance*Sale of Distinctive Summer Hats. This is simply a give-away. Lot No.1, Lot No. 2, $1.00 $5.00 Pattern Hats That Sold up to $45.00 Sale Price, $10.00 Each White Straws, Less 20 Per Cent Tuesday July 6th *éuitsch First three days of the sale}the}store will close at 5:3) Our first pe Sale. df will be impossible for us to quote all the prices here and Wy Merchandise of quality and prices that are beyond comparison. Every piece of mercha of today. Hf | Silk and Wool atisfaction A motto which we have followed in our Boulder, Colo., store and which will also be fol- Sweaters lowed in Casper. We do not sell discounts, but merchandise of quality; that is the foundation of our Less 20 Per Cent Discount business. There is no satisfaction 1 in buying or selling discounts. You do not get the} | | The Well-Known Bradley Make = = fluttering jtrophies, bows, arrows. lances and |shields: no more will it mark for wear jMisrating hosts a spot of solace and jof rest; for it forever, probably, will remain only the quiet solitude of lonely plac Save a Good Round Sum a peopled solely by the mem “At first ‘twas the lure of the metals m borne gold, ¥ ae the dull-red str nate opportunity. Now is your chance to obtain a dress of the Coyne- But now ‘tis the song of the water flooding the thirsty soil: The grind of the stamps, quartz crush- 4 ing, the gush of the spouting oil | The crash of the falling timber, the murmtring fields of grain hum of the blooming orchards, the roar of the laboring trai Sport Dresses | Silk Frocks Of Jersey and Crepe de eine cold | —of Taffetas, Georgette Crepe cngien Sal nee plain. 1 and Messaline Foulard. ale Pri + 33 1-3 Per Cent Discount Sale 1-2 Price eg dt tamil Sid reaviness alter meals are “K-MoDg cei i nd help restore aging Silk and Cotton Crepe Material of Cheney’ Silk, Crepe de : Chine, Cheney Satin, Serpentine Crepe. Kimonas Sale Price, Less 33 1-3 Per Cent Hand Embroidered, in contrasting colors; they come in solid Smocks colors of Pink, Green, Blue, Yellow, White and Old Rose. Sale Price, Less 20 Per Cent e Holeproof Silk Gloves; there are none better. 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