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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Are you putting Spokane tidbits online also? I have
alot of Oregon families that migrated to Eastern WA (Spokane, Rosalia,
etc).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Denise</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Researcher of AGEE, ATTERBURY, BELIEU, FALES, GAGE,
GILLIAM, KENT, LANDRETH, LITTLE, LIVINGSTON, MATTHEWS, SHAFF, etc</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=Early.Oregonians@state.or.us
href="mailto:Early.Oregonians@state.or.us">Early Oregonians</A> ; <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Some interesting
Oregon tidbits from the SpokaneRegister, 1895</DIV>
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<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Rev.
Edgar P. Hill of Freeport, Ill. Has been given the unanimous call to the First
Presbyterian church of
Portland</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 21,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Mrs.
Joseph Dixon died at her home on Oak creek, near Corvallis, last Sunday. She
was born in Missouri on 1830, and came to Oregon in
1853.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 21,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Mrs.
Savanahh Hall, 53 years old, and a pioneer of 1853, died at Myrtle Creek last
week. Her husband, John Hall, has served three terms as commissioner of
Douglas county.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 21,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">William Levens, who was working a claim on
Tennessee gulch, has, it is thought, one of the best paying mines in southern
Oregon. He was in Canyonville recently with $700 to $800 in gold dust taken
out of two or three sluice
boxes.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 21,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">There
was a tripple wedding at Brownsville Sunday morning, the brides being the
three daughters of Mrs. Booker. Miss Josie was married to Joseph Harrison,
Miss Etta to Allen Chastain, and Miss Ella to William H.
Templeton.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 21,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">The
name Eureka postoffice at Cracker Creek, the scene of operation of the E.
& E. mines, has been changed to Bourne, in honor of Mr. Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., one of the stockholders of the Eureka and Excelsior Consolidated Mining
Company and known as the free silver champion of Portland. Mr. J. Henry
Longmaid had the honor of christening the new post office and the postmaster
is Mr. R.R. Weatherred.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 23,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">She
Was A Pioneer</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Mrs.
James Monaghan Dies After an Illnes of Several Weeks Leaving Six Children.
Robert, the Eldest, Arrived From Annapolis In Time to Be at Her
Bedside</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Mrs.
Margaret Monaghan, wife of James Monaghan, died at her home near Gonzaga
college at 8 o'clock last night, aged 43 years and 9 months. She had been ill
for several weeks with rheumatism and la grippe and her death was not
unexpected. A week ago physicians decided that she could not
recover.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">She
leaves besides her husband six children, three girls and three boys, Robert,
who is a cadet in the United States naval academy at Annapolis, being the
eldest. Robert arrived home two days ago in answer to a telegram summoning him
to his mother's bedside.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Mrs.
Monaghan was one of the pioneer women of the northwest. She came to Walla
Walla with her parents from Ireland in 1859, when she was 7 years old, and was
married to Mr. Monaghan at Walla Walla in 1871. They moved to Fort Coville and
subsequently lived at Fort Spokane and Coeur d'Alene City, finally settling
down in Spokane. Mrs. Monaghan's maiden name was McCool, and her aged parents
are still living at Walla Walla, Hugh McCool, collector of customs at
Northport, is her brother, as are also Joseph and James McCool. She was a lady
of lovable qualities and was possessed of a hindly disposition which made her
many friends.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Mr.
Monaghan, who is one of the earliest pioneer settlers of the northwest, and
his family, will receive the sympathy of friends throughout Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia in their great
loss.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><STRONG>“<FONT face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">She
was essentially a pioneer woman, with all the attributes of the founders of
this great commonwealth.” said Hon. M.M. Cowley last night. “She was full of
charity, generous-hearted to a degree seldom known, sweet-tempered, modest,
gifted with a graciousness not often surpassed. She was conspicuous for her
goodness, perfect in her reliance upon the goodness of God and the virtue of
her neighbors, the sweetest of mothers, the best of wives, the most dutiful of
daughters. She went to meet her Creator believing and trusting in the life to
come with a convincing strength that never
failed.”</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">The
arrangements for the funeral have not been made and will be announced
later.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 23,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Samuel
F. Staggs died at McMinnville April 13, aged 78. He crossed the plains from
Missouri, reaching Oregon in
1846.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 23,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">W.H.
Byars, the new commandant of the soldier's home, has arrived at Roseburg, and
is getting in readiness to assume his office on May
1.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, April 23,
1895</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Portland – Isaac Barnes, one of the old residents
of Portland, died at the residence of his son, Frederick Barnes. He was 83
years of age, and first came to this county in from England in 1813, locating
in Albany, N.Y. After two years he went back to England, but returned shortly
afterward and engaged in the business of brushmaking in New York. In 1856 he
removed with his family to Iowa, and in 1861 crossed the plains for Oregon,
and ever since he lived in the vicinity of
Portland</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Jul 9,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Baker
City – Fannie Jenkins, aged 14, daughter of Captain Wm. [William] Jenkins, a
miner employed at the Virtue mine, while walking from their cottage to a
neighbor's house with her little brother in her arms, stumbled, and in trying
to save the child from being injured, fell backward and broke her neck. Death
was instantaneous. The place where she fell is as level as a
floor.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Jul 9,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Oregon
– Doc Burns, a 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burns, came near drowning
in the Olalla the other day. He had gone swimming and by some means got beyond
his depth, when his mother noticed him and screamed for help. J.M.
___[unreadable], who was cutting hay nearby, ran to the rescue and, plunging
in the water, caught the boy as he was going under the third time. A little
care brought the boy around all
right.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Jul 9,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">La
Grande— News has been received from Fox Hill that Joseph Leasey was
accidentally killed by being thrown from a wagon loaded with wood. Leasey and
a number of others from Island City went upon the hill for wood. It is
supposed that the accident was caused by a brake of the wagon giving way, but
no particulars have been received.
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Dec 3,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Portland – C.F. Kent, a well known citizen of
Oregon, died suddenly at the home of his step-daughter, Mrs. Jesse Crame. Mr.
Kent was 75 years of age. He came to Oregon in 1863, and for some time was
engaged in the mines of southern Oregon. He was a quartermaster during the war
of the rebellion. He leaves a widow to mourn his
loss.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Dec 3,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">The
Dalles- Mrs. S.A. Davenport was this morning adjudged insane, and will be
taken to the asylum in the morning. She is flighty on the subject of Christian
science and it is hoped a few weeks, or at most a month's treatment, may
restore her mental balance, says the
Chronicle.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Dec 3,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Roseburg – Mrs. Sheridan, the wife of Thomas
Sheridan, Sr., died at her residence the other afternoon. Mrs. Sheridan had
been an invalid for a number of years. She was an old pioneer of this county,
and left a husband and four
sons.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Dec 3,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Kendrick, Idaho – J.S. Falls, better known to the
people of this country as “Old California”, shuffled off this mortal coil last
Friday morning. A little more than six months ago he was sentenced to the Nez
Perce county jail for selling liqour to the Indians, and about two weeks after
the completion of his sentence he died of heart failure. His remains were
interred at Lewiston last Saturday at the county's expense. And now every time
the eye gazes upon the little log cabin in Brady Gulch, the memory will recall
many peculiar incidents in his checkered career, says the
Times.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Dec 3,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal"
align=left><BR></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">DEATH OF A WALLA WALLA
PIONEER</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P lang=en-US><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3>Had Lived in the
County for About Forty Years.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US>“<FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3>Walla Walla. Wash..
Nov. 30.-A. S. Van Horrn, an old pioneer, died in the hospital in this city
last night of congestion of the liver. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1833,
crossed the plains in 1849 and settled in Salt Lake. He came to Walla Walla in
1859 and was one of the best known pioneers in eastern
Washington.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Dec 3,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
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align=left><BR></P>
<P lang=en-US><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3>Joe Twyman, another
old-timer, 73 years of age., was found dead in a house five miles west of the
city this morning. He lived alone on what is known as the old Coe farm. As he
had not been seen for several days, his neighbors went to his home this
morning and found him lying dead on the floor. He lay near a stove, an arm
load of wood beside him, and his white locks covered with the snow which had
drifted on him. He had gloves on his hands, and sacks wrapped around his feet,
indicating that he entered the house just before he died. The supposed cause
was heart disease. Twyman had lived in this county 40 years and at one time
was well-to-do, but it is said he gave away most of his property to a woman
with whom he was infatuated, who abandoned him shortly after she secured
possession.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P lang=en-US style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal" align=left><FONT
face="Times New Roman, serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Dec 3,
1896</SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
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