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r THE STERLING rents
[ tn be making »r«me headway over
f the state.
The plan calls for a state election
on an issue of 122'*.000.000 for state
highway s.
Tart of tha plan. «' Chairman
I Sterling announce® it. i- to repay
to countic.s their money expended
for tho building of state highways.
For example Cameron county
*pent something like a million dnl-
ars for construction of highway No.
•2 through the county.
ZT. If the state bond plan goes
' hrough Cameron county will be
accredited with its expenditure fer
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JOSE PORTILLA
IS VICTIMIZED
SUNDAY NIGHT
Others Approached B>
Wielder of Knife;
Jesus Garza Arrest*
j ed and Charged
> AM available police in the city
searched throughout the night foi
the a.v-ailant of Jose Portilla whr
[ was attacked and stabbed as hr
walked near his home in an alley b>
tween Fourth and Fifth streets early
Sunday eveninsr.
Several other persons said they
were threatened by the man and
residents living near the old city
cemetery were thrown into a state
of near-panic when a rumor spread
that a mariac-stahber was at Ia:~c
Early Monday morning Jesus
f.ar/a was arrested by Patrolman A
Olivern and placed in the Cameron
county jail on a charge of assault
to murder in connection with the at-
tack on Portilla.
Portilla was stabbed in the left
side with a knife as he was walking
toward his home after a visit to
friends livinjr near the old ceme-
tery. The wound was above the
heart and was about three inrhes
deep. Emergency treatment was ad-
ministered by Ur. G. ". Yanti* aft-
er he had been railed into the case
b\ i hief of Police W. B. Linton.
I ho attack on Portilla is said to
h«\e been made so suddenly that
' the injured man was unable to de-
fend himself and immediately after
j he had been stabbed the attacker
took to the brush just north of the
old cemetery.
Persons living in the section
where the attack was made kept
(Continued1 ;>n page two.)
LATE BULLETINS
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BYRII AND PARTY SAIL SOUTH FROM NEW YORK
WELLINGTON N. Z. lire. 3.—'.-P*—'The advance guard of Commander
Richard E. Byrd's expedition sailed southward today to establish a base
I at the edge of the Antarctic ice barrier. Fifty men and Commander Byrd
wrere on the supply ship Eleanor Bolling when it left Dunedin towing an-
other ship to the south polar regions.
DELAY SELECTION SITE FOR ARMY AIK CORPS
’ WASHINGTON Dec. 3.—(/P*—Secretary Davis of the war department
tnd Assistant Secretary Davison in charg^of army aviation conferred to-
1 lay on the selection of a permanent location for the third attack wing of
he army air corys now stationed at Galveston. Folowing the conference
t was announced negotiations had not been completed.
THREE GIRLS SKATING DROWN WHEN ICE BREAKS
ELKHORN Mis. Dec. 3.—<.4>—Three girl* one the daughter of Mayor
L G. Kidgway. drowned yesterday when ice on a pond cracked under the
led on which they were riding. The Head: Mary Jane Itidgwav. 10; Doorthy
larlow 10. and her sister. Marion It daughters of Earl Harlow. Chicago.
30.000 WORKERS GO ON SORIKE \0 VERA CRUZ
VERA CRUZ Mexico Dec. 3.——Three thousand workers were on
srike today against the Di Giorgio Fruit Corporation of New York in the
Hie banana region. The workers claimed the management faitd to comply
wth its contract as to the selection of the administrative personnel and
| ebse men outside the workers syndicate.
TEXAS SLATER OF THREE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DIE
S\N ANGELO Tex. Dec. 3.—i.-P—For the hatchet slaying of Myrna
(Jurgens. 13 Floyd Newton Byrnes must die on Friday Jan. II he was
tol today. Byrnes who confessed to the slaying of the girl her mother
i Jiti her grandmother Mrs. Rose Schirra here in March had been convict-1
ed.hut sentence was not passed until today awaiting action hv the court i
of riminal appeals on an appeal.
SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE MONTEITH NAMED B\ MOOin
AUSTIN Dec. 3.—>/P>~B. F. Wilson judge of the county court at law.
Hovlnn today was appointed by Governor Moody judge of the 61st district
cout to succeed Judge Walter E. Monteith. elected mayor of Houston Sat-
u rdjv.
THREE WHO ESCAPED HONOR FIRM RECAPTURED
lOKKIS III. Dec. J.— iV—Three convicts who escaped from the honor
farirnf Joliet prison today after binding a guard and taking a prison truck
wer< captured on the outskirts of Dwight III. hy a state highway police-
man who shot and wounded one of the men.
HIKING TRIP
KILLS YOUTH
Heroic Efforts of His
Pals Fail to Save
Student’s Life
HANOVER N. H Dec. S.— /P)—A
hiking trip up the snow-dad side*
of Mt. Washington proved a fatal
exertion for Herbert Judson Young
of 1st. Louis. Mo Dartmouth college
freshman. Five companions carried
him for hours in a vain attempt to
reach medical aid before death came.
The story of their adventure was
! told here today by the survivors
who like Young were members of
the Dartmouth Outing club.
The party left coll'ge Wednesday
afternoon for a walking tour of the
nearby White mountains over the'
Thanksgiving vacation. Young col-
lapsed. apparently front a heart ail- i
ment Saturday morning. Three ofj
the youths descended to the base
station at the foo* of the mountain |
for a sled on which htey hoped to I
be able to bring hint out of the!
j woods.
They worked their way back sev-
eral hours later onlv to find the I
sled was useless ami immediately
i started a forced march down the
| slope with Young on their shoulders.
They reached the base late at night
but Young was dead.
Sam H. Allen of Arkron Ohio a
junior led the party. The others
were: R. D. Fairchild Rutland Vt
'a senior; i». M. Lawrence of Wil-1
liumsport Ta. a sophomore; K. H.
. I‘ i: I- .Vi-;
ham$.. Chattanooga. Tcnn.. freshmen.
Formally Protest
Cleburne Player
CORSICANA. Texas. Dec. *.——
\ formal protest of the eligibility of
Seaman Squyrf< Cleburne high
school fullback has been filed with
the district four Interseholastic
League executive committee. Coach
John Tierce of Corsicana said to-
day.
The executive committee will hear
protests in a meeting at Fort Wortn
tomorrow. W. II. .V^fvcood princi-
pal of the Corsicana high school
is chairman of the committee and
said he would appoint some one o
take his place on the hoard for con-
sideration of the Squyres protest
hearing.
RRAKEMAVS LEGS ( RI SKED
SAN ANTONIO. Dec. 3.—.J*)_I
Jimmy McGee -S-year-old Southern
Pacific switchman of San Antonio
was probably fatally injured Monday
w hen his legs were crushed beneath |
the wheels of a box car at the stock
yards. McGee is believed to have
fallen beneath one of the cars.
Ml I.F. KICK KILLS CHILD
TAK1S. Tex. Dec. 3.—</T*>—Injuries
suffered when he was kicked by a
mule on Nov. 7 proved fatal here
yesterday to Winston Grant Gann.
4 after an operation had been per-i
farmed on his fractured skull. Fu-J
neral *ervtccs wer« held yesterday j
BRIDE 50 AND I
GROOM 21 ON J
HONEYMOON
BOSTON Dec. 3-M>A f>«-
yesr-old bride formerly assist-
ant pastor of First Christian
Church in I.ynn. and her 21-year
old husband and former Sunday
School pupil were on a honey-
moon today. Leonard Clarke
Wade of Swampscott and Mrs.
Theresa Eliza Deane Wade made
no comment on criticism of the
marriage.
In Swamscott Wade's parents
were endeavoring to find some
grounds for annulment but with-
tnuch success.
Mrs. Wade is a widow with two
adult children.
Bodies of Plane
Crash Victims to
Be Taken toS A.
SAN ANTONIO Tex.. Dec. 3-».4V
Hodics of the five men burned t<>
death Saturday when a tri-motored
plane flying from San Antonio to
Amarillo cra-hed at Spur will be
brought here today.
No definite information as to
cause of the accident ha.® been ob-
tained. Those who saw the plane
era®h say it seemed to be on fire
before it took its fatal nosedive. I
Homer D. Ballard banker prom-
oter and sportsman who was pres-
ident of the company which owned
the plane perished in the wreck as
did his chauffeur. James O'Bannion
of Denver his pilot. Mathew Wat-
son of Austin a Filipino cook and
Willis Washburn a San Antonio
employ*ee.
Ballard owned a number of bank®
and had business interests in 13 i
states of this country and two
Canadian provinces.
JEWISH CHAUTAUQUA ELECTS
HOUSTON. Dec. 3.- <Jt>> Rabbi
Henry Merfeld of Fort Worth was
reelerted president of the southwest-
ern branch of the Jewish f'hautauqun
®o<ietv of the final session of the
fifth annual assembly here yester-
day. Fan Antonio was chosen site
for the 1929 asesmbly.
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‘REWARD RING
TRIAL BEGINS
Two Up in Killings
Growing Out* of
Bank Offers |
AUSTIN Dec. The cases of
J. H. Dumas and Carl F. “■Red”
Woods indicted for murder and con*
spiracy to murder following an in-
vestigation by Frank Hamer of the
Texas Rangers that there existed a
“ring” to collect rewards offered by
the State Bankers Association for
“dead bank robbers ’ were called on
the docket of the criminal district
court here this morning.
Woods’ case was called first but
the State obtained a recess until 2
I’. M. before making announcement.
District Attorney J. D. Moore said
he wanted to confer with witnesses.
One hundred veniremen and 40
witnesses were on hand but prelim-
inaries incident to presentation of
motions were expected to take up
the day befoiv the actual selection
of a jnry is begun.
Dumas and Woods were indicted
by an Upton county grand jury
after twon men had been killed in
what was claimed to be an attempt
to rob a bank at Rankin. A man
named Miller and one whose iden-
tity was never established were
killed.
Woods has been in the Travis
county jail since the cases were
transferred here last April. Duma* j
has been out on bond.
Louisiana Pair
Denied Clemency
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 3.-<4*)-The
pardon board today decloned to rec-
ommend commutation of the death
pardon board today declined to ree-
fer Le Boeuf and Dr. Thomas E.
Dreher. convicted of the murder of
the woman's husband but recom-
mended mercy for Pleasant Harris
slayer of Katherin Wilson.
JAIL THWARTED
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GIRL WHO STOLE
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TO SEE NIAGARA
NEW YORK Dec. .T-oPj-Doro-
thy Fannie Baker young Chicago
housemaid arrived here last week
with money and ideas.
She had a quarrell writh her "boy
friend” and to spite him had tak-
en tJloo from he employer Mrs.
Nellie Bauer and came here.
One of her ideas was to visit
Niagara Falls so after register-
ing at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel
she got into a taxicab and said
"Niagara Falls.”
"Where?” he asked.
"I mean the waterfalls” said
Dorothy.
After an all night drive they ar-
rived at the falls. The falls
would Imve looked nice on a
honeymoon she said.
Detectives were waiting for her
when the taxicab returned her to
the hotel.
RECOMMENDS
COLORADO DAM
TO CONGRESS
$165000000 Structure
On Conservative
Plan Urged at Black
Canyon
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. -<&>—The
congressional commission of engi-
neers and geologists appointed to in-
vestigate the feasibility of the Col-
orado river project has recommend-
ed that the dam be built at Black
Canyon and estimates the cost at
$165000000.
In its report submitted to con-
gress today by Secretary West the
commission declared to be "basic"
the engineering feasibility of the
dnm across the main stream of the
Colorado river at Black Canyon or
Boulder Canyon.
If no other site were available the
commission reported the Boulder
Canyon site could safely be used o
far as geological conditions are con-
cerned. "In comparison with the
Black Canyon site however.” it said
"the latter has certain advantages.*
It recommended that the main ca-
nal to be constructed in connection
with the project be entirely within
the United States.
“Under the proposed plan.” the *.n-
ginetrs reported ”the water is to
be divtrted from the river at Lagu-
na dam. the present intake of the
canal from the Yuma irrigation pro-
ject 2-'i miles by river above the in-
take of the Imperial canal. This r.*ill
allow water to be taken from the
river at the higher elevation neces-
sary to permit the canal to serve its
purposes.**
The dam would impound 26000000
acre feet of water.
If the dam should fail the report
said the flood created probably
would destroy Needles Parker.
Blythe. Yuma and permanently de-
stroy the levees of the Imperial dis-
trict. creating a channel into Salton
sea. which probably would be so
deep that it would be impracticable
to reestablish the Colorado river «n
its normal course. To avoid such
possibilities the report continued
the dam should be constructed on
conservative if not ultra-conserva-1
live lirtes.
Bill Filed Would
Hike Farm Tariff
WASHINGTON. Dee. 3.—i-Pi The
first move to increase the tariff on
agricultural products came almost
with the sound of the gave! i:i the
house today with the introduction of
a bill by Representative Williamson
republican South Dakota to raise
the import duties on vrious grains.
BARON TENNYSON DIES
K RUSH WATER. Isle of Wight.
England Dee. .'t.—(dPt—Baron Tenny-
son. son of Alfred Lord Tennyson1
the poet .is dead at the age of 76. He
succumbed to congestion of the lungs
after a week’s illness.
SHORT TERM
OF CONGRESS
BEGUN TODAY
Boulder Canyon Bill
Introduced; Body
Adjourns Out of
Respect to Dead
By JAMES L. WILLIAMS
(Associated Press Staff Writer!
WASHINGTON Dec. 3.—(/?’>—Con-
gress assembled today for the short
session and special session Hoover
has promised should it be necessary
for farm relief. The two branches
%vere rapped into order by Vice
President Dawes and Speaker Long-
worth.
Adjournment until tomorrow was
made out of respect to those mem- j
bers of the senate and house who
died during the recess.
Before the session wa* half an
hour old. it had received the re-
port on Boulder Canyon Dam esti-
mating the cost of the project at
$lt»5.0U00W. The Boulder Canyon
bill showed itself immediately with
the introduction of a bill by Repre-
sentative Williamson. republican.
South Dakota to revise the duties
on certain grains and Senator Edge
republican. New Jersey urged agri-
cultural legislation at the present
session.
Credentials of senators elected to
fill unexpired trims were present-
ed.
Vice President Dawes named the
two party leaders and incidentally
the two men who fought for his job
in the iast campaign Senators Cur-
tis. of Kansas and Robinson of Ar-
kansas. as the committee to repre-
sent the senate in notifying Presi-
(C'ontinucd on page two.)
OPENFEDERAL
COURTMONDAY
Judge Hutcheson To
Impanel Grand
Jury Tuesday
Federal court for the Brownsville
district convened Monday morning
at 9 o’clock with J. C. Hutcheson
absent having been unavoidably de-
layed :n Houston. The list of
grand jurors was called by Assist-
ant U. S. Attorney Douglas W. Mc-
Gregor. and they were instructed to
appear at 9 o’clock Tuesday morn-
ing when Judge Hutcheson will be
present and impanel the jury.
The remainder of the morning
wa« devoted to setting the crim-
inal and civil dockets and court
adjourned at 11:30 until Tuesday
morning.
Court attaches present included
J. L. Sexton chief deputy dork;
Miss M. Anderson depute clerk;
Douglas W. McGregor assistant V.
S. attorney; Mis* Caroline Le Cand
and Miss Katherine Owens clerks.
C. S. Attorney H. M. Holden and
assistant D. Heywond Hardy will
accompany Judge Hutcheson fri»m
Houston Tuesday.
Hearing of rases on the criminal
docket i« expected to start Tuesday.
(Continued on page two.l
BANKS SCATTER OUT
IN SUIT ON REWARDS
KMORY Tex.. Dec. 3.—<£».—'Thirty -
two pleas of privilege questions the
jurisdiction of the court here hav-
ing been filed the suit of Mrs. Mary
Hansen against the Texas Bankers
Association for $100000 damages be-
cause her son was shot to death in
an alleged attempted bank robbery at
t Odessa. Texas today was continued
until Monday May 13.
Mrs. Hnnser. in her suit for $25000
actual and $76000 exemplary dam-
age*. said that her son. William Carl
Hansen had been slain because the
Texas Bankers Association had of-
fered a $5000 rewatd for the death
of bank robbers. She named 32 banks
which are members of the associa-
tion.
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Queen Fails To
Go For Drive As
Doctors Called
LONDON. Dec. .1.—<-T>—Lord Daw*on of Penn and Sir Stanley
Hewett. the kins'* physician*. returned to the palace at S p. n». and
*aw Kins Ucorge again. It «u Lord Dawson* fourth viait of the day
and Sir Stanley** third.
LONDON Dec. 3.—(/P)—Queen Mary did not take
her usual outing from Buckingham Palace this afternoon.
This was the first time she had omitted her regular drive
since the king became ill.
LONDON Dec. 3.-—(/P>—Sir Stanley Hewett and
Lord Dawson of Penn King George’s physicians paid a
second visit to Buckingham palace this afternoon.
Lord Dawson stayed only a short time but Sir Stan
QUAKE DEATH
TOLL NOW 230
AND 400 HURT
President Ibanez of
Chile I s Directing
Relief; Food Held
By Military Force
SANTIAGO. Chile. Dec. S.—— j
President Ibanez today was on the
scene directing relief measure* for
the survivors of an earthquake
which devastated a large area 150
miles to the south of Santiago. An
unofficial casualty list placed the
deaths at 230. with more than 400
injured.
.Martial law waa established in
Talca an industrial city of 36000
which bore the brunt of the quake.
Official advices from there said onky
ten per cent of the houses were
habitable. The deaths at Talca
were estimated at 108 with "00 in-
jured.
Relief trains were speeding into
the stricken area regular railway
schedules having been cancelled.
Firemen and various organizations
of young men aided the mounted po-
lice in carir.g for sufferers and act-
ing as guards. Aid offered by the
Red Cross was also accepted.
Soldiers were ordered to shoot
any marauders. Troop* took over
most of the food supply to prevent
looting and they were rationing
it out.
Refugee* arriving fro'm Talca es-
timated that the damage there would
amount to 100.000.000 pesos (about
•*120(ifll. The hospital there was
burned after the earthquake and
more than 200 persons had to be
cared for in emergency shelter. Tent
hospitals were established through-
out the stricken region hy the Red
l rose.
The unofficial casualty list for the
(Continued on page two.)
Judge Bell Who
Died Here Will
Be Buried in S. A.
Funeral service* for Andrew Jack-
son Bell one of the best known at-
torneys in South Texas who dropped
dead in his hotel room here Satur-
day night were to be held from the
McCollum funeral home in San An-
tonio Monday evening.
The body vs forwarded to San An-
tonio by the Burt K. Hinkley mor-
tuary of this city Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Bell was with the attorney
when he crumpled to the floor sud-
denly Saturday night. Dr. James L.
Rentfro was called and pronounced
heart disease as the cause of the
judge’s death. The decedent was 61
years of age and slightly infirm.
The trip to the Valley was a com-
bination of pleasure and business in
behalf of *nnie of the parties in the
djustment of the Wells estte.
■ley remained about an hour.
LONDON Dec. 3.-hT)—Wars «f
impending calamity which had grip-
ped the British | ublic throughout
the night after it was learned that
King George had been given oxygen
and that his long illness menace!
his heart were somewhat allaved by
the doctors’ report issued this morn-
ing. The report said the king's con-
dition was slightly improved.
There remained in the public
mind however a conviction that th*-
king was fighting for his life with
the issues still very much in doulr.
This was intensified by the knowl-
edge that oxygen was bring used in
his ca3e. although Buckingham I-
ace authorities minimized tho im-
portance of this and explained it
was customary to administer oxygen
for its tonic effect in such cases.
Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Daw-
son of Penn the king's physician*
issued this medical bulletin at 10:3<>
a. m.:
‘‘The king has had three hours of
quieter sleep since the issuing of the
last bulletin. The temperature is
now 99.8 and there is a slight im-
provement in the general condition."
No mention was made of how- the
king's hard taxed heart was func-
tioning with the exception of the in-
ference regarding it contained in the
statement that his general condition
was slightly improved.
The doctors’ morning visit their
statement and its result seemed t»»
have a reassuring effect at Bucking-
ham Palace and there appeared m
appreciable lessening of the tension
there.
The queen with Princes* Mary at
her side spent a trying night. Sh**
was the first to receive the doctors*
report and was greatly relieved t«
hear he had made what appeared to
be a remarkable rally since critical
hours around midnight.
As indicating the serious condition
of his majesty it was announced this
miming that the visit which th*
Duke and Duchess of York plann d
to make to Birmingham tomorrow
and the duke's visit to the same - tty
on 1 hursday have been cancelled.
Extra editions of evening newt-
papers containing the latest infor-
mation on the illness of the king
were called in the streets today foe
the first time since early in the days
of the World war. The editions were
quickly exhausted by eaget buyers.
This news expedient is usual only in
time of grave national crisis and the
fact that it was adopted in connec-
tion with the king's illness was fur-
ther indicative of the nation’s ins
creasing anxiety.
TWO SONS OF KING
RUSHING TO BEDSIDE
LONDON Dee. 3.—f/Pj—Two sons
of King George who had been on a
hunting tour in Africa were speeding
homeward today to the bedside of
their father.
The Prince of Wales sailed from
Dar-Es-Salaa m on the ctuiser Enter-
prise. He is expected to arrive in
London about the 12th. or 13th of
December. Throughout the trip h«i
will be in constant touch with Queen
Mary and the royal family by radio.
The Duke of Gloucester who was
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| WEATHER . |
For Brownsville and the Valley;
Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonght.
and Tuesday; probably ram m south
portion and in north portion Tues-
day; colder tonight in northeast
I portion and on the east roast: warm*
er Tuesday in north and west por-
tions.
Light to moderate easterly to
southerly winds on the eoa't.
RIVER FORECAST
There will he no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Trswent 3«-Hr. 34-Rr.
Stas- S'ace Chug. Ram
' Eagle Pass ..K 1.1 -0.3 .00
Laredo . 27 O f 0.0 .01
' Rio Grande .. 21 *.l ^O.l .on
Mission .22 «.2 0.1 .'Ml
I Fan Benito .. 23
Brownsville . 18 0.2 0.1 .#*»
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Toint Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteorologi-
cal conditions:
High... 11:38 p. *n.
Low .*..f: Of* p. m.
'1 IS (EL LAX EOL S DAT t
Sunset today ..
.Sunrise tomorrow ..
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EZRA MEEKER MAN WHO CROSSED U. S. TWICE IN COVERED
WAGON AND ONCE IN AIRPLANE DIES IN HOME AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE Wash.. Dec. 3.—<*>—
Ezra Meeker 97 one of the last
of the survivors of the pioneers of
the covered wagon era. died here
todav after an illness of several
months.
Among the first few hundred
men to cross the American conti-
nent by ox team and actually the
last man to make the journey by
that mode of travel Ezra Meeker
also was among the first passen-
gers to cross the continent in an
airplane. The last trip was made
when he wai within two months of
being 91 years of age.
The venerable pioneer's first ex-
t
ploit in crossing the continent by
ox team came about through neces-
sity and love of adventure; the
second more than half a century
Inter was undertaken in an effort
to perpetuate the history of the
earlv migrations and to suitably
mark the course of the once fa-
mous Oregon trail.
The airplane trip made in Oc-
tober. 15124. was taken as a means
of contrasting the first mode of
travel across the country with the
most modern wav and Mr. Meeker
attained the distinction of being
the only person to make the jour-
nev bv oxteam and airplane.
Whereas Mr Meeker's pilgrim
ages by ox team particularly the
first had been slow arW arduous
on the occasion of his airplane
trip 24 hours of actual flying
brought him from Seattle to Wash
ington. He arrived at the national
capital Oct. fi. 1924 having attend-
ed an aviation meet at Dayton O..
en route. He was piloted by Lieu-
tenant Oakley (J. Kelley.
At the age of seventy-six jears
after an active career of fifty-
four vears in Oregon and Washing-
ton Meeker formed the plan of du-
plicating as nearly as possible th»-
outfit with which he had crossed .
the plains in 1852 and proceeding
therewith alone over the same
rout# to its terminus at the Mis-
souri River and thence on to New
York and Washington. In Febru-
ary lDOfi he made actual start east.
Ezra Meeker was born in Ham*
* titon county Ohio December 21*.
18311 and spent his early boyhood
as an apprentice in printing office*-
at Indianapolis Indiana. The age
of twenty-one found him married
and on his way by ox team with
his young wife to Iowa to obtain
the farm which he had always cov-
eted. A winter in Iowa of unusual
seventy induced the young couple
_!
to cast in their lot with the thou-
sands who were pressing forward
to California and the Northwest
the flood of plains travel reaching
its height in the year 1852. The
first babe of the Meekers was hut
seven weeks old at the time the
start was made. Portland a
straggling frontier town was
reached October 1 1852.
Meeker was the author of several
books of pioneer life. His career
in Oregon and Washington was
notable for its many activities
ranging from participation in In-
dian wars to spending four years
at London as agent of the hop-
grower* of the Northwest.
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