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STORIES 0F ORWN TRAIL ARE RECALLED Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in the Old West Revived at Anniversary Interesting stories, about the early picrteers who traveled the Oregon trail have come to light in connection with the recent observation of the 100th anniversary of the "covered wagon" and its heroes, says I Cen- tral Press report from St. Louis. It was Milton Sublette who left St. Lcuis with 10 wagons on April 10 and arrived at the Wind River moun- tains in Wyoming on July 16. His were the first wagon wheels on the Oregon Trails through Nebraska. Coming of the Mormons Others soon followed. In 1847 the Mormons started westward and one of the buffalo skulls which they used as a signpost may be found on 3 Col- Mada road. It reads: "Pioneers camped here June 3, 1847, making 16 miles a day. All well. Brigham Young." indie, of a transcontinental air company now traverse that distance m nine minutes. Gold Rush in 1849 In 1849, simultaneously with the cry of "Gold in California," the trail became the greatest traveled high- way in the world-wider and more beaten than a city street-and hun- dreds of thousands of wagons passed over it. One set of government wagon trains in 1858 made a line 50 milps lung. 40 thousand were on the trail. One firm's freight teams numbered 6,000 wagons and 75,000 Harald Curry, of the airplane com- pany, has written this interesting summary of the transformation of the trail: The first monthly Wells Fargo mail stages began running from the Mis- souri to Salt Lake and California in 1856. The trail was now in full tide of life, filled with gold seekers from the Missouri to the Paeifie. Towns stirring and turbulent, some now gone from the map and some grown to be cities, flourished colorfully. Fre- quently immigrant trains had to stop while immense herds of buffalo crossed the highway, the herds being so great that at times they obliterated sections of the trail. , On Sept. 15, 18%, the first over- land stage coach left San Francisco for the east, and on Oct. 9, 1858, the first stage from the east reached San Francisco. Thursday, June 12, 1930 Beginning Pony Express" The ftrst Pony Express mail began running from St, Joseph, Mo., to M. cramento, Cal., in 1860. The Pony Express continued for 18 months un- til the cbmpletion of the telegraph line to San Francisco in October, 1861. Daring riders, traveling day and night as fast as their horses could run, relayed bags of mail across the plains and mountains from the Missouri river to the Neihe ocean. The first rail was laid at Omaha. July 10, 1865, and by the close of the year 40 miles of truck had been com- pleted. Fighting the Inditins, the snows of winter, the heat of deserts, and disease. the grim workers pushed forward. Surveying crews.‘ were attacked and slain by the red mem-who resented the invasion of the iron horse. The men worked with rifle and pistol close_by and often under guard of troops or friendly pawnees. _ On May 10, 1869, in eight years less time than had been allotted for lhe mighty project, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, M miles northwest of Ogden, Utah, joining tho rails of two railroads and form- ing the first railroad line from the very So Often! THE PRESS An extension telephone in the kitchen will enable you to talk and still keep your eye on the temperature in your oven! There is no need to run to_another part of your home to use Ilse terupltorte--ostronsion telephones bring the service to you! A telephone in your kitchen will save your time and steps. You can have Telephone Convenience at a small cost.' _ , V Every so often you have a burnt dinner by .i,ii5ji.i',,u, cause some friend keeps you talking on i),_ii;liriii',i,i,'i the telephone. Your telephone is liable to 2/}, ring at any moment. It may ring when you've li, iust placed a nice batch of biscuits in the oven. If you have to go to the "front of the house" to answer the call, you may forget the biscuits! ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Missouri river to the Neitie cont, spanning some 1,770 miles. Now, tho last frontier of all, that of time, has fallen before the transcontinental prune. Luke county Inst week went over the 100.000 muk in population when Libertyville towmhip wag shown to Lake County Exceeds 100,000 on Population To” Our Business Office . (f, lfl:l:ij%‘1j\i\i\§\ .' , "'l' - aiF'd' " _ \s .l i-ri' .. iilil'i' f 5.1.. I T 5% / (a) have 5.608 for I980 mint "" in 1920. This plmu the population of Lake coumy at 104,000 without the city of "ttland Park, - tor which were not then reported. The total on Walkman township wu- given u ".206 min» 24,550 for 1920. A very rich collection , of tropical Annie. is I study in the herhrlum 1 scum of Nauru! Hiestory of the plum mraibtr1e. for of Field In- 11