Born at Llewellyn Station, Lane County, Oregon Territory
Sees First City at 63
TALL BUILDINGS LOOK STRANGE TO LANE WOODSMAN
Archie M. Richardson 63 years old - in other words, one year older than the state of Oregon - who dwells in the hills along the Siuslaw river, 40 miles west of Eugene, came to Portland Sunday for the first time in his life.
"I didn't want to do it," said Richardson, quoting an old song, "but I'm havin' a bang up time an' I don't know whether I want go back."
He smiled guiltily at the enraptured reporter from his chair in The Journal office, which has harbored many wanderers in its time. Then he glance sideways at his daughter, the beautiful Mrs. Edna Greer, wife of Dr. R. J. Greer of Spokane, his chaperone on the trip.
Richardson is lean and lanky, as a woodsman should be, and has a mild merry twinkle in his eye, also as a woodsman should have.
Scans Tall Buildings
"Tain't quite what I expected." he grinned happily. "Of course, I thought you had quite a little town up he-ar but you can't quite imagine these things."
"Father thinks the buildings are very high," Mrs. Greer explained. "He stops down the street to look at them. A lady friend of mine took us out the highway yesterday, and as there were several women in the party and father was the only man, quite a fuss was made over him."
Richardson's smile expanded - metaphorically speaking - about a mile at the memory of it.
"I was goin' home Monday," he said, "but I wouldn't mind staying a little longer."
But probably he will go back to the old timber claim on the Siuslaw where his father built a little home and began life with his young bride, Paradine Gibson, way back in the dim nads? of 1852. The son still lives on the old place and it was only 10 years ago that the old house was torn down.
The merchantable timber has gradually been sold off and as the land is hilly and too thickly covered with second growth for farming. Richardson now takes life easy.
He Fishes and Hunts
He loves to fish and hunt. And now for 63 years he has watched the sunrise and set over his beloved valley.
"Maybe I'd never have got to the city," he said, "if something hadn't got wrong with my lip and I had to come up he-ar to the doctor."
Richardson's father crossed the plains in 1846, and the girl he was to marry came in 1852. They picked out the Siuslaw valley, near the settlement of Linslaw, as their home. The son has made two trips into California "just across the border so I could say I had been into another state," and his wife has been to Portland three or four times, so she is "widely traveled." Until the Willamette-Pacific railroad was built into Coos Bay Richard (sic) had not even seen a train.
"I have been visiting father,: said Mrs. Greer, "and the other day when I was in the house he whistled to me. i went out on the porch. There was a mother doe and two fawns wading in the creek. So you see there is still good hunting left."
Then she took her father's arm and led him out to more adventures.
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A. M. RICHARDSON DIES AT LINSLAW
A. M. Richardson, life-long resident of Lane county, died Wednesday morning at his home at Linslaw at the age of 73 years. He had lived in the Siuslaw country for the past 42 years.
Mr. Richardson was born in Lane county, Sept. 25, 1858, and had lived here all his life.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harry Fowler of Walterville; two sons, Emery Richardson of Springfield and Ellis Richardson of Linslaw; one brother, Jason Richardson of Junction City; and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Davis of Springfield. Mrs. Mary F. Richardson, his wife, died in 1925.
He was a member of the Christian church and the I. O. O. F. lodge at Elmira.
Funeral services for Mr. Richardson are to be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the Veatch chapel. Rev. E. V. Stivers officiating at the chapel. The Elmira I. O. O. F. lodge will be in charge of the graveside services, interment to be in the Gates cemetery at Crow.
Sees First City at 63
TALL BUILDINGS LOOK STRANGE TO LANE WOODSMAN
Archie M. Richardson 63 years old - in other words, one year older than the state of Oregon - who dwells in the hills along the Siuslaw river, 40 miles west of Eugene, came to Portland Sunday for the first time in his life.
"I didn't want to do it," said Richardson, quoting an old song, "but I'm havin' a bang up time an' I don't know whether I want go back."
He smiled guiltily at the enraptured reporter from his chair in The Journal office, which has harbored many wanderers in its time. Then he glance sideways at his daughter, the beautiful Mrs. Edna Greer, wife of Dr. R. J. Greer of Spokane, his chaperone on the trip.
Richardson is lean and lanky, as a woodsman should be, and has a mild merry twinkle in his eye, also as a woodsman should have.
Scans Tall Buildings
"Tain't quite what I expected." he grinned happily. "Of course, I thought you had quite a little town up he-ar but you can't quite imagine these things."
"Father thinks the buildings are very high," Mrs. Greer explained. "He stops down the street to look at them. A lady friend of mine took us out the highway yesterday, and as there were several women in the party and father was the only man, quite a fuss was made over him."
Richardson's smile expanded - metaphorically speaking - about a mile at the memory of it.
"I was goin' home Monday," he said, "but I wouldn't mind staying a little longer."
But probably he will go back to the old timber claim on the Siuslaw where his father built a little home and began life with his young bride, Paradine Gibson, way back in the dim nads? of 1852. The son still lives on the old place and it was only 10 years ago that the old house was torn down.
The merchantable timber has gradually been sold off and as the land is hilly and too thickly covered with second growth for farming. Richardson now takes life easy.
He Fishes and Hunts
He loves to fish and hunt. And now for 63 years he has watched the sunrise and set over his beloved valley.
"Maybe I'd never have got to the city," he said, "if something hadn't got wrong with my lip and I had to come up he-ar to the doctor."
Richardson's father crossed the plains in 1846, and the girl he was to marry came in 1852. They picked out the Siuslaw valley, near the settlement of Linslaw, as their home. The son has made two trips into California "just across the border so I could say I had been into another state," and his wife has been to Portland three or four times, so she is "widely traveled." Until the Willamette-Pacific railroad was built into Coos Bay Richard (sic) had not even seen a train.
"I have been visiting father,: said Mrs. Greer, "and the other day when I was in the house he whistled to me. i went out on the porch. There was a mother doe and two fawns wading in the creek. So you see there is still good hunting left."
Then she took her father's arm and led him out to more adventures.
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A. M. RICHARDSON DIES AT LINSLAW
A. M. Richardson, life-long resident of Lane county, died Wednesday morning at his home at Linslaw at the age of 73 years. He had lived in the Siuslaw country for the past 42 years.
Mr. Richardson was born in Lane county, Sept. 25, 1858, and had lived here all his life.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harry Fowler of Walterville; two sons, Emery Richardson of Springfield and Ellis Richardson of Linslaw; one brother, Jason Richardson of Junction City; and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Davis of Springfield. Mrs. Mary F. Richardson, his wife, died in 1925.
He was a member of the Christian church and the I. O. O. F. lodge at Elmira.
Funeral services for Mr. Richardson are to be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the Veatch chapel. Rev. E. V. Stivers officiating at the chapel. The Elmira I. O. O. F. lodge will be in charge of the graveside services, interment to be in the Gates cemetery at Crow.
Born at Llewellyn Station, Lane County, Oregon Territory
Sees First City at 63
TALL BUILDINGS LOOK STRANGE TO LANE WOODSMAN
Archie M. Richardson 63 years old - in other words, one year older than the state of Oregon - who dwells in the hills along the Siuslaw river, 40 miles west of Eugene, came to Portland Sunday for the first time in his life.
"I didn't want to do it," said Richardson, quoting an old song, "but I'm havin' a bang up time an' I don't know whether I want go back."
He smiled guiltily at the enraptured reporter from his chair in The Journal office, which has harbored many wanderers in its time. Then he glance sideways at his daughter, the beautiful Mrs. Edna Greer, wife of Dr. R. J. Greer of Spokane, his chaperone on the trip.
Richardson is lean and lanky, as a woodsman should be, and has a mild merry twinkle in his eye, also as a woodsman should have.
Scans Tall Buildings
"Tain't quite what I expected." he grinned happily. "Of course, I thought you had quite a little town up he-ar but you can't quite imagine these things."
"Father thinks the buildings are very high," Mrs. Greer explained. "He stops down the street to look at them. A lady friend of mine took us out the highway yesterday, and as there were several women in the party and father was the only man, quite a fuss was made over him."
Richardson's smile expanded - metaphorically speaking - about a mile at the memory of it.
"I was goin' home Monday," he said, "but I wouldn't mind staying a little longer."
But probably he will go back to the old timber claim on the Siuslaw where his father built a little home and began life with his young bride, Paradine Gibson, way back in the dim nads? of 1852. The son still lives on the old place and it was only 10 years ago that the old house was torn down.
The merchantable timber has gradually been sold off and as the land is hilly and too thickly covered with second growth for farming. Richardson now takes life easy.
He Fishes and Hunts
He loves to fish and hunt. And now for 63 years he has watched the sunrise and set over his beloved valley.
"Maybe I'd never have got to the city," he said, "if something hadn't got wrong with my lip and I had to come up he-ar to the doctor."
Richardson's father crossed the plains in 1846, and the girl he was to marry came in 1852. They picked out the Siuslaw valley, near the settlement of Linslaw, as their home. The son has made two trips into California "just across the border so I could say I had been into another state," and his wife has been to Portland three or four times, so she is "widely traveled." Until the Willamette-Pacific railroad was built into Coos Bay Richard (sic) had not even seen a train.
"I have been visiting father,: said Mrs. Greer, "and the other day when I was in the house he whistled to me. i went out on the porch. There was a mother doe and two fawns wading in the creek. So you see there is still good hunting left."
Then she took her father's arm and led him out to more adventures.
_______________________________
A. M. RICHARDSON DIES AT LINSLAW
A. M. Richardson, life-long resident of Lane county, died Wednesday morning at his home at Linslaw at the age of 73 years. He had lived in the Siuslaw country for the past 42 years.
Mr. Richardson was born in Lane county, Sept. 25, 1858, and had lived here all his life.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harry Fowler of Walterville; two sons, Emery Richardson of Springfield and Ellis Richardson of Linslaw; one brother, Jason Richardson of Junction City; and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Davis of Springfield. Mrs. Mary F. Richardson, his wife, died in 1925.
He was a member of the Christian church and the I. O. O. F. lodge at Elmira.
Funeral services for Mr. Richardson are to be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the Veatch chapel. Rev. E. V. Stivers officiating at the chapel. The Elmira I. O. O. F. lodge will be in charge of the graveside services, interment to be in the Gates cemetery at Crow.
Sees First City at 63
TALL BUILDINGS LOOK STRANGE TO LANE WOODSMAN
Archie M. Richardson 63 years old - in other words, one year older than the state of Oregon - who dwells in the hills along the Siuslaw river, 40 miles west of Eugene, came to Portland Sunday for the first time in his life.
"I didn't want to do it," said Richardson, quoting an old song, "but I'm havin' a bang up time an' I don't know whether I want go back."
He smiled guiltily at the enraptured reporter from his chair in The Journal office, which has harbored many wanderers in its time. Then he glance sideways at his daughter, the beautiful Mrs. Edna Greer, wife of Dr. R. J. Greer of Spokane, his chaperone on the trip.
Richardson is lean and lanky, as a woodsman should be, and has a mild merry twinkle in his eye, also as a woodsman should have.
Scans Tall Buildings
"Tain't quite what I expected." he grinned happily. "Of course, I thought you had quite a little town up he-ar but you can't quite imagine these things."
"Father thinks the buildings are very high," Mrs. Greer explained. "He stops down the street to look at them. A lady friend of mine took us out the highway yesterday, and as there were several women in the party and father was the only man, quite a fuss was made over him."
Richardson's smile expanded - metaphorically speaking - about a mile at the memory of it.
"I was goin' home Monday," he said, "but I wouldn't mind staying a little longer."
But probably he will go back to the old timber claim on the Siuslaw where his father built a little home and began life with his young bride, Paradine Gibson, way back in the dim nads? of 1852. The son still lives on the old place and it was only 10 years ago that the old house was torn down.
The merchantable timber has gradually been sold off and as the land is hilly and too thickly covered with second growth for farming. Richardson now takes life easy.
He Fishes and Hunts
He loves to fish and hunt. And now for 63 years he has watched the sunrise and set over his beloved valley.
"Maybe I'd never have got to the city," he said, "if something hadn't got wrong with my lip and I had to come up he-ar to the doctor."
Richardson's father crossed the plains in 1846, and the girl he was to marry came in 1852. They picked out the Siuslaw valley, near the settlement of Linslaw, as their home. The son has made two trips into California "just across the border so I could say I had been into another state," and his wife has been to Portland three or four times, so she is "widely traveled." Until the Willamette-Pacific railroad was built into Coos Bay Richard (sic) had not even seen a train.
"I have been visiting father,: said Mrs. Greer, "and the other day when I was in the house he whistled to me. i went out on the porch. There was a mother doe and two fawns wading in the creek. So you see there is still good hunting left."
Then she took her father's arm and led him out to more adventures.
_______________________________
A. M. RICHARDSON DIES AT LINSLAW
A. M. Richardson, life-long resident of Lane county, died Wednesday morning at his home at Linslaw at the age of 73 years. He had lived in the Siuslaw country for the past 42 years.
Mr. Richardson was born in Lane county, Sept. 25, 1858, and had lived here all his life.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harry Fowler of Walterville; two sons, Emery Richardson of Springfield and Ellis Richardson of Linslaw; one brother, Jason Richardson of Junction City; and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Davis of Springfield. Mrs. Mary F. Richardson, his wife, died in 1925.
He was a member of the Christian church and the I. O. O. F. lodge at Elmira.
Funeral services for Mr. Richardson are to be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the Veatch chapel. Rev. E. V. Stivers officiating at the chapel. The Elmira I. O. O. F. lodge will be in charge of the graveside services, interment to be in the Gates cemetery at Crow.
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