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V THE ONTARIO ARU US, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1920. j Rexall Remedies Eastman Kodaks ONTARIO PHARMACY Prescription Specialists tii 10 iticxAMi mrc I'UONU NO. SI Nyal Remedies mnwm b I BILL BOARDS PRESENT HISTORY OF OREGON INirtlntiil'H Nnino Hi'lrctiMl liy I'lln (if Ciiln4 l)a of rlmiivih (Jrnpli- Inilly Told la Tourist by Unliii HjkIotii. WrllliiR history In lottorB n foot tall on pnnt'H fourteen feet high nnd HtiimlliiK tliu pnccH iilmur tho road Hldu bo that ho who runs mny rend In tho most recont method adopted for recalling to tho tnomory of OreRon muoli of thu forRotton loro In which tho Stnto Is rich. Motorlnc nloiiR hoiiio poacuftM country lilRliwny far rumoved toduyt from tho npotH whero history Is lio lluvod to ho in tho makliiK ono cointm upon it great open hook labelled "HlHtory of tho United Stales," nnd IcnruH from Ha piiKoa that noar that quiet, Rocludnd spot occurred ioiiio ovunt thnt In oarly ilnyH mado a do elded doni In tho con tho of events. Thu credit of till novtil method of reviving Intoront In tho ovontH of hy Kono dn'H hulotiKH to tho United Htnton Tiro Company. Wlilln oiib pago of tho big hook sots forth Intor hsIIiir hlHtorlcnl dntu tho other pago (Iooh not hotiltnlo to nsmirt tho oft " rolterntod truth that "United Staton tlroH nro good tlron." Tho erection of thexn big bulletin lioardH thoy nro -10 feet long nnd 14 feet tail 1 not confined to Ore i;on. On Bovonil ImnrilH tho foaturo la tho story of tint f.owls nnd Clark expedition, n colulirntinl exploration trip to tho northwestern part of tho United HlntiM begun In 180:1 under tho command of Ciiptnlu Merlwother J.owls nnd Captain William Clark, tho rosultR of which guvo n mora definite Idea of tho natural resource In thin hitherto unexplored region than hnd over boon known. Tho I.owIh nnd Clark expedition wan nn Idea of TIioiiiiir Jeffornon, who appointed IiIh prlvnlo Rccrotnry to tho command of tho expedition, nnd whllo I.owIh wh nomlnnlly In commuud, ho nlwaya regarded Clark na his offlcal equal, with n result that both mon worked baud In hand to ward thojr groat objoct, with Increas ed frloudshlp anil rospect for uuoh other. After naming tho trlppla fork of tho MhiHourl river for Jafornon, MikIIhou nnd (lultutlu (July ISOr. ). tho little esnndltlon marched ncroBS tho Net l'orro trail along tho Illttor IlooT mountnliiR and cuma to tlin head watorn of tho Clearwater brunch of tho Columbia. Octobor 7th, they launohed tbolr canors for tho descont of thla groat river which they roach ed on Novombor lfi. On tho shoroa of Voung'a liny, thonxvloror built u fortified camp, which they called Kort Clatsop, whore th spent tho winter. llullotlu boarda also toll tho story of John Jacob Astor. uiul tho estab lUhmeut In 1811 or the Amorlcan Fur Co.; nlso of tho fixing of tho Northwestern boundary botweon the United Statos mid Canada by tho convention of 1818 Head-on painted displays also tell In tabloid form of tho Immigrations) of Now Englandora who enmo over land by way of the South 1'uss until tho ralhvayfl RUporscdcd the ox-team. Alrendy Now 1'ngland'rt towim and vlllagefl, redolent with tales of Pil grims nnd pntrolts, tiro dotted with tho big books. In n scoro of States In tho Middle West and South in tiny bonrdfl nro In place, and nil along tho Pacific Const tourists learn Interest ing history from tho boards. Tho boards aro not things of a senson only. It Is tho Intention to' "turn u pngo" each year nnd placo now history upon It. Knelt board fits Into tho land scupo and by tho fact that It per forms n gouulno sorvlcn obviates tho criticism directed against many bill boards. Instead of opposing tho erection of tho big book, many com munities nro stirred by local prldo to urgo Hint boarda bo orocted In their vicinity, nnd many Innd-ownors who linvo, hitherto shown hostility when nuked for permission to bnvo Hlgn bonrdH placed on their property con sent glndly to have their town ad vortlscd by soino of tho historical bulletins. The history of Oregon la told on those bullotln boards from tho time of tho Spanish nnd Kugllsh navi gators who rouchod tho coast In tho early explorations of tho northern Pacific coast In the Soveiitcoutli cen tury up to tho time that Oregon men nnd women took pnrt In winning the World'H Wnr. Tliwo boarda toll tho story of Con tain Cook's landing nt Mootkn Sound In 1778, nnd of tho French unlgntor I.nporouso who willed along tho const In 1780. Thoy nlso record that 17S0, two Americans, John Kondrlok nnd Hub ert Orny, soul out by lloston fur merchants oxplorod Oregon, Gray giving tho Columbia river Its nnino (1701). , Thoro Is recorded nlso the story of tho discovery of gold In Cullfornla In 18-18, "tho fever" attracting n largo portion of thu torrltory'a cltlions, many of thorn coming bnck In 1850 wnon tno iniui donation law passed by congroBS opened up Oregon. Other bonis contain Informntlun about tho formntlon of Washington Torrltory (March 2,M85:i) out of the northern half of Oregon; tho adopt ing of n stnto constitution (Nov R. 18S7), and Oregon's udmliwloy Into tho Union on February 1-1, 1850. TIioro boards nlso record tho spor adic warfaro with tho Indians bo tweon 18-15 and 1865 nnd tho re sumption of warfara in 1868 and again in 1800 and '08 when occur red tho Shoshone wnr; nlso the &g3 After you cat always take ATONIC ( roR YOUR ACID-STOMACH) Instantly relieved I Wtrtburn, Blott ed Cany Feeling. Stops food souring, repeating, and all Btomach miseries. AU. dl.,llon uui cppclll. Keep, toaucb wmuxi lining, mcrttM viMuiyuwwp, E EATONIGIt tttt U.t runeJr. Tn of thou- tndtwMuMrtuliy u-n.mtd. uoiyco.ua cent ortwaa lUr tam.lt. 1 Wllvtly guroUul to DkwM or w. will rf uad mane. Ut bic boxlodtr, VouwWcto. Ontario Pharmacy Modoc of 1804-73. Vnrlous dlsplayB aro required to tell thu story of tho Indians existing In Oregon nt tho present time, n numbor of Indian tribes represent Ing.moro thnn ten distinct linguistic stocks. Incidentally, these Indians linvo been largely collected on flvo reservations, Ornndo Hondo. Kin math, Sllotz, Umntllln nnd Warm Springs, whllo others llvo along or near tho Columbia river. It la Interesting to recall that tho Indlnns at Grand Hondo represent tho remnnnta of nine small tribes, In cluding tho Clackamas, Cow Creek, Lakmlut, Mary's Illvcr, Itoguo Hlvor, Santlam, Umpqun, Wayoto and Yam hill. A numbor of bulletins nro requir ed for thu story of tho Oregon Trail, an old emigrant routo about 2000 miles long extending from Indepen dence, Mo.,- to Oregon City nnd Fort Vnncouvor on tho Columbia river. This old Indian nnd buffalo trail was furthor defined by trappors nnd Bot tlers nnd nftorwards part of tho way by Vorondryo in 1742, nnd moro doflnltoly routed by the LewlPy and Clnrk expedition In 1804,'nnd by nn ABtor party establishing fur trading posts In 1810-12. In tho later thirties, sovorat mis sionary expeditions passed over tho Oregon trail, whllo In 1842,'John O. Fromont mado tho government Bur voy of a routo to tho coast. Incl dontnlly, efforts nro now bolng mado to linvo an nutomobllo highway mark tho rourso of tho old trail. Many bulletins nro dovotcd to tho history of tho vnrlous cities nnd towns of historical Intorest In Ore gon, Sovoral aro required to tell of Portland, which had Its beginning when William Ovorton In Novombor 1843, landed tits Indian Cnnoo on tho river's westorn bank and examined tho town-site of Portland. Strangoly enough It wus tho toss ing of a coin thnt gnvo Portland Its nnino. Tho tw.o plouoors of Port land, F. W. Pottygrovo and A. L. Lovojoy wore Now Knglandcrs, tho former from Malno and tho latter from Massachusetts. Pottygrovo de sired to nnino tho now town for Port land, Mo., nnd Lovojoy for lloston, Mass, "Heads It Is Portland," "Tails It la Ilostnn," and tho bonds appearing twlco out of tho three twirls, tho city on tho Willamette bocamo Portland ns u result of Pottygrovo'H luck, MirriiniiiHT muitm. Sundny Borvlces: I A. M Sundny school. II A. M., Preaching, "Tho lnflu onco of a Godly I.lfo." G:46 P. M Kpworth I.oaguo 7:30 P. 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