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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1904)
15? THE gUKD'AY 'OEEGOIJIA, AUGUST 2S, 190 RM"R COWESTS' SKEPTICS -Tourists Who Were Dubious About the Scope of the Exposition Are Greatly Amazed. ONE VISIT TO fmHB usual method of entering h, paradise seems to be reversed here," remarked one of a party Df Eastern visitors who stood at the head of the new stairway In the Lewis and Clark Pair grounds yesterday. And the magnificence of the view which spread out before him seemed to warrant the extravagance of his remark. This party, of tourists had been a bit dubious about the probable success of an exposition here. They asked many ques tions about it, and finally let the cat out of the hag by saying: "Well, you know fit. Louis had its "beau tiful Forest Park for a fair site, which contains beautiful trees and" They were invited to visit the Lewis -and Clark Fair site before the sentence could be finished. As the automobile went spinning out Thurraan street the New York man be gan to get curious, while the 'Englishman began to ask Questions. "I say, old chap, you are surely not going to hold your Fair on the other side of those steep hills now, are you?" By this time the buildings which are novr being erected came into view and the visitors looked interested. The big dome of the 1 States building loomed up against the sky in an impressive manner and Festival hall also looked imposing. "Well, by Jove, old chap you are going to have an exposition now, aren't you?" As they wheeled into the driveway "lab 3? which skirts-the grounds the visitors were client for a few moments, but only a very few. They could not say enough about the natural beauty of the location , and the glorious view obtainable from every point of the grounds. They went first down to the parade grounds, which the workmen have been engaged upon the past two weeks. They stood and looked out upon the lake and back at the hills, and up to the buildings above them. "It's 'the real thing," remarked the New York man with expression. Leaving the machine they sauntered around to the foot of the skidway which has been In use in conveying the logs used in the Forestry building from the lake to the building site on the hill. This was a rare sight for the whole party, for none of them had ever seen such an ar rangement before. Nothing would do but that they follow It up and see the desti nation of the logs. 'Honestly, I would not have missed this for anything I have seen on my Western trip. I have so frequently read about the big timber out here, but was of the Im pression that it was simply newspaper talk." "Well, it beats New York!" again ad mitted the individual from the Empire State, as he stepped up to the end of a log which was fully a foot and a half higher than his head. There was much measuring and calculations as to weight and the amount of lumber various logs would cut. The manipulation of the crane, which picks up SO tons and swings It around with ease, was also of great interest to these Eastern people, and all got so Interested in the Forestry building that they wanted to see a picture of it when finished. The plan of the stairway and sunken gardens being on a line with the main entrance was highly commended by them, and after walking all over the grounds and examining every nook and corner, the unanimous opinion was expressed that the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds would have more to attract visitors than any exposition yet given In this country. This was not "hot air," for these people were at first Inclined to scoff at the Idea of an exposition here, seemingly being under the impression that there was no suitable site for one In this locality. The things they said after seeing It all made everyone feel good, Director-General Goods in particular. "When one visit to our Fair grounds will convert skeptics," he said,, "we can hope for all sorts of things from others." The stairway is nearing completion and Is unquestionably one of the prettiest feat ures of the grounds. It is gracefully planned and from every step of It the view is grand. The large buildings are gradually donning their white coats of staff and will soon discard the network of scaffolding which has surrounded them all Summer. The vlstors were impressed by the great possibilities offered by the lake and the island, and were anxious to know what scheme would be followed in regard to them. As they passed out the big English man's eye fell upon the water tank. "What Is to be done with that extraor dinary affair?" he blandly questioned. Others have asked this same question. English Ballads. New Orleans Picayune. The, word "tote" is commonly used by -V j, 'T r fV the negroes of the border Southern States and those of the 'Atlantic Coast and has generally been considered even by scholars to be of African origin, although there is the best evidence. that It is good Anglo Saxon. ... In Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, London,. 1852, is found the verb totlan, to Hft-Jup, to elevate," hence "tote." Possibly the verb "totlan" might have been 'engrafted into the' Anglo-Saxon mi 9 Si 4ri m m. from the Latin "tollo, toillere," to take up, to lift up; but there Is little reason to go back of the Anglo-Saxon itself, which furnishes the word. As to the, use of tote by the Southern negroes, .that Is entirely explained by the traditions, stories, the words of songs and the tunes, also, and colloquial phrases and expressions were handed down by the ne gro slaves from tho early'-Engllsh settlers. The writer nf this heard In his childhood several of the old English ballads that are preserved In Bishop Percy's "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry." sung by the old negro "mammies," who had learned them from their mistresses', who were them selves English emigrants or' their chil dren. - , The negroes not being able to read and write, learned all. that they knew of hls- tory, traditions and narratives from hear say, and they depended, on memory for lt3 preservation and delivery to others. They cultivated memory to such a degree that they could recite prayers, hymns and short speeches and sermons which they had heard. The negro mammies were accus tomed to sing to the white children whom they nursed such ancient ballads as "Bar bara Allen," "Lord Lovell," "The Jew's Daughter," "The Fair Flower of Nor thumberland," and others. "Toto" was a 'common word with, them, for lift and? carry, as also was "holped" for helped. Holpen Is very frequently used in the English Bible, as in Psalms 3, Verse 8; 86, verser 17; Isaiah 31,' 3; Daniel, 11, 34, etc. The negroes preserved many words and phrases which had become obsoleteUtween the Gates of but which had been commonly used by people of education. There Is no reason to look to any ether language than to the old mother of the English for "tote." The-discussion of the matter is possibly of no great importance In itself, but In view of the fact that the language is being so radically ehanged In Its orthography, that the time Is coming when It will no longer be possible to de clare from its form the original language from which a word is derived. Exposition's Progress Auspiciously Brought to Atten tion of Entire Pacific Seaboard. - The Pacific Coast States will hereafter jsresent a. solid "front in all matters that concern. their material Interests, as a re sult of tho visit of Governor Pardee and "party of distinguished Californians to Portland.- Friendly interest in each oth er's welfare and co-operation for the "common ,gobd of all will from now on mark the relations between the states. Governor Pardee Is the first of Callfor- nla's long line of Governors to honor Oregon with a visit, though the two states have been In the Union half a century and were commercially allied when California was a Mexican province and Oregon was American territory. In the enthusiasm over the new order of things, Sacajawea, the Indian woman -who guided Lewis and Clark over the Rocky Mountains 100 years ago, was re membered. Her memory was honored with a toast by as brilliant a party "as ever assembled within tho wall3 of the Arlington Club. She was called the Po cahontas of the Pacific, and the an nouncement that a statue to her would be one of the features of the Centennial Ex- 3L 7t -v. position next year was enthusiastically received. Governor Pardee was deeply impressed by the magnitude of the preparations for the Centennial Exposition. But when he thought of the rapid development of the Northwestern States in recent years, the Increase of inland and ocean trade, the growth , of cities and the vast change in the face' of the country since the whie man came to occupy, it his mind went back to the Indian woman who was the. pilot and savior of tho Lewis and Clark expedition. Recalling the toilsome Jour ney of the explorers up the Missouri and over the Continental Divide In August, 1S05, with starvation staring them In the faco, without friend or even foe in sight, with enly the Indian woman to lead them over trails she had not seen since childhood, Governor Pardee said that the service which Sacajawea had rendered to white civilization In the West wa3 as great as that which Pocahontas rendered to Virginia when she saved ' the life of Captain Jottn Smltn. "Without Saca jawea," said Governor Pardee. "Lewis and Clark and all their men must have perished in the mountain fastnesses be- the Mountains, near Selena, Mont., ana the Lemnl River, In Idaho, or been compelled by hunger to turn back defeated. "Death or defeat to Lewis and Clark would have lost the Oregon Country, comprising 303,000 square miles, to the United States, for Captain Gray's discov ery of the Columbia River would not of Itself have been sufficient upon which to base the American claim of title to the region. "3acajawea alone of all the expedition had been over the Rocky Mountain trails. She alone knew where friendly Shoshones might be found to smoke the pipe of peace. She alone of all the savages that roamed the buffalo plains 100 years ago could lead the travel-tired and hungry pathfinders to the lodge of Chief Cameawalt, her brother, where they might outfit for the last stage of their Journey to the Pacific Ocean, to raise the American flag over the coun try that Captain Gray had discovered, She had borne the white man's burden in the Indian country, she was the Poca hontas of the Pacific, and her reward should be a statue on the Exposition grounds commemorating her self-sacri fice, her heroism and her Immortal serv ice to American progress.' She Will Have a Statue. President Goodo, of the Exposition, gave positive assurance that a statue of Saca jawea would be unveiled during the World's Fair next' year. R. P. Schwerin, the head and-front of the Harriman water lines on the Pacific Coast, declared that the statue should face toward the ocean, symbolic of Oregon as tho gateway to the' Orient. Mr. Schwerin had In mind Thomas H. Benton's great speech at St. Louis In 1849, when he Imagined a colos sal statue or Columbus hewn irom a granite mass of a peak of the Rocky Mountains, the mountain Itself the pod estal. and the statue a part of the moun tain, nolntlnc: with" outstretched arm to the western horizon, and saying to tho flying passengers, "There is East; there Is India! The suggestion was cordially approved by a party which Included among its numbers Governor Pardee, of California; Governor Chamberlain, of Oregon; Mayor Williams, of Portland; William F. Herrin, general counsel of the Southern Pacific Company; C. H. MSrkham, general mana ger of the Southern Pacific; Theodore B. Wilcox, by long odds the leader in manu , factoring and Industrial development hi the- Northwestern States, and others prominent In the social and commercial life of the Pacific Coast. No such distin guished gathering had ever before In the history of the West so signally honored the memory of an Indian, man or woman. History Is silent regarding the death of the brave but lowly Sacajawea. Her hus band. Toussalnt Charbonneau, to whom she was sold as a sfave, was last seen on the banks of the Yellowstone River, In Montana, by Charles Larpenteur, a fur trader. In March, 1838. When the Lewis and Clark Exposition was projected, the women of Oregon, re membering the eminent services of the Indian woman, organized the Sacajawea Statue Association, for the purpose of erecting: a statue to Sacajawea in con nection with the Exppsltlon. df this body Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, of Oswego, Or., is secretary. The funds of the as sociation are raised through subscriptions and donations. In this way a consider able sum has been collected, but not quite enough to pay for the statue as de signed by Miss Cooper, the well-known sculptor. Governor Pardee's visit to Portland, and the union of interests thus cemented has directed the energies of Pacific Coast people Into new lines of effort, llne3 that diverge as sectional requirements may demand, but which converge upon the principle of harmony and co-operation for tho good of all concerned. The Dawn of United Action. From the time when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, as the great apo3tle of common law would have It, each of the states of the -Coast has been going it alone. California has been fight- Ing her own battles, likewise Oregon and the remainder of the states; but there ha3 been no team work, at least" no organ ized effort in behalf of the Coast as a .whole, to secure the things which the Coast wants, regardless of the particular section which may be most directly bene fited. There Is a cause for this spirit of self- reliance and Independent system of ope ration, and It Is not far to seek, It was instilled into the country by the pioneer, and is a sort of second nature of the country it might be said. In the early days of the Pacific West the rule was, as In all new countries. every man for himself. The trapper, the first one In. relied on his gun at long range ana on his knife for infighting. His friend or emeny, as circumstances made the situation, was the Indian. His only relaxation was the annual rendezvous. with lt3 accompanying hilarity, when the earnings of a Winter would be squan dered In a few days. After the trapper came the nloneer set tler, he, too, dependent upon the rifle and the knife, but minus the hilarity. With him it was all seriousness he was look ing for a home, the trapper for furs, and adventure. Trapper and settler combined at Cham poeg. Or., In May, 1843. to give to the Oregon Country the first civil govern ment formed west of the Rocky Moun tains. It was the trapper Meek who roused the spirits of the frontiersmen by shouting, "Who's for a divide? All for the report of the committee and or ganization follow me!" After him flocked his brother hunters and the tillers of the soli. Behind him remained the opposi tion. There were 52 on one side and EO on the other, and by the narrow margin of two votes a political state was set up over which the United States extended its sovereignty in 1S48. Ten years later Ore gon adopted a constitution and elected a state government without the consent of Congress. In 1S49, California, like Ore gon, depending upon its own resources, formed a state government, and as a merited tribute to the first settlers, elect ed an Oregon pioneer as the first state Governor. It has not been easy to eradicate the spirit of Independence which the trap pers and pioneer settlers brought with them across the continent and set up in their new home. Each state has felt strong enough and resourceful enough to look out for Itself, knowing little and per haps not caring how fared its sister state. This principle of everyone for himself and the Lord help the tallender must give place to a new doctrine the doctrine of one for all and all for one. Indi vidual action must surrender to concen trated energy- What any communltv may want, the entire Coast must help It to get. Where the Interests of the Coast are at stake, every state must join hands. Changing: conditions in the Coast States make co-operation not only Important, but essential. If anything tangible Is to be accomplished. In California gold and wheat have ceased to be the principal productions and the energies of the people are being: thrown Into many other profitable chan nels. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon tana and Utah have emerged from the pastoral period and are entering upon an era of varied Industry. Nevada has passed the days of silver and for the first time In her history is Inviting settlers to her farm lands. Every locality Is puttiiur forth some Inducement to homeseekers and Investors. Commercial Club's Initiative. In the passing of the old order of things and the beginning of the new, California and Oregon have been the first two states to come together. Upon the Initiative of the Portland Commercial Club a confer ence was held In San Francisco to Jay the foundation for future work for the advancement of the Coast as a whole. Then followed the organization of the Oregon Development League, which, in the near future, will widen its scope and become the Pacific Coast Development League, working for all the states. Governor Pardee's tour of the North has Introduced the Centennial Exposition to the people of California in the fullness of its plan and purpose. California now fully understands that the Exposition will bring to the notice of the world the re sources, activities and potentialities of the trans-Rocky states, and that in the results that will follow she will be ben efited more than any other state. For this reason California will participate In a style befitting her station as the prin cipal state between the Rockies and the Pacific Ocean. Her plan is to erect a state building, for which sufficient funds are now on hand, and to Install therein a collective and competitive exhibit of her products and manufactures. Several counties are already preparing exhibits and will co operate with the state administration in making the California exhibit complete and representative In every respect. Governor Pardee holds, and very cor rectly, too, that California is as much Interested In the Lewis and Clark Expo sition as If It were to be "held In Califor nia Instead of In Oregon; and that San Francisco could not be more interested if the Exposition were to be held In San Francisco Instead of In Portland. Gov ernor Pardee and the members of hl3 party were unanimous In emphasizing the point that the Exposition is not In any wise sectional or local, and that It Is the Exposition of the Pacific West, and, as such, should be loyally supported. LOOKS UP "WESTEEIT CEOPS. C. C. Clark Will Report on Yield of Pacific Coast. C. C. Clark, Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Statistics of the Agricultural Depart ment, is in Portland on his way through from the Palouse country to Southern Or egon and California. He has been sent out here from Washington, D. C, to look Into the crop situation, and make a re port on the final yield of the year for the Government publication, which will be printed about the first of December Mr. Clark will cover the entire territory on the Coast. Last week he was in the Palouse and Big Bend country and this week he will go through the Willamette Valley and later to California. After the harvest has been finished he will return and figure out the annual yield. One crop which he will take up In his report which has not heretofore received full attention in Government compilations is the. hop yield. 4 i V V