The Oregon weekly., December 14, 1908, Image 3

T H E
K O H -I-N O O R
EARLY
For P u r e F o o d C o n f e c t i o n s , Ic e C r e a m , H o t
Drinks« L u n c h e s , < l y s t e r s . ' I ' r y t h e n e w p l a c e
WESTERN
MISSIONS
Was the General Theme of Dr. Scha­
fer’s Address to the Y. M. C. A.
Friday Night
1'hat the American Indians have not
decreased in num ber since the days of
C hristopher Colum bus, was the sta te ­
ment made by l)r. Joseph Schafer, at
V M. C. A. hriday night as an intro­
duction to his talk on “ Early Missions
Phone M ain 122
S ix t h a n d W illa m e t t e
in the N orthw est.
l)r. Schaler con­
tinued in part as follows:
” 1 he old governm ent policy of p u t­
ting the Indians on reservations in the
hope that they will ultim ately die out
TH E S T O R E THAT S E L L S
lias in recent years been supplanted by
the new and enlightened policy of en­
deavoring to lit the red men for civ­
ilization and absorbing them into it.
( )f all forces that have been powerful
Proper H o lid a y R em em brances . . .
in preserving the Indians by averting
wars which would have resulted in
Oregon P e n n a n ts a n d P i ll o w T o p s a n d o th e r th in g s o f their exterm ination, and of all influ­
ences that have been potent in b ring­
Special in te re s t to f a i r C O - E D S A N D C O L L E G E C H A P S . ing about the new enlightened policy
there lias been no toree more powerful
and no influence more potent than the
early C hristian m issionaries.
‘‘The work of the m issionary in the
region west of the Mississippi begins
with the removal of the pioneer hero
mission worker Isaac McCoy to W est­
ern
Missouri, after the com ing of rene­
W e s t E ig h th S t .
gad? white men bad rendered of no
' p W ear W a lk - o v e r S h o e s
“ T i lt s ” M e n ’s Dress Shoes avail bis efforts in Ohio and Michigan.
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In the tw enties, the governm ent in-
R e p a in g a S p e c i a l t y
$ 4 and $5
augurated the policy of m oving all
tribes to the west of the great river.
Y ou W a n t It
W e H ave It I he hope of the missionaries was now
to deal with the Indians and get them
G O O D G R O C E R IE S
No Graft C afe
to adopt civilization before the white
men
should come with firearms and in­
Ice Cream a n d C o n f e c tio n e r y
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toxicants. But in most instances, the
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P h o n e , B la ck 157*
inarch of im m igration was all too
soon, and the work was w ithout en ­
result. The last stand of the
SC H W ERIN G & LINDLY during
missionaries was in the (Oregon coun­
B read, P ie s , C a k e s a n d
try and there the greatest m easure of
success was attained. T he intrepid
C o n fe c tio n e ry , a ls o Ice
No 6 E ast Ninth St., opp. Hoffman House
Parker and W hitm an, Mr. and Mrs.
C ream a n d F r u it s
S tudents, Give Us a Cali
Spaulding, Mr. Gray and later arrivals
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of the same stam p found in W ash­
ington a superior type of Indians, as
vet free from disturbing elem ents.
Their plan was essentially what that
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware
of
the United States is today, to get
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. U G t N F .O R
the red men to settle down and to teach
pairing <>t Watches and Clocks a Specialty
them to raise cattle, to plow, to plant,
Eugène, Oregon
to irrigate, to reap, to build and care
for houses, to read and write. In many
STUDENTS > j*
P h o n e M a in 2 3 p]accs their success was wonderful, and
6 2 8 W illam ette St.
fiftv years more would have com pleted
If you want a Chafer for your room see
the civilization of the Indians of the
Fish and Poultry Market
N orthw est.
“ But the renegade whites began to
W. H. RIDGEWAY
come in, a clash between the m ethods
We have them for $5.00
of Protestant and Catholic m issionaries
left the Indians in doubt as to what
religion really was for them , and the
final result was the m assacre of the
bolton jenkins
fourteen m issionaries at \ \ hitm an s
mission, and the end of the work had
L a d ie s ’ H a t t e r s
is grateful for student patronage.
come, until the policy was recently
F.
BERRY,
Prop.
ad.>Dtcd by the governm ent.”
9th St.
Phone Red 1551
Eugene Dyeing and Cleaning Works«.^
Everything Possible in Cleaning and Dyeing
YORAN’ S
GOOD
sh o e
store
SHOES
Schwarzschifd’s Book Store
J Davd Link
MARTIN MILLER
Palace of Sweets
W. J. Gibson
Son
DUNN’S BAKERY
Barber Shop
J. S. L U C K E Y
HALL’S
&
AND
Pioneer Shining
Parlors
STATIONERY, A I I f A
<T GOODS
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