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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1900)
jVHE MOKNTNG- OKEGXTNIAtf, SMUHBAY, MT8E 16, 1000. ANNUAL GATHERING -OF PIONEERS Twenty-second,, Reunion of the Oregon LargcAttcndance Yesterday was Pioneer Iay. and the men and women who made Portland pos sible owned the town lor the time being. It was the. 28th annual Teunlon of the Oregon Pioneer Association, and It was as well attended, as any former reunion has been. "While "several members vof the organization drop off between the gather ings, new members are joining all tho time, thus Keeping the membership at about the same size. The secretary's re port showed that there were In all about S00 members .now in the association, which Is close to the number reported last year. s At 10 o'clock jesterday morning the ' Native Sons and Daughters entertained the Pioneers In the Tabernacle, at the corner of Morrison and. Twelfth streets. A luncheon was served, there and some time spent In snaking hands and in con versing. At the Exposition BalldiiiK. At, 1:30. o'clock' the Pioneers assembled on Morrison street In front of the Mar quam Building, and, headed by the Na tive Sons and "Daughters and the Third Regiment band, took up the march for Rhe Exposition 'Building; where the ex ercises of tho day were held. There were many old men and women in line who cam -with a wagon train across the plains half . century ago. Some of theso showed that time had been at work, yet when tho band began to play a lively air, these stooped and halting men and women fell Into line "with the eprlghtllness of boys and girls. There 'were many in line who looked hale and hearty, and some who might lhave been token for a. Native Son or Daughter. Captain Chambreau says that Vila r Tattc ttat ry rtrrmA-n xfVii Vt hae themselves need never grow old in j Oregon, and need die only on rare occa sions. Joined by the Indian Veterans, and. with . jestinsr. lauKhter and occasional Indian 1 jesting, laughter and occasional Indian yells, the long line continued on to the Exposition Building. There the Sons and Daughters stood aside and allowed the older ones to enter the building first. Though the crowd was large there was room for all Inside. The band played while the people were seated. The stage was beautifully decorated, and among those who were seated thereon were some of the men and women whose his tory would make a book. Among them were Louis .La Bonte,. the oldest Native Son ln the state; F. X. Matthleu, the only survivor of the convention of 1S43, and Cyrus H. Walker, the first living child born in Oregon of -white parents. After a prayer by Chaplain Neamiah Doane. President J. T. Appenson arose, and, after congratulating the organiza tion, thanking the people of Portland for the reception they had given the Pio neers and complimenting the Sons and Daughters, introduced J. C. Moreland, who delivered the annual address. Mr. 31orclnnd'ji Addrens. Mr, Moreland held the attention of tho audience from the time he arose until he had finished. His address, which fol lows, brought back forgotten memories to hundreds of the pioneers: Mr. President, Fellow-Pioneers, Ladles and Gentlemen The story of the early eettlement of Oregon arid the daring hero Ism and bravery of the pioneers who first settled these Western wilds has been so often and eloquently told by the active participants in those stirring scenes that I tear I can add but little to what has 'Bone before? jet this story is so full of fascinating Interest that it Is richly worth repeating; and one never tires of hearing it recital. And It will live In song and ptory. history and legend, as long as the lUman race shall lovo to hear of and Jionor deeds of daring and heroism. This story will be told by many firesides long fcfter these pioneers have been gathered to their fathers And with intehseet In 'terest will those who come after you Slsten to the story of how grandly you (5?rformed your part ln tho brave days of old, 4 .' ComlnK Across the Plains. . Coming to Oregon across the plains In arly boyhood, I was rather a looker-on than a doer of tho great deeds of plo 'neer life, yet many of the incidents and Ihardships of that pioneer trip across the. llalns, and of early pioneer days In Ore gon, have been burned into my memory, jand my blood always runs a littlo faster through iny veins as I recall them. History is the sum of human experience, and this is my excuse for relating some of mine. On the 29th day of March, 1S52, ther Afraln.of Svhlch my father's family was a part started from Carlmvllle. 111., to Ore con. For more, than a month we trav eled through the State of Missouri, and about the 1st of May we crossed the Mis souri River at St. Joe, and were outside the range of civilization. Here there were additions to the train, until It contained about 70 men. who were armed, and about 40 wagons, mostly drawn by oxen. Our raln was organized by the election of N. D. Gllham as captain. His authority was almost absolute, but right well did he perform his exacting duties. He set tled nt Mount Tabor, near Portland, where ho lived for many years, and his nana recalls the memory of a faithful, useful life, among the old residents of that sec tion. Among others of tho party was Dr. Samuel Nelson, a splendid o'd man. who also settled at Mount Tabor and lived a useful citizen of that settlement for many years. Tho family of Mr. Reames, w hose eldest son was the later Thomas G. Reajnes. of Jacksonville, were also in the train. They went into the southern part of the state. From his arrival at man hood until his death, this, last Spring. T G. Reames performed well the part of a pioneer, being ln the front rank of business and of enterprise in whatever tended to the upbuilding of the state, and he will long be remembered for his sturdy, manl qualities and his valuable services ln the community. The tram slowly plied its westward way, and thus on for five months, and -e"r onward, onward, onward, over des ert plains, high mountains and across rolling rrvers. amid storms, rain and dust. o er rocks and ridges, on slowly on. Deaths la the Camp. , Along tho "Platte River the cholera broke out in the jtraln. Ah, how well I remember being wakened one night by loud screams of one In pain. an.d the next morning about sunrise a hole was dug beside tho road and, wrapped Io a Men and Women Who Made and an Enjoyable Occasion. blanket,, the .man -was burled, out on those arid plains, with only the wild beasts to howl his Tequiem. To my Imagination then death was ter rible in any form, but out there under such conditions It was simply horrible. But on we had to move or all would have perished. There was no time for funerals or grief for the dead. The only question was as to how many of the living could be saved. Thero was no desertion of the sick, but, when once dead, there was but little ceremony of "burial. The Indians gave us but little trouble, beyond stealing a .few head of -stock. But one day while, traveling through the coun try of the Sioux we had a very bad scare. For several days we had heard rumors of .a raid, and that the Sioux were on the warpath. One morning, .shortly after we had started, a large cloud of dust was seen some distance to the south. Soon all eyes were directed toward it. It was clearly coming quite rapidly toward us, and from Its size it was seen that there was a large body making the dust. The only conclusion was that the Indians were coming -after us. The train was stopped. The wagons were packed, making a aquaro Into which vthe oxen were placed, and the men got .their guns and ammuni tion, ready to fight. Nearer and nearer it came. It was a moment of intense ex citement, when, the cry was given that it was a band of buffalo on a stampedes. They cossea", the road some distance from us, but v e had buffalo meat for sev eral days, and tvere exceedingly glad there were no Indians to fight. LaSv of the TraiL There tvas no law there, so each tram was a law unto Itself. The men com posing the Immigrants of that jear be- 1Ieved ln order and justice. They were strong, sturdy, jn&nly men. who knew their rights, "and were bound to maintain them. A short distance the other side ? ? cky fountains, in the train just ah.ead oC ours- tno men -got Into a quar rel and one or them killed the other. The murdered man was buried, the mur derer was bound and put Into the wagon, and the day's" journey made. At night, when they stopped, the cattle were put out, supper was eaten, then a court was Organized. A jury was caKed, and this man was tried. The jury, after serious deliberation, agreed that the murderer ought to be hanged, and the next morn ing, just as the sun was breaking over the plains, two wagon tongues were run up into the air and fastened together, and from them he was hanged, and then burled by the side of the road. The right had been vindicated and justice avenged. Life was a constant struggle. Some times our good wives at home, where all th6 conveniences are at hand, find cook ing a great hardship. But out there cooking in the open, over a fire made of buffalo chips or green sage brush, with the dust arid sand flying; In a.il directions, it was a hardship indeed. The only con solation was there was not much to cook If hungry people can call that a consolation. The hardships of the men were very great, but those of the women were sim ply indescribable. The brightest page of the world's heroism will he that whereon is inscribed the braveryxand heroism, the hardships and sufferings, and the suc cesses and triumphs of Oregon's pioneer women. On the Fourth of July we camped on the summit of the Rocky Mountains, amid the snow, and the next day we were fol lowing down the waters that were flow ing Into the Pacific From this onward the jeurney was even harder than ever. The gross grew scarce- The water, when it could be had. was so badly lmpreg-' noted with; alial! that the oxen "Eerc taken sick, and many died. They became too poor to pull the wagons. Everything of weight, except the barest necessities of life, were left behind. Many wagons had to be abandoned. Our train divided, and there were only- 11 wagons left, and In the Blue Mountains some of these were left by the roadside. At Des Chutes we again divided, and with two wagons, to each of which was hitched one yoke of oxen, we started across the Cascade Mountains by. the Barlow route. These oxen were very poor, and for elcht days we struggled rand toiled. The rain bad commenced. and" with It mud. sleet and snow. Our prov Islons gave out. The last bit of hard tack was gone, and we were mating the last meal of bacon, when a man whose name I have forgotten met us, driving a fresh yoke of oxen. He had on. his horse a large sack of boiled beef, loaves of bread, potatoes and onions. With tho liberality of a true pioneer, he let us havo his oxen -and provisions, to bring us out of the mountains. We were safer and two davs after, on, October 6. wo reached Joe Young's place on Eagle Creek, near Fos ter s. where we camped for a little oer a week and rested, for the folks as well as the teams were utterly exhausted. My father then took up a donation claim In the southern end of Clackamas County, amid the tall fir timber, where he built a log cabin, and for seven years we lived the lives of pioneers, until 1S5&, when my mother died. And ''never was dearer earth returred to earth, or purer life recorded 4n heaven." The family was broken up, and I went THE RECEPTION TO out Into the world to begin life's battle for myself. . First "Winter In Oregon. The first Winter was one of hardship. Flour was $2S a. barrel, potatoes 54 a bushel, and a man without means had a hard struggle to maintain a .family of, fivo children. But the neighbors were very kind and hospitable. They were In much tho same situation that we were, but all were willing" to divide. If a deer was klllt-d In the neighborhood, all had a piece. Thero was little or no grumbling, all were ln good humor. There was one citizen In that neighborhood to whoso memory I deslro to pay my tribute. That was John Killin. He camo to this coun try In 1345, and on our arrival here had gotten his farm in fair cultivation, and his .granaries and smokehouse were full. -If an immigrant came along want ing something, his first question was: "Hae ou any money?" If the reply was In the affirmative, the Inquirer w aa t told to go somewhere else; he) had nothing to sell. But If the man .had no money, the granary was opened and he was told to take what he needed. And if, when the great roll Is "made upr the ro'.l of men upon which all starid at their true worth the names of those who Joved and . served their fellow-men stand at the head, the name of John Killin. will be well toward the front. He has long since laid down life's hurden, and his widow, In her old age, living ln peace and quiet, now awaits calmlj' the last summons. .HJs .son, the Hon. Benton Killin, one of the ex-presldents of this society, has long been an honorable citizen of this state. Since the days when Columbus sailed westward on his voyage of discovery tnc tendency of the best of tho race has been westward. They settled the Eastern coast of America, and then paused long er-ough to establish the freest and best government the world has ever seen; then, pressing on over mountains, rivers, deserts and plains, they have found on this Pacific Slope and these Pacific shores GKAD MARSHAL MIXTO their last stopping place There are no j new worlds to discover, there are no new j countries to be settled. And here the ! race of pioneers which has so worthily filled their places In the world's history i mut become exhausted. The whitened' heads and bowed forms of those pioneers ' present ten us m language none can misread or misunderstand that the raw ii fast passing away; but you leave behind you a rich legacy to those who shall come after you. The words "of prophesy have come true: 'WestBr&rd the star of empire takes Its "Bay, Tha four first dcts already passed. The fifth shall close the drama of the day. Time's noblest offspring shall he the last. LeoUIas Backward. And c'.oslng vjp the last year of the cen tury, looking .hack ovex; the achievements of the" past, and looking forward to the bright future which Is before us. we can not but realize that here we have founded a better country, and In a ijetter place, than: those wt: have left'or passed over, and those who shall come after us wl'.l find here the best and the noblest of freedom's offiipring. The history of this. Northwest, which has so grand ly developed, and the rich promises of the future, assure ns of the greatness of this Northwestern empire. The territory twhlch was known as Ore gon at the time Great Britain relinquished its claim. InlS46, now comprises the States of Oregon. "Washington, Idaho and parts of Montana and Wyoming, an area of more than 300,000 square miles. At that time. 54 years, ago. It was an un known land to the people of this coun try. In the Eastern Mates nearly all regarded the country as 'worthless. While the Oregon question was under discus sion in. Congress, Daniel Webster said? "What can we hope to do with the Western coaet, a coast of 3000 miles, rock bound, cheerless, unlnvttlng, and not a harbor on It? What use have we for such a country? And I will never vote one cent from the public treasury-to place the Pacific Coast one inch nearer to Boston than It is now." Senator McDuffee. from. 'South Caro- THE MEMBERS OF THE-OREGOX, PIONEER ASSO CIATIOX. Una, used this language In 'the same dis cussion: "Of what use would it be for agricul tural purposes: I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish the Rocky Mountains were an impassable barrier." 'Senator Dayton, of New Jersey, also at the same time said: "I have no faith in the unlimited ex tension of this Government; we have already conflicting Interests enough, and God forbid that the time should ever come when the states on the shores of the Pacific, with Its interests- and tend encies of trade all looking toward the Asiatic nations and the East, shall add its jarring claims to our already dis tracted and overburdened confederacy." The missionaries 6f the Methodist church had come to Oregon in 1E34, and for 10 yean they had been laboring he roically to Mpread the blessing of Ameri can civilization and to bring this coun try under the protecting folds of the flag, when an editorial In 1S44 appeared ln the Christian Advocate, the great organ of the Methodist church, using these words: "We have some opportunity, from our position, to form a correct estimate of the soil, climate, products and facility of the country from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast, as we- have had large missions there for several years, distributed in small- parties over the territory, and from all we have learned, we should prefer to emigrate to Botany Bay. With the exception of the lands along the Willamette and strips along other water courses, the whole country is as irreclaimable and barren a waste as the Desert of Sahara. Nor Is this the worst; the climate Is so unfriendly to human life that the native population has dwindled away under the ravages of malaria to a degree which defies all his tory to furnish a parallel In so wide a range of country." and the' scattered rem nants of the wandering Indian tribes who STARTING THE PARADE. still' remain exhibit a degree of decrep-' itude, loathsome disecse and moral deg radation which is unknown among any other portion of our aborigines." This Idea of the country did hot gener-1 ally change for several years. Applelon, 1 In the American Encyclopedia, In 1S63, makes this statement: "Nearly all the fliabie land ln the state J Is In the Willamette Valley, a body of j land about "120" miles :long andrC0 miles wide." This would rnsfcft cciv. 2503 sauare ml'cs , - . In the whole country, or less than? 4 per cent, suitable- for cultivation. The lands east oC the Cascade: Moatalas arc described In -this work asbarren, Trer durclcss, dry and entirely unfit for cul tivation. Yet amid all this" discouraging news and the many reports, the faith first settled, these Western shores was f never shaken. They wrested Oregon from British control. They 'steadily went for ward In .developing the new country.. urawing entirely upon lines- own re sources. They formed a; provisional gov- L eminent, "which gave law, and order to ) the settlers, trusting in the "safe ap peal to truth and time,." r .Some. ote on the floor of Congress, In answer to the appeal of the settlers for protection in the early days of Oregon, said that the Government had magnani mously presented to each man a section of land. The, answer was pertinent. The gentleman is grossly mistaken; the early settlers of Oregon have presented this Government with an immense territory wrested from Great Britain, and re served only a few acres for themselves. Behold What Changes! Some of the, first houses built in Ore gon were built with lumber brought l around -Capo .Horn from, the East. Many; or the nouses in .Boston and' .New xorK are now supplied with doors and win dows made on this Coast, and some, of the large factories dealing-in these ar." tlclee find a "profitable trade in the East. Where the pionewwearihr tolled across the plains" for six -months, six railway trains now leave the Pacific Coast dally, carrying their passengers acroas the Mis sissippi River In 70 hours Our ahanufactories are being gradually developed; within our own borders we' have timber, stone, gold, silver, Iron and copper BUfficlpnt for great a'ccompllsh ments, while our wool and livestock fur nish ready material for great industries. We confidently look forward to the time ln the no distant future when the music of the spindle and loom will make muslo by day, while the night wltl be made luminous by furnace fires. Assembled here in this beautiful city of 100,000 Inhabitants, surrounded by 'all the-1 luxury and comforts that wealth and cul ture can afford, reading at your break fast tables reports of the day before in all parts of the world, It Is with no small wonder that we review the great achieve ments that have been accomplished ln so short a time. The century which Is Justl closing has been the most wonderful tho world has ever "known. More advance- f ment has been made in art, science, edu cational knowledge and Industry than have ever been, known before, and ln these great achievements the ..United States stands first. Here, under the pro tecting folds of the. Stars and Stripes, we stand as the last, greatest,, highest and best Government in the worid4 giv ing to our citizens larger liberty, more chances for advancement, larger. oppor- tunities for self-development. In these grand results the pioneers have been mighty factors, and as we face the set ting sun we can look back on the past with honest pride ln the part taken, and safely trust the future to those that shall come after us. Before the applause which followed the closing remarks of Mr. Moreland had died away the bandbegan to play. As ' soon as the music ceased the. president introduced Cjruj S. Walker,' who had "J- : TI rti &m m-i' vi. been.selected -to deliver the occasional address. . The Occasional Address. "My earliest rccollcctlors are of leg houses,, north of, and -near the foot ofa rangei" of pine-covered hills. A spring, bursting forth from" the-hllleide, led to watering troughs for the conven ience of stock. Front ther troughs4 the water was taken to Irrigate the gardens below. "In our gardens ,the principal Tegetable raised was thevpotato. The Indians were U6uaHy""blrcd" Co dig" "them andTeomev'o tfcem. if not cwsetjvwaiched, would cover up a fewiwlth earth where they could, aft OfwardB. be found. , . . vOur yarde were. Inclosed with high fences made -of jx1m set upright In tho f ground, to protect the chickens from coy- oles-and JiKUan. dogs. . JThe grain fields wera about half a mile. (.from our homca- Inihoe were raised wheat. ' corn. and. -pumpkins I used to watch my father cut the grain with the, old-fashioned hand, sickle- or reaping-hook. It was lihen threshed with, a flail. l"Tha wheat -for flour had to be packed on horse afcout CO miles" to old Fort Col vlllo, on the Columbia .River, and ground. In the Hudson's 3ay Company's mill, sit uated eeveral "miles .south of Jhe lozt. J. n'JSomettaes. I 'accompanied my father on these, trips. I remember, as we were returning; one time from the JL orW we came- acroBsomo Ind'ons who Jhad Just trw a. black? bear . and her- two cubs- Wa saw the Indians ,rihoc the bear and her cubs with their oW-fashloned flint lock, guns, furnished by the Hudson's Bay Company. These carried -an. ounce ball. On the side opposite "the lock was tho '.Image of a serpent in braes. Inlaid In the wood, as (you see In this okKrcl.c-I.hoid In my hand, loaned from. t2ie Oregon Histor ical rooms.. To measures charge of -paw- Lder, the ball was placed in the palm of ( the.hand and overcd. Many a -time have 1 eeen,my latner or Mr. iens pay oft me dians for work wltn powder and, balL "It was probably theJFall of 1843 that wa visited. Dr. Whitman's. His irrigating ditch, with tho water taken from the grist mill pond,, east of the house, passed quite near the north side of the mission ' home an adobe building. My little sla- ' ter. Abble, would persist In venturing on the brink of the- ditch; eo. one day, the doctor -pushed her In. There was some terrible squalling, but the leseon was salu tary. "There is a pathetic side to th's epi Eode, for the doctor's only childi Alice, had-been drowned ln the Walla Wall River, hut a few rods fromvthe mission home, a few years previous, and he no doubt feared" a like fate for my sister. "If Irremember rightly, .It was the Win ter following thb incident that I was very eick with a fever. When well enough to venture out of door3. I remember-how interested I was in seeing two men from Fort Colville whlpsaw lumber one down in the plt.and the other on the log. "The Winter of 1S41-45 Miss Emma Hob son, sister of the Hobsons so prominently Identified with the early upbuilding of As tor"a, made her homo with us. The suc ceeding Spring we all visited Dr. Whit roan's, where a missionary meeting was held. One day all the girls, under the charge of Mrs. Dells, went, in hatbilng in the Walla Walla Rfver, when Emma got beyond her depth ln the water; but the outcry -of Mrs. Eells and others brought assistance, and foe was rescued, after goingdown the" second timer. "During the Winter of 1S45-4C I attended echool at Dr. Whitman's, with Mr. An drew Rodgers as teacher. I still remem ber some of the songs we sung. Mrs. Whitman's favorite was, 'Oh, Gloomy Pine, Thy Foliage Fadeth Never.' "The doctorwa In the habit of putting out poison for coyotes.- One morning we found a dead wolf in the path leadlnsr to the graveyard. "It always seem3 passing strange that tho doctor's dead body should afterwards have been taken to this grave yard, probably over or near this same path; his death, perhaps, largely caused by the belief of the Indians that he was poisoning them, as many were djing from the measles, a disease of wh.ch they knew nothing previous to this time. "One day during this Winter, as Cath erine and Elizabeth Soger, and perhaps Eliza Spalding, wereronlng in the kitoh en,! an. Indian, a brother of Tomahas, 'the murderer, as he is called, came in, and, picking up a flatlron, proceeded to iron his handkerchief, against which action the girls protested. I can remember h's angry looks as he advanced toward Eliz abeth Sager I think it was she and threatened to kill her. Mrs. Whitman pacified him by telling1 hhn they were only girls and to pay no attention to them. I have no doubt that this Indian was one of tho leaders in the massacre of November 23. 1S47. "Before returning home ln the Spring with Mr. Rodgers. we .all started to visit thS saw mill in the Blue Mountains, east ward" from the mission. We all rode in a wagon drawn by a joke of oxen, except Dr. Whitman, who was on horseback, and who returned ta the mission the next morning; after we left home. We camped where the 1ty of Walla Walla now stands. That night the oxen ran off, and were not.brought back until the third day after, by w-hlch time our provisions ran very low-. ."Elizabeth Sager (now Mrs. William Helm, and present today), and an In dian, caught a salmon trout out of shal low waier, out of which fish Mrs. Whit man made soup that was eagerly de voured. "In the Fall of 1848. Dr. and Mrs. Whitman made our miEslou a visit, and brought with them some apples grown at their mission. These were the first apples I had ever seen or tasted. I can never forget their delicious flavor." la thr Banquet-Hall. Whllo tho music and speaking was &) ins on Inside, the women having charge of the banquet were putting the finish Ing touches on the tables where- the Plo jeers were to feast. A prettier dining hall has not been seen for some time ln Portland. There were 15 tables, each 40 feet long. There were scats for40 persona at each- table. These tables were decorat ed roost tastefully with the many flowers which grow'in Oregon, with the Oregon fir scattered all about- Upon many ol the- plates -was a rose or ome other" flower, and the good things that were on the tables were, ouch as lords find spread upon their boards when they go to dine. There was butter and cheese from the Agricultural College; there were a num ber of. large- salmon, which were donated by Messrs. Warren and Farrell; there wero 120 gallons of the sort of coffee that your mother used to make; therb were 111 big round cakes, and there was Ice cream by the barrel. Added to these things were delicacies and dainties from the grocer, the baker and the butcher, and there were four Oregon women at each table to see that no one went un served. On extra tables near by was a reserve cf these good things to make sure that nothtag gave out until all had been satisfied. The women of the auxiliary commit tee, who- had charge of the banquet, de serve great credlf for the manner in which they -handled the crowd. There was no rush, as is often- the "case at banquets. Everything" was as orderly aa fat a-home-dinner,-and-the-'Pioneersn joyed themselves to the limit. Eve)ains'5cti3tsa.; The association jassembW at?:30 P. M., and was called to order by President Ap person. The committee on resolutions re ported as follows: Whereas. Tho noble women of Port land. compr!i4ng',?thB .Ladles' Auxiliary to the" Oregon Pioneer Association and tbelr associates, .have fumisaedon this" oc casion as on previous years a banquet fit for the palate of a king, -and. Whereas, The Native Sons and Daugh ters havo devoted.' their "-energies and. means to make this one of the most en joyable of our annual -reunions, there fore, be It -Resolved. That we extendWto them and the Ladles' Auxiliary. and.theinas3oci- i-ates our heartfelt thanks; and further bo it - Resolved. That we extend to the vari ous transportation companies entering Portland, out thanks for courtesies- ren dered, and. Whereas, The state Sunday School As sociation has extended fraternal congratulations-,, therefore, be it Resolved. That we tender to that, as sociation our sincere thanks Respect fully submitted. WM. GALLOWAY, LEE LAUGHLIN, WM. D. STILLWELL, ' Committee. The Xerw Officer. The officers for the ensuing year wer elected as- follows;-- Lee Laughlln. 1S4T. Yamhill County, president; J. JT. D. Gray. 1839, vice-president. Clatsop County; George H.. Hlmes. 1853, Multnomah Coun ty, secretary, re-elected; Charles E. Ladd, 1857, treasurer, Multnomah County, re elected; Sijas B. Smith. -1S39, Clatsop County, corresponding- secretary; D. P. Thompson, 1853, Multnomah County. J. T. Aperson, 1847, Clackamas County. Wil liam Galloway, 1S52, Clackamas County, directors. A suggestion was made by Judge Wil liam Galloway, of Clackamas County, touching the propriety of amending the constitution of the association. On mo tion a committee of three was appointed so consider the question, as follows: Silas B. Smith, William Galloway, D. P. Thompson. On motion a committee of three was appointed by the president to confer with like committees from the Native Sons of Oregon, Native Daughters of Oregon. In dian War "Veterans and Oregon Historical Society. Said committee was composed of the following: George H. Himes, J. H. D. Gray,. Benton Killin. The Fun BcKina. The old people were out for a good time, and Jt was with reluctance, that they waited for the business end to. fin ish ,ts work. , As soon as the business had been, trans acted. President Apperson asked William Galloway tq preside,, and the fun began. The "Greeting Song," by the veteran male quartet, was good. Then came a recitation by MIsb Hazel Hoopengarner, which brought down the house. It was followed by a song from the gray-haired male singers. O. F. Paxton favored the audience with Dr. .Bennett's poem, 'The Pioneer," which w'as well received. Again the male quartet was called for, and gave two or three selections which completely charmed the crowd. The "rooter" song, ln which Judge Bullock crowed in a manner that would have made a rooster ashamed of himself, was he feature of the evening. This venerable quartet was composed of the following men: Judge S. Bullock, Captain W. S. Powell, first tenors; C. W. Tracy, J. R. N. Sellwood, second tenors; George A Buchanan, John Shaver, first bass; H. A- Kineth, Dr. H. R, LIttlefleld, second bass; accompanist. Miss E. Cora Felt, When it was announced that experi ences were In order, there was no lacK of speakers. As fast as one sat down another was up, and the tales that some of them told were highly Interesting. There was hearty applause throughout the experience telling. Among those who had good things to say to the pioneers were Silas B. Smith. Mrs. A S. Dunlway, Judge M. C Gebrge, Mrs. Jt. A. Miller and Van DeLashmirtt. When all who desired had had their say, the meeting adjourned, and th 23d annual itherfuggjoJJ Oepn Pio neers was at an en$H a t Thoie Who Were There. Those who were present, the years they came to Oregon, and their present plac of residence, Is as follows: ISIS. Louis La Bonte, St- PauL r JSSS. Cyrus H. Walker, Albany. 1S30. Napoleon McGllllvray. Portland; Silo OOFFEE DISEASES. ailnlster and Young Lady Affected. Ministers .sometimes find they suffer from, the effecte of bad habits as well as ordinary people. Revv Mr. -, of Athens, N. Y., had become greatly emaciated fioni coffee drinking, which produced stomach trouble and all of the effects of overwork or poor nourishment. Ho quit the coffee and began drinking Postum Cereal Food Coffee, His health began to Improve, and he now weighs 151 pounda,, an Increase of 15 pounds over his former weight. -This improvement In health and strength la shown to be due to the use of Poctum Food Coffee, by the fact that when ho etops drinking Pcstum as he has done for an experiment he begins to lose flesh and get back Into his old condition. A young lady who writee about the case says that the was formerly suffering greatly from "those twin disease." dys pepsrfa and nervousness. "I knew that both of the diseases had their origin ln the "use 'of coffee, and while I was' fully aware of Its Injurious effects upon my system, I was not willing to give It ip, for I did not know of anything to take Its place. "Ta, I knew; was alo injurious, and as for cocoa. It lacked the 'snap and go which can alone satisfy a coffee orlriker'a taste. About two years ago I' purchased my flrt box of Postum Food Coffee and quit the use of coffee. I made Postum according to direction?, and found I bad a drink not only equal to coffee, hut far superior to it in many ways. Since that time T have used it constantly, and find my general health very much Improved, and the- 'twin diseases gone. I also send you the names of Rev. and Mrs. , of Athens, N," Y., who have" ben greatly helped ' by the use of Postum Food Coffee in the place of ordinary! coffee."