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-THE MORNING OEEGONIAN,- THURSDAY, JUNE iy 1902
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state "whose magnificent growth and de
velopment is their grandest eulogy. Grand
old men and women! In the very nature
of things your ranks must thin and thin
with each succeeding year until within a
shprt period at best the last of you must
pass away- Even among your children
there are many like him who now ad
dresses you, around whose temples ap
pears the frost that never melts; but be
assured that we, your children, appreciate
the dangers you passed through, the tolls
you endured, the Institutions which you
founded, and rise up and call you bles
sed. And in the future, which your fore
sight and toll have made magnificent, we
will claim no prouder descent than that
of helng the Eons and daughters of Ore
gon pioneers.
THE OCCASIONAL ADDRESS.
Delivered ly "IV. T. Wrisrht, Pioneer
of '52.
The year 1852 may well be assumed as
an epoch-marker In the history of the
United States, and especially of the half
lying west of the Mississippi River, as
that year and its great immigration defi
nitely set the tide of settlement toward
that half of the continent which before
had been almost literally the unknown
land. Besides a fringe of settlements
along the Mississippi on Its eastern bor
der, and the scattered mining camps of
California on lt3 western border, peopled
mostly with people attracted thither by
the discover of 1S49, and largely made up
of a desperate and lawless element, there
was little In all that vast region to in
dicate the wonderful resources locked. up
within its confines or its adaptability to
civilization and Its ultimate occupancy by
thousands of prosperous and happy clti
rens. The border towns of the Mississippi
served largely as depots and outfitting
camps for the great fur companies, whose
hunters and trappers annually visited the
wilds o the great Northwest in pursuit of
their half-savage adventurous and unre
strained occupation. They were a nonde
script set. composed mostly of halfbreeds,
a mixture of native Indian blood on one
side and a promiscuous assortment df an
cestry upon the other. Associated with
them was a liberal number of pure-bloods,
both native and white. They were led and
captained by a few daring and more in
telligent spirits born to command, and all
dominated and controlled by the two rich
and powerful organized companies, the
Hudson's Bay Company and the Great 1
American Fur Company, who had ad
justed their conflicting interests so as to
partition out and exercise almost exclusive
ownership over the vast domain. These
were hardy, desperate, care-free creatures,
of a grade pf civilization and intelligence
above the wild native Indian, but vastly
Inferior to the civilized American citizen.
They were content o lose themselves an
nually amid the mountain solitudes for
months at a stretch, at a time when the
climate was the most rigorous, endure
hunger and privations of every kind, con
tend with the dange'rs of forests and
mountains peopled with wild beasts and
savage red men, make long and toilsome
Journeys by trails of their own marking
and In canoes upon streams familiar only
to their own and the Indians' paddles
all for a few weeks' association with their
kind at the trading post at the end of the
season. These few weeks- generally were
sufficient to dissipate all the earnings of
the year, and were devoted to the display
of finery, the wearing of gaudy-colored
clothes, merrymaking, gambling (for
whihe they had an uncontrollable passion)
and generally wound up with a wild rev
elry and debauch, frequently accompanied
by deeds of violence. Then, again, the
annual dispersion for another year, whose
routine made up the trapper's life. The
hundreds of trails made by trappers di
verging from tho several important trading-
posts stretched out in every direction
and penetrated -everywhere, or, as It pos
sibly may be more correctly stated, went
everywhere and stopped nowhere. For
other purposes than their own they were
useless and confusing. They penetrated
to the haunts of the beaver and the otter,
but failed to point out a direct and avail
able highway for the use of others. Al
though the famous explorers Lewis and
Clark had made their memorable trips
through and across the great region,
crossed its mountains and traced the
mighty river of the West, yet this was
long years before. Tho same was true
of the celebrated Astor expedition, en
shrined In history by the facile pen of
"Washington Irving, and people were little
familiar with the exploits of these famous
men, and probably regarded much of what
they had heard as too romantic to be
true.
There was vastly more country than
people, and at that time Ohio and Ken
tucky were away out West. Illinois and
Missouri only pioneer settlements, while
the facilities for distributing news and
general Information were very much re
stricted. Newspapers were few and of a
limited circulation, and the postal system
in embryo, and it required time to circu
late knowledge of current events beyond
their Immediate neighborhood among the
people, and to arouse Interest concerning
other parts, more especially the unknown,
unexplored regions stretching away be
yond them. A few wealthy and prominent
men of the East and at the National capi
tal believed in tho Pacific Northwest, and
had lent their influence and contributed
of their means toward discovering and
opening up a highway. Earliest among
them was Thomas H. Benton, who by his
persistent labor In the National Congress
and his untiring zeal in behalf of West
ern Interests secured the enactment c-f the
most liberal settlers' land laws the world
has ever known, and first advocated the
idea which later culminated in the build
ing of the first transcontinental Tallroad.
He devised the plans and secured their
adoption for the explorations made with
John C. Fremont at the head, and cre
ated the opportunity that made him fa
mous as the "Pathfinder," and later made
him a prominent candidate before the
people for President. Benton did a great
work for the West, and accomplished more
than any other one man in his time In
directing the attention of the people that
way, and incidentally won for himself an
honored name by championing the cause.
Political conditions In the East were
becoming more or less turbulent, and con
tributed largely in directing attention
westward. The "irrepressible conflict"
was tn, was gathering force, intensifying,
ana the serious students of the situation
read in the signs of the times prophecies
of troublous times to come. Clashing in
terests had already aroused sectional ani
mosities, a feeling of uncertainty and
dread as to coming events no doubt
prompted many peace-loving, thoughtful
citizens to look for other places more re
mote and more secure from the disasters
that must and did finally Involve tho
North and South.
Probably one of the most potent though
silent factors in attracting pcoplo to and
in building up the Pacific Northwest was
the early missionary movement of the
Protestant churches of the East, most
prominent of whom were the missionaries
or the Methodist Episcopal church. To
these grand and noble men have here
tofore been accorded but a iery scanty
meed of honor. In view of the unrecom
pensed. self-sacrificing services rendered,
to which many of them devoted their
whole lives.
Those of you who attended the schools
of 40 and 50 years ago will remember the
old Mitchell's geography and atlas we
studied In those days: how the states were
grouped Into New England. Middle, South
ern and Western, and that we learned
these groups by heart and stood up In line
to recite them off very much as we did
the multiplication table. The map of the
United States showed a kaleidoscopic
line along the Mississippi River, then west
of that a large space, all covered with
fine" dots, and labeled "Great American
Desert." and then another large space In
the northwest corner, printed in red and
labeled "Oregon Territory." The flatter
was old Oregon, embracing an area out
of ifhlch could be blocked 20 states the
size o2 the great State of New Tork. and
now comprising the States of -Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, a large part of Mon
tana and a piece of Wyoming. All this
vast country prior to 1S52 was peopled
by an extremely sparse settlement cf
white people, and even In 1833, after add
ing to their numbers the great immigra
tion of 1852, there were loss than 23,00!),
while all that Immense plain called the
Great American Desert was practically
unsettled, and so remained for many
years. These people came to carve out
of the wilderness homes and fortunes for
themselves and their children and to es
tablish the foundations of the common
wealth which- we are 'now enjoying half a
century later. It may be, as has been
said by some, that Oregon is slow, but
I want to say to you she is sure; she has
bullded safe and strong, and 'in spite of
all the critics may say, has made a won
derful advance In these 60 yeara, and has
kept well in line with the progress of this
wonderfully progressive age.
The Immigrant of-!S52 came to a wilder
ness, his conveyance an ox team, his
meager equipment very often reduced to
his rifle and ax. Bible and Webster's
spelling-book. With these and his unaid
ed hands he proceeded to erect a home,
to educate his children; and hulld a state.
He was handicapped in many ways, and
especially fx by his extremis poverty, the
vicissitudes of his long Journey across the
plains having in almost every Instance
stripped him of his worldly possessions.
He was isolated from the rest of the
world by Immense distances, and it re
quired not only time, but energy, econo
my and perseverance to accomplish these
things. But time, patience and persever
ance accomplish all things, and now
or adventurers. They came as pioneers, J and these people were the discovery of the
and while their actual work for several j Columbia River in 1732 by Captain Robert
years had been principally confined to tho
Willamette Valley it was for the very
good reason the early settlements were
mostly In that section. Yet they kept
well In the vanguard of extending settle
ments, and always to tho front In Chris
tian educational and patriotic work. Their
first efforts were directed to the upbuild
ing and education of a community. They
founded and fostered the first educational
Institutions of the territory and con
ducted them on a broad and liberal basis.
Themselves trained and educated In the
best schools of the East, their ambition?
were to maintain such institutions In the
West as would successfully compete with
the older Institutions and afford to their
pupils an education not inferior to that
acquired elsewhere. That they were 6uc
cersful can be fully attested by the pio
neers who benefited by these institutions,
whose students went out from their doors
into the active affairs of life and became
prominent and influential men and
women who have marked their impress
upon all the affairs of the Pacific Coast.
The methods inaugurated by the earliest
missionaries combined both manual and
intellectual training and called for the
services of farmers and mechanics, as
well as capable teachers. Though the
original mission of Jason Lee and his as
sociates in its inception and first work
was devoted to the civilizing and Chris
tianizing of the Indian tribes, yet the
work was later diverted to the teaching
may the pioneer of 50 years realize what and training of the pioneer youth. The
great things he has aided In bringing
forth
The Western homeseeker of today comes j
not to a wilderness, but to a land of
homes already built, He rides upon a rail
road and In three days makes the' trip
across the plains that took you and I six
months to cover. He finds -a modern civ
ilization, modern conveniences, a people
full of energy and intelligence, and right
up with the times. In all probability he
keen observation of that remarkable man
soon convinced him that the destinies
of this great land were to be wrought out
by the white man, and that the Indians'
occupancy was doomed. He recognized
the immense value and coming Importance
of Oregon to the United States, and real
ized the irreparable injury tho loss would
be to the Nation. He voiced his senti
ments In his communications to the peo
plq of the East on this important subject.
Gray, of Boston, and the tracing of that
same river's course by Lewis and Clark
in 18C3 from the mountain springs on the
summit of the American Continent to
where the crystal drops that burst from
beneath tho ever-wasting yet never-dissolving
glaciers, nearly 2000 miles away,
mingled with the briny tido that on that
special day bore the keel of Gray's good
eblp Columbia. The American flag thus
floated in by sea, and thus mirched down
by land, consecrated every league of the
mighty river's flood to an Anglo-American
civilization of which they were the provi
dential prophets and forerunners; Strange
ly enough, the. eyes of the Spaniard and
the Briton, as they sailed by the mouth
of the 'great river of the West, wero
holdcn and they could not see it. Strange
ly enough, the Briton and the Russian
and even the Frenchman were turned
aside from the springs that fountain the
mighty Tlyer, and led down roaring tor
rents through cloven mountains to in
hospitable coasts. Strangely enough,
some propitious angel touched the eyes
of the Americans, Gray, and Clark and
Lewis, nnd they saw and entered in. Still
there was an Interregnum in unified, con
centrated, decisive action. Moving fig
ures, half mythical, half real, climbed the
mountains or trailed through forests, or
shot down the rivers In flashing canoes.
Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the move
ment thickens, quickens, and finally the
mightiest forces God has set in the soul
for all that Is thrilling and beneficent In
human progress in every line of that
progress, are set to a work that had no
limit of purpose but the limit of man's
possibility of moral, social, Intellectual
and spiritual elevation."
F. X. MnttMcK Cafcla is Line.
F. X. Matthieu Cabin. Native Sons of
Orcgcif, of Buttevllle, .sent & delegation
of 45 members to -the Oregon Pioneer
Association meeting, and the boys
CANNED HIS CAYUSES?
PETER NELSON SUES LKXTOS
PACKING company.
He Charges That HIN Band "Worth
$2450 "Was Stolent Brought to
Portland nnd Slaughtered.
t estate of John Conner, deceased, was filed
In the County Court yesterday by the ap
praisers, D. W. Wakefield, H. F. Smith
and James G. Wilson. The property Is
valued at $114,574. The real estate is val
ued at o3,6S0, and consists of property In
Portland, and In Llun, Lane. Marlon,
Benton and Jackson Counties. There are
also numerous notes and mortgages,
shares of stock, sheep, grain, $6086 cash
and 352CO Insurance. The executors, Henry
F. Conner and Wj L. Brewster, were au
thorized to sell certain notes amounting to
$10,500 in order to pay a bequest of $19,000
to Adrlana B. Conner.
A suit to recover $2430, alleged to be
the value of a band of cayuses slaugh
tered, at the Llnnton cannery In Novem
ber, 1823, and the meat afterwards sent
to Norway and. Sweden for consumption,
was placed on trial before Judge Cleland
and a jury yesterday. The title of the
case Is Peter Nelson against tho Western
Fertillzlntr & Packing Company. Samuel
Kinsman Is the manager of the defendant
corporation. Nelson Is a farmer and
stockraiser on the Badger Springs Range,
Umatilla County. He is represented by
James H. Ralev and Judge Fee, of Pen
dleton, as attorneys, and Pipes & Tlfft
appear as counsel for the defendant.
According to the contention of the plain
tiff, about 70 head of h!a horses, valued
at $35 each, were stolen and brought to
Portland and sold to the cannery peo
ple. Witnesses were called In behalf of Nel
eon to testify that horses marked with his
brand were- seen, in the corral attached
to the horse cannery. Mr. McCarthy test
ified that he saw 45 or 50 horses in the
corral, and noticed several horses being
driven up the Incline to the slaughter
house, which he thought were marked
with the Nelson brand. He said ho did
not know what the horses were worth at
that time.
Sues "Wife for Divorce.
W. S. Mitchell has sued Maud Mitchell
In the State Circuit Court for a divorce
on the ground of desertion and cruel
treatment. Mitchell alleges In his com
plaint that they were married at Che
halls. Wash., June 7, 1880, and that hi3
wife abilsed and mistreated him, and used
abusive language toward him; also that
she deserted him at Sprague on June 12,
1901. The name of the defendant prior to
marriage was Wagnon.
SHRINERS RETURN HOME
OREGONIANS TOOK PROMINENT
PART ATi S.W FRANCISCO.
Court Notes.
Charles L. DuBols has filed suit In the
State Circuit Court against J. F. Batch
elder to recover $500 on a note executed
March 16, 1S93, payable at the Second Na
tional Bank. Washington, D. C.
PRIZES FOR BIRD-LOVERS
-The Burroughs Society Makes ItsAn-
nual Award.
The successful candidates for the three
cash prizes offered annually by the John
Burroughs Society for knowledge of Ore
gon birds have Just been announced at
the regular club meeting this week. The
first Burrell prize of $12 goes to Miss Les
ley Smith, of the Ainsworth School, Fort-
Fdr the defense It Is denied that any of I land Heights; tho second Burrell prize of
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Their Headquarters Were Famous
for Novelty And High Quality of
the Entertainment Provided.
Most of the Portland Shrlners have re
turned ,from thff-Imperlal Council In San
Francisco, and they are much pleased
with the part taken by the Orcgonians in
the festivities. They had commodious
quarters at the Lick House, and kept
open house for all fraternal visitors.
The Oregon quarters soon were famous
among all the red-fezzed hordes for the
novel character and high quality df the
entertainment there provided. The per
sonal cards of the Oregon delegates first
drew attention, the original and appro
priate designs being executed with great
artistic finish and carrying a fine half
tone portrait of the Arab whose name ap
peared on the brlstol. Sets of these cards
went to a premium at once. Then the
badges of the Oregonlans were In great
demand. They were composed of a piece
Of bright red ribbon bearing the name
of the temple, Al Kader. and a bit of
rope- Tvih a knot in It, which is said to
have tremendous significance within the
sacred purlieus of tho order, but Is not
supposed to be understood by outsiders.
Other novelties In the line of badges and
souvenirs of Oregon were freely distrib
uted.
Tho Oriental stores of the Oregonlans
included some hundreds of slim-necked
bottles bearing a characteristically Ore
sonian label. The feature of the label
was a fine picture of snow-capped "Hood
In the distance and in the foreground
the traditional sphinx head, from which
Issued a sparkling stream. Underneath
the legend ran in this wise:
A TTPICAL GROUP OF INDIAN WAR VETERANS.
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finds a country very superior in many ' and finally returned In person and made I marched In tho parade yesterday in a j Nelson's horses were ever received by the j $S to Miss Irene Loob, of thaFalling
ways to the place he has Jeft very many his voice heard and influence felt In the! bMy, carrying the National colomat their Western Fertilizing & Packing Company, School, while Miss Porter, ninth-grade
of those bid conservative Eastern settle-; cause. When the history 13 finally writ- head. This was ,tho only cabin of Native and also that such horses were not worth i
ments being laggards in the progressive j ten, the facts fairly recorded, and the Sons' represented.
race of the times. I can think of no more I list of names enshrined, you will nna
fitting comparison of the then 50 jearaj there tho names of Jason Lee, Gustavus
ago and tho now than the ox wagon of
the immigrant and the Pullman palace car
of today, the like extremes being ap
plicable in everything.
As means of access and traveling facilities-Increased,
so proportionately has in
creased the accession to all that great
section lying west of the Mississippi, un
til In the last five or six years the an
nual addition to tho population from these
sources Is ever 1,030,030, and present Indica
tions promise that tho semi-centennial of
the great Immigration of 1852 is to be cele
brated by another which in later times
will be styled the great Immigration of
1902.
I have heard it said that Oregon lias
made many rich men some groat men,
and the successful men of Portland are
frequently designated as examples of
what a new country may do and what
Oregon has done by way of making peo
ple. I have hut little sympathy with the
idea and ureter to believe that the men
have made Portland, and the men Have
made Oregon, and did a good job.
Possibly It may bo true of Oregon, asl
elsewhere, that God made the country,
man made the cities and the devil made
the little towns. Our" critics have made
most of their observations in the little
towns.
The fact is that 50 years ago the whole
United States was new, and that the op
portunities to gain wealth and make fame
have been greater In what we are pleased
to call the older parts than the new. We
have lived and are living In the most
progressive age of the world, J and more
actual, substantial advancement has been
made In the'last half century than in all
the preceding 1852 years of the Christian
era. The men who have won euccess or
notoriety in Oregon belong to the same
class who are winning success and fame!
everywhere, and belong to no particular
state, city or county. American thought
and genius and enterprise arc today dom
inating the world, and levying a tribute
upon the countries of Europe that is Ail
ing them with dismay, and would bank
rupt them In about five years If American
tourists would discontinue their European
travels and rich American papas would
refuse to Invest any more millions in
"six-bit" titled sons-in-law.
The opportunities have not been limited
to new fields, hut have been in reach on
Htncfi and their companions, as tho roan
who saved Oregon to the United States.
A few hundreds of people early pene
trated the forests and found their way
to the borders of Puget Sound, and prob
ably an equal number penetrated and set
tled in Southern Oregon. Those people so
DEATH OF PIONEER OF 1853A
Simon Morgan Reeder Passes Away
at His Homo In Sauvle's Island.
Simon Morgan Reeder, a pioneer of 1S53,
nnd a resident of Sauvle's Island ever
thinly dispersed over this territory were ( since his arrival in Oregon, died at his
pioneers, not adventurers, like their pred
ecessors, between whom there la a vast
difference, the adventurers bjlng composed
largely of characterless roamors, unfet
tered of the restraints of law, untram
melled of domestic ties regardless of the
homo at l:ZO o'clock yesterday morning,
after an Illness of nearly 2k years. De
ceased was in his 77th year. His wife and
nearly all his children were present a..hls
bedside when he passed away. "
Mr. Reeder was born In Daviess County,
requirements of morality, with no respect Indiana, December 25, J82S, and Kas the
tor Christianity, strangers to any partic- youngest son of Jacob and pilzabeth Reed
tilnr f.nilmentjj of natrlotlsm. and devoid r. On Tinpninhnp an. 1R47. h tos mar-
j of any particular purpose to give force ried to Catherine Abel, the eldest daughter
and oharacter to tneir lives. J.ne pioneers 0f General John Abel. Four years later
were patriots, they bore with them their they crossed the plains together. They
country's flag, and carried In their hearts loft Indiana in March, and arrived t Sau
a profound reverence for law and order. vlos Island the following September, after
They were men or aeterminou purpose, a trying journey. Mr. Reeder took up a
sound character and dauntless courage, donation land claim on the Island, and
and lent their entire energies toward i many old pioneers who knew him well
$35 a head, but only $2 50 each or less.
The trial was delayed yesterday after
noon, awaiting, the arrival of a witness
for Nelson from Pendleton who did not
come. If he Is not In court this morn
ing the caso will bo closed, and counsel
for the defense will move for a nonsuit.
93000 DA3IAGE SUIT ON TRIAL.
Matthew Gcldnrd Seek Judgment
Against J. I, Marshall.
The trial of the $3000 damage suit of
Matthew tSeldard against J. I. Marshall,
a contractor, was commenced yesterday
before Judge Frazer and a Jury, and will
be continued today. Marshall on Oc
tober S, 1901, was engaged In constructing
an elevated roadwa'y for Inman. Poulsen
& Co., adjoining the mill of the latter. It
was belnjr made of piles drrcn irto th.
ground, on the top of which were placed
stringers and timbers, and the plies were
braced In the usual manner.
breaking up the wilderness and building
up the commonwealth.
The Methodist mlssloraries built three
schools great and powerful for good In
have pleasant memories of his hospitality
whenever they visited him at his home.
brace, consisting of a stick of timber
00 feet long and weighing several hundred
pounds, was being lowered by means of
a rope, when the rope broke. Geldard
their days at Salem, Portland and In j died In their Infancy. One, the late John
Southern Oregon. Two of these schools I W. Reeder,. was their youngest child. Mr.
having long .ago servcl out their years j Reeder, who was 30 years old, was
of usefulness, the necessities being sup- J drowned at Rainier on March 3. The chll
plled by the grand free school system es- dren living are: J. L., F. B. and P. S.
tabllshed at a later dr.te by the state, i Reeder and Mrs. L. W. Bonser and Mrs.
closed their doors and survive only as J J. L. Godwin, of Sauvle's Island; D. S.
teacher of the Falling School, wins the
$23 prize, her pupils having the highest
average in the contest. Through the co
operation of the principal of the Falling
School Miss Porter was able to spend
considerable time with her pupils" In the
fleld, and the results, as shown in their
composition work and field test, were
highly satisfactory to the club. Other
teachers who have shown special Interest
In the work aro: Miss Bain, of the Harri
son School; Mr. Milner, of Woodlawn;
Mr. -Downs, of Sellwood; Miss McBrlde. of
the Ainsworth School, and E. M. Smith, of
McCoy, Or.
The competition this year was open only
to pupils and teachers of the ninth grade.
It was thought best to lay greater stress
upon the fleld test than upon the compo
sition work, the latter counting 40 per
cent, while the formor counted 60 per
cent, upon a scale of 100 Tor the two ex
aminations. About SO compositions were
handed in. while 67 pupils took the field
examination. Strange to toy, very few
boys entered the lists, nearly all the com
Mr nnd Mm. Heritor YinA 14 r-hllrtrpn t savs the nlatform was knocked down Its a
10 sons and 4 daughters. Five of the sons i result of the accident, and that he was J
Geldard was emoloved on the work, -and
complains that he was on a platform and j petltors being girls. This was a source of
considerable surprise and mystification to
the John. Burroughs Club. The fact that
all who kill birds or collect eggs or nests,
even for the purpose of study, were ruled
out of the competition may In a measure
precipitated to the ground below, a dis
tance of 25 feet. He asserts that he fell
on his back, and was badly hurt, and his
lower limbs were paralyzed.
Geldard appeared In court on crutches,
and testified concerning his fall and In
juries. He stated that he was confined
explain It- But It Is hoped that next sea-
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: 95.000 Years Old ;
: Bottled Expressly for v :
: At, KXDER TEMPLES :
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There was straightway a great demand
for "melted snow" throughout San Fran
cisco, and the fame of Oregon's ngreat
snow peak was in no sort lessened by
the flavor of this remarkable beverage.
"It's a corker." 3aid an Eastern dele
gate, when he had taken In the full sig
nificance of the Oregon refreshment.
"Can't we have one of the empty bottles
to carry home with us?"
"No," answered Captain J. A. Brown
who had" charge of the Oregon refresh
ment division, in the gruffest of hi3 gruff
tones. "No, you can't have no. empty
bottle out o' here, but here's- this fall
one, just In from Mount Hood; take it
along."
And Oregon got a new reputation fpr
liberality and Mount Hcod got a nevt
reputation, for "mejted snow" oV'lhe
dlvlnest excellence, and this fame is
spread through all the Arab caravans
of America.
The Portland Shrlners rather laid them
selves open to tho criticism of putting
state pride ahead of fraternal demon
stration at San Francisco. Their nqvel
tles had an Oregon flavor. The Oregon
grape was one of the most prominent
decorations of their headquarters,, and.
souvenirs of Oregon scenes and pro
ductions were liberally dfstrlbuted. There
were among tho Oregon delegation men
of originality and their devices gained
Instant attention, whereas, under another
manner of Introduction, they might have
gone comparatively unnoticed. And the
Oregonlans aro keoplng up their record
by providing hospitable entertainment
for all the Shrfners who visit Portland
on their way back home.
Special Trains of Shrlners.
Yesterday was a comparatively quiet
day for the Portland Shrlners. The spe
cial train bearing the Buffalo brethren
came in from the South, but it tarried
only a short time at the Union Depot and
went out over the Northern Pacific about
10 o'clock. On this train was Erastus C.
Knight, Mayor of Buffalo and a candidate
for the Republican Gubernatorial nomina
tion in the Empire Statei He is a per
sonal friend of Arthur P. Tifft, of this
city.
The Shaffer special train of Philadel
phia Shrlners will be in Portland today
and remain over until tomorrow morning,
when It will leave over the O. R. & N. for
the East. This train carries tho past Im
perial potentate of the Shrlners. The spe
cial train of the Imperial potentate will
reach Portland Saturday morning.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Bnhy In Cutting Teeth,
Be sure snfi use that old and well-tried remedy;
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Sjrup, ,for children
teething. It soothes the chllu. softens the guras,
alltja all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea.
memories of old Oregon. One survives i Reeder, who Is now In British Columbia; I to the hospital for 42 days, and has not
and still occupies an honored -plice among I Mrs. O. J. Aklns, of Bourne, Or., and J yet recovered.
the educational institutions ot tne state i Mrs. J. s. crumbley, or Oregon City, i -ur. ueorge t yviison was called as a
the Willamette University at Salem. In . There are also 15 grandchildren and a
thjs connection I am sure many will re- t great-grandchild to mourn Mr. Reeder's
call wiin leeungs oi respect, ana venera-
loss.
The funeral will take place at noon Fri
day, and services will be held at the Tay.
lor-Streot Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Reeder had been a life-long member
tion that grand old man. Father J. H.
Wilbur, to whose zeil and energy and
undismayed persistence in tho face of ev
ery obstacle was almost entirely due the
successful building and equipment of these of the Methodist church, and he was ever
institutions of learning, which in their J ready to give assistance to the cause of
time wielded an Influence which was to be ' religion.
later felt in the destinies of the coming
siaie.
There Is little doubt that without the
services and aid of these pioneer misslon-
1 arles it would have been Impossible for
tho first settlers to hive remained In Ore
gon; and it is highly probable that the
final settlement would have been very
much delayed, and a large portion of the
every hand, needing only the genius to i domain irrevocably lost to tho Govern
recognize ana the ability to seize and ! ment.
Improve them. Oregon has possessed her
rair proportion of such men, and they
would have achieved success anywhere
else In those United States. H. W. Cor
bett would be a rich man if he had never
left New York. I do not doubt he would
be the peer of any of the financial celeb
rities of the EasL Harvey Scott would
be a great Journalist Jf he had never seen
Oregon. His brains and talents would
"Fortunately, tfie names of many of those
grand men have been preserved to us in
the minutes of the first Oregon M. E.
Conference, held at Salem on the 17th day
of March, 1S53, and as the mention of
EXPRESSMAN'S DEATH.
Neclc "Was Dlnlocated In Strange
Manner at Sherldaa,
son will see the boys sharing honors with
the girls.
Those deserving honorable mention for
tholr work In competition are as follows:
Falling School Lenna Cleave. MInta
i .aiarsnaii, jiargarei .esvoia, Miiarea ovi-
att, lone Wells, Marie BJaser.
aHrrlson School Mabel McLeod. Martha
Orth, OHn Kigglns, Ethyle Jones, Louis
Ccntro, Robert Ronde. Margaret Scnkler.
witness to testify concerning the nature j Annie Burrell.
E. "W. Grove.
This name mast appear on every "box of the
genuine Laxative Bromo-Qulnln Tablets, the
remedy that cures a cold th one day. 25 cents.
saaeaMreajffik-Vrriifea-L
Arthur A, Bogart, who was found killed
at Sheridan, Tuesday evening, had been
In the employ of the Wells. Fargo Ex
press Company for the past nine years, his I appear as attorneys for the plaintiff,
last run being: between Portland and Sher-
of the Injuries sustained by Geldard. and
witnesses were called to testify regard
ing the accident.
The defense Is that there was no negli
gence on the part of Marshall, and It
was Geldard's own fault that he was
hurt. It is set forth In the answer that
he knew all about the- rope which was
"used, and 'ought to have complained, if
it had "become worn and unsafe, which he
did npt do.
J. E. Bronaugh, attorney for the dc?
fendant. Is endeavoring to show 'that
Geldard's injuries were not at', all se
rious. Marshall sent Geldard tq a hos
pital and agreed to pay the bill, but af-
I terwards objected" that Geldard wasstay-
'"b " uuiuuuuu iuub liiuii- was
necessary. Williams, Wood & LInthlcum
his parents when a child, and has lived
here since. He married Miss Lura Ral-
these names cannot fall to awaken many stc-n, at Sheridan, last November. The
iKUiums uc uiuugiu w ruiuauu 11UO
kindly memories of their great and noble
work in the far-away past. 1 havr here
Inserted them: Thomas H. Pearnf, H. K.
Hlncs, C. S. KIngslcy. William. Roberts,
last run being between Portland and Sher
idan. Ho was born at Fort Wayne, Jnd.. I .,., .... -.-.. r,,T
28 year ago, but camo to Portland with'5AS HER HDS1 AS pRUEL.
Mrs. Frnnccis Wclunrger Charges
That He Threatened to Shoot Her.
Frances Welburger has commenced suit
-in the State Circuit Court against Nelson
Sellwood Anna Willing.
McCoy, Or. Ernest Sears.
For their field knowledge of birds the
following are given honorable mention:
Woodlawn Pearl Lott.
Harrison School Graham Glass.
Sellwood Anna Willing.
Falling lone Wells.
The John Burroughs Club enjoyed one of
the most delightful outings In its entire
club history last Saturday at Oregon City.
It has been decided, now that the days
are so long, to make the hour of start 4
o'clock Instead of 2. and remain till twi
light falls, as thl3 is a much better time
for studying the birds than in the middle
of the day. Sunnyside is the place select
ed for next Saturday, and the meeting-
place the Yamhill waiting station, near
xnira street.
Miller, N. Doane, Isaac Billon, L. T.
Woodward. C. O. Hosford, T. F. Royil.
G. M. 'Berry, GUstavus Hlnes, E. Garri
son. F. S. Hoyt, J. H. Wilbur, J. Cv Ray-
nor, J. h. smun, a. ciose, w. B. Morse;
have forced him to the front in the profes- j John Flynn. P. G. Buckhanan, J. W.
sion ne was norn to elsewhere than in
Oregon. So in every department, Indus-!
trial, mechanical, commercial and profes-1
slonal, the Attest are to the front In
every place, and are pushing fdrward all !
the giant cnterprisea which are so rapid
ly .developing" our resources, building our
cities, and adding to our Vealth and com
fort. t
There are men "hero present who 'well
remember the Portland of 1S52, a strag
gling little village, consisting of a few
wooden structures, nearly all cohflned to
the limits of Jefferson and Oak streets,
the river front and Second streets outside
these limits being a forest of immense
fir trees, with numerous fine ppeclmcns
still ftandlngon First .street There were
but few houses outside these limits, and
l In the ambitious young metropolis not a
oncK Bunding, a paved street or a regu
larly laid sidewalk. The principal hui'ld
Ing outside the limits named was the old
Portland Academy, located In the woods
on the hflghts of Seventh and Jefferson
strcctc. This was one of the three prom,
inent educational instiutlons founded in
old Oregon by the pioneer Methodist mis
sionaries, than which there were no more
potent educational factors in the early
daya Prior to the coming of the rols
'sionary forces all or nearly all of their
predecessors had been either cxolorcrs
Waller, Clinton Kelly, J. L. Parrlsh and
J. F. DoVore. There were others whose
names I regret that I cannot now remem
ber, who heartily and efficiently aided in
the work.
These men, together with tho families
associated with them, fully Justify the as
sertion recently made by one of their own
number that they "had i chief agency In
framing and directing the moral and In
tellectual, and even the civil and econom-1
leal life Up to the present time."
Among their numbers were brilliant men
scholars, orators nnd writers fit to grace
any country and any age, and I feel that
I cannot close this adarcss in -n more be
fitting way nor pay a more acceptable
tribute to tholr memory than by quoting
from oho of the most gifted of them all
Dr. H. X. Hlncs:
"The two great events that had set
slightly njar both the western and eastern
doors of access to these creat rA2lnn
uiLHiwiiK uuu ujc j.uucru win oe nem irum ; t. WelhrifcY. 'nr HUmroA Unineo nr
the residence of his mother. Mrs. Emma-j cr"uei treatment, and she "also asks for ?C0
par month alimony, $150 attorney a fees
and for an order of the court restraining
the defendant from molesting her. Mrs.
Welburger alleges that her husband -has
threatened to shoot her
The litigants vere married in May, 1902.
The plaintiff charges the defendant with
cruel treatment, and says that he would
go to a restaurant and eat hia mcajs. and
allow her to live upon the charity of
-friends. She says he owns a lodgln'g
house oil Third street, and farms and
other property worth altogether about
$12,000. and h'as'an Income of $200-a month.
- J. A Strowbridge, Jr., appears as attor
ney for Mrs. Welburger.
G. Bogart, 2C0 Wheeler street, at a time
not yet set.
The circumstances of his death lw6re
peculiar.. He had thrown the switch, as
usual, and was last seen alive standing by
the car that was moving down on the
switch, stooping slightly, as If looking i
Jason Lee had died in the East some j under, the car at eomethlng on the other
years prior to this conference, and among & f 'ho track. A moment later he was J
others who. "were nssoclated at ono time i t,cc" " u" 1US uac ne siae ot
and anotacf with the noble hand of work- j we track, and the conductor reached him
ers. I recall those of Divld Leslie, A. F. I een before the slowly-moving car had
euurciy poseuu. a. aocior was Wim mm
tained that the young man's neck was
broken, and that -death had -been prac
tically Instantaneous. But there was np
abrasion of the skin -or nny other ex
ternal evidence that he had been struck
by the car. It Is presumed that his at
tention was for tho moment drawn to
something on the other side of the track
and that the step -of tho car must have
struck him Just right to dislocate his
neck and produce Immediate death. '
ASKS FOR RECOUNT.
CHEAI' KATES EAST.
The Rio Grande System announces
greatly reduced excursion rates to East
ern points via the world-famed "Scenic
Line."
For particulars, call at or address the
ticket otnep. 124 ThjrdLstrtet,
Harris Trunk Co. for trunks and bar.
Edvrard Ltttlcpatrc, Candidate for
'Road Snncrvisor, Fllen. Contest.
An election contest Drocced'lnjr was filed
I yesterday In the County Cour by Edward
Llttlepage, Independent, candidate for
Road Supervisor In the Troutdale (Pow
ell's! Valley) district, against James M.
Hlllyard. who has been declared elected
on the Citizens ticket on the official 'elec
tion board. The returns sho that Hlll
yard received-124 Votes.' and 'Littlepage
115. nnd the latter asks for a' recount of the
ballots.
Inventory in Conner Estate.
The Inventory and appraisement of
the
Suicide of a. Jockey' Wife.
DURANGO, Colo., June 18. Mrs. Mar
garet Feeny, wife of a horse jockey, has
committed suicide by taking morphine.
She was separated from her husband. She
was the widow of Bob Ford, the slayer of
Jesse James, and lived with him at
Creede during the wild days of that camp.
She bore the scar of a bullet wound on
her body given by Ford in one of his out
bursts. Her second husband was killed In
a mine accident.
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Chnrle Havlland HI.
DENVER, June IS. Charlce Frederick
Havlland. ono of the makers of the fa
mous Havlland chlnaware, is seriously ill
with heart failure at the Oakes Home In
this cjty. His sister, Mrs. Henrietta Hav
lland, and his four daughters, who are
how en route to Denver from France.
haw been telegraphed to hasten their
ccmlng.
for anybody!
All Havana Filler
Charges Untibnnd With Cruelty.
.Ettle B. Markham has sued John W.
Markham for a divorce on account of cniel
treatment. They tvere married at Sher
man, Tex., in March, 1S37. Mrs. Markham
avers that in July, 1901, in Portland, hen
nusoana strucK. ana. beat her and threat
ened to take her life, and that he has re
fused to support her since July, 190L
RECREATION.
If you wish to enjoy a day of rest and
p',ea:urt take the O. R. & N. train from
Union depot at 9 A. M. for a short trip
up ithe Columbia, returning, lfi desired, by
horit from Cascade Locks. Ticket and
particulars at .O. R &. N. ticket office
Third and Washington.
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