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SUITDAT OBEG02JIA2J, POKTLASD, NOVEMBER 1, 1903.
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FRIEND OF PIONEERS
nomah CitF "with a blacksmith shop. In.
MAY HE ACT AS GOVERNOR?
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1S47 Lot "Whitcomb, Beth L.uellins and
Captain Joseph KeHogg united to make
miwaukle the New York of the Pacific
Coast. Below Portland James John had
established the town of St. John. In
iSjfi M. 3L McCarver and Peter Burnett
had started the town or Llnnton. Near
the mouth of "Willamette Slough was Mil
ton, founded In 1846 by Captain Nathaniel
Crosby. In 1S45-6 Captain Knighton had
started St. Helens. By natural selection
Portland emerged from the struggle su
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POWER OF THE SECRETARY OF
STATE IS IN QUESTION.
Dr. John McLoughlin Deserves
a Monument,
Judge Will Decide Legality of War-
rants Signed by Him in Mr,
Chamberlain's Absence.
ONE OF SAVIORS OF OREGON
Son of Founder of Portland Urges.
Claims of Man Whose Property
the Government Confiscated
Story of City's Birth.
A monument to the memory of Dr. John
McLoughlin Is suggested by Francis "W.
Pettygrove, aon of one of the founders
of Portland. Dr. McLoughlin from 1523 to
1S45 was chief factor of the Hudson's Bay
Company west of the Kocky Mountains
with headquarters yfc "Vancouver, now in
the State of Washington. Portland town
site was laid off in 1S45 by Amos Lawrence
Lovejoy and Francis "W. Pettygrove.
"In my boyhood," said Mr. Pettygrove
last night at the Portland Hotel, "my
father and mother used often to say that
Americans owe their occupation of Ore
gon to Dr. McLoughlin. Hundreds, yes,
thousands of times, I have heard them
tell of his kindness and benevolence
toward Americans, who arrived impov
erished and starving from the 'States.'
"The doctor was a Britisher, desirous of
saving the Oregon country to England.
He had but to turn over his hand and
the Indians would have swept all the
early Americans out of Oregon. Uut with
him humanity was higher' than national
ity. To my mind Dr. McLoughlin is the
most heroic and picturesque flguro in
Oregon history. For his lenity he was
ejected from his position at the head of
the Hudson's Bay Company. He then
took up his residence at Oregon City.
There he was despoiled of his property
for being a Britisher. Now he sleeps on
the river bank below "Willamette Falls, in
the Cothollc churchyard."
Portland Hotel stands in the original
townslte of Portland. In its place in the
early days was a dense forest. As the
splendor of the hotel escaped through
the windows last evening and fell upon
pavements and high buildings, street-cars
and carriages, it made many a. silhouette
against imagination of the early time.
"I am, a poor man," said Mr. Pettygrove,
"but I am ready togive $100 toward a
monument fund. The people of Portland
could well afford, to honor the memory of
Dr. McLoughlin."
Mr. Pettygrove then adverted feelingly
to the trials and poverty of Dr. Mc
Loughlln's last days, caused by confisca
tion of his nronertv br Americans. Short
ly before the end of his Ufa in 1S57 thel
doctor spoke thus sorrowfully to I. F.
Graven "I am an old man and Just dying;
you are & young man and will live many
years. I might better have been shot
40 years ago shot like a bull. I became a
citizen of the United States la good faith
and planted all I had hero and the Gov
ernment has confiscated my property.
Please give your Influence after I am
dead to have this property go to my chil
dren' Mr. Pettygrove lives at Seattle. His
father came to Oregon in 1S43 on the bark
Fama, bringing a stock of merchandise.
The bark ascended the Columbia and "Wil
lamette Rivers to the head of navigation.
"That was the cite of Portland," said
the son last night, "and my father at
onco saw the possibility of establishing a
town here."
As evidence that this was the head of
navigation masts and booms of vessels
were found on the shore. They had been
left in the work of lightering and refitting.
The Fama's cargo had to be lightered
to Oregon City from the "head of navi
gation." The next year Mr. Pettygrove
bought from John Overton a half interest
in the site of Portland for a saddle and
lasso Tope, as the story runs. In the
"History of Portland" the compensation
is said to have been "an 'o'utfit' worth
perhaps $30."
The other owner s?as Amos Lawrenco
Lovejoy, who had secured his Interest
from Overton. The latter had taken the
"claim" in 1843, nd had subsequently dis
posed of a half interest to Lovejoy for
the expense of recording the claim.
Overton was the first settler on the site
of Portland. Ho made shingles here for
a time. Ho came from Tennessee and
"was a desperate, rollicking fellow," as
Colonel Nesmith described him. From
Oregon he went to the Sandwich Islands,
and thence to Texas, where, if the com
mon story of the time was true, he was
hanged.
Streets of this city bear tho names of
Overton, Loveloy and Pettygrove. Mrs.
Lovejoy still lives at Portland, at an ad
vanced age, having crossed the plains"
as a girL Pettygrove died at Port Town
send 1C years ago. His eldest son, Ben
jamin Stark Pettygrove, of Port Town
send, was the first white child born with
in the prcsant limits of Portland.
"My father," went on Mr. Pettygrove,
"built the first house here. He used to tell
about it often. It was a merchandise store,
and was at the foot of what is now called
Washington street. It became known later
as the Red House. "Why? "Well, my fa
thor had brought mt a large quantity of
red paint, expecting that tho Indians
would traffic for it. But tho rod point
didn't take: besides, there weren't many
Indians in this Valley. In order to put
the paint to a useful purpose, father used
it on his store."
This store Is described in tho records as
a log cabin, erected in tho "Winter of
1S44-45. The spot was adorned with maplo
and oak trees, and became a favorite stop
ping place for parties Journeying between
Oregon City and Vancouver, which was
then tho central market in the Northwest.
The cite of Portland was at that time
shaggy with trees and dense underbrush.
"I have the copper cent," said Mr. Pet
tygrove, "which determined the name at
tho town. The story is old, and I shall
not now recount It. In the toss-up for a
name my father won two throws out of
three, and named the town Portland after
the city of that name in Maine, his native
state."
This "toss-up" took place ins 1845, when
tl.e town was surveyed and laid off. Love
Joy wished to name tho place Boston. To
end tho competition, Pettygrove drew
" from his pocket a copper, the only one he
had, and proposed to let chance determine
the name. Lovejoy agreed, and Petty
grove flipped the copper. "Portland" won.
but Lovejoy was not satisfied. "Twice out
of three," he Insisted. Pettygrove assent
ed, and the second toss went to "Boston."
But on the third toss "Portland" won. All
this was during the existence of the Pro
visional Government, one year before Eng
land had acknowledge the claims of the
United States to the .Oregon Country.
What Built Up Portland.
"My father often remarked," remarked
Mr. Pettygrove, "that the Canyon road,
which runs into the city from the west,
was the avenue that built up Portland.
It cost him $1700. and when it was fin
ished Portland had a big Fourth of July
ceieorauon ana Daroecue. That road
brought trade to Portland, and soon was
building tho town. My father made a
good deal of money then, but in 1848 de
cided to go to California. He sold his in
terest in the townslte to D. H. Lowns
dale for $5900 in leather. Lownsdale was
then in the leather tanning business near
the s'te of tho present exposition build
ing. "Portland then had many rivals for com
mercial supremacy. Most formidable were
Oregon C14y-and Vancouver. Opposite
Oregon City. Robert Moore had laid off
Linn City in 1813, and" had high hopes
of starting a city. Hugh Burns, an Irish-
dan, come distance below, started Mult- I G'
CLEAU CITIES OF ARGENTINA. .
Order and Cleanliness Everywhere In
Evidence.
Boston Transcript
Rosario is a clean city. Cordoba is a
clean city. Tucuman la a trim little town
of 4P.00O inhabitants. And It is clean.
I have made these passing notes in
traveling over a good many hundred
miles, because it is the habit to assume
that sanitation and tho English language
go together and that where they part
company sanitation logs so far behind
thaf it Is lost. The Argentine cities, big
and little, disprove this assumption. I
am beginning to think that municipal re
formers in the United States should come
to Ihia republic to study their hobby.
There is less homo rule than with us, and
the. semi-military bureaucracy would
chafe us, but given the environment and
the local'condltlons, the Argentine munic
ipalities make out very well.
The railroad makes the shorter time
from Buenos Ayres to Rosario seven
hours but the river boat is more restful
when one wants to avoid agriculture.
The city has a population rising 125,000,
some of which is due to the port works.
The visitor is shown how the river has
been made accessible for the ocean steam
ers which come up this far, as well as the
vessels which come down the Parana.
Tho sugar refinery, the big wheat elevat
ors and other locafc Industries also are
worth seeing. Tho Italians, French nnd
Germans seem to have most of the trade,
though the English are represented.
After driving along the water front and
observing how extensive the commerce
is. It is a real pleasure to drive out the
boulevard to Victoria Park and note how
complete are the plans for creating a beau
tiful city and how they are being carried
out. Rosario In Its plenitude of eucalyp
tus trees and its coaxing sterile ground
into parks, is a reminder of Denver years
ago, when that metropolis of the Rockies
was in the transformation stage. It Is,
moreover, as ambitious as ever Denver
was.
Cordoba has to be found. It Is not on
the pampa, but It Is somewhere in tho
higher levels surrounded by serrated
mountains. Coming from tho south or
east on tho railway the visitor Is right
on Its edge before he knows anything of
a city. Arriving from the north the train
seems to be running along the side of an
easy sloping hill with tho city spreading
out below. So much Is to be seen at Cor
doba that with limited time I compro
mised between duty and inclination. Duty
called for an inquiry into material sub
jects, hides and wool, the electric light
plant, the big reservoir on tho Primero
River, tho agricultural experiment school
and a variety of local Industries. Inclina
tion led to the cathedral and the memo
rials of the Jesuits, the university with, its
200 years of history, the museum and tho
astronomical observatory. Tho courteous
Cordoban who took me around was Iden
tified with the university and when he
was through with the historical memorials
and the evidence that Cordoba is a pres
ent as well as a past intellectual center,
with so little time left it seemed a fair
compromise to visit the agricultural
school. The director, Mr. Baxter, who is
a North American, was absent, but there
was opportunity to Judge what is being
done. The work is modest, but well planned
and with the continued support and en
couragement of tho government is certain
to develop. Fully as Interesting as the
historic memorials of Cordoba Is the mod
ern institution, the astronomical observ
atory. Tucuman is tho railroad center of
Northern Argentina, though it Is not ex
actly a railroad town. All the lines con
verge here. In a short time the govern
ment line which runs north will be pro
longed into Bolivia. The Chilean project
for a northern route across tho Andes at
Caplapo will naturally extend to Tucu
man, so that within a few years the city
promises to be an international railway
center and In direct communication with
the ports of the Pacific as well as with
the Bolivian Andes.
Tucuman Is both an old and a new city.
Of tho older part the most interesting me
morial Is Independence Hall, in which was
proclaimed the Argentine declaration of
Independence. That was on July 9, 1816.
Its existence is a reminder that most of
the fighting which ended Spanish power
took placo 1000 miles back from the sea
board. New structures are being erected
around it for the use of the Government,
but the old building is preserved. It is a
low, rectangular house, with eloping peak
ed roof of heavy tiles, heavy wood doors
and the exterior walls painted blue. Tho
mortar is falling oft in places. The only
memorial kept 'within the hall Is the carved
chair of the President of tho Congress
which declared Argentine Independence.
It has been found necessary to brace tho
roof with timber pillars and girders. On
the walls are oval shields of wood crudely
painted, representing, the shields of the
14 provinces. There Is a steel engraving
of General San Martin, the liberator, and
prints of some of the "prohombres," or
signers of the declaration. There were 29
of these. Tablets of bronzes and silver,
affixed to the walls, "are the memorial
offerings of schools and societies, bearing
patriotic inscriptions. OtherA historical
memorials abound. In the plaza there is
an equestrian statue of General Belgrano,
who defeated the Spanish troops at the
battle of Tucuman In 1812.
BOYESEN'S SON ELOPED.
An Approved Engagement Made a
Runaway Marriage Unnecessary.
New York "World.
Announcement has Just been made of the
runaway marriage of Miss Adelaide Mott
Barclay, daughter of James I Barclay, to
Algernon K. BoyeBen, a son of the famous
Norwegian author, the late HJalmar
Hjorth Boyesen. Although the wedding
took place on September 23, the bride's
parents and Mr. Boyesen's mother learned
of it only a few days ago.
"Why tho young persons chose a runaway
match Is a thing known only to them
selves, for there never was any objec
tion to Mr. Boyesen by Miss Barclay's
family. The WO were engaged, a fact
that was known to their families and inti
mate friends, and it was soon, to have
been announced publicly.
They met early in the Summer, when
Mr. Boyesen and his mother went to llvi
near the Barclay Summer home.
Miss Barclay accepted the invitation tt
spend several days with Mr. and Mrs.
Dwlght Collier at Tuxedo Park, and came
Into New York on September 23. Hero
she met her sweetheart and they went
to Pleasantville, N. Y. "Whether the
wedding had been previously planned Is
not known, but they wero married by the
Rev. "William Reld Blackle.
The bride went to Tuxedo, and her hus
band came back to his apartments in
New York. The rumor of their marrlago
went abroad, and when the bride was
asked about It by her father she admitted
the truth.
Mrs. Boyesen is Mr. Barclay's daughter
by his first marriage. Her mother was
Miss 'Olivia Bell. She was introduced
to society last "Winter at a reception given
at the city homo of the Barclays.
Mr. Boyesen, although only 23 years old,
has shown much of the ability of his tal
ented father. His writings have been
accepted by magazines and ho has writ
ten several poems of worth.
"When health and strength seem on the
wing. Hood's Sarsaparllla is tho thing.
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Is the Secretary of Stato authorized to
act in place of tho Governor when the
chief executive Is absent from tho state?
This question was argued yesterday
before Judge Sears, in tho Louis Dalton
habeas corpus case, and a decision will
be rendered Monday morning.
The Secretary of Stato issued an extra
dition warrant for the return of Dalton
to Martinez, Cal., to answer a charge of
seduction. Before Governor Chamberlain
went East he signed a lot of warrants In
blank, which he left behind him, but the
court decided that such a warrant Is void.
R. R. Veale, the officer who came from
California after Dalton, as tho only thing
left to do, secured an extradition war
rant from Secretary of Stato Dunbar, and
tho legality of this warrant Is contested
by Dalton's attorney.
The constitution provides: "In case of
the removal of the Governor from office
or his death, resignation or inability to
discharge the duties of his office, 4he
same shall devolve upon the Secretary of
StatcV
The point at Issue Is the interpretation
of the sentence "Inability to discharge
tho duties of his office."
"When tho Governor is outside of tho
state, he has no authority, and this the
court may decide constitutes an inability
to discharge tho duties of his office.
The attorney for Dalton submitted two
decisions where courts held that nobody
can act in the Governor's place when ho
Is absent, and Deputy District Attorney
Spencer read a New Hampshire decision.
In which the court held when the Govern
or was sick In bed, but 'was able to write
letters, that he was prevented from act
ing as Governor because of inability.
SAYSHUSBAND STARVED HER
Margaret J. Bollam Makes Charges
in Divorce Suit.
Margaret J. Bollam, who says her hus
band, Jesso D. Bollam, starved her and
their child, yesterday filed suit against
him In the State Circuit Court for a di
vorce. They were married at Seattle Oc
tober 2, IDOL Mrs. Bollam alleges that
about a year later she came to Portland
and remained at the homo of her parents
for some time, and then, at tho request
of the defendant, went to Victoria, B. C,
where he had obtained employment, to
live with him. She says that Bollam sent
her $10 to pay her fare, and his father
gave her a like .sum. After having re
sided in Victoria for a month, Mrs. Bol
lam avers she ascertained that her hus
bany had not paid tho rent for their
rooms. She further alleges that her
money was all gone, and Bollamr .al
though earning good wages, rofused to
provide for her and their child with neces
sary food, and to keep from starving or
else depending upon charity, she was com
pelled to return to her people In Portland.
MUSTN'T TAKE CHILD AWAY.
Court Restrains Mrs. -Lucy A. Davis
at Husband's Request.
There was a preliminary skirmish in
tho divorce suit of Lucy A. Davis vs.
John H. Davis, before Judge Cleland yes
terday morning. Davis appealed for an
order restraining his wife from removing
their 5-year-old child from the state. The
court granted the request, although Mrs.
Davis made a showing through affidavits
that she had no intention of taking the
little boy away from Portland.
' Davis some .time ago applied to the
court for permission to see the child and
take him out walking. Judge Cleland or
dered that he might visit the child at
proper times, and Davis afterward filed
an affidavit stating that, If he went to the
NIcalal home, he would probably meet
with personal violence at tho hands of his
father-in-law. Mrs. 3avis has filed a
counter affidavit, stating that her hus
band can visit tho Nicola! homo at any
reasonable hour and see his child, and Is
not In danger from anybody.
FLOURISHED REVOLVER AT HER
Other Cruel Acts Lead Helen B.
Holden to Sue for Divorce.
Suit for a dissolution of the matrimonial
bonds was filed yesterday by Helen Belle
Holden against PhllUs Holden, a bar
tender, because of cruel treatment. There
are two children as the Issue of the union,
and the mother asks to be awarded their
legal custody. In her complaint Mrs.
Holden sets forth that her husband drinks
to excess, and has slapped her and wrong
fully accused her of unchastlty. She
states that he flourished a revolver In
her presence and told her he would fix
her plenty and threw her forcibly against
a fence. Other charges of a like kind are
made. The litigants wer emarried In
"Washougal in 1896. George C. and How
ard M. Brownell appear as attorneys for
Mrs. Holden.
Appeals From Municipal Court.
Appeals from the Municipal Court to
tho State Circuit Court have been filed In
tho following cases:
Jennie Elliott, convicted of frequenting
bawdy-house. She was admitted to ball
In the sum of $.
John Crocker, conducting a game of
stud-poker and fined $100. Tho complain
ant Is H. A Circle.
John Crocker, violating tho 1 o'clock
closing ordinance and fined $50.
Beatrice Lewis, keeping a bawdy-house,
for which offense a fine of $50 was Im
posed. Ralph Bergman, frequenting a house of
Ill-repute: sentenced to 45 days Imprison
ment in the City Jail.
James Riley and George Clark; cruelty
to animals; fined $25 each.
John McDanlel, fighting; fined $25.
Chung Gee, larceny of two sacks of
spinach from John Grabano; fined $25.
Sally "White, keeping a disorderly house;
fined $50.
Edward McKay, larceny of a watch
from Anna Seal.
These cases will be tried this term of
court, unless they are allowed to go to
sleep, which Is the outcome of many ap
pealed cases, and in course of time they
aro dismissed, and the defendants, who
aro arways at liberty on ball, escape pun
ishment entirely.
Decides Against Wing Yick.
Judge Cleland yesterday. In the case of
"Wing Tick, held that the-city ordinance
prohibiting the sale of lottery tickets Is
valid, and overruled tho demurrer to tho
complaint. The man was tried and con
victed In the Municipal Court, and his at
torney, C M. Idleman, raised the point
that the ordinance was void because cer
tain things necessary to be done were not
done at the time of its passage by the
City Council. Judge Cleland considered
tho objections "trifling, and tho caso on
appeal will now be tried out on Its merits.
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Inventory Filed.
The inventory- of the estate of Caleb
Allen Aylsworth, deceased, was filed yes-'
terday. The property is valued at $7812.
FoHnd a Care for Indigestion.
I use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets for indigestion and find that they
suit my case better than any dyspepsia
remedy I have ever tried and I have used
many different remedies. I am nearly
fifty-one years of age and have suffered a
great deal from indigestion. I can eat al
most anything I want to now. George W.
Emory, Rock Mills, Alabama, For sale
by all druggists
NEW MISSION FURNITURE
OUR NEW MISSION FURNITURE IS HERE AT LAST AND WE x CAN ASSURE
YOU IT WAS WORTH WAITING FOR. NO NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT "MIS
SION FURNITURE" IS EVERYONE KNOWS. WE ONLY WANT YOU TO KNOW
WE HAVE LOTS OF IT. THE DRAWING ABOVE GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE
CORRECTNESS' OF DESIGN. YOU MUST SE IT TO APPRECIATE ITS REAL WORTH
Arm Chairs and Rockers in weathered and fumed oak, with roan leather upholstered seats and wide
slat backs. Useful for any room in the house.
'Arm Chairs and Rockers in wax finish golden oak, with roan leather loose cushions. y
Rockers and Arm Chairs in weathered and funied oak. Big roomy ones with loose roan leather cush
ions. These chairs are very deep, with wide arm rests and high backs.
Extra large Morris Chairs with long arms and high backs, in weathered and fumed oak. Fitted with
roan leather loose cushions for seat and back. '
Wide Settees' in weathered and fumed oak, with roan leather loose seat cushions and roan leather cor
ner cushions. Especially adaptable for halls or landings.
New designs in leather-covered Footstools in weathered and fumed oak. These are designed to be
used with Morris chairs.
Weathered and fumed oak Bookcases in all widths and heights, with plate glass and leaded glass doors.
Weathered and fumed oak Tables for the library or den. Covered with selected Spanish leather,
bound with antique iron nails. Very artistic. ' x
Cellarettes in weathered oak, fitted with glass racks and bottle racks and places for storing all sorts'
of drinkables. Just the thing, for a bachelor's den.
LOOK AT OUR CORNER WINDOW
NEW DIINIING-ROOM SETS
Some of our patrons have been anxiously awaiting the ar
rival of some new dining-room sets which have been on
the road for the last-three weeks. They are here now and
are beauties, too. Absolutely new designs in Weathered
Oak, Antwerp Oak and Mahogany. No two sets alike, so
you are sure of owning something out of the common run.
You must see them soon, for they'll go quickly
TWO SPECIAL SALES TUESDAY NEXT
LACE CURTAINS
On Tuesday morning we will place on sale at
sacrifice prices 100 pairs of fine ace Curtains.
We have, a number of broken lots of curtains
and want to close them out. A rare opportunity.
You can see them today in pur front window
CARPET SWEEPERS
In one of front windows we are displaying a lot
x of National Carpet Sweepers. A good lot, too,
only we've too many. So we're going to give
special prices on them on Tuesday morning.
Come at 9 o'clock and you can surely get one.
SEE MONDAY'S OREGONIAN AND TELEGRAM FOR PRICES
OPEN SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL. 9 O'CLOCK
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