;THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN,. POBTLAifD, DECEMBER- 13, 1903.
WHEM SANTA eLAUS VISITED' PORTLAND 50 UEAKS AGO
"THOSE WHO KFPT THE" JOY SHOPS ANP "OTHER PLACES OF BUSINESS
WDNDER If Santa Claus remembers
his visit at Portland 60 years ago?
To be sure he, does, if his natural
force is not abated, for isn't that far
away Christmas graven in the memory of
other living "witnesses?
Dear -old Santa saw a village prouder
than a city. Its merchants had made
ready for his coming. They displayed the,
best goods that the broad empire of the
"West could furnish. , They advertised their
goods in The Weekly Oregonlaa and
Weekly Times.
And a vigorous lot were the 700 inhabi
tants of Portland. They had made a
hard fight in the past three years to pull
their town, out ahead of Mllwaukie, St.
Helens and Oregon City. The fight cost
them money, but "they didn't flinch. It
cost them toil, but they didn't waver. They
boasted of their victory, and painted their
houses a neat white, while the other dingy
towns turned greener with envy every
day.
Luckily Santa did not get mired in. Front
street, the single avenue of the metrop
olis, else there might never have been
another Christmas. Front street is count
ed narrow in these modern times. But 50
years ago it was too wide; since- Its
depths were post finding out.
bo big -a city as of today. Didn't they
establish a cemetery far beyond the city,
on Washington street, between Eleventh
and Twelfth, where "Plunder's floral gar
dens are? And didn't they lay out an
other cemetery In the vicinity of Second
and Ahkeny, and still another at about
Front and Glbbs? But let's cut out ceme
teries and return to Santa.
Portland's Early Independence.
Luckily, the dear old fellow didn't need
a train of cars to bring him here, or he
would not have come until 30 years later.
Fortunately, also, he was Independent -of
steamships, else proud Portland might
CLOTHIXG.ilAllDWARE, &c.,-&c.,v
IX the Old Stand of Alien, J3frrtuj&i Ce.ear
Glanders "Wliarf.t
OryCeeda "
" Bkskete While &rlt,WBagce
Prlnts-rBlae, i&spy and shlaUl'
Satinets, jeans, 4laeeyj
.Denims, ticks; flxmiek ;
Gieghams. De Lainee, alpacas J
Brown asd bleached drills ; -
Pongee silk, aad Turkey red Hka'uY "
'Shirts of .all deseriptiofis., '
Greccrics
uroirn aad crossed SHgarrj
Coffee, tea aad syrup.:
tSoap. selcraiHS, candles y
.inca lnuu, c.. c . .
Hararrarc
Mill sad crow-cat saws ft
Files, augurs, chisels ; .
Butts, screws, hatchctsj " '
Axes, drawing knives: ' "
Ab4 a'general assortment of CirpcatttfCrMlA- -Scpt.7.3-tf.'
H'
to.AlLTXGjc CO ,
yFPEIl'FOIt SALE the following artfeiea.ftt tn&
J lovrc&t market prices
DRY-G-OODS:. ' .
Cossistlsg of alpacas, stMcJaint; petals, sheetings, shirt?
Inrt. ticks, leans, rant t tafis.'&c.
Hardware Of various km is, ifvcluriiug enr-
rvnt.r tnnt nf nil tinrl i-ninln f aat ViiilLliut.
jaatenals, gunrotlths hardware, kf. art
S.wLERVIlAav.RK Backlcs, ring?, name, chains?
o".tlo Inrnc sV Wille and ffiartirignlci',
GnnrKKJt. hognr, tea. inffcc." apices, 3oai"srrBp?
no 1 saacKercl, &c. t
JV k'.M Cn.-wiil conifinflr be jn receipt of pnods mlA
vd to tho Oregon trade direct from New York, and mil.-
'acrchants to an irutpcclionof their stock'befive pttrcba4
'inff. - - ' x'iu0.4Ji
importer sop and dbaxxcs is
Xe.43. . I"RONT STHJEKT, .jUTe.&a,
Portland, oregon: '
oeignetta. ,
:&n HtOJaad, ftBchor, pis ajstfeaaglend Bwaabraadsl
Jvinee Medosia, sherry, aascat. port! and ola port JalwV
j( tna St. Croix, Jamaica aal New Esgland.
.Whisky Scotch and Irish.
virc anuxiers
erall kinds in cases. Xemn ayrap, BtdurfTtoahlUew,,
stoaghtoa elixir, "d'orgeat, absyalhe. Also, assorUA'
cordials, bar ttrmMTB .nA Ann-nt f tw inf.. .fl
aBtfpatteT08.Hae above are ia deairabla packacea Ail
be trade,. ,Not. W.rltf- -PT?J
'reed 4BionE?rs chixese salesto'oM;
"'cqa.j'aotirfc Stark sTrcrs,
. vORTLANDrO.T.
2oe nui$ -'. VA1UE VWj
( .Jtioket&onedoClar.
.The PrisfscjBsUt of agnlfietnt Diamonds; Tzndi
. isoae Watches, Hieb Jewelry, andelectloas fromaQcn
I tire cargo of Japanese and Chinese Goods.--And also,
T11C IFONDfikFUL MCSIC, BUM),
k Ticktti fx alt and Rajle, day and ewaiagl"'
,Gtntleacn ia waat of BsAonrtn. Hoid.st Fe
liftTS for their Lad? friends, will fied tke ssost epfoadic
Woftantafc KEKD &. BIORE.N'S
' . .... 'iUiii OitU Recn.
ncf it, ts. - tsar
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table heart of the village, the social
pivot, the commercial axis. There, came
-Yet maybe the founders didn't dream of! " S088 ttnd the debater to discuss Joe
Lane's treaty with the Rogue Jiiver In
dlans; the Legislature then In session
and whether the lawmakers would ad-
journ over Christmas; the burning of the
city Jail six weeks before; the wearisome
delay of the Democrats in building the
territorial penitentiary at Portland, and
Pillow & Drew's grand New Tear's raffle
of Jewelry.
Yet these wers not all the live topics
on the parade ground 'of that "shingle
house." The man. of yarns was there, sit
ting .on this box of sugar' or that box
of coffee, or that barrel of whisky. Sb was
the artist who- whittles events and
thoughts. Why had "Mordecal" P. Deady
brick1 building' on Front street, south of
Stark, would build it higher- If any of
those conferees are alive today, they see
that building still standing, and two
floors higher. They also remember how
trade with California had given an im
petus to Portland in the past three vears.
They can tell how Luelllng & Meek sold
200 pounds of Mlwauklo apples at San
Francisco for $500 in that same year.
2Corth of the "shingle store," and on the
northwest . corner "of Washington and
Front stood another imposing edifice, the
Columbian Hotel. .Little shafts of light
fleeted from its windows on that Christ
mas eve. N. J. 'Owen, proprietbr, made
his hostelry a temple forjthe fastidious,
SHd If tho town craved a throne of fash
ion there it was. But "fashion was a term
T(TExamine:'tke mm ad Spleniii'.SfaclcT
""of Goods Just Seceiypi at'lfte "
'WHOLESALE AiroORETAIL STOREiOF.
lT. B.. FRANC1&
Front 8trcctunder tho ColaniblanHotel.PortlftndjO.Tj
Juox uin.i v r.u. ana to at replen
ished every month thronghoHttheyej'
a general assortment of DryGopls. Gro-i
j cerica, Clothing, &o. &e Snchsfe Frook,
uress, oacK, Jtrinee Albert, Business and
jyct oais, irom lour to twenty Dollars;
IVjcskin, Fancy Cassimcre, S&tfnetsnd!
Moleskin Pants, from ftl.60io OA nn'.l
ta' Blhck Satln.TDassimere and FrvrVrtM
Hats of all descriptions and prices ; Ladies' and Gentle-'
' men's Boots, Shoos, -Gaiters, Slippcra and Chiiare'a's''
Shoes of all kinds . . i .
A good assortment of White, Colored, Calico, Hiekery,
Check, Over and Under Shirts, at prices to salt the times.
J&9 jfV
(( ilB
ALSO Crapo aud Merino Shawls, IUddobs, Boaaets
-v Lace, Gloves, Hosiery, Violins, Tranks, Tea-sTC
Sugar, Coffee, Candles and Soap, -. - .
All of which will be sold very low. If you want to aT'
S-adouarjcaUnejamUviforyBurseirea," -
MTLTINER-SH0P7
AND LAD'IES FITHNISHING""STOEJ
rirstfc, nearly opposite the Oregenlan effiee.
N
branches, such as drew making, bonnet rnv?n. v-
trnnining,&c.,&r Ladles drew trimming, b fine as
sortment always on hand and for sale. Orders filled at
the shortest uotlcc. " j
Vawrartieular attention paid lorordcrT from thccocp.lry
July Iff, 'otf-
STROKG;TPHItL.lg:'
7
X".!BIumaner fc Go,,
TTTOULD inform, tho residents of Portlaoa.'sna
VV .the pbii5 m general, thai, they have reoiired
Csrter'ayelloirbutidlnr, Front-etreet, Portland.
May, 21, '6 - j: BLTJMAXTER CO.'j
. aiMo.vitrsiAitYic;
- -ATTORNEY-AND COUSSELOlCAT L"Xw,y
Mcitor-in Chancer)', and Proctor iu Admirallr;
OFP1CK IX 1JE.MS0N'S- BUILOINO,
rB?Slj Tory's Drug Store, Portland, Orccoo..
Feb. 26. JoZ-tIA
riUiiiSer
THE SUScllBER is eoajttnltj-aMrtass
. tnring,.an44jfrer8 for sale,. at-his" Saw Min,J
at Oswego, sOTa.' dies abhvo PorUand, swedi3.
JLumher of aH-deseriptiona suitable for hallding pri
poses, or for shippiag toe California Market.
Deo.6-tf- - -A-.AURHAM.,
Jl CIiACIt: AM AS COTJItTT
fFEMALE SBMI'NARYT
BOARD OF TEACHERS I
(Mju E. D. Srattuck Prisoipntt.
Mas. E. B. Shattdcx, Preceptress, and Teacher of.
- Frtaeh asai Drswkg.
Paor. G. P. Nswxxz. Teacher of Masic.
iilas W.WzXMTiioher ia the Prusary Dop&rtiaeas.
' TermtpTuitisti'?tr Quarter of Eleven JVtch-' ;
Prietfy DepacSaeai, emhr&eiag Rsadicgand
' Sfdibjg: , ::..'.6 0tf
Pxeparatery Departaeat, juhrsing Arith-.
v stia throsh Jhe Aifaaiastal rales;
Geography, teseaUry Graaaaar, His-
tory of tea 'United States and Pennaaa-
,r Wp......... .-. .....8 00
'Regslar Coarse. ..,.-... 10 00'
JaeldfeBtal charge for fael, &c 50
Piaao Forte, withvse of instrament 30 00'
SingiBg....r, -..,, k. 1,00',
Ascieat Laagaiges, Frecah, Spanish, Drawing
N,aad Eabfoidery, each. (extra).-. 3 00"
quAsixas commence: ""
FiO Fbst Wedseeday ia September.
1 Wihtes Xeit Wednesday in KoTeabfer. .
'pxu8 'L&rt Wednesday in February.
tncicsa. LaH Wednesday in May.
Board can be obtained la the SeBsiaary.aai ia (JaaBies)
in the vicinity, apea reaseaaUe ttzms. '
By oriar of the Beard,
G.H. ATKINSON, PresidenH-
... . E.HAJcn.To.Screter:r-
Dn&u City, Sept. 14, '56
, FEHALESEMrNARY,
Rrr.8,fiw8si.zr ."...c...;r...r..Priooipai;
S2fC,lSl!'E-Hm;"V Preeeptwas
M8.T. A'. KreBstXYTeachar efpaisEi, drAwli&Jce?'
to. Ramxn Gxjlt, Teaehtr ef iasraMaeaToeat'
BBM.
IHESpsfegtermwEa eoaaubee' oa MaadaV, A'prif
aaaewtiaaetKeatj weeks. TjilfioaaefoBeirs: .
msaarysehelarf-erqaarUroni weeks ff 00.
" CMMEagHjkhcanchee 7 00
4fote (extra) .'. , Ami ;15 oo
&ra aWing rale of the Trastees, alFbills for taiUon
'p&t e mWdle " each gwterj -no stadeatcan
beeauTrtaterlesathanone-halrqnarter: every stadent's"
ttSMKiaOHtinBetiirJi infonas the Principal of her
learixg, asd so stadentwill he admlttedon aaew quarter
aatil seitleseat has been saade far pass dnee. A Talaa-'
ble Piaao Forte has just been procured for the Instils-'
tien, aad ezeellest facilities are now offered here toi
yoBag ladies, to add to a good edacatloa, the aecom-'
pluhraeata otiaetrunieatal and vocal moslo. JBoard can"
be had oa reasonable terms la private families.
Marca25, '6317 C. S. jaNGSfEY.
J7rr30l;TOR"JITl.I.ARIr,3i.AHy'r
THVSICJAN, SURGEON AND ACCOUCl'lEUR;
OFFICE OX TUICXt STREET, " v
Mayll,'53-tf. PorUand, Oregon.
'DOCTOR It. B. IVIXSOA',
OFFICE ;UEMOVED TO COFFINS. BUILDING
j Jo. 16t np atalrs, . - -
April ia.-1853-tf. " " ' Portland, O. T,
GEORGE- HFIA'DJn8.
-COMMISSION MERCHANTS
And Dealer 1st Merchandise-.
TPortl&nd. O.T. d6tf .
have turned him out. Why? Well, the
steamship about that time began to 'Btop
at St. Helens, and the people of this town
felt their dander rising: But they didn't
let the steamship line have Its way; no
indeed. They threw their patronage to a
rival vessel and brought the other to Its
senses right a.way. That's Portland.
Santa could up and away quickly. Back
of Second street he hardly needed to ven
ture for thence westward was a dark
continent and a shaggy forest. But If he
did penetrate tho forest perhaps he saw
vat Second and Jefferson streets tho Con
gregational Church built two years be
fore by Rev. Horace Lyman; at Third and
Talor, the Methodist Church erected three
on Fifth, between Couch and "David, the
Catholic church founded by the effort of
Rev. James Croke; on Seventh, between
Columbia and Jefferson, the Portland
Academy and Female Institute, estab
lished in 1S50; on First, between Oak and
Pine, the !meeting-house" built in 1843,
and elsewhere dwellings that peered
through the brush and trees.
The Original Four Corners.
If feanta paused onFront and Wash
ington he saw the drlginal four corners,
the germ of Portland, No electric arc
swung its wavering light and shadows on
those corners then. The only light was
such as fled from windows of surround
ing edlflcea for such they were In those
days or rather on that Christmas eve.
And did;., lines of electric lights run
'backward to the hills and bead Portland
Heights? M No; not even in anybody's
Imagination. That was beyond the ceme
teries, you know, and why should the
living city spread beyond the dead? Back
of Second street was such a tangled
wildwood as the lark delights to warble
over In the good old Summer time and
Jack Frost delights to mako glisten on
frosty Christmas eves.
On the southeast the venerable four
corners stood a log building and next to
it on Front street tho "shingle store."
'jui&t 'shinglo store' .was the veri-
r
i
been removed from the Territorial Su
preme Bench and Qbadlah B. McFadden
put in his place by President Pierce?
Wasn't one as good a Democrat as the
other? Why .didn't other merchants than
H. W. Corbett, Joslah Failing, Pillow &
Drew and D. C. Coleman, improve Front
Btreet for Santa Clats?
Why was the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company trying to build up St. Helens
against Portland, and why were Lot
Whltcomb and Captain Joseph Kellogg
endeavoring to make Milwaukee the- chief
city? Had not Linn City "below the
Falls," turned out a failure? Also Mult
nomah City, further down, and St. Johns
and Linn ton and Milton? - '
First Steam -Sawmill.
Through the dense tobacco smoke of the
festal hall, the gentlemen wondered
whether W. P. Abrams, who had Just
built the steam sawmill, would make a
success of his venture, and whether W.
S. Ladd, who had just put up the first
of contempt those days." "Society" there
was none. The kid glove was a byword
of disdain. "Caste" and "set" then were
for the children of the town builders.
On the northwest corner was the Can
ton House, of General Stephen Coffin,
one of the three proprietors of Portland.
Part of that structure now supports its
aged frame at the northeast corner of
Front and Jefferson.
Such was the center of Portland halt a
century ago.
Life was narrow, primitive, simple,
humdrum, sequestered from the broad ac
tivities of the. world. Today, news from
New Tork and London is printed the
same day it occurs; then it reached here
six weeks and two months late. "Latest
by the Mall," was the signal of The Ore-
gonlan to Its readers. And a single page.
once ft week served for editorial opin
ion and for local and foreign news. Anx
ious days those were for the politicians
lest national politics might tako unknown
swerves or national Issues be burled in
"the states," while serving posthumous
agitation' in, Oregon.
The steamship Columbia came from
San, Francisco with "Latest by Mall"
-every two weeks. Her arrival was a tre
mendous fortnightly event. An ancient
culverin stood sentinel on the dock, and
when-the Columbia hove in sight, boomed
tho news through the towns Oftentimes
the tculvertn spoko' out ia the middle of
the night and citizens turned out to chew
the better end of a boyish Joke. This
made the conscript fathers very angry.
Indeed, and they called to Marshal Will
iam. Grooms and-Recorder A. 6. Bonnell
to inflict condign punishment.
The Conscript Fathers.
A survey of this page will show the
leading firms in business ln1853. The ac
companying advertisements are repro
duced from The Oregonlan xf that time.
The names stand for men whose vigor
still enlivens the city. They were- the
men who in 1S49, when Portland had 100,
gave $2200 for a "meeting-house," wtfo In
1851, when, the population was 400, built
the "Canyon Road" to Tualatin plains
and drew tradeiram Oregon, City, Linn
City, Multnomah City, Mllwaukie. Linn
ton and St. Helens. -They are the men
who in that same year expended ?60,000
for a -vessel, the Gold Hunter, to make
Portland a port, and to offset the ambi
tion, of St. Helens.
In that year they established a free
school, the Portland Academy and Fe
male Institute, got a charter from the
Legislature, built a water systeja to bring
water from'Balch Creek, which now sup
plies the lake at the Exposition grounds,
erected the Congregational Church, the
Canton House and tho Columbian Hotel!
Those were) prosperous years for Port
land 1S30 to 1S55 and Santa saw the best
of them, two years later came .bloody
Indian wars and hard times but what's
the use of worrying about "the future.
Let's hold to the past.
Two Strains of Energy.
General 'Llsh Applegate was not a town
builder; neither were his fellow Mlssourl
ans. Once upon a time Llsh paused from
a flight of eloquence. His ear-raptured
audience listened for something good to
hear.
f'W6 are men of the border," proclaimed
tho General, "eternally and essentially
nomads. We see no use in towns, except
to raise h in."
sNow whether Portland was -a good placo
"to raise h in," may be more or less
a matter of opinion. Certain it is that the
town had plenty of gin and whisky. And
certain It is that once upon a time drunkem
Indians took possession 6f tho place. If
recprd Is faithful to the truth, the town
authorities appealed to Joe Meek, United
States Marshal, who drove all tho In
dians out of town at the end of a raw
hide. But the anecdote of General Llsh Ap
plegate is cited here for another pur
pose, namely, to illustrate the difference
between traders and producers as town
builders.
Most of the founders of Portland were
traders from New England and New York.
Most of the state builders were producers
from tho Middle West. And one of the
noteworthy exhibits of Oregon, history 13
the tendency of the two alignments to per
sist even with the descendants of pio
neers. The two types mingle reluctantly.
Captain John H. Couch, who first ap
preciated the commercial advantages of
this site, was a native of New England;
also Francis W. Pottygrove and A. L.
Lovejoy, two of the earliest proprietors;
likewise Captain Nathaniel Crosby, whose
vessel, the Toulon, established Portland's
reputation as a seaport In 1845; General
Stephen Coffin, Captain J. C. Alnsworth.
George H. Flanders, H. W. Corbett, W.
S. Ladd. S. G. Reed, L. H. Allen, a H.
Lewis, Tyler Woodward, Rev. Horace Ly
man, Rev. Father Wilbur, Rev. G. H.
Atkinson. From New Tork came Joslah
Falling, E. J. jJorthrup, W. W. Chapman.
A. M. Starr, James Te'rwllllger, H D.
Green and T. J. Dryer, founder "of The
Oregonlan.
D. H. Lownsdale, foremost of Port
land's proprietors, hailed from Kentucky.
William Overton, who first dwelt on the
site of Portland, but who did little .or
nothing to build the city, was from Ten
ncsseo; Benjamin Stark, of Louisiana,
was a proprietor, but was a small factor
in the growth of the town. D. P. Thomp
son and Richard Williams were born in
Ohio. P. A. Marquam's native- state is
Maryland.
If Santa Claus passed by the site of
Portland in 1S43 he probably saw &
wreath of smoke twisting above the
trees and a man working on a hut That
man was William Overton. He was the
first to dwell here. He camped amonc
went to Oregon. City or Vancouver. Over
ton went somewhere else for he was
hanged; at least that's the gruesome" tale.
Overton sold the townslte,for an "out
fit" worth 50, or rather that's all he
got for it because fie disposed, of one
half tovF. W. Pettygrove for tho ex
pense of recording the. claim and the
other half to A. L. Lovejoy for tho "out
fit." There wasn't much for a town then
except latitude 45 degrees, 20 minutes and
longitude 27 degrees, 30 minutes, and
trees 'till you couldn't rest. The sun
shone when the sky was clear and the
rain -fell in wetw eather even as now.
Oregon City was . the metropolis and
a dozen villages were started on
the river bank. It looked blue for Port-
-land, for a fact.
the owners gave him tho triangular dis
trict between the river and Stark and
Ankeny streets. Couch, ownerN of the
district north of Ankeny, gave a strip
30 feet wide for that street. Stark prom
ised, to do the same on his side, so as to
( widen the street to.60 feet But he never
did so. That's why Ankeny street is
only 30 feet wide.
Overton's price ot the 640-acre town
site, a $50 outfit, Increased in l&ls to
15000 worth of leather. D. H. Lownsdale
paid Pettygrove that much. Next year
Lownsdale sold a half interest to Stephen
Coffin and a few months later he and
Coffin disposed of a one-third Interest to
W. W. Chapman. The town then had
100 inhabitants. Times were hard, very.
Then gold was discovered in California.
All but three men, Lownsdale, Coffin and
Hardly a penny did they bring, and the
proprietors even gave them away. What
was a lot -worth when a man could get
640 acres free from the government, and
of just as good trees as ever whispered,
in the breeze. Those trees were im
mense, sometimes 300 feet long, and they
nodded their tops defiantly, even when
the townsmen got out their whlpsaws,
smoothed with bacon grease.
They were less in tho way when stand
ing than when relied, and. besides, if
let alone, they didn't raise blisters nor
make sore muscles.
The early settlers pondered that prob
lem deeply, -jjes and philosophically.
Though they might have had the pa
tience of Uz and the brawn ot Titan
they probably didn't delight in blistered
hands and sore muscles.
With 1S50 came the awakening. Men
began to return fr,om the California mines,
gold began to flow in, and wheat and
flour and lumber began to go to Cali
fornia. The men were not beauties when
they got back, but they set upon a work
that made Portland a seaport above all
its rivals. Vessels now came frequently
for cargoes. Two river steamboats wera
built, the Columbia at Astoria, and tho
Lot Whltcomb at Milwaukle.
And now sprang up a newspaper to cry
the voice of Portland. The newspaper
leaped into v the arena full panoplied, a
literary Pallas, to defend the town against
slanderous neighbors. Editorial brains
ground out copy, scissors, snapped, types-
qllcked, Portland flew by Its own wlng3.
and Tho Oregonlan had begun its ca
reer. That was December 4, 1S50, and the pub-
Usher was T. J. Dryer. "The inhabi
tants," he declared in the first issue, "for
intelligence and moral worth, are not
surpassed by any town in the Eastern
States. The buildings are mostly new
with pure white coats of paint"
That year W, S. Ladd came and grubbed
nPEOPIiE'STilWJSf
.The Steamers
Multnomah. & Portland..
Afterthis dato the Slcamors .
' Multnomah.:.. ..,h ..,?......:.. 9.APTA!2 Horr.
Portland .".....'... .-.... Capt.Muokav;
will rnnin-connectlonto and from Oregon City.
TThe Portland will leave Orogon City at 9 A. ST.". and(
leave Portland at 2 r JT.
The Multnomah .wfll leave Portland, at 9 a.m., and
Oregon City at 3 p. M.
Freight and paesago at reasonable rales. 'Apply taS
-o wiJRECK & OGDEN, Agt's. .J
Nov. BKJtD y Portland, 0: .TV
V
(Cowlitz'Rivcr Transportation
fTlrlE subscriber has plaeod upon tho Cowlitt j
' J. 'river a line of boats and canoes for '"CkS!
portatiou of passongcra and freight, from Uanier1
to ConUtz landing, In Lewis connty. 'One or more boat3
will lcac Katnicgon Monday c-renings, on the arrival of
the toamcr Lot-Whitcomb from Portland, and rovurn
on Thursday." ....., X
Boat or canoes furnished at all time for tho conveyance
.of pauengcrs, on reasonable terms, by application to tho,
'Bnacrjigncd at Cowlitzlanding, .or to Mr. Smith at
iMonticello -W". rxr
March 20, 1853tr. F.;A.CLARK.i
Indian. Difflcnlty" Settled;,
CASCADES AND DAIXES.
rpHE STEAMER .ALLAN. Captain .-rTF
j X GLAmvE&y has commenced running J,"ar7r;
regularly between the Cascades and Dalles leaving the
Dalh on MondaVjj Wednesday and Friday, and return
next days. Freight taken at reasonable ratal. Good
boats will always bo ia readiness to transport any amount
of freight, by towing, when more is offered than the
steamer is oapablo of taking. Any business entrmted to
Capt. Gladwell will ho punctually attended to.
. T- JOHN A. SIMMS,
.Cascades, Juno Utf-4 Agent at tho Dalle:.
; j;Kotice;
ThrouglTDy ggfe
nnHEwellknownlineoiataKes.-ttirouchbyttavllKhtJ
t X will resume their dally trips between Champoeg and
Salem. -on the first Moriaay of May.- The stages will
connect with tho well known steamer Washington. . No,
pains will ho spared on tho part of the proprietors for the'
comfort of the traveling community.-
i" j3 Tho underaigneuwill also keep several good saddle
horses to let. with gentlemen's orlaaies saddles.
-' DUPVIS c MOLL.
April 23, 1633-rtr ' Projoripftq.'
P. A. MARQ,TJAM7
'Atiorny"nl Law and General Inndlgcntiy
WllF, in addition lo'the practice of his profciun, .ittend)
to the purchajc, sale, lease, rent, La , of all kiuds of ?
LaurieiX Property
.Throughout Oregon andashingto.j Territories; o'nthe
most reasonable terms.
'offjcc lx coma's wlock, oppomtb the cou-jiuiami
UOTEL, romXAND, 0KL00X.
-Scpt.3,'53-tf "
Notice
r hereby given"" that I will apply to theTproftHeconrt
or ClaTkamas county, O..T., at the next April term
thereof, for license to estublih a ferry across tho WJ-,
himctte river where the territorial road from ForiVanv
couver to Hillsborough crosses said river.
March l$tb, 1953 irs -' fAMES J OHNSA
rDaylight!
AFTER'a season of hard luck and misfortune, r"
the undersigned resumes buslucis at his old bE&i
t stand, and now offer, to the .public a cotnpleteEHft
assortment of . r
..Choice Family- 42rgceMes;v
and. tho .best assortment of BotJTSand.snoEs!n7th"p
market, comprising every variety.
' Side Saoddlks A desirable article. Also, afsa
largoquautity of clugant Carpeting and Ei;r- JiTr
lln ciutlii, togethcrwithagQnoral assortiacut of goods
too numerous to mention. '
Hloa aineJcamucIc of all "kinds, huVHalo X.uxo..
Aag20:ti- THUS. PHITCHARD.
POCTORjraicBRIPE;v
'P.HYSICIAN AN.D SURGEON
HAS resumed the practice of physio, at L"afayelto70.
T.,and tenders his professional services to his former
patrons and all concerned, at charges corrcspondins with
the-timps and professional charges generally.
BBFEHENCES.
A'tBHEw HraniREE, Esj.,
TNewbVEsU.' C "mhiU countyro: T.
J. G. Baker, Sheriff. ) gr,.y. a.
' Wx. -Moboan, Esq., .. .
EefG. 0.;Bi;rxett, $ olk e0toO.:aV
S. C. McMitXE.v. aM. D.. Columbia, Mo r
C. J. Teereli., M. D., Greenfield, Mo..
H. H. White, M. D.. St. Louis, Mov
SVTnea aaa.Xlquora;
Ififi BBLS SUPERIOR OLD RYE WHISKTk
-JLUU 100 i, I, and kegs French brandy;
4u t casju American brandy ;. . .
25 caajjs superior old port wlno ;
50 do do do brandvfS
15 baskets champaigno, choico ij
50 cases ibvnthe, Suisse;-
r 2 pipes old Holland gin ;
'20 cases Stonghton bitters ;;
10 cases lemon syrup ; .
"SO cases claret, julien, &c.
.n-j ... Ja store and for saTo by7
Ost. 16. '53-tf. .D. C. COLEMANtl
x Notice?
E addition to former notices. All persons"aro.lerehy
autioned against trespassing in any way upon my
claim of land known asXhe Portland claim, (andproveu
up before tho surveyor general of Oregon, at Oregon
CHty.) Any porson oeeupying-or" using any part or parcol
Tf tho same, (exoept under quitclaim from me, or my as
signees, as town property,) will bo charged with roots
monthly, from and after the tenth day of the Srcent
month. And any-person felling or hauling, -off timber
without permission, will ho prosecuted to the citcnt of
the law. , . D.H.LOWNSDALR
Portland, Doc.4, 1852-tf; t "
iYOtlCC
'.XIIE'nnrcrTlffnetl expecting to makc"aTvllt-to tho
.L Atl mtlc Mate, leaving hero about tho 18th or De
ceuibcr next rcqubt nil persons haing unsettled ac
counts with him. to call and settle the same.
I.-. . 15 Ifdcsirctl, 1 will attend to any business-in the
state such as purch-Wng good., machinery, &o.
Port la ml. Nov. 5. J5Jt STEPHENjCJFlN
'Wfreafrjpats, Oijions; Baiter &ri Eggft
IJ1HE HigheatJOwhPiifj paid for the above. J
,i: NORTHRUP&SIMONDS
But Lovejoy and Pettygrove read In tho
spars deposited on the river bank where
vessels had discharged, tho oracle3 of a
city. So In 1813 tey built a house and
platted some 16 blocks. Lots weren't
William King ru9hed to the gold fields.
It seemed all oft with Portland. Would
the town go the way of all tho earth?
The town had always been the butt of
Jibes and Jeers. It was spoken of as "a
worth much even as. a gift; they were j place 12 miles below Oregon City" and
hard to clear off and It was easier to be I 12 miles above the mouth of the Wlllam-
land arid labor free.
CeremonlaJ of a Name.
How Pettygrove named tho place Port
land after the metropolis of Malno on
tha toss of a copper cent, and how Love
Joy wished to call it Boston is a familiar
storyi Suffice, it -that the baptismal
ceremony "was performed with due sol
emnity in 1S45.
Soon thereafter Lovejoy sold his half
Interest to Benjamin Stark and went to
Oregon City? But desolate stumps and
lonesome trees had no charms for Stark
and not long afterward ho left the coun
try, supposedly for good. But ho re
turned about 1850 and disputed tho own-
tho firs and made shingles. Tho shingles I ershlp of the townslte. To pacify him
ette, convenient as a resting place on
the route, between Vancouver and Oregon
City, nothing more. On .the bank wero
J hospitable maple and oak trees. Tho
survivors of those trees still thrive above
"Pennoyer's mlllr Many a youngster
sees them still in swimming time.
Indians who swept by tho town medi
tated profoundly on the ways of the
peculiar white man, who preferred this
solitude to the firewater and gaysomeness
of Oregon City. The- thrust their pad
dles deeper Int othe water as If to pass
by the quicker. Likewise blooming
young farmers asked scornfully what
them fellers waa going to ralso there in
the woods.
Dear, dear, how slowly the lots went
N
S'TNS'AltfBPA T S V
SUMMER Aii&ANGEMENTS.
it Q. AUsrswOflTtl. MAeVTEftv
WIL.k.nft?T0.'crIa1 eeiy Monday and Thursday
at 10 A. M., for Astoria, touching at all the inter-
mediate po
- Arrange:
lOiur down anil retnrntnir.
.-..-...-.
uavo been made by which freight des-
1 Urftrrtn n hr
X'awngersfbr thrWUtcnob will Icave'Oregon City
Monday an. Tharfldar.aiorainga- at 8 o'clock, oa th
Ae Whltcomb vfll tow vessels as heretofore.
JL 5r,i IS? t,or. PS apply to the. captain on board,
or at the brick store, Oregoa City. -
AprfL9,1353if. JTHoSlAS POPE, Agent.
'DJ J. S SiKDWELL, -$ENTAl:SURGEQN;
f 0RILAND. OREGOH.
v. j. o. nanag-pernaaaesuy located ia irott-i
JLr land, will perform. sJloMrMioas neoeatarr tov
the health asd beaaly of taa.TxxTB, ia a maaatr sot to
petmrpoaoea. : (
s AxTjriciAL Texts from oae to aa entire set iurt
edn&gold plate, according to t&e latest discoveries aad
bsKorsaetittaT tM Baltimore CoUaga of Dotal Surgery
JjkADIESy,9iHJtd4t their residence, if required..
' CltW&ctioBfirse, or no dnxxaje joada.
- 4a OMoeaexidocto theNew York Store, Wajguac
ton street. . "
Pfrtlasd, Fehmtry.19, ISSBtf ' .
-COLUMBIAN HOTEL,
FRONT ST., PORTLAND,.
"VTJ.' OWEN. Proprietor, trusts that he can -Se
lJ cor 1.1- fJ:.-.l. J tlm. (.fivnlini. 15 9
JL.JJ101T UUCr 1113 1IIIIUU3 mu fcim "-aV'Cr Mill
JpaGlie, as comfortable a homo and occommoua,-im
lions equiu 10 uny uuuo cguutrjr
(Bolls, Baric MillsMedicines.-
'TUST RECEIVED, direct from New York, per bark1
J American :
Dr. Jayne'e medicines v
S Batoman's drops,
Lpsora salts,
300 straps sleigh bclls,
SO doi cow bells,
4 hark mills,
f 4 setts tanucr's toolsA
S3doz bed cords,
112 doz Mexican spurs,,
, 2 smut mills,
CO cans crackers,
1.1 casK nams.j
Sap cab soda;
Sal. soda. Sulphur,.
Castor oil,
British oil,
Pain extractor.
, Quinine, Ink.
'GEO. ABERNETHY & CO.
Oregon City, Oct. 16. '63-tf
"VVAKKFIELD & COt
t:WIiolesale aad Retail Dealers .in
(DlLY G 0 OD S.-GR OC ERIES," H'UDWAKE)
.ProBt'jwns, ClotkingfEools and Shotsi
At-aAMT,' tlSS CO., OHEOOX.'
3Prodncc taken in exchange for.goodj or cash, and;
ithc highest price paid for Gold Dust. Jan 1, G3-tf.
y
quo. n. joes; ?n. -x. cook,- rz. r. jo.ns.-
'.tones;' cooicS CO.
""tiir Corner Main aud fctato slrcctt, Salcra Oregon. .
wi-AT.K.wnnrritf.DPUXK'si.i
.Dry-Goodiiroccries, Hardware, Grockcrjv
Glas-urnrr, Paints, Oils, Tnrjicntliir,
PAPER. HANGING AND 'YANKEE NOTIONS
Provkicns, Grain, &a, &c.
A RE just receiving, direct from New York, pcrclippef
XX Ocean Spray and bark Ocean Bird, a brge assort-
cin
1A
now offenntr to tho T
GOOD PEOPLE' OF OREGON
At wholesale or retail, cheap for cash, as can baTwuchl
In any other honso In Oregop- --
.- Salem, Sept. 1, '53-tf "
m m
''"""-' r ,----- , TTI !
ooh o iai -
a stump out of the street at First an
Morrison. "
Next year tho town took long strides.
It got a charter, a mayor, a water sys
torn, a free school, an academy, a large"
hotel, a Congregation Church and manj
other improvements. But It didn't hav
regular steamship connections. St. Hel
ens held the allegiance of tho Paclflt
Mail Steamship Company, and MIIwaukl
controlled tho river steamboat So Port
land bought control of a steamship. Sh
was the Gold Hunter.
She steamed -.into Portland harbor.
What was tho price? About $60,000. Could
Portland with its 400 people raise tha
money? To be sure, and raise the money
it did on the spot.
The Gold Hunter made several trips.
But California owners got control. Far
away went the Gold Hunter, and never
more came back. An extravagant and dis
sipated hulk she was. She sank Into debt
and had to bo sold. The vessel made a
pile of monejr in the gold hunt at Port
land. And the city was long in making
good the loss.
Captain Trevalliot, a Gaul, arrived about
this time, much tossed about on land
and sea by the cruel wrath of Juno, or
some other evil genius. Tho captain was
a high roller. He had discharged cargo
and one night was sitting in a saloon be
hind one of the best seven-up hands that
had ever happened. A sailor rushed in
excitedly. What had happened' The cap
tain's ship, Due Delrge, had sunk. Alas,
too true. Anchored at the foot of Davis
street, pining for her master, she had
turned over and sunk. Captain Trevalliot
feared to return to France; he stayed at
Portland and spent the money collected
for his cargo. "He used to get terrifical
ly drunk," says the record, "and then,
ascending the hurricane deck of a cayuse
would career down Front street, a mount
ed simoon of alcoholic odor and broken
English."
This brings the Chronicle back to
Christmas, 1S33. The Chronicle will b
continued ia subsequent articles.