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45 CJTY CHILDREN FRiENDLV vwm the ojj EMLARGE, Tirm THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 22, 1905. BOSTON. Mass., Oct 16. (Special cor respondence of The Sunday Ore gonlan.) Young' Theodore Roosevelt has this Fall entered Harvard, the col lege of his father. While his attainment will depend of course on himself, he will, nevertheless, And his pathway consider ably smoother than that of the average boy of the class of '03. This for two rea sons, first, because he is a son of an old Harvard man, and the President, 'and, sec ond, because he is a Groton boy, which means a lot to a freshman, for Groton Is cnr of the distinguished Harvard pre paratory schools, and its graduates always BY the passage of the donation land law. Dr. McLoughlln was put In the humiliating position of having; to issue a printed circular letter to get expressions of opinions of others, as to the falsity of the charges made against him by Thurston; and to support a me morial to Congross. which Dr. Mc Loughlln afterwards sent to Congress wilh all the evidence. But his me morial accomplished nothing. There wan, too, the question that Congress had given away his land claim, which was technically the property of Oregon for a university, and that Congress could not, with dignity to itself, re iokp its gift. There were great and serious matters to be considered by Congress. The Oregon question was settled. What were the misfortunes of one old man to Congress? The conspirators and their friends did not cease their persecution of Dr. McLoughlin. They wore determined he should not have his land claim. I regret to say that the House of Representatives of the Oregon Legisla tive Assembly, at Its session in 1853-54, not only refused to help Dr. McLough lin, but by Its actions did him harm. January C, 1854, several petitions were presented to the House, asking that Congrss be memorialized in favor of. Dr McLoughlin's right to his land claim, "excepting the Abernethy Is land," but the petitions were imme diately laid on the table. January 28, 1854, Orlando Humason presented to the House the following resolution: "Whereas, the acts of John McLough lin in regard to his treatment of the early settlers of Oregon have, as we believe, been misrepresented, therefore "Resolved, That the generous con duct of Dr. John McLoughlln in assist ing the early settlers of Oregon, merits our warmest commendations, and that as evidence of the high estimation in which his services are held by his fellow-citizens, the thanks of this as sembly be tendered to the said Dr. John McLoughlln." But by the vote of 1G to 7, 3 being absent, the resolution was indefinitely- postponed, which was the legislative way of defeating It To protect the reputations of Thurston and the other conspirators It was neces sary to defeat all actions by the Oregon Legislative Assembly In favor of Dr. Mc Loughlin. If that ,body made any peti tions to Congress, or passed any resolu tion in favor of Dr. McLoughlln it would show that he was entitled to his land claim, the injustice of section 11 of the donation land law, and that Thurston was guilty of malicious untruths in his letter lo and his speech before Congress. End of Dr. McLoughlin's Life. All these troubles and tribulations naturally told on Dr. McLoughlln. He was a man of fortitude, who brooded, almost silently, over his sorrows, with an occasional outburst when his suffer ings were too intense. He had made- expensive improvements on his land claim, and had erected a flour mill and a sawmill, and other buildings, which were a part of the land. His rights to them had not been recognized by any enacted law. No provision had been made by Congress to pay Tor these im provements. As his land claim had been given to the Territory for a unl irrsity, there was no way to sell any of the land. Had Dr. Loughlln been allowed to have his land, he could then have built up a large town at Oregon City. As It was, Investors went to places where titles to land could be ob tained and there built up enterprises. With the moneys from the sale of land. Dr. MrLoughlln could have paid the Hudson s Bay Company all the moneys due by settlers who had failed, or . re fused to pay. The payment of this heavy indebtedness Dr. McLoughlln had assumed. It was a matter of honor wlta him. ,He owed nothing else to the Hudson's Bay Company. The set tlers who would not pay their Indebt edness caused Dr. McLoughlln to feel keenly their Ingratitude. If they had paid him, he would have paid the com pany in full. And so Dr. McLoughlin became straitened financially. And there, too, was the question or provid ing for his loving and faithful wife, to whom he was greatly devoted, and his children aftor his death. Ho had always been sonorous to his family. He had provided -for his mother until Btep Into the very heart of things at Cambridge. Groton town begins Its training with the extremely young mind.. Not the least In teresting of its educational work, and "which is destined perhaps to . produce greater effects upon modern educational systems than cve,n the famous Groton "prep" school, are the Groton school gar dens. These have already gained some fame, and their results' are enthusiastic ally spoken of. Mind development and. mind training languages. The stud of Greek, says may be accomplished as well by means Frederick V.Holman's Autocrat of this her death at the age of S3 years. He had educated four nieces. He had helped other of his relatives. Is It to be wondered at that he sometimes felt bitterly? The McLoughlin Document was un doubtedly written at this period. It Is a brief of his defense. He probably wrote so his descendants would under stand. In this document Dr. McLough lin ald: 'By British demagogues I have been represented as a traitor. For what? Be cause I acted as a Christian, saved Ameri can citizens, men, women and children, from the Indian tomahawk and enabled them to make farms to support their families. "American demagogues have been base enough to assert that I had caused Ameri can citizens to be massacred by hundreds by savages. I. who saved all I could. I have been represented by the delegate from Oregon, the late S. R. Thurst6n. as doing all I could to prevent the settling (of Oregon), while It was well known to every American settlor who is acquainted with the hlBtory of the territory if this Is not a downright falsehood, and most cer tainly will say that he most firmly bt lieves that I did all I could to promote Its settlement and that I could not have done more for the settlers If they had been my brothers and sisters, and after being the first person to take a claim In the country and assisting the immigrants as I have, my claim Is reserved, after having expended all the means I had to improve it, while every other settler In the country gets his, . . . and how much this has. Injured me. is dally Injur ing me, it is needless to say, and cer talnlj' it Is a treatment I do not deserve and which I did not expect "To be brief, I founded this settlement and prevented a war between the United States and Great Britain, and for doing this peaceably and quietly I was treated by the British In such a manner that from self-respect I resigned my situation in the Hudson's Bay Company's service, by which I sacrificed $12,000 per annum, and the 'Oregon Land Bill', shows the treatment I received from the Ameri cans." And so. worried and troubled without surcease. Dr. McLoughlln maintained his grand but kindly attitude to the last But these matters affected his, health. For several years before his death he was an Invalid, but his pride assisted him to per severe and to transact such business as ho could, although his heart was breaking. His flesh became greatly reduced. His eyes were deeply sunken. He became sd emaciated that his great frame stood out making him look gaunt and grim. For a few weeks only before his death he was confined to his bed. Thus encompassed and overcome, and crucified by robbery, mendacity and in gratitude. Dr. John McLoughlln died at Oregon City, September 3, 1S57, a broken hearted man. He was buried In the churchyard of the Roman Catholic Church In Oregon City, where his body now lies. The stone which marks his grave bears the simple Inscrip tion: i , I DR." JOHN McLOUGHLIN. Died Eept. S. 1857, aged 73 yearn. The Pioneer and Friend of Oregon. Also The Founder of This City. Governor L. F. Grover was twice elected Governor ot Oregon. He also sorved a term as United States Senator. He Is now living in Portland, at an advanced age. On the 14th of last month he gave me a written statement of an Incident which occurred in the last sickness of Dr. McLoughlln. In this statement Governor Grover said that he was riding on horse back ' through Oregon City on his way from Salem to Portland, and passed down the street directly in front of Dr. Mc Loughlin's residence. As Governor Grover was giving directions for the care of his horse, a messenger came to him from Dr. McLoughlln, requesting Governor Gro. ver to call at Dr. McLoughlin's house. Governor Grover says: "I found him extremely ill. . . . He said that he was dying by Inches. He said: 'I shall live but a little while longer, and this lg the reason I sent for you. I am an old man and Just dying, and you of the study of farm crops as of the dead are a young man and will live many years in this country, and will have something to do with affairs here. As for me. I might better have been shot' and he brought It out harshly 'I might better have been shot forty years ago.' After a silence, for I did not say anything, he concluded: "than to have lived here and tried to build up a family and an ostate In this Government I became a cltizon of the United States In good faith. I planted all I had here, and the Govern ment has confiscated my property. Now what I want to ask of you Is that you will give your Influence after I am doad to have this property go to my children. I have earned it as other settlers have earned theirs, and It ought to be mine and my heirs.' I told him I would favor his request and did." Although the donation land law went Into effect "September 27, 1S50, and Its section 11 provided that the '.'Oregon City claim" should be at the disposal of the territory for the establishment of an uni versity, nothing was done until 1S52, three years after Oregon became a state. In October, 1SS2. the Legislative Assembly passed an act, which was approved Octo ber 11, 1SG2, accepting the grant and con veying and confirming to the residuary legatees under the will of Dr. McLoughlln. who were his son, David, his daughter, Elolsa, and her husband, Daniel Harvey, the McLoughlln or Oregon City land claim, excepting Abernethy Island, upon the condition that said legatees pay to the university .fund of Orogon the sum of $1000. This was forthwith paid by Daniel Harvey and wife. AH this oc curred 12 years after the passage of the donation land law and five years after the death of Dr. McLoughlin. During all those 12 years none of this land claim could be sold. The title was In the terrL tory or State of Oregon. It stopped the growth of Oregon City. It Impoverished Dr. McLoughlln. Opinions of Dr. John McLoughlln. I have given opinions of Dr. John Mc Loughlin by some of his contemporaries. I have time for a portion only of these opinions. They will be set forth more at length when this address Is published In full. I have selected these out of the many high opinions of and, eulogies upon Dr. McLoughlin. In 1SS7 the people of Portland raised orer $1000 for a three-quarter life-size portrait of Dr. McLoughlln. to be painted by Will iam Coggswcll, the artist to be owned by the Oregon Pioneer Association. This portrait was formally presented to the Association at its annual meeting, June LIS. 1SS7. judge si. f. ueaay maae me presenta tion address. He was a Judge for 40 years continuously in Oregon, a part of the time on the Oregon Territorial Supreme Bench and as United States District Judge for Oregon, after Oregon became a state. In his presentation address. Judge Deady, speaking of Dr. McLoughlln, said: The people of Portland have thought to honor his memory by having his por trait painted and giving it to the Pioneer Association, to be taken to the fair city of Salem and hung in the State Capitol, where you may look at It and show It to your children, and they to their children, and say: This is the old doctor, the good doctor. Dr. John McLoughlln.' "Thirty years ago he laid down his life at the Wallamet Falls, where ho had bullded and lived since 1S45, somewhat In obscurity, somewhat In sorrow, somewhat in sadness and disappointment . . He stands out today in bold relief as the 'first man In the history of this country the pioneer of pioneers." The Oregon Pioneer Association deemed it best to present this portrait to the State of Oregon. This was done Febru ary 6, 1ES9. at a joint session of the Senate and House of the Oregon Legislative As sembly hold for the purpose. This portrait now hangs In the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol at Salem, in the place of honor immediately back of the chair of the President of the Senate. John Mlnto, an honored pioneer of 1S44, was selected to make the presentation address. In this address Mr. Minto said: All of them (Oregon pioneers) yet living now know that (good man as they believed him) he was better than they knew. They see him now, after the strife and jeal ousies of race, national, business and sectarian Interests are allayed, standing in the center of all those causes of conten tion a position in which to please all par ties was simply Impossible, to maintain Professor Bailey, " of Cornell, Is a no more proper means of education than is the study of Indian corn (he mind may be developed by means of either one and classics and calculus are no more educational than are machines and potatoes. which only a good man could bear with patience. . . . Can any honest man wonder that the pioneers of Oregon, who have eaten the salt of this man's hos pitality who have "been eye-wltneses to his brave care for humanity and partici pators of his generous aid are unwilling to go to their graves in silence, which would imply base Ingratitude a silence which would be eloquent with falsehood?" In accepting this portrait on behalf of tho State of Oregon. Governor Sylvester Pennoyer, also an Oregon pioneer, who served two terms as Governor of tho State, said: 'This gift Is alike creditable to the venerable men of your Association In its bestowment and to the State of Oregon in Its acceptance. It does honor to the pioneers of Oregon, because it shows thelr full appreciation of the high qualities of a true and noble manhood. . . While he was loyal to his country, he was, as became his lofty character, more loyal to his cpnsclence; and while never forgetting his full allegiance as a Briton, he never forgot his higher duty as a man. . . . Then let this picture of the grand old man, whose numerous deeds of charity are Inseparably interwoven In the early history of our state, ever enjoy tho place of honor It now holds; and when our chil dren and our children's children shall visit these venerated balls, let them pause before the portrait of this venerable man and do homage to his memory." Governor Peter H. Burnett In 1SS3 wrote a book entitled "Recollections and Opin ions of an Old Pioneer." in which he said: "Dr. John McLoughlln was one of the greatest and most noble philanthropists I ever knew. He was a man of superior ability, just in all his dealings, and a faithful Christian. I never knew a man of the world who was more admir able. . . . "I was assured by Mr. Frank Ermat Inger. the maanger of the company's store at Oregon City, as well as by others, that Dr. McLoughlln had sustained a heavy in dividual loss by his charity to the immi grant!. I knew enough myself to be cer tain that these statements were substan tially true. Yet such was the humility of the doctor that he never, to my knowl cdgc'mentloncd or alluded to any partic ular act of charity performed by him. I was intimate with him. and he never mentioned them to me." Colonel J. W.Nesmlth. from whose ad dress in 1876 I have already quoted, In that address also said: "Dr. John McLoughlln was a public ben efactor, and tho time will come when the people of Oregon will do themselves credit by erecting a statue to his memory . . . Thus far detraction and abuse have been his principal rewards. . . ." Colonel J. W. Nesmlth was a Captain of Oregon Volunteers in the Cayuse Indian War of 1S47; and also in the Rogue River Indian War of 1852, and was Colonel of the First Regiment of Oregon Mounted Vol unteers in the Yakima Indian War of 1S55. He was a United States Senator and also a Representative to Congress from Ore gon. J. Qulnn Thornton was one of tho early Oregon pioneers. He came to Oregon with the immigration of 1S45. At the first meet ing of the Oregon Pioneer Association In 1875 he furnished to that association the history of the Provisional Government of Oregon. In this history, speaking of Dr. John McLoughlln, he said (Page 51): "He was a great man, upon whom God had stamped a grandeur of character which few men possess, and a nobility which the patent of no earthly sovereign can con fer. ... As a Christian, he was de vout Roman Catholic: yet nevertheless, catholic in the largest sense of that word. ... He was a man of great goodness of heart too wise to do a really foolish thing, too noble and magnanimous to con descend to meanness, and too forgiving to cherish resentments. . . . John Mc Loughlin, when compered with other per m ma The school garden work at Groton be gins with the simple things, which nat urally interest a childish mind, and the first .thing they know the youngsters are learning while they think they are play ing. Then in the next step the Interest In the work takes hold of them, and they Biography of Great Empire sons who have figured In the early history of Oregon, Is In sublimity of character, a Mount Hood towering above the foothills Into the regions of eternal snow and sun shine." Colonel J. K. Kelfy was Lieutenant Colonel of the First Regiment of Oregon Mounted Volunteers In the Yakima Indian War of 1855. He was afterward United States Senator from Oregon and Chief Jus tico of the Oregon State Supreme Court. In his address to the Oregon Pioneer So ciety in 1882, speaking of Dr. McLoughlln and the taking away of his land claims, ha said: "It was my good fortune to know him well during the last six years of his lite, years which were embittered by what he considered an act of ingratitude after he had done so many acts of personal kindness to the early Immigrants in their time of need. That Dr. McLoughlln was unjustly treated In this matter, few. If any, will deny. And I am very sure that a large majority of the people In Oregon at that time condemned the act which took away his property and tended to becloud his fame." . As I have said, my uncle, Daniel S. Holraan, was one of the Immigrants of 1S3. He was then about 21 years old. He -will be S3 years old the 15th of next November. He lives at McMInnvllle, Or., strong In mind and body. When I was honored by being selected to deliver this address I wrote him. asking for his opinion of Dr. John McLoughlln, for I .knew "hia feelings. He wrote me August 7. 1905. In this letter he said: "I received yours requesting me to tell you of some of the kind acts of Dr., McLoughlln. It would take more time than I have to speak of all the very good things that ho did, but I can say that be did all that was in bis power to do to help the starving, worn-out and poverty-stricken Immi grants that came to Oregon. For the first three or four years after I came if he had not helped us we could not have lived In Oregon. At the time we came he sent his boats to Tho Dalles, free of cost, to help all that could not help themselves to go down the river. He also sent food and clothing to the destitute and gave It to them. He also furnished seed grain to everyone who wanted, and waited for his pay until they raised wheat to pay. The fact Is, there never was a better man than he was. He did more than any other man did to settle Oregon. History says Dr. Whitman was the man who saved Ore gon to the United States, but that is not true. It was Dr. John McLoughlln, of the Hudson's Bay Company. So says every man that is a man that came to Oregon up to 1843. He furnished the entire emigration in food and clothing for tho first year after we came. The people did not have money to live on, so. ho fed and clothed us all. Some never paid him, but some did pay the good, old roan." Archbishop F. N. Blanchet came to Ore gon In 1838 as Vicar-General of the Roman Catholic Church In Oregon. He was con secrated as Archbishop In Quebec In 1S45. In bis "Historical Sketches of the Catho lic Church In Oregon." (published In 1878), from which I have already quoted, he also said: "Dr. John McLoughlln was the father of the orphans and servants of the H. B. Company; the father of the French Ca nadian colonies of Cowlitz and Wailaraette Valley: of all the American Immigrants and a great benefactor of the Catholic church." It will be remembered that Rev. Dan iel Lee was a Mcthocust missionary, who came to Oregon in 1831. He worked faith fully and earnestly for about ten years, when he returned to the Eastern states. Ho continued In the Methodist ministry and died about 1895. His son. Rev. Wil liam H. Lee, Is the pastor of the Peo ple's Mission Church at Colorado Springs. He was In Portland this Summer. In an swer to tho Inquiry of Mr. G. H. Himes, Assistant Secretary of the Oregon Histor ical Society; Rev. Wm. H..Leewrote the following letter at his home, July 31, 1205, to Mr. Himes: "As the son of a pioneer Oregon mis sionary, I wish to add, my tribute of re spect to the memory of Dr. John " Mc Loughlln. For 10 years my father. Rev. Daniel Lee, labored In missionary work In Oregon, and during all these years John McLoughlin was his friend. When my father and mother were united In mar tsa rah begin to feel a pride and proprietorship In doing things and accomplishing results which grown-up people do. The wonder of the creative idea gets hold of the chil dren. They plant a seed in the Spring. It comes up, beslns to grow, enlarges rap- j idly, and before they have time to get we Kindly riage. It was within the hospitable walls of Fort Vancouver, and we treasure a marriage certificate signed by John Mc Loughlln as one of the witnesses. Many times have I heard my father and mother speak of the kindness of Dr. John Mc Loughlln. And one of the most pleasant memories of my recent visit to Portland was tho privilege I had of stopping in Oregon City and placing some flowers on the grave of my father and mother's friend." I have already spoken of the Rev. H. K. Hlnes, D. D., and of his memorable ad dress delivered at Pendleton, December 10, 1SS7. He was a brother of Rev. Gustavus Hlnes, who signed the Shortess petition. In this address Dr. Hlnes said that "Dr. McLoughlln should escape the traduction of sectarian rancor and bigotry - . was perhaps an Impossibility. He cer tainly did not . . . All these mis sionaries came while Dr.- McLoughlln was not connected with any of the churches they represented. His treatment of them was on a broader and higher plane than that ot the sectary. It was that of the humanitarian and the Christian. . . . "A few year3 pass on. The great com pany, erst and lon,g the rulers of Ore gon, disown the acts and reprove the con duct of this man of men. Rising to an even higher altitude of resplendent man hood, with a magnificent scorn he casts down his lofty office, with its salary of $12,0u0 a year, . . . takes his place as an American citizen under the stars and stripes, and thus wins tho place of im perishable honor and fajne as the true Father of Oregon.' There his ablest con temporaries place him. There the great state within whose bounds he died, and whose foundations ho laid, by the voice of her legislature and her- chief executive has crowned hlra. There history, whose verdict I record tonight, and with which my own heart agrees, enshrines him as the greatest of our really great pioneer era.". 1 have given the5e opinions because they are those of men who personally knew Dr. McLoughlln. And years -after his death, after careful consideration and re flection, have properly estimated him and. thus remembering, have spoken truly and justly. If any stranger, or other person, thinks that these expressions of opinion are not In accordance with tho universal opinion of Dr. John McLoughlin held by all good Oregon pioneers, all I ask 13 that he come to the next annual meeting of the Ore gon Pioneer Association, June 15, 1906, or to any other later annual meeting, and ask each pioneer his and her opinion of Dr. John McLoughlin. I will abide by the result. In 1S16 the fame of Dr. John McLoughlln as a great and good man had extended to Rome. That year Gregory XVI, then Pope, made Dr. McLoughlln a Knight of St. Gregory the Great, of civil grade. The original' patent, written in Latin, is now In the possession of a descendant of Dr. McLoughlin. A copy in English is in the possession of, the Oregon Historical Society. It was a high and deserved hon or. But without It. Dr. John McLoughlln was one of Nature's knights In all quali ties which the highest . and best of knights should have. He was such a knight sans pear, sans reproche. Eulogy Tlpon Dr. John McLoughlin. Like many others, of the world's great men. Dr. McLoughlln had a many-sided character, apparently conflicting, but making in the aggregate a wonderful and harmonious whole. He was the autocrat and aristocrat of the early Oregon coun try, yet all his feelings and political sym pathies were for a republican form of government and for rule by the people, and for personal liberty; he was a trader, with the training of a trader and of a business man. yet he gave credit, without security, to tho early pioneers, because he was a humanitarian; he was quick tempered and Impulsive, yet .he was cour teous and kind, for he was a gentleman: he was stern and severe and a strict dis ciplinarian, yet he had a sympathy like that of a woman, and a heart as tender and susceptible as that of a little child. Whatever Dr. John McLoughlln did to or for the Oregon settlers, missionaries and immigrants, he did to every citizen of Oregon, man, woman and child, for all time. then, now and to come". In hon oring him we honor ourselves. To fall to honor him and. his memory we would tired, it is ripe and ready to harvest and eat. They have made it. It is the prod uct of their work. If It Is" a wonderful thing to the ma ture mind- that man can bend the forcs of Nature to his intelligent will and plant and reap, that out of the same ground will spring a dozen different crop?, all useful and beautiful, how much mnre amazing must It be to the youthful, grow ing mind. And this Idea of the plant and the har vest, of In reality making the things which are good to eat. which will satisfy hunger and sustain life. Is embodied strongly In the human breast. It needs only to be Intelligently awakened and fostered, and the great success of the school garden work all over the country shows the tremendous importance of this kind df education. To men who. have never watched any thing grow, have never assisted In its production, it may never In all their ex istence have occurred that life Is sustained from the soil, and that every man can provide his own sustenance from the ground. n. At Groton the average size of the child's garden Is 10x40 feet. The Village Im provement Society furnishes the tools and pays the salary of a director. All other supplies are furnished, most of the seed from the Department of Agriculture at Washington; all that Is expected of the children Is to work the garden. The di rector tells how and when to plant and provides a good rotation of crops. Tur nips, carrots, cabbages are planted after radishes, lettuce and peas are done. The children have enough in their gar dens to supply their families with vege tables and to sell some. If not keep some for Winter. Many of the Groton gardens have been perfect all the sea son, the best gardens receiving prizes each September. There is nothing like a garden, says the directqr. Every normal child loves It. Back to nature, is the tendency of the times, according to Professor Bailey again. We must come Into contact with, actual things, not with museums and col lections. The Ideal museum Is the out of doors It self, and the most workable museum or .laboratory of any dimensions is the school garden. The time Is coming has como with some schools when such a labora tory will become as much a part of a good school equipment as blackboards and charts. The practical school garden Is a coming I institution. dishonor ourselves. To every living hon est Oregon pioneer, and to the descend ants of every Oregon pioneer, has come the pleasing and loving duty of letting the whole world know of Dr. McLough lin's actions and character, so that mem ory of him and his humanity shall nevr perish. The time will come and It should come soon when a magnificent and stately monument will be erected In Oregon in honor of Dr. John McLoughlln. But It must be a monument of such size ar.I beauty as. In that manner, to show the appreciation of the people of Oregon for him, and of the good and noble deeds of this grand old man. ,JIIs name should be enrolled In tt" Temple of Fame of distinguished Ameri cans. A county in each of the States f Oregon and Washington should be namod for him. For prior to March 2. iS33. what is now the State of Washington, was a part of the Territory of Oregon, and Fort Vancouver, where his noblest deeds were performed. Is In the State of Washington. That state would do Itself great honor If It should change the name of Thurston County to that of McLoughlln. 1 am glad that the last Legislative As sembly of Orogon restored the name of Mt. McLoughlln to that sublime, snow covered mountain in Southern Oregon sometimes called Mt. Pitt, but prior to 1833, originally named for Dr. John Mc Loughlln by the early residents of Ore gon, and for years called and shown on the maps as Mt. McLoughlln. It will forever be known by his name. It would have been appropriate If the Legislative Assembly of Oregon had changed tho name of Mount Hood to that of Mount McLoughlln. for. In the days when Dr. John McLoughlln was In charge at Van couver, It was the custom of the Indians, In what Is now called "Eastern Oresron and j Eastern Washington, to point to Mount Hood as showing near where was his res idence. Dr. John McLoughlln died 4S years ago. Under the canons of the Roman Catholic Church no one can be canonized until he or she has been dead at least 50 years. When the proper time has come wo can but hope that those In proper authority in that church will see that Dr. John McLoughlin Is canonized. But the peo ple of Oregon, as a people, are not bound by thl3 canon. Already the memory of this grand old man Is enshrined In their hearts. To them he is now the patron saint of Oregon, without regard to canon or rules, or religion, or sect, yes, even by some of the Irreligious. It would almost seem that the Apostl Paul had In Tnlnd Dr. McLoughlln. and spoke of him In prophetic words. In that wonderful description of charity, or love, or loving kindness (we have no exact word In English for It), when he wrote his first Epistle to the Corinthians: "Charity sufTereth long, and is kind: chanty envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, Is'-not puffed up. doth not behave Itself unseemly, seeketh not her own. Is not easily provoked, thlnketh no evil: rc Jolceth not In iniquity, but rejolceth In the truth; beareth all things, belleveth all things, hopoth all things, endureth all things." Of all the names and titles given to or bestowed upon Dr. John McLoughlln, the one I like best Is "Father of Oregon": for he was, and Is truly the fathor of Ore gon. And It enables every good, honest Oregon pioneer, and every son and daugh ter of every Oregon pioneer, and his and her descendants, to the remotest genera tion, to speak of Dr. John McLoughlln with affection and love, with respect and veneration as "Our Father." Of all the men whose lives and deeds are essential parts of the history of the Oregon countryt Dr. John McLoughlln stands supremely first there is no second. In contemplating him all others sink into comparative insignificance. You may search the whole world, and all Its his tories from the beginning of civilization to today, and you will find no nobler, no grander man than Dr. John McLoughlln- HIs life and character Illustrate tfc kinship of man to God. He was God like In his great fatherhood, in his great strength. In his great power, and in tho exercise of his strength and of his power; he was Christ-like in his gentleness, In his tenderness, in his loving kindness and In his humanity. (THE ENT3.) (At the close of this address, which was delivered on McLoughlln day at the Lewis and Clark Fair. Ahlo S. Watt, the well known pioneer of 18-13. moved that by standing- vote the Oregon pioneers present ratlfr. approve and confirm all the statements of fact and the conclusions In Mr. Holman'n address. John- Mlnto, the noted pioneer of 1844. seconded the motion. Several hundred Oregron pioneers stood up In favor of the motion. There were no negative votes.)