1S THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 31. 191A. TREATY OF EMPIRE IS FOUND BY LONG SEARCH Coos Indians May Obtain iMnd Rights to 5,000,000-Acre Reservation as Result of Success Attending 14-Year Quest Among Archives. viwrtM t&sw 5 ' "PBS 13113 y wis? claim Ins ny portion of the country herein described shall not accede to the terms of this treaty, then the bands becoming parties hereunto agrree to receive such part of the several annuities and other payments here inafter named as a consideration for the en tire country described a aforesaid as shall be in the proportion that their aggregate number may havt to the whole number ot Indians renldlns: In and claiming the entire country aforesaid as conoid era t ion and pay ment In full for the tracts in said country claimed by them . and provided, also, that. whTf substantial Improvements have bfren made by Individuals of bands becoming parties to this treaty, the same shall be valued under direction of the President of th United States, and payment made said Individual therefor, or. in lieu therefor, im provements of equal extent or value, at their option, shall be made on the tracts assigned to each respectively. Article II. In consideration of and payment for the country hereby ceded, the United States agrees to pay to thr bands and tribes or Indians claiming territory and residing in aid country the several sum of money, to wit : Ter. thousand dollars per annum for the term of three years, commencing on or before the first day of September. 1SG7; $8000 pr annum for the term of three years next succeeding the first three; $4000 per annum for the term of three years next succeeding the second three, and "J.VKKI per annum for the term of six years next suc ceeding the third three. All of which several sums of monoy shall be expended for the use and benefit of the confederate bands, under the direction of the President of the United States, who may from time to time, at h Is d iscrctlon. de termine what proportion thereof shall be ex pended for such objects as. In his Judgment, will promote- their well-being and advance them In civilization ; for their mutual im - provement and education ; for build ing opening and fencing farms, breaking land providing team, stock, agrlcultura. Imple ments, seed, etc., for clothing, payment of mechanic and farmers, and for arms and ammunition. Article III. The United States agrees to pay said same, and If not issued, the assignment may be cancelled, and may also withhold from such person or family their portion ot the annuities or other money due them, until they shall have returned to such permanent home and resumed the pursuits of Industry; and in default of their return the tract may be declared abandoned and thereafter as signed to some other person or family re siding on said reservation. Article VII. The annuities of the Indians shall not be taken to pay the Jebts of Individuals. Article VIM- The confederated bands acknowledge their dependence on the Government of the United States and promise to De xnenaiy w ffftzon thereof, and Dledee themsel commit no depredations on the property of said cltlxens; and should any one or more of the Indians violate this pledge, and the fact oe satisfactorily proven before the agent, the property taken shall be returned; or In default thereof, or If Injured or destroyed, compensation may be made by' the Govern ment out of their annuities; nor will they make war on any other tribe of Indians, ex EX-GOVERNOR GEER RECALLS TRIP TO NEW HOME IN GRAND RONDE 50 YEARS AGO Romances of Early Days. Wild Frontier Life That Is Merry and Friendly. Tedious Methods of Transportation Comparison With Today Are Some of Things Recalled. ; mei. t United T Ith all I vea to I J BT T. T. GEER. ET mo give you a little personal history which may in a measure be of interest. reriWniscent in its nature and suggested by the fact that 60 years ago today I made the trip from Salem down the Willamette River to Portland on my way to Grand Ronde Valley to make my home. My father, who for a few years had been a wldow- eept in self defense, but submit all matter er and had spent the time in the mines of difference between i mnu . ifr '' iii.mi ...I. ffc y" j veSHBSSS ' fSl "SS ISB ' ""' ' ' ' ' jjfjl" C3 MABmnraSSUD, Or., Dec. no. (Special.) After delving: for 14 years for evidence and informa tion that would aid the Coos Indians in obtaining their rights in lands be longing to them before the whites came to this section of the Coast, George. Wasson recently unearthed the absolute proof of the Treaty of Em pire, wherein tr Government set off a reservation about this district com prising r, OoO.OOO acres for the tribes which signed the treaty. The original treaty was found in the records at Washington, after a lapse of 59 years. Although it had been sought many t imes before, its finding is the only time any record of its hav ing been seen since 1857 is known. The treaty never was ratified by the Government, although the Government proceeded to occupy the lands of the Indians and move them about the state as if the treaty WW in full effect. The Indians lo.-t thir lands, but the Gov ernment did not advance them annui ties, as agreed; did not establish schools, mills and farms, yet the In dians kept their part of the agree ment, and after being roustabouts for 10 years, the whites had occupied their Lvmdfl and their fishing grounds and homes in some instancnes. inii inn Arc Scattered. The Coos Indians spent five or six years on a territory north of Coos Bay and afterward scattered to many sec tions. Some of them are now living as far north as the Siuslaw River. Some very interesting things are brought out in the text of the treaty, which will be of much historical value, and copies will probably be sent to the various historical societies of the state. The spelling of Coos has been the adopted regulation for many years. For some time many used the spell ing Koos. In the Joel Palmer treaty of Empire the word is spelled en tirely different, Kowes. The land which is being sought, or some equivalent, is bounded on the south by the Coquille River, on the east by the Coast Range divide and on the north by a line near Heceta Head, on the west by the ocean. Mr. Wasson, who is at Washington, writes home that every person to whom the situation has been explained admits the Indians have a just claim and will beyond a doubt be properly remunerated. If they should only receive what raw Government land has always sold for. $2.50 an acre. th total payment would reach $12,500,000. There are sev eral hundred claimants for the land, and they are supporting the research. It is expected the bill providing for payment will reach Congress at its next session, early in the deliberations. Treaty Text (ilvrn. The text of the treaty: Articles of agreement and convention en tered into on the ltth and 17th days of August, IM&t In the Territory of Oregon. bwtw en Joel Palmer, Enquire, Commlwloner of the United states, and t& Indians re iddlnp along the coast west of the nummit of the Coast Range of mountains, and between the Columbia Fliver on the north and the southern boundary of Orenon on th- nouth. February 1. Head the first time and. on motion of Mr. St-bastian. referred, together with the message and accompany ine documents, to the committee on I ndian affairs and ordered to be printed In con fidence tor the use of the Senate. Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the places and dates here inafter named, in the territory of Orctron. by Joel Palmer, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, on the part of the United States, and t ht follow ing chiefs and headmen of the eon federated tribes and bands of In dians residing a'ong the vst coat or the mm mil of the Coast Itangc of mountains, and between the Columbia River on the North and the southern boundary of Oregon on the south, they being duly authorized thereto by their respective bands, to-wit: ttOtiie. Oal-he-na, Jel-kete, Albert. Ki hose. Sme-ka-hite, Qulnk-ouse. Quc-mah, Kle-ick, Pah-hi, Ha-ake, Tue-to. Que-lls-ka and Quo-op -pa, of the Alcea band of In dians. Jim. Con-chu, Toch-a-Ua, Pah-ni-ka-u. No-coH-court. Tlat'-hal, He-a-kah, Sam may. Ke-etch and John, of the Vah-yuo-nah band of the Tillaniooks; Jim, Sis-nah-quo-Hn. Scho-yo, Kir -eon -onts. Yon -ton, Flouched, To-cot-so. Jake. Chah-quo-lah, C hin-na-quo- wah, Tu-e-uch, Ah-is-lep, Se-cow-in. Jo-han-na, and Yet slt. of the Seletsa band of the Tlllamooks; John of thti Ne-a-chus-na band of the Tillamooks; Kn-cots. D'i-Chaum, John, Pos-cal. Ha-l-tuth. KaA-la-wot-sa. Ha-lo-gleese, Bl-cham-an. Louis. Lake-man, Jerome, Peir and "Wilson, of the Siuslau tribes; Jim. Tim. Tom, Sam, Fattim, Don-qulx-ott- Charley. Oue-il-me. Qui-lt and Ila-lo- lea-iio. of the Kal-a-wot-set or I'mpqua tribe; Jim. Hob. John 1st, Captain. Stephen. Charley 1st, Wol-lonch, Loch-Itch. YVolloch, Pete, Jackson, Hal-lieu, Taylor, Pc-lee-gray, Joe. Sam 1st. Charley 2d. Sam 2d. Jim 2d, Johnson, Charley 3d, Ole-inan, Jack. Tom 2d. Jim 3d. John 2d, GabrieU CrU, Ne-at ral-woot. Jake, Quin-al-chet, Tot. Se-no, Lolkt, Damon, Ka-tow-na, Loch-hoio, Ten ach. Kl-hi-ah,' How-seach. Ko-at-qua. Solo mon, Lol-lotch. Skil-a-milt, Yah- v. ho-wieh. Tes-lch-man. How -new-wot. Skil-a-milt, How -new - wot, Squat-kle-ah. K I - wot -set. Alia- wom-mets. Toot-to: and Xo-whe-na, of the Kowes Bay tribe ; T-8in-no-nas. Pll-le-kif, Clas-wan-ta. Sat toe, Waii-hench, Tom, Joe, Mal-o-quock. Won-ot-tlos, Mil-luck, John 1st. Charley, Che-kaw-nah. Kume-mos. T-sha-sa w, K ow -u-iuuw, Sands. T-sls-tah-no-ka. M ah -t lose, C.hll-la.h, How-ouse. Charles. Lah - lee. N'or-to-Soch, Chaly, Klong-klus, Bill. Other-Tom, Yohn. Nelson -hut, Klo-kot-on. land-tsh. Kitchen. Jim-f-o-wah, Joe-lane, Frank, John 2d, Jim. George, Bob. Kl-kah-hut, of the Quans-sake-nah. Klen-nah.hah and Ke-ah-mas-e-ton bands of the O-mah or Co quille tribe ; Tag-o-ne-cia, Loo-ney YoKu, Jim En-nach-nah and Ta-wos-kah. of the Se-qua-chee band of the Tootootoneys; An-ne-at-ta. Tal-ma-net-sa. Ko-chil-Ia and Hust-la-no of the Tootootoneys; Kn-thlack. Too-whuskah, Ka-tulch-kla, and No-get-toe-lt, of the Chltco tribe; Sin- whus-chan, Kn-san-e-k Ion. I'n-nah wose-tah, and Yas-kah-chin-a-mah-tln of the Yah-schute band of Tootootoneys: Nal-tah-nos-shah, Chah-hus-sah . Kos-sa-on, and E-ule-te-tes-tlah of the Whis-to-na-tln band of the Tootootoneys; Ses-tel-tul, Yot -sa. and H us-to-ma h -say, of the Cos-sa-tony band of tho Tootooton eys : ; Mos-quot. No-on-me-has-quah; Tuc-qua. and Cosh -nul -see, of the Che t-leas-Ing-ton band of the Tootootoneys: Smut-tah-ta. Too-kus-chal-nah, Sc-tah-kVl, and Seha.I-iah, of the Port Orford band of the Tootootoneys ; Ah -chase, Tos-ton. Qui! -see and Too-quot, of the Kukle-chee band of the Tootootoneys; Mussle-tic-whalt. Kloose-tla. and Eutii mus. of the Kler-it-la-tcl band of Tootoot oneys ; L'lt-sa-yah, Yah-sun-see. Ton-ua-nic-a-eha, Che-nun-tun. and Chis-tah, of the Te-cha-quot band of the Tootootoneys Tut-lel-ol-tus. En -sal -sun, Squo-che-nol-ta. Shet-nul-lus, and Noch-nos-see-yah, of the Mach-a-no-tin band of the Tootootoneys; Washington Tom. Chl-a-le-tin. Tie, Nt-ich-lo-sls, Eu-sl-wah, and Jackson. and David of the Cah-toch; Chln-chen-ten-tah-ta. Whiston and Klen-has-tun bands of the Co- quilles. Article X. The aoove named confederated bands of Indians cede to the United States all their rights, title and Interest to all and every part of the country claimed by them. In cluded n the following boundaries, to-tvit: Commencing in the middle of the channel of the Columbia River, at the northwestern extremity of the purchase made by the Calapoola and Molalla bands of Indians: thenco running southerly with that boundary, to the southwestern point of that purchase ; and thence, along the summit of the Coast Range of mountains, with the western boun daries of the pu reliant made of the I'mp quas and Mollala-s of the I'mpqua Valley, and of the Scotons. Chaste, and Grave Creeks of Rogue River Valley, to the south ern boundary of the Oregon Territory; thence west to the Pacific Ocean; thence northerly along said ocean to the middle of the northern channel of the Columbia River; t hence follow ing the middle of the ta id channel to the place of beginning : Provided. however, that so much - of the country -described above as is contained In the following boundaries shall, until oth erw lee directed by .the President of the United States, be set apart as a residence for said Indians, and such other bands or parts of bands as may. by direction of the President of the United States, be located thereon. Such tract for tho purpose con templated shall be held and regarded as an Indian reservation, to-wit: The Reserved land for Indians. Commencing where the northern boundary of the 17th range of townships south of the Base Line strikes the coast; thence east to the western boundary of the eight ranges of townships west of the Willamette meridian, as Indicated by John B. Preston's diagram of a portion of Oregon Territory ; thence north on that line to the southern boundary of the third range of townships south of the Base Line; thence west to the Pacific Ocean ; thence sout herly along coast, to the place of beginning. Provided. however. that the district wen of the said eight range of townships between the said northern boundary of range 17 and the fourth standard parallel south, shall for the term of 20 years be held and regarded as a part of said Indian reservation and together with the tract de scribed by this section. a such, be subject to me laws ann rsruiat ions ' Trade ana In tereourse With Indian Tribes' now In force. or, hereafter enacted by the Congress of the I nited Mates. All of which tract shall ba t apart, and. so far as nil sur veyed and marked out. for the exclusive use of such Indians as are or mav here after be located thereon, nor shall any per son other than an Indian be permitted to reside upon the same without the consent and permission of the Superintendent of In dian Affairs and the agent having charge ot said a istnct. The said bands and tribe agree to re move and settle upon the same within ons year after the ratification of this conven tion without any additional expense to the Government other than is provided in this treaty; and until the expiration of the time specified the said bands shall be per mitted to occupy and reside upon the tracts now possessed by them, sr'taran teeing to all white citizens the right to enter upon and occupy as settlers any lands not included said reservation, or actually enclosed hy said Indians : Provided, however, tha when the public Interest or convenience may require, th rign t or construction of roads railroads or other public highway, and navigating the streams or bays In said reser vation. Is hereby secure to the United States; ond prolded, also. that, if an band or bands of Indiana residing In and Indians the additional sum of $3n.OOO. a portion whereof shall be applied to th pay ment for auch articles as may be advanced them at the time of signing of this treaty, and in providing after the ratification thereof, and prior to their removal, such articles a may be deemed by the- President essential to their wants ; for the erection of buildings on the reservations, fencing and opnin-r farms: for the purchase of teams, farminc implements. tool and seeds; for the payment of employe, and for subsisting the Indians the first year after their removal. Article IV. In addition to the consideration specified, the United States agre to ertet at suitable points on the reservation two sawmills, t"o flour ire mills, four schoolhouses and two hlaekamlth shops, to one of whleh shall be attached a tlnshop; and for two sawyers, two millers, one superintendent of farming op erations, three farmers, one physician, four teachers and two blacksmiths, a dwelling house snd the necessary- outbuildings for each; and to purehas and kep in repair, for the time specified for furnishing em ployes, all nepeary mill fixtures, mechan ical tools, medicines, books, and stationery for schools, and furniture for employes. The' United States further rnwHc to sec air a and pay for the services and subsistence, for the Mrn at IS years, of thre farmers, two blacken it hs. two saw era, t wo millers, and for the term of 20 years. of one physician. one superintendent of farming operations, and four school teachers. The United States further engage to re tain the services of one Indian agent, and to ereet at the most central suitable points agency buildings, w her such agent shall reside. Article V. The half-breeds, legal representatives of the bands and tribes being parties to this treaty, who reside outside of the reservation, shall b allowed to draw the share of an nuity payments to which they may be en titled, either in cash or goods, at their op tion; and when resid Ing upon the reserva tion they shall be entitled to all the benefit of the annuity as well as other payments ; but no half-breed shall be permitted upon said reservation without the conseut of the superintendent and agent. Article VI. The President may. from time to time, at his discretion, cause the whole, or such portion as he may think proper, of tha tract, that may now or hereafter be set apart as a permanent home for these In dians, to be surveyed Into lots and assigned to such Indians of the confederated bands as may enjoy the prlvliigcs and locate thereon permanently; to a single person, over 21 years of age, 40 acres; to a family of two person. 60 acres; to a family of three and not exceeding five, SO acres; to a family of six persons and not exceeding 10. 120 acres: and to each family over lo in number, 20 acres for each additional three members. And the President may provide such rules and regulations as will secure to the family. In cane of death of the head thereof, the possession and tnjoymcnt of dians to the Government or ine uniieu States, or its agents, tor aecision. inn thereby; and If any of the said Indians com mit any depredation on other Indians the same rub- shall prevail as that prescribed In the case of depredation against cltlxens. Article IX. For the purpose of establishing uniformity laws. ruls and regulations among the va rious bands of Indians being panleB to this treaty and to give greater security to per son and property. It is hereby agreed that the ongress of the United States with the approval of the President, shall have power to enact laws for the government or said ludians. Article X. In order to prevent the evus oi intem perance cmong said Indians, It , hereby provided that if anyone of them shall drink liquor to excess or procure It for others to drink his or hr proportion of the annut ti mav be withheld from him or her for such time as the President may determine. Article XI. The United States agrees to sum of money not exceeding $10,000 in opening and constructing wagon roads be tween the different settlements on said reservations, and from tho saw and flour mills herein provided for to said settle ....... in th event of a failure to effect secure landings for vessels in the transportation of annuity goods within said reservation, the additional sum. not exceed ing $10."0. shall be expended by the l -nited Spates In opening and constructing a wagon road from some point at or near the mouth of the Ne-a-ches-na or Salmon Klver to he settlements In the Willamette Vallev. and one waron road from some nuvlgable point on Yah-quo-nah or Alcea River to the vaiiey or tne vtji.amcne Article XII. The United States engages to estaMish nd maintain a military post on said reser vation whensoever the peace ad safety of the Indians residing thereon shall render tho same necessary. Article XIII. This t.-eaty shall be obligatory on the contracting parties n soon a the nsrrm shall be ratified by the President and Sen ate of the United States. In testimony whereof, the said .IoM Palmer, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen and delegates of the said confederated bands ba vp hereunto set 111 fir hand and seals. this 11th day of Auaust. laaa. Signed In the presence of 'rls Taylor tHlialsjl J to treaty; W. W. Raymond. sub- Indian arent; R. W. Dunbar, R. M . Palmer. JOKI, PAUfamR. Superintendent Indian Affairs. Oregon Ter ritory. Then follows the signatures of .1 of the Indians, all with his X mark attached. They were from tho Slu-slau, "Winchester Bay' baud of the Kal-e-wat-set or Umpquas. and t he several tribes of th Kowes Hay and the signatures were attached August 17. iSSS. The witnesses to this signing were CH Taylor. R, B. Metcalfe, sub-Indian agent; ET. P. Drew, sub-Indian agent ; John B. Gagnier. John Fleet. J. C. Clark, Interpre ters; EL W. Ounbar, U. P. Brown, M. EL Hill and Johr. Gale. The next tribes to sign were the Coqullles. avnd this wus contracted on the 2'td of August, tSMb Other bands of the Coqullles signed on the 8th day of September, is."..'.. Second Uleutenant August V. Kant. U. S. A., and Henry Hill Woodward appeared as wltneaees on the last signatures. The latter part or the document snows another concession for Indians living away from Poos Bay, wherein the following agreement was entered Into and signed and sealed by Ta-wos-ka: We. th chiefs, headmen and delegates of th" .S-q uate-ftah, Ko-so-e-chah, Enka ache. Vah-shute. Tootootoney, Mack-a-n-tln. Kos-sul-to-ny. M us-sle. Cns-sa-to-n . Klu-it-ta-tel, T-cha-quot. Chet-Iess-lng-ton . and Whls-to-na-tin bands of the Tootoptoney trib and Cl.etco tribe of Indians, after of Eastern Oregon and Idaho, had re cently remarried and had decided to engage in the business of raising fruit in the Cove, 1 nion County. I had the year before quit my attendance at the Willamette University, had uo abiding pla- e and had derided to make my home with my father In that, then, new coun try. The many changes that have taken place during these 50 years, not only among the paople, but along the lines of customs and conditions concerning them, render this day of remlni.soenee wonder fully interesting to me, even aside from the fart that a half century mark means a span of personal experi ences of varying character that on this day present a kaleidoscopic picture of successes, failures, happy associations, fond memories and sad partings that attend the average life of a busy man. .oodhe to lalta TaJtes Long. First, let me describe that trip from Portland to Union County In December. 1866. The day was Monday on which I went from the farm of my uncle, Ralph C. Geer, 12 miles east of Salem, in the Waldo Hills. 1 walked that 12 miles. My uncle was going to Salem by team, hut a mile on the road lived two young ladies who had professed raucn grief that I was going awny impression was that the boat was trav eling in the direction it was pointed when I entered it. and all 'day long, in violation of my knowledge to the con trary, we were going in a westerly di rection, with the result that I arrived in Grand Ronde Valley with my mind In confusion as to directions, and. dur ing the 10 years that I lived there, the sun persistently rose in the north, and does yet upon my occasional return visits. So mupj of the permanency of first impressions, whether for good or the reverse. omen Ran Town Tkrn. mm Now. Umatilla Landing was a much lartrer town then than it is now. though the women who were there at that time ! had much to do with the way the town was run, as they do now, though different methods were employed. 1 arrived at Umatilla after dark on Thursday and on Friday morning, lonp before daylight. I boarded a stage which drove to what was known as the Twelve-Mile House for breakfast. I do not recall the Twelve-Mile House so much as I do the ride which took us there. It was a biting cold morn ing, aero weather, which I had never before encountered, and following the advice of over -kind relat ives at home I hud put on two pairs oi" woolen socks as a defense. Within 20 minutes I had discovered my mistake. With boots that rather snugly fit my feet with one pair of socks, the extra pair served to impede circulation, and I have never suffered with cold as on that short ride though it seemed we would never reach our destination. At the Twelve Mi'e House I divested myself of that extra pair of socks and had learned a valuable lesson along certain lines. We crossed the Umatilla River where nu on inr oaj Derorp I had pmmisfd pf ndl,ton is now situated, but thcro to stop on my way to Salem and wc was nothing there then but a bride''. would have a la.-t goodbye. , staBe barn and a little hotel that was I kept my word, of course, and my kepi bv Mrs. Goodman, afterward Mrs. un ie had promised to stop as he passed Ralev. and who but recently died in and I would uccompany bAau However. Pendleton. as he explained afterward, he was de- That nicht we stayed at what was layed In Kiartinc. and. sui i. . :.:- ih.i ! it would not require more than a half hour for our goodbyes to be properly attended to. he had driven rapidly by In order to overtake me and shorten my walk. But he had forgotten how long It really takes to accomplish some things satisfactorily, and after waiting for two hours for him to call I pro ceeded to Salem on foot, arriving there at about 2 o'clock. Fifty years ago today: A few years afterward one of these girls, then IS e.irs or age. married, becoming t h,. known as Warm Springs, now Bingham Dine .moii niH i n s. passeo inrouKn 11111 merville and within a few hours ar rived at "The Point." hut two miles from the Cove, where my father wa.s engaged in assisting six other men m building the new mill being construct ed by French & Haley which burned down three years ago. Trip of r l.io. mw I" llourn. I was thus five dAvs and a itart of some of the nights in traveling from ICorvallis, and J. '. Ainsworth w ley. liunham Wright is living nt -v4iifc.. aim n. i . ..it I'aui.-is is a re u . ' fnsscu in UltaL Lfiviae 1 the i nknown. l nion was then a thriving: lit town . a r . . ' w. ,J . . .-1 .. . Ill of the first, if not the very earliest. i V . . IT UUIIIIi miMIII'HS IIIC one ownea ny t.eorgc wiiciit. fat ere. and Sam Hannah, afterward State Senator. hay from the wild grass to the thi goinc to 'the Idaho mines, at the -. a ion. ana incy were :-inl Py it. It was and is. a great val richly endowed by nature. Ada All re BlQ. Other changes have overtaken country besides those 1 have vt I I 1 ' t . 1 1 Klll.nl u -Aa... . .... ..... . hmi i" yesterday looking through Oregon ian of December 17. 186. was a four-page paper and falrl filled with advertising, but no ad oi space. puon a display as one V. i... X. Prinli'. r..ll .j. dav would . I . 1 1 i f . I...... .. ... panic in the composing-room and ruptcy to the firm offering It. cepted. The advertisements announce tha C. Oibbs was president of the Ore I -.... V ,. r-l- . . . . I ... .. I T . v . i . - v . . . - -. . . 1 1 ....... i i ... i an rri, 1 1 thorn Jfc Lorvca wore "physicians proprietors of the Oregon State In at-law "with Judge A. E. Walte r ront street, over Weatherford's store"; L. P. VI". Quimby was in ch of the Wntm Hotel, at Morrison Kir.-t streets unci P. rt. Sinnolt manager of the New Columbian, at corner of Morrison and Front. Henry L. Plttock announced that had for sale ;o pounds of news ill .i ii - mi li ii ii I s ill .. :i - n . ton; Carter, llayden a Co. were scl sand, flooring, "(onguc ami groov at ?I7; W. T. Shanahan ha.d Just solved a copartnership with A. EL frene; A. P. Richardson was an ; tloneer at Front and Oak: McCorn had a. bookstore at "105 Front tt opposite Mount Hood": A. .. Mo- was president of the P. T. fonip: which was running the i;..; mother of four children, and passing a'm to a P'nt equal to the distance I itletit of the Astoria line of boat! such home ami the Im provement thereon : I bavins "a '' explained to iw tlie above - t w.. . . . I tretv. do herehv accede t." It urovl on?. and he may at any time, at hi discretion. after such person or family had made loca tion on the land assigned a u permanent home, issue a patent to such person or fam ily for such assigned land, conditioned that, the tract shall not be aliened or leased for a lonrer term than two year, and shall be exempt from levy. sale, or forfeiture, which conditions shall continue in force until a state constitution embracing such lands within lt limits hall have been formed. Provided. alo. That. If any person or family shai: at any time neglect or refue to occupy or till a portion of the land a.s!gned and on which they have located, or shall roam front place to place, indicating a desire to aban don said home, the President may. if the patent shall have been issued, revoke the with the following proviso: That th canoes belonging to the member of our respective hands ,hall cither be trannportcd to the district designated as a reservation, or other canoer or boats furnished In lieu thereof, or te value of the same puld the Indians by the Government of the fnlted States. 1st the discretion of the latter, and that means of transportation for the old. Infirm and children, with good, wares and chattels belonging to the members of the said banr and iihltcnce for the mem bers thereof during time of removal shall also b furn'shed hy. snd at the expense of the Government of the United Sta'c. In witness whereof, we hereunto affix our ?lgnaturc5. or marks, this 11th day or August. IRriV on zi yens ago. and the othei ih. mother of six children, now lives in Washington, and. 1 trust, will muI this reminiscence of a happy incident. now a nan-century old. i hi Id Then In Wife .Not,. At that time my present wife was a girl of 5 years of age do I dare give this fact away? wus living with her parents at Oswego, and today, while talking with her about the significance of the anniversary. I referred to the fact that the boat passed that place, when she declared that she was on the bank of the river at the time, and waved her little bonnet at me. mean ing that she hoped I would at some time return and call for her! And that helps some. I will describe that trip from Port land to the Grand Ronde Valley In 1866 with some degree of detail for the il lustration it will afford of the improve ments that haKne since been effected. I traveled for five days and a part of some nights, and. starting from Salem early on Tuesday morning. I arrived at "Hendershott's Point" on Saturday noon. The first day took ma to Port land, and it required all of Wednesday to reach The i .lies. The next morning at 4 o'clock we boarded the train that carried us to CeHlo. arriving there while it was as yet quite dark. It was very cold, and the passengers entered the boat at once for comfort. It was tied with its bow down the stream, pointing west, and shortly afterward started for I'matilla Landing. Of course, after swinging into the river, it turned around and proceeded upstream, but I didn't realize this at the time, and after daylight I went out on deck to view the country, but my to La Grande, a trip that can now be "leave, as usual, on Mondays and made with the greatest comfort in 18 days"; H. W. Corbatt had full ;is: hours! This comparison should not be i ment of "crosscut saws, mining tary that now, if a train is 30 minutes ' Van Schuyver were making door: late, the average traveler will bemoan j window blinds. his ill luck and abuse the railway I Coach I. Ine Advertised. auinoi.iics more saaKe, man nm mc p. i j;. f-ardwcll announced tha man w ho encountered the facilities In , h,i i,ii . . , rrm l-c.i.-i vogue a half-century ago. Really. ejljad,i & Tilton informed the pu " I I I ,t 1 lll- II.IM 1 i I . I I " ' I I ' Ill IH" If in l X ritt l n 1 1 i it t n i n f v mi nn v it- i j i wi . . . ... ... a ceimy oeen esianusnea. o -ernor - j tho building oi rupi. tl by Messrs moo naa appointee, ine iirsi usi or -p. fjnnrhiU & o. m Front strm n t I Icoro iiii.l )ir1 v.i 1 ' . .f . I m - T noli. ! x o m in turn appointed my father his dep- Ione Kir Cemterv Compute v vrere uty. which accounted for his polnp to vtted to n meeting of stockholders W. H. H. MQRGAN HAS RESIDED IN OREGON SINCE YEAR 1843 Time Recalled When Wild Fowl on Sauries Island Were So Thick That Double-Barreled Shot Brought Down 45 Ducks From Flock. w BY ADDISON BKXNETT. ILLIAM HENRY HARRISON MORGAN was born in Ohio on the eighth day of December. 1840. his father. ICdward Morgan, be ing a farmer at the time. Two years later the family removed to I-.ee Coun ty, Iowa, and resided there on a farm until the early Spring of 1845. The Oregon "fever" was running strong In that section at the time, and the elder Morgan determined to seek a new home and get a farm of his own. So they sold off their furniture and what other personal propel ty they had. packed a few dishes, mostly of tin, their bedding, clothing and seven chil dren Into two wagons, hitched thereto four yoke, of oxen, trailed two milch cows behind, and "set sal'" for the Oregon country, which they reached in the Fall of that year. Of the trip across the plains W . H. H. Morgan remembers but very lit tle. He was only five years old when they arrived at Linnton. there being no Portland then. But from hearsay he accounts for Indian raids, mishaps on mountain trails, troubles in getUng across the streams and all such dif ficulties as the pioneers of those days met up with In their Journey of over -'OO-i miles. One incident he remem bers hearing his parents "ell of fre quently, and that was an accident that befell them in crossing Burnt reiver. In ICastern Oregon. The wagon in which he was riding upset In mid stream and he was thrown in under the bedding and was almost dead when rescued. He also remembers of often hearing of how the trip from The Dalles down the river was made, the wagons being brought down the stream and the oxen driven over the Indian trail. On the way two of the oxen and one cow were lost, so they arrived with six oxen, one cow and what little plunder they had in the wagons and a smooth silver half dollar in cold cash'. Homestead la Selected. Arriving at Linnton. the elder Mor gan went to the store, there being but one there, to invest his four bits in flour. He found that commodity sell Ing at four bits a pint! But it took more than a little thing like the lack of tlour to bring despair to the early pioneers. They did the best they could without flour, and went at the first work at hand to earn a little money to make their filing on the land. Most of the country thereabouts was cov ered with brush or timber, but he heard there was open country on 8au vles Island, a few miles down the Co lumbia from Liinnton. Going to look at it. he found it fully up to his ex pectations, and selected k section, which, he soon took up his abode upon flfr & II Mill I i William Henry Harrison Morican. AVho Has l.Uc.i In Oregon 71 Years. and went to Hlllsboro and made his filing. Sauvles Island was nt the time inhabited principally by Hudson Bay farmers, white men who mostly had squaw wives. So the "society" was nothing to brag about. Soon they had a log house erected, and by the following Spring they, were readv to plant their crops. Mr. Mor gan relates that the wheat yielded well, and remembers the operation of cutting and threshing it. The former was done with a short scythe, some thing like a sickle, then It was flailed out on tne ground and his father would stand on a high stump and throw the wheat and chaff in the air for the wind to fan the latter out. and the boys caught the wheat in a sheet' Mr. Morgan says that the sweetest morsel he ever ate was the "mess" of boiled wheat and sweet milk which they had from the nrst "threshing." Vhen the Morgans settled on Sau ries islam! it was noted for its wild fowl ducks, geese and cranes. It was the favored hunting ground for the Indians and whites for miles and miles aVound. The waters In the sloughs and along the shores between the is land and the Oregon mainland were thick with v.-apato. a sort of wild po tato. and the fowl fed principally on the vines and tubers of that. He says that It srave a flnvor to the meat un known at tie present time, and Ho I qualntances Join. fattening qualities were so great that J h. has caught hyth ducks and geese I that were actually too fat to fly. j Where is the wapato now? It is no more. That great game rlsh. the cele brated carp, was introduced, and "he" harvested the wapato. leaves, vines, tubers and all. There are still lots ot wild fowl on the island, but not like in the olden days, when at times the air was alive with them. Mr. Morgan says he has often seen, when he was a little lad. more ducks and geese In an hour than now Inhabit the island in an entire season. Shooting both barrels of an old shotgun into a flock of geese once he killed 33: at another time with a double discharge into a flock of ducks he killed 4.".. The Mor gans forged ahead quite rapidly in the early days, for there was usually a good demamd for game, principally- for mallard and canvasback ducks and cranes. These often commanded as much as $5 a dozen. Cranes were very plentiful, as were also deer but both are mighty infrequent visitors now. Kver since he was five years old Mr. Morgan lias lived on Sauvtes Island. thousand I I III II Ills lillllfl 0VO III I , l II- I J I tlnued to farm the place, and has con I j tlnued to do so up to the present time. J although he spends much of bis time at his fine home on Hawthorne ave 4 inue. where he brought his family for j educational purposes. I In the Spring of 1 griO his father sold I the original donation claim and took I I another section nearby. He received I $100 in "cash money," at a time when that sum was quite a fortune. The son has added an adjoining half sec tion to the original tract, and now has 960 acres, making one larg est and finest farms In this vicinity. Km thi son wa.s approaching his twenty-fourth birthday, having lived and worked continuously with his father, a young woman by the name of Sarah Klizabeth Orchard came to spin for his mother. She resided with her parents at Sprlngville. a few miles ot the west, on the "mountain. the location of the settlement being on what Is now the skyline boulevard. then a mere mountain trail. Thus started an acquaintance that soon cul minated in a trip to Vancouver and a marriage. Elevrii children have been born to them, eight of whom are now living. The elder Morgan was married twice. and a son by his first wife Is now re siding on a farm in Douglas County, his age being 95 years George Mor gan, a well-known citizen of the Rose burg vicinity. Although Mr. Morgan is now past his seventy-sixth birthday, he is hale and hearty, and Mrs. Mor gan looks more like a matron of 4i than the mother of 11 adult children. (They are not numbered among the plu tocrats of the land, but have sufficient of the world's goods for their modest wants, and their fine home in town Is a real home in every thing the word implies. A son-in-law is the real manager of the farm and big dairy business there carried on, but Mr. Mor gan spends a good portion of his time at the old home and takes great pride In having one of the really successful farms of Oregon. Both he and his wife have every reason to look for ward to many happy years, and in this hope n multitude of friends and c- Oranrl Itonde Valley. He boarded with his brother's family, doing the house work for which was a young woman recently from Missouri and whose parents lived in the Cove, 18 miles across the valley. The acJnaatntance thus formed, wholly acctdenuTl. result ed in marriaige in October. 1866, and this, in turn, caused my going to that country in December. What apparently disconnected events shape the entire course of our lives! I have often wondered what ray life work would have been, and where, if Governor Glhhs had appointed some other, or any other, applicant for that Job: or supposing F. V. Duncan had remained In Missouri with his girls, or if my uncle had haptened to have employed some other girl. Ilnllwaya Were l"ar Array. Pioneer conditions prevailed in I'nion County 50 years ago. To be sure, all Ihu land in the Covej. which comprises a section of country about three miles in width and 10 in length, fertile and sloping into the foothills, was claimed and mostly fenced, de voted largely to wheat raising, but the houses consisted of log cabins and everything was new. The earliest settler in the Grand Ronde Valley had been there but four years and it was much like coming lo the Willamette Valley in 1S47. There was no railroad nearer than. say. Omaha, and no newspaper between Walla Walla. The Dalles and Boise. Most of the flour used was brought from the former place. It was regarded as purely a stock country and was so given to frost visi tations that it was considered doubtful if it would prove itself adapted to fruit raising. Kvery year during the late Spring and early Summer months tens of thousands of acres of the central part of the valley were covered with water backwater from the Grand Ronde River and Catherine Creek. j This section later furnished the hsy I supply for practically all the settlers. who would move to the grounds In I August and as campers cut and stack ; thousands of tons of wild grass, which really made splendid food for cattle and : horses. he "Sandridge." eomprisinc several acres of desert anil appar ently worthless land, was wholly uncul tivated until In the '80s. when its adap tability to wheat-raising were discov ered, and it now produces fully 1.000, 000 bushels of that cereal each year. Mir of i .... i . ii.... PVaMi The first election had been held in I'nion County in the preceding June. At the time of my arrival there A. C. Craig was the Sheriff; S. M. Black. Clerk: James Hendershott was the member of the lower house of the legislature, and James Pyle was the State Senator. Pyle Canyon, immediate ly south of I'nion. was named after the latter. "."'age' Baker was one of the leading lawyers of La Grande and as sociated with him was D. W. Uitch tenthaler. James H. Slater wa also there. "Old Man Patterson" was the postmaster and Daniel Chaplin and Green Arnold were leading citizens. The town was on the bill and the site of the present I .a Grande was a yellow wheat stubblefleld In December. 1866. There was a large store at Hender shott's Point, owned by Frank & Barn burger, the latter of whom is now liv ing In this city. A smaller one was kept by a man named Crawford. The Cove was a lively place that Winter and for several following, as many young men returned from the Idaho mines to "Winter" and have a good time. They had money to spend and came there to spend it. Dancing schools, singing schools. spelling schools, writing schools and debating societies often required more nights in the week than had been provided, but the time went quickly and strenuous Joy reigned supreme until the snow was gone in the Spring and the call of the mines was in the air once more. laa- ef Friends .-. A hunch of bright men constituted the first settlers in the Cove Writing this reminiscence I recall M. R. Rees, James Hendershott. A. C. Smith, Dun ham Wright. S. D. Cowles, E. P. Mc Danlels, Edward Payne. F. W. Duncan. H. J. Geer. Sam Colwell. Joseph Mar tin. Otho Kckersley. S. G. French, and. indeed, a score of others who were forceful citizens of the truly pioneer type. H. 1. Pittock. B. 1". Onnlwell and 1 neer line of iinirni'i conchi s imo I ho. Jacob Stitzel was Sheriff of M nomah County ami R. Wilcox was C and Auditor of the city, while L. Parrish was school clerk. ine mention oi iuci.e names se to give an idea of the chnngea have occurred in the business worl ortlMnti n 6U , . :, i . u far as I k the onlv men whose ti.-ir.i- occur in The Orcgoninn who art1 now alive 1 1. L. Plttock. L P. W. Quimby resident of Roise. The Oregonisn was even then cussing the threatened impeni.-hiuen President I-in.-oln. a move that was Tially attempted two years al'terw Tber. was less than one column of turial matter. I tuav confess that was closing the volume I was star at noticing on the editorial pnge announcement of the marriage of father, as follows: Married, at Cove, l.nion ounly. ' con. on t. tom-r 14. by Kev. I. r . I erts, Mr. Heman J. Geer to Miss K A. Duncan. ' It seemed a striking COincMeMC I ........ IU II, I - I ' ' I I III." Ill" i- IH.II that particular issue. The. event it was then more than two months 1'.. lit.. .1 Campaigns Krenltrd. Ah, well, this covers a "notch" it life including a full half century, as I stop writing a moment I can panorama of moving pictures, the Ihf.r . .1 , . f" ... ... ifl' fni- nrnrl form In that far-away day. and I dulge a retrospective introspeetio what I have done, tried to do and undone. I have a full and composite, a sw ing and whirling vision of friend the several parts of the state in w- 1 have made my home, of a happy ambitious boyhood, of a contented nietlc life, of two splendid wives i iiiTiMi'-n inii . 1 1 in, ui political paigns through a period of 40 : winning the highest honors and fering depressing defeats, being -rli. . Ilirnn.'li It nil' background of this Picture I volvlng glimpses of a school tear strenuous pastime of political sr bles. speakerships, collectorships. ' 1 11. . . I . . . f. . . . 1 . i . - 1 'IIIUI ihihi simic inner soiiis niiii wass-- the night), but beyond it all my i goes back with fondest recollectlo the 10 years I lived beneath the sha of Mount Fanny In the cove. golden years In the lives of most pie between the ages of 1j years. Though that was a happy decade. entire r0 years have seen so contributions to th material adva ment of mankind and in a general I have enjoyed it SO much that deepest regret at this moment is I i.-i.i ..... I....- h..rn vpslrmav. 100 years of good health vouchs me and Id gladly live it all again: nd After these 60 years I recall but one attack. DIVER'S ATTACK SHOC l ...... -! . ....... 1 ...... . I 1 I I . I I 11 I II I Will I . 1 Thrown 20 l'cct h Kxplosioit. HAZLETOX, Pa.. Dec. 15. Mrs. Hertz, wife of a Hazleton dentist settlements, arriving here from York to spend the holidays with mother and other relatives, told other day how she escaped with o nassengers from the liner Ara sunk In the Mediterranean on Nov tier t. .urs. riertr. is sun suiii-n severely from the shock. She lost her baggage and valuables. When tin attack was made. : Hertz was sitting on deck. The fd of the explosion threw her about! feet forward. She was Injured. erapt to her lifebelt, in the use of wl all had been thoroughly instructed the crew when they took passage, ship's guns fired at the I'-boat. inflicted no damage. Lifeboats hastily lowered and all got away sal except two engineers, who went g with the vessel. Mrs. -Hertz d I the submarine gave no warning " i