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THE OREGON SUNDAY : JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY -10, 1908. Passing of Indian ; Property Eccalls Founding of the Traininff,' -Institution : at Forest Qroie Twenty Eight Tears Ago. ' ; . 16 IIISTORV OF . gMWWaHWpniWWIlWHUlllMimillllll, lllll WiWWWgWWWiWWWWWWWIII,ll,IWIMMWlMMWllHllWIIII''WIW"l''''''l'W"'i'W iplHIWWWWWWWIWWfWtW Wll IIIIHHIWWTmilllllllff wmuUllHIWIWH Will llllll, IIMI pilWHIHM""""!""' ' ' '' ' -HP"" ' " ' ' ' " : antccs- absolute satisfacnon. . ( , 1 ' (SptcW Dtopttth t The Journal.) Pacific University, Forest Grow Or., My Th passing of the old Indian school property out of . the , bands . of . Paclflo university recalls the story of the founding of the Indian training s ; school at Forest Grove 48 yeara ago, under Captain M. C Wilkinson, and 1 the untimely fate. which years. after ward befell" that Italian t officer. -who left ' a position of ease on Ahe staff of Gen eral O. O. Howard to spend five years In the hardest kind of service and ex- ' posure, undertaken for the single pur pose of establishing a school . Where Indian boys and girls ould have the benefit of instruction and a trainlnr to ward civilization. - t The plan itself was devised by-Carl . ecnurs, -at mat tumi ov j .; Interior under President Hayes. He was anxious to characterise his aamln - Istratlos by some practical measure which would serve to elevate the In dian to the manhood which he conceived to be his right as a ward of a Christian nation. - " A Host CfcrUttan Warrior., General O. O.-Howard was In com mand of the- department of the Colum bia, with headquarters at Portland. He ,i had "had ' wide , experience with -'the Indians of the northwest and his well known philanthropic, nature led him to agree1 heartily with the desire of See rctrv K'hurs to heln them bv estab lishing an industrial school for their hpnntit at Forest Grove. Indeed. It would not be surprising If General How-J . ard was actually,, tne originator qr yie -:v.;;, scheme, i ''c. ', . Captain Melville C Wilkinson. WM a member of General- Howard's staff, a ' man of .sentiments like those of his chief and an enthusiast in practical Christian work. He Is remembered by mai'.v neonle.of Portland as a man in' lerested in religious reform. Impulsive and . eccentric. While stationed - at . ' Portland . he 1 entered ardently -into the work of the local Y. M. C. A. He fre quently held open-air meetings on the ' street corners . much after the manner of the Salvation - Army,, and at a time before the public bad become accus tomed to Salvation Army "methods- and -: had learned to recognize their vaiue. rounaattoa of toe Bchooi. .' CaDtaln Wilkinson ' was ' selected 1 to I take charge of. the new project In- be half of the Indians,' and in order that - he might do so and still retain his posi tion in the army he was detailed as military instructor - at Pacific, unlver . slty. with the understanding that a " large part of his time should be given to establishing an . Indian Industrial school at Forest .Grove. . Four acres of land owned- by Paclflo university was .placed at .the disposal : or the scaooi ana o,uu was nppropn ' ated bv' Becretanr Schurs from ai emergency fund or the Interior dtpart ment. With this . money a. plain build ing was erected and Captsln Wilkinson v jMmtraut lila flrat In a fnrl Inn have lind girls, about 26 In number, mostly from i tne country bdoui rugei sounn. tie found it difficult to persuade the ' In dlsn fathers and mothers -to let their phildren go, and frequently -was' com pelled to make .several trips and take the children away almost by stealth. Visited ' by a President.. At the .school the boys .were taught various' trades, such as tailoring.' black smithing, shoemaklng and carpentering, and the girls learned, the arts of house keeping, sewing, etc, 'Various buildings were erected by the' boyB under the di rection of a practical carpenter, includ ing the large school building and dor mitory which now stands on the ground. The first1 main building was destroyed by fire In the winter of 15S6 and SO or 40 Indian girls 'rendered homeless. In the fall of 1888 President Hayes visited the Paclflo coast and, accompa nied by Secretary Schurs, General Sher man and others, came -out- to' Forest Grove for the express .purpose of visit-i . ing the-school ' Bad rate of m Benefactor. . ' ' After . the school . was ; removed to Chemawa the land with the buildings' reverted to Paclflo -university. It has v recently been purchased by A.. T. Wig man, who will tear down the old build- Ing that now stands on the property and erect a home on the around. . - 1 Captain Wilkinson remained at - the : bead or. the school for About Ave years,; when he was ordered. back to his regi ment at Vancouver. Subsequently he was transferred to a post on the fron . tier of Wisconsin and when an Indian : outbreak occurred was sent out with a 'company to quell It. ' In Uie skirmish which ensued the gallant captain was .. .shot down by.the Indians, the very race for wtfom be had given a large part of ( bis life in an endeavor to. raise, them from their Ignorant condition, ' "JH DIPHTHERIA CASE ' -H KORTE POWDER ; 'H j, . .fA:". . - ."j . t .. . j a ; .' " '; "It ' f (Special Dispatch to The" Joornal.) ' ' ' North. Powder,'Or- Mny';9. Tnere is ' not a case of sickness in this town, but the malady of the two baUents, Homer 1 Pearson and Mrs. Carrie Cavender, at . the ranch of their father. Henry Pear - -aon, six miles from here, is pronounced 1 malignant diphtheria by Dr. Mann - of Tjortn Powderaad 13rr May-of rRadlum Hnrinn.- In consultation. As these 'cases were 'promptly quarantined and j i th, firMn lias: aisDyea. .accorainsr ia - the law governing - such cases, and -there is no case In town, the city coun t . li took no action at its resrular meet. ' Ing looking to special protection of the! town. North Powder has three able j pnysicians in uim - ou-i u, jriaon ana Bounders. - In the endeavor,-to trace the origin of the first case that occurred here, that of Opal-Cavender, the-physicians - found that three cats had Deen .sick with sore mouths. One had ' died,-" and h ltttia rirl had taken one home with frer. The other has been killed on sus picion, . - TO TEACH IK CITY ... SCHOOLS OF EUGENE ' (Bpertal Diipttch ' to The JounuL) Eugene, .Or., May 9 Th , Eugene school board has selected teachers, for . the' three grammar schools as follows: Patterson ' school .- Ida Patterson, 5rinclpal; Mary Meador, Ma Larimer, ;-ilth Hag-g&rd. Uuiu B. . Poill.. Mrs. Anna Buck, Luella M. Norrls, Zuda Owens. - " . ' . Geary school Ellis R." Parker,' prln . rtpsl; Nettie Kress, 'Mae' D. Klnsey, - Knnle .1 Zleler. " Mabel ! Simmons, 3-i-lie Keeney, . Fannie . MUUcan, ilra i S. Thriill. . . . Central school -AHa Schneider, Mary A. Wetherbea, iAiella ; Brewster, Mrs. Ijilllxn poyner, Minnie Kvmns, Carol Johnson, Merile Auten. . Principal ly ! uns. -of the Cuntral school, was not an i eppllcant for reppointroent and- his n,iv, m,.r will be chosen later. Most 1 the oM lea.'hors were reelected... The l.'.h school teacliers -will be chosen at inter meeting, (superintendent I, R. 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