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. ' ; .
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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
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(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.
',.MHsn wnl doubtless be reelected,
. rriuclpal' George Hug of; the
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