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1 WEDNESDAY MORN'INO. OCTOBER' 27. THE OttBnON ' fVTATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON SPEECHES EXALT CHARACTER AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF MISSIONARY - 9 . "' : V ,"-r's BOOTH DEPICTS HARDSHIPS MET BY JASON LEE Courage of Honored Mis ' xionary and Pioneer Pic jtured in Address STATE SERVICE LAUDED Significance of Hazardous Journey Eastward to Save Northwest is Told "There Is so much of fitness In the principal event of American history, -that it tends to conrir.m . the belief common, to so many ' people that there is a Providence i that directs the thoughts and ac tions of mankind; and this idea ; has equal sanction whether it re lates to discovery, occupancy or , institutions." said Hon. R. A. rose mould, intellectual i equip ment and unflagging zeal, and his accomplishments in the work to which he was called justified the expectations of those who commissioned him. "American pioneering has al most invariaby imposed hard ships. But with hardships has come courage and the will to en dure. Courage 'always goes wth leadership and when you couple leadership with the building or new frontier states and the pro mulgation of the gospel. '" grant at once to those who lead the quality of courage as yen as certain! know that hardship will almost-constantly surround tnem. "It took something of courage and it imposed a measure of hardship on those sturdy pioneers who paddled down the Ohio from Pittsburfg and spread out over the Mississippi valley. But they went into a land well expored and fairly well known. The movement had for its purpss- the betterment of , every j participant and it seemed fairly? certain of success; and nearby were, neigh bors and about them was the pro tection of government. , Protection Left Hehind "To compare these movements to the one of the early 30's.aeaa ed by Lee with half a continent to LOVE AND FAITH ! CONQUER EARLY DAY OBSTACLES A PRAYER . Jason Lee Likened to Wash ington and Lincoln by Bishop Shepherd 1 WORKS ARE REVIEWED Character, Not Physical Stature Fits Missionary for Battle (or Colonization u.rH,hin cross.' with finger board or trail or Jason Lee" at the unveiling only the setting sun to point exercises at the state capitpi yes- is, VS "maPaa"ntg, ll terday. "Men and achievement hardships of the ox team to the linv tntimatelv and well with comiorts or me paiace car, . this theory and its acceptance! seems to simplify the interpreta tion of the history of the. Oregon : country whether we refer to Captain Gray's discovery or Jthe 'event in which Jason Lee wa the i principal actor. X rv "The yearly Americans and . many of their greatest son were tested in poverty and disciplined Lee and his companions Wt behind " them the ; possibilities of help and the protection of gov ernment. Likewise behind tnein was all they had hitherto lived for. Be ore them was a needy race and a duty to perform in Its behalf.. They were moving under the Inspiration of a divine dream. with faith in God ani trust in by hardships. Difficulties and ";s . .1, I. i . v,. only defense and support. r ;m- "Neither mountains miles high. of America have at all time, be- Pralrifa nne5"Itr,,dmn lieved and been stimulated by every turn deterred them. One the thought -thate they were he may "k of hunger, disease r moil Mhlv favored stf anv Oeo- irtrauucrj - u "T"" pie, and generally speaklns in it all. they have seen a purpose as wise as the plans of God. and it may be said that their noblest Impulse, their abiding, glory, has been and is their willingness to extend to others the civilization that they have built for them selves. i 4 New Era Comes 'And there has been ho lack of heroic : messengers, missionar ies, statesmen of soldiers to pro- . claim, extend and defend what so freely they have given to others i "The adoption of our constitu tlon that states the purposes and '. fixed the course of our govern- . ment and the discovery of 'the Columbia river, . that so largely influenced; our country; . boun ' dary, were events bearing nearly even date. Substantially simui taneoUs with these events came into the hearts of men a revltal lied Christianity that established tta base very largely la America a n (J pro f on n d ly -i rf lueteed the thoughts and Ideals of the Amor- lean people. It made of the 19th ' eentury a new era pf missionary ' activity, the religious note, was Everywhere dominant in New England, making altars at many firesides and messengers of many men. '.; : 1 -r I "Into these times and environ v ments came Jason Lee,-with the ' missionary spirit in his blood and the call of God in his heart. I "This at once Implied hard ships and courage, for In him it meant a restless activity until he ' had adjusted his .actions to the pleading of his conscience. i Indians Sock Light j "New England no sooner heard i that America's primitive sons ot the west had called for "The Book ! i of Heaven," than they determined ' to send it. . Oat of all the men men known to the authorities o th church as best adapted to carrv the cospel from the Allan tic to the Pacific ocean and adapt i it to the needs of the native in dians. Jason Lee was at once " i chosen. This stamped him : at once as a man possessed of hc- nntamed people and : consider he"i tm hut the Incidents of the daily life that attended Lee, but to h m they were mere trines ana of no consequence . save as -they hindered in his progress "His preparation was "or the task at the end of the journey. It was . this great undertaking that daily occupied h'.s mind. that found expression in his prayers and record in his jour nal i Late Pioneer Outlon "Lee must not be classed with the hardy pioneer ' ho followed rears later and became an essen tial factor in civil 1 government, even though he endured hardship and oossessed courage. Tne set tier came to find a home where he should abide, largely for him self: Lee was a missionary, an ambassador with , a ' message and with it all a splendid statesman 'In due course, be reachea the tourney' end. bo far as westward movement ' was,concenvea, ere hA Tiiannjn nnn Tiianipn wen. uui he found but littlei to encourage In the immediate betterment of the Indians. Their capacity and disposition were not what he .bad hoped for. It was clearly di scerned by him that the upliit oi the. Indian was to he a slow pro cess that involved a comprehen sive and continued plan; that re quired the support of a strong government. . i "The need of the new man was not a new faith only, but new and continued works. Disappointing and unexpected conditions did not destroy the courage of Lee. It only tested it. Here he learned much of the Indian but at the same time he learned of the great possibilities or the Oregon coun try and set them out in docu ment later presented to congress that marked their author as a far-seeing statesman, imbued wjth loyalty to his government and fidelity to his fellow man. "Here was the real testing .time with Jason Lee, as I now view.it. It was a time for action that t in "Upon this occasion," said Bishop Shepherfi, "when within the capitol of a great state, a be lated honor is paid to a man who opened the way for modern civil ization, although no panegyric or fulsome laudation would be con" sistent with his massive char acter, it will be 'permitted to give a measure of, praise which, be cause of most peculiar circum stances, has. sometimes been with held. In the light of the history already made, and with accom plished jfacts everywhere about us, we are able to judge better than his contemporaries of the fitness of the man whose name we honor today for the great task to which he gave his life. , i "Today it is manifest that Ja son Lee was a providential char acter. As , Abraham was chosen to be the founder of the 'Hebrew people, and Moses was chosen to be the saviour of that people; and Washington was chosen to be the father of his country and Lincoln its saviour; so Jason Lee was thosen to be the pioneer and founder of a great civilization which should be built upon the ruins or a pagan and decadent race. More and more as we re cognize the value! of the institu tions which have followed in the wake of his sacrifice, the fame of his name is established. I.ce Likened to Lincoln. ''Washington and Lincoln, like Saul, , the first king of the He brews, were molded in noble phy sical proportions as if to symbol ize! ,n their own representative personalities the greatness, of Am erican territory and institutions. Washington was six feet three; and Lincoln, six feet four, in stature. Jason Lee likewise was of commanding proportions, and ! a dynamo of energy. Only a frame of generaus proportions and iron constitution could have takeh the journeys afoot across mountain find desert, and endured the hard ships of those years of prison life. Six feet four .inches in height, symmetrjcallx, proportioned. . Jie stood in the sight of all his fel lows with the commanding dig nity of a man. What must have been his impression upon the na tives Ao whom he came? When he came ' first into this primeval land, he was like John Alden, the youngest of those who came in the Mayflower, By Rev. John Paron of IortUnl, delivered on th or rasioti of the unveiling of a Lfe-wlze portrait of Jason Ie, la the -Oregon-hall of repiesentatlres, Tuesday, Oct. 20. I Almighty (Jotl, creator and preserver of all mankind, builder of nations, and ruler in the affairs of men. we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and seek thy pro tection and favor. Enrich our lives with thy. grace, and incline our hearts to keep thy law. Thy glory, O Lord, is declared in the heavens, and the sky is full of thy handiwork, but the true shekinah is man. Men are great in scul because they are made in thine ' image and great in achievement because the breath f the Almighty giveth them understanding. ' ( A great man is thy gift to humanity. Such a gift calls us together today. We are here to do something in rememberance of one, whose devotion was passionate, and whose life was a holy sacrifice on the alter of duty. i We thank thee for Jason Lee. Help us to think of his lowly life in the pineries of the north, of his spiritual uplift in the sanctuary of God, of his fellowship with in visible things, and of his great adventure to take the book of life to those who sat in darkness. He was obedi ent to thy law of sacrifice, and he lives in the world's life because he renounced his own. We thank thee for Jason Lee's beautiful life a life radiant with sublime and heroic faith, consecrated to great ideals, and sustained by dauntless courage and steadfast purpose. In many a conflict, he endured as see ing him who is invisible. ! j We thank thee for what Jason Lee was able to ac complish. Thou didst enable him to plant a'church, to found a college, to organize a colony, and to establish American institutions and civilization in Oregon. Thou didst appoint him to set in motion forces which have vibrated across the years, and which shall be a blessing to future generations. Thy blessing, O Lord, be upon our exercises here to day, upon those who shall take part in the same, and upon this great assembly. And grant that the picture to be un veiled, the face of this strong, sincere, devout man, may bring to thousands the confidence of reason, and the re pose of faith. Amen. ' .. ...I,.. ........ w. ...... LEE'S PLACE IN HISTORY MADE CLEAR L B. Piper Says Missionary Was Colonizer, Pioneer and Statesman STRUGGLES - PICTURED Nation at Last is Grateful to Work of Foreloper, Speaker Declares "If Jason Lee Had Not Come vti the subject assigned Edgar H. Piper, editor of The Oregon- Ian, one or those who spoke at the unveiling of the portrait of Jason Lee in the hall ot repre sentative yesterday. Mr. riper said that Jason Lee was more than missionary, that he was pio neer, coloniser, patriot and states man and a vital link In the caain ot fata that bound Oregon to the union. "I am liven a rather extraor dinary subject 'If Jason Lee Had Not Come' and I am warned that mr time will be lint Ited to a few minutes only.' said Mr. Piper. "It opens wide a rich field of imagination and specula tlon. and invites anew an exam inatlon and an estimate of Javn Lee's unique place in the h'ftory of his time. It Is too much to say it would be a futile tion of the Inexorable Judgm the tbosKhta. the beliefs, the conscience and the InteUlgenee vast population. Vhn Jason Lee went away, plows were busy on the farms, the hammc; audi the tiff were re-echoing tbroufb the forests, fires were burning in happy horoea. the people were fathering together In .villager and towns, the beginnings of commerce were vUible to tb riv ers, roads were being made to connect remote communities, the processes of orderly government were in control of the 4olnrt and goings of men. and an American state had been created. Ie's Place Definel "If Jason Lee had not come. the irresistible flow of t!i stream of inevitability r ould doubtless have delivered the Oregon coun try to its certain position as an American state. Hot it It trne that Jason Lee was a vital link In the chain of fate that bound Oregon to the American onion. It is a strange fact that after the discovery by Gray -of the Colum bia, after the mighty adventure of Lewis ft Clark, aftrr the tulM Ing of a primitive Astoria and Its early abandonment, all estabuin Ing a Just claim to the -toll as Am erican territory. Interest In a, re gion so remote for minjr years lain dormant. What would have happened if England had em barked on a systematic schrre of colonization, and bad not merely sought to exploit the country through the prowess of the hun ter and trapper may never be known. Hut Jaton Lee's voice, crying In the wilderness, reached Washington and Jason Lee's presence there started the legis lative machinery for an . active assertion of American lights. "Jaaon Lee is more than a mis- t . I&mIsav a ..... I sionary. a p.oneer, m. tunniKi, rm..t patriot, a statesman. He H lion or tne mexoraoie juanmeni i - - - - ----- - of history, a confession that God ,b?l-a 'JP, .L "I . . : .... .... ..j I nd done amid many trials ana pern, oi uvyviiuuii' . 1 1 . crystallized against official Ig norance and neglect, or a mints try bestowed on the friendless In maps, depending chiefly upon such Information as was given him by men who were wholly un mindful of. if net inimical to, hit large purpose, and upon such fragmentary information as the ignorant Indians In an almost un- understandable jargon could give yet he grasped the strategic im-1 the lowly. Like -bis Master, portance of bis centers ot influ- I was moved with compassion ence with the mind of a states-never wearied in well doing. man and the prophet of a great civilization; and thus he laid his plans for building Christian gov ernment upon the ruins of bar barism. This much must he ac corded to him by all. "But it was not his great phy of an enthusiast In the bosom of a' giant. It was the heart, of a great, sincere man with a love for the lowly. He was moved by the, sincerest motives. His vir tues were fundamental. His life was devoted to opposition to wrong, and kindly ' treatment to he He He (Continued on page 4) 'Fair-haired, azure eyed. With the dew of his youth And the beauty thereof: As the captives whom St. Greg ory saw, . ,- , And exclaimed, 'Not Angles, hut angels. THEVOYAGEOF THE LAUSANNE i j. " f . BY REV" JOHN PARSON, D. D., Secretary Oregon Methodist Historical Society Eighty years ago the1 Lausanne .'ment was drawn up setting forth entered the Columbia river with the extent and fertility of , the 1 a cargo of religion and patriotism The arrival of the ship was an event, and a story. ,As an event It settled, potentially. he "Ore gon Question"; and as a story it is full of romance, of sublime and heroic faith. It was. in fact, the beginning of i the immigration movement inaugurated by Jason Lee, which Harvey Scott pro nounced, "His greatest work in behalf of Oregon.' r A Greater Oregon. ' The Lausanne is a big V in the story of Old Oregon, and it stands for vision and victory. Vision ot a greater Oregon, of a social order guided and controlled by the .United States, came to a small . group of pioneers in the Willam ette Valley in the spring of 1838. , The vision resulted ta two out standing and decisive transactions. 1. Daniel Lee, and H. K. W , Perkins had been appointed to , establish a Mission at The Dalles, and before they left Willamette station a general consultation was held on the subject of a greater , enlargement f the Missionary work in Ok-egon. After canvassing the matter a unanimous resolution was adopted, advising Jason Lee peoples to chance, or to whim, or to accident, an acknowledgement that the human will, operating through a single mind, and not the divine commandment, orders the course of great events it Is too much to say that but for Ja son Lee, tbe record of the past 80 or 0 years in the far off fa- cific northwest would have been reversed, or even materially al tered. MiMtlonarles Agents of Peatlay "It is correct to say that the instrument through which dea tiny wrought its immutable de crees was tbe missionary move ment, the seal, the fire, the con secration and the self-sacrifice of its evangels, their growing sense ot duty to their country, and their service in awakening the con sciousness of the American goT ernmt to its true responslUUity for tbe future of the untuown. but Indispensable, northwest. say Indispensable, for without It the united States could ana dlan and the homeless Immigrant, and of service performed to h: country, one indifferent, now grateful." . i a man or mighty pur tlon. Wo can see clearly enough m'01 or,. v n pdu ras a man ot sublime now that upon the foundation of tl?ere T,00 7v .e " "e, . his Master's business missionary enthusiasm and instl- "L "ler 'hi t?V2?J!'i , unttrlnr enerer. He tutinn. wa. kmm .v. now see what an Imperfect real ization of the American Idea or American Ideal ot an expanding and advancing republic, possess ing an entire continent ' or us own. It would have been if the western frontiers nad T.en -c termined by the Rnck mountains. to make a visit ' tn th -iTnttod States for the '. purpose ot j repre senting before the Board of Man agers of the Missionary Society of me aieinoatst Episcopal Church and the public generally, the true condition of Oregon, and of the maians. md to solicit men and money for the successful prosecu - tlon of the work. Retetant nr domestic ; reasons, Jason Lee con-j . w ,ue uecisiou of bis brethren,! and undertook the Over land Journey to the United States. z. Almost immediately a peti tion rto the United States govern- country, its mild climate. Uncer tainty of speedy settlement tbe advantage of the Pacific port for t ... a w ji. .J traae wnn unina ana inaianau petitioning the government to ex tend its laws over the territory. This petition was the creation ot Jason Lee, David Leslie ana Y. u. Edwards, all members of the Meth odist Mission. It was signed by 22 Americans and several French Canadians, 31 persons in all. ' When Jason Lee left the Mission on the 26th day of March. 1838. to execute his great task, he carried this petition with him, and it was presented to the Senate January 28, 183. j . Stirred th People. Soon after his arrival in the United States Jason Lee began preaching and lecturing on the Oregon Mission and on Oregon. The effect of his message was overwhelming. Gustavus Hines, one of the Lausanne group, says: "IUh success was unparalleled, and sn Interest was excited throughout the land amounting to enthusiasm. Crowds thronged to see and hear the pioneer missionary beyond the Rocky Mountains, and the con verted Indians who accompanied him." What was the result? Public sentiment was aroused, and the value of the Oregon country, as a national asret. rr cognized as never before. .Jason Lee lectured at Al ton; Illinois, and the Alton Tele graph, it a burst of enthusiasm. said: ! , - - ! "Citizens of the West, will you tamely consent that Ore gon, one of the loveliest re I gions that' Nature ever bel stowed upon man, shall be- ( Continued on page 3) As such he appeared to the belat ed people to whom he devoted his virile life; and to such he was an angel. i "Though we give much praise to the canvas, no artist can do more than outline the counte nance of such a man; for there must have spoken from it the dignity; born of a mighty purpose which is beyond the power of the most accomplished .artist to de pict. This must have fashioned his everr movement and been manliest in all his manner. The clothing appropriate to the prim itive; conditions In which he la-1 bored surely could not diguise his dignity. It is clear that he mcved- among his fellows as a manifest leader of men. Missionary Held Grunt. "But not only so. Mentally, likewise, he was a large man. Al though his schooling was irregu lar, and begun in earnest only af ter the consecration of himself to his lfe work, nevertheless his lucid and forcible writings show the training of a powerful mind. All his writings show clear In sight and large acquaintance with the conditions which he faced 80 years ago in this Oregon of ours. Seldom are papers more concise, comprehensive. ' and discerning than those which he and his col leagues addressed to the United States government and whieh were presented to congress by him upon the occasion of his first return to the States after five or six years of residence in the Val ley ot the Willamette. In them he goes to the heart of the mat ter without circumlocution, with out unnecessary- detail, and yet wun an apparent grasp of the re lation of the present to the fu ture which marks the mind ot a statesman. There was alwv upon him the glow of a prophet. "His statesmanlike comprehen sion of the situation of this north west, territory was especially manifest In the strategic se lection of the centers for his mission and colonization work, .....ucuiain, as u Dy pre science, he established himself and his missions in th nt... most suitable for ; controlling In fluence in the decades to come. At the falls of the Willamette, and in this beautiful Salem; at the. mouth of the Columbia, and at The Dalles, which was the pass between the Inland Empire and this mighty coast. i Hardship Ar Told. "What foresight! Though he traveled only by foot and canoe, without former explorations and never faltered, and his mighty service had upon it no rast of gold. ! Colony Is Planned. "It la easy. In the light of his tory sow made, to see that Jason Lee and his colleagues, and es-1 would not In any complete way eical stature, and it was not his pecially after the 'great reinforce-1 have occupied the symmetrical comprehensive mind, which char-1 ment' In 1840. were Intended to dimensions of a broad continent. acterized him and made him fit I be more than a mlxulonarv mm. land the advance ot Its boundary. to be the pioneer of a new civil!-1 pany. They were to be an Am- under pressure of Its needs, and zation. The solid foundation oflerican colony. It Is very appar-1 under the inspiration or a com his greatness was his character, cnt now that the work of that lit-1 Celling nationalism, to tbe waters He was a great souL The Al-1 tie band of intense Americana I of the Pacific might never bar mientv stamned nis soni witn tne i to hn ttia antic. i occurrea. tor wuuoui ur. u Great Seal of His Kingdom. Ja-lof Christianity with r .i-m.. lis conceivable indeed it Is pos son Lee was a man of mighty pur tion. We can u eie.ri .imn.h 'ble or. even psobable that pose. lie was devotion to and was of, untiring energy. He tutlons. was to build the rich civil- was a preacner ot morality, ra-1 lzation of many generations. The teiiigence. culture, ana patriotism, i LAUsanne was a Pacific Mayflow- His attitude was determined and I er, and Salem became a new Ply unwavering. He soon became I mouth. Jas Lee was a trne nath. 1- i . . I . , . . w me Knuwn ioe oi intemperance, i iinaer. ana became the foreran ana anticipatea uregon s ireeaom cer of an emoire. llrrim tn . . . .. . - a. aw a uiiiiru u sun i a mb irom tne liquor uarnc by the ac- be an apostle to a benighted peo- The meanest intelligence, even. iiuu ui ui mibtiuD in exurpai- pie. out ne gave direction t6 the -an understand that America ing tne eany errorts or unprincl- moral and spiritual life of great would not have thus mature ! Into pieu meu iu esiaunnu mai aoora- i common weaitn. i the full flower of Its development maoie traae among tne maians. "The tongue of envy has "ones-1 an . Indestructible union of la He was the champion of the right tioned his Americanism because destructible states but It would and soon became the recognized I his birthplace was beyond the bor- have stopped short In U tracks iriena oi tne inaian. . laers or the lad or his adoption I t the balf-mlie or tbe mile post Indiana Are Good. I But his birthplace was but a elri of Its grand progress to a su- "The call ot Jason Lee and his cumstance. He was born but a preme position In the great con- heroic comrades was to the Indl-1 few miles across the New England re or naLons. an. The call came to him In thelline nd bis heredity was all Am-I American Title Cleared first flush of his new-born enthus-1 erican. So was his education: "When Jason Lee cam).' Ihe lasm for Taumanitv. when he flrnt by choice be made himaeir great expanse of tetTitorr be- became acauainted with the Son U American citizen. tween the 42nd and S4th parallel of Man. It was that young en- "And we know now that by the tn 1t In tbe thusiasm Wh ch brought him to I way ne aiscnarged the trnat .Im-1 twiiigni zone oi inwrniiKinii an Oregon. And here, instead ofl?00 noon him. and by the re- suits or bis life work, that he was a proper representative of mat intense American eccleslasti cum which commissioned him. ins Americanism was tiraetleai. ously dlsaoDeared. In a few short na nis loyalty and love for Am years the multitude to whom heencn institution is manifest In had ded;cated his great life had IO lounaations Which Lave made become a handful. luregon the intensely patriotic i "Possibly tbe very kindness common weaitn she has ever been which ministered to them contri-1 Letters Are Recalled. uuieu in some degree io tneir "lie wrote to the missionary t-iu ucienuiuua. mg writers i Doara wnicn originally sent him agree that there was an element Into this territory as early as would control Am?rieaa fortunes, ot mystery in the change that January. 1837. saying: "I am trom be Atlantic to tbe Pacific, came to this benighted, people, fully of the oninlon that thi. I When Jason Lee cam the vast Individuals Indeed ; were saved I country will settle ere lonr and wilderness was dedicated to prl spiritually and morally and physU If you can send us a few rood ivi uu ; kt iiuui seiners you will aid es testlmony to the value of the sentially In laying foundation in work of the missionary. time to come and confer an in Lee la JHsappolnted. calculable benefit The failure to civilize the In- which will be fit i,- . -Vi,.' dians was the disappointment of I yet unborn." . 7 Life Insurance Men Form Temporary Organization Temporary .organization of the life Insurance men of Salem was effected at a meeting held at the Commercial club rooms last night. A permanent organization. It Is ex pected, will be effected at a meet ing held at the Spa a week from next Saturday night and attbat time a report will be made "rela tlve to the possibility of affiliating with the national organization of life Insurance associations. making bis) center among the more promising Indians of the inland country, he established it among those most Inferior, and decadent, and who soon mysterl- MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON IS ADVOCATED Olcott Starts .MoTeaert Which May Lead to Hitlw er Honor for Patriot-' METHODISTS PRAISED GoTernor Acknowledge Honor of Unveiling Pic ture of Jaion Lee In his opening address at the unveiling of tbe Jaaon Lee por trait in the hall ot repreae&u tves yesterday. Governor Olcott, who presided over the program and uncovered tbe pktare. sit under way a moveraeat which doubtless will result in the plac ing of a portrait or a bust ct U noted missionary sad pioneer la tbe national capltel at Wasklag. ton. The governor's suggestion was Ukea up by Edgar B, Piper, editor of the Oregonlaa. la his address, and It ta believed the leaders of the Methodist cairtk will carry It further la. da time. In a brief speech on Jason L Governor Olcott said: I consider It a feign honor te . have been selected as the oi was ' should unveil and accept for the state of Oregon this splendid por trait of a splendid man Juca Lee. The portrait of Dr. John Ttle Loughllo aderns the senate c ha la ter of this state. He also, was a commanding figure la the i tseme early history of the lia vast territory known ai the Ore- gon country- As chief factor et the gfeat aad powerful "41 adaca'i ' Hay company, with headquarters . at Willamette Falls, now Orexoa City, he was kind to and rossid erate of an settlers. British aa4 American alike, and haa beta termed th roach courtesy; the first governor of Oregon. Miseion Prodeeee Governor. -It Is fitting ta th extreme that the portrait of Jason Lm th on id hang her above the speaker's desk la th capital ot a stat which he car to oar ra tion: la the capital city where he founded th first school ta be established on th western coast of North America: In th caalul city which he himtelf fonaded. and la which he lived ta Its first dwelling bouse. From th zels- D. TL Perkins was elected Um- .- . . va a w w - "' porary cnairman ana t- j. w utara j prOTUloBai roTernment. Georrt temporary secretary last night. Tbe following loeal life Insurance men were present: -. . Harley C. Pugh. E. F. Smith. n. II. Plxley. all of the Sew York Life Insurance company; J. F. Hutchason. of the Mutual Life of New York: W. C. Dyer, of the Missouri State Life lasuranc company; A. C Bohrnatedt and L A. Klein of the Travelers Life Insurance company; S. EL Edwards of th Equitable Life ot New York: James II. Nicholson, of. the Metropolitan Life; FL L Buchan an, of the National Life; G. F. Booth and G. F-' Hurd. of the Bankers Reserve Life; E. J. Wil lard, of the Prudential Lire; and B. R. Perkins, of th Provident Life Trust company. As a membership committee James II . Nicholson. E. F. Smith and E. L. Buchanan were ap pointed with Nicholson aa chair man. As a commute on consti tution aad by-laws. J. F. Hutcha son. A. C Bohrnstedt aad W. C. Dyer wer named with Jlalthasoa as chairman. ' whoa portrait has In th executive tt- Abemethy, long hung flee. "Within tb co a frees of (hit city rest th bodies ot hla vL'i and child, th first whit womaa and her child to be buried ta Oregon.. For S2 summer ti sunshine and shadow have played about th tomb of Aana Maria PitrmaB Lee aad her lnfaat soa; for 82 winters Oregon ralas aav lovingly aad teaderly caress! ft; aad there ah aad her only Vora tie peacefully asleep ta a retae- tery dedicated to th memory a th husband aad father. Jasoa Lee. . Higher Honor Urged- ' "Dy every right of achleresfst. by every, right of peaceful con quest, th portrait ot Jason Lm should adorn lh halls of th cap itol build lags of oar 'state as loag as those capitol buildlsru slaJ endar. "And to yen who know what Jaaon Lee haa wrought; ta yea (Coat Used on paga ) tbority known as tbe Joint occu pancy. When Jason Lee went to bis reward the shadows were die appearing from the American claim of title to a great portion th 'most valuable and accessi ble portion ot the vt domain, and it had been forcer mads certain that American feet would tread American soli. American hands build Americtn hemes, communities, states, with all their attendant circumstances of In dqstry. education, rclision and patriotism, and Amer'-can minds his life. No one Tegretted aa did he; But civilization made its de mands and would be served. Ja son Lee was called to a wider work than appeared In hla first commission, and Indeed he built more wisely than even he knew. In ten years the failure to accom plish results among the Indians, more ardently desired by himself than any others, though also, ex pected of him by those who had commissioned him. well nigh broke his great heart, and he re turned east to answer to those who misunderstood his methods snd the conditions iwhictv he had raced. In 15 years It was so ap parent that God and country must te served In a larger war. and that Methodism had a larger work to ao. that tbe mission to the In dians' was almost totally discon tinued. 1 "Before commenting upon, the glory of the greater work done by the mission band of which he was the leader, it is proper that we should give an additional thought to the sincerity of pur pose of this man whose features ar disclosed on this canvas. Let is see his heart as well as his countenance. It was the heart "When Jason Lee came tn Or. gon missionary effort was In Its uaiiuungs. prior to that time, the Methodist Episcopal church had occupied but one feld and that the field of the Black Man In Africa.! Jason Lee cam to the Red Man. There were few who understood at that time that the church must minister to the whole manhood, and that in voice of the minister must be sup ported by the practical and econ- uc me or me people. Today It Is clearly understood that for nu.neui results ; civilization m Ko nana in hand with the proclamation or the gospel, and ui no wont is snre until it Is built into the life of a enmmnn- Ity. nut 80 years am men sua not so clearly see the nature of the gospel proclamation. Eighty years ago. even missionary boards were insistent upon purely spirit ua! results. . "Eighty years aco. enthnataa. and zeal, and pfetr were expected to subdue the world to righteous ness Jason Lee. from the very first, realize! that Christianity must be built Into civilization. He. (Continued on pace 8) meval solitude, th slletU rivers JASON LEE MIONG THEPIONEERS IJY REV. JOILN PARSONS, D.D. The central fact of pioneer Or father brought him doa with a egoa was the missionary move ment, and th e-atral figure was Jason Lee. The man and his work are worthy ot careful study. What maaaer of man waa he? From various sources this picture of him was gathered. Jason Lee -waa Intended seem ingly for great things. Nature gave him a constitution like Iron. His person was tall, being C feet 3 inches high, and well level- 1 ... . - - . -mm iiuivn '"i ,TOSum " lr blond, with light hair and gray distant seas, undisturbed save by the bateaux ot the trapper.' the cano of the savage, or the alow- moving and doubting vesaot of tbe hardy explorer: the field were verdant with their natlv rrassen or burdened with their heavy tangle ot wild growths; the deer, th bear, the cougar, had not long ceased to marvel at tbe 'twiTtrT rf any chanc foot print of big enemy man. nor r ie to "r the crack of his rifle; the wild duck honked his lot iv way In the fall to the lush tules ot the south, and In the spring cam flying back to the teeming lakes and stream ot th north. The Indian alone p ipnlat ed the open spaces, and lived as h's fathers had lived. In Ignor ance, in squalor and In supersti tion. Light of Faith Appears -"When Jason Lee passed on. the church, through more than one agency, had spread the l!ght of faith, of hope and of respon sibility., to the aborigine; and It had besides made the beginnlara of a great commonwealth for the newcomlng American citizen. A fHm of secular education, closely related to the tenets of a true religion, had been estab lished, and a great school was founded a university ithat has had. through the 77 or 78 years ot an honorable existence, a pro found erfect. beneficial, noble, uplifting, lasting on th Uvea, tfh blue eyes; his mind waa large. and responsive to all the pur as piration of the , human con science; hla manner waa grave withoat dallnesa. gentle without weakness: his spirit waa brave, tireless. Indomitable, and his character was sincere aad exem plary, beaevo'.ent and all-embracing. C. E. Cline. w-11 known Oregon minister aad president ot the Methodist Historical Society. found this heroic Incident In Mr. Lee a family aaaals: "Jason Lee was ao bottle baby. He waa well born aad well fed at the breast of a human mother, who9 nam before she was mar ried was Whltaker Sarah Whit aker: though, as a matter of fact. Jason came amazingly near hav ing no mother. "One bright spring day a huge bear, driven supposedly by hunger, rushed through the open door of the log-eabln where the Whltaker family lived In th wilds or Con necticut, making straight for th sleeping child la Its cradle, when the father, who fortunately was In the bo?se. a man of great physical strength and courage, grappled with bruta. literally throwing him out ot tb door. Slowly getting th better of him la th struggle that easued. till the beast, man aging to get loose from his more than a match, hustled up a near by tree, front which Baby Sarah's well-aimed rifle shot. "In do time th pelt f flat same bear, revered eilh aeary. soft fur, was properly taased aad served to keep Jason's etker'l bed warm la tb sever N W land aighta. "Of such hardihood aad self-re-tralat stock came tbe toasier f Methodism aad civilization ta Ik Northwest. Admiration for Jaaoa Lee Is ) as natural as for the peaks f tas Cascades. Iadeed. one aslxkt aT? compare him la tb at rear - his character aad th sabliatty v hla lire to Mouat Hood, towrrug above the level of the alala W- th region of eieraal anew sunshine. It is the purpose of Ui paper to present Jaaoa Lee a he la photographed by slsdenU Oregon history. i Paj master Slocum. of the rail ed States Navy. vUlted Ike Or Mission soon after it mas fousaea. Oa his return to the failed Si'- in lllf he wrote la Zloa's Hersi-. "No language of rain caa convey any adequate Idea of the great benefit conferred upon Oregoa If Jason Lee." Henry Ward Beecher likened a good scaa to aa orau tree. "Which scatters perfams a It bears fruit. To Mr. Slocuss. a man was Jasca Lee. Bustavus Hiaee. who czn Oregoa on the Lausaaa in H; knew Jason Lee well aad eajefe his confidence. lit estimate of U great missionary Is summed BP these words: "With heart as af fectionate as ever beat la tie breast f any man. Jaw never alios ed his personal feel ings to control his coedact, they opposed themselves to " call ot doty." He was the aer aat of God aad datj: they were the poles of his character, aad them his life revolved. Bishop Pimpsnn l'td Orsgs tCeaiinaed oa page I )