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JiURTHtRX OREGON ORGANIZED AS WASHINGTON TERRITORT,
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knew how to govern them in peace
and subdue them in war. He was
to the Oregon! country what Gen
eral Harrison Was in the Ohio ter
ritory in making treaties and paci
fying warlike Indians. ,
Territorial &emors succeeding
Governor . Land's first administra
tion were Kintzing Pritchett, John
P. Gaines, Joseph Lane, George L.
Curry, John W. Davis, George L.
Curry, two terms.
-In 1851 a convention at Cowlitz
Landing petitioned congress to
establish a separate government
for "Columbia,'' and on March 2,
1853, congress treated the territory
of Washingtonjfrom northern Ore
gon, the line of partition being the
Columbia river; from its mouth to
its intersectionjwith the 46th North
latitude; thence along said parallel
to the summit pt the Rocky , moun
tains. ! j
Oregon Admitted to
Union in 1859 H
On February 14, 1859, that por
tion of Oregon ;tcrritory lying we$t
of Snake river and 1 17 f degrees
longitude was admitted as the state
of Oregon, the 33d star in the con
stellation of states; and that which
lay on the east side of this bound
ary was annexed to the territory
ofg Washington. I i
The creation, of the state of Ore
gon gave- to the territory of Wash
ington all that remained of the
Oregon country, which I includes
what is now Idaho and the region
to the east extending to the sum
mit of the Rocky mountains.
The state of Oregon, although
but a fragment of the Oregon ter
rity over which Governor Lane had
presided, is still an empire in it
self with counties as vast as king
doms. It is much larger than New
England. It contains 96,699 Bquare
miles, which is equal to the total
area of Belgium, Holland, j Monte
negro, Serbia, Switzerland Massa
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Is
land, Vermont and Delaware. H '
The recent census repotted the
population of Oregon as: 953,786;
yet the state has sufficient area to
maintain 35,0Q0,000 persons. This
suggests the speculation that at
some time in the future Oregon
will be divided Jnto states and that
the Willamette. Talley, which is
larger than Massachusetts, event-
lally will become a state. ;
When Idaho was organized as a
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territory, March 3, 1863, it included
the present states of Montana and
Wyoming. It was admitted as the
43d state in the onion July 3, 1890.
It now has a population of 445,000.
May 6, 1864, that part of Idaho
which lay north of 44:80 .and east
of the present boundaries of that
state was organized Montana ter
ritory. It will be .observed that
with the organisation of Montana
the territory-, of . Idaho included
what is now Idaho and Wyoming.
Montana was admitted as the 4 2d
state in the union - November 8,
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ORKGOy COUNTRY, MARCH 3. 1863,
1889. The last national census
gave Montana a population of 637,
606. Wyoming Carved
From Oregon Territory
July 25, 1868, congress organs
ized that portion of Idaho which
lay east of longitude 111 degrees
and south of latitude 45 degrees as
Wyoming territory, which was ad
mitted as the 44th state July 10,
1890. The population of the state
of Wyoming, according, to the last
census, is 225,565.
' Governor Lane lived to see only
one state erected Srom the Oregon
emprie which he had governed; yet
he undoubtedly foresaw that . this
vast region facing the Pacific ocean
was to the northwest what New
England; facing the Atlantic, is to
the-' northeast, and, furthermore,
he was not oblivious to the fact
that the state of Oregon with her
pioneer institutions and early ac
tivities was destined from the out
set to be to the northwest what
Massachusetts is to New England
a fostering mother a very hon
or able alma mater.
80tii Anniversary Edition. The Oregon
U5i
CHEERIO! AND.
MORE TOASTS!
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One trun, Three - Cheers as
Fourth Celebration was
Held at Champoeg
A Fourth of July Celebration at
Champoeg 1852,' "The following
regular toasts were drank:
The Day We Celebrate. One gun
three cheers. ..
"Washington land Union. Drank
standing.
WHEN IDAHO BECAME TERRITORY
MU. S. Army and Navy. One gun,
three cheers.
The Liberty Pole, One gun,
three cheers.
The Ballot Box. One gun, three
cheers.
"Oregon Territory. One gun, six
cheers.
The President of the United
States. Drank standing.
"Our Country. One gun, six
cheers.
The Cayuse Army, One gun, six
cheers. (
"Oregon. One; gun, three cheers.
"General Lafayette. Drank stand
ing.
The Declaration of Independ
ence. One gun. six cheers
The Brave arid Noble 'Signers
of the Declaration of Independence.
Drank standing."
The following volunteer toasts
were then read: .
The Ladies of Oregon, as cap
able of entwining the wreath of
love -around the hearts of their
cheerful hearthstone companion as
braving the hardships of crossing
Statesman r
TERRITORY WlflQNSjOREOO BECAME STATE. KBRUART 14. il5
the plains though burning sands
and o'e?i 'snow-capped- mountains.
One gun j six Sheers. .'
"Wewfllopd our gun with true
American jrieiples, wad-it . down
with Torries, ind fire it at the en
emies of ourt country. One gun,
three cheer. jj .
'The 01 bachelors of Oregon.
Market 6ve)r-tocked. No sale. One
gun, six j cheeks.
"The Old; Maids of Oregon. Like
Angels' ( visits, ifew and far be
tween. One-1 Buni tencheers.
"J. C. dee, Preset, of the day,
Robert ij CJ)llefs, Marshall.'
Statesnianil Jiil! 10, 1852.
Fuli heport of
Constitutional
Conclave Given
BE
utional Convention
will meet
4y (Monday) , and
probably ns
an informal organ
ization and
a
journ till tomorrow,
when -we b
sume Dermanent of
ficers. will! b felected . . . . The
r S "i
Statesman! 6jll contain a full re
port of j ;the proceedings, and such
a summarV ef debates as a weeklv
issue will! permit the publication
of." Stalesman. Auar. 18. 1857.
''Proceedings; of constitutional
converttioni epjt. 17, 1857:
Mr.; Wakns presented the fol
lowing resl.ian: That in the opin
ion of this- rpnvention twelve dol
lars and Cfy j cents is an ample
salary for g&yemor, provided, that
after the jkbdj old schoolmaster
fashion, hef boards around, and that
the committee jof the whole be so
instructed ilreport.
"Mr. Chid-wick moved to include
washing wltM board lost."
''BLACrli 1
"Fizzjed-llri
REPUBLICANS"
he black reoublican
meeting caUl at Salem last Thurs
day. ESevebjlpelwons, all told, only
assembled, !aid 'about half of those
were asha
to admit that they
were theref'as
anything but spec-
tators. j At;r
waiting two hours
or more, t)i$- shyed away without
t: 1 -i .
attempting
organize.
"States-
man, Nev. if 1856.
DOLLAR WHEAT
Corvallis?Bf ices current, Aug. 26,
1856: Salt ic lb.; bleached sheet
ing, yd 12c; Vheat bu. $1.00; sugar
11 to 15; sDap, lb. 8c.
TtMcF.Patton
Takes Part in
Indian Setback
The outbreak of the Rogue River
Indians is reported in the issues
of Aug. 23 and 80, 7853. T. Mer.
Patton appears as an orderly ser
geant at Jacksonville- in the com
pany recruited for defense. J. W.
Nesmith, L. F. G rover and others
enlisted in a company on the call
of Gov. Curry "to guard the muni
tions of war now; on the road to
Rogue river." 1 , . jj
"11500 were contributed by cit
izens of Jacksonville for the pur
chase of ammunition, and a party'
went to Marysville, Oregon, and
purchased the same and returned."
STATE HOUSE BURNED
Thecapitol of the territory
nearly completed- was wholly de
stroyed "by fire on Sunday morning
last. It was first' discovered a
1 o'clock at nighty to be on fire,
in the northeast j corner of the
building,1 unfinished and unoccu
pied. From the place where the
fire commenced it is thought to
have been the work; of an incen
diary." Statesman, J an. 1, 185C,
(Tuesday). j; j"
"After the burning of the capi
tal, the secretary , fitted up rooms
for the ; Assembly i in Nesmith 's
building; ' (the old Statesman build
ing) where the two houses are now
in session." Statesman, Jan. 8,
1856. , -i .-. ') .
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Old-Timer Salute
By W. L. Jackson and
R. R, Cronise
Publishers, Albany Dem
; ocrat-Herald
. '"pERMIT the Demo
Jl.c r a t-H era Id, 71
years old this year, to
congratulate The States
man on its ; 80th birth-
"The Statesman- has
. been a leading: factor in
the growth of the Ore
gon j Country ; since the
beginning and deserves
credit for the part it has
played." .
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