crcnon CIIS-PAGS 13 Che OHIGOri STATESMAN. Salem, - Oregon, Sunday Morning, April XI, ISiJ Notes on Champbeg Oregon9 One Time Was Larger (This is the first ef three articles destine with "Champeer day," the centennial ef which will be observed May 2, IMS. This first article deals with the histercLil ettin in which Oreron's pro visional government came into existence,! tracinr as much of the region's earlier history as is per tinent to the subject. The later articles will deal more directly with events la Oregon in 1841 and. They will appear in the Soaday Statesman, April It and 25.) By RALPH C. CURTIS. The name "Oregon" meant, to Americans of a century ago, not merely a scattered settlement of some .240 white persons in the Willamette valley between Ore gon City and Salem, nor even the area included in the present state of Oregon. It meant a much great er area extending from the sum mits of the Rockies to the Pacific shore, and from the 42nd parallel, then as now the Oregon-Califor nia boundary, northward to a line extending approximately through Prince Rupert, Canada; 54 degrees, 40 minutes. This definition of "Oregon' must be kept clearly in mind if a proper study is to be made of the significance of "Cnaropoeg day, the centennial of which is to be celebrated May 2, 1943. Neces sary also is an outline sketch of the ' surrounding circumstances but. for the sake of clearness, the sketchier the outline, the better. United States claims to this great Oregon territory were ' based upon Robert Gray's dis covery of the Columbia river in 1792, the overland exploration by the Lewis and Clark expedi tion in 1804-6 and the found ing of Astoria in 1811 by John Jacob Astor's Pacific Far com pany. That last item was some what clended by Astoria's sale to the Canadian North West Benefit Dance Ticket Sale Drive Opens Salem's civil air patrol, approx imately 100. strong, this weekend join members of the Cooties, Vet erans of Foreign Wars dance club, as ticket salesmen for a dance scheduled by the Cooties April 22 at VFW hall at a benefit for the CAP. The patrol, recruited as a civil ian defense project and operating under army authority as an aux iliary to regularly enlisted air force personnel, pays its own way, its members buying the army type uniform with US insignia which they alone of all volunteer units are privileged to wear. Stringent training is provided for members of the patrol and re quired of those who retain their standing in the organization, mem bers pointed out Friday. Lt. Austin Cater is commander , of the Salem squadron, for which Capt. Lee Ey erly is adviser.. Music for the benefit dance is to be provided by the Oregonians. Gates Club Reelects; Federation to Meet GATES The Gates Woman's club held its annual election of officers Thursday. ' All officers were reelected to their respective positions. - Francis Clinton, home demon stration agent, gave a talk and demonstrated methods of mend ing. The Marion county federation of Woman's clubs will meet at Gates this year on Friday, April 80. The Mill City Woman's club will assist with the entertaining. Around Oregon By The Associated Prew The Oregon state grange shift ed its annual meeting, set for June, 7-11, from La Grande to Eugene . ." . The Oregon racing commis sion granted a dog racing license to the Multnomah Kennel club subject to approval of the western defense command ... Lake county-irrigation farmers were promised ample summer wa ter supplies by officials attending a snow survey and irrigation wa ter forecast meeting at Lakeview , The state -convention of Ore gon Garden clubs was set for June 1 and 2 at Pendleton ... Portland police, enforcing a 9:15 curfew ordinance, temporarily tailed 60 juveniles ' and released them upon parental assurances it : would not happen again . . . Hen ry Kaiser's Swan Island shipyard ordered , a - seven-day week for burners, chippers, and welders but excluded women and helpers . . : Mrs. Caleb Simpson, Bend, died in Portland from injuries suffered last October when a gate fell on bar head v . . The forest service , announced at Portland that a six- week training course- will begin Tuesday for ISO volunteers who will spend their vacations in anti fire work , - ;-s ; The trial of Johnny Jennings Lewis, charged with negligent homicide in the traffic death two weeks-agd"bf Pvt. Carl Niedzia kk of the Pendleton air base, was set to open Monday in La Grande J. The Coos county republican executive committee suggested that Gov. Earl Snell name a suc cessor for County Judge KJL. Pet erson, who is retiring to become director of the state department cf agriculture - . Sheriff Allen Clrch of Tillamook county recov ered the horns to his automobile Vilhthe arrest cf three men found .j.ith a large assortment of car rrts. - i company at the time 'of the war ; Of. Mlt.):;.; J In the peace 1 settlement after the war the. United States want ed the boundary 'established at the 49th parallel as it eventu ally was but the British would not agree.; At most times, if not at all , times until the settlement finally was' made, Great Britain was willing to make j the Colum bia river the boundary; and thus it is claimed by persons who think of "Oregon" in present-day terms, that the events of 1843 had no bearing on the territory's eventual ' allegiance. But they did affect the settlement of the "Ore gon Question." ' j , In 1818 the matter Was tempor aruy settled or more acurate- ly, left unsettled by; a treaty of joint occupation, whereby the United States and Great Britain agreed to leave the region "west ward of the Great Stony moun tains" neutral, equally open to citizens of each nation until a boundary should be established. This continued, in so far as the two governments were concerned, to be the territory's status until 1846, three years after the first "Champoeg day." Meanwhile in Oregon, the North West company held a fur trading j monopoly until It was merged! with the Hudson's Bay company . in 182L John Mc Loughlin appeared on the scene In 1824 and built Fort Vancou ver. His men explored much of what now is Oregon; he be came in fact if not in name its governor, a sort of benign dic tator. It was his duty to repre sent the interests of Hudson's Bay company, and those inter ests were linked with Great Britain's territorial claims. To day we know though most Americans a century ago thought otherwise that he was much too human and humanl- Officer Wounds : I Shooting Suspect KLAMATH FALLS, April 10. -if)-James E. Echer 35, was se riously wounded by Assistant Po lice Chief Orville Hamilton Sat urday. - Deputy District Attorney Clar ence Humble said Echer was shot in the abdomen when he drop ped his hands after the officer told him to keep them up. Ham ilton, who sought j to question Echer about the Wounding of Woodruff L. Hubbard in the leg, thought Echer was reaching for a gun, Humble said, j The district attorney said wit nesses told him Hubbard was shot after an altercation! Two shots were fired at police j who pursued the assailant. Franciscan Father Dies in California SANTA BARBARA Calif., April lO-f-The Very Reverend Father Martin Knauff, 56,1 provincial of Franciscan fathers in Santa Bar bara province which includes Cal ifornia, Oregon, Washington, Ari zona, Utah and partj of New Mex ico, died in St. Francis hospital Saturday following a long Illness. '" I . . Your Country Gives I Yon A Prescription 5 Keep Well! I Your country means it, too, . . when it says that sound health has become a patriotic duty the first contribution of a citizen who seeks to further the program of national preparedness. i j That's logical, isn't it? No na- I i tion, ailing and low-spirited, ever' put up an effective defense. What we need now is energy and op j timism resulting from sound health-and physical fitness, r l ? j ; So, may we suggest that you go i ! "and see your Doctor without fur ; th1 delay. And, of course, we are . ; ; well prepared to expertly com-"" ----- ..1 pound his prescription. :. v :.: 1 '".'";'-..-.,: . ; . ", - i j r, , . ..... ' , ? . ;. Willetfs . .;' I ; : ! Capital Dreg Store 1 ; Cor. State A Liberty - Phono Silt ' ' . : : . . ; '. ., .. i : . . t Bay-No. I Than It Is Note tarian for a dictator's role. ' ; At this time in Washington, DC, and throughout the nation it was taken for granted that! Oregon belonged to the United States, but the territory's value was ; not greatly appreciated. Agitation of the "Oregon Question" was begun by Representative John Floyd of Virginia. His bills proposing oc cupation of Oregon and political organization of the territory re peatedly failed. Finally one was passed by the house but failed in the senate. American challenge to the Hud son Bay company's monopoly be gan about 1824 with the gradual encroachment of such fur traders as Jim Bridger and Jedediah Smith. Actual resumption of Am erican occupation occurred in 1932 when Nathaniel Wyeth and fiis New Englanders came to Ore gon. Wyeth's fur trading, salmon fishing, farming and colonization scheme eventually failed, but on his second expedition in 1834 he was accomDanied by Jason Lee and his Methodist missionary par ty who had only limited success in converting the Indians, but did actually create the first Am erican colony here. But other Americans were on the way. Wyeth had been asso ciated prior to his first trip with Hall Jackson Kelley, Bostonian who organised 'the American Society for Encouraging the Settlement of Oregon Territory. Kelley didn't get much of a movement started but in 1833 he did come to Oregon falling in with some Tennessee adven turers including Ewtng Young, of whom more will be said In later articles. Kelley didn't stay but Young and some of the oth ers did. Jason Lee's missionary party was augmented in iojs ana ine "great reenforcement" came in 1840 and founded Salem. But in 1841 when the provisional gov ernment was begun or attempt ed, take your choice French- Canadian settlers owing some loy alty to the Hudson's Bay com pany outnumbered the American settlers: and the population of the Hudson's Bay establishment at Fort Vancouver outnumbered all the settlers about three to one. Meanwhile the "Oregon Ques tion" was being agitated again in congress by Senators Lewis F. Linn and Thomas H. Benton, and the "Fifty Four-Forty or Fight slogan was heard throughout the nation. "Oregon" was still under the joint occupation treaty of 1818, extended in 1828 after new efforts at settlement had failed, Thus m . 1843 "Or e g o n ' re mained to be won or lost, and people in more civilized portions of the world were beginning to appreciate its value. The little settlement in the Willamette val ley was the center of an interna tional contest which threatened to develop into a war. What hap pened in that settlement was bound to have some bearing on the contest's outcome. Several things did happen here in 1843; outstanding among them the cre ation of a provisional govern ment avowing allegiance to the United States, and the arrival of a large number of additonal Am erican settlers. Sociological Society Sets Wartime Session at WU : Willamette university will be host to- the northern division of the Pacific Sociological society Friday. Dr. S. B. Laughlin, Wil lamette prof essor of sociology and chairman of the local committee lined wartime ' sesskmjr ; . '. The meeting will begin at noon with a luncheon at the state hos pital where Governor Earl Snell, State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott and Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell will be present with mem bers of the board of control, the parole board, heads of girls and boy's state training schools, su perintendent of the Fairview home and. the state warden. Topics to be discussed at the public meeting at 2:30 p. m. 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Toppins: of Uni versity of British Columbia and author of "Canadian Penal In stitutions" will discuss "Recent Trends in Canadian Penal Insti tutions." v A general discussion will be held on juvenile delinquency. Dr. FJdon H. Moore from University of Oregon will interpret "The So cial Functions of War," and "Mor ale in the Shipbuilding Indus try." will be presented by Dr. Jch seph Cohen of the University of Washington. For Miss or Matron; EASTER HATS Flowered Straws 41 .98 Flowered Felts JX A smart hat will be your spring tonic! New padre sailors, demure bonnets. fetching pompadour types and dashing berets! New colors to match your coat or suit! Gayly trimmed! SECOND FLOOR Spring Handbar 1.98 Smart Rayon Blouses 1.98 Your 'choice of tailored or Washable ray - on in tastel rrtw 9 a n MAIN FLOOR Women's Skirts 3.98 Fetching pleated styles' for your : nng wear! Gay colors and plaids! FLOOR SECOND r Cynthia Slips 1.29 Fine rayon crepe or soft rayon satin. 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Baldock, state highway engineer announced here Saturday.-- ' - The. contractor ' had made all plans to start the 4000 foot sur facing project when the WPB issued its stop order a week ago. Four to six weeks will be re Mere fashion isn't enough. This year our clothes must be moreT than (ust Easter charmers. Their iob is to keep up morale long after thejaster parade is over I That's why it is so important to get tested, accepteoTfashiorts the ohly kind we sell at Penney'sl These typlcal Pen'ney fashions will glyekyou not only a smart Easter but plenty of satisfying wear, too. I Prints Set the Pace for. Spring! , ' 01 v- yp & JE DRESSES : . HMm One and Two Piece! QO " iMiTJ CWcOanblna1ionl j ffe'j I if Uk 7l The gayest, and at the same J V vS13ifc iL-JK I' r VS5, lime the most versatile dress I. 's : A you can select for this spring A A ' r s-l tKj is the bright, printed jersey 1 . . yA YSSXjI Easy to care for . . . and flat- ' j vQs r ) X -S$rS tering to all, you'll choose from . 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FED CHS FOIl GE2LS 11.19 2L.90 2-93 Cotton charmers . for all the family from your tiny toddler sis! Demure little princess styles, captivating basque waists or trim tailored types with all the pretty trimmings girls love I Summer prints and plain colors. Tubbabe, of course I A grand choice of checks, dots and attrac tive prints in brilliant colors. Sizes 1 to 3, .7 to 14. 10 to 16. SECOND FLOOS quired to complete the project, f A temporary, g ri de ' crossing which Baldock described as dan- berous will be eliminated when the new overcrossing is completed and opened to traffic. McMinnville Rules " -Against Garden ! Diggfng-PeU , . McMINNVILLE, April 10 -W)-Dog owners were busy Saturday tethering their pets in their own yards as the result of an ordinance passed by the city council making owners subject to a $10 fine if their dogs damage gardens. IT A Delichtful Variety of Smart Fashions! M70II DRESSES 1 Unusual Lingerie Trimmings! Fisciriating Spring Colors! Soft, -sheer frocks for dressy wear with shirred waistlines ... others in the popular two-piece mode with casual set-in belt! Sizes 12 to 20. fix k C) V girls in your to teen aged Tractor Mishap Injures One w SILVERTON " Jacob Hubert ML Angel, was brought to the Sil-a yerton hospital late Saturday afi Juries and lacerations sustained when he was crushed; between a tractor and a tree. Severity of his injuries was not known Saturday night although he was said to bej resting more easily. : . j R. A. Lais also was an accident Datient at the hosDital. whn ha was brought Saturday night wittf broken right trm. J 'C3 ir r