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Astoria. Oregon, Similar Morning. March 6, 1881.
Vol. xiv.
o. 55.
T)I1 Dr. WIiitimiH Save Oregon!
. ?nl polished my::i U
the above title ih ie u...o -, , ,
exported M)Me nouce io e - .
m rart, i wa rauier ;, r -
'df"" - 1' -
44theuuWthUUuk
as I do. that a love rf "
a devotion to idea, ahethet it is
nhiousoriHihucal.
Controverscy w '"ff " "
ihou-h tor tiie sae -
.-i.tr llooll H loUSt,
imw sum i.ii!ii. i
with a knight clad iu soh mail ae is
vvoiii by W. H.
eu inv article
Oray, who has answer- ., -. , . .
iu Thk Aktokjan f,y naturally averse to
V lumber 10th. Mr. Gray, in In ,
mher lucn. -or. "iy, ",;j,.,u
rv of Oregon, hs averted that ; I
History of Ore-oii, iias aeneo huh. ;
Dr. Whitman did save Oregon t. the .
..... I -I .J.. ul...u-sl i !
I mtcd states. iH'ij r;".. "'
?nv article that lie am hmi. ".'
il. Vl I'
not have inrineuced the AdilM.ru.n ,
treaty, las iiiliueiiee 111 "M:,t,,,1
Made,' "liHdthedesircHleHec. I. ;
Ill HIS lUbiOl JC jit..j "!
liitlneiice to
onchulbefore Dr. Whit!
for the states, and which
the Asliuurton treaij-,
wLith was c
m-11 et Hiiuw iu .i-, .-.-.
. 1 ...... .. tlwi lf.Uk)l llllllllMHl'V. I
"What he savs is this: "lesles, he
had about traded it o'.r with Governor,
Simpson, to go into the Ashburtoit
v- vjr:, v,r;t
rouiiuiuiiu. " - " - --
this wat, a blunder, he shuffles the 111-ii.'iir-..
onto the tret of IS40. or;
ii.uch tor tne ireaneo,. .
ijut unat 1 iio Il-V" I
since 1 nave uccn iwhj -. ...0- , --
that
(
01
v.....!.. .nit bv Governor Mm son
vras in 184'J. It was in 1841
Sir Genrae Siiunson's sarrativ
1 nre S).) Sext he represents liiin-
seli :us being nt Waiilutpu, September
3842: he was in the Willamet valley,
(see chanter twenty-nine of Gray's
:. ' .mi 1 U..W.1., r I...,.....
History, page Li,au ..v.
and Its Institutions, page !). J
ke had gone "on account 01 dirfic lte
mey nau uuuoiuv i". o.-......vv.
ultitnatelv uestrov me iihiwh or
drive it from the country.
J propose to show what those dilii
ctilties were, by creditable witnesses.
ly a reference to the reports of Dr.
V lute, as Indian agent; to Mr. Hime's
Journal of Exploration to Oregon,
Viikes' NjTAUvtvud-w.4JruyrsJiis-
t.M-v itsilf. it tiil le seen that the
.en that the
inclined to
Indians, though selfishly
except any favors and instruction at
the hands ! the missionaries,
often insolent and thieatening and
gave serious cause e: appreheiiaoi
besides being so unsettled m then
habits as to maUe
the mission work
Liy discoiiragin
- Ollll y
missionary at the u'per Ner.
-.r. 1 1H.i.
. W rt.
. 10.111 ...,1..,
station, wrote m August . lb.Wf to t lit.
MisMoimry Herald, published in W
K,n, -me iiovei i -w..s .... -
anes among them is now gone, uuu
we must work against the current, as
other heathen ooitn
sj.i store rlmi is tola 01 ine imiuuus
fi the Oorders of the sUte. will so-m
be told f this iH-ile also." Oh the
lo.ii of SepiemtKM-, writinu from
Wan;, t u, Mr. Suiith id. "The
tun. iia now caie wuen we re m-
vim-fd that what we do mast te diH;
ou.ch.lv. l'apacv u ww inaKing iu.
some other with union ' " " " J" hirii of the Red river emigration.
Homing 10 uo, j "- ' - ; llinst fHii t tiIL. c,roUa. for instead of
Tyler were parties to that ire. no - twnMv.fMW
the thirty-seventh chapter ot j , ,7 , ,-,'. , , . w
irv's Historv of Gre"n is a tisKiie f , . , - T ,,,, .? . '
lays ni.")ui n ; for the arrival ot Dr. Whites wirtv,
.f tictioiis. i ;? "'V'lund the pnpect it opeiHil up -for
tuts that tlie Red river emigration . nlnta ,M,,r,.,i i,;,. ti1Bt
1.1 ach a- in anj .i "-" .. ,e 314 of his history). There is
try Indeed, fear, after all tha f ' wf myvehM tlml' he weHt M
has oeeu said f the reaHim of t! UVsl,i,to, tlnrngh it is m-obable
people to receive the gospel, ihar the eJH . M A(Mf4cHfh hl I M
a.t.'jeai-ance, antt me ei-ror. i ui "?VTl,i i i"! . A-i "rV
1 ,. 1 , u;,.i.i tj. 1 liitftMd aih i?alk' that Doctot tthuitiau -uoukl
church aro biiinmg to l diftmted M.rHI,MaJ cHumunieate the w,Htitioi,
u'uong me peoftle. nmiK itlfti ,,nlM,. 4,( uH---utioii-io th,.
not this will lcHMe a self siprt- prudential roMiiuilt:-e. Artei alo:mand
hj" mission. The idea is visionary iu tire-me jmnie In- rtMehrd IWwoii.
the extreme." Mic-eioiiary Herald. . "J"" j" H" "?: "wmhim W,h
V 'r. T . . 1; the reftrescMtatvHK trbtcti he W4tlc ft
August, 184U. In the am P'lica. WJ, ,jlrt, ., tht. OJtJuZ
turn of September. J441, J liim the ttf the mi''om wWJioHf any mtttcrUd
foliowin": "Letters have beeiireceiv- t 'ihnmj( HVv the prr)tcvt of IhthciU
ed from 'the misnarie- dated as late !. f',,l u '""; '
a March -6th. At some tm. tUefc Hff v(hrr wxiiUtaWms
stations labor were going on prosper-. HMtttM jHfy n ,Mj ;. Ajr
ously, while at others there was 1101 mm tnHncncron Uh- Indian, thk
01 .position, and the prospects wore , kmh.icaxt- who ai:i. now 1:0 im.
disheartenin-." A letter of Dcior ' Tl-,tK K xtain-in omi-amk-
"'."." , '. , .. ,jr ,, iCONTAIMM. -OMKIIM.-Itt Il:i.l-OK
Whitmans of the aboc date, -a-s. M, ,..Wf lHulei,rnMcnnnlUhtH.
"At present the people are assembled, J ; thvyjiml In their netr home nothiny
and are iua very -quiet state. ltfttcr than hmthentent or ammo a '.
They appear never to have been as, Ayiii:k oiuictTof lhfe Whitman.
vl-'i mioi ....? t.HrdK m. mi..1 thi' in MkiHil the altar mcntnmel rialf.
wtd disposed tow aids us, and thteJH.MX fc ftrfM.Hrr uhr,tUu,l httwmr.
station, as at present, rfce old Cut- Urttesiml aim ta hi lun- hki-ti.vx
Lip died last winter, which has re- J kamii.h.- taeiniiifitluaml settle in thi
1 . -T 1 -
u...Y-d vfit.iviiiblMKitii'&iiR.v'' In
T!w. Misci.mnrr nnruld for Jimilnre
'", ,'. . J . , . , it ..-
xoiz, it 13 inentumeu itiai. me mjiiiwiis
of Waiilatpn and Tshimakain were
advancing, but the Lnpwai repotted
less favorably. Iu the same number
for 1843 it is said, in the annual re-1
port of the American Board, "owing
to the smallness of the number of the
Indians to whom the missionaries
composing the southern branch could
have access, the unfavorable location
of the Indians, the difficulty, if imt
impossibility of bringing them togeth
er m dense settlements, with other in
favorable circumstances, the committee
hate dcemeil it advUuhle to discontinue
thi bmncJt of tie mixtion, embracing
the stationx at W-aii'atirtt, Clear-water
and Kamiah. The Indians manifest
much fickleness, sometimes conduct
ing an insolent and savage uianiier.aud
then expressing much interest in re
ligious instruction."
The italics in the above quotation
re my own, to point out the occasion
ot Doctor Whitman's sudden visit to
'theet. Owing to the bad conduct
! f tin Indians, and hoeleseness of the
bi.e situated far inland, and
Mission MiMHg them, ami the expense,
land, ami in no
Mtwe self-suoportiiti;
- self..Htimr. the board had
Hi,, to cmcei.tratc xl! iU f
iorce
t Tschiiuikain and abandon WniilaiHi
!.! - . A corresiMHideuce had
m Mr
, .Smith. Mr! Re, and Mr. Gray had
; f ...try, there
I bein-" ilv Whitman and Spalding
with their 'wive, and oe or two em-
j ; i,, ...j,, d
......:.
Walker and Eells at th T.chimikaiii.
1.... ... .I.... ...al.ju.1 .... ...... ... Tll.A4..k.
f m
, ....,.,..,.,,- ,,.,.
I".
..- .... 1 -" -" 3 --.
tf "one hundred
aiKi eleven
faHiilies"
.-... u f.irtv.fw.i
:....j - .. ' i.... .1... i.j-
Iw t D(Hjrt. J;,,,,
ninl, tlie kiMrtty problem. American
iUI1..mlkm tnA iuu in.
Now.
he coidd have M.s-istance and
IJ? !
,. .
with social interceurse:
HiiAHKHi could be made
aeif.MIW,lirtillg flr
II O
all the travel
over that route would have to pur
chase supjdies, which he could fnnusli.
He saw hih ojjKrt unity, ami grasped
it. He knew the order would come iu
.he-to. wiiatp,
This he
was determined not to do. All that
agreeable and patriotic fiction of Mr.
Urav'a, abMit beiin; at the fort and
hoMM . lMkri of tlieir arrtVaj H,
Oulville. lie had had a whole
ycur in
,.,.,..... .... ..w ,.,... ... .-...-
I tvlii.M t.i t.t rtmi' nnn it i& liit Tjriili.
01111 avii, 1 . ,-. P ., ,
m others would follow, 111 laiifer num
41. (See . ., ,. '
tive Vol ' l)ers' "Ie succ-'et"S y01'-
,...' 1.:... Takiii" iu the whole proteet ofiened
proteet ofen
up 13 the arrival of Dr. White's party,
and havint: no time to lose, Dr. Whit
man called a meeting of the mission-
",
at which he announced his
,l(Jtonui,1Htio tfJ 0 Wlit and lay the
WNi lMfnhs the boanl 111 n-n.
l.nd dHte (f .,
Whiti
iihu said: "I pointed out to our
mission the arrangements of the pap
ists to settle in our vicinity, and that
it only required that these arrange
ments should be completed, to close
our operations."' It is said that he
met with opposition fr.n the other
members but of that I know nothing,
and do ritft wish to i'o outside of thnt
, - , , . n
wn,cft cau oe P"von. At all events,
ue Marion lur ine siaies eany in
October (1 think the 3d), having per
suaded Mr. Lovcjoy to accompany
Wu At fmt Hall the Hudsin's buy
. -
,,, iu fc
winter seasen: and he
dm so. going
At the latter
fP0,.-. -.J I t .a -t
J J A wk; 4.VTI fc
..i.. m. 1 ..:.... l..r. l: 1 i.
i" -'.sfv mi mm. flini jic
lWeded wkh IM. xnidtffS , ,
MlSMHtri hlH.dei-, and arrive.! at his
,-lwstilllltiol ..tSirJv it, thfi
spniHf.
(See Gray's picture m" his arnval in
Washington "in the dead of winter,"
111 OreeHi a ere vw4cmad by toe gov
ernment j.s a meatio of uifrmxtin.
Hl we are tlu in the Mw-ionary
Hcraki. SeiMler. 1S4'. the Ii
lowing: lt tl.. .t-..Ml It. 1 1. It t t...i..l ...u.f
j),at tJM. M,utlHru Itraneh oitlii-mi km
nao men frMfiNMf. At a -peeiai
ka iul af tltii ftaat.aaaa ft Mru. f l...uaaii
. nifinHuttf thrtlifferent 4ntUnx. "
i llmv V VK III-W 1-HK- IMHI.-J. PAKTK
Jri.AKs MHU IK
rwuonaed to. 1- at
ri:i:si..T uncertain, lie -et out upon
hi- return alxait the tirt of .June, and
prohabh he has nearly, if not quite,
reached his station."
Now it will be (tbserved tliat in this
declaration of the motive f Doctor
W hitman's visit, it is asserted that an
emigration had already begun; that
Doctor Whitman was not certain of
taking hnck with him auy "christian
families," aud that he did not set out
on his return until June. These as
sertions, of course, it must be allowed,
upset 3Ir. Gray's statement concern
ing the instrumentality of Doctor
Whitman in raising the emigrating
company of 18411 "That emigration
was a month on its way, with wagos.s
and stock, before he left his old home
to return to Waiilatpu. Hon. .lesse
Applegate, whom 31r. Gray mentions
as otie of finale who had "abandoned
the idea of coining to Oregon Ih-'siusr
of the representative from Washing
ton that every attempt to take wagen:
Laud ox-leaaifc through the Rocky ami
Riue moiiiitauu, to the Columbia had I
failed," mi who was told bv Doctor
hitman "that hie only object in
crossint; the mountains in the dead of
winter, at the risk f his life, ami
through untold sufleringK, was to take
hack an American emigration that
Minimer. through the mountains to the
Columbia, with their wagons and
teams, denies the truth of these as
sertions, and o do others of the per
sons named bv Mr.. Grav.
Mr. Applegate. in his article 4(A
Day with the Cow Column," attempt
ed to show the true relation of Dr.
Whitman to the emigration of lS4o,
without openly aiailiiig Mr. Grav's
statements hut he h-hs txi careful iu
his method. A year or two ago he
.MJiit me a copy of Gray's History with
marginal notes. On page liSi) he wrete:
-I neeraH Dr. Whitman. mr knew
hewain theeouHtr. until lieorcrloofc
UK- on the I'latte. Al thi-: rroiii
tiie time he overtook the emigration
HHiU he left U. at furl llnlh )Y. Whit
mau made my eaiup hi headquarter-.
K cry thing e4HMinims Oregim. andit
futuiv wa laiked over iH-tweeii 11-.
Hwlcr1Hl hi rintl o the stales fas to
fAAa'ui help fftrnhht Ixntnl Utnamter
w't Cathkir ln&uvtH'e tin olitieal
ari iK'iiis inehh'iital. Tliat Ik wa tla
prime iiHieriu uettiutr up theemigra
tioii of is:;, i-. no trm:
On pageUUl, Mr. G my says:
He aked ih(. nor eeele( a dollar a
a reward, from any mree: Im felt him
elf abuiHlaiitly rewanhil w1kii Im saw
tite doire f his heart accoinplihed,
tin great wagon route er the moiin
taius etablihiHl. and Oregon iu a fair
way to Ikj ijoeupied with Amerieau et-lleiiifiit-.
etc.
Oji which Mr. Ajiplegate remarks:
AH thiM-true of Dr. Whitman: but
hi- eo-adjulor- Walker and Kell, were
at his -tation, ami obliged him to a-k
every emigrant lor ay for pilotage.
mi U forty-fi re ilaUar."
No wonder he felt himself abun
dantly rewarded for piloting a com
pany over a road he was obliged to
travel, and which returned the favor
by furnishing him and his sole com
panion l'orrin Whitman, with sub
sistence and protection for that is
what they did. Resides the pilotage
money, he had a market for all the
grain nosed at several missions, and all
they could procure at fort Col vi lie.
He sold Spanish beef cattle to the
emigrants, and retained two for one,
of tlieir American stock, at that time
too poor to kill, but worth in the Wil
lamet valley one hundred dollars each.
This was making the mission self-supporting,
and was worth a visit to the
states. Dr. McLaughlin, against whom
Mr. Gray cousttmtJv insinuate- evil.
when he found that Mr. Ablegate had 1
l..f .ir. ..! . W-ll ...ll- 1
,lu ",a '""- "" ii ; jHt two months at Washington, looking
agreed to take the company s cattle . into the -iibjeet. Further, let
111 exchange, would not allow him so me a.-k 011 what authority the maiiv
to defraud himself, but told him toMunu':,t "'.J"K HImm that f
keen bis own iid rutnriie.1 tIimii to
Keep nis own. ana returned ineiii 10
him after wintering them at the
rroiu 1M. to the time ot the au-j
iuti.it t..f ulrlii.ii.rt. tU.. It.tii.i,e I
were no better than before, there wasSTMr" !' IWirt .of,(1)re?,0,! S
..... .. . 1 A dlliifent -.ireli 111 Mm- t:ilc ili-iuirt.
no talk ot abandoning -the southern
Hustons exceitt that which relatinl to '
,'H.ern
relatytl t.
who were 1
rosiHjnty.
the hostility of the Indians
jealous ot their nnancial pro5enty
"rtdiiwitkid
j vwmim imh tm: mmrraww ns m? i
anything dferesjH'ctful of the mission, 1
or its obK-cts. rromall J can leani
.J lY.u. Wt.Ifin.n l -M i9i.lf
1 1 i 1 .' 1 01
mail, ami neiu hi esteem u iui ciaspcs.
He was the victim of circumstance. If
like Smith. 1 Jokers-and (irav, he had!
time 10 avoid what occurred. I regard
tf . nftft tlit faaft wll ttiMaa iMin:
his hones, raid tloe of hi. wife, and a
, ... ii- I
dou ot Auienoai citiaens have lam
111 aie rude mound without decent j
eiikure. A monument should Imj i
erected memorialising the event, and
the
o. -h-.rrtr it th tiniuMiiai ,
victims. I.at I object to deceit or
misrepreaeutation. Let the truth
stand.
-" . - . -1 1
tie object rf 31 r. Gray in attopting
the fiction which he 1ms imposed up
on the w.trid aa history. But thi I
..iiiili.. im. iu.nuii.1 Nlri .rl.. : will
tluu, the ancc ot an mu le, taking, KKIa itv'ff'lSi1
he wmld have quitted Uaiilatpu in Varl in lVi. in .Iuik' of which x.-artln-l
trJilrgV33SSSH Unl tarw Co.,
sioiv aiiom, iwuuu.i Haueiei nwim o
it. It w.ts a very deasiug aud seduc-1
tive ta!e, and caught the aUeiitiou of
the j.ublic readily. I was about that
fnne picking dp notes on Oregon mat
ters, and in the River of the West I
mcirjKraid an abstract from Gray's
hisUnical articie, upl.os :ig, as every
body else did. who was not familiar
with the subject, tnat because 3Ir.
Gkiv had been a member of Doctor
Whitman's mission, he knew what he
was talking about. One error I dis
covered at the time, and refered to
concerning the Ashburton treaty; but
.is to the rest, 1 was not preparou toigiad oecause. 11 a monument is to
Miv it was not so. It is different new: be erected to the memory of Dr.
for I have carefully studied every fact
ot Oregon history and have my own
opiuious, backed by the evidence.
Others, in the same way, bur with
les3 caution, copied Grays tory; es
pecially the religious papers. Even
old Oregoniaiis, in whose minds events
of more than tweutv years before.
were growing dim. took the .story on
credit, and repented it as truth. As
careful a collector as Elwood Evans,
fell into the snare. We talked the
matter over together, and hunted up
the documents, and are both of the
i-aiue opinion.
When Peter H. Burnett published
his Recollections I called upon him at
his bank, and refcrrmv. to this matter
he havim; done jirit what I did
taken Gray's story M"dr fact asked
him to teli me something from his
own knowledge, about Doctor Whit
man's instrumentality in savin:; Ore
gon. He was confounded, for he
could not, when he came to searching
memory, recollect any knowledge ot
the matter. "Did you ever hear
Doctor Whitman allude to elsterr
1 asked. He could not recollect that
he had; iu short he found that he. as
a hundred other writers and speakers
had done, hail simply adopted Gray's
story. Xot only that, in regard to
Webster, but he had persuaded him
self that Whitman was actually at the
rendezvous in Missouri in May, when
he was at thai time in the state of
New York.
These circumstances remind me ot
what I once heard an intelligent man
saj- about evidences in conn" that no
two witnesses who had seen the same
thing, tojd the same story about it.
and thnt people often swore to lies.
I resolved to go by the look in treat
ing of historical matters, and nude a
thorough search in tiie American pa
pers for everything relating to the
treaties affecting the boundary between
the British possesions and the I'nited
States, with the result given iu my
article 111 the California!!. Had I
found the least intimation that Dr.
Whitmnn had ever iuHuenced iu any
way directly or iudirectly, the adjust
ment of our affair with Great Britian,
L should have done him the justice to
say so. nut i hold that truth is
justice, and that saying a man has
performed an act that he never did
perform, imputing to him motives that
ho never professed, is an insult to his
memory, because being dead he can
not contradict a falsehood which at
taches itself to his name, and he is
made toibear the shame of being
proven an impostor.
It may be as well mentioned here
that it is not myself alone who accuses
Mr. Gray of romancing. Any one
thoroiiidMy investigating the subject
nniat do the same. Hon. Ehvood
Evans was good enough to forward to
me a letter received by him fmni a
searcher after the truth, a gentleman
in whose hands the papers of
Spalding were placed "with the
Mr.
re
quest that he would vindicate the
chiiacter and services of Dr. Whit
man, and that of the Protestant mis
sions in Oregon, from the aspersions
of the Jesuits,' This gentleman is
the Key. J. G. Craighead, D. D.. for
fourteen years editor of the New
, York Evangelist. -
'"" 'e -iit-m uioi 01 lite
II. ....- l !..... . .1.,
V:""; ' "" ln,-v "emi-iin: 01 nit et -hjhc
, ..,.. ..., HtiMi , ,r t W:lH ll4..
fur tittiiii. LtiirtK.i .ui.t iti tl.ts a
tor or 1m:!-;:. ami hi- representations to
the nrtsitlent ami Mr. WVIisii-r Hint
.-- ww ' " U. .7. llll 111"
H..t My mt reveal more. I cannot
.h. iu.u it .lirwtli .i.u..u...,i .,,,-tr.-,,.
meiit hMv ia reveal more. I ex 11 not
m-o Imiw it directly intli'iH-il any treaty
mirotiatkn!-. In Webster's
Works. Vol. 2. imp. 7-t. I find, -the
.io et anient of the I'nited Mali's has
Wth the lIUVi'ltKUl of the ColllialHa.
and it nrw.v will." I. Vol. -li. jiatie :U7,
l " 2iuney Adam- wtc-. la- -a
"" ' OpHIHMI
i-th.it thi- inVr i4!
!de::i
res. -Itott hi never amiii la- liiale.
iior .'ifi4id it i.tfiTi-il iiv Cnit ilritum "
or iu tin- itleial eorn-ioiHieiii- be-
tweeii flu- two oMTiimeiit- eau I liud i
reien-nee 10 ::i ih-"o:iiiiii- in 1
ire-eiit iKamdary wa- -ettled bv Mr. j
iHjehauaii. exit-pi th- inotlineatiou ef:
the water cliamtel llano mak h Km-1
JZiilV ,,1.nM l,UMk h ,K"
i"riT iUmni f iiermanv. m lsri.
.Mom,v,.r I am a-url bv Hie khjlu
oHfJtoritt in ila- -tate deartiiH-ut that
ho treaty mi. in ;ntrrjc.s trout lsio
i I .Imih is.. or ntnUrai-HKsntH. I am at !
a k--tlieii to account for tin -tat.-iueiits.
-M
. " , ... , ,: ........ .
;i Mr. Webster was about to swap on
a large part if Oregon, for some eol
ti-herie- near eajve t'otl. t-ee enate
ano lctriK'Uiariv lot meoir riMM-aiiii mif 1
j ,,,.,., jw., wa, ,Uch lu ,.,ax. Hlhi
change the re-ult-. Nor can I IiihI from
1 any ileadirt-Hvins Mmree of information.
. n;l,(lin this (JailC -lllji't. I Will Ik- ol-
IiKeil. and J think the caii-e of truth
"Mh-erviil.
! Thus has 3lr. Craighead, a Presbv-
terian of high standing, saved me the
trouble of replying to 31r. Grav's
asssertiou in The Astokiax that Dr. j
W hitman prevented the signing i a I
treaty in progress subseoueiitiv to the !
Ashburtoii treaty. I have the fullest
confidence that every fair ii.ii.iled per-
son. However uisappomieii 111 having
to change his conclusions, will be glad
ot this exposure of a traud. Especia: -
ly should Washington territory be
j Whitman and his wife. Narcissa Wliit-
man, it should hnve for its corner
stone and foundation, truth. It
would be a very mortifying discovery
to make after inscribing a certain
legend upon its side, that such legend
was eutirely unauthorized by iact, and
would expose the territory to unneces
sary ridicule.
Since I, myself, and such writers as
Elwood Evans, Gov. Burnett, Dr.
.AIHIU30I1 nnu scorea 01 ouiers oave
reneuted this story on authority of
"Mr Gi-iv Mr Clnrl- bmild not fppl
lr. ura, .nr. larx. should not teel
himselt sitirled out as a conspicuous
.1 u.. ... i:i ;.. .;.. ni:?L ,:.,..
ut.t . u. .w w. ... c wa.i u-.
x uau a loug iiiue oe.e.11 meuiiaiiug
-For the host Beer in Astoria
taking up the subject, but dreadimr
the controversy to which it might
lead; but when Mr. Clark's article ap
jeared, repeating the same romance, I
thought it was time to make the first
protest, in rewy to Mr. Gray's re
view of my article, iu which he flatter
ingly relegates me to a class of
"pamphlet writers and newspaper ro
mancers," I have made' this further
protest, with the assurance that al
though I think the case is made clear
by wliat is here written, my proofs are
not by any means half exhausted,
though the space usually accorded to
newspaper contributions was more than
exhausted some time ago.
F. F. VtcTou.
Dhl any .-cieiitim ph.xsuMun know
the formula from which AuimeuV Cough
Nyrup is prepared, he would not onlv
reemiimend. but nn-cribe it to his patient-
troubled with a cough or cold, or
any di-ea.-e of the throat and lung..
Try it. It ha-no equal. For the benefit
of tlio-c who would s-ay. -Another huiu
Img." a trial 1.1-ceiit -i7.e i- prewired.
A.-k yirnr drugui.-t to get it for vou. In
bottloat l."rts."Jrt.-Sl.
The Peruvian -yrupha- cured thou-.-aml-
wlio were Mincrum from dyspep
sia, debility, liver complaint, boils, hu
mors, female complaints, etc. Pamphlet-
free to any address. Seth W. Fowle
A: Son-. I!o-tou.
By a recent postal decision men
can actually make money by getting
their bills and statements of accounts
printed. Statements of accounts and
bills of sale when made out on paper
having printed headings, can be sent
by mail for one cent, if the envelope
is left unsealed; whereas, if it is made
out on imprinted paper, it will cost
three cents. Thus by patronizing The
Astokiax two cents can be saved on
every bill or statement that is sent out
throutib the mail.
Rath tubs, water closets, sinks
and hot water apparatus, furnished
hotels and private residences, at lowest
rates and shortest notice, by Magnus
C. Crosby, at the little tin shop "round
the corner."
The new unproved Franeoiiia
muge", kept by Magnus C. Crosby,
stands at the top of the market.
Mr. John Rogers, of the Central
Market, has made arrangements to
keep all the finest fresh fish, etc., in
their season.
Mr. Frank Young of the J. X. L.
store, will leave on the Columbia, for
San Francisco on thei)thhi3t., to pur
chase spring stock. Orders left with
him will receive careful attention.
For a first-class oyster stew, fry,
pnn-roast or fancy roust, go to Ruacoe's
on Matu street, opposite N. Loeb's.
Families supplied by the hundred or
the sack, oponed or in the shell.
I If- y" ,waut ,H,d !''' ter
; r..n- m n-l.. .ll ir,.nil t.. 'P..r.,
I Smiths next door to P H Fox Main
1 ""3' iiexiuooi 10 1. n. rox, Jiam
I Smiths
. ,
j iretil -"
1 h urs.
Astoria, Oregon. Open at all
can ior me whhWhi ni-ewrry liter,
acknowledged t be superior to all
others.
1 -Lawyers hriel.s i.nnr.'d
in fine
. .....1.. ... M'.... ... ... .1:
re- at ltir- -i"ia uiuce,
RANKING ND INSURANCE.
8AHKIHG AND INSURAHG
C.
V CA.&E.
J RfiflKPR RAHKPR
I UI1UIVL") umhivlii
.N.
INSURAHOE AGENT.
- - - OREGON
ASTf)PT A
' "-L,jr'lil
OFFICE HOURS
FROM S O'CLOCK A. 31. UNTIL 4
O'CLOCK P. 31.
OF CALIFORNIA.
I. F. lIorrtXTox
Cm a. I:, storv
IIRO. I.. STOItV
.. President
Secretary
Asent for 0oh
Capital latal M
in I. S. k1
.- aw uw w)
X "V. C'ASIi Agent,
CneiHoaiisstreet. Astoria. Oregon
j "
I SGT,000,000 GAPITAL.
LIVERPOOL AND LOHQN AND
: ; ,
..mjivjlii titirxiati a.jj Ji.r.KLAjS-
TLLE OF LONDON AND
EDINBURGH.
OLD CONNECTICUT OF HART
FORD, AND
COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
Kepresenting a capital of S7.00O.0Oe.
A. VAX DCSEN". Agent.
SODA WATER, ",!""
'. Sparkling Wine and Carbonated Bererages.
Appnrntus for Making. ItottHns'.
umt ii7.ju-n-iiiis
. . toiuulete Outnt-. Materak and hupphes.
' KstaWUheil W vears. IUustmted and Priced
c'ntalosae -cat tnun addresson application.
' eiMl ymir ontrs direct to
.roil. .TfATTHKIVs.
jreei 11
IIS .1
tiut ;
, p,, Avt.nm aah --,Htf tp. Xt,w YorS.
cu-utw.im
BUSINESS CARDS.
I Q. A. BOWLBY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cltenamtis Street. - ASTORIA. OREGON
1 AV. FUI.TOX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASTOICIA - - - OKKUOrf
Olrk-e over Pape & Allen's stire.Car.s street
T AV. ICOItl
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASTOItlA - OltEGON
Office over Warren & Katotr.- A-tHria Mar
ket. ofifHisite the OecHleitt Htttel.
E.
HOLDKX.j
NOTARY PUBLIC,
ACCTIOXEEK, CO.MJIISSIOX AXI
SUKAXCK ACENT.
I3T-
A VAN DUSEN.
NOTARY' PUBLIC.
CheiKtiiius Street, near Oeciilcut Hntel,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
Agent Wells. Fargo & Co.
Tjl P. HICKS.
PENTIST,
ASTORIA. --- - OREGON-
Rooms in Allen's biiililhig up stairs, come
of Cass and Sqenioeqhe streets.
T). f- I. .TKXXIXWS.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Graduate University of Virginia. 1868.
Physician to Bay View hospital, Baltimore
City. tStW-70.
uft-u-K in rage a: Aliens Diuldtitg. un
stairs. Astoria.
JAY TUTTLE, 31. I.
PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON,
Ofkick Over the White House Store.
Rkswkxck Next door to Urs. Munsoa'S
tHianlira: house. Clieiianuis street, Astori
Oregmi
J.
V. Oltt'HAKI).
DENTIST.
Ilental Itooms.
slIlsTKU's
1'liotogmpli Buihliu
T A. 3fcIXTOH.
MERCHANT TAILOR, -Occident
Hotl Uuildmg,
ASTORIA - - - - OREGON"
Q H. BAJXJs CO..
DKAI.F.i: IX
Doorsi. AVindows. Blindn. Trsa
snm.s. Luinlits', Ete.
AH kimls of Oak Lumber. Glass, Bout Ma
terial, etc.
Steam 3lill near Weston liotol. Cor. fir-
evlveand Astor streets.
J G. FAI11F0WI. & SON,
STEVEDORES AM) RIGGERS
. Portland and Astoria, Oregon
Kefor by perini'sion to Kosera.MeyeM&Co.
Allen ir Lewis. Corbitt JtMacleay,
Portland. Oresron.
YT3I. rilliKXHAKT.
Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon
ASTORIA - OREGON.
Hot, oll. Shoorr,
Strain and Milphur
BATHS.
SSjHej;d attt-ntioii
hildrenN liair eurtiiii'.
jiveii to holie'aa
Pnate Entnimv for Indies.
YII.MA.ll FI!.
PRACTICAL
ROOT AA'I .SHOE
JIAKER.
CUKXAMl'S .STKKKT, 0HHWIte Ad'er's BOOt
Store. - AsTOKIA. Ohfl.n.N.
53r-Perfect Hts guaranteed All work
wnrraated. ;lvr im a trial. AU orders
loMttly filki'..
J. T. BORCHERS,
CONC03LLY' STREET. ASTOKIA,
Manufacturer and Packer of
CAYIAR, SMOKED SALMON.
Cash paid for fresh
RLACK STURGEON SPA3VN.
Smok'-d Miirgeim.aiid Miiokt d Salmon put
up iu this to ship to any irt of Hk- world.
AL-o. triad bait (smiuhmi eggsi put up in cans
and warranted to keep an leiurth of time
lifiMt at Rugers Central Alarket. eeraer
Casaad Ch.iinus streets. Astoria.
Music Lessons.
T. F. CULLEN and C t. BARNES
TEACHE1US OF
VIOLIN, PIANO, GUITAR, COR
NET AND BANJO,
Would like a few pupils on either of , the
above instruments.
Term Eight lessons for rive dollars.
S?0rders left at Stevens & Sons book
store will Ue promptly attended to-
dealer In
FA3IILY KOCEKIES,
nr.tiis, MiEi. feei Axn hay
Cash paiil for country" protluee. Smatt
profits on casa sales. Astona, Oregon, cor
ner of Main and Squeinocohe streets.
OPILES. ""
The undersigned is prepared to furnLin
a Uxrxe number ot Spiles and Spars at Ms
place on short notice, at reasonable rates.
Apply to C. G. CAPLES,
Columbia Citr
To-Xight. To-Xigkt-
GRAND BALL,
AT MUSIC HALL,
THIS EVJE-S'IITG.
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