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J2Tyy Vol. XXXI. HILLSBORO OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, lOOt. No. 33
THE INDEPENDENT, HILLSBORO
Official Parer of Washington County,
KnteroiJ r.t th I'nstofTlce at Hills
hiiro, Oregon, for transmission throua
tlii' ni iils ttd KM'anil-claH mall matter.
Cne Dollar a Year in Advance.
THE WHEliON (JOL'XTItY.
Extract from Seni or .Mitt-hell's Ureut
Speech lu Support f the A:
(Mark lipusit A ppnrprliiUoii
Trie history of th munnpr in which
the territory formerly known as lh
'Oregon Ununtry" tiecame pnrl of
the public domain of tins United
Htaten, and the nature of the title
under which we hold, ita extent
territorially, and Its geaeral charact
eristics are ail matters of th higheMi
IntereHt. Although the present
State of Oregon include within its
boundaries an area of morethnn 30,.
000 Mjuare mile more than that in
cluded in the whole of the Mix New
England HtateH, it in hut a fraction
le-a thtn one-fifth in Hixu of the orig
inal "Oregon Country," an claini I
flrft fiy HHtin and hutmt jiMntly ly
the L'nited Mialea. Komething of itx
nmgtiitoile and territorial extent can
iie realiz vi when it i retnemiiered
Hint, afa r losing .lout 20(I,(WXI ?imire
ixllen hy unpr.tiinhle ami unwise
eomprotiiiHe, 285,1 S3 rtjuare milea re
tnained, ami out of which tliree great
ataten, and large portions of two
other, namely, Oregoo, W'aHhington
and Iilahc, rod parti of Montana
and Wyoming, have heen carved.
Gray's discovery and the purchase
of Louisiana Territory were quickly
followed by aclentiflc exploration on
the part of the Government of the
United States, as alao by settlement
on the part of its citizens. The ex
pedition of Lwia and Clark organiz
ed before and aent out Immediately
after tli Louisiana Purchase was
one of the mont daring, diflleult,
dangerous and at the same time suc
cessful of all expeditions of which
history of this or of any other count
ry gives record. There seems to be
aoiue difference In (lie statements of
historians as to the number compos,
ing that expedition. According to
Htrrows, It consisted of 28 persona
in ail Lewis and Clark, nine young
Kentuckians, 14 United States sold,
lers, twe Canadian voyageurs and
one negro, the body servant of Cap.
tain Clark. According, however, to
the probably accurate notes of Dr.
Couea to his new edition of the his
tory of that expedition, it consisted
of 45 men from Missouri to the Man
dan country, and of 32, including
Lewis and Clark, thereafter across
the continent, the others returning
from that point, as was the original
programme.
The authority under which Cap
tains Lawls and Clark act"d, as stat
ed in the commission issued to them
by President Jefferson, was "to ex
plore the river Missouri and Its prin
cipal branches t their sources, and
tien to sock to trsce to It termina l
tlun in the Pacitic some river, wheth
er the Columbia, the Oregon, the
Colorado or any other, which might
offer the most direct, practicable
water communication itcross the con
tinent for the purpose of com
merce." The time occupied by these couiag
euus men in consummating the tin
portant and haztrdous duty assigned
them by their Government was two
year, four months and nine days,
during which time they traveled
more than 9300 miles through ho
unbroken ai d trackless wilderness.
The start was 'iiade May 14, lb04,
from their camp on tho Mississippi
near the mouth of the Missouri, ami
returning they readied St. L'iuh
S 'ptemher 23, ISOfl. They discover
ed the headwaters of the Missouri
and the Columbia, and followed the
uk-utAH or thM uttpr until ihev land
ed at Cape Disappointment, at the I Roosevelt has forced out of the future into the pres2nt, no longer a possi
mouth of the Columbia river, 1U hility or a probability but almost a reality. Self-interest should m ike
Oregon, November 15, 1805. They
remained there in csmp until March
ti 18M, a period of more than four
(n inths, when they commenced their
ascent of the Columbia river in their
canoes on their return trip.
The hardship experienced by
thesu bravo men and by the courage
ous pioneers, men and women, who in
the next half-century f iltiwed (o
their footsteps and braved the in
ououeratita hardships and dangers of
the far Weat, have never been, or
can they be, fully depicted by pen or
tongue. To them are the people of
America greatly indeliteVl, for thev
have hewn ot with willing hands,
home on stilwart shoulders, ami set
with stability in Its everlasting rest
Ing place, the foundation stone of one
of the grandest pillars upon hjch in
part rests toilay the superb super
structure of American development
and Alilvricau civili. ttloti.
How strangely Interesting and pa.
thetlc is the history, and how pecul
iar the vicissitudes surrounding the
lives of some met ! Uoth o thse
intrepid explorers subsr quently be
came Governor, at different periods,
of Missouri Territory. Captain
William Clark, seven years after his
return from the great exploring ex
pedition that has rendered (he names
of Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark immortal, became Governor of
Missouri Territory, serving in that
capacity from 1813 to 1821, and as
Superintendent of Indian Affairs at
St. Lewis from 1822 until his death;
while Captain Meriwether Lewis,
after passing through all the untold
hardships and perils of that memor
able expedition, returned to serve a
brief time as Governor of the Mis
souri Territory from 1807 to 1809
and then, at a comparatively early
age, to find a lonely grave in the
loresls of Tennf either m a felo
de se, or as a victim at the hand of
an assassin, Just which history his
never yet dffloltely determined.
But where, or when, or how they
died, they can each exclaim with
the blind poet of eld, "Kxegl moon
tucntum aere perennius."
A contrast between the status of
the "Oregon Country" 100 years
ago and its present status, presents
an historical lesson of marvelous iai
portance and .rofouod interest.
The displacement of the hut of the
savage and the home of the barbar
ian by the school house, the academy,
seminary and university, and the
Innumerable homes of civilized, edu
cated, Christianized and happy peo
ple, illustrates the civilizing and
Christianising influences that natural
ly and necessarily followed in the
way opened to Ihein by the grand
expeditionary enterprise of Lewis
and Clark. We find In thi century
a wilderness, covering nearly one.
half of the continent, transformed
Into a Ian. I of beauty, of promise, of
production, of elevation to a position
of clvilizttion secomj to none In all
the history of nations a country
now productive in the highest de
gree in agriculture, io commerce, i"
manufacture, in fisheries, in miner
al wealth, In fruits ami berries .t
every description apples, cherries.
TIME TO OKUAM.K
Next November the people of Oregon, almost regardless of p:iriy, are
hoping, praying, to see elected President of the United States one who
stands foremost among the public men of our day by his intelligent,
fearless, vigorous personal and political honesty, a manly man and able
statesman, the especial pride of the West. In opposition to him are
joined all open and hidden influences which can be brought to lear by
those evil interests which he has thwarted and jeopardized. The
money issue, the tariff question, even expansion, would not in a hun
dred years affect Oregon so much, however you may believe, one way
or the other, us the completion of
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legislation, but even more does every believer in better government owe
his support to a president who has backed up his speeches by haling
into court the dishonest official however high his position. Oregon has
been known as a Roosevelt state but it will be an ill indorsement of his
efficient administration if the state next June allows its Republican
vote to full off, the first gun fired in ioui should be aini.vl to strike ter
ror among his enemies and good will must be backed up by votes. 1 hen
the real struggle comes in the nominating convention, and every man
who would like to cast a ballot for Mr. Roosevelt for president is en
titled to go into the Republican primary in his precinct to elect delegates
who will vute in the county convention to send a delegation to the state
convention which will instruct its representatives in the national con
vention at Chicago to place Theodore Roosevelt's name at the head of
the Republican ticket. Roosevelt clubs ate now being organized, let
not v avhington county be behind in this good work. Only by organi
zation ran effectivA.wTntiwigning bs done, an I it is none too early to be
gin now.
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peaches, pears, prunes, grapes and
in cerea's of every character. The
salmon fisheries of the Columbia
river producing annually hundreds
of thousands of the finest fish that
ever satiated the palate of mio; the
vast lumbering establishments scat
tered throuhgout this vast domain,
turning out every hour millions of
feet of fir, pine, cedar, hemlock,
traple, myrtle and oth?r kinds of
the finest lumber ever manufactured; I
in InnurriraMe highly productive I
mines of gold aud silver and copper
and cinuitiar and coal and ashesto;
itsfJ)cks and herds of millions ot
cattle, sheep, goat' and other live,
stock; its schools and colleges and
other institutions of learning, it
liurches, its asylums arid other
leeniosynary and charitole instill'
lion.'; its m ire than a million of hap
oy, enterprising and progressive peo
ple, and its ever increasing com
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the isthmian canal which President
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merce and expanding trade, all bear
testimony of the highest and most
Interesting character to the marvel
ous development of the "Oregon
Country" in the Inst 100 years.
The city of Portland, Or ., has one
decided and most Important advent,
age over the city of St. Louis as a
place for an exhibition. In no part
of the United States can there be
found a more superbly deliehtful
umtner climate than in Portland.
O. The utmosphfre Is clear, en
invigorating and such a thing as op
pressive suuiin t lieat is unknown.
The city is cleau and healthful, and
supplied with the very best cold
water from a mountain stream.
The scenery In and around Portland
is u it ii'uleii by itny other on the
continent. Five stalwart mountain
peaks, covert d with perpetual snow,
stand In imperial grandeur at its
very gatei-; fjiese are Tifom; or
Kiinier, ISi. Helens, Adams, llo.id
aud Jt uVrsoD. These are the J y
ti ni 1 adoration of its own people and
the wonder and admiration of the
thousands of tourists who annually
visit the paciil : Coa-t. N summer
wateriuij place or seimidn or mount
ain in any part of the Uuited States
furnishes any greater or better ad
vinta!; s for rer-t and erj j munt than
dues tlii i li'ii ite aud aa-n'try ot Pott
hint, Ore.
SCHOOL lmriillT TAXf S
County Clerk Geo. A. Morgan lias
sent out a eircul'ir letter to eehool
districts and rnnn'ei pall ties notifying
them that tax levies must he r. port
ed a month earlier, by Jin. 1, and al
ready a number have responded.
The list thus fir with nearest post-
inl'nnd rite lu mills ir:
i)ist. 4'.) jf Albion 5 mills
," 88 Sherwood 2 "
" M Dilley 1 "
" 1 Hlllsboro 2 "
" 57 Beaverton 12 "
" 03 y. Newberg 7 "
" 51 Mountaindale 10 "
Oti Sherwood :. 8 "'
" 77 Blooming $30 "
315 J t. Ilex 24 "
City of Hlllsboro 10
The as-( s d valuation cf dinriu's
ii us fiillow: .
No. (i jt JSU'.I.I
" f.7 51155
" 5111
" 'S. jt S5S2.
" " n:so
" 1 7G240
" St:$ jt 3730
MM K E Tt) lUTIiONS.
On and ef er January 1,1901, the
printing rfllces and newspapers of
Washington County will make the
following charges for J ib work and
legal edvertislng:
Per 500 (on lOOOJorder add one-half.)
Hill Heads, 1(1 lb. tis 25
4s.
2 50
2 75
3 50
2 50
2 50
2 50
:t ih
:t 5o
In
tjiteiiients
Note Heads
Letter Heads, low
inediuiu
Kissl
Curds, $2.00 to fl.OO ler 6)0.
Fn vein) ies 2 50
Thks, f 1.75 to :'.5o per son.
Ticket 2 00
Tickets, numliered. iKtrf.r:itil
1000 ;j o-,
3000 8 00
(Add J2.50 per thuusantl.)
Prescription blank, 1000, padded 2 50
Additional 1000 1 50
Topic Itooks, etc., 100, pr patfo.... 75
(Cover counts 2 patron.)
Window Cardg, quarter, 50 3 00
100 4 CO
Sale Hills 4 00
Ilankniptcy legalt 2 50
Divorce Summons 10 00
Executors' and final notice 5 00
All other leitals, per inch 8 00
Forest Grove Time,
Hlllsboro Argus,
Hillsboro Independent,
Washington County News.
Gales Creek has three sawmills
at;d if there is any truth In recent ro-
ports there will he two more in the
near future, oue on Il r Creek ami
one on Clearwater one mile Torn the
Soda St ring.