Tuesday, February 12, 1924.
Page Four
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
The
Lincoln
lKneu)
As lotd by an Aged
Westerner lo
MAIJoEL SHERMAN
In CoJhor'f
I FIRST saw Abraham Lincoln In
March, 1803, when I made a trip to
jthe East from California via the
;Isthmu8 of 1'aiiarna. It was at the
President's levee, and, of course, I
j-wrote to my family In the West, tell
ilng them my Impressions. Tills letter
proves that I, like many others of the
time, misjudged the man und surely
underrated his abilities:
Last nlht I was at the Presi
dent's levee and saw many of the
l dignitaries. A few moments ago
I saw Burnslde and at first view
I was satlslled of his Incompetency
! to command the army. It Is
strange that our President and
others have so little perception of
character. Lincoln is u good-
: natnred Westerner.
j Later at one of the White House re
ceptions Mrs. Cole and I waited In
ithe long line to be received. She some
how dropped one of her white gloves
land was not conscious of It until we
had moved up and It was our turn
to greet the President and Mrs. Lln-
colu. She stood looking about her In
; dismay for the missing glove, and the
iPresldent, seeing what had happened,
fwntched her with an amused smile.
'In a moment he said: "Never mind,
I Mrs. Cole, I shall have a search made
for It tomorrow, and shall preserve It
as a souvenir."
This remark, coming from a man to
,whom book etiquette was a thing un
known, proved him to be an Inborn
gentleman. Ills deportment never
missed, because It was the expression
'of his friendly feeling for all. He did
inot offend because In his heart he felt
iDo nulmoslty for anyone.
Always In consultation bo was argu
mentative, but not dictatorial. lie
(was one of the best of listeners and
rwan always open to conviction, yet If
jhls own reasons were well founded,
laud no one had a better reason to
'offer, he could not he moved. But he
("was never offensively opinionated.
! Hit Um of Anecdote.
His profuse use of anecdotes Is, of
course, a matter of history. I remem
ber one day that Mr. Shannon and I
i went to see Mr. Lincoln regarding
,souie legislation that concerned Cali
fornia. He could not comply with our
wishes in the matter, and In order to
let ds know that conversation on the
object had terminated, lie told us
hla story :
In the early times In Springfield,
"there were three churches, all orlho
Haft, a Methodist, a Baptist, and a
.Presbyterian. A young fellow came
taere very unexpectedly to preach the
Unlversallst doctrine and to establish
church of that faith. That particular
creed was very unpopular ut that time,
and these three orthodox preachers
determined to get together and preach
llilm down. They consolidated their
congregations and determined to take
turns addressing them. When It
frame to the turn of the Methodist
preacher he begun by telling them how
JLapplly situated they were, both In
(temporal and spiritual things, and
ituen remarked that "there now conies
among us a stranger to preach a new
ifloctrlne, to establish a new church
)ln which the doctrine will be taught
(that all men will be saved. But, my
jfcrethren," he concluded fervently, "let
tus all hope for better things."
I went down on the same train with
Lincoln when the battlefield of (let
ttysburg was dedicated,
j The day, November 10, 18rt.'l, was
Overcast and dreary. The morning was
pent in Inspecting the late buttle
jround. In the afternoon a compara
tively small crowd gathered around a
plunk platform thirty or forty feet
quare, about three, or four feet above
hlie ground. There were seats on this
(for the delegations und speakers,
i Edward Everett was chosen orator
f the day, und he held forth for over
an hour in a most masterful oration.
I remember that he had a little high
table before him on which were cards
(containing notes, and he referred to
three from time to time with no In
terruptlou or pause in his speech.
When he hud concluded the band
played and then, without announce
ment, Lincoln arose. He laid his cout
off, but retained the familiar sluiwl
bout his shoulders. I sat but u few
. nwny, on ils right.
i 1ue tcgaTi tiy siutiug welt-known
facts fuels' wltli which, we were all
Jjaiullliir. Ills sentences were short,
aiid 1 Tiad the Impression thut some
times their briefness wos tiue to the
; fact that emotion choked his utter-
' Tiices. ft whs one of those times when
be seemed weighed down by his re
sponsibilities, and his voice was fairly
pathetic In Its Intonation. Everyone
listened attentively, but It then did
not seem a remarkable siieech, aud we
were all fairly surprised when he sat
down. The audience broke up without
expression or demonstration, but I
vra conscious that Lincoln's remarks
jbad uiude a tremendous Impression.
' Discussed Possible Danger.
- During the lust two years of the
'war I went lu and out of the White
House at will. I usually found Lincoln
in his own room on the second floor
in iIih ?)'' .' '. . '.
The Countries
First Tribute
, - ir few
air
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''L'INCOLN.'
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The first tribute to Abraham Lincoln
to be erected In this country, known as
the Lot Flannery statue of the Great
Emancipator, has been restored to
practically Its original position In front
of the courthouse In the nation's capi
tal. The statue was once removed
from this position, but there was so
much criticism that congress finally
voted to have It restored.
ing. hi wunii weuuier me uoor stood
open and anyone could go In unan
nounced. I was uceustomed to doing
so. Seated ut his desk In the farther
end of the room, but not facing the
door, more with his back to It, I gen
erally found him. He always arose
and gave me a cordial welcome.
On one of those days when I went
unannounced I saw a look of distress
oq his face such us I had never Been
on any humuu countenance. I stood
still, not wishing to disturb him. Sud
denly be saw me and swiftly the look
of pain passed as he greeted m with
his usual smile. I stayed with him a
long time thut day and we went oyer
the. war maps. It was then I took oc
casion to mention my fears for htm.
I had gained access to his room so
easily and anyone else might have
done the same.
He listened silently, as he. always
did, but did not seem to be Impressed
with my plea. When I had finished he
said : "When I first came here, I made
up my mind that I woild not be dying
all the while." He was thoughtful for
a moment, then continued: "1 have ob
served that one man's life Is as dear
to blm as another's, and he could not
expect to take my life without losing
his own." Then, as an afterthought:
"Besides, If anyone wanted to, he
could shoot me from some window as
I ride by dully to the Soldiers' home.
But I do not believe It Is my fate to
die In this way."
This conversation took place Just
about n year before he was assas
sinated. I was one of the lust to see Presi
dent Lincoln alive.
It was In the afternoon of the fatal
April Hth that Schuyler Colfax and
I went together to Wlllard's hotel to
see blm to protest against nn order
Issued by a general the duy before.
Mr. Colfax had hardly launched Into
the subject when Mr. Lincoln Inter
rupted him with: "I have already
changed the order."
We departed, and that night I went
to New York. While 1 wus on the
train I was awakened and leumed
that the beloved President had been
shot.
Millions Are Starving,
Says General Allen
In a letter Just received at
Oregon state headquarters for
the American committee for re
lief of German children, 715
Corbett building, Portland,
among other things Major-General
Henry T. Allen, former
commander of American troops
in Germany and now national
chajrman of this relief work,
said: ' Z " U
survey of the evidence
has convinced me that Secre
tary Hoover is fully Justified In
saying tat fo,6$,u0o Germans
ift now li serious danger. As
is always the case In such emer
gencies, the most acute suffer
ing Is to be found among the
children and the aged. The
childhood of Germany is now
gravely menaced by lack of
proper toed and clothing and
the diseases resulting there
from." An Inspiration.
In his homely rugged honesty. In his
whole-souled devotion, to "right" In
piloting the nation through the rocks
that threatened Its destruction Abra
ham liucoln becomes enshrined eter
nally In the hearts of the people and
starves b an rntrntton rrori) "wi;:r
itie ternaries.
' Trn am um am nm nl am a'll Hill Mill ft II 1
r1inJVnttnmmmd
"Abe"
Lincoln
as an
Inventor
, tfltt j UIH Hi! MMHTWf .1 U
THAT Abraham Lincoln once seri
ously devoted lils attention to me
chanical invention, and pursued It so
far as to obtain a patent, may be news
to some who are unaware of the many
activities that engrossed the great
(resident's mind.
In the forties and later the matter
of navigation was the big problem In
the West. Nearly all the settlements
of Illinois and Missouri anywhere near
a stream were hopeful that In some
way those streams cojild be made
navigable for steamboats, and It seems
Lincoln shared this hope regarding
the Sangamon river.
The Lincoln patent was recorded:
"Model of sinking and raising
boats by bellows below. A. Lin
coln, May 30, 1849."
liwas stated that at one time there
was a wrecked boat in the Sangamon
river, about four miles from Spring
field, III., as the result of an nttempt
of Lincoln's to show that the little
river was navigable. It was the dream
of the pioneer planters that If boats
could Voyage up the little streams
near their holdings they would become
wealthy from the proceeds of their
crops. They then could get them to
the big markets, where big prices were
paid, and throughout the states of the
Mississippi valley craft of varlotts
kinds made many experiments at up
state navigation on small streams.
When he lived in old Salem It is
said Lincoln had great faith in the
future of the Sangamon river as n
material arm of western Industry. The
big problem ns he and others saw It
was In getting the boats over the shal
low places. The time wus far in ad
vance of appropriations for river Im
provement, and some other means had
to be devised for overcoming obstacles
to navigation. In the Sangamon river
were numerous stretches of compara
tively "easy water," for boats, and
then would come a lot of sandbars or
shallow places.
It was this problem on which Lincoln
worked. The model he made may BtlU
be" In the patent office, or on exhibi
tion somewhere. It would be almost
priceless now. It never waa demon
strated In actual work, however.
Under the guards of the boat was a
"battery" of blacksmith bellows. When
the boat reached a place where the
bottom would strike the river bed the
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Denows were supposeu 10 act
erg" for the boat, like an air-inflated
bladder. It was figured the bellows
would raise the boat so its draugnt
irr.,,M slide over the bars like a raft.
Once over the shallows the air would
be released from the bellows and the
boat would proceed until it came to the
next bad place.
Sfinn sfter Lincoln obtained his pat-
nt bis mind wus diverted to weight
ier matters, though he never forgot his
"mifetv first" Invention for boats, it
la siiid that soon after his Inaugura
tion us president he got one of the
patpnt office officials to look up the
model for him.
Just Good
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Ore.
Dec. 26, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Jacob A. Dexter, of Heppner, Ore.,
who, on March 5, 1819, made H. E.
No. 020142 and on July 12, 1920,
made additional H. E. No. 020443,
for NE, NNW' SENWtf,
NSEi,i, Sec. 20, NWNE,
NWU, NSWi, Sec. 21, Township
4-South, Range 24-East, Willamette
Ik (
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THE HERALD
Meridian, has filed notice of inten
tion to make three year Proof, to
establish claim to the land above
described, before Gay M. Anderson,
United States Commissioner, at
Heppner, Oregon, on the 6th day of
February, 1924.
Claimant names as witnesses: J
N. Batty, of Eightmlle, Ore.; F.
M. Lovgren, of Heppner, Ore.; (i.
I. Burnside, of Eightymi'e, Ore.; K.
D. McGurdy, of lone, Ore.
J. W. DONNELLY,
Register.