SECTION 3, PACE 11
Prosperity Reigns
Continued from Puge 10
other grain. 3,440,111 pounds;
tool, 1,225,000 pounds; cat
tle, 590 head; sheep, 60,580
head; horses and mules, 1,789
head; and that there were in
storage at the end of the year
2,500,000 pounds of wool.
(The largeness of the amount
of wool held over is accoun
ted for by the fact that miny
hond and exacted that the
re-election of McKinley to the
presidency would enhance the
price.)
A look at national history
shows they were right: Mc
Kinley was re-elected and a
new progressive vice-president
Theodore Roosevelt
joined him. The War with
Spain ended and U.S. Terri
tories expanded. In 1901
President McKinley was
assassinated.
In 1900 Morrow County was
only 15 years old, but the
City of lleppner had been in
existence for 28 vears. It
was now a vigorous adult, a
very busy, prosperous com
munity. Mr. W.S.Shiach con
cludes his History of Umatilla
and Morrow Counties (Mor
row Section) with a look at
a pioneer reunion held that
year. (His book was pub
lished in 1901.)
Ethnic
Backgi
rounds
John F. Kilkenny has clev
erly presented in Shamrocks
and Shepherds a picture of
the Irish contributions to
Morrow's growth. Giles
French, with help from Oscar
Peterson, gives a good look
at the Swedish pioneers from
lone through Gooseberry and
EiElitmile who organized in
1886 and built Valby Church
in 1897.
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MANY FAMILIAR NAMES
(History of Umatilla &
Morrow Counties)
Included in the 120 bio
graphies from Morrow
County one finds many names
familiar today. One also won
ders why certain historically
significant names are omit
ted. It seems that quite a
number of these fine early
citizens came from Canada.
In some cases they were
recruited by earlier Canad
ian arrivals. Most European
families moved into Morrow
after having first tried Amer
ican life elsewhere.
Early residents named
Cecil, Sayer, Barratt, Henry
Jones, and Woodward were
among those that brought Eng
lish ways. Germany was rep
resented by the Padberg,
Noble, Lichtenthal families.
A Scotch background came
with the Lindsays and the
Scotch-English Hynds. The
Williams were Welsh
English. Portugal was repre
sented by the Joseph Mason
family k Vey Bros., Butter
Thousands of sheep made Morrow a leading producer
Crk.
One Swede who did
buy a biography was Peter
O. Borg. Among the Irish
who parted with dollars for
tributes were Ton Gilfillan,
Edward Guff, James G. Do
herty, John H. Johnson, and
Thomas McCullough. Of
course, many subjects were
second generation Euro
peans. Oriental citizens certainly
met discrimination. The
Chinese did much menial
labor during pioneer times,
particularly in the mines and
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Lois' Beauty Shop
during the building of the
railroads. Later some be
came business men with good
restaurants and, of course,
laundries. An occasional
"Jap" is mentioned. Like
the Indians, these persons
were usually not given the
dignity of individual names.
AN IRISHMAN WITH AN
UNUSUAL EDUCATION
The biographical sketches
include many interesting in
cidents are "fun" reading.
One enjoyable example is the
story of John H. Johnson
(Pg. 564) which is not near
ly as long as some others.
.
" JOHN H. JOHNSON.
Should we fa 1 to incorporate
in our volume an epitome
of the leading agriculturist
and estimabie citizen whose
name heads this paragraph,
we would be subject to the
charge of incompleteness,
since this work purports to
give not only the history of
the county, but of its lead
ing and influential citizens.
"Mr. Johnson was born on
the high seas on May 2,
1846, while his parents,
Hiram and Nancy E. (Good
ridge) Johnson, were en route
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