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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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Vol. I.
MAY, 1899. No. 1.
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INDEX TO VOLUME I.
MAY 1899-APRIL 1900.
A Commission of 1844
34
A Deer Hunt in the Coast Range.
368
A Gallop Through the Willamette in 1841. 153
A Historic Printing Press.
.294, 328
A Mazama Song, Poem
325
A Mystery of the Deep, Poem
266
A Native Son
195
A New Precedent
143
A Pioneer Patriot
311
A Pocket Full of Rocks. 90
A Prayer, Poem
240
A Remarkable Coincidence
155
A Story of the Second Oregon
152
A Test of Courage
479
A Thrilling Adventure
146
A Tour of the World.
513
563
A Yamhill Orator
304
After Twenty Years, Poem
391
All For Oregon
143
An Early Veto 142
An Effective Immigration Association ..
102
An Episode of Road Location 302
An Interesting Letter on the Yakima
War
31,
91
An Unknown Grave
272
An Unpublished Letter Written by Gen.
Joe Hooker
17
An Unpublished Letter Written by Gen. Rufus Ingalls 207
An Unpublished Letter Written by Gen.
Phil. Sheridan
316
An Unpublished Letter Written by Mrs. Whitman
Anna's Love 601
Astoria, Early History of. 501
Beautiful Willamette, Poem 79
Beauty, Beeswax and Rum, A Tradition. 299
Beaver, Steamer
531
Bible Statistics
118
"Blue Ruin" Distilled 324
"Bostons"
523
Brooks of Oregon, Poem 405
Cabin of the Oregon Pioneer, Poem. 331
Capitols of Oregon
392
Capt. Tugg and the Pirates' Treasure
Chamber
4.4
Chem-a-wa, Meaning of. 490
Court in Yamhill in 1846 30
Cox Plain, How Named.
530
Curio Flotsam
103, 118
Davenport, Homer C., Life of.
80
Divorce
367
Dreams
277
Eastern Oregon Indians
121
EGO
Early Days in Linn
326
Early Names of the Pacific Northwest .. 600
Early Steps of Justice
386
Early Wrecks on the Oregon Coast ..
443
Fame, Poem
461
First Things-
American Flag Owned by the Pro-
· visional Government.
219
American Settler
396
Bees Introduced
576
Brass Band
Camp Meeting
Cattle Introduced
78
Church Built
179
Cider Made
530
Circus
591
Comon School
219
County and State Fairs.
Court North of the Columbia 500
Flax Mill Built.
73, 305
Flowers Introduced
Formal Horse Race
375
Foundry Established
292, 329
Fourth of July Observed.
Furniture Made
219
Hop Yards
180
Jail Built
385
Judge, Supreme
423
Judge North of the Columbia 415
Law Book
423
Lodge Organized
219
Mail, U. S ...
214, 392
Marriage Among Whites 33
Marriage North of the Columbia.
581
Mass Celebrated
600
M. E. Church, San Francisco.
"Neck Tie Party"
337
Newspaper West of the Rockies.
219
Newspaper North of the Columbia. 542
Orphan Asylum
500
Paper Mills
219
Physician to Come
Picture Taking
Post Office
219, 434
Pottery Made
305
Poultry, Sheep and Hogs
292
530
Remains of a Mastodon Found
533
Saddles Made
129
Sailing Vessel Built $10
Saw Mill Erected by Americans
412
School
20
Sermon Preached
478
Settler North of the Columbia.
Society Organized.
44S
Steamer Built
310
Tannery
108
14'
Theatrical Performance
Threshers Introduced
321
434
533
375
475
An Interview with a Whitman Massacre
Survivor
63 -
27
542
446
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INDEX.
First Things-
Town Incorporated
219
Oregon, Poem
293
Turpentine Manufactured
283
Oregon Briefs,
Order
to
Print,
and
White Convert
494
White born North of the Columbia.
363
White Man to Cross the Rockies.
171
White Woman to Cross the Plains 37
White Woman to Come by Sailing Vessel 37
Woolen Mills 219
Work of Fiction Written 219
Friends of Oregon 476
Gale, Joseph, Sketch of 434
Governors of Oregon 325
Hard Times
166
Hauxhurst, Webley J,. First Convert 494
higginson, Mrs. Ella, Authoress 237
Historic Buildings 468
Homes in Oregon
30
How Chinook Won 252
Idaho, How Named
603
In a Remniscent Vein.
437
In Oregon
37
Indian Name of Vancouver 305
Indian War Recollections.
210, 259, 332, 387, 491
Indian War Veterans 490 Irwin, Gov. Wm., an Oregon Pioneer. 490 Joseph, The Nez Perce, Poem 119
Kelly, Hall J., Life of. 215
Lake Chelan and Valley of the Stehekin. 407 Letters from Rev. Myron Eels 171 Lily Dale (In Chinook), Poem 177 Lincoln Offered Territorial Governorship 151 Loui Philipe Aids Catholic Missions 367
Major Moorhouse's Twins. 577
McLoughlin, Dr. John, Knighted 500
Markham, Edwin, Oregon Poet. 364
Minerals in Oregon 298
Melissa-A Tale of the Pioneers 376 Mountain Lore-
Mt. Adams, Named, 21; In Legend. 417
Mt. Baker, Named 21
Mt. Dawson. Mention of 329
Mt. Hood, Named, 21; Ascent of, 67; Height, 167; In Eruption, 276; In Legend 73, 417
Mt. Jefferson, Named 21
Mt. McLoughlin, (Pitt) Named 21
Mt. Rainier, Named, 21; Ascent, 328; In Legend .. 250, 315, 361
Mt. St. Helens, Named, 21; In Erup- tion, 276; Ascent, 328; In Legend. 417 Mt. Shasta, Named, 21; Legend of ... 189
Mt. Solomon, In Legend. 315 Mt. Thielsen. Named 21
Three Sisters, Named 21
Meek's Title of Colonel 415
Multnomah, A Tradition 525
Nations No More. 463
Native Sons of Oregon
3
Negro Pioneers 432
Nesmith and the Mule Dinner 37
Nesmith vs. Jones 330
Nesmith Wondered How it Hapened. 449
Ode of the Clumbia. 431
On the Street Corners 157
Oration of Grand Orator 267
Cause . 187
Oregon City
219
Oregon Free Press, Established 446
Oregon's Memorial Stone 308
Oregon, Past, Present and Future. 94
Oregon Pioneer Association 7
Oregon Without a Seal of State -23
Oregonian, Daily, Weekly, Monthly
570
Origin of the Name "Webfoot"
132
Our Emblem Flower 65
Our Flag the Oldest 367
Peerless Oregon, Poem 5
Pictures, Poem
501
Pioneer Printing Press
295, 328
Pioneer Steamers
310, 531
Poisoned Arrows
307
Pre-Historic North Pacific Wrecks. 540
Provisonal Government's Last Memorial to Congress 375 Provisional Government's Last Legisla- tive Session 442
Provisional Government Post Office De-
partment
432
Pudding River, How Named.
448
Regalia of the Native Sons. 95
Relations of Teacher and Parent to the Child 140
Reminiscences of the Yakima War 447 Riggs Lieut. T. A., on Rogue River War. 158 Robbery of the Great Alaskan Express Company 317, 353
Rev. Jason Lee and Dr. Marcus Whit- man 18
Sermon at a Banquet
193
Some Historical Inacuracies 573
Standard Whist 537
Sweet Peas
253
Tales of the Mines. 543,
582
The "Baker Family" 171
The Beggars, Poem 240
The Blue Jay a Fortune teller 375
The Boom and the Boomerang. 97
The Bridge of the Gods, A Tradition 417
The Building of a State 309
The Cascades Massacre 495
The Chinaman a Pioneer 530
The Chinook Jargon 208
The First of Our Water Craft 310
The Ghost of Enchanted Prairie 261
The Golden State Asks Oregon for
Troops
449
The Horse 36
The Indians Compass 600
The Isle of the Lepers 243
The Klamath, Poem 574
The Legend of Crater Lake. 135
The Legend of Kan-is-kee. Poem. 338
The Legend of Mt. Hood, Poem. (3
The Legend of Mt. Shasta 189
The Legend of Tahoma. (Mt. Ranier) 315
The Man That Makes Hay, Poem 34
The Man With the Hoe, Poem 365
The Meadow Lark, Poen
241
The Miller Family in Literature 200
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INDEX.
The Multnomah's Last Signal Fire, A Tradition
183
The New Era, Poem 352
The Noah of the Indian, A Tradition. 361
The Old Fort Yamhill Stockade. 350
The Pacific Northwest 386
The "Peoria Party" 392
The Pilgrims of the Plains, Poem. 511
The Pioneer Ox, Poem 156
The Provisional Government of Oregon. 435
34
The Stolen Loaf 75
148
The White Dove, Poem.
61
Willamette, Poem 349
Willamette, Poem 535
Willow Baskets 324
Wrecked Beeswax and Buried Treasure .. 245
Ya-ka-na's Mark
305
PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES.
Abernethy, Gov. George 12
44
Fleischner, Louis 306
346
Allen, Mrs. Mary.
588
60S
Gary, Rev. George. 410
452
Allen, Samuel 588
607
Geer, Mrs. Cynthia A. .534
559
Allen, Thomas B.
588
603
Geer, Heman J. 534
559
Allen, W. B.
428
455
Geer, Gov. T. T
12
45
Allen, Thomas B.
192
231
Glisan, Rodney, M.D 366
403
Baker, Frank
86
116
Gray, J. H. D. .
124
172
Barclay, Mrs. Maria
422
460
Gray, Mrs. Mary A.
66
110
Bean, Robt. S.
28
60
Gray, W. H ...
6
46
Beary, Sam'l L.
192
232
Grover, Gov. L. F
182
224
Blanchet, Archbishop
524
556
Harlow, Captain John. 584
Hawthorne, Dr. J. C.
416
399
Blumauer, Simon
.306
348
Hendee, D. H .. 366
239
Breck, John M., Sr.
.188
227
Himes, Geo. H. 130
176
Breck, John M., Jr. .
198
228
Hines, Rev. Gustavus 410
453
Brigham, Mrs. Sarah E
242
287
Hirsch, Solomon 22
52
Brouillet, Rev. J. B. A.
524
557
Holman, George P. 254
285 558 559
Campbell, Hamilton
422
45S
Holman, Mrs. Rachael H 534
290
Campbell, Harriet B.
422
458
Holmes, Miss Gertrude 242
480
509
Castleman, Philip F.
.366
402
Clarke, Mrs. Harriet T
416
457
Hoyt, Capt. Geo. W 480
508
Clarke, Sam'l A.
416
456
Hoyt, Capt. Henry L. 480
508
Corbett, Elijah
372
399
Joseph, Chief 122
Joshua, Chief 123
230
Cornelius, Chas. W., M.D.
428
454
Kelogg, Capt. Charles H. 198
72
111
Davenport, Homer C.
28
60
Kellogg, Dr. George
72
111
Deady, Matthew P. 182
524
557
Kellogg, Mrs. Margaret
72
111
Denny, Oliver N. 22
53
Kellogg. Capt. Orin, Jr. 198
312
345
Eckerson, Mrs. Elizabeth
82
112
Kelly, Hall J.
248
288
Eells, Rev. Cushing. 469
109
Kelly, Mrs. M. F.
248
288
Eells, Mrs. Myra F 66
610
Kelly, Plympton
312
288
Fackler, Rev. St. Michael. 566
16
57
Kelly, Richmond, M.D.
428
458
Failing, Henry
300
345
King, Amos N. 360
404
Failing, Josiah
192
234
Ladd, Wm. S.
16
55
Trouble, Poem .
11
Trout Fishing, An Allegory 29
Two Chapters in a Boy's Life .. 35
Up-to-Date Theatricals, Season of 1846 .. 385
United States Soldiers in Yamhill 351
We Two in Arcadia, Poem 240
What Billy Heard and Saw. 159
When the Birds Go North Again, Poem .. 240
Who Saved Oregon ?. 126 Why the Indian Fears Golden Hair, A Tradition 13
The Willamette Valley 295
They Were Ancient Gods of the Indians, A Tradition 133
Thorns on Rose Bushes, A Tradition 250
Title of Dr. McLoughlin 129
To Lady Franklin, Poem 194
To Oregon, Poem 181
Told by Gov. Pennoyer 329
DeSmet, Rev. Pierre J. 524
557
Kelly, Mrs. E. C.
215
Eckerson, Major T. J. 82
6
49
Kellogg, Mrs. Estella A
229
Demers, Bishop
111
Kellogg, Capt. Orin, Sr. 72
230
112
555
Kelly, Hampton
Holman, James D .. 534
Burnett, George H.
86
117
Harris, Wm. E .. 198
233
Benton, Thos. H.
476
668 454
Blumauer, Mrs. Mollie .306
348
Higginson, Mrs. Ella. 239
Blumauer, Sol 138
175
George, M. C ...
82
115
Armstrong, A. P.
The Royal Chinook as an Industry
The Truth of History
Corbett, Henry W. 16
54
Couch, Capt. John H
226
Kellogg, Capt. Joseph
Hoover. E. V., M.D.
INDEX.
Lane, Gen'l Joseph 12
Leasure, J. C.
86
117
Saylor, Conrad 360
400
Lee, Joseph D.
86
116 Saylor, Frederick H 192
233
Leslie, Rev. David. 410
452 Scott, Harvey W 584
. 607
Lewis, C. H ... 16
58 Scott, John Tucker 130
566
609
Locke, James K., M.D
428
456
Sellwood, Rev. J. R. W.
588
610
Lovejoy, Amos L.
6
48
.Shelby, Miss Anna B.
537
537
Lyman, H. S ..
254
291
Sherlock, Mrs. Rosetta
354
398
Markham, Edwin
364
364
Sherlock, Samuel
.354
398
Marshall, George
360
401
Sherlock, Wm
354
398
Marshall, Mrs. Margaret
360
401
Simon, Joseph
300
288
Meldrum, John
584
606
Simpson, Sam. L. 79
182
224
Mendenhall, E.
372
402
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth
124
175
Miller, Joaquin 200
200
Smith, Samuel D.
124
175
Miller, Minnie Myrtle
204
200
Spalding, Rev. H. H.
6
48
Miller, Mr. Robt. A
138
174
Stearns, D. H.
242
290
Moody, Malcolm A
28
60
Steel, Mrs. David
242
287
Moores, Chas. B. 306
347
Stewart, Peter G. 6
48
McBride, George W.
28
59
Strowbridge, Joseph A. 416
459
McBride, Dr. James
248
284
Strowbridge, Justus M. 372
. 400
McBride, Mrs. Mahalia
312
347
Summers, Col. O 236
289
McCarthy, Rev. John
566
609
Teal, Joseph .. 372
231
McLoughlin, Dr. John
2
43
Thompson, David P. 22
51
Nesmith, Col. J. W
182
225
Thompson, Mrs. D. P. 143
O'Neill, Daniel
473
509
Trimble, Mrs. Sarah (Allen) 588
60S
Ordway, Elliott W. 254
286
Trulinger, J. C .. 248
285
Parker, Rev. Samuel
469
554
Walker, Cyrus H. . 124
175
Parrish, Rev. Josiah L 410
452
Walker, Rev. Elkanah 469
555
Paul Showaway, Chief 120
Walker, Mrs. Mary R. 66
109
Peo, Chief 120
Whitman Massacre Survivors. 62
63
Peter Umpqua, Chief. 195
195
White, E. D 480
510
Pope, Charles
77
113
White, S. S. 188
235
Pope, Capt. George 82
115
Whiteaker, Gov. John 12
45 49
Pope, Mrs. Sarah 77
113
Williams, Geo. H. 22
Pope, Capt. Seth 77
114
Williams, Elijah 300
347
Pope, Wm. Henwood 77
114 Wilson, R. B., M.D. 366
403
Robertson, Thomas 300
346 Wolf, Capt. John 422
453
Rodgers, Thos. H. .354
292
Wood, Thos. A 130
172
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A Historic Printing Press 294
"A Pocket Full of Rocks".
90
Block Houses at the Cascades 462
Canadian Views
512, 514, 515, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522
Castle Rock. 14
Cayuse Indians, Twins. 578, 570
Chelan Falls 408
Grater Lake 136
462
Rooster Rock 15
Seal, Provisional Government
23
Emblem of the Native Sons.
95
Headwaters of the Stehekin, Lake Che- lan and Mt. Sahalie
406
Spring Creek
571
Steamer Beaver
532
"Indian's Sign of Peace' 532
Klamath Lake 575
Latourelle Falls 133
Line of Minute Men, Concord, Mass. 570
Lunch Camp on Mt. Sahalie 412
Minute Man, Concord, Mass 571
Mt. Hood 69, 74
Mt. Rainier
251
Mt. Shasta 190
Multnomah Falls 13
Old Fort Yam Hill Stockade. 350
Pioneer Provisional Gov't. Document.
Pillar of Hercules 134
178
Crockett's Old Stockade
319
Dyea. Alaska.
Seal. Territorial Government
Seal, State 24, 25, 27
Hunting Scenes 369, 371, 374
Steamer Oregon in Juneau Bay. 356
Summit of Mt. Sahalie 413
The Cascades of the Columbia 421
Willamette River 535
Willamette Valley Orchard 297
118
Meldrum, Mrs. Susan D.
584
60€
Smith, Delazon ..
173
, Linn, Lewis F.
477
Scott, Bishop Thos. F
172
44 Savier, Thos. A 130
Pioneer Church Building
23
McGuire, Hollister D. 30
39
Terwilliger, J. A. M. 188
GRAND CABIN
IN.S.
OFFICE OF THE GRAND SECRETARY, NATIVE SONS OF OREGON, 420 Commercial Block.
Portland, Oregon, Feb. 23d, 1899.
To Whom it May Concern :
This is to certify that by official action of the Grand Cabin of the Native Sons of Oregon, the " Oregon Native Son;" a magazine pub- lished by the Native Son Publishing Company, has been made the duly accredited official organ of the order.
We trust that all Pioneers, Native Sons, and citizens generally, inter- . ested in the welfare of Oregon, will assist the publishers of this publication in their commendable efforts.
The magazine will be strictly non-political, devoted to pioneer history, the resources and industries of the State, and other articles of interest, from the pens of prominent writers.
Very truly,
EUGENE D. WHITE,
Grand Secretary.
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OREGON NATIVE SON.
VOL. I.
MAY, 1899. No. 1.
NATIVE SONS OF OREGON.
This organization is now on a perma- nent footing in the state, and its creation should mark a new era for good in its future. Former attempts to organize were purely experimental and failed ut- terly.
The officers of the Grand Cabin are at present as follows:
John C. Leasure . Grand President
J. D. Lee. Grand 1st Vice-President
F. M. Robinson . Grand 2d Vice-President
Eugene D. White. . Grand Secretary
H. C. Wortman Grand Treasurer
B. B. Beekman . Grand Orator
John W. Minto.
. Grand Marshal
C. T. Belcher.
Grand Inside Sentinel
Claude Strahan.
Grand Outside Sentinel
Ralph W. Hoyt . Grand Trustee
E. H. Thornton. . Grand Trustee
Arthur L. Frazer . Grand Trustee
R. R. Duniway.
. Grand Trustee
Ralph E. Moody . Grand Trustee
Sol. Blumauer
. Grand Trustee
A. P. Armstrong
Grand Trustee
Fred H. Saylor.
Grand Librarian
The various Cabins instituted are strong, active and earnest in their work, and whenever and wherever the standard of the order is raised the most prominently known business and pro- fessional men of the state respond to the call. That the order should now number several hundred of Ore- gon's representative business and pro- fessional men, many of whom are high in the councils of the state, men descended from that noble stock that in building for the future for their sons and daughters "builded better than they knew," is somewhat remarkable, consid- which it has
been done and the great amount of detail and routine work preliminary neces- sary to the establishment of the order upon a general working basis.
This is a far better showing to this date-a little over eight months-than was made by the Native Sons of the Golden West of California. when at the close of the second year of their organiza- tion that order only numbered 122 mem- bers. The Native Sons of the Golden West now have a membership of over 10,000, possess a home of their own, a magnificent stone and brick building in the heart of San Francisco. with a com- plete library of choice literature, a mu- seum of California relics and antiquities, special rooms for the use of Pioneers' Native Daughters, and with ample ex- chequers in subordinate bodies ranging from $1,000 to $12,000 each. The Cali- fornia organization looks after its mem- bers in sickness or adversity, and is the coadjutor and conservator of California's prosperity. It aims to build up Califor- nia and to advance the interests of her people regardless of caste or condition. This is as it should be so long as the order is strictly non-political and non- sectarian. Such is the Native Sons of Oregon. It has no politics and no re- ligious creed. It has its standard of morals, of course, by which each appli- cant for admission to its ranks is weighed and measured. If he falls short of this standard his application is rejected.
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OREGON NATIVE SON.
That the Native Sons of Oregon can and will become a power for the advance- ment and elevation of the mental, intel- lectual. moral and physical forces of its members and a potent factor in the pro- motion of our state's welfare goes with- out saying, and needs no further guar- antee than the proclamation of its plat- form:
First-To preserve the history and traditions of the state and its early settle- ment.
Second-To perpetuate the names and memories of its pioneers.
Third-To uphold and encourage our home industries and institutions.
Fourth-To help, aid and assist each Other as members of the organization reasonably and consistently.
These are the purposes of the Native Sons of Oregon, pure and simple, with- out collateral motives and with no "axes to grind."
In pursuance of these objects every native-born adult in Oregon, male and female. and every pioneer as well, should strive with uncompromising vigor to build up the order and make it one to be proud of in generations to come.
A suitable home will be erected, an extensive and well-equipped library will be created and a comprehensive museum established of Oregon relics and objects of historic value, of materials relating to Oregon's products and resources, a standing exposition as it were, carefully cared for and kept up by Oregon's Native Sons.
It is conservatively estimated that the native-born sons of this state number fully 20,000. With one-half this num- ber or one-fourth even represented in the order, what a power it could be made for the promotion of our state's prosper- ity. With strong Cabins in each town of Oregon, working in harmony with each
other in the direction of a community of interests, forming a strong coalition with a common purpose in view, the people of our state could be brought into closer touch with each other and made to feel more than ever before that "in union there is strength." All jealousies and sectional prejudices would be cleared away; there would be no middle, but a common ground, where we could amal- gamate our aims, our ideas, our opinions, our hopes and desires upon lines of mu- tual benefit, and advance. the weal of our native soil as it never was done before by all other influences combined.
The official organ of the order, "Na- tive Son," the first publication of its kind to appear in Oregon, will give an irre- sistible impulse to the growth of the or- der. Its objects are noteworthy and laudable, as its enterprise unaided and alone is truly commendable. Its single purpose will be to assist the order of the Native Sons of Oregon to advance the interests of the state and her citizens regardless of political caste or religious beliefs, and therefore it should be sup- ported by not only members of the order, but by every man and woman who has the interests of the state, and therefore of home and family, at heart.
On the 13th day of June the first an- nual grand assembly and reunion of Na- tive Sons will take place in Portland. It is fervently hoped that upon that to be memorable occasion a full representation may be had of Native Sons from every part of the state; that each Cabin will be largely represented by the presence of its members, and that in addition to the magnificent brass band that will be provided on that occasion by Aber- nethy's Cabin No. 1, each Cabin through - out the state will be accompanied by its local band. There is ample time to or- ganize local Cabins and prepare to join
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PEERLESS OREGON.
in celebrating the approaching event, which will be one to be remembered while life lasts and which will pass into history as the first annual grand assem- bly of Native Sons of Oregon held in the state. The cost of organization has by a recent order of the Grand Body been reduced to a minimum, so that no reputable native son is now precluded from availing himself of the privilege of becoming a member of the order by the cost. Any information desired as to necessary procedure in organizing will be furnished on application to the Grand Secretary. Grand officers stand ready to visit any town in Oregon for the purpose of instituting Cabins and installing their officers whenever they are ready to be formed. Special rates of transportation will be made to all Cabins (and to mem- bers thereof) formed and instituted prior
to June 13, 1899, and as much special accommodation provided for members attending the grand assembly as found practicable by officers and members of the Grand and Abernethy's Cabins' at that time.
It has been suggested by the Native Sons that they join with the Pioneer Association in the celebration of "Pio- neer day," June 15, doing all they can to assist in making the occasion one of pleasure to those builders of Oregon. The Grand Cabin will move in the mat- ter and notify subordinate Cabins in due season, and no pains should be spared to show our pioneer fathers and mothers that their sons and daughters not only love and honor them, but are also solic- itous that their annual gathering should be one full of cheer and sunshine.
EUGENE D. WHITE.
PEERLESS OREGON.
Oregon, thou peerless kingdom. Dwelling by the sunset sea. Matchless in thy worth and greatness, Deathless shall thy glory be. Set with hills of gemlike beauty. Wash'd by ocean's restless tide, Studded thick with wealth of forest; Treasures rich in thee abide.
Loyal sons and daughters love thee. Oregon. O! Oregon. Naught in honor place above thee, Oregon, O! Oregon.
Reaching upward to the cloudland, Mighty mountains rise sublime: Crown'd with diadem resplendent. Tow'ring through the years of time. Lordly rivers roll in grindeur. Coursing onward to the seas; Fertile prairies laugh with harvests: Fruits abundant bend the trees.
Loyal sons and daughters love thee, Oregon, O! Oregon. Naught in honor place above thee, Oregon, O! Oregon.
Pioneers of bravest spirit. Led by Him who dwells on high. Won for us this land of plenty. Fruitful fields and bluest sky. While the sun shines on in splendor. While the stars gleam from above. Shall we. Oregon, the peerless. Thee above all others love.
Loyal sons and daughters love thee. Oregon, O! Oregon. Naught in honor place above thec. Oregon. O! Oregor
By W. C. Kantner, D. D.
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OREGON NATIVE SON.
PETFR G. STEWART, A Pioneer of 1843.
Photo by Browning. WILLIAM H. GRAY, A Pioneer of 1836.
Photo by Thwaites A. LAWRENCE LOVEJOY. A Pioneer of 1842 ..
Photo by Browning. CAPT. JOHN H. COUCH, A Pioneer of 1840.
OREGON PIONEERS.
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OREGON PIONEER ASSOCIATION.
OREGON PIONEER ASSOCIATION.
The Oregon Pioneer Association was organized at Butteville, October 18, 1873. A reading of its constitution re- veals that its objects are "to collect from living witnesses such facts relating to the pioneers and history of the territory of Oregon as the association may deem worthy of preservation, and to promote social intercourse among its members," and to "cultivate the friendship of those who had met on a common ground of interest in shaping the history of the state." All comers to original Oregon prior to February 14, 1859, are eligible to membership.
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