THE MORNING OREGON IAN, THURSDAY JANUARY 90, 1919. FIRST HOMES OF HENRY L. PITTOCK AND PRESENT FAMILY RESIDENCE ON CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAIT OF LATE PUBLISHER AS MODERN 0RE60NIAN IMPERIAL HEIGHTS. VAST AREA KNOWN HE APPEARED LAST SUMMER.

JUSTIFIES IDEALS IN CLEAREST DETAIL

Henry L. Pittock Witnesses Mr. Pittock's Knowledge of the Wonderful Strides. Northwest Astounding.

11? FIRST ISSUE PRIZED RELIC 'linlnnff-ssrf- OUTDOOR LIFE MAIN HOBBY

Weekly Publication of 1850 Strik- Business Associates ing Contrast to Modern, Give Honors on Occasions, Of- Newspaper. State but Public fice Absolutely Refused.

The growth in newspaper service at- tained within the memory of pioneers, At no time in his quiet, unaFumtng a. career, did Henry L. Pittock seek pub- growth that Henry L. Pittock wit- lic office or the focal center in public nessed and that he hastened by his life though his individual Interests zealous application of ideals, is best were large, and his idealistic Interest Illustrated by a glance at the first In community development even larger. issue of The Oregonian, which left the On this score his biogsaphers must be creaking old Kamage hand-pres- s on content with the briefest of records December 4, 1S50. the single item that he served as State Contrasted with the modern news- Printer in 1864. paper, it presents differences that seem "His knowledge of Oregon and the ludicrous to latter-da- y readers. Its Pacific Northwest was astounding," Is "pages are smutted from the liberal the tribute that friends and contempo- inking administered by "the boy" with raries pay to him. "He knew the vast the roller. Its paper is coarse of fiber. area, whose development ho dreamed Its arrangement of news matter and and planned and wrought, as most men advertising is weird to the publisher know their dooryards. It was a know- of today. Its .worn dress of ledge type, legals that did not rely upon written varied with and notices records or notes. It was first-han- d, composed in equally frayed seven-poin- t, the fruit of his own collecting, and It was set by hand. was almost infallibly authoritative." Nowadays the first page of American Among his hobbies, ungucssed save newspapers is jealously reserved for by those nearest to him. was a close the current events of the day world study of the geography and resources news, "big stuff," with minor happen- of the Pacific Northwest. To further ings relegated to inner columns, and this bent he made many trips, numbers with a display advertisement possessing of them on excursions with other Port- less chance of attaining that proud land business men, but by far the place than ever the proverbial camel greater on own Had of wending through the needle's part his account. Late eye. in life he was yet an enthusiastic pe- The Trapper" on First Page. destrian and horseman, who scoured the page countryside, from traveled roads to dim But the first of the first issue trails, in the vicinity of Portland. Be- or The Oregonian, as Kditor T. J. Dryer fore the bicycle went out of vogue he conceived and sent it to press, presents cycled hundreds of miles on local trips. "The Trapper, a Legend of the West," keenly interested always, and nearly in which melodramatic redmen and the ' - 1 always unaccompanied. gaunt Nick Wolsey" weave an r "tall, ...... Comprehensive. ensanguined plot to its bloody finis. Information The remainder of the page is given The Columbia and Willamette Rivers over to a moralistic fantasy entitled and their tributaries, even to the small- "The Fashionable Church." er creeks, were intimately booked in Comings and goings of those pioneer his memory, detail by detail. He knew days, the message of Governor Gaines, the location of various timber lands, arrivals of steamers, discussions of even in the smaller tracts, and was an public improvements, and editorials, expert authority on timber varieties. occupy the remaining three pages of Undoubtedly it was the comprehensive the first issue, together with quaint ad- nature of hto information gleaned on vertisements and Editor Dryer's pros- these solitary rambles, that laid beyond pectus. This last, long since dropped all shaking the foundation of his faith into disuse, was then inseparable from In the district and insured his own the editorial duties of the initial num- measure of success. mutt-- , ber MMTjap Though admittedly a power in poll-tic- s, "While the editor will recommend he displayed but passive interest and advocate all the fundamental prin- in this, by comparison with other pub- ciples of the Whig party," announced Upper The Pittock Residence on Imperial Heights, Erected In 1015. Lower View of the Pioneer Residences of Mr. lic men, his sole concern being hts JsBBPW Dryer In his prospectus, "he will Pittock and Family, on Land That Was Cleared in 1864 and on which Stand Today the Pittock Block, on Washington that Editor newspaper should forward what he ; (BBaHs-pm- exercise an independent judgment upon Street Between Tenth and West Park Streets. To the Left Is the OHgin.il Cottage to Which He Took His Bride; to the cause, devel- " - Home, in 11113, Way City deemed the just and the ii its acts. . . . He who properly esti- .Right the Later Vacated When Both Residences Gave to the Encroaching and Were Torn opment of the Northwest. To the ed- mates the high vocation and influential Down. itorial management he left the details position of an editor ought to regard of political policy, and, as for political him only as the guardian of the Con- preferment on his own account, he stitution and institutions of his coun- remark as to the 'devil' part." re sheet was carefully laid on the form, three high-spee- d sextuple presses, with Mr. taking impression, a velocity would have none of it. try, anii not the mercenary agent of counted Hill, "but it was not long the foreman the of accomplishment and a Thus, in tho years of Harvey W. THIJ PHOTOGRAPH OF MB. PITTOCK WAS IN 191H. cliques I meaning when the guests each took hold of the perfection of impression undreamed of MiDE AVOl'ST. and factions." before found out its in the hand-pres- Scott's editorial connection with The My paper by the edge and carefully lifted in the time of the s which Indian Trade Solicited. fullest import. first official act was it from the types. At this Juncture Mr. received the type forms of the first Oregonian. many of the staff recall the And there, among the oddly typed the acceptance of a new broom, and by Dryer proclaimed the name. 'The Ore- Issue in 1850. The combined capacity odd nature of the conferences that Rosarians went to Marshfield to aid in Mr. Pittock was always the genial cen- ads" of early Oregon, is a bid for the foreman I was given the injunction gonian,' amid cheers and congratula- of the three sextuple presses is 86,000 passed between Mr. Scott and Mr. Pit- celebrating the opening of the railroad, ter of a group of pioneers, bent upon trade that long since ceased to be a to sweep clean. tions. an hour. A battery of 23 linotype ma- tock. The former was characteristically he marched for several miles. That recalling, with many a jest and laugh, commercial factor. "Indian Trade." this "I was promoted to washing Carrier Boy Burdened. chines to of composi- brusque and positive, pausing little evening a friend solicitously begged the experience of the old days. Few advertisement solicits, offering "beads, then attends the work short of belligerency, and emphatic In him to return to the Pullman and rest. among the early settlers of Oregon but rollers, mixing ink, etc., winding up my "The carrier boy's experience in the tion. Sixty men are employed In the con- hairpins, medals, trinkets and jewelry, first-clas- composing-roo- m his statements. Mr. Pittock, to the He went, smiling enigmatically, but were known to him personally, initiation by being sent to a s early days of was varied, and alone. Throughout trary, and suitable for the Indian trade." It is hotel near by after a 'bucket of edito- Portland every department of the paper modern was smiling and silent, low of when the company, assembled, his with these he was always delighted signed by Stephen Coffin, and bears considerable hardship and fatigue was machinery methods, words voice and mild of gesture. Two dia- stateroom was vacant. A search dis- to pass a half hour in reminiscence. rial." The office was then located at and the last by-lin- for embellishment the crude figure of the northwest corner of Front and Mor- gone through, as he was always loaded in typographical excellence, prevail. The metrical oppo3ites of outward charac- closed him on the es of a down- Mr. Pittock is survived by five chil- a grenadier. rison streets. with from 100 to 150 copies on each news of the world rushes to it by tele- ter met In their talks. While Mr. Scott town dance, deriving huge enjoyment dren. 14 grandchildren and two great- Such was the newspaper upon which "It was there that The Oregonian of his trips, going first north from graph and cable, to feed the waiting declared his views, Mr. Pittock sat as a spectator of the frolic. grandchildren. The children are Mrs. Henry L. Pittock first found employ- was born, and most vividly do I call Morrison and then south to the southern presses within a few moments or a few quietly at his desk, both hands engaged Those who attended Portland's Rose E. F. Emcrv, of Millsboro. Pa.; F. F. ment in Portland, when, three years to mind what a time was indulged in at limit. hours after the event Itself. Not even in lifting and dropping a pencil for a Festivals will recall that he frequently Pittock. Mrs. F. W. Leadbetter, Mrs. later, he persuade Editor Dryer to try the birth. The outside had been printed. "The streets, if such they could be Jules Verne, in a riot of prophecy, could minute distance. It was only when officiated as grand marshal of the Lockwood Hebard and Mrs. J. E. Gan-tenbei- n. his talents at the case. It was this and the forms for the inside made up. called, were in a primitive state no have foretold the giant strides that the opinion ran contrariwise that he spoke great parades, riding upright before all of Portland. Two bro- paper that he made his life-wor- k, trans- locked up and put to press. It was sidewalks and some not even graded. printing industry would take within the in mild objection, but with a positive the procession of floats and flowers thers and two Bisters also rurvivehim: forming it to the present publication Friday night, December 3. Many of the H. L. Pittock became foreman of the half-centu- ry past. quality that met the other on equal and blaring bands a dignified and Thomas R. Pittock of Pittsburg, Pa., through more than half a century of eading men of the village had been in- office within the next few years and I The newspaper office of today is a grounds. happy figure astride a big black horse, George W. Pittock. of Oakland. Cal.. persistent application of Ideals and vited by Mr. Dryer to bepresent for the could chronicle many incidents in his far call from the rough board "shack" At 'the time of Mr. Scott's death. In his favorite mount. Though his chief Mrs. Stratton. of Frttsburg, Pa., and energy. christening, and the room was filled. administration of affaire that made the with its battered type, improvised com- August, 1910, Mr. Pittock was in Eu- characteristic was personal tranquillity, Mrs. McFall, of Portland. Concerning the first issue of The "I remember how proudly I filled 'boys happy, as matters were in a posing stones, and antique hand-pres- s, rope, and word of the passing of his amounting almost to Daily Oregonian, Harvey W. Scott, in the position of roller boy on that occa somewhat muddled condition when he that sheltered the birth of The Ore- friend, associate and partner was sent it cannot be doubted that he enjoyed the half-centur- y anniversary number sion, and the modus operandi of getting took charge. To my own knowledge it gonian. Yet the distance in time and to him by cablegram. The European these occasions on which his townsmen of December 4, 1900, wrote: the first impression. The guests were was a continuous struggle during the achievement has been bridged by and trip was one of the few actual vaca- thrust him to the fore and paid him LIFE'S RECORD HONORED "Mr. Pittock's first resolve on com- ignorant of the name to be given to the '50s and '60s." through the life of one man Henry L. tions that he permitted himself affectionate regard. ing into possession of The Oregonian paper A Oregonian today printed by i throughout his busy life. yet first published in Portland. The of is Pittock. Many Business Trips Made. was to start a daily also. As there Pioneer Associations Attended. He was an member of the was no room or business for a daily active LOS WCI'LES EXPRESS PAYS paper, but Mr. Pittock had to compete In the work of tho Oregon Historical Portland Chamber of Commerce, and with his rivals or drop out altogether- STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS OF MR. PITTOCK IN Society Mr. Pittock took an enthusi- made many trips with local business THIBCTE TO H. L. PITTOCK. so February 4, 1861, he issued the first astic interest, frequently conferring men on their "get acquainted" excur- number of The Daily Oregonian. The NEWSPAPER FIELD AS RECOUNTED BY HIMSELF with George H. Himes. curator of the sions throughout Oregon and Washing- weekly had been published 10 years association, on matters of early record. ton. Occasionally he made a business Remarkable Qualities of Oregon and 2 months. He took similar delight in the Oregon trip to the East, or paid a visit to his Pioneer Association, attending the an- boyhood home at Pittsburg, Pa., but Pioneer Newspaper Publisher War Hem Published. Autobiographical Sketch Written for Fiftieth Anniversary Edition of The Oregonian, Published February 4, nual sessions and delivering brief talks for the most part he betrayed reluc- "The first number of the daily was 1911, Is Reproduced. to the congregation of men and women tance to quit Oregon, the center of his Praised in Kdilorial. a paper of four pages, four columns to who. like Himself, knew to the full the universe, even for a few days. the page. As the Civil War was just meaning of pioneering. In'1914 he was Mr. Pittock was a member, of many then breaking out, great efforts were The following article by Mr. Pittock is Sioux and they took toll to allow us to went down to Oregon City through the chosen as one of the directors of the years' standing, of the Masonic order, LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 29. (Spe- made to get news, and the energy of reprinted from the Fiftieth Anniversary pass. We met many travelers turning woods to find a job. It was very hard Oregon Pioneer Association, and in 1915 and took an inteiested and zealous cial.) Concerning the death of Henry The Oregonian, under the direction of Edition of The Morning Oregonian, which who having every people vice-preside- He was part in the degree-tea- m drills and work L. Pittock, publisher of The Oregonian. Mr. was issued on February 4, 1911. back reported had trouble because Fall went into was elected Pittock, soon put it in the lead of with the Indians, but we kept on until town and there was not enough work then in direct line-o- f succession to the of Oregon Consistory No. 1. He was the Los Angeles Evening Express will its competitors. The contest was one in we found ourselves approaching a great for them all. The place was oversettled. presidency in 1916, but when ap- past master of Portland Lodge No. 55. contain the following editorial tomor- which patience, industry, application BY H. L. PITTOCK. 33d degree Mason, as well me a camp of Indians by the road. The toll Upon arriving at Oregon City it was proached on the subject he declined. and was a row: and skill had the usual result, and the has been suggested to that demanded consisted of sugar, flour and natural that the first thing 1 should do as a member of Al Kader Shrine. "There died in Portland. Or.. Tuesday contest was soon decided in Mr. Pit- IT narrative of the founding of other provisions, which we voluntarily would be to visit the only newspaper to others. To those who knew him best, Henry evening, a man who at the age of S3 tock's favor. Oregonian and of my part there- gave them for the privilege of passing office, the Oregon Spectator, and try Though at an age when most men L. Pittock was always a boy at heart still was lively engaged as publisher "Another helpful thing was The Ore-gonia- in is justified and even demanded on this on. Not very far away was a Hudson's to tlnd a position, but the quest was un- choose to sit by the fireside, Mr. Pittock retaining to the last a keen youthful of the Portland Oregonian Henry L. vigorous espousal of the Na- of Bay post, so we could have sought successful. in years frequently astonished interest in the fetes and celebrations Pittock. cause Re- the 50th anniversary of the entrance that recent tional in the crisis of the The Oregonian into the daily field. I aid had it been necessary and have About the middle of November. 1853, his friends by his physical vigor and with which a city signifies its happi- "For 65 years this sturdy pioneer, bellion. The people began to look to it, I Orego- ness. spanned the almost in- ove.r Coast, only news, expres- am induced, therefore, to relate some of avoided, perhaps, the payment of toll. secured employment on The endurance and the almost boyish glee His life known the Pacific and not for the but for my experiences. The story, it seems to But we gave of our provisions and nian. The paper was started by T. J. with which he enjoyed outdoor recrea- comprehensible gulf between the rough more particularly through the Pacific sion of by-pl- ay the National sentiment of the roe. to he oomnlete should begin at a came on. Dryer December 4. 1850. I came into tion. Four years ago. with a party of and pranks of pioneer days, Nortnwest. for his nobility of charac- Northwest. 1 Val- country a newly-name- d town in a wilder- ter, beau- "Then, for a long time date when The Oregonian was a weekly Then, again, in the Snake River Portland from the barefooted younger men, he elected to climb Larch when sturdy honesty of motive and and afterward, J escape. cent, camp ness yet to be won, built bonfires of simplicity of life, had guided the news of the world came to Oregon newspaper. While I personally founded ley we had rather a narrow and without a and, r.fter looking Mountain. They motored to the tiful the The Oregonian as a daily, it was al- Some of our young men were foolish around town for a situation, went into of the Bridal Veil Lumber Company, jubilation, to the great city of today destiny of the great newspaper he had wholly through San Francisco. In 1861 enough to the Times office, then the only to a point with- and its magnificent fetes of roses. converted from a struggling village there was 3. weekly steamer from San ready in existence as a weekly at the start shooting at marks for paper other took the logging train power Francisco to Portland, so Portland got a time I arrived in Portland. an3thing the Indians would give them. published here. It was located in one mile of the summit and proceed- weekly to a place of remarkable week's news at a time. California now The first idea I had of coming to WThile they were at this one Indian took on the bank of the river at First and ed In regular mountaineering order. and influence. telegraphic Oregon was aroused by articles pub- a loaf of bread and our boys fell into a St'i-- streets. After I had made two Mr. Pittock made that almost perpen- MR. PITTOCK'S LIFE ENDS "The history of The Oregonian Is a had communication with newspapers dispute with redmen over it. The or three' efforts I went to work on The climb unaided, and actually led record of the development of Portland the East and not much later extension lished in the of Pittsburg, the my dicular of a line from California to Oregon in 1852, descriptive 5f the country and next morning when we left the Indians Oregonian for board and room. I the party on the descent, which was Continued Prom Pare 10.1 and the great Pacific Northwest Until began. As this line approached Oregon written by members of a missionary tried to cut off some of our men in the ate at Dryer's house, adjoining the of made entirely afoot. Seattle became a formidable contender es rear of the was no shoot- fice, and slept on a cot. In the office Midway on the descent, with Mr. Pit- em National Bank, which organized in in late years. The Oregonian held un- the time was shortened. Brief news re- colony of United Presbyterians then train. There busi- supremacy ports were taken off at Bedding, then tablished in Oregon. I had also read ing and we drove them off. Then they between the type cases. I slept in the tock leading the party, his companions 1912. purchasing the commercial disputed over a tremendous at Yreka, then at Jacksonville, and with interest letters written by Ed- drove off some of our cattle. This was printing office for two or three years. felt the stress of their impromptu ath- ness of the Portland Trust Company. extent of territory, out of which has forwarded to Portland by daily mail, ward Jay Allen, who had come out here at Fort Boise, a military post at the That bed was all right. I never slept letics, slackened their pace and puffed With deposits of 12.000,000 at tl.at time, since been carved four or five great then first established. in 1853 and had rafted down the Snake mouth of the Boise River. We lost a more comfortably in my life than I did with exhaustion. Their first thought the Institution has grown to deposits of commonwealths. "The Oregonian was foremost in get- River. My brother, Robert Pittock, good many cattle on account of the then. It was better than sleeping on was of the veteran of the party, their more than $18,000,000. "Henry L. Pittock, who presided over ting news by this method, and as the and I decided to seek our fortunes in Indians. We killed a few buffalo on the ground, as I had done when we senior by many years, and in asides Public orrice Declined. The Oregonian for a period covering war news of those days was the West. I no definite plans as our way West; in fact, buffalo was the came across the plains. The cot for the they determined to call a halt and take Mr. was in practically the entire history of tho eagerly had of- Pittock also interested Oregon, man nought, the paper took the leading po- to how my own fortune would be only fresh meat we had. There was a "printer's devil" was a part of the a breathing spell, Valley Lumber Com- state of was a of true plenty of antelope, they were very fice equipment. "Don't you think that we ought to the Willamette force of character. A citizen of quiet, sition as a medium of news that it has sought and, as I now remember, no but pany, of Dallas, and the Charles K. power, was yet essentially ever since maintained. In the early thought of entering the newspaper hard to kill. Circulation Then l.'.OO. rest a bit?" solicitously inquired one Spauldlng Logging Company, of Salem conscious he over- vice-preside- employe part year 1864 com- my of Mr. Pittock's companions, as he nt just. The lowliest had access of the telegraphic business came into head. Train Divides at Malheur. At that time only fouf were employed pioneer publisher and Newberg, Or. He was to his confidence and felt the gracious munication was established between on Message. At Boise we were obliged to ferry on the paper. They all boarded took him. The of the company which built a San Francisco and Portland, and The First Work President's and scarcely paused in his stride down the Lyle to Goldendale in touca of his interest. His kindness Oregonian began to I had had some experience In the ourselves across the Snake River, and roomed with Dryer. I was there as a steep, stony trail. railroad from never failed him. There was a rugged receive regular tel in Pittsburg, I to boy boy's 1902. now a part of the Spokane. Port- honesty egraphic reports. printing business but swim our cattle. At Malheur we met and did a work. I used to "I've noticed that the fellow who land & Seattle system. Though often and admirable and consistent cw Presn could hardly be said to have worked a party from the Willamette Valley who mall the papers and carried the mail stops to rest never gets anywhere." approached as a possible candidate for simplicity In this man which endeared Installed. at the printer's trade. My father was a tried to induce us to cross the moun- to Oregon City to catch the boat which was tho characteristic answer he cast him to men. Hoary L. Pittock was one One hundred papers an hour was the printer and I picked up typesetting, as mail weekly to elective office, Mr. Pittock declined of God's noblemen." top speed of Ramage press tains farther south. Our teams divided. carried the all points on back. Buch proffers. With the exception of the on which I was about the office a great deal. I Part went up the Malheur' Valley and the river. The others were openly and un- 1!64, the first issue of The Weekly Orego- type very well, weary, fol- a term as State Printer, in he was printed. could set but it was crossed the mountains into the Willam- The circulation was then about 1500. ashamedly and on the beld no public office. COUNCIL HONORS MR. PITTOCK nian Eater it was replaced mainly "straight" setting of long ette Valley through the pass north of William Davis Carter was at that time lowing da were all but invalided Masonry, by a Washington press, which was held primer. My at Ho was active in and was first real work the Klamath, where the railroad is now be- the foreman of The Oregonian. He had by their aches. Hut the veteran pa.-- t Lodge No. 55, to be a dislinct improvement In equip- on part com- master of Portland Resolution Kxpro-c- s Rcpret at Emi Shortly cyl printers' trade was the Pittsburg ing built. My brother went with them, been owner of the Times with Rus- pioneer rose early, without a as well as a member of Oregon Con- ment. afterward the first setting up a part of D. Austin, be- proceeded on trip - inder press north of San Francisco, Post at President but I kept with the main party. The sell and had sold out just plaint, and a to sistory No. 1. and had attained the or Valuable- Citizen. by a engine, Polk's message to Congress. Nowadays others lost their way in the mountains fore I went to work on The Oregonian. Ocean Falls. British Columbia, where finai, or 33d degree. In degree work driven steam relieved the message A new Crown-Willamet- te memory weary pressmen of the President gives out his in and were forced to abandon their out- outfit had been purchased atid tho Paper Company Mr. Pittock look au enterprising In- In tribute to the of Henry L. their weekly chore advance and it is all in type and ready fits, were finally by people the outgoing foreman took the old out- was then commencing work on the new Pittock and his worth to tho com- at the bucking hand-ba- r of the Wash- proper but rescued terest, and was a member of many The Ramage, to be released at the time. But going out of the valley. I came to fit to Olympia, where he started a paper plant of the Pacific Mills, Limited. Mr. memorable Masonic teams. munity, the Oitx Council, at the opening ington. venerable which in those days the message was sent out over old through known as the Olympian. We had in the Pittock took always a hearty and as-slst- of its session yesterday morning, adopt- coined many a pressman s cuss word Portland the trail Various civic organisations and clubs by in heyday, is now preserved as an in printed form by mail, I think after Tygh Valley and via the road which office then an old Ramage press, with Interest in. the mountaineering also claimed his keen interest and ed a resolution introduced Commis- its delivery to Congress. I remember now goes around by the base of Mount which it was necessary to take two im- exploits of the Mazama. and was de- sioner Perkins, and signified assent by historical relic at the University of its membership. He was a member of the reeolu-",o- n ashington. there was great competition among the Hood to Oregon City. pressions to get a sheet. It is now in lighted when that organization of out- Portland Chamber of Commerce, the a rising vote. The text of the newspapers to be first in the field with We arrived in Oregon City Oc- the University of Washington as a curi- doors devotees was formed. is as follows: Something of the experience that about Arlington and Multnomah Clubs, was I,. pio- Henry L. the message. I recall that we had a tober 15, having had a continuous tramp osity. Always Accompanied. an advocate of tho Mazamas. a "Whereas. Henry Pittock. a Pittock must have met with and of May Mr. Carter didn't stay on The Ore- Rusarians ardent neer of Portland and a leader In the when he first entered upon his duties as banquet celebration after the from the first until that time. of Portland tell many a member of the Waverley Country Club development apprentice printer office boy on work was done. We ferried ourselves across the Wil- gonian long. He went East and then Rosarians Royal Rosarians. In the growth and of the city and and April 1, 1853. going came back and went to work on story of his participation in their trips and the latter state in an industrial, social aud busi- The Weekly Oregonian, in November, We left Pittsburg lamette where the White House stood the As a signal honor he held he held the post of honor as Duke of way. 1853, per- by steamer to St. Louis and then by until recently, went over the hills to the Times again. None of the men who and fetes. Rose never ness died at his home in Portland has been preserved in the al- the post of Grand Duke of Ftosaria. Rosaria. and at Festivals on January 28. 1918: and. sonal narrative of C. H. Hill, now of another steamer as far as St. Joe. We edge of the county line, on what is now worked there then are now alive, society, failed to appear in the trim uniform ot. May 4. of same year, Boone Ferry road, those of though a son of Mr. Carter is now highest office in the and "Whereas. His demise marks the end Orting. Wash., who actually acted as left Joe the the and the at sum- and insignia of membership. Up to a de- y possessions upon party enough up work on The Oregonian, as is also a son donned his uniform whenever the of a long and active life and a life roller-bo- when the first edition of the putting all our the who were old took mons participate was given. He few years ago he was an active horse- hand-pres- s behind trusty claims. X 21 years of age, so I of Mr. Austin. to voted to the best interests of the city paper left the ancient on prairie schooners the wasn't accompanied the Rcsarians on their man and frequently rode with the Port- therefore, be It December 4, 1850. oxen. Our train was known as the couldn t. I was not the youngest lad in Soon afterwards I was made foreman one land Hunt Club. A favorite recreation and state: & party, however. One of Ste- and had charge of the paper. trip to San Diego, as captain of "Resolved. That the Council of the Vow 11 room Presented. Love Stuart train. It consisted at the the of special cars, and at a midnight was mountain climbing. city of Portland expresses Its heartfelt first of five wagons, but after the start phenson boys was in the party, and was Ownership of Paper Secured. the Obispo Society Aided. Said Mr. Dryer to the foreman as he was made was joined by others. about my age. stop at San Luis it is related Historical 'egrets at the loss of so valuable a Introduced the neophyte: "Here, Mr. it In 1857 or 1858 E. T. Ounn, a young that he alighted with the rest of the The work of the Oregon Historical citizen and extends its sympathy to the Berry, is a boy for you. Put him to Indians Take Toll From Pioneers. Early Life in Oregon Described. man working in the office, went into Jolly company and danced as nimbly as Society, of which he was a member, members of the family: furtl rt that work. I think he will fill the bill and We had but little trouble with the I remained there at the claims for partnership with Dryer and myself. the best of them. had his approbation and enthusiastic this resolution be spread on the min- make a first-clas- s 'devjl.' " Indians on our way out, although on two or three weeks, helping to build This arrangement lasted for nearly two Always his Interest in life was that assistance. When the Oregon Pioneers utes of the Council and a copy be eent "I was somewhat astonished at the the Platte River wo encountered the a log house aud to split rails. Then I (Concluded on Pave of one far younger in years. When the Association held its annual meetings. to the press and the family."