Show the story of our states by JONATHAN MACE RACE OREGON IT IT WAS AS tho the I 1 S baulsh who laid claim to tho the t discovery ot of 0 our U r pacific in INIS 1643 ferrelb possibly sailed as for far north as tho the oregon boundary in sir francia francis drake explored for england tho the coast considerably north of this other Span spaniards lards made further explorations and captain cook the english nayl cator in 1783 landed at nootka sound bound and gave it its name thus both spain and england laid claim to thia this region tho the american rights to this territory were based on the discovery of tho the columbia river in by captain kobert nobert gray who vrho sailed from boston in tho the ship columbia to open up fur trade many american far traders followed and in 1811 john jacob astor the head of the pacific fur company established a settlement called astor la at the mouth of the columbia tho the real opening of tho the northwest was the result of the famous lewis and clark expedition by 1843 a decided flow of emigrants from the east travelled over tho the oregon trail trall from kansas city to the columbia river and thus luto into oregon ane trip over this thle route occupied about three months and the set tiers generally travelled in largo large parties to withstand any possible attacks from indians american settlers became so numerous that the united states actively laid claim clatin to this region spain had been forced to withdraw any rights she may have bad had when florida was ceded in 1810 this left eng land and america quarrelling over this section of the country final settlement with definite boundaries between the united states and canada woe mado in 1848 1846 the oregon territory was formed in 1848 and the state of oregon was taken into the union in 1850 1859 with an area of K square miles Q 5 br mcclure newspaper proof conclusive that the president aspires to a second term Is the fact that he continues to have his shoes half halt soled its perfectly safe to listen to the person who Is always giving away advise its a cheap way of finding out what to do As a rule the man who is willing tp tackle a difficult task find it so difficult after he gets to going A good way to get an obstinate man to do a thine thing Is to tell him he cant hell hopi hop right to it just to prove you wrong dont be too severe in condemning the spoiled child its parents are proud of I 1 the responsibility voliva who insists the world Is flat might prove his contention by bt hooting hoofing it until he drops off hard jobs are only hard to those who think them hard bard you never can tell a mans mentality by the stubble on his face s of course there maybe may be people who never lie but who wants to sit or stand all his life only the wise man can recognize the real folly of a fool if it adequate punishment were prom promptly aptly inflicted in every case there would soon bo be no occasion for punishment the quickest route to stardom in the movies is to got stet written up in connection with an unsavory scandal everybody just simply has to see the horrid thing |