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Show John McLouqhlin, ' ' the IPir. FLOYD GIBBONS Adventurers7 ' AT OBE STATE FAIK m . flu near! if By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ECENTLY newspapers In many parts of the United States printed this story ; OREGON CITY, papers of Dr. John McLoughlln. Father of Oregon, have been disco? ered In the vaults of the county recorder's office here. Doctor McLoughlln, factor of the iBrltlsh Hudson Bay Fur company, befriended American settlers In Oregon In the early days. When the fur post was discontinued, after Oregon was ceded to the United States, Doctor McLoughlln remained and took a farm. The naturalization papers were Issued by the Second District court of Oregon Territory, September 5, 185L" Back of that brief news Item lies one of the most romantic and significant and at the same 'time one of the most tragic stories In American history. For this Dr. John McLoughlln was more than just a factor of the British Hudson Bay iFur company" yes', even more than the Father .of Oregon." There was a time when he was known far and wide as the Emperor of the ' West," a wilderness king whose word waq absolute law over 400,000 square mlle, an empire that extended all along the Paclflc const from ' California to Alaska and as far enst as the Great .Salt lake In Utah. There was a he held an Influence over the Indians such as' .no white man had since the. days of Sir William Johnson's dominance over the Iroqqola.on the other side of the continent There was a time when he, by speak! rg a few words, could have embroiled the United. States and Great Britain In a third war and If thnt ha.d happened It Is doubtful If the Pacific Northwest would now be under the American flag. But he refrained from speaking those words and by refraining saved the lives of hundreds 'of American settlers and probably thousands of. American ' and British soldiers and sailors. Thus the romance and the historical: slgnlfl cance In the life story of Dr, John McLoughlln. As for the trngedy, It was the tragedy pf a king". who lost his kingdom and' of a rflal 'man without a country, a more pltirul figure than the fictitious hero of Edward Everett .Hales fa' . . . mous book. dlscov the. back of 8uch la the story, In. part, of a century, . cry, after more than John made which document McLoughlln of the an American citizen. But- even though he was oo longer a man without a country," that docu ment could' not snve him from going to his grave old man-- the air years the selfishness end of the victim tude on the part of those who had best reason to ' fce grateful to him the American settlers he had "befriended."' . , The complete story is told In .a'neW biography which, by art Interesting coincidence, appeared a .short time after. the discovery of naturalization papers In the' vault In Oregon City. This biography Is "The Engle: John- McLoughlln, Builder of an Empire," written by Rlehnrd O. Montgomery of Portland. Ore., and published by the Macmillan company of New York. Much has been written about McLoughlln (the list of authorltlea occupies five full pages at the end of. this biography) but Mr, Montgomerys hook ,s one of the most authoritative and most Interesting word. 'portraits of McLoughlln that has yet appeared. McLoughlln was born at Riviere du Loup some 120 miles below Quebec on the. St. Lawrence In 1784. Ills father was an Irishman, his mother,s Frttser In whom French blood wns mixed with the Scotch. As a boy he wns and very religious, with none of the dashing recklessness that characterized the nren engaged- In the business In which he was to become famous the fur trade. Due to the Influence of one .of bis uncles. Dr. Simon Fraser, It appeared cectnln that young John would become a doctor and at the age of sixteen he began studying medicine. Although he practiced for a while In Montreal, It soon became apparent that "a professional r In a community held no fascination for him. The lads gray eyes were focused en the West there was no hnnktrlng for city life In his nature." That whs largely due to another uncle Alexander Fraser, who had be--, tome prominent In the affairs of the North West company, which had been organized in ITS I, the year young John was born, to compete with the Hudsons Bay company for the rich prlzp of the fur trade throughout Canada. Through Udcle Alexanders influence the young doctor received an appointment aa resident physician In th$ North West company and In the winter of JSO-- l proceeded to Fort William, the companys .chief depot and factory on Lake Superior. This marked the beginning of that amazing career which resulted In McLoughltna becoming the Emperor of the West" From being ft medical officer he Boon progressed to the position of chief trader. In 1820, when the bitter rivalry between the Hudsons Bay company ifnd t(je North Westers ended in a truce, young McLoughlln went to London aa a North West representative to drive the bargain which consolidated the two companies. He then became s Hudson's Bay man and continued as such through the remainder of his active life. For a time he served as chief factor at Fori Francis on the Lake of the woods. Then Gov. George Simpson, head of the II. B. (X, recognlz Ing the great ability of the young doctor, made him assistant to Chief Factor Alexander Ken. nedy on the Columbia river, with the Idea of his eventually superseding Kennedy there. This was all a part of the bold scheme whlo Mmpson had In mind. The American, John Jacob Aster, had failed In hla attempt to found a fur empire In the Paclflc Northwest and his post, Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia had fallen Into the hands of the North West company first and then the Hudsons Bay company. The Oregon country waa held jointly by Great Britain and the United States, but Simpson planned to win this vast region with Its wealth of fnra for England hut more particularly to bring all the territory west of the Rocky mountains within a single Hudson's Bay company jurisdiction." McLoughlln was selected as the Instrument to bring this about and there could have been no better one selected. From the moment he look ORE.-Natural!z- a-tlon - ,'V Tort Vancouver ' Dr. p John MsLouqhlin 18,-1935- basest-Ingrat- Whlte-Ilende- l d - serious-minde- d - cu-ree- well-settle- d O-- i ishuinlf. ' s . Emanuels eyes wander- to this yonn .priest many times as be eats. , before, on the nig i In his memory he Is back In San .Francisco, city. And, come the earthquake pardon mq, the luOfl. 18, to. think of It, It happened on. this same dater-Apf- ll . . Emanuel le In a retrospective pood". The pyleste. Roman c0' iar recall another priest to him. .Hewants to. tell of this other , man of God who saved Ms. life that night ao long ago tn San Frary cisco. The ypung priest emllee and Emanuer tells his story.. Emanuel was a traveling salesman. In thpset days and on that, rtemor- . was He Francisco.able' April night was sleeping in $ little hotel In San. tired from his d.ays work, Emanuel says, and'the first shock of the qnake did not awaken him, but he remembers fueling a strange disturbance about him as though In s dream, ' 'He slept on and only.awakpned when he felt , ' ' a violent tugging on his arm. '.' . ' ' . . ' Awakened From One Dreary Irtto- Afiother. lie opened, his 'eyes. The room, was pitch 4ark,.but he tfas finally able' to see a young maq In a nightshirt stamlLng by bis bed. i "Wake up," the man said, "here's been an earthquake. . . ' . Emanuel looked around b?nkly. and discovered the room.In moment and1, that great disorder; .Another shock hit the. City 'at the awful feeling of terror that come to a persorf who. first feela ; .' ' an was unable to earthquake hit Mnj iwlth paralyzing force.-.,H' In horrdr. bed rigid with .move, but lay there hesitated. The man io tbe nightgown, seeing his helples&fiesSj-neveHe pulled Emanuel out of bed and, throwing him oyer his shoulder carstairs to' the lobby. , ried. the salesman bodily down. (he s.evqn fljghis-o- . the-coas- House of Dn McLouqhhn m OreqonCity, Ore, Marker in Vancouver.Wash. t Salt Lake City Directory . , - r - 4? L rVit- (i. . '. Write For Spring Catalog , . . - , . eq three-quarte- rs J . for OVE back your chairs, boys ajid girls.and make room Emanuel Mitchell, whp tells a strange story .m this of ours. Nights of Adventure club W.e pick, up Emanuel in a little lunch rooni. The date is Apri and the hour is Jate.As Emanuel sails intrfhi? ham and thfe counter seat next eggs sunny side up a young priest-taketo him. '! . ... J" ' By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline, hunter, ; . ' . . J.SWW; i tlme-wh- . When the Earthquake Struck txbibitar whi has rod 1 wo) brands bet wkeeew ists CLABBER GIRL, . ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO.. Trusses Artificial Liiqls Crotches Arch Smports Eitcnsion EUoes Elastic Hosiery Established In Salt Taka In 1C0S Ih. V us. 6264 SatlsfacEon Guaranteed 13S W. Third So. I Salt Lak City. II X. L Bracts f Hotelful of Guests Are Petrified With Fright. .. In the lobby a pltiflil group of frightened guests In nightclothes were crying and gesticulating, beside themselves with fright The manager ,v Graye Stones, y.f A of Dr. McLouqhlin and His Wife chnrge fa 1821, 'abandoned Astotta and moved up the river to establish Fort Vancouver It that here was the nmn who could rule both the lAdluns and (he turbulent .trappers and .fur traders Rule he did, sterhly hut Justly, and tbo . Indiana, who called McLoughlln- - the' "White-HeadeEngle"' because of his shock of snow-whit- e loved him quite hnlr, respected as qmch as they feared. him. For a period of fon' years. Fcirt Vancouver wa the' rhnter of a feudal empire tile like' of which the New World never, before, and seldom since, has seen. It was a "sanctuary of civilization In the heatt of the ravage western country" and to It enme many a traveler and explorer whose-namIs written large In the history of the WestJededlnh Smith, Nathaniel J. Wyeth, llail J. Kelly, Jason Leo Mnrcu 'Whitman, Oft plain ' . Hopnevllle and a host qf other One of tile notables who cnm'ie'to Vancouver wns Capt. .Aemlllus Simpson jef the British navy and a symbol of lilsr visit l.s to he seen near tire ' site of Fort Vancouver to this day. . During Ills sbjojirn at Vancouver,' Slmpion degree tounwittingly contributed lir ward tho agricultural progress of the commit-.-- ' nlty," writes Montgomery, . While dining one. evening with the doctor lip was reminded by one of his men of a promise lie. a certain young fady hack In London. Tt appears that during tho deSsert course of a farewell hauquot given In his honor, tills young liidy had extracted (he seeds from an apple anilthad laughingly presented lhcin 'to Simpson with the request that lie plant them when heareucjied his dfstlnatioji In the Northwest wilderness. The Incident had beetr forgotten until tlmt moment, hut when the captain's' attention was caHpd to ft by his aide. Ire reached Into Ids cqnt pocket and there deposing nmler his kid gloves, he fbund (lie little packet of spoils. A ripple of laughter ran aronfld Ihe tahlp ad he handed them over to his host. ' dbiin wns. not ihe man to underrate . "Dot-lo- r such a glftt The very next day he eiitruojed the apple seeds to Robert Bruce, tho venerable Schtch gnrdeher of the fort, whb planted them with great carq under giass. Thus, In ike eplrjt of Jest, the redoubtable white-gloveAemlllus made possible Hub first Orcgob applo," Tlmt ws 109 yhnrs ago. .Ope pf the tjnees which sprang' from those seed still stands whre the, ienerabV ' - , had-mad- d Robert Bruce Vluted them' and It.syil bears fru.lt, as the. welter of Ihlsw artlrle, who took the photograph of It shpwn ftbove, entv testify. Unhappily for JIcLmighlijn ether seefts we re glko being planted Irr thf fmlle soil of the Oregon country and they borq ji croii .of trgid'le for him; For Just whqn he was well established as the "Enfimror of tjia West,", trie energetic Yankees who werq to dilute wiy: Ifseat Britain ownership of tlie Northwest began to aVpeivr -f- irst as competiyve Tur trafjiys anj lator aa . missionaries aljd settlers. t The doctor, fimlng of a los disposition, (he 'was baptized a Catholic, his mgthers faith, but grew flp an Episcopalian, tfle faith of his father), was saturafly towaril tUp mldsMk-nrleand he jyive bold medial and other ahl to them w hen, as so often, happened. In their early days, they were In distress! For that matter, he did the snme for the settlers even though he, ns factor for the Hudsons' Bay Company and therefore obligated to consider Its Interests' first, would have been Justified, by the rules of "big business" which were ev.en then In vogue. In letting them starve. , Instead of doing that he gave generously from hl's own ro,sources and that very generosity resulted In his downfall Governor Simpson had never approved of his hospitality to the American settlers and thut, combined with Innumerable other disagreements between the head of the Hudsons Ray company and Its representative In Oregon, resulted In 1S43 In retirement from the H. II Cs, a retirement which seems to have been little more Hutu a summary dismissal In the meantime the American settlers, who had been coming Into Oregon In unmlicrs since 1812, hud been beseeching to guarantee their land titles on the Columbia and bail taken steps to form a local government. McLoughlln had become Involved In well-dispose- d s open-hande- d g con-irres- it Zhe AfpleTree ld the political mnneuvertngs Incident to that and made a number of enemies among the' lenders of the new American territory. adtlon After retiring from the Hudson Bay company service he cioved to the present site of Oregon City where he had every reason to expect that Ills ne.w neighbors, so. extensively the .recipients of his largess, would welcome him as a bene-Tarte- r, rather than spurn him as a fallen autocrat,' lie niade the very human mistake of counting too heavily on the religious (olerance and anticipated gratitude of these people." For they were 1rotestants and he was a Catholic, having returned once mor.e to the religious faith of his V6uth;-hwas also a British subject and they were roused to a high pitch of patriotic ardor over, the Oregon-boundardispute. Although he Immediately took steps to become itn American citizen, hla motives were suspected npd 'there, were numerous annoying delays before Ills fisal citizenship papers were signed. But even that did not end hl$ troubles. American icttlcrs had squatted on some of his lands and llicr wore disputes over land titles. After Oregon bocnpie a, territory, Its first delegate to congress, an enemy of the doctor Influenced the pnssirge'of legislation, thq Oregon Donation Land Law, whjch cheated McLoughlln out of real estate That was rightfully his. No wonder' that toward the close of his caree? tho embittered old man penned these lines: By lli'lflsh demagogues I have been represented as a traitor. F.or what? Because I acted as a Christian, savod American citizens, men, women and chffilrea from the. Indian tomahawk and ennbled them to take' farms to support their families. American demagogues have been base enough to ashert that I hnjl caused American citizens to be massacred by hundreds by the savages. L who sated all that I could ; , . I could not have done more for the settlers If they had been brothers a fid sisters To be brief, I founded this settlement hrtd prevented a war : . . and for doing thfs pencahly and quietly, I wgs treated by the British In such s manner that, from I resigned my situation In the Hudsons Bay companys service, by which I sacrificed $12,000 pe? annum, and the Oregon Land Bill showt the ... self-respec- t, treatment I received from the Americans." The qnd of his troubles came on September 3, 1837, when he died peacefully In his home In Oregon City. 'Five years later the Oregon legislature nmde partial amends for the Injustices he had sutfered hy passing an act which permitted tde heirs td Acquire all of hL original land claims, w;fth the exception of one Island, upon the payment of $1,000 which was designated for thaUnfversIty Fund of Oregon. Although he fk generally hailed as the "Father of Oregon," no monumept In keeping with his Importance In the history of the Paclflc Northwest has ever been erected in his memory. The frame dwelling In Oregon slpiple, City where he spent his last days Is preserved as a museum and a memorial to him. The Intombstone, set li scription on his Caththe brick foundations of the olic church where he lies burled, records the fact that he was The Pioneer and Friend of Oregon. Also the founder of this city." The magnificent column at Astoria, Ore honors tho names of Capt Robert Gray, of Lewis and Clark and of John Jacob Astor but not that of Dr. John McLoughlln. The monument at Wlshram, Wash., lists his name along with 40 other "dauntless pathfinders and pioneers" of varying Importance. On a grassy plot within the city limits of Vancouver, Wash stands a hexagonal marker, on one face of which Is this simple inscription: "Under the Influence of Dr, John McLaughlin (sic) !, manager of the Hudson Pay Co, civilization of Washington started at Vancouver, A. D. 1S25." Meager as Is this tribute, they might at least have spelled correctly the name of the man of whom this latest blogra pher says ; "Of all the heroic figures of the early West, Dr. John McLoughlln was the most remarkable. As a leader, a benefactor and a Christian, he was unrivaled, and, though his life ended In trngedy, the passage of time has not only enhanced his greatness but placed htm with the charmed circle of our national heroes." white-painte- d brown-painte- m Wmm m d niw. 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Whep he came .back after Emanuel, Emanuel says he couldnt believe hla eyes. The young man of the nightgown was a priest Ills collarwas Just like that of the man who no,w sat. beside Emanuel In the lunch room.' Prices, and , terms to suit you. Streator-Smit- CHEVROLET DEALER . . Emanuel Rides Once More 'on Friendly Shoulders. Once more, Emanuel still in a nervous condition was carried down those long flights. Thrs'tlme out Ipto the night Emanuel does not remember the many scenes of horror they must have passed as the young priest picked his way through the flebrls strewn streets. He does remember the glare of fire that lit up the city In back of them and he remembers stopping at a deserted lunch, room. The proprietor had Jeft everything In his hurry to be gone. Coffee was still hot tn the coffee urn and a cup of It served by the prlesjt soon had Emanuel back on his feet The priest left a coin on the counter. The rest of their Journey through tha night of horror Eman-udoes not like to reoalL Morning found them safa from ths flamea that had already swept the quarter where their little hotel . had once etood. The years passed aa years do-- but Emanuel says he never failed to call on the priest whenever buslpess took him to the Pacific coast The two became close friends and mayn years later when thp brave priest died Emanuel traveled SOQ miles to attend his funeral el Proving Again That the. World Is Not So Small.. And that bos and girls, Is the story Emn'nuel told the young prlesf the lunch room In New In York. As he finished, Ihe two drank a silent Toast In cofifee to the other priest , . "To Father Harrison," Emanuel said, holding hl3 cup to the other. The young priests cup shook In his hasd. He stated at Emanuel "Father Harrison," he said softly, "was my unde. He was my Insdlra-tlo- n for entering the priesthood.' C h '" USED CAR DEPT.' 505 SO. MAIN. Saif LaLe City ' U.'S. 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The ize an old Japanese proverb, sage eomplled "Speak no evil see no evil, bear no V tfce three by drawing pictures monkeys on the sand evlL" In Japanese the proverb and left his disciples the maxim, reads, Iwazaru, mlzaru, klkazaru," -- l?ak ao evil, see no eVll, hear which literally means no tvlL non seeing, non hearing." 1 Therefore, notes a writer tn the InReducing Cold Compounds ' It is said often News, dianapolis When solutions of soluble gold that the names of the monkeys are are treated with reduccompounds Iwazaru, who speaks no evil; ing substances, gold Is who sees no evil and usually In the form of a who hears to evil Each word very fine powder. This powder, a writIn the proverb ends with "zaru." er says In the Chicago Is gen-Tribune, "zaru" In to a verb By adding JapT,0f dark red color. When anese, It becomes a negative ad- f.ra chloride Is used as the reducing jective. 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