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Show I Dr. Martin Lectures. Tells Interesting Things About the B Settlement of Oregon. K Dr. Geo. W Martin, or Manti, de- Wm livered his lecture "How the Oiegon HE Trail became a Road" at the Presby- Wl terlan chinch Wednesday evening to WM a rather small but thoroughly appre- BJ dative auidence. Dr. Martin's lee- H lure was a lesume oi condensation of a BJ book he has wiittru on this subject, H and abovcallglvesevidenceof unlhnlt- BJ cd research of volumes bearing on the H subject, and his own ihoiougli know I- H ege of I t.ih IB The speaker consumed veil neaily Bg two liouis lii ptescntlng his talk and Wt any attempt to give a report or it BJ must necessarily prove an injustice to B Dr. Maitin He covered piettj thoi- Kite 1L.-mPUB'l'i' t,le lnclt,cnts between 1784, the I 2 tpStlmc Thomas .IcITerson made his tlrst R5 propisltlon as to the western country, KS down to about 18."0, or the coming of Bt the Latter day Saints into Utah, and HT his whole urgament seems centered Bj In proving that the Oregon trail was BJ a well troaden load years bcfoie the H Saints left Nauvoo. There was a fort H at Utah lake as early as 1825, and In H 1H1M Brldger was a traveler through Bj Salt Lake and Cache Valleys. In 1832 BJ and lSUl wagon tialns made their H, way very nearly lotho Oregon country BJ and In 1843 1000 people In a wagon Bl train reached Oregon. In M4 some f 3,000 in a like train went through, and jK In MS no less than 4,000 with wagons, Br cattle, etc , went over the Oregon BJ trail. Dr. Martin docs not deny that BJ the L. 1). S. suffered untold hardships BE in their trips to Utah, but argues that BE It was largely because they chose to ME get off the beaten road. 9K Dr. Martin's book will probably be BE before the public in a short while and jBJ the people Interested may have the op- HB portunlty of dissecting and judging Its BJ accuracy. OK Before the lectuie the ladles iiar- Bf tette at the Presbyterian church rcn-PBtRipc4fdercd rcn-PBtRipc4fdercd excellent vocal music, and Miss R, " Linn gave an Instrumental selection. |