Logan Republican | 1914-02-24 | Page 7 | Unpaid Money Orders Dated 1859 Turn Up

i UNPAID MONEY ORDERS DATED 1859 TURN UP Dallas, Oregon, Fob. ' 21. Whllo looking through somo old papers belonging be-longing to his father-in-law, Isaac I.ovcns, Frnnk Itowell found two mon ey orders for $2-11.71 each dated Oc- tober 4, 1859 and Issued to L. D. Tracey by tbe Wells Fargo Express Company, and which had never been cashed. The orders had .been drawn at Portland and were payablo at New Orleans. Mr. Levens who died about 20 years ago was ono ot tho founders of Dallas. He crossed the plains In 1849 and took a donation claim of 640 acres on which the town of Dallas whs afterwards located. None of the old settlers now living here remember Tracey, but It Is supposed that he was at one Mm a business associate of Mr. Level?. Mr. Rowell will take the mattor of these old money orders up with the Wells Fargo Co. and ascertain If they can be redeemed.