, 1862-04-26
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF OREGON, IS.
County Of Wasco.
To all people to whom these presents shall come or
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County Of Wasco.
To all people to whom these presents shall come or
may concern:
I. james A. Odell, Notary Public, duly commi
stoned and qualified, residing in Dales city, Oregon
send greeting
Know We that on the 2sth day of March, A. D.
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, before me appeared
o. b. Gibsos}, Agent of the Oregon Steam Navigation
Company and noted in due form Of law, before me,
the said Notan', his prHeSt, and requires me to ex-
tend the said protest. And together with the said o.
B. Gibson comes i. j. Drew and c. II. Johnson.
All Of whom, being by me duly sworn, voluntarily
and freely and solenlny declare and depose fol-
lows, that is to say That IN the month Of Decem-
Der, A. D. 1861 and previons thereto, the Oregon
Steam Navigation Co. were engaged in carrying Ieght
and passengers from Portland Oregon to ala NaAa,
Washington Territory, by Steamboats, pl, ing on The
Columbia river wherever the same is lavigahle for
steamboats, between saG points: that tctNe cen the
Daes Oregon, and DcschWes landing. on said river,
distance of fifteen miles land portage ihad 10 be
made, and that said Company kept and used at Me
sad Deschutes Landing gooo stone warehouse, IN
which freight in transtu stored :. That IN sara
month of December, while Il aroe amount Of fcght
was stored in said warehouse, in tnnsitu t,r the sad
Walla Walla. the Columbia river between said ware
house and said Wala Wall became blocked ana closed
by ice so that boats could no longer navigate said
river between said points, and that the said river be-
tween SAID points remained blocked and closed
aforesaid until about the 2Oth day of March A. d.
lS62, curing which time the weather was very cold
and much OF the freight stored aforesaid at said
ne8eintes Landing was damaged and injured by
INOVN"S eHc cAuVulc Wtdlnei. hNL ntt ON any
neglect or want Of the part Of Il said Oregon
steam Navigation Company; that the said freight
w's A. well protected from the clementSas could have
heen done that the said warehouse in which said
freight was stored was good stone building in good
repair, and that all damages that have occurred to
SAID freight was solely hy the circumstances hen enbe-
tore stated, and cannot, nor ought not be aibucd
any nsuiciency in said warehouse or default Of the
said Company or their agents in charge
And the said O. B. Gibson as Agent for said Com
pany, now requires me. the said Notary to make his
protest and is public thereof that the same may
be seen and be Of full force and valueas Of right shall
apperan.
I Whercapon. |. the said Notary do protest and bv
these presents do publicly and solemn protestagainst
the weather ana 1eezicg, and against Ii and every
accident met with as aiJreSaid whereby said frerht
has sustaine damages or been injured for all losses
costs dam ges or expenses and injury which the said
Oregon Steam Navigation Company on The owners and
shippers Of sdd freight any other person or per
sons interested or concerned have already or NAV
hcTeaf er sustain incnr account Of the premises
and 5hat no part Of said cxpens losses already in
erred or hereafter to be incurred do fan npon the
said Oregon Steam Navigation Company or their
Agents.
/ Thus done and protested at Dalles CITY. Oregon.
this 2sth day Of March, A. D. 1862. In witness where
Of as well the said appearcrs, J. the said Notary
have hercuntO subscribed al d have affixed my
Notaria seal. OBJ. GIBSON
BENZ. J. DREW
CALEB H. JOHNSON.
JAMES A. ODELL.
us NOTARY PUBLIc