Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-07

The projected town Of Linton was
never destined 70 be of more fmpor.
lance than II was during the winter
OF 1854 5. At the time we landed
our last boat load Of immigrants there
u Was quite lively place. Many Of
the families went into camp there I'M.
al such time - their respective heads
should have time 10 20 into such Dor.
ilon OF the cJuufry ~ previous infor.
nation led them to believe they would
had themselves . suitable location
The most OF the so-calIed leaders had
not stopped, but pushed right on up
the Willamette valley. The Gillian
Brothers, Col. Ford. and Major Taarp
with their several circles Of friends
located in what Is now Polk county,
she Perkins families 10 YamhiII, near
the preseRt county seat. Jos. Watt
went little further seuth, near
Amity. Some, a. the Applegate fam
lily Of iS43, did not fad themselves
satisfied with The first location, and
msred south into the Umpqua Val.
ley, as soon as 1t was reasonably safe
TO do so--1S4S9 A portion Of our
immigration had previously deter
mined TO get as near the ocean as pos
sibie, and The considerable number
Of fslailies that seemed 10 have q
leaning In that direction camped
some time al Linton.
The most notable aud the most
noisy (nOt in an offensive sensel was
Col MT. simmons One day at the
Campfire some one suggested 10 Mike,
thai ~ miller, Oregon Csty THE
fallB. "a II was then most frequently
calted) would be a good location for
him. mo-" said be, there are two
good reasons why will not go there
First, I'm going TO break down the
netiles for myself, and the falls are
nov taken and great expectations are
founded On the development Of the
Water power there. Second, ! don't
think IL safe place nohow. You
just wait lew years, until the Upper
Willamette valley is all covered by
srttlement, and the ground Is troddcn
Inol'e solid with grazing stock. and
bitches made to let off surface water
quickly from the farms, and such
rains ~ raised the Willamette 90
high few weeks ago will just wash
out that crack at the falls clean I'm
not going thereto build min or any
thing else. " One Of the eekofkers
with Summons, was Geo. w. Bush.
he had stopped at the Dalles 70 keep
watch over the stock during the win.
ter. / had been informed by him the
day we reached Soda Springs In Bear
river valley. that he would place
hinseif on the out edge OF the settle
mont somewhere, and If the new gov
ernment we should establish should
prove untriendly 10 men of color (he
was = mulatto); be would endeavor to
place himself under the protection of
inc Mexican Gvvefnment By moving
aouth yard. Il ID probable that Bush
s@on saw that the vicinity Of the Brit
Ash Government on the north was q
safer resource for him 10 case Of
aecessity, tnan the Mexican, and |
have no doubt that consideration en-
tertsd largely Into the Influences that
determined Simmons, Bush aud their
friends 10 locate north of the Colum-
ola river. They tsUk plenty of time
and went over on the Sound and ex-
amined the situation.
OF course the Hudson Bay Com
Pauy officers opposed the idea of an
American settlement there all they
could, rs they had hopes. not uurea.
sonable ones perhaps, that their gov
eruinent would establish its domiaion
0ser al the north side OF the Coiam&
bia river. In this belief and for this
purpose they had formed the Puget
sound agricultural Company and in
duced the immigration from Rupert's
Land, and in addition 70 inducing
lhese settlers, spread out their own
stock grazing interests as much over
the country rs possible While the
summons and Bush people were AZ
their camps 1t Linton and Washou
gal, the Hudson Bay Company pur-
chased all the shingles of them they
made; but when 1t was fou.d they
contemplated settling on the Sound,
DIR. Mclaughlin earnestly endeavored
TO dlssuade simmons from the enter.
prise. When excited, the doctors
impedlment of speech was most no
licuAble. The substance oi the con.
fab hstweeu aim aud simmons, used
10 be told AZ follows: ~ p
Doctor--I-I understand, Mr.. Sim
mons, yoa-you contemplate settling
on Puget Souads
,simmons--Yss. deeter, we've
made up our minds tAat shat eountry
win suit Us. and we're going over
there.
Doctor-Don't--don't. Mr.. Sim.
mons don't--don't. 1 advise. You
will suffer, you-you will cause your
families 10 suffer. There 10 nothing
there Mr.. Slmtnons, of much conse-
quence b0t the timber, the soil Is not
good. Our settlers have tried IL; It's
100 shingly--too shiagly. (oFavelly.l }
You wild not be able TO live there.
Don't 90, Mr.. simmons. Don't 80
ghe,fei sas e. s
simmoas--I guess doctor, we're
e0Ind 10 70 and risk Il.
Eloctor-Wsll, Mr.. simmons, II
you win 60, must tell you that we
ltAa Hudson Bay Company, cannot
we cannot assist you as we are DO.
ing the settlers OF the Willamette val
ley, aud | think you are wrong II you
60 there.
Simuions-Well, doctor, we're
bound 10 20 and try Il anyhow.
They did, and the Hudson Bay
Company bought shingles of the In
FAINT eoloay tiil the Sandwich. Isl,
auds market for shingles vas gluited
nal ktiesss thls was vess great sid 70
the inf mt colony, aud Il 10 equally
beyond doubt the colony would have
BEEN planted without it. Il Is true
siss, that the poaeF vas in me oEhcsrs
OF The hndsea Bag uempa . have
20 Influenced the Indians that much
Dloodshed would have occurred dur
ing the settlement DR.. McLaughlin
did no niore thaa The duties Of his
poslsion rsqulred Of Atm in tsying %
gllzsusde Siuinaons and his party from
going there 10 settle, aud be may
easily be credited with talking as he
did. both a. Q Christian gentleman.
desiring to psevuat unnecessary sat.