The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-16
BARRows' OREGON.

oregon, by William Barrows, though
by no means recent addition to the
Series OF American commonwt'lehs,
unites all the charms Of a romance
with authentic history CLEANED by care
full and pahnstalslng research, as well
as personal acquaintance with men
prominent in the early days.
How many OF ofegon's sons and
daughters Of "a larger growth, familiar
though they may be with the records Of
the past, are instilling dnto the minds
Of their sons and daughters genuine
love for and lhudable pride In their
own state? Every boy and girl should
through these pages become familiar
with the thhdlling story of the exciting
contest of five nations for the possess
sion Of this territory, and the work Of
that grand character DR.. Whitman,
whose herculean energy and devotion
turned the scales In favor of the Unit
cd states thus securing to this state
a progressive civilization.
Like a panorama Barrows unfolds
the series OF dramatic events which
trace the evolution OF this land, in
little more than half a century, from
the wilderness
oWhere rolls the oregon, and hears
no sound
Save his own dllshings,"
to the promising state Of today.
OF the first great immigration, when
two hundred wagons fell into line,
bringing those sturdy men and women
whose mission was TO resist and over
come the painlyzlng power Of that oc>
topus, the Hudson Bay Company, he
thus writes:
"There are inside and outside Of those
wagons. the noble germs and best ele-
ments OF American hfe For four score
years such families and such wagons
have been carrying our frontier forward
sixteen miles i year, along Its entire
line, from the English boundary to the
Mexican, a movement that has made
the annual arel Of new settlements
equal to two and q half states as
large As Massachusetts. Just az this
time, 1SiS one section Of the long fron-
tier wave was comblng into breaker,
and throwlng its spray agaln't and
over the Rocky mountains. In the
growth and spread Of people and in
The occupation OF wild land by titled
aelds. and neighborhoods and highways,
the world never saw 80 sublime a sight.
The ltable lands OF Asia have in pre-
historic times Tilted toward Europe and
thrown forward masses, but not civil
llaation and great armies have cut
their way through frontiers with scythe
,harlots; but the American scythe char
ots are the reapers, and they win bat-
les for pgogress and humanity on our
,ast wheai. fields. Gladstone well says;
While we (Great Brltaln) have been
,dvanolng with portentlous celerlty,
America IL passing us by In the can
er.'"
Is It possible to be too Jealous In Gre
ting IA feeling OF state prIde--4.oo per-
istent IN our admiration Of the "old !
ettleIw to whose earnest and indom-
lnble win we owe 50 much?
Is there any more important factor
n eduoatlng our boys and girls TO the
ense % the dutes and responsibilities
{ worthy citizenship. thnn a thorough
OF oregon's wonderful his
lry?
AZ this time. when We are pressing
he merits Of our state and anxiously
utuuslng Immigration within IT'S bor-
ora lel us know thoroughly whereof
e write and speak. thas the growth
our oregon may be solid, sure ana
ernanenti W.