The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-04-18

| Joseph Gale, John Cannon Pleasant
Armstrong, Ralph kilbourn, Henry
Wood, George Davis and Jacob Green,
Americans In self hclpfulncss, Nssoclat-
! cd themselves together and built a
schooner They were refused the sup
| plies at Vancouver necessary TO finish
| rigging their little ship, pr, McGhugh
| lin evidently saw their situation Of
danger. when happily Captain Wilkes
came into the Columbia In time to pre-.
vent an outbreak by visiting the little
shin and her builders, being 80 raVor-
ably Impressed by the enterprise aa to
assist It With an anchor. h0wser nau.
deal Instruments. tlag ANA clear
ance and offered htnsclf to become res.
punslNle to nr McGloughlln FOR what
else was necessary witch enabled them
Ia finish their work. Il Am Indebted 10
the annual address of j W, Nesmlth,
10 the Pioneers In 1850, FOR the facts
nt this successful creation ut capital No
to SlyN They We're received from capt
Gale himself who, aS the only cNpvr-
iprced sailor on board. took this tirSt
Oregon built ship out at the mouth of
the Columbia ON the evening NJ Scptcm.
Der H. 1912, with John Cannon. Pleas
ant Armstrong. Ralph kllbnurn. Jacob
Green and an Indian boy ms assistants,
There was but one passenger u Mr.
PtftrUhauser Captain Joseph Gale was
the leading spirit In this enterprise and
Il is very probable that he and Pleas
ant Armstrong We're intrustcd with In
terests she represented by others In
Oregon In addition to those going with
him To California. wheN she WAS sold
FOR $50 cows soon after her arrival.
Captain G0le 81 used his time during
the winter of 1898 that In the spring
of lSIS he started "a leader. to Oregon.
NJ rnrty-;wo men. bringing 1850 head of
cattle, 900 head of mares and colts,
horses ana mules and 5000 sheep. They
We're IS days reaching the Willamette.
ON their arrival with their herds. the
monopoly NJ stock cattle came 10 an end
In Oregon
II have married the rnc description
~ the public spirited movement by J.
w Nesmlth. In order 70 show briefly
that II was public.splrlIrd and rrcog-
nized as such by those who. at the call
~ the wolf meeting. organized the pro.
visional gov 'rnmH'nt of Oregon placed its
leading spirit. Joseph Gale, MS mem
Der of It's governing trlumviratr or cx-
ecutive committee. with Alansep Beers.
the most consplcuously Industrious and
capable laymembers OF the NJ H. mis-
sion. aud David H,ll one ol the most
highly esteemed men ~ the free trap
per Cla%
by this cattle drive and organlEa-
tiOn NJ government. unrr tsnnahlr claims
To land, as we'll as cattle monopoly
came 10 an end. The spirit that made
the wolf meeting a success Increased
rapidly By the Increase of Individual
owners Of stock who were mdrr than
doubled In number ny those who were
on the way from the Missouri river To
the Willamette valley. while Captain
Gale ana his followers were between
the Sacramento valley and the same
destination. The first object agreed up
on al the Wolf meeting the payment
~ bhunties In property for killing
wolves. | believe was never carried out.
but shall endeavor 20 show their des-
truction was such public necessity AZ
Justified the call ~ the meeting fur that
purpose alone.
The writer arrived In OTrgon one
wear later and did not own property cK-
cept u saddle-horse til the fall OF iSt5
when he became owner ~ a young SOW
as payment for harvest labor and ~
the vacated original NJ r. mission claim
and buildings. That young SOW and her
| may say. within twenty steps OF the
young oak tree DR.. White had ascend
I'd In 1912. II horse was turned out on
Mission Bottom at that time with
raw hide trail rope IL would be- cut on
close at his heels probably the first
night by coyotes. The second sow |
purchased. after my marriage In lSi7
was dragged nut ~ little house |
constructed for her near our cabin by
the big wolves. For twenty-five years
thereafter the logs ~ swine sheep and
cattle was annually a loss 10 my neigh
bOrs and myself and We. like many
others held local wolf meetings. form
ed clubs and paid premiums and In
some Instances collected and kept
hounds by associated effort and hunted
them 10 their dcns and killed them
there. The necessity FOR doing thIs still
exists In portions Of Western Oregon
and the need of protection from wolves
To stock owners In the eastern portion
OF the state Is In danger ~ becoming
a cause NJ q division Of the state Should
such be the result Of q nlgg Irdly refusal
by the commercial manufacturing. me-
chaniCal. farming and fruit growing in
tereSts Of Western Oregon TO give those
In rhc pastural portions Of the state
the aid NJ a legal bounty for destroy
Ing wolves; we may have state ~
Oregon east NJ the Case ide range. that
repeating probably all there was Of the
myth OF Romanlan twins. Two govern.
ments parished into life and power by
the fecundlty NJ the she wolf. The poor
free men Of Candy Oregon lO2 In num-
Der Instituted a government which has
not since been improved much. It was
the work of men who believed In pro-
tecting the means Of supporting fam
ily first. and the protection of the fam
ilv naturally followed. What l02 men
could do In lS43. 10000 can do In 1908