The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-04-19

tca,nnt missions, three Roman Catho-
llo missionary priests. and u consider.
able number of Canadian settlers of tho
Roman Catholic faith, II the mlaaion.
AIRY rrnrt dld not succeed aA ta au.
thura hoped IN lla direct purpose or
helping the Indiana to upllfl ana rcgen-
crate. 1t did succeed greatly IN ita seq
ondnry purpose which the American
missionaries ever kept In View namely.
IN lending aid To- the foundation uf A
commonwealth under IA" sovereignty OF
the United states. For a long time
there was dlhlnrlinntluu 10 give the mis-.
annary work IN Oregon the crrdlt that
iurtly was ita due, Tor after the rush
uf immigration began, the missionary
people we're So tn speak. Inundated By
II, ANA what they had done Wha for a
time overlooked liut going back AS
nov We must. tu lhr study VI our FORT
Gins ANA We ahall do this more and
murr We are compelled to recognize
the great work which tho missionaries
did | du not Hny that Oregon would
not have been held without them. but
they were a powerful factor In hold-
Ing it
'rhr study II our own hIntnry la
chiefly valuable FOR rs moral AlEnln.
canrr anl influence II iiSrs our at.
icntlun upon the organization and atfuc-
turc ~ our society. and carrlra the In
fiucucr lr other times on into our own.
L. HtlrH up tu activity the rurrpn and
agencies that build M character. that
Indicate duty, tnHt prompt 10 action
These are The lnr'rH wc want uuAlrd
only with our own times ana tho con-
diuuns they present No fail Into levity.
Wr forget what We owe tu our prcdr.
rvHsur~ ana therefore do not know
what Wr pusarHs. nor realize It's value.
only can We know what We have OF
Where We are by study " the c1urrc
through which our present position has
been attained N live nearly In the
urHrnt without regard To tho past. a
to b" careless II the futurr, II a pco-
III" dh not know their mn history II Is
The ruuc W II they had no history.
Fir as Bacon says. in one ~ HIS prrg
nlnt sentences The truth NJ Knowing
aud The truth " being is all one tho
man il what he kuowrth
This II rambling addrcaa intend.
ci merely 10 contribute Il little u the
interests NJ the special occasion by
passing before tho mind some OF tho
Incidents ana events rvtdily offered 10
the eleanor " OUR earliest rcvdrds IL
was the Lewis ana ozark expedition
that enabled NJ iu follow up the claim
based upon the discovery NJ the Colum.
hIR river. uud enabled u.s. moreover 10
anticipate the English IN their further
exploration and discovery IL enabled
as Zoo hplI tho country west of thr
Il rky Mountains and south NJ the lgth
parallel to the United States IL gave
~ the ''vtng that enabled ua To nc.
g'ilt'r WIKI Spain Tor The southern
h1uniry ~ The oregon country. which
wa" nSrd az the iend parallel Tho
I""ls hni clark expedition. 10 which
the great results So plainly run back
"hnlH ih-'"f'r" aH one NJ the leading
episodes ~ pur national history We
must celebrate lta centennial in 1905 and
rrlchrai" 10 IN u manner and on "A .calr
comm 'nsura,r with ita national ami hIa
'"rleh Importance Oregon. " course
must take the lead In the preparation
rr The went, II IN worth while. then.
+" M" every opportunity To awaken in
l"rrH' IN III" history ~ the beginning ~
American dominion IN tho Paclnc North
west
II IN Ia lhs spirit hat have res
p'hdrl 10 the invitation for m. prra,.pf
"''hai'h ON such a -ubjcvt II ia al.
most natural Ia fail into tciinusn..s. or
prol'Nty hy attempting 10 cover tnn
lnu'h ground short essays. or lectures
W "tI r. nfI"r an "Nrrlcn, method sar
h'hul1r treatment of this grcut sub
l"rl ana thiS can be done with ntr...
'"l 'hnr1ushncHH under direction or ouf.
Na'" rdura'innh system"
NJ The conclusion ~ the addrvss Sen
A'"r Fulton spoke briefly. cxprca,lng
'n' Er'Iiul" N N" members ~ th.
institute" ana others who had listened =,
w. f"r 10" able ami cnnclr, rvs,itrr %,
'nurh ma, ~ Interesting In the history
"i oregon. The audience sang Amer.
.'n. af"r which Mr. Scott held an
INFORMAL reception