The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-16
The Lewis and CLARK Centennial.

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| lS43 described Oregon as the last cor
ner on earth free for the occupation OF a
civilized race. "When Oregon shall be
colonized, !" he declared, the map Of
tile world may be considered as filled
up" 80
b)undary question was pending between
the United States and Great Britain,
Terminating June Is, 1913, in the addi-
tion az the territory between the 42d
and 49th parallels and west Of the Rocky
mountains to our national domain.
Fifty.one wears before, Captain Gray
had discovered the Columbia river and
38 wears before Lewis and Clark had
completed their expedition across the
continent BY making camp on siiores OF
! the Pacific.
The one hundreth anniversary OF the
arrival Of the Lewis and Clark party IN
Oregon will be commemorated III lSUo py
an exposition which will be representa-
tive Of American, European and Orien-
tai life. customs and industry. Prepa-
rations for this event are now actively
under way. A company with $500, ,OOOcap-
ital has been incorporated at Portland, the
ate has been selected near the very
noint on the Willamette reached by
Captain Clark in April 1906, and the
various state legislatures and Congress
will be asked to make appropriations.
Our Lewis and Clark exposition VIII be
national in scope and Importance.
Nothing that has occurred since the
discovery Of gold in California will SO
attract attention to the Pacific West and
its wonderful capabilities lor nome
building and industry as the Lewis ana
Clark exposition of 1905. The East,
now we'll filled up with people, ana
lacking the cheap land that in genera
tions past was its chief inducement to
the homeseeker, now appreciates the
West and realizes its value to an eX-
panding country. The great task tlat
! the West had to overcome, the preJu-
!, dice against it, was due to the fact that
for 40 years following the purchase Of
Louisiana the land was not needed loI
settlement and the people OF the Unlteu
, States were at loss to know what to de
:. with the new possession. Between looz
I and 1858, purchase, exploration anc
war added 2,l3S, ,488 square miles TO oul
, national extent, over 219 times as largt
! an area as Great Britain by the treaty Q
1888 declared to be 'free, sovereign ahe
] independent states" All this vast ter
4 ritory is west OF the Mississippi riyel
! and the day when it began to be needed
! for settlement is within the memory 0
: men vet in the prime OF life.
The Oregon country, which the expe
s dition of Lewis and Clark assured Z
American sovereignty, comprises all Q
y the present states OF Oregon, Washing
: ton and Idaho, the western part OF Mon
Z tana and the southwestern part OF Wyo
ming. 1t had in 1850 an area OF 30I ,OO
2 square miles and population Of les
Z than 14,000 1t now has l,5OO,OOO pee
y pie with room for 15,000,0OO more, am
:, an aggregate wealth, all classes OF proF
y erty Included, of approximately " ,0oO
!; 100000. Its two great cities, Portlan
= and Seattle have over 100000 popula
y ton each, and three others, Tacoma
y Spokane and Butte have nearly 5000
Y each. Captain Clark found nea
~ Portland in 1906 few miserable India
g huts. Today there is at the junctio
8 of the Willamette and Columbia rivers
the AID city Of the Union with a jobbin
" business Of $135, 900, 900 a year, bankin
la power ono Ol saosOou,VVC ooS s@S,
n oi SoO,VCosVoO oo 100 @,; "a G,orl, Il viIl
le sl1,VooloVoa ioa"a 'Iu storsaf;on % n,anv
nt IenlelipYiou k''. i@S sa. ti .9aas herrias an
be tiuie any el ~. IJ, f.o,, ~ Tnd;ans mn
es rop's opta'aeo I5 iiJin ~ A H. ,,lsy ro1
surrey navy pl .leliou - - ~ az fonnd tode
that eliss ioiioMIq 'lo ,rai,, feld
sonie u VIZ es,'on;as snd catfla RANGE
0Ichaius, nsI,o,.Is o..Isod Moor Which On
lhe C,sy u ~ 'saiio5 s.'s., - bInT . fe
In loVo, was e1n'Po.,e0 sb;n,,ed 81 Il
Ioots lroni wy ILL., i' Iuno "a ION ov
Ten D YEAR ons endins yInb ,rhoat AK ( sot
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wv wv - Ialiets - onS I'd Idabn whore Il
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skliIeu nunsuiJ .,,J - -. t end Root 200 enougb
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whlch WIN @ lnsu'e iaige eam,, aII iGs'pa 1am 20
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sse.lons .s;. = N.Y. nv !, 0roann CO. far tha =
in pose Of looking up land, or investigate
o. locations lor inuussriai H piSnaso nS1otot ~
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;to- OF settlefs or investors ia.os' ~ 900 =
aye VIII Ynus pe oPporsuiiirslos r " !;
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