The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-01

Statistics recently COMPLIED BY the
department OF commerce and labor
snow that during the nine months end
ing with March. 1906. more wheat was
exported from Portland. Ore. than from
any other city In the United 0tates.
The statement has been made that
thsre will be two expeditions In Oregon
this year--the Lewis and Clark expcsi-
tton at Portland. and the Oregon
Country. which 10 In itself an exposi :
ton greater than any that man could
build. The Lewis and Clark exposition
viii represent. when It's gates are
an expenditure OF ave million dollars.
and the value Of the exhibits will be
at least Ave times that amount. These
are large sums: yet. taken together.
they do not equal the value OF the
1894 wheat crop of the Inland En-
plre." which composes only q part of
che territory that was added to the do
main OF the United States by the Levi.
and Clark expedition. the centennial OF
which the Western Worlds fair II 20
commemorate. Reliable statistics place
the extent Of the wheat crop OF the
Inland Empire" last season ut <6.s0o.-
80 bushels which. at - cents q bushel
60 the producer. means that the wheat
crop brought the farmers OF that won
derful section 3st.i,s.oeo last year.
The Inland Empire" which includes
Washington and the western part OF
y4aho--it has no definitely defined
beundaries-- IN but a small part OF
the Oregon country. which Lewis and
Clark secured for the United States by
their expedition. The Oregon country
embraced $4,000 square miles. and In
cluded the present states Of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. and parts OF
Montana and Wyoming. The value Of
the total agricultural yield Of that
country In any one year tar exceeds
the cost and value OF exhibits Of any
exposition ever held. The virtue In
ehese figures lice In the fact that they
will bear Investigation.
IL was wheat that saved the Oregon
country TO the union. wheat and the
big-heartedness Of DIR. John McIough-
lin. and the story OF DIR. Mclaughlin
and his wheat forms q romance worthy
giiaAman though be was. saved the
American settlers from starvation by
providing them with wheat. and his
timely succor enabled the United States
Go make good by settlement her claim
on the country by right OF discovery.
DR.. McLoughiin. who had been In
the employ OF the Hudson's Ray com
Pouy TOT tNehty-uNc yehfr. Wao utauc
chief factor. or head man. for the com
pany for the territory west OF the
Rocky mountains. I'm 1854. upon the
consolidation OF the Hudson's bay CON-
pany with the Northwest company,
Eleven years previous to this John
Jacob Astor's unfaithful followers had
betrayed Astoria to the British. As
toria was built on the south bank of
the Columbia river. near It's mouth
with heavily timbered hills behind H.
DR.. Mclaughlin moved the headquar-
tiers Of his company TO Vancouver. four
miles north OF the present city OF
portland. where crops could be raised
and In the fall OF 1894 he sent hack
east and secured two bushels OF wheat
which he planted the next fall on the
site Of the present military post OF
Fort Vancouver. The wheat did well
% well that In 1928 the importation OF
Hour was stopped.
Thus was the beginning made. DR.
Mclaughlin WAS q wise man. and q
shrewd manager. His trappers and
hunters were men who had been In