The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-12

cXrec,cc 70 get back to its normal COM
dition so soon. For generation the
mightv West has waited for an orpor-
tunity to show itself to the world in it's
best bib and tucker. and now the chance
lus come
Portland is but haE cost1ry old.
z state cf Oregon was admitted to the
Union only forty-six years ago. The
very FIRST oivn government of Amen-
cans ves, Of the Rocky Mountains was
established at the da Hudson Bay coin-
ranys trading post C'hampoee only six-
ty-two yeirs ago the iecond day OF May
In the spaa Of mems nfe-inuch less
than the sfr Of sJme mems ilvcs-Ore-
son and tho whole Pacific West have
pru0m rom walking wlh'uess 10 an
empire q: tnysrs and manly strength.
Is nt this western country. therefore
cnG;lci o. hcld 3, big show and grow
enthusiastic cv'r its owr ercatness2
There is a man sUn living. not forty
miles from Portland Who took a promi-
nent part In the Organization OF civil
government az Ch1mroeg. on the Nn-
lamette river. His namc Is Francis
Xavier Matthieu. and he viii be- one Of
the most honored guests OF the exrosi-
tion. Mr. Matthieu is one o. the imnior-
tai SO who voted on that May day IN S4s
to organize government. wrcn fifty
men voted agans. The proposition The
hfty were voting In the interest of the
Hudson Bay company and tie British
Empire. Had the proposition been de
feated, il came near being the pres
ent states of 0regan. Washington and
Idaho might now be provinces Of Brt-
ish Columbia
sneaker joseph ~. Cannon, Of the na-
tional house OF representatives. in mis-
remarkable onhand speech al he OPEN
ing exercises Of the Portland fair. on the
first day Of June. referred en,phatlcaly
to the fact that it was the pioneers who
saved Oregon TO the Unions and "L1cle
joe yery warmly declared that but for
the weakness Of our statesmen of ihat
day, we should now be the owners Of Tho.
entire Northwest up to the $40 line
instead Of stopping at the 18th parallel,
as We did according to the treaty Of 1876.
whereby the United States became the
undisputed possessor Of the territory up
to that line, and Great Britain Withdrew
from the joint occupation which had seen
obtained since 1919, Speaker Cannon
took occasion to say that Sc is the peo-
pie who lead. rather than the so-callod
! political leaders, and his tribute TO the
pioneer who came across the continent
in covered wagon and founded here
an empire which he compelled the
United States TO take into the Union
. was biz OF gospel truth that carried
his audience of its feet
) Had it not been for the sturdy Ameri-
canism Of the men who voted IN the ma
. jority at Champoeg. nearly fosty years
after Lewis and Clark made theif memo
'frahle march from ST. Louis TO the mouth
OF the Columbia, there Is every reason to
! believe that the joint occupation would
have continued much longer than 1t did
Champoeg is now but a spot-the nftle
. ol dtown was washed into the Willamette
river forty years ago. But II is spot
OF significant historic interest and there
) is strong possibility that many oil.
, grims from afar. who have browsed ir
! tho fertile fields Of western history. viii
. visit chafpocg during the exposition enc
. read the names OF the American pioneers
. on the modest monument which th,
state Of oregon has erected upon IN,
. very spot where the United States gaince
its first governmental foothold west o.
. the great Rocky Mountain range
The exposition nov in progress al
) Portland commentaries the Lewis ant
|. Clark expedition Of hundred years ago
. but Ia a wider sense IL is a recognition
/. OF the heroic period IN American hisior,
. ana OF the pioneer whom spea-e er ,an.
. non honored so forcibly and so sptiy IL
5 has speech OF June J.
. Event follows event at the exposition
. But few short OF 10000 people wtr,
2 present on the opening day--a remark
able showing IN view Of the size OF IN,
J city ard the remoteness Of the exposition
+. from great populous regions. On tn
: opening day some Of the exhibits had no
been installed but during the past tol
! days work has gone forward unceasing
~, and now we behold a completed expo
= sition. The buildings were al rea4!
and waiting long before June l.
Vice President Fairbanks felicitate,
: President Goode and his colaborers upoi
) the Unprecedented preparedness Of thl
fair The vice president spent three day
: Ia Portland, and visited every buildi1
2 az the exposition. RE was partioglarl
4 impressed with the excellence OF th,
2 government installation, and so exrrcsse
4 himself Mr.. Fairbanks who came "a
Z the personal representative Of the prcsi
: dent, spoke al the opening exercises o
: the Washington state building, wher
I be paid a hnc tribute to the enterprs
, Of Oregons sister state. The Washing
!. ton building considered by many Yisi
, tors the mosf attractive structure %
2 the grounds. was the scene OF a brilian
, ban on dedication night.
Q Thousands OF visitors throng th
j srouads every day, including snndFl
2 taking IN the attractions on the Ira
) and elsewhere. During the coming wee
2 many Of the oregon towns and cities vi
) have special days Every day durin
p the exposition. for that matter, Is a sps
I. eial day IN honor Of some city. stat'
= society or great man.
= Huge Task.