The National tribune., 1907-10-10

and says that they hear more outside OF
Fitzgerald than in He thinks that the
matter will be settled without any dis
turbance whatever There is constant
immigration, and thu the bulk of the
immigrants seems to be from northern
Georgia, there are people coming in
from every State in the Union. There
are two Posts in itzgerald-George
Grouse Post, II, and Colony Post. a.
Together they have a membership ap
proximating 200. From 100 to 200 tour
lists come there to remain during the
Winter, and every house in the city is
filled with them. A great many North
ern people own houses in the city, which
they occupy every Winter.
John II. wilkins, 1st La. Portland.
Ore Comrade Wilkins lost his leg in
the siege of Port Hudson. where the
1st La. distinguished itself by the gall
lantry of its assaults upon the works.
Aim ost al the same instant that Com
rade Wilkins lost his leg Gen. Halbert
Z. Paine, Of the 4th Wis, lost his leg.
and Col Holcomb. of the 1st La, fell
pierced by five bullets. knute Nelson,
at present a Senator from Minnesota,
was wounded and taken pris oner. Twen-
ty-two years ago Comrade Wilkins went
to Oregon and took up homestead on
the Nehalem River. Washington Coun-
ty. far from any railroad or town, and,
raising In spite of his disability, which
would have wholly incapacitated man
of less determination, he made a sue
cess of it. He thinks that Oregon is
the greatest country IN the world. He
says that the country is covered with
the finest timber anyone ever saw; trees
II feet thick 81 feet in circumference
and from 400 to 500 feet high. The
timber is largely red fir. which grows
on the good soils, and white fir, grow
ing on the poorer land. There are also
magniffce mt cedars and plenty of them.
One on his farm is II feet thru, 81 feet
in circumference. The soil is wonder
fully rich and produces magnificent
crops. Stock do exceedingly well from
the nutritious wild grasses and the pea
vine, which grows abundantly. The
grasses and the pea vine make excellent
may, and the stock is always in con-
dition that would excite the envy of the
Eastern man. The people are paying
much attention to fine ST ock. of which
they have an abundance, and Jersey
cows are particularly favored. From
these they get milk which is condensed
in large quantities and sold in the East.
1t is Very superior quality of con-
densed milk, and one favorite brand Is
known as Carnation Cream. They have
everywhere good water with an abun-
dance OF springs, creeks. and rivers.
Wheat, oats, rye and barley make inn
mense crops and the potatoes are some
thing phenomenal Comrade Wilkins
saw a potatoe in the post office weigh
ing eight and a half pounds. Comradc
Wilkins is on his way to. Europe to visit
his birthplace in Hanover, from which
he has been absent SO years He be-
longs to Sumner Post, II, Portland.
Ore.
Col. Cyrus Sears. 49th U. S c. T.,
Harpster, o. Comrade Sears command
ed the famous 11th Ohio Battery, which
stands at the head of all the batteries
In the Union army for the losses suf-
fered in a single action. At the battle
of Iuka it was run over by a brigade of
Texans and lost 16 killed, 35 wounded
and three missing, making an aggregate
of 54, or more than half of the men ii
ok into action. Several of the gunners
we're bayoneted at their places; some of
them in the act of spiking their guns.
The wheels and caissOns were badly
splintered by bullets, but the battery
had managed to fire 116 rounds, mostly
canister, and had inflicted great slaugh-
ter Comrade Sears was then Lieu
tenant, and was severely wounded. He
|afterward became Lieutenant-Colonel 1f
the 49th u. s. C. T, and owing to the
bad conduct of his Colonel, became
ranking officer in the bloody fight at
MilIiken's Bend, where most of the Off
GERS present IF his regiment were killed
or afterward hanged by the rebels. In
lspite of the overwhelming numbers and
the vicious charges of the enemy, Col.
Sears managed SO well that he got his
men together behind the last levee and
made a determined stand, repulsing the
enemy with great loss. The regiment
lost 81 killed, which Comrade Sears be-
lieves is the largest proporti IN of killed
in any regiment in single engagement
Col Sears we'll won Medal of Honor.
and has been for years banker at
Harpster.
Horace Eldred, 10th Mich, Allen,
Mich. Comrade Eldred is a farmer.
George B. Brown, 4th Mich, Allen,
Mich. Comrade Brown is a carpenter.
These two comrades have been on a
tour of the old battlefields on which
their regiments fought, and particularly
those about Fredericksburg and Rich
mond. Both of these regiments had
Exceptionally good records, and left
their dead to mark every battlefield
| upon which the Army Of the Potomac
fought The 4th Mich. will be remem-
bered as the regiment which had the
terrific hand-to-hand fight in the wheat
field at Gettysburg, where the Colonel
and several of his men were killed by
bayonets. Both were fighting regiments
The 4th Mich. lost 189 killed, or 14.2
| per cent, out of total enrolment of
ll,325. The 18th Mich. had total en-
rollment of 1929. of VIII )m 247 were
killed or 1873 per cent. Altogether i:
lost go killed and wounded and Is died
| in prison. Its heaviest blow was re-
ceived at Gaines's Mill. where the loss
was AZ killed, ia wounded and SO miss
| ing.
! A. B. Coles. Berkeley. Cal Comrad de
| Coles served in the 18th Ind, and in
1881 went to the Pacific coast, where he
entered the service of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company as a conductor,
and has been with them ever since. He
| is n)w on their retired list. He says
that Berkeley is one of the finest little
cities in the world. 1t is the seat of the
University of California, which has g.
900 students. Besides this there are
other educational Institutions. and the
whole atmosphere of the city is educa-
Itional. II has about 10000 population,
and this is largely made up of a very
superior class OF people, who bring their
children to Berkeley to be educated.
There is not liquor saloon in the whole
city and n me will be tolerated. Berke-
Hey is about II miles across the bay
from San Francisco, and has most
beautiful location about 800 feet above
Underwater, where the air is delightful
and there is an absence of the rough
} winds which distress San Francisco
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