Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-15
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PULLMAN
anderson Tells of His First tx
IDrlpuces In willamette Valley


"a allan R. Anderson was born at
90 then called Mt. Pulaski, or
m a farm between Mt. Pu-
Illinois. and Springfield, then
canital and chief city of the
NJ. Pulaski was IS miles
Springfield, and one of the
i @Ilectlons he has of the farm
was that it was on the main
blled road, and a favorite stop
place of one Abraham Lincoln,
A prominent countryside law
He was an old acquaintance
warm friend of the father of the
rson boys after whom Geo. w.
prson of Gates was named.
bin and the senior Anderson
Ia SIT late into the night visiting
talking over old border state
Farmer Anderson was from
hern Ohio, near the river, and
1 Anderson was a Kentucky wom-
Ind her family and the Lincolns
4 the Andersons knew many of
<older people from that section.
4 we're what you would call warm
&aintances, and would sit up and
4 late into the night. Lincoln
bed very common, as In those
he had no stovepipe hat or fine
bes, and HIS practice was mostly
Nhe country towns, but he was
&ming known far and wide as an
lawyer Lincoln became attach
b the little boy Bill. joshed with
a great deal as a man would a
kid, told him stories, and some
IS when the house was crowded
Sleeping room slept with him.
1852 when Bill Anderson was
and a neighbor's boy. Bill Eng
was 22, their fathers fitted
out for the trip to Oregon.
gave them three yoke OF steers,
two cows, and a heavy wagon,
plenty OF grub. With this out
Fhey crossed the plains coming
Oregon via the Umatilla route.
Fn they reached Umatilla landing
had left the oxen dead on the
ns' the wagon and one COW were
behind, and they traded the re-
ping COW for a white cayuse
e' OF the worst kind OF the buck
variety, TO carry their clothing
personal effects. September IA,
:, they landed in Oregon City, by
barlow pass. There were then
or ~ houses and cabins there.
as a bigger place than Portland,
wise It was the only place known
ne east 1t was the big town OF
'on' There was one house on
Is now known as the east side
.oFuand. Lots could be bought
ih'fd street, Portland for $25,
Ae young men hadn't 25 cents
'ssn w them. Portland, was so in
'"'an' In those days It was not
mentioned In the eastern pa
and emigrants arrived from
y the plains and were sur
u 70 hear of an upstart village
'he willamette river. II was
noted for many Indians going |
TO trade.
= TWO younk men from Mt. Pu-
nus who landed al. Oregon
we're not only about broke but |
great difficulty In getting |
gu 10 eat, So after two or three |
'Hey went up to Salem, AMI |
ou' 10 the first man who had a |
~ Their case it proved TO be |
~ =, Aalser, the father of Will |
Na'ser OF Salem, who had poles |
and shakes split out for a
residence Of about one room
ls was about 10 erect and take |
1ve =, among the substantial citi-
'Hey took the job for so much |
' BOARD. To get through as
possible they would go TO
- ~ daylight, and as Mr.. and
'N3'sF were not early risers,
.uus carpenters were generaIr>
Oy . o'clock when breakfast |
rived II it hadn't been for a
80 80 patch near by. they would |
o ,a.sn the Kaisers out Of house
.'ue' AS it was they ate the
~ mp patch, and at times Bill |
=. ~ says they could have eaten
:" aos' Out of those poles and |
'Hsy put up a fairly good
'or those days and 1t stood on
~ ~. u The present poor farm
! ~ un'il that was built when |
moved back among the or |
We and was standing there