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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22

lasted five days. On the list OF August
the Indians heard the rumor of Col.
Bouquets approach, which caused them
to move on. and so the tired garrison
was relieved"
On the 9th of August, Bouquet en-
countered the Indians at Bushy Run,
about % miles east of Fort Pitt The
battle ragged for two days, but the Eng
lish officer won complete victory;
though he lost s officers and 1l5 men.
On the 10th of August he arrived at
Fort Pitt, but his force was not suf-
iicient to warrant his pursuit of the
savages further into the west at that
/ time. In was during his stay at Fort
Pitt, after his rescue of it. that he
erected the block house in question. The
colonel observed that the moat which
surrounded the fortiflcations was per-
fectly dry when the rivers We're low.
so that the Indians could crawl up
the ditch and shoot any guard or SOL
dier who might show his head above
the parapet." II was to prevent this
that Col. Bouquet ordered the block
house erected.
CIVILIZATIONS CONTESTS.
But this Pittsburgh Point is ASSOCIATE
ed with events of much more Import
ance than incidents connected with
this Indian war, however thrilling the
latter may DC, IL WAS mere lilstl Two
quite distinct civilizations met in their
struggle for the possession of the in
| terror Of America. France early saw
| the natural strategic point OF the
'Forkp of the Ohio and designed
| making II one of a chain OF forts ex-
| tending from Niagara TO the Mississip-
pi following the Ohio. The work of
| building this line of forts attracted
, the attention of the British authorities
| in the American colonies. Especially
| did 1t attract the attention of Gov.
| Dnwiddie, of Virginia, an irasclble old
| Scotchman, little likely to submit
| quietly to what he regarded as the in
| vasion OF his sovereign's dominion.
| England, it must be remembered, laid
! claim to pll countries conquered by the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22

N farm" is soon 10 build
Il great monument on
N the farm which raised
man. Lincoln will be given
n the time of the Tooth anniversary of
Ms birth, a tribute in enduring stone
EXPRESSIVE Of how tenderly the world is
coming TO feel of "its most gentle
memory
A background of history enlightens
any nation. The monuments erected
call the younger generation to see what
an inheritance they gained from the
older Brigham II. Roberts of Salt
Lake city, once standing at the forks
OF two great rivers. where they flow
together to make the great Ohio, saw
there the need of still one more great
American monument, as broad in its
appeal as is American sentiment.
Who of all the sculptors can build in
Stone the sentiment. westward the
Course of Empire Takes it's Way!
where had the west its beginning?
Where its gateway?
Where was the heart of the move
ment out of which IS seaboard colonies
became Nation?
Go back of the days of railroads, and
look TO Virginia, tine mother of states
as we'll as the mother of presidents
Then YOU find a condition which Is yet
10 be fully recognized. and which IN
,srtujnes the name of Washington as
endearingly as do the events OF the
moro largely remembered battle In
which he fought TO overcome Cornwall
U.s.
monument to Washington on ma
,lonal park to be made at the very
torks of the Allegheny and Monosa-
~. rivers. which will preserve, with
pttsbnrg for a background, the spot
,h,oreh which the west grew out Oh
,ha cast and where first the Indians
,ho, the French. and then the British
contested the rights of Americans 10
rass is the thing which b. II. Roperts
sng,ests. In the February issue OF
the Mutual Improvement Era the suS-
7astion took the form of a formal
drawing up of the proposition. Copies
a. the magazine bound in Nellum have
been sent to the Mayor of Pittspurg'
the governor of Pennsylvania, the con-
presslonal delegation from that state
and commercial bodies located within
H.
n Is stll too early to expect replies.
To men in Salt Lake versed in national
history, the appeal of the case is vivid
and direct. The much neglected MS
torical SPOT is the place to which WASH
Ington went on his first military mis-
sion, and IL was TO notify the French
occupants that they were not welcome.
he carrying his commission from the
governor of Virginia, Since the frst
pioneers passed that way over the old
vagonroad leading west, nation has
grown up powerful even in such bar
rem waste as Salt Lake valley was pic
tnred in the old chronicles. That son
Of this hostile western soil should point
back along the way that the western
fathers made their route past the out
posts Of the east. to designate the spot
where the great gateway of the west
deserves a national monument is fitting
and timely today, when we celebrate
The birthday of the Father Of his Coun-
Try
Mr., Roberts, standing on the point
OF land where the mighty waters meet.
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of his superiors, but promised TO TOT
ward his letter to the Marquis Luz
quesne. and await his orders.
Returning from Fort lie Boeuf, WASH
ington passed the Forks Of the ONO
and being struck with the LOCALITY as
strategic point of great Nalue IN III Ine
struggle then pending between france
and Great Britain he recommended, on
his return to- Virginia, the building OF
a British fort there Tho reconmenu-
alton was acted upon and Captain VIII
liam Trent, n commissioned othceI III
the British army, but formerly an Eng
lish Indian trader OF the better Class;
was dispatched with a company of
backwoodsmen TO build the proposed
fort.
Meantime, Governor Dlnwlddie was
exerting himself to raise the necessary
troops and munitions of war TO Barri-
son the fort. lie appealed 10 the 9TH
err colonies for aid. but as the lands
invaded belonged either to virginia or
TO Pcnnsylvania-to which was then
not quite certain--the other colonies
were not disposed to vote money and
men to defend them, Aside from tho
troops raised in Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania, the utmost help Governor DIN
widdlo could obtain was the promise
of three or four hundred men from
North Carolina, two companies from
New York, and one from South Caro-
lima. The troops from Virginia were
10 be commanded by Joshua Fry, with
Washington second in command. Cap
tain Trent. anxious to obtain n prom
inent position In the expedition then
forming, withdrew from the Forks OF
the Ohio, leaving the building of Fort
Pitt In the hands OF Ensign Ward and
forty men while he FASTENED to Nir-
ginia TO join Washington.
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Luckily the Point Of Land Has No Build
iines to Remove No Private Ownership to
Outbid and Is In the Hands Of Patriotic
Society at Liberty to Turn 1t Over to the
Nation
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FRENCH ATTACK.

The French, meanwhile. wore close
observers of these movements OF their
English enemies, and learning ~ the
weakness OF tho British garrison at
the Forks OF the Ohio" they descend
ed the Allegheny river In Il force 1000
strong, landed before Fort Pitt, plant
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22

Iroquois Indians, or Five Nations who,
by the treaty Of Utrecht, had been
accounted British subjects. To claim
title to the lands over which the de-
predations of the Five Nations ranged
was practically to claim all the lands
between the Allegheny mountains and
the Mississippi, and northward to the
lakes, as also between ottawa and
Lake Huron, north of the lakes. lenV-
ing nothing to France but tho
Province of Quebec. On tia
other hand France claimed the
whole of the American continent eX-
cept the narrow strip of sea coast
eastward of the Allegheny mountains.
Whatever concessions she had been
forced into making by the treaties of
Utrecht Q713) and AK In Chapelle
|, (174S) she repudiated, and planned to
take possession OF what she regarded
as her own by the erection OF the afore-
said line of forts. Seeing the territory
OF his king invaded by this fort build
ing policy of the French, Governor Din
widdie resolved to send formal protest
to those actually engaged in such work,
and call upon them to desist In pur-
suance OF this resolution he dispatched
q certain young Virginian. then known
to fame only as the best all-round
athlete In Virginia, and brother to
Lawrence Washington, who had the
distinction of having been educated in
England, and who was also a stock
holder in the trading companies doing
business with the Indians as far west
as the Ohio.
WASHINGToN'S VISIT.
1t was in December. 1853. that young
George Washington, in company with
a few frontiersmen. appeared at Fort
LIE Boeuf and presented Governor Din
| widdie's protest against French inva-
sion of lands 80 VIGOROUSLY known to
| belong to Great Britain" The French
commander st. Pierre, received the
young Virelnian courteously, as he
| was bound to do, and prepared n polite
| answer To Governor Dinwiddie's COM
| munication. informing him that ne was
but soldier carrying out the orders
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PArHETTC incident.

II was pathetic scene which at
tended this event. Some 81 tho cap
tives had boon held for years by the
Indians. some OF them as long as
nine years. Those who had been car
tured in their childhood had forgot
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At the Forks of the Ohio Where the Six
Indian Nations Fought Back the Westward
American Advance, Where Great Britain
Sought to Hold Control and Where the French
Fought Washington

MERIcA, for the man
that was raised on a
\ farm" is soon 20 build
great monument on
} Y the Farm which raised
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Registration Swelling

Steadily the registration Of voters
goes on apace with figures eonspie.
uously larger than ever known here
the totals last evening being as fol
lows Astoria precinct No. ]. 240
No, 2, i66; No. ). Isl; No. 4. lso; No
5. 2l9; No. Q, l64; No. 7. l4o; Tota
for city. 1884. Outside OF city, they
run: Clifton No. !. 10: Clifton No. 2
~; chadwell. IS; clatsop, p; Elsie
l4 John Day. No. |. 10; John Da,
No. 2. Y; Jewell, II; Knappa, 81
Mishawaka, &; Melville, 10; New As
toria, So: Olncy, 80; Push, 4; Sea
side, l5s; Syensen, %; Vesper. S
Wcs,port, n; Warrenton. rs; Wal
luski. 10; Young's River. 9; total
62S, Grand total, TO date. 1912
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
I'm The Judgment Seat

Hon. Thomas A. Mcbride, Judge
of the Fifth Judicial District of Ore
gon, yesterday initiated the beautiful
court room Of his department in the
new county court house of Clatsop,
The bench is large and roomy, with
sweeping lines, in which the rich
browns OF the polished oak showed
to strong advantage, The great bar
table, contemporaries desk, clerks
desk, ,witness-box, jury-box, and the
heavy, handsome rail enclosing the
whole, are architecturally attractive
and the point of utility is conspicuous
everywhere in the ensemble, The
room presents one of the real pictures
of a court; such one as but few
temples OF justice in this western
land can boast; and it is very dis
tinct credit to the city and county,
andsis so commented on by strangers
and home-people alike. There are SO
candelabra in the room, with three
lights to each, beside ceiling-circle
of % powerful incandescents under
the great ventilating shaft under the
dome. And the oak furniture, chairs
and benches. are in strict accord with
the main fittings of the room
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15

tune Il IL 70 be there, The following
program will commence is pleasant
embodiment at s o'clock precisely:
"The Rose OF Ireland Master r.
Linds,rom and Mrs. NJ. Brooks; Isle
Of Beauty, Fare Thee WellW Mrs.
Charles Abererombie; "rhe Meeting
Of the Waters" ]. Moore; The
shoogy Shoe" Miss O. kearney;
Grafton Of the day, by w, r. Nc
Garry, the well known lawyer Of
Portland; u Dreamt | Dwclt in
Marble Halls" Miss Kate Shively;
Molly Malone N. Johnson; "Kath.
Icen Mayourneen," Miss Lena Benoi,;
The Song My Mother Used To
Sing" Mrs, ]. II o'connell; medley
Of Irish airs, Mrs. Charles Abercrom-
bic. What more can one askI
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Ten Thousand Acres

County Assessor Cornelius report:
that the assessment rolls for the yeat
1908 will be .swelled by the addition
OF over 10000 acres OF land to which
title has passed to individuals by sale
and parent from the United States
and the State Of Oregon during the
past year. The exact acreage report
ed to this officer, is :, follows: From
the United States Land Office 75slol
and from the State Land Board, 3
6Sl SO acres.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15

The following list OF books will be
on inspection at the library for one
week and will go into circulation,
March Goth: Beatrix OF Claire by
John Reed Scott; Joseph Vance by
VIM. De Morgan; Walled In by Eliza
beth Stewart Phelps; White Fang by
Jack London; The Man on the Box
by Harold McCrath; The Congo and
Coasts OF Africa by Richard Harding
Davis; Mr., Pratt by Joseph {. Lin,
coin.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
An Impetuous Lover

There is young lady inAthis city
who came down the first of last week
to visit friends, and to evade the at
tentions of lover who was FAR more
impetuous than agreeable, and whom
she thought to suppress by an abb
sence of 10 days or two weeks In
this she was mistaken. Finding out
where she was, he called her up on
''long-distance' telephone, and in
tones OF anger and reproach bade her
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Grand Master Coming

Ii is announced that Grand Master
Richard Scott, OF the Independent Or
der Of Odd Fellows for the State oI
Oregon, is to make an official visit tc
Beaver Lodge, No. IS, of this city
on Thursday next, March 10Th; and
elaborate arrangements are underway
for his proper reception and enter,
tainment at the hands OF the locaI
body,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Bids Opened

Bids were opened al the city hall
yesterday afternoon for constructing
the improvements on Commercial
street from Third street TO lot J.
block ;, In Humans tract. The sur
yeyof's estimate was Ss73ls6 Jacot
Edison's bid was $s7a7S0. w. A
Coodin bid Soo7. and A. r. Foote's
bid was the lowest namely, SNS
For the improvement OF Eleventh
street from Exchange street e
Franklin avenue only one bid was re
ceiyed and that was from L, A. Gcrd-
ing who bid Ss2s, The surveyors
estimate was an even $500,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
oyer.Sunday Visitor

Hon. T. T. Gecr, Ex-Governor of
Oregon, arrived in the city yesterday
noon on business connected with his
candidacy for Congress; and went to
Seaside to spend Sunday with friends.
He will return mp country tomorrow
evening.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
After Final Honora-.

Anton lndergaard. native OF
Norway. yesterday made formal APP
plication for his final papers as an
American citizen. before County Clerk
Clinton and the matter goes up to the
Circuit Court ~ the June term
thereof.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Small Fire

Al 4:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon
fire alarm was turned in from
uniontown, 20 which three houses OF
the department responded. with Chief
Foster in the van. The fire was a
rcoi.blaze that was so situated as to
make i, difficult TO get at, but the
force worked II thoroughly and sue
eessiully and left the property safe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Home From California

Miss Callie Munson. OF Warrenton
has just returned from two months
visit with friends in San Francisco
and is delighted TO get back to home
ground, although every hour of hei
stay there was made as pleasant and
interesting as time and money and
entertainment could make il. She
went to her Warrenton home yester
day on the noon train.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
HERMAN WISE A''sss sis;s; ;::.: Reliable :as
Mrs. Thompson Dead

Mrs. Bridget Thompson, resident
of Clifton, passed away, in this city,
about one o'clock yesterday after
lingering illness. Mrs. Thompson
was 90 years of age and native of
Ireland. She leaves husband and
adopted child. The funeral will take
place Monday from ST. Mary's Cath
olic Church but the hour has not been
decided upon. The interment will be
in Greenwood Cemetery.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
IERsE TILES Of THE TOHN
Mrs. Meiggs, Funeral

The funeral Of Mrs. Meiggs. who
died Friday will be held from the
Catholic Church at 10 o'clock To-
morrow morning and the intermeni
will be al Greenwood,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
OF For Alaska

Frederick Carlson has departed for
Alaska, leaving here on Friday last
and Seattle today. He will be gone
the better part OF five months, and
goes in the interest OF Messrs, ], Lin
dcnbergcr, Incorporated, Of this city.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Funeral Notice.

Members of Ocean Circle, No las,
Women of Woodcraft, are requested
to meet at Red Mems Hall, Monday.
at 2 a. M, to attend the funeral Of
our late neighbor, Mrs. Mary Adams
(signed), MARY ], GILBAUCH,
Guardian Neighbor. pro tenn
Attest: Mary A. MeCann, Clerk.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15

The funeral services Of Mrs. J. c.
Adams viii take place At Grace
Episcopal Church tomorrow morning
at $50, The interment will be at
Greenwood.
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return instantly, and upon her point
blank refusal to do so, informal her

return INSTANTLY, anu upoh HCt punt
blank refusal to do so, informal her
angrily that he was coming down af-
ter her and coming with gun, or
words to that effect His stormy talk
was overheard and reported to the
Portland police, who got on his
trail at once, and advised the police
Of this city of the man and matter,
On arrival here Friday night, he was
habbed and taken to the police sta
ton, the young lady, in the meantime,
having been informed by the police
of his visit. He was under detention
until 2 o'clock yesterday morning,
and though he lad no gun on his
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Petition to Council

Petition to Council
A petition from Joseph Huston
asking that the council cause to be
cancelled certain assessment against
lot 4, block liz, Shively's and tender
ing the sum Of $40 in full payment of
same, was filed with the auditor and
will be presented to the council next
Monday evening.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Filed With the Auditor

A communication from Jacob
Jackson in regard to removing \
house from his premises was filed
with the auditor yesterday,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15

person, was watched closely by the
officers until his departure on the
$40 express for the metropolis yes
terday evening Names are withheld
out of consideration for the young
lady. But these are the facts.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15
Irish Melodies Galore

Tomorrow evening, Monday, March
10th, the eve Of St. Patrick's Day,
there is to be celebration Of the
Saints birth and history, at St, Mary's
hall in this city, that will be long re-
membered by those whose good for
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15

Hello, Bill Are you going to the
Irish Sociall
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-15

Something doing 18th Of Ireland
B. p. o. 4.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-28

of them are at sea. They do not
seem to know in what county they
r or will be running-whether in
old Mclean or Sheridan or Mount
raille or Church Sliven or what.
One of our standing candidates
recently took his departure for
Burleigh ard is now a candidate
for Office down there. This simpli-
fies the situation.
During all this excitement the
people of Washburn have not been
worrying about politics. They
have been excited, however, but
not about politics. They are all
united on the irrigation project that
is destined to make Washburn a
great city and the people in this
end Of the county independent of
rains and weather. They are now
completing the Washburn-W Wilton
Water Users Association, that will
include a great territory along the
river and make it rich and prosper
Gus. They could be congratulated
on the progress they are making.
They take more. interest in this
important matter than in politics
or county boundaries or anything
of the kind. They are willing to
let others take care Of that.
This week there has been a big
farmers meeting at Underwood
a successful meeting. Hon. An
drew Miller made an address and
captured the people. He seems
popular all through the county.
These matters Of agricultural and
irrigation development are the
matters that are interesting the
Washburn people. They r mat
tiers that mean money-good, hard
dollars to them. They mean bet
ter prices for land and riches for
our settlers. These are the things
that interest Washburn people,
and they are not worrying about
politics.
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we're unable to agree on division

we're unable to agree on division
recommendation.
They favored the holding Of a
regular delegate convention at
Turtle Lake on March 18th to take
further action, but this proposed
delay was not to the liking of the
McClusky boomers and the report
was not adopted.
Late in the afternoon it is said
most Of the representatives from
outside precincts returned to their
various homes, but it is reported
that after this the McClusky peo-
pie with a few others, remained
and finally decided on dividing
Mclean county between ranges 80
and 81, with the four townships
south and east Of Washburn being
included in the new county. 1t
remains to be SEEM if the McClusky
proposition will meet with the APP
prevail Of the majority Of tax pay
ers or not.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-28
FRIDAY FEBRUARY %, 1908.

The great county Of Mclean has
been greatly excited for some time
past and the eastern part of the
county has been interested in vari-
GUS schemes for county division.
Recently a large meeting was held
at McClusky to discuss matters Of
county division. A number Of
candidates we're present at the
meeting, among them Hon. Tread
we'll Twitchell, candidate for COVER
nor, who made an address on the
issues of the day. Hon. F. 81.
Register of Bismarck was also
there, as a candidate for Judge, fix
ing up his fences, and there we're
other candidates, past, present or
prospective. But all of the mat
ters they talked of we're lost and
discounted by the great interest in
the matter of county division.
This seems to be the whole issue
in the eastern part of the county
and will probably be for some time
There are also many candidates
in the eastern part of the county
who would like to serve the people
and take the place of the wash
burn gang" Probably they would
like to form some gang. Possibly,
as in the past. after being elected
and residing in Washburn for a
while, they would be a part of the
gang as they have been called in
the past. But these are only Incl
dents Of a political campaign.
Hon Treadwell Twitchell spoke
at McClusky and also at Wash
burn. General Andrew Miller,
candidate for attorney general, al
SO spoke at Washburn. Thus
politics are warming up in Mclean
and there seems to be much inter-
est in various phases of the politi-
cal situation.
We have heard of many candi-
dates through the county but most