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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-15

In the Senate Saturday Senator
Millillen of Aroostook introduced an
act in relation to the collection OF fees
by State officials and payment Of ne
same to the state treasurer. Tn" act
provides that all State officers, their
CLERKS or agents, who furnish copies OF
information from any Of the records
Of the various State departments shall
account to the State and pay over 20
the state treasurer al! fees colirrted
therefor 30 state department, COM
mission. board or institution shall b'
charged f.r information or copies OF
records furnished another State &c
partmcnt, commission, board or ia
stitution The second section, pro
vides in addition to the time that the
fees shall be turned over that de-
tailed statement of the sources ana
amount Of such fees shall be filed with
the state auditor at the time such fees
are paid to the treasurer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-15
1904

Increased sales in january and Feb
ruary upwards of 400 go. OutSellne all
other 10c. cigars in New England.
Factory. Manchester. N. Ii.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-15
Memorial Urging Raising Of Wrecked Batt|eship
introduced by Rep. HaN--Latest Bridge Bill
bounty On Wild Cats Proposed.

Orphan Asylum, or any persons sup
ported by any city or town.
Representative Blanchard of Wilton
introduced an act to amend the Public
Laws of 1908 relating to contagious
diseases among cattle. The act pro-
vides for a fine of not less than $25
nor more than $50 as 4 penalty for not
complying with the law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-15
Custom Tailoring
As a Fine Art

is eNemplfied by the clothes that we
make to your measure. You will find our
prices so moderate and your satisfaction
with the finished garments will be so
great, that We are sure to retain you as
one Of our permanent customers. See our
display of spring patterns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-15

1-;ravard Haven. Mass. March II
CONTINUED on Page T"oo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-15
TUE MASSACHUSETTS FLOATS.

,u,rk. Herself Off the Sands of Cedar
Tree Neck, But Little Damaged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17
Portola's Report of
His March to San Diego
CONDITIONS THERE
P0rtola Announces His Intention to
Proceed to Monterey Without
the Vessels

For a long time back Spain had en-
tertained fear of Russian encroach-
ments on the kings dominions. New
reports that the Russians were creep
ing down the Pacific coast. combined
with the growing desire of the mission
aries to enter upon the spiritual con-
quest of the much talked OF lands OF
Alta California to the north, led the
Spanish authorities to decide In 1858,
to carry out an old plan OF occupying
the ports of San Diego and Monterey.
which had been known of but neg
lected since the voyage OF Viscaino In
1902
Jose de Galvez, visitor general of
New Spain, took charge of the prepare
lions. organizing sea and land expedi-
tons, each in two divisions and all
to meet at San Diego. Preparations for
missionary work were directed by that
other genius, Junipero Sierra. On Janu-'
airy 9, 1859. the packet boat San Carlos
left La Paz under Captain vicente Villa
Among those on board whom we hear
of later were Costanso, Doctor Prat
and Pedro FACES. destined to become
governor of Alta California. A month
later the San Antonio, or Ell Principe,
as 1t Is called in Portola's letters. set
out from Cape San Lucas In command
of Juan Perez.
The land expeditions were recruited
at Santa Maria and Velicata. on tho
northern frontier of the peninsula set
Elements, but still many days journey
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17

Of Your Excellency. It Is, to con-
tinue my Expedition by Land, TAX
ing in my Company the Lieutenant
of the Volunteers. Don Pedro
FACES, with eight men of his
Troop, and the Engineer Don Mi
guel Costanso, concerning whom
the Surgeon says that during the
march, with a change OF climate.
they will recover their strength
and health.
1 am leaving Surgeon Don Pedro
Prat in this place with the sick.
under the shelter and protection Of
the new Mission, which, according
to agreement with the Reverend
Father President, will be founded
in this Port. To this end 1 have
detailed an escort of eight men
from my Preside.
/ shall take, also, all the supplies
that 1 can, leaving to Divine Prov
Sea, through the coming of the
Packetboat San Joseph. and to the
Commandment of Sea Don Vicente
villa the duty of dispatching 1t to
Monterrey as soon as it arrives at
this Port.
we'll know, Most Excellent Sir.
that this plan is somewhat ven
turesome, but since there is no
other recourse, l perceive that this
is no time to look for safe meas
ures. The present season is the
only one of the year in which to
traverse those lands, and even in
this season one suffers good deal
from the cold. which makes the
nights tedious and uncomfort-
able. If 1 were to defer my march
until the arrival of the San Joseph.
and that vessel should be delayed.
l should expose myself to the
chance that the cold. the SHOWS.
the rains, and bad roads would cut
Off our passage, and, besides. to the
chance that my Men would fall
lila greater misfortune than that
OF being reduced to half rations in
Monterrey. IL that should be neces-
sary. But I am counting on that
Country Concerning which I bear
the consolation of the old accounts,
which say that IL is good and fer
tile) being sufficient. together with
the Sea and our efforts, TO furnish
us our subsistence
Finally, / am cheerful and IN
good spirits, and desire TO contrib
ute to an enterprise whose purpose
is SO laudable. while TO know that
Your Excellency and the Senior
Visitor General are so sincerely in
terested in it's success would be
sufficient to cause me to sacrifice
myself in it. With equal sincerity
pray Heaven to preserve the most
important Life of Your Excellency
many years. Port Of San Diego.
July 4, 1863.
Most Excellent Sir. 1 kiss the
hand of Your Excellency. Your
most submissive Servant and Sub
ject.
GASPAR DE PORTOLA (Rubric)
To the Most Excellent Senior Mar
cues de Croix
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17

ciscans who supplanted the Jesuits;
protecting the mission Indians; review
ing the troops and dispatching them
royal fifths of the pearl fisheries and
the mines and making extended re-
ports to the viceroy. In all of this
work he showed an independence of
judgment and action that was really
not common in frontier Spanish Of
ficers of his day and rank. He settled
difficulties independently as they arose,
without waiting for specific instruc-
tions, helpless dependence upon which
was usually the fatal defect of Span
ish frontier administration, and he
freely made suggestions concerning the
Improvement Of the service and the de-
velopment of the backward province.
Frequently the yiceroy expressed
hearty approval of Portola's work. For
example, once he writes: Your letter
of February 8 was welcomed
because of the promptness with which
the Jesuit missionaries of that PENN
sula were gathered" Again: 1T is
seen the general report which you make
of what you found in those stores"
Again: The increase by 10 men of
the assignment to the vessel named the
Conception is well advised, as is also
the remission of the statistical report
(estado) of the presidios and vessels,
which l have likewise received; and,
again: Il trust that whenever any
doubtful matter may arise your zeal
and your love for the royal service
will justify the confidence" And they
seem to have done SO.
Withal, Portola appears in his cor
respondence for this period. viewed in
dependently of any later fame or fall
ure, as a frontier governor of more
than ordinary ability and trustworthi-
ness. and not without initiative
1t will be of interest to note that in
the file of letters Portola's signature
uniformly contains an accent over the
last of the surname and similar
mark over the last syllable of the
Christian name. BY others his name
Is written sometimes with and some
times without the accent. One letter,
at least, addressed to him by Galvez,
gives his name as Portolat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17

Of several replies by the viceroy to
Portola, and other documents relating
to California, including the original
record of the act OF taking formal
possession Of Monterey by Portola in
the name of the king of Spain on the
memorable third of June, ITO. So far
as is known, no one has previously
been apprised Of or made use of these
letters except Mr.. Irving B. Richman
OF Iowa, who secured transcripts OF
them through the present writer. for
use in the preparation of a forthcom-
ing history of California.
1t is not strange, l say, that the
hiding place of these to us precious
documents should have escaped the
eyes of Investigators. however diligent
For the Archivo General y Publico,
where they rest, in the Palacio Ma
cional at the capital of Mexico, is a
vast wilderness. little frequented un-
til recently, of manuscript materials
bearing upon the history of the Span
ish provinces in America and, later. of
independent Mexico. This archive, GU
riously enough, was said by Bancroft
to consist of 80 volumes! The truth
is that it contains not less, perhaps,
than $4,000 volumes of manuscript rec
ords already bound, and material
enough to form as many more. And
since the archive is almost entirely
without working indexes or inven-
tories, and since the documents within
the individual volumes are as a rule
badly classified, what one may find in
the course of a brief examination, out
side of the two or three well classified
series, is largely a matter of accident
while to run down all of the material
upon a given point might under present
conditions prove the work of life
time.
The Carnegie institution at Washing
ton is attempting to help make known
by systematic research the contents OF
this great treasure house of early
history-probably the greatest In the
two Americas 1t was during the
prosecution of that work some two
years ago that these new Portola doc
uments were found, together with
thousands of others relating to Cali
fornia and other parts of the South
west, as valuable and as completely
unknown. Whether or not still other
Portola letters will come to light in
the same or another archive, L am not
inclined to prophesy. But that they
will is not at all improbable.
When the people of California shall
come to provide the means for scholars
to gather and study this vast fund OF
unused material in the archivo general
publico, together with that reposins
in other archives in Mexico and In
Spain, as 1 predict will sometime be
done, not alone the story OF Portois
will have to be rewritten, but that of q
large part of the entire history oil
California as well. Bancroft, the great
gatherer, to whom all students OF West.
ern history must ever be grateful, per.
formed a mighty work, and 1t is the
impression OF many that he gathered
all there is to be had; but the fact
remains that OF some Of the most fer
tile fields of all he scarcely even sam
pied the fruits
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17

historical value as supplements TO
hitherto known sources. Indeed 1t is
not my purpose to attempt here any
of Portola A more acceptable pro-
cedure, l am sure, will be to present the
text of some OF the letters themselves,
letting the commander tell his own
story in his own way-a way that has
no little human interest. and which re-
veals rather more literary skill in the
discoverer than has been inferred from
his diary. He was not, however, a
highly educated man. But space will
not permit the publication of all the
letters. and the earliest ones, which are
the most numerous, and give us the
most new information about Portola,
must be disposed of summarily, as the
least pertinent to the discovery which
we now celebrate.
Portola reached San Diego on his
way to find the bay of Monterey in the
latter part of June, 1863. A year and
a half before this he had come to Lo-
reto as governor of Lower California.
In the meantime he performed the Sc
rious and unpleasant task of expelling
the Jesuits, who had hitherto controlled
the destinies of the peninsula, and
who were now being suppressed in all
New Spain. The file of Portola letters
to the viceroy of which l have tran
scripts, begins with one dated at Lo-
reto, December %. 1857 shortly after
his arrival. This, with those that fol-
low to November, 1868, furnishes US
for the first time extensive informa-
ton of Portola's activities as governor.
During the larger part of this time he
acting subject only to the authority
of the viceroy. and not to have been, as
has been implied, an automaton direct
ly under the thumb of the masterful
Jose de Galvez, who did not arrive in
Lower California until half year or
more after Portola.
What is of most interest to JUS just
now in the letters of this period is the
light which they shed upon Portola' s
fitness for promotion to the position,
which, combined with twentieth CEN
tury jubilee, has made him so famous.
In the absence of these letters he has
appeared to us not only a dim but also
a somewhat colorless figure. His let
tiers do not prove that he was a great
man, certainly, nor a man of striking
lights and shadows, but they do indi-
cate that he was not, on the other
hand, altogether mediocre or by any
means characterless. They reveal, as
do his subsequent letters, not only a
painstaking but also a really indie
pendent, resourceful official clearly
above the ordinary. trusted by and in
fiuential with the yiceroy. In this way
and considered together with Portola' S
position on the northern frontier they
-dispel any wonder that might arise at
his being chosen as leader of the ex-
petition to Alta California.
From his own reports we see Portola
during this year at Loreto busy dis
patching and receiving mail and sup
ply vessels, afrestinE the Jesuit faith
ers--but not with heavy hand--ex-
polling them from the peninsula and
enforcing their absence, making inven-
tories of the property which the gov
eminent had conflscated from the mis-
sions; installing and conciliating the
"Fernandinos,' the branch OF the Fran
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17
By HERBERT E. BOLTON

Professor of History, Stanford University
For the translation Of q part Of the letters
printed below credit is due TO Mr.. w. 2. Dunn
Of Leland Stanford Jr. university. II. E. B.
this moment when the Portola
n festival at San Francisco is the
N foremost theme Of the daily and
periodical press of the Pacific
slope. when a multitude of verse max
srs and other writers are finding voice
IN the praise of the explorer. about
whom little is known except the facts
OF his exploration; when messengers
from the courts Of Europe are speed
ing their way across the seas to the
city at the Golden gate to share in the
celebration Of the discovery OF the new
San Francisco bay and the nobler
achievements built upon that founda-
ton; when students Of history are ran
sscking the archives OF foreign lands
tn their endeavor more fully to answer
the now uppermost question-Who was
this Portola? At such a time the un-
earthing of 6 hitherto unknown &C
count of Portola's work in California,
written by hts own hand in the form
OF letters to the highest official of New
Spain, cannot fail to be OF public In
terest. whatever the intrinsic value of
the account.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17
The Viceroy's Reply to Portola.
Thanking Him and Approving
His Decision

The following document is a copy
of the original minute of the viceroy' s
reply to the foregoing letter of Por-
tola. 1t is fled as was the custom
with the letter to which IL was the
answer. The viceroy addressed 1t. as
is seen. to Monterey, where he sup
posed Portola would be.
With Your Letter of the 4th OF
last July / received the Copies
which you enclosed 10 me OF your
proposal to Don Vicente Villa, OF
his Reply. and OF the Account
which you inserted setting forth
the State OF the officers and Crew
of the Packetboat Ell Principe In
view OF everything. and taking
into account what You tell me has
occurred, I approve the means de-
vised, that Is, your having con-
tinued your expedition to Monter-
rey by land, and your having left
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17
Dearth Hitherto of Known
Writings by PortoIa

Our information concerning the ex-
petitions of 1863 and 1870, from Santa
Maria and Velicata, in Lower Califor-
MIA. to San Diego and thence to Mon
terey and San Francisco bays, has been
derived hitherto in the main from the
diaries OF these expeditions kept by
Portols, Father Crespi and the engi-
neer, Costanso. And these diaries will
always remain our most precious treas
ures relating TO the episode-treasures
worthy Of the painstaking work of
the ablest transIators, editors and in
terpreters. and of the best there is in
the book making art
Some of the hooks and angles left
shadowy in spite of these diaries are
cleared up by the sidelights afforded
by supplementary letters and reports
by different persons. But none of
these happen TO be from the pen of
Portola. In fact, the interest inherent
in such find as that of a bundle of
the commandments letters is fully evil
dent only when we realize the paucity.
hitherto. of known writings by him
bearing on any part of his career aside
from the diary.
In the very latest authoritative word,
indeed. that has been said about Por-
tola, this dearth of his letters is the
writer's chief lament. / refer TO the
excellent biograp hicaI sketch of Por-
tola published in the October Sunset
by Prof. Donald E. Smith. So far as
I am aware, the two letters printed
therein are the only ones Of Portola
that have ever been published or spe-
cifcalIy referred TO.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17
New Light on
PortoIa's Previous Career

It is not my intention to draw upon
these new materials for the purpose
of rewriting his biography nor to make
extended critical comment on their
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17
The Archivo General y
PubIico of Mexico

It is not at all surprising that it has
not been known that in the central
archives of Mexico there is a file of a
score or more OF original letters writ
ten by Portola during his three year
career In the CALIFORNIA;, between De-
cember. 1867. and the autumn Of ITO.
These. letters are addressed to the vice.
roy Of Mexico. then the Marques De
Croix and with them are flied minutes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-17

Professor of HistOry,StanfOrd University
For the translation Of q part Of the letters
printed below credit is due TO Mr.. W. E. Dunn
Of Leland Stanford Jr. university. II. z. B.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-07-31
pRUrwooD.

Perhaps you have stood on the beach
at a sea coast town and noticed the
"driftwood" left nv the ebbing tide.
After a particularly rough sea, the
break combers" reap a harvest, for
the tide leaves much behind when II
goes out to seek fresh prey.
Human life has been aptly likened
to the ocean, It's tide ebbs and flows;
II Is laden with driftwood. Perhaps
you remember Sylvester Baxter story
Of "The Heaven Of Dead ships. The
inevitable distinction Of derelict rud
derless ships In the ~sargssso Sea-
sea within n sea, formed Of gulfweed,
amassed bp the force Of whirling cur
rents. The Gulf stream carries the
weed ~northward; then It sweeps 1t
round in a southernly direction, col
setting II in great masses at a Common
center. Naturally derclicts take the
course Of the sea weed. To the lost
mariner II Is the mocking suggestion
Of "land ahead" One might fancy
that u pitiless II had sucked the
Atlantic dry.
Many Of US are like rudderless ships;
We sail through life with neither q a
nor sail. The onward resistance sweep
In human tides bear the driftwood to.
ward unknown Ravens. There are
points where the ship deviates unless
the rudder holds her true 20 the coures
Failing that she turns toward n hope
less doom. In their frantic aimless
course 'he III fated seaman sight land
ahead; il turns out to be only the Sar.
gasso Sea. Toward this sluggish re.
gion Of blasted hopes every man who
has no ideals of conviction Of his own
IN turning. One may be carried by the
current but they reach no port. Their
is the zone where never a friendly sail
IL sighted.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-07-31
THE GREAT SUBMERGED

The cries of the great submerged
are seldom heard. Poverty paralylcs,
aud, as Gray eloqucntly expressed II
''penury freezes the general current
of the soul. The peasant is transform
ed into a savage by domestic troubles
aud j. locked up for hurying his mis-
cry in runkcnncss. Washerwomen
waste away under the scourge Of bru
tai treatment and die of a broken
heart, all hope Of repricve being bur
led in the dull oblivion Of the souI,
suds. From such as these the world
never hears. The gates Of opportunity
were forever barred against them.
Many II soldier died ~ bravely, and
with ~ much suffering AZ Sir John
Moore AT Corrunna, but every soldier
was not fortunate in having n Wolfe
To write his obituary On tablets of
poetic fame. Thousands Of innocent
victims died in silent lpnominy on the
guillotine Of France. while the
shrieks Of the Jew a%ristocrats filed the
world with pity at the tales Of their
suffering.
Hundreds Of nameless graves today
contain the bones OF unsung warriors,
each of whom might have been Il
i%Iampden OF a Nelson, but "ku0wl.
edge 20 their eyes her ample page
rich with spoils Of time, did ne 'er nm
roll.
The sculptor transforms into stone
the visions that burn IN his brain,
but W. deny the assertion, often
made, that our destinies are fashioned
after the thoughts and passions that
inspire Us, No dream ia stone or
sculptors triumph can he born Of
poverty that is hedious aud u~nshapcly.
True, the. birds that sing sweetest
build their nests low, bu, the lives Of
humanity's poor run along in one
endiag stream NJ inarticulate
sorrow.
Carlyle left his imprint on the world
because he was a genius; w..en oppor.
tuni,y did not exist for him he made
II. But he never looked in the direc
ton Of the Great Submerged; he was
a hero worshiper. The idolatry ~
the great and rich was his religion.
In that he differed from the Christus.
COndesccnsinn 10 the small and un.
known, sympathy for the suffering aud
help for the sick-that was the relig.
ion Of the man who come out of Naz.
areth.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-07-31
MANS BODY FOUND
IN MESQUITE BUSH.
Continued from first page.)

The thorny bed was more than the
dead man could stand, however, aud
upon the Insertion Of the thorns into
his anatomy. he let out one long
scream Of pain, which could he heard
for blocks. The undertaken was dun
founded at the dead man I, cries and
while benson aud Fred Whit. were
shaking with fright, the Mexican
alone literally took to the woods aud
has not bee heard Of since.
Koch was the first to realize the
situation aud after he had pronounced
the man not lead but sleeping IN.
others took n"art and he WAS lifted
into the ambulance which had been
taken to the scene Tor the purpose of
bringing back his dead body.
The man was given medical atten
tion IN reaching the city aud is now
doing nicely. The trouble was an ep
Iertic iii brought on by imbibing to
freely ~ the uoolcrine.