The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20

| 1T iss so great. these traders do not
wish II known. They wish only that /;
may he savage: also that their posts
aud their harcms may bc uudiSturbed
That r iss what they wish. these scots
] go wild again. IN The wilderness. They
| trade aud they travel, but IT iss not
wants steel traps and not nloushs wes,
of the Rockies. That iss all!'
They do not speak SO OF DR.. McLaugh-
| lin" | began tentatively.
| MY friend. great man, MCI6lIgll-
lin, believe NC, But he iss not Mckay;
he iss not simpson; hc iss not Rchrcns
he iss not ~-Jl'llIc he iss not Douglas.
And l say to you, rs learned last night
YOU sec. thoy asked mo also to tell
what | knew of Orcgon--I say TO YOU
that last night Mclaughlin was dcposcd
they can get word To him. he loses his
| place at Vancouver.
After a lifetime in tho service"
"Yoss, after lifetime; and McLangh-
lin had brain and heart. too. 1f Eng
learn something's He plants he plows,
he hass gardens and mills and houses
lin alone, they would haf a civilization
on the Columbia. and not a iur-tradiug
post. Then they could oppose your ely
ilaaLion t9Gr" That ss Ihat That n,l he
simpson loses Oregon TO England. 1t
may be-"
Then you think there is chance OF
trouble netwea IN our country ana Eng
He smiled. 'It lss no, a chance, but
a certainty" he said. ''1t wsss only
this summer 100 men up the Peace river.
Rockies. So They can takn boats
easily down tho streams 10 Oregon; You
ask T. there will be troubles ] tell you'
ycss,'
what time can England make with
her brigades. wcst-bound, my friend!
asked him casually, lie answered Win
gratifying scientific precision
From Edmonton 10 Fort ColyilIe,
west OF the Rockies, II has been done
in six weeks and five days pE ~ ar
George himself From Fort ColylIle
down il ss easy by boats. il takes the
voyagcur three months TO cross, or four
months. !, would talio troops twice that
long, or more For YOU in The states.
YOU can go faster. And ahi my friend.
IL iss worth tho race, that Oregon, Be
lIeve me Il iss fun of bugs-ot new
bugs; twelve new species J haf discov-
cred and named: 1t ISIS something's of
What YOU say interests me very
much. Slr." ] said. al am only an Amer
lean trader. knocking around to see the
engaged In some scientific pursuit in that
"Yess." he said. ''Mein own govern
mcnt and mein own uniyGrslty. ,l the they
not been done. | am inSectologcr Shall
I show YOU my bugs OF Oregon? You
shall see them. yess? Come with me TO
my hotel. You shall see many hugs
such as science hass not yet known"
was willing enough 10 90 with him
ana true To his word he did show me
such quaint titles of carefully prepared and
classified Insects as ] had not dreamed
our own country offered.
Twelve new speciesN' he said, with
pride. 'Mcin own country VIII gil me
honor for this. Five years | spend. Now
/ go back home,
II shall not tell you what nickname
they gif me in Oregon he added, smil
Rittenhofen. Berlin IL wass last my
homo. Tell me. you go soon 10 Ore
gonr"
THAT is very possible ! answered; ;
and this time at least | spoke the truth.
"Wc are bound in opposite directions,
but If you are sailing for Europe this
spring. YOU would save limo and gain
comfort by starting from New York. II
would give US great pleasure II We could
welcome distinguished scientist in
Washington"
mo, ! am not yet distinguished Only
shall I he distinguished when | have
shown my twelve new species TO mein
own university
But il would give me pleasure also
TO show you Washington. You should
see also the government Of those back
woodsmen who are crowding out 10 Orc
gon. Would you not like to travel with
me in America so far as that
He shook his head doubtfulIy. "Pcr-
haps ] make mistake 10 come by the st.
Lawrcncc2 II would be shorter 10 so by