Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-10

Columbia uNoI 1u AN lbe TERRITORY
drained Dog th, Columbia riyrr and
its tunutd.i.- BIS confusion uI
geographical facts enc Columbia ani
the fraser river were presumed Iu
Doe Identical hence JJo equally enron
Gus ,uppositioE tuaf thc Columbia
dIaucd boz rbtiro country from the
California line north to luiuf 90
do.tcps north of tho alth ualallDl
north ai.tuJ and east 'O hc s1n-
luU oi One Stuu, .RocGyl Mountains
Iu after wears during tine Oroeon
COut1EyrsN which give rise TO tN"
sloeau FiffN fou Forty or fs-hi
though the oNistcnC, oi both rivers
had been ascortaIu,l th, United
States hacaus, they were in AstorH
time supposed identical maintained
e. claim tu .hU fraser river rourtu
uu the ground hof Asto. colonial.
ton scheme Included b. as part col Bee
supposed Columbia iiErr waite hnl
Aston pds WNiso iu 'hc selection
of his associates 100 IN" venture too
| 'hp four PARTNERS Nuu headed the DN
prduiol wore subjects U Great fIl.
ain Using Ihls lor au excuse they
sold ou th, post at Fort Astoria bon
tSl" to representative. of She Nolfh.
west COMPANY who brought my ucvs
OF in, outbreak cot ver between ibr
/ United States aud Great Britain boz
/ 1879
Uudrr the name Fort George Use
,ort established by Aston aud known
as Fort Astoria. remained under Brii
/ ish rule for several wears, untN a.
| tine ustigatiuu OF Aston che United
States, under clause of tine tr'aIN
OF Client in which both nations agreed
To surrender all TERRITORY captured
during tbo war OF 1912, demanded The
| return of Fort Astoria,
Enamnds representative ou $50
Joint commission iu London admitted
| lhs bona iidc settlement oi ASTORIA
with the intent 60 colonilc and ced
eel s0Norcigntf OF the font in ISIS. but
| insisted upon recognition oi the valid.
Iity of the sale at the real property
! by Astur's partners 20 the NOrthWc-'
] company Astor vas thus chOuscd
ont of his property hul thu United
| States had secured practical Iccoshl
! ton of powerful argument for use
| in the permanent settlement OF the
! OREGON controversy In lhlG
In that controrersy Great Britain,
as jh, result OF exploration and al.
Legged bona nd settlement e.. Turt
| Vancouver ia lh2i. claimed the t,rrl'
/ tors as Ca south as th, present
! Orcpuu.Washingfu bOuudarg. che
! ONION commission having IeuioNtp
! iN hXcd The boundary line alnul fhp
i9'h parallel only SO tar west as tnr
Rocky Mountains
Again the United States brought
forth ia arsumcnt mat Nstors as.
pcdition intended prior tu 1921 to
Culoulzo hc entire Columbia river
watershed ana ths argument sap
ported by discovery ot the Columbia
Ia 1872 by CAPTAIN GRAY and Nplora
ton by Lewis and ClHrl IN 1905. SCI,
cured the acknowledgment OF soV.
cHElty 20 practiUallg AN the tout
tony drained hf thc Columbia, say,
a considerable area iu The Ohanogar
country
The United states ala not yield ur
The Fraser river watershed and th,
greater part OF lhc OkBnoean country
gracefully Polls with many othel
eminent Americans. was convinced
that uul title was perfect as Tar norG
as - deg 90 min. aud be aad the
Democratic party made their cam
palgn in 1874 on the famous slogan
"Fiity-iouriory 0r tight The stcp.
taken Ia line with this policy hy con
goss an but Involved as la war VIII
Great Britain who fatty refused q,
consider any proposal for boundar,
further north than he i9th parallel
The hackdown OF congress which wat
followed within a few weeks hN tlt