Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
THE Fight IS NOW ON.
SHERIDAN SAYS DAYTON SHALL
NOT HAVE BLOCKHoUsE.
Citizens In Vicinity of Old Fort Stand
Aghast at Mention OF
Removal.

sheridan is on the warpath IL mas
suddenly awakened to the TACT tna'
it has yearning for a blocKhouse-
secondhand preferred, and Wlthlh
easv walking distance of the center
If business activity Dayton has also
manifested antagonizing symptoms OF
the same kind of yearning, there-
fore Sheridan is on the warpath' anu
MANY of it's staid and reVerehu
seignors have sworn by the beard Oh
tho Pronhet that they would see the
historic and now beloved blockhouse
s,,nlxen beneath the waters OF the
oureIing Yamhill ere they Will allo"
If to be polluted by the uncieah
hands Of the vandal Daytonians.
Since the announcement that poit
sheridan had been given to Dayton
nv a. Federal act engineered by Unit
ga states Senator Chamberlain, clu-
zans Of Sheridan have been vigorous
in their protests against the removal
of the historic structure bearing Ten
eral Phil Sheridan's name.
,rba sheridan Commercial Club has
+.1,en I'm the case with the Tillamook
and Willamina commerclal ooule''
and telegrams and letters have oeeh
sent to Senator Chamberlain at wash
;npton opposing the removal OF the
old blockhouse. A protest signed py
the citizens of Sheridan was forward
ed to Washington, with resolutioii0
Of protest adopted by the CONNER
cial Club.
Sorry, But Helpless.
Mr.. Chamberlain replied that the
act recommending the removal OF the
old fort to Dayton cannot be revoked
Attorney J. r. Simpson, Sheridan
Oldest settler. appealed personally tc
nv Chamberlain, his boyhood chum
and friend. To him Mr.. Champerlalh
ranlied that he regretted that Sheri'
dang earnest appeal could not receive
his Endorsement.
Sheridan argues that the ola struc
ture is so decayed that removal 10
noint as far distant as Dayton VIII
wreck it, relates a dispatch to the Or
eqonian. Then, it is contended, TN
old fort is the only historical pom
between here and the coast, ana pe
ing situated on the main thoroush
fare NJ interests travellers bent tn
way
The Sheridan Commercial Clup wa
referred to the superintendent OF III
Siletz school by Mr. Chamberlain
who. he said, was authorized to cor
respond with any interested histories
society or section concerning the ol
fort. superintendent Egbert' OF III
Siletz school, said the town OF Shel
idan had not been notified that III
fort bearing this clty's name was ope
to donation.
Dayton pefied.
movement is on foot in Sherida
now to erect a glass frame over u
old blockhouse. This Will nave TO
done by popular subscription by cn
zens of Sheridan, and will cost sow
If sheridan residents are not ailoW'
IN save the fort, many say the bloc
house will never pass through II
city in its removal to Dayton. MAJ
declare openly that they will see I
old blockhouse in the Yamhill XIV
before they will consent to its reno
al to Dayton
An interesting new chapter in t
history of the old fort is promised,
sheridan stands at most stratel
poInt on the road between era
Ronde and Dayton, and the old Il
will have to pass through this ei
sheridan can't see how Dayton c
claim the historic fort justly, eN
though the recent Federal donat'
gives II to Dayton.
Fort Sheridan for Sheridan is
cry here, and Tillamook and WI
NINA stand with Sheridan In the iii
to keep the fort here.