The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-03-06


..westvard the Star of Empire taxes
Tha fonr irst acts already past;
Tha f;fth shall close the drama iof she
Times noblest offspring is the ias''
"Star of Empire'-luring gulos "
;.as;rg humanity. First IL snohe
across the sea and lit the Valss .ha
Danube and the Rhine; efosseus are
Aims and Apenines. Then iiiuIileJi iiiusi .hs
sho,es of the new woriu peyonu
Atlantic thence across the AlleRhanyt
and the boundless Mississippi pus
rested not until-like the star VI tn
w;se men. which came and STOOD e.
the maneer cradle in Bethlehem eils
Star of Empire rested upon nc VI
tarminable woods, where rolls the Ole
son The "Ultima thule is reaeheu
etbe last undiscovered land-lime
pohlest offspring" reserved giit ol
Cod to this ''land of the free -the
richest acquisition of America.
For 200 years five nations sought .ne
oreoon eouutry-tried to discover the
t.areat river of the west. Wheh
ueceta. the Spaniard. came to latituae
AZ north the current of the.great river
drove his ships far out TO sea. aso ~
Mereas, the English explorer. caine "
the same place, 20 years AFTER, ioes
we're on and he said. Ihere Is ~
river" named 1t Deception bay anu
sailed away. Vancouver came win lils
fleet. but passed it in the night: NO.
until 1892, when General Washington
had sent the gallant Capt. Gray IN ms
little shin. Columbia, along the Paeiilc
coast. were the tides and currents 1aif.
Nav 10. he anchored just outside the
bar' Next morning, the 18th OF May,
the sun sbone clear and revealed the
wonderful river, a light breeze lano,
ward. Capt. Gray says: I'VE hliea
all sails and within an hour were amen.
ored seven miles up the long-sought
"River of the west. Oregon was
founds romantic, golden, evergreen
Oregon!
The first white man within the Ore
oon country was Capt. Robert Gray
He fixed the first date in authentic
/ Oregon history, May IL, 1872. ht
sailed that sunlit morning INTO .ht
blue and fresh waters OF this migh,y
river. the rival of all navigators. Il
had taken three hundred years to dls
cover and possess it: from l492 to lf5z
Cant. GRAY lay at anchor on the nortl
! side, opposite our Astoria, and durini
that rest of the night, named the rive
the Columbia, for his gallant litti'
ship.
The next day he sailed up the rive
about 25 miles, and planted the Amer
can flag on both sides of the river
This fact went far towards settling th
controversy between England an
America, for ownership.
Proud Oregon! to make this mrs
record in her history this navy esptal
of Revolutionary fame, sire OF Wash
inpton. first to tread her soil and plan
the "Stars and Stripes upon this vas
n uninhabited Pacific shore.
y The first marriage within the Orego
i country was that of Rev. Jason Lee
t Miss Anna Maria Pittman. in 1888
! The place, the occasion, the cireun
d stances we're remarkable.
t. Jason Lee came missionary acroS
a. the plains, answering the Flat Hea
4 Indians quest for the "Whiteman
ID Book of Heaven" in the year 1888
7. r Three years after seven others csa.
ID by ship, among them two ladies'. se''s'l
Of ers. Miss Downing had become Ell
70 gagged to Cyrus Shepherd, before b
N coming away to Oregon, and came Q
le to ioin him here. They arrived
,e June. On Sabbath morning, the l6t
4, day OF July, the sun rose clear ar
1t bright, full of fragrance and balm,
"a only Wilmette spring morning cou
III be. All about the mission, just belo
ok the Salem of our time, and on the ea
ID shore of the beautiful river, was st
ld of preparation. They had seated
at lovely spot within grove of FIR al
'ai nine and Balm. The flowers Wel
NO blooming among the trees and IL
ge birds were warbling their most beaut
full songs. The hush of blessed stlllne
all around, and all nature was
ty. sympathy. The whole mission assef
n, bled. There were 40 Indian chl!dre
"' Seven men and five women came fro
Of the cabins. A few trappers and hun
tg .eS ers had fioated down from the mou
nd tains and dropped in. A circle OF t
en- en- dusky daughters of the forest made
fth most natural background.
was That day Jason Lee preached a
eot markable sermon from Numbers l0:z
iua 'itb "Come thou with us, and we will
ner thee good; for the Lord hath spok
Of Of good concerning Israel. " Tnen lead
ion don the marriage altar Miss Pittman I
was ceremony was performed by Rev. Da
ame a,nee ie Lee, associate missionary, "a mt
wit; site impressive service and made C
AS tract registered in heaven and seal
in the hearts of few of God Oh
,ent jsnt dren on earth. The wedding dlnr
day. that followed was rich and rare; We
ten ten son ham, salmon fresh from the "
y 20 Of annette, savory potatoes, peas ana tul
il at ips. A cake was made from the Goa
B IL. in flour of wheat ground in the stt
Sere SEN mortars of the Indian women. A
elm all were fed: school children and
,@osts @ This dates an epoch in Oregon histo
until SOi Marriage ceremony made husband
may wife. a home was made; domestic h
3 piness assured. How much TINS
" meant of value to our commonwea
,gon. and will continue to be all down
- years of time!
's"' sa'' Repels Attack OF Death.