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 as far as twenty miles on Sunday to hear the De Moss family sing. It became such a popular place that the De Moss family were exhausted physically, financially and from a point of provisions.

"Dr. Hines came along one day—he was a young man then—and he heard the family sing and liked it. He also learned that they were in need and were getting nothing for their entertainment. He happened to have an organ and the elder De Moss traded a cow for this instrument. After that they gave many entertainments and charged admission. The De Moss family has ever since been on the road, and it has traveled in every way and everywhere where it is possible for a human being to go."

Published by George H. Himes, together with another song, Oregon, by Col. Frank V. Drake, and a poem, "Pioneer Day," by Ella Higginson, on "Half Century Anniversary of Treaty with England whereby Oregon—historic Oregon—came under the jurisdiction of the United States."

This is one of the most charming of Oregon songs. The first stanza is as follows: