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380 ages to come, may the faithful history of Oregon be so unruffled by the jar of discordant civic or industrial elements that its counterpart will be found in the characteristic placidity of the "Beautiful Willamette," as, reflecting the luxuriant foliage which adorns its banks with inspiring pictures familiar to us since earliest childhood, it moves majestically onward to its home in the great Pacific.

T. T. GEER.