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E. Campbell, Hoquiam secretary, Mrs. J. E. Calder, Montesano treasurer, Mrs. H. B. Marcy, Montesano chaplain,

W.







Rev. Charles McDermoth, Aberdeen; historian, A. C. Girard, Aberdeen delegate to annual meeting of state society, M. J.

W.

Luark, Montesano.

P. Bonney, of

the State Historical Society,

Twenty

acres of land at

was the

Tacoma, secretary of

principal speaker.

Grand Mound, including the famous

"mound," have been deeded to the state by John R. James, pioneer settler of Southwest Washington, and son of Samuel James, the first man to settle in Grand Mound prairie. Other heirs of the

give

James

estate,

numbering approximately 80, will which is now a

for the beautification of the place,

money

public park.

The department lege,

of history at the J. B. Horner,

under Professor

Oregon Agricultural Colis

preparing a

map

locat-

ing the prehistoric mounds of Oregon. This is being done partly as a result of the recent exploration of the prehistoric burial grounds on the Calapooia by summer school students.

Two additional mounds were discovered on the Osburn farm, which makes approximately 30 mounds along the banks of the Calapooia and half as many others on streams near by. Douglas County, Oregon, residents held a reunion at Portland June 22, 1919, in Peninsula Park, to renew old acquaintances and review events of that part of Oregon. The speakers

were



W. H.

Brackett, George

H. Himes, G.

C. Love, A.

M. Crawford and George W. Riddle. George C. Johnson was elected president Lou L. Parker, secretary, and Nancy Drain

Singleton, treasurer.

at

Organization of local history materials will be undertaken Eugene by a committee of a teachers' conference which

held session at the University of

June.

Oregon the

A. N. French, professor of education

latter

week

in

in the university,

and J. C. Almack, director of the extension division, suggested methods of organization. Dr. H. D. Sheldon, of the conference,

was authorized

to

name

president a committee for this work.