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INDEX

ROSE FESTIVAL, WHY NOT A FOLK FESTI- VAL in the, 315-17.

Ross, ALEXANDER, Journal of, on SNAKE RIVER EXPEDITION. 1824, 366-88; ac- tivities in Pacific Northwest fur trade, 365; his books, 365-6; course traced in Snake River expedition, 1824, 367-8.

St. Helens, founded by Captain H. M. Knighton, 216.

St. John, founded by James Johns, 216.

Salem, 1846, 44.

Salmon fisheries in Oregon, 1846, 47-8; superstitious ceremonies and practices of Indians regarding, 47-8.

SCHENCK. LIEUTENANT W. S., is dis- patched up the Columbia as high as The Dalles, 8.

SCOTT, ANNE ROELOFSON, pioneer condi- tions impose "a long agony of self- sacrifice upon, 94-5.

SCOTT, HARVEY W., EDITOR REVIEW OF His HALF-CENTURY CAREER AND ESTI- MATE OF His WORK, 87-133: the Ore- gon of his youth and of his maturity and his relation to it, 87-89; external record of his life, 89-91; ancestry of, 91-92; domination of pioneer vision, temper and spirit in life of, 92-5; his self-reliance and individualism, 95-6; his first writing for the Oreeoman, 96-7; times and conditions had much to do with his spirit and methods, 97; encourages assistants in all depart- ments of Oregonian, 97-8; his interest centered in editorial page, 98; funda- mental motive was social responsibil- ity, 98; an autocrat, but dominated by demands of social conditions and fun- damental principles, 99-101; felt that he alone could pledge the Oregonian, 101-2; maintains integrity of the news, adhering strictly to commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness, 102-3; occasionally, however, used a "smashing headline," 103-4; loyalty to principles and abstract ideal combined with course shaped by necessities of working relations, 104-6 Oregon af- forded vantage ground for interpreta- tion of national tendencies, 107-8; championship of cause of sound money representative, 108-9; summary of his professional character, 109-10; his prodigious reading and wonderful memory, 110-12; theology his deepest interest, 113-14; his style a reflection of his mind, 114-15; delights in the literature of the imagination, 115-16; nature has profound fascination for him, 116-17; solidity the characteristic quality of his thought and expression, 117-18; his consideration as an em- ployer, 118-19; delights in companion- ship of those of understanding and sympathy, 119-20; friendships with men of native and genuine quality, 120-3; ne. w relationships formed in the East in later years, 124-5; secret of this exemplified in the Archbishop

Corrigan dinner, 124-5; has little sym- pathy with personal incapacity and its consequences, 125-6; his tenderest feeling for childhood, 126-7; the ap- peal of the United States Senate to him, 127-9; his indifference to appear- ances, 129-30; the home interest of his life, 130-1; the sentiments that were the spiritual guides of his life, 131; the large issues in which he had a leading part, 135; list of events in lief of, 133.

MR. SCOTT'S LIBRARY AS A GAUGE OF His BROAD SCHOLARSHIP AND LITERARY ACTIVITY, 134-9; early and continued interest in history, 134-5; large famil- iarity with ancient classics, 135; an- cient and biblical history deeply studied by him, 136; wide reading of publicists, Burke and Hamilton, 136-7; exponents of liberal thought, of meta- physics and of philosophy appreciated, 137; the fiction that stood the test of time a part of his reading, 138; an as- tounding memory of poetry, 138-9. REVIEW OF WRITINGS based on ten thousand articles written by him, 140- 204; dominating idea in his editorial

reductions individual functions and uty, 141 ; mode of life of pioneer West inculcated self-reliance, 142; senti- mental interest in Oregon history, 143; his reading and social intercourse, 144; the editor of practical affairs, of idealistic sense and of scholarly attainment, 145; belief in war as the nursery of national unity and strength, 145; has many friends among theo- logians of divergent sects, 146-7; held religious feeling to be a permanent force in nature of men, 147; his opin- ions on religion epitomized, 148-9; his perennial fight for sound money, 149; the beginning and the culmination of it, 149; though a Westerner, he com- bats financial and monetary delusions bred under Western conditions, 150-1; resists repudiation, 152-4; points out "fundamental error" in our monetary system to be "fiat money," 154-5; free coinage of silver fought as a later phase of fiat money, 155-6; mainte- nance of gold standard no more open to debate than multiplication table, 156-7; contrasts Cleveland's firmness with vacillating policy of McKinley, 159; the silver issue counted by him as gravest crisis in our industrial his- tory, 160-1; the course of history set awry by assassination of Lincoln, 162; his Nationalist idea grew with his man- hood, 162-3; indiscriminate negro suf- frage a mistake, 163-4; Southern fear of negro and Northern prejudice a nightmare dispelled, 164; the national idea the main line of demarcation be- tween the two chief political parties, 165; the tendency of democracy to subdivision, but this more than coun- terbalanced by forces making for na- tional unity, 166-7; Jefferson the "evil genius of our national and political life" and the "glory of Hamilton the greatness of America," 168-0: his in- terpretation of national expansion across the Pacific, 169-71; took issue