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EMIGRATION FROM IOWA TO OREGON IN 1843 293

On motion : Resolved, That the Society now proceed to the election of four Trustees.

Whereupon, A. Calkin, David Switzer, Israel L. Clark and J. L. Frost, were unanimously elected.

Resolved, That A. Calkin, Esq., be requested to deliver a public address before the society, at its next meeting.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be pub- lished in the newspapers in Iowa City.

Resolved, That the meeting adjourn to meet in Iowa City, on the first Monday in May next.

OREGON MEETING AT BLOOMINGTON

[The following account of a meeting at Bloomington (now Muscatine) is reprinted literally from the Iowa Standard (Iowa City), Vol. Ill, No. 17, March 30, 1843. EDITOR.]

At a public meeting held at the school house in Blooming- ton, on Saturday, 19th inst. for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of organizing a company to emi- grate to Oregon Territory, the Rev. Geo. M. Hinkle, of Louisa County, was called to the chair, and Wm. F. Smith appointed secretary. The chairman having explained the object of the meeting, Mr. Jno. C. Irwin, chairman of the committee ap- pointed for that purpose at a previous meeting, made the fol- lowing report:

Your committee who were appointed to draft a report to be made to this meeting, beg leave to submit the following, to wit: that from the information they have obtained from various sources, they believe the Oregon Territory to be far superior in many respects, to any other portion of the United States they believe it to be superior in climate, in health, in water privileges, in timber, in convenience to market arid in many other respects ; they believe it to be well adapted to agri- culture and stock raising, also holding out great inducements to mechanics of the various branches; they would therefore recommend to every person possessing the enterprise and patriotic spirit of the true American citizen to emigrate to Oregon Territory at as early a day as possible, and thereby