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 examining miocene rocks from eastern Oregon, has identified fossil leaves of Oregon grape, Oregon's state flower, Mexican cedar, which is now native only to the tropics and eastern Asia, the gingko tree and ailanthu, or tree of Heaven, now native only of Asia.

Dr. C. M. Drury lectured at the Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, Portland, March 31, 1936, on the work of the missionaries, Whitman and Spalding. Mr. Drury's biography of Henry Harmon Spalding has recently been published, and a life of Marcus Whitman is in preparation. Dr. Drury told of many interesting incidents learned while he was gathering material for his books.

The members of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Oregon City, observed the 85th anniversary of its founding May 25, 1936. The church was organized May 25, 1851, at a meeting held in the Congregational Church.

THE Oregonian, May 3, 1936, began printing a series of motorlogs to describe scenic and historic attractions in the Pacific northwest. The first article is by Philip H. Parrish, who visited The Dalles. Judge F. W. Wilson accompanied the writer and pointed out places of interest. May 10, the log covers the coast from Astoria to the Siuslaw, and Earl Snell and J. Lynn Wykoff tell of the notable places. May 24, Lee Bostwick travels to the Steen Mountain region.

Some of the rare books in the Oregon State Library, Salem, are described by A. L. Lindbeck, in the Oregon Journal, March 8, 1936. One of the rarest books in the collection is the second volume of Grains, or Passages in the Life of Ruth Rover, by Margaret J. Bailey, printed at Portland in 1854.

Two obsidian knives, found five feet below the ground surface near Bend, led Dr. L. S. Cressman, anthropologist at the University of Oregon, to carry on investigations in the summer of 1935. In the Oregonian, March 15, 1936, he outlines the result of his investigations, which indicate that in the glacial period man inhabited the Oregon region.

"Two Brave Women ...," by Philip H. Parrish, Oregonian, May 24, 1936, is the story of Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding, who came to Oregon as missionaries in 1836, and were the first white homemakers in the Pacific northwest.

"History of Oregon's First Man Traced in Columbia Gorge," is an article in the Oregon Journal, March 15, 1936, by Sterling F. Green, which discusses the archaeological discoveries of Dr. E. T. Hodge at the Mosier battlement.

The Willamette meteorite, which was found in Oregon in 1902, is displayed in Hayden planetarium, recently opened in New York. An account of the meteorite, by E. Rumbaugh, was printed in the Oregon Journal, April 26, 1936.

In an article in the Oregon Journal, March 8, 1936, Dr. H. C. Dake says semi-precious gem deposits are found in every Oregon county, and gives a list of stones and where they are to be found.

The Gresham Outlook, H. L. St. Clair, editor, observed its 25th anniversary with a special birthday number containing historical sketches of Gresham and vicinity.

"Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man," by Fred Lockley, in the Oregon Journal, 1936: March 1, 13, Dr. Belle Ferguson; March 2, 5, Mrs. George H. Osborn; March 2, Clark Rogers, J. C. Nelson; March 3, Rose West Johnson; March 4, 7, 9, Samuel L. Gilman; March 10, Thomas R. Rowen; March 12, 14, Louisa Nye Proebstel;