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THE PIONEERS' REUKIOfl,AdduiI Meeting To Bo Hold in Portland June 18 —Lsttor From Peter Barnett.This meeting wiLl be held on Tuesday, J une 18. Arrangements are being |erfected which promise the best reunion ever yet held. The board ol diruetOjTs lust fall selected General William Kupus, polonel Johrr 31c-Craken, D. P. Thompson!, W-, M. Ladd and Charles W. Knowles ns a committee of arrangements* While the work has been going ou auielly, it muy be depended upon that in the handh 'of such men no fear need be entertained of nn3'thing like la failure lion. Orange Jacobs, oE fteatllc, Will deliver the annual address, and Hon. -George L_ Woods the occasional address. Re?. Jesae Moreland will bo the chaplain of the occasion. The exercises will beheld at the new Exposition building. Full particulars will be made kuow‘11 in a few djyn. IA2i OLD PJOSTKB. A .N ]'■ ft A y c l SCO, M n F 6 15OT.George If. Hi tne*. bvcrulury of Oregon Pioneer Association.—You r letter of February 12, 1ns3, cou-reyinff to me an earnest and cordial invitation to attend tbo next annual reunion of your association, was received in duo-con r*o of mull. Owing to oOYerul conourriug causes, 1 forgot fora time your request for un early answer. I regret most sincerely tbo delay, and the seeming- indltifcrcuce on my pan; but I trust that no serious lncou-wmenes has resulted to anyone.It would give me great plenhure to be jirCRent at your celebration on June 18. |and to tlud myself oneo more among such of my old fnctids and coitipauioiiB ub prcvideiico Idts spared to behold another annual reunion. But. any advanced age, the resulting|necessity to avoid unusual excite-incuts, and the consequent Inability to sustain tho fatigue oj/evou the quick and pleasant trip 11 bleb the InrafoYtiineiiu of our day and tho cars of modern 1 ravel oiler lo tho tourist, and which you have to attractively predated to me. will pro-vent my hclLg wilh you m \^craoii, Although in heart ami spirit I shall be tn your mldsLIu advance I congratulate you on the progress your Lean 11 fill state has made, and thu prosper* one condUicn to winch your people have attained. li is'uovr marly half 1 a century :nce tho snow-clad xnouutaius Hiid fertile plains of Oregon burst upon my enraptured ga^u iu all their grandeur ami beauty.Jr shall ever record Oregon with a warm end special affection, 110 onl because of my connection with iisjearly s-ettlemcntand history, hut because a? its own great Lnctils, and because it wus thejfraf territory 011 tho shores of (ho wide Pacific to whiili our beloved country acquired the paramount Ullu ild the acknowledged possession.I u.siure yo.i that I duly and £ rate fully appreciate the kind and generous terms in which you speak of ray ccmuyctiou with your history.To the pioneers \s ho may uasombte to celebrate this auspicious day, present iny sfneere congralu-IfltloTis, that they have been spared to see the full fruition of tho seeds of prosperity and civilization which their hands nave sown: uud to their many co-workers of a Inter date, my earnest wi^h for length of da3 s and prosperity; and to tho assembled, iuy«pra}br Ihut thy Almighty Giver of every good and perfect gift may bless them and ham them ever in his bolv keeping. Your fellow pioneer. PETEK 1J. BUKKEIT,
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Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Mon, May 13, 1889
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