Ayes-Andrews, Bradshaw, Dennison, Eldridge, Gilmore, George, Hannah, Larrabee, Lacy, O'Dell, Steward and Wait-12.

Noes-None.

Absent-Emery, Henry and Mr. President-3.

On motion the rules were suspended and Mr. Steward from Committee on Engrossed Articles, reported the article "Miscellaneous" correctly engrossed.

On motion the article as reported from the committee was read third time, and the vote on its final passage was unanimous, Messrs. Emery, Henry and Mr. President being absent.

Mr. Lacy from Committee on Contingent Expenses, reported back bill of Science Association of $125, with recommendation that the same be allowed.

Report received and the President directed to draw warrant for the amount.

Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Wait until 9 o'clock, Saturday morning,

Adjourned.

THIRTY-EIGHTH DAY-JULY 25TH

Quorum present.

Journal read and approved.

The President presented an invitation from the O. S. N. Co. to the members of the Convention and their wives to take a trip to Lewiston and back.

An invitation to the Convention from Jacob T. Miller, proprietor of the Walla Walla and Colfax stage line to visit Dayton and tendering a free passage.

The thanks of the Convention were sent in answer to both invi

tations.

Mr. Lacy from Committee on Contingent Expenses reported the bill of E. L. Heriff for stationery in the sum of $158.36, also the accounts of the expenses of the members for traveling expenses as follows: D. F. Dennison, $62; S. M. Wait, $6; C. H. Larrabee, $15.50; Edward Eldridge, $76; A. S. Abernathy, $34.50; S. M. Gilmore, $10.50; D. B. Hannah, $62; G. H. Steward, $13; C. M. Bradshaw, $42.50; L. B. Andrews, $34. The committee recommended the payment of the same.

On motion of Mr. O'Dell the report was adopted and the President authorized to issue certificates for the several amounts.

Mr. Larrabee from Committee on Revision submitted the article entitled "Schedule" with amendments, and there being no objection the same were unanimously adopted.

Mr. Leland moved to amend Section 21 of the "Schedule" by inserting after the word Representatives in the 12th line of the 3d clause the following:

"The county of Nez Perce 1; the counties of Nez Perce and Shoshone 1, and the county of Idaho 1."-Adopted.

The convention proceeded to further consider the article entitled "Miscellaneous."

By leave of the convention, Mr. Larrabee withdrew his resolution relative to the appointment of a committee to prepare an address to be submitted to the people with the Constitution.

On motion of Mr. Leland the Convention proceeded to consider the resolution relative to printing 5,000 copies of the Constitution. Mr. George moved the adoption of the following substitute: "Resolved, That the sum of three hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to be expended by, or under the direction of in the publication and distribution of the Constitution.” The blank was filled by inserting the words, "the President of this Convention."

On motion of Mr. Larrabee the words "and twenty-five" were inserted after the word "hundred"—the substitute as amended was adopted.

AFTERNOON SESSION

The Convention re-assembled at 2 o'clock P. M.

The Committee on Revision through its Chairman, Mr. Larrabee, reported the article "Miscellaneous" with amendments, and there being no objection the amendments were adopted.

Adjourned.

THIRTY-NINTH DAY-JULY 26TH

Quorum present.

Prayer by Rev. Mr. Boyd.

Journal read and approved.

Mr. Lacy from the Committee on Contingent Expenses, reported bill of Wm. H. Newell for newspapers without recommendations; also bills of other persons amounting to $480.13, and recommended the payment of the same.

On motion of Mr. Eldridge the report on the last mentioned accounts was adopted, and the President authorized to issue certificates for the several amounts.

On motion of Mr. Bradshaw a committee of three consisting of Messrs. George, Lacy and O'Dell were appointed to consider the bill of W. H. Newell, to collate the facts relative thereto, and report to the Convention.

Mr. Larrabee from the Committee on Revision reported back the article entitled Resolutions, with amendments, and there being no objection the amendments were adopted.

Mr. Larrabee moved to insert in the Miscellaneous article the following new section:

"The Legislature shall have power to fix the time for the election of all officers when no provision is made for such election in this Constitution."

There being no objection, the section was unanimously adopted— whereupon Mr. Larrabee, from Committee on Revision, reported the new section without amendment.

Convention took a recess until 2 o'clock P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSION

The special committee to whom was referred the bill of Wm. H. Newell, reported and recommended the payment of five cents per copy for the Statesman, and the President was authorized to draw warrant for the amount.

Adjourned.

FORTIETH DAY-JULY 27, 1878

After the usual preliminary work of the morning hour, the Convention took up the Constitution as enrolled on parchment for final reading, revision and signing, at the conclusion of which on motion of Mr. George the following resolution was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be and the same are hereby tendered to the Hon. A. S. Abernathy for the able and impartial manner in which he presided over its deliberations.

On motion of Mr. O'Dell the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be and are hereby tendered to W. Byron Daniels, Secretary; Wm. S. Clark, Assistant Secretary; H. D. Cock, Sergeant-at-Arms, and A. P. Sharpstein and John W. Norris for the faithful and attentive discharge of their duties during the sessions of this Convention.

On motion of Mr. Larrabee the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be tendered to the several Clergymen who have attended upon the sessions of the Convention.

The secretary on behalf of the officers of the Convention presented the President with a silver mounted gavel as a slight testimonial of their regard and desire to be kindly remembered by him.

On motion of Mr. Steward the Convention adjourned, sine die.

BOOK REVIEWS

Bird Woman (Sacajawea); The Guide of Lewis and Clark. By JAMES WILLARD SCHULTZ. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1918. Pp. 235. $1.50.)

Aside from the meager incidents which are related in the Lewis and Clark Journal and the stories which have been based upon them, little information is to be had regarding the personal history of Sacajawea. James Willard Schultz retells the stories of the life of “Bird Woman" which he has so often heard as a boy around the fires in the Blackfeet Indian lodges. The chief narrators are Hugh Monroe, a free trapper, who had met Sacajawea and her husband in their Minnetaree village, where he heard the story of her early life and marriage, and an aged Indian woman, who had often heard her tell of her adventures with the explorers to and from the western ocean.

The author is familiar with the story only up to the time of leaving the Missouri River. He supplements this by including an article from the Journal of American History, by Dr. Hebard, on the later life of Sacajawea and an appendix of extracts about her from the Lewis and Clark Journal. This forms the most complete record of the life of Sacajawea so far written, and is a valuable historical addition to the literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

The author's admiration for Sacajawea as an American heroine compared to whom he finds Pocahontas a mere shadow makes the narrative a sympathetic one, but his admiration finds no commensurate ally in his pen. His attempt to reproduce from memory what reads like an idiomatic English translation of the Indian vernacular lacks both the effectiveness of good English and the picturesque vitality of the original. MABEL MAIN Ashley.

The Smiting of the Rock; a Tale of Oregon. By PALMER Bend (George Palmer Putnam). (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1918. Pp. 328. $1.50.)

An interesting story of Oregon life. The hero, David Kent, an Easterner, incited by an address of Bishop Rudd of Oregon, goes to Farewell, Oregon, where he secures employment on a paper. He actively aids the settlers in that vicinity in their struggles against an irrigation company, and after exciting adventures gets into position to

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render valuable service to them, and also wins the love of the attractive heroine, an Oregon girl. The writer has succeeded admirably in suggesting that subtle fascination which the semi-arid region, in spite of its frequent barren bleakness, possesses for so many. Most of the descriptive passages are very good. While no very deep problems in psychological analysis are attempted, some of the characters, especially that of the heroine, are well described. Bishop Rudd is, on the whole, rather disappointing and compares unfavorably with a somewhat similar character in Cyrus T. Brady's book, The Bishop. Especially in the description of the fire at the settler's meeting are his actions decidedly theatrical and unconvincing.

It is to be hoped that the book may do a real service in calling public attention to the wrongs suffered at times by settlers on Carey Act projects, since in the past in certain cases real grievances of this nature have undoubtedly existed.

It is interesting to note that the author, George Palmer Putnam, formerly private secretary to Governor Withycombe of Oregon, and a member of the Putnam family, famous in publishing circles, is reported to have written the manuscript under the pseudonym of Palmer Bend, and the fact that it was accepted under such conditions is much in its favor.

ROBINSON SPENCER.

The Oregon Missions; The Story of How the Line Was Run Between Canada and the United States. By JAMES W. BASHFORD. (New York: The Abingdon Press. 1918. Pp. 311. $1.25.)

Notwithstanding an extensive existing literature relating to the missionary history of the Pacific Northwest, this new volume should receive a hearty welcome. It is written by a churchman, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but it is free from sectarian bias. The author demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the history of the Northwest. He makes no pretense to adding new knowledge, but he has selected from a mass of material, much of it of a controversial nature, the facts needed for a concise story written from the missionary point of view. His fairness, judgment and ability to condense are all to be commended. The volume is supplied with footnotes, index and a bibliography. Appendix I contains a list of the principal Oregon pioneers arranged by date of arrival from 1805 to 1843. Appendix II gives a list of the voters for the Provisional Government of Oregon, showing the influence of the Methodist missions.

CHARLES W. SMITH.