THE QUARTERLY OF THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME I] JUNE, 1900 [NUMBER 2 CONTENTS THE OREGON QUESTION—_Joseph R. Wilson_ 111 OUR PUBLIC LAND SYSTEM AND ITS RELATION TO EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES—_Frances F. Victor_ 132 GLIMPSES OF LIFE IN EARLY OREGON—_Mrs. William Markland Molson_ 158 NOT MARJORAM.—THE SPANISH WORD "OREGANO" NOT THE ORIGINAL OF OREGON—_H. W. Scott_ 165 REMINISCENCES OF LOUIS LABONTE—_H. S. Lyman_ 169 DR. ELLIOTT COUES—_Frances F. Victor_ 189 DOCUMENT.—A Narrative of Events In Early Oregon ascribed to Dr. John McLoughlin 193 REVIEWS OF BOOKS.—"McLoughlin and Old Oregon"—_Eva Emery Dye_ 207 "Missionary History of the Pacific Northwest"—_H. K. Hines, D. D._ 210 NOTE.—A Correction 212 PRICE: THIRTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH, ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR Entered at the Post Office at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter May 5, 1900. THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANIZED DECEMBER 17, 1898 H. W. SCOTT PRESIDENT C. B. BELLINGER VICE-PRESIDENT F. G. YOUNG SECRETARY CHARLES E. LADD TREASURER GEORGE H. HIMES, Assistant Secretary. DIRECTORS THE GOVERNOR OF OREGON, _ex officio_. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, _ex officio_. Term Expires at Annual Meeting in December, 1900, H. W. SCOTT, MRS. HARRIET K. McARTHUR. Term Expires at Annual Meeting in December, 1901, F. G. YOUNG, L. B. COX. Term Expires at Annual Meeting in December, 1902, JAMES R. ROBERTSON, JOSEPH R. WILSON. Term Expires at Annual Meeting in December, 1903, C. B. BELLINGER, MRS. MARIA L. MYRICK. _The Quarterly_ is sent free to all members of the Society. The annual dues are two dollars. The fee for life membership is twenty-five dollars. Contributions to _The Quarterly_ and correspondence relative to historical materials, or pertaining to the affairs of this Society, should be addressed to F. G. YOUNG, _Secretary_. EUGENE, OREGON. Subscriptions for _The Quarterly_, or for the other publications of the Society, should be sent to GEORGE H. HIMES, _Assistant Secretary_. CITY HALL, PORTLAND, OREGON. VOLUME I.] JUNE, 1900. [NUMBER 2. THE QUARTERLY OF THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE OREGON QUESTION. I.