Roseburg Review

Recognition.—The Columbia River Conference was held in The Dalles last Wednesday and the Oregonian in speaking of the forthcoming session, has this to say of our townsman, Hon. L. F. Lane.

"While we cannot be blind to the obstacles in the way of any great and immediate movement on the part of the government for our relief in this matter of the Columbia river, still we do not look upon the scheme as a hopeless one. The government is slow, but it is sure, and in the end the river will be a free and open highway. This much, happily is beyond reasonable doubt; but we fear it is a consummation farther ahead than many seem to think. A good beginning has been made at the Cascades, where another million of dollars will open a steamboat passage which will afford relief to a large population between the Cascades and The Dalles and far inland on both sides of the river. It should not be forgotten in apportioning the credit for what has already been done that the first successful mover in this river enterprise was the Hon. Lafayette Lane. He it was who proposed in Congress and secured the first appropriation for the cascades, and while many others are entitled to credit for good service in this matter, he it is to whom the thanks of the country are mainly due for setting the work in motion at the beginning."