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ton, D. C., and became a member of Ai Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine on the 15th of June, 1907.

In disposition Mr. Scott was most friendly and inclined to be charitable in considering the errors and faults of men. He was kind-hearted and sympathetic, quick to vindicate the right and denounce the wrong, whether of public or individual concern. His crowning virtue, however, was the love he bore for his state and his pride in its material advancement. He labored unceasingly for high ideals and the betterment of the common lot. Success and honor were his, each worthily won, and there is in his history an element of inspiration for others and an example of high principles and notable achievement.

Death came to Mr. Scott on the 7th of August, 1910, following a surgical operation The funeral services in Baltimore, Maryland, when he was seventy-two years of age. were conducted at Portland, Oregon, under the auspices of the Scottish Rite Consistory, the ceremony being a most solemn and impressive one. His death took from Oregon her most illustrious figure. Among the many tributes paid to his memory by the press throughout the country we quote the following:

H. H. Kohlsaat, editor of the Chicago Record-Herald, wrote of Mr. Scott: "He was one of the last survivors of the newspaper era that produced a number of great editors and leaders of public opinion. He made The Oregonian; he was The Oregonian. He knew and understood the people and the territory he had cast his lot with as a lad; he interpreted their sentiments, defended their interests and successfully urged his own convictions upon them. Few men in the Pacific northwest wielded as great an influence for good."

The following comment was made by S. A. Perkins, publisher of the Tacoma Ledger and News: "Harvey W. Scott was the dean of the newspaper men of the Pacific coast. There were no greater, east or west, and those of his class can be counted upon the fingers of one hand. He ranked with such journalists as Dana, Watterson and Greeley. He was a product of the Pacific northwest and for years exerted a greater influence on its current history than any other man. When Harvey Scott spoke the public listened. His opinions commanded the respect of even those who did not follow them. For years the name of Harvey Scott was a household word in the 'old Oregon country' and his face was familiar to thousands of pioneers. He knew the life of the pioneers, for he was one of them, and his intellectual attainments and broad human sympathy enabled him to write of pioneer life with remarkable thoroughness and fidelity. An authority on the Pacific northwest, a profound student of history and the classics, a master politician in the best sense of the term, an editor whose utterances were always courageous and convincing, Harvey Scott was the most dominant intellectual force west of the Rocky Mountains."

Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, said of him: "When Harvey W. Scott passed away at Baltimore yesterday one of the greatest lights of journalism went out. He was a great editor in every sense of the word; great in mental force, great in executive ability, great as a writer. He made the Portland Oregonian famed throughout the country for its breadth of vision, its originality of thought and the power and effectiveness of its editorial expression. He fought many a good fight against adverse odds and when he died was engaged in a vigorous battle for principle against the fury of passing clamor. He saw a hamlet grow into a metropolis, saw cities and towns multiply in the field which he dominated.

"His masterful, rugged character will be missed for long and felt keenly in the walks where it was familiar, in the workshop which he loved, in the profession which he honored and which honored him, and, indeed, in the ranks of the strong and thoughtful up and down the land. Oregon still has need of him and although his voice is hushed, we may be sure that the brave, arrow-piercing words he has spoken and written will live for years to come and go on battling in the service of eternal truth."

George F. La Fontaine, who is engaged in the transfer and storage business in Portland, was born in St. Paul, Oregon, February 22, 1891. He was educated in the public schools of St. Paul, while spending his youthful days in the home of his parents. His father, Narisace La Fontaine was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, and came to Portland in 1851 when fifteen years of age. He afterward located at St. Paul,