75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         Senate Bill 625
 
Sponsored by Senator GEORGE, Representatives WINGARD, THATCHER;
  Senators ATKINSON, BATES, BONAMICI, BOQUIST, BURDICK, CARTER,
  COURTNEY, DEVLIN, DINGFELDER, FERRIOLI, GIROD, HASS, JOHNSON,
  KRUSE, METSGER, MONNES ANDERSON, MONROE, MORRISETTE, MORSE,
  NELSON, PROZANSKI, ROSENBAUM, SCHRADER, STARR, TELFER, VERGER,
  WALKER, WHITSETT, WINTERS, Representatives BAILEY, BARKER,
  BARNHART, BARTON, BENTZ, BERGER, BEYER, BOONE, BRUUN, BUCKLEY,
  CAMERON, CANNON, CLEM, COWAN, DEMBROW, D EDWARDS, ESQUIVEL,
  FREEMAN, GALIZIO, GARRARD, GARRETT, GELSER, GILLIAM, GILMAN,
  GREENLICK, HANNA, HARKER, HOLVEY, HUFFMAN, HUNT, JENSON, KAHL,
  KENNEMER, KOMP, KOTEK, KRIEGER, MATTHEWS, MAURER, NATHANSON,
  NOLAN, OLSON, READ, RICHARDSON, RILEY, ROBLAN, SCHAUFLER,
  SHIELDS, G SMITH, J SMITH, SPRENGER, STIEGLER, THOMPSON, TOMEI,
  VANORMAN, WEIDNER, WHISNANT, WITT (at the request of Friends of
  Historic Champoeg)
 
 
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                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to Ewing Young.
  Whereas Ewing Young arrived in Oregon in 1834 after more than a
decade of trapping and trading through the American frontier
west; and
  Whereas Ewing Young settled on the west bank of the Willamette
River near the mouth of Chehalem Creek opposite Champoeg, in what
is now Yamhill County; and
  Whereas Ewing Young independently created one of Oregon's
earliest centers of farming and trading, including a distillery
and sawmill, that provided early Oregon settlers with economic
independence from the Hudson's Bay Company, the dominant frontier
trading company of those times; and
  Whereas in 1837 Ewing Young was persuaded by John McLoughlin
and Jason Lee to leave the distilling business in order to drive
much needed cattle from California to the farms of the Willamette
Valley; and
  Whereas Ewing Young successfully brought 630 head of cattle
along the Siskiyou Trail to the settlers of the Willamette
Valley; and
  Whereas Ewing Young died on February 9, 1841, as the wealthiest
resident of Oregon; and
  Whereas Ewing Young died without a will or a plan for the
distribution of his assets; and
  Whereas the lack of a clear way to distribute Ewing Young's
wealth gave cause to the formation of the first self-governing,
American-style government on the Pacific coast to settle his
estate; and
  Whereas the Oregon provisional government, formed in Champoeg
on May 2, 1843, set the Oregon territory on the path to statehood
on February 14, 1859; now, therefore,
 
 
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Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
 
  SECTION 1.  { + February 9 of each year shall be known as Ewing
Young Day, to commemorate Ewing Young's contribution to the
formation of Oregon's provisional government and aid to the
settlers of the Willamette Valley. + }
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Passed by Senate April 9, 2009
 
 
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                                              Secretary of Senate
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
Passed by House May 15, 2009
 
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2009
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2009
 
 
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                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2009
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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