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172 NOTES AND COMMENTS L. Baker, mayor of Portland, made the presentations. A spectacular pageant of raising the flag, led by the Royal Rosari- ans, concluded the ceremonies. The initial fund for the Vista House, $3,812.35, was raised by public contribution. The additional moneys have come from county taxation. Among the items detailed in the Portland Journal of May 5, 1918, were the following: Building, $70,787.74; rock wall, $9,297.71; grading and paving, $7,395.69; architect, $6,264.47; various, $2,976.96; total of foregoing items, $96,722.57. The architect is Edgar M. Lazarus. SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHAMPOEG This year's celebration, May 2, included the dedication of a $5,000 memorial building, the money for which the Oregon Legislature appropriated at its last session. The attendance was the largest that has yet gathered at the historic spot. The speakers were Peter H. D'Arcy, past president of the Oregon Pioneer Association and chief promotor of the memorial build- ing plan ; George H. Himes ; James Withy combe, Governor of Oregon; T. T. Geer, ex-Governor; Edmond S. Meany, pro- fessor of history, University of Washington, Seattle; J. D. Lee, W. C. Hembree, Edyth Tozier Weatherred, E. B. Mc- Farland, Miles C. Moore, Rufus Holman, Fred V. Holman, Milton A. Miller and Robert A. Miller. The new building stands in the park of twelve acres which is owned by the state. The structure occupies a ground area of 25 by 41 feet, with an additional width of 12 feet covered by a porch 41 feet long on the east side. For further details see the Quarterly, vol- ume XVIII, number 4, page 297. OREGON AS THE SOURCE OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE We read now of a Monroe Doctrine of Australia. Fre- quently we have heard that it will be Japan's policy to apply the policy in the Orient. We learn that Germany has been, of European nations, the most cordially hostile toward that doc- trine as upheld by the United States in the Americas.