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O'Reilly (JAMES an American Roman)

JAMES, an American Roman Catholic bishop, born in Ireland in 1856. Educated in All Hallows College in Ireland and was ordained priest and served as pastor in Stillwater and Lake City, Minn., and in Padua, Minn. In 1909 he was consecrated bishop of Fargo. " attracted a large listed in the 10th Hussars, in Ireland, quota of her citizens away. In 1850, however, the land-donation law, passed by Congress, had the effect of registering 8,000 citizens in Oregon, which was as a formally organized as a Territory, Aug. 14, 1848.

Washington Territory was formed out of the N. half of Oregon; Nov. 5, 1857, a State constitution was adopted; and Feb. 14, 1859, the State was admitted into the Union by Act of Congress under the constitution previously ratified. From 1845 till 1855, a desultory warfare was kept up with the Indian aborigines, and a resumption of the same occurred in On March 2, 1853, 1858, and again in 1872-1873.

OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL- LEGE. An institution supported by the state, situated at Corvallis, Ore. It was founded in 1885 and now includes fifteen large buildings and has an enrollment in all courses of 4,158. Instruction is given in forestry, agriculture, engineering, mining, commerce, and home economics. Like other western state universities its income is largely derived from the proceeds of the sale of lands ceded to it by the State. This source of income plus the State appropriation yields about $800,000 annually. The college possesses a library of about 30,000 volumes.