Page:Oregon Historical Quarterly vol. 4.djvu/87

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The Upper Calappoia.
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and at a special election I was elected to that office and received and disbursed the first taxes ever collected in Linn County.

In 1851 I was elected assessor and was the second man to assess the county. In 1856 I served as second lieutenant in the Rogue-river war. In 1862 was elected sheriff for two years.

Yours truly,
T. A. RIGGS.