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tem," by R. H. Baldock; "Design of Coast Highway Bridges," by O. A. Chase; "Construction of Coast Highway Bridges," by G. S. Paxson. There are also articles on the construction of Bonneville dam and stream pollution in Oregon.


Articles relating to David Thompson appear in the Canadian Historical Review. September, 1936: "David Thompson's Surveys in the North-West," by W. M. Stewart; "The North West Company's Columbian Enterprise and David Thompson," by A. S. Morton, in which the author argues that Thompson first crossed the Rocky Mountains in 1801 instead of 1807, and discusses the "race" between Thompson and Astor's company for possession of the mouth of the Columbia River. The documents referred to in Mr. Morton's article are printed under the title, "The Appeal of the North West Company to the British Government to Forestall John Jacob Astor's Columbian Enterprise." They consist of four letters written in 1810, and are now in the Public Archives of Canada.



The Aurora community established in Oregon by William Keil in 1857 is mentioned in "A Survey of Mutualistic Communities in America," by Ralph Albertson, in the Iowa Journal of History and Politics, October, 1936.



Donald B. Lawrence, of the Johns Hopkins University, reviews the theories relating to "The Submerged Forest of the Columbia River Gorge," in the Geographical Review, October, 1936.



"The Fur-seal Fishery and Salem," by Edward H, Raymond, in the Essex Institute Historical Collections, July, 1936, is an account of that industry, with a mention of a number of vessels known on the northwest coast.