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In an article in the West Shore of Portland, Oregon on March 01, 1886 stated that: At daylight, Sunday morning, committees proceeded to the Chinese quarters and notified their occupants to be prepared to go on hoard the demur nt one o’olock. Shortly after this a large number of wagons and men arrived, and the work of removal began. The ordinary China-man has but few trappings besides a blanket, and when he migrates, those are rolled up into the blanket and tied in a bundle, which he carries over his shoulder on a bamboo pole. Often another bundle wrapped in bamboo matting, a basket or a cheap trunk, depends from the other end of the pole. The work of removal was carried on rapidly, as the Chinese offered no resistance and received aid in packing. As soon as one house was cleared, its occupants and their effects were loaded on…