t h e TORCH o f REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1S9ÍK
2
water can be run across every foot so much, w*as not at home, and I
that it would l>e well for me to see
was sorry to be deprived of a visit
of the land in the vicinity of the
Abroad.
the University’s »ew possession«, I
with him. I found Mrs. Meakin at
ditch.
Artesian
water
is
easily
ob­
decided to take a trip to Mosca, a
home, but only stopped to ex-
tainable anywhere in the valley.
BY P . W . G E ER .
station on the narrow gauge rail-
Now this farm of 320 acres be­ ’ change a few words. 1 was greatly
«1 mnri four miles from the farm.
pleased to meet Mr. C. O. Hjerm­
longs
to
the
Liberal
University
and
In Colorado the
T he’train was delayed several hours
stad, brother of Dr. Hjermstad of
lowed to vote, an
7
p ueb)0 on account of a washout, is valued at $8,000. Mr. \\ . F. Cincinnati. Both of these gentle­
allowed to vote in
d(!8ire to a„d we did not arrive at Salida un- Jamieson, the Freethought lecturer, men are enthusiastic in the Liberal
gome of them may n
w|lere j changed cars to who used to own the place, claims cause and are congenial company.
vote, but In that
Cy
caJ9t 0 BOU,b. Passing over the great that it will be worth twice that
I couldn’t leave Salt Lake City
forced to go to the pill
i.,.licl,a Pass we could see for miles amount as soon as it is seeded to without a visit to the Mormon tem­
their ballot. I know several men 1 " " ^ ¿ “X e l stretch of land to alfalfa, which would not be expen­
sive. While there is a sufficient ple and the great tabernacle. \ is-
itors are. allowed to inspect the tab­
» l.W » 8 •» .
o|
, ia.. This i. income on the laud to pay good in­
ernacle, both inside and outside,
from voting.
1 he m J <
;
„
j a prettier terest on $5,000, although in the hut the temple is not for unrepent­
women would enjoy their privilege San Luis valley, a a
p
_
valley was never formed between hands of a renter, still the Univer­ ant sinners to see save from out­
of voting if it were granted them,
sity is more in need of the money
mountains.
side the fence. Salt Lake City has
and I have always claimed that if a
than
the
land
right
now,
and
we
On the east rise the Sangre de
many attractions. It is situated at
woman wants to vote, no man has
desire
to
sell.
Who
will
bid
the
Cristo mountains in a ragged range
the base of towering mountains, and
a right to say «he shall not vote*
highest?
Remember,
the
money
extending in a southerly direction
rapid mountain streams come rush­
The women have the same right to
arising
from
the
sale
will
go
to
combine and deny men the privil­ to Sierra Blanca mountain, near benefit the Liberal University, and ing through the canons and are led
the New Mexico line. On the west
into the city, where clear, cold, lim­
ege of voting that the men have to
you
can
afford
to
take
a
deeper
in­
deny the right to women, but the are the Cochetopa hills and the terest in the sale of the land on pid waters sing a pleasant song as
San .Tuan mountains, between which
they sport and play along the sides
women are not as selfish as men.
that
account.
Please
help
us
sell
When the laws allow equal right« the Rio Grande river has its ori- this farm, if you can’t buy it your­ of the streets, where they are con­
ducted through the entire city. The
self,
kind
reader.
streets are lined with beautiful
ment in both society and politics. which, in connection with these
Mr.
Terry
and
I
drove
hack
to
other mountains, form the great
trees, and the low and picturesque
The men do not feel quite so im­
Mosca
over
a
different
road,
and
portant, and the women feel that basin known as the fean Luis val­ passed eome lovely homes and well adobe houses harmonize in their
they have been raised a few notches ley. This valley is 120 miles in kept farms on our way. In the cool, quiet tones with the extensive
in the estimation of the men and length and averages 65 miles in town is a good hotel, some well orchards of fruit and gardens of
even in their own estimation. I width, and there is every evidence stocked stores and two large grain flowers.
Passing the ecclesiastical build­
conversed with one young lady on that at one time it was an in­ elevators. One of these belongs to
the question of woman’s suffrage, land sea, and the water has left the farmers and is conducted in ings, I climbed up on the “bench,’’
and she said she had never voted it aa level as a flour. In the center heir interest. I climbed to the which rises abruptly back of the
and did not care to exercise her of this great valley is a half section jOp of this elevator and had a citv near the mountains. It was
right in that regard, as she was not of land, which is not unlike the rest splendid view of the valley and evening, and, as I turned to the
informed on the political questions of the 7,800 square miles of fertile surrounding mountains just as the west, the sun, low in the horizon,
was shining on the great Salt Lake,
of the day, but still I could see that soil around it, but it is of more im­ sun was sinking in the west.
portance,
to
me
at
least,
because
it
which reflected back the rays of
phe talked more intelligently on the
The
train
left
Mosca
at
7
o’clock
f object of politics than the average belongs to the Liberal University, that evening, and I hade farewell to light in brilliant sparkles. I was
woman who has no legal right to in the interest of which I have tak­ my friend Terry and started for at once taken with a desire to see
vote, and in spite of herself I could en this long trip.
Oregon. It was dark when I ar­ this great inland salt sea, and im­
I
arrived
at
Mosca
in
the
after­
mediately started for the depot,
see that she appreciates her rights,
rived
at
Salida,
and
the
tiain
for
although she has refused to exer­ noon and found that I had hut the West was a few hours late, so I where for twenty-five cents I pur­
cise them. The majority of the three hours in which to investigate had a lonesome wait. Shortly after chased the privilege of riding to
Colorado women vote, and I can’t the farm and surrounding country midnight the express train came Saltair and back again. Across
see that any had laws have been and catch a train returning to Sa­ along, and I was glad to secure a the marsh we sped, and the odor
enacted on that account. Women lida. I soon found Mr. W. H. good comfortable seat in a chair reminded me of a visit to China­
town when the cabbage has boiled
are holding positions of trust and Terry, who has the farm in charge,
car.
honor, and I understand that they and he kindly drove me out to view
In the morning we reached Lead­ dry. The terminus of the railroad
the
Liberal
University’s
posses­
is on a pier constructed on the
are a credit to the offices they hold,
ville
among
the
clouds,
and
a
little
sions. The farm is four miles west
and give entire satisfaction.
later passed Glenwood Springs, a Moorish plan, and is very artistic
of
the
little
town,
and
we
were
not
in design. This pier contains the
The voters of Oregon are to de­
beautiful
oasis
in
a
desert
of
moun­
cide next June whether or not the ong in reaching it. I found it wel tains, and then we sped away down largest pavilion in the world. I
w men of the state are to be en 'enced and a neat, though not ex­ the canon of the Grand river, where saw the white folks dance and ihe
till* d to the right of suffrage, I pensive, house and barn, with an magnificent walls in various colors darkies walk for cakes, while the
hope that when the men go to the artesian well spouting forth a gooc tower from the river to the sky. band played Georgia Campmeeting
polls on that June day in 1900 they sized stream of water. A beautiful The onlv objection to this scenery and the wind played havoc. 1
will bear in mind that, while there green patch of alfalfa surrounds the is its absence of vegetation, which never experienced so much wind in
are tome women who do not care to house and barn, and a few tons of adds so beautifully to the artistic so short a time. People stopped
vot there are thousands in the state hay are stacked in the corral. All
effect of cliffs and precipices along bathing down below, but some of
the
land
can
be
cultivated,
and,
al­
wh»> are anxious to have the right
us took a hath on the upper deck
the old Columbia in Oregon.
though
this
has
been
a
dry
season,
extei ded to them, and then I hope
Night had fallen before we had from the spray which was blown up
the
crop
of
grain
looks
very
well
and
the men will ask themselves what
reached Salt Lake City, and I had by the wind. I had seen a cake
will
yield
many
bushels,
which
find
moral right they have to deny the
to wait until morning to view the walk on the water before, but I had
ready
sale
at
the
elevator
in
the
women the same right they de
home of the Mormons. I owe much never seen the wind and water
town.
The
farm
extends
for
a
mile
m *nd for themselves. Even if but
of my success in Salt Lake City to make such a fuss about it. I would
east
and
west
and
is
half
a
mile
in
one woman in the whole state o
Dr. Leonard of Silverton, who, for like to see Christ walk on that
width.
The
Prairie
Ditch,
which
Oregon wants to vote, no man has
several years, was a resident of the water.
the right—the moral right—to say carries sufficient water to irrigate place and is quite favorably knowu
It was late that night when I
all
the
farms
in
the
neighborhood,
she shall not vote. I know that
to many of the people. From reached the city, and next morning
flows
the
full
length
of
the
south
woman’s suffrage is a good thing in
him I received some original aud found me on the road to Oregon. I
line.
Four
shares
of
stock
in
the
Colorado and Idaho, and it wil
unique letters of introduction to only stopped when the train stop­
ditch
belong
with
the
farm
and
have a like effect in other states.
several parties, at whose hands I ped, and lost no time in getting to
The Liberal University possesses this affords plenty of water for ir­
received splendid treatment. Mes­ Portland. The trip across the des­
rigation.
This
is
better
than
de-
a farm in the
me beautiful
ucuumui San Luis
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ert of Idaho was neither new nor
valley, in southern Colorado, which pending on God to send rain. The srs. Clarke, Chapman and Rogers attractive. The Columbia river
was given to the cause by Mr. Gris- ditch is taken out of the Rio are among the number whom I met. scenery is always new and attrac-
wol I of Connecticut. Thinking ’ Grande river near Del Norte; and j Prof. Meakin, of whom I had heard