1
i
Faa Rrsaca, Pkks Pkbm, Fax a , PsorLS.
VOLUME X.-NO. 42...
lk)RTLAND,; OREGON, THtSDAY,. - JUNE UO,. . ,1881.
PER- YEAR $3 00.
''1 : s' . ' mmmm ' ' "
EASTERN WASHINGTON.. V
DESCRIPTION OK COI.PAX WIIITMAJI COl'NTY
- PCKFBAOB ABOCI ATIOXXOTES AXt t)3f-
' MEXT8 STAGE HIDE TO KPOKAX.
' To tHB RuixiH T the NSW NBTKWfcsT
u The town of Colfax sits in a flat, or sink, In the
'"great' hilly plateau surrounding it, and Is made,
picturesque by lake somewhat the worse for
mud and garbage which In any other country
would produce ague or other, pestilence. -The
town is compactly built, almost entirely of wood,
and Is strikingly suggestive of a future conflagration.-
Aa we gaze upon It from the surrounding
summits, we think with an Involuntary shudder
of the avidity with which the cafion would suck
the smoke and flame Into lt cavernous depths If
once the holocaust were begun.- Strangely
enough, there Is no fire department, every Attempt
to organise and maintain one having thus far
proved abortive. j
There are three very good churches, a cheap lit
tie court-house, and the shabbiest school-room Jn
. all Washington Territory. But the' citizens are
considering, the plans for a new school building,
ind are ready .to tax r themselves to complete 1L
A new. court-house will also come In time, and
women, as assistant clerks, custodians," and so
'forth, will see that it is kept in better order thin
. at-present4-TheJncumbent. officials are as neat
and orderly . in their bachelor house-keeping as
-other gentlemen In thelr-llner but bouse-keeping
isn't their forte, and they must not be expected to
prove a complete success at th business.
There are a number of well-filled stores of gen
eral merchandise, where goods of all kinds 'are
old at remarkably reasonable prices. The drug
store of Dr. Beach would do honqcjo Portland,, as
would also the hardware and tin store of Mr. R. J.
Wilson, and the millinery establishment of Mrs.
E. M. WHIman, -' We were pleased to meet an old
Salem friend, -Miles' M. Miller, In the banking
house of Talbot A Co., whose mauy well wishers
In Oregon's capital city will be glad to hear, from
him. Miles Is making money and, friends,' and
his little wife and coxy home are Cacti models In
their way. The banking house of C G. Lining
ton r1salsb a flourlahlng eUbllshmgutriiHt-Jttre
fact that two such institutions can prosper In so
T small a place Is evidence of the presence of much
business In the town and surrounding country.
The flouring mill of Messrs. Warren & Davenport
T Js noted for.tbe -extra-quality of Its breadstuff's,
'. their, superior excellence being due to splendid
wheat as well as the skill of D. Wolfard, Esq., one
.of the best millers of the Pacific Northwest.
Mrs. Orley D. Phelps, daughter of our good frlendl
Hon. T. W. ! Davenport, and of course a stanch
Woman Suffragist, la carrying on a flourishing
business as a dress-maker, and enjoys her double
. eagles with the-iest of one who honestly, earns
inose wno earn uieir own money; anu amonir
these may be mentioned the teacher of the select
school, Miss West, who ask nobody any odds In
the matter of honorable livelihood, albeit she Is
denied the exercise of her right of suffrage by boys
Just out of their teens, who vainly Imagine that
they are wise enough to vote, while she isn't.
Owing to the worse than Webfoot rains which
have troubled us In every town, since the Journey
began, we were deterred from making a general
canvass of the place the more's the pity, as It
will be long before we can return to It again.
On the 16th Instant, the. friends of equal, rights
met In the court-house and organised the Whit
man Couuty Woman Suffrage Association. The
following officers were elected: President, P. C.
Sullivan; Vice-President, Mrs. W. II. James;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. 1 la t tie Wolfard ; Corre
sponding Secretary, O. Lk Wolfard; Treasurer,
Mr;- Martha Da. venport.-Executive Committee
Mrs, it. P. Wolfard, Mrs. P. a Sullivan, Mrs. Jan.
A. Perkins, J. a Davenport and C II. Warner.
Committee on Resolutions L. D. Wolfard, F. M.
Xllsworth and W. A. Inman. Committee on Pro
gramme W. J. Davenport, Mrs. Addle Renshaw,
M. T. Crawford and Mrs. Jennie Perkins. The
next meeting will be held oa September 16th. ,
We wish every woman In Washington Terri
tory wlio thinks she has all the rights she wants
(though such are scarce at (his date, thank
Heaven) could have opportunity to hear the mas
terly argument of Judge Sullivan In explanation
of tnst one-sided, contradictory, delusive and
ridicolousvi'emancipalian biUAot which the poor
crazy, nomad, Mrs. E. P, W. Packard, clalmaJai
the mother, and about which she duped the well
meaning Orrgrmlan Into publishing a cock-and-bull
story over her signature of the presentation
of a certain "watch and chain," which ahe un
bloshlngly advertised as a gift from the women
of Oregon." We were glad to see that the Journal
referred to discovered the hoax In time to keep it
OUt 01 IDC WetfclVcaItIOIliliouirlx-jot i n-tlm y4
from the Doily by snarlers like the State JiighU
7eworririTand7 Colfax . "echo," " whose- barking
amuses themselver-afiid'does nobody else any
harm. Judge Sullivan did not refer to Mrs. Pack
ard as the mother of the bill, but he wen t for the,
bill Itself withvlm and logle.and convinced every
woman of the large number who heard him that
.legislation, for sane wotrien'niust. not be left to
meo or crazy women. Or it will always prove a
failure and a delusion. - - -
.The Woman Suffrage Association was retarded
In the beginning of its organisation by the ridi
cule of men on the streets, who sough to bur
lesque It, but their signal failure was only equaled
by the signal triumph of the right at the ratifica
tion Jubilee. ' The enemy was confounded and
sulky, and the men who had attended to scoff
skulked away to growlr We shall watch with in-
tcrest to see what George J. Buys will say about It
' The September festival will doubtless be a grand
success. As In Other places, the leading men are
committed to the principle, and others will natu
rally fall into line and float with the rising cur
rent of popular thought. An afternoon meeting
at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfard
was an enjoyable affair. The movement Is not
confined to old i women - nor- homely ones. -1 1 la
alike popular with all thinking people, and even
the few young men who sought to display supe
rior sagacity by opposing the freedom 'of the
.mothers towhom they owe existence, have
thought better of their rashness, and, with a dis
cretion thatspeaks-well for their inherent wis
dom, are coming out upon the women's side.
There are dissipated men and bigoted men and Ig
norant men and sensual men here as elsewhere,
who hold on to the doctrine. of men's rights with
a pertinacity worthy of a better cause, but they
will be astonished , at their hopeless minority
when the picked men of the Legislature voice the
will of their Intelligent consUtiynta In the ides of
October. ' '' , V. -
lllon. P. C. Sullivan, or "Judge Sullivan," as he
Is universally styled In this Territory, was one of
the, first men and the very first lawyer In Oregon 1or us at the Western,: where we meetour old-
to come to the front In the well-remembered fight
for Woman Suffrage In the Temperance Alliance
In the years wIihii II ieiulred aa muotv
moral courage to do solas was ever needed in fac
ing cannon balls. Hou. Thomas II. Brents, the
present member of Congress for Washington Ter
ritory; Hons. Comegys and Smith, membert
elect of the forthcoming Leglratlve Assembly
from Whitman county, and scores of other promi
nent gentlemen whom we have not space to name
In this connection; , are well-known advocates of
equal rights. jL-'r--' r "-."
- Much as we should like to see Oregon lead the
van In the suffrage movement, we are, compelled
to lay personal considerations aside and work for
the thorough organisation of Washingjton Terri
tory, iu anticipation of the favorable action of her
hcm. There are
will be formed In Spokan county. After this
comes Columbia, and then Walla Walla, Klicki
tat and Yakima, in all of which are earnest advo
cates, quite equal in spirit to, those west of the
Cascade Mountains.. Organisation is slow and
exhausting business, but it makes sure work with
Representatives at headquarters. :
Saturday morning dawned, damp, -cloudy and
oppressive.' At four o'clock, being awakened -by
the faithful watchman,' and rising hurriedly, we
left the undisturbed Wolfard household by previ
ous arrangement, and repaired to the hotel, where
we were kept Inwal ting for two mortal hours be
fore breakfast was announced, and then the stage
was ready. We hastily swallowed a cup of coffee,
climbed to the boot of the great lumbering Con
cord coach, the faithful driver gathered the reins
of a spirited slx-ln-hand, and away we sped,
bump! ng, jc rccnl ng, crashing, , bang! ug, out , of
town, and up the cafJionjrover a grade so narrow
that two wagons cannot pass each other except at
rare Intervals. At the very ugliest turn on the
grade, we met a four-horse team, and never did
we more ad in ire the combined sagacity of men
and horses than here." How. they managed we
can never tell, for, we shut our eyes and gripped
the apron strap and prepared for a Jump Into
eternity. A crash, a bound or two, a "g langP
and a crack of the whip settled the danger, and on
we went as. though nothing had happened. , In
side the coach were Mr. and Mrs. J. cV Davenport
and their daughfer. of Colfax, and Miss Coolldge,
of Salem, who Is doing the Spokan country. Be-sldes-these
wcro'stxtherasei . of
whom were Chinamen. . A hard.raln.and terrific
wind storm attacked u, but we bore It with te-
coming fortitude.' and not a little fun. Once up
the grade and out upon the alluvial upland, the
scenery grew more attractive and the storm less
formidable.. We saw many vacant sites for home
steads and many well-improved farms. '
lor several miles our road lay directly In front
see it of jL speech made by Thomas H. Benton In
Congress In the year '55. In -recounting the fail
ures uf jbe, administration In criquerlng7o1yg-
amyrln( Utah, under the lesilershlp of Colonel
Steptoe,' Mr. Benton sulttlhat the gallant Colonel
after loitering ' about the, . domain of Brlgham
Young for long time no purpose, 'had 8teptoe-l
away at last to the tune of "Hey; ltle Martin,
tiptoe fine,", taking a number of Brigham's Bettle
Martina .along -with him. . That Mr. .Benton
wronged a gallant soldier by this accusation, does
not prevent tlie rising memory of his clever satire,
nor does It cause any person to repress a smile at
Its rehearsal as we bowl toward the historic butte,
only to leave It before we reach It; and, turning
to the left, we drop Into a succession of fertile flats,
In one of which Is a, dinner station, a post office
and a store A ride of sixty-five miles by stage In
a single day Is almost too much of a good thing.
We. grow too weary to enjoy the scenery, but not
too Weary to welcome the scattering pines that
greet us agthe day advances.
Now we reach the grade of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. The country has grown mountainous
and vastly picturesque. A busy saw-mill, the
property of the. Small brothers of Walla Walla, Is'
engaged -in cutting lumber- by the .million for
bridges and buildings. Acres 'of ties are stacked
over the adjacent grounds, and a purling creek,
that seems to run on the very top of the ground
and bulge upward In the middle as ft runs, Is,
bearing away a load, of sawdust to some distant
natural dump.--Men by the hundreds are at work
on the railroad, building bridges, trestles and
culverts and hugging precipitous banks with high
and narrow grades.
"The scenery grows, more beautiful as we ap
proach Spokan. The mountains leave us, and a
rolling, gravelly plain appears, covered with Mat
tered pines and yellow flowers. - Now the town'
cmnes Jnjriew, reminding us hi uch .of Balem, save
that Its spires are wanting aud the buildings,
though painted, are newer. We drive to the Cali
fornia Hotel and flud it full, but a room is found
time Portlaud friends the Warners, and where
we retire to a room to finish this letter, with feel
liigs or weariness and languor Indescribable.
.y-. ': 1-tA -S D. k,
- Spokan, W. T., June 18,1881,
. p. S. In looking over the New North west,
late copies of which are Just at hand, we flud that
we had written Professor Proctor name for Pro
fessor Jordan! In alluding to the "dog salmon" of
the Bitter Root Range. We also know now,
though we didn't at first, that Grttlg's Instead of
0 reggVIou ntalnr 1 le between JLewhtg n and
Mt, Idaho. EVcrybody says Gregg's, and that Is
how the mistake Occurred. A. S. D.
The long-debated question of the' repeal of the
prohibition of marriage with a deceasftLwife.'a
xeUlHr-mttcrrlntefesl
of the British colonies. In Australia, such mar
riages have long been legalised, and the act of
the colonial Legislatures to this effect have been
duly scrutiulsed by the law ofTlcers of the Crown
and solemnly ratified by the Queen In council.
Under these circumstances, the denial of legal
recognition to such marriages outside the limits of
the colonies Is complained of a a grievous hard
ship. - ' -
FOREIGN NEWS.
Russia U opposed to bl-metalism.
Merrill has won the free-for-all walking contest
In London, and Myers the 440-yard race. Both
are Americans. , ' 1
The English census shows the population of
the Kingdom to be about 85,000,000 an Increase
of 4,000,000 In-the last decade.
- Sixteen Jesuit priests, advance guard of a large
body expelled from Nicaragua by order of the
Government, have arrived at Panama.
' Mr. Gladstone has taken particular pains to let
it go forth that he will not consider his life mis
sion ended until he has laid .violent hands on the
great British land guild. . - -
It Is deemed probable that there, will be a conflict-between
the British House of Commons and
House of Lords on the Irish land bill. The latter
I are landlords, and of course are prejudiced against
I tlie bill.' v
; Sergeartt Mustafa, Fahrl lk-y and Hadi Mehcmld
have been found gulitv of the murder of the late
Sultan of Turkey. . All Bey, Mcdjob Bey, Mid bat
laslia,Noura pasha and Mahmoud Pasha are held
as accomplices. ..
OnJaatFrlday-nlghtr-wliole tralttofcars w
droppeI Into the San Antonio River, near Mail
tlsVMexlcxyby tle fall of a stone brkige, -Nearly
500 persons, were killed- and many wounded.
mostly soldiers. The road was a narrow-guAge
line, built by the Government, and is entirely
the work of Mexican engineers. " -
. th Pouthern France," the cry of ' "Down with
Italy" is said to be almost as popular at "On to
Berlin" at the beginning of the Franco-German
war, ana juuy returns tne feeling; Meanwhile,
v. m. MMmt-w vu IVN J tVHJ IU llUIJfc I ' -U I I rrti . i - ,
M AWARDER AISM IV
A Iarislan corrrespondent sends the ItU
Mall Gazette the following account -of t"be
heroine of the recent Anti-Clerical Congre::
"Mile. Maria Deralsme was the lioness of flie
platform. In argumentative power there is me
orator In the French Chamber the superior of uls
lady.' Thereisa tinge of acrimony In her atyla,!
and asubacidlty which gives It test. Her figure
Is slightly awry, her face is long and, pointed, and
her forehead ' wide, high, prominent and very
smooth. It rises above penciled eyebrow and
bright and feverish haxel eyes. Mile. Deralsme I
a woman of some fortune ; keep a carriage, keep
a town and country house, and will never marry
as long as the statu of the married woman 1
based on the-Orientalism of the Christian. re
ligion. St Paul, who was the exponent to the
Greek and Roman Churches of Oriental Ideas on
women, I the pet hatred of Mile. Deralsme.
There I not a grain of eccentricity In the manner
or the method of this orator when she 1 on the
platform er on her feet at a banquet. She dresses
richly and in elegant taste, wears sparallag ring
on her slender fingers, flirts a fan worthy te figure
In an art museum, gesticulate with ease and so
briety, and astonishes by her Intellectual iorce
GENERAL NEWS.
GrlMCom, the Chicago faster, la holding oflt
wel1r and will probably eclipse Tanner.
New York' population is now 1,257.M1 an In
crease of 60,004 since the census was taken. .
The bodies of John Mlddleton and wife, drowned
at Savannah, were found locked In each other1
arms. . .
The ship Franconla has been wrecked on South
Farallone Islands, near the Golden Gate, and win ,
'pove a total loss. , ,. . -r:,: :
Senator Sessions, accused of trying totuy a vote 4
for Deitew In the New York Legislature, has bee
Indicted for bribery. .
' The weary balloting at Albany goes on. It la
aald that stalwarts, and half-breedM may combine '
on uonkiing ana lie pew. .
! w CIS fWVt IWWI Unm fh.twun hiuiiiU
he Brooklyn bridge, and a year will yet be re
quired to complete the structure, v ' .. ,
" The boy: vangallst,'ReT. - Thomas Harrison
after eleven weeks of earnest labor at Indianapo
lis, 4s credited with 2200 conversions. -
Brady's defense will be based on the fact that
Congress-liivestigated the star route and made
appropriations to carry them out on the expedited
baslav ; U'... ...lx.:-..
Frank Braga, a trusted, agent of the Portuguese
Protective and Benevolent Society of San Fran
cisco, has absconded, gett I ngjwaxRhjiboUt
1100,000. - " ;
A storm at Chicago early yesterday morning
blew down houses, unroofed Buildings, uprooted
trecsictc." Several horse were trucKl)y.llghl,
ning and killed.
A. T. Stewart's body is now said to have been
carrlett to Canada, anil thence to Westchester'
cou "fyrN v-' ' rf"rtijtv-M mra VillfjnllHtlnir
with Judge Hilton. .
Rev. Father Hudson, while bathing at Santa
Crux, Cal.,.on Saturday last, was attacked by a
sword fish. It wounded him In several placcsbe
fore a bystander rescued hi 01." '
o 1. 11 - t.1 1 ...
tx- oeverai avuiwki iiquor-ueaiers nave ueen in
dicted for violation of the high license law.
They propose to fight tlie law, claiming that it J
oppressive and unconstitutional. rr .
President Garfield and General Grant met at
Long Branch on Saturday, and greeted one ,
another heartily, notwithstanding coldness was"
supposed to exist between them on account of the
Conkllng squabble. . .
John O. raxe, the poet, is ald to k i "con
firmed and Obstinate hypochondriac.. He. be
lieves he I suffering from several disease that
physicians cannot cure, and grieves over the loss
of imaginary political powers
Information has been .ferreted out that there 1
an organised union of horse-thieves in Missouri
and Arkansas. They have secret grips and pass
words, and secresy a to the doings of their organ- ""
isauon is cemenieii Dy uiaooucai oatn.
Brady has made a demand for s need v trial In
connection with the star route frauds, and want
the grand Jury to act In the matter Immediately
The special Government attorney denies the ap
plication, as tlie evidence is not yet ready. . .
Tlie oldest Federal volunteer of the civil war 1
said to have been Lieutenant Davis, of Egcrton,
Ohio, who entered the service at the age of 85.
He enlisted at Chicago, claiming to be 0.. after
hnvingbecu refuel In his own State on axount
of his years. ; . . :
New York trades union officials any that em
ployers have generally granted the demands of
employes, who usually asked decrease of time
rather than Increase of wage.- Workmen are row
pressing for a half -tmlMay-on Snt tuhiyi-anl-
many firms have conceded it.
; GeorgeiTylorTof ClHcsgn, Is ald tii have e- 't
cured millions from the U. K. Trcasurv by crooked
transactions.. He has prestntetf fictitious claims '
for large amounts, upholding them by; periurel
testimony, and has received the money. He Is
now the reputed owner of two-thirds of the
10,000,000 clulmnl by this country before the
French-American CommNsloii. He -was largely
I nstru men tall neecurljugJhjai)fage4ha-liU-
establUhlnir the Cominisdan. Tl. mmMir
' a;
' v -
jjicMch-hajliUe
revocably lost, ' -'7,""y "
1
1 ',
'4-