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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1881)
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(fray nks bubble up itito niailve luciundii, moMtugrown and flower-bordered; I graHnyTUlges mil away towan.1 the mountains treecapH!U and wuter-fel, and the monotone of the fall risen ceamlemdy uion the tar-like,the mar of he rolling breakers on thedUtant weather beach. Niagara Tails do' not e)iiul the Fall of KpokanHl -itet3nriri ;t''eycarxely more-thnn embryo city of Sjxikau, it ite and Kiirroundingii rival them If i grandeur. 'Niagara River is larger reBemblmgr:tho!eoraiemrtjrc JK)kaii, and the torrent fall from a really greater height, though the dluerence l not apparent. Hjtokan FalU have all tlie"beauty of Isidore and the majesty of Niagara eombiueti. The impulse of the near-by1 mountains l In the water as it comes tearing down through the prai rie, gorge, and a basaltic promontory Juts out from the banks in front of th embryo city, parting itself into islands and the stream into different channels, forming many different cataracts, all frothing and foaming in their eager haste to get to the Columbia River, and fretting and moaning and f timing because of the opposition they meet, in their auger and hurry sending up clouds of 1-4 ron safe, as he contemptuously tossed the .paper, and theu hehrlfciwide down. ' t L, f-- We knew instantly that both were telling false hood, but jve;, turned .awayi remembering the wonls of the Irishman who addressed a locomotive on Ills way to (heioll and Imagined ourself the engine. Si njosphere reminding us of MC. Idaho or Moscow. We confess a little diHapMfntment uon viewing the environs of the town' not that the scenery is less magnificent than we had been led to expect, but because we have traversed .so many leagues of fertile land within the piit lx weeks that the barren soli looks doubly desolate because of the ContrasfcVe expected" a larger, town, too, but can hardly tell why, unless It had been over-advertized by traveling or resident enthusiasts,- who bad drawn upon their imaginations for their facts. But all this did not prevent an admiring glance at the. neat, white cottage of A.. M. Cannon, Esq., an erewhile resident of Portlancl, who Is one of the proprietors and thief business men of this place, and who has proved his confi- dence In the capacity of this gravelly upland ior agriculture by planting a field of wheat adjacent to his house, which promises an enormous yield. Ve drive through the city upon abed of solid no need of artificial- macadam hereand i I gravel inc. "Wlll-the-Western-Hotel rmtronireth halt at the California House, only to find every people's Paper?" 'Certainly," the heartyre- -;- -.-.-r -t r - a-r-ir-.. r ir:- l I r-r -" : - room occupieu. utrrTTlrayTs one of the most accommodating of landlords, so he secures a room for us at the -Western, where we are pleased to meet our old-time Portland friends, the Warners, formerly merchants here, but now engaged in the hotel business Here, by great good fortune, we obtained a roouC , 3- If ever weary bones and - battered muscles had cause to tfiatik their lucky stars for a bed to' rest upon, this was the time and the occasion. About midnight, we were aroused from a fitful sleep by near-by pistol shots, followed by unearthly yells. We listened eagerly, expecting a general commo tion In the place, but the yells died away at last, . a few random shots were fired as a finale, and we. heard no more about the episode, except-that -theie had been a usual row" at an adjacent gam bling" den. .. . ' -- j ' ; ; ' ' Religious services were held on Sunday at the little school-room by Elder Strong, 'in presence of . a small assembly.The afternoon Sunday school -Vu well attended, and the singing waa unusually fine. 'Returning homeward after churph, we were compelled to pass a motley crowd of the pra tec tors of women, anyone of whom would have gladly voted against equal rights for women,. and -one of thejr number was so crary with drink that he stood In front of the den where he had Imbibed bis whisky anjefjbpenly blasphemed the name of sTTjrrtheTTaMeTlTrnhe the lock-up for trying tp pick, a qaajrel wltlr an . Indian, (whom the law protects from whisky), and we learned that he was a young man of good family who had wandered away from home lutlu- ences In search of employment,-and this was the . saddening" result. Tlie world, alas! can never be substantially .better" until home -influences go very where, even to the frontier border i ' "Mopday," Tuesday and Wednesday evenings were spent In lecturing In a neat and pleasant . hall, owned bjrCorbitt Macleay, of Portland. . The audiences were large, and evidently, appre Unciatlye but the remuneration was exceedingly meager after hall rent (our first tax of the kind In this whole upper country) was paid over to the agent in charge. Mr. James Roe, of the firm of Warner A Roe, proprietors of the Western Hotel and livery stable, treated a hack load of us to a ride, over Spokan rjUjle one afternoon, where-we-saw-Aacant land - enough for hundreds of homesteads. Much of this soil Is "scabby," as they call it here, that Is, too gravelly In spots fpr successful cultivation; but very much more of It Is pretty fair farming land, and will be vastly valuable by and by; -The scenery is superlatively beautiful. Mountains, ' not high enough for perpetual snow (eaks, but waylng, green and tree-frlnged, border the ex ten sly e plain on all sides. Spokan River runs . through the edge of the prairie, In an abrupt sink In the plain, its presence marked for miles away by the tops of deciduous trees with an occasional cluster of evergreens, all seeming to peep from the ground, as though wondering wnether or not they may dar to "up and at you." On the edge of them yet unclaimed; and here the soil Is as ' deep and rich aa any In Northern Idaho,-It I wouldn't take us long to get possession of a new farm If the Government of the United States did not stultify Its Constitution by refusing, In the faca of Its own fiat, U "guaranty to every citi tenlf not married the' equal protection of. the 34" .' - " , 1 . ' spray that bathe the obdurate rocks In torrents of tears. How we should enjoy all this if it were not for the unrest that continually hounds us when away from home unrest that never leaves us for an instant except in the lecture-room, andoften pursues us even there. J . ( We return to the city and sally' forth a-canvasa- sponse. The next patron is. Miss Nellie Muxzy, the efficient schoolma'am of the city, afyoung lady who would honor any circle of savans, but who cannot vote, albeit the man who blasphemed his mother on the street the other day will vote when he Can to keep herln subjection to his sov ereign power as a law-maker. The next on the list ls Mr.' R. Wr Forrest, whom we met In New Tacoma a year ago, and. whom we find here en gaged , in transportation and merchandise, and carrying on business with the vim and enterprise which are sure harbingers of success. Then comes Mrs. Emma' Parks, a successful milliner; also our old-time patron, Mrs.-Pauline Hancock, keeper of a flourishing restaurant, and Miss R. Masterson, -thw Rosalia school ma'am. There Is no trouble" Ih getting subscribers among women who enjoy the "fruit of their hands,1' for their "own works praise them )n the gates.'! Mrs. W. C Gray Is another free woman, who with her husband carries on the hotel business In the California House. We call at a few private residences, but the housewives are either apathetic or Indigent, or both certainly the latter and we have no success, except in two or three instances, where they tell us tlally that they would gladly aid the strugglefor liberty, but "my husband doe prove," etc.,' etc We comprehend thesltuation oekni a 1 isftuatlo and pass on, doubly steeled for the battle for equal rights. We visit the bank and store or M Cannon, and find our old friend as jolly and genial as all gentlemen are when we meet them. Here, smoke In our face, as though he had been born of iba mouoUina atv beautiful bm7tes, many 4writh an Inalienable-Tight to poison the air that la breathed by women, r "If you've had a little healthy mental pabulum once In your life, It's all you'll ever be able to di gest. You'd be better able to digest a cigar," we answered, with a smile, accompanied by a strong Impulse ta pat the protector of women on his spongy pate. " - "I, too, had too much of that stulTIn Portland I" giiaftroTfrtlie our work was irreligious, anjvl m this shepherd' had remalnedaway from his flock all through our former lectures, We declined give him our hired ' hall for the entlre'lay,jesiH'clally as he was a res- Yecan iMitl, an'-v a pull th commerce, au' 1 Jdent and could , p.'ilk again. Rut aptalnWlK klHson arrantrm for liim to talk at ll a. m., nnd j'e can rouse "'th'jtTnjfytier, but ye tun't rote!" said the son ofErlnTlin'rltrmph. .' .-.- Several hours of Interchange osensible ..Idea were next enjoyed among wise men and women, aud on our return toward the hotel we met a gen tlemanly Portlander, who volunteered to tutroduce us at the railroad office. The. Second Engineer, a Mr. Maynard, whom we'd met at the hotel for several days, but had looked In vaj.11 for a gleam of recognition or Intelligence in hi, features from the I egl nnlng, was the first man encountered; but he stalkejl away from therppira Rke a glrafle (we'd judge him seven feet), hls nose up and his 'mouth aslant, anil we were lntrodueedto First Engineer McCartney, and Dr. Whltehouse, each of whbm excelled the other In evident stupidity? To our civil questions' a to when -the railroad j would reach Spokan, what forces of men were at wprk7etc'.7 we received no Intelligent replies,-and when we presented the New Northwest for their Inspectlpn, we were Informed by these van guards. of progress that they, "didn't read antf th IngLJIhe JEomerqyjedl totsendaJupaper- to tha Office gratis, but It's never opened IV ' Enough" said. It's"Imio8lble forwomento supply men Who lack understanding with the brain power they lost before they were born". But these fellows are rofers more'sjth pity. And sensible women must humiliate themselves to ask such as' these for the elective franchise I O, tern' poraf G, rnorett ' ' x WwturnWouruarteraJnysfustwlthj way ."smart Alecks" excuse the alang. But the genial lanIIord meets us with a letter from Super intendent H. W. Fairweather, of A Ins worth a hearty, hospitable letter, so like the honorable gentlemen of his class who "readjj' and thtnk, that we accept the "pass" he encloses with a throb of gratitude, not for its money value, but for the genIalItyaud.45ourteay of , the. rean..l4Fpr,you t venerated and venerable self," he says, heartily, and we glance at pie mirror In search of imagi nary cap and spectacles; and Join our lady friends for a heartjrjaagh. JVhft hasnotheaofMedk of an amphitheater of wooded hills, having ho I mlcal for liim to talk at 11 a. m., by-diut 4f ilwaJk eakiug . secured him a crowl. The boy preacher then announce! the Captain's four o'clock meeting, but lgnorel the evening lecture out and out. After his sermon which was a very nice, soft dish of orthodox por ridge, such doubtless as lie had been reared upon; good of Its kind, but not solid enough for the re-' llgious food of vigorous pioneers we were. Intro duced to thJfhepheitl, when we took occasion to remind him of his lack of politeness in not an nouncing our lecture after proclaiming the Cap tain's appointment. "You wouldn't expect me to announce every 4otfm that comes along!", said lie, with an I-am-hoIler-than-thou" air that was decidedly stunning. "I never heard of you In the East." To this we might have responded that we had never heard of him in the -West,-but the good Captain, who was : bent upon conciliation, smoothed the matter over and let the brother down as easily as he could tinder the circum stances ,. .. ',. . : - - visible outlet, bearing- In solution the che con fldenr'l compounds of the earth,. and, like (.hepool of wonien's I Bethesda, Is troubled by the Angel of llfealth for the good of the halt and the rheumatic: It is seventeen miles from Spokan toytnls fountain of healing waters, and we conquer ;he distance in a iiegeTTIiie road'run- TnfeiOUTiTlde-1n' ft nlng-flrsr through ar"scabby'' prairie, and after wards over alluvial Mils, till it lands us at the too, Is Mr. Heath, the obliging postmaster, who! well-kept cotUgebtl of Mr. and Mrs. Bobbins, takes the reople's Taper lor the Library Associa tion. ' " ' ;. By the way; the Spokan .LlbfUry deserves special mention. The room assigned to it is lo cated at the rear of the jeweler's store of Mr. L. W. Rlma, and we are pleased to find it comfort able, light and airy, ami adorned by a' choice se-. lection of books. This Association was It rated by ladies, and the library was at first in tended for their use. alone, but - wiser -counsels prevailed, and it Is now open upon like terms for both sexes. ' Such a library In so young a town speaks volumes In favor of mental growth among Its projectors, who, nevertheless, are not allowed the exercise of equal rights., - ( W next visited the bank of Mr. McCammon, a u's rights advocate, a UUlafellow-iu-apeeiaelefl,- who says so we are told that if his wife wants her "rights,", he'll give her, up the pantaloons! Just as though she'd want 'em P H is vastly amusing, the pride some men take In "panta loon" they always call 'em britc)tci as though the nether garments, of any weak-minded man could be large enough - for an average woman rlghts or no rights ! - - A clerk In this establishment was asked to look at the People's Paper, but said he "couldn't read." To this we made . laughing answer that we thought so appearances Indicated as much." " "I read too much of that paper when I was in Portland I" he said, grufflyj puffing a volume of where snug quarters invite us to needeI rest. After supperwe go through the village' to the bath-rooms of Mr. It. F. Uleason, encountering the usual business activities of village life on the wayand feasting our vision on the loveliest rural vnery yet encountered In. our travels. The baths are Just delightful. The water has all the cleansing effect of soap, with none of the alkaline accompaniments. You float In it, you revel In It. -Your rheuniatlsin givea way as by magic, and when you Jiave finished the warm ablution by a cold shower bath, topped off by a drink of a pint of the slippery, sudsy fluid, you bless the memory of the white man who discov ered the lake, albeit your stomach turns at men tion of the alleged fact that he ouce drove a herd of-scabbyaheep Into-lt- and-nird-thetn-of-tllr sore Infirmity. But that was long ago, and no body's sheep is allowed tprepeat the operation since man began to bathe In it himself. -We were rowed across the lake by Mr. Hewitt, the founder of the bath-houses, and made a pleasant call at the house of a farmer, where we had the first strawberries and cream of the season ; and tills wa June 2lth I No wonder we're longing for the fruit basket of Portland. We met a good audi ence in the evening In Gleason's Hallr'nd-de' parted on the following morning with much re gret, leaving a hearty wish behind that everybody we know and love could com here and stay a month, at least illL. '. . .Returned to Spokan to meet further engage ment, when to our urpr1 Captain Wilkinson and daughter and Colonel Stone and wife were the first to greet us. Remembering the Captain' sidewalk work, and wishing to aid him In It, we placed the hall at his disposal for Sunday, at II A. M. ancP4 p. Mi -Then we learned of a young preacher reidlngTiere who Is fresh from some Fjtstcrn college, and mho, of ciir, I. Wlw ! his own conceit than eeyen men who can jetid reason. And this wou Clark, by name sent us a niodesfTequest to vacata our hall fdr Sabbath evening also for "religious"., services. As we could not for an Instant lellevs After the odium of disfranchisement shall have been lifted -f rom the shoulders of-tlie-mothers-ot -menthe eons of wdmen will cease to regard them with unholy suspicion because of their sex; or, If they do so regard them, they will not dare ta pro claim their unsupported suspicions because, of woman's Increased power In the laad. "Never mind, madam," says the enfranchised Douglass; "after a while women will be voters, too, and then ryou'ilDereafedJusaeWeirM nigger" - - . We didn't want to chronicle these fact at all, but the shepherd didn't even" Come out -on. Sunday evening to look after hishiilntty or nin,"Who were abroad witli the crowd that packed the ball to listen for two hours to our gospel of liberty and righteousness. ' ' T T Captal n Wl I klfison'e aldewal k meetiag dre w a -crowd at four o'clock, a also did bis Indoor service jtnfiour latr.Jbe world nay say what It will of his methods,' but no one can daubt their attractiveness, nor can anyone dispute Ids sin erl ty, nor help admlrl ng hie success In teaching the people. If the "staud-aside-I-ara-holler-than-thou" parsons we often meet In pioneer places would profit by his example, they would have a chance for accomplishing some real good in the world. He Is here after a reinforcement of young Indians for his school, and bears with him a complete set of pictures of his pupils, their build-' ings and Industries. In proof of blswondcrful euc. cess thus far In making sovereign citizens of gov ernmental wards by teaching them to work as well as to read and pray. We wish him un bounded succe in his arduous undertaking. His daughter, who accompaufes him' on the Journey, Is fully lmbuel with hi missionary spirit, and Is 'perfectly natural, Joyous, and free from cant. - But we're a day ahead of our story. The railroad reachel SMkan on Saturday, and everybody went out to meet It save the under signed, who Watched the laying of the last fail, and then j?flVrveeed In a "Hong of the North Pa cific,'' Which was read at the evening lecture amid great enthusiasm. The Spokan people are Justly Jubilant over the advent of the North Pa cific road. But the rivalry between this place and Cheney Is unfortunate, eeclally for Spokan, as Cheney lias been awarded the county scat, and Spokan has secured an Indian claim upon the railroad company's grant adjacent to the town, whereon the station and switches are located, thereby depriving herself of the prospective ma chine shops and rolling mill Ukii which ahe had placed many calculations. But Spokan will grow to great proportions by and by. Her mag nificent water power, better than Fall River, will some day be utilized. Her great prairlea will produce wool and flax In unlimited quanti ties, and her timber supply will be luexhaustible for centuries. There Is an excellent opening here for every branch of productive Industry. And when women are enfranchised, aud It shall no more be necessary to recoujit the unpleasant en counters herein chronicled, and the dogma- nT man's rights becomes obsolete, she will be an Im portant center In an Inland empire where all 4he people shall be prosperous and free , m On Tuesday, the 28th, accompanied by M-r.-ana jwrs. i-ope ana i rr-yeaet ef C rcgon Vttyr and Miss Muzzy and Mrs. . Warner, of Sjkan, Wa i-unTw-oTrr w ineney, seventeen miles disUnt, by our obliging friend Mr. IUh?, our road meandering through forest and plain and past many a lovely spot for a rural home. Wnen within a mile of Cheney, we halted for a picnic dinner and spent couple-of hours' beneath the grand- pine trees. But here is : the town, and here Is a primitive hotel. There Is to be a cele bration here on the comlnar Fourth, at which . a . a a . f " w jkw inviteu lA. janim," anu so we-terry? Itllt this lllr I inn m m tA 13-be 'divlne-Itev. Mr. Cheney, W. T., June 80, 1881. ' V' - 1 f : . -