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-VOLUME X.-NO. 44.
. lORl;LANp, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14. 1881.
PER YRAR-r-M 00.
EASTERN WASHINGTON,
THE SENIOR EDITOR'S LATEST. -THK TOWN OK
--CHENEY THE OLORIOCH ..FOURTH AP-
" FRO.I'RIATELY C&?.KBRATEI.- ; ..j , i - .
THE ItniKAX fOl'XTY .WON AX MfrFKAUK ASSOCIATION AX
-. pacific aisswoktii,
rATNswoRTir, July 8, ikhI.
To THE KEAPKIt or THE t .MiHTnTi
Cheney I a new town of rapidly increasing im
portance, situated in the heart of Siokan"7cJuMy,
on the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, about
a-hundred .mile from .the Junction of the N, P.
and the O. It. A' N. Co' a line. The first house
was erected In thin place last September. . There
' are now eighty-nix -habitations and business
houses of greater or less' magnitude, all hastily
built, and most of them rongh and unpainted, Bit
ting flat upon the rocky. elope,, or at best mounted
upon stilts, from which slopes, of, rustic steps Tend
to the ground below. The site of the town Is pic
turesque and somewhat com manding. -A Jong,
wetl-definel ridge, covered with scattering pines,
Incline toward the railroad .track and loses Itself
In a pretty flat, on which the business houses are
planted In little spots, while fell around the burl
ing of saws and. clanging of hammers are heard In
cheerful accompaniment to tliewhltIeloeMuo-4dlH)UH-the-lat tragedy
tlves and the-jrumbleof railway cars. The land
offlcef th No7tyieriFlaVlflc hai lately been ' re
moved. to this point from Colfax, and It Is ex
pected by the citizens that the company's machine
hops will also be located here. Business has1 a
brisk outlook. " ... .
Although the town site and lands adjacent ap
pear rocky and barren, there are many thousands
of fertile sections rolling away on every hand
within easy distance, inviting Immigrants to
; their 'hospitable acres, and giving promise of
homes for the homeless to any who will come and
claim them. The soil and climate of the vast up
land area called the Columbia Rasln much resem
bles that of interior Illinois and Indiana; and yet
there Is a striking difference In many respects, as
blue grass is not Indigenous to this country, and I after iwmejcuto management
evergreen timber Is not a native product of the
-other localities named. The Winter here are not
Dearly so cold, as at Chicago, but are more like
those of southern Illinois; and the Hummers,
though often hot for a brief period In daytime, are
always dellclously cool at night. Timber In many
places Is less plentiful than the farmer could wish,
but the railroad will obviate that difficulty now,
and cultivated forests will In time abound In all
directions. :.2 Tf..i.-.-:--:
We were pleascxLllQmeet many JNVIlIaniette
and Mrs. A. Meachen, . Judge and Mrs. D. G
Lewis, Mr. WmT Rich, Miss Polly. By bee, and
Mrs. A. 71 Pavneformerlv of Portland ; Dr. J.'C
Calloway and family, of Albany; Dr. and Mrs?
Qulvey, of McMinnville,' and Dr. Emily Yeargan,
" Who "got her start In Yamhill," and Is engaged
In the practice of her profession In this new couh-
, try, winning many laurels and saving many lives.
ness, has the good sense to be willing to excuse
her from' Chinamen's work In the kitchen, not-,
withstanding-the fact that divers and sundry
boarders of the protecting sex, who stmt the'
streets In good clothes, and handle the pen for oc-
professional business for certain pay, Instead of
catering to their lordly stomachs for the doubtful
. glory of servitude without wages.
New as the town Is, there Is, already a good
school, Professor TAI. Calloway being the teacher,
and a combined church and school-room of priml
tlve architecture. .There are a number of mercanr
tlie houses of greater or-less pretention, that of
Payne A Rich being to our mind the most pros
perous. A drug store kept by the Sweltscr broth
era drives a lively trade, and several restaurants
. notably those of Anderson A Co. and Mr, and Mrs.
Rose are fairly overhwt with business. A hand
some and flourishing millinery store is kept by
Mrs. A. Everest, formerly of The Dalles,' and a
fruit and confectionary store by Mrs. Medley Is
- also well kept. A mammoth grist-mill Is being
erected by a Joint stock company, and there are
plenty of saw-mills Jo operation.
Among the friends of human rights, in addition
to the ladies and gentlemen above named, whose
acquaintance we have made, and whose memory
and Mrs. Range, Mr. and Mrs. Mount, Mr, and
lira.' Tucker, Mrs. Victor Kmlth, Mr. and Mrs.
McFerron, Mr. II. C' Sessions, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Btoughton, Miss fda Btoughtori, Mrs. Mary Har
ris, Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, of the Tribune, and
Judge and Mrs. J. W. Still. Mrs. Lucy A.
BwciUer. an Indefatigable local worker In tern per
ance reform, has organized a children's Und oi
"llopervhlch numbers aoonflrtymemblmir
many of whom are already well up in their cate
chism. '. ' ' --T--r-r , ... ' .. c . . ,:J-
The morning of;July 31 was accompanied by a
pouring rain, which fell all day In copious tears,
as though I rt lamentation over the nation's recent
tragedy. The news of the attempted assassination
of the President reached Cheney by a round-about
way the telegraph not et connectiuglrom-Spo
kan), and by 10 o'clock a. M. every cheek whs
bianchd"and"eveTy7xbioawestrickenrn fathwl imbed da tltetoftof -tU-n-
over all hearts the weeping heavens presfdetl with
severest dignity. (Ireat preparations had been
made for a celebration on the Fourth, but the.
committee was appalled by the national disaster,
and for lack of communication with the outside,
or rather iiulrt world for this certainly s the
outer lorder they could uot decide whether to
proeeedwlth "the festlvltles6r turn the eopIe's
rejoicing into a general lamentation. The. rain
ceased at nightfall, and themorning rose clear,
placid, dustless, and gloriously, radiantly beauti
ful. The electric air was fairly resonant with life.
Country eopTe began to arrive lh.croWds,. They
came In wagons, afoot, and on horseback. Coun
try maidens In snowy gowns and profuse display
of ribbons clung confidingly to the elbows of
country swains In broad-brimmed fiats and some
what antiquated broadcloth. -A tolerably trained
band from Spangle discoursed martial music.
Married men gathered In groups on the corners to
Married women cluug
to volunteer crops of tired babies and gazetf with
weary eyes upitn radlant,"care-free niaidens,' whose
future they foresaw with a grim satisfaction that
bordered close upon selfishness 'Were not these
tired mothers young ladles once? And did they
not then listen confidingly to the same stories to
which these hopeful lasses are listening now sto
ries of future freedom, future-happiness and future
protection In the' married state, when, all the
heartaches of a girl's existence were to be crowned
with mated bliss forever more? - ..".-......
Mr. .Kellogg, editor of the Tribune a splendid
local Journalby the way went over to Spokalt
and returned by 10 o'clock with the Information
that the President yet llred. After much una
voidable delay, the procession was formed, and,
Ilybee and Dr. Yeargan, your correspondent, as
au Invited speaker, was, given a seat in the car?
rlage next to the band wagon. The grounds were
tastefully seated and canopied with the branches
of deciduous trees. Evergreens would have at
forded a denser shade, but they are too common
an occasion.; wuere all the people could have
come from, was a mystery. Never have. we seen,
a -happier, more . prosperous-looking crowd : of
country folk.. All were welldresael. Their
Valley friends In Cheney,- among them Professor4 horses and wagons wereof the best, andrwltlt the
exception of worn-oat wlyes here and there, they
were all evidently healthy and stronar. '
- - -m w .. . . v
accoinparrtcdthe nnderstgned to a seat on the
platform. The wives of reader ami orator should
have had places tliere also, but the aristocracy of
sex hadn't thought of It. Judge Sullivan, as the
first advertised spesker, Jailed to apiear. There
Her husband, who Is engage4ln the hoUl busi was-no chaplain. The band played the "Star
SMUigled Ranner." :' Hon. J). F, Perclyal read the
Declaration 'of Iudeendence Jnlmasterly style.
More music'. Judge Rarney made a first-rate Im
promptu ieech, patrioticand to' the ioint, and
was fearfully irate.over the nation's horror. Mr.
cupation, find fault with any lady who engages Inttalleyr poet, read Will Carleton's inimitable
Fourth of July "llooraye." General and Mrs.
HpragueandMrs. Holtcameupin a carriage at this
Juncture, and were escorted to the platform.1 The
(Jeneral made a brief but excelleut address, and
retired amid much enthusiasm. T)ie undersigned
then came on as the "rear guard," and talked for
'Amoog;theJCroLft-Our eyes grew accustomed
to it, were recognized the beaming faces of our
Penewawa friends, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cram and
their accomplished daughter, and Mr. and Mrs.
Martin, of Albany.' Late arrivals grew restless In
anticipation of a promised free ride on the rail
road. Rut the crowd of listeners forgot the rail
road, forgot everything except the "self-evident
truth": that "governments derive their Just pow
ers from the consent of the governed ;" that "tax
ation without representatlan Is tyranny;" that
I'reslstante to tyranny is obedience U Ood ;?. that j
the aristocracy of. sex has no more Inherent right
to exercise an "unwarrantable Jurisdiction over"
the women of America than had the aristocracy
over American men ; that the "right of represen
tation In the Legislature Is a right Inestimable"
to all "and formidable to tyrants only;" thst
taxes are .imposed upon wmen ' without their
consent; that they are "denied the equal protec
tion of the laws',", that they are "deprived of the
right of trial by a Jury of their peers ;" that Vdo-rntsTniurmoTT
nancl
ought to be free and ndepeiidejt.,fJutige Rar
ney, at thVclose.of his speech, had graphically,
related the touching Incident wherein the boy of
the century gone had cried out aC the foot of the
steps leading - to . Independence Hall," "Ring,
father! Ring the belli America Is free!" We
finished our address by -adding the historic fact
which men have always overlooked,, but to .which
the1 old cracked bell bears witness, that when the
tiue belfry and seized the Iron tongue to ring It
with vehemence, the old bell quivered In every
nerve and shrank beneath the blow, and bntle itt
hcttrt rrtthrr than.tlha Uel . t
No Wonder the government I In peril. No
wonder the Fourth -of July of this year of grace
1SS1 is overshadowed, even at the Capitol, by the
trallIngwlng of the DeattrAngel. May the (lod
doss of LI berty speedily assert .herself ; may she
shake otTtlie last link of the chains that bind her.
May the nation learn wisdom at the feet f-Ca-lamity,
and may. white-robed Justice balance her
scales with the equilibrium of Human Rights.
Then shall the white-winged dove of Harmony
soar aloft over a people wholly free, waving In the
air of Liberty the olive branch of perpetual Peace.
The excursion train was to start for Spokan at
I.ivm., and it was now high noon. After"" hur
ried lunch or basket dinner, a-long row of flat cars
packed with gay-hearted humanity was hitched
la a pair-oL snorting locomotive gaily bedecked
With evergreens. The engines whistled, the band
plyedrthr;flat"JDanrlet"go-their-hold-npoffthe
rails with sudden Jerks, and the living freight was
off by hundred, many of them for their first rail
way ride. Tliey returned In the evening weary
but Jubilant, cherishing the incidents of the day
and storing them up for future use as happy mem
ories, 'y , -, .
Tlie committee and citizens deserve great credit
for their efforts. In pleasing and edifying the revel
ers, The night ushered In the Inevitable dance,
and amid the "balance all" of the caller, the musio
of a brace of violins, the racket of fire-crackers,
and the tramp, tramp of thudding heels, we weut
to sleep and dreamed of Oenerkl Washington and
Valley Vorge, and Major Magone and Ossawat-
J tomle flrowti. - A curious medley, but a suggestive
one. e smile as we. recall It here. t
: On the evening of the 5th, the friends of equal
fights met-1 u the combined church and school
room and organized the Spokan County"Woman
Suffrage Association with the following list of
officers t President,- Judge JcWr Range : Vice-
in this country for artificial display on so great"! President, Mrs. LE. Kellogg; Recording Secre-
xary, ir. u wweiisey ijorresnondlng riecreury,
Mrs. L. A. Sweitzer; Treasurer, Mrs. A.
Payne. v Executive Committee J udge J,, W.
Still, MUsJPolly Rybee,' Mrs. ' Dr. Yeargan,
Hon. Ay- S A berna t hy Coni m I ttceTnI tesol i
tlons MrrrAi' Meachen,Mr J. S. Mount,
Mr. I E. Kellogg. Committee ou Progratnme-r
Mrs. Kellogg, wife of the president of tlie i day r I)fji.JJlCallQway; f 7 : Afa.jfrjLiO government, andjKeJilameJU'etr-rbeseeltlldren
Everestr.MiwrHrAr Ranger Miss -Ida Stoughton;
Hon. D, F, Perclval, Mrs. J. M. Mount. Rrief
addresses in advocacy of Woman Suffrage were
made by Judge Range, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Mount,
JudgeStIH and Mr. Meachen. The friends are
thoroughly alive to the importance of the move
ment, and will do their part bravely In, sustaining
the" Legislature 'Innts'efTortaHbushe
State of Washington Into the Union with all Its
people free. Twenty-five persons signed the con
stitution at the first meeting. ' '
Not a single unpleasant episode marred our
work or visit while In Cheney. Everybodyfrom
railroad magnate to village blacksmith; from pro
fessor to cook, from busy housewife to lady
boarder, and from general merchant to peanut
vender, was as respectful and hospitable as the
friends st home. No msn threw theoretical
an hour upoq the Declaration of Independence, "britches" at us: no voter puffed smoke at n.; nn
protector of women declared he couldn't or
wouldn't read. If anybody did not wish to take
the People's Paper, lie said so without a slur; If
anyone wanted it but couldn't afford It, he didn't
act the curled-lipped "smarty" ; and, In short, the
Spokan men complained of In last week's paper
would do well to remove to Cheney and. learn
good manners, since they will not take lessons of
the many gentlemen and ladles we met In their
own beautiful town.' ' " t
Speaking of Spokan reminds us that we last
Week inadvertently omitted io mention an excel
lenir.and well-estbllshed local paper published
therercalled the Spokan Urn, of which Mr.
Cook Is editor and proprietor. Mr. C. Issued
gilUvf r remain with us srf Inspiration, sreudWreatltaliaxejTise V UlJurlsdlcttoin-dltabhrnambf r of V promiseddally edition as pllcatioTraiTOarrtrnrrewaTd try s!eT"tytyineor
to engraft his. ingrained Impudence upon ther-
Spokan public, who have no more ue for Til m or
his scurrility than, they "have for the seven-year-
itch. Excuse the simile, reader kind. The
thought Isn't pleasing; but the comparison is too
obvious to be lgnorel, odioqs as It K As a sam
ple of the mental food that this voter dishes up
about his' disfranchised betters, wj append his
salutatory effusion on the woman question, beg- .-,
glug pardou.oLthe reader for the orj'cnse to clean
nostrils It creates, our only reason for giving It
extended circulation being adeslre to shew Intel
ligent women the estimate placed ujkmi thi'lr wis- T
dom and Integrity by the same class of men who
ued to abuse the tkegro, and whose groveling na
tures require omelody upon -whom 'to expend
jhelr spleen : ,'.''
W ln not bt4l thai ihro ht ient f ull th n-per(- u
bl wouinn In thU rtmntry would vrt jit illllal elect Ions
IMIiejr were loyally Mcofrtle4 the tixhl. Ttwre sr ample
cniitiilMillonM of erldrnj of thin, MV .furgt Jnl how
many women thrm are In this rnuntrj'i '' It iht '
the best rflbita of the Tomfrmaleary Troupe, hr.l(d by
Hasan banthonjr im "ntur," Cinljitlsoton as "muibivUe,"
and dorlormrybrohMiwsllier s "heavy vlllsln," have,
renulted In only 1S,0ix female nsincn Ut the pftltlo for a
lath amendment, and that, ton, after a panvaes of all the
Htales and Territories. Koine 6800 male women have ulcned
the petition, inak Ins an segregate of aliobt 20,000. Hucu m
malt wonld Rtaxrer Mnytiodjr but the epli-ene old maid, or
the man-woman, In the married state. 'Nut anthliif dl
heartena the female ranter, who neglecta her home t title,
and trots alxmt the ountrVShrleklnc to the Raping alater
hood, to ibaka off "feitU'n,- to ape the' ways of mankind,
Ml -eteitw-free warren ( In that Iwmtw,-no matter
what that Inclndr.
IWia apparent -that even, the JteaLif .woman .do ..not
lean to the sowadirat and moat alable wisdom, either In
private or public life, and even f they did, they wonld
not get control of their sea In politic, aad so, universal .
female uffrace would be the moat reeklea of all exper
iment. Theae women who arc gadding round theonuntry
are outwitted In their kltchena when at I tome and eouhl
no more adjust the agglomeration of a political canvass
than they could be hmeilsylng, quiet ' and orderly
female. The politician might hot be able to' reaeh the
better class of femala voters, but be would find his rlcheat
resource antong female devoid of sena or respooatblllty.
The general publlewlll be pleased when Oongreas refnae
loevea I la ten to the arrogant nonaenae uttered by theae
eoaimerelal talkers and femala disturb of law pabll
peana, . . . " ..-'- - .... .'
But yonder comes thelratn,'and weareofTfor v
Alnsworth,. On board we meet Captain Wilkin
son and daughter,, having In. charge eleven little
Indians, boundforthe-lndlaii schoxifcThe par-i-"
t)ts of the dusky little ones crowd the train tilt
the last minute, weeping, shaking hands and Jab
bering. The parting Is a most effect lag scene.
.Few persons who witness it can refrain from tears.
The Captain has a strong hold upon the heart of
these people, else they would not trust him so lm
plicitly. The train moves, off, and the bereft
mothers wave their dirty, gatlytxriored handker
chiefs as long as we can see them. The children
soon dry their tears and laugh and chatter mer-
4 Tlljr-r-AVe feel better toward -Indians to-!ajnhan
we did while at Camas Prairie. And yet, It was
not the. Indians we were blaming then, but the
will be tral ntsl up In the ways of industry and r..
civilisation. This Is going to work aright. The '
outlook Is propitious. - . -; . , .
The road-bed of ther Northerly Paclfie ti ia
splendid order. The work I evidently well done!
We leave the fertile land not far from Hits vlllet
and travel all day, through sage and sand. Then
we reach A ins worth, and halt for the night among'"
the rocks and sands, at the flourishing hotel of
MrrJ. .W"8hall,- artother-ploneer who-got his "
start In Yamhill. Mr. S. fs a prince of landlord;
and we are glad to see is making money. He
.kindly placed the dining-room at our dlsfKMal for
a lecture, which was well attended and graciously
received. Mrs! Kahlow, a good rlend of equal'
rights, formerly of Taoonia, Is temKrurlly hicated'
here, and by her womanly good sense I mate
rlally aiding the cause. The town has been a
flourishing one, but It Is now In a state of decline..
Tiuslnessltas pushed slieadlbwanT the froiitTandr
like Wallula, A I us worth will soon relapse Into,
history. , A. S. I).
P.Ji The types lnale us" say In the last letter
that the Government stultifies Itself by refusing
to guarantee to every woman, If nof marrietl.'the
equal protection of tlio laws. Please read "if mar
ried," and let the not be-banlshed. A. S. D."
As one among the seclally deserving tenchers
In our publio scnools, we take pleasure lit" men'
tlonlng Mrs. E. It. Phelvwhu1rurring efforts
In the primary department qf the Ceutral School
of this city have gained her sn enviable emi
nence. Her twelve years of experience and an.
a sample copy the day the railway was completedj
to nis town, and; contemplates Issuing regularljln
the near future.' We wlsh-hfs venture the success
It merits. A parasitic newspaper has recentr
been started In opposition to this one, miscalled a
Chronicle, and published by a feeble-minded up
sUrt from Nevada, who, having failed to learn
WaSST-Trotd me eirtTorTCe sTITy course that
ltmrt44fcS-6ttv
salary, evidencing an appreciation of het services."
Holding ber situation In the face of numerous ap-'
plications, testifies to her efficiency In training
the minds oNh little ones entrusted , to her ,
charge. (Mrs. P. Is now at Tlie bailee, enjoying
the hospitality of her Mends, the (latches,
Mr. JIarrJet II.-Xaaa,JaH vexed u trmllu. mi
the celebration st the arant.fVunt v-Voman 8u
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