, 1866-07-20
wAILULA coRREsPoNDENcF.
WALLuLA. July 1e. 1866.

wALLuLA, July Is, 1866.
Ed. STATESMAN IL fear it win be necessary
to do somethingto freconstruet, our two rival
cities above here; they are becoming sadly de-
moraiized, and fear one Of them entertains
symptoms of seeding. Should such 3 thing
come to pass, fear much blood would be shed,
for undoubtedly the whole Of the inhabitants of
both places, would take hand. The inhabit-
ants, however, only constitute the PrOprietOrs
Of each town
notice one of the writers Il don't remember
which one of the cities be is proprietor off Is an
obser1ant cuss. He says be has t.oBserved that
all large streams run past large Cities" and as
the Columbia river runs past bis door, he con-
cudes that his town IS large city The other
retDtts Oh him by saying "that the Columbia
river was there before be came" As The fight
now stands, il is quite interesting 10 outsiders.
By the time they get through With their discus
sion the world will know just how many miles
of sand, and how many rocky canyons and how
many sage-Stalks their are on each road. If Ell
ther of the contestants have come within hailing
iug distance of the truth in their assertions, it
would be about as much as a eayotes life was
worth to try either route. But one says the
sand on bis route can be planked Yes, says
the other, and could be "well" watered, and
will have to be, to enable any one to travel it
with loaded animal or team. The other says,
you induced two OK teamsters to bring their old
wagons up from below on the steamer to haul
goods out from your place to the lake. After
remaining month or SO, the teamstets shipped
them back on the same boat-they could Mt get
away from your place by land with a team
The othel retorts by saying, that no sensible
teamster would ever be caught in hts town
Come, come boys, this won't do. You have
commenced wrong, entirely wrong. You should
have been more friendly, more sOciable The
gentlemanly proprietors Of White Bluffs City
should have come down, soon as Riugold
city was established, and bought (Rpparently)
the finest lot in the town and paid down lin a
horn) the sum of five hundred dollars for the
same. Mr.. Rngold should have at once noti-
fed the world that "Mr. IL, dom fill this
blank with 'Humbug,) had secured the finest
| location for his business in all RingOld city;
that Mr.. II. was offered two hundred and ifty
dollars the next day for his batgair, but re-
fused 1t is Mr.. II Is. intention to erect four
story with basement) marble front building;
the full size of the lot-lOO1275 feet-for a first
! class Hotel, with all the new inventions and ap-
| plances and have the same ready in good rum
ming order for the fall trade.
! Mr.. RihGold should have Immediately repaired
to White Bluffs city and picked out similar To-
cality, lin horn) paying an enormous price for
the same, for the purpose OF erecting large FIRE
| proof Banking house This would give Mr.
Bluffs an opportunity 10 ''toot his hon" some
thing after the following style: "Mr D,
| don't fill this blank with 'Damphod') having
just returned from Washington City, where he
succeeded in securing the charter f3r the first
National Bank for Washington Territory, with a
capital of So, 900 900, intends erecting on 10.
recently purchased by him in White uffs city,
n large and commOdious Banking Eotse. The
building will not only be an ornament to tie
| city but will be equal if not superior to any
| building of the kind on the Pacific coast. It is
Mr.. D'S. intention to use Mr. Rangelay's pat
I cut in the construction Of his Banking house.
This patent is creating qhite fnrore in Eng
Land. II is a process by which SAND can be
cemented into blocks of granite, marble or sand
stone, of any shape, size or color, in 48 hours n
{0H S6aA s5N7q fge arg iaT SargTn 'cf Of profits and
not lose anything, don't you seel This course
would have attracted the attention of the immi.
grant, and in all human probability be would
not discover his error until after his arrival
which would be too late. See how much moro
| P'N"S""s ~ NOuIu Oe 10 i've amlCAOIY together,
or at least within twenty mile OF each other
than doing as you now are-quarreling over
nothing.
Remember what a widespread experience you
both have hadi remember the different town
site pets you have naFsed to death. Now YOU
seem determined to lash your present bautling.
into a life (rnder whip and spur) that will in
sure them the kicks and cufs of all well regula.
ted communities. Remember
There's not a vale in all the world,
However dark but thou hast trod;
There's not a sand hill but where has curld
Thy camp-fres, lacking (ouly) sod
Ger forest, field, or River-wave,
Thy dedthless peans have been heard;
The Clyote roars them in his cave,
They're shouted by the desert-bird.
wild and fearful dream is thine
More dread at every change of form;
The towns thOu'st worship'd all decline,
And leave thee in the night and storm
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