Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-01-23
Hawley Thorn's Trip.to Spokane Falls.


In the morning, when we had gone
some distance from the house, one of
my companions pointed to a male
mountains sheep and said that was the
Only butter I'd see Oh the trip. ! was
81 Weakened that / could not break
silence for two hours.
As we crawled up or rolled down
and wound around the mountains oil
our way to the Tukannon, | saw Off to
the1right the Blue mountains giving a
buck saw edge to the horizon. All
around, the rich dark soil was turned
in great square patches which, with
the snow, looked ike a tremendous
quit, keeping warm the Fall wheat
until the magic finger of Spring beck
ons tato come up higherto have a
head ut on it. In passing Tukannon
posto&ce we saw several freighters
loaded with whisky for Spokan. Their
wagons were filled also. Our fellow
traveller took up the lines and after
drive Of couple of hours we arrived
at crack in the earth, and my com
panion told me was OH the brink of
Colfax. We frightened the belly bands
and girths, and braced ourselves ON
the brake, and went down and down.
When we struck bottom | felt that
Cslfax must be verv low W., w.. ~ ,,.-
only thing I saw above the surround
ing country was the weather cock on
top Of the Ewart House. They put
that up to t i...a out how the wind
blows.
Colfax has population of 800 PEG
pie people who have got down iii
that crack and have never had the
strength to crawlout Yet they make
the best of their situation If | had
so poor situation as Colfax has I'd
throw It up, even if they doubled my
salary. The place would remind me
very much Of Harper's Ferry if Har-
sper's Ferry would slide down hill
about quarter Of a mile They told
me Colfax was in her infancy. Yes,
| said, and she'll never get out Of her
cradle. It's too deep. Still she has a
good start. 1t may be she's planted Il
little too far dswn to ever sprout, as
the gardner said Of his departed wife;
but this is wonderful country, and
the Palouse may rise high enough yet
to bring Colfax to the surface. AT
present this stream don't seem to be
disturbed i'll the least, Stays right in
its bed and never gets up to seewhat !
the matter.
Colfax has vim, enterprise, good ho
), tells and o pretty little postoffice. Col
4 Tx has grit. Some day fre,nied
Chinook viii spill one of the adjoining
4 MlsDver on her; then she'll have
''sand.' In the way of manufacturing
producing what she wants 3 she can
hold big-six candle to Walla Walla
Her men are manly, her women hand.
some, and her youth-well--stylish
They shave often, and wear their hair
unlike Sampson, yet they have their
Delilah in the person of lady barber
who delivers them into the hands of
the Philistines about twice a week.
She can grow up and down the Pa
louise, but for spreading herself she
will never count.
In the evening | walked down to-
wards the Gazette office, intending to
drop in. As passed the first window
glanced and saw a pretty young man
Of say twenty, exercising with lager
bottles as substitutes for Indian clubs
only that he was pulling on them
instead Of swinging them. He got
stired of that, then took up candle
1 enl aaste-pot and began FASTING notices
in conspicuous places. He just be-
spattered the interior with notices.
thought, first, his object was to keep
the cold out, or to try new kink in
interior decoration, but ON strainine
my eyes, | read one Of them. 1t was
as follows:
mo matter who writes editorials for
the Gazette; the publisher alone is re-
sponsible for all matter, barring cor
Respondents, that appears in these col
umns."
| had not the heart to 60 in.
claim to have as much fellow feeling
~ any man, and my breast is often
asovea'by the swoop of pity. There
are times and occasions in every mans
life that must be respected occasions
when, 70 intrude, would be to add to
Sanlens already bending him like =
: ed This was such an occasion. I
DIDN'T 60 IN. II I had, il would have
been to suggest the formation of a
joint-stock company to share the re-
spcnsibiiity. 1t was too much for one
MAN So that if yoa have deep
seated, rasping grudge against man,
you could give him few shares; you
could then go to sleep aud let him
walk nights. W. IT. Onion.