The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-20
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

pire, and moonlight evenings come and F.
the woman movement increases il in /
terest, and the public meetings multi
ply, there is more and more itinerant
work continually presenting itself for
our personal consideration. When We
contemplate tie great galaxy OF reapers
for whom the harvest j. already ripe in
the Pacific Northwest, and then look
ruefulIy at the one pair Of willing
though feeble hands engaged in the
field work, the progress seems so unnec-
essariy slow that it requires more phi
losophy than we can always command
to reconcile US to the idea that the pub
lie toll has been, or is likely to be, ad-
justed equitably. But, constant as the
work il, and trying as some persons
might consider it, there is vast amount
Of genuine enjoyment connected with
il, as anybody would fiud who would
enlist, not Tor season, but for the en-
tire campaign.
On Thursday ~ last week, while the
rain was pouring, and the night, as dark
as EceLus, hung over the swollen VIII
lamelte, We rushed aboard the good
steamer Wide West and took refuge till
the morning in a handsome state-roOm,
above the rumbling roar Of busy trucks
and trampling feet, aud. listened all
night long to the babel OF sounds that
drove sweet sleep TO desperation. Our
destination was Vancouver, which the
great craft made by six A. Il. Here we
were met by Mr.. Ell. Slocum, Of the ho-
tel, who kindly carried the "Pilgrim"
that's our travelling baskerville we
walked leisureiy beside him to the trav-
eler's home, where the good landiady
was already astiT, and troops Of merry
children ditto Breakfast, and than
sightseeing.
The town has evidently awakened
from its long season Of letharCy, for
many slgus Of Improvement are TO be
seen on every hand Several new and
elegant residences have been erected
since our last visit, one OF the most
noticeable being that Of W. Byron Dan
iels, whose estimable mother presides
over its destinies, though (softly be it
whispered) there is strong talk that a
"nearer one yet, and a dearer one" (" is
soon coming home 10 assist IN this labor
OF love. Found Mr. Daniels hard at
work 10 his law Office; also Judge Stew
art, Speaker Of the late Territorial Leg
islature, whom many Washingtonians
are talking up for Congress, and Captain
Smallwood, whose term OF Federal ap-
pointment is soon to expire, but whose
ability as . lawyer will enable him TO
command an excellent practice at the
bar. Found our friend Auditor Brown
at work, as every good man ought to be,
with his capable wife as chief assistant,
and enjoyed a long call at the pleasant
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Cochran,
who are engaged in organizing a lecture
+ bureau. Mrs. Cochran has lately been
giving some addresses at Pekin, w. T.,
on the woman question, which are
highly spoken Of by the local press, and
We are hoping TO hear her before a Port
/ land audience at al early day. Mr.. S.
d. Naxon, who from the beginning Of
the publication Of this journal has been
one of its stanchest allies, has lately
been suffering from an acute neuralgia
affection. which has resulted in the loss
Of his right eye; but we found him
hopeful and cheerful, and trust ere long
] - 10 ahto % chrorfora HE oor,ufofo -.
covery. Mr.. Maxon has been much
afflicted with a dislocated ankle during
the Winter. Mrs. Sperry, dear friend
Of the long ago. is very low with con-
sumption but none OF the good people
named permitted their physical or
/ temporal ills TO dampen their enthusi-
asm over the one live issue Of the day,
which is human liberty. An hour was
most agreeably spent at the pleasant
home of the Haydens, whose fruit farm,
like that Of the Lamberts or Luellings
Of Milwaukie, is a vision Of paradise.
Made a good visit and spent the night
at the elegant new Daniels residence
before spoken Of, sud could not but wish
that all the young men and women in
the country would save their dimes,
quarters and dollars, as the owner Of
this home has done, until they can
make like showing OF thrift and enter
prise.
Vancouver is the most preliily situ-
ated town of the Pacific Northwest, and
one cannot but wonder that Portland
did not plant herself and grow there,
upon the banks of the Columbia, instead
Of dozen miles further inland, on the
Willamette. Property has advanced
considerably in value, though the con-
tested claims Of a number of trouble
some heirs have unsettled a good many
titles. 1t will take humanity a long
time to learn the great, important fact
that the earth is our common mother,
and that 1t is not the land, but the in
provements upon it, that are every
body's rightful possession.
Arrangements were made by our
friends for lectures on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings Of this week, after
which we engaged a seat in the over
land hack and departed for Portland and
home. The way led across the Colum-
bia by Captain Willis's steam ferry,
where the river at this season Of the
year is several miles in width aud occu-
pies half an hour IN the crossing. The
immense bridge across the lowlands was