, 1881-08-27
The Advance Guard.
The =. saase>n.n's Ssicans scsu,s Make
thr Qasrke>t kugxy Trip Go lrv-
i~fsh ON Record.
Lewiston. 1T. Au,. 22d. 81.

LEwIsIoN. l. T.. Aug. 22d. 81.
STaTEsNAN - Leaving Walla Walla
Sunday morning by the usual time II. L.
Holmes and arrived at Dayton per sched-
ule, and after two hours delay finally left
. for Pomerey, where at ) clock P. NJ We
arrived. WAS it possible TO 60 any fur
therf was the query propounded 10 the
livery man, xho is not of Tom T.erney's
stripe. ''Utteriy impossible. said the
]. M How Was the next inquiry
Well, the trip ircm Walla Walla to Lew
iston IN ore day had never been accom-
plished and besides the ferrymen surely
would not cr,ss Us. and few other shall
iGw excuses only persuaded US to push on
and make the tr.p The very fact that
il had never before been made convinced
me that il could be done Gnd that | could
make it. Holmes nohly seconded me and
finding they were in for II We were finally
permitted 10 leave, which We did at
rafting pace, arriving here nj II o clock
At night
TIRED ANG sLEEPY
As may be supposed, but with that calm
feeling OF superiority nj having achieved
the heretofore unattainable, which proved
n salve for our ruiiled tempers and aching
hones- With sufficient relays If horses
there is nothing 10 prevent the mail from
leaving Dayton on the arrival OF the tram
and reaching Lewiston at 0 P A. the same
night. :. We did il by twelve and fully
three hours We're consumed dilly. daily .
ing around waiting or the .oad Lewis
ton IS improving and her merchants are
prospering IN their usual quiet way. fis .
true that they groWl occasionally at the
company, bIt have been assured that .
il is not by reason Of what they consider .
extor,ionate rates, but from other causes .
which viii doubtless be remedied as time
wears Oh. 1 find the citizens are fully .
alive 10 the
ADVANTAGES oF \ RAILROAD,
And they have every source Of wealth .
around them at present lying dormant for .
want of efficient transportation. II is .
fact that there Is now, or soon will be. no .
loss than COCO tons of whea; here for
and capacity for only L. tons
per diem per steamer 10 carry all OF 1t
away and remeiHber this 10000 tons
could easily be increased to ten times the
amount with mere people 10 cultivate the
soil. have known the people OF this
tosn steadily for the past seventeen years
and the same faces and hands greet mt
to-day that looked kindly upon me when
4 mere boy. ! FIRST put my foot on the soil
j. iona years since; hospitable 3cnerousand
open hearted they are the same As IN helonS
ago. am always welcomed ana the peo-
pie appear Ia be proud of the success Of
one who left them and, as a mere stranger,
entered the arena of newspaperdom III
in Walia Nalla, where, slugle-haHdei
and alone, after combating enemies who
asked and do ask nothing better than To
do me mischief, achieved success and
made the STATESNAN pre-eminent above
all other newspapers on the northwest
coast; but there are other fields to conquer
and consider my work hut rs begun.
THE MOUNT IDAHO EBUPTioS.
So far no one has approached the
scene of the supposed voicanic eruption
IN the Salmon river mountains, but 1T >,
A. NJ, Holmes and start for the
place, and need not tell the readers of
The STATESMAN that the first trustful ac-
count of the mysterious occurrence viii
be read by theoi. | have every reason
his affair. 6ht 'mihk R"a 'ff'si,'geittlHH54 ff's,
eruption. Assisted by Holmes, | am
,oing TO descend into the very bowels Of
he crater, If such be necessary to give
IN adequate description of the same,
Maybe We shall catch old Nick himself,
and il 80 We w;ll bring him home for
exhibition. +. J. PARkER.