The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-06-03
a Letter from "Chemeketa.
SALEM. May y. lSS23.

a Letter from 'Chemeketa.'
SALEM. May y. 1852.
EDITcE A>roEIAN:
'Tie no lonesome isle on a boundicSs
main,
NJ brilliant but distant shore.
Where the loved ones who are called
away.
! Must go to return no more.
| The eye that Shut, in dying hour
! Will open the next in bliss:
The welcome will sound in heavenly
| world
t Ere the farewell is hushed in This.
! Although somewhat late, it seems
bur proper 10 speak a passing word Of
Robert Trenchard. who lately passed
away in This city, 10 linda last resting
! place in his home i'll Astoria. During
| his short residence here Mr.. Trench
ard made many warm friends, aud his
sudden call 10 the other land vas
matter Of regret to all who had known
him. Especial sympathy went ont for
the mother so sadly bereayed
That neat little newspaper craft.
THE DAILY AsroRIAN. sails regularly
into the harbor Of home, full-laden
with news from the growing city that
looks calmly seaward; its hold filled
with choice selections: its cabin with
editorials on current topics, carefully
worded: the locals are the familiar
faces on deck; it is full-rigged and
atauuch. May il never tc wrecked on
the rocks Of politics, or on the shoals
and quickSands 81 adversely; may its
sails never be furlcd, and may i, coli
time to sail on the sea Of Pr"sperity
| Of this Capital city it may be said
that 1T never rains bat It
pours." Politics. like a tidal wave,
swept Oyer the place when The state
nominations were made. being Is
pecial!y violent IN one party because
of opposing factions. Bot II is n trinc
nminterestinT 10 non -par,iSans 90 note
that when election day comes it brings
the voters 10 their senses; the disap'
pointed otlicc-scckcr and the snccoss.
full candidate alike vote straight,
the ballot-boX seeming 10 be thu
: leveler of all differences. The tmC
great parties are, probably, this year
more equally divided than ever be
fore known in the history ii ''nlC
| Marion
g Sncceediu. the state election mex
week, the first event will be III,
printers picnic, On which mnci
printers ink has already been used
for that day the printer will hold tul
= sway, in social way IN" rhyme i'll
# tendctU. Rule" ''forns" are I
l. be discarded. anu the :ith Of june
l. to be a rcd-lettcr day, n milestone oj
> the icadcu, inky road that the typ
/ ordinarily travels. The citizens pr'
+ pose assisting il t" II successful ISSUE
ls Bands "f nnsic, games, and picni
1i will tighten up The ccrnai shadows {
N Marion square.
'e The citizens "f Salem are at pre-!
~ cnt individually and collectively iute
;, estea in the new wooden mill prnjet
10 proposed by William Reid. and sc,
II eral Of our mos! energetic people ha,
been upon tbs streets, sutscriptiu
paper IN hand, tn rai>e the Slj,W
necessary 10 insure the undertaken,
." Mr.. Reid proposes. ii that same
he pledged, To- bnild Il six story bris
III building in north Salem, "m the site
Ut the old mills burned in 1876. II
I" subscriptions have already reached Il
re amount named, and the mill "
u doubtless be commenced NJ an ear
a" day. 1t is almost Il "forlorn hop
SCI which makes our citizens bestir theI
H. selves, for the inert state of the pla
IL has almost been reproach for yeai
en- This appears to be a tide in It's atfai
'o which, il taken at It's How, will LEI
FIJI on to better fortune.
The Statesman, as you perhaps ha
tst noticed, has extended to all the new
ng paper craft Of the state, cord
er. invitation to attend the printers p
es- nic on the 9th. 4 representati
, from Astoria wouid be heartily "
IN. comed.
de commencement exercises at ,
the Willamette University will begin
the 18th, and contnue four da,
n. This Is regarded rs olr most imDo
.. ant annual events from social Al
tha literary point of yiew.
off You have of course heard much
he the insane asylum building, but TO
pbt appreciated in its great size and s
,nt- roundings it must be- visited. 1t
ali simply and grandly immense. Th
stories in height with wings nearly