, 1889-07-11
FROM CALISPEL.
Immigrants stilI Arriving Hay ing
Commcnced---Socia Events.

CALIsPEL, July1, Correspondence
migrants are still arriving. Nearly all
the meadows between Rockyford Lake
and Calispel have been located. Settlers
coming from the dryer sections of the
country are delighted with these mead
OwS, with grass from two and n half to
four feet high. Calispel could contain
ten times its present number of inhabi-
tants II surveyed, as every settler would
then he confined to l60 acres.
Haying has commenced and IL Is quite
evident that this country will have to he
SOwn to tame grasses, as the wild grass
will not stand constant grazing and cut
ting, for in the last three years the yield
has somewhat decreased but wherever
sOwn to timothy or other tame grasses
has yielded unsurpassed crops. The
sunshine and CloudlesS skies we are now
having are especially suited for harvest
ing, and the worry and anxiety of East.
Cru farmers through showery weather
avoided. The Eastern man is astonished
how crops grow here week after week
with but n small rainfall during the
summer, till he discovers that moisture
rises from beneath, and that land, dusty
on the surface, is moist an inch beneath
the surface. The sheep men. who had
commenced their annual invasion of the
country, were politely informed by a
committee of fifteen that the people of
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run on the range of this section.
The first ball of this summer in aid of
East Balispel's sChOOhouSc, was sue
cess, y glance over the ballroom
showed vast improvement in costume.
Some of the ladies wore silk dresses, and
some gentlemen wore dress suits.
Though a large portion of the
animated conversation prevailed the as
sembly after introductions had been
made. Some of the dancers who had
never danced before displayed con-
siderable amount of awkwardness.
Forest fires have been raging but a
muCh-needed rain has eXtinguishcd
them.
In some ofthe bachelors halls of an
evening a dozen bachelors will assemble
and II greater variety of conversation
can scarcely be imagined. Republican,
ism, democracy and prohibition having
each their Jealous advocate. In rclir-
ious belief there was a still greater va
riety. Out of a dozen men not two could
be found who held the same belief |
doubt IL there are a dozen individuals in
the valley who could be considered
strictly orthodox by any church.
One Of our most deyOut settlers has no
confidence whatever in creeds and core
monies. but is an unreserved believer in
the Bible. The great majority of the set
tiers are those who merely believe in a
Supreme Power and every truth or pre-.
Ccpt in the Bible or elsewhere that is in
accord with common sense and reject
everything that has fabulous appear
ance on the surface. Bigotry, |
am glad to say, is, with u
few exceptions, unknown in Calispel.
Catholics, Protestants and freethinkers
In friendly and fair-minded discussion
Crticise each others forms of belief; this
has the effect of giving them all broader
and moro liberal ideas on the religious
questions of the day. Some of our best
debators sum the whole religious ques.
tion up as follows: Society must he
organized" The Christian churches have
in IA measure filed this want. They have
produced some of the noblest citizens of
The world. The enemies of their system
of social organization, before thev
attempt TO destroy that system, must
hold up to mankind better system of
organization, That system of organi2a-
tion and belief that produces the best
class of citizens will eventually take pos.
session Of the world.
ROBERT A. N. HARVEY.