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, 1890-10-02
HERE rs "INFORMA TON"

Mr.. Leon Lasher, the portly Chi
cago gentleman who came out here
and tried TO manage the Hotel Spo-
kane, has certainly missed his call
ing. He ought to travel around the
world and write books filled with
his observations. His perceptive
faculties are simply marvellous. He
was In this city only half year,
lso days, and yet he picked up in
formation that no one else ever sue
ceeded in obtaining, not even old
Inhabitants who have been In this
country for ten or twenty years.
Mr.. Lasher has been interviewed
by n Chicago Times reporter, and
has advanced "A number of entirely
new and startling observations. He
shows that while he was here on a
flying visit of six months he was
not asleep all of his time. but that
he occasionally opened his ears and
eyes and learned many things that
the ordinary visitor has entirely
overlooked. In the course of his
talk with the Chicago reporter, Mr..
Lasher advanced the following
brilliant observations on Spokane's
water power. Those familiar with
the tastes and habits of the gentle.
man would hardly have credited
him with so profound II store OF
knowledge on the water question.
Here is little moroccan that will
produce u great deal of hilarity
among the REVIEW readers:
But water Ii Spokane only had
water. The whole water supply of Spo.
kane depends on the Cordelean lake
and the Spokane river both OF which
are wet weather reservoirs. will ex-
plain the term wet weather When the
snow begins 10 melt on the mountains
the streams OF water thus formed
flow down and swell Lake Cordeleun into
u great body of water, which In turn
feeds the Spokane river But the sup
ply of water from the melting snow lasts
only n short time, and scarcely any rain
fnis from May until September, in con-
sequence of which Cordelean lake be-
comes q dry, empty basin, In which the
children umuso themselves at hlde-apd
seek ard by building tcastles in the sand
- Front Pitcher Of water for 402.
'As said before, the lake which feed,
the Spokane river goes dry. and in con.
quence the river Is reduced to what VIC
call in the East creek SO, you sec,
the water supply in Spokane is very
tickle; and for that reason manufacture
ing Is kept In n very primitive state
We have supper at6, gentlemen, fifteen
minutes yet.
"Waterworks, did You say? They
can't utilize waterworks without water
tell you IL doesn't rain In Spokane our
ing he summer months. Freight rate,
are very high on the lines leading inte
Spokane. Ican snip from Chicago ts
, 1890-10-02
WHO Sd VED THE UNION!

Mr.. Thomas Carroll, democratic
nominee for congress in this state,
is now taking turn at that favorite
puzzle of his party, which thousands
have worked at and none have ever
solved.
Mr. Carroll Is wearing out good
steel pens, consuming a great deal
of Ink, and courting sore throat In
n laudable but impossible effort to
prove that the democratic party
saved the Union and stamped out
slavery He has had issued II
pamphlet en- titled, '"The Democratic
Party the True Soldiers Best
Friend"
Now that all depends. If Mr..
Carroll means that the democratic
party was the best friend of the
soldiers who wore gray uniforms
and caps bearing the significant let
ters &c. S. A." he is running hand
in hand with history; but If he is
seriously seeking to whitewash the
black war record of his party he is
trying to strangle history and eXalt
that party to heights of patriotism
that Ill befit Its true record,
So long as Mr.. Carroll confined
his appeals to the voters to the lau-
datlon of his own war record there
would probably have been no issue,
but when he seeks to glorify the rec
ord Of his party at the expense of
the real defe ~ ders of the Union he
will not pass unchallenged.
He lays great stress upon the fact
that the border states, now voting
the democratic ticket, sent large
armies of Union troops into the
field, and seeks to draw from that
the deduction that the democratic
party armed and equipped those
men and fired their zeal with the
inspiration that carried them
through victorious fields of battle.
Never was sophistry more palpable.
The Union troops that marched out
Of Missouri and Indiana and Ken
tucky were republicans. They voted
for Lincoln in the field, aud not for
Mcclellan and a platform, written
by the notorious copperhead, Val
landingham, declaring the war n
failure and calling for peace on any
terms. The democrats of the border
states drifted unerringiy into the
confederate ranks, or skulked at
home and declared the war fail
ure.
Democrats like Mr.. Carroll who
went into the Union army and in
consistently stood by the very party
that declared their efforts failure
were the exception.
Mr. Carroll has uphill work in
attempting to defend the war record
of the democracy. Adler men than
he have attempted to prove the i'm
possible, and withodteX ception have
failed. The republican party sprang
into existence because the demo-
Gratis were neither able nor willing
to antagonize the South, the land
of its friends. 1t was the party of
Lincoln and Grant that planned
the campaigns that broke the back
of the rebellion. MIR. Carroll
knows this, or he is easily deceived
by his own sophistry.
, 1890-10-02
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WHY DR1G HIN FOR TIL?

Somebody writing under the nom
de plume of Farmer in, the last
issue of II Cheney paper, attempts to
defend the vote of Misrepresenta-
tive Grubb on the tide land bill. 1t
has taken very long while for this
defender to fire off his blunderbuss,
but now that he has succeeded, after
an interval of several months, and
after the republican party has buried
Mr.. Grubb for voting for that bill,
perhaps his well-meant hut postum
nous efforts are entitled to consid-
Grafton. Here Is the defense:
| have been constant reader of the
SPOKANE FALLS REVIEW and also your
paper for the past year and have read
the various articles relating to Mr..
Grubb.
Now, Mr.. Editor, | wish to inform
you chat am farmer the same as Mr..
Grubb and also that 1 have been ac-
quainted with that gentleman for nearly
thirty years.
Tho malicious attacks made upon him
by the REVIEW, ana frequent reference
to him i'm connection with tho tide land
steal, Us tney Cuii ", nus worry niue
weight with those who are we'll ac-
ouainted with Mr.. Grubb. He was
among the first of the brave men who
Joined the United States army and
fought for his country all through the
rebellion, and better soldier never
lived. He was also one of the
first men who voted the
republican ticket, and has voted 1t every
time since then upto this date, and
will, no doubt, do the same this fall.
Mr.. Grubb is as patriotic and loyal citi-
zen ms ever marched In the republican
ranks. He is an honest and upright
man, a good citizen, and is highly re-
spected by all those who have known
his record back to his boyhood, and
know that II is clcan and above reproach.
1t occurs to me that the REVIEW has
wusted much valuable time during the
past six months in its attacks upon Mr..
Grubb, and. in our opinion, it is folly for
a leading republican paper to use its
columns in condemning prominent
members of Its own party. FARMER.
Mr.. Grubb's war record has not
the faintest bearing on his action in
voting for the measure. 1t is re-
markable and a dangerous PROPOSE
ton, that q legislators official acts
, 1890-10-02

Willamette differently from the pub
lie, always writing IL "Walamet. I"
That Is the way 1t was spelled when
the judge, who now wears tho
judicial erminc Of the United States,
came to this country, but II he
would go little further back ne
would find the name appearing diff
ferently in Washington Irving's
"Astoria."
The judge has suddenly become
quito popular at Seattle. AT Ia.
coma, however, he is not so great q
favorite. The Seattle board of trade,
at its meeting Tuesday night,
gravely took up and discussed his
interview In the Post Intelligencer.
II was resolved that he was gen.
tleman and scholar, aud knew
what he was talking about, and II
was ordered that O handsomely
framed copy of the interview be
sent to Mr.. Garnett, chief topogra-
pher of the United States geological
survey. The question was the main
topic of interest at the meeting.
In the meantime we shall await
with considerable interest the result
of the next meeting of the Tacoma
board of trade, which will be
lamentably and culpably remiss In
its duty II 1t permits tho matter to
drop without an official protest that
will shake the geological survey out
of its boots If 1t ever dares:to call
the mountain Rainier.
Now Ii 1t were Spol<ane's fight,
our people would speedily and eff
fectually dispose of this question ol
nomenclature. The first dark nigh,
that rolled around we should send Il
number of our young men upon that
mountain and settle the dispute by
painting the name "Spokane''
across the mountain, In letters hall
mile long, so that he who runs
might read. Then when the aver
age tourist adjusted his eyeglasses
aud focused them upon tho mount
ain he could learn its name without
making unnecessary inquiries.
That Is the only way tn settle the
dispute, and the first city that takes
this advice Ia going TO win its point
, 1890-10-02
THE FAIR.

It seems so brief period since
the first nebulous conception of the
Spokane exposition was published
In the REVIEW that II Is difficult tc
realize that the day of consumma
tion is at hand-that the products o.
an empire broader and richer than
that Of the Caesars have been gath.
cred from fields and factories, from
mountains and mines, from rolling
forests and fertile plains, and hur
ried hither by steam and placed be
meath a single great roof
Yet the work is done. Details vel
remain to be rounded out, tardy ex'
hibits will have to be hurried uy
and unpacked, hut for all that Spo
kane feels as though the hardes,
part Of the battle had been fought,
To-day she will pass upon what has
been achieved. Tomorrow she
opens her gates to the world, conf.
dent In the fairness of its verdict,
and having no fear as to the result
of the ordeal.
Difficulties innumerable have beer
encountered and overcome. OF these
the outside public has slight knowl-
edge, and some of them are even
unknown to the people of Spokane.
Some men who promised most have
broken faith and done the least
others, who held back In u spirit OF
conservatism, have come to the
front and surpassed their promises,
But enough of this. The exposi'
tion will be opened to-day, and |,
will be q success. 1t will help the
city, and 1t will help the state. l,
will prove q revelation to more thar
half the people of this city, and II
will disappoint none.
Within u few days appearances
will be much better than at present.
Everybody expects the usual delay.
and disappointments. Exposition:
established for many years can not
avoid them, but Spokane, with al
the hurry and hustle, and in spite
of the strike of the carpenters, will
have as few OF these shortcoming,
as could be expected by the most
exacting visitor.
Turn out to the opening exercise.
to-day, and take your family. Never
mind little mud or mist, If the sur
should not be shining, The crowt
Is the best half of any exposition
1t is the crowd that makes presi
dental convention 80 attractive ant
fascinating. With q crowd, and
music. and the largest exposition
building In the Pacific North west
running over with exhibits, there
need be no concern over the success
of the Spokane exposition.
, 1890-10-02
THE RAILROADS

The news printed by the REVIEW
this morning from Waterville
comes very near settling the question
of the Great Northern's route. Let
us hope this will prove definite. If
there is a single spot in all the wide
West where the Great Northern
has not been going to run the public
has yet to hear of it. Its terminus
has been located all the way from
the California line to the interna-
tional boundary upon the north, 1t
has been arranged for it to cross the
Columbia river and the Cascade
mountains ut eight or ten different
places, to parallel all the other
transcontinental roads and cross
their tracks, and to strike all the
towns now In existence and n large
number yet unborn. There never
yet was Il road quite so remarkable
az this Great Northern, this modern
mystery of railroading. But where
ever it runs it will certainly strike
Spokane Falls and the Pacific ocean.
Not long ago this paper pointed
out the improbability of the road
avoiding the great agricultural area
Of Eastern Washington in order TO
penetrate n wild and mountainous
region to the north. That would
have been contrary to the general
principle of railroad construction
which leads new lines to seek
ug icultural districts, and to tap the
mining regions with lateral spurs at
their leisure. True, the Great North
ern will have to parallel the Central
Washington branch of the n orthern
Pacific; but Is that an improb-
ability? Does II not occur to the
reader that Mr.. Hill is playing n
parallel game from start to finish?
Complaint comes from Tacoma
that the Northern Pacific railway is
not carrying the newly harvested
wheat to the seaboard. The en-
planation is offered that the COM
pany is In want of rolling stock, but
that fails to appease the Tacoma
people, who realize that large pro-
portion of the prosperity of their
city is directly due TO it's advantages
as n wheat-shipping port. Their
warehouses are waiting, but the
wheat fails to pour in.
Upon this side of the mountains
there is Likewise feeling of gro win 9
discomfort. The farmers think they
are not being paid sufficiently fol
their wheat. They claim that the
price does not advance in proportion
to the advances in the great markets
of the world, and suspect the exist.
ence of wheat ring that Is holding
back the years crop and bearing the
market. If such exist, 1t Is Il men.
ace to the prosperity of the entire
inland empire. Spokane's interests
are indissolubly linked with the in.
terests of the producing Glasses. ANY
combination that Is aimed agains,
the farming interests Is u blow al
Spokane Falls. This ought To he q
matter for the joint consideration ol
the farmers and the various board,
of trade. 1t should not be permitted
to drag along In the hope that 1t vii
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work itself out. Such evils go from
bad to worse.

Ultimately the government win
get every dollar that Is owing 1t bs
the Union Pacific. AS recon-,
mended by the government dlrec.
tors, though, as a matter of self-pro.
lection, the government win havo
to deal generously with thu
company, and permit 1t to spend
the greater portion of Its net earn.
ings In betterments and extensions
Any attempt now at holding thu
company to the letter of its bond
would bankrupt 1t and ruin tho
prospects of the governments got.
ting back It's money. The road
must look to the future for its saliva.
ton. 1t must grow along with thu
country 1t pierces, and it ought to
20 further still and grow ahead OF
the country.
The report just submitted by tho
government directors Is encourau.
ing. True the earnings of the old
Oregon Railway Il Navigation Com.
pany show a decrease, and tho ON.
Grating expenses heavy increase
for the first six months of the year.
but that Is the result of the cXcep.
onalinisfortunes that overw helmed
the company last year, and there is
reason to believe that with the era
of remarkable prosperity which now
has dawned upon the entire section
of country pierced by this system
the next report will show q crafty.
ing increase of earnings, and re-
turn to the ordinary cost of opera
, 1890-10-02

horseback two years previously,
with party of Ave, including two
heroic ladies, determined To drive a
wagon overland from the Missouri
river TO the Pacific coast.
Ho went to Washington and
labored with the statesmen of the
day TO convince them Of tho value
Of the disputed domain, and coun-
teract the influence Of British em-
lssarles who had circulated reports
Of most discouraging nature re-
gardlng the broad territory known
rs Oregon, extending then from the
California line to an underlined
boundary on the north, and from
the Pacific ocean to what Ii now
the eastern line Of Idaho. Return
ing, he demonstrated the practical
bility of travelling on wheels from
ocean to ocean, though the last
hundred miles or so was made with
only two wheels of the wagon.
The example was followed by n
large immigration from Illinois and
Missouri. "If ono man can take a
wagon over the mountains,n reas-
oned the intending immigrants, "a
caravan will have little difficulty, by
helping each other, in doing the
same" Although their fullest hopes
failed of realization, for the long
journey was full of hardships and
privatlons, they reached the land of
their hopes, and saved it to the
stars and stripes.
In the light of these achievements,
participated In by hosts of women
and children, how pitiable becomes
the 'pathflnding" of Adventures
who followed In their wake, after
the lapse of several years, and sought
to rob them Of their hard earned
hon0rs.
Briefly the discovery, exploration
and settlement of the Pacific North
west was accomplished in this order
Captain Gray, of the ship Column
bia, was the first white man to enter
the great river that bears the name
of his vessel. Then came the re
markable overland journey of Lieu
tenants Lewis and Clarke, made in
1904, followed by the ill-starred
efforts of John Jacob Astor to estab-
lish the fur industry. Later came
the British fur traders, and after
them the Whitman missionary
party. Then the Eells party, and
then after them the tide of lmmigra-
tion from the Mississippi valley.
After the path had been well beaten,
Fremont followed In 1894.
The pen ofthe historian will some
day dispose of the cheap pretension,
of latter day explorers, and point
with thrilling pride to such men as
Lewis and Clarke, and to the mis-.
sionary associates of DIR. Whitman.
, 1890-10-02

TUE REVIEW is in receipt of secret ao-
vices from Seattle, which indicate tn"s
its Andrew Jackson contemporary, 'he
Evening Chronicle, may soon DO 10,
lieved of good portion OF the heat anu
burden incidental to uphoding tho prih-
ciples of democracy. At secret mee'-
ing held In that city Tuesday nigh', an
emissary from u certain morning shee'
in this city, which has dabbled cons'o-
erably in republican politics of spokane
Fails and Idaho, aud invariably WIN
the evident purpose OF creating dissen-
sions, made overturcs to dcmocrauo
leaders looking to its coming out squa,e-
toed for the democratic nominees. in
other words, after having "workeu
number of misguided republican ore'u-
ren for all there was in 1t, this irresons'-
BILE Hopper is now seeking TO work "'o
democratic brethren. Since every cause
and every candidate that has ever oeon
afflicted with the whitening friendsh'p
of :the fiighty sheet In question h"s
found itself in the soup, the democrn's
brethren may be set down Us eighteen
carat chumps If they should be looms"
enough to dip into ,hoir sack TO sup''-
die the hoodoo. The question now up
for consideration Is, How will our a"
drew Jackson contemporary fancy
division OF the democratic heldf
, 1890-10-02
DIR. WHIT,MAN',S FAMO US
EIDE,

Rev. Cushing Eells, who spoke In
the First Congregational church oi
this city Sunday, declared, with his.
torical truth and justice, that the
American missions did much to save
the Pacific Northwest to the stars
and stripes.
The REVIEW has been taken to
task by Eastern newspapers for seek.
ing to tear the laurels from the brow
Of Fremont, who long posed as 9
pathfinder. II history is agains,
the claims and pretensions of Ere.
mont, the responsibility rests no,
with this journal. 1t has stated iu.
disputable facts.
DIR. Marcus Whitman and wife,
Rev. II. II. Spalding and wife, and
Mr.. w. II. Gray came overland to
this wild land in 1886, seven years
before Fremont started from the
Missouri river AS pathfinder"
Other white men had penetrated
Oregon, but the wives of these mis-
sionaries were the first white women
to set foot upon all this broad will
derness. For the sake of history,
and In the interest of truth and
justice, the REVIEW has given
credit where credit belongs.
Rev. Eells briefly spoke of DIR.
Whitman's now famous ride across
the continent 1t was a masterful
conception, and was executed with
remarkable spirit and bravery. The
brave old pioneer missionary under.
took to disprove the statement made
In the halls of congress, that II would
be physical impossibility to travel
overland to the Pacific coast with q
wagon, which had depressing
effect upon n large number o.
Americans whose fancy had long
been caught by the bright reports
made by explorers and trappers re
garding the beauty of the Pacific
Northwest, Its fertile valleys and
mild climate, and who were looking
ahead with eager interest 10 the
acquisition of Oregon by the United
States. To counteract this danger.
Gus influence DIR. Whitman, who
had made the overland journey on
, 1890-10-02

shall not be questioned because he
served In the Union army during
the war of the rebellion. Aiter
reading that remarkable declaration
we mr., not In the least surprised NJ
the equally untenable assertion that
'It IL folly for republican news
papor to use It's columns In con-
demning prominent members IN its
own party" Farmer must nave
IA low standard Of journalism as MS
model when he ventures such an as
sertion. So long as the REVIEW il
able to lift It's voice 1t proposes TO
assert the lofty prerogative OF criti'
cisipg the official acts Of the mem
bers Of any party. 1t could not uo
otherwise and retain its own sell
respect.
The kindest course that the
friends of Mr.. Grubb can pursue Is
to allow the hand of time to soften
the effect of his vote on the tlde
land bill. The best defense that has
ever been advanced in his behalf
was the declaration that he sold his
vote for local interests. Mr.. Grubo
is out of politics now. The repuo-
lican party and the public genera'iy
look upon his legislative record In a
very different light from that sci
forth by "Farmer."
It would have better appearance
If Mr.. Grubb's defender had uttered
his defense over his own signature
Can it be possible that he, too, Is
ashamed to come out openly ano
say good word for his misrepre
| aantatiyaO
, 1890-10-02

RAINIZR OR TACOMA!

Are we never to hear the end of
the controversy between Seattle and
Tacoma over the name OF the snow
mountain Of the Cascade range that
once went under the title of Rainier,
and which the people of Tacoma in
sist upon naming after their town?
Judge Matthew p. Deadly, OF Ore
gon, one of the early pioneers, has
been visiting at Seattle, and the
papers have interviewed him and
published his declarations In favor
of the name Rainier. The Judge is
II great stickler for old names aud
customs. 10 this day he spells
, 1890-10-02

Horace Greeley was great man,
u good man; one Of the very
, 1890-10-02
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THE SEPTEMBER GRAND JURY SWOHy IN.

The september Grsnd Jury took III" oath OF omoe
yesterday before Recorder smyth William = HIM.
was appointed foreman. lie lives at No Il WEI
Thirty -eighth.et.. and is a dealer in r'"at a ""S"
inston Market and In ether places The o'ner St'"'
iurors arc Theodore +. Tack. No. l. West hts"''
sccond.st; William 4. Rose. M. EaSi Ie''' So
Frederick Mead IT, No. West Fifty ,iN'hst' JANIS
r. spsrknan. No. 100 West One hund>dare l"e"''
th,rd.st sllas Downing. Windsor Hotel: hlper -
Martin No 1872 West Thirty .nrSt-.t. Charles L. ''
M . Vest Forty eiehth-s.: John G. MdarfhS' w.
Al Morton.st. Louis s. Brush. No. 40 west se'"
tenth ST.; David l.. 81. John. No. 23i West "'o
drcd and thirty fourth ST.: John W. Camp'e"' -,
West Eleventh.st.: George q. Gon"n. NO. " -
Fifty eighth 81. Grard Foster. NO - Fif'h's'e' w"
L. Rikcr. No 10 West Fitty >cventa-s'' sFsn'"''
Never No East Fifty seventh St. jacob > i'"S;
No I:IA Lexington ave. Aaron N'ln ..rv.o.,.
Water st. Richard b. Greenwood. ~, ~ ta 49,, ,1n,
second st.: Putrck t. Maioney, No. I'D w linn.
hundred and wenty fourth st.: ArAhiM'' h an x,
No l4S East seventy second t.: h's n Samu i
300 East ORC hundr.S,.ana forty hiI ~ AIN Ih. charc.
Auf,.auser No ll2 East >iNty sec NJ" y. ", nsr,.I
of me Recorder did Not Nfcr 10 any a ,a w.. tr.nd
Importance which were TO DC brought pc'o'e wv
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