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, 1890-05-15
THE CONTINUOUS wooDS

That youth who In another col
umn Of the REVIEW severely CEN
s,ires the poet Bryant for his geo
graphical knowledge of the Pacific
Northwest has only himself TO blame.
''fake the wings OF morning and
the Barcnn desert pierce, or lose thy
self In the continuous woods where
rolls the Oregon and knows no
sound save It's own dashings.v A
general impression prevails that
when the poet wrote about the Bar
can Desert he was thinking about
Northern Africa. That Is an error.
Mr.. Bryant was merely employing
a figure OF speech, aud was really
Aiinding TO that sandy stretch OF
county between The DaIles and
Umntiila Junction, Of which the
co,pflainant draws no drcary n
picture, and OF tho hospitality OF
Whose inbH itants lie cntcrtains SO
ponr un opinion. 80 is a matter o,
fsct tho wandering youth who fol
lowed the inspiration OF the preco
closss poet was pegging away in th,
I<arcan sicxsrt when lie should have
taken The other cue and confined
himself 70 the continuous woods.
Mr., fiolce inl,osx under dclusIor
&heu he infiinnlcs that William
<n1len Bf3npt nos on the wrong
|..| I. " a IL
, 1890-05-15
A lPOoLEN lIILL.


S'pokane's future greatness Is
largely dependent upon the extent
of her manufactures. Hitherto, the
limited population of the Pacific
Northwest has prevented develop
ments In this direction, since II lack
of market made itmore economical
To purclln'e goods of Eastern manu-.
lacture. But the old conditions are
swiftly vanishing with the advent
OF Immigration. The time has come
for the fostering of industrial enter
prlses. II tllls should be neglected,
the inevitable result would be u
gradual slibsidence In the wave Of
immigration, because Washington,
with her wide variety of resources,
il not capable OF maintaining II large
population by agriculture and stock
growing alone.
The Development Of the greater
part of the resources of this state
will be measured In the future by
the character and extent of home
manufactures. The points now to
he considered by the citizens Of
Spokane Falls are What lines Of
, 1890-05-15
"PovERTY RIA rS.p

During the past week the people
of this city have been given an in
sight into an unknown land. AL.
though the district known rs "Pov-
crty Flats" lies within the very
heurt of the city, and is peopled by
hundreds Of industrious residents,
their mode of life, their hopes and
aspirations were involved In quite
Gs deep an air of uncertainty as IL
they were living In some Turkish
province. The average citizen living
outside the bounds of this terra
incngnita has gone about his daily
duties, seldom stopping to question
the occupants OF the flats. Perhaps
he has won dered, occasionally, as
he stood upon the bluffs overlook
ing tEe flats, about the occupants
of the little ''shacks" and tents that
ARE scattered about so thickly on the
beautiful slopes and pine-clad
benches leading down to the river,
Does II never occur to the reader
that that part of the city IL seldom
heard of i'm the courts? That the
services of the peace officers are
hardly ever required In Poverty
Flats? Yet such is the case, and it
affords us an insight into the law.
abiding character of those people.
In the main they are industrious
citizens who choose TO live in that
manner rather than pay out con.
siderable portion of their earnings
for rent.
Within the past few days report.
ers of the REVIEW have gone
among these thrifty people, aud In
every house they Were treated with
courtesy, and in many Instances
with graceful hospitality, Many Of
the dainty dcni1cns of the aristo-
cratic portions OF the town would
I've surprised at the comforts that are
enjoyed In some of these unpreten-
tious homes Music, and literature,
and song-hirds are not confined to
the homes OF the wealthy, as visit
10 Poverty Flats will attest.
And, after all, the resident of the
flats who meets his duties and pays
his way rs he goes Is by far better
citizen than he who lives in Idle.
ness aud spOnges his way, Il mat
tcrs not how fine his raimcnt nor
how high his station.
, 1890-05-15

Lewiston Idahol Teller. Spokane
has lately addod another attraction to
her list by securing the industrial OK.
position lately proposed. Spokane
mover misses an advantage to take step
forward. There is every reason for be
lioving that the exposition will be n
grand success. The material interests of
large scope of country now center at
Spokane, It is country practically un.
developed, Il country rich in resources
Let zach section out OF its abundance
furnish but small part and there will
he material fora grand display. Here
is glorious opportunity for Lewiston
to show VIII at wealth of products lie
within her territory. The opportunity
is too good a one to be passed by. Act
i've work has already began elsewhere
The architects are preparing plans for
the building, The exposition will be
opened September II and continue one
month.
, 1890-05-15
THE UNIT OF VALUE.
Biii Int roduced ON tho Subject by
Senator Plumb.

WASHINGTON. May Ex-senator Plumb
to-day introduced bill providing that
the unit OF value In the United States be
tho dollar, and that 1t may be coined of
4l2Ii grains OF standard silver or 20 $40
grnins Of standard gold, each TO bo
equally legal tender for all purposes
Any owner OF silver bullion may depo,It
u at any mint In tho Irni,od
States to be formed into stnndapJ
silver dollars or bars for his benefit nnJ
without ch arge, but II shall be lawlnI Nv
refuse any deposit of less value tbnp
1000, or any bullion too base for H."
operations Of the mint. In any dcposIi
oil silver m whiol, gold aud silver ORE nro
combined, no allowance shall be mads
ior the gold unless the metals can be
separated advantageously, ~" oe
, 1890-05-15

The Austrian national hymn has,
IL appears, become almost unrecog-
nizable in the midst of the orches-
trail fllagree work with which band
masters have decorated IL; 80 the
order has gone forth that the hymn
is to be played throughout the em-
pire only as Haydn originally ar
ranged 1t. This leads the Chicago
Herald TO remark that the rebuke
Is well deserved, and II would be
well IL the hint thus given were
taken in all quarters where liberties
are taken with great popular melo-
dies. To which the REVIEW begs
to add that no sound CRATES
more harshly on the ear of n
patriot than the rattle-te-bang
variations usually thrown into the
fragments of "rhe Star Spangled
Banner'' and 'IIome, Swee
Home" when produced nowaday
In public. Grander verses and
sweeter music have never been COM
posed, but the coming generation
will never hear them In their origl-
nal purity unless something Is done
to check this vandalism ON the part
of modern musicians.
, 1890-05-15

WHILE Robert Wilson, of Column
biana, Ala. was plowing In an old
field last week he unearthed tin
box containing $3.50 I'm gold and s25
in silver. The place was formerly
owned by an old gentleman who al
ways buried his money when he got
drunk. 1t is supposed there is more
somewhere on the farm, as he was
wealthy, and all his money has nev-
er been accounted for. This state
ment, now making the rounds of
the papers, may or may not be true,
but whether ii IL or not II suggests n
fact that none will dispute. There
Is money In the soil on every farm,
and II the boys will get in and dig
for 1t they will all be able to wear
diamonds by and by.
, 1890-05-15

THE proudest family, In this coun-
try, are the Bayards. Its sons and
it's daughters have for years flooded
the country with Biographies snd
autoblographics, recounting the
achievements of their illustrious
sires, grandslres and surviving men,
bers. But the climax of absurdlty
In that direction was reserved for the
honorable Thomas f., formerly Sec
retary of state, who uses a card In
scrlbod simply, "Mr. Bayard." This
means, II IL means anything, that
the distinguished gentleman is pos
sessed of degree Of self-esteem that
induces him to believe that every
body must know this particular MIR.
Bayard. Nevertheless, there are
people 80 uncharitable rs to consider
that In this act Mr.. Bayard is aping
an English arlstocracy and making
himself exceedingly ridiculous. Or
he may be following the example OF
the iron chancellor, who Is said to
introduce himself with the following
words: ''I am Bismarck
, 1890-05-15

CHILDISH ideas OF the Deity are al.
ways crude and frequently striking and
original. a little daughter of Spokane
kane Falls. aged years, was say ing her
prayers few evenings ago. "oh, mann.
ma" she exclaimed in the midst Of her
devotions. ~ am so sleepy, and God is a
long way of and cant hear me; so what
is tho use2" Her mother assured her
that God could hear her, no matter how
great the distance. After a moments $
reflection the little one startled her
mother with an inquiry as to whether
God had four or six ears.
, 1890-05-15

4 WASTE OF WEALz!M

II the great volume of water
which rs rushing through the
Northwest could bc stored In reser-
voirs and utilized for irrigation
every acre Of arid land in Washing
ton, Idaho and Oregon could be
nude to blossom ns the rose. Even
II part of this water could be
turned upon cultivated ground we
should soon be able to record an ap-
preciable Increase In tho precipita-
ton Of moisture. Instead Of rush.
ing xpadly TO the sen II would be
absorbed by the thirsty earth. Then
the sun would suck 1t up agnin, and
In the cool nights Of this region 1t
would once more be preclpitated In
the form Of light showers or heavy
dews- Thus moisture starting upon
tho high plateaus of Idaho might
rise and fall dozen times before II
reached the great ocean.
This theory has been generally ac-
cepted by scientists who make q
study OF mcteorology. 1t explains
the increased rainfall of that arid
stretch once known Ms the "Grcat
American Desert" aud the partial
nnturnl reclamation of lands once
valueless for agriculture.
No problem OF greater interest or
importance Is now before the Amer
lean people. We know that the
rainfall OF the region lying west of
the Mississippi river Is sufficient to
make arabic every acre of
desert land. The question for
determination is how can this
wiistc OF water best be
Overcome and turned to advantage?
Since the wealth that would be
added 10 the nation by the reclamn-
tion Of this vast area Is 80 great that
IL passes beyond computation, any
system that proposes temporary
expcdient would be fallacious. This
Is a ease whore the value of the i'm
provement must be measured by the
extent OF the outlay. A system of
artesian wells might prove adyan-
tngeous In some localities, but these
sections are Isolated and not OF gem
eral extent and there is serious
probability that the flow of these
wells might be lowered by general
resort 10 irrigation. At all events
the attempt would be In the nature
of an experiment
The storage system, on the other
hand, has stood the test Of centur-
les Of application. Ancient ruins
throughout the deserts of Asia at
test the knowledge In this direction
of nations long since vanished
from the fncc of the earth. History
tells us that arid stretches now
abandoned by mankind once were
seats Of rich and populous empires.
Defeat In war and the destruction
Of reservoirs nnd canals were fol-
lowed by desolation. In this direc-
ton the United States hns nothing
10 fear. The arid regions TO
be reclaimed are not hermmed
in by hostile nations, as was the
case with Assyrla and other empires
long since the prey Of downfall and
desolation. Within a few decades,
at furthest, the arabic part Of the
West will present no longer a field
OF industrial conquest. Attention
will then he turned TO the arid re-
gions. Then lands that to-day are
without a dollar Of vnlue will be in
demand, just as arabic lands that
were worthless generation ago
have now acquired value by the
settlement of the West and the In
crease In demand.
, 1890-05-15

Cnur d d'Aleno statesman The story
of Hon. William II. Clagetts life should
be incorpora ted in tho history OF tile
Northwest. lie has been with the coun-
try since the early days, and was among
the first Of tho pioneers to cross the
range from Montana TO the gold fields OF
North Idaho. Judge Clngctt has an en-
viable record in Montana, where he re-
sided for some years before coming TO
the Cmur d'Alenes; Indian lighting,
mining, rnnching, practicing law, In
fact everything went to make up
frontier life in that country during
Judge Clagetts days, and he, OF
course had "A hand in everything that
went. lie Is getting we'll along In years
but is ye, vigorous and hearty and bears
his age remarkably well. "Tho silver
tongued orator Ia the name applied to
the Judge, and rightly too, for no Is the
most interesting talker we have ever
listened to. His fayorito amusement Is
telling his early experience in the North
west to goolly crowd of listeners, and
when Judge Clagctt starts in to tell u
story there / 5 never any lack of an ap-
preciative audience, His hair Is snowy
white, and his home Is at Osburn, where
he has an elegant residence and where
he passes his spare time surrounded by
a loving family.
, 1890-05-15

THERE is still "a hope that Amer
lea may get rid of one of its most
obnoxious little pests. A general
order has been issued by the Ger
man emperor that in future all
civilians appearing ut any court
junction where full dress Is to be
worn must be arroyed In knee
breechos, silk stockings and shoes
with buckles. If this will not en-
tice all the dudes to Germany our
fohdest hopes will decay.
, 1890-05-15
wnY7

Tacoma Ledger; The SPoKANE FAILS
REVIEW says that the Seattle relief COM
mittee is not entitled to any considera-
able degree Of sympathy because OF the
dcialcation oi its secretary, and wants to
know why man taken from the slums
and helIs of the city was placed in po-
sition ofsuch trust and responsibility.
The city ofSpokane Falls is not in po.
sition to throw stones at Seattle on this
account. Why did the Spokane relief
COMMITTEES entrust the distribution of
the funds to men who made merchnn.
disc Of the opportunity, and why have
the booders not been punished2
, 1890-05-15
REcIArMlNo rnE lASps.

Tacoma Ledger; The support which
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has given to the Yakima Canal
and Irrigation Company, by guaran.
teeing its bonds, is one Of tho best aids
to the productive development Of the
state which the Company could give
The reclamation and improvement OF
meuse area OF the best land in tho
West, and add very largely TO the wealth
of the state.
, 1890-05-15

OuIDA's new novel is to he called
"Syrlin." The New York World sug-
gests that she ought to ask her readers
how she would like to have it--rarc or
well done. II the Madame de la Ramo
were compelled to breakfast, lunch or
dine in the average feed stall In this
country, usually digniiied by the title of
restaurant, instead OF mt her palatinl
suburban home near Florence she
would soon learn that such q question
would he useless. II her cultivated np.-
petite crayed u sirloin steak rare she
would give the order TO the waiter:
"Ilave IL extra well done. please" The
walter would hasten away as II hrod
from a catapult, determined thu, his
fair guest should have no time 10 order
anything ON the side should she so de
sire. In tho course of time, after the
waiter had finished joshing the cashier
and had procured nice tcndcrloin for
the night watchmsn's dog, she would
have the satisfaction Of hearing him
bawl down through the dummy cage
"Onct on the surline; turn 1t over
twlste; burn Il up" The dirty
Chinese cook down In tho cellar would
SEQ that the madame was served with lust
the opposite Of her order, but what she
really wanted. That Is one of tho mys-
teries of the restaurant service In this
country. and an illustration of tho ways
of the heathen Cbinee. Some. people
are looking for the time to come when
the Chinese cook and the needless M as
culino waiior will give place to women
and girls, who are willing to attend to
their business for tho sake Of the sal
aries they receive. Some people are
also looking for the millennium.
, 1890-05-15

Yakima 1Icrald Spokane Falls has
heretofore enjoyed the enviablc reputa-
ton OF being the Doodle town Of the
state, butcnterprising Seattle is assert.
ing herself, and McCoombs, tho secre-
iary OF the Seattle relief committee, is
now IN durance vile, charged with going
to his own relief too frequently with the
innds OF hat organization. Spokanc's q
boodlers, however, have tile freedom OF
the city, retain public offices, and ap-
parently are looked upon as lending cit.
privileges,
, 1890-05-15

The Boise City Statesman seems to en-.
tertain poor opinion OF the city coun.
Gil, If we may judge from the following
editorial expression from that excellent
paper: "The hopeless band of antedi-
luvian relics composing the city council
were in session Monday evening, and
succeeded in doing more in one hour to
retard the growth Of the city than any
thing that has happened or could have
happened within the past ten years. II
ever city was cursed with stupidity
perverso and hopelessly imbecile mum.
cipal government, that city is Boise #"
, 1890-05-15

THERE Is no question that the settle.
ment of Washington has been retarded
by inadequate surveys of the public
lands. Hence the news brought from
Washington to the effect that this neg.
lect has been recognized, and steps taken
to remedy it. will be read with gratiiica.
tion, particularly by those settlers who
have not been able to homestead or pre-.
empt the lands they occupy, because
they are outside the surveyed limits.
, 1890-05-15

NEWSPAPERS are harassed so often by
libel suits that 1t seems stroke of poetic
Justice when the tables arc turned, as in
the ease Of Judge Hilton who is sued by
the city editor of the New York World,
who claims $4,000 damages. Hilton
will be remembered as administrator oi
the Stewart estate, which he has pulled
down a good deal more rapidly than old
Alexander I. piled 1t mp. lie will also
be recalled for his fight against the He.
brews.
, 1890-05-15
To Succeed Randall.

PnLADKLTmiA, May II = Rlchnrd
Vaux was nominated for congress by
the democrats this morning to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the death of the late
Representative Randall.
a special election in the Third district
will he held May 20. VauN Is a native
OF this city and was born in 1916 Dur
ing President Van Buren's administra-
ton ho acted as secretary of the Ameri.
can legation AZ London.
, 1890-05-15
a sEIr-sAcnIrIcrsa EDITOR.

Cheney Sentinel: If it should be n
unanimous call we are willing to sac
riiioe ourselves ON tho public altar.
we have not got n typewriter nor u
suppositltlous man somewhere who has
the cash and will put In the water
works; but We have got the nerve to
run tho town in debt $50, coo and make
decent go'ahcad place of It, or bust
her wide open and bc done with IL.
That's the kind Of hair-pin this editor
is, and II the people of this city want
that Kind OF a mayor here is your
chance.
, 1890-05-15

RECKLESS Denverl With singular
blindness she has closed every gambling
game within her limits. IL the theory
Of some people is correct a theory some.
times heard in Spokane Falls, Den
ver's downfall is now assured, since her
trade and business will 30 TO Roaring
Fork or Tin Cup, where a gambler is a
gentleman and an in fluential citi-
zen, and where they have man for
breakfast every morning.
, 1890-05-15

A MISTAKES belief is entertained by
the people of many of the Western
towns that the larger their population
the better 1t will appear in the eyes of
home-seekers hom the East A mum.
Der OF cities have offered to employ as
sistance for the census supervisors, so
that none of their people will be missed
and their showing be as large as possible.
In tho case Of Spokane Falls 1t is i'm
portant that population of 5000
should be shown, in order that the city
may adopt its own charter, bur that
showing assured, there is no sufficient
reason why any special effort should be
made. The immigration that is coming
to Washington is not seeking the centers
OF population. 1t is trying to get away
from them. People come west because
they are seeking the greater opportuni-
ties found in new country. The
moment you convince the Eastern peo-
pie that Washington has a large popula-
tion, you destroy the motive that has
brought nine. e.tenths of the immigration
to the state.
, 1890-05-15
THE HOME PRnss.
WASHINGTON SILVER.

Tacoma Ledger; The price OF silye,
has lately risen fully 10 per cent above
the average selling price during the yea,
1880. This advance will undoubtedly
stimulate the production of silver IN this
country, and II may be expected TINT th,
production Of $1,000, 900 ounces in sss
, 1890-05-15

SENATOR VEsr declares that the only
object In the proposed admission OF
Idaho and Wyoming is to make room
from Missouri is partly right and partly
wrong. IL is also proposed to strengthen
the American Union, which Senator
Vest did his utmost to destroy, when he
was a member OF the rebel cabinet
, 1890-05-15

THE recent rains have given the wild
flowers new lease OF life, and the beau.
tiful children Of spring arc nodding as
gaiiy as If they had never dropped their
sweet faces beneath the hot glare of the
sun. On every hillside they are bloom
ing by the thousand. As soon as one
species vanishes from sight, another
steps into it's place. 1t is doubtful IL
there IL another city In the entire
United States that has such a wealth of
wild flowers at Its gate.
, 1890-05-15

Mn. DocKERY, of Missouri, in an argu-
nient in the senate for free trade, COM
planned because the farmers of tho West
could not compete with the Canadian
farmers who are selling eggs in New
York. Just how Mr. Dockery would
help the American farmer by knocking
oil the existing duty on eggs, Of D cents
o dozen, Is n puzzle.
, 1890-05-15

IT begins to look rs though George
William Curtis would never smile again.
His life is embittered because the ropub-
lican administration has bounced a
number of democrats for offensive parti-
sanship. When G. Cleveland was re-
moving republicans for a similar reason
Mr.. Curtis was much happier than he is
fn.dau
, 1890-05-15

BARRY MITCHELL, the Count Johannes
OF the West, who was hooted oil the
stage in the costume of Hamlet and
chased down the back stairway by an
irate audience, once wrote play called
"a Home With Two Brides" 1t was so
absurdly crude that 1t actually had quite
a successful run. There is story in to-
days REVIEW. nbout Two brides at Rath-
drum. some Of whose adventures will
recall the Barry Mitchell farce to the
memory of all who witnessed 1t.
, 1890-05-15

IT is unfortunate for the West that a
squabble has arisen at Washington over
the irrigation project. II those gentle
men who are stirring up such row over
this important matter would 90 oil by
themselves and 'irrigate" till they were
mellow 1t would be Iino thing for the
country
, 1890-05-15

It was robbed by decentralization. lfit
DO a crime against finance, rs some as
sert, to restore to silver part OF its orig
innl power. pray what shall We call the
act that robbed II of that power2
, 1890-05-15

jim Huns railroad Is certainly not
lacking In names. We used to know ~
as the Manitoba. Then II became tho
Great Northern, and now they are call
ing II the Seattle & Montana. What
nnYI2
, 1890-05-15

lead to the improvcmcnt Of the race;
hut the love Of friends and relatives
cries out against it, and against the
powerful influence Of affection rea-
son can not exert her sway.
, 1890-05-15

THE beauties of a monarchy are hard
ly appreciated when one reads about a
warm tribute to Bismarck In which the
speaker declared that next to the en-
peror Germany owed her position in the
world to Bismarck, The young emper-
or has done absolutely nothing TO merit
that declaration. Such statement
about his grandfather might have been
permissible, but as uttered 1t Is absurd.
, 1890-05-15

olympia Tribune; There are iiny-
six lodges OF Knights OF Pythias in tho
state of Washington. A new lodge was
instituted at fairhaven the other day
with ninety-threo charter members.
This order was founded in Washington
city twenty-siX years ago, and is growth
has been tho most remarkable OF any
benevolent order In the world.
, 1890-05-15

of Germany, served In the Union army
during the rebellion, is wealthy bank
at Port Townsend, and made yery
honorable record as senator from Jeier'
son. Clallam and San Juan counties.
His daughter Is several inches taller than
bis estimable bride, and is one OF the
most amiable and accomplished young
ladies in Washington.