Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-24

The HERALD has often spoken of
the hobo autocrat who holds In con-
tempt and mentions sneeringly the
man who wears a clean or "biled'
shirt, and who is shaved occasionally
and gets his boots BACKED. Such peo-
pie hate deceRcy just as the thief
hates the light and as ignorance hates
enlightenment. Honor, purity. clean
illness, decency and information are a.
repulsive 70 those bereft Of such at
tributes as the opposite Of these at
tributes are 10 the honorable. decent.
intelligent and respectable.
This sort Of thing begins at the hob
and tramp. and grades down until il
nearly reaches responsibility. That is
to say, the characteristic decreases d
1t approaches decency.
These remarks are simply intended
as an Introduction TO the fact that
here Ia Fairhayen there are men who.
in greater or less degree, speak ily
OF the Cascade club and its member
ship, referring to the latter as stuck
up Goldfish aristOcracy,n and all that
sort Of thing, for no other reason than
that the Cascade club is a remarkably
decent place, and its membership a
portion Of the respectable men of
this city. 1t is not even
exclusive, ut is open at all
times to respectable people, aud is
only private to the extent that urd-
nary business policy demands. Its
expenses are paid by its membership
which is always anxious to be in
creased by respectable additions. and
II all its privileges were as free TO res
ident nOn-members as 10 its members,
very few would care to be paving
members, and thus its sources Of
revenue would be stopped and with
that the institution would fail.
The club while having been organ
lied as pleasant place Of resort for
its members, had, and mas, for its in
tent something far more important,
in which IL has been a brilliant success
that has Injured and redounded to the
benefit Of every man who has any
interest in Fairhaven, from the owner
Of many thousand dollars worth Of
real estate to the individual who runs
a boot black stand
IL has been and is a place Of pleasant
and impressive entertainment for the
men who visit this city for the purpase
Of prospecting, as to investments. or
whom common hospitality and good
policy demand should be handsomely
entertained.
These things the Cascade club does
continually and ceaselessly, at the ex-
pense Of its membership alone. Thus [
1t has entertained senator's, govern
ors, all sorts Of officials, county. state
and federal, millionaires, editors.
authors, and hundreds who will sneak
to the world about Fairhaven. invest
their capital here, enter into ventures.
speculations and enterprises, and thus
the Cascade club has been a potent
factor in giving Fairhaven an envia-
bic name and in winning valuable
friends for the city, performing for
the city a service OF incalculable ben
eft, and all without mourning one
dollar of expense to other people in its
special work.
Men come and go, men Of high
standing and influence, who have been
deeply impressed with the importance
Of all of Fairhaven, by the elegant.
generous and unselfish hospitality they
have received in the club. and they
talk about it TO their friends abroad.
print 10 Ia their home newspapers, and
write back to Fairhaven, gratefully
about It,
Shortly the Cascade club will give n
grand excursion to New Westminster,
the profits OF which are to be added to
its treasury to assist in carrying out
the good work that it has so success
fully and extensively to its member
ship, carried on heretofore, and the
respectable people who will be in
yited-and only that kind will be in
vited-to take part in the outing. will
not only have a royal good time on the
trip, but will show their appreciation
OF the Cascade club and its services by
In the splendid affair.
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A correspondent writes to know why .