The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-05-09
MRS. III. ESTBY AND DAUcurrp
STARTS FROM SPOKANE.
Yhe Object of the Trip In tn NAB.
Money With Which to Pay on
u Mortgage.
Spokane, Wash, May 5.-(Special !

Spokane, Wash, May 5-(Special y
At 10 o'clock this morning with no show
Mrs. H. Estby and daughter, the latternot
vet Is years Of age, will leave this city TO
walk to New York city. Though Mrs. Est
by has been intending to do this for some
time, she said little about it until she was
ready to go and perfectly sure that there
would be no balk in the proceedings.
She is apparently about As years Of age.
quite pleasant in feature and manner. ana
a ready talker. The reason she is taking
the trip and ca'lse are perhaps best
explained in her own words.
Il know it is big undertaking." said
she to a Spokesman Review reporter last
evening. 1T is easy 10 ngure it out on
paper, but 1t VIII NC quite another thing
to do as we have planned, but we have
made up our minds as we'll as all arrange
ments. and will surely leave tomorrow
morning-probably about 10 o'clock, but
no one will know us from the hundreds
of other women who may start out on the
street at the same time. / live on ranch
about 25 miles southeast Of here, near
Rockford. We have some things to get
there, but If we make it before dark we
will not stay there over night, but push
on as fast as we can, for we want to get
over as many miles as possible before the
hot weather sets in. When we get east, I
suppose it will be so hot we shall have to
travel nights. We carry almost no bag
gage, and will rough it and sleep out, just
like any others. We shall have to make
our expenses as we go along. When we
get to New York we are assured a certain
sum. You see, there is lazy there who
has invented new style garment. When
we get to Salt Lake we will don this gar
ment and wear it the rest Of the way, and
then when we get to New York city will
go on exhibition with it. OF course our
greatest trouble will be to make our ex-
penses as we go, but guess We can do
that some way, as we can do most any
thing. We are not in a hurry. but want to
get back to Spokane by next Christmas,
for. while there may be lots Of ouner nice
places, we like Spokane the best. At all
the principal towns we shall stop and
visit points Of interest, will make as many
capital cities as possible and secure the
autographs Of the governors and other
noted men. From Spokane we go by way
sf Walla Walla and Pendleton to Boise,
then to Salt Lake. Cheyenne and Denver.
Lincoln. Omaha, Burlington. Chicago.
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and then by the
best route to New York city.
eve shall see many funny and strange
things, and these we shall write up as we
go along, making something out of that.
why do we take this trip? Well. to
make money. have been laid up with
sickness for some time and had to mort
ia I
way of getting enough to pay interest and
taxes unless I do something Of this kind.
! have simply got to make stake some
way. for 1 don't want to lose the farm,
and it is the only way can see of saving
1t. I have done quite a lot OF walking
myself, having once walked 400 miles at a
single stretch. My daughter who is just
1872 years old, has never done much walk
ing except from the farm to Spokane a
distance of rs miles. We shall get along all
right, however; am quite sure of that.
Mrs. Estby goes armed with letter
written by Mayor Belt and Endorsed by e&-
Mayor D. B. Fotheringham, as follows:
Spokane. Wash, May 4.-To Whom II
May Concern: The bearer hereof, MRS
II. Estby, has been resident OF this
city and vicinity for the last nine years
&c lady of good character and reputa'
ton, and l take pleasure in commenoins
her and her daughter, with whom sue
travels, to the kindly consideration OF d
persons with whom they may come IN con
tact. Very respectfully,
H, N. BELT,
Mayor of Spokane
Mrs. Estby has lived in this country lol
a number of years, having settleo vi
ranch with her husband when the count
was yet new. She is the mother OIL ni.1'