The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-03

x..te-Ttm~. when Hardship
-. he cemnsn Need IT Exist
..ee ss1 Lurnry the Brief Attain
Rare P~riod--A jolly
..-< II the Picnic Grounds.
..ver CHANGING upon the picnic
a. tne Pontlus addition. near
-.v would aaYe forgotten that /,
tesay .,.,tay. isas ard would have fan
9. ss-,Ss1 carried hack 10 fse days o.
=. "a boots. the psrlssi of Esviliza-
-. ..ray s,rusgies for recognition IN
.s,r.1orv 81 Washington He would
IN hand Of uaen and women
- -. s,.ss are as landmarks In she his-
- !, .his state, and heard voices which
-. s.sn keown TO the native rocks and
-. ssnsx The coming OF the fret white
=. ,sss,y ,ias,.erg OF the state were as
49, ,hsre. recalling IN story and
- m. times when hardship was the
- NEED Of existence and luxury the
- attainment of a rare period There
s.ry xray hairs and many white
80. frtnsine faces seamed with kindly
lies There war much laughter drawn
80 hr rood-,sat,ired ssreazrns and many
sm..ssre,,s tales. makipg isTa seem as but
ha yeaf.
r. oioneers, with their wives and chill
- Ard grand. hiidren. began 10 arrive
J. r. GROUNDS about II o'clock yesterday
1919. each family with It's most careful
-.raey In cfarse OF a heavy hamper OF
.-ry4s.ous. The newly-elected president
8 ne Pioneer Association. Edgar Bryan.
1 ,.asrfd with an !aaprovised gavel on an
rsroyised stand al ii:s9 O'clock snd
sv.ghs he gathering 10 order. With an
rs.trsd meade WIS received the blessing OF
- p. T. Hyiand. OF Ballard.
Co. AfndsAy's Address.
~ w~akef OF the day. Col. Robert II.
/ ilndsay. was next introduced. and spoke
1 ! p4rs ~ foilJws:
Nj. President. Ladies' and Gentlemen
1 4 the Washington pioneer Association:
i i view Of the muuificeut and magnificent
4 sessfaction of which this society has SO
Yscsntiy tsesn made the recipient a. tho
AIards OF woman II woiJid seem partlcii-
airs fitting 10 dedicate this occasion tn
| ! recngni.icn OF woman's share H. pioneer
M 10 sclas aIsstlt account OF the speclal
| sspr.ysfsans and hafeships OF her lot, 10
! 4 uses to her untiagglng conatancg. her
ssAi:ms faith and fore sight. her heroic
/ ssse;4snness. Flo. II must he borne IN
/ End thar while the struggles and achieve
4 ants Of the pioneer mean to the Anglo.
ssxcn Ran tue glory OF conquest, the .s-
s.ssf,4ns nf the CHASE. and thr satisfaction
4 a that lust OF dominion which seems 80
| b implanted In his blood: Ia the woman,
/ saneerfnx signifies chiefly the rennacia-
ia Of all the ties OF harne and friend
ssip: the deprivation Of all the smail COM
i fats and rcflnsments of existence which
s'e Ct 50 much import to q woman
n h not quite an years since the first
poaeer woman Of our race set her foot
span or shores in the middle Of "a New
1 Ehgiand winter Ii requires no great
stretch Of imagination TO picture To our
/ ssyes what that implied New England
VS. then cove.st ~tth forests as dense
ana anifoken as shey are supposed To be-
Ii cur own state today on Mr. Cleveland \
reeves. Amid sIch surroundings. pinch
/ Il By the rigors of worse than Alaska
slniAr: unproyided with proper clothing
1 Sc such climate. driven almost TO the
as extremity for food our forcmothera
handed state II Is the custom.
lsox. 10 talk about the forefathers
suaeaig H. but In all candor now. how
ar along would they have got with IL
I tlih3Gt the foremeihers7 No pioneer
serasn since. no matter what her hard
t7lps has had TO endure as those women
tsd5red And when we remember that
swoss without exception they came from
aeres Of peace and plenty. from a land
= TAR meadows, orchards and hawthorn
ssdfss, that they were unused Ia labor
saa accustomed to dainty fare and we'll
u eatfsd service. and that their homas hey
4 ned never have left. and could return tn
ANm a. any day except for principles
sske. then We begin to reaii1s that IL II
~ out Of such stun as martyrs are
asaf are framed the women who could
saaare 50 Loyalty, And We cease 10 won
FER thar they believed that ieglona of
~ spirits heieazus.ed their stpckades
Ianid ne frishtf'ii gloom 81 the forest. or
y 81 tas next generation with nervous
sasai all awfy from hereditary stress
&c strain. had bad dreams of witches
fland witeheraf,
In tho record Of the achievements Of
Esshetfs, one figure looms granaly above
s.hsfs and his name has become one
q me immortals in the epic rf the ages
kkkh. through all the fnS,a of the MYTH
~ tradition. hands down the names OF
~ Neiiesf 10 the generation vet unborn
sae Instant Future the story Of Daniel
pssat shaii be read with as absorbed an
.a,le@' as these Of Hercules Of ULYSSES
IL EHeas. or any Of tn. ancient piauesr .
wsF tame forms the thcma Of poetry
sa sanx Hut who viii hear of Kshes,ca
msc' ms "ifeF And yet for more than
- = sfhinfy she aSrompa niasi him In hts
ssaasrnss and shared the dangers and
.'eees OF his adventurous life. and
ssFe1 sons 10 manhood To see then, fali
sa ~. 20 the savage foeman's tamahswk
~ westward the star OF empire moves
- e. AeCauaf OF pioneering wcuid he
- s ssnpseie which failed 20 include that M.
sahe ef families who fctgsffea an en-
a.. sheir ewn In the very midst nf the
49, american desert Here again did
II ~ a sxs-Ks4 xf..Fr-
sassn Jus much ~ We may condemn the
q =. s. lsnets OF the Mormaus, We can
lss.aa marvel At and respect the results
~ they achieved.
H. 800 wa hessn 20 speak nj INC ulanee~s
ssss 80 1910 w enter upon ground Win
~ ate NJ familiar Those az ypu
- sN TOO yrung 80 nerSS,tstl}y - rsa~t
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r 6.,Tsw,,n sti FesaaAte,i W d snetnsrss or a
~ = TIPS az ali the nsaneerlnS that
= ~, ~. so,e. since the first argonsssts
van Jason to CcichaA "a xat the
- ssss'a Reeves With witch ire ssirr~~ -
A.. "sSsfi't country Nu@i saelr s,fsi,ce
- taiie rave he@n invested sslth $500,
1asss y. = to,;.stec as surrounded the argo-
esssss :. ssi'efflia. Js goAteu sands and
Ik-ss $500 a's,t g0-Ien r-sppsts<. is vine
ana ~ olive groves ana rsss ttias
h rs asttrv srss ar,t av,et s.~s.ty :.
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