The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-05-30

A ride of five hours taking you
| through the beautiful White River val.
ley, Green River, Eagle Gorge, and
other places the scenery of which beg
gars description, brings one to the
aforementioned camp. When the
conductor yells Cle-Elum, you'll have
to hurry" because the town is small
and Northern Pacific trains are too
busy to spend much time in sparsely
settled communities. Anyone in the
burg, however, will say that Roslyn
is only three miles up the road, and
that the train runs when it "gets
ready" and if one expects to find
on arrival town built of shacks there
is surprise in store for such person.
On the contrary good buildings and
many Of them. The town is well light
ed, and has good streets. With the ex-
ception OF the sewerage system, which
is now being installed, it is cosmo-
politan in many ways.
With population of about 5000,
it is probably the only town of it's
size in the State without a bank.
Just why the banking interest of Sc
attic has not established a branch
there ere this, cannot be understood
by many Roslynites. 1t would in the
opinion of many, be a dividend payer
as we'll as stimulant to the business
interests, and encourage many people
to save their earnings.
1t is not SO much of the town, as of
the AfrO-American colony, that is of
interest to people who have never Wis
tied Roslyn. It is safe to say that it
is seldom that one hears of a kind
work spoken of this camp; just why it
is hard to divine, and some of these
pesslmlstic reports have been brought
out by preachers, who supposedly were
appointed there to teach Christ and
him cricif1ed, but on arrival proved
lnveterate beggars, and failing to get
all the money in the place, come away
and circulated the report that cts a
hard place" 1t is true that a stranger
is looked upon with suspicion, till he
is Vouched for. Can the light affect
an honest man? The citizens of Ros-
Ign have delicacy in entertaining
a trusted agent of Wild Cat Stock
Company, the stock of which is printed
In all colOrs of the rainbow, and a
gold seal which is probably designed
to t-ckle the fancy of it's victims.
There is enough Wild Cat Stock held
IN ROslyn to paper Rev. Freeman's
church, land it needs papering. tool
and were it not sacriligious to sug-
gest 1t, this might be way the paper
could be used. 1t would be difficult
probably for one to worship God in
one breath and gaze at the ceiling and
remember the many untruths that
were told in floating that worthless
paper on them. However, after one
is introduced, and it is found that
ne represents legitimate proposition.
1t is then comparatively easy to do
business, as before stated.
Roslyn has some pretty homes. and
the colored citizens there, with few
exceptions, own their own property.
nicely furnished. A few of the homes
that were visited were: Mrs. Heath.
Mrs. Bagley, Mrs. Sally, Mrs. Rev,
Brown, Mrs. Shepperson, Mrs. Sher
man, Mrs. Vaughan, Mrs Chisholm
Mrs. Sheats, Mrs. Lee Scott, Mrs. De-
lan1e, Mrs. Donaldson, Mrs. Roberts
Mrs. Wesley, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. s. 8.
freeman, and several others. In all
the aforementioned homes neatness
seemed 20 be the watch-word, and the
interior OF them would compare favor |
ably with other places in the state.
In this connection it will be well to |
say that the farming country contigu. |
ous TO Roslyn, and Gle Elum is being