Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-18
"Reminiscences Of the Past.


Elder William r. Cunningham is the
custodian of well preserved copy of
the Pioneer and Democrat, Vol. 6. No. -,
a 4-page 6-column weekly newspaper
published in Olympia. Washington Ter
ritory under the date of March 20. 1858.
by J. w. Wiley and Edward Furste.
editors. The subscription price was
S. per year in advance or a5c per copy.
Isaac |. Stephens was then governor and
superintendent of Indian affairs and it
was about that time that Mr.. Cunning
ham came west with proper credentials
to accept the latter trust when the
change in the law would relieve the chief
magistrate of the latter duty, but
drought some blocking Of legislation
matters remained the same. The old
memento of by-gone days contains many
items of interest and brings wildly to
mind the difficulties of transportation
and gathering of news IS years ago. An
editorial appears wherein the building of
a transcon;inental railroad from New
York to California by way Of Lake Mich
lgan, is recommended by the president
urging that the United States make sat.
isfactory terms with northern capitalists
in liberal land grants. etc. Events &C.
curing in St. Louis months previous
are chronicled in glowing accounts as
late intelligence. Speaking of the ar
rival of ocean steamers it says: 1.-THE
Don Quixote-IoS days from New York
the quickest passage made in long
time The Bostonian from same port,
1871 days" At that time there was a
county of Sawamish and post offices such
as Scatter Creek. Spookum Chuck.
Washoogle. Clapdoole. Skamokaway.
Wakiakum. Humptulips and Tumwater.
Appearing in the miscellaneous vocabu-
larry Indian phrases and words such as
"ictas, mica" "Conaway iscum." etc..
are to be seen in the quaint and original
advertisements. A notice to "Potlatch
Chicamum" reads as follows:
"PAY YOUR DEBTS.
Having disposed of my entire interest
in the 'Nonpereil Saloon to its former
proprietor, hereby wish to inform my
innumerable debtors and friends that
having once proved to them "a friend in
need. Ia friend indeed.) at times when
to all intents and purposes they were
Strapped and unable to come up to
the Scratch, thus reluctantly obliging
me to book their accounts, that now is
the acceptable time to make a demostra-
ton of their gratitude. For this pur-
pose ! would now gently jog the men,
ory of such as might otherwise be for
getful. ask as favor that all in
debted to me attend promptly to this
matter. for as ! am about to leave the
country, these accounts MUST be closed.
as. L. ID. WESTBROOK,
olympia. July 81, 1857.
Salutiu; Garfield, cousin of the mar.
tyred president, was practicing law in
and about the capital. General Joseph
Lane was a delegate in congress. F. A.
Chenoweth was judge of the United
States District court, Geo. ". Corless
was marshal. Time brings wonderful
changes and the past half century has
fully developed and peopled one of the
richest sections of country in the world
the Pacific Coast. Much do we owe
to the memory of that intrepid pair.
Lewis & Clarke, who first opened up the
way. then fremont the pathfinder, the
immortal Whitman and number
of others who have assisted in history
and making the great west" more than
the widest dreamer could have pictured
fifty or one hundred years ago.