The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-01-31

that all men are false to everything
which makes for good to the people
of great state. There. on the dump,
they lie as reminders of the fact
that those who sought to use them
for purpose were themselves dema-
gogues of the most malignant type,
because they had "all the contortfons
of the syhil without the substance ~
Farrell's collar and Sweeny's barrel
Alas, poor Yorick, we knew him
well!'
Just now, ii is expected that the
railway commission bill will be
whipped into some kind of form by
the railroad committees of both
houses of the Legislature, acting by
means of Joint subcommittee The
method being pursued is that of max
ing combination Of all the bills
which have been submitted in both
houses and Of all the ideas which have
/ been proposed 1t is but natural that
almost every man who has any real
interest in the subject, should have
his bill and embody therein his par
NANN''I IbNh' II may bt even tplSlu-
cred that he would take some pride in
having his bill" the one which is
passed by the legislature. The method
apparently adopted by the commit
tees is probably the shortest one to
the destination as well as the broad
est. 1t can not be said Of a bill pro-
duced under such circumstances that
iG ma hin
so drawn will not preclude any one
man from having his say when it
comes to debating the subject
@ o Q
y party of Spokane people Journey
ed cut to that portion of McNeils
island occupied by the government
penal colony the other day, and there
they accidentally stumbled onto the
undeveloped but promising career Of
man who is now deputy United
States marshal in Spokane. On the
slope of the bluff which confronts
the visitor to the institution lie cum
ningly placed in a grassy plot,
couple of regulation stars, d diamond
and the letters, IT. S. p" composed
Of a row of whitewashed brick as
outlines and smooth stones from the
beach as "fller.' In reply to a ques-
ton as to the mind which conceived
such a beautiful pay of announcing
to the public that here was the
IT tnited) States) P(enitentiaryD,"
Deputy Warden Halligan said:
United States penitentiary, nothing.
That means Us Spokane People.
That's George Devenpeck's idea.
Why! That is the chef douvre of
the undeveloped possibilities of the
greatest landscape architect ever
turned out of Spokane and allowed
to return there, the Hon. George b.
Devenpeck. upon whom on this very
| ground Outlaw Harry Tracy conferred
| the honor of sending a searching bull
! let from his famous 1920 that morn
| ing when he steam Launched by here
on his way to Seattle. Now, isn't
this conception of a landscape layout
| on a wild island in Puget sound per-
fectly artistic and completely carried
out? We hardly can dare guess what
George would have developed into If
he had been allowed to remain here
instead of going to chase booze SELL
ers into the Businesses Of the Met
how. Perhaps if the true artist in
him had been allowed to work out
its own warnings, our children, much
as we consider the name Of Frederick
Lam Olmstead, would hereafter be
kowtowing in deep reverence over the
name of George Bcelzebub Devenpeck,
who sank into thse VelVety slopes
the letters representing Us Spokane
People"