Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-30
That Honeymoon on Horseback


'ht' was nl;ldr several months ago
IN llilN paper. 10 tn" contemplated
bridal trip of Quincy Scott. Il New
York artist, and Miss Ella Allen. o
Seattle. across the continent. from
ST. Paul to Seattle. on hor>cbark
They were 10 start out at Il certain
dat" in May, immediately after thci,
marriage. and travel the >. JtO miles
subsi,ting upon such limited guam
tity OF supplies as they could carry
depending fer reinforcement upon
gam" and such nc,r>>itir> aS the,
could gather at the sparse settle
m"ntS on the way.
They arrived in Seattle this week
having been Ill day. on the way
They were clad in faded khaki. con.
>id"r,tbiN the worse for wear. carry
in% Il couple OF dangerous looking
rifles. llri9!> rolled blankets and
kodak> They. realizing their "irr-
trNqur appearance, had planned ar
rival after dark, bat 4 delay in cross
ing l-a%c Washington compelled them
To diSmount in broad daylight al
their destination. the home OF Mrs.
Scott : mother Having sept i'm
the open and rode S,rrnclv through
dust. Snow-StornS. rain. mud and
mosquitoes, they thus had amply ac-
CURED the peculiar charm of com
plrNion that is cXtollcd in The
Minstrel. Of the brown Maid. -
Their experience will afford a
ncvcr-cnding source of reference and
illustration in their vOcationS of art
and literature, Mrs. Scott being as
proficient in magazine work as her
gifted husband is of cartooniSt and
illustrator of leading periodicals.
Some people thought they were
tramp>. others that they were strand
cd circus riders; all thought they
We're abSurdly different from any
thing they had ever seen. and did
nothing but laugh at them; some,
however failed To see the humorous
side, and unclaimed their dogs and
took down from its pegs grandfath-
cr $ Anticipated muzzlc loading gun,
with the evident intent of using ii
us Il llfr-prcScrvcr
In Idaho and the eastern part of this
State. Scott had to develop the quail
ity of his Strcd Hobo. to escape
attempts of farmers to aid his ambi-
ton for getting next to the soil. hy
imprvsSing him for harvesting, Il
part at least, of ~. 900. 00O bushels of
wheat. a company OF barn-Storm-
crS tried. in vain, To secure them for
the act of furious riding. shooting
rcvolvcrs, robhing Wells, Fargo Co. ;
express and looting the gold sacks,
but they We're deaf to all induce
mcntS for diversion from the role
they were playing, and by the aid of
their much-prizrd four footed com
panions -" Hobo and Hike" -
were enabled to complete the most
romantic honeymoon probably ever
conceived by man.
Mr.. Scott and wife will. after a
short SoJourn IN Seattle, return to
New York. doubtless in palace ear.
with more speed and comfort, but
probably much less real enjoyment,
than when travelling through the
mighty solitude of the desert hv day
and with the Sky for Il canopy by
night, Il part OF the great world. but
all to themselves, undiSturbrd bv the
contentious of others and free from
personal strife and worry.
SOME OF THE ANTICIPATED TRor-
BILE OF THE DIRECT PRIMARY. Ger
tain members of the Socialist party
III King county are giving the mat
ter of the Direct Primary law, passed
at the last session of the Legislature
an early consideration, with refer
cncc to the expense of putting IL
ticket in the field in the fall of 1908.
They claim this law WAS passed in
the interest of the Republican party.
which has the offices and funds:
that the cost to each party, or its
candidates, in nominating full
county ticket will be about 81 900.
IT this calculation is correct it would
Seem the expense to each party and
its candidates in ThurSton county
will be at least 800. In some of the
SparScly settled counties. by reason
of such expense, there may be only
one party ticket in the field.
WHERE SOME UNDESIRABLE CITl-
zENS' CONE FRoM-The Italian GOV
eminent is about as much alarmed
over the large and steady emigration
of its people as we are of the con-
slant accession of many undesirable
citizens from that land of spaghetti
and vendetta. Statistics show that
in 1905, 726,331 persons left that
country; in 1906, it reached 7S6, 977,
and this year will show greater in
crease from present indications. The
inhabitants of one commune. Gala
bria, emigratcd en- moSS,: all men.
women and children left the country.
Even the priest followed the way of
his flock and cmigratcd to America.
EASTERN coal companies have been
compelled to refuse large orders from
theAustria-H Hungarian Chamber of
C,nunnr.n fn,. aptl,rn,.itn owl Ella