Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03
How "Samantha" Went to WeiSer
By MRS. ELLIS SMALL.

Inc IOllOWlng was uellVeTeu anu re-
cited by Mrs. Ellis Small after the man
ner and style OF Josiah Aliens wife.
Our Orofino delegate was then marched
at the head of the Pythian Sisters into
the Joint State Convention Of D. 0. X.
KS. with Knights and Ladies as
sembled, to recite and repeat the fol-
lowing description of her trip and
speech of welcome to North Idaho
1t was decided then and there Lewis
ton should entertain next year in
June 1915:
l was frustrated on leaving Orofino
and frustrated on arriving at Weiser;
consequently made many mistakes.
To find my ticket when Conductor
Philips called for them was impossible,
having just met the Past Grand Chan
cellor Commander Cassidy. He was
sitting on the seat beside me and had
just remarked "That he being the only
Past Grand Supreme Representative,
excepting Brother King, of Boise, he
was chosen to respond to the address
of welcome by the Mayor of WeiSer, +"
when the call for tickets by Conductor
Phillips was heard, Well, l looked
for mine in my purse where it should
have been, but it vas not there, and
after looking long, laborously and hard,
found it placed in an envelope with a
receipt from the agent to present at
the Grand Temple. Strange, it was in
the last place looked for it; and SO
much red tape of receipt on the certifl-
cate plan as this Grand Lodge calls for.
Well, assure, you we taxed our mem.
ory better when we bought our through
ticket and our special car accommoda
tions on the through trip to Weiser.
While at Lewiston we spent the day
with several of Josiah's relatives & such
a good dinner we. had of oysters &c
with cherry pie, and such a good juic.
pie it was. In the evening after yer.
hot day, but completed rest, in thei
cool yard and porches with fountain
spray of water playing, we enjoyes
the automobile ride and arrived at tn
depot, with but eighteen minutes t
buy our transportation to Weiser, bu
thanks to Bro. Moody for assistance
and Bro. Smith the agent, who is also
member of this Glorious Order; an
sister Cauley, of Grangeville, who is
little woman, she kindly exchange
her lower birth with me for an upper
as she did not want to take chances G
my climbing up and a possible mister
and her a Grand Temple delegate a
well.
Incidents of the trip: The Snak
river hills were bare, barer and barer
this is the conjugation Of compariso
with sage-brush on the side, (side hill
mean,) out it was hot, hotter, hotties
but, Oh! the cherries compensated ft
all. At White & Cru,n's irrigated fru
ranch the train stopped and mic
looking, bright and breezy lookin
young packer announced very vocife
ously, that "they had no cherries, NJ
box on hand" then the next thir
we knew was a beautiful box Of che
ries presented to each and every mer
her Of our party. The conductor ma
aged to get them especially for frler
who was also Knight and anoth
crate too for reserves, in case Il
first boxes were devoured and the
there was another day Of travel al
none were sick on the first installati'
and they surely went fine with t
lunches we had prepared for the tri
Next morning before we were out
bed, Sister Dyer arrived in a spec
car from Spokane, together with t
northern delegation. They cal
through our car waking up everybo
on the sleeper, and on asking h
''how she came to be there" she S,
that Sometime during the night /
car was switched onto ours at Ripari,
and such jolly crowd they we