The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-30
DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS

of Odd Fellows which convened in walla Walla, Washington, early this month, City Clerk and Wharfinger l.. w Kilburn as delegate from the Douglas Lodge also had the privi- lege of witnessing the. production. of the Pioneer Pageant, How the West Was Won" which was produced there at that time. 2;
 As we'll as teaching the thrilling history of the West, the play was designed to teach boys and girls the virtues of their ancestors and make them better Americans. So great was Mir Kilburn'sc interest in the pageant that he desired to pass on some idea of it to those who did not have the opportunity to see it. What the Play Represented
 "How the West Was Won" was both historical and typical Divided into four movements, the first three accurately represented some of the dramatic events of northwestern his- tory, particularly of Walla Walla valley. The pageant was typical in that it's characters although local represented similar characters in other fields. The Explorer, the Fur 1 Trader, the Missionary, and the Pion- eer are the four great figures in all Western history. they symbolizs the process by which the varying ways the wilderness was redeemed and the United States founded. l
 s First Movement
 Beginning with the coming of the white man in 1905, the Lewis and Clark Exploring expedition was shown as it reached the mouth of the Snake river on October 18th. 1805: then came the fur traders who in turn were followed by the Mis- sionary The first American nome on the Pacific Coast was then seen in that of Dr. Marcus Whitman; then came the immigrants led by Jesse Appelgate in 1S42; and the scene culminates with the dreadful mas. sacre<of Nov. 28th 1847 when Dr, and Mrs. Whitman and twelve others lwere killed and the mission destroyed Second Movement
 ] The second movement, covering ing the end of a ten year period of Indian wars. The upper country was l emptied of it's white settlers and in 1 1855 Governor Isaac I. Stevens held council with the Neg Perce Indians and the treaties were signed on the spot where Walla Walla now stands. That was the biggest and most i'm portant council ever held between 1 Indians and white men. During the | closing period of this movement, the Yakima Indians went on the war path, but were finally defeated by | Col. George Wright and his cavalry who then returned to the future site of walla Walla and built an army post.
 rse Third Movement The third movement, covering the period from 1859 to 1875 was largely a kaledioscopic scene of Frontier ! life. A rough wicked Western town of the early days was shown. The outstanding events of this period | which were portrayed were the found l ing of Whitman Seminary in 1866 1 by Dr. Whitman's friend, Rev. Cush i ing Wells, and the building of the !first railroad in the West. that be. tween the northwest and the Coium- bia river, built by Dr. S. Baker in 1875. A seriousness of thought and | nurpose is indicated throughout this scene by the organization of thc Methodist church in 1859 and the St Vincent's Academy in 1864 and St. Paul's school in 1872.
 Fourth Movement
 The Coming Day was depicted in i. the fourth movement. Visions of the lfuture were shown to the watchful Nboys by a new supernatural being Al .t~ Trx~ To