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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28
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By III. T. Mitchell

On March 4, 1875, Blanche K.
Bruce, the first Negro to serve a
full term as a United States Sena-
tor, was sworn in on the above
date as senator from Mississippi.
He was born a slave, March i,
1841, at Farmville, Virginia. Bruce,
like Lincoln, strived for an educa-
ton; reading such books and news
papers that he could borrow. In
his early life he worked on boat;
later going to Mississippi where he
worked on plantation. While
acquainting himself with the local
situation and Mississippi in gener-
al, Bruce became acquainted with
the military governor, General Adj
ebert Ames, who appointed him
conductor of elections for ITALIA
hatchie County. In 1870 he was
appointed sergeant-at-arms in the
CIdLt ocldISs wv years iilCi hS
became assessor and sheriff of b.
liver County.
Visiting Washington after at
tending the National Republican
Convention, in 1872, Bruce was in
vited by James Hill, powerful Ne
gro leader of Mississippi, to visit
the United States Senate. While
strolling in the Senate chamber,
Hill asked Bruce if he would like
to occupy one of the seats as sena-
tor from Mississippi. How could
II" said Bruce. II can and will
put you there and nothing can stop
me-" said Hill.
During the next three years a
rousing campaign was put on for
Bruce. Bruce was a member of
the Committees on Manufactures,
Pensions, Education, Labor, I'M
provements of the Mississippi Ri
YER
On May 10, 1881, President Gar
field appointed him register of the
treasury, the first Negro to hold
this position. He served for two
years as recorder of deeds for the
District of Columbia. Dec. 2, 1897,
he was appointed by President Nc
Kinley to serve a second term as
register of Treasury. He died in
Washington, March IT, 1898.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28
Helena, Montana
By HEX
BY HEX

Logan Allen motored toward
Anaconda about two weeks ago to
attend a dance. Another car forced
him off the road into a ditch, for
tunately no one was hurt but the
car was damaged. This week Mrs.
George Christian, with her car,
lowed the invalided car of Logan's
to Helena.
Monday evening the Orpheus
male chorus, of which Charlie Har-
rell, Jr is the only colored member
of the forty, was heard over
KPFA, and was sponsored by the
Union Bank and Trust company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brown and
family of Butte were visitors in
Helena Sunday.
Sick---Mr and Mrs. M. A. Low
cry, And Banks. All have now i'm
proved. Mr.. Banks had an attack
of asthma and the Lowerys had
the flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ridley, Mrs. Hattie
Robinson, Mrs. Cornelia Harris
and Richard Fisher motored over
from Butte Sunday to visit friends.
The Rev. Abrem Hayward is
back from one of his frequent
trips out of the state.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28
Bremerton. Wash.

EBENEZER AM.E. CHURCH,
9th and Park Sts., Rev. H. c. Pat
terson, pastor. Rev. Patterson had
Presiding Elder Rev. George AL
len as visitor last Sunday. Rev.
Allen preached at both services. In
the morning, subject was, Souls
Conflict with Sin," and at the eve
ming service, "As Moses Lifted Up
the Serpent, So Must the Son of
cd Be Lifted Up" Both sermons
were enjoyed by the large congre-
cations that attended.
The wife and son of Mr.. ]. T.
Jones, u. S. S. Salt Lake, are in
Bremerton for a three months
stay. They are stopping at the
home of Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Eva Small was hostess to
the boys on the u. S. S. Nevada
with a farewell party.
Presiding Elder Geo. Allen and
Rev. H. c. Patterson were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hatcher
Sunday afternoon.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28
Y. W. C. A. News

The Program Committee of
which Betty Bradford is chairman,
announces the following persons
will serve as patrons and patron
esses for the Business and Indus
trial Girls Club annual Spring For
NAL. They are Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Duvall, Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. McCul-
Tough, Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Wilson,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Riddle, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Campbell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Alexander. Others
serving on the Program Committee
are: Beatrice Taylor, JoElla Penn
bleton Kitty Blackwell and Blanche
Tolles. Mary Purnell, Helen Jones,
and Grace Head will be in charge
of the decorations for the affair.
Former members of the Culture
Club, which was instrumental in
the formation of the Branch, are
asked to meet at the Branch Mon
day, May /, to make plans for the
clubs participation in the annual
meeting, May Is.
The Annual Membership Meet
ing will be held at the Branch on
Monday evening, May Is, begin
ming at 8 p. m. All members and
friends of the Branch are urged
to attend.
The Junior Girl Reserves have
formed a competitive softball team
with their first game to be played
at Collins F'ieldhouse, May 1, at
A p. m.
The Junior Girl Reserves Booth
at the Penny Carnival will con-
tain an Illuminated cake. The per-
son who is able to light the larg-
est numbers of candles with one
match win receive the cake. The
Penny Carnival, an annual affair
will be held in the gym at the Gen.
trail Association, May 6.
Those working on the commit
tee are Clara Wilson, Marian Cou-
sins, Esther Johnson and versatile
Dishmore.
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Social Notes
BY AIRLINE D. ENGLISH

revealed the engagement and ap-
preaching marriage of the hostess
to Scott Robert Brown, Jr. The
bride-elect is the sister of Mr.. and
Mrs. John David Corley of this
city. She is formerly of San An
past. Tiny bride place cards read
Lynne and Scotty-June," which
tonic, Texas, and is a graduate of
st. Philips Junior College of that
city Mr.. Brown is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Scott Robert Brown, for
merly of Walla Walla. He attended
Washington State College and the
University of Washington. Their
marriage will take place in the
early part of June.
The VIII Do Club will meet Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Nellie Wilson, president, to COM
plete plans for their Mothers Day
program. Miss Mernyce Wilson
will be the speaker on the program
after which there will be the bless
ing of the little children.
The Girls Drill Team will make
another public appearance when
they sponsor their last dance at
Harmony Hall on May 10. Gerald
Wells will furnish the music and
will present Gene Coy as guest
artist. Mrs. Ernest Alexander and
Mrs. Roy Harvey are co-sponsors
of the team, and Mrs. C. L. Nc
Cullough is training the girls. The
proceeds from the dance will go
to buy uniforms for the girls so
that they might compete at the
v. F. w. National Encampment in
June, under the banner of Lewis
Fort Post No. 289.
"Ehe Convert" play for seven
chacters by Jean Hall, will be pre-
sented Sunday evening at the First
A. M. E. Church under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Ophelia E. Hall. A
free will offering will be taken
for the Herbert Jackson scholar
ship fund. This will be a splendid
opportunity to see good play, and
to help a very worthy young man
get away to school. Young Mr.
Jackson hopes to enter Howard
University this fall.
d =
Mrs. John r.. Davis of Edwards
vile, Kan, sister of Mrs. Nathan
Robinson, arrived Monday to be
at. the bedside of her mother, Mrs
Matte Earle Thompson, who is
seriously ill., Mrs. Davis will remain
indefinitely.
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and l think / will let him remain
at his post for the next few weeks.
i think that shall let the healing
warmth of bright California sun
act as a balm to my ills. However,
l have a confession to make. l
don't want to go alone.
AS we have been talking about
Sunny CAL" think recipe for
Orange Sponge Cake is in order.
So to that dear old state we ded-
icate this delectable concoction.
Orange Sponge Cake
Beat 5 egg yolks thoroughly;
add 1ls cups sugar gradually. Beat
well. Add u cup orange juice, u
cup water, 4 teaspoon grated
orange rind. Sift: 2 cups flour
(sifted), y teaspoon salt, 2 tea
spoons Crescent Baking Powder.
Add to liquid mixture and beat.
Fold in: s egg whites, stiffly
beaten. Bake: As to so minutes in
INCREASED tube or loaf pans in mo-
derate oven 1850 degrees F.. Let
stand in inverted pans until cool
before removing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28
More About Garner
And Political Chances
CONTINUED from rage one)

CONTINUED from rage One)
such key states as New York, IL
linois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri,
and Jack Garner, one of the most
shrewd politicians in the country,
is quite aware of that fact.
Greatly worried, Jack Garner
told Senate colleagues that he ne
yer received an invitation, and
claims Secretary Iclxes did not
send him one. On the latter point,
Garner is correct, but only by a
technicality. The invitation was
sent not by Ickes, but by his As
sistant Secretary, Oscar Chapman
in cooperation with Caroline o.
Day, Congresswoman from New
York. Western Union has n sigasd
receipt showing the telegram was
delivered April 8, six days before
the concert.
1.-TWO days later, Walter White,
secretary of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People, called Gamers office
and asked why he had not ans
wered the invitation. White talked
to Louis Friday, competent clerk
TO the Vice President, and got a
definite rundown. Friday said
Garner had no intention of lending
his name to the concert"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28

The following girls will attend
the Junior all day picnic at Col
den Gardens, June 16: Donnetta
Young, Raniki Nui, Marion Hughes
and Clara Wilson.
April 27, the Business and In
dustrial Girls Club is presenting
another film, 1--WE Work Again"
Thursday night, April 27, at the
Branch. Two other films from the
department of Agriculture will al
so be shown. The other films
show the work being done in for
est conservation, while 1--WE Work
Again" pictures the colored citi-
zens before and after aid given
by the WPA. All types of jobs,
from unskilled to professional and
white collar projects will be shown.
The public is welcome.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28

Lady; Gee it's tough to pay so
cents pound for meat"
Butcher: yeah, and it's a lot
tougher when you pay 25 cents"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28

Tune IN every Thursday,
Enterprise all Negro program
$3.50 p. M. KEEN, 1870 K.C.
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Have been under the weather
for several days, and don't know
too much news. However, UNDER
stand the boys met to consider
forming another Holding Com
pany Don't see why they won't go
over the top.
Brother Gus West not only talks
Elkdom at times, but he practises
it at all times. He went on several
business calls for us, then went out
and sent dinner. The wife and 1,
both being floored with the flu,
certainly appreciated the Brother
ly love.
Daughter Celestine Tudor, who
sells a very fine line of toilet arti-
cles, drops by often since Daugh-
ter Lewis has been ill, as do Daugh-
tiers Louise Colman and Rose Smith
Daughter Cookie Brooks and Ann
Scott don't fail in their duty as
sick committee either.
How many would like to win a
trip to the Worlds Fair in San
Francisco? Don't all swamp me at
once with questions of how, but
just let me know if you would like
to win such a trip, if the contest
was not too hard, and for worthy
cause. Don't want my mail to be
SO heavy next week that l will
have to have help to carry it. No
fooling, there is good chance of
someone winning the trip, with ex-
penses paid.
They tell me Brother Chainey
will really jump the broom next
month. You know he has run up
to that broom several times, or so
it seemed, but this time I think he
is going to really do a Jessie Owen
over the top.
The best looking place in Seattle
and the most comfortable one to
spend a warm evening or after
noon is the Castle on the hill. A
quarter of an acre of terraced lawn
Suppose some Elks Home in the
east had such surrounding.
1t would be worth a million.
Be seeing you. BILL"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28
Murphy Calls For
Defense of Civil
Liberties in u. S

Washington, D. c. (CNA)-Fail-
ure to enforce civil liberties ordi-
nances is blow at democracy,
eighty-five United States attor-
neys, gathered here this week for
the first time in a group, were
told by Attorney General Murphy.
The New Dealer asked the gov
eminent lawyers to take an active
part in the protection of civil Ii
berties, calling attention to the re-
cent establishment of Civil Liber-
les Unit in the Department of
Justice.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28

Mrs. Dolly Parties, grand lee
turer of the Eastern Star Chap
tiers, has just completed her Off
cial visit to the local Chapters.
While here she was the house
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Mathis. The Chapters honored the
Grand Lecturer at reception on
Monday afternoon, and also Tues
day night. Among the other So
cial courtesies extended to Mrs.
Parties was breakfast given last
Thursday morning by Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Casmon, with covers
placed for six; a luncheon by Mrs.
Jessie Conway; luncheon by Mrs.
]. H. Waggener, Grand Matron of
Washington and Jurisdiction, when
covers were laid for six. Sgt. and
Mrs. Wiley Hipsher entertained at
dinner for the visitor when five
guests were present, and Mrs. H.
w. Davis took her on a scenic
drive around the city. Mrs. Paries
returned this week to her home
in Portland.
Mrs. Il. v. G. Walker, chairman
of the committee who sponsored
the card party for the o. S. e. S.
club last Saturday night, wishes to
thank the friends who helped to
make it success. Prizes for the
evening for bridge went to Charles
Adams, Mrs. Lacy Lewis, Clarence
Thomas and William Jackson, con-
ISOLATION. For whist: James Busby,
Norman Jordan, Mrs. E. M. Jones,
and Miss Bertha Clark, consola-
ton. Mrs. c. l.. Mccullough, score
keeper, was presented basket of
fruit for her services.
The Phaedra Dramatic Club met
at the home of Mrs. ]. S. Smith
last week at which time three new
members passed their entrance
examinations and were admitted
into full membership in the club.
They are Miss Quennie Walker,
Fred Darby, and Percy Melvey.
Keep off date, May Is. Girls
Drill Team and Dance at Harmony
Hall, 9Th at Union st.
Miss Lynne Frances Ward had
a great surprise in store for her
guests when she entertained the
Dwarfs' Fun Club last Sunday
afternoon. After an enjoyable hour
playing various games with Miss
Marguerite Jamison and Mrs. Ed
ma Warfield as prize winners, the
hostess escorted her guests into
the .dining room for tasty re-
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Tune in every Thursday,
$3.50 P. M, KEEN, 1870 K.C.
Enterprise all Negro program
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Patronize Enterprise Advertisers
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28

jim: my wife swears that if
should die she'll never marry a.
gain"
Joe: Gosh, does she think there
is no other one in the world like
you?"
jim: ooh, no; she's afraid there
may be and that she'd marry him."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-28
Housewives
BY Bertha M. Lewis

Well on the
road to recov-
cry, and I hope
to be out and
a r oun d next
week. Old man
flu is a tough
customer, blu {
he can be licked.
You look a lot
the worse for
W e a r though.
"Other Half" Is
still the stenop
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12
"Pen Pal" Letters Result
In One>Year Jail Sentence

name ella" And because the
letters became entirely too per-
sonal. John Lucinski. 81, Buckley.
Tuesday faced years Jail SEN
tence.
Pleading guilty 10 one Of four
counts Of sending obscene mail,
Lucinski drew the penalty at the
hands Of Federal Judge Leon Yank-
wich Monday afternoon. The
jurist handed him the sentence
with the observation that some
cases under the laws governing
misuse of the mails seemed more
matter for a psychiatrist than
for the law"
Assistant District Attorney
Mslm outlined the case against
Lucinski. He said that in 1898
the defendant wrote TO a ''Miss
Ella Erickson, Ashville, N. ~
taking the name from the pen
friends" section OF a western pulp
magazine. During the resultant
exchange OF letters, II developed
that Ella" was In reality a man
named George" The letters fell
into the hands OF authorities. Lu-
cinskis indictment by the grand
jury followed.
Charges against Carl Workman,
arrested in Longview on suspicion
Of purchasing narcotics illegally.
were continued for hearing next
Monday.
Robert Lee Gates ~ Aberdeen.
who pleaded not guilty" on q
charge Of illegal possession Of
liquor. will face trial July "a. His
attorney has entered a motion to
suppress evidence against Gates.
The hearing on the motion Will
precede Gates day In court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12
WALKS into Side OF
CAR, Then into JAIL

Trouble was just beginning for
Sherman Wolgsmot, 80. when he
was knocked down by an sutomo-
bile early Tuesday morning AT 18TH
and Commerce n.
From the county hospital, where
he was treated for cut on nls
head. Wolgsnot was taken N the
city jail and booked On a charge
Of drunkennsss
Police said Wolgsnoi staggered
into an automobile driven by n. v.
Doremus Of Seattle Dorsmgs was
booked for investigation q the
mikhsp, but later released.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12
LIGHTING PROBLEMS TO
Be DISCUSSED AT MEET

Improvement ~ electrical ilIu.
pninstion will he discussed by
members of the Lincoln Citizens
club when they convene Tuesday
at . o'clock In the asth 81. Masonic
temple. so. 3eth and Yakima ave.
II was announced by Or. q. o.
Walters. president
Program features win include
an address by A. n. Comfort on
"Besutifying the city: motion
pictures taken by Sen. Monty Per-
civai and dancing by Kathryn
Kenyon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12
Aberdeen LaUyer
Disbarred I Year

OLYMPIA--T-ns state suprsms
court disbarrsd for ons year. A.
Emerson Cross. Aberdeen lawyer.
from prscfieinr isr because he
defrsudsd tao clients ~ money
given him 70 invest
The clients were Anton szufko
ard Mercedes Psttman. The court
ordered bis Suspension 10 continue
beyond the year unless he makes
restitution to the two whose ~
nsnces he had mishsBdIed. The
state bar board Of governors
recommended that he be suspended
for q year. or longer II be failed 10
pay back the money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12
Anti Trust Policy Must Be
Enforced, Legal Head Says

SAN FRANCISCO The Ameri.
can system Of free economy viii
disappear unless a federal anti
trust policy is enforced. Thurman
w. Arnold, assistant United States
attorney general, said Monday In
a speech at the American Bar
association convention.
When free industrial struc-
ture becomes so blocked with re-
strsints that goods cannot flow
In commerce. people instinctlvely
turn TO the army form OF organ
izstion,7 he said.
Arnold cited 4 BrookinT fnsti-
tute estimate that between 1927
and 1888, distribution Of goods
and services In the United states
fell short Of capacity by s2ts.ooo.-
00o. 600.
That In enough 10 have given
every one Of our thirty million
families 5000 more than most
Of them could save In a liftetims."
he continued. III we organized
the nation like an army and put q
general in command, We could
run the plant at capacity and dis
tribute the goods from his quar-
termasters supplies That 10, In
effect. what the totslltarisn states
are doing
Rise Of Germany from an i'm
potent power with an unemploy-
ment problem 10 It's present post.
ton rs the terror OF the world IL
evidence of the effectiveness, ss
well as the danger. OF that sort
OF an organization"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12

J. Hogan. president of The ABA.
who told the 1000 delegates that
the American people no longer
may look 10 the y. =. supreme
court for the preservation Of their
constitutional libertlea
jackson said that during the
ERA OF negation" before and after
1000, constitutional lsw had be-
come not the law Of the constitu-
ton but the law about the con-
stitution.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12
"REDIsCOvERfNG"
CONSTITUTION

SAN FRANCISCO Recent de-
cisons Of the u. 3. suprems court
show that American legal author
ities are "rediscovcring" the Amer
lean constitution and are inter.
pre,ing u as II was intended by
the trainers. Solicitor General
Robert n. Jackson said Monday.
Speaking before the public utill-
ties section Of thu American Bar
sksoeIsti0n's convention. Jackson
said the nations high courts now
have ended the ERA Of Begation"
and are interpreting the constiin-
ton positively.
Jaeksop's speech was regarded
as a reply 10 an address by Frank
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12

Arrested at 18th and Broadway
Monday for drunkenness. Antsnor
Pinto De Bri,tr. <s-yssr-old sea
man, was being held BY police At
n. city jail for immigration aY-
thoritiss De Briitr is native Of
Brazil, rstrolmsn ID. w. Penn
made the arrest
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12
u. s. INFANTRY OPENINGS

Tacoma u. S. army recruiting
station was advised Tuesday the
district has been authorized to en-
list 10 men each for the list In
fantry and goth Infantry regi-
ments at Fort Francis Warren,
Wyoming.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-12

He thought he was writing TO
woman-but found out he was
writing to a man who used the
Evening star., 1939-04-30
RARE POSTAL COVERS TO FEATURE GEORGETOWN u EXHIBIT
Vaults of University Being Searched for
Historic Envelopes to Be Shown
During Sesquicentennial

collectors. Among them are fine ex-
amples of Great Britain, 1874; early
France; Roman States, 1852, and
Switzerland, 1862. They were ad-
dressed to persons famous in their
time and still remembered, the Prin-
cess GonZaga among them.
Postmark specialists will be de-
lighted with the rare supplementary
markings to be exhibited. One is a
marine die reading, New York Ship,
Via Havre." It was impressed with
red ink, and each separate detail of
the design is as clear as though it
had been cut in steel. Actually, it
was carved out Of piece of wood.
Documents Included.
For document enthusiasts Father
Parsons will display passport is
sued in the name Of the King of
Bavaria, 1889, and the burial GER
tificate of the Duke of Mantua, 1869.
A complete catalogue Of the ex-
hibition has not yet been compiled,
but among the rarities designated to
be shown will be letter from DAN
lei Webster to Benjamin Gilbert,
Hanover, 1907; a letter from Gen.
Mad Anthony" Wayne, addressed to
Col. Jackson, commanding advance
corps, April %, 1882; a letter from
John Randolph of Roanoke, Endorsed
"37-h";; franked envelopes Of Gen.
William T. Sherman; a letter from
Gen. Lewis Cass, January 2, 1882;
a letter from Secretary Of the Navy
Mahlon Dickerson to the widow Of
Commodore Stephen Decatur, post
marked washington City; letters
from Secretary of the Navy Paul
Hamilton to Decatur himself, 1872;
a letter from Ezekial, brother OF
Daniel Webster; q letter from Rep
resentative Edward Douglass White,
Evening star., 1939-04-30

In his death his family have lost
an unshaken friend and a bright
example of philanthropy, the poor
a liberal benefactor, the distressed
of every class willing helper, So
ciety one of her illustrious orna-
ments and George Town by the
blow has lost her most illustrious
patron.
His afectionate connections have
marked the place where his re-
mains are deposited in this Sepul-
chre in order to testify their regard
for his memory, to perpetuate to
posterity the record of his virtues.
Blessed are the merciful, for
they shall obtain mercy"
Probable Route.
1t would seem quite likely that if
a stop was made at Bladensburg-
and it is said stop was made there
that the Washington party and
the Georgetown escort crossed Rock
Creek by way of the old ford, close
to the P Street Bridge, thence
around old Boundary street (now
Florida avenue) to Seventh street
NV, from which the early road
is said to have trended to the
northeast and mounted the encir-
cling rim of hills. At any rate the
President elect did, in all probable
ity, upon this most important oc-