Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mr. I. L. Sh<r A movement is on foot to improve the 'Columbia river above the Dalles and in this way open a long stretch of the Upper Co uinbia and Snake rivers to navigation. If this is ac complished it will be an important link In the great scheme of inland ?waterways. Upon this arm of the sea have floated the ships that were with Dewey at 'Manila and with Sampson at Santiigo. This commerce of the world enterB its vaters. Cargoes of tea, lumber, flour and wheat pass ov er It and its foreign trade averages twelve million do'lars a year.. The Columbia is the only fresh water harbor on the Northwest coast of our states. W;th its tributaries it drains aeraes of New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. More than this, it is the scenic wonder of the Northwest. Its gorge is stupendious and its mighty current puts to s iame even the Mis sissippi, to which in size it is a close second. Though this mighty river is a thriv ing rival of the railroads its historp / calls to every tn.veler on Its waters. People this stream with Jaun de Fuca Bering, Gray and a long roll of Span ish adventurers j.nd the Indians that preceeded them, and every headland will speak of thrilling incidents. It was in 1805 that travel-stained and weary Lewis and Clark, those dough ty soldiers, reached the mour.h of the Columbia after traveling 4,000 miles from their starting point. They had crossed the Rockies and traveled along the Missouri. After reaching the Columbia, they passed the winter in the camp on the Oregon side at a place they called Fort'Clatsop after a neighboring tril-e of Indians. Cap tain Gray had already entered tne river's mouth and gave it the name of his noble ship, but it remained for Lewis and Clark to influence the Un ited Stites to :"ollow up the claim bassed on Gray's discovery and to held the country west of the Rockies and south of ti e 4 0th parallel. One other name this mighty stream has borne?and this is "the Oregon." Its origin is shrouded in mystery? one of the mary that envelope this stream?-but it s known that Carver used the void in describing a river which he said tlie Indians told him flowed to the W '.-<t and was ?o named. Jefferson used the word Oregon in his instructions to Lewis and Clark, but it was really Bryant's "Thanatop sis," that brought the name "Oregon" into notice. Columbia or Oregon. It presents many phases of wild nature. The usual trip for sight-seers is to the coasr where is the old fur trading post, As:oria. and up the river to the Dalles, but there is a delightful stretch in Canada where the river winds between the foothills of the Rockies and the Se-lkirks. In one rilace it widens into one of its mother lakes, Lake Windemere. Just below are salmon spawning grounds whe-e twenty years .'.go the Kootenay In dians fish in o.ie night, but this has ceased since the salmon industry has ?been carried or so vigorously near Its mouth. Anotler fascinating stretch of the Upper Columbia is where it widens into A "row Lakes, here the scenery reminJs one of the Scotch lakes. The historian will wish to take a boat to Astoria and follow the course made memorable by Lewis and Clark and agents of John Jacob Astor. This part of the river, though not as pic turesque as the Upper Columbia, teems with history. At its mouth the river is seven miles wide and its tide is so great it can be felt one hundred and fifty miles. There are many re minders of a hundred years ago? among them Tongue's Point, Chinook Point, Gray's 3ay and Astoria. The View from the lighthouse at Cape wem Disappointment is superb, (n the dis tance are the government jetties, and the lightship far out to sea, while the waters tumble over the bar at the mouth in a series of eddies and whirlpools. Fort Columbia, at the river's mouth, is equipped with the newest of heavy marine ordnance and a short distance away is Fort Clatsop where Lewis and Clark camped. Whey they left, feeling the uncertainty of re turning East alive, they left notices i with the Indians and in various places I describing their journey and what they had seen. It is a curious fact that one of these In after years reach ed Philadelphia by way of China. At this end, too, the river is not alone associated with Lewis and Clark. At old Fort Voncouver, Grant, Sheridan and other army officers w?re station ad. Grant was there in 1852 and Sheridan commanded the fort in 1 S56 and took part in two Indian up risings. Just as the Columbia, near its mouth Is associated with history, ev ery om agrees that the Bcenery of the Upper Columbia cannot be duplicated even by the palisades of the Hudson or Mississippi. A succession of sur prises continues for one hundred and seventy-five miles to the Dalles. It is beyond this that most of the improve ments will be made and that are con sidered necessary, for, ;.ust as this great river in 1805 was a waterway for savages, so today it is important for civilized man. The canoes of the CcS&Ue Modi. I Indian have vanished and steamboats have taken their place. At the en 1 trance to the Gorge one catches a j ! first glimpse of the titanic forms that border on each side of she river. It is also apparent why the Cas j cade Mountains, are so named. Down the rocky sides of the huge balastic j projections that stand up sheer from the stream are numerous beautiful little falls. They pour from every crevice, often from the mountain tops and in one place at leasit twelve of ! these cascades with their foaming j spray can be seen glistening like snow wreaths. Some send down tiny ! threads of foam, others are beauties j hidden in evergreen nooks, and still j others spread over broad ledges like veils. The most beautiful of these is Multnomah Falls, S00 feet high, a cascade In two groups, long, filmy and falling with wonderful grace and gen tleness. Other noted fai-s are Rridal Veil, Latourelle, Horse Tail and One. onta. Cape Horn is the most prominent projection on the Columbia banks. It consists of pillars of 500 to 2,000 ft. He Goes Out Om high. The steamer passes close to this rock and by Its side looks diminutive. Further on Is Castle Rock, and im mediately following is the odd Bridge of the Gods. From abutmen s on the mountain sides one can understand that the Indians may have some foun dation for their story that there nuce existed a natural bridge whicl. spanned the river. The Inaians say they were able to cross the stream dryshod and account for the disap pearance of the bridge in various ways. One legend tells that a dusky maiden on the Oregon side was stolen by her enemies on the other side of the river. When her friends pursued, the Indian tried to escape across the bridge and in revenge the gods let the bridge fall. This is but one of several fanciful tales. Scientists think that there may have been an uplift across the stream, which if composed of lava, would in the process of time, be so eaten away that the water would run through r.nd thus make a natural bridge. Nearby this are the queer submerged trees that were in the water when Lewis and Clark saw the stream. They are evidently sub merged forests, stand in their natural position and are twenty to thirty-live feet high. They are supposed to lie caused by landslides from '.he moun tains damming the river. That some unheaval took place is evidenced by the Cascades, which are new passed by means of a look. This stretch of river has been called Rob bers Roost because in early times the Indians annoyed every exploring par ty that tried to pass. From the Cas cades to the Great or Celilo Falls the scenery is of superlative degree, for the river has eaten its way by means of rapids, falls, whirlpools, through the blackest of basalt. The Great Falls are a drop of forty feet through the dark, sombre looking lava and the wafer falls as if for a thousand miles above it had been nerving it self for the ordeal. At the Dalles the river begins to compress Into a nar row channel. An intresting phase of the Colum I bla River is the old Indian burial grounds. 'Many of these were situ ated on islanui near the Great Falls and years ago the graves contained many pieces of pottery and Indian or naments. Another curious Indian cemetery existed for years on the bank of the river. Time and progress of civilization have changed this old spot, but early explorers found vaults over the doors of which were painted colored totems in the forms of ani mals. Many kettles, baskets and medicine bags have been taken from .hese graves and remains of skulls show that this tribe had some method :?f Hattening the skull similar to that employed by the Cliff dwellers. A trip can be taken up the navi gable Upper Columbia and back by iioat in one day, or the tourney can be made both by boat and rail. Eith er way one enjoys unconventional nature, holding forth in wild, riotous >nd stormy moods. No softening hand has changed the savage cliffs, ihangeful waters, dangerous falls and dainty cataracts. The tremendous intensity of this iver looks as if it might last forever, o matter how much commerce may uSS over its waters. The bar at its (?uth was long ago robbed of its errors and the lighthouses throw ??eir gleams across this stretch ???hieb once was considered so dan gerous. The salmon fishers with their nets and fish wheels now ply their trade along the banks near which Lewis [ ind Clark once made a salt camp. :t is an interesting business?this lalmoti catching, but that is another story The mighty Columbia is first .nd always a scenic wonder. once it was the storm center in \.nglo-American politics regarding lie international boundary. Today, t is a stream rich in historic asso ciations and vast in economic resour ces. If the dangerous parts be made safe, if the dangerous parts can be made safe, there seems little limitation in the part it will play in the scheme of inland waterways. Breaks the Record. The St. Matthews correspondent of The State says: ' Several days ago one Bill Plush, a aegro, broke the man-shooting record by winging five other negroes at one time at a hot supper. One Charles Staley, a negro living on the opposite side of the county, out-distanced Plush the other day in his race for the pennant for the number of men shot at one time. Staley went out on the warpath and succeeded in pumping lead into 11 of his brethren before his ammuni tion gave out. So far as can be as certained this is a record-breaker." Staley must have been loaded up On mean booze or cocaine. 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price 25 cents. I [other-in-Law 'jitiful on Ihm C?nlinsnt Prophecy Being Fulfilled. In June, 1873, accordng to the Philadelphia North American, Ed ? ward J. Ryan, chief justice of the su i preme court of Wisconsin, gave this I prophetic warning to the graduating ? class of the University of Wisconsin: "There is looming up a new and ! dark power. 1 can not dwell upon 1 the signs and shocking omens of its advent. The accumulation of indi I j vidual wealth seems to be greater I than it ever has been since the down ', fall of the Roman empire. The en terprises of the country are aggre gating vast corporate combinations II of unexampled capital, boldly march I ing, not for econmic conquests only, I but for political power. We see their colors, we hear their trumpets, , we distinguish the sound of prepara 1 tion in their camps. For the first time in our politics, money is taking the field as an or ganized power. It is unscrupulous, arrogant and overbearing. Already here at home, one great corporation h s trifled with the soveri^n power and insulted the state. There is grave fear that it and its great rival have confederated to make partition of the state and share it as spoils. "Wealth has its rights. Indus trious wealth has its honors. This it is the duty of the law to assert and protect, though wealth has great power of self-protection and inlluence beyond the limits of integrity. Bait money as a political inlluence is es sentially corrupt: it is one of the most dangerous to free institutions: by far the most dangerous to the I free and just administration of the law. It is entitled to fear if not to j respect. J "The question will arise, and arise in your day. ihoitgh perhaps not fully in mine: Which shall rule, wealth or ir.Hn; which shall lead, money or in 'ollect: who shall fill public station, educated and patriotic freemen or the feudal serfs of corporate capital?" The prophecy of Judge Ryan is being rapidly fulfilled almost to the letter. He certainly knew what he was talking about when he made it. It took the people a long time to catch on, but we believe they have their eyes open at last, and it begins to look as if the thieving trusts will be called to account. Cotton Seed Wanted. If you have any cotton seed to sell or trade, see me before selling at Adden Bros. Warehouse, corner Railroad and E. Russell St. Car load lots solicited. Be fore buying your Fertilizer see me and get prices. R. N. OWEN, Agent for Kershaw Oil Mill.. COULDN'T COOjU MEM The Trouble Mrs. Buchanan Had And How She Finally Over came It With Cardui. Liverpool, W. Va.? Mrs. N. J Buchanan writes from this place: "j suffered for three years with womanl] troubles, and had such pains I though' I would die. I could not stand up Ions enough to cook a meal. I would worl a little, and then have to sit down. A last, I had to be in bed half the time My husband read a Cardui advertise ment that described almost the way ] felt, so I sent for some Cardui. Aftei taking it, I began to get better righi away. New, I am cured, and I am verj grateful, indeed, for what Cardui ha; done for me. I shall always praise It.' Cardui is a woman's tonic?z strengthening remedy for women especially for women, from perfectlj harmless, vegetable ingredients. That's the reason for Its 50 years of success It will pay you to test it for yourself N. B? Write to: Ladles' Advisory Dept.. ChaMa nooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., for Specia Insi'ructions, and 64-page book, "Home Treatmea for Women," tent In plain wrapper, on request Pours out of the horn of the COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE exactly as It went Into the record. Band, orchestra, violin, flute, piccolo, piano, banjo, bells, cornet, clarionet, trombone, 'cello, speech or singing voice, solo or ensemble ?every note and tone is clear and smooth. Good reason why?the machine Is perfect. Let us play the "BN" Columbia Graphophone for yon to prove It. If yon bay yon pay just $28.90 for the complete outfit with needles and records. Kasy terms if you like. Other outfits from $20 tu $200. Do you know that more than one-fourth of the automobiles sold in the WORLD to-day are Ford Model T cars. There must be a reason for such immense sales. It will pay you to investigate this matter before you buy. G. C. Bolen, Agents for Orangburg County. Neeses, i - ? South Carolina. Ryan Walker. : Ti^fc Ha?) IE" TW? JW5 S/u AIM of SH?rs MO PS AND tun* mw, ?uwq h?r THE sewing MACHINE OF QUALITY. NOT SOLD UNDER ANY OTHER NAME. WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. If you purchase the NEW HOME yon will have a life asset at the price yon pay, and will not have an endless chain of repairs. Quality Considered it is the Cheapest 1 in the end to buy. If yon want a sewing machine, write tap our latest catalogue before you purchase The New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass. WANNAMAKER'S THEIR DRUG STORE 'If. isn't everything in the merchan dise sold after all?it is really tho personality behind the store that brings you back again and again. You feel satisfied when you get your drug and household wants from this drug store that you are getting the best that human endeavor can put into it. Why? The men here love their work. They are experienced?competent registered. You are treated as a friend, not just as an occaslona leustomer. And, after all, we do business only with our friends. This drug sore does a careful busi ness. It does a considerate business. We are here to make a legitimate are our friends and come to us with profit and we are happy when you your sick room needs, perscriptions or toilet articles. Why not always say "Wannamakers.'* J. G, Wannamaker Wfg Co Orangeburg, S. C. What a Bank Account Does at The People's Bank It helps your credit. It stimulates your courage. It guards you against extrava i sai?ce-. It gives you conhdence in your judgment. It helps you hold up while you are out of work. It furnishes the best receipt for all money you pay out. It creates business habits that will increase your savings. It protects against loss by rob bery and personal injury by rob bers. It enables 3 ou to pass over per iods of sickness without embarrass ment. It makes you able to run your business, instead of your business running you. It teaches economy, which is the first round in the ladder to success and prospuity. Your business wel come, The People's Bank, ELLOREE, S. C. STORE YOUR COTTON with the Standard Warehouse Co. Dukes Avenue, Xear A. C. L. Depot. and if you wish it, the Farmers Loan and Trust Company will lend you money on the receipt at a low rate of interest. T. B. Stackhouse, - - - President. Geo. A. Schffley, - Local M*gV