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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1880)
THE WEST SHORE. January, 1880 mi mn The Shijm- hi licauiiful trading bird, which lir iii otarthea, wit nuiomt, and lew ground It travels during 1 1 . tight m wll ee In th day, and 11 jiiefcts aliiim) tlu tt wenthri. l fouml ill all IttHodoi 111 tttfjl ll oi lite glolie, 111 some jmiU nf llir will. in out dm n oowtr) ii leavte (in- wirm region of iiic Mouth when ii spends tin mill months of winter, ind comes NmmIi in build 111 nwl mill rem iti young ones, lu liilli nei i often only hol low iii tin Hi'1" ' which era laid font pftttl spoiled egga, Though keeping sotj of Iht 'in i" thi ground among the long gTM and rush, yd low mil. evening, ii llkti io 11 ver) high, mi high in u ahnoai out oi light 1111 mii mi sii ks I sii til- ikl IXJN -... !!. Tim tallet im ' lni(lh oi tit or i lilt) niilr. 1 1 h ineiilai in hae, ta 1 niy from out to ten will 111 width, lu K t 11 r 1 a I ilnc. Ii"ii U north mul MMMh. The h uli 1 ItiiH iiik Iii the north ic mm- lo the iMirni contradk tiofl oi ii nm do 11 north I up Miulh. Thr mmm nrwnwdlngi of the vallet air m lutewjue ami reajsMlM , Willie tin I "HI iIm-II ha. hul Utile natural lustily to ir oinmrnil il, though liter are l u nook ami tlrn whrir a L'u ol solitude might live la admiration oi the iMViiliai, and, in oinr inatanC, heauti hll, il iiijj of naluir. A lew .i.lten tototi. I.h k men hat e elevteil reOChci ami etahlihe. llwniM-Ur in Ihcn bin mi , WWoh h an abuml.uil sOtffCI ol iofU ami not wlwilly leonl ol ili a. anllt ami elio, ui 'III. Sin I OUMMnI hj lhawi etleitMVe WiiU, with all tin .o thetnalta ( a l k ism h almul 1 1 it in . thru liattlt ami good-nluicl v . . j i IMUM " OUtld anil . nurd an. I 11 ail l IoimW:" linn IIhhimihUoI Iioim. ami Cattle ; memtww lati.U t UM kOtltS ttmlrlil, ami iatiiir milmnlnl, lhw mrn lrl NtO " tdvOOJtWIf an.li an U m imiilti tme i enlln On "i Mile. vehii( 111 lite iteai hh,i i vast fortune. A nwn t hole .uli-.l, grnrliMli ami Kxmintmlalmj; la., ol nirn lannol hr louml antMlirir than the lefckmcii the I'a. id. I With 1 Item, lit lairlMtfiog always halloa .Hilu.l ll ilnui, ami then .lot. , wlwthtrioramallaIwM In weteoeie with the weary traveler. Tht prioeipol Hon of thli valley i. (terOt, barren, pttat-wood deeert, wUhonl) mwia.man.h or Mill lake varying the monotony. 10 the north, ihii is particularly 'the caae, excepting the oasis. It would be dUB llll,l, fmlgjn a mora dewlate and Ood foraaken region outaide of Aaayna, Aral ..1 the Great Sahara. Form ilea ., ea,thewandertogitranger ialeo on In rain iearehoftheGod.gfvenbev; (rage,aomctim jeered, laughed a) ano tortured bj the deceitful mirage, which i ,,m. i iiiu v, kci-p- a k-autihil lake jui ahead ami out of reach, ever reccfl Ing ..a you approach, vet ever before yout gaae. Occaalonally the view is changed and thh mocker of human ireeJtnoH createi In beauty and grand ui .1 magmficaul dtjfi with walla, tur ret!, towns, long rtreeta, ttotely huilil iti(; in fart, everything that (5c to II "N. am. III! sMI'f. make up grtat city, tnd while you Mtud enraptured wuh the view wmth ton knuu to Ik a mytblyet a treat 104 rellei In tin vast wUderneat of wl i;i,.ilk.ili,n. uiw wiKxI.even that ladi 1 aw i) tx lore yom eery eyea, ami rou .in- arouaed a.' from a dumber, to thl unplr.,.,1,1 iialuah.m U t ,t.kl.rl wrroumb you, 1 hot lunacorchea your Ittod, whik the reflected ratsfr,lln thc tparkllng alkaHw wrfact iuimm cauaea pm ayei lo Uart fr,n their MKkcti. wl tbpaaa Vor bruig third waja remind you Hut ,.,am weary mile in. hrrvcm bn.ei. JIl( N of green on the mountain dde, trie namaat El"' '" ,; ",'r Vo boh again from ",1,;IV ' -'"' '""-Hlarelorceil " " N " N baton rcaVnd " away, ha criiblc lake. You 7W t reiUhld ",l ooo reach a briit nn -""e.vyjeX lonj; breath of disappointment and turns wav with an almost human appear ance of diegUSt. There are many of hese lakes, some of them sever mile Extent and so salt as to be wholly un fi. for Uge This vallev has, apparently, a. no very remote period in the past, been one great inland salt sea, its waves Wishing fur up the mountains which now bo'nd the Valley. This fact ib un mistakable, as shown by the water line ii various elevations where the water Hood at different etagei of its recession Shells and w ater formations are tound deposited hi;;h up among rocks and din. The vallev, for miles and miles of its surface, is scooped and hollowed out by the action of the water, and dry lake beds, almost circular and from one to Ave miles In diameter, completely sur rounded by natural levees of embank ments of "sand from ten to forty feet high, thrown Up by the united action of ' wind and water, a w h i 1 e about the margin a heavy de ftj w posit of sediment MZZxhv still bears proof that not many years have passed since the Rllgry waves of this inland sea dis puted the dominion a n d possession of man. Outside of these depressions or deeper basins, the country is almost a dead level, or thrown into wavy 11 n (I u 1 a t i o n s by w ind and water. Dry channels -- : connect these ba sins with each other and form a net work of what has Ihtii at one time a picturesque display of lakes and rivers. Even some of the older settlers of the country tell us they have seen these basins tilled with water and have watched the recession with interest. There are no visible outlets to these lakes, though many streams How into them, but we are told that Gen, Crook, while floating in search of ducks in his little boat, discovered a whirlpool which he prospected until "wantd that it was formed by a subter ranean channel which drain this chain ol lakes. The Salem Mercury has been re ""'ved to this city and will hereafter be published as 4 Sunday morning paper, KvMs.s &(jo. The gentlemen com PWg the firm are experienced news paper men, a,ul we hope that thev will Wet with the success they deserve. E. .Norton, favorably known in Oregon 1 'i-rary crcles, has char-. ne .kJ , , i uraws a ufiwrtnirin n
