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