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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1882)
36 THE WEST SHORE. February, 1882 C. In get through said pass to diverge again into the United States. The cli m.iie and scenery here are delitrhtfu and grand, and one can do almost any amount of work without Incoming fa tigued. The Okanagan river Hows through the lake and empties into the Columbia, eighty miles mint h of here, ami m a rapid and treacherous stream. There were hundreds of cattle drowned in it last winter. When it was frozen over mid covered with snow, the cattle would get over the center of the stream looking for water, and the ice woult hiiNik, precipitating them into its swift current, and in a short time drawing the last one under the ice helow. The Indians aie pretty well advanced in civilization and are mostly members of the Catho lie church, owing to the effort of th Jesuit. Those on this reservation are l.xse.l to be peaceable. About hir ty silver beiirinir ciuartz lorl !,.,. ecn discovered fifteen miles west of '. and eight or ten of them ,.rr h. '"g pros,Wcict with good results. C in Indiana Ihrald. lAWoN UIV, (;RAN.T C0l.NTV( 0R ' the nth day of June. iS h '"V reader, bee, on the site of Canyon - j iney nKt have seen nine weary . . " 1 or sucn they were 11I0.M;.... .1.. . . J ' r 1 1 r y ,owrds new Held l ulxir komrul.... : . v,t mis northern l,;".; As ig, ovcrt00k hem : C they camoed '! m camp, ncof(hc mcn t,,0U(;ht -j I"" o.rt to sec what pro, l nem,Kh,nn,l. Mis effort were M'7 "J '"" wo d one-halfdol Ut (mm ,hc ln in good dust. Tha enough ,0 rouse the ambirion with nlh". find mo of thUgolde, Srr.r---Pn 1 "nte staked off and Z kT".!!"1', -he, T, my more miners . ,. lM "e their appearance -I 'I- whe firM Martin i el"; VOn ("V. Whirl. . . . th. r" "cone of ' m,"'ff cam, Cvcr tli, -sal of whom Kerein.buT; miles from the famous John Day river. It is walled in on either side by moun tains that tower far up towards the skies. The creek at the foot of the mountains is one of those rapid streams such as is found in all mountainous countries. On both sides of this the city was built. Large business firms, too numerous to mention, brought their articles of trade here to dispose of. Doctors and lawyers were few in those days, as people did not believe in dying and offenses against our laws that re quired punishment were quickly dealt with by the gentle hands of our popu- iice. 1 o hang a man was not thought a great sin then. Hut few of the first settlers remain now to tell the story of long ago. Among those that do remain are the names of J. Powers, W. II. Clark. Judge F. C. Sels, I. II. Woods, Hall Hros., J. rowers, C. Griggsbv. I. Wash. M. V. Thompson, J. R. R0y, A. L. Sanford, A. L. Cummings. E. Shut Geo. Owens, A. R. McCullam, Judge i. 1. tlazcltine, E. Lester and Frank McHcan. In the year 1870, a lire broke nut in the city which soon swept the whol valley, laying the fair city in ashes. It was rebuilt, however, to the present size The mines commenced failing and miners left for new hVblc nf " 4UWUJ , th.namen at once took their places ml to-day the creek, as well as other creeps ,., the vicinity, are mostly worked by the dusky race. Some few of the old miners still , tney sit around on the , ... . . -vi turners, el .ngthe.r stories of ong, long ago nd gazing at the duskv u ' . 1 . "J ". iiuw OUSV P"-'k.ng up ,ht wealth they to h, ..l f l ' "S " gCneral thi"g, have lost what they had and now live on jaw-bone-thev seem u. . -ted with thinking ,hilt at one Z they, too, were well to do. At present we have fi. . two drug .tores, two blackl" hop, two Hrst-clas, hotels, brewery, two liver .,..1.1. ' "e 'here is lo-i. u-iik 1 " ua rc ow wth about one hund. a loih'e r t ""--moers, UIl'c with , lcmPli,r have ''kcw.th members ,00 ,... v,"n saw mills run by water, and one grist mill, situated not far from the city limits that supplies the city and country aclja. cent. We have all the paraphernalia requi site to make a large and thriving city. There are about five hundred inhahi. tants in the city and immediate vicinity; mostly of the hard working class; just the right kind of people to build up the country. Sheep and cattle raising occupies the attention of a great many, and it is a source of much wealth to them. Wc have a good school for the edu cation of children, taught by Prof. Ron ham, whose services the citizens highly appreciate. Three churches grace our city, which seem to be well supported. Among the fine buildings . will be found the Odd Fellows', Masons' and Good Templars' halls. THE WONDERLAND OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. to mention The scenery of the Columbia, or to be neifecl. ly accurate, of thai part of it which is connected wiui tne Lascaclc mountains, is infinitely erander. more beautiful, more varied and more ' peculiar than the tourist is apt to anticipate. It is true that all one's friends who have ever made the trip speak of it in the most enthusiastic fashion, but this is to be expected. The civilized world is now distinctly artistic, and the people of good common sense and the consummate and utter, though they detest each other mnlinllv the common ground of natural scenery. There arc few men of the world, and probably no femi nine worldings at all, who would care to assert a disregard for the beauties ..f nr- Chandor will be satisfied to enjoy it, and to remain sane, whilst the Cimabue Browns, who are esthet ics, think themselves bound to rave and madden, nnu oie away in ecstacies. The. HiflV.r,n , sees, is only in quantity, for both are admirers, only one confesses admiration, and the other pro- lesses it. Between th CJk turn r. ... .. .L . 1 , ,. . , me niaair ana tlie zenith of estheticism. who belong to neither party by convictions, for tney have none, but who train with itkAV ..j occasionally with both. These are the cood" folk wno make up that maioritv whir-h cnm- r r'C,i'n 'SLbmerest moments, styled the voice o These are they who form the great army P W,ed, and personally conducted traveling parties dev.sed. So far. I h,li,.. u -ptedthe Columbia rive n;;;; -.fa 5.er,h -theYosemi,e,Sothatthe,ouri;s L, h :eR,.n have 0"'y 'en the sinCle soies. the 1)emgalittIcintherenri T.at "in soon come m ' their own i . ,nKe th,s fair '"id 'neir own I cannot c.i.l.i ti... T'cre i one stem u mill, tW0 The D", ,Kmy-s,xn"leseen Portland and u : -fi"-"