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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"-"