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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1883)
May, 1883. THE WEST SHORE. 03 about Walla Walla and Dayton. In this whole wilh fafms nr"t thriving villages. rwion there is much land vet open to settlement. Rilville behind, we soon arrive at a especially southeast of the Pataha, and between the line of the load to Texas Ferry and the Columbia river. Until the past year the latter re gion was considered too dry, but the error has Having left fulness of in climate, its fertile soil ami In wealth of timber and min.rolt. Through it turn the Sl'RAtiUR, gifji " River of the Went, passing down from a town built on railroad laud, and situated in the llrilish Columbia, navigable by iinmrn for jnri midst of a splendid agricultural section. Ileing miles alxive Kettle Falls. A railroad to that the chief supply point for the Dig llend and Crab xint from Spokane It one of the projects ol the been discovered and the land office at Walla Walla creek regions, possessing a great agricultural trade, future, to open up both the Colville and is besieged by men desiring to file homestead, pre-emption and timber-culture claims. Return ing by the way of Walla Walla we reach the main line at WAI.LULA, on the Columbia near the Oregon and Washing and having the round house and machine shops of kooi'knai country, the company, the present and future prosperity la splendid legion lying in Washington, Idaho and of Sprague is assured. We next stop at llrilish Columbia, whose agricultural, mineral ciiknkv, and limlicr resources are attracting much alien county seat of Spokane county. This, too, has (inn. The Colville and Kootenai regions will be a most favorable location in reference to the trade I the Mecca of Immigrants in a few years ton line This is the point of unction between ol adjacent anu outlying agnctiuurai uismcis, ami rrom npoxane we comimio our journey the Northern Pacific and the O. R. & N. Co., is a bustling, enterprising and prosperous commu- waid and soon cross I e line Into Idaho, wher. nd biddinr adieu to the latter we commit our- nity. The whole region north of Snake river is the road turns sharply to the northward to paw .Ivp. m the rare nf the Northern Pacific and dotted with lakes, twlh large and small, fresh and around the Our d' Alone mountains. A few miles proceed northward. On the opposite side of the sail, and many of them containing sulphur or from the road and ne.tlmg In the mountains, lies I .1 t.. Tl . I. .......... ... 1.1 I I A U ...hTlIM ,,,. UkJXf Columbia, in or oiner minerals, hk umuunu iiuvmi. ..-.v. ki u-KiTAT and vakima COUNTIES ome of these are womieilul, ami especially tne a neauinui o My 01 waier, surrouu.icu uy nign, 11. ihn.n.n.1. ..f nrr nf anrnment and railroad famous limlHtr-clad hills anl fed ly mountain ImH.hS. la,l ..i,l wPnn.nl.. much nf which is readv MKUICAL LAKK, Oh it. bank, are MlliUr !''. ClMto mi 1 ' J !..:.. M:i.. M...ti..u...i ..r ( hem-v. I hit It I : 1 ... t...u... -. ti... ....... lYIHt BIA llllltri. in.....".... I IIOI1 .ll'l .11 1.1.11.11 IHSST. .... t . ,.. rapidly becoming a great health resort, ami a aiK)UIU j K,ma ihJ ie wsteii In rish, and a mini refuge from business and household cares lor .Idltful ,Uce to siend a few weeks would be those who desire to enjoy a few weeks ol freedom n,l( ,0 i,,,,). l.lkcs of sparkling water art scat or to recuperate the vitalities exhausted in too ,eleu ,UUl, mountain, of Northern Idaho, close application to their life work. A lillle ,lc,r m,, rniic,l with noble trees and their town has sprung up on its banks, a commodiuut w,t(.r, ,c, Wl, sporting li.h. One of the mo4 ...Ilk l..il, li..iiaa Is IllMn It! LMlestX. ailll I eest across the great plateau of the Columbia. . , , f ,l .,,.. , x x. factory for the preparation of powder liom Ine We soon reach Pa louse Junction, from which a .. . . .1,,i.,.-ni 1,1. numlier ' nipilu'iiml waters Kivcs em iloymcni to a numocr branch 11 now under construction to open up the great for the plow, while the remainder only requires irrigation to make it produce wonderfully. The facilities for improving this land are abundant. A railroad through that region and across the Cascades to Puget sound will soon be con structed. At Ainsworth the train is ferried over Snake river, and takes a direct shoot to the north- lovely is (.(KOLA I. LA, a little gem, along whose margin the tiack passes. medicinal waters dives employment - . . . . . . .. . 1 .1. . . of men Another lake, Uranile, lies bet ween 11 un us snores aie immense iruosoi me imesi ....1 'i,-u .,,,1 lis waters, also, have valuable uranile. winch will be quirned and thlpiteU along PALOUSK REGION, P"u v" " . .. , , ... ... .. , ..... .. .1. .1 -il- 1.. ...1 w...- .1 .hI.I- MW curative properties. It will prooao.y .00.. u. uw . .. ...... .... ..., .... . ... . . . rs . s I llllr'll 1111 Bl UllllllCI IS-aifl 1 he road will run to Colfax, ttslouse uiy, rarm- . .. ,,, , ,,.,,, in.rton and Mnsrow.thechleftowns of thi. section, days ai ...cuica. . - , . . 1 svi mi iiniiiti iwtniiite 1 rinu uuniiuki rr.. . . ....... ..1 si tt. Il - I Ills IU I IIC MIUIIl.li4 I " I 1 mi is mucn similar to me waua aua cuumiy, a , . ... . ki m nmtM tiim flia tim tM - lf-..i M . .. r ruUomarv or IIUIIV 10 rciiuin item unn iwnw - , , and in . ew years ,.. rival it ,n m p.oouc fa M( , , f grain. Half a dozen years ago Whitman county ... r..;..i.i,uu, ,., s,M.k..,e lake extends thirty miles and west fifteen mlln. rrom iienejr ."i-.-v - . A splemlul view ui tin waier ami I ne surround had but a few settlers, and now it possesses the largest population in the territory. Ureal qua titles of land belonging lo the government, the N. P. K. K. Co. and the Oregon Improvement Co., are open for settlement under the laws or are for sale nn liberal terms. We can not pass with out noticing the PALOUSK FALLS, the most beautiful iiiht in this region. They are river and reach the town of kriKANK VALLi, ing hills is gamed as the train win Is along the most entrancingly situated where the river foams Ireslle, while the bieea from of) the surUc is and dashes over the rocks on its way lo the delightfully end and tefit.hiug. Two steamers Columbia. The beauty of the falls thrills the be- now ply on the lake, and ihis will soon Iwcoint h..l,!rr with pleasurable emotions. Standing be- a lavorlie suminei lesort. Hotels, 041 lung nouses, I I. II . II I. . .1 low them and gaiing along the rapid, lu wiieie steamers yacnis aim mmis win i ouiii m me .1,. ..t-r rolls in white masses over the blink or entertainment and pleasure of visitors. Vtni and boils around the large bowlders in the d Urellle, or an. ruint, station on me wesi " . .. . r.,.m. on the river of that name, a few miles anove 11s rtil.ilii of shore, was U lone time the terminus of I he ... t u.l..a 1 surcim. uiic im ..v- , ne, ana no, ar ro, . w . M . ,. going east. it. From the hill, above tl, cm "K , r , T(f ff4 )unth , C,jll4lll,,i. w,,lch head. 1 the northeast a hundred miles K"""'" junction with the Snake, and not the road crosses i the eye range, to the northeast a nunmeu m..c. r in . ,,, , nw, BUhwste,l to the Cu-ur d'Alene mo.nt.ina, over an - - . , , , , ...... f .ll: l 11. xhfxi nir raoid v 1 ne con- or ""1 i ..... . . P""" K ' ' " .u:. ,.r il.. or. and catches the CV at 111 union wnn lin main stream, was n.mm ilmu. (li.m buiml wntiun"" . I verted into fields of grain. STF.mroRl BUTTK, solitary peak rising in commemoration fortunate campaign first glance. The value of the waier power can claikb'i roan or thk coi.vmkia. I . .. . . I I I' 1..- fl . . . . - . I k...ll I. ,iiim.ted. Il is alrel attracting the J tnt geai overiaiw ..pi.H.rs c-.s ng from the plain, ana nam manufacturing and Clarke, in l,J. U . down "h , ,. 1 .uMuii-i. The scenery al.Hiir the SiK.ksne unown lor aiKiui rmy mnes m in. w.ci i!g , vicinity in 1858- Continuing our jo. .c7 , ,u (u ,ilJf , .,,. , 1 aiouse junction, we u..b" - . . . . , . . 1- .: .1.. Inm lis lunction with the llill.r Knot sssslil U j , , . ,. 1 ,.rMi tn those who la.C oeiiu.il in wnncw.. ,..s - --- . - recently supd .0 be vduele- foe JI , Mlu(f. A,.mg ihes. ih. . lb. flaihea.! a, M.-ml. ,i..., It purposes, but upon reaching Riuv.lle and behold- ecn"'C'jiiltL A0 fmH gw , inen Ua.s il. proi a.e of Clarke'. Uk ing Ihe improvement, and farm, about that place, (j u , mMi iM L,k, Via , j-y,,,,,, , we realiie how erroneous was this impression. " . M . but fr.rtB wheie il agam .merge, il bears Ihe nans To the west of ui. and occupying hundreds of ine d'OreilU ilv.i nil it unite, with the nsain aquare mile. U that vt in known as the ' ,,, , Jilir, , hi(W, tn4 , Mm, 110 M.ND COUNTaV, Li I . .k.. Ih. i.nl himls. .HSI of OUI ge4l4 and SWIsI WWWB"! tsplotelS, .urruunded on three side, by the keeping lnd nas oB -r . H.or.gmsl tuts sImiUI b. r.amH l.om lis Uiifc.