October, 1883.
THE WEST SHORE.
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that the Northern Pacific will puih a branch
through tome pus in the Rider Root mountains
and down the Clearwater to t.tvitnn give a most
cheering outlook fur old Shoshone, which will
cause the recusant old tramps, who left her so lung
ago to fight her battles alone, to wish they had
remained to share her good (otlune. Boise Stales-man.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SPALLUMCHEEN VALLEY.
The Inland Sentinel recently published an ac
count of a land hunting trip in that portion of the
province above Yale, from which we condense
the following i There arrived in April last a
party of young men from the provinces of Mani
toba and North West, who sent out two of their
number in search of land for twelve settlements.
Leaving Yale on the twentieth of April and hav
ing traveled through about 175 miles of country,
they arrived on the 30th at Grand prairie, which
was the first valley of any account there they
found about 1,300 acre of raitie land, slightly
timbered, unoccupied; this land requires irriga
tion, which could be easily accomplished at it is
very level and has a plentiful supply of water In a
creek that flows down one tide) at (hit place
there it quite a settlement with six good farms
well under cultivation and which carry consider
able stock. Passing on the nest place, about ao
miles, it Salmon river valley, which It very fine,
but the land apparently It all taken up by settlers,
with the exception of one or two pre-emptions,
slightly wooded. Six or seven miles further on Is
the Spallumcheen valley, which it by far the best
and largest in the country) the valley it well set
tied up, there not being one piece of choice land
now available. In the valley there it a saw mill
which b now capable of turning out several thou
sand feet of lumber per day. Mere they were
able to find a considerable tract of land adjoining
the Indian reserve and extending to the Salmon
river valley, about two miles from the Swllunv
cheen valley, on to settlement, consisting of
about 3,500 acres of prairie land slightly timbered
with douglat pine, which will not require a great
deal of clearing. These parties intend la Jointly
fence, clear, build houses and make homes
workine the land to the best advantage. These
men are a desirable class of settlers being all me
chanict, and men who have farmed more nr leu
in Manitoba, but who have been driven hence in
search of a mora genial climate and a country
where farming may be carried on with some de
gree of pleasure and not subject to the long, severe
cold weather, excessive beat and moaquetiies
without number. Lei us now add a word or two
about the climate of the country! The winter
varies from six to twelve weeks, during which
time about two feet of snow falls, and the glass
has been known to go as far down as 45 below
aero, with no wind. The cold snaps eeldom but
more than two or three days, while the remaining
part of the winter is very tnoch like the old eemn
try. In the sumtter it is hot during the middle
part of the day, sav from II to J o'clock, before
and after which lime It la pleasant cool nighti
and mornings, being able 10 sleep comfortably
with rour blankets. No Irrigation It required
and yields are abive the average. The crarntry
there abounds with gam of all kindt and to the
sportsman cannot be surpassed, there being cari
boo, moose, deer, iattridge, blue grouse, prairie
rhlrkrn, heaver, bean, mountain shrcp anil jj.utj,
together with a large vatiety of other animals and
a beautiful selection of small birds; fish are plen
tiful. The land in this part of the countiy is like
most parts ol llrilish Columbia, limited, but there
is considerable timlier land, which will soon no
oubt be taken up by settlers, and after one or
two years of lalmr lie able to make very comfort
able and profitable hornet for themselves. The
country Is very thinly settled and need hardly
say there is a good demand for the gentler set
and married persons, who will be most heartily
received by the now residents In that district,
and eveiy inducement will be held out to them
by the settlers,
At Spallumcheen they were kindly Invited In
see the Nicola country with a view to settlement.
The Nicola district is more like civiliratlon as
there is a plentiful supply of the fair sex and
many families, with the finest climate In the
whole of HritUh Columbia, with very little win
tcr and sometimes no snow at all, and when
It
does it only remains a very short lime on the
ground. As a stock raising country It cannot be
excelled, but for agricultural purposes it is not so
well adapted, there being considerable labor and
trouble attached to raising gtain for even home
consumption, on account of irrigation. The
bunch gra there it in much greater quantities
than any other place, and the way in which the
cattle fatten on it is astonishing.
AGRICULTURE.
Corn has never been a staple product ol this
region, chiefly, however, because our farmers
preferred to cultivate wheal, For a numlwr of
years it hss been claimed thai the Walla Walla
region, meaning in general terms the whole
Southeastern Washington, could and Uion proper
cultivation would produce abundant ami excellent
crops of corn. That this is a fact would apiar
from the following statement of the Waittburg
lima : "J. C. Arnold last Wednesday morning
brought to the 'lma office tome of the finest corn
we have ever seen in this county. The ear are 14
inches in length and contain 14 rowt of grain all
perfectly matured. It would conqiare favorably
with corn produced in the famous corn producing
state of Illinois. And the tlrangett thing it that
this corn was planted in the dust and grew and
matured without irrigation or drop of rain.
Mr. Arnold also laid, not on our table, but
the floor, a sweet potato squash which la
slouch 1 it measures 4 Incites In length tail
weiuhsit nounds. It also grew In the "desert
region" without Irrigation or a drop ol rain.
anybody in any count 7 can beat such productions
we would like to know who of where.
The estent af the great western stuck ranges,
ike number of young cattle that have been this
year driven upon them and the value of eat tie on
the various ranges, la thus summarised from the
Chicago Jrnl: The extensive grating court
tries of the west comprise Texas, New Mesico,
he Indian territory. Western Kansas, Wetter
Nebraska. Colorado, Wyoming, Easier Utah,
Western Uakota, Montane and portion of N
vada and Oregon, a stretch of etmnlry ever 1,000
ilea north and Mia, Vf 1,000 exiir iu ana
west. Into Ikes gratis gruatwl appears
from the investigations of Messrs. Irwin, Allen A
of Kansas City this year Missouri sent 55,.
OOO OIW UllJ Uu ci-u!.l !,vifn mi.l tuos 1 I lie
eastern half of Kansas about ooo; Iowa about
,ouo; Minnesota, 15,000; louislana, 10,000 1
Mississippi, 10,0001 Tennessee, 5,000; KlorlJs,
5.0001 Illinois and Kentucky, 5,0001 and driven
into Tcsas, New Mexico and Aratnna from Old
exico, about JVooo. Oregon and Washington
sent into Montana, Wyoming and Itakola, fully
10,000. And Into this same country about to,.
000 young thomugh-hrcd and high-grade bulls
were tent from different eastern and middle
states. The cost of yearlings from Missouri.
owa, Kansas and Ncbiaska was from $15 In $11
per head 1 two year olds, $15 to $jR r head.
rum Arkansas and further south the prices per
head was from $ In $6 less, owing to the qual
ity! and from Old Mexico $10 was a good price
ir yearlings, $11 for I s, $10 to $18 fur 3't and
cowt with calves $11 to $15. The price of
stock cattle in diff. rent western localities are now
as follows! Southern Tetas, $10 to $11.50 per
iead Northern lesas, Indian territory, Arlnma
ml New Mexico, $15 to $lX, owing to Improve
ments; Western Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming
and further north, from $10 to $J5 per head ow
ing to quality ami Improvement, tirade bulls
cost from $48 to $00 pet head for year lings $00
to $75 fur two year uldsi Ihoenughhrtdi (rum
100 tn Jjoo, owing to strains of blood,
J. K. Muran of Moran prtlile called al this
office on Tuesday and deposited on our table
samples of apples grown on his farm which for
sire, weight, soundness and freedom from all
blemishes can hardly be surpassed In any part of
this or eastern countries. Knur varieties, lUld
win, Spltienlwrg, Newton I'ipln and Wine sap,
were anion the applet raised by Mr, Moran,
and no one variety appear In eaiel the others In
points of excellence and perftrtlon. Mr. Moran
ha been a resident of Moran prairie foi thirteen
years, and hss experimented in fruit growing for
the last ten year. II tayt he never hat lost in
apple tree from other cause than the gnawing of .
the pocket gopher, and he consider ll settled
that the raising of this fruit can ami will I made
a profitable business In Spokane county. Mr.
Moran has experimented with the peach, peer,
plum and prune fruit tree, and hat succeeded
beyond his eipecltllont tn obtaining good result
from each. Indeed there It no question about
any of these fruits escrt the peach. He bat had
the peach tre In bearing fr a number of years,
ami hat had hit trees to loaded with hull a lo
Uek down. Hut the cold of but wlaier, which
proved to disastrous lo peach Iree In the Walla
Walla valley and elsewhere, kllUd Mr. Mutant
, He is not diicutirtged, however, ImI
thinks the peach can be cultivated In many ttf.
able kcalltie In this pari of Washington lent,
tney. What oar friend ha wsccrssled In doing
on Moeta prairie can be done elsewhere, and no
farther evidence la requited lo prove Ihi a nara.
fa! frail growing rgioa.--Hpokne Kail Ckrtui-
lit.
An lncfled comny has been formed,
with a capital Muck of $ HO, 000, lo operal Ihe
flouring mill of I'rewutt, W. T., and Isaac's
asdl at Walla WalU. These mill are fitted p
with ruder machinery bar enti tartar lag lwr by
the palestl pnav.