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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1885)
224 THE WEST SHORE. whole families at a time, may be seen making their peri odical pilgrimages to the springs, It is often the case that medicinal springs find their devotees only in stran gers from a distance, but not so at White Sulphur Springs, for every citizen has a firm belief in the virtue of these waters, and this belief is not founded solely on the toHtimony of chemist, but upon their own observa tion and experience. Some of them have used the water regularly for years and have watched its effoct upon themselves and othors, and such persons are the most enthusiastic in its praise. There have been no deaths at White Sulphur Springs for some time. Not long since an individual who thought the town should be prepared to furnish suitable funoral pomp, when necessary, in vested in a hearse, but has as yet found no demand for its services. Even the offer of a free ride to the first passenger has failed to create any enthusiasm for its use, and the offer still remains opeu. The stage route from Townsond being the shortest is the one most generally traveled, and stagos run daily both ways. The fare is 15, or 19 for the round trip. 1'arties of four or five will find a private conveyance both a more pleasant and ohoaper mode of traveling. A splendid road leads from the springs to Livingston, though the distance is about twice that to Townsond. Still it will be found a ploasant route to travel, especially by those intending to pay a visit to the great National Park of the Yellowstone. THE BENCH LANDS OF MONTANA. rPHAT part of Montana bounded on the west by the 1 Rocky and Belt mountains, and extending as far east as the lOtUh degree of longitudo, and lying between the Missouri and Marias rivers on the north, and the Musselshell River on the south, possesses more and bet ter agricultural lands than can bo found elsewhere in Montana. This area ombraoes about 30,000 square miles of territory, and is but little traversed or broken by mountain ranges. It is divided into valleys and bench lands. The valleys, though rich and fertile, cannot iron erally be suooossfully cultivated without irrigation. This Territory, however, more than any other, is favored with large streams aud an abundant supply of water. The linporUut feature of this part of Montana is its extensive table lauds. The old-timers have been slow to believe that any land in Montana can le cultivated successfully without irrigation. It is now a settlod fact that vast stretches of bench or tablo land in this pari will, one year with another, produce wheat averaging from twenty-five to fifty bushels to the acre. A High wood farmer of large exrmnce told me last tall that he considered the benches of this part of Montana the best wheat lands he hail ever seen in any country, and that his experience had demon strated that they would produoe large yields of wheat and oaU with only the natural supply of moisture. Let any man driving from Ureat Fall to Fort Benton, on either ide of the Missouri River, note everywhere the rich mil aud abuudaut grasses, lie will see no sago brush and no 11 it l . I 1 1 I. - r ai ! i . ... ... ik u lauu. ii uo exaiuiuas tue sou no will una it tuel low and well mixed with silica, the " grist of the nioun. tains," to essential to the rapid growth of grain aud to the NOTES OF THE NORTHWEST. the foundation and basement of the new capitol building at Boise City. Idaho will soon have a capital worthy of her increasing weaiw anu impui rai. Imo Viorrnn the davalonment of a ledee on Castle Mountain, near White Sulphur Springs, Montana. . . . i -as i 1 .'I 11 1 1J .1 A shaft will be sunK iuu ieet, ana u me vein uoiub goou to that depth, a 200-foot tunnel will be run in from the side of the hill to tap the ledge much lower down. TtnlWiiA Tilftlin. a erectincr a handsome brick school house, containing two stories and a basement It will 1 il : 1L. nPnMMifn.. AviArtl 111 A anlis1 Villl'l excel anyuiiiig iu mo xvulwij dadh wd dvuwi u ing at Boise City, and is an evidence that Bellevue is prospering ana time nor citizens appreciate me vaiue oi good schools. From January 1 to May 31 the coal mines of Fuget Sound have shipped 142,895 tons of coal to San Fran. cisco, apportioned as follows: Carbon Hill, 81,444; Cedar n- ' fbio. n t: anon. r i icqt. a.,n. IVlver, u,oiu; ureeu xvivai, u.aou, ikouvuu, iu,uui , uuutu Prairie, 2,500; Seattle, 33,712. The Carbon Hill and South Prairie ship at the city of Tacoma, and the others at Seattle. Durincr the month of Mav ten cargoes of lumber were shipped from Puget Sound for foreign ports Honolulu. Melbourne, Montevideo, Kalahui. Valparaiso, Callao, Panama and Norway. During the 'same month twenty-six vessols sailed tor ports along the coast,' chiefly to San Franoisoo. The cargoes aggregated 19,317,000 feet of lumber, valued at $195,000. Tlnrincr tYiA month nf Jim a 91 1K1 lmn1 rt AaH-la wafa shipped to the ranges further east, chiefly in Montana. mi" . ll 1 I il.. m ?i ' ... T t i i nmy wro uu uobhou uy wm lerritonai inspector at Horse Plains as being perfectly free from even the germs of disease. Many of them will go to the block this season, while others will remain on the ranges. Visitors to White Sulphur Springs will find excellent hotel accommodations far better than many of them will anticipate. The Higgins House, owned and man aged by Jonas Higgins, is a handsome three-story brick structure, and offers first class accommodations, both as to rooms and table. It in nnn nf tha Vuaf knioU i f t " w wu uviu. uuvuia m iuuu tana, which is certainly a sufficient recommendation. The Big Yank ledge, in Rogue River, is being devel ODod bv two tunnnla one nn tlm nnrth iA u s ' www uui u au4 Vilw Mil ItllO south, each to be 200 feet long, and cut the ledge about ow iwji. uhiow we Bunace. a luu-atamp mill will soon be erected, and the ledcrna nf Hnnfh am CSrartnn will brought into prominence by the result of its workings. v, wni uuutuua 01 nine mues on ttie surface. The large 120-stamp mill which has been erected on Douglas Island, in the Yukon River, Alaska, was started up on the l'Jth of June. Thin morU ; quarU mining on an extensive scale in that region, and the man It nf ilu n.i;n.. .:n i .i . . . . u u I T . "A"""u" w,u e waicneu witn interest by hundreds of miners who are anxious to see a practical tost of the mooted question of a profitable working of the The Minich, a ledge situated near Wickes, Montana, was sold recent v tn (1 U Mnin -j i t:i 7 rio,000. Three ishafU have been sunk on the property tlf&.Z 3 VA respecUvely,PXne inches wide and a body of ore of more t&m 2,000 tons.
