Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-09-26
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these. which in ages gone hv had
enioyed the commerce ofthe East l--
fore II. West aud northwest of il.
this mighty ARIA just des,r bed. mex
haust.;bls IN its minerals and its ag-
ricultural productivencss, will pour
its unimagined wealth OF exchanges
into aud through it. What ma, no,
be predicted of this point, which, by
geographical necessity, is to handle
the products of a region SO vast
Here will he the largest grain elcva-
tors ever seen, and that trade which
has built SO many ilourishing cities,
will build another where nature has
made depot for the most extensive
grain growing country in the world.
And what may we rot look for on
the western terminus, where there is
the most magnificent inland seas and
harbor in the world, surrounded with
all the great and permanent rcsouces
of wealth, and opening out on the
Pacific, inviting the trade and COM
merce of Asia, the Indies, and the
islands of the Pacific, the trade
which has always carried the wealth
and commerce of the world in its
course.
THE MONTANA MINES.
A few words about Montana:
There will be nearly as much gold
taken out Of the placcrs as ever.
The mills are just beginning to get to
work on the lodges with rather flat
tering prospects. She is now where
Colorado was five years ago just get
ting ready to go to work: the future
of the country will be very brilliant
The crops are supurb / never saw
finer wheat in any tountry in some
instances 40 bushels per acre. ! had
two lots OF wheat III my Touring mill,
one of which weighed 66 aud the
G6I pounds to the bushels. All 9th
or crops are very promising: yet the
great wealth Of Montana lies in her
natural pastures which are ii|imitablo.
I returned By the Mulan Road over
the mountains at the same time
that this route IS practicable for Il
railroad, and entirely feasible for
wagon road, | consider The route tiI
Pen d'OreilIe Lake preferable for
railroad. l came down the Cocur
dAlene river, and through the st.
Joseph valley; thence over to the
head waters of the Palousc, n country
almost unexplored. There is large
amount of most excellent land in this
country as rich as any Illinois prairie,
with large patches oftimothy growing
wi Id over the country aud through
the mountains, and number of
small Indians farms, raising with their
rude cultivation, 25 and 80 bushels to
the acre. l Think the Salmon river
route worthy Of careful oxamina-
ton, but from all l can learn, l be-
lieve that the route ria Pen d'Orcille
Lake aud Snoqnalmie Pass will be
selected. The route from the Col
umbia river to Puget Sound is quite
q ploin, excepting the pass of the
Cascades, and that portion has been
examined and mapped very thor
oughly by your excellent engineer
in chiet, General James Tilton.
When | return from Puget Sound
this fall, ! expect to 60 over the pro-
posed Snake river route, RIA Boise
City and Salt Lake, and will he ir
Washington immediately after the
holidays, to work with you harder
than ever to secure the passage Of the
sal,~idy bsll for the Nerthern Road
fours traly, fHELIP kfrI