Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-26

bred and fftE - : 81.
n running Z resl Sounding in trout SUI
.,o.t ne g., and other varieties o.
fre.A wassr fsTss. =:
]. ggom sn,ke river to Picket Corral. . as
..,.. of about fifty miles. the Payette n"~'
through ssse plain; but on each sloe ., .ao
river. and between that and the ssee pam
- hrlt. 81 rich allusiai '.bottom' iands' ran.
80, u,a,h from one to two or thrce mice
IN :, ~h,eh is under a good state OF cuit'sa'
,;on. and produce the most luxr'ant c.op'.
:, .,,.,s.rable area of the sage land has been
;,r;e,,ea too within the last year or two anu
Sod ia he equally fertile - the bottom iand''
Rack Of the sage commences aseries" ~ 'o"'"s
I'm. which rise higher and higher, as they 70
IA. from the river, until an altitude OF per-
hans FIVE thousand feet above the sea Is
reached. These hills::are covered three''our'"'
Of the way up their sides with ouncn s'"'',
upon which thousands of cattle, horses a"'
sheep, teed the year round; aod-ouI "nen
an exceptionally cold winter comes me LUG
o,s we have lust passed .through-are KEPT
fat the bunch grass being almost as nutritious
AZ timothy. The SUBMITS OF the hi''s' o" Tue
east side of the Payette. are covered WIN
dense growth Of timber: on the west side the
h,uch grass extends to the SUBMITS. ana Inc
u,o,.,b !. heavier, we think, and the range
I.,,.r than IN the east side. This grassy re-
o;on extends from Snake river north"ard 10
DRY Buck creek. distance OF more ina" s'A'!
miles: and from the Payette westward u the
W-is-r riyer, about thirty miles. Much OF the
,owsr norton Of these bills. and oil OF the sage
lands. on both sides of the river. "l!l e'entu-
ally be irrigated; beautiful homes VIII spring
M all over them; w-ll-tilled farms. verdur"us
lawns, shady groves, fruitful orchards smiling
VINEYARDS. and gardens fragrant with The odor
Of every delicious frui. and every sweet HON.
or. will then give diversity ani atirac'iveness
10 scene, the sage.covrr-d surface oil which
uow repels BY its dreary sainrn-ss. From
Picket Corral for ihirty.two miles ar more up
the Pavett. river, the country 10 broken ana
uneven; but the hills are still covered win
carpet-like growth Of bunch grass and on
their south sides, and ia the little sheltered
valleys which here and there intervene. afford
better winter range for stock than Is found
on the hills aud valleys nearer Snake river
Thi. section il known - the Horseshoe Bend
Country." and cnntsins some Of the tnes'
farms in the Territory. Here the winters are
warmer. too. than on Snake. the Pa,r'te beins
free from ice here when il is frozen over sd
idly at lis mouth. At the upper end OF Thu
brok-n section the river energies from canon
the length of which We do MT know. but from
our acquaintance with the surrounding 'cun
try. indge il TO be about forty miles. On -acf
aide Of this canon the hills rise abruptly to !
considerable height, and are clothed from fee
to submits with magnificent forests OF timber
In this caIion, and not g'.a; ways from IT
outlet. the two streams known as the NORTH
and South forks Of the Payrt,e. come together
On the South fork. and no. far above wher'
the two streams unilr, il one Of ldaho's mos
beautiful and fertile little valleys. known 4
fame as the Upper Payette Valley" Thi
valley coutains thirty farms. as industrious
orderly and iutelsru. community. as ca
be found maintains a good public school. an
produces grain and vegetables enough Ia fee,
twenty times issprrsent population,
The Lower aud Upper Paye,,. valley. in
, Guiding the Horseshoe Bead section and Squa,
creek, contain, we should say, more than tvs
hundred fsrms, probably comprising an %
Negate Of twelve " fifteen thousand acre,
Wheat, oats, barley. hay. potatoes and corr
are tho principal productions; but ussy v,
: rieties Vegetables, fruits. berries. &c. ar
: successfully ssltivated- Most Of the farme,
: breed cattle and horses. probably. and not
: few have made cattle raising a speciality, an
we believe hare invariably reaped large gair
> from the calling. notwithstanding losses occ,
sionally suffered BY reason Of severe winter
e scarcity Of feed and water. and lack If soo'
It comfortable sheiten. t1.4 81. .9as.a
: F. On the North fork, asd at thsupper end Of ii
caIion begins Lung valley. which is seventy Il,
miles long, and one Of the most charminsIy bea
u t'tul to DC found on the globe. It's luxuriant
g covered with bunch grass and several coar.,
It varieties as we'll 40 tuies, PUSHES, tar wee
etc, etc. Betwees Long valley and Upp
Payette valley. snugly ensconced at the f.
e Of towering. wood covered mountains, Ii
Enund vollov pourI rolo. :.