The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-31
The Palouse Country q.

We trAsesei over : region - co.Etry
near ffty sniIe> in length 4n'! ib.rty IA
bFsaffh AMI wee all 'Es sAiAe IL
Whitman county except n the upper
purtiuu # Psrsdi.e Valley wc ~ate iu-t
srro=. the i'ue aud IL Me- Perez coulfy.
I1ako. Stevens ossa4ty. Eo'th 81 " mi
o 4, and eai~n3iug - sr British Ilue
i. sail - b. tgusl IA 49, respects Ia
aAilaaL casDty TIE sariase ii ths
nssfrsry g~Gcra.ly presefts much tue
same sppssra Hor A4 does [ inatilia eouD-
ty. Laxarsaut bssneh grass together
With = grra, variety ~ other vegetation
/. fund ia abuu8ane. B,-ssdss the
creeks There - in most Ices lI,ies pro
fusion ot excslle.' ping, scattered
iudiscrinituAtely ai~.at q. II would seem
Tor the sacotn u3u- u-iatIJn OF the future
settlers or II spring j. not convent
tut and = ae.i j. desired one from -ix
- fifteen fet n 4ypth ~ll usually fay-
nish au adequate snppiy Of water Is
10 the quality e the .oii. il IS -c.ruely
,4ece sS..ry that | write, as all who have
ever heard 81 palou-e .. all. know
something Of it, richness and fertility
Those who have visited The country
universally ngree that for cereals aud
the more hardy vegetables aui fruits II
canno, be surpassed Wheat under fa-
vorsble circumstance will yield ftom 30
10 30 bushels per acfr. Oats and barley
frum 80 10 - The above does not r.
bottom lands, bat upon bench land, lill
sides and even bill tops by some the
up land j. considered preferable for
grain. the low land being better
adapted 81 the growth Of grasseA
Mr. Wsrmoth of Paradise Valley has
a field OF timothy hay containing %
acres. from il lac cut this year, which
Is q third or fourth crop, about i2j tons
OF hay The culture II flax has been
introduced during the present yer and
promises we'll. Horses can be bred and
raised a. safrly and with as little *.
pen>e as anywhere east Of the Cascade
Mountains cattle and sheep are not
considered So profitable excerpt in locali-
ties near the river. where the fall II
snow is not So great and does not remain
long The climate l. much the same
a. ours little more cold weather and
later springs Those who have lived
there for several years speak of il a. he
ing very healthy 4 few settlers are
found on almost every creek and flat.
and yet believe | ain justified in say
ing that not one tenth of the good
claims are taken nor one twentieth If
such a. will be occupied within very
few years. In great portion Of Whit
man county every alternative section of
land i held IN favor of tho y T. X.
X Co, although il Is believed their
road when bull, will be too far north to
secure much Of it, Land on even sec
tions can b. taken by pre-emption or
homesteadS Emigrauts are gong in
from all quarters and at the present
rate of Increase the population o. Whit
man county will soon be doubled A.
an objection to this country II IS
urged that there IL no outlet or market
for its productions. II Is hardly prob
able however that country susCrp'i
Bile Of producing -uca vast amount,
will when fairly developed, remain
long without an outlct for it, pro
ductions Those living near Snake
river believe that il can bc nayigatcI
- lar as Lewiston during the iao.t If
the year AID that they will ytt tc able
20 get their productions 10 mar KIT iu
that Way, at paying prices Tho'''
farther north expect the North Pacific
R'al somc time 10 the htiur.. sud ia
the nca.n time vii tura their attention
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