The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-05-12
OUR COUNTRY.

W " '"e commercial reporter ut L 'rt
land Osn. The Object of his visit was
to see tho country and max, personal
observati'ns,ofits character AMI clpac;.
~. that h might be the better ou,li
nei t. speak intsllissntly and truthful.
ty OF it through his paper which is cited
as good authority on Iusstion< of com !.
mercs and agriculture wherever known
and read. In the issue Of his paper nf
April 10Th he speaks as follow. of the
country:
Few there are, outside of those direct.
~ interested in that section. who have
ths most re note idea Of the extent Of
the hae agricultural lands. character Of
the c"uatry. nature OF ,h,s,il. the var
ties ct its production and the heahhtul
ness Of its climate. Even takin. th"se
whose occupation woulI, it seems. betit
them to poss IS correct and we'll in.
I'rmei Information Of the e ,untry. and
It Is finn | that they are at fau't. very
few ayreein: ~ t. the extent If land
that IS adopted to cultivation OWN. to
much vt the land hera,ot.re elaine to
90 only Il ted f,r grazing prmlurin.
= large crops of grain. With few excep
lions the entire Valley of tn, Columbia
is p>'s.es.et Of sill that will pr.duc. of
whsat from ten t" fifty an: even as high
as sixty odd bushel. to tho acre. Land
npon which is fou" in 'uxurient growth
the bunch grass. Iark.ppr an will sun
flower Of this coa.t i. VOL adaptelNo
cereal growing, AMI ns,rly all the pl.
tsaus east Of the Cascade. are covered
With them. From the extreme north
eastern b'uudary Of Washington Terri. |
tory following the cnurse IT the Cnlum
bia river bordered on the one side by
the Cascade range aud on the other nv
the C"ur de- .Alsns mountains. with
streams and rivers flowing from then,
into IL, to whore their combined water.
pierce ahe Cascade range. for d stance. /
say. Of three hundred miles long b,
Mt less than two hundred miles in |
width. are e. be found valleys and ria.
teams Of Different sizes and Of vari ~.
richness Of soil.
Personally We can speak only Of that
section Of this country We passed over
reaching from Walla Wala t. Lewis.
son'in ld.h" Territory. on the south
side Of Snake river. but in answer to in
quiries instituted at nearly all points
We judge that the section lying 3, orth Of
Snake river and embracing II large area
OF farming land. and also on an average
more fertile. p 'sse>< the same u .tural a..
poet. From Walla Walla t, Lewiston.
. distance Of ninety odd miles. ne wsn,
by stage and had rare opportunity to
cl"seiy study the country Beginning
. oh 1T distance north ut WaAa Wal,
CITY the country begins to rise aud h. u
brs.k int" l,nv and wide but l,w hills.
Az We pars along they gradu,ll7 grow
higher aud more rolling until the high
cat are reached about sixty Eve ur seven
~ miles beyond the starting pint.
Here magnificent view IT the cous,.
try !. onnmsnisi. In tina east the
Blue mountains covered with trees EN-.
bsdsd, seemingly. in snow ob.tructs The
range. At the skirts of the f:,re.ss Of
tree. il Z, be seer the spiral thread Of
smnke from settlers hamlets --most If
them being woodmsn. b tween ,hi.
aud reaching % far out a. Snake river
10 to be seen. At times far apart. land
newly TUNED over or else covered with ,
the growing plaots sse1el earlier in the
year or else last Fall. We were in
formed that many thousand farms hid
already been taken up with very large
number IF men boxing up d-.ir ,ble
tracts upon which Ito locate. Looking
westward oat 90 the bread expanse. far
~ the eye can range bsy"n ! Snake riv
Or the same character IF country j. to
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