Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-05-10
What ireland Thinks Of Us.


The Editor Of the Historian visited
this section Of country short tive ago
and writes as follows to his paper:
''Snake river is the only navigable trib-
utary to the Columbia above the Wall
a,net, and untilthere is railway system
developed, the towns and cities will
be along the navigable waters. Lewis
ton, at the Junction of Snake and Clear.
water rivers, is an established city, and
has surrounding country. Paradise
valley, Palouse City the principaltown,)
Tennessee fat, the Assotin country, and
that region south and east to Monnt
Idaho, will make Lewiston large and
flourishing city. In days gone by-in
fact we may say always until this sea-
son--ever since steamboats, have piled
on Snake river, the bulk of trade has
gone to Lewiston; and now Lewiston
gets all the freight that passes up to
that region Of country tributary to it.
but within the past twelve months an
immense amount of freight is shipped
for points north and south Of Snake
river. Tie valleys here are called flats,
and Union fiat. Rebel fat, Alkai flat,
etc, each capable of sustaining popu-
lation Of from $4,000 to SO, 900. are re-
ceiving share Of the immigration Of
| 1877 8. This calls for new town sites
along Snake river. and numerous loca.
tions have been made. Tn. country
north Of Snake river is being taken up
by solid farmers; there is no speculation
10 it. and some idea may be formed of
the distributing points when we state
| that there are now seventeen regular
landings where last year there was but
three, on Snake river. On the Stir of
April the steamer Annie Faxon left
Cello for Lewiston with $40 tons of
freight and 80 passengers. She left 80
tons at Umatilla, 70 tons at WalluIa, so
tons at Tucannon, (old Fort Tay lor.) 20
tons at Pen.wawa and Almota, and 10
tons at Lewiston. The freights left at
Penawawa and Alsnota 20 into wha. is
denominatcd the palouse county, aud
at present Cnliax is the center locality
for the Palouso region. Distance and
roads, aud the facility for obtaining
teams, are points to decide the locality
at which shippers determine to mark
their gods. ln our estimation, Almo
t. is to day the best point on Snake river;
has the most encouraging hope for the
future. IT is quite town-has stores,
hotels, warehouses and livery stable
where nearly every want is supplied, and
at reasonable rates. When the road IL
open from Almota to Pomeroy, on the
south 81 ie of Snake river ON the stage
road from Walla Walla to Lewiston, it
will be but thirty miles from pomeroy
to Coliax, fourteen miles to Almota, and
sixteen miles to Colfax. The roads are
good, as We know from personal obssr-
walton. Messrs. Moore Bros, Adams
Bros, Haw'ey, Dodd g. Co., John
Hawthorne aud others are betting high
on Almota. and we believe it will be a
very prominent town 'or years, ifnot All
important city in the future. Mr.. Geo,
Hunter. well known to AstoriaDs, is lay
ing out a town site at Tucanuon, and
unless the railroad is complete to Day
ton from Wallula, and freight greatly
reduced, his town stands show OF be
coming city. A large portion of the
: country north and vest Of Dayton will
ship fyom that point, and it has b comt
almost an axiom with settlers that they
would rather be within fnry miles o
the river than twenty miles OF the rail
road. Water transportation VIII con
tinue to be the most ready and econo
mical mode of shipment until the rail
ways reach points remote from the river
+ From our own stand point, viewing th
matter in an unprejudiced light. W
| shoald say that Almota is the futur
: city on Snake river, aud when it come
!. to the final dispatch OF the surplus rails
( ed for export, it must go out throug'
:, | As.Oria,"