Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-14
From the Valley Of Idaho.

ing from the Rtchm0hd COHStrcdtOr,
published at Richmond, Missouri:
MOUNT IDAHO. April 26, 1873.
Editor C0nserrator:
DEAR SW:-Ilaving promised many
iof my old Ray friends to give them an
account Of my travels and description
of the counrry generally through the
west, will through the columns of your
paper endeavor to give as Correct account
as possible, as far as have gone.
lett II Il l.. Junction on the ST.
Louis X. G. 4 Northern Railway west
bound train Feb. 18th, aud arrived at
Omaha. On the 1T day of March. hav
ing been detained at Kansas City one
day on account Of trains failing to con.
net. From Onaha we took the W. p,
il. H.. Travelled out through Nebraska. q
>parsely settled, but good farming aud
grazing country, until We came to
Wyoming Territory, where we found
more or less sage brush aud sandy non
| productive soil. Utah is also a sandy.
sage country. with occasional small val
leys o! fine s,il and an excellent fruit
country. We transferred from the U.
+. at Ogden. aud went down to Keltnn.
on the G Z. Il. r.. passing along on
he north side "t the great Salt Lake.
From keltnn we to"k the N. w. stage
line. Travelled in a n"r'herly direction to
Wall, Wala. W. r.. ana distance of
i've hundred and fifty IN les, passing
through Bose City the capital of Idaho
md through Eastern Ore .on. Grand
R'"de Valley is being settled up very
rapidly. is Il good grain ani stock rails.
lng country. They are talking r,ilroad
and they are anxious y awaiting the
completion Of The Z. d. and Salt Lake
road, which will give an outlet both east
and west. From Grand R,ude we
crossed the Blue mountains in sleiyhs,
this part oi the route is uninhabite,l
otter than few stage stations. tn !.
mountain is covere with fine timber,
hr, pine, tamerack, spruce, which grows
tall. a"d rs straight ut hemp. As we
iecennci the north side. the Umatlla
and Walla Walla valleys spread out as
far as the eye could reach, dotted with
farms. green pastures and graz ny herds,
made Il grand appearance. tn fact this
Is c"n>ldered the garden spot Of the Pa.
"ltic Slope. The climate is mild and
h 'althy, he water excellent and abund
ant, the soil adapted to the production
of Grains, vegetables and truits, such AS
are conmon 10 temperate zones. This
country Is claimed tn have pruduced
N i'rc wheat Ia proportion than any ot,er
ir the United States. The whole crnp
in 1877 averaged 35 bushels to the acre
several localities gathered IA high as
fifty bushels to the acre. one ten
acre field 80 tothe acre AMI one field o,
loD acres produced 25o ushels, aver
aye 1t 80 bushels, aud this wa, volun-
tcer crop.
The C'fy of Walla Walla has popu
latlon of about six thou,ani. situated
on Nall Greek. ii small stream supplying
the cty with pure watrr, from the snow
rin.e OF the Blue ninuntains A par.-
ros .a@ue railroad cnnnects IN m with
rhe Columbia river at Wailula, a dis
tance ot 50 miles over which route they
exp IT their products aud receive heir
supplies. Ia the city aud adjacent
GOWNS are t" be seen church sp res. winch
'oam up abve all other buildings and
'np'ess upon our minds that even here
II the far west that people have not for
gotten the duty they owe to the Supreme
being, bat devote reasonable time to
worship.
From Walla Wa,la we took Fetti.
stage line to Lew,s,on, dis,ance of 81
miles. passing through a fine country.
rlncip"liy rolling prairies. with so,ue
Hilis aud valleys. The valley, are nor
4arge but numerous, and soil first ela s
.At le'st two-'hirds of the country i.
susceptible of cultivation and mo~e Than
onr.half not yet located.
Lewiston is IA snail city but is drstin
e1 to be quite place a, no far di,tan,
day. i. beiu. loc.ed in the forks Of
y Snake and Clearwater vers and the
head of navigation. From here supple.
0 are hauled aud picked in various irec
lions, supplying them TO different mln
, ing cinp, aad farmers. F,om Levi,
! tol We Il * Baird Bros line of sleigh
: i"r Mmnt Idaho. my destination, dis.
| tsnce '' sixty miles, which we made ia
: "ne day. This is thriving, new little
d: town. the coua'y seat of Idaho county,
I the home of b F. and DR.. J. b. Nor
e ris, formerly Of old Ray. This place i.
I situated at the base of the Salmon rive,
2 mountain en the south. gradually rise.
' the mountain aud 10 the distance can bt
J seen perpetual snow which feed the
: streams OF the Camas prairie. which
@ covers an era Of about thirty mile.
. square aud one of the finest valleys
ever saw, and is used principally fol